Tuesday Night Jam: Nigel Hall & NOLA International, “Brother, I’m Hungry”

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“Brother, I’m Hungry” (BONUS TRACK)
Nigel Hall & NOLA International
from Snarky Puppy’s live DVD/CD - “Family Dinner - Volume Two”
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written by Jon Cleary
produced by Michael League
arranged by Michael League & NOLA International
recorded and filmed at Esplanade Studios in New Orleans, LA, on February 12, 2015

featuring:
Nigel Hall - vocals
Big D Perkins - electric guitar
Ivan Neville - clavinet & vocals
John Gros - organ
Brian Coogan - piano & vocals
Big Sam Williams - trombone
Khris Royal - alto saxophone
Terence Blanchard - trumpet
Donald Ramsey - electric bass
Jamison Ross - drums
Terence Higgins - drums
Mike Dillon - percussion
Jason Marsalis - percussion
with…
Carlos Malta - soprano sax
Jeff Coffin - tenor sax
Chris Bullock - tenor sax
Mike “Maz” Maher - trumpet
Jay Jennings - trumpet

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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492 comments
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Charles Johnson  Mar 22, 2016 • 8:48:35pm
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freetoken  Mar 22, 2016 • 8:52:06pm

Currently in AZ, Cruz is not in second place. Instead, the “others” have more totals than Cruz.

But that will change by the end of the night.

Still, it’s kind of telling, that in AZ the only GOP candidate with a real following is Drumpfskind.

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bratwurst  Mar 22, 2016 • 8:52:20pm

Repost from downstairs. I think it has been self-evident for a while now…but I think that literally every person of legal voting age in this country needs to see it in black and white:

Anyone who thinks they are taking a principled stand against Trump who also refuses to vote for Secretary Clinton is not, in fact, principled in the slightest.

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Dark_Falcon  Mar 22, 2016 • 8:58:16pm

re: #3 bratwurst

I don’t agree and won’t unless/until Trump is the Republican nominee. if that grim event event occurs, I’ll reconsider.

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Reality Based Steve  Mar 22, 2016 • 8:58:31pm

Night gang. I’m not going to wait for the Utah results to roll in, I’ll check how things sorted out in the morning.

Catch you all later on. Be good, or at least be careful.

RBS

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Brian J.  Mar 22, 2016 • 8:58:38pm

CNN estimates that Hillary is +17 delegates in AZ. Unless ID and UT are blowout losses, that means she’ll likely end up ahead on the night, and two of Bernie’s little white caucuses will have been hurled against the wall for nothing.

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Targetpractice  Mar 22, 2016 • 8:58:42pm
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teleskiguy  Mar 22, 2016 • 9:00:42pm

re: #7 Targetpractice

“Dr. Carson, you’re not running for president anymore.”

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FormerDirtDart  Mar 22, 2016 • 9:02:15pm

re: #7 Targetpractice

BREAKING: Ben Carson scheduled a speech to concede AZ minutes ago before a personal aide reminded him he’d already dropped out of the race.

Hell, Rubio should give another one of his 3rd Place VICTORY speeches tonight

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Targetpractice  Mar 22, 2016 • 9:02:20pm

re: #6 Brian J.

CNN estimates that Hillary is +17 delegates in AZ. Unless ID and UT are blowout losses, that means she’ll likely end up ahead on the night, and two of Bernie’s little white caucuses will have been hurled against the wall for nothing.

Arizona looks to be setting the stage for the last act of this political theater: Bernie winning caucuses that do little to help his delegate deficit, while Hillary manages big wins in closed primaries that allow her to continue pulling away.

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GlutenFreeJesus  Mar 22, 2016 • 9:04:16pm

I said last thread. It’s all over for Hillary. Sanders got 9 whole delegates. NINE!!!!!! From overseas voters!!!!!!!

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bratwurst  Mar 22, 2016 • 9:04:38pm

Hillary is speaking. I hope Morning Joe is watching so he can check in with another helpful critique!

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Belafon  Mar 22, 2016 • 9:07:22pm

re: #11 GlutenFreeJesus

I said last thread. It’s all over for Hillary. Sanders got 9 whole delegates. NINE!!!!!! From overseas voters!!!!!!!

Wasn’t it like 9 to 4 or 9 to 6?

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Jay C  Mar 22, 2016 • 9:08:18pm

re: #9 FormerDirtDart

Hell, Rubio should give another one of his 3rd Place VICTORY speeches tonight

Serious LOL material here: a guy who isn’t in the race coming in third, with over 57,000 votes? Not to mention the entire GOP clown car seems to have made it onto the ballot (including Mystery Candidate T. Cook - maybe it IS Apple’s CEO?). Did they print up the ballot last October, and never updated it?

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freetoken  Mar 22, 2016 • 9:08:33pm

9% in, and “Other” still leads Cruz in AZ…

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Dark_Falcon  Mar 22, 2016 • 9:09:04pm

re: #12 bratwurst

Hillary is speaking. I hope Morning Joe is watching so he can check in with another helpful critique!

He’ll try to keep the myth of the horse-race going, even though the Sanders horse is now just limping along, waiting for the Clinton horse to lock up the nomination. Then and only then will the media get out the captive bolt gun.

And even once that happens and “Feel the Bern” has put down, the delusional screaming of the sandbaggers will be piteous to hear.

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Brian J.  Mar 22, 2016 • 9:09:42pm

re: #16 freetoken

9% in, and “Other” still leads Cruz in AZ…

And Hillary is outpolling Trump by about 8,000 votes (205,455 to 197,554).

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freetoken  Mar 22, 2016 • 9:10:38pm

… whoops… Cruz just inched ahead of “other”… Drumpfskind still in lead at 46%.

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Dark_Falcon  Mar 22, 2016 • 9:12:07pm

re: #16 freetoken

9% in, and “Other” still leads Cruz in AZ…

Doesn’t matter, since with Arizona delegates are assigned according to what a former sales manager of mine still calls the Ricky Bobby Rule: If you’re not First, you’re Last. Second Place is First Loser.

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freetoken  Mar 22, 2016 • 9:13:53pm

re: #20 Dark_Falcon

The big talk is about whether Drumpfskind can get 50%. For those who are keeping track, Drumpfskind has yet to win an outright majority in any contest (those little islands in the Pacific don’t really count as it was just a party convention held by the GOP leaders.)

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teleskiguy  Mar 22, 2016 • 9:14:13pm
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Brian J.  Mar 22, 2016 • 9:14:17pm

re: #7 Targetpractice

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Carson has almost 14,000 votes statewide, over 3%. In Greenlee County, he’s ahead of Kasich. In Navajo County, he’s just 56 votes behind (292 to 236).

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teleskiguy  Mar 22, 2016 • 9:16:48pm

HURR HURR TEH WINDFARMS IS KILLING TEH ENVIRONMENT!!! CHECKMATE LIBTARDS!!!

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FormerDirtDart  Mar 22, 2016 • 9:17:37pm

re: #15 Jay C

Serious LOL material here: a guy who isn’t in the race coming in third, with over 57,000 votes? Not to mention the entire GOP clown car seems to have made it onto the ballot (including Mystery Candidate T. Cook - maybe it IS Apple’s CEO?). Did they print up the ballot last October, and never updated it?

Timothy Milton Cook

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GlutenFreeJesus  Mar 22, 2016 • 9:18:31pm

re: #13 Belafon

The overseas votes while not at all meaningless, were pretty useless for Bernie. It’s somewhat amusing seeing Bernie acquaintances on FB crow about it.

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teleskiguy  Mar 22, 2016 • 9:19:10pm

One of the top Bernie dudebros is busting out the big guns.

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Brian J.  Mar 22, 2016 • 9:21:17pm

re: #24 teleskiguy

HURR HURR TEH WINDFARMS IS KILLING TEH ENVIRONMENT!!! CHECKMATE LIBTARDS!!!

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Those giant fans now generate almost 5% of all US electricity.

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teleskiguy  Mar 22, 2016 • 9:24:20pm

re: #28 Brian J.

Those giant fans now generate almost 5% of all US electricity.

I drove back from Austin, TX to Colorado after some Umphrey’s McGee shows through freaking wind farm country some years ago. I’ve never seen more windmills than in the state of Texas. I remember driving by seeing hundreds of these huge white spinning structures thinking, ‘this is in Texas, of all places.’

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Dark_Falcon  Mar 22, 2016 • 9:25:34pm

re: #27 teleskiguy

I’m not gonna say it, since I’ll just get downdinged again.

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teleskiguy  Mar 22, 2016 • 9:29:10pm

re: #30 Dark_Falcon

I have a feeling you don’t like Hillary at all. I get it.

But check this out, Dark_Falcon! This is the Republican Party’s nominee for the 2016 presidential election!

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Stanley Sea  Mar 22, 2016 • 9:31:31pm

re: #4 Dark_Falcon

I don’t agree and won’t unless/until Trump is the Republican nominee. if that grim event event occurs, I’ll reconsider.

Oh fuck. You are beyond redemption Dark. Sad!

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freetoken  Mar 22, 2016 • 9:31:32pm

re: #31 teleskiguy

Has Bobby Lashley has endorse Drumpfskind?

Since leaving WWE, Lashley’s had a so-so MMA career.

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teleskiguy  Mar 22, 2016 • 9:34:02pm

re: #33 freetoken

You and your Pro Wrestling knowledge. It’s one of the great weird things about LGF. freetoken’s polymath and Pro Wrestling ways. :)

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SteveMcGaziBolaGate RN  Mar 22, 2016 • 9:34:04pm

re: #30 Dark_Falcon

I’m not gonna say it, since I’ll just get downdinged again.

Oh you poor thing.

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Dark_Falcon  Mar 22, 2016 • 9:35:00pm

re: #35 SteveMcGaziBolaGate RN

Oh you poor thing.

I’m just frustrated, not self-pitying.

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SteveMcGaziBolaGate RN  Mar 22, 2016 • 9:38:51pm

re: #36 Dark_Falcon

Why the big fuss over getting downdinged? I happen to think if you aren’t getting downdinged once in a wile you aren’t trying. I don’t what you’re frustrated about. If you expect the GOP to advance any truly conservative causes, that means they’ve played you for a fool, and frustration should be the last thing you feel.

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freetoken  Mar 22, 2016 • 9:41:03pm

re: #34 teleskiguy

The entire “combat sports” field plays a bigger role in American life than some may think.

MMA now dominates professional wrestling, even here in San Diego. Local gyms have lots of young guys dreaming of MMA glory. Other forms like kick boxing have never really taken off, for some reason. Used to be lucha libre was big in Tijuana but I don’t know how it’s doing these days but I think the glory years are past.

Arguable betting and fantasy football is even a bigger field. But we are behind the Brits in our betting addictions I think, other than lottery, to which we Americans are addicted.

This is the popular underbelly of Americana.

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freetoken  Mar 22, 2016 • 9:45:31pm

Local fav Pimpinela is unlikely to be found on the platform at a Cruz rally.

Image: 5066187553_7921679e86_b.jpg

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teleskiguy  Mar 22, 2016 • 9:48:57pm

Heh!

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Eclectic Cyborg  Mar 22, 2016 • 9:51:41pm

re: #40 teleskiguy

You should tweet that to Ben Shapiro.

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Great White Snark  Mar 22, 2016 • 9:59:27pm

Sometimes there is more to a photo than the photographer thinks. Earlier I posted this tweet.

Sames shot cropped and flipped. One says “I’m relaxing” the other is all “got my eyes on you”

Uber embiggen if you click the image! Big eyes.

Same shot though.

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teleskiguy  Mar 22, 2016 • 10:03:18pm

re: #41 Eclectic Cyborg

You should tweet that to Ben Shapiro.

That sounds…fun???

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teleskiguy  Mar 22, 2016 • 10:07:15pm
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Brian J.  Mar 22, 2016 • 10:07:27pm

First reports in from the Repub side in Utah, and Cruz is at 61% so far. Nothing from SLC yet, but Cruz is winning big in every county reporting.

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Brian J.  Mar 22, 2016 • 10:10:43pm

First Utah counties coming in for the Democrats, and Sanders is ahead 49-44.

Edit: Wow, spoke too soon. Suddenly it’s 63-33.

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Mike Lamb  Mar 22, 2016 • 10:16:46pm

Headlines never to be seen on NRO:

After Sandy Hook, Time to Get Serious
After Aurora, Time to Get Serious
After Charleston, Time to Get Serious
After Virginia Tech, Time to Get Serious

Odd that…

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freetoken  Mar 22, 2016 • 10:17:49pm

re: #47 Mike Lamb

Good candidates for tweets at NRO.

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teleskiguy  Mar 22, 2016 • 10:18:20pm

My condolences to the Ford family. 46 is a young age to check out.

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GlutenFreeJesus  Mar 22, 2016 • 10:23:46pm

re: #46 Brian J.

And even more suddenly: states that won’t vote blue in November don’t matter - won’t apply to Utah because - feel the Bern!

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freetoken  Mar 22, 2016 • 10:26:57pm

re: #50 GlutenFreeJesus

There is a hypothesis that Clinton can beat Drumpfskind in Utah.

Note that Drumpfskind is currently in 3rd place, as one poll had him, in UT.

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bratwurst  Mar 22, 2016 • 10:30:47pm

What is wrong with these people?

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Snarknado!  Mar 22, 2016 • 10:33:42pm

Re warning posted downstairs: I’m going to Europe in two weeks. Suck on it, State Department!

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TedStriker  Mar 22, 2016 • 10:36:22pm

re: #42 Great White Snark

Sometimes there is more to a photo than the photographer thinks. Earlier I posted this tweet.

Sames shot cropped and flipped. One says “I’m relaxing” the other is all “got my eyes on you”

Embedded Image

Same shot though.

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BeachDem  Mar 22, 2016 • 10:36:48pm

re: #50 GlutenFreeJesus

And even more suddenly: states that won’t vote blue in November don’t matter - won’t apply to Utah because - feel the Bern!

Tonight at the dailybern, I learned that Arizona is a southern state; that only old Latinos like Hillary; that there was MASSIVE—like 80,000 cases—voter fraud in Arizona (which only affected Bernie voters) that Rolling Stone is a loser publication (1.5 million subscribers) and only olds read it (50% are under 34). They endorsed Hillary, so under the bus they go.

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Targetpractice  Mar 22, 2016 • 10:40:59pm

re: #52 bratwurst

What is wrong with these people?

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They’re already screaming “voter disenfranchisement!” and accusing the DNC of being responsible. This is a picture of a campaign in a tail spin, when they try to blow up the races they win and suggest the ones they lost were due to dirty tricks.

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ElaineBenis  Mar 22, 2016 • 10:41:24pm

I can’t sleep until Man In Tree climbs down. Dude is tenacious.

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Shiplord Kirel  Mar 22, 2016 • 10:43:19pm

The Bern-outs on my FB page are squawking continuously about under-counts, over-counts (for Hillary), rigged machines (Hillary having bought the Diebold rigging franchise from Cheney), and other assorted forms of cheating.

The one possibility that seems not to have occurred to them is that their guy might lose fair and square.

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BeachDem  Mar 22, 2016 • 10:43:51pm

re: #52 bratwurst

What is wrong with these people?

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They want to keep making the sweet money from their ad buys and campaign expenses. (I believe I read that Devine gets 10% in of the ad buy money because his company does their ad production and places the ads. Somewhere I read that they’ll make more than $800,000 in March )

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Targetpractice  Mar 22, 2016 • 10:45:33pm

Today was supposed to be the “comeback” of Bernie’ campaign, that all the big contests ahead favored him and he’d start eating into Hillary’s delegate lead. Instead, it looks like another night of his trying to portray lily-white states as “big wins” and that he has “momentum” when he really ended the night losing more ground to her.

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wheat-dogghazi-mailgate  Mar 22, 2016 • 11:19:08pm

re: #13 Belafon

Wasn’t it like 9 to 4 or 9 to 6?

29 or 6 to 4

Chicago - 25 or 6 to 4 - 7/21/1970 - Tanglewood (Official)

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Franklin  Mar 22, 2016 • 11:21:43pm

Seeing tweets that Phife Dawg of A Tribe Called Quest has passed away. 2016 can fuck right off. RIP.

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freetoken  Mar 22, 2016 • 11:29:00pm

Meanwhile, in Utah, Kasich maintains a slim lead over Drumpfskind, who may come in 3rd.

But Cruz has such a large share that he’ll probably get all the delegates.

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Targetpractice  Mar 22, 2016 • 11:32:47pm

And now they’re calling Idaho for Bernie, meaning that he has succeeded in winning caucuses in two of the whitest states in the Union.

Ho-hum.

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freetoken  Mar 22, 2016 • 11:33:23pm

It’s two whole weeks till the next Republican contest, the winner-take-most Wisconsin.

So now we get to hear 14 days of talking headz debating about what Drumpfskind means to the GOP.

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freetoken  Mar 22, 2016 • 11:35:59pm

Bunch more votes in UT and Cruz is blowing it out with 70% and will easily win all the delegates.

And Drumpfskind is starting to fall behind Kasich.

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Targetpractice  Mar 22, 2016 • 11:39:29pm

So now we get to hear how Utah and Idaho, two states that haven’t gone blue since 1964 are the states that matter in November, and not a state that has the best chance of going blue this November than it has in ages.

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Kragar  Mar 22, 2016 • 11:40:46pm

Today, I learned that:

Belgium really is a city.

Obama has accomplished nothing in the last 7 years.

Waterboarding really isn’t torture.

The Brussels airport and Metro were US targets.

My failure to support Trump means I’m a terrorist.

Trump fans are very special people.

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BeachDem  Mar 22, 2016 • 11:48:34pm

re: #63 freetoken

Meanwhile, in Utah, Kasich maintains a slim lead over Drumpfskind, who may come in 3rd.

But Cruz has such a large share that he’ll probably get all the delegates.

And in Arizona, Cruz won one county—by 4 votes.

