Saturday Jam: Snarky Puppy Feat. Susana Baca and Charlie Hunter, “Molino Molero”

Snarky Puppy with a Peruvian flavor
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You can probably tell I’ve really been getting into Snarky Puppy lately. This joyous track is from their just-released new album, Family Dinner - Volume Two.

“Molino Molero”
featuring Susana Baca and Charlie Hunter
from Snarky Puppy’s live DVD/CD - “Family Dinner - Volume Two”
©GroundUP Music 2016

Buy It Here:
http://store.snarkypuppy.com/pages/music
https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/sing-to-moon-feat.-laura-mvula/id1073001360?i=1073001368&uo=4&partnerId=11&at=1l3va4Q

written by Susana Baca
produced by Michael League
arranged by Michael League & Snarky Puppy
recorded and filmed at Esplanade Studios in New Orleans, LA, February 12-14, 2015.

FEATURED GUESTS
Susana Baca - vocals
Charlie Hunter - 7-string guitar

SNARKY PUPPY
Michael League - electric bass
Bill Laurance - vocals
Cory Henry - Rhodes & vocals
Shaun Martin - piano & vocals
Justin Stanton - vocals
Bob Lanzetti - guitar
Mark Lettieri - Hammertone guitar
Chris McQueen - acoustic baritone guitar
Jay Jennings - vocals
Mike “Maz” Maher - vocals
Chris Bullock - flute & vocals
Jeff Coffin - flute & vocals
Carlos Malta - bass flute & vocalsd
Robert “Sput” Searight - drums
Larnell Lewis - percussion
Nate Werth - percussion
Marcelo Woloski - caj—n
Bernardo Aguiar - percussion
with…
Candy West - vocals
Peaches West - vocals
Rachella Searight - vocals
Carolina Araoz - vocals

engineered by Eric Hartman
assisted by Matt Recchia, Andrés Daza, & Camilo Salazar
mixed by Eric Hartman, Michael League, & Nathan Forsbach
mastered by Scott Hull
directed by Andy LaViolette & Michael League

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94 comments
1
freetoken  Feb 13, 2016 • 11:59:10am
On one hand, a contested convention, if staged properly, would give Republicans an unprecedented platform to show off rival candidates, their visions for America’s future, and their appeals to the tens — perhaps hundreds — of millions of viewers tuning in to watch the ultimate results show.

Cynical me, I believe that certain media are hoping this will be the case, so they can attract advertisers for an otherwise obligatory but not profitable television venture.

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Big Beautiful Door  Feb 13, 2016 • 12:11:11pm

re: #1 freetoken

Cynical me, I believe that certain media are hoping this will be the case, so they can attract advertisers for an otherwise obligatory but not profitable television venture.

The only way this becomes a brokered convention is if its a three way race between Trump, Cruz and an establishment candidate each winning enough primaries to prevent the other two from winning a majority. If it comes down to Trump vs. Cruz or one of the three, someone will probably get a majority of the delegates.

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stpaulbear  Feb 13, 2016 • 12:16:09pm

Just got back from Micro Center with only a moderate amount of budget damage. Got a new monitor and keyboard (not the $100 kind. After playing around I realized that wasn’t actually what I wanted). Micro Center is great and quite a zoo on Saturdays. The sales guy who helped me was charming. Now all I want to do is take a nap.

Snarky Puppy is a great band but their name makes me feel like all of the good band names are gone (not saying that all the old band had great names - every decade has had bands with sucky names).

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freetoken  Feb 13, 2016 • 12:18:53pm

re: #2 Big Beautiful Door

Well, as Morning Consult concludes, there won’t be a “brokered” convention because no one is so influential this year to be a broker.

If after the first vote there is no nominee, then many delegates will be free to vote their wish, or for whatever was arranged for them by a candidate that essentially buys their vote.

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freetoken  Feb 13, 2016 • 12:20:24pm

The 538 map of candidate’s Facebook likes shows us America on Facebook:

projects.fivethirtyeight.com

Carson, Sanders, and Trump dominate strongly.

