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1 Kid A  May 6, 2015 8:22:06pm

I’m a native Texan and I’d like apologize to the nation for this. I swear we are not all a bunch of morons.

2 CuriousLurker  May 6, 2015 8:26:22pm

I’m off to see Mr. Sandman, but since escaped tigers were being discussed downstairs, here’s one for the animal lovers:

Later, lizards.

3 jaunte  May 6, 2015 8:29:49pm

re: #1 Kid A

4 Kragar  May 6, 2015 8:30:15pm

So far, the most amazing thing Abbot has done is make Perry look remotely competent.

5 EPR-radar  May 6, 2015 8:35:11pm

re: #4 Kragar

So far, the most amazing thing Abbot has done is make Perry look remotely competent.

Of course there are TX goobers waiting in the wings that will, in due course, make Abbott look relatively sane/competent.

Stupidity and malice are both limitless.

6 Lidane  May 6, 2015 8:46:25pm

re: #1 Kid A

I’m a native Texan and I’d like apologize to the nation for this. I swear we are not all a bunch of morons.

^^^

What he said.

I am born and raised here in Texas. My family’s been in what is now Texas since the 1700s. I swear on SRV’s hat that we’re not all ignorant yokels.

7 Dark_Falcon  May 6, 2015 8:50:15pm

re: #6 Lidane

^^^

What he said.

I am born and raised here in Texas. My family’s been in what is now Texas since the 1700s. I swear on SRV’s hat that we’re not all ignorant yokels.

Confirmation bias paired with ODS is a Hell of a double whammy.

8 CuriousLurker  May 6, 2015 8:50:18pm

Came back to drop this off since we were discussing WWI in an earlier thread today and the subject came up:

How the Occupation of Istanbul Shaped the Modern Middle East

DURHAM, NC - At the end of World War I, the defeated capital of the Ottoman Empire, Istanbul, was “a city of poverty and refugees” with a multiethnic population of 1 million, with 100,000 refugees including Balkan Muslims, Russians, Crimean and Caucasian Muslims, Jews, Armenians and Turks.

“Multiple ethnicities and languages mixed and mingled. Each brought with it a separate ideology and vision,” said Duke Associate Professor of Turkish & Middle Eastern Studies Erdağ Göknar, speaking last week as part of the provost office’s Thomas Langford Lectureship.

When the British, French, Italians and Greeks arrived to occupy the city in 1918, they ignored the cosmopolitan space of the city, focusing instead on nationalities. The logic of emphasizing national groups was informed by Wilsonian principles of national self-determination. This was the same logic that led to the greater partition of Ottoman territory that Göknar said reconstituted the Middle East and whose violent consequences can be seen throughout the region today. […]

(I’m really leaving this time, I swear…)

9 EPR-radar  May 6, 2015 8:54:29pm

re: #7 Dark_Falcon

Confirmation bias paired with ODS is a Hell of a double whammy.

It is certainly not helpful that the few GOP voices raised against this nonsense from senior GOPers seem to come from retired or otherwise inactive GOPers, as opposed to the current crop of GOP leaders.

It is also massively unhelpful that even relatively moderate GOPers completely reject any criticism of the GOP that doesn’t come from one of their own.

10 The War TARDIS  May 6, 2015 9:00:56pm

Imam’s son lost his car. He was in it, when it got stuck in Flooding, up to the steering wheel.

His son is fine. Car is finished.

11 wrenchwench  May 6, 2015 9:04:44pm

re: #10 The War TARDIS

Imam’s son lost his car. He was in it, when it got stuck in Flooding, up to the steering wheel.

His son is fine. Car is finished.

Cars are replaceable. I’m glad his son is fine. Sounds like a close call.

12 SteveBasedSteve  May 6, 2015 9:04:51pm

re: #10 The War TARDIS

Imam’s son lost his car. He was in it, when it got stuck in Flooding, up to the steering wheel.

His son is fine. Car is finished.

He was very lucky.

RBS

13 Charles Johnson  May 6, 2015 9:09:43pm
14 Jenner7  May 6, 2015 9:10:09pm

re: #10 The War TARDIS

Whoa. Glad he is okay. Scary. Stay safe…

15 #FergusonFireside  May 6, 2015 9:19:29pm

Night all

16 teleskiguy  May 6, 2015 9:30:39pm

re: #10 The War TARDIS

Glad life and limb was spared! Oy!

I can remember a particular day, 11 July 2011 actually, the worst commute I’ve ever had to endure. It rained a couple of inches in an hour right before I had to drive home from work. I encountered so many flooded out roadways. I pac-manned my way around for a while, not getting anywhere (Remember folks, if the road is covered in water TURN AROUND!) until I ran into some dude with a huge truck. Him and I coordinated and got a few of the small vehicles through some deep water in a major intersection. He’d just drive his lifted-all-to-fuck F-350 through the water and the wake would leave just enough pavement for a few cars to get through. That shit was surreal.

17 Jenner7  May 6, 2015 9:31:59pm
18 Kragar  May 6, 2015 9:40:39pm
19 teleskiguy  May 6, 2015 9:54:01pm

re: #13 Charles Johnson

I think I scored okay.

20 The War TARDIS  May 6, 2015 9:59:02pm

I am frazzled, and going to sleep. Today has been weird.

21 Jenner7  May 6, 2015 10:05:50pm

I am catching up on The Daily Show. With Colbert gone, I just forgot to record and I was honestly pissed at Jon for criticizing Obama on stupid issues. But boy, did he really do a fantastic job on Judith Miller. He really will be missed.

22 austin_blue  May 6, 2015 10:29:46pm

re: #1 Kid A

I’m a native Texan and I’d like apologize to the nation for this. I swear we are not all a bunch of morons.

Yeah, but our politicians most definitely are. Pandering to the Alex Jones crowd (Did you hear that black helicopter hovering over your house last night!?! No? See!!!) is just pitiful.

But that’s where we are. Fuck my life.

23 klys (maker of Silmarils)  May 6, 2015 10:33:50pm

Ant update: the peanut butter bait is a smashing success. Hopefully there is enough borax mixed in that I am actually doing something beyond creating a pet ant colony.

Meanwhile, the husband pointed out that I am (hopefully) temporarily making lots of ants very happy. At which point he got a pointed reminder not to humanize the ants for me or I will feel very bad about what I am doing, even though the next step I am tempted by involves a flamethrower.

…mostly joking about that last bit. But only mostly.

24 SteveBasedSteve  May 6, 2015 10:35:19pm

re: #23 klys (maker of Silmarils)

Ant update: the peanut butter bait is a smashing success. Hopefully there is enough borax mixed in that I am actually doing something beyond creating a pet ant colony.

Meanwhile, the husband pointed out that I am (hopefully) temporarily making lots of ants very happy. At which point he got a pointed reminder not to humanize the ants for me or I will feel very bad about what I am doing, even though the next step I am tempted by involves a flamethrower.

…mostly joking about that last bit. But only mostly.

A bic lighter and a can of aqua-net hair spray is always fun. (if you can get around the whole “Setting the place on fire” drawback.

RBS

25 klys (maker of Silmarils)  May 6, 2015 10:35:47pm

re: #24 RealityBasedSteve

A bic lighter and a can of aqua-net hair spray is always fun. (if you can get around the whole “Setting the place on fire” drawback.

RBS

Yeah, the anthill likely being under the house puts a damper on most of these options.

…pity.

26 goddamnedfrank  May 6, 2015 10:39:27pm

re: #23 klys (maker of Silmarils)

Ant update: the peanut butter bait is a smashing success. Hopefully there is enough borax mixed in that I am actually doing something beyond creating a pet ant colony.

Meanwhile, the husband pointed out that I am (hopefully) temporarily making lots of ants very happy. At which point he got a pointed reminder not to humanize the ants for me or I will feel very bad about what I am doing, even though the next step I am tempted by involves a flamethrower.

…mostly joking about that last bit. But only mostly.

Diatomaceous earth is a good non-toxic fix for indoor ants. If you sprinkle it along their trail it gets into the joints in the exoskeleton and locks them up tight.

27 TedStriker  May 6, 2015 10:40:41pm

re: #24 RealityBasedSteve

A bic lighter and a can of aqua-net hair spray is always fun. (if you can get around the whole “Setting the place on fire” drawback.

RBS

re: #25 klys (maker of Silmarils)

Yeah, the anthill likely being under the house puts a damper on most of these options.

…pity.

28 klys (maker of Silmarils)  May 6, 2015 10:43:23pm

re: #26 goddamnedfrank

Diatomaceous earth is a good non-toxic fix for indoor ants. If you sprinkle it along their trail it gets into the joints in the exoskeleton and locks them up tight.

They haven’t had a well-defined trail until after I put out the bait. I know the entry point is under the toilet at this point and replacing it with a water-saving version is definitely on the potential list for dealing with things. We’d do both at once, though, and have a plumber come in to handle it (I know where to draw the online on doing my own home improvement and I don’t feel up to dealing with that one right now) and I haven’t had the time to deal with it since this flared up so badly last week.

There is some chance my app will go up on the Google Play store tomorrow, at which point I can switch gears and deal with some of this shit. And also job hunting again, sigh.

29 klys (maker of Silmarils)  May 6, 2015 10:45:38pm

re: #28 klys (maker of Silmarils)

I should clarify: the NEW entry point. The fuckers are resourceful and rerouted after I caulked shut the previous one.

Jackasses.

30 klys (maker of Silmarils)  May 6, 2015 10:47:51pm
31 CriticalDragon1177  May 6, 2015 11:10:26pm

Charles Johnson,

LOL! Jon Stewart Rocks! I’m going to have to share this, when I get up in the morning!

32 The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge  May 6, 2015 11:18:21pm

re: #8 CuriousLurker

Came back to drop this off since we were discussing WWI in an earlier thread today and the subject came up:

How the Occupation of Istanbul Shaped the Modern Middle East

(I’m really leaving this time, I swear…)

I know CuriousLurker is gone, but if anybody else is awake:

It’s very common to criticize the US for not ratifying the Treaty of Versailles and not joining the League of Nations—I’ve done it myself, frequently. It’s worth remembering, though, that just as Britain was given a LoN Mandate over Palestine and Transjordan, and France was given Syria and the Lebanon, the US’s Mandate was to have been The Straits (including Constantinople) and Turkish Armenia. I can’t even imagine what a mess that would have been.

33 goddamnedfrank  May 6, 2015 11:35:04pm

I’m seeing a lot of people excited about the Tesla home battery. I don’t get it, why spend twice as much per kWh of capacity over lead acid banks? I can see where there’s a convenience factor of never having to check specific gravity, and they look cool, but that’s really high premium to pay for that. The lighter batteries make sense in cars where the power to move the weight of the battery comes from the battery, but it just doesn’t matter at all in a static storage set up.

I guess the real upside is the economy of scale, the people they can convince to buy these things subsidize the cost of the same technology for the cars.

34 SteveBasedSteve  May 6, 2015 11:44:29pm

Watching the Progress-M cargo ship circle the Earth, slowly sinking closer and closer. Yes. I’m that bored.

RBS

35 Single-handed sailor  May 7, 2015 12:04:38am

re: #34 RealityBasedSteve

Watching the Progress-M cargo ship circle the Earth, slowly sinking closer and closer. Yes. I’m that bored.

RBS

Heh, I was watching the real-time lightning in Oklahoma.

36 Charles Johnson  May 7, 2015 1:26:08am

Tonight on Twitter, the obsessed freaks from the stalker blog are plotting ways to sabotage the LGF Gofundme page. (Which I expected.)

37 Justanotherhuman  May 7, 2015 2:48:42am

Labor and Tories are running neck and neck if you can trust the polls.

Polls are open across Britain for election day, will stay open until 10pm
end of alert

The site where Doncaster sits was once a Roman fort constructed in the 1st Century in what is now South Yorkshire. British history is totally fascinating. It’s where my ancestors originated before coming to North America and probably why I’m so fascinated with it. I suppose it’s human nature to want to explore that aspect of one’s past. If my ancestors had stayed in Britain, I would probably have wound up in a village somewhere, content to live a provincial life. I imagine that the first settlers in this country naturally migrated to areas that reminded them of where they came from—city, town, rural, etc. I don’t think I’m being “sentimental” about this because I don’t like rank sentimentality.

One day, perhaps we’ll understand how your origins influences one’s modern day persona and how that affects humanity’s on-going trip from one era to the next and perhaps, how that molds one’s own personality. IIRC, Jung tried that with “genetic memory” and modern day psychology has pretty much dismissed it, but I’m not so sure it should be in all aspects, as I think humans are very plastic in their adaption to time and place, although it could explain why there is so much “unease”. For instance, what kind of person would I be if my forebears had settled in another area of the world and would I still think this way?

I never much liked what I did for a living nor was I ever comfortable living in cities with all their hustle and bustle and that could explain my lifelong feeling of discomfort,. But it also informed me in other ways, such as respecting other people different than myself and solving the many conflicts I had, in effect, not thinking provincially. Or maybe, it’s just modern life in general that tends to rip so many from our natural connections in relation to the earth itself. Who knows? I wish I had studied more and not been so “busy”. Or maybe I have far too much time now to dwell on subjects like this. : )

38 freetoken  May 7, 2015 3:06:13am

MP3 Audio

39 Justanotherhuman  May 7, 2015 3:24:19am

Witney is “newish” and emerged as a market town after the Norman invasion. Near Oxford.

40 Justanotherhuman  May 7, 2015 3:33:09am

Totally British! And complaining about “pensioners”. Ah, youth!

twitter.com

41 Justanotherhuman  May 7, 2015 3:55:00am

Sounds good that 75% of the youth vote is expected today.

Youth vote to play big role in British election

usatoday.com

LONDON — Young people may play a decisive role in Thursday’s general election in Britain.

Nearly three quarters of the 6.8 million 18-to-24-year-olds who are registered to vote are expected to cast ballots in the tight race that may end inconclusively Friday, forcing either the Conservative or Labour parties to scramble to form a coalition government with more minor parties.

The number, from the youth volunteering charity VInspired, is 14% higher than at the last general election in 2010, when just 44% of people in that age group voted. The total turnout that year was 65.1%. More

42 William Lewis  May 7, 2015 3:57:42am

re: #37 Justanotherhuman

I think there is an element of that in where we are most comfortable. My ancestors came from the Welsh marches and the temperate wooded rolling hills of Northern Wisconsin are much like what is found there.

Other places are pleasant but I keep returning here; always coming home as it were…

43 Bubblehead II  May 7, 2015 4:11:28am

Morning Lizards.

