Marco Rubio Now Says He’s Against Abortion Without Exceptions for Rape or Life of the Mother

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It’s a mark of how extreme the conservative movement has become that Republican candidates for President are now saying they’re against abortion in all cases without exception, even for rape or when the mother’s life is in danger. The latest one to come out and say this is Marco Rubio — even though he previously said he did support exceptions.

In his usual weasely fashion, though, he’s still trying to have it both ways.

Rubio said he recognized that women have the right to make decisions about their own bodies, but that clashes with “the right of a human being to live.”

“I don’t say it’s easy,” Rubio said. “But when asked to make a decision between two very hard circumstances, I personally reached the decision, if I’m going to err, I’m going to err on the side of life.”

For Rubio, taking a bold stance against exceptions could hurt his standing with women. Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker and former Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee have also said they do not support abortion in any cases.

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439 comments
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Lidane  Aug 10, 2015 • 11:20:36am

One of many, many reasons I will never vote Republican again.

I understand being personally opposed to abortion. I don’t understand being willing to let women die over that belief.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Aug 10, 2015 • 11:20:46am
“But when asked to make a decision between two very hard circumstances, I personally reached the decision, if I’m going to err, I’m going to err on the side of life.”

Rubio is allowed to make a personal decision, but women need to just STFU.

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Kragar  Aug 10, 2015 • 11:21:00am

Marco Rubio can fuck right off.

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HappyWarrior  Aug 10, 2015 • 11:21:02am

Marco Rubio always has been and always will be a pandering little weasel. And this is yet another reason why it’s a joke to call Rubio a “moderate.” Moderates don’t oppose abortion in all cases like he does.

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HappyWarrior  Aug 10, 2015 • 11:21:56am

re: #1 Lidane

One of many, many reasons I will never vote Republican again.

I understand being personally opposed to abortion. I don’t understand being willing to let women die over that belief.

That kind of belief like those of the RCC bishops who excommunicated doctors in Brazil for performing an abortion on a 10 year old girl.

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calochortus  Aug 10, 2015 • 11:22:19am

So next time Rubio gets pregnant he will carry to term?

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HappyWarrior  Aug 10, 2015 • 11:22:30am

re: #2 Backwoods_Sleuth

Rubio is allowed to make a personal decision, but women need to just STFU.

I’ve reached a personal decision too and it’s that Marco Rubio shouldn’t be in the US Senate.

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Iwouldprefernotto  Aug 10, 2015 • 11:23:48am

Good for him. This will make it even less likely that a Republican will be elected POTUS in my lifetime.

I don’t believe for a second that he would let his wife/daughter die instead of getting an abortion.

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The Vicious Babushka  Aug 10, 2015 • 11:24:16am

There is A Idiot in my timeline

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Lidane  Aug 10, 2015 • 11:24:17am

re: #5 HappyWarrior

That kind of belief like those of the RCC bishops who excommunicated doctors in Brazil for performing an abortion on a 10 year old girl.

Or the woman who died in Ireland.

I mean really — if your “ethics” tell you that it’s okay for a pregnant woman to die instead of intervening in her medical emergency or that a 10 year old who’d been repeatedly raped by her stepfather should give birth, then your “ethics” suck. You’re a terrible excuse for a human being.

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Charles Johnson  Aug 10, 2015 • 11:26:03am

We shouldn’t even be talking about “exceptions.” Fuck this language. The decision to have an abortion should be made by a woman and her doctor, PERIOD. End of story. The government should stay the hell out of it.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Aug 10, 2015 • 11:26:04am

re: #9 The Vicious Babushka

There is A Idiot in my timeline

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He’s been tweeting stupid abortion shit at Charles for the last hour or so.

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The Vicious Babushka  Aug 10, 2015 • 11:26:38am

re: #10 Lidane

Or the woman who died in Ireland.

I mean really — if your “ethics” tell you that it’s okay for a pregnant woman to die instead of intervening in her medical emergency or that a 10 year old who’d been repeatedly raped by her stepfather should give birth, then your “ethics” suck. You’re a terrible excuse for a human being.

When complications develop the situation can deteriorate very quickly. There is no time to go back and forth second-guessing legal conditions.

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Lidane  Aug 10, 2015 • 11:27:14am

re: #11 Charles Johnson

We shouldn’t even be talking about “exceptions.” Fuck this language. The decision to have an abortion should be made by a woman and her doctor, PERIOD. End of story. The government should stay the hell out of it.

Well, yes. But because we’ve decided as a society that exceptions are a thing, this stupidity inevitably comes up in conversation.

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Kragar  Aug 10, 2015 • 11:28:34am

re: #9 The Vicious Babushka

I blocked him a while back.

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HappyWarrior  Aug 10, 2015 • 11:28:36am

re: #10 Lidane

Or the woman who died in Ireland.

I mean really — if your “ethics” tell you that it’s okay for a pregnant woman to die instead of intervening in her medical emergency or that a 10 year old who’d been repeatedly raped by her stepfather should give birth, then your “ethics” suck. You’re a terrible excuse for a human being.

Oh yes that too. And agree absolutely about their “ethics.”

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Higgs Boson's Mate  Aug 10, 2015 • 11:29:13am

Another example of conservatives’ selfless willingness to sacrifice the lives of countless others for their ideals.

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jamesfirecat  Aug 10, 2015 • 11:29:17am

re: #16 HappyWarrior

Oh yes that too. And agree absolutely about their “ethics.”

It’s about the Ethics in Reproductive Strategies…

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aagcobb  Aug 10, 2015 • 11:29:21am

re: #8 Iwouldprefernotto

Good for him. This will make it even less likely that a Republican will be elected POTUS in my lifetime.

I don’t believe for a second that he would let his wife/daughter die instead of getting an abortion.

Of course not. These rules are for those people, the irresponsible sluts who sleep around. Not good, family values Republicans who have legitimate needs./

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HappyWarrior  Aug 10, 2015 • 11:30:26am

You want to lessen abortion you say?
Okay, how do you feel about birth control?
Oh you’re against that even for married couples.
How about sex ed being taught in schools?
Nope, you support abstinence only programs.
Oh how about supporting poor and unwed mothers with programs like welfare and food stamps?
Oh you want to cut those and in some cases get rid of them entirely.
Yeah buddy you ain’t prolife. You’re pro forcing a woman to be pregnant.

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wrenchwench  Aug 10, 2015 • 11:30:46am

If a woman’s life is in danger, and there is readily available medical care that will save her life, and a decision is made to withhold that care, I think that’s called ‘murder’.

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Higgs Boson's Mate  Aug 10, 2015 • 11:31:44am

re: #19 aagcobb

Of course not. These rules are for those people, the irresponsible sluts who sleep around. Not good, family values Republicans who have legitimate needs./

Not to mention the fact that they can be coated with forgiveness no later than the following Sunday.

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HappyWarrior  Aug 10, 2015 • 11:31:53am

re: #11 Charles Johnson

We shouldn’t even be talking about “exceptions.” Fuck this language. The decision to have an abortion should be made by a woman and her doctor, PERIOD. End of story. The government should stay the hell out of it.

And this is the party and ideology that claims to champion individual liberty. Fuckers like Rubio care more about protecting guns than to women’s rights. Yep, they value an inanimate fucking object more than they do half the population’s right to do what she wants to do with her body.

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HappyWarrior  Aug 10, 2015 • 11:32:16am

re: #21 wrenchwench

If a woman’s life is in danger, and there is readily available medical care that will save her life, and a decision is made to withhold that care, I think that’s called ‘murder’.

At the absolute very least, it is medical malpractice.

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Jenner7  Aug 10, 2015 • 11:32:18am

Netta, Cornel West, and DeRay have been arrested…

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Fourth Football of the Apocalypse  Aug 10, 2015 • 11:32:23am

Is this more of that “less government” they’re always demanding?

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The Vicious Babushka  Aug 10, 2015 • 11:32:33am

re: #15 Kragar

I blocked him a while back.

I just blocked him now.

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blueraven  Aug 10, 2015 • 11:32:44am

Taking republican positions to its logical conclusion; every miscarriage would be subject to a murder investigation.

Damn them to Hell.

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HappyWarrior  Aug 10, 2015 • 11:32:47am

re: #25 Jenner7

Netta, Cornel West, and DeRay have been arrested…

Damn. Stay safe guys.

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HappyWarrior  Aug 10, 2015 • 11:33:03am

re: #28 blueraven

Taking republican positions to its logical conclusion; every miscarriage would be subject to a murder investigation.

Damn them to Hell.

I suspect that is exactly what they want.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Aug 10, 2015 • 11:33:46am

re: #25 Jenner7

Netta, Cornel West, and DeRay have been arrested…

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Fourth Football of the Apocalypse  Aug 10, 2015 • 11:33:50am

re: #9 The Vicious Babushka

Then, no problem making abortion illegal after 24 weeks except for cases of rape, incest, and life of mom.

Is this more of that “less government”, etc…….

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EPR-radar  Aug 10, 2015 • 11:33:53am

Rubio is a man. Therefore it is categorically impossible for him to face a “difficult” decision relating to abortion.

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blueraven  Aug 10, 2015 • 11:33:58am

re: #25 Jenner7

Netta, Cornel West, and DeRay have been arrested…

From what I have been watching on MSNBC, being arrested was the goal.

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calochortus  Aug 10, 2015 • 11:34:05am

re: #28 blueraven

Taking republican positions to its logical conclusion; every miscarriage would be subject to a murder investigation.

Damn them to Hell.

Every menstrual period is suspicious.

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Higgs Boson's Mate  Aug 10, 2015 • 11:34:15am

re: #26 Fourth Football of the Apocalypse

Is this more of that “less government” they’re always demanding?

/

More government is less government when you understand it all correctly - and we’ve always been at war with Eastasia.

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HappyWarrior  Aug 10, 2015 • 11:35:10am

re: #33 EPR-radar

Rubio is a man. Therefore it is categorically impossible for him to face a “difficult” decision relating to abortion.

Exactly.

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ObserverArt  Aug 10, 2015 • 11:35:28am

Oh my. Now Dark_Falcon is going to have to reconsider his love for Marco.

You know, I would like to see all 17 GOP candidates run through an MRI scan before the next debate. I swear some of these clowns do not have a spine. I bet the MRIs would be telling.

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Jenner7  Aug 10, 2015 • 11:35:39am

re: #34 blueraven

Yes. They had a list of demands, one is to disband Ferguson PD.

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HappyWarrior  Aug 10, 2015 • 11:35:44am

re: #34 blueraven

From what I have been watching on MSNBC, being arrested was the goal.

Civil disobdience I reckon. I am sure NRO is all ready writing their smear story about these “race hustling agitators.”

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#FergusonFireside  Aug 10, 2015 • 11:36:12am

re: #25 Jenner7

Netta, Cornel West, and DeRay have been arrested…

Trying to shut them down. Oh no. Get ready.

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Jenner7  Aug 10, 2015 • 11:36:59am

Ferguson PD needed to go a year ago. Last night they were gassing people as they were leaving.

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wrenchwench  Aug 10, 2015 • 11:37:31am

re: #35 calochortus

Every menstrual period is suspicious.

It’s not a period, it’s a ‘failed impregnation’. Just need to investigate the reasons.

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thecommodore  Aug 10, 2015 • 11:37:34am

re: #8 Iwouldprefernotto

Good for him. This will make it even less likely that a Republican will be elected POTUS in my lifetime.

The GOP ceased being a relevant national party after the George W. Bush debacle. The demographics have been turning against them and will continue to do so. But the real danger they pose is at the state and local level, where they dominate.

I think we’re going to see outright bans like this - without a rape exception, or one to protect the life of the mother - from states with Scott Walker types in the Governor’s mansion over the next decade or so.

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HappyWarrior  Aug 10, 2015 • 11:38:07am

re: #38 ObserverArt

Oh my. Now Dark_Falcon is going to have to reconsider his love for Marco.

You know, I would like to see all 17 GOP candidates run through an MRI scan before the next debate. I swear some of these clowns do not have a spine. I bet the MRIs would be telling.

I was just thinking about that since I remember DF correctly telling PLL not to be too hard on a woman friend who is pro life since that’s her belief. I would hope that he would call out Marco here but given that he went through leaps and bounds to rationalize Marco likening Obama to Trump after the Iran deal, I am not optimistic. I like the guy but he’s an apologist for Republicans.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Aug 10, 2015 • 11:38:22am

re: #42 Jenner7

Ferguson PD needed to go a year ago. Last night they were gassing people as they were leaving.

Right now, it’s Homeland Security and St. Louis police making the arrests.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Aug 10, 2015 • 11:38:40am
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Skip Intro  Aug 10, 2015 • 11:39:19am

re: #38 ObserverArt

Oh my. Now Dark_Falcon is going to have to reconsider his love for Marco.

You know, I would like to see all 17 GOP candidates run through an MRI scan before the next debate. I swear some of these clowns do not have a spine. I bet the MRIs would be telling.

Why? DF will go for whoever the GOP choice is, even Trump. Abortion doesn’t affect DF, so why should he care?

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KGxvi  Aug 10, 2015 • 11:39:54am

re: #28 blueraven

Taking republican positions to its logical conclusion; every miscarriage would be subject to a murder investigation.

Oh, there’s plenty more invasions that could come of this line of thinking: Every time a woman drank alcohol or smoked a cigarette (or worse, weed), it’s a potential assault and battery that needs to be investigated… I mean, she could be pregnant and not know yet.

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jaunte  Aug 10, 2015 • 11:40:19am

Arrested for Having a Miscarriage? 7 Appalling Instances Where Pregnant Women Were Criminalized
alternet.org

A pregnant woman in Iowa fell down a flight of stairs and went to the hospital. The hospital reported her to the police who arrested her for “attempted fetal homicide.”
rhrealitycheck.org

“…Although Taylor was in the first part of her second trimester, the
nurse noted on her chart that she was in the first week of her third
trimester - the time when, under Iowa’s fetal homicide law, a violent act perpetrated against a pregnant woman could be considered criminal. The nurse called over the doctor who then called the police - which is when Christine Taylor found herself arrested and sent to jail for admitting uncertainty about her pregnancy and fear about raising three children on her own.”

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Smith25's Liberal Thighs  Aug 10, 2015 • 11:40:36am
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Backwoods_Sleuth  Aug 10, 2015 • 11:40:37am
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HappyWarrior  Aug 10, 2015 • 11:41:57am

re: #51 Smith25’s Liberal Thighs

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I hate that we have to live in a country where this woman has to fear that. I hate it.

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aagcobb  Aug 10, 2015 • 11:42:06am

re: #26 Fourth Football of the Apocalypse

Is this more of that “less government” they’re always demanding?

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Small enough to fit in a woman’s vagina.

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HappyWarrior  Aug 10, 2015 • 11:42:20am

re: #52 Backwoods_Sleuth

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Oh what the fucking name in the name of fuck.

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EPR-radar  Aug 10, 2015 • 11:42:27am

re: #44 thecommodore

The GOP ceased being a relevant national party after the George W. Bush debacle. The demographics have been turning against them and will continue to do so. But the real danger they pose is at the state and local level, where they dominate.

I think we’re going to see outright bans like this - without a rape exception, or one to protect the life of the mother - from states with Scott Walker types in the Governor’s mansion.

Bring it on. That kind of stuff will help with Democratic voter turnout, and should widen the gender gap nationwide. In the 2012 race, that was about 10%. If it widens to 15 or 20%, that would doom the Republicans in the POTUS race, and have significant further effects down-ballot.

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De Kolta Chair  Aug 10, 2015 • 11:42:36am

“Paging Dr. Freud, paging Dr. Freud…”

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HappyWarrior  Aug 10, 2015 • 11:43:50am

re: #57 De Kolta Chair

Paging Dr. Freud, paging Dr. Freud

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Would those be the same Bushes you’re on record as praising in the past Donny boy? I agree enough is enough but you supported the two that ran for president before and you had great things to say about Jeb too.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Aug 10, 2015 • 11:43:54am
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wrenchwench  Aug 10, 2015 • 11:45:10am

re: #49 KGxvi

Oh, there’s plenty more invasions that could come of this line of thinking: Every time a woman drank alcohol or smoked a cigarette (or worse, weed), it’s a potential assault and battery that needs to be investigated… I mean, she could be pregnant and not know yet.

Which is the time when the embryo is most at risk, and so all young women are at risk from the fetus fetishists.

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HappyWarrior  Aug 10, 2015 • 11:45:14am

re: #56 EPR-radar

Bring it on. That kind of stuff will help with Democratic voter turnout, and should widen the gender gap nationwide. In the 2012 race, that was about 10%. If it widens to 15 or 20%, that would doom the Republicans in the POTUS race, and have significant fursth effects down-ballot.

