Tuesday Night Jazz: Bill Laurance, "Denmark Hill"

Tuesday Night Jazz: Bill Laurance, “Denmark Hill”

MusicDecember 2015 • Views: 51,242

Here’s another fantastic track from Bill Laurance’s latest album, Swift.

ORDER SWIFT AT ‪billlaurance.bandcamp.com

Written by Bill Laurance
Produced by Michael League and Bill Laurance
Co-produced by Robert ‘Sput’ Searight

Bill Laurance - acoustic piano
Michael League - upright bass
Robert ‘Sput’ Searight - drums

Matt McLaughlin - French horn
Achilles Liarmakopoulos - trombone

Horns arranged, orchestrated and conducted by Michael League

Recorded by Rudyard Lee Cullers, August 2014 at Dreamland Studios in West Hurley, NY
Mixed by Nic Hard at Limebeat Studios in New York, NY
Mastered by Josh Kessler
Directed by Andy LaViolette
Filmed by Andy LaViolette and Brad Holt

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Unabogie Dec 22, 2015 • 9:10:38pm

This guy is fun!

@KurtSchlichter it’s as if your whole self worth depends on how many loons hang on your every word. Hilarious and sad.

— Unabogie (@Unabogie) December 23, 2015

HappyWarrior Dec 22, 2015 • 9:12:45pm

re: #1 Unabogie

This guy is fun!

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YEah because TWitter followers is totally directly related to how well you understand relationships.

Charles Johnson Dec 22, 2015 • 9:15:26pm

Still laughing at: “I think I’ll just bathe in the attention of others.” These right wing crackpots are a hoot.

— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) December 23, 2015

teleskiguy Dec 22, 2015 • 9:19:06pm

re: #1 Unabogie

Rock-solid evidence right there that Kurt Schlichter is one insecure motherfucker.

Poking hornets nests can be fun sometimes, as you just demonstrated. Good work!

Joe Bacon Dec 22, 2015 • 9:22:47pm

Kurt has a sad because Don Lemon pulled the plug on him.

Boo F’n Hoo!

talkingpointsmemo.com

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The War TARDIS Dec 22, 2015 • 9:26:10pm

I’ve seen this a bit in the fandom, but felt like sharing it here.

Click to Reveal

Clara’s TARDIS is an American Diner. In fact, it is the same one from the Impossible Astronaut and Day of the Moon.

That means her and Ashildr were there. And it implies that Clara’s story is not quite over yet. I wonder how aware of Clara and Ashildr River is. Because two immortals and yet another stolen TARDIS would be bound to attract attention.

Belafon Dec 22, 2015 • 9:34:05pm

re: #6 The War TARDIS

Click to Reveal

It’s not in the same location, so it’s a copy. It does become an interesting question of how they knew about it, but it could be because Ashildr had all the time in the universe to learn about the Doctor’s happenings on earth.

The War TARDIS Dec 22, 2015 • 9:43:58pm

re: #7 Belafon

Click to Reveal

Not quite, her TARDIS is stuck like that too. From my reading, her TARDIS diner is the one we see in that episode.

Moffat’s planning something. Everything in the 11th and 12th Doctor eras is tying up with a pretty little bow.

wheat-dogghazi-mailgate Dec 22, 2015 • 9:44:12pm

Chuck has only 38 votes so far in the Popehat contest for Censorious Asshat of 2015.

No Award likely here.

popehat.com

The War TARDIS Dec 22, 2015 • 9:48:17pm

re: #7 Belafon

Click to Reveal

Which makes The Impossible Astronaut have the 2nd largest number companions in a Doctor Who Episode since the revical, and 3rd most of all time. Behind The Stolen Earth and The Five Doctors

HappyWarrior Dec 22, 2015 • 9:49:04pm

re: #9 wheat-dogghazi-mailgate

Chuck has only 38 votes so far in the Popehat contest for Censorious Asshat of 2015.

No Award likely here.

popehat.com

Ha.

Whack-A-Mole Dec 22, 2015 • 9:50:02pm

Good news. It sounds like the Scott Walker campaign spending case may not be dead yet:

Scott Walker Corruption Case Threatens to Implicate Wisconsin Supreme Court Justices

This summer, the Wisconsin Supreme Court took up the question of whether to stop the investigation into alleged coordination between Walker’s 2012 recall campaign and conservative outside groups that receive unlimited donations from undisclosed donors. The problem was that the election campaigns of two justices on the state’s top court had benefited significantly from spending by those same groups accused of illegal coordination with Walker. The special prosecutor overseeing the investigation, along with legal ethicists, asked the two justices with conflicts of interest to recuse themselves. But no justices stepped aside.
…
Although Schmitz was removed from the case, cutting him off from resources for an appeal, the court gave the other five prosecutors involved in the case the ability to intervene. On Friday, three Democratic district attorneys who had worked with Schmitz on the investigation chose to intervene in the case—signaling they want to go to the US Supreme Court.

HappyWarrior Dec 22, 2015 • 9:50:56pm

re: #12 Whack-A-Mole

Good news. It sounds like the Scott Walker campaign spending case may not be dead yet:

Scott Walker Corruption Case Threatens to Implicate Wisconsin Supreme Court Justices

Corruptus in Maximimus.

Belafon Dec 22, 2015 • 9:55:52pm

re: #8 The War TARDIS

Click to Reveal

If you go back and look at the Impossible Astronaut, there were other patrons, and a busboy: https://doctorwholocations.files.wordpress.com/2012/07/602-cardiffbay-eddiesdiner-02.jpg.

Also, Clara enters the rest of the new TARDIS through the one door in the back, which was the restroom door, https://anibundel.files.wordpress.com/2015/12/20150817-dw-s9b8-183227a.jpg. In the Impossible Astronaut, that was actually to the restroom.

The War TARDIS Dec 22, 2015 • 10:18:16pm

re: #14 Belafon

Click to Reveal

I do see your point. I guess we will see.

darthstar Dec 22, 2015 • 10:59:10pm

Jesus…not a single retweet…and I thought this was funny.

@Only4RM @Lawrence Any other candidate would be fucked if he said it. #NotAEuphemism

— Sean McCabe (@darthstar99) December 23, 2015

darthstar Dec 22, 2015 • 11:01:00pm

Star Trek Into Darkness is on, & noticed this 1st time I saw it: we’ll still have shitty pull-chain roller blinds? pic.twitter.com/q8reKAr4pp

— Andy Richter (@AndyRichter) December 23, 2015

Eclectic Cyborg Dec 22, 2015 • 11:31:19pm

re: #17 darthstar

Evidently Starfleet didn’t offer great medical insurance.

darthstar Dec 22, 2015 • 11:33:30pm

re: #18 Eclectic Cyborg

Evidently Starfleet didn’t offer great medical insurance.

Kaiser.

darthstar Dec 22, 2015 • 11:38:02pm

Why is everyone talking about words? #ReplaceASchlongWithWord

— Sean McCabe (@darthstar99) December 23, 2015

Nyet Dec 23, 2015 • 12:00:26am

That the word “schlonged” might, after all, have been used neutrally in the area where Trump grew up would only underscore the problem with Trump: he lives in a bubble of his own ego and is unable to understand that what he might have grown up with is not the same what other people might have grown up with, that even if the word was used to denote a defeat in some small circles, that’s not what most people understand by it and that its use in the context of a man defeating a woman is highly inflammatory despite any local contexts. This might have been excusable for a common Joe, but not for a guy who wants to be a President.

Single-handed sailor Dec 23, 2015 • 12:21:54am

re: #19 darthstar

Kaiser.

Hey, we’ve all heard the Kaiser horror stories, but overall they do an OK job. Disclaimer: I switched to Kaiser when Blue Shield hit $22,000 a year, years ago (2008?). Work only covered Kaiser for 4 or equivalent, any better insurance package above that came out of the paycheck. After early retirement I was again able to get insurance under Obamacare with Kaiser.

Dark_Falcon Dec 23, 2015 • 12:23:12am

re: #12 Whack-A-Mole

Good news. It sounds like the Scott Walker campaign spending case may not be dead yet:

Scott Walker Corruption Case Threatens to Implicate Wisconsin Supreme Court Justices

Mother Jones is reaching and SOCTUS is not likely to take the case.

Alyosha Dec 23, 2015 • 12:31:43am

re: #21 Nyet

Elitist!!!

But seriously, it’s weird because when most politicians use the vernacular it comes after years of polishing one’s public persona and mostly it’s too stilted to be effective.
But this… I know the standard of oratory has fallen down the ages but who’d have seriously thought that the voice of conservativism in America in this decade would devolve into repetitive vulgarity and innuendo?

Heh, it’s the kind of language you’d expect to hear in a beer hall.

William Lewis Dec 23, 2015 • 12:32:55am

I keep hoping that Walker will die of old age in the same cell as Blagovich for the massive amounts of corruption he has inflicted on this state. But you’re right in that the chief justice will obey his bosses in Kansas and prevent such justice from happening.

Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light) Dec 23, 2015 • 12:35:10am

re: #21 Nyet

That the word “schlonged” might, after all, have been used neutrally in the area where Trump grew up would only underscore the problem with Trump: he lives in a bubble of his own ego…

The point is, Trump (or another GOP politician) says something offensive and outrageous and hordes of people come along to relativize, rationalize and neutralize their utterances.

Instead of calling it out for what it is: offensive, outrageous, in appropriate and highly indicative of his total incompetence for the office he is campaigning for.

Dark_Falcon Dec 23, 2015 • 12:39:23am

re: #25 William Lewis

I keep hoping that Walker will die of old age in the same cell as Blagovich for the massive amounts of corruption he has inflicted on this state. But you’re right in that the chief justice will obey his bosses in Kansas and prevent such justice from happening.

You mean chief justice of Wisconsin, right? I’m assuming that wasn’t aimed at Chief Justice Roberts.

Dr Lizardo Dec 23, 2015 • 12:42:41am

re: #26 Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light)

The point is, Trump (or another GOP politician) says something offensive and outrageous and hordes of people come along to relativize, rationalize and neutralize their utterances.

Instead of calling it out for what it is: offensive, outrageous, in appropriate and highly indicative of his total incompetence for the office he is campaigning for.

Problem is that no one in the media is going to call him out on that BS because if they do, Trump will throw a hissy fit and not come on their talk programs, and that means lower ratings and ratings = $$$.

On the subject of journalism, today I’m going to go with a former student of mine to see Spotlight, the critically-acclaimed film about the Boston Globe’s Spotlight investigative journalist team and their exposé of the sex abuse scandal in the Boston Archdiocese. My student is a local film critic (Czech language) and she invited me along as I might help her with some insight into how investigate journalism in the US media actually works (or works from time-to-time, sad to say) because here, investigative journalism is a damn joke.

And Sunday, we’re going to see The Hateful Eight. Woot!

Dark_Falcon Dec 23, 2015 • 12:44:12am

Though if you want some good news for a union, William, I do have some to share:

Colt Finally Ready To Exit Bankruptcy

Colt Defense LLC announced that the United States Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware (the “Court”) has confirmed the Company’s Second Amended Joint Plan of Reorganization (“the Plan”). The Plan received full support from all of the Company’s stakeholders. Upon completion of the restructuring process, which is expected to occur in the coming weeks, the Plan will significantly restructure and reduce the Company’s debt, improve its capital structure and enhance its liquidity profile. The Company will also have a new lease for its West Hartford Facility and the Plan reaffirms the Company’s strong relationship with the UAW.

The Plan finalizes a global settlement of all outstanding issues in the cases, achieved through a consensus reached among Colt’s key stakeholders, including a consortium of Colt’s secured lenders, Morgan Stanley as the lender under Colt’s pre-petition and post-petition secured term loan facilities, the official committee of unsecured creditors appointed in Colt’s bankruptcy cases, Sciens Capital Management and the landlord at Colt’s West Hartford facility.

In conjunction with the confirmation, Colt also announced that it has reached an agreement with the United Auto Workers Union that resolves issues relating to retiree medical benefits.

So the union workers keep their jobs and the retirees keep the great majority of their benefits. I trust that meets your satisfaction.

goddamnedfrank Dec 23, 2015 • 12:49:25am

re: #21 Nyet

That the word “schlonged” might, after all, have been used neutrally in the area where Trump grew up would only underscore the problem with Trump: he lives in a bubble of his own ego and is unable to understand that what he might have grown up with is not the same what other people might have grown up with, that even if the word was used to denote a defeat in some small circles, that’s not what most people understand by it and that its use in the context of a man defeating a woman is highly inflammatory despite any local contexts. This might have been excusable for a common Joe, but not for a guy who wants to be a President.

It’s like people who don’t understand or care about the etymology of gypped. It doesn’t matter how it’s used colloquially in certain circles when its history and primary meaning both testify to a much nastier pedigree.

Dark_Falcon Dec 23, 2015 • 12:55:31am

re: #30 goddamnedfrank

It’s like people who don’t understand or care about the etymology of gypped. It doesn’t matter how it’s used colloquially in certain circles when its history and primary meaning both testify to a much nastier pedigree.

Quite Concur, with the addition that there is no plausible way Donald Trump did not know how his use of “schlonged” would be interpreted. Any “neutral, local meaning” has value to him as a way for him to pretend he wasn’t being vulgar and sexist. that muddies the waters enough so that his followers don’t have to admit they’re supporting a misogynist for president.

We here know better.

goddamnedfrank Dec 23, 2015 • 1:04:33am

FYI in cast iron news I found and bought a Griswold Colonial Breakfast Skillet #666. Fuck yeah, breakfast skillet of the beast, Hail Satan motherfuckers!

Nyet Dec 23, 2015 • 1:26:25am

re: #31 Dark_Falcon

According to Ted Cruz, Trump is terrific.

Cruz was the only contender not to criticize Trump.

Cruz’s political positions are every bit as radical as Trump’s.

You have indicated your willingness to vote for Cruz. Sorry if in light of this your condemnation of Trump rings hollow.

Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light) Dec 23, 2015 • 1:34:26am

re: #31 Dark_Falcon

Quite Concur, with the addition that there is no plausible way Donald Trump did not know how his use of “schlonged” would be interpreted. Any “neutral, local meaning” has value to him as a way for him to pretend he wasn’t being vulgar and sexist. that muddies the waters enough so that his followers don’t have to admit they’re supporting a misogynist for president.

We here know better.

It is an excuse. Any any excuse will do for fans and admirers. He could call HIllary a c*nt and they would find ways to rationalize and relativize it.

Nyet Dec 23, 2015 • 1:35:51am

re: #34 Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light)

“He loves British culture and in Britain that word has very different connotations!”

wheat-dogghazi-mailgate Dec 23, 2015 • 2:27:36am

re: #35 Nyet

“He loves British culture and in Britain that word has very different connotations!”

Like fag and faggot do. Also, “knock me up in the morning.”

Alyosha Dec 23, 2015 • 3:01:24am

re: #36 wheat-dogghazi-mailgate

‘When I said Mr. Trump was a poof, I was only referring to how full of himself he is.’

Teukka Dec 23, 2015 • 3:02:32am

G’day Lizardim east of the Atlanic and G’morning to the East Coast Lizardim…

Christian Extremist Calls For Mass Arrests Of People Who Practice Yoga: ‘It’s A Drug!’

wheat-dogghazi-mailgate Dec 23, 2015 • 3:06:36am

re: #38 Teukka

G’day Lizardim east of the Atlanic and G’morning to the East Coast Lizardim…

Christian Extremist Calls For Mass Arrests Of People Who Practice Yoga: ‘It’s A Drug!’

Clearly, anything that makes you feel good must be dangerous. I wonder if he knows about taiji and qigong, the Chinese equivalents to yoga.

Alephnaught Dec 23, 2015 • 3:06:38am

re: #37 Alyosha

!!!! @RealDonaldTrump Your a dickhead!!! By which we of course mean you have a head like a man named Richard!!!!!!!! https://t.co/Aa07b54Ixz

— The Senior Dads (@SeniorDads) December 23, 2015

Alyosha Dec 23, 2015 • 3:18:57am

It’s more than a little fucked that the political conversation going on in America seems to be ‘That is outrageous! But no, surely he meant this.’

