The Stunning Hypocrisy of Erick Erickson

Or how everyone seems to ignore the rampant racism, xenophobia, and misogyny of Erick Erickson & his site
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In the aftermath of yesterday’s comments by Donald Trump about Fox News debate moderator Megyn Kelly, RedState’s own Erick Erickson decided to disinvite Trump from his extremist right wing confab. Apparently, Trump’s comments were a bridge too far.

Has no one, especially other journalists and pundits, bothered to consider that Erickson is not one to talk about tone or content of speech, when Erickson’s own statements are a hate-filled orgy of misogyny, racism, and xenophobia?

(HT to Dr_Matt for graphic)

That’s just a small sample of the comments by Erickson himself. Yet he continues to act like the tone police in public comments:

Then there’s the fever swamps that are the commenters on RedState itself. In fact, Trump’s comments are indistinguishable from the commenters there.

In other words, it seems that Erickson’s reason to disinvite has more to do with the target of Trump’s statement than the content of Trump’s statement. Moreover, Erickson was silent about Trump calling women bimbos, let alone calling Mexicans rapists. His misogyny and xenophobia has been on display from the moment Trump got into the race, but Erickson didn’t disinvite him over those statements. For if Trump had directed his statement at someone, say a Democrat, Erickson would applaud.

After all, Erickson applauded Trump’s statements attacking Rosie O’Donnell just the other day.

This is the GOP and its core constituency. This is Erick Erickson and RedState.

UPDATE at 8/8/15 7:37:31 am by lawhawk
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355 comments
1
lawhawk  Aug 8, 2015 • 10:48:14am

Ah, better title and thanks for adding the photo Charles! Much better.

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Skip Intro  Aug 8, 2015 • 10:48:37am

Now that Eric is a Man of Gawd I’m not sure we can criticize him any more. We could be spited by his loving Gawd.

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dog philosopher ஐஒஔ௸  Aug 8, 2015 • 10:49:11am

i love the smell of republicans murdering each other in the morning

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Chez Ko Pe  Aug 8, 2015 • 10:49:26am
Really one of more remarkable presidential campaign statements ever

…Seriously? Donald Dump’s vocabulary is so severely limited (primarily to repeating “clown” and “loser”) that I picture a stagehand—an undocumented Mexican worker, no doubt—just erasing one name from Dump’s cue card and writing in another. And Memoli fellates him as if he just gave the Gettysburg Address.

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Charles Johnson  Aug 8, 2015 • 10:50:02am

Good post, lawhawk - I edited the title just to make it more attention-grabbing. ☺

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ObserverArt  Aug 8, 2015 • 10:50:22am

It’s all becoming one big conservative litmus test.

And convenient posturing to keep your brand alive.

It all happened when the TRUMP® Bomb was dropped.

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piratedan  Aug 8, 2015 • 10:52:18am

They all deserve each other. The hubris is in thinking that any of these people should have anything close to a serious voice in the politics of our country is disheartening but that is the reality of today’s America. Scary how much money really can change everything.

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Dr. Matt  Aug 8, 2015 • 10:57:51am

re: #1 lawhawk

Ah, better title and thanks for adding the photo Charles! Much better.

Nice page. Bravo.

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lawhawk  Aug 8, 2015 • 10:58:22am

We see this every year with CPAC and now RedState confabs. Racists and extremists are regularly invited and are in the decision making loop over who gets to be leading the conservative movement and leading the GOP charge.

At every turn the extremists are running the show over at the GOP, and the kerfuffle over Trump’s statements are merely the symptom of the bigger problem. There is deep seated misogyny, racism, and fear-mongering among the right wing.

They see minorities getting rights that they take for granted as something to be avoided.

They see women demanding equal pay as taking away from someone else.

They see low wage-earners demanding better pay as taking away something from the billionaires.

And they think nothing of depriving women control over their own bodies by demanding invasive and costly medical procedures that have no medical benefit. They impose TRAP laws to deprive women access to abortion. They seek to outlaw abortion and/or curtail it to such an extent that they put women’s lives at risk (because a significant number think abortion should be outlawed in all instances, and not allowed for rape/incest/medical necessity).

This is the extremist and reactionary GOP base. Trump’s just the symptom.

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Jenner7  Aug 8, 2015 • 10:58:45am

So, did Erick Erickson really read some of his hate mail at his gathering? I would love to watch that.

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Jenner7  Aug 8, 2015 • 11:00:22am

Oooh, I found it! Go to the live feed and just go back to find it. Around the 47 or 48 minute mark.

redstate.com

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dog philosopher ஐஒஔ௸  Aug 8, 2015 • 11:01:25am

Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker took to Twitter on Saturday morning to defend Kelly, writing that “there’s no excuse for Trump’s comments.”

gop is now did in this election cycle

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EmmaAnne  Aug 8, 2015 • 11:02:00am

What I am finding interesting is that Trump did, in fact, back down. He is now claiming that he meant bleeding from her eyes or her nose. That is an implicit admission that he went too far.

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FormerDirtDart  Aug 8, 2015 • 11:04:43am

You should see the “vessel” the old “Captain” commands

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Shiplord Kirel  Aug 8, 2015 • 11:04:58am

MORE POPCORN!

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FormerDirtDart  Aug 8, 2015 • 11:06:18am

re: #15 Shiplord Kirel

MORE POPCORN!

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might get you through Sunday night

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lawhawk  Aug 8, 2015 • 11:08:23am

re: #15 Shiplord Kirel

That’s the Saturday supply. Tomorrow is bound to require tractor trailers’ worth. The morning talk shows are going to be, um, for lack of better word, interesting.

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Jenner7  Aug 8, 2015 • 11:10:10am

Wow. Just one person in several emails called Kelly a “whore” and the c word, Krauthammer a “socialist Jew”, and the President the n word.

Another said Erick is the next Bruce Jenner.

Ailes is now a communist. Red State is a lefty rag.

Then he claims these are the people he wouldn’t want at his event. Hahahahaha. Okay.

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Charles Johnson  Aug 8, 2015 • 11:10:24am
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dog philosopher ஐஒஔ௸  Aug 8, 2015 • 11:10:26am

so, the outcome is not as i thought that the baggers are walking out on the republican party - it’s that wall st is throwing them out

either way, the republican party is now effectively split in two

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Iwouldprefernotto  Aug 8, 2015 • 11:12:20am

Red State should change it’s name to Red Meat.

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Kid A  Aug 8, 2015 • 11:13:13am
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Bubblehead II  Aug 8, 2015 • 11:15:13am

re: #21 Iwouldprefernotto

Red State should change it’s name to Red Meat.

I wonder how long it will be before we are calling it dead meat.

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Iwouldprefernotto  Aug 8, 2015 • 11:15:45am

re: #23 Bubblehead II

I wonder how long it will be before we are calling it dead meat.

NOT. SOON. ENOUGH.

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dog philosopher ஐஒஔ௸  Aug 8, 2015 • 11:16:34am

the 8th of august 2015 should forever be celebrated as the day that the gop committed suicide

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Shiplord Kirel  Aug 8, 2015 • 11:19:07am

Headed for 105 today.

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lawhawk  Aug 8, 2015 • 11:19:33am

Hmmm…

Roger Stone is/was Trump’s political advisor.

He was either fired or resigned this morning.

Curious.

Sounds like he was resigned. We’ve seen that from Trump before too.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Aug 8, 2015 • 11:19:38am

In case some folks didn’t know this already about Donald Trump:

Because Scotland didn’t already have any good golf courses and it’s just smart business, Trump style…

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aagcobb  Aug 8, 2015 • 11:20:29am

Love watching how Trump has turned the GOP rock over so that everyone can see what is lurking and scurrying underneath. If Trump was really a Clinton plant, he couldn’t be doing a better job.

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calochortus  Aug 8, 2015 • 11:21:56am

re: #19 Charles Johnson

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I never cease to be amazed at the “natural” things that have to be legislated for. If it were so natural, you wouldn’t have to have laws to keep women, people of color and the like in “their place.” We don’t have a lot of laws preventing men from becoming pregnant, or cows from growing wings and flying for obvious reasons. They can’t do it.

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FormerDirtDart  Aug 8, 2015 • 11:22:55am

re: #27 lawhawk

Hmmm…

Roger Stone is/was Trump’s political advisor.

He was either fired or resigned this morning.

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Curious.

Sounds like he was resigned. We’ve seen that from Trump before too.

Cynic-DirtDart would not be surprised to learn that Mr. Stone becomes the head of a SuperPAC by weeks end

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Romantic Heretic  Aug 8, 2015 • 11:25:03am

re: #9 lawhawk

In every case what they are really unhappy about is losing their power. White, Christian males exclusively called the shots in America for centuries. For many of them they were rewarded simply for showing up.

Now all kinds of people have rights and privileges and these losers can no longer do much about that. It’s no wonder they’re so angry. Nobody likes their power being taken away from them.

Doesn’t excuse their actions though.

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Timothy Watson  Aug 8, 2015 • 11:25:27am

re: #14 FormerDirtDart

You should see the “vessel” the old “Captain” commands

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Huh? How is Trump not a neocon?

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Charles Johnson  Aug 8, 2015 • 11:27:08am
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De Kolta Chair  Aug 8, 2015 • 11:28:41am
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FormerDirtDart  Aug 8, 2015 • 11:28:47am

re: #33 Timothy Watson

Huh? How is Trump not a neocon?

Trump is the “Average Joe” candidate…some fucking how…
It’s ludicrous

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syphonblue  Aug 8, 2015 • 11:29:51am

If you dare venture to the comments, the commenters are pretty pissed about this.

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dholmes32  Aug 8, 2015 • 11:31:47am

One of my online friends from New Zealand had this to say about Trump:

If he somehow makes it as president, I’m going to Mars.

Yeah, GOP, you’re scaring everyone by failing to deal with your Trump problem, which also happens to be your immigrant problem, your non-white skin problem and your woman problem.

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Charles Johnson  Aug 8, 2015 • 11:32:25am
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De Kolta Chair  Aug 8, 2015 • 11:34:04am

One more from TV’s Frank of MST3K fame

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Higgs Boson's Mate  Aug 8, 2015 • 11:35:06am

re: #39 Charles Johnson

A-ha! Erickson’s reasons for playing the demure virgin were beyond me until now.

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Iwouldprefernotto  Aug 8, 2015 • 11:37:36am

re: #41 Higgs Boson’s Mate

A-ha! Erickson’s reasons for playing the demure virgin were beyond me until now.

Who is he going to work for?

Scott Walker?

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calochortus  Aug 8, 2015 • 11:38:24am

re: #42 Iwouldprefernotto

Who is he going to work for?

Scott Walker?

Trump.

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Iwouldprefernotto  Aug 8, 2015 • 11:39:25am

re: #43 calochortus

Trump.

A plant within a plant. The Republicans have been playing us.

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Higgs Boson's Mate  Aug 8, 2015 • 11:43:58am

The day before that campaign hired Erick Erickson:
Video

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De Kolta Chair  Aug 8, 2015 • 11:44:52am

And now, a golden oldie… no, make that an old ‘n’ moldy…

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Fourth Football of the Apocalypse  Aug 8, 2015 • 11:47:21am

re: #34 Charles Johnson

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“Oh, sorry, the president and the N word comments were from my own commenters here at RS.”

