Wednesday Night Jam: Vintage Trouble on Austin City Limits: “Another Man’s Words”

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Vintage Trouble is one of the many excellent bands to come out of the R&B revival movement, joining performers like Leon Bridges, The Alabama Shakes, Lianne LaHavas and many others, and here’s a great example of their stripped-down live show from Austin City Limits.

Ty Taylor (vocals)
Nalle Colt (guitar)
Richard Danielson (drums)
Rick Barrio Dill (bass)

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393 comments
1
freetoken  Dec 30, 2015 • 6:22:02pm

Typical gun-f*cking post in the resurgent #COSProject corner of twitter:

I really do believe our leaders have needed to, for many years, openly discuss the emotional duress of the changes in our culture.

Obama tried that with the clinging-to-guns-and-Bible thing, but he backed down. Should have stayed with it.

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freetoken  Dec 30, 2015 • 6:28:05pm
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Charles Johnson  Dec 30, 2015 • 6:29:00pm

re: #1 freetoken

Apparently, things are going to have to get much worse and even more violent before this country faces up to what we’ve done to ourselves by fetishizing the second amendment.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Dec 30, 2015 • 6:30:23pm

re: #1 freetoken

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SteveMcGaziBolaGate RN  Dec 30, 2015 • 6:33:06pm

re: #4 Backwoods_Sleuth

A motor vehicle maybe? Maybe a large sugary drink.

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Belafon  Dec 30, 2015 • 6:34:49pm

re: #1 freetoken

I just read the snopes article related to that, and not even the part about us being third on the list is correct.

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Belafon  Dec 30, 2015 • 6:36:04pm

re: #4 Backwoods_Sleuth

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Eric The Fruit Bat  Dec 30, 2015 • 6:38:32pm

re: #3 Charles Johnson

You’re way more likely to be killed by a Christian with a gun than by a Muslim with a gun-after all, aren’t we a Christian Nation?!?!?.

We need to start replying back with that one and watch the rats start scurrying.

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Blind Frog Belly White  Dec 30, 2015 • 6:39:48pm

re: #1 freetoken

Typical gun-f*cking post in the resurgent #COSProject corner of twitter:

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I really do believe our leaders have needed to, for many years, openly discuss the emotional duress of the changes in our culture.

Obama tried that with the clinging-to-guns-and-Bible thing, but he backed down. Should have stayed with it.

Important point about this meme is that there’s not a speck of actual fact in it. It’s totally, completely pulled-out-of-the-ass fabricated. Not even poorly interpreted data, just totally made of whole cloth.

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Charles Johnson  Dec 30, 2015 • 6:40:38pm
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Eric The Fruit Bat  Dec 30, 2015 • 6:42:03pm
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The Vicious Babushka  Dec 30, 2015 • 6:43:14pm

re: #6 Belafon

I just read the snopes article related to that, and not even the part about us being third on the list is correct.

The girl has her finger on the trigger and she is apparently intending to shoot the photographer.

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The Vicious Babushka  Dec 30, 2015 • 6:44:52pm

re: #6 Belafon

I just read the snopes article related to that, and not even the part about us being third on the list is correct.

The part about “Chicago, Detroit, New Orleans and DC” is just a dog whistle for HURR HURR TEH BLAHS IS JUST CRIMING EACH OTHERS!!!11!!!!

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Blind Frog Belly White  Dec 30, 2015 • 6:45:51pm

So, if your Father-in-law sends you a ham every Christmas, and your Older Son doesn’t like ham, so you have to have Turkey, so you end up with a lot of both leftover, and it’s cold and rainy out, you make soup. In this case, Leek and Potato soup with ham and turkey. And carrots, which are way cheaper than leeks. And the leeks really cook down!

Yummy!
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The Vicious Babushka  Dec 30, 2015 • 6:47:26pm

STUPIDEST MEME OF THE DAY==>
What could possibly go wrong?

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retired cynic  Dec 30, 2015 • 6:48:25pm

re: #15 The Vicious Babushka

STUPIDEST MEME OF THE DAY==>
What could possibly go wrong?

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Well, we know how well that turned out for Saruman!

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Dec 30, 2015 • 6:48:36pm

heh

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Dave In Austin  Dec 30, 2015 • 6:49:21pm

re: #1 freetoken

Typical gun-f*cking post in the resurgent #COSProject corner of twitter:

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I really do believe our leaders have needed to, for many years, openly discuss the emotional duress of the changes in our culture.

Obama tried that with the clinging-to-guns-and-Bible thing, but he backed down. Should have stayed with it.

Just so ya’ll know, that IS my niece. The pic was hijacked as far as any of us knows.

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retired cynic  Dec 30, 2015 • 6:51:29pm

re: #18 Dave In Austin

Just so ya’ll know, that IS my niece. The pic was hijacked as far as any of us knows.

SUE!

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Dave In Austin  Dec 30, 2015 • 6:53:20pm

re: #19 retired cynic

SUE!

No…. Her name is Josalyn.

//

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retired cynic  Dec 30, 2015 • 6:54:59pm

re: #20 Dave In Austin

Pretty girl.

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Stanley Sea Toujours  Dec 30, 2015 • 6:55:21pm

re: #20 Dave In Austin

No…. Her name is Josalyn.

//

Why was she pointing gun at the photographer???

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Eclectic Cyborg  Dec 30, 2015 • 6:56:00pm

re: #6 Belafon

I just read the snopes article related to that, and not even the part about us being third on the list is correct.

My surprise, etc, etc.

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The Vicious Babushka  Dec 30, 2015 • 6:59:32pm

re: #18 Dave In Austin

Just so ya’ll know, that IS my niece. The pic was hijacked as far as any of us knows.

This pic is spammed like eleventy bazillion times a day on wingnut Twitter.

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Eric The Fruit Bat  Dec 30, 2015 • 6:59:54pm

re: #15 The Vicious Babushka

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The Vicious Babushka  Dec 30, 2015 • 7:01:19pm

This is the stupidest quote you will see all day==>
Who even is this incredibly stupid person?

27
Charles Johnson  Dec 30, 2015 • 7:01:24pm
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The Vicious Babushka  Dec 30, 2015 • 7:01:59pm

People who don’t vote and then complain about the results are victims of their own stupidity.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Dec 30, 2015 • 7:04:06pm

re: #26 The Vicious Babushka

This is the stupidest quote you will see all day==>
Who even is this incredibly stupid person?

[Embedded content]

en.wikipedia.org

She sounds nice….

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Eric The Fruit Bat  Dec 30, 2015 • 7:11:07pm

Caribou Barbie is selling her Scottsdale gated estate for a smidge under $2.5 million.

Sickening.

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Eclectic Cyborg  Dec 30, 2015 • 7:12:56pm

re: #30 Eric The Fruit Bat

I guess grifting doesn’t pay like it used to.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Dec 30, 2015 • 7:13:17pm

re: #30 Eric The Fruit Bat

Caribou Barbie is selling her Scottsdale gated estate for a smidge under $2.5 million.

Sickening.

After years of spending more than her slushfund PAC is bringing it, she’s going broke.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Dec 30, 2015 • 7:14:34pm
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SteveMcGaziBolaGate RN  Dec 30, 2015 • 7:16:00pm

re: #33 Backwoods_Sleuth

Who’s next?

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A Cranky One  Dec 30, 2015 • 7:19:07pm

re: #34 SteveMcGaziBolaGate RN

Who’s next?

Bill O’Reilly: Killing Brain Cells

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The Vicious Babushka  Dec 30, 2015 • 7:19:46pm

re: #34 SteveMcGaziBolaGate RN

Who’s next?

Christmas.

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Joe Bacon  Dec 30, 2015 • 7:24:12pm

re: #34 SteveMcGaziBolaGate RN

Who’s next?

The one that ought to come next is…KILLING DR. GEORGE TILLER!

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b_sharp  Dec 30, 2015 • 7:24:57pm

Killing Rational Thinking The Conservative Way

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gocart mozart  Dec 30, 2015 • 7:26:38pm

re: #15 The Vicious Babushka

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ausador  Dec 30, 2015 • 7:27:09pm

re: #1 freetoken

Typical gun-f*cking post in the resurgent #COSProject corner of twitter:

[Embedded content]

I really do believe our leaders have needed to, for many years, openly discuss the emotional duress of the changes in our culture.

Obama tried that with the clinging-to-guns-and-Bible thing, but he backed down. Should have stayed with it.

IT’S A DOG WHISTLE!!!!

What else do those cities have in common besides tough gun laws?

Oops VB beat me to it at #13

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Dec 30, 2015 • 7:28:41pm

O_o

(h/t darthstar)

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gocart mozart  Dec 30, 2015 • 7:28:51pm

re: #33 Backwoods_Sleuth

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Stanley Sea Toujours  Dec 30, 2015 • 7:34:53pm
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gocart mozart  Dec 30, 2015 • 7:35:58pm
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Backwoods_Sleuth  Dec 30, 2015 • 7:37:31pm

LOL, Jim got himself a weirdo.

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freetoken  Dec 30, 2015 • 7:38:21pm

Another very intelligent person telling us that polls don’t matter (quoting 538 of course):

The More We Poll, the Less We Know

[…]

So what can they tell us? Not much.

Pollsters agree that at this point in the race, no poll nor group of polls can predict who will be the next president, or even who will be the party’s nominee. “Early surveys, even a month out, are not going to give people the prediction they’re looking for — particularly in primaries,” said Michael Dimock, president of the Pew Research Center and a political scientist who has conducted many polls in his time.

Who gets the most excited by polls? The candidates who lead them. It’s not a Donald Trump rally without the candidate trundling to the podium, crowing about the numbers showing him winning. But those polls do not predict a Trump victory. Here’s why:

The level of support Mr. Trump boasts about (currently, between 30 and 40 percent) is drawn from within the 25 percent of voters who identify themselves as Republicans, according to Nate Silver of FiveThirtyEight, meaning that to secure the nomination he would have to broaden his appeal among Republicans beyond the slice he has — not easy, given the extremism he represents. When Mr. Trump was polling at about 30 percent, Mr. Silver estimated he was pulling between 6 and 8 percent of the American electorate, which he said was about “the same share of people who think the Apollo moon landings were faked.” Also, only a small fraction of those self-identified Republicans will vote.

[…]

So let me see if I get this right:

The guy who is polling 40% probably can’t win because he’s too extreme.

As if the next guy down is any less extreme. Am I supposed to believe that Cruz, who’s just as extreme, who is polling at less than half of Trump, is more likely to win? Even the nomination?

And it only goes down hill from there.

Who do these people think will win the GOP nomination?

The non-extreme Jeb! who doesn’t even make it above the noise level in the polls ???

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Jenner7  Dec 30, 2015 • 7:40:49pm

WTF?

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Dec 30, 2015 • 7:44:00pm

re: #47 Jenner7

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WTF?

Shaun is on one of his off-the-wall twitter rants tonight.

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Charles Johnson  Dec 30, 2015 • 7:46:30pm

These people are completely fucking unreal.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Dec 30, 2015 • 7:51:01pm

but Kyle just doesn’t know when to quit digging that hole:

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Charles Johnson  Dec 30, 2015 • 7:53:00pm
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bratwurst  Dec 30, 2015 • 7:54:17pm

re: #49 Charles Johnson

These people are completely fucking unreal.

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I think it is clear now that Republicans will blame Obama for ANYTHING…including their own leading candidate for president.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Dec 30, 2015 • 7:59:07pm

must get some sleep.

laterz, lizardz!

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Jenner7  Dec 30, 2015 • 8:02:40pm
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Great White Snark  Dec 30, 2015 • 8:03:14pm

re: #14 Blind Frog Belly White

So, if your Father-in-law sends you a ham every Christmas, and your Older Son doesn’t like ham, so you have to have Turkey, so you end up with a lot of both leftover, and it’s cold and rainy out, you make soup. In this case, Leek and Potato soup with ham and turkey. And carrots, which are way cheaper than leeks. And the leeks really cook down!

[Embedded content]

So.. You sprung for a leek?

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freetoken  Dec 30, 2015 • 8:03:24pm

Meanwhile, up in the great white north:

Religion central to Gianforte’s life, but not his campaign

Religion plays a central role in the life of Greg Gianforte, who is exploring a run for the Republican nomination for Montana governor in 2016, but it’s a topic that the Bozeman entrepreneur and philanthropist declines to speak about at this stage.

[…]

Most of the approximately $36 million the Gianforte family has donated through a private trust in the last decade has benefited Christian-based organizations, the AP found in a review of Gianforte Family Foundation tax disclosures. They include organizations in the U.S. and Africa that conduct research, teach, foster children and promote missionary work.