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Targetpractice  Mar 22, 2016 • 11:55:12pm

After weeks of shitting on Clinton supporters and playing up the inevitability of “the Bern,” Sandbaggers on Fark have responded to the nosedive of his campaign in the most mature fashion possible: Whining about how “mean” Clinton supporters are and how they’re “not being nice” while celebrating her victories.

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freetoken  Mar 23, 2016 • 12:00:53am

Loads of Salt Lake county Republican votes come in… and Cruz drops to 69%… and Drumpfskind is now 3000 votes behind Kasich.

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freetoken  Mar 23, 2016 • 12:59:17am

This one goes out to all the Bernie fans, who thought they could find hope out in the Wild West:

MP3 Audio

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Ming5000  Mar 23, 2016 • 1:39:05am

re: #70 Targetpractice

After weeks of shitting on Clinton supporters and playing up the inevitability of “the Bern,” Sandbaggers on Fark have responded to the nosedive of his campaign in the most mature fashion possible: Whining about how “mean” Clinton supporters are and how they’re “not being nice” while celebrating her victories.

Bill Maher had a segment recently about how the “self esteem” movement has led to the rise of Trump. Berniacs have the same temperament as Trumpsters in many ways, IMHO.
Berniacs just don’t have as bellicose a Great Leader.

[Maher] says this is what happens when you tell people that the most important thing is to love themselves, when you hand out trophies just for participation and when you don’t discipline your kid for kicking the seat in front of him on an airplane.

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Alyosha  Mar 23, 2016 • 1:42:13am

re: #72 freetoken

And from those of us less-than-amused with their accusations of electoral misdeed, ‘learn to swim’.
Tool - Ænema

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Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light)  Mar 23, 2016 • 1:47:08am

re: #27 teleskiguy

One of the top Bernie dudebros is busting out the big guns.

This should be seen as saying more about DT than it does about Hillary…

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Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light)  Mar 23, 2016 • 1:48:26am

re: #29 teleskiguy

I drove back from Austin, TX to Colorado after some Umphrey’s McGee shows through freaking wind farm country some years ago. I’ve never seen more windmills than in the state of Texas. I remember driving by seeing hundreds of these huge white spinning structures thinking, ‘this is in Texas, of all places.’

The hills in our village of oberheimbach.de are dotted with windmills, seems that they used decommissioned Pershing missile silos as foundations. Talk about swords into plowshares

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Ming5000  Mar 23, 2016 • 1:56:04am

re: #75 Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light)

Since when is a picture of two people meaningful in any way? What is wrong with two Americans hanging out? Don’t we bemoan the loss of collegiality? (speaking to the Berniacs)
My first awareness of the “He took a picture with an enemy!” was the Charlie Crist and Obama incident. Oh, and then there was the Christie and Obama Sandy incident.

So many incidents.

Can’t we just all get along?

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Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light)  Mar 23, 2016 • 2:06:45am

re: #77 Ming5000

Since when is a picture of two people meaningful in any way? What is wrong with two Americans hanging out? Don’t we bemoan the loss of collegiality? (speaking to the Berniacs)
My first awareness of the “He took a picture with an enemy!” was the Charlie Crist and Obama incident. Oh, and then there was the Christie and Obama Sandy incident.

So many incidents.

Can’t we just all get along?

It does say a lot about modern politics when treating your opponent as a human being is seen as a sign of weakness and compromise. And this attitude has grown beyond individuals, it covers whole ethnic groups and religions.

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Ming5000  Mar 23, 2016 • 2:28:50am

State Department Alert About Travel to Europe
To put the risk of terrorist attacks in perspective, while we need to obviously fight terrorism, terrorism is not as risky as many other things. Including getting homicided here in the US by firearms.

By Jroehl - Template:Own - fictitious data, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=41850545

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Ming5000  Mar 23, 2016 • 2:30:50am

I wish more people were up at this hour. Doesn’t anyone else have a thirsty cat who prefers fresh water from the bathtub faucet?

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Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light)  Mar 23, 2016 • 2:33:28am

I am usually awake and working at the computer at this hour (in Germany). And I don’t have a cat. Don’t dislike them, but I travel a lot and am never at home for more than 2-3 days of the week.

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goddamnedfrank  Mar 23, 2016 • 2:36:11am

Looks like Sanders managed to actually shorten Hillary’s delegate lead tonight by a bit while still losing in net votes because the Idaho caucus had typically caucus levels of turnout. At some point we should really confront how un-democratic caucuses are.

While an Idaho primary wouldn’t have had substantially different results it almost certainly would have gotten more participants. Also, not being able to cast a secret vote in a caucus is kind of shitty and chilling for those folks who’d like their vote to be personal and private.

Also, Sanders supporters have convinced themselves that Arizona’s Dem Primary was rigged for Clinton, because of course they have.

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Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light)  Mar 23, 2016 • 2:39:12am

re: #82 goddamnedfrank

Looks like Sanders managed to actually shorten Hillary’s delegate lead tonight by a bit while still losing in net votes because the Idaho caucus had typically caucus levels of turnout. At some point we should really confront how un-democratic caucuses are.

It is up to the parties themselves to determine how inclusive and democratic they make their nominating process. Just like with private corporations: each shareholder might hold one vote per share, but there are often statutes and stipulations that water down those votes.

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goddamnedfrank  Mar 23, 2016 • 2:54:47am

re: #83 Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light)

It is up to the parties themselves to determine how inclusive and democratic they make their nominating process. Just like with a private corporation: each shareholder might hold one vote per share, but there are often statutes and stipulations that water down those votes.

I think at the national level the Dems should just ban caucuses and go with primaries across the board, ideally using mail in / drop off ballots like they do for all elections in Oregon. That would facilitate participation by all interested members, produce the most votes and be the easiest to administer. I’d let it up the State Parties themselves whether they want open or closed primaries, but I personally have serious doubts as to whether open primaries actually produce the party “buy in ” by independents that they’re intended to. I think it’s better strategically to incentivize Democratic Party membership.

Also, all States should be forced to hold their contests for both Party’s on the same day. It just wastes money and duplicates costs have Sec State offices, counties, districts, precincts, etc setting up for elections on two different days weeks apart. Nobody interested in responsible governance should tolerate that bullshit.

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Alyosha  Mar 23, 2016 • 2:59:29am

Commentary from PM Turnbull:
“For all intents and purposes there are no internal borders in Europe and their external borders are difficult to manage,” Mr Turnbull said.
“Australia is better placed than many of our European counterparts in dealing with the threat of terrorism because of the strength of our intelligence and security agencies, our secure borders and our successful multicultural society; one that manages to be both secure and free.”

Labor leader Bill Shorten rightly called this ‘hand-out advice’.
It’s easy to trash the immigration problem Europe is facing when we don’t have a contiguous landmass with a region suffering from severe and intractable war stresses. Our border protection regime relies mostly upon our geographical isolation. We have a great-bloody moat which is well-patrolled by a navy that has the benefit of hundreds of miles in which to turn back people arriving by boat. In the past we have even paid people smugglers kickbacks. Those who do get close enough are interred in facilities in impoverished countries and have their claims placed in a circular file for years and years.
It has been said that our policy is humane in that our desire to prevent deaths at sea has lead to us imprisoning those who had the indecency to not drown.
And it also helps that the electorate is xenophobic enough to accept this, or ignorant enough to dismiss it.

Lastly, while the suggestion is that the Shengen zone is helping to contribute to terrorism, all indications are that the Paris and Brussels attackers were not refugees. This is plainly a dog-whistle. And since the de facto election season has begun, it makes more sense.
New Tory douchebag, same as the old Tory douchebag. Only more articulate and avuncular.

mobile.abc.net.au

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Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light)  Mar 23, 2016 • 3:03:20am

re: #84 goddamnedfrank

I agree with you on most points, but these are all issues that are up to the parties. As far as I know, there is no legislative leverage to force them to do anything different.

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goddamnedfrank  Mar 23, 2016 • 3:03:30am

No offense to any of our Idaho lizards, I love visiting your State but y’all know how lily white the place is.

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goddamnedfrank  Mar 23, 2016 • 3:12:34am

re: #86 Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light)

I agree with you on most points, but these are all issues that are up to the parties. As far as I know, there is no legislative leverage to force them to do anything different.

No but the National Party Leadership can set rules for the Convention that incentivize and punish certain practices. They’ve done this in the past attempting to shape the schedule, ruling that Florida and Michigan’s delegates only got half a vote in 2008 for breaching the early primary rules. There’s no reason they can’t do something similar to make caucuses an unattractive option.

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Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light)  Mar 23, 2016 • 3:16:30am

re: #88 goddamnedfrank

No but the National Party Leadership can set rules for the Convention that incentivize and punish certain practices. They’ve done this in the past attempting to shape the schedule, ruling that Florida and Michigan’s delegates only got half a vote in 2008 for breaching the early primary rules. There’s no reason they can’t do something similar to make caucuses an unattractive option.

But it seems that they have plenty of reasons that they shouldn’t. Namely, the NPL wants to have final say in who gets the nod.

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goddamnedfrank  Mar 23, 2016 • 3:19:50am

Total asshole accosts and bullies some random lone, muslim looking woman, is proud of it.

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Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light)  Mar 23, 2016 • 3:22:24am

re: #90 goddamnedfrank

Total asshole accosts and bullies some random lone, muslim looking woman, is proud of it.

And proof that the terrorists are succeeding in their goal of erasing the distinction between Islam and Islamism. With the help and collusion of xenophobic bigots.

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The Vicious Babushka  Mar 23, 2016 • 3:29:27am

Well, they have captured the escaped bomber

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wheat-dogghazi-mailgate  Mar 23, 2016 • 3:31:41am

re: #80 Ming5000

I wish more people were up at this hour. Doesn’t anyone else have a thirsty cat who prefers fresh water from the bathtub faucet?

I’m 12-13 hours ahead of eastern time, so while I’m teaching, it’s either evening in the USA or the wee hours in the USA. Charles generally posts new stuff while I am fast asleep.

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wheat-dogghazi-mailgate  Mar 23, 2016 • 3:34:26am

re: #90 goddamnedfrank

Total asshole accosts and bullies some random lone, muslim looking woman, is proud of it.

So, Mr Doyle, about those schoolchildren who were shot to death in Connecticut, can you explain that?

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wheat-dogghazi-mailgate  Mar 23, 2016 • 3:39:28am

At least one of the Brussels bombers was a Belgian native, but the nativists will still bang the drum about barring the gates to refugees.

Note the place of birth

bbc.com

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Targetpractice  Mar 23, 2016 • 3:43:39am

re: #95 wheat-dogghazi-mailgate

At least one of the Brussels bombers was a Belgian native, but the nativists will still bang the drum about barring the gates to refugees.

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bbc.com

It’ll be a two-fer: Keep out/throw out the refugees and start beating up on any immigrants who aren’t lily-white. Even Muslims who’ve lived in Belgium all their lives will be viewed as “suspect.”

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Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light)  Mar 23, 2016 • 3:45:52am

re: #95 wheat-dogghazi-mailgate

At least one of the Brussels bombers was a Belgian native, but the nativists will still bang the drum about barring the gates to refugees.

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bbc.com

It simply reinforces their opinion their point that all Muslims should be rounded up and deported.

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wheat-dogghazi-mailgate  Mar 23, 2016 • 3:46:42am

re: #96 Targetpractice

It’ll be a two-fer: Keep out/throw out the refugees and start beating up on any immigrants who aren’t lily-white. Even Muslims who’ve lived in Belgium all their lives will be viewed as “suspect.”

Meanwhile, Trump has painted all Mexicans as criminals and all Muslims as terrorists.

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Le Lapin Tueur  Mar 23, 2016 • 3:47:26am

re: #94 wheat-dogghazi-mailgate

So, Mr Doyle, about those schoolchildren who were shot to death in Connecticut, can you explain that?

He’s the type how would, most likely, blather on about SSRIs causing people to go nutso and open fire on innocents.

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goddamnedfrank  Mar 23, 2016 • 3:47:40am

Well that’s an unfortunate euphemism.

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Amory Blaine  Mar 23, 2016 • 3:48:28am

re: #42 Great White Snark

Could you post a big one on your site? That would look great as a desktop. >*_*<

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wheat-dogghazi-mailgate  Mar 23, 2016 • 3:53:12am

The man who was just arrested, Najim Laachraoui, entered Belgium using a false identity. My French is rusty, but I think he’s originally from Syria, or left from Syria. Got that wrong. His place of birth has not been revealed, but authorities know he left Syria in 2013. He’s implicated in the November attacks in Paris.

bfmtv.com

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goddamnedfrank  Mar 23, 2016 • 4:00:51am
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wheat-dogghazi-mailgate  Mar 23, 2016 • 4:01:48am

The WaPo reports Jeb!? will endorse Ted, the last anti-Trump standing. (Sorry Kasich.)

washingtonpost.com

“Ted is a consistent, principled conservative who has demonstrated the ability to appeal to voters and win primary contests,” Bush said in a prepared statement. “Washington is broken, and the only way Republicans can hope to win back the White House and put our nation on a better path is to support a nominee who can articulate how conservative policies will help people rise up and reach their full potential.”

Uh, yeah. Right, Jeb.

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Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light)  Mar 23, 2016 • 4:03:23am

re: #104 wheat-dogghazi-mailgate

The WaPo reports Jeb!? will endorse Ted, the last anti-Trump standing. (Sorry Kasich.)

washingtonpost.com

Uh, yeah. Right, Jeb.

please applaud?

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goddamnedfrank  Mar 23, 2016 • 4:04:24am
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Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light)  Mar 23, 2016 • 4:05:41am

re: #106 goddamnedfrank

When people like Jonah Goldberg say voting should be more difficult they mean for other people, not for people who look and think like them.

How about poll taxes, literacy tests or property requirements?

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Alyosha  Mar 23, 2016 • 4:07:49am

re: #104 wheat-dogghazi-mailgate

Heh, I wonder what brother George has to say about that?

‘What look? Hey, Jeb, like you said, you’re your own man, who cares what I think?’. *snicker*

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Timothy Watson  Mar 23, 2016 • 4:09:08am

re: #107 Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light)

How about poll taxes, literacy tests or property requirements?

That’s what grandfather clauses are for!

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Decatur Deb  Mar 23, 2016 • 4:10:30am

America is not broken, and we know who put the dent in the fender.

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Joe Bacon  Mar 23, 2016 • 4:31:37am

re: #104 wheat-dogghazi-mailgate

The WaPo reports Jeb!? will endorse Ted, the last anti-Trump standing. (Sorry Kasich.)

washingtonpost.com

Uh, yeah. Right, Jeb.

Proving again that Dumbya was the smarter brother…

talkingpointsmemo.com

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goddamnedfrank  Mar 23, 2016 • 4:36:50am

Romney stole that joke.

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wheat-dogghazi-mailgate  Mar 23, 2016 • 4:41:00am

Rage Furby is now asserting that Glenn Beck accepted $16,000 from PACs for his Cruz endorsement. The money transaction instead shows Mercury Radio accepted the money, which one could assume was for advertising, but what do I know?

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goddamnedfrank  Mar 23, 2016 • 4:42:08am
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Alyosha  Mar 23, 2016 • 4:47:38am

FFS…

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wheat-dogghazi-mailgate  Mar 23, 2016 • 4:55:58am

re: #115 Alyosha

From BBC’s live feed

A suspect arrested in Brussels this morning was not Najim Laachraoui, thought to be one of three men in a CCTV image taken before the Zaventem airport attack, some Belgian media are now saying

The newspaper, DH, which first reported the story, says the man detained earlier on Wednesday in the Anderlecht district had been misidentified.

Police and prosecutors have not commented on the reports and are due to hold a news conference within the next hour. [NOTE: Timestamp for this was 19:20 BT/UTC]

bbc.com

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Franklin  Mar 23, 2016 • 4:57:53am

Still can’t believe Phife Dawg died. Hip hop has lost a true legend.:

A Tribe Called Quest - Scenario

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wheat-dogghazi-mailgate  Mar 23, 2016 • 5:08:50am

Here’s the correction for the misidentification from Belgium newspaper La Derneire Heure

The information about the arrest of the suspect Najim Laachraoui this morning at Anderlecht in Brussels attacks has proved to be false.

We present our apologies to users for this error. From several authoritative sources, contacted directly by our journalist on the ground, confirming the arrest of Naeem Laachraoui, we stated [his arrest] on the website of La dernière Heure - Sports.

Without going into the details to release us from our own responsibility, there seems to have been confusion between individuals at the level of these same sources. Other Belgian and foreign media also affirmed thereport this Wednesday morning, quoting judicial sources.
————————-

L’information de l’arrestation du suspect Najim Laachraoui ce matin à Anderlecht dans le cadre des attentats de Bruxelles s’est avérée fausse.

Nous présentons nos excuses aux internautes pour cette erreur. Partant de plusieurs sources sérieuses, contactées directement par notre journaliste sur le terrain et confirmant l’arrestation de Najim Laachraoui, nous l’avons affirmé sur le site de La Dernière Heure - Les Sports.

Sans rentrer dans les détails et sans nous dédouaner de notre propre responsabilité, il semble y avoir eu confusion entre individus au niveau de ces sources-même. D’autres médias belges et étrangers ont aussi été affirmatif dans ce dossier ce mercredi matin citant des sources judiciaires.

dhnet.be

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Franklin  Mar 23, 2016 • 5:11:42am

re: #117 Franklin

Still can’t believe Phife Dawg died. Hip hop has lost a true legend.:

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Appears it may have been liver failure. Still unconfirmed though.

Great article on him on BBC.com

Following the group’s dissolution, Phife continued to battle diabetes, reuniting with the group for occasional live shows - partly to help cover the medical costs of his type 2 diabetes (often mis-reported as type 1).
He suffered renal failure in 2008 and received a transplant from his wife - but was back on the waiting list for a kidney four years later.

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Franklin  Mar 23, 2016 • 5:15:05am

Get ready for some revisionist history:

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wheat-dogghazi-mailgate  Mar 23, 2016 • 5:15:57am

re: #120 Franklin

Get ready for some revisionist history:

I bet the short version is, “It’s all Obama’s fault.”

