In Which the Leading GOP Candidates Fight Over the Endorsement of… Sarah Palin!

Caribou Barbie meets the Trumpenstein
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Wow. Is this ever a perfect picture of the complete and utter derangement of the Republican Party in 2016. The two leading candidates for president are actually fighting over the endorsement of the dumbest, most ridiculously unqualified person ever to run for vice president: the empty-headed queen of word salads herself, Sarah Palin.

As rumors swirled on Tuesday over her possible endorsement of GOP poll-leader Donald Trump, Sarah Palin tweeted a link to a blog post by her daughter Bristol with the headline, “Is THIS Why People Don’t like Cruz?”

The blog post noted comments Tuesday morning by Ted Cruz spokesman Rick Tyler, who said he would be “deeply disappointed” if the former Alaska governor and vice-presidential candidate indeed endorsed Trump.

Tyler’s remark “makes me hope my mom does endorse Trump,” Bristol Palin shot back, though she mistakenly attributed the comments to Cruz himself.

Could Trump actually be planning to pick Palin as his vice president? Stay tuned for the next thrilling chapter of “Off the Rails With the GOP.”

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319 comments
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freetoken  Jan 19, 2016 • 10:29:03am
The two leading candidates for president are actually fighting over the endorsement of the dumbest, most ridiculously unqualified person ever to run for vice president: the empty-headed queen of word salads herself, Sarah Palin.

Kind of amazing, isn’t it?

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Billy Batts  Jan 19, 2016 • 10:29:07am

Pretty please?

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Le Lapin Tueur  Jan 19, 2016 • 10:30:57am

I don’t seem to be smart enough to embed this; embed clicky doesn’t do it …

But, the .gif seems somehow appropriate, here.

giphy.com

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Eclectic Cyborg  Jan 19, 2016 • 10:33:42am

I wish she could endorse them both so they’d both get driven off a cliff…

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Skip Intro  Jan 19, 2016 • 10:33:52am

Trump needs Bible Spice to lock up the Neanderthal evangelical vote.

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Eclectic Cyborg  Jan 19, 2016 • 10:36:44am

I’m still stunned the woman has managed to turn doing nothing into a successful career path.

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Kragar  Jan 19, 2016 • 10:37:00am

I will not ever consider voting for a Republican until the GOP, as a whole, apologizes for inflicting that empty headed nitwit on the country.

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Big Beautiful Door  Jan 19, 2016 • 10:37:11am

Trump/Palin ‘16, the Democratic dream ticket.

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The Vicious Babushka  Jan 19, 2016 • 10:37:51am

LOLWUT

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nines09  Jan 19, 2016 • 10:37:54am

Wow. Every time they hit a new low, they break out a bigger shovel. Palin is besides herself. Her grift lives on. The soundbites themselves from her should be enough to cause cranial bleeding.

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wrenchwench  Jan 19, 2016 • 10:38:36am

re: #6 Eclectic Cyborg

I’m still stunned the woman has managed to turn doing nothing into a successful career path.

She found and has boosted the Nothing Party. They love her lack of everything!

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Sionainn  Jan 19, 2016 • 10:38:41am

re: #8 Big Beautiful Door

Trump/Palin ‘16, the Democratic dream ticket.

Oh, please, please, please.

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KGxvi  Jan 19, 2016 • 10:38:43am

The Palin phenomenon still absolutely amazes me. I grew up in a strongly Republican house, my folks own a small business, so it was a typically economic driven version of Republicanism. I drifted more libertarian in college and even through law school (and still have libertarian leanings but have come to distrust institutions as a general rule). I was a Republican primary voter through 2008. Then I was done with them, not because of McCain himself - I supported him in 2000 and wasn’t opposed to him in 2008 - but because of Palin. I watched her convention speech with family members, and while they thought she was great, my only thought was “this woman is either an idiot or a cartoon character and completely unserious.” I’m still amazed that she is taken seriously within what’s left of the GOP.

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Targetpractice  Jan 19, 2016 • 10:38:53am

Fighting over the endorsement of Caribou Barbie, a woman whose history of endorsements has been…spotty at best.

Is the GOP just playing a massive joke on us? They’re gonna get to the convention and scream “SURPRISE! Jeb was our pick all along!”?

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Jenner7  Jan 19, 2016 • 10:39:28am

Game Change Part Deux?

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Eclectic Cyborg  Jan 19, 2016 • 10:39:47am

Alls I got to say is South Park better be all over this.

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The Vicious Babushka  Jan 19, 2016 • 10:41:10am

re: #16 Eclectic Cyborg

Alls I got to say is South Park better be all over this.

New South Park season doesn’t start until just before the election.

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Big Beautiful Door  Jan 19, 2016 • 10:41:27am

re: #14 Targetpractice

Fighting over the endorsement of Caribou Barbie, a woman whose history of endorsements has been…spotty at best.

Is the GOP just playing a massive joke on us? They’re gonna get to the convention and scream “SURPRISE! Jeb was our pick all along!”?

Unlikely, but we are going to have to start taking John Kasich seriously. If he wins NH, he will have a very real chance of being the nominee.

realclearpolitics.com

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KGxvi  Jan 19, 2016 • 10:41:42am

re: #6 Eclectic Cyborg

I’m still stunned the woman has managed to turn doing nothing into a successful career path.

That was always my dream while in school… just couldn’t bring myself to play that big a fool on the international stage.

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Charles Johnson  Jan 19, 2016 • 10:42:04am

re: #3 Le Lapin Tueur

At Giphy when you click one of their images, underneath the picture is a line that says “IFRAME EMBED’. Copy that line of code and paste it into the LGF embed dialog (the last button in the row at top right of the comment posting area).

Then you get this:

Giphy

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freetoken  Jan 19, 2016 • 10:43:18am

Speaking of the follies of the religious right, I don’t know how many of you have kept up with the case of the professor at Wheaton who claimed that Muslims worship the same God as Christians, but Wheaton is going ahead and booting her.

Anyway, WaPo, in MBF-mode, decides to run an opinion piece in support of Wheaton:

What happens when we recognize that it takes a lot of courage today for an institution to challenge a culture that has no patience for enforcing doctrinal guidelines?

Oh yes, the courage of a white-male dominated Christian institution in the US firing a female teacher for what she said.

Behold the courage.

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sffilk  Jan 19, 2016 • 10:44:25am

They’ll never learn. To put it politely, by her words and actions, Sarah Palin is IRRELEVANT!

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Barefoot Grin  Jan 19, 2016 • 10:44:30am

According to Bristol’s link, Sarah was the powerbroker who got Cruz elected to the senate.

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The Vicious Babushka  Jan 19, 2016 • 10:44:51am
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FormerDirtDart  Jan 19, 2016 • 10:44:56am

Not the Onion
Now, tell me again why registering firearms is a violation of the Constitution?

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lawhawk  Jan 19, 2016 • 10:45:16am

re: #14 Targetpractice

Fighting over the endorsement of Caribou Barbie, a woman whose history of endorsements has been…spotty at best.

Is the GOP just playing a massive joke on us? They’re gonna get to the convention and scream “SURPRISE! Jeb was our pick all along!”?

In 2010 campaign season she managed to endorse more winners than losers. 33 winners to 20 losers. Arguable that her endorsements actually won those candidates their races.

Among those who didn’t benefit from her endorsement? Mitt Romney in 2012.

By 2014, her record is a whole lot worse (8 wins, 11 losses among endorsed candidates in primaries). Her record is even worse when looking at being the key endorsement for a candidate, versus everyone jumping on a candidate’s bandwagon).

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freetoken  Jan 19, 2016 • 10:45:26am

Make no mistake, this Christian-as-Victim meme is exactly why Trump and Cruz are courting the beauty queen.

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Kragar  Jan 19, 2016 • 10:46:02am
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freetoken  Jan 19, 2016 • 10:47:06am

I see we can now edit our posts in Spy mode.

Yay!!

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Jan 19, 2016 • 10:49:14am
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WhatEVs  Jan 19, 2016 • 10:49:24am

re: #18 Big Beautiful Door

Unlikely, but we are going to have to start taking John Kasich seriously. If he wins NH, he will have a very real chance of being the nominee.

realclearpolitics.com

Or it’s just his turn to be flav o flav of the month.

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Romantic Heretic  Jan 19, 2016 • 10:49:33am

re: #5 Skip Intro

Trump needs Bible Spice to lock up the Neanderthal evangelical vote.

My wife calls Palin, ‘Rancid Spice’.

Because the half governor is way past her best before date.

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Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light)  Jan 19, 2016 • 10:50:04am

re: #8 Big Beautiful Door

Trump/Palin ‘16, the Democratic dream ticket.

A dream for P & T, too…they will be regaled with free publicity until they drop.

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WhatEVs  Jan 19, 2016 • 10:51:27am

re: #23 Barefoot Grin

According to Bristol’s link, Sarah was the powerbroker who got Cruz elected to the senate.

How quickly they turn.

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Charles Johnson  Jan 19, 2016 • 10:51:34am
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Backwoods_Sleuth  Jan 19, 2016 • 10:53:06am

re: #35 Charles Johnson

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“shoker”???

:D

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freetoken  Jan 19, 2016 • 10:53:09am

Fundamentalism 101:

hytre64 • 11 minutes ago
Sad. The College had offered to reconcile with the professor (all she needed do was repent), yet apparently she would not accept correction or instruction. It is sad that so many alumni and students of this self-professed Christian institution would apparently be either so ignorant of their own faith or of the Muslim faith as to believe that we worship the same God.

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Big Beautiful Door  Jan 19, 2016 • 10:53:10am

re: #31 WhatEVs

Or it’s just his turn to be flav o flav of the month.

We’ll see. Expect at the next GOP debate for people to start taking shots at him, because if he finishes first or second in NH, with Ohio being one of the first big winner-take-all primaries on March 15, he will be a serious threat.