The philanthropy includes about $2.3 million in scholarships to help K-12 students afford tuition at private schools in Montana. It also includes hundreds of thousands of dollars to anti-abortion groups and more than $150,000 to organizations that promote creationism.

[…]

Will he become the future governor?

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Charles Johnson  Dec 30, 2015 • 8:06:44pm
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Great White Snark  Dec 30, 2015 • 8:09:55pm

Multimedia-LGF, Twitter and Spotify. Hopefully it all resonates.

Video

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CleverToad  Dec 30, 2015 • 8:21:06pm

re: #58 Great White Snark

Multimedia-LGF, Twitter and Spotify. Hopefully it all resonates.

All the updings that I’m allowed to give. That’s a fantastic shot.

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unproven innocence  Dec 30, 2015 • 8:23:12pm

RIP Ian Murdock —creator of Debian
More info here (his recent archived posts to twitter™ ): archive.is

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Great White Snark  Dec 30, 2015 • 8:25:19pm

re: #59 CleverToad

Thanks very much. I think El Nino is going to shape my landscapes this year quite a bit. Climate change becomes climate impact.

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Kid A  Dec 30, 2015 • 8:29:20pm

re: #58 Great White Snark

Nicely done.

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Eric The Fruit Bat  Dec 30, 2015 • 8:29:38pm

re: #60 unproven innocence

Still a lot of unanswered questions as to what actually happened. I saw the story on Ars. Sad.

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unproven innocence  Dec 30, 2015 • 8:31:45pm

re: #63 Eric The Fruit Bat

That’s where I came across the news.

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jaunte  Dec 30, 2015 • 8:34:44pm
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freetoken  Dec 30, 2015 • 8:40:05pm

I guess I really am old. I didn’t know this was a thing with the youth:

Some Teens Are ‘Butt Chugging’ Cough Syrup

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freetoken  Dec 30, 2015 • 8:46:28pm

Trump’s America:

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Great White Snark  Dec 30, 2015 • 8:47:16pm

re: #66 freetoken

Never ever was a better argument for legalizing marijuana ever made.
/ kinda.

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ausador  Dec 30, 2015 • 8:55:50pm

Damn, mosque fire was an inside job, now all legitimate attacks will face even more skepticism from you know who…

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Big Beautiful Door  Dec 30, 2015 • 9:02:38pm

re: #24 The Vicious Babushka

This pic is spammed like eleventy bazillion times a day on wingnut Twitter.

Ammosexuals dream girl.

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Big Beautiful Door  Dec 30, 2015 • 9:03:51pm

re: #26 The Vicious Babushka

This is the stupidest quote you will see all day==>
Who even is this incredibly stupid person?

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Not voting means you let the wingnuts run the country. That is what has happened in Kentucky.

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freetoken  Dec 30, 2015 • 9:05:58pm

re: #69 ausador

Yup. The anti-Muslim bigots are all over that story. And as you expect, every possible application of it to just about anything involving Muslims is coming about.

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Sionainn  Dec 30, 2015 • 9:09:46pm

re: #57 Charles Johnson

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Oooh, I correctly guessed the artist.

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ausador  Dec 30, 2015 • 9:11:01pm

Excuse me mam but WTF are you talking about!!?

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Big Beautiful Door  Dec 30, 2015 • 9:14:40pm

re: #74 ausador

Excuse me mam but WTF are you talking about!!?

[Embedded content]

To him assaulting 57 women? I sure hope so!

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Mattand  Dec 30, 2015 • 9:16:16pm

re: #3 Charles Johnson

Apparently, things are going to have to get much worse and even more violent before this country faces up to what we’ve done to ourselves by fetishizing the second amendment.

Never going to happen. There are 45 states that allow some form of open carrying weapons.

In 2015. There were Western frontier towns that had more restrictive gun laws.

If I were the citizen of another civilized country, I’d be scared shitless of America. At the end of the day, we’re fucking nuts.

Insert David Bowie song here.

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ausador  Dec 30, 2015 • 9:24:35pm

re: #75 Big Beautiful Door

To him assaulting 57 women? I sure hope so!

She is trying, very poorly, to say that if he was known for being on the left instead of being an establishment figure America would want to lynch him instead of supposedly feeling angst about his fall from grace.

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Mattand  Dec 30, 2015 • 9:29:08pm

re: #46 freetoken

Another very intelligent person telling us that polls don’t matter (quoting 538 of course):

The More We Poll, the Less We Know

So let me see if I get this right:

The guy who is polling 40% probably can’t win because he’s too extreme.

As if the next guy down is any less extreme. Am I supposed to believe that Cruz, who’s just as extreme, who is polling at less than half of Trump, is more likely to win? Even the nomination?

And it only goes down hill from there.

Who do these people think will win the GOP nomination?

The non-extreme Jeb! who doesn’t even make it above the noise level in the polls ???

I used to repeat to myself the Nate Silver stuff the author(s) of the editorial cite; aka, “At the end of the day, not that many people really support Trump.” Basically as a way to make myself feel better.

Now, I recognize that as whistling past the graveyard. The GOP has proven, if anything, over the last 7 years that they will do absolutely anything to hold on to power; up to and including fanning unashamed bigotry.

As I said earlier, Americans in general are absolutely capable of electing a piece of shit like Trump to run the country, regardless of the idiotic, horrendous things he’s been spewing since summer.

And Republicans? Based on their one defender here, they probably would support a unapologetic religious fanatic, Klan member or a white supremacist if they thought they’d get the White House back

So, while acknowledging Nate Silver is a much smarter human then I’ll ever be, I think he’s full of shit on this. The only way Trump gets denied the POTUS nomination is if the GOP grows a spine at the convention and stand up to him.

Given their past history (I’m looking at you, 2012 GOP autopsy), I seriously fucking doubt it.

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Big Beautiful Door  Dec 30, 2015 • 9:30:08pm

re: #77 ausador

She is trying, very poorly, to say that if he was known for being on the left instead of being an establishment figure America would want to lynch him instead of supposedly feeling angst about his fall from grace.

Whether the argument is from the Left or the Right, I would hope most people feel revulsion at what Cosby has done.

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goddamnedfrank  Dec 30, 2015 • 9:34:04pm

re: #74 ausador

Excuse me mam but WTF are you talking about!!?

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She’s talking about Cosby’s Pound Cake Speech. Conservatives fell in love with him once they saw him as a way to amplify cultural attacks against blacks and as a way of blaming poorer blacks for their position in society instead of confronting institutionalized racism.

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freetoken  Dec 30, 2015 • 9:38:27pm

re: #78 Mattand

I don’t know who will win the Iowa caucus, or the NH Primary.

I do marvel at all these very intelligent people who seem to not recognize that Trump is a far and away the most popular person in the GOP field.

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ausador  Dec 30, 2015 • 9:39:10pm

re: #79 Big Beautiful Door

Whether the argument is from the Left or the Right, I would hope most people feel revulsion at what Cosby has done.

No argument here, just trying to figure out what politics or BLM has go do with any of it. Are leftist serial rapists different than rightwing serial rapists somehow so that society should view them differently?

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No Depression  Dec 30, 2015 • 9:42:07pm

re: #66 freetoken

I guess I really am old. I didn’t know this was a thing with the youth:

Some Teens Are ‘Butt Chugging’ Cough Syrup

By “some” do they mean like only a handful of dipshits?

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Big Beautiful Door  Dec 30, 2015 • 9:47:38pm

re: #82 ausador

No argument here, just trying to figure out what politics or BLM has go do with any of it. Are leftist serial rapists different than rightwing serial rapists somehow so that society should view them differently?

Not in my opinion, and I hope not in anyone else’s.

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The War TARDIS  Dec 30, 2015 • 9:54:11pm

re: #83 No Depression

Probably only means a handful of dipshits.

But, Teens are by in in large dipshits. It’s a phase you go through in life.

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I Stand With Planned Parenthood  Dec 30, 2015 • 9:55:32pm

I’m thoroughly enjoying the weather where I am.

you?

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I Stand With Planned Parenthood  Dec 30, 2015 • 9:57:54pm

re: #79 Big Beautiful Door

Whether the argument is from the Left or the Right, I would hope most people feel revulsion at what Cosby has done.

I am so hurt by his actions. Cosby violated a public trust. Not only did he climb to the highest pinnacle of success, he was LOVED by just about everyone who grew-up watching his shows, Jello commericals and comedy acts.

Of all the celebrities, we thought we could trust Cosby.

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The Ghost of a Flea  Dec 30, 2015 • 10:07:52pm

re: #83 No Depression

By “some” do they mean like only a handful of dipshits?

“Some” means “an N so small that we only get to make hay by being purposefully vague.”

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I Stand With Planned Parenthood  Dec 30, 2015 • 10:09:24pm

Your Cells. Their Research. Your Permission?

This often surprises people: Tissues from millions of Americans are used in research without their knowledge. These “clinical biospecimens” are leftovers from blood tests, biopsies and surgeries. If your identity is removed, scientists don’t have to ask your permission to use them. How people feel about this varies depending on everything from their relationship to their DNA to how they define life and death. Many bioethicists aren’t bothered by the research being done with those samples — without it we wouldn’t have some of our most important medical advances. What concerns them is that people don’t know they’re participating, or have a choice. This may be about to change.

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retired cynic  Dec 30, 2015 • 10:10:29pm

re: #89 I Stand With Planned Parenthood

Why should I care? Seriously, I would like to know.

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I Stand With Planned Parenthood  Dec 30, 2015 • 10:16:31pm

re: #90 retired cynic

Why should I care? Seriously, I would like to know.

read the article

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I Stand With Planned Parenthood  Dec 30, 2015 • 10:22:32pm
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retired cynic  Dec 30, 2015 • 10:22:43pm

re: #91 I Stand With Planned Parenthood

OK, I did, and I don’t care if tissue of mine is used, anonymously or not. Maybe I’m just too dense to understand. Sorry!

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I Stand With Planned Parenthood  Dec 30, 2015 • 10:33:32pm

re: #93 retired cynic

OK, I did, and I don’t care if tissue of mine is used, anonymously or not. Maybe I’m just too dense to understand. Sorry!

No prob.

I’d like the option to be informed. I’d like to know if there is information I could pass to my kid or future grandchildren.

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I Stand With Planned Parenthood  Dec 30, 2015 • 10:33:59pm
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retired cynic  Dec 30, 2015 • 10:34:58pm

re: #94 I Stand With Planned Parenthood

No prob.

I’d like the option to be informed. I’d like to know if there is information I could pass to my kid or future grandchildren.

That I can understand! But that would mean they would not just need your permission, but they would need to keep you informed about any use made, and the results.

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I Stand With Planned Parenthood  Dec 30, 2015 • 10:39:34pm
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ausador  Dec 30, 2015 • 10:39:34pm
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I Stand With Planned Parenthood  Dec 30, 2015 • 10:40:21pm

re: #96 retired cynic

That I can understand! But that would mean they would not just need your permission, but they would need to keep you informed about any use made, and the results.

At least if I knew who was using my stuff, I could attempt on my own to follow-up or search pub med for the researcher’s papers.

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I Stand With Planned Parenthood  Dec 30, 2015 • 10:41:52pm
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I Stand With Planned Parenthood  Dec 30, 2015 • 10:45:58pm

14-year-old girl ‘raped as revenge for election defeat’ kills herself in India
Two men raped a young girl whose mother was winning the local election

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ausador  Dec 30, 2015 • 10:48:25pm

re: #98 ausador

David Spade is so jealous of Obama right now…

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Pawn of the Oppressor  Dec 30, 2015 • 10:48:39pm

re: #18 Dave In Austin

Just so ya’ll know, that IS my niece. The pic was hijacked as far as any of us knows.

She is pretty, but for god’s sakes, she needs a lot of help with guns. Like not using two fingers for the trigger. And not pointing at the camera person.

Whoever took that photo needs an ass-kicking.

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Pawn of the Oppressor  Dec 30, 2015 • 10:51:17pm

re: #33 Backwoods_Sleuth

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Killing Patton? Pretty sure that was a car accident…

Seriously, Patton was a psychopath. His own troops hated him, and “Blood and Guts” wasn’t a fond nickname. How is pointing that out “killing” him?

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I Stand With Planned Parenthood  Dec 30, 2015 • 10:54:13pm

bbl

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ausador  Dec 30, 2015 • 10:59:43pm

re: #104 Pawn of the Oppressor

Killing Patton? Pretty sure that was a car accident…

Seriously, Patton was a psychopath. His own troops hated him, and “Blood and Guts” wasn’t a fond nickname. How is pointing that out “killing” him?

