Chuck C. Johnson Is Now Suing Gawker in California; Anti-SLAPP Here We Come

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Chuck C. Johnson (R) with friend George Zimmerman

Cyberstalker and vexatious litigant Chuck C. Johnson has now filed suit against Gawker Media in California, walking right into an anti-SLAPP statute that’s likely to get him in deep financial trouble. He proudly announced it on Facebook (because he’s permanently banned from Twitter) with a picture of his receipt from the court.

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Johnson probably rushed into this because the statute of limitations is expiring on the case, and his Missouri lawsuit is likely to be dismissed because it should never have been filed in Missouri in the first place.

His filing is below, courtesy of @AdamSteinbaugh, who points out that Johnson is actually filing this pro se, which means he’s representing himself — and a corporation cannot legally file a lawsuit without a lawyer. So right off the bat our boy Chuck is in trouble; if the anti-SLAPP motion goes against him (which it almost certainly will), he’ll be on the hook for all of Gawker’s by-now very expensive legal fees.

But if you read this, and you remember what Johnson filed in Missouri, you’ll notice that he simply copied and pasted almost the entire document from his Missouri filing, even leaving intact several sections that refer specifically to Missouri! For example:

13. Per Quantcast, Gawker Media has over one million unique Missouri readers.

[…]

16. Gawker has over a million readers in Missouri, as evidenced Quantcast data showing Gawker.com’s web traffic.

[…]

18. Further, Deadspin.com, a Gawker media property dedicated to sports, famously, viciously, repeatedly, and continuously, attacked the St. Louis Cardinals recently.

And then there’s paragraph 2, which is basically an outright lie:

“Plaintiff Charles C. Johnson has never before initiated a lawsuit for defamation.”

Right, except for the one he filed in Missouri. Oops.

And just as in his Missouri suit, Johnson is actually trying to argue that Gawker is not protected by section 230 of the Communications Decency Act, because they’re a government actor. “Far-fetched” doesn’t even begin to describe this argument.

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Chuck C. Johnson Files More Terrible Responses to Gawker in His Defamation Suit

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649 comments

teleskiguy Dec 9, 2015 • 4:37:24pm

UpChuck is a high-IQ award-winning journalist who will turn all other journalists into travel agents this time next year. He’s the one true vicar of truth.

FormerDirtDart Dec 9, 2015 • 4:40:40pm

Terrifying comment from a GOP congressman. @ryanlizza https://t.co/Y3JfGHUh8U pic.twitter.com/x3iAkP7FAi

— Nicholas Thompson (@nxthompson) December 7, 2015

Jenner7 Dec 9, 2015 • 4:42:39pm

30hrs and no verdict… Everyone involved is getting nervous #Holtzclaw @KOCODave is taking over #VerdictWatch

— Patricia Santos (@KOCOPATTY) December 10, 2015

lawhawk Dec 9, 2015 • 4:44:30pm

There’s that brilliance we’ve come to expect from Chucky. He thinks he’s the smartest guy in the room, when the reality is that the room ought to be padded and washable.

The guy doesn’t realize the pain he’s about to put himself through with this suit. Yeah, I know, he’s trying to avoid the statute of limitations on his claims, but here’s the thing - filing in CA is where this should have been done in the first place. In federal court.

He still can’t quite figure that out - and neither have any of his lawyers who’ve advised him. Anyone with a modicum of understanding of basic federal civil procedure would know where/how to file this properly - which court makes the proper venue.

The absolute last place to pick? Missouri - which has no relation to either of the parties in the action. The only reason Missouri was picked was because it was convenient to Chucky’s lawyer who decided to take this case in the first place.

So, now he’s got a CA case (along with the MO federal court case, which should be wrapping any day now), and he’s going to find himself in a world of hurt as the anti-SLAPP suit comes a knocking.

This new filing? That all but guarantees another anti-SLAPP suit. That Chucky most certainly would lose.

So, that must mean Chucky thinks he’s winning because he’s filed another suit. *facepalm*

Stanley Sea Toujours Dec 9, 2015 • 4:46:10pm

re: #3 Jenner7

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There’s a fucking hold out.

Backwoods_Sleuth Dec 9, 2015 • 4:47:15pm

re: #5 Stanley Sea Toujours

There’s a fucking hold out.

The jury wanted to go to one of the scenes tonight. In the dark. The judge said no.

Charles Johnson Dec 9, 2015 • 4:47:51pm

re: #4 lawhawk

There’s that brilliance we’ve come to expect from Chucky. He thinks he’s the smartest guy in the room, when the reality is that the room ought to be padded and washable.

The guy doesn’t realize the pain he’s about to put himself through with this suit. Yeah, I know, he’s trying to avoid the statute of limitations on his claims, but here’s the thing - filing in CA is where this should have been done in the first place. In federal court.

He still can’t quite figure that out - and neither have any of his lawyers who’ve advised him. Anyone with a modicum of understanding of basic federal civil procedure would know where/how to file this properly - which court makes the proper venue.

The absolute last place to pick? Missouri - which has no relation to either of the parties in the action. The only reason Missouri was picked was because it was convenient to Chucky’s lawyer who decided to take this case in the first place.

So, now he’s got a CA case (along with the MO federal court case, which should be wrapping any day now), and he’s going to find himself in a world of hurt as the anti-SLAPP suit comes a knocking.

This new filing? That all but guarantees another anti-SLAPP suit. That Chucky most certainly would lose.

So, that must mean Chucky thinks he’s winning because he’s filed another suit. *facepalm*

He’s gonna get anti-SLAPPed upside the head. This will be a real learning experience for him. The kind of frivolous suit he’s trying to bring against Gawker simply doesn’t fly in California.

lawhawk Dec 9, 2015 • 4:51:02pm

re: #7 Charles Johnson

It’s quite likely the MO federal court will apply CA law and the anti-SLAPP provision there. The court in CA will likewise apply the anti-SLAPP provision.

Chucky will be 2 for 2 with anti-SLAPP suits. And knowing him, he’ll try for the trifecta. He really wants to lose everything he owns.

Jenner7 Dec 9, 2015 • 4:53:36pm

re: #5 Stanley Sea Toujours

There shouldn’t be. All 13 of the victim’s stories are consistent and the GPS data line up as well.

Skip Intro Dec 9, 2015 • 4:54:43pm

Rage Furby just wants an invite to join Zimmerman’s gang.

Skip Intro Dec 9, 2015 • 4:56:46pm

re: #8 lawhawk

It’s quite likely the MO federal court will apply CA law and the anti-SLAPP provision there. The court in CA will likewise apply the anti-SLAPP provision.

Chucky will be 2 for 2 with anti-SLAPP suits. And knowing him, he’ll try for the trifecta. He really wants to lose everything he owns.

Make that everything his (alleged) wife owns.

Stanley Sea Toujours Dec 9, 2015 • 4:59:52pm

re: #9 Jenner7

There shouldn’t be. All 13 of the victim’s stories are consistent and the GPS data line up as well.

There’s a blue lives matter juror or something horrific.

I just am cringing at the possibility. I read some of the testimony & was sick to my stomach.

teleskiguy Dec 9, 2015 • 5:00:10pm

re: #11 Skip Intro

Make that everything his (alleged) wife owns.

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BeachDem Dec 9, 2015 • 5:00:31pm

Gotta love this comment about Cruz’s bogus climate change hearing:

“The only thing that requires a thorough scientific investigation is why Sen. Cruz is having a hearing on climate science,” Sen. Ed Markey (D-Mass.) said during a press conference before the hearing.

“This is no longer debate across the entire planet. They’re all there. The last group of deniers are the Republican Congress. The last sub-cult of deniers are the Republicans on the Senate Commerce Committee.”

HappyWarrior Dec 9, 2015 • 5:01:23pm

So remember when Ben Shapiro was saying no Democrats were saying that Rahm Emanuel should resign. Yeah about that………
thinkprogress.org

freetoken Dec 9, 2015 • 5:02:22pm

re: #14 BeachDem

The last sub-cult of deniers are the Republicans on the Senate Commerce Committee.”

Because they’re creationists.

HappyWarrior Dec 9, 2015 • 5:02:24pm

re: #14 BeachDem

Gotta love this comment about Cruz’s bogus climate change hearing:

“The only thing that requires a thorough scientific investigation is why Sen. Cruz is having a hearing on climate science,” Sen. Ed Markey (D-Mass.) said during a press conference before the hearing.

“This is no longer debate across the entire planet. They’re all there. The last group of deniers are the Republican Congress. The last sub-cult of deniers are the Republicans on the Senate Commerce Committee.”

I like Markey. He’s done a good job replacing Kerry.

freetoken Dec 9, 2015 • 5:09:43pm

Off topic, so soon, but the big science news of the day:

Paradox at the heart of mathematics makes physics problem unanswerable

Long version of the paper:
arxiv.org

Pretty heady stuff, but it’s good to see that all the chalkboards and pieces of chalk led to something and did not die in vain.

Skip Intro Dec 9, 2015 • 5:10:19pm

re: #13 teleskiguy

That’s just sad.

freetoken Dec 9, 2015 • 5:11:26pm

re: #19 Skip Intro

It’s just one more reason why CCJ is a real dick of a person.

Unabogie Dec 9, 2015 • 5:13:50pm

Farking idjits.

@FLjtrg @docwhocuts @RandPaul @POTUS Dude, just today, Robert Dear called himself a “warrior for babies” and declared himself guilty.

— Unabogie (@Unabogie) December 10, 2015

freetoken Dec 9, 2015 • 5:14:18pm

Ed Kilgore keeps raising the uncomfortable truth:

GOP Voters Love Trump’s Anti-Muslim Proposal, Even If (or Maybe Because) Everyone Else Hates It

If you want to understand the exquisite dilemma Republican leaders not named Donald Trump are in right now, look no further than the new online Bloomberg Politics/Purple Strategies survey that asked Americans about Trump’s proposal to ban Muslims from entering the country temporarily. It showed likely Republican primary voters favoring it by a 65-22 margin (with 13 percent saying they don’t know). But among likely general-election voters, opposition to the proposal led by a 50-37 margin (again, 13 percent didn’t know).

HappyWarrior Dec 9, 2015 • 5:14:25pm

re: #21 Unabogie

Farking idjits.

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Robert Dear is clearly a Muslim woman, just look at him.

freetoken Dec 9, 2015 • 5:15:09pm

Here was the Bloomberg story earlier today, if anyone missed it:

Bloomberg Politics Poll: Nearly Two-Thirds of Likely GOP Primary Voters Back Trump’s Muslim Ban

WhatEVs Dec 9, 2015 • 5:15:35pm

re: #3 Jenner7

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That’s one of the most disgusting piece if police abuse I’ve seen in a long list of atrocities. And no one is covering it.

If that fucker gets off I can’t imaging bad things not happening. And I’m all for it.

That case sucks so hard. And that cop is the worst of the worst.

HappyWarrior Dec 9, 2015 • 5:16:20pm

re: #22 freetoken

Ed Kilgore keeps raising the uncomfortable truth:

GOP Voters Love Trump’s Anti-Muslim Proposal, Even If (or Maybe Because) Everyone Else Hates It

I think what disturbs me after the 37% who say yes are the 13% who don’t know. I admit it, I’ve been lucky, I’ve known Muslims my entire life. Anyhow, I think after my job interview which is interestingly enough in my hometown, I’m going to stop by my favorite kabob place, the last time we went there as a family, the owner approached my mom and complimented her about how her boys have grown up. It’s people like this are why I stand up for Muslims. Plus the guy makes a great kabob.

Unabogie Dec 9, 2015 • 5:16:41pm

I mean, what’s wrong with these people? He read something that says Obama is changing US citizenship, without congressional approval, to somehow fit “Sharia Law”, and nothing in his pea brain says, “huh, that can’t be true”?

@FLjtrg That’s because you have no ability to realize when you see bullshit. You seriously believe everything you read in an email?

— Unabogie (@Unabogie) December 10, 2015

HappyWarrior Dec 9, 2015 • 5:17:25pm

re: #27 Unabogie

I mean, what’s wrong with these people? He read something that says Obama is changing US citizenship, without congressional approval, to somehow fit “Sharia Law”, and nothing in his pea brain says, “huh, that can’t be true”?

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I really hate sharing a country with these ignorant assholes sometimes.

Charles Johnson Dec 9, 2015 • 5:20:35pm

Here’s that Infowars article Rep. Steve King referenced: https://t.co/t8BBwIFavx #inners

— All In w/Chris Hayes (@allinwithchris) December 10, 2015

Yup. Highly placed Republican politicians now routinely cite a guy who thinks 9/11 was a US govt inside job. https://t.co/2w6c5yHwqm

— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) December 10, 2015

Backwoods_Sleuth Dec 9, 2015 • 5:21:06pm

Out of 36 charges, the jury only needs to get ONE charge of 1st degree rape right…that alone holds a life sentence. #wewantlife

— OKCARTISTS4JUSTICE (@OKCART4JUSTICE) December 10, 2015

The jury is also deliberating sentencing on each guilty verdict, if there are any.

teleskiguy Dec 9, 2015 • 5:22:26pm

Trump will be citing Stormfront, The Daily Stormer, etc. as legitimate information sources before the Iowa Caucuses.

HappyWarrior Dec 9, 2015 • 5:23:31pm

re: #31 teleskiguy

Trump will be citing Stormfront, The Daily Stormer, etc. as legitimate information sources before the Iowa Caucuses.

And Republican voters will love it.

Jenner7 Dec 9, 2015 • 5:24:09pm

re: #30 Backwoods_Sleuth

Maybe that’s why it’s taking this long…

GlutenFreeJesus Dec 9, 2015 • 5:24:49pm

re: #29 Charles Johnson

9/11 was an inside job until they can use it to convince people to ban Muslims.

These people are sociopaths.

freetoken Dec 9, 2015 • 5:26:11pm

Donald Trump has been very successful in making this political season all about him.

freetoken Dec 9, 2015 • 5:28:15pm

The frothing hate-right is still planting ideas that Trump is a Clinton plant.

Really.

HappyWarrior Dec 9, 2015 • 5:28:42pm

The Republicans can try to distant themselves from Trump all they want but they were happy to appear with him in the past to bash Obama. Fuck them. It’ll be nice to see the Southern Strategy finally catch up to them.

gwangung Dec 9, 2015 • 5:28:49pm

re: #33 Jenner7

Maybe that’s why it’s taking this long…

I hope so. But I think it likely that one or two people think the victims aren’t credible and the badge makes the rapist automatically more credible.

HappyWarrior Dec 9, 2015 • 5:29:25pm

re: #36 freetoken

The frothing hate-right is still planting ideas that Trump is a Clinton plant.

Really.

That strikes me as an admission that the rank and file right are too stupid to know better. OF course, we already know about the contempt the right’s establishment actually has for their own people per Romney.

Decatur Deb Dec 9, 2015 • 5:30:05pm

re: #36 freetoken

The frothing hate-right is still planting ideas that Trump is a Clinton plant.

Really.

I’m OK with that. Paranoia has a price, and it will be paid.

I Would Prefer Not To Dec 9, 2015 • 5:31:49pm

I’m going to go walk the dog.

freetoken Dec 9, 2015 • 5:32:56pm

This site makes it easy to judge your Facebook friends who like Trump

Has anyone tried it?

WhatEVs Dec 9, 2015 • 5:34:32pm

re: #42 freetoken

This site makes it easy to judge your Facebook friends who like Trump

Has anyone tried it?

If it’s still working, I have no friends.

Who like Trump. :-)

Decatur Deb Dec 9, 2015 • 5:35:14pm

re: #42 freetoken

This site makes it easy to judge your Facebook friends who like Trump

Has anyone tried it?

Got no FaceBook friends, no Twitter followers (sob). Don’t know why I get out of bed in the ~~morning~~ afternoon.

Stanley Sea Toujours Dec 9, 2015 • 5:36:00pm

re: #38 gwangung

I hope so. But I think it likely that one or two people think the victims aren’t credible and the badge makes the rapist automatically more credible.

Or a die hard Sooner fan. He played I recall.

Fuck this shit.

Skip Intro Dec 9, 2015 • 5:36:13pm

So where is CCJ’s “undersigned counsel” named?

HappyWarrior Dec 9, 2015 • 5:36:50pm

re: #45 Stanley Sea Toujours

Or a die hard Sooner fan. He played I recall.

Fuck this shit.

Oh god, I remember the Youngstown shit. Wait sorry, that was Steubenville not Youngstown. Apologies.

FormerDirtDart Dec 9, 2015 • 5:38:28pm

The quality of inspirational political quotations has really gone downhill pic.twitter.com/Ta7KPbWfpk

— pourmecoffee (@pourmecoffee) December 10, 2015

freetoken Dec 9, 2015 • 5:38:44pm

re: #43 WhatEVs

I’m not sure it’s actually working correctly, because I think one of my Facebook friends has indeed luved them some Trump.

Unabogie Dec 9, 2015 • 5:38:51pm

More Facebook depressiveness. I posted a statement by Hillary Clinton declaring that this hatred and bigotry has no place in our society, and a friend posted:

Moreover, progressive and moderate Muslims have to do more to loudly, vehemently, repeatedly condemn Sharia law and the barbarous actions of those who kill and die in the name of Islam.

So I said:

They are. Are you unaware of Muslims against ISIS? Looks pretty loud to me. Perhaps the question is why don’t you know about it?

After that we just went back and forth. I ended with this, after I pointed out that Christians are never held to account for what their crazies do:

Nowhere did I say that either was OK or that Christianity was “just as bad”. What I pointed out was that A) the things you demand to see are already happening but you won’t acknowledge it, and B) the things you are demanding are never demanded of other groups who are also not responsible for the actions of people in their group who do bad things.

I should also point out that the main target of groups like Da’esh are Muslims. So the idea that we demand the victims of these monsters “prove” their loyalty to civilized society is a double insult.

WhatEVs Dec 9, 2015 • 5:39:42pm

re: #49 freetoken

I’m not sure it’s actually working correctly, because I think one of my Facebook friends has indeed luved them some Trump.

Well, shit. I was hoping I had lots o’ sane “friends”.

HappyWarrior Dec 9, 2015 • 5:39:48pm

re: #50 Unabogie

More Facebook depressiveness. I posted a statement by Hillary Clinton declaring that this hatred and bigotry has no place in our society, and a friend posted:

So I said:

After that we just went back and forth. I ended with this, after I pointed out that Christians are never held to account for what their crazies do:

That’s exactly why I don’t do politics on my Facebook. I know it sounds wimpy bu tI don’t want confrontation.

Stanley Sea Toujours Dec 9, 2015 • 5:39:50pm

re: #45 Stanley Sea Toujours

Or a die hard Sooner fan. He played I recall.

Fuck this shit.

While fact checking my Sooner reference (after I posted it, I suck) one of the first hits is Glamour Magazine. I”m impressed.

glamour.com

freetoken Dec 9, 2015 • 5:44:27pm

It’s so hilarious to watch Trump on O’Reilly. Two guys who want to be in control … trying to one-up each other.

Unabogie Dec 9, 2015 • 5:45:29pm

re: #52 HappyWarrior

Screw that. My family fled Europe to escape the Nazis. The question has always been asked “why didn’t people speak out?”.

Well, I’m speaking out.

ObserverArt Dec 9, 2015 • 5:47:11pm

A little poke at Erickson…

Growing up, I remember my parents never letting us have Asian food on December 7th

HappyWarrior Dec 9, 2015 • 5:47:14pm

re: #55 Unabogie

Screw that. My family fled Europe to escape the Nazis. The question has always been asked “why didn’t people speak out?”.

Well, I’m speaking out.

I know man, you’re absolutely right.

Skip Intro Dec 9, 2015 • 5:47:18pm

re: #54 freetoken

It’s so hilarious to watch Trump on O’Reilly. Two guys who want to be in control … trying to one-up each other.

Is Trump of Fox every single day that ends in ‘y’?

freetoken Dec 9, 2015 • 5:47:57pm

re: #58 Skip Intro

Is Trump of Fox every single day that ends in ‘y’?

Actually, every day that ends win “-day”.

The Vicious Babushka Dec 9, 2015 • 5:48:37pm

re: #55 Unabogie

Screw that. My family fled Europe to escape the Nazis. The question has always been asked “why didn’t people speak out?”.

Well, I’m speaking out.

WHY DIDN’T U SPEAK OUT WHEN THEY CAME 2 TAKE UR GUNS!!!!!1!!!! WHY DID U LET THEM TAKE UR GUNZ1!!!!11!!!!FREEDUMB!!!11!!!TYRANNY!!!!!2A4EVR!!!!1!!!!

HappyWarrior Dec 9, 2015 • 5:48:47pm

re: #56 ObserverArt

A little poke at Erickson…

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What I don’t get is why you would make something up like that. Honestly I had a feeling he was full of crap from the start. He’s 40. Assuming his parents were of average age of parents when he was born it was easy to assume that they weren’t children of WWII. In fact, it appears Mother Erickson wasn’t even alive when the Pearl Harbor attacks happened.

HappyWarrior Dec 9, 2015 • 5:49:23pm

I’m just worn as hell out politically at this point.

GlutenFreeJesus Dec 9, 2015 • 5:50:11pm

re: #62 HappyWarrior

I’m just worn as hell out politically at this point.

I hear ya. Campaigning should only be the week before Election Day.

WhatEVs Dec 9, 2015 • 5:52:00pm

re: #62 HappyWarrior

I’m just worn as hell out politically at this point.

You and me both. I’ve tuned out of tv completely. It’s nothing but fearmongers and liars and that’s just the fucking news people.

Backwoods_Sleuth Dec 9, 2015 • 5:52:04pm

On the #4thNight of #Hanukkah. a dreidel from @PostalMuseum. Fingers crossed for Gimel. https://t.co/PtoFjF9CbA pic.twitter.com/LvOXUKus7X

— Smithsonian (@smithsonian) December 9, 2015

.@PresidentRuvi & First Lady Rivlin light the menorah at the @WhiteHouse Hanukkah Reception this afternoon pic.twitter.com/wLRx84DkCB

— Embassy of Israel (@IsraelinUSA) December 9, 2015

HappyWarrior Dec 9, 2015 • 5:52:06pm

re: #63 GlutenFreeJesus

I hear ya. Campaigning should only be the week before Election Day.

And then here in Virginia, we have a gubernatorial election the next year. No rest for the wicked.

Decatur Deb Dec 9, 2015 • 5:52:21pm

re: #62 HappyWarrior

I’m just worn as hell out politically at this point.

Tough shit. Fall out with web belt, canteen, and LBE in 5 minutes.

Stanley Sea Toujours Dec 9, 2015 • 5:52:45pm

First world problem bitch:

Ordered American Tourister luggage on Amazon on Black Friday. (I leave on the 15th)

Shipping via Amazon was scheduled for today. Amazon’s little graph said “out for delivery by 8 pm.” I wanted to leave the house for coffee so bad, hung out.

Got an email, delivery change to 12/16. WTF how in the hell was it ever designated for today in any way?

I paid for Prime. I’ve not the energy to deal with this now. Tomorrow I’ll see how eloquent my customer service complaint writing is.

HappyWarrior Dec 9, 2015 • 5:52:57pm

re: #64 WhatEVs

You and me both. I’ve tuned out of tv completely. It’s nothing but fearmongers and liars and that’s just the fucking news people.

Yeah Trump’s mug was on TV when I went down for dinner tonight. I did not want to watch that because I knew I’d get pissed and I’m trying to find the good in this world more now. It’s hard as hell with people like this prick out there.

HappyWarrior Dec 9, 2015 • 5:53:57pm

re: #67 Decatur Deb

Tough shit. Fall out with web belt, canteen, and LBE in 5 minutes.

Dude, I’m not saying I’m not going to vote or anything like that but man you have no idea how this takes a toll on one on emotionally. i’m not saying I’m going to be apathetic, far from it but I’m mentally exhausted.

HappyWarrior Dec 9, 2015 • 5:54:51pm

re: #65 Backwoods_Sleuth

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And yet wingnuts will tell us that Obama is the most antisemitic president ever.//

Skip Intro Dec 9, 2015 • 5:55:36pm

re: #71 HappyWarrior

And yet wingnuts will tell us that Obama is the most antisemitic president ever.//

Well he is. He stole the other 4 candles.

Decatur Deb Dec 9, 2015 • 5:55:44pm

re: #70 HappyWarrior

Dude, I’m not saying I’m not going to vote or anything like that but man you have no idea how this takes a toll on one on emotionally. i’m not saying I’m going to be apathetic, far from it but I’m mentally exhausted.

The shit never stops. You understand that. Never.

retired cynic Dec 9, 2015 • 5:56:52pm

re: #73 Decatur Deb

Not any more. There is not breathing space at all. From one cycle rolled right into another one.

Backwoods_Sleuth Dec 9, 2015 • 5:57:04pm

Apparently this happened on Chris Hayes’ show:

This Steve King interview on MSNBC is scarier than any Steven King novel.

— Imraan Siddiqi (@imraansiddiqi) December 10, 2015

Did Rep. Steve King just say “Breed their women” referring to Muslims. WHAT IS WRONG WITH THIS MAN? #inners

— MishaRN (@MishaRN) December 10, 2015

Chris Hayes straight up humiliating Steve King right now. It’s great.

— Greg Basta (@GregTBasta) December 10, 2015

HappyWarrior Dec 9, 2015 • 5:57:34pm

re: #73 Decatur Deb

The shit never stops. You understand that. Never.

Of course. I’m not some novice. I remember the Bush years quite well.

HappyWarrior Dec 9, 2015 • 5:58:01pm

re: #75 Backwoods_Sleuth

Apparently this happened on Chris Hayes’ show:

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Steve King may be more of a lunatic than Gohmert is.

HappyWarrior Dec 9, 2015 • 5:58:26pm

re: #72 Skip Intro

Well he is. He stole the other 4 candles.

Grin, well played.

HappyWarrior Dec 9, 2015 • 5:59:08pm

I’m good. I got an interview tomorrow morning. First time I’ve ever prediclosed on my own free will with a prospective employer about my AS.

WhatEVs Dec 9, 2015 • 5:59:46pm

re: #70 HappyWarrior

Dude, I’m not saying I’m not going to vote or anything like that but man you have no idea how this takes a toll on one on emotionally. i’m not saying I’m going to be apathetic, far from it but I’m mentally exhausted.

I’m voting straight Dem. The repubs are nuts. I don’t need the mental stress from now to then.

Backwoods_Sleuth Dec 9, 2015 • 6:00:56pm

Readout of @POTUS’ Meeting with President Reuven Rivlin of Israel (@PresidentRuvi) pic.twitter.com/f6vBVsokFr

— WH National Security (@NSCPress) December 9, 2015

HappyWarrior Dec 9, 2015 • 6:02:07pm

re: #80 WhatEVs

I’m voting straight Dem. The repubs are nuts. I don’t need the mental stress from now to then.

I am never even thinking about voting Republican again until the party purges itself of hateful bullshit and does what it can to atone for that shit.

Backwoods_Sleuth Dec 9, 2015 • 6:02:45pm

guessing it’s not happening any time soon:

Dinner just served to jurors in #HoltzclawTrial still waiting on #Holtzclaw verdict @OKCFOX

— Jennifer Falsetti (@JenniferFOX25) December 10, 2015

darthstar Dec 9, 2015 • 6:03:00pm

I got to see Jerry Brown on All In…Best. Fucking. Governor. We. Could. Hope. For.