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freetoken  Jan 19, 2016 • 10:54:17am

re: #35 Charles Johnson

Brandstad is now the most senior Governor ever, apparently, having been a US Governor longer than anyone else.

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Le Lapin Tueur  Jan 19, 2016 • 10:54:45am

re: #20 Charles Johnson

Ahhhh, thanks.

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WhatEVs  Jan 19, 2016 • 10:55:32am

re: #38 Big Beautiful Door

We’ll see. Expect at the next GOP debate for people to start taking shots at him, because if he finishes first or second in NH, with Ohio being one of the first big winner-take-all primaries on March 15, he will be a serious threat.

Can he take his home state? I didn’t think he could.

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freetoken  Jan 19, 2016 • 10:59:05am

re: #18 Big Beautiful Door

I suspect Kasich is just benefitting from the crash of Jeb! and Rubio sputtering.

Perhaps many NH Republicans are not fundamentalist yo-yos, but that doesn’t mean they are Trumpers either.

I get the feeling that many long time Republicans are feeling lost. Maybe they are just getting old and are just now realizing the world is changing. Well, we’ll see in a few weeks.

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The Vicious Babushka  Jan 19, 2016 • 10:59:08am

re: #31 WhatEVs

Or it’s just his turn to be flav o flav of the month.

Kasich and Jeb are the only GOP candidates who sound halfway normal.

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Romantic Heretic  Jan 19, 2016 • 10:59:49am

re: #25 FormerDirtDart

Taking a page from the Polish Law and Justice Party I see.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Jan 19, 2016 • 10:59:50am
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The Vicious Babushka  Jan 19, 2016 • 11:01:30am

LOL

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Charles Johnson  Jan 19, 2016 • 11:01:40am

re: #45 Backwoods_Sleuth

What a pandering insincere weasel.

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Big Beautiful Door  Jan 19, 2016 • 11:01:48am

re: #41 WhatEVs

Can he take his home state? I didn’t think he could.

Is Kasich unpopular in Ohio? I know Christie is in Jersey.

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Fourth Football of the Apocalypse  Jan 19, 2016 • 11:02:27am

re: #46 The Vicious Babushka

LOL

PHENOM! YUUUGE!!!!

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Fourth Football of the Apocalypse  Jan 19, 2016 • 11:02:55am

re: #45 Backwoods_Sleuth

I love @SarahPalinUSA Without her support, I wouldn’t be in the Senate. Regardless of what she does in 2016, I will always be a big fan.
— Ted Cruz

I threw up in my mouth a little.

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freetoken  Jan 19, 2016 • 11:03:21am

re: #46 The Vicious Babushka

Herman Cain: There is a ‘phenomenon’ of black women switching to Donald Trump ow.ly

All of 999 of them.

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Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light)  Jan 19, 2016 • 11:03:47am

re: #36 Backwoods_Sleuth

“shoker”???

:D

midnite toker?

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ObserverArt  Jan 19, 2016 • 11:03:47am

re: #41 WhatEVs

Can he take his home state? I didn’t think he could.

He might be able to win the Ohio GOP primary as a favorite son. I think it would be very close in the November presidential election.

What has been said about Kasich is if he gets to an Ohio primary win it gives him brokerage chips at the GOP convention which happens to be in Ohio. As much as I dislike Kasich, he could be the wild wild card to mess with the whole GOP nomination. And he does have a lot of Washington connections…as he has been around a long time and he made his name in Congress.

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Timothy Watson  Jan 19, 2016 • 11:04:28am

re: #25 FormerDirtDart

Not the Onion
Now, tell me again why registering firearms is a violation of the Constitution?

[Embedded content]

That’s for real:
scstatehouse.gov (Hit “Find Bills on the bottom right” and scroll to the bottom)

He fought tooth and nail to stop the confederate flag from coming down last year too.

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Eclectic Cyborg  Jan 19, 2016 • 11:04:32am

re: #43 The Vicious Babushka

Kasich and Jeb are the only GOP candidates who sound halfway normal.

That’s why they are so low in the polls.

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Smith25's Liberal Thighs  Jan 19, 2016 • 11:04:46am

re: #46 The Vicious Babushka

LOL

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That face he makes, to me looks like he is saying to himself

DAT ASS

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ObserverArt  Jan 19, 2016 • 11:05:00am

re: #48 Big Beautiful Door

Is Kasich unpopular in Ohio? I know Christie is in Jersey.

50-50.

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Charles Johnson  Jan 19, 2016 • 11:05:29am

Twitter’s stock is down (like a lot of stocks right now), and it’s all because of Chuck C. Johnson. He is all-powerful.

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Fourth Football of the Apocalypse  Jan 19, 2016 • 11:05:38am

re: #18 Big Beautiful Door

Unlikely, but we are going to have to start taking John Kasich seriously. If he wins NH, he will have a very real chance of being the nominee.

realclearpolitics.com

Surprising. Last I saw Kasich was in the single digits, behind several other candidates. Maybe that was a national poll.

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TedStriker  Jan 19, 2016 • 11:06:27am

re: #31 WhatEVs

Or it’s just his turn to be flav o flav of the month.

I think Flava Flav might have something to say about that.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Jan 19, 2016 • 11:06:33am
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Charles Johnson  Jan 19, 2016 • 11:07:13am

Chuck is being inundated with calls from hedge fund managers wanting to worship his financial genius and power!

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The Vicious Babushka  Jan 19, 2016 • 11:07:23am

re: #58 Charles Johnson

Twitter’s stock is down (like a lot of stocks right now), and it’s all because of Chuck C. Johnson. He is all-powerful.

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Has he claimed that he single-handedly & all by himself caused the Twitter outage this morning?

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Fourth Football of the Apocalypse  Jan 19, 2016 • 11:08:08am

re: #61 Backwoods_Sleuth

I thought POTUS had declared state of emergency? Not the same thing guess.

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Eclectic Cyborg  Jan 19, 2016 • 11:08:15am

re: #63 The Vicious Babushka

Has he claimed that he single-handedly & all by himself caused the Twitter outage this morning?

Yes, yes he is.

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ObserverArt  Jan 19, 2016 • 11:09:16am

re: #62 Charles Johnson

Chuck is being inundated with calls from hedge fund managers wanting to worship his financial genius and power!

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I’ve heard people have imaginary friends but he is the first I’ve heard call them hedge fund managers.

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freetoken  Jan 19, 2016 • 11:09:31am

Here’s the paper Trump loves to hate:

Branstad says he wants Cruz defeated in Iowa

Note that Branstad is one of the political foes of Vander Plaats. Branstad has struggled to fight off the religious right, but he has succeeded, if just barely.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Jan 19, 2016 • 11:09:53am
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Slap  Jan 19, 2016 • 11:10:06am

re: #21 freetoken

I had to click the link, wondering which of the Post’s stable of conservatives went on record with such a foolish commentary — then I noticed that it wasn’t a Post writer, after all. The piece came from a person at the “religion news service”.

Why the Post decided to use a piece from this source is beyond my understanding. It is, however, disappointing.

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Fourth Football of the Apocalypse  Jan 19, 2016 • 11:11:30am

re: #62 Charles Johnson

Chuck is being inundated with calls from hedge fund managers wanting to worship his financial genius and power!

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By “hedge fund people” he means that one guy he knows who watched the movie Wall Street.

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Fourth Football of the Apocalypse  Jan 19, 2016 • 11:12:13am

re: #67 freetoken

Here’s the paper Trump loves to hate:

Branstad says he wants Cruz defeated in Iowa

Note that Branstad is one of the political foes of Vander Plaats. Branstad has struggled to fight off the religious right, but he has succeeded, if just barely.

Wow, I thought Branstad and the fundy wing were buddy-buddy.

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freetoken  Jan 19, 2016 • 11:13:06am

re: #69 Slap

WaPo running it was their choice, even if the writer isn’t one of their contracted writers.

WaPo tries, I guess, to reach out to those not inside their DC bubble. That’s the only reason I can figure for them to run the religious news service articles.

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FormerDirtDart  Jan 19, 2016 • 11:13:11am
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ausador  Jan 19, 2016 • 11:13:52am

“Don’t give Trump your “legitimacy” Sarah!”

LOL

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Decatur Deb  Jan 19, 2016 • 11:14:00am

re: #9 The Vicious Babushka

LOLWUT

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Abstinence Crusader sez wat?

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Dr. Matt  Jan 19, 2016 • 11:14:20am

But Sarah Palin is a loser who lost in a presidential election. Why on earth would Trump want an endorsement from a loser?

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freetoken  Jan 19, 2016 • 11:14:35am

From the DSMR article:

“Ted Cruz is ahead right now. What we’re trying to do is educate the people in the state of Iowa. He is the biggest opponent of renewable fuels. He actually introduced a bill in 2013 to immediately eliminate the Renewable Fuel Standard. He’s heavily financed by Big Oil. So we think once Iowans realize that fact, they might find other things attractive but he could be very damaging to our state,” Branstad said.

This is pretty straightforward politics. It’s about as straightforward that I have come across.

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Slap  Jan 19, 2016 • 11:15:21am

re: #72 freetoken

Yeah, I get it. Still disappointed.

I sup[pose it’s better than allowing Splat Robertson space in their ed pages….

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The Vicious Babushka  Jan 19, 2016 • 11:15:27am

Now Ted has the endorsement of the Dick DieNasty gang

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ObserverArt  Jan 19, 2016 • 11:16:36am

re: #76 Dr. Matt

But Sarah Palin is a loser who lost in a presidential election. Why on earth would Trump want an endorsement from a loser?

To get the backing all of her loser supporters.

