Video: Donald Trump Calls Ted Cruz “A Pussy” Because He Doesn’t Fully Embrace Torture

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Here’s Donald Trump again — I know, right? — calling Ted Cruz “a pussy” because he didn’t enthusiastically embrace torture. Trump plays it coy, which is pretty freaking nauseating to watch.

The Republican front-runner. What can you even say at this point?

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244 comments
1
Charles Johnson  Feb 8, 2016 • 5:57:15pm

Rage Furby isn’t gonna like this.

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Kragar  Feb 8, 2016 • 5:58:45pm

Next GOP debate:

“Well Ted, are you, in fact, a pussy?”

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jhncsy  Feb 8, 2016 • 5:58:54pm

Ugh, I can’t find the link, but isn’t Cruz’s problem with torture is that we’re calling it torture. As I understand it, he’s perfectly fine with “enhanced interrogation techniques.” The only difference between the two on torture is that one of them is willing to own it.

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Barefoot Grin  Feb 8, 2016 • 5:59:03pm

Ok, back on full Trump-hate mode with an asterisk.

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jaunte  Feb 8, 2016 • 5:59:14pm
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Kragar  Feb 8, 2016 • 5:59:22pm

Got a live one

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Great White Snark  Feb 8, 2016 • 5:59:32pm

Redefining to a whole new level-I present to you The Bully Pulpit.
Now just imagine that guy in charge. Yikes. Must not happen.

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Decatur Deb  Feb 8, 2016 • 5:59:54pm

If HRC can’t win this, the Dems need to disband and put the furnishings on eBay.

(Still, I get these uneasy moments…)

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Barefoot Grin  Feb 8, 2016 • 6:01:06pm

re: #5 jaunte

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Christ, I’d hate to be a pledge in his frat.

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Eclectic Cyborg  Feb 8, 2016 • 6:01:13pm

Imagine the Wingnut shrieking if Obama or Hillary called Ted Cruz a pussy.

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Targetpractice  Feb 8, 2016 • 6:01:14pm

If Bill Clinton talked Trump into this run, then the man deserves a spot on Mt. Rushmore.

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Eclectic Cyborg  Feb 8, 2016 • 6:02:17pm

re: #9 Barefoot Grin

Christ, I’d hate to be a pledge in his frat.

That could actually be a great B horror movie: An insane Fraternity that actually DOES torture its pledges.

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HappyWarrior  Feb 8, 2016 • 6:03:34pm

re: #5 jaunte

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Uh huh. That’s why we actually prosecuted Axis war criminals for doing it. Man this fucking pisses me off especially knowing that little brats like Eric Trump and his dad have shied away from military service.

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HappyWarrior  Feb 8, 2016 • 6:04:25pm

re: #12 Eclectic Cyborg

That could actually be a great B horror movie: An insane Fraternity that actually DOES torture its pledges.

Could be fun if done right. Wouldn’t be a good movie but could be entertaining in a way. And by the way just by looking at him Eric oozes douche like his Dad.

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HappyWarrior  Feb 8, 2016 • 6:05:01pm

re: #3 jhncsy

Ugh, I can’t find the link, but isn’t Cruz’s problem with torture is that we’re calling it torture. As I understand it, he’s perfectly fine with “enhanced interrogation techniques.” The only difference between the two on torture is that one of them is willing to own it.

That ultimately is the difference between Trump and most of the GOP candidates.

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retired cynic  Feb 8, 2016 • 6:05:17pm

re: #5 jaunte

Oh, another punchable face!

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Great White Snark  Feb 8, 2016 • 6:06:04pm

I wonder what the smart play will be in June. Open primary. Hmmm, can vote either side. But by then it’s usually over.

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HappyWarrior  Feb 8, 2016 • 6:06:41pm

I remember Sean Hannity saying the same thing though and insisting he’d be waterboarded to prove it wasn’t torture. The wuss never did it. Gee I wonder why. And honestly if frats are waterboarding pledges, that shit needs to stop.

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EPR-radar  Feb 8, 2016 • 6:06:47pm

re: #5 jaunte

That’s totally stupid. Perhaps we should define a new, sub-idiot level of stupidity, and call it ‘GOP’.

The only stupider analogy for water boarding I’ve seen was a screed at RedState back in the day that compared morning swim team practice to water boarding.

I’m no athlete, never have been one, and even I know that no swim team practice on Earth has ever included drowning panic.

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EPR-radar  Feb 8, 2016 • 6:07:54pm

re: #11 Targetpractice

If Bill Clinton talked Trump into this run, then the man deserves a spot on Mt. Rushmore.

Let’s wait for the Republican to lose, badly, before we get out the hammers and chisels.

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Barefoot Grin  Feb 8, 2016 • 6:08:00pm

re: #12 Eclectic Cyborg

That could actually be a great B horror movie: An insane Fraternity that actually DOES torture its pledges.

Pledge week is basically sleep-deprivation week and at the end torture-level amounts of alcohol, so he’s not far off. But it isn’t water boarding.

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HappyWarrior  Feb 8, 2016 • 6:08:02pm

re: #19 EPR-radar

That’s totally stupid. Perhaps we should define a new, sub-idiot level of stupidity, and call it ‘GOP’.

The only stupider analogy for water boarding I’ve seen was a screed at RedState back in the day that compared morning swim team practice to water boarding.

I’m no athlete, never have been one, and even I know that no swim team practice on Earth has ever included drowning panic.

I did swim team for a little while in grade school. It was just annoying since practice was early in the morning and the water is coldest that time of day but it was summer anyhow so it wasn’t so bad. I hadn’t seen that one. Wow that’s stupid even for the bozos on Red State.

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jaunte  Feb 8, 2016 • 6:08:17pm

re: #16 retired cynic

Some time in history the Trump family must have changed their name from Backpfeigengesicht.

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Charles Johnson  Feb 8, 2016 • 6:08:32pm

re: #6 Kragar

These head cases are amazing. Even though Finicum said outright that he wouldn’t be taken alive and vowed to fight to the end, then got shot when he tried to run a roadblock, jumped out of his car and reached into his pocket where he had a loaded gun, they’re still trying to turn him into a martyr for their idiotic cause.

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HappyWarrior  Feb 8, 2016 • 6:08:41pm

re: #21 Barefoot Grin

Pledge week is basically sleep-deprivation week and at the end torture-level amounts of alcohol, so he’s not far off. But it isn’t water boarding.

I’ve always been proud that I never joined or pledged to a fraternity.

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BlueSpotinAL  Feb 8, 2016 • 6:09:01pm

I swear this song came to mind when I saw the picture and before reading the headline:

Can You Feel The Love Tonight?

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HappyWarrior  Feb 8, 2016 • 6:09:08pm

re: #23 jaunte

Some time in history the Trump family must have changed their name from Backpfeifengesicht.

I thought the name was Von Asshole.

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EPR-radar  Feb 8, 2016 • 6:09:33pm

re: #22 HappyWarrior

I did swim team for a little while in grade school. It was just annoying since practice was early in the morning and the water is coldest that time of day but it was summer anyhow so it wasn’t so bad. I hadn’t seen that one. Wow that’s stupid even for the bozos on Red State.

The comments were unreal. All kind of slobbering about how that was the most brilliant analogy ever.

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jaunte  Feb 8, 2016 • 6:10:07pm
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EPR-radar  Feb 8, 2016 • 6:10:10pm

re: #27 HappyWarrior

I thought the name was Von Asshole.

Von Clownstick, Fuckface.

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Charles Johnson  Feb 8, 2016 • 6:11:34pm
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Reality Based Steve  Feb 8, 2016 • 6:11:43pm

re: #18 HappyWarrior

I remember Sean Hannity saying the same thing though and insisting he’d be waterboarded to prove it wasn’t torture. The wuss never did it. Gee I wonder why. And honestly if frats are waterboarding pledges, that shit needs to stop.

IF waterboarding isn’t torture, then why did we court martial a US Soldier in Vietnam for it? abcnews.go.com

IF waterboarding isn’t torture, why did we execute Japanese soldiers for war crimes that included waterboarding? crooksandliars.com

RBS

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Blind Frog Belly White  Feb 8, 2016 • 6:11:46pm

re: #24 Charles Johnson

These head cases are amazing. Even though Finicum said outright that he wouldn’t be taken alive and vowed to fight to the end, then got shot when he tried to run a roadblock, jumped out of his car and reached into his pocket where he had a loaded gun, they’re still trying to turn him into a martyr for their idiotic cause.

Without the audio we can’t tell what he said, but the last thing hedid was to pull back his jacket with his left hand while reaching across his body with his right, and he’d been seen to wear a shoulder holster on his left side. This, after telling anyone who’d listen he wouldn’t be taken alive.

If he were black, he’d have been dead the moment he tried to drive away from the first stop.

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PhillyPretzel  Feb 8, 2016 • 6:11:51pm

A small lesson for that Trump person. This is a pussy:
twitter.com

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andres  Feb 8, 2016 • 6:12:00pm

re: #11 Targetpractice

If Bill Clinton talked Trump into this run, then the man deserves a spot on Mt. Rushmore.

I slightly disagree. Bill’s face should be carved in the moon, at least.