Decatur Deb Dec 9, 2015 • 6:03:24pm

re: #76 HappyWarrior

Of course. I’m not some novice. I remember the Bush years quite well.

Easy to be hard.

Easy to be hard

WhatEVs Dec 9, 2015 • 6:04:21pm

re: #77 HappyWarrior

Steve King may be more of a lunatic than Gohmert is.

I used to read The Carpetbagger Report and then Washington Monthly when Steve Benen was there, and there was a constant discussion of who was nuttier. It was usually a back and forth between King and Bachmann for who wore the crown. I don’t think Gohmert was a thing back then.

Blind Frog Belly White Dec 9, 2015 • 6:04:58pm

re: #83 Backwoods_Sleuth

guessing it’s not happening any time soon:

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Twelve Hungry Men (and Women)

WhatEVs Dec 9, 2015 • 6:05:07pm

re: #79 HappyWarrior

I’m good. I got an interview tomorrow morning. First time I’ve ever prediclosed on my own free will with a prospective employer about my AS.

Is your internship over?

Good luck tomorrow!!

Blind Frog Belly White Dec 9, 2015 • 6:05:51pm

re: #84 darthstar

I got to see Jerry Brown on All In…Best. Fucking. Governor. We. Could. Hope. For.

…Again.

Skip Intro Dec 9, 2015 • 6:05:53pm

How about a little change up?

A Liberty University Professor Is Trying to Market Jesus as a Michael Bay Action Star

It is my considered opinion that the history of the world—and the current state of American politics—would be deeply improved if, back in 419, the church fathers had read Revelations one last time, and realized that the author, while unquestionably a talented stylist, obviously was higher than Kelsey’s nuts on whatever mushrooms grow in a cave on Patmos. They then could have shuffled the text off to obscurity, saving us from bad movies, worse novels, and a whole lot of unhinged political rhetoric.

Recently, Jerry Falwell, Jr., the president of Liberty University, made a splash when he suggested that the students at his school arm themselves so as to “end those Muslims.” This seemed to many of us as contrary to the gospels. However, as the backing and filling reached maximum strength, a biology professor at the school named Daniel Howell stepped up to defend Falwell, explaining that Falwell’s theology not only was of a very high, ahem, caliber, but also impeccably based in Scripture.

esquire.com

dog philosopher ஐஒஔ௸ Dec 9, 2015 • 6:07:29pm

re: #42 freetoken

This site makes it easy to judge your Facebook friends who like Trump

Has anyone tried it?

unfriend me with a spoon

Blind Frog Belly White Dec 9, 2015 • 6:07:34pm

re: #89 Blind Frog Belly White

…Again.

Seriously. I arrived here at the very start of 1982. Jerry Brown was Governor, and it was a big El Nino year.

34 years later, Jerry Brown is Governor, and it’s a big El Nino year.

HappyWarrior Dec 9, 2015 • 6:08:31pm

re: #86 WhatEVs

I used to read The Carpetbagger Report and then Washington Monthly when Steve Benen was there, and there was a constant discussion of who was nuttier. It was usually a back and forth between King and Bachmann for who wore the crown. I don’t think Gohmert was a thing back then.

Gohmert was around then. I think Gohmert is a direct product of Delay’s shenanigans with the Gerrymandering in Texas.

Stanley Sea Toujours Dec 9, 2015 • 6:08:34pm

The Local Menace?

A century ago, a popular Missouri newspaper demonized a religious minority: Catholics https://t.co/qESVzw9Ssj pic.twitter.com/mQPjd8AJ6t

— Los Angeles Times (@latimes) December 9, 2015

HappyWarrior Dec 9, 2015 • 6:09:37pm

re: #88 WhatEVs

Is your internship over?

Good luck tomorrow!!

Oh? That wasn’t an internship. That was a temporary assignment. I miss it already because they paid pretty well and I loved the people I worked with. Thanks.

Blind Frog Belly White Dec 9, 2015 • 6:09:46pm

re: #94 Stanley Sea Toujours

The Local Menace?

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Plus ca fucking change…

De Kolta Chair Dec 9, 2015 • 6:10:38pm

From the LGF Word Origins Desk:

Major General Henry Shrapnel (1761-1842) was a British Army officer whose name has entered the English language as the inventor of the shrapnel shell. (Source: Wikipedia)

darthstar Dec 9, 2015 • 6:11:51pm

I worked from home today, and IFC was running a basic Batman marathon. I didn’t realize how many Batmans there were in such a small series. Michael Keaton - he wasn’t bad - didn’t watch a minute of that one as I had conference calls…wasn’t Jack Nicholson the Joker?. Val Kilmer - fucking juvenile Batman with relationship issues (and NCIS wannabe Robin) - but Ace Ventura made a good Riddler, though Tommy Jones was a pathetic Two-Face. George fucking Clooney? And his villain was asshole Schwarzenegger? And Christian Bale going up against one of the guys from Catch 22 - Michael Kane saves this version. Are there any I’m missing? Was there a Jerry Seinfeld Batman (who does battle against the evil Pee-Wee Herman)?

It’s bad enough I know all the James Bonds.

HappyWarrior Dec 9, 2015 • 6:11:55pm

re: #94 Stanley Sea Toujours

The Local Menace?

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Can’t read the timeline on the heading but that’s at least 1905 which means my dad would have aunts and uncles still alive for that. I was thinking about this earlier. I recently (as you all know, I’m my family’s historian) found out that my great grandfather was Lutheran and married a Catholic. I had previously thought the entire line was Catholic upon arrival in the U.S. But yeah Anti-Catholicism was part of why my username’s namesake Al Smith lost in 1928, Not the main reason mind you but it did play a role.

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WhatEVs Dec 9, 2015 • 6:11:58pm

re: #95 HappyWarrior

Oh? That wasn’t an internship. That was a temporary assignment. I miss it already because they paid pretty well and I loved the people I worked with. Thanks.

Bummer. I’ll keep you in my thoughts tomorrow. Fingers crossed!

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HappyWarrior Dec 9, 2015 • 6:13:56pm

re: #100 WhatEVs

Bummer. I’ll keep you in my thoughts tomorrow. Fingers crossed!

It’s all good. It’s not something I would have wanted to do forever but as a temp gig, I loved it mostly for the people. I got myself re-enrolled in my old community college too. I’m going to be taking creative writing on Tuesday nights. I’m still hoping that I get a chance to prove myself in a paralegal setting. Research is my biggest passion. I love finding information. You’d think there’d be a big need for that.

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HappyWarrior Dec 9, 2015 • 6:15:57pm

re: #97 De Kolta Chair

From the LGF Word Origins Desk:

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Major General Henry Shrapnel (1761-1842) was a British Army officer whose name has entered the English language as the inventor of the shrapnel shell. (Source: Wiki)

I never would have guessed that shrapnel came from someone’s name. Boycott I know is another. The colonists weren’t boycotting when they did what they did to the Tea Acts, the term only came about later in late 19th century Ireland when a priest, a Father O’Malley of Mayo who could well long shot given the surname’s popularity be a distant kin had people protest a particularly harsh landlord.

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Backwoods_Sleuth Dec 9, 2015 • 6:16:31pm

This twitter TL…wow.

Was emotionally unprepared for all three girls to give us the play-by-play and what-ifs of lock down drills over dinner. Heartsick & green

— Amanda Magee (@AmandaMagee) December 10, 2015

One daughter, “I have to be behind other kids because there aren’t enough cubbies, but it’s kind of good because I wouldn’t get shot first.”

— Amanda Magee (@AmandaMagee) December 10, 2015

“If you are in the bathroom or somewhere they can’t let you back in. You’ll have to save yourself so everyone isn’t put in more danger.”

— Amanda Magee (@AmandaMagee) December 10, 2015

7 yr old ended the conversation, wanted to be done, but is going to ask tomorrow what happens if kids are on playground, where do they go

— Amanda Magee (@AmandaMagee) December 10, 2015

“I can pretend to be dead. I just worry cause we have runny noses. I think I could hold it.” And I bitch I have to walk a block for coffee.

— Amanda Magee (@AmandaMagee) December 10, 2015

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Great White Snark Dec 9, 2015 • 6:17:00pm

Oh hell no. Nobody gets to use this to deny a gun purchase. Really don’t see how anyone can endorse that mess. The no fly list is far and away more emblematic of what we have done wrong in the war on terrorists than right.

How about this? If you are on the no fly list you are not allowed to post your opinions on the internet, via the postal service or print. After all you might make hate speech. Or slander someone. Or something. Yes that’s just to make one think in terms of rights less controversial than self defense.

Unfortunately, the government’s new redress process still falls far short of constitutional requirements. In our case, it refuses to provide meaningful notice of the reasons our clients are blacklisted, the basis for those reasons, and a hearing before a neutral decision-maker. Much as before, our clients are left to guess at the government’s case and can’t clear their names. That’s unconstitutional.

There’s another important aspect to the government’s case at this stage. The government has emphasized that it is making predictive judgments that people like our clients — who have never been charged let alone convicted of a crime — might nevertheless pose a threat. That’s a perilous thing for it to do. As we’ve told the court based on evidence from experts, these kinds of predictions guarantee a high risk of error. If the government is going to predict that Americans pose a threat and blacklist them, that’s even more reason for the fundamental safeguards we seek.

aclu.org

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Sionainn Dec 9, 2015 • 6:17:17pm

re: #79 HappyWarrior

I’m good. I got an interview tomorrow morning. First time I’ve ever prediclosed on my own free will with a prospective employer about my AS.

Best of luck to you!

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HappyWarrior Dec 9, 2015 • 6:19:05pm

re: #105 Sionainn

Best of luck to you!

Thanks. I have no idea what to realistically expect but I look at every interview as a chance to improve my interview skills.

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Kryptik Dec 9, 2015 • 6:19:39pm

re: #103 Backwoods_Sleuth

This twitter TL…wow.

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That’s just…

Christ. What a conversation to have to hear from your kids.

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De Kolta Chair Dec 9, 2015 • 6:21:23pm

Two headlines from the BBC tonight:

David Cameron criticises Donald Trump ‘Muslim ban’ call

UK net migration levels ‘unsustainable’, says David Cameron

Speaking of Cameron and irony, here’s the OED on the origin of the word “Tory”:

Mid 17th century: probably from Irish toraidhe ‘outlaw, highwayman’, from tóir ‘pursue’. The word was used of Irish peasants dispossessed by English settlers and living as robbers…

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Sionainn Dec 9, 2015 • 6:21:48pm

re: #106 HappyWarrior

Thanks. I have no idea what to realistically expect but I look at every interview as a chance to improve my interview skills.

This is for a paralegal job?

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Backwoods_Sleuth Dec 9, 2015 • 6:21:51pm

re: #107 Kryptik

That’s just…

Christ. What a conversation to have to hear from your kids.

I’m still sitting here absolutely stunned.

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Eclectic Cyborg Dec 9, 2015 • 6:23:15pm

re: #90 Skip Intro

A Liberty University Professor Is Trying to Market Jesus as a Michael Bay Action Star

Family Guy Passion of the Christ 2

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WhatEVs Dec 9, 2015 • 6:23:20pm

re: #106 HappyWarrior

Thanks. I have no idea what to realistically expect but I look at every interview as a chance to improve my interview skills.

That’s how I always looked at it, too.

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Stanley Sea Toujours Dec 9, 2015 • 6:24:18pm

re: #103 Backwoods_Sleuth

This twitter TL…wow.

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Beyond sad what we have wrought.

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Eclectic Cyborg Dec 9, 2015 • 6:28:18pm

I’m no tactical expert, but I was under the impression the first thing you should do in the event of a shooting incident is GET YOUR ASS TO SAFETY AS FAST AS YOU CAN.

Am I wrong on this?

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WhatEVs Dec 9, 2015 • 6:30:10pm

re: #114 Eclectic Cyborg

I’m no tactical expert, but I was under the impression the first thing you should do in the event of a shooting incident is GET YOUR ASS TO SAFETY AS FAST AS YOU CAN.

Am I wrong on this?

If you can. Playing dead is if you can’t get away. Up thread is an ABC video. They talk about that in their experiment about “good guys with a gun.”

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Pawn of the Oppressor Dec 9, 2015 • 6:31:03pm

re: #14 BeachDem

God, there’s that caustic Yankee obnoxiousness that I (unbelievably) kind of miss. Massachusetts has perfected the art of the casual mocking diss. MORE PLEASE

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Backwoods_Sleuth Dec 9, 2015 • 6:34:08pm

Top Orthodox Jewish organizations in America come out against Donald Trump’s anti-Muslim immigration proposal https://t.co/GQfBpO9GWT

— Yair Rosenberg (@Yair_Rosenberg) December 10, 2015

We @OUAdvocacy have joined w/ #Rabbi Council of America to reject any “religious test for immigration”.

— Nathan Diament (@NDiament) December 10, 2015

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HappyWarrior Dec 9, 2015 • 6:35:30pm

re: #109 Sionainn

This is for a paralegal job?

No, not quite sure honestly. I’m more doing the interview for practice.

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Backwoods_Sleuth Dec 9, 2015 • 6:35:57pm

This dog party looks so fun pic.twitter.com/kNA0zuR7zy

— Animal Life (@MeetAnimals) December 10, 2015

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Decatur Deb Dec 9, 2015 • 6:36:03pm

re: #106 HappyWarrior

Thanks. I have no idea what to realistically expect but I look at every interview as a chance to improve my interview skills.

When you gain confidence you will realize that interviews work both ways. You are interviewing them.

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Unabogie Dec 9, 2015 • 6:36:22pm

re: #118 HappyWarrior

Good luck!

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HappyWarrior Dec 9, 2015 • 6:36:23pm

re: #120 Decatur Deb

When you gain confidence you will realize that interviews work both ways. You are interviewing them.

That’s a good way of looking at it.

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Backwoods_Sleuth Dec 9, 2015 • 6:36:59pm

heh

Because @realDonaldTrump can’t do math he is very proud of a poll that shows if he runs independent he will get same vote % Ralph Nader got.

— Lawrence O’Donnell (@Lawrence) December 10, 2015

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Charles Johnson Dec 9, 2015 • 6:37:15pm

I found out how strict California’s anti-SLAPP law is when I consulted a lawyer about possibly suing a well-known right wing blogger…

— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) December 10, 2015

… who publicly and falsely accused me of supporting child pornography in schools.

— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) December 10, 2015

The lawyer advised me not to proceed even though there was very clear malice and dishonesty involved.

— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) December 10, 2015

My point is: Chuck C. Johnson is about to learn a harsh lesson. https://t.co/ToRz6Iq0Rh

— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) December 10, 2015

And yes, I’m talking about Jim Hoft.

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Sionainn Dec 9, 2015 • 6:38:46pm

re: #122 HappyWarrior

That’s a good way of looking at it.

If you are really good at something, don’t be afraid to let them know it. I’ve found in interviews that it’s not bragging, it’s confidence in one’s abilities and employers like that.

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bratwurst Dec 9, 2015 • 6:39:22pm

.@secupp, who can’t believe that her candidate has bombed so badly, is one of the dumber pundits on T.V. Hard to watch, zero talent! @CNN

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) December 10, 2015

I think this is more a case of a blind squirrel finding a nut than a broken clock being right twice per day…but YMMV.

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Backwoods_Sleuth Dec 9, 2015 • 6:39:59pm

UT admitted 47 students over Abigail Fisher. 42 of those “unqualified” students were white. But she’s complaining abt the 5 Black students.

— Imani Gandy (@AngryBlackLady) December 10, 2015

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HappyWarrior Dec 9, 2015 • 6:40:01pm

re: #125 Sionainn

If you are really good at something, don’t be afraid to let them know it. I’ve found in interviews that it’s not bragging, it’s confidence in one’s abilities and employers like that.

Yeah I plan on bringing up my research skills. I’m not totally sure if this is the best fit but as I said, I do need to practice interviewing and this really is the first time I’ve ever free disclosed my AS. I’m finally comfortable with disclosing it. I’m no longer ashamed of it.

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HappyWarrior Dec 9, 2015 • 6:40:18pm

re: #127 Backwoods_Sleuth

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Of course.

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Stanley Sea Toujours Dec 9, 2015 • 6:40:21pm

When you have guests coming and you suddenly remember you’ve been feeding the rat French fries in the guest bed. pic.twitter.com/zfsBG3EqgG

— Alice Dreger (@AliceDreger) December 10, 2015

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HappyWarrior Dec 9, 2015 • 6:40:45pm

re: #126 bratwurst

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I think this is more a case of a blind squirrel finding a nut than a broken clock being right twice per day…but YMMV.

True but make no mistake if Ms. Cupp sang Donald’s praises, he’d lavish praise on her.

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ObserverArt Dec 9, 2015 • 6:40:58pm

How thin can skin actually be?

Quick, someone measure Trumps. It might be the thinnest ever.

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De Kolta Chair Dec 9, 2015 • 6:41:09pm

For Golden Age comic fans, here’s a spine-tingling 1948 adventure of Miss Masque uncovering a mummy cult! Hold on to your bandages, it’s going to be a bumpy ride!

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Stanley Sea Toujours Dec 9, 2015 • 6:45:48pm

re: #126 bratwurst

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I think this is more a case of a blind squirrel finding a nut than a broken clock being right twice per day…but YMMV.

Add S.E. to that twitter graph!

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teleskiguy Dec 9, 2015 • 6:46:50pm

Following up on the lessons of the official GOP 2012 campaign autopsy is not going well https://t.co/OoDLHnsfOB pic.twitter.com/ZgU1kVrjdN

— pourmecoffee (@pourmecoffee) December 10, 2015

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makeitstop Dec 9, 2015 • 6:46:59pm

re: #117 Backwoods_Sleuth

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I think Trump is approaching Saddam-level universal disapproval right now.

If he’s paying attention to the media, that must really be fucking with his head. Everybody is supposed to love him!

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Eclectic Cyborg Dec 9, 2015 • 6:47:55pm

re: #136 makeitstop

I think Trump is approaching Saddam-level universal disapproval right now.

If he’s paying attention to the media, that must really be fucking with his head. Everybody is supposed to love him!

Except with the GOP base…and that’s the fucking problem.

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Great White Snark Dec 9, 2015 • 6:48:01pm

re: #114 Eclectic Cyborg

I’m no tactical expert, but I was under the impression the first thing you should do in the event of a shooting incident is GET YOUR ASS TO SAFETY AS FAST AS YOU CAN.

Am I wrong on this?

No, given the chance. Run if you can. Hide if you can not run. Fight if you can not hide.
Good running and hiding are instinctive. Fighting not so much.

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teleskiguy Dec 9, 2015 • 6:48:54pm

This cracked me up.

When ski season starts… pic.twitter.com/FMa9hSJZsd

— Sierra Quitiquit (@SierraQuitiquit) December 10, 2015

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Backwoods_Sleuth Dec 9, 2015 • 6:51:16pm

Why are jury deliberations taking so long for the #DanielHoltzclaw trial? A: pic.twitter.com/rSIShK9uoq

— Yukio Strachan (@boldandworthy) December 10, 2015

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Backwoods_Sleuth Dec 9, 2015 • 6:53:30pm

He’s really upset with her…another tweet!

Why does @CNN bore their audience with people like @secupp, a totally biased loser who doesn’t have a clue. I hear she will soon be gone!

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) December 10, 2015

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HappyWarrior Dec 9, 2015 • 6:53:59pm

re: #136 makeitstop

I think Trump is approaching Saddam-level universal disapproval right now.

If he’s paying attention to the media, that must really be fucking with his head. Everybody is supposed to love him!

It’s going to be interesting to watch what hapepns.

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HappyWarrior Dec 9, 2015 • 6:54:41pm

re: #141 Backwoods_Sleuth

He’s really upset with her…another tweet!

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Does this guy do nothing but trash talk like a pathetic WWE character? Man it’s fucking sad.

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makeitstop Dec 9, 2015 • 6:56:17pm

re: #137 Eclectic Cyborg

Except with the GOP base…and that’s the fucking problem.

True. But…damn…

Just today, two countries actively tried to bar him from entering their borders.

He’s taking a beating on social media, and his followers are readily outing themselves as really stupid people.

He’s gotta be thinking ‘I didn’t sign up for this.’

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Great White Snark Dec 9, 2015 • 6:56:33pm

re: #141 Backwoods_Sleuth

@realDonaldTrump @CNN @secupp You again? Heard the same about you from a few opponents. Guess which departure I look forward to most?
— Daniel Ballard (@RW_Conspirator) December 10, 2015

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Backwoods_Sleuth Dec 9, 2015 • 6:56:35pm

I can no longer tweet about Trump. That anyone in America would even CONSIDER voting for this rabid coyote leaves me speechless.

— Stephen King (@StephenKing) December 9, 2015

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Stanley Sea Toujours Dec 9, 2015 • 6:56:56pm

re: #139 teleskiguy

This cracked me up.

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Same with pedicures.

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Decatur Deb Dec 9, 2015 • 6:58:09pm

This 538 article tries to explain some of the electorate’s mood, but it takes back as much as it gives:

Most Americans Aren’t Middle Class Anymore

fivethirtyeight.com

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teleskiguy Dec 9, 2015 • 6:58:09pm

re: #147 Stanley Sea Toujours

Same with pedicures.

Eh, I don’t know. Unkempt grown-out toenails can be painful in ski boots.

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Great White Snark Dec 9, 2015 • 6:59:47pm

#TedCruz pic.twitter.com/t8aUHRlUR4

— Progress Georgia (@ProgressGA) December 10, 2015

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ObserverArt Dec 9, 2015 • 7:00:10pm

re: #143 HappyWarrior

Does this guy do nothing but trash talk like a pathetic WWE character? Man it’s fucking sad.

All through a good portion of my life I’ve had to hear and read about TRUMP®. I always got the impression he was an arrogant ass. But he had no bearing on my life, so whatever.

Now there are no impressions left. Just the hard cold facts of what is the real man. And he is ugly in so many ways.

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Stanley Sea Toujours Dec 9, 2015 • 7:00:55pm

re: #149 teleskiguy

Eh, I don’t know. Unkempt grown-out toenails can be painful in ski boots.

Oh they’re cut, just not cute. Sorry dudes, it’s winter.

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De Kolta Chair Dec 9, 2015 • 7:02:05pm

Tonight my building’s management held their annual tenant’s Xmas party, which for years I avoided like the plague, not wanting to rub shoulders with the stockbroker yuppie types who infest our building, until I finally gave in last year and discovered the cool people in the building hang out there for the free drinks and not bad finger food, and there’s nary a money manager in sight. Well, anyway, a good time was had by all, and at the end the bartender insisted I take home a few bottles of beer, so I reached into the tub and grabbed some bottles labelled Samuel Adams.

To make a long story short, a half hour later I reached into the fridge and discovered I’d brought home Samuel Adams Lite.

Samuel Adams Lite.

But what the hell, I’m drinking it anyway. Fuck The Man!

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Decatur Deb Dec 9, 2015 • 7:02:21pm

re: #150 Great White Snark

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FWIW McCarthy was born here and actually did wear a uniform (even if he lied about it).

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calochortus Dec 9, 2015 • 7:03:37pm

re: #90 Skip Intro

A Liberty University Professor Is Trying to Market Jesus as a Michael Bay Action Star

It is my considered opinion that the history of the world—and the current state of American politics—would be deeply improved if, back in 419, the church fathers had read Revelations one last time, and realized that the author, while unquestionably a talented stylist, obviously was higher than Kelsey’s nuts on whatever mushrooms grow in a cave on Patmos. They then could have shuffled the text off to obscurity, saving us from bad movies, worse novels, and a whole lot of unhinged political rhetoric.

More likely ergot. It produces an alkaloid which can cause hallucinations, convulsions and death. (Also an abortifacient.) Since it grows on rye it can easily show up in bread and poison people without their intending to ingest it.

This pointless factoid was brought to you by Me. Enjoy.

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Belafon Dec 9, 2015 • 7:03:51pm

re: #119 Backwoods_Sleuth

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It’s a Big Dog Party! But it’s not in a tree.

Do you like my hat?

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Eric The Fruit Bat Dec 9, 2015 • 7:04:58pm

#HaveYouNoDecency @realDonaldTrump ?

— Eric The Fruit Bat (@ericdafruitbat) December 10, 2015

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Backwoods_Sleuth Dec 9, 2015 • 7:05:13pm

Trump could learn about stamina and strength from this 13 year-old Dakka girl. That’s how you handle Eagles, Donald. pic.twitter.com/Ehs3nxCkm5

— margaret stuart md (@marstu67) December 10, 2015

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Great White Snark Dec 9, 2015 • 7:05:45pm

Anger Management.

TV OFF.
Music fave playlist ON.
LGF Internet and my online friends ON.
Moderate Cocktail ON.
Checklist complete.

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Stanley Sea Toujours Dec 9, 2015 • 7:06:43pm

re: #159 Great White Snark

My twitter surfer bud in Carlsbad liked your Moonlight pix!

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Eclectic Cyborg Dec 9, 2015 • 7:08:28pm

re: #139 teleskiguy

That is one incredibly beautiful woman.

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teleskiguy Dec 9, 2015 • 7:09:48pm

re: #161 Eclectic Cyborg

That is one incredibly beautiful woman.

She hit the jackpot in the genetics department, that’s for sure. Pro skier and pro model? Plum life.

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HappyWarrior Dec 9, 2015 • 7:10:19pm

re: #150 Great White Snark

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Joe had the excuse of being drunk. I don’t think TEd has tath excuse.

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Eclectic Cyborg Dec 9, 2015 • 7:11:14pm

re: #162 teleskiguy

She hit the jackpot in the genetics department, that’s for sure. Pro skier and pro model? Plum life.

And amazing personality to go along with it. I’m assuming you’ve checked out her site?

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Jack Burton Dec 9, 2015 • 7:11:37pm

re: #144 makeitstop

True. But…damn…

Just today, two countries actively tried to bar him from entering their borders.

He’s taking a beating on social media, and his followers are readily outing themselves as really stupid people.

He’s gotta be thinking ‘I didn’t sign up for this.’

Unfortunately the people who support him, REALLY support him and they are loud flag waving goose-steppers. It’s easy for Trump and his legion of Braunshirts to just blow the rest of us off as “idiots”. I don’t see him quitting yet, and it’s painfully obvious that we have way too many “crazy old uncles that forward you racist chain emails about brown invaders” in this country for them to be ignored in the future as a voting block by smarter, more evil versions of Trump.

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teleskiguy Dec 9, 2015 • 7:14:12pm

re: #164 Eclectic Cyborg

And amazing personality to go along with it. I’m assuming you’ve checked out her site?

Oh yeah. I’ve had a brief conversation with her on Twitter. Good stuff.

I want to go toilet papering.

— Sierra Quitiquit (@SierraQuitiquit) September 17, 2014

@teleskiguy what is this bidet-ing. My middle school crew isn’t keeping me in the loop.

— Sierra Quitiquit (@SierraQuitiquit) September 17, 2014

@SierraQuitiquit Oh brother, do I have to? http://t.co/6iPWvSHEsv Much better, cleaner, better for the environment than toilet paper.

— Charlie Vogel (@teleskiguy) September 17, 2014

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Whack-A-Mole Dec 9, 2015 • 7:14:23pm

re: #130 Stanley Sea Toujours

No.
No.
And more No.

Rats are….ewwwwww! They’re one of the only animals that freak me out and legitimately scare me.

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calochortus Dec 9, 2015 • 7:15:58pm

re: #167 Whack-A-Mole

No.
No.
And more No.