The changing demographics of this country is going to be the right as we know it’s death knell IMO. Not saying the right will go away but I expect by the time I’m in my 50’s in a couple decades that the right as we know it will be different than the present right. I’m hoping it’s a sane center right rather than a UKIP like party.

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lawhawk  Aug 10, 2015 • 11:45:19am

The weasels are out there:

Cruz pulls this same nonsense re: abortion and lives mattering, except that he’s a supporter of the death penalty, so not all lives matter so much. He just cares more about the life of a fetus than he does the mother. Or anyone who is outside the womb.

The GOP is the pro-birth party, because they could care less what happens once you’re outside the womb. Screw health care, food, and the general welfare. The GOP just wants to force women to carry to term with no intention of providing any assistance or alternative to carrying to term a fetus that the mother doesn’t want, or where birth control failed (if it was even obtainable).

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Jenner7  Aug 10, 2015 • 11:45:23am

Gotta clean house. Hope they’re all released soon…bbl.

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Kragar  Aug 10, 2015 • 11:45:58am

Katie McDonough at Fusion pointed out, Rubio’s answer was a “roundabout” personhood argument.

By saying that the Constitution already entitles fertilized eggs and fetuses to “the protection of our laws” and that Congress merely needs to “pass a law” stating that “says all human life at every stage of its development is worthy of protection,” Rubio seems to be arguing for a personhood bill such as that proposed by fellow GOP presidential candidate Rand Paul in the Senate. (Personhood proponents believe that there is a loophole in Roe v. Wade that allows a ban on all abortions and some common forms of birth control to be accomplished legislatively, rather than through a constitutional amendment.)

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HappyWarrior  Aug 10, 2015 • 11:46:06am

re: #62 lawhawk

The weasels are out there:

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Cruz pulls this same nonsense re: abortion and lives mattering, except that he’s a supporter of the death penalty, so not all lives matter so much. He just cares more about the life of a fetus than he does the mother. Or anyone who is outside the womb.

The GOP is the pro-birth party, because they could care less what happens once you’re outside the womb. Screw health care, food, and the general welfare. The GOP just wants to force women to carry to term with no intention of providing any assistance or alternative to carrying to term a fetus that the mother doesn’t want, or where birth control failed (if it was even obtainable).

Exactly.

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lawhawk  Aug 10, 2015 • 11:47:14am

Speaking of weasels:

The STL political order is unchanged from last year, and they’re pulling the same crap they did last year. Harassing journalists and arresting protesters for engaging in lawful 1A free speech. Those violations cannot go unremarked upon.

This continues to go to the systemic problems in the greater STL area that are unresolved in the past year and it isn’t just Ferguson.

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ObserverArt  Aug 10, 2015 • 11:47:23am

re: #48 Skip Intro

Why? DF will go for whoever the GOP choice is, even Trump. Abortion doesn’t affect DF, so why should he care?

Well, just in the last day or so Dark expressed his admiration for Marco because he is young and moderate. And, I don’t think Dark is for outlawing abortion in rape and medical circumstances to safe the bearers life. So, he is now faced with what almost everyone tries to tell him…Marco is just another pandering GOP presidential candidate.

I know he will vote Republican anyway…but his excuses are running out to make it seems like there is a legit reason to support this pack of clowns. He is almost down to “I vote Republican” as his sole reason. There can’t be much else!

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HappyWarrior  Aug 10, 2015 • 11:47:41am

that weird feeling knowing that Jeb Bush’s grandpa was more progressive on women’s issues than any Republican running including his grandson.

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Eventual Carrion  Aug 10, 2015 • 11:48:15am

re: #47 Backwoods_Sleuth

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So Constitution.

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Skip Intro  Aug 10, 2015 • 11:48:32am

Poor, abused Erick Erickson whines his heart out when the people he cultivates turn on him.

What happens when you rescind an invitation to Donald Trump? Well, my RedState email is suddenly maxed out due to a flood of very angry emails. I’ve been called queer, an n-word lover, Megyn Kelly has been referred to as the c-word. My office phone line’s voicemail has also gotten maxed out with angry phone calls.

Last night, people were leaving voicemails in my hotel room — having somehow managed to navigate the hotel switch board. At 3 o’clock this morning I had to unplug the phones in my room. My twitter feed is unusable. It’s just angry people, many of them very recently created accounts of people following few others and with little to no followers. But I can’t interact with much of anyone because of the timeline.

Greta Van Susteren exacerbated it earlier today with her tweet piling on me, which brought in her followers on top of Donald Trump’s. They could not really distinguish that I had apologized for things I had said and Trump just changed his story. Facebook is much the same way. RedState suffered a denial of service attack throughout the night and into this morning.

Yesterday, my wife and kids had to pack up and leave the hotel because the few angry people were very loud and vocal as my kids were present. The kids got upset and scared so were unable to see the Gathering or go to last night’s party. The party itself was fine. Only two people told me they disagreed and they characterized it as “understanding but disappointed.” It’s the whirlwind of hate right now, but at least voicemail is maxed out and email is crashed. Would I do it again? Absolutely. Rescinding my invitation to Donald Trump was the right thing to do.

redstate.com

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The Vicious Babushka  Aug 10, 2015 • 11:49:01am

What in the utter fuck

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calochortus  Aug 10, 2015 • 11:50:05am

re: #64 Kragar

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Even if the fetus is a person with a right to vote, carry a gun and drink alcohol, it still wouldn’t have the right to demand that another person (the mother) provide bodily fluids and the use of her organs for the benefit of the fetus. Unless the laws are changed to require that for people who have already been born. (Hey, Marco, your mandatory blood donation is at 2:30 tomorrow…)

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Aug 10, 2015 • 11:50:05am

re: #70 Skip Intro

Poor, abused Erick Erickson whines his heart out when the people he cultivates turn on him.

redstate.com

How can he tell he’s not reading comments at RedState?

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Aug 10, 2015 • 11:50:20am
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Smith25's Liberal Thighs  Aug 10, 2015 • 11:50:27am

re: #71 The Vicious Babushka

What in the utter fuck

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wrenchwench  Aug 10, 2015 • 11:50:35am

re: #64 Kragar

Rubio seems to be arguing for a personhood bill such as that proposed by fellow GOP presidential candidate Rand Paul in the Senate. (Personhood proponents believe that there is a loophole in Roe v. Wade that allows a ban on all abortions and some common forms of birth control to be accomplished legislatively, rather than through a constitutional amendment.)

The only way to confer personhood on a non-viable life form is to remove the personhood of the creator and carrier of it.

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HappyWarrior  Aug 10, 2015 • 11:50:47am

re: #67 ObserverArt

Well, just in the last day or so Dark expressed his admiration for Marco because he is young and moderate. And, I don’t think Dark is for outlawing abortion in rape and medical circumstances to safe the bearers life. So, he is now faced with what almost everyone tries to tell him…Marco is just another pandering GOP presidential candidate.

I know he will vote Republican anyway…but his excuses are running out to make it seems like there is a legit reason to support this pack of clowns. He is almost down to “I vote Republican” as his sole reason. There can’t be much else!

Marco’s no moderate. As for DF, I agree with you, his sole reason seems to be “I vote Republican” and I recall seeing him say he was afraid his father and best friend would be angry with him if he didn’t. In that way, I feel bad for him. I understand not wanting to disappoint someone but if DF’s principles are moving away from the GOP and I really really hope that we have persuaded him on some points (I think he accepts SSM now for instance) than he shouldn’t vote for that party. I can’t claim to obviously know his father or friend but if they would treat him like crap over a vote, I think that’s pretty dickish behavior. Two of my best friends are people who have radically different ways of looking at the world than I do. I don’t let politics define my friendships. It helps to agree more than not but if you’ve been there for me through hard times and good, I’m not going to desert you over politics.

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HappyWarrior  Aug 10, 2015 • 11:51:16am

re: #74 Backwoods_Sleuth

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Fucking hack.

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EPR-radar  Aug 10, 2015 • 11:52:01am

re: #67 ObserverArt

Well, just in the last day or so Dark expressed his admiration for Marco because he is young and moderate. And, I don’t think Dark is for outlawing abortion in rape and medical circumstances to safe the bearers life. So, he is now faced with what almost everyone tries to tell him…Marco is just another pandering GOP presidential candidate.

I know he will vote Republican anyway…but his excuses are running out to make it seems like there is a legit reason to support this pack of clowns. He is almost down to “I vote Republican” as his sole reason. There can’t be much else!

I have never seen anything other than “I vote Republican” from DF. Did I miss some real attempt at justification?

Let’s face facts. There is no justification for voting Republican that makes sense unless the person doing the justifying is a wingnut that is properly represented by the GOP as it presently is.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Aug 10, 2015 • 11:52:01am
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HappyWarrior  Aug 10, 2015 • 11:52:29am

re: #70 Skip Intro

Poor, abused Erick Erickson whines his heart out when the people he cultivates turn on him.

redstate.com

I’d feel bad for him but then I remember that this is the guy who called Wendy Davis “abortion barbie.” I mean I am glad he called out Trump but the guy’s a hypocritical weasel. Why the hell they are calling him a “n-word lover” and by the way Erick, still in denial about the racism that is dominant in your idelogy eh?

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Aug 10, 2015 • 11:54:11am
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HappyWarrior  Aug 10, 2015 • 11:54:30am

re: #79 EPR-radar

I have never seen anything other than “I vote Republican” from DF. Did I miss some real attempt at justification?

Let’s face facts. There is no justification for voting Republican that makes sense unless the person doing the justifying is a wingnut that is properly represented by the GOP as it presently is.

I think what Art means is DF votes Republican because he feels its his obligation. I know he has principles but I really think part of why he continues to pull that lever for the GOP even though he knows the party’s gone bezerk is some misguided loyalty to the party. Maybe he has fond memories of attending a Reagan or Bush for president rally as a kid and it’s given him a starry eyed vision of what the GOP is. I try not to push too hard on him since I think he’s a genuinely nice guy who does listen to other points of view and does take a lot of flack here from people who think his party is garbage.

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nines09  Aug 10, 2015 • 11:54:42am

But you know as well as I do that if any female in his family needed an abortion to save her life, it would be done in a heartbeat. His views, like all the other GOP hacks, are just for us. Not him and his. Nope. You and me can die. Fuck each and every one of these weasels. Just for you and me….

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Skip Intro  Aug 10, 2015 • 11:56:12am

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calochortus  Aug 10, 2015 • 11:56:53am

re: #77 HappyWarrior

Marco’s no moderate. As for DF, I agree with you, his sole reason seems to be “I vote Republican” and I recall seeing him say he was afraid his father and best friend would be angry with him if he didn’t. In that way, I feel bad for him. I understand not wanting to disappoint someone but if DF’s principles are moving away from the GOP and I really really hope that we have persuaded him on some points (I think he accepts SSM now for instance) than he shouldn’t vote for that party. I can’t claim to obviously know his father or friend but if they would treat him like crap over a vote, I think that’s pretty dickish behavior. Two of my best friends are people who have radically different ways of looking at the world than I do. I don’t let politics define my friendships. It helps to agree more than not but if you’ve been there for me through hard times and good, I’m not going to desert you over politics.

On the other hand, people can’t always explain why they vote the way they do. My late sister-in-law just couldn’t make herself vote for a Democrat. She was a fine, kind, intelligent and reasonably liberal woman, but she could neither vote Democratic, nor explain why she just couldn’t do it.
DF may change over time. He may truly be voting GOP because he respects his father, or that may just be a way to verbalize why he does what he does. Whatever. I still like the guy.

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HappyWarrior  Aug 10, 2015 • 11:56:55am

re: #84 nines09

But you know as well as I do that if any female in his family needed an abortion to save her life, it would be done in a heartbeat. His views, like all the other GOP hacks, are just for us. Not him and his. Nope. You and me can die. Fuck each and every one of these weasels. Just for you and me….

I wouldn’t even have to think about it. I’d be like “You’re my wife/daughter/sister/cousin/mother, of course.” I remember my grandmother who is probably one of the most religious people I know saying she always had a problem with those opposed to abortion in the life of the mother especially if that mother already had children. Her thoughts were “So, you’d make the other children lose their mother?” Rubio may be a young man politically, hell he was still in high school when I was born but his ideology is no different from the clerics of the distant past.

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The Vicious Babushka  Aug 10, 2015 • 11:57:38am

re: #85 Skip Intro

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tl;dr

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Aug 10, 2015 • 11:57:42am
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Smith25's Liberal Thighs  Aug 10, 2015 • 11:57:47am

Those of us around here that watched many hours of protests in Ferguson/STL probably agree, that tonight could get tense. Especially with many of the clergy arrested, and not on the front lines to help keep peace and calm down some of the knuckleheads who really aren’t interested in the goals of the protest, but just want to throw down…

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HappyWarrior  Aug 10, 2015 • 11:58:29am

re: #86 calochortus

On the other hand, people can’t always explain why they vote the way they do. My late sister-in-law just couldn’t make herself vote for a Democrat. She was a fine, kind, intelligent and reasonably liberal woman, but she could neither vote Democratic, nor explain why she just couldn’t do it.
DF may change over time. He may truly be voting GOP because he respects his father, or that may just be a way to verbalize why he does what he does. Whatever. I still like the guy.

I like the guy too. I don’t expect DF to start voting Dem so it’s clear to everyone. I just wish he would stop seeing the label and start seeing the people. I honestly feel that way about anyone. It just so happens that I’ve liked more of the Democrats running than Republicans running but there have been Virginia Republicans that I liked as people and even voted for.

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KGxvi  Aug 10, 2015 • 11:59:00am

re: #56 EPR-radar

that reminds me, I remember a politician (I want to say Gingrich) saying years ago that the political winds start in California and blow east. The Republicans have been more or less meaningless here since the late 90s. Last year, the GOP lost all 7 statewide races - the closest race was 53.6-46-.4 under our new open primary system. Since 1998, Republicans have won all of three statewide races that didn’t involve Arnold (who essentially ran as a moderate Democrat in 2006) - that makes the Dems 37 of 41 in statewide races since 1998 (including US Senate races but excluding the recall).

It’s taken a while, but the national GOP has started to realize that this is what awaits them nationally if they don’t get the crazies in line… unfortunately for them, they have been using the crazies to win.

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calochortus  Aug 10, 2015 • 11:59:08am

re: #85 Skip Intro

Hahahahahahahahahahahaha(gasp in breath)hahahahahahahahahahahaha

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klys (maker of Silmarils)  Aug 10, 2015 • 12:00:22pm

re: #91 HappyWarrior

I wish he’d acknowledge the real consequences of what Republicans are trying to do and how that would affect people who are part of the community here.

But I stopped holding my breath a long time ago, and suspect he doesn’t give a shit about me.

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Shiplord Kirel  Aug 10, 2015 • 12:00:35pm

Barbarians, Huns, Vandals, villains: What do all these terms have in common? They were all once ordinary, legitimate designators that became terms of opprobrium and eventually insults through the actions, real and alleged, associated with the people who bore them.
I predict that “Republican” will be such a term in a hundred years, perhaps less. “You damned thieving republican, Cthulhu curse you!”

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Fourth Football of the Apocalypse  Aug 10, 2015 • 12:01:51pm

re: #85 Skip Intro

We are a laughingstock around the globe…

OK, but besides The Donald’s candidacy……

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KGxvi  Aug 10, 2015 • 12:02:10pm

re: #60 wrenchwench

maybe next they’ll suggest repealing the 21st Amendment… FOR THE (cough unborn cough) CHILDREN!

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nines09  Aug 10, 2015 • 12:02:16pm

re: #85 Skip Intro

If Donald would have only used more “I“‘s……..

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HappyWarrior  Aug 10, 2015 • 12:03:29pm

re: #92 KGxvi

that reminds me, I remember a politician (I want to say Gingrich) saying years ago that the political winds start in California and blow east. The Republicans have been more or less meaningless here since the late 90s. Last year, the GOP lost all 7 statewide races - the closest race was 53.6-46-.4 under our new open primary system. Since 1998, Republicans have won all of three statewide races that didn’t involve Arnold (who essentially ran as a moderate Democrat in 2006) - that makes the Dems 37 of 41 in statewide races since 1998 (including US Senate races but excluding the recall).

It’s taken a while, but the national GOP has started to realize that this is what awaits them nationally if they don’t get the crazies in line… unfortunately for them, they have been using the crazies to win.