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bratwurst  Feb 8, 2016 • 6:12:19pm

This story would really be shocking if you weren’t smart enough to realize that lobbyist are mercenaries.

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Barefoot Grin  Feb 8, 2016 • 6:12:22pm

Maybe best fake headline ever: “Super Bowl Confetti Made Entirely from Shredded Concussion Studies”

theonion.com

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HappyWarrior  Feb 8, 2016 • 6:12:37pm

re: #28 EPR-radar

The comments were unreal. All kind of slobbering about how that was the most brilliant analogy ever.

What pisses me off is if we knew this was done to our guys, we’d be furious and want the people who did it held accountable. But because they think it’s okay to use Gestapo tactics on terrorists then it’s okay.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Feb 8, 2016 • 6:12:46pm
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Decatur Deb  Feb 8, 2016 • 6:12:48pm

A fresh video from the sad cases abandoned at Fort Tarp is just a sniveling internal “patriot” whine. The comments, oddly produced a decent exchange outlining how Glenn Beck’s hero, Skousen, is the nexus for lots of threads. He ties the JBS, Mormonism, libertarianism, and some of the wackier anti-gov CTs together.

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HappyWarrior  Feb 8, 2016 • 6:13:20pm

re: #32 Reality Based Steve

IF waterboarding isn’t torture, then why did we court martial a US Soldier in Vietnam for it? abcnews.go.com

IF waterboarding isn’t torture, why did we execute Japanese soldiers for war crimes that included waterboarding? crooksandliars.com

RBS

Exactly. The people who just brush it off as a gag are people who not surprisingly have never served in combat before and all they know about war is from Call of Duty.

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Reality Based Steve  Feb 8, 2016 • 6:13:40pm

re: #31 Charles Johnson

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Robot Monsters, produced on a budget of almost 5000 dollars.

RBS

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Charles Johnson  Feb 8, 2016 • 6:14:34pm

re: #36 bratwurst

Glenn Greenwald is doing his usual thing, trying to disrupt the election for Democrats. He does this every time, and still people think he’s a liberal hero. This guy is not a liberal, he’s an opportunist. He says whatever will get him the most attention.

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HappyWarrior  Feb 8, 2016 • 6:15:08pm

re: #43 Charles Johnson

Glenn Greenwald is doing his usual thing, trying to disrupt the election for Democrats. He does this every time, and still people think he’s a liberal hero. This guy is not a liberal, he’s an opportunist. He says whatever will get him the most attention.

He’s an asshole.

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Barefoot Grin  Feb 8, 2016 • 6:15:40pm

re: #25 HappyWarrior

I’ve always been proud that I never joined or pledged to a fraternity.

I went through Rush, but ultimately couldn’t do it. Actually, my older brother failed after his first semester due to excessive attention to demands of the frat (early ’80s; many schools have changed Rush to spring). But I just couldn’t handle the calls for loyalty and devotion to such stinking pits. I didn’t really grasp that it ties you in to an alumni network.

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stpaulbear  Feb 8, 2016 • 6:16:27pm

re: #31 Charles Johnson

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I’ve got that movie on VHS so I haven’t seen it in years. It’s as bad as Plan Nine but with only 1/10th of the charm.

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Decatur Deb  Feb 8, 2016 • 6:17:12pm

re: #39 Backwoods_Sleuth

In case you were worried, the militants have confirmed that it was indeed LaVoy in that casket.

So He is not risen?

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jaunte  Feb 8, 2016 • 6:18:19pm

re: #47 Decatur Deb

E finito.

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Barefoot Grin  Feb 8, 2016 • 6:18:56pm

re: #37 Barefoot Grin

Maybe best fake headline ever: “Super Bowl Confetti Made Entirely from Shredded Concussion Studies”

theonion.com

Almost as good as one I thought of a few years ago: Wall Street Throws Confetti Parade for Street Cleaners!

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HappyWarrior  Feb 8, 2016 • 6:18:59pm

re: #45 Barefoot Grin

I went through Rush, but ultimately couldn’t do it. Actually, my older brother failed after his first semester due to excessive attention to demands of the frat (early ’80s; many schools have changed Rush to spring). But I just couldn’t handle the calls for loyalty and devotion to such stinking pits. I didn’t really grasp that it ties you in to an alumni network.

I actually went to one frat’s parties a lot since some of their members were part of a club I was in and it was nice since their house was within walking distance of my place on campus and I held a couple of pre-game places at my place since if I so myself, I had better booze than what the frat had. I just thought so much of it sounded silly to me. I mean not every frat brother you meet is a meathead jerk and these guys were actually pretty cool since they were pretty inclusive to people of all ethnic backgrounds and sexual orientations. You’re right though. It really ties you into the alumni network. I just never felt it was for me since I’ve always been on my own.

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Belafon  Feb 8, 2016 • 6:19:29pm

re: #47 Decatur Deb

So He is not risen?

Doesn’t anyone in Oregon own a cave with a stone to cover the opening?

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Charles Johnson  Feb 8, 2016 • 6:19:49pm
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HappyWarrior  Feb 8, 2016 • 6:19:57pm

re: #51 Belafon

Doesn’t anyone in Oregon own a cave with a stone to cover the opening?

Yeah but it’s a hipster bar in Portland.

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GlutenFreeJesus  Feb 8, 2016 • 6:20:17pm

re: #38 HappyWarrior

What pisses me off is if we knew this was done to our guys, we’d be furious and want the people who did it held accountable. But because they think it’s okay to use Gestapo tactics on terrorists then it’s okay.

Their reasoning:

Our soldiers would be beheaded. They’d wish they were only waterboarded.

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gocart mozart  Feb 8, 2016 • 6:20:34pm

Cruz is more of a prick than a pussy; Trump is your classic asshole and Rubio is a typical douche canoe. Now Jeb!, Jeb! a pussy.

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HappyWarrior  Feb 8, 2016 • 6:20:44pm

re: #52 Charles Johnson

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Indeed, one only needs to see the trouble Obama had when his party had control of both houses of Congress and Obama had a much better understanding of Congress than Sanders shows.

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HappyWarrior  Feb 8, 2016 • 6:21:32pm

re: #54 GlutenFreeJesus

Their reasoning:

Our soldiers would be beheaded. They’d wish they were only waterboarded.

Which is such crap. Of course, when we do get guys returned like Bergdahl, they treat them like shit. Remind me cons how liberals disrespect our troops.

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Barefoot Grin  Feb 8, 2016 • 6:21:47pm

re: #50 HappyWarrior

I actually went to one frat’s parties a lot since some of their members were part of a club I was in and it was nice since their house was within walking distance of my place on campus and I held a couple of pre-game places at my place since if I so myself, I had better booze than what the frat had. I just thought so much of it sounded silly to me. I mean not every frat brother you meet is a meathead jerk and these guys were actually pretty cool since they were pretty inclusive to people of all ethnic backgrounds and sexual orientations. You’re right though. It really ties you into the alumni network. I just never felt it was for me since I’ve always been on my own.

Very much my experience. Most of my freshman dorm friends pledged and we remained friends. I went to their parties (and was even invited to a couple of Formals, but didn’t go). Some good people. Just not my scene (I had an “in” at one because my dad had been a member and I was a legacy).

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jaunte  Feb 8, 2016 • 6:22:15pm

re: #51 Belafon

Doesn’t anyone in Oregon own a cave with a stone to cover the opening?

How about an RV with a roll-up awning?

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Decatur Deb  Feb 8, 2016 • 6:22:26pm

re: #39 Backwoods_Sleuth

If Cliven is going to Burns, there’s a stretch of Highway 395 he might want to avoid.

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GlutenFreeJesus  Feb 8, 2016 • 6:23:05pm

Eric Trump and Sean Hannity can hold hands while they both get waterboarded together. It’s not torture, right?

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Great White Snark  Feb 8, 2016 • 6:23:23pm

Whaaa?

Ted Cruz’s National Security Advisor Has Zero National Security Experience

Instead, Ted Cruz went with an art historian. One who, when asked about Cruz’s earlier statements on ISIS, said, “I’m never going to apologize for working for a candidate who wants to be too mean to the terrorists. That doesn’t seem to me really to be a downside.”

So just who is Dr. Victoria Coates, who appears to be Cruz’s sole National Security Advisor? Let us start with what she is not.

She has never worked in the Pentagon; never worked in the State Department; never worked in the intelligence community; never served in any branch of the military; never lived overseas representing the United States in any way; never worked for the federal government; never had a security clearance. (Unless, perhaps, for editing. I’ll check that.); never written a book, or indeed any academic or professional article, on national security, any aspect of any of the branches of the military, or on modern international relations; never been in a combat zone, one of ours or anybody else’s.

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HappyWarrior  Feb 8, 2016 • 6:23:45pm

re: #58 Barefoot Grin

Very much my experience. Most of my freshman dorm friends pledged and we remained friends. I went to their parties (and was even invited to a couple of Formals, but didn’t go). Some good people. Just not my scene (I had an “in” at one because my dad had been a member and I was a legacy).

