BREAKING: Chuck C. Johnson's Lawsuit Against Gawker Is Thrown Out of Court in Missouri

BREAKING: Chuck C. Johnson’s Lawsuit Against Gawker Is Thrown Out of Court in Missouri

Bad day for the Rage Furby

LawJanuary 2016 • Views: 74,328

In the bizarre saga of cyberstalker Chuck C. “Rage Furby” Johnson and his frivolous lawsuit against Gawker Media, today Chuck got some news that he’s probably a bit upset about: the federal judge tossed out his case in Missouri for lack of jurisdiction.

This was a very predictable outcome, because the whole concept of filing in Missouri was ridiculous from the start since neither Johnson nor Gawker Media are based there. Chuck’s complaint brought up absurd issues like the fact that Gawker sometimes posted articles criticizing the St. Louis Cardinals to try to justify filing in Missouri, but it’s been clear from the beginning that the real reason he filed in Missouri was because his low-rent lawyer John Burns is licensed to practice law there.

Chuck was obviously hoping Gawker would give him some money to make him go away, but nope.

The judge also denied Johnson’s motions to allow him to file an amended complaint and conduct discovery on Gawker’s files. This lawsuit is well and truly dead.

Now the Rage Furby has a lawsuit still going in California — where anti-SLAPP laws are extremely tough and he’s very likely to end up on the hook for all of Gawker’s legal fees. So he has that to look forward to.

Here’s Judge Charles Shaw’s ruling, courtesy of @AdamSteinbaugh; the matter of Chuck C. Johnson’s now-famous alleged floor-pooping incident is discussed, as is his rumored sexual intercourse with a sheep.

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UPDATE at 1/15/16 11:14:44 am by Charles Johnson

There’s no mention of the dismissal at Johnson’s Facebook page, but, pathetically, he did post this:

UPDATE at 1/15/16 2:18:28 pm by Charles Johnson

The Rage Furby isn’t worried, though. This is all part of his secret master plan.

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319 comments

Eclectic Cyborg Jan 15, 2016 • 11:20:39am

My approximate reaction to this news…

Blur - Song 2

Kragar Jan 15, 2016 • 11:22:56am

Is it wrong that I want to see a Chuck Johnson “Downfall” parody?

Kryptik Jan 15, 2016 • 11:24:24am

re: #2 Kragar

Is it wrong that I want to see a Chuck Johnson “Downfall” parody?

Wouldn’t that require him to be cognizant enough to actually recognize that he done fucked up and lost?

Skip Intro Jan 15, 2016 • 11:25:52am

re: #3 Kryptik

Wouldn’t that require him to be cognizant enough to actually recognize that he done fucked up and lost?

Sociopaths like rage are unable to do that.

KingKenrod Jan 15, 2016 • 11:30:01am

Did Gawker ask for attorney’s fees? Or can they sue to recover them?

Khal Wimpo (coatless in Vermont) Jan 15, 2016 • 11:32:07am

Going through this page by page. Sometimes, the real action is in the footnotes. Viz:

The petition is silent as to plaintiff GotNews, LLC’s states of incorporation and principal place of business and plaintiff Johnson’s domicile. The Court takes judicial notice of GotNews,LLC’s state of incorporation and principal place of business and plaintiff Johnson’s domicile asreflected on GotNews, LLC’s and Johnson’s widely available internet websites,gotnews.com (“GotNews L.L.C. is a California Corporation); and Charles(c)Johnson,charlescjohnson.com (“Charles lives in California with his wife”) (both last accessed Jan. 15, 2016), as facts that “can be accurately and readily determined from sources whose accuracycannot reasonably be questioned.” Fed. R. Evid. 201(b)(2)

The phrase “The Court takes judicial notice…” basically should set off some spiraling red flashing lights and whooping sirens to anyone with half a legal brain.

Basically, that’s laying the groundwork to deny any appeal to a judgement coming out of a court in California.

What could that judgment be, that would be imposed in California, you ask? Hmmm…

Charles Johnson Jan 15, 2016 • 11:32:35am

re: #5 KingKenrod

Did Gawker ask for attorney’s fees? Or can they sue to recover them?

Good question - I’ll check into it.

Charles Johnson Jan 15, 2016 • 11:36:42am

re: #5 KingKenrod

Did Gawker ask for attorney’s fees? Or can they sue to recover them?

The word I’m getting is… probably not. But maybe. We’ll have to see what they do.

In the California case, though, there’s a very good chance that Chuck’s going to get hit with a big old bill for Gawker’s lawyers.

Tigger2 Jan 15, 2016 • 11:39:45am

First Baptist Church of Memphis Votes To Allow Same-Sex Weddings: “All are welcome, no exceptions.” https://t.co/M1rtn41Awd

— ✨Nicole Bonnet✨ (@NicoleBonnet1) January 15, 2016

FormerDirtDart Jan 15, 2016 • 11:39:52am

OT, sorry

My Dad Worked at the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge, and He Knows What Happens When Ranchers Get Their Way https://t.co/pIlF7aIvrG

— Karin Hildebrand (@Karimala1) January 15, 2016

Khal Wimpo (coatless in Vermont) Jan 15, 2016 • 11:44:08am

Oh my.

From pg. 10

“Plaintiffs assert, without evidentiary support, that Gawker Media writers including defendants Howard and Trotter have Twitter followers who reside in the State of Missouri, id. at 4, […]”

That’s polite Federal Court-speak for “Plaintiffs just make shit up.”

The hits, they just keep on comin’.

Dr. Matt Jan 15, 2016 • 11:46:04am

re: #9 Tigger2

First Baptist Church of Memphis Votes To Allow Same-Sex Weddings: “All are welcome, no exceptions.”

WOW. A First Baptist….in Memphis?!

I’ve actually been to that church when I was stationed in Millington, TN in the early 90s. It was hardly a progressive church back in the day.

Nice to see people can change.

Tigger2 Jan 15, 2016 • 11:50:39am

HaHaHa

FYI, at the SOTU, Kim Davis was seated in the middle of 4 married, gay couples.💜💜💜💜 pic.twitter.com/RUxNqJS8Cl

— ✨Nicole Bonnet✨ (@NicoleBonnet1) January 15, 2016

scottslemmons Jan 15, 2016 • 11:50:47am

re: #9 Tigger2

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Interestingly, I was just reading this morning that the Anglican Church is moving to put the smackdown on the far-more-liberal Episcopalian Church in the U.S.

everything2.com

Eclectic Cyborg Jan 15, 2016 • 11:51:57am

re: #13 Tigger2

HaHaHa

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Didn’t someone on here propose that as an idea?

FormerDirtDart Jan 15, 2016 • 11:52:43am

re: #13 Tigger2

HaHaHa

FYI, at the SOTU, Kim Davis was seated in the middle of 4 married, gay couples

I actually cackled out loud

BlueGrl21 Jan 15, 2016 • 11:53:50am

re: #14 scottslemmons

Interestingly, I was just reading this morning that the Anglican Church is moving to put the smackdown on the far-more-liberal Episcopalian Church in the U.S.

everything2.com

As I told a friend this morning, “There’s a damn good reason the Colonies rebelled against England. Two shits, I do not give.”

Very proud to be a heathen Episcopalian.

KGxvi Jan 15, 2016 • 11:54:09am

re: #8 Charles Johnson

From what I remember of Chuck’s law suit, there weren’t any causes of action that would allow either side to recover attorney fees (typically you either need a contract with an attorney’s fees provision or a statute that allows the prevailing party to recover attorney fees).

On top of that, attorney fees are usually only recoverable when there is a decision on the merits. This is a procedural victory. So fees wouldn’t be recoverable because Chuck could refile in a jurisdiction that actually has personal jurisdiction over Gawker.

Blind Frog Belly White Jan 15, 2016 • 11:54:30am

re: #13 Tigger2

HaHaHa

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Too good to be true, so of course, it isn’t.

Tigger2 Jan 15, 2016 • 11:55:52am

re: #15 Eclectic Cyborg

Didn’t someone on here propose that as an idea?

I don’t know.

Khal Wimpo (coatless in Vermont) Jan 15, 2016 • 11:55:56am

Hm. There are some more gems along the way, but they all lead up to the dismissal. However, in a moment of I can only term as “judicial foreshadowing,” there is this order at the end:

“IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that defendants’ alternative motions to transfer for improper venue and to dismiss or strike under the California Anti-SLAPP law are DENIED as moot “

Since the case is not under the court’s jurisdiction, Gawker’s motion to bring anti-SLAPP into play is moot.

However.

In California? As Rocket Raccoon would say, “Oh. Yeahhhhhhh….!”

Big Hurt Soon Come.

ausador Jan 15, 2016 • 11:56:59am

These guys…

Refuge occupiers put new stickers on the government vehicles #Oregonstandoff @Oregonian pic.twitter.com/r2d6A8M2Il

— Thomas Boyd (@thomasboyd) January 15, 2016

Tigger2 Jan 15, 2016 • 11:57:02am

re: #14 scottslemmons

Interestingly, I was just reading this morning that the Anglican Church is moving to put the smackdown on the far-more-liberal Episcopalian Church in the U.S.

everything2.com

Stuff like that is why I walked away from organised Religion.

KGxvi Jan 15, 2016 • 11:57:05am

re: #6 Khal Wimpo (coatless in Vermont)

Going through this page by page. Sometimes, the real action is in the footnotes. Viz:

The phrase “The Court takes judicial notice…” basically should set off some spiraling red flashing lights and whooping sirens to anyone with half a legal brain.

Basically, that’s laying the groundwork to deny any appeal to a judgement coming out of a court in California.

What could that judgment be, that would be imposed in California, you ask? Hmmm…

In my experience, when I read “The Court takes judicial notice of…” and nobody requested that the Court take judicial notice of anything, I interpret that to mean “You half assed this motion/opposition/filing and made me look something up on my own, so now I’m going to make you look like the fool you obviously are…”

Nyet Jan 15, 2016 • 11:57:10am

re: #13 Tigger2

Should have made a wish./

Khal Wimpo (coatless in Vermont) Jan 15, 2016 • 11:57:48am

re: #18 KGxvi

… This is a procedural victory. So fees wouldn’t be recoverable because Chuck could refile in a jurisdiction that actually has personal jurisdiction over Gawker.

He already did that in California, as I recall. Which may run into the same jurisdictional problem, since Gawker is in New York.

Blind Frog Belly White Jan 15, 2016 • 11:58:25am

re: #18 KGxvi

From what I remember of Chuck’s law suit, there weren’t any causes of action that would allow either side to recover attorney fees (typically you either need a contract with an attorney’s fees provision or a statute that allows the prevailing party to recover attorney fees).

On top of that, attorney fees are usually only recoverable when there is a decision on the merits. This is a procedural victory. So fees wouldn’t be recoverable because Chuck could refile in a jurisdiction that actually has personal jurisdiction over Gawker.

I think Charles is referring to the anti-SLAPP provisions of CA law. If I understand correctly, by dismissing for lack of jurisdiction, the judge made everything else after the original complaint moot - IN HIS COURT.

However, Chuckie filed the same (as in the same actual complaint document) in California, so the CA Anti-SLAPP provisions may still apply to that.

Tigger2 Jan 15, 2016 • 11:59:38am

re: #19 Blind Frog Belly White

Too good to be true,, so of course, it isn’t.

Well it’s funny anyway damn shame it isn’t true , but if I had known it was false I wouldn’t have posted it.

BlueGrl21 Jan 15, 2016 • 11:59:44am

re: #23 Tigger2

Stuff like that is why I walked away from organised Religion.

Episcopalians are the only ones that will tolerate my special blend of pagan, metaphysical, nature spirituality combined with the actual teachings of Jesus Dude.

And we drink. A lot.

Khal Wimpo (coatless in Vermont) Jan 15, 2016 • 11:59:59am

re: #24 KGxvi

In my experience, when I read “The Court takes judicial notice of…” and nobody requested that the Court take judicial notice of anything, I interpret that to mean “You half assed this motion/opposition/filing and made me look something up on my own, so now I’m going to make you look like the fool you obviously are…”

Yep. And thus, when the next judge (if there is one, which there would be, if CCJ were to get hit with a big anti-SLAPP judgment and try to appeal the award in California, based on the fact that it should never have been moved there in the first place) reads this decision, said judge will see that phrase and be cued into the fact that CCJ’s lawyer is, in fact a dumbass.

freetoken Jan 15, 2016 • 11:59:59am

Just finished watching the latest episode of Finding Your Roots (available online at PBS), and Bill O’Reilly still comes off as a prick, even on a show that is not at all geared to make him look as such.

Watching him compared to other guests over the years, and I’ve seen all the episodes, it seems to me that he is projecting more discomfort than usual. Many guests come off as genuinely interested in what is being discovered. In this case Bill seems a bit disinterested, as if he is doing this more because he has to rather than he is really interested.

Blind Frog Belly White Jan 15, 2016 • 12:02:47pm

re: #28 Tigger2

Well it’s funny anyway damn shame it isn’t true , but if I had known it was false I wouldn’t have posted it.

I figured. I just wanted to nip the spread in the bud* - life’s funny enough as it is!

*Or as I’ve heard some say, ‘nip it in the butt’.

gocart mozart Jan 15, 2016 • 12:02:56pm

@tbogg Eating pizza with a fork is not a New York value and is an affront to patriotic Italians everywhere.
— gocart mozart (@gocartmozart1) January 15, 2016

Nyet Jan 15, 2016 • 12:06:41pm

re: #32 Blind Frog Belly White

I figured. I just wanted to nip the spread in the bud* - life’s funny enough as it is!

