Israeli Spy Jonathan Pollard Granted Parole, Will Be Released in November

A traitor who tried to sell US secrets to Iran is paroled

US NewsJuly 2015 • Views: 67,316

After serving 30 years in prison for a life sentence, convicted Israeli spy Jonathan Pollard will be paroled in November.

WASHINGTON—A federal panel has granted parole to Israeli spy Jonathan Pollard, with a planned release in November, his attorneys said Tuesday.

The announcement said the decision by the parole commission was unanimous and wasn’t in any way related to U.S. negotiations with Iran.

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Higgs Boson's Mate Jul 28, 2015 • 12:32:15pm

The announcement said the decision by the parole commission was unanimous and wasn’t in any way related to U.S. negotiations with Iran.

Tell us the one about the talking dog, granpa.

Blind Frog Belly White Jul 28, 2015 • 12:36:21pm

“What about Edward Snowden” in 3….2….1…..

b.d. Jul 28, 2015 • 12:36:34pm

THIS REAL SPY GOES FREE WHILE THE PATRIOTIC SNOWDEN IS STUCK IN RUSSIA!

b.d. Jul 28, 2015 • 12:37:00pm

re: #2 Blind Frog Belly White

“What about Edward Snowden” in 3….2….1…..

I am all for freeing Snowden after he serves 30 years too.

Iwouldprefernotto Jul 28, 2015 • 12:38:00pm

re: #1 Higgs Boson’s Mate

Tell us the one about the talking dog, granpa.

His release does not hurt the US. It gets expensive to keep older people in prison. I say goodbye to him.

Blind Frog Belly White Jul 28, 2015 • 12:38:06pm

re: #4 b.d.

I am all for freeing Snowden after he serves 30 years too.

Right there with you, brother.

Or sister.

Sibling?

William Lewis Jul 28, 2015 • 12:38:47pm

Is a deportation order part of the conditions of parole?

/// Well, only a little.

Higgs Boson's Mate Jul 28, 2015 • 12:39:15pm

re: #2 Blind Frog Belly White

Okay, we send Pollard to Russia then we bring back Snowden and put him in Pollard’s cell.

Ian G. Jul 28, 2015 • 12:39:33pm

I’m curious to see how Kristol, Krauthammer, et al respond to this. After weeks of screaming about how the Iran deal will lead to the extermination of life on earth, are they going to applaud the release of a traitor who tried to hook up Iran?

Who am I kidding? Being a neoconservative means never having to show a nanogram of shame.

Blind Frog Belly White Jul 28, 2015 • 12:40:07pm

re: #8 Higgs Boson’s Mate

Okay, we send Pollard to Russia then we bring back Snowden and put him in Pollard’s cell.

It’ll be nice and warm. That lived in look.

Iwouldprefernotto Jul 28, 2015 • 12:40:13pm

I say the best punishment for Snowden is making him stay in Russia. He has no idea on when his host will lose interest and he has an accident.

Higgs Boson's Mate Jul 28, 2015 • 12:40:35pm

re: #9 Ian G.

Being a conservative also means that you’re incapable of cognitive dissonance.

Backwoods_Sleuth Jul 28, 2015 • 12:40:55pm

re: #9 Ian G.

I’m curious to see how Kristol, Krauthammer, et al respond to this. After weeks of screaming about how the Iran deal will lead to the extermination of life on earth, are they going to applaud the release of a traitor who tried to hook up Iran?

Who am I kidding? Being a neoconservative means never having to show a nanogram of shame.

Well, Keyvan has a brand new shiny page up about the Iran deal and smacking our President (again).

barf.

ObserverArt Jul 28, 2015 • 12:42:21pm

re: #7 William Lewis

Is a deportation order part of the conditions of parole?

/// Well, only a little.

Related. Does Israel want him? I don’t know a whole hell of a lot about Pollard, but I am guessing he wouldn’t be wanted in Israel due to him dealing with Iran.

Aunty Entity Dragon Jul 28, 2015 • 12:43:49pm

re: #2 Blind Frog Belly White

“What about Edward Snowden” in 3….2….1…..

I’m more interested in freeing Chelsea Manning.

Blind Frog Belly White Jul 28, 2015 • 12:44:24pm

re: #11 Iwouldprefernotto

I say the best punishment for Snowden is making him stay in Russia. He has no idea on when his host will lose interest and he has an accident.

He doesn’t even need to have an accident. Once he stops being a useful show pony, his accomodations will be downgraded, and he’ll have a hell of a time finding a job.

Or a passport.

Ian G. Jul 28, 2015 • 12:44:46pm

re: #14 ObserverArt

Someone correct me if I’m wrong, but I thought that Bibi has long lobbied to have Pollard released. That doesn’t make much sense if you believe (as I do) that Iran represents at least some threat to Israel through proxies like Hezbollah.

Iwouldprefernotto Jul 28, 2015 • 12:44:47pm

re: #16 Blind Frog Belly White

He doesn’t even need to have an accident. Once he stops being a useful show pony, his accomodations will be downgraded, and he’ll have a hell of a time finding a job.

Or a passport.

Vodka is cheap

lawhawk Jul 28, 2015 • 12:45:37pm

Years back, I got harangued by one of his relatives who was convinced he was railroaded and that he should have been released because he did nothing wrong. And then proceeded to excuse the theft of classified information by saying that he was only doing so on behalf of an ally or that he was railroaded by a bunch of anti-Semites at State - in particular Caspar Weinberger.

Thing is that he entered guilty plea on providing classified information to foreign government (Israel). He admits to stealing classified information.

And it doesn’t matter that he was spying for a friendly nation. He spied for a foreign nation and passed on classified documents to those not authorized to get it.

That he’s now going to be paroled at around the same time as the Iran deal is heading to the Hill is, well, interesting timing.

lawhawk Jul 28, 2015 • 12:46:20pm

re: #7 William Lewis

Is a deportation order part of the conditions of parole?

/// Well, only a little.

He’s to remain in the US for at least 5 years, and then could go to Israel.

Ian G. Jul 28, 2015 • 12:46:42pm

re: #16 Blind Frog Belly White

He doesn’t even need to have an accident. Once he stops being a useful show pony, his accomodations will be downgraded, and he’ll have a hell of a time finding a job.

Or a passport.

If John Oliver is any indication, Vladdy might have a better useful idiot in Gerard Depardieu. Snowden is so yesterday.

b.d. Jul 28, 2015 • 12:48:22pm

*sigh*

Spying against the US for the benefit of Israel is way more noble than being an American whistleblower, obviously… https://t.co/jLOi7WeO9g

— Glenn Greenwald (@ggreenwald) July 24, 2015

goddamnedfrank Jul 28, 2015 • 12:48:25pm

re: #14 ObserverArt

Related. Does Israel want him? I don’t know a whole hell of a lot about Pollard, but I am guessing he wouldn’t be wanted in Israel due to him dealing with Iran.

Israel definitely wants him. They want to love him and cuddle him and name him George. The bulk of Israelis view him has a national hero who sacrificed greatly for their nation. However they aren’t going to get him for another five years.

According to the WSJ’s report, the terms of parole will keep Pollard in the US for another five years under the supervision of the federal government.

Blind Frog Belly White Jul 28, 2015 • 12:48:28pm

re: #15 Aunty Entity Dragon

I’m more interested in freeing Chelsea Manning.

Chelsea, AFAIK, has acknowledged wrongdoing and accepted her punishment, so I’m inclined to agree, or at least FAR more inclined than for Snowden. Still, the crime was a serious one for someone in uniform, especially in an all-volunteer military.

GlutenFreeJesus Jul 28, 2015 • 12:49:31pm

Don’t care about this dude at all. He was caught. Served his sentence. That’s all she wrote. You can bank on people keeping an eye on him once he’s “free” too. Hell. Mossad may even put a hit out on him. Whatever.

Now on to something that matters (half ///). Pucifer released a new video. New album due in October. The visuals in this are amazing. And Maynard’s vocals really show off his range. He’s boss, for sure.

…

SteveMcGaziBolaGate Jul 28, 2015 • 12:50:14pm

re: #22 b.d.

I don’t know Greenwald enough to know it that is sarcasm. Does Twitter have a sarc tag?

EDIT - nevermind

Jay C Jul 28, 2015 • 12:50:20pm

re: #1 Higgs Boson’s Mate

Tell us the one about the talking dog, granpa.

1. AFAICT, it’s standard procedure for (even) convicted spies to be eligible for parole after serving thirty years (even on “life” sentences).

2. Pollard has indeed served thirty years in slam: it’s not like he’s “getting away easy”, or whatevs…

3. As long as he doesn’t get another job with any significant national-security-information exposure (kinda doubtful, ya think?) who cares?

re: #9 Ian G.

I think you mean “Israel” in this context, not “Iran” - I think the difference would definitely affect the neocons’ responses…..

SteveMcGaziBolaGate Jul 28, 2015 • 12:51:27pm

re: #23 goddamnedfrank

“George?”

GlutenFreeJesus Jul 28, 2015 • 12:51:48pm

@ggreenwald your turd, Edward, is more than welcome to come back to the U.S. to address his “whistleblowing”.

— efuseakay (@efuseakay) July 28, 2015

SteveMcGaziBolaGate Jul 28, 2015 • 12:52:58pm

re: #27 Jay C

I think he’s burned his security clearance. I’m afraid the book is a guaranteed best seller.

lawhawk Jul 28, 2015 • 12:53:15pm

Other reasons to question Pollard’s intention was that he was willing to meet and broker sales of classified data with Pakistanis and Iranians. And that he was looking to profit from the sales, not merely altruistic behavior. He ultimately found common cause with an Israeli handler who ran his op.

The case also highlights just how badly prospective workers in the CIA and other DoD agencies were vetted (and probably still are - as the Snowden episode shows). There should have been enough red flags to keep him from any sensitive information, but he still managed to get his hands on all manner of classified info.

He should have been fired for lying about his background, but was instead transferred out of one group, and into another one.

goddamnedfrank Jul 28, 2015 • 12:53:46pm

I don’t really have a problem with Pollard’s release at this point, thirty years is a long goddamned stretch to serve. Nor, in spite of my opinions of Netanyahu’s government, do I have a problem with Israelis viewing him as a hero. That makes perfect sense from their point of view. This is how the game is played, they’ve always been in an tenuous position and it’s natural to expect them to seek out any advantage they’re capable of exploiting.

SteveMcGaziBolaGate Jul 28, 2015 • 12:54:14pm

re: #29 GlutenFreeJesus

I think Snowden’s welcome to come and spend thirty years in Pollard’s old cell. It’s a start.

goddamnedfrank Jul 28, 2015 • 12:54:59pm

re: #28 SteveMcGaziBolaGate

“George?”

…

Fourth Football of the Apocalypse Jul 28, 2015 • 12:55:07pm

The WH doesn’t think much of the petition to pardon Snowden:

Monaco argued Snowden should come back to the U.S. to be judged by a jury of his peers, rather than hiding behind “the cover of an authoritarian regime.”

“Right now, he’s running away from the consequences of his actions,” she said.

lawhawk Jul 28, 2015 • 12:56:36pm

re: #32 goddamnedfrank

Israel’s spy was caught. Israel’s spy did his time. He’s their spy (and hero). He’s our traitor/convicted felon for passing classified info to a foreign country.

He’s done 30 years. That’s hardly insignificant punishment. That’s a long time behind bars, and is far more than the prosecutor’s sentencing recommendations made at the time of the plea deal.

Higgs Boson's Mate Jul 28, 2015 • 12:57:10pm

re: #27 Jay C

I know those things. If Pollard’s release is coincidence then the administration should buy a lottery ticket.

jamesfirecat Jul 28, 2015 • 12:57:28pm

re: #28 SteveMcGaziBolaGate

“George?”

Tell me about the rabbits…

Timothy Watson Jul 28, 2015 • 12:58:36pm

re: #36 lawhawk

Israel’s spy was caught. Israel’s spy did his time. He’s their spy (and hero). He’s our traitor/convicted felon for passing classified info to a foreign country.

He’s done 30 years. That’s hardly insignificant punishment. That’s a long time behind bars, and is far more than the prosecutor’s sentencing recommendations made at the time of the plea deal.

He violated the terms and conditions of the plea deal.

goddamnedfrank Jul 28, 2015 • 1:00:10pm

re: #39 Timothy Watson

He violated the terms and conditions of the plea deal.

Violating shit is just what traitors do, man.

Charles Johnson Jul 28, 2015 • 1:00:15pm

re: #29 GlutenFreeJesus

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Greenwald is retweeting Justin Raimondo, an outright antisemite. And not for the first time. He reveals his true self when he does things like this.

Backwoods_Sleuth Jul 28, 2015 • 1:01:23pm

re: #41 Charles Johnson

You need to check out Keyvan’s twitter TL.
He’s linking to his page here accusing the USA of appeasement.

goddamnedfrank Jul 28, 2015 • 1:03:51pm

The Israeli Sec State in The Brink has a good line about American support.

‘It’s not the Jews that protect us, it’s Texas, South Carolina, Mississippi. It’s your right-wing, neocon, ‘Super-Christians.’ And they don’t even like Jews. They just need us here to keep the lights on for their fucking Messiah!’

…

Higgs Boson's Mate Jul 28, 2015 • 1:05:27pm

re: #42 Backwoods_Sleuth

“Keyvan?” Isn’t that Urdu for “drive-by?”

lawhawk Jul 28, 2015 • 1:05:55pm

re: #39 Timothy Watson

The violation you speak of is the interview he gave to Wolf Blitzer when he was at the Jerusalem Post in 1987. He gave a prison interview that was apparently not cleared with the authorities.

goddamnedfrank Jul 28, 2015 • 1:08:20pm

I can see Netanyahu smuggling Pollard out soon after his release instead of waiting the five years. I actually rate that as more than likely, as a thumb in the eye over the Iran nuclear deal, because Bibi is probably that pissed off. If I were Obama I’d get ahead of this and commute the remainder of Pollard’s sentence, obviating the five year requirement entirely.