He will then turn them into winners with all that Trump greatness. /

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Jan 19, 2016 • 11:18:00am
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lawhawk  Jan 19, 2016 • 11:18:35am

re: #62 Charles Johnson

Chuck is being inundated with calls from hedge fund managers wanting to worship his financial genius and power!

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Seriously? People were questioning their profit model at the time of their IPO (and the SEC was looking into Twitter’s revenue pre-IPO too). Those same people are still questioning it. Chucky has nothing to do with their current stock price.

Correlation is not causation (except in Chucky’s fevered mind). Given we’re in correction territory for the stock market generally, picking on Twitter isn’t exactly hard.

If Twitter could be in fiscal trouble because one idiotic blogger was banned for TOS violations, Twitter’s troubles are even worse - and here’s the kicker. All these statements Chucky’s making undermines part of the premise that he’d be making money if he were still on Twitter. Let’s further ignore that Twitter reach is a fraction of Facebook reach into the general population, and he’s not generating the profits through Facebook. It makes his Twitter profits claims even more dubious.

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Decatur Deb  Jan 19, 2016 • 11:19:07am

re: #79 The Vicious Babushka

Now Ted has the endorsement of the Dick DieNasty gang

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Sarah for Trump. Duckfuckers for Cruz. I sense a rending in The Force.

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jaunte  Jan 19, 2016 • 11:20:29am

Who makes up the “Palin constituency” now?

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Fourth Football of the Apocalypse  Jan 19, 2016 • 11:21:35am

re: #77 freetoken

From the DSMR article:

This is pretty straightforward politics. It’s about as straightforward that I have come across.

Terry Branstad is trending on Twitter.

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Dr. Matt  Jan 19, 2016 • 11:22:02am
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FormerDirtDart  Jan 19, 2016 • 11:22:12am

re: #76 Dr. Matt

But Sarah Palin is a loser who lost in a presidential election. Why on earth would Trump want an endorsement from a loser?

Obviously potential Palin voters were turned off by the thought of RINO John McCain as President.
Had Palin been at the head of the ticket we would be looking at the possibility of a third term for a Palin administration in 2017…
//

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Testy Toad T  Jan 19, 2016 • 11:22:14am

re: #84 jaunte

Who makes up the “Palin constituency” now?

Evangelicals who think Ted Cruz sounds like a colossal asshole.

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jaunte  Jan 19, 2016 • 11:22:27am
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freetoken  Jan 19, 2016 • 11:23:37am

re: #85 Fourth Football of the Apocalypse

Terry Branstad is trending on Twitter.

I posted the other day that Iowa had a record corn harvest.

The only reason there is a market for so much corn is the RFS.

It’s really about the bottom line: without the RFS Iowa would be poorer.

Cruz is the enemy of RFS, by his own public actions.

This is basic politics.

Only Je$u$ can overcome this.

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Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light)  Jan 19, 2016 • 11:23:45am

re: #89 jaunte

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She would eliminate the Department of Energy and replace it with the Department of Drill Baby Drill

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Eric The Fruit Bat  Jan 19, 2016 • 11:23:49am

re: #62 Charles Johnson

The only difference between The Rage Furby and Kim Jong-Un is that Kim has black hair, no beard, millions of impoverished citizens, and nuclear weapons.

Other than that, they’re both identical.

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steve_davis  Jan 19, 2016 • 11:23:49am

re: #10 nines09

Wow. Every time they hit a new low, they break out a bigger shovel. Palin is besides herself. Her grift lives on. The soundbites themselves from her should be enough to cause cranial bleeding.

Just when I think the GOP can’t do anything dumber, they do something like this….and completely redeem themselves!

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Dr. Matt  Jan 19, 2016 • 11:23:54am

re: #84 jaunte

Who makes up the “Palin constituency” now?

The same losers that worship Trump. Zero-sum game

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retired cynic  Jan 19, 2016 • 11:24:07am

I don’t know if this has been posted (I missed it!) but this (plus comments) are great!

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Jan 19, 2016 • 11:24:32am
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thecommodore  Jan 19, 2016 • 11:24:46am

Nate Silver on how unpopular Trump is beyond the GOP base.

fivethirtyeight.com

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FormerDirtDart  Jan 19, 2016 • 11:25:02am

re: #84 jaunte

Who makes up the “Palin constituency” now?

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Testy Toad T  Jan 19, 2016 • 11:25:40am

re: #97 thecommodore

Nate Silver on how unpopular Trump is beyond the GOP base.

fivethirtyeight.com

Beyond his faction of the GOP base, even.

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Eclectic Cyborg  Jan 19, 2016 • 11:25:45am

re: #84 jaunte

Who makes up the “Palin constituency” now?

Bristol and her growing army of kids?

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Eclectic Cyborg  Jan 19, 2016 • 11:26:18am

re: #98 FormerDirtDart

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Not even Bubbles is that stupid.

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TedStriker  Jan 19, 2016 • 11:26:29am

re: #95 retired cynic

I don’t know if this has been posted (I missed it!) but this (plus comments) are great!

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Featuring our own darthstar!

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Jan 19, 2016 • 11:27:25am
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jaunte  Jan 19, 2016 • 11:27:45am
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Eclectic Cyborg  Jan 19, 2016 • 11:28:26am

re: #104 jaunte

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[Mr. Burns]
Excellent.
[/Mr. Burns]

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Shiplord Kirel  Jan 19, 2016 • 11:29:20am

re: #37 freetoken

Fundamentalism 101:
hytre64 • 11 minutes ago
Sad. The College had offered to reconcile with the professor (all she needed do was repent), yet apparently she would not accept correction or instruction. It is sad that so many alumni and students of this self-professed Christian institution would apparently be either so ignorant of their own faith or of the Muslim faith as to believe that we worship the same God.

What part of “God of Abraham” do these yokels not understand?

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Jan 19, 2016 • 11:29:52am
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Fourth Football of the Apocalypse  Jan 19, 2016 • 11:29:55am

re: #100 Eclectic Cyborg

Bristol and her growing army of kids?

drops mic

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jaunte  Jan 19, 2016 • 11:30:19am
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Charles Johnson  Jan 19, 2016 • 11:31:22am
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Fourth Football of the Apocalypse  Jan 19, 2016 • 11:31:24am

re: #96 Backwoods_Sleuth

Cruz announces endorsements from leaders of the anti-feminist, anti-immigrant Eagle Forum t.co
— Right Wing Watch

Well, that’s the ballgame.

/

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Romantic Heretic  Jan 19, 2016 • 11:31:25am

re: #106 Shiplord Kirel

All of it.

Their deity is crimson skinned and cloven hoofed.

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thecommodore  Jan 19, 2016 • 11:31:53am

re: #99 Testy Toad T

Beyond his faction of the GOP base, even.

True. The fact is, Trump is just ridiculous. A farce. Cruz is an extremist, but at least he is a real candidate. All Trump does is shoot his mouth off. He is not a serious candidate. He is a WWE character.

I’ve read in several places now speculation that the GOP is going to court a few of the remaining candidates and build an alliance of some sort to take down Trump. That’s why Bush and Christie in particular, in spite of their terrible poll numbers (particularly Christie) are still hanging around.

It’s also been suggested that Trump could do unexpectedly bad in Iowa - like come in third, or even worse, because in a caucus you have to publicly state who you’re supporting, and when push comes to shove, people would realize how ridiculous Trump is and they aren’t going to want to go on record supporting him.

Or maybe not, but I’m starting to wonder if Trump’s support is inflated.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Jan 19, 2016 • 11:32:36am
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Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light)  Jan 19, 2016 • 11:32:57am

re: #106 Shiplord Kirel

What part of “God of Abraham” do these yokels not understand?

We have to keep theology simple and basic so it can be understood by the masses:

Our identity as Christians and as Americans is based on the simple formula that

God > Allah

not

God = Allah

/

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jaunte  Jan 19, 2016 • 11:33:12am

On the other hand, I’ve found a couple of things I will buy because I keep seeing them on Twitter.

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thecommodore  Jan 19, 2016 • 11:33:57am

re: #104 jaunte

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SHOW ME THE PART OF THE CONSTITUTION THAT MAKES THE FEC LEGAL!

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Dr. Matt  Jan 19, 2016 • 11:34:47am

re: #110 Charles Johnson

Your unhinged Chuck C. “Rage Furby” Johnson rant of the day: he’s single-handedly destroying Twitter. pic.twitter.com

He’s single-handedly destroying Twitter, which is down 6.6% for day, while using Facebook, which is down 0.2% for the day. Well played, Rage Furby, well played.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Jan 19, 2016 • 11:34:54am
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Joe Bacon  Jan 19, 2016 • 11:36:02am

re: #74 ausador

“Don’t give Trump your “legitimacy” Sarah!”

LOL

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Wow. Lil Cuppy looks like she OD’d on Percodan!

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Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light)  Jan 19, 2016 • 11:36:08am

re: #117 thecommodore

SHOW ME THE PART OF THE CONSTITUTION THAT MENTIONS A WELL REGULATED MILITIA!

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jaunte  Jan 19, 2016 • 11:37:37am

Evangelicals Like Trump’s Insult Comic Act

“…just my educated guess, but I think the explanation here is that evangelicals are feeling deeply disrespected. The coastal elites think they’re stupid, racist, intolerant, and immoral. The courts are telling them that their personal beliefs are discriminatory. The GOP leadership wants their votes but has a track record littered with failure to deliver on their promises. The strong suspicion is that the GOP establishment has been conning them all along. Add to it that a lot of the American economy has been hollowed out, particularly in the interior and rural areas. I don’t think you even need to get into fear of terrorism to explain where these folks are coming from. They’re angry with everyone.

They like Trump because he’s calling people names. He’s insulting all the powerful people that evangelicals want to see insulted.

