Overnight Podcast: The Bubble Genius Bob & Chez Show, 10/6/15

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And now for tonight’s episode of our podcast affiliate, The Bubble Genius Bob & Chez Show:

Batman Villains: Wingnuts and Racists Don’t Want Obama in Oregon; Keith Olbermann MSNBC Rumors Emerge; Why Joe Biden Shouldn’t Run for President; The Presidential Line of Succession; Carly Fiorina’s Foundation Tied to Planned Parenthood; Ben Carson Goes Totally Nuts on Gun Rights; Trump Thinks Mass Shooters Are Geniuses; and much more.

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397 comments
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Kid A  Oct 7, 2015 • 8:38:16pm

I had no idea there were so many lizards that are baseball fans. I always knew this place was cool. GO ASTROS!

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HappyWarrior  Oct 7, 2015 • 8:53:41pm

A crazy week. And that doesn’t even cover Jindal’s pathetic outburst.

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retired cynic  Oct 7, 2015 • 9:02:52pm

re: #1 Kid A

I’m almost embarrassed to say that I’m a Card’s fan, since they have had such a winning record. But I’m third generation (that I know of), and there have been some downs in there!

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Kid A  Oct 7, 2015 • 9:09:39pm

re: #3 retired cynic

I’m almost embarrassed to say that I’m a Card’s fan, since they have had such a winning record. But I’m third generation (that I know of), and there have been some downs in there!

That division is just sick. Seriously, 97 & 96 wins win the division 98.5% of he time. But take a bow, you guys won 100! Good luck!

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Kid A  Oct 7, 2015 • 9:10:02pm
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BeachDem  Oct 7, 2015 • 9:13:40pm

A rare moment of peace and quiet, as I wrap up my Oregon project and head for Washington state. Had a few minutes last night to catch up on the news out of good old South Carolina and (sorry if this has already been discussed—I haven’t been able to keep up) could Nikki Haley and Lindsey Graham be any more disgusting? Really, Nikki and her “God is smiling on South Carolina” because the sun came out one day—meanwhile people are drowning, losing everything they had, coffins are floating down the streets, dams are breached, and then there’s Nikki.

And Lindsey, I’m so sure you can’t remember how you voted on Sandy relief. RIGHT. I certainly do—the entire Republican lot of you assholes who represent a hurricane-prone state voted against it. We remember it well, you lying sack of shit. And suddenly, the WE HATE THE FEDS—KEEP THOSE AWFUL FEDS OUT OF OUR BIDNESS—now they want MONEY and they want it NOW and they don’t care how much it costs—[Scarlett O’Hara] they’ll just deal with that tomorrow. [Scarlett O’Hara.]

Fuck them all sideways with a rusty chainsaw. And yet, when the next election rolls around, the morons in SC will vote them all back in.

Can you tell I’m tired and cranky and pissed off?

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The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge  Oct 7, 2015 • 9:25:23pm

re: #6 BeachDem

Boy, you picked the perfect time to come to Washington! After a murderously hot summer and now a glorious month or so of sunny but cool weather, the rains started today. Probably go on till April or May now….

Of course it rains here 365 days a year—that’s what we tell the tourists.

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WhatEVs  Oct 7, 2015 • 9:28:43pm

re: #7 The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge

Boy, you picked the perfect time to come to Washington! After a murderously hot summer and now a glorious month or so of sunny but cool weather, the rains started today. Probably go on till April or May now….

Of course it rains here 365 days a year—that’s what we tell the tourists.

I was in Bellevue last week. Loved it! It’s so beautiful and the weather was awesome I could live there, for sure.

Traffic sux, though.

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BeachDem  Oct 7, 2015 • 9:35:41pm

re: #7 The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge

Boy, you picked the perfect time to come to Washington! After a murderously hot summer and now a glorious month or so of sunny but cool weather, the rains started today. Probably go on till April or May now….

Of course it rains here 365 days a year—that’s what we tell the tourists.

In all the times I’ve been to Washington, I’ve only seen it rain once. Forecast looks like rain Saturday and Monday, and fairly nice the rest of the week. It can’t be raining as much as it has been in SC. And the weather in Oregon has been outstanding. Not that I get to enjoy much of it, what with working the ridiculous hours I have been.

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wheat-dogghazi-mailgate  Oct 7, 2015 • 9:44:22pm

I had classes this morning here, so I missed all the inadvertent UpChuck comedy and had to catch up.

To recap: He got a C&D letter from Renee Elmers’ lawyers to retract the stories saying she and McCarthy were having an affair. Those stories are still up, BTW.

He also spent a lot of time trying to pry information about Gawker from Adam Weinstein, suggesting either that he would include Weinstein in the libel suit or pay money for the info.

Have I got that right?

Isn’t getting information to respond to Gawker’s motion to dismiss his lawyer’s job? I mean, that’s why you hire a lawyer — to do all the legwork to defend you in court. If the plaintiff (CCJ in this case) is doing research, then something is very wrong.

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WhatEVs  Oct 7, 2015 • 9:50:29pm
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dog philosopher ஐஒஔ௸  Oct 7, 2015 • 10:14:34pm

re: #1 Kid A

I had no idea there were so many lizards that are baseball fans. I always knew this place was cool. GO ASTROS!

americans => baseball fans

it’s in the blood!

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William Lewis  Oct 7, 2015 • 10:32:52pm

re: #12 dog philosopher ஐஒஔ௸

americans => baseball fans

it’s in the blood!

Well, not quite. I do have fond memories of being forced to go to a baseball game in dress uniform while in the Infantry school at Ft Benning. A glass of the hair of the dog then sleeping off the previous nights hangover for 8.5 innings made for the closest thing to an enjoyable game I’ve ever seen. I’ll do my heathen best though for the Cubs.

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KiTA  Oct 7, 2015 • 10:33:59pm

This is absolutely brilliant: askedandanswered-democrats.benghazi.house.gov

The Dems just put up a FAQ site with all the stupid little talking points the GOP keeps using on Benghazi. It’s great.

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klys (maker of Silmarils)  Oct 7, 2015 • 10:35:01pm

re: #12 dog philosopher ஐஒஔ௸

americans => baseball fans

it’s in the blood!

Does that make me an honorary Canadian?

(SHARKS WIN!)

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Pip's Squeak  Oct 7, 2015 • 10:45:46pm

re: #12 dog philosopher ஐஒஔ௸

americans => baseball fans

it’s in the blood!

No it’s not. To each his/her own, of course, but sports fanaticism, Hollywood, and right wing Republicans are major reasons I’m glad I fled the country.

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teleskiguy  Oct 7, 2015 • 11:13:55pm

Listening to the Alex Jones/Matt Drudge interview. What a bunch of megalomaniac bullshit. Two guys bantering back and forth how important their lives are to the Republic.

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Eclectic Cyborg  Oct 7, 2015 • 11:15:15pm

re: #16 Pip’s Squeak

No it’s not. To each his/her own, of course, but sports fanaticism, Hollywood, and right wing Republicans are major reasons I’m glad I fled the country.

I see your point but there is a difference between enjoying sports and going batshit insane over sports.

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wheat-dogghazi-mailgate  Oct 7, 2015 • 11:16:40pm

re: #17 teleskiguy

Listening to the Alex Jones/Matt Drudge interview. What a bunch of megalomaniac bullshit. Two guys bantering back and forth how important their lives are to the Republic.

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Overwhelming self-importance seems to be a character flaw among right wing hacks.

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teleskiguy  Oct 7, 2015 • 11:31:06pm

Wow, Matt Drudge is a fuckin’ certified megalomaniac. He is so fuckin’ full of himself. He thinks he’s the best human to come around since Ben Franklin. He fancies himself as the most independent internet guy that ever was.

Have a listen if you dare.

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Kragar  Oct 7, 2015 • 11:44:30pm

re: #1 Kid A

I myself am a big fan of (LOCAL SPORTSBALL TEAM) and always cheer when they score the winning (goal/point/run).

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teleskiguy  Oct 7, 2015 • 11:46:03pm

I listened to Matt Drudge’s radio show every Sunday for years. It’s where I first heard about Little Green Footballs.

That interview he did with Alex Jones, man, that was something else. Matt Drudge is a grifter of the highest order.

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goddamnedfrank  Oct 7, 2015 • 11:55:39pm

Rupert Murdock isn’t finished determining authentic racial identity.

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Pip's Squeak  Oct 7, 2015 • 11:59:26pm

re: #12 dog philosopher ஐஒஔ௸

americans => baseball fans

it’s in the blood!

I’d rather learn Tamil.

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teleskiguy  Oct 8, 2015 • 12:16:33am

Absolutely incredible link. An overabundance of beautiful photography…from space!

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Charles Johnson  Oct 8, 2015 • 12:19:41am

re: #10 wheat-dogghazi-mailgate

This is stunning. Chuck pooped all over the floor again.

He actually seems to think Adam Weinstein will help him.

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Kragar  Oct 8, 2015 • 12:24:40am

re: #12 dog philosopher ஐஒஔ௸

americans => baseball fans

it’s in the blood!

I can honestly say I don’t recall ever sitting thru a whole game at any point in my life

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wheat-dogghazi-mailgate  Oct 8, 2015 • 12:29:37am

re: #26 Charles Johnson

This is stunning. Chuck pooped all over the floor again.

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He actually seems to think Adam Weinstein will help him.

His hubris is really quite breathtaking. It’s like watching a Greek tragedy slowly unfold.

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Pip's Squeak  Oct 8, 2015 • 12:36:01am

re: #27 Kragar

I can honestly say I don’t recall ever sitting thru a whole game at any point in my life

I’ve been to two, both of which were a bore. The second one was with a certain Koufax pitching. The crowd was ecstatic, since it turned out to be a no-hitter. Like I said, a real bore, but doubtless inspiring to fans.

At least it was baseball which, unlike American football, is not barbaric.

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William Lewis  Oct 8, 2015 • 12:55:04am

re: #29 Pip’s Squeak

Pretty much why I only pay attention to real football (aka soccer) anymore.

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goddamnedfrank  Oct 8, 2015 • 1:06:34am

There’s only one real sport, naked bike fire jousting.

Possibly NSFW.

Click to Reveal
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wheat-dogghazi-mailgate  Oct 8, 2015 • 1:06:48am
This week in GotNewsDotCom v. World: cease & desist letter yesterday, Gawker response tomorrow

GotNewsDotCom is having a busy week, legally anyway.

Yesterday, Chuck C. Johnson, editor-in-thief of said “online nwespaper,” blogged that attorneys representing Rep. Renee Ellmers (R-NC) had sent him a cease and desist letter, demanding that GNDC stop spreading reports that Ellmers and House Majority leader Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) were having an affair.

Though the letter demands Johnson’s articles alleging the affair be immediately taken down, they were still up today.

Meanwhile, another chapter in Johnson’s libel suit against gawker.com is due to begin tomorrow, as Johnson’s attorneys need to respond to Gawker’s motion to either dismiss the case, or move the venue to either California (where Johnson and GotNews are based) or to New York (where Gawker is based). Johnson logically had filed his complaint in St. Louis, Missouri.

More at GotNwes.com

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teleskiguy  Oct 8, 2015 • 1:27:22am

re: #31 goddamnedfrank

There’s only one real sport, naked bike fire jousting.

Possibly NSFW.

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Dude, that is awesome! That’s one of the most punk rock images that I can think of.

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Kragar  Oct 8, 2015 • 1:41:05am

One of the things that pisses me off about police procedural shows:

Every case gets wrapped up in 24 hours

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Kragar  Oct 8, 2015 • 1:49:49am

re: #31 goddamnedfrank

If your sport isn’t based on an 80’s Rutger Hauer movie, I’m not interested.

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wheat-dogghazi-mailgate  Oct 8, 2015 • 1:54:38am

re: #34 Kragar

One of the things that pisses me off about police procedural shows:

Every case gets wrapped up in 24 hours

Not all of them transpire within 24 hours, but the scripts rarely refer to how much time has elapsed. The NCIS people sometimes refer to sleeping at the office overnight, and flights abroad are seldom less than 6 hours. L&O in its various incarnations also omits the days between initial investigation and the beginning of prosecution in court.

It bugs me, too. It seems like such an easy thing to put a time&date stamp somewhere on the screen as a reminder that police and legal stuff takes a LOT of time.

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Kragar  Oct 8, 2015 • 1:56:54am

re: #36 wheat-dogghazi-mailgate

Not all of them transpire within 24 hours, but the scripts rarely refer to how much time has elapsed. The NCIS people sometimes refer to sleeping at the office overnight, and flights abroad are seldom less than 6 hours. L&O in its various incarnations also omits the days between initial investigation and the beginning of prosecution in court.

It bugs me, too. It seems like such an easy thing to put a time&date stamp somewhere on the screen as a reminder that police and legal stuff takes a LOT of time.

NCIS is pretty good about it. CSI, Bones, and a lot of the others do it all the damn time, where someone will literally say “well, we solved that by dinner time.”

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wheat-dogghazi-mailgate  Oct 8, 2015 • 2:30:17am

re: #37 Kragar

NCIS is pretty good about it. CSI, Bones, and a lot of the others do it all the damn time, where someone will literally say “well, we solved that by dinner time.”

Yeah, pretty much. CSI takes a lot of tech shortcuts that don’t really exist, or take much longer than they portray. Abby’s mass spec at least takes several hours to spit out results. Bones I gave up on after season 3. I caught a recent ep the other day and just could not get back into it. Too many couples working in the same office to make it believable. I’ve mostly given up L&O, but still follow NCIS, mostly for the characters. NCIS has really dipped into worldwide terrorism/spy shit, and a lot of the stories defy all logic, but Gibbs & Co. at least make it easier to suspend disbelief.

But NCIS: LA? Nope, even with Linda Hunt being badass. NCIS: NOLA? Is it still on the air? Criminal Minds? Meh.

I binge watched The Blacklist. James Spader makes it worthwhile, but the Illuminati-style conspiracy shit also requires suspension of disbelief.

I guess the old-fashioned Dragnet and Adam-12 down-home cop shows are too boring for today’s audiences.

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Kragar  Oct 8, 2015 • 2:39:05am

re: #38 wheat-dogghazi-mailgate

I end up giving a lot of these a shows a shot because I want some white noise playing while I work on my projects. Even so, there are a lot I can’t even use for that because they’re just so damn ridiculous.

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wheat-dogghazi-mailgate  Oct 8, 2015 • 2:45:21am

re: #39 Kragar

I end up giving a lot of these a shows because I want some white noise playing while I work on my projects. Even so, there are a lot I can’t even use for that because they’re just so damn ridiculous.

There are only so many plots and plot devices available for a 45-minute teleplay. The latest seems to be “put the lead character in the hospital” and “put the lead character (or his/her SO) in jeopardy somehow,” then have the supporting cast scurry around acting like chickens without their heads on.

I’d like the networks to try the 90-minute mini-series again, like in the Colombo days. True Detective, which doesn’t have to work around commercials, does a pretty good with plot development in each episode, but it’s really a mini-series, too.

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Bubblehead II  Oct 8, 2015 • 3:05:34am

re: #7 The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge

Boy, you picked the perfect time to come to Washington! After a murderously hot summer and now a glorious month or so of sunny but cool weather, the rains started today. Probably go on till April or May now….

Of course it rains here 365 days a year—that’s what we tell the tourists.

People in Seattle don’t tan. They rust.

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freetoken  Oct 8, 2015 • 3:33:19am

European politics are being reshaped:

MIGRANT INFLUX BOOSTS RIGHT-WING IN KEY AUSTRIAN ELECTION

Just a few days after more than 100,000 people turned out in Vienna to support refugees, an anti-refugee party is poised to land a huge coup - a win at the polls that could see them take control of the Austrian capital.

More than any other topic, Austria’s stance toward refugees is determining Sunday’s race for Vienna’s city hall, pitting voters who welcome those fleeing into Europe against others who fear that a surge of refugees threatens their own well-being.

[…]

But the asylum numbers and the nightly newscasts showing masses of people entering Austria have increased support for the Freedom Party, which believes that immigration not only threatens traditional Austrian values but also cuts into an already shrinking job market.