Well, it is Facebook.

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Tigger2  Feb 13, 2016 • 12:23:37pm

lol

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stpaulbear  Feb 13, 2016 • 12:23:44pm

re: #5 freetoken

The 538 map of candidate’s Facebook likes shows us America on Facebook:

projects.fivethirtyeight.com

Carson, Sanders, and Trump dominate strongly.

Well, it is Facebook.

Yep, my friends on facebook who post politics post Bernie stuff. I don’t think any of them would stay home rather than vote for Hillary though.

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freetoken  Feb 13, 2016 • 12:24:51pm

re: #7 stpaulbear

Poor Rubio, I think the only county in the US where he leads in Likes is Miami-Dade county.

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The alpuzzzzz from Wisconsin  Feb 13, 2016 • 12:24:59pm

Beautiful troll:

gop-Harmony.com

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ObserverArt  Feb 13, 2016 • 12:25:44pm

Seeing another Snarky tune/vid made me go back and listen to one Charles posted back in December - “Lingus” with the wild 4 plus minute synth solo. That one is so damn good I get all emotional listening to it. Between the drummer, bass player and the keyboard soloists I can’t imagine being any more tight. Freaking chills man…up and down my spine.

That one again if anyone didn’t catch it. Snarky Puppy be great.

Snarky Puppy - Lingus (We Like It Here)

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freetoken  Feb 13, 2016 • 12:26:56pm
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Big Beautiful Door  Feb 13, 2016 • 12:27:07pm

re: #4 freetoken

Well, as Morning Consult concludes, there won’t be a “brokered” convention because no one is so influential this year to be a broker.

If after the first vote there is no nominee, then many delegates will be free to vote their wish, or for whatever was arranged for them by a candidate that essentially buys their vote.

Brokered in that sense; after the first ballot there would be intense negotiations and lobbying behind closed doors to get a majority of delegates behind one candidate. It would be a lot of fun to watch the GOP eat its own entrails, but its not the most likely outcome.

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ausador  Feb 13, 2016 • 12:27:19pm

The 43 page FEC notice seems real enough, beyond that credibility is definitely an issue.

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Tigger2  Feb 13, 2016 • 12:28:12pm

Yep

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Big Beautiful Door  Feb 13, 2016 • 12:33:32pm

re: #14 Tigger2

Yep

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Strange, it appears none of them told the judge they were not corporate fictions, and that his admiralty court flying a gold fringed flag did not have any jurisdiction over them./

opb.org

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Belafon  Feb 13, 2016 • 12:34:51pm

re: #9 The alpuzzzzz from Wisconsin

Beautiful troll:

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Video

“Please clap.”

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HappyWarrior  Feb 13, 2016 • 12:35:12pm

re: #9 The alpuzzzzz from Wisconsin

Beautiful troll:

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Video

Clever.

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Franklin  Feb 13, 2016 • 12:36:38pm

Is this the “I’m not a racist, my best friend is black!” of lawsuits?

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HappyWarrior  Feb 13, 2016 • 12:36:49pm

re: #13 ausador

The 43 page FEC notice seems real enough, beyond that credibility is definitely an issue.

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I’m confused here. I thought Citizens United pretty much allows for unlimited donations. There was a story not that long ago about Clinton get a six million donation for Soros or does that only relate to organizations?

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No Depression  Feb 13, 2016 • 12:37:04pm

re: #13 ausador

The 43 page FEC notice seems real enough, beyond that credibility is definitely an issue.

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well that’s clearly just the establishment trying to destroy him

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Big Beautiful Door  Feb 13, 2016 • 12:37:43pm

re: #19 HappyWarrior

I’m confused here. I thought Citizens United pretty much allows for unlimited donations. There was a story not that long ago about Clinton get a six million donation for Soros or does that only relate to organizations?

Unlimited donations to Super Pacs which supposedly are independent of the candidates’ campaigns.

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HappyWarrior  Feb 13, 2016 • 12:38:03pm

re: #20 No Depression

well that’s clearly just the establishment trying to destroy him

That will be the narrative. Bernie can do no wrong.