Maybe it’s more complicated than this, but I doubt it.”
progresspond.com

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The Vicious Babushka  Jan 19, 2016 • 11:37:49am

re: #110 Charles Johnson

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Who are these “dozen journalists” who credited him with the decline of Twitter? Are they his multiple personalities?

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wrenchwench  Jan 19, 2016 • 11:37:54am

re: #119 Backwoods_Sleuth

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I can see why the guy doesn’t care for journalists.

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WhatEVs  Jan 19, 2016 • 11:38:24am

re: #43 The Vicious Babushka

Kasich and Jeb are the only GOP candidates who sound halfway normal.

No doubt. That’s their downfall. The GOP will not abide by normality. Or intelligence. Or thoughtfulness.

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The Vicious Babushka  Jan 19, 2016 • 11:39:06am

re: #125 WhatEVs

No doubt. That’s their downfall. The GOP will not abide by normality. Or intelligence. Or thoughtfulness.

I never said Jeb or Kasich were intelligent or thoughtful.

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Dr. Matt  Jan 19, 2016 • 11:40:00am

The decline of Gawker and Twitter are BOTH part of the Rage Furby’s master plans!

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Big Beautiful Door  Jan 19, 2016 • 11:40:35am

re: #109 jaunte

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Has she filed suit against Cruz yet?

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Blind Frog Belly White  Jan 19, 2016 • 11:40:39am

re: #74 ausador

“Don’t give Trump your “legitimacy” Sarah!”

LOL

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I’m starting to think S.E. Cupp is actually a character played by Katherine O’Hara.

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Shiplord Kirel  Jan 19, 2016 • 11:41:42am

A break from politics

“Breakfast is the most important drink of the day.”

Scotch Experts Review Cheap Whiskey.

Scotch Experts Review Cheap Whiskey

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Charles Johnson  Jan 19, 2016 • 11:41:50am

Today Milo Yiannopoulos is bashing Bill Nye by linking to a creationist site.

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Jenner7  Jan 19, 2016 • 11:42:10am

Huh??

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retired cynic  Jan 19, 2016 • 11:43:04am

re: #102 TedStriker

Featuring our own darthstar!

And Sleuth in the comments.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Jan 19, 2016 • 11:43:16am

oh good grief…such drama…

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FormerDirtDart  Jan 19, 2016 • 11:43:25am
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wrenchwench  Jan 19, 2016 • 11:44:40am
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FormerDirtDart  Jan 19, 2016 • 11:44:47am

re: #134 Backwoods_Sleuth

oh good grief…such drama…

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9 seconds…9

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Jan 19, 2016 • 11:45:04am

re: #137 FormerDirtDart

9 seconds…9

:D

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Decatur Deb  Jan 19, 2016 • 11:46:36am

re: #135 FormerDirtDart

Second place gets steak knives.

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The Vicious Babushka  Jan 19, 2016 • 11:46:51am
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FormerDirtDart  Jan 19, 2016 • 11:47:15am

re: #139 Decatur Deb

Second place gets steak knives.

There’s always Ebay

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Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light)  Jan 19, 2016 • 11:48:39am

re: #135 FormerDirtDart

Ammon Bundy: “We stand here a a defense.”

twelve step?

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Jan 19, 2016 • 11:48:41am

Handy stuff to know…

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Decatur Deb  Jan 19, 2016 • 11:49:37am

Off to plant Bibb lettuce in the hoophouse. The big box hardware store is carrying seedlings.

Yes, Northern Lizards, Spring is coming. BBL

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FormerDirtDart  Jan 19, 2016 • 11:50:01am

re: #142 Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light)

twelve step?

probably a typo on Les’ part, “as a” maybe?

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freetoken  Jan 19, 2016 • 11:50:15am

re: #143 Backwoods_Sleuth

I’m suspect the story about that iguana would make a good movie.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Jan 19, 2016 • 11:50:32am

jeebus…Bevin is such an asshole.

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Charles Johnson  Jan 19, 2016 • 11:52:04am

Milo’s attack on Bill Nye is not just ridiculous and stupid, it’s completely dishonest - he puts words in quotes that Nye simply never said.

His attitude towards teaching evolution is that kids “need” to believe it, “or else.” (It’s the “or else” that gets me.)

He links to the Discovery Institute to make this claim, where there’s a video of Bill Nye criticizing creationism — and nowhere in the video does Nye ever say kids need to believe in evolution “or else.” Milo just made this up.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Jan 19, 2016 • 11:52:08am

just because…

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FormerDirtDart  Jan 19, 2016 • 11:52:16am

re: #143 Backwoods_Sleuth

Handy stuff to know…

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“We’ll build a wall, a very tall wall, to stop the onslaught of Canadian Geese, to protect the free market of our American airways”

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Barefoot Grin  Jan 19, 2016 • 11:53:15am

re: #147 Backwoods_Sleuth

jeebus…Bevin is such an asshole.

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Because progress?

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Jan 19, 2016 • 11:53:34am

re: #151 Barefoot Grin

Because progress?

and probably science….

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Jan 19, 2016 • 11:54:58am

pretty much nails every Trump event.

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Blind Frog Belly White  Jan 19, 2016 • 11:55:15am

re: #147 Backwoods_Sleuth

jeebus…Bevin is such an asshole.

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Because America doesn’t see Kentucky as backward enough yet.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Jan 19, 2016 • 11:56:39am

re: #154 Blind Frog Belly White

Because America doesn’t see Kentucky as backward enough yet.

We don’t want to be just the usual 30 years late anymore…

When the World Ends I Want to be in Kentucky Because There Everything Happens Thirty Years Late

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freetoken  Jan 19, 2016 • 11:57:04am

Did I miss the Trump live stream?

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Testy Toad T  Jan 19, 2016 • 11:57:27am

re: #156 freetoken

Did I miss the Trump live stream?

I wouldn’t say you “missed” it.

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Blind Frog Belly White  Jan 19, 2016 • 11:57:34am

re: #148 Charles Johnson

Milo’s attack on Bill Nye is not just ridiculous and stupid, it’s completely dishonest - he puts words in quotes that Nye simply never said.

He links to the Discovery Institute to make this claim, where there’s a video of Bill Nye criticizing creationism — and nowhere in the video does Nye ever say kids need to believe in evolution “or else.” Milo just made this up.

My surprise, etc.

What I don’t get is why, apart from self-loathing, a gay guy would try to cozy up to Creationists who think he’s going to hell for choosing to be attracted to men.

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ausador  Jan 19, 2016 • 11:58:18am

re: #147 Backwoods_Sleuth

Who needs batteries, we have had wood and coal burning steam engines for hundreds of years!

///

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Shiplord Kirel  Jan 19, 2016 • 11:58:35am

re: #146 freetoken

I’m suspect the story about that iguana would make a good movie.

NFlight of the Iguana

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Barefoot Grin  Jan 19, 2016 • 11:58:40am

What’s this I’m hearing? CCJ took a shit on twitter?

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The Vicious Babushka  Jan 19, 2016 • 11:58:54am

re: #158 Blind Frog Belly White

My surprise, etc.

What I don’t get is why, apart from self-loathing, a gay guy would try to cozy up to Creationists who think he’s going to hell for choosing to be attracted to men.

He’s an anti-Semite but for some reason he’s BFF’s with Ben Shapiro.

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Barefoot Grin  Jan 19, 2016 • 11:59:35am

re: #159 ausador

Who needs batteries, we have had wood and coal burning steam engine for hundreds of years!

///

U of K does have a dandy mining institute.

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freetoken  Jan 19, 2016 • 12:00:15pm

re: #157 Testy Toad T

I wouldn’t say you “missed” it.

Well, he has 3 stops in Iowa today.

I thought it was the 5PM central time stop in Ames which has the “big announcement”.

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Jenner7  Jan 19, 2016 • 12:00:17pm

LIVE Stream: Donald Trump Special Announcement Rally in Ames, IA at Iowa State (1-19-16)

This rally is at 4, where he’ll make a “big” announcement.

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The Vicious Babushka  Jan 19, 2016 • 12:01:34pm

re: #165 Jenner7

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This rally is at 4, where he’ll make a “big” announcement.

He’ll announce his running mate, even though that’s not usually done until after the nomination.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Jan 19, 2016 • 12:02:20pm

No, asshat, it’s not a shame..it’s fecking criminal.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Jan 19, 2016 • 12:03:21pm

re: #167 Backwoods_Sleuth

oh look! John Wayne standing behind him!!!

spit

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Jebediah, RBG  Jan 19, 2016 • 12:04:36pm

re: #158 Blind Frog Belly White

What I don’t get is why, apart from self-loathing, a gay guy would try to cozy up to Creationists who think he’s going to hell for choosing to be attracted to men.

I think his only real goal in life is to be “scandalous.”

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Fourth Football of the Apocalypse  Jan 19, 2016 • 12:05:00pm

Branstad looks pretty sleepy

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Brother Holy Cruise Missile of Mild Acceptance  Jan 19, 2016 • 12:05:16pm

re: #169 Jebediah, RBG

I think his only real goal in life is to be “scandalous.”

well, when you are as ugly as he is…

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WhatEVs  Jan 19, 2016 • 12:05:21pm

re: #126 The Vicious Babushka

I never said Jeb or Kasich were intelligent or thoughtful.

Nobody has. :-)

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nines09  Jan 19, 2016 • 12:05:37pm

re: #45 Backwoods_Sleuth

“Without empty headed grifters like Sarah Palin paving the Grift highway for me, I would never be in this position. I mean…Look at me. Listen to me. Palin taught me how to pander and kiss ass, and just lie, cheat and steal….I owe her…Now I want her as part of my team. Cruz/Palin 2016”
Any word from John McCain? Did he have a seizure yet?

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Jebediah, RBG  Jan 19, 2016 • 12:06:01pm

re: #171 Brother Holy Cruise Missile of Mild Acceptance

And as witty and wise and…

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Blind Frog Belly White  Jan 19, 2016 • 12:06:06pm

re: #165 Jenner7

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This rally is at 4, where he’ll make a “big” announcement.