44 Nyet  May 7, 2015 4:26:53am

re: #27 TedStriker

Good solution if your name is Carrie.

45 The Pie Mother  May 7, 2015 4:39:23am
46 Nyet  May 7, 2015 4:44:01am

re: #45 Lord Of The Pies

How would this program know who is fake and who is not?

47 The Pie Mother  May 7, 2015 4:52:54am

re: #46 Nyet

How would this program know who is fake and who is not?

LOL I have no idea, maybe it’s just random.

48 Bubblehead II  May 7, 2015 5:01:26am

re: #45 Lord Of The Pies

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5% supposedly. Which begs the question. Why the hell would someone set up a fake account to follow me? I’m sure as hell not that great of a tweeter.

49 Timothy Watson  May 7, 2015 5:05:38am

re: #48 Bubblehead II

5% supposedly. Which begs the question. Why the hell would someone set up a fake account to follow me? I’m sure as hell not that great of a tweeter.

“Fake” might include spammers.

50 The Pie Mother  May 7, 2015 5:06:14am

re: #48 Bubblehead II

5% supposedly. Which begs the question. Why the hell would someone set up a fake account to follow me? I’m sure as hell not that great of a tweeter.

I’ve been followed by Twitter accounts that I think may be bots. Their bio usually includes something like “alcohol aficionado” “dream traveler” and their timeline is full of random derp.

51 The Pie Mother  May 7, 2015 5:07:24am

Well apropos of the Jon Stewart video at the top of this thread, this meme just came across the #TCOT

52 wheat-dogghazi-mailgate  May 7, 2015 5:08:25am

re: #49 Timothy Watson

“Fake” might include spammers.

Aren’t there bots that do nothing but re-tweet stuff? It wouldn’t be too hard to compare re-tweets to the originals and see if anything were added. A simple retweet with no added @s, #s or comments is probably fake, as in, not a real person.

53 The Pie Mother  May 7, 2015 5:08:30am

Hey #TCOT if our “border is wide open” then you should be welcoming of that military exercise.

54 b.d.  May 7, 2015 5:12:04am

SUPPORT OUR TROOPS! THE TROOPS ARE COMING TO TAKE OUR GUNS AND THROW US INTO CAMPS!!!

Those folks can sure turn on a dime

55 SteelPH  May 7, 2015 5:12:54am

re: #54 b.d.

They only support the troops when they’re killing brown people.

56 wheat-dogghazi-mailgate  May 7, 2015 5:14:09am

re: #55 SteelPH

They only support the troops when they’re killing brown people.

And not when they return

57 wheat-dogghazi-mailgate  May 7, 2015 5:18:27am

I’ve been too busy today to check the news. Has Obama successfully taken over Texas by force yet? And has the Chinese PLA emerged from their tunnels into their secret bases in Wal-Marts yet? If so, I’m going to avoid DFW on my way back to America this summer. No point in leaving China to land in the Chinese People’s Republic of Texas, y’know.

58 Bubblehead II  May 7, 2015 5:20:15am

re: #49 Timothy Watson

“Fake” might include spammers.

re: #50 Lord Of The Pies

I’ve been followed by Twitter accounts that I think may be bots. Their bio usually includes something like “alcohol aficionado” “dream traveler” and their timeline is full of random derp.

So I see. Well as long as they don’t pollute my TL with derp, who am I to complain?

59 wheat-dogghazi-mailgate  May 7, 2015 5:24:55am

Someone commenting at my blog is comparing the International Baccalaureate program to the Hitler Youth. History is repeating itself! Wake up sheeple!!!

60 wheat-dogghazi-mailgate  May 7, 2015 5:28:54am

This inspiring old fart moment brought to you by BBC Radio 5.

bbc.co.uk

92-year-old World War Two veteran flies Spitfire again — a woman pilot, no less.

61 Justanotherhuman  May 7, 2015 5:29:40am

Listening to NPR’s segment on the water situation in CO driving home just now reminded me of this doc which I saw last night (well, most of it—will have to reboot tonight). Well done and a very good supplement to other issues with global warming.

As the report on NPR says about human ingenuity and the migration to the “western desert”, it also says:

“Colorado’s population is expected to nearly double by 2050 and there will not be enough water to meet demand.”

npr.org

Last Call at the Oasis

imdb.com

Also reminds me of this old saying, “You never miss your water ‘til your well runs dry.”

62 Justanotherhuman  May 7, 2015 5:33:44am

I think this is in Norman, OK.

First aerial, daylight images of the May 6 tornado damage

kfor.com

63 KerFuFFler  May 7, 2015 5:40:12am

re: #23 klys (maker of Silmarils)

… At which point he got a pointed reminder not to humanize the ants for me or I will feel very bad about what I am doing, even though the next step I am tempted by involves a flamethrower.

…mostly joking about that last bit. But only mostly.

I had a problem with fruit flies a few years back and wrote about my evil stratagems.

I felt wickedly clever when I tried to lure them to their doom with some vinegar and a piece of fruit left in an open microwave oven.(Should I patent this idea?)

I allowed them to gather for about an hour, and then slammed the door shut and started it up on high. I stopped when the plum slices were unrecognizable, sizzling masses. I opened the door, and at least one fruit fly zipped out!

I may have come off as cruel in my efforts to purge the kitchen of fruit flies. But when I opted for the microwave, remember, I was defending my home. I looked around my kitchen, desperate for a non-toxic way of keeping those inscrutable invaders away (dead).
Is nuking them in the microwave so much crueler than spraying them with a deadly neuro-toxin (like Hitler), or leaving them to starve on a sticky strip (like Pol Pot)? Aren’t those other traps really just a way of pretending you are not killing them, but (like Milosevic) just relocating them———into the trap? And isn’t keeping a clean kitchen just yet another way of starving them slowly to death (like Stalin)?

And hey, I never actually chased them around with the brulee torch; I was just brainstorming. And I DID feed them in the microwave.

64 Justanotherhuman  May 7, 2015 5:41:21am

re: #59 wheat-dogghazi-mailgate

Char-Meck schools have an IB curriculum in place, started in the 90s, iirc. Considered “magnet” schools.

cms.k12.nc.us

65 Bubblehead II  May 7, 2015 5:42:21am

re: #62 Justanotherhuman

I think this is in Norman, OK.

First aerial, daylight images of the May 6 tornado damage

kfor.com

KFOR needs to learn the difference between a mobile home park and a RV park.

66 wheat-dogghazi-mailgate  May 7, 2015 5:45:00am

re: #64 Justanotherhuman

Char-Meck schools have an IB curriculum in place, started in the 90s, iirc. Considered “magnet” schools.

cms.k12.nc.us

No doubt they have organized weapons practice after school and rehearsals of patriotic songs extolling the Fatherland.
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67 Grimalkin  May 7, 2015 6:01:58am

re: #30 klys (maker of Silmarils)

Your lucky your cats just sad, Mine’s Republican and votes.

68 Timothy Watson  May 7, 2015 6:03:15am

re: #67 Grimalkin

Your lucky your cats just sad, Mine’s Republican and votes.

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Does he eat DemocRATS?

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69 FemNaziBitch  May 7, 2015 6:04:07am

Looks as though today is going to be the last nice day for a while.

May showers bring June flowers?

you?

70 FemNaziBitch  May 7, 2015 6:05:50am

re: #61 Justanotherhuman

“Colorado’s population is expected to nearly double by 2050 and there will not be enough water to meet demand.”

npr.org

Last Call at the Oasis

imdb.com

This is what happens when you legalize pot.
Also reminds me of this old saying, “You never miss your water ‘til your well runs dry.”

71 b.d.  May 7, 2015 6:06:11am

So will it still be 6 Flags over Texas or will they have to change it to 7 Flags over Texas once the US Army takes over the state this summer?

72 Bubblehead II  May 7, 2015 6:06:54am

re: #69 FemNaziBitch

Looks as though today is going to be the last nice day for a while.

May showers bring June flowers?

you?

Yucky.

forecast.weather.gov

73 lawhawk  May 7, 2015 6:08:38am

Greets and saluts from the NYC metro area. So, last week, there was a shooting in a town not far from home. It involved police getting a call of a suspected burglary and the cops responding ended up going to the wrong address. One of them then shot a dog on that premises, killing it.

The family is distraught. Rightfully so.

Well, would it surprise anyone that the officer who fired the shots had issues while as a cop in Newark?

It’s hard enough to fire bad cops, but then they’re able to get hired by other departments who then have to deal with the bad cops too - and so too do the communities they’re supposed to serve.

74 FemNaziBitch  May 7, 2015 6:09:51am

EU to investigate claims McDonald’s avoided $1bn in tax

The European Union competition commissioner Margrethe Vestager said on Tuesday that she was examining claims, made by trade unions, that McDonald’s paid just 𠫁6m of tax on royalties worth 𠫃.7bn between 2009 and 2013.

“We are looking into the information gained by trade unions when it comes to McDonald’s in order to assess if there is a case, or if we should open cases there,” Vestager said.

McDonald’s is accused of channelling money through a Luxembourg-based subsidiary with a Swiss branch to exploit a generous tax break on intellectual property rights. It is a similar structure to that used by a host of multinationals exposed by the Guardian’s LuxLeaks investigation last year.

If you or I tried that?

75 makeitstop  May 7, 2015 6:10:25am

re: #72 Bubblehead II

Yucky.

forecast.weather.gov

My forecast seems…non-committal.

forecast.weather.gov

I’m trying to grow grass over here! A day or two of rain actually wouldn’t hurt.

76 FemNaziBitch  May 7, 2015 6:10:47am

re: #73 lawhawk

Greets and saluts from the NYC metro area. So, last week, there was a shooting in a town not far from home. It involved police getting a call of a suspected burglary and the cops responding ended up going to the wrong address. One of them then shot a dog on that premises, killing it.

The family is distraught. Rightfully so.

Well, would it surprise anyone that the officer who fired the shots had issues while as a cop in Newark?

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It’s hard enough to fire bad cops, but then they’re able to get hired by other departments who then have to deal with the bad cops too - and so too do the communities they’re supposed to serve.

***GRRRRRR*****

77 wheat-dogghazi-mailgate  May 7, 2015 6:14:41am

UpChuck is at it again.

78 The Pie Mother  May 7, 2015 6:21:15am

Um no actually it’s a pretty lame, cheap, angry shot.
Carly is the new Sarah Palin.

79 FemNaziBitch  May 7, 2015 6:23:12am

Air Force announces first female F-35 pilot

80 FemNaziBitch  May 7, 2015 6:23:42am

Texas Governor Deploys State Guard To Stave Off Obama Takeover

81 lawhawk  May 7, 2015 6:24:38am

re: #78 Lord Of The Pies

Um no actually it’s a pretty lame, cheap, angry shot.
Carly is the new Sarah Palin.

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Carly can’t be the new Palin. Carly hasn’t won an election anywhere. For anything. Ever.

And her best known business role is seen as a huge failure (HP). The previous position (at Lucent) was a disaster puffed by accounting tricks and lending to purchasers so that after she left the company, the bottom fell out, and Lucent had to find a shining knight to rescue the company (Alcatel).

82 The Pie Mother  May 7, 2015 6:27:20am

re: #81 lawhawk

Carly can’t be the new Palin. Carly hasn’t won an election anywhere. For anything. Ever.

And her best known business role is seen as a huge failure (HP). The previous position (at Lucent) was a disaster puffed by accounting tricks and lending to purchasers so that after she left the company, the bottom fell out, and Lucent had to find a shining knight to rescue the company (Alcatel).

She’s basically a scam artist who conned her way to the top. The PathNet was nothing but a shell game.

She has no engineering degree or tech skills.

83 Justanotherhuman  May 7, 2015 6:27:37am

re: #78 Lord Of The Pies

Meyers got a good riposte in.

“Do you know who owns sethmeyers.org?” she asked Meyers on Late Night.

“I do,” she answered. “I just bought it in the green room actually. So you better be really nice to me tonight.”

In return, Meyers joked, “I’m going to start laying people off so you have something to put on it.

84 The Pie Mother  May 7, 2015 6:30:23am

re: #83 Justanotherhuman

Meyers got a good riposte in.

“Do you know who owns sethmeyers.org?” she asked Meyers on Late Night.

“I do,” she answered. “I just bought it in the green room actually. So you better be really nice to me tonight.”

In return, Meyers joked, “I’m going to start laying people off so you have something to put on it.

Lame as fuck.

85 The Pie Mother  May 7, 2015 6:31:25am

Wingnuts have no facts so they just make shit up

86 The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge  May 7, 2015 6:31:55am

re: #81 lawhawk

Carly can’t be the new Palin. Carly hasn’t won an election anywhere. For anything. Ever.

And her best known business role is seen as a huge failure (HP). The previous position (at Lucent) was a disaster puffed by accounting tricks and lending to purchasers so that after she left the company, the bottom fell out, and Lucent had to find a shining knight to rescue the company (Alcatel).

Yeah, but bringing any of that up is a “cheap media gotcha attempt”.

87 lawhawk  May 7, 2015 6:35:07am

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88 Justanotherhuman  May 7, 2015 6:35:43am
89 lawhawk  May 7, 2015 6:36:19am

re: #85 Lord Of The Pies

Like yesterday, when some nitwit was claiming that health care costs skyrocketed after Obamacare, even though every metric has found that the costs have moderated. And ignores that the health care costs were actually skyrocketing prior to Obamacare.

90 Justanotherhuman  May 7, 2015 6:37:09am

re: #85 Lord Of The Pies

Obama is so mighty he owns every company ever opened in the US. ////

91 ObserverArt  May 7, 2015 6:37:11am

re: #69 FemNaziBitch

Looks as though today is going to be the last nice day for a while.

May showers bring June flowers?

you?

Hot! Next 5 days: 87°- 88° - 86° - 86° - 87° on Monday with storms and a cold front on the way to get back to what it should be…low to mid 70s

It’s freaking May 7th! Not July.

I like 70° temps. We seem to skip by them any more, going from mid 50s to mid 80s.

92 FemNaziBitch  May 7, 2015 6:37:49am

Huff Post link works better.

93 The Pie Mother  May 7, 2015 6:39:16am

re: #89 lawhawk

Like yesterday, when some nitwit was claiming that health care costs skyrocketed after Obamacare, even though every metric has found that the costs have moderated. And ignores that the health care costs were actually skyrocketing prior to Obamacare.

Or last week, when some dumbshit kept insisting YOONYUNZ GET TRILLIONS!!!!!!

94 FemNaziBitch  May 7, 2015 6:40:10am

Most of the Women Rescued From Boko Haram Are Pregnant

Shamess Pages Promotion

Please remember that rape and forced pregnancy are War Crimes. — even when within an internal conflict.