I think Trumps speaks with perfect irony when he says he hates the media.

‘He said what?! Oh but he said he wouldn’t ever kill us.
Relaaaax.’

Decatur Deb Dec 23, 2015 • 3:24:40am

re: #38 Teukka

G’day Lizardim east of the Atlanic and G’morning to the East Coast Lizardim…

Christian Extremist Calls For Mass Arrests Of People Who Practice Yoga: ‘It’s A Drug!’

When they came for the Zumbas, I said nothing.

Nyet Dec 23, 2015 • 3:27:45am

“When I said that Trump is just like Hitler I only meant that they both had German ancestors.”

Decatur Deb Dec 23, 2015 • 3:28:54am

2nd day of Winter, and our overnight low is 63 degrees. The area is halfway through several days of a flood watch.

Teukka Dec 23, 2015 • 3:38:05am

re: #44 Decatur Deb

2nd day of Winter, and our overnight low is 63 degrees. The area is halfway several days of a flood watch.

23^rd of December, the day before Christmas eve. 9.6°C (49.3°F) outside. A couple of days ago, it was more or less T-shirt weather.

And still, the derpniers claim GloBULL warming is a liBULLar hoax to cull the earth of 80% of the inhabitants and take all our freedumbs! or insult your intelligence with Climates always change, climate change, DUH.

Meanwhile, climate scientists who the derpniers claim are on the take or just plain old moneyhungry, are genuinely worried that the combination of climate change and an unusually strong El Niño may have drastic, perhaps even catastrophic effects during ‘16.

Kinda makes you wonder what excuses will be forthcoming when the bodies and refugees begin stacking up…

*SMFH*

Decatur Deb Dec 23, 2015 • 3:44:17am

re: #45 Teukka

23^rd of December, the day before Christmas eve. 9.6°C (49.3°F) outside. A couple of days ago, it was more or less T-shirt weather.

And still, the derpniers claim GloBULL warming is a liBULLar hoax to cull the earth of 80% of the inhabitants and take all our freedumbs! or insult your intelligence with Climates always change, climate change, DUH.

Meanwhile, climate scientists who the derpniers claim are on the take or just plain old moneyhungry, are genuinely worried that the combination of climate change and an unusually strong El Niño may have drastic, perhaps even catastrophic effects during ‘16.

Kinda makes you wonder what excuses will be forthcoming when the bodies and refugees begin stacking up…

*SMFH*

We’ll be safely behind Trump’s Mexican-built wall by then.

freetoken Dec 23, 2015 • 3:44:56am

MP3 Audio

Decatur Deb Dec 23, 2015 • 3:47:37am

re: #47 freetoken

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Sicilian/Neapolitan?

Barefoot Grin Dec 23, 2015 • 3:48:43am

re: #32 goddamnedfrank

FYI in cast iron news I found and bought a Griswold Colonial Breakfast Skillet #666. Fuck yeah, breakfast skillet of the beast, Hail Satan motherfuckers!

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That’s sweet. We have several Griswolds, but I had never seen one of those before. Immabout to make an artery-clogging breakfast in one now.

Teukka Dec 23, 2015 • 3:48:54am

re: #46 Decatur Deb

We’ll be safely behind Trump’s Mexican-built wall by then.

Run? Where? Hide? Where?

Nowhere.

Because the effects will be global.

Note, best delivery as follows:
Body Snatchers (1993)

Decatur Deb Dec 23, 2015 • 3:50:00am

re: #50 Teukka

Run? Where? Hide? Where?

Nowhere.

Because the effects will be global.

Note, best delivery as follows:
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We’re going to make the Canadians roof it over.

freetoken Dec 23, 2015 • 3:50:38am

re: #48 Decatur Deb

Spanish carol.

Nyet Dec 23, 2015 • 3:51:40am

23th day of winter and it feels almost like autumn with around 12 degrees.

Decatur Deb Dec 23, 2015 • 3:52:15am

re: #52 freetoken

Spanish carol.

Arpeggiata - Jacaras

wheat-dogghazi-mailgate Dec 23, 2015 • 3:54:47am

re: #45 Teukka

While watching The Expanse series recently, I noticed in one scene, there is a sea wall surrounding the Statue of Liberty, because the water level is at or above her feet. (I’ll have to look more closely again to be sure.)

And maybe I’m too much of a political junkie, but the condescending attitudes of Martians toward lazy Earthers who get free handouts and do nothing all day sound very familiar. I’m sure it’s a total coincidence. //

Decatur Deb Dec 23, 2015 • 3:55:29am

re: #53 Nyet

23th day of winter and it feels almost like autumn with around 12 degrees.

Our Christmas high is expected to be 82. Still, that’s happened before, it just might be happening more frequently.

freetoken Dec 23, 2015 • 3:57:32am

Time is running out to get those gifts delivered, but fortunately digital music is easy to get to your favorite person.

In a more contemporary vein, Nicki Parrott has some Christmas tunes:

MP3 Audio

wheat-dogghazi-mailgate Dec 23, 2015 • 4:02:09am

re: #45 Teukka

23^rd of December, the day before Christmas eve. 9.6°C (49.3°F) outside. A couple of days ago, it was more or less T-shirt weather.

And still, the derpniers claim GloBULL warming is a liBULLar hoax to cull the earth of 80% of the inhabitants and take all our freedumbs! or insult your intelligence with Climates always change, climate change, DUH.

Meanwhile, climate scientists who the derpniers claim are on the take or just plain old moneyhungry, are genuinely worried that the combination of climate change and an unusually strong El Niño may have drastic, perhaps even catastrophic effects during ‘16.

Kinda makes you wonder what excuses will be forthcoming when the bodies and refugees begin stacking up…

*SMFH*

For a preview, read up on the Dust Bowl of the 1930-40s in the USA. en.wikipedia.org

Not to mention desertification in Syria and other places is one reason (aside from war) driving so many people away from the region.

William Lewis Dec 23, 2015 • 4:48:13am

re: #58 wheat-dogghazi-mailgate

You want an even better idea of what’s coming, just Google or lookup on Wikipedia “Late Bronze Age Collapse”. Though I expect this one will mage it look minor by comparison.

Barefoot Grin Dec 23, 2015 • 4:53:02am

Press Briefing, May 7, 2001 with Ari Fleisher.

Q Is one of the problems with this, and the entire energy field, American lifestyles? Does the President believe that, given the amount of energy Americans consume per capita, how much it exceeds any other citizen in any other country in the world, does the President believe we need to correct our lifestyles to address the energy problem?

MR. FLEISCHER: That’s a big no. The President believes that it’s an American way of life, and that it should be the goal of policy makers to protect the American way of life. The American way of life is a blessed one. And we have a bounty of resources in this country. What we need to do is make certain that we’re able to get those resources in an efficient way, in a way that also emphasizes protecting the environment and conservation, into the hands of consumers so they can make the choices that they want to make as they live their lives day to day.

I Would Prefer Not To Dec 23, 2015 • 5:06:19am

Birthday

I got this from Google. Just for me.

Joe Bacon Dec 23, 2015 • 5:13:59am

re: #22 Single-handed sailor

Hey, we’ve all heard the Kaiser horror stories, but overall they do an OK job. Disclaimer: I switched to Kaiser when Blue Shield hit $22,000 a year, years ago (2008?). Work only covered Kaiser for 4 or equivalent, any better insurance package above that came out of the paycheck. After early retirement I was again able to get insurance under Obamacare with Kaiser.

My horror story is with SCREW CROSS! When I was diagnosed with rheumatoid arthritis in 1997, they refused to pay for the IV’s I needed. I went thru their entire appeal chain and was told no. I had to borrow on my credit card to pay for the IV’s until I could switch to Kaiser. Kaiser DOES cover the IV’s. I’ve never had any problems with them and I’m glad I switched! But SCREW CROSS can go to hell!

Kent Dorfman Dec 23, 2015 • 5:16:49am

I don’t think this is Trump’s macaca moment. I think this actually improves his chances at the Presidency. What doesn’t kill you makes you stronger.

Joe Bacon Dec 23, 2015 • 5:31:11am

re: #63 Kent Dorfman

I don’t think this is Trump’s macaca moment. I think this actually improves his chances at the Presidency. What doesn’t kill you makes you stronger.

Especially with the insane base of the GOP. They have truly mutated into Monty Python’s Silly Party and they’re getting sillier every day. My friends in Europe are recoiling in horror wondering what Trump or Cruz will do next!

SteveMcGaziBolaGate RN Dec 23, 2015 • 5:39:55am

re: #32 goddamnedfrank

FYI in cast iron news I found and bought a Griswold Colonial Breakfast Skillet #666. Fuck yeah, breakfast skillet of the beast, Hail Satan motherfuckers!

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I wonder what that sounds like if you drop it. (On your toe?)

Lidane Dec 23, 2015 • 5:44:21am

re: #65 SteveMcGaziBolaGate RN

I wonder what that sounds like if you drop it. (On your toe?)

Like an ambulance to the hospital.

Joe Bacon Dec 23, 2015 • 5:48:08am

re: #32 goddamnedfrank

FYI in cast iron news I found and bought a Griswold Colonial Breakfast Skillet #666. Fuck yeah, breakfast skillet of the beast, Hail Satan motherfuckers!

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Grandma Bacon had one. She treated it like it was the one of the Crown Jewels of England!

SteveMcGaziBolaGate RN Dec 23, 2015 • 5:48:14am

I happen to think that Trump’s behavior, while absolutely thrilling his base, is creating a wall around him that he doesn’t realize. His standing as the front runner only exists because the rest of the GOP is spread out all over the place.
As far as his positions and attitudes, he shares a lot of real estate with the rest of the GOP. He is actually giving them cover so they can pretend to be shocked and appalled when Trump says the things they want to say, but don’t have the guts. They’ll continue to work the anti-media, anti-science, anti-diversity, anti-everything schtick while insisting Trump doesn’t speak for them.

The Vicious Babushka Dec 23, 2015 • 5:51:20am

I have a Lodge cast iron pan but I hate using it because it is so fucking heavy. I don’t like cleaning it either, without using a drop of liquid soap I feel that there is food residue on there.

Lidane Dec 23, 2015 • 5:51:21am

Rich Lowry haz a sad:

The right’s post-constitutional moment https://t.co/2OOiNzHSLO via @RichLowry | Getty pic.twitter.com/tsdSWvoexq

— POLITICO (@politico) December 23, 2015

Fourth Football of the Apocalypse Dec 23, 2015 • 5:56:58am

re: #70 Lidane

Rich Lowry haz a sad:

Rich Lowry writes for Politico now?

I wonder why Lowry isn’t down with Trump like Baby Ben and the Dead Breitbarts?

lawhawk Dec 23, 2015 • 5:57:24am

re: #21 Nyet

That the word “schlonged” might, after all, have been used neutrally in the area where Trump grew up would only underscore the problem with Trump: he lives in a bubble of his own ego and is unable to understand that what he might have grown up with is not the same what other people might have grown up with, that even if the word was used to denote a defeat in some small circles, that’s not what most people understand by it and that its use in the context of a man defeating a woman is highly inflammatory despite any local contexts. This might have been excusable for a common Joe, but not for a guy who wants to be a President.

He grew up in NYC. Schlong was not used as a verb. Never used it as a verb. Never heard anyone else in Brooklyn use it as a verb. Always as a noun.

For Trump to say that he’s using it as a verb, and this is common usage, is well, like him seeing 1000s and 1000s of Muslims celebrating in Jersey City on tv. It’s complete and utter bunkum. BS. Bovine fecal matter.

And yet he’ll get away with it.

What doesn’t kill his campaign makes it stronger. And every utterance that would otherwise doom a campaign (like the rampant misogyny, racism, catering to white supremacists and using neo Nazi/white supremacist talking points) has instead seen Trump’s polling go up.

It’s as though Trump is a honey-pot of hate. We are getting to see the GOP for what it truly is. Rotten to the core.

freetoken Dec 23, 2015 • 5:58:34am

re: #69 The Vicious Babushka

I have a Lodge cast iron pan but I hate using it because it is so fucking heavy. I don’t like cleaning it either, without using a drop of liquid soap I feel that there is food residue on there.

Because there is.

Now, the cast iron luvers might say that once the pan is heated to near 100C then the numerous bacteria living on the thing die… and I suppose they are correct.

Yet I wonder about handling such pots when they are cold. Sort of like picking fruit and veg outdoors - one should always wash one’s hands afterwards.

Bubblehead II Dec 23, 2015 • 5:59:50am

Stand by for rwnj splodey heads.

Judge upholds Seattle ‘gun violence tax,’ dismisses NRA suit

The measure - one of only a couple of its kind in the nation - adds $25 to the price of each firearm sold in the city, plus 2 or 5 cents per round of ammunition, depending on the type. Officials expect it to raise up to $500,000 a year to help offset the costs of gun violence. The measure is set to take effect next month.

Full Dis-closer here.

When this first came up I pointed out that while it may be legal to impose this tax, it would also be useless, as people will just make their purchases outside of City limits. I still hold this view. For this tax to actually be viable, it has to be imposed on a State wide level.

freetoken Dec 23, 2015 • 6:00:03am

re: #70 Lidane

Rich Lowry makes my ass tired.

Timothy Watson Dec 23, 2015 • 6:01:38am

re: #75 freetoken

Rich Lowry makes my ass tired.

I could only read a couple paragraphs before closing the tab while laughing.

Lidane Dec 23, 2015 • 6:02:35am

Not The Onion:

Republicans view Trump as candidate most capable of handling major national issues: https://t.co/Wqm4EAUZDU pic.twitter.com/Nbu3L0ttO5

— The Hill (@thehill) December 23, 2015

lawhawk Dec 23, 2015 • 6:02:58am

re: #45 Teukka

Tomorrow they’re predicting record temps in the NYC metro area. 70+ degrees. The prior record was 56. The low temperature in NYC tomorrow is expected to be 60. The low tomorrow will still be a record high for the day.

And it’s been this way for most of the month. We’re running 10-15 degrees above normal the entire month.

Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light) Dec 23, 2015 • 6:04:41am

re: #63 Kent Dorfman

I don’t think this is Trump’s macaca moment. I think this actually improves his chances at the Presidency. What doesn’t kill you makes you stronger.

It is like when a partner is so infatuated with their new paramour that they are willing to overlook or rationalize his/her most thoughtless and even abusive behavior.

And Trump is the brand new boyfriend who promises to be everything that all the past partners weren’t. Until we are stuck with him and he turns out to be much, much worse…

Fourth Football of the Apocalypse Dec 23, 2015 • 6:05:50am

re: #63 Kent Dorfman

I don’t think this is Trump’s macaca moment. I think this actually improves his chances at the Presidency. What doesn’t kill you makes you stronger.

If George Allen were running today, Macaca would give him Trump-like numbers.

Mike Lamb Dec 23, 2015 • 6:06:41am

re: #72 lawhawk

He grew up in NYC. Schlong was not used as a verb. Never used it as a verb. Never heard anyone else in Brooklyn use it as a verb. Always as a noun.

For Trump to say that he’s using it as a verb, and this is common usage, is well, like him seeing 1000s and 1000s of Muslims celebrating in Jersey City on tv. It’s complete and utter bunkum. BS. Bovine fecal matter.

And yet he’ll get away with it.

What doesn’t kill his campaign makes it stronger. And every utterance that would otherwise doom a campaign (like the rampant misogyny, racism, catering to white supremacists and using neo Nazi/white supremacist talking points) has instead seen Trump’s polling go up.

It’s as though Trump is a honey-pot of hate. We are getting to see the GOP for what it truly is. Rotten to the core.

I don’t live in NY, but I’ve never heard the term “schlonged”. But leaving that aside…even if people use the term, all you need to do is replace it with “dicked” or “fucked” and you get the same meaning. It’s not “neutral”. It’s not “non-sexual”.

Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light) Dec 23, 2015 • 6:07:37am

re: #78 lawhawk

Tomorrow they’re predicting record temps in the NYC metro area. 70+ degrees. The prior record was 56. The low temperature in NYC tomorrow is expected to be 60. The low tomorrow will still be a record high for the day.

And it’s been this way for most of the month. We’re running 10-15 degrees above normal the entire month.

Temps predicted for the high 50’s for Xmas Eve in Germany. Totally unseasonable.

Fourth Football of the Apocalypse Dec 23, 2015 • 6:09:47am

re: #56 Decatur Deb

Our Christmas high is expected to be 82. Still, that’s happened before, it just might be happening more frequently.

Gah, 82. Sheesh.

Road home on the bus last night and it was stifling. Apparently buses, or at least this bus, couldn’t just put on the cold air, like it had been switched for the seasons.

Great White Snark Dec 23, 2015 • 6:10:23am

re: #74 Bubblehead II

Stand by for rwnj splodey heads.

Judge upholds Seattle ‘gun violence tax,’ dismisses NRA suit

The measure - one of only a couple of its kind in the nation - adds $25 to the price of each firearm sold in the city, plus 2 or 5 cents per round of ammunition, depending on the type. Officials expect it to raise up to $500,000 a year to help offset the costs of gun violence. The measure is set to take effect next month.

Full Dis-closer here.

When this first came up I pointed out that while it may be legal to impose this tax, it would also be useless, as people will just make their purchases outside of City limits. I still hold this view. For this tax to actually be viable, it has to be imposed on a State wide level.

Agree. What’s next regulations that vary from zip code to zip code?
Let’s also remember that if there is a right in the law as powerful as individual liberties or arguably stronger, it would be the power of taxation. And a measure that will impact the law abiding far and away more than the criminal element. Oh and by most measures, it’s a regressive type of taxation.

darthstar Dec 23, 2015 • 6:11:29am

re: #16 darthstar

Jesus…not a single retweet…and I thought this was funny.

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Thanks for the RT Lawhawk. “Forearm” as I call her is also a lawyer and sometimes quite articulate though lately she sounds like she’s auditioning for “Real Hillary Fans of Atlanta” with all the OH NO HE DIDIN’T! faux outrage over anything Sanders.

SteveMcGaziBolaGate RN Dec 23, 2015 • 6:11:39am

re: #83 Fourth Football of the Apocalypse

It was probably the driver’s preference. The A/C compressor often runs to dehumidify the air inside to keep the windows from fogging.

lawhawk Dec 23, 2015 • 6:11:52am

The mystery of Kuala Lumpur airport’s abandoned jumbos is solved. It’s messy https://t.co/jEtGHGtjOf pic.twitter.com/tI0M37XxLN

— The Economist (@TheEconomist) December 23, 2015

Dark_Falcon Dec 23, 2015 • 6:12:32am

re: #74 Bubblehead II

Stand by for rwnj splodey heads.

Judge upholds Seattle ‘gun violence tax,’ dismisses NRA suit

The measure - one of only a couple of its kind in the nation - adds $25 to the price of each firearm sold in the city, plus 2 or 5 cents per round of ammunition, depending on the type. Officials expect it to raise up to $500,000 a year to help offset the costs of gun violence. The measure is set to take effect next month.

Full Dis-closer here.

When this first came up I pointed out that while it may be legal to impose this tax, it would also be useless, as people will just make their purchases outside of City limits. I still hold this view. For this tax to actually be viable, it has to be imposed on a State wide level.

No heads will explode, for we conservatives know this tax will not do what it is supposed to do and it will not raise the money it is supposed to raise. We will hold up this tax as proof of the failure of liberalism.

Fourth Football of the Apocalypse Dec 23, 2015 • 6:12:44am

re: #44 Decatur Deb

2nd day of Winter, and our overnight low is 63 degrees. The area is halfway through several days of a flood watch.

I had the ceiling fan on in my bedroom last night.

Eventual Carrion Dec 23, 2015 • 6:13:26am

re: #78 lawhawk

Tomorrow they’re predicting record temps in the NYC metro area. 70+ degrees. The prior record was 56. The low temperature in NYC tomorrow is expected to be 60. The low tomorrow will still be a record high for the day.

And it’s been this way for most of the month. We’re running 10-15 degrees above normal the entire month.

And the fall back answer from warming deniers is “It’s El Nino”, as if that answers that. So I am prone to ask, “Why is El Nino so damn strong this time around? You do know that El Nino is extra warm waters causing the disruption?”. That answer becomes inconvenient to contemplate so the conversation is dropped.

Fourth Football of the Apocalypse Dec 23, 2015 • 6:13:45am

re: #60 Barefoot Grin

Press Briefing, May 7, 2001 with Ari Fleisher.

Q Is one of the problems with this, and the entire energy field, American lifestyles? Does the President believe that, given the amount of energy Americans consume per capita, how much it exceeds any other citizen in any other country in the world, does the President believe we need to correct our lifestyles to address the energy problem?

MR. FLEISCHER: That’s a big no. The President believes that it’s an American way of life, and that it should be the goal of policy makers to protect the American way of life. The American way of life is a blessed one. And we have a bounty of resources in this country. What we need to do is make certain that we’re able to get those resources in an efficient way, in a way that also emphasizes protecting the environment and conservation, into the hands of consumers so they can make the choices that they want to make as they live their lives day to day.

May 7, 2001, gosh those were good times.

Dark_Falcon Dec 23, 2015 • 6:14:16am

re: #71 Fourth Football of the Apocalypse

Rich Lowry writes for Politico now?

I wonder why Lowry isn’t down with Trump like Baby Ben and the Dead Breitbarts?

Because he believes in the Constitution and Donald Trump does not. Hell, that’s 65% of why I oppose Trump myself.

I Would Prefer Not To Dec 23, 2015 • 6:14:25am

re: #84 Great White Snark

Agree. What’s next regulations that vary from zip code to zip code?
Let’s also remember that if there is a right in the law as powerful as individual liberties or arguably stronger, it would be the power of taxation. And a measure that will impact the law abiding far and away more than the criminal element. Oh and by most measures, it’s a regressive type of taxation.

Regressive? How many bullets does one need to protect themselves? If you are an idiot hoarding ammo then it’s a huge tax, but I don’t feel sorry for people that buy bullets and can’t feed their children.

Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light) Dec 23, 2015 • 6:17:50am

re: #88 Dark_Falcon

No heads will explode, for we conservatives know this tax will not do what it is supposed to do and it will not raise the money it is supposed to raise. We will hold up this tax as proof of the failure of liberalism.

The market is supposed to function by bringing the price of a product in line with the true costs generated by a product. I know, guns don’t kill, people kill, so the tax is not on guns, it’s on people.

SteveMcGaziBolaGate RN Dec 23, 2015 • 6:17:55am

re: #88 Dark_Falcon

No heads will explode, for we conservatives know this tax will not do what it is supposed to do and it will not raise the money it is supposed to raise. We will hold up this tax as proof of the failure of liberalism.

Maybe you don’t understand what this tax is supposed to do. “Buy your shit somewhere else” is the first thing that came to my mind.

lawhawk Dec 23, 2015 • 6:18:23am

re: #93 I Would Prefer Not To

Property, sales and excise taxes are generally considered regressive taxes, because they would disproportionately hurt those with lower incomes than those with high incomes. Income taxes with multiple tax brackets are seen as progressive taxes because they generally impose higher taxes on those who can afford them, and lower incomes pay a smaller percentage of their income.

It’s the same argument made against sin taxes (tobacco, alcohol), that these taxes harm lower income persons because they pay a greater share of their income in tax than someone who is from a higher income.

Note: I’m not arguing the justification for imposing the tax - only identifying what is or isn’t a regressive tax.

Fourth Football of the Apocalypse Dec 23, 2015 • 6:19:01am

Nothing to see here. Please move along.

Washington (CNN)—Donald Trump seems set to end 2015 as the dominant force in the race for next year’s Republican nomination for president, with Texas Sen. Ted Cruz now a clear — yet distant — second after a strong debate performance, a new CNN/ORC poll released on Wednesday has found.

Trump tops the field with 39%, according to the poll of Republican and Republican-leaning registered voters. That’s more than double the share backing Cruz, who, at 18%, has inched up 2 points since the last CNN/ORC poll, which was taken in late November.

Trump has been a constant atop the polls since his ascent to the lead in July, and this new poll marks the first time Cruz stands significantly apart from the other candidates vying for the nomination. Behind those two, Ben Carson and Florida Sen. Marco Rubio have each slipped a few points and now stand tied at 10%.

Dark_Falcon Dec 23, 2015 • 6:19:50am

re: #93 I Would Prefer Not To

Regressive? How many bullets does one need to protect themselves? If you are an idiot hoarding ammo then it’s a huge tax, but I don’t feel sorry for people that buy bullets and can’t feed their children.

What about if you’re a gun range whose members sometimes pool their money to purchase ammo at a discount? 4000 rounds may be a lot for 1, but split between 20 people its only 200 rounds per person. But add on that tax and its an extra $10 for those 200 rounds. Now say that order gets placed once a season and you’re looking at $40 a year, which does sting.

lawhawk Dec 23, 2015 • 6:20:25am

re: #94 Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light)

The purpose of the tax is to extract revenue to recover the losses incurred as a result of firearms injuries and homicides resulting from firearms usage (and the costs to hospitals, law enforcement, etc.). The tax is rationally related to a legitimate government interest (rational interest test). Those who seek to buy a firearm or ammo would therefore pay a tax to cover potential harmful outcomes from usage of said purchases.

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SteveMcGaziBolaGate RN Dec 23, 2015 • 6:21:21am

re: #94 Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light)

The market is supposed to function by bringing the price of a product in line with the true costs generated by a product. I know, guns don’t kill, people kill, so the tax is not on guns, it’s on people.

Well, to pick nits, the market is supposed to reconcile supply with demand. Government is supposed to make sure that the true costs of a product or service are paid by both the suppliers and the consumers. For example, the cost of hazardous waste disposal should be borne by the producer and passed on as part of the true cost of the product. In practice however, due to lax regulations and enforcement, pollutants are dumped and the govt has to pay for cleaning up the inevitable spill.

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darthstar Dec 23, 2015 • 6:22:20am

re: #22 Single-handed sailor

Hey, we’ve all heard the Kaiser horror stories, but overall they do an OK job. Disclaimer: I switched to Kaiser when Blue Shield hit $22,000 a year, years ago (2008?). Work only covered Kaiser for 4 or equivalent, any better insurance package above that came out of the paycheck. After early retirement I was again able to get insurance under Obamacare with Kaiser.

I liked Kaiser when I was young. And it’s great for people who get regular care at their doctors on a schedule - young families especially with kids. Still I tease them because I have a pretty good horror story.

My first wife was a bit of a drama queen so we’d still end up at ER at 2am if she was sick. One night I watched a young Hispanic girl break her water in the waiting room. Two hours later, as my wife was getting treated, I saw her on a gurney in the hall in labor. I told the docs treating my wife, “Hey, this girl out here is having a baby.”
They said, “No, she told us she wasn’t pregnant.”
I said, “I watched her break her water two hours ago in the waiting room and right now she’s peeling the concrete off the wall with her hand.”
A nurse finally took a peek out the door at her and said, “Oh shit.”
Ten minutes later I could hear the little newborn fucker screaming, “Really, mom? Kaiser?”

That’s my only horror story…almost like the story of Joseph and Mary minus the farm animals.

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SteveMcGaziBolaGate RN Dec 23, 2015 • 6:23:22am

re: #98 Dark_Falcon

Boo frickin’ hoo.

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I Would Prefer Not To Dec 23, 2015 • 6:24:03am

re: #98 Dark_Falcon

What about if you’re a gun range whose members sometimes pool their money to purchase ammo at a discount? 4000 rounds may be a lot for 1, but split between 20 people its only 200 rounds per person. But add on that tax and its an extra $10 for those 200 rounds. Now say that order gets placed once a season and you’re looking at $40 a year, which does sting.</blockquote>

Not as much as when your toddler “accidently” shots you. But why should gun users not pay for some of the damage guns cause?

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makeitstop Dec 23, 2015 • 6:24:06am

re: #69 The Vicious Babushka

I have a Lodge cast iron pan but I hate using it because it is so fucking heavy. I don’t like cleaning it either, without using a drop of liquid soap I feel that there is food residue on there.

I was going to buy my wife one yesterday, but reconsidered.

My wife is a big fan of the Le Creuset stuff, but I think I’ve already bought her everything they make that we’d use.

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Dark_Falcon Dec 23, 2015 • 6:24:18am

re: #95 SteveMcGaziBolaGate RN

Maybe you don’t understand what this tax is supposed to do. “Buy your shit somewhere else” is the first thing that came to my mind.

But that’s not how it was sold to the public in Seattle. And when the results don’t line up with how it was sold, then that opens up an avenue of attack against those who supported the tax.

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The Vicious Babushka Dec 23, 2015 • 6:25:31am

Trump issues a threat

The Hillary Clinton staged event yesterday was pathetic. Be careful Hillary as you play the war on women or women being degraded card.

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) December 23, 2015

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Great White Snark Dec 23, 2015 • 6:26:21am

re: #93 I Would Prefer Not To

Does it scale for income or not? That would be the measure to define whether or not it’s regressive right? This does not change depending on the item taxed right?

Of course if one views this as a dis incentive to gun ownership, well that makes the worthiness of the tax a whole ‘nother question. As in who cares about the revenue let’s just make it more expensive to use that right. Same way they discourage whatever the heck they don’t like as a city.

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Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light) Dec 23, 2015 • 6:26:36am

re: #100 SteveMcGaziBolaGate RN

Well, to pick nits, the market is supposed to reconcile supply with demand. .

Which is imbalanced if the true costs of a product are socialized somewhere down the line.

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Bubblehead II Dec 23, 2015 • 6:28:46am

re: #88 Dark_Falcon

No heads will explode, for we conservatives know this tax will not do what it is supposed to do and it will not raise the money it is supposed to raise. We will hold up this tax as proof of the failure of liberalism.

The only reason this tax will fail is it is, as I pointed out, a City imposed tax. Purchases outside of City limits will not be affected by it. I stated when it first came up last summer that it was a stupid idea and would only be viable if imposed on a State wide basis.

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lawhawk Dec 23, 2015 • 6:28:49am

Do you think anyone forgets your horrific statements about #MegynKelly? You are a misogynist. Own it. @realDonaldTrump

— lawhawk (@lawhawk) December 23, 2015

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SteveMcGaziBolaGate RN Dec 23, 2015 • 6:30:09am

re: #105 Dark_Falcon

But that’s not how it was sold to the public in Seattle. And when the results don’t line up with how it was sold, then that opens up an avenue of attack against those who supported the tax.

Is that like selling anti-abortion laws like requiring admitting privileges and waiting periods as “safety” measures? Try again.

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Great White Snark Dec 23, 2015 • 6:31:26am

re: #109 Bubblehead II

How do you think that will work out for a gun store or even just camping/hunting store in city limits? Bye bye.

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lawhawk Dec 23, 2015 • 6:31:27am

re: #109 Bubblehead II

Except many people will end up buying ammo within city boundaries it because that’s where a whole lot of people are. Will some of them drive out of the city boundaries to avoid the tax? Sure. The point that it should be imposed statewide is valid. It should be state (or nationally) imposed.

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Dark_Falcon Dec 23, 2015 • 6:31:52am

re: #103 I Would Prefer Not To

Not as much as when your toddler “accidentally” shoots you. But why should gun users not pay for some of the damage guns cause?

A matter addressed by proper storage and supervision of firearms. But most gunshot injury and death in medium-sized and major cities is not caused by legally-owned guns or by accident, its caused by gang fighting. Why should someone who owns an AR-10 that she uses for hunting moose and for target shooting have to pay for the costs incurred because the Nuestra Familia got in a turf war with the Nazi Low-Riders?