If you haven’t read any of “his” (co-authored) books Orielly’s shitck is to hint at conspiracies without outright accusing anyone specifically. In the Patton book he basically is saying that either Wild Bill Donovan or the Soviets had him killed via a staged accident.

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Single-handed sailor  Dec 31, 2015 • 12:35:02am

UB40 - The Pillow

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Single-handed sailor  Dec 31, 2015 • 12:37:49am

UB40 - You’re Not An Army

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wheat-dogghazi-mailgate  Dec 31, 2015 • 1:51:31am

I present to you SISTAR, a Kpop group. Some of my students danced to this during the Christmas show last week.

[WARNING: May trigger memories of Britney Spears’ early music videos.]

[MV] SISTAR(씨스타) _ SHAKE IT

This is just the choreography, without all the costumes and props.

SISTAR 씨스타_SHAKE IT Dance Practice ver.

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wheat-dogghazi-mailgate  Dec 31, 2015 • 1:55:19am

And some other students danced to this tune, by Kpop group Red Velvet.

Red Velvet 레드벨벳_Ice Cream Cake_Music Video

Perhaps you can find some common elements in these videos.

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Nyet  Dec 31, 2015 • 2:55:35am

re: #33 Backwoods_Sleuth

I suppose we now know the identity of one member of The Plague.

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Tigger2  Dec 31, 2015 • 3:42:56am

re: #7 Belafon

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Tigger2  Dec 31, 2015 • 3:53:37am

re: #33 Backwoods_Sleuth

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Kent Dorfman  Dec 31, 2015 • 4:49:55am

re: #110 wheat-dogghazi-mailgate

Will there be a test? I better start boning up

/yeah you read that right

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wheat-dogghazi-mailgate  Dec 31, 2015 • 4:59:24am

re: #114 Kent Dorfman

Will there be a test? I better start boning up

/yeah you read that right

I think you’ve got the main idea.

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Kent Dorfman  Dec 31, 2015 • 5:14:26am

I found out why Texans need moar gunz, wild hogs!!!

Trappers either shoot the hogs in the pen or, if they’re hoping to sell them, back a truck up to the pen and load them in. Trying to handle the animals, which are aggressive, strong and quick, is something to avoid.

“The mama hogs, when she’s got babies, that’s one that you really got to worry about. They will take you down, and they don’t want to lick at you, either, like a puppy dog,” he said. “They’re fast as lightning.”

Those in the hog world share horror stories of facing the beasts. Summers said he once accidentally trapped himself in a pen with one and hurt his back while leaping over the fence.

“The wild hogs, they pop their jaws, they snap their teeth against each other,” he said. “It’s a distinctive sound. Once you hear it, you’ll never forget it.”

Dornak said he’s only had one close encounter with a feral hog, and it’s not a scenario he encourages anyone to replicate.

“At 2 o’clock in the morning, I was intoxicated and in flip-flops and wielding a shotgun,” he said. “I was showing off for the folks around the campfire and almost had my legs taken out by one.”

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dholmes32  Dec 31, 2015 • 5:18:28am

re: #87 I Stand With Planned Parenthood

I am so hurt by his actions. Cosby violated a public trust. Not only did he climb to the highest pinnacle of success, he was LOVED by just about everyone who grew-up watching his shows, Jello commericals and comedy acts.

Of all the celebrities, we thought we could trust Cosby.

I’m glad my father passed away before all this came out. He really admired Cosby and this would have been devastating.

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No Country For Old Haters  Dec 31, 2015 • 5:30:58am

re: #4 Backwoods_Sleuth

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lawhawk  Dec 31, 2015 • 5:32:21am

re: #117 dholmes32

Cosby’s (yeah, I said trump originally - he’s everywhere these days, even in unrelated thoughts) lasting legacy will not be as a comic, but as a rapist and sexual predator who assaulted dozens of women.

Here’s the thing. Prosecutors had much of this evidence for years on end and did nothing with it. It took dozens of women to come forward before prosecutors decided to act.

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Fourth Football of the Apocalypse  Dec 31, 2015 • 5:33:34am

re: #119 lawhawk

Trump’s lasting legacy will not be as a comic, but as a rapist and sexual predator who assaulted dozens of women.

Here’s the thing. Prosecutors had much of this evidence for years on end and did nothing with it. It took dozens of women to come forward before prosecutors decided to act.

Do you mean Cosby?

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No Country For Old Haters  Dec 31, 2015 • 5:34:09am

re: #15 The Vicious Babushka

STUPIDEST MEME OF THE DAY==>
What could possibly go wrong?

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Fourth Football of the Apocalypse  Dec 31, 2015 • 5:34:45am

re: #106 ausador

If you haven’t read any of “his” (co-authored) books Orielly’s shitck is to hint at conspiracies without outright accusing anyone specifically. In the Patton book he basically is saying that either Wild Bill Donovan or the Soviets had him killed via a staged accident.

History!!! FACT. confirmed.

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No Country For Old Haters  Dec 31, 2015 • 5:36:14am

re: #26 The Vicious Babushka

This is the stupidest quote you will see all day==>
Who even is this incredibly stupid person?

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lawhawk  Dec 31, 2015 • 5:36:16am

re: #120 Fourth Football of the Apocalypse

Yeah, fixed it.

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Barefoot Grin  Dec 31, 2015 • 5:38:22am

re: #110 wheat-dogghazi-mailgate

And some other students danced to this tune, by Kpop group Red Velvet.

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Video

Perhaps you can find some common elements in these videos.

Common element for me is that I made it to about 30 seconds in each video. Yeah, I’m an old man.

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No Country For Old Haters  Dec 31, 2015 • 5:40:03am

re: #44 gocart mozart

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No Country For Old Haters  Dec 31, 2015 • 5:42:06am

re: #51 Charles Johnson

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jonhendry  Dec 31, 2015 • 5:44:40am

re: #94 I Stand With Planned Parenthood

No prob.

I’d like the option to be informed. I’d like to know if there is information I could pass to my kid or future grandchildren.

Would it bother you if they were using your cells which they strained from sewage?

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No Country For Old Haters  Dec 31, 2015 • 5:45:51am

re: #67 freetoken

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lawhawk  Dec 31, 2015 • 5:47:00am
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Eventual Carrion  Dec 31, 2015 • 5:48:02am

re: #128 jonhendry

Would it bother you if they were using your cells which they strained from sewage?

Scientifically unreliable samples. Massive cross contamination.

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No Country For Old Haters  Dec 31, 2015 • 5:54:13am
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lawhawk  Dec 31, 2015 • 5:58:13am

re: #132 No Country For Old Haters

Got a supposed Trump Democrat supporter on Twitter trying to get around fact that when Trump says he’s for US jobs, it doesn’t extend to when Trump had his clothing lines made overseas. And off to the Gish Gallop it goes.

It thinks the GOP is going to create jobs, when it’s opposed to pretty much everything that would improve quality of life and job creation.

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WhatEVs  Dec 31, 2015 • 6:09:01am

re: #67 freetoken

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Bubblehead II  Dec 31, 2015 • 6:11:23am

Morning Lizards from chilly Southern Idaho

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Dave In Austin  Dec 31, 2015 • 6:22:45am

At first I thought this was just another “mean dog trick”. I laughed my ass off as this is the type of SDT that would be attempted throughout my family. It actually out to be a stupid person trick that once again verifies the cesspool the Twitter is.

Still a funny picture though..

Millions Of Prayers Go Out To Dog Afflicted With Ham On Face
huffingtonpost.com

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Joe Bacon  Dec 31, 2015 • 6:25:30am

re: #119 lawhawk

Cosby’s (yeah, I said trump originally - he’s everywhere these days, even in unrelated thoughts) lasting legacy will not be as a comic, but as a rapist and sexual predator who assaulted dozens of women.

Here’s the thing. Prosecutors had much of this evidence for years on end and did nothing with it. It took dozens of women to come forward before prosecutors decided to act.

That is a good question. I believe that the answer has to do with something called M-O-N-E-Y.

More proof that under our corrupted system the rich have turned “Justice” into Ju$ti¢e”!

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sagehen  Dec 31, 2015 • 6:27:15am

re: #93 retired cynic

OK, I did, and I don’t care if tissue of mine is used, anonymously or not. Maybe I’m just too dense to understand. Sorry!

Here’s why it matters:

en.wikipedia.org

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makeitstop  Dec 31, 2015 • 6:27:44am

re: #102 ausador

David Spade is so jealous of Obama right now…

Spade is pretty thirsty for attention if you ask me.

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lawhawk  Dec 31, 2015 • 6:29:07am

Trump supporter:

Yeah, you read that right.

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The Vicious Babushka  Dec 31, 2015 • 6:32:00am

STUPIDEST MEME OF THE DAY==>
How many decades is George Bush spending in prison for his email scandal? Zero.

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wheat-dogghazi-mailgate  Dec 31, 2015 • 6:33:22am

re: #125 Barefoot Grin

Common element for me is that I made it to about 30 seconds in each video. Yeah, I’m an old man.

K-/J-/Canto-/Mando-pop groups have a shelf life of maybe five years. As soon as the members get close to 30 (or get married), the groups generally fizzle out, or fresh faces are brought in to keep the brand alive.

The members of both these groups range in age from 20 to 25, for example.

I’m old, too, but setting aside the eye-candy aspects of these groups, the tunes are catchy enough to get stuck in my head. Basic pop tunes, but with some suggestiveness added. I suspect older Koreans’ English is not good enough to catch the double-entendre about “tasting me” in “Ice Cream Cake.”

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makeitstop  Dec 31, 2015 • 6:37:53am

So, we’re getting ready to head out for the day, and we’ve got CNN on in the hotel room.

First time I’ve watched any cable news in literally better than 10 years. Good Lord, this sucks.

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sagehen  Dec 31, 2015 • 6:38:53am

K-Pop producers regularly hold auditions in the US to find their girls; fluent in English, American posture and body language, plus a substantial percentage of their hires are mixed race who look “just Korean enough” but with the sort of anglicized features that South Korean plastic surgeons make a fortune on….

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Dec 31, 2015 • 6:41:11am

good grief…

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makeitstop  Dec 31, 2015 • 6:42:11am

A friend of mine took to Twitter and pretty much summarized Trump’s candidacy.

Heh.
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makeitstop  Dec 31, 2015 • 6:43:23am

Imma start calling Trump ‘Snooki’ from now on.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Dec 31, 2015 • 6:43:38am

re: #145 Backwoods_Sleuth

good grief…

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And as people are calling her out about that tweet, she doubles down this morning:

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wheat-dogghazi-mailgate  Dec 31, 2015 • 6:46:32am

re: #144 sagehen

K-Pop producers regularly hold auditions in the US to find their girls; fluent in English, American posture and body language, plus a substantial percentage of their hires are mixed race who look “just Korean enough” but with the sort of anglicized features that South Korean plastic surgeons make a fortune on….

I’m not surprised. The same is true for J-pop, as well. Having decent spoken English is key.

My Chinese students are fascinated by Korean actors and performers in general. They scorn the plastic surgery, while admiring the handsome (androgynous) men and pretty (girlish) women.

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Barefoot Grin  Dec 31, 2015 • 6:47:35am

re: #142 wheat-dogghazi-mailgate

K-/J-/Canto-/Mando-pop groups have a shelf life of maybe five years. As soon as the members get close to 30 (or get married), the groups generally fizzle out, or fresh faces are brought in to keep the brand alive.

The members of both these groups range in age from 20 to 25, for example.

I’m old, too, but setting aside the eye-candy aspects of these groups, the tunes are catchy enough to get stuck in my head. Basic pop tunes, but with some suggestiveness added. I suspect older Koreans’ English is not good enough to catch the double-entendre about “tasting me” in “Ice Cream Cake.”

K-pop really took off. Over the years of living in Japan I was always astounded that singers really only needed to be cute—straight teeth, good singing voice unnecessary. Then Morning Musume came in and it started to change. Not long after, of course, South Korean producers took the whole thing to a new level.

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lawhawk  Dec 31, 2015 • 6:50:09am

re: #145 Backwoods_Sleuth

Oh goodie. A nickname. I got a nickname! I’ve made it. I’ve finally made it.

/

The problem isn’t the nickname. It’s that these folks continue perpetuating bad policy at all levels of government. And where they aren’t, they’re denying that others from their party are doing it. Or try to place blame elsewhere (DARVO).

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Dec 31, 2015 • 6:53:01am

Joe Miller continues to seek attention:

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wheat-dogghazi-mailgate  Dec 31, 2015 • 6:55:13am

re: #150 Barefoot Grin

K-pop really took off. Over the years of living in Japan I was always astounded that singers really only needed to be cute—straight teeth, good singing voice unnecessary. Then Morning Musume came in and it started to change. Not long after, of course, South Korean producers took the whole thing to a new level.