95 Justanotherhuman  May 7, 2015 6:40:36am

re: #91 ObserverArt

It’s been a fairly mild spring here, considering it’s the south. Not always so. A couple of years ago, we had temps in the 90s in May.

96 Backwoods_Sleuth  May 7, 2015 6:42:56am
97 Flying Squirrel Girl  May 7, 2015 6:45:03am

Logged on to FB this morning to the news that my aunt’s house was hit AGAIN by a tornado yesterday in Bridge Creek, OK. 16 years ago her house was completely demolished (with her inside in a closet). Family and pets are OK but shaken. Apparently lightning never strikes twice but tornadoes do.

98 Justanotherhuman  May 7, 2015 6:46:51am

The Internet reacts to the General Election 2015 [LIVE BLOG]

thepoke.co.uk

99 Backwoods_Sleuth  May 7, 2015 6:49:52am
100 HappyWarrior  May 7, 2015 6:50:56am

re: #96 Backwoods_Sleuth

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Yet Conaway will still campaign for his re-election. It’s nice to see Texas Republicans condemn Abbott for pandering to cuckoo conspiracy bullshit but at the same time, these guys will continue to support Abbott.

101 Bubblehead II  May 7, 2015 6:51:04am

re: #92 FemNaziBitch

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Bad link.

102 HappyWarrior  May 7, 2015 6:51:47am

UK election should be interesting.

103 Eventual Carrion  May 7, 2015 6:52:03am

re: #89 lawhawk

Like yesterday, when some nitwit was claiming that health care costs skyrocketed after Obamacare, even though every metric has found that the costs have moderated. And ignores that the health care costs were actually skyrocketing prior to Obamacare.

When I hear some dipshit say that it makes me ask myself, “Have you not had insurance that you had to pay the premium (or at least part of it) for the last 15 years. Up until 3 years ago my insurance premium went up EVERY year, sometimes by a 30 - 40% jump. It hasn’t been doing that for the last 3 years, in fact it has gone down a lot (and I am at the same job I have been the last 7 years). 6 years ago I was up to $445 premium every 2 weeks for a family coverage plan, I now pay $282 every 2 weeks for a plan that even covers more and at a lower out of pocket ceiling.

104 FemNaziBitch  May 7, 2015 6:54:09am

re: #97 Flying Squirrel Girl

Logged on to FB this morning to the news that my aunt’s house was hit AGAIN by a tornado yesterday in Bridge Creek, OK. 16 years ago her house was completely demolished (with her inside in a closet). Family and pets are OK but shaken. Apparently lightning never strikes twice but tornadoes do.

hmmmm … . .

One could almost believe in divine retribution with this one.

It’s fodder for some good jokes at Auntie anyway. :)

105 Justanotherhuman  May 7, 2015 6:54:19am
106 FemNaziBitch  May 7, 2015 6:54:46am

re: #101 Bubblehead II

Bad link.

added good link.

107 Bubblehead II  May 7, 2015 6:55:40am

re: #106 FemNaziBitch

added good link.

Thanks.

108 FemNaziBitch  May 7, 2015 6:57:00am

re: #104 FemNaziBitch

hmmmm … . .

One could almost believe in divine retribution with this one.

It’s fodder for some good jokes at Auntie anyway. :)

GOD: “damn! Missed again.”

Feline Overlord: “See, you owe me.”

109 Flying Squirrel Girl  May 7, 2015 6:57:29am

re: #104 FemNaziBitch

I know right?

When she rebuilt in the same spot (which she had to do to get 100% payout, otherwise she would only get 60%) she made sure to have a storm shelter built, which we all joked at the time that she would never need it having already lived through what she had…

110 Backwoods_Sleuth  May 7, 2015 6:58:03am

Meanwhile in North Carolina:

Sheriff: naked man in lawn chair threatens neighbors with AK-47

When deputies arrived, they found Carroll “completely naked” on the back porch of his home at 2828 Deal Road, lot 5. The report indicated Carroll had a towel around his neck.

The report notes that when asked why he was naked, Carroll, referring to his neighbor said “he p***** me off so I sat in that chair.” Carroll allegedly told deputies that he wanted to be naked and wasn’t going to put on any clothes, stating “I don’t care.”

Deputies asked Carroll if he had threatened his neighbors by saying that he had an AK-47 and “knew how to use it.” Carroll said that he did make the statement, then laughed, according to the report.

111 No Country For Old Haters  May 7, 2015 6:58:37am

re: #51 Lord Of The Pies

Well apropos of the Jon Stewart video at the top of this thread, this meme just came across the #TCOT

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112 lawhawk  May 7, 2015 6:59:15am

re: #109 Flying Squirrel Girl

A real good thing too - and helps with resale in tornado alley too.

BTW, lightning does strike the same place more than once. The WTC and Empire State Building are hit a bunch of times every year. And there’s one guy who is in the Guinness Book of Records for being hit 7 times.

113 lawhawk  May 7, 2015 6:59:37am

re: #110 Backwoods_Sleuth

Sure that it wasn’t Florida? Sure seems like a Florida thing to do. /

114 Justanotherhuman  May 7, 2015 7:01:10am

re: #110 Backwoods_Sleuth

Meanwhile in North Carolina:

Sheriff: naked man in lawn chair threatens neighbors with AK-47

Heh. The “Gospel Light Church” is nearby. google.com

115 No Country For Old Haters  May 7, 2015 7:05:58am

re: #18 Kragar

Bryan doesn’t realize that it’s people like him that have already made the “conservative cause” into a dead-end worldview that’s just for religious fanatics.

116 Justanotherhuman  May 7, 2015 7:06:52am

re: #113 lawhawk

Sure that it wasn’t Florida? Sure seems like a Florida thing to do. /

Nope. Rowan County is 2 counties east of here. A lot of cray-cray types there and even the schools usually get a “C” or “D” report card. I’ve even seen an “F”.

Most industry left the county and people have nothing else to do but sit around and lose their minds.

117 HappyWarrior  May 7, 2015 7:07:55am

re: #115 No Country For Old Haters

Bryan doesn’t realize that it’s people like him that have already made the “conservative cause” into a dead-end worldview that’s just for religious fanatics.

Yeah I don’t know anything about this guy that he’s attacking other than that he’s gay but he can’t be any worse than Bryan “I use the the existence of a handful of gay Nazis to justify discrimination against gay people” Fischer. I suspect he’s jealous of this guy since he’s comfortable in his sexuality while Bryan is in Narnia.

118 dharmamark  May 7, 2015 7:08:39am

re: #116 Justanotherhuman

Nope. Rowan County is 2 counties east of here. A lot of cray-cray types there and even the schools usually get a “C” or “D” report card. I’ve even seen an “F”.

Most industry left the county and people have nothing else to do but sit around and lose their minds.

I have a friend who is a judge in Rowan county, the stories she tells…

119 FemNaziBitch  May 7, 2015 7:08:42am

bbl

120 Romantic Heretic  May 7, 2015 7:15:21am

re: #96 Backwoods_Sleuth

Guess who’s going to get primaried in the next election.

Damn you, autocorrect.

121 Justanotherhuman  May 7, 2015 7:17:53am

re: #118 dharmamark

It’s really pathetic when people are left bereft of decent schools and possess such a POV that they think they should be doing what their parents did for generations—working in the mills, etc, and buying the conservative mindset.

NC has a lot of “expendable” people like this and the current crop they elected in Raleigh is doing no one any favors except their masters, ALEC, the Kochs, etc.

122 ObserverArt  May 7, 2015 7:18:07am

Regarding the Stewart video topic of this thread. Hasn’t Texas always seen itself as it’s own entity and is only considered part of the union of states because they lent their awesomeness to the other 49 who were glad to have them?

I think that is called proudly independent. One big lone star on that flag, representative of only one state.

So yeah, they probably see this as an invasion since the union was taken away from them by the African-American Socialists Commie Marxist Muslim Community Organizer and they never voted for that to happen.

Just as soon as Ted Cruz or Rick Perry become President this will all be forgotten.

Oh, wait. Maybe the Feds know that is not going to happen so they are taking positions to fight off the revolution that is coming when Texans find out they aren’t going to have a Texan as President.

/// I hope I have not offended any of the good Texans, of which there are many here at LGF.

123 Backwoods_Sleuth  May 7, 2015 7:25:27am

This happened at Marshall University in Huntington, WV:

HUNTINGTON, w.va. (WSAZ) — A Marshall football player has been dismissed from the team after police said he attacked a gay couple.

They said he punched them in the face in Huntington last month as they walked down the street.

Many people have spoken out against the alleged attacks, including Marshall University officials who called them “bigoted” and “violent” and said they won’t be tolerated.

In a tweet late Wednesday afternoon, Marshall Athletic Director Mike Hamrick said, “Coach Holliday and I have decided to dismiss Steward Butler from our program in light of additional information regarding his charges.”

This came just hours after they first put him on indefinite suspension.

wsaz.com

124 Lidane  May 7, 2015 7:25:50am

o_O

125 makeitstop  May 7, 2015 7:26:04am

From TPM’s post about conservatives criticizing Geller - you may as well run out and buy a new irony meter before you even read it.

“Two guys are dead,” O’Reilly said during his show on Monday while sparring with fellow Fox host Megyn Kelly. The host of “The O’Reilly Factor,” who has done his fair share of saber rattling against “radical Islam,” pushed back against Kelly’s defense of Geller.

“It’s always cause and effect,” O’Reilly said. “This is what happens when you light the fuse; you get violence.”

‘Tiller the Baby Killer’ was unavailable for comment.

126 Justanotherhuman  May 7, 2015 7:27:11am

OK City tornado damage.

127 HappyWarrior  May 7, 2015 7:28:10am

re: #125 makeitstop

From TPM’s post about conservatives criticizing Geller - you may as well run out and buy a new irony meter before you even read it.

‘Tiller the Baby Killer’ was unavailable for comment.

Yeah that hypocrite is one to fucking talk when he basically asked for Dr. Tiller’s head. And Bill how about you talk to your co-workers on Fox who not only said nothing but applauded the violent rhetoric directed at the Feds during the Bundy Ranch mess. But I get it, lecturing about violence is only for black people.

128 Backwoods_Sleuth  May 7, 2015 7:28:47am

re: #126 Justanotherhuman

That’s why one should never drive through floodwaters. That’s what might be hidden underneath.

129 The Pie Mother  May 7, 2015 7:28:55am

Let’s argue theoretically:

If Pamela is right (she’s not) and Muslims are “savages” (they’re not) then why is she repeatedly poking sticks in the eyes of “savages”

Isn’t that the same as the guy who crawls into the tiger enclosure at the zoo?

130 HappyWarrior  May 7, 2015 7:29:23am

re: #124 Lidane

o_O

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Cruz is a clown. I’m actually impressed they knew who Cicero was though.

131 HappyWarrior  May 7, 2015 7:29:55am

re: #129 Lord Of The Pies

Let’s argue theoretically:

If Pamela is right (she’s not) and Muslims are “savages” (they’re not) then why is she repeatedly poking sticks in the eyes of “savages”

Isn’t that the same as the guy who crawls into the tiger enclosure at the zoo?

A good point.

132 Backwoods_Sleuth  May 7, 2015 7:31:11am

re: #130 HappyWarrior

Cruz is a clown. I’m actually impressed they knew who Cicero was though.

LOL! When I first read the tweet, my brain pronounced “Cicero” as a Spanish word.

:D

133 Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light)  May 7, 2015 7:31:34am

re: #129 Lord Of The Pies

Let’s argue theoretically:

If Pamela is right (she’s not) and Muslims are “savages” (they’re not) then why is she repeatedly poking sticks in the eyes of “savages”

Isn’t that the same as the guy who crawls into the tiger enclosure at the zoo?

Pamela was provoking a violent response. That does not justify the use of violence on the other side.

This is all too nuanced, though. In the modern twitter and sound bite-based world, you fully support one side and categorically demonize the other.

134 Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light)  May 7, 2015 7:33:51am

re: #89 lawhawk

Like yesterday, when some nitwit was claiming that health care costs skyrocketed after Obamacare, even though every metric has found that the costs have moderated. And ignores that the health care costs were actually skyrocketing prior to Obamacare.

Sort of like claims about unemployment skyrocketing under Obama, ignoring the economic crisis that hit before he took office.

135 Justanotherhuman  May 7, 2015 7:35:12am

Even as Saudi Arabia announced a 5 day moratorium on air strikes.

Yemen food ships face mounting delays as conflict backs up deliveries; 80% of population estimated to be going hungry - @Reuters
end of alert

136 Backwoods_Sleuth  May 7, 2015 7:35:12am
137 BeachDem  May 7, 2015 7:40:14am

re: #77 wheat-dogghazi-mailgate

UpChuck is at it again.

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Has anyone besides upchuck ever alleged that? (plus, I thought somebody else debunked that whole thing by investigating the time stamps on the twitters that supposedly proved something or other.)

138 Justanotherhuman  May 7, 2015 7:40:48am

Holy shit.

139 Lidane  May 7, 2015 7:41:18am

Stopped clock, blind squirrel, etc. —

140 HappyWarrior  May 7, 2015 7:42:36am

re: #139 Lidane

Stopped clock, blind squirrel, etc. —

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A proponent of free speech wouldn’t be hanging with people whose political tradition is more closer to Hitler and Mussolini than Jefferson and Adams. And no, I am not comparing Pam Geller to Hitler, I am pointing out that her big allies in Europe are Neo-Nazis who are much more inspired by Hitler than the Enlightenment Era ideas of liberty.

141 Justanotherhuman  May 7, 2015 7:43:16am
142 Backwoods_Sleuth  May 7, 2015 7:44:55am
143 The Pie Mother  May 7, 2015 7:46:19am

re: #142 Backwoods_Sleuth

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Wow he sounds just like #tcot

144 ObserverArt  May 7, 2015 7:46:43am

re: #128 Backwoods_Sleuth

That’s why one should never drive through floodwaters. That’s what might be hidden underneath.

That picture reminds me of a sad flash flood story I will always remember. A lot of times I’d relax on weekends by jumping in my VW GTi and go out country roading. Ohio has some great sportin’ car type roads south east of Columbus, especially around the Hocking Hills area.

One road that I used to get out to the metro area and into the country is Coonpath road just north of Lancaster.

One morning on the news I heard there was a heavy rains in that area and they got 6 inches in a little over an hour. A small creek that I drove over many times on Coonpath Road had turned into a raging river with the big rain and it totally wiped out the small bridge on the road went over the creek.