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SteveMcGaziBolaGate RN Dec 23, 2015 • 6:31:58am

re: #108 Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light)

I think I just said that. You didn’t quote the whole post. When the govt doesn’t force the supplier to deal with all the costs and pass them onto the customer, the govt winds up paying the cost of the cleanup, or medical treatment, or whatever.

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Backwoods_Sleuth Dec 23, 2015 • 6:32:46am

re: #106 The Vicious Babushka

Trump is actually, with a straight face, accusing someone of a “staged event”?

BWAHAHAHAAAA

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I Would Prefer Not To Dec 23, 2015 • 6:32:54am

re: #111 SteveMcGaziBolaGate RN

Is that like selling anti-abortion laws like requiring admitting privileges and waiting periods as “safety” measures? Try again.

Seattle is making a statement. Other cities/state may follow. Guns are expensive, it’s about time owners paid their share.

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I Would Prefer Not To Dec 23, 2015 • 6:34:13am

re: #114 Dark_Falcon

A matter addressed by proper storage and supervision of firearms. But most gunshot injury and death in medium-sized and major cities is not caused by legally-owned guns or by accident, its caused by gang fighting. Why should someone who owns an AR-10 that she uses for hunting moose and for target shooting have to pay for the costs incurred because the Nuestra Familia got in a turf war with the Nazi Low-Riders?

Because down the line some “responsible” gun owner sold the gun to a gang member.

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Bubblehead II Dec 23, 2015 • 6:34:18am

re: #112 Great White Snark

How do you think that will work out for a gun store or even just camping/hunting store in city limits? Bye bye.

Yep. This was also brought up last summer when many of the gun shop owners said they would be either forced to move or close down if the tax was imposed. Whether or not they will is still to be seen.

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Dark_Falcon Dec 23, 2015 • 6:34:36am

re: #111 SteveMcGaziBolaGate RN

Is that like selling anti-abortion laws like requiring admitting privileges and waiting periods as “safety” measures? Try again.

Yes, its just like that. When those measures don’t work as advertised (but do work as their creators actually intended them to work), then liberals attack such laws and justly so. I don’t need to try again because I don’t support such laws.

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Dark_Falcon Dec 23, 2015 • 6:35:47am

re: #118 I Would Prefer Not To

Because down the line some “responsible” gun owner sold the gun to a gang member.

Then wouldn’t statewide anti-straw-buying legislation be a better answer?

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Great White Snark Dec 23, 2015 • 6:36:22am

re: #117 I Would Prefer Not To

Patchwork posturing is not genuine gun control or a good solution. California already passed a handgun sales ban, just on the boil a frog slowly method. This is far more a statement than effective measure.

Ammo can be bought online. Tax? What tax? Cheaper than Dirt should send a thank you card.

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I Would Prefer Not To Dec 23, 2015 • 6:36:49am

re: #119 Bubblehead II

Yep. This was also brought up last summer when many of the gun shop owners said they would be either forced to move or close down if the tax was imposed. Whether or not they will is still to be seen.

When New York City imposed a ban on smoking in bars, just about every bar owner in the city said it would force them out of business. Flash forward and bars in NYC still exist. The city has about the same number of liquor licenses. Business owners are sometimes full of it.

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I Would Prefer Not To Dec 23, 2015 • 6:37:34am

re: #121 Dark_Falcon

Then wouldn’t statewide anti-straw-buying legislation be a better answer?

Yes. But Seattle is making a statement and probably hoping the state follows.

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lawhawk Dec 23, 2015 • 6:38:28am

re: #114 Dark_Falcon

Where do you get your information, because it is … how can I be charitable here?
Completely and utterly wrong. Not even in the same ballpark wrong.

For every homicide, there are 2 suicides. Out of the 33,000 firearms fatalities every year, 22,000 are suicide. 11,000 are homicides. And in most homicides, they are among people known to the shooter (domestic relations, spouses, siblings, children, parents) or acquaintances. Gangbangers are not the source of most homicides.

Sorry to break it to you. Even if the gang shootings get most of the press, the steady drumbeat of homicides churns on 24/7/365.

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Eventual Carrion Dec 23, 2015 • 6:39:57am

re: #114 Dark_Falcon

A matter addressed by proper storage and supervision of firearms. But most gunshot injury and death in medium-sized and major cities is not caused by legally-owned guns or by accident, its caused by gang fighting. Why should someone who owns an AR-10 that she uses for hunting moose and for target shooting have to pay for the costs incurred because the Nuestra Familia got in a turf war with the Nazi Low-Riders?

Why do I have to pay higher car insurance premiums because some scumbags like to hammer 30 Jack & cokes and ram into people on the streets? Why do I have to be roadblock stopped driving down the road and “show my papers” because of these people? And people bitching about this little extra tax money are bitching about having to spend money on a safe, trigger lock, etc for their guns, so they don’t use them.

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darthstar Dec 23, 2015 • 6:39:59am

re: #113 lawhawk

Except many people will end up buying ammo within city boundaries it because that’s where a whole lot of people are. Will some of them drive out of the city boundaries to avoid the tax? Sure. The point that it should be imposed statewide is valid. It should be state (or nationally) imposed.

Okay, I googled it. There are about a dozen gun stores in the Seattle area - 8-10 of them appear to be within the city limits. Affluent shooters and hunters (like people in my family) will just bitch about the high cost a couple of times and carry on. The quasi-militia dirtbags DF is concerned will be hurt financially by paying an extra 40 dollars a year probably live out in the suburbs already and only go to downtown Seattle once or twice a year anyway, and probably not to stock up on ammo.

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lawhawk Dec 23, 2015 • 6:40:19am

re: #123 I Would Prefer Not To

When New York City imposed a ban on smoking in bars, just about every bar owner in the city said it would force them out of business. Flash forward and bars in NYC still exist. The city has about the same number of liquor licenses. Business owners are sometimes full of it.

In fact, business is booming because more people are going to restaurants and the added benefit of smoke-free dining means you can actually taste the food you’re paying good money for.

And instead of being a one-off, it turns out smoke free dining caught on nationally, and even Paris is smoke free for dining. It hardly caused the kind of damage to the dining experience that the business owners claimed.

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Great White Snark Dec 23, 2015 • 6:40:22am

re: #119 Bubblehead II

That happened here in Los Angeles for similar reasons. it got easier to start a liquor store than continue a gun store. Including harassment from the LAPD Gun detail. No more gun store in the city. Several just outside. Hmmm. Is public safety enhanced? I don’t see how. Did the store owners get screwed? Why yes they did.

I think we know what measure are needed. Universal registration. Reasonable insurance, Reasonable taxation. Failing to pass those does not justify spotty, uneven, regressive and unhelpful measures far less effective.

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makeitstop Dec 23, 2015 • 6:41:04am

re: #57 freetoken

Time is running out to get those gifts delivered, but fortunately digital music is easy to get to your favorite person.

In a more contemporary vein, Nicki Parrott has some Christmas tunes:

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I was lucky enough to see Nikki at Iridium with Les Paul a couple of times before Lester left us. Great bass player, and she’s a gear nerd like most musicians - I had a conversation with her about her bass one night.

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Dark_Falcon Dec 23, 2015 • 6:42:16am

re: #124 I Would Prefer Not To

Yes. But Seattle is making a statement and probably hoping the state follows.

Yes, the statement makes clear the danger that presents itself when the power to tax is put in the hands of the left.

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darthstar Dec 23, 2015 • 6:44:49am

re: #131 Dark_Falcon

Yes, the statement makes clear the danger that presents itself when the power to tax is put in the hands of the left.

You sound like you’ve got your nose wedged so firmly between Ted Cruz’s butt cheeks in that sentence that I’m concerned you’ll be able to extricate yourself later when he loses.

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GlutenFreeJesus Dec 23, 2015 • 6:45:34am

re: #131 Dark_Falcon

Total bullshit.

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darthstar Dec 23, 2015 • 6:45:57am

re: #131 Dark_Falcon

I’m not baiting you here…that was just pure Ted Cruz speak. Seriously.

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Dark_Falcon Dec 23, 2015 • 6:48:07am

re: #134 darthstar

I’m not baiting you here…that was just pure Ted Cruz speak. Seriously.

It’s sound like Ted Cruz, because on this matter Senator Cruz and I almost certainly agree.

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Bubblehead II Dec 23, 2015 • 6:48:11am

re: #131 Dark_Falcon

Yes, the statement makes clear the danger that presents itself when the power to ~~tax~~ regulate is put in the hands of the ~~left~~ right.

That door swings both ways D_F and you know it.

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Dr. Matt Dec 23, 2015 • 6:49:28am

re: #135 Dark_Falcon

It’s sound like Ted Cruz, because on this matter Senator Cruz and I almost certainly agree.

Pretty fucking embarrassing to publically acknowledge that you agree with that vile, smarmy, douche bag, low-life asshole. Proceed.

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darthstar Dec 23, 2015 • 6:49:32am

re: #136 Bubblehead II

That door swings both ways D_F and you know it.

So does Ted Cruz. Just sayin’…

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darthstar Dec 23, 2015 • 6:51:05am

re: #137 Dr. Matt

Pretty fucking embarrassing to publically acknowledge that you agree with that vile, smarmy, douche bag, low-life asshole. Proceed.

Hey, if asshole ex-war hero John McCain can come out publicly and say he’ll vote for Trump if he’s the nominee, DF can pretty much hitch himself up to any of the remaining 13.

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lawhawk Dec 23, 2015 • 6:52:35am

re: #139 darthstar

Party before country. And every day the GOP proceeds to demonstrate that in the most reprehensible manner. None of the GOP is willing to castigate or cast out Trump, not when Trump’s got a plurality of support, and the rest of the candidates are otherwise seeking out Trump’s supporters to add to their own.

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Backwoods_Sleuth Dec 23, 2015 • 6:52:44am

re: #131 Dark_Falcon

Yes, the statement makes clear the danger that presents itself when the power to tax is put in the hands of the left.

Gee…just like the fact that in most parts of Kentucky (including my own county) a 7% tax has been imposed on insurance premiums, for no other reason that to increase revenue so those that imposed the tax could give themselves raises.
Those would be REPUBLICANS who did that.

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darthstar Dec 23, 2015 • 6:54:42am

@owillis As a happy white can I just say fuck the angry whites and their low self-esteem? They’re all pussies (language they understand).

— Sean McCabe (@darthstar99) December 23, 2015

Shut up. Seriously, shut up. pic.twitter.com/ZN55ATZmC1

— Oliver Willis (@owillis) December 23, 2015

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Amory Blaine Dec 23, 2015 • 6:55:51am

Gun profits are built on the the piles of dead that we have to reconcile. I completely agree with a tax on guns to help pay for all the carnage. Can’t afford it? Get another job, fucking losers.

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darthstar Dec 23, 2015 • 6:57:08am

. @LaFayJJL @pharris830 @stphil @jojokejohn @Letha_Hughes @helixion12 @gollum1419_g @Astorix23 “@cherokeesher2: pic.twitter.com/Fhb6446vXn”

— patricia (@pppatticake) December 23, 2015

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Dark_Falcon Dec 23, 2015 • 6:57:23am

I’m going to change gears for a moment, and post this video of Donald Trump’s presidential helicopter:

ВЕРТОЛЕТЫ МИ-35МС - ВЗЛЕТАЮТ С КРЕМЛЕВСКОЙ ПЛОЩАДКИ

Yes, that’s a Hind doing VIP duty from the Kremlin. The variant is called the Mi-35MS and while it lacks fixed armament, its wing pylons can likely carry the usual array of machine guns, cannons, rockets, and other things that go “BOOM!”. It’s size, armament, and aggressive appearance would make it perfect for Donald Trump.

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Backwoods_Sleuth Dec 23, 2015 • 6:58:00am

sigh

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Dark_Falcon Dec 23, 2015 • 7:00:45am

re: #145 Dark_Falcon

There’s actually two of the big whirlybirds in the video, which is a common sight with Hinds.

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Lidane Dec 23, 2015 • 7:02:55am

Even Greg Gutfeld is getting tired of Donald Trump’s defenders: https://t.co/iLhUmZzXAn pic.twitter.com/teaqxtBnkd

— Media Matters (@mmfa) December 23, 2015

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darthstar Dec 23, 2015 • 7:03:34am

Jeb abandons Jeb! https://t.co/YOOOY3tK5t Now just Jeb… connotes resignation.

— Sean McCabe (@darthstar99) December 23, 2015

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freetoken Dec 23, 2015 • 7:05:31am

re: #97 Fourth Football of the Apocalypse

There’s quite a bit of variability in the popularity polls:

realclearpolitics.com

But the latest CNN version does show both Trump and Cruz inching up since CNN’s last installment.

And Jeb! has clearly flatlined in the low single digits. And Rubio continues to slip behind Cruz for the #2 spot.

Not a good time to be an old-establishment Republican.

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Lidane Dec 23, 2015 • 7:05:59am

Finally! Beginning Dec. 24, Beatles songs will be available on streaming services worldwide https://t.co/WMZbLFRdi7 pic.twitter.com/9wFPTPWC9K

— NBC News (@NBCNews) December 23, 2015

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GlutenFreeJesus Dec 23, 2015 • 7:06:06am

re: #135 Dark_Falcon

It’s sound like Ted Cruz, because on this matter Senator Cruz and I almost certainly agree.

Of course you do.

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darthstar Dec 23, 2015 • 7:06:43am

re: #147 Dark_Falcon

There’s actually two of the big whirlybirds in the video, which is a common sight with Hinds.

They don’t look like butts.

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freetoken Dec 23, 2015 • 7:07:38am

40 days out from the Iowa caucuses, the much vaunted large field of Republican candidates is collapsing down to two choices:

Trump or Cruz.

Now popularity polls will be dismissed as not the real thing.

We will get the real thing in 40 days.

I sort of doubt that the top two Iowa favorites will be anything other than Trump and Cruz. Now, the order may be reversed - Cruz over Trump - but it does appear those are the two.

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darthstar Dec 23, 2015 • 7:08:04am

Fuck this asshole:

ICYMI: Ted Cruz says he will rule as a lawless tyrant, with no respect for SCOTUS rulings https://t.co/FPi7qPzoeE

— The Daily Edge (@TheDailyEdge) December 23, 2015

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Dark_Falcon Dec 23, 2015 • 7:08:25am

re: #153 darthstar

They don’t look like butts.

You kinda lost me there.

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Dark_Falcon Dec 23, 2015 • 7:09:21am

re: #156 Dark_Falcon

You kinda lost me there.

Never mind, I got it. BBL

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darthstar Dec 23, 2015 • 7:09:56am

re: #156 Dark_Falcon

You kinda lost me there.

hind1
hīnd/
adjective
(especially of a bodily part) situated at the back; posterior.
“he snagged a calf by the hind leg”

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freetoken Dec 23, 2015 • 7:11:43am

Jeb! ought to have embraced that America loves sequels.

Perhaps if he had gone with ” Bush III: The Return of the Silver-Spoon” he would have done better?

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Backwoods_Sleuth Dec 23, 2015 • 7:12:09am

re: #125 lawhawk

Where do you get your information, because it is … how can I be charitable here?
Completely and utterly wrong. Not even in the same ballpark wrong.

For every homicide, there are 2 suicides. Out of the 33,000 firearms fatalities every year, 22,000 are suicide. 11,000 are homicides. And in most homicides, they are among people known to the shooter (domestic relations, spouses, siblings, children, parents) or acquaintances. Gangbangers are not the source of most homicides.

Sorry to break it to you. Even if the gang shootings get most of the press, the steady drumbeat of homicides churns on 24/7/365.

That was explained to him the last time he blamed gangbangers.