In a video produced by its youth organization, a voiceover accompanying rapidly changing images of shrouded women asks: “Did you know that you will become a stranger in your own country? Did you know that you soon could become jobless?”

[…]

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William Lewis  Oct 8, 2015 • 3:34:34am

re: #40 wheat-dogghazi-mailgate

Ah, Columbo. I loved it when I skipped the first bits so I didn’t know the solution. I hate knowing “who done it” for the whole story.

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Dr Lizardo  Oct 8, 2015 • 4:08:29am

re: #36 wheat-dogghazi-mailgate

re: #37 Kragar

Yeah; it’s one of the reasons I have such respect for David Fincher’s Zodiac. It’s one of the more realistic police procedurals I’ve seen. And even though it ends with the strong suggestion that Arthur Leigh Allen was indeed the Zodiac Killer (there’s no physical evidence to support a case, and he’s long since passed away, so it’s sort of moot) it’s still one of the best films I’ve ever seen on that particular case. Lots of nice little touches - like using different actors to portray Zodiac at the Vallejo attack, the Lake Berryessa attack and the Paul Stine murder. I’ve turned on quite a few of my students to it, and their acclaim for the film has been essentially universal. And I’ll never think of Donovan’s “Hurdy Gurdy Man” the same way again - ‘…here comes the roly-poly man, singing songs of love’.

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Dr Lizardo  Oct 8, 2015 • 4:09:52am

re: #43 William Lewis

Ah, Columbo. I loved it when I skipped the first bits so I didn’t know the solution. I hate knowing “who done it” for the whole story.

Columbo has a big cult following here in the Czech Republic. There was even a Czech-language magazine devoted to it.

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The Vicious Babushka  Oct 8, 2015 • 4:33:18am

re: #38 wheat-dogghazi-mailgate

But NCIS: LA? Nope, even with Linda Hunt being badass.

I used to love NCIS:LA because of Linda Hunt, but last year’s season just jumped the shark with all the shootouts in public venues like parks, shopping malls and even the airport! The “good guys with guns” win the day and nobody is hurt!

Give me a fucking break.

The only show I watch now is South Park.

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wheat-dogghazi-mailgate  Oct 8, 2015 • 4:38:43am

re: #46 The Vicious Babushka

I used to love NCIS:LA because of Linda Hunt, but last year’s season just jumped the shark with all the shootouts in public venues like parks, shopping malls and even the airport! The “good guys with guns” win the day and nobody is hurt!

Give me a fucking break.

The only show I watch now is South Park.

The showrunners depend on shootouts to replace the plot and dialogue each ep doesn’t really have. It’s the weakest of the three NCIS series, IMO.

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Smith25's Liberal Thighs  Oct 8, 2015 • 4:43:42am

re: #46 The Vicious Babushka

I used to love NCIS:LA because of Linda Hunt, but last year’s season just jumped the shark with all the shootouts in public venues like parks, shopping malls and even the airport! The “good guys with guns” win the day and nobody is hurt!

Give me a fucking break.

The only show I watch now is South Park.

I just re-watched the Gluten Free Ebola episode the other day. Laughed so hard.

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Timothy Watson  Oct 8, 2015 • 5:16:38am

Things you find while Wikiwalking:

The Cadaver Synod (also called the Cadaver Trial; Latin: Synodus Horrenda) is the name commonly given to the posthumous ecclesiastical trial of Pope Formosus, held in the Basilica of St. John Lateran in Rome during January of 897.[1] The trial was conducted by the successor, Pope Stephen (VI) VII, to Formosus’ successor, Pope Boniface VI. Stephen accused Formosus of perjury and of having acceded to the papacy illegally. At the end of the trial, Formosus was pronounced guilty and his papacy retroactively declared null. The Cadaver Synod is remembered as one of the most bizarre episodes in the history of the medieval papacy.

Ya think?
en.wikipedia.org

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Oct 8, 2015 • 5:23:05am
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No Depression  Oct 8, 2015 • 5:27:50am

Brian Kilmeade was just ranting on Fox and Friends about “political insiders” and the media conspiring to marginalize “insurgents” like Trump and Fiorina and their supporters because they’re scared of them. And he called it his “2 minutes of truth”. LOL

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Timothy Watson  Oct 8, 2015 • 5:30:48am

re: #51 No Depression

Brian Kilmeade was just ranting about “political insiders” and the media conspiring to marginalize “insurgents” like Trump and Fiorina and their supporters because they’re scared of them. And he called it his “2 minutes of truth”. LOL

I take that Trump finally made his offering to Murdoch and he was satisfied?

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HappyWarrior  Oct 8, 2015 • 5:35:05am

re: #51 No Depression

Brian Kilmeade was just ranting on Fox and Friends about “political insiders” and the media conspiring to marginalize “insurgents” like Trump and Fiorina and their supporters because they’re scared of them. And he called it his “2 minutes of truth”. LOL

I’ve always been amused by those on Fox who talk about the media as if Fox isn’t part of them and as for marginizing Fiorina and especially Trump uh no. Quite the opposite.

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HappyWarrior  Oct 8, 2015 • 5:35:53am

re: #52 Timothy Watson

I take that Trump finally made his offering to Murdoch and he was satisfied?

Two foreign born wives under 30 and a player to ba named later.

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The Vicious Babushka  Oct 8, 2015 • 5:36:46am

Powerline says this like it’s a bad thing==>

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wheat-dogghazi-mailgate  Oct 8, 2015 • 5:40:08am

re: #55 The Vicious Babushka

Powerline says this like it’s a bad thing==>

It’s not all that unusual, either. America has had non-English speakers since the 1500s.

Well, technically, since sometime in the BC years, but I’m speaking of immigrants since the Native Americans arrived.

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HappyWarrior  Oct 8, 2015 • 5:40:20am

re: #55 The Vicious Babushka

Powerline says this like it’s a bad thing==>

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That’s not new at all. I had tons of relatives especially older women who only spoke German, Slovak, Slovene, and Gaelic. My gx3 grandmother’s obituary even mentions it, the newspaper was more in wonder about it not disgusted. Oh and our first president born in the actual United States grew up speaking Dutch.

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The Vicious Babushka  Oct 8, 2015 • 5:41:05am

re: #56 wheat-dogghazi-mailgate

It’s not all that unusual, either. America has had non-English speakers since the 1500s. the first humans walked across the frozen Bering sea

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Timothy Watson  Oct 8, 2015 • 5:41:06am

re: #55 The Vicious Babushka

Powerline says this like it’s a bad thing==>

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The horror! How many of the Irish immigrants back in the day spoke Gaelic at home? How many Italians spoke Italian? How many Germans spoke German? Etc., etc., etc.

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HappyWarrior  Oct 8, 2015 • 5:42:35am

re: #56 wheat-dogghazi-mailgate

It’s not all that unusual, either. America has had non-English speakers since the 1500s.

We should just make all our place names English and change all our names and surnames to English ones. I will hence forth be known as John Brown.

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The Vicious Babushka  Oct 8, 2015 • 5:42:52am

We still speak Yiddish at home.

My grandkids who grew up in Moscow speak Russian.

The Israelis speak Hebrew and the Canadians have to learn French as part of their basic studies.

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wheat-dogghazi-mailgate  Oct 8, 2015 • 5:43:12am

re: #59 Timothy Watson

The horror! How many of the Irish immigrants back in the day spoke Gaelic at home? How many Italians spoke Italian? How many Germans spoke German? Etc., etc., etc.

My mother’s parents spoke Swedish at home, and with their brothers and sisters who also lived in NYC. There was a Swedish language newspaper, too.

But then again, Swedes didn’t have brown skin (then anyway), so it’s was totally OK.

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HappyWarrior  Oct 8, 2015 • 5:46:33am

re: #62 wheat-dogghazi-mailgate

My mother’s parents spoke Swedish at home, and with their brothers and sisters who also lived in NYC. There was a Swedish language newspaper, too.

But then again, Swedes didn’t have brown skin (then anyway), so it’s was totally OK.

Oh yeah ethnic newspapers and ethnic fellowship groups. Really this idea that European immigrants just assimilated is revisionist. We wouldn’t still eat pierogis at my house if that were the case and my grandpa wouldn’t tell me my mouth was bigger than my doopa when I over ate.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Oct 8, 2015 • 5:47:46am

somebody in Charlotte NC had a bad morning:

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Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light)  Oct 8, 2015 • 5:48:05am

re: #16 Pip’s Squeak

No it’s not. To each his/her own, of course, but sports fanaticism, Hollywood, and right wing Republicans are major reasons I’m glad I fled the country.

I was totally in love with the 1968 Chicago Cubs. Went to several games, my brother even caught a foul ball in the stands which I got signed (and almost immediately stolen) and had my heart broken by the Mets, who came and pushed the Cubs out of first place in the closing weeks of the season.

I have hardly cared for baseball ever since. As an expat, it is one of the things I don’t miss about home.

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wheat-dogghazi-mailgate  Oct 8, 2015 • 5:48:28am

re: #60 HappyWarrior

We should just make all our place names English and change all our names and surnames to English ones. I will hence forth be known as John Brown.

Well, I’ve already got an English name, but I could revert to the Old English spelling. That would really confuse the nutjobs.

Hwætecynn-Heáhdeórhund

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Timothy Watson  Oct 8, 2015 • 5:49:27am

re: #66 wheat-dogghazi-mailgate

Well, I’ve already got an English name, but I could revert to the Old English spelling. That would really confuse the nutjobs.

Hwætecynn-Heáhdeórhund

Speak American, boy!

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HappyWarrior  Oct 8, 2015 • 5:49:36am

re: #66 wheat-dogghazi-mailgate

Well, I’ve already got an English name, but I could revert to the Old English spelling. That would really confuse the nutjobs.

Hwætecynn-Heáhdeórhund

Haha yeah do that.

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Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light)  Oct 8, 2015 • 5:49:50am

re: #17 teleskiguy

Listening to the Alex Jones/Matt Drudge interview. What a bunch of megalomaniac bullshit. Two guys bantering back and forth how important their lives are to the Republic.

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Problem is that the GOP also believes they are…

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The Vicious Babushka  Oct 8, 2015 • 5:54:41am

Well I got a whole bunch of Derp from gun-fuckers in my mentions because this meme hurt their li’l feels.

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HappyWarrior  Oct 8, 2015 • 5:55:06am

The only difference is where most immigrants are coming from and the hostility to that is yep rooted in bigotry.

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HappyWarrior  Oct 8, 2015 • 5:57:19am

I’d also take these guys seriously if they didn’t oppose ESL programs and increased education funding. Immigrants aren’t going to learn English overnight and some frankly may never fully learn it.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Oct 8, 2015 • 5:57:39am
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Backwoods_Sleuth  Oct 8, 2015 • 5:58:24am

good grief

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wheat-dogghazi-mailgate  Oct 8, 2015 • 5:58:47am

The beginning of Beowulf:

Hwæt! We Gardena in geardagum,
þeodcyninga, þrym gefrunon,
hu ða æþelingas ellen fremedon.
Oft Scyld Scefing sceaþena þreatum,

The beginning of The Canterbury Tales:

Whan that Aprill, with his shoures soote
The droghte of March hath perced to the roote
And bathed every veyne in swich licour,
Of which vertu engendred is the flour;
Whan Zephirus eek with his sweete breeth
Inspired hath in every holt and heeth
The tendre croppes, and the yonge sonne
Hath in the Ram his halfe cours yronne,
And smale foweles maken melodye,
That slepen al the nyght with open ye
(So priketh hem Nature in hir corages);
Thanne longen folk to goon on pilgrimages
And palmeres for to seken straunge strondes
To ferne halwes, kowthe in sondry londes;
And specially from every shires ende
Of Engelond, to Caunterbury they wende,
The hooly blisful martir for to seke
That hem hath holpen, whan that they were seeke.

The beginning of The Faerie Queene:

LO I the man, whose Muse whilome did maske,
As time her taught, in lowly Shepheards weeds,
Am now enforst a far vnfitter taske,
For trumpets sterne to chaunge mine Oaten reeds,
And sing of Knights and Ladies gentle deeds;
Whose prayses hauing slept in silence long,
Me, all too meane, the sacred Muse areeds
To blazon broad emongst her learned throng:
Fierce warres and faithfull loues shall moralize my song.

I say we do away with all those Latin, French and Greek words, and go back to Anglo-Saxon — the Real English™!

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HappyWarrior  Oct 8, 2015 • 6:00:51am

re: #74 Backwoods_Sleuth

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good grief

Bullshit Rupert. I’d honestly prefer it if you used the politically incorrect excuse you old bigoted ass.

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HappyWarrior  Oct 8, 2015 • 6:01:42am

re: #75 wheat-dogghazi-mailgate

The beginning of Beowulf:

Hwæt! We Gardena in geardagum,
þeodcyninga, þrym gefrunon,
hu ða æþelingas ellen fremedon.
Oft Scyld Scefing sceaþena þreatum,

The beginning of The Canterbury Tales:

Whan that Aprill, with his shoures soote
The droghte of March hath perced to the roote
And bathed every veyne in swich licour,
Of which vertu engendred is the flour;
Whan Zephirus eek with his sweete breeth
Inspired hath in every holt and heeth
The tendre croppes, and the yonge sonne
Hath in the Ram his halfe cours yronne,
And smale foweles maken melodye,
That slepen al the nyght with open ye
(So priketh hem Nature in hir corages);
Thanne longen folk to goon on pilgrimages
And palmeres for to seken straunge strondes
To ferne halwes, kowthe in sondry londes;
And specially from every shires ende
Of Engelond, to Caunterbury they wende,
The hooly blisful martir for to seke
That hem hath holpen, whan that they were seeke.

The beginning of The Faerie Queene:

LO I the man, whose Muse whilome did maske,
As time her taught, in lowly Shepheards weeds,
Am now enforst a far vnfitter taske,
For trumpets sterne to chaunge mine Oaten reeds,
And sing of Knights and Ladies gentle deeds;
Whose prayses hauing slept in silence long,
Me, all too meane, the sacred Muse areeds
To blazon broad emongst her learned throng:
Fierce warres and faithfull loues shall moralize my song.

I say we do away with all those Latin, French and Greek words, and go back to Anglo-Saxon — the Real EnglishTM!

Fuck it, I’m going back to Mayo.

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Fourth Football of the Apocalypse  Oct 8, 2015 • 6:04:35am

re: #51 No Depression

And he called it his “2 minutes of truth”.

Bwaahahahahahah

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Fourth Football of the Apocalypse  Oct 8, 2015 • 6:06:20am

re: #73 Backwoods_Sleuth

Should just have claimed his account was hacked. Nobody tweets something that stupid.

/

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b.d.  Oct 8, 2015 • 6:06:34am

re: #74 Backwoods_Sleuth

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good grief

Barry is a charming faux negro.

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lawhawk  Oct 8, 2015 • 6:08:08am

re: #70 The Vicious Babushka

Yeah, they didn’t like the fact I called them out on their lack of empathy and compassion. Thinking that their gun humping trumps all else, or that the 2A is absolute.

Come to think of it, it is interesting that the originalists and contextualists who say that the plain language of the constitution must be observed rigidly always seem to ignore the bit in the 2A that requires a well regulated militia.

A well regulated militia, being necessary to the security of a free state, the right of the people to keep and bear arms, shall not be infringed.

You know, the bit that the nation seems to have collectively ignored despite being clearly indicated.

Reasonable gun control is seen by the paranoid gun owners as a gun grab, even though it does no such thing. The NRA used to be for reasonable gun control, until they decided to trash gun control entirely. Now, they claim that anyone who calls for reasonable gun registration or other checks to make sure that someone is mentally stable enough to own a firearm (since 2 commit suicide by firearms every hour of every day while 1 dies 24/7/365 from a homicide) is called politicizing the latest mass killing - even though those all happen with alarming regularity that you can set a clock by.

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wheat-dogghazi-mailgate  Oct 8, 2015 • 6:10:32am

re: #77 HappyWarrior

They teach Gaelge in the schools there.