Apparently sometime in the early morning during the storm a young mother and her baby drove down the road and never noticed the bridge was gone. They fell into the raging water and were washed so far down into the hilly farms in the surrounding area it took authorities some time to find out what happened. No one knew until the car was found.

By the time the car was discovered both the mother and child were dead from drowning. It was so sad.

If you drive over that area today, you can see it is a newer bridge and some new road to replace all that was wiped out.

And if you stop and look down you will notice a tiny little creek about a foot wide with a trickle of water.

145 BeenHereAwhile  May 7, 2015 7:47:17am

re: #71 b.d.

So will it still be 6 Flags over Texas or will they have to change it to 7 Flags over Texas once the US Army takes over the state this summer?

Waiting for the concerned citizens to demand that the Federal Government remove the 15 US military bases from the state of Texas.

146 Lidane  May 7, 2015 7:48:52am

Because the problem with Texas Republicans is that they’re too liberal:

*facepalm*

147 HappyWarrior  May 7, 2015 7:48:59am

re: #143 Lord Of The Pies

Wow he sounds just like #tcot

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What exactly is his point? ZOMG GOTCHA OBAMA APPOINTED THE JUDGES. These judges are only tied to Obama as far as it will go down in the Congressional record that he appointed them. Glenn’s such a childish dick. He really is the worst enemy of any sane effort to reform the NSA. because he wants the issue to be all about him.

148 Backwoods_Sleuth  May 7, 2015 7:49:03am

bwahahaaa…

149 Justanotherhuman  May 7, 2015 7:49:16am

This is hilarious!

150 Lidane  May 7, 2015 7:50:12am

re: #145 BeenHereAwhile

Waiting for the concerned citizens to demand that the Federal Government remove the 15 US military bases from the state of Texas.

I’m still waiting for one of these ZOMG JADE HELM dipshits to explain to me how the US Army would be invading a state that’s already part of the United States.

151 HappyWarrior  May 7, 2015 7:50:21am

re: #146 Lidane

Because the problem with Texas Republicans is that they’re too liberal:

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*facepalm*

What the comic team of Abbott and Patrickstello wasn’t right wing enough?

152 wheat-dogghazi-mailgate  May 7, 2015 7:50:38am

re: #137 BeachDem

He made some stink about it on his blog, but seeing as no charges were filed I’m sure it was another one of his FAILS.

153 HappyWarrior  May 7, 2015 7:51:31am

re: #148 Backwoods_Sleuth

bwahahaaa…

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How many are in the clown car now?
Cruz, Rubio, Paul, Bush, Fiorina, Carson, (Santorum obviously), Graham. Christie That’s at least 9”credible candiates) The GOP has too many damn chefs in the kitchen.

154 BeenHereAwhile  May 7, 2015 7:52:31am

re: #133 Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light)

Pamela was provoking a violent response. That does not justify the use of violence on the other side.

This is all too nuanced, though. In the modern twitter and sound bite-based world, you fully support one side and categorically demonize the other.

Geller’s honeypot.

Tawdry side show involving ef-heads on all three sides.

Some of the SWAT team members looked like they wrestle for the WWF.

Meanwhile - while the cartoon character camo-suited & weaponed up SWAP team lay in wait inside, a lone regular officer outside took out both jihadist wantabees with a sidearm.

155 Timothy Watson  May 7, 2015 7:53:15am

re: #143 Lord Of The Pies

Wow he sounds just like #tcot

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Anyone know the judge’s names and if they’re district court judges or from a Court of Appeals? If the former, it’s more than likely that the Senators from the state had more to do with their nomination than Obama.

156 makeitstop  May 7, 2015 7:53:15am

re: #138 Justanotherhuman

Holy shit.

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(The above is a seekrit encoded message from our smallest cat.)

Back on topic - geez, talk about tone deaf. I know Cavs fans don’t like the Bulls, but…damn.

157 The Pie Mother  May 7, 2015 7:53:54am

I would like to see more diversity in the Democrat lineup. It looks like everybody is just resigned that it’s Hillary’s “turn”

Bernie threw his hat in the ring just so she shouldn’t get a completely free ride.

158 Lidane  May 7, 2015 7:54:11am

re: #153 HappyWarrior

How many are in the clown car now?
Cruz, Rubio, Paul, Bush, Fiorina, Carson, (Santorum obviously), Graham. Christie That’s at least 9”credible candiates) The GOP has too many damn chefs in the kitchen.

STRONG BENCH! DIVERSITY! ELEVENTY!

159 wheat-dogghazi-mailgate  May 7, 2015 7:55:07am

re: #154 BeenHereAwhile

Geller’s honeypot.

Tawdry side show involving ef-heads on all three sides.

Some of the SWAT team members looked like they wrestle for the WWF.

Meanwhile - while the cartoon character camo-suited & weaponed up SWAP team lay in wait inside, a lone regular officer outside took out both jihadist wantabees with a sidearm.

Who sent in the SWAT team, BTW? DId Geller et al. request them, or did the local police assign them to the event as a precaution?

160 HappyWarrior  May 7, 2015 7:55:30am

re: #157 Lord Of The Pies

I would like to see more diversity in the Democrat lineup. It looks like everybody is just resigned that it’s Hillary’s “turn”

Bernie threw his hat in the ring just so she shouldn’t get a completely free ride.

Don’t forget O’Malley and Webb. That’s four right there. But I’m with you, I don’t like it just being assumed that it’s Hillary’s turn. I think it’s best for the party when someone like Obama or even Hillary’s own husband has to work hard for the nomination. The Dems don’t need a grand jury of candidates but it would be nice if there was a healthy debate so Hillary doesn’t get the nomination by default.

161 The Pie Mother  May 7, 2015 7:55:36am

re: #158 Lidane

STRONG BENCH! DIVERSITY! ELEVENTY!

HURR HURR LOOK WE GOTS A BLACK, HISPANICS, & A WOMENS!!!!!!

All they need is a Gay and a disabled person…

162 stpaulbear  May 7, 2015 7:55:43am

re: #148 Backwoods_Sleuth

bwahahaaa…

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His face has not aged well.
Must be from all the hated.

163 HappyWarrior  May 7, 2015 7:56:49am

re: #158 Lidane

STRONG BENCH! DIVERSITY! ELEVENTY!

To use a baseball reference, a heavy bench like that neglects your bullpen. They got so many people who want to be President that there isn’t a lot of people out there who will be capable cabinet secretaries.

164 ObserverArt  May 7, 2015 7:57:33am

re: #129 Lord Of The Pies

Let’s argue theoretically:

If Pamela is right (she’s not) and Muslims are “savages” (they’re not) then why is she repeatedly poking sticks in the eyes of “savages”

Isn’t that the same as the guy who crawls into the tiger enclosure at the zoo?

Your reference to tigers reminds me. The morning local news showed the court room where the mother that dropped her baby into the Cheetah exhibit at the Cleveland Zoo back a few ago was being charged.

She is from the Columbus metro area, Delaware Ohio and worked on Sawmill Road right out where my previous job was at in Powell.

Guess what her job was.

She is (was?) the manager at the KinderCare child care center.

Link to local article about it for those that might not have heard the stopry that was posted here at LGF previously.

Delaware County woman charged after son falls into cheetah enclosure

—CUT—

Mrs. Schwab, the assistant manager of the KinderCare at 4895 Sawmill Rd. on the Northwest Side, is on leave, said Colleen Moran, a spokeswoman for Knowledge Universe, which operates KinderCare. Moran said she was unaware of any complaints, warnings or disciplinary actions against Mrs. Schwab during her 13 years working for the company.

“We were saddened to hear of Saturday’s incident at the Cleveland Metroparks Zoo involving Michelle Schwab’s son, and we wish him a speedy recovery,” Moran said in a statement. “Ms. Schwab … is currently home with her family and will remain out of our center while this issue is investigated and addressed.”

—CUT—

Wow.

With that…time to get busy. Later.

165 HappyWarrior  May 7, 2015 7:57:39am

re: #161 Lord Of The Pies

HURR HURR LOOK WE GOTS A BLACK, HISPANICS, & A WOMENS!!!!!!

All they need is a Gay and a disabled person…

How about an atheist and Muslim? Or is that too much to ask for the R bench where the only real differences of opinion is the adjective they use for how much they love Ronald Reagan and how conservative they are.

166 makeitstop  May 7, 2015 7:58:47am

re: #148 Backwoods_Sleuth

bwahahaaa…

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You’d think after so many presidential run fails, he’d take the hint by now.

167 makeitstop  May 7, 2015 7:59:44am

re: #163 HappyWarrior

To use a baseball reference, a heavy bench like that neglects your bullpen. They got so many people who want to be President that there isn’t a lot of people out there who will be capable cabinet secretaries.

Most of them wouldn’t even be capable cabinet members, truth be told.

168 ObserverArt  May 7, 2015 8:00:58am

re: #153 HappyWarrior

How many are in the clown car now?
Cruz, Rubio, Paul, Bush, Fiorina, Carson, (Santorum obviously), Graham. Christie That’s at least 9”credible candiates) The GOP has too many damn chefs in the kitchen.

And not a one of them can cook. Hell, they can’t boil water.

(Okay I lied…I was trying catch up! I’m leaving.)

169 CuriousLurker  May 7, 2015 8:03:16am

re: #133 Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light)

Pamela was provoking a violent response. That does not justify the use of violence on the other side.

This is all too nuanced, though. In the modern twitter and sound bite-based world, you fully support one side and categorically demonize the other.

THIS. A little while ago I was reading a Gothamist article about the events in Garland. I enjoyed it until the last paragraph in which the author said:

One day our children may live in a world where it’s possible to denounce both Pamela Geller and the psychopathic religious zealots who want her dead, but if we have to choose sides here, we probably have to choose Geller and free speech, no matter how offensive hers may be. Ugh. Guess this means we’re on team Geller here. The terrorists have won.

gothamist.com

So I asked him:

No response so far.

170 HappyWarrior  May 7, 2015 8:03:24am

re: #167 makeitstop

Most of them wouldn’t even be capable cabinet members, truth be told.

Yep.

171 HappyWarrior  May 7, 2015 8:04:59am

re: #166 makeitstop

You’d think after so many presidential run fails, he’d take the hint by now.

To be fair to Frothy, this is his second run and he technically is next in line the same way Mitt was. And I forgot Huckabee. So yeah that’s 10.

172 Higgs Boson's Mate  May 7, 2015 8:05:17am

Yes, the crowded GOP field is laughable in many ways. There is a middle ground between a clown car and a coronation and I feel that we Democrats aren’t there yet. There will be General Elections after 2016 and our candidates in them would be advantaged if the voters’ first response wasn’t “Who’s she?” or “Who’s he?”

173 The Pie Mother  May 7, 2015 8:05:32am

STUPIDEST MEME OF THE DAY==>

174 HappyWarrior  May 7, 2015 8:06:25am

It’s a crowded stretch limo at this point
1.) Bush
2.) Christie
3.) Rubio
4.) Jindal
5.) Fiorina
6.) Carson
7.) Paul
8.) Graham
9.) Cruz
10.) Santorum
11.) Walker
Did I miss anyone else?

175 HappyWarrior  May 7, 2015 8:07:10am

re: #173 Lord Of The Pies

STUPIDEST MEME OF THE DAY==>

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Well it’s a good thing that the President and no Democrat has proposed abolishing the second amendment then. These idiots don’t know what tyranny actually is.

176 The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge  May 7, 2015 8:07:49am

re: #172 Higgs Boson’s Mate

Yes, the crowded GOP field is laughable in many ways. There is a middle ground between a clown car and a coronation and I feel that we Democrats aren’t there yet. There will be General Elections after 2016 and our candidates in them would be advantaged if the voters’ first response wasn’t “Who’s she?” or “Who’s he?”

The two parties are held to different standards though. If a Republican runs once and loses, it’s “his turn” next time. If a Democrat runs once and loses, he’s a “loser” then and forever.

177 b.d.  May 7, 2015 8:08:30am

re: #173 Lord Of The Pies

STUPIDEST MEME OF THE DAY==>

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So they would all be for arming the Ferguson and Baltimore protestors who were facing an oppressive government?

I doubt it, I would think they’d want the cops to mow them all down.

178 HappyWarrior  May 7, 2015 8:08:53am

re: #176 The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge

The two parties are held to different standards though. If a Republican runs once and loses, it’s “his turn” next time. If a Democrat runs once and loses, he’s a “loser” then and forever.

Yeah outside of Edwards none of the 2004 Dems ran in 2008. And Edwards was a distant third to Hillary and Obama before the adultery and child broke.

179 HappyWarrior  May 7, 2015 8:09:30am

re: #177 b.d.

So they would all be for arming the Ferguson and Baltimore protestors who were facing an oppressive government?

I doubt it, I would think they’d want the cops to mow them all down.

They post stuff like GUNS AGAINST GOVERNMENT TYRANNY and then they say that the BPD or FPD should shoot all “looters.”

180 The Pie Mother  May 7, 2015 8:09:57am

re: #175 HappyWarrior

Well it’s a good thing that the President and no Democrat has proposed abolishing the second amendment then. These idiots don’t know what tyranny actually is.

181 HappyWarrior  May 7, 2015 8:10:49am

re: #180 Lord Of The Pies

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I love Andy. One of the funniest guys in the political satire business. Brilliant.

182 Backwoods_Sleuth  May 7, 2015 8:11:10am
183 b.d.  May 7, 2015 8:11:34am

re: #179 HappyWarrior

They post stuff like GUNS AGAINST GOVERNMENT TYRANNY and then they say that the BPD or FPD should shoot all “looters.”

WE NEED TO HAVE GUNS TO FIGHT AGAINST AN OPPRESIVE GOVERNMENT——————————THOSE PROTESTORS NEED TO DO WHAT THE COPS SAY OR THEY SHOULD SHOOT THEM

Wingnut logic.

184 Backwoods_Sleuth  May 7, 2015 8:13:12am
185 HappyWarrior  May 7, 2015 8:13:59am

Why would the military want to take over Texas? You’re not that special Texas.

186 HappyWarrior  May 7, 2015 8:14:52am

re: #183 b.d.

WE NEED TO HAVE GUNS TO FIGHT AGAINST AN OPPRESIVE GOVERNMENT——————————THOSE PROTESTORS NEED TO DO WHAT THE COPS SAY OR THEY SHOULD SHOOT THEM

Wingnut logic.

OOBUMMER IS INCOMPETENT AND THE WORST PRESIDENT EVER. HE IS THE SAME AS HITLER.

187 b.d.  May 7, 2015 8:15:36am

re: #184 Backwoods_Sleuth

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If the Army takes over Texas can they fix our roads and bridges while they are here?