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Belafon  Feb 13, 2016 • 12:38:25pm

re: #19 HappyWarrior

I’m confused here. I thought Citizens United pretty much allows for unlimited donations. There was a story not that long ago about Clinton get a six million donation for Soros or does that only relate to organizations?

The Soros contribution was to a PAC. I think contributions to a campaign are still limited.

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HappyWarrior  Feb 13, 2016 • 12:39:05pm

re: #21 Big Beautiful Door

Unlimited donations to Super Pacs which supposedly are independent of the candidates’ campaigns.

Ahhhh I see. Thanks for clearing up that misunderstanding. Yeah didn’t McCain-Feingold limit individual contributions to 2000 bucks?

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Big Beautiful Door  Feb 13, 2016 • 12:39:53pm

re: #24 HappyWarrior

Ahhhh I see. Thanks for clearing up that misunderstanding. Yeah didn’t McCain-Feingold limit individual contributions to 2000 bucks?

I don’t remember the exact figure, though that sounds about right.

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HappyWarrior  Feb 13, 2016 • 12:39:58pm

re: #23 Belafon

The Soros contribution was to a PAC. I think contributions to a campaign are still limited.

Yep I get it now. Thanks to you and BBD for clearing that up for me. I thought that was it but I wasn’t sure hence the question.

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HappyWarrior  Feb 13, 2016 • 12:40:53pm

re: #25 Big Beautiful Door

I don’t remember the exact figure, though that sounds about right.

Yeah somewhere in that neighborhood.

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The alpuzzzzz from Wisconsin  Feb 13, 2016 • 12:42:04pm

re: #16 Belafon

“Watches Fox & Friends unironically”

I like this approach.

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Joe Bacon  Feb 13, 2016 • 12:44:36pm

re: #15 Big Beautiful Door

Strange, it appears none of them told the judge they were not corporate fictions, and that his admiralty court flying a gold fringed flag did not have any jurisdiction over them./

opb.org

I’m shocked, I tell you!

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Barefoot Grin  Feb 13, 2016 • 12:46:18pm

re: #11 freetoken

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Those short fingers….

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freetoken  Feb 13, 2016 • 12:47:20pm

Oh, look, noted racist Charles Murray defends Trump’s racist-politik:

Trump’s America There’s nothing irrational about Donald Trump’s appeal to the white working class, writes Charles Murray: they have every reason to be angry

Murray tries something quite slick here:

[…]

White working-class males were the archetypal “Reagan Democrats” in the early 1980s and are often described as the core of support for Mr. Trump. But the grievances of this group are often misunderstood. It is a mistake to suggest that they are lashing out irrationally against people who don’t look like themselves. There are certainly elements of racism and xenophobia in Trumpism, as I myself have discovered on Twitter and Facebook after writing critically about Mr. Trump.

But the central truth of Trumpism as a phenomenon is that the entire American working class has legitimate reasons to be angry at the ruling class. During the past half-century of economic growth, virtually none of the rewards have gone to the working class. The economists can supply caveats and refinements to that statement, but the bottom line is stark: The real family income of people in the bottom half of the income distribution hasn’t increased since the late 1960s.

[…]

First, Murray is trying to say that it’s the Trump supporters who are the racists, in opposition to himself (Murray). (Murray is not a bit Trump supporter, which I gather comes mostly from personality clash.)

But then in the next paragraph Murray basically does a Bernie Sanders. Murray’s assertions there are no different than Sanders, regarding the inequality of economics in contemporary America.

Anyway, in the article as a whole, despite Murray’s attempt at moving the tar-baby of racism onto Trump’s online supporters, Murray seems quite concerned about “white” this and that, and about some mythical (to me) traditional American “creed”.

Murray is doing a kind of triangulating, putting himself at a midway point between those racist Trump supporters on twitter, and the “elite”.

It’s all very deceptive. Clearly this article is just another dog whistle.