I had an unique undergrad experience since I was over 21 my entire time when I was at the four year school I graduated from. I had a couple of regular bars I went to too as well. Looking back on it, I was drinking way too much in those days. It didn’t impact my grades but I can’t help but to wonder if it did my reputation since while I am Facebook friends with a lot of those people, none of them ever hit me up but I just shrug it off.

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Targetpractice  Feb 8, 2016 • 6:24:02pm

re: #52 Charles Johnson

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But don’t you see, Charles, Bernie becoming president means that people will finally be embracing change and will support him to the point of voting out any in Congress who oppose his proposals. We will get single-payer because he won with a “mandate.”

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HappyWarrior  Feb 8, 2016 • 6:24:50pm

re: #62 Great White Snark

Whaaa?

Ted Cruz’s National Security Advisor Has Zero National Security Experience

Well maybe I can qualify to be Cruz’s outreach to the Uzbek-American community, I seem to have the same qualifications for this job that got Ms. Coates her job as Cruz’s National Security adviser.

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Belafon  Feb 8, 2016 • 6:25:16pm

re: #62 Great White Snark

Whaaa?

Ted Cruz’s National Security Advisor Has Zero National Security Experience

Republicans get elected to prove how bad government is.

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Eclectic Cyborg  Feb 8, 2016 • 6:25:26pm

Is it just me or does Trump’s son bear a striking resemblance to Biff Tannen?

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Decatur Deb  Feb 8, 2016 • 6:25:43pm

re: #65 HappyWarrior

Well maybe I can qualify to be Cruz’s outreach to the Uzbek-American community, I seem to have the same qualifications for this job that got Ms. Coates her job as Cruz’s National Security adviser.

Sorry—Herman Cain is still in line for that.

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HappyWarrior  Feb 8, 2016 • 6:26:07pm

re: #67 Eclectic Cyborg

Is it just me or does Trump’s son bear a striking resemblance to Biff Tannen?

Well considering Biff is based off his dad, yes.

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HappyWarrior  Feb 8, 2016 • 6:26:31pm

re: #68 Decatur Deb

Sorry—Herman Cain is still in line for that.

Aww damn, well there’s always Azerbaijan.

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GlutenFreeJesus  Feb 8, 2016 • 6:26:38pm

Your 2016 GOP candidates for President summed up in this puppeteer movie:

“Dicks, pussies and assholes” speech - Team America

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Charles Johnson  Feb 8, 2016 • 6:27:17pm
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HappyWarrior  Feb 8, 2016 • 6:28:53pm

re: #72 Charles Johnson

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I mean as lukewarm as you may think ACA is, major health care reform is something Democratic Presidents and even some Republican ones fought for since FDR. ACA’s not perfect but there’s so much that is taken for granted in how hard it was not to just pass it into law but to keep it law.

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ipsos  Feb 8, 2016 • 6:30:18pm

I’ve worked really diligently over the last year or two to keep most of my FB friends who post RWNJ memes from showing up much on my wall. (A careful combination of “See less from [annoying friend]…” and “Block all from [various RWNJ meme sources]” does that trick quite well.)

But dear sweet Jebus am I getting sick of watching my Democratic FB friends go apeshit on each other over Team Bernie and Team Hillary.

Long view, people. If Bernie somehow emerges victorious past NH, he will have my vote come November. If Hillary finds her groove and comes back for the win, she’ll gladly have my vote come November. If both of them fall apart and Biden gets drafted, he’ll gladly have my vote. Whatever it takes to keep Cruz/Rubio/Kasich/Jeb?/Whoever out of the White House and away from picking any SCOTUS and other federal judges, I’ll do it.

Is it THAT complicated?

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Eclectic Cyborg  Feb 8, 2016 • 6:30:19pm

I almost want the GOP to get elected and repeal Obamacare, just to fuck the country up so bad there’s no chance they’ll hold office again for 100 years.

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Barefoot Grin  Feb 8, 2016 • 6:30:19pm

re: #63 HappyWarrior

I had an unique undergrad experience since I was over 21 my entire time when I was at the four year school I graduated from. I had a couple of regular bars I went to too as well. Looking back on it, I was drinking way too much in those days. It didn’t impact my grades but I can’t help but to wonder if it did my reputation since while I am Facebook friends with a lot of those people, none of them ever hit me up but I just shrug it off.

I wouldn’t worry at all. I think there’s a sense of “when in Vegas” about college (though that also is part of the problem of rape culture). I have only four college friends on FB. I only keep in touch with one of them. Of course, I have over a hundred high school “friends,” but can only remember about 15, and am only really close to four or five.

Wow. Social media has only proved that I’m a lonely old man.

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Belafon  Feb 8, 2016 • 6:30:41pm

Here’s a Republican-friendly idea to get us to Single Payer: Pass a law eliminating the competition rules for health insurance companies that want to merge with competitors.

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Targetpractice  Feb 8, 2016 • 6:32:08pm

re: #72 Charles Johnson

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It’s not simply Republicans who will fight it, it’s Democrats from purple and red districts/states who live in constant worry that they’re gonna be caught looking like a “socialist” and chased out of office by an angry mob. We got the ACA largely by compromising with Blue Dogs, and had to abandon the public option to get the vote of Joe “The Senator from Aetna” Liberman.

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HappyWarrior  Feb 8, 2016 • 6:32:40pm

re: #76 Barefoot Grin

I wouldn’t worry at all. I think there’s a sense of “when in Vegas” about college (though that also is part of the problem of rape culture). I have only four college friends on FB. I only keep in touch with one of them. Of course, I have over a hundred high school “friends,” but can only remember about 15, and am only really close to four or five.

Wow. Social media has only proved that I’m a lonely old man.

That’s true. I was feeling weird this summer when a lot of people remembered me from high school but I didn’t remember them. Never realized I stood out that much. I was a quiet kid in HS. Have grown more comfortable as an adult.

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Belafon  Feb 8, 2016 • 6:32:58pm

re: #75 Eclectic Cyborg

I almost want the GOP to get elected and repeal Obamacare, just to fuck the country up so bad there’s no chance they’ll hold office again for 100 years.

You forget racism at your own peril. The GOP could end health care and social security, and all they’d have to do is tell their voters that the blacks are trying to take their daughters away from them and make black babies.

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HappyWarrior  Feb 8, 2016 • 6:34:51pm

re: #78 Targetpractice

It’s not simply Republicans who will fight it, it’s Democrats from purple and red districts/states who live in constant worry that they’re gonna be caught looking like a “socialist” and chased out of office by an angry mob. We got the ACA largely by compromising with Blue Dogs, and had to abandon the public option to get the vote of Joe “The Senator from Aetna” Liberman.

The way Lieberman treated Obama just infuriates me. Obama campaigned for him in 2006 even though Joe lost his party’s nomination, Lieberman returns the favor and campaigns against him for McCain who I concede Lieberman is old friends with but he did some of the nastier attacks on Obama that year and furthermore even with that, Obama did not try to have his orle in the Senate leadership weakened after that. I defended Lieberman for a long time since his domestic record was fairly solid but he’s an asshole.

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Smith25's Liberal Thighs  Feb 8, 2016 • 6:36:34pm

The Dean Scream

Produced by FiveThirtyEight and ESPN Films

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bratwurst  Feb 8, 2016 • 6:38:07pm

I bet she considers herself “pro-Israel”.

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Romantic Heretic  Feb 8, 2016 • 6:38:11pm

re: #62 Great White Snark

Whaaa?

Ted Cruz’s National Security Advisor Has Zero National Security Experience

So, in other words, a typical GOP security advisor.

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gocart mozart  Feb 8, 2016 • 6:38:46pm
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The Vicious Babushka  Feb 8, 2016 • 6:39:07pm

In which Baby Whiplash Shapiro retweets a Neo-Nazi==>

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HappyWarrior  Feb 8, 2016 • 6:40:25pm

re: #83 bratwurst

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I bet she considers herself “pro-Israel”.

Well considering Israel is the only thing they use to measure support and respect for the Jewish people, that’s an easy bet. I remember when Sasha Baron Cohen as Borat exposed the Antisemitism of a Republican Congressional candidate in Mississippi and the guy’s defense was “I support Israel.” The right really thinks Israel is the only issue that means anything on Antisemitism. I’ve pointed this out before but Jesse Helms was actually quite anti-Israel until he realized he hated Arabs more.

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The Vicious Babushka  Feb 8, 2016 • 6:40:37pm

...

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HappyWarrior  Feb 8, 2016 • 6:41:30pm

re: #88 The Vicious Babushka

Fuckface Von Clownstick

Ja, that’s right. Got the Von part right though.

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HappyWarrior  Feb 8, 2016 • 6:42:06pm

re: #86 The Vicious Babushka

In which Baby Whiplash Shapiro retweets a Neo-Nazi==>

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Makes sense given his buddy Nero.

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HappyWarrior  Feb 8, 2016 • 6:42:57pm

Okay so Bloomberg is considering a run? Who exactly is his base?

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Jay C  Feb 8, 2016 • 6:45:04pm

re: #91 HappyWarrior

Okay so Bloomberg is considering a run? Who exactly is his base?