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darthstar Dec 23, 2015 • 7:13:30am

The Republican establishment gets one last Trump of coal in its stocking https://t.co/geKD3QEqut pic.twitter.com/FSxrez32PF

— Aaron Blake (@AaronBlakeWP) December 23, 2015

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Dr. Matt Dec 23, 2015 • 7:14:31am

138 Reagan admin officials convicted, indicted, or subject of official investigations… https://t.co/eSnqtBbC6v pic.twitter.com/6k0O6d7Omp

— Patrick M (@andendall) December 23, 2015

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Backwoods_Sleuth Dec 23, 2015 • 7:15:25am

Rand is trying to make a joke.

to my comrade @SenSanders: Unless you’re Santa Claus, Socialism runs out of other people’s money #Festivus

— Dr. Rand Paul (@RandPaul) December 23, 2015

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freetoken Dec 23, 2015 • 7:16:47am

re: #161 darthstar

It’s sort of misleading because while the 4 establishment candidates might seem like one GOP Inc. entity, it’s pretty clear that Rubio is the only one with any sort of popularity, and even that is not large.

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Stanley Sea Toujours Dec 23, 2015 • 7:18:00am

SS Travel update! Made it to Orlando. My Mom lives in this apartment complex with a huge group of fun people.

Tonight we’re having Festivus. The pole was just purchased & delivered.

haha. Great times.

Hope all’s well!

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Backwoods_Sleuth Dec 23, 2015 • 7:19:07am

more Rand jokes!

I hereby retract grievance I was going to air about @GrahamBlog today. Respect for the recently departed #EarlyFestivusPresent #Festivus

— Dr. Rand Paul (@RandPaul) December 23, 2015

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makeitstop Dec 23, 2015 • 7:19:23am

re: #160 Backwoods_Sleuth

That was explained to him the last time he blamed gangbangers.

‘Some men…you just can’t reach.’

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freetoken Dec 23, 2015 • 7:24:14am

Note that with the latest polls that Fiorina wouldn’t even make it on stage for the main event. She really belongs on the undercard with Santorum and Pataki and Huckster.

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freetoken Dec 23, 2015 • 7:27:13am

The next two GOP “debates” are both on Fox, two weeks apart, 14 Jan in SC and 28 Jan in Iowa.

Fiorina (and probably Paul) will barely poll 2% averaged across surveys.

But the GOP central powers will fight to make sure she is on stage.

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freetoken Dec 23, 2015 • 7:28:16am

Which is stupid.

If I were an establishment Republican power player I’d want fewer people on stage, as both Fiorina and Paul detract from the time that Rubio and Christie get.

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bratwurst Dec 23, 2015 • 7:31:33am

re: #114 Dark_Falcon

But most gunshot injury and death in medium-sized and major cities is not caused by legally-owned guns or by accident, its caused by gang fighting.

Anything else you’d care to pull out of your ass before Christmas?

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freetoken Dec 23, 2015 • 7:40:04am

Your reading for the morning:

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I Would Prefer Not To Dec 23, 2015 • 7:41:22am

re: #131 Dark_Falcon

Yes, the statement makes clear the danger that presents itself when the power to tax is put in the hands of the left.

Because the right never taxes anything, ever.

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freetoken Dec 23, 2015 • 7:43:49am

You know Jeb! is in trouble when his unfavorable rating is 57%, the same as Trumps.

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freetoken Dec 23, 2015 • 7:48:17am

Also in that poll, notice that over time, as Trump has been making more and more outrageous statements, his unfavorable ratings have been going down and his favorable ratings have been going up:

Trump Making Friends

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Great White Snark Dec 23, 2015 • 7:49:57am

re: #173 I Would Prefer Not To

I think another factor is in play here. Once a number of sensible measures fail to pass like universal registration it seems to make sense to default down to and support far more problematic measures. An arguable point, but in any case far less loaded with party platform.

And that’s my argument. Defaulting down to crappy measures helps no one as it just makes it harder to pass anything. Sometimes a city is just not in a position to substitute for the state legislature. There are better approaches.

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freetoken Dec 23, 2015 • 7:50:20am

re: #175 freetoken

I suppose one could argue that the changes in unfavorableness are still small compared to the sampling error and i will concede that.

However, Trump’s favorableness has definitely gone up during the campaign.

His “brand” may be tarnished from the heyday of his reality TV show days, but it’s still strong.

178

Dr. Matt Dec 23, 2015 • 7:50:50am

I finally saw the Force Awakens yesterday. No spoilers. Overall, it was was a very entertaining movie with some interesting and unexpected plot twists. Albeit, the plot was a very familiar storyline with even some repurposed scenes from previous films (i.e., a bar filled with aliens). It was also nice to see less reliance on CGI characters and use actual actors. Episodes IV to VI are still better in my opinion. But Force Awakens is much, much better than the prequels. I give it 4 out of 5 Dr. Matt Stars. :)

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The Vicious Babushka Dec 23, 2015 • 7:52:26am

What a crybaby

.@FoxNews treats me so badly. Using old Quinnipiac Poll where I have a much smaller lead than the just out @CNN Poll. All negative!

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) December 23, 2015

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I Stand With Planned Parenthood Dec 23, 2015 • 7:52:27am

Hello all:

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Backwoods_Sleuth Dec 23, 2015 • 7:53:02am

C-J says Cabinet for Health and Family Services building is evacuated and police on site. Reports of armed man. ^JC https://t.co/wBnmJA3hoE

— Bluegrass Politics (@BGPolitics) December 23, 2015

Dozens of people outside the state office building where there were reports of an armed man pic.twitter.com/mVELaV7w4v

— Mike Wynn (@MikeWynn_CJ) December 23, 2015

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jaunte Dec 23, 2015 • 7:53:37am

re: #143 Amory Blaine

Gun profits are built on the the piles of dead that we have to reconcile. I completely agree with a tax on guns to help pay for all the carnage. Can’t afford it? Get another job, fucking losers.

Most of the people who would complain about additional taxes on guns already own plenty.

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palomino Dec 23, 2015 • 7:54:21am

re: #98 Dark_Falcon

What about if you’re a gun range whose members sometimes pool their money to purchase ammo at a discount? 4000 rounds may be a lot for 1, but split between 20 people its only 200 rounds per person. But add on that tax and its an extra $10 for those 200 rounds. Now say that order gets placed once a season and you’re looking at $40 a year, which does sting.

That comes out to a dime a day. But if $40 a year “stings” you, maybe you should consider large quantities of bullets less of a necessity. You’re a Republican, don’t bitch about things you can’t afford.

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Amory Blaine Dec 23, 2015 • 7:55:38am

Superior mayor resists calls to resign after Obama Muslim remark

The mayor of Superior said Tuesday he won’t accede to calls from City Council members for him to resign or back down from comments he posted on Facebook that President Barack Obama is a Muslim who has “destroyed the fabric of democracy.”

Mayor Bruce Hagen framed the issue as a matter of free speech. He said he posted the remark on a photo of first lady Michelle Obama — “Unbelievable! She and her Muslim partner have destroyed the fabric of democracy that was so very hard fought for” — from his personal account, using his home computer, on his own time.

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Backwoods_Sleuth Dec 23, 2015 • 7:56:04am

re: #181 Backwoods_Sleuth

Little information on the ground, employees are telling me that an announcement was made to evacuate. They say they don’t know much else

— Mike Wynn (@MikeWynn_CJ) December 23, 2015

State Police commissioner Rodney Brewer said KSP has found NO armed man at state office building. & KSP been at scene for 30 min.

— Thomas F. Loftus (@TomLoftus_CJ) December 23, 2015

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makeitstop Dec 23, 2015 • 7:57:50am

re: #183 palomino

That comes out to a dime a day. But if $40 a year “stings” you, maybe you should consider large quantities of bullets less of a necessity.

I spend more than that on coffee.

Dark’s like every other conservative - no taxes, ever, under any circumstances, because reasons.

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Backwoods_Sleuth Dec 23, 2015 • 7:58:02am

jeebus

.@CarlyFiorina has ZERO trouble making it back from commercial breaks @HillaryClinton. Just saying. #Festivus #waronwomensrooms

— Dr. Rand Paul (@RandPaul) December 23, 2015

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Snarknado! Dec 23, 2015 • 7:58:16am

re: #184 Amory Blaine

Superior mayor resists calls to resign after Obama Muslim remark

“Destroyed the fabric of democracy?” By appearing in public as president with a non-white face?

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freetoken Dec 23, 2015 • 7:59:42am

It looks like the nattering talking-head circuit amongst the Beltway media are all up in arms about some editorial cartoon about Cruz.

And of course Cruz is playing a victim angle.

After 8 years of bile about the Obamas, now the nattering-crowd is concerned about cartoons.

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ObserverArt Dec 23, 2015 • 8:01:03am

re: #88 Dark_Falcon

No heads will explode, for we conservatives know this tax will not do what it is supposed to do and it will not raise the money it is supposed to raise. We will hold up this tax as proof of the failure of liberalism.

Oh brother.

You know, I am now starting to feel sorry for you. There is a point where your type of thinking can be dangerous.

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The Vicious Babushka Dec 23, 2015 • 8:01:28am

re: #189 freetoken

It looks like the nattering talking-head circuit amongst the Beltway media are all up in arms about some editorial cartoon about Cruz.

And of course Cruz is playing a victim angle.

After 8 years of bile about the Obamas, now the nattering-crowd is concerned about cartoons.

The cartoon was stupid, but wingnuts are grabbing on to it to take the heat off Trump’s obnoxious comments about Hillary.

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Backwoods_Sleuth Dec 23, 2015 • 8:02:05am

Florida man demonstrating how to clean a gun on video, shoots self in chest and dies. https://t.co/UzYR3JuCjv pic.twitter.com/WXAclNWaMc

— Cornelia (@PaladinCornelia) December 23, 2015

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makeitstop Dec 23, 2015 • 8:02:17am

re: #187 Backwoods_Sleuth

jeebus

@CarlyFiorina has ZERO trouble making it back from commercial breaks @HillaryClinton. Just saying.

And of course, Rand has watched this. Very closely. Taking very careful note of when Carly goes to the bathroom.

These fuckers get more creepy every ~~day~~ hour.

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Fourth Football of the Apocalypse Dec 23, 2015 • 8:02:31am

re: #187 Backwoods_Sleuth

jeebus

Has someone hacked Dr. Paul Rand’s Twitter?

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palomino Dec 23, 2015 • 8:03:10am

re: #187 Backwoods_Sleuth

jeebus

[Embedded content]

What a sad little man now aping Trump due to the terminal condition of his own campaign.

Rand can’t even match his dad’s “success” running for president, which is saying a lot since Ron was—to about 80% of GOPers—a complete laughingstock.

196

I Stand With Planned Parenthood Dec 23, 2015 • 8:03:20am

Are people arguing about the price of ammo again?

It’s an old and lame debate.

NEXT …

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Backwoods_Sleuth Dec 23, 2015 • 8:03:41am

re: #194 Fourth Football of the Apocalypse

Has someone hacked Dr. Paul Rand’s Twitter?

No. It’s Rand’s annual Festivus Airing of Grievances where he tries to be funny but fails spectacularly, just like every other conservative “comedian”.

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The Vicious Babushka Dec 23, 2015 • 8:03:52am

re: #194 Fourth Football of the Apocalypse

Has someone hacked Dr. Paul Rand’s Twitter?

It’s Festivus. He takes Airing of Grievances very seriously.

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freetoken Dec 23, 2015 • 8:03:56am

re: #191 The Vicious Babushka

So this is going to be the big story today.

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Fourth Football of the Apocalypse Dec 23, 2015 • 8:04:07am

re: #184 Amory Blaine

Superior mayor resists calls to resign after Obama Muslim remark

Sounds like a great place not to visit.

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makeitstop Dec 23, 2015 • 8:05:16am

re: #193 makeitstop

And of course, Rand has watched this. Very closely. Taking very careful note of when Carly goes to the bathroom.

These fuckers get more creepy every ~~day~~ hour.

And while we’re on the subject of Randy’s tweets - why the #Festivus hashtag?

Is it supposed to make him look hip or something? Maybe someone should tell him that the series went off the air 17 fucking years ago.

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palomino Dec 23, 2015 • 8:05:27am

re: #190 ObserverArt

Oh brother.

You know, I am now starting to feel sorry for you. There is a point where your type of thinking can be dangerous.

Either he’s moved farther to the right. Or he’s just slowly losing his sanity.

Wait, is there a difference?

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Jenner7 Dec 23, 2015 • 8:05:46am

re: #61 I Would Prefer Not To

Happy Birthday!

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b_sharp Dec 23, 2015 • 8:07:01am

re: #88 Dark_Falcon

No heads will explode, for we conservatives know this tax will not do what it is supposed to do and it will not raise the money it is supposed to raise. We will hold up this tax as proof of the failure of liberalism.

I’m starting to see images of a caveman grunting ‘conservatism good, liberalism bad’ in my head when I read certain comments.

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palomino Dec 23, 2015 • 8:07:31am

re: #192 Backwoods_Sleuth

[Embedded content]

As the rest of the developed world continues to laugh at, and cry for, the US and its sick violent obsession.

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andres Dec 23, 2015 • 8:08:14am

re: #178 Dr. Matt

I finally saw the Force Awakens yesterday. No spoilers. Overall, it was was a very entertaining movie with some interesting and unexpected plot twists. Albeit, the plot was a very familiar storyline with even some repurposed scenes from previous films (i.e., a bar filled with aliens). It was also nice to see less reliance on CGI characters and use actual actors. Episodes IV to VI are still better in my opinion. But Force Awakens is much, much better than the prequels. I give it 4 out of 5 Dr. Matt Stars. :)

Click to Reveal

That’s my impression as well. It did featured both plot twists and character twists (who takes over whose role). The movie runs over a familiar ground. I think that’s on purpose, to allow more differences in future episodes. We’ll see in the future, but it’s doing a lot of right things.

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I Stand With Planned Parenthood Dec 23, 2015 • 8:09:21am

Hubby and I are now almost up to date on the American Horror Story TV show. Finished Coven last night, just have 3 shows in this season to watch.

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I Stand With Planned Parenthood Dec 23, 2015 • 8:10:19am

ahhhhhh!

bbl

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Great White Snark Dec 23, 2015 • 8:14:27am

re: #183 palomino

That comes out to a dime a day.

To start. re: #126 Eventual Carrion

Why do I have to pay higher car insurance premiums because some scumbags like to hammer 30 Jack & cokes and ram into people on the streets? Why do I have to be roadblock stopped driving down the road and “show my papers” because of these people? And people bitching about this little extra tax money are bitching about having to spend money on a safe, trigger lock, etc for their guns, so they don’t use them.

Great point. Why not require insurance instead of taxing? Perhaps where the money goes?

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sagehen Dec 23, 2015 • 8:15:28am

re: #207 I Stand With Planned Parenthood

Hubby and I are now almost up to date on the American Horror Story TV show. Finished Coven last night, just have 3 shows in this season to watch.

I enjoyed Haunted House quite a bit, Coven almost as much, Asylum creeped me out so much I couldn’t get more than halfway before I bailed.

Freakshow I didn’t enjoy the story as much, but a bunch of my faves guest-starred so that was cool. Hotel is okay, but I’m not loving it.

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SteveMcGaziBolaGate RN Dec 23, 2015 • 8:15:41am

re: #201 makeitstop

And while we’re on the subject of Randy’s tweets - why the #Festivus hashtag?

Is it supposed to make him look hip or something? Maybe someone should tell him that the series went off the air 17 fucking years ago.

17 years??? OMFnG

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Decatur Deb Dec 23, 2015 • 8:16:27am

re: #196 I Stand With Planned Parenthood

Are people arguing about the price of ammo again?

It’s an old and lame debate.

NEXT …

The rent is still too damn high.

213

Lidane Dec 23, 2015 • 8:16:46am

I’m not big on the whole royalty thing, but this is pretty cool:

First look at Prince Harry’s Christmas card, where he poses with a 95-year old veteran: https://t.co/P1hhzy01Xq pic.twitter.com/bYRsglHOsk

— ITV News London (@itvlondon) December 22, 2015

The gentleman with Prince Harry is Tom Neil, who is the last surviving RAF veteran from the Battle of Britain. Harry gave up his seat on a spitfire plane so that Mr. Neil could participate in a flyby to celebrate the 75th anniversary of the Battle of Britain.