Rates are….ewwwwww! They’re one of the only animals that freak me out and legitimately scare me.

Wild rats I’m not too crazy about, but that is obviously a sweet little house pet. YMMV.

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Great White Snark Dec 9, 2015 • 7:16:38pm

re: #160 Stanley Sea Toujours

Glad to hear that! It was such an unexpected opportunity. One of those rare times when the good shots just kept unfolding right in front of me.

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Belafon Dec 9, 2015 • 7:18:40pm

re: #168 calochortus

Wild rats I’m not too crazy about, but that is obviously a sweet little house pet. YMMV.

I don’t have one, but I’ve heard that rats are intelligent animals as pets.

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Whack-A-Mole Dec 9, 2015 • 7:18:45pm

re: #168 calochortus

Even pet rats freak me. Bad experience with them as a child in a department store. Bugs, lizards, snakes, bring em on. Rats, I’m out.

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electrotek Dec 9, 2015 • 7:18:55pm

#MuslimAmericanFaces honoring the life of slain Japanese journalist Kenji Goto at the Hiroshima 70th anniversary RIP pic.twitter.com/gqYhyotS9S

— Danial J دانیال ج (@danja84) December 10, 2015

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Backwoods_Sleuth Dec 9, 2015 • 7:19:52pm

Fourth Night, Three Justices: Ginsburg, Breyer & Kagan attend @POTUS’s Hanukkah party. #SCOTUS pic.twitter.com/Q9iBVXHB3k

— Jess Bravin (@JessBravin) December 10, 2015

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electrotek Dec 9, 2015 • 7:20:13pm

re: #166 teleskiguy

Oh yeah. I’ve had a brief conversation with her on Twitter. Good stuff.

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haha I just HAD to respond to that tweet. Stuff is gold.

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teleskiguy Dec 9, 2015 • 7:20:33pm

Season finale of South Park: The PC/Gentrification Season is going on right now. I’m saving it for later. But this tweet popped up, and it’s funny. Some dialogue from tonight’s season finale of South Park.

pic.twitter.com/lg8WK6CAaB

— South Park (@SouthPark) December 10, 2015

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ObserverArt Dec 9, 2015 • 7:21:44pm

re: #159 Great White Snark

Anger Management.

TV OFF.
Music fave playlist ON.
LGF Internet and my online friends ON.
Moderate Cocktail ON.
Checklist complete.

I have BBC Rock documentaries running on my other desktop while lurking about here. Going to try to catch a bit of the repeat of Chris Hayes if I don’t conk out.

I wanted to mention your efforts of keeping us up to date on the no-fly list, etc. Tough subject in the current times. I get the feeling you don’t get a lot of conversation about it because there is shock with the whole terrorists thing going on. With the Trump bellowing bigotry and the coverage of the attacks here and in Paris, I have a feeling it is easy to look past this issue. May be a bit of the ‘not me on the list so why worry’ going on. I don’t expect any change in the policy either. Sadly, we are headed back to over-reaction in our laws.

And with that bit, good evening lizard types, got a Clash BBC doc to finish.

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De Kolta Chair Dec 9, 2015 • 7:21:48pm

re: #130 Stanley Sea Toujours

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That reminds me, we invited Donald Trump over for Xmas dinner. I hope he likes toad in the hole. ///

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Great White Snark Dec 9, 2015 • 7:24:27pm

Who knew?

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electrotek Dec 9, 2015 • 7:25:20pm

re: #178 Great White Snark

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Remember Tom “nuke Mecca” Tancredo?

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calochortus Dec 9, 2015 • 7:25:35pm

re: #170 Belafon

I don’t have one, but I’ve heard that rats are intelligent animals as pets.

A college friend had one as a pet. Sweet, smart, did tend to chew things because, rodent.

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teleskiguy Dec 9, 2015 • 7:26:02pm

Posting this well-aware of this man’s standing around these parts. The son of a bitch has a point.

When they gave Bowling for Columbine an R, they didn’t want “teens to see images of school shootings.” 13 yrs later, that’s worked out well.

— Michael Moore (@MMFlint) December 3, 2015

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De Kolta Chair Dec 9, 2015 • 7:26:26pm

Winter is here, supposedly.

Illustration by John Bauer (1882-1918)

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No Depression Dec 9, 2015 • 7:26:29pm

Love this:

Getting frustrated by some people expecting racism from me, because I got blown up. Here it is:Yes. A Muslim man blew…
Posted by Chris Herbert on Tuesday, December 8, 2015

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Belafon Dec 9, 2015 • 7:26:48pm

re: #179 electrotek

Remember Tom “nuke Mecca” Tancredo?

Tom wasn’t one possible death away from the White House.

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electrotek Dec 9, 2015 • 7:27:19pm

re: #184 Belafon

Tom wasn’t one possible death away from the White House.

Well he was the Trump of the 2000’s.

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Stanley Sea Toujours Dec 9, 2015 • 7:28:49pm

re: #167 Whack-A-Mole

No.
No.
And more No.

Rats are….ewwwwww! They’re one of the only animals that freak me out and legitimately scare me.

I love rats. Had some as pets. I was totally allergic, but let them nestle in my neck.

They are brilliant.

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teleskiguy Dec 9, 2015 • 7:30:19pm

re: #179 electrotek

Remember Tom “nuke Mecca” Tancredo?

I’m well aware of Tom Tancredo and his extreme anti-immigrant ways. Fortunately, there are some smart people in Colorado and he was run out of Congress on a rail after his hard turn to the right in re: immigration. He ran for governor, too, and lost big time. He’s done being a decision-maker in the halls of power.

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Stanley Sea Toujours Dec 9, 2015 • 7:30:58pm

re: #173 Backwoods_Sleuth

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Obama. We’ll never have another.

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Eclectic Cyborg Dec 9, 2015 • 7:32:29pm

re: #188 Stanley Sea Toujours

Obama. We’ll never have another.

(Malia) Obama 2036!

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De Kolta Chair Dec 9, 2015 • 7:34:12pm

re: #178 Great White Snark

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Stanley Sea Toujours Dec 9, 2015 • 7:34:30pm

re: #189 Eclectic Cyborg

(Malia) Obama 2036!

Something makes me think Sasha is the one with more no fucks to give. !!

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Whack-A-Mole Dec 9, 2015 • 7:35:17pm

re: #186 Stanley Sea Toujours

I love rats. Had some as pets. I was totally allergic, but let them nestle in my neck.

They are brilliant.

I’ve heard that and I’m sure they make wonderful pets so I definitely didn’t mean any offense to the folks who keep them. I just can’t do it though, can’t even come close. For me there’s just a deep down, instinctual revulsion that borders on outright phobia.

That high pitched wail you just heard? That’s me screaming like a 4 year old girl at the thought of a rat in my bed like in the original picture.

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Belafon Dec 9, 2015 • 7:35:36pm

re: #189 Eclectic Cyborg

(Malia) Obama 2036!

I can’t wait to read lizards complaining about dynasties.

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Belafon Dec 9, 2015 • 7:36:19pm

re: #192 Whack-A-Mole

I’ve heard that and I’m they make wonderful pets so I definitely didn’t mean any offense to the folks who keep them. I just can’t do it though, can’t even come close. For me there’s just a deep down, instinctual revulsion that borders on outright phobia.

That high pitched wail you just heard? That’s me screaming like a 4 year old girl at the thought of a rat in my bed like in the original picture.

I’m pretty sure that’s what my wife would be thinking if she saw that picture.

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No Country For Old Haters Dec 9, 2015 • 7:37:25pm

re: #192 Whack-A-Mole

I’ve heard that and I’m they make wonderful pets so I definitely didn’t mean any offense to the folks who keep them. I just can’t do it though, can’t even come close. For me there’s just a deep down, instinctual revulsion that borders on outright phobia.

That high pitched wail you just heard? That’s me screaming like a 4 year old girl at the thought of a rat in my bed like in the original picture.

I have pet rats, but I wouldn’t have them in my bed. They pee a lot.

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Great White Snark Dec 9, 2015 • 7:37:42pm

re: #190 De Kolta Chair

Want to make sure he never gets elected? Make a satire porn of those two.
Oh sorry had you had dinner yet?

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Backwoods_Sleuth Dec 9, 2015 • 7:37:42pm

That rat’s name is “Darling”.

really, it is.

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Stanley Sea Toujours Dec 9, 2015 • 7:38:25pm

re: #192 Whack-A-Mole

I’ve heard that and I’m they make wonderful pets so I definitely didn’t mean any offense to the folks who keep them. I just can’t do it though, can’t even come close. For me there’s just a deep down, instinctual revulsion that borders on outright phobia.

That high pitched wail you just heard? That’s me screaming like a 4 year old girl at the thought of a rat in my bed like in the original picture.

Your previous life was most likely in Europe in 1349. Understood!

en.wikipedia.org

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teleskiguy Dec 9, 2015 • 7:40:13pm

re: #190 De Kolta Chair

Too good not to tweet.

Ladies and Gentleman, the next President (@realDonaldTrump) and Vice President (@SarahPalinUSA) of the United States pic.twitter.com/ul3eiziTqx

— Charlie Vogel (@teleskiguy) December 10, 2015

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Backwoods_Sleuth Dec 9, 2015 • 7:41:56pm

heading off to sleep…

pic.twitter.com/w6e9qol1Ds

— The Cult Cat (@Elverojaguar) December 9, 2015

niterz, lizardz!

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jaunte Dec 9, 2015 • 7:43:48pm

Some good news:

Texas Governor Loses Bid To Block Syrian Refugees https://t.co/xNPNUOAdLQ

— Oliver Willis (@owillis) December 10, 2015

A federal judge Wednesday knocked Texas for offering “largely speculative hearsay” about extremists possibly infiltrating Syrian refugees seeking to resettle in the state, rejecting another attempt by Republican leaders to keep out families fleeing the war-torn country.

U.S. District Judge David Godbey’s ruling cleared the way for the last of 21 Syrian refugees, many of whom are children under the age of 15, to resettle in Houston on Thursday.
nbcnews.com

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De Kolta Chair Dec 9, 2015 • 7:44:37pm

‘Night all

Best movie frame of the decade imho.

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Great White Snark Dec 9, 2015 • 7:52:05pm

Court today… pic.twitter.com/0DIZhVTgvD

— Daniel Ballard (@RW_Conspirator) December 10, 2015

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De Kolta Chair Dec 9, 2015 • 7:56:25pm

re: #203 Great White Snark

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Stanley Sea Toujours Dec 9, 2015 • 7:56:45pm

BlindMice GOP call entitlements wasteful b/c they can’t see them as an investment in America’s Human Infrastructure & our future. #Myopic

— From A Citizen (@CuestionMarque) December 10, 2015

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Great White Snark Dec 9, 2015 • 7:58:38pm

re: #204 De Kolta Chair

LMAO

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Stanley Sea Toujours Dec 9, 2015 • 8:01:40pm

Gone?! Like, to an internment camp?! https://t.co/MBrksoKNF5

— S.E. Cupp (@secupp) December 10, 2015

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Eclectic Cyborg Dec 9, 2015 • 8:06:05pm

re: #207 Stanley Sea Toujours

Got to love circular firing squads.

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teleskiguy Dec 9, 2015 • 8:09:49pm

Fuck CNN with a big rubber dick.

It’s like when Chomsky debated Foucault pic.twitter.com/r28aZ8hgPq

— daveweigel (@daveweigel) December 10, 2015

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Stanley Sea Toujours Dec 9, 2015 • 8:10:39pm

re: #208 Eclectic Cyborg

Got to love circular firing squads.

I really think he’s burning GOP that will not come back. Even if he’s the nominee.

We will see. I’m not going to guess on the moral fortitude of GOPers.

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teleskiguy Dec 9, 2015 • 8:11:01pm

If Home Alone were made today. https://t.co/0yF0S4iiR7

— BFF (@YrBFF) December 9, 2015

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Eclectic Cyborg Dec 9, 2015 • 8:11:17pm

re: #210 Stanley Sea Toujours

I really think he’s burning GOP that will not come back. Even if he’s the nominee.

We will see. I’m not going to guess on the moral fortitude of GOPers.

Oh I think some of them will come back, especially if the only alternative is to vote HRC.

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Eclectic Cyborg Dec 9, 2015 • 8:12:14pm

re: #211 teleskiguy

lol one of my favourite movies. Although the Trump cameo makes it aggravating to watch this year.

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Whack-A-Mole Dec 9, 2015 • 8:15:32pm

OT, but an interesting bit of possible casting news:

Idris Elba is being considered for the role of Roland in the current attempt to adapt Stephen King’s The Dark Tower.

The Dark Tower books are far from my favorite King novels but I think I’d go see it just for Mr. Elba’s talent alone. I’m sure, of course, that if he gets the role, the outrage over his skin color will be long and loud.

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No Depression Dec 9, 2015 • 8:17:33pm

re: #211 teleskiguy

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Woah, I forgot Home Alone 2 had Trump in it.

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Feline Fearless Leader Dec 9, 2015 • 8:19:45pm

Cat behavior experiment underway. Cleaning up the apartment yesterday I collected all the small cat toys and put them in an empty shoebox. This included getting out the yard stick and knocking stuff out from under the dryer, stove, fridge, and couch.

I was curious to see what toys the cats opted to select out of there as “favorites” given free access to it. I have also bought innumerable small and cheap “mouse” toys that rattle a bit. They constantly disappear, and I get more. There were none in the box.

1. Initial favorites were a plastic golf ball, a large fuzzy mouse toy, and… a cardboard packing ring about 2” in diameter.

2. Yesterday evening before going to bed I found one of the small mouse toys in the middle of the kitchen. So I put it in the box. Came home from work this afternoon and saw Tuxedo Cat playing with something red while I was scooping litter boxes. Not recalling a red toy I then went and checked. Another small mouse toy.

My guess is that for some reason Tuxedo Cat is digging into her stash of toys rather than getting stuff from the box. (I also caught her stripping fake needles off the Christmas tree as well.)

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BeachDem Dec 9, 2015 • 8:19:54pm

re: #156 Belafon

It’s a Big Dog Party! But it’s not in a tree.

Do you like my hat?

My favorite!

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makeitstop Dec 9, 2015 • 8:26:41pm

re: #207 Stanley Sea Toujours

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I don’t like her much, but I’m not gonna lie, that was pretty funny.

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Eventual Carrion Dec 9, 2015 • 8:27:19pm

re: #175 teleskiguy

Season finale of South Park: The PC/Gentrification Season is going on right now. I’m saving it for later. But this tweet popped up, and it’s funny. Some dialogue from tonight’s season finale of South Park.

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It was a funny episode.

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Stanley Sea Toujours Dec 9, 2015 • 8:35:36pm

Night all

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teleskiguy Dec 9, 2015 • 8:54:33pm

I’m going to Austin on Saturday to cover this. I really am freaked out though…. https://t.co/e4QhtfiuG8

— Zack Kopplin (@ZackKopplin) December 10, 2015

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teleskiguy Dec 9, 2015 • 8:55:52pm

‘We will not bend to fear,’ Madonna says of Paris attacks https://t.co/20ye8np5No pic.twitter.com/3KAg8udV5D

— Agence France-Presse (@AFP) December 10, 2015

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teleskiguy Dec 9, 2015 • 9:01:30pm

Aerial View of New York, 16th December 1951 pic.twitter.com/HjeFvRx8Wh

— OnThisDay & Facts (@NotableHistory) December 10, 2015

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electrotek Dec 9, 2015 • 9:21:27pm

So amusing

@ChaldeanNation Same Ronald Reagan that funneled billions of dollars to Afghan mujahideen which eventually gave birth to Sunni militants?

— Danial J دانیال ج (@danja84) December 10, 2015

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Eclectic Cyborg Dec 9, 2015 • 9:27:10pm

re: #224 electrotek

Keep beautiful #America safe. Be brave, expose the ~~Muslim~~ terrorists everywhere that hate your #Democracy and #Peace

Fixed.

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Barefoot Grin Dec 9, 2015 • 9:28:41pm

Why didn’t those Pro-life people, and those Appalachian holler people—why didn’t they turn in Eric Rudolph. We have to have more cooperation. If you see someone likely to gun down, burn down, bomb down a Planned Parenthood clinic, it is your obligation to turn that person in. Or we will ban you from….

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Charles Johnson Dec 9, 2015 • 9:28:41pm

Uh oh. It looks like Chucky may have been suspended from Facebook again.

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WhatEVs Dec 9, 2015 • 9:30:42pm

re: #227 Charles Johnson

Uh oh. It looks like Chucky may have been suspended from Facebook again.

Awww. Too bad, so sad.

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Eclectic Cyborg Dec 9, 2015 • 9:31:11pm

re: #227 Charles Johnson

Uh oh. It looks like Chucky may have been suspended from Facebook again.

What’d the weaselly fucker do this time to get kicked off?

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Charles Johnson Dec 9, 2015 • 9:32:24pm

re: #229 Eclectic Cyborg

What’d the weaselly fucker do this time to get kicked off?

Could be any number of things. He’s been posting a lot of disgusting stuff.

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GlutenFreeJesus Dec 9, 2015 • 9:32:44pm

re: #192 Whack-A-Mole

I’ve heard that and I’m sure they make wonderful pets so I definitely didn’t mean any offense to the folks who keep them. I just can’t do it though, can’t even come close. For me there’s just a deep down, instinctual revulsion that borders on outright phobia.

That high pitched wail you just heard? That’s me screaming like a 4 year old girl at the thought of a rat in my bed like in the original picture.

What about lizards?

News Reporter gets Owned by Lizard

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teleskiguy Dec 9, 2015 • 9:36:13pm

re: #227 Charles Johnson

Uh oh. It looks like Chucky may have been suspended from Facebook again.

Heh! I’m coming up with nothing on my end. His Facebook page is gone.

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wheat-dogghazi-mailgate Dec 9, 2015 • 9:38:03pm

Though GotNwes is late to the party, here is its report on Chuck’s latest dirigible incident.

BREAKING: Representing self, Chuck Johnson sues Gawker again, but in California state court

In a surprise move that will keep law students in stitches for decades to come, ~~blogger~~ Award Winning JournalistTM and now amateur lawyer Chuck C. Johnson has filed another $66 million libel/defamation complaint against Gawker Media — this time in California state court.

The 68-page complaint is nearly identical — as in copy-and-paste identical — to a complaint he filed earlier this year in a state court in Missouri. That case was moved to US District Court in July, and is still ongoing.

We are not lawyers — and neither is Johnson (who is representing himself!) — but our untrained legal minds say filing the same suit in two different courts in two different states is, well, putting it bluntly, really stupid.

Like the eager but goofy kid who chases after his friends, only to trip over his own shoelaces, Johnson may end up kissing the sidewalk with this latest legal move.

More at GotNwes.com — complete with burning dirigible!

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William Lewis Dec 9, 2015 • 9:39:58pm

re: #98 darthstar

The worst Bond is better than the best Batman movie. Which is a real pity given how much richness really is there. What little I’ve seen and heard of Gotham says it’s better than the movies too.

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wheat-dogghazi-mailgate Dec 9, 2015 • 9:40:59pm

re: #227 Charles Johnson

Uh oh. It looks like Chucky may have been suspended from Facebook again.

Yup. I just get the content not available right now message.

Woops!

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teleskiguy Dec 9, 2015 • 9:43:06pm

Oh my fuck! How in the goddamn hell is UpChuck going to keep up his signal/noise quotient or whatever the fuck these neckbeards call communication these days? UpChuck has been brought down on social media by a bunch of beta faggots. You watch, though. Using his high-IQ and clearly alpha demeanor, all those pussies who censored UpChuck will be groveling at his feet because UpChuck is fucking superior.

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Charles Johnson Dec 9, 2015 • 9:44:27pm

Poor Chuck. He just can’t seem to keep a social media account.

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Joe Bacon Dec 9, 2015 • 9:44:49pm

re: #227 Charles Johnson

Uh oh. It looks like Chucky may have been suspended from Facebook again.

And now a long distance dedication to Chuck C on his latest milestone!

Stan Freberg - Try

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electrotek Dec 9, 2015 • 9:45:34pm

re: #237 Charles Johnson

Poor Chuck. He just can’t seem to keep a social media account.

There’s always that popular Russian social media platform, and who knows, maybe he’ll meet his Russian bride off of there.

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wheat-dogghazi-mailgate Dec 9, 2015 • 9:45:52pm

re: #234 William Lewis

The worst Bond is better than the best Batman movie. Which is a real pity given how much richness really is there. What little I’ve seen and heard of Gotham says it’s better than the movies too.

Gotham is noir detective fiction with added superhero backstory. It really delves into the whole Batman mythos, and Bruce has only just discovered the secret cave under Wayne Manor. He’s still a scrawny teenager with a keen mind and a burning desire to do right. Meanwhile, Gotham City is already a clusterfuck of crime and graft.

The acting and writing are really tight. You need to watch it, fer sure, yo!

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Eclectic Cyborg Dec 9, 2015 • 9:47:44pm

Next up watch in wonder as Chuck C. Johnson gets suspended from Instagram!

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GlutenFreeJesus Dec 9, 2015 • 9:49:32pm

re: #172 electrotek

Of course, Robert Spencer is attempting to hijack that hashtag, but the good is far outweighing whatever that piece of shit posts.

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Barefoot Grin Dec 9, 2015 • 9:50:03pm

I got home about 45 minutes ago from a work function; wife wakes up in four hours. This song from one of my favorite Aussie bands, Weddings Parties Anything, seems to fit:

Step In Step Out - from the album ‘Trophy Night’

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TedStriker Dec 9, 2015 • 9:50:26pm

***NSFW***

This was posted on a tech forum I frequent; it’s funny as hell, but most definitely NSFW.

Dadholes Christmas

***NSFW***

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goddamnedfrank Dec 9, 2015 • 9:50:31pm

re: #234 William Lewis

The worst Bond is better than the best Batman movie.

Have you even seen Moonraker?

I has a laser gun GI Joe style space battle.

It also has Jaws, chewing through a cable.

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Jenner7 Dec 9, 2015 • 9:50:43pm

.@FrankLuntz: “What would you say if Reince Priebus were in front of you right now?” Trump supporter: “Go with Trump or you’re dead.”

— Elaina Plott (@elainaplott) December 10, 2015

He seems nice..

G’night.

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teleskiguy Dec 9, 2015 • 9:52:29pm

re: #241 Eclectic Cyborg

Next up watch in wonder as Chuck C. Johnson gets suspended from Instagram!

#ChuckCJohnson’s last social media account that’s not suspended. C’mon Chuck, be a dick and nix this one too! pic.twitter.com/XhSUhZIASA

— Charlie Vogel (@teleskiguy) December 10, 2015

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Pawn of the Oppressor Dec 9, 2015 • 9:52:58pm

I’m trying to understand the “why” of his California filing and I’m going to need help from somebody with more legal knowledge. Am I mistaken in assigning rational strategic intent to a guy who clearly needs medication and therapy?

Changing the battlefield to CA clearly sets him up for anti-SLAPP action, but since this is technically a new case, doesn’t that mean a new judge will need to be brought up to speed? And in filing Pro Se with such a horribly flawed petition, aren’t we going to be treated to three weeks of telephone game chickenshit in which a Judge attempts to teach an idiot how to tie his shoes before any red meat is served?

I wonder if Gawker has an anti-SLAPP motion ready to go. I bet they have a working draft already written up. If - or WHEN - they make that move, can they fold the Missouri case costs into this one? How do they join the two cases?

I’m a little fuzzy on the mechanics of this. There is law that follows the rules, and law that DOESN’T. I guess that’s what lawyers are for. :)

When the going gets weird, the weird turn pro.

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goddamnedfrank Dec 9, 2015 • 9:54:10pm

re: #246 Jenner7

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He seems nice..

G’night.

That reminds me, tweeted this last night.

I wonder, exactly how happy is @MichaelSteele that he is no longer responsible for conducting the national @GOP fail train?

— goddamnedfrank (@goddamnedfrank) December 9, 2015

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GlutenFreeJesus Dec 9, 2015 • 9:54:30pm

Imagine if Trump was suspended by Twiter. (One can dream)

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teleskiguy Dec 9, 2015 • 10:02:18pm

There’s not too many people that have been suspended from Twitter and Facebook that have been profiled by @nytimes. Bravo. #ChuckCJohnson

— Charlie Vogel (@teleskiguy) December 10, 2015

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Eclectic Cyborg Dec 9, 2015 • 10:03:04pm

CCJ ought to be suspended from Life.

(DISCLAIMER: Not intended as a death threat, just a condemnation of an asshole).

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Pawn of the Oppressor Dec 9, 2015 • 10:14:15pm

re: #252 Eclectic Cyborg

CCJ ought to be suspended from Life.

(DISCLAIMER: Not intended as a death threat, just a condemnation of an asshole).

I just want to see some fucking consequences. This kid has made a lifestyle of sticking his stunted persona in the mashed potatoes, and has somehow grown to perfectly symbolize everything that’s gone completely wrong with American culture in the 21st Century. He is, objectively speaking, Evil.

This is a make-or-break situation. Either his “career” gets strangled and cremated right now, or we’re going to be hearing from this little fucker for the next thirty years.

If he goes to jail for contempt in the NAF case, he becomes a martyr and will be springboarded into legitimacy among the forced birth crowd. Then he’s just a short dance with hard drugs away from a 2nd-tier show hosting career.

Gawker wiping him out with anti-SLAPP wouldn’t just be a correct legal outcome, it could actually save our culture a bit of pain in the long run. Anything that puts a shit-stirring prick like him out of media action is a good thing.

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William Lewis Dec 9, 2015 • 10:18:10pm

re: #245 goddamnedfrank

Have you even seen Moonraker?

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Yes. It was the worst. Yes it;’s still better than any of the crud they have release as a motion picture of Batman. At least it had certain campy moments (CEOTK door lock, Jaws and girlfriend escaping the station, the space infantry assault itself) that were more entertaining than yet another actor flexing his muscles and trying to sound like a billionaire genius.

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goddamnedfrank Dec 9, 2015 • 10:20:51pm

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goddamnedfrank Dec 9, 2015 • 10:21:54pm

re: #254 William Lewis

Yes. It was the worst. Yes it;’s still better than any of the crud they have release as a motion picture of Batman. At least it had certain campy moments (CEOTK door lock, Jaws and girlfriend escaping the station, the space infantry assault itself) that were more entertaining than yet another actor flexing his muscles and trying to sound like a billionaire genius.

Wait, you’re honestly saying that Moonraker is better a better movie than The Dark Knight?

*backs away slowly*

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TedStriker Dec 9, 2015 • 10:25:39pm

re: #256 goddamnedfrank

Wait, you’re honestly saying that Moonraker is better a better movie than The Dark Knight?

*backs away slowly*

Dark Knight was damn good, but I love Keaton’s Batman.

Keaton, Nicholson, Basinger, Palance, a soundtrack by Danny Elfman and Prince, and it’s a Tim Burton movie…how could anyone not like that?

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goddamnedfrank Dec 9, 2015 • 10:26:04pm

Why do Chinese girls taste different from all other girls?

I mean, I love You Only Live Twice but damn that movie is racist as fuck.

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darthstar Dec 9, 2015 • 10:28:33pm

re: #258 goddamnedfrank

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I mean, I love You Only Live Twice but damn that movie is racist as fuck.

I’m just glad everyone is still talking about Bond movies.

Pussy Galore is a name that will never get used again…even in porn.