Ian G. Jul 28, 2015 • 1:09:06pm

re: #41 Charles Johnson

Greenwald is retweeting Justin Raimondo, an outright antisemite. And not for the first time. He reveals his true self when he does things like this.

Greenwald makes common cause all the time with gay bashers and antisemites. His psychoanalyst must have the most difficult job on earth.

Higgs Boson's Mate Jul 28, 2015 • 1:12:44pm

re: #47 Ian G.

Greenwald makes common cause all the time with gay bashers and antisemites. His psychoanalyst must have the most difficult job on earth.

Psychoanalysts are usually employed by people who think that they could use some help. If you ask him, he’s doing great.

Ian G. Jul 28, 2015 • 1:13:56pm

re: #46 goddamnedfrank

Is Netanyahu REALLY that pissed off, or is he blowing smoke? Sometimes I wonder. It’s not like Israel is against taking matters into its own hands when it comes to a perceived nuclear threat (Iraq, 1981), so why haven’t they this time?

I wonder if Iran is a useful boogeyman to try to keep Israelis voting Likud and to try to push the settlements question into the background. Certainly, Bibi’s GOP soulmates love having boogeyman (gays, Muslims, Mexican immigrants) around to raise hysteria over while they cut capital gains taxes and try to eliminate Medicaid.

goddamnedfrank Jul 28, 2015 • 1:14:09pm

I mean really, what does keeping Pollard inside the US for anther five years accomplish? He’d be safer in Israel and it’s a way to toss Israel a bone, also as it isn’t technically a pardon it costs Obama absolutely nothing politically.

goddamnedfrank Jul 28, 2015 • 1:17:10pm

re: #43 goddamnedfrank

Tim Robbins, by the way, is really the reason to watch The Brink, the rest of it is pretty meh but he’s typically fantastic.

Higgs Boson's Mate Jul 28, 2015 • 1:17:40pm

re: #49 Ian G.

Whether Netanyahu is furious or not he has to act furious or his bag-of-dicks coalition government will come undone.

goddamnedfrank Jul 28, 2015 • 1:19:58pm

re: #49 Ian G.

Is Netanyahu REALLY that pissed off, or is he blowing smoke? Sometimes I wonder. It’s not like Israel is against taking matters into its own hands when it comes to a perceived nuclear threat (Iraq, 1981), so why haven’t they this time?

I wonder if Iran is a useful boogeyman to try to keep Israelis voting Likud and to try to push the settlements question into the background. Certainly, Bibi’s GOP soulmates love having boogeyman (gays, Muslims, Mexican immigrants) around to raise hysteria over while they cut capital gains taxes and try to eliminate Medicaid.

He’s definitely used Iran to force his own view upon Israeli national politics, but he also very much would have benefitted from scuttling the deal before it was finalized. Now his only hope is persuading a supermajority of our Congress to kill it, a long shot at best.

CarolJ Jul 28, 2015 • 1:20:05pm

re: #48 Higgs Boson’s Mate

Iran is a nation of 80 million and an army of 1 million. During the Iran/Iraq war, Iran lost 750,000. Israel’s high-tech military is unequipped for a war of attrition over years, if not months. Add the fact that Iran is perfectly suited for guerilla war-it’s a mountainous nation with plenty of places of hide. Add the logistical issues regarding resupply, and Israel would rather say no.

Iwouldprefernotto Jul 28, 2015 • 1:20:15pm

re: #51 goddamnedfrank

Tim Robbins, by the way, is really the reason to watch The Brink, the rest of it is pretty meh but he’s typically fantastic.

He also directed one of the episodes.

Shiplord Kirel Jul 28, 2015 • 1:27:33pm

re: #27 Jay C

I think you mean “Israel” in this context, not “Iran” - I think the difference would definitely affect the neocons’ responses…..

According to the indictment, Pollard did indeed try to broker an illegal arms deal with Iran during his career as a spy. He also offered his services to Pakistan, Taiwan, Argentina, and apartheid South Africa, and used stolen documents to advance his wife’s business in China.

CarolJ Jul 28, 2015 • 1:27:55pm

re: #50 goddamnedfrank

Good question. Maybe this is standard procedure, but the crime for which he served time is hard to repeat. He won’t be able to get a job in any branch of security, let alone one where he has access to classified information. Any contacts he had are now dead, retired or reassigned, and he after 30 years has nothing to give them anyway.

Indeed, being convicted of something this big makes it hard for him to get any job, let alone anything that could use his skills. So why not just let Israel have him and pay his freight? Yes, the ticker tape parade may be hard to bear, but nobody will pay attention after the first week.

Higgs Boson's Mate Jul 28, 2015 • 1:28:24pm

re: #54 CarolJ

Iran is a very capable nation militarily. It is also technologically very capable. The lamentably prevalent notion that anyone, including us, could easily roll up Iran is ludicrous.

goddamnedfrank Jul 28, 2015 • 1:28:59pm

re: #54 CarolJ

Iran is a nation of 80 million and an army of 1 million. During the Iran/Iraq war, Iran lost 750,000. Israel’s high-tech military is unequipped for a war of attrition over years, if not months. Add the fact that Iran is perfectly suited for guerilla war-it’s a mountainous nation with plenty of places of hide. Add the logistical issues regarding resupply, and Israel would rather say no.

Netanyahu also has to deal with an enormous amount of economic dissatisfaction at home, especially with regards to the cost of housing. Israel can’t sustain the international trade consequences of a protracted war, even if it could do so militarily. More to the point nobody, neither them nor us, is in a position politically to put boots on the ground in Iran. Every single plan involves bombing hardened targets, going home, hoping we got them all and that the radiation from exploding fueled facilities doesn’t spread very far. The uncertainty really revolves around that last bit, because the literal and figurative fallout could be enormous.

GlutenFreeJesus Jul 28, 2015 • 1:29:55pm

re: #56 Shiplord Kirel

According to the indictment, Pollard did indeed try to broker an illegal arms deal with Iran during his career as a spy. He also offered his services to Pakistan, Taiwan, Argentina, and apartheid South Africa, and used stolen documents to advance his wife’s business in China.

Wonder when Ollie will serve his 30 years.

Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light) Jul 28, 2015 • 1:30:49pm

re: #58 Higgs Boson’s Mate

Iran is a very capable nation militarily. It is also technologically very capable. The lamentably prevalent notion that anyone, including us, could easily roll up Iran is ludicrous.

Too many Republicans have never forgiven them for toppling the Shah during that nasty revolution back in the 70’s…

Shiplord Kirel Jul 28, 2015 • 1:33:54pm

re: #46 goddamnedfrank

I can see Netanyahu smuggling Pollard out soon after his release instead of waiting the five years. I actually rate that as more than likely, as a thumb in the eye over the Iran nuclear deal, because Bibi is probably that pissed off. If I were Obama I’d get ahead of this and commute the remainder of Pollard’s sentence, obviating the five year requirement entirely.

It would be easy to spirit Pollard out of the country before his five years are up, especially if US authorities are not especially eager to prevent it. Bibi and his gang could play this up as another spectacular Israeli special ops coup, with tremendous propaganda value. Once in Israel, he would be feted and lionized by Bibi and the media. Israeli intelligence knows the truth about him, however, and I expect that he will be kept on a very short leash.

CuriousLurker Jul 28, 2015 • 1:34:01pm

Lovely. I see Geller is still working with her allies across the pond, despite having been banned from the UK. // *spit*

MPs call for ‘anti-Muslim paramilitary manual’ website to be investigated

A group of MPs have called for an investigation into a far-right website described as a training manual for anti-Muslim paramilitaries - amid fears that an upcoming exhibition of cartoons of the prophet Muhammad in London is designed to incite Islamist violence.

The Gates of Vienna website has been heavily promoting the exhibition , which is understood to feature the same drawings shown in Texas in May when two gunmen attempted to storm the event and were killed by police.

It has been organised by the former Ukip parliamentary candidate Anne-Marie Waters and is set to take place at a location in central London on 18 September with tickets priced at £35. Organisers say among those attending will be Geert Wilders, the Dutch rightwing politician who has espoused controversial views on Islam. […]

Wilders was also present at the exhibition of the cartoons in Texas, which was run by the anti-Islam American Freedom Defense Initiative and hosted by the group’s co-founder, Pamela Geller, a US blogger and speaker who is banned from entering the UK over her anti-Muslim views. […]

goddamnedfrank Jul 28, 2015 • 1:35:33pm

re: #62 Shiplord Kirel

It would be easy to spirit Pollard out of the country before his five years are up, especially if US authorities are not especially eager to prevent it. Bibi and his gang could play this up as another spectacular Israeli special ops coup, with tremendous propaganda value. Once in Israel, he would be feted and lionized by Bibi and the media. Israeli intelligence knows the truth about him, however, and I expect that he will be kept on a very short leash.

Yeah, I really hope Obama just cuts him loose at this point.

Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light) Jul 28, 2015 • 1:35:48pm

re: #63 CuriousLurker

Lovely. I see Geller is still working with her allies across the pond, despite having been banned from the UK. // *spit*

It is all about provoking Muslims to the point of violence and then blaming it on something inherent in their religion.

The Vicious Babushka Jul 28, 2015 • 1:35:50pm

I stopped giving a shit about Pollard a long time ago. He’s out? Oh that’s nice. They can give Yoni a parade in Tel Aviv. Maybe Bibi will shut up now.

Higgs Boson's Mate Jul 28, 2015 • 1:36:57pm

re: #61 Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light)

Too many Republicans have never forgiven them for toppling the Shah during that nasty revolution back in the 70’s…

Around ten years ago, I fell in with a group of Iranian monarchists here in the States. They were all college age and their goal was to restore the Pahlavi family to the Peacock Throne.

wrenchwench Jul 28, 2015 • 1:36:59pm

re: #63 CuriousLurker

Lovely. I see Geller is still working with her allies across the pond, despite having been banned from the UK. // *spit*

People have died on both sides and they’re jumping to do it again.

*Spit*.

GlutenFreeJesus Jul 28, 2015 • 1:38:05pm

re: #68 wrenchwench

More specifically. They are jumping to have others do all the dying for them.

Shiplord Kirel Jul 28, 2015 • 1:40:47pm

Pollard’s situation in Israel may end up being very similar to Snowden’s in Russia, a useful propaganda tool but not a trusted one. He will not be truly free.

CuriousLurker Jul 28, 2015 • 1:41:31pm

re: #65 Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light)

It is all about provoking Muslims to the point of violence and then blaming it on something inherent in their religion.

re: #68 wrenchwench

People have died on both sides and they’re jumping to do it again.

*Spit*.

THIS. They don’t give a hairy rat’s ass about free speech, and they certainly don’t care who dies on either side. They’re bigoted right-wing thugs who want to make a grab for power, just like the Islamists they claim to hate.

Higgs Boson's Mate Jul 28, 2015 • 1:43:02pm

re: #70 Shiplord Kirel

Pollard’s situation in Israel may end up being very similar to Snowden’s in Russia, a useful propaganda tool but not a trusted one. He will not be truly free.

He’d spend the rest of his life there knowing that someone logged it every time he took a piss.

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goddamnedfrank Jul 28, 2015 • 1:45:37pm

re: #70 Shiplord Kirel

Pollard’s situation in Israel may end up being very similar to Snowden’s in Russia, a useful propaganda tool but not a trusted one. He will not be truly free.

Absolute freedom is seriously overrated at his age. He’ll be well fed, well fucked and taken care of.

Blind Frog Belly White Jul 28, 2015 • 1:49:00pm

re: #74 goddamnedfrank

Absolute freedom is seriously overrated at his age. He’ll be well fed, well fucked and taken care of.

Hell, that sounds good to me!

Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light) Jul 28, 2015 • 1:49:01pm

re: #67 Higgs Boson’s Mate

Around ten years ago, I fell in with a group of Iranian monarchists here in the States. They were all college age and their goal was to restore the Pahlavi family to the Peacock Throne.

My ex took up with a German Monarchist who wants to put the descendants of the Hohenzollers back on the throne.

dog philosopher ஐஒஔ௸ Jul 28, 2015 • 1:49:36pm

re: #58 Higgs Boson’s Mate

Iran is a very capable nation militarily. It is also technologically very capable. The lamentably prevalent notion that anyone, including us, could easily roll up Iran is ludicrous.

it has three times the population of iraq, and more mountains than you can shake a stick at

Shiplord Kirel Jul 28, 2015 • 1:50:48pm

re: #71 CuriousLurker

THIS. They don’t give a hairy rat’s ass about free speech, and they certainly don’t care who dies on either side. They’re bigoted right-wing thugs who want to make a grab for power, just like the Islamists they claim to hate.

I won’t waste any sympathy on the trail of dead idiots Pam has left behind her, but it is only a matter of time before an innocent person is killed in an attack on one of these hate fests: A bystander, a peaceful demonstrator, a police officer doing his or her duty, or a venue employee. The risk is to a lot more people than the hate-mongers themselves and the deluded avengers who try to murder them.

dog philosopher ஐஒஔ௸ Jul 28, 2015 • 1:50:58pm

re: #76 Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light)

My ex took up with a German Monarchist who wants to put the descendants of the Hohenzollers back on the throne.

what this country needs is an aristocrat party

Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light) Jul 28, 2015 • 1:52:14pm

re: #79 dog philosopher ஐஒஔ௸

what this country needs is an aristocrat party

one that does not even make the pretense of appealing to the unwashed masses…

goddamnedfrank Jul 28, 2015 • 1:54:12pm

re: #77 dog philosopher ஐஒஔ௸

it has three times the population of iraq, and more mountains than you can shake a stick at

It’s like Afghanistan with Space Herpes.

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Higgs Boson's Mate Jul 28, 2015 • 1:54:43pm

re: #79 dog philosopher ஐஒஔ௸

what this country needs is an aristocrat party

We call ourselves the Aristocrats!