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HappyWarrior  Oct 8, 2015 • 6:11:36am

re: #82 wheat-dogghazi-mailgate

They teach Gaelge in the schools there.

I know. That’s the plan ha.

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lawhawk  Oct 8, 2015 • 6:11:38am

Oh, they seem nice:

These people are clearly delusional in thinking that their stash of guns can stop the USG if they wanted to.

Then again, watching the Bundy Ranch standoff unfold, where sovereign citizens/gun lovers trained their guns on government officials trying to enforce the law, you can see where these people want to lead down a path that should not be trodden.

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HappyWarrior  Oct 8, 2015 • 6:13:40am

re: #84 lawhawk

Oh, they seem nice:

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These people are clearly delusional in thinking that their stash of guns can stop the USG if they wanted to.

Then again, watching the Bundy Ranch standoff unfold, where sovereign citizens/gun lovers trained their guns on government officials trying to enforce the law, you can see where these people want to lead down a path that should not be trodden.

They fight for all citizens except gay ones, non Christuan ones, and people who want to live their life not worried about gun violence. Maybe if they weren’t sexually obsessed with guns, they’d realize that absolute firearms ownership is a recipe for disaster.

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WhatEVs  Oct 8, 2015 • 6:13:41am

re: #51 No Depression

Brian Kilmeade was just ranting on Fox and Friends about “political insiders” and the media conspiring to marginalize “insurgents” like Trump and Fiorina and their supporters because they’re scared of them. And he called it his “2 minutes of truth”. LOL

Well, he’s partially right. If either of them, or Carson, got anywhere near the White House, I would definitely be scared.

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The Vicious Babushka  Oct 8, 2015 • 6:14:10am

re: #84 lawhawk

Oh, they seem nice:

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These people are clearly delusional in thinking that their stash of guns can stop the USG if they wanted to.

Then again, watching the Bundy Ranch standoff unfold, where sovereign citizens/gun lovers trained their guns on government officials trying to enforce the law, you can see where these people want to lead down a path that should not be trodden.

It’s useless to get into a “conversation” with them, I just block & mute, block & mute, rinse, repeat.

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Belafon  Oct 8, 2015 • 6:14:58am

re: #79 Fourth Football of the Apocalypse

Should just have claimed his account was hacked. Nobody tweets something that stupid.

/

Remember when Reid (or was it Biden) said that Obama was well articulate? The difference, though, is that after 7+ years, a lot of Democrats have learned.

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HappyWarrior  Oct 8, 2015 • 6:16:31am

I actually know one of these types. Nice enough guy honestly but posts a ton of gun propaganda. I don’t do politics on FB out of principle.

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Eventual Carrion  Oct 8, 2015 • 6:17:43am

re: #81 lawhawk

[snip]

Reasonable gun control is seen by the paranoid gun owners as a gun grab, even though it does no such thing. The NRA used to be for reasonable gun control, until they decided to trash gun control entirely. Now, they claim that anyone who calls for reasonable gun registration or other checks to make sure that someone is mentally stable enough to own a firearm (since 2 commit suicide by firearms every hour of every day while 1 dies 24/7/365 from a homicide) is called politicizing the latest mass killing - even though those all happen with alarming regularity that you can set a clock by.

That is why I would like to see the term “gun control” changed to using “gun regulation”. Then when they argue that the constitution doesn’t say anything about regulation that part of the 2A can be pointed to.

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HappyWarrior  Oct 8, 2015 • 6:19:58am

It’s not merely their obsession with guns though, it’s treating as Jindal those of us who don’t like we’re terrible people and not really American. I don’t like guns. I had a great uncle kill himself with one. I understand hunting, target shooting, and self protection but do NOT attack my patriotism since day rather collect music than guns and don’t see criminals at every corner.

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The Vicious Babushka  Oct 8, 2015 • 6:20:00am

Oh look some wingnut put up this meme. Ima go crush his balls now.

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HappyWarrior  Oct 8, 2015 • 6:21:16am

re: #90 Eventual Carrion

That is why I would like to see the term “gun control” changed to using “gun regulation”. Then when they argue that the constitution doesn’t say anything about regulation that part of the 2A can be pointed to.

Regulation is the better and more accurate word. We need to win the war of words. They’ve been kicking our asses on that front.

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HappyWarrior  Oct 8, 2015 • 6:22:52am

re: #92 The Vicious Babushka

Oh look some wingnut put up this meme. Ima go crush his balls now.

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That’s the lady who was a trained professional who got fired when the church she saved found out she was gay right? Really showed their colors there. “Thanks for saving us but you like girls so you’re fired.”

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Timothy Watson  Oct 8, 2015 • 6:23:14am

re: #92 The Vicious Babushka

Oh look some wingnut put up this meme. Ima go crush his balls now.

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That’s the off-duty cop who was moonlighting as a security guard, right? And the same one that was kicked out of the same church for being gay, right?

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The Vicious Babushka  Oct 8, 2015 • 6:24:02am

re: #94 HappyWarrior

That’s the lady who was a trained professional who got fired when the church she saved found out she was gay right? Really showed their colors there. “Thanks for saving us but you like girls so you’re fired.”

re: #95 Timothy Watson

That’s the off-duty cop who was moonlighting as a security guard, right? And the same one that was kicked out of the same church for being gay, right?

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The Vicious Babushka  Oct 8, 2015 • 6:25:13am

Benghazi twibbon=so blocked now.

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HappyWarrior  Oct 8, 2015 • 6:26:26am

re: #96 The Vicious Babushka

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He’s a dumbass. Firstly she was a trained pro not some yahoo who fancied themselves a hero and like wise there you provided proof of the dreaded liberal media speaking her name.

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HappyWarrior  Oct 8, 2015 • 6:27:45am

re: #95 Timothy Watson

That’s the off-duty cop who was moonlighting as a security guard, right? And the same one that was kicked out of the same church for being gay, right?

Shit I hadn’t been aware she was an off duty cop. Again, she was a trained pro not some jackass who fancies themselves the great protector.

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SteveMcGaziBolaGate  Oct 8, 2015 • 6:28:06am

re: #98 HappyWarrior

Not to mention the fact that you have to go back to 2007 to find an example of a good gay with a gun.

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Timothy Watson  Oct 8, 2015 • 6:29:09am

re: #99 HappyWarrior

Shit I hadn’t been aware she was an off duty cop. Again, she was a trained pro not some jackass who fancies themselves the great protector.

Story says ex-cop, but the same point essentially. :)

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HappyWarrior  Oct 8, 2015 • 6:34:59am

re: #101 Timothy Watson

Story says ex-cop, but the same point essentially. :)

Right.

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HappyWarrior  Oct 8, 2015 • 6:36:17am

re: #100 SteveMcGaziBolaGate

Not to mention the fact that you have to go back to 2007 to find an example of a good gay with a gun.

Right and plus you have the CCW holder at Roseberg who is a combat vet saying that he’s glad he did not shoot. Really, I think a lot of these people as much as I detest their ammosexual mentality have good intentions but they are just clueless about the reality of what a shooting situation is going to be like. Everyone wants be the hero but not think.

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Lidane  Oct 8, 2015 • 6:38:05am

re: #1 Kid A

I had no idea there were so many lizards that are baseball fans. I always knew this place was cool. GO ASTROS!

True story - back in the 90s, I lived right by the Astrodome. This sucked during rodeo season because every redneck within a 500 mile radius that owned a horse trailer would jam the street I lived on every day, making my work commute suck.

However, it was awesome during baseball season. My friends would come over to my place and we’d walk to the games. We’d smuggle in booze, get the super cheap seats in center field and use the rest of our money on hot dogs and large sodas. It was a blast.

I miss it. I haven’t been to a baseball game in years.

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wrenchwench  Oct 8, 2015 • 6:39:19am
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HappyWarrior  Oct 8, 2015 • 6:41:47am

re: #105 wrenchwench

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Spot on.

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HappyWarrior  Oct 8, 2015 • 6:46:20am

I just don’t know how anyone seriously thinks more guns and being allowed at more places is the answer. Accidents happen all the time with self-professed responsible gun owners. Pardon me if I don’t want to be having my burrito, drinking my beer, grocery shopping, etc when some idiot’s gun goes off. You want to have a gun at home to protect yourself? That’s fine and your business but I am not being unreasonable if I don’t want them out in public and furthermore I don’t think it’s unreasonable to ensure people with a history of violence arne’t getting them.

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Great White Snark  Oct 8, 2015 • 6:46:32am

Will the DMV register my new gun? No worries about concealed carry tho..
//

Gun in engine block

Designers had to get creative in the early days of weaponizing motorized transportation. In one case during the First World War, that meant building a 37mm cannon into the middle of a V8 aero engine.

Lighter side this morning?

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The Vicious Babushka  Oct 8, 2015 • 6:49:38am

FUCK YOU STEVE.

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wrenchwench  Oct 8, 2015 • 6:52:25am

re: #104 Lidane

True story - back in the 90s, I lived right by the Astrodome. This sucked during rodeo season because every redneck within a 500 mile radius that owned a horse trailer would jam the street I lived on every day, making my work commute suck.

However, it was awesome during baseball season. My friends would come over to my place and we’d walk to the games. We’d smuggle in booze, get the super cheap seats in center field and use the rest of our money on hot dogs and large sodas. It was a blast.

I miss it. I haven’t been to a baseball game in years.

Sounds like AAA games in Portland. It was $2.00 for a seat in the bleachers, another $2.00 for a brat or a beer. Friends and I talked Mr. w into attending a Portland Beavers game with us. After 13 innings, we moved to the seats in the shade. The game went 17 innings and I’ve never been to another.

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The Vicious Babushka  Oct 8, 2015 • 6:52:51am

Srsly I am so disgusted by this worthless meme when the fact is DEMOCRATS CONTROL ALL LARGE CITIES. There are no successful cities “run by Republicans”

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HappyWarrior  Oct 8, 2015 • 6:53:45am

re: #109 The Vicious Babushka

FUCK YOU STEVE.

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Oh the Detroit punching bag coming from someone who has never been there.

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HappyWarrior  Oct 8, 2015 • 6:56:15am

It’s also not like Detroit is on its own independent of Republican policies on a state and federal level either. I could be a total dick and point out the one of the poorest areas in the country is Appalachia- predominately white and Republican but the thing is policies whether at a state or federal level effect us all whether we live in a large city like Detroit or a small rural Appalachian town.

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The Vicious Babushka  Oct 8, 2015 • 6:57:58am

re: #112 HappyWarrior

Oh the Detroit punching bag coming from someone who has never been there.

Steve lives in Michigan so he has probably been to Detroit a time or two.

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ObserverArt  Oct 8, 2015 • 6:59:41am

Morning.

I see everyone is speaking about languages in America.

Uh, what language does Kevin McCarthy speak?

It is vaguely English…I think. And he stands a good chance of becoming Speaker of the House and third most powerful man in American politics. Does his fumbling word usage and sentence structures mean he is a dumbass, or does he just have some kind of a speech disability?

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HappyWarrior  Oct 8, 2015 • 6:59:49am

re: #114 The Vicious Babushka

Steve lives in Michigan so he has probably been to Detroit a time or two.

Oh right, fair enough, I forgot he was the clown that tried to “prove” that Muslim bakers wouldn’t serve a gay man and found out that they were more accomdating than the Christian ones. Still though, most of the handwringling about Detroit I see comes from people who all they know about Detroit is what they’ve been told.

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lawhawk  Oct 8, 2015 • 7:02:31am

re: #116 HappyWarrior

They’ve got the Kentucky Fried Movie vision of Detroit in their heads:

Take Him To Detroit

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HappyWarrior  Oct 8, 2015 • 7:02:39am

The Kinks: Such an underrated British Invasion band. Should be up there with the Beatles, Stones, Who, Clapton, when people discuss the era and its music.

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HappyWarrior  Oct 8, 2015 • 7:04:03am

re: #117 lawhawk

They’ve got the Kentucky Fried Movie vision of Detroit in their heads:

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Heh. You know, Detroit was actually the first city my grandparents lived in after my grandfather got a job with the NLRB. He was a field examiner. Three of my aunts and uncles were born there and spent the early years of their lives there until they moved to Denver so I always had a soft spot for the Motor City. Not just the Motown tunes.

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ObserverArt  Oct 8, 2015 • 7:05:41am

It pisses me off to no end that people piss all over Detroit for political points. That city helped make this country the power it became in the 20th century. It will always be a great city to me for what it has done and what it will continue to do for this country.

Steve Crowder does nothing for this country except act like a dolt, flap his jaws and type out stupid tweets. Yeah, we really need guys like Steve. A guy with not an original thought in his pea brain.

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Lidane  Oct 8, 2015 • 7:06:14am

re: #111 The Vicious Babushka

Srsly I am so disgusted by this worthless meme when the fact is DEMOCRATS CONTROL ALL LARGE CITIES. There are no successful cities “run by Republicans”

Houston hasn’t had a Republican mayor since the early 80s. The last couple of Dallas mayors are Democrats. San Antonio hasn’t had a Republican mayor since 2001.

The GOP has a legislative and executive stranglehold on this state, but at the city level, Democrats do fairly well.

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The Vicious Babushka  Oct 8, 2015 • 7:06:38am

re: #117 lawhawk

They’ve got the Kentucky Fried Movie vision of Detroit in their heads:

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That scene would have been much funnier if they did it Br’er Rabbit style. “Please, please whatever you do don’t send me to Detroit!”

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HappyWarrior  Oct 8, 2015 • 7:07:27am

re: #120 ObserverArt

It pisses me off to no end that people piss all over Detroit for political points. That city helped make this country the power it became in the 20th century. It will always be a great city to me for what it has done and what it will continue to do for this country.

Steve Crowder does nothing for this country except act like a dolt, flap his jaws and type out stupid tweets. Yeah, we really need guys like Steve. A guy with not an original thought in his pea brain.

I feel the same way about Pittsburgh especially and other Rust Belt cities. It’s typical of their lack of appreciation for the past making our successes.

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ObserverArt  Oct 8, 2015 • 7:09:19am

re: #118 HappyWarrior

The Kinks: Such an underrated British Invasion band. Should be up there with the Beatles, Stones, Who, Clapton, when people discuss the era and its music.

Happy…Clapton as a single act is more 70s on. He was a Yardbird and then was in Cream in the 60s. In a way he does not make your list as a solo.

But anyone that really knows their 60s music knows you are right about The Kinks. So, you are more than right about that.

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Barefoot Grin  Oct 8, 2015 • 7:09:52am

re: #118 HappyWarrior

The Kinks: Such an underrated British Invasion band. Should be up there with the Beatles, Stones, Who, Clapton, when people discuss the era and its music.

Totally agree. I was a casual fan until I decided to go see them on the Celluloid Heroes tour—a friend asked me to go with him the day of the show; we just walked up to the ticket window (remember those things?) and got excellent seats. It was probably the best concert I’ve been to. What passion (or maybe it was the tension between the Davies brothers)! And a guy from Seymour, IN—John Cougar and the Zone warmed up. They were pretty good, too.

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HappyWarrior  Oct 8, 2015 • 7:11:26am

re: #124 ObserverArt

Happy…Clapton as a single act is more 70s on. He was a Yardbird and then was in Cream in the 60s. In a way he does not make your list as a solo.

But anyone that really knows their 60s music knows you are right about The Kinks. So, you are more than right about that.

You’re right. Yardbirds. I included him as a solo since I thought he had another 60’s band he was in but I think my memory is off. But yeah I was listening to them on my way to the office today. Great band.

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iossarian  Oct 8, 2015 • 7:11:43am

re: #124 ObserverArt

Happy…Clapton as a single act is more 70s on. He was a Yardbird and then was in Cream in the 60s. In a way he does not make your list as a solo.