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SteveMcGaziBolaGate RN Dec 23, 2015 • 8:16:59am

I wonder if insurers should inquire about gun ownership like they do about smoking

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makeitstop Dec 23, 2015 • 8:17:00am

re: #204 b_sharp

I’m starting to see images of a caveman grunting ‘conservatism good, liberalism bad’ in my head when I read certain comments.

He went back to the well and filled up on conservative pissy-ness.

Unfortunately, the well is bottomless, and he seems to very much enjoy telling us all how much we suck.

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Timothy Watson Dec 23, 2015 • 8:17:07am

re: #201 makeitstop

And while we’re on the subject of Randy’s tweets - why the #Festivus hashtag?

Is it supposed to make him look hip or something? Maybe someone should tell him that the series went off the air 17 fucking years ago.

Festivus gets more popular every year.

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SteveMcGaziBolaGate RN Dec 23, 2015 • 8:17:44am

re: #213 Lidane

Harry did walk the walk.

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Timothy Watson Dec 23, 2015 • 8:17:53am

re: #214 SteveMcGaziBolaGate RN

I wonder if insurers should inquire about gun ownership like they do about smoking

If they tried, see how quick Congress and state legislatures would try to stop it.

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I Would Prefer Not To Dec 23, 2015 • 8:18:19am

re: #201 makeitstop

And while we’re on the subject of Randy’s tweets - why the #Festivus hashtag?

Is it supposed to make him look hip or something? Maybe someone should tell him that the series went off the air 17 fucking years ago.

He’s master of his domain.

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ObserverArt Dec 23, 2015 • 8:18:39am

re: #202 palomino

Either he’s moved farther to the right. Or he’s just slowly losing his sanity.

Wait, is there a difference?

When pure fanaticism enters the brain, reason packs its bags and moves out.

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Decatur Deb Dec 23, 2015 • 8:19:23am

re: #217 SteveMcGaziBolaGate RN

Harry did walk the walk.

Seems a useful sort. Probably better choice of nannies.

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makeitstop Dec 23, 2015 • 8:20:12am

re: #216 Timothy Watson

Festivus gets more popular every year.

It makes me wonder why conservatives embrace it so tightly, because it’s competition for the ever-sacred Christmas.

No, on second thought, I understand it perfectly. That ‘airing of grievances’ thing, which they just love.

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WhatEVs Dec 23, 2015 • 8:21:07am

re: #106 The Vicious Babushka

Trump issues a threat

[Embedded content]

Gah! Fuck you @realDonaldTrump you misogynistic piece of shit. May you be schlonged by voters - long and hard. #Douchebag

— MsJoanne (@MsJoanne) December 23, 2015

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SteveMcGaziBolaGate RN Dec 23, 2015 • 8:22:33am

re: #223 WhatEVs

With language like that I’m never gonna vote for MsJoanne for President either.

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blueraven Dec 23, 2015 • 8:22:40am

re: #191 The Vicious Babushka

The cartoon was stupid, but wingnuts are grabbing on to it to take the heat off Trump’s obnoxious comments about Hillary.

Also, why doesn’t the media air the stupid ad that Cruz made with his children. Yes, politicians have always used their cute kids to identify with the “all american family”. But Cruz used his kids in a negative attack ad. I don’t recall anyone else doing that before (though I wouldn’t be too surprised if it has happened). They should be going after him as well for exploiting his children in such a way. Obviously, without exploiting the children even more as that cartoonist did.

Maybe Cruz can use one of his little girls in a Daisy Ad next.

Cruz Christmas Classics

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bratwurst Dec 23, 2015 • 8:22:58am

re: #222 makeitstop

It makes me wonder why conservatives embrace it so tightly, because it’s competition for the ever-sacred Christmas.

No, on second thought, I understand it perfectly. That ‘airing of grievances’ thing, which they just love.

To be fair, one leading conservative has come out strongly against Festivus:

I gather “Festivus” is coming up. Somewhat amusing for one Seinfeld episode, but basically—let’s face it—a sign of Decline of the West.

— Bill Kristol (@BillKristol) December 21, 2015

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ObserverArt Dec 23, 2015 • 8:23:17am

re: #213 Lidane

I’m not big on the whole royalty thing, but this is pretty cool:

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The gentleman with Prince Harry is Tom Neil, who is the last surviving RAF veteran from the Battle of Britain. Harry gave up his seat on a spitfire plane so that Mr. Neil could participate in a flyby to celebrate the 75th anniversary of the Battle of Britain.

When younger, Harry was sold a bit as the spoiled wild child royal. I think he has matured nicely and in many ways, I respect him more than his brother. Harry has a pretty big heart and has been socially active in may causes. He was a real soldier and he has done a lot for fellow military members. He’s officially a good dude with me.

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Decatur Deb Dec 23, 2015 • 8:23:22am

re: #224 SteveMcGaziBolaGate RN

With language like that I’m never gonna vote for MsJoanne for President either.

Secretary of Offense.

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sagehen Dec 23, 2015 • 8:24:56am

re: #204 b_sharp

I’m starting to see images of a caveman grunting ‘conservatism good, liberalism bad’ in my head when I read certain comments.

With zero acknowledgement that “liberalism” is what freed the slaves and ended Jim Crow, let women go to college and law school, why 9-year-olds don’t work in the coal mines, why we can breathe the air and drink the water and there’s such a thing as “weekends”, it was liberalism that built the trans-continental railroad and Panama Canal and interstate highways and established the National Parks, there hasn’t been a Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire in this country for more than a century, we put men on the moon, etc etc etc.

“Conservatives” resisted every one of those things.

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sagehen Dec 23, 2015 • 8:25:58am

re: #222 makeitstop

It makes me wonder why conservatives embrace it so tightly, because it’s competition for the ever-sacred Christmas.

No, on second thought, I understand it perfectly. That ‘airing of grievances’ thing, which they just love.

And the Feats of Strength.

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ObserverArt Dec 23, 2015 • 8:26:02am

re: #215 makeitstop

He went back to the well and filled up on conservative pissy-ness.

Unfortunately, the well is bottomless, and he seems to very much enjoy telling us all how much we suck.

They are all emboldened by TRUMP®. He gives plenty of cover for all the little mouthy GOPers to get in everyone’s faces. It is only going to get uglier.

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Skip Intro Dec 23, 2015 • 8:28:38am

re: #229 sagehen

And they still do.

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Jenner7 Dec 23, 2015 • 8:28:56am

More snow this morning. It looked like a blizzard, but roads weren’t too bad. Thank you snow plows! It’s supposed to snow again on Christmas. Meanwhile, it’s spring on the east coast. Craaazy.

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Kryptik Dec 23, 2015 • 8:29:43am

re: #225 blueraven

Also, why doesn’t the media air the stupid ad that Cruz made with his children. Yes, politicians have always used their cute kids to identify with the “all american family”. But Cruz used his kids in a negative attack ad. I don’t recall anyone else doing that before (though I wouldn’t be too surprised if it has happened). They should be going after him as well for exploiting his children in such a way. Obviously, without exploiting the children even more as that cartoonist did.

Maybe Cruz can use one of his little girls in a Daisy Ad next.

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IOKIYAR, forever and anon. If a Republican is caught doing something, it’s always “Both Sides Same Thing” until they can find a way to shift it into Demonrats is the most vile America-hatey monsters in the history of ever!!!!. Usually in the same goddamn breath. And they keep getting a-fucking-way with it

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makeitstop Dec 23, 2015 • 8:30:24am

re: #226 bratwurst

To be fair, one leading conservative has come out strongly against Festivus:

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Well, Kristol’s wrong about everything. :)

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Fourth Football of the Apocalypse Dec 23, 2015 • 8:32:20am

re: #229 sagehen

With zero acknowledgement that “liberalism” is what freed the slaves and ended Jim Crow, let women go to college and law school, why 9-year-olds don’t work in the coal mines, why we can breathe the air and drink the water and there’s such a thing as “weekends”, it was liberalism that built the trans-continental railroad and Panama Canal and interstate highways and established the National Parks, there hasn’t been a Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire in this country for more than a century, we put men on the moon, etc etc etc.

“Conservatives” resisted every one of those things.

Yes but besides all that, what have the Romans ever done for us?

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No Country For Old Haters Dec 23, 2015 • 8:32:49am

re: #131 Dark_Falcon

Yes, the statement makes clear the danger that presents itself when the power to tax is put in the hands of the left.

When did you go full wingnut? You say “we” while talking about the delusions common among right-wing loons.

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The Vicious Babushka Dec 23, 2015 • 8:33:32am

re: #225 blueraven

Also, why doesn’t the media air the stupid ad that Cruz made with his children. Yes, politicians have always used their cute kids to identify with the “all american family”. But Cruz used his kids in a negative attack ad. I don’t recall anyone else doing that before (though I wouldn’t be too surprised if it has happened). They should be going after him as well for exploiting his children in such a way. Obviously, without exploiting the children even more as that cartoonist did.

Maybe Cruz can use one of his little girls in a Daisy Ad next.

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Video

Well, that was vomitous.

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No Country For Old Haters Dec 23, 2015 • 8:34:04am

re: #163 Backwoods_Sleuth

Rand is trying to make a joke.

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Arrested-development case @RandPaul rejects modern civilization. We reject Rand Paul. @SenSanders

— Jeff Furlington (@FurlingtonJeff) December 23, 2015

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ObserverArt Dec 23, 2015 • 8:37:30am

re: #237 No Country For Old Haters

When did you go full wingnut? You say “we” while talking about the delusions common among right-wing loons.

Two Saturdays ago. He came out and admitted he was a full on party hack and would make no excuses for it.

Conservatism blinds him now. So he is going to spout the bullshit that is based in party fanaticism and all forms of real facts are now disqualified if they are not in The Big Red Book of Republican Reality.

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WhatEVs Dec 23, 2015 • 8:40:23am

re: #187 Backwoods_Sleuth

Republicans have a fixation on female urination. We should call them the Party of Golden Showers. #RepublicansAreReallyWeird

— MsJoanne (@MsJoanne) December 23, 2015

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No Country For Old Haters Dec 23, 2015 • 8:40:25am

re: #240 ObserverArt

Two Saturdays ago. He came out and admitted he was a full on party hack and would make no excuses for it.

Conservatism blinds him now. So he is going to spout the bullshit that is based in party fanaticism and all forms of real facts are now disqualified if they are not in The Big Red Book of Republican Reality.

Bummer. I had some hope for Dark, despite his peculiar beliefs.

My Evangelical Republican sister-in-law is planning to vote for Hillary, because she can see that the Republicans are now driven by ignorance and hate.

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lawhawk Dec 23, 2015 • 8:41:23am

Heh.

Dinesh D’Souza is Ann Coulter with a penis and a felony conviction now. Cool. https://t.co/PIJhplCCi5

— Wonkette (@Wonkette) December 23, 2015

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WhatEVs Dec 23, 2015 • 8:42:00am

re: #224 SteveMcGaziBolaGate RN

With language like that I’m never gonna vote for MsJoanne for President either.

It’s ok…I am not running for POTUS.

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Whack-A-Mole Dec 23, 2015 • 8:44:10am

re: #88 Dark_Falcon

No heads will explode, for we conservatives know this tax will not do what it is supposed to do and it will not raise the money it is supposed to raise. We will hold up this tax as proof of the failure of liberalism.

Go ahead DF, hold that up as a failure of liberalism proudly.

Meanwhile, we’ll hold up Columbine, VT, Sandy Hook, and a score of others as the failure of conservatism. Ya know what? At least we’re trying to fix the damn problem instead of making it worse.

Plus, of course, there’s the small fact that our failures aren’t racking up a body count in the hundreds. So yeah, if that tax is a failure of liberalism, I can bear the burden of that failure. The fact that you and other conservatives can bear the burden of your failures? That says a hell of a lot about conservatives.

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No Country For Old Haters Dec 23, 2015 • 8:45:25am

re: #243 lawhawk

@Wonkette I’m afraid the fantasy-prone Conservatives are going to keep getting worse. They have no voice of sanity in their lives.

— Jeff Furlington (@FurlingtonJeff) December 23, 2015

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Jenner7 Dec 23, 2015 • 8:45:35am

re: #245 Whack-A-Mole

Amen.

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b_sharp Dec 23, 2015 • 8:46:15am

re: #242 No Country For Old Haters

Bummer. I had some hope for Dark, despite his peculiar beliefs.

My Evangelical Republican sister-in-law is planning to vote for Hillary, because she can see that the Republicans are now driven by ignorance and hate.

I think the actions of the current crop of GOP candidates has triggered very painful cognitive dissonance in D_F’s mind and he’s having trouble dealing with it so “…when it gets confused, it kind of ‘runs home to mama’.”

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Blind Frog Belly White Dec 23, 2015 • 8:48:49am

re: #88 Dark_Falcon

No heads will explode, for we conservatives know this tax will not do what it is supposed to do and it will not raise the money it is supposed to raise. We will hold up this tax as proof of the failure of liberalism.

Oh horseshit, Dark! Taxes on bullets and guns will work for the same reason taxes on booze and tobacco work - the people buying those things are addicts, and addicts always pay.

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No Country For Old Haters Dec 23, 2015 • 8:51:10am

re: #248 b_sharp

I think the actions of the current crop of GOP candidates has triggered very painful cognitive dissonance in D_F’s mind and he’s having trouble dealing with it so his mind ‘runs home to mama’.

Makes sense. we all like the familiar when things get confusing.

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GlutenFreeJesus Dec 23, 2015 • 8:54:58am

What I’ve gotten out of this thread:

$40 a year stings.

^^^ what a whopper

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freetoken Dec 23, 2015 • 8:55:03am

Two of the more horrible people on Faux lamenting their cultural backwardness:

Fox hosts: Atheists are ‘sucking the joy out of Christmas’ by expecting tolerance

Starnes and Varney make quite the pair.

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The Vicious Babushka Dec 23, 2015 • 8:55:12am

Stay classy, Baby Snidely!

BTW, @KurtSchlichter’s line about Bill turning Monica into a humidor was amazing.

— Ben Shapiro (@benshapiro) December 23, 2015

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No Country For Old Haters Dec 23, 2015 • 8:56:12am

re: #98 Dark_Falcon

People who can’t afford $40 a year should not be wasting their money on a dangerous, expensive hobby.

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No Country For Old Haters Dec 23, 2015 • 8:56:58am

re: #253 The Vicious Babushka

Stay classy, Baby Snidely!

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Wingnuts like @benshapiro and @KurtSchlichter just keep getting worse. They’ll never catch up to intelligent people.

— Jeff Furlington (@FurlingtonJeff) December 23, 2015

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WhatEVs Dec 23, 2015 • 8:57:13am

re: #252 freetoken

Two of the more horrible people on Faux lamenting their cultural backwardness:

Fox hosts: Atheists are ‘sucking the joy out of Christmas’ by expecting tolerance

Starnes and Varney make quite the pair.

Because Christianity is all about intolerance? Welp, that’s good to know.

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Bubblehead II Dec 23, 2015 • 8:57:34am

re: #245 Whack-A-Mole

Well said.

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No Country For Old Haters Dec 23, 2015 • 8:57:41am

re: #256 WhatEVs

Because Christianity is all about intolerance? Welp, that’s good to know.

Wingnut “Christianity” sure is.

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GlutenFreeJesus Dec 23, 2015 • 8:57:52am

re: #254 No Country For Old Haters

People who can’t afford $40 a year should not be wasting their money on a dangerous, expensive hobby.

11 cents a day. OUCH!!!!!!

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Jenner7 Dec 23, 2015 • 8:58:42am

Jeb!: “I’m one of the great re-gifters of all time” https://t.co/u2qVJqzTU3

— Zeke Miller (@ZekeJMiller) December 23, 2015

Does anyone in his campaign actually watch these before they put them out?? Yeesh. Just awful.