188 lawhawk  May 7, 2015 8:16:25am

re: #176 The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge

The two parties are held to different standards though. If a Republican runs once and loses, it’s “his turn” next time. If a Democrat runs once and loses, he’s a “loser” then and forever.

Of those who ran previously, what makes any of them think that they are now better positioned to be President? What have they accomplished since the last time they ran?

For Santorum, nothing. He’s out of politics for a couple of years, so he probably think that counts towards outsider credibility.

For Democrats, at least Hillary was SoS since running last, so there’s foreign policy experience she didn’t have previously. Same can’t be said of the rest of the clown car on the GOP side.

The rest are a mix of 1st timers who have no actual experience (Carson), whose business credibility strains creduilty (Fiorina) and governors who have turned their states into a basket case (Jindal, Walker, Christie), and senators with no actual experience (Rubio) or whose experience is primarily in shutting down government and costing the nation billions in the process (Cruz).

Yeah, what a thrill.

Same for Huckabee.

189 Backwoods_Sleuth  May 7, 2015 8:17:06am

re: #180 Lord Of The Pies

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190 Timothy Watson  May 7, 2015 8:17:39am

re: #187 b.d.

If the Army takes over Texas can they fix our roads and bridges while they are here?

THE OCCUPATION WILL PAY FOR ITSELF!!1!

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191 The Pie Mother  May 7, 2015 8:19:17am

OH LOOK AN ASSHOLE IN MY TIME LINE==>

192 makeitstop  May 7, 2015 8:20:08am

re: #191 Lord Of The Pies

OH LOOK AN ASSHOLE IN MY TIME LINE==>

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He sounds nice.
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193 b.d.  May 7, 2015 8:20:23am

re: #190 Timothy Watson

THE OCCUPATION WILL PAY FOR ITSELF!!1!

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It already doesn’t sound like the US Army will be greeted as liberators.

194 HappyWarrior  May 7, 2015 8:21:12am

re: #192 makeitstop

He sounds nice.
/

That asshole wouldn’t know lazy or thuggery because he’s too busy sucking a corporate tit to notice.

195 b.d.  May 7, 2015 8:21:24am

I want to apply to be part of the new Texas Provisional Government.

Where do I forward my request for pallets of $100 bills?

196 Iwouldprefernotto  May 7, 2015 8:21:58am

re: #191 Lord Of The Pies

OH LOOK AN ASSHOLE IN MY TIME LINE==>

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Can conservatives ever say the word “union” without adding “thug”?

197 The Pie Mother  May 7, 2015 8:22:18am

re: #194 HappyWarrior

That asshole wouldn’t know lazy or thuggery because he’s too busy sucking a corporate tit to notice.

Probably unemployed.

198 Charles Johnson  May 7, 2015 8:22:35am

Such lovely people.

199 HappyWarrior  May 7, 2015 8:23:05am

re: #196 Iwouldprefernotto

Can conservatives ever say the word “union” without adding “thug”?

Nah, they’re programmed:
Unions bad
Corporate bigwigs getting six figure bonuses good

200 b.d.  May 7, 2015 8:23:18am

I hope that the USA installs a secular government in occupied Texas.

201 HappyWarrior  May 7, 2015 8:23:37am

re: #198 Charles Johnson

Such lovely people.

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Oh go fuck off Nolte, don’t you have a bunch of teachers to threaten?

202 The Pie Mother  May 7, 2015 8:24:04am
203 jaunte  May 7, 2015 8:24:07am

re: #196 Iwouldprefernotto

Can conservatives ever say the word “union” without adding “thug”?

Only when “union” is preceded by “police” or “fireman’s.”

204 jaunte  May 7, 2015 8:24:46am

Because they’re afraid of the police and firemen getting mad.

205 The Pie Mother  May 7, 2015 8:25:33am

BWAHAHAA==>

206 Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light)  May 7, 2015 8:26:02am

re: #139 Lidane

Stopped clock, blind squirrel, etc. —

Geraldo: Pam Geller is just ‘inciting’ and doesn’t care about free speech

Yunno, a ban on portraying the Prophet is about the last thing that troubles me about fundamntalist Islam, my issues lie with their misogyny, homophobia and tendency to use violence to advance their agenda.

The very things that bug me about fundamentalist Christianity.

207 BeachDem  May 7, 2015 8:26:35am

re: #174 HappyWarrior

It’s a crowded stretch limo at this point
1.) Bush
2.) Christie
3.) Rubio
4.) Jindal
5.) Fiorina
6.) Carson
7.) Paul
8.) Graham
9.) Cruz
10.) Santorum
11.) Walker
Did I miss anyone else?

Huckabee
Perry
Kasich (still talking to god)

208 HappyWarrior  May 7, 2015 8:27:35am

re: #207 BeachDem

Huckabee
Perry
Kasich (still talking to god)

So that’s 14 perhaps. Now I think ultimately it trims but 14 sheesh.

209 jaunte  May 7, 2015 8:28:03am

re: #195 b.d.

I want to apply to be part of the new Texas Provisional Government.

Where do I forward my request for pallets of $100 bills?

I think you have to promise to suppress poppy cultivation first.

210 b_sharp  May 7, 2015 8:28:04am

Ah, the joys of being self employed.

Woke up this morning to find my cell phone service suspended because I missed last month’s payment. Relying on customer timing for income can be a bit of a mess, unfortunately. It means there are times I have good income but other times I have little income and the bad income stretches from Nov. to Apr. I got hit with an unexpected expense a couple of weeks ago so decided to hold off paying my phone bill because THEY’VE ALWAYS LET IT SLIDE PAST 30 DAYS BEFORE.

My fault of course, but I hate it when my complex payment plans get screwed up.

On the other phone, I’m now nagging my customers.

211 The Pie Mother  May 7, 2015 8:28:50am
212 Charles Johnson  May 7, 2015 8:29:10am

We have a dead thread Pamela Geller fan: littlegreenfootballs.com

213 The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge  May 7, 2015 8:29:48am

re: #208 HappyWarrior

So that’s 14 perhaps. Now I think ultimately it trims but 14 sheesh.

Snyder.

214 b_sharp  May 7, 2015 8:29:54am

re: #207 BeachDem

Huckabee
Perry
Kasich (still talking to god)

But I like Katy Perry.

215 GlutenFreeJesus  May 7, 2015 8:30:04am

re: #141 Justanotherhuman

216 HappyWarrior  May 7, 2015 8:30:15am

re: #211 Lord Of The Pies

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You know, there’s nothing more anti-American to me than calling someone anti-American.

217 HappyWarrior  May 7, 2015 8:30:42am

re: #213 The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge

Snyder.

Sheesh that’s right. Losing track.

218 HappyWarrior  May 7, 2015 8:31:39am

re: #214 b_sharp

But I like Katy Perry.

She’s supporting Hillary Sharp lol but yes I would rather have Katy Perry than any GOPer running too even though she’s not eligible. Maybe Katy Perry for Senate.

219 HappyWarrior  May 7, 2015 8:32:22am

re: #212 Charles Johnson

We have a dead thread Pamela Geller fan: littlegreenfootballs.com

flaccid liberal ostriches? Ooooh I see Spiro Agnew is giving word advice from beyond the grave.

220 The Pie Mother  May 7, 2015 8:33:29am
221 BeachDem  May 7, 2015 8:33:30am

re: #208 HappyWarrior

So that’s 14 perhaps. Now I think ultimately it trims but 14 sheesh.

Oh, and of course, Donald Trump.

222 CuriousLurker  May 7, 2015 8:34:21am

Good article by Wesley Lowery, nice (positive) photos:

223 The Pie Mother  May 7, 2015 8:34:49am

Calling somebody a “retard” as insult gets blocked.

224 Bubblehead II  May 7, 2015 8:35:07am

Also, the 4th egg hatched this morning.

225 BeachDem  May 7, 2015 8:35:09am

re: #213 The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge

Snyder.

I think he said he’s not going to run—thank dog.

226 The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge  May 7, 2015 8:35:23am

re: #219 HappyWarrior

flaccid liberal ostriches? Ooooh I see Spiro Agnew is giving word advice from beyond the grave.

Safire’s dead too, isn’t he? Good to see the craft is still alive.//

227 Slap  May 7, 2015 8:36:14am

On a happier note….(Charles, I believe this might tickle your interest):

Cassandra Wilson: Coming Forth By Day

Reasons to believe:
1. Cassandra Wilson, one of the most soulful interpreters alive
2. The Billie Holliday catalog of songs
3. Nick Launay, producer for the Bad Seeds and others
4. The Bad Seeds’ rhythm section
5. Guitars by Nick Zinner (YeahYeahYeahs) and T-Bone Burnett
6. String arrangements by Van Dyke Parks

I bought this a couple of days after its release. In my not-at-all-humble opinion, it’s breathtaking, moody (yet celebratory), and emotionally resonant, more than worthy of the material being covered. A truly magnificent record, in all respects. Something to be celebrated.

…

228 Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light)  May 7, 2015 8:36:23am

re: #219 HappyWarrior

flaccid liberal ostriches? Ooooh I see Spiro Agnew is giving word advice from beyond the grave.

Obsequious oligarchs of Obamaism!

229 jaunte  May 7, 2015 8:36:46am

re: #219 HappyWarrior

flaccid liberal ostriches? Ooooh I see Spiro Agnew is giving word advice from beyond the grave.

By contrast the dead thread hero is an erect conservative meerkat.

230 b.d.  May 7, 2015 8:36:55am

re: #209 jaunte

I think you have to promise to suppress poppy cultivation first.

Not a problem, I can’t do anything about all of that cedar though.

231 The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge  May 7, 2015 8:37:00am

re: #221 BeachDem

Oh, and of course, Donald Trump.

God, I feel like one of those birds that can’t distinguish any number past five…. That’s 16 now, and counting!

232 HappyWarrior  May 7, 2015 8:37:15am

re: #222 CuriousLurker

Good article by Wesley Lowery, nice (positive) photos:

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Props to Chief Dyer and the Fresno PD. And Lowery’s article is why it’s absurd to claim police abuse critics are “Anti-cop.” This is really laudable not only because it’s the right thing but because it will help build up trust too.

233 HappyWarrior  May 7, 2015 8:37:39am

re: #226 The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge

Safire’s dead too, isn’t he? Good to see the craft is still alive.//

I think Safire died in 09 or 10.

234 b.d.  May 7, 2015 8:38:04am

re: #207 BeachDem

Huckabee
Perry
Kasich (still talking to god)

I’ve love for the GOP primary to have more entries than the Kentucky Derby.

235 HappyWarrior  May 7, 2015 8:38:09am

re: #229 jaunte

By contrast the dead thread hero is an erect conservative meerkat.

Bwahhaha.

236 Backwoods_Sleuth  May 7, 2015 8:39:52am

re: #234 b.d.

I’ve love for the GOP primary to have more entries than the Kentucky Derby.

Then we’d all be forced to wear silly hats.

237 HappyWarrior  May 7, 2015 8:40:01am

re: #234 b.d.

I’ve love for the GOP primary to have more entries than the Kentucky Derby.

I’d rather have the horses from the Kentucky Derby run for President and the R’s run in the Kentucky Derby. And Aqua Buddha pulls in front of Bush III and Union Buster, it’s going to be Aqua Buddha and at his home track no less! The crowd is going crazy for Aqua Buddha and his jockey Ron Paul!

238 wheat-dogghazi-mailgate  May 7, 2015 8:40:21am

re: #234 b.d.

I’ve love for the GOP primary to have more entries than the Kentucky Derby.

We should eliminate the primary system, and just let the candidates run the 1/4 mile. Whoever is first wins the nomination and a big wreath of roses around his or her neck.

239 BeachDem  May 7, 2015 8:40:40am

re: #234 b.d.

I’ve love for the GOP primary to have more entries than the Kentucky Derby.

And you just know Mitt’s waiting in the wings, just in case he’s “forced” to answer the clarion call. I’m sure Newtie is also hanging around the outskirts for the same reason.

240 wheat-dogghazi-mailgate  May 7, 2015 8:40:48am

re: #236 Backwoods_Sleuth

Then we’d all be forced to wear silly hats.

Only the women.

241 b.d.  May 7, 2015 8:41:33am

re: #236 Backwoods_Sleuth

Then we’d all be forced to wear silly hats.

But we’d be able to unashamedly drink bourbon in the afternoon.

242 HappyWarrior  May 7, 2015 8:42:03am

re: #238 wheat-dogghazi-mailgate

We should eliminate the primary system, and just let the candidates run the 1/4 mile. Whoever is first wins the nomination and a big wreath of roses around his or her neck.

Paul Ryan would probably literally be the front runner for that but he would lie about his time.

243 Backwoods_Sleuth  May 7, 2015 8:42:35am

re: #240 wheat-dogghazi-mailgate

Only the women.

That’s what they say now…

244 BeachDem  May 7, 2015 8:42:39am

re: #241 b.d.

But we’d be able to unashamedly drink bourbon in the afternoon.

And we need the Derby for that? Pshaw.

245 The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge  May 7, 2015 8:42:43am

re: #239 BeachDem

And you just know Mitt’s waiting in the wings, just in case he’s “forced” to answer the clarion call. I’m sure Newtie is also hanging around the outskirts for the same reason.

I said when this whole shitshow started that it wouldn’t surprise me at all if they had to go back to Mitt. There are just too many pipsqueaks and too much baggage in this fail train.

246 Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light)  May 7, 2015 8:43:35am

re: #245 The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge

I said when this whole shitshow started that it wouldn’t surprise me at all if they had to go back to Mitt. There are just too many pipsqueaks and too much baggage in this fail train.

It is dawning on them that they will not win by running another rich white guy.

247 wheat-dogghazi-mailgate  May 7, 2015 8:43:41am

re: #241 b.d.

But we’d be able to unashamedly drink bourbon in the afternoon.

Well, the folks in the infield get to drink watered-down bourbon in their mint juleps. But the infield “entertainment” of drunken people holding up signs that say “show us your tits” would add some levity to the GOP race. //

248 makeitstop  May 7, 2015 8:43:55am

My wingnut sister just posted this on Facebook (used DoNotLink):

17 Different Videos Showing Military Preparations for Obama’s “Martial Law” Exercises

17!!! Videos!!!! LOL

I’m starting to think that conservatives are all secretly taking meth. That would explain the galloping paranoia.

249 Backwoods_Sleuth  May 7, 2015 8:43:58am
250 b.d.  May 7, 2015 8:44:05am

re: #238 wheat-dogghazi-mailgate

We should eliminate the primary system, and just let the candidates run the 1/4 mile. Whoever is first wins the nomination and a big wreath of roses around his or her neck.