Their problem is that the few places they are growing as a party i.e. West Virginia, the only state I can think of that went for Dukakis but not Obama are places that are shrinking. Now you have the Democrats who have been gains in suburbia. Obama doesn’t win the state of Virginia twice without strong turnout in Northern Virginia. I remember Clinton running close to Bush I and Dole here. Now a days Democrats dominate here. Plus Dems have in part due to Republican dickhead behavior done everything possible to have a strong percentage of the Hispanic vote in the years to come. I don’t know if Latinos will ever favor the Democratic party the way African-Americans do but if the Democrats can continue to get 66-70% of the Latino vote in Presidential years, that’s really bad news for the GOP. It may not be an high percentage as the African-American vote but the Hispanic population is growing. The GOP also has lost the Asian vote which is another growing demo.

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Iwouldprefernotto  Aug 10, 2015 • 12:03:40pm

re: #8 Iwouldprefernotto

Good for him. This will make it even less likely that a Republican will be elected POTUS in mre: #92 KGxvi

that reminds me, I remember a politician (I want to say Gingrich) saying years ago that the political winds start in California and blow east. The Republicans have been more or less meaningless here since the late 90s. Last year, the GOP lost all 7 statewide races - the closest race was 53.6-46-.4 under our new open primary system. Since 1998, Republicans have won all of three statewide races that didn’t involve Arnold (who essentially ran as a moderate Democrat in 2006) - that makes the Dems 37 of 41 in statewide races since 1998 (including US Senate races but excluding the recall).

It’s taken a while, but the national GOP has started to realize that this is what awaits them nationally if they don’t get the crazies in line… unfortunately for them, they have been using the crazies to win.

Sorry in advance for the cliche’, but when it comes to the Republican party, “the inmate are running the asylum.”

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GlutenFreeJesus  Aug 10, 2015 • 12:04:36pm

re: #89 Backwoods_Sleuth

They are doing this on purpose. The law wants things to explode so they have an excuse to use all their toys. Vicious cycle.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Aug 10, 2015 • 12:05:38pm
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Blind Frog Belly White  Aug 10, 2015 • 12:05:54pm

re: #76 wrenchwench

The only way to confer personhood on a non-viable life form is to remove the personhood of the creator and carrier of it.

They almost never mention the woman, except to say she should have kept her legs closed. It’s all about abortion providers and fetuses. This is where the language about ‘black genocide’ comes from - remove the women from the equation. All you are is a passive vessel, whose body, health, even life are expendable in service of the fetus. You don’t get a choice in this, even if you had no choice in the conception in the first place.

But hey, they ‘come down on the side of life’. Just not yours.

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wrenchwench  Aug 10, 2015 • 12:05:55pm

Groups such as the Governor’s Office of Highway Safety, the Phoenix Fire Department and various hospitals reach out to Hispanic and immigrant families, but those programs have limited reach and funding. Those running them say they struggle to find and train enough Spanish-speaking car-seat technicians who can show families how to install and use car seats properly.

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HappyWarrior  Aug 10, 2015 • 12:06:02pm

re: #94 klys (maker of Silmarils)

I wish he’d acknowledge the real consequences of what Republicans are trying to do and how that would affect people who are part of the community here.

But I stopped holding my breath a long time ago, and suspect he doesn’t give a shit about me.

Yeah I do too. I wish he’d know that pretty much every Republican he supports for office will do something that will screw people especially women over. I remember reading a few months back about how Ratner, the governor that he so strongly supported against the “big bad Chicago Dem machine” was pushing for cuts to autism research or something like that on Autism day. I asked him about that. No response. I am with you. Definitely stopped holding my breath after that. I just am not too hard since I know the individual. It’d be a lot more easier for me to be nasty if he was unpleasant. Plus I’m guilty of being a softy at times.

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Skip Intro  Aug 10, 2015 • 12:06:46pm

re: #98 nines09

If Donald would have only used more “I“‘s……..

He forgot to mention that he will build the best wall ever built in the world, and get Mexico to pay for every inch of it.

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Blind Frog Belly White  Aug 10, 2015 • 12:07:12pm

re: #98 nines09

If Donald would have only used more “I“‘s……..

But, you know, Obama’s narcissistic.

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thecommodore  Aug 10, 2015 • 12:07:54pm

re: #56 EPR-radar

Bring it on. That kind of stuff will help with Democratic voter turnout, and should widen the gender gap nationwide. In the 2012 race, that was about 10%. If it widens to 15 or 20%, that would doom the Republicans in the POTUS race, and have significant further effects down-ballot.

That’s why there has to be massive efforts to get Democrats to vote in midterm elections. Because right now, the apathy from the left and center-left in these elections is staggering. RWNJ’s just walk in and take power.

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wrenchwench  Aug 10, 2015 • 12:08:16pm

re: #103 Blind Frog Belly White

They almost never mention the woman, except to say she should have kept her legs closed. It’s all about abortion providers and fetuses. This is where the language about ‘black genocide’ comes from - remove the women from the equation. All you are is a passive vessel, whose body, health, even life are expendable in service of the fetus. You don’t get a choice in this, even if you had no choice in the conception in the first place.

But hey, they ‘come down on the side of life’. Just not yours.

It’s not ‘the Republican war on women’, it’s just a big, fat eraser.

/not really sarcasm

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HappyWarrior  Aug 10, 2015 • 12:08:29pm

re: #107 Blind Frog Belly White

But, you know, Obama’s narcissistic.

I was going to say. Has Fox’s resident shrink, “Dr.” Krauthammer analyzed Donald yet or perhaps Keith Ablow. Seriously, I think attempts to psychoanalyze candidates are silly but Donald man, I don’t even know what to say, he’s just a gold mine especially when he claims shit like people hate him because of his money or that he’s some kind of sexy beast.

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ObserverArt  Aug 10, 2015 • 12:08:39pm

We need a score card.

I can no longer tell who is upset with who in the GOP. We have small skirmishes breaking out between FOX and Trump, Breitbart and FOX people, FOX people and Erickson. Trump backers and FOX and Erickson…on and on.

Maybe we end up with GOP, Independent and Tea Parties when all the smoke clears.

Right before our very eyes…it is all coming undone.

A good purge of all this conservative blockage is good for the United States political system.

We just need to remember to flush!

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jamesfirecat  Aug 10, 2015 • 12:10:20pm

re: #101 GlutenFreeJesus

They are doing this on purpose. The law wants things to explode so they have an excuse to use all their toys. Vicious cycle.

The toys have to end up getting used in order to justify the expenses involved in having/maintaining them in the first place.

Honestly it’s a sad fact of life that my brother put forward a perfectly reasonable theory that in Shadowrun universe police departments (who are already quite frequently corporate owned) don’t have SWAT analogs, instead they’ll just hire a group of Shadowrunners (illegal but largely tolerated mercenaries) to handle serrious problems.

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KGxvi  Aug 10, 2015 • 12:10:57pm

re: #99 HappyWarrior

Oh, I totally agree with you. The GOP is screwed. Hell, in Orange County, CA Romney only won 51-47 and McCain was about the same. Bush won Orange County with 60% in 2004… they can barely hold what used to be considered a GOP hotbed in this state.

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HappyWarrior  Aug 10, 2015 • 12:11:13pm

re: #108 thecommodore

That’s why there has to be massive efforts to get Democrats to vote in midterm elections. Because right now, the apathy from the left and center-left in these elections is staggering. RWNJ’s just walk in and take power.

That’s something that definitely needs to be worked on. Can’t stand the RW base but they do exercise their right to vote. I am not one who thinks voting ought to be mandatory and I understand frustration but I really do get tired of people who don’t vote bitching the loudest.
I hate these politicians blah blah.
Okay, did you vote in the primary or GE?
No, it’s pointless.
Well there’s your problem.
I mean I won’t profess that the Democrats being in power would solve all or even most of our problems we face as a nation but the fact is I’d rather vote Dem and get a Dem legislature and exec that gives me a good chunk of what I want from a government than a GOP legislature and exec that gives me shit little.

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HappyWarrior  Aug 10, 2015 • 12:11:46pm

re: #113 KGxvi

Oh, I totally agree with you. The GOP is screwed. Hell, in Orange County, CA Romney only won 51-47 and McCain was about the same. Bush won Orange County with 60% in 2004… they can barely hold what used to be considered a GOP hotbed in this state.

Wow the OC was that close. Man times have changed.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Aug 10, 2015 • 12:12:09pm

re: #104 wrenchwench

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Back in the day when I was a firefighter/EMT, I was the only one who spoke Spanish well enough to interact with people on-scene.
Fortunately, my department recognized that this was a serious problem and stocked every piece of emergency equipment with an emergency responder-specific English-Spanish flipbook, and everyone practiced at least the basics of communicating.
We also did child seat installation inspections.

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HappyWarrior  Aug 10, 2015 • 12:13:44pm

And frankly if these third parties like the Libertarians, Greens, and whatever want to have elected candidates. Run candidates everywhere you can and for every office. I’ll out myself here. I did vote for the Libertarian that ran for governor here in Virginia- I did and do not like Terry McAuliffe but did Robert Sarvice have a running mate or a AG. Nope the Libertarian Party just ran a guy for governor. You need more than a governor to get things accomplished. I don’t like the two party system more than anyone else but these third party candidates and people sympathetic to them need to do a better job making their case.

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HappyWarrior  Aug 10, 2015 • 12:15:04pm

re: #116 Backwoods_Sleuth

Back in the day when I was a firefighter/EMT, I was the only one who spoke Spanish well enough to interact with people on-scene.
Fortunately, my department recognized that this was a serious problem and stocked every piece of emergency equipment with an emergency responder-specific English-Spanish flipbook, and everyone practiced at least the basics of communicating.
We also did child seat installation inspections.

The right wing response to do that would be to whine about “political correctness” and how everyone ought to speak English. Really having programs like your department had is not only practical but it saves lives.

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wrenchwench  Aug 10, 2015 • 12:15:18pm

re: #116 Backwoods_Sleuth

Back in the day when I was a firefighter/EMT, I was the only one who spoke Spanish well enough to interact with people on-scene.
Fortunately, my department recognized that this was a serious problem and stocked every piece of emergency equipment with an emergency responder-specific English-Spanish flipbook, and everyone practiced at least the basics of communicating.
We also did child seat installation inspections.

One might think a state like Arizona would see the need to care for its people that way. Maybe some Navajo and Hopi in addition to Spanish, for starters.

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Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light)  Aug 10, 2015 • 12:15:40pm

re: #116 Backwoods_Sleuth

Back in the day when I was a firefighter/EMT, I was the only one who spoke Spanish well enough to interact with people on-scene.
Fortunately, my department recognized that this was a serious problem and stocked every piece of emergency equipment with an emergency responder-specific English-Spanish flipbook, and everyone practiced at least the basics of communicating.
We also did child seat installation inspections.

If you want to burn in America, learn the language first!!!

/

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calochortus  Aug 10, 2015 • 12:16:01pm

re: #115 HappyWarrior

Wow the OC was that close. Man times have changed.

The coastal areas, with the possible exception of San Diego are more reliably liberal than they once were. It’s the inland (less populated) parts of CA that are conservative these days.

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wrenchwench  Aug 10, 2015 • 12:17:15pm

re: #118 HappyWarrior

The right wing response to do that would be to whine about “political correctness” and how everyone ought to speak English. Really having programs like your department had is not only practical but it saves lives.

Yeah, I can hear them in Arizona: ‘Why don’t you Navajos go back where you came from?!? And speak English!’

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Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light)  Aug 10, 2015 • 12:17:29pm

re: #44 thecommodore

I think we’re going to see outright bans like this - without a rape exception, or one to protect the life of the mother - from states with Scott Walker types in the Governor’s mansion over the next decade or so.

Any candidate who wants to win the nomination will have to come out strongly and clearly in favor of a total ban, and neither the GOP base nor the Democrats will let him backpedal on that issue.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Aug 10, 2015 • 12:17:34pm

This is kind of cool:

The toys, called Project Mc², are—believe it or not—the creation of MGA Entertainment, the same company that makes Bratz.

The dolls, with names like Adrienne Attoms and Bryden Bandwedth, were designed to have “different body types and faces to show that not everyone is blonde and tall,” says Isaac Larian, CEO of MGA. Each comes with a do-it-at-home science experiment. Bandwedth’s kit shows kids how to make a glow stick necklace from household ingredients—with apologies to adults who have to clean up afterward—while Attoms’ kit lets girls create an erupting volcano with items found in the kitchen. The dolls, priced around $15 each, will be available from major retailers like Walmart and Target, as well as Amazon.

The company has clearly made note of the success of products like the Frozen dolls, which outsold Barbie last Christmas—thanks in part to marketing synergy with the juggernaut movie of the same name. The Project Mc² dolls are launching alongside an eponymous three-episode TV series, available for streaming on Netflix. The series features four brilliant, science-skilled girls who are recruited to join a top-secret spy organization. The series features education advocate and actress Danica McKellar, best known for playing Winnie Cooper on the popular television show The Wonder Years. The brand will also feature YouTube shorts and original content on AwesomenessTV and DreamworksTV. The Project Mc² app will be available in September and the company will also be releasing short videos on YouTube.

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Shiplord Kirel  Aug 10, 2015 • 12:17:39pm

I think Vladimir Putin should just stop the charade, claim American citizenship, and announce for President. His official bio says he was born in Leningrad (now St. Petersburg) where his father was in the Soviet Navy and his mother worked in a factory.
It would be easy, and very convincing to many on the right, to declare that this was simply a KGB legend and that his parents, Vladimir S. and Maria, were in fact undercover agents working in Los Angeles. They were tasked with gathering information on the local defense industry and making occasional pay-outs to Hollywood liberals. Little Vlad was born there, in a hospital now closed and whose records have disappeared, on 7 October 1952. This would make him an anchor baby (like Trump) and an American citizen by birth. After all, the righties claim, didn’t Obama misrepresent his birthplace too? Putin’s case is simply a mirror image of that. He is coming clean on it, unlike the evil Kenyan.

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lawhawk  Aug 10, 2015 • 12:17:43pm

re: #118 HappyWarrior

The right wing response to do that would be to whine about “political correctness” and how everyone ought to speak English. Really having programs like your department had is not only practical but it saves lives.

Because not all lives matter. Some matter more than others. If you’re a minority, and you are not fluent in English, your life simply doesn’t matter as much. That’s what this says.

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Blind Frog Belly White  Aug 10, 2015 • 12:17:51pm

re: #121 calochortus

The coastal areas, with the possible exception of San Diego are more reliably liberal than they once were. It’s the inland (less populated) parts of CA that are conservative these days.

Same as the country in general.

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Kragar  Aug 10, 2015 • 12:18:02pm

The GOP is turning on itself faster than a Waaagh after getting the news that its Warboss died.

/40kgeekiness

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lawhawk  Aug 10, 2015 • 12:18:46pm
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HappyWarrior  Aug 10, 2015 • 12:18:58pm

I’ve had disillusioned friends ask me why I voted Obama again in 2012 and my answer was pretty simple. He’s given me more of what I’ve want than he what I did not wanted when I voted for him in 2008. I wanted a president that would support the rights of all our citizens to have marriage equality. Obama may have started out against SSM but his justice department fought for marriage equality pretty much from the start. I wanted a President that would try to get more health care for more Americans. The administration did that. I wanted a president that wouldn’t take his eyes off Bin Laden. And sure enough Obama got him too. Did I get an overwhelming majority of what I wanted accomplished? No but I felt with Obama that I had a president that had the presence of mind to attempt to accomplish those things.

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HappyWarrior  Aug 10, 2015 • 12:19:25pm

re: #121 calochortus

The coastal areas, with the possible exception of San Diego are more reliably liberal than they once were. It’s the inland (less populated) parts of CA that are conservative these days.

Interesting. Demographic changes fascinate me.

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HappyWarrior  Aug 10, 2015 • 12:20:18pm

re: #125 Shiplord Kirel

I think Vladimir Putin should just stop the charade, claim American citizenship, and announce for President. His official bio says he was born in Leningrad (now St. Petersburg) where his father was in the Soviet Navy and his mother worked in a factory.
It would be easy, and very convincing to many on the right, to declare that this was simply a KGB legend and that his parents, Vladimir S. and Maria, were in fact undercover agents working in Los Angeles. They were tasked with gathering information on the local defense industry and making occasional pay-outs to Hollywood liberals. Little Vlad was born there, in a hospital now closed and whose records have disappeared, on 7 October 1952. This would make him an anchor baby (like Trump) and an American citizen by birth. After all, the righties claim, didn’t Obama misrepresent his birthplace too? Putin’s case is simply a mirror image of that. He is coming clean on it, unlike the evil Kenyan.

Ha! He still would have to have US residency for some years though but why not.

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goddamnedfrank  Aug 10, 2015 • 12:20:23pm

My new glass howitzer just shipped.

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Blind Frog Belly White  Aug 10, 2015 • 12:21:29pm

re: #130 HappyWarrior

The frustrating thing is that the people who were disappointed with Obama in 2012 for failing to get them their pony were largely the ones responsible for not getting that pony, because the lazy fuckers didn’t fucking show up to fucking vote in 2010. They get the government they deserve. But we don’t deserve this.