And the target readers of the WSJ heard that whistle:

JIM SHULER 2 minutes ago
For many this country has to be changed. For blacks like Obama he is resentful that some smart white men were able to form and build this wonderful nation.
For liberal women, the fact that a bunch of smart white men designed and founded this country.

That are the reasons liberals hate this country. It is because they are selfish petty people that can’t stand to give the white men the credit they deserve.

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EPR-radar  Feb 13, 2016 • 12:48:24pm

re: #26 HappyWarrior

Yep I get it now. Thanks to you and BBD for clearing that up for me. I thought that was it but I wasn’t sure hence the question.

It’s an easy mistake. It is entirely possible that the only five people in the US that believe Super PACs don’t coordinate with their corresponding campaigns are the Citizen’s United SCOTUS majority.

And even that majority adopts this frankly incredible belief only as a prop for their tortured reasoning.

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wrenchwench  Feb 13, 2016 • 12:50:30pm

re: #31 freetoken

Murray is doing a kind of triangulating, putting himself at a midway point between those racist Trump supporters on twitter, and the “elite”.

He wrote a book. He thinks he’s one of those ‘intellectual’ racists.

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HappyWarrior  Feb 13, 2016 • 12:51:47pm

re: #33 wrenchwench

He wrote a book. He thinks he’s one of those ‘intellectual’ racists.

NRO type racist. Racism with “class”.

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freetoken  Feb 13, 2016 • 12:52:15pm

re: #33 wrenchwench

He wrote a book. He thinks he’s one of those ‘intellectual’ racists.

Yes, that is exactly it. Murray doesn’t disagree with the racist approach, but he wants more syllables in his words, and Trump’s supporters don’t do multisyllabic words so well.

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Charles Johnson  Feb 13, 2016 • 12:52:38pm

re: #31 freetoken

Notice how their little bio of Murray omits “The Bell Curve” from a list of the books he’s written, even though that’s by far his most famous/infamous book.

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HappyWarrior  Feb 13, 2016 • 12:53:21pm

re: #36 Charles Johnson

Notice how their little bio of Murray omits “The Bell Curve” from a list of the books he’s written, even though that’s by far his most famous/infamous book.

Much like Romney insisting he didn’t pick Ryan for the Rywn Bill.

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Big Beautiful Door  Feb 13, 2016 • 12:53:22pm

re: #36 Charles Johnson

Notice how their little bio of Murray omits “The Bell Curve” from a list of the books he’s written, even though that’s by far his most famous/infamous book.

Wonder why that is?/

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freetoken  Feb 13, 2016 • 12:53:40pm

This idea that one can cover up racist-essentialism with a big enough lexicon is what separates Murray from Trump supporters, who don’t know what a “lexicon” is in the first place.

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HappyWarrior  Feb 13, 2016 • 12:54:15pm

re: #35 freetoken

Yes, that is exactly it. Murray doesn’t disagree with the racist approach, but he wants more syllables in his words, and Trump’s supporters don’t do multisyllabic words so well.

Right country club racism versus yahoo news comment racism.

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Blind Frog Belly White  Feb 13, 2016 • 12:57:01pm

re: #31 freetoken

JIM SHULER 2 minutes ago
For many this country has to be changed. For blacks like Obama he is resentful that some smart white men were able to form and build this wonderful nation.
For liberal women, the fact that a bunch of smart white men designed and founded this country.

That are the reasons liberals hate this country. It is because they are selfish petty people that can’t stand to give the white men the credit they deserve.

Oh, the plight of the poor, underappreciated white man. Cry me a river.

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freetoken  Feb 13, 2016 • 12:58:23pm

Please understand what those of the ilk of Murray are trying to do: they are wrapping the bitter pill of racism with a thin, sweet coating of borrowed-from-socialism concern for the lower classes.

Murray mentions “class” more than Sanders does.

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Charles Johnson  Feb 13, 2016 • 12:59:11pm

re: #31 freetoken

You should turn this comment into a Page - it’s worth a front page promo. It’s pretty outrageous that this kind of crypto-racism is being promoted by the Wall Street Journal.