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freetoken Dec 23, 2015 • 8:59:09am

If only CNN/ORC had asked the prospective voters about our terrible Agrabah problem.

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freetoken Dec 23, 2015 • 9:00:08am

re: #260 Jenner7

These attempts to humanize candidates can be quite humorous.

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No Country For Old Haters Dec 23, 2015 • 9:01:21am

re: #262 freetoken

These attempts to humanize candidates can be quite humorous.

Wealthy out-of-touch assholes are human too!

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She got schlonged! Dec 23, 2015 • 9:01:56am

re: #260 Jenner7

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Does anyone in his campaign actually watch these before they put them out?? Yeesh. Just awful.

Merry Cringemas!

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WhatEVs Dec 23, 2015 • 9:02:11am

re: #262 freetoken

These attempts to humanize candidates can be quite humorous.

In Jeb!’s case it seems that nothing humanizes him. He is really quite wooden. How did he ever get elected in the first place. He’s like a cardboard cutout. If there’s a personality in there…I ain’t seeing it.

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freetoken Dec 23, 2015 • 9:03:33am

Someone should take that Jeb! video and re-edit it, and put in different questions for his answers.

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blueraven Dec 23, 2015 • 9:04:30am

re: #260 Jenner7

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Does anyone in his campaign actually watch these before they put them out?? Yeesh. Just awful.

Every time I have seen Jeb for the past couple of weeks he is wearing that same damn sweater.

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WhatEVs Dec 23, 2015 • 9:04:50am

Re: “schlonged.” Let me present again this @KevinNR piece, which argues that homoeroticism is behind Trump’s rise. https://t.co/WADB9yD4jA

— Noah Shachtman (@NoahShachtman) December 22, 2015

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No Country For Old Haters Dec 23, 2015 • 9:05:16am

re: #265 WhatEVs

In Jeb!’s case it seems that nothing humanizes him. He is really quite wooden. How did he ever get elected in the first place. He’s like a cardboard cutout. If there’s a personality in there…I ain’t seeing it.

Family contacts. I really don’t like that most of our candidates come from a small, elite subset of the population.

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freetoken Dec 23, 2015 • 9:05:34am

re: #267 blueraven

Every time I have seen Jeb for the past couple of weeks he is wearing that same damn sweater.

You’re really seeing animatronics.

Many of them.

All dressed alike.

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WhatEVs Dec 23, 2015 • 9:06:14am

re: #268 WhatEVs

National Review really doesn’t like them some Trump.

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freetoken Dec 23, 2015 • 9:06:56am

re: #271 WhatEVs

National Review really doesn’t like them some Trump.

Not a True Conservative.

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Joe Bacon Dec 23, 2015 • 9:07:34am

re: #260 Jenner7

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Does anyone in his campaign actually watch these before they put them out?? Yeesh. Just awful.

So Jeb is paying homage to John Candy as Mayor Tommy Shanks…

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No Country For Old Haters Dec 23, 2015 • 9:11:46am

re: #272 freetoken

Not a True Conservative.

There are a lot of kinds of Conservative. They’re all weird, but their dysfunctions vary from greed, to superstition, to complete denial of reality.

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Dr. Matt Dec 23, 2015 • 9:13:46am

“Umma” had been under constant medical care for her illness over the last several months. FULL STORY: http://bit.ly/1Pivmea(File photo shown below)
Posted by WFLA News Channel 8 on Tuesday, December 22, 2015

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Backwoods_Sleuth Dec 23, 2015 • 9:14:23am

re: #88 Dark_Falcon

No heads will explode, for we conservatives know this tax will not do what it is supposed to do and it will not raise the money it is supposed to raise. We will hold up this tax as proof of the failure of liberalism.

Interesting that you get all into a downdinging outrage whenever you feel the slightest bit insulted when the GOP is criticized (as you did quite recently), but you have absolutely no qualms saying stuff like this.
Or this:
re: #131 Dark_Falcon

Yes, the statement makes clear the danger that presents itself when the power to tax is put in the hands of the left.

And please spare me your usual excuse that it’s just “poking fun” or it’s how politics is played.

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Whack-A-Mole Dec 23, 2015 • 9:14:51am

re: #257 Bubblehead II

Thank you.

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Blind Frog Belly White Dec 23, 2015 • 9:16:01am

re: #271 WhatEVs

National Review really doesn’t like them some Trump.

The problem that they have with Trump is that he’s hijacked what they so carefully built, and because his success with their base by saying overtly what they’ve been hiding behind dog whistles exposes the racist, xenophobic nature of Conservatism.

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freetoken Dec 23, 2015 • 9:18:12am

re: #274 No Country For Old Haters

But Trump:

- Believes in government spending
- Believes in progressive taxation
- Accepts that humans have sex outside of marriage (practiced by himself)
- Accepts that gays ought not be stoned for gay sex

This makes him not a True Conservative in the eyes of most Americans today who want to shout loudly now conservative they are.

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Dr. Matt Dec 23, 2015 • 9:22:29am

re: #88 Dark_Falcon

No heads will explode, for we conservatives know this tax will not do what it is supposed to do and it will not raise the money it is supposed to raise. We will hold up this tax as proof of the failure of liberalism.

Did you hit the fainting couch before or after you clutched your pearls?

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Kent Dorfman Dec 23, 2015 • 9:23:16am

re: #229 sagehen

I am a big fan of the Eisenhower Interstate System

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Backwoods_Sleuth Dec 23, 2015 • 9:24:20am

Trump called me “tall and beautiful” when I met him earlier this year. Wait til he finds out I pee.

— Lauren Kelley (@lauren_kelley) December 23, 2015

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jaunte Dec 23, 2015 • 9:25:06am

re: #278 Blind Frog Belly White

The problem that they have with Trump is that he’s hijacked what they so carefully built, and because his success with their base by saying overtly what they’ve been hiding behind dog whistles exposes the racist, xenophobic nature of Conservatism.

It’s hard to get the base behind a pure message of “make the rich richer” without throwing some other spices on it.

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Dr. Matt Dec 23, 2015 • 9:26:29am

re: #282 Backwoods_Sleuth

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Someone is good at photoshop….I hope it’s photoshop:

@lauren_kelley pic.twitter.com/EU1kAMLTuv

— Freedom of Assembly (@thrashRadical) December 23, 2015

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Dr. Matt Dec 23, 2015 • 9:27:58am

Speaking of fainting couches and clutching pearls:

.@GovMikeHuckabee: Voters “seething” over spending bill https://t.co/wDQqwL2m9O (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty) pic.twitter.com/OAEsv7AV0l

— MSNBC (@MSNBC) December 23, 2015

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Backwoods_Sleuth Dec 23, 2015 • 9:28:25am

re: #284 Dr. Matt

Someone is good at photoshop….I hope it’s photoshop:

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I remember Charles and others explaining how tweets can be changed, but I forget the details.

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Backwoods_Sleuth Dec 23, 2015 • 9:29:17am

Trump still thinks polls are the same thing as elections.

It is hard to believe I am winning by so much when I am treated so badly by the media. New @CNN Poll amazing in ALL categories. 21 pt. Lead

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) December 23, 2015

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The Vicious Babushka Dec 23, 2015 • 9:34:05am

re: #287 Backwoods_Sleuth

Trump still thinks polls are the same thing as elections.

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The media is treating him so BADLY he gets more attention than all the other candidates combined.

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No Country For Old Haters Dec 23, 2015 • 9:34:11am

re: #279 freetoken

But Trump:

- Believes in government spending
- Believes in progressive taxation
- Accepts that humans have sex outside of marriage (practiced by himself)
- Accepts that gays ought not be stoned for gay sex

This makes him not a True Conservative in the eyes of most Americans today who want to shout loudly now conservative they are.

Which is why my Conservative SIL is voting for Hillary.

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blueraven Dec 23, 2015 • 9:34:40am

Well guess I need to stop procrastinating. That second batch of fudge will not make itself.

Have already made one double batch and given away. This is THE best fudge ever! Dark chocolate and cherries, what could go wrong? I have been making it for over 15 years.

Black Forest Fudge

epicurious.com

Tip: If you might be inclined to make this, be sure to use a candy thermometer and bring mixture to the full 230 degrees, otherwise it will not set properly. ( I usually go a degree or two over, just to make sure) Also, use a 8x8 or 9x9 pan instead of a loaf pan. Much easier to cut after it sets.

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No Country For Old Haters Dec 23, 2015 • 9:34:59am

re: #287 Backwoods_Sleuth

Trump still thinks polls are the same thing as elections.

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It’s going to be fun to watch @realDonaldTrump lose in a landslide. This man-child will lose his mind. @CNN

— Jeff Furlington (@FurlingtonJeff) December 23, 2015

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The Vicious Babushka Dec 23, 2015 • 9:35:31am

Rand Paul can’t spell

Thanks! #StandwithRand #AiringOfGreivances https://t.co/hOnuTZ4LMJ

— Dr. Rand Paul (@RandPaul) December 23, 2015

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Dr. Matt Dec 23, 2015 • 9:36:25am

Card carrying conservative/GOP voter/Terrorist. pic.twitter.com/1xZMl0Oaoe

— Dr. Matt (@DrMatthew) December 23, 2015

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Fourth Football of the Apocalypse Dec 23, 2015 • 9:36:40am

re: #287 Backwoods_Sleuth

Trump still thinks polls are the same thing as elections.

Call the election off. Trump leads in polls, so he wins.

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Fourth Football of the Apocalypse Dec 23, 2015 • 9:37:08am

re: #287 Backwoods_Sleuth

It is hard to believe I am winning by so much when I am treated so badly by the media. New @CNN Poll amazing in ALL categories. 21 pt. Lead
— Donald J. Trump

So presidential very leadership.

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WhatEVs Dec 23, 2015 • 9:37:46am

SQUEEEEE!

Wild sea otter gives birth at the tidal pool at Monterrey Aquarium.

usatoday.com

Video: katch.me

Otters: montereybayaquarium.tumblr.com

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Belafon Dec 23, 2015 • 9:38:27am

Hey, angry white people: The wealthy have used your fear of minorities to suck everything penny from your future. It’s not minority’s fault, it’s yours for believing the lies the rich told you.

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No Country For Old Haters Dec 23, 2015 • 9:38:55am

re: #287 Backwoods_Sleuth

Why would @realDonaldTrump think that running an openly-fascist campaign that appeals to the worst in Republicans earns respect? @CNN

— Jeff Furlington (@FurlingtonJeff) December 23, 2015

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Fourth Football of the Apocalypse Dec 23, 2015 • 9:39:07am

re: #285 Dr. Matt

Speaking of fainting couches and clutching pearls:

Translation: People I know are “seething” over the spending bill

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Belafon Dec 23, 2015 • 9:39:17am

re: #287 Backwoods_Sleuth

Trump still thinks polls are the same thing as elections.

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The Carolina Panthers have the best record in football. Give them the Superbowl.

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No Country For Old Haters Dec 23, 2015 • 9:40:32am

re: #297 Belafon

Hey, angry white people: The wealthy have used your fear of minorities to suck everything penny from your future. It’s not minority’s fault, it’s yours for believing the lies the rich told you.

I’ve tried to explain to Republicans that the media that teaches them to hate is their real enemy, but they’re addicted to the hatred that media instilled. They’re starting to turn on Fox, but for the wrong reason.

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Whack-A-Mole Dec 23, 2015 • 9:40:53am

re: #291 No Country For Old Haters

What’s the over/under on the number of tweets Trump receives on election night calling him a “Loser”?

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The Vicious Babushka Dec 23, 2015 • 9:41:00am

My grievance is trending hashtags created by people who can’t spell #AiringOfGrievances #tcot #UniteBlue https://t.co/VHwzYqPKpc

— The Vicious Babushka (@viciousbabushka) December 23, 2015

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Jenner7 Dec 23, 2015 • 9:41:13am

re: #293 Dr. Matt

LIBERAL!!!

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Backwoods_Sleuth Dec 23, 2015 • 9:41:35am

re: #288 The Vicious Babushka

The media is treating him so BADLY he gets more attention than all the other candidates combined.

@GottaLaff @srjones66 According to the stats though, Trump is getting most GOP coverage. It’s almost Trump=GOP. The data is absurd.

— Jason Easley (@PoliticusJason) December 23, 2015

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Eclectic Cyborg Dec 23, 2015 • 9:44:26am

re: #184 Amory Blaine

Superior mayor resists calls to resign after Obama Muslim remark

Doesn’t seem so Superior to me….

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GlutenFreeJesus Dec 23, 2015 • 9:45:59am

re: #276 Backwoods_Sleuth

Interesting that you get all into a downdinging outrage whenever you feel the slightest bit insulted when the GOP is criticized (as you did quite recently), but you have absolutely no qualms saying stuff like this.
Or this:

And please spare me your usual excuse that it’s just “poking fun” or it’s how politics is played.

How about his most often used one: BRB

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lawhawk Dec 23, 2015 • 9:46:30am

re: #300 Belafon

The Carolina Panthers have the best record in football. Give them the Superbowl.

The Patriots are undefeated. Let’s hand them the Super Bowl. After all, on paper, the NY Giants have no business even being in the game.

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Backwoods_Sleuth Dec 23, 2015 • 9:48:58am

Gov Bevin’s top environmental regulator asks EPA to reconsider new Clean Power Plan, says too strict, via cn2. https://t.co/Wf3flDh4oN ^JC

— Bluegrass Politics (@BGPolitics) December 23, 2015

And what was Snavely’s job before Bevin appointed him to secretary of the Energy and Environment Cabinet?
He was president of Eastern U.S. Operations for Arch Coal, Inc.
And before that, he was executive vice president of mining operations of International Coal Group.

sigh

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No Country For Old Haters Dec 23, 2015 • 9:49:18am

re: #305 Backwoods_Sleuth

@PoliticusJason Of course if I were trying to destroy the GOP, I’d make an effort to make people think this ugly American is all they are.

— Jeff Furlington (@FurlingtonJeff) December 23, 2015

@PoliticusJason @GottaLaff @srjones66 It seems like the GOP is trying to destroy itself by pandering to morons, so they need no help.

— Jeff Furlington (@FurlingtonJeff) December 23, 2015

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Bubblehead II Dec 23, 2015 • 9:50:18am

re: #302 Whack-A-Mole

What’s the over/under on the number of tweets Trump receives on election night calling him a “Loser”?

The better question is how long will it take him to delete his account after it becomes clear that he is a LOSER!

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makeitstop Dec 23, 2015 • 9:51:19am

re: #252 freetoken

Two of the more horrible people on Faux lamenting their cultural backwardness:

Fox hosts: Atheists are ‘sucking the joy out of Christmas’ by expecting tolerance

Starnes and Varney make quite the pair.

It’s gotta suck to be them if they let anything ‘suck the joy’ out of the holidays.

What’s the old saying? ‘Conservatism is the knowledge that somewhere, someone is having fun?’ Something like that.

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Lidane Dec 23, 2015 • 9:53:08am

re: #285 Dr. Matt

Huck is having a stopped clock moment.

I took a spin around the FB pages for some of the GOP imbeciles that Texas sends to Congress. Down the line, if any of them voted for the omnibus bill they’re getting shit on by their constituents. They’re getting threatened with primaries, being called RINOs and traitors, etc. You name it. And some of these guys are stalwart, Gohmert-style RWNJs.

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Eclectic Cyborg Dec 23, 2015 • 9:53:09am

re: #308 lawhawk

The Patriots are undefeated. Let’s hand them the Super Bowl. After all, on paper, the NY Giants have no business even being in the game.

Yeah, it’s not like the last undefeated team that went to the Super Bowl LOST or anything…

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ObserverArt Dec 23, 2015 • 9:53:41am

I know TRUMP® had his wacky doctor give him a clean bill of health, but has anything been said about a psychological/personality work up? The dude is just not right in the head.