Lancelot Link Jul 28, 2015 • 1:54:45pm

re: #79 dog philosopher ஐஒஔ௸

what this country needs is an aristocrat party

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Blind Frog Belly White Jul 28, 2015 • 1:54:50pm

re: #77 dog philosopher ஐஒஔ௸

it has three times the population of iraq, and more mountains than you can shake a stick at

Nah, it’s all flat sandy desert and they’re all A-rabs, with dark skin, dark eyes, and big noses. They all hate the Mullahs and they’ll probably turn against them as soon as we drop the first bomb. Six days, six weeks - I don’t think six months. After all, Israel took out Saddam’s nuclear project in one raid, and I’m certain that and the intervening 34 years haven’t taught Iran anything!

No Country For Old Haters Jul 28, 2015 • 1:57:35pm

re: #22 b.d.

Has Snowden served 30-years, or is @ggreenwald confused again?

— Jeff Furlington (@FurlingtonJeff) July 28, 2015

No Country For Old Haters Jul 28, 2015 • 1:59:12pm

re: #29 GlutenFreeJesus

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@efuseakay I'd say Snowden is @ggreenwald 's victim more than his turd. He let an America-hater convince him to ruin his life.

— Jeff Furlington (@FurlingtonJeff) July 28, 2015

goddamnedfrank Jul 28, 2015 • 2:00:21pm

We’re only still mired in a seemingly never ending epic bullshit mountain dry fucking in Afghanistan. How hard could Iran possibly be with the same terrain, more than two and a half times the population, and a far greater sense of unified national identity.

Total cake-walk amirite?

Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light) Jul 28, 2015 • 2:01:45pm

re: #87 goddamnedfrank

We’re only still mired in a seemingly never ending epic bullshit mountain dry fucking in Afghanistan. How hard could Iran possibly be with the same terrain, more than two and a half times the population, and a far greater sense of unified national identity.

Total cake-walk amirite?

Because the sooner we do it, the easier, and war is inevitable.

Backwoods_Sleuth Jul 28, 2015 • 2:01:50pm

ummmmm.
I got nothin’

Killing Jews was legal in Nazi Germany. It would have been insane not to use their skin for lamps. https://t.co/55lO9bg4SX

— Ben Shapiro (@benshapiro) July 28, 2015

Fourth Football of the Apocalypse Jul 28, 2015 • 2:01:57pm

re: #73 The Vicious Babushka

The John Birch Society is on the f0cking Twitters?

FFS

Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light) Jul 28, 2015 • 2:04:01pm

re: #89 Backwoods_Sleuth

ummmmm.
I got nothin’

Killing Jews was legal in Nazi Germany. It would have been insane not to use their skin for lamps

Highly inconsistent with assertions of marching them into ovens. Please get your outrage talking points and emotionally-charged images sorted, gentlemen.

Higgs Boson's Mate Jul 28, 2015 • 2:06:23pm

re: #87 goddamnedfrank

There’s also no doubt that destabilizing another majority-Muslim nation with ordnance would do wonders for us in the region.

jamesfirecat Jul 28, 2015 • 2:07:08pm

re: #76 Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light)

My ex took up with a German Monarchist who wants to put the descendants of the Hohenzollers back on the throne.

All the Kings will be named Willhelm, Fredrick, or Willhelm-Fredrick.

Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light) Jul 28, 2015 • 2:07:19pm

re: #92 Higgs Boson’s Mate

There’s also no doubt that destabilizing another majority-Muslim nation with ordnance would do wonders for us in the region.

It would pay for itself with the oil revenues!

Iwouldprefernotto Jul 28, 2015 • 2:07:27pm

re: #89 Backwoods_Sleuth

ummmmm.
I got nothin’

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Why was it legal to kill Jew is the real question, but hey what do I know?

b.d. Jul 28, 2015 • 2:08:16pm

I can’t wait for FoxNews to interview Jonathan Pollard and find out what his take on the Obama/Iran deal is.

De Kolta Chair Jul 28, 2015 • 2:11:31pm

The press is stampeding over themselves to be the first to report whether or not Pollard supports Trump. /

CuriousLurker Jul 28, 2015 • 2:12:24pm

re: #78 Shiplord Kirel

I won’t waste any sympathy on the trail of dead idiots Pam has left behind her, but it is only a matter of time before an innocent person is killed in an attack on one of these hate fests: A bystander, a peaceful demonstrator, a police officer doing his or her duty, or a venue employee. The risk is to a lot more people than the hate-mongers themselves and the deluded avengers who try to murder them.

Too true. They keep pushing, and pushing, and pushing—sooner or later someone on one side or the other is going to give. I see Breitbart London is promoting it also, with an article by Waters: donotlink.com

Iwouldprefernotto Jul 28, 2015 • 2:12:52pm

I’m not mad at the Nazis because they used body parts for lamps and soap and medical experiments. I’m raving mad at them for murdering human beings—many of them children. Ben Shapiro is a fucking idiot.

/rant

have to go

thanks for listening

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De Kolta Chair Jul 28, 2015 • 2:13:34pm

re: #89 Backwoods_Sleuth

ummmmm.
I got nothin’

Killing Jews was legal in Nazi Germany. It would have been insane not to use their skin for lamps. https://t.co/55lO9bg4SX

— Ben Shapiro (@benshapiro) July 28, 2015

Is wanting to slap a little boy morally wrong?

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b.d. Jul 28, 2015 • 2:13:37pm

re: #97 De Kolta Chair

The press is stampeding over themselves to be the first to report whether or not Pollard supports Trump. /

If you could vote, would you vote for Trump?!

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#FergusonFireside Jul 28, 2015 • 2:14:07pm

Things are going well at Geno’s. pic.twitter.com/hmJdCSHx39

— Matt Gelb (@MattGelb) July 28, 2015

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Aunty Entity Dragon Jul 28, 2015 • 2:16:42pm

re: #87 goddamnedfrank

We’re only still mired in a seemingly never ending epic bullshit mountain dry fucking in Afghanistan. How hard could Iran possibly be with the same terrain, more than two and a half times the population, and a far greater sense of unified national identity.

Total cake-walk amirite?

Also, what happens when we decide to “bomb and go home” and Iran decides to tag along and shoot shit up?

This isn’t Afghanistan as you mentioned. Iranian intelligence is competent, they can assasinate people around the world and the Iranian military will almost certainly retaliate directly against Israel with ballistic weapons and possibly attacks on Israeli warships.

Just because we decide to stop the game doesn’t mean they will stop.

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Backwoods_Sleuth Jul 28, 2015 • 2:17:57pm

re: #95 Iwouldprefernotto

Why was it legal to kill Jew is the real question, but hey what do I know?

gotta say, I’m surprised that Little Ben didn’t go with a Mengele comparison.

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Backwoods_Sleuth Jul 28, 2015 • 2:18:59pm

WRT release of notorious spy, Jonathan Pollard, remember: if u want more of something, reward it & if u want less of something, penalize it.

— Donald Rumsfeld (@RumsfeldOffice) July 28, 2015

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De Kolta Chair Jul 28, 2015 • 2:19:26pm

re: #101 b.d.

If you could vote, would you vote for Trump?!

Vote to have him do what exactly? //

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jaunte Jul 28, 2015 • 2:19:42pm

re: #105 Backwoods_Sleuth

More Known Knowns For Twitter.

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Backwoods_Sleuth Jul 28, 2015 • 2:19:44pm

heh

Basically Trump is the Nickelback of presidential candidates. Disliked by most, super popular with a few.

— Nate Silver (@NateSilver538) July 28, 2015

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BlueSpotinAL Jul 28, 2015 • 2:21:41pm

re: #105 Backwoods_Sleuth

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Hey Rumsfeld, you jealous of Pollard’s reward? Please check yourself in at the nearest penitentiary, tell them you want the 30 year stay (with extra reward points when the stay is done).

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No Country For Old Haters Jul 28, 2015 • 2:23:12pm

re: #105 Backwoods_Sleuth

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Yes, this is obvious. That's why Pollard went to prison for 30 years. Did you mistake this for a deep thought? @RumsfeldOffice

— Jeff Furlington (@FurlingtonJeff) July 28, 2015

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Higgs Boson's Mate Jul 28, 2015 • 2:24:15pm

re: #105 Backwoods_Sleuth

Spies are for outing - especially when they’re your own people, right, Don?

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No Country For Old Haters Jul 28, 2015 • 2:24:31pm

What should we do to reduce torture and invasions of foreign lands? Are you ready to do 30 years old man? @RumsfeldOffice

— Jeff Furlington (@FurlingtonJeff) July 28, 2015

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Blind Frog Belly White Jul 28, 2015 • 2:25:28pm

Regarding the dentist who killed the lion, I had a couple thoughts.
First, AFAICT, African Lions are not an Endangered Species. They are under threat, no doubt about that. But their numbers are sufficiently great that they have not yet qualified as such.

Second, AFAICT, the hunt was legal. He didn’t poach him.

Third, a lot of African countries, and for that matter US states, get revenues from foreign/out of state hunters, which they don’t then have to extract from their own citizenry.

Fourth, I am not a fan of trophy hunting, though I do support, and used to engage in, sport hunting. Varmints and meat, as well as population control where necessary I’m cool with and would in fact participate in if I lived near any good hunting grounds. If you eat meat, I think it’s difficult to come up with a cogent argument that meat hunting is somehow worse.

Trophy hunting, however, leaves me cold. I can admire a beautiful mounted elk, knowing that it was eaten, not wasted. But to kill as a sport something you don’t eat, just for the experience? Nah.

OTOH, if the population of a particular species in a particular area endangers their health or the health of the habitat in general, and the species is not endangered, then I see no reason why the state should not open the area to controlled, regulated hunting. It’s a revenue stream instead of a cost, and a hunter’s bullet kills just as dead as a sharpshooter’s bullet.

Fifth, given how most Americans feel about trophy hunting, the dentist should not be surprised at the backlash. Just because something’s legal doesn’t mean everyone’s cool with it.

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De Kolta Chair Jul 28, 2015 • 2:25:42pm

re: #102 #FergusonFireside

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Supporters of Democratic candidate Limberbutt McCubbins?

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Backwoods_Sleuth Jul 28, 2015 • 2:26:15pm

re: #111 Higgs Boson’s Mate

Spies are for outing - especially when they’re your own people, right, Don?

Yes, let’s ask Valerie about how that works out.

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Higgs Boson's Mate Jul 28, 2015 • 2:27:27pm

Nice to see that Rumsfeld has given up trying to Tweet at clouds.

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Brother Holy Cruise Missile of Mild Acceptance Jul 28, 2015 • 2:28:00pm

re: #113 Blind Frog Belly White

Second, AFAICT, the hunt was legal. He didn’t poach him.

It appears they used bait to lure the animal out of the preserve and based on that there is a case to be made that they were poaching. Further they used a bow to kill the lion so that it was a silent kill. Apparently using a bow is common practice for poachers so they do not draw attention to themselves.

I used to hunt (still would like to) and do fish. I do not get the thrill of trophy/sport hunting. If you can’t/won’t eat it and it’s not a threat to you then why kill it?

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BlueSpotinAL Jul 28, 2015 • 2:28:04pm

re: #111 Higgs Boson’s Mate

Spies are for outing - especially when they’re your own people, right, Don?

Rumsfeld, Ya Burnt by the Plame!

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Timothy Watson Jul 28, 2015 • 2:29:02pm

re: #108 Backwoods_Sleuth

heh

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I seem to recall that our esteemed host likes Nickelback.

As for me, I cannot confirm nor deny whether I have any Nickelback songs on my playlist. :)

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The Vicious Babushka Jul 28, 2015 • 2:30:26pm

I got concert tickets for $0.45!

50 Cent and Nickelback

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Backwoods_Sleuth Jul 28, 2015 • 2:30:51pm

re: #113 Blind Frog Belly White

Second, AFAICT, the hunt was legal. He didn’t poach him.

It appears that he did indeed poach, since his “expert guides” tied a dead animal to a vehicle, lured Cecil out of the preserve to a baited/scented area of a farm where the owner (one of the “experts”) did not have a permit for hunting.
To make matters worse, the dentist shot him with a bow, didn’t kill him, then spent 40 hours tracking him before finally shooting him. Then, they all suddenly “notice” that very obvious tracking collar on Cecil and attempt to destroy it; skin and behead the lion and leave the carcass.

The dentist is an asshole.

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Blind Frog Belly White Jul 28, 2015 • 2:30:53pm

re: #117 Brother Holy Cruise Missile of Mild Acceptance

It appears they used bait to lure the animal out of the preserve and based on that there is a case to be made that they were poaching.

Hence ‘AFAICT’. Different facts would put it in a different light.

Note, however, that baiting is legal in many places, for a number of species. Many hunters sneer at it, some see it as perfectly acceptable in all cases, and others see it as a sliding scale - perfectly acceptable for meat and population control hunts, but taints a big trophy.

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Aunty Entity Dragon Jul 28, 2015 • 2:32:37pm

re: #121 Backwoods_Sleuth

It appears that he did indeed poach, since his “expert guides” tied a dead animal to a vehicle, lured Cecil out of the preserve to a baited/scented area of a farm where the owner (one of the “experts”) did not have a permit for hunting.
To make matters worse, the dentist shot him with a bow, didn’t kill him, then spent 40 hours tracking him before finally shooting him. Then, they all suddenly “notice” that very obvious tracking collar on Cecil and attempt to destroy it; skin and behead the lion and leave the carcass.

The dentist is an asshole.

Damn. Bad all the way around.

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De Kolta Chair Jul 28, 2015 • 2:32:48pm

re: #120 The Vicious Babushka

I got concert tickets for $0.45!