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Big Beautiful Door  Feb 13, 2016 • 1:01:44pm

re: #41 Blind Frog Belly White

Oh, the plight of the poor, underappreciated white man. Cry me a river.

A trip to an old plantation in South Carolina when I was on vacation a few years ago was very enlightening. It had been a rice plantation; rice was a very lucrative crop because European countries would buy lots of it to feed their armies. The slaves had been West African rice farmers. They were kidnapped and brought to South Carolina not to merely provide brute labor, but because they had the skills and knowledge to cultivate rice. The white planters were nothing but parasites; the slaves supplied all of the know-how and labor to make the plantation profitable, but not for themselves.

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freetoken  Feb 13, 2016 • 1:02:07pm

re: #43 Charles Johnson

You should turn this comment into a Page - it’s worth a front page promo. It’s pretty outrageous that this kind of crypto-racism is being promoted by the Wall Street Journal.

Same rag that used to print Brimelow. I don’t expect anything from the WSJ other than ideology that doesn’t rub Big Daddy the wrong way.

Other than that… I’ve been up all night and am about to take a nap before the mud-slinging tonight… so I doubt I can get a Page done in a timely manner.

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Big Beautiful Door  Feb 13, 2016 • 1:03:55pm

re: #45 freetoken

Same rag that used to print Brimelow. I don’t expect anything from the WSJ other than ideology that doesn’t rub Big Daddy the wrong way.

Other than that… I’ve been up all night and am about to take a nap before the mud-slinging tonight… so I doubt I can get a Page done in a timely manner.

Just copy and paste what you wrote; you’ve already done the hard part.

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No Depression  Feb 13, 2016 • 1:03:58pm

re: #13 ausador

The 43 page FEC notice seems real enough, beyond that credibility is definitely an issue.

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Just found this NY Times article providing a little more context:

F.E.C. Tells Sanders That Some Donors May Have Given Too Much

The vast majority of the donors gave several small contributions to Mr. Sanders for the Democratic primary that eventually totaled more than the $2,700 limit, according to a letter the election commission sent to Mr. Sanders on Thursday.

Such glitches are common in political campaigns, which are required to track small donors and begin itemizing their contributions when their total reaches $200. That can be harder when donors use slightly different variations of their names or contribute from more than one address. Mr. Sanders’s campaign may choose to refund the excess contributions or re-designate the excess for use in a general election campaign, when candidates can accept another $2,700.

But the F.E.C.’s review suggests that the sheer volume of small contributions Mr. Sanders is receiving — more than 3 million of them so far, according to his campaign — may be straining his campaign’s ability to keep track of which donors are which. Most of the contributions cited by the commission were given by donors with relatively unusual names, whose small checks are generally easier to tally.

In early February, after the end of the fourth fund-raising quarter, Mr. Sanders’s campaign announced that it had more than 1.3 million donors, an astonishing number for so early in the campaign cycle. And last week, the campaign announced it had received 3.25 million total donations, the most of any presidential candidate in the race. The campaign’s most recent F.E.C. filing was nearly 100,000 pages long.

At first blush this looked suspicious to me, but after reading this, I’ll give Bernie the benefit of the doubt on this one.

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HappyWarrior  Feb 13, 2016 • 1:05:40pm

re: #44 Big Beautiful Door

A trip to an old plantation in South Carolina when I was on vacation a few years ago was very enlightening. It had been a rice plantation; rice was a very lucrative crop because European countries would buy lots of it to feed their armies. The slaves had been West African rice farmers. They were kidnapped and brought to South Carolina not to merely provide brute labor, but because they had the skills and knowledge to cultivate rice. The white planters were nothing but parasites; the slaves supplied all of the know-how and labor to make the plantation profitable, but not for themselves.

Imagine it was the same deal with tobacco and the Native Americans.