Derek and the Dominos

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Eventual Carrion  Oct 8, 2015 • 7:12:06am

re: #125 Barefoot Grin

Totally agree. I was a casual fan until I decided to go see them on the Celluloid Heroes tour—a friend asked me to go with him the day of the show; we just walked up to the ticket window (remember those things?) and got excellent seats. It was probably the best concert I’ve been to. What passion (or maybe it was the tension between the Davies brothers)! And a guy from Seymour, IN—John Cougar and the Zone warmed up. They were pretty good, too.

I was just telling the wife last night (since we had John in the CD player in the car) that we should see if he was going to be playing anywhere close this winter.

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HappyWarrior  Oct 8, 2015 • 7:12:16am

re: #125 Barefoot Grin

Totally agree. I was a casual fan until I decided to go see them on the Celluloid Heroes tour—a friend asked me to go with him the day of the show; we just walked up to the ticket window (remember those things?) and got excellent seats. It was probably the best concert I’ve been to. What passion (or maybe it was the tension between the Davies brothers)! And a guy from Seymour, IN—John Cougar and the Zone warmed up. They were pretty good, too.

You can really hear their effluence on modern indie rock.

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HappyWarrior  Oct 8, 2015 • 7:12:36am

re: #127 iossarian

Derek and the Dominos

That was the 70’s right?

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iossarian  Oct 8, 2015 • 7:14:49am

re: #130 HappyWarrior

That was the 70’s right?

Yes - I had to look it up actually. One album, Layla etc.

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HappyWarrior  Oct 8, 2015 • 7:15:30am

re: #131 iossarian

Yes - I had to look it up actually. One album, Layla etc.

Yeah Layla. I’ll always associate that soon with the post-Lufthanaza heist montage in Goodfellas.

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Lidane  Oct 8, 2015 • 7:15:44am

re: #118 HappyWarrior

That goes for The Animals too, IMO. Bruce Springsteen is on record saying that he owes his entire career to Eric Burdon (sp?). They’re very underrated.

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HappyWarrior  Oct 8, 2015 • 7:16:32am

Oh and Donovan. Dylan’s probably the better songwritter but I have more “fun” listening to Donovan if you get my meaning. That’s another one with a song I always will associate with Goodfellas. Pretty easy to guess which song and which scene.

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ObserverArt  Oct 8, 2015 • 7:18:45am

re: #123 HappyWarrior

I feel the same way about Pittsburgh especially and other Rust Belt cities. It’s typical of their lack of appreciation for the past making our successes.

My hometown was a rust belt victim. It was never a huge city, but as I’ve posted before…we had Westinghouse, Empire Reeves Steel, Tappan, GM Fisher-Body all gone now. So I always appreciate Detroit, Pittsburgh, Cleveland and the like because they all built this country…and in a way they were the big brothers to my town and the background I grew up in.

And we were the home Isaly’s…

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Barefoot Grin  Oct 8, 2015 • 7:19:00am

re: #129 HappyWarrior

You can really hear their effluence on modern indie rock.

Definitely. Elliot Smith doing “Waterloo Sunset” is good. For reasons that not altogether positive, I frequently have “I’m an apeman, I’m an ape-apeman, well I’m an apeman” playing in my head.

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Decatur Deb  Oct 8, 2015 • 7:21:28am

re: #135 ObserverArt

(Running to check Klondike supply.)

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ObserverArt  Oct 8, 2015 • 7:22:14am

re: #127 iossarian

Derek and the Dominos

1970 on band.

I am in no way bagging on Clapton. Just mentioning 60s era stuff. Actually I should have added Blind Faith, since they just made in under the 60s era.

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Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light)  Oct 8, 2015 • 7:23:21am

re: #118 HappyWarrior

The Kinks: Such an underrated British Invasion band. Should be up there with the Beatles, Stones, Who, Clapton, when people discuss the era and its music.

As i recall, they were banned from touring the USA for a long time that cost them a lot of public acclaim.

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HappyWarrior  Oct 8, 2015 • 7:23:51am

re: #135 ObserverArt

My hometown was a rust belt victim. It was never a huge city, but as I’ve posted before…we had Westinghouse, Empire Reeves Steel, Tappan, GM Fisher-Body all gone now. So I always appreciate Detroit, Pittsburgh, Cleveland and the like because they all built this country…and in a way they were the big brothers to my town and the background I grew up in.

And we were the home Isaly’s…

My mom’s parents are from Johnstown of the famous flood and dad’s are from Pittsburgh. I always had a special appreciation for those two in particular since it’s where my family first lived after emigration.

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HappyWarrior  Oct 8, 2015 • 7:24:06am

re: #139 Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light)

As i recall, they were banned from touring the USA for a long time that cost them a lot of public acclaim.

I did not know that. Interesting.

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HappyWarrior  Oct 8, 2015 • 7:25:09am

re: #138 ObserverArt

1970 on band.

I am in no way bagging on Clapton. Just mentioning 60s era stuff. Actually I should have added Blind Faith, since they just made in under the 60s era.

Nah you’re good. You were merely pointing out that ERic wasn’t solo in the 60’s and a YArdbird. Wait wasn’t he part of Cream too? That’s probably why I included him as just a name.

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WhatEVs  Oct 8, 2015 • 7:25:28am

re: #115 ObserverArt

Morning.

I see everyone is speaking about languages in America.

Uh, what language does Kevin McCarthy speak?

It is vaguely English…I think. And he stands a good chance of becoming Speaker of the House and third most powerful man in American politics. Does his fumbling word usage and sentence structures mean he is a dumbass, or does he just have some kind of a speech disability?

I happened to watch Maddow last night and was shocked by how amazingly stupid McCarthy is. He has Palinesque level speechifying qualitations.

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The Vicious Babushka  Oct 8, 2015 • 7:25:55am

Wingnuts are particularly obsessed with Saul Alinsky but I have doubts that this meme is actually from “Rules for Radicals”==>

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ObserverArt  Oct 8, 2015 • 7:26:26am

re: #133 Lidane

That goes for The Animals too, IMO. Bruce Springsteen is on record saying that he owes his entire career to Eric Burdon (sp?). They’re very underrated.

Way…way…way underrated. His voice alone should be in the Hall of Fame.

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The Vicious Babushka  Oct 8, 2015 • 7:26:52am

Snopes says it’s bullshit.

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Smith25's Liberal Thighs  Oct 8, 2015 • 7:27:19am

re: #144 The Vicious Babushka

Wingnuts are particularly obsessed with Saul Alinsky but I have doubts that this meme is actually from “Rules for Radicals”==>

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I’m sure Alinsky is who developed Common Core////

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HappyWarrior  Oct 8, 2015 • 7:28:02am

re: #144 The Vicious Babushka

Wingnuts are particularly obsessed with Saul Alinsky but I have doubts that this meme is actually from “Rules for Radicals”==>

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That just oozes fake as hell. It reads like something that a conservative would write a socialist believes.

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HappyWarrior  Oct 8, 2015 • 7:28:44am

re: #133 Lidane

That goes for The Animals too, IMO. Bruce Springsteen is on record saying that he owes his entire career to Eric Burdon (sp?). They’re very underrated.

Great choice. I had “When I Was Young” on a mix I made my second to last semster of college.

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The Vicious Babushka  Oct 8, 2015 • 7:30:11am

STUPIDEST MEME OF THE DAY==>

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HappyWarrior  Oct 8, 2015 • 7:30:22am

From what I have read, I have more respect for Saul Alinsky and his life’s work than I do most Republicans.

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ObserverArt  Oct 8, 2015 • 7:31:23am

re: #139 Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light)

As i recall, they were banned from touring the USA for a long time that cost them a lot of public acclaim.

My guitar jamming buddy is a huge (yooooge!) Kinks fan. To this day we cannot get over they were ever banned from playing this country. Hell, they really were the first bad-boy punk band. But it was their behavior on their tours that got them in trouble with the American music powers and they were shit-listed. Sad.

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HappyWarrior  Oct 8, 2015 • 7:31:46am

To clarify, Saul Alinsky campaigned against racism and housing discrimination. There are a lot more people worthy of my ire than a man like that.

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HappyWarrior  Oct 8, 2015 • 7:32:08am

re: #152 ObserverArt

My guitar jamming buddy is a huge (yooooge!) Kinks fan. To this day we cannot get over they were ever banned from playing this country. Hell, they really were the first bad-boy punk band. But ti was their behavior on their tours that got them in trouble with the American music powers and they were shit-listed. Sad.

Proto-punk, yes!

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The Vicious Babushka  Oct 8, 2015 • 7:33:54am

The only people who actually want to increase the poverty level and welfare programs are the mega corporations, who campaign against raising the minimum wage and expect government programs to pick up the slack for their underpaid workers.

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ObserverArt  Oct 8, 2015 • 7:36:38am

re: #142 HappyWarrior

Nah you’re good. You were merely pointing out that ERic wasn’t solo in the 60’s and a YArdbird. Wait wasn’t he part of Cream too? That’s probably why I included him as just a name.

Yep…I mentioned that in my comment, and added another mentioning Blind Faith.

And that brings another great Rock ‘n’ Roller of the 60s. Steve Winwood. Can’t forget The Spencer Davis Group.

Keep on Running
Somebody Help Me
I’m a Man.
Gimme Some Lovin’

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wheat-dogghazi-mailgate  Oct 8, 2015 • 7:37:53am

re: #150 The Vicious Babushka

LONG LIVE THE DEVOLUTION - DEVO - BE STIFF

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ObserverArt  Oct 8, 2015 • 7:40:44am

Running out to do some errands. Later.

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Eventual Carrion  Oct 8, 2015 • 7:41:12am

re: #138 ObserverArt

1970 on band.

I am in no way bagging on Clapton. Just mentioning 60s era stuff. Actually I should have added Blind Faith, since they just made in under the 60s era.

Then you have to mention Steve Winwood. I think Steve is underrated as well. Has done some real good music over the years.

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ObserverArt  Oct 8, 2015 • 7:42:13am

re: #160 Eventual Carrion

Then you have to mention Steve Winwood. I think Steve is underrated as well. Has done some real good music over the years.

I did! See #156.

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makeitstop  Oct 8, 2015 • 7:44:26am

re: #55 The Vicious Babushka

Powerline says this like it’s a bad thing==>

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That guy’s still operating? Forgot all about ol’ Assrocket…

In other news - this popped up on the Lower East Side. We’re going to try to swing by and get some pics after the show tonight. If you want to check it out, it’s at the corner of Canal and Orchard.

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Eventual Carrion  Oct 8, 2015 • 7:46:11am

re: #156 ObserverArt

Yep…I mentioned that in my comment, and added another mentioning Blind Faith.

And that brings another great Rock ‘n’ Roller of the 60s. Steve Winwood. Can’t forget The Spencer Davis Group.

Keep on Running
Somebody Help Me
I’m a Man.
Gimme Some Lovin’

Yeah man.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Oct 8, 2015 • 7:50:21am

jeebus, Ben is just nutz:

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HappyWarrior  Oct 8, 2015 • 7:50:56am

re: #164 Backwoods_Sleuth

jeebus, Ben is just nutz:

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Is he high?

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Tigger2  Oct 8, 2015 • 7:57:19am

re: #164 Backwoods_Sleuth

jeebus, Ben is just nutz:

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Oct 8, 2015 • 7:58:32am
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Timothy Watson  Oct 8, 2015 • 7:59:53am

re: #164 Backwoods_Sleuth

jeebus, Ben is just nutz:

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But guns are still more important than himself or anyone else harmed by gun violence.

Maybe he isn’t a sociopath (my contention the other day), maybe he’s just completely fucking stupid.

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Blind Frog Belly White  Oct 8, 2015 • 8:01:10am

Saul Alinsky is the bargain basement boogeyman for Conservatives. The cognoscenti cite Cloward-Piven.

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HappyWarrior  Oct 8, 2015 • 8:02:28am

re: #169 Blind Frog Belly White

Saul Alinsky is the bargain basement boogeyman for Conservatives. The cognoscenti cite Cloward-Piven.

I honestly messed up with a writer named Saul Bellow ( was an English minor). That’s how little he has to with shaping my ideology. My big shaper of my ideology had to be my parents and grandparents.

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The Vicious Babushka  Oct 8, 2015 • 8:02:32am

Just when you thought it was impossible for a brain surgeon to be this stupid, THEIR IS MOAR STUPIDS

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HappyWarrior  Oct 8, 2015 • 8:03:56am

re: #171 The Vicious Babushka

Just when you thought it was impossible for a brain surgeon to be this stupid, THEIR IS MOAR STUPIDS

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I keep on expecting to be surprised with Carson. I think at this point, I’ll be surprised if he says something intelligent at this point.

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The Vicious Babushka  Oct 8, 2015 • 8:04:55am

OMG OMG OMG DANA IS BEING VICIOUSLY ATTACKED!!!! WHY DOESN’T SHE JUST SHOOT ALL TEH GUNS AT TEH MEAN BAD GUYS!!!!!!

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Slap  Oct 8, 2015 • 8:05:00am

re: #118 HappyWarrior

Agree. I think the Musician’s Union ban on their touring of the US was the biggest contributor to this failure. Had they been able to work the boards like the Stones and others, things might have been different.

Then again, would Ray have written as many England-centric wonders had they not been forced to stay off US stages during that fertile time?

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wheat-dogghazi-mailgate  Oct 8, 2015 • 8:05:19am

re: #172 HappyWarrior

I keep on expecting to be surprised with Carson. I think at this point, I’ll be surprised if he says something intelligent at this point.

He’s digging a deeper hole with every utterance.

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Blind Frog Belly White  Oct 8, 2015 • 8:06:02am

re: #171 The Vicious Babushka

Stupid Has Taken Over The GOP As Ben Carson Has No Idea What The Debt Limit Is

Based on last night’s conversation here, it ain’t just Carson.

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HappyWarrior  Oct 8, 2015 • 8:06:24am

re: #175 wheat-dogghazi-mailgate

He’s digging a deeper hole with every utterance.

He shouldn’t even be on a town council. President? WTF.

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lawhawk  Oct 8, 2015 • 8:06:59am

Heh.

That’s sure to get Geller’s knickers in a twist.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Oct 8, 2015 • 8:08:12am

re: #176 Blind Frog Belly White

Based on last night’s conversation here, it ain’t just Carson.

yep.
I eventually just gave up reading that nonsense and went to bed.

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wheat-dogghazi-mailgate  Oct 8, 2015 • 8:08:23am

Singer Selena Gomez diagnosed with lupus.
bbc.com

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Tigger2  Oct 8, 2015 • 8:08:51am

re: #171 The Vicious Babushka

Just when you thought it was impossible for a brain surgeon to be this stupid, THEIR IS MOAR STUPIDS

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Mr “We can’t be the stupid party” Jindal should be all over Carson. Oh wait I forgot Jindal is trying to out stupid all the others.

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HappyWarrior  Oct 8, 2015 • 8:10:13am

re: #181 Tigger2

Mr “We can’t be the stupid party” Jindal should be all over Carson. Oh wait I forgot Jindal is trying to out stupid all the others.

Jindal is not only being really stupid but incredibly hateful. Was discussing that with Aye
Pod last night. It really takes a special kind of asshole to lash out at a father who obviously feels terrible about what his son did because the father didn’t praise guns.

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lawhawk  Oct 8, 2015 • 8:10:15am

Originally, CBS was reporting this as sole source, but NBC News confirmed this occurred.

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HappyWarrior  Oct 8, 2015 • 8:10:47am

Trump’s assholery I hope doesn’t make people forget that the other GOP candidates are dickheads too.

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HappyWarrior  Oct 8, 2015 • 8:12:17am

re: #183 lawhawk

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Originally, CBS was reporting this as sole source, but NBC News confirmed this occurred.

Damn. That just sucks.

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Varek Raith  Oct 8, 2015 • 8:12:25am

Volkswagen HQ raided by German police

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WhatEVs  Oct 8, 2015 • 8:12:38am

re: #164 Backwoods_Sleuth

jeebus, Ben is just nutz:

Ben Carson: I got held up once at Popeye’s — but I told gunman to rob an employee, instead ow.ly

No way. Ben Carson isn’t a sociopath, he’s a full-bore psychopath.