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Dave In Austin  Aug 8, 2015 • 11:51:55am
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wrenchwench  Aug 8, 2015 • 11:52:42am
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Higgs Boson's Mate  Aug 8, 2015 • 11:54:39am

re: #44 Iwouldprefernotto

A plant within a plant. The Republicans have been playing us.

Well, it would be the first time that happened and I’m confident that our Democratic party’s leadership will squelch any other Republican strategies. We didn’t get to our current position in Congress by accident, after all.

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Fourth Football of the Apocalypse  Aug 8, 2015 • 11:54:47am
Erickson: ‘We will not reduce size and scope of our fed gov’t if we’re screaming at people, calling them whores and queer and the n-word.’

Wow, what a humanitarian, all around good guy, this gentle soul, Erick son of Erick is.

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Also,

Erickson: ‘We will not reduce size and scope of our fed gov’t if we’re screaming at people, calling them whores and queer and the n-wordgoing on and on about abortion and birth control.

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GlutenFreeJesus  Aug 8, 2015 • 11:54:50am

So sad. And infuriating. And that’s coming from a gun owner.

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William Lewis  Aug 8, 2015 • 11:57:40am

re: #42 Iwouldprefernotto

Who is he going to work for?

Scott Walker?

I find this likely. The hypocrisy and love of hateful evil against women while pearl clutching over actually saying so out loud are very similar between the two.

Walker is far and away the most dangerous of the candidates in this race. He only cares about doing what his bosses tell him to do and since that is what fits his twisted idea of what Christianity is, he’s gung ho for it. He has little education and utter hate for anyone who is educated. He tempts me to Godwin…

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Fourth Football of the Apocalypse  Aug 8, 2015 • 11:59:00am

re: #48 Dave In Austin

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oh cmon that was two years ago when the Donald was just a young man starting out in life and business.

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Fourth Football of the Apocalypse  Aug 8, 2015 • 12:00:52pm

re: #53 William Lewis

I wonder what sort of job Erick Erick would have in a campaign.

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wrenchwench  Aug 8, 2015 • 12:01:04pm

Of course, I haven’t heard, ‘Oh, Kasich doesn’t look bad’ here, ever.

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wrenchwench  Aug 8, 2015 • 12:01:50pm

re: #55 Fourth Football of the Apocalypse

I wonder what sort of job Erick Erick would have in a campaign.

Anti-social media chief.

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Higgs Boson's Mate  Aug 8, 2015 • 12:04:40pm

re: #55 Fourth Football of the Apocalypse

I wonder what sort of job Erick Erick would have in a campaign.

He’s a natural for Designated Asshole.

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Thanos  Aug 8, 2015 • 12:06:26pm

There’s a whole faction out there trying to paint Trump as a stalking horse for Hillary, see the article in “The Hill” . The real reason the far right attack beagle is after Trump is that Trump attacked Megyn Kelly of FOX news. Eric knows where his audience comes from.

thehill.com

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William Lewis  Aug 8, 2015 • 12:08:52pm

re: #55 Fourth Football of the Apocalypse

I wonder what sort of job Erick Erick would have in a campaign.

Probably fairly high up to get him over the fact that Leonid Brezhnev was super charismatic in comparison. Plus to hide the reality of the economic disaster area that Wisconsin has become over the past several years; we’re worse off in many ways than Kansas but you hear about Brownbeck’s idiocy but not Walker’s. Eric’s job would be to ensure it stays that way.

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Blind Frog Belly White  Aug 8, 2015 • 12:10:00pm

re: #26 Shiplord Kirel

Headed for 105 today.

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They really work! Every time they turn on the ones in the Altamont Pass, it draws in lots of nice cool air from the ocean!
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De Kolta Chair  Aug 8, 2015 • 12:10:02pm

BBL. The wife is out of town for the weekend, so I’m heading over to the tavern for a bit.

You know what they say — when the cat’s away the mice have a couple of brews and come home and vacuum the apartment and clean the kitchen and bathroom.

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aagcobb  Aug 8, 2015 • 12:11:22pm

re: #32 Romantic Heretic

In every case what they are really unhappy about is losing their power. White, Christian males exclusively called the shots in America for centuries. For many of them they were rewarded simply for showing up.

Now all kinds of people have rights and privileges and these losers can no longer do much about that. It’s no wonder they’re so angry. Nobody likes their power being taken away from them.

Doesn’t excuse their actions though.

Trump is white male privilege personified. He treats women like dirt, and expects them to kiss his ass in return. Is it any wonder the Base loves him?

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calochortus  Aug 8, 2015 • 12:12:52pm

I need to go do something constructive.
BBL

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JadeHelmCurious  Aug 8, 2015 • 12:13:14pm

I was FB friends with Chuckles just to keep tabs but the ick factor is just too much. Latest posting linking to VDare about Erickson being a cuckservative. I guess Erickson isn’t a ‘man’s man’ of conservatism.

The very term is a creepy intellectual tiramisu of racism and putrid backwards ideology.

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Charles Johnson  Aug 8, 2015 • 12:13:46pm
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Lidane  Aug 8, 2015 • 12:14:59pm

re: #26 Shiplord Kirel

Headed for 105 today.

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Higgs Boson's Mate  Aug 8, 2015 • 12:15:01pm

re: #60 William Lewis

Probably fairly high up to get him over the fact that Leonid Brezhnev was super charismatic in comparison. Plus to hide the reality of the economic disaster area that Wisconsin has become over the past several years; we’re worse off in many ways than Kansas but you hear about Brownbeck’s idiocy but not Walker’s. Eric’s job would be to ensure it stays that way.

If one of the campaigns did hire him then they can give him whatever title works best to paper over the fact that they rented Erickson to get his followers.

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De Kolta Chair  Aug 8, 2015 • 12:15:25pm

Make that one hemlock martini. You only live once, shaken not stirred.

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Pawn of the Oppressor  Aug 8, 2015 • 12:15:26pm

re: #53 William Lewis

I find this likely. The hypocrisy and love of hateful evil against women while pearl clutching over actually saying so out loud are very similar between the two.

Walker is far and away the most dangerous of the candidates in this race. He only cares about doing what his bosses tell him to do and since that is what fits his twisted idea of what Christianity is, he’s gung ho for it. He has little education and utter hate for anyone who is educated. He tempts me to Godwin…

I’m maintaining my prediction: Bush/Walker 16. They’re plugged into the real money, and Walker earned his spot wrecking Wisconsin.

If whats-is-face is leaving redhate, he’s probably headed over to re-work the social media connections for one of those two, to help make them appear like actual human beings.

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Blind Frog Belly White  Aug 8, 2015 • 12:16:42pm

re: #66 Charles Johnson

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Stone’s mistake is thinking that there IS a core issue beyond swaggering arrogance and pissing on anyone who doesn’t swear fealty.

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Pawn of the Oppressor  Aug 8, 2015 • 12:18:41pm

re: #67 Lidane

Ain’t that the truth. I’ve always said it’s Cold, Storming, or Burning, with about six weeks total of “nice out” - which comes in two patches, April and October.

I hate this fckin’ place. My August doldrum depression has set in hard today and I haven’t been able to muster the will to go down the street to get groceries.

It’s beginning to look a lot like Fck This

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JadeHelmCurious  Aug 8, 2015 • 12:19:20pm

re: #71 Blind Frog Belly White

Stone’s mistake is thinking that there IS a core issue beyond swaggering arrogance and pissing on anyone who doesn’t swear fealty.

Yes, also… PROFIT!

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ObserverArt  Aug 8, 2015 • 12:19:48pm

re: #56 wrenchwench

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Of course, I haven’t heard, ‘Oh, Kasich doesn’t look bad’ here, ever.

And that is how Johnny boy has been successful as a politician. He never looks bad. People seem to buy into his tender moments like he is that way all the time, when behind the door to his office he is really doing what your chart shows. And worse.

He can be exposed as a hot-head SSDD Republican. But if they don’t he will look good to the GOP base and establishment as the others eat each other up fighting with Trump.

And the problem will still be, he is a good politician and he will somehow end up not looking bad when compared to the others. I don’t get it, but if you know his history, it works for him. He’s made a nice career by not looking bad. He’s hoping that works for him again.

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mr.fusion  Aug 8, 2015 • 12:23:33pm

I honestly never thought it was possible for me to feel sorry for Donald Trump, but the right-wing machine has decided to go after the guy with reckless abandon.

And while he deserves everything he gets, the hypocrisy from the right wing media is impossible to overstate.

Absolutely fair for Kelly to ask Trump about his sexist remarks — but why not ask Christie about all the times he’s called voters idiots and worse?

Absolutely fair for Kelly to ask Trump when he became a Republican — but why not ask Rubio about immigration reform?

I believe it was Charles who pointed out that Trump is what happens when you appeal to the nether regions of your base….so why are they surprised?

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William Lewis  Aug 8, 2015 • 12:25:08pm

re: #75 mr.fusion

The phrase is “having it both ways”.

They’re going to find that cake is remarkably hard to eat and have still remain on the plate…

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Varek Raith  Aug 8, 2015 • 12:27:09pm

…

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Dr. Matt  Aug 8, 2015 • 12:29:01pm

Another pussy conservative:

No offense to pusssies

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Dave In Austin  Aug 8, 2015 • 12:31:15pm

re: #78 Dr. Matt

Another pussy conservative:

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No offense to pusssies

The Purge has begun….

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dholmes32  Aug 8, 2015 • 12:31:16pm

Yowza, still trying to figure this one out:

1) Mother Jody Herring shoots and kills a Vermont Department for Children and Families social worker. The catalyst is believed to be that the social worker removed Jody Herring’s 9 YO daughter from her custody on July 10.

burlingtonfreepress.com

Then, it gets WEIRD, because Jody Herring is in custody, right?

2) Cousins and aunt of the woman shooter are found murdered in cold blood in their home on Saturday morning.

burlingtonfreepress.com

Per a relative:

Tiffany Herring told the Burlington Free Press that it appeared Folzorano was shot in bed, while Rhonda Herring showed signs of a struggle.

Jody Herring had called Rhonda Herring on Friday morning, Tiffany Herring said.

“My mother got a call in the morning, maybe 7:30 or 8 o’clock, saying it was Jody Herring, saying ‘You guys need to stop calling DCF unless you guys are going to have it coming to you,’” Tiffany Herring said.

Tiffany Herring said she discovered her sisters and mother’s bodies at 8 am this morning.

The question I have is whether Jody Herring killed these women first and then went over and killed the social worker or if there’s someone else on the loose?

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ObserverArt  Aug 8, 2015 • 12:34:04pm

I wonder what kind of thinking is going on at RNC headquarters? Do they have charts up with different ideas of how they can turn TRUMP® Lemons into a nice glass of sweet but tart lemonade? Refreshingly Sweet Lemon Conservatism.

Priebus: “We can’t seem to control him, he is not listening, off on his own agenda. But his numbers are impressive. Hmmm. Okay, I want everyone to start thinking real hard how we turn Trump into a benefit for us so we can mine those numbers. It’s our only hope.”

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Fourth Football of the Apocalypse  Aug 8, 2015 • 12:34:21pm

re: #70 Pawn of the Oppressor

If whats-is-face is leaving redhate, he’s probably headed over to re-work the social media connections for one of those two, to help make them appear like actual human beings.

Oh, I doubt Erick Erick can help with that.