He just hasn’t finished negotiating to buy one yet…

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Blind Frog Belly White  Feb 8, 2016 • 6:45:19pm

This appeared in my FB feed, and as I read it I realized it’s true. People spend far more time discussing why women stay in abusive relationships than we do asking why some men abuse in the first place. It’s almost as if it’s a given that some men will be abusive, just a fact of life, a force of nature. How’d THAT happen?

The other day another meme popped up on my FB feed - “Teach Your Daughter To Shoot”, so she can defend herself from the rapists, stalkers and abusers. I said, “Also, teach your sons that a man doesn’t hit a woman, that No means No, and if she says she doesn’t want to go out with you, she means it” I got likes and no negative responses.

I gotta say I’m glad we’re starting to look at this a little differently, but as a man it bothers me that we have to push back on the automatic blaming of women for what some guys do to them.

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HappyWarrior  Feb 8, 2016 • 6:45:21pm

re: #92 Jay C

He just hasn’t finished negotiating to buy one yet…

Too true heh.

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Decatur Deb  Feb 8, 2016 • 6:45:45pm

re: #91 HappyWarrior

Okay so Bloomberg is considering a run? Who exactly is his base?

All the millionaires who ride the subway.

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Big Beautiful Door  Feb 8, 2016 • 6:46:03pm

re: #91 HappyWarrior

Okay so Bloomberg is considering a run? Who exactly is his base?

The No Labels crowd, I would guess.

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HappyWarrior  Feb 8, 2016 • 6:46:05pm

re: #93 Blind Frog Belly White

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This appeared in my FB feed, and as I read it I realized it’s true. People spend far more time discussing why women stay in abusive relationships than we do asking why some men abuse in the first place. It’s almost as if it’s a given that some men will be abusive, just a fact of life, a force of nature. How’d THAT happen?

The other day another meme popped up on my FB feed - “Teach Your Daughter To Shoot”, so she can defend herself from the rapists, stalkers and abusers. I said, “Also, teach your sons that a man doesn’t hit a woman, that No means No, and if she says she doesn’t want to go out with you, she means it” I got likes and no negative responses.

I gotta say I’m glad we’re starting to look at this a little differently, but as a man it bothers me that we have to push back on the automatic blaming of women for what some guys do to them.

I know, I’m tired of hearing “Well why stay with him” when it comes out a woman has been abused. Not right.

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Eclectic Cyborg  Feb 8, 2016 • 6:46:20pm

re: #84 Romantic Heretic

So, in other words, a typical GOP security advisor.

I’m honestly surprised one of the campaigns hasn’t picked up Steven Seagal as “Security advisor”.

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HappyWarrior  Feb 8, 2016 • 6:46:51pm

re: #96 Big Beautiful Door

The No Labels crowd, I would guess.

More properly known as the “We’re above it all crowd” that frequently MBFs and tries to say “both parties are full of crooks.”

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HappyWarrior  Feb 8, 2016 • 6:47:16pm

re: #98 Eclectic Cyborg

I’m honestly surprised one of the campaigns hasn’t picked up Steven Seagal as “Security advisor”.

Maybe Trump’s hoping he joins Sheriff Joe.

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FormerDirtDart  Feb 8, 2016 • 6:48:01pm

U.S. District Judge David Godbey said the Republican leaders who have fought the resettlement have not shown Texas would suffer irreparable harm. The same judge rejected in December the state’s request for a restraining order saying the evidence presented was “largely speculative hearsay.”

“The Court does not deny that the Syrian refugees pose some risk. That would be foolish,” Godbey wrote in the decision. “In our country, however, it is the federal executive that is charged with assessing and mitigating that risk, not the states and not the courts.”

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freetoken  Feb 8, 2016 • 6:48:53pm

re: #101 FormerDirtDart

TYRANTS IN BLACK ROBES!

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Eclectic Cyborg  Feb 8, 2016 • 6:49:08pm

Ugh, the things you run into in the South. A “Gun enthusiast” friend of a friend at the Super Bowl party I was at last night related a story about how upset he was that a bank wouldn’t let him open carry.

A BANK.

Let that sink in for a second.

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Amory Blaine  Feb 8, 2016 • 6:49:12pm

re: #47 Decatur Deb

So He is not risen?

Santilli has the Tarp of Malheur. It most certainly has the outline of a clown.

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Decatur Deb  Feb 8, 2016 • 6:49:30pm

re: #93 Blind Frog Belly White

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This appeared in my FB feed, and as I read it I realized it’s true. People spend far more time discussing why women stay in abusive relationships than we do asking why some men abuse in the first place. It’s almost as if it’s a given that some men will be abusive, just a fact of life, a force of nature. How’d THAT happen?

The other day another meme popped up on my FB feed - “Teach Your Daughter To Shoot”, so she can defend herself from the rapists, stalkers and abusers. I said, “Also, teach your sons that a man doesn’t hit a woman, that No means No, and if she says she doesn’t want to go out with you, she means it” I got likes and no negative responses.

I gotta say I’m glad we’re starting to look at this a little differently, but as a man it bothers me that we have to push back on the automatic blaming of women for what some guys do to them.

Because we don’t really know how to assure men won’t abuse, and we never know if we’ve succeeded. If the Greyhound says it’s going to Philadelphia, it usually gets there.

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Eclectic Cyborg  Feb 8, 2016 • 6:49:53pm

re: #102 freetoken

Beat me to it. :P

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freetoken  Feb 8, 2016 • 6:50:13pm

What goes around… goes around again:

‘Voter-Shaming’ Mailer That Made Noise in Iowa Shows Up in New Hampshire

A controversial voter-turnout tactic employed by Senator Ted Cruz’s presidential campaign in Iowa is cropping up in New Hampshire, this time by way of a mysterious organization about which few public details are available.

Voters in New Hampshire received envelopes in the mail this week claiming to contain “important taxpayer information,” according to Christopher Crawford, who received one of the mailers and posted pictures of it on Twitter. Mr. Crawford, who recently moved to Washington, was visiting his parents at their home in Nashua, N.H., this week when he opened an envelope addressed to him only to find a chart showing the names and voting history of several of his parents’ neighbors.

[…]

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Belafon  Feb 8, 2016 • 6:50:25pm

re: #101 FormerDirtDart

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If I could ban the people I think are a danger to Texas, we’d have to hold new elections.

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HappyWarrior  Feb 8, 2016 • 6:50:40pm

re: #103 Eclectic Cyborg

Ugh, the things you run into in the South. A “Gun enthusiast” friend of a friend at the Super Bowl party I was at last night related a story about how upset he was that a bank wouldn’t let him open carry.

A BANK.

Let that sink in for a second.

These people are the walking arguments in favor of gun control policies. I CAN’T CARRY MY GUN IN A BANK? WHY THE FUCK NOT? Man no disrespect meant since this is your friend’s friend but the guy sounds like a real grade A moron.

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HappyWarrior  Feb 8, 2016 • 6:51:53pm

re: #107 freetoken

What goes around… goes around again:

‘Voter-Shaming’ Mailer That Made Noise in Iowa Shows Up in New Hampshire

Cruz is right, he’s not a typical Washington politician. He is in fact even sleazier.

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Belafon  Feb 8, 2016 • 6:52:15pm

re: #103 Eclectic Cyborg

Ugh, the things you run into in the South. A “Gun enthusiast” friend of a friend at the Super Bowl party I was at last night related a story about how upset he was that a bank wouldn’t let him open carry.

A BANK.

Let that sink in for a second.

Does he think there’s ever been a time when citizens were allowed to carry guns into a bank?

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Ziggy_TARDIS  Feb 8, 2016 • 6:53:06pm

re: #8 Decatur Deb

Problem is, too many millennials cannot look past their idealism, and are turning out for Sanders.

Many of them are also conspiratorially minded.

This is also why I don’t like the X-Files. It has promoted this way of thinking. Moffat’s Doctor Who has done a good job mocking that line of thinking.

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Decatur Deb  Feb 8, 2016 • 6:54:45pm

re: #111 Belafon

Does he think there’s ever been a time when citizens were allowed to carry guns into a bank?

My aged MIL in Kentucky did routinely. In fact, she bought it because she felt uncomfortable carrying the city water office receipts daily to the bank.

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Ziggy_TARDIS  Feb 8, 2016 • 6:55:33pm

re: #43 Charles Johnson

He’s like that guy in the NCIS episode “The Inside Man.”

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HappyWarrior  Feb 8, 2016 • 6:55:45pm

re: #112 Ziggy_TARDIS

Problem is, too many millennials cannot look past their idealism, and are turning out for Sanders.

Many of them are also conspiratorially minded.

This is also why I don’t like the X-Files. It has promoted this way of thinking. Moffat’s Doctor Who has done a good job mocking that line of thinking.

It’s tough. I still have a lot of idealism left but I’ve also become a pragmatist by life experiences. I haven’t seen anything that convinces me that Bernie will be effective at running Congress. I admire their idealism but I just wish they’d realize there’s a lot of potential disappointment with a Sanders presidency and candidacy too.

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Belafon  Feb 8, 2016 • 6:56:02pm

re: #112 Ziggy_TARDIS

Problem is, too many millennials cannot look past their idealism, and are turning out for Sanders.

Many of them are also conspiratorially minded.

This is also why I don’t like the X-Files. It has promoted this way of thinking. Moffat’s Doctor Who has done a good job mocking that line of thinking.