“I’ve come here today to announce that my entire campaign has been nothing but a test to see whether there was ANYTHING bigoted or outrageous that I could say that would cause me to lose support from the Right Wing. In fact, not only have I not LOST support, the more extreme I’ve become, the more support I’ve gotten! This response truly shows how hateful the GOP base has become. I hereby end my campaign and throw my support to Hillary Clinton.

“Oh, and here’s Sarah Palin, who came to endorse me for all the angry and stupid things I’ve been telling you people.”

That would be really funny.

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darthstar  Jan 19, 2016 • 12:06:35pm
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calochortus  Jan 19, 2016 • 12:06:39pm

re: #134 Backwoods_Sleuth

re: #135 FormerDirtDart

I understand that they think the national forest should be logged bare, despite the “downed wood” language, but who is going to pay to reopen those mills?

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FormerDirtDart  Jan 19, 2016 • 12:06:40pm
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Eclectic Cyborg  Jan 19, 2016 • 12:06:48pm

re: #122 jaunte

And Jesus said: “Fuck those losers! They’re not worth it.”

10 Republicans 20:16

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calochortus  Jan 19, 2016 • 12:07:35pm

re: #175 Blind Frog Belly White

That’s what I keep hoping for, but Trump keeps disappointing me.

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CuriousLurker  Jan 19, 2016 • 12:08:35pm

Uh-oh—a furious GG screed should be forthcoming:

Airport stop of Snowden reporter’s partner David Miranda ‘lawful’

The police detention of the partner of a former Guardian journalist at Heathrow Airport in 2013 was lawful, the Court of Appeal has decided.

David Miranda was carrying material from whistleblower Edward Snowden about security services’ surveillance.

He argued the stop had been a disproportionate use of anti-terrorism powers and breached human rights law.

Judges did not agree with his claim, but said existing laws did not offer enough safeguards for reporters. […]

bbc.com

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Eclectic Cyborg  Jan 19, 2016 • 12:08:37pm

I wonder if Donald Trump is heading for an “I didn’t know that mic was on” moment…

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Blind Frog Belly White  Jan 19, 2016 • 12:08:49pm

re: #178 FormerDirtDart

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That will work against them. They need the media exposure.

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Testy Toad T  Jan 19, 2016 • 12:09:40pm

re: #181 CuriousLurker

Uh-oh—a furious GG screed should be forthcoming:

Who?

/only kinda

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gocart mozart  Jan 19, 2016 • 12:09:54pm
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jaunte  Jan 19, 2016 • 12:09:57pm

re: #177 calochortus

I understand that they think the national forest should be logged bare, despite the “downed wood” language, but who is going to pay to reopen those mills?

They don’t understand how expensive that milled wood is going to be compared to the competition.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Jan 19, 2016 • 12:09:58pm

re: #178 FormerDirtDart

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Wednesdays are church days for evangelicals.

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Blind Frog Belly White  Jan 19, 2016 • 12:09:59pm

re: #182 Eclectic Cyborg

I wonder if Donald Trump is heading for an “I didn’t know that mic was on” moment…

Though seriously, what’s there left for him to say? If he calls Obama a N*****, he’ll get cheered. Maybe if he calls Ben Carson that….

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The Vicious Babushka  Jan 19, 2016 • 12:10:43pm

re: #175 Blind Frog Belly White

“I’ve come here today to announce that my entire campaign has been nothing but a test to see whether there was ANYTHING bigoted or outrageous that I could say that would cause me to lose support from the Right Wing. In fact, not only have I not LOST support, the more extreme I’ve become, the more support I’ve gotten! This response truly shows how hateful the GOP base has become. I hereby end my campaign and throw my support to Hillary Clinton.

“Oh, and here’s Sarah Palin, who came to endorse me for all the angry and stupid things I’ve been telling you people.”

That would be really funny.

That would be assuming some degree of self-awareness and humility on his part.

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Eclectic Cyborg  Jan 19, 2016 • 12:10:50pm

re: #188 Blind Frog Belly White

Though seriously, what’s there left for him to say? If he calls Obama a N*****, he’ll get cheered. Maybe if he calls Ben Carson that….

I was just thinking the same thing lol.

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calochortus  Jan 19, 2016 • 12:10:55pm

re: #186 jaunte

They don’t understand how expensive that milled wood is going to be compared to the competition.

Or that reopening a mill that has been closed for 40 years or so might entail some additional costs.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Jan 19, 2016 • 12:11:32pm

re: #186 jaunte

They don’t understand how expensive that milled wood is going to be compared to the competition.

Also, logs get shipped to China now for milling and sent back here as finished lumber. Been that way for a very very long time now.

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Testy Toad T  Jan 19, 2016 • 12:12:21pm

re: #177 calochortus

I understand that they think the national forest should be logged bare, despite the “downed wood” language, but who is going to pay to reopen those mills?

We’ve learned that a good, healthy forest needs some down timber in it for habitat for little critters, food from fungus and whatnot, biodiversity, and a host of other reasons.

Just the usual empty-skulled fuck-the-environment chatter.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Jan 19, 2016 • 12:12:30pm

Only large scale mills here now deal with pulp for paper products.

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jaunte  Jan 19, 2016 • 12:14:05pm

“It doesn’t have to make economic sense, we have guns!”

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freetoken  Jan 19, 2016 • 12:15:13pm

re: #195 jaunte

“It doesn’t have to make economic sense, we have guns!”

Big guns.

Real big guns.

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b.d.  Jan 19, 2016 • 12:15:56pm
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Eclectic Cyborg  Jan 19, 2016 • 12:16:12pm

re: #193 Testy Toad T

We’ve learned that a good, healthy forest needs some down timber in it for habitat for little critters, food from fungus and whatnot, biodiversity, and a host of other reasons.

Just the usual empty-skulled fuck-the-environment chatter.

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FormerDirtDart  Jan 19, 2016 • 12:16:17pm

OK, maybe SC’s Journalism standards bill is on to something

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Eclectic Cyborg  Jan 19, 2016 • 12:16:44pm

re: #197 b.d.

On the next season of American Horror Story…

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calochortus  Jan 19, 2016 • 12:17:28pm

re: #193 Testy Toad T

We’ve learned that a good, healthy forest needs some down timber in it for habitat for little critters, food from fungus and whatnot, biodiversity, and a host of other reasons.

Just the usual empty-skulled fuck-the-environment chatter.

Yup, although many forests have too many small trees and downed wood in the understory because of our 100 years of never, ever let anything burn policy. Trouble is, that stuff is uneconomic to clear out because it can’t be cut into boards.

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scottslemmons  Jan 19, 2016 • 12:19:14pm

re: #199 FormerDirtDart

OK, maybe SC’s Journalism standards bill is on to something

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That dog puppet is terribly uncivil.

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plansbandc  Jan 19, 2016 • 12:19:31pm

Fighting for the endorsement of the women who kept me from voting R for the last time.

This is how far gone they are. Damn.

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freetoken  Jan 19, 2016 • 12:19:52pm

New movie title: Return of the Puppets

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nines09  Jan 19, 2016 • 12:21:12pm

re: #199 FormerDirtDart

OK, maybe SC’s Journalism standards bill is on to something

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Isn’t that Triumph the insult dog comic?

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GlutenFreeJesus  Jan 19, 2016 • 12:21:51pm

re: #199 FormerDirtDart

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Brother Holy Cruise Missile of Mild Acceptance  Jan 19, 2016 • 12:21:53pm

re: #205 nines09

Isn’t that Triumph the insult dog comic?

I believe it is.

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freetoken  Jan 19, 2016 • 12:22:29pm

Is this the big Snowbillies vs. QuackDynasty battle for which we’ve all been waiting?

Should Trump call his buddy Vince McMahon and get this on the next Wrestlemania?

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Jan 19, 2016 • 12:23:23pm

re: #201 calochortus

Yup, although many forests have too many small trees and downed wood in the understory because of our 100 years of never, ever let anything burn policy. Trouble is, that stuff is uneconomic to clear out because it can’t be cut into boards.

I own almost 200 acres of managed timberland. I am constantly being approached by cheapass loggers who try to convince me to clearcut. We did a serious logging about 10 years ago as a result of an icestorm that severely damaged most of my logwoods. I had to put my foot down even then to stop the logging after three months when my no-clearcutting instructions were obviously being ignored.

As for the small stuff that can’t be cut into boards, it can be pulped for paper products.
If it’s hardwood, the new market is for pellet stove fuel.

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nines09  Jan 19, 2016 • 12:23:53pm

TRIUMPre: #207 Brother Holy Cruise Missile of Mild Acceptance
That ought to be a scream. I wonder how far he’ll get.

NSFW

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GlutenFreeJesus  Jan 19, 2016 • 12:24:18pm

re: #209 Backwoods_Sleuth

Pellets, chunks, and chips! What kind of wood do you have over yonder? :D

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calochortus  Jan 19, 2016 • 12:26:36pm

re: #209 Backwoods_Sleuth

I own almost 200 acres of managed timberland. I am constantly being approached by cheapass loggers who try to convince me to clearcut. We did a serious logging about 10 years ago as a result of an icestorm that severely damaged most of my logwoods. I had to put my foot down even then to stop the logging after three months when my no-clearcutting instructions were obviously being ignored.

As for the small stuff that can’t be cut into boards, it can be pulped for paper products.
If it’s hardwood, the new market is for pellet stove fuel.

But the small stuff generally doesn’t pay enough for the labor-intensive job of removing it without the oh-so-easy clearcutting.