They would all push each other down and be in one gigantic scrum right out of the gate. Not that that’s a bad thing.

251 Lidane  May 7, 2015 8:44:08am

re: #207 BeachDem

Huckabee
Perry
Kasich (still talking to god)

re: #208 HappyWarrior

So that’s 14 perhaps. Now I think ultimately it trims but 14 sheesh.

*ahem*

You both forgot Trump’s hairpiece. It has also been called by Teh Almighty to run for office, even though The Donald hasn’t made any move to announce a run.

252 CuriousLurker  May 7, 2015 8:45:05am

re: #249 Backwoods_Sleuth

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Okay, now he sounds like UpChuck.

253 The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge  May 7, 2015 8:45:21am

re: #246 Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light)

It is dawning on them that they will not win by running another rich white guy.

The ones they’ve run so far just weren’t rich and white enough! Therefore Trump!

254 HappyWarrior  May 7, 2015 8:45:24am

re: #249 Backwoods_Sleuth

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Yes ,Donald, he copied YOU. lol first potential candidate. Anyone over 35 is a potential candidate someway somehow.

255 wheat-dogghazi-mailgate  May 7, 2015 8:45:41am

re: #250 b.d.

They would all push each other down and be in one gigantic scrum right out of the gate. Not that that’s a bad thing.

I’m not sure most of them could run a 1/4 mile.

256 HappyWarrior  May 7, 2015 8:45:49am

re: #252 CuriousLurker

Okay, now he sounds like UpChuck.

Might want to DNA test Chuck. Those two share a lot in common.

257 makeitstop  May 7, 2015 8:46:24am

re: #249 Backwoods_Sleuth

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Stops copies me!!!

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258 b.d.  May 7, 2015 8:46:44am

re: #255 wheat-dogghazi-mailgate

I’m not sure most of them could run a 1/4 mile.

They could if it were like the dog races and they substituted a giant bag of cash for the mechanical rabbit.

259 Bubblehead II  May 7, 2015 8:46:55am

re: #236 Backwoods_Sleuth

Then we’d all be forced to wear silly hats.

You mean one of these?

260 Iwouldprefernotto  May 7, 2015 8:47:15am

re: #245 The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge

I said when this whole shitshow started that it wouldn’t surprise me at all if they had to go back to Mitt. There are just too many pipsqueaks and too much baggage in this fail train.

Mitt has baggage, but it’s on the roof (of his limo).

261 b.d.  May 7, 2015 8:49:02am

re: #258 b.d.

They could if it were like the dog races and they substituted a giant bag of cash the Koch Brother’s butt for the mechanical rabbit.

Fixed it myself.

262 wheat-dogghazi-mailgate  May 7, 2015 8:49:12am

Someone needs to develop a Periodic Table of the GOP Candidates. There’s enough of them.

263 Backwoods_Sleuth  May 7, 2015 8:49:29am

On Tuesday, Huckabee told a raucous crowd of supporters that he wonders who Obama cheers for when watching 1950s western cinema.

“When I hear our current president say he wants Christians to get off their high horse so we can make nice with radical jihadists, I wonder if he can watch a Western from the ’50s and be able to figure out who the good guys and the bad guys really are,” Huckabee said.

264 wheat-dogghazi-mailgate  May 7, 2015 8:49:44am

re: #261 b.d.

Fixed it myself.

That would scare the spectators away.

265 wheat-dogghazi-mailgate  May 7, 2015 8:50:35am

re: #263 Backwoods_Sleuth

Makes absolutely no sense at all.

266 stpaulbear  May 7, 2015 8:53:34am

re: #263 Backwoods_Sleuth

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Jebus. He really had his thinking cap on when he popped out that line. What a maroon.

267 Ace-o-aces  May 7, 2015 8:54:28am

We can add timestamps to the list of things CCJ doesn’t understand.

268 b.d.  May 7, 2015 8:54:32am

re: #263 Backwoods_Sleuth

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Referencing 1950s westerns, I wonder what demographic he was trying to suck up to with that one?

//

269 makeitstop  May 7, 2015 8:59:09am

re: #263 Backwoods_Sleuth

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Between that quote and the ‘persecuting Christianity’ quote from his campaign announcement the other day, he’s clearly not fucking around. Full-on crazy, right out of the box.

And he’s supposed to be the ‘more sane’ one.
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270 lawhawk  May 7, 2015 9:00:47am

re: #263 Backwoods_Sleuth

Someone read Tom Clancy? Where a group of Islamic terrorists linked up with a Native American to deliver a nuke to the Super Bowl. The Sum of All Fears.

The book, not the movie, of course.

271 The Pie Mother  May 7, 2015 9:01:55am

re: #270 lawhawk

Someone read Tom Clancy? Where a group of Islamic terrorists linked up with a Native American to deliver a nuke to the Super Bowl. The Sum of All Fears.

The book, not the movie, of course.

I thought it was the Japanese? Or was that another Clancy novel?

272 b_sharp  May 7, 2015 9:02:36am

re: #263 Backwoods_Sleuth

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The good guys are in white and the bad guys are in black or in feathers.

A true reflection of reality.

273 Backwoods_Sleuth  May 7, 2015 9:02:43am

re: #270 lawhawk

Someone read Tom Clancy? Where a group of Islamic terrorists linked up with a Native American to deliver a nuke to the Super Bowl. The Sum of All Fears.

The book, not the movie, of course.

Huck probably just misses John Wayne.
A lot.

274 HappyWarrior  May 7, 2015 9:02:56am

re: #263 Backwoods_Sleuth

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Huckabee can go fuck himself and stop saying that the president supports islamic terrorism. Mike, this president has done more than any president Democratic or Republican against terrorism. Does dead Osama Bin Laden mean nothing to you? that Qaddafi no longer rules Libya? He really is a pathetic piece of crap who is a theocratic fascist fuck.

275 b_sharp  May 7, 2015 9:03:17am

re: #268 b.d.

Referencing 1950s westerns, I wonder what demographic he was trying to suck up to with that one?

//

RAYGUN!!!

276 Backwoods_Sleuth  May 7, 2015 9:03:44am

re: #275 b_sharp

RAYGUN!!!

oh, yeah. Him, too.

277 HappyWarrior  May 7, 2015 9:04:49am

re: #268 b.d.

Referencing 1950s westerns, I wonder what demographic he was trying to suck up to with that one?

//

The younger part of the GOP base that remembers those movies?

278 wheat-dogghazi-mailgate  May 7, 2015 9:05:02am

re: #271 Lord Of The Pies

I thought it was the Japanese? Or was that another Clancy novel?

It was a disaffected submarine commander from Lithuania … no, wait …

279 Iwouldprefernotto  May 7, 2015 9:05:06am

re: #274 HappyWarrior

Huckabee can go fuck himself and stop saying that the president supports islamic terrorism. Mike, this president has done more than any president Democratic or Republican against terrorism. Does dead Osama Bin Laden mean nothing to you? that Qaddafi no longer rules Libya? He really is a pathetic piece of crap who is a theocratic fascist fuck.

Do these idiots really believe that this crap is going to come out in the general ?

280 lawhawk  May 7, 2015 9:05:21am

re: #271 Lord Of The Pies

I thought it was the Japanese? Or was that another Clancy novel?

The Japanese were in the book Debt of Honor, where they were in cahoots with the Indian government - and a rogue Japanese civilian pilot decided to crash into the Capitol building during the SOTU leaving Ryan president. Executive Orders then had now President Ryan dealing with the Iranians taking over Iraq and then going to war against Kuwait and Sauidi Arabia. Oh, and an ebola terrorist attack.

281 Charles Johnson  May 7, 2015 9:06:54am
282 Iwouldprefernotto  May 7, 2015 9:07:29am

re: #281 Charles Johnson

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Opposite day!

283 HappyWarrior  May 7, 2015 9:07:52am

re: #281 Charles Johnson

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If you call yourself the “better name here” you just may be a narcissist. Maybe we can get your fellow Charles, Krauthammer to diagnosis him from afar like he did Obama.

284 wheat-dogghazi-mailgate  May 7, 2015 9:07:58am

re: #281 Charles Johnson

IT’S ALL ABOUT MEEEE!

285 The Pie Mother  May 7, 2015 9:08:16am

LOLWHUT wingnuts think Huckabee isn’t conservative enuff==>

286 HappyWarrior  May 7, 2015 9:08:35am

And you don’t need money to research what a pathetic dweeb Chucky is.

287 b.d.  May 7, 2015 9:09:22am

re: #281 Charles Johnson

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Charles, have you tried going full bigot against some oppressed section of society? That seems to be a sure fire way to drum up some dough.

288 HappyWarrior  May 7, 2015 9:09:31am

re: #285 Lord Of The Pies

LOLWHUT wingnuts think Huckabee isn’t conservative enuff==>

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It’s because Huckabee has the capability of sometimes sounding like a human being on the poor so they think he’s a RINO. Sorry Mr. Galt, he’s all yours, a so con reactionary like Huckabee who sometimes cares about the poor is still a Republican these days.

289 retired cynic  May 7, 2015 9:09:59am

re: #267 Ace-o-aces

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We can add timestamps to the list of things CCJ doesn’t understand.

Someone else who should sue Upchuck for libel.

290 wheat-dogghazi-mailgate  May 7, 2015 9:11:54am

re: #286 HappyWarrior

And you don’t need money to research what a pathetic dweeb Chucky is.

Especially as he proves it every day on Twitter and maybe once a week on his blog.

291 The Pie Mother  May 7, 2015 9:13:06am

Poor Dana is being stalked and harassed

Except if you read the timeline of @Bipartisanism the guy she’s accusing of “stalking and harassing” her there are no rape threats, no doxxing. I don’t think she knows what it means to be actually “stalked and harassed”

292 Justanotherhuman  May 7, 2015 9:14:04am

re: #205 Lord Of The Pies

And pretty soon (we hope), Twitter.

293 HappyWarrior  May 7, 2015 9:14:18am

re: #290 wheat-dogghazi-mailgate

Especially as he proves it every day on Twitter and maybe once a week on his blog.

Yeah I wouldn’t need a dime to see the pathetic stunt he pulled at the JFK museum in Dallas.

294 danarchy  May 7, 2015 9:14:44am

re: #208 HappyWarrior

So that’s 14 perhaps. Now I think ultimately it trims but 14 sheesh.

I believe the RNC is saying that only candidates who are polling at at least 5% will be allowed at the debates, so the field will be winnowed down substantially right there. Whether or not they officially drop out of the race or not they will be essentially done.

295 HappyWarrior  May 7, 2015 9:15:08am

re: #291 Lord Of The Pies

Poor Dana is being stalked and harassed

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Except if you read the timeline of @Bipartisanism the guy she’s accusing of “stalking and harassing” her there are no rape threats, no doxxing. I don’t think she knows what it means to be actually “stalked and harassed”

I know Dana, it hurts being told that you’re a tool but that’s not harassment and cry me a fucking river about harassment when you defended Legitimate Rape Akin.

296 HappyWarrior  May 7, 2015 9:15:41am

re: #294 danarchy

I believe the RNC is saying that only candidates who are polling at at least 5% will be allowed at the debates, so the field will be winnowed down substantially right there. Whether or not they officially drop out of the race or not they will be essentially done.

Oh yeah I expect it to trim down come debate time. Still I expect at least 8-9 people to be present at the debates.

297 Timothy Watson  May 7, 2015 9:16:20am

re: #280 lawhawk

The Japanese were in the book Debt of Honor, where they were in cahoots with the Indian government - and a rogue Japanese civilian pilot decided to crash into the Capitol building during the SOTU leaving Ryan president. Executive Orders then had now President Ryan dealing with the Iranians taking over Iraq and then going to war against Kuwait and Sauidi Arabia. Oh, and an ebola terrorist attack.

It wasn’t the SOTU, it was a joint session of Congress that confirmed him as the replacement Vice Preisdent after Ted Kennedy Ed Kealty was forced out after a sex scandal.

298 BeachDem  May 7, 2015 9:16:45am

re: #267 Ace-o-aces

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We can add timestamps to the list of things CCJ doesn’t understand.

Thanks—I thought that was how I remembered it.

299 sagehen  May 7, 2015 9:18:45am

re: #280 lawhawk

The Japanese were in the book Debt of Honor, where they were in cahoots with the Indian government - and a rogue Japanese civilian pilot decided to crash into the Capitol building during the SOTU leaving Ryan president. Executive Orders then had now President Ryan dealing with the Iranians taking over Iraq and then going to war against Kuwait and Sauidi Arabia. Oh, and an ebola terrorist attack.

And a stock-market crash, caused by cyber-warfare exploitation of program trading.

300 Justanotherhuman  May 7, 2015 9:18:48am

Tell me about it.

US Realtor group: Rising home prices are benefiting fewer people, likely leading to worsening inequality - @MarketWatch

marketwatch.com

301 Eventual Carrion  May 7, 2015 9:19:32am

re: #142 Backwoods_Sleuth

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Wonder where they were a dozen years ago when it was implemented?

302 Lidane  May 7, 2015 9:21:11am
303 BeachDem  May 7, 2015 9:21:53am

re: #294 danarchy

I believe the RNC is saying that only candidates who are polling at at least 5% will be allowed at the debates, so the field will be winnowed down substantially right there. Whether or not they officially drop out of the race or not they will be essentially done.

Yeah, but then they’d have to eliminate Carly from the debates, and that won’t play well into their latest narrative about being “strong supporters of women and womankind.”

It’s a puzzlement!

304 HappyWarrior  May 7, 2015 9:22:06am

re: #302 Lidane

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These people are such tools.

305 lawhawk  May 7, 2015 9:22:09am

re: #297 Timothy Watson

Misremembered that - thought it was a SOTU, it’s been years since I read it (and stopped reading/buying Clancy books after he was all dickish at a book signing event I attended).

306 Backwoods_Sleuth  May 7, 2015 9:22:15am

heh:

307 The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge  May 7, 2015 9:23:25am

re: #299 sagehen

And a stock-market crash, caused by cyber-warfare exploitation of program trading.

God, Clancy really is a hack, isn’t he? I kind of liked the movie of The Hunt for Red October, but the book was shit, and everything else he’s written is worse!

308 Backwoods_Sleuth  May 7, 2015 9:23:41am
309 HappyWarrior  May 7, 2015 9:23:49am

re: #306 Backwoods_Sleuth

heh:

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Hahahaha. From what I understand to British nativists, Poles and other Eastern Europeans are viewed similarly how our bigots view Latinos. You guys remember when Gordon Brown got in some hot water for calling an old woman a bigot? Well that old woman was complaining about the Eastern Europeans.