*Or as I’ve heard some say, ‘nip it in the butt’.

NTTIAWWT.

Charles Johnson Jan 15, 2016 • 12:07:07pm

What Cruz really meant by “New York values”: “A decadent, elite, money-grubbing, morally lax metropolis” https://t.co/v4zj2vensy

— salon.com (@Salon) January 15, 2016

You say that like it’s a bad thing. https://t.co/X8ek5jICDa

— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) January 15, 2016

Eclectic Cyborg Jan 15, 2016 • 12:07:56pm

re: #22 ausador

These guys…

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More vandalism charges…

Charles Johnson Jan 15, 2016 • 12:08:07pm

re: #30 Khal Wimpo (coatless in Vermont)

Yep. And thus, when the next judge (if there is one, which there would be, if CCJ were to get hit with a big anti-SLAPP judgment and try to appeal the award in California, based on the fact that it should never have been moved there in the first place) reads this decision, said judge will see that phrase and be cued into the fact that CCJ’s lawyer is, in fact a dumbass.

He’s using a different lawyer for his California suit - a guy who got his law degree from a fundamentalist Christian correspondence school.

KGxvi Jan 15, 2016 • 12:08:08pm

re: #26 Khal Wimpo (coatless in Vermont)

He probably has a better chance of surviving in California. From some very basic google-fu, it looks like Gawker has defended a handful of cases in California, so the Court could find that past actions amount to acceptance of jurisdiction. But I haven’t read through enough of those decisions to figure out if they fought jurisdiction or not.

re: #27 Blind Frog Belly White

I think Charles is referring to the anti-SLAPP provisions of CA law. If I understand correctly, by dismissing for lack of jurisdiction, the judge made everything else after the original complaint moot - IN HIS COURT.

However, Chuckie filed the same (as in the same actual complaint document) in California, so the CA Anti-SLAPP provisions may still apply to that.

Correct, the judge in Missouri did not get to the anti-SLAPP motion (which would have allowed recovery of attorney fees) because he first found that he didn’t have jurisdiction to begin with.

lawhawk Jan 15, 2016 • 12:08:12pm

re: #26 Khal Wimpo (coatless in Vermont)

He already did that in California, as I recall. Which may run into the same jurisdictional problem, since Gawker is in New York.

There’s jurisdiction there since Chucky is a CA resident, and GotNews is a CA entity with “offices” there.

Thing is that Chucky’s filing was made in CA civil court, not in federal district court, which would be the proper venue given the amount being claimed, plus the diversity jurisdiction (subject matter jurisdiction - parties from different states, in this case Gawker, a NY entity plus NY residents sued in their individual capacity). So again, he’s in the wrong court, but at least he found the right state to file in (NY would be the other acceptable state).

Tigger2 Jan 15, 2016 • 12:08:17pm

re: #32 Blind Frog Belly White

I figured. I just wanted to nip the spread in the bud* - life’s funny enough as it is!

*Or as I’ve heard some say, ‘nip it in the butt’.

I let the person on Twitter know it wasn’t true.

Charles Johnson Jan 15, 2016 • 12:09:33pm

I really love how all the right wing parrots are now defending Ted Cruz’s idiotic “New York values” slur.

— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) January 15, 2016

mr.fusion Jan 15, 2016 • 12:10:34pm

There’s no mention of the dismissal at Johnson’s Facebook page, but, pathetically, he did post this:

Meanwhile, Chuck’s twitter feed has seen a 100% decline in viewership over the last 12 months

KGxvi Jan 15, 2016 • 12:10:45pm

re: #39 lawhawk

Might not be jurisdiction because Gawker, as the defendant, has to be subject to the personal jurisdiction of California Courts (state or federal). And what I remember from my experience on the plaintiff’s side, you can always file in state court even if the federal courts would have jurisdiction.

Nyet Jan 15, 2016 • 12:11:21pm

re: #41 Charles Johnson

Godless liberal gay Jews.

goddamnedfrank Jan 15, 2016 • 12:14:13pm

re: #37 Charles Johnson

He’s using a different lawyer for his California suit - a guy who got his law degree from a fundamentalist Christian correspondence school.

I thought Chuck filed his California Gawker lawsuit pro se, and that lawyer was only working on his subpoena in the NAF vs. CMP lawsuit?

BlueGrl21 Jan 15, 2016 • 12:15:16pm

re: #35 Charles Johnson

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Everyone’s turning on Trump in desperation. But they don’t understand they shouldn’t attack him, they should ridicule him. They should laugh at him. He’s a farce that is being treated as a Very Serious Person.

Where is Molly Ivins when we need her?

KGxvi Jan 15, 2016 • 12:16:36pm

re: #41 Charles Johnson

NY/SF/LA values vs small town values as explained by the Oatmeal.

wrenchwench Jan 15, 2016 • 12:18:19pm

Talking coffee shops into making me huevos rancheros when they’re not on the menu may not seem like a good career fall-back, but works 4 me

— Andy Richter (@AndyRichter) January 15, 2016

Eclectic Cyborg Jan 15, 2016 • 12:22:13pm

Coming soon…on syfy?

ausador Jan 15, 2016 • 12:22:49pm

Burn…

The Republicans haven’t got a single candidate who could survive a Willie Wonka factory tour.

— David Waldman (@KagroX) January 15, 2016

Dr. Matt Jan 15, 2016 • 12:22:50pm

re: #49 Eclectic Cyborg

Coming soon…on syfy?

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Starring Nero and Rage Furby

BlueGrl21 Jan 15, 2016 • 12:23:18pm

Shorter State of Missouri: “For God’s sake, don’t let that little fucker in!”

Sigh. Just send him over to us in Texas. We have a containment facility for these guys called The Texas Legislature. It’s our service to the rest of the country.

If we can handle Gohmert and Perry, Chuckles is easy. Booze, guns, mail-order brides? Dallas can have him.

Charles Johnson Jan 15, 2016 • 12:25:33pm

re: #45 goddamnedfrank

I thought Chuck filed his California Gawker lawsuit pro se, and that lawyer was only working on his subpoena in the NAF vs. CMP lawsuit?

You are correct, I was mistaken. So many Rage Furby lawsuits to keep track of, they all tend to melt together into one ugly mess.

Khal Wimpo (coatless in Vermont) Jan 15, 2016 • 12:26:15pm

re: #45 goddamnedfrank

I thought Chuck filed his California Gawker lawsuit pro se, and that lawyer was only working on his subpoena in the NAF vs. CMP lawsuit?

Yeah, that was my understanding too (slaps forehead in vain attempt to coax memory banks & logic functions back to full functionality). The Jesus-freak lawyer is working for CCJ because it’s an ABORTION!!!1!! case, and they have an interest in promoting any sort of fuckery against Planned Parenthood.

The pro se case may get squashed; or Gawker may decide to twist the knife. I think I recall seeing that Gawker has already made motions towards an anti-SLAPP judgment here in CA?

goddamnedfrank Jan 15, 2016 • 12:26:36pm

re: #39 lawhawk

There’s jurisdiction there since Chucky is a CA resident, and GotNews is a CA entity with “offices” there.

Thing is that Chucky’s filing was made in CA civil court, not in federal district court, which would be the proper venue given the amount being claimed, plus the diversity jurisdiction (subject matter jurisdiction - parties from different states, in this case Gawker, a NY entity plus NY residents sued in their individual capacity). So again, he’s in the wrong court, but at least he found the right state to file in (NY would be the other acceptable state).

He really fucked up by filing in CA civil court. Gawker’s lawyers may choose not to remove the case to federal district court just to keep the anti-SLAPP hearing a strict matter of CA law, so Chuck will be unable to claim that it violates federal court rules of procedure.

This won’t matter too much either way because the 9th Circuit has applied State SLAPP rules in fed court, but by filing in State Court Chuck gave up one of the defenses to the SLAPP motion that his lawyer Burns used in MO.

Eric The Fruit Bat Jan 15, 2016 • 12:26:59pm

re: #37 Charles Johnson

I thought CCJ filed his Gawker suit in pro per?

goddamnedfrank Jan 15, 2016 • 12:28:24pm

re: #54 Khal Wimpo (coatless in Vermont)

Yeah, that was my understanding too (slaps forehead in vain attempt to coax memory banks & logic functions back to full functionality). The Jesus-freak lawyer is working for CCJ because it’s an ABORTION!!!1!! case, and they have an interest in promoting any sort of fuckery against Planned Parenthood.

The pro se case may get squashed; or Gawker may decide to twist the knife. I think I recall seeing that Gawker has already made motions towards an anti-SLAPP judgment here in CA?

I haven’t seen a Gawker anti-SLAPP motion in the CA filing yet. Their lawyers should be working overtime to file it ASAP though, because once they do Chuck is trapped and will be unable to withdraw the suit voluntarily.

Nyet Jan 15, 2016 • 12:28:29pm

Meanwhile Brent has just fallen under $29.

Charles Johnson Jan 15, 2016 • 12:28:44pm

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

Testy Toad T Jan 15, 2016 • 12:30:18pm

re: #46 BlueGrl21

Everyone’s turning on Trump in desperation. But they don’t understand they shouldn’t attack him, they should ridicule him. They should laugh at him. He’s a farce that is being treated as a Very Serious Person.

Where is Molly Ivins when we need her?

You know who understands this?

Joe Biden understands this.

Backwoods_Sleuth Jan 15, 2016 • 12:32:30pm

Now I’m covering the first anti occupation protest #inbend. #Oregonstandoff

— Amanda Peacher (@amandapeacher) January 15, 2016

There’s a granny in a bird costume taping bird photos on other #bundymilitia protester signs. #Oregonstandoff pic.twitter.com/f4LF4ZM4db

— Amanda Peacher (@amandapeacher) January 15, 2016

Now grannies perform a skit w/public land bully” vs advocate. They ran they bully off shaking rolling pins. pic.twitter.com/pVp7yjiPt5

— Amanda Peacher (@amandapeacher) January 15, 2016

do not mess with the bird lady grannies…

Nyet Jan 15, 2016 • 12:32:41pm

re: #58 Nyet

Meanwhile Brent has just fallen under $29.

The Russian budget is calculated on the assumption of $50 for Urals, and Urals costs less than Brent.

ipsos Jan 15, 2016 • 12:33:01pm

re: #61 Backwoods_Sleuth

They put a bird on it!!!

Khal Wimpo (coatless in Vermont) Jan 15, 2016 • 12:33:08pm

re: #55 goddamnedfrank

He really fucked up by filing in CA civil court. Gawker’s lawyers may choose not to remove the case to federal district court just to keep the anti-SLAPP hearing a strict matter of CA law, so Chuck will be unable to claim that it violates federal court rules of procedure.

This won’t matter too much either way because the 9th Circuit has applied State SLAPP rules in fed court, but by filing in State Court Chuck gave up one of the defenses to the SLAPP motion that his lawyer Burns used in MO.

Yeah, at the time he filed in CA, I remember Our Gracious Host basically posting a “CCJ has decided there just isn’t enough gasoline poured on himself, so he’s standing inside a fireworks factory and repeatedly flicking a Zippo”-type update.

Hadn’t seen that the 9th Circuit is applying SLAPP in Fed. That’s an interesting interpretation, that might wind up in front of The Nine some day (if it hasn’t already).

A while back, I posted a rundown of how Gawker’s lawyers might start gouging the living fuck out of CCJ on the legal fees. The longer this draws out, the worse it’s going to get for that little turd. Of course, in his demented mind, this is probably just VICTORY!!! because reasons and shut up, that’s why.

Lidane Jan 15, 2016 • 12:34:41pm

Could we get a stock photo of a Furby doll instead of that giant photo of UpChucky?

I was at work until 12:45am last night, didn’t get to bed until 2am and got to work at 9am this morning. The last thing I need is looking at that doofus in living color.

goddamnedfrank Jan 15, 2016 • 12:36:01pm

re: #64 Khal Wimpo (coatless in Vermont)

Hadn’t seen that the 9th Circuit is applying SLAPP in Fed. That’s an interesting interpretation, that might wind up in front of The Nine some day (if it hasn’t already).

A list of cases.

Backwoods_Sleuth Jan 15, 2016 • 12:36:20pm

This man is a refuge caretaker. He’s desperate to get in & care for birds who rely on his feeding program. pic.twitter.com/Owr5rm0fxY

— Amanda Peacher (@amandapeacher) January 15, 2016

Eric The Fruit Bat Jan 15, 2016 • 12:37:03pm

re: #65 Lidane

Someone did a ‘Shop of the Chucky doll with his face on the doll body holding a bloody knife-and it was posted here.

TedStriker Jan 15, 2016 • 12:37:53pm

re: #32 Blind Frog Belly White

I figured. I just wanted to nip the spread in the bud* - life’s funny enough as it is!

*Or as I’ve heard some say, ‘nip it in the butt’.

Blind Frog Belly White Jan 15, 2016 • 12:38:20pm

re: #53 Charles Johnson

You are correct, I was mistaken. So many Rage Furby lawsuits to keep track of, they all tend to melt together into one ugly mess.

I daydream about it being brought before Her Wisdom, Empress of the 20 Universes (From Heinlein’s Glory Road).

“This man is the problem. You, you, and you - take him out and shoot him.”

TedStriker Jan 15, 2016 • 12:39:33pm

re: #62 Nyet

The Russian budget is calculated on the assumption of $50 for Urals, and Urals costs less than Brent.

Well and completely fucked, at least for the time being.

Nyet Jan 15, 2016 • 12:40:58pm

- Барак Хусейнович, я был не прав! pic.twitter.com/euRbLpXRJb

— Мысли Перзидента (@VVP2_0) January 15, 2016

Blind Frog Belly White Jan 15, 2016 • 12:42:06pm

re: #71 TedStriker

Well and completely fucked, at least for the time being.