And good for you for properly managing your timber.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Jan 19, 2016 • 12:26:48pm

re: #211 GlutenFreeJesus

Pellets, chunks, and chips! What kind of wood do you have over yonder? :D

Something like 75% of my timber is chestnut oak. The rest is maple, poplar, slippery elm and, to a smaller extent, persimmon, pawpaw, sassafras, cedar. I also have about an acre or so of white pines and a few dozen Scotch pines that we planted about 20 years ago.

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jaunte  Jan 19, 2016 • 12:27:57pm
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Big Beautiful Door  Jan 19, 2016 • 12:30:21pm

re: #151 Barefoot Grin

Because progress?

Its a front in the “War on Coal” which in Kentucky is just as big a threat as the “War on Christmas.”

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Jenner7  Jan 19, 2016 • 12:30:24pm

Sigh…

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scottslemmons  Jan 19, 2016 • 12:30:30pm

re: #210 nines09

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Video
That ought to be a scream. I wonder how far he’ll get.

Oh god, the Occupy guys were mostly cool with the jokes. The teabaggers think humor is a commie plot — they’ll kill the poor guy.

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nines09  Jan 19, 2016 • 12:31:44pm

re: #217 scottslemmons

Oh god, the Occupy guys were mostly cool with the jokes. The teabaggers think humor is a commie plot — they’ll kill the poor guy.

Oh he’s been around the block. If they let him roll……He’s been thrown out of better places than that.

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jaunte  Jan 19, 2016 • 12:32:37pm
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Belafon  Jan 19, 2016 • 12:33:09pm

I can thank Sarah Palin for one thing: My sister. In the 2008 election, my sister and her husband were seriously looking at McCain as a viable candidate. He’s a career Air Force guy, and she’d been in the Air Force. Then McCain chose Palin. My sister took one look at her and basically said not only no, but hell no.

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GlutenFreeJesus  Jan 19, 2016 • 12:34:04pm

re: #210 nines09

7:10 lol

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nines09  Jan 19, 2016 • 12:34:16pm

Has Senator McCain experienced any chest pain today?

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Big Beautiful Door  Jan 19, 2016 • 12:34:50pm

re: #200 Eclectic Cyborg

On the next season of American Horror Story…

AHS: GOP Campaign

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Belafon  Jan 19, 2016 • 12:35:11pm

re: #147 Backwoods_Sleuth

jeebus…Bevin is such an asshole.

Job creators my ass.

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wrenchwench  Jan 19, 2016 • 12:41:31pm
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BeachDem  Jan 19, 2016 • 12:41:58pm

re: #54 Timothy Watson

That’s for real:
scstatehouse.gov (Hit “Find Bills on the bottom right” and scroll to the bottom)

He fought tooth and nail to stop the confederate flag from coming down last year too.

Yeah, he’s a real asshole. And the Post and Courier hurt his fee-fees, so he’s out to get journalists.

postandcourier.com

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Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light)  Jan 19, 2016 • 12:45:17pm

re: #186 jaunte

They don’t understand how expensive that milled wood is going to be compared to the competition.

They are simply going to mill it for the dignity of doing hard work…

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freetoken  Jan 19, 2016 • 12:45:32pm

More Cruzenfreude:

Donald Trump Catches Ted Cruz in a Flip-Flop on Birthright Citizenship

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wrenchwench  Jan 19, 2016 • 12:48:01pm

[…]

“I think Wallace said a lot of stuff just to get ahead,” Lewis, 75, said in the wide-ranging interview. “He used the tools of demagoguery around the issue of race and the federal government telling us what do to and how to do it.”

Trump thinks inflaming political tensions “would be his ticket to the White House,” said Lewis, whose scars are still visible from the fractured skull he suffered in 1965 attempting to march across Alabama’s Edmund Pettus Bridge with other protesters.

“Many of my Republican friends fear where he can take them,” he said of Trump, 69. “They feel that it may mean the destruction of the Republican Party.”

[…]

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Dr Lizardo  Jan 19, 2016 • 12:48:50pm

OK, Lizards. Here’s a little video from VŠB - Technical University of Ostrava.

Like a promotional video, basically. I teach here twice here a week. English lecturer.

Doc. Vlákno - Hey lamo!

:)

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Jenner7  Jan 19, 2016 • 12:48:55pm

re: #229 wrenchwench

Maddow did a segment on this a couple weeks ago. It was startling how similar they are.

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KGxvi  Jan 19, 2016 • 12:49:26pm

re: #37 freetoken

I read a great book a few years back, called A History of God by Karen Armstrong, that outlined how Judaism, Christianity, and Islam all worship the same God and how the understanding of God changed over time, location, and circumstances. Really worth a read.

It doesn’t surprise me at all that fundamentalists would not bother to investigate the beliefs of others, it might challenge their own beliefs, and you can’t have that.

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lawhawk  Jan 19, 2016 • 12:51:13pm

Gah. Had some nitwit claiming that they think research from 13 Hours will somehow prove Hillary responsible for Benghazi.

Yeah, Michael Bay’s research into Benghazi somehow uncovered information that multiple Congressional investigations failed to do. Or hundreds and thousands of hours by journalists to piece things together.

These people are not right in the head.

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wrenchwench  Jan 19, 2016 • 12:51:44pm

re: #231 Jenner7

Maddow did a segment on this a couple weeks ago. It was startling how similar they are.

Silly me. I thought Wallace was gone for good.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Jan 19, 2016 • 12:51:57pm
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Kragar  Jan 19, 2016 • 12:52:43pm

“Ted Cruz, in many ways, is the thinking man’s Donald Trump,” she asserted. “He’s a religious man that I think a lot of people especially in the hardcore evangelical parts of Iowa can digest as being much more religious. And I think that’s going to play really well for Ted Cruz.”

How often do we hear about how madrasas are bad because all they do is teach the Koran?

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KGxvi  Jan 19, 2016 • 12:53:25pm

re: #42 freetoken

I suspect Kasich is just benefitting from the crash of Jeb! and Rubio sputtering.

Perhaps many NH Republicans are not fundamentalist yo-yos, but that doesn’t mean they are Trumpers either.

I get the feeling that many long time Republicans are feeling lost. Maybe they are just getting old and are just now realizing the world is changing. Well, we’ll see in a few weeks.

If Trump loses Iowa and New Hampshire - a very real possibility - I think he falls back to the pack because his aura of invincibility will disappear. Right now, I think part of the reason he polls well in the national primary polls is that there is something of a feedback loop - people who might normally be “undecided” or a weak supporter of someone else figures Trump is the guy they need to get behind because he’s leaning. But once he loses actual primaries, that support will fade, as it typically does.

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lawhawk  Jan 19, 2016 • 12:53:35pm

Awww… Fuhgeddaboudit.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Jan 19, 2016 • 12:54:09pm
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The Vicious Babushka  Jan 19, 2016 • 12:54:09pm

re: #230 Dr Lizardo

OK, Lizards. Here’s a little video from VŠB - Technical University of Ostrava.

Like a promotional video, basically. I teach here twice here a week. English lecturer.

[Embedded content]

Video

:)

That is very cool!

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freetoken  Jan 19, 2016 • 12:55:11pm

re: #234 wrenchwench

Silly me. I thought Wallace was gone for good.

The spirit of Wallace lived on, alas. Now his forces are gathering in the east South for one, last, great war.

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Kragar  Jan 19, 2016 • 12:55:12pm

re: #238 lawhawk

[Embedded content]

Awww… Fuhgeddaboudit.

PS Fuck Texas!

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nines09  Jan 19, 2016 • 12:55:16pm

re: #238 lawhawk

But not as much as we make fun of Texas, Rick. Tool.

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BeachDem  Jan 19, 2016 • 12:55:39pm

re: #110 Charles Johnson

[Embedded content]

When exactly was it that he was explicitly blamed for the platform’s demise by a dozen journalists? (I must have been washing my hair when that happened)

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Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light)  Jan 19, 2016 • 12:56:12pm

re: #230 Dr Lizardo

OK, Lizards. Here’s a little video from VŠB - Technical University of Ostrava.

Like a promotional video, basically. I teach here twice here a week. English lecturer.

[Embedded content]

Video

:)

Awesome. My buddy and bandmate teaches at the Technical University in Tampere, Finland; I always found them pretty hip but not half as cool as Ostrava!

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Dr Lizardo  Jan 19, 2016 • 12:58:34pm

re: #240 The Vicious Babushka

That is very cool!

VŠB-TUO is ranked as the number one technical university in the Czech Republic, and they’re wanting to recruit students from not only this country, but from neighboring countries, and indeed, globally.

The language of instruction in many of the classes is English, especially in Computer Sciences.

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freetoken  Jan 19, 2016 • 12:59:43pm
Even so, it is an amazing testament to how widely disliked Cruz is by the party establishment that Branstad is willing to go on the record against him this close to the caucuses. Normally, if Branstad really didn’t like a candidate he would either a) make that known to influential grass-roots folks and donors and let it be or b) endorse some other candidate. Branstad is saying, in essence: You can support whoever you want. But make sure it’s not Ted Cruz. To single out Cruz in that way speaks to a level of personal animus that is somewhat remarkable for politicians at this level.

I wonder what Cruz says/does in the backrooms that so pisses off the Republican “establishment”?

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FormerDirtDart  Jan 19, 2016 • 12:59:49pm
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Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light)  Jan 19, 2016 • 1:00:31pm

re: #246 Dr Lizardo

VŠB-TUO is ranked as the number one technical university in the Czech Republic, and they’re wanting to recruit students from not only this country, but from neighboring countries, and indeed, globally.

The language of instruction in many of the classes is English, especially in Computer Sciences.

That is certainly the case in Tampere, they could not get in enough qualified staff if they could only recruit from Finland.

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Dr Lizardo  Jan 19, 2016 • 1:01:18pm

re: #245 Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light)

Awesome. My buddy and bandmate teaches at the Technical University in Tampere, Finland; I always found them pretty hip but not half as cool as Ostrava!