You think conspiracy theories started in the 80s 90s?

(Got my starting years wrong.)

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Eclectic Cyborg  Feb 8, 2016 • 6:56:55pm

re: #107 freetoken

From the article:

“My guess would be, it is someone who thinks they are doing well with registered Republicans, trying to get them out to vote,” Mr. Crawford said. He was excited to get the mailer, owing to the controversy in Iowa, Mr. Crawford said, but his parents were less happy.

Sigh…

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HappyWarrior  Feb 8, 2016 • 6:57:25pm

re: #116 Belafon

You think conspiracy theories started in the 80s?

I read a great book on them. Pretty interesting stuff actually. Listened to a good lecture about them too. The professor making the lecture made the point that the nature of conspiracies have changed.

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Eclectic Cyborg  Feb 8, 2016 • 6:57:40pm

re: #112 Ziggy_TARDIS

Conspiracy theories and fringe thinking go back way before the X-files.

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Belafon  Feb 8, 2016 • 6:58:44pm

re: #118 HappyWarrior

I read a great book on them. Pretty interesting stuff actually. Listened to a good lecture about them too. The professor making the lecture made the point that the nature of conspiracies have changed.

In what way? I was going to state that, instead of blaming the X Files, that the internet is probably the biggest culprit. It’s allowed people to communicate in ways they couldn’t before.

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Ziggy_TARDIS  Feb 8, 2016 • 6:59:21pm

re: #112 Ziggy_TARDIS

And I say this as a Millennial myself (Born 1990).

I just never went through an idealism phase. I got bullied in High School, which caused me to hate the Republicans before I got to 18.

While it has had terrible consequences, the hatred focused my energies more to things that will win, and gradual change than the idealistic sweeping change.

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HappyWarrior  Feb 8, 2016 • 6:59:42pm

re: #119 Eclectic Cyborg

Conspiracy theories and fringe thinking go back way before the X-files.

Back for television. They’re as old honestly as civilization itself. I wrote quite a bit about Russian ones in my term paper on pogroms. The pogromskii (yes that’s a word), believed that the Russian police were keeping an order from the czar hidden that gave them permission to beat Jews. And then you have the Anti-Catholic conspiracies and anti-Freemason ones that dominated this country during the first massive waves of emigration during the 1840’s and 1850’s.

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freetoken  Feb 8, 2016 • 6:59:46pm
A Nevada state lawmaker says she will travel to Portland, Oregon, this week to protest the jailing of members of an armed group that took over a national wildlife refuge.

Michelle Fiore, a Republican state Assembly member from Las Vegas and an outspoken gun rights advocate, told The Associated Press she plans to fly to Portland on Wednesday ahead of a Thursday meeting involving lawmakers from several states who are members of a group called the Coalition of Western States. The group opposes federal management of Western lands.

If Ammon Bundy be lifted up, he will draw all wingnuts unto himself.

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Decatur Deb  Feb 8, 2016 • 7:00:37pm

re: #119 Eclectic Cyborg

Conspiracy theories and fringe thinking go back way before the X-files.

But PLL said “promote”. At one time the NJs were portrayed as fools or badguys. X-files embraced them. Personally, my beef is with the L&O franchise—a hundred murders a week spilled into American paranoia.

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freetoken  Feb 8, 2016 • 7:00:41pm

My idealism-phase consisted of voting for John Anderson.

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HappyWarrior  Feb 8, 2016 • 7:01:15pm

re: #120 Belafon

In what way? I was going to state that, instead of blaming the X Files, that the internet is probably the biggest culprit. It’s allowed people to communicate in ways they couldn’t before.

You know, I’d have to watch it again. I agree about the internet and I think that was another thing he struck on. And I’d add that the internet gives legitimacy since it gives a “Me too” mentality that was harder to find in the days before the internet and mass communication.

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Ziggy_TARDIS  Feb 8, 2016 • 7:01:19pm

re: #119 Eclectic Cyborg

That way of thinking seems to have gotten more popular around that time.

I generally don’t like things that peddle that sort of things in their plot. It is why Assassin’s Creed, even though I have liked the settings for a number of the games, has left me a little cold.

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HappyWarrior  Feb 8, 2016 • 7:04:05pm

re: #125 freetoken

My idealism-phase consisted of voting for John Anderson.

Could have done worse.

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Eric The Fruit Bat  Feb 8, 2016 • 7:04:24pm

re: #103 Eclectic Cyborg

Banks are Federally Chartered, and in some neighborhoods (sadly) there are security guards/police present and packing heat while the tellers are behind 2-inch thick bulletproof Lexan.

What the fuck do these nanocephalic slackjawed imbecelic mouthbreathers think about strolling into a bank with open carry?

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bratwurst  Feb 8, 2016 • 7:04:51pm

WEAK TEA ALERT:

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HappyWarrior  Feb 8, 2016 • 7:06:18pm

re: #129 Eric The Fruit Bat

Banks are Federally Chartered, and in some neighborhoods (sadly) there are security guards/police present and packing heat while the tellers are behind 2-inch thick bulletproof Lexan.

What the fuck do these nanocephalic slackjawed imbecelic mouthbreathers think about strolling into a bank with open carry?

The worst I swear to you and there are photographs of this are of the jackasses with the massive gun on their back and their little child on the front. When my niece was little, i actually made an effort never to actually hold her while I had my headphones on lest I get distracted by the music.

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Kragar  Feb 8, 2016 • 7:07:13pm
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HappyWarrior  Feb 8, 2016 • 7:07:43pm

I really hope there is a big backlash to these guns uber alles types. They have no regard for the safety and well being of people around them. I just love how they throw a tantrum at the business that forbids their guns. Yeah a business might not want a gun discharging in their place of a business. What a fucking novel concept. And dont’ get me started on these guys who want to be able to carry in bars.

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Charles Johnson  Feb 8, 2016 • 7:08:06pm

re: #130 bratwurst

WEAK TEA ALERT:

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Just discovered I’ve been blocked by Phil Kerpen. The horror.

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Reality Based Steve  Feb 8, 2016 • 7:08:21pm

re: #130 bratwurst

WEAK TEA ALERT:

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That’s just a snake oil dealer working the crowd. He’s as sincere on that “That’s Terrible” as a 20 buck streetwalker saying “oh baby, you’re the best”

RBS

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HappyWarrior  Feb 8, 2016 • 7:08:38pm

And yeah I don’t care if I got the exact gun type wrong when I said machine gun. That’s another one of my pet peeves. You don’t need an encyclopedic knowledge of gun types to know it’s completely stupid to carry your child with an AR-15 on you.

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William Lewis  Feb 8, 2016 • 7:08:58pm

re: #125 freetoken

My idealism-phase consisted of voting for John Anderson.

OH, I remember that man. Not old enough to vote that year but worked for his campaign.

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Stanley Sea  Feb 8, 2016 • 7:09:09pm

Oscars soooo white

The nominees
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Kragar  Feb 8, 2016 • 7:09:22pm
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The Vicious Babushka  Feb 8, 2016 • 7:09:47pm

Teh Butthurts continues==>

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HappyWarrior  Feb 8, 2016 • 7:09:49pm

re: #138 Stanley Sea

Oscars soooo white

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Yeah how dare Jada Pinkett Smith take issue with that.

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bratwurst  Feb 8, 2016 • 7:10:08pm

Vassar faculty-sponsored anti-Israel event erupts in controversy: Invited speaker accuses Israel of scientific experiment in “stunting” growth of Palestinian bodies

Seems like there would have been more than enough to discuss there between illegal outposts in the West Bank (not to mention the settlements) and the conduct of the war in 2014 without…you know…MAKING SHIT UP.

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Charles Johnson  Feb 8, 2016 • 7:10:36pm

re: #135 Reality Based Steve

That’s just a snake oil dealer working the crowd. He’s as sincere on that “That’s Terrible” as a 20 buck streetwalker saying “oh baby, you’re the best”

RBS

And Phil Kerpen knows that. He’s deliberately running interference for Trump’s insincere bullshit.

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HappyWarrior  Feb 8, 2016 • 7:10:52pm

re: #140 The Vicious Babushka

Teh Butthurts continues==>

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Is there any right wing asshole on Twitter who isn’t a whiny little brat? The two aren’t even close to being the same thing. Oh and the dudes from Coldplay are white.

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HappyWarrior  Feb 8, 2016 • 7:11:38pm

re: #139 Kragar

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They really hate it when a veteran calls out their shit. No wonder why they hate John Kerry so much.

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Reality Based Steve  Feb 8, 2016 • 7:11:39pm

re: #139 Kragar

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It must be true, she has SCREAMY CAPS and “Scare Quotes” in her tweet. Proof ‘nuff

RBS

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lawhawk  Feb 8, 2016 • 7:12:13pm

re: #134 Charles Johnson

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Amory Blaine  Feb 8, 2016 • 7:13:02pm

re: #138 Stanley Sea

Hey, the guy in the middle is gold.

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Belafon  Feb 8, 2016 • 7:14:17pm

re: #144 HappyWarrior

Is there any right wing asshole on Twitter who isn’t a whiny little brat? The two aren’t even close to being the same thing. Oh and the dudes from Coldplay are white.