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Kragar  Aug 10, 2015 • 12:21:40pm

re: #121 calochortus

San Diego will most likely hold out for a while due to USMC and Naval bases, plus we’ve got “Klantee”.

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Higgs Boson's Mate  Aug 10, 2015 • 12:21:58pm

re: #121 calochortus

The coastal areas, with the possible exception of San Diego are more reliably liberal than they once were. It’s the inland (less populated) parts of CA that are conservative these days.

The contrast between coastal and inland California was pretty extreme even back in the Sixties. “See Turlock and die,” was current then.

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The Vicious Babushka  Aug 10, 2015 • 12:23:27pm

Scott Walker wins President of Backpfeifengesicht 2016

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HappyWarrior  Aug 10, 2015 • 12:23:49pm

re: #134 Blind Frog Belly White

The frustrating thing is that the people who were disappointed with Obama in 2012 for failing to get them their pony were largely the ones responsible for not getting that pony, because the lazy fuckers didn’t fucking show up to fucking vote in 2010. They get the government they deserve. But we don’t deserve this.

They wanted Obama to be a liberal version of what the purer than thou cons want from their leaders and Obama was and is never going to be that. Obama is a pragmatist at his core.

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Blind Frog Belly White  Aug 10, 2015 • 12:24:29pm

re: #133 goddamnedfrank

My new glass howitzer just shipped.

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The Older Boy’s Girlfriend’s Mother is a photographer. She was out taking pics with a bigass lens like that, out around the Sutro Baths. Some guys followed her home, busted her window while she was in her own driveway, and stole the camera.

One thing they hadn’t considered was that photographers, like a lot of other visual artists, have an eye for detail, which makes identifying the perps a lot easier.

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calochortus  Aug 10, 2015 • 12:25:05pm

re: #136 Higgs Boson’s Mate

The contrast between coastal and inland California was pretty extreme even back in the Sixties. “See Turlock and die,” was current then.

Absolutely. It has just gotten much more pronounced as the conservative holdouts on the coast bite the dust.

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wrenchwench  Aug 10, 2015 • 12:25:46pm

re: #137 The Vicious Babushka

Scott Walker: Don’t focus on “racial discord” or you’ll only create force idiots like me to be aware of more

Fixt to match reality.

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meteor  Aug 10, 2015 • 12:25:54pm

Help, there’s a state government building stuck in my uterus. How can I get it removed?

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calochortus  Aug 10, 2015 • 12:26:34pm

re: #142 meteor

Help, there’s a state government building stuck in my uterus. How can I get it removed?

Prayer?
edit: No, on second thought, it would just be replacing the gov’t building with a church. The spire might be more painful.

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Mattand  Aug 10, 2015 • 12:26:56pm

I once cornered a born again conservative in a conversation about abortion and asked him straight out if he’d make it illegal. There was a little pause, but he said “Yes.” But to me, that pause spoke volumes. It told me that very few people ever forced him to state it that plainly, given all of the ramifications involved (mainly arresting doctors and the women seeking the abortions.)

I just want to hear one of these religion-addled monsters like Walker or Rubio to just be that fucking plain: if a woman needed an abortion to survive, they would stand by and let her die. Maybe intimidate the doctor and their staff with imprisonment if they performed the procedure.

This is some real fucked up, third-world dictatorship nastiness that the GOP tolerates and promotes in its ranks. It’s also why it’s getting harder and harder for me to take a “To each his own” attitude when people support these asswipes.

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lawhawk  Aug 10, 2015 • 12:27:04pm

re: #133 goddamnedfrank

OOOOHHHH.. Shiny! :)

Use it well.

Haven’t been much in the mood for shooting pictures of late. Might go out and take shots of the Perseid Shower later this week once the weather improves. And I’ve got my eye on a Tamron 150-600 2.8 that would be the last piece of glass I’d want/need (until the next last piece of glass :))

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Blind Frog Belly White  Aug 10, 2015 • 12:27:13pm

re: #137 The Vicious Babushka

Scott Walker wins President of Backpfeifengesicht 2016

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This is similar to the view that blacks were happier and better off under slavery, and that freedom had only made them restless and unhappy.

“When you was slaves, you sang like birds!”

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The Vicious Babushka  Aug 10, 2015 • 12:27:15pm

re: #142 meteor

Help, there’s a state government building stuck in my uterus. How can I get it removed?

CARRY IT TO TERM IT’S PRESHUS LIFE!!!!!!11!!

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wrenchwench  Aug 10, 2015 • 12:28:10pm

re: #142 meteor

Help, there’s a state government building stuck in my uterus. How can I get it removed?

Vote Democratic.

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calochortus  Aug 10, 2015 • 12:29:43pm

Back to work. The kitchen does not appear to be cleaning itself.

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HappyWarrior  Aug 10, 2015 • 12:30:43pm

re: #146 Blind Frog Belly White

This is similar to the view that blacks were happier and better off under slavery, and that freedom had only made them restless and unhappy.

“When you was slaves, you sang like birds!”

Just shut up about race problems mmkay, it gets in the way of Charles and David’s profits.//

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meteor  Aug 10, 2015 • 12:31:30pm

re: #149 calochortus

I hate when that happens.

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Romantic Heretic  Aug 10, 2015 • 12:31:48pm

Mr. Rubio, kindly jump into a swimming pool full of hungry piranha, you heartless, gutless dick.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Aug 10, 2015 • 12:32:10pm

re: #149 calochortus

Back to work. The kitchen does not appear to be cleaning itself.

I’ve got a huge mess of green beans from the garden to deal with.
Most of them are shellouts, so it will take longer than the usual snapping.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Aug 10, 2015 • 12:32:47pm
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lawhawk  Aug 10, 2015 • 12:32:55pm

Another poll, another 1st place finding for Trump. And he’s favored by the less than college degree crowd. And older folks. And the folks who say that national security is their top issue.

Unlike that PPP poll, this one gives Fiorina a minor bounce to 3%. Watch for more like this.

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Amory Blaine  Aug 10, 2015 • 12:33:26pm

So we’re supposed to compromise and reason with these scumbags? And the hijacking of the language needs to be challenged as well. I’d like to see democrats call RWNJ mother killing extremists on MTP.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Aug 10, 2015 • 12:34:05pm
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lawhawk  Aug 10, 2015 • 12:34:23pm

re: #156 Amory Blaine

No, they’re busy claiming that women are giving up being pro-choice over the PP videos, which are total BS and show no wrongdoing/illegality by PP, but plenty of illegality by the videographers.

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Fourth Football of the Apocalypse  Aug 10, 2015 • 12:35:21pm

re: #142 meteor

Help, there’s a state government building stuck in my uterus. How can I get it removed?

Don’t. Just be happy for how that government is off your back and reducing your taxes.

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meteor  Aug 10, 2015 • 12:35:52pm

Ask Sen. Rubio if he’s cool with watching his wife bleed to death from an ectopic pregnancy.

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Eventual Carrion  Aug 10, 2015 • 12:37:49pm

re: #149 calochortus

Back to work. The kitchen does not appear to be cleaning itself.

There’s a switch for that. It is called the light switch, turn it off and you don’t see the mess.

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goddamnedfrank  Aug 10, 2015 • 12:39:51pm

re: #145 lawhawk

OOOOHHHH.. Shiny! :)

Use it well.

Haven’t been much in the mood for shooting pictures of late. Might go out and take shots of the Perseid Shower later this week once the weather improves. And I’ve got my eye on a Tamron 150-600 2.8 that would be the last piece of glass I’d want/need (until the next last piece of glass :))

This will be my first non prime lens, which is kind of ridiculous. At first I was going to maintain my primes only absolutist ideology, but then I saw that this would do most of what the other primes in its range offered that was of any real use to me. I don’t need the DC of the 135 f/2, because that’s primarily a (amazingly good) portrait lens, and I remembered how much I hate people. I’d like to have the 1:1 macro ability of the 200 f/4, but with the d810 I have pixels to sacrifice. I may still get the 200 macro down the line, because it focuses so damned close, but the level 2 VR is what sold me on this zoom. The thing is just amazingly versatile.

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Kragar  Aug 10, 2015 • 12:39:55pm

How bad was the Fantastic Four?

The studio is already putting its sequel on hold and greenlighting the Deadpool sequel based on the success of the Deadpool trailer.

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Iwouldprefernotto  Aug 10, 2015 • 12:42:34pm

re: #160 meteor

Ask Sen. Rubio if he’s cool with watching his wife bleed to death from an ectopic pregnancy.

Exhibit Uno

Scott DesJarlais

DesJarlais was considered one of the most vulnerable Congressmen, because of revelations in October 2012 that he had prescribed drugs to a patient with whom he was having an affair and had pressured his former wife and former mistress to have several abortions. He was re-elected in 2012 with a reduced majority.[14] Despite these vulnerabilities, DesJarlais managed to hold his seat.[15][16]

The life of neither the wife or mistress was threatened.

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Saint Stephen  Aug 10, 2015 • 12:44:06pm

Marco’s just trying to outflank his opponents on the right - standard operating procedure for the GOP.

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KGxvi  Aug 10, 2015 • 12:44:07pm

re: #163 Kragar

In fairness, the Fantastic Four has never really been good, even in comic book form. Someone at Grantland had a nice column about it, basically Mr Fantastic is the worst superhero ever conceived and that kills any potential joy for the rest of the comics/movies.

ETA: here’s the column

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darthstar  Aug 10, 2015 • 12:44:16pm

Conversation I just had with my wife…she starts…
Apparently there was an earthquake yesterday off the coast…
Really? How big?
3.3
Eh.

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Romantic Heretic  Aug 10, 2015 • 12:44:27pm

re: #70 Skip Intro

Poor, abused Erick Erickson whines his heart out when the people he cultivates turn on him.

redstate.com

Erick? Did you really think you could keep the rabid dogs you infected and fed under control?

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Shiplord Kirel  Aug 10, 2015 • 12:46:43pm

re: #136 Higgs Boson’s Mate

The contrast between coastal and inland California was pretty extreme even back in the Sixties. “See Turlock and die,” was current then.

Turlock has a lot in common with Lubbock TX though it is quite a bit smaller. The two cities were incorporated within a few months of each other, in 1908-09, and both are the centers of large agricultural regions. They have something else in common, too:

In the 1930s Turlock was cited by Ripley’s Believe It or Not as having the most churches per capita in the U.S.; this had partly to do with the variety of ethnic churches, which were established for the relatively small settler population.

It is not true, as Natalie Maines said, that Lubbock has more churches than trees, but it does have about as many churches (223) as bars (230). It probably does have more orange traffic cones and barrels than trees, since eternal road obstruction; er, construction; is a notable civic activity. As I have mentioned before, one Lubbock intersection (Quaker and Erskine) has been under construction or repair continuously since 1990. Law enforcement, the health department, parks, and storm drainage all wither and die from reduced budgets, but the road crews are out en masse every day digging and grading to some mysterious end.
Btw, Quaker Avenue, a five lane main thoroughfare, has one stretch where there are 6 red lights in one mile.

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gwangung  Aug 10, 2015 • 12:47:11pm

re: #166 KGxvi

In fairness, the Fantastic Four has never really been good, even in comic book form. Someone at Grantland had a nice column about it, basically Mr Fantastic is the worst superhero ever conceived and that kills any potential joy for the rest of the comics/movies.

ETA: here’s the column

Blashphemy! May Kirby Krackle strike you down!

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Archangelus  Aug 10, 2015 • 12:47:26pm

re: #163 Kragar

How bad was the Fantastic Four?

Having been unfortunate enough to have had to watch that disaster of a flick, I can safely say this - it makes Donald Trump look good by comparison.

Take a moment to let THAT sink in…. /onlyslightly

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Dr. Matt  Aug 10, 2015 • 12:50:56pm

re: #70 Skip Intro

Poor, abused Erick Erickson whines his heart out when the people he cultivates turn on him.

redstate.com

Erick helped create, foster, and build the wingnut culture of hatred. If there isn’t a word stronger than Karma, then I say Karma x ∞ x ∞.

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Fourth Football of the Apocalypse  Aug 10, 2015 • 12:53:25pm

re: #168 Romantic Heretic

Well, my RedState email is suddenly maxed out due to a flood of very angry emails. I’ve been called queer, an n-word lover, Megyn Kelly has been referred to as the c-word.

My office phone line’s voicemail has also gotten maxed out with angry phone calls.

Last night, people were leaving voicemails in my hotel room — having somehow managed to navigate the hotel switch board. At 3 o’clock this morning I had to unplug the phones in my room.

My twitter feed is unusable. It’s just angry people, many of them very recently created accounts of people following few others and with little to no followers. But I can’t interact with much of anyone because of the timeline.

Greta Van Susteren exacerbated it earlier today with her tweet piling on me, which brought in her followers on top of Donald Trump’s. They could not really distinguish that I had apologized for things I had said and Trump just changed his story.

How did something like this happen? Aren’t all of RedStaters people of great Values and Love Freedom and Liberty? Maybe these are all False Flag and Democrat libtard plants.

//

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Iwouldprefernotto  Aug 10, 2015 • 12:55:59pm

re: #173 Fourth Football of the Apocalypse

How did something like this happen? Aren’t all of RedStaters people of great Values and Love Freedom and Liberty? Maybe these are all False Flag and Democrat libtard plants.

//

There are a lot of very angry people in the US. Fortunately, not all of them own guns.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Aug 10, 2015 • 12:56:28pm

good freaking grief

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wrenchwench  Aug 10, 2015 • 12:56:31pm

I guess I’m suffering from insufficient frogs. BRB.

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Romantic Heretic  Aug 10, 2015 • 12:56:37pm

re: #126 lawhawk

Because not all lives matter. Some matter more than others. If you’re a minority, and you are not fluent in English, your life simply doesn’t matter as much. That’s what this says.

Some animals are more equal than others.

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EPR-radar  Aug 10, 2015 • 12:56:42pm

re: #161 Eventual Carrion

There’s a switch for that. It is called the light switch, turn it off and you don’t see the mess.

Selective blindness can also work wonders for this issue.

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Fourth Football of the Apocalypse  Aug 10, 2015 • 12:56:50pm

re: #175 Backwoods_Sleuth

good freaking grief

OFFS

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Aug 10, 2015 • 1:00:06pm
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EPR-radar  Aug 10, 2015 • 1:00:14pm

re: #167 darthstar

Conversation I just had with my wife…she starts…
Apparently there was an earthquake yesterday off the coast…
Really? How big?
3.3
Eh.

3.3? That’s pretty much heavy truck on the freeway territory.

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retired cynic  Aug 10, 2015 • 1:00:57pm

re: #175 Backwoods_Sleuth

GAG!

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ObserverArt  Aug 10, 2015 • 1:01:41pm

re: #175 Backwoods_Sleuth

good freaking grief

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Arrogant, unrepentant racists. And they are doing everything to let the locals know it. I guess getting ‘cleared’ by their DA gives them the freedom to get in everyone’s face about it too.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Aug 10, 2015 • 1:02:11pm
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#FergusonFireside  Aug 10, 2015 • 1:03:53pm

re: #175 Backwoods_Sleuth

good freaking grief

[Embedded content]

Roorda no doubt. Not gonna confirm.

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EPR-radar  Aug 10, 2015 • 1:04:32pm

re: #183 ObserverArt

Arrogant, unrepentant racists. And they are doing everything to let the locals know it. I guess getting ‘cleared’ by their DA gives them the freedom to get in everyone’s face about it too.

It would please me greatly to see the Feds drop the hammer on Ferguson et al. Something like “Well, you didn’t want to do this the easy way by implementing the recommendations, so we’ll do this the hard way. Say goodbye to your little flyspeck jurisdictions that exist only to collect traffic fines. You local officials will just have to get honest jobs.”

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SteveMcGaziBolaGate  Aug 10, 2015 • 1:04:55pm

re: #184 Backwoods_Sleuth

There was a store (staffed by wingnuts with all kinds of signs about the Gorinch who stole FL), but one of the signs said “Unattended children will be given an espresso and a puppy.”

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Kryptik  Aug 10, 2015 • 1:06:00pm

Christ. The authorities in Ferguson simply want a riot, don’t they. They want an excuse to go whole hog on protesters with their new military toys, don’t they? The instigation is just too fucking blatant to not be purposeful.

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darthstar  Aug 10, 2015 • 1:07:12pm
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EPR-radar  Aug 10, 2015 • 1:08:03pm

re: #188 Kryptik

Christ. The authorities in Ferguson simply want a riot, don’t they. They want an excuse to go whole hog on protesters with their new military toys, don’t they? The instigation is just too fucking blatant to not be purposeful.