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William Lewis Dec 9, 2015 • 10:29:21pm

re: #256 goddamnedfrank

Wait, you’re honestly saying that Moonraker is better a better movie than The Dark Knight?

*backs away slowly*

I’ll get out of that by saying I’ve never bothered to watch it due to the previous batman movies and also saying I was 15 when Moonraker came out. Yeah Dark Knight is supposed to be good. So we’re all the others I made the mistake of watching < shrug >

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TedStriker Dec 9, 2015 • 10:30:15pm

re: #259 darthstar

I’m just glad everyone is still talking about Bond movies.

Pussy Galore is a name that will never get used again…even in porn.

Well, Mike Myers and company did parody that with Alotta Fagina in one of the Austin Powers movies…

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darthstar Dec 9, 2015 • 10:31:03pm

re: #260 William Lewis

I’ll get out of that by saying I’ve never bothered to watch it due to the previous batman movies and also saying I was 15 when Moonraker came out. Yeah Dark Knight is supposed to be good. So we’re all the others I made the mistake of watching < shrug >

There’s a restaurant up the coast called Moonraker — nice California/French quisine with panoramic ocean views. Every time we go there I start singing Shirley Bassey.

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Eclectic Cyborg Dec 9, 2015 • 10:32:55pm

If we’re talking Bond, I have a soft spot for Live and Let Die. Jazz funerals, speedboat chases, Baron Samedi and freaking Paul McCartney and Wings doing the theme. How can you possibly go wrong?

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TedStriker Dec 9, 2015 • 10:33:27pm

re: #260 William Lewis

I’ll get out of that by saying I’ve never bothered to watch it due to the previous batman movies and also saying I was 15 when Moonraker came out. Yeah Dark Knight is supposed to be good. So we’re all the others I made the mistake of watching < shrug >

With the Batman movies, stick with Tim Burton and Christopher Nolan and you can’t really go wrong, though each director’s versions are completely different takes on Gotham. True, Batman Returns (Burton) and The Dark Knight Rises (Nolan) aren’t as strong as their preceding respective installments, but they’re still pretty good.

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teleskiguy Dec 9, 2015 • 10:34:35pm

Seven Sunny Days- James Bond (007) re-enactment w/ Shane McConkey

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teleskiguy Dec 9, 2015 • 10:41:01pm

Well, UpChuck’s Facebook page seems to be back online.

facebook.com

Facebook is a

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teleskiguy Dec 9, 2015 • 10:48:34pm

.@facebook bans #ChuckCJohnson then brings him back. It’s a Zuckerberg/Rothschild/Illuminati conspiracy! https://t.co/TRshORzHNe

— Charlie Vogel (@teleskiguy) December 10, 2015

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freetoken Dec 9, 2015 • 10:50:40pm

Ok… time to start the “mainstream” music… but at least I find people who can sing:

MP3 Audio

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wheat-dogghazi-mailgate Dec 9, 2015 • 10:52:11pm

re: #266 teleskiguy

Well, UpChuck’s Facebook page seems to be back online.

facebook.com

Facebook is a

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I was hoping for some added drama, since Chuck would be sure to write a breathless whinge on his blog about censorship and journalism and stuff like that.

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freetoken Dec 9, 2015 • 10:54:05pm

Becoming a bit of a collectors item:

amazon.com

I’m noticing on Amazon that not only is vinyl getting scarcer but even some CDs are getting much rarer.

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freetoken Dec 9, 2015 • 10:56:06pm

Some of my friends and acquaintances from years ago had massive vinyl and then CD collections. For a while there I kind of thought all that sunk money was going to be a diminishing asset. But I think now I was wrong. If you’ve got 50 year old vinyl in top condition you’ve got quite a desirable object.

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freetoken Dec 9, 2015 • 10:57:42pm

You can stream on Prime, of course:

amazon.com

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wheat-dogghazi-mailgate Dec 9, 2015 • 11:03:20pm

re: #270 freetoken

Becoming a bit of a collectors item:

amazon.com

I’m noticing on Amazon that not only is vinyl getting scarcer but even some CDs are getting much rarer.

All Things Considered had a report a while ago about a guy in California who collects jukeboxes, and also has a collection of about 400,000 45s in his garage.
npr.org

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teleskiguy Dec 9, 2015 • 11:06:34pm

re: #271 freetoken

Some of my friends and acquaintances from years ago had massive vinyl and then CD collections. For a while there I kind of thought all that sunk money was going to be a diminishing asset. But I think now I was wrong. If you’ve got 50 year old vinyl in top condition you’ve got quite a desirable object.

I have a first print of Freak Out! by The Mothers of Invention. It’s not in the best shape, but it’s intact and all the print is legible. It’s in a frame and hangs in a hallway.

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wheat-dogghazi-mailgate Dec 9, 2015 • 11:19:50pm

One of my former students (not pictured) shared this on Facebook, and I liked it, so here it is.

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freetoken Dec 9, 2015 • 11:50:29pm

MP3 Audio

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freetoken Dec 9, 2015 • 11:53:09pm

Jim Reeves

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Single-handed sailor Dec 10, 2015 • 12:37:41am

It’s starting to rain in the east bay. One more tick on the rain gauge and we’ll be at 2.00” for the rain year…

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dog philosopher ஐஒஔ௸ Dec 10, 2015 • 12:53:32am

re: #278 Single-handed sailor

It’s starting to rain in the east bay. One more tick on the rain gauge and we’ll be at 2.00” for the rain year…

im worried that because of the el niño when the serious rain starts my basement will flood

but living in california all these years has taught me one thing - no matter how much freakin rain there is, come summer we are told we still have a drought

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Single-handed sailor Dec 10, 2015 • 1:18:07am

re: #279 dog philosopher ஐஒஔ௸

Yeah and they will probably be right. I’ve lived in California since 1960 and for the past 20 years we have not had the rain and snow that we had in the the past. I think the last time I saw Lake Shasta full to overflowing was when my wife was pregnant with our first in 1993. The most important thing for California is the snow pack. If the storms aren’t cold enough the snow level can get pretty high. Last year we had decent rain amounts but it was so warm no snow stuck below 7000 feet. Here’s my Photo from February, 2015 at Wrights lake at 7000 feet, on the edge of Desolation Wilderness.

Wrights Lake Campground

So far we have had less rain than last year. If my memory serves me right we are about 60% of last year at this time. We need moisture and cold, and lots of it.

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Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light) Dec 10, 2015 • 1:27:14am

Exactly. El Nino will certainly bring increased precipitation, but keep in mind that it will bring higher temperatures, which means only minimal increase to the snow pack, which is critical to maintaining water levels over the summer.

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Amory Blaine Dec 10, 2015 • 1:35:17am

Off work this week and spent last two days moving around my home office. Got rid of an old school traditional desk that was an ergonomic nightmare for computer work. I replaced it with a maple butcherblock workbench I had in the basement collecting garbage on top of it. I also have a brand new die cast replica of a WM dumpster that I’m waiting to breakin in tomorrow. I’m going to get some cone incense to burn in there for my very own desktop dumpster fires. ( credit Teleskiguy for his awesome dumpster fire jpegs.) I have lost all drawer space for now as it’s basically a table. Also the enclosed nature of the traditional desk is gone, exposing the rats nest of cables that I am pretty confident I can reduce to a minimal, clearly labelled and low key organization. I have my total desk height set at 27.5” inches and I feel this is the best height for my body type. I could go higher but sadly no lower unless I took the feet off (about another inch). Also I am more spread out so I hoped George would be pleased. Nope, face still on my keyboard. I changed my monitor back to its original stand leaving me with a pretty sweet articulating VESA arm the smoothly handles about 50 lbs. Dunno what to do but spitballing I could used it for a mic stand or a sheet music stand that could be stuffed with books and always ready to swing out for action. Still early but I have high hopes I can do this in a modern way that wont get offensive.

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Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light) Dec 10, 2015 • 1:37:50am

re: #282 Amory Blaine

Girlfriend got an awesome automatically adjustable height desk from her old office. I could spend all afternoon just raising and lowering it…

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Single-handed sailor Dec 10, 2015 • 1:40:26am

Temperature drops 3 degrees per 1,000 feet of elevation increase, on average. To get snow at 5,000 feet you would want a storm to hit the California coast at 47 degrees. Tonight’s storm is about 58 degrees, which makes snow level about 9,000 feet.

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Amory Blaine Dec 10, 2015 • 1:44:34am

re: #283 Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light)

Girlfriend got an awesome automatically adjustable height desk from her old office. I could spend all afternoon just raising and lowering it…

I want one as well, but the one I want is 1000.00 without a top. It gets even lower than mine at about 26” but raises pretty high. Alas I cannot afford it at this time, but I figured this could get my beak wet as I can raise the heights, but it’s a PITA. Hopefully this will work out, then later get the sit stand desk I want. Would be real handy with the boys over as the table could rise to bar height for standing up.

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Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light) Dec 10, 2015 • 1:45:33am

re: #285 Amory Blaine

I want one as well, but the one I want is 1000.00 without a top. It gets even lower than mine at about 26” but raises pretty high. Alas I cannot afford it at this time, but I figured this could get my beak wet as I can raise the heights, but it’s a PITA. Hopefully this will work out, then later get the sit stand desk I want. Would be real handy with the boys over as the table could rise to bar height for standing up.

Hers cost around 700 euros new, but they were closing up the office and she took it home for like 70 euros

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Amory Blaine Dec 10, 2015 • 1:52:24am

re: #286 Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light)

UPLIFT 900 Four-Leg Adjustable-Height Standing Desk Base this is the one I would consider. rock solid 4 independent legs give it stability for 750 lbs. Leg configurations can be set up unconventionally, using them to rise up funishings behind couches or whatever. Look like the bees knees but have to wait for a significant price drop

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wheat-dogghazi-mailgate Dec 10, 2015 • 1:54:30am

re: #287 Amory Blaine

My son has an adjustable work desk, so he can either sit or stand while working at the computer. I’ll have to ask him for details.

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Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light) Dec 10, 2015 • 1:58:36am

re: #288 wheat-dogghazi-mailgate

My son has an adjustable work desk, so he can either sit or stand while working at the computer. I’ll have to ask him for details.

Girlfriend got it because she has back problems.

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Decatur Deb Dec 10, 2015 • 2:02:03am

One of my former students (not pictured) shared this on Facebook, and I liked it, so here it is.
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You can expect good things from a kid who thinks like that.

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Amory Blaine Dec 10, 2015 • 2:05:25am

I’m finding out sitting at a computer can take you out just as bad as operating air hammers and drills(hard physical labor) Sending violent shaking through your entire body. All day everyday. I’m convinced airdrilling and hammering has at least contributed greatly to my tinnitus.

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Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light) Dec 10, 2015 • 2:06:52am

re: #291 Amory Blaine

I’m finding out sitting at a computer can take you out just as bad as operating air hammers and drills(hard physical labor) Sending violent shaking through your entire body. All day everyday. I’m convinced airdrilling and hammering has at least contributed greatly to my tinnitus.

Floor sanders are also killers for carpal tunnel. Just doing our upstairs floors nearly wrecked my arms. Could not imagine doing that for a living.

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Amory Blaine Dec 10, 2015 • 2:11:29am

re: #290 Decatur Deb

Totally, on one hand the degree with the mugshot shows how even following all the rules can make little difference in the perception of the bigots. On the other hand it disturbs me because I don’t want to see a hard working student reduced to a stereotype that bigots will exploit with glee. Which could be part of it but, it is a striking and thought provoking photo. Thank you Wheat-dogg for the pic.

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Amory Blaine Dec 10, 2015 • 2:23:44am

My basement tool area is a fucking disaster area.

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wheat-dogghazi-mailgate Dec 10, 2015 • 2:23:47am

re: #293 Amory Blaine

Totally, on one hand the degree with the mugshot shows how even following all the rules can make little difference in the perception of the bigots. On the other hand it disturbs me because I don’t want to see a hard working student reduced to a stereotype that bigots will exploit with glee. Which could be part of it but, it is a striking and thought provoking photo. Thank you Wheat-dogg for the pic.

My pleasure. It was shared by one of my former African-American students, who got it from someone else, yadda yadda yadda. I don’t even know the guy in the picture, but if I ever meet him, I’m going to congratulate him for the social statement.

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Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light) Dec 10, 2015 • 2:26:23am

re: #293 Amory Blaine

Totally, on one hand the degree with the mugshot shows how even following all the rules can make little difference in the perception of the bigots. On the other hand it disturbs me because I don’t want to see a hard working student reduced to a stereotype that bigots will exploit with glee. Which could be part of it but, it is a striking and thought provoking photo. Thank you Wheat-dogg for the pic.

There was a big debate about removing the n-word from Huckleberry Finn, renaming the character “The Slave Jim”.

But in doing so, they wrecked one of the key phrases in the story, in which Jim explains: “I am no longer a slave, but I will be a n***** all my life!”

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wheat-dogghazi-mailgate Dec 10, 2015 • 2:26:53am

So, yeah, Fargo season 2. Ground meat. Ugh.

It took me a while to figure out the state trooper Solverson is Molly Solverson’s dad.

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the silent one Dec 10, 2015 • 2:36:03am

I look forward to the day this loser is made penniless from having to pay all their legal fees, and living in a cardboard box and having to beg for money from his rotten followers.

It couldn’t happen to a more deserving person. He is truly the among the worst of what humanity has to offer less the criminals.

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wheat-dogghazi-mailgate Dec 10, 2015 • 2:36:24am

re: #296 Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light)

There was a big debate about removing the n-word from Huckleberry Finn, renaming the character “The Slave Jim”.

But in doing so, they wrecked one of the key phrases in the story, in which Jim explains: “I am no longer a slave, but I will be a n***** all my life!”

On one hand, I can understand why people wouldn’t want their kids reading a book with the n-word in it, given the hurt it can cause. On the other hand, literary works deserve to be read in their original form (as long as they’re intelligible to the reader) and their historical context studied, too. A good teacher can help students (middle school and older) see how Twain portrays Jim as a human being, not as a piece of property, and how Huck sees Jim as a brother, despite the differences in their social status. Students can also see the truth behind that line you quote, if the teacher then presents a history of Jim Crow laws, forced segregation, and the Civil Rights movement.

Thing is, schoolchildren are often much smarter than their parents and other adults give them credit for.

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wheat-dogghazi-mailgate Dec 10, 2015 • 2:40:49am

re: #298 the silent one

I look forward to the day this loser is made penniless from having to pay all their legal fees, and living in a cardboard box and having to beg for money from his rotten followers.

It couldn’t happen to a more deserving person. He is truly the among the worst of what humanity has to offer less the criminals.

He may deserve punishment, but his wife apparently is an officer of his two LLCs, so any financial penalties might have to be shared. I’m hazy about the legal issues there, but in any event, the penalties he faces could be quite substantial and would affect his whole family.

I mean, this is a guy who avoids hotels and stays on people’s couches. He’s not exactly a millionaire.

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freetoken Dec 10, 2015 • 2:41:36am

Very foggy all night… and relatively warm.

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Amory Blaine Dec 10, 2015 • 2:43:10am

I could see keeping the original but having an abridged version to accompany for historical perspective. Done well it could be a great bridge. I do not like going back and changing shit like it never existed however. The original language endears the 2 friends closer and as more sympathetic characters while making the external forces all the more challenging and evil, as I’m sure that would be the next change to the book.

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Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light) Dec 10, 2015 • 2:43:14am

re: #299 wheat-dogghazi-mailgate

On one hand, I can understand why people wouldn’t want their kids reading a book with the n-word in it, given the hurt it can cause. On the other hand, literary works deserve to be read in their original form (as long as they’re intelligible to the reader) and their historical context studied, too. A good teacher can help students (middle school and older) see how Twain portrays Jim as a human being, not as a piece of property, and how Huck sees Jim as a brother, despite the differences in their social status. Students can also see the truth behind that line you quote, if the teacher then presents a history of Jim Crow laws, forced segregation, and the Civil Rights movement.

Thing is, schoolchildren are often much smarter than their parents and other adults give them credit for.

It’s all about context and not the words themselves, which is just too much nuance for FB and Twitter campaigners to grasp. I will not be drawn into any “But Chris Rock can say it!” discussions

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wheat-dogghazi-mailgate Dec 10, 2015 • 2:50:49am

re: #303 Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light)

I’ve got Facebook friends who are African-American who use it freely to refer to themselves or their AA friends and family. That doesn’t give me the freedom to use it, too, because I’m a white guy and not part of the club, as it were. Nor do I want to, or need to.

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wheat-dogghazi-mailgate Dec 10, 2015 • 2:52:52am

BTW, I should note that where I live in China, there are exactly zero African-American people, so I can’t say I have AA friends like in the flesh at the moment.

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Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light) Dec 10, 2015 • 3:02:55am

re: #304 wheat-dogghazi-mailgate

I’ve got Facebook friends who are African-American who use it freely to refer to themselves or their AA friends and family. That doesn’t give me the freedom to use it, too, because I’m a white guy and not part of the club, as it were. Nor do I want to, or need to.

And again, it is not about the word or symbol in and of itself, but the context in which the symbol is presented.

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William Lewis Dec 10, 2015 • 4:08:20am

re: #293 Amory Blaine

Funny thing to me was that at first glance, I saw his t-shirt poking out as a clerical collar. Added another layer of WTF to it.

Very thoughtful and provoking portrait. Very courageous too.

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Le Lapin Tueur Dec 10, 2015 • 4:09:43am

Redacted

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Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light) Dec 10, 2015 • 4:10:08am

re: #307 William Lewis

Funny thing to me was that at first glance, I saw his t-shirt poking out as a clerical collar. Added another layer of WTF to it.

Very thoughtful and provoking portrait. Very courageous too.

a bit of Photoshop would fix that in a jiffy…and change the degree to a theological seminary…

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Le Lapin Tueur Dec 10, 2015 • 4:10:52am

re: #241 Eclectic Cyborg

Next up watch in wonder as Chuck C. Johnson gets suspended from Instagram!

Is that possible?

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Lidane Dec 10, 2015 • 4:36:27am

Pathetic even by El Rushbo’s usual low standards:

Limbaugh: Condemning Trump Puts Dems, GOP on ‘Same Side’ as Hamas https://t.co/O7l7S3uiBO (AUDIO) pic.twitter.com/JusOSZw3e7

— Mediaite (@Mediaite) December 9, 2015

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wheat-dogghazi-mailgate Dec 10, 2015 • 4:38:06am

re: #310 Bird in the Paw

Is that possible?

If anyone could do it …

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Lidane Dec 10, 2015 • 4:40:14am

re: #310 Bird in the Paw

Is that possible?

Yes. Posting porn, nudes of any kind, anything violent or hateful, etc. violates the TOS.

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Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light) Dec 10, 2015 • 4:41:00am

re: #311 Lidane

Pathetic even by El Rushbo’s usual low standards:

Limbaugh: Condemning Trump Puts Dems, GOP on ‘Same Side’ as Hamas

Hitler was a vegetarian…

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Timothy Watson Dec 10, 2015 • 4:46:31am

re: #314 Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light)

Hitler was a vegetarian…

And Robespierre created the metric system.

(Actual argument I got into with someone on Facebook, he thought the metric system was evil because it was invented by Robespierre, it wasn’t, and several of the people who helped create it were actually executed by the Revolutionary government.)

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Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light) Dec 10, 2015 • 4:50:45am

re: #315 Timothy Watson

And Robespierre created the metric system.

(Actual argument I could into with someone on Facebook, he thought the metric system was evil because it was invented by Robespierre, it wasn’t, and several of the people who helped create it were actually executed by the Revolutionary government.)

British and American plumbing to this day rarely features the bidet, a very useful way of keeping yourself clean without having to wreck your skin and scalp with daily showering.

But it because it was also used by French prostitutes who used it to flush themselves out between customers, it became associated with libertinism and moral turpitude and was soundly rejected as a plumbing fixture.

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Dr. Matt Dec 10, 2015 • 4:58:00am

Exclusive! Pharmabro is a dudebro

Looks like Trump has a running mate. pic.twitter.com/zl4rB1vlc0

— Dr. Matt (@DrMatthew) December 10, 2015

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wheat-dogghazi-mailgate Dec 10, 2015 • 4:58:14am

re: #316 Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light)

British and American plumbing to this day rarely features the bidet, a very useful way of keeping yourself clean without having to wreck your skin and scalp with daily showering.

But it because it was also used by French prostitutes who used it to flush themselves out between customers, it became associated with libertinism and moral turpitude and was soundly rejected as a plumbing fixture.

And here I thought it was quashed by the American toilet paper industry. /

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makeitstop Dec 10, 2015 • 4:58:42am

‘Morning, Lizards,

Looking at my spam trap, it seems I got an email with the header ‘Obama’s 2nd term in danger over this,’ with a link to a ‘shocking video.’

All is lost, I guess.

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Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light) Dec 10, 2015 • 5:00:28am

re: #319 makeitstop

‘Morning, Lizards,

Looking at my spam trap, it seems I got an email with the header ‘Obama’s 2nd term in danger over this,’ with a link to a ‘shocking video.’

All is lost, I guess.

ah yes, there is an article to that extent in newsmax, which I look into to find out about the latest RW talking points (I cannot bring myself to even click on Fox)

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Dr. Matt Dec 10, 2015 • 5:03:12am

I have decided to postpone my trip to Israel and to schedule my meeting with @Netanyahu at a later date after I become President of the U.S.
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) December 10, 2015

@realDonaldTrump In other words, your trip is permanently cancelled.
— Dr. Matt (@DrMatthew) December 10, 2015

Bibi obviously put the kibosh on the meeting…. https://t.co/SjkW9yHdNr

— Michael Smerconish (@smerconish) December 10, 2015

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wheat-dogghazi-mailgate Dec 10, 2015 • 5:03:45am

re: #320 Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light)

ah yes, there is an article to that extent in newsmax, which I look into to find out about the latest RW talking points (I cannot bring myself to even click on Fox)

The second term that has a year to go before it ends.

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wheat-dogghazi-mailgate Dec 10, 2015 • 5:05:00am

re: #321 Dr. Matt

Bibi already has enough problems with angry Muslims.

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Bubblehead II Dec 10, 2015 • 5:05:07am

re: #319 makeitstop

‘Morning, Lizards,

Looking at my spam trap, it seems I got an email with the header ‘Obama’s 2nd term in danger over this,’ with a link to a ‘shocking video.’

All is lost, I guess.

Ive been getting that one and other variants since the last election. For someone whose 2nd term is going to end in disaster and humiliation, he sure has hung in there.

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Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light) Dec 10, 2015 • 5:14:03am

re: #322 wheat-dogghazi-mailgate

The second term that has a year to go before it ends.

Obama has lulled almost us all of us into thinking that. Once Trump is nominated, he will declare a National State of Emergency and seize power, declaring himself Dictator-for-Life.

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wheat-dogghazi-mailgate Dec 10, 2015 • 5:17:46am

re: #325 Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light)

Obama has lulled almost us all of us into thinking that. Once Trump is nominated, he will declare a National State of Emergency and seize power, declaring himself Dictator-for-Life.

/

Nah, he should wait until Trump is elected. //

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A Mom Anon Dec 10, 2015 • 5:18:31am

Computer update…it appears that windows 10 took a crap and took everything down with it. All my files are ok. They’re going to reinstall windows and then put my stuff back in. 100 bucks. Which is less than I anticipated. I go pick it up today. Now if only finding new health insurance was so simple
…

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makeitstop Dec 10, 2015 • 5:21:52am

I finally got around to reading the Kareem Abdul-Jabaar piece in Time. If that op-ed were a prize fight, they would have stopped it.

Trump’s latest enemy du jour are Muslims. He’s the schoolyard bully rallying classmates to make fun of the skinny kid with glasses. When President Obama said that “Muslim-Americans are our friends and our neighbors; our co-workers, our sports heroes,” Trump quickly tweeted: “What sport is he talking about, and who?” The press immediately provided him with a list, as well as photos of Trump with prominent Muslim-American sports figures, including Shaquille O’Neal, Mike Tyson, Muhammad Ali and, yes, me. What makes his statement even more insidious is the suggestion that, even if there were no Muslim sports heroes, Muslims would somehow be lesser people, less worthy. This cruel and dim-witted thinking is not the stuff presidents are made of.

Cruel and dim-witted. Kareem sees you, Trump.

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Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light) Dec 10, 2015 • 5:22:40am

re: #326 wheat-dogghazi-mailgate

Nah, he should wait until Trump is elected. //

Secret ISIS plan to take down America:

1) Stage terror attacks on the eve of every GOP primary until Trump is assured nomination.

2) Stage major terror attack just before general election

3) Trump is elected President

4) America goes down the drain in less than a generation…

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wheat-dogghazi-mailgate Dec 10, 2015 • 5:24:13am

re: #327 A Mom Anon

Computer update…it appears that windows 10 took a crap and took everything down with it. All my files are ok. They’re going to reinstall windows and then put my stuff back in. 100 bucks. Which is less than I anticipated. I go pick it up today. Now if only finding new health insurance was so simple
…

That’s good news. I’d recommend backing up everything to be on the safe side. External USB hard drives are fairly inexpensive, and the Windows built-in backup app will save your whole hard drives, Windows and all, to the external drive. Western Digital external drives are pretty reliable, but I can’t recommend their backup software. On my old computer, it would hog CPU cycles and slow my laptop to a crawl. Now my external HD is a Lenovo unit — 2 TB for $125, and no kludgy software.

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Joe Bacon Dec 10, 2015 • 5:27:55am

@realDonaldTrump I want to see the look on your face when President Hillary Clinton meets Bibi!

— josephebacon (@josephebacon) December 10, 2015

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lawhawk Dec 10, 2015 • 5:34:02am

re: #331 Joe Bacon

Trump means he’s not going to visit Israel. Israel’s government breathes sigh of relief. It’s one thing Israelis and Palestinians agree on - Trump is a powder keg that would bring nothing but grief.

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Joe Bacon Dec 10, 2015 • 5:37:13am

re: #332 lawhawk

Trump means he’s not going to visit Israel. Israel’s government breathes sigh of relief. It’s one thing Israelis and Palestinians agree on - Trump is a powder keg that would bring nothing but grief.

Powder keg is an understatement. Trump is the political equivalent of antimatter!

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Patricia Kayden Dec 10, 2015 • 5:43:12am

re: #31 teleskiguy

Trump will be citing Stormfront, The Daily Stormer, etc. as legitimate information sources before the Iowa Caucuses.

He already did that when he re-tweeted that Blacks kill the majority of Whites.

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Patricia Kayden Dec 10, 2015 • 5:46:11am

re: #331 Joe Bacon

[Embedded content]

Just heard this morning that he was going to meet with Netanyahu so this must be a very recent decision on Trump’s part. Wonder why he’s decided against going to Israel.

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Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light) Dec 10, 2015 • 5:46:33am

re: #335 Patricia Kayden

Just heard this morning that he was going to meet with Netanyahu so this must be a very recent decision on Trump’s part. Wonder why he’s decided against going to Israel.

I think it was decided for him…

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Smith25's Liberal Thighs Dec 10, 2015 • 5:46:52am

re: #275 wheat-dogghazi-mailgate

One of my former students (not pictured) shared this on Facebook, and I liked it, so here it is.

Embedded Image

Wow. That is so powerful on so many levels…

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dholmes32 Dec 10, 2015 • 5:52:53am

re: #31 teleskiguy

Trump will be citing Stormfront, The Daily Stormer, etc. as legitimate information sources before the Iowa Caucuses.