I guess Coldplay is like George Bush: They’re forgotten when convenient.

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HappyWarrior  Feb 8, 2016 • 7:14:21pm

Honestly I think it’s hilarious that the people who thought it was fine for the state of South Carolina to wave the CSA flag are freaking out about the Black Panthers. Remind me who killed more Americans or better yet who started a war.

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HappyWarrior  Feb 8, 2016 • 7:14:46pm

re: #149 Belafon

I guess Coldplay is like George Bush: They’re forgotten when convenient.

Ouch I mean I’m not a big fan either but they did keep us safe.

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FormerDirtDart  Feb 8, 2016 • 7:14:54pm

re: #139 Kragar

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Decatur Deb  Feb 8, 2016 • 7:16:42pm

re: #148 Amory Blaine

Hey, the guy in the middle is gold.

Aura-American.

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freetoken  Feb 8, 2016 • 7:21:06pm

Marco Rubio has another repeat glitch in New Hampshire

Appearing in Nashua at his final campaign rally before Tuesday’s Republican presidential primary, the Florida senator made a point about instilling values in children that he often makes on the campaign trail. Then, he made it again, using nearly identical words. This came just two days after Rubio took heavy criticism for repeating himself in a televised debate. He appeared to realize that he was repeating himself toward the end of his Monday remark.

Repetition - Trump does it on purpose every day. Rubio - guy just seems to have lost the bubble.

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The Vicious Babushka  Feb 8, 2016 • 7:21:24pm

Welp

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HappyWarrior  Feb 8, 2016 • 7:22:06pm

re: #154 freetoken

Marco Rubio has another repeat glitch in New Hampshire

Repetition - Trump does it on purpose every day. Rubio - guy just seems to have lost the bubble.

I’m telling you, Romney 2.0 just with more youth and a humble beginning.

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bratwurst  Feb 8, 2016 • 7:22:42pm

I guess we need to get used to losing musical heroes on a regular basis:

Dan Hicks RIP

On Flip Wilson!

Youtube Video

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Decatur Deb  Feb 8, 2016 • 7:22:56pm

re: #155 The Vicious Babushka

North Korea’s recent satellite is “tumbling in orbit” and incapable of useful function, U.S. official says.

Unless its function is “tumbling in orbit”.

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Targetpractice  Feb 8, 2016 • 7:23:36pm

re: #154 freetoken

Marco Rubio has another repeat glitch in New Hampshire

Repetition - Trump does it on purpose every day. Rubio - guy just seems to have lost the bubble.

Dan Quayle 2.0

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HappyWarrior  Feb 8, 2016 • 7:25:28pm

re: #159 Targetpractice

Dan Quayle 2.0

I think that’s a little more accurate. He does remind me of Mitt though. The moment he had today with the gay man showed his insensitivity but then again it was Quaylesque because he talked about SSM as if it were still illegal.

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TedStriker  Feb 8, 2016 • 7:26:01pm

re: #134 Charles Johnson

Just discovered I’ve been blocked by Phil Kerpen. The horror.

Who?

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freetoken  Feb 8, 2016 • 7:26:08pm

This story is finally getting more attention:

You Could Go To Prison For Performing Oral Or Anal Sex In Michigan

It’s the same old story.

Republican legislator won’t own up to the truth. The sponsor says it’s too difficult to remove a few words from a bill that he introduced. His explanation is really wanting.

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Decatur Deb  Feb 8, 2016 • 7:27:37pm

re: #162 freetoken

This story is finally getting more attention:

You Could Go To Prison For Performing Oral Or Anal Sex In Michigan

It’s the same old story.

Republican legislator won’t own up to the truth. The sponsor says it’s too difficult to remove a few words from a bill that he introduced. His explanation is really wanting.

Sort of law that calls for rigid enforcement. No, really.

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worldknot  Feb 8, 2016 • 7:28:31pm

re: #158 Decatur Deb

North Korea’s recent satellite is “tumbling in orbit” and incapable of useful function, U.S. official says.

Unless it’s function is “tumbling in orbit”.

Which it does gloriously.

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HappyWarrior  Feb 8, 2016 • 7:29:04pm

re: #162 freetoken

This story is finally getting more attention:

You Could Go To Prison For Performing Oral Or Anal Sex In Michigan

It’s the same old story.

Republican legislator won’t own up to the truth. The sponsor says it’s too difficult to remove a few words from a bill that he introduced. His explanation is really wanting.

What a fucking weasel. Typical Republican. I’m sure he got elected to office complaining about “big government” too. Republicans in a nutshell, government is never big enough for them to tell you what you can and cannot do in the privacy of your own home without them interfering.

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Stanley Sea  Feb 8, 2016 • 7:33:43pm
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Ziggy_TARDIS  Feb 8, 2016 • 7:33:45pm

re: #154 freetoken

He is like this Doctor Who villain.

They kept breaking, and repeating themselves.

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Eclectic Cyborg  Feb 8, 2016 • 7:33:57pm

re: #138 Stanley Sea

Is that the Oscar Nominees or a Donald Trump rally?

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HappyWarrior  Feb 8, 2016 • 7:34:24pm

re: #166 Stanley Sea

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Too true sigh.

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Single-handed sailor  Feb 8, 2016 • 7:37:03pm

re: #155 The Vicious Babushka

maybe they tried to put the wrong type of gyro in the satellite.

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HappyWarrior  Feb 8, 2016 • 7:37:59pm

re: #170 Single-handed sailor

maybe they tried to put the wrong type of gyro in the satellite.

Embedded Image

That’s a good looking gyro.

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Stanley Sea  Feb 8, 2016 • 7:39:26pm

re: #170 Single-handed sailor

maybe they tried to put the wrong type of gyro in the satellite.

Embedded Image

YUM.

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Ziggy_TARDIS  Feb 8, 2016 • 7:39:40pm
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HappyWarrior  Feb 8, 2016 • 7:40:33pm

Speaking of Greek food. Tabouli and Chili actually pretty good. I got tired of my chili being the same old same old so i decide to Greek it up.

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Decatur Deb  Feb 8, 2016 • 7:47:03pm

re: #174 HappyWarrior

Speaking of Greek food. Tabouli and Chili actually pretty good. I got tired of my chili being the same old same old so i decide to Greek it up.

Tzili

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Stanley Sea  Feb 8, 2016 • 7:48:31pm

I was going to get a pork shoulder & make Colorado green chili this week.

But it’s going to be in the high 80’s. Fuck that.

Very depressed the winter seems to be over already.

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Reckless Disregard  Feb 8, 2016 • 7:49:34pm

re: #176 Stanley Sea

Can I borrow some of that 80 degrees? It’s too cold up in Yankeeland.

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TedStriker  Feb 8, 2016 • 7:50:38pm

re: #177 Reckless Disregard

Can I borrow some of that 80 degrees? It’s too cold up in Yankeeland.

Yeah, really…it’s snowing here in Nashville right now and has been off-and-on all day.

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Reality Based Steve  Feb 8, 2016 • 7:51:20pm

Well, we’ve got about 2 - 3 inches of snow here at Casa Del Steve, looks like we might get just a bit more before it’s done. No ice, and it’s a light fluffy snow, so hopefully people won’t be insane tomorrow and totally forget how to drive.

Had a great trip down to Vortex Springs Florida this weekend. The shop certified 9 new Open Water divers, and there were 16 other certifications / specialties awarded for a total of 25 over the weekend. Everybody had a great time, friendships were formed, eels were seen in abundance and most important, everybody came back healthy.

Tomorrow I get to unload and refill the 40+ tanks that we took down. Such fun.

RBS

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Stanley Sea  Feb 8, 2016 • 7:51:42pm

re: #177 Reckless Disregard

Can I borrow some of that 80 degrees? It’s too cold up in Yankeeland.

You really don’t want it. It’s Feb 8.

Just wrong.

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Charles Johnson  Feb 8, 2016 • 7:51:44pm

87 degrees today in LA. The bug eggs are hatching.

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Eclectic Cyborg  Feb 8, 2016 • 7:52:06pm

re: #176 Stanley Sea

I was going to get a pork shoulder & make Colorado green chili this week.

But it’s going to be in the high 80’s. Fuck that.

Very depressed the winter seems to be over already.

Believe it or not on the Gulf Coast we have highs in the low 40s most of this week.

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Reckless Disregard  Feb 8, 2016 • 7:52:47pm

re: #180 Stanley Sea

Enh, we called that Christmas in Louisiana.

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451_Montag  Feb 8, 2016 • 7:55:07pm

Marco Rubios lost Max Headroom reboot audition tape

MarK 1.0 Rubiot

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Stanley Sea  Feb 8, 2016 • 7:55:33pm

re: #183 Reckless Disregard

Enh, we called that Christmas in Louisiana.

I was in Florida for Christmas. 80’s the whole time.

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thedopefishlives  Feb 8, 2016 • 7:56:29pm

re: #177 Reckless Disregard

Can I borrow some of that 80 degrees? It’s too cold up in Yankeeland.