But, hey - I thought Putin was a manly man we all wanted as ~~Furhrer~~ President instead of that guy who presides over the nation on Earth?

ausador Jan 15, 2016 • 12:44:37pm

Already knew this but the numbers are shocking. Confirmed: Network Newscasts Were All-Trump, All The Time In 2015 https://t.co/gQg1y8X2WZ

— why ask (@ausador) January 15, 2016

goddamnedfrank Jan 15, 2016 • 12:45:07pm

A reminder that by filing pro se a literal copy paste of the MO lawsuit in CA court, and as a result literally lying about never filing a libel case before, Chuck has almost certainly rung up the first strike towards being listed as a vexatious litigant under CA law. His proposed lawsuit against Twitter will be strike two …

EPR-radar Jan 15, 2016 • 12:46:00pm

re: #46 BlueGrl21

Everyone’s turning on Trump in desperation. But they don’t understand they shouldn’t attack him, they should ridicule him. They should laugh at him. He’s a farce that is being treated as a Very Serious Person.

Where is Molly Ivins when we need her?

In this respect, Trump is no different than any other GOP candidate for POTUS.

Blind Frog Belly White Jan 15, 2016 • 12:47:34pm

re: #75 goddamnedfrank

A reminder that by filing pro se a literal copy paste of the MO lawsuit in CA court, and as a result literally lying about never filing a libel case before, Chuck has almost certainly rung up the first strike towards being listed as a vexatious litigant under CA law. His proposed lawsuit against Twitter will be strike two …

He can use what he loses in the Gawker suit to pay Twitter’s lawyers when he loses that one.

Lidane Jan 15, 2016 • 12:48:32pm

No one could have predicted:

Hugh Hewitt: For Republicans Strong ‘Personality’ Is Key, Not ‘Facts’ https://t.co/poxwl0XOBb (VIDEO) pic.twitter.com/pVWaDf1xXb

— Mediaite (@Mediaite) January 15, 2016

CuriousLurker Jan 15, 2016 • 12:49:41pm

ROFLOL—has anyone posted today’s New York Daily News front page? It’s a hoot. I’d embed a tweet but Twitter is down for me at the moment: nydailynews.com

freetoken Jan 15, 2016 • 12:50:02pm

re: #78 Lidane

Sieg heil.

EPR-radar Jan 15, 2016 • 12:50:41pm

re: #75 goddamnedfrank

A reminder that by filing pro se a literal copy paste of the MO lawsuit in CA court, and as a result literally lying about never filing a libel case before, Chuck has almost certainly rung up the first strike towards being listed as a vexatious litigant under CA law. His proposed lawsuit against Twitter will be strike two …

Has this happened to Orly Taitz yet? If not, being labeled a vexatious litigant is probably the least of CCJs worries.

Blind Frog Belly White Jan 15, 2016 • 12:51:16pm

re: #78 Lidane

No one could have predicted:

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They want The Angry Dad, the one who will punish their smart-ass brother who makes fun of them, and go kick the ass of the bully who took their lunch money. Look at their God - he’s the God of Smiting, not the one who says ‘blessed are the meek”.

ObserverArt Jan 15, 2016 • 12:51:32pm

re: #79 CuriousLurker

ROFLOL—has anyone posted today’s New York Daily News front page? It’s a hoot. I’d embed a tweet but Twitter is down for me at the moment: nydailynews.com

It was in the big overnight thread.

CuriousLurker Jan 15, 2016 • 12:51:35pm

re: #79 CuriousLurker

Twitter’s back. Here ya’ go:

Today’s @NYDailyNews Cover: There’s just no ‘value’ to @tedcruz’s criticism of ‘NY Values’ https://t.co/upgX5wyRf4 pic.twitter.com/mCisWP1nZ1

— New York Daily News (@NYDailyNews) January 15, 2016

Dr. Matt Jan 15, 2016 • 12:51:49pm

Michael Bay —-> Not a documentarian Ayn Rand —> Not an economist Rush Limbaugh —> Not a scientist The Bible —> Not written by God #tcot

— Dr. Matt (@DrMatthew) January 15, 2016

Kragar Jan 15, 2016 • 12:51:56pm

#NewYorkValues 23rd New York Infantry, Army of the Potomac pic.twitter.com/GdDHbAk3MO

— Kragar (@Kragar_LGF) January 15, 2016

CuriousLurker Jan 15, 2016 • 12:52:01pm

re: #83 ObserverArt

Ah, okay I missed it then.

Blind Frog Belly White Jan 15, 2016 • 12:54:21pm

re: #80 freetoken

Sieg heil.

“Vatt is ziss ‘Baby’? Ze Fuhrer never said ‘Baby’!”

goddamnedfrank Jan 15, 2016 • 12:58:06pm

re: #81 EPR-radar

Has this happened to Orly Taitz yet?

No, because CA’s vexatious litigant designation is specifically targeted towards pro se plaintiffs who file in State Court. Taitz is a lawyer who almost exclusively files on behalf of others, usually but not always in federal court. She can and should be disbarred, but that’s an entirely different procedure.

Nyet Jan 15, 2016 • 12:58:37pm

Про рубль надо забыть, как в начале 90-х: он всего лишь вторая производная от доллара pic.twitter.com/4CD9x2zkq5

— Мuд Роисси (@Fake_MIDRF) January 15, 2016

Khal Wimpo (coatless in Vermont) Jan 15, 2016 • 1:02:34pm

re: #66 goddamnedfrank

A list of cases.

Thanks, GDF. Just reading those cases brings back some unpleasant memories of having to deal with the daily idiotic squabbles of demented people, being trotted into courtrooms, in front of judges who clearly wanted to just throw the two dingbats into a playpen and let them duke it out with Fisher-Price toys.

lawhawk Jan 15, 2016 • 1:02:54pm

Ammon Bundy bodyguard Brian “Booda” Cavalier was arrested in Arizona.

— JJ MacNab (@jjmacnab) January 15, 2016

eenews.net

Brian Cavalier, 44, who was known on the Oregon refuge as “Booda Bear,” was arrested Monday by municipal police after they discovered he had an outstanding warrant, the Buckeye Police Department said.

Cavalier was a passenger in a “suspicious vehicle” that police pulled over, said Sgt. Jason Weeks, a spokesman for the department. The driver of the vehicle also had a warrant and was arrested, Weeks said. His name was not disclosed.

Cavalier was booked into the Maricopa County jail, where he was later released by a judge. Details on the warrant were not immediately available, but one source said it did not involve federal violations.

CuriousLurker Jan 15, 2016 • 1:11:05pm

re: #84 CuriousLurker

It truly is the quintessential NYC everyman’s response to being dissed. I remember riding the bus in Brooklyn and being shocked right down to my little toes the first time I saw a city bus driver lean out his side window, flip the bird, and scream “FUCK YOU” at some other driver who pissed him off. That simply isn’t done in Texas. Then again, none of my mailmen in Texas ever had dreadlocks or wore a turban. Now? Pffft, perfectly normal.

The cultural adjustments took a while, especially the silent rules that you have to figure out through observation—like standing on the right side of escalators so the people who prefer to treat them as stairs can pass by, automatically helping mothers who have babies in carriages get up/down the stairs (of buses, subways, etc.), not looking anyone in the eye unless something weird/funny was happening, and so on. My ability to understand NY & NJ accents—not to mention the rapid-fire speech—took a while too.

KingKenrod Jan 15, 2016 • 1:11:05pm

re: #75 goddamnedfrank

A reminder that by filing pro se a literal copy paste of the MO lawsuit in CA court, and as a result literally lying about never filing a libel case before, Chuck has almost certainly rung up the first strike towards being listed as a vexatious litigant under CA law. His proposed lawsuit against Twitter will be strike two …

Chuck’s convicted stalker buddy Francis Shivers IS on the vexatious litigant list in CA. Hopefully Chuck is getting ace legal advice from Francis.

Eclectic Cyborg Jan 15, 2016 • 1:11:19pm

re: #82 Blind Frog Belly White

They want The Angry Dad, the one who will punish their smart-ass brother who makes fun of them, and go kick the ass of the bully who took their lunch money. Look at their God - he’s the God of Smiting, not the one who says ‘blessed are the meek”.

Sh*t my Trump says

thecommodore Jan 15, 2016 • 1:12:28pm

Good Lord…the right is still whining about the ten sailors.

donotlink.com

Eclectic Cyborg Jan 15, 2016 • 1:12:55pm

re: #93 CuriousLurker

That isn’t done in Texas because folks don’t like getting shot.

Charles Johnson Jan 15, 2016 • 1:14:18pm

re: #61 Backwoods_Sleuth

Put a bird on it!

CuriousLurker Jan 15, 2016 • 1:16:14pm

re: #97 Eclectic Cyborg

That isn’t done in Texas because folks don’t like getting shot.

True, heh. That’s prolly the same reason people don’t start leaning on their horns the second a traffic light turns green. That drove me nuts when I first moved up here. It was like “WTF? Where’s the fire? Can you give me half a second to move my freaking foot form the brake to the gas pedal??” Jersey’s even worse than NYC about it.

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klys (maker of Silmarils) Jan 15, 2016 • 1:17:35pm

re: #99 CuriousLurker

True, heh. That’s prolly the same reason people don’t start leaning on their horns the second a traffic light turns green. That drove me nuts when I first moved up here. It was like “WTF? Where’s the fire? Can you give me half a second to move my freaking foot form the brake to the gas pedal??” Jersey’s even worse than NYC about it.

The flipside is CA, where you never hear the horn honk. Ever.

I get dirty looks if I do a short reminder that you do in fact need to start going within 5 seconds or so from the light turning green.

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Charles Johnson Jan 15, 2016 • 1:18:48pm

You do realize this reduction was instituted by the Pentagon and the US Army, right? @noclador

— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) January 15, 2016

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CuriousLurker Jan 15, 2016 • 1:19:04pm

re: #100 klys (maker of Silmarils)

The flipside is CA, where you never hear the horn honk. Ever.

I get dirty looks if I do a short reminder that you do in fact need to start going within 5 seconds or so from the light turning green.

Weird, innit? How different the cultures are around the country.

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FormerDirtDart Jan 15, 2016 • 1:23:22pm

my memories of the bayghazi premiere may fade—but the friendships? they’ll last a lifetime https://t.co/GWVCzwL4ic pic.twitter.com/om94Yc5RNt

— the thin white dupe (@cd_hooks) January 15, 2016

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lawhawk Jan 15, 2016 • 1:23:49pm

re: #93 CuriousLurker

It truly is the quintessential NYC everyman’s response to being dissed. I remember riding the bus in Brooklyn and being shocked right down to my little toes the first time I saw a city bus driver lean out his side window, flip the bird, and scream “FUCK YOU” at some other driver who pissed him off. That simply isn’t done in Texas. Then again, none of my mailmen in Texas ever had dreadlocks or wore a turban. Now? Pffft, perfectly normal.

The cultural adjustments took a while, especially the silent rules that you have to figure out through observation—like standing on the right side of escalators so the people who prefer to treat them as stairs can pass by, automatically helping mothers who have babies in carriages get up/down the stairs (of buses, subways, etc.), not looking anyone in the eye unless something weird/funny was happening, and so on. My ability to understand NY & NJ accents—not to mention the rapid-fire speech—took a while too.

The escalator thing, and helping people with carriages w/babies, are big ones with me. I’m one of the escalator walkers, and the Mrs. chides me frequently for walking too fast for her (she has to run to keep up with my normal walking pace). Then again, walking is the only exercise I really do other than gardening/chores, so I take it where I can.

It’s interesting to watch this in practice at places like Grand Central, Penn Station, or the PATH WTC hub, which has the huge bank of escalators, and watch how people seem to know where to stand - and what happens when that unspoken system breaks down.

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Kragar Jan 15, 2016 • 1:23:55pm

re: #101 Charles Johnson

@Green_Footballs @noclador “the Army isn’t actually eliminating 13 entire brigades but rather disbanding 13 HQs” https://t.co/J9YZCPlGm8

— Kragar (@Kragar_LGF) January 15, 2016

In fact, the Army isn’t actually eliminating 13 entire brigades but rather disbanding 13 brigade headquarters while keeping many of their subunits. As a result, the brigade cuts account for less than half of the 80,000 regular active-duty soldiers the Army is shedding by 2017.

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HappyWarrior Jan 15, 2016 • 1:25:03pm

re: #101 Charles Johnson

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The Pentagon is the first to agree about DOD wasteful spending being a problem but Paul Ryan thinks the joint chiefs are just lying. Obama hasn’t weakened the military at all. If anything, he’s strengthened it by allowing gays and women to serve in combat roles. Wingnuts are the ones who want a weak military by wanting to make the military into a sort of holy warriors.

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HappyWarrior Jan 15, 2016 • 1:26:24pm

re: #103 FormerDirtDart

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And yet I imagine Mr. Toomey probably got pissy whenever someone criticized President Bush. Honestly, veteran or not, I’m tired of the double standard shown to Democratic officeholders and the lack of respect. even though the Republican party repeatedly fucks over veterans.

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goddamnedfrank Jan 15, 2016 • 1:26:54pm

re: #100 klys (maker of Silmarils)

The flipside is northern CA, where you never hear the horn honk. Ever.

Fixed. CA gets markedly more aggressive as you go South. By the time you get to Bakersfield it’s nothing but paint-huffing Warboys seeking Valhalla.