I really think it’s time for the Feds to step in big time. This business of the local authorities trying to incite another police riot should be more than sufficient justification.

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darthstar  Aug 10, 2015 • 1:09:27pm

re: #189 darthstar

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darthstar  Aug 10, 2015 • 1:10:51pm

Hm…she doesn’t have blonde hair…I wonder why Fox hired her…

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retired cynic  Aug 10, 2015 • 1:11:59pm

re: #192 darthstar

Um. Cleavage?

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Timothy Watson  Aug 10, 2015 • 1:12:03pm

re: #192 darthstar

Hm…she doesn’t have blonde hair…I wonder why Fox hired her…

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She has…uh…other assets going by the picture.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Aug 10, 2015 • 1:12:34pm

re: #192 darthstar

Hm…she doesn’t have blonde hair…I wonder why Fox hired her…

[Embedded content]

She looks like one of those inflatable doll thingies…

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Eventual Carrion  Aug 10, 2015 • 1:13:36pm

re: #180 Backwoods_Sleuth

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Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the government for a redress of grievances.

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Fourth Football of the Apocalypse  Aug 10, 2015 • 1:14:40pm

re: #192 darthstar

Hm…she doesn’t have blonde hair…I wonder why Fox hired her…

Never heard of her.

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Shiplord Kirel  Aug 10, 2015 • 1:15:33pm

re: #187 SteveMcGaziBolaGate

There was a store (staffed by wingnuts with all kinds of signs about the Gorinch who stole FL), but one of the signs said “Unattended children will be given an espresso and a puppy.”

I was in the security office at a Dallas Mall a while back and happened to glimpse a sign on one of the mall cops’ lockers: “Unattended children will be sold to the highest bidder.”

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Timothy Watson  Aug 10, 2015 • 1:17:51pm

re: #197 Fourth Football of the Apocalypse

Never heard of her.

Some private university grad who became wingnut famous because she harassed Matt Damon about teacher tenure.

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Eventual Carrion  Aug 10, 2015 • 1:19:04pm

re: #195 Backwoods_Sleuth

She looks like one of those inflatable doll thingies…

Paid good money for the inflation I bet.

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Eclectic Cyborg  Aug 10, 2015 • 1:22:30pm

and to think some consider Fox to be “Family Values” programming.

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Fourth Football of the Apocalypse  Aug 10, 2015 • 1:23:35pm

re: #199 Timothy Watson

Some private university grad who became wingnut famous because she harassed Matt Damon about teacher tenure.

Oh, in that case, give her her own radio show and regular Fox news consulting gig.

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HappyWarrior  Aug 10, 2015 • 1:24:36pm

re: #199 Timothy Watson

Some private university grad who became wingnut famous because she harassed Matt Damon about teacher tenure.

And she knows what about teachers. Yet another wingnut welfare receipent getting the big bucks to shill for the wealthy against the average schmo.

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darthstar  Aug 10, 2015 • 1:24:42pm

re: #201 Eclectic Cyborg

and to think some consider Fox to be “Family Values” programming.

My dad, 80, pretty much says straight up that he watches it for the tits.

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HappyWarrior  Aug 10, 2015 • 1:25:36pm

re: #201 Eclectic Cyborg

and to think some consider Fox to be “Family Values” programming.

Family values, sure if you hate your family and think they should suffer. Fox’s business model couldn’t be more cynical.

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Eclectic Cyborg  Aug 10, 2015 • 1:25:40pm

re: #204 darthstar

There are better ways to achieve that you know…

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dog philosopher ஐஒஔ௸  Aug 10, 2015 • 1:26:26pm

“so, mr rubio - why are you in favor of more dead mothers?”

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HappyWarrior  Aug 10, 2015 • 1:26:46pm

re: #204 darthstar

My dad, 80, pretty much says straight up that he watches it for the tits.

It’s like a real life version of the gun porn memes. Attractive young women who sound like Rush Limbaugh. It’s honestly sad really.

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Eclectic Cyborg  Aug 10, 2015 • 1:27:08pm

Remember that “Not your body, not your choice” meme? Well, it’s back…and updated:

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Charles Johnson  Aug 10, 2015 • 1:27:27pm

re: #192 darthstar

That’s the woman Chuck Johnson accused Allen West of groping.

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HappyWarrior  Aug 10, 2015 • 1:27:30pm

re: #206 Eclectic Cyborg

There are better ways to achieve that you know…

And ways that are better for your anger and blood pressure.

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Charles Johnson  Aug 10, 2015 • 1:27:33pm

littlegreenfootballs.com

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Aug 10, 2015 • 1:28:10pm

re: #204 darthstar

My dad, 80, pretty much says straight up that he watches it for the tits.

MrBWS rarely watches cable news, but he has two favorite females: Rachel Maddow and Ana Marie Cox.
Because, he says, they are smart and interesting.

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Timothy Watson  Aug 10, 2015 • 1:28:18pm

re: #209 Eclectic Cyborg

Remember that “Not your body, not your choice” meme? Well, it’s back…and updated:

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So they have no problem with a woman using crack, alcohol, or tobacco when she’s pregnant?

///

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dog philosopher ஐஒஔ௸  Aug 10, 2015 • 1:28:26pm

i, for one, fully support our trump overlord in his historic destiny to lead the teabaggers in fatally splitting the republic party

Give Us More, O Donald!

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KGxvi  Aug 10, 2015 • 1:28:44pm

re: #201 Eclectic Cyborg

wasn’t Rubert Murdoch the guy that gave Britain Page 3? so, long tradition there

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ObserverArt  Aug 10, 2015 • 1:29:06pm

You know, I cannot remember any of my friends being against social security when I was in my 20s.

This is what happens when you have the GOP scaring everyone about the program for 30+ years. All many of the younger folks have heard is the negatives. Well, that and the fact many of them have never heard the stories about what things were like before social security.

I guess they never saw all the good while they were hearing all the bad. Maybe they need to check around with some of their older relatives and get some real stories instead of GOP scare tactics.

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The Vicious Babushka  Aug 10, 2015 • 1:29:23pm

re: #146 Blind Frog Belly White

This is similar to the view that blacks were happier and better off under slavery, and that freedom had only made them restless and unhappy.

“When you was slaves, you sang like birds!”

…

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dog philosopher ஐஒஔ௸  Aug 10, 2015 • 1:29:31pm

re: #209 Eclectic Cyborg

Remember that “Not your body, not your choice” meme? Well, it’s back…and updated:

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and neither of them are your body

so butt out. got it?

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Lidane  Aug 10, 2015 • 1:29:32pm
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Blind Frog Belly White  Aug 10, 2015 • 1:29:48pm

re: #209 Eclectic Cyborg

Remember that “Not your body, not your choice” meme? Well, it’s back…and updated:

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“Hey, dude! Turns out I need one of your kidneys to live. So you have to give it to me, because I’m a separate life.”

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HappyWarrior  Aug 10, 2015 • 1:29:52pm

It’s like Ailes trolls college campuses looking for attractive coeds who are confident in front of a camera to express the views of an old white man. Porn for those who are too ashamed to look at the real thing. Oh baby tell me why Obama is ruining America.//

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The Vicious Babushka  Aug 10, 2015 • 1:30:39pm

re: #209 Eclectic Cyborg

Remember that “Not your body, not your choice” meme? Well, it’s back…and updated:

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Notice how the “woman’s body” is just a uterus-containing torso

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HappyWarrior  Aug 10, 2015 • 1:30:48pm

re: #213 Backwoods_Sleuth

MrBWS rarely watches cable news, but he has two favorite females: Rachel Maddow and Ana Marie Cox.
Because, he says, they are smart and interesting.

I love how big a smart ass Ana Marie Cox is. Wonkette always makes me laugh.

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Great White Snark  Aug 10, 2015 • 1:30:54pm

re: #167 darthstar

Conversation I just had with my wife…she starts…
Apparently there was an earthquake yesterday off the coast…
Really? How big?
3.3
Eh.

MEh. FTFY

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darthstar  Aug 10, 2015 • 1:30:57pm

re: #206 Eclectic Cyborg

There are better ways to achieve that you know…

He loves Ann Coulter. Mom calls Megyn Kelly his new girlfriend. He spends his time not on Fox news forwarding racist Obama joke emails and the other humor chain mail crap that his friends forward back and forth…see the same shit about every three or four months as none of them have very good long term memory.

I just smile and enjoy the time we have together. He’ll talk about the coming race riots (fuck you Bill O’Reilly for putting that shit in his head) and why I should take my guns with me to my small coastal town where I live and that Obama’s coming for them and I should pick up an extra case of ammo while I’m in town and I’ll say, “That’s bullshit dad and you know it, but it’s okay.”

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Blind Frog Belly White  Aug 10, 2015 • 1:31:18pm

re: #222 HappyWarrior

It’s like Ailes trolls college campuses looking for attractive coeds who are confident in front of a camera to express the views of an old white man. Porn for those who are too ashamed to look at the real thing. Oh baby tell me why Obama is ruining America.//

Oh, yeah, baby! Gimme that big tax cut! Tell me how you’re gonna deregulate me!

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Kragar  Aug 10, 2015 • 1:32:34pm
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HappyWarrior  Aug 10, 2015 • 1:32:34pm

re: #227 Blind Frog Belly White

Oh, yeah, baby! Gimme that big tax cut! Tell me how you’re gonna deregulate me!

Tell me more about how climate change is a lie and how Ronald Reagan who was president when you were a toddler did everything right.

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darthstar  Aug 10, 2015 • 1:33:24pm

re: #210 Charles Johnson

That’s the woman Chuck Johnson accused Allen West of groping.

She does have some grope-able bits on her(if you’re into fake boobs), but I suspect the body-snatchers skreeeee that comes out of her pie hole when she opens it is enough of a deterrent.

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HappyWarrior  Aug 10, 2015 • 1:33:36pm

re: #226 darthstar

He loves Ann Coulter. Mom calls Megyn Kelly his new girlfriend. He spends his time not on Fox news forwarding racist Obama joke emails and the other humor chain mail crap that his friends forward back and forth…see the same shit about every three or four months as none of them have very good long term memory.

I just smile and enjoy the time we have together. He’ll talk about the coming race riots (fuck you Bill O’Reilly for putting that shit in his head) and why I should take my guns with me to my small coastal town where I live and that Obama’s coming for them and I should pick up an extra case of ammo while I’m in town and I’ll say, “That’s bullshit dad and you know it, but it’s okay.”

You’re more patient than I would be. I agree with my dad more than not but if he’s wrong, I’ll say how I feel quite loudly.

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Fourth Football of the Apocalypse  Aug 10, 2015 • 1:34:24pm

re: #212 Charles Johnson

West, who was fired from Pajamas Media, grabbed the breast of then 24-year-old, Michelle Fields in front of an elevator while the two of them were colleagues.

Fired from Congress, fired from PJ Media….

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Eclectic Cyborg  Aug 10, 2015 • 1:34:59pm

re: #223 The Vicious Babushka

Notice how the “woman’s body” is just a uterus-containing torso

I did notice that actually. :p

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retired cynic  Aug 10, 2015 • 1:35:25pm

re: #232 Fourth Football of the Apocalypse

Fired from Congress, fired from PJ Media….

Wasn’t he fired from the military, too?

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HappyWarrior  Aug 10, 2015 • 1:35:37pm

re: #232 Fourth Football of the Apocalypse

Fired from Congress, fired from PJ Media….

Pretty much fired from the Army too. Hmmm trends.

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dog philosopher ஐஒஔ௸  Aug 10, 2015 • 1:35:53pm

the republics want to keel trump but it is he who will keel them bwahahaha

Give Us More, O Donald!!

(beats sword on shield)

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Eclectic Cyborg  Aug 10, 2015 • 1:36:19pm

re: #227 Blind Frog Belly White

Oh, yeah, baby! Gimme that big tax cut! Tell me how you’re gonna deregulate me!

Let me see that big poll tax of yours!

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Fourth Football of the Apocalypse  Aug 10, 2015 • 1:36:42pm

re: #209 Eclectic Cyborg

Remember that “Not your body, not your choice” meme? Well, it’s back…and updated:

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Full grown baby at conception.

//

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Eventual Carrion  Aug 10, 2015 • 1:37:28pm

re: #209 Eclectic Cyborg

Remember that “Not your body, not your choice” meme? Well, it’s back…and updated:

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If it is not her body part then take it out and see if it fares better than taking her liver out and putting it in a bassinet.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Aug 10, 2015 • 1:37:54pm

re: #228 Kragar

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Lidane  Aug 10, 2015 • 1:38:18pm

Someone is both bitter and desperate:

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Blind Frog Belly White  Aug 10, 2015 • 1:38:23pm

re: #238 Fourth Football of the Apocalypse

Full grown baby at conception.

//

By their logic, pulling up all those little goddam Liquidambar seedlings in the yard makes me almost Paul Fucking Bunyan.

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Fourth Football of the Apocalypse  Aug 10, 2015 • 1:38:41pm

news.yahoo.com

So today’s apparently Blue Lives Matter day. I wonder when All Lives Matter day is.
/

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Iwouldprefernotto  Aug 10, 2015 • 1:38:49pm

re: #240 Backwoods_Sleuth

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I’m confused and not sure if I should care about this.

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Blind Frog Belly White  Aug 10, 2015 • 1:39:05pm

re: #241 Lidane

Someone is both bitter and desperate:

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Playing his Trump card?
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Fourth Football of the Apocalypse  Aug 10, 2015 • 1:39:33pm

re: #241 Lidane

Someone is both bitter and desperate:

I WILL NOT BE IGNORED!!!11

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HappyWarrior  Aug 10, 2015 • 1:39:36pm

re: #241 Lidane

Someone is both bitter and desperate:

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Someone is sad he’s never going to be relevant in national GOP politics.

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Fourth Football of the Apocalypse  Aug 10, 2015 • 1:40:26pm

re: #247 HappyWarrior

Someone is sad he’s never going to be relevant in national GOP politics.

And already sold his soul, too. What worth is the whole world if you lose your soul?

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Blind Frog Belly White  Aug 10, 2015 • 1:40:46pm

re: #247 HappyWarrior

Someone is sad he’s never going to be relevant in national GOP politics.

Discovers America as a whole is no more enthusiastic about his candidacy than his own family. Should have quit while he was…well, not so far behind.

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HappyWarrior  Aug 10, 2015 • 1:40:57pm

re: #248 Fourth Football of the Apocalypse

And already sold his soul, too. What worth is the whole world if you lose your soul?

Ask the Koch brothers.

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wrenchwench  Aug 10, 2015 • 1:41:00pm

I think that’s the sidewalk it’s running on, but nice tail moves!

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darthstar  Aug 10, 2015 • 1:41:48pm

re: #231 HappyWarrior

You’re more patient than I would be. I agree with my dad more than not but if he’s wrong, I’ll say how I feel quite loudly.

I usually keep my visits short. Under 24 hours. Gives mom time to say, “So good to see you, we hardly ever seem to have time or you’re busy…” then we have a few cocktails, that gets repeated a couple of times, she tells me to cut my hair, we eat an overcooked dinner, and have an after dinner drink while dad has a cigar, and then I turn the heat off and open the windows so I can sleep (dad has a tendency to turn it up to 78 at night…in the summer). The next morning we all have breakfast, sit around for a few hours and then I pack the car so mom can get to her “I wish you could stay longer” speech.

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HappyWarrior  Aug 10, 2015 • 1:42:01pm

re: #249 Blind Frog Belly White

Discovers America as a whole is no more enthusiastic about his candidacy than his own family. Should have quit while he was…well, not so far behind.

He is just a sad hack. Lots of education but thought his way to the WH was sounding like a carciture.

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HappyWarrior  Aug 10, 2015 • 1:42:34pm

re: #252 darthstar

I usually keep my visits short. Under 24 hours. Gives mom time to say, “So good to see you, we hardly ever seem to have time or you’re busy…” then we have a few cocktails, that gets repeated a couple of times, she tells me to cut my hair, we eat an overcooked dinner, and have an after dinner drink while dad has a cigar, and then I turn the heat off and open the windows so I can sleep (dad has a tendency to turn it up to 78 at night…in the summer). The next morning we all have breakfast, sit around for a few hours and then I pack the car so mom can get to her “I wish you could stay longer” speech.

Gotcha. Still must be a challenge.

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darthstar  Aug 10, 2015 • 1:43:05pm

re: #241 Lidane

Someone is both bitter and desperate:

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Blind Frog Belly White  Aug 10, 2015 • 1:43:15pm

re: #251 wrenchwench

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I think that’s the sidewalk it’s running on, but nice tail moves!