50 Cent and Nickelback

;-[)

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Blind Frog Belly White Jul 28, 2015 • 2:32:59pm

re: #121 Backwoods_Sleuth

It appears that he did indeed poach, since his “expert guides” tied a dead animal to a vehicle, lured Cecil out of the preserve to a baited/scented area of a farm where the owner (one of the “experts”) did not have a permit for hunting.
To make matters worse, the dentist shot him with a bow, didn’t kill him, then spent 40 hours tracking him before finally shooting him. Then, they all suddenly “notice” that very obvious tracking collar on Cecil and attempt to destroy it; skin and behead the lion and leave the carcass.

The dentist is an asshole.

If all is as you say, major asshole. Also perhaps subject to criminal charges.

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Higgs Boson's Mate Jul 28, 2015 • 2:33:08pm

re: #122 Blind Frog Belly White

So it tain’t a big trophy if you bait it? Not even if you hire a Master Baiter?

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The Vicious Babushka Jul 28, 2015 • 2:34:13pm

HURR HURR Y ALL U LUBRULS CRYIN OVER SOME LION OUT IN AFRICA WHEN PLANNED PARENTHOOD IS CHOPPIN UP ALL TEH BABBIES RIGHT BEFORE UR VERY EYES!!!!!!!

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SteveMcGaziBolaGate Jul 28, 2015 • 2:35:34pm

Oh, the merriment:

philly.com

Why would he come here 9 months before the primary? At least he didn’t order Swiss cheese. A couple of signs: Scott Walker Sniffs his own poop. and Scott Walker lives inside my butt.

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Backwoods_Sleuth Jul 28, 2015 • 2:35:59pm

re: #125 Blind Frog Belly White

If all is as you say, major asshole. Also perhaps subject to criminal charges.

There’s also the fact that authorities were initially told that the hunter was Spanish, which gave the dentist plenty of time to get out of the country with Cecil’s head and skin.
The fact that they tried to destroy the collar is all I have to know about how legitimate the hunt was. They knew they were in deep, deep trouble.

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Higgs Boson's Mate Jul 28, 2015 • 2:36:19pm

re: #127 The Vicious Babushka

Is the fourth video the one where they show PP staffers eating the dead baby parts?

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Blind Frog Belly White Jul 28, 2015 • 2:36:56pm

re: #126 Higgs Boson’s Mate

So it tain’t a big trophy if you bait it? Not even if you hire a Master Baiter?

I just finished reading ‘Oliver Twist’. I noticed that Dickens invariably referred to John Hawkins (otherwise the Artful Dodger) as ‘Mr. Hawkins’, but his partner-in-crime Charles Bates as ‘MASTER Bates’.

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SteveMcGaziBolaGate Jul 28, 2015 • 2:37:09pm

re: #79 dog philosopher ஐஒஔ௸

what this country needs is an aristocrat party

Could you imagine the convention?

…

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Chan Kobun Jul 28, 2015 • 2:38:19pm

re: #120 The Vicious Babushka

I got concert tickets for $0.45!

50 Cent and Nickelback

Video

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Backwoods_Sleuth Jul 28, 2015 • 2:38:52pm

A memorial has started outside the doors of the small penis having dentist #WalterPalmer who killed #CecilTheLion. pic.twitter.com/twhe7Q7YGh

— Bipartisan Report (@Bipartisanism) July 28, 2015

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CarolJ Jul 28, 2015 • 2:39:26pm

re: #93 jamesfirecat

Sometimes I wonder if the monarchs themselves really want a restoration. For one thing, when they lost their thrones, politics and economics were less complicated. A nation with nothing much more than farms was and is easier than running a modern nation with all of its complexity. You could run things with a pretty modest education. These days, you need to be sharp and near-genius level to be a successful President or Prime Minister.

Also, being off the throne means royals are freer to pursue their own interests-personal or political without worrying about the effects of doing so. A son of an overthrown king can be doctor, dentist, or diviner if politics isn’t his thing.

And lets not forget that being overthrown in a revolution means that there were some pretty hard feelings about the monarchy to begin with. Want to start over and try to win those folks over?

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De Kolta Chair Jul 28, 2015 • 2:40:30pm

re: #134 Backwoods_Sleuth

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Great. I hope that idea goes viral big time.

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Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light) Jul 28, 2015 • 2:42:06pm

re: #135 CarolJ

I am fully in favour of privatising the British Royal Family. They would no longer be a tax burden, they could earn their income opening shopping centres and cutting bridge ribbons.

And it would keep a check on their behaviour: any excesses and the moneys garnered by British Royal plc would plummet precipitously.

(I love me some Oxferd spellin’)

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SteveMcGaziBolaGate Jul 28, 2015 • 2:42:33pm

re: #119 Timothy Watson

I seem to recall that our esteemed host likes Nickelback.

As for me, I cannot confirm nor deny whether I have any Nickelback songs on my playlist. :)

WXPN 88.5 in Philadelphia compiled a listener voted 88 worst songs list. Nickelback posted two song in the bottom 25. some songs appearedon both the 88 worst and the 885 best list, but not Nickelback:(

xpn.org

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Blind Frog Belly White Jul 28, 2015 • 2:43:12pm

re: #135 CarolJ

Sometimes I wonder if the monarchs themselves really want a restoration. For one thing, when they lost their thrones, politics and economics were less complicated. A nation with nothing much more than farms was and is easier than running a modern nation with all of its complexity. You could run things with a pretty modest education. These days, you need to be sharp and near-genius level to be a successful President or Prime Minister.

Also, being off the throne means royals are freer to pursue their own interests-personal or political without worrying about the effects of doing so. A son of an overthrown king can be doctor, dentist, or diviner if politics isn’t his thing.

And lets not forget that being overthrown in a revolution means that there were some pretty hard feelings about the monarchy to begin with. Want to start over and try to win those folks over?

“Uneasy rests the head…” and all that.

Seriously, though - can you imagine how dangerous a life it would be, as a re-established monarch in a country that has been without for decades? From where do you derive your just consent to govern? The only reason they might want you back is that the guys who replaced you were really bad, and you’d have a real short period to prove you weren’t just as big an asshole.

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allegro Jul 28, 2015 • 2:43:21pm

re: #130 Higgs Boson’s Mate

Is the fourth video the one where they show PP staffers eating the dead baby parts?

With arugula and dijon mustard.

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Charles Johnson Jul 28, 2015 • 2:43:47pm

If you reload this page, you can see a preview of the new design for individual article pages. This isn’t final - just a preview. The left column is gone, and some of those functions still need to be relocated. (Among other to-do items.)

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Backwoods_Sleuth Jul 28, 2015 • 2:43:50pm

Cuteness (just don’t put them in the guacamole):

pic.twitter.com/X6oYnh1Rsb

— The Cult Cat (@Elverojaguar) July 28, 2015

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SteveMcGaziBolaGate Jul 28, 2015 • 2:44:02pm

re: #140 allegro

Wait for the Planned Parenthood cookbook.

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Blind Frog Belly White Jul 28, 2015 • 2:44:59pm

re: #142 Backwoods_Sleuth

Cuteness (just don’t put them in the guacamole):

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As long as nobody pea’d in there.

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Drive By Commenter Jul 28, 2015 • 2:46:09pm

Scott Walker proves he never once in his life ate a cheese steak or hoagie. Hold the damn thing right. What form. Style. A certain savoir faire….. “With? With what?” Sauce? Huh? Brown I guess.”

Dolt. Wonder if he knows what a Cherry Pepper is….

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BlueSpotinAL Jul 28, 2015 • 2:46:14pm

Speaking of Plame, she makes an appearance in this video about the Iran nuke deal:

…

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Backwoods_Sleuth Jul 28, 2015 • 2:46:47pm

deleted

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#FergusonFireside Jul 28, 2015 • 2:48:06pm

Oh boy

U.S. hunter accused of illegally killing #CecilTheLion has felony on record related to shooting bear, records show http://t.co/PY8EUD4skX

— CBS News (@CBSNews) July 28, 2015

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Timothy Watson Jul 28, 2015 • 2:48:46pm

re: #147 Backwoods_Sleuth

O. M. G.

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The rest of his TL is horrible in making light of the entire situation.

Satire? The account is only three hours old.

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Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light) Jul 28, 2015 • 2:49:45pm

Totally OT, but it has a banjo in it:

Washington man arrested after bizarre standoff involving banjo

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Backwoods_Sleuth Jul 28, 2015 • 2:50:07pm

re: #149 Timothy Watson

Satire? The account is only three hours old.

Really bad satire if it is.

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Timothy Watson Jul 28, 2015 • 2:50:35pm

re: #151 Backwoods_Sleuth

Really bad satire if it is.

Maybe sockpuppet agitprop?

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Backwoods_Sleuth Jul 28, 2015 • 2:50:36pm

re: #148 #FergusonFireside

Oh boy

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yeah, saw news reports of that earlier.

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De Kolta Chair Jul 28, 2015 • 2:51:04pm

re: #143 SteveMcGaziBolaGate

Wait for the Planned Parenthood cookbook.

The next PBS pledge drive is gonna be cray-cray

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Backwoods_Sleuth Jul 28, 2015 • 2:52:09pm

re: #152 Timothy Watson

Maybe sockpuppet agitprop?

I deleted it. Just saw an obvious typo in the twitter handle.

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allegro Jul 28, 2015 • 2:54:51pm

re: #148 #FergusonFireside

Oh boy

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Damn. Cowardly, blood-thirsty, tiny dick gun humpers like this poo-eater make me see red. May he find himself locked in a box car with a swarm of Africanized bees.

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Higgs Boson's Mate Jul 28, 2015 • 2:54:56pm

re: #143 SteveMcGaziBolaGate

Wait for the Planned Parenthood cookbook.

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FormerDirtDart Jul 28, 2015 • 2:56:02pm

re: #145 Drive By Commenter

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Dolt. Wonder if he knows what a Cherry Pepper is….

He should have used a fork and knife
At least he would have gotten some real coverage that way

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Brother Holy Cruise Missile of Mild Acceptance Jul 28, 2015 • 2:57:58pm

Hunter who killed Cecil the Lion plays dumb.

And as for lions and being an endangered species scientists predict they’ll be extinct in the wild by 2050.

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CuriousLurker Jul 28, 2015 • 2:59:23pm

re: #147 Backwoods_Sleuth

O. M. G.

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The rest of his TL is horrible in making light of the entire situation.

Their website is down. I wonder if they’re getting DDoS-ed

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Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light) Jul 28, 2015 • 3:00:24pm

re: #159 Brother Holy Cruise Missile of Mild Acceptance

Hunter who killed Cecil the Lion plays dumb.

And as for lions and being an endangered species scientists predict they’ll be extinct in the wild by 2050.

He’s upset about the “backlash” for his entirely unnessecary act of kittycide. It’s called Taking Responsibility for the Consequences of your Actions.

But in Conservative World that generally only applies to pregnant women and people caught with illegal drugs…

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Backwoods_Sleuth Jul 28, 2015 • 3:00:32pm

re: #160 CuriousLurker

Their website is down. I wonder if they’re getting DDoS-ed

I’m convinced now that it’s a fake twitter account. There’s a typo in the twitter handle “Bluf” instead of “Bluff”.

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Backwoods_Sleuth Jul 28, 2015 • 3:01:33pm

Nashville folks:

As of 4:55 p.m., 29,000 are without power. That number may continue to increase as customers arrive home and report their outages.

— Nashville Electric (@NESpower) July 28, 2015

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Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light) Jul 28, 2015 • 3:03:08pm

re: #163 Backwoods_Sleuth

Nashville folks:

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storm or technical glitch?

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Blind Frog Belly White Jul 28, 2015 • 3:04:33pm

I took the day off work, since I woke up at 4 AM feeling distinctly rumbly in the tumbly, and figured discretion is the better part of valor.

As the temperature rises here on the Peninsula, and with it the temperature in our non-air-conditioned house, I find myself wondering whether I made the wrong choice, especially since all seems well with my middle at the moment.

It’s supposed to reach 88 here today. Yeesh.

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De Kolta Chair Jul 28, 2015 • 3:08:57pm

Did Charles just perform some of his magic programming mojo or did my eyesight just improve by 10x on its own?

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SteveMcGaziBolaGate Jul 28, 2015 • 3:09:37pm

re: #165 Blind Frog Belly White

I took the day off work, since I woke up at 4 AM feeling distinctly rumbly in the tumbly, and figured discretion is the better part of valor.

As the temperature rises here on the Peninsula, and with it the temperature in our non-air-conditioned house, I find myself wondering whether I made the wrong choice, especially since all seems well with my middle at the moment.

It’s supposed to reach 88 here today. Yeesh.

NEVER WASTE A SICK DAY BEING SICK!!! (or on a rainy day)

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Blind Frog Belly White Jul 28, 2015 • 3:10:15pm

re: #159 Brother Holy Cruise Missile of Mild Acceptance

I saw that about the /extinct by 2050. I also note that there is a move afoot to have African Lions designated as an Endangered Species. But that’s a legal definition, which is why I capitalized it.

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Shiplord Kirel Jul 28, 2015 • 3:10:19pm

It’s 105 heat index (97 with 42% humidity) here at the Conspiracy Compound. The house is air conditioned, but it was built in 1908 and is amazingly airy and comfortable even without the air.

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wrenchwench Jul 28, 2015 • 3:11:03pm

Amazing investigation shows #PlannedParenthood 'exposé' maker stole identities of high school friends http://t.co/g8wFgXvHxH @rhrealitycheck

— Mary Emily O'Hara (@MaryEmilyOHara) July 28, 2015

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Backwoods_Sleuth Jul 28, 2015 • 3:11:39pm

re: #164 Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light)

storm or technical glitch?

storm

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Decatur Deb Jul 28, 2015 • 3:13:18pm

re: #67 Higgs Boson’s Mate

Around ten years ago, I fell in with a group of Iranian monarchists here in the States. They were all college age and their goal was to restore the Pahlavi family to the Peacock Throne.

Once you go SAVAK you don’t go back.