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klys (maker of Silmarils) Jan 15, 2016 • 1:27:59pm

re: #104 lawhawk

The escalator thing, and helping people with carriages w/babies, are big ones with me. I’m one of the escalator walkers, and the Mrs. chides me frequently for walking too fast for her (she has to run to keep up with my normal walking pace). Then again, walking is the only exercise I really do other than gardening/chores, so I take it where I can.

It’s interesting to watch this in practice at places like Grand Central, Penn Station, or the PATH WTC hub, which has the huge bank of escalators, and watch how people seem to know where to stand - and what happens when that unspoken system breaks down.

In Tokyo, the sides are reversed but the same system exists.

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lawhawk Jan 15, 2016 • 1:28:53pm

re: #101 Charles Johnson

History? How does that work?

After World War 2, the US military demobilized in a huge way. We went from 12.2 million at the end of WW 2 in August 1945 to 1.5 million by June of 1947.

We mothballed thousands of ships and tens of thousands of aircraft or converted them to civilian uses.

And in any event, the US military cuts were required by Congress as per the sequester that the GOP sought when they couldn’t get the cuts to just the social programs they wanted to eliminate. That was the bargain they wanted.

If they want to reverse those cuts, they have to come up with something different - and find a way to pay for it (under a law the Democratic controlled Congress passed w/ Obama signing in 2010).

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CuriousLurker Jan 15, 2016 • 1:30:13pm

re: #104 lawhawk

The escalator thing, and helping people with carriages w/babies, are big ones with me. I’m one of the escalator walkers, and the Mrs. chides me frequently for walking too fast for her (she has to run to keep up with my normal walking pace). Then again, walking is the only exercise I really do other than gardening/chores, so I take it where I can.

It’s interesting to watch this in practice at places like Grand Central, Penn Station, or the PATH WTC hub, which has the huge bank of escalators, and watch how people seem to know where to stand - and what happens when that unspoken system breaks down.

Oh gosh, yeah! I haven’t been in the new WTC, but I used to get off the PATH train there every morning when I lived in Jersey City—all those banks of elevators and people pouring up out of the ground like ants whose hill got poked with a stick.

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HappyWarrior Jan 15, 2016 • 1:31:02pm

I’d respect the right if they were more willing to admit that you need to raise taxes to pay for this massive military they want but nope wingnuts think you can have an economy that has little to no safety net but also a massive military. Doesn’t work that way dumbshits.

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Brother Holy Cruise Missile of Mild Acceptance Jan 15, 2016 • 1:31:27pm

re: #108 goddamnedfrank

Fixed. CA gets markedly more aggressive as you go South. By the time you get to Bakersfield it’s nothing but paint-huffing Warboys seeking Valhalla.

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I live, I die. I LIVE AGAIN!

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ausador Jan 15, 2016 • 1:32:42pm

Two highschool seniors, these weren’t little kids…

Two D.C. students expelled for sending bomb threat from Muslim student’s email account https://t.co/8Qx5AVrQ3b cc @marcorubio

— Oliver Willis (@owillis) January 15, 2016

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Kragar Jan 15, 2016 • 1:33:06pm

And yet the number of units assigned to remaining brigades increased over all https://t.co/JMzjcRufrd @noclador @Green_Footballs

— Kragar (@Kragar_LGF) January 15, 2016

Army Chief of Staff Gen. Ray Odierno said Tuesday that another 10 BCTs would be inactivated. Meanwhile, the number of maneuver battalions per brigade would be increased to three from the current two, and each brigade would be assigned more engineers.

By reducing the number of headquarters and increasing the number of battalions per brigade, Odierno said the Army is “increasing our tooth to tail ratio.”

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Charles Johnson Jan 15, 2016 • 1:34:46pm

re: #110 lawhawk

These days, I lose interest rapidly in discussing issues like this with conservatives. They’re just not rational. Their obsessive hatred for the first black president dominates every waking moment and every issue for them. It’s a form of mass insanity.

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HappyWarrior Jan 15, 2016 • 1:38:28pm

re: #114 ausador

Two highschool seniors, these weren’t little kids…

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Hope their parents are proud. What a bunch of assholes.

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lawhawk Jan 15, 2016 • 1:39:51pm

re: #111 CuriousLurker

Oh gosh, yeah! I haven’t been in the new WTC, but I used to get off the PATH train there every morning when I lived in Jersey City—all those banks of elevators and people pouring up out of the ground like ants whose hill got poked with a stick.

I resembled that remark. The new central hall should be opening later this year. That’ll be a neat photo op to be sure.

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Kragar Jan 15, 2016 • 1:40:10pm

So still less than the 600k the Army got rid of after Vietnam. Tell us more about this historical gutting @noclador @Green_Footballs

— Kragar (@Kragar_LGF) January 15, 2016

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lawhawk Jan 15, 2016 • 1:41:27pm

re: #116 Charles Johnson

These days, I lose interest rapidly in discussing issues like this with conservatives. They’re just not rational. Their obsessive hatred for the first black president dominates every waking moment and every issue for them. It’s a form of mass insanity.

And the insanity will only get worse when a woman becomes president, and it isn’t a GOPer.

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HappyWarrior Jan 15, 2016 • 1:42:30pm

re: #120 lawhawk

And the insanity will only get worse when a woman becomes president, and it isn’t a GOPer.

Yes, you’re going to see the sexism mask drop like the racism mask IMO if Clinton is elected.

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BlueSpotinAL Jan 15, 2016 • 1:43:21pm

Perhaps the Libertarians can copy Bernie Sanders’ Slogan

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HappyWarrior Jan 15, 2016 • 1:44:46pm

re: #122 BlueSpotinAL

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It’s probably not best to use that as your slogan when your last name is slang for penis.

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Kragar Jan 15, 2016 • 1:45:18pm

@allanbrauer So its like the Oregon Militia took a road trip?

— Kragar (@Kragar_LGF) January 15, 2016

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Aunty Entity Dragon Jan 15, 2016 • 1:45:40pm

re: #116 Charles Johnson

These days, I lose interest rapidly in discussing issues like this with conservatives. They’re just not rational. Their obsessive hatred for the first black president dominates every waking moment and every issue for them. It’s a form of mass insanity.

As I said last night…I have watched debates since 1984 and I have never seen anything approaching the rank, naked hatred for a sitting President like what we witnessed last night. They all but called for a fucking second civil war, and Rubio actually accused the President of treason (without using the word, of course).

This is the sort of nastiness that was featured in the run-up to Civil War 1.0 when the fire-eaters went after Lincoln.

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Charles Johnson Jan 15, 2016 • 1:46:37pm

re: #122 BlueSpotinAL

Gary Johnson should go back to starring in NCIS… oh wait.

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HappyWarrior Jan 15, 2016 • 1:47:08pm

re: #125 Aunty Entity Dragon

As I said last night…I have watched debates since 1984 and I have never seen anything approaching the rank, naked hatred for a sitting President like what we witnessed last night. They all but called for a fucking second civil war, and Rubio actually accused the President of treason (without using the word, of course).

This is the sort of nastiness that was featured in the run-up to Civil War 1.0 when the fire-eaters went after Lincoln.

That’s a good analogy. I haven’t seen anything like this either in my years of following politics. I remember the hate of Clinton and Bush quite well but the hate directed Obama’s way has been quite unique in its nastiness.

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wrenchwench Jan 15, 2016 • 1:48:53pm

re: #122 BlueSpotinAL

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Gary Johnson voted for Constitution Party candidate Chuck Baldwin in 2012. The man is a wingnut.

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WhatEVs Jan 15, 2016 • 1:49:40pm

re: #100 klys (maker of Silmarils)

The flipside is CA, where you never hear the horn honk. Ever.

I get dirty looks if I do a short reminder that you do in fact need to start going within 5 seconds or so from the light turning green.

We were in MI and I honked at someone (quick honk as the light had changed, I never lay on the horn) and my husband just about jumped out of his skin…and he yelled at me (something he has never, ever done) DO YOU WANT TO GET US SHOT?

My Canadian husband worried about getting shot over a toot of the horn. Crazy isn’t it?

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TedStriker Jan 15, 2016 • 1:49:55pm

re: #126 Charles Johnson

Gary Johnson should go back to starring in NCIS… oh wait.

He does have more than a passing resemblance to Mark Harmon, doesn’t he?

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ausador Jan 15, 2016 • 1:50:30pm

Marco has caught the Trump ~~fever~~ flu…

.@marcorubio goes all in with 2 new TV ads: says no amnesty for undocumented, will complete 700 miles of border wall, double Border Patrol.

— Alan Gomez (@alangomez) January 15, 2016

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HappyWarrior Jan 15, 2016 • 1:50:53pm

re: #128 wrenchwench

Gary Johnson voted for Constitution Party candidate Chuck Baldwin in 2012. The man is a wingnut.

Ah, another “libertarian” that claims he wants small and limited government but has supported big government conservatives like Baldwin and the Constitution Party.

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HappyWarrior Jan 15, 2016 • 1:51:57pm

re: #131 ausador

Marco has caught the Trump ~~fever~~ flu…

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He’s trying to outwingnut Trump on this issue. Really pathetic and it’s why even if they do nominate Marco, he’ll be viewed by the Latino community the way the Anglo Republicans are because he’s shown himself to be a complete heartless dick when ti comes to other children of immigrants and their families.

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WhatEVs Jan 15, 2016 • 1:52:57pm

re: #103 FormerDirtDart

THIS was the desired effect of Citizens United. It wasn’t money, per se, it was the ability to do movies like this. Citizens United was filed because of a movie…not over money. They wanted to show their film within X number of days of an election and were told no.

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Testy Toad T Jan 15, 2016 • 1:53:13pm

If somebody wants Trump, they’re not going to vote for half-Trump when there’s a whole Trump sitting right there.

Rubio is reminding me more and more of Jeb? as the weeks roll by. He’s got no clue what he’s really doing.

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scottslemmons Jan 15, 2016 • 1:53:56pm

Not sure about the top ranks, but the bottom two are definitely on point.

bitterempire.com

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Patricia Kayden Jan 15, 2016 • 1:54:15pm

re: #5 KingKenrod

Did Gawker ask for attorney’s fees? Or can they sue to recover them?

That was my first question too. I hope they get every penny they had to expend to defend against Chucky’s nonsense.

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Charles Johnson Jan 15, 2016 • 1:54:25pm

I never get tired of reading federal judges’ rulings that discuss Chuck C. Johnson’s famous floor-pooping https://t.co/I6GT1G0DR6

— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) January 15, 2016

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HappyWarrior Jan 15, 2016 • 1:54:40pm

re: #135 Testy Toad T

If somebody wants Trump, they’re not going to vote for half-Trump when there’s a whole Trump sitting right there.

Rubio is reminding me more and more of Jeb? as the weeks roll by. He’s got no clue what he’s really doing.

I think he really thought he could be the Republican Obama but there’s one problem, Marco isn’t nearly as intelligent as Obama is. Oh and he’s dealing with a party full of bigots too. that will call him ethnic slurs if he doesn’t utter wingnut bullshit for them.

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FormerDirtDart Jan 15, 2016 • 1:55:01pm

For the first time, the former CIA chief in Benghazi is speaking out about the attacks https://t.co/qmFnemb0rl

— Natasha Bertrand (@NatashaBertrand) January 15, 2016

Bob said he chose to speak up because “so much of this information has been wrong.” He has not yet seen the film version of “13 Hours,” but he said he was familiar with the book. He had film scenes described to him by The Post.

Zuckoff claimed in his book that the CIA declined to make Bob available to him during the writing process.

A CIA spokesman called the film “a distortion of the events and people who served in Benghazi that night,” according to The Post.

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wrenchwench Jan 15, 2016 • 1:55:06pm

re: #132 HappyWarrior

Ah, another “libertarian” that claims he wants small and limited government but has supported big government conservatives like Baldwin and the Constitution Party.

In 2012 he said this:

Q: Should defense spending also be cut?
A: It has to be. … We’re building roads, schools, bridges, highways and hospitals in Iraq and Afghanistan, and we’re borrowing 43 cents in every dollar to do this. And we have troops in Europe, we have troops in Japan, we have troops in South Korea.

Q: What else?
A: Social Security, that really needs to be reformed. Medicaid probably needs to be capped when it comes to the states. Medicare, there needs to be some sort of means testing.

Q: How would you reform Social Security?
A: The retirement age needs to be raised. A portion of Social Security ought to be privatized, if not all. And there probably needs to be some means testing. It’s a Ponzi scheme that’s not sustainable.

Q: What do you think of the Republican Party?
A: Republicans controlled both houses and the presidency, and what did we get? A (costly) prescription drug benefit.

Q: Would you consider running as a third-party candidate?
A: I’m a Republican and will stay a Republican.

More stuff in there about lukewarm support for gay unions, but not marriage, etc.

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Shiplord Kirel Jan 15, 2016 • 1:55:39pm

More RWNJ gullibility, from Snopes.com

Yeah, Osama wouldn’t be caught dead with Hillary. Oh, wait.

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Charles Johnson Jan 15, 2016 • 1:56:02pm

re: #137 Patricia Kayden

That was my first question too. I hope they get every penny they had to expend to defend against Chucky’s nonsense.

My sources tell me that if Gawker had filed a Rule 11 motion they could have sued to recover fees. But they didn’t, so they probably can’t.

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HappyWarrior Jan 15, 2016 • 1:56:05pm

re: #140 FormerDirtDart

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It’s Michael Bay isn’t it? Do people not remember how the guy butched the story of Pearl Harbor?