Bullshit. That looks nothing like a giant blue ostrich with a dark blue plumy crest!
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Backwoods_Sleuth  Aug 10, 2015 • 1:43:44pm

re: #247 HappyWarrior

Someone is sad he’s never going to be relevant in national GOP politics.

He never was going to be relevant.

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darthstar  Aug 10, 2015 • 1:44:43pm

re: #254 HappyWarrior

Gotcha. Still must be a challenge.

Yeah…love my folks, but they’re on the downhill slide…dad faster than mom, which is the opposite of what we all expected just a few years ago. It’s tough because he was so active all his life…hunting, fishing, running marathons, sailing, abalone diving, scuba diving…

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Aug 10, 2015 • 1:45:04pm

re: #251 wrenchwench

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I think that’s the sidewalk it’s running on, but nice tail moves!

It’s hogging the curb!

:D

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HappyWarrior  Aug 10, 2015 • 1:45:09pm

re: #257 Backwoods_Sleuth

He never was going to be relevant.

Yeah but now it’s setting in and he knows it.

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darthstar  Aug 10, 2015 • 1:45:56pm

re: #257 Backwoods_Sleuth

He never was going to be relevant.

His parents tried to tell him that before he converted.

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HappyWarrior  Aug 10, 2015 • 1:46:39pm

re: #258 darthstar

Yeah…love my folks, but they’re on the downhill slide…dad faster than mom, which is the opposite of what we all expected just a few years ago. It’s tough because he was so active all his life…hunting, fishing, running marathons, sailing, abalone diving, scuba diving…

Always is tough. My grandmother (88 in a few weeks) is losing her memory some. Always sad. I remember when my grandfather an outdoorsman type like your dad became bed ridden, it was tough.

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goddamnedfrank  Aug 10, 2015 • 1:48:54pm
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darthstar  Aug 10, 2015 • 1:49:00pm

re: #260 HappyWarrior

Yeah but now it’s setting in and he knows it.

For a Rhodes Scholar, he’s not very bright.

“I realize that the best way to make news is to mention Donald Trump. That’s the gold standard for making news these days,” Jindal wrote. “So, I’ve decided to randomly put his name into my remarks at various points, thereby ensuring that the news media will cover what I have to say.”

blah blah blah Donald Trump! blah blah blah…Yeah, great strategy, wizard.

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Lidane  Aug 10, 2015 • 1:49:38pm

Oh, this is going to be fun:

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Blind Frog Belly White  Aug 10, 2015 • 1:50:01pm

re: #258 darthstar

Yeah…love my folks, but they’re on the downhill slide…dad faster than mom, which is the opposite of what we all expected just a few years ago. It’s tough because he was so active all his life…hunting, fishing, running marathons, sailing, abalone diving, scuba diving…

It IS tough, and it gets tougher. My Dad’s most prized attribute was always his memory. He could hide 3 dozen eggs in the house on Easter and remember where every last one was. Now he can’t even remember how old he is, or that it’s his own house he’s living in. It’s like aging robs us of ourselves.

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Kid A  Aug 10, 2015 • 1:50:11pm

re: #133 goddamnedfrank

My new glass howitzer just shipped.

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Excellent glass. I have the VR version 1, bought it used for $1200, and it’s a beaut, you’ll love it.

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Charles Johnson  Aug 10, 2015 • 1:50:11pm

LOL!

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ObserverArt  Aug 10, 2015 • 1:50:27pm

re: #241 Lidane

Someone is both bitter and desperate:

Mediaite @Mediaite

Jindal: Maybe if I Mention Trump More, You’ll Start Paying Attention to Me bit.ly

3:02 PM - 10 Aug 2015

Nope. Don’t think so.

Someone shut down the lights outside…storms coming in…logging off for a bit.

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Kid A  Aug 10, 2015 • 1:50:48pm

re: #268 Charles Johnson

What the fuck does that even mean?

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HappyWarrior  Aug 10, 2015 • 1:51:14pm

Jindal IMO suffers from the same thing most GOP minority and or young politicians do. He’s young but he talks like an old white man who spends his days watching Fox.

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HappyWarrior  Aug 10, 2015 • 1:51:55pm

re: #265 Lidane

Oh, this is going to be fun:

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She’s 110% right. Thanks Hillary.

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HappyWarrior  Aug 10, 2015 • 1:52:20pm

re: #270 Kid A

What the fuck does that even mean?

Marco is drinking again?

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Kid A  Aug 10, 2015 • 1:53:05pm

re: #273 HappyWarrior

Marco is drinking again?

Drinking two gallons of Jack couldn’t come up with that.

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Lidane  Aug 10, 2015 • 1:53:17pm

re: #270 Kid A

What the fuck does that even mean?

UNLIKE LIBRULS WE KNOW TEH SPERM AND EGG IZ A BAYBEE! NOT A KAT! OR A DONKEE!

WE MUST PROTECT TEH BAYBEEZ!

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wrenchwench  Aug 10, 2015 • 1:53:33pm

re: #266 Blind Frog Belly White

It IS tough, and it gets tougher. My Dad’s most prized attribute was always his memory. He could hide 3 dozen eggs in the house on Easter and remember where every last one was. Now he can’t even remember how old he is, or that it’s his own house he’s living in. It’s like aging robs us of ourselves.

The upside of a TBI is that it’s like getting younger when things are improving.

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Blind Frog Belly White  Aug 10, 2015 • 1:53:52pm

re: #270 Kid A

What the fuck does that even mean?

If I had to guess, it’s because somebody pointed out that an early human embryo is largely indistinguishable from most other mammalian embryos.

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The Vicious Babushka  Aug 10, 2015 • 1:54:10pm

Here’s a Trump Tweet from last year==>

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HappyWarrior  Aug 10, 2015 • 1:54:15pm

re: #274 Kid A

Drinking two gallons of Jack couldn’t come up with that.

Heh true.

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HappyWarrior  Aug 10, 2015 • 1:55:10pm

re: #278 The Vicious Babushka

Here’s a Trump Tweet from last year==>

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Kiss my autistic ass Donald.

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Blind Frog Belly White  Aug 10, 2015 • 1:55:22pm

re: #265 Lidane

Oh, this is going to be fun:

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The Joker ‘everyone loses their minds’ meme has been done to death, but seriously, when at least three out of 10 guys on that stage would allow a pregnant woman to die rather than get an abortion, Trump’s bloviating misogyny seems a lot less dangerous.

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Dr. Matt  Aug 10, 2015 • 1:56:08pm
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darthstar  Aug 10, 2015 • 1:56:34pm

re: #263 goddamnedfrank

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Holy shit. Don’t click on his video. Doing so shares your contact info with Rubio. It’s a fuckin’ phishing scam.

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Dr. Matt  Aug 10, 2015 • 1:57:27pm

re: #283 darthstar

Holy shit. Don’t click on his video. Doing so shares your contact info with Rubio. It’s a fuckin’ phishing scam.

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I saw that too. I’m thinking someone hacked his account.

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Fourth Football of the Apocalypse  Aug 10, 2015 • 1:57:54pm

re: #283 darthstar

jeebus effin cracko

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HappyWarrior  Aug 10, 2015 • 1:58:30pm

re: #266 Blind Frog Belly White

It IS tough, and it gets tougher. My Dad’s most prized attribute was always his memory. He could hide 3 dozen eggs in the house on Easter and remember where every last one was. Now he can’t even remember how old he is, or that it’s his own house he’s living in. It’s like aging robs us of ourselves.

My dad’s mom really lost it at the end. Dad was visiting her at the home and she leaned in and told him she was glad she married him. Made me sad knowing that my late grandfather was the love of her life. They really had the most beautiful love story of any couple that I know of. Met in middle school, he treated her as his equal, and they got to visit their ancestral homes together in retirement.

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Bubblehead II  Aug 10, 2015 • 1:58:47pm

re: #277 Blind Frog Belly White

If I had to guess, it’s because somebody pointed out that an early human embryo is largely indistinguishable from most other mammalian embryos.

Pretty much. It’s part of a CNN interview he was giving. Yeah, I clicked the link and gave it a listen and lost a few dozen brain cells in the process.

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goddamnedfrank  Aug 10, 2015 • 1:58:56pm
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HappyWarrior  Aug 10, 2015 • 1:59:57pm

re: #288 goddamnedfrank

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That jackass probably has more thoughtful positions than Marco does on a good day though.

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darthstar  Aug 10, 2015 • 2:00:36pm
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Fourth Football of the Apocalypse  Aug 10, 2015 • 2:01:11pm

re: #287 Bubblehead II

Pretty much. It’s part of a CNN interview he was giving. Yeah, I clicked the link and gave it a listen and lost a few dozen brain cells in the process.

Can’t get those brain cells back.

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HappyWarrior  Aug 10, 2015 • 2:02:21pm

re: #290 darthstar

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Yeah pass. I’m not being spammed by a compulsive liar.

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Blind Frog Belly White  Aug 10, 2015 • 2:02:46pm

re: #286 HappyWarrior

My dad’s mom really lost it at the end. Dad was visiting her at the home and she leaned in and told him she was glad she married him. Made me sad knowing that my late grandfather was the love of her life. They really had the most beautiful love story of any couple that I know of. Met in middle school, he treated her as his equal, and they got to visit their ancestral homes together in retirement.

Dad’s mother lost her memory in a similar way to Dad. Late in the process, he went to visit his parents, and his Dad said, “Grace, look who’s come to see you!”

She said, “It’s my father!”

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wrenchwench  Aug 10, 2015 • 2:04:26pm

re: #291 Fourth Football of the Apocalypse

Can’t get those brain cells back.

But through hard work in rehab, other cells can be trained to take their places!

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Dr. Matt  Aug 10, 2015 • 2:04:37pm

Here is Rubio’s link without getting phished: donotlink.com

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Charles Johnson  Aug 10, 2015 • 2:05:37pm
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Lidane  Aug 10, 2015 • 2:06:45pm

re: #292 HappyWarrior

Yeah pass. I’m not being spammed by a compulsive liar.

His whole website is obnoxious. I had to look at all the different GOP candidate websites a few months back and I made the mistake of allowing his site to know my work computer’s location. To this day I get little popups letting me know whenever they update the site.

At least it’s not a personal computer. If this was my own laptop I’d be pissed.

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HappyWarrior  Aug 10, 2015 • 2:07:11pm

re: #293 Blind Frog Belly White

Dad’s mother lost her memory in a similar way to Dad. Late in the process, he went to visit his parents, and his Dad said, “Grace, look who’s come to see you!”

She said, “It’s my father!”

Tough. I think about my Nana constantly especially after starting the tree. Got in touch with one of her sistsr’s kids the other day. Really want to hear stories about her as a girl, I never knew her sisters and brother and his mom would have memories of his grandmother (my g grandma) having been older when she died. I just hated seeing Nana like that. She was sharp in her younger years- my grandfather’s personal secretary and made two photo albums specifically for me.

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HappyWarrior  Aug 10, 2015 • 2:07:53pm

re: #297 Lidane

His whole website is obnoxious. I had to look at all the different GOP candidate websites a few months back and I made the mistake of allowing his site to know my work computer’s location. To this day I get little popups letting me know whenever they update the site.

At least it’s not a personal computer. If this was my own laptop I’d be pissed.

Sheesh.

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Eventual Carrion  Aug 10, 2015 • 2:09:28pm

re: #268 Charles Johnson

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LOL!

I’m sure he doesn’t want me bringing out the strange disfigurements that human birth has produced. Could start with the South American “Wolf boys” for starters and go from there. Just a little misalignment of DNA can produce something far from resembling a human to more resembling something other than human.

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Dr. Matt  Aug 10, 2015 • 2:12:06pm
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Lidane  Aug 10, 2015 • 2:12:09pm
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Blind Frog Belly White  Aug 10, 2015 • 2:14:05pm

re: #302 Lidane

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Doesn’t matter. They think in binary terms, Either/Or, so they have to have a watershed event after which it’s A Human Life, not a process of BECOMING a human.

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Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light)  Aug 10, 2015 • 2:15:13pm

re: #302 Lidane

Marco Rubio And The GOP’s Dangerous Misconception On When Life Begins

Rubio and the GOP have a clear concept of when women’s rights and independence begin: they don’t.

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Joe Bacon  Aug 10, 2015 • 2:16:14pm

re: #284 Dr. Matt

I saw that too. I’m thinking someone hacked his account.

Did Chuck C Johnson get into Twitter again?

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HappyWarrior  Aug 10, 2015 • 2:16:25pm

Said it earlier but it’s really sad that Jeb Bush’s grandfather was more progressive on women’s issues than his grand son or any Republican running for president.

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dog philosopher ஐஒஔ௸  Aug 10, 2015 • 2:16:54pm

wingnuts hunker down and draw up program cards:

Moving forward look for Carly Fiorina to take the point on attacking Donald Trump from behind. Carly will carefully look for opportunities to aim arrows into soft tissue. The media will enhance, highlight and paint the target.

Remember Carly is in this race at the behest of the GOPe strategy to add womens enlightenment to the race, and provide gender fracturing. While Carly likes to paint herself as an outsider, she worked for the McCain election in 08′ and the Romney election in ‘12. Carly is every bit of establishment as the professional political class she claims to rail against.

Carly Fiorina supports: “The Dream Act”, Man-made Global Warming, Carbon Tax/Trading proposals, and Common Core ed. In addition she’s aligned with Jeb’s position on immigration. Yes, you’ll note these are all U.S. Chamber of Commerce specific policy agenda items. That is not accidental.

The US CoC legislative initiatives above along with retention of ObamaCare and expansion of foreign trade deals, and Wall Streets interests via Federal Reserve policy (interest rates etc.), are what McConnell / Boehner et al are being paid to protect.

To summarize who is controlling who, and who is really trying to get to the White House via an actual honest run.

The control group is: Candidate = Jeb Bush. Facilitated by: Rick Perry, Chris Christie, John Kasich, Lindsey Graham, George Pataki, Jim Gilmore, Mike Huckabee, Ben Carson, Carly Fiorina and most importantly, Marco Rubio.

The honest, but still influenced, GOP candidates are: Scott Walker, Ted Cruz and Bobby Jindal.

The goal of Tom Donohue (Wall Street) who orchestrates the control group - is to keep Walker, Cruz and Jindal from victory. They represent a threat to the legislative priorities.

They also create an uncomfortable situation of excuse removal for the GOP. That’s essentially like sunlight on stuff they do not want sunlight upon. Example ObamaCare:

The GOP blamed Dem congress for ObamaCare, saying they were in the minority. So we have them the house. The GOP then blamed Harry Reid’s blocking strategy in the Senate. So we gave them the Senate. Now the GOP blame executive veto for keeping ObamaCare. If Walker, Cruz or Jindal get in the White House, the GOP will have lost their excuse. All of Donohue’s legislative priorities must be protected, including the retention of ObamaCare.

The Wild Card, who was NEVER part of the original roadmap, is:

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Dr. Matt  Aug 10, 2015 • 2:17:26pm

re: #305 Joe Bacon

Did Chuck C Johnson get into Twitter again?

It’s legitimate. I went to his webpage and he has a link to it on his front page.

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Lidane  Aug 10, 2015 • 2:18:28pm

Erick, Son of Erick is bleating again:

Yes, I Said Dumb Stuff About Women, but I’m Not Running for President

Erick Erickson drew a line in the sand by disinviting Donald Trump from the RedState gathering over his “blood” comments about Megyn Kelly. But that only drew attention to Erickson’s own history of questionable statements about women, about which Fox News’ Neil Cavuto confronted him today.

“You’re one to judge,” the Fox host said.

And Erickson explained: “I have said a lot of dumb things in my life that I’ve apologized for. There are a number of them I’ve apologized for. I think the difference between me and Donald Trump is I’m not running for president and I did apologize, not just change my story.”

He said that if Trump can’t take a simple question from Kelly without lashing out like that, he’d have a difficult time dealing with America’s enemies if he were president.

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HappyWarrior  Aug 10, 2015 • 2:18:32pm

re: #307 dog philosopher ஐஒஔ௸

wingnuts hunker down and draw up program cards:

Moving forward look for Carly Fiorina to take the point on attacking Donald Trump from behind. Carly will carefully look for opportunities to aim arrows into soft tissue. The media will enhance, highlight and paint the target.

Remember Carly is in this race at the behest of the GOPe strategy to add womens enlightenment to the race, and provide gender fracturing. While Carly likes to paint herself as an outsider, she worked for the McCain election in 08′ and the Romney election in ‘12. Carly is every bit of establishment as the professional political class she claims to rail against.

Carly Fiorina supports: “The Dream Act”, Man-made Global Warming, Carbon Tax/Trading proposals, and Common Core ed. In addition she’s aligned with Jeb’s position on immigration. Yes, you’ll note these are all U.S. Chamber of Commerce specific policy agenda items. That is not accidental.