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Franklin  Feb 13, 2016 • 1:08:42pm
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Belafon  Feb 13, 2016 • 1:09:32pm
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Belafon  Feb 13, 2016 • 1:11:40pm

re: #47 No Depression

Just found this NY Times article providing a little more context:

F.E.C. Tells Sanders That Some Donors May Have Given Too Much

At first blush this looked suspicious to me, but after reading this, I’ll give Bernie the benefit of the doubt on this one.

Read one way, that sounds like there may be a few donors attempting to bend the rules by doing lots of small donations, thinking they won’t be lumped together. The technology that makes it easy for them to make many small donations makes it easy to add them.

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Teukka  Feb 13, 2016 • 1:14:14pm

re: #50 Belafon

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TRUFAX.

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wrenchwench  Feb 13, 2016 • 1:17:34pm

re: #46 Big Beautiful Door

Just copy and paste what you wrote; you’ve already done the hard part.

Easier than that: Your own comments have a button to turn them into a Page. (Not pushing you, Freetoken.)

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No Depression  Feb 13, 2016 • 1:18:57pm

re: #51 Belafon

Read one way, that sounds like there may be a few donors attempting to bend the rules by doing lots of small donations, thinking they won’t be lumped together. The technology that makes it easy for them to make many small donations makes it easy to add them.

That is a certainly a valid interpretation, and it isn’t inconceivable to me that there are Sanders supporters who would resort to that kind of dishonesty.

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BeachDem  Feb 13, 2016 • 1:19:21pm

re: #32 EPR-radar

It’s an easy mistake. It is entirely possible that the only five people in the US that believe Super PACs don’t coordinate with their corresponding campaigns are the Citizen’s United SCOTUS majority.

And even that majority adopts this frankly incredible belief only as a prop for their tortured reasoning.

If they’d only followed Colbert’s tale of his Super PAC, they would have been easily enlightened.
/

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BeachDem  Feb 13, 2016 • 1:24:14pm

re: #47 No Depression

Just found this NY Times article providing a little more context:

F.E.C. Tells Sanders That Some Donors May Have Given Too Much

At first blush this looked suspicious to me, but after reading this, I’ll give Bernie the benefit of the doubt on this one.

Reading through the actual FEC report, I totally agree. Many of the overages were less that $100 after multiple donations, and some, I think, combined primary and general donations (Bill Maher, for instance, is listed as a $5,400 donation—which would be a perfect example of that.)

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No Depression  Feb 13, 2016 • 1:26:31pm

re: #49 Franklin

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I’m almost starting to think that MSNBC might want a Trump presidency to happen so they can get some more of those cold hard #ratings.

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Tigger2  Feb 13, 2016 • 1:28:48pm

re: #57 No Depression

I’m almost starting to think that MSNBC might want a Trump presidency to happen so they can get some more of those cold hard #ratings.

You have to remember that COMCAST now owns part of MSNBC and COMCAST is a rightwing company.

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Kragar  Feb 13, 2016 • 1:32:39pm

Just saw Deadpool.

OMG, it was anything you could ever want.

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ObserverArt  Feb 13, 2016 • 1:33:05pm

re: #49 Franklin

Tommy Christopher @tommyxtopher

Busted: MSNBC Butchers @billclinton Mid-Quote to Make Him ‘Slam’ Obama mediaite.com … #HillaryClinton

3:32 PM - 13 Feb 2016

WTF???

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Tigger2  Feb 13, 2016 • 1:39:15pm
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EPR-radar  Feb 13, 2016 • 1:45:25pm

re: #31 freetoken

One striking thing about this is that Charles Murray deviates from conservative orthodoxy very significantly here.

1) He uses class-based language.

2) He admits the existence of the ruling class.

3) He admits the fact of rising economic inequality, and

4) He views this inequality as a problem.

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Kragar  Feb 13, 2016 • 1:45:59pm

“Wow. I just broke the 4th wall during a flashback where I broke the 4th wall! That is like 16 walls!”

So, yes Deadpool got the character 100% completely correct.

