Trump’s Campaign Manager Tweets Link to Fake Website to Claim Protesters Are Paid

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Donald Trump campaign manager Corey Lewandowski

(UPDATE: Corey Lewandowski finally figured out this was a fake story and deleted his tweet — so here’s the screenshot.)

In a rush to smear Donald Trump’s opponents, today campaign manager Corey Lewandowski tweeted a link to an article at one of those “satire” news sites, with a fake story about an anti-Trump protester being paid by the Hillary Clinton campaign.

This is one of those deceptive sites that tries to trick people into thinking it’s ABC News; notice that the domain name ends with “.co”. They prey on confirmation bias to drive traffic to them and inflate their advertising revenue, and in right wingers they’ve found the perfect naïve, hateful, logic-impaired targets for their scams.

These Trump people are really amazing, and I don’t mean that in a good way. They’re like a dim-witted Breitbart comment section in human form.

Another article at the same fake news site:

UPDATE at 3/25/16 3:21:59 pm by Charles Johnson

Too funny! Raving loon Ann Coulter fell for the same fake news story; she liked it so much she tweeted it twice:

(UPDATE: Ann Coulter also finally figured out this was a fake story and deleted her tweets — so here’s the screenshot.)

UPDATE at 3/25/16 3:27:05 pm by Charles Johnson

And so did the fabled Stupidest Man on the Internet, Jim Hoft:

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303 comments
1
Charles Johnson  Mar 25, 2016 • 2:56:16pm

I saved a screenshot of the tweet, of course.

2
Kragar  Mar 25, 2016 • 3:00:22pm

Another story from the same “news” site

3
Khal Wimpo (not-so-Super Tuesday's Child)  Mar 25, 2016 • 3:05:16pm

Reposted from down below, seconds ago:

Ben Shapiro is being smeared by his former comrades at Breitbart with anti-semitic imagery that only Goebbels could love:

4
Dr. Matt  Mar 25, 2016 • 3:05:16pm
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b.d.  Mar 25, 2016 • 3:06:45pm

They’re just taking after their Donald “All I know is what’s on the Internet” Trump boss.

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Shiplord Kirel  Mar 25, 2016 • 3:10:06pm
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ObserverArt  Mar 25, 2016 • 3:11:08pm

I think the bizarre dial has been turned up over the last 24 hours or so.

And these are people vying to lead this country.

By the way, Lewandowski really fits the image of a muscle head. I bet his background is very interesting. I hope someone is looking into it.

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Stanley Sea  Mar 25, 2016 • 3:11:17pm

Ann Coulter tweeted it as well.

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Kragar  Mar 25, 2016 • 3:13:33pm

“In a rush to smear Donald Trump’s opponents”

I don’t think it was in a rush. I think Lewandowski knows damn well the article was fake, but counted on Trump supporters being too stupid to know or care.

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ObserverArt  Mar 25, 2016 • 3:14:00pm

re: #6 Shiplord Kirel

SMOTI has swallowed it hook, line, and sinker as well.
ABC News=> AZ TRUMP PROTESTER: I Was Paid $3500 to Protest Trump by Hillary Campaign

Freepers are joining in.

‘pundit link returns an error.

And now that I think of it…sorta glad it did.

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Patricia Kayden  Mar 25, 2016 • 3:14:50pm

I thought Trump believed that Sanders was sending protesters to his KKK rallies.

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Skip Intro  Mar 25, 2016 • 3:14:58pm

Corey’s so mad he’s going to find another female Breitbart reporter to assault.

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Dr. Matt  Mar 25, 2016 • 3:15:33pm

re: #6 Shiplord Kirel

SMOTI has swallowed it hook, line, and sinker as well.
ABC News=> AZ TRUMP PROTESTER: I Was Paid $3500 to Protest Trump by Hillary Campaign

Freepers are joining in.

Not found, error 404

The page you are looking for no longer exists.

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Big Beautiful Door  Mar 25, 2016 • 3:15:56pm

I found on the internet exclusive video of Paul Ryan practicing his opening remarks at the GOP Convention.
Thunderdome Intro - Dying Time

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plansbandc  Mar 25, 2016 • 3:16:12pm

Would be so easy to check on crap like this, but they don’t care. Everything works with their base.

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Skip Intro  Mar 25, 2016 • 3:16:53pm

re: #4 Dr. Matt

The RWNJ Cruz supporters are really pushing this #TrumpLovesPecker hashtag.

Life is good.

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Kragar  Mar 25, 2016 • 3:16:58pm
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The Vicious Babushka  Mar 25, 2016 • 3:17:29pm

re: #3 Khal Wimpo (not-so-Super Tuesday’s Child)

Reposted from down below, seconds ago:

Ben Shapiro is being smeared by his former comrades at Breitbart with anti-semitic imagery that only Goebbels could love:

[Embedded content]

That is literally a nazi illustration with Baby Whiplash’s head photoshopped over it.

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Shiplord Kirel  Mar 25, 2016 • 3:18:25pm

re: #10 ObserverArt

‘pundit link returns an error.

And now that I think of it…sorta glad it did.

Been pulled.

20
mmmirele  Mar 25, 2016 • 3:18:36pm

Back in the day (1990s), Scientology used to accuse those of us who protested the organization of being paid by Big Pharma to do so. Nope, sorry, I spent money picketing Scientology. I’ve never seen a check from Pfizer, Eli Lilly, etc.

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Stanley Sea  Mar 25, 2016 • 3:20:14pm
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Skip Intro  Mar 25, 2016 • 3:20:30pm

re: #6 Shiplord Kirel

The great thing about Freepers, Dog love ‘um, is that even after someone posts that the website is fake they go right on posting outrage because that’s what they always do. RimJob will have to get a mod to take down the thread once he wakes up.

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Shiplord Kirel  Mar 25, 2016 • 3:21:45pm

Screenshot of the Freeper story with SMOTI links, since it will probably be pulled any second now:

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Blind Frog Belly White  Mar 25, 2016 • 3:23:05pm

re: #23 Shiplord Kirel

Screenshot of the Freeper story with SMOTI links, since it will probably be pulled any second now:

Embedded Image

What does it say about them, that we would be able to believe something like this about them?

Same as always, not a damned thing.

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Charles Johnson  Mar 25, 2016 • 3:23:17pm

LOL! Ann Coulter fell for the same fake story.

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Dr Lizardo  Mar 25, 2016 • 3:24:13pm

Well, goodnight, Lizards. Another day, another glorious GOP trainwreck.

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Patricia Kayden  Mar 25, 2016 • 3:25:31pm

re: #21 Stanley Sea

That is too sweet. Even the birds love him!

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ObserverArt  Mar 25, 2016 • 3:26:36pm

I eagerly await Ms. Ann Coulter’s heartfelt apology and admittance she was fooled.

*cough*

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Skip Intro  Mar 25, 2016 • 3:28:01pm

re: #28 ObserverArt

I eagerly await Ms. Ann Coulter’s heartfelt apology and admittance she was fooled.

*cough*

Coulter donated her heart to Dick Cheney because she had no use for it.

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Charles Johnson  Mar 25, 2016 • 3:28:29pm

Hoft’s post is still in the Google cache:

webcache.googleusercontent.com

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Eclectic Cyborg  Mar 25, 2016 • 3:29:22pm

This is entertaining but I really dislike a lot of these “satire” sites, especially the ones that masquerade as legit news organizations.

Seems like once or twice a week now I have to correct people on FB after they get taken in by one of these.

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The Vicious Babushka  Mar 25, 2016 • 3:29:43pm

re: #25 Charles Johnson

LOL! Ann Coulter fell for the same fake story.

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I don’t know if she fell for it or she knew it was fake but spread it anyway.

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Charles Johnson  Mar 25, 2016 • 3:29:50pm

...

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Eclectic Cyborg  Mar 25, 2016 • 3:29:52pm

re: #29 Skip Intro

Coulter donated her heart to Dick Cheney because she had no use for it.

What does a heartless bastard need with a heart?

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Skip Intro  Mar 25, 2016 • 3:30:22pm

re: #30 Charles Johnson

I see his followers are every bit as thick as the Freepers.

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Dr. Matt  Mar 25, 2016 • 3:31:05pm

An amazing weather pattern rolled into the Tampa Bay region earlier today. Check out all the pics.

WOW! Did you see these?! Incredible photos of shelf clouds coming off the Gulf, up and down the coast, and moving…

Posted by FOX 13 News - Tampa Bay on Friday, March 25, 2016
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ObserverArt  Mar 25, 2016 • 3:31:14pm

re: #29 Skip Intro

Coulter donated her heart to Dick Cheney because she had no use for it.

I’m surprised she had one to donate. I thought she had sold the original a long time ago.

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CuriousLurker  Mar 25, 2016 • 3:32:03pm

Heh, they look pretty happy.

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Charles Johnson  Mar 25, 2016 • 3:32:05pm

Frank Luntz just tweeted this reply to me, then deleted it…

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goddamnedfrank  Mar 25, 2016 • 3:35:50pm

People are making a big deal over this:

April 1, 2014 - Ted Cruz reveals temporary tattoo of Winston Churchill.

Same day:

Have to admit, the coincidence smacks of playful shenanigans.

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goddamnedfrank  Mar 25, 2016 • 3:39:41pm

Could be nothing but conservative humor.

Such a kooky bunch.