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Dr. Matt  Mar 23, 2016 • 5:16:25am
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Backwoods_Sleuth  Mar 23, 2016 • 5:18:30am

Big day for SCOTUS:

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wheat-dogghazi-mailgate  Mar 23, 2016 • 5:21:29am

I am watching Daredevil episode 7 now, and I noticed that the flag in the courtroom has only 48 stars.

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Dr. Matt  Mar 23, 2016 • 5:22:47am
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Alyosha  Mar 23, 2016 • 5:25:50am

re: #120 Franklin

Since he’s Speaker of the House more or less under duress, will Ryan threaten to self-immolate just to be free of the madness?

Or will he have a come to Ayn moment, and finally acknowledge The Donald as the dread creature he forced his staffers to pray to under a dead moon?

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Franklin  Mar 23, 2016 • 5:27:22am
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Franklin  Mar 23, 2016 • 5:33:47am

Its. Only. March. 23rd. WTF.

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ObserverArt  Mar 23, 2016 • 5:34:15am

Morning!

So, Joke Scarborough is very disappointed in the President and the bad optics and tone deafness of him being in Cuba watching a baseball game. And then I saw he was going to have on Rudi Giuliani and I couldn’t change the channel fast enough. I knew where that was going to go.

And the Today show just had slimy Ted Cruz on and he is disappointed that Obama and Clinton are so so politically correct they cannot even say “Radical Islamic Jihadism” and that is the whole problem with terrorism in this world. Or, something. And he danced around Guthrie’s questions about how he is going to patrol American Muslim neighborhoods to root out Radical Jihadists and about how NYC mayor Bloomberg had a similar program that in 6 years found not one connection to nay terrorist or terror plot. And after not answering he smiled his slimy smile like he knows he is full of shit but he is going to serve it up anyway.

Just once I’d like to see someone ask what will change if you say Radical Islamic Jihadism…and how does that make it any more effective for stopping terrorists. Just once. In the past few years I have heard not one “journalist” ask that very simple question.

Arrrrrgggghhh!!! I can’t stand it. The stupidity…the politics…

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Alyosha  Mar 23, 2016 • 5:37:15am

God, show yourself…

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Dr. Matt  Mar 23, 2016 • 5:38:56am

re: #129 ObserverArt

Clearly republicans don’t care about “optics”; just take a look at their leading presidential candidate.

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Franklin  Mar 23, 2016 • 5:41:22am

re: #131 Dr. Matt

Clearly republicans don’t care about “optics”; just take a look at their leading presidential candidate.

Donald Trump, bing bing bada bing - bam bam bing - total control. You know what that is.

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lizardofid  Mar 23, 2016 • 5:41:41am

re: #131 Dr. Matt

Clearly republicans don’t care about “optics”; just take a look at their leading presidential candidate.

Have a good morning up-ding for truth Matt!

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Alyosha  Mar 23, 2016 • 5:43:36am
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Backwoods_Sleuth  Mar 23, 2016 • 5:46:11am

re: #134 Alyosha

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Alyosha  Mar 23, 2016 • 5:48:41am

Too much win on Twitter.

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Dr. Matt  Mar 23, 2016 • 5:49:52am

re: #135 Backwoods_Sleuth

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Highlighting people and things that need to get in the fucking sea. Book out now. hyperurl.co

Ha! @getinthesea 131,000 followers, following 1

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Alyosha  Mar 23, 2016 • 5:51:18am

re: #135 Backwoods_Sleuth

Saw that :)
Just perusing the timeline. So many lols.

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Dark_Falcon  Mar 23, 2016 • 5:54:47am

re: #126 Alyosha

Since he’s Speaker of the House more or less under duress, will Ryan threaten to self-immolate just to be free of the madness?

Or will he have a come to Ayn moment, and finally acknowledge The Donald as the dread creature he forced his staffers to pray to under a dead moon?

Short answers: No, and no. Ryan is dedicated and he’s not going to just walk away. But neither can he go after Donald Trump, since if Trump ends up winning the general election he’d then work to lever Ryan out for having done. Trump’s a vindictive man and Paul Ryan isn’t going to risk being on his bad side at this point.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Mar 23, 2016 • 5:57:57am

What an asshole.

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Belafon  Mar 23, 2016 • 6:02:41am

re: #140 Backwoods_Sleuth

What an asshole.

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I wasn’t paying that much attention. I thought he was an American. Hopefully he’ll take my tweets as insults.

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Dark_Falcon  Mar 23, 2016 • 6:04:14am

re: #140 Backwoods_Sleuth

What an asshole.

If we’re at war, we all have an obligation to wage it intelligently. Which means not saying stupid shit that only aids the goddam enemy!
Sorry about that bolding, but I needed to get that out of my system.

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Alyosha  Mar 23, 2016 • 6:04:42am

re: #139 Dark_Falcon

Short answers: No, and no. Ryan is dedicated and he’s not going to just walk away. But neither can he go after Donald Trump, since if Trump ends up winning the general election he’d then work to lever Ryan out for having done. Trump’s a vindictive man and Paul Ryan isn’t going to risk being on his bad side at this point.

Sucks for him, I guess. Could be (whispers suggest anyway) that the House is in play and Ryan could just go back to devising new and devious ways of depriving the most vulnerable citizens of any government assistance just to save a buck that might have been gained simply by reforming the tax code!
He’s edgier about the horrendous things he’s willing to put people through just for the sheer thrill of being called a ‘fiscal wonk’ since he grew that beard.
Some say he had to become half-Muslim just to summon the evil required to block the Garland SCOTUS nomination.

So yeah, him working with Trump ain’t a stretch of the imagination.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Mar 23, 2016 • 6:05:08am
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Backwoods_Sleuth  Mar 23, 2016 • 6:06:41am
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Dr. Matt  Mar 23, 2016 • 6:07:08am

re: #141 Belafon

I wasn’t paying that much attention. I thought he was an American. Hopefully he’ll take my tweets as insults.

He’s pretty much a certified idiot. He uses his full name, gives his locale, and has a synopsis of his biography on his profile.

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Dark_Falcon  Mar 23, 2016 • 6:07:31am

re: #144 Alyosha

The Senate confirms judges and the House has no role in that process. So Paul Ryan is not involved in the Garland nomination.

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Alyosha  Mar 23, 2016 • 6:07:57am

re: #144 Alyosha

And I know it’s the Senate that confirms a SCOTUS nom, not the House.
Well, used to be the Senate did. Fuck knows what happened to their work ethic.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Mar 23, 2016 • 6:08:05am

I recall translation fails being a topic here a little while back:

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lawhawk  Mar 23, 2016 • 6:08:43am

So, this morning Jeb comes out and announces his endorsement for Ted Cruz. Please clap.

Well, this is the sound of my one hand clapping since there’s no space between Cruz and Trump. Both are busy proposing policies that would trash the Constitution - bans on Muslims entering the US, creating a police state targeting a specific religious community, building walls and otherwise making grandiose statements about security that have no basis in reality.

Bush thinks that Cruz stands for American values? Cruz thinks the way to fight ISIL is to carpet bomb somewhere in the Middle East. That’s the American values Bush thinks we have or should have?

That’s aspirational?

Stick a fork in the GOP because they’re done. All the caterwauling over how Trump is not a true GOPer falls flat when you do an actual comparison of positions and you realize that the only real difference is style, not substance. Trump’s right in line with the rest of the GOP.

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Fourth Football of the Apocalypse  Mar 23, 2016 • 6:11:23am

re: #151 lawhawk

And Jeb! diminishes just a bit more in my estimation.

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Dark_Falcon  Mar 23, 2016 • 6:11:54am

Newsflash: Daesh is still composed of totalitarian rotters who gloat about the deaths of civilians.

ISIS have claimed the deadly attacks in Brussels and released photographs showing jihadis handing out sweets to residents in Syria to celebrate the massacre in Europe.

Bags of sweets and other items were handed by militants to young children and men in the province of Deir Ezzor, eastern Syria.

The photos included a statement, describing how ISIS had distributed sweets to Muslims in ‘joy of the blessed attack against the Crusaders in Brussels.’

No women are shown in any of the photos and the men handing out the sweets appear to be wearing shoulder holsters.

The news comes as the death toll for the Brussels attacks was confirmed to have risen to 34.

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Fourth Football of the Apocalypse  Mar 23, 2016 • 6:12:07am

re: #143 The Vicious Babushka

Islamophobic bigot Robert Spencer gets an op-ed in the Detroit News.

Oh sure, why not?

/

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Le Lapin Tueur  Mar 23, 2016 • 6:13:09am

re: #143 The Vicious Babushka

Never. Read. The. Comments.

Sigh, now I need an acid bath to rid myself of the slimeing.

Added via edit - Actually, one should never read anything by Spencer, either

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Belafon  Mar 23, 2016 • 6:15:21am

What were the final results from last night?

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Fourth Football of the Apocalypse  Mar 23, 2016 • 6:16:03am

re: #103 goddamnedfrank

Insert gif of flipping table

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Big Beautiful Door  Mar 23, 2016 • 6:16:35am

re: #156 Belafon

What were the final results from last night?

Trump and Clinton won big in Arizona. Cruz and Sanders won big in Utah. Sanders also won big in Idaho, and the 9 GOP delegates from American Samoa are uncommitted.

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Le Lapin Tueur  Mar 23, 2016 • 6:16:46am

re: #152 Fourth Football of the Apocalypse

And Jeb! diminishes just a bit more in my estimation.

How? He was pretty much rock bottom in my estimation.

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Dr. Matt  Mar 23, 2016 • 6:16:58am

re: #143 The Vicious Babushka

Islamophobic bigot Robert Spencer gets an op-ed in the Detroit News.

Multiculturalism and political correctness are to blame for all of the problems around the world. If our populations were completely homogeneous and we used gender correct pronouns nothing bad would happen.

/

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The Vicious Babushka  Mar 23, 2016 • 6:17:20am

re: #156 Belafon

What were the final results from last night?

Arizona: Trump, Clinton
Utah: Cruz, Sanders
Idaho: Sanders

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Mar 23, 2016 • 6:18:10am
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Franklin  Mar 23, 2016 • 6:19:25am

re: #156 Belafon

What were the final results from last night?

On the D side, Sanders picked up 6 delegates

nytimes.com

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lawhawk  Mar 23, 2016 • 6:20:04am

re: #157 Fourth Football of the Apocalypse

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Dark_Falcon  Mar 23, 2016 • 6:21:13am

re: #163 Franklin

On the D side, Sanders picked up 6 delegates

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nytimes.com

If Sanders actually made up ground on Clinton then get ready for the “Feel the Bern!” chants to continue.

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Dr. Matt  Mar 23, 2016 • 6:21:44am

re: #162 Backwoods_Sleuth

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Berniebros really do sink to a new low every day.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Mar 23, 2016 • 6:24:04am

re: #166 Dr. Matt

Berniebros really do sink to a new low every day.

They were yelling all day yesterday about voter suppression and fraud in Utah and Idaho as well.
They do that every single time.
It’s tiresome.

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Great White Snark  Mar 23, 2016 • 6:24:13am
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Backwoods_Sleuth  Mar 23, 2016 • 6:25:02am
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Great White Snark  Mar 23, 2016 • 6:25:03am

…

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ObserverArt  Mar 23, 2016 • 6:25:58am

re: #142 Dark_Falcon

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If we’re at war, we all have an obligation to wage it intelligently. Which means not saying stupid shit that only aids the goddam enemy!
Sorry about that bolding, but I needed to get that out of my system.

You going to mention that to your boy Cruz? Actually you probably need to take that up with the whole damn Republican Party.

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lawhawk  Mar 23, 2016 • 6:27:34am
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ObserverArt  Mar 23, 2016 • 6:28:14am

re: #148 Dark_Falcon

The Senate confirms judges and the House has no role in that process. So Paul Ryan is not involved in the Garland nomination.

But if he decided to get the GOP House members to put some pressure on Mitch and…

Oh hell. What am I thinking.

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Big Beautiful Door  Mar 23, 2016 • 6:29:06am

re: #165 Dark_Falcon

If Sanders actually made up ground on Clinton then get ready for the “Feel the Bern!” chants to continue.

Trump’s odds of getting a majority of the delegates by June 7 dropped slightly, while Hillary is still on target to get the Democratic nomination. I don’t know what would be worse for the GOP: nominating Trump for President or the chaos of a convention battle for the nomination.

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Dr. Matt  Mar 23, 2016 • 6:29:12am

re: #169 Backwoods_Sleuth

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Insert analogy about Chickens coming home to roost

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Dark_Falcon  Mar 23, 2016 • 6:30:04am

re: #174 Big Beautiful Door

Trump’s odds of getting a majority of the delegates by June 7 dropped slightly, while Hillary is still on target to get the Democratic nomination. I don’t know what would be worse for the GOP: nominating Trump for President or the chaos of a convention battle for the nomination.

The former, by a long margin.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Mar 23, 2016 • 6:30:15am
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Dr. Matt  Mar 23, 2016 • 6:30:51am

re: #172 lawhawk

‎@JonahNRO
7. Voting should be more difficult, so people will value it more (though I do favor moving election day to weekend)

…

Exactly like the Founding Fathers envisioned. SMH

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Big Beautiful Door  Mar 23, 2016 • 6:31:13am

re: #176 Dark_Falcon

The former, by a long margin.

I’m inclined to agree.

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HappyWarrior  Mar 23, 2016 • 6:33:17am

Last nights results were what I thought they’d be. Sick of cries of fraud whenever Bernie loses. It’s not a surprise that Clinton won Arizona A good sized population of retirees and Hispanic voters. Anyhow that’s Bernie’s first night since NH where he’s actually had a net gain in delegates but I’d call it a hiccup for Clinton more than anything to be seriously worried about.
Arizona- not New Mexico, goddamn even when I’m well rested, I’m off.

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ObserverArt  Mar 23, 2016 • 6:34:01am

re: #153 Dark_Falcon

Newsflash: Daesh is still composed of totalitarian rotters who gloat about the deaths of civilians.

I note the use of the word “crusaders” in that statement. People of the Western world need to hear that as some of the hatred in the Middle East goes that far back. And that means every funky, messy thing the West has done since the Crusades also adds in. That is a large amount of hatred that weighs so heavily into all the politics between the two worlds.

Also it is interesting to weigh the words…Crusaders on one scale platen…Radical Islamic Terrorists on the other.

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Dark_Falcon  Mar 23, 2016 • 6:34:14am

re: #179 Big Beautiful Door

I’ll also note that when it came to the Dems I was more speaking about how the results will be framed by the Sanders campaign and his supporters and likely by the media.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Mar 23, 2016 • 6:34:43am

heh

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HappyWarrior  Mar 23, 2016 • 6:34:56am

re: #172 lawhawk

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So Jonah was so worried about “liberal fascism” that he forgot to look in the mirror at his own face. I get it, Jonah is petrified that people may vote against his cult of a party and ideology.

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Dr. Matt  Mar 23, 2016 • 6:35:28am

re: #167 Backwoods_Sleuth

They were yelling all day yesterday about voter suppression and fraud in Utah and Idaho as well.
They do that every single time.
It’s tiresome.

It’s a shame that Bernie supporters sound just like Alex Jones and the far right.

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lawhawk  Mar 23, 2016 • 6:37:02am

re: #178 Dr. Matt

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Dark_Falcon  Mar 23, 2016 • 6:37:37am

re: #181 ObserverArt

We’re more modern, inclined to focus less on selling Christian Knights into slavery after the Battle of Hattin (1187) in favor of focusing on more recent events like Daesh firing chlorine gas and mustard gas at civilians.

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Decatur Deb  Mar 23, 2016 • 6:38:15am

re: #185 Dr. Matt

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It’s a shame that Bernie supporters sound just like Alex Jones and the far right.

If that’s not paid trolling, it might as well be. The idea is voter suppression all right—of the Dem youth vote in the general.

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HappyWarrior  Mar 23, 2016 • 6:39:22am

re: #186 lawhawk

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Well said Gus. I mean we got over this in the 60’s I thought. Universal suffrage for all men and women citizens over the age of 18 seems to scare Jonah. That’s his right but don’t fucking call me a fascist when you believe that shit, you doughy load.

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wheat-dogghazi-mailgate  Mar 23, 2016 • 6:39:32am

re: #150 Backwoods_Sleuth

I recall translation fails being a topic here a little while back:

{{Sigh}}

Old ones. People need to find new bad translations.

Anyway, Chinese can’t use Google translate now, because all Google services are blocked. The home-brewed translation apps are even worse.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Mar 23, 2016 • 6:39:42am

re: #185 Dr. Matt

re: #188 Decatur Deb

Hillary is so powerful that she can totally rig voting in red states…

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Dr. Matt  Mar 23, 2016 • 6:40:27am

re: #186 lawhawk

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HappyWarrior  Mar 23, 2016 • 6:40:28am

re: #185 Dr. Matt

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It’s a shame that Bernie supporters sound just like Alex Jones and the far right.

Maybe younger voters should actually vote more. And yes I’m a younger voter but too often younger voters talk a great game but never show to actually vote. It’s not the DNC’s fucking fault that Bernie’s base is one of the most unreliable blocs when it comes to actually voting.

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Dark_Falcon  Mar 23, 2016 • 6:40:32am

I think its more Goldberg doesn’t understand how hard it can be to vote in many rural locals. Having the DMV be two hours away is hard to process for some New Yorkers.

It’s a case of one of farmersonly.com slogans being right: City folks just don’t get it.

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ObserverArt  Mar 23, 2016 • 6:40:53am

re: #187 Dark_Falcon

We’re more modern, inclined to focus less on selling Christian Knights into slavery after the Battle of Hattin (1187) in favor of focusing on more recent events like Daesh firing chlorine gas and mustard gas at civilians.

And thanks for missing the point.

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HappyWarrior  Mar 23, 2016 • 6:41:32am

re: #191 Backwoods_Sleuth

Hillary is so powerful that she can totally rig voting in red states…

But only those like Arizona but not Idaho or Utah. Maybe just maybe your candidate’s appeal is limited. But nah admitting Bernie has a weakness with non-white voters is too much to consider.