They’ve created a product line, complete with merchandising and marketing, but I have to say the singing and dancing of these groups are really pretty good. They won’t be big hits in the USA, unless they come up with some suitable cross-cultural bubblegum hit. PSY’s Gangnam Style came close, but fizzled out pretty quick. And the Mando hit “Little Apple” (Xiao Pingguo) barely lasted a few weeks stateside as a novelty tune.

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Eric The Fruit Bat  Dec 31, 2015 • 6:57:45am

re: #152 Backwoods_Sleuth

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Dec 31, 2015 • 7:02:09am
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Bubblehead II  Dec 31, 2015 • 7:04:59am

bbiaw

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Dec 31, 2015 • 7:07:56am
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Belafon  Dec 31, 2015 • 7:11:07am

re: #89 I Stand With Planned Parenthood

Your Cells. Their Research. Your Permission?

Reading through the article, I would propose this (and it may be what the guidelines are proposing):
1. Any time someone takes a sample, they must ask if it can be used for further research.
2. If the sample requires your identity to be attached to it, then they must inform you of any use.
3. If the sample does not require your identity to be attached, then no further contact to you is required to be given.

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wheat-dogghazi-mailgate  Dec 31, 2015 • 7:11:58am

A rendition of “Little Apple” by Malaysian group, AMOi-AMOi.

小蘋果の馬來西亞本地水果篇 Little Apple by AMOi-AMOi @RED PEOPLE

And if you want to learn to dance to it, here’s a helpful tutorial. (In Chinese, but you’ll get the idea.)

小蘋果 LITTLE APPLE Dance Tutorial by Cikgu Strawberry 草莓老師.林美瑜

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Fourth Football of the Apocalypse  Dec 31, 2015 • 7:14:10am

re: #152 Backwoods_Sleuth

Joe Miller continues to seek attention:

Is this the Alaskan clown or another clown?

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Dec 31, 2015 • 7:14:39am

re: #160 Fourth Football of the Apocalypse

Is this the Alaskan clown or another clown?

It’s the Alaskan one.

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Dark_Falcon  Dec 31, 2015 • 7:16:03am

re: #157 Backwoods_Sleuth

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That one just came swanning up to the window.

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Fourth Football of the Apocalypse  Dec 31, 2015 • 7:16:25am

re: #145 Backwoods_Sleuth

good grief…

“We all know I am strong and determined….”

Sounds like a CCJ-acolyte.

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Brian J.  Dec 31, 2015 • 7:17:39am

re: #145 Backwoods_Sleuth

good grief…

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Ms. Shealy, he just meant that you really blow.

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Fourth Football of the Apocalypse  Dec 31, 2015 • 7:17:49am

re: #152 Backwoods_Sleuth

Celebrate New Years by buying a gun. More armed Americans, less jihadist massacres, more dead radical Islamists t.co
— Joe Miller

Moar guns would have worked so well against the Boston bombers….

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Dec 31, 2015 • 7:17:57am
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Dark_Falcon  Dec 31, 2015 • 7:21:27am
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Backwoods_Sleuth  Dec 31, 2015 • 7:24:10am
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The Vicious Babushka  Dec 31, 2015 • 7:26:04am

STUPIDEST MEME OF THE DAY==>
I’m sure Hillary would support Chelsea’s right to make her own decisions.

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Dark_Falcon  Dec 31, 2015 • 7:32:23am
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wheat-dogghazi-mailgate  Dec 31, 2015 • 7:32:28am

re: #169 The Vicious Babushka

Questions Hillary Clinton will never be asked:

Do you know who Ben Shapiro is?
Do you care?

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Nyet  Dec 31, 2015 • 7:32:32am

re: #169 The Vicious Babushka

How does that poor guy tick? Must suck being so hateful and stupid.

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Dark_Falcon  Dec 31, 2015 • 7:32:53am
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wheat-dogghazi-mailgate  Dec 31, 2015 • 7:36:08am

25 minutes remain to 2015 here in China.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Dec 31, 2015 • 7:38:18am

Little Ben has a different (and faulty) definition of the word “choice”.

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The Vicious Babushka  Dec 31, 2015 • 7:39:38am
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allegro  Dec 31, 2015 • 7:45:50am

re: #173 Dark_Falcon

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I believe she does celebrate the right of every woman to be enabled of every method of reproductive control. That includes abortion. It is to be celebrated - it is life saving for women - and not treated as some shameful act.

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Great White Snark  Dec 31, 2015 • 7:49:01am

re: #174 wheat-dogghazi-mailgate

And all over again in what maybe a few weeks?

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Great White Snark  Dec 31, 2015 • 7:52:56am

re: #166 Backwoods_Sleuth

Thanks for the heads up

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wheat-dogghazi-mailgate  Dec 31, 2015 • 7:53:17am

re: #178 Great White Snark

And all over again in what maybe a few weeks?

Yep. Feb. 8 is Lunar New Year, so they’ll be even more fireworks all across Asia.

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Nyet  Dec 31, 2015 • 7:57:05am

In the name of Stan, by all the daemonic atheist powers given to me, I curse Benny-boy with the scariest curse of them all: let his baby grow up to be a liberal.

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Eric The Fruit Bat  Dec 31, 2015 • 7:59:44am

re: #181 Nyet

….and a lesbian!

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ObserverArt  Dec 31, 2015 • 7:59:52am

re: #181 Nyet

In the name of Stan, by all the daemonic atheist powers given to me, I curse Benny-boy with the scariest curse of them all: let his baby grow to to be a liberal.

Now this would be fun…and so well deserved.

And if he is anything in daily life like he is on Twitter it is going to happen.

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wheat-dogghazi-mailgate  Dec 31, 2015 • 8:05:20am

Happy New Year from China! 新年快乐!

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Alephnaught  Dec 31, 2015 • 8:21:38am

re: #184 wheat-dogghazi-mailgate

Happy New Year from China! 新年快乐!

Happy New Year!

Abba - Happy New Year

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FormerDirtDart  Dec 31, 2015 • 8:29:37am

…no charges are expected to be filed against an off-duty officer and her husband, who is in the police academy…

The couple “accidentally” fired 27 rounds at the woman, according to KNTV. The relative reportedly suffered non-life threatening injuries and was taken to a nearby hospital. At least one bullet was said to have hit her leg.

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jaunte  Dec 31, 2015 • 8:31:16am

“I think there’s going to be some people that at 12:01 are going to strap a pistol on and go to Walmart, because they know they can now,” said [Houston Police Officers Union] President Ray Hunt.
abc13.com

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wheat-dogghazi-mailgate  Dec 31, 2015 • 8:35:47am

re: #186 FormerDirtDart

Oscar Pistorius “accidentally” fired at his girlfriend and killed her. He testified that he thought she was an intruder. Jury didn’t quite buy that explanation.

But, in America, cops and cops-in-training can shoot people with impunity, it seems.

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lawhawk  Dec 31, 2015 • 8:41:43am

Can’t wait to watch Texas turn into the Wild West v. 2.0 with the open carry craziness that they’ve sought. We’re going to watch more people killed - civilians killing civilians. Cops killing civilians. And if you’re a minority in Texas, watch how the open carry rules wont be applied equally, resulting in more stops, hassling, and confrontations that may well end in violence.

Watch too as the 3 percenters and sovereign citizens abuse the open carry and put others at risk. Watch for more accidental shootings (of selves and others).

Why? Because we’ve seen just how the application of law enforcement disproportionately hits minorities, and that the laws aren’t applied equally or fairly.

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withak  Dec 31, 2015 • 8:41:52am

re: #187 jaunte

I’m in Texas visiting my parents over the New Year.

I’m not sure I’m going to leave the house after midnight on NYE.

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Dr Lizardo  Dec 31, 2015 • 8:43:24am

re: #184 wheat-dogghazi-mailgate

Happy New Year from China! 新年快乐!

Happy New Year!

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FormerDirtDart  Dec 31, 2015 • 8:43:48am
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jaunte  Dec 31, 2015 • 8:44:02am

Texas open carry is a prime example of lawmakers passing a symbolic gesture without thinking about it.

“Carrying without a license is illegal, but there’s no clear way for police to investigate if the person does indeed have a license to open carry or not.”
……………
“Even trickier for police officers is what happens when a citizen is asked and refuses to show proof of an open-carry license. According to the Dallas Morning News, there is no penalty in the law for license holders who refuse to do so.”
……………
“What happens when an officer arrives on a scene of a shooting and observes multiple people with guns on their waists? he asked. How would an officer differentiate a suspect from a civilian? How do you control a crime scene when everyone has a weapon, and is convinced that they have a right to use it? At what point when detaining someone for a different crime altogether is an officer allowed to remove the suspect’s weapon?

None of these questions is addressed in the language of the law.”
fusion.net

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wheat-dogghazi-mailgate  Dec 31, 2015 • 8:45:21am

re: #192 FormerDirtDart

I wonder how she’ll plead. I don’t think “affluenza” is going to work as an excuse. Nor would stupidity, of which she and her son have much.

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jaunte  Dec 31, 2015 • 8:47:28am

re: #190 She got schlonged!

I’m in Texas visiting my parents over the New Year.

I’m not sure I’m going to leave the house after midnight on NYE.

I’m getting out of the city tonight; going to try to stay away from people for a few days.

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I Would Prefer Not To  Dec 31, 2015 • 8:53:29am

Why is my boss being a dick to all his employees on New Year’s Eve?

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Dr Lizardo  Dec 31, 2015 • 8:55:42am

Jeez, the fireworks are already going off here in Ostrava, and it’s six hours until midnight. Sounds like a damned artillery barrage out there.

GET OFF MY LAWN, YA DAMN WHIPPERSNAPPERS WITH YOUR M-80’s!!

:P

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Blind Frog Belly White  Dec 31, 2015 • 8:56:31am

re: #94 I Stand With Planned Parenthood

No prob.

I’d like the option to be informed. I’d like to know if there is information I could pass to my kid or future grandchildren.

I can speak to this - we use leftover tumor tissue from a variety of different cancers, as well as normal tissue. We try to determine whether a particular antigen is present on tumors, more than on normal tissues. We look at a lot of tumors, because we’re trying to determine percentages - what percent of tumors express?

Generally, it’s not what you can learn from one sample, but what you learn from dozens or hundreds of samples. Make it harder to get those samples - which would otherwise be autoclaved and dumped - and you make it harder for us to do our jobs.

In the end, it’s unlikely that we’d find something in a particular sample that could be of use to the person it came from. And trying to keep a log of the individual from whom each sample came, while maintaining that person’s privacy, and following what happens to that sample and what all is learned about it is a nightmarish complication, especially since samples are sometimes pooled.

Add in to that the the things one might learn may still be in the process of discovery. That is, suppose we have your sample, and we’re using it to research whether a particular gene is linked to a propensity for a particular disease. We may find that allele in your sample. Should we tell you? At this point it’s still hypothetical, and even if we find a correlation between the allele and the disease, there’s still no proof of causation. This is one reason why the “Personal Genome” places are limited in what they can tell you - the information isn’t solid enough to make telling the customer ethical.

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Nyet  Dec 31, 2015 • 9:00:37am

re: #197 Dr Lizardo

In Berlin they started yesterday, slowly but surely.

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ObserverArt  Dec 31, 2015 • 9:04:17am

re: #192 FormerDirtDart

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You know, someone that is said to be rich, you’d think he could get a decent haircut. Mommy must cut it for him.

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sagehen  Dec 31, 2015 • 9:06:08am

The Obama episode of Seinfeld’s “Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee”. 19 minutes.

crackle.com

You’re welcome.

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wheat-dogghazi-mailgate  Dec 31, 2015 • 9:06:22am

Well, folks, I’ve made it one hour into 2016 without any mishaps. Now it’s time for sleepytime.

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Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light)  Dec 31, 2015 • 9:08:05am

re: #202 wheat-dogghazi-mailgate

Well, folks, I’ve made it one hour into 2016 without any mishaps. Now it’s time for sleepytime.

Hooray. We got six hours to go here

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Nyet  Dec 31, 2015 • 9:11:20am

Explanation: these (pro-)Russian terrorist leaders have been killed on the occupied Ukrainian territories in 2015 (all apparently by their own). 2016 wish: moar.

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Mike Lamb  Dec 31, 2015 • 9:12:02am

re: #169 The Vicious Babushka

STUPIDEST MEME OF THE DAY==>
I’m sure Hillary would support Chelsea’s right to make her own decisions.