It’s 10 degrees F (-12.2 degrees C) up here in the wild north country. And I just ventured forth into the cold to get Mrs. Fish’s fishmobile running for a few minutes to make sure it’d start for her tomorrow morning, when temperatures are supposed to dip back down below 0 degrees F (-17.8 degrees C).

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Decatur Deb  Feb 8, 2016 • 7:56:58pm

re: #180 Stanley Sea

You really don’t want it. It’s Feb 8.

Just wrong.

Our big box hardware stores are already restocking with cool-weather seedlings. The light is definitely getting stronger. It’s tricky keeping the cabbage and broccoli from bolting in the hoophouse.

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Reckless Disregard  Feb 8, 2016 • 7:56:58pm

re: #185 Stanley Sea

I’d exchange some cold weather for either: a) Popeye’s, b) Gus’ Fried Chicken, or c) Whataburger. Pennsylvania just doesn’t have quality places for me to get heart disease.

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Reality Based Steve  Feb 8, 2016 • 7:57:17pm

re: #185 Stanley Sea

I was in Florida for Christmas. 80’s the whole time.

I was down in Port Charlotte FL to visit my Dad the week of Christmas - New Years. 80’s every day, but I understand that it was above average that week. Still, I wasn’t complaining.

RBS

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CleverToad  Feb 8, 2016 • 7:57:39pm

Denver forecast is 50’s-60’s for the next week. Good for tomorrow’s Bronco victory parade, but not really what you want to see for early February here.

But at least I don’t have to drive downtown these days, I get to miss the parade traffic.

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Stanley Sea  Feb 8, 2016 • 8:00:38pm

re: #189 Reality Based Steve

I was down in Port Charlotte FL to visit my Dad the week of Christmas - New Years. 80’s every day, but I understand that it was above average that week. Still, I wasn’t complaining.

RBS

I just can’t find peace!! I’m seriously thinking about turning on my AC tonight. Last week I was in leggings, uggs & a beanie.

/sad trombone.

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Belafon  Feb 8, 2016 • 8:00:56pm

re: #188 Reckless Disregard

I’d exchange some cold weather for either: a) Popeye’s, b) Gus’ Fried Chicken, or c) Whataburger. Pennsylvania just doesn’t have quality places for me to get heart disease.

I can’t send you Whataburger, but you can order the spicy ketchup off of their website (and I just googled, now off of Amazon). We periodically have it sent to my son in Iowa.

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Charles Johnson  Feb 8, 2016 • 8:02:50pm
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De Kolta Chair  Feb 8, 2016 • 8:03:35pm

This is my first day on Chantix. So far so good. Wish me luck, lizards, I beg of you! ;-)

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Belafon  Feb 8, 2016 • 8:03:49pm

re: #193 Charles Johnson

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I guess he yells so much because he’s afraid someone might hit them?

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Feline Fearless Leader  Feb 8, 2016 • 8:04:23pm

Snow flurries in Philly right now. But I hear points north are going to catch the brunt of this one.

Watching Chat Noir playing with a plastic golf ball. He carries it into the room, drops it, then goes to the far side of the room to crouch behind a grocery bag. Winds up, then charges out to “ambush” the ball. Knocks it around a bit until it comes close to me. Then sits. I pick up the ball and toss it out of the room.

About five minutes later the cycle repeats.

(Tuxedo Cat is in timeout due to massively annoying me, and deciding that doing so was worth risking the wrath of the Squirt Bottle. Repeatedly.)

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Charles Johnson  Feb 8, 2016 • 8:05:21pm
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Mattand  Feb 8, 2016 • 8:07:15pm

re: #185 Stanley Sea

I was in Florida for Christmas. 80’s the whole time.

LOL, I spent my Xmas Day in Philadelphia. It was 72°.

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Eric The Fruit Bat  Feb 8, 2016 • 8:07:35pm

re: #186 thedopefishlives

Why don’t you put a block heater in the Missus’s Fishmobile?

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Mattand  Feb 8, 2016 • 8:09:30pm

re: #196 Feline Fearless Leader

Snow flurries in Philly right now. But I hear points north are going to catch the brunt of this one.

Watching Chat Noir playing with a plastic golf ball. He carries it into the room, drops it, then goes to the far side of the room to crouch behind a grocery bag. Winds up, then charges out to “ambush” the ball. Knocks it around a bit until it comes close to me. Then sits. I pick up the ball and toss it out of the room.

About five minutes later the cycle repeats.

(Tuxedo Cat is in timeout due to massively annoying me, and deciding that doing so was worth risking the wrath of the Squirt Bottle. Repeatedly.)

When our dog was a pup, he would grab a bouncy ball, stand at the top of the basement stairs and drop it, staring intently for about 4 seconds. He’d then go charging down the stairs and murder it, and as with the cats, repeat the whole process.

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freetoken  Feb 8, 2016 • 8:10:28pm
In primates, there is a correlation between infidelity and the size of the testicles.

“Here we can determine the degree of fidelity in the female by looking at the size of the male’s testicles. The less faithful the female, the larger the male’s testicles.

Heh.

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thedopefishlives  Feb 8, 2016 • 8:10:38pm

re: #199 Eric The Fruit Bat

Why don’t you put a block heater in the Missus’s Fishmobile?

Too much effort, not enough reward. Even at -20 degrees F (-28.9 degrees C), it still starts up reasonably well. If I had any actual trouble getting the old girl going, I would. As it stands, I just need to start it every 2-3 days in the deep freeze of January to make sure the battery doesn’t freeze.

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Eric The Fruit Bat  Feb 8, 2016 • 8:10:40pm

re: #194 De Kolta Chair

Watch your moods closely. Varenceline carries a black box warning.

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Mattand  Feb 8, 2016 • 8:11:16pm

re: #194 De Kolta Chair

This is my first day on Chantix. So far so good. Wish me luck, lizards, I beg of you! ;-)

One of the few pieces of advice I actually followed from my dad was to not smoke. Best of luck; that’s one tough habit to break.

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BlueSpotinAL  Feb 8, 2016 • 8:14:27pm

re: #174 HappyWarrior

Speaking of Greek food. Tabouli and Chili actually pretty good. I got tired of my chili being the same old same old so i decide to Greek it up.

Try skyline chili.

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FormerDirtDart  Feb 8, 2016 • 8:15:41pm

I hear next week President Obama is going to announce that the USA has secretly established a Moon colony

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Eric The Fruit Bat  Feb 8, 2016 • 8:15:51pm

re: #202 thedopefishlives

There’s always a battery warmer, too. My RAV4 switched over to 0W20 so starting even in negative Fahrenheit is no big deal-when I had my Prius, the cold just slaughtered my MPG and when it snowed the traction control was twitchy as hell, even with good Nokian tyres.

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Charles Johnson  Feb 8, 2016 • 8:16:58pm

I just set up a Google News alert for “David Daleiden” because I have a feeling judge William Orrick is not going to be amused by that video release. Daleiden may be in jail by this time tomorrow night.

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Eric The Fruit Bat  Feb 8, 2016 • 8:17:41pm

re: #205 BlueSpotinAL

Try skyline chili

What? No Gold Star Chili?

Blasphemer.

(now La Rosa’s pizza is decent, but it’s no Giordoanos’s or Buddy’s.)

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Charles Johnson  Feb 8, 2016 • 8:18:29pm
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danarchy  Feb 8, 2016 • 8:18:44pm

re: #197 Charles Johnson

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Johnny Dangerously “Your Testies & You”

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calochortus  Feb 8, 2016 • 8:20:13pm

re: #194 De Kolta Chair

This is my first day on Chantix. So far so good. Wish me luck, lizards, I beg of you! ;-)

Wishing you much luck. If you’re tempted, just listen for the little voice of many Lizards telling you to stay strong.

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Ziggy_TARDIS  Feb 8, 2016 • 8:21:32pm

re: #211 danarchy

Deadpool - Gentlemen, Touch Yourself Tonight | 2016

I am a fan of Deadpool.

For the same reason I am a fan of Saint’s Row.

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De Kolta Chair  Feb 8, 2016 • 8:22:24pm

re: #204 Mattand

One of the few pieces of advice I actually followed from my dad was to not smoke. Best of luck; that’s one tough habit to break.

I recently had a cancer scare, which thankfully turned out to be negative. Man, I love the good people at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center. They rock, and boy are they thorough.

Rock on, ye scientists!

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thedopefishlives  Feb 8, 2016 • 8:28:33pm

re: #207 Eric The Fruit Bat

There’s always a battery warmer, too. My RAV4 switched over to 0W20 so starting even in negative Fahrenheit is no big deal-when I had my Prius, the cold just slaughtered my MPG and when it snowed the traction control was twitchy as hell, even with good Nokian tyres.

I’ve thought about wrapping a blanket around her battery, since her car stays outside year-round. My car and the Classic Fishmobile are kept in the garage, which - even though it is partially uninsulated - stays warm enough to avoid freezing the batteries.

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freetoken  Feb 8, 2016 • 8:29:22pm

NBC pushing hard:

Bernie Sanders Suddenly Looking and Sounding Like a Front-Runner

Media desperate need horseraces for their SprortPolitics shows.

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Belafon  Feb 8, 2016 • 8:32:52pm

re: #213 Ziggy_TARDIS

[Embedded content]

I am a fan of Deadpool.