310 lawhawk  May 7, 2015 9:23:54am

It’s a panorama, so that’d explain the weird perspective going on there.

311 HappyWarrior  May 7, 2015 9:24:37am

re: #308 Backwoods_Sleuth

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Nice beard Stephen heh but really good on him. I always figured Colbert was more than just a talented guy but a genuinely good dude too.

312 The Pie Mother  May 7, 2015 9:27:52am

Read this guy’s timeline, it looks like Dana is doing the harassing

313 Backwoods_Sleuth  May 7, 2015 9:28:01am

hahahaha:

ukindependence.party

314 Lidane  May 7, 2015 9:28:33am

re: #303 BeachDem

Yeah, but then they’d have to eliminate Carly from the debates, and that won’t play well into their latest narrative about being “strong supporters of women and womankind.”

It’s a puzzlement!

I’d make a joke about deflating the other candidates to make Carly look better by default, but I really don’t want to think about that too much. o_O

315 The Pie Mother  May 7, 2015 9:28:47am

She makes fun of feminists, women who want equal pay, but squeals she’s being “harassed” when she gets called out on her bullshit.

316 The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge  May 7, 2015 9:29:18am

re: #301 Eventual Carrion

Wonder where they were a dozen years ago when it was implemented?

The original provision allowed them to collect business records considered relevant to a terrorism investigation. They tried to extend that to compiling phone records of pretty much everybody. That’s what’s been ruled illegal—the judges said the original law “couldn’t carry the burden” the government was putting on it.

317 Eventual Carrion  May 7, 2015 9:30:36am

re: #184 Backwoods_Sleuth

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And I hope a 5 star general looked him in the eyes and said, “Are you fucking kidding me?”.

318 The Pie Mother  May 7, 2015 9:30:49am

Maybe Dana should ask Lindy West and Zoe Quinn what it is like to be actually harassed online.

319 Lidane  May 7, 2015 9:31:37am

re: #301 Eventual Carrion

Wonder where they were a dozen years ago when it was implemented?

320 Justanotherhuman  May 7, 2015 9:32:59am

I thought the mozzarella tasted funny…

Italy, U.S. say break up mafia cocaine ring run out of pizzeria

reuters.com

(Reuters) - Italian and U.S. agents broke up a major cocaine trafficking network run out of a New York City pizzeria, detaining 13 Italians with links to organized crime on Thursday, police said.

Italy’s elite SCO police and FBI agents captured the men as they slept in their homes in the southern Italian region of Calabria and held them on charges of conspiracy to run an international drug trafficking ring, police added.

The year-long investigation, dubbed Operation Columbus, was led by federal investigators in Brooklyn and prosecutors in Calabria, the region that is home to the ‘Ndrangheta, a mafia group on the Italian mainland akin to Sicily’s Cosa Nostra.

The network is accused of organizing cocaine shipments from Costa Rica to the United States and Europe. More

Queens! These are the ones who bought these apts as a money laundering scheme. : )

321 Backwoods_Sleuth  May 7, 2015 9:33:49am

She drowned when her storm shelter flooded:

322 #FergusonFireside  May 7, 2015 9:36:06am

People are good.

323 The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge  May 7, 2015 9:36:12am

re: #321 Backwoods_Sleuth

She drowned when her storm shelter flooded:

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Shit, that’s terrible. Frankly I’m not crazy about the idea of hiding underground—a tornado can miss you, but water’s going to flow downhill come Hell or…well you get the idea.

324 Great White Snark  May 7, 2015 9:36:18am

re: #319 Lidane

About that Sunset clause that overcame objections from so many…. Had that not been in there it may not have passed. So they put that in there and we have this sun that never ever sets.

325 Justanotherhuman  May 7, 2015 9:36:19am

Now get his wife to fix it.

326 #FergusonFireside  May 7, 2015 9:38:39am

And Twitter has opened the communication.

I know twitter is bad in so many ways, but I think the ability for strangers to connect and do good outweighs it.

Last night one person I follow had her 2nd or 3rd “Twinder” where people tweeted their pix, age and orientation looking for others. It was wild!

Facebook is just acquaintances. Twitter is da world.

327 Lidane  May 7, 2015 9:39:08am

In other news, water is wet, the Pope is Catholic, and bears shit in the woods:

328 Great White Snark  May 7, 2015 9:40:32am

re: #142 Backwoods_Sleuth

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Paged that…

329 Cheechako  May 7, 2015 9:40:50am

re: #174 HappyWarrior

It’s a crowded stretch limo at this point
1.) Bush
2.) Christie
3.) Rubio
4.) Jindal
5.) Fiorina
6.) Carson
7.) Paul
8.) Graham
9.) Cruz
10.) Santorum
11.) Walker
Did I miss anyone else?

I apologize in advance but maybe we’re up to needing a “Short Bus”?

330 The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge  May 7, 2015 9:40:55am

re: #327 Lidane

In other news, water is wet, the Pope is Catholic, and bears shit in the woods:

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No shit, Sherlock? What was your first clue? SMDH.

331 Feline Fearless Leader  May 7, 2015 9:41:12am

re: #29 klys (maker of Silmarils)

I should clarify: the NEW entry point. The fuckers are resourceful and rerouted after I caulked shut the previous one.

Jackasses.

They’re like dwarves in DwarfFortress. If there is a route to get there a dwarf will find and use it.

333 Justanotherhuman  May 7, 2015 9:42:57am

re: #323 The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge

Shit, that’s terrible. Frankly I’m not crazy about the idea of hiding underground—a tornado can miss you, but water’s going to flow downhill come Hell or…well you get the idea.

The bathroom in my basement apt is perfect to hide in, totally inside the middle of it, no windows. And the bldg is on a hill, so the water continues to run down with the aid of French drains.

I was told everyone in the complex crowded into these 2 apts when Hurricane Hugo hit in 1989 since all the others are exposed above ground. : )

334 HappyWarrior  May 7, 2015 9:44:01am

re: #329 Cheechako

I apologize in advance but maybe we’re up to needing a “Short Bus”?

Doesn’t offend me. But what really a pathetic bunch.

335 HappyWarrior  May 7, 2015 9:45:52am

re: #332 Nyet

Weird comment history.

littlegreenfootballs.com
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littlegreenfootballs.com

Then:
littlegreenfootballs.com
littlegreenfootballs.com

And finally that last comment.

I knew of a guy who pretended to be a liberal for years on DU and then gloated about it. So perhaps this guy thinks he’s “clever” and was “infiltrating” LGF.

336 Feline Fearless Leader  May 7, 2015 9:46:14am

re: #67 Grimalkin

Your lucky your cats just sad, Mine’s Republican and votes.

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337 makeitstop  May 7, 2015 9:46:57am

re: #308 Backwoods_Sleuth

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Good man!

338 Justanotherhuman  May 7, 2015 9:47:06am
339 #FergusonFireside  May 7, 2015 9:47:50am
340 Lidane  May 7, 2015 9:48:17am

Heh.

341 The Pie Mother  May 7, 2015 9:50:03am

Dana complains this guy is “harassing” her but won’t block him.

342 Eventual Carrion  May 7, 2015 9:50:49am

re: #263 Backwoods_Sleuth

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So in Fuckabee’s world, if I came and stole his doublewide and he came out fighting. I would be the good guy and he would be the bad guy?

343 lawhawk  May 7, 2015 9:51:44am

re: #339 #FergusonFireside

Before Ted Cruz was elected to office, the US had no cases of Ebola either. Shocking, isn’t it…

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And the fact is that there were cases of Ebola prior to Obamacare (Reston Ebola outbreak).

344 HappyWarrior  May 7, 2015 9:53:09am

re: #339 #FergusonFireside

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Uh Mr. Chief of Staff, you may want to look across the Potomac river and at a town called Reston. And likening ACA to Ebola is just pathetic even for a Cruz employee.

345 HappyWarrior  May 7, 2015 9:53:27am

re: #343 lawhawk

Before Ted Cruz was elected to office, the US had no cases of Ebola either. Shocking, isn’t it…

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346 Justanotherhuman  May 7, 2015 9:53:40am

Chapel Hill father defends daughter in Rebel flag photo

wncn.com

CHAPEL HILL, N.C. -
A social media post of two students in the Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools district waving Confederate flags at Gettysburg led to a heated news conference Wednesday.

Some parents in the Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools district want school officials to take action after a controversial Instagram post and comment appeared after a school field trip to Gettysburg.

The picture, which was posted on Instagram, shows two students holding Confederate flags with the caption, “South will rise.”

An additional comment that reads, “Already bought my first slave,” was also made in reference to the photo. More

Not funny at all, girls.

347 lawhawk  May 7, 2015 9:53:52am

Image is everything, and these two tweets were back to back in my feed:

348 Justanotherhuman  May 7, 2015 9:54:44am

re: #339 #FergusonFireside

Cruz shouldn’t admit that.

But both are idiots.

349 HappyWarrior  May 7, 2015 9:55:28am

re: #347 lawhawk

Image is everything, and these two tweets were back to back in my feed:

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No wonder why there were WWII era planes flying over earlier. Completely forgot that today is the 70th anniversary of VE Day. A great day in history for sure.

350 HappyWarrior  May 7, 2015 9:55:40am

re: #348 Justanotherhuman

Cruz shouldn’t admit that.

But both are idiots.

lol that’s not actually Cruz but Nick Muzin is definitely a key Cruz aide.

351 The Pie Mother  May 7, 2015 9:56:42am

WTFITS==>

352 HappyWarrior  May 7, 2015 9:57:36am

re: #346 Justanotherhuman

Chapel Hill father defends daughter in Rebel flag photo

wncn.com

CHAPEL HILL, N.C. -
A social media post of two students in the Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools district waving Confederate flags at Gettysburg led to a heated news conference Wednesday.

Some parents in the Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools district want school officials to take action after a controversial Instagram post and comment appeared after a school field trip to Gettysburg.

The picture, which was posted on Instagram, shows two students holding Confederate flags with the caption, “South will rise.”

An additional comment that reads, “Already bought my first slave,” was also made in reference to the photo. More

Not funny at all, girls.

I am glad she apologized but she has to know better that slavery isn’t something to joke about.

353 #FergusonFireside  May 7, 2015 9:58:53am

re: #351 Lord Of The Pies

Reading some disturbing stuff about FBI aerial surveillance in Baltimore too.

354 makeitstop  May 7, 2015 9:59:32am

re: #347 lawhawk

GOP senator: ISIS is winning

Tom Cotton: Being an asshole is a full-time job.

355 Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light)  May 7, 2015 9:59:56am

re: #264 wheat-dogghazi-mailgate

That would scare the spectators away.

makes perfect sense. the white guys are the good guys, obama wants to see them scalped and massacreed

356 Justanotherhuman  May 7, 2015 10:00:27am

re: #351 Lord Of The Pies

WTFITS==>

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Good christ.

Anything about “lone wolves”?

?????????????????????

357 Nyet  May 7, 2015 10:01:10am

re: #351 Lord Of The Pies

Since ISIS did urge others to conduct Jihad in Ferguson (specifically, to kill people - IIRC the police - to cause unrest), this is bullshit I would expect from the rag that is the nation.

358 Justanotherhuman  May 7, 2015 10:01:32am

re: #352 HappyWarrior

She probably only apologized when Daddy threatened to cut off her allowance for a week.

359 Nyet  May 7, 2015 10:02:31am

Oh, and almost 100 retweets too. Bullshit sells.

360 HappyWarrior  May 7, 2015 10:03:53am

re: #358 Justanotherhuman

She probably only apologized when Daddy threatened to cut off her allowance for a week.

I know but some apology is better than no apology at all. That said, when the fuck are people in parts of the South going to get over the fact that the South fucking lost and isn’t going to “rise again.” Really, I don’t think Americans especially those that glamorize the CSA realize how destructive the Civil War was. If you were alive during the Civil War chances were good that you had someone related to you or close to you killed in the war.

361 Slap  May 7, 2015 10:04:29am

re: #305 lawhawk

Funny, I had a similar experience with him years ago, after the 2nd or 3rd book. Ex was working an Arlington bookstore, nice parquet floors. He was basking in his glory, signing for all manner of Pentagon staff types who worked nearby. He treated the store staff like a pack of bothersome rats there only to serve him and who were well beneath him.

Forgetting, of course, that the same staff set him up with a comfy chair and a nice table while ensuring there were enough copies of his twaddle available for the huge line of his fans so none of them went without. The staff also got him coffee and water, treating him with (undeserved) respect.

Which he repaid by ignoring the ashtray on his table and crushing out every one of his cigarettes on the nice parquet floor.

Not a word of thanks to anyone involved on the store’s part. What’s the opposite of “gracious”? Tom “Lord of the Putzes” Clancy.

I’ve scraped more valuable schmutz from my tennis shoes on a muddy day.

I’ve met at least a dozen authors at various events over the years (among them Anne Rice, James Ellroy, Harlan Ellison, Doris Kearns Godwin, Ken Kesey, Vincent Bugliosi and Andrew Vachss). ALL of these folks were gracious to everyone in their radar at these events, without exception.

And every one of them has more talent in their nose hairs than the overbloated hack Clancy.

/rant off

362 BeachDem  May 7, 2015 10:07:22am

re: #352 HappyWarrior

I am glad she apologized but she has to know better that slavery isn’t something to joke about.

Sort of a non-apology apology.

The student who posted the photo to Instagram issued an apology on April 16 saying, “I’m sorry that my picture offended people and especially my initial caption.” The apology went on to say, “I’m proud to be a part of my state and I’m sorry my photo was so offensive but I find it appropriate in that I’m honoring heroes that fought to protect their home and families.”

(The way the article is written, it’s confusing as to whether this is the same apology or a different one.)

363 Nyet  May 7, 2015 10:09:15am

Heh. The author of that the nation tripe retweets not only The Intercept, but also antiwar com.

364 HappyWarrior  May 7, 2015 10:09:52am

re: #362 BeachDem

Sort of a non-apology apology.

The student who posted the photo to Instagram issued an apology on April 16 saying, “I’m sorry that my picture offended people and especially my initial caption.” The apology went on to say, “I’m proud to be a part of my state and I’m sorry my photo was so offensive but I find it appropriate in that I’m honoring heroes that fought to protect their home and families.”

(The way the article is written, it’s confusing as to whether this is the same apology or a different one.)