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Patricia Kayden Jan 15, 2016 • 1:56:11pm

re: #131 ausador

Marco has caught the Trump ~~fever~~ flu…

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Great. This will make it easier for Clinton or Sanders to appeal to Latino and other communities which are concerned about immigration reform. Republicans are only digging their own grave by going to the right on such issues.

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Testy Toad T Jan 15, 2016 • 1:56:12pm

Worst photoshop ever. Great gravy.

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HappyWarrior Jan 15, 2016 • 1:57:19pm

re: #141 wrenchwench

In 2012 he said this:

More stuff in there about lukewarm support for gay unions, but not marriage, etc.

I feel that way about many Libetarians. They talk a good game on social issues like choice, ssm, and other issues but they’d side with paleocon nutjobs who are actually in some ways more scary than what the GOP was at that time.

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Nyet Jan 15, 2016 • 1:57:50pm

re: #142 Shiplord Kirel

Anyone who took this seriously needs their eyes checked. And brains. Not necessarily in that order.

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HappyWarrior Jan 15, 2016 • 1:58:08pm

re: #145 Patricia Kayden

Great. This will make it easier for Clinton or Sanders to appeal to Latino and other communities which are concerned about immigration reform. Republicans are only digging their own grave by going to the right on such issues.

They’ve already done that but yeah the more they try to sound like Trump on the issue, the more immigrant communities they alienate.

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Patricia Kayden Jan 15, 2016 • 1:58:40pm

re: #140 FormerDirtDart

I hope that Benghazi propaganda film fails miserably at the box office. Bay needs to stick to movies about big robots and explosions.

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HappyWarrior Jan 15, 2016 • 1:59:44pm

re: #142 Shiplord Kirel

More RWNJ gullibility, from Snopes.com

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Yeah, Osama wouldn’t be caught dead with Hillary. Oh, wait.

Do people really think Bin Laden would let a woman meet with him unveiled? ANd that’s so obviously a photoshop it’s not even funny. But wingnuts will beleive anything that confirms their hateful wet dreams. ~~The picture of Rumsfeld with Hussein OTOH is legit as is the one of Reagan with the forerunenrs of the Taliban~~. Timothy’s right. That was a low blow on my part. The Hussein support by the Reagan administration OTOH still stands.

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Timothy Watson Jan 15, 2016 • 1:59:48pm

re: #150 Patricia Kayden

I hope that Benghazi propaganda film fails miserably at the box office. Bay needs to stick to movies about big robots and explosions.

I don’t know, there’s probably a lot of old-school Transformers fans who are breathing a sign of relief since it’s time where he can’t butcher the franchise.

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Patricia Kayden Jan 15, 2016 • 2:00:17pm

re: #143 Charles Johnson

My sources tell me that if Gawker had filed a Rule 11 motion they could have sued to recover fees. But they didn’t, so they probably can’t.

Dang it!! Next time.

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unproven innocence Jan 15, 2016 • 2:02:15pm

re: #58 Nyet

Meanwhile Brent has just fallen under $29.

Let me know when it hits zero, so I can donate my shares to charity. Gotta plan ahead! /

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Patricia Kayden Jan 15, 2016 • 2:02:48pm

re: #142 Shiplord Kirel

Remember when they tried to photoshop Mrs. Clinton with a confederate flag? Good times!

politifact.com

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Kragar Jan 15, 2016 • 2:03:45pm

re: #144 HappyWarrior

It’s Michael Bay isn’t it? Do people not remember how the guy butched the story of Pearl Harbor?

Team America - The End of the Act (Pearl Harbour sucked)

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Timothy Watson Jan 15, 2016 • 2:06:16pm

re: #151 HappyWarrior

As much as I dislike Reagan, I think it’s disingenuous to call the Mujaheddin fighters he met with forerunners of the Taliban. The Taliban wasn’t created until a decade after the fact and of the people he’s meeting with, one is a woman who had been a medical student in Kabul before being arrested and tortured by the Soviets.

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WhatEVs Jan 15, 2016 • 2:07:06pm

re: #142 Shiplord Kirel

More RWNJ gullibility, from Snopes.com

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Yeah, Osama wouldn’t be caught dead with Hillary. Oh, wait.

Well, that’s quite the noggin’ on Ol’ Osama.

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HappyWarrior Jan 15, 2016 • 2:09:05pm

“>#157 Timothy Watson

As much as I dislike Reagan, I think it’s disingenuous to call the Mujaheddin fighters he met with forerunners of the Taliban. The Taliban wasn’t created until a decade after the fact and of the people he’s meeting with, one is a woman who had been a medical student in Kabul before being arrested and tortured by the Soviets.

Fair enough.

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Kragar Jan 15, 2016 • 2:09:58pm

Protester arrested in Burns for driving stolen refuge vehicle. First arrest since siege started two weeks ago.

— Les Zaitz (@LesZaitz) January 15, 2016

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HappyWarrior Jan 15, 2016 • 2:11:03pm

re: #155 Patricia Kayden

Remember when they tried to photoshop Mrs. Clinton with a confederate flag? Good times!

politifact.com

I do. Showed how desperately dishonest they were.

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Jack Burton Jan 15, 2016 • 2:11:10pm

re: #160 Kragar

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Finally… are we getting to the “You’ve fooled around long enough.” stage with these clowns?

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Nojay UK Jan 15, 2016 • 2:12:57pm

re: #109 klys (maker of Silmarils)

Escalator etiquette in the Kansai area (from Osaka all the way over to Hiroshima) is to stand on the right if you feel like it but that’s Kansai for you. In Tokyo standing on the left is a survival skill if you don’t want to end up as meat paste in the escalator mechanism.

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BeachDem Jan 15, 2016 • 2:12:58pm

re: #140 FormerDirtDart

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This film is very dumb, very bleak and very graphic…the end result is a mind-numbing sensory assault that’s barely coherent…

rawstory.com

Pretty entertaining review (probably more entertaining than the idiotic movie)

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FormerDirtDart Jan 15, 2016 • 2:14:14pm

BREAKING: OSP arrests Crescent resident Kenneth Medenbach, 62, on charges in theft of two govt. vehicles from Malheur refuge. Details coming
— KTVZ NewsChannel 21 (@KTVZ) January 15, 2016

One person arrested related to stolen vehicles from Malheur Wildlife Refuge in #harneycounty.Two vehicles recovered https://t.co/CzmKE42Hid

— Harney Cty. Sheriff (@HarneyCoSheriff) January 15, 2016

From link:

An individual is in custody in connection with stolen Malheur National Wildlife Refuge vehicles.

Shortly after noon on Friday, January 15, 2016, Oregon State Police arrested Kenneth Medenbach, 62, of Crescent, Oregon, at the Safeway in Burns, Oregon. He was arrested on probable cause for unauthorized use of a motor vehicle.

Law enforcement officers recovered two vehicles stolen from the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) had previously reported the vehicles stolen to the Harney County Sheriff’s Office.

OSP troopers and deputies from several county Sheriff’s offices responded to the scene.
“The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is grateful for the quick actions from law enforcement,” said USFWS spokesperson Megan Nagel. “We will continue to work with law enforcement to recover vehicles bought and paid for by the American people to care for their national wildlife refuge.”

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Testy Toad T Jan 15, 2016 • 2:14:27pm

re: #163 Nojay UK

Escalator etiquette in the Kansai area (from Osaka all the way over to Hiroshima) is to stand on the right if you feel like it but that’s Kansai for you. In Tokyo standing on the left is a survival skill if you don’t want to end up as meat paste in the escalator mechanism.

I believe TOURIST, MOVE YOUR FAT ASS RIGHT OR SO HELP ME GOD I WILL GREASE THIS THING WITH YOUR BLOOD is the Chicago variant.

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Charles Johnson Jan 15, 2016 • 2:16:58pm

LOL!

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Jack Burton Jan 15, 2016 • 2:17:58pm

re: #165 FormerDirtDart

Assuming its the same person, he’s previously been convicted “for unlawful possession, occupation, or use of national forest lands for residential purposes and camping on national forest lands for a period longer than allowed by Forest Service order.”

law.resource.org

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SteveMcGaziBolaGate RN Jan 15, 2016 • 2:17:58pm

re: #166 Testy Toad T

I sort of give a warning but I don’t break stride.

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HappyWarrior Jan 15, 2016 • 2:18:23pm

re: #167 Charles Johnson

LOL!

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Delusion is a helluva drug.

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Jack Burton Jan 15, 2016 • 2:18:56pm

re: #167 Charles Johnson

LOL!

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Is the “Plan” he mentions his way of putting himself into bankruptcy?

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SteveMcGaziBolaGate RN Jan 15, 2016 • 2:19:35pm

I guess Gawker won’t bother filing to recover costs because they would probably spend a lot of money and never actually collect more than a few hundred bucks.

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Belafon Jan 15, 2016 • 2:20:15pm

re: #165 FormerDirtDart

How long before the Oregon state police is put on trial for treason in the “common law court”?

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FormerDirtDart Jan 15, 2016 • 2:20:35pm

8 people taken to hospitals after police find suspicious substance at House building: https://t.co/5MQZes8hUN

— Stars and Stripes (@starsandstripes) January 15, 2016

Short article, so to avoid S&S pay/registration wall problems:

WASHINGTON — Eight people were taken to area hospitals after a suspicious substance was found Friday morning in an office at the Longworth House Office Building, according to a D.C. fire department spokesman.

The spokesman, Timothy Wilson, could not immediately describe the symptoms but said they were minor. He said fire crews evaluated 10 people and took eight to hospitals.

Captain Kimberly Schneider, a spokeswoman for the U.S. Capitol Police, had no immediate information on what the substance might be. Police said the substance was found in Suite B-227, the First Call Service Center.

No offices at the building on Independence Avenue were evacuated. It is located just south of the U.S. Capitol and near the Capitol South Metro station.

Police had briefly closed the eastbound lanes of Independence Avenue SE between Washington Avenue and First Street. The road was reopened by 12:15 p.m.

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FormerDirtDart Jan 15, 2016 • 2:21:15pm

re: #168 Jack Burton

Assuming its the same person, he’s previously been convicted “for unlawful possession, occupation, or use of national forest lands for residential purposes and camping on national forest lands for a period longer than allowed by Forest Service order.”

law.resource.org

wouldn’t be surprised

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Belafon Jan 15, 2016 • 2:21:57pm

re: #142 Shiplord Kirel

More RWNJ gullibility, from Snopes.com

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Yeah, Osama wouldn’t be caught dead with Hillary. Oh, wait.

I can’t tell if Clinton or bin Laden photobombed that picture.

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Jack Burton Jan 15, 2016 • 2:24:00pm

re: #175 FormerDirtDart

Oh yeah it has to be him.

The magistrate judge’s order of pretrial detention specified that “Defendant poses a risk to the safety of other persons or the community because [he] acknowledges intimidation practices, references ‘Ruby Ridge’ and ‘Waco, Texas,’ and clearly would not follow conditions of release restraining his presence at the scene of the alleged unlawful activity.”

Sounds just like someone with a history of “Fuck you feds, this is merca I do what I want!”

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The Vicious Babushka Jan 15, 2016 • 2:24:50pm

re: #142 Shiplord Kirel

More RWNJ gullibility, from Snopes.com

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Yeah, Osama wouldn’t be caught dead with Hillary. Oh, wait.

Here is the original=>

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FormerDirtDart Jan 15, 2016 • 2:25:42pm

re: #177 Jack Burton

Oh yeah it has to be him.

Sounds just like someone with a history of “Fuck you feds, this is merca I do what I want!”

sent that link to a number of the media & people covering to occupation.

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EPR-radar Jan 15, 2016 • 2:28:27pm

re: #171 Jack Burton

Is the “Plan” he mentions his way of putting himself into bankruptcy?

I never knew Plan 9 from Outer Space was a reference to bankruptcy law.

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Khal Wimpo (coatless in Vermont) Jan 15, 2016 • 2:29:36pm

re: #167 Charles Johnson

LOL!

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Yep. Claiming victory. Can’t tell if he really believes that he’s WINNING or he’s just fronting, figuring that there has to be some seekrit strategery that he can use to weasel out at the last second and run away laughing.

CCJ is about to find out that Federal Courts are not like internet comment fights. You don’t get to make up your own facts. You don’t get to change the debate and issues when you are getting hammered for being wrong. And last of all, you don’t get to just leave when you’ve lost, and then hoot to your friends about how you “schooled a libtard.”

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darthstar Jan 15, 2016 • 2:30:21pm

Not to draw a distasteful parallel, but the #2 guy in the GOP race has the political lifespan of an Al Qaeda #2. Jeb!, Carly, Ben, now Ted.

— Sean McCabe (@darthstar99) January 15, 2016

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wrenchwench Jan 15, 2016 • 2:31:18pm

I just don’t feel I can live my most authentic life until I own a baby taxidermy rat riding a pigeon (@TheBloggess) pic.twitter.com/i4cBWPYUlI

— Lynda McCarthy (@LyndaVsTheNet) January 15, 2016

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Nyet Jan 15, 2016 • 2:33:45pm

re: #167 Charles Johnson

Somebody photoshop that on the Iraqi Propaganda Minister.

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darthstar Jan 15, 2016 • 2:33:52pm

So bird watchers this spring will be flocking to Oregon to see the Red-neck Dildo in its natural habitat. #OregonMilitia

— Sean McCabe (@darthstar99) January 15, 2016

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Nyet Jan 15, 2016 • 2:34:08pm

re: #183 wrenchwench

Yay, corpses!

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Nyet Jan 15, 2016 • 2:34:53pm

OK, I haven’t been paying attn.

Electricity still not cut off? Still allowed to get mail, incl. food?