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Shiplord Kirel  Mar 25, 2016 • 3:40:27pm

re: #30 Charles Johnson

Hoft’s post is still in the Google cache:

webcache.googleusercontent.com

The internet is forever. Hoft never fails to live up to his SMOTI title. I wonder if he even looked at the page he was linking? It bears no resemblance to the real ABC News site, or to any big time news site for that matter.

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BeachDem  Mar 25, 2016 • 3:41:19pm

re: #30 Charles Johnson

Hoft’s post is still in the Google cache:

webcache.googleusercontent.com

He can’t even get his fake stories straight:

His intro:
one of the anti-Trump protesters said she was paid $3,500 to protest Trump.
She believes the money was coming from the Hillary campaign.

The story:
Today a man from Trump’s rally on Saturday in Fountain Hills, Arizona has come forward to say that he was paid to protest the event.

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BeachDem  Mar 25, 2016 • 3:44:32pm

And if nothing else was a tipoff that it was a fake story, the last line should have stood out to anyone with 2 functioning brain cells.

all the people that I communicated with had an AOL email address. No one still has an AOL email address except people that would vote for Hillary Clinton.”

Oh wait, I forgot about who we were dealing with here.

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Kent Dorfman  Mar 25, 2016 • 3:45:26pm

The nature of the evidence is irrelevant; it’s the seriousness of the charge that matters

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Charles Johnson  Mar 25, 2016 • 3:45:33pm

re: #41 goddamnedfrank

Could be nothing but conservative humor.

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Such a kooky bunch.

A merry group of pranksters are they.

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Skip Intro  Mar 25, 2016 • 3:47:03pm

re: #41 goddamnedfrank

Could be nothing but conservative humor.

[Embedded content]

Such a kooky bunch.

Could be, but what’s the joke?

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Charles Johnson  Mar 25, 2016 • 3:47:51pm

I love how Jim Hoft describes the protesters in Arizona as “far left open border activists.” Could he possibly cram some more buzzwords in there?

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jaunte  Mar 25, 2016 • 3:48:14pm

re: #47 Skip Intro

They love Churchill but they just can’t commit?

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goddamnedfrank  Mar 25, 2016 • 3:48:19pm
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dog philosopher ஐஒஔ௸  Mar 25, 2016 • 3:49:37pm

for decades “the conservative movement” seemed homogenized to those swimming in its creamy, high fat sea. outside analysts presumed to detect different, even incompatible, elements concealed under the surface, but to the inhabitants this was nonsense - “all real americans think just like me!”

but last year some powerful reagents were dropped into the roiling sea, and, presto! it settled out, like milk left in the refrigerator for too long, into at least three distinct layers: an oily part, a residual substance resembling cream, and a large segment of sludge

now conservatives should discover that the belief that their view of the universe was that of the majority of americans has been definitively disproven by events

but they won’t

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b.d.  Mar 25, 2016 • 3:49:42pm

re: #48 Charles Johnson

I love how Jim Hoft describes the protesters in Arizona as “far left open border activists.” Could he possibly cram some more buzzwords in there?

Forget the wall, Trump should dig a big enough hole for all of these wingnuts to crawl into. Talk about an embarrassing disaster 2016 has turned out for the lot of them.

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Romantic Heretic  Mar 25, 2016 • 3:51:23pm

re: #29 Skip Intro

His report: It was delicious. Served with fave beans and a nice Chianti.

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Nyet  Mar 25, 2016 • 3:51:36pm

re: #3 Khal Wimpo (not-so-Super Tuesday’s Child)

Reposted from down below, seconds ago:

Ben Shapiro is being smeared by his former comrades at Breitbart with anti-semitic imagery that only Goebbels could love:

[Embedded content]

That is straight up Nazi imagery. The original pic is by A. Wyatt Mann (google him; then again, maybe don’t).

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goddamnedfrank  Mar 25, 2016 • 3:52:27pm
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ObserverArt  Mar 25, 2016 • 3:52:43pm

re: #52 b.d.

Forget the wall, Trump should dig a big enough hole for all of these wingnuts to crawl into. Talk about an embarrassing disaster 2016 has turned out for the lot of them.

It isn’t the disaster it needs to be yet. For it to be complete we need a resounding defeat of GOP elite!

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BeachDem  Mar 25, 2016 • 3:53:15pm

re: #50 goddamnedfrank

[Embedded content]

His actual wording was even more painful.

(speaking about Roger Stone—with an incorrect reference, I might add) He’s a man for whom a term was coined for copulating with a rodent. Well, let me be clear: Donald Trump may be a rat, but I have no desire to copulate with him.”

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Shiplord Kirel  Mar 25, 2016 • 3:54:10pm

Hold mah beer!

Man loses leg in target practice explosion
WALTON COUNTY, Ga —

A Monroe man is recovering in the hospital after losing his leg in an explosion.

Deputies say he put explosive material, called Tannerite, in his lawnmower then shot at it several times. The blast severed part of his leg.

People use Tennerite for target practice, but if used the wrong way it can cause injury or death.

According to investigators, David Presley filled an old lawnmower with three pounds of Tannerite.

Channel 2’s Tyisha Fernandes spoke to Walton County Sheriff Joe Chapman who said people are supposed to put less than a pound of Tannerite into a target you want to shoot, and stand at least 100 yards away. The small explosion lets you know you hit the target.

Deputies say he used three pounds of Tannerite and only stood 25 yards away, while two teens recorded it on their cell phones.

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goddamnedfrank  Mar 25, 2016 • 3:55:06pm

re: #57 BeachDem

His actual wording was even more painful.

(speaking about Roger Stone—with an incorrect reference, I might add) He’s a man for whom a term was coined for copulating with a rodent. Well, let me be clear: Donald Trump may be a rat, but I have no desire to copulate with him.”

One of the most epic political own goals I’ve ever witnessed.

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dog philosopher ஐஒஔ௸  Mar 25, 2016 • 3:55:09pm

re: #52 b.d.

Forget the wall, Trump should dig a big enough hole for all of these wingnuts to crawl into. Talk about an embarrassing disaster 2016 has turned out for the lot of them.

2016 aint over yet, tho

there’s many a slip twixt the trump and the lip

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b.d.  Mar 25, 2016 • 3:55:31pm

re: #56 ObserverArt

It isn’t the disaster it needs to be yet. For it to be complete we need a resounding defeat of GOP elite!

You mean the guys who just endorsed Ted Cruz this week?

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Dr. Matt  Mar 25, 2016 • 3:55:40pm

re: #48 Charles Johnson

I love how Jim Hoft describes the protesters in Arizona as “far left open border activists.” Could he possibly cram some more buzzwords in there?

“far left open border Soros loving activists.”

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b.d.  Mar 25, 2016 • 3:56:35pm

re: #60 dog philosopher ஐஒஔ௸

2016 aint over yet, tho

there’s many a slip twixt the trump and the lip

Yep! This is all working according to Mitt Romney’s plan!

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Skip Intro  Mar 25, 2016 • 3:56:42pm

re: #58 Shiplord Kirel

Obviously the man has a real product liability case here. The lawn mower should have come with a warning saying “Stay back at least 100 yards when firing a weapon at a lawnmower loaded with explosives.”

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b.d.  Mar 25, 2016 • 3:59:25pm

bwaaahaaaa!

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b.d.  Mar 25, 2016 • 4:00:06pm

Where’s Hobby Lobby Holly when you expect her?

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Shiplord Kirel  Mar 25, 2016 • 4:02:03pm

re: #64 Skip Intro

Obviously the man has a real product liability case here. The lawn mower should have come with a warning saying “Stay back at least 100 yards when firing a weapon at a lawnmower loaded with explosives.”

This is the video. WARNING: graphic

KFBeF87+JeykHnx2abTyPTGBv39KbNWllWhftwB9mIC26RyxW20SwSt4JS7gdKLO+aRWDY33C/g=

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ObserverArt  Mar 25, 2016 • 4:02:50pm

re: #61 b.d.

You mean the guys who just endorsed Ted Cruz this week?

All the wingnut things!!!

And the party they follow. A good election kick in the ass can sometimes reset things. But they really need to be embarrassed thoroughly. They are just getting started. With Trump all things are possible.

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Nyet  Mar 25, 2016 • 4:02:56pm

S2E5

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Dr. Matt  Mar 25, 2016 • 4:04:07pm

re: #66 b.d.

Where’s Hobby Lobby Holly when you expect her?

Maybe she is the first wingnut to learn their lesson and disappear from public view when you make a complete ass of yourself.

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Skip Intro  Mar 25, 2016 • 4:05:00pm

re: #65 b.d.

bwaaahaaaa!

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How to contradict yourself in 140 characters or less.

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Stanley Sea  Mar 25, 2016 • 4:05:23pm

re: #67 Shiplord Kirel

This is the video. WARNING: graphic

[Embedded content]

So stupid. In almost every video the debris flies back a the idiots.

Hey, let’s blow up our Ford Bronco! Yee Haw!

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Charles Johnson  Mar 25, 2016 • 4:05:55pm

re: #67 Shiplord Kirel

What a dumb shit. “BLEW MAH LAIG OFF!”

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b.d.  Mar 25, 2016 • 4:06:34pm

re: #68 ObserverArt

All the wingnut things!!!

And the party they follow. A good election kick in the ass can sometimes reset things. But they really need to be embarrassed thoroughly. They are just getting started. With Trump all things are possible.

I agree, I am just happy that the establishment fond yet another guy to shovel money towards before he quits in disgrace. These are such interesting times that I’m having a hard time with the big picture.