The US CoC legislative initiatives above along with retention of ObamaCare and expansion of foreign trade deals, and Wall Streets interests via Federal Reserve policy (interest rates etc.), are what McConnell / Boehner et al are being paid to protect.

To summarize who is controlling who, and who is really trying to get to the White House via an actual honest run.

The control group is: Candidate = Jeb Bush. Facilitated by: Rick Perry, Chris Christie, John Kasich, Lindsey Graham, George Pataki, Jim Gilmore, Mike Huckabee, Ben Carson, Carly Fiorina and most importantly, Marco Rubio.

The honest, but still influenced, GOP candidates are: Scott Walker, Ted Cruz and Bobby Jindal.

The goal of Tom Donohue (Wall Street) who orchestrates the control group - is to keep Walker, Cruz and Jindal from victory. They represent a threat to the legislative priorities.

They also create an uncomfortable situation of excuse removal for the GOP. That’s essentially like sunlight on stuff they do not want sunlight upon. Example ObamaCare:

The GOP blamed Dem congress for ObamaCare, saying they were in the minority. So we have them the house. The GOP then blamed Harry Reid’s blocking strategy in the Senate. So we gave them the Senate. Now the GOP blame executive veto for keeping ObamaCare. If Walker, Cruz or Jindal get in the White House, the GOP will have lost their excuse. All of Donohue’s legislative priorities must be protected, including the retention of ObamaCare.

The Wild Card, who was NEVER part of the original roadmap, is:

Fiorina will fade I expect.

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Patricia Kayden  Aug 10, 2015 • 2:18:49pm

re: #209 Eclectic Cyborg

Remember that “Not your body, not your choice” meme? Well, it’s back…and updated:

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It’s a fetus not a baby and it’s in a woman’s body. The fetus doesn’t get to commandeer the woman’s body without her approval. Rightwingers are silly. And dangerous.

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HappyWarrior  Aug 10, 2015 • 2:20:02pm

re: #309 Lidane

Erick, Son of Erick is bleating again:

Yes, I Said Dumb Stuff About Women, but I’m Not Running for President

I missed where he apologized for calling Wendy Davis “Abortion Barbie”, no Erick, you’re not running for president but you acted like Trump’s statements were things you wouldn’t want heard around your wife or daughters when you’re the one who called a pro-choice woman state senator “Abortion Barbie” and have made other sexist remarks. Deal with it you 40 year old man with a 80 year old man’s worldview.

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dog philosopher ஐஒஔ௸  Aug 10, 2015 • 2:20:31pm

re: #310 HappyWarrior

Fiorina will fade I expect.

she and rubio i suspect are really just running for veep

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Fourth Football of the Apocalypse  Aug 10, 2015 • 2:21:25pm

re: #307 dog philosopher ஐஒஔ௸

Carly Fiorina supports: “The Dream Act”, Man-made Global Warming,

Remind me again, so man, mankind, the economy, the shit we produce and how we produce the shit, has no effect on the environment…is that the RWNJ talking point?

/

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Blind Frog Belly White  Aug 10, 2015 • 2:22:08pm

re: #313 dog philosopher ஐஒஔ௸

she and rubio i suspect are really just running for veep

How often is the veep chosen from among the losers?

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HappyWarrior  Aug 10, 2015 • 2:22:16pm

re: #313 dog philosopher ஐஒஔ௸

she and rubio i suspect are really just running for veep

Rubio I can see being VP especially if they keep on pissing off Hispanics with the immigrant bashing. They’d pick Rubio to “See, we’re not total bigots.”

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Fourth Football of the Apocalypse  Aug 10, 2015 • 2:22:33pm

re: #309 Lidane

And Erickson explained: “I have said a lot of dumb things in my life that I’ve apologized for. There are a number of them I’ve apologized for.

Oh, OK.

/

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HappyWarrior  Aug 10, 2015 • 2:25:45pm

re: #315 Blind Frog Belly White

How often is the veep chosen from among the losers?

Hmmmm.
1980: Bush I, lost to Reagan, Mondale renominated
1984: Bush I, renominated, Ferraro wasn’t a primary opponent
1988: Quayle, not a primary opponent, Bentsen, not a primary opponent
1992: Quayle, renominated, Gore, not a primary opponent but had ran four years prior
1996: Kemp, I think he may have ran for president, Gore, renominated
2000: Cheney, not a primary opponent, Lieberman, not a primary opponent
2004: Cheney, renominated, Edwards, a primary opponent and Kerry’s direct runner up.
2008: Palin, not a primary opponent, Biden, a primary opponent.
2012: Ryan, not a primary opponent, Biden, renominated.
So mostly not that often but more common though it seems with Democrats.

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dog philosopher ஐஒஔ௸  Aug 10, 2015 • 2:26:29pm

re: #315 Blind Frog Belly White

How often is the veep chosen from among the losers?

reagan/bush

kerry/edwards

romney/?ryan

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Great White Snark  Aug 10, 2015 • 2:27:29pm

What a day. Really stressful. Mother in law in surgery today for double lumpectomy. Meeting with health officials about my TB blood test after a possible exposure. Stepmom passed away (as was expected sometime soon) last night. Got good news, I’m negative and that surgery went very well. *deep breath*

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HappyWarrior  Aug 10, 2015 • 2:27:46pm

re: #319 dog philosopher ஐஒஔ௸

reagan/bush

kerry/edwards

romney/?ryan

Ryan didn’t run in 2012. Obama/Biden though is another. And to go further back in history, LBJ was an opponent of JFK’s and John Nance Garner of FDR, Estes Kefauver of Adlai Stevenson. Hmmm this with the Reagan-Bush exception is more common among Dems.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Aug 10, 2015 • 2:29:01pm

In other news:

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William Lewis  Aug 10, 2015 • 2:29:08pm

Off to deliver pizzas for a few hours. Hopefully there’ll be a decent tip level tonight. Later Lizards.

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lawhawk  Aug 10, 2015 • 2:29:24pm

re: #320 Great White Snark

My condolences to you and yours. You have my sympathies and wishes that your memories can keep you comforted.

Glad that your med issues and those of your MIL went well. Scary stuff indeed.

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HappyWarrior  Aug 10, 2015 • 2:30:02pm

I expect the VP to be out of left field like it’s been for the most part. Cheney was a surprise in 2000. I don’t remember 1996 but I would think that Kemp having only been a House of Reps member and I think Cabinet Secretary was a surprise. Palin definitely was. Ryan wasn’t a huge one but considering he wasn’t a governor or in the senate, to that extent he was. I think they’ll go with some sweetheart of the base and someone relatively young but sounds like an old man just like they did with Palin and Ryan especially if Bush is the nominee. If the nominee is say Walker, I expect an older “elder statesman” type. No idea who Trump would pick lol.

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HappyWarrior  Aug 10, 2015 • 2:30:54pm

re: #320 Great White Snark

What a day. Really stressful. Mother in law in surgery today for double lumpectomy. Meeting with health officials about my TB blood test after a possible exposure. Stepmom passed away (as was expected sometime soon) last night. Got good news, I’m negative and that surgery went very well. *deep breath*

Sorry about your stepmom. Hope your MIL hangs in there.

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William Lewis  Aug 10, 2015 • 2:30:58pm

re: #320 Great White Snark

God bless you and keep you, RWC. Take care and rest a wee bit tonight.

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dog philosopher ஐஒஔ௸  Aug 10, 2015 • 2:31:18pm

re: #321 HappyWarrior

Ryan didn’t run in 2012. Obama/Biden though is another. And to go further back in history, LBJ was an opponent of JFK’s and John Nance Garner of FDR, Estes Kefauver of Adlai Stevenson. Hmmm this with the Reagan-Bush exception is more common among Dems.

eisenhower’s nickname for kefauver reportedly was “cowfever”

ah for the good old days

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HappyWarrior  Aug 10, 2015 • 2:33:22pm

re: #328 dog philosopher ஐஒஔ௸

eisenhower’s nickname for kefauver reportedly was “cowfever”

ah for the good old days

He’s actually a pretty interesting guy. Wingnuts love to claim Al Gore’s father was ZOMG RACIST and to Al Gore, Sr’s shame he did vote against the CRA of 1964 but Gore Sr, Kefauver, and LBJ(another Dem that wingnuts love to claim was a huge racist and worse than people like Thurmond or Helms) were the only three Southern Dems not to sign the Southern Manifesto. My state’s then two senators, Harry Byrd and Pat Robertson’s father (I forget his first name at the top of my head) did.

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makeitstop  Aug 10, 2015 • 2:33:38pm

re: #320 Great White Snark

What a day. Really stressful. Mother in law in surgery today for double lumpectomy. Meeting with health officials about my TB blood test after a possible exposure. Stepmom passed away (as was expected sometime soon) last night. Got good news, I’m negative and that surgery went very well. *deep breath*

Condolences, RWC.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Aug 10, 2015 • 2:33:41pm

I think Grayson is mostly a loon, but good on him for this:

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wrenchwench  Aug 10, 2015 • 2:34:35pm
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HappyWarrior  Aug 10, 2015 • 2:34:39pm

re: #331 Backwoods_Sleuth

I think Grayson is mostly a loon, but good on him for this:

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Sometimes he’s right on. But yeah he is mostly too loony for my liking.

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HappyWarrior  Aug 10, 2015 • 2:35:12pm

re: #332 wrenchwench

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Where can I get one to ride to my next job interview? Let’s see them not hire me after riding that to the office.

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wrenchwench  Aug 10, 2015 • 2:36:08pm

re: #334 HappyWarrior

Where can I get one to ride to my next job interview? Let’s see them not hire me after riding that to the office.

I’d hire you TWICE!

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Aug 10, 2015 • 2:37:50pm
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Great White Snark  Aug 10, 2015 • 2:38:12pm

re: #330 makeitstop
re: #327 William Lewis
re: #324 lawhawk
re: #326 HappyWarrior

Thanks very much, it’s gonna be a better day from here. Just to brighten up how about this silliness.

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Skip Intro  Aug 10, 2015 • 2:39:09pm

Roger Ailes gets on knees, begs Trump to come back

It took six Fox staffers to get Ailes back in an upright position.

nymag.com

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Aug 10, 2015 • 2:40:39pm

LOL!!!!

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RealityBasedSteve  Aug 10, 2015 • 2:41:03pm

After the suggestion of some of the lizards here, I’ve selected HostGator as my hosting company. Now I’m dealing with their support people. Email is going to a server on a different domain (websitewelcome.com), sitting there for 5 minutes, then getting forwarded out the gateway. No problems with inbound mail, just outbound.

So far they have been of absolutely no help. I’m starting another chat session with them with the email header provided and commented so that they can fix this. Or else they can have somebody contact me who can fix it.

/rant_off

RBS

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wrenchwench  Aug 10, 2015 • 2:41:44pm
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Skip Intro  Aug 10, 2015 • 2:41:45pm

re: #339 Backwoods_Sleuth

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Romantic Heretic  Aug 10, 2015 • 2:43:10pm

re: #304 Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light)

Rubio and the GOP have a clear concept of when women’s rights and independence begin: they don’t.

To the GOP women belong to fathers and husbands, in that order.

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dog philosopher ஐஒஔ௸  Aug 10, 2015 • 2:43:14pm

re: #338 Skip Intro

Roger Ailes gets on knees, begs Trump to come back

It took six Fox staffers to get Ailes back in an upright position.

nymag.com

“Roger was not happy. Most of the Fox viewers were taking Trump’s side.”

bwahahahah Give Us More, O Donald!

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RealityBasedSteve  Aug 10, 2015 • 2:44:20pm

re: #338 Skip Intro

Roger Ailes gets on knees, begs Trump to come back

It took six Fox staffers to get Ailes back in an upright position.

nymag.com

And 4 people from Greenpeace kept trying to keep his skin wet and drag him back into the ocean.

RBS

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retired cynic  Aug 10, 2015 • 2:45:04pm

re: #345 RealityBasedSteve

Oh, I’m bad! I shouldn’t have laughed at that!

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Skip Intro  Aug 10, 2015 • 2:45:41pm

re: #344 dog philosopher ஐஒஔ௸

I wonder if Roger offered Trump Miss Boobs from post 192 as a making up gift?

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wrenchwench  Aug 10, 2015 • 2:46:07pm
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Skip Intro  Aug 10, 2015 • 2:47:03pm

re: #345 RealityBasedSteve

I think H.P. Lovecraft used to write books about Ailes’ people.

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Timothy Watson  Aug 10, 2015 • 2:49:20pm

re: #329 HappyWarrior

He’s actually a pretty interesting guy. Wingnuts love to claim Al Gore’s father was ZOMG RACIST and to Al Gore, Sr’s shame he did vote against the CRA of 1964 but Gore Sr, Kefauver, and LBJ(another Dem that wingnuts love to claim was a huge racist and worse than people like Thurmond or Helms) were the only three Southern Dems not to sign the Southern Manifesto. My state’s then two senators, Harry Byrd and Pat Robertson’s father (I forget his first name at the top of my head) did.

And Gore Sr. was beaten by a Republican who ran to Gore Sr.’s right on civil rights issues.

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Lidane  Aug 10, 2015 • 2:52:15pm

*facepalm*

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The Vicious Babushka  Aug 10, 2015 • 2:52:26pm

Rand Paul is hate-Tweeting at Donald now.

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SteveMcGaziBolaGate  Aug 10, 2015 • 2:52:42pm

re: #248 Fourth Football of the Apocalypse

And already sold his soul, too. What worth is the whole world if you lose your soul?

All he got is Louisiana :(

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lawhawk  Aug 10, 2015 • 2:53:32pm

Ah, the joy of right wingers claiming that they’re all for the environment because the EPA screwed up a cleanup of a mine (that was laden with all kinds of bad stuff that the GOP would rather we not actually clean up in the first place). It ended up contaminating the Animas River.

So, of course James Woods has to chime in that the media attention is a fraction of what it would have been had it happened under Bush.

The GOP has fought to reduce the power of the EPA to do cleanups and claiming that the EPA is stifling businesses. So there’s not a little amount of irony here. One has to wonder if the sequester has reduced EPA manpower/personnel with experience to do this kind of work, meaning that potentially less experienced personnel were working on the mine.

The pollution that the EPA was trying to clean up wasn’t created by the EPA, but a mining company that piled the stuff up.

And the GOP has sought to defund the EPA from time to time too.

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[deleted]  Aug 10, 2015 • 2:54:04pm
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The Vicious Babushka  Aug 10, 2015 • 2:55:48pm

re: #355 BillCPA

Go fuck yourself with a sharpened coat hanger.

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calochortus  Aug 10, 2015 • 2:55:53pm

re: #354 lawhawk

Didn’t just pile the stuff up, but abandoned the mine decades ago. There are abandoned mines like that all over the west.

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BeachDem  Aug 10, 2015 • 2:57:16pm

re: #265 Lidane

Oh, this is going to be fun:

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And on that note—shamelessly pimping my new page:

Après Trump, le déluge
Avant Trump, the Rest of the Story

littlegreenfootballs.com

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dog philosopher ஐஒஔ௸  Aug 10, 2015 • 2:57:52pm

re: #355 BillCPA

why are you in favor of more dead mothers?

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The Vicious Babushka  Aug 10, 2015 • 2:58:24pm

Don’t quote the troll, it will be aborted soon.

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Kragar  Aug 10, 2015 • 2:58:34pm

re: #355 BillCPA

Lets play a game.

Its called Hide and Go Fuck Yourself.

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dog philosopher ஐஒஔ௸  Aug 10, 2015 • 2:59:11pm

re: #360 The Vicious Babushka

Don’t quote the troll, it will be aborted soon.

trool unquoted

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Aug 10, 2015 • 2:59:21pm

re: #354 lawhawk

Well, that’s the kind of EPA “regulations” the GOP wants.
Why are they whining?

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Skip Intro  Aug 10, 2015 • 2:59:45pm

The Magnifying Rubio at the top of the thread is starting to spook me.

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darthstar  Aug 10, 2015 • 2:59:47pm

re: #225 Great White Snark

MEh. FTFY

3.3 doesn’t warrant a meh…hence eh.

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Bubblehead II  Aug 10, 2015 • 2:59:53pm

re: #355 BillCPA

Why don’t you go play in the highway little troll?

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calochortus  Aug 10, 2015 • 2:59:53pm

BillCPA is the lucky winner of my second downding ever (the first was for a suggestion that nuclear war might be reasonable.) I hope he’s proud.

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makeitstop  Aug 10, 2015 • 3:00:42pm

Smells like gamy buttocks in here.

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#FergusonFireside  Aug 10, 2015 • 3:01:38pm

re: #320 Great White Snark

Strength RWC. Hugs to D_L.