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Nyet Jan 15, 2016 • 2:35:34pm

re: #178 The Vicious Babushka

Young Osama!

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WhatEVs Jan 15, 2016 • 2:36:29pm

re: #178 The Vicious Babushka

Here is the original=>

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Damn…that’s quite the noggin’, too.

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scottslemmons Jan 15, 2016 • 2:39:20pm

re: #167 Charles Johnson

LOL!

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(spits blood and two cracked teeth)
(pants fall down)
(badly stained underwear falls down)
(poop runs down leg)
“H-Had enough yet?”
(eyes cross, timberrrr!)

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Nyet Jan 15, 2016 • 2:40:19pm

re: #190 scottslemmons

“‘Tis just a flesh wound!”

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Eric The Fruit Bat Jan 15, 2016 • 2:41:04pm

re: #167 Charles Johnson

That boy is as sharp as a bowling ball.

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wrenchwench Jan 15, 2016 • 2:41:46pm

I’m so effing happy to be able to share some personal news. My CT scan results came back AND GUESS WHO IS CANCER-FREE

— ¡Gabe! Ortíz (@TUSK81) January 15, 2016

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unproven innocence Jan 15, 2016 • 2:42:24pm

re: #183 wrenchwench

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Critical comments? I’ll pass. /

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TedStriker Jan 15, 2016 • 2:44:49pm

re: #191 Nyet

“‘Tis just a flesh wound!”

Chuck is the Black Knight, made flesh.

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TedStriker Jan 15, 2016 • 2:45:29pm

re: #192 Eric The Fruit Bat

That boy is as sharp as a bowling ball.

Sharp as a sack of wet mice.

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ipsos Jan 15, 2016 • 2:45:56pm

re: #195 TedStriker

Chuck is the Black Knight, made flesh.

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Except with shit, not blood, oozing out of those flesh wounds

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Charles Johnson Jan 15, 2016 • 2:47:28pm

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The Vicious Babushka Jan 15, 2016 • 2:47:56pm

re: #196 TedStriker

Sharp as a sack of wet mice.

Folks in my hometown think I’m a fool
Got too much chlorine in my gene pool

A few peas short of a casserole
A few buttons missing on my remote control
A few fries short of a happy meal
I couldn’t pour water out of a boot with instructions on the heel

Instructions on the heel
Instructions on the heel

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Eric The Fruit Bat Jan 15, 2016 • 2:48:04pm

re: #180 EPR-radar

Plan 9 Bankruptcy is reserved for Cities.

It’s also the name of an experimental OS originally written by AT&T.

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Backwoods_Sleuth Jan 15, 2016 • 2:51:19pm

re: #187 Nyet

OK, I haven’t been paying attn.

Electricity still not cut off? Still allowed to get mail, incl. food?

Wondering why power hasn’t been cut? Or the @FBI hasn’t gone in? Here’s @amandapeacher & my story for @OPB & @wweek https://t.co/pPfjUl1EYi

— John Sepulvado (@JohnLGC) January 15, 2016

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lawhawk Jan 15, 2016 • 2:53:56pm

re: #201 Backwoods_Sleuth

They’ll just arrest the dumbasses as they drive off the NWR in stolen federal vehicles.

Looks like someone will be spending a lot of quality time in a federal facility all expense paid. @ZeddRebel @JohnLGC

— lawhawk (@lawhawk) January 15, 2016

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ausador Jan 15, 2016 • 2:54:37pm

This is so very true…

excuse me but ladies in videogames dont have 2 be realistic!! its a videogame!! *obsesses over the accuracy of firearm models for ten pages*

— merritt bang kill (@merrittkopas) January 15, 2016

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Backwoods_Sleuth Jan 15, 2016 • 2:54:54pm

re: #202 lawhawk

They’ll just arrest the dumbasses as they drive off the NWR in stolen federal vehicles.

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#Bundymilitia were there taking pictures, were there before arrest happened. 3/3 pic.twitter.com/OblHqeSwcX

— John Sepulvado (@JohnLGC) January 15, 2016

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Nyet Jan 15, 2016 • 2:57:04pm

re: #201 Backwoods_Sleuth

Those sources tell OPB there is still hope among law enforcement leadership the occupation will end without violence. That’s why law enforcement doesn’t patrol the area, block travel to the refuge or take other actions that could lead to a confrontation.

Fuck these LEOs.

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Joe Bacon Jan 15, 2016 • 2:59:13pm

re: #193 wrenchwench

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PROPS TO YOU!!!!!!

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Skip Intro Jan 15, 2016 • 3:00:11pm

re: #202 lawhawk

They’ll just arrest the dumbasses as they drive off the NWR in stolen federal vehicles.

[Embedded content]

Then release them on bail.

Really, I’ve got to start looking for some Federal beach front land I can liberate for the people. Unfortunately the only place I can think of is Camp Pendelton, and that might not go so well.

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lawhawk Jan 15, 2016 • 3:02:25pm

re: #207 Skip Intro

Point Reyes National Seashore? Gateway National Recreation Area? Kitty Hawk?

Or, just go for the US Virgin Islands’ National Park. Beach, tropical conditions, etc. ///

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William Lewis Jan 15, 2016 • 3:04:04pm

re: #12 Dr. Matt

WOW. A First Baptist….in Memphis?!

I’ve actually been to that church when I was stationed in Millington, TN in the early 90s. It was hardly a progressive church back in the day.

Nice to see people can change.

The Holy Spirit is alive and well when people take the time to listen.

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Barefoot Grin Jan 15, 2016 • 3:08:14pm

re: #109 klys (maker of Silmarils)

In Tokyo, the sides are reversed but the same system exists.

Trolling people with a bike bell

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Skip Intro Jan 15, 2016 • 3:08:43pm

Look who still isn’t in jail yet and gets a SC review.

Supreme Court will review corruption conviction of former Va. governor Robert McDonnell.

washingtonpost.com

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wrenchwench Jan 15, 2016 • 3:09:32pm

re: #206 Joe Bacon

PROPS TO ~~YOU~~ GABE!!!!!!

FTFY

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Backwoods_Sleuth Jan 15, 2016 • 3:10:05pm

re: #168 Jack Burton

Assuming its the same person, he’s previously been convicted “for unlawful possession, occupation, or use of national forest lands for residential purposes and camping on national forest lands for a period longer than allowed by Forest Service order.”

law.resource.org

This is the guy:

Facebook Post

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Targetpractice Jan 15, 2016 • 3:11:53pm

re: #202 lawhawk

They’ll just arrest the dumbasses as they drive off the NWR in stolen federal vehicles.

[Embedded content]

Should be able to get plenty of snacks in a federal jail.

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Decatur Deb Jan 15, 2016 • 3:13:46pm

re: #187 Nyet

OK, I haven’t been paying attn.

Electricity still not cut off? Still allowed to get mail, incl. food?

We’re a kinder, gentler sort of tyranny.

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Backwoods_Sleuth Jan 15, 2016 • 3:14:45pm

I’ve spent 97 yrs living, knowing, meeting, loving the people of #NewYorkValues. As we say in Yiddish @tedcruz, u should only be so lucky.

— Muriel B (@QuiltingMuriel) January 15, 2016

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Targetpractice Jan 15, 2016 • 3:17:01pm

re: #201 Backwoods_Sleuth

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But remember folks, there’s no such thing in this country as white privilege.

///////

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ausador Jan 15, 2016 • 3:18:01pm

This is also a crime as the FedEx driver who removed the FBI surveillance camera from his truck found out.

HAPPENING NOW: Bundy group takes down what they believe to be camera installed by FBI #Oregonstandoff pic.twitter.com/PSlJ1A9iNo

— Wanda Moore (@WandaKTVZ) January 15, 2016

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Decatur Deb Jan 15, 2016 • 3:20:11pm

re: #218 ausador

This is also a crime as the FedEx driver who removed the FBI surveillance camera from his truck found out.

[Embedded content]

They’ll never find all the dildocams.

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ObserverArt Jan 15, 2016 • 3:20:18pm

I was looking for some info on the movie 13 Hours and came across this recent Gawker article at the top of the search. It’s a large article and I’ve only quoted some of the juicy parts.

One thing that has disappointed me is Chris Cornell being at this event. Ugh! Is he a wingnut?

Gawker - I Watched Michael Bay’s Benghazi Movie at Cowboys Stadium With 30,000 Pissed-Off Patriots

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But on Tuesday, people lined up by the thousands to see Benghazi begin a new life as something else entirely: an entertainment product. Michael Bay, the auteur who brought you Pearl Harbor and Pain & Gain, had brought the premiere to the stadium’s 180-foot-long high definition video board, with an enormous on-field stage and red carpet below. The audience filled most of the north half of the stadium. There was complimentary popcorn, one bag per ticket.

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Things took a turn for the worse. Chris Cornell of Soundgarden rose to sing a song. Things again took a turn for the worse: He sang another. This one, he said, was “inspired by the people who fell and who stood their ground” in Benghazi. As Cornell sung his Benghazi song, footage from the movie played—jets, wrecked military equipment, handsome men in a foreign land. A Benghazi music video.

Then we dropped back from kitsch into reality: Three of the security contractors who were in Benghazi ascended the stage to speak. The crowd went wild. Back to kitsch: Members of The Band Perry rose to sing Amazing Grace, as a field of lit candles appeared on the screen above. To reality: Photos of the Americans killed in Benghazi began floating over the field: Ambassador Chris Stevens, Sean Smith, etc. The men next to me were having a debate about the Miami Dolphins.

- - CUT - -

Watch the children. Jim has two beautiful kids and a beautiful wife and a beautiful house back home. It’s scrupulously established that Jim is a good dad. It’s how the movie establishes that his life has worth. In a montage shortly before the attack, many of the warriors call their kids and wives. Jim’s wife tells him that she’s pregnant. These men kill when necessary, Bayghazi tells us, but in truth they love life. They live for life.

Libyans have children too, but their presence on screen means something close to the opposite: The children of Libya appear in gangs, shortly before something dangerous happens. Their appearance is foreboding. They collaborate with the attackers, and set off fireworks to fuck with the Americans. You see them, playing soccer or peering through the walls into the CIA annex, and are meant to feel unease.

The only notable Libyan character, a translator who works with the Americans, is there for comic relief. He loves big tits, and he spends much of his screen time reluctant to fight and fumbling with his gun. When he’s press-ganged into joining the consulate rescue mission, the lead warrior says: “That guy’s not coming back.” For the Arlington audience, it was a laugh line.

But if he is treated with a sense of contempt, so are all the Americans who don’t carry guns. The core group of contractors are peerless models of wisdom, bravery, compassion and perspicacity, which might have something to do with the fact that they told the story 13 Hours is based on. They are never wrong. They correctly assess the danger from the beginning, and they rise to every occasion, despite their dead-weight compatriots, who generally come off as dopes, either blind to danger or incompetent to the point of villainy.

The worst is the nebbishy and callous CIA station chief, played by David Costabile, who serves as a stand-in for the neglect and dishonor exhibited, in Benghazi narratives, by the politicians and bureaucrats, repeatedly giving the warriors cowardly and self-serving orders. In an early scene, he calls the contractors “hired help” who “should act like it.” He’s as sympathetic as a banker in a Capra film. As the bodies mount, he’s repeatedly unmanned by the warriors, to applause from the audience, until he’s left a quaking hulk at the end. Jim has to shame him into evacuating.

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darthstar Jan 15, 2016 • 3:21:13pm

re: #218 ausador

This is also a crime as the FedEx driver who removed the FBI surveillance camera from his truck found out.

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I really wish they’d prosecute all these fuckers when this is over.

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Timothy Watson Jan 15, 2016 • 3:21:20pm

re: #218 ausador

This is also a crime as the FedEx driver who removed the FBI surveillance camera from his truck found out.

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How I hope they accidentally hit one of those lines.

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Backwoods_Sleuth Jan 15, 2016 • 3:23:58pm

re: #218 ausador

Supporters of Bundy take down two cameras they believe to be installed by the @FBI #OregonStandoff pic.twitter.com/AvgNINeUln

— Wanda Moore (@WandaKTVZ) January 15, 2016

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Decatur Deb Jan 15, 2016 • 3:25:46pm

re: #223 Backwoods_Sleuth

Supporters of Bundy take down two cameras they believe to be installed by the @FBI

Now they’re screwed. That ladder is not tied off, and OSHA will be on them.

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Targetpractice Jan 15, 2016 • 3:27:00pm

re: #218 ausador

This is also a crime as the FedEx driver who removed the FBI surveillance camera from his truck found out.

[Embedded content]

Paranoia strikes deep…

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Backwoods_Sleuth Jan 15, 2016 • 3:31:44pm

Arrested protester released from federal custody two months ago. One condition? Don’t “occupy” federal land. https://t.co/1oMtvpGIKt

— Les Zaitz (@LesZaitz) January 15, 2016

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FormerDirtDart Jan 15, 2016 • 3:32:24pm

re: #218 ausador

This is also a crime as the FedEx driver who removed the FBI surveillance camera from his truck found out.

Supporters of Bundy take down two cameras they believe to be installed by the @FBI

You know, as it is a wild life refuge, and this such as birds use the area on migrations, my GED+ education would deduce that said cameras just might be there to record said activity.

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Skip Intro Jan 15, 2016 • 3:32:59pm

re: #204 Backwoods_Sleuth

So will the “patriots” take a hostage to get their III%er back?

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b.d. Jan 15, 2016 • 3:35:56pm

re: #226 Backwoods_Sleuth

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How dare they arrest those car thieving patriots!

Good! I hope that charges get filed and no deal struck.