Could there be a real split of the party? Will these losers try and become token Democrats and try and turn the party into nothing but Blue Dogs? These guys created this monster that has taken their party from them.

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goddamnedfrank  Mar 25, 2016 • 4:07:04pm
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Dr. Matt  Mar 25, 2016 • 4:07:11pm

re: #58 Shiplord Kirel

Hold mah beer!

Man loses leg in target practice explosion
WALTON COUNTY, Ga —

This is what happens when a society fetishizes weapons rather than respecting them. They are mere tools, not a political statement.

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b.d.  Mar 25, 2016 • 4:07:52pm

re: #70 Dr. Matt

Maybe she is the first wingnut to learn their lesson and disappear from public view when you make a complete ass of yourself.

Nah, she has such bad judgement that she may have tried to get to the top by sleeping with Scott Walker.

//

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goddamnedfrank  Mar 25, 2016 • 4:08:05pm

...

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Stanley Sea  Mar 25, 2016 • 4:08:30pm

re: #78 goddamnedfrank

Not going to watch. Did he load the thing up with Tannerite?

Not that graphic - watch.

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goddamnedfrank  Mar 25, 2016 • 4:09:16pm

re: #78 goddamnedfrank

I never read the thread anymore.

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Nyet  Mar 25, 2016 • 4:09:58pm

re: #79 Stanley Sea

Not that graphic - watch.

Not at all graphic, imho :)

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Big Beautiful Door  Mar 25, 2016 • 4:10:12pm

re: #78 goddamnedfrank

Not going to watch. Did he load the thing up with Tannerite?

Yes he did, and shot at it from only 43 feet away. He’s lucky he only lost his leg.

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GlutenFreeJesus  Mar 25, 2016 • 4:10:43pm

Someone needs to link Cory the Onion article a kit the Chban refugees hanging on to Airforce One.

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jaunte  Mar 25, 2016 • 4:11:49pm

“…Rice grad Tim Faust’s gonzo t-shirts depicting Cruz as the Zodiac Killer unexpectedly went viral, raising $70,000 for abortion advocacy in the process.”

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Dr. Matt  Mar 25, 2016 • 4:12:27pm

More bullshit:

Gov. Rick Scott signs abortion restrictions bill into law

Planned Parenthood and other health clinics that provide abortions in Florida will go without taxpayer funds and face increased regulations for the procedure, under a bill signed Friday by Gov. Rick Scott.

Scott did not say why he signed HB 1411, which he approved with 67 other bills. But the flood of statements from pro-choice and anti-abortion groups reflected the sharp divide over the issue.

“As a result of this bill, thousands of people across Florida may no longer be able to access essential reproductive health care, such as cancer screenings, birth control, and well-woman exams,” said Cecile Richards, president of Planned Parenthood. “This cruel bill is designed to rip health care away from those most at risk.”

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Stanley Sea  Mar 25, 2016 • 4:16:10pm

Start reading.

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b.d.  Mar 25, 2016 • 4:16:39pm

She “regrets the error” what BS.

I lived through the Edwards era and heard the same exact thing Bigfoot, Batboy, UFOs etc…

What is probably closer to the truth is that the National Enquirer is not afraid of losing their precious access and report what they find.

Dear Molly, your Atlantic is not light years ahead of the Enquirer, it’s just more entrenched. Snobbery elitism on display.

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Aunty Entity Dragon  Mar 25, 2016 • 4:17:41pm

re: #3 Khal Wimpo (not-so-Super Tuesday’s Child)

Reposted from down below, seconds ago:

Ben Shapiro is being smeared by his former comrades at Breitbart with anti-semitic imagery that only Goebbels could love:

[Embedded content]

I see that Breitbart has turned little Whiplash into Shylock.
Um…wow….

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MsJ  Mar 25, 2016 • 4:18:38pm

Jeez. Guy on Wheel of Fortune got this with one letter.

_ _ _ _ & _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ D

Things

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Stanley Sea  Mar 25, 2016 • 4:20:50pm

re: #89 MsJ

Jeez. Guy on Wheel of Fortune got this with one letter.

_ _ _ _ & _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ D

Things

We’re all thinking.

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Aunty Entity Dragon  Mar 25, 2016 • 4:22:42pm

re: #65 b.d.

bwaaahaaaa!

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Liz Mair is a slimy little toady.

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MsJ  Mar 25, 2016 • 4:22:50pm

re: #90 Stanley Sea

We’re all thinking.

If you’re like me, you’ll be thinking until 2025.

:-D.

Answer:

+ajxAdeEQziSsECZbliWmNou4wZe39bk

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stpaulbear  Mar 25, 2016 • 4:23:15pm

re: #85 Dr. Matt

More bullshit:

Gov. Rick Scott signs abortion restrictions bill into law

Like I said yesterday about Pence: “What a goddamned fucking asshole”. These republican run states are just so damned eager to fuck over their residents who don’t have the funds to get away for banned legal services.

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Pawn of the Oppressor  Mar 25, 2016 • 4:23:18pm

Thoughts on the Stones in Cuba:

1. Christ, I can’t even tell which one is Mick anymore. Rockers shouldn’t get old.
2. I saw them 20 years ago and Jagger was jogging around the stage like a maniac… He was 52 then. @@
3. I hope they play some of the old stuff for the crowd, if they were banned for so long.

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Big Beautiful Door  Mar 25, 2016 • 4:24:22pm

re: #86 Stanley Sea

[Embedded content]

Start reading.

Well less see how many kids DeNiro can kill by promoting Wakefield’s lies.

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Timothy Watson  Mar 25, 2016 • 4:24:27pm

re: #91 Aunty Entity Dragon

Liz Mair is a slimy little toady.

I used to respect her.

*sigh*

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Nyet  Mar 25, 2016 • 4:24:33pm

re: #86 Stanley Sea

Maybe he just should get that Russian citizenship he wondered about, like his pal Depardieu, and be done with it.

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Aunty Entity Dragon  Mar 25, 2016 • 4:25:58pm

re: #96 Timothy Watson

I used to respect her.

*sigh*

When she signed onto fucking over Wisconsin teachers on behalf of her college dropout boss, her true character shown through.

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b.d.  Mar 25, 2016 • 4:26:18pm

re: #92 MsJ

If you’re like me, you’ll be thinking until 2025.

:-D.

Answer:

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On a related note a word origin that would have been cool if true:

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CuriousLurker  Mar 25, 2016 • 4:26:30pm

re: #97 Nyet

Hey, totally OT, but have you seen this? Kinda interesting:

Standard lists of history’s most influential religious leaders - among them Abraham, Moses, Jesus, Muhammad, Siddhartha Gautama (the Buddha) - tend to be predominantly, if not exclusively, male. Many religious groups, including Roman Catholics and Orthodox Jews, allow only men to be clergy, while others, including some denominations in the evangelical Protestant tradition, have lifted that restriction only in recent decades. Yet it often appears that the ranks of the faithful are dominated by women. […]

How and why men and women differ in religious commitment has been a topic of scholarly debate for decades. Even today, it continues to inspire much academic research, as well as discussions among the general public. To contribute to this ongoing conversation, Pew Research Center has amassed extensive data on gender and religion in six different faith groups (Christians, Muslims, Buddhists, Hindus, Jews and the religiously unaffiliated) across scores of countries, including many with non-Christian majorities. Data on affiliation in 192 countries were collected from censuses, demographic surveys and general population surveys as part of the Center’s multiyear study projecting the size and geographic distribution of the world’s major religious groups from 2010 to 2050. Data on religious beliefs and practices come from international Pew Research Center surveys of the general population in 84 countries conducted between 2008 and 2015. […]

pewforum.org

Speaking of religion, I saw a website today called GetReligion that I’d never noticed before. It tries very hard to sound scholarly and presents itself as more balanced that the MSM (because “The press… just doesn’t get religion”), but to me it comes across as just another bunch of snarky, right-wing Christian apologists/supremacists (albeit more articulate than others) who really dislike Islam & Muslims. I wouldn’t be at all surprised if it turned out to have links to less than savory organizations. Ugh.

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Stanley Sea  Mar 25, 2016 • 4:28:19pm

re: #92 MsJ

If you’re like me, you’ll be thinking until 2025.

:-D.

Answer:

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OMG

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b.d.  Mar 25, 2016 • 4:31:25pm
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MsJ  Mar 25, 2016 • 4:33:16pm

re: #101 Stanley Sea

OMG

And then he got the next puzzle with one letter, too. He won a total of $76k tonight.

He won almost every single puzzle.

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Stanley Sea  Mar 25, 2016 • 4:33:27pm

I loved the birdy & Bernie, but this is RIDICULOUS.

Like mental ridiculous.

my poor timeline.

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b.d.  Mar 25, 2016 • 4:34:06pm

Funny what headlines the guy who became who he is over a sex scandal is running:

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b.d.  Mar 25, 2016 • 4:35:08pm

re: #104 Stanley Sea

I loved the birdy & Bernie, but this is RIDICULOUS.

Like mental ridiculous.

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my poor timeline.

Holy smokes, these are the same people who used to bitch about Obama being a cult of personality.

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jaunte  Mar 25, 2016 • 4:36:45pm
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Nyet  Mar 25, 2016 • 4:38:36pm

re: #100 CuriousLurker

A quick skimming shows that they’re no friends of religious freedom.