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That would be a fucking softball if it was asked.

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FormerDirtDart  Dec 31, 2015 • 9:17:50am

OH…lookee here…

My, my…would not it be grand if during young Mr. Couch’s effort to stop extradition that the Mexican authorities were able to physically link the weapon to the young gentleman, and then charge him under Mexican law…

Now, that would be some karma

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Dr Lizardo  Dec 31, 2015 • 9:19:12am

re: #199 Nyet

In Berlin they started yesterday, slowly but surely.

I only heard a couple yesterday. Tonight, they’re going hog-wild.

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ausador  Dec 31, 2015 • 9:24:05am

How did conservatives get so dumb? This might be a clue…
2015 Year in Media

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FormerDirtDart  Dec 31, 2015 • 9:29:45am

Shake, Shake…Shake It Up

Isn’t that the guy that Carson said didn’t speak for his campaign, when the whole “He has no grasp of international affairs, and likely never will” (paraphrasing a bit) episode happened??

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wrenchwench  Dec 31, 2015 • 9:37:20am

re: #209 FormerDirtDart

Shake, Shake…Shake It Up

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Isn’t that the guy that Carson said didn’t speak for his campaign, when the whole “He has no grasp of international affairs, and likely never will” (paraphrasing a bit) episode happened??

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wrenchwench  Dec 31, 2015 • 9:40:58am
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ObserverArt  Dec 31, 2015 • 9:41:22am

Quit the campaign now Ben Carson. There is no further reason for you to run.

If you want to keep even a bit of your reputation as a doctor get out now because that will all be gone if you continue as something you are not…presidential material. You are now proving you can’t even run a campaign, why you should anyone ever think you can responsibly run a country?

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WhatEVs  Dec 31, 2015 • 9:44:39am

Ha!

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b.d.  Dec 31, 2015 • 9:44:55am

Dang, who would have thought that having an AM talk radio host secretly run your campaign was ever a bad thing?

//

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WhatEVs  Dec 31, 2015 • 9:45:47am

re: #212 ObserverArt

Quit the campaign now Ben Carson. There is no further reason for you to run.

If you want to keep even a bit of your reputation as a doctor get out now because that will all be gone if you continue as something you are not…presidential material. You are now proving you can’t even run a campaign, why you should anyone ever think you can responsibly run a country?

I think that ship sailed.

And sank.

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unproven innocence  Dec 31, 2015 • 9:47:01am

re: #189 lawhawk

Can’t wait to watch Texas turn into the Wild West v. 2.0 with the open carry craziness that they’ve sought. We’re going to watch more people killed - civilians killing civilians. Cops killing civilians. And if you’re a minority in Texas, watch how the open carry rules wont be applied equally, resulting in more stops, hassling, and confrontations that may well end in violence.

Watch too as the 3 percenters and sovereign citizens abuse the open carry and put others at risk. Watch for more accidental shootings (of selves and others).

Why? Because we’ve seen just how the application of law enforcement disproportionately hits minorities, and that the laws aren’t applied equally or fairly.

It almost seems as if this horrific scenario was carefully planned.

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FormerDirtDart  Dec 31, 2015 • 9:47:56am

re: #212 ObserverArt

Quit the campaign now Ben Carson. There is no further reason for you to run.

If you want to keep even a bit of your reputation as a doctor get out now because that will all be gone if you continue as something you are not…presidential material. You are now proving you can’t even run a campaign, why you should anyone ever think you can responsibly run a country?

Oh please, do you really believe Carson’s campaign has ever truly been about actually getting elected President??

It’s always been about financial gain. And, for him the sensible thing would be to continue campaigning as cheaply as possible, until at least the initial caucuses and primaries, so they can still milk the bigger donations. To ensure they are reasonably close to being in the black before suspending the campaign.

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b.d.  Dec 31, 2015 • 9:49:16am

re: #215 WhatEVs

I think that ship sailed.

And sank.

It ran into a grain filled pyramid.

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ObserverArt  Dec 31, 2015 • 9:52:36am

re: #214 b.d.

Dang, who would have thought that having an AM talk radio host secretly run your campaign was ever a bad thing?

//

And a crooked political hack too. He received government payments under the Bush administration to push Bush’s education programs to his radio listeners and newspaper column readers and to convince other Black writers, talkers, leaders, etc.

Just another small government hack taking big government money to do conservative work.

Totally trustworthy unlike our President./

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freetoken  Dec 31, 2015 • 9:53:15am

Very intelligent WaPo people trying really hard:

Iowa emerges as a free-for-all among GOP’s establishment candidates

[…]

“There’s a lot to be won out here,” said David Kochel, Bush’s chief strategist and a veteran Iowa operative. “It’s probably the most undecided bloc of voters that you could find. It shows up in every poll, and I think they’re coming largely out of this lane. People wait, they kick the tires, they see who comes, they go to town halls, and they make up their minds late.”

[…]

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ObserverArt  Dec 31, 2015 • 9:54:06am

re: #215 WhatEVs

I think that ship sailed.

And sank.

For a lot of us…but he still has his a lot of people that take him serious. Watch stories start to come out that lets everyone know what a lot of us have said…the dude is 100% loony bird.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Dec 31, 2015 • 9:54:48am
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TedStriker  Dec 31, 2015 • 9:55:57am

re: #212 ObserverArt

Quit the campaign now Ben Carson. There is no further reason for you to run.

If you want to keep even a bit of your reputation as a doctor get out now because that will all be gone if you continue as something you are not…presidential material. You are now proving you can’t even run a campaign, why you should anyone ever think you can responsibly run a country?

re: #215 WhatEVs

I think that ship sailed.

And sank.

re: #218 b.d.

It ran into a grain filled pyramid.

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Skip Intro  Dec 31, 2015 • 9:56:49am

Jeb is getting really desperate now.

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Stanley Sea Toujours  Dec 31, 2015 • 9:57:47am

re: #222 Backwoods_Sleuth

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Damn

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Eventual Carrion  Dec 31, 2015 • 9:59:00am

re: #193 jaunte

Texas open carry is a prime example of lawmakers passing a symbolic gesture without thinking about it.

I think the judicial term for it is ClusterFuck.

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Bear  Dec 31, 2015 • 9:59:28am

re: #222 Backwoods_Sleuth

What a terrible thing. Looks real bad. Flames from ground level up to top.

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freetoken  Dec 31, 2015 • 9:59:32am

Also-rans starting to fall off the tracks.

And not just Carson:

Martin O’Malley fails to qualify for Ohio ballot

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FormerDirtDart  Dec 31, 2015 • 9:59:36am

OOPS

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WhatEVs  Dec 31, 2015 • 10:02:14am

re: #221 ObserverArt

For a lot of us…but he still has his a lot of people that take him serious. Watch stories start to come out that lets everyone know what a lot of us have said…the dude is 100% loony bird.

True.

The Germans have a word for it…fachidiot…an idiot who is good at one thing.

My husband calls Carson a body mechanic. He is good at that and nothing else.

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The Vicious Babushka  Dec 31, 2015 • 10:02:24am

re: #222 Backwoods_Sleuth

Holy shit. Looks like that building had no sprinkler system or any other type of fire prevention apparatus, it just went up like tissue paper.

Is Dubai a Libertarian fairyland with no regulations?

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WhatEVs  Dec 31, 2015 • 10:02:38am

re: #222 Backwoods_Sleuth

Holy cow. That is a hell of a fire!

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TedStriker  Dec 31, 2015 • 10:03:17am

re: #222 Backwoods_Sleuth

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re: #227 Bear

What a terrible thing. Looks real bad. Flames from ground level up to top.

Damn…that makes the Glass Tower fire in The Towering Inferno look like Amateur Night.

This is the stuff of nightmares, right there.

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ObserverArt  Dec 31, 2015 • 10:03:42am

re: #217 FormerDirtDart

Oh please, do you really believe Carson’s campaign has ever truly been about actually getting elected President??

It’s always been about financial gain. And, for him the sensible thing would be to continue campaigning as cheaply as possible, until at least the initial caucuses and primaries, so they can still milk the bigger donations. To ensure they are reasonably close to being in the black before suspending the campaign.

Didn’t say I did and never have. I was only addressing the doctors reputation. Since he has been running all America has been told of his greatness and our media has treated him as this great learned man that is now a legit candidate.

I am only suggesting from here on out it will be all diminishing returns because I think a lot of his image is going to be changed and ruined.

I think he’d be better to get out now and tell everyone how hard it has been to try to be president and to get good people to work for you…and all you ever wanted to do was listen to God say you were the man for the job. The books will still sell, the speeches will still be paid for.

Keep the charade going and the market for Crazy Ben Carson will get smaller and smaller.

Just thinking out loud. Sorry.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Dec 31, 2015 • 10:04:02am
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Dr Lizardo  Dec 31, 2015 • 10:04:21am

re: #222 Backwoods_Sleuth

Well, shit. That looks seriously bad, like Towering Inferno bad.

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The Vicious Babushka  Dec 31, 2015 • 10:05:01am
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WhatEVs  Dec 31, 2015 • 10:05:06am

re: #229 FormerDirtDart

Jeez. That they didn’t get 2200 signatures (many of which would be disqualified) to make a lousy 1000 signatures is why this guy needs to go now. How could someone run a campaign and be so seriously shortsighted?

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unproven innocence  Dec 31, 2015 • 10:06:38am

re: #222 Backwoods_Sleuth

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I’ll hazard a guess that some folks who were hired for managing fireworks displays were overruled by bean counters over issues of materials storage.

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FormerDirtDart  Dec 31, 2015 • 10:06:51am
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Eventual Carrion  Dec 31, 2015 • 10:06:55am

re: #222 Backwoods_Sleuth

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Damn, hope they can get the people evacuated.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Dec 31, 2015 • 10:08:22am

It is a 63-story luxury residential hotel; construction completed in 2008.
en.wikipedia.org

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ObserverArt  Dec 31, 2015 • 10:09:00am

re: #231 The Vicious Babushka

Holy shit. Looks like that building had no sprinkler system or any other type of fire prevention apparatus, it just went up like tissue paper.

Is Dubai a Libertarian fairyland with no regulations?

Yes. And I think they have had issues with being near-slave drivers and inviting people in to build the country and then more or less imprisoning them at building sites and making them work long hours and no way to escape.

I need to check my facts, but I think that is Dubai I have read about their labor issues.

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FormerDirtDart  Dec 31, 2015 • 10:11:01am

re: #241 Eventual Carrion

Damn, hope they can get the people evacuated.

Apparently, according to a talking head on MSNBC, there is possibly up to 10,000 people in the area around the hotel awaiting New Years celebrations about 2 hours away

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ObserverArt  Dec 31, 2015 • 10:13:42am

Here is a bit done by a BBC guy. The reason I know a bit about Dubai is they have a Formula One race that has been questioned for many reasons such as the slave questions and the crazy politics.

Slaves of Dubai

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wrenchwench  Dec 31, 2015 • 10:16:11am

re: #230 WhatEVs

True.

The Germans have a word for it…fachidiot…an idiot who is good at one thing.

My husband calls Carson a body mechanic. He is good at that and nothing else.

While I think there is a place for ‘cowboy doctoring’, I don’t know how to say that I think that’s what Carson was into without offending someone. Separating conjoined twins is out there on the edge of medicine. I feel for all the people involved, especially the twins themselves, but it wasn’t so long ago that there was a pair ordered by a court to be (unsuccessfully, as it turned out) separated. Carson wasn’t there, and separations are not all he did, but it is among his experiences to participate in unsuccessful separations.

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No Country For Old Haters  Dec 31, 2015 • 10:16:11am

So this happened:

Ted Cruz Raises Almost $20 Million in Year-End Surge

Too many Americans are either stupid or corrupt.

nytimes.com

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Fourth Football of the Apocalypse  Dec 31, 2015 • 10:17:08am

re: #213 WhatEVs

BREAKING: @CNN reports @RealBenCarson’s top two campaign aides have resigned…to spend more time with reality. pic.twitter.com
— Shoq (@Shoq)

No problem, Dr. Carson Ben has hundreds of honorary degrees.

/

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TedStriker  Dec 31, 2015 • 10:17:10am

re: #247 No Country For Old Haters

So this happened:

Too many Americans are either stupid or corrupt.

nytimes.com

Or both.

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Dr Lizardo  Dec 31, 2015 • 10:18:28am

re: #240 FormerDirtDart

Damn, that really is pretty much The Towering Inferno come to life.

Yeesh…..hopefully, they were able to evacuate everybody.