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makeitstop  Oct 8, 2015 • 8:17:20am

re: #118 HappyWarrior

The Kinks: Such an underrated British Invasion band. Should be up there with the Beatles, Stones, Who, Clapton, when people discuss the era and its music.

In my book, they are. Ray wrote some of the best singles of the Invasion era, which is saying something - the bar was set pretty high in those days.

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makeitstop  Oct 8, 2015 • 8:20:29am

re: #133 Lidane

That goes for The Animals too, IMO. Bruce Springsteen is on record saying that he owes his entire career to Eric Burdon (sp?). They’re very underrated.

We saw Eric Burdon a few weeks back. He looks like a harmless little old man, but he nailed every single note of every song.

And Edgar Winter opened for him. Ol’ Edgar’s still pretty spry, himself.

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Franklin  Oct 8, 2015 • 8:21:47am

re: #144 The Vicious Babushka

Wingnuts are particularly obsessed with Saul Alinsky but I have doubts that this meme is actually from “Rules for Radicals”==>

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sagehen  Oct 8, 2015 • 8:22:43am

re: #111 The Vicious Babushka

Srsly I am so disgusted by this worthless meme when the fact is DEMOCRATS CONTROL ALL LARGE CITIES. There are no successful cities “run by Republicans”

(psst. the RINOs Rudy Giuliani and Michael Bloomberg.)

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WhatEVs  Oct 8, 2015 • 8:23:47am

re: #190 Franklin

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Franklin  Oct 8, 2015 • 8:24:25am

re: #192 WhatEVs

“their cold, dead heads.”

well played!

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WhatEVs  Oct 8, 2015 • 8:24:30am

While I am at it…RT away.

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lawhawk  Oct 8, 2015 • 8:27:45am

re: #191 sagehen

They also talk about people moving out of Rust Belt states and Northern states like NY for places like FL, TX, AZ, etc., as though the single motivating factor is that FL and TX in particular do not have an income tax.

Let’s just ignore that one of the prime motivations for moving out of NY is the high cost of living here, and the fact that the weather can be downright awful during the winter. People move away to find what they think is better climate. That’s why so many go to FL or TX. Taxes isn’t the prime motivating factor. If all your friends have moved to FL to find warm weather, you’re going to follow.

And yet, NY’s population continues growing at a steady clip. Just not as fast as other parts of the country that may have better weather. I moved out of NY to live in NJ b/c of an easier commute, etc., but NJ isn’t exactly cheap to live in either.

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Blind Frog Belly White  Oct 8, 2015 • 8:32:30am

re: #196 lawhawk

Air conditioning. Seriously, I’ve read that the reason behind the migration south is that air conditioning makes it livable, so you don’t have to choose between frostbite and heatstroke.

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The Vicious Babushka  Oct 8, 2015 • 8:36:03am

re: #197 Blind Frog Belly White

Air conditioning. Seriously, I’ve read that the reason behind the migration south is that air conditioning makes it livable, so you don’t have to choose between frostbite and heatstroke.

I was in Florida last December when the weather was in the 80’s every day and hella humid, but it was DECEMBER.

Florida install their air conditioning vents up near the ceiling, unlike here in Michigan where air conditioning vents serve double duty as heat ducts and are installed at floor level.

I SO COULD NOT live in Florida, even if I sold the nice house that I live in here, because how much could I get for it and what would it buy in Miami Beach?

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Varek Raith  Oct 8, 2015 • 8:37:28am

re: #198 The Vicious Babushka

I was in Florida last December when the weather was in the 80’s every day and hella humid, but it was DECEMBER.

Florida install their air conditioning vents up near the ceiling, unlike here in Michigan where air conditioning vents serve double duty as heat ducts and are installed at floor level.

I SO COULD NOT live in Florida, even if I sold the nice house that I live in here, because how much could I get for it and what would it buy in Miami Beach?

And, you know, hurricanes…
Florida Man.
And various other craziness that is Florida.
/

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HappyWarrior  Oct 8, 2015 • 8:37:38am

I really like Northern Va since it doesn’t get too hot or cold here. Close enough to the mountains and beach.

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HappyWarrior  Oct 8, 2015 • 8:37:57am

re: #199 Varek Raith

And, you know, hurricanes…
Florida Man.
And various other craziness that if Florida.
/

They also have he who shall not be named as their governor.

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HappyWarrior  Oct 8, 2015 • 8:39:04am

Well we have our local elections this year so maybe we’ll get rid of some notable Virginia state legislature nuts like Black and Marshall. I’d be happy to just get rid one o them. Both are notoriously sexist, homophobic, etc.

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Blind Frog Belly White  Oct 8, 2015 • 8:40:16am

This is why I love the Peninsula - rarely hot, rarely cold. Not bone dry, but low humidity. The only problem being it’s so expensive that I can’t afford to retire here. Then again, I probably won’t be able to retire anywhere.

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lawhawk  Oct 8, 2015 • 8:42:09am

re: #200 HappyWarrior

Lots of people have opted to winter in the Carolinas, rather than go all the way down to Florida. They’re half-backers. They can get back to NYC Metro easier, and get many of the benefits of a warmer climate without having to go all the way to Florida.

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Varek Raith  Oct 8, 2015 • 8:42:52am

re: #200 HappyWarrior

I really like Northern Va since it doesn’t get too hot or cold here. Close enough to the mountains and beach.

Though we sometimes get insanity like feet of snow or 120 degree heat.
Or needing the AC on one day then the heater the very next.

Wheee!

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HappyWarrior  Oct 8, 2015 • 8:43:03am

re: #204 lawhawk

Lots of people have opted to winter in the Carolinas, rather than go all the way down to Florida. They’re half-backers. They can get back to NYC Metro easier, and get many of the benefits of a warmer climate without having to go all the way to Florida.

My parents are thinking about retiring to Charleston. I actually like Florida well enough but like NYC, I think it’s a place I couldn’t live in. I like balance too much I guess. That said, I do think I could live in DC.

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HappyWarrior  Oct 8, 2015 • 8:44:02am

re: #205 Varek Raith

Though we sometimes get insanity like feet of snow or 120 degree heat.
Or needing the AC on one day then the heater the very next.

Wheee!

Oh yeah that drives me nuts. Gah remember the sub zero temperatures a couple years back? I was walking nearly a mile to work in that. Made the gloves I bought such a good investment.

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The Vicious Babushka  Oct 8, 2015 • 8:45:31am

LOL Look who thinks Glenn Beck is a Raving Freakazoid Nut Sandwich==>

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Varek Raith  Oct 8, 2015 • 8:45:36am

re: #207 HappyWarrior

Oh yeah that drives me nuts. Gah remember the sub zero temperatures a couple years back? I was walking nearly a mile to work in that. Made the gloves I bought such a good investment.

I heard someone on TV describe the Mid-Atlantic as the ‘Climatological toilet of NA’.

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Slap  Oct 8, 2015 • 8:45:58am

Sad news. Gail Zappa passed yesterday.

I made a Page.

RS obituary:
rollingstone.com

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HappyWarrior  Oct 8, 2015 • 8:46:31am

re: #209 Varek Raith

I heard someone on TV describe the Mid-Atlantic as the ‘Climatological toilet of NA’.

Hahaha brilliant. I actually didn’t think much of it when I was a kid but as I’ve grown older. Man.

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SteveMcGaziBolaGate  Oct 8, 2015 • 8:46:43am

re: #187 WhatEVs

No way. Ben Carson isn’t a sociopath, he’s a full-bore psychopath.

I’ve sort of watched this “Ben Carson is a sociopath” talk go by and thought it kind of over the top, but I didn’t really sweat it too much. Figured a little hyperbole here and there, whatever. But this piece you’ve linked to has a key statement RIGHT AT THE TOP:
“You won’t find the definitions in mental health’s official handbook, the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders. Doctors don’t officially diagnose people as psychopaths or sociopaths. They use a different term instead: antisocial personality disorder. “
Medically, there is no such thing as a sociopath or a psychopath. I don’t know why WebMD, of all things, went into a discussion of the two after pointing out that there is no such thing in the first place. They basically said a psychopath is a super dickhead and a sociopath is only a really big dickhead, which is fine colloquially, but there is no medical foundation for either term, so if you post a link, try to read it first.
If I had to guess what happened somebody googled “What’s the difference between a soc…”, Google autofilled the rest, the reader saw the first sentence and copied the link.

If we’re going to mock fact free right wingers, we kind of imply that we hold ourselves to a higher standard.

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Brother Holy Cruise Missile of Mild Acceptance  Oct 8, 2015 • 8:47:10am

Good morning lizards. I am happy to report I hit my weight loss goal. I am now 195 and have lost 55 lbs since January!

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Dave In Austin  Oct 8, 2015 • 8:49:32am
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SteveMcGaziBolaGate  Oct 8, 2015 • 8:50:47am

re: #213 Brother Holy Cruise Missile of Mild Acceptance

That’s awesome, especially the rate of the weight loss. Bodes well for maintaining it. Good luck.

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HappyWarrior  Oct 8, 2015 • 8:51:09am

Frankly I think and I have no medical degree but 28 years and 2 months plus of watching other people. I think Carson is just an asshole.

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HappyWarrior  Oct 8, 2015 • 8:52:21am

re: #213 Brother Holy Cruise Missile of Mild Acceptance

Good morning lizards. I am happy to report I hit my weight loss goal. I am now 195 and have lost 55 lbs since January!

Congrats. Awesome accomplishment. I lost around the same myself. Gained some back but now I’ve focused on getting stronger especially in my upper body. Noticed a difference when I had to lift an AC unit with my Dad the other day. Need to get rid of the belly though.

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SteveMcGaziBolaGate  Oct 8, 2015 • 8:53:13am

re: #216 HappyWarrior

Frankly I think and I have no medical degree but 28 years and 2 months plus of watching other people. I think Carson is just an asshole.

I’m hip to that.

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The Vicious Babushka  Oct 8, 2015 • 8:54:30am
Click to Reveal

Chucky Johnson did not make the list

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HappyWarrior  Oct 8, 2015 • 8:54:49am

re: #218 SteveMcGaziBolaGate

I’m hip to that.

Heh. I just don’t feel right about afar medical diagnosises. Ya know like when Krauthammer called Obama a narcissist simply because he used “I” a lot in his speeches. It does amaze me though how big an asshole Carson is though.

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HappyWarrior  Oct 8, 2015 • 8:55:14am

re: #219 The Vicious Babushka

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Great you nearly made me punch my work monitor.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Oct 8, 2015 • 8:55:25am
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SteveMcGaziBolaGate  Oct 8, 2015 • 8:57:05am

re: #222 Backwoods_Sleuth

Or when the little red straw goes up your nose.

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The Vicious Babushka  Oct 8, 2015 • 8:59:26am

I just saw some guy at work with his hair in a “man bun”

I managed to not wet myself laughing.

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The Vicious Babushka  Oct 8, 2015 • 9:00:06am

WHAT IS THIS TRUE?

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Varek Raith  Oct 8, 2015 • 9:00:34am

re: #224 The Vicious Babushka

I just saw some guy at work with his hair in a “man bun”

I managed to not wet myself laughing.

Man bun?
*Googles it*
…
*Laughs*

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The Vicious Babushka  Oct 8, 2015 • 9:00:36am

Now I think I really will wet myself laughing.

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SteveMcGaziBolaGate  Oct 8, 2015 • 9:01:06am

re: #225 The Vicious Babushka

“Doesn’t have it”? You mean he’ snot loony enough?

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HappyWarrior  Oct 8, 2015 • 9:01:47am

re: #226 Varek Raith

Man bun?
*Googles it*
…
*Laughs*

You probably knew about it just didn’t know the name. As liberal as I am ideologically, I’m fairly conservative with my hair. Only one dye job my whole life and that was for a Halloween outfit.

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HappyWarrior  Oct 8, 2015 • 9:02:19am

re: #228 SteveMcGaziBolaGate

“Doesn’t have it”? You mean he’ snot loony enough?

I’d guess doesn’t think that Donald is the best thing in the history of awesome.

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lawhawk  Oct 8, 2015 • 9:03:34am
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HappyWarrior  Oct 8, 2015 • 9:04:21am

re: #231 lawhawk

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He doesn’t have Information Technology?

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The Vicious Babushka  Oct 8, 2015 • 9:05:01am

re: #228 SteveMcGaziBolaGate

“Doesn’t have it”? You mean he’ snot loony enough?

Yesterday Erick son Erick was Tweeting using some BDSM sex terms about POTUS & Putin. He probs thought he was being “edgy” but the pearl-clutching crowd he hangs were like all ERMAGERD

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Varek Raith  Oct 8, 2015 • 9:05:03am

re: #232 HappyWarrior

He doesn’t have Information Technology?

Go to your room.

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HappyWarrior  Oct 8, 2015 • 9:06:44am

re: #233 The Vicious Babushka

Yesterday Erick son Erick was Tweeting using some BDSM sex terms about POTUS & Putin. He probs thought he was being “edgy” but the pearl-clutching crowd he hangs were like all ERMAGERD

These guys really should find an outlet for that. Porn is so readily available these days though I really doubt there’s too much of Putin.

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HappyWarrior  Oct 8, 2015 • 9:07:22am

The idea that Putin somehow will actually respect one of these right wing clowns is just laughable. He clearly did not respect Bush.

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Varek Raith  Oct 8, 2015 • 9:07:34am

re: #233 The Vicious Babushka

Yesterday Erick son Erick was Tweeting using some BDSM sex terms about POTUS & Putin. He probs thought he was being “edgy” but the pearl-clutching crowd he hangs were like all ERMAGERD

Whoookay…

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Oct 8, 2015 • 9:08:27am

re: #225 The Vicious Babushka

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Timothy Watson  Oct 8, 2015 • 9:08:57am

re: #231 lawhawk

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Who was he fired by? He announced he was leaving RedState a couple days ago.

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Varek Raith  Oct 8, 2015 • 9:09:32am

re: #235 HappyWarrior

These guys really should find an outlet for that. Porn is so readily available these days though I really doubt there’s too much of Putin.

Srsly.

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Timothy Watson  Oct 8, 2015 • 9:09:40am

re: #233 The Vicious Babushka

Yesterday Erick son Erick was Tweeting using some BDSM sex terms about POTUS & Putin. He probs thought he was being “edgy” but the pearl-clutching crowd he hangs were like all ERMAGERD

Christ, everything is really about sex with these people.

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HappyWarrior  Oct 8, 2015 • 9:10:26am

re: #240 Varek Raith

Srsly.

Yeah these guys are creepy.

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HappyWarrior  Oct 8, 2015 • 9:11:13am

I think it’s adorable that they think tough guy bullshit is going to make Putin beg for mercy.

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Brother Holy Cruise Missile of Mild Acceptance  Oct 8, 2015 • 9:11:56am

re: #215 SteveMcGaziBolaGate

re: #217 HappyWarrior

Thanks guys!

I’m not going to lie, I plan to start reversing course and slowly gaining weight back in order to build muscle/strength but going to try to keep the fat gain low. I will eventually have to “cut” again but I plan to try and keep the “gain” going as long as possible.

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Brother Holy Cruise Missile of Mild Acceptance  Oct 8, 2015 • 9:14:10am

re: #217 HappyWarrior

Congrats. Awesome accomplishment. I lost around the same myself. Gained some back but now I’ve focused on getting stronger especially in my upper body. Noticed a difference when I had to lift an AC unit with my Dad the other day. Need to get rid of the belly though.

I still have a bit of fat around my lower abs. I honestly want it gone but figure it will be easier to get rid of once I’ve built some more muscle so I am comfortable where I am at. The belly is the hardest area to lose for guys.

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Varek Raith  Oct 8, 2015 • 9:16:03am

Nice to see Christmas starts in September/October.
e_e

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HappyWarrior  Oct 8, 2015 • 9:17:00am

re: #245 Brother Holy Cruise Missile of Mild Acceptance

I still have a bit of fat around my lower abs. I honestly want it gone but figure it will be easier to get rid of once I’ve built some more muscle so I am comfortable where I am at. The belly is the hardest area to lose for guys.