Like this defense of a public school organizing tours to a creationist “museum”.

getreligion.org

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goddamnedfrank  Mar 25, 2016 • 4:39:37pm
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Charles Johnson  Mar 25, 2016 • 4:41:52pm

re: #109 goddamnedfrank

“Lavish Clooney dinner.” That’s fun to say! “Lavish Clooney dinner.”

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MsJ  Mar 25, 2016 • 4:42:07pm

re: #109 goddamnedfrank

I responded with a hearty FUCK YOU and REMOVE ME. I doubt they’ll stop emailing me. Fuckers.

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Stanley Sea  Mar 25, 2016 • 4:43:10pm

re: #110 Charles Johnson

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Video

Oh god that was funny.

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CuriousLurker  Mar 25, 2016 • 4:44:41pm

Is it just me or is a freaking hyena more appealing than Putin when it laughs? Like Cruz, Putin give me a bad case of the willies. *shudder, gag*

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EPR-radar  Mar 25, 2016 • 4:45:04pm

re: #56 ObserverArt

It isn’t the disaster it needs to be yet. For it to be complete we need a resounding defeat of GOP elite!

My wish list includes riots at the GOP convention followed by an irrevocable split of the party into at least two permanently warring factions.

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Stanley Sea  Mar 25, 2016 • 4:46:38pm

re: #114 CuriousLurker

BTW, how are you doing. :)

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CuriousLurker  Mar 25, 2016 • 4:48:23pm

re: #108 Nyet

A quick skimming shows that they’re no friends of religious freedom.

Like this defense of a public school organizing tours to a creationist “museum”.

getreligion.org

Yeah, it struck me as the SOS, but with an intellectual veneer.

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Lidane  Mar 25, 2016 • 4:48:51pm

re: #58 Shiplord Kirel

Hold mah beer!

Man loses leg in target practice explosion
WALTON COUNTY, Ga —

That wasn’t an explosion. That was a dumbass stuffing his lawnmower full of explosives then shooting at it.

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Nyet  Mar 25, 2016 • 4:49:35pm

re: #117 CuriousLurker

Sort of like Disco ‘Tute.

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makeitstop  Mar 25, 2016 • 4:51:34pm

Seen on Facebook…

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PhillyPretzel  Mar 25, 2016 • 4:52:42pm

re: #120 makeitstop

Perfect. That is what that Trump person represents.

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jaunte  Mar 25, 2016 • 4:53:42pm
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b.d.  Mar 25, 2016 • 4:54:15pm

This Monday I would have lost a lot of money if I bet on this question:

Which campaign will make headlines over extra-marital affairs this week?

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Stanley Sea  Mar 25, 2016 • 4:54:40pm

Go ahead, kill some brain cells & read this transcript. Join me.

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Shiplord Kirel  Mar 25, 2016 • 4:54:52pm

Bad news: RIP, Mr. Handford

Sesame Street actor David Smyrl dies from lung cancer at 80 years old

David Smyrl, the Emmy-winning actor best known for his role as Mr Handford, the retired firefighter who ran Hooper’s Store on Sesame Street, has died. He was 80.
Smyrl was diagnosed with lung cancer in January, his wife, Cheryl, said. He died on Tuesday at Lankenau Medical Center outside Philadelphia.
‘He was funny,’ Cheryl Smyrl said. ‘I could say so many good things about him. He was loved by so many people. He was a mentor to a lot of children. He was a family man, loyal, true and faithful.’
A north Philadelphia native born on September 12, 1935, Smyrl performed as a poet in Greenwich Village in the 1960s, his wife said.
His television career also began in New York in the 1970s, on the show Express Yourself.

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Grunthos the Flatulent  Mar 25, 2016 • 4:55:45pm

re: #34 Eclectic Cyborg

What does a heartless bastard need with a heart?

A man’s gotta eat.

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MsJ  Mar 25, 2016 • 4:56:23pm

re: #124 Stanley Sea

Go ahead, kill some brain cells & read this transcript. Join me.

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I read Eugene Robinson’s write up in the WaPo this morning. He was…frightened. That’s how bad this interview was.

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klys (maker of Silmarils)  Mar 25, 2016 • 4:57:46pm

Hi Lizards.

My folks leave tomorrow. With assistance, I have torn up the old sprinkler system in the backyard (including the trenched stuff to the sprinkler timer) and laid new pipe/irrigation, repaired the kitchen faucet, trimmed out a lot of the dead branches on the bushes in the back, treated the whitefly infestation we’ve got going, and replaced multiple lightbulbs in hard to reach places. Oh, and I planted some tomatoes and peppers and cucumbers. I have been to Home Depot at least 5 times this week.

And we got my car to the shop, because it has decided that idling is overrated and it’s just going to cut the engine entirely. Hah. It decided to do that today. Thankfully my dad was capable of driving two foot so we could get it to a shop, that was willing to take it this afternoon and will get it looked at on Monday. Extra fortunately, the shop is in walking distance.

I wonder why my parents only come to visit every 3-4 years…

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thedopefishlives  Mar 25, 2016 • 4:59:35pm

re: #128 klys (maker of Silmarils)

And here I thought I was busy just blasting the drains with baking soda bombs and bleach chasers. You make me look positively slothful.

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EPR-radar  Mar 25, 2016 • 5:00:11pm

re: #128 klys (maker of Silmarils)

That sounds like a working vacation for your parents.

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jaunte  Mar 25, 2016 • 5:00:36pm
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klys (maker of Silmarils)  Mar 25, 2016 • 5:01:40pm

re: #129 thedopefishlives

And here I thought I was busy just blasting the drains with baking soda bombs and bleach chasers. You make me look positively slothful.

This has been over a week, at least. Yesterday was the sprinkler system.

Oh, I also got out clothes shopping with my mother. First time I have done any serious updates on that in over 6 years or so. There was much happy dancing to acknowledge the weight loss that has happened.

Needless to say I haven’t written much this week, but the backyard looks a hell of a lot better and we should hopefully be able to keep the bushes alive now while still keeping our water bill down. (Put in a drip irrigation system.)

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thedopefishlives  Mar 25, 2016 • 5:02:20pm

re: #132 klys (maker of Silmarils)

Doesn’t help that the weather has been finicky here. Cold most nights. Middling warm most days. Except for Wednesday when it snowed.

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klys (maker of Silmarils)  Mar 25, 2016 • 5:03:19pm

re: #130 EPR-radar

That sounds like a working vacation for your parents.

re: #133 thedopefishlives

Doesn’t help that the weather has been finicky here. Cold most nights. Middling warm most days. Except for Wednesday when it snowed.

At least they’ve gotten to enjoy the CA weather.

Except it rained on Monday, but not a ton.

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CuriousLurker  Mar 25, 2016 • 5:03:30pm

re: #116 Stanley Sea

BTW, how are you doing. :)

Well, I only burst into tears about half a dozen times today, so I’m doing somewhat better I guess. Thanks for asking. {{{Sea}}}

My other cat seems to be sleeping off her grief—she not eating much, just comes out and looks around, asks for a little affection, then climbs back up on my bed and goes back to sleep. I don’t think she’s been awake for more than a total of an hour all day.

You know what was weird? Right after Layla took her last breath and I knew she was gone I was suddenly furious… at ISIS, of all things. I looked at the vet and asked him, “How can terrorists kill innocent people? When even a cat’s life is precious?” He looked a little surprised, but just shook his head, smiled kindly and said, “I don’t know.” Again I said, “Seriously, HTF can they DO it? I just watched my cat’s life leave her body and it’s breaking my heart—how in the hell can they kill people with no remorse?? And then everyone looks at all of us sideways!” He just smiled gently and quietly said, “I know, it’s not right.”

Then I got a hold of myself. I have no idea where that came from. Maybe because the loss was on the heels of the Brussels attack, which was still weighing heavily on my mind.

Weird, how we react to things.

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b.d.  Mar 25, 2016 • 5:03:33pm

re: #128 klys (maker of Silmarils)

Glad you put them to good use

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klys (maker of Silmarils)  Mar 25, 2016 • 5:04:08pm

re: #135 CuriousLurker

Oh no, I missed that news. I am so sorry to hear that. :(

{{CL}}

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thedopefishlives  Mar 25, 2016 • 5:04:30pm

re: #135 CuriousLurker

{{{CL}}}

Sorry to hear about that. I must’ve missed the news.

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Stanley Sea  Mar 25, 2016 • 5:05:00pm

re: #127 MsJ

I read Eugene Robinson’s write up in the WaPo this morning. He was…frightened. That’s how bad this interview was.

Gonna read that one now.

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nines09  Mar 25, 2016 • 5:08:13pm

re: #135 CuriousLurker

Bestest Furry Friends (BFF) are always missed when time calls them. Give thought to the love given and taken. I loved every single furry critter that ever had me as a friend. And I know they loved me. Move that love forward. Time.

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Charles Johnson  Mar 25, 2016 • 5:08:38pm

Ann Coulter deleted her tweets to the fake story! Oopsie. Oh well, time to haul out the screenshot.

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Big Beautiful Door  Mar 25, 2016 • 5:08:46pm

re: #135 CuriousLurker

Well, I only burst into tears about half a dozen times today, so I’m doing somewhat better I guess. Thanks for asking. {{{Sea}}}

My other cat seems to be sleeping off her grief—she not eating much, just comes out and looks around, asks for a little affection, then climbs back up on my bed and goes back to sleep. I don’t think she’s been awake for more than a total of an hour all day.