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wrenchwench Jul 28, 2015 • 3:13:57pm

GOP leaders plan Senate vote on Planned Parenthood fed. aid in light of controversial videos: http://t.co/O7P3SNiUeb pic.twitter.com/QaB80NG7tY

— ABC News (@ABC) July 28, 2015

You misspelled “deceptively edited by group who supports killing abortion doctors” https://t.co/UoBKe1TIQS

— Jade Helms Deep (@eclecticbrotha) July 28, 2015

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Charles Johnson Jul 28, 2015 • 3:14:14pm

In case you missed my comment above…

If you reload this page, you can see a preview of the new design for individual article pages. This isn’t final - just a preview. The left column is gone, and some of those functions still need to be relocated. (Among other to-do items.)

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De Kolta Chair Jul 28, 2015 • 3:15:22pm

re: #167 SteveMcGaziBolaGate

NEVER WASTE A SICK DAY BEING SICK!!! (or on a rainy day)

Only limp-wristed liburals take sick days!!! Why do you hate the invisible hand of the economy??¿¿

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SteveMcGaziBolaGate Jul 28, 2015 • 3:20:26pm

re: #173 wrenchwench

Hey, what ever happened to the Obama coup anyway?

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Single-handed sailor Jul 28, 2015 • 3:22:09pm

re: #169 Shiplord Kirel

It’s 105 heat index (97 with 42% humidity) here at the Conspiracy Compound. The house is air conditioned, but it was built in 1908 and is amazingly airy and comfortable even without the air.

It’s 102.1 at 17% humidity for a heat index of 99 here in California. I’m still not going outside.

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Higgs Boson's Mate Jul 28, 2015 • 3:22:44pm

re: #174 Charles Johnson

In case you missed my comment above…

Nice. Unifies the look of the blog.

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Blind Frog Belly White Jul 28, 2015 • 3:22:59pm

re: #169 Shiplord Kirel

It’s 105 heat index (97 with 42% humidity) here at the Conspiracy Compound. The house is air conditioned, but it was built in 1908 and is amazingly airy and comfortable even without the air.

This house was built after WWII, for the climate of the Mid-Peninsula: no AC, no real insulation, single pane windows with no storm windows. Heater can JUST keep pace with 30 degree lows.

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JadeHelmCurious Jul 28, 2015 • 3:26:15pm

re: #173 wrenchwench

Oh, the videos are (SCARE QUOTES) Contro-Versial (SCARE QUOTES).

I thought they were mendaciously hacked together propaganda videos myself.

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De Kolta Chair Jul 28, 2015 • 3:30:25pm

re: #173 wrenchwench

The second tweet below is one of the Twitter replies to ABC:

@DailyCaller @fatherjonathan TRowePrice is one of the corporate sponsors of Planned Parenthood according to the PP Website. Why?

— Bill1949 (@Bill1949) July 28, 2015

Let me guess: Teh Wall Street Joos?

////

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JadeHelmCurious Jul 28, 2015 • 3:30:54pm

Still can’t get a wingnut to answer what the market in fetal tissue/parts is for. I even provided a multiple choice answer in the form of:

1. Medical Research
2. Satanic Ritual
3. Delicious Cannibal Omelettes

Not sure what other choices there are.

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The Vicious Babushka Jul 28, 2015 • 3:32:54pm

re: #182 JadeHelmCurious

Still can’t get a wingnut to answer what the market in fetal tissue/parts is for. I even provided a multiple choice answer in the form of:

1. Medical Research
2. Satanic Ritual
3. Delicious Cannibal Omelettes

Not sure what other choices there are.

[insert scary non-white ethnic] restaurants!

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thedopefishlives Jul 28, 2015 • 3:33:45pm

Evening Lizardim.

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Decatur Deb Jul 28, 2015 • 3:34:31pm

re: #184 thedopefishlives

Evening Lizardim.

It’s hot.

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dog philosopher ஐஒஔ௸ Jul 28, 2015 • 3:35:12pm

re: #150 Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light)

Totally OT, but it has a banjo in it:

Washington man arrested after bizarre standoff involving banjo

banjos?? what’s next - accordions??

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thedopefishlives Jul 28, 2015 • 3:35:24pm

re: #185 Decatur Deb

It’s hot.

And so it is. Even after an epic early morning thunderstorm cleared the area, the heat rebounded immediately.

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Decatur Deb Jul 28, 2015 • 3:36:58pm

re: #186 dog philosopher ஐஒஔ௸

banjos?? what’s next - accordions??

Guys don’t play the accordion naked.

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Jenner7 Jul 28, 2015 • 3:37:01pm

BREAKING: Mark Meadows has filed a motion to try to force John Boehner from leadership post http://t.co/rgHjLmQXeC pic.twitter.com/Q0N0BTs2ea

— POLITICO (@politico) July 28, 2015

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Higgs Boson's Mate Jul 28, 2015 • 3:43:10pm

re: #189 Jenner7

Mark Meadows was born in Verdun, France. Pass it on.

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lawhawk Jul 28, 2015 • 3:45:06pm

re: #189 Jenner7

Rearranging the deck chairs right before August recess. That’ll go over swell.

And they don’t have any legitimate alternatives. If one of the extremists takes over, it’s a guarantee nothing is done, which may be what they want, but the nation doesn’t.

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The Vicious Babushka Jul 28, 2015 • 3:47:04pm

This is the most popular response to my question to Ted Cruz & Rand Paul & their DEFUND PLANNED PARENTHOOD!!!!1!!!! swarm

@viciousbabushka @SenTedCruz @PPact pay for it yourself or don't chance getting pregnant. Keeping your legs closed is pretty affordable.

— Bobby Pickens (@bobbypickens) July 28, 2015

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De Kolta Chair Jul 28, 2015 • 3:47:13pm

re: #150 Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light)

Totally OT, but it has a banjo in it:

Washington man arrested after bizarre standoff involving banjo

Speaking of banjos, and not to meaning to be judgmental, but this former governor thinks he has a good chance of becoming the next President of the United States. (Tee hee)

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Backwoods_Sleuth Jul 28, 2015 • 3:49:21pm

More Nashville storms:

Lightning strike at BNA. Jet bridges without power. Tune in now or stream #LIVEonFOX17 http://t.co/XPOHfxue4w pic.twitter.com/zwG3bXp3Av

— WZTV FOX 17 (@wztv_fox17) July 28, 2015

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Feline Fearless Leader Jul 28, 2015 • 3:53:41pm

re: #31 lawhawk

Other reasons to question Pollard’s intention was that he was willing to meet and broker sales of classified data with Pakistanis and Iranians. And that he was looking to profit from the sales, not merely altruistic behavior. He ultimately found common cause with an Israeli handler who ran his op.

The case also highlights just how badly prospective workers in the CIA and other DoD agencies were vetted (and probably still are - as the Snowden episode shows). There should have been enough red flags to keep him from any sensitive information, but he still managed to get his hands on all manner of classified info.

He should have been fired for lying about his background, but was instead transferred out of one group, and into another one.

Maybe we should give him to the Vatican. That fits right in with some of their procedures.
//

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Higgs Boson's Mate Jul 28, 2015 • 3:56:22pm

re: #193 De Kolta Chair

Anyone who pushes Bobby Jindal away from a microphone is aces in my book.

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GlutenFreeJesus Jul 28, 2015 • 3:56:47pm

I’m so sad about Cecil. The American dentist that poached him is saying he had no idea it was him. Yeah. Sure dude. So killing a less famous lion would have been ok? Asshole.

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Charles Johnson Jul 28, 2015 • 3:57:58pm

Reload the page again to see the latest tweaks. Each section in the left column is now separated nicely, instead of all being in one tall white column.

Amazing what you can achieve just by tweaking CSS.

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Backwoods_Sleuth Jul 28, 2015 • 4:01:57pm

re: #198 Charles Johnson

Reload the page again to see the latest tweaks. Each section in the left column is now separated nicely, instead of all being in one tall white column.

Amazing what you can achieve just by tweaking CSS.

I’m not seeing a left column.

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Shiplord Kirel Jul 28, 2015 • 4:02:04pm

re: #190 Higgs Boson’s Mate

Mark Meadows was born in Verdun, France. Pass it on.

I wonder what it’s like to know you were born in the middle of a gigantic cemetery?
The horrible thing about the 9 month long Battle of Verdun is that it was fought in a really small area, much smaller typically than other modern battles of similar magnitude. The entire battlefield is visible from the roof of the Verdun Ossuary, a huge facility built in the 20s to hold the remains of soldiers killed in the battle. At least 300,000 French and German soldiers died in the battle and it is possible there were many more than that. The battle area is now a national forest. Access is still restricted because of unexploded ordnance that occasionally works its way out of the visibly shell-torn ground. That isn’t all that works its way out of the forest either: Rangers still find human remains in the area almost every week.

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The Ghost of a Flea Jul 28, 2015 • 4:02:09pm

re: #197 GlutenFreeJesus

I’m so sad about Cecil. The American dentist that poached him is saying he had no idea it was him. Yeah. Sure dude. So killing a less famous lion would have been ok? Asshole.

“Oops, I accidentally hired a poacher team that baited a lion off a preserve, then fucked up killing it, then after discovering it had a tag ran off with its head and pelt after trying to destroy the tag.”

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CuriousLurker Jul 28, 2015 • 4:02:38pm

re: #199 Backwoods_Sleuth

I’m not seeing a left column.

Me neither.

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Backwoods_Sleuth Jul 28, 2015 • 4:02:53pm

re: #199 Backwoods_Sleuth

I’m not seeing a left column.

Unless comments are the left column.

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#FergusonFireside Jul 28, 2015 • 4:03:08pm

pic.twitter.com/zi3yDSBXPG

— Hend (@LibyaLiberty) July 28, 2015

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Charles Johnson Jul 28, 2015 • 4:04:28pm

re: #199 Backwoods_Sleuth

I’m not seeing a left column.

There are now two columns; the left column is the one that contains the article and comments. I’m getting rid of the 3-column design; still need to relocate some of the features from the now-missing left column.

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Decatur Deb Jul 28, 2015 • 4:04:49pm

re: #198 Charles Johnson

Reload the page again to see the latest tweaks. Each section in the left column is now separated nicely, instead of all being in one tall white column.

Amazing what you can achieve just by tweaking CSS.

Getting 2 columns—Center Left and a short control section. Last tweak fixed an error on the upding button.

FF/Ubuntu

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Charles Johnson Jul 28, 2015 • 4:05:40pm

The three-column layout is going away.

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Backwoods_Sleuth Jul 28, 2015 • 4:06:00pm

re: #205 Charles Johnson

There are now two columns; the left column is the one that contains the article and comments. I’m getting rid of the 3-column design; still need to relocate some of the features from the now-missing left column.

OK, that’s what I’m seeing.

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Timothy Watson Jul 28, 2015 • 4:08:31pm

re: #207 Charles Johnson

The three-column layout is going away.

Who moved my cheese?

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The Ghost of a Flea Jul 28, 2015 • 4:09:36pm

I know trophy hunters that actually put in the time and work to not end up caught up in shady horseshit, and actually *do* have concerns about conservation.

This guy, though? Fuck him, and fuck any glib asshole that tries to defend him. He’s no better than the assmunches in China paying for rhino horn and ivory.

ETA: depressing edit: that first “know” should be “knew.” They’re both dead. Old school hunters who loved wild things because they were wild, and did their own tracking.

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blueraven Jul 28, 2015 • 4:10:05pm

re: #193 De Kolta Chair

Speaking of banjos, and not to meaning to be judgmental, but this former governor thinks he has a good chance of becoming the next President of the United States. (Tee hee)

Embedded Image

I think he really wants to be a performer. He really isn’t all that good on the guitar tho, and those sing-a-long rallies are embarrassing. About that banjo… I love banjo’s. I have friends who play the banjo. Both my kids play the banjo. I don’t think I have ever seen anyone play in that position before. What is with the toe?

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De Kolta Chair Jul 28, 2015 • 4:12:01pm

re: #199 Backwoods_Sleuth

I’m not seeing a left column.

I’m not seeing a right column. Oh wait, there it is up there.

Mind blown, man

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Backwoods_Sleuth Jul 28, 2015 • 4:14:04pm

Editorial: Birth control, sex education prevent abortions better than gotcha videos: http://t.co/KolGvezgaC

— Tony Messenger (@tonymess) July 28, 2015

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#FergusonFireside Jul 28, 2015 • 4:14:50pm

Please don't go. Babe, I love you so pic.twitter.com/JBjE8YrJ5O

— Gautam Trivedi (@Gotham3) July 28, 2015

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Feline Fearless Leader Jul 28, 2015 • 4:16:09pm

re: #142 Backwoods_Sleuth

Cuteness (just don’t put them in the guacamole):

[Embedded content]

Just smuggled in from South America with the other produce?

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Kid A Jul 28, 2015 • 4:16:15pm

Ahhhhh, memory lane…
thehill.com

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Timothy Watson Jul 28, 2015 • 4:16:15pm

re: #214 #FergusonFireside

[Embedded content]

Anyone who has played Assassin’s Creed IV: Black Flag wouldn’t get near one of those. :)

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Backwoods_Sleuth Jul 28, 2015 • 4:16:56pm

hahahaaaa!
Important stuff, I’m sure:

Map showing how hairy men are around the world pic.twitter.com/2ezneyGvsK

— Amazing Maps (@CutPics) July 11, 2015

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Jenner7 Jul 28, 2015 • 4:17:52pm

Republicans in committee: We don’t care if the Iran deal works, we want war.

Assholes.

Yep. Still watching. lol

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darthstar Jul 28, 2015 • 4:17:57pm

He served his thirty years so he was eligible. And Iran? I thought he was stealing secrets for Israel? Is that a sub-heading error, Charles?

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Decatur Deb Jul 28, 2015 • 4:18:40pm

re: #214 #FergusonFireside

[Embedded content]

Another guy who’s going to wind up in a listicle.