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darthstar  Aug 10, 2015 • 3:02:34pm

Cavuto is the only thing keeping god from smiting that fucking network.

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goddamnedfrank  Aug 10, 2015 • 3:02:46pm
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dog philosopher ஐஒஔ௸  Aug 10, 2015 • 3:03:02pm

re: #368 makeitstop

Smells like gamy buttocks in here.

“i thought i heard buddy bolden say

‘funky butt, funky butt, take it away’”

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Aug 10, 2015 • 3:04:13pm

welp, that wasn’t the hatchling I was expecting to show up, but the day is still young.

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RealityBasedSteve  Aug 10, 2015 • 3:07:18pm

Some of the divers from the shop made a run to San Diego for a 4 day weekend. Dove the kelp beds and ran into a pair of appx 400 pound sea bass (sans lasers)

MP4 Video

So on my list now… and I have family out that way.

RBS

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ObserverArt  Aug 10, 2015 • 3:07:52pm

Remember all the talk the GOP spewed about Big Bill Clinton’s treatment of women?

Yeah, that.

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KGxvi  Aug 10, 2015 • 3:12:19pm

re: #353 SteveMcGaziBolaGate

that’s not a bad consolation prize, it means you get New Orleans and Baton Rogue… there are worse places to be

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Jenner7  Aug 10, 2015 • 3:12:40pm
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Decatur Deb  Aug 10, 2015 • 3:13:38pm

re: #353 SteveMcGaziBolaGate

All he got is Louisiana :(

Had to show his tits for that.

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Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light)  Aug 10, 2015 • 3:13:38pm

re: #375 ObserverArt

Remember all the talk the GOP spewed about Big Bill Clinton’s treatment of women?

Yeah, that.

Bill just fucked them in private, he never ran them down in public. Which explains a lot about how these fellows relate to women…

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HappyWarrior  Aug 10, 2015 • 3:16:16pm

re: #350 Timothy Watson

And Gore Sr. was beaten by a Republican who ran to Gore Sr.’s right on civil rights issues.

Who later served as Reagan’s labor secretary. They love to talk about how the Southern Democrats mostly opposed civil rights but they don’t tell you that the GOP started doing well in the South by running to the right of Democrats on Civil Rights. And of course that Mr. Dixiecrat, Strom Thurmond became a Republican.

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SteveMcGaziBolaGate  Aug 10, 2015 • 3:17:02pm

Chris Christie tries to play catch up:

philly.com

He vetoed bills helping mental health pros contact the state regarding gun purchases by their patients, funding the state pension system, but he found it in his heart to sign a bill allowing tweens who haven’t completed safety training to get apprentice hunting licenses.

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ObserverArt  Aug 10, 2015 • 3:17:20pm

re: #374 RealityBasedSteve

Some of the divers from the shop made a run to San Diego for a 4 day weekend. Dove the kelp beds and ran into a pair of appx 400 pound sea bass (sans lasers)

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So on my list now… and I have family out that way.

RBS

Since there is nothing to give scale, about how long would a 400 lb. sea bass measure? I’m thinking 5’ long…at the least.

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HappyWarrior  Aug 10, 2015 • 3:17:21pm

re: #375 ObserverArt

Remember all the talk the GOP spewed about Big Bill Clinton’s treatment of women?

Yeah, that.

Yep but you have to remember it was coming from guys like Newt, Bob Barr, and Bob Livingston. Hypocriticus Maximium. The GOP’s motto.

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makeitstop  Aug 10, 2015 • 3:17:28pm

Possums! Eating bananas!

…

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Aug 10, 2015 • 3:17:53pm

re: #377 Jenner7

It’s just out and out police harassment now.

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SteveMcGaziBolaGate  Aug 10, 2015 • 3:17:59pm

re: #192 darthstar

Hm…she doesn’t have blonde hair…I wonder why Fox hired her…

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Good catch, I didn’t notice that.

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Feline Fearless Leader  Aug 10, 2015 • 3:18:01pm

re: #133 goddamnedfrank

My new glass howitzer just shipped.

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I have one of those. Great for wildlife shots.

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HappyWarrior  Aug 10, 2015 • 3:18:19pm

re: #377 Jenner7

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What the fuck.

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iossarian  Aug 10, 2015 • 3:18:46pm

re: #370 darthstar

Cavuto is the only thing keeping god from smiting that fucking network.

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What a smug asshole.

“Yeah, I’ve insulted women in the past, I don’t regret that. But something something corporate overlords Trump death button.”

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HappyWarrior  Aug 10, 2015 • 3:19:12pm

You want government not respecting people’s rights. Look no further to Ferguson wingnuts and not at Obama trying to allow gays to marry or to make health care more affordalbe.

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HappyWarrior  Aug 10, 2015 • 3:20:09pm

re: #389 iossarian

What a smug asshole.

“Yeah, I’ve insulted women in the past, I don’t regret that. But something something corporate overlords Trump death button.”

Said it earlier but the so called moderates on the right are worse than the toxic pricks like Trump. Trump doesn’t hide what he is- a sorry dick. Erickson says nasty shit about liberal women all the time but cries foul when Trump goes after a conservative favorite in a nasty way.

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iossarian  Aug 10, 2015 • 3:20:33pm

re: #391 HappyWarrior

Said it earlier but the so called moderates on the right are worse than the toxic pricks like Trump. Trump doesn’t hide what he is- a sorry dick. Erickson says nasty shit about liberal women all the time but cries foul when Trump goes after a conservative favorite in a nasty way.

Exactly.

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RealityBasedSteve  Aug 10, 2015 • 3:21:36pm

re: #382 ObserverArt

Since there is nothing to give scale, about how long would a 400 lb. sea bass measure? I’m thinking 5’ long…at the least.

That’s what they were saying. 5 foot plus. (and the camera guy is a very experienced diver and not prone to exaggeration

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Lidane  Aug 10, 2015 • 3:22:05pm

re: #384 makeitstop

Possums! Eating bananas!

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…

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HappyWarrior  Aug 10, 2015 • 3:22:57pm

re: #392 iossarian

Exactly.

Hillary to her credit is pointing out that Trump sucks but the GOPers condemning him are just as bad if not frankly worse given that they have voted or signed legislation that is degrading to women.

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Nyet  Aug 10, 2015 • 3:23:57pm

That makes him a monster in my eyes. No ifs and buts about that.

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The Vicious Babushka  Aug 10, 2015 • 3:24:51pm

So, when are they going to cancel the Brazil Olympics and move it to, oh I don’t know, the Netherlands maybe?

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Aug 10, 2015 • 3:25:38pm

re: #397 The Vicious Babushka

So, when are they going to cancel the Brazil Olympics and move it to, oh I don’t know, the Netherlands maybe?

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Teh Greenwald must be soooo proud of his adopted country.

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Jenner7  Aug 10, 2015 • 3:26:05pm

Sorry if posted before, but worth noting in light of what’s happened in the last year:

One year later: Ferguson is still pumping out arrest warrants

money.cnn.com

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lawhawk  Aug 10, 2015 • 3:26:46pm

re: #397 The Vicious Babushka

They aren’t going to cancel it any more than they’re going to move the World Cup out of Qatar despite thousands dead building venues that are likely to never be used again.

These events are a waste of money and resources that would be better spent on housing and basic infrastructure. Not sports venues.

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HappyWarrior  Aug 10, 2015 • 3:26:53pm

re: #398 Backwoods_Sleuth

Teh Greenwald must be soooo proud of his adopted country.

Dirty water is freedom or so say Glenn’s corporate paymasters.

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HappyWarrior  Aug 10, 2015 • 3:27:42pm

re: #400 lawhawk

They aren’t going to cancel it any more than they’re going to move the World Cup out of Qatar despite thousands dead building venues that are likely to never be used again.

These events are a waste of money and resources that would be better spent on housing and basic infrastructure. Not sports venues.

I have to agree. I love sports but these large events like the Olympics or the World Cup aren’t good for poorer nations.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Aug 10, 2015 • 3:28:49pm

re: #400 lawhawk

They aren’t going to cancel it any more than they’re going to move the World Cup out of Qatar despite thousands dead building venues that are likely to never be used again.

These events are a waste of money and resources that would be better spent on housing and basic infrastructure. Not sports venues.

heck, I feel the same about US cities who make the taxpayers pay for local sports arenas and pretend it’s all for economic development for the greater good….

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iossarian  Aug 10, 2015 • 3:29:15pm

re: #397 The Vicious Babushka

To be fair, though, it could just have been a virus that spread among the US team - presumably they’re all spending a bunch of time together. Mysteriously the other teams don’t seem to be affected.

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#FergusonFireside  Aug 10, 2015 • 3:29:34pm

re: #385 Backwoods_Sleuth

It’s just out and out police harassment now.

Doj report identified it. What are they DOING about it?

Netta has been released.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Aug 10, 2015 • 3:30:21pm

re: #405 #FergusonFireside

Doj report identified it. What are they DOING about it?

Netta has been released.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Aug 10, 2015 • 3:32:38pm

Hey Ted, gotta have an actual personality first…

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Doofus  Aug 10, 2015 • 3:32:59pm

Tony Lara, from the Deadliest Catch, passed away on Saturday in his sleep.

Tony Lara
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ObserverArt  Aug 10, 2015 • 3:33:54pm

re: #403 Backwoods_Sleuth

heck, I feel the same about US cities who make the taxpayers pay for local sports arenas and pretend it’s all for economic development for the greater good….

I see you left that last sentence unfinished and open.

I think many people will agree that the finish should be:

…of the team, the concessionaires, the sports league and big business in the area to be able to buy sky boxes and field/court sides seats to hobnob with big clients, politicians, etc.

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Lidane  Aug 10, 2015 • 3:34:37pm

re: #407 Backwoods_Sleuth

Ted is only saying this because he knows he’d lose.

He’s the most punchable man in the Senate for a reason.

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#FergusonFireside  Aug 10, 2015 • 3:34:52pm

re: #408 Doofus

Tony Lara, from the Deadliest Catch, passed away on Saturday in his sleep.

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Those guys live hard. Damn.

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Blind Frog Belly White  Aug 10, 2015 • 3:36:57pm

re: #407 Backwoods_Sleuth

Hey Ted, gotta have an actual personality first…

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The thing is, it can’t be a battle of issues or positions on issues, because all 17 of them have the same positions.

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Jenner7  Aug 10, 2015 • 3:37:12pm

re: #406 Backwoods_Sleuth

If you listen, a white lady is with Netta and they tell how they each had very different experiences while being detained.

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makeitstop  Aug 10, 2015 • 3:37:31pm

re: #410 Lidane

Ted is only saying this because he knows he’d lose.

He’s the most punchable man in the Senate for a reason.

If they had a battle of personalities among that GOP field, no one would win.

It would be a 17-way tie for last.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Aug 10, 2015 • 3:38:44pm

gaaaaaaaahhhhhhh

They just don’t give a rat’s ass anymore…just let it fly.

Sheriff taunts clergy keeping vigil at jail where Sandra Bland died: ‘Go back to the church of Satan’

An United Method Church pastor in Texas said on Monday that the Waller County sheriff told her to “go back to the church of Satan” while she was keeping vigil outside the jail where Sandra Bland died.

Hannah Adair Bonner explained on her Twitter feed that she went to the Waller County Jail on Monday just like she had for 27 days since Bland’s death. While she was sitting outside the jail, Sheriff R. Glenn Smith decided to confront her.

Cell phone video uploaded by Bonner shows Smith walking by and asking if she needs his business card, presumably so he can be correctly identified.

“Why don’t you go back to the church of Satan that you run?” Smith asks as he walks into the jail.

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#FergusonFireside  Aug 10, 2015 • 3:38:58pm

Where’s deray?

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Aug 10, 2015 • 3:39:19pm

re: #416 #FergusonFireside

Where’s deray?

Still in jail, so far.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Aug 10, 2015 • 3:40:50pm
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Lidane  Aug 10, 2015 • 3:41:11pm
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Backwoods_Sleuth  Aug 10, 2015 • 3:43:20pm
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Backwoods_Sleuth  Aug 10, 2015 • 3:44:19pm
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ObserverArt  Aug 10, 2015 • 3:45:36pm

re: #418 Backwoods_Sleuth

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Interesting. I see very few African Americans in the blockage protesters. To me, that is a real good thing for many a good reason.

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danarchy  Aug 10, 2015 • 3:46:20pm

re: #418 Backwoods_Sleuth

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Sorry, shutting down highways is not a form of protest I can get behind. That can cause real public safety issues.

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TedStriker  Aug 10, 2015 • 3:49:11pm

re: #21 wrenchwench

If a woman’s life is in danger, and there is readily available medical care that will save her life, and a decision is made to withhold that care, I think that’s called ‘murder’.

We all know that the RWNJs don’t give a shit about what we think, because, to them, the situation you speak of (that is likely more common than they like to let on) is just “God’s will” manifesting itself and that their worldview is that even having the option of abortion subverts that.

There’s a great line in Porky’s 2: The Next Day, where drama teacher Mrs. Morris (Pee Wee’s mom) tells off Rev. Bubba Flavel after he and the Righteous Flock get the drama club’s Shakespeare production (temporarily) shut down for “indecency” with this:

You’re a hypocrite! You care nothing about matters of the spirit, you just want to control other people’s lives!

Unfortunately, in life as in art, it’s (still) a very true sentiment.

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ObserverArt  Aug 10, 2015 • 3:49:26pm

re: #423 danarchy

Sorry, shutting down highways is not a form of protest I can get behind. That can cause real public safety issues.

I agree…I was going to mention that in my last comment but didn’t.

But sometimes people are just flat out fed up with the policing in this country which also is a public safety issue.

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Kid A  Aug 10, 2015 • 3:50:59pm

Laura Ingraham is on the all-derp panel right now, and it’s not difficult to see why that at 52, she’s never been married.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Aug 10, 2015 • 3:51:30pm
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Pawn of the Oppressor  Aug 10, 2015 • 3:53:43pm

They really have become the party of Hate.

Hate the Woman, Hate the Liberal, Hate the Environment, Hate the Protester, Hate the Black, Hate Hate Hate Hate anybody who isn’t a fucking wealthy white dude.

Fuck this party, fuck all of its candidates, fuck their world view. Right in the ear. May they rot and disappear. At this point I’d vote for Hillary.

Honest to god, I can’t believe I just typed that…

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Aug 10, 2015 • 3:56:31pm
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HappyWarrior  Aug 10, 2015 • 4:00:16pm

re: #429 Backwoods_Sleuth

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I expect him to be done by winter if not sooner.

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Blind Frog Belly White  Aug 10, 2015 • 4:01:46pm

re: #429 Backwoods_Sleuth

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How unsurprising.

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ObserverArt  Aug 10, 2015 • 4:02:15pm

re: #429 Backwoods_Sleuth

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Heh. He should have known he had no way of getting this nomination. Too stupid to know it. I guess he also figured out his being the Trump attack dog got him no where except lower in the polls. Plus getting passed over by Carly “winning” the kiddie poll and Ricky must be facing the obvious.

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HappyWarrior  Aug 10, 2015 • 4:08:25pm

re: #432 ObserverArt

Heh. He should have known he had no way of getting this nomination. Too stupid to know it. I guess he also figured out his being the Trump attack dog got him no where except lower in the polls. Plus getting passed over by Carly “winning” the kiddie poll and Ricky must be facing the obvious.

I remember actually thinking he had a shot in 2012 to be the nominee but I had no idea how dim a bulb he is and how he’d blow it by not being a total dickhead on immigration.

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Higgs Boson's Mate  Aug 10, 2015 • 4:15:01pm

re: #420 Backwoods_Sleuth

Vehicle drives through line of protesters blocking traffic on I-70 in northwest St. Louis County.

A fine example of civil disobedience disobedience.

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The Vicious Babushka  Aug 10, 2015 • 5:05:10pm

re: #426 Kid A

Laura Ingraham is on the all-derp panel right now, and it’s not difficult to see why that at 52, she’s never been married.

She is secretly gay-married to Ann Coulter.

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Swift2991  Aug 10, 2015 • 5:48:49pm

This is not even what I was taught as a Catholic in the ’60s. In case of a hazard for the life of the mother, it was definitely permitted. But maybe that’s the relatively liberal Jesuits.

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Swift2991  Aug 10, 2015 • 5:50:20pm

re: #426 Kid A

It’s definitely the voice.

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vgranucci  Aug 10, 2015 • 9:49:29pm

re: #146 Blind Frog Belly White

Upding for the Blazing Saddles ref

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Bass Reeves  Aug 11, 2015 • 4:23:15am

re: #351 Lidane

Can anybody show me the version of the Bible where God is against unreasonable search and seizure, or allowing soldiers to quarter in your house? What about trial by jury?


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