You know what was weird? Right after Layla took her last breath and I knew she was gone I was suddenly furious… at ISIS, of all things. I looked at the vet and asked him, “How can terrorists kill innocent people? When even a cat’s life is precious?” He looked a little surprised, but just shook his head, smiled kindly and said, “I don’t know.” Again I said, “Seriously, HTF can they DO it? I just watched my cat’s life leave her body and it’s breaking my heart—how in the hell can they kill people with no remorse?? And then everyone looks at all of us sideways!” He just smiled gently and quietly said, “I know, it’s not right.”

Then I got a hold of myself. I have no idea where that came from. Maybe because the loss was on the heels of the Brussels attack, which was still weighing heavily on my mind.

Weird, how we react to things.

Not surprising that its weighing heavily on your mind.

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Charles Johnson  Mar 25, 2016 • 5:09:18pm

So did Corey Lewandowski. D’uh.

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thedopefishlives  Mar 25, 2016 • 5:09:19pm

And on that note, I’m going to step out for my evening walk and then reward myself with a couple of cookies. Today is the 3rd anniversary of the passing of the family matriarch, and in her honor, I had Mrs. Fish buy some of the cookies she always used to keep in her kitchen. They taste a little different when they’re not coming from that old cookie jar.

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CuriousLurker  Mar 25, 2016 • 5:10:53pm

re: #137 klys (maker of Silmarils)

Oh no, I missed that news. I am so sorry to hear that. :(

{{CL}}

Yeah, it was in one of the threads from last night (in a private tag). The lizard nation came through with lots of love though, which is exactly what I needed.

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Pawn of the Oppressor  Mar 25, 2016 • 5:11:12pm

re: #135 CuriousLurker

Your vet likely has experience with all sorts of reactions like yours. Don’t feel badly about it.

One of my two 10-year-old cats was sick last month with digestive issues followed immediately by kitty flu. I found out from the vet that he’s got heart issues and possible intestinal lymphoma. It’s one of those situations where I can’t afford to get him additional testing and treatment (which would be invasive and cost thousands), and there’s nothing that can be done anyway.

He’s pretty much normal and hasn’t had any butt issues since changing over to additive-free wet cat food but I’m now mentally preparing for having to go through what you just did. I’m not sure if I can cope with it. These two furry idiots are my only family at the moment and I’d almost believe in a religion if it promised good things for pets after death.

Animals are better than people most days.

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klys (maker of Silmarils)  Mar 25, 2016 • 5:13:38pm

re: #145 CuriousLurker

Yeah, it was in one of the threads from last night (in a private tag). The lizard nation came through with lots of love though, which is exactly what I needed.

You and your kitty are in our thoughts here at Casa klys now. I will give all of mine an extra hug for you.

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Stanley Sea  Mar 25, 2016 • 5:18:12pm

re: #135 CuriousLurker

Stressing out over what you read/hear day in day out. The loss brought it to a head.

Take care of yourself.

Actually, now’s the time to treat yourself. To something.

xxooo

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Tigger2  Mar 25, 2016 • 5:18:38pm

re: #109 goddamnedfrank

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b.d.  Mar 25, 2016 • 5:20:34pm

re: #111 Charles Johnson

“Lavish Clooney dinner.” That’s fun to say! “Lavish Clooney dinner.”

In all fairness, if you are going to have a Clooney dinner you might as well have a lavish Clooney dinner.

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MsJ  Mar 25, 2016 • 5:22:50pm

re: #150 b.d.

In all fairness, if you are going to have a Clooney dinner you might as well have a lavish Clooney dinner.

And in all fairness, I’ll be joining that lavish Clooney dinner! It’s only fair!!

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MsJ  Mar 25, 2016 • 5:24:04pm

re: #151 MsJ

And in all fairness, I’ll be joining that lavish Clooney dinner! It’s only fair!!

Clarification. I WANT TO BE THERE! It’s only fair!!

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b.d.  Mar 25, 2016 • 5:24:17pm

re: #151 MsJ

And in all fairness, I’ll be joining that lavish Clooney dinner! It’s only fair!!

It’s a deal MsJ, keep George occupied while I talk to his wife.

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Charles Johnson  Mar 25, 2016 • 5:24:56pm
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Blind Frog Belly White  Mar 25, 2016 • 5:25:54pm

re: #154 Charles Johnson

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Yeah, not much mystery there.

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Stanley Sea  Mar 25, 2016 • 5:27:32pm

How I keep up with the Lizard’s life events (ya’ll probably know this but)

I check the top 10 every day. If I missed something of import, it is usually updinged enough to show.

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CuriousLurker  Mar 25, 2016 • 5:27:50pm

re: #146 Pawn of the Oppressor

Your vet likely has experience with all sorts of reactions like yours. Don’t feel badly about it.

Yeah, he’s probably seen every imaginable reaction. Not too long after I arrived a woman and her teen daughter walked in to collect their dog’s ashes. Another man who’d been sitting in the waiting room with his dog when I came in, exited sans dog and grabbed the box of Kleenex. They must deal with it a lot every day.

Mine was similar to yours. He said she had a mild heart murmur and when he took her in to do a basic ultrasound he said it looked really bad, that her abdomen was full of masses. He said he couldn’t be sure it was cancer and not some problem with her uterus, but he said he doubted it was a uterine infection because they don’t usually look like that. Then he said a more detailed ultrasound would cost about $400, but that would only tell him what the problem was, it wouldn’t fix anything. He said they could do exploratory surgery, but it would cost $1000 or more and it was entirely possible that she wouldn’t survive it at her age and in her condition, or that they’d find she was full of cancer and would have to put her down anyway.

It didn’t really leave me with many options. I don’t have that kind of money and have another cat to care for, so I opted to put her down right then so she wouldn’t suffer any more. It sucked though—she’s been with me since she was a tiny kitten and trusted me completely, so I felt like I was betraying her. The vet did his best to make me feel better about the decision, but still…

I hope your two last many more years. If you lose one, we’re here.

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b.d.  Mar 25, 2016 • 5:28:34pm

re: #154 Charles Johnson

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Yep, Trump saw a bunch of rubes mislead by a pack of amateurs and seized the day.

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BeachDem  Mar 25, 2016 • 5:29:30pm

re: #149 Tigger2

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And as always, NEVER READ THE COMMENTS. This one should have come with its own specially designed tinfoil hat:

Clooney was exposed as a CIA asset working for the breakup of the Sudan, and Amal has strong links to the Muslim Brotherhood (just like Clinton’s longtime aide Huma Abedin). It’s not hard to figure out why there would be links between all these embedded establishment types.

Uh huh.

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Nyet  Mar 25, 2016 • 5:32:56pm

Sanders’ Clooney tunes.

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b.d.  Mar 25, 2016 • 5:33:01pm

Just in case you didn’t feel like jumping off a bridge this weekend:

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jaunte  Mar 25, 2016 • 5:33:29pm

SC bringing back group punishment.

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Great White Snark  Mar 25, 2016 • 5:33:56pm

I know one reason I get so worked up about my cats is they were so good to me for so many years. It’s a special bond that grows between us and our animals and us humans among ourselves even more. Great long term friends are very rare. And always sorely missed.

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jaunte  Mar 25, 2016 • 5:33:58pm

Same logic does not apply to the NRA.

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EPR-radar  Mar 25, 2016 • 5:34:00pm

re: #161 b.d.

Trump and the GOP cannot be allowed to monopolize all stupidity.

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Jay C  Mar 25, 2016 • 5:34:18pm

re: #150 b.d.

In all fairness, if you are going to have a Clooney dinner you might as well have a lavish Clooney dinner.

SRSLY. You get to have dinner with George and Amal at the palazzo, you should expect more than beans and potato salad on paper plates!

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Nyet  Mar 25, 2016 • 5:34:30pm

re: #161 b.d.

The concentration of derp will reach absurdly high levels.

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b.d.  Mar 25, 2016 • 5:34:33pm

re: #161 b.d.

Just in case you didn’t feel like jumping off a bridge this weekend:

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Just tuned in 35 minutes late and Chomsky is still doing his opening statement.

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Blind Frog Belly White  Mar 25, 2016 • 5:34:57pm

re: #165 EPR-radar

Trump and the GOP cannot be allowed to monopolize all stupidity.

It is not possible to corner the market for something of which there is an unlimited supply.

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Blind Frog Belly White  Mar 25, 2016 • 5:37:18pm

re: #166 Jay C

SRSLY. You get to have dinner with George and Amal at the palazzo, you should expect more than beans and potato salad on paper plates!

Truffled fava beans with imported Peruvian fingerling potato salad on artisan papyrus plates?

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MsJ  Mar 25, 2016 • 5:37:32pm

re: #159 BeachDem

And as always, NEVER READ THE COMMENTS. This one should have come with its own specially designed tinfoil hat:

Clooney was exposed as a CIA asset working for the breakup of the Sudan, and Amal has strong links to the Muslim Brotherhood (just like Clinton’s longtime aide Huma Abedin). It’s not hard to figure out why there would be links between all these embedded establishment types.

Uh huh.

He’s thinking Men Who Stare At Goats.

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Nyet  Mar 25, 2016 • 5:37:47pm

Chomsky is not always wrong politically and makes a valid point now and then… but to me his defense of Faurisson (not of his right to free speech but of him as a person) shows me his utter cluelessnes.