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HappyWarrior  Mar 23, 2016 • 6:43:13am

re: #194 Dark_Falcon

I think its more Goldberg doesn’t understand how hard it can be to vote in many rural locals. Having the DMV be two hours away is hard to process for some New Yorkers.

It’s a case of one of farmersonly.com slogans being right: City folks just don’t get it.

He’s aware. He’s just a right wing elitist asshole like the other people who write for that shit rag.

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Franklin  Mar 23, 2016 • 6:43:16am
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wheat-dogghazi-mailgate  Mar 23, 2016 • 6:43:33am

re: #194 Dark_Falcon

I think its more Goldberg doesn’t understand how hard it can be to vote in many rural locals. Having the DMV be two hours away is hard to process for some New Yorkers.

It’s a case of one of farmersonly.com slogans being right: City folks just don’t get it.

There’s not much that Goldberg gets, TBH.

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HappyWarrior  Mar 23, 2016 • 6:43:43am

re: #198 Franklin

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Dark_Falcon  Mar 23, 2016 • 6:44:00am

re: #195 ObserverArt

I saw the point I cared to see. Therefore your idea of what your point was has become WRONG, since there’s no way I could be wrong about it.

/////ego trip

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HappyWarrior  Mar 23, 2016 • 6:44:56am

re: #199 wheat-dogghazi-mailgate

There’s not much that Goldberg gets, TBH.

He showed that when he wrote a whole book linking modern American liberalism to fascism when he’s part of the ideology that shrugged off actual fascism when they saw it as a bulwark against communism in the 30’s. Not Jonah himself since while he may act like a bitter old man, he’s not that old but definitely his ideological ancestors.

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Dark_Falcon  Mar 23, 2016 • 6:45:24am

re: #200 HappyWarrior

Needs more Joe McCarthy.

Put him in instead of Al Lewis (Grampa Munster). Lewis was a liberal in real life, after all.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Mar 23, 2016 • 6:46:11am

re: #193 HappyWarrior

Maybe younger voters should actually vote more. And yes I’m a younger voter but too often younger voters talk a great game but never show to actually vote. It’s not the DNC’s fucking fault that Bernie’s base is one of the most unreliable blocs when it comes to actually voting.

And in Arizona, early voting by mail was an option (one of the reasons Rubio did so well).

I wrote an article yesterday for the Illinois newspapers I work for about the debacle there on primary day that resulted from same day registration at the polls. Registered voters left because the lines were so long. A separate line for the same day registration people might have mitigated that.
And, again, early mail voting was available. The county clerk is urging people to take advantage of that option for November.

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The Vicious Babushka  Mar 23, 2016 • 6:46:23am

re: #172 lawhawk

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Make that 2 hours a month.

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HappyWarrior  Mar 23, 2016 • 6:46:25am

re: #203 Dark_Falcon

Put him in instead of Al Lewis (Grampa Munster). Lewis was a liberal in real life, after all.

Nah he actually looks like Al Lewis’s character of Grandpa Munster. It’s all about who he facially resembles.

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Franklin  Mar 23, 2016 • 6:46:28am

File Under: Stupidest fucking thing ever said by someone who says some pretty fucking stupid things.

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HappyWarrior  Mar 23, 2016 • 6:47:45am

re: #204 Backwoods_Sleuth

And in Arizona, early voting by mail was an option (one of the reasons Rubio did so well).

I wrote an article yesterday for the Illinois newspapers I work for about the debacle there on primary day that resulted from same day registration at the polls. Registered voters left because the lines were so long. A separate line for the same day registration people might have mitigated that.
And, again, early mail voting was available. The county clerk is urging people to take advantage of that option for November.

Right. I mean I’m sorry but I’m tired of people in my generation bitching that their voices aren’t being heard when they do stuff like refuse to vote because the lines are too long or not take advantage of early voting. And I’m sorry but Clinton is beating Sanders at this point. In fact, she’s ahead of Obama’s 2008 pace.

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Franklin  Mar 23, 2016 • 6:48:52am

Yes, let’s make it harder to vote

:rolleyes:

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HappyWarrior  Mar 23, 2016 • 6:49:08am

re: #207 Franklin

File Under: Stupidest fucking thing ever said by someone who says some pretty fucking stupid things.

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Rudy smack yourself in the face and realize that Pearl Harbor was part of the U.S in 1941 while Brussels has or never has been part of the United States. God what a pathetic hack. I get that Rudy has some serious envy of Obama, you know seeing that Rudy’s never going to be President and will be remembered more for his post mayor days as an angry man shouting at clouds but learn about context you jackass.

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Dark_Falcon  Mar 23, 2016 • 6:50:05am

re: #207 Franklin

Serious reply: That is stupid, since there have been worse terror attacks during the Obama presidency. What makes the Brussels attack so special?

Smartass Reply: Forget it, he’s rolling.

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Franklin  Mar 23, 2016 • 6:51:20am

re: #210 HappyWarrior

Seriously I mean, wtf? Let’s ignore the whole “Brussels not part of the US” bit, is Rudy saying that the Boston Marathon bombings were lower on the “terror scale” in terms of US impact?

Not trying to downplay Brussels at all, but to say it is “his Pearl Harbor” is ludicrous.

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The Vicious Babushka  Mar 23, 2016 • 6:52:03am

re: #207 Franklin

File Under: Stupidest fucking thing ever said by someone who says some pretty fucking stupid things.

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Donald Trump thought Rudy was HOT as a lady!

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Franklin  Mar 23, 2016 • 6:52:06am

re: #211 Dark_Falcon

Serious reply: That is stupid, since there have been worse terror attacks during the Obama presidency. What makes the Brussels attack so special?

Smartass Reply: Forget it, he’s rolling.

I don’t upding you often, but when you’re right, you’re right.

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ObserverArt  Mar 23, 2016 • 6:52:11am

And there goes our Central Ohio Tornado Warning Test Backwoods Sleuth. Sirens work! My bunker/studio is always ready.

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Le Lapin Tueur  Mar 23, 2016 • 6:53:24am

re: #194 Dark_Falcon

I think its more Goldberg doesn’t understand how hard it can be to vote in many rural locals. Having the DMV be two hours away is hard to process for some New Yorkers.

But, the whole concept that voting should be “harder” is a complete fallacy. It doesn’t matter that his world perception sees the ease that he can get ID, it matters that any disenfranchisement is wrong.

There is no way that you can spin this to make goldgerg sound rational or correct.

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Dr. Matt  Mar 23, 2016 • 6:53:43am

re: #207 Franklin

File Under: Stupidest fucking thing ever said by someone who says some pretty fucking stupid things.

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A noun, a verb, and Pearl Harbor.

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lawhawk  Mar 23, 2016 • 6:54:22am

re: #194 Dark_Falcon

I think its more Goldberg doesn’t understand how hard it can be to vote in many rural locals. Having the DMV be two hours away is hard to process for some New Yorkers.

It’s a case of one of farmersonly.com slogans being right: City folks just don’t get it.

Assuming facts not in evidence. You assume he doesn’t understand how hard it is.

NJ has shut numerous locations as cost cutting measure, which means the lines to get paperwork done at the DMV is longer than ever. Hours for getting certain things done is also more limited.

NY also has limited hours. Other states have gone even further in curbing hours at DMVs or shuttered/consolidated locations.

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HappyWarrior  Mar 23, 2016 • 6:54:32am

re: #212 Franklin

Seriously I mean, wtf? Let’s ignore the whole “Brussels not part of the US” bit, is Rudy saying that the Boston Marathon bombings were lower on the “terror scale” in terms of US impact?

Not trying to downplay Brussels at all, but to say it is “his Pearl Harbor” is ludicrous.

Absolutely. Does Rudy not know how many people died at Pearl Harbor? Funny how Rudy gives Bush a pass for 9/11 when a lot more peopled died there than at Brussels or any terror attack on Obama’s presidency. I’m not saying that Rudy should attack Bush for 9/11 but if he’s going to attack Obama for Brussels then he should have the intellectual honesty to attack Bush for 9/11 too but nope Rudy parrots the right wing line that GWB protected America. I’m sick of this bitter asshole playing partisan games with tragedies like this.

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Fourth Football of the Apocalypse  Mar 23, 2016 • 6:55:19am

re: #207 Franklin

Rudy Giuliani: Obama should have cut Cuba trip short because Brussels was his ‘Pearl Harbor’ t.co pic.twitter.com
— Raw Story

Well, that’s pretty special.

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KGxvi  Mar 23, 2016 • 6:55:29am

re: #142 Dark_Falcon

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If we’re at war, we all have an obligation to wage it intelligently. Which means not saying stupid shit that only aids the goddam enemy!
Sorry about that bolding, but I needed to get that out of my system.

But the indiscriminate carpet bombing you described yesterday doesn’t count as saying stupid shit (or doing stupid shit if we had a president that would have done that)?

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HappyWarrior  Mar 23, 2016 • 6:55:52am

re: #211 Dark_Falcon

Serious reply: That is stupid, since there have been worse terror attacks during the Obama presidency. What makes the Brussels attack so special?

Smartass Reply: Forget it, he’s rolling.

It makes me so glad that his presidential campaign failed because he’s just acting stupid. As you say, worse attacks have happened. I mean it’s tragic no question about it but every terrorist attack is tragic. I think Rudy just wants to attack Obama for the sake of attacking Obama which I think shows him to be a petty asshole.

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HappyWarrior  Mar 23, 2016 • 6:57:52am

re: #213 The Vicious Babushka

Donald Trump thought Rudy was HOT as a lady!

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Mar 23, 2016 • 6:58:50am

Yesterday was Denver, today it’s Atlanta.

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Dr. Matt  Mar 23, 2016 • 7:00:05am
“Bernie, thank God George Bush is our president.”
~Rudy Crossdressing Giuliani, 9/11/01

FLASHBACK: On 9/11, Rudy cared more about George Bush than people dying in his city.

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Dark_Falcon  Mar 23, 2016 • 7:00:12am

re: #223 HappyWarrior

I’m for same sex marriage but I wouldn’t sell cake to that couple. //

I’m sure your bakery would have a ‘no assholes’ policy, so you wouldn’t get in trouble.

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ObserverArt  Mar 23, 2016 • 7:00:59am

re: #206 HappyWarrior

Nah he actually looks like Al Lewis’s character of Grandpa Munster. It’s all about who he facially resembles.

Ted “Munster” Cruz…who is a real monster!
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HappyWarrior  Mar 23, 2016 • 7:01:23am

re: #226 Dark_Falcon

I’m sure you’re bakery would have a ‘no assholes’ policy, so you wouldn’t get in trouble.

Nah if I had a no assholes policy, I’d be shutting out a lot of people. Assholes buy cake too.

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HappyWarrior  Mar 23, 2016 • 7:02:02am

re: #227 ObserverArt

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One was a vampire and the other of course was comedy relief played by the late Al Lewis. *drum roll*

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The Vicious Babushka  Mar 23, 2016 • 7:03:02am

My twin granddaughters dressed up as Trump supporters for Purim (cave people with vuvuzelas)

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HappyWarrior  Mar 23, 2016 • 7:04:25am

re: #225 Dr. Matt

FLASHBACK: On 9/11, Rudy cared more about George Bush than people dying in his city.

It really is telling. I am sorry but when Obama has even close to what 9/11 was in sheer amount of people dead then Rudy can talk like this and even then giving his figurative tongue kiss of Bush during and after 9/11, I cant’ even excuse it because Republicans like Rudy wanted us to look beyond party when we got attacked on 9/11 but when Obama has terrorist attacks that have happened even outside of the US’s borders, Rudy still bitches at him. I have no respect for that. If you’re going to attack Obama for Brussels, Rudy have the intellectual honesty to attack Bush for 9/11 or otherwise avert your face from the cameras and shut the fuck up.

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Belafon  Mar 23, 2016 • 7:04:30am

re: #193 HappyWarrior

Maybe younger voters should actually vote more. And yes I’m a younger voter but too often younger voters talk a great game but never show to actually vote. It’s not the DNC’s fucking fault that Bernie’s base is one of the most unreliable blocs when it comes to actually voting.

Th other thing this group needs to realize is that the are one part of the Democratic party. They aren’t always going to get exactly what they want but they will get some. It’s how Democracy works.

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ObserverArt  Mar 23, 2016 • 7:05:01am

re: #219 HappyWarrior

Absolutely. Does Rudy not know how many people died at Pearl Harbor? Funny how Rudy gives Bush a pass for 9/11 when a lot more peopled died there than at Brussels or any terror attack on Obama’s presidency. I’m not saying that Rudy should attack Bush for 9/11 but if he’s going to attack Obama for Brussels then he should have the intellectual honesty to attack Bush for 9/11 too but nope Rudy parrots the right wing line that GWB protected America. I’m sick of this bitter asshole playing partisan games with tragedies like this.

Rudi is GOP garbage. Someone needs to put the lid on that can…it smells.

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HappyWarrior  Mar 23, 2016 • 7:05:35am

re: #230 The Vicious Babushka

My twin granddaughters dressed up as Trump supporters for Purim (cave people with vuvuzelas)

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Cute grandkids VB, are they identical if you don’t mind me asking.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Mar 23, 2016 • 7:05:39am

re: #224 Backwoods_Sleuth

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The Vicious Babushka  Mar 23, 2016 • 7:07:06am

re: #234 HappyWarrior

Cute grandkids VB, are they identical if you don’t mind me asking.

They’re not identical, one is blonde & blue-eyed, and one is dark haired & brown-eyed.

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ObserverArt  Mar 23, 2016 • 7:07:26am

re: #230 The Vicious Babushka

My twin granddaughters dressed up as Trump supporters for Purim (cave people with vuvuzelas)

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Little Trumpettes!

Cute kids.

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HappyWarrior  Mar 23, 2016 • 7:07:31am

re: #232 Belafon

Th other thing this group needs to realize is that the are one part of the Democratic party. They aren’t always going to get exactly what they want but they will get some. It’s how Democracy works.

Right. I mean No party is going to give you 100% of what you want. You know what sucks though is that these types would if Bernie ever got elected turn on him as soon as he ineivtably had to compromise or not even that if he failed. I think so many of Bernie’s supporters with their instance on ideological purity are setting themselves up for disappointment.

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The Vicious Babushka  Mar 23, 2016 • 7:07:50am

re: #237 ObserverArt

Little Trumpettes!

Cute kids.

My son is a Berniac.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Mar 23, 2016 • 7:08:19am
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HappyWarrior  Mar 23, 2016 • 7:08:59am

re: #236 The Vicious Babushka

They’re not identical, one is blonde & blue-eyed, and one is dark haired & brown-eyed.

Ah okay, I couldn’t tell that. They’re adorable kids. You’re fortunate like my grandmother was to have so many grandchildren.

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ObserverArt  Mar 23, 2016 • 7:10:32am

So, Rudi wants to make comparisons to Pearl Harbor.

Wasn’t 9-11 Bush’s Pearl Harbor? At least Roosevelt went and attacked the right country. Bush? Not so much.

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Dr. Matt  Mar 23, 2016 • 7:10:34am

He’s getting a shitload of attention

His reactions were even worse after he was trolled.

Posted by The Daily Dot on Wednesday, March 23, 2016
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ObserverArt  Mar 23, 2016 • 7:11:39am

re: #239 The Vicious Babushka

My son is a Berniac.

Hey…we remember who you voted for.

(Oh…I may be in trouble now!)

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Dark_Falcon  Mar 23, 2016 • 7:11:47am

re: #238 HappyWarrior

Right. I mean No party is going to give you 100% of what you want. You know what sucks though is that these types would if Bernie ever got elected turn on him as soon as he ineivtably had to compromise or not even that if he failed. I think so many of Bernie’s supporters with their instance on ideological purity are setting themselves up for disappointment.

The “PURITY NOW!!” crowd will never be satisfied by any governor or president. This is because people who have to govern in the real world, as opposed to Cloud Cukooland, have to do impure things like make compromises and manage resources.

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HappyWarrior  Mar 23, 2016 • 7:12:47am

re: #245 Dark_Falcon

The “PURITY NOW!!” crowd will never be satisfied by any governor or president. This is because people who have to govern in the real world, as opposed to Cloud Cukooland, have to do impure things like make compromises and manage resources.

I attribute a lot of that to their youth. I was once like that. I mean they’re not bad people. They just need to realize that there’s more to President than just ideology.

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HappyWarrior  Mar 23, 2016 • 7:13:40am

re: #243 Dr. Matt

He’s getting a shitload of attention

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Idiot.

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Belafon  Mar 23, 2016 • 7:13:59am

re: #163 Franklin

On the D side, Sanders picked up 6 delegates

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Only 50-some odd weeks of gains like that and he’ll win the nomination.

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Bubblehead II  Mar 23, 2016 • 7:14:39am

Morning Lizards. Idaho results by County.

KMVT - Elections - Local Results

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HappyWarrior  Mar 23, 2016 • 7:15:51am

re: #242 ObserverArt

So, Rudi wants to make comparisons to Pearl Harbor.

Wasn’t 9-11 Bush’s Pearl Harbor? At least Roosevelt went and attacked the right country. Bush? Not so much.

In terms of actual number of people dead and that it came as a huge surprise to the public as a whole, yes I think it’s analogous. That’s teh thing that pisses me off most about Rudy’s attitude here. I mean no question Brussels was a tragic event but why attack Obama over Brussels but not a peep of criticism and even strong praise of Bush in 9/11. I mean ti just shows ot me that Rudy’s a partisan hack. For someone that was once considered a serious presidential candidate, he’s acting like a total ass. As I said, I really think he’s bitter that he’s not going to be anywhere close to the WH even in a cabinet role.

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Dr. Matt  Mar 23, 2016 • 7:16:09am

re: #247 HappyWarrior

Idiot.

And he doubled and tripled down.

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HappyWarrior  Mar 23, 2016 • 7:16:53am

re: #251 Dr. Matt

And he doubled and tripled down.