Yeah it really is. I’ve gotten really strong in my legs but I can’t get rid of my beer belly. Honestly I am just happy to have the extra weight off. I know I’ll never be skinny and I don’t mind having some weight on me but ultimately I am glad to be in shape and not slowed down. Plus I have a heart condition to begin with. I’m eating and living better.

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HappyWarrior  Oct 8, 2015 • 9:18:32am

re: #248 Varek Raith

Wow.
Jaxon Taylor Injury: Toddler’s Head Reattached After Internal Decapitation

Whoa.

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WhatEVs  Oct 8, 2015 • 9:19:38am

re: #212 SteveMcGaziBolaGate

I’ve sort of watched this “Ben Carson is a sociopath” talk go by and thought it kind of over the top, but I didn’t really sweat it too much. Figured a little hyperbole here and there, whatever. But this piece you’ve linked to has a key statement RIGHT AT THE TOP:
“You won’t find the definitions in mental health’s official handbook, the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders. Doctors don’t officially diagnose people as psychopaths or sociopaths. They use a different term instead: antisocial personality disorder. “
Medically, there is no such thing as a sociopath or a psychopath. I don’t know why WebMD, of all things, went into a discussion of the two after pointing out that there is no such thing in the first place. They basically said a psychopath is a super dickhead and a sociopath is only a really big dickhead, which is fine colloquially, but there is no medical foundation for either term, so if you post a link, try to read it first.
If I had to guess what happened somebody googled “What’s the difference between a soc…”, Google autofilled the rest, the reader saw the first sentence and copied the link.

If we’re going to mock fact free right wingers, we kind of imply that we hold ourselves to a higher standard.

I did read it - and I majored in psych. I am sorry you don’t like the terms but they are out there in the public domain and people use them. So why not offer what they mean - what the difference is, not in the DSM, but in reality of daily usage?

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HappyWarrior  Oct 8, 2015 • 9:19:46am

So in a OT note. I’m finally progressing with MGS Peace Walker. Couldn’t do that damn button mashing torture that I hope like hell won’t be in Phantom Pain but my brother was able to help me out there. Also managed to find a special edition of PP on Amazon for 130 bucks.

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Varek Raith  Oct 8, 2015 • 9:20:06am

Now my neck feels uneasy.
*shudders*

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lawhawk  Oct 8, 2015 • 9:23:10am

re: #246 Varek Raith

Nice to see Christmas starts in September/October.
e_e

There’s a war on, you know…

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Varek Raith  Oct 8, 2015 • 9:23:52am

re: #253 lawhawk

There’s a war on, you know…

Yeah, well, it sure ain’t losing it!

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Charles Johnson  Oct 8, 2015 • 9:24:50am
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gocart mozart  Oct 8, 2015 • 9:25:06am

re: #144 The Vicious Babushka
It’s a stupid person’s idea of what a lefty would think. It doesn’t even pass the laugh test. Snopes is on it.
snopes.com

The above-quoted list of steps for “How to create a social state” is another example of a political attempt to tie the names of Saul Alinsky with those of Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton. But the list is not something taken from the actual writings of Saul Alinsky, nor does it even sound like something he would have written (e.g., the line about “controlling health care” is anachronistic for his era, and the idea of “increasing the poverty level as high as possible” is the very antithesis of what Alinsky worked to achieve). This list is simply a modern variant of the decades-old, apocryphal Communist Rules for Revolution piece that was originally passed along without attribution until Alinsky’s name became attached to it (presumably because someone out there thought it sounded like something Alinsky might have written).
Read more at snopes.com

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HappyWarrior  Oct 8, 2015 • 9:25:39am

re: #256 gocart mozart

It’s a stupid person’s idea of what a lefty would think. It doesn’t even pass the laugh test. Snopes is on it.
snopes.com

To me the dead give away was “Common Core.”

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Brother Holy Cruise Missile of Mild Acceptance  Oct 8, 2015 • 9:25:41am

re: #247 HappyWarrior

Yeah it really is. I’ve gotten really strong in my legs but I can’t get rid of my beer belly. Honestly I am just happy to have the extra weight off. I know I’ll never be skinny and I don’t mind having some weight on me but ultimately I am glad to be in shape and not slowed down. Plus I have a heart condition to begin with. I’m eating and living better.

There’s nothing wrong with that. I’m in the same boat, being happy to have the extra weight off. I will say the last 10lbs was rough, had to cut calories even more and do double duty at the gym 3 of the 5 days I work out and it’s still not all gone but I figure I am in a good spot to start actually building back up. Of course it also means a celebratory pizza!

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The Vicious Babushka  Oct 8, 2015 • 9:25:41am

STUPIDEST GUN-FUCKING MEME OF THE DAY==>
More realistic caption:
Police officer: “Miss you will have to explain to us why you shot this nice young college boy who took you home after you threw up at the frat party”
And everyone on campus will say SHE IS TEH SLUT & A MURDERER

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Stanley Sea Toujours  Oct 8, 2015 • 9:26:15am

Kevin McCarthy just dropped out of the Speaker race.

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HappyWarrior  Oct 8, 2015 • 9:26:52am

re: #258 Brother Holy Cruise Missile of Mild Acceptance

There’s nothing wrong with that. I’m in the same boat, being happy to have the extra weight off. I will say the last 10lbs was rough, had to cut calories even more and do double duty at the gym 3 of the 5 days I work out and it’s still not all gone but I figure I am in a good spot to start actually building back up. Of course it also means a celebratory pizza!

I”m lucky. Right now I work at a place that has a gym. I go there after every shift. I still enjoy food though heh. I don’t think that will ever change about me. I had a delicious Pakistani dinner last night.

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HappyWarrior  Oct 8, 2015 • 9:27:05am

re: #260 Stanley Sea Toujours

Kevin McCarthy just dropped out of the Speaker race.

Oh wow. Now it’s wide open.

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Dr Lizardo  Oct 8, 2015 • 9:27:51am

re: #241 Timothy Watson

Christ, everything is really about sex with these people.

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Eventual Carrion  Oct 8, 2015 • 9:28:18am

re: #256 gocart mozart

It’s a stupid person’s idea of what a lefty would think. It doesn’t even pass the laugh test. Snopes is on it.
snopes.com

I asked for page(s) citation of the list from the twit (twitter?) when he said it was from Alinsky’s book. As far as I can see he has gone silent to me. I even was nice and thanked him in advance. Oh well.

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Charles Johnson  Oct 8, 2015 • 9:28:50am

LOL!

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HappyWarrior  Oct 8, 2015 • 9:28:53am

re: #259 The Vicious Babushka

STUPIDEST GUN-FUCKING MEME OF THE DAY==>
More realistic caption:
Police officer: “Miss you will have to explain to us why you shot this nice young college boy who took you home after you threw up at the frat party”
And everyone on campus will say SHE IS TEH SLUT & A MURDERER

[Embedded content]

Again I ask why they always use attractive women for these. Hmm it’s almost like they want to sexualize guns. And that whole hypothetical is just laughable even if we didn’t have a problem of rape denial in this country.

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makeitstop  Oct 8, 2015 • 9:29:09am

re: #224 The Vicious Babushka

I just saw some guy at work with his hair in a “man bun”

I managed to not wet myself laughing.

Like this?
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Stanley Sea Toujours  Oct 8, 2015 • 9:29:33am

The GOP can’t even do this right.

Too many crazies. Bet the Cruz meeting had something to do with it.

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HappyWarrior  Oct 8, 2015 • 9:30:07am

re: #264 Eventual Carrion

I asked for page(s) citation of the list from the twit (twitter?) when he said it was from Alinsky’s book. As far as I can see he has gone silent to me. I even was nice and thanked him in advance. Oh well.

You tried. Just oozed out fake to me personally but it was good to at least ask for a citation. As I siad, I don’t know a ton about Mr. Alinsky, but from what I do know about him is that he was a decent enough guy and a lot more admirable than the cons who use him as scarebait.

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No Depression  Oct 8, 2015 • 9:30:14am

re: #260 Stanley Sea Toujours

Kevin McCarthy just dropped out of the Speaker race.

Speaking of Kevin McCarthy:

What Does The Jeb Say?

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HappyWarrior  Oct 8, 2015 • 9:30:32am

There’s an article in Rolling Stone about the House Freedom Caucus.

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The Vicious Babushka  Oct 8, 2015 • 9:30:47am

re: #266 HappyWarrior

Again I ask why they always use attractive women for these. Hmm it’s almost like they want to sexualize guns. And that whole hypothetical is just laughable even if we didn’t have a problem of rape denial in this country.

It’s basically porno, and the hot woman is actually caressing their penis substitute.

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HappyWarrior  Oct 8, 2015 • 9:32:15am

re: #272 The Vicious Babushka

It’s basically porno, and the hot woman is actually caressing their penis substitute.

Right, I always saw these memes as a form of pornography. I mean if it was really about women having the right to protect themselves. They’d use women of various ages and appearances. But they don’t. And that’s not even touching on the gun models dressed like lingerie models.

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The Vicious Babushka  Oct 8, 2015 • 9:33:38am

re: #273 HappyWarrior

Right, I always saw these memes as a form of pornography. I mean if it was really about women having the right to protect themselves. They’d use women of various ages and appearances. But they don’t. And that’s not even touching on the gun models dressed like lingerie models.

LOL camo or even kevlar underwear but her stomach is totally exposed SHOOT ME IN THE BELLY!

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HappyWarrior  Oct 8, 2015 • 9:34:45am

re: #274 The Vicious Babushka

LOL camo or even kevlar underwear but her stomach is totally exposed SHOOT ME IN THE BELLY!

Yeah precisely. Really this is just pornography for those who get their jollies from guns and not sexual activity. Freud would have a field day with these guys. I love it that so many of them pretend to be women too when they’re “telling” liberals off too.

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Stanley Sea Toujours  Oct 8, 2015 • 9:34:51am
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ObserverArt  Oct 8, 2015 • 9:35:09am

re: #260 Stanley Sea Toujours

Kevin McCarthy just dropped out of the Speaker race.

Just got back in.

Whoa!

I am not sure this is a good thing. Gonna have to catch up now to see what’s up.

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HappyWarrior  Oct 8, 2015 • 9:35:19am

re: #276 Stanley Sea Toujours

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He’d be better than the Calgary Kid.

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Varek Raith  Oct 8, 2015 • 9:35:49am

re: #275 HappyWarrior

Yeah precisely. Really this is just pornography for those who get their jollies from guns and not sexual activity. Freud would have a field day with these guys. I love it that so many of them pretend to be women too when they’re “telling” liberals off too.

Image: 54fe4d104d20ab1ca9d8b9faf3a58977.jpg

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HappyWarrior  Oct 8, 2015 • 9:36:08am

re: #277 ObserverArt

Just got back in.

Whoa!

I am not sure this is a good thing. Gonna have to catch up now to see what’s up.

Yeah I am not either. Now it could splinter them enough that Nancy could get enough votes but just not sure. And as much as I do despise the R’s, it is good for the country’s sake that their leadership be sane.

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Eventual Carrion  Oct 8, 2015 • 9:36:08am

re: #273 HappyWarrior

[snip]
But they don’t. And that’s not even touching on the gun models dressed like lingerie models.

Like this?

hidden by request :-)

Click to Reveal
Gun Guy Thong
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Varek Raith  Oct 8, 2015 • 9:36:20am

re: #276 Stanley Sea Toujours

[Embedded content]

Heh.

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HappyWarrior  Oct 8, 2015 • 9:36:45am

re: #281 Eventual Carrion

Like this?

[Embedded content]

Dude…………

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lawhawk  Oct 8, 2015 • 9:36:56am

Boehner has got to be laughing to himself over the afternoon martini. McCarthy withdrew as choice for Speaker. Can’t imagine why, though you have to wonder who’d want the job of driving the crazy train.

Well, when he’s not crying to himself, because if they can’t find someone to take the job, Boehner will be stuck with it until a replacement is found.

Ryan wants nothing to do with it, and the options are narrowing for the GOP to find someone that the caucus will be able to support. This is where their extremism has led.

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HappyWarrior  Oct 8, 2015 • 9:37:49am

re: #279 Varek Raith

Image: 54fe4d104d20ab1ca9d8b9faf3a58977.jpg

Hahaha exactly. I mean if I really want to buy you’re a lady that cares about guns, don’t present yourself as a male’s fantasy of a woman concerned about guns. I mean it’s not even them being attractive women for me, it’s how they’re dressed.

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HappyWarrior  Oct 8, 2015 • 9:38:29am

re: #284 lawhawk

Boehner has got to be laughing to himself over the afternoon martini. McCarthy withdrew as choice for Speaker. Can’t imagine why, though you have to wonder who’d want the job of driving the crazy train.

Well, when he’s not crying to himself, because if they can’t find someone to take the job, Boehner will be stuck with it until a replacement is found.

Ryan wants nothing to do with it, and the options are narrowing for the GOP to find someone that the caucus will be able to support. This is where their extremism has led.

Yeah with K-Mac dropping out. I do have to wonder who the establishment’s man is now. As you said, Paulie don’t want it.

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Varek Raith  Oct 8, 2015 • 9:38:55am

re: #281 Eventual Carrion

Like this?

[Embedded content]

What’s with guys and pointing guns near their junk???

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HappyWarrior  Oct 8, 2015 • 9:39:22am

Dude though spoiler that. Some of us are at work lol.

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Varek Raith  Oct 8, 2015 • 9:39:47am

re: #288 HappyWarrior

Dude though spoiler that. Some of us are at work lol.

Co-workers giving you the ‘look’?
/

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HappyWarrior  Oct 8, 2015 • 9:40:06am

re: #289 Varek Raith

Co-workers giving you the ‘look’?

Nah not yet.

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blueraven  Oct 8, 2015 • 9:40:57am

Republicans may have to take the vote to the entire House to get 218 votes.

I don’t see how anyone can get enough votes.

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Jenner7  Oct 8, 2015 • 9:41:15am

Oh GOP…..

Hahahahahahahahahahahaha!

You’re a mess.

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HappyWarrior  Oct 8, 2015 • 9:41:33am

McCarthy backing otu though really throws things into a wretch.

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Fourth Football of the Apocalypse  Oct 8, 2015 • 9:41:35am

re: #284 lawhawk

Boehner has got to be laughing to himself over the afternoon martini. McCarthy withdrew as choice for Speaker. Can’t imagine why, though you have to wonder who’d want the job of driving the crazy train.

Well, when he’s not crying to himself, because if they can’t find someone to take the job, Boehner will be stuck with it until a replacement is found.

Ryan wants nothing to do with it, and the options are narrowing for the GOP to find someone that the caucus will be able to support. This is where their extremism has led.

[Checks popcorn supplies….]

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The Vicious Babushka  Oct 8, 2015 • 9:41:44am
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Varek Raith  Oct 8, 2015 • 9:41:56am

re: #291 blueraven

Republicans may have to take the vote to the entire House to get 218 votes.

I don’t see how anyone can get enough votes.

*Cues appropriate music*
Circus Theme music

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HappyWarrior  Oct 8, 2015 • 9:42:23am

re: #295 The Vicious Babushka

[Embedded content]

Is that his ex wife or the daughter he lusts after?

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Varek Raith  Oct 8, 2015 • 9:43:40am

re: #293 HappyWarrior

Telling the truth is what sunk him.
Most amusing.

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ObserverArt  Oct 8, 2015 • 9:43:43am

re: #284 lawhawk

Boehner has got to be laughing to himself over the afternoon martini. McCarthy withdrew as choice for Speaker. Can’t imagine why, though you have to wonder who’d want the job of driving the crazy train.

Well, when he’s not crying to himself, because if they can’t find someone to take the job, Boehner will be stuck with it until a replacement is found.

Ryan wants nothing to do with it, and the options are narrowing for the GOP to find someone that the caucus will be able to support. This is where their extremism has led.

Maybe Chucky C. Johnson got to him with the exposure of his infidelities.

/

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The Vicious Babushka  Oct 8, 2015 • 9:43:50am

re: #297 HappyWarrior

Is that his ex wife or the daughter he lusts after?