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Dr. Matt  Aug 8, 2015 • 12:35:30pm

re: #79 Dave In Austin

The Purge has begun….

I am blocked by Joe Scarborough, Donald Trump, Erick son of Erick, Dana Loesch and her “husband”, and Bryan J Fischer to name a few.

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CuriousLurker  Aug 8, 2015 • 12:36:29pm

Incoming…. spidey sense tingling…

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sizzzzlerz  Aug 8, 2015 • 12:36:34pm

re: #15 Shiplord Kirel

MORE POPCORN!

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You’re gonna need a bigger warehouse!

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Dr. Matt  Aug 8, 2015 • 12:36:56pm
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goddamnedfrank  Aug 8, 2015 • 12:39:28pm
‘You Have to Treat ‘Em like Shit’: Before Megyn Kelly, Trump Dumped Wine on a Female Reporter
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Charles Johnson  Aug 8, 2015 • 12:42:29pm
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JadeHelmCurious  Aug 8, 2015 • 12:43:46pm

re: #84 CuriousLurker

Incoming…. spidey sense tingling…

I have my Rick Grimes Trollerator off safety.

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JadeHelmCurious  Aug 8, 2015 • 12:46:52pm

Jeb Bush: Trump’s Divisive Language ‘Reminds Me Of Barack Obama’

So Jeb is going full metal wingnut to get in on that sweet appeal to the base action. The next 15 months are going to be insanity.

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BeachDem  Aug 8, 2015 • 12:48:44pm

re: #80 dholmes32

Yowza, still trying to figure this one out:

1) Mother Jody Herring shoots and kills a Vermont Department for Children and Families social worker. The catalyst is believed to be that the social worker removed Jody Herring’s 9 YO daughter from her custody on July 10.

burlingtonfreepress.com

Then, it gets WEIRD, because Jody Herring is in custody, right?

2) Cousins and aunt of the woman shooter are found murdered in cold blood in their home on Saturday morning.

burlingtonfreepress.com

Per a relative:

Tiffany Herring said she discovered her sisters and mother’s bodies at 8 am this morning.

The question I have is whether Jody Herring killed these women first and then went over and killed the social worker or if there’s someone else on the loose?

Sounds like maybe it was the cousins who called in complaints about her to DCF (the comment about what JH had said to one of the murdered cousins, “‘You guys need to stop calling DCF unless you guys are going to have it coming to you,’

Just a thought that Jody Herring set out to get everyone who “done her wrong.” And that maybe she killed the family members, then went after the social worker.

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CuriousLurker  Aug 8, 2015 • 12:49:11pm

re: #90 JadeHelmCurious

Yeah, ‘cause their styles & personalities are totally similar. *headdesk*

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darthstar  Aug 8, 2015 • 12:49:18pm

…

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Aug 8, 2015 • 12:49:58pm

re: #84 CuriousLurker

Incoming…. spidey sense tingling…

lol…it didn’t stay long

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darthstar  Aug 8, 2015 • 12:51:36pm

re: #90 JadeHelmCurious

Jeb Bush: Trump’s Divisive Language ‘Reminds Me Of Barack Obama’

So Jeb is going full metal wingnut to get in on that sweet appeal to the base action. The next 15 months are going to be insanity.

When Jeb! says something reminds him of Obama, it sounds like Chuck Todd has his hand up his ass and is manipulating the controls. Totally scripted and about as convincing as a Geico ad.

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CuriousLurker  Aug 8, 2015 • 12:52:09pm

re: #94 Backwoods_Sleuth

lol…it didn’t stay long

Heh, yeah. Why do I have a sneaking suspicion that it’ll be back late at night in the dead threads…?

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dog philosopher ஐஒஔ௸  Aug 8, 2015 • 12:52:11pm

im checking my whatevers for bleeding

this is very worrisome

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Aug 8, 2015 • 12:52:12pm

re: #84 CuriousLurker

Incoming…. spidey sense tingling…

There’s another one from a couple of days ago that I’m waiting to show up spectacularly on an abortion thread.
Probably in the middle of the night.

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William Lewis  Aug 8, 2015 • 12:52:14pm

RIP Dr. Frances Oldham Kelsey

npr.org

en.wikipedia.org

May god bless you and keep you. May we remember the good work you did despite those who hate bureaucrats and regulation.

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darthstar  Aug 8, 2015 • 12:52:37pm

re: #88 Charles Johnson

[Embedded content]

Does Jeb! know what Erick has said about him in the last few months?

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wrenchwench  Aug 8, 2015 • 12:52:53pm

re: #94 Backwoods_Sleuth

lol…it didn’t stay long

They always come back…

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darthstar  Aug 8, 2015 • 12:56:53pm
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Amory Blaine  Aug 8, 2015 • 12:57:10pm

These RWNJ turn on each other on a dime.

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wrenchwench  Aug 8, 2015 • 12:57:36pm

re: #103 Amory Blaine

These RWNJ turn on each other on a dime.

For a nickel.

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Snarknado!  Aug 8, 2015 • 12:58:02pm

Charles, I’ve been following all this on my (android) phone since I’m out of town. When I hold the phone upright, graphics are cut off on the right side by about 1/3 to 1/2, and there’s no scrolling to the right to see the rest.

If I turn it sideways (“landscape”), I see the whole graphic.

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goddamnedfrank  Aug 8, 2015 • 12:58:20pm
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Amory Blaine  Aug 8, 2015 • 12:58:58pm

re: #90 JadeHelmCurious

Jeb Bush: Trump’s Divisive Language ‘Reminds Me Of Barack Obama’

So Jeb is going full metal wingnut to get in on that sweet appeal to the base action. The next 15 months are going to be insanity.

Wait’ll he gets a load of President Walker.

///

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darthstar  Aug 8, 2015 • 1:00:01pm

re: #106 goddamnedfrank

Immigrants - check.
Women - check.
Veterans - check.

Any other demographics Donald has driven a wedge between them and the GOP?

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William Lewis  Aug 8, 2015 • 1:00:13pm

re: #105 Snarknado!

Charles, I’ve been following all this on my (android) phone since I’m out of town. When I hold the phone upright, graphics are cut off on the right side by about 1/3 to 1/2, and there’s no scrolling to the right to see the rest.

If I turn it sideways (“landscape”), I see the whole graphic.

This just started recently. I used to be able to scroll images on my android phone.

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Snarknado!  Aug 8, 2015 • 1:00:49pm

re: #109 William Lewis

Me too….

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Varek Raith  Aug 8, 2015 • 1:02:07pm

re: #101 wrenchwench

They always come back…

[Embedded content]

You realize I will kill you in your sleep, right?
/Cat

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aagcobb  Aug 8, 2015 • 1:02:13pm

re: #107 Amory Blaine

Wait’ll he gets a load of President Walker.

///

Walker is the perfect GOP presidential candidate. Watching him on the debate, he was virtually a mannequin, simply checking off the rightwing talking points he has learned. He is a soulless cipher, who will do as he his told.

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JadeHelmCurious  Aug 8, 2015 • 1:03:08pm

I don’t know what’s funnier, every time I see this: the prank, or the evil grin of the dude on the right:

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Varek Raith  Aug 8, 2015 • 1:04:46pm

re: #113 JadeHelmCurious

I don’t know what’s funnier, every time I see this: the prank, or the evil grin of the dude on the right:

[Embedded content]

Hardcore, man!

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William Lewis  Aug 8, 2015 • 1:04:51pm

re: #112 aagcobb

He is a _very_ good German…

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Aug 8, 2015 • 1:05:41pm

re: #105 Snarknado!

Charles, I’ve been following all this on my (android) phone since I’m out of town. When I hold the phone upright, graphics are cut off on the right side by about 1/3 to 1/2, and there’s no scrolling to the right to see the rest.

If I turn it sideways (“landscape”), I see the whole graphic.

Charles said there is an icon now to click on for mobile users. It’s three horizontal lines.

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thedopefishlives  Aug 8, 2015 • 1:06:16pm

Afternoon/Evening Lizardim.

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CuriousLurker  Aug 8, 2015 • 1:06:29pm

Okay, totally OT and maybe kinda weird: Is it just me or does it seem totally wrong for toilet paper to have a motif with happy little butterflies and swirly dots representing their flight patterns all over it?

Abstract or geometric stuff, okay. Even floral(-ish) motifs. But butterflies? What next, unicorns farting rainbows? I don’t need cheerful TP, FFS.

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Charles Johnson  Aug 8, 2015 • 1:07:41pm

re: #105 Snarknado!

Charles, I’ve been following all this on my (android) phone since I’m out of town. When I hold the phone upright, graphics are cut off on the right side by about 1/3 to 1/2, and there’s no scrolling to the right to see the rest.

If I turn it sideways (“landscape”), I see the whole graphic.

Is this on the front page, the individual article pages, or both?

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Higgs Boson's Mate  Aug 8, 2015 • 1:08:30pm

re: #108 darthstar

Immigrants - check.
Women - check.
Veterans - check.

Any other demographics Donald has driven a wedge between them and the GOP?

As long as he holds onto a substantial part of the fringe he has leverage. Though Trump is, to me, a failed human in many respects I bet that he understands leverage.

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gocart mozart  Aug 8, 2015 • 1:08:33pm

Perhaps Trump should have called Megyn Kelly “A goat fucking child molester” instead. Erick does have some standards but nobody is quite sure what they are.

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Nyet  Aug 8, 2015 • 1:10:07pm

Watching this is like watching a viper fucking a toad.

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Kid A  Aug 8, 2015 • 1:10:10pm

Thanks to Dr. Lizardo for putting me over 20,000 karma!

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William Lewis  Aug 8, 2015 • 1:11:48pm

re: #119 Charles Johnson

Pages for me. On the front page they pop up to full size.

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Kid A  Aug 8, 2015 • 1:11:50pm

re: #105 Snarknado!

Yep, same here. But only on my phone, not on my computer.

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William Lewis  Aug 8, 2015 • 1:12:22pm

re: #122 Nyet

Watching this is like watching a viper fucking a toad.

That is an exquisite metaphor. I have to remember it. Thank you!

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Higgs Boson's Mate  Aug 8, 2015 • 1:13:15pm

re: #122 Nyet

Watching this is like watching a viper fucking a toad.

“And so the scorpions all agreed to act like ladies and gentlemen for the duration of their campaign…”

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Charles Johnson  Aug 8, 2015 • 1:14:20pm

OK - try reloading the page on your Android phone and let me know if it’s fixed now.

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Nyet  Aug 8, 2015 • 1:15:14pm

Practical tip #1: when you are in Porto, do visit cervejaria Gazela and order a couple of their delicious cachorros. They also have cheap-ass beer. They’re right near Teatro Nacional.

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JadeHelmCurious  Aug 8, 2015 • 1:15:59pm

Most Memorable Metaphor of the day before lunch, and real time tech support. Man, isn’t this place the bees knees!

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Nyet  Aug 8, 2015 • 1:16:04pm

re: #126 William Lewis

That is an exquisite metaphor. I have to remember it. Thank you!

Not mine, a Russian expression. :)

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Dr Lizardo  Aug 8, 2015 • 1:16:12pm

re: #123 Kid A

Thanks to Dr. Lizardo for putting me over 20,000 karma!

No problemo.

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William Lewis  Aug 8, 2015 • 1:18:03pm

re: #128 Charles Johnson

OK - try reloading the page on your Android phone and let me know if it’s fixed now.