That’s what they do. “I was wrong” seem to be among the hardest three words to say in the English language to some people.

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Franklin  Mar 23, 2016 • 7:21:08am

re: #248 Belafon

Only 50-some odd weeks of gains like that and he’ll win the nomination.

Yep. How many more states can he get 80% of 23K votes like in Idaho.

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GlutenFreeJesus  Mar 23, 2016 • 7:21:50am

If Obama has had a Pearl Harbor, it was Sandy Hook. And we have many Americans refusing to take bombs away from the Japanese.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Mar 23, 2016 • 7:24:39am

jeebus…

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The Vicious Babushka  Mar 23, 2016 • 7:24:45am

STAY CLASSY JOKE

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The Vicious Babushka  Mar 23, 2016 • 7:25:24am

Speaking of very class==>

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Mar 23, 2016 • 7:25:39am
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Dark_Falcon  Mar 23, 2016 • 7:25:49am

re: #254 GlutenFreeJesus

If Obama has had a Pearl Harbor, it was Sandy Hook. And we have many Americans refusing to take bombs away from the Japanese.

No, attacks by domestic loners aren’t the same thing.

BBL

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wheat-dogghazi-mailgate  Mar 23, 2016 • 7:25:54am

The third bombing suspect is still on the run. Only one of three bombers has been positively identified.

bbc.com

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HappyWarrior  Mar 23, 2016 • 7:26:59am

re: #258 Backwoods_Sleuth

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I imagine that the Castros aren’t fond of the Che shirts. Besides the dead give away is that the shirt is blue.

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GlutenFreeJesus  Mar 23, 2016 • 7:27:10am

re: #259 Dark_Falcon

Yeah. They are way more effective.

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The Vicious Babushka  Mar 23, 2016 • 7:28:26am

re: #261 HappyWarrior

I imagine that the Castros aren’t fond of the Che shirts. Besides the dead give away is that the shirt is blue.

WHAT DO YOU MEAN IT IS GOLD & WHITE!!!!

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HappyWarrior  Mar 23, 2016 • 7:28:33am

re: #255 Backwoods_Sleuth

jeebus…

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And do we know what Bush was doing during the London subway bombings? I mean I’m sorry but this happened outside the US. I’m tired of every single terrorist attack being used to bitch about Obama. Sick of this shit.

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lawhawk  Mar 23, 2016 • 7:28:44am

I’m going to have to use small and short words to engage Trump and GOP supporters.

Keep it simple for the stupid.

Whites think that racism is directed at them? All because minorities are getting equal rights and protections that they deserve under the law and which the GOP has long deprived (and seeks a return to depriving said minority access to these rights).

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Jenner7  Mar 23, 2016 • 7:29:53am

Good morning, Lizards.

Bernie had a good night. He ended up with + 9 delegates than Hillary.

In my county, Bernie won 85% to 14%.

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HappyWarrior  Mar 23, 2016 • 7:29:55am

re: #265 lawhawk

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I’m going to have to use small and short words to engage Trump and GOP supporters.

Keep it simple for the stupid.

Whites think that racism is directed at them? All because minorities are getting equal rights and protections that they deserve under the law and which the GOP has long deprived (and seeks a return to depriving said minority access to these rights).

Yeah but what about how the parties were 150 years ago libtard? ///

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ObserverArt  Mar 23, 2016 • 7:32:16am

re: #255 Backwoods_Sleuth

jeebus…

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Brokaw is getting increasingly cranky. He should just stay retired.

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ObserverArt  Mar 23, 2016 • 7:33:00am

re: #256 The Vicious Babushka

STAY CLASSY JOKE

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Unpossible!

(and sorry for the Bernie vote crack!)

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FormerDirtDart  Mar 23, 2016 • 7:33:18am
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ObserverArt  Mar 23, 2016 • 7:34:19am

re: #259 Dark_Falcon

No, attacks by domestic loners aren’t the same thing.

BBL

Mr. Literal…again.

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HappyWarrior  Mar 23, 2016 • 7:34:25am

re: #270 FormerDirtDart

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That is who he reminds me of. Wallace. Style wise.

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Brian J.  Mar 23, 2016 • 7:34:59am

re: #266 Jenner7

Good morning, Lizards.

Bernie had a good night. He ended up with + 9 delegates than Hillary.

In my county, Bernie won 85% to 14%.

Sadly, Bernie doesn’t have the thirty-odd more “good nights” available that he’d need to make up his pledged delegate deficit, let alone his total delegate deficit.

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lawhawk  Mar 23, 2016 • 7:35:10am

re: #264 HappyWarrior

He was at the WH during the Madrid bombings.

He was in Scotland for a G-8 Summit at time of the London bombing.

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HappyWarrior  Mar 23, 2016 • 7:36:19am

re: #273 Brian J.

Sadly, Bernie doesn’t have the thirty-odd more “good nights” available that he’d need to make up his pledged delegate deficit, let alone his total delegate deficit.

I believe this was his first night that he gained delegates since New Hampshire. Good night for him but he needs a lot more like these and ones where he gains big and I still don’t see that happening. I mean congratulations to him on last night but it’s a hiccup for Clinton rather than a cough for her.

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HappyWarrior  Mar 23, 2016 • 7:36:43am

re: #274 lawhawk

He was at the WH during the Madrid bombings.

He was in Scotland for a G-8 Summit at time of the London bombing.

But where was Obama? //

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Joe Bacon  Mar 23, 2016 • 7:39:51am

re: #255 Backwoods_Sleuth

jeebus…

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Found this Jimmy Dore rant where he tears into Tom Brokaw.

Tom Brokaw’s Nancy Reagan Story Is Everything Wrong With Media

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ObserverArt  Mar 23, 2016 • 7:42:42am

As someone posted yesterday…where were the media and all the Republican’s concern about the recent terror attacks in Ankara and Instanbul???

Oh yeah…wrong color of people. Wrong politics. Can’t use Radical Islam Jihadist as easily to bash Obama and Clinton when there are terrorists attacking Muslim countries.

U.S. Uncut - Days Before Brussels, There Were 2 Devastating Terror Attacks the Media Ignored

While the world mourns the tragedy that killed at least 30 and injured 230 others in Brussels, Belgium, it’s important to also honor the victims of recent attacks in Turkey. Both of those attacks happened in the last ten days, although major broadcast media made almost no mention of it.

On Sunday, March 13, a car bomb in Ankara killed 36 people and injured over 100 nearby. And just days ago, an ISIS-affiliated suicide bomber killed four people in a busy tourist area in Istanbul. Many on Twitter pleaded with the world to show Turkey the same solidarity it so easily had with Paris in the wake of the Charlie Hebdo and Bataclan attacks, and now with Brussels after today’s bombing.

Politics is the answer. Always politics with the GOP. And I think I have had enough for the morning. Back to job/work searching.

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FormerDirtDart  Mar 23, 2016 • 7:44:38am
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HappyWarrior  Mar 23, 2016 • 7:46:38am

re: #279 FormerDirtDart

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I wouldn’t even call that free speech. That sounds very much like threatening language to me. Not the kind of person I want in our military in any case but let’s worry about gays in the military, right GOP?

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FormerDirtDart  Mar 23, 2016 • 7:49:43am
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Great White Snark  Mar 23, 2016 • 7:56:40am

re: #101 Amory Blaine

Could you post a big one on your site? That would look great as a desktop. >*_*<

Be happy to, but that will be after work today.

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lawhawk  Mar 23, 2016 • 8:02:45am

Trump knows this because feels.

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makeitstop  Mar 23, 2016 • 8:11:38am

re: #280 Jenner7

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I had that thought the other day.

Probably scared that the next instance of violence would be too bad to shrug off.

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Dr. Matt  Mar 23, 2016 • 8:12:15am

I recommend not updating your iOS to 9.3 anytime soon. The activation servers are overloaded and my iphone is now a brick.

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Belafon  Mar 23, 2016 • 8:13:07am

re: #279 FormerDirtDart

Not only does that look like a threat, but, if memory serves me correctly, comments against the chain of command - which includes the president - could get you punished.

In the military, you’re there to protect the rights under the constitution. You don’t get to enjoy them too much.

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Belafon  Mar 23, 2016 • 8:13:47am

re: #285 makeitstop

I had that thought the other day.

Probably scared that the next instance of violence would be too bad to shrug off.

They cost more money than phoning into a news network.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Mar 23, 2016 • 8:15:05am

LOL!
This will end well…

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Le Lapin Tueur  Mar 23, 2016 • 8:15:37am

re: #286 Dr. Matt

I woke up this morning to the request to update (it d/l’ed overnight) and the upgrade was quick. Took a bit of time to connect to the cloud server to update that, but fairly clean and fast here.

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Dr. Matt  Mar 23, 2016 • 8:22:53am

re: #290 Le Lapin Tueur

I woke up this morning to the request to update (it d/l’ed overnight) and the upgrade was quick. Took a bit of time to connect to the cloud server to update that, but fairly clean and fast here.

I’ve been trying to activate for over an hour now.

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KGxvi  Mar 23, 2016 • 8:23:19am

re: #287 Belafon

Not only does that look like a threat, but, if memory serves me correctly, comments against the chain of command - which includes the president - could get you punished.

In the military, you’re there to protect the rights under the constitution. You don’t get to enjoy them too much.

Plotting the assassination of the president of the United States has to at least qualify as sedition (depending on how far he wants to go with this, it could be treason, but that’s a much higher bar because it requires actually making war against the United States). Doesn’t matter if you’re military or not, that’s not protected speech.

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Brother Holy Cruise Missile of Mild Acceptance  Mar 23, 2016 • 8:28:15am

re: #287 Belafon

Not only does that look like a threat, but, if memory serves me correctly, comments against the chain of command - which includes the president - could get you punished.

In the military, you’re there to protect the rights under the constitution. You don’t get to enjoy them too much.

When I was in I distinctly remember that criticizing the president while in uniform was a punishable offense, can’t remember if that included when you were “off duty”

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Mar 23, 2016 • 8:28:21am
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Le Lapin Tueur  Mar 23, 2016 • 8:28:52am

re: #291 Dr. Matt

Ouch. Admittedly, I get up at 5:30 am EST, so, servers may have been less overwhelmed then.

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Charles Johnson  Mar 23, 2016 • 8:30:57am
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withak  Mar 23, 2016 • 8:33:41am

re: #297 Charles Johnson

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You know it’s a bullshit quote when they only bother to put half a sentence in actual quotation marks…

Oh, and also, it’s the Daily Caller.

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Dr. Matt  Mar 23, 2016 • 8:34:46am

re: #298 withak

You know it’s a bullshit quote when they only bother to put half a sentence in actual quotation marks…

Oh, and also, it’s the Daily Caller.

It’s just a matter of moments before Drudge and Fox picks this up….because ultimately, that’s their endgoal.

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Blind Frog Belly White  Mar 23, 2016 • 8:36:33am

re: #299 Dr. Matt

It’s just a matter of moments before Drudge and Fox picks this up….because ultimately, that’s their endgoal.

Gosh, remember when Tucker Carlson was taken seriously enough to have a show on CNN? Well, half a show, anyway. And now he’s reduced to producing feedstock for Drudge.

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HappyWarrior  Mar 23, 2016 • 8:38:03am

re: #294 Backwoods_Sleuth

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lawhawk  Mar 23, 2016 • 8:39:16am

I’m really beginning to tire of the Bernie bros fanatics who think that Bernie’s going to somehow win the nomination, or otherwise prevent Hillary from getting the nomination. Dogmatic doesn’t even begin to explain it. Baffling BS and absolute refusal to consider the math of how primaries works just scratches the surface.

These people are in their own world, like a couple of Bernie bros who were in my timeline (right until one of them blocked me - boo frickin’ hoo - because I cited basic delegate math).

The facts are this:

Hillary’s up 300 delegates, not counting supers. The window in which Bernie can somehow gain enough delegates to overcome that total is closing, and there’s no chance he’ll win CA, NY, NJ, PA, etc., which would deliver a crushing blow. Hillary’s expected to win those states rather handily.

Apparently that gets ignored by the Bernie bros.

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HappyWarrior  Mar 23, 2016 • 8:39:24am

re: #297 Charles Johnson

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Hacks. Typical right wing hacks. Must be nice to get paid so much to make up shit.

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Dr. Matt  Mar 23, 2016 • 8:39:53am

re: #296 Le Lapin Tueur

Ouch. Admittedly, I get up at 5:30 am EST, so, servers may have been less overwhelmed then.

I finally got it activated. What a pain. There are numerous similar reports on the internet. It seems to be affecting older devices, ipad 2, iphone 5s, etc.

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Joe Bacon  Mar 23, 2016 • 8:40:32am

re: #286 Dr. Matt

I recommend not updating your iOS to 9.3 anytime soon. The activation servers are overloaded and my iphone is now a brick.

I always wait a couple weeks before I update any of my Macs or iPhones because there are always problems that pop up!

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HappyWarrior  Mar 23, 2016 • 8:41:41am

re: #302 lawhawk

I’m really beginning to tire of the Bernie bros fanatics who think that Bernie’s going to somehow win the nomination, or otherwise prevent Hillary from getting the nomination. Dogmatic doesn’t even begin to explain it. Baffling BS and absolute refusal to consider the math of how primaries works just scratches the surface.

These people are in their own world, like a couple of Bernie bros who were in my timeline (right until one of them blocked me - boo frickin’ hoo - because I cited basic delegate math).

The facts are this:

Hillary’s up 300 delegates, not counting supers. The window in which Bernie can somehow gain enough delegates to overcome that total is closing, and there’s no chance he’ll win CA, NY, NJ, PA, etc., which would deliver a crushing blow. Hillary’s expected to win those states rather handily.

Apparently that gets ignored by the Bernie bros.

It’s frustrating as hell. They utterly are clueless to Bernie’s flaws as a candidate and that he’s well behind any candidate that got the nomination. I’m still not a huge Clinton fan I concede but I think she’d make a better candidate and president than Bernie would. Nothing they’ve shown me has convinced me he would be better. They like to show the polls but there has been little Republican and outside attacks on Bernie at this point and make no mistake, if he were to be nominated, it would be the Red Scare 3.0.

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Belafon  Mar 23, 2016 • 8:42:05am

re: #302 lawhawk

I challenged someone on Daily Kos to explain how Clinton will lose being further ahead of Sanders than Obama was of her at this point in 2008, and have that scenario explain how Obama still won. I’ll let you know if I get an answer.

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Lidane  Mar 23, 2016 • 8:42:46am

Cognitive dissonance, thy name is RWNJ:

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Dr. Matt  Mar 23, 2016 • 8:42:55am

re: #305 Joe Bacon

I always wait a couple weeks before I update any of my Macs or iPhones because there are always problems that pop up!

Sage advice.

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Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light)  Mar 23, 2016 • 8:43:33am

re: #308 Lidane

Michele Bachmann wonders if God allows ISIS terrorist attacks to take place to humiliate Obama

talk about a serious false flag operation…this goes right to the top

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lawhawk  Mar 23, 2016 • 8:43:39am

re: #307 Belafon

I challenged someone on Daily Kos to explain how Clinton will lose being further ahead of Sanders than Obama was of her at this point in 2008, and have that scenario explain how Obama still won. I’ll let you know if I get an answer.

Don’t hold your breath. It’s just not going to happen. They’re perhaps waiting for the same Hillary indictments and perpwalks the right wing is praying for.

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Franklin  Mar 23, 2016 • 8:43:58am

re: #307 Belafon

I challenged someone on Daily Kos to explain how Clinton will lose being further ahead of Sanders than Obama was of her at this point in 2008, and have that scenario explain how Obama still won. I’ll let you know if I get an answer.

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HappyWarrior  Mar 23, 2016 • 8:45:02am

re: #307 Belafon

I challenged someone on Daily Kos to explain how Clinton will lose being further ahead of Sanders than Obama was of her at this point in 2008, and have that scenario explain how Obama still won. I’ll let you know if I get an answer.

It’s probably in the form of something like Shut up DLC corporatist. I mean these people on the issues have their hearts in the right place but they have zero clue about reality and it doesn’t help that Robert Reich, an intelligent enough guy is egging them on and telling them that Bernie mathematically still has a chance which is technically true but ignoring things like what LH has already talked about. Last night was the first night since New Hampshire that Bernie gained delegates. Think about that and then tell me that Bernie still has a chance. He doesn’t need to quit or drop out but if he doesn’t want to but I don’t think it’s right to tell people to contribute to a campaign that has such a slim chance of winning while telling them their chances are good..

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Mar 23, 2016 • 8:45:05am

re: #302 lawhawk

And they are still yelling on twitter about voter suppression and fraud in Arizona because independents were turned away at the polls.

People unclear on the definition of “closed primary” but they are going to have a successful revolution…

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Charles Johnson  Mar 23, 2016 • 8:45:05am
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withak  Mar 23, 2016 • 8:45:08am

One of the more vocal Bernie supporters on my Facebook was crowing about Bernie’s 10-delegate (or so, I didn’t crunch the final numbers and neither did he) gain on Hillary, and how the media’s just focused on her Arizona win — they’ve “already picked the winner,” he said.

10 delegates! Like closing the gap that much makes any goddamn difference.

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HappyWarrior  Mar 23, 2016 • 8:46:06am

re: #308 Lidane

Cognitive dissonance, thy name is RWNJ:

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I really wish these two and those like them would just shut the fuck up already. In a rational country, Michelle Bachmann and Alan Keyes would say this shit and the media would actually confront them on their moronic bullshit and say it’s utterly insane to say the President condones terrorism. Fuck Bachmann and Keyes.

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The Vicious Babushka  Mar 23, 2016 • 8:46:41am

LOL Ted Cruz wants to debate Donald Trump one on one, with Bill O’Reilly moderating.
Getting out the ol’ popcorn popper.

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HappyWarrior  Mar 23, 2016 • 8:47:12am

re: #314 Backwoods_Sleuth

And they are still yelling on twitter about voter suppression and fraud in Arizona because independents were turned away at the polls.