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Jenner7 Jul 28, 2015 • 4:18:49pm

“Congressman, I don’t need any lessons from you about who I represent.” Secretary @JohnKerry to @RepScottPerry. https://t.co/5K3L8ydzx7

— CSPAN (@cspan) July 28, 2015

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darthstar Jul 28, 2015 • 4:19:05pm

re: #218 Backwoods_Sleuth

hahahaaaa!
Important stuff, I’m sure:

[Embedded content]

That reminds me…I need to wax my back again.
/ I can’t even grow a decent beard.

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EPR-radar Jul 28, 2015 • 4:19:21pm

re: #179 Blind Frog Belly White

This house was built after WWII, for the climate of the Mid-Peninsula: no AC, no real insulation, single pane windows with no storm windows. Heater can JUST keep pace with 30 degree lows.

The lack of insulation in much CA housing really is ridiculous.

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Timothy Watson Jul 28, 2015 • 4:19:50pm

re: #220 darthstar

He served his thirty years so he was eligible. And Iran? I thought he was stealing secrets for Israel? Is that a sub-heading error, Charles?

He sold stuff to Israel (which they ended up giving to the Soviets in exchange for the Soviets allowing Jews to emigrate), before he sold the stuff to Israel, he tried to sell stuff to South Africa, Pakistan, Iran, and Taiwan.

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Feline Fearless Leader Jul 28, 2015 • 4:21:23pm

re: #199 Backwoods_Sleuth

I’m not seeing a left column.

You’re in the GOP variant of the page.

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FormerDirtDart Jul 28, 2015 • 4:21:31pm

re: #207 Charles Johnson

The three-column layout is going away.

My eyes appreciate the new anti-glare background color

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Charles Johnson Jul 28, 2015 • 4:22:55pm

re: #220 darthstar

He served his thirty years so he was eligible. And Iran? I thought he was stealing secrets for Israel? Is that a sub-heading error, Charles?

He tried to sell secrets to several countries, including Iran and apartheid South Africa.

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FormerDirtDart Jul 28, 2015 • 4:24:55pm

re: #193 De Kolta Chair

Speaking of banjos, and not to meaning to be judgmental, but this former governor thinks he has a good chance of becoming the next President of the United States. (Tee hee)

Embedded Image

His security guy is pretty damn obvious in the background.
I mean, who walks around town in khaki vests without 50 odd lbs of camera equipment?

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Feline Fearless Leader Jul 28, 2015 • 4:25:06pm

Charles,

You asked yesterday about the security blocking my LGF access at work.

It’s Cisco. The former Ironport software is my guess. It’s identifying LGF as an “on-line community” and generating a WEBCAT-BLOCK message when I try to access the site.

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Charles Johnson Jul 28, 2015 • 4:25:14pm

I’m liking this new layout a lot.

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Charles Johnson Jul 28, 2015 • 4:26:30pm

re: #230 Feline Fearless Leader

Charles,

You asked yesterday about the security blocking my LGF access at work.

It’s Cisco. The former Ironport software is my guess. It’s identifying LGF as an “on-line community” and generating a WEBCAT-BLOCK message when I try to access the site.

Hmm. “Online community,” eh? That means there’s probably nothing I can do about it, if they don’t want you browsing community sites. If we were incorrectly categorized I could appeal it, but that’s not really incorrect.

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darthstar Jul 28, 2015 • 4:27:06pm

She knows BS when she sees it “@carlquintanilla: Chris Christie, @JohnJHarwood ..and scene-stealing waitress. @CNBC pic.twitter.com/phX4N19sZ7”

— mtomk (@mtomk1) July 28, 2015

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thedopefishlives Jul 28, 2015 • 4:27:07pm

re: #231 Charles Johnson

I’m liking this new layout a lot.

Me too, actually. Nothing wrong with a good 3-column, but websites that stay too much the same wind up dead.

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Backwoods_Sleuth Jul 28, 2015 • 4:28:50pm

re: #223 darthstar

That reminds me…I need to wax my back again.
/ I can’t even grow a decent beard.

Yeah, I noticed that the map wasn’t specific as to where the hair is located.

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darthstar Jul 28, 2015 • 4:29:56pm

Orange baby may finally have something to cry about.

BREAKING: Mark Meadows has filed a motion to try to force John Boehner from leadership post http://t.co/rgHjLmQXeC pic.twitter.com/Q0N0BTs2ea

— POLITICO (@politico) July 28, 2015

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Backwoods_Sleuth Jul 28, 2015 • 4:30:10pm

re: #232 Charles Johnson

Hmm. “Online community,” eh? That means there’s probably nothing I can do about it, if they don’t want you browsing community sites. If we were incorrectly categorized I could appeal it, but that’s not really incorrect.

Hey, hey HEY!
I thought we were going for “news site”!!!!

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De Kolta Chair Jul 28, 2015 • 4:30:14pm

re: #211 blueraven

I think he really wants to be a performer. He really isn’t all that good on the guitar tho, and those sing-a-long rallies are embarrassing. About that banjo… I love banjo’s. I have friends who play the banjo. Both my kids play the banjo. I don’t think I have ever seen anyone play in that position before. What is with the toe?

His own variation on the clawhammer style?

Btw, I was in a jug band with a darn good banjoist throughout the seventies, though I never played it myself. But I did step on a mandolin once. Wrong instrument, obviously. ;-) And took me months of busing tables and scraping kitchen grease off walls to pay my band mate back. Lesson learned: be observant!

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Decatur Deb Jul 28, 2015 • 4:30:59pm

re: #237 Backwoods_Sleuth

Hey, hey HEY!
I thought we were going for “news site”!!!!

We could call each other ‘mofo’ more.

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Charles Johnson Jul 28, 2015 • 4:31:12pm

The two-column layout lets the main content area be much wider, and also puts the focus more on the article.

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Timothy Watson Jul 28, 2015 • 4:31:15pm

re: #237 Backwoods_Sleuth

Hey, hey HEY!
I thought we were going for “news site”!!!!

WHY HAVEN’T YOU COVERED [MOST RECENT WINGNUT OUTRAGE OF THE DAY]?!?!?!??!?!?!

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thedopefishlives Jul 28, 2015 • 4:31:38pm

re: #239 Decatur Deb

We could call each other ‘mofo’ more.

COMMUNIST

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Blind Frog Belly White Jul 28, 2015 • 4:31:49pm

re: #224 EPR-radar

The lack of insulation in much CA housing really is ridiculous.

We have a narrow range of expected temps. I think it’s probably between 40 and 80 degrees, 95% of the time.

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Timothy Watson Jul 28, 2015 • 4:31:56pm

re: #236 darthstar

Orange baby may finally have something to cry about.

[Embedded content]

Someone want to tell Politico their short links are sending me to their homepage?

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Backwoods_Sleuth Jul 28, 2015 • 4:32:00pm

re: #241 Timothy Watson

WHY HAVEN’T YOU COVERED [MOST RECENT WINGNUT OUTRAGE OF THE DAY]?!?!?!??!?!?!

We let Keyvan do that earlier.

Briefly.

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thedopefishlives Jul 28, 2015 • 4:32:23pm

re: #245 Backwoods_Sleuth

We let Keyvan do that earlier.

Briefly.

What did I miss?

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Feline Fearless Leader Jul 28, 2015 • 4:32:43pm

re: #232 Charles Johnson

Hmm. “Online community,” eh? That means there’s probably nothing I can do about it, if they don’t want you browsing community sites. If we were incorrectly categorized I could appeal it, but that’s not really incorrect.

Pretty much anything that is primarily a forum is blocked. Though there are other places or links that are forums that work. It’s sort of weird. I’ve also seen the filters “loosen up” a few weeks after they do an update. Probably in response to people needing access to certain sites or types of sites.

I could probably also get here via a proxy server, but that might raise other flags. For now I have to just do a lot of catch-up reading in the evening. Something to do while I scan slides or crop photos.

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Decatur Deb Jul 28, 2015 • 4:33:08pm

re: #242 thedopefishlives

COMMUNIST

Your game reviews suck !!

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Feline Fearless Leader Jul 28, 2015 • 4:33:36pm

re: #237 Backwoods_Sleuth

Hey, hey HEY!
I thought we were going for “news site”!!!!

I thought the goal was “irrelevant”.

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Charles Johnson Jul 28, 2015 • 4:34:08pm

Just found a use for the CSS :empty pseudo-selector, for the first time.

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goddamnedfrank Jul 28, 2015 • 4:34:19pm

Okay serious question time.

Just curious, exactly what kind of war criminal is buying that beyond burnt to fuck tri-tip at the Albertsons deli?

— goddamnedfrank (@goddamnedfrank) July 28, 2015

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Backwoods_Sleuth Jul 28, 2015 • 4:34:19pm

re: #246 thedopefishlives

What did I miss?

This nonsense

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De Kolta Chair Jul 28, 2015 • 4:35:11pm

re: #240 Charles Johnson

The two-column layout lets the main content area be much wider, and also puts the focus more on the article.

Is it my imagination, or are the images posted with comments now by default stretching to the edges of the comment boxes? I don’t see that happening with tweets and such, but the images I drag and drop appear to be larger than before the CSS change.

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wrenchwench Jul 28, 2015 • 4:37:40pm

re: #253 De Kolta Chair

Is it my imagination, or are the images posted with comments now stretching to the edges of the comment boxes?

Had to try one.

Later, lizards.

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Blind Frog Belly White Jul 28, 2015 • 4:39:36pm

re: #251 goddamnedfrank

Okay serious question time.

[Embedded content]

Sounds like something Mrs. FBW would like. The younger boy and I like our tri-tip medium rare, i.e. the last of the ‘blue’ ju-u-ust gone. The older boy likes his rare. Mrs. FBW doesn’t like any pink. Tri-tip is great for providing all 3, because of the shape.

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Whack-A-Mole Jul 28, 2015 • 4:39:54pm

I really like the new layout changes; the wider main column is much easier to read. I wonder though (not a coder so I have no idea if such a thing is possible or feasible), would it be possible to have the second column scroll separately from the main page? What I mean is that, even though you scroll down the page on the main column, the featured/recent pages would move down with you and have their own scroll-ability? I’m not sure I’m explaining it well but I hope you know what I mean.

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De Kolta Chair Jul 28, 2015 • 4:40:29pm

re: #229 FormerDirtDart

His security guy is pretty damn obvious in the background.
I mean, who walks around town in khaki vests without 50 odd lbs of camera equipment?

Forget it, Jake. It’s Fell’s Point. ///

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darthstar Jul 28, 2015 • 4:41:11pm

Okay…McCain was making a joke, and it wasn’t that bad, but fuck that war hero for his behavior the last seven years. Despicable - that’s his label.

@SenJohnMcCain @LindseyGrahamSC Because nobody knows how to destroy evidence like Republicans…right, Senator?

— Sean McCabe (@darthstar99) July 28, 2015

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Varek Raith Jul 28, 2015 • 4:42:04pm

Did things on the site get bigger?

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Decatur Deb Jul 28, 2015 • 4:43:27pm

re: #259 Varek Raith

Did things on the site get bigger?

No need to panic for 4 hours.

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SteveMcGaziBolaGate Jul 28, 2015 • 4:43:45pm

re: #259 Varek Raith

w i d e r

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Feline Fearless Leader Jul 28, 2015 • 4:45:38pm

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Backwoods_Sleuth Jul 28, 2015 • 4:47:16pm

distractify.com

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Charles Johnson Jul 28, 2015 • 4:47:57pm

If you reload, I’ve changed that behavior so that images posted in comments no longer expand to fill the width.

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#FergusonFireside Jul 28, 2015 • 4:48:57pm

re: #262 Feline Fearless Leader

Embedded Image

My favorite flower. The smell is soooo nice.

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Varek Raith Jul 28, 2015 • 4:49:54pm

Ok, cool.
Making sure FF wasn’t spazzing out.
:)

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EmmaAnne Jul 28, 2015 • 4:50:18pm

re: #240 Charles Johnson

The two-column layout lets the main content area be much wider, and also puts the focus more on the article.

I like it. There was a lot of wasted space once you scrolled down in the comments.

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Backwoods_Sleuth Jul 28, 2015 • 4:50:50pm

re: #258 darthstar

Okay…McCain was making a joke, and it wasn’t that bad, but fuck that war hero for his behavior the last seven years. Despicable - that’s his label.

[Embedded content]

It’s like the GOP has decided that it wants to be an alternative version to The Comedy Channel.

They really are not good at it.

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Blind Frog Belly White Jul 28, 2015 • 4:51:20pm

re: #263 Backwoods_Sleuth

Embedded Image

Embedded Image

distractify.com

Read the article about the bear. This guy is a shitbag.

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darthstar Jul 28, 2015 • 4:53:31pm

OMG HUGE DECADES-LONG POT PARTY YO https://t.co/aKW4cpUAXz

— David Waldman (@KagroX) July 28, 2015

Christie to Colorado: Pot party ends when I'm president http://t.co/KKo2gCs5zV pic.twitter.com/wKdp053BJx

— The Hill (@thehill) July 28, 2015

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Backwoods_Sleuth Jul 28, 2015 • 4:53:35pm

re: #269 Blind Frog Belly White

Read the article about the bear. This guy is a shitbag.

I read that.
There’s also an article out there about him being sexual harasser.

Dr. Walter Palmer, the Minnesota dentist who hunted and killed a famed lion in Zimbabwe in early July, sparking international outrage, paid a fine in 2009 to settle a sexual harassment claim made against him by a former employee.

The employee, who was also a patient, filed the claim with the Minnesota Board of Dentistry. Palmer settled it with a corrective action. Read the documents from the case below:

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CuriousLurker Jul 28, 2015 • 4:54:49pm

re: #264 Charles Johnson

Hey, maybe you could make the sidebar tabbed. Like when you get down to the Featured Pages part you can have one tab for that and the other stuff under another tab users could toggle between. Maybe leave your tweets where they are now, as a separate section of the sidebar.

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darthstar Jul 28, 2015 • 4:55:25pm

re: #263 Backwoods_Sleuth

24 cubs? Cecil got around.