He seems to have a very juvenile manner especially in relationships and sexuality. Sometimes it seems factual reality gets lost in his own rich-boy reality. He also suffers from ‘emperor’s new clothes’ syndrome and his handlers tell him what he wants to hear.

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Lidane Dec 23, 2015 • 9:53:54am

re: #292 The Vicious Babushka

I will give Rand credit for this grievance. I laughed:

to my absentee friend @marcorubio, I didn’t put your $170k+ salary in my waste report today. But I could have #Festivus

— Dr. Rand Paul (@RandPaul) December 23, 2015

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Eclectic Cyborg Dec 23, 2015 • 9:54:24am

re: #309 Backwoods_Sleuth

It’s time to play “How fast can Matt Bevin destroy Kentucky?”

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No Country For Old Haters Dec 23, 2015 • 9:55:27am

re: #252 freetoken

Two of the more horrible people on Faux lamenting their cultural backwardness:

Fox hosts: Atheists are ‘sucking the joy out of Christmas’ by expecting tolerance

Starnes and Varney make quite the pair.

Of course I’m not only an atheist, I understand that all of the supernatural is imaginary, but I had an extremely joyful Christmas. No superstition was required, but I don’t have the whole far-right-wing-faux-Christian hate thing going like Starnes does.

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The Vicious Babushka Dec 23, 2015 • 9:55:55am

re: #315 ObserverArt

I know TRUMP(r) had his wacky doctor give him a clean bill of health, but has anything been said about a psychological/personality work up? The dude is just not right in the head.

He seems to have a very juvenile manner especially in relationships and sexuality. Sometimes it seems factual reality gets lost in his own rich-boy reality. He also suffers from ‘emperor’s new clothes’ syndrome and his handlers tell him what he wants to hear.

Classic Narcissistic Personality Disorder

DSM-5 criteria for narcissistic personality disorder include these features:

Having an exaggerated sense of self-importance
Expecting to be recognized as superior even without achievements that warrant it
Exaggerating your achievements and talents
Being preoccupied with fantasies about success, power, brilliance, beauty or the perfect mate
Believing that you are superior and can only be understood by or associate with equally special people
Requiring constant admiration
Having a sense of entitlement
Expecting special favors and unquestioning compliance with your expectations
Taking advantage of others to get what you want
Having an inability or unwillingness to recognize the needs and feelings of others
Being envious of others and believing others envy you
Behaving in an arrogant or haughty manner

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The Vicious Babushka Dec 23, 2015 • 9:57:46am

Happy Holidays, Douchebag

Is it me or are hearing more people say Merry Christmas instead of Happy Holidays? Political correctness now out fashion? Trump factor?

— Rick Santorum (@RickSantorum) December 22, 2015

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Backwoods_Sleuth Dec 23, 2015 • 9:59:10am

When, like me, you celebrate the Solstice, and so you start wishing people Happy New Year on Dec. 22, you get a lot of weird looks.

— Alice Dreger (@AliceDreger) December 23, 2015

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Backwoods_Sleuth Dec 23, 2015 • 10:02:48am

#Southwest flight 2547 with mechanical issues just did a flyby at 2,000 feet at #Oakland airport @abc7newsbayarea pic.twitter.com/uMxdpy5KoE

— Natasha Zouves ABC7 (@NatashaABC7) December 23, 2015

Something is wrong with the landing gear.

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The Vicious Babushka Dec 23, 2015 • 10:03:31am

re: #322 Backwoods_Sleuth

[Embedded content]

Something is wrong with the landing gear.

They’re burning off fuel before making an emergency landing.

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No Country For Old Haters Dec 23, 2015 • 10:03:53am

re: #320 The Vicious Babushka

Happy Holidays, Douchebag

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@RickSantorum That’s #wingnut political correctness. Sometimes the RW crazies get really aggressive about it. Trump does encourage the nuts.

— Jeff Furlington (@FurlingtonJeff) December 23, 2015

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Backwoods_Sleuth Dec 23, 2015 • 10:04:07am

re: #323 The Vicious Babushka

They’re burning off fuel before making an emergency landing.

yes.
The mechanical problem is something about the landing gear.

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Backwoods_Sleuth Dec 23, 2015 • 10:05:41am

this is very creepy:

#Passengers: If you’re on Southwest #Flight2547 please contact the @abc7newsBayArea assignment desk at[no phone numbers allowed]. https://t.co/IjWCGg8NHd

— ABC7 News (@abc7newsBayArea) December 23, 2015

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Backwoods_Sleuth Dec 23, 2015 • 10:06:11am

Southwest Flight 2547 Oakland to Chicago.

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ObserverArt Dec 23, 2015 • 10:08:05am

re: #319 The Vicious Babushka

Classic Narcissistic Personality Disorder

He does seem to match a lot of those characteristics. Kind of scary that he could be seen as a legit candidate and not as someone you would not want to be around. I guess some of those traits are attractive to others that would vote for him. Makes you wonder what their own issues are in they see him as a good leader.

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The Vicious Babushka Dec 23, 2015 • 10:09:21am

THIS IS THE STUPIDEST MEMEYOU WILL SEE ALL DAY==>

Designed, written/illustrated by vets, @PaxtonMurray comic book launches next month. Here’s a preview. #tlot #tcot pic.twitter.com/jQIh76diRH

— VFP (@VeteransFP) December 23, 2015

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No Country For Old Haters Dec 23, 2015 • 10:10:38am

re: #328 ObserverArt

He does seem to match a lot of those characteristics. Kind of scary that he could be seen as a legit candidate and not as someone you would not want to be around. I guess some of those traits are attractive to others that would vote for him. Makes you wonder what their own issues are in they see him as a good leader.

In the last several decades, the smart, well-meaning people all left the Republican party. This is a legitimate candidate to the maniacs who took over the party.

He’s not a viable candidate among voters with an IQ over room temperature, just for deeply confused racists who think civilized people stole the country that they think people like them stole from the natives fair and square.

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makeitstop Dec 23, 2015 • 10:12:55am

re: #326 Backwoods_Sleuth

this is very creepy:

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Fuckin’ media. Ghouls.

They’re hoping to get someone on a call so they can hear the noise when it crashes. Extra points if that person dies.

//////////////////////////////////

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Kragar Dec 23, 2015 • 10:14:53am

re: #329 The Vicious Babushka

So they’ve got an unfunny Archer ripoff?

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Backwoods_Sleuth Dec 23, 2015 • 10:15:01am

re: #331 makeitstop

Fuckin’ media. Ghouls.

They’re hoping to get someone on a call so they can hear the noise when it crashes. Extra points if that person dies.

//////////////////////////////////

Exactly.

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ObserverArt Dec 23, 2015 • 10:16:11am

re: #331 makeitstop

Fuckin’ media. Ghouls.

They’re hoping to get someone on a call so they can hear the noise when it crashes. Extra points if that person dies.

//////////////////////////////////

This. And no sarc tags needed. You know they want to do exactly this. If they could download live video from the person’s cell phone showing others on the plane they’d be on it.

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The Vicious Babushka Dec 23, 2015 • 10:16:17am

re: #331 makeitstop

Fuckin’ media. Ghouls.

They’re hoping to get someone on a call so they can hear the noise when it crashes. Extra points if that person dies.

//////////////////////////////////

I thought you can’t receive tweets on “airplane mode”

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Fourth Football of the Apocalypse Dec 23, 2015 • 10:16:17am

re: #320 The Vicious Babushka

Is it me or are hearing more people say Merry Christmas instead of Happy Holidays? Political correctness now out fashion? Trump factor?
— Rick Santorum

It’s you—you don’t get out much from your wingnut bubble.

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makeitstop Dec 23, 2015 • 10:18:12am

re: #326 Backwoods_Sleuth

this is very creepy:

[Embedded content]

I’m half tempted to call the assignment desk and tell them just how repulsive they are.

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gocart mozart Dec 23, 2015 • 10:19:29am

re: #278 Blind Frog Belly White

National Review really doesn’t like them some Trump.

He is stealing their stupid assholes that they have carefully nurtured for many years. He didn’t build that!

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makeitstop Dec 23, 2015 • 10:19:46am

re: #335 The Vicious Babushka

I thought you can’t receive tweets on “airplane mode”

Maybe the crack news team at ABC7 don’t know that.

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The Vicious Babushka Dec 23, 2015 • 10:20:05am

Dana’s a hunchback! I’m surprised she is even able to lift and aim a gun.

Merry Christmas to our friends at https://t.co/3Mzns7nPOJ! That signed @DLoesch poster will look great in the shop! pic.twitter.com/wg99lgOTE7

— Triumph Systems (@TriumphSystems) December 23, 2015

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No Country For Old Haters Dec 23, 2015 • 10:20:53am

re: #337 makeitstop

I’m half tempted to call the assignment desk and tell them just how repulsive they are.

At the very least, reply to their tweet like I did.

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makeitstop Dec 23, 2015 • 10:20:58am

re: #340 The Vicious Babushka

Dana’s a hunchback! I’m surprised she is even able to lift and aim a gun.

[Embedded content]

That Photoshop artist ought to be on unemployment.

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No Country For Old Haters Dec 23, 2015 • 10:21:45am

re: #340 The Vicious Babushka

Dana’s a hunchback! I’m surprised she is even able to lift and aim a gun.

[Embedded content]

.@TriumphSystems So gross. @DLoesch gun sickness at Christmas. There’s no hope for the insane Conservatives.

— Jeff Furlington (@FurlingtonJeff) December 23, 2015

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Backwoods_Sleuth Dec 23, 2015 • 10:22:28am

UPDATE: Southwest Flight 2547 has made an apparently successful emergency landing at Oakland International Airport. https://t.co/5hp57RiAMI

— NBC Bay Area (@nbcbayarea) December 23, 2015

345

No Country For Old Haters Dec 23, 2015 • 10:23:30am

re: #268 WhatEVs

@NoahShachtman @KevinNR I’m sure NR really hates trump. He stole so many of the enraged yahoos that you guys brainwashed for your own use.

— Jeff Furlington (@FurlingtonJeff) December 23, 2015

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Backwoods_Sleuth Dec 23, 2015 • 10:23:33am

wow. @CNN must be soooo proud to employ a guy who writes angrily abt Hillary’s bathroom visits; (via @DanAmira) pic.twitter.com/TxVfQbpsxQ

— Eric Boehlert (@EricBoehlert) December 23, 2015

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ausador Dec 23, 2015 • 10:25:03am

re: #322 Backwoods_Sleuth

[Embedded content]

Something is wrong with the landing gear.

Did a low flyby so the tower controllers could tell them whether the wheels were down or not. Nose wheel doors are visibly open in video but I don’t see the gear down.

348

No Country For Old Haters Dec 23, 2015 • 10:25:08am

re: #346 Backwoods_Sleuth

@EricBoehlert @CNN has been terrible for years. They only look reasonable compared to the far-right propaganda outfits. @DanAmira

— Jeff Furlington (@FurlingtonJeff) December 23, 2015

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freetoken Dec 23, 2015 • 10:25:40am

re: #329 The Vicious Babushka

Maybe I’m just out of touch with the ~~comic book~~ illustrated novel scene, but I don’t see how that is a very enticing advert for such an illustrated story.

The graphics look a little bit… blah.

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Jenner7 Dec 23, 2015 • 10:26:34am

.@MeghanMcCain: “Double standard for children of Republicans and Democrats. Chelsea Clinton’s children would never be treated like Cruz’s”

— Outnumbered (@OutnumberedFNC) December 23, 2015

Really Meghan??

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Backwoods_Sleuth Dec 23, 2015 • 10:26:42am

re: #347 ausador

Did a low flyby so the tower controllers could tell them whether the wheels were down or not. Nose wheel doors are visibly open in video but I don’t see the gear down.

Apparently there was a warning light in the cockpit.

352

GlutenFreeJesus Dec 23, 2015 • 10:26:43am

re: #344 Backwoods_Sleuth

Much to the dismay of the media.

353

freetoken Dec 23, 2015 • 10:27:05am

re: #285 Dr. Matt

I’ve yet to encounter anybody seething about the latest spending bill.

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Backwoods_Sleuth Dec 23, 2015 • 10:27:07am

Texas cuts off funding for Planned Parenthood’s HIV prevention program https://t.co/Dut6GdM5gV

— Raw Story (@RawStory) December 23, 2015

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No Country For Old Haters Dec 23, 2015 • 10:28:06am

re: #350 Jenner7

@OutnumberedFNC @MeghanMcCain seems to live in Republican fantasy land. Is she not aware of hate-radio, wingnut blogs, or Fox News?

— Jeff Furlington (@FurlingtonJeff) December 23, 2015

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makeitstop Dec 23, 2015 • 10:29:01am

re: #350 Jenner7

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Really Meghan??

Has Limbaugh called Cruz’ daughter ‘the White House dog?’

If not, Meghan should go sit down.

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The Vicious Babushka Dec 23, 2015 • 10:29:06am

re: #350 Jenner7

[Embedded content]

Really Meghan??

Maybe that’s because Hillary hasn’t made a video of herself reading politicized “Christmas stories” to Chelsea’s baby.

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freetoken Dec 23, 2015 • 10:29:12am

re: #354 Backwoods_Sleuth

We are surprised?

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No Country For Old Haters Dec 23, 2015 • 10:29:52am

re: #354 Backwoods_Sleuth

@RawStory The wingnuts probably think they’re punishing an out-group,which excites them. They have no idea how many Cons are on the down-low

— Jeff Furlington (@FurlingtonJeff) December 23, 2015

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freetoken Dec 23, 2015 • 10:30:24am

re: #355 No Country For Old Haters

Apparently she also missed the bit yesterday about Chelsea planning her pregnancy to time with the election.

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Jebediah, RBG Dec 23, 2015 • 10:32:18am

re: #354 Backwoods_Sleuth

That must be another one of those “failures of liberalism.”

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Dr Lizardo Dec 23, 2015 • 10:33:27am

So, my film pick this week isn’t the latest Star Wars installment. Oh, no.

It’s Spotlight, and if you haven’t seen it, go see it. A brilliant film, and in my book, a strong contender for an Academy Award for Best Film and Best Director (Tom McCarthy).

Great performances by Michael Keaton, Mark Rufallo, Liev Schreiber, and hell, pretty much everyone involved. Great script as well. I was never bored for one second; a very engrossing procedural about investigative journalism.

My student commented, “So that’s what investigative journalism looks like!” She loved it as well.

imdb.com

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No Country For Old Haters Dec 23, 2015 • 10:34:51am

re: #361 Jebediah, RBG

That must be another one of those “failures of liberalism.”

Liberalism fails when we let the dumbass Conservatives conserve toxic beliefs and inhumane policies.

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WhatEVs Dec 23, 2015 • 10:40:56am

re: #350 Jenner7

Meghan, you mean like Limbaugh calling Chelsea Clinton a dog when she was A CHILD in the WH? Like that? @OutnumberedFNC @MeghanMcCain

— MsJoanne (@MsJoanne) December 23, 2015

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No Country For Old Haters Dec 23, 2015 • 10:47:48am

re: #364 WhatEVs

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@MsJoanne Yep. I don’t think @MeghanMcCain grasps what Republicans are, despite her dad choosing a symptom of the problem as VP.

— Jeff Furlington (@FurlingtonJeff) December 23, 2015

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WhatEVs Dec 23, 2015 • 10:53:41am

re: #365 No Country For Old Haters

Indeed @FurlingtonJeff @MeghanMcCain missed how conservatives treat Sasha & Malia, saying they dress like ho’s because (gasp) short skirts

— MsJoanne (@MsJoanne) December 23, 2015

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Eventual Carrion Dec 23, 2015 • 10:59:40am

re: #354 Backwoods_Sleuth

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It’s time to cut tax exemptions for religious organizations.

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No Country For Old Haters Dec 23, 2015 • 11:03:12am

re: #367 Eventual Carrion

It’s time to cut tax exemptions for religious organizations.

Past time. Make then demonstrate real social benefit outside their sects if they want an exemption. Funding cults is not for the greater good.

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