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Kragar  Feb 13, 2016 • 1:49:26pm

BREAKING

Looking for confirmation, but if true…

LET THE GAMES BEGIN

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wrenchwench  Feb 13, 2016 • 1:50:02pm
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HappyWarrior  Feb 13, 2016 • 1:50:04pm

re: #64 Kragar

BREAKING

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Looking for confirmation, but if true…

LET THE GAMES BEGIN

If true, condolences to his family.

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ObserverArt  Feb 13, 2016 • 1:50:28pm

re: #64 Kragar

BREAKING

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Looking for confirmation, but if true…

LET THE GAMES BEGIN

Whoa! The is earth shaking kinda news.

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Tigger2  Feb 13, 2016 • 1:50:32pm

re: #64 Kragar

BREAKING

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Looking for confirmation, but if true…

LET THE GAMES BEGIN

WOW if true

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Testy Toad T  Feb 13, 2016 • 1:50:57pm

Holy shit.

A certain Twain quote comes to mind…

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wrenchwench  Feb 13, 2016 • 1:51:17pm

re: #64 Kragar

BREAKING

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Looking for confirmation, but if true…

LET THE GAMES BEGIN

The most difficult idea there:

luxury resort in West Texas

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Charles Johnson  Feb 13, 2016 • 1:51:56pm

re: #64 Kragar

Wow, things are gonna get very interesting if it’s true.

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HappyWarrior  Feb 13, 2016 • 1:52:20pm

re: #71 Charles Johnson

Wow, things are gonna get very interesting if it’s true.

They are for sure. Wow.

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ObserverArt  Feb 13, 2016 • 1:53:20pm

Nothing coming up in a Google search for news.

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Kragar  Feb 13, 2016 • 1:53:55pm

2nd Source

BREAKING: Supreme Court Justice Scalia dies during hunting trip in Marfa

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Testy Toad T  Feb 13, 2016 • 1:54:05pm

And during an election year that was already looking hilarious and ugly and whacko.

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Kragar  Feb 13, 2016 • 1:54:18pm

re: #73 ObserverArt

Nothing coming up in a Google search for news.

Check again

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Billy Batts  Feb 13, 2016 • 1:54:32pm

Shit is going to hit the fan.

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EPR-radar  Feb 13, 2016 • 1:54:50pm

re: #71 Charles Johnson

Wow, things are gonna get very interesting if it’s true.

Perhaps not. The simplest thing for the Congressional GOP to do is to refuse to consider any SCOTUS nomination made by Obama at all, and rely on the usual GOP water-carriers in the media to provide cover for this obstructionism.

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Kragar  Feb 13, 2016 • 1:54:56pm

re: #71 Charles Johnson

Wow, things are gonna get very interesting if it’s true.

The GOP will go full clown show fighting whoever Obama names as a replacement

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HappyWarrior  Feb 13, 2016 • 1:55:43pm

re: #79 Kragar

The GOP will go full clown show fighting whoever Obama names as a replacement

Right.

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Billy Batts  Feb 13, 2016 • 1:55:47pm

A comment at MySA:

Oh no. The USA has lost a strong voice for conservative values. It also has made this election more crucial. A socialist, whether national or international in flavor, CANNOT be allowed to put another socialist on the Supreme Court. Our gun rights and ALL other rights are in jeopardy if some socialist is allowed to define them.

As I said upthread, the shit is going to hit the fan.

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EPR-radar  Feb 13, 2016 • 1:56:25pm

re: #79 Kragar

The GOP will go full clown show fighting whoever Obama names as a replacement

The GOP has both houses of Congress and expects to win the presidency in November.

I think they will do nothing and tell their own loudmouths (in Congress) to say nothing.

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Tigger2  Feb 13, 2016 • 1:57:00pm

Of coarse now we are going to hear conspiracies like this is some kind of a Obama plot so he can try and pick another SCOTUS judge.

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allegro  Feb 13, 2016 • 1:57:22pm

re: #74 Kragar

2nd Source

BREAKING: Supreme Court Justice Scalia dies during hunting trip in Marfa

The Marfa lights!!!

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HappyWarrior  Feb 13, 2016 • 1:57:27pm

It just completely changes the calculus even if Obama appoints someone like Kennedy.