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Blind Frog Belly White Jul 28, 2015 • 4:55:48pm

Okay, this is weird. On Chrome, when I log in, or reload a page, the first time I try to upding a comment or check who updang mine, that tab becomes an ad, and a NEW tab opens up with the LGF front page. This is on 3 different computers now, and it’s only the last week this has happened.

If I use the back button on the tab with the ad, it takes me back to the page I was on.

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CuriousLurker Jul 28, 2015 • 4:56:15pm

re: #271 Backwoods_Sleuth

I read that.
There’s also an article out there about him being sexual harasser.

So an all-around douchebag then. Somehow I’m not surprised.

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Varek Raith Jul 28, 2015 • 4:56:38pm

We need to send trophy poachers like that to Isla Nublar.
/

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Blind Frog Belly White Jul 28, 2015 • 4:56:41pm

re: #271 Backwoods_Sleuth

I read that.
There’s also an article out there about him being sexual harasser.

Christ, there’s enough and to spare to hate him for without poaching a lion!

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Backwoods_Sleuth Jul 28, 2015 • 4:56:52pm

re: #273 darthstar

24 cubs? Cecil got around.

When you’re the alpha male…

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Blind Frog Belly White Jul 28, 2015 • 4:57:59pm

re: #278 Backwoods_Sleuth

When you’re the alpha male…

‘Sgood to be the king.

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Backwoods_Sleuth Jul 28, 2015 • 4:59:15pm

The things about Cecil that made him such a sensation is the fact that 1) he had a black mane, so that made him somewhat unique amongst male lions, and 2) the fact that he was very trusting of humans/tourists.

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Blind Frog Belly White Jul 28, 2015 • 4:59:35pm

re: #276 Varek Raith

We need to send trophy hunters like that to Isla Nublar.
/

At this point, nearly all hunters would call him a Poacher, not a Hunter. While this smacks of ‘No True Scotsman’, all the guys I know are scrupulous about following the rules and regs.

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The Vicious Babushka Jul 28, 2015 • 5:00:13pm

Again and again, by far the most popular “alternative” for when wingnuts destroy Planned Parenthood:

@viciousbabushka @SenTedCruz @PPact it's called keep ur damn britches up zippers up panties up…pretty simple and condoms are @ Walgreens

— B McGregor Ervin (@Bjams2am) July 28, 2015

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Varek Raith Jul 28, 2015 • 5:01:10pm

re: #281 Blind Frog Belly White

Edited
- Changed hunter to poacher.

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Backwoods_Sleuth Jul 28, 2015 • 5:01:28pm

And, yes, there’s a male lion-in-waiting (Jericho) who will indeed kill all of Cecil’s cubs.
Because that’s what male lions do.

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Backwoods_Sleuth Jul 28, 2015 • 5:04:16pm

“They almost whisper to you”: the bones of men who knew Pocahontas are identified in Virginia. http://t.co/2lZJ8FoxDy pic.twitter.com/Byskfrae6Z

— BBC World Service (@bbcworldservice) July 28, 2015

Read the full story on how the @NMNH & Jamestown solved this mystery http://t.co/TrnhEA4BaY #SIForensic pic.twitter.com/wuKA4o72ap

— Smithsonian (@smithsonian) July 28, 2015

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dog philosopher ஐஒஔ௸ Jul 28, 2015 • 5:05:08pm

disoriented

i am

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dog philosopher ஐஒஔ௸ Jul 28, 2015 • 5:08:23pm

the new design is giving me the horror vacuis

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EPR-radar Jul 28, 2015 • 5:09:43pm

re: #282 The Vicious Babushka

For the RWNJs going after planned parenthood, their abortion ban utopia would doubtless have no exception for rape. The depth of misogyny among the so-con nut jobs is getting very clear these days.

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Backwoods_Sleuth Jul 28, 2015 • 5:10:11pm

re: #285 Backwoods_Sleuth

Speaking of old skeletons, this happened in Kentucky last week:
Franklin coroner: Human skull found in sinkhole 1,000 to 3,000 years old

FRANKFORT, Ky. (WKYT) - The Franklin County Coroner says a human skull found earlier this week in a sinkhole was of Native American origin.

Franklin County William Harrod said they had determined the skull was Native American, “indigenous to this area” and dating back approximately between 1,000 to 3,000 years.

On Tuesday, a farm worker discovered the skull, about 12 feet deep, in a sinkhole on Jones Lane, just outside of Frankfort. Officials confirmed it was a human skull. At the time, Franklin County Sheriff Pat Melton said the skull may have been down in the hole for years, but they could not make an accurate estimate on time until they were able to dig it out.

Harrod said the Franklin County Coroner’s Office has suspended investigation efforts in relation to this case. He said his office would be working closely with the Kentucky Heritage Council and the State Historical Preservation Office on a combined re-interment effort on the original site.

bolded part shows there is respect for the remains.

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Kragar Jul 28, 2015 • 5:10:54pm

Donald Trump Promises To Put Sarah Palin In His Cabinet If He Is Elected President http://t.co/vHXbrszURx via @politicususa

— Kragar (@Kragar_LGF) July 29, 2015

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Backwoods_Sleuth Jul 28, 2015 • 5:11:08pm

re: #287 dog philosopher ஐஒஔ௸

the new design is giving me the horror vacuis

what? no horripilations?

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Jenner7 Jul 28, 2015 • 5:11:57pm

re: #290 Kragar

Uhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

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The Vicious Babushka Jul 28, 2015 • 5:12:11pm

re: #288 EPR-radar

For the RWNJs going after planned parenthood, their abortion ban utopia would doubtless have no exception for rape. The depth of misogyny among the so-con nut jobs is getting very clear these days.

They would have an “exception” to save the life of the mother, but it would require jumping through a series of flaming legal hoops, and before the final hoop is hurdled the woman dies.

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dog philosopher ஐஒஔ௸ Jul 28, 2015 • 5:12:23pm

re: #290 Kragar

Donald Trump Promises To Put Sarah Palin In His Cabinet

the one with the padlock?

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Timothy Watson Jul 28, 2015 • 5:12:44pm

Is there anyway to center the content column in the center of the screen? It’s bothering my OCD.

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Blind Frog Belly White Jul 28, 2015 • 5:13:02pm

re: #294 dog philosopher ஐஒஔ௸

the one with the padlock?

If only McCain had thought of that.

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Backwoods_Sleuth Jul 28, 2015 • 5:13:04pm

re: #294 dog philosopher ஐஒஔ௸

the one with the padlock?

and many many garlic swags on the doors.

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Eric The Fruit Bat Jul 28, 2015 • 5:13:09pm

re: #113 Blind Frog Belly White

This dentist is no angel:

According to a profile on his business website, Palmer is from North Dakota and graduated from the University of Minnesota dental school. He is married with two children.

He practices general and cosmetic dentistry in Bloomington. His office was closed Tuesday and a note on the building referred visitors to a Minneapolis public relations firm.

Palmer pleaded guilty to federal charges in 2008 related to the poaching of a black bear in Wisconsin two years earlier. Palmer and others transported the bear, which was killed 40 miles outside of a legal hunting zone, to a registration station inside the legal area. Palmer was sentenced to one year of probation and fined nearly $3,000.

In the spring of 2003, Palmer was convicted in Otter Tail County in western Minnesota and paid a small fine for fishing without a license, a misdemeanor.

Palmer is listed as a member of the trophy hunting organization Safari Club International. His profile on SCI’s website lists 43 kills, including caribou, moose, deer, buffalo, a polar bear and mountain lion.

State records show Palmer has held hunting and fishing licenses in Minnesota, Florida and Alaska.

In a 2009 article on big-game hunting, the New York Times reported that Palmer killed a near-record sized elk with a bow and arrow in Northern California.

Palmer told the Times that he can hit a playing card from 100 yards with his compound bow and he eschews bringing a firearm on hunting trips as a backup.

Palmer reportedly paid more than $54,000 for the hunting trip to Zimbabwe.
A neighbor described Palmer and his wife as very private.

In 2009, Palmer agreed to a settlement with the Minnesota Board of Dentistry over allegations that he sexually harassed a receptionist. She alleged that Palmer made comments about her breasts, buttocks and genitalia. Without admitting guilt, Palmer settled and paid $127,500 to the woman, who also was his patient. The settlement included references to his bear-hunting conviction and “substandard record keeping.”

If there is one form of life lower than a politician it’s a trophy hunter.

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Shiplord Kirel Jul 28, 2015 • 5:13:28pm

re: #279 Blind Frog Belly White

‘Sgood to be the king.

They could come to Texas and hunt feral hogs. They are wily and somewhat dangerous beasts but there are are plenty of them (no limit). Besides, homeless shelters in the DFW area alone need 50 TONS of meat a week.

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Backwoods_Sleuth Jul 28, 2015 • 5:15:00pm

re: #299 Shiplord Kirel

They could come to Texas and hunt feral hogs. They are wily and somewhat dangerous beasts but there are are plenty of them (no limit). Besides, homeless shelters in the DFW area alone need 50 TONS of meat a week.

And feral hog is actually some pretty good BBQ.

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#FergusonFireside Jul 28, 2015 • 5:15:16pm

re: #292 Jenner7

Uhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

Even my RWNJ Dad & Step Mom couldn’t stand her. A vague memory up against all their other warped beliefs.

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prairiefire Jul 28, 2015 • 5:16:08pm

It Must Be Centered! sorry for the outburst

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The Vicious Babushka Jul 28, 2015 • 5:16:40pm

STUPIDEST MEME OF THE DAY==>
Yes that’s why they lost a war they started and have been whining about it ever since.

TT:@ MickeyW1776: #tcot ;) pic.twitter.com/U0OJdtPE3b

— Clearly Conservative (@PatriotTweetz) July 29, 2015

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Backwoods_Sleuth Jul 28, 2015 • 5:17:18pm

re: #303 The Vicious Babushka

STUPIDEST MEME OF THE DAY==>
Yes that’s why they lost a war they started and have been whining about it ever since.

[Embedded content]

Yeah, but she will whine long and loudly if she breaks a nail.

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Eric The Fruit Bat Jul 28, 2015 • 5:17:45pm

re: #273 darthstar

Frasier (The sensuious lion) sired 35 cubs.

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EPR-radar Jul 28, 2015 • 5:18:56pm

re: #293 The Vicious Babushka

They would have an “exception” to save the life of the mother, but it would require jumping through a series of flaming legal hoops, and before the final hoop is hurdled the woman dies.

Good point. The essential intrusiveness of an abortion ban, even if there is a life of the mother exception, become very apparent once ‘life of the mother’ has to be legally codified.

“Oh, your sepsis has only given you a fever of 102.9 F. We can’t act unless it is 103 or more. After all, a miracle may occur even if we do nothing.”

No man, anywhere, would even conceive that just laws would require him to put up with this kind of bullshit.

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dog philosopher ஐஒஔ௸ Jul 28, 2015 • 5:19:21pm

re: #302 prairiefire

It Must Be Centered! sorry for the outburst

that’s what i think!

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The Vicious Babushka Jul 28, 2015 • 5:19:25pm

re: #304 Backwoods_Sleuth

Yeah, but she will whine long and loudly if she breaks a nail.

Well I am reading in that Greg Iles book how they killed, skinned & gutted Black people *shudder*

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Kragar Jul 28, 2015 • 5:20:37pm

re: #302 prairiefire

I know LGF has shifted left over the years, but this is ridiculous.
/

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EPR-radar Jul 28, 2015 • 5:21:00pm

re: #302 prairiefire

It Must Be Centered! sorry for the outburst

Another vote for centering here. It’s especially jarring that the preview is centered and the post is not.

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Blind Frog Belly White Jul 28, 2015 • 5:21:36pm

re: #299 Shiplord Kirel

They could come to Texas and hunt feral hogs. They are wily and somewhat dangerous beasts but there are are plenty of them (no limit). Besides, homeless shelters in the DFW area alone need 50 TONS of meat a week.

I’ve hunted feral hogs on the Central Coast. It’s becoming a big business in CA, because the hogs are more adaptable than the native Blacktail Deer, plus they’re destructive little bastards. And some of them aren’t little at all. I have a boar skull from a friend of mine, who had shot the obviously sick and distressed animal in his usual hunting area. The skull itself is about 18” long, with tusks that extend 5” above the jawline top and bottom. One of his hunting buddies had gone into a patch of brush after one, and got a really nasty slice from another boar.

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Decatur Deb Jul 28, 2015 • 5:22:16pm

It’s after sunset and still 90 degrees. The dog is whining for his walk, but the roadway will still be so hot that it will burn his paws in a few minutes. I’m trying to negotiate a delay.

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Charles Johnson Jul 28, 2015 • 5:22:29pm

re: #295 Timothy Watson

Is there anyway to center the content column in the center of the screen? It’s bothering my OCD.

Not really - notice that the comment area starts when there’s still sidebar content to its right. Because the left column is now much wider than the right column, it’s going to seem off center once you get below the right column content.

If you check out comments on most sites that have two column layouts like this, this is how they look. I think you’ll be able to get used to it.

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darthstar Jul 28, 2015 • 5:23:05pm

Channel surfing and just caught a few minutes of some crappy post-apocalyptic film with “The Rock”…anyway, there was a car commercial in it, and it was pretty awesome.

…

Crap…URL changed before I copied it.

…

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darthstar Jul 28, 2015 • 5:24:18pm

…

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Belafon Jul 28, 2015 • 5:24:35pm

re: #303 The Vicious Babushka

STUPIDEST MEME OF THE DAY==>
Yes that’s why they lost a war they started and have been whining about it ever since.