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freetoken  Dec 31, 2015 • 10:19:13am

This story is getting lots of circulation among the twitters:

Donald Trump’s Strongest Supporters: A Certain Kind of Democrat

It’s being used to prove that Trump isn’t a true conservative, or a true Republican, or something.

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No Country For Old Haters  Dec 31, 2015 • 10:19:17am

re: #234 ObserverArt

Cruz and Trump could both have been respected men if they didn’t choose to run for President while completely unqualified. If they weren’t bad people, I’d feel sorry for them, since history will remember them as destructive nuts.

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Shiplord Kirel  Dec 31, 2015 • 10:20:25am

Looking at the Dubai fire Twitter feed. twitter.com
The fire appears to have spread very, very quickly right up the tower, with upper floors fully involved before the intensity lower down had even begun to decline. This is either catastrophically bad construction and planning or a large scale arson. Very bad either way.

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No Country For Old Haters  Dec 31, 2015 • 10:20:28am

re: #251 freetoken

This story is getting lots of circulation among the twitters:

Donald Trump’s Strongest Supporters: A Certain Kind of Democrat

It’s being used to prove that Trump isn’t a true conservative, or a true Republican, or something.

The kind that died out with the civil rights movement and became Republicans?

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Fourth Football of the Apocalypse  Dec 31, 2015 • 10:21:21am

re: #251 freetoken

This story is getting lots of circulation among the twitters:

Donald Trump’s Strongest Supporters: A Certain Kind of Democrat

It’s being used to prove that Trump isn’t a true conservative, or a true Republican, or something.

I can’t wait till Trump wins the GOP nomination, loses the general, and wingnuts (and the media) spend the next four years telling us Hillary only won because the GOP didn’t nominate a true conservative.

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The Vicious Babushka  Dec 31, 2015 • 10:21:26am

re: #253 Shiplord Kirel

This is either catastrophically bad construction and planning or a large scale arson.

Could be both.

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Charles Johnson  Dec 31, 2015 • 10:23:39am
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lawhawk  Dec 31, 2015 • 10:24:59am

re: #257 Charles Johnson

Ayep. That would be the point. And why it’s funny-cringy all at the same time.

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The Vicious Babushka  Dec 31, 2015 • 10:26:26am

re: #257 Charles Johnson

The “Potato Heads” are plastic.

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GlutenFreeJesus  Dec 31, 2015 • 10:26:53am

re: #253 Shiplord Kirel

Looking at the Dubai fire Twitter feed. twitter.com
The fire appears to have spread very, very quickly right up the tower, with upper floors fully involved before the intensity lower down had even begun to decline. This is either catastrophically bad construction and planning or a large scale arson. Very bad either way.

I would never ever ever ever live in a highrise like that.

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WhatEVs  Dec 31, 2015 • 10:27:22am

re: #251 freetoken

This story is getting lots of circulation among the twitters:

Donald Trump’s Strongest Supporters: A Certain Kind of Democrat

It’s being used to prove that Trump isn’t a true conservative, or a true Republican, or something.

The only thing Trumpf truly is is a narcissistic nutbag. He’s no True (tm) anything.

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lawhawk  Dec 31, 2015 • 10:27:22am

re: #256 The Vicious Babushka

I’d be curious to see how the fire actually started. Was it part of a fireworks display to coincide with the new year? In which case, you had fireworks running along the exterior (and we’ve seen Dubai do similar spectacular fireworks on exteriors of buildings before).

Burj Khalifa New Year Fireworks 2015

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allegro  Dec 31, 2015 • 10:28:02am

Whoa, the Houston Cougars are on fucking fire. Sorry, Stanley Sea (hope you are having fun at the game anyway!)…. but GO Cougs!!

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Dec 31, 2015 • 10:29:37am

re: #262 lawhawk

I’d be curious to see how the fire actually started. Was it part of a fireworks display to coincide with the new year? In which case, you had fireworks running along the exterior (and we’ve seen Dubai do similar spectacular fireworks on exteriors of buildings before).

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Burj Khalifa is right across the street from The Address hotel.

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Shiplord Kirel  Dec 31, 2015 • 10:31:13am

re: #262 lawhawk

I’d be curious to see how the fire actually started. Was it part of a fireworks display to coincide with the new year? In which case, you had fireworks running along the exterior (and we’ve seen Dubai do similar spectacular fireworks on exteriors of buildings before).

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Video

Seems likely. It’s shocking how quickly the fire spread.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Dec 31, 2015 • 10:32:31am

Seeing news tweets saying the fire started on the 20th floor.

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lawhawk  Dec 31, 2015 • 10:32:58am

re: #264 Backwoods_Sleuth

Yup. That’s why I’m asking - because you can see fireworks on neighboring buildings too. If there were fireworks on the building, that could explain why the fire quickly spread throughout the exterior of the structure - and fireworks misfiring could also explain why the fire spread to interior spaces - breaking the exterior curtain wall.

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Fourth Football of the Apocalypse  Dec 31, 2015 • 10:33:19am

re: #263 allegro

Whoa, the Houston Cougars are on fucking fire. Sorry, Stanley Sea (hope you are having fun at the game anyway!)…. but GO Cougs!!

It was 7-3 about three seconds ago. Now it’s 21-3. Don’t think FSU really cares about this game. National Championship game or f0ck it.

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allegro  Dec 31, 2015 • 10:37:51am

re: #268 Fourth Football of the Apocalypse

It was 7-3 about three seconds ago. Now it’s 21-3. Don’t think FSU really cares about this game. National Championship game or f0ck it.

Houston is seriously outplaying them. Some very interesting plays - that trick touchdown reverse and pass was too much fun - that the team executes with perfection. I can sure see how they got here.

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Jenner7  Dec 31, 2015 • 10:40:51am

Showing my 12 year old son how to use a cell phone is exactly like showing my 81 year old Dad how to use one. lol

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Stanley Sea Toujours  Dec 31, 2015 • 10:42:23am

re: #263 allegro

Whoa, the Houston Cougars are on fucking fire. Sorry, Stanley Sea (hope you are having fun at the game anyway!)…. but GO Cougs!!

Oh no girlie! I’m a Florida Gator! We are cheering the demise of Florida State!! Go Cougs!

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Dec 31, 2015 • 10:42:30am
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Stanley Sea Toujours  Dec 31, 2015 • 10:43:45am

re: #263 allegro

Whoa, the Houston Cougars are on fucking fire. Sorry, Stanley Sea (hope you are having fun at the game anyway!)…. but GO Cougs!!

I’ll be tweeting from the citrus bowl tomorrow!!!! Florida v Michigan!

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allegro  Dec 31, 2015 • 10:45:24am

re: #271 Stanley Sea Toujours

Oh no girlie! I’m a Florida Gator! We are cheering the demise of Florida State!! Go Cougs!

Ohhhhh, whew! LOL Even better! They are getting humiliated.

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ausador  Dec 31, 2015 • 10:46:12am

re: #253 Shiplord Kirel

Looking at the Dubai fire Twitter feed. twitter.com
The fire appears to have spread very, very quickly right up the tower, with upper floors fully involved before the intensity lower down had even begun to decline. This is either catastrophically bad construction and planning or a large scale arson. Very bad either way.

Probably the insulation foam sheeting under the aluminum building skin. Stuff is supposed to be formulated to not sustain combustion and be lab rated for fire spread. But builders take shortcuts when they can get away with it, same thing happened in 2010 in Shanghai.

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Shiplord Kirel  Dec 31, 2015 • 10:49:01am

re: #275 ausador

Probably the insulation foam sheeting under the aluminum building skin. Stuff is supposed to be formulated to not sustain combustion and be lab rated for fire spread. But builders take shortcuts when they can get away with it, same thing happened in 2010 in Shanghai.

A tweet did say that pieces of the cladding were falling off and burning as they fell.

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Jenner7  Dec 31, 2015 • 10:50:50am

She’s been oddly quiet about this. ??

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The Vicious Babushka  Dec 31, 2015 • 10:53:38am
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Jenner7  Dec 31, 2015 • 10:56:31am

I finally got around to watch American Sniper and I thought it was a pretty good film. I don’t think it glorified Kyle’s kills, but showed the horror our troops go through only to come home and receive no care. Kyle seemed like a good guy. I don’t agree with his attitude of “kill them all so they don’t come here” and how he felt he HAD to go there, but he did save a lot of lives. My opinion is all based on the film, I haven’t really looked at his background.

Anyway, despite Clint’s political leanings, he’s a good director and actor. Glad I gave it a chance.

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unproven innocence  Dec 31, 2015 • 10:56:58am

re: #278 The Vicious Babushka

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“This is normal!” — WTF?

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Dec 31, 2015 • 10:58:42am
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Shiplord Kirel  Dec 31, 2015 • 10:59:31am

It has just been an hour since the first tweet about the Address Hotel came in on twitter.com
The latter specializes in reporting fire events in Dubai so this was probably tweeted within seconds of the first alarm.
The whole building is engulfed now.

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wrenchwench  Dec 31, 2015 • 11:01:06am
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Shiplord Kirel  Dec 31, 2015 • 11:01:18am

re: #281 Backwoods_Sleuth

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It sure looks like the cladding was completely combustible, like plain styrofoam or something.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Dec 31, 2015 • 11:02:01am

And some people are unhappy for different reasons:

*spit*

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Blind Frog Belly White  Dec 31, 2015 • 11:03:28am

re: #253 Shiplord Kirel

Looking at the Dubai fire Twitter feed. twitter.com
The fire appears to have spread very, very quickly right up the tower, with upper floors fully involved before the intensity lower down had even begun to decline. This is either catastrophically bad construction and planning or a large scale arson. Very bad either way.

Jesus! What is it built out of, Explodium?

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The Vicious Babushka  Dec 31, 2015 • 11:05:07am

They’re claiming no casualties. Don’t know if this means actually no casualties or no “rich people” casualties.

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Blind Frog Belly White  Dec 31, 2015 • 11:05:50am

re: #285 Backwoods_Sleuth

And some people are unhappy for different reasons:

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*spit*

Didn’t you know? There’s a prize for being the first person or network to ring the bell and yell ‘Terrorism!’

There’s a tiny additional award if it actually turns out to be.

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lawhawk  Dec 31, 2015 • 11:07:59am

re: #288 Blind Frog Belly White

IS will claim responsibility regardless of what actually happened. /half

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Dec 31, 2015 • 11:08:54am

And the 911 Twin Tower conspiracy theory fans are all over it:

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Fourth Football of the Apocalypse  Dec 31, 2015 • 11:09:08am

re: #285 Backwoods_Sleuth

And some people are unhappy for different reasons:

*spit*

CNN has mentioned the possibility of it being terrorism several times in the few minutes I’ve watched but I realize that may be an insufficient quota and emphasis for some people.

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Blind Frog Belly White  Dec 31, 2015 • 11:11:05am

re: #289 lawhawk

IS will claim responsibility regardless of what actually happened. /half

And of course, that will be definitive.
//

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goddamnedfrank  Dec 31, 2015 • 11:11:48am

The chimney effect in that Dubai fire is crazy. They had a huge building fire a few months ago where the same thing happened. Their building codes must be lax as all fuck.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Dec 31, 2015 • 11:12:11am
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The Vicious Babushka  Dec 31, 2015 • 11:12:22am

re: #293 goddamnedfrank

The chimney effect in that Dubai fire is crazy. They had a huge building fire a few months ago where the same thing happened. Their building codes must be lax as all fuck.

Wow it’s like a real life Galt’s Gulch.

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Dr Lizardo  Dec 31, 2015 • 11:13:24am

re: #289 lawhawk

IS will claim responsibility regardless of what actually happened. /half

Post somewhere that you ate a bad tamale and suffered through a bout of Montezuma’s Revenge, and I wouldn’t be one bit surprised if Da’esh took credit for it.

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ausador  Dec 31, 2015 • 11:13:44am

FBI says man planned machete attack on diners tonight for ISIS.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Dec 31, 2015 • 11:13:49am
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lawhawk  Dec 31, 2015 • 11:14:28am

re: #290 Backwoods_Sleuth

And the 911 Twin Tower conspiracy theory fans are all over it:

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The derp is inevitable.

Never mind that fire doesn’t have to melt steel, it merely has to weaken it sufficiently that the load carried by the structure above it is no longer sufficiently supported. And with the WTC, you not only had fire for more than an hour fed by jet fuel and other combustibles, but you had a chimney effect plus damage to key structural members throughout the affect floors where the planes impacted. The towers also did their jobs, as many of those below the impact floors were able to escape. The problem was that the towers weren’t designed with sufficient protection to the emergency stairways, so they were cut off by the plane impacts, preventing nearly all those above the impact floors from escaping.