People unclear on the definition of “closed primary” but they are going to have a successful revolution…

I still don’t like closed primaries personally but a state is allowed to make its own rules on these sort of things and the Bernie leaners had ample time to switch or get informed about those rules.

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HappyWarrior  Mar 23, 2016 • 8:47:31am

re: #318 The Vicious Babushka

LOL Ted Cruz wants to debate Donald Trump one on one, with Bill O’Reilly moderating.
Getting out the ol’ popcorn popper.

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What do I say? I’d rather watch Two Girls, One Cup.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Mar 23, 2016 • 8:47:42am

re: #318 The Vicious Babushka

I think a better debate idea would be Heidi v Melania.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Mar 23, 2016 • 8:48:38am
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Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light)  Mar 23, 2016 • 8:49:21am

re: #322 Backwoods_Sleuth

On Fox News, Ted Cruz insists America has “never engaged in torture”]

TC has never engaged in telling the truth…

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HappyWarrior  Mar 23, 2016 • 8:49:22am

re: #322 Backwoods_Sleuth

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I find this worse than Trump cheerleading torture. Cruz is such a fucking lying coward.

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Smith25's Liberal Thighs  Mar 23, 2016 • 8:49:30am

re: #316 withak

One of the more vocal Bernie supporters on my Facebook was crowing about Bernie’s 10-delegate (or so, I didn’t crunch the final numbers and neither did he) gain on Hillary, and how the media’s just focused on her Arizona win — they’ve “already picked the winner,” he said.

10 delegates! Like closing the gap that much makes any goddamn difference.

“We’ve cut their 10 touchdown lead down to 8. 2 Minutes left in the 4th quarter. Oh yeah, we got this.////

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Belafon  Mar 23, 2016 • 8:49:32am

Here’s a good diary about the status of the delegates so far: dailykos.com.

Even though he won, Sanders didn’t quite get the 58% of delegates he will need in every race to tie by the end of the primaries.

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withak  Mar 23, 2016 • 8:50:33am

re: #325 Smith25’s Liberal Thighs

“We’ve cut their 10 touchdown lead down to 8. 2 Minutes left in the 4th quarter. Oh yeah, we got this.////

I’m going to geek out with some numbers and compare the primary to a marathon. Warning, tortured analogy ahead!

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The Vicious Babushka  Mar 23, 2016 • 8:50:37am

re: #321 Backwoods_Sleuth

I think a better debate idea would be Heidi v Melania.

Bill v Jane would be sad.

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Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light)  Mar 23, 2016 • 8:50:42am

re: #325 Smith25’s Liberal Thighs

“We’ve cut their 10 touchdown lead down to 8. 2 Minutes left in the 4th quarter. Oh yeah, we got this.////

I can admire their fight-to-the-bitter-end spirit, as long as they stick to explaining why BS is the better candidate and not wailing too hard on HRC

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HappyWarrior  Mar 23, 2016 • 8:51:12am

re: #325 Smith25’s Liberal Thighs

“We’ve cut their 10 touchdown lead down to 8. 2 Minutes left in the 4th quarter. Oh yeah, we got this.////

Good analogy. And as Belafon gets at, they still did under-perform last night.

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Lidane  Mar 23, 2016 • 8:51:51am

GOHMERT!

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HappyWarrior  Mar 23, 2016 • 8:52:55am

re: #331 Lidane

GOHMERT!

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Oh the intelligent ones have spoken. //

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Smith25's Liberal Thighs  Mar 23, 2016 • 8:54:23am

re: #329 Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light)

I can admire their fight-to-the-bitter-end spirit, as long as they stick to explaining why BS is the better candidate and not wailing too hard on HRC

I’m good with that as well.
Football analogy: The primaries are an inter-squad scrimmage. Don’t get your own side hurt before the game that “really” counts

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HappyWarrior  Mar 23, 2016 • 8:55:59am

I think he will have some more nights like last. Saturday I would think favors Bernie as does Wisconsin, and Wyoming but April 19th and April 26th will have more delegates to be gained those days and will be good nights for her.

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Joe Bacon  Mar 23, 2016 • 8:56:31am

re: #315 Charles Johnson

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I’m still waiting for any Trumpette to tell me why there shouldn’t be a wall between the US and Canada. All I get from them is silence. Gosh, I wonder why?????

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Franklin  Mar 23, 2016 • 8:58:04am

re: #333 Smith25’s Liberal Thighs

I’m good with that as well.
Football analogy: The primaries are an inter-squad scrimmage. Don’t get your own side hurt before the game that “really” counts

I have no problem with Bernie staying in at this point.

But to use a sports analogy, the behavior of his stans are akin to Pete Rose taking out Ray Fosse at the plate in the 1970 All Star game.

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gocart mozart  Mar 23, 2016 • 8:58:07am
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HappyWarrior  Mar 23, 2016 • 8:59:09am

re: #336 Franklin

I have no problem with Bernie staying in at this point.

But to use a sports analogy, the behavior of his stans are akin to Pete Rose taking out Ray Fosse at the plate in the 1970 All Star game.

Ha that’s a good one.

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Belafon  Mar 23, 2016 • 9:00:14am

re: #334 HappyWarrior

I think he will have some more nights like last. Saturday I would think favors Bernie as does Wisconsin, and Wyoming but April 19th and April 26th will have more delegates to be gained those days and will be good nights for her.

From the diary:

The next 2 weeks promise to be the best stretch of Bernie’s best of the entire campaign, and he could win every contest available on March 26 (Washington, Alaska and Hawaii), April 5 (Wisconsin) and April 9 (Wyoming). He will need to run up the score as much as he can in those states to keep alive whatever meager hopes there are of him winning the delegate race, because after those contests a string of delegate rich states that strongly favor Hillary Clinton follow.

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HappyWarrior  Mar 23, 2016 • 9:01:49am

Bernie is still struggling in more diverse states. Arizona is much more diverse than Idaho and Utah are. That’s not to take anything away from his wins in Utah and Idaho but a viable Democratic candidate does not struggle that poorly with minority voters and still expect to win the GE. Hillary, I concede needs to work on some of her struggles with younger voters. I have no problem saying that but the problem is bigger for Bernie IMO since the voters he struggles with are more reliable voters. A weaker turnout among 18-29 year olds won’t be as bad if the Hispanic and African-American turnout isn’t as high.

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HappyWarrior  Mar 23, 2016 • 9:03:06am

re: #339 Belafon

From the diary:

That sounds correct to me. What’s funny to me is some of his score comes from staunchly Republican states. I don’t care but it amuses me given the way the deep South was dismissed against Clinton.

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Belafon  Mar 23, 2016 • 9:06:51am

re: #340 HappyWarrior

And, as proof that primaries are not the same thing as general elections, a poll among the 18-29’s the other day showed Clinton beating Trump by something like 3:1.

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Kragar  Mar 23, 2016 • 9:07:47am
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Backwoods_Sleuth  Mar 23, 2016 • 9:08:57am
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The Vicious Babushka  Mar 23, 2016 • 9:09:46am

I HAZ A SAD :(

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HappyWarrior  Mar 23, 2016 • 9:11:01am

re: #344 Backwoods_Sleuth

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I really wish states would stop coddling bigoted business owners.

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Belafon  Mar 23, 2016 • 9:11:17am

re: #344 Backwoods_Sleuth

Is there an economic solution to this problem?

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HappyWarrior  Mar 23, 2016 • 9:11:26am

re: #343 Kragar

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Me to Trump, do more about your thug supporters asshole.

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HappyWarrior  Mar 23, 2016 • 9:11:48am

re: #342 Belafon

And, as proof that primaries are not the same thing as general elections, a poll among the 18-29’s the other day showed Clinton beating Trump by something like 3:1.

That’s good to know.

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Ming5000  Mar 23, 2016 • 9:13:08am

re: #258 Backwoods_Sleuth

The GOP has a sick obsession with the Obama family.

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withak  Mar 23, 2016 • 9:13:58am

If the pledged-delegate race were a marathon, Bernie gained less than a quarter mile on Hillary due to last night’s results. She’s still almost four miles ahead, with only 10.5 miles left to go.

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Joe Bacon  Mar 23, 2016 • 9:14:47am

re: #350 Ming5000

The GOP has a sick obsession with the Obama’s.

Nothing new with them since they had the same sick fantasies about The Clintons as well.

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HappyWarrior  Mar 23, 2016 • 9:16:41am

re: #351 withak

If the pledged-delegate race were a marathon, Bernie gained less than a quarter mile on Hillary due to last night’s results. She’s still almost four miles ahead, with only 10.5 miles left to go.

That works too. I’m not a runner but that makes sense. The problem is and try telling this to Bernie supporters is that he is a flawed candidate with limited appeal. His base is white progressives and not much outside of that. They can bitch about the machinery of the Democratic Party all they want but the fact of the matter is Bernie performs against Hillary with Hispanics and African-Americans the way Republicans often do against Democrats. That’s uh not good if you’re trying to get the nomination of a party that has a diverse amount of people in it.

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Kragar  Mar 23, 2016 • 9:16:52am
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The Vicious Babushka  Mar 23, 2016 • 9:16:58am

re: #352 Joe Bacon

Nothing new with them since they had the same sick fantasies about The Clintons as well.

This is a typical Hillary derangement meme which you see on Twitter about a million times a day

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withak  Mar 23, 2016 • 9:17:22am

Also, if the superdelegate race were a road race, Hillary has a Ferrari waiting for her at the finish line of the marathon, whereas Bernie gets a ten-speed.

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HappyWarrior  Mar 23, 2016 • 9:17:36am

re: #352 Joe Bacon

Nothing new with them since they had the same sick fantasies about The Clintons as well.

And they will for the President after that. Just think somewhere out there, there’s a book unpublished about the crimes of Joe Biden and why Joe Biden must be stopped before he implements Dover style Irish Shariah.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Mar 23, 2016 • 9:17:50am
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BeachDem  Mar 23, 2016 • 9:17:54am

The low point in tv coverage last night (well, one of them) was Rachel saying, “This is exciting” when they had LIVE coverage of announcing the results at a Republican caucus with 52 total people in a room at a school.

Must see tv?
More like must turn tv off.

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Joe Bacon  Mar 23, 2016 • 9:18:36am

re: #355 The Vicious Babushka

This is a typical Hillary derangement meme which you see on Twitter about a million times a day

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So true. And these sick freaks who believe this are encouraged by our complicit media. Just read any column by Maureen Dowd and see the endless bile she spits out at The Clintons…

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Teukka  Mar 23, 2016 • 9:19:18am

re: #345 The Vicious Babushka

I HAZ A SAD :(

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Purim from Stockholm Synagogue, for the first time broadcast live on radio 19:00 local (18:00 GMT):
sverigesradio.se
Livestream link: http-live.sr.se

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Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light)  Mar 23, 2016 • 9:21:47am

re: #331 Lidane

Louie Gohmert calls for impeaching Obama if he closes Guantanamo continues to live and breathe

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Ziggy_TARDIS  Mar 23, 2016 • 9:25:22am

re: #358 Backwoods_Sleuth

Muslims don’t know how many Muslims are in the US.

Seriously. It is somewhere between 3-7 million, depending on the poll. I am skeptical it is the lower amount, because I have read that there are 800k in the NYC Metro alone, and I don’t think we are that heavily concentrated in one place.

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Jenner7  Mar 23, 2016 • 9:26:15am

re: #314 Backwoods_Sleuth

That’s what my sister was parroting while we were in line, saying Independents wanting to change Democratic were being turned away.

I tried to explain it was a closed primary, but she’s too Bernied to care.

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Franklin  Mar 23, 2016 • 9:27:25am

re: #364 Jenner7

That’s what my sister was parroting while we were in line, saying Independents wanting to change Democratic were being turned away.

I tried to explain it was a closed primary, but she’s too Bernied to care.

Love that.

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The Vicious Babushka  Mar 23, 2016 • 9:29:44am

I just can’t even

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HappyWarrior  Mar 23, 2016 • 9:31:46am

re: #366 The Vicious Babushka

I just can’t even

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These fucking people.

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Dave In Austin  Mar 23, 2016 • 9:31:53am

Ms. Joanne retweeted this, I’m posting it for full usage:

And yes, sometimes it applies to me.

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Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light)  Mar 23, 2016 • 9:32:33am

re: #363 Ziggy_TARDIS

Muslims don’t know how many Muslims are in the US.

Seriously. It is somewhere between 3-7 million, depending on the poll. I am skeptical it is the lower amount, because I have read that there are 800k in the NYC Metro alone, and I don’t think we are that heavily concentrated in one place.

And how many True Muslims?

Really.

There are those people who simply look on Islam (or any religion) as part of their cultural heritage, observe the holidays and general precepts, but are not strict in its observance.

Then there are those who are more strict in their religious observances, but would not think of forcing it on anyone.

Then there are those who would force their religious beliefs on us by law, and those who would force them on us through acts of violence.

It is only the latter two groups who should be of concern to us, but people like DT and TC are ready to lump them all together…and then put them under surveillance to prevent “radicalization”.

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HappyWarrior  Mar 23, 2016 • 9:33:17am

re: #364 Jenner7

That’s what my sister was parroting while we were in line, saying Independents wanting to change Democratic were being turned away.

I tried to explain it was a closed primary, but she’s too Bernied to care.

They really should have read about the voting procedures in their own state. As I said, I don’t like the closed primaries. I see it from both sides but the states are allowed to make their own rules about these sort of things and people like your sister had ample time to switch party registration if they so desired. It’s not fraud at all.

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Ming5000  Mar 23, 2016 • 9:33:36am

re: #368 Dave In Austin

I have not heard “self addressed stamped envelope” in so long!

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Mar 23, 2016 • 9:34:08am
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HappyWarrior  Mar 23, 2016 • 9:35:00am

re: #369 Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light)

And how many True Muslims?

Really.

There are those people who simply look on Islam (or any religion) as part of their cultural heritage, observe the holidays and general precepts, but are not strict in its observance.

Then there are those who are more strict in their religious observances, but would not think of forcing it on anyone.

Then there are those who would force their religious beliefs on us by law, and those who would force them on us through acts of violence.

It is only the latter two groups who should be of concern to us, but people like DT and TC are ready to lump them all together…and then put them under surveillance to prevent “radicalization”.

Right, It’s a diverse bunch. Fucking Cruz wants to lump every single American Muslim in with the people who did these acts in Brussels and he needs ot be kicked in the ass for that shit.

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HappyWarrior  Mar 23, 2016 • 9:35:41am

re: #372 Backwoods_Sleuth

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I don’t get Kennedy. He’s pretty pro-choice but I thought he’d be sympathetic on contraception. Blah.

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Jay C  Mar 23, 2016 • 9:36:36am

re: #366 The Vicious Babushka

I just can’t even

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I guess it’s true that terrorist acts can shake the foundations of a society: you can tell by what comes crawling out from under them….

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Le Lapin Tueur  Mar 23, 2016 • 9:37:15am

re: #369 Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light)

And how many True Muslims?

…and then put them under surveillance to prevent “radicalization”.

I think someone already pointed this out, but it bears repetition. Radicalization is not a passive-voice, forgone conclusion. But, Cruz is stating it like it is, which is an extremely incendiary comment by itself.

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Teukka  Mar 23, 2016 • 9:38:28am

re: #376 Le Lapin Tueur

I think someone already pointed this out, but it bears repetition. Radicalization is not a passive-voice, forgone conclusion. But, Cruz is stating it like it is, which is an extremely incendiary comment by itself.

One important factor in preventing radicalization is to treat all potential terrorists alike, not just the muslim ones.

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Skip Intro  Mar 23, 2016 • 9:38:32am

re: #323 Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light)

TC has never engaged in telling the truth…

Neither has Fox “News”.

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Dr. Matt  Mar 23, 2016 • 9:38:38am

There are over 4 million Muslims spanning all 50 states…..how exactly will Herr Cruz patrol Teh Muslims?

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Mar 23, 2016 • 9:40:41am
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Franklin  Mar 23, 2016 • 9:40:57am

re: #379 Dr. Matt

There are over 4 million Muslims spanning all 50 states…..how exactly will Herr Cruz patrol Teh Muslims?

I’m sure if Cruz can acquire 4 million brown shirts, the positions will fill themselves.

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Belafon  Mar 23, 2016 • 9:41:03am

re: #379 Dr. Matt

There are over 4 million Muslims spanning all 50 states…..how exactly will Herr Cruz patrol Teh Muslims?

Color chart. If they pick up a few Latinos in the process, it’s not that big a deal.

Edit: I answered the wrong question, but we might as well also consider how he’s going to know which ones are Muslim.

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Kragar  Mar 23, 2016 • 9:41:19am

re: #379 Dr. Matt

There are over 4 million Muslims spanning all 50 states…..how exactly will Herr Cruz patrol Teh Muslims?

He’ll call his friends to help

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Charles Johnson  Mar 23, 2016 • 9:42:07am

This vile piece of shit is a friend of Chuck Johnson, of course.

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Fourth Football of the Apocalypse  Mar 23, 2016 • 9:42:55am

re: #384 Charles Johnson

A polite reminder that leftists are pro-Muslim because they want white women to be raped

Thank you for that polite reminder.
//

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Belafon  Mar 23, 2016 • 9:43:38am

re: #384 Charles Johnson

This vile piece of shit is a friend of Chuck Johnson, of course.

Yeah, white men *cough - Jefferson - cough* never rape women.

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lawhawk  Mar 23, 2016 • 9:44:23am

re: #379 Dr. Matt

There are over 4 million Muslims spanning all 50 states…..how exactly will Herr Cruz patrol Teh Muslims?

There’s a bunch of Muslims living in this community. How will Ted propose policing it specific to the “Muslim threat”?

Or maybe this community:

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The Vicious Babushka  Mar 23, 2016 • 9:44:23am

Baby Whiplash is projecting like a giant IMAX in outer space

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gocart mozart  Mar 23, 2016 • 9:45:15am

re: #289 Backwoods_Sleuth

Make sure to order more popcorn everyone.
Scribd Document

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Belafon  Mar 23, 2016 • 9:46:16am

re: #388 The Vicious Babushka

Baby Whiplash is projecting like a giant IMAX in outer space

They’re still not going to let you in their club, Ben.