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Skip Intro Jan 15, 2016 • 3:36:03pm

re: #227 FormerDirtDart

You know, as it is a wild life refuge, and this such as birds use the area on migrations, my GED+ education would deduce that said cameras just might be there to record said activity.

Are you saying that the FBI didn’t use their cloaks of invisibility to put those cameras up there?

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Decatur Deb Jan 15, 2016 • 3:37:13pm

re: #230 Skip Intro

Are you saying that the FBI didn’t use their cloaks of invisibility to put those cameras up there?

It was the FBI, but it was for their Grebe porn collection.

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b.d. Jan 15, 2016 • 3:39:48pm

re: #228 Skip Intro

So will the “patriots” take a hostage to get their III%er back?

They better ask for donations so one of those 10% guys can get him out of the can.

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ausador Jan 15, 2016 • 3:42:31pm

re: #227 FormerDirtDart

You know, as it is a wild life refuge, and this such as birds use the area on migrations, my GED+ education would deduce that said cameras just might be there to record said activity.

Up in enclosre and wired into power like that says that they weren’t snuck up there under cover of darkness by some spook ninja. I’d wager they were there before the Bundy brigade, whatever their purpose.

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FormerDirtDart Jan 15, 2016 • 3:42:39pm

President Obama announced a pause on new coal leases on federal lands—a step forward in the fight to #ActOnClimate: https://t.co/boMQbHvImy

— Barack Obama (@BarackObama) January 15, 2016

WAR ON COAL
WAR ON COAL
WAR ON COAL

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I Stand With Planned Parenthood Jan 15, 2016 • 3:44:35pm

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b.d. Jan 15, 2016 • 3:44:42pm

re: #226 Backwoods_Sleuth

[Embedded content]

He seems like a nice guy and not like a terrorists….AT ALL!

The appellate ruling said there was “evidence that Medenbach had attempted to protect his forest campsite with fifty to a hundred pounds of the explosive ammonium sulfate, a pellet gun, and what appeared to be a hand grenade with trip wires.

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Barefoot Grin Jan 15, 2016 • 3:46:42pm

re: #220 ObserverArt

I was looking for some info on the movie 13 Hours and came across this recent Gawker article at the top of the search. It’s a large article and I’ve only quoted some of the juicy parts.

One thing that has disappointed me is Chris Cornell being at this event. Ugh! Is he a wingnut?

Gawker - I Watched Michael Bay’s Benghazi Movie at Cowboys Stadium With 30,000 Pissed-Off Patriots

All these people pissed off at the possibility that a video might have inflamed passions in the ME and Libya pissed off by a video.

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BeachDem Jan 15, 2016 • 3:48:35pm

re: #201 Backwoods_Sleuth

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Here’s one big problem:

For the past twelve days, armed militants led by Ammon Bundy hold an 11 a.m. press conference…For the militants, the morning press briefings are the oxygen that breathes life into their occupation. This is the occupiers’ chance to repeat their message, knowing the press will listen…

I think these reporters are suffering some kind of Stockholm syndrome. Just the way they phrase things in this article raise my hackles.

Words/phrases they use to describe the militants:
his head topped — as it always is outside — with a brown cowboy hat.
As Bundy often does with newcomers, the men and women form a circle, kneel down and pray
a militant who has become notable due to highly dramatic videos
At the refuge, it’s more relaxed
Women clean the kitchen and sing Christian songs

Words/phrases they use to describe the feds:
He’s dressed for more for Syria than southeast Oregon
They deputies want media credentials and a reason for being by the airport
They’ve taken over school district and county buildings
As the Bundys will seemingly speak with anyone who will listen, law enforcement spokespeople won’t talk about the investigation

opb.org

Is it just me, or does that article sound more sympathetic to the criminals than to the law enforcement folk?

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FormerDirtDart Jan 15, 2016 • 3:48:49pm

Sort of surprised by amount times Christie has been straight up lying about his past statements. https://t.co/dvF8rhelbz

— Andrew Kaczynski (@BuzzFeedAndrew) January 15, 2016

Guns, Planned Parenthood, Sotomayor, etc. Honestly, sort of surprised by it. Not saying he’s evolved, just like straight denials.
— Andrew Kaczynski (@BuzzFeedAndrew) January 15, 2016

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ObserverArt Jan 15, 2016 • 3:49:35pm

re: #237 Barefoot Grin

All these people pissed off that the possibility that a video might have inflamed passions in the ME and Libya pissed off by a video.

Damn good point. Way too over the heads of your less-than-average wingnut.

By the way, I’ve done some searching on Chris Cornell and he appears to be a liberal and an Obama supporter. I wonder what is up with him at this 13 Hours Dallas premier? Strange.

241

ausador Jan 15, 2016 • 3:50:04pm

So the terrorist attack in Burkina Faso has now turned into a hostage situation…

DEVELOPING: Suspected Islamist militants attack hotel, hold hostages in Burkina Faso capital of Ouagadougou. https://t.co/sW99rqZcwz

— NBC Nightly News (@NBCNightlyNews) January 15, 2016

242

BeachDem Jan 15, 2016 • 3:50:59pm

re: #211 Skip Intro

Look who still isn’t in jail yet and gets a SC review.

Supreme Court will review corruption conviction of former Va. governor Robert McDonnell.

washingtonpost.com

Yeah, Lady Liberty sure is blind and doles out equal justice to all. Spit.

243

Backwoods_Sleuth Jan 15, 2016 • 3:51:30pm

Spy cams at the bird sanctuary:

Facebook Post

244

FormerDirtDart Jan 15, 2016 • 3:51:47pm

NY values: 👎👎👎👎👎 NY money: 🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌 https://t.co/gozRJlVt4B pic.twitter.com/uncAO7dBZH

— Andrew Kaczynski (@BuzzFeedAndrew) January 15, 2016

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Decatur Deb Jan 15, 2016 • 3:52:19pm

re: #238 BeachDem

Here’s one big problem:

For the past twelve days, armed militants led by Ammon Bundy hold an 11 a.m. press conference…For the militants, the morning press briefings are the oxygen that breathes life into their occupation. This is the occupiers’ chance to repeat their message, knowing the press will listen…

I think these reporters are suffering some kind of Stockholm syndrome. Just the way they phrase things in this article raise my hackles.

Words/phrases they use to describe the militants:
his head topped — as it always is outside — with a brown cowboy hat.
As Bundy often does with newcomers, the men and women form a circle, kneel down and pray
a militant who has become notable due to highly dramatic videos
At the refuge, it’s more relaxed
Women clean the kitchen and sing Christian songs

Words/phrases they use to describe the feds:
He’s dressed for more for Syria than southeast Oregon
They deputies want media credentials and a reason for being by the airport
They’ve taken over school district and county buildings
As the Bundys will seemingly speak with anyone who will listen, law enforcement spokespeople won’t talk about the investigation

opb.org

Is it just me, or does that article sound more sympathetic to the criminals than to the law enforcement folk?

Bonnie and Clyde get top billing, not Frank Hamer.

246

Decatur Deb Jan 15, 2016 • 3:53:57pm

re: #243 Backwoods_Sleuth

Spy cams at the bird sanctuary:

bizarre mating ritual

Told you it was about bird porn.

247

ObserverArt Jan 15, 2016 • 3:57:28pm

re: #246 Decatur Deb

Told you it was about bird porn.

Hubba Hubba

Tweet Tweet

248

FormerDirtDart Jan 15, 2016 • 3:59:02pm

re: #246 Decatur Deb

Told you it was about bird porn.

249

Eclectic Cyborg Jan 15, 2016 • 4:00:01pm

re: #167 Charles Johnson

Sounds like one shitty plan…

250

I Stand With Planned Parenthood Jan 15, 2016 • 4:01:15pm

251

b.d. Jan 15, 2016 • 4:01:20pm

re: #246 Decatur Deb

Told you it was about bird porn.

Watch our cam featuring unsuspecting naked chicks!

252

A Cranky One Jan 15, 2016 • 4:01:38pm

re: #65 Lidane

Could we get a stock photo of a Furby doll instead of that giant photo of UpChucky?

I was at work until 12:45am last night, didn’t get to bed until 2am and got to work at 9am this morning. The last thing I need is looking at that doofus in living color.

Rage Furby has a master plan!

Rage Furby hanging with his troll friends.

EDIT to fix caption

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ObserverArt Jan 15, 2016 • 4:12:17pm

Heh. Just getting ready to turn off the TV for the jam session tonight and I turned to catch Tweety Matthews opening. It’s all about the Republican party coming to grips that TRUMP® is going to be their candidate and how many of the ‘establishment’ GOPers are now contacting The Donald™ about how they can get involved.

He showed a Wall Stree/NBC News poll that was taken back in June and then this week asking Republican voters if they could vote and support Trump. In June they were 34% favorable. Now…65%.

Buckle up. It’s going to be a bumpy ride.

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Backwoods_Sleuth Jan 15, 2016 • 4:14:32pm

#Oregonstandoff “Get out and give the public back our wildlife refuge” Great Old Broads for Wilderness protest @KTVZ pic.twitter.com/BaAcDWUjAT

— other95 (@other95) January 15, 2016

255

Awea Jan 15, 2016 • 4:18:16pm

Emails Show Carly Fiorina Super PAC Helps Out At Campaign Events

Getting ever closer to spending more time with her husband.

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WhatEVs Jan 15, 2016 • 4:19:28pm

re: #255 Awea

Emails Show Carly Fiorina Super PAC Helps Out At Campaign Events

Getting ever closer to spending more time with her husband.

Laws are for little people!
-Leona Fiorina

257

GlutenFreeJesus Jan 15, 2016 • 4:22:23pm

re: #255 Awea

Emails Show Carly Fiorina Super PAC Helps Out At Campaign Events

Getting ever closer to spending more time with her husband.

But BENGHAZI!

258

EPR-radar Jan 15, 2016 • 4:29:14pm

OT, but funny. dailykos.com

Hunter at DailyKos has the perfect observation on the creepy Trump rally with little girls singing about death and destruction:

But then, Donald Trump appeared and, Christ, I don’t know. South Park plots started becoming real? Leni Riefenstahl was dug out of her grave and her skull turned into a bong?

259

Backwoods_Sleuth Jan 15, 2016 • 4:32:05pm

It’s called a Fence Tool. This Oregon Dork probably doesn’t know that. It’s his first time. #NeverBeenRanchin pic.twitter.com/ClA0Ocle1L

— Andrew David Thaler (@SFriedScientist) January 15, 2016

It’s ok, Ammon. Just go back inside. Best not to ruin your fancy new flannel and $200 hat. #NeverBeenRanchin pic.twitter.com/VZxcRBrXvh

— Andrew David Thaler (@SFriedScientist) January 15, 2016

Someone should start a feed called Never Been Ranchin’ featuring pictures of the Oregon Dorks just failing to use basic tools.

— Andrew David Thaler (@SFriedScientist) January 15, 2016

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Timothy Watson Jan 15, 2016 • 4:34:31pm

re: #259 Backwoods_Sleuth

[Embedded content]

And the idiot’s working outside in freezing temperatures, with barbed wire, without gloves?

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Backwoods_Sleuth Jan 15, 2016 • 4:35:25pm

re: #260 Timothy Watson

And the idiot’s working outside in freezing temperatures, with barbed wire, without gloves?

Real men don’t need no stinkin’ girly-man gloves…

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Pawn of the Oppressor Jan 15, 2016 • 4:35:31pm

re: #121 HappyWarrior

Yes, you’re going to see the sexism mask drop like the racism mask IMO if Clinton is elected.

What we should do, if we’re really a Dictatorship run by a Sekrit Mewzlim, is absolutely commit to the next 2-3 Presidents coming from some kind of minority that will send conservatives into a frenzy. We need to elect somebody who’s any combination of female, flamboyantly gay, Jewish or Muslim, atheist, humanist, transgender/transsexual, racial minority (not necessarily black again, could be Asian, Native, Hispanic, whatever), uses a wheelchair, shorter than average, on the heavy side, tattooed, openly Socialist, from a big city… Like pick any four…

Just keep piling on the outrage until the right wing dies from a collective aneurysm. Just let it aaaaaaall hang out, America. Fly that Hate Flag. Let’s exorcise these demons once and for all.

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Cheechako Jan 15, 2016 • 4:40:01pm

264

Skip Intro Jan 15, 2016 • 4:42:55pm

Refugees? We ain’t taking no stinkin’ refugees. We’re all bible humping Christians here.

Kansas To Shun Refugees From Every Country In The World

huffingtonpost.com

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Backwoods_Sleuth Jan 15, 2016 • 4:44:57pm

yeah, good luck with that:

Occupiers want every county in the U.S. to surrender all federal lands #OregonStandoff https://t.co/4fpIcLn10e pic.twitter.com/2AfN1auPBf

— The Oregonian (@Oregonian) January 16, 2016

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Pawn of the Oppressor Jan 15, 2016 • 4:45:20pm

re: #264 Skip Intro

Refugees? We ain’t taking no stinkin’ refugees. We’re all bible humping Christians here.

Kansas To Shun Refugees From Every Country In The World

huffingtonpost.com

In related news, the two people on the list slated to be sent to Kansas held a press conference to thank the governor…

267

piratedan Jan 15, 2016 • 4:47:36pm

re: #265 Backwoods_Sleuth

I bet they also want ponies too… there’s just no end to it with those people…. /////

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Pawn of the Oppressor Jan 15, 2016 • 4:51:18pm

re: #267 piratedan

I bet they also want ponies too… there’s just no end to it with those people…. /////

Which makes me wonder: Home schooling? Clearly these guys did not receive any actual education in American civics.