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Blind Frog Belly White  Mar 25, 2016 • 5:38:24pm

re: #171 MsJ

He’s thinking Men Who Stare At Goats.

I’M thinking Man Who Stares At Fox.

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MsJ  Mar 25, 2016 • 5:38:52pm

Anyone want to help DeRay make his target goal for his bid for Baltimore mayor, please chip in a buck or five.

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b.d.  Mar 25, 2016 • 5:39:37pm

re: #168 b.d.

Just tuned in 35 minutes late and Chomsky is still doing his opening statement.

//

Greenwald: If people didn’t value their privacy then they wouldn’t have locks on their bathroom doors.

I had almost forgotten this derpball

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Stanley Sea  Mar 25, 2016 • 5:39:58pm

re: #167 Nyet

The concentration of derp will reach absurdly high levels.

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The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge  Mar 25, 2016 • 5:41:04pm

Hi, everybody!

I was taking a mental health break for a month or so, which became a physical health break, and I’ve just been lurking for a while now, but I just had to come back on and tell Curious Lurker how much I feel her loss….

I’ve been there more than a few times, and the good memories really do come to predominate after a while—but the in-between period sucks. We currently have two 14-year-old cats, and I count my blessings every day that they both seem to be feeling OK, but I try to prepare myself mentally. Hard to do.

Anyway, my deepest sympathies to CL—and anybody else who’s lost friends the same way. It’s so unfair that we can’t explain things to them….

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EPR-radar  Mar 25, 2016 • 5:41:19pm

re: #172 Nyet

Chomsky is not always wrong politically and makes a valid point now and then… but to me his defense of Faurisson (not of his right to free speech but of him as a person) shows me his utter cluelessnes.

Snowden and Greenwald are much worse than Chomsky, IMO.

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Nyet  Mar 25, 2016 • 5:42:21pm

re: #178 EPR-radar

Synergy.

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Charles Johnson  Mar 25, 2016 • 5:43:03pm

Lavish Clooney dinner. It just rolls off the tongue.

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nines09  Mar 25, 2016 • 5:43:29pm

re: #148 Stanley Sea

Stressing out over what you read/hear day in day out. The loss brought it to a head.

Take care of yourself.

Actually, now’s the time to treat yourself. To something.

xxooo

It’s good to just unplug for a day or 5. I’m heading out to hear a old guitar playing friend who is guesting with a local band. I’m going to see some folks who I have not seen for a while. My new band played our first full gig last Saturday night. Our first front man died suddenly in July, and it’s taken us a bit to regroup with a new drummer also. Slapped us all hard. Monitors took a shit, but all in all the crowd liked it and the house made money and we had a good time. Haven’t played live in a real band situation since my original band from 1975 got back together from 03 to 07. Man I’m getting old…..Got to play. Pushing 65. Rock and Roll. Thanks for allowing me to rant and rave at the insanity. And thanks for including me into your lives and allowing me to care a bit about folks who seem a lot like me. Just thanks all. And thanks Charles.

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b.d.  Mar 25, 2016 • 5:44:08pm

re: #178 EPR-radar

Snowden and Greenwald are much worse than Chomsky, IMO.

If there was such a thing as an egometer Chomsky would be hard to find in this forum with Comrade Snowden and Glenn there.

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Decatur Deb  Mar 25, 2016 • 5:45:45pm

re: #128 klys (maker of Silmarils)

Hi Lizards.

My folks leave tomorrow. With assistance, I have torn up the old sprinkler system in the backyard (including the trenched stuff to the sprinkler timer) and laid new pipe/irrigation, repaired the kitchen faucet, trimmed out a lot of the dead branches on the bushes in the back, treated the whitefly infestation we’ve got going, and replaced multiple lightbulbs in hard to reach places. Oh, and I planted some tomatoes and peppers and cucumbers. I have been to Home Depot at least 5 times this week.

And we got my car to the shop, because it has decided that idling is overrated and it’s just going to cut the engine entirely. Hah. It decided to do that today. Thankfully my dad was capable of driving two foot so we could get it to a shop, that was willing to take it this afternoon and will get it looked at on Monday. Extra fortunately, the shop is in walking distance.

I wonder why my parents only come to visit every 3-4 years…

We are “those” parents. I’ve driven across the state to Daughter2’s place with a 30 gallon air compressor. Last trip I travelled light and had to buy an emergency chainsaw.

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Blind Frog Belly White  Mar 25, 2016 • 5:45:53pm

re: #180 Charles Johnson

Lavish Clooney dinner. It just rolls off the tongue.

Yeah, but now I’m hearing it in the same cadence as ‘puppy-monkey-baby’: “lavish-clooney-dinner. lavish-clooney-dinner. lavish-clooney-dinner. lavish-clooney-dinner.”

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jaunte  Mar 25, 2016 • 5:47:04pm

Dovish looney clinner.

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b.d.  Mar 25, 2016 • 5:47:23pm

re: #174 MsJ

Anyone want to help DeRay make his target goal for his bid for Baltimore mayor, please chip in a buck or five.

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Thank you, I have no illusions about DeRay being elected but he is a great mantle bearer for a more than worthy cause. Fauxgressives run wild, I believe DeRay.

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Stanley Sea  Mar 25, 2016 • 5:48:24pm

re: #181 nines09

Have a great fucking night!

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BeachDem  Mar 25, 2016 • 5:48:32pm

re: #171 MsJ

He’s thinking Men Who Stare At Goats.

Ah, I was thinking maybe Syrianna—but I couldn’t remember the details of that movie.

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thedopefishlives  Mar 25, 2016 • 5:50:12pm

re: #183 Decatur Deb

We are “those” parents. I’ve driven across the state to Daughter2’s place with a 30 gallon air compressor. Last trip I travelled light and had to buy an emergency chainsaw.

Fishfolk do things like this. My dad is awesome with helping out with house and car projects alike. I kinda am hoping his next visit will coincide with my efforts to resurrect Mrs. Fish’s classic car in the garage.

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sagehen  Mar 25, 2016 • 5:50:36pm

re: #21 Stanley Sea

[Embedded content]

“why do birds suddenly appear
anytime you are near…”

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Nyet  Mar 25, 2016 • 5:50:38pm

Here’s the petition Chomsky signed in defense of the Holocaust denial patriarch:

Dr. Robert Faurisson has served as a respected professor of twentieth-century French literature and document criticism for over four years at the University of Lyon-2 in France. Since 1974 he has been conducting extensive historical research into the Holocaust question.
Since he began making his findings public, Professor Faurisson has been subject to a vicious campaign of harassment, intimidation, slander and physical violence in a crude attempt to silence him. Fearful officials have even tried to stop him from further research by denying him access to public libraries and archives.
We strongly protest these efforts to deprive Professor Faurisson of his freedom of speech and expression, and we condemn the shameful campaign to silence him.
We strongly support Professor Faurisson’s just right of academic freedom and we demand that university and government officials do everything possible to ensure his safety and the free exercise of his legal rights.

Here is what he wrote later:

Let me add a final remark about Faurisson’s alleged “anti-Semitism.” Note first that even if Faurisson were to be a rabid anti-Semite and fanatic pro-Nazi — such charges have been presented to me in private correspondence that it would be improper to cite in detail here — this would have no bearing whatsoever on the legitimacy of the defense of his civil rights. On the contrary, it would make it all the more imperative to defend them since, once again, it has been a truism for years, indeed centuries, that it is precisely in the case of horrendous ideas that the right of free expression must be most vigorously defended; it is easy enough to defend free expression for those who require no such defense. Putting this central issue aside, is it true that Faurisson is an anti-Semite or a neo-Nazi? As noted earlier, I do not know his work very well. But from what I have read — largely as a result of the nature of the attacks on him — I find no evidence to support either conclusion. Nor do I find credible evidence in the material that I have read concerning him, either in the public record or in private correspondence. As far as I can determine, he is a relatively apolitical liberal of some sort.

Defending free speech is one thing. Whitewashing antisemites is quite another.

Seriously, fuck Chomsky.

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MsJ  Mar 25, 2016 • 5:50:40pm

re: #186 b.d.

Thank you, I have no illusions about DeRay being elected but he is a great mantle bearer for a more than worthy cause. Fauxgressives run wild, I believe DeRay.

I do too. He’s going to need more than $250k but I believe in him.

He only needs $50 to meet his goal now!

I’ve been tweeting all day. I’ve been RT’d 100x. He’s up $7k since this morning.

I believe! Yes he can!

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Lidane  Mar 25, 2016 • 5:52:10pm

re: #162 jaunte

Awesome. Can we hold the NRA liable every time one of their members commits a crime?

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Decatur Deb  Mar 25, 2016 • 5:52:10pm

re: #189 thedopefishlives

Fishfolk do things like this. My dad is awesome with helping out with house and car projects alike. I kinda am hoping his next visit will coincide with my efforts to resurrect Mrs. Fish’s classic car in the garage.

That can be a lot of fun. Then he gets to ask, each time he visits, “When was the last time you changed the oil?”

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BeachDem  Mar 25, 2016 • 5:53:07pm

re: #183 Decatur Deb

We are “those” parents. I’ve driven across the state to Daughter2’s place with a 30 gallon air compressor. Last trip I travelled light and had to buy an emergency chainsaw.

My BIL doesn’t like to visit unless I have projects for him. Last time he was here, he installed a new dishwasher, a garbage disposal, mini-blinds, and we took a carload of defunct appliances to Best Buy for recycling. (I bought him several Beatle CDs in thanks.)