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lawhawk  Mar 23, 2016 • 9:46:27am
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Fourth Football of the Apocalypse  Mar 23, 2016 • 9:46:29am

re: #388 The Vicious Babushka

Obama is a giant sack of awful soaked in a pool of horrible then lit aflame with the fire of despicable.
— Ben Shapiro

This is some high-minded commentary. Very policy how substantive.

/

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GlutenFreeJesus  Mar 23, 2016 • 9:47:11am

re: #343 Kragar

They will do a lot. By not voting for him.

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lawhawk  Mar 23, 2016 • 9:47:18am

re: #379 Dr. Matt

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Ziggy_TARDIS  Mar 23, 2016 • 9:47:31am

re: #369 Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light)

I would say about 66% of Muslims in the US are observant, considering what I have seen. Keep in mind, Islam is a much looser faith in a lot of ways than Christianity, so so what “devout” looks like will be different.

If I were to guess a total population, I would say about 5-6 million, and growing quickly.

I should note that I have found a Mosque to avoid in my area. The Imam comes from Britain, and I think you can figure out where this is going.

Meanwhile, the Pope continues to be cool.

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The Vicious Babushka  Mar 23, 2016 • 9:47:40am

re: #387 lawhawk

There’s a bunch of Muslims living in this community. How will Ted propose policing it specific to the “Muslim threat”?

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Or maybe this community:

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Or this one==>

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HappyWarrior  Mar 23, 2016 • 9:47:45am

re: #384 Charles Johnson

This vile piece of shit is a friend of Chuck Johnson, of course.

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These people just suck. Of course, he’s a friend of CCJ. He hates women who dare think for themselves rather than just bow to him because he’s got a cock.

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Franklin  Mar 23, 2016 • 9:47:56am

re: #388 The Vicious Babushka

Baby Whiplash is projecting like a giant IMAX in outer space

[Embedded content]

Fixed:

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Fourth Football of the Apocalypse  Mar 23, 2016 • 9:49:00am

re: #394 lawhawk

burn

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HappyWarrior  Mar 23, 2016 • 9:49:21am

re: #388 The Vicious Babushka

Baby Whiplash is projecting like a giant IMAX in outer space

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No, Baby Ben that would be you. You need to see someone about your Obama hatred problem that made you so miserable that you engaged on it on the day of your child’s birth rather than actually being a normal human being. i’m sure my Dad didn’t like Reagan either but he didn’t curse Ronald Reagan the day I was born.

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lawhawk  Mar 23, 2016 • 9:49:27am

re: #396 The Vicious Babushka

Well, that’s a special case. OCP will be preparing a detailed contact to provide law enforcement and other government services. I hear their new CEO is Rick Synder. ///

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MsJ  Mar 23, 2016 • 9:49:52am

re: #289 Backwoods_Sleuth

RE: Klayman representing Bundy.

I take it Orly was busy?

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Jay C  Mar 23, 2016 • 9:50:16am

re: #379 Dr. Matt

There are over 4 million Muslims spanning all 50 states…..how exactly will Herr Cruz patrol Teh Muslims?

Well, maybe the government can initiate a program to - ummm, “encourage” American Muslims to move into -ummm, “exclusive gated communities” - for their own protection of course. They can even be walled off and restricted-access for additional security!

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Joe Bacon  Mar 23, 2016 • 9:50:44am

re: #384 Charles Johnson

This vile piece of shit is a friend of Chuck Johnson, of course.

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Read that clown’s Twitter feed where he just cries like a baby because his idol Crackhead Rob Ford is dead…

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Jay C  Mar 23, 2016 • 9:52:39am

re: #394 lawhawk

Obama: I just left a country that engages in…neighborhood surveillance which [Ted Cruz’s father] escaped for America

Wow, that’s some serious burn.

Are we sure it’s too late to revise the 22nd Amendment?

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Teukka  Mar 23, 2016 • 9:52:56am

re: #403 Jay C

Well, maybe the government can initiate a program to - ummm, “encourage” American Muslims to move into -ummm, “exclusive gated communities” - for their own protection of course. The can even be walled off and restricted-access for additional security!

Wasn’t that sorta how the Endlösung was sold to the people of the Reich?

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The Vicious Babushka  Mar 23, 2016 • 9:53:10am

Here in the very heart of Dearborn==>

(Notice there is a flag of Israel)

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Kragar  Mar 23, 2016 • 9:53:49am

re: #388 The Vicious Babushka

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Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light)  Mar 23, 2016 • 9:54:10am

re: #403 Jay C

Well, maybe the government can initiate a program to - ummm, “encourage” American Muslims to move into -ummm, “exclusive gated communities” - for their own protection of course. The can even be walled off and restricted-access for additional security!

Where they will learn that work makes free!!!

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I Would Prefer Not To  Mar 23, 2016 • 9:54:53am

Have not posted in along time (reasons) but this made me LOL

Hundreds Of Cuban Refugees Clinging To Air Force One

The Onion

Air Force One
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lawhawk  Mar 23, 2016 • 9:55:12am

I don’t see GOPers distancing themselves from the sovereign citizens and other insurrectionists who carried out the Malheur NWR takeover, or who actively sought to engage in conflict with federal law enforcement either in OR or NV, or who are engaging in lawfare against the federal government pushing nonsensical readings of the law and given the wink and nudge from GOPers like Nevada’s Michele Fiore.

And those folks were actually indicted - not merely unindicted coconspirators.

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Kilroy01  Mar 23, 2016 • 9:55:43am

re: #409 Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light)

Where they will learn that work makes free!!!

Sounds better in the original German
Arbeit macht frei

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MsJ  Mar 23, 2016 • 9:56:02am

re: #286 Dr. Matt

I recommend not updating your iOS to 9.3 anytime soon. The activation servers are overloaded and my iphone is now a brick.

I updated last night. Worked first time and took just a few minutes.

I wanted the out of country wifi calling since my American phone is always with me in Canada.

Did you call Apple? They will likely have something to help you out.

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Teukka  Mar 23, 2016 • 9:57:07am

re: #412 Kilroy01

Sounds better in the original German
Arbeit macht frei

Or Jedem das Seine

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CuriousLurker  Mar 23, 2016 • 9:57:32am

re: #368 Dave In Austin

Ms. Joanne retweeted this, I’m posting it for full usage:

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And yes, sometimes it applies to me.

Heh, I recent bought this WTF notepad for a friend.

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Joe Bacon  Mar 23, 2016 • 9:58:36am

re: #413 MsJ

I updated last night. Worked first time and took just a few minutes.

I wanted the out of country wifi calling since my American phone is always with me in Canada.

Did you call Apple? They will likely have something to help you out.

When I update my iPhone I always do a clean install because there is always something in the previous version that doesn’t mesh completely if I simply update.

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Belafon  Mar 23, 2016 • 9:59:08am

Here’s the single link you need to give to anyone who “knows” Sanders is going to win: demrace.com. It allows you to play with the rest of the contests to figure out what it would take for Sanders to win. Here’s what someone put in:

I gave her zero wins. I gave him blowouts in every caucus and very large 16-point victories in every open or semi open primary, plus 10-point victories in every closed caucus. Last night, he beat my caucus numbers for UT and ID. I plugged in the actual numbers from last night’s races, which includes Hillary’s AZ victory. Sanders still loses.

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goddamnedfrank  Mar 23, 2016 • 10:00:09am
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Jay C  Mar 23, 2016 • 10:01:34am

re: #406 Teukka

Wasn’t that sorta how the Endlösung was sold to the people of the Reich?

Yep! Security for Everybody! Who could argue with that??!

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Mar 23, 2016 • 10:02:12am
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BeachDem  Mar 23, 2016 • 10:02:44am

And another “Bernie is Winning” diary at kos (based on a HuffPo story that’s long on speculation and short on facts, written by an English professor.)

dailykos.com

The thesis is that, when you discount early voting (which favors Clinton b/c they knew her when they voted but hadn’t heard Sanders’ message yet), Bernie is running even with or slightly ahead.

So, when you discount southern states, states with diverse populations, early voters and anyone who voted for Hillary for any reason at all (but mostly stupid, or low information, or old, or don’t use the internet, or whatever) Bernie is winning 100% of the voters who voted for Bernie.

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ObserverArt  Mar 23, 2016 • 10:03:32am

re: #396 The Vicious Babushka

Or this one==>

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Columbus has a fairly high average of Muslims too. But not the numbers of Detroit.

From World Population Statistics web site.

Columbus Population 2013

The current population of the city of Columbus, Ohio is estimated to be about 809,798, which is an increase of about 1.6% from the last record of the population. Columbus is the most populous city in the state of Ohio and the fifteenth-most populous city in the entire United States of America. Based on the total land area and the total population of the city, the population density of Columbus is about 3,624 people per square mile.

Religion in Columbus

The population of Columbus identifies with a religious affiliation at a lower rate than the national average. About 40% of the population identifies with an affiliation, compared to the national average of 49%. The largest religious affiliation in the city is the Roman Catholic Church, making up about 14% of the population. The next largest affiliation is the Baptist Church, which makes up about 5% of the population. The Muslim population of the city is larger than the average city in the United States. About 1.3% of the population

My math says 10,527 Muslims in Columbus, but that does not count the Metro area.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Mar 23, 2016 • 10:05:00am
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Kragar  Mar 23, 2016 • 10:06:01am

re: #411 lawhawk

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GlutenFreeJesus  Mar 23, 2016 • 10:06:02am

Looks like the FBI is being helped by an Israeli firm to get into the iPhone.

finance.yahoo.com

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CuriousLurker  Mar 23, 2016 • 10:06:13am

re: #379 Dr. Matt

There are over 4 million Muslims spanning all 50 states…..how exactly will Herr Cruz patrol Teh Muslims?

THIS. We’re scattered all over the place. Sure there are some neighborhoods in places like Brooklyn that are majority Muslim, then there’s Dearborn that’s majority Arab (not necessarily Muslim), add to that the fact that not all observant Muslims are identifiably such and…

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wrenchwench  Mar 23, 2016 • 10:08:07am

I have a dumb phone, and the person who operates it is so dumb, the new contact who needed to be added is on a post-it in my flip-phone.

/I’ll enter it later-later. Not right now-right now. //that’s New Mexican-speak.

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Dave In Austin  Mar 23, 2016 • 10:09:20am

re: #415 CuriousLurker

I just sent copies to Baby Whiplash and Derpy MM

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Belafon  Mar 23, 2016 • 10:09:46am

re: #421 BeachDem

I’ve decided the link at my #417 is my answer to these types of comments. And I put in a comment there asking the diarist to get to a Sanders win using it.

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KGxvi  Mar 23, 2016 • 10:11:26am

re: #374 HappyWarrior

I don’t get Kennedy. He’s pretty pro-choice but I thought he’d be sympathetic on contraception. Blah.

Just looked up the case, it looks like it’s framed as a “religious liberty” case in that religious non-profits are challenging the birth control mandate in insurance coverage. Now, I don’t think that’s really religious liberty because your right to practice (and preach) your religion only extends so far as it doesn’t violate my right to not practice your (or any) religion. But Kennedy doesn’t see it that way.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Mar 23, 2016 • 10:12:26am

What a totally stupid headline.
Bernie chose to campaign elsewhere instead of attending. It had nothing to do with whether or not AIPAC allowed him to make the speech.

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HappyWarrior  Mar 23, 2016 • 10:13:29am

re: #430 KGxvi

Just looked up the case, it looks like it’s framed as a “religious liberty” case in that religious non-profits are challenging the birth control mandate in insurance coverage. Now, I don’t think that’s really religious liberty because your right to practice (and preach) your religion only extends so far as it doesn’t violate my right to not practice your (or any) religion. But Kennedy doesn’t see it that way.

Ah ha, good catch counselor.

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Dr. Matt  Mar 23, 2016 • 10:13:34am

Paul Ryan shrugs off Ayn Rand? Speaker renounces his past ‘makers and takers’ talk as ‘just wrong’

“I’m certainly not going to stand here and tell you I have always met this standard,” Ryan said. “There was a time when I would talk about a difference between ‘makers’ and ‘takers’ in our country, referring to people who accepted government benefits. But as I spent more time listening, and really learning the root causes of poverty, I realized I was wrong.”

“‘Takers’ wasn’t how to refer to a single mom stuck in a poverty trap, just trying to take care of her family. Most people don’t want to be dependent. And to label a whole group of Americans that way was wrong. I shouldn’t castigate a large group of Americans to make a point. So I stopped thinking about it that way—and talking about it that way. But I didn’t come out and say all this to be politically correct. I was just wrong.”

RINO!!!11!!!!111

But, if he doesn’t recant these statements in the next 6 hours, I’ll give him credit for making such statements that directly oppose his party.

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lawhawk  Mar 23, 2016 • 10:13:42am

Cruz, who bashes NY like so many other GOPers, thinks NY will be a battleground?

What is he smoking, and where can I get it? NY is in no way going to be a battleground. Right now, UT is looking more likely to be a battleground than NY. Doubly so when Trump is the nominee.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Mar 23, 2016 • 10:16:22am

re: #430 KGxvi

I’m looking forward to the transcript (I think it comes out on Friday).

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Kragar  Mar 23, 2016 • 10:17:20am

re: #434 lawhawk

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Cruz, who bashes NY like so many other GOPers, thinks NY will be a battleground?

What is he smoking, and where can I get it? NY is in no way going to be a battleground. Right now, UT is looking more likely to be a battleground than NY. Doubly so when Trump is the nominee.

The only reason Cruz would have a chance in NY is if Trump is despised by almost as many voters as Cruz.

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HappyWarrior  Mar 23, 2016 • 10:17:28am

re: #421 BeachDem

And another “Bernie is Winning” diary at kos (based on a HuffPo story that’s long on speculation and short on facts, written by an English professor.)

dailykos.com

The thesis is that, when you discount early voting (which favors Clinton b/c they knew her when they voted but hadn’t heard Sanders’ message yet), Bernie is running even with or slightly ahead.

So, when you discount southern states, states with diverse populations, early voters and anyone who voted for Hillary for any reason at all (but mostly stupid, or low information, or old, or don’t use the internet, or whatever) Bernie is winning 100% of the voters who voted for Bernie.

Bernie is winning with Bernie voters, you can’t deny that. // Sigh. People have heard Bernie’s message. I knew who Bernie Sanders was before a lot of people who love him knew who he was. Not bragging but I need to point that out if the professor here is going to insist that it’s people not knowing Bernie that causes them not to vote for him. I just don’t see Bernie as a good GE candidate or even a solid president, I also think his focus is too limited. Economic injustice is a problem. He’s right but he doesn’t see that a lot of things can’t simply be explained by economic inequality. And frankly his campaign’s condescending crap doesn’t feel inclusive at all. I don’t like people being called “low information” or it implied that they’re selling out progressivism or liberalism by not supporting Bernie but maybe that’s just me. I had a chance to feel the Bern and I haven’t felt it.

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Skip Intro  Mar 23, 2016 • 10:18:01am

re: #433 Dr. Matt

Paul Ryan shrugs off Ayn Rand? Speaker renounces his past ‘makers and takers’ talk as ‘just wrong’

RINO!!!11!!!!111

But, if he doesn’t recant these statements in the next 6 hours, I’ll give him credit for making such statements that directly oppose his party.

No doubt about it, he’s going to run for pres if there’s an open convention.

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KGxvi  Mar 23, 2016 • 10:18:26am

re: #434 lawhawk

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Cruz, who bashes NY like so many other GOPers, thinks NY will be a battleground?

What is he smoking, and where can I get it? NY is in no way going to be a battleground. Right now, UT is looking more likely to be a battleground than NY. Doubly so when Trump is the nominee.

Is he talking about the primary or the general? Because if he’s talking about the primary, sure, some of that can probably sell upstate and in western New York because “New York values” is obviously about those heathens in the evil city. As Jimmy Buffett sang:

As a child on the farm
I was warned of the wiles of the city
Of that demon disguise
As the dirt in the skies of the city

Well they say the proximity warps their minds
Until they’re shooting one another just pass the time
And we live it appears
Both in spite and in fear of the city

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HappyWarrior  Mar 23, 2016 • 10:19:23am

re: #433 Dr. Matt

Paul Ryan shrugs off Ayn Rand? Speaker renounces his past ‘makers and takers’ talk as ‘just wrong’

RINO!!!11!!!!111

But, if he doesn’t recant these statements in the next 6 hours, I’ll give him credit for making such statements that directly oppose his party.

I’ll give him credit there but his voting patterns don’t show he’s learned. Plus, he always was the ultimate Ayn Rand fanboy hypocrite. I have more private sector experience than Paul Ryan does and I’ve struggled heavily with long term employment my entire post college career.

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ObserverArt  Mar 23, 2016 • 10:19:59am

re: #425 GlutenFreeJesus

Looks like the FBI is being helped by an Israeli firm to get into the iPhone.

finance.yahoo.com

No surprise there. Israeli computer coders and programmers are pretty freaking good.

A friend worked at The Columbus Dispatch and back in the 90s they went to a full production system that tied all their Macs into a mainframe computer that assembled all the input into the pages so that editorial, news, society, advertising, sports, graphics etc. all could work on their input and see it fit the layout. It was all based out of Israel.

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MsJ  Mar 23, 2016 • 10:21:42am

re: #441 ObserverArt

+SR3R6zth3FiKWvA0QLu3/4NgcquhyWU/uuStsn5dyJvP3Ye8qB8ede37YauTDRijpnSYjwA1XOeRBDy/XM3ezOUJoOQGc3U

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Kragar  Mar 23, 2016 • 10:21:50am

re: #434 lawhawk

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KGxvi  Mar 23, 2016 • 10:22:13am

re: #438 Skip Intro

No doubt about it, he’s going to run for pres if there’s an open convention.

I wonder, in contemporary American politics, if someone who didn’t appear on any presidential primary ballot could actually win a nomination at a convention and then have any chance in the general election. That’s a hell of a road to hoe.

