Ben Carson Says the Bible Backs Up His Crackpot Theory About the Pyramids

“I don’t find that to be silly at all”
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When Ben Carson was asked today by reporters about his bizarre and ahistorical theory that the pyramids were built by the biblical character Joseph to “store grain,” he answered that there was nothing silly about his pyramid idea because he believes in the Bible.

Of course, the Bible doesn’t actually mention the pyramids at all, and it certainly doesn’t claim anywhere that a mythical “Joseph” built them to store grain. Carson came up with this crackpot theory all by himself; he’s like a caricature of an anti-science Republican politician.

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mr.fusion  Nov 5, 2015 • 12:51:58pm

These are the ramblings of a mad man screaming at his feet in the subway, not the frontrunner for a major political party’s presidential nomination.

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HappyWarrior  Nov 5, 2015 • 12:52:26pm

Your GOP frontrunner.

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Nyet  Nov 5, 2015 • 12:52:33pm

Dear Dr. Imbecile, you do know that the pyramids are not hollow, right?

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nines09  Nov 5, 2015 • 12:52:44pm

Ben really is insane. He lives on his own planet.

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mr.fusion  Nov 5, 2015 • 12:53:04pm

I apologize for stealing this image from downstairs, but it may be my favorite comment I’ve ever seen on LGF and I just have to repost.

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Nyet  Nov 5, 2015 • 12:53:49pm

As Charles points out, the Joseph story is a myth and the Bible never mentions the pyramids, but in some Christian iconography they’re indeed represented as grain silos, which is where the good Dr. got the idea from.

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Nyet  Nov 5, 2015 • 12:55:11pm

re: #5 mr.fusion

It’s perfect.

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Charles Johnson  Nov 5, 2015 • 12:55:34pm
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mr.fusion  Nov 5, 2015 • 12:56:08pm

re: #6 Nyet

As Charles points out, the Joseph story is a myth and the Bible never mentions the pyramids, but in some Christian iconography they’re indeed represented as grain silos, which is where the good Dr. got the idea from.

Yea and in Spaceballs a giant piece of pizza chases after a dog and his friend, and they use giant combs to comb the desert.

I’d expect my presidential frontrunner (and the person TIED with a former First Lady/Senator/Secretary of State) to understand these are the musings of a freaking mad man

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Kragar  Nov 5, 2015 • 12:57:03pm

“It can’t be silly because its in the Bible.”

Sorry, but one does not exclude the other.

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A Mom Anon  Nov 5, 2015 • 12:57:53pm

re: #6 Nyet

OK, I was raised by batcrap crazy end of times Hal Lindsey Christians (semi reformed, but still republican, sigh) and I never heard this one. The pyramids aren’t hollow, they’ve all been excavated FFS. Why? Why oh Why is the Stupid so popular? Why?

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Nyet  Nov 5, 2015 • 12:57:56pm

re: #9 mr.fusion

Yea and in Spaceballs they a giant piece of pizza chases after a dog and his friend, and they use giant combs to comb the desert.

*shrugs*

Could have been a great biblical story.

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Nyet  Nov 5, 2015 • 12:58:38pm

re: #11 A Mom Anon

Medieval iconography, I mean. I read about that, never saw myself.

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A Mom Anon  Nov 5, 2015 • 1:00:46pm

re: #13 Nyet

Still, with all the crazy ass things that have been spouted by bible thumping nitwits over the years, this one is brand new to me. I live in the South, and I’ve heard some shit, but this is a new one on me.

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Dr. Matt  Nov 5, 2015 • 1:01:46pm

The first pyramid was built in 2670 BCE and the last one was built in 664 BCE. Was Joseph the oldest man in history?

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Nyet  Nov 5, 2015 • 1:01:55pm

Aha, here it is. San Marco in Venice.

Image: Joseph_(San_Marco).jpg

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A Mom Anon  Nov 5, 2015 • 1:03:22pm

re: #16 Nyet

Alrighty then. I just don’t know what the hell to say. I mean I guess the people of that time had somewhat of an excuse, maybe. But, I just literally can’t even anymore. Sigh.

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Nyet  Nov 5, 2015 • 1:05:57pm

re: #16 Nyet

Pyramids as Joseph’s granaries used to be a popular folk-idea.

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Kragar  Nov 5, 2015 • 1:06:22pm
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taserian  Nov 5, 2015 • 1:07:53pm

re: #17 A Mom Anon

And that’s the problem. Actually considering that something that was taken as fact can be wrong, much less corrected with better information, is anathema to these minds.

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Nyet  Nov 5, 2015 • 1:08:02pm

re: #18 Nyet

Some details.

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mr.fusion  Nov 5, 2015 • 1:08:14pm

In all seriousness, this is a sill story that is easy to make fun of.

But the next GOP debate is in 5 days. On Fox News Business no less. This pyramid nonsense is something that should ABSOLUTELY be asked. It should be important for voters to know whether or not their frontrunner is making up their own nonsensical theories that fly in the face of historical facts, and whether or not they will back down.

But the question won’t come up. And if it does it will be dismissed as a “gotcha” question by Carson and Chris Christie will yell about ISIS not having anything to do with the pyramids

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lawhawk  Nov 5, 2015 • 1:08:58pm

re: #8 Charles Johnson

Anubis and the other System Lords are pissed that they’re getting overlooked on how/why the pyramids were created.

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Belafon  Nov 5, 2015 • 1:09:49pm

re: #22 mr.fusion

I’m pretty sure ISIS would blow them to bits if it took over Egypt.

I know that’s not your point.

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wrenchwench  Nov 5, 2015 • 1:12:08pm

re: #22 mr.fusion

But the next GOP debate is in 5 days. On Fox News Business no less. This pyramid nonsense is something that should ABSOLUTELY be asked. It should be important for voters to know whether or not their frontrunner is making up their own nonsensical theories that fly in the face of historical facts, and whether or not they will back down.

He will be defended by every religious person who has not read their entire text that year. They don’t want to be held responsible for knowing the contents, so they don’t hold him responsible either.

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Nyet  Nov 5, 2015 • 1:13:24pm

Why is pyrramid formed? how grain get storeed?

I think they need to do way instain Joseph.

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Lidane  Nov 5, 2015 • 1:17:19pm

re: #22 mr.fusion

Christie is busy hoping he’ll be on the adult stage next week. Considering his polls, he’ll be at the kid’s table with Bobby “Taste the Fat!” Jindal:

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lawhawk  Nov 5, 2015 • 1:17:23pm

Heh!

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The Ghost of a Flea  Nov 5, 2015 • 1:20:29pm

Dr. Carson is once again talking in the secret language of the evangelical wingnut.

The theory is old and wacky and non-Biblical, but he’s made defending it into a hard-line Bible-as-history, Bible-as-Truth talking point…because that’s who’s sending him money in direct-mail solicitations. People who love the idea of a world where there’s an evil, unitary “secular progressive” movement that has hijacked history, and that YEC and “Bible Truth” are brave rebels.

Also, I’ve been inside Khufu’s Pyramid. From a building science perspective, it’s the worst possible place for grain. The interior is cooler that the exterior, the stonework promotes movement of water by wicking. The central chamber is kind of damp, even in the “dry” period. Grain would dry slower, and it would be a perfect incubator for myco-spores to propagate.

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Eventual Carrion  Nov 5, 2015 • 1:22:13pm

The start button in the middle of that YouTube vid gives Ben a Hitler mustache.

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A Mom Anon  Nov 5, 2015 • 1:22:18pm

I’ve been around for awhile, and I’m not sure, but I think this is the weirdest group of candidates for President I’ve ever seen. The Democrats aren’t perfect, god knows, but they look like choir angels compared to the Republicans. Holy Moly. There’s no sanity, and if there happens to be a little, teeny tiny bit of it, it’s outstripped by incompetence. I truly fear for the country if one of these people ends up elected.

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Nyet  Nov 5, 2015 • 1:24:56pm

How does an utter idiot become a neurosurgeon?

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Danack  Nov 5, 2015 • 1:26:08pm

re: #15 Dr. Matt

The first pyramid was built in 2670 BCE and the last one was built in 664 BCE. Was Joseph the oldest man in history?

wow only 1500 years after the world was created!!1!?

And of course the people on Redstate are defending Carson: redstate.com

If you are trying to make a case that Carson is an idiot or against science, I think it takes more than a religious conviction to discredit an internationally prominent neurosurgeon with a string of articles published in scholarly medical journals. On the other hand, Hillary Clinton believes in man-induced global warming.

Yes. A theory that all archeologists disagree with is exactly the same as a theory that 95% of scientists argree with. /s

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Teukka  Nov 5, 2015 • 1:26:26pm

re: #29 The Ghost of the Beardsman

Dr. Carson is once again talking in the secret language of the evangelical wingnut.

The theory is old and wacky and non-Biblical, but he’s made defending it into a hard-line Bible-as-history, Bible-as-Truth talking point…because that’s who’s sending him money in direct-mail solicitations. People who love the idea of a world where there’s an evil, unitary “secular progressive” movement that has hijacked history, and that YEC and “Bible Truth” are brave rebels.

Also, I’ve been inside Khufu’s Pyramid. From a building science perspective, it’s the worst possible place for grain. The interior is cooler that the exterior, the stonework promotes movement of water by wicking. The central chamber is kind of damp, even in the “dry” period. Grain would dry slower, and it would be a perfect incubator for myco-spores to propagate.

And some of the fungii are outright deadly, e.g.Aspergillus niger.

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lawhawk  Nov 5, 2015 • 1:26:58pm

re: #32 Nyet

He’s good at Operation? Single issue excellence? Tunnel vision - focus entire on medical needs/practice, ignoring everything else in life, including facts/logic/history that do not relate directly to his medical practice/skills?

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Kragar  Nov 5, 2015 • 1:27:14pm

re: #32 Nyet

How does an utter idiot become a neurosurgeon?

The Doctor - Kids in the Hall

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Nyet  Nov 5, 2015 • 1:27:35pm

re: #33 Danack

with a string of articles published in scholarly medical journals

One of which showing him using aborted babies.

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Testy Toad T  Nov 5, 2015 • 1:28:37pm

Sports blogger Bill Simmons, late of ESPN, once promulgated a reader’s concept that he named the “Tyson Zone”. In their own words,

• The Tyson Zone:
“I think Ron Artest has entered rarified air now. He’s officially a person who, if a friend said, “Did you hear that (fill in celebrity’s name) just (fill in the insane behavior: urinated on a police officer, began breeding unicorns, etc.)?”, I would have no problem believing it was true. I think this space is occupied by Mike Tyson, Michael Jackson, Courtney Love, and the late, great ODB. Can you think of any others?”

I submit that Ben Carson has entered the Tyson Zone. Republicans of all stripes talk all kinds of bullshit, but there is literally no statement that Carson could make that would surprise me at this point. I don’t think a major political figure has ever achieved that.

EGYPTIAN PYRAMIDS FULL OF WHEAT, because Bible. That’s so far beyond black helicopters, or Agenda 21 takin’ yer golf away, or Barack Obama the secret Kenyan Muslim, or teh ghey agenda, or something something Benghazi… it’s flat-out fucking la-la land.

Honest and true, I never thought I would live to see this day. This is Gene Ray Timecube shit, the sort of stuff that makes you inch away from the crazy guy on the bus.

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CriticalDragon1177  Nov 5, 2015 • 1:31:13pm

Charles Johnson

And of course Ben Carson thinks that the Bible is an authority but all those archaeologists and historians are not.

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CriticalDragon1177  Nov 5, 2015 • 1:33:01pm

Oh speaking of people that Ben Carson has no respect for, since they’re not “good Christians,” since they believe in evolution and science that contradicts his religious views, of course.

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Kragar  Nov 5, 2015 • 1:34:01pm
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Nyet  Nov 5, 2015 • 1:34:45pm

If you think about it though, most R candidates probably believe in that whole Biblical fiction about Joseph, and more generally about “Jews in Egypt”, literally.

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CriticalDragon1177  Nov 5, 2015 • 1:35:28pm

Didn’t even know this was a thing, until today.

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Testy Toad T  Nov 5, 2015 • 1:37:39pm

re: #42 Nyet

If you think about it though, most R candidates probably believe in that whole Biblical fiction about Joseph, and more generally about “Jews in Egypt”, literally.

To be honest, I’m not convinced that a great many Republican politicians are complete fucking charlatans that worship money and use Jeebus as an electoral safety blanket. I would bet you a golden internet nickel Carly Fiorina or Chris Christie or ¿Jeb? has never even heard of this stuff.

(If you retort that I named three candidates who are polling in low single digits, that’s a completely fair point)

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Not a Sparkly Vampire  Nov 5, 2015 • 1:38:39pm

The pyramids were actually swimming pools.

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Nyet  Nov 5, 2015 • 1:38:51pm
Carson then tells the story of how he supposedly stumped the physicist by asking him how he could reconcile such an “organized” universe with the laws of thermodynamics, specifically entropy, which says that systems tend to move toward disorder.

“Well of course he has no answer for that. They never have an answer for any of these things,” he concludes, broadening his story into a universal. “And see that’s the wonderful thing about having a relationship with God …

… - if you lie in His name, it’s OK!

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makeitstop  Nov 5, 2015 • 1:39:21pm

re: #43 CriticalDragon1177

Didn’t even know this was a thing, until today.

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They picked the right day for it.

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Ian G.  Nov 5, 2015 • 1:40:26pm

re: #43 CriticalDragon1177

Guido Fawkes was a Catholic fundamentalist who wanted to replace Parliament with a Catholic absolute monarch. Using him as an anarchist symbol makes about as much sense as using Ted Cruz as an anarchist symbol.

Self-awareness has never been these people’s strong points.

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gocart mozart  Nov 5, 2015 • 1:41:38pm
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Ian G.  Nov 5, 2015 • 1:42:10pm

You know what I really want someone to ask Carson? Whether he agrees with the Book of Mormon and it’s “theories” that the Americas were colonized by ancient Israelites. They need to make sure to point out that archaeologists disagree with that too.

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TedStriker  Nov 5, 2015 • 1:42:12pm

re: #46 Nyet

… if you lie in His name, it’s OK!

So help me, who knew that Greg Stillson was black?

/

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Nyet  Nov 5, 2015 • 1:42:30pm

re: #45 Not a Sparkly Vampire

The pyramids were actually swimming pools.

They were actually Walmart.

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CriticalDragon1177  Nov 5, 2015 • 1:42:40pm

Irony alert! Irony alert!

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It's on his hat!  Nov 5, 2015 • 1:43:06pm

re: #48 Ian G.

Guido Fawkes was a Catholic fundamentalist who wanted to replace Parliament with a Catholic absolute monarch. Using him as an anarchist symbol makes about as much sense as using Ted Cruz as an anarchist symbol.

Self-awareness has never been these people’s strong points.

The mask and associated costume/imagery come from V for Vendetta.

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Testy Toad T  Nov 5, 2015 • 1:43:20pm

re: #46 Nyet

Carson then tells the story of how he supposedly stumped the physicist by asking him how he could reconcile such an “organized” universe with the laws of thermodynamics, specifically entropy, which says that systems tend to move toward disorder.

Asking a garden-variety physicist of some random stripe to explain off the top of his or her head how the universe came into being is like asking a Republican member of Congress what “repeal and replace” is supposed to look like.

Just completely intellectually unfair.

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Nyet  Nov 5, 2015 • 1:44:22pm

re: #55 Testy Toad T

Tho even a random physicist would easily explain where the zombie neurosurgeon went wrong in his regurgitated 2nd law meme.

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gocart mozart  Nov 5, 2015 • 1:44:28pm
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HappyWarrior  Nov 5, 2015 • 1:45:03pm

re: #53 CriticalDragon1177

Irony alert! Irony alert!

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I always hate arguments like this because while it’s obvious that Obama doesn’t feel that way, you can’t totally disprove it objectively either.

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CriticalDragon1177  Nov 5, 2015 • 1:46:45pm

re: #57 gocart mozart

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Kragar  Nov 5, 2015 • 1:48:07pm
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The Ghost of a Flea  Nov 5, 2015 • 1:48:16pm

re: #56 Nyet

The physicist stumped by basic thermodynamics is exactly as real as the hot blonde in the Penthouse forum letters…

…and serves much the function.

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CriticalDragon1177  Nov 5, 2015 • 1:50:46pm

Nice costume. Too bad Halloween is over!

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Nyet  Nov 5, 2015 • 1:50:48pm

#BenCarsonFacts Unicorn farts are laughing gas.

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Lidane  Nov 5, 2015 • 1:51:02pm

re: #43 CriticalDragon1177

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dog philosopher ஐஒஔ௸  Nov 5, 2015 • 1:51:28pm

one of the features of the next year will be a close measurement of just how many americans are in favor of a scientifically ignorant president with an 18th century worldview

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CriticalDragon1177  Nov 5, 2015 • 1:52:15pm

re: #64 Lidane

That is ironic and rather sad.

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iossarian  Nov 5, 2015 • 1:54:41pm

re: #48 Ian G.

Guido Fawkes was a Catholic fundamentalist who wanted to replace Parliament with a Catholic absolute monarch.

Or, alternatively, he was a false flag/fall guy set up by the Protestant merchant bourgeoisie so that they could consolidate their grip on power.

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goddamnedfrank  Nov 5, 2015 • 1:56:51pm

re: #58 HappyWarrior

I always hate arguments like this because while it’s obvious that Obama doesn’t feel that way, you can’t totally disprove it objectively either.

The “if he could get away with it” clause presumes absolute power and certainty, a ridiculous test of human character. It’s the rare person I think who wouldn’t become a tyrant if given the unfettered ability to impose their will upon society.

Moon prison.

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Not a Sparkly Vampire  Nov 5, 2015 • 1:57:10pm

“The First Half Of His Sentence Is True And The Second Half Is True. But Two Trues, In This Case, Don’t Make The Whole Truth”
- Politifact.

politifact.com

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KGxvi  Nov 5, 2015 • 1:57:49pm

re: #46 Nyet

- if you lie in His name, it’s OK!

So, the whole MOOSLIMS CAN LIE TO DO JIHAD! IT’S IN THE COREANNE!!1! is just more projection?

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HappyWarrior  Nov 5, 2015 • 1:58:15pm

re: #68 goddamnedfrank

The “if he could get away with it” clause presumes absolute power and certainty, a ridiculous test of human character. It’s the rare person I think who wouldn’t become a tyrant if given the absolute ability to impose their will upon society.

Moon prison.

Right. I mean if I could get away with it, I’d probably shoplift too but again such a silly yphethetical.

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Nyet  Nov 5, 2015 • 2:00:40pm

#BenCarsonFacts The face on Mars is Enoch, the Man on the Moon is Elijah, the Tortilla Guy is Jesus, God these shrooms are good.

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dog philosopher ஐஒஔ௸  Nov 5, 2015 • 2:01:06pm

…but considering that carson consistently does better in matchups against democrats than any other republican, i can only deduce that a significant number of democrats would vote for a republican as long as they have religious views that are sufficiently antediluvian

im not encouraged by the idea that his popularity will fade once people find out more about him since, remember - we dont think like wingnuts

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Big Beautiful Door  Nov 5, 2015 • 2:01:12pm

re: #43 CriticalDragon1177

Didn’t even know this was a thing, until today.

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Based on the graphic novel/movie V for Vendetta

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CriticalDragon1177  Nov 5, 2015 • 2:01:51pm

I’m tempted to tweet this to Bryan Fischer and Pat Robertson, just so I can watch their heads explode!

Witchcraft! Satan! Harry Potter!

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dog philosopher ஐஒஔ௸  Nov 5, 2015 • 2:02:26pm

re: #70 KGxvi

COREANNE

imma sing an early 60s doo wop song about coreanne now

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goddamnedfrank  Nov 5, 2015 • 2:02:38pm

re: #64 Lidane

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This is one of the many disappointing things about Anon, their utter lack of originality. It’s embarrassing.

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Big Beautiful Door  Nov 5, 2015 • 2:03:25pm

re: #50 Ian G.

You know what I really want someone to ask Carson? Whether he agrees with the Book of Mormon and it’s “theories” that the Americas were colonized by ancient Israelites. They need to make sure to point out that archaeologists disagree with that too.

That would’ve been a good one for Romney, but Carson is 7th Day Adventist, so probably not.

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Nyet  Nov 5, 2015 • 2:04:25pm

re: #78 Big Beautiful Door

That would’ve been a good one for Romney, but Carson is 7th Day Adventist, so probably not.

I wouldn’t be wholly surprised if he believed in that too tho.

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KGxvi  Nov 5, 2015 • 2:09:07pm

re: #79 Nyet

“I’m not really familiar with that policybelief system, so you’ll have to explain it to me,” Carson said. Following the explanation Carson responded, “Well, that seems fairly reasonable, Native Americans had to get here somehow, and since we know global warming is a hoax, it couldn’t have been via a land bridge from Asia.”

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Testy Toad T  Nov 5, 2015 • 2:11:47pm

re: #73 dog philosopher ஐஒஔ௸

…but considering that carson consistently does better in matchups against democrats than any other republican, i can only deduce that a significant number of democrats would vote for a republican as long as they have religious views that are sufficiently antediluvian

im not encouraged by the idea that his popularity will fade once people find out more about him since, remember - we dont think like wingnuts

To be fair, it’s significantly easier to get somebody to vote cross-ticket for X when X hasn’t actually given (as far as I am aware) a single firm policy view or political plan on any kind.

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CriticalDragon1177  Nov 5, 2015 • 2:12:25pm
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HappyWarrior  Nov 5, 2015 • 2:13:06pm

re: #82 CriticalDragon1177

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Sauna is a Finnish loan word isn’t it?

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Nyet  Nov 5, 2015 • 2:13:14pm

re: #82 CriticalDragon1177

Onoz, blond blue-eyed Nazis!!!///

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HappyWarrior  Nov 5, 2015 • 2:14:03pm

re: #84 Nyet

Onoz, blonde blue-eyed Nazis!!!///

Where’s a good guy with a gun?

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Nov 5, 2015 • 2:15:41pm
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dog philosopher ஐஒஔ௸  Nov 5, 2015 • 2:15:45pm

re: #81 Testy Toad T

To be fair, it’s significantly easier to get somebody to vote cross-ticket for X when X hasn’t actually given (as far as I am aware) a single firm policy view or political plan on any kind.

i think a majority of repubs dont vote on policy or plans

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CriticalDragon1177  Nov 5, 2015 • 2:16:37pm

Wingnuts have such strange preferences

Kevin Swanson: Sex Slavery Better Than Welfare

Video

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Kragar  Nov 5, 2015 • 2:19:36pm
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HappyWarrior  Nov 5, 2015 • 2:19:54pm

To me what’s most maddening is seeing an overwhelming majority of voters approve more funding for local schools and stuff but then voting in the guys who give platitudes about doing away with tolls and taxes. Okay, you want good schools, that’s great. I think most voters do but you have to pay for it. For all their claims that Dem voters want free stuff, I think it’s exact opposite. Republican voters want the benefits of modernity but flip their shit when they find out that a toll or tax increase helps pay for it.

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HappyWarrior  Nov 5, 2015 • 2:20:12pm

re: #89 Kragar

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Yes.

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Joe Bacon  Nov 5, 2015 • 2:20:19pm

re: #88 CriticalDragon1177

Wingnuts have such strange preferences

Kevin Swanson: Sex Slavery Better Than Welfare

One. Sick. Bastard.

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HappyWarrior  Nov 5, 2015 • 2:21:30pm

re: #92 Joe Bacon

One. Sick. Bastard.

Think hold back your laughter any o the GOP candidates will call him out on it? And yes that was a joke.

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Joe Bacon  Nov 5, 2015 • 2:23:00pm

re: #93 HappyWarrior

Think hold back your laughter any o the GOP candidates will call him out on it?

Nope…

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Nov 5, 2015 • 2:23:35pm

for those who may have missed it this morning, Ben Carson new radio commercial.
It’s rap and it’s horrible.

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HappyWarrior  Nov 5, 2015 • 2:23:59pm

re: #94 Joe Bacon

Nope…

I should have done sarc tags. I know there’s no way in hell any of these guys will call it out since they share that fucked up world view.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Nov 5, 2015 • 2:25:11pm
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Not a Sparkly Vampire  Nov 5, 2015 • 2:27:14pm

That’s odd.
Tweets aren’t showing up properly for me. Just text in a box.

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ObserverArt  Nov 5, 2015 • 2:28:20pm

re: #29 The Ghost of the Beardsman

Dr. Carson is once again talking in the secret language of the evangelical wingnut.

The theory is old and wacky and non-Biblical, but he’s made defending it into a hard-line Bible-as-history, Bible-as-Truth talking point…because that’s who’s sending him money in direct-mail solicitations. People who love the idea of a world where there’s an evil, unitary “secular progressive” movement that has hijacked history, and that YEC and “Bible Truth” are brave rebels.

Also, I’ve been inside Khufu’s Pyramid. From a building science perspective, it’s the worst possible place for grain. The interior is cooler that the exterior, the stonework promotes movement of water by wicking. The central chamber is kind of damp, even in the “dry” period. Grain would dry slower, and it would be a perfect incubator for myco-spores to propagate.

Hmmm. I think I see why Dr. Ben Crazy thinks the way he does and sees things the way he does.

You mention the grain in an Egyptian pyramid would be moldy. Moldy grain produces ergot. Ergot is the mold on grain like rye and it produces the alkaloids that are used to chemically produce LSD.

That’s it, Dr. Ben Crazy be tripping!

It explains so much. /

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CriticalDragon1177  Nov 5, 2015 • 2:30:00pm

re: #95 Backwoods_Sleuth

for those who may have missed it this morning, Ben Carson new radio commercial.
It’s rap and it’s horrible.


Wonkette had some fun with that!

Ben Carson Hip Hip Hops And He Don’t Stop

The rapper at rest
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Dexter's New Approach  Nov 5, 2015 • 2:31:28pm

Hip hop artist Talib Kweli reviews the carson ad. Well done.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Nov 5, 2015 • 2:31:54pm
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Backwoods_Sleuth  Nov 5, 2015 • 2:33:18pm
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ipsos  Nov 5, 2015 • 2:34:05pm

re: #103 Backwoods_Sleuth

Gni/dMa9Q4aU/YVTf8vDBF/EVTYGvHNFP+qkp29MD/jwrJ70Mjfr2/H/blzYzs5qXfIQ3uRjk7X5nF8vIBEy06w5BoacdExFA2LSuJC/Ol1Lq2lAUodUEGSQEF+/XxBZAGpw7jFJ2ev63CPPam0tiQ==

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Not a Sparkly Vampire  Nov 5, 2015 • 2:34:22pm

re: #98 Not a Sparkly Vampire

That’s odd.
Tweets aren’t showing up properly for me. Just text in a box.

Ah, it’s the tracking protection feature of the newest version of FF.

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Testy Toad T  Nov 5, 2015 • 2:34:31pm

re: #87 dog philosopher ஐஒஔ௸

i think a majority of repubs dont vote on policy or plans

No, but I think the majority of Democrats do.

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ObserverArt  Nov 5, 2015 • 2:35:50pm

re: #32 Nyet

How does an utter idiot become a neurosurgeon?

I would maybe flip that around. How does a neurosurgeon become an idiot? People can change a lot over the years. In Carson’s case maybe he changed from a younger man/doctor after years of being a top surgeon which fed his ego to the point where he started thinking he was super smart about everything. Then the dementia set in once he saw himself as a brilliant human capable of thinking like no other. He grew delusional out of his super ego and most likely no one telling him he was losing it.

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Targetpractice  Nov 5, 2015 • 2:35:52pm

re: #74 Big Beautiful Door

Based on the graphic novel/movie V for Vendetta

No, the film is such a radical departure from the graphic novel that Alan Moore demanded his name be taken off the credits. V in the film is at best a well-intended extremist, whereas in the book he’s an amoral sociopath who feels that causing absolute chaos will lead to a better society where everybody behaves themselves voluntarily.

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KGxvi  Nov 5, 2015 • 2:37:51pm

re: #108 Targetpractice

V in the film is at best a well-intended extremist, whereas in the book he’s an amoral sociopath who feels that causing absolute chaos will lead to a better society where everybody behaves themselves voluntarily.

So, in the film he’s the GOP base and in the book he’s a GOP presidential candidate?

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Nov 5, 2015 • 2:37:53pm
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Great White Snark  Nov 5, 2015 • 2:38:27pm

re: #107 ObserverArt

I figure he practiced on his own brain.

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Nyet  Nov 5, 2015 • 2:40:18pm

re: #109 KGxvi

So, in the film he’s the GOP base and in the book he’s a GOP presidential candidate?

I didn’t read the novel, but in the film the GOP took over the UK and deserved anything V had in store for them.
/

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Great White Snark  Nov 5, 2015 • 2:42:02pm

Oh and about that other front runner…
littlegreenfootballs.com

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The Ghost of a Flea  Nov 5, 2015 • 2:44:23pm

re: #101 Dexter’s New Approach

Hip hop artist Talib Kweli reviews the carson ad. Well done.

I realize that there are certain things that I repeat often enough to form a drinking game from, but…

…the purpose of the ad isn’t to address young black people, it’s to be seen by wingnuts (mostly white) while though young black people are rejecting him.

Because the central image of his career as public figure and politician is “I’m a bold truth teller and all these different groups (that you already hate and view as irredeemable) have conspired to reject me.”

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Nov 5, 2015 • 2:45:37pm
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ObserverArt  Nov 5, 2015 • 2:48:25pm

re: #76 dog philosopher ஐஒஔ௸

imma sing an early 60s doo wop song about coreanne now

Or, mid-60s Brit pop.

Hey Coreanne what’s your game now, can anybody play?

THE HOLLIES- “CARRIE-ANNE” (W/ LYRICS)

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Joe Bacon  Nov 5, 2015 • 2:48:59pm

re: #107 ObserverArt

I would maybe flip that around. How does a neurosurgeon become an idiot? People can change a lot over the years. In Carson’s case maybe he changed from a younger man/doctor after years of being a top surgeon which fed his ego to the point where he started thinking he was super smart about everything. Then the dementia set in once he saw himself as a brilliant human capable of thinking like no other. He grew delusional out of his super ego and most likely no one telling him he was losing it.

CLUE— Dennis Hopper in Blue Velvet…

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dog philosopher ஐஒஔ௸  Nov 5, 2015 • 2:49:57pm

re: #106 Testy Toad T

No, but I think the majority of Democrats do.

i think carson gets a large percentage of the otherwise democratic black evangelical vote

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dog philosopher ஐஒஔ௸  Nov 5, 2015 • 2:50:51pm

re: #116 ObserverArt

Or, mid-60s Brit pop.

Hey Coreanne what’s your game now, can anybody play?

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i definitely remember listening to that on my transistor radio

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wrenchwench  Nov 5, 2015 • 2:52:19pm

re: #107 ObserverArt

I would maybe flip that around. How does a neurosurgeon become an idiot? People can change a lot over the years. In Carson’s case maybe he changed from a younger man/doctor after years of being a top surgeon which fed his ego to the point where he started thinking he was super smart about everything. Then the dementia set in once he saw himself as a brilliant human capable of thinking like no other. He grew delusional out of his super ego and most likely no one telling him he was losing it.

Neurosurgery has changed a lot, too. Some of what Carson did I certainly hope will be looked at as freakish in the future. Hemispherectomy? Yeesh.

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wrenchwench  Nov 5, 2015 • 2:54:52pm

re: #115 Backwoods_Sleuth

[Ben Carson calls for separate but equal restrooms]

How many?

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The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge  Nov 5, 2015 • 2:56:17pm

re: #22 mr.fusion

In all seriousness, this is a sill story that is easy to make fun of.

But the next GOP debate is in 5 days. On Fox News Business no less. This pyramid nonsense is something that should ABSOLUTELY be asked. It should be important for voters to know whether or not their frontrunner is making up their own nonsensical theories that fly in the face of historical facts, and whether or not they will back down.

But the question won’t come up. And if it does it will be dismissed as a “gotcha” question by Carson and Chris Christie will yell about ISIS not having anything to do with the pyramids

They’re on record as wanting to demolish the pyramids….

EDIT: I see I was beaten to it.

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Nyet  Nov 5, 2015 • 2:56:41pm

re: #121 wrenchwench

How many?

56

slate.com

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wrenchwench  Nov 5, 2015 • 3:03:24pm

re: #123 Nyet

56

slate.com

Will we need a Facebook login to get in one of them?

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goddamnedfrank  Nov 5, 2015 • 3:03:57pm

re: #118 dog philosopher ஐஒஔ௸

i think carson gets a large percentage of the otherwise democratic black evangelical vote

Very doubtful. Black people, even the evangelical ones, don’t tend to vote on identity, they’re more likely to vote on policy and self interest than just about any other demographic.

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Nyet  Nov 5, 2015 • 3:04:37pm

re: #124 wrenchwench

Will we need a Facebook login to get in one of them?

Good idea.

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Decatur Deb  Nov 5, 2015 • 3:05:03pm

re: #122 The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge

They’re on record as wanting to demolish the pyramids….

In their dreams. There isn’t that much semtex in all of the Middle East.

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Lidane  Nov 5, 2015 • 3:05:22pm
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Romantic Heretic  Nov 5, 2015 • 3:05:35pm

re: #89 Kragar

re: #91 HappyWarrior

They are doing a good thing therefore they cannot be doing anything wrong.

Isn’t logic a wonderful excuse thing?

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Nov 5, 2015 • 3:07:52pm
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KGxvi  Nov 5, 2015 • 3:08:04pm

re: #123 Nyet

It’s just 56 doors all leading to one big room.

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dog philosopher ஐஒஔ௸  Nov 5, 2015 • 3:08:14pm

re: #125 goddamnedfrank

Very doubtful. Black people, even the evangelical ones, don’t tend to vote on identity, they’re more likely to vote on policy and self interest than just about any other demographic.

well, my question is: why is carson the one who consistently does better than the other goopers and beats democrats in the current polling??

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iossarian  Nov 5, 2015 • 3:10:35pm

re: #132 dog philosopher ஐஒஔ௸

well, my question is: why is carson the one who consistently does better than the other goopers and beats democrats in the current polling??

My suspicion is name recognition (lack thereof) and the fact that people are only now finding out that he’s a total lunatic.

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gwangung  Nov 5, 2015 • 3:11:39pm

re: #133 iossarian

My suspicion is name recognition (lack thereof) and the fact that people are only now finding out that he’s a total lunatic.

Possibly thinking, “He’s a black guy…he may be Republican, but how bad can he be?”

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dog philosopher ஐஒஔ௸  Nov 5, 2015 • 3:12:51pm

re: #133 iossarian

finding out that he’s a total lunatic

this would not in and of itself differentiate him from any other successful republican nominees

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klys (maker of Silmarils)  Nov 5, 2015 • 3:12:54pm
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Stanley Sea Toujours  Nov 5, 2015 • 3:14:00pm

Ah, a righteous Wonkette rant. Just what I needed.

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Decatur Deb  Nov 5, 2015 • 3:15:32pm

re: #132 dog philosopher ஐஒஔ௸

well, my question is: why is carson the one who consistently does better than the other goopers and beats democrats in the current polling??

Every such matchup in the RCP aggregates is measuring Registered Voters, often by telephone. The more difficult Likely Voter models are not yet in play. (Among other things…)

realclearpolitics.com

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Targetpractice  Nov 5, 2015 • 3:15:32pm

re: #115 Backwoods_Sleuth

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Christ, the “extra rights” bullshit that the wingnuts are fond of. It’s no wonder that he’s running away with the nomination amongst them, he’s saying virtually everything they’ve said going back decades.

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iossarian  Nov 5, 2015 • 3:15:47pm

re: #134 gwangung

Possibly thinking, “He’s a black guy…he may be Republican, but how bad can he be?”

I think one of the things about polling head-to-head matchups is that it can overstate the extent to which people would vote for a relatively unknown person.

For a right-of-center respondent, given the choice in a poll between Hillary Clinton and Some Guy, Mr. Guy is maybe going to win 9 times out of 10. The choice is different when it’s Mr. Nutty Pyramids. He’s maybe going to scrape 6 of 10. Even if the drop-offs go into “undecided”, that still looks a whole lot worse.

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iossarian  Nov 5, 2015 • 3:17:06pm

Oof. When you’re misspelling obvious words in internet comments it’s time to call it a day.

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Ace-o-aces  Nov 5, 2015 • 3:18:10pm
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goddamnedfrank  Nov 5, 2015 • 3:18:15pm

re: #132 dog philosopher ஐஒஔ௸

well, my question is: why is carson the one who consistently does better than the other goopers and beats democrats in the current polling??

Because he’s gotten very little actual scrutiny. Nobody has really taken aim at him yet, but that will change.

Also, most of the polls we’re seeing right now are based on the 2014 turnout, because pollsters were badly caught off guard in that election and as a result are now heavily discounting turnout, even though they know they’re heading into a general election this time around. The fact that this also favors the horserace narrative the media desperately wants is a feature, not a bug.

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wrenchwench  Nov 5, 2015 • 3:19:44pm

re: #141 iossarian

Oof. When you’re misspelling obvious words in internet comments it’s time to call it a day.

And if I read your comments and don’t see any, do I need to call it a day too?

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iossarian  Nov 5, 2015 • 3:20:44pm

re: #144 wrenchwench

And if I read your comments and don’t see any, do I need to call it a day too?

The edit pencil made it in there first. But good for you checking anyway.

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Bubblehead II  Nov 5, 2015 • 3:21:56pm

Lizards I am going to call it a night. Time to start dinner. On the menu tonight.

Cornish game hens
Au Gratin Potatoes
Green Peas

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Brother Holy Cruise Missile of Mild Acceptance  Nov 5, 2015 • 3:23:18pm

BWAHAHAHAHA:

wonkette.com

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ObserverArt  Nov 5, 2015 • 3:25:29pm

re: #132 dog philosopher ஐஒஔ௸

well, my question is: why is carson the one who consistently does better than the other goopers and beats democrats in the current polling??

I don’t know if this fits, but I have seen many elder White women in a lot of the media coverage of Carson. I think it was yesterday and he was signing books and the line was full of elder White women.

Many of the questions asked of Carson backers are to…yes, elder White women.

Maybe it has something to do with his being a good surgeon, what they see as his gentle nature, soft spoken (tender?)…etc.

That could be driving the cross-over numbers at this time.

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Brother Holy Cruise Missile of Mild Acceptance  Nov 5, 2015 • 3:29:47pm

re: #148 ObserverArt

I have heard a lot of people say that they support him because he is quiet and soft spoken and that because of that he must be “thoughtful”. His comments on the pyramids should clearly dispel any notion that the man is really “thoughtful” about anything maybe he’s “shitfull” as in full of shit but definitely not “thoughtful”.

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Decatur Deb  Nov 5, 2015 • 3:32:28pm

re: #147 Brother Holy Cruise Missile of Mild Acceptance

BWAHAHAHAHA:

wonkette.com

Good Stuff. Used to read Wonkette every day, but almost never go there since the clickbait-friendly format change.

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Stanley Sea Toujours  Nov 5, 2015 • 3:32:48pm

re: #148 ObserverArt

I don’t know if this fits, but I have seen many elder White women in a lot of the media coverage of Carson. I think it was yesterday and he was signing books and the line was full of elder White women.

Many of the questions asked of Carson backers are to…yes, elder White women.

Maybe it has something to do with his being a good surgeon, what they see as his gentle nature, soft spoken (tender?)…etc.

That could be driving the cross-over numbers at this time.

The couple of bumper stickers I’ve seen here have been elderlies.

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Stanley Sea Toujours  Nov 5, 2015 • 3:34:49pm

Random reminded me of this.

Elton John - Elderberry Wine

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Decatur Deb  Nov 5, 2015 • 3:34:58pm

re: #151 Stanley Sea Toujours

The couple of bumper stickers I’ve seen here have been elderlies.

Carson’s organization has been aggressively placing teams at local events for more than a year. Never a black face behind the table, and rarely anything but white hair.

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ObserverArt  Nov 5, 2015 • 3:36:31pm

re: #149 Brother Holy Cruise Missile of Mild Acceptance

I have heard a lot of people say that they support him because he is quiet and soft spoken and that because of that he must be “thoughtful”. His comments on the pyramids should clearly dispel any notion that the man is really “thoughtful” about anything maybe he’s “shitfull” as in full of shit but definitely not “thoughtful”.

One of the very words oftentimes used to describe Dr. Crazy.

The other phrase I hear all the time for him (and others like him, Trump, Fiorina, etc.) is ‘he tells it like it is.” I made a comment about that yesterday. I wish people actually considered what it is he is telling it like.

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blueraven  Nov 5, 2015 • 3:37:34pm

re: #73 dog philosopher ஐஒஔ௸

…but considering that carson consistently does better in matchups against democrats than any other republican, i can only deduce that a significant number of democrats would vote for a republican as long as they have religious views that are sufficiently antediluvian

im not encouraged by the idea that his popularity will fade once people find out more about him since, remember - we dont think like wingnuts

The polling sucks, for one. I mean, just look at Kentucky. All the polls were wrong. So many bad online polls, cost cutting and herding…it is really hard to trust them, especially this far out.

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ObserverArt  Nov 5, 2015 • 3:40:15pm

re: #155 blueraven

The polling sucks, for one. I mean, just look at Kentucky. All the polls were wrong. So many bad online polls, cost cutting and herding…it is really hard to trust them, especially this far out.

Or, were the polls skewed by people saying they would vote Conway/Democrat and they never made it out to actually vote.

I’ve always wondered about how that dynamic fits polling.

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Ace-o-aces  Nov 5, 2015 • 3:40:41pm
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wrenchwench  Nov 5, 2015 • 3:40:52pm
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goddamnedfrank  Nov 5, 2015 • 3:43:02pm

It is kind of amazing how forgiving the electorate has been this time around regarding monumental gaffs from non-establishment Republicans. Trump’s statements that Mexicans are rapists, Megyn Kelly was on the rag, etc. Carson’s statements that Muslims are unfit to be President, that Jews rolled over and allowed themselves to be killed in the Holocaust. These guys are epic level dangerous buffoons who no sane person should ever consider allowing near the Oval Office, yet here we are.

It’s hard to come up with an explanation that doesn’t invoke Idiocracy.

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Decatur Deb  Nov 5, 2015 • 3:45:15pm

re: #158 wrenchwench

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Those Planetary Society blasts will waste ya’. Emily Lakdawalla probably dumped his ass for retching in her rover.

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dog philosopher ஐஒஔ௸  Nov 5, 2015 • 3:45:41pm

The Carson campaign is convinced that if he gets 20 percent of the black vote, Hillary Clinton would not win if they are head to head in the general election.

abcnews.go.com

just sayin…

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Stanley Sea Toujours  Nov 5, 2015 • 3:46:48pm
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Brother Holy Cruise Missile of Mild Acceptance  Nov 5, 2015 • 3:47:08pm

re: #161 dog philosopher ஐஒஔ௸

Yeah…and he’s also convinced the pyramids are grain silos…oh wait, yeah him getting 20% of the Black Vote and that meaning Hillary can’t win is just as crazy.

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Decatur Deb  Nov 5, 2015 • 3:48:45pm

re: #161 dog philosopher ஐஒஔ௸

The Carson campaign is convinced that if he gets 20 percent of the black vote, Hillary Clinton would not win if they are head to head in the general election.

abcnews.go.com

just sayin…

Another one of those things we’ll never find out. Like tides, and magnets.

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Velvet Elvis  Nov 5, 2015 • 3:49:54pm

It just hit me, this bullshit is a pyramid scam.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Nov 5, 2015 • 3:50:46pm
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ObserverArt  Nov 5, 2015 • 3:51:37pm

re: #159 goddamnedfrank

It is kind of amazing how forgiving the electorate has been this time around regarding monumental gaffs from non-establishment Republicans. Trump’s statements that Mexicans are rapists, Megyn Kelly was on the rag, etc. Carson’s statements that Muslims are unfit to be President, that Jews rolled over and allowed themselves to be killed in the Holocaust. These guys are epic level dangerous buffoons who no sane person should ever consider allowing near the Oval Office, yet here we are.

It’s hard to come up with an explanation that doesn’t invoke Idiocracy.

It’s the FOX effect full tilt.

They have spent years telling everyone Democrat politicians can’t be trusted.

Then the TeaParty hit and they fed that same monster but included some Republican politicians (RINOs) along with Liberals/Progressives (Democrat was no longer strong enough) can’t be trusted.

After all the fighting among the factions in the GOP it has now gone on to simply cover all politicians. Yes, it has gotten out of even FOXs control.

Add in the mimicking of FOX success and a drive for media to be fair and bland by all, and FOX is everywhere. Everyone in the media is just asking the questions.

You hear it all the time…people sick of politicians. They want something new and different. Carson, Trump, Fiorina, all different. Carson certifiably so.

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dog philosopher ஐஒஔ௸  Nov 5, 2015 • 3:51:37pm

re: #162 Stanley Sea Toujours

apparent sham marriag

sham the scam and the pharaohs

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Stanley Sea Toujours  Nov 5, 2015 • 3:51:46pm

re: #166 Backwoods_Sleuth

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Canada’s looking really good lately.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Nov 5, 2015 • 3:55:09pm

re: #169 Stanley Sea Toujours

Canada’s looking really good lately.

Pretty sure the new Transportation Minister is an astronaut.

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Targetpractice  Nov 5, 2015 • 3:55:15pm

re: #162 Stanley Sea Toujours

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You notice that the “War on Cops!” crowd has suddenly gone quiet?

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goddamnedfrank  Nov 5, 2015 • 3:55:43pm

re: #161 dog philosopher ஐஒஔ௸

The Carson campaign is convinced that if he gets 20 percent of the black vote, Hillary Clinton would not win if they are head to head in the general election.

abcnews.go.com

just sayin…

Carson’s conundrum is how to boost his minority vote percentage without simultaneously alienating the racist GOP base. It would be interesting during the general election season watching him try to walk back his statement on the black lives matter movement.

In a move sure to catapult him to the top of Bill O’Reilly’s most favored list, Republican presidential candidate Ben Carson blasted Black Lives Matter for “bullying people” and slammed the movement’s motto as “sickening.”

Carson is popular right now because the GOP wants its own Obama, and Herman Cain didn’t work out last time around. Unfortunately for them Carson is a fucking insane religious nutjob motherfucking Ruckus, and there’s no amount of quiet, calm talking that will keep a lid on all that for another entire year.

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GlutenFreeJesus  Nov 5, 2015 • 3:56:44pm

re: #136 klys (maker of Silmarils)

Of course. There appears to be no video…

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ObserverArt  Nov 5, 2015 • 3:57:04pm

re: #169 Stanley Sea Toujours

Canada’s looking really good lately.

Don’t tell him, but we could all go and live with b-sharp. It would be a surprise.

And with that…gonna go watch the Battle of Ohio and party with some friends. Later! I’m getting out of here before b-sharp sees this.

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Stanley Sea Toujours  Nov 5, 2015 • 3:57:41pm
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blueraven  Nov 5, 2015 • 4:00:57pm

re: #156 ObserverArt

Or, were the polls skewed by people saying they would vote Conway/Democrat and they never made it out to actually vote.

I’ve always wondered about how that dynamic fits polling.

Well most of them are using “likely voters”. So their model sucks.

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Timothy Watson  Nov 5, 2015 • 4:01:02pm

re: #162 Stanley Sea Toujours

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Makes you wonder how many innocent people are in jail/prison because of this guy.

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teleskiguy  Nov 5, 2015 • 4:01:24pm
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Eventual Carrion  Nov 5, 2015 • 4:02:41pm

re: #128 Lidane

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Yes, to store grain.

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Danack  Nov 5, 2015 • 4:04:28pm

re: #165 Velvet Elvis

It just hit me, this bullshit is a pyramid scam.

The only question is if Dr Carson is aware of this, or whether he thinks he’s legitimately campaigning.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Nov 5, 2015 • 4:08:26pm

Houston mayor responds:

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teleskiguy  Nov 5, 2015 • 4:10:34pm

The kids table just got a little bigger.

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gocart mozart  Nov 5, 2015 • 4:10:37pm
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Backwoods_Sleuth  Nov 5, 2015 • 4:10:59pm

Christie & Huckabee head to the kiddie table:

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Decatur Deb  Nov 5, 2015 • 4:13:40pm

re: #181 Backwoods_Sleuth

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Barney Frank is making the rounds of Dem events with his tag line: “We’re not perfect, but they’re nuts.”

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goddamnedfrank  Nov 5, 2015 • 4:14:10pm

re: #182 teleskiguy

The kids table just got a little bigger.

[Embedded content]

Love that graphic on the left. Fox straight up pretending that the three establishment candidates Rubio, Bush, and Kasich don’t exist.

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gocart mozart  Nov 5, 2015 • 4:17:39pm

Weels within weels man

Yale Trustees constitute a legal trust that provides for the subterranean structure for the plot for world government. Rare is the case that those listed below are unknowing. They are willing participants. In this authors opinion this select group of people are not compartmentalized. Skull and Bones (Brotherhood of Death) has operating control of these Trustees.

One is deficient in knowledge of both foreign and domestic policies of the United States by not having read America’s Secret Establishment. … in particular the section of the book titled How the Order Creates War and Revolution is in itself a summarized history clearly showing the tactics of those deliberately terminating individual rights .

Here another “Plant” or “Agent” of the Conspiracy is Ben Carson. Carson has great appeal and uses words Americans hunger to hear. Like Herman Cain, his presentation is designed to neutralize a segment of the population that begs for common sense and reform. Both “candidates” are handled and promoted like the past shills developed by Skull & Bones.

Austan Goolsbee (See footnote #1) was Obama’s skull & Bones handler since 2004. Like one of the “Boys from Brazil” … Obama was incubated and trained … as one of many to fill roles as front men for a deep conspiracy. Ben Carson was also chosen to follow the path of scores of evil people from the Secret Societies. Ben Carson being “honored” by Skull & Bones George Bush. Ben Carson is an emeritus fellow of the Yale Corporation. Check his colleges and former Fellows in a list below.

Ben Carson joins the ranks of people like David Boren (skull & bones) who trains Interpol, FBI, Dept of Justice and various clandestine spooks who work for the New World Order. And there is J. Richardson Dilworth (skull & bones) who ran Rockefeller Family Associates.

newsexpose.org

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BeachDem  Nov 5, 2015 • 4:19:52pm

re: #148 ObserverArt

I don’t know if this fits, but I have seen many elder White women in a lot of the media coverage of Carson. I think it was yesterday and he was signing books and the line was full of elder White women.

Many of the questions asked of Carson backers are to…yes, elder White women.

Maybe it has something to do with his being a good surgeon, what they see as his gentle nature, soft spoken (tender?)…etc.

That could be driving the cross-over numbers at this time.

When I was at the oil change place today, CNN had a Carson story on. I was sighing and rolling my eyes, and there was a guy there scrolling through his phone ignoring it all. Then he looked up at the TV and got that “I can’t believe this shit” look on his face. He kind of side-eyed me, briefly nodding and smiling, in agreement that Carson’s some crazy shit.

Down here is South by dog Carolina, people are very careful about publicly dissing a Republican, but the guy and I had a “moment” where the insanity was just too much.

Off to Rock Hill tomorrow for the Dem Candidate forum with Rachel Maddow as the moderator. Should be fun. Then, Saturday, Dem Women’s conference with Bernie as keynote. Some of my peeps have become rabid Berniacs, but…speaking of Bernie—today’s South by dog Carolina Dem polling shows Hillary WAY ahead—like 71% to 15% for Bernie (and poor Martin at about 5%). She led by a lot in every category—pretty big change from 2008 when she only carried 1 county in the primary.

politicususa.com

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TedStriker  Nov 5, 2015 • 4:20:15pm

re: #187 gocart mozart

Weels within weels man

newsexpose.org

Egads…that’s some fucked-up shit right there.

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Decatur Deb  Nov 5, 2015 • 4:20:36pm

re: #187 gocart mozart

Weels within weels man

newsexpose.org

Sudden craving for a grain alcohol with rainwater.

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teleskiguy  Nov 5, 2015 • 4:21:32pm
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The Vicious Babushka  Nov 5, 2015 • 4:21:40pm

[teleski guy beat me by 8 seconds]

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Nov 5, 2015 • 4:22:41pm
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Decatur Deb  Nov 5, 2015 • 4:23:45pm

re: #188 BeachDem

When I was at the oil change place today, CNN had a Carson story on. I was sighing and rolling my eyes, and there was a guy there scrolling through his phone ignoring it all. Then he looked up at the TV and got that “I can’t believe this shit” look on his face. He kind of side-eyed me, briefly nodding and smiling, in agreement that Carson’s some crazy shit.

Down here is South by dog Carolina, people are very careful about publicly dissing a Republican, but the guy and I had a “moment” where the insanity was just too much.

Off to Rock Hill tomorrow for the Dem Candidate forum with Rachel Maddow as the moderator. Should be fun. Then, Saturday, Dem Women’s conference with Bernie as keynote. Some of my peeps have become rabid Berniacs, but…speaking of Bernie—today’s South by dog Carolina Dem polling shows Hillary WAY ahead—like 71% to 15% for Bernie (and poor Martin at about 5%). She led by a lot in every category—pretty big change from 2008 when she only carried 1 county in the primary.

politicususa.com

Mrs Deb and I are in Montgomery on Sat with some of our locals Dems for training and a lunch speech by Carville. A Bernie rep might be there also. Time to get the old band together.

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Reality Based Steve  Nov 5, 2015 • 4:28:03pm

I have a piece that makes Carson’s “Grain Storage Pyramid Scheme” and “The Tranquil Rap Sound of Ben “Hammer” Carson” seem almost SANE by comparison.

JEB announces that he’s going to WIN in New Hampshire….

Jeb Bush guaranteed victory in New Hampshire’s first in the nation primary. Despite tanking poll numbers, the governor told WMUR he remains confident he can win.

“I’m going to win it,” Bush said.

“Is it a must-win for you?” asked WMUR’s John DiStaso.

“Oh, I’m going to win it,” Bush repeated. “I honestly believe I’m going to win New Hampshire.” Read more at Washington Examiner

And no, it’s not a satire site.

RBS

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gocart mozart  Nov 5, 2015 • 4:28:06pm

Best Comeback of All Time

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Mike Lamb  Nov 5, 2015 • 4:32:04pm

re: #193 Backwoods_Sleuth

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Don’t blaspheme hip hop by lumping it in with what Carson…

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BeachDem  Nov 5, 2015 • 4:33:03pm

re: #194 Decatur Deb

Mrs Deb and I are in Montgomery on Sat with some of our locals Dems for training and a lunch speech by Carville. A Bernie rep might be there also. Time to get the old band together.

There will be a Hillary surrogate at the event where Bernie’s keynoting, but I’m not sure who it’s going to be. I have to say, I think her campaign should have had her at least stop by the women’s conference to say hi before she heads off for other parts of the state—it’s a WOMEN’S conference. Nobody listens to me—and I have such great political insight//

(Carville should be entertaining. We got Terry McAuliffe as her surrogate at our state convention last year. But Hillary did show up for our Day In Blue in the spring in Columbia, so there’s that.)

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SteveMcGaziBolaGate RN  Nov 5, 2015 • 4:33:07pm

re: #146 Bubblehead II

Lizards I am going to call it a night. Time to start dinner. On the menu tonight.

Cornish game hens
Au Gratin Potatoes
Green Peas

Once a year my fraternity would serve Cornish game hens. It was actually a very popular dinner, except everybody swore they were really pigeons.

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The Vicious Babushka  Nov 5, 2015 • 4:37:21pm

re: #199 SteveMcGaziBolaGate RN

Once a year my fraternity would serve Cornish game hens. It was actually a very popular dinner, except everybody swore they were really pigeons.

They’re just little chickens.

I don’t think there is actually a breed of wild chicken in Cornwall that are hunted for sport. It’s just a marketing gimmick. CMIIW.

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HappyWarrior  Nov 5, 2015 • 4:37:44pm

re: #193 Backwoods_Sleuth

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Oops.

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Timothy Watson  Nov 5, 2015 • 4:38:53pm

rooster hen chicken

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The Vicious Babushka  Nov 5, 2015 • 4:39:04pm

I’m curious as to who is forcing Ben to constantly say “penis”

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HappyWarrior  Nov 5, 2015 • 4:39:16pm

re: #181 Backwoods_Sleuth

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Brilliant.

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SteveMcGaziBolaGate RN  Nov 5, 2015 • 4:39:47pm

re: #200 The Vicious Babushka

I found them to be a total pain in the ass because everything was so small so I would trade mine for a beer.

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Reality Based Steve  Nov 5, 2015 • 4:40:15pm

re: #200 The Vicious Babushka

They’re just little chickens.

I don’t think there is actually a breed of wild chicken in Cornwall that are hunted for sport. It’s just a marketing gimmick. CMIIW.

Actually looked that up last night for some reason. They are a cross between Cornish Game and White Plymouth Rock Chickens. They are about 6 weeks when sent to the big chicken coop in the sky.

It’s marketing. And they aren’t all hens, can just as easy be male.

RBS

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HappyWarrior  Nov 5, 2015 • 4:41:27pm

re: #203 The Vicious Babushka

I’m curious as to who is forcing Ben to constantly say “penis”

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What the fuck Is that sorry piece of shit whining about now? He doesn’t know shit about what leftists actually do, just his fantasies that he’s gotten from years of hitting the bottle. I’m sorry Ben that liberal women don’t like you maybe if you were something other than a miserable fuck, they’d feel differently.

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Timothy Watson  Nov 5, 2015 • 4:42:17pm

re: #203 The Vicious Babushka

I’m curious as to who is forcing Ben to constantly say “penis”

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Because those kids have never heard that word before.

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HappyWarrior  Nov 5, 2015 • 4:44:02pm

re: #208 Timothy Watson

Because those kids have never heard that word before.

Just like kids learned about sex from Bill Clinton and no conservative ever uses the word fuck in front of children.

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Eventual Carrion  Nov 5, 2015 • 4:44:43pm

re: #158 wrenchwench

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He definitely needs to cover She Blinded Me With Science then.

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BeachDem  Nov 5, 2015 • 4:45:27pm

This is what pisses me off about Berniacs.

In that SC poll, the question was:

Will you vote for the Democratic nominee for president in the general election no matter who wins the Democratic presidential nomination?

Hillary supporters—79% yes; 15% no
Bernie supporters—61% yes; 22% no

Yeah, if Bernie doesn’t get the nomination, you guys vote for Trump or stay home—that’ll show ‘em!

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HappyWarrior  Nov 5, 2015 • 4:47:50pm

re: #211 BeachDem

This is what pisses me off about Berniacs.

In that SC poll, the question was:

Will you vote for the Democratic nominee for president in the general election no matter who wins the Democratic presidential nomination?

Hillary supporters—79% yes; 15% no
Bernie supporters—61% yes; 22% no

Yeah, if Bernie doesn’t get the nomination, you guys vote for Trump or stay home—that’ll show ‘em!

It’s selfish behavior.

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SteveMcGaziBolaGate RN  Nov 5, 2015 • 4:48:00pm

I think the f word is overused. It has lost its impact, and I’ve said before many people use it, as Spongebob does, as a sentence enhancer when real words fail them. I go out of my way to use euphemisms whenever possible, so when I do use it, you can hear a pin drop.

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klys (maker of Silmarils)  Nov 5, 2015 • 4:48:29pm

re: #211 BeachDem

That these numbers are not 0 for both candidates is concerning, but the Berniacs in particular have been more vocal about it that I have seen.

To which I say, “fuck you.”

My right to bodily autonomy should far outweigh your hurt feelings over your candidate not winning the primary. So should equal rights for our GLBTQ citizens. A rational immigration plan. ANY CHANCE to improving upon the ACA. I could go on.

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SteveMcGaziBolaGate RN  Nov 5, 2015 • 4:49:28pm

re: #211 BeachDem

Reminds me of Ralph Nader voters in 2000.

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Whack-A-Mole  Nov 5, 2015 • 4:49:50pm

Via Fusion, Carson on the transgender bathroom idiocy:

“It is not fair for them to make everybody else uncomfortable,” Carson said of transgender people. “It’s one of the things that I don’t particularly like about the [LGBT] movement. I think everybody has equal rights, but I’m not sure that anybody should have extra rights—extra rights when it comes to redefining everything for everybody else and imposing your view on everybody else.”

Oh, you mean it’s not ok for Christians to make LGBT folks feel uncomfortable by telling them they’re going to Hell and that their lifestyle is evil? Oh, you mean Christians shouldn’t have the extra rights of redefining whose body it is and whether a woman can have an abortion?

What!?! You weren’t talking about Christians? Christians do deserve extra rights? Color me surprised…

Fucking hypocrite.

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HappyWarrior  Nov 5, 2015 • 4:50:20pm

re: #214 klys (maker of Silmarils)

That these numbers are not 0 for both candidates is concerning, but the Berniacs in particular have been more vocal about it that I have seen.

To which I say, “fuck you.”

My right to bodily autonomy should far outweigh your hurt feelings over your candidate not winning the primary. So should equal rights for our GLBTQ citizens. A rational immigration plan. ANY CHANCE to improving upon the ACA. I could go on.

Thank you. Nailed it.

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Reality Based Steve  Nov 5, 2015 • 4:50:21pm

re: #213 SteveMcGaziBolaGate RN

I think the f word is overused. It has lost its impact, and I’ve said before many people use it, as Spongebob does, as a sentence enhancer when real words fail them. I go out of my way to use euphemisms whenever possible, so when I do use it, you can hear a pin drop.

I agree, I rarely swear, but it’s not because of some moral compulsion not to. I just find that when I do swear (and I was in the Army for 13 years, I’ve got a vocabulary) it is highly effective and gets peoples attention.

RBS

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Targetpractice  Nov 5, 2015 • 4:52:04pm

The read through old Twitter posts about #Gliniewicz are proving to be a hoot. For example, the son that investigators are now learning was involving in a sham marriage to scam the government out of benefits? He’s the one who, after the Fox Lake coroner said he could not rule out suicide, swore up and down to the media that his dad had never had a suicidal thought.

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Charles Johnson  Nov 5, 2015 • 4:59:59pm
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Backwoods_Sleuth  Nov 5, 2015 • 5:00:02pm
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calochortus  Nov 5, 2015 • 5:03:32pm

re: #216 Whack-A-Mole

What is is with conservatives and their bathroom fantasies?

Speaking as a mother, when my son hit the age when I really couldn’t take him into the ladies’ room any more, and sent him into the men’s room, I did have some concerns. Allow me to tell you it wasn’t in any way related to trans people.

edit: Also not related to gay guys.

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HappyWarrior  Nov 5, 2015 • 5:05:22pm

re: #222 calochortus

What is is with conservatives and their bathroom fantasies?

Speaking as a mother, when my son hit the age when I really couldn’t take him into the ladies’ room any more, and sent him into the men’s room, I did have some concerns. Allow me to tell you it wasn’t in any way related to trans people.

Everyone different is a danger.

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teleskiguy  Nov 5, 2015 • 5:06:09pm
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calochortus  Nov 5, 2015 • 5:06:28pm

re: #223 HappyWarrior

Everyone different is a danger.

I must be terrifying to go through life with that view. I do kind of feel sorry for them. Kind of.

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HappyWarrior  Nov 5, 2015 • 5:07:43pm

re: #225 calochortus

I must be terrifying to go through life with that view. I do kind of feel sorry for them. Kind of.

I almost do too but when they want to use that fear to discriminate, I lose sympathy.

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thedopefishlives  Nov 5, 2015 • 5:08:12pm

re: #225 calochortus

I must be terrifying to go through life with that view. I do kind of feel sorry for them. Kind of.

Honestly, it is, but most people tend to adjust themselves to be comfortable with the fear and paranoia. They don’t see anything unusual or wrong with it.

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HappyWarrior  Nov 5, 2015 • 5:10:30pm

Conservatives love to use the phrase “extra rights0 to denigrate glbt rights issues I’ve noticed. They see transgendered people as just men in dresses too rather than someone who sincerely feels they were born the wrong gender.

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HappyWarrior  Nov 5, 2015 • 5:11:27pm

re: #227 thedopefishlives

Honestly, it is, but most people tend to adjust themselves to be comfortable with the fear and paranoia. They don’t see anything unusual or wrong with it.

Right, we all have things that make us uncomfortable but not all of use that fear to discriminate either.

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calochortus  Nov 5, 2015 • 5:11:37pm

re: #227 thedopefishlives

Honestly, it is, but most people tend to adjust themselves to be comfortable with the fear and paranoia. They don’t see anything unusual or wrong with it.

I can’t imagine how you could really enjoy yourself with that much fear in your life, but what do I know?

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b.d.  Nov 5, 2015 • 5:12:16pm

Has anyone made a GrainGhazi Twitter Ribbon yet?

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klys (maker of Silmarils)  Nov 5, 2015 • 5:12:52pm

re: #225 calochortus

I must be terrifying to go through life with that view. I do kind of feel sorry for them. Kind of.

I know it’s a typo but this made me so amused. I now have this mental image of you on a rampage, waving a loom shuttle everywhere and leaving behind fleece in your wake.

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thedopefishlives  Nov 5, 2015 • 5:13:11pm

re: #230 calochortus

I can’t imagine how you could really enjoy yourself with that much fear in your life, but what do I know?

If we’re being honest here - which we are - the people inside the bubble really don’t enjoy themselves, not deeply. They have fun, but they don’t really cut loose; they are always guarded and defensive.

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calochortus  Nov 5, 2015 • 5:14:15pm

re: #232 klys (maker of Silmarils)

I know it’s a typo but this made me so amused. I now have this mental image of you on a rampage, waving a loom shuttle everywhere and leaving behind fleece in your wake.

Maybe it’s Freudian. My husband says I scare people. I can’t imagine why.

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calochortus  Nov 5, 2015 • 5:15:29pm

re: #233 thedopefishlives

If we’re being honest here - which we are - the people inside the bubble really don’t enjoy themselves, not deeply. They have fun, but they don’t really cut loose; they are always guarded and defensive.

Maybe that’s why so many of them seem to drink to excess.

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The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge  Nov 5, 2015 • 5:15:30pm

re: #233 thedopefishlives

If we’re being honest here - which we are - the people inside the bubble really don’t enjoy themselves, not deeply. They have fun, but they don’t really cut loose; they are always guarded and defensive.

The only joy they’re allowed to have is bullying or hurting those they’ve been told are less than themselves. Believe me, they enjoy that!

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thedopefishlives  Nov 5, 2015 • 5:17:17pm

re: #235 calochortus

Maybe that’s why so many of them seem to drink to excess.

Sin, in the life of a religious wingnut, is really a means to escape the oppressive life that they sense but never really comprehend.

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calochortus  Nov 5, 2015 • 5:18:10pm

re: #236 The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge

The only joy they’re allowed to have is bullying or hurting those they’ve been told are less than themselves. Believe me, they enjoy that!

Not my idea of entertainment. I would think life would be much more pleasant if we all just treated everyone with dignity and respect, provided a safety net for the less fortunate and then could just go ahead and do what makes us happy.

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Barefoot Grin  Nov 5, 2015 • 5:20:45pm

re: #232 klys (maker of Silmarils)

I know it’s a typo but this made me so amused. I now have this mental image of you on a rampage, waving a loom shuttle everywhere and leaving behind fleece in your wake.

Clothra!

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klys (maker of Silmarils)  Nov 5, 2015 • 5:21:34pm

re: #239 Barefoot Grin

Clothra!

Dying of laughter over here.

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Stanley Sea Toujours  Nov 5, 2015 • 5:21:59pm

re: #199 SteveMcGaziBolaGate RN

Once a year my fraternity would serve Cornish game hens. It was actually a very popular dinner, except everybody swore they were really pigeons.

I have a wonderful recipe for crab stuffed cornish hens. Quite fancy & to die for.

Some people are sketchy about picking apart the bird. No problem here.

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calochortus  Nov 5, 2015 • 5:24:01pm

re: #240 klys (maker of Silmarils)

Dying dyeing of laughter over here.

Fixed.

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Stanley Sea Toujours  Nov 5, 2015 • 5:24:05pm

re: #202 Timothy Watson

I laughed so loud.

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klys (maker of Silmarils)  Nov 5, 2015 • 5:24:47pm

re: #242 calochortus

Fixed.

Are we sure this is colorfast? Or is it just going to run all over the thread?

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calochortus  Nov 5, 2015 • 5:25:12pm

re: #239 Barefoot Grin

Clothra!

LOL

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Skip Intro  Nov 5, 2015 • 5:25:33pm

Sorry I’m late to the thread, in case I missed it, but has Carson explained that Joseph built Stonehenge as a water storage facility?

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calochortus  Nov 5, 2015 • 5:25:47pm

re: #244 klys (maker of Silmarils)

Are we sure this is colorfast? Or is it just going to run all over the thread?

Also LOL

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klys (maker of Silmarils)  Nov 5, 2015 • 5:26:29pm

re: #247 calochortus

Also LOL

I think we’ve got the embroidery puns all sewn up, unless you expect a late-thread serge.

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klys (maker of Silmarils)  Nov 5, 2015 • 5:27:00pm

re: #248 klys (maker of Silmarils)

I think we’ve got the embroidery puns all sewn up, unless you expect a late-thread serge.

Quick, someone stop me, I think I’m unraveling.

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calochortus  Nov 5, 2015 • 5:27:38pm

re: #249 klys (maker of Silmarils)

Quick, someone stop me, I think I’m unraveling.

You’ve got me in stitches.

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The Vicious Babushka  Nov 5, 2015 • 5:28:26pm

re: #250 calochortus

You’ve got me in stitches.

You’re warped.

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thedopefishlives  Nov 5, 2015 • 5:28:53pm

re: #251 The Vicious Babushka

You’re warped.

Quit needling each other.

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klys (maker of Silmarils)  Nov 5, 2015 • 5:28:54pm

re: #251 The Vicious Babushka

You’re warped.

How did you gauge that?

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Lidane  Nov 5, 2015 • 5:31:32pm

This is what sickness has reduced me to. I’m watching the Bengals and Browns play. WTF.

OTOH, my schadenfreude over Gov. Bridgegate and Huckabee both getting sent to the kid’s table is glorious. I am amused. Kasich, Paul, and Fiorina should be next.

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calochortus  Nov 5, 2015 • 5:32:34pm

re: #252 thedopefishlives

Quit needling each other.

Speaking of needling, I was out on a nice walk this afternoon at Windy Hill when I was attacked by a yellow jacket. No obvious nest nearby, I was just walking on the trail when bam-there it was, stinging my hand. Not overly painful, but annoying.

I think they get crabby in the Fall.

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Stanley Sea Toujours  Nov 5, 2015 • 5:32:39pm

re: #246 Skip Intro

Sorry I’m late to the thread, in case I missed it, but has Carson explained that Joseph built Stonehenge as a water storage facility?

Dragon cage was the original hypothesis.

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dog philosopher ஐஒஔ௸  Nov 5, 2015 • 5:38:10pm

re: #252 thedopefishlives

Quit needling each other.

i just want to be weft awone

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Eventual Carrion  Nov 5, 2015 • 5:44:41pm

re: #194 Decatur Deb

Mrs Deb and I are in Montgomery on Sat with some of our locals Dems for training and a lunch speech by Carville. A Bernie rep might be there also. Time to get the old band together.

Elwood: It’s 106 miles to Chicago Montgomery, we got a full tank of gas, half a pack of cigarettes, it’s dark… and we’re wearing sunglasses.

Jake: Hit it.

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darthstar  Nov 5, 2015 • 5:47:35pm
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Skip Intro  Nov 5, 2015 • 5:52:46pm

re: #256 Stanley Sea Toujours

Dragon cage was the original hypothesis.

I think that’s a little too rational for Dr. Ben to have come up with, although I could go along with the pen that Jesus kept his pet dinosaurs in.

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Ojoe  Nov 5, 2015 • 5:53:24pm

Here are some Cal-Tech students lifting 6,900 lbs with a kite.

Obviously the pyramids were not built to store grain.

But it is fun to speculate how they were built, and some think that kites might have supplied some of the lifting power.

These kids tried it out in a small way.

Too much fun !

Kite Obelisk Project @ Cal-Tech EDU

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Lidane  Nov 5, 2015 • 5:55:55pm

WSJ calling out Carson:

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Belafon  Nov 5, 2015 • 5:57:46pm

re: #261 Ojoe

Here are some Cal-Tech students lifting 6,900 lbs with a kite.

Obviously the pyramids were not built to store grain.

But it is fun to speculate how they were built, and some think that kites might have supplied some of the lifting power.

These kids tried it out in a small way.

Too much fun !

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Video

It would probably be simpler to build a time machine than to figure out how the pyramids were actually built.

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Decatur Deb  Nov 5, 2015 • 5:57:55pm

re: #261 Ojoe

Here are some Cal-Tech students lifting 6,900 lbs with a kite.

Obviously the pyramids were not built to store grain.

But it is fun to speculate how they were built, and some think that kites might have supplied some of the lifting power.

These kids tried it out in a small way.

Too much fun !

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Video

Little known fact: Ramesses was named for the ram-air wing.

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Belafon  Nov 5, 2015 • 5:58:40pm

re: #264 Decatur Deb

Little known fact: Ramesses was named for the ram-air wing.

Is that a #BenCarsonFact?

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Skip Intro  Nov 5, 2015 • 5:59:02pm

re: #262 Lidane

Really, what hasn’t Ben gotten wrong and what does it matter? He’s tapped into the mother lode of stupid, and is reaping the rewards.

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Charles Johnson  Nov 5, 2015 • 5:59:36pm
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darthstar  Nov 5, 2015 • 6:01:01pm

re: #263 Belafon

It would probably be simpler to build a time machine than to figure out how the pyramids were actually built.

I know. Joseph built them. Dr. Ben Carson (he’s a DOCTOR) told me.

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Timothy Watson  Nov 5, 2015 • 6:01:15pm

re: #262 Lidane

WSJ calling out Carson:

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College students really shouldn’t be allowed out of college without taking a U.S. government class.

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Targetpractice  Nov 5, 2015 • 6:03:27pm
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b.d.  Nov 5, 2015 • 6:03:53pm

re: #264 Decatur Deb

Little known fact: Ramesses was named for the ram-air wing.

I was always curious as to why they named a condom after a guy who had over 150 kids?

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The Mountain That Blogs  Nov 5, 2015 • 6:04:42pm

re: #259 darthstar

110% accurate, too

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b.d.  Nov 5, 2015 • 6:04:48pm

re: #262 Lidane

WSJ calling out Carson:

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A spokesman for the Carson campaign, after being contacted about the error, said Mr. Carson had changed his post to say that the signers had no “federal” elected office experience.

Mr. Carp, the Brooklyn College professor, said Mr. Carson is correct that there has been a long tradition in American politics of claiming that amateurism is a virtue in its own right. But, he said, signing the Declaration of Independence took genuine political skill and experience, because it required convincing their fellow colonists to go down a dangerous road.

“To claim those people were amateurs is simply a falsehood,” he said.

Mr. Carp added that changing the Facebook post to say the signers had no “federal” elected experience was “ridiculous,” because there was no federal government prior to that time.

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klys (maker of Silmarils)  Nov 5, 2015 • 6:05:15pm

re: #271 b.d.

I was always curious as to why they named a condom after a guy who had over 150 kids?

Probably the same logic that led them to name a condom after a battle plan that consisted of getting inside the enemy’s defenses and then spilling out to conquer.

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team_fukit  Nov 5, 2015 • 6:05:30pm

The whole Joseph and the pyramids thing was made popular by The Travels of Mandeville. Centuries-old BS.

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Skip Intro  Nov 5, 2015 • 6:05:55pm

I assume we’ve all finished eating dinner.

Live tapeworm pulled from California man’s brain

bbc.com

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It's on his hat!  Nov 5, 2015 • 6:06:21pm

re: #273 b.d.

Carson also added that none of the Founders had been Governor of Arkansas or a Senator from Illinois, either.

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Decatur Deb  Nov 5, 2015 • 6:07:32pm

re: #271 b.d.

I was always curious as to why they named a condom after a guy who had over 150 kids?

Why is the nearby college team the Trojans?

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Targetpractice  Nov 5, 2015 • 6:07:36pm

re: #277 Skip Intro

I assume we’ve all finished eating dinner.

bbc.com

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The Vicious Babushka  Nov 5, 2015 • 6:08:35pm

Many of them owned slaves, Ben.

I have no political experience. The current Members of Congress have a combined 8,700 years of political experience. Are we sure political experience is what we need. Every signer of the Declaration of Independence had no federal elected office experience. What they had was a deep belief that freedom is a gift from God. They had a determination to rise up against a tyrannical King. They were willing to risk all they had, even their lives, to be free.

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calochortus  Nov 5, 2015 • 6:08:57pm

re: #277 Skip Intro

I assume we’ve all finished eating dinner.

bbc.com

Umm, no. Actually I was just about to announce I was starting to make it.

Thanks.
/

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Targetpractice  Nov 5, 2015 • 6:09:19pm

re: #281 The Vicious Babushka

Many of them owned slaves, Ben.

Whose lives they were willing to risk for the freedom…from paying taxes.

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Timothy Watson  Nov 5, 2015 • 6:09:51pm

re: #283 Targetpractice

Whose lives they were willing to risk for the freedom…from paying taxes.

Taxes that were necessary to pay for a war that was fought for their benefit.

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The Vicious Babushka  Nov 5, 2015 • 6:11:57pm

re: #284 Timothy Watson

Taxes that were necessary to pay for a war that was fought for their benefit.

Taxes that were paid by French peasants.

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Skip Intro  Nov 5, 2015 • 6:17:35pm

re: #270 Targetpractice

It’s not just cops. The BBC puts together a short list (because the chickenshit American media wouldn’t).

bbc.com

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HappyWarrior  Nov 5, 2015 • 6:21:25pm

re: #273 b.d.

No federal experience? Well no shit, they were part of a colony. They did have elected experience and experience in making laws. Carson has neither. He’s not qualified to be president.

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HappyWarrior  Nov 5, 2015 • 6:23:37pm

Carson is living proof that you can be successful in one field and an utter imbecile in another.

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thedopefishlives  Nov 5, 2015 • 6:27:19pm

re: #288 HappyWarrior

Carson is living proof that you can be successful in one field and an utter imbecile in another.

This is generally the case. People just don’t realize how little they know about things they haven’t spent years training in.

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HappyWarrior  Nov 5, 2015 • 6:37:35pm

re: #289 thedopefishlives

This is generally the case. People just don’t realize how little they know about things they haven’t spent years training in.

Most of us don’t seek the highest field in that area though. I mean I know I’m not very good at mathematics. But I am not going to apply for a job as a mathematics chair at a major university either.

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Single-handed sailor  Nov 5, 2015 • 6:39:32pm

re: #255 calochortus

Speaking of needling, I was out on a nice walk this afternoon at Windy Hill when I was attacked by a yellow jacket. No obvious nest nearby, I was just walking on the trail when bam-there it was, stinging my hand. Not overly painful, but annoying.

I think they get crabby in the Fall.

They eat fruits, sweet things in the early part of the year. They become meat eaters in the later part of the year.

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dog philosopher ஐஒஔ௸  Nov 5, 2015 • 6:41:22pm

re: #288 HappyWarrior

Carson is living proof that you can be successful in one field and an utter imbecile in another.

we waited patiently until the republican party put forward a candidate for our inspection that is even more ignorant than donald trump

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HappyWarrior  Nov 5, 2015 • 6:43:03pm

re: #292 dog philosopher ஐஒஔ௸

we waited patiently until the republican party put forward a candidate for our inspection that is even more ignorant than donald trump

I know. He makes Trump sound reasonable.

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Stanley Sea Toujours  Nov 5, 2015 • 6:49:49pm

re: #274 klys (maker of Silmarils)

aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa

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TDG2112  Nov 6, 2015 • 5:37:07am

Actually, the idea that the pyramids were Graineries has been around a long time.

Although it looks like he is trying real hard to own it and his creationist beliefs.


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