Politico reports Stormfront is upgrading its servers to deal with a spike in traffic due to a “Trump bump.”

politico.com

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makeitstop Dec 10, 2015 • 5:54:54am

re: #335 Patricia Kayden

Just heard this morning that he was going to meet with Netanyahu so this must be a very recent decision on Trump’s part. Wonder why he’s decided against going to Israel.

Because a large segment of Israel’s government gave him the Big Nope.

Israeli lawmakers were more direct. Thirty-seven legislators, both Jews and Arabs representing nearly one-third of the 120-member parliament, signed a letter demanding that Netanyahu publicly denounce Trump’s comments about Muslims and cancel the meeting until the American candidate retracts them.

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lawhawk Dec 10, 2015 • 5:58:24am

re: #339 makeitstop

So, Trump’s building bridges between Arab and Israeli. /

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Dr. Matt Dec 10, 2015 • 6:00:55am

Check Out This Hot Don-on-Don Action

“I’m doing good for the Muslims,” Donald Trump told Don Lemon in an interview on “CNN Tonight” tonight on CNN. “Many Muslim friends of mine are in agreement with me. They say, ‘Donald, you brought something up to the fore that is so brilliant and so fantastic.’”

“I have many friends who are Muslims,” Donald told Don. “They’re phenomenal people. They are so happy at what I’m doing.” Hmm. “I love the Middle East,” Donald said. “I love the people of the Middle East.”

If the librul media had any balls, they would follow-up with Trump’s claims of “Muslim friends” and track them down.

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lawhawk Dec 10, 2015 • 6:02:43am

“If America wanted to take down North Korea’s Internet … It would be devastating” https://t.co/2GDjHS5SFm pic.twitter.com/6GusBJIkzw

— POLITICO (@politico) December 10, 2015

Do the people who write this stuff realize that North Korea can barely keep the lights on, and that the Internet is a luxury that is strictly regulated by the government?

Oh, but Jong Un now says that the Hermit Kingdom has thermonuclear weapons (hydrogen bombs). While everyone’s watching yet another massive crop failure and famine underway, the North Korean government figures that the most important thing is to say that they’ve got higher power nukes.

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lawhawk Dec 10, 2015 • 6:03:38am

re: #341 Dr. Matt

Challenge accepted:

Donald Trump does better golf courses than he does political speeches https://t.co/aLP6gzse6f pic.twitter.com/ZXHybaVBZr

— GolfPunkHQ (@GolfPunk_Mag) December 9, 2015

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Dr. Matt Dec 10, 2015 • 6:05:30am

re: #343 lawhawk

“I have Muslim friends” is the new “some of my best friends are Black”.

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makeitstop Dec 10, 2015 • 6:06:05am

re: #340 lawhawk

So, Trump’s building bridges between Arab and Israeli. /

Yeah, he’s a uniter. ///

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wheat-dogghazi-mailgate Dec 10, 2015 • 6:06:23am

re: #342 lawhawk

Do the people who write this stuff realize that North Korea can barely keep the lights on, and that the Internet is a luxury that is strictly regulated by the government?

Oh, but Jong Un now says that the Hermit Kingdom has thermonuclear weapons (hydrogen bombs). While everyone’s watching yet another massive crop failure and famine underway, the North Korean government figures that the most important thing is to say that they’ve got higher power nukes.

NoKo has a national intranet, and very little connection to the worldwide Internet, except for government and military officials. Maybe some people living along the Chinese border can get access through Chinese friends illegally, but essentially North Koreans would not even notice if the US cut access to the Internet.

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wheat-dogghazi-mailgate Dec 10, 2015 • 6:07:20am

re: #345 makeitstop

Yeah, he’s a uniter. ///

A yooooge uniter who will make your head spin!

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lawhawk Dec 10, 2015 • 6:07:56am

Trump Backers Try to Oust New Hampshire GOP Chair https://t.co/Oz9vxTZzYy via @politicalwire

— Taegan Goddard (@politicalwire) December 10, 2015

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makeitstop Dec 10, 2015 • 6:07:58am

re: #341 Dr. Matt

Check Out This Hot Don-on-Don Action

If the librul media had any balls, they would follow-up with Trump’s claims of “Muslim friends” and track them down.

Probably all (or mostly) business partners with outstanding balances on their ledgers.

They won’t say anything out of fear of Trump ‘re-negotiating.’
/

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lawhawk Dec 10, 2015 • 6:10:14am

re: #349 makeitstop

Robot Chicken: This Deal’s Getting Worse All The Time

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ObserverArt Dec 10, 2015 • 6:14:23am

re: #329 Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light)

Secret ISIS plan to take down America:

1) Stage terror attacks on the eve of every GOP primary until Trump is assured nomination.

2) Stage major terror attack just before general election

3) Trump is elected President

4) America goes down the drain in less than a generation…

You know, you could say this is an outrageous thought, it will never happen.

But all bets are off as far as I can see. That’s not saying it is going to happen…just that all the elements are in place.

I caught my usual 15-20 minute opening to Morning Joke and today Mika seemed like she is now scared about terrorists getting into the country due to our VISA background checking issues. It appears the latest about the California terror couple has caused her to start thinking maybe Trump is right.

That’s how it starts…right there.

And the whole time they were all talking about how we need tougher laws for this and that and more money for government agencies to be better at their jobs, etc., I could only think why is this same thinking not being done about guns?

Sure, California was bad and I understand the desire to weed out terrorists…but more people were killed at Sandy Hook and most of them were kids…but nothing was done to work to eliminate another Adam Lanza. Other shootings have had almost the same number of deaths as California, but still no big freak out to make sure anyone wanting a gun is kept from getting one until they are as thoroughly checked out as everyone seems to want to do anyone coming into this country from the ME.

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Shimshon Dec 10, 2015 • 6:17:17am

re: #16 freetoken

Because they’re creationists.

They hide their true intentions behind religion. All they care about is representing the fossil fuel industry. They convince their voters that they are just being good fundamentalist Christians to hide reality.

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I Would Prefer Not To Dec 10, 2015 • 6:17:56am

re: #349 makeitstop

Probably all (or mostly) business partners with outstanding balances on their ledgers.

They won’t say anything out of fear of Trump ‘re-negotiating.’
/

re: #341 Dr. Matt

Check Out This Hot Don-on-Don Action

If the librul media had any balls, they would follow-up with Trump’s claims of “Muslim friends” and track them down.

Donald Trump’s Muslim friends were spotted having dinner with Eric Erickson’s mother on Dec. 7th. Eric used the menu for target practice.

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Belafon Dec 10, 2015 • 6:19:05am

re: #341 Dr. Matt

Check Out This Hot Don-on-Don Action

If the librul media had any balls, they would follow-up with Trump’s claims of “Muslim friends” and track them down.

Donald’s Muslim friends, business partners, have been denouncing him.

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Dr. Matt Dec 10, 2015 • 6:22:09am

re: #341 Dr. Matt

Check Out This Hot Don-on-Don Action

If the librul media had any balls, they would follow-up with Trump’s claims of “Muslim friends” and track them down.

And to no surprise, Trump was happy with interview with Uncle Don:

Great interview tonight @donlemon - very professionally done. @CNN

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) December 10, 2015

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Barefoot Grin Dec 10, 2015 • 6:24:58am

re: #283 Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light)

Girlfriend got an awesome automatically adjustable height desk from her old office. I could spend all afternoon just raising and lowering it…

Well, I’ve got an erector set….

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Backwoods_Sleuth Dec 10, 2015 • 6:29:39am

oh dear…

Thank you to respected columnist Katie Hopkins of Daily https://t.co/LgtY0qdv9U for her powerful writing on the U.K.’s Muslim problems.

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) December 10, 2015

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Backwoods_Sleuth Dec 10, 2015 • 6:31:17am

Scalia: Black scientists don’t come from U of Texas. Uh, Neil deGrasse Tyson has astronomy degree from U of Texas. https://t.co/CreNlr2Kw1

— Ward Harkavy (@WHarkavy) December 10, 2015

boom!

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lawhawk Dec 10, 2015 • 6:32:19am

The hot toy of the season is causing a firestorm of trouble.

The ubiquitous hoverboard, which doesn’t actually hover, does actually have a disturbing tendency to catch fire - and set fire to stuff around it.

Airlines are considering bans on bringing the item on board. There’s already quite a few house fires associated with the gizmo, and public safety folks are looking at recalls or other measures. Even the maker of one of the boards has issued a recall.

The UK has seized 90% of the hoverboards entering the country over the fire risk.

The items are largely made in China, but there’s a bunch of counterfeiters out there, and it’s hard to tell what components are involved, or which brands are more susceptible to catching fire.

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Fourth Football of the Apocalypse Dec 10, 2015 • 6:32:50am

re: #311 Lidane

Limbaugh: Condemning Trump Puts Dems, GOP on ‘Same Side’ as Hamas t.co (AUDIO) pic.twitter.com
— Mediaite

Same side as Friends of Hamas, too.

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Backwoods_Sleuth Dec 10, 2015 • 6:36:15am

The text of the Toronto Star’s front-page welcome to Syrian refugees: pic.twitter.com/YrmsPSBw56

— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) December 10, 2015

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lawhawk Dec 10, 2015 • 6:36:18am

re: #354 Belafon

The same way that Trump’s anti-Latino/anti-Mexican comments meant that Carlos Slim backed out of a deal with Trump, he’s starting to see a similar backlash among Muslims. Yet, the company involved in his golf course business in the Middle East is doing its best at damage control - trying to distinguish between Trump the demagogue and Trump the businessman/company/enterprise.

Thing is, that folks who live and work in the ME see him as both so there’s a real possibility of a well deserved backlash. You know, capitalist like - business takes a position, people respond.

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Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light) Dec 10, 2015 • 6:37:01am

re: #356 Barefoot Grin

Well, I’ve got an erector set….

Throw a towel over it!!!

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Backwoods_Sleuth Dec 10, 2015 • 6:38:16am

re: #357 Backwoods_Sleuth

oh dear…

[Embedded content]

Donald Trump is as confused about Katie Hopkins as he is about London https://t.co/kj1EjDNuzR

— The Independent (@Independent) December 10, 2015

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Belafon Dec 10, 2015 • 6:43:03am

re: #358 Backwoods_Sleuth

boom!

I saw the FP diary on Daily Kos about the Supreme Court considering basing redistricting on eligible voters versus population. All of the conservative justices seemed to be open to the idea.

Edit: Roberts, who doesn’t seem to have trouble legislating from the bench, was considering the possibility of having any changes take affect after the next census, so someone can count the actual number of eligible voters.

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Backwoods_Sleuth Dec 10, 2015 • 6:43:57am

re: #365 Belafon

I saw the FP diary on Daily Kos about the Supreme Court considering basing redistricting on eligible voters versus population. All of the conservative justices seemed to be open to the idea.

yes, that’s one of the petitions being heard this session.

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Smith25's Liberal Thighs Dec 10, 2015 • 6:44:49am

re: #365 Belafon

I saw the FP diary on Daily Kos about the Supreme Court considering basing redistricting on eligible voters versus population. All of the conservative justices seemed to be open to the idea.

Just another thing some people want to separate voting power from those more likely to be minority, younger, and moderate to liberal people.

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Backwoods_Sleuth Dec 10, 2015 • 6:45:24am

Abortion clinic buffer zones proposed in new Ohio bill

COLUMBUS, Ohio — Anti-abortion protesters who picket outside abortion clinics could not follow or harass people entering or leaving abortion clinics under a bill introduced this week by House Democrats.

In addition to establishing a 15-foot buffer zone around clinic entrances, House Bill 408 would also make it easier for abortion clinic doctors, employees, and patients to seek civil action against abortion protesters for harassment or intimidation.

The bill’s sponsors, Democratic Reps. Stephanie Howse of Cleveland and Michele Lepore-Hagan of Youngstown, said they know the bill doesn’t have a chance of passing the GOP-controlled House, which has approved several abortion restrictions in recent years.

But Howse and Lepore-Hagan said they hope the bill will start a conversation about heated abortion rhetoric on the heels of a shooting at a Colorado Planned Parenthood where the shooter reportedly said “no more baby parts” after killing three people and injuring nine others.

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Dark_Falcon Dec 10, 2015 • 6:45:43am

re: #351 ObserverArt

It’s a lot easier to keep out a Tashfeen Malik than to treat an Adam Lanza, assuming Lanza could have been treated. Moreover, going after the foreign enemy is much more popular politically, because people see the power of the state deployed against The Other, and not against people who look like them.

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Fourth Football of the Apocalypse Dec 10, 2015 • 6:48:02am

re: #355 Dr. Matt

Great interview tonight @donlemon - very professionally done. @CNN
— Donald J. Trump

He agreed with me about everything

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lawhawk Dec 10, 2015 • 6:51:19am

re: #365 Belafon

There’s a distinct possibility that this would result in disenfranchisement of minorities. It would rig the apportionment process of how states divide up the districts among the state’s population

Here’s how that works.

The feds use the census to attribute Congressional seats on state by state. They use total population from the census data - all persons, not just voters, persons eligible to vote.

The states arguing in favor of allowing this would disenfranchise communities that have a large number of persons under 18, or those who aren’t voters (or aren’t allowed to be voters - like say felons) or say non-citizens, who are counted for census purposes and for giving a seat to a given state, but not in dividing up those seats in state.

The net effect would be to accumulate seats in certain areas of the state, while entire populations are ignored. One of the results is likely to be shifting seats away from urban areas to rural districts - eroding power of those urban areas (moving power from traditional Democrat areas to GOP dominated areas).

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Alephnaught Dec 10, 2015 • 6:52:54am

re: #357 Backwoods_Sleuth

oh dear…

[Embedded content]

Amongst the first replies is Stan Collymore, who I would guess is a bit more loved in the UK than Katie Hopkins.

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA @realDonaldTrump

— Stan Collymore (@StanCollymore) December 10, 2015

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Backwoods_Sleuth Dec 10, 2015 • 6:54:30am

re: #372 Alephnaught

I was very amused that Trump used “respected columnist” and “Daily Mail” in the same sentence.
Specifically citing Katie Hopkins was bonus stupidity.

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Alephnaught Dec 10, 2015 • 6:59:58am

re: #373 Backwoods_Sleuth

I was very amused that Trump used “respected columnist” and “Daily Mail” in the same sentence.
Specifically citing Katie Hopkins was bonus stupidity.

With Katie Hopkins endorsing Trump now, I wouldn’t be surprised if this petition hits half a million signatures soon.

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Backwoods_Sleuth Dec 10, 2015 • 7:02:59am

re: #374 Alephnaught

With Katie Hopkins endorsing Trump now, I wouldn’t be surprised if this petition hits half a million signatures soon.

It’s getting close to that number!
I just read this article:
Woman behind petition to ban Donald Trump from UK ‘shocked’ by support

Suzanne Kelly, a campaigner from Aberdeen whose petition to ban Donald Trump from the UK on the grounds of hate speech has acted as a lightning rod for public disgust at the US presidential candidate’s Islamophobia, has said she is “as shocked as anyone” by its success.

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ObserverArt Dec 10, 2015 • 7:04:31am

re: #368 Backwoods_Sleuth

Abortion clinic buffer zones proposed in new Ohio bill

I give the bills authors credit for both doing this bill and realizing it doesn’t have a chance in Kasich Ohio.

If anything, it will at least be another example of this whole mess and how Republicans mess with women’s health issues. The more examples the more the message might get through. Might.

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ObserverArt Dec 10, 2015 • 7:06:38am

re: #369 Dark_Falcon

It’s a lot easier to keep out a Tashfeen Malik than to treat an Adam Lanza, assuming Lanza could have been treated. Moreover, going after the foreign enemy is much more popular politically, because people see the power of the state deployed against The Other, and not against people who look like them.

Hello Mr. Obvious.

Also Mr. I Would Have Expected This Response From You!

: )

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SteveMcGaziBolaGate RN Dec 10, 2015 • 7:10:44am

If Donald trump thanked me for a good interview, I think I would be like “no not here.”

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Backwoods_Sleuth Dec 10, 2015 • 7:11:33am

This Torah crown, on view in gallery 508, is a survival of 18th-century silver. https://t.co/peEuQZVZTr #Hanukkah pic.twitter.com/HwYPFMIn11

— metmuseum (@metmuseum) December 10, 2015

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lawhawk Dec 10, 2015 • 7:13:51am

“Refused to let his family eat Asian children” (h/t TPM readers) pic.twitter.com/M5LiVGMngb

— Catherine Thompson (@KT_thomps) December 10, 2015

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Dark_Falcon Dec 10, 2015 • 7:15:13am

Sometimes I use the DM for link material, because DERPy as it can be its coverage of world news is still at times more through than CNN. But when the DM FAILs, its fails badly. As witness:

Shock and awe: ISIS show off their TANKS and hi-tech arsenal looted from the Iraqi army in series of chilling pictures from the frontline

But what tank do they show?

that’s not an M1A1 (which are the tanks we sell to Iraq), or even a T-72 (the most advanced FSU type operated by the Iraqi Army), it’s an old T-55, albeit an upgraded one. The ‘high-tech tank’ is older than yours truly, and of a model far outclassed by the M60A3s Turkey has in Iraq.

Hence the “Daily FAIL” nickname.

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Backwoods_Sleuth Dec 10, 2015 • 7:15:25am

Justice Scalia’s comments yesterday are racist in application, if not intent. It undermines the academic achievements of African-Americans.

— Senator Harry Reid (@SenatorReid) December 10, 2015

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Dark_Falcon Dec 10, 2015 • 7:17:11am

re: #377 ObserverArt

Hello Mr. Obvious.

Also Mr. I Would Have Expected This Response From You!

: )

In the Time of Trump, the obvious needs to be stated loudly, for only then can it be noticed over the roar of The Donald’s fans.

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Backwoods_Sleuth Dec 10, 2015 • 7:18:03am

There are a couple of lizards who immediately come to mind who will agree with this:

Burn, baby, burn. https://t.co/BYoVyDw40b pic.twitter.com/OXAqYzs8fP

— George Takei (@GeorgeTakei) December 10, 2015

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The Vicious Babushka Dec 10, 2015 • 7:18:12am

Ted has seen the Enemy, and it is him.

Today we face an aggressive enemy who’s goal is nothing less than the eradication of our very way of life https://t.co/q1DtpFE2gr

— Senator Ted Cruz (@SenTedCruz) December 10, 2015

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WhatEVs Dec 10, 2015 • 7:23:25am

re: #258 goddamnedfrank

I can’t even look at Sean Connery these days without cringing at his proud woman-beater stance…but only if she needs to be slapped around.

Fuck him sideways, long and hard. I have not and will not watch anything he is in since I saw that interview where he was talking about hitting his wife.

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The Vicious Babushka Dec 10, 2015 • 7:24:29am

LOLWUT==>

When terrorists can simply swim across the Rio Grande, we are daring them to make the journey. #SecureTheBorder https://t.co/q1DtpFE2gr

— Senator Ted Cruz (@SenTedCruz) December 10, 2015

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Timothy Watson Dec 10, 2015 • 7:26:01am

re: #387 The Vicious Babushka

LOLWUT==>

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What do you expect from someone who gets his news from SMOTI, he’s probably been watching James O’Keefe’s video.

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andres Dec 10, 2015 • 7:27:52am

re: #384 Backwoods_Sleuth

There are a couple of lizards who immediately come to mind who will agree with this:

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That was almost me last night. I still have no idea how I managed to burn a simple white rice recipe.

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SteveMcGaziBolaGate RN Dec 10, 2015 • 7:27:57am

re: #385 The Vicious Babushka

Just because they want to eradicate our way of life doesn’t mean they can. Hell, Ted wants to eradicate our way of life. He has a better chance of doing it than ISIS.

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WhatEVs Dec 10, 2015 • 7:28:24am

re: #283 Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light)

Girlfriend got an awesome automatically adjustable height desk from her old office. I could spend all afternoon just raising and lowering it…

A few years ago, when slide phones were a thing, there was a commercial for a call carrier and the girl was talking about the how great the phone was while the boy was in the background opening and closing it saying “It goes in, it goes out…it goes in, it goes out”. My husband hated that commercial and I roared with laughter every time I saw it.

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The Vicious Babushka Dec 10, 2015 • 7:29:24am

Authentic Frontier Gibberish Twitter Lady spewing out a bunch of Authentic Frontier Gibberish==>

It’s taken 7 yrs 2 gt a sm recovery frm crash, yet #DNC hv ramped up th Nat’l Debit up 2 20 trillion! Yet O & Mish live Lush life! #TCOT

— gayle ryan (@gayle_ryan) December 10, 2015

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Timothy Watson Dec 10, 2015 • 7:29:35am

Ah, shit:

The man who purchased two assault rifles used in the San Bernardino massacre was more than just a friend to the gunman — he was also a relative.

Enrique Marquez, who legally bought the weapons at least three years ago, and gunman Syed Rizwan Farook had a sister-in-law in common, according to marriage records. Marquez, a longtime friend of Farook who grew up next door in Riverside, became family last year when he married that woman’s sister. Both women are from Russia.

[…]

Federal authorities questioned Marquez, 24, after searching his mother’s Riverside house over the weekend, but have not charged him with a crime. They are still trying to determine how the couple got the weapons.

Marquez told investigators that he and Farook planned an attack in the United States in 2012 but never followed through, according to one law enforcement official briefed on the investigation.

talkingpointsmemo.com

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Fourth Football of the Apocalypse Dec 10, 2015 • 7:30:03am

re: #390 SteveMcGaziBolaGate RN

Just because they want to eradicate our way of life doesn’t mean they can. Hell, Ted wants to eradicate our way of life. He has a better chance of doing it than ISIS.

I wonder what Ted thinks our way of life is?

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BeachDem Dec 10, 2015 • 7:31:17am

re: #364 Backwoods_Sleuth

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No wonder Trump likes her:

Hopkins first appeared on television as a contestant on the third UK series of The Apprentice in 2007. She frequently made personal and critical comments on camera. She subsequently appeared in I’m a Celebrity…Get Me Out of Here! on ITV and Celebrity Big Brother on Channel 5.

On Ebola, she tweeted: “Little sweaty jocks, sending us Ebola bombs in the form of sweaty Glaswegians just isn’t cricket.

On dementia patients: Hopkins made a series of tweets suggesting that people with dementia are “bed blockers” who take up scarce hospital beds

On migrants: Hopkins wrote a column in The Sun comparing migrants to “cockroaches” and “feral humans” and said they were “spreading like the norovirus”

Yep, she’s his kinda gal.

Her latest tweet:

Dreary Obama makes me want to wrap a suicide vest around my head and text BOOM to my brain https://t.co/5SaKwd02Hu pic.twitter.com/HOADBD6X0y

— Katie Hopkins (@KTHopkins) December 10, 2015

A real charmer.

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Fourth Football of the Apocalypse Dec 10, 2015 • 7:31:59am

re: #392 The Vicious Babushka

It’s taken 7 yrs 2 gt a sm recovery frm crash, yet #DNC hv ramped up th Nat’l Debit up 2 20 trillion! Yet O & Mish live Lush life! #TCOT

This is just painful to read.

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Backwoods_Sleuth Dec 10, 2015 • 7:32:37am

The idea that African American students might be inherently intellectually inferior to other students is despicable. https://t.co/sci0wIGqiL

— Senator Harry Reid (@SenatorReid) December 10, 2015

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Fourth Football of the Apocalypse Dec 10, 2015 • 7:32:45am

re: #395 BeachDem

No wonder Trump likes her:

Hopkins first appeared on television as a contestant on the third UK series of The Apprentice in 2007. She frequently made personal and critical comments on camera. She subsequently appeared in I’m a Celebrity…Get Me Out of Here! on ITV and Celebrity Big Brother on Channel 5.

On Ebola, she tweeted: “Little sweaty jocks, sending us Ebola bombs in the form of sweaty Glaswegians just isn’t cricket.

On dementia patients: Hopkins made a series of tweets suggesting that people with dementia are “bed blockers” who take up scarce hospital beds

On migrants: Hopkins wrote a column in The Sun comparing migrants to “cockroaches” and “feral humans” and said they were “spreading like the norovirus”

Yep, she’s his kinda gal.

Her latest tweet:

A real charmer.

Sarah Palin, is that you?

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The Vicious Babushka Dec 10, 2015 • 7:32:57am

re: #396 Fourth Football of the Apocalypse

This is just painful to read.

It makes no sense even when it’s translated.

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Le Lapin Tueur Dec 10, 2015 • 7:33:03am

re: #392 The Vicious Babushka

National debit?

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Shiplord Kirel Dec 10, 2015 • 7:33:33am

Texas secession has gone mainstream. More from an operative behind wingnut lines (LGF quoted in comments):

Facebook Post

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Fourth Football of the Apocalypse Dec 10, 2015 • 7:33:44am

re: #400 Bird in the Paw

National debit?

When you use your ATM card, you take money from the National debit.

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The Vicious Babushka Dec 10, 2015 • 7:34:06am

Cruz thinks ISIS is like Rumpelstiltskin

The strategy to defeat the enemy starts by calling it by it’s name – radical Islamic terrorism. https://t.co/q1DtpFE2gr

— Senator Ted Cruz (@SenTedCruz) December 10, 2015

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dholmes32 Dec 10, 2015 • 7:34:41am

re: #401 Shiplord Kirel

Texas secession has gone mainstream. More from an operative behind wingnut lines (LGF quoted in comments):

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Looks like the FB post is either inaccessible or removed.

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Backwoods_Sleuth Dec 10, 2015 • 7:34:45am

UPDATE: Bomb squad detonates pressure cooker found at Hialeah Elementary: https://t.co/hOGRz5Izfj pic.twitter.com/McEeVNuSnW

— NBC 6 South Florida (@nbc6) December 10, 2015

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Franklin Dec 10, 2015 • 7:34:54am

Not sure how many of you are fans of The Leftovers on HBO but I can’t get the song “Homeward Bound” out of my head. Watched the finale again last night and it’s just wow.

Not really spoilery (but I’ll spoiler tag it).

Never have I seen so much emotion and downright incredible acting in an off-key karaoke scene. Justin Theroux is one hell of an actor.

Click to Reveal

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SabBKLuebSo

Edit: Not sure why the youtube link doesn’t work in the spoiler tag. Here it is clickable if you want.

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Fourth Football of the Apocalypse Dec 10, 2015 • 7:35:03am

re: #403 The Vicious Babushka

Cruz thinks ISIS is like Rumpelstiltskin

Well we have to name it and then sic the DoD on it to destroy them.

But we don’t have a dog in the Syrian fight.

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Eventual Carrion Dec 10, 2015 • 7:36:04am

re: #389 andres

That was almost me last night. I still have no idea how I managed to burn a simple white rice recipe.

Wife fell asleep in recliner and burnt a loaf of bread last night. She has another rising now and will see if it goes better today :-)

I told her to have another cup of coffee to be sure.

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Danack Dec 10, 2015 • 7:36:13am

FYI everyone: Blocks dailymail.co.uk links, because you don’t need that rubbish in your life.

Sometimes you’ll be sent on a collision course with the Daily Mail website, whether you like it or not. This extension helps keep your world a little less hateful, in the face of such horror.

The DailyFail is terrible, and while you might occasionally need to read it, for example to refute something one of your insane relatives is claiming as true, most of the time reading it is only done be accident. The above extension prevents you from reading and daily fail links without making the conscience choice to actually read the article.

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William Lewis Dec 10, 2015 • 7:36:17am

re: #381 Dark_Falcon

Sometimes I use the DM for link material, because DERPy as it can be its coverage of world news is still at times more through than CNN. But when the DM FAILs, its fails badly. As witness:

Shock and awe: ISIS show off their TANKS and hi-tech arsenal looted from the Iraqi army in series of chilling pictures from the frontline

But what tank do they show?