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FormerDirtDart Jan 15, 2016 • 4:55:25pm

@enjus Because he expects the Committee of Public Safety he set up to bring charges with Anti-Gov Common Law Grand Juries #OregonUnderAttack

— FormerDirtDart (@FormerDirtDart) January 16, 2016

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piratedan Jan 15, 2016 • 4:55:33pm

re: #268 Pawn of the Oppressor

Which makes me wonder: Home schooling? Clearly these guys did not receive any actual education in American civics.

Just like most of the candidates for the GOP nomination I fear….. birds of a feather, turkeys mostly, but maybe a few pigeons mixed in….

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thedopefishlives Jan 15, 2016 • 4:56:01pm

Evening Lizardim.

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FormerDirtDart Jan 15, 2016 • 4:59:31pm

re: #268 Pawn of the Oppressor

Which makes me wonder: Home schooling? Clearly these guys did not receive any actual education in American civics.

I believe @jjmacnab stated the other day that Ammon Bundy went to High School in Canada.

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Backwoods_Sleuth Jan 15, 2016 • 4:59:59pm

re: #268 Pawn of the Oppressor

Which makes me wonder: Home schooling? Clearly these guys did not receive any actual education in American civics.

And ranchers who don’t know how to use a fence tool…

274

Skip Intro Jan 15, 2016 • 5:01:47pm

re: #268 Pawn of the Oppressor

Which makes me wonder: Home schooling? Clearly these guys did not receive any actual education in American civics.

I’m sure every one of them can recite Cliven Bundy’s “Let me tell you about the Negro” lecture from memory.

275

b.d. Jan 15, 2016 • 5:03:56pm

re: #273 Backwoods_Sleuth

And ranchers who don’t know how to use a fence tool…

WE SHOULDN’T HAVE TOO! THERE SHOULDN’T BE ANY FENCES!

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Tigger2 Jan 15, 2016 • 5:04:36pm

re: #269 FormerDirtDart

[Embedded content]

@FormerDirtDart @enjus The Committee of Public Safety needs to be under investigation.
— jim (@jlcoffeecup) January 16, 2016

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Backwoods_Sleuth Jan 15, 2016 • 5:05:19pm

New Stonekettle When was the last time defense of liberty depended on a bunch of raggedy-ass pig farmers? https://t.co/YchQs89TYG

— Stonekettle (@Stonekettle) January 16, 2016

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Jay C Jan 15, 2016 • 5:06:00pm

re: #268 Pawn of the Oppressor

Which makes me wonder: Home schooling? Clearly these guys did not receive any actual education in American civics.

Or else it was “home schooling” of the stock RWNJ variety whose teaching about the principles of “American civics” comes down to:

1. Gunz.
2. “White people rule, [epithets] drool”
3. Moar Gunz.
4. God especially loves us, and especially hates everyone we hate.
5. Even Moar Gunz.

279

Backwoods_Sleuth Jan 15, 2016 • 5:06:31pm

I’m going to go out on a limb here and guess he’s not talking about minorities https://t.co/DFLSKe0mEP

— Stonekettle (@Stonekettle) January 16, 2016

“When a whole segment of our society thinks they’re not being treated fairly, it’s a real problem.” - RP on criminal justice reform

— Dr. Rand Paul (@RandPaul) January 16, 2016

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Timothy Watson Jan 15, 2016 • 5:08:26pm

re: #265 Backwoods_Sleuth

Occupiers want every county in the U.S. to surrender all federal lands

So, we’re going to give back all the land to the Mexican government or the Mexican citizens who owned it?

281

Timothy Watson Jan 15, 2016 • 5:11:13pm

Watching Scarface, just realized that’s Richard Belzer (Munch on Law & Order) in a scene as the comedian at the nightclub.

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Tigger2 Jan 15, 2016 • 5:14:42pm

re: #280 Timothy Watson

Embedded Image

So, we’re going to give back all the land to the Mexican government or the Mexican citizens who owned it?

I don’t know why they think they are the keeper of the country.

283

goddamnedfrank Jan 15, 2016 • 5:14:58pm

My 8-year-old: “Mommy, if Donald Trump is president, he’s not going to make me dance to that song like those other kids, right?”

— Sarah Kendzior (@sarahkendzior) January 16, 2016

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ausador Jan 15, 2016 • 5:14:59pm

Hey look the party of personal responsibility is up to its usual thing. Lyng and saying the Democrats poisoned Flint. :(

Democrats literally poison poor children, but, never mind. https://t.co/lkcMZD5DJg

— Kevin D. Williamson (@KevinNR) January 15, 2016

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retired cynic Jan 15, 2016 • 5:18:43pm

re: #284 ausador

Hey look the party of personal responsibility is up to its usual thing. Lyng and saying the Democrats poisoned Flint. :(

[Embedded content]

You have GOT to be kidding me!!

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EPR-radar Jan 15, 2016 • 5:22:34pm

re: #284 ausador

Hey look the party of personal responsibility is up to its usual thing. Lyng and saying the Democrats poisoned Flint. :(

[Embedded content]

Impressive. Goebbels would approve of this use of the big lie.

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Barefoot Grin Jan 15, 2016 • 5:24:26pm

re: #281 Timothy Watson

Watching Scarface, just realized that’s Richard Belzer (Munch on Law & Order) in a scene as the comedian at the nightclub.

Stand up was his first gig, I think.

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Barefoot Grin Jan 15, 2016 • 5:27:03pm

re: #277 Backwoods_Sleuth

[Embedded content]

That is straight up the best thing I’ve seen written about this charade.

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FormerDirtDart Jan 15, 2016 • 5:28:24pm

re: #287 Barefoot Grin

Stand up was his first gig, I think.

According to Wikipedia his first gig was as a reporter for the Bridgeport Post

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Backwoods_Sleuth Jan 15, 2016 • 5:33:45pm

Tell me, If civilization does not protect the weak from the ruthless, then what damned good is it?

— Stonekettle (@Stonekettle) January 16, 2016

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Barefoot Grin Jan 15, 2016 • 5:36:43pm

re: #289 FormerDirtDart

According to Wikipedia his first gig was as a reporter for the Bridgeport Post

Cool. I was thinking show biz.

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thedopefishlives Jan 15, 2016 • 5:36:46pm

re: #290 Backwoods_Sleuth

[Embedded content]

Quotes like this always get to me a little bit, because my personality type is the Protector, and watching the right wing coldly exploiting everyone they can twist to fit their agenda makes me sick. I wish I could do more to defend the helpless, the powerless, the less informed and the less intelligent.

293

EPR-radar Jan 15, 2016 • 5:38:33pm

re: #284 ausador

Kevin Williamson at the NRO projecting like a thousand IMAX theaters:

We have a special problem in the United States, which is that the Democratic party is more of a crime syndicate than a political party, and it is deeply embedded in institutions ranging from the universities (where manufactured hate crimes and phony rape cases are used as political weapons) to the prosecutors’ offices (which bully law-enforcement personnel and file specious felony charges against politicians for such ordinary actions as vetoing legislation) to the unions (see California) and the schools.

294

Great White Snark Jan 15, 2016 • 5:44:33pm

I love this headline…

Footage Of U.S. Strike On ISIS Cash Facility Looks Like Scrooge McDuck’s Vault Exploded

With soundtrack…
Shinedown
Boom. LOL

foxtrotalpha.jalopnik.com

295

jaunte Jan 15, 2016 • 5:44:53pm

re: #293 EPR-radar

Really? I like to see a list of prosecutors’ offices that “bully law-enforcement personnel” to see if this is a widespread phenomenon.
///////

296

thedopefishlives Jan 15, 2016 • 5:47:19pm

re: #294 Great White Snark

That might just pay for the cost of the air strike.

/half

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Backwoods_Sleuth Jan 15, 2016 • 5:49:10pm

For those who need it, I present what may be the greatest dog vine ever. https://t.co/KoLwH8rzXI

— Jim DelRosso (@niwandajones) January 14, 2016

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Feline Fearless Leader Jan 15, 2016 • 5:49:51pm

re: #261 Backwoods_Sleuth

Real men don’t need no stinkin’ girly-man gloves…

Real American ranchers don’t need fences - everything is free to them for the cattle to roam on.

299

EPR-radar Jan 15, 2016 • 5:51:04pm

re: #295 jaunte

Really? I like to see a list of prosecutors’ offices that “bully law-enforcement personnel” to see if this is a widespread phenomenon.
///////

That bit is particularly delusional, even compared to the rug-chewing standard set by the rest of the article.

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Belafon Jan 15, 2016 • 5:59:36pm

The petition to have the government arrest the militants in Oregon has about 6600 left on its goal: petitions.whitehouse.gov.

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thedopefishlives Jan 15, 2016 • 5:59:56pm

re: #300 Belafon

The petition to have the government arrest the militants in Oregon has about 6600 left on its goal: petitions.whitehouse.gov.

COMMUNITY SUPPORT!!!!

302

Belafon Jan 15, 2016 • 6:01:50pm

KKXT, 91.7, here in Dallas will be having a David Bowie tribute at 9pm here, 7pm LGF time. If you want to hear it outside the area, you can listen on kxt.org.

303

Barefoot Grin Jan 15, 2016 • 6:02:19pm

Off to watch the Willie tribute on PBS. BBL, maybe, not that it matters.

304

ausador Jan 15, 2016 • 6:15:32pm

Breaking…

Cosby deposition given w/promise it wouldn’t be used. CNN Exclusive: Email may derail case against Bill Cosby @CNN https://t.co/a4BBj8HdSx

— why ask (@ausador) January 16, 2016

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WhatEVs Jan 15, 2016 • 6:19:20pm

re: #300 Belafon

The petition to have the government arrest the militants in Oregon has about 6600 left on its goal: petitions.whitehouse.gov.

I think you read that wrong. It has 6700+ signatures. Needs 90k+. :-(

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Belafon Jan 15, 2016 • 6:20:51pm

re: #305 WhatEVs

I think you read that wrong. It has 6700+ signatures. Needs 90k+. :-(

Yep, I completely read it backwards. Wishful thinking I guess.

In other words, it hasn’t budged much since the first couple of days.

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WhatEVs Jan 15, 2016 • 6:22:16pm

Between McDonnell, Cosby and y’all Qaeda, I’m starting to think that everyone can do whatever the hell they want - without consequences - but me, because I know I’d be sitting my ass in jail waiting to get chucked into a different cell for the rest of my life.

This really chaps my ass.

308

Backwoods_Sleuth Jan 15, 2016 • 6:41:58pm

News Release: January 15, 2016, Use of Harney County Fairgrounds pic.twitter.com/RhxWfmFRKw

— Harney County (@HarneyCountyGov) January 16, 2016

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FormerDirtDart Jan 15, 2016 • 6:47:11pm

re: #308 Backwoods_Sleuth

News Release: January 15, 2016, Use of Harney County Fairgrounds

Everything about that press release is awesome

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Belafon Jan 15, 2016 • 6:47:17pm

re: #308 Backwoods_Sleuth

[meta]Is the penultimate paragraph about the fair grounds or the refuge?[/meta]

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Backwoods_Sleuth Jan 15, 2016 • 6:48:05pm

re: #310 Belafon

Is the penultimate paragraph about the fair grounds or the refuge?

fair grounds.

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Backwoods_Sleuth Jan 15, 2016 • 6:48:37pm

When you curse like a sailor… …and then realize Mother Superior is standing behind you with this expression pic.twitter.com/mJAzG3OGi7

— Stonekettle (@Stonekettle) January 16, 2016

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Belafon Jan 15, 2016 • 6:50:23pm

re: #311 Backwoods_Sleuth

fair grounds.

In the context of the letter, yes. But you could lift it straight out and use it for the refuge.

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Timothy Watson Jan 15, 2016 • 6:53:26pm

Is there some reason that Chrome doesn’t follow “page-break-inside: avoid” for table rows in CSS nor display table headers on successive pages, but Internet Explorer and Firefox do?

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FormerDirtDart Jan 15, 2016 • 6:53:59pm

re: #310 Belafon

Is the penultimate paragraph about the fair grounds or the refuge?

1. There are procedures in requesting to use the fairgrounds. They apply to everyone

2. There is nothing new about these rules.

3. The County isn’t going to allow it’s use by those engaged in criminal activity. It’s the County’s job to protect County assets and the public.

4. No, this isn’t a violation of your Constitutional Rights. The Constitution doesn’t say we have to let people engaged in criminal activity have their way.

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Belafon Jan 15, 2016 • 6:55:03pm

re: #315 FormerDirtDart

I should have put a meta tag in my original comment. I will do that now.

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Reality Based Steve Jan 15, 2016 • 7:02:13pm

re: #46 BlueGrl21

Everyone’s turning on Trump in desperation. But they don’t understand they shouldn’t attack him, they should ridicule him. They should laugh at him. He’s a farce that is being treated as a Very Serious Person.

Where is Molly Ivins when we need her?

Damn… she would have had a heyday with Trump.

I agree with you, make him out to be the buffoon he is.

RBS

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Belafon Jan 15, 2016 • 7:04:44pm

re: #302 Belafon

KKXT, 91.7, here in Dallas will be having a David Bowie tribute at 9pm here, 7pm LGF time. If you want to hear it outside the area, you can listen on kxt.org.

I take that back. Someone complained about copyright violations so they can’t stream it, but you can listen on the air. I don’t have a radio in my office, so I’m kind of annoyed.

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BlueSpotinAL Jan 15, 2016 • 7:05:51pm

re: #219 Decatur Deb

They’ll never find all the dildocams.

Quick, put all the dildocams dark places - for AMURIKA!

Spy Auto

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