Same for me. The “clutching pearls” image in #22 forex is off the right edge in portrait mode but is ok in landscape. The picture of Eric on the front page (I went out to ensure loading any new code) was fine.

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wrenchwench  Aug 8, 2015 • 1:18:48pm

re: #129 Nyet

Practical tip #1: when you are in Porto, do visit cervejaria Gazela and order a couple of their delicious cachorros. They also have cheap-ass beer. They’re right near Teatro Nacional.

Puppies? You monster!

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William Lewis  Aug 8, 2015 • 1:19:06pm

re: #131 Nyet

Not mine, a Russian expression. :)

Ah, I love how many things translate to English so we can steal them in the back alley’s of linguistics :D

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Snarknado!  Aug 8, 2015 • 1:19:16pm

re: #119 Charles Johnson

Is this on the front page, the individual article pages, or both?

Article pages, front pages are fine.

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Nyet  Aug 8, 2015 • 1:19:37pm

And you thought Sarah Palin was the bottom.

Heh.

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Nyet  Aug 8, 2015 • 1:20:14pm

re: #134 wrenchwench

Puppies? You monster!

Mwahahahaha!

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Aug 8, 2015 • 1:20:15pm

more Rand Paul butthurtz:

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thedopefishlives  Aug 8, 2015 • 1:20:28pm

re: #137 Nyet

And you thought Sarah Palin was the bottom.

Heh.

This election cycle is going to be very revealing when it comes to our right-wing nutjob friends.

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Charles Johnson  Aug 8, 2015 • 1:22:17pm

re: #136 Snarknado!

Article pages, front pages are fine.

OK, try reloading again. Made another change that might fix it.

I’m working blind here because I don’t have an Android phone. There’s no problem on an iPhone.

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William Lewis  Aug 8, 2015 • 1:22:34pm

re: #137 Nyet

And you thought Sarah Palin was the bottom.

Heh.

Oy. My brain is really in the gutter considering how I just _REALLY_ misread that post…

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Kid A  Aug 8, 2015 • 1:22:54pm

re: #104 wrenchwench

For a nickel.

With a reach around.

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thedopefishlives  Aug 8, 2015 • 1:23:10pm

re: #142 William Lewis

Oy. My brain is really in the gutter considering how I just _REALLY_ misread that post…

Eh, you’re not the only one.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Aug 8, 2015 • 1:23:17pm

re: #137 Nyet

And you thought Sarah Palin was the bottom.

Heh.

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Snarknado!  Aug 8, 2015 • 1:23:24pm

re: #128 Charles Johnson

OK - try reloading the page on your Android phone and let me know if it’s fixed now.

Still cutting off pictures (popcorn picture is okay, cat with pearls is not).

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thedopefishlives  Aug 8, 2015 • 1:23:58pm

re: #141 Charles Johnson

OK, try reloading again. Made another change that might fix it.

I’m working blind here because I don’t have an Android phone. There’s no problem on an iPhone.

Can you set up an Android emulator in one of your development environments? I found a pretty decent Android emulator package that runs on Windows 8 that I used for developing on Android.

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aagcobb  Aug 8, 2015 • 1:24:27pm

re: #137 Nyet

And you thought Sarah Palin was the bottom.

Heh.

Here is bottom

If Trump is nominated by the GOP, it will have finally hit bottom. If he’s elected, the nation has hit bottom.

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thedopefishlives  Aug 8, 2015 • 1:24:32pm

re: #147 thedopefishlives

It’s called Genymotion, if you’re interested in checking it out.

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Nyet  Aug 8, 2015 • 1:24:48pm

re: #142 William Lewis

Oy. My brain is really in the gutter considering how I just _REALLY_ misread that post…

re: #144 thedopefishlives

Eh, you’re not the only one.

Yeah, yeah, double entendre and all that.

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JadeHelmCurious  Aug 8, 2015 • 1:25:31pm

re: #148 aagcobb

Camacho is not the bottom. Seriously, we can all use better burrito toppings. Why do you hate burrito toppings you socialist?

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William Lewis  Aug 8, 2015 • 1:25:39pm

re: #141 Charles Johnson

OK, try reloading again. Made another change that might fix it.

I’m working blind here because I don’t have an Android phone. There’s no problem on an iPhone.

Bingo. Thank you, Charles. I appreciate your responsiveness.

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Snarknado!  Aug 8, 2015 • 1:25:54pm

re: #141 Charles Johnson

OK, try reloading again. Made another change that might fix it.

I’m working blind here because I don’t have an Android phone. There’s no problem on an iPhone.

Working now. Thanks.

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wrenchwench  Aug 8, 2015 • 1:25:58pm

re: #146 Snarknado!

Still cutting off pictures (popcorn picture is okay, cat with pearls is not).

There aren’t really any pearls.

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Nyet  Aug 8, 2015 • 1:26:31pm

re: #148 aagcobb

Actually Pres. Camacho was a much nicer fellow than all of the GOP taken together. Like, no comparison.

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Charles Johnson  Aug 8, 2015 • 1:26:42pm

re: #153 Snarknado!

Working now. Thanks.

Cool! Glad that worked.

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Kid A  Aug 8, 2015 • 1:26:55pm

re: #152 William Lewis

Same here. I reloaded the page on my iPhone 6 and all the images are correctly formatted.

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aagcobb  Aug 8, 2015 • 1:27:12pm

re: #155 Nyet

Actually Pres. Camacho was a much nicer fellow than all of the GOP taken together. Like, no comparison.

Smarter, too.

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wrenchwench  Aug 8, 2015 • 1:27:59pm
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Snarknado!  Aug 8, 2015 • 1:28:02pm

re: #154 wrenchwench

There aren’t really any pearls.

And yet I can see them….

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JadeHelmCurious  Aug 8, 2015 • 1:29:09pm

Sorry Sergey, your metaphor got screwed by a viper:

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Nyet  Aug 8, 2015 • 1:29:11pm

re: #158 aagcobb

Smarter, too.

I’d vote for President Dwayne Elizondo Mountain Dew Herbert Camacho, porn star and five-time ultimate smackdown wrestling champion, before I would vote for any of the GOPniks.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Aug 8, 2015 • 1:30:55pm

re: #148 aagcobb

Here is bottom

[Embedded content]

If Trump is nominated by the GOP, it will have finally hit bottom. If he’s elected, the nation has hit bottom.

It will not be that much fun with Trump.

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JadeHelmCurious  Aug 8, 2015 • 1:32:13pm

re: #162 Nyet

You failed to mention he’s also a musician.

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alpuzzzzz from Wisconsin  Aug 8, 2015 • 1:32:39pm

re: #53 William Lewis

I find this likely. The hypocrisy and love of hateful evil against women while pearl clutching over actually saying so out loud are very similar between the two.

Walker is far and away the most dangerous of the candidates in this race. He only cares about doing what his bosses tell him to do and since that is what fits his twisted idea of what Christianity is, he’s gung ho for it. He has little education and utter hate for anyone who is educated. He tempts me to Godwin…

This.

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aagcobb  Aug 8, 2015 • 1:33:41pm

re: #162 Nyet

I’d vote for President Dwayne Elizondo Mountain Dew Herbert Camacho, porn star and five-time ultimate smackdown wrestling champion, before I would vote for any of the GOPniks.

I have recognized the error of my ways, and humbly apologize to President Camacho for even suggesting he is beneath the level of the current crop of GOP candidates.

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Nyet  Aug 8, 2015 • 1:34:00pm

re: #164 JadeHelmCurious

You failed to mention he’s also a musician.

WTF? Awesome :D

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goddamnedfrank  Aug 8, 2015 • 1:34:00pm

A reminder, the Android environment is fragmented all to shit.

Consider that when complaining about how any particular website looks on your phone.

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darthstar  Aug 8, 2015 • 1:35:40pm

re: #164 JadeHelmCurious

You failed to mention he’s also a musician.

Speaking of musicians…

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darthstar  Aug 8, 2015 • 1:36:06pm

It’s his birthday…

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William Lewis  Aug 8, 2015 • 1:37:55pm

re: #170 darthstar

It’s his birthday…

Ah. Saves me from trumpeting Dr. May…

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darthstar  Aug 8, 2015 • 1:38:44pm
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darthstar  Aug 8, 2015 • 1:39:49pm

re: #172 darthstar

[Embedded content]

Damn..the images aren’t there…fixing.

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Nyet  Aug 8, 2015 • 1:40:00pm

re: #171 William Lewis

Ah. Saves me from trumpeting Dr. May…

Which reminds me that I’ve finally watched Interstellar and, frankly, prefer Dr. May’s original version.

…

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Dr Lizardo  Aug 8, 2015 • 1:40:38pm

re: #169 darthstar

Up the Irons!!

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William Lewis  Aug 8, 2015 • 1:42:16pm

Oy, I am going to pay hard for being up this late. G’night all.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Aug 8, 2015 • 1:42:36pm

ICYMI:

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alpuzzzzz from Wisconsin  Aug 8, 2015 • 1:43:48pm

re: #176 William Lewis

It’s not even 4. :)

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TedStriker  Aug 8, 2015 • 1:45:06pm

re: #148 aagcobb

Here is bottom

Embedded Image

If Trump is nominated by the GOP, it will have finally hit bottom. If he’s elected, the nation has hit bottom.

Here’s the animated version to do it right:.

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William Lewis  Aug 8, 2015 • 1:45:31pm

re: #178 alpuzzzzz from Wisconsin

It’s not even 4. :)

I work 11 pm to 7 am… O_o

G’night!

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Aug 8, 2015 • 1:46:38pm

mmmm…teriyaki pork tenderloin, roasted taties with garlic, creamed spinach, broccoli and cheese, and well-buttered crusty freshly baked today bolillo.

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Nyet  Aug 8, 2015 • 1:47:09pm

awwww :)

…

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alpuzzzzz from Wisconsin  Aug 8, 2015 • 1:48:08pm

re: #169 darthstar

Run to the hills. Run for your liiiiiiiiiffffffeeeeeeeee……..

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thedopefishlives  Aug 8, 2015 • 1:49:46pm

re: #181 Backwoods_Sleuth

mmmm…teriyaki pork tenderloin, roasted taties with garlic, creamed spinach, broccoli and cheese, and well-buttered crusty freshly baked today bolillo.

Mrs. Fish made some brown sugar bacon for a treat, since I spent all morning/afternoon hauling and laying brick.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Aug 8, 2015 • 1:51:57pm

re: #184 thedopefishlives

Mrs. Fish made some brown sugar bacon for a treat, since I spent all morning/afternoon hauling and laying brick.

Lovely reward. She did well.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Aug 8, 2015 • 1:54:56pm

re: #182 Nyet

awwww :)

[Embedded content]

I want Rose on my volleyball team!

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thedopefishlives  Aug 8, 2015 • 2:03:31pm

re: #185 Backwoods_Sleuth

Lovely reward. She did well.

It’s addicting. And it’s as easy to make as it sounds - put some wire racks in baking pans, put the bacon on the wire racks, dust with brown sugar, bake to desired crispness.

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wrenchwench  Aug 8, 2015 • 2:05:55pm

My favorite birds!

Alberta’s Energy Regulator (AER) says it is looking into what killed the birds at Syncrude’s Mildred Lake facility, about 40 kilometres north of Fort McMurray, Alta.