I thought I’d post it here because I was curious as to what the Lizard community thought of it. It’s different. Most promotional videos are usually more on the serious side, so with this one, they went with a unique approach.

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makeitstop  Jan 19, 2016 • 1:01:29pm

re: #247 freetoken

I wonder what Cruz says/does in the backrooms that so pisses off the Republican “establishment”?

Act like he’s God’s chosen candidate?

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Fourth Football of the Apocalypse  Jan 19, 2016 • 1:03:08pm

So we have to wait until tonight for The Donald’s YUUUGE announcement?

I can’t stand it.

/

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Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light)  Jan 19, 2016 • 1:03:20pm

re: #247 freetoken

I wonder what Cruz says/does in the backrooms that so pisses off the Republican “establishment”?

They are still trying to govern using the tried and true methods of compromise and give-and-take, he is a total hard-nosed ideologue who has torpedoed major deals and made it sound like his own party was betraying America.

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Dr Lizardo  Jan 19, 2016 • 1:03:39pm

re: #249 Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light)

That is certainly the case in Tampere, they could not get in enough qualified staff if they could only recruit from Finland.

It’s a globalized world. You need to be able to have a global reach.

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GlutenFreeJesus  Jan 19, 2016 • 1:03:45pm

re: #251 makeitstop

Act like he’s God’s chosen candidate?

That would be my guess.

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KGxvi  Jan 19, 2016 • 1:04:30pm

re: #247 freetoken

I wonder what Cruz says/does in the backrooms that so pisses off the Republican “establishment”?

Hasn’t he blown up a couple pieces of legislation that would have otherwise been seen as Republican “wins”? I vaguely recall he pissed off the House GOP leadership at least once by getting TPers in the House to split with the leadership on something important.

If he’s done that in public a few times, I wouldn’t be surprised if he did it a lot of times behind the scenes.

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gwangung  Jan 19, 2016 • 1:07:52pm

re: #248 FormerDirtDart

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More Republican micromanagement, based on gut feeling, which contradicts what actually happens in the real world.

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Kragar  Jan 19, 2016 • 1:08:28pm
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WhatEVs  Jan 19, 2016 • 1:08:51pm

re: #236 Kragar

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How often do we hear about how madrasas are bad because all they do is teach the Koran?

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ipsos  Jan 19, 2016 • 1:09:53pm

re: #259 WhatEVs

After what Trump said about her father, she’d blow Cruz on 5th Ave if it would fuck Trump.

LGF Weight Loss Plan (guaranteed to work!):

Read this comment before any planned meal.

You won’t ever need to eat again.

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WhatEVs  Jan 19, 2016 • 1:11:36pm

re: #260 ipsos

Too much? Should I make it private?

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lawhawk  Jan 19, 2016 • 1:11:46pm

Capitulate to Democrats?

Cruz isn’t a politician. He’s something else entirely - thinking that politics is zero sum, and that if he doesn’t get 100% of what he wants, he will blow up the system in a tantrum.

Scorched earth tactics win him no friends even among his own caucus. Politics is the art of compromise. Everyone gets something, no one gets everything.

But even here, the Cruz and other extremists in the GOP think that even allowing Obamacare to survive is somehow capitulation, even though the GOP were the ones who initially came up with the individual mandate and Romney was the one credited with MassCare, on which Obamacare is based.

This is just how bugnuts the GOP is. They are completely divorced from reality and how legislating and governing is done - two key jobs of being an elected official.

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The Vicious Babushka  Jan 19, 2016 • 1:12:51pm

re: #259 WhatEVs

That needs spoiler tags. I threw up in my mouth.

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WhatEVs  Jan 19, 2016 • 1:13:57pm

re: #263 The Vicious Babushka

That needs spoiler tags. I threw up in my mouth.

Done.

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The Vicious Babushka  Jan 19, 2016 • 1:14:48pm

Wingnuts are blaming Democrats for the Flint water fuckup, because of course they are

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wrenchwench  Jan 19, 2016 • 1:17:41pm
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EPR-radar  Jan 19, 2016 • 1:17:54pm

re: #265 The Vicious Babushka

Wingnuts are blaming Democrats for the Flint water fuckup, because of course they are

[Embedded content]

This stupidity isn’t just for wingnuts. Blaming the Democrats for the Flint water disaster is the GOP party line, parroted by GOP apologists everywhere.

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ipsos  Jan 19, 2016 • 1:18:10pm

re: #261 WhatEVs

Too much? Should I make it private?

What has been seen, even if only in the mind’s eye, can never be unseen.

And anyway, I needed to lose 10 pounds or so, so dinner can wait.

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lawhawk  Jan 19, 2016 • 1:21:46pm

re: #265 The Vicious Babushka

Wingnuts are blaming Democrats for the Flint water fuckup, because of course they are

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40 years of no problems with the water supply, followed by GOP immediately screwing up the water supply for Flint. Yeah, I can see how the GOP wants to blame the Democrats for setting them up for failure like that.

Hard to run on that record.

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wrenchwench  Jan 19, 2016 • 1:21:59pm

A federal appeals court is siding with the U.S. government in a decades-old legal battle over livestock grazing rights in Nevada.

In addition to overturning an earlier ruling in favor of Nevada ranchers, the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals strongly admonished a district judge in Reno for abusing his power and exhibiting personal bias against U.S. land managers.

In a pair of opinions issued Friday, the appellate court in San Francisco ruled the late Wayne Hage and his family were guilty of trespassing cattle on federal land illegally without a grazing permit and should be subject to fines.

[…]

The long arm of the law is slow, but long. So is its memory.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Jan 19, 2016 • 1:22:12pm
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The Vicious Babushka  Jan 19, 2016 • 1:23:57pm

re: #269 lawhawk

40 years of no problems with the water supply, followed by GOP immediately screwing up the water supply for Flint. Yeah, I can see how the GOP wants to blame the Democrats for setting them up for failure like that.

Hard to run on that record.

The “Party of Personal Responsibility” will always find someone else to blame for their fuckups.

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The Vicious Babushka  Jan 19, 2016 • 1:27:59pm
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dog philosopher ஐஒஔ௸  Jan 19, 2016 • 1:28:25pm

presumably palin will supply us with some prize exhibition word salad when she endorses der donald

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BeachDem  Jan 19, 2016 • 1:28:50pm

re: #265 The Vicious Babushka

Wingnuts are blaming Democrats for the Flint water fuckup, because of course they are

[Embedded content]

And then there’s this asshole:

As the political heat intensifies around the Flint water contamination crisis, Rep. Justin Amash stands by himself among the Michigan congressional delegation by opposing federal intervention and assistance.

Amash, R-Cascade Township, takes the position that the state should be at the forefront in responding to the crisis.

mlive.com

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Dr Lizardo  Jan 19, 2016 • 1:29:15pm

re: #274 dog philosopher ஐஒஔ௸

presumably palin will supply us with some prize exhibition word salad when she endorses der donald

Here’s some pre-emptive brain bleach for that.

Die Toten Hosen - Vida Desesperada

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Fourth Football of the Apocalypse  Jan 19, 2016 • 1:29:31pm

re: #272 The Vicious Babushka

The “Party of Personal Responsibility” will always find someone else to blame for their fuckups.

“Well, look, I mean if people are getting bad water why don’t they just move?”

////

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Decatur Deb  Jan 19, 2016 • 1:29:45pm

re: #261 WhatEVs

Too much? Should I make it private?

You should make it a t-shirt.

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calochortus  Jan 19, 2016 • 1:31:49pm

re: #275 BeachDem

And then there’s this asshole:

As the political heat intensifies around the Flint water contamination crisis, Rep. Justin Amash stands by himself among the Michigan congressional delegation by opposing federal intervention and assistance.

Amash, R-Cascade Township, takes the position that the state should be at the forefront in responding to the crisis.

mlive.com

Well, I could go along with that if I thought for an instant that he intended to actually have the state do anything about it. You know, the state caused it and the state will fix it. But they won’t.

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wrenchwench  Jan 19, 2016 • 1:35:47pm

[…]

Hillary could have gone through the entire primary and—should she secure the nomination—the entire general election without having to address the landscape of inequality in our country with respect to abortion care. She could have euphemised and Planned Parenthood-praised her way around the word abortion and relied on her gender to build support in the reproductive rights community. There will be enough sexism circulating through the campaign coverage courtesy of talking heads and the GOP for her to be the better repro candidate by default.

But she was bolder than she had to be.

[…]

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The Vicious Babushka  Jan 19, 2016 • 1:37:15pm
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Fourth Football of the Apocalypse  Jan 19, 2016 • 1:38:05pm

re: #252 Fourth Football of the Apocalypse

So we have to wait until tonight for The Donald’s YUUUGE announcement?

I can’t stand it.

/

CNN just announced it, Half Gov Palin for Trump. I’d a thought Cruz more aligned with her theology. Either way we all get more popcorn.

[Palin]Pay attention to ME!!!!1[/Palin]

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Ace-o-aces  Jan 19, 2016 • 1:39:29pm

re: #58 Charles Johnson

Twitter’s stock is down (like a lot of stocks right now), and it’s all because of Chuck C. Johnson. He is all-powerful.

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“The sun rose today. You’re welcome.” - Chuck C. Johnson.

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Fourth Football of the Apocalypse  Jan 19, 2016 • 1:40:29pm

re: #272 The Vicious Babushka

The “Party of Personal Responsibility” will always find someone else to blame for their fuckups.