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HappyWarrior  Mar 23, 2016 • 10:23:17am

re: #444 KGxvi

I wonder, in contemporary American politics, if someone who didn’t appear on any presidential primary ballot could actually win a nomination at a convention and then have any chance in the general election. That’s a hell of a road to hoe.

Slim to none and then Ryan has to be evaluated by GE voters. Ryan’s resume is actually pretty thin despite being in Congress a long time.

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lawhawk  Mar 23, 2016 • 10:24:14am

re: #439 KGxvi

Don’t think it matters if Cruz is talking about the primary or general. Trump’s got a pretty big advantage in the NY primary (home state/field advantage), and GOP sentiment runs strong upstate. Last time NY went GOP in presidential election was 1984. And today’s GOP would treat Reagan as a RINO.

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Great White Snark  Mar 23, 2016 • 10:24:28am

re: #444 KGxvi

I wonder, in contemporary American politics, if someone who didn’t appear on any presidential primary ballot could actually win a nomination at a convention and then have any chance in the general election. That’s a hell of a road to hoe.

If I were writing a political thriller, I might use a terribly unsuitable for office primary winner to make that seem believable. IOW, if not in this circumstance, then when?!?

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Jebediah, RBG  Mar 23, 2016 • 10:24:57am

re: #194 Dark_Falcon

I think its more Goldberg doesn’t understand how hard it can be to vote in many rural locals.

Isn’t it part of his job description to understand the things he writes about?

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Mar 23, 2016 • 10:25:49am
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The Vicious Babushka  Mar 23, 2016 • 10:25:51am

Well that explains why MLB totally shut down the rest of the season after 9/11.
Except not.

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Ziggy_TARDIS  Mar 23, 2016 • 10:25:58am

re: #426 CuriousLurker

Not to mention the diversity of ways observant Muslims behave means that identification can be difficult.

When I go to pray at Mosque, I am usually dressed pretty close to this, minus hat. Could you identify me as Muslim from that.

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Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light)  Mar 23, 2016 • 10:27:19am

re: #444 KGxvi

I wonder, in contemporary American politics, if someone who didn’t appear on any presidential primary ballot could actually win a nomination at a convention and then have any chance in the general election. That’s a hell of a road to hoe.

The GOP is also trying to limit damage to the other downticket candidates. They have already written off the Presidency.

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BeachDem  Mar 23, 2016 • 10:27:31am

re: #437 HappyWarrior

Bernie is winning with Bernie voters, you can’t deny that. // Sigh. People have heard Bernie’s message. I knew who Bernie Sanders was before a lot of people who love him knew who he was. Not bragging but I need to point that out if the professor here is going to insist that it’s people not knowing Bernie that causes them not to vote for him. I just don’t see Bernie as a good GE candidate or even a solid president, I also think his focus is too limited. Economic injustice is a problem. He’s right but he doesn’t see that a lot of things can’t simply be explained by economic inequality. And frankly his campaign’s condescending crap doesn’t feel inclusive at all. I don’t like people being called “low information” or it implied that they’re selling out progressivism or liberalism by not supporting Bernie but maybe that’s just me. I had a chance to feel the Bern and I haven’t felt it.

Back in early 2015, when Bernie spoke at our convention (he had announced, so he was speaking as a candidate) it was long before people were feeling much of the bern. He came to a cocktail party and a dinner the night before, and he was personable and approachable.

His speech at the convention was long on what’s wrong and almost absent what could be done about it. At the time, I said that, although he certainly was fired up, the speech was actually more depressing than inspiring. I still feel the same way.

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HappyWarrior  Mar 23, 2016 • 10:27:47am

re: #448 Jebediah, RBG

Isn’t it part of his job description to understand the things he writes about?

For an actual journalist, yes. For a NRO hack, it’s more to condescend and try to act smarter than you are because you write for the National Review goddamnit, the thinking conservative’s publication founded by a man who apologized for McCarthyism Jim Crow, Apartheid, and Francoism but did it with class because he had a Mid-Atlantic accent and the false veneer of class.

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Great White Snark  Mar 23, 2016 • 10:29:18am

re: #451 Ziggy_TARDIS

Not to mention the diversity of ways observant Muslims behave means that identification can be difficult.

When I go to pray at Mosque, I am usually dressed pretty close to this, minus hat. Could you identify me as Muslim from that.

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The whole thing is a non starter. Ain’t gonna happen, and if by some strange circumstance someone tries it, well think anti Trump protests cubed.

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HappyWarrior  Mar 23, 2016 • 10:29:59am

re: #450 The Vicious Babushka

Well that explains why MLB totally shut down the rest of the season after 9/11.
Except not.

[Embedded content]

Rage is a hell of a drug. You’re still a little baby Ben. Just let the grown ups talk and get of f your mommy’s computer when you don’t have permission.

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CuriousLurker  Mar 23, 2016 • 10:30:09am

re: #369 Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light)

And how many True Muslims?

Really.

There are those people who simply look on Islam (or any religion) as part of their cultural heritage, observe the holidays and general precepts, but are not strict in its observance.

Then there are those who are more strict in their religious observances, but would not think of forcing it on anyone.

Then there are those who would force their religious beliefs on us by law, and those who would force them on us through acts of violence.

It is only the latter two groups who should be of concern to us, but people like DT and TC are ready to lump them all together…and then put them under surveillance to prevent “radicalization”.

IIRC, some of the younger “lone wolf” guys were basically cultural Muslims who weren’t observant, but who suddenly latched on to the jihadi thing (I can’t cite any specific articles as it would take to long to find the relevant details among the hundreds of bookmarks I have on the subject).

I think we need to stop focusing on the religious aspect so much and figure out what’s really attracting them to violent jihad against innocent people (terrorism)—is it a situation like with gangs, where they feel a sense of belonging & strength that they don’t find elsewhere? Is it a matter of suddenly being overcome with a desire to “defend” the ummah? If so, then why aren’t there many, many more of them among millions of Muslims here (especially the more observant ones)?

There are always going to be anomalies, but there MUST be a pattern that we’re missing here, one that groups like Da’esh are well aware of and are using to their advantage. We need to outsmart them, because using brute force, abandoning our freedoms, or trampling on American Muslim’s civil rights are not viable long-term solutions.

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HappyWarrior  Mar 23, 2016 • 10:31:18am

re: #453 BeachDem

Back in early 2015, when Bernie spoke at our convention (he had announced, so he was speaking as a candidate) it was long before people were feeling much of the bern. He came to a cocktail party and a dinner the night before, and he was personable and approachable.

His speech at the convention was long on what’s wrong and almost absent what could be done about it. At the time, I said that, although he certainly was fired up, the speech was actually more depressing than inspiring. I still feel the same way.

I do remember you saying that. And that’s another reason he’s flawed. He doesn’t really inspire honestly. I’m okay with him pointing out what’s wrong but I also don’t think it’s what you want out of your presidential candidate. i’m not saying ignore problems but inspire more than get people to say “Yeah that sucks.”.

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Franklin  Mar 23, 2016 • 10:32:38am

re: #450 The Vicious Babushka

Well that explains why MLB totally shut down the rest of the season after 9/11.
Except not.

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Fucking false, god dammit.

The onset of World War II created a significant shortage of professional baseball players, as more than 500 men left MLB teams to serve in the military. Many of them played on service baseball teams that entertained military personnel in the US or in the Pacific. MLB teams of this time largely consisted of young men, older players, and those with a military classification of 4F, indicating mental, physical, or moral unsuitability for service. Men like Pete Gray, a one-armed outfielder, got the chance to advance to the major leagues. However, MLB rosters did not include any black players through the end of the war.[74] Black players, many of whom served in the war, were still restricted to playing Negro league baseball.[75]

Wartime blackout restrictions, designed to keep outdoor lighting at low levels, caused another problem for baseball. These rules limited traveling and night games to the point that the 1942 season nearly had to be cancelled.[75] On January 14, 1942, MLB Commissioner Kenesaw Mountain Landis wrote a letter to U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt and pleaded for the continuation of baseball during the war in hopes for a start of a new major league season. President Roosevelt responded, “I honestly feel that it would be best for the country to keep baseball going. There will be fewer people unemployed and everybody will work longer hours and harder than ever before. And that means that they ought to have a chance for recreation and for taking their minds off their work even more than before.”[76]

With the approval of President Roosevelt, spring training began in 1942 with few repercussions. The war interrupted the careers of stars including Stan Musial, Ted Williams, and Joe DiMaggio, but baseball clubs continued to field their teams.[77]


Sauce

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wrenchwench  Mar 23, 2016 • 10:33:46am

re: #451 Ziggy_TARDIS

Not to mention the diversity of ways observant Muslims behave means that identification can be difficult.

When I go to pray at Mosque, I am usually dressed pretty close to this, minus hat. Could you identify me as Muslim from that.

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Very dapper! Do you carry the cane? I found recently a cane can be a bad idea in combination with a temper. Cars are within reach. I want to hit them.

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Jenner7  Mar 23, 2016 • 10:33:48am
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HappyWarrior  Mar 23, 2016 • 10:34:24am

As for Major League baseball. We continued to have games in WWII and we resumed games not long after 9/11. I don’t know what Ben expects to have happened. I’m sorry but Major League Baesball is not going to cancel an expedition game in Cuba because of a terrorist attack in Brussels. It’d be ncie if these people who are so enraged about Brussels had even a tiny bit of anger towards Bush for 9/11 but they don’t, they even are in Rudy Giuliani’s words thankful that Bush was President when that happened. It shows what a bunch of dishonest concern troll assholes they really are about terrorism that Obama is to be condemned for an event outside our borders but that Bush gets praised for being President when the worst terrorist attack in our nation’s history hapepned.

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HappyWarrior  Mar 23, 2016 • 10:35:13am

re: #459 Franklin

Fucking false, god dammit.


Sauce

It’s incredibly false. It didn’t happen in WWI either. For a Harvard graduate, Ben sure is ignorant.

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Great White Snark  Mar 23, 2016 • 10:35:14am

re: #457 CuriousLurker

IIRC, some of the younger “lone wolf” guys were basically cultural Muslims who weren’t observant, but who suddenly latched on to the jihadi thing (I can’t cite any specific articles as it would take to long to find the relevant details among the hundreds of bookmarks I have on the subject).

I think we need to stop focusing on the religious aspect so much and figure out what’s really attracting them to violent jihad against innocent people (terrorism)—is it a situation like with gangs, where they feel a sense of belonging & strength that they don’t find elsewhere? Is it a matter of suddenly being overcome with a desire to “defend” the ummah? If so, then why aren’t there many, many more of them among millions of Muslims here (especially the more observant ones)?

There are always going to be anomalies, but there MUST be a pattern that we’re missing here, one that groups like Da’esh are well aware of and are using to their advantage. We need to outsmart them, because using brute force, abandoning our freedoms, or trampling on American Muslim’s civil rights are not viable long-term solutions.

THIS. Essentially we must find what makes a killer. It matters in mass murder, terrorism, even domestic violence. we all have anger, angry thoughts. Some cuss, some fume, some throw a punch. But some, the few of the few are inclined to maim and kill. BTW I think you have something with the gangland psychology.

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Ziggy_TARDIS  Mar 23, 2016 • 10:36:31am

re: #457 CuriousLurker

You pretty much nailed it.

I think a lot of these guys may be on the radar for other reasons and crimes too.

Anwar Al-Awlaki solicited prostitutes for example.

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HappyWarrior  Mar 23, 2016 • 10:36:41am

I didn’t realize that BB actually thought MLB disbanded. Man he’s even dumber than I thought then.

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Ziggy_TARDIS  Mar 23, 2016 • 10:38:03am

re: #460 wrenchwench

At some point, a cane is inevitable.

Dead serious. At the age of 23, my Doctor noticed Tremors in my hands.

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Dr. Matt  Mar 23, 2016 • 10:39:24am

re: #450 The Vicious Babushka

We defeat terrorism by going to baseball games. Which is why Major League Baseball essentially disbanded for years to defeat the Nazis.
— Ben Shapiro (@benshapiro) March 23, 2016

Clearly Benny’s twitter account is linked to a random word generator.

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HappyWarrior  Mar 23, 2016 • 10:40:13am

re: #468 Dr. Matt

Clearly Benny’s twitter account is linked to a random word generator.

Obama and “I’m enraged.” As I said, this guy couldn’t even celebrate the birth of his child without going on Twitter to hate on Obama. That’s how sad he is.

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ObserverArt  Mar 23, 2016 • 10:41:09am

re: #442

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withak  Mar 23, 2016 • 10:42:34am

Somebody tweet these links at Baby Ben:

baseball-reference.com
baseball-reference.com
baseball-reference.com

I guess Stan the Man must have hated America, because he played in three World Series during WW2.

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CuriousLurker  Mar 23, 2016 • 10:43:19am

re: #461 Jenner7

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I’m sure they’re aware of the likelihood that they’re being monitored, just like MLK (and others) were during the civil rights movement of the 1950s and ’60s.

The U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) began monitoring Martin Luther King, Jr., in December 1955, during his involvement with the Montgomery bus boycott, and engaged in covert operations against him throughout the 1960s. FBI director J. Edgar Hoover was personally hostile toward King, believing that the civil rights leader was influenced by Communists. This animosity increased after April 1964, when King called the FBI ”completely ineffectual in resolving the continued mayhem and brutality inflicted upon the Negro in the deep South” (King, 23 April 1964). Under the FBI’s domestic counterintelligence program (COINTELPRO) King was subjected to various kinds of FBI surveillance that produced alleged evidence of extramarital affairs, though no evidence of Communist influence.

The FBI was created in 1909 as the Justice Department’s unit to investigate federal crimes. Hoover became FBI director in 1924 and served until his death in 1972. Throughout the 1930s the FBI’s role expanded when President Franklin D. Roosevelt asked the FBI to research ”subversives” in the United States, and Congress passed a series of laws increasing the types of federal crimes falling under the FBI’s jurisdiction. During World War II, the FBI was further authorized to investigate threats to national security. This loosely defined mission formed the heading under which the FBI began to investigate the civil rights movement. […]

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wrenchwench  Mar 23, 2016 • 10:43:30am

re: #467 Ziggy_TARDIS

At some point, a cane is inevitable.

Dead serious. At the age of 23, my Doctor noticed Tremors in my hands.

{{{Z_T}}}

Age is inevitable for all of us, but at extremely different rates. I feel like I went from 57 to about 94 at the time I went home, and have been working on getting younger through rehab.

I hope your tremors are nothing significant in the long run.

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Charles Johnson  Mar 23, 2016 • 10:52:12am
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HappyWarrior  Mar 23, 2016 • 10:53:07am

re: #474 Charles Johnson

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I’m convinced now. //

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Romantic Heretic  Mar 23, 2016 • 10:55:31am

re: #387 lawhawk

There’s a bunch of Muslims living in this community. How will Ted propose policing it specific to the “Muslim threat”?

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Or maybe this community:

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Since neither of those places are part of Real ‘Murica!!!1!!1! it is unlikely Ted is adverse to this solution.

Aerial view of an atomic bomb explosion

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Romantic Heretic  Mar 23, 2016 • 10:56:22am

re: #388 The Vicious Babushka

As opposed to you, Ben, who is a one hundred and seventy five pound sack of assholes.

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klys (maker of Silmarils)  Mar 23, 2016 • 10:58:15am

re: #435 Backwoods_Sleuth

I’m always really happy when my employer’s religion is used as a reason to deny me the medication I need. Really.

Going back to hating the world again.

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MsJ  Mar 23, 2016 • 11:02:20am

re: #470 ObserverArt

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Fourth Football of the Apocalypse  Mar 23, 2016 • 11:04:20am

re: #450 The Vicious Babushka

We defeat terrorism by going to baseball games. Which is why Major League Baseball essentially disbanded for years to defeat the Nazis.
— Ben Shapiro

So when is Ben quitting his drole life of tweeting to take up arms?

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Fourth Football of the Apocalypse  Mar 23, 2016 • 11:05:39am

I hope whenever there’s a terrorist attack again, somewhere, anywhere, the NBA, the NHL, and MLB will cancel games and their seasons until we defeat terrorism.

//

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ObserverArt  Mar 23, 2016 • 11:17:21am

re: #479 MsJ

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Brother Holy Cruise Missile of Mild Acceptance  Mar 23, 2016 • 11:19:34am

re: #421 BeachDem

Reading the comments on that diary is hilarious. The moron who posted it keeps claiming no one is addressing the point of the “thesis” when they are by pointing out it’s an idiotic thesis.

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MsJ  Mar 23, 2016 • 11:26:16am

re: #482 ObserverArt

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MsJ  Mar 23, 2016 • 11:27:31am

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ObserverArt  Mar 23, 2016 • 11:37:31am

re: #484 MsJ

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No Country For Old Haters  Mar 23, 2016 • 11:54:34am

re: #24 teleskiguy

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No Country For Old Haters  Mar 23, 2016 • 12:12:45pm

re: #140 Backwoods_Sleuth

What an asshole.

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sagehen  Mar 23, 2016 • 12:31:04pm

re: #466 HappyWarrior

I didn’t realize that BB actually thought MLB disbanded. Man he’s even dumber than I thought then.

I also thought MLB disbanded during WWII; that’s why Madonna and Geena Davis and Rosie McDonnell could make that super-cute movie…

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A Mom Anon  Mar 23, 2016 • 12:34:27pm

re: #384 Charles Johnson

I dare that sack of shit to say that to my face. Or better still, to a whole room of survivors. I’m not scared of a little shit like that, in fact, I’d feel a whole lot better using him to, shall we say, vent a little. What a putrid sac of protoplasm.

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A Mom Anon  Mar 23, 2016 • 12:41:32pm

re: #433 Dr. Matt

Yeah, lets see him introduce or back some legislation that helps the poor with food, education, housing and so on. THEN I’ll believe he’s not full of shit. Til then, not so much.

I still love what Charlie Pierce calls him, The Zombie Eyed Granny Starver.


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