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thedopefishlives  Mar 25, 2016 • 5:53:19pm

re: #194 Decatur Deb

That can be a lot of fun. Then he gets to ask, each time he visits, “When was the last time you changed the oil?”

Nah. He trained me well in that regard. In fact, I’m now the one giving him automotive advice, more often than not. Most of the time, it’s just nice to have an expert pair of helping hands so I don’t have to try to explain to Mrs. Fish exactly what I need her to hold or do.

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b.d.  Mar 25, 2016 • 5:54:06pm

re: #182 b.d.

If there was such a thing as an egometer Chomsky would be hard to find in this forum with Comrade Snowden and Glenn there.

Man, the masks are down.

[greenwald] Eddie, remember when we were in Hong Kong and I was just beginning my career and you were at the beginning stages of ruining your life? [/greenwald]

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Lidane  Mar 25, 2016 • 5:55:30pm
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MsJ  Mar 25, 2016 • 5:55:34pm

Without comment.

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Decatur Deb  Mar 25, 2016 • 5:56:00pm

re: #196 thedopefishlives

Nah. He trained me well in that regard. In fact, I’m now the one giving him automotive advice, more often than not. Most of the time, it’s just nice to have an expert pair of helping hands so I don’t have to try to explain to Mrs. Fish exactly what I need her to hold or do.

Tomorrow the 5 yr old and I go under the ‘73 LandRover for a 90-weight bath. He loves the trip to the park through the neighborhood with all the speed bumps.

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b.d.  Mar 25, 2016 • 5:56:26pm

re: #192 MsJ

I do too. He’s going to need more than $250k but I believe in him.

He only needs $50 to meet his goal now!

I’ve been tweeting all day. I’ve been RT’d 100x. He’s up $7k since this morning.

I believe! Yes he can!

MDLQQ+/WmhhKWpiPHAHrrIDjor+bpOgNRnc324HlhYBWLuvRT+ltTqE2tiPVI+V8iQ4s5e4ZEyiF+1tauydAXddWgXYbZ4R2VRX4vKdVvm9wah9IWpxM+hHMRblwVEbZ+l+lH5jStRmfKQguMREtag==

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b.d.  Mar 25, 2016 • 5:57:20pm

re: #197 b.d.

Man, the masks are down.

[greenwald] Eddie, remember when we were in Hong Kong and I was just beginning my career and you were at the beginning stages of ruining your life? [/greenwald]

Chomsky’s voice sounds exactly like Joe Lieberman

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klys (maker of Silmarils)  Mar 25, 2016 • 5:57:22pm

re: #183 Decatur Deb

We are “those” parents. I’ve driven across the state to Daughter2’s place with a 30 gallon air compressor. Last trip I travelled light and had to buy an emergency chainsaw.

Honestly it has been exactly what I have needed help with. I’m the handy one here at casa klys but I freely admit that there are still lots of things I need to learn how to do. A lot of stuff has been put off. (See: our backyard.)

Now it feels like I have accomplished something this week, there’s still been some downtime (we went to a hockey game last night, for example), and a bunch of stuff has been cleared off my to do list.

I’m going to miss my folks a bunch when they leave tomorrow. (Apparently it’s a family thing. My dad’s parents wallpapered the downstairs bathroom in my parents’ house on one of their early visits.)

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MsJ  Mar 25, 2016 • 5:57:23pm

re: #201 b.d.

I did too. I agree.

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BeachDem  Mar 25, 2016 • 5:58:27pm

re: #192 MsJ

I do too. He’s going to need more than $250k but I believe in him.

He only needs $50 to meet his goal now!

I’ve been tweeting all day. I’ve been RT’d 100x. He’s up $7k since this morning.

I believe! Yes he can!

I just donated $25 at ActBlue. Thanks for the reminder!

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Charles Johnson  Mar 25, 2016 • 5:58:29pm

The sleazy operators of abcnews​.com​.co really crafted this article perfectly to trap right wingers.

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Stanley Sea  Mar 25, 2016 • 5:58:37pm

re: #192 MsJ

I do too. He’s going to need more than $250k but I believe in him.

He only needs $50 to meet his goal now!

I’ve been tweeting all day. I’ve been RT’d 100x. He’s up $7k since this morning.

I believe! Yes he can!

Done. I love the feeling you get, even by donating small amounts. Barack Obama started this trend. We used to think that campaign donors were always bigwigs, now we can all do a little & it adds up.

BLT fixins ready & going to watch People V. OJ. I’ll be checking in.

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Nyet  Mar 25, 2016 • 5:58:51pm
Since late 2008, Faurisson has become close to the comedian and political activist Dieudonné M’bala M’bala, appearing with him publicly on stage and in video, and celebrating his (Faurisson’s) 80th birthday in his theater.[15][16][17] Dieudonné awarded Robert Faurisson an “insolent outcast” prize. The award was presented by one of Dieudonné’s assistants, Jacky, dressed in a concentration camp uniform with a yellow badge. This earned Dieudonné a court conviction.[18][19][20]
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Bubblehead II  Mar 25, 2016 • 6:00:06pm

Evening Lizards. I came, I saw and then went in search of music.

Kansas - Dust In The Wind

Feeling a bit down.

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MsJ  Mar 25, 2016 • 6:00:35pm

Grimm is calling. BBIAB

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b.d.  Mar 25, 2016 • 6:00:58pm

re: #206 Charles Johnson

The sleazy operators of abcnews​.com​.co really crafted this article perfectly to trap right wingers.

Charles. You know how the numbers work, how much can these fake websites make off of a fake viral story?

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Decatur Deb  Mar 25, 2016 • 6:01:11pm

re: #203 klys (maker of Silmarils)

Honestly it has been exactly what I have needed help with. I’m the handy one here at casa klys but I freely admit that there are still lots of things I need to learn how to do. A lot of stuff has been put off. (See: our backyard.)

Now it feels like I have accomplished something this week, there’s still been some downtime (we went to a hockey game last night, for example), and a bunch of stuff has been cleared off my to do list.

I’m going to miss my folks a bunch when they leave tomorrow. (Apparently it’s a family thing. My dad’s parents wallpapered the downstairs bathroom in my parents’ house on one of their early visits.)

It’s all been paid forward. My FIL was like that. Best moment was installing a 220 dryer, when he bridged two 110v hotwires with my best screwdriver and backflipped out an open porch door.

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EPR-radar  Mar 25, 2016 • 6:01:29pm

re: #191 Nyet

Thanks for the information. Apparently Chomsky sees nothing anti-Semitic about denial of the Holocaust.

That position requires a remarkable level of obtuseness to maintain.

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BeachDem  Mar 25, 2016 • 6:03:06pm

re: #207 Stanley Sea

Done. I love the feeling you get, even by donating small amounts. Barack Obama started this trend. We used to think that campaign donors were always bigwigs, now we can all do a little & it adds up.

BLT fixins ready & going to watch People V. OJ. I’ll be checking in.

Mine’s sauteed chicken livers and roasted asparagus; Mockingjay Part II.

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klys (maker of Silmarils)  Mar 25, 2016 • 6:03:49pm

re: #212 Decatur Deb

It’s all been paid forward. My FIL was like that. Best moment was installing a 220 dryer, when he bridged two 110volt hotwires with my best screwdriver and backflipped out an open porch door.

It was fun, we ripped out the old sprinkler system and put in the new one, after some adventures to find the part that would let us screw a hose in to the existing piping. Finally got it all done and Dad went to the garage to turn on the system.

One of the old clamps blows apart. Okay, put that back together, tighten the clamp, and turn the system on again. This time the pipe blew out.

And that is why I dug two trenches yesterday.

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b.d.  Mar 25, 2016 • 6:05:28pm

re: #202 b.d.

Chomsky’s voice sounds exactly like Joe Lieberman

If Putin understood English he would have grown weary of Snowden long ago.

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Stanley Sea  Mar 25, 2016 • 6:09:09pm

re: #214 BeachDem

Mine’s sauteed chicken livers and roasted asparagus; Mockingjay Part II.

You brave! I’m sure it’s exceptionally good!

This episode looks like it’s going to be great - all about the jury and the 8 month sequester. So far it’s showing that they were not allowed to go into each other’s rooms. Or to the pool. Or off the floor their room was on. What the hell.

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Charles Johnson  Mar 25, 2016 • 6:09:13pm

re: #211 b.d.

Charles. You know how the numbers work, how much can these fake websites make off of a fake viral story?

Lots. When Ann Coulter and Jim Hoft and Trump’s campaign manager promote it, that’s a whole lot of pageviews.

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Dave In Austin  Mar 25, 2016 • 6:09:45pm

The Bernie bird was not an omen. The Bernie bird is trapped on the stadium and needs Brenie’s water. Let the bird have a drink for crying out loud….