AER says it regularly inspects wildlife deterrent programs at oilsands sites in response to previous bird deaths.

In November, 122 birds were killed after landing in three tailings ponds in the area, including one at Mildred Lake.

[…]

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Belafon  Aug 8, 2015 • 2:06:33pm

Please change the picture. That looks way to much like James Corden.

/half

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retired cynic  Aug 8, 2015 • 2:08:01pm

re: #188 wrenchwench

GAH! Not good, not good at all! (Radagast)

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Bubblehead II  Aug 8, 2015 • 2:08:21pm

Looks like the Donald isn’t taking Stones defection very well.

I quit. YOUR FIRED!

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jaunte  Aug 8, 2015 • 2:08:50pm
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Backwoods_Sleuth  Aug 8, 2015 • 2:09:01pm

re: #188 wrenchwench

My favorite birds!

[Embedded content]

jeez, I always look forward to the blue herons visit my pond each autumn.

Well, mostly lesser blue herons, but pretty close.

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Blind Frog Belly White  Aug 8, 2015 • 2:10:05pm

re: #191 Bubblehead II

Looks like the Donald isn’t taking Stones defection very well.

I quit. YOUR FIRED!

[Embedded content]

Let me guess - he’s a big loser, didn’t do anything for the campaign, a lightweight, politically correct, has a small dick, etc.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Aug 8, 2015 • 2:10:23pm

re: #194 Blind Frog Belly White

Let me guess - he’s a big loser, didn’t do anything for the campaign, a lightweight, politically correct, has a small dick, etc.

and a dummy.

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darthstar  Aug 8, 2015 • 2:11:20pm
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wrenchwench  Aug 8, 2015 • 2:12:35pm

re: #195 Backwoods_Sleuth

and a dummy.

And hasn’t changed a bit in 20 years. Has Stone been asleep?

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Blind Frog Belly White  Aug 8, 2015 • 2:15:15pm

re: #195 Backwoods_Sleuth

and a dummy.

Oh, yeah! I forgot that! No third grade bully’s taunt is complete without that!

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jaunte  Aug 8, 2015 • 2:18:21pm

re: #118 CuriousLurker

How did you know what I was working on this afternoon?

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jaunte  Aug 8, 2015 • 2:20:01pm

Trump:

says that he is moving quickly to “surround myself only with the best people”
washingtonpost.com

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Decatur Deb  Aug 8, 2015 • 2:21:22pm

re: #191 Bubblehead II

Looks like the Donald isn’t taking Stones defection very well.

I quit. YOUR FIRED!

[Embedded content]

Stone (before quitting/firing):

“I’ll do whatever the Donald asks me to do. He is a friend of almost 40 years. I attended two of his three weddings.”

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thedopefishlives  Aug 8, 2015 • 2:23:16pm

re: #200 jaunte

Kinda like his lawyer? Because that guy is obviously the epitome of class.

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Nyet  Aug 8, 2015 • 2:24:44pm

Hmm :)

23 Signs You Were Raised By Russian Parents

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jaunte  Aug 8, 2015 • 2:24:49pm

re: #202 thedopefishlives

Trump is always surrounded by the best people, unless they turn out to be over-rated and losers.

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No Depression  Aug 8, 2015 • 2:26:00pm

Apparently Rod Dreher thinks that Erick Erickson is a “decent Republican” for dis-inviting Trump from his little event. Never mind the litany of disgusting shit he’s spewed throughout his career, he apologized a couple of times dammit!

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Aug 8, 2015 • 2:26:01pm
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Charles Johnson  Aug 8, 2015 • 2:26:29pm

…

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thedopefishlives  Aug 8, 2015 • 2:26:54pm

re: #205 No Depression

Wingnuts have selective memories. As soon as Erick, son of Erick, does something nasty and vile, they’ll “remember” what a douchecanoe he is and dump his ass until the next time he swings the other way.

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Decatur Deb  Aug 8, 2015 • 2:30:15pm

re: #203 Nyet

Hmm :)

23 Signs You Were Raised By Russian Parents

Does Pittsburgh count? We’ve got lots of plastic bags. Lots.

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Blind Frog Belly White  Aug 8, 2015 • 2:30:26pm

re: #206 Backwoods_Sleuth

[Embedded content]

The money quote: “We’re winning!”

Next he’ll turn up drinking from a jug labeled ‘Tiger Blood’.

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Bubblehead II  Aug 8, 2015 • 2:31:30pm

re: #207 Charles Johnson

[Embedded content]

Video

Thanks Charles. Now I have to clean my monitor off.

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BeenHereAwhile  Aug 8, 2015 • 2:32:57pm

re: #141 Charles Johnson

OK, try reloading again. Made another change that might fix it.

I’m working blind here because I don’t have an Android phone. There’s no problem on an iPhone.

Whatever you did apparently fixed the display image problem on my iPhone 5S.

Thanks

Signed ‘someone who began reading LGF in 2008 with an iPhone 3G.’

Those were the days of ‘Flash & crashes’.

Thanks also for your upgrades which has made reading LGF more seamless.

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jaunte  Aug 8, 2015 • 2:33:32pm

re: #203 Nyet

My parents also did that thing with the jars, but I think it was because of the Depression.

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Nyet  Aug 8, 2015 • 2:35:20pm

re: #213 jaunte

My parents also did that thing with the jars, but I think it was because of the Depression.

Same reason (if different scale) :)

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Aug 8, 2015 • 2:35:27pm

So crazy just now.
I reminded MrBWS that if there ever comes a weekend where there is nothing worth watching on the TV, I have every single episode of WKRP in Cincinnati on DVD.

Then I thumped my chest and said “it’s our HERITAGE!!!11!!!”
We laughed!

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wrenchwench  Aug 8, 2015 • 2:36:27pm

How to promote gun control with the RWNJs:

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Bubblehead II  Aug 8, 2015 • 2:36:40pm

Baltimore P.D. is up to their usual shit. No name tags and Lt. is being an arrogant prick.

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wrenchwench  Aug 8, 2015 • 2:51:33pm
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thedopefishlives  Aug 8, 2015 • 2:53:42pm

re: #216 wrenchwench

It’s like someone said here a couple of weeks ago, when discussing birth control.

For all the wives/girlfriends of RWNJ’s who think it’s so important for sluts to keep their legs closed, a word of advice: Close your legs.

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wrenchwench  Aug 8, 2015 • 2:58:41pm

re: #219 thedopefishlives

It’s like someone said here a couple of weeks ago, when discussing birth control.

Yep, it takes two. But both can be trying to avoid reproduction, and a pregnancy still can happen. It’s a constant battle for fertile people.

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Dark_Falcon  Aug 8, 2015 • 3:02:00pm

A dumb meme that deserves an overly literal and dismissive answer. It also greatly overstates the support for abortion restrictions within the Republican Party. My own feeling is that most Republicans would rather have access to firearms as opposed to passing restrictions on abortion. And liberalizations of gun laws do pass state legislatures more often than do laws restricting abortions.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Aug 8, 2015 • 3:03:12pm

re: #220 wrenchwench

Yep, it takes two. But both can be trying to avoid reproduction, and a pregnancy still can happen. It’s a constant battle for fertile people.

And there are couples who are actively trying for reproduction, but then something happens.
Life-threatening or otherwise.
It’s nobody else’s business, much less the government’s business.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Aug 8, 2015 • 3:04:39pm

re: #221 Dark_Falcon

A dumb meme that deserves an overly literal and dismissive answer. It also greatly overstates the support for abortion restrictions within the Republican Party. My own feeling is that most Republicans would rather have access to firearms as opposed to passing restrictions on abortion. And liberalizations of gun laws do pass state legislatures more often than do laws restricting abortions.

OMG, you aren’t joking, are you?

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Belafon  Aug 8, 2015 • 3:04:50pm

re: #221 Dark_Falcon

Citation please.

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Dark_Falcon  Aug 8, 2015 • 3:06:10pm

re: #224 Belafon

Citation please.

Personal observation.

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darthstar  Aug 8, 2015 • 3:06:28pm
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wrenchwench  Aug 8, 2015 • 3:06:29pm

re: #221 Dark_Falcon

A dumb meme that deserves an overly literal and dismissive answer. It also greatly overstates the support for abortion restrictions within the Republican Party. My own feeling is that most Republicans would rather have access to firearms as opposed to passing restrictions on abortion. And liberalizations of gun laws do pass state legislatures more often than do laws restricting abortions.

You may be accurate when stating the relative support for abortion restrictions, but you are understating the work the Republican Party is doing against abortion access.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Aug 8, 2015 • 3:06:36pm

re: #225 Dark_Falcon

Personal observation.

Personal observation????

WTF are you talking about?

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Bubblehead II  Aug 8, 2015 • 3:06:45pm

re: #220 wrenchwench

Yep, it takes two. But both can be trying to avoid reproduction, and a pregnancy still can happen. It’s a constant battle for fertile people.

Yep. B.C pills are not 100% reliable (at least they weren’t back in 1973). that’s why the Mate ended up having a second child. Shit happens.

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Feline Fearless Leader  Aug 8, 2015 • 3:08:21pm

re: #218 wrenchwench

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That’s a lucky cat. One trying that around my brother’s chickens would get mobbed on and pecked until it ran.

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wrenchwench  Aug 8, 2015 • 3:09:27pm

re: #229 Bubblehead II

Yep. B.C pills are not 100% reliable (at least they weren’t back in 1973). that’s why the Mate ended up having a second child. Shit happens.

Even when they are 99% effective, they need a back-up for those who are set against pregnancy. Once in a hundred months means pregnancy every 8.3 years.

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Dark_Falcon  Aug 8, 2015 • 3:09:39pm

re: #228 Backwoods_Sleuth

Personal observation????

WTF are you talking about?

I cite no source, my comment was based on my own observations of articles posted here and elsewhere of laws being passed. As such it is not meant to be authoritative.

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wrenchwench  Aug 8, 2015 • 3:10:42pm

re: #230 Feline Fearless Leader

That’s a lucky cat. One trying that around my brother’s chickens would get mobbed on and pecked until it ran.

Those two are friends being raised together. I wonder whether they share kibble?

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Aug 8, 2015 • 3:11:55pm

re: #232 Dark_Falcon

I cite no source, my comment was based on my own observations of articles posted here and elsewhere of laws being passed. As such it is not meant to be authoritative.

Then why in the hell did you make the stupid statement as if it was authoritative????

Good grief, DF.
That was ridiculous.

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darthstar  Aug 8, 2015 • 3:12:08pm

re: #228 Backwoods_Sleuth

Personal observation????

WTF are you talking about?

Having the GOP’s passion for guns along with their dispassion for women makes for some funny shit, if it weren’t so scary. I mean, women protecting their rights to health care with firearms? NULL POINTER EXCEPTION!

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darthstar  Aug 8, 2015 • 3:12:59pm
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Backwoods_Sleuth  Aug 8, 2015 • 3:13:16pm

re: #232 Dark_Falcon

I cite no source, my comment was based on my own observations of articles posted here and elsewhere of laws being passed. As such it is not meant to be authoritative.

Oh, and cite the articles at least HERE that support that personal observation.