Oh well fuck that. And it’s laughable that she’s giving the crap about protecting their family and homes when they were visiting Pennsylvania, a state that the Army of Northern Virginia invaded. John Burns was defending his home. The men of the CSA were defending a horrid institution. I mean she can be proud of her individual ancestors and that’s her freedom to do so but the crack about slaves was just pathetic.
en.wikipedia.org

365 HappyWarrior  May 7, 2015 10:10:32am

re: #363 Nyet

Heh. The author of that the nation tripe retweets not only The Intercept, but also antiwar com.

antiwar is Raimondo or Lew Rockwell right? One of those bizarro paleo-libertarians that has a weird intersection with the Moonbat Left.

366 BeachDem  May 7, 2015 10:10:37am

Love this:

But when D’Souza — the maker of the anti-President Obama film “2016: Obama’s America” — tried to take a summer vacation from his sentence at the Mater Dei School, Manhattan federal Judge Richard Berman sarcastically rejected his request. “With respect to [his parole officer’s ] request that Mr. D’Souza’s community service hours be ‘waived’ from June 1, 2015 until July 13, 2015, the request is respectfully denied,” Berman wrote. “The short explanation is, as all criminal defendants are aware, that we don’t provide ‘summer breaks’ in these circumstances.”

esquire.com

367 Nyet  May 7, 2015 10:11:26am

re: #365 HappyWarrior

Raimondo. Creepy place.

368 HappyWarrior  May 7, 2015 10:12:29am

re: #367 Nyet

Raimondo. Creepy place.

Well given its editor is a gay Buchanan fan, I reckon creepy is selling it short heh but yeah I remembered that name from the Bush years.

370 lawhawk  May 7, 2015 10:14:19am

The comments are pretty funny, but only scrape the surface:

Huckabee touts his religious beliefs on everything he does.

And I still can’t get over the fact that he and his staff greenlit the use of that particular photo of his face as the background on his site. What the heck were they thinking?

371 The Pie Mother  May 7, 2015 10:14:23am

re: #363 Nyet

Heh. The author of that the nation tripe retweets not only The Intercept, but also antiwar com.

Maybe I should have waited until it showed up on a more credible site like firedoglake :)

372 #FergusonFireside  May 7, 2015 10:15:33am

re: #363 Nyet

Heh. The author of that the nation tripe retweets not only The Intercept, but also antiwar com.

Ok, thanks.

373 Justanotherhuman  May 7, 2015 10:16:10am

re: #360 HappyWarrior

Here’s the full “apology”.

“It doesn’t help that the girl herself has issued a doozy of a sorry-not-sorry, stating, “I’m sorry that my picture offended people and especially since my initial caption (that I changed once I realized people took it seriously), but I’m currently on the Civil War trip learning about the history of our country and this just so happens to be a pretty (expletive) important part of it. We were reenacting Pickett’s charge in which the South lost 85% of their soldiers. These aren’t the Confederate flags in fact, they’re the North Carolina regimental flags. I’m proud to be a part of my state and I’m sorry my photo was so offensive but I find it appropriate in that I’m honoring heroes that fought to protect their home and families. Thanks though.” Again, maybe just stop after “I’m sorry.”

salon.com

374 BeachDem  May 7, 2015 10:16:58am

Isn’t this one of upchuck’s buddies?

Twitter blocks promoted tweets by notorious white supremacist

rawstory.com

375 Justanotherhuman  May 7, 2015 10:17:00am

re: #362 BeachDem

Sort of a non-apology apology.

The student who posted the photo to Instagram issued an apology on April 16 saying, “I’m sorry that my picture offended people and especially my initial caption.” The apology went on to say, “I’m proud to be a part of my state and I’m sorry my photo was so offensive but I find it appropriate in that I’m honoring heroes that fought to protect their home and families.”

(The way the article is written, it’s confusing as to whether this is the same apology or a different one.)

Plus, it appears she tried to say that the flags were “NC regimental flags”.

Bullshit.

376 #FergusonFireside  May 7, 2015 10:17:32am

re: #370 lawhawk

The comments are pretty funny, but only scrape the surface:

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Huckabee touts his religious beliefs on everything he does.

And I still can’t get over the fact that he and his staff greenlit the use of that particular photo of his face as the background on his site. What the heck were they thinking?

The first two people on the right are the Duggars. ‘Nuf said.

377 Feline Fearless Leader  May 7, 2015 10:17:43am

re: #237 HappyWarrior

I’d rather have the horses from the Kentucky Derby run for President and the R’s run in the Kentucky Derby. And Aqua Buddha pulls in front of Bush III and Union Buster, it’s going to be Aqua Buddha and at his home track no less! The crowd is going crazy for Aqua Buddha and his jockey Ron Paul!

Only if it is run on a muddy track.
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378 Charles Johnson  May 7, 2015 10:19:02am
379 Feline Fearless Leader  May 7, 2015 10:19:17am

re: #262 wheat-dogghazi-mailgate

Someone needs to develop a Periodic Table of the GOP Candidates. There’s enough of them.

One column of Noble Gasbags and one column that are a few electrons short of a full shell.
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380 b.d.  May 7, 2015 10:20:24am

re: #370 lawhawk

The comments are pretty funny, but only scrape the surface:

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Huckabee touts his religious beliefs on everything he does.

And I still can’t get over the fact that he and his staff greenlit the use of that particular photo of his face as the background on his site. What the heck were they thinking?

They needed someone who isn’t in the Huck circle to look at that photo. I am sure that to them it is that lovable Mike smirk right before he says something awesome, to the rest of the world it is a sour puss on an old man.

381 Nyet  May 7, 2015 10:21:06am

re: #371 Lord Of The Pies

Maybe I should have waited until it showed up on a more credible site like firedoglake :)

The very point the author makes is nonsense and misleading, it would remain such regardless of where it appeared.

By mentioning the fact (widely reported at the time) that ISIS was trying to use Ferguson both as a recruitment tool and as a possible source of a bigger conflagration, DHS is no way and form equated the protesters and terrorists.

It’s the same bullshit that was used against DHS by the right, when they screeched that mentioning the fact that RW terrorists were likely to be vets meant that Obama’s DHS equated the saintly veterans with terrorists.

382 HappyWarrior  May 7, 2015 10:21:23am

re: #373 Justanotherhuman

Here’s the full “apology”.

“It doesn’t help that the girl herself has issued a doozy of a sorry-not-sorry, stating, “I’m sorry that my picture offended people and especially since my initial caption (that I changed once I realized people took it seriously), but I’m currently on the Civil War trip learning about the history of our country and this just so happens to be a pretty (expletive) important part of it. We were reenacting Pickett’s charge in which the South lost 85% of their soldiers. These aren’t the Confederate flags in fact, they’re the North Carolina regimental flags. I’m proud to be a part of my state and I’m sorry my photo was so offensive but I find it appropriate in that I’m honoring heroes that fought to protect their home and families. Thanks though.” Again, maybe just stop after “I’m sorry.”

salon.com

She should read more about what they were protecting. I’m sure there were plenty of Germans who thought they were protecting Germany from “Bolshevism” too. I rarely ever do that but I think it’s fair to compare the Nazis to the CSA.

383 sagehen  May 7, 2015 10:21:49am

re: #237 HappyWarrior

I’d rather have the horses from the Kentucky Derby run for President and the R’s run in the Kentucky Derby. And Aqua Buddha pulls in front of Bush III and Union Buster, it’s going to be Aqua Buddha and at his home track no less! The crowd is going crazy for Aqua Buddha and his jockey Ron Paul!

I’m still hoping we can do the Republican primary as Hunger Games…

384 Kragar  May 7, 2015 10:22:00am

re: #374 BeachDem

Isn’t this one of upchuck’s buddies?

Twitter blocks promoted tweets by notorious white supremacist

rawstory.com

Yeah, Chuck loved this asshole.

385 The Pie Mother  May 7, 2015 10:22:09am

re: #378 Charles Johnson

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She hates, therefore she is.

386 The Pie Mother  May 7, 2015 10:23:45am

STUPIDEST RACIST MEME OF THE DAY

(Not embedded because reasons)

387 Nyet  May 7, 2015 10:27:42am

re: #386 Lord Of The Pies

Unapologetic Christian, Conservative, Pro American, Pro Constitution, Pro Israel, Pro-life, Anti-estmt. Wherever u go, there u are. Soli Deo Gloria!

And a Cruz fan, of course.

388 William Lewis  May 7, 2015 10:28:04am

re: #139 Lidane

Stopped clock, blind squirrel, etc. —

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Too many Fox people saying this - it’s gotta be on orders from the top.

389 HappyWarrior  May 7, 2015 10:28:13am

re: #375 Justanotherhuman

Plus, it appears she tried to say that the flags were “NC regimental flags”.

Bullshit.

Well that may well be correct but she still acted insensitively and I think the bigger issue was her stupid comment about wanting slaves. Really she’s free to worship her ancestors who were the lackeys of the slave owning aristocracy but to make cracks about slavery shows she’s an insensitive butthead.

390 Nyet  May 7, 2015 10:28:16am
Wherever u go, there u are.

That’s sooo deep, duuuude…

391 makeitstop  May 7, 2015 10:28:37am

re: #378 Charles Johnson

Charles the Lesser calls attempted murder victim Pam Geller a “hater.” Most of world yawns.

Funny, most of the media coverage I’ve seen is calling her a hater, too.

Oh, Chuck. The day you stop being wrong on every single thing is the day the sun falls out of the sky.

392 Justanotherhuman  May 7, 2015 10:28:56am

No, those with an agenda wrote this, like GG and his crowd. Manning is just their tool, as he was Assange’s.

Chelsea Manning has written 31-page bill to protect journalism, curb Espionage Act - @guardian
theguardian.com

This is the entire reason for Manning’s Twitter acct.

393 HappyWarrior  May 7, 2015 10:29:00am

re: #387 Nyet

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Unapologetic Christian, Conservative, Pro American, Pro Constitution, Pro Israel, Pro-life, Anti-estmt. Wherever u go, there u are. Soli Deo Gloria!

And a Cruz fan, of course.

But of course. And lol Obama is an Islamic terrorist. That’s funny. I like jokes too.

394 The Pie Mother  May 7, 2015 10:29:12am

re: #389 HappyWarrior

Well that may well be correct but she still acted insensitively and I think the bigger issue was her stupid comment about wanting slaves. Really she’s free to worship her ancestors who were the lackeys of the slave owning aristocracy but to make cracks about slavery shows she’s an insensitive butthead.

I’m such an Internet Old Person I remember when Stacy McCain was making slavery jokes on alt.war.civil.usa while it was still going on!

395 Kragar  May 7, 2015 10:38:38am
396 Eventual Carrion  May 7, 2015 10:39:34am

re: #390 Nyet

That’s sooo deep, duuuude…

And for my Theory of Relativity:

If your parents didn’t have children,
you probably won’t either.

397 Justanotherhuman  May 7, 2015 10:39:44am

re: #389 HappyWarrior

Well that may well be correct but she still acted insensitively and I think the bigger issue was her stupid comment about wanting slaves. Really she’s free to worship her ancestors who were the lackeys of the slave owning aristocracy but to make cracks about slavery shows she’s an insensitive butthead.

It was only the “regimental” battle flag of the 49th Infantry, and none of those were recruited from the area she’s in. Those are all counties in the Piedmont for the most part and it was a square flag, not a rectangular one.
en.wikipedia.org

She needs to study more if she wants to appear to know what she’s talking about.

398 HappyWarrior  May 7, 2015 10:40:08am

The Irish Brigade and other immigrants like my great great grandfather showed far more love for this country and her values than the men who raised arms for the CSA did. There is no statue or holiday named for my great great grandfather and you certainly don’t know his name but he was more of a patriot than Robert E. Lee.

399 HappyWarrior  May 7, 2015 10:40:29am

re: #395 Kragar

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Blame Obama.
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Votes

400 No Country For Old Haters  May 7, 2015 10:41:02am

re: #395 Kragar

401 Nyet  May 7, 2015 10:41:25am

re: #396 Eventual Carrion

And for my Theory of Relativity:

If your parents didn’t have children,
you probably won’t either.

A well-placed “probably”, sir!

402 HappyWarrior  May 7, 2015 10:43:26am

Blame Obama for the paranoia they’ve given their supporters for years but then act like Obama is wrong to bring up failed policies of the previous Republican administration. Yeah that’s the ticket Republicans.

403 GlutenFreeJesus  May 7, 2015 10:48:39am

Yeah I’m off for a few days. :)

404 Backwoods_Sleuth  May 7, 2015 10:50:56am

re: #395 Kragar

You know what else is Obama’s fault?
*That Obama funded job training so MrBWS could get his Class A CDL while he was laid off for more than a year.
*That the Class A CDL qualified MrBWS for a high-paying IBEW job.
*That the high paying union job also included the first health insurance for us after more than 10 years of doing without.
*That we are able to build a new house.
*That we can afford alternative energy to supplement commercial sources.
*That other members of my family, who aren’t as financially well off as we are, now have affordable health insurance.

There are a few more things, but I’ll stop.

I mean this very sincerely: Thank you Obama!

405 HappyWarrior  May 7, 2015 10:52:04am

re: #403 GlutenFreeJesus

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Yeah I’m off for a few days. :)

I like their summer shandy. Has almost a lemon aide like taste to it but not too sweet like Mike’s.

406 GlutenFreeJesus  May 7, 2015 11:07:09am

re: #405 HappyWarrior

Love their summer shandy too. This is the same, but with grapefruit. It’s actually quite refreshing. A nice change of pace. Now, that Pipeworks Ninja vs. Unicorn. It’s magnificent. And proudly representing Chicago. :)

407 HappyWarrior  May 7, 2015 11:16:27am

re: #406 GlutenFreeJesus

Love their summer shandy too. This is the same, but with grapefruit. It’s actually quite refreshing. A nice change of pace. Now, that Pipeworks Ninja vs. Unicorn. It’s magnificent. And proudly representing Chicago. :)

I’ll have to give it a try then. Grapefruit is good. I tried their cranberry this winter. Not bad but not as good as the Summershandy.

408 Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light)  May 7, 2015 11:44:55am

re: #382 HappyWarrior

She should read more about what they were protecting. I’m sure there were plenty of Germans who thought they were protecting Germany from “Bolshevism” too. I rarely ever do that but I think it’s fair to compare the Nazis to the CSA.

Please don’t Go-dwin there.

As in every case, there is the individual valor and motivation of individual soldiers on both sides of every conflict, then there is the motivation behind the governments that sent them to fight.

Let us not mix up the two.

409 William Lewis  May 7, 2015 1:50:49pm

re: #403 GlutenFreeJesus

Eewww. I’ll buy Leinies original for a nice cold lager but the shandy thing is an abomination. ;)


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