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Eric The Fruit Bat  Mar 25, 2016 • 6:09:58pm

yDZPkA7+MfaSahwcMUtYmtnBKONghu3hp4EL675CPLIzL9OHO1vQNcmWY1mTpm9ASutOq4myKq4OJeFYm4lFzOvs53RQj/BTEsQmM5rGSjVxxnw+m0GsgzP2I4JkUDZKa62fqPNjACKX7jIOk2kZb4Es7kq/KcPl4ps56JTApFIJLbpKyCLZj9NUUFPb8FRW4yC64hTHN7xXYnNHPc83dRO/UCsRp2rLkTJYtqzdl9mwv72AfsymDFxg2FJrb3GQRuE3vXKStFXYPnqeclHGZGvO/rsCrHY1lpivQLlPZbdTPawbhCxUcUvu2fTyfqT5QsRFX8VY33pXAsQpEyz7SRSC8AoGadqctH2msgCxXG5te1r8SUccRLe+YKUnH8pQ5VGW49HX1P6Uqoo/dadPfc+VQQXdxHnEs4bxvXJaKiaWkH1A+EYQLZ9X5RPKHITXzYMgZAv/Y1kxdFY8a9EIlSPM1Mrpf1RRMW0vSAFKblVAJtJLTr3zcpUnbRCIyBkTEfQfFKOyukYRuSSYzC4k6swMpJpge6NfgNDJ96IPFCy8vvw7EEle8OYe0TC+SRBbD/cJvH/2wY4W6MaaqbFk4sPvQNBth5tmC0v2B05USg1KQjPElmFwO3r6enKm1eY8fEjQ3yCz6rwC8MS8GCYPbz0Bq0i53M9oyd/B5W0mnbC/g1GoX3VNLDQNK7REYayWo3icQcLi+BrzMl6ah0yOvW8nBZh4qez6NE86YFAScv26S8QP5LFoFEZO7ZmybKISvrJZk5udcyI3TR4f5IyAuyKMqgNBGWGRJJZY3DFhJBKhQITZg7PiC2c7U80YO29HWZKJ02qofQXzldeV+wv3y6bWnXRnIbojFmgdqum0jGwmKNUDkqz863AdbkKPalmP1BpfG8neKMLfwPMLCaSMF2qqir9ooAkBqoUTiEdbx//pWvGcppWbqUE6w37Vge/jJBhLKNLVUB14dg7tWYxgvGnzn+njB4DPJRxE72wj5NtmX22HexTo6jtrqCkt9iNe7Lw47eyrJBgIt9tCt5dcWgHNhjudm8OH4oTgyV+uLtxRy2o3rnW69YbojVUd+GfYCnyyUPVk1PWM82DoxR+TjX9PB2lp9l6D3KBoDRVRLvw37e9uZeevhOhmTAqyDpDmBXt5UI3obtnL4YVVMDt6Gj6UP7mu9NS3cdkeaw3q5Qq7p7+JewOMsKaVmRjwgg5piqr6d/HCthQhglTJv7iBdJJi7tI1Ctlf+diu93DbyzR7c5Ui5dRcrEQ3soh1XDNkfbSemIQn3yZmz/+KLOzmU5DBkjHhUbwXgdI1+jkU3iMmTS7qG4VXk7F+px+q2fLswwiyD/e01zfsBT7uFlKacTyC+Hv0+T06HYbtx0ZHrnOTfaHrPVNfpH8oGTH9yDrlu4ca2zAhqduq5xSi93fG+pT3tBOfrdokOxQqVTIZY+KquUS5OtC4WS/t35OtFaYme6OtJFaozMlL4vQdWA30LeLRCSoVVXEA0TcNLZcSxEcI5b/5ROSiPVBU27rN85UgibfcVIvQq/GfdpNLzKqR6z44W/3EIUtc

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Stanley Sea  Mar 25, 2016 • 6:10:23pm
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Nyet  Mar 25, 2016 • 6:11:55pm

re: #221 Stanley Sea

That ad was prescient.

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Stanley Sea  Mar 25, 2016 • 6:12:29pm

re: #220 Eric The Fruit Bat

4Y9LrZShu5IJ82y9WkCLxo6+rV5RqN84w15RGH5qWvZwxxCn1ziNhhNErwvbYe9wQEZ+u+VH5Y0=

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451_Montag  Mar 25, 2016 • 6:13:32pm

re: #200 Decatur Deb

Tomorrow the 5 yr old and I go under the ‘73 LandRover for a 90-weight bath. He loves the trip to the park through the neighborhood with all the speed bumps.

Oooh Landy owner. I have a 1960 series 2a Canadian. Resto-mod, with winch, custom cooling system, leather interior and various other tweaks.

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b.d.  Mar 25, 2016 • 6:14:00pm

Chomsky talking about Obama going to Cuba and how Castro’s success led to Kennedy’s terroristic assault on the Bay of Pigs.

And on that note I’m going to stop listening.

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Archangelus  Mar 25, 2016 • 6:15:31pm

re: #192 MsJ

I do too. He’s going to need more than $250k but I believe in him.

He only needs $50 to meet his goal now!

I’ve been tweeting all day. I’ve been RT’d 100x. He’s up $7k since this morning.

I believe! Yes he can!

Goal achieved and continuing:

Agreed on how he’ll need much more, but in today’s world where crowdfunding is so prevalent and recognized, and with the precedent established by President Obama, I think that there’s good reason to hope..

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Decatur Deb  Mar 25, 2016 • 6:17:08pm

re: #224 451_Montag

Oooh Landy owner. I have a 1960 series 2a Canadian. Resto-mod, with winch, custom cooling system, leather interior and various other tweaks.

Neat. Mine’s a weird NATO spec 4x2 Series 3 from the Belgian army. Some kid in Alberta once sold me a handful of the exotic sparkplugs he found while collecting antlers on an MoD range up there.

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451_Montag  Mar 25, 2016 • 6:19:44pm

re: #227 Decatur Deb

Neat. Mine’s a weird NATO spec 4x2 Series 3 from the Belgian army. Some kid in Alberta once sold me a handful of the exotic sparkplugs he found while collecting antlers on an MoD range yu there.

Lightweight, for air transport\ drops?

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Decatur Deb  Mar 25, 2016 • 6:23:36pm

re: #228 451_Montag

Lightweight, for air transport\ drops?

No, FFR (Fitted For Radio) from a commo unit, on a 88 inch frame.

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dog philosopher ஐஒஔ௸  Mar 25, 2016 • 6:27:26pm

the heidi cruz thing makes it that much harder for me to believe that trump is not doing this out of a deepseated grudge against the republican party

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451_Montag  Mar 25, 2016 • 6:28:47pm

re: #229 Decatur Deb

No, FFR (Fitted For Radio) from a commo unit, on a 88 inch frame.

Nice. When I get to my computer I’ll stick a pic up.

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Charles Johnson  Mar 25, 2016 • 6:32:48pm
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Amory Blaine  Mar 25, 2016 • 6:34:07pm

re: #180 Charles Johnson

Lavish Clooney dinner. It just rolls off the tongue.

When do we eat?
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EPR-radar  Mar 25, 2016 • 6:36:17pm

re: #232 Charles Johnson

Ben Shapiro is learning the hard way that minority tokens in the US conservative movement need to be more RWNJ politically correct than anyone else, to prevent their supposed friends from turning on them viciously.

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b.d.  Mar 25, 2016 • 6:36:21pm

re: #232 Charles Johnson

[Embedded content]

I’d really love to defend Ben Shapiro but my sock drawer is very disorganized and in need of immediate attention.

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whitebeach  Mar 25, 2016 • 6:36:34pm

re: #180 Charles Johnson

Lavish Clooney dinner. It just rolls off the tongue.

You can drop the “dinner” and it’s still magic. Sounds like a golf course in Ireland. “We played Lavishclooney today, liked it almost as much as Ballybunion. Tomorrow we’ve got Belmullet and then Enniscrone.”

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calochortus  Mar 25, 2016 • 6:39:56pm

re: #183 Decatur Deb

We are “those” parents. I’ve driven across the state to Daughter2’s place with a 30 gallon air compressor. Last trip I travelled light and had to buy an emergency chainsaw.

Us too. No chainsaws though…

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Stanley Sea  Mar 25, 2016 • 6:41:01pm

There’s something quite juvenile going on.

And they don’t see it.

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klys (maker of Silmarils)  Mar 25, 2016 • 6:42:07pm

re: #237 calochortus

Us too. No chainsaws though…

I limited the purchases this trip to a PVC pipe cutter and a nice set of heavy-duty pruning shears.

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Blind Frog Belly White  Mar 25, 2016 • 6:43:18pm

re: #210 MsJ

Grimm is calling. BBIAB

Tell him to say Hi to Billy and Mandy for us.
/////

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Stanley Sea  Mar 25, 2016 • 6:43:53pm
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Charles Johnson  Mar 25, 2016 • 6:56:34pm
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b.d.  Mar 25, 2016 • 6:58:04pm

Watching the new season of The Americans almost feel like yelling at the TV, “just hold off until 2016!”

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SteveMcGaziBolaGate RN  Mar 25, 2016 • 6:59:10pm

re: #243 b.d.

Watching the new season of The Americans almost feel like yelling at the TV, “just hold off until 2016!”

(It IS 2016)

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b.d.  Mar 25, 2016 • 7:01:08pm

re: #244 SteveMcGaziBolaGate RN

(It IS 2016)

The show is set during soviet times…

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Dark_Falcon  Mar 25, 2016 • 7:02:21pm

re: #58 Shiplord Kirel

Hold mah beer!

Man loses leg in target practice explosion
WALTON COUNTY, Ga —

If it rendered him infertile he should be nominated for a Darwin Award.

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Amory Blaine  Mar 25, 2016 • 7:03:11pm

From that WaPo transcript

HIATT: Just back to the campaign. You are smart and you went to a good school. Yet you are up there and talking about your hands and the size of private …

TRUMP: No …

HIATT: … your private parts.

TRUMP: No, no. No, no. I am not doