Trump: Report Your Neighbors for Suspicious Activity

He’s a uniter
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The Trumpenstein continues to go for the absolute bottom of the barrel; this is why he’s leading all the GOP polls, because he’s completely uninhibited about expressing his bigotry and the Republican base loves it. He’s the unfiltered id of the modern Republican Party, degraded and propagandized by years of Fox News and dog whistle racism, now ready for the hard stuff.

And now he’s calling for his cult-like “fans” to inform on their neighbors for suspicious activities.

“The real greatest resource is all of you, because you have all those eyes and you see what’s happening,” he told listeners in Myrtle Beach, S.C.

“People move into a house a block down the road, you know who’s going in,” Trump continued. “You can see and you report them to the local police.

“You’re pretty smart, right?” he asked his audience. “We know if there’s something going on, report them. Most likely you’ll be wrong, but that’s OK.

“That’s the best way. Everybody’s their own cop in a way. You’ve got to do it. You’ve got to do it.”

In a truly bizarre inversion of reality, despite his insanely divisive and bigoted rhetoric, he’s telling his audience he’s going to be a “unifier.”

“I call him the great divider,” Trump added of Obama. “I am going to be a unifier. I’m going to be the best protector. I’m going to fight like hell for this country.”

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182 comments
1
EPR-radar  Nov 25, 2015 • 12:03:09pm

So are we going to see a proposal for the Trump Youth before November 2016?

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Nov 25, 2015 • 12:03:35pm

repost from downstairs:

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HappyWarrior  Nov 25, 2015 • 12:04:01pm

“We know if there’s something going on, report them. Most likely you’ll be wrong, but that’s OK.
Yeah subject your neighbors to harassment without any proof, you’re probably wrong but hey that’s okay. And by the way, kids tell Uncle Donald if you parents say anything mean or disrespecful about me. FFS he’s getting more and more openly fascist as the campaign heads into winter and the GOP base loves it.

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Charles Johnson  Nov 25, 2015 • 12:04:07pm

Trump’s Dangerous Rhetoric

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KGxvi  Nov 25, 2015 • 12:05:27pm

A suspicious society is a polite society.

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HappyWarrior  Nov 25, 2015 • 12:06:38pm

If Donald could feign like he believed the religious right’s crap, he’d be unstoppable in the GOP primaries.

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Kragar  Nov 25, 2015 • 12:08:10pm

“And to make sure all your friends know that you’re on the winning team and not a loser, be sure to buy the official Trump supporter uniform, a finely made brown shirt and jack boots made of only the richest Corinthian leather.

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HappyWarrior  Nov 25, 2015 • 12:08:59pm

Trump’s candidacy is like something out of a dystopia.

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Fourth Football of the Apocalypse  Nov 25, 2015 • 12:09:11pm

re: #3 HappyWarrior

“We know if there’s something going on, report them. Most likely you’ll be wrong, but that’s OK.
Yeah subject your neighbors to harassment without any proof, you’re probably wrong but hey that’s okay. And by the way, kids tell Uncle Donald if you parents say anything mean or disrespecful about me. FFS he’s getting more and more openly fascist as the campaign heads into winter and the GOP base loves it.

“Ur just being politically correct and Trump isn’t politically correct and that’s why you hate him and WHAT DO YOU MEAN ARE NEIGHBORS REPORTED US?!?!?!?”

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HappyWarrior  Nov 25, 2015 • 12:10:47pm

re: #9 Fourth Football of the Apocalypse

“Ur just being politically correct and Trump isn’t politically correct and that’s why you hate him and WHAT DO YOU MEAN ARE NEIGHBORS REPORTED US?!?!?!?”

I can just imagine the right’s response if Obama said anything even resembling this.

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Shiplord Kirel  Nov 25, 2015 • 12:11:10pm

Just don’t inform to the NSA, until Trump is POTUS that is.

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Shiplord Kirel  Nov 25, 2015 • 12:12:35pm

Trump’s newest real estate development: The legendary FEMA camps.

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Kragar  Nov 25, 2015 • 12:12:35pm
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Nyet  Nov 25, 2015 • 12:13:52pm
he’s going to be a “unifier.”

That part is true though.

Ein Volk, ein Reich, ein Führer.

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Shiplord Kirel  Nov 25, 2015 • 12:14:57pm

My ex-neighbors are definitely engaged in suspicious activity: They chose to remain in Lubbock when they had the chance to escape.
If that doesn’t make them subversive weirdos of some kind, I don’t know what does.

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b.d.  Nov 25, 2015 • 12:16:19pm

Behold America, your new Trump Towers

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nines09  Nov 25, 2015 • 12:17:05pm

Absolutely built by the non stop fear, loathing bigotry and hate that the GOP has spewed for years. They spoke of purity tests and called those who did not lock step with the program RINO and worse. They cowered their entire party so no one dare spoke out about the lies and excesses. Demonized anyone who thought different than their twisted world view. All that work and hate and money and gerrymandering and voter suppression and now they have their Leader. They have their voice. They believe. And every GOP hack who ever sat still with his mouth shut can now be thanked. They created this, they own this and they are this. This is your PARTY.
My fantasy is that Trump pulls off the con of the century. He talks this up, gets all the maggots to rise to the bait, and then just announces that he just wanted to show the world how ugly the GOP is. That all his talk and rhetoric was designed to see how far we would go. Like a classroom lesson. Then he would drop the mic and walk off stage.
And we know I’m dreaming. Donald is the new face and voice of Fascism. With a suit and tie.

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Kragar  Nov 25, 2015 • 12:17:29pm

re: #14 Nyet

That part is true though.

Ein Volk, ein Reich, ein Führer.

Kinder, Küche, Kirche

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The Vicious Babushka  Nov 25, 2015 • 12:18:34pm

Here is Dim Jim’s newest BFF==>

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Nyet  Nov 25, 2015 • 12:18:35pm

Denunciation. A feature common to fascism and Stalinism.

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Nyet  Nov 25, 2015 • 12:19:16pm

re: #19 The Vicious Babushka

The 270 mln. number used to include everyone. Now it’s just Jews.
Tell me it’s a parody…

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HappyWarrior  Nov 25, 2015 • 12:19:49pm

re: #19 The Vicious Babushka

Here is Dim Jim’s newest BFF==>

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270 million Jews?

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HappyWarrior  Nov 25, 2015 • 12:20:10pm

re: #20 Nyet

Denunciation. A feature common to fascism and Stalinism.

Yeah I was thinking Stalin too.

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Nyet  Nov 25, 2015 • 12:20:44pm

I’m almost sure that there never existed 270 mln Jews, when you sum up all the Jews that ever lived.

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Kragar  Nov 25, 2015 • 12:21:29pm

re: #14 Nyet

That part is true though.

Ein Volk, ein Reich, ein Führer.

Pretty sure if you made a Trump poster which said “One People, One Nation, One Leader”, then the braindead Trump supporters would love it and not even notice

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Jayleia  Nov 25, 2015 • 12:21:37pm
Racist ISIS Tricks Indian, Pakistani Recruits into Suicide Bombings - Denies Them Jihadi Brides

LOLWUT? How do you trick people into suicide bombings?

Go meet Ahmed at the market.
Here, wear this vest so Ahmed will know who you are.
Never mind the ticking sound.

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HappyWarrior  Nov 25, 2015 • 12:22:37pm

re: #24 Nyet

I’m almost sure that there never existed 270 mln Jews, when you sum up all the Jews that ever lived.

I mean Hitler killed 6 million in one of the most organized genocides in history. And that’s not even 5% of 270 million.

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gocart mozart  Nov 25, 2015 • 12:22:53pm
Racist ISIS Tricks Indian, Pakistani Recruits into Suicide Bombings - Denies Them Jihadi Brides

I smell a breach of contract lawsuit. Quick, somebody call Chucky Johnson’s lawyer.

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HappyWarrior  Nov 25, 2015 • 12:23:10pm

re: #26 Jayleia

LOLWUT? How do you trick people into suicide bombings?

Go meet Ahmed at the market.
Here, wear this vest so Ahmed will know who you are.
Never mind the ticking sound.

I think Family Guy spoofed that some. I’d look up the clip but I don’t remember it exactly.

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HappyWarrior  Nov 25, 2015 • 12:23:37pm

re: #25 Kragar

Pretty sure if you made a Trump poster which said “One People, One Nation, One Leader”, then the braindead Trump supporters would love it and not even notice

DO IT!

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sagehen  Nov 25, 2015 • 12:24:02pm

re: #24 Nyet

I’m almost sure that there never existed 270 mln Jews, when you sum up all the Jews that ever lived.

There’s about 30 million now; I doubt there’s ever been more than 50-60 million at a time in the entire history of the world.

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The Vicious Babushka  Nov 25, 2015 • 12:24:04pm

It’s a popular meme among the Pamela Gellerites. I think Pamela just pulled those numbers out of her [].

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HappyWarrior  Nov 25, 2015 • 12:25:08pm

You know what group actually has killed a lot Jews- Christians but I don’t see wingnuts trying to limit their freedoms.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Nov 25, 2015 • 12:25:26pm

re: #25 Kragar

Pretty sure if you made a Trump poster which said “One People, One Nation, One Leader”, then the braindead Trump supporters would love it and not even notice

I bet Trump would retweet it!

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Nyet  Nov 25, 2015 • 12:26:02pm

re: #31 sagehen

There’s about 30 million now; I doubt there’s ever been more than 50-60 million at a time in the entire history of the world.

There are around 14 million in the world, and that number is still lower than the pre-Holocaust one of 17 million.

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Sionainn  Nov 25, 2015 • 12:26:11pm

Let me get this straight…according to Trump, the American people are smart, but dumb.

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goddamnedfrank  Nov 25, 2015 • 12:26:33pm

re: #26 Jayleia

LOLWUT? How do you trick people into suicide bombings?

Best guess: Tell them to drive a truck from point A to point B. Put a bomb in the back of the truck. Rig detonator to parking brake.

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Nyet  Nov 25, 2015 • 12:27:24pm

re: #33 The Vicious Babushka

It’s a popular meme among the Pamela Gellerites. I think Pamela just pulled those numbers out of her [].

Those are not even Geller’s, at least she never claimed 270 mln. Jews ever existed, much less were killed.

These are Geller’s tho, which she borrowed from someone:
littlegreenfootballs.com

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drool  Nov 25, 2015 • 12:28:22pm

“You’re pretty smart, right?” Well, Trump got that part wrong right off the bat. No need to read further.

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HappyWarrior  Nov 25, 2015 • 12:28:36pm

re: #35 Backwoods_Sleuth

I bet Trump would retweet it!

I think someone as a gag posted a photo of Himmler and said that “my dad is a big supporter of yours, he’s never before but he will for you.” I don’t know if Trump actually retweeted that but he did one of Fred and Rose West (British serial murdering couple).

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The Vicious Babushka  Nov 25, 2015 • 12:30:50pm

You know that guy in Texas who open-carry stalked a Muslim woman?

It gets worse, much worse.

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Nyet  Nov 25, 2015 • 12:31:47pm

Sleeping Meerkat Falls off Rock

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HappyWarrior  Nov 25, 2015 • 12:32:10pm

re: #42 The Vicious Babushka

You know that guy in Texas who open-carry stalked a Muslim woman?

It gets worse, much worse.

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For a bunch of people who “worry” about fascism, I say wingers sure do love to engage in it themselves.

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Nyet  Nov 25, 2015 • 12:32:29pm

So if you remember the Phuc Dat Bich story, it turned out to be a pranker.

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Kragar  Nov 25, 2015 • 12:32:55pm

re: #35 Backwoods_Sleuth

I bet Trump would retweet it!

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HappyWarrior  Nov 25, 2015 • 12:33:01pm

re: #45 Nyet

So if you remember the Phuc Dat Bich story, it turned out to be a pranker.

Yeah I saw. That was a phucing disappointment.

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Charles Johnson  Nov 25, 2015 • 12:39:25pm

What the fuck, Chuck.

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EmmaAnne  Nov 25, 2015 • 12:39:38pm

Footage of last night’s Trump rally:

Indiana Jones and The Last Crusade Nazi Parade & Burning Books Koenigraetzer March

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HappyWarrior  Nov 25, 2015 • 12:40:17pm

re: #48 Charles Johnson

What the fuck, Chuck.

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He’d probably invade Poland for shits and giggles too.

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Charles Johnson  Nov 25, 2015 • 12:41:02pm

re: #42 The Vicious Babushka

You know that guy in Texas who open-carry stalked a Muslim woman?

It gets worse, much worse.

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I just reported this post to Facebook. Here it is if anyone else would like to report it too.

facebook.com

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Kragar  Nov 25, 2015 • 12:41:09pm
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Kragar  Nov 25, 2015 • 12:42:07pm

re: #48 Charles Johnson

What the fuck, Chuck.

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If Chuck were Putin, he would have been garroted and dumped in a trunk somewhere in Lithuania by his former KGB buddies

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A Mom Anon  Nov 25, 2015 • 12:42:55pm

re: #42 The Vicious Babushka

OK this is enough of this shit. At what point does this become stalking and harassment? Does someone have to die before it’s taken seriously?

Also, this telling on your neighbors for being “suspicious”? Oh that’s a FABULOUS idea with all the stories we’re seeing of out of control police officers right now. Yeah, that’ll work out just great. WTF. We are not a sane country. Nope.

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Charles Johnson  Nov 25, 2015 • 12:43:15pm

re: #52 Kragar

I see what you did there.

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Tigger2  Nov 25, 2015 • 12:44:14pm

re: #32 Nyet

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Video

Damn anti-social Gorillas : )

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Kragar  Nov 25, 2015 • 12:45:21pm

re: #55 Charles Johnson

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wrenchwench  Nov 25, 2015 • 12:45:50pm

I have a crazy neighbor I would like to report for reporting us for NOTHING! The cops know she’s crazy, because they came out to take a report, which necessitated listening to her. The next day she called them out to report some more nothing, and they sent a different officer. He was not bilingual, and she denied knowing English. So they sent the bilingual officer from the previous day, TO WHOM SHE HAD SPOKEN ENGLISH, and he reminded her of that, and recorded again that she’s crazy. He’s the same officer who took the report when I got into screaming match with the woman who ran the stop sign, so he’s familiar with ‘crazy’. And knows I’m not.

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Nyet  Nov 25, 2015 • 12:51:59pm

Katniss sure loves Pita (ORIGINAL)

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HappyWarrior  Nov 25, 2015 • 12:52:00pm

re: #53 Kragar

If Chuck were Putin, he would have been garroted and dumped in a trunk somewhere in Lithuania by his former KGB buddies

I doubt Chuck would make it out of KGB training if he were Putin.

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The Vicious Babushka  Nov 25, 2015 • 12:55:25pm
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Great White Snark  Nov 25, 2015 • 12:55:50pm

Ah yes The Donald… *spit*

Donald Trump’s $6M offer to buy out Park51 moneyman is ‘cheap’ stunt, says investor’s lawyer

Trump: World Has a ‘Muslim Problem’

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HappyWarrior  Nov 25, 2015 • 12:56:47pm

re: #62 Great White Snark

Ah yes The Donald… *spit*

Donald Trump’s $6M offer to buy out Park51 moneyman is ‘cheap’ stunt, says investor’s lawyer

Trump: World Has a ‘Muslim Problem’

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huffingtonpost.com

Related.

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HappyWarrior  Nov 25, 2015 • 12:57:14pm

re: #61 The Vicious Babushka

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I’ll take that pledge.

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electrotek  Nov 25, 2015 • 12:57:24pm

re: #19 The Vicious Babushka

Here is Dim Jim’s newest BFF==>

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Timothy Watson  Nov 25, 2015 • 12:59:23pm

Is “Dear Sir” still an acceptable introduction on a cover letter for employment?

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The Vicious Babushka  Nov 25, 2015 • 12:59:25pm

I’m glad I am not related to Ben

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HappyWarrior  Nov 25, 2015 • 1:02:02pm

re: #67 The Vicious Babushka

I’m glad I am not related to Ben

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I’m sure his Royal Derpisity is going to be derping tomorrow on Twitter. I’m going to make it a point not to discuss politics tomorrow. I’m thankful even if my job is coming to an end and I have to start all over again. I have my brother and his family visiting in less than a month and I can’t wait to see if my niece remembers me or not. I’m also looking forward to giving her Christmas gift- a homemade skirt made by one of our cousins.

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HappyWarrior  Nov 25, 2015 • 1:02:56pm

re: #66 Timothy Watson

Is “Dear Sir” still an acceptable introduction on a cover letter for employment?

Yeah if you know you’re writing a guy, why not. I do madam if it’s a woman too. I’m sort of old fashioned that way though.

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No Depression  Nov 25, 2015 • 1:04:08pm

Speaking of fascism, here’s a story about Lockheed Martin and the FBI colluding with Walmart to spy on its “associates” so they don’t agitate for luxuries like predictable scheduling and decent wages:

How Walmart Keeps an Eye on Its Massive Workforce

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Timothy Watson  Nov 25, 2015 • 1:04:10pm

re: #69 HappyWarrior

Yeah if you know you’re writing a guy, why not. I do madam if it’s a woman too. I’m sort of old fashioned that way though.

It’s addressed to the human resources department, so I am not sure if whether a man or woman will be reading it.

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HappyWarrior  Nov 25, 2015 • 1:04:25pm

re: #71 Timothy Watson

It’s addressed to the human resources department, so I am not sure if whether a man or woman will be reading it.

Oh do sir or madam then.

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HappyWarrior  Nov 25, 2015 • 1:05:05pm

re: #70 No Depression

Speaking of fascism, here’s a story about Lockheed Martin and the FBI colluding with Walmart to spy on its “associates” so they don’t agitate for luxuries like predictable scheduling and decent wages:

How Walmart Keeps an Eye on Its Massive Workforce

Gah.

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b_sharp  Nov 25, 2015 • 1:05:12pm

re: #71 Timothy Watson

It’s addressed to the human resources department, so I am not sure if whether a man or woman will be reading it.

‘Dude’ covers everything.

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nines09  Nov 25, 2015 • 1:06:29pm

re: #67 The Vicious Babushka

I’m glad I am not related to Ben

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If Ben Shapiro walked into your house, you would never get the shit stain off your floor or the smell out of the entire house.

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HappyWarrior  Nov 25, 2015 • 1:06:40pm

re: #74 b_sharp

‘Dude’ covers everything.

Dear Dude,
I want to work with you dude.
Thanks,
one cool dude.

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The Vicious Babushka  Nov 25, 2015 • 1:08:21pm

re: #66 Timothy Watson

Is “Dear Sir” still an acceptable introduction on a cover letter for employment?

It would be most appropriate to find out the name of the hiring manager and address your letter to “Dear Mr. (or Ms.) So-and-so”

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dholmes32  Nov 25, 2015 • 1:08:26pm

re: #51 Charles Johnson

I just reported this post to Facebook. Here it is if anyone else would like to report it too.

facebook.com

Reported.

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HappyWarrior  Nov 25, 2015 • 1:09:14pm

re: #77 The Vicious Babushka

It would be most appropriate to find out the name of the hiring manager and address your letter to “Dear Mr. (or Ms.) So-and-so”

Yeah try to find the hiring manager’s name and do that but if not, I’d go with sir or madam. I always try to find out the person’s name. Shows initiative.

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sagehen  Nov 25, 2015 • 1:09:18pm

re: #66 Timothy Watson

Is “Dear Sir” still an acceptable introduction on a cover letter for employment?

Dear Sir or Madam:

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KGxvi  Nov 25, 2015 • 1:09:52pm

re: #48 Charles Johnson

I assume this means if he were Putin, he’d just go ahead and declare war on Turkey? Something tells me that wouldn’t work out well for… planet Earth.

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HappyWarrior  Nov 25, 2015 • 1:10:27pm

re: #81 KGxvi

I assume this means if he were Putin, he’d just go ahead and declare war on Turkey? Something tells me that wouldn’t work out well for… planet Earth.

I don’t think he understands geopolitics or really much of anything.

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makeitstop  Nov 25, 2015 • 1:11:46pm

re: #71 Timothy Watson

It’s addressed to the human resources department, so I am not sure if whether a man or woman will be reading it.

I’d just go with ‘Howdy!’

/

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HappyWarrior  Nov 25, 2015 • 1:14:13pm

No, no you start with “Yo dog”.

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electrotek  Nov 25, 2015 • 1:14:34pm

So much for Muslim “unity”:

SMDH

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electrotek  Nov 25, 2015 • 1:15:15pm

re: #51 Charles Johnson

I just reported this post to Facebook. Here it is if anyone else would like to report it too.

facebook.com

Reported.

EVERY Muslim woman needs to learn self-defense. Period.

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jaunte  Nov 25, 2015 • 1:18:50pm

re: #67 The Vicious Babushka

I’m glad I am not related to Ben

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Ben might hear something he doesn’t like at Thanksgiving dinner, and he won’t be able to block them in real life.

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Mentis Fugit  Nov 25, 2015 • 1:20:54pm

Hey Kids!

Join the Special Trump Agents for Security Intelligence!

Why do the jokes just write themselves when something is really not funny?

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HappyWarrior  Nov 25, 2015 • 1:21:48pm

re: #88 Mentis Fugit

Hey Kids!

Join the Special Trump Agents for Security Intelligence!

Why do the jokes just write themselves when something is really not funny?

Ha! Well played, well played. I owe you a drink.

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EPR-radar  Nov 25, 2015 • 1:23:11pm

re: #84 HappyWarrior

No, no you start with “Yo dog”.

Closing the letter with “fear this and tremblingly obey” can also be considered. //

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jaunte  Nov 25, 2015 • 1:23:48pm

re: #88 Mentis Fugit

Tweeted!

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electrotek  Nov 25, 2015 • 1:23:49pm
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FormerDirtDart  Nov 25, 2015 • 1:25:25pm

re: #52 Kragar

Hearing you speak, I simply had to share this with you.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Nov 25, 2015 • 1:25:49pm

Timothy Lee Haste pleaded guilty on Monday to criminal mischief after breaking the windows of the EMW Women’s Surgical Center twice within the past month. He was sentenced to one year in jail, though he was conditionally discharged on the grounds that he have no further contact with the complainant — the only full-time abortion clinic in Kentucky. However, volunteer clinic escorts observed him outside of EMW’s front door on Tuesday and Wednesday and claimed he was bragging about his release to the protesters gathered there.

According to Anne — executive director of EMW who declines to give her last name for security reasons — neither the Louisville Metro Police Department nor prosecutors told her he was being released, nor of the conditions that he was not to be near the clinic. She says a call to LMPD has not been returned.

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HappyWarrior  Nov 25, 2015 • 1:26:35pm

re: #94 Backwoods_Sleuth

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Sigh never ends and he’ll have a pal in Bevin in the governor’s mansion soon.

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dog philosopher ஐஒஔ௸  Nov 25, 2015 • 1:27:17pm

trump’s supporters know they’ll never be reported on since they’re not… you know…

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jaunte  Nov 25, 2015 • 1:27:48pm

re: #96 dog philosopher ஐஒஔ௸

trump’s supporters know they’ll never be reported on since they’re not… you know…

Stockpiling weapons in a suspicious manner?

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CuriousLurker  Nov 25, 2015 • 1:29:27pm

re: #85 electrotek

So much for Muslim “unity”:

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SMDH

Don’t go there—any asshole can go on Twitter and claim to be anything. It’s a big mistake to let every clown fool you.

Even if she’s Middle Eastern—and she appears to be assuming that’s actually her photo (could be a 50-year old white guy)—it doesn’t mean she’s Muslim. There are plenty of Christians in the Middle East that dislike Muslims (in Syria, Iraq, Egypt, Lebanon, and places like Armenia, etc.).

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HappyWarrior  Nov 25, 2015 • 1:33:41pm

re: #98 CuriousLurker

Don’t go there—any asshole can go on Twitter and claim to be anything. It’s a big mistake to let every clown fool you.

Even if she’s Middle Eastern—and she appears to be assuming that’s actually her photo (could be a 50-year old white guy)—it doesn’t mean she’s Muslim. There are plenty of Christians in the Middle East that dislike Muslims (in Syria, Iraq, Egypt, Lebanon, and places like Armenia, etc.).

I’ve heard some of the worst hate towards Muslims comes from ME Christians. It’s all so fucked up because those people probably get harassment from the same bigots who think they’re Muslims. This actually I recall did happen once to some Coptic Christians who came to protest the “Ground Zero Mosque.” And you really have to look at the former Yugoslavia. Muslim Bosnians outside their religion are really no different from Orthodox Serbs and Catholic Croatians. They’re a little different than my peeps the Slovenes but that’s only because Slovenes don’t speak Serbo-Croatian.

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HappyWarrior  Nov 25, 2015 • 1:35:56pm

So some dickbag on CNN said the Chicago cop was not in the wrong because McDonald kept moving. WTF. Man these people. I hope to God they never have to suffer the pain of losing a child the way Jordan’s family did because no one deserves that. No one deserves to have a bunch of people who never knew you going on national television saying you deserved to die because the police can do no wrong.

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electrotek  Nov 25, 2015 • 1:36:58pm

re: #99 HappyWarrior

I’ve heard some of the worst hate towards Muslims comes from ME Christians. It’s all so fucked up because those people probably get harassment from the same bigots who think they’re Muslims. This actually I recall did happen once to some Coptic Christians who came to protest the “Ground Zero Mosque.” And you really have to look at the former Yugoslavia. Muslim Bosnians outside their religion are really no different from Orthodox Serbs and Catholic Croatians. They’re a little different than my peeps the Slovenes but that’s only because Slovenes don’t speak Serbo-Croatian.

Yeah and they got what they deserved when that crowd they joined with ended up turning against them and put their lives at risk. Can’t say I hold any sympathy for them when they clearly were trying to be on good terms with a bunch of bigots who still won’t accept them.

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HappyWarrior  Nov 25, 2015 • 1:37:08pm

Abe is your pardoned turkey.

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HappyWarrior  Nov 25, 2015 • 1:38:28pm

re: #101 electrotek

Yeah and they got what they deserved when that crowd they joined with ended up turning against them and put their lives at risk. Can’t say I hold any sympathy for them when they clearly were trying to be on good terms with a bunch of bigots who still won’t accept them.

It’s just so upsetting. You’d think that an experience like that would maybe make them realize how fucked up their worldview is.

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wrenchwench  Nov 25, 2015 • 1:38:51pm

BELLINGHAM

A Western Washington University student who said she was threatened with sexual violence and death criticized the university and campus police for not doing enough to protect her and other students of color.

[…]

University President Bruce Shepard canceled classes Tuesday, after reading anonymous social media posts on Yik Yak that he said targeted students of color, possibly because they proposed replacing the school’s Viking mascot.

[…]

Emphasis added, because OMG poor widdle white dudes.

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electrotek  Nov 25, 2015 • 1:39:11pm

re: #98 CuriousLurker

Don’t go there—any asshole can go on Twitter and claim to be anything. It’s a big mistake to let every clown fool you.

Even if she’s Middle Eastern—and she appears to be assuming that’s actually her photo (could be a 50-year old white guy)—it doesn’t mean she’s Muslim. There are plenty of Christians in the Middle East that dislike Muslims (in Syria, Iraq, Egypt, Lebanon, and places like Armenia, etc.).

Maybe so, but I’m not going to discount the fact that there are hot-headed Middle Eastern youth who will rush to root for their side in this conflict on social media.

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HappyWarrior  Nov 25, 2015 • 1:39:57pm

re: #104 wrenchwench

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Emphasis added, because OMG poor widdle white dudes.

Again, this is why i don’t have much sympathy for those who bitch about this generation of student activists. Anyhow frankly fuck Vikings, I’m a Celt :).

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electrotek  Nov 25, 2015 • 1:40:11pm

re: #103 HappyWarrior

It’s just so upsetting.

Nevermind the fact that one of the first victims in the 9/11 backlash was a Coptic service station clerk, and yet these Coptic idiots are so riddled with hate that they are willing to side with these bigots to settle a score or two.

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HappyWarrior  Nov 25, 2015 • 1:41:44pm

re: #107 electrotek

Nevermind the fact that one of the first victims in the 9/11 backlash was a Coptic service station clerk, and yet these Coptic idiots are so riddled with hate that they are willing to side with these bigots to settle a score or two.

People need to overcome their hates. It’s just pathetic. We’re all only on this Earth for a little while. Let’s try to make it a good place to live.

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HappyWarrior  Nov 25, 2015 • 1:42:30pm

So yeah sure some of the student activists may be a little zealous in some of their crusades. (Viking frankly is cliche as hell) but that doesn’t excuse threats/

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wrenchwench  Nov 25, 2015 • 1:49:48pm
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CuriousLurker  Nov 25, 2015 • 1:50:54pm

re: #99 HappyWarrior

I’ve heard some of the worst hate towards Muslims comes from ME Christians. It’s all so fucked up because those people probably get harassment from the same bigots who think they’re Muslims. This actually I recall did happen once to some Coptic Christians who came to protest the “Ground Zero Mosque.” And you really have to look at the former Yugoslavia. Muslim Bosnians outside their religion are really no different from Orthodox Serbs and Catholic Croatians. They’re a little different than my peeps the Slovenes but that’s only because Slovenes don’t speak Serbo-Croatian.

Some of the dislike is understandable due to poor treatment of Christians by some Muslims—and sometimes worse, like the Armenian genocide—but once someone lets their hatred extend to an entire group of people, they’ve lost (no matter whether it’s Christians hating Muslims, Muslims hating Jews, Israelis hating Palestinians, etc.)

I would also note that some of the most vicious Islamophobes are of Christian Arab ancestry like Brigitte Gabriel (Marontie/Lebanon), Raymond Ibrahim (Coptic/Egypt), and even Robert Spencer (Greek Melkite/Turkey Syria).

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HappyWarrior  Nov 25, 2015 • 1:53:09pm

re: #111 CuriousLurker

Some of the dislike is understandable due to poor treatment of Christians by some Muslims—and sometimes worse, like the Armenian genocide—but once someone lets their hatred extend to an entire group of people, they’ve lost (no matter whether it’s Christians hating Muslims, Muslims hating Jews, Israelis hating Palestinians, etc.)

I would also note that some of the most vicious Islamophobes are of Christian Arab ancestry like Brigitte Gabriel (Marontie/Lebanon), Raymond Ibrahim (Coptic/Egypt), and even Robert Spencer (Greek Melkite/Turkey Syria).

Knew about Spencer. But you’re right, you can’t let bad experiences allow you to treat an entire group poorly. I mean we have bad experiences with people of all sorts of groups. I’ve seen Bryan Fischer use the existence of a handful of gay Nazis as his rationale for discriminating against gay people and I just think “Hold on, the vast majority of Nazi Party members would have been heterosexual Lutherans”( which also happens to fit what my German born G-Grandpa was).

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electrotek  Nov 25, 2015 • 1:54:08pm

re: #108 HappyWarrior

People need to overcome their hates. It’s just pathetic. We’re all only on this Earth for a little while. Let’s try to make it a good place to live.

re: #110 wrenchwench

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CuriousLurker  Nov 25, 2015 • 1:55:02pm

re: #105 electrotek

Maybe so, but I’m not going to discount the fact that there are hot-headed Middle Eastern youth who will rush to root for their side in this conflict on social media.

*shrug* Suit yourself. The assholes on Twitter (and in real life) are legion. I’ve got more enjoyable & productive things to do with my time than fight with every one of them that tries to engage me.

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electrotek  Nov 25, 2015 • 1:55:39pm

re: #112 HappyWarrior

Knew about Spencer. But you’re right, you can’t let bad experiences allow you to treat an entire group poorly. I mean we have bad experiences with people of all sorts of groups. I’ve seen Bryan Fischer use the existence of a handful of gay Nazis as his rationale for discriminating against gay people and I just think “Hold on, the vast majority of Nazi Party members would have been heterosexual Lutherans”( which also happens to fit what my German born G-Grandpa was).

You never see any Bosnian Muslim (barring the usual Da’esh supporting wackjobs) rant about the evil of Christians and Christianity after being slaughtered by Orthodox Christians in the war. That says a lot.

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HappyWarrior  Nov 25, 2015 • 1:56:55pm

Shit as a mutt and someone who identifies with the cultures I’m descended from, I’d be hating myself if I let old ethnic and religion hatred define me. Sure, I can be a critic of a country’s foreign policy but when I meet people, I look at individuals.

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electrotek  Nov 25, 2015 • 1:57:53pm

re: #114 CuriousLurker

*shrug* Suit yourself. The assholes on Twitter (and in real life) are legion. I’ve got more enjoyable & productive things to do with my time than fight with every one of them that tries to engage me.

Well, to be fair, you’re also older than me too, so you got more patience than I do lol I usually would rather have them block me haha

I’ll be the first to admit I’m an abrasive asshole a lot of times, and it’s better suited towards bigots and sectarian nitwits.

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HappyWarrior  Nov 25, 2015 • 1:58:47pm

re: #115 electrotek

You never see any Bosnian Muslim (barring the usual Da’esh supporting wackjobs) rant about the evil of Christians and Christianity after being slaughtered by Orthodox Christians in the war. That says a lot.

I haven’t met any Bosnians ever. What those people went through is one of the most mindboggling things I ever read about. Cracked had an amazing article from a Bosnian survivor’s perspective. Anyhow despite the historic bad blood between Orthodox and Catholics in the region, my Slovene-American grandfather’s best friend was a man of Serbian descent. They got along well and bonded over the tales of how people from both their parents’ countries resisted the Nazis and Axis during WWII.

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wrenchwench  Nov 25, 2015 • 1:59:07pm

re: #114 CuriousLurker

*shrug* Suit yourself. The assholes on Twitter (and in real life) are legion. I’ve got more enjoyable & productive things to do with my time than fight with every one of them that tries to engage me.

Wait’ll they move in next door! (Which I hope they never do.)

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dholmes32  Nov 25, 2015 • 1:59:48pm

The various press outlets are reporting that Frank Gifford’s family is reporting he had C.T.E.:

Frank Gifford, the Hall of Fame N.F.L. running back who was involved in one of the most brutal collisions in league history, was found to have chronic traumatic encephalopathy, a degenerative brain disease.

The finding, which can only be confirmed posthumously, was announced by Gifford’s family on Wednesday, more than three months after Gifford died. His family hoped that in publicizing the diagnosis, more attention would be paid to medical research linking football and traumatic brain injury.

The article also recalls the November 20, 1960 career-ending hit of Gifford:

But his playing career is remembered for an incident on Nov. 20, 1960, when he was on the receiving end of one of football’s most famous tackles. Playing against the Philadelphia Eagles, he caught a pass over the middle and was running with the ball when he was leveled, hit high and flattened by Chuck Bednarik, the Eagles’ rough linebacker and a future Hall of Famer.

Gifford dropped the ball and lay motionless on the turf as Bednarik waved his arms and shook his fists, an image that came to signify the rough-and-tumble N.F.L. of the era. Gifford was carted off the field with a concussion, ending his season, and in February 1961 he announced his retirement.

nytimes.com

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electrotek  Nov 25, 2015 • 1:59:53pm

With regards to Armenians, they are more anti-Turk than anti-Muslim. The fact that a lot of Muslims in the Levant and in Iran sheltered them from genocide in the early 20th century did a lot to quell that.

That’s not to say that anti-Muslim attitudes amongst Armenians don’t exist; they do, but to a smaller extent than the case with Assyrians and Chaldeans.

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HappyWarrior  Nov 25, 2015 • 2:01:41pm

re: #121 electrotek

With regards to Armenians, they are more anti-Turk than anti-Muslim. The fact that a lot of Muslims in the Levant and in Iran sheltered them from genocide in the early 20th century did a lot to quell that.

That’s not to say that anti-Muslim attitudes amongst Armenians don’t exist; they do, but to a smaller extent than the case with Assyrians and Chaldeans.

I’d liken that to Anti-English sentiment among the Irish although the Irish tour guide I talked to made the point to me “I don’t have anything against the English people, I’ve met many of them and I like them but I don’t have much love for their government.” I think speaking from an Irish-American student of history’s perspective, a lot of people wrongfully view the Troubles in Ireland as Catholic versus Protestant.

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electrotek  Nov 25, 2015 • 2:01:54pm

re: #118 HappyWarrior

I haven’t met any Bosnians ever. What those people went through is one of the most mindboggling things I ever read about. Cracked had an amazing article from a Bosnian survivor’s perspective. Anyhow despite the historic bad blood between Orthodox and Catholics in the region, my Slovene-American grandfather’s best friend was a man of Serbian descent. They got along well and bonded over the tales of how people from both their parents’ countries resisted the Nazis and Axis during WWII.

I’m guessing the anti-Christian attitudes that would have manifested itself with Serbs and croats slaughtering them would have existed had not been for the efforts of many churches in America, Canada, and Australia, to name a few, that aided in efforts in helping them flee from the carnage.

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HappyWarrior  Nov 25, 2015 • 2:03:26pm

re: #123 electrotek

I’m guessing the anti-Christian attitudes that would have manifested itself with Serbs and croats slaughtering them would have existed had not been for the efforts of many churches in America, Canada, and Australia, to name a few, that aided in efforts in helping them flee from the carnage.

That’s the kind of thing that makes me not completely anti-religion. It’s not for me but I do think religion is capable of good things. I don’t see it as a whole evil.

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wrenchwench  Nov 25, 2015 • 2:03:41pm

re: #120 dholmes32

The finding, which can only be confirmed posthumously

That may change in the future. A lot is being done with brain imaging. And the NFL is changing, too, but not fast enough.

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CuriousLurker  Nov 25, 2015 • 2:03:53pm

re: #117 electrotek

Well, to be fair, you’re also older than me too, so you got more patience than I do lol I usually would rather have them block me haha

I’ll be the first to admit I’m an abrasive asshole a lot of times, and it’s better suited towards bigots and sectarian nitwits.

It’s not patience, it’s exhaustion. I’m not patient at all—I’ve been told that when I lose my temper I’m like a tiger with a bee up its ass, and I make the walls shake with my roaring—IOW it’s best for me not to go there. Also, life’s too short.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Nov 25, 2015 • 2:04:51pm
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HappyWarrior  Nov 25, 2015 • 2:05:19pm

re: #127 Backwoods_Sleuth

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*Cough* Cheney, Kristol, and etc.

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electrotek  Nov 25, 2015 • 2:05:55pm

re: #124 HappyWarrior

That’s the kind of thing that makes me not completely anti-religion. It’s not for me but I do think religion is capable of good things. I don’t see it as a whole evil.

That’s what helped quell a substantial amount of anti-Muslim feeling among Armenians.

The Assyrians and Chaldeans didn’t have that because even after being surviving the killings by Turks in Anatolia, in Iraq they were still subjected to massacres in the 1930s (Simile Massacre of 1933 comes to mind) and didn’t really enjoy a lot of benefits until the Baathists came to power.

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HappyWarrior  Nov 25, 2015 • 2:07:08pm

re: #129 electrotek

That’s what helped quell a substantial amount of anti-Muslim feeling among Armenians.

The Assyrians and Chaldeans didn’t have that because even after being surviving the killings by Turks in Anatolia, in Iraq they were still subjected to massacres in the 1930s (Simile Massacre of 1933 comes to mind) and didn’t really enjoy a lot of benefits until the Baathists came to power.

Interesting. I need to read more about this stuff. I recently got a good Chinese history educational brush-up from one of my work friends. There’s a lot of things about history that are too complex to cover in school really.

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The Vicious Babushka  Nov 25, 2015 • 2:08:43pm

I just can’t even.

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KGxvi  Nov 25, 2015 • 2:09:41pm

re: #125 wrenchwench

I don’t mean to make light of it, but I swear watching/listening to Aikman week in and week out feels like we are watching someone go through the process of having CTE. Aikman suffered 10 concussions during his career, and if you see an old video of him from early in his career and then hear him now, it sounds like two different people talking.

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HappyWarrior  Nov 25, 2015 • 2:10:11pm

re: #131 The Vicious Babushka

I would not be surprised if next year (or maybe by tomorrow afternoon) Ben is eating at home by himself.

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Goddamn you’re an idiot Ben. Are you that fucking dense to think that political and police corruption can’t have anything to do with racism. Harvard must be awfully proud of the degree they wasted on you.

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electrotek  Nov 25, 2015 • 2:11:18pm

re: #130 HappyWarrior

Interesting. I need to read more about this stuff. I recently got a good Chinese history educational brush-up from one of my work friends. There’s a lot of things about history that are too complex to cover in school really.

And even after the Iranian Revolution, Armenian Christians are treated with high regard by the clerical government. I mean, why else would they have armed Christian Armenia over fellow Shi’a Azerbaijan in the Nagorno-Karabakh war in the early 1990s?

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HappyWarrior  Nov 25, 2015 • 2:12:15pm

re: #132 KGxvi

I don’t mean to make light of it, but I swear watching/listening to Aikman week in and week out feels like we are watching someone go through the process of having CTE. Aikman suffered 10 concussions during his career, and if you see an old video of him from early in his career and then hear him now, it sounds like two different people talking.

It’s just sad. I agreed absolutely with President Obama when he said if he had a son, he wouldn’t want him to play football. FWIW my Dad never played and as a result never became a big football fan because of a couple head injuries he had as a little kid. My grandmother did not want him playing. As a result, he got into basketball and his big love, music which is where we do our biggest bonding over. My mom likes to joke that she never has to worry about losing him on Sundays since he doesn’t get glued to the couch.

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HappyWarrior  Nov 25, 2015 • 2:12:45pm

re: #134 electrotek

And even after the Iranian Revolution, Armenian Christians are treated with high regard by the clerical government. I mean, why else would they have armed Christian Armenia over fellow Shi’a Azerbaijan in the Nagorno-Karabakh war in the early 1990s?

Again need to learn more. This is fascinating stuff.

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Targetpractice  Nov 25, 2015 • 2:13:45pm

re: #131 The Vicious Babushka

I would not be surprised if next year (or maybe by tomorrow afternoon) Ben is eating at home by himself.

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This is the conservative mind in action, totally black or white, never a mix. It has to be corruption or it has to be racism, it can’t be both.

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wrenchwench  Nov 25, 2015 • 2:14:35pm

re: #132 KGxvi

I don’t mean to make light of it, but I swear watching/listening to Aikman week in and week out feels like we are watching someone go through the process of having CTE. Aikman suffered 10 concussions during his career, and if you see an old video of him from early in his career and then hear him now, it sounds like two different people talking.

The NFL fears organized players more than anything. You could hear them squirming when Mizzou’s football players organized.

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HappyWarrior  Nov 25, 2015 • 2:17:58pm

re: #137 Targetpractice

This is the conservative mind in action, totally black or white, never a mix. It has to be corruption or it has to be racism, it can’t be both.

Am I that cynical that if this was in a city mayored by a Republican or even someone who wasn’t Obama’s former chief of staff that Ben wouldn’t care about what happened to McDonald? He’s really showing how pathetic he is here by acting like the problem is Rahm’s political party label rather than the system as a whole which yes Shit for brains does involve a lot of honest to god racism.

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GlutenFreeJesus  Nov 25, 2015 • 2:19:13pm

I’d report Trump if he were my neighbor.

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Targetpractice  Nov 25, 2015 • 2:20:22pm

re: #139 HappyWarrior

Am I that cynical that if this was in a city mayored by a Republican or even someone who wasn’t Obama’s former chief of staff that Ben wouldn’t care about what happened to McDonald? He’s really showing how pathetic he is here by acting like the problem is Rahm’s political party label rather than the system as a whole which yes Shit for brains does involve a lot of honest to god racism.

That’s the thing, Ben figures he can get a two-fer here: He can dispute that racism had anything to do with the way this case was handled and he can argue that Rahm only won reelection because of corruption.

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KGxvi  Nov 25, 2015 • 2:20:42pm

re: #135 HappyWarrior

I never played organized football, but my friends and I would play tackle football in the park. In fact, from high school (in the early/mid 90s) until a couple of years ago we used to get together on Thanksgiving morning for a game. It was tackle until maybe the last three or four years. I like the game - I enjoy college ball more than the NFL, if only because college teams do different things - but I wouldn’t want my kid playing it either. My nephews are playing basketball, soccer, and now baseball - and in a few years they’ll get swimming and water polo (that’s a family wide thing - my sister and I, as well as my sister’s ex all played high school and after (JC and years of club polo for me, JC/Div 3 for their dad, and Div 3 for my sister) so they’re going to have to at least try it). I’m stoked on that (and my niece is apparently going to be a softball star).

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subterraneanhomesickalien  Nov 25, 2015 • 2:21:03pm

I feel bad about this, but I really wish that trans-gendered lady would have put little Ben in the hospital.

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HappyWarrior  Nov 25, 2015 • 2:21:32pm

re: #141 Targetpractice

That’s the thing, Ben figures he can get a two-fer here: He can dispute that racism had anything to do with the way this case was handled and he can argue that Rahm only won reelection because of corruption.

Just so fucking typical of these assholes. Yes, it was political corruption, yes it was police corruption, but it was also racism too.

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KGxvi  Nov 25, 2015 • 2:23:03pm

re: #138 wrenchwench

The NCAA probably has the biggest fear of organized players. We saw it with Northwestern and Mizzou, we’ll probably see it other places as well in the next few years. The system is really based on the athletes having no real power at all (Lebatard is actually great on this point).

The NFL, and most all professional leagues, have dealt with organized players long enough, they know what to do.

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HappyWarrior  Nov 25, 2015 • 2:25:32pm

re: #142 KGxvi

I never played organized football, but my friends and I would play tackle football in the park. In fact, from high school (in the early/mid 90s) until a couple of years ago we used to get together on Thanksgiving morning for a game. It was tackle until maybe the last three or four years. I like the game - I enjoy college ball more than the NFL, if only because college teams do different things - but I wouldn’t want my kid playing it either. My nephews are playing basketball, soccer, and now baseball - and in a few years they’ll get swimming and water polo (that’s a family wide thing - my sister and I, as well as my sister’s ex all played high school and after (JC and years of club polo for me, JC/Div 3 for their dad, and Div 3 for my sister) so they’re going to have to at least try it). I’m stoked on that (and my niece is apparently going to be a softball star).

Yeah I did that too. I liked playing and I wouldn’t have a problem with that. I enjoy the game too but it’s got problems. If I have kids, I’ll probably follow what’s being done with your nephews. Awesome about your niece being a good softball player. We found out recently that my niece is a lefty just like me and her other grandpa. So maybe that becomes something although I think she’s going to be a solo sport athlete like her dad- snowboarding, skate boarding, etc. Terrific little dancer too.

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The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge  Nov 25, 2015 • 2:27:19pm

Trump:

“People move into a house a block down the road, you know who’s going in,” Trump continued. “You can see and you report them to the local police.

“You’re pretty smart, right?” he asked his audience. “We know if there’s something going on, report them. Most likely you’ll be wrong, but that’s OK.

“That’s the best way. Everybody’s their own cop in a way. You’ve got to do it. You’ve got to do it.”

People are already used to this system from decades of America’s Most Wanted. It passes comprehension that nobody has sued their asses into oblivion because they were harassed or arrested for sorta-kinda looking like someone who may or may not have committed some alleged (but titillating) crime.

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wrenchwench  Nov 25, 2015 • 2:27:20pm

There’s some music I know I shouldn’t play when I’m open for business. All the Randy Newman CDs wait for my closed days, and Paul Simon’s The Capeman too, but this is borderline. I had it on while a woman toured the store, and she seemed OK with it:

Compared To What

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Nov 25, 2015 • 2:27:43pm
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HappyWarrior  Nov 25, 2015 • 2:28:26pm

re: #149 Backwoods_Sleuth

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Sorry NRA Abbott.

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Targetpractice  Nov 25, 2015 • 2:29:29pm

re: #149 Backwoods_Sleuth

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TYRANNY!!!!

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HappyWarrior  Nov 25, 2015 • 2:30:06pm

re: #151 Targetpractice

TYRANNY!!!!

Hitler would have told the German states to accept refugees too!

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The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge  Nov 25, 2015 • 2:32:22pm

re: #151 Targetpractice

TYRANNY!!!!

Do they still have those bug inspection stations at California’s borders? Those were unconstitutional—never mind trying to keep out people of a given religion or nationality.

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CuriousLurker  Nov 25, 2015 • 2:33:39pm

re: #110 wrenchwench

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Heh, you haven’t lived until you’ve bent over in the hands-on-knees position and had a chubby baby face suddenly appear directly under you with a big drooling grin. Or when you’re in the prone position and a baby or toddler starts crawling all over you (usually with messy sticky fingers because mom gave them something to try to keep them quiet). The prayers are relatively quick, maybe 5-10 minutes, but on Fridays the sermons can get pretty long (depending on the subject and the imam).

Most places will try to have someone in the men’s and/or women’s areas be the designated kid-watcher (usually ends up being one of the women), but it can be difficult for one person to keep several crawling curious babies, antsy toddlers, and energetic 4-year-olds corralled & quiet. Once they get past say, age 5-6 or so, they usually start to settle down, presumably because by then they’ve started kindergarten or first grade and have learned to control themselves.

And with that little nugget I’m outta here.

Later, lizards.

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SirMixALot  Nov 25, 2015 • 2:41:40pm

If its okay to start reporting your neighbors two can play it that way. Liberals should go ahead and start reporting their neigbhors who spew right wing talking points, wear Trump hats or display GOP bumper stickers, openly carry weapons, or proudly show off the Confederate flag in some fashion. Anything that identifies someone as a conservative should be viewed as suspicous and considered a threat to the nation. They should be reported to the cops and FBI as a potential anti-American militant. It won’t be far fetched because conservatives legitmately want to over-throw the federal government and engage in violence, harassment and terrorism against Americans they dislike.

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Charles Johnson  Nov 25, 2015 • 2:42:50pm

re: #131 The Vicious Babushka

People like Shapiro are psychic vampires. They feed on hatred and division, and try to create as much of it as they can.

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darthstar  Nov 25, 2015 • 2:43:24pm

He has a plan for ISIS: Travel back in time. Sound crazy? Not if you consider he wears a boot on his head for a hat.

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Shiplord Kirel  Nov 25, 2015 • 2:44:43pm

re: #155 SirMixALot

If its okay to start reporting your neighbors two can play it that way. Liberals should go ahead and start reporting their neigbhors who spew right wing talking points, wear Trump hats or display GOP bumper stickers, openly carry weapons, or proudly show off the Confederate flag in some fashion. Anything that identifies someone as a conservative should be viewed as suspicous and considered a threat to the nation. They should be reported to the cops and FBI as a potential anti-American militant. It won’t be far fetched because conservatives legitmately want to over-throw the federal government and engage in violence, harassment and terrorism against Americans they dislike.