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Feline Fearless Leader  Aug 8, 2015 • 3:15:17pm
Heron today, gone tomorrow
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Dark_Falcon  Aug 8, 2015 • 3:15:42pm

Bernie Sanders seems to have kicked a hornet’s nest back at Netroots:

Protesters interrupt Bernie Sanders rally

Protesters who claimed affiliation with the BlackLivesMatter movement stormed the stage during a rally for Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) in Seattle on Saturday, taking over the microphone.

Moments after Sanders took the stage at Westlake Park, two women and one man climbed the stage and confronted Sanders, demanding a chance to speak.

After several moments of confusion and confrontation, an event organizer took the microphone and said the protesters would be allowed to speak before Sanders.

One protester, who identified herself as Marissa Johnson, began by saying, “I was going to tell Bernie how racist this city is — with all of its progressives — but you’ve already done that for me. Thank you.”

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darthstar  Aug 8, 2015 • 3:16:22pm
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Bubblehead II  Aug 8, 2015 • 3:16:50pm

re: #221 Dark_Falcon

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A dumb meme that deserves an overly literal and dismissive answer. It also greatly overstates the support for abortion restrictions within the Republican Party. My own feeling is that most Republicans would rather have access to firearms as opposed to passing restrictions on abortion. And liberalizations of gun laws do pass state legislatures more often than do laws restricting abortions.

Ya know D.F. Sometimes you are so fucking dense. The meme is that if a bunch of armed women showed up at a PP clinic locked and loaded to counter a operation rescue protest, the conservatives would be shitting themselves to impose gun control. Yah know, just like what St. Ronnie did in Ca. when the Black Panthers decided to open carry.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Aug 8, 2015 • 3:17:05pm

re: #237 Backwoods_Sleuth

Oh, and cite the articles at least HERE that support that personal observation.

HEY, DF!!!

Tapping my foot and WAITING for an LGF citation to support your personal observation, while you change over to Bernie Sanders.

I AM WAITING!!!!!

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darthstar  Aug 8, 2015 • 3:17:44pm

re: #239 Dark_Falcon

Bernie Sanders seems to have kicked a hornet’s nest back at Netroots:

Protesters interrupt Bernie Sanders rally

He’s fine. Hillary’s fans are a little sensitive so you can expect this kind of shit for the next year.

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thedopefishlives  Aug 8, 2015 • 3:17:54pm

Alright, everyone. Let’s not break out the asbestos scale suits just yet.

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Great White Snark  Aug 8, 2015 • 3:18:35pm

This photography took my breath away. Woweee, Paged!

littlegreenfootballs.com

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darthstar  Aug 8, 2015 • 3:19:03pm

re: #242 Backwoods_Sleuth

HEY, DF!!!

Tapping my foot and WAITING for an LGF citation to support your personal observation, while you change over to Bernie Sanders.

I AM WAITING!!!!!

SQUIRREL!

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BeachDem  Aug 8, 2015 • 3:19:31pm

re: #225 Dark_Falcon

And liberalizations of gun laws do pass state legislatures more often than do laws restricting abortions.

Personal observation.

Between 2011 and 2013, states enacted more anti-abortion laws than during the entire previous decade, particularly limiting abortion access for the estimated 9 million women of reproductive age who live in the South. The middle ground on the issue has continued to shrink, and the Guttmacher Institute now rates most states in the country as “hostile” to reproductive rights.

Ninety two abortion restrictions were passed in 2011, the year that still tops the chart. That number dipped to 42 provisions in 2012, which was the second-highest number of new restrictions at the time. 2013 continued the trend that kicked off in 2011, climbing back up to 70 anti-choice provisions.
As Guttmacher researchers point out, the dramatic increase between 2012 and 2013 was mainly driven by just a handful of states that had a particular focus on restricting access to abortion this past year: North Dakota, Texas, Arkansas, and North Carolina. None of those states enacted any abortion restrictions in 2012 (the first two didn’t have a legislative session, and the last two had more moderate lawmakers back then). But in 2013, they were collectively responsible for 26 of the new anti-abortion provisions — including some of the harshest laws the country has seen since Roe v. Wade — despite massive public outcry against them.

thinkprogress.org

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DodgerFan1988  Aug 8, 2015 • 3:19:40pm

The same conservatives who are supposedly outrage over Donald Trump’s misogynist and sexist attacks on Megyn Kelly, are the same conservatives who are alright with Gamergate’s misogynist and sexist attacks on feminists, female gamers and game designers.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Aug 8, 2015 • 3:21:22pm

re: #244 thedopefishlives

Alright, everyone. Let’s not break out the asbestos scale suits just yet.

DF said:

liberalizations of gun laws do pass state legislatures more often than do laws restricting abortions

and then doubled down saying:

I cite no source, my comment was based on my own observations of articles posted here and elsewhere of laws being passed.

All I’m asking for is exactly WHERE he saw that here at LGF.

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Bubblehead II  Aug 8, 2015 • 3:23:05pm

re: #244 thedopefishlives

Alright, everyone. Let’s not break out the asbestos scale suits just yet.

Nah, Let the flames rip. D.F will as usual run for the back door.

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Dark_Falcon  Aug 8, 2015 • 3:23:33pm

re: #237 Backwoods_Sleuth

Oh, and cite the articles at least HERE that support that personal observation.

Here’s one. I’m having dinner at 6pm CDT and don’t have time for a multi-hour search.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Aug 8, 2015 • 3:25:12pm

re: #251 Dark_Falcon

Here’s one. I’m having dinner at 6pm CDT and don’t have time for a multi-hour search.

Good freaking grief, that citation is pathetic even for you.

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Dark_Falcon  Aug 8, 2015 • 3:25:13pm

re: #249 Backwoods_Sleuth

DF said:

and then doubled down saying:

All I’m asking for is exactly WHERE he saw that here at LGF.

The articles about gun laws I tend to find on guns.com.

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7-y (Expectation of Great Things in Due Course)  Aug 8, 2015 • 3:26:14pm

re: #70 Pawn of the Oppressor

f whats-is-face is leaving redhate, he’s probably headed over to re-work the social media connections for one of those two, to help make them appear like actual human beings.

You know what? I actually gave Erik son of Erik some advice on social media in the first few months of Redstate’s existence. I was looking to create a backdoor for future sabotage, but got bored with it. He really does NOT understand technology or communications. Very stupid, actually.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Aug 8, 2015 • 3:26:46pm

re: #251 Dark_Falcon

Here’s one. I’m having dinner at 6pm CDT and don’t have time for a multi-hour search.

Oh, and I have been having dinner since you decided to bring up this eejit “personal observation”.

You need better arguments.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Aug 8, 2015 • 3:27:16pm

re: #253 Dark_Falcon

The articles about gun laws I tend to find on guns.com.

yep.
We know.

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jaunte  Aug 8, 2015 • 3:28:14pm

Laws Affecting Reproductive Health and Rights:
2012 State Policy Review
guttmacher.org

Monthly State Update:
MAJOR DEVELOPMENTS IN 2015
guttmacher.org

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darthstar  Aug 8, 2015 • 3:28:53pm

re: #253 Dark_Falcon

The articles about gun laws I tend to find on guns.com.

Ew…wipe that page down with a tissue after you’re done with it.

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thedopefishlives  Aug 8, 2015 • 3:29:16pm

re: #250 Bubblehead II

Nah, Let the flames rip. D.F will as usual run for the back door.

I’m a peacemaker at heart and D-F has been here a long time. I don’t like seeing conflict among my friends. Even if it is justly deserved.

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Blind Frog Belly White  Aug 8, 2015 • 3:32:03pm

re: #232 Dark_Falcon

I cite no source, my comment was based on my own observations of articles posted here and elsewhere of laws being passed. As such it is not meant to be authoritative.

Personal wishful thinking, more like.

Do us a favor, Dark - promise that if someone else does your homework for you, and finds that your claim is wrong, that you’ll stop making that claim, and furthermore, that you’ll examine your other ‘observations’ against verifiable fact. It seems to me that you claim a lot of things that are not only easily refuted, but almost always are refuted within minutes by multiple Lizards.

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Bubblehead II  Aug 8, 2015 • 3:32:44pm

re: #251 Dark_Falcon

Here’s one. I’m having dinner at 6pm CDT and don’t have time for a multi-hour search.

Like I said. Running for the back door.

littlegreenfootballs.com

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BeachDem  Aug 8, 2015 • 3:32:48pm

re: #251 Dark_Falcon

Here’s one. I’m having dinner at 6pm CDT and don’t have time for a multi-hour search.

Oh, we’re talking about North Carolina, are we?

One of the things that defined 2013 was the unorthodox manner by which many of these new abortion restrictions made it into law… North Carolina forced abortion restrictions through as a rider on a motorcycle safety bill.

thinkprogress.org

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darthstar  Aug 8, 2015 • 3:33:12pm

re: #259 thedopefishlives

I’m a peacemaker at heart and D-F has been here a long time. I don’t like seeing conflict among my friends. Even if it is justly deserved.

I mock because I love…or maybe because I gave up on reason having any effect a few years ago. But he’s not a bad wingnut, and he’s our wingnut, and the only wingnut we have.

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Dark_Falcon  Aug 8, 2015 • 3:33:38pm

re: #260 Blind Frog Belly White

I never had someone else do my homework, ever. I don’t cheat.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Aug 8, 2015 • 3:34:43pm

re: #259 thedopefishlives

I’m a peacemaker at heart and D-F has been here a long time. I don’t like seeing conflict among my friends. Even if it is justly deserved.

I’m just not willing to let his comment stand without a pushback.
I could have simply downdinged it, but I preferred to actually respond and allow him to clarify.

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Blind Frog Belly White  Aug 8, 2015 • 3:34:55pm

re: #264 Dark_Falcon

I never had someone else do my homework, ever. I don’t cheat.

When you make a claim you won’t back up, and others spend their time looking into it and provide documented refutation, they’ve done your homework for you.

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darthstar  Aug 8, 2015 • 3:35:04pm

re: #264 Dark_Falcon

I never had someone else do my homework, ever. I don’t cheat.

Well…there was that one time in pre-algebra…

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Bubblehead II  Aug 8, 2015 • 3:35:48pm

re: #259 thedopefishlives

I’m a peacemaker at heart and D-F has been here a long time. I don’t like seeing conflict among my friends. Even if it is justly deserved.

I don’t either. But D.F tends to post comments he can’t back up and then runs away when challenged and I’m tired of it.

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Blind Frog Belly White  Aug 8, 2015 • 3:36:42pm

re: #267 darthstar

Well…there was that one time in pre-algebra Band Camp…

I’m under the impression that every sentence that begins “There was that one time…” always ends in “Band Camp”.
///

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BeachDem  Aug 8, 2015 • 3:36:44pm

re: #232 Dark_Falcon

I cite no source, my comment was based on my own observations of articles posted here and elsewhere of laws being passed. As such it is not meant to be authoritative.

re: #253 Dark_Falcon

The articles about gun laws I tend to find on guns.com.

So, by “articles posted here,” you’re referring exclusively to articles you yourself post here about guns? Got it.

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wrenchwench  Aug 8, 2015 • 3:37:08pm

re: #259 thedopefishlives

I’m a peacemaker at heart and D-F has been here a long time. I don’t like seeing conflict among my friends. Even if it is justly deserved.

Although I like peace, I have a tendency to argue for fun, sport, and to change a person’s mind when possible. I think D_F’s personal position on the issue of abortion has shifted some over the years he’s been here (although I don’t have proof) but he does not yet realize that the Republicans are indefensible (at least here) when it comes to some issues..