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wrenchwench  Dec 31, 2015 • 11:15:26am

re: #296 Dr Lizardo

Post somewhere that you ate a bad tamale and suffered through a bout of Montezuma’s Revenge, and I wouldn’t be one bit surprised if Da’esh took credit for it.

The singular form of tamales is tamal.

/I’m done for 2015!

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Blind Frog Belly White  Dec 31, 2015 • 11:16:45am

re: #299 lawhawk

The derp is inevitable.

Never mind that fire doesn’t have to melt steel, it merely has to weaken it sufficiently that the load carried by the structure above it is no longer sufficiently supported. And with the WTC, you not only had fire for more than an hour fed by jet fuel and other combustibles, but you had a chimney effect plus damage to key structural members throughout the affect floors where the planes impacted. The towers also did their jobs, as many of those below the impact floors were able to escape. The problem was that the towers weren’t designed with sufficient protection to the emergency stairways, so they were cut off by the plane impacts, preventing nearly all those above the impact floors from escaping.

Generations of Blacksmiths were unable to pursue their craft, because you can’t soften steel with fire.
//

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freetoken  Dec 31, 2015 • 11:17:27am

So the big thing in Trump watching for today is the stuff Civis put out. Here is one of their stories:

The Republican Primary So Far, in One GIF

Neat map.

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lawhawk  Dec 31, 2015 • 11:21:46am
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nines09  Dec 31, 2015 • 11:24:38am
“Tell my staff I’ll be right there….Hello?…’
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ausador  Dec 31, 2015 • 11:26:03am

Quick everybody panic, then send my dying campaign some money.

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wrenchwench  Dec 31, 2015 • 11:27:25am

This is what my brain fells like when I’m walking:

Without the smack on the forehead.

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goddamnedfrank  Dec 31, 2015 • 11:28:04am

re: #293 goddamnedfrank

The chimney effect in that Dubai fire is crazy. They had a huge building fire a few months ago where the same thing happened. Their building codes must be lax as all fuck.

The fire I was thinking of was of the Torch Skyscraper that happened in February.

Are you noticing a pattern?

Fires aren’t supposed to just easily zip up the side of a building like that. That’s the classic sign of a strong chimney effect at play, and it means the fire found an uninterrupted vertical space to vent, one containing flammable materials and poor firewalls, allowing fire to spread. That’s why stairwells have fire doors and elevator shafts are supposed to be void of virtually anything that can burn.

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Not a Sparkly Vampire  Dec 31, 2015 • 11:29:18am

re: #237 The Vicious Babushka

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Holy shit.

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Not a Sparkly Vampire  Dec 31, 2015 • 11:30:28am

re: #306 wrenchwench

This is what my brain fells like when I’m walking:

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Without the smack on the forehead.

You doing ok?

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Fourth Football of the Apocalypse  Dec 31, 2015 • 11:32:15am

re: #304 nines09

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Ah, that brought me a chuckle.

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b.d.  Dec 31, 2015 • 11:33:21am

re: #307 goddamnedfrank

The fire I was thinking of was of the Torch Skyscraper that happened in February.

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Fires aren’t supposed to just easily zip up the side of a building like that. That’s the classic sign of a strong chimney effect at play, and it means the fire found an uninterrupted vertical space to vent, one containing flammable materials and poor firewalls, allowing fire to spread. That’s why stairwells have fire doors and elevator shafts are supposed to be void of virtually anything that can burn.

It would be interesting to see the curtain wall fire codes for that country?

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wrenchwench  Dec 31, 2015 • 11:34:17am

re: #309 Not a Sparkly Vampire

You doing ok?

If I could sell it, I’d be rich and be rid of it. It doesn’t feel bad, it’s just annoying, especially after a year of it. My stepmother says I’ll be free of symptoms when it’s been a year and a half, and she says she knows these things. Then she told me about knowing when her mother would die.

I’m doing ok, thanks.

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nines09  Dec 31, 2015 • 11:36:05am

re: #311 b.d.

It would be interesting to see the curtainwall fire codes for that country?

I think you never want to see a severe earthquake there. I think the building code relies upon no money for the laborers, who are not from there, and much money for the inspectors, who are from there.

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FormerDirtDart  Dec 31, 2015 • 11:36:21am

Contradictory info on MSNBC:
Government officials stating Dubai NYE fireworks will take place.

Video from westerner on the ground, the massive Dubai Mall, practically right next door, is being evacuated, with crowd of like million (+) revelers being told fireworks cancelled

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goddamnedfrank  Dec 31, 2015 • 11:37:14am

re: #311 b.d.

It would be interesting to see the curtainwall fire codes for that country?

Me too. My guess is that Dubai is so stuffed full of new money that the idea of not cramming their stairwells full of carpeting, wood paneling and elaborate decorations struck many people as offensively austere.

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Blind Frog Belly White  Dec 31, 2015 • 11:40:39am

re: #315 goddamnedfrank

Me too. My guess is that Dubai is so stuffed full of new money that the idea of not cramming their stairwells full of carpeting, wood paneling and elaborate decorations struck many people as offensively austere.

Might be less flammable if they just decorated with the money.

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wrenchwench  Dec 31, 2015 • 11:42:06am
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Dr Lizardo  Dec 31, 2015 • 11:42:20am

re: #313 nines09

I think you never want to see a severe earthquake there. I think the building code relies upon no money for the laborers, who are not from there, and much money for the inspectors, who are from there.

The area sits on the Arabian Plate, so earthquakes are certainly a potential hazard. I sure as hell wouldn’t want to be there if they had a major seismic event (7.0+ moment magnitude).

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Blind Frog Belly White  Dec 31, 2015 • 11:44:19am

re: #318 Dr Lizardo

The area sits on the Arabian Plate, so earthquakes are certainly potential hazard. I sure as hell wouldn’t want to be there if they had a major seismic event (7.0+ moment magnitude).

The Burj Khalifa would probably crack like a whip.

320
The Vicious Babushka  Dec 31, 2015 • 11:45:51am

This looks like a tragedy waiting to happen==>

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ObserverArt  Dec 31, 2015 • 11:46:32am

Do a Google image search of Dubai. It is a monument to UAE money excess and is the playground for the rich in the Middle East. Just the first page of Google images are enough to get a feel for the illusions of grandeur.

Google - Dubai Image Search

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makeitstop  Dec 31, 2015 • 11:47:40am

re: #320 The Vicious Babushka

This looks like a tragedy waiting to happen==>

[Embedded content]

High butthurt potential, literally.

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nines09  Dec 31, 2015 • 11:48:14am

re: #318 Dr Lizardo

The area sits on the Arabian Plate, so earthquakes are certainly potential hazard. I sure as hell wouldn’t want to be there if they had a major seismic event (7.0+ moment magnitude).

Seeing how the “visiting” workers were treated, and the speed in which all this went up makes me think corners were cut that will only be seen when things go wrong. A building of the magnitude that is now a Roman candle should never happen at the speed in which it did. China had a few just fall over a while back.

No words….
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Dr Lizardo  Dec 31, 2015 • 11:48:32am

re: #319 Blind Frog Belly White

The Burj Khalifa would probably crack like a whip.

I honestly can’t say, because I don’t know, but does anyone here know if there are seismic codes in Dubai? Or indeed, any part of the Arabian Peninsula?

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Dr Lizardo  Dec 31, 2015 • 11:49:17am

re: #323 nines09

Seeing how the “visiting” workers were treated, and the speed in which all this went up makes me think corners were cut that will only be seen when things go wrong. A building of the magnitude that is now a Roman candle should never happen at the speed in which it did. China had a few just fall over a while back.

[Embedded content]

How the hell does that even happen?!

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Bubblehead II  Dec 31, 2015 • 11:49:45am

Hey Charles. Tried to log in this morning using my phone (Huawei U8665) and I could not get past entering my user name before it kicked me over to the logon failure page saying I didn’t enter my password. The phone is running Android 2.3.6 and I was using Firefox V.43. Any ideas?

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nines09  Dec 31, 2015 • 11:49:49am

re: #325 Dr Lizardo

How the hell does that even happen?!

M-O-N-E-Y in the “right” hands….

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Not a Sparkly Vampire  Dec 31, 2015 • 11:50:06am

That is the 36th tallest building in the world.
en.wikipedia.org

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FormerDirtDart  Dec 31, 2015 • 11:50:10am

MSNBC showing current images, lot of smoke, not a lot of large visible flames as earlier.

Saw a small fireball, at same time person on phone interview says he heard a small explosion from generally ground/lower building area (which corresponds with images I saw)
Likely common combustibles from businesses/restaurants in the building (guess)

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Brian J.  Dec 31, 2015 • 11:50:22am

re: #320 The Vicious Babushka

This looks like a tragedy waiting to happen==>

[Embedded content]

True, but it could also be hilarious as she sits down and shoots herself in the keister. Either way, natural selection doesn’t care whether right-wingers believe in it or not.

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Blind Frog Belly White  Dec 31, 2015 • 11:51:21am

re: #323 nines09

Seeing how the “visiting” workers were treated, and the speed in which all this went up makes me think corners were cut that will only be seen when things go wrong. A building of the magnitude that is now a Roman candle should never happen at the speed in which it did. China had a few just fall over a while back.

[Embedded content]

Lucky it wasn’t closer to the next one. Dominoes, anyone?

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wrenchwench  Dec 31, 2015 • 11:51:31am

re: #325 Dr Lizardo

How the hell does that even happen?!

Money + ego - empathy = disaster for all

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The Vicious Babushka  Dec 31, 2015 • 11:51:37am

re: #330 Brian J.

True, but it could also be hilarious as she sits down and shoots herself in the keister. Either way, natural selection doesn’t care whether right-wingers believe in it or not.

Or a toddler could pull the trigger and shoot mama in the ass.

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ObserverArt  Dec 31, 2015 • 11:52:19am

re: #324 Dr Lizardo

I honestly can’t say, because I don’t know, but does anyone here know if there are seismic codes in Dubai? Or indeed, any part of the Arabian Peninsula?

Codes? What are these codes you speak of? /

By the way, I have a feeling that if he could, Trump would have built buildings like those in Dubai. He was pretty well known for cutting corners too. It’s just the U.S. had these impediments in his way called codes and laws.

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nines09  Dec 31, 2015 • 11:54:14am

re: #320 The Vicious Babushka

So if this moron has one chambered….and of course she has it properly secured…..

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Dr Lizardo  Dec 31, 2015 • 11:54:54am

re: #334 ObserverArt

Codes? What are these codes you speak of? /

By the way, I have a feeling that if he could, Trump would have built buildings like those in Dubai. He was pretty well known for cutting corners too. It’s just the U.S. had these impediments in his way called codes and laws.

Here in Ostrava, some developer a few years back got the insane notion into his head to build a slightly smaller-scale of the Burj Khalifa. He even bought up the land to do it. Only problem? Yeah…..the land sits right on top of a tapped-out iron ore mine. The whole city is criss-crossed with these abandoned mine tunnels, particularly in the downtown core.

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nines09  Dec 31, 2015 • 11:55:12am

re: #334 ObserverArt

Codes? What are these codes you speak of? /

By the way, I have a feeling that if he could, Trump would have built buildings like those in Dubai. He was pretty well known for cutting corners too. It’s just the U.S. had these impediments in his way called codes and laws.

“No one here has a code. We are all well…..No flu either…..”

338
I Stand With Planned Parenthood  Dec 31, 2015 • 11:55:41am

Bundy Son Teams Up With Militiamen In New Showdown Over Public Lands

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b_sharp  Dec 31, 2015 • 11:55:57am

re: #306 wrenchwench

This is what my brain fells like when I’m walking:

[Embedded content]

Without the smack on the forehead.

Let me in there with some plaster of Paris & crazy glue. I’ll fix it right up.

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b.d.  Dec 31, 2015 • 11:56:02am

re: #336 Dr Lizardo

Here in Ostrava, some developer a few years back got the insane notion in his head to be build a slightly smaller-scale of the Burj Khalifa. He even bought up the land to do it. Only problem? Yeah…..the land sits right on top of a tapped-out iron ore mine. The whole city is criss-crossed with these abandoned mine tunnels, particularly in the downtown core.

Parking!

341
lawhawk  Dec 31, 2015 • 11:56:28am

re: #324 Dr Lizardo

I don’t know what the seismic/building codes are in Dubai, but SOM was the architectural firm of record. You can believe that they wouldn’t want their name associated with a structure that would crack and fail in those circumstances, or go up like a match either. Not when they’ve learned what to avoid after the WTC and how to better protect against fire and contain damage to give people more time to escape the damage area and the building altogether.

They claim to have engineered the structure to deal with wind loads. There’s no mention of seismic loads though.