[Embedded content]

@PatriotTweetz You mean like her? pic.twitter.com/RPEbQzAvzI

— Lonnie Mask (@LonnieMask) July 29, 2015

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dog philosopher ஐஒஔ௸ Jul 28, 2015 • 5:24:55pm

re: #309 Kragar

I know LGF has shifted left over the years, but this is ridiculous.
/

getting out my copy of Rudolph Arnheim’s Art and Visual Perception to prove that too much empty space on the right creates an uncomfortable tension and a feeling that the elements in the center and left are out of balance

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prairiefire Jul 28, 2015 • 5:26:12pm

re: #309 Kragar

I know LGF has shifted left over the years, but this is ridiculous.
/

Ha! It is to the left!

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The Vicious Babushka Jul 28, 2015 • 5:26:20pm

re: #316 Belafon

[Embedded content]

“Clearly Conservative” is an auto-retweet bot. @MickeyW1776 made that meme.

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Decatur Deb Jul 28, 2015 • 5:26:24pm

re: #302 prairiefire

It Must Be Centered! sorry for the outburst

1. Place one hand on either side of the monitor…

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prairiefire Jul 28, 2015 • 5:26:49pm

re: #320 Decatur Deb

1. Place one hand on either side of the monitor…

Then shake.

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jamesfirecat Jul 28, 2015 • 5:27:03pm

re: #314 darthstar

Channel surfing and just caught a few minutes of some crappy post-apocalyptic film with “The Rock”…anyway, there was a car commercial in it, and it was pretty awesome.

[Embedded content]

That is like an incredibly stations movie.

Here is how stupid.

“Pimps don’t commit suicide.”

That is the last line of the movie. I wish I was kidding.

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Belafon Jul 28, 2015 • 5:27:06pm

re: #319 The Vicious Babushka

Thanks. I’ll hunt them down.

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lawhawk Jul 28, 2015 • 5:28:33pm

re: #313 Charles Johnson

Not really - notice that the comment area starts when there’s still sidebar content to its right. Because the left column is now much wider than the right column, it’s going to seem off center once you get below the right column content.

If you check out comments on most sites that have two column layouts like this, this is how they look. I think you’ll be able to get used to it.

Time was, the content column was preferred on the right. Now, designers have gone the other way and put the content in the left pane (main), and the right is the navigation.

Wait long enough, and we’ll go back to it the other way.

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Varek Raith Jul 28, 2015 • 5:30:32pm

re: #316 Belafon

[Embedded content]

Scary Black Guy™

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Blind Frog Belly White Jul 28, 2015 • 5:30:39pm

re: #324 lawhawk

Time was, the content column was preferred on the right. Now, designers have gone the other way and put the content in the left pane (main), and the right is the navigation.

Wait long enough, and we’ll go back to it the other way.

All these friggin widescreen monitors these days, we’ll be lucky if it doesn’t end up scrolling sideways.

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Jenner7 Jul 28, 2015 • 5:30:42pm

Almost done with the hearings and man, these guys are idiots. They honestly want a better deal that includes telling Iran that they have to stop saying “death to America” and “we want to wipe Israel off the map”.

Kerry keeps saying their actions are more important then their words.

Once again, the adult speaks. Republicans are the cry babies.

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Great White Snark Jul 28, 2015 • 5:32:22pm

re: #326 Blind Frog Belly White

All these friggin widescreen monitors these days, we’ll be lucky if it doesn’t end up scrolling sideways.

So wide they curve!
amazon.com

Whats next 360 wraparound?

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Kragar Jul 28, 2015 • 5:32:58pm

Fox/GOP Everyone Gets A Trophy Day: http://t.co/FxlNqaD4U1 Fox News is opening debate to all the announced Republican candidates

— TBogg (@tbogg) July 29, 2015

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calochortus Jul 28, 2015 • 5:33:19pm

re: #281 Blind Frog Belly White

At this point, nearly all hunters would call him a Poacher, not a Hunter. While this smacks of ‘No True Scotsman’, all the guys I know are scrupulous about following the rules and regs.

Hell, even the folks over at FR are disgusted by this. Poaching is not a political issue.

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Belafon Jul 28, 2015 • 5:33:20pm

re: #319 The Vicious Babushka

“Clearly Conservative” is an auto-retweet bot. @MickeyW1776 made that meme.

About every 4th tweet in his timeline is a picture that says ABORTION across it.

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Blind Frog Belly White Jul 28, 2015 • 5:33:27pm

re: #328 Great White Snark

So wide they curve!
amazon.com

Whats next 360 wraparound?

To go with your surround sound speaker system

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Belafon Jul 28, 2015 • 5:34:21pm

re: #328 Great White Snark

So wide they curve!
amazon.com

Whats next 360 wraparound?

I’m trying to figure out how to do an entire wall.

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#FergusonFireside Jul 28, 2015 • 5:35:09pm

re: #314 darthstar

Channel surfing and just caught a few minutes of some crappy post-apocalyptic film with “The Rock”…anyway, there was a car commercial in it, and it was pretty awesome.

[Embedded content]

wow

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Backwoods_Sleuth Jul 28, 2015 • 5:35:11pm

hahahahahahaha

Donald Trump wants to tap Sarah Palin, Wonkette dies of orgasms http://t.co/MX4CKhVctC via @KailiJoy pic.twitter.com/y4bek9aQj9

— Wonkette (@Wonkette) July 29, 2015

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Decatur Deb Jul 28, 2015 • 5:35:21pm

re: #333 Belafon

I’m trying to figure out how to do an entire wall.

Screw it. Wait for Windows Telepathic.

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Blind Frog Belly White Jul 28, 2015 • 5:35:29pm

re: #330 calochortus

Hell, even the folks over at FR are disgusted by this. Poaching is not a political issue.

Meat hunters who don’t really get trophy hunting will rally round a trophy hunter if he’s under attack, but once it’s established he’s a poacher, they’ll drop him like yesterday’s garbage.

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Charles Johnson Jul 28, 2015 • 5:35:38pm

I thought it would bother me too that the comments aren’t centered, but I’m already getting used to it. I may also put some content in the right column that stays anchored when you scroll, which may help those of us with OCD. (And I count myself among them!)

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SteveMcGaziBolaGate Jul 28, 2015 • 5:36:19pm

re: #302 prairiefire

It Must Be Centered! sorry for the outburst

Expand the zoom to about 150%, then you might get a horizontal scroll bar, then shove it

over to the center

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PhillyPretzel Jul 28, 2015 • 5:36:35pm

re: #335 Backwoods_Sleuth

The sump pump with a side of word salad

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Shiplord Kirel Jul 28, 2015 • 5:37:27pm

I still think Dan Quayle should come out of retirement and run for the GOP nomination. If nothing else, it would redeem his reputation since the rest of the mob would make him look like a major statesman by comparison.

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dog philosopher ஐஒஔ௸ Jul 28, 2015 • 5:37:38pm

certified republican operative spills the beans on the party

The Trump phenomenon perfectly represents the culmination of populism and anti-intellectualism that became dominant in the Republican Party with the rise of the Tea Party. I think many Republican leaders have had deep misgivings about the Tea Party since the beginning, but the short-term benefits were too great to resist. A Trump rout is Republican moderates’ best chance to take back the GOP

The Republican Party historically has been the party of the economic elite. There’s much truth in the old joke is that Republicans could never understand why they lost an election because all their friends at the country club voted Republican. The conservative movement, by contrast, largely consisted of small businessmen and country folk suspicious of anything that came out of the big city. The GOP and the conservative movement have always been uncomfortable allies.
…
…
Although the far right’s mythology paints the Reagan years as the triumph of their ideas, the truth is that he governed very much in the moderate tradition of postwar Republican presidents. Reagan raised taxes 11 times, gave amnesty to illegal aliens, pulled American troops out of the Middle East, supported environmental regulations, raised the debt limit and appointed many moderates to key positions, including on the Supreme Court. But he skillfully kept his right flank protected by using thundering conservative rhetoric, even as he violated his own stated principles on a regular basis.

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Blind Frog Belly White Jul 28, 2015 • 5:38:37pm

re: #333 Belafon

I’m trying to figure out how to do an entire wall.

So, those hang in the air, see through screens are all the rage on the procedural cop dramas on TV, but could you imagine using one?

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Belafon Jul 28, 2015 • 5:40:42pm

re: #343 Blind Frog Belly White

So, those hang in the air, see through screens are all the rage on the procedural cop dramas on TV, but could you imagine using one?

I think they would work as long as you could make them opaque. But I’m also imagining up against a wall in my office. They would have to be touch screen.

As a programmer, I’m starting to think about creating programming languages that use visual constructs. A bit like UML, though more like zooming in and out for detail. For example, a state machine would consist of states and lines, which could be encapsulated in a class. You would need a lot of screen real estate for that.

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Shiplord Kirel Jul 28, 2015 • 5:41:06pm

re: #335 Backwoods_Sleuth

hahahahahahaha

Donald Trump wants to tap Sarah Palin, Wonkette dies of orgasms

Too good to be true. We can always hope though.

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prairiefire Jul 28, 2015 • 5:41:26pm

re: #333 Belafon

I’m trying to figure out how to do an entire wall.

Don’t worry, there will be LED wallpaper of the Serengeti or the Great Barrier Reef soon.

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Kid A Jul 28, 2015 • 5:41:57pm

Those poor cubs are going to get killed. What a fucking asshole.

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Backwoods_Sleuth Jul 28, 2015 • 5:43:15pm

JUST IN: 2 children, 1 adult injured by falling tree at Children's Museum in Pasadena: http://t.co/1edpKbfCrx pic.twitter.com/1X4U7lovKg

— #NBC7 San Diego (@nbcsandiego) July 29, 2015

UPDATE: 2 children in critical condition after being struck by falling tree; 6 other victims have minor injuries http://t.co/h3C6N2Rt0O

— NBC Los Angeles (@NBCLA) July 29, 2015

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The Vicious Babushka Jul 28, 2015 • 5:43:30pm

re: #331 Belafon

About every 4th tweet in his timeline is a picture that says ABORTION across it.

“A Southern Gal” can kill, skin and gut people, just not teh fetus babbies.

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Kid A Jul 28, 2015 • 5:43:47pm

re: #282 The Vicious Babushka

Again and again, by far the most popular “alternative” for when wingnuts destroy Planned Parenthood:

[Embedded content]

Who uses the term “britches” anymore?

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allegro Jul 28, 2015 • 5:46:01pm

re: #350 Kid A

Who uses the term “britches” anymore?

Me. ;)

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The Vicious Babushka Jul 28, 2015 • 5:46:39pm

re: #331 Belafon

About every 4th tweet in his timeline is a picture that says ABORTION across it.

Here’s the original Tweet
(somebody retweeted it, I did not scroll through his gallery of fetus babbies)

#tcot ;) pic.twitter.com/2uqvAMVKhW

— Mickie (@MickeyW1776) July 28, 2015

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teleskiguy Jul 28, 2015 • 5:48:11pm

I like the new layout!

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The Vicious Babushka Jul 28, 2015 • 5:49:05pm

That’s not going to stop abortion, it will just make it even MOAR BARBAROUS.

The only way to stop the barbarous practice of abortion is to reverse Roe vs. Wade #PlannedParenthood #DefundPP #PPShoutYourStory #TCOT

— Daniel Cassidy (@DanielCassidyAZ) July 29, 2015

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allegro Jul 28, 2015 • 5:50:56pm

re: #354 The Vicious Babushka

That’s not going to stop abortion, it will just make it even MOAR BARBAROUS.

[Embedded content]

Because no desperate women got abortions before R v W. What a dumb cluck.

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Chan Kobun Jul 28, 2015 • 5:52:16pm

re: #354 The Vicious Babushka

I wonder if that slapnut thinks banning guns will stop murders. Wingnut cognitive dissonance is a full-time job. Leaves them no time to actually use their brains to think.

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Belafon Jul 28, 2015 • 5:54:08pm

re: #354 The Vicious Babushka

@DanielCassidyAZ Because there were never any abortions before 1973: https://t.co/vCjRQGb1Ig http://t.co/bVezyPuZF8

— Lonnie Mask (@LonnieMask) July 29, 2015

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teleskiguy Jul 28, 2015 • 5:54:35pm

Thanks to Alouette and her wading into the TCOT sewer today, we can safely conclude that “pro-life anti-abortion” stances are inherently misogynist. KEPP YER LEGS CLOSED! JUST DON’T FUCK YOU STUPID SLUT! Any mention of men keeping their dicks in their pants? Not a one. Telling.

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GlutenFreeJesus Jul 28, 2015 • 5:59:46pm

re: #354 The Vicious Babushka

@DanielCassidyAZ the only way to end gun violence is to ban guns.

— efuseakay (@efuseakay) July 29, 2015

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Blind Frog Belly White Jul 28, 2015 • 6:09:01pm

re: #359 GlutenFreeJesus

[Embedded content]

If abortion is outlawed….

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Feline Fearless Leader Jul 28, 2015 • 6:37:27pm

re: #326 Blind Frog Belly White

All these friggin widescreen monitors these days, we’ll be lucky if it doesn’t end up scrolling sideways.

And you’ll have to dodge bats and thrown objects as you scroll through the comments. But you also get to jump on mushrooms and turtles!

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Dave In Austin Jul 28, 2015 • 6:40:13pm

re: #298 Eric The Fruit Bat

This dentist is no angel:

If there is one form of life lower than a politician it’s a trophy hunter.

This story makes me physically sick to my stomach. And raises bile in my throat.
This shitbag needs to have a broadhead stuck thru him and then be dumped in a ISIS stronghold so he can run for a few days before the catch him and cut the fuckers head off.

Sorry…. Pissed to high heaven about this.

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BeachDem Jul 28, 2015 • 8:15:45pm

re: #308 The Vicious Babushka

Well I am reading in that Greg Iles book how they killed, skinned & gutted Black people *shudder*

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John Vreeland Jul 28, 2015 • 10:15:07pm

re: #73 The Vicious Babushka

Good God. A recommendation from the John Birch Society is like a dog whistle that only paleoconservatives can hear, the kind you thought were either
1) extinct
2) members of the John Birch Society
3) catching early bird specials in St. Pete’s Beach
4) Pat Buchanan

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