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darthstar  Aug 8, 2015 • 3:37:34pm

re: #269 Blind Frog Belly White

I’m under the impression that every sentence that begins “There was that one time…” always ends in “Band Camp”.
///

We don’t talk about band camp.

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Blind Frog Belly White  Aug 8, 2015 • 3:38:30pm

re: #272 darthstar

We don’t talk about band camp.

Wait, I thought it was Fight Club we don’t talk about?

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Aug 8, 2015 • 3:38:32pm

re: #266 Blind Frog Belly White

When you make a claim you won’t back up, and others spend their time looking into it and provide documented refutation, they’ve done your homework for you.

Exactly.
His initial comment was so obviously bogus, and then when asked for a citation his response was “personal observation”.
Then when I insisted on a citation from LGF (since he claimed such citations could be found here), he comes back with guns.com.

good grief.

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darthstar  Aug 8, 2015 • 3:38:56pm

Okay, time to go grill some peppers and onions for a little BBQ game night we’re hosting at the yacht club…wife brought home 10lbs of brats and hot links from the ballpark (no, we won’t eat them all tonight)…but good times to come with friends…and lots of cocktails.

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Dark_Falcon  Aug 8, 2015 • 3:41:57pm

re: #265 Backwoods_Sleuth

I’m just willing not letting his comment stand without a pushback.
I could have simply downdinged it, but I preferred to actually respond and allow him to clarify.

In the future, don’t bother giving me that chance when I say something like that. My own observations are just educated guesses (sometimes semi-educated). Feel free to treat them as if I’d pulled them out of my ass unless shown otherwise.

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thedopefishlives  Aug 8, 2015 • 3:42:01pm

For those of you who might be interested in my weekend project over the last couple of weeks, this is the end result of my bricklaying:

Hooray! He did it!
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Dark_Falcon  Aug 8, 2015 • 3:42:40pm

re: #270 BeachDem

So, by “articles posted here,” you’re referring exclusively to articles you yourself post here about guns? Got it.

No, articles I read, not articles I post.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Aug 8, 2015 • 3:42:58pm

re: #277 thedopefishlives

For those of you who might be interested in my weekend project over the last couple of weeks, this is the end result of my bricklaying:

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Well done!

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Aug 8, 2015 • 3:44:05pm

re: #276 Dark_Falcon

In the future, don’t bother giving me that chance when I say something like that. My own observations are just educated guesses (sometimes semi-educated). Feel free to treat them as if I’d pulled them out of my ass unless shown otherwise.

I prefer to not downding whenever possible.
However, if you obviously pull things outta yer ass, I will call you out on it.

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Blind Frog Belly White  Aug 8, 2015 • 3:44:08pm

re: #275 darthstar

Okay, time to go grill some peppers and onions for a little BBQ game night we’re hosting at the yacht club…wife brought home 10lbs of brats and hot links from the ballpark (no, we won’t eat them all tonight)…but good times to come with friends…and lots of cocktails.

Sounds like fun!

I’ve got a pork shoulder marinating in Cuban Mojo for tomorrow, and some more pork braising in some Anchor Porter Braising Sauce I picked up at Williams Sonoma one day, when The Older Boy and I dropped by to pester visit his girlfriend at work. I’ll probably make some mashed spuds to go with that, and rice and black beans for the pork tomorrow. Oh, and a bushel of salad.

I guess you can tell - I like pork.

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Dark_Falcon  Aug 8, 2015 • 3:46:48pm

re: #271 wrenchwench

Although I like peace, I have a tendency to argue for fun, sport, and to change a person’s mind when possible. I think D_F’s personal position on the issue of abortion has shifted some over the years he’s been here (although I don’t have proof) but he does not yet realize that the Republicans are indefensible (at least here) when it comes to some issues..

Its now largely non-existent, both because I don’t feel competent to judge what is reasonable or not in such matters and because I could not square the standard pro-restrictions position with other things I believe about the use of force.

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thedopefishlives  Aug 8, 2015 • 3:47:00pm

re: #279 Backwoods_Sleuth

Well done!

Thanks. My folks did most of it while I was at work last weekend, but I filled in the rest after they left. This afternoon was the finishing pass, which was a pretty good effort to get everything wedged in place, but it’s set nicely now.

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TedStriker  Aug 8, 2015 • 3:47:16pm

re: #215 Backwoods_Sleuth

So crazy just now.
I reminded MrBWS that if there ever comes a weekend where there is nothing worth watching on the TV, I have every single episode of WKRP in Cincinnati on DVD.

Then I thumped my chest and said “it’s our HERITAGE!!!11!!!”
We laughed!

I’ve been meaning to get all of the seasons of WKRP for a long while, even with the lame music track substitutions they had to do because of all of the rights issues.

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Jenner7  Aug 8, 2015 • 3:47:30pm

Christian Taylor, Unarmed 19-Year-Old, Shot And Killed By Police

huffingtonpost.com

Follow twitter.com Shaun King’s time line for much more informaion.

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A Mom Anon  Aug 8, 2015 • 3:48:30pm

Apparently some “men of God” are now insisting that Margaret Sanger’s bust sculpture be removed from the Smithsonian. Sigh. So far all I can find are links on The Blaze and CNS “news” so I won’t post links. I really hope this is bullshit, because, well, enough already.

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Blind Frog Belly White  Aug 8, 2015 • 3:49:30pm

re: #284 TedStriker

I’ve been meaning to get all of the seasons of WKRP for a long while, even with the lame music track substitutions they had to do because of all of the rights issues.

As long as they still have the Mormon Tabernacle Choir singing ‘You’re Having My Baby’ in episode one. One of the best WKRP scenes, as Johnny rips the needle all the way across the disk…

*VVVRRRRRrrrRRRrrrrRRIPPPP!*

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Bubblehead II  Aug 8, 2015 • 3:52:36pm

re: #276 Dark_Falcon

In the future, don’t bother giving me that chance when I say something like that. My own observations are just educated guesses (sometimes semi-educated). Feel free to treat them as if I’d pulled them out of my ass unless shown otherwise.

History shows that you do “just pull them out of your ass” and then run away when called upon them. But don’t you have a dinner to go to?

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BeachDem  Aug 8, 2015 • 3:53:14pm

re: #284 TedStriker

I’ve been meaning to get all of the seasons of WKRP for a long while, even with the lame music track substitutions they had to do because of all of the rights issues.

I’m torn, because I love the show, but the music was such a big part of it. I hear they even changed Jennifer’s doorbell song.

I waited 25 years for “China Beach” to come out on DVD, because they were relentless about getting all the releases for the music—and it was worth the wait. I’m sad that WKRP gave up the ghost.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Aug 8, 2015 • 3:53:29pm

re: #284 TedStriker

I’ve been meaning to get all of the seasons of WKRP for a long while, even with the lame music track substitutions they had to do because of all of the rights issues.

I got the complete boxed set from Amazon a while back.

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goddamnedfrank  Aug 8, 2015 • 3:53:31pm

Trump’s supporters must be the dumbest motherfuckers imaginable.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Aug 8, 2015 • 3:54:47pm

re: #291 goddamnedfrank

Trump’s supporters must be the dumbest motherfuckers imaginable.

[Embedded content]

But does Megyn float?
Does she weigh more than a duck?

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Blind Frog Belly White  Aug 8, 2015 • 3:54:54pm

re: #291 goddamnedfrank

Trump’s supporters must be the dumbest motherfuckers imaginable.

Whatever @realDonaldTrump said as a private citizen is irrelevant.

History Begins Tomorrow!

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wrenchwench  Aug 8, 2015 • 3:56:04pm

re: #282 Dark_Falcon

Its now largely non-existent, both because I don’t feel competent to judge what is reasonable or not in such matters and because I could not square the standard pro-restrictions position with other things I believe about the use of force.

I wasn’t asking, and your response is vague enough to preclude discussion, but I don’t think it is possible to hold a non-existent belief (either that or it’s so metaphysical it’s too far beyond me.)

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dog philosopher ஐஒஔ௸  Aug 8, 2015 • 3:59:42pm

re: #272 darthstar

We don’t talk about band camp.

i never talk about mine camp where i went that bully adolph either

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Aug 8, 2015 • 4:00:20pm

re: #278 Dark_Falcon

No, articles I read, not articles I post.

And, for the record, you did say this:

I cite no source, my comment was based on my own observations of articles posted here and elsewhere of laws being passed.

I specifically asked you to cite what articles you saw posted HERE to support your personal observations, and you replied with guns dot com.

I will stop beating this poor dead horse.

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Blind Frog Belly White  Aug 8, 2015 • 4:01:57pm

re: #296 Backwoods_Sleuth

And, for the record, you did say this:

I specifically asked you to cite what articles you saw posted HERE to support your personal observations, and you replied with guns dot com.

I will stop beating this poor dead horse.

It’s in a better place, now.

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Dark_Falcon  Aug 8, 2015 • 4:02:24pm

re: #288 Bubblehead II

History shows that you do “just pull them out of your ass” and then run away when called upon them. But don’t you have a dinner to go to?

I pushed it back to stay here a bit longer, for you guys.

Edited.

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Belafon  Aug 8, 2015 • 4:05:53pm

re: #277 thedopefishlives

For those of you who might be interested in my weekend project over the last couple of weeks, this is the end result of my bricklaying:

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You built a wife and kid?!! Awesome.

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Bubblehead II  Aug 8, 2015 • 4:06:31pm

Lizards, I’m calling it a night. Unlike D.F, I leave without any questions asked and unanswered as well as some music to boot.

…

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bratwurst  Aug 8, 2015 • 4:08:00pm

re: #225 Dark_Falcon

Personal observation.

That is not how it works around here and I KNOW you know better.

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Belafon  Aug 8, 2015 • 4:09:12pm

re: #243 darthstar

Just curious where you got Clinton in that article.

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jaunte  Aug 8, 2015 • 4:09:26pm

Entangled whale set free.

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Dark_Falcon  Aug 8, 2015 • 4:09:41pm

re: #298 Dark_Falcon

Had to edit that, due to some Firefox-related silliness.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Aug 8, 2015 • 4:11:13pm

re: #297 Blind Frog Belly White

It’s in a better place, now.

It’s running free now.

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thedopefishlives  Aug 8, 2015 • 4:12:46pm

re: #305 Backwoods_Sleuth

It’s running free now.

It’s pinin’ for the fjords.

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De Kolta Chair  Aug 8, 2015 • 4:14:44pm

Dick Nixon or Ted Cruz, or is there a diff?

John Romita

Remember kids, dick Nixon before he dicks you.

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wrenchwench  Aug 8, 2015 • 4:16:54pm
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De Kolta Chair  Aug 8, 2015 • 4:21:50pm

I’m in a Bob Dylan frame of mind

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jaunte  Aug 8, 2015 • 4:24:13pm

Houston anti-gay activist still trying to spread bathroom panic.

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thedopefishlives  Aug 8, 2015 • 4:27:27pm

re: #310 jaunte

The thing of it is, I’m sure there are probably some sleazy guys who would try to pass themselves off as transgender to do sleazy things like that. But why the hell should that require discrimination against all trans people?

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aagcobb  Aug 8, 2015 • 4:29:41pm

re: #307 De Kolta Chair

Dick Nixon or Ted Cruz, or is there a diff?