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that’s not an M1A1 (which are the tanks we sell to Iraq), or even a T-72 (the most advanced FSU type operated by the Iraqi Army), it’s an old T-55, albeit an upgraded one. The ‘high-tech tank’ is older than yours truly, and of a model far outclassed by the M60A3s Turkey has in Iraq.

Hence the “Daily FAIL” nickname.

Don’t be too quick to denigrate the old beast. From a hulldown position with ample time to lay the gun, the D-10 is still able to do some serious damage. They have tungsten based APFSDS rounds and the 9M117M2 Boltok (NATO AT-10) cannon launched guided missile available. With the explosive reactive armor upgrades shown as well these are not the same tanks the Soviets were making in 1960. The missile can defeat up to 750 mm of rolled homogeneous equivalent after ERA is defeated out to 6000 meters. They aren’t cheap but to people with lots of oil money?

A serious threat to an M-60A3 crew? If they aren’t on top of their game, yes. And they could surprise a complacent M1 crew (can you say mobility kill? Scrub external view ports? etc? ) The crew is always the most important weapon on a tank but all else being equal, old is not always as much worse as people think.

I’ll drop one last thought on the subject… Isherman M-51.

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The Vicious Babushka Dec 10, 2015 • 7:36:45am

Ben Shapiro is being a horrible little racist shitgoblin. It is a day ending in y!

I will spare you the embeds of this pus-filled sack of putrid foreskin meat.

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Fourth Football of the Apocalypse Dec 10, 2015 • 7:36:52am

re: #406 Franklin

Not sure how many of you are fans of The Leftovers on HBO but I can’t get the song “Homeward Bound” out of my head. Watched the finale again last night and it’s just wow.

Not really spoilery (but I’ll spoiler tag it).

Never have I seen so much emotion and downright incredible acting in an off-key karaoke scene. Justin Theroux is one hell of an actor.

*Spoiler*

Watched most of the first season. It was intriguing at times but ultimately I just had a hard time enjoying it.

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makeitstop Dec 10, 2015 • 7:37:37am

re: #398 Fourth Football of the Apocalypse

Sarah Palin, is that you?

Katie seems to have a better command of the language. Same toxic ideas, though.

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Backwoods_Sleuth Dec 10, 2015 • 7:38:26am

Cincinnati police and federal authorities close off US courthouse and federal building downtown bomb scare pic.twitter.com/Yn89yEvZBi

— Dan Sewell (@dansewell) December 10, 2015

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FormerDirtDart Dec 10, 2015 • 7:38:37am

I was wondering how this turned out

I’m sitting down with @realDonaldTrump on Wednesday. What questions should I ask the GOP frontrunner? pic.twitter.com/Gewcq0EPRZ

— Katie Couric (@katiecouric) December 7, 2015

Apparently Trump cancelled abruptly late Monday night claiming a scheduling issue.
Maybe Palin called him, and warned of Katie’s potential “gotcha” questions

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Belafon Dec 10, 2015 • 7:38:41am

re: #405 Backwoods_Sleuth

The tweet’s misleading. The bomb squad opened it and found it wasn’t dangerous.

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Franklin Dec 10, 2015 • 7:39:53am

re: #412 Fourth Football of the Apocalypse

Watched most of the first season. It was intriguing at times but ultimately I just had a hard time enjoying it.

If you have the time (and inclination) the second season is far superior than the 1st. I enjoyed the first, but I think the second season is one of the best seasons I’ve witnessed on television.

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Timothy Watson Dec 10, 2015 • 7:39:55am

One of my college professors was talking about this a couple weeks ago: President John Taylor has two living grandsons

Here’s the most amazing thing you’ll ever read about our 10th president:

John Tyler was born in 1790. He took office in 1841, after William Henry Harrison died. And he has two living grandchildren.

Not great-great-great-grandchildren. Their dad was Tyler’s son.

HOW IS THIS POSSIBLE?

The Tyler men have a habit of having kids very late in life. Lyon Gardiner Tyler, one of President Tyler’s 15 kids, was born in 1853. He fathered Lyon Gardiner Tyler Jr. in 1924, and Harrison Ruffin Tyler in 1928.

We placed a somewhat awkward call to the Charles City County History Center in Virginia to check in on the Tylers.

After we shared this fact on Twitter in 2012, Dan Amira interviewed Harrison Tyler for New York Magazine. Lyon Tyler spoke to the Daughters of the American Revolution a while back. Snopes is also in on the fact.

mentalfloss.com

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BeachDem Dec 10, 2015 • 7:40:37am

re: #403 The Vicious Babushka

Cruz thinks ISIS is like Rumpelstiltskin

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Ted ought to learn spelling and grammar before he pontificates. It’s ITS, not it’s, Teddy.

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WhatEVs Dec 10, 2015 • 7:41:01am

re: #359 lawhawk

The hot toy of the season is causing a firestorm of trouble.

The ubiquitous hoverboard, which doesn’t actually hover, does actually have a disturbing tendency to catch fire - and set fire to stuff around it.

Airlines are considering bans on bringing the item on board. There’s already quite a few house fires associated with the gizmo, and public safety folks are looking at recalls or other measures. Even the maker of one of the boards has issued a recall.

The UK has seized 90% of the hoverboards entering the country over the fire risk.

The items are largely made in China, but there’s a bunch of counterfeiters out there, and it’s hard to tell what components are involved, or which brands are more susceptible to catching fire.

That’s a damn shame. I really wanted one of those…the poor man’s Segway.

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It's on his hat! Dec 10, 2015 • 7:41:15am

re: #403 The Vicious Babushka

Whoever runs that Twitter account for Cruz is really bad at grammar.

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WhatEVs Dec 10, 2015 • 7:41:17am

re: #360 Fourth Football of the Apocalypse

Same side as Friends of Hamas, too.

//

With pita chips!

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Fourth Football of the Apocalypse Dec 10, 2015 • 7:41:51am

re: #415 FormerDirtDart

I was wondering how this turned out

Apparently Trump cancelled abruptly late Monday night claiming a scheduling issue.
Maybe Palin called him, and warned of Katie’s potential “gotcha” questions

Don Lemon gives much better interview.

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Fourth Football of the Apocalypse Dec 10, 2015 • 7:42:49am

re: #418 Timothy Watson

One of my college professors was talking about this a couple weeks ago: President John Taylor has two living grandsons

mentalfloss.com

Got himself a young wife later in life.

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FormerDirtDart Dec 10, 2015 • 7:45:12am

re: #423 Fourth Football of the Apocalypse

Apparently Trump cancelled abruptly late Monday night claiming a scheduling issue.
Maybe Palin called him, and warned of Katie’s potential “gotcha” questions

Don Lemon gives much better ~~interview~~ fellatio.

/

Fixed it for you

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Belafon Dec 10, 2015 • 7:46:18am

re: #420 WhatEVs

That’s a damn shame. I really wanted one of those…the poor man’s Segway.

Reading the article, it looks like you just have to make sure you use the right type of battery.

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WhatEVs Dec 10, 2015 • 7:46:49am

re: #365 Belafon

I saw the FP diary on Daily Kos about the Supreme Court considering basing redistricting on eligible voters versus population. All of the conservative justices seemed to be open to the idea.

Edit: Roberts, who doesn’t seem to have trouble legislating from the bench, was considering the possibility of having any changes take affect after the next census, so someone can count the actual number of eligible voters.

Which changes how much over 10 years? Will that be taken into consideration? Of course not.

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GlutenFreeJesus Dec 10, 2015 • 7:50:56am

re: #403 The Vicious Babushka

Cruz thinks ISIS is like Rumpelstiltskin

@SenTedCruz BEETLEJUICE! BEETLEJUICE! BEETLEJUICE!

— efuseakay (@efuseakay) December 10, 2015

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The Vicious Babushka Dec 10, 2015 • 7:51:00am

Teh Stupids On Parade==>

They came home not because President Carter had allowed the Islamic revolution to triumph unopposed https://t.co/TUxiir53wx

— Ted Cruz (@tedcruz) December 10, 2015

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The Vicious Babushka Dec 10, 2015 • 7:52:24am

THEY CAME HOME BECAUSE RONNIE GAVE WEAPONS TO THE IRANIANS

They came home because now a President Reagan was in the White House and the Ayatollah knew he would defend America https://t.co/TUxiir53wx

— Ted Cruz (@tedcruz) December 10, 2015

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Dark_Falcon Dec 10, 2015 • 7:52:44am

re: #410 William Lewis

Don’t be too quick to denigrate the old beast. From a hulldown position with ample time to lay the gun, the D-10 is still able to do some serious damage. They have tungsten based APFSDS rounds and the 9M117M2 Boltok (NATO AT-10) cannon launched guided missile available. With the explosive reactive armor upgrades shown as well these are not the same tanks the Soviets were making in 1960. The missile can defeat up to 750 mm of rolled homogeneous equivalent after ERA is defeated out to 6000 meters. They aren’t cheap but to people with lots of oil money?

A serious threat to an M-60A3 crew? If they aren’t on top of their game, yes. And they could surprise a complacent M1 crew (can you say mobility kill? Scrub external view ports? etc? ) The crew is always the most important weapon on a tank but all else being equal, old is not always as much worse as people think.

I’ll drop one last thought on the subject… Isherman M-51.

Oh,I know what they can do, but you should know those Syrian tanks weren’t issued the Boltok. Assad has those, but none were sent to Deir Ezzor and his government still controls the armories where they are stored. Moreover, only a few of Syria’s T-55 were fitted to fire those missiles, and this might not be one of them.

And with that digression out of the way your point is well made. Any decently-maintained and properly supplied tank can be a threat if given a decent crew. But head-to-head the M60 is far superior and Turkey will have better crews than Daesh.

Also, I almost forgot the proper meme for FSU tanks operated by Daesh, but here it is:

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ObserverArt Dec 10, 2015 • 7:53:00am

re: #390 SteveMcGaziBolaGate RN

Just because they want to eradicate our way of life doesn’t mean they can. Hell, Ted wants to eradicate our way of life. He has a better chance of doing it than ISIS.

Or is a way to eradicate “our way of life” is to get the Western World the hell out of Middle Eastern issues. It does seems to have been a ‘way of life” for too long and we have done a lot of bungling it all up.

Sure we can have trade and relations, but no more damn nation building and puppet governments, invasions and overall messing about.

Maybe Ted and many others need to have the perspective of someone that has had to live through the past 50 (probably way more) years of hard life in the ME. Then they might actually understand that we too could be seen as terrorists.

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WhatEVs Dec 10, 2015 • 7:53:13am

re: #395 BeachDem

@KTHopkins Feel free. Go on now. Buh bye.

— MsJoanne (@MsJoanne) December 10, 2015

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Dark_Falcon Dec 10, 2015 • 7:53:50am

re: #430 The Vicious Babushka

THEY CAME HOME BECAUSE RONNIE GAVE WEAPONS TO THE IRANIANS

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That was later, VB. Iran-Contra was years away in 1981.

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lawhawk Dec 10, 2015 • 7:55:25am

Ted Cruz is from Texas, and he doesn’t know that the Rio Grande run dry or nearly dry in significant portions of its run along the US-Mexico border for significant portions of the year? You don’t need to swim to cross it.

Oh, and I hear that Cubans are racing to try and get into the US - by any means necessary. Because of the dry-feet rule. If they get here, they’re in (if they’re stopped before they get ashore, they’re sent back). Guess that’s okay then.

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Barefoot Grin Dec 10, 2015 • 7:55:56am

re: #395 BeachDem

No wonder Trump likes her:

Hopkins first appeared on television as a contestant on the third UK series of The Apprentice in 2007. She frequently made personal and critical comments on camera. She subsequently appeared in I’m a Celebrity…Get Me Out of Here! on ITV and Celebrity Big Brother on Channel 5.

On Ebola, she tweeted: “Little sweaty jocks, sending us Ebola bombs in the form of sweaty Glaswegians just isn’t cricket.

On dementia patients: Hopkins made a series of tweets suggesting that people with dementia are “bed blockers” who take up scarce hospital beds

On migrants: Hopkins wrote a column in The Sun comparing migrants to “cockroaches” and “feral humans” and said they were “spreading like the norovirus”

Yep, she’s his kinda gal.

Her latest tweet:

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A real charmer.

“Gained and lost 3.5 stone, proving fat people are lazy.” She’s an intellectual, too.

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Timothy Watson Dec 10, 2015 • 7:59:30am

re: #430 The Vicious Babushka

THEY CAME HOME BECAUSE RONNIE GAVE WEAPONS TO THE IRANIANS

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My semi-official list of “Reagan did nothing”:

September 1, 1983: 269 people, including 62 Americans, abroad Korean Air Lines Flight 007 are murdered by the Soviets.

Reagan’s response? Nothing.

October 23, 1983: 307 people, including 241 American servicemen, are murdered by the Iranians when their barracks in Beirut, Lebanon is bombed.

Reagan’s response? To sell the Iranians weapons, while they were fighting against our ally, Iraq, less than two years later.

March 24, 1985: Major Arthur D. Nicholson is murdered by Soviet sentries while on an official military liaison mission. The Soviets let Major Nicholson bleed to death without rendering any attempt at medical assistance.

Reagan’s response? Nothing.

September 5, 1986: Pan Am Flight 73, while on the tarmac in Karachi, Pakistan, is attacked by the Libyan-backed Abu Nidal Organization (ANO) in an attempted hijacking. 20 passengers and crew are killed, including 2 Americans. (More Americans would have died if not for the heroic attacks of flight attendant Neerja Bhanot, whose prompt warning to the cockpit crew allowed them to escape, preventing the plane from taking off. In addition, Bhanot hid and destroyed the passports of Americans, knowing they would be targets of ANO. She would be killed while shielding children as they evacuated the plane after she had hit the release for the emergency ramp, after the hijackers opened fire on the hostages.)

Reagan’s response? Nothing.

April 28, 1987: Ben Linder, an American engineer working on a hydroelectric plant, is specifically targeted for assassination by the Contras.

Reagan’s response: For him and his congressional allies to wage a smear campaign against Linder and his family.

December 21, 1988: Pan Am Flight 103 is destroyed by a bomb placed onboard by Libyan intellgience officers. 270 are killed, including 189 Americans.

Reagan’s response? Nothing.

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The Vicious Babushka Dec 10, 2015 • 8:00:00am

Is Ted Cruz suggesting that the US needs to go in and support Assad?
I just can’t even.

For as bad as Assad was and is, radical jihadis controlling Syria would not be an improvement.

— Ted Cruz (@tedcruz) December 10, 2015

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Backwoods_Sleuth Dec 10, 2015 • 8:00:32am

Texans begin nightly smashing of Muslims family’s windows only six weeks after they move in https://t.co/71jQtnMSoa pic.twitter.com/c3cafWPN8D

— Raw Story (@RawStory) December 10, 2015

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Dark_Falcon Dec 10, 2015 • 8:01:04am

re: #410 William Lewis

One other note you’ll like is that one Israeli battalion of Isherman M-51s routed two Iraqi battalions of T-55s outnumbering it 5-2 in 1973. A well sited ambush and IDF gunnery training made the difference.

Nice factoid to tie things together, I think.

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Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light) Dec 10, 2015 • 8:01:36am

re: #365 Belafon

I saw the FP diary on Daily Kos about the Supreme Court considering basing redistricting on eligible voters versus population. All of the conservative justices seemed to be open to the idea.

Edit: Roberts, who doesn’t seem to have trouble legislating from the bench, was considering the possibility of having any changes take affect after the next census, so someone can count the actual number of eligible voters.

How about counting non-voters as 3/5th?

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GlutenFreeJesus Dec 10, 2015 • 8:02:01am

re: #438 The Vicious Babushka

Is Ted Cruz suggesting that the US needs to go in and support Assad?
I just can’t even.

@tedcruz Neither would you radical Christians, controlling the US. That would be worse actually.

— efuseakay (@efuseakay) December 10, 2015

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ObserverArt Dec 10, 2015 • 8:02:41am

re: #411 The Vicious Babushka

Ben Shapiro is being a horrible little racist shitgoblin. It is a day ending in y!

I will spare you the embeds of this pus-filled sack of putrid foreskin meat.

Thank you. Now if somehow the image of Mr. Pursed Lips Cruz in all the tweets could go away…

(Not blaming anyone…just that guy turns my stomach. I can’t think of any recent politician that has been such a turn off. Even 47% Romney.)

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The Vicious Babushka Dec 10, 2015 • 8:02:56am

Abraham Lincoln & General Eisenhower would beg to differ.

Reagan was the single greatest liberator of human oppression the world has ever known. https://t.co/3fG2BxRsqa

— Senator Ted Cruz (@SenTedCruz) December 10, 2015

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Shiplord Kirel Dec 10, 2015 • 8:03:16am

re: #430 The Vicious Babushka

THEY CAME HOME BECAUSE RONNIE GAVE WEAPONS TO THE IRANIANS

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That winger lie has been around basically since it happened. The deal to release the hostages was completed during Carter’s last days in office and under his administration. The Iranians delayed the actual release until a few minutes after Reagan had been sworn in, in a crude effort to humiliate Carter and keep him from taking credit for the release. Reagan himself recognized this and countered the Iranian ploy by appointing Carter to go to Algeria and meet the freed hostages as his personal representative. Wingnut liars like Cruz are letting themselves be manipulated by the Iranians.

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Backwoods_Sleuth Dec 10, 2015 • 8:03:20am

Jurors just came back in the courthouse. We will be at the courthouse awaiting a verdict. #DanielHoltzclaw

— OKCARTISTS4JUSTICE (@OKCART4JUSTICE) December 10, 2015

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Barefoot Grin Dec 10, 2015 • 8:03:51am

re: #444 The Vicious Babushka

Abraham Lincoln & General Eisenhower would beg to differ.

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He forgot Moses!

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Backwoods_Sleuth Dec 10, 2015 • 8:05:12am

re: #446 Backwoods_Sleuth

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@boldandworthy they are just coming back for the morning to go back to deliberating. I wish!

— OKCARTISTS4JUSTICE (@OKCART4JUSTICE) December 10, 2015

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GlutenFreeJesus Dec 10, 2015 • 8:05:22am

@SenTedCruz Dude. You wear lipstick. And it’s rubbing off on your chin. pic.twitter.com/PWi5qpNR3X

— efuseakay (@efuseakay) December 10, 2015

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The Vicious Babushka Dec 10, 2015 • 8:05:28am

Ted is just making shit up now

Reagan did it not by forcing democracy on unwilling nations, but by an unwavering determination to defeat Communism. https://t.co/KE7xNUY9cB

— Senator Ted Cruz (@SenTedCruz) December 10, 2015

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WhatEVs Dec 10, 2015 • 8:05:34am

re: #444 The Vicious Babushka

Abraham Lincoln & General Eisenhower would beg to differ.

I saw Cruz on Morning Joe and he was babbling on about how the generals were parroting the White House line.

And here I thought we were always supposed to listen to the generals. Silly me.

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Dark_Falcon Dec 10, 2015 • 8:05:58am

re: #437 Timothy Watson

My semi-official list of “Reagan did nothing”:

Point of order: Iraq was not our ally in the 1980s. We sold them some weapons but the Soviet Union was Iraq’s biggest supplier, with China at #2. The US actually sold Iraq less than did Brazil(!), and most of it spare parts plus some M113 APCs. And we did that to oppose Iran, not because we liked Saddam.

We were playing a double game (so were other nations as well) and Iraq was not seen as an ally.

BBL

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Lidane Dec 10, 2015 • 8:06:56am

Donald Trump Campaign Plans to Win ‘100 Percent’ of Black Vote https://t.co/g0IrAtKlKI by @HashtagGriswold pic.twitter.com/1PJqfjtOdg

— Mediaite (@Mediaite) December 10, 2015

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Timothy Watson Dec 10, 2015 • 8:07:03am

re: #445 Shiplord Kirel

That winger lie has been around basically since it happened. The deal to release the hostages was completed during Carter’s last days in office and under his administration. The Iranians delayed the actual release until a few minutes after Reagan had been sworn in, in a crude effort to humiliate Carter and keep him from taking credit for the release. Reagan himself recognized this and countered the Iranian ploy by appointing Carter to go to Algeria and meet the freed hostages as his personal representative. Wingnut liars like Cruz are letting themselves be manipulated by the Iranians.

Not to mention that Carter actually had the military attempt a rescue attempt, disastrous as it was. I don’t recall Reagan doing jackshit for any of the hostages Hezbollah or Islamic Jihad were torturing to death.

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The Vicious Babushka Dec 10, 2015 • 8:07:45am

re: #453 Lidane

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They’ll do that by finding ways to disqualify all Black voters except for the 3 that are going to vote for Donald.

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Backwoods_Sleuth Dec 10, 2015 • 8:08:01am

re: #453 Lidane

LOLOLOLOL!!!

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BeachDem Dec 10, 2015 • 8:09:01am

re: #450 The Vicious Babushka

Ted is just making shit up now

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Well, Trump was sucking all the air out of Ted’s tires, so he had to enlist the magic talisman, REAGAN!!

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Timothy Watson Dec 10, 2015 • 8:09:28am

re: #452 Dark_Falcon

Point of order: Iraq was not our ally in the 1980s. We sold them some weapons but the Soviet Union was Iraq’s biggest supplier, with China at #2. The US actually sold Iraq less than did Brazil(!), and most of it spare parts plus some M113 APCs. And we did that to oppose Iran, not because we liked Saddam.

We were playing a double game (so were other nations as well) and Iraq was not seen as an ally.

BBL

Must be why the Reagan administration launched a disinformation campaign to make sure that Iraq and Saddam Hussein suffered no penalties for exterminating Kurds with the poisonous gas we gave him and trained him to use.

Must be why we gave Iraq satellite intelligence to use that same poisonous gas on Iranians, when we weren’t even giving satellite intelligence to Israel.

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Franklin Dec 10, 2015 • 8:09:31am

re: #453 Lidane

“Our goal is 100 percent,” Cohen told Walker. But he then amended that statement to saying that they would be happy with only flipping the 93 percent who typically vote Democrat.

So he doesn’t care about losing the 7% that already vote Republican?

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GlutenFreeJesus Dec 10, 2015 • 8:11:28am

re: #453 Lidane

Will Trump liquidate all his advisers when he loses next year? I am asking this seriously.

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William Lewis Dec 10, 2015 • 8:11:43am

re: #431 Dark_Falcon

Reasonable points but nothing special is needed to use those APFSDS rounds which are able to remove an M60 engine from the chassis by means of a front glacis plate (only 258 mm RHS equivalent & ERA won’t slow KE rounds) hit… O_o

Better make sure the damn zoomies don’t scrap the best tank buster in the world, eh?

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Backwoods_Sleuth Dec 10, 2015 • 8:12:42am

What about Jesus? https://t.co/pauhhc2bwO

— Gus ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ (@Gus_802) December 10, 2015

Reagan was the single greatest liberator of human oppression the world has ever known. https://t.co/3fG2BxRsqa

— Senator Ted Cruz (@SenTedCruz) December 10, 2015

heh…

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Fourth Football of the Apocalypse Dec 10, 2015 • 8:13:32am

re: #454 Timothy Watson

Reagan himself recognized this and countered the Iranian ploy by appointing Carter to go to Algeria and meet the freed hostages as his personal representative.

I hadn’t known this. Good on the Gipper.

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Dr. Matt Dec 10, 2015 • 8:14:20am

re: #453 Lidane

Donald Trump Campaign Plans to Win ‘100 Percent’ of Black Vote t.co by @HashtagGriswold pic.twitter.com
- Mediaite (@Mediaite) December 10, 2015

Very true if Allen West (R-idiot) is the only Black person to vote next November.

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Lidane Dec 10, 2015 • 8:15:15am

The front page of the @TorontoStar today https://t.co/m2quvbGgDP pic.twitter.com/1jz4xtDDXp

— Mashable (@mashable) December 10, 2015

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Fourth Football of the Apocalypse Dec 10, 2015 • 8:15:36am

re: #438 The Vicious Babushka

Is Ted Cruz suggesting that the US needs to go in and support Assad?
I just can’t even.

So…we should bomb Syria more? Less? What does Ted want us to do there?

467

Backwoods_Sleuth Dec 10, 2015 • 8:15:52am

#BREAKING: Boston train leaves station without driver. @tamronhall with the latest details now on @MSNBC.

— MSNBC Live w/Tamron (@TamronMSNBC) December 10, 2015

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William Lewis Dec 10, 2015 • 8:16:13am

re: #434 Dark_Falcon

That was later, VB. Iran-Contra was years away in 1981.

Iran-Contra was the 2nd time he committed treason with the government of Iran. The agreement gave them weapons and gave them back huge sums of money blocked by the Carter administration.

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Shiplord Kirel Dec 10, 2015 • 8:16:23am

re: #464 Dr. Matt

Very true if Allen West (R-idiot) is the only Black person to vote next November.

If nothing else, Trump has the crazed war criminal vote wrapped up.

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WhatEVs Dec 10, 2015 • 8:17:10am

re: #465 Lidane

I love my adopted country.

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Timothy Watson Dec 10, 2015 • 8:17:21am

re: #465 Lidane

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Is it bad that my redneck self, worried about a possible Trump victory, was looking at getting a visa to live and work in Canada the other day?

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Dr. Matt Dec 10, 2015 • 8:17:23am

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Franklin Dec 10, 2015 • 8:17:46am

re: #467 Backwoods_Sleuth

Paywalled (likely)

bostonglobe.com

The inbound train left around 6:08 a.m., and made no stops as it traveled through Quincy Adams, Quincy Center, and Wollaston stations. MBTA workers stopped the train just past North Quincy Station by shutting down the third rail.

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Dr. Matt Dec 10, 2015 • 8:18:14am

re: #467 Backwoods_Sleuth

#BREAKING: Boston train leaves station without driver. @tamronhall with the latest details now on @MSNBC.
— MSNBC Live w/Tamron (@TamronMSNBC) December 10, 2015

Starring Keanu Reeves in “Speed 3”.

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b_sharp Dec 10, 2015 • 8:18:32am

re: #465 Lidane

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Out west here there are a lot of wingnuts whining horribly about how we’re letting in all the terrorists.

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Backwoods_Sleuth Dec 10, 2015 • 8:18:36am

re: #473 Franklin

more here:

Driverless train carrying 50 travels through 4 Boston stops https://t.co/2gJeU43yw6

— WRKO (@WRKO680) December 10, 2015

Boston transit officials investigating report of tampering involving safety device on commuter train: https://t.co/W4NBGuNQOh

— ABC News (@ABC) December 10, 2015

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The Vicious Babushka Dec 10, 2015 • 8:18:46am

re: #474 Dr. Matt

Starring Keanu Reeves in “Speed 3”.

“Unstoppable”

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Franklin Dec 10, 2015 • 8:18:50am

re: #473 Franklin

Paywalled (likely)

bostonglobe.com

More (and more importantly):

In an appearance on Boston Herald Radio, Governor Charlie Baker said multiple times that the train had been tampered with but said he couldn’t go into details because the investigation was ongoing.

“This train was tampered with, and it was tampered with by someone who knows what he was doing,” Baker said.

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GlutenFreeJesus Dec 10, 2015 • 8:19:12am

re: #474 Dr. Matt

Starring Keanu Reeves in “Speed 3”.