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HappyWarrior  Feb 13, 2016 • 1:57:49pm

re: #83 Tigger2

Of coarse now we are going to hear conspiracies like this is some kind of a Obama plot so he can try and pick another SCOTUS judge.

Unfortunately yes.

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Joe Bacon  Feb 13, 2016 • 1:57:50pm

re: #82 EPR-radar

The GOP has both houses of Congress and expects to win the presidency in November.

I think they will do nothing and tell their own loudmouths to say nothing.

Anyone who believes that will gladly buy a bridge in Brooklyn from me!

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Shiplord Kirel  Feb 13, 2016 • 1:57:57pm

More about Scalia death coming up on Google now. KVIA TV is in a world of shit if this is a hoax.

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lawhawk  Feb 13, 2016 • 1:58:10pm

Thoughts and prayers to the Scalia family, as reports of his death at his West Texas ranch.

Say what you want about his jurisprudence, but he was one of the major figures on the court since he was appointed. His battles with the liberal wing of the court, as well as with O’Connor and Kennedy are going to be revisited in coming days and weeks.

As will how this will affect the balance of the Court in coming years since it unexpectedly gives the President another chance to influence the Court’s direction for years to come.

In fact, this could actually spur RBG to retire, as the balance of the court would swing more liberal with Scalia passing on Obama’s watch. The President could actually end up with a stronger liberal wing than it has seen in decades. This is not an insignificant factor, and would also underline the importance of having a Democrat in the White House - nominating SCt justices is one of the most important tasks they ever get to undertake - and the choices will often influence policy for decades or longer.

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freetoken  Feb 13, 2016 • 1:58:25pm

Paged:

In Which Charles Murray Defends Trump’s Racism with Class Warfare

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Shiplord Kirel  Feb 13, 2016 • 1:59:16pm

re: #83 Tigger2

Of coarse now we are going to hear conspiracies like this is some kind of a Obama plot so he can try and pick another SCOTUS judge.

Obviously assassinated by the secret Mind Control/Chemtrail facility that generates the Marfa lights.

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ObserverArt  Feb 13, 2016 • 1:59:18pm

re: #76 Kragar

Check again

Finally seeing some reports…but Google seems to be treating it very oddly. Shrug.

Taking the politics out of it, thoughts to his family and friends.

Putting the politics back in…how much will it become the biggest reason to vote for a Republican and be used as a tropic tonight?

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ausador  Feb 13, 2016 • 2:50:15pm

re: #47 No Depression

Just found this NY Times article providing a little more context:

F.E.C. Tells Sanders That Some Donors May Have Given Too Much

At first blush this looked suspicious to me, but after reading this, I’ll give Bernie the benefit of the doubt on this one.

Seems simple enough when Hillary does it on her site.
1. Give up to x dollars it all goes to me.

2. Give up to y dollars and x goes to me and remainder to DNC.

3. Give z dollars and after I and DNC each take the maximum allowed the remainder will be split between the 47 state Democratic parties taking contributions from this fund.

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TedStriker  Feb 13, 2016 • 2:51:36pm

re: #89 lawhawk

Thoughts and prayers to the Scalia family, as reports of his death at his West Texas ranch.

Say what you want about his jurisprudence, but he was one of the major figures on the court since he was appointed. His battles with the liberal wing of the court, as well as with O’Connor and Kennedy are going to be revisited in coming days and weeks.

As will how this will affect the balance of the Court in coming years since it unexpectedly gives the President another chance to influence the Court’s direction for years to come.

In fact, this could actually spur RBG to retire, as the balance of the court would swing more liberal with Scalia passing on Obama’s watch. The President could actually end up with a stronger liberal wing than it has seen in decades. This is not an insignificant factor, and would also underline the importance of having a Democrat in the White House - nominating SCt justices is one of the most important tasks they ever get to undertake - and the choices will often influence policy for decades or longer.

Right on…ideological and policy differences aside, my condolences to Scalia’s family and to his colleagues.

Talking about a replacement comes later.


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