Damn straight. They’re practically Kremlin fifth columnists and saboteurs as it is.

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darthstar  Nov 25, 2015 • 2:45:31pm
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SirMixALot  Nov 25, 2015 • 2:50:39pm

re: #104 wrenchwench

Death threats linked to 4chan. The university better wake the fuck up because 4chan has already been linked to the recent shootings at BLM activists, and the nut who murdered students in Oregon. When is someone going to do something about that site?

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Shiplord Kirel  Nov 25, 2015 • 2:52:48pm

I couldn’t have imagined that I would see this in the 21st century, or in the United States. The attacks on helpless refugees are shameful, the worst public disgrace of my lifetime, and Texas is leading this howling pack of ignorant bullies.

I don’t think a national and international boycott is out of order with this. The Feds can start by taking another look at the Pentagon’s base closing proposals. The bigots don’t get our soldiers if they won’t take the people those soldiers have risked their lives to help.

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Romantic Heretic  Nov 25, 2015 • 2:56:29pm

re: #3 HappyWarrior

Hello, police? I’d like to report a douchebag who keeps appearing on my TV. He’s wearing a ferret on his head.

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Feline Fearless Leader  Nov 25, 2015 • 2:57:17pm

Brilliant moon coming up.

Rising Moon

iPhone photo doesn’t do it justice. Tried a few on the Nikon, but have not downloaded them yet.

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Targetpractice  Nov 25, 2015 • 2:58:56pm

re: #162 Romantic Heretic

Hello, police? I’d like to report a douchebag who keeps appearing on my TV. He’s wearing a ferret on his head.

Sure it’s a ferret? Looks more like a tribble.

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The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge  Nov 25, 2015 • 3:00:15pm

re: #164 Targetpractice

Sure it’s a ferret? Looks more like a tribble.

Where did I put my poisoned quadrotriticale?

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Romantic Heretic  Nov 25, 2015 • 3:04:10pm

re: #51 Charles Johnson

I just reported this post to Facebook. Here it is if anyone else would like to report it too.

facebook.com

Done!

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calochortus  Nov 25, 2015 • 3:05:10pm

re: #164 Targetpractice

Sure it’s a ferret? Looks more like a tribble.

Tribbles were cute. And soothing.

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wrenchwench  Nov 25, 2015 • 3:07:49pm
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calochortus  Nov 25, 2015 • 3:07:53pm

re: #153 The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge

Do they still have those bug inspection stations at California’s borders? Those were unconstitutional—never mind trying to keep out people of a given religion or nationality.

Yup. Not that they inspect anything any more since there is way too much traffic on the freeways, and if you’re trying to smuggle plants in there are plenty of back roads to do it on.
Mostly they stop out of state cars because tourists may not be aware that they might be bringing in a pest-and they are particularly careful with campers and trailers that might be carrying gypsy moths.

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Bubblehead II  Nov 25, 2015 • 3:09:02pm

re: #161 Shiplord Kirel

I couldn’t have imagined that I would see this in the 21st century, or in the United States. The attacks on helpless refugees are shameful, the worst public disgrace of my lifetime, and Texas is leading this howling pack of ignorant bullies.

I don’t think a national and international boycott is out of order with this. The Feds can start by taking another look at the Pentagon’s base closing proposals. The bigots don’t get our soldiers if they won’t take the people those soldiers have risked their lives to help.

Abbott is also trying to pressure the nonprofits into refusing to help Syrian refugees.

The Refugee Issue Is a Religious Liberty Issue

Late last week, nonprofit and charitable organizations around Texas received a troubling letter from the executive commissioner of the Texas Health and Human Services Commission. Dated November 19, the letter instructs all refugee-related agencies in the state of Texas to report any plans of resettling Syrian refugees to the commission, and asks that if they are in the process of resettling Syrian refugees, to “please discontinue those plans immediately.”

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The Ghost of a Flea  Nov 25, 2015 • 3:10:27pm

Rubio: ‘God’s Rules’ Win Over Supreme Court Decision

…says the “reasonable” candidate.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Nov 25, 2015 • 3:11:52pm

MrBWS is home.
He gave the pellet stove a very stern talking to, vacuumed out the ash, and reset the GFCI again.
The stove is now working.

YAY!

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Targetpractice  Nov 25, 2015 • 3:12:03pm

re: #171 The Ghost of a Flea

Rubio: ‘God’s Rules’ Win Over Supreme Court Decision

…says the “reasonable” candidate.

Another law school graduate who doesn’t understand judicial review. My surprise, etc.

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Skip Intro  Nov 25, 2015 • 3:12:27pm

Such fun coming from the lunatic bin.

Crybaby Donald Trump plans to sue fellow republican candidate John Kasich over Hitler comparison

dailynewsbin.com

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Nov 25, 2015 • 3:12:30pm

re: #168 wrenchwench

That one always makes me laugh.

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Skip Intro  Nov 25, 2015 • 3:13:11pm

re: #173 Targetpractice

Another law school graduate who doesn’t understand judicial review. My surprise, etc.

And which god would that be?

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Targetpractice  Nov 25, 2015 • 3:14:27pm

re: #176 Skip Intro

And which god would that be?

Zuul.

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Shiplord Kirel  Nov 25, 2015 • 3:14:44pm

Nobody more richly deserves a giant swig of their own medicine than today’s Putin lovin’ rightwing.

We should hold a seance at Joe McCarthy’s grave:

“Wake up, Joe! Uh, there’s been enough time to sober up, right?

If so, we have good news!

We’ve found a shitload of Kremlin dupes and Russkie sympathizers for you to persecute, for real. We’ve got ‘em all; teachers, preachers, Congress critters, and editors and writers. Lots of hack writers who call themselves journalists. Radio and TV shills, too (yeah, we still have radio). Remember how much fun it was to make them squirm?

There’s just one little problem.

Uh, well, you know, a lot changes in 60 years and, uh, well….
I’ll just say it then: They aren’t commies. In fact, they’re Republicans like you were. It’s still the same Kremlin though.

Think of it this way: It’s a chance to get them back for Ike turning his back on you and that whole censure thing.”

The ground shakes and splits, the sky turns dark and lightning streaks the heavens. Then a voice like Satan’s own tuba erupts. “WHISKY! WHISKY!”

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EPR-radar  Nov 25, 2015 • 3:16:04pm

re: #176 Skip Intro

And which god would that be?

Mammon.

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CleverToad  Nov 25, 2015 • 3:29:28pm

re: #51 Charles Johnson

I just reported this post to Facebook. Here it is if anyone else would like to report it too.

facebook.com

Also reported. Hope it does some good.

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cat-tikvah  Nov 26, 2015 • 6:46:37am

re: #51 Charles Johnson

Well, I reported that post and got this back:

We reviewed your report of David Wright III’s post.

Thank you for taking the time to report something that you feel may violate our Community Standards. Reports like yours are an important part of making Facebook a safe and welcoming environment. We reviewed the post you reported for containing graphic violence and found it doesn’t violate our Community Standards.


“Blood on your hands, how does that work?”

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cat-tikvah  Nov 26, 2015 • 6:28:32pm

Updated - got a message from Facebook that the post has been removed. One right wing lunatic post down……God knows how many to go…


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