I was thinking Denzel Washington and Chris Pine in Unstoppable. (which is a fantastic movie btw)

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William Lewis Dec 10, 2015 • 8:20:27am

re: #450 The Vicious Babushka

Ted is just making shit up now

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Hey, Ted! Tell that to all those murdered by the Right Wing Regimes in Chile, Argentina, Honduras & Guatemala as well as by the Nicaraguan “Contra” terrorists who all died because of Reagan.

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Lidane Dec 10, 2015 • 8:21:56am

ROFL:

How the Democrats created Donald Trump: https://t.co/iZDWRuYeOA pic.twitter.com/4FKTRZsWuF

— National Review (@NRO) December 10, 2015

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William Lewis Dec 10, 2015 • 8:22:24am

re: #471 Timothy Watson

Is it bad that my redneck self, worried about a possible Trump victory, was looking at getting a visa to live and work in Canada the other day?

I keep wondering what the requirements for either Germany or the Czech Republic are these days…

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Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light) Dec 10, 2015 • 8:22:35am

re: #480 William Lewis

Hey, Ted! Tell that to all those murdered by the Right Wing Regimes in Chile, Argentina, Honduras & Guatemala as well as by the Nicaraguan “Contra” terrorists who all died because of Reagan.

Shut up that is the real, historical Reagan, not the blank-slate-onto-which-we-project-our-image-of-an-ideal-leader Reagan.

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Fourth Football of the Apocalypse Dec 10, 2015 • 8:23:05am

re: #481 Lidane

How the Democrats created Donald Trump: t.co pic.twitter.com
— National Review

Mighty competent of us Dems, to create the GOP frontrunner.

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Dr. Matt Dec 10, 2015 • 8:23:09am

I’m probably in the minority here, but I have to say since gawker revamped and shifted only to politics, the site has improved. Some pretty decent content so far.

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Fourth Football of the Apocalypse Dec 10, 2015 • 8:24:13am

re: #481 Lidane

ROFL:

But Limbo doesn’t want the GOP to attack Trump because to do so would put the Dems and GOP “on the side of Hamas.”

So does Rushbo think the NRO is on the side of Hamas?

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Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light) Dec 10, 2015 • 8:24:34am

re: #484 Fourth Football of the Apocalypse

Mighty competent of us Dems, to create the GOP frontrunner.

/

But they do not see the coup de grace coming: in which DT drops out of the race and throws his support behind HIllary!!!

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Dr. Matt Dec 10, 2015 • 8:24:46am

re: #481 Lidane

ROFL:

It’s a common theme: How The Left Created Donald Trump

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ObserverArt Dec 10, 2015 • 8:24:59am

re: #468 William Lewis

Iran-Contra was the 2nd time he committed treason with the government of Iran. The agreement gave them weapons and gave them back huge sums of money blocked by the Carter administration.

I would love to see you say that in front of a room of Reagan loving Republican politicians.

No really, I would love to see it. The reactions and the blow back would be epic.

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Lidane Dec 10, 2015 • 8:25:22am

Eleanor Clift is high again:

Is Marco Rubio the GOP’s Bill Clinton? https://t.co/Fb2AR6Q0X2 pic.twitter.com/DfvKO3Kk5i

— The Daily Beast (@thedailybeast) December 10, 2015

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Blind Frog Belly White Dec 10, 2015 • 8:25:53am

re: #480 William Lewis

Hey, Ted! Tell that to all those murdered by the Right Wing Regimes in Chile, Argentina, Honduras & Guatemala as well as by the Nicaraguan “Contra” terrorists who all died because of Reagan.

You’re thinking about it all wrong. Remember ‘Better Dead Than Red”? Well, Reagan supported the regimes and Death Squads who made that decision for thousands and thousands of people, saving them from a fate worse than death by killing them instead.

///

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Barefoot Grin Dec 10, 2015 • 8:26:01am

Not sure if it’s been posted, so just in case—here is Kareem Abdul-Jabbar’s excellent takedown of Trump in Time today:

time.com

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ObserverArt Dec 10, 2015 • 8:26:22am

re: #475 b_sharp

Out west here there are a lot of wingnuts whining horribly about how we’re letting in all the terrorists.

Is it as bad as the reactions in America?

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Fourth Football of the Apocalypse Dec 10, 2015 • 8:26:53am

re: #490 Lidane

Eleanor Clift is high again:

Oh dear, is Eleanor Clift still punditing somewhere?

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Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light) Dec 10, 2015 • 8:27:04am

re: #492 Barefoot Grin

Not sure if it’s been posted, so just in case—here is Kareem Abdul-Jabbar’s excellent takedown of Trump in Time today:

time.com

It is brilliant, but preaching to the choir - those sorts of arguments just bounce off the thick heads of Trump supporters.

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Alephnaught Dec 10, 2015 • 8:27:10am

re: #395 BeachDem

No wonder Trump likes her:

Hopkins first appeared on television as a contestant on the third UK series of The Apprentice in 2007. She frequently made personal and critical comments on camera. She subsequently appeared in I’m a Celebrity…Get Me Out of Here! on ITV and Celebrity Big Brother on Channel 5.

On Ebola, she tweeted: “Little sweaty jocks, sending us Ebola bombs in the form of sweaty Glaswegians just isn’t cricket.

On dementia patients: Hopkins made a series of tweets suggesting that people with dementia are “bed blockers” who take up scarce hospital beds

On migrants: Hopkins wrote a column in The Sun comparing migrants to “cockroaches” and “feral humans” and said they were “spreading like the norovirus”

Yep, she’s his kinda gal.

Her latest tweet:

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A real charmer.

She’s trying very hard to be the UK equivalent of Anne Coulter crossed with Kim Kardashian. Nearly all her tweets and columns are trying so hard to be OH-SO-OUTRAGEOUS-I-CAN’T-BELIEVE-SHE-SAID-THAT!!! For example, “Little sweaty jocks” from above is a play on “sweaty socks”, (often shortened to “sweaties”.) a phrase used in some parts of the UK as a racist term of abuse against Scots. Hence the repetition of “sweaty” later. It’s so obviously trolling. The only difference between her and your average obvious internet troll is an agent and an column in the Daily Mail. The obviousness of her trolling has gone past the “cry wolf” point in the UK, hence all the laughs on the UK Twittersphere today.

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Backwoods_Sleuth Dec 10, 2015 • 8:29:51am

re: #496 Alephnaught

@wasterspace Please don’t compare our fine product with Miss Hopkins’ rubbish, madam.

— TripeMarketingBoard (@TripeUK) December 10, 2015

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ObserverArt Dec 10, 2015 • 8:29:53am

re: #481 Lidane

ROFL:

National Review ✔ @NRO

How the Democrats created Donald Trump: natl.re

11:15 AM - 10 Dec 2015

This seems to be the parrot talking point this week. Of course it comes from the Party of Responsible People who can’t admit that even if a Democrat created Trump, it is the GOP party base that can’t get enough.

In other words: YOU LIE!

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William Lewis Dec 10, 2015 • 8:30:06am

re: #489 ObserverArt

I would love to see you say that in front of a room of Reagan loving Republican politicians.

No really, I would love to see it. The reactions and the blow back would be epic.

I did something like that once in High School. My best friend and I at a “town hall” called out my Congressman, Scott Gunderson on the Reagan administration lie that Archbishop Romero was killed by leftists when he was actually murdered by the right wing government. He was a rarity - an honorable Republican who later, after researching the facts of the case, admitted in the newspaper that we were right. I believe his last election was the last time I voted for a Republican because I wanted one to win and not because the alternative was even worse.

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Barefoot Grin Dec 10, 2015 • 8:31:14am

re: #495 Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light)

It is brilliant, but preaching to the choir - those sorts of arguments just bounce off the thick heads of Trump supporters.

No doubt. The comments, if they hosted them, would talk about what a shitty basketball player Kareem was.

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Lidane Dec 10, 2015 • 8:31:46am

Two years ago, @DouthatNYT saw this road, but assumed the GOP wouldn’t take it. https://t.co/UGSC0b0H3x pic.twitter.com/lldvVx15bB

— Matthew Yglesias (@mattyglesias) December 10, 2015

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SteveMcGaziBolaGate RN Dec 10, 2015 • 8:32:36am

Even if the left created Trump, it’s the right that’s falling in love.

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Belafon Dec 10, 2015 • 8:34:18am

re: #481 Lidane

ROFL:

We didn’t create Trump supporters.

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lawhawk Dec 10, 2015 • 8:37:19am

re: #503 Belafon

The NRO wants to credit the left for creating Ann Coulter? One of Trump’s biggest fans? Or Michelle Malkin, whose thesis on internment is a hit with Trump’s core constituency, because it goes even further in the Islamophobia than Trump’s anti-Muslim immigration position is (though not much past the position taken by Paul, Cruz, and Bush to date).

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Backwoods_Sleuth Dec 10, 2015 • 8:39:10am

FEC asked to investigate ghost donations to Jeb Bush super-PAC https://t.co/aIHclUsJik pic.twitter.com/7RFAZX0zjV

— Mother Jones (@MotherJones) December 10, 2015

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Romantic Heretic Dec 10, 2015 • 8:41:27am

re: #465 Lidane

That was my morning smile.

Even the local wingnut paper, The Stun, I mean Sun, didn’t get nasty on the front page about this. They had a full page ad for a furniture store instead.

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Blind Frog Belly White Dec 10, 2015 • 8:41:55am

re: #503 Belafon

We didn’t create Trump supporters.

Seriously. We’re not the ones who created a network and a whole industry designed to separate gullible people from reality, to whip up their fear and anger against anything different, and then exploit it for political gain.

The GOP created the monster, and now that it’s out of their control, they blame us. Party of Personal Responsibility, my ass.

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Fourth Football of the Apocalypse Dec 10, 2015 • 8:43:03am

re: #501 Lidane

But recall that right before Trump made his case for broad exclusion of all Muslim immigrants from the United States, the GOP leadership was excited about its success in boxing Obama and the Democratic leadership into a corner over the Syrian refugee issue. Republicans, in other words, are disagreeing with Trump about how to leverage voter fear of Muslim immigrants into electoral advantage, not whether to do so. They had a nice, politically savvy plan that attracted broad consensus, and then Trump messed it up by saying something crass. But the broad intention was to follow the path he has been blazing since summertime, both on Islam and on immigration more broadly.

Basically the point I raised the other day. So their supposed disagreement with Trump is not what it seems.

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Fourth Football of the Apocalypse Dec 10, 2015 • 8:43:41am

re: #507 Blind Frog Belly White

Seriously. We’re not the ones who created a network and a whole industry designed to separate gullible people from reality, to whip up their fear and anger against anything different, and then exploit it for political gain.

The GOP created the monster, and now that it’s out of their control, they blame us. Party of Personal Responsibility, my ass.

Next: How Democrats created Rush Limbaugh and how the Liberal Left created Fox News

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Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light) Dec 10, 2015 • 8:43:56am

re: #502 SteveMcGaziBolaGate RN

Even if the left created Trump, it’s the right that’s falling in love.

Politicians of all types, left and right, helped “create” Trump by creating a large group of Americans who feel disenfranchised and alienated from the political process. They see him as the champion of anti-government,: a strong personality who will come in, kick butt, knock head together and set things right for them.

That is not at all how things work, but these people prefer a glamorous, sexy, self-assured illusion to a flawed reality.

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Romantic Heretic Dec 10, 2015 • 8:44:03am

re: #474 Dr. Matt

I was thinking more along the lines of The Taking of Pelham 123. The original with Walter Matthau that is.

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Belafon Dec 10, 2015 • 8:44:30am

re: #508 Fourth Football of the Apocalypse

Basically the point I raised the other day. So their supposed disagreement with Trump is not what it seems.

It’s also what Clinton has been pushing: Trump may be saying it out loud, but all the Republican candidates want the same thing.

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Alephnaught Dec 10, 2015 • 8:46:14am

re: #437 Timothy Watson

My semi-official list of “Reagan did nothing”:

[…]

December 21, 1988: Pan Am Flight 103 is destroyed by a bomb placed onboard by Libyan intellgience officers. 270 are killed, including 189 Americans.

I remember that one. Over this side of the pond, it’s known as the Lockerbie Bombing, named after the town over which the wreckage fell.

My husband at the time was living in Ayr, which under 60 miles away from Lockerbie, and on one of the major air routes, so you could hear planes going by high up. One night he noticed a plane that was a regular as clockwork failed to pass by, and less than hour later, he found out what had happened in Lockerbie.

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William Lewis Dec 10, 2015 • 8:46:40am

re: #511 Romantic Heretic

I was thinking more along the lines of The Taking of Pelham 123. The original with Walter Matthau that is.

n Oh, that was a really good movie. I should try to track it down on Netflix or the like.

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Unabogie Dec 10, 2015 • 8:50:17am

This probably means I’m a bad person, but all I do on Twitter is troll RWNJ’s.

@KurtSchlichter @deray It’s OK. You really don’t want to see this. You looked like an imbecile on live TV.

— Unabogie (@Unabogie) December 10, 2015

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Romantic Heretic Dec 10, 2015 • 8:50:26am

re: #481 Lidane

Mentioned this to my wife and her reaction was, “The ‘Party of Personal Responsibility’ is blaming someone else for their actions…again.”

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BeachDem Dec 10, 2015 • 8:52:16am

re: #503 Belafon

We didn’t create Trump supporters.

We didn’t start the fire
It was always burning
Since the world’s been turning
We didn’t start the fire
No we didn’t light it
But we tried to fight it

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WhatEVs Dec 10, 2015 • 8:54:27am

re: #490 Lidane

Eleanor Clift is high again:

[Is Marco Rubio the GOP’s Bill Clinton?]

I a word…No.

519

Bubblehead II Dec 10, 2015 • 8:57:31am

UT Officials tell gun nuts to stay off of their property.

Mock mass shooting changes location after warnings from UT

6: 30 p.m. update: After University of Texas officials said a gun rights demonstration planned for this weekend could be considered criminal trespass, the organizers said the demonstration would likely be staged on Guadalupe Street, adjacent to campus.

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GlutenFreeJesus Dec 10, 2015 • 8:58:27am

re: #487 Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light)

But they do not see the coup de grace coming: in which DT drops out of the race and throws his support behind HIllary!!!

Hillary wouldn’t take it. :)

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Fourth Football of the Apocalypse Dec 10, 2015 • 8:59:00am

re: #519 Bubblehead II

UT Officials tell gun nuts to stay off of their property.

Mock mass shooting changes location after warnings from UT

6: 30 p.m. update: After University of Texas officials said a gun rights demonstration planned for this weekend could be considered criminal trespass, the organizers said the demonstration would likely be staged on Guadalupe Street, adjacent to campus.

What about are First Amendment and Second Amendment rights?!?!?!?!?!? Censorship!!! Jade Helm 15!!!!1

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BeachDem Dec 10, 2015 • 8:59:48am

re: #508 Fourth Football of the Apocalypse

Basically the point I raised the other day. So their supposed disagreement with Trump is not what it seems.

MADDOW: What Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump is
proposing to ban all Muslims from entering the United States, what he is
proposing there is so crazy, so unthinkable as real American policy, but
might it have an effect on other people`s politics?

The effect of him, even on just this issue, because is he so far out
there, is the effect of this kind of statement to make the rest of the
radical ideas from the rest of the Republican field sound comparatively
moderate?

I mean, after Mr. Trump`s ban all Muslims proposal, candidate Jeb Bush
reacted by calling Mr. Trump unhinged. However, that would be the same Jeb
Bush who says we should only allow refugees into this country who are
Christians.

Still though, not as bad as Trump, Ben Carson today also denounced
Trump`s ban all Muslims proposal saying we do not and would not advocate
being selective on one`s religion. But yes, that would be the same Ben
Carson says no Muslim could or should be president of the United States on
the basis of their religion. So still not as bad as Trump?

Chris Christie today also denounced Mr. Trump`s proposal saying, “We
do not need to endorse that type of activity nor should we.” This would be
the same Chris Christie who proposes accepting Syrian refugee orphans under
the age of 5 because they may not be vetted well enough. You can`t trust
them. The 5-year-olds might it be terrorists. After all, they`re from
Syria.

Still though, it`s not a - in the same way on Muslims entering the
United States. Maybe the 4-year-olds could arguably still get in?

Marco Rubio today calling Trump`s ban all Muslims proposal, quote,
“offensive and outlandish,” it`s the same Rubio who was one upping Trump`s
promise to shut down mosques. Mr. Rubio was saying he would shut down not
just mosques but any place where Muslims might be radicalized - cafes,
diners, any place.

Still though now that Donald Trump wants to ban all Muslims from the
United States, well, that sounds comparatively moderate, right? Sure, what
Marco Rubio is proposing is ridiculous, but that`s not anywhere near as
ridiculous as what Donald Trump proposed yesterday, right?

msnbc.com

And the Overton Window moves directly off the cliff to the right.

523

Belafon Dec 10, 2015 • 9:02:37am

re: #522 BeachDem

Basically the point I raised the other day. So their supposed disagreement with Trump is not what it seems.

MADDOW: What Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump is
proposing to ban all Muslims from entering the United States, what he is
proposing there is so crazy, so unthinkable as real American policy, but
might it have an effect on other people`s politics?

The effect of him, even on just this issue, because is he so far out
there, is the effect of this kind of statement to make the rest of the
radical ideas from the rest of the Republican field sound comparatively
moderate?

I mean, after Mr. Trump`s ban all Muslims proposal, candidate Jeb Bush
reacted by calling Mr. Trump unhinged. However, that would be the same Jeb
Bush who says we should only allow refugees into this country who are
Christians.

Still though, not as bad as Trump, Ben Carson today also denounced
Trump`s ban all Muslims proposal saying we do not and would not advocate
being selective on one`s religion. But yes, that would be the same Ben
Carson says no Muslim could or should be president of the United States on
the basis of their religion. So still not as bad as Trump?

Chris Christie today also denounced Mr. Trump`s proposal saying, “We
do not need to endorse that type of activity nor should we.” This would be
the same Chris Christie who proposes accepting Syrian refugee orphans under
the age of 5 because they may not be vetted well enough. You can`t trust
them. The 5-year-olds might it be terrorists. After all, they`re from
Syria.

Still though, it`s not a - in the same way on Muslims entering the
United States. Maybe the 4-year-olds could arguably still get in?

Marco Rubio today calling Trump`s ban all Muslims proposal, quote,
“offensive and outlandish,” it`s the same Rubio who was one upping Trump`s
promise to shut down mosques. Mr. Rubio was saying he would shut down not
just mosques but any place where Muslims might be radicalized - cafes,
diners, any place.

Still though now that Donald Trump wants to ban all Muslims from the
United States, well, that sounds comparatively moderate, right? Sure, what
Marco Rubio is proposing is ridiculous, but that`s not anywhere near as
ridiculous as what Donald Trump proposed yesterday, right?

msnbc.com

And the Overton Window moves directly off the cliff to the right.

It only moves if we let it. Everyone needs to point out that all the Republican proposals are basically what Trump is saying.

524

GlutenFreeJesus Dec 10, 2015 • 9:04:34am

Trump has been trying to weasel his way out if this. “It’s only temporary. It’s only temporary.”

Yeah. Bullshit, dude.

525

WhatEVs Dec 10, 2015 • 9:04:50am

re: #503 Belafon

We didn’t create Trump supporters.

I wish Dems were that smart!

526

The Vicious Babushka Dec 10, 2015 • 9:05:22am

Scalia says black scientists won’t fare well at UT because they need slower learning. @neiltyson left UT: pic.twitter.com/eg2IKHuCSs

— christopher hooks (@cd_hooks) December 10, 2015

527

WhatEVs Dec 10, 2015 • 9:06:10am

re: #509 Fourth Football of the Apocalypse

Next: How Democrats created Rush Limbaugh and how the Liberal Left created Fox News

//

Mmmm…that smell of Personal Responsibility!

528

Belafon Dec 10, 2015 • 9:08:54am

re: #526 The Vicious Babushka

As I read yesterday, 26 people were admitted above the plaintiff who could have been considered less qualified, only 5 of whom were minorities. But all we hear about are the blacks.

529

Shiplord Kirel Dec 10, 2015 • 9:13:24am

re: #482 William Lewis

I keep wondering what the requirements for either Germany or the Czech Republic are these days…

New in pages: Texas State Rep Candidate Comes Out in Support of Independence (actually BOTH candidates)

I added this, in the context of Texas secession but applicable elsewhere.

Immigration official: “I’m sorry but your application for refugee status has been declined. You can’t come here.”

Refugee: “But why? I am a law abiding person with good job skills, and I have to go somewhere.”

Immigration official: “It’s because of where you’re from. The place is infested with violent fanatics who wave guns in the street, enslave women, and indoctrinate the young with crazed superstitions.”

Refugee: “But I’m not one of them. I left Texas to get away from people like that.”

530

William Lewis Dec 10, 2015 • 9:13:35am

Gotta go, getting late in the “night” for me. So as I wander off to bed, I’ll offer this bit of musical amusement on my way…

Thunderstruck by Steve’n’Seagulls (LIVE)

531

Franklin Dec 10, 2015 • 9:13:48am

Shit like #FlotusBars makes it worth having twitter

— Keith (@SowaTheArrogant) December 10, 2015

“1, 2, 3 to da 4, M. chelle Obama and her posse’s at yo door” #FlotusBars pic.twitter.com/kjcD3VAWIX

— Henny Brown (@TyrieBMTV) December 10, 2015

My net worth make my man bow down. Y’all might call him POTUS, but I’m wearing the CROWN! #FLOTUSBars pic.twitter.com/VTRNT5NoQQ

— _| /\ |\/| | |\| (@KeenePOV) December 10, 2015

After Michelle Obama raps in ‘Go To College’ video, Twitter writes a few extra #FlotusBars – and they’re on point. pic.twitter.com/o7pL6IBR0h

— AJ+ (@ajplus) December 10, 2015

532

Not a Sparkly Vampire Dec 10, 2015 • 9:17:10am

Trump is a synth.

533

Franklin Dec 10, 2015 • 9:18:57am

re: #532 Not a Sparkly Vampire

Trump is a synth.

I read that as ‘Trump is a Sith’. Distinction without a difference I suppose.

534

The Vicious Babushka Dec 10, 2015 • 9:20:47am

re: #533 Franklin

I read that as ‘Trump is a Sith’. Distinction without a difference I suppose.

I read that as “Trump is a Shit”

535

lawhawk Dec 10, 2015 • 9:22:44am

4 GOP Senators (@SenTedCruz, Vitter, Tillis, Sessions) just voted against this: pic.twitter.com/k7aAROnjg9

— mieke eoyang (@MiekeEoyang) December 10, 2015

This isn’t just Trump. It’s also Cruz. And others in the GOP are tapping into this as well.

536

William Lewis Dec 10, 2015 • 9:23:53am

Ok, said I was going to bed but I made the mistake of checking my email. Nice video came up.

81 Year Old Man Shreds Guitar, Plays Crossroads with Lindsay Ell

537

Skip Intro Dec 10, 2015 • 9:30:59am

This is comedy gold.

Bush PAC attorney to Trump counsel: You may want to try learning election law

“We are intrigued (but not surprised) by your continued efforts to silence critics of your client’s campaign by employing litigious threats and bullying. Should your client actually be elected Commander-in-Chief, will you be the one writing the cease and desist letters to Vladimir Putin, or will that be handled by outside counsel?…

“If you have time between bankruptcy filings and editing reality show contracts, we urge you to flip through the Supreme Court’s decision in New York Times v. Sullivan. If your client is so thin-skinned that he cannot handle his critics’ presentation of his own public statements, policies and record to the voting public, and if such communications hurts his feelings, he is welcome to purchase airtime to defend his record. After all, a wall can be built around many things, but not around the First Amendment.”

washingtonpost.com

538

WhatEVs Dec 10, 2015 • 9:32:15am

re: #537 Skip Intro

Brutal. And well deserved.

539

Backwoods_Sleuth Dec 10, 2015 • 9:32:16am

Jesus H. Christ, what a shameless piece of shit this guy is. https://t.co/NKISqWepYD

— Stonekettle (@Stonekettle) December 10, 2015

President Obama misled Congress and ignored security risks in the Bergdahl swap. Now 5 terrorist leaders are free. https://t.co/8ubQYbQqGT

— Jeb Bush (@JebBush) December 10, 2015

540

BeachDem Dec 10, 2015 • 9:32:30am

American Politics Is Turning into a Middle Ages Theme Park for Grown-Ups
And Congressman Steve King is king of the carnies.

Keith Ellison is a much nicer person than I am, I’ll tell you that. I wish he’d flattened King right there in the halls of Congress.

esquire.com

541

Dr. Matt Dec 10, 2015 • 9:32:57am

re: #519 Bubblehead II

UT Officials tell gun nuts to stay off of their property.

Mock mass shooting changes location after warnings from UT

6: 30 p.m. update: After University of Texas officials said a gun rights demonstration planned for this weekend could be considered criminal trespass, the organizers said the demonstration would likely be staged on Guadalupe Street, adjacent to campus.

Using firearms as political stunts and tools….just want the Founders had in mind when they included the 2A.

542

Backwoods_Sleuth Dec 10, 2015 • 9:33:44am

re: #539 Backwoods_Sleuth

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You really wanna go there, @JebBush? Let’s talk about how a Bush mislead congress and the UN into war https://t.co/NKISqWepYD

— Stonekettle (@Stonekettle) December 10, 2015

543

Not a Sparkly Vampire Dec 10, 2015 • 9:34:53am

Jeb? sure is dumb.

544

GlutenFreeJesus Dec 10, 2015 • 9:36:56am

re: #537 Skip Intro

I bet it’s Trump putting up those ghost donations to the Bush PAC. That would be pretty funny.

545

I Stand With Planned Parenthood Dec 10, 2015 • 9:37:11am

Not being known for it’s progressive nature:
Cincinnati becomes first city to ban LGBT conversion therapy

I will say, that when I lived there, the medical/psych care was top notch.

546

Backwoods_Sleuth Dec 10, 2015 • 9:37:25am

.@scrowder, today: “you’re a kid what do you know” @scrowder, 4 months ago: “EVERYONE LOOK WHO IS ON MY SHOW!!” pic.twitter.com/dmYbmxDtkA

— Matt Binder (@MattBinder) December 10, 2015

547

BeachDem Dec 10, 2015 • 9:38:05am

A woman who called President Barack Obama a liar on CNN and said she had never been involved in politics until being energized by the candidacy of Donald Trump is in fact a far-right elected leader for the state of New Hampshire…

DeLemus’ husband, Jerry DeLemus was part of the armed insurgency at Bundy Ranch in Nevada last year…

The couple has participated in CNN panels about Trump’s 2016 candidacy in the past, but Susan DeLemus was again not identified as a lawmaker.

Here is Sue DeLemus on a CNN panel, where she says she “never had an interest in politics” until Donald Trump. “Now suddenly he is resonating.”

rawstory.com

They seem nice. (Excellent vetting, CNN. Sigh)

548

The Vicious Babushka Dec 10, 2015 • 9:38:14am

re: #546 Backwoods_Sleuth

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So, CJ grew up. Stevie didn’t.

549

Brian J. Dec 10, 2015 • 9:39:10am

re: #543 Not a Sparkly Vampire

Jeb? sure is dumb.

That’s the kind of bold thinking that had Jeb$ starting the year as the clear frontrunner and now finishing it in fifth place or lower, struggling to qualify for debates.