Ivanka is his daughter, the one he said he’d like to bone if she wasn’t his daughter.

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Fourth Football of the Apocalypse  Oct 8, 2015 • 9:43:53am

re: #293 HappyWarrior

McCarthy backing otu though really throws things into a wretch.

Chaffetz!!! Zombie Daniel Webster!!!!

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b_sharp  Oct 8, 2015 • 9:44:08am

re: #146 The Vicious Babushka

Snopes says it’s bullshit.

Sounds more like what the right follows.

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The Vicious Babushka  Oct 8, 2015 • 9:44:12am
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Fourth Football of the Apocalypse  Oct 8, 2015 • 9:44:14am

re: #300 The Vicious Babushka

Ivanka is his daughter, the one he said he’d like to bone if she wasn’t his daughter.

ewwwwww

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HappyWarrior  Oct 8, 2015 • 9:44:29am

re: #298 Varek Raith

Telling the truth is what sunk him.
Most amusing.

That was my immediate first thought.

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HappyWarrior  Oct 8, 2015 • 9:44:43am

re: #300 The Vicious Babushka

Ivanka is his daughter, the one he said he’d like to bone if she wasn’t his daughter.

Yuck.

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Fourth Football of the Apocalypse  Oct 8, 2015 • 9:45:57am

re: #303 The Vicious Babushka

House Speaker elections postponed pic.twitter.com
— pourmecoffee

[Insert picture of Flounder from Animal House jumping up and down at the end saying Boy Isn’t This Great!!]

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Romantic Heretic  Oct 8, 2015 • 9:46:29am

re: #173 The Vicious Babushka

Freedom’s safest place?

We can quibble about the freedom part but the NRA is not the safest people place.

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nines09  Oct 8, 2015 • 9:46:32am

re: #270 No Depression

Speaking of Kevin McCarthy:

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Video

Bush “Greatest Century”

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Eclectic Cyborg  Oct 8, 2015 • 9:46:42am

Remember that Christian movie a few years ago where the brave college student stood up to the evil, atheist college professor who tried to get him to renounce God?

Well, it’s back…

What’s the plot line this time you ask? Let’s see:

When Grace, a Christian who teaches history at a public school, is asked an honest question about Jesus in the classroom, her reasoned response lands her in big trouble—almost before she finishes giving her answer. As the principal and superintendant join forces with a zealous civil liberties group, Grace faces an epic court case that could cost her the career she loves—and expel God from the classroom and the public square once and for all!

By the way this synopsis comes straight from the producers of the film.

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ObserverArt  Oct 8, 2015 • 9:46:45am

re: #292 Jenner7

Oh GOP…..

Hahahahahahahahahahahaha!

You’re a mess.

It is sort of funny, but it is kind of scary too. McCarthy at least was somewhat stable. Now, who knows what kind of nut we end up with.

Now, if it leads to Pelosi somehow getting elected I will laugh my ass off.

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Eclectic Cyborg  Oct 8, 2015 • 9:47:27am

re: #273 HappyWarrior

Right, I always saw these memes as a form of pornography. I mean if it was really about women having the right to protect themselves. They’d use women of various ages and appearances. But they don’t. And that’s not even touching on the gun models dressed like lingerie models.

On some sites they don’t even have the lingerie…

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Brother Holy Cruise Missile of Mild Acceptance  Oct 8, 2015 • 9:48:44am

re: #261 HappyWarrior

I”m lucky. Right now I work at a place that has a gym. I go there after every shift. I still enjoy food though heh. I don’t think that will ever change about me. I had a delicious Pakistani dinner last night.

I love food, still eat really well but am careful as to how much and what the “macros” are. Of course now that I can reverse course I plan to be a little more relaxed since gaining muscle necessarily means eating more and even gaining some fat but I am fine with that. Just want to keep progressing in my strength training and weight lifting. I was pretty proud of hitting 200lbs on the deadlift but I’ve pretty much reached the ceiling unless I start eating more and gaining more muscle.

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HappyWarrior  Oct 8, 2015 • 9:49:16am

re: #311 ObserverArt

It is sort of funny, but it is kind of scary too. McCarthy at least was somewhat stable. Now, who knows what kind of nut we end up with.

Now, if it leads to Pelosi somehow getting elected I will laugh my ass off.

I will only really laugh if it gets Pelosi her job back. Until then, I am what they call cautious but this does show you what a mess they really are.

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lawhawk  Oct 8, 2015 • 9:49:18am

Heh.

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blueraven  Oct 8, 2015 • 9:49:21am

Paul Ryan reiterates: He will not run for speaker.

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SteveMcGaziBolaGate  Oct 8, 2015 • 9:49:37am

re: #250 WhatEVs

I did read it - and I majored in psych. I am sorry you don’t like the terms but they are out there in the public domain and people use them. So why not offer what they mean - what the difference is, not in the DSM, but in reality of daily usage?

They are in daily usage but those terms have no meaning. If you really read the link why did you even proceed? And for God’s sake if you majored in psych you should know that there are no such things as sociopaths and psychopaths. I learned that much in Intro to Psych.

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HappyWarrior  Oct 8, 2015 • 9:50:33am

re: #313 Brother Holy Cruise Missile of Mild Acceptance

I love food, still eat really well but am careful as to how much and what the “macros” are. Of course now that I can reverse course I plan to be a little more relaxed since gaining muscle necessarily means eating more and even gaining some fat but I am fine with that. Just want to keep progressing in my strength training and weight lifting. I was pretty proud of hitting 200lbs on the deadlift but I’ve pretty much reached the ceiling unless I start eating more and gaining more muscle.

I think in my first stage of weight loss, I was petrified of weight gain so I underate. Now I think I have found a happy medium. I hardly ever drink soda anymore though. Had one fountain iced tea with dinner last night and then had water the rset of the night. I still do like my coffee and tea very sweet though but I only require one cup of day tops.

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HappyWarrior  Oct 8, 2015 • 9:51:03am

re: #316 blueraven

Paul Ryan reiterates: He will not run for speaker.

Because Paul Ryan’s record despite being VP candidate three years ago is thin.

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The Vicious Babushka  Oct 8, 2015 • 9:51:14am

re: #310 Eclectic Cyborg

Remember that Christian movie a few years ago where the brave college student stood up to the evil, atheist college professor who tried to get him to renounce God?

Well, it’s back…

Embedded Image

What’s the plot line this time you ask? Let’s see:

When Grace, a Christian who teaches history at a public school, is asked an honest question about Jesus in the classroom, her reasoned response lands her in big trouble—almost before she finishes giving her answer. As the principal and superintendant join forces with a zealous civil liberties group, Grace faces an epic court case that could cost her the career she loves—and expel God from the classroom and the public square once and for all!

By the way this synopsis comes straight from the producers of the film.

It sounds like that MARINE BEATS UP ATHEIST PUSSY LIBTARD PROFESSOR meme that you see on Facebook and Twitter every so often.

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allegro  Oct 8, 2015 • 9:51:35am

re: #276 Stanley Sea Toujours

[Embedded content]

From a Boner to a Dingle. Somehow appropriate.

/ couldn’t resist

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Jenner7  Oct 8, 2015 • 9:52:30am

Where is Chuck Todd to tell us this is somehow bad for Democrats?

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Franklin  Oct 8, 2015 • 9:52:34am

re: #297 HappyWarrior

Is that his ex wife or the daughter he lusts after?

Yes.

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Romantic Heretic  Oct 8, 2015 • 9:52:46am

re: #213 Brother Holy Cruise Missile of Mild Acceptance

Well done!

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HappyWarrior  Oct 8, 2015 • 9:53:38am

re: #321 allegro

From a Boner to a Dingle. Somehow appropriate.

/ couldn’t resist

DIngell is a Democrat. Had been the longest serving member ever in Congress.

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lawhawk  Oct 8, 2015 • 9:53:45am

re: #303 The Vicious Babushka

What a lovely day ! (Mad Max Fury Road)

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b_sharp  Oct 8, 2015 • 9:53:58am

re: #213 Brother Holy Cruise Missile of Mild Acceptance

Good morning lizards. I am happy to report I hit my weight loss goal. I am now 195 and have lost 55 lbs since January!

Cool. We now weigh the same. I’ve lost 40 lbs since last Nov, although I haven’t lost any for three months.

Mind you, I’m only 5’2” so I’m still have a way to go.

I lied. I’m 5’11-1/4”

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Eclectic Cyborg  Oct 8, 2015 • 9:53:58am

This is how I kind of envision the House GOP reps right now…

Boxing Day brawl breaks out in Georgian parliament

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wrenchwench  Oct 8, 2015 • 9:55:54am

re: #327 b_sharp

Cool. We now weigh the same. I’ve lost 40 lbs since last Nov, although I haven’t lost any for three months.

Mind you, I’m only 5’2” so I’m still have a way to go.

I lied. I’m 5’11-1/4”

I thought only those of us under 5’5” measured to the quarter-inch.

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SteveMcGaziBolaGate  Oct 8, 2015 • 9:55:59am

re: #328 Eclectic Cyborg

In the still picture for the video I get a kick of the guy in front who doesn’t even bother to look.

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gocart mozart  Oct 8, 2015 • 9:56:05am

re: #303 The Vicious Babushka

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Romantic Heretic  Oct 8, 2015 • 9:56:23am

re: #259 The Vicious Babushka

If that’s her in the picture it’s pretty obvious she knows nothing about guns.

Finger off the trigger, lady!

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Dr Lizardo  Oct 8, 2015 • 9:57:26am

I nominate Darth L. Jackson for Speaker of the House.

Darth L. Jackson

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HappyWarrior  Oct 8, 2015 • 9:57:31am

The establishment will find their guy I am sure but will he be able to gather suppot.

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SteveMcGaziBolaGate  Oct 8, 2015 • 9:57:36am

If the Democrats really want to make the Republicans panic they should have one run for speaker. The Rs will be too divided and the Ds can vote as a block.

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Eventual Carrion  Oct 8, 2015 • 9:57:36am

re: #300 The Vicious Babushka

Ivanka is his daughter, the one he said he’d like to bone if she wasn’t his daughter.

The Aristocrats.

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Romantic Heretic  Oct 8, 2015 • 9:57:46am

re: #260 Stanley Sea Toujours

Oh, dear. I am now envisaging the craziness of Chaffetz as speaker.

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Targetpractice  Oct 8, 2015 • 9:58:08am

Why is it surprising anybody that the very chaos within the GOP that has kept Boehner from being deposed is now manifesting itself fully when he’s voluntarily stepping down?

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Blind Frog Belly White  Oct 8, 2015 • 9:58:11am

re: #327 b_sharp

Cool. We now weigh the same. I’ve lost 40 lbs since last Nov, although I haven’t lost any for three months.

Mind you, I’m only 5’2” so I’m still have a way to go.

I lied. I’m 5’11-1/4”

I’m about that tall. I still have a couple inches to go to reach my optimum BMI.

340
HappyWarrior  Oct 8, 2015 • 9:58:34am

re: #335 SteveMcGaziBolaGate

If the Democrats really want to make the Republicans panic they should have one run for speaker. The Rs will be too divided and the Ds can vote as a block.

I think technically that always happens anyhow but I would die of laughter if by January, Pelosi is Speake.

341
ObserverArt  Oct 8, 2015 • 9:58:37am

McCarthy speaking on MSNBC right now.

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lawhawk  Oct 8, 2015 • 9:58:41am

I think that’s closer to the truth than anyone would care to admit. Having seen Boehner in action over the past few years, it was clear that the extremist wing was pulling the strings and forcing him to accede to their demands time and again. He went along with it so he was as much of a problem as the rest, but at some level Boehner knew that we need a functioning Congress and that key legislation has to pass - namely budgets.

He let the lunatics grab too much power, and this is the end result - a GOP that can’t find a successor to Boehner in a timely fashion.

What’s even more interesting is that McCarthy took his name out of the running only hours after saying he was in it. What changed his mind, we don’t know. Maybe the realization that running an insane asylum is a thankless job - though he’d have seen that by being in his current position.

But that no one else seems to want it either is telling that the GOP is truly in disarray.

Which means that the media will somehow attempt to spin this as a Democrat’s problem.

343
HappyWarrior  Oct 8, 2015 • 9:59:13am

re: #339 Blind Frog Belly White

I’m about that tall. I still have a couple inches to go to reach my optimum BMI.

BMI is such crap. That said I do need to get back below 200. I’m around that tall too though I like to lie and say 6’0 but shhh don’t tell the girls I try to date.

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Targetpractice  Oct 8, 2015 • 9:59:17am

re: #335 SteveMcGaziBolaGate

If the Democrats really want to make the Republicans panic they should have one run for speaker. The Rs will be too divided and the Ds can vote as a block.

This is the perfect time for Nancy to announce that she’ll run for the Speakership. It will either lead the GOP to coalesce around a “good enough” candidate or will lead to such disarray that Democrats could carry the vote.

345
Jenner7  Oct 8, 2015 • 9:59:20am

Haha

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Brother Holy Cruise Missile of Mild Acceptance  Oct 8, 2015 • 9:59:25am

re: #318 HappyWarrior

I think in my first stage of weight loss, I was petrified of weight gain so I underate. Now I think I have found a happy medium. I hardly ever drink soda anymore though. Had one fountain iced tea with dinner last night and then had water the rset of the night. I still do like my coffee and tea very sweet though but I only require one cup of day tops.

Giving up soda caused me to shed a lot of weight early on. Now I drink about a gallon of water a day and keep sweet drinks to a glass of Orange Juice with breakfast, a container of coconut water for lunch and sugar/creamer in my coffee. I’ll occasionally have a soda. I was maintaining my weight up until about 6 weeks ago when I decided to try and lose a bit more, ended up dropping around 10 lbs to get to 195.

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HappyWarrior  Oct 8, 2015 • 9:59:37am

re: #341 ObserverArt

McCarthy speaking on MSNBC right now.

It was a thing that tuna melt made me do.

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Blind Frog Belly White  Oct 8, 2015 • 9:59:46am

re: #342 lawhawk

Having seen Boehner inaction over the past few years,

FTFY

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Brother Holy Cruise Missile of Mild Acceptance  Oct 8, 2015 • 9:59:50am

re: #324 Romantic Heretic

Thanks!

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wrenchwench  Oct 8, 2015 • 10:00:36am
351
piratedan  Oct 8, 2015 • 10:00:37am

we used to see politicians occasionally jump ship from one party to the other, makes me wonder if there might now be a bunch of guys looking around and wondering where in the hell did the GOP that they used to be a part of go…..

Granted, we understand how tough it is to turn your back on the tribe that succored you, but when human sacrifices are called for and everyone is in the lottery, you start looking for a tribe who’s membership requirements aren’t quite as odious.

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SteveMcGaziBolaGate  Oct 8, 2015 • 10:01:10am

I think K Mac dropped out to save himself the embarrassment of hearing everything he said get mocked.

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Jenner7  Oct 8, 2015 • 10:01:18am
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HappyWarrior  Oct 8, 2015 • 10:01:18am

re: #346 Brother Holy Cruise Missile of Mild Acceptance

Giving up soda caused me to shed a lot of weight early on. Now I drink about a gallon of water a day and keep sweet drinks to a glass of Orange Juice with breakfast, a container of coconut water for lunch and sugar/creamer in my coffee. I’ll occasionally have a soda. I was maintaining my weight up until about 6 weeks ago when I decided to try and lose a bit more, ended up dropping around 10 lbs to get to 195.

I drink a lot of water now too. I do have sweet drinks still. Like I do like OJ with breakfast or cider during the fall. I probably could drop more weight if I quit drinking but I don’t plan on doing that. A guy’s gotta have some fun.

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The Vicious Babushka  Oct 8, 2015 • 10:01:29am
356
Brother Holy Cruise Missile of Mild Acceptance  Oct 8, 2015 • 10:01:50am

re: #327 b_sharp

LOL. As Happy said, BMI is kinda bunk. You could be 7% body fat, weigh 220 and have a bad BMI. Granted I am happy having a normal BMI but I have no problem going over on it if it means more lean mass.