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Dr Lizardo  Dec 31, 2015 • 11:56:56am

re: #340 b.d.

Parking!

Hmm……never thought of that. Parking is sort of a problem here.

///

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bratwurst  Dec 31, 2015 • 11:58:25am

What the fuck does this even mean?

344
I Stand With Planned Parenthood  Dec 31, 2015 • 11:58:32am

Marijuana legalization is already making Mexican drug cartels poorer

Do we need any more reason to legalize it?

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Brian J.  Dec 31, 2015 • 11:59:42am

re: #343 bratwurst

[Embedded content]

What the fuck does this even mean?

It’s a desperate attempt to convince themselves that they really can win the culture wars despite current appearances, because they just haven’t tapped their full potential yet.

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I Stand With Planned Parenthood  Dec 31, 2015 • 12:00:47pm

Obama set to unveil curbs on gun sellers

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Dec 31, 2015 • 12:02:42pm

re: #314 FormerDirtDart

Contradictory info on MSNBC:
Government officials stating Dubai NYE fireworks will take place.

Video from westerner on the ground, the massive Dubai Mall, practically right next door, is being evacuated, with crowd of like million (+) revelers being told fireworks cancelled

348
nines09  Dec 31, 2015 • 12:03:36pm

re: #344 I Stand With Planned Parenthood

Marijuana legalization is already making Mexican drug cartels poorer

Do we need any more reason to legalize it?

Or as I like to point out….Look at the boiling cauldron of Hell Colorado has become since cannabis became….Nevermind…

349
FormerDirtDart  Dec 31, 2015 • 12:04:22pm

re: #347 Backwoods_Sleuth

New Year celebrations in Dubai will continue as scheduled #MyDubaiNewYear

Yeah, watching it right now

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Dec 31, 2015 • 12:05:06pm
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Dr Lizardo  Dec 31, 2015 • 12:05:07pm

re: #346 I Stand With Planned Parenthood

Obama set to unveil curbs on gun sellers

“It’s like a million wingnuts screamed out in rage, and then their heads exploded.”

352
Brian J.  Dec 31, 2015 • 12:05:41pm

re: #349 FormerDirtDart

Yeah, watching it right now

Me too. Evidently they found spare fireworks. Otherwise, it would have been great black humor, like the claims that Chernobyl met its Five-Year Plan for electricity in two microseconds.

353
nines09  Dec 31, 2015 • 12:06:13pm

re: #349 FormerDirtDart

Yeah, watching it right now

So in a twisted way the hotel fire is part of the spectacle…..Maybe they can light another one up and really have a show….

354
Blind Frog Belly White  Dec 31, 2015 • 12:06:49pm

re: #259 The Vicious Babushka

The “Potato Heads” are plastic.

The original ones were, IIRC, just parts on pegs you put in your own potatoes.

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I Stand With Planned Parenthood  Dec 31, 2015 • 12:08:04pm

Aretha Franklin -Kennedy Center Honors Carole King
Aretha Franklin (You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman - Kennedy Center Honors 2015

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Dec 31, 2015 • 12:10:03pm
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Brian J.  Dec 31, 2015 • 12:10:36pm

re: #350 Backwoods_Sleuth

[Embedded content]

Sound of Music, eh? I’m sure Rafael made a great Gauleiter Hans Zeller.

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Shiplord Kirel  Dec 31, 2015 • 12:10:53pm

Another one for my aviation “nope” file. Must have been a hell of a ride though. ZEL (zero length launch) was a 1950s concept for blasting a jet fighter off a truck trailer. It used large solid fuel booster rockets that had been developed for the Snark cruise missile program. It worked well enough but was something of a solution looking for a problem since the planes still needed a place to land. The Soviets had something similar with MiG-17s and 19s.

Facebook Post

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nines09  Dec 31, 2015 • 12:11:42pm

re: #354 Blind Frog Belly White

The original ones were, IIRC, just parts on pegs you put in your own potatoes.

And remember the surprise of finding out you left a potato or two in the box or bag for 3 weeks after you played with it last?

360
I Stand With Planned Parenthood  Dec 31, 2015 • 12:13:18pm

There has been a cover of this?
Disturbed - The Sound Of Silence [Official Music Video]

361
ausador  Dec 31, 2015 • 12:14:37pm

Comedic editing…

362
Eric The Fruit Bat  Dec 31, 2015 • 12:14:56pm

re: #317 wrenchwench

363
Backwoods_Sleuth  Dec 31, 2015 • 12:15:21pm
364
b.d.  Dec 31, 2015 • 12:15:50pm

re: #350 Backwoods_Sleuth

[Embedded content]

So Ted Cruz is a soccer player/fan, I bet his wingnut fans would have something to say about that,

365
Eric The Fruit Bat  Dec 31, 2015 • 12:16:38pm

re: #360 I Stand With Planned Parenthood

Oh yeah-someone posted this a month or so ago. Mighty fine, too.

366
I Stand With Planned Parenthood  Dec 31, 2015 • 12:16:51pm

re: #128 jonhendry

Would it bother you if they were using your cells which they strained from sewage?

Only if they could identifiy that it was my sewage.

367
Charles Johnson  Dec 31, 2015 • 12:17:39pm
368
Barefoot Grin  Dec 31, 2015 • 12:18:23pm

re: #350 Backwoods_Sleuth

[Embedded content]

In the Sound of Music he played Rolf, the young Nazi; and in Oliver he played Bill Sykes. I’m not kidding.

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Stanley Sea Toujours  Dec 31, 2015 • 12:21:05pm

ALLEGRO!!!!!!!!!!

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I Stand With Planned Parenthood  Dec 31, 2015 • 12:21:36pm

re: #367 Charles Johnson

I want that t-shirt!

371
ausador  Dec 31, 2015 • 12:23:16pm
372
allegro  Dec 31, 2015 • 12:25:03pm

re: #369 Stanley Sea Toujours

ALLEGRO!!!!!!!!!!

Inorite? :D

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Blind Frog Belly White  Dec 31, 2015 • 12:25:10pm

re: #368 Barefoot Grin

In the Sound of Music he played Rolf, the young Nazi; and in Oliver he played Bill Sykes. I’m not kidding.

Bet he didn’t chew the scenery like Oliver Reed. And that whiny, nasal voice of his, as Biww Soikes? Yeesh.

374
I Stand With Planned Parenthood  Dec 31, 2015 • 12:27:11pm

re: #365 Eric The Fruit Bat

Oh yeah-someone posted this a month or so ago. Mighty fine, too.

I feel so behind the times.

As I’m on vacation, I’ve been avoiding electronics of all kinds.

Someone had to tell me today was New Year’s Eve.

Such things just don’t matter when you are in Paradise.

375
Bubblehead II  Dec 31, 2015 • 12:27:27pm
376
CleverToad  Dec 31, 2015 • 12:28:11pm

re: #348 nines09

Or as I like to point out….Look at the boiling cauldron of Hell Colorado has become since cannabis became….Nevermind…

I particularly enjoy hearing about marijuana job fairs, along with the sad dilemma of what to do about those pesky tax revenues that exceeded expectations.

377
I Stand With Planned Parenthood  Dec 31, 2015 • 12:28:31pm
Paradise by the Balcony Lights
378
I Stand With Planned Parenthood  Dec 31, 2015 • 12:33:32pm

bbl

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makeitstop  Dec 31, 2015 • 12:35:08pm

We went for a long walk from the hotel down to South Street, with me snapping pics all along the way. I saw this one in a shop window and thought of you guys…

Happy New Year to Lizard Nation.
380
ObserverArt  Dec 31, 2015 • 12:37:30pm

re: #364 b.d.

So Ted Cruz is a soccer player/fan, I bet his wingnut fans would have something to say about that,

This is a different Ted Cruz. There has been a change.

///

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nines09  Dec 31, 2015 • 12:38:05pm

re: #376 CleverToad

I particularly enjoy hearing about marijuana job fairs, along with the sad dilemma of what to do about those pesky tax revenues that exceeded expectations.

It should be legal in every form in every state. Period. The law against it is wrong and has been since it was enacted. I could go on for about a month on this.

382
Amory Blaine  Dec 31, 2015 • 12:38:37pm

re: #377 I Stand With Planned Parenthood

You picked a great spot for New Years Eve. Have a Mai-Tai for me!

383
Barefoot Grin  Dec 31, 2015 • 12:40:09pm

re: #373 Blind Frog Belly White

Bet he didn’t chew the scenery like Oliver Reed. And that whiny, nasal voice of his, as Biww Soikes? Yeesh.

The former classmate I heard interviewed said he didn’t really care what the part was as long as he could be center stage. Sounds about right.

384
William Lewis  Dec 31, 2015 • 12:40:50pm

Well, I’m not terribly fond of more than a few of his supporters, but I do like the light Sanders has been shining on economic issues so that even when Hillary becomes the nominee they won’t be able to sweep them completely under the rug. That’s done more good for the socialist cause than anything since the last time Deb’s ran.

So I got a solicitation for funds from The Democratic Socialists of America today to help Bernies campaign with the promise of a kewl button for donations today. What the heck, if it keeps him in a bit longer, so much the better.

And besides, perhaps my son will be able to sell this to someone for silly money someday…

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allegro  Dec 31, 2015 • 12:43:30pm

Aaaand the Peach Bowl 2015 is won by the Houston Cougars. Great job guys!!

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ObserverArt  Dec 31, 2015 • 12:45:41pm

re: #384 William Lewis

Well, I’m not terribly fond of more than a few of his supporters, but I do like the light Sanders has been shining on economic issues so that even when Hillary becomes the nominee they won’t be able to sweep them completely under the rug. That’s done more good for the socialist cause than anything since the last time Deb’s ran.

So I got a solicitation for funds from The Democratic Socialists of America today to help Bernies campaign with the promise of a kewl button for donations today. What the heck, if it keeps him in a bit longer, so much the better.

And besides, perhaps my son will be able to sell this to someone for silly money someday…

Embedded Image

Be sure to turn it over and turn off the chip hidden in the curve of the back inner edge. The commies may be listening.

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CleverToad  Dec 31, 2015 • 12:47:59pm

re: #381 nines09

It should be legal in every form in every state. Period. The law against it is wrong and has been since it was enacted. I could go on for about a month on this.

Yep, agree on that. Marijuana should be legal, and hemp should be a standard cash crop that you can grow outdoors. I don’t expect common sense to prevail anytime soon, but commercial interest may help influence the debate.

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William Lewis  Dec 31, 2015 • 12:49:40pm

re: #385 allegro

Aaaand the Peach Bowl 2015 is won by the Houston Cougars. Great job guys!!

I like football, I really do, but doesn’t it seem like instead of Snow White and the Seven Dwarves we have The Playoff 6 and the 35(!) Meaningless Bowls? 41 bowl games this year? SMH.

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Feline Fearless Leader  Dec 31, 2015 • 1:01:56pm

re: #379 makeitstop

We went for a long walk from the hotel down to South Street, with me snapping pics all along the way. I saw this one in a shop window and thought of you guys…

[Embedded content]

I was down on South Street with my brother and niece just after Christmas to eat at a German restaurant. Good beer to be had.

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nines09  Dec 31, 2015 • 1:02:13pm

re: #387 CleverToad

Yep, agree on that. Marijuana should be legal, and hemp should be a standard cash crop that you can grow outdoors. I don’t expect common sense to prevail anytime soon, but commercial interest may help influence the debate.

There’s about 10 thousand reasons hemp has been cultivated since the dawn of time.

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sagehen  Dec 31, 2015 • 1:02:44pm

re: #383 Barefoot Grin

The former classmate I heard interviewed said he didn’t really care what the part was as long as he could be center stage. Sounds about right.

Here’s what Cruz’s freshman roommate from Princeton says about him:

I would rather have anybody else be the president of the United States. Anyone. I would rather pick somebody from the phone book.

And, you know, I want to be clear, because Ted Cruz is a nightmare of a human being. I have plenty of problems with his politics, but truthfully his personality is so awful that 99 percent of why I hate him is just his personality. If he agreed with me on every issue, I would hate him only one percent less.

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Feline Fearless Leader  Dec 31, 2015 • 1:02:53pm

re: #385 allegro

Aaaand the Peach Bowl 2015 is won by the Houston Cougars. Great job guys!!

Does the team get a pie?

393
Barefoot Grin  Dec 31, 2015 • 1:24:17pm

re: #391 sagehen

Here’s what Cruz’s freshman roommate from Princeton says about him:

I love that! It’s pretty much as I imagined. Can you imagine living with that narcissistic, sanctimonious blowhard for an entire school year?


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