550

Backwoods_Sleuth Dec 10, 2015 • 9:42:12am

The lizards who like to collect watches might enjoy this:

In this video, explore a catalogue celebrating clocks & watches in the collection. https://t.co/bDyqoFDI6j #MetPubs https://t.co/vafXhRZFXT

— metmuseum (@metmuseum) December 10, 2015

551

Dr. Matt Dec 10, 2015 • 9:48:31am

I miss the days when Sarah Palin was the scariest Republican candidate.

— Dr. Matt (@DrMatthew) December 10, 2015

552

rhuarc Dec 10, 2015 • 9:48:50am

Remember that woman who fired at fleeing shoplifting suspects at a Home Depot in Michigan? She just lost her weapons for 8 years.

Tatiana Duva-Rodriguez pleaded no contest shortly after the October shooting to reckless discharge of a firearm, and she was sentenced Wednesday to 18 months of probation.

Her concealed carry permit was also revoked until 2023.

Duva-Rodriguez said she had learned a lesson from the incident.

“I tried to help, and I learned my lesson that I will never help anybody again,” she said after her sentencing.

Awww, poor baby.

Link

553

b_sharp Dec 10, 2015 • 9:49:55am

re: #493 ObserverArt

Is it as bad as the reactions in America?

Close.

Here’s our version of FR: donotlink.com

554

lawhawk Dec 10, 2015 • 9:50:45am

Family claims Muslim teen died after he was beaten and shoved off roof near Seattle Central College https://t.co/h6GccblTeS

— Joshua Holland (@JoshuaHol) December 10, 2015

555

Dr. Matt Dec 10, 2015 • 9:50:48am

re: #552 rhuarc

Remember that woman who fired at fleeing shoplifting suspects at a Home Depot in Michigan? She just lost her weapons for 8 years.

Awww, poor baby.

Link

Revoked? White Privilege. Fuck that….she should lose her privilege for life and spend time behind bars.

556

Lidane Dec 10, 2015 • 9:51:45am

Tucker Carlson defends Trump’s “totally reasonable” anti-Muslim plan on Alex Jones: https://t.co/dQEhER4Eog pic.twitter.com/BGwG7eyqAq

— Media Matters (@mmfa) December 10, 2015

557

Eventual Carrion Dec 10, 2015 • 9:53:39am

re: #547 BeachDem

A woman who called President Barack Obama a liar on CNN and said she had never been involved in politics until being energized by the candidacy of Donald Trump is in fact a far-right elected leader for the state of New Hampshire…

DeLemus’ husband, Jerry DeLemus was part of the armed insurgency at Bundy Ranch in Nevada last year…

The couple has participated in CNN panels about Trump’s 2016 candidacy in the past, but Susan DeLemus was again not identified as a lawmaker.

Here is Sue DeLemus on a CNN panel, where she says she “never had an interest in politics” until Donald Trump. “Now suddenly he is resonating.”

rawstory.com

They seem nice. (Excellent vetting, CNN. Sigh)

But the pres is a liar? Ok.

558

The Vicious Babushka Dec 10, 2015 • 9:53:51am

“LEFTIST PAGAN ACTIVIST” is this like “TRANSGENDER LIBERAL DEMOCRAT” given Dim Jim’s track record?

LEFTIE PAGAN ACTIVIST Arrested After Threatening to Shoot Up Republican Meeting #Caring https://t.co/xosYibczgy via @gatewaypundit

— Jim Hoft (@gatewaypundit) December 10, 2015

559

dholmes32 Dec 10, 2015 • 9:54:17am

re: #526 The Vicious Babushka

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That was when I was at UT. Today, something would have been said. Then, we had the statues of Confederate war criminals on campus, so you can pretty much see how it was then.

That said, the UT cops had a bad reputation when I was there. My (white) boyfriend went out and purchased a gun after a scary run in with a campus cop. The cop went apeshit after boyfriend illegally parked so he could return some books to the Perry Castaneda Library book drop. He was very rattled by the experience and since he lived less than 150 yards off campus, he decided to arm himself.

560

WhatEVs Dec 10, 2015 • 9:54:46am

re: #552 rhuarc

Remember that woman who fired at fleeing shoplifting suspects at a Home Depot in Michigan? She just lost her weapons for 8 years.

“I tried to help, and I learned my lesson that I will never help anybody again,” she said after her sentencing.

Awww, poor baby.

Link

Lesson completely missed.

561

InfidelOfFreedom Dec 10, 2015 • 9:54:53am

re: #552 rhuarc

She’s the one who needs help.

562

GlutenFreeJesus Dec 10, 2015 • 9:59:10am

re: #552 rhuarc

Only 8 years?

563

Backwoods_Sleuth Dec 10, 2015 • 9:59:40am

pic.twitter.com/94EuRTSyGX

— Tom Cox (@cox_tom) December 8, 2015

I’ve visited Roscoe today. She was perky & pleased to see me but it’s shocking to see what she’s been through. Long way to go yet, I think.

— Tom Cox (@cox_tom) December 10, 2015

Roscoe is the one who looks like Batman. Tom used photos of her for his series on “How to Train Your Kitten”.

564

Barefoot Grin Dec 10, 2015 • 10:00:23am

re: #556 Lidane

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Love the Ringling Bros poster in the background. If it were a movie critics would say the symbolic placement was ham-handed.

565

GlutenFreeJesus Dec 10, 2015 • 10:00:45am

re: #556 Lidane

Know what else rhymes with “tucker”?

566

Barefoot Grin Dec 10, 2015 • 10:03:36am

re: #565 GlutenFreeJesus

Know what else rhymes with “tucker”?

pucker?

567

Fourth Football of the Apocalypse Dec 10, 2015 • 10:06:11am

re: #556 Lidane

Hadn’t really pictured Tucker Bowtie as an Alex Jones kind of guy. Who knows, Alex Jones might get himself a speaking slot at the next GOP convention.

568

InfidelOfFreedom Dec 10, 2015 • 10:07:01am

re: #551 Dr. Matt

Hey she still might be the dumbest. She set a high bar.

569

Fourth Football of the Apocalypse Dec 10, 2015 • 10:07:27am

re: #552 rhuarc

Remember that woman who fired at fleeing shoplifting suspects at a Home Depot in Michigan? She just lost her weapons for 8 years.

Awww, poor baby.

Link

Who was she trying to help? The store?

570

It's on his hat! Dec 10, 2015 • 10:07:29am

re: #556 Lidane

Why the fuck is Alex Jones getting real, non-negative attention from not-completely-batshit-insane people?

571

Dr Lizardo Dec 10, 2015 • 10:09:21am

re: #570 It’s on his hat!

Why the fuck is Alex Jones getting real, non-negative attention from not-completely-batshit-insane people?

Because Alex Jones and his deranged zombies are essentially the base of the GOP. The GOP leadership has finally figured this out.

572

Kragar Dec 10, 2015 • 10:09:57am

re: #552 rhuarc

Remember that woman who fired at fleeing shoplifting suspects at a Home Depot in Michigan? She just lost her weapons for 8 years.

Awww, poor baby.

Link

Crazy bitch needs to be locked away.

573

lawhawk Dec 10, 2015 • 10:11:03am

re: #570 It’s on his hat!

Why the fuck is Alex Jones getting real, non-negative attention from not-completely-batshit-insane people?

Because he’s been mainlined by Drudge, and quite possibly because it’s tl;dr. No one seems willing to pull the curtain back on Jones’ conspiracy site in any systematic way.

We’ve already seen Trump embrace Jones (and vice versa). As has Paul.

The media’s casting a blind eye to all this - and calling the conspiracy sites for what they are - peddling nonsensical ravings of lunatic minds.

574

Kragar Dec 10, 2015 • 10:13:13am

Top Trump aide: Latinos who don’t like Trump are here illegally https://t.co/dymcpbNITQ pic.twitter.com/h6B7viBsy8

— Talking Points Memo (@TPM) December 10, 2015

575

The Vicious Babushka Dec 10, 2015 • 10:13:31am

Ben Shapiro still celebrating his “victory” of getting kicked out of a high school for laying a “POOR PEOPLE SUCK!” bomb on a bunch of teenagers.

576

Kragar Dec 10, 2015 • 10:15:31am

It is not an accident that the American hostages in Iran were released on January 20, 1981.

— Ted Cruz (@tedcruz) December 10, 2015

Because Reagan arranged for it to be held off until he was sworn in. https://t.co/JDRzraMBMc

— Richard M. Nixon (@dick_nixon) December 10, 2015

577

Fourth Football of the Apocalypse Dec 10, 2015 • 10:17:24am

re: #576 Kragar

It is not an accident that the American hostages in Iran were released on January 20, 1981.
— Ted Cruz

Gosh, Ted’s dumb.

578

Belafon Dec 10, 2015 • 10:17:31am

re: #574 Kragar

I can’t wait for the Jews, Muslims, Asians, and Blacks versions of that comment.

579

Fourth Football of the Apocalypse Dec 10, 2015 • 10:17:47am

re: #575 The Vicious Babushka

Ben Shapiro still celebrating his “victory” of getting kicked out of a high school for laying a “POOR PEOPLE SUCK!” bomb on a bunch of teenagers.

This is a CCJ-level accomplishment.

580

Blind Frog Belly White Dec 10, 2015 • 10:18:40am

re: #574 Kragar

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Whoa.

581

No Country For Old Haters Dec 10, 2015 • 10:18:59am

re: #237 Charles Johnson

Poor Chuck. He just can’t seem to keep a social media account.

Republicans need to set up their own antisocial media sites, where the right-wing inverse-meritocracy will reward them for spewing ignorance and hate, and the FBI can continue to monitor them without them bothering anyone outside their cult.

582

No Country For Old Haters Dec 10, 2015 • 10:19:51am

re: #576 Kragar

@tedcruz Yep, Republican treachery. Ike was the last reasonable Republican president.

— Jeff Furlington (@FurlingtonJeff) December 10, 2015

583

Fourth Football of the Apocalypse Dec 10, 2015 • 10:22:01am

re: #576 Kragar

It is not an accident that the American hostages in Iran were released on January 20, 1981.
— Ted Cruz

Why is Obama so divisive?

///

584

Dr. Matt Dec 10, 2015 • 10:23:16am

re: #237 Charles Johnson

Poor Chuck. He just can’t seem to keep a social media account.

haha. People must be reporting his asinine crap because Facebook rarely monitors content.

585

Fourth Football of the Apocalypse Dec 10, 2015 • 10:24:34am

re: #576 Kragar

It is not an accident that the American hostages in Iran were released on January 20, 1981.
— Ted Cruz

It is not an accident that conservatives opposed Social Security, Medicare, consumer safety, labor laws, and gay rights.

586

The Vicious Babushka Dec 10, 2015 • 10:25:13am

This is the most fucked-up Tweet to ever land in my mentions, from a Ted Cruz groupie==>

@viciousbabushka Not so. VAT replaces SocSec tax & CorpIncTax now embedded in price of goods. Grows jobs. https://t.co/HJwlBfPMJH

— VATinfo (@VATinfo) December 10, 2015

587

Blind Frog Belly White Dec 10, 2015 • 10:26:49am

re: #586 The Vicious Babushka

This is the most fucked-up Tweet to ever land in my mentions, from a Ted Cruz groupie==>

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Oh, lordy. Another person who doesn’t understand how taxes and prices work.

588

Backwoods_Sleuth Dec 10, 2015 • 10:27:17am

Trump doubts Netanyahu really disagrees w/ Muslim ban but nixed trip bc “in the midst of a very powerful campaign.” https://t.co/22N1xd0Kfp

— Beth Reinhard (@bethreinhard) December 10, 2015

Donald Trump said Thursday that he is canceling a Dec. 28 trip to Israel because of the demands of his presidential campaign, not because Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu repudiated his call to ban Muslims from entering the U.S.

“He disagrees with me. I doubt he actually does,” Mr. Trump said in a telephone interview with The Wall Street Journal. “I just decided I wanted to wait. I’m in the midst of a very powerful campaign.”

uh huh…

589

ObserverArt Dec 10, 2015 • 10:27:21am

Cruz probably knows the whole story behind the Reagan hostage release.

He also knows the idiots he plays to will buy anything he said because of St. Ronnie and they are too lazy and inept to find the facts and what they mean.

But hey…he sells himself as the outsider and everyone knows that is bullshit too. This is Ted Cruz…dishonest slimeball. He is who we know he is.

590

Fourth Football of the Apocalypse Dec 10, 2015 • 10:27:35am

re: #586 The Vicious Babushka

This is the most fucked-up Tweet to ever land in my mentions, from a Ted Cruz groupie==>

No, the VAT does not replace the Social Security payroll tax.

591

Fourth Football of the Apocalypse Dec 10, 2015 • 10:28:42am

re: #590 Fourth Football of the Apocalypse

No, the VAT does not replace the Social Security payroll tax.

Or if it does, or attempts to do so, is surely more batshit insane than I had imagined it.

592

Kragar Dec 10, 2015 • 10:29:36am

Texans begin nightly smashing windows of Muslim family only six weeks after they move in https://t.co/1AAtCRZ7wF

— Kragar (@Kragar_LGF) December 10, 2015

593

ipsos Dec 10, 2015 • 10:29:47am

re: #589 ObserverArt

Cruz probably knows the whole story behind the Reagan hostage release.

Or maybe he doesn’t. For a guy whose politics seem so octogenarian, he’s only, what, 44? Which would have made him about 10 in 1981. Which is to say that whatever memories he has of Ronnie are probably more the fictional St. Ronnie Raygun than the actual Reagan who’s gotten lost in the draperies of history.

594

HappyWarrior Dec 10, 2015 • 10:30:01am

re: #574 Kragar

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idiot.

595

HappyWarrior Dec 10, 2015 • 10:30:19am

re: #592 Kragar

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How very Nazi of them.

596

Blind Frog Belly White Dec 10, 2015 • 10:30:21am

re: #590 Fourth Football of the Apocalypse

No, the VAT does not replace the Social Security payroll tax.

No, but it does provide an excuse, in the form of reduced tax receipts, to claim that we can’t afford Social Security and old folks can go fuck themselves.

597

The Vicious Babushka Dec 10, 2015 • 10:30:25am

re: #590 Fourth Football of the Apocalypse

No, the VAT does not replace the Social Security payroll tax.

Well, if this is part of Cruz’s plan, he’s even more fucked up than we think Trump is.

598

Kragar Dec 10, 2015 • 10:30:35am

Citadel military college cadets caught wearing KKK hoods while singing Christmas carols https://t.co/zwOoQdTnNE

— Kragar (@Kragar_LGF) December 10, 2015

599

TedStriker Dec 10, 2015 • 10:30:37am

re: #552 rhuarc

Remember that woman who fired at fleeing shoplifting suspects at a Home Depot in Michigan? She just lost her weapons for 8 years.

Awww, poor baby.

Link

What a stone-cold bitch.

600

Blind Frog Belly White Dec 10, 2015 • 10:31:25am

re: #592 Kragar

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A while back on FB, when I said, ‘It’s beginning to look a lot like Kristallnacht’, some friends said I was being ridiculous.

601

HappyWarrior Dec 10, 2015 • 10:31:32am

re: #598 Kragar

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Fucking really.

602

The Vicious Babushka Dec 10, 2015 • 10:31:46am

re: #596 Blind Frog Belly White

No, but it does provide an excuse, in the form of reduced tax receipts, to claim that we can’t afford Social Security and old folks can go fuck themselves.

A feature, not a bug. This is how the GOP plans to repay all the middle/lower class who vote for them.

603

Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light) Dec 10, 2015 • 10:31:54am

re: #599 TedStriker

What a stone-cold bitch.

no, just dumb as a rock

604

Kragar Dec 10, 2015 • 10:32:34am

re: #601 HappyWarrior

Fucking really.

Any student IDd participating in that should be barred from military service.

605

BeachDem Dec 10, 2015 • 10:33:15am

re: #574 Kragar

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Does CNN ever have anyone on who is NOT a Trump aide?

(Instead of tl/dr, I look at CNN as to/dw (too obnoxious/don’t watch)

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lawhawk Dec 10, 2015 • 10:33:22am

re: #597 The Vicious Babushka

We know Cruz is economically illiterate. He helped create the GOP shutdown in 2013 that cost the nation billions more than he thought it would save (even as every frickin’ economist said that it would cost more than save).

His tax proposals are DOA and would explode the deficit and national debt. Even with the most advantageous reading and dynamic scoring, he’s still crushing the debt and will fall short on creating economic growth with the plan, because he’s effectively shifting the tax burden from the rich and corporations on to everyone else. Those who have the means to pay get massive tax breaks, while everyone else sees their tax burdens increase.

Basically, Cruz’s economic policies do not pass the smell test. Heck, they don’t even get into the same universe as a smell test because that’s how devoid from reality it is.

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HappyWarrior Dec 10, 2015 • 10:33:39am

re: #604 Kragar

Any student IDd participating in that should be barred from military service.

Very much agreed.

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Dr. Matt Dec 10, 2015 • 10:33:41am

re: #592 Kragar

Texans begin nightly smashing windows of Muslim family only six weeks after they move in t.co

— Kragar (@Kragar_LGF) December 10, 2015

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Backwoods_Sleuth Dec 10, 2015 • 10:34:58am

I’ve lost all sense of time and place pic.twitter.com/rKo3o4ttAk

— DENALI (@timothypmurphy) December 10, 2015

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Blind Frog Belly White Dec 10, 2015 • 10:35:17am

re: #602 The Vicious Babushka

A feature, not a bug. This is how the GOP plans to repay all the middle/lower class who vote for them.

GOP: “Remember how we got you to talk about moochers and takers, people with a sense of entitlement, people dependent on Government sapping the vitality of America? Well, now that means you.”

Republican Retirees: “Wait! We paid into those programs all our working lives! That’s our money!”

GOP: “Not anymore. Thank you and fuck you.”

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WhatEVs Dec 10, 2015 • 10:38:00am

re: #610 Blind Frog Belly White

GOP: “Remember how we got you to talk about moochers and takers, people with a sense of entitlement, people dependent on Government sapping the vitality of America? Well, now that means you.”

Republican Retirees: “Wait! We paid into those programs all our working lives! That’s our money!”

GOP: “Not anymore. Thank you and fuck you.”

Except it always meant them…they just refused to acknowledge it.

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Dr Lizardo Dec 10, 2015 • 10:38:02am

re: #592 Kragar

Texans begin nightly smashing windows of Muslim family only six weeks after they move in https://t.co/1AAtCRZ7wF

— Kragar (@Kragar_LGF) December 10, 2015

How do you say Kristallnacht in Texan?

*grrrr*

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HappyWarrior Dec 10, 2015 • 10:39:28am

re: #609 Backwoods_Sleuth

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Snap.

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WhatEVs Dec 10, 2015 • 10:39:31am

re: #612 Dr Lizardo

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How do you say Kristallnacht in Texan?

*grrrr*

Kristilknot, y’all?

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HappyWarrior Dec 10, 2015 • 10:39:40am

re: #612 Dr Lizardo

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How do you say Kristallnacht in Texan?

*grrrr*

Krisy’allnacht?

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HappyWarrior Dec 10, 2015 • 10:40:13am

re: #614 WhatEVs

Kristilknot, y’all?

Nine seconds! But great minds and all that jazz.

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HappyWarrior Dec 10, 2015 • 10:41:42am

Anyhow. i did my small part today. I was in my hometown for a job interviewed and had lunch at the local kabob place everywhere. They’ve been in town for twent years now. I love the place. Great food but also beautiful tapestries and wall paintings of Afghanistan.

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I Stand With Planned Parenthood Dec 10, 2015 • 10:42:06am

bbl

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WhatEVs Dec 10, 2015 • 10:42:15am

re: #617 HappyWarrior

Anyhow. i did my small part today. I was in my hometown for a job interviewed and had lunch at the local kabob place everywhere. They’ve been in town for twent years now. I love the place. Great food but also beautiful tapestries and wall paintings of Afghanistan.

How’d it go?

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Backwoods_Sleuth Dec 10, 2015 • 10:42:21am

FDR’s granddaughter: Trump citing “my grandfather and internment as a defense of his own intolerant and divisive agenda is reprehensible.

— Katy Tur (@KatyTurNBC) December 10, 2015

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Belafon Dec 10, 2015 • 10:42:23am

re: #612 Dr Lizardo

How do you say Kristallnacht in Texan?

*grrrr*

“Get those damn Muslims out!”

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I Would Prefer Not To Dec 10, 2015 • 10:42:31am

Can we get a new thread here? I’m tired of looking at CCJ and Zimmerman and wondering who deserves to be smacked first.

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Backwoods_Sleuth Dec 10, 2015 • 10:43:12am

Trump slams “disgusting” White House for mocking his “fake hair” https://t.co/mpB1lbwD5B pic.twitter.com/Gsj2gikCfr

— The Hill (@thehill) December 10, 2015

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HappyWarrior Dec 10, 2015 • 10:43:19am

re: #619 WhatEVs

How’d it go?

I think it went well but I really don’t think I Want ot work in financial services. However, it was nice going into an interview knowing that the interviewer knew about my AS so I felt more relaxed. My eye contact was solid too IMO.

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HappyWarrior Dec 10, 2015 • 10:44:08am

re: #623 Backwoods_Sleuth

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Okay let’s mock you about other things Donald like the fact that you would be wallowing around in your own filth if you didn’t have a wealthy Daddy.

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Blind Frog Belly White Dec 10, 2015 • 10:44:19am

re: #622 I Would Prefer Not To

Can we get a new thread here? I’m tired of looking at CCJ and Zimmerman and wondering who deserves to be smacked first.

Seconded. Let’s start chanting:

NEW THREAD! NEW THREAD! NEW THREAD! NEW THREAD!!
////

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lawhawk Dec 10, 2015 • 10:46:31am

Heh.

i found this review of Goodfellas on a North Korean state news website pic.twitter.com/GJrDB3R3uB

— Maple Cocaine (@historyinflicks) December 9, 2015

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Unabogie Dec 10, 2015 • 10:46:36am

re: #623 Backwoods_Sleuth

Yeah, let’s call him a “fat pig” like he did to Rosie O’Donnell? Because that’s way classier?

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Blind Frog Belly White Dec 10, 2015 • 10:47:29am

re: #623 Backwoods_Sleuth

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Awwww! Poor baby!

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lawhawk Dec 10, 2015 • 10:47:59am

Republicans reacting to Trump are like the main character in a horror movie realizing that the phone calls are coming from inside the house

— Daniel Lin (@DLin71) December 9, 2015

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I Would Prefer Not To Dec 10, 2015 • 10:48:36am

As far as I’m concerned the White House should be trolling Trump every day.

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The Vicious Babushka Dec 10, 2015 • 10:50:18am

GOP-majority Michigan House votes to eliminate straight-ticket voting,which Democratic voters are more likely to use https://t.co/NyVIhdC3k3

— Niraj Warikoo (@nwarikoo) December 10, 2015

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lawhawk Dec 10, 2015 • 10:51:10am

But his best friends are Muslims.

Trump name dropped from golf course development project in Dubai.

A $6 billion golf community being built in Dubai is going forward minus the “Trump” brand.

Reuters reports that DAMAC properties had said it would stand by Donald Trump amid backlash from his proposal to ban Muslims from traveling to the U.S. But on Thursday the GOP presidential candidate’s name and image were removed from the “Akoya by DAMAC” site.

Real estate isn’t the only branding problem for Trump in Dubai. Lifestyle, a home-decor store chain based there, said Wednesday it was removing all Trump-branded products from its 195 stores across the Middle East, Africa and elsewhere in the region.

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Dr. Matt Dec 10, 2015 • 10:51:32am

It turns out that the Islamophobe that attacked (and threw coffee) the two praying Muslims is a State employee.

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HappyWarrior Dec 10, 2015 • 10:52:32am

re: #632 The Vicious Babushka

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Tehy really have a big problem with people exercising their franchise don’t they?

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Belafon Dec 10, 2015 • 10:52:46am

re: #632 The Vicious Babushka

I’m kind of for removing it, personally. Here in Texas it’s used mainly by Republicans.

I personally fill in every Democratic bubble.

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Kragar Dec 10, 2015 • 10:53:21am

“You need to upgrade this software.”

“Ok, I can go to the vendor site, download the patch and have it done in about 10 minutes.”

“NO! You have to use the in-house automated patching software and upgrade using that tool! Its more reliable!”

“How long will that take?”

“3-4 hours.”

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Dr. Matt Dec 10, 2015 • 10:53:26am

re: #623 Backwoods_Sleuth

Trump slams “disgusting” White House for mocking his “fake hair” t.co pic.twitter.com
— The Hill (@thehill) December 10, 2015

“I don’t have time for political correctness”
~Donald Trump

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Fourth Football of the Apocalypse Dec 10, 2015 • 10:54:04am

re: #622 I Would Prefer Not To

Can we get a new thread here? I’m tired of looking at CCJ and Zimmerman and wondering who deserves to be smacked first.

They can be slapped at the same time, but seeing their gruesome mugs is getting to me.

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Backwoods_Sleuth Dec 10, 2015 • 10:54:43am

re: #633 lawhawk

But his best friends are Muslims.

Trump name dropped from golf course development project in Dubai.

Hotel project in Muslim country mysteriously vanishes from Donald Trump’s website https://t.co/zHpFjMe9S2 pic.twitter.com/rEoWMkOYrh

— Mother Jones (@MotherJones) December 10, 2015

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Fourth Football of the Apocalypse Dec 10, 2015 • 10:54:51am

re: #633 lawhawk

But his best friends are Muslims.

Trump name dropped from golf course development project in Dubai.

Trump will win 102% of the Muslim vote.

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jaunte Dec 10, 2015 • 10:56:04am

re: #633 lawhawk

White supremacist groups see Trump bump. Stormfront founder: ‘He has sparked an insurgency’ https://t.co/X7RbABFdVc pic.twitter.com/yxrjMauAUb

— SPLC (@splcenter) December 10, 2015

Trump will have his name splashed all over the white supremacist golf courses.

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Blind Frog Belly White Dec 10, 2015 • 10:59:01am

re: #633 lawhawk

But his best friends are Muslims.

Trump name dropped from golf course development project in Dubai.

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Blind Frog Belly White Dec 10, 2015 • 11:00:48am

re: #634 Dr. Matt

It turns out that the Islamophobe that attacked (and threw coffee) the two praying Muslims is a State employee

For now….

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Blind Frog Belly White Dec 10, 2015 • 11:03:23am

re: #639 Fourth Football of the Apocalypse

They can be slapped at the same time, but seeing their gruesome mugs is getting to me.

Using a Three Stooges maneuver?

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Joe Bacon Dec 10, 2015 • 11:24:30am

re: #622 I Would Prefer Not To

Somebody needs to do a Blingee of the Dorknamic Duo!

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Teukka Dec 10, 2015 • 11:59:37am

re: #534 The Vicious Babushka

I read that as “Trump is a Shit”

Siths are shits. Everyone knows that.

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retired cynic Dec 10, 2015 • 1:21:40pm

re: #563 Backwoods_Sleuth

Two loose pit bulls turned on one of my favorite cats, and injured her so badly that she did not survive. Horrible pain for her… I hope Roscoe makes it.

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No Country For Old Haters Dec 10, 2015 • 3:59:12pm

re: #321 Dr. Matt

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@realDonaldTrump It’s because @netanyahu spoke out against your attacks on Muslims, isn’t it? Your self-serving tweets are transparent.

— Jeff Furlington (@FurlingtonJeff) December 10, 2015

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