[Embedded content]

Remember kids, dick Nixon before he dicks you.

FF movie reportedly so bad, even the director dissed it in a quickly deleted tweet.

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dog philosopher ஐஒஔ௸  Aug 8, 2015 • 4:30:15pm

whut th fuck is up w these ‘protesters’ disrupting bernie’s rallies?

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bratwurst  Aug 8, 2015 • 4:31:09pm

A cartoon just came to my attention that demonstrates how integral anti-Semitism is to the whole “Cuckservative” thing, and that these people are firmly in the Trump camp. I am not sure anyone here would actually want to see it…or even NEED to see it in order to confirm any of the above though.

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De Kolta Chair  Aug 8, 2015 • 4:31:41pm
Roz Chast

Just spent a couple of hours hoisting drinks with several delightfully doofy nerds.

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Skip Intro  Aug 8, 2015 • 4:33:18pm
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goddamnedfrank  Aug 8, 2015 • 4:33:36pm

Trump’s massive popularity in GOP primary polling is entirely due to Republicans being at their core a bunch of racist, sexist, revenge oriented bullies. They not only enjoy the very things that intelligent, well adjusted, introspective people are absolutely disgusted by, the entire point is to generate that feeling of absolute revulsion in others. The modern GOP is, at its base, a party of abusive trolls who define themselves according to an ever worsening set of social behavior norms.

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dog philosopher ஐஒஔ௸  Aug 8, 2015 • 4:34:04pm

re: #307 De Kolta Chair

Dick Nixon or Ted Cruz, or is there a diff?

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Remember kids, dick Nixon before he dicks you.

duck nixon still lives!

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thedopefishlives  Aug 8, 2015 • 4:34:12pm

re: #316 Skip Intro

DERPITY DERPITY DERPITY DERPITY DERPITY DERPITY DERPITY DERPITY

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Dark_Falcon  Aug 8, 2015 • 4:34:36pm

re: #314 bratwurst

A cartoon just came to my attention that demonstrates how integral anti-Semitism is to the whole “Cuckservative” thing, and that these people are firmly in the Trump camp. I am not sure anyone here would actually want to see it…or even NEED to see it in order to confirm any of the above though.

It’s racism has already been documented, so I’d say post it using the ‘spoiler’ option, so those who don’t want to see it don’t have to.

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kirkspencer  Aug 8, 2015 • 4:34:40pm

re: #286 A Mom Anon

Apparently some “men of God” are now insisting that Margaret Sanger’s bust sculpture be removed from the Smithsonian. Sigh. So far all I can find are links on The Blaze and CNS “news” so I won’t post links. I really hope this is bullshit, because, well, enough already.

I am reminded of the “men of god” (tm) who destroyed the Buddhas of Bamiyan

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Lidane  Aug 8, 2015 • 4:34:46pm
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bratwurst  Aug 8, 2015 • 4:36:47pm

In other news Jake Tapper is tweeting a link to a fanciful American Spectator piece with the dubious thesis that Ross Perot’s run actually HELPED George H.W. Bush.

Who is the bigger idiot: the author of the piece or the so-called journalist who tweets it out?

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Aug 8, 2015 • 4:38:35pm

I’ve got a fun photo I took several years ago for the next open thread.
It’s stained glass window in a cathedral that has an anatomical weirdness (and it’s safe for the kids to find).

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FormerDirtDart  Aug 8, 2015 • 4:39:59pm
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JadeHelmCurious  Aug 8, 2015 • 4:40:12pm

I got Stranahan on the tip. He’s on a What About Black on Black Crime spree.

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PhillyPretzel  Aug 8, 2015 • 4:40:15pm

I posted a page on Stanley Clarke. As I said in my page I found this gem when I was poking around WHYY’s website. littlegreenfootballs.com

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wrenchwench  Aug 8, 2015 • 4:41:02pm

re: #313 dog philosopher ஐஒஔ௸

whut th fuck is up w these ‘protesters’ disrupting bernie’s rallies?

Here’s a twitter answer:

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bratwurst  Aug 8, 2015 • 4:42:59pm

re: #320 Dark_Falcon

It’s racism has already been documented, so I’d say post it using the ‘spoiler’ option, so those who don’t want to see it don’t have to.

That is probably the way to go…but I want you to be sure to click on it so you can see the lovely people who you are sharing a “big tent” with these days.

Anyone reading this who hasn’t tried to make a rational explanation for the Trump phenomenon (other than white nationalists being a measurable part of the GOP coalition, of course) is advised to click with great caution.

Click to Reveal
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Backwoods_Sleuth  Aug 8, 2015 • 4:45:43pm

teehee

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Dark_Falcon  Aug 8, 2015 • 4:46:00pm

re: #330 bratwurst

You’re right, its filthy.

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De Kolta Chair  Aug 8, 2015 • 4:46:21pm

re: #324 Varek Raith

Shirtless man claiming to be Tarzan arrested after swinging from trees at California zoo

Holding in these moobs is not an easy task, I’ll have you know
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Dark_Falcon  Aug 8, 2015 • 4:47:05pm

re: #307 De Kolta Chair

Dick Nixon or Ted Cruz, or is there a diff?

[Embedded content]

Remember kids, dick Nixon before he dicks you.

Nixon was well to the left of Ted Cruz.

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teleskiguy  Aug 8, 2015 • 4:47:11pm

Umphrey’s McGee is streaming their concert in Indiana tonight. It’s just getting started.

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BeachDem  Aug 8, 2015 • 4:48:18pm

re: #291 goddamnedfrank

Trump’s supporters must be the dumbest motherfuckers imaginable.

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And the gang who put together the change.org petition together are so naive pathetic.

Megyn Kelly finds the state of our union amusing and “fun”, whereas the viewers (our fellow citizens) deserve a much more serious moderator…
Ultimately, she did not live up to the “fair and balanced” slogan at Fox News and News Corporation.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Aug 8, 2015 • 4:48:41pm
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Backwoods_Sleuth  Aug 8, 2015 • 4:50:03pm

BTW, It’s International Cat Day.
Here’s one for the LGF cat guys:

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Lidane  Aug 8, 2015 • 4:51:16pm

re: #334 Dark_Falcon

Nixon was well to the left of Ted Cruz.

Nixon is well to the left of the modern Republican party. He couldn’t get elected dog catcher in 2015. Taking the US off the gold standard. Normalizing relations with China. OSHA. The EPA. The Clean Air and Clean Water acts. Title IX.

Even the fact that he was a terrible human being and a raging anti-Semite couldn’t save him in today’s GOP. The bills he signed would have him tarred and feathered and called a RINO.

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thedopefishlives  Aug 8, 2015 • 4:53:53pm

re: #339 Lidane

I’ve always wondered why the Right didn’t idolize Tricky Dick the way they did Saint Ronald. It’s not like Reagan was as conservative as everyone fantasizes him to be, as has been pointed out here before.

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De Kolta Chair  Aug 8, 2015 • 4:57:01pm

re: #334 Dark_Falcon

Nixon was well to the left of Ted Cruz.

Brezhnev would’ve had a field day with Cruz on Bebe Rebozo’s yacht.

Didn’t Philip K. Dick write a short story about that? If not, he shoulda.

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wrenchwench  Aug 8, 2015 • 4:57:25pm

re: #338 Backwoods_Sleuth

BTW, It’s International Cat Day.
Here’s one for the LGF cat guys:

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Mr. w had never had a pet before I brought two cats home. They were going to live at the shop, but I brought them home on weekends, and once they came home for Thanksgiving, they never went back to the shop. One of them took a particular shine to Mr. w, and likes to drink coffee from his mustache.

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Jenner7  Aug 8, 2015 • 4:59:14pm

Really?

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BeenHereAwhile  Aug 8, 2015 • 5:13:19pm

re: #281 Blind Frog Belly White

Sounds like fun!

I’ve got a pork shoulder marinating in Cuban Mojo for tomorrow, and some more pork braising in some Anchor Porter Braising Sauce I picked up at Williams Sonoma one day, when The Older Boy and I dropped by to pester visit his girlfriend at work. I’ll probably make some mashed spuds to go with that, and rice and black beans for the pork tomorrow. Oh, and a bushel of salad.

I guess you can tell - I like pork.

Do you use a china box?

(Great memories of Cuban friends roasting pork shoulders or whole pigs using home made China box in their backyards in Miami)

…

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dog philosopher ஐஒஔ௸  Aug 8, 2015 • 5:14:36pm

re: #343 Jenner7

[Embedded content]

Really?

my reaction to this strategy is to remember sonny bono’s older, smarter brother:

cui bono?

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De Kolta Chair  Aug 8, 2015 • 5:15:01pm

re: #343 Jenner7

[Embedded content]

Really?

I don’t get it. Bernie’s one of the good guys.

Politics are bizarre.

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BeenHereAwhile  Aug 8, 2015 • 5:21:22pm

re: #334 Dark_Falcon

Nixon was well to the left of Ted Cruz.

I was very critical of Nixon during his presidency, e.g., anyone remember how the press was not allowed to record Kissinger speaking (film only, no audio) due to his thick German accent.

Nixon was a scary president, and I never thought I’d miss Nixon; who probably would have passed universal health care except for Ted Kennedy.

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Blind Frog Belly White  Aug 8, 2015 • 5:27:14pm

re: #311 thedopefishlives

The thing of it is, I’m sure there are probably some sleazy guys who would try to pass themselves off as transgender to do sleazy things like that. But why the hell should that require discrimination against all trans people?

They’ll be disappointed by the lack of naked pillow fights in the Ladies’ Rooms.

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Blind Frog Belly White  Aug 8, 2015 • 5:29:55pm

re: #327 JadeHelmCurious

[Embedded content]

I got Stranahan on the tip. He’s on a What About Black on Black Crime spree.

Generally, they get the Argumentum ad Hominem Fallacy wrong:

“Your argument is wrong because you’re an idiot” - ad Hominem.

“You’re an idiot because your argument is wrong” - NOT ad Hominem.

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Blind Frog Belly White  Aug 8, 2015 • 5:30:36pm

Oh, goddamit. You all pissed off upstairs, didn’t you?

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Decatur Deb  Aug 8, 2015 • 5:31:38pm

re: #343 Jenner7

[Embedded content]

Really?

Guess she taught him.

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Blind Frog Belly White  Aug 8, 2015 • 5:35:49pm

re: #344 BeenHereAwhile

Do you use a china box?

(Great memories of Cuban friends roasting pork shoulders or whole pigs using home made China box in their backyards in Miami)

[Embedded content]

Video

Nope. I had never seen one of those.

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goddamnedfrank  Aug 8, 2015 • 5:54:48pm

Edit: shit, need to check if there’s a new thread.

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dholmes32  Aug 8, 2015 • 5:55:58pm

re: #316 Skip Intro

Embedded Image

This came on as I was listening to a-ha’s “Take Me On.” Works great!

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The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge  Aug 8, 2015 • 6:15:09pm

re: #349 Blind Frog Belly White

Generally, they get the Argumentum ad Hominem Fallacy wrong:

“Your argument is wrong because you’re an idiot” - ad Hominem.

“You’re an idiot because your argument is wrong” - NOT ad Hominem.

My standard version is:

“You’re an asshole, and your argument is wrong”—simple insult.

“You’re an asshole, therefore your argument is wrong”—ad hominem fallacy.


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