357
HappyWarrior  Oct 8, 2015 • 10:02:21am

re: #351 piratedan

we used to see politicians occasionally jump ship from one party to the other, makes me wonder if there might now be a bunch of guys looking around and wondering where in the hell did the GOP that they used to be a part of go…..

Granted, we understand how tough it is to turn your back on the tribe that succored you, but when human sacrifices are called for and everyone is in the lottery, you start looking for a tribe who’s membership requirements aren’t quite as odious.

I wonder what it will take for the moderate R’s to see that the party is an asylum run my the inmates. Thing is though there aren’t any many truly moderate R’s left if any. IRA Pete King is sometimes called a moderate but he wants to treat all Muslims like they’re terrorists.

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Brother Holy Cruise Missile of Mild Acceptance  Oct 8, 2015 • 10:02:35am

re: #343 HappyWarrior

I’m 6’4” lol.

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Lidane  Oct 8, 2015 • 10:02:39am

re: #311 ObserverArt

It is sort of funny, but it is kind of scary too. McCarthy at least was somewhat stable. Now, who knows what kind of nut we end up with.

Two words: Speaker Gohmert.

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b_sharp  Oct 8, 2015 • 10:02:40am

re: #329 wrenchwench

I thought only those of us under 5’5” measured to the quarter-inch.

I’m keeping track of shrinkage.

No, not that kind of shrinkage!

I used to be 5’11-3/4”.

361
Charles Johnson  Oct 8, 2015 • 10:03:00am
362
b_sharp  Oct 8, 2015 • 10:03:23am

re: #339 Blind Frog Belly White

I’m about that tall. I still have a couple inches to go to reach my optimum BMI.

Specially built rack, or did you go with the commercially available ones?

363
HappyWarrior  Oct 8, 2015 • 10:03:27am

re: #358 Brother Holy Cruise Missile of Mild Acceptance

I’m 6’4” lol.

Thanks Jolly Green Giant, now I feel short. Nah not really but I wish I were a little taller.

364
Blind Frog Belly White  Oct 8, 2015 • 10:03:38am

re: #343 HappyWarrior

BMI is such crap. That said I do need to get back below 200. I’m around that tall too though I like to lie and say 6’0 but shhh don’t tell the girls I try to date.

BMI IS complete crap. It takes no account of fitness. Currently my RHR is about 50, and I can do 50 miles on a bike without dying. Not the peak of my fitness, but not bad for a 57 year old fat guy. I have weighed less and been in MUCH worse condition.

According to BMI, I’m overweight at anything over 185. At 185, I’d look sickly. I look really good between 200 and 210, but part of that is that I carry a lot of muscle mass in my legs, especially when I’m riding seriously.

365
Targetpractice  Oct 8, 2015 • 10:03:41am

re: #342 lawhawk

[Embedded content]

I think that’s closer to the truth than anyone would care to admit. Having seen Boehner in action over the past few years, it was clear that the extremist wing was pulling the strings and forcing him to accede to their demands time and again. He went along with it so he was as much of a problem as the rest, but at some level Boehner knew that we need a functioning Congress and that key legislation has to pass - namely budgets.

He let the lunatics grab too much power, and this is the end result - a GOP that can’t find a successor to Boehner in a timely fashion.

What’s even more interesting is that McCarthy took his name out of the running only hours after saying he was in it. What changed his mind, we don’t know. Maybe the realization that running an insane asylum is a thankless job - though he’d have seen that by being in his current position.

But that no one else seems to want it either is telling that the GOP is truly in disarray.

Which means that the media will somehow attempt to spin this as a Democrat’s problem.

I’m surprised they haven’t tried yet to blame the GOP clusterfuck on the Democrats, arguing that this disarray is their fault because they wouldn’t come forward and support McCarthy or whoever is the “moderate” guy that they think will lead America forward to sunshine and happiness. That Nancy should be a “leader,” step up, and pledge support to whoever the GOP establishment throws their support behind.

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HappyWarrior  Oct 8, 2015 • 10:03:47am

re: #361 Charles Johnson

[Embedded content]

Humble isn’t he?

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Blind Frog Belly White  Oct 8, 2015 • 10:04:44am

re: #360 b_sharp

I’m keeping track of shrinkage.

No, not that kind of shrinkage!

I used to be 5’11-3/4”.

Got married and settled down?
//

368
ObserverArt  Oct 8, 2015 • 10:04:45am

re: #341 ObserverArt

McCarthy speaking on MSNBC right now.

Again, just like Boehner, he looks relieved to make the announcement.

Damn.

Hey…I just remember this Photoshop I did back when a certain rep was mentioned once before.

Gohmert House Speakers - Model 2015 System
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HappyWarrior  Oct 8, 2015 • 10:05:08am

re: #364 Blind Frog Belly White

BMI IS complete crap. It takes no account of fitness. Currently my RHR is about 50, and I can do 50 miles on a bike without dying. Not the peak of my fitness, but not bad for a 57 year old fat guy. I have weighed less and been in MUCH worse condition.

According to BMI, I’m overweight at anything over 185. At 185, I’d look sickly. I look really good between 200 and 210, but part of that is that I carry a lot of muscle mass in my legs, especially when I’m riding seriously.

Even at my absolute lightest, I was still overweight. I could never get into the mid 180’s where I’m considered a normal weight for a man my height. I think I just have to accept that. I’m never going to be a 170’s type like my one brother. My other brother and I have our maternal grandfather’s build.

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sagehen  Oct 8, 2015 • 10:05:10am

re: #250 WhatEVs

I did read it - and I majored in psych. I am sorry you don’t like the terms but they are out there in the public domain and people use them. So why not offer what they mean - what the difference is, not in the DSM, but in reality of daily usage?

Sociopaths can and do masquerade as normal humans with feelings and a conscience and everything; psychopaths don’t bother.

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HappyWarrior  Oct 8, 2015 • 10:05:27am

re: #368 ObserverArt

Again, just like Boehner, he looks relieved to make the announcement.

Damn.

Hey…I just remember this Photoshop I did back when a certain rep was mentioned once before.

Image: Gohmert House Speakers - Model 2015 System

Louie, Louie,

372
Blind Frog Belly White  Oct 8, 2015 • 10:06:14am

re: #362 b_sharp

Specially built rack, or did you go with the commercially available ones?

Standing, as you probably know, compresses the spine, so my regimen involves a lot of not standing. Sitting upright will also compress the spine, so I try to avoid that as much as possible.

373
Smith25's Liberal Thighs  Oct 8, 2015 • 10:07:04am

re: #343 HappyWarrior

BMI is such crap. That said I do need to get back below 200. I’m around that tall too though I like to lie and say 6’0 but shhh don’t tell the girls I try to date.

Yep it is. Ever since I heard of BMI, I’ve always been at least a BMI in the mid 30’s-about 40(morbidly obese). Can’t be very athletic and have a non obese BMI

374
SteveMcGaziBolaGate  Oct 8, 2015 • 10:07:24am

With respect to BMI, it really doesn’t matter whether you’re made of muscle, fat, or sugar and spice. 200+ pounds of any type place a lot of metabolic demands on your body. Granted, some body types are less ideal than others, but that’s really BMI is about.

375
lawhawk  Oct 8, 2015 • 10:07:40am

Guess someone’s military tech isn’t up to Western standards.

Considering that the Russians have bombed medical facilities, civilians, and anyone not involved in IS or AQ, is it surprising that they lobbed a volley of cruise missiles at Syria but hit Iran “accidentally”. They are a proverbial bull in a china shop and collateral damage is something they exceed at.

If the missiles were launched from the Caspian Sea (the likely origination point), it makes more sense, since the missiles would first have to cross Iranian airspace, then Iraqi airspace, and then into Syria. So they probably had a batch of defective missiles (not exactly good for future sales).

If the missiles were launched from the Med or Black Sea, to miss your targets by two entire countries looks even worse. Either way, the Russians are showing that their bark while menacing is indiscriminate and likely to hit friend and foe.

376
Jenner7  Oct 8, 2015 • 10:07:55am

HAHAHA. He’s referring to this story:

thehill.com

“I have had a gun held on me when I was in a Popeyes,” Carson told host Karen Hunter on SiriusXM radio, referencing an incident at a Baltimore fast-food restaurant.
“[A] guy comes in, put the gun in my ribs,” he added. “And I just said, ‘I believe that you want the guy behind the counter.’”

377
HappyWarrior  Oct 8, 2015 • 10:08:01am

I think ultimately though regarding weight, one has to ask themselves a few questions.
1) Do I feel comfortable at this weight?
2.) Is my mobility limited (when I was at my absolute heaviest in 2012, I would get tired really easily after walking.)
3.) Is my eating contributing to my weight- That is to say am I eating too much?
I was down in the 190’s last summer and man I’d love like hell to get down there again but I think it would take another dramatic diet like my first one and I don’t think I have the time luxury and don’t think I can depress my appetite like that again. So as a result I’m striding for a more reasonable goal- get into late 190’s/early 200’s and get stronger. do physical exercise as well as cardio at the gym now.

378
ObserverArt  Oct 8, 2015 • 10:08:08am

Heh,

Chris Matthews said this shows the Republican party might not be a party. They do not have a leader, can’t find a leader, can’t get anything done, etc.

I agree. The TRUMP®, Carson and Fiorina tools have busted it up. The TeaParty being welcomed will prove to be the downfall.

379
HappyWarrior  Oct 8, 2015 • 10:08:57am

re: #373 Smith25’s Liberal Thighs

Yep it is. Ever since I heard of BMI, I’ve always been at least a BMI in the mid 30’s-about 40(morbidly obese). Can’t be very athletic and have a non obese BMI

Yeah a lot of athletes are obese according to BMI. I think I heard recently the system was developed in mid 19th century Belgium.

380
Blind Frog Belly White  Oct 8, 2015 • 10:08:57am

re: #368 ObserverArt

The Gohmert speakers immediately made me think of this:

AAAAaaAAAAAaaaaAAAAAAAAAAAAAAaaaa!!!
381
HappyWarrior  Oct 8, 2015 • 10:09:44am

re: #376 Jenner7

[Embedded content]

HAHAHA. He’s referring to this story:

thehill.com

If that actually did happen, good bye robbery victim vote, Ben.

382
HappyWarrior  Oct 8, 2015 • 10:11:18am

And this lol is why it’s going to be hard. Pizza and cake today in the office. Not that I am complaining.

383
ObserverArt  Oct 8, 2015 • 10:11:21am

Now hotshot Chaffetz is speaking.

384
Targetpractice  Oct 8, 2015 • 10:12:05am

re: #375 lawhawk

Guess someone’s military tech isn’t up to Western standards.

[Embedded content]

Considering that the Russians have bombed medical facilities, civilians, and anyone not involved in IS or AQ, is it surprising that they lobbed a volley of cruise missiles at Syria but hit Iran “accidentally”. They are a proverbial bull in a china shop and collateral damage is something they exceed at.

If the missiles were launched from the Caspian Sea (the likely origination point), it makes more sense, since the missiles would first have to cross Iranian airspace, then Iraqi airspace, and then into Syria. So they probably had a batch of defective missiles (not exactly good for future sales).

If the missiles were launched from the Med or Black Sea, to miss your targets by two entire countries looks even worse. Either way, the Russians are showing that their bark while menacing is indiscriminate and likely to hit friend and foe.

Considering the state of the Russian Navy, namely the ranks of ghost ships slowly rusting away in dock for lack of funds to properly recycle their reactors and scrap the hulls, I wouldn’t be surprised to learn that these missiles have a “Best By” date of 1991.

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Jenner7  Oct 8, 2015 • 10:12:10am

Rep. Dent just told Luke Russert that they may have to have a bi partisan coalition to pick the next Speaker. Wow.

386
Romantic Heretic  Oct 8, 2015 • 10:12:31am

re: #342 lawhawk

Judd Legum
House Republicans have been in complete disarray and without an actual leader for years.

It’s just being fully exposed now.

Remember voters. This is what America will look like if the teahadis get the absolute power they covet. Chaos will look like a good thing compared to what the nation will be reduced to by these people.

387
HappyWarrior  Oct 8, 2015 • 10:12:56am

re: #385 Jenner7

Rep. Dent just told Luke Russert that they may have to have a bi partisan coalition to pick the next Speaker. Wow.

Dent is one of the most moderate R’s left. I doubt he has much sway but that is something. I actually was in his disttrict last month. He represents the Allentown area.

388
b_sharp  Oct 8, 2015 • 10:14:52am

re: #356 Brother Holy Cruise Missile of Mild Acceptance

LOL. As Happy said, BMI is kinda bunk. You could be 7% body fat, weigh 220 and have a bad BMI. Granted I am happy having a normal BMI but I have no problem going over on it if it means more lean mass.

I used to lift weights when I was much, much younger and my BMI was out of whack with my muscle mass. Now it’s out of whack with my fat mass.

389
Blind Frog Belly White  Oct 8, 2015 • 10:15:26am

On FB just now, I observe that my wingnut cousin in West Virginia just ‘liked’ Rupert Murdoch’s ‘Real Black President’ tweet.

No words.

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Higgs Boson's Mate  Oct 8, 2015 • 10:15:48am

re: #213 Brother Holy Cruise Missile of Mild Acceptance

Good morning lizards. I am happy to report I hit my weight loss goal. I am now 195 and have lost 55 lbs since January!

Congratulations on your weight loss and well done for persevering! Getting one’s weight down can be a lonely thing at times - and frustrating as hell. How many times did you step onto the scales and exclaim, “What the fuck? I gained three pounds and I haven’t changed a thing?”

It is an ongoing struggle for me because my metabolism jumped ship at least fifteen years ago when I was but a lad of fifty-something.

391
Romantic Heretic  Oct 8, 2015 • 10:15:54am

re: #361 Charles Johnson

Mac Davis - It’s Hard To Be Humble

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b_sharp  Oct 8, 2015 • 10:16:20am

re: #367 Blind Frog Belly White

Got married and settled down?
//

Yah, and I’m still settling.

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Barefoot Grin  Oct 8, 2015 • 10:16:28am

re: #345 Jenner7

[Embedded content]

Haha

The life of the mind of the GOP
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b_sharp  Oct 8, 2015 • 10:17:13am

re: #372 Blind Frog Belly White

Standing, as you probably know, compresses the spine, so my regimen involves a lot of not standing. Sitting upright will also compress the spine, so I try to avoid that as much as possible.

I just hang around a lot.

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wrenchwench  Oct 8, 2015 • 10:17:23am

re: #376 Jenner7

[Embedded content]

HAHAHA. He’s referring to this story:

thehill.com

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sagehen  Oct 8, 2015 • 10:17:58am

re: #375 lawhawk

Guess someone’s military tech isn’t up to Western standards.

Considering that the Russians have bombed medical facilities, civilians, and anyone not involved in IS or AQ, is it surprising that they lobbed a volley of cruise missiles at Syria but hit Iran “accidentally”. They are a proverbial bull in a china shop and collateral damage is something they exceed at.

I’d ask for more evidence that this was “accidental”.

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b_sharp  Oct 8, 2015 • 10:19:55am

re: #377 HappyWarrior

I think ultimately though regarding weight, one has to ask themselves a few questions.
1) Do I feel comfortable at this weight?
2.) Is my mobility limited (when I was at my absolute heaviest in 2012, I would get tired really easily after walking.)
3.) Is my eating contributing to my weight- That is to say am I eating too much?
I was down in the 190’s last summer and man I’d love like hell to get down there again but I think it would take another dramatic diet like my first one and I don’t think I have the time luxury and don’t think I can depress my appetite like that again. So as a result I’m striding for a more reasonable goal- get into late 190’s/early 200’s and get stronger. do physical exercise as well as cardio at the gym now.

I went to over 200lbs in the mid ’90s but then when I took Hapkido dropped down to 178lbs. I seem to be at my most healthy around that weight. Mind you I was also physically fit then, something that is no longer true.

I don’t seem to get much exercise while commenting on LGF & tweeting.


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