For the same reason I am a fan of Saint’s Row.

I want to hear his colonoscopy PSA.

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Ziggy_TARDIS  Feb 8, 2016 • 8:33:20pm

I think Moffat always had a plan for Clara Oswald. I found this on the TARDIS Wiki. It’s about the “Doctor Who?” running gag.

In The Snowmen, the question was asked four times. First, when Vastra told the Doctor that all his relationships always started with the same two words, implied to be “Doctor who?”: this was immediately confirmed by Clara who popped into the carriage (notably from the roof and up side down) and asked “Doctor? Doctor who?”. Second, when the Doctor asked “Clara who?” Clara countered “Doctor who?” to which the Doctor responded that it’s a dangerous question. Third, when Clara asked Jenny Flint if she knew the Doctor, she responded with a smirk: “Doctor who?”. The fourth time the expression was used by the Doctor as a way of announcing himself just before destroying the Ice Governess.

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GlutenFreeJesus  Feb 8, 2016 • 8:38:06pm

Another clip of my friend. This time a shorter one. :)

AoUjCxXsmY3SWo2tLt6/grpohFLhKX5fFGjVpjmi/ZNksnePpHYJfg==

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Eric The Fruit Bat  Feb 8, 2016 • 8:42:09pm

re: #215 thedopefishlives

I actually had to replace the secondary battery in my Gen II Prius (which was notorious for failing, and causing all sorts of bizarre electrical anomalies.) The secondary battery is in the hatch area on the passenger side. I replaced it with an Optima Yellow Top.

Now I have a 2015 RAV4 Limited AWD. Got it with 0%. Can’t complain so far, although I’ll probably swap out the stock tires for some Nokian WRG3’s.

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FormerDirtDart  Feb 8, 2016 • 8:43:09pm
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GlutenFreeJesus  Feb 8, 2016 • 8:45:41pm

re: #221 FormerDirtDart

The moment he leaves his hood, he’ll get snatched up. And he knows it.

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ausador  Feb 8, 2016 • 8:47:12pm

Why does auto-correct love “of” so much?
or becomes of
so becomes of
to becomes of
go becomes of

WTFF Goggle/Android?

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retired cynic  Feb 8, 2016 • 8:47:27pm

re: #222 GlutenFreeJesus

The moment he leaves his hood, he’ll get snatched up. And he knows it.

We can hope!

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Eric The Fruit Bat  Feb 8, 2016 • 8:50:09pm

re: #217 Belafon

I want to hear his colonoscopy PSA

I’ve noticed that depending on the doctor, they each have their own preference on which drugs they use for sedation. The last time I had a colonoscopy, I had the fentanyl/midazolam cocktail, which didn’t knock me out and when he hit the transverse potion of the colon I could feel it. The same doctor also used the same cocktail when he did a endoscopy of my gastric system. No big deal there.

Roll back 20 years earlier, when I had a drug-induced ulcer, the drugs of choice for an endoscopy was valium and demerol. Now THAT was some good shit.

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Reality Based Steve  Feb 8, 2016 • 8:51:38pm

Here’s a video from this weekend. One of the other Dive Masters shot it, I was assigned to help with the class, so I couldn’t take a camera under. I make a token appearance at 1:32 point. They are swimming through a fiberglass “Cave” that is set up for training.
The yellow dangly thing is a flashlight that somebody dropped and I scooped up to hold for ransom after the dive. (I don’t like dangly things on my rig). The shot where there are a bizillion blue gill swimming around is because somebody took a can of Cheese-Whiz underwater and squirted some around. :)

Waterdogs Scuba - Vortex Springs - February 2016

RBS

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De Kolta Chair  Feb 8, 2016 • 8:52:59pm

De Kolta Chair’s Book of the Month Club pick:

This was a toughie: Damian Thompson’s “Counterknowledge; How we surrendered to conspiracy theories, bogus science, and fake history” is quite brilliant and highly recommended.

Set against that is Tim Conway’s autobiography, “What’s So Funny?”

After much thought, I’m gonna go with the latter. Tim Conway is a funny guy who’s written a thoughtful and funny book, and I finally found out why Chagrin Falls is called Chagrin Falls. And he made he made me laugh out loud a lot. The deal is sealed, Tim for the win.

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retired cynic  Feb 8, 2016 • 8:53:54pm

re: #225 Eric The Fruit Bat

The highest I flew was on morphine for extracting 4 wisdom teeth surgically. I just floated to the OR. It was hell waking up, though!

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BeachDem  Feb 8, 2016 • 8:58:04pm

re: #131 HappyWarrior

The worst I swear to you and there are photographs of this are of the jackasses with the massive gun on their back and their little child on the front. When my niece was little, i actually made an effort never to actually hold her while I had my headphones on lest I get distracted by the music.

Ya mean like this bold and brave Kroger shopper? He’s one of my faves.

Shopping Kroger with both of his “babies”
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bratwurst  Feb 8, 2016 • 9:07:04pm

Welp, Kasich and Sanders are your winners in Dixville Notch. A few thousand more white people will vote tomorrow.

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BeachDem  Feb 8, 2016 • 9:07:10pm

re: #180 Stanley Sea

You really don’t want it. It’s Feb 8.

Just wrong.

So you haven’t been able to wear the poncho with the balls, I take it (is that what it was? I know it sounded scary!)
/

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BeachDem  Feb 8, 2016 • 9:15:03pm

re: #209 Eric The Fruit Bat

What? No Gold Star Chili?

Blasphemer.

(now La Rosa’s pizza is decent, but it’s no Giordoanos’s or Buddy’s.)

Sorry, I’m also in the Skyline camp over Gold Star. And Kroger sells it frozen. (Except that I’m supposed to be boycotting Kroger because of their open carry bullshit—so I go about every 6 months, wearing dark glasses and a ball cap, and buy about a dozen boxes). Three way is my way.

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FormerDirtDart  Feb 8, 2016 • 9:15:22pm

re: #230 bratwurst

Welp, Kasich and Sanders are your winners in Dixville Notch. A few thousand more white people will vote tomorrow.

In other news, of at least as much importance as the primary voting in Dixville Notch (if not maybe more so):

“Duck season…”

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retired cynic  Feb 8, 2016 • 9:17:37pm

re: #233 FormerDirtDart

Touch base with Peter Jackson…

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Ziggy_TARDIS  Feb 8, 2016 • 9:20:47pm

re: #233 FormerDirtDart

I wish I could have the bunny!

I love animals.

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Eric The Fruit Bat  Feb 8, 2016 • 9:21:58pm

re: #228 retired cynic

Morphine doesn’t do shit for me outside of killing pain and making me feel warm.
Morphine is the base (1.0) on which all other pain meds are measured against.

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retired cynic  Feb 8, 2016 • 9:23:22pm

re: #236 Eric The Fruit Bat

Morphine doesn’t do shit for me outside of killing pain and making me feel warm.
Morphine is the base (1.0) on which all other pain meds are measured against.

I got some after an accident, and I loved it. I would be in trouble if it was readily available. I’m on opiates now, for after surgery, and we’re cutting them back. I have noticed!

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Kragar  Feb 8, 2016 • 9:27:54pm

re: #181 Charles Johnson

87 degrees today in LA. The bug eggs are hatching.

Yeah, had a bunch of roaches and beetles lately down here.

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Jay C  Feb 8, 2016 • 9:30:41pm

re: #225 Eric The Fruit Bat

I had a colonoscopy a few years back, and the doctor knocked me out with good old diazepam - IV - I got a laught out of him, though when I asked the stereotypical question of “when are you going to start?” -after he was done, of course .Hope my next one is that easy…

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Eric The Fruit Bat  Feb 8, 2016 • 9:42:17pm

re: #239 Jay C

IV push of drugs can do those kinds of things. I have a high tolerance for many benzos, and if you don’t have a history of being on benzos what you describe is entirely possible.
They just have to be careful how much they give you - fortunately, there is a benzo antagonist (Flumazenil) that can reverse a benzo overdose - but it must be done in an ER setting as its half-life is extremely short while some of the benzos it’s fighting have insane half-lifes.

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Eric The Fruit Bat  Feb 8, 2016 • 9:59:26pm

re: #232 BeachDem

I’m in an area where neither exists in the local supermarket - I’m lucky enough to have Vernors, let alone Faygo!

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Nojay UK  Feb 9, 2016 • 1:43:43am

re: #226 Reality Based Steve

Heads-up, there’s an anime series called Amanchu! coming soon, based on a manga set at a Japanese high-school scuba diving club. The manga artist (Kozue Amano) responsible for the show is known for scenery porn and is herself an active diver so fans of her work are looking forward eagerly to see what eventuates. The manga it’s based on is very technical and AFAICS accurate with respect to dive training, equipment, procedures and the like.

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Sophist: Domo Arigato, Marco Ruboto  Feb 9, 2016 • 1:50:46am

re: #222 GlutenFreeJesus

The moment he leaves his hood, he’ll get snatched up. And he knows it.

Or he comes back from Oregon and there’s a padlock on his gate and a sign that says “Seized by the federal government. Pay your bills next time, asshole”.

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William of Orange  Feb 9, 2016 • 10:03:41am

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