“Look, I mean, if people want water why don’t they just dig their own well? Why should the state, city, the taxpayer whatever have to give it to them? #FreeStuff #PersonalResponsibility”

////

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Ace-o-aces  Jan 19, 2016 • 1:40:32pm

re: #281 The Vicious Babushka

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freetoken  Jan 19, 2016 • 1:40:33pm

re: #281 The Vicious Babushka

A significant fraction of African American males carry Y chromosomes that are part of European haplogroups. There are many African Americans who also have mitochondrial DNA haplogroups that map to European populations, but this is much less frequent than in the case of the Y chromosome.

This means that in European-African matings, much more often the African was female, the male was European.

This kind of speaks loudly about this issue.

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calochortus  Jan 19, 2016 • 1:40:47pm

Off to do a little weaving. I’m finishing up some wool yardage (haven’t quite decided what I’ll make out of it yet. Nothing like changing horses in mid stream project.)

BBL

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Not a Sparkly Vampire  Jan 19, 2016 • 1:40:59pm

Good afternoon.

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wrenchwench  Jan 19, 2016 • 1:41:49pm

re: #286 freetoken

A significant fraction of African American males carry Y chromosomes that are part of European haplogroups. There are many African Americans who also have mitochondrial DNA haplogroups that map to European populations, but this is much less frequent than in the case of the Y chromosome.

This means that in European-African matings, much more often the African was female, then male was European.

This kind of speaks loudly about this issue.

But that’s SCIENCE. They can’t hear it.

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WhatEVs  Jan 19, 2016 • 1:43:13pm
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Ace-o-aces  Jan 19, 2016 • 1:46:31pm

re: #199 FormerDirtDart

OK, maybe SC’s Journalism standards bill is on to something

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Or maybe it’s time for Conan to return that bit.

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SteveMcGaziBolaGate RN  Jan 19, 2016 • 1:46:43pm

re: #252 Fourth Football of the Apocalypse

So we have to wait until tonight for The Donald’s YUUUGE announcement?

I can’t stand it.

/

At least. She’s probably still trying to get her lines right: “I induce Donald Trump… I suppose Donald Trump will make a great… I Got it!! I endorse Donald Duck for President!”

293
SteveMcGaziBolaGate RN  Jan 19, 2016 • 1:48:24pm

For a guy who’s in front, Trump sure is doing everything he can to not get elected President of the US.

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Testy Toad T  Jan 19, 2016 • 1:48:58pm

I wonder if Princess Dumbass of the Northwoods’ grift-faucet is going to be turned off at Fox. Speaking broadly, I figured the threat of such was at least part of what was keeping anybody from endorsing Trump.

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SteveMcGaziBolaGate RN  Jan 19, 2016 • 1:50:03pm

re: #294 Testy Toad T

I wonder if Princess Dumbass of the Northwoods’ grift-faucet is going to be turned off at Fox. Speaking broadly, I figured the threat of such was at least part of what was keeping anybody from endorsing Trump.

I think SarahPac is going to get a shot in the arm tonight.

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WhatEVs  Jan 19, 2016 • 1:50:20pm

re: #293 SteveMcGaziBolaGate RN

For a guy who’s in front, Trump sure is doing everything he can to not get elected President of the US.

You know, I’ve been thinking that for a couple of weeks now. I think there’s no way his ego handles it if it’s not on his terms.

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freetoken  Jan 19, 2016 • 1:53:01pm

re: #296 WhatEVs

You know, I’ve been thinking that for a couple of weeks now. I think there’s no way his ego handles it if it’s not on his terms.

I think that’s exactly it.

Hi ego has written a check that his brains can’t cash.

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Blind Frog Belly White  Jan 19, 2016 • 1:54:38pm

re: #286 freetoken

A significant fraction of African American males carry Y chromosomes that are part of European haplogroups. There are many African Americans who also have mitochondrial DNA haplogroups that map to European populations, but this is much less frequent than in the case of the Y chromosome.

This means that in European-African matings, much more often the African was female, then male was European.

This kind of speaks loudly about this issue.

Well, I’m sure all those slave women gave their consent.
/////

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FormerDirtDart  Jan 19, 2016 • 1:56:26pm
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jaunte  Jan 19, 2016 • 2:00:09pm

”..In addition to overturning an earlier ruling in favor of Nevada ranchers, the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals strongly admonished a district judge in Reno for abusing his power and exhibiting personal bias against U.S. land managers.

In a pair of opinions issued Friday, the appellate court in San Francisco ruled the late Wayne Hage and his family were guilty of trespassing cattle on federal land illegally without a grazing permit and should be subject to fines.”

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Jan 19, 2016 • 2:03:37pm

re: #300 jaunte

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wrenchwench  Jan 19, 2016 • 2:05:21pm

re: #301 Backwoods_Sleuth

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And the judge has ‘Clive’ as a middle name. He should no longer be on the bench (not because of his name).

In remanding the case back to the lower court in Reno, a three-judge panel of the 9th Circuit took the unusual step of ordering a different district judge to handle the case.

Such a move is warranted “only in rare and extraordinary circumstances, such as when the district court has exhibited personal bias or when reassignment is advisable to maintain the appearance of justice,” Judge Susan Graber wrote in the 3-0 decision.

“We regretfully conclude that the quoted standard is met here because a reasonable observer could conclude that the judge’s feelings against (the federal agencies) are both well-established and inappropriately strong,” she said.

Jones, a former bankruptcy judge in Las Vegas who was appointed by President George W. Bush in 2003, has had his share of conflict with the 9th Circuit Court. His rejection of same-sex marriage in Nevada in 2012 was overturned by the appeals court in 2014. So was his 2012 effort to pull “None of These Candidates” off Nevada’s ballots.

More recently, Jones was overturned in September 2015 when the 9th Circuit revived a lawsuit against the Nevada Health and Human Services Department over the issue of disenfranchising potential low-income and disabled voters.

Read more here: bellinghamherald.com

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jaunte  Jan 19, 2016 • 2:09:06pm

re: #302 wrenchwench

Judges gone wild.

“…In a case involving the Bureau of Land Management, Jones said Bogden “serves under an Attorney General who, under the guise of prosecutorial discretion, selectively enforces laws to further political objectives that ought to be left to the legislature. There is simply no presumption that his subordinates are above ethical reproach.”

The appellate court said because Jones didn’t cite a reason for not allowing a federal attorney to practice, “comments like these create a real risk that the policy would, rightly or wrongly, be viewed as an encroachment on the domain of the political branches.”

Jones seems to be guided by his personal beliefs instead of the law. He was nominated by President George W. Bush in December 2003 and is an active member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

It’s no secret that some federal judges play politics and because of their lifetime appointments don’t care how many times they are called out on it.

You need to know who they are, even if there’s little you can do about it.

The appellate court, however, can do plenty.”
reviewjournal.com

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Rocky-in-Connecticut  Jan 19, 2016 • 2:09:08pm

re: #66 ObserverArt

Pffhhhh.. I know a couple of “hedge fund managers”.. All they are are day-trading type stock brokers from their living rooms in their underwear watching CNBC all morning calling a 5 client list a “hedge fund.”

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Tigger2  Jan 19, 2016 • 2:09:49pm

Would have put a snark / on that tweet but people wouldn’t know what it was. Hell Trumps a Republican, Party First is what they are all about.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Jan 19, 2016 • 2:09:54pm

and

Cliven Bundy owns nothing…everything is in his wife’s name

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Jan 19, 2016 • 2:10:40pm
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Trump: Free hair gel from me. Come to the beach!  Jan 19, 2016 • 2:11:41pm
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Tigger2  Jan 19, 2016 • 2:12:08pm
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Jenner7  Jan 19, 2016 • 2:14:52pm
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wrenchwench  Jan 19, 2016 • 2:15:21pm

re: #307 Backwoods_Sleuth

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Chenoweth was evil. I did not know she was also dead.

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b.d.  Jan 19, 2016 • 2:16:50pm

re: #310 Jenner7

[Embedded content]

There is no way O’Malley is polling that high

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Rocky-in-Connecticut  Jan 19, 2016 • 2:17:19pm

re: #238 lawhawk

[Embedded content]

Awww… Fuhgeddaboudit.

And he then followed that up with:
‘…. And it’s alright to say “nigga” because black people say it.”

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Not a Sparkly Vampire  Jan 19, 2016 • 2:17:33pm

re: #311 wrenchwench

Chenoweth was evil. I did not know she was also dead.

Also an idiot.

On October 2, 2006, Chenoweth-Hage was killed after being thrown from the passenger seat of a sport utility vehicle that overturned on an isolated highway in central Nevada, near Tonopah. She was not wearing a seatbelt. Her (step) daughter-in-law and grandson, who were also in the vehicle, suffered only minor injuries.

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wrenchwench  Jan 19, 2016 • 2:18:41pm

re: #314 Not a Sparkly Vampire

Also an idiot.

She was probably opposed to seatbelts because the federal government said they were good.

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Tigger2  Jan 19, 2016 • 2:23:43pm

It’s part of a discussion about Vacation time. ^

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Slap  Jan 19, 2016 • 2:27:49pm

re: #232 KGxvi

I read a great book a few years back, called A History of God by Karen Armstrong, that outlined how Judaism, Christianity, and Islam all worship the same God and how the understanding of God changed over time, location, and circumstances. Really worth a read.

It doesn’t surprise me at all that fundamentalists would not bother to investigate the beliefs of others, it might challenge their own beliefs, and you can’t have that.

Ms. Armstrong’s work is wise and incredibly important. What vision!

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Decatur Deb  Jan 19, 2016 • 2:33:01pm

re: #316 Tigger2

[Embedded content]

(Pssstt) Hawaii is in the US, Jim.

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Joe Bacon  Jan 19, 2016 • 5:21:58pm

re: #311 wrenchwench

Chenoweth was evil. I did not know she was also dead.

I dealt with her once. I swear to the Flying Spaghetti Monster that if I ever had to deal with that shrew again, I would have had my pal’s Cajun mom make a voodoo doll of Chenoweth that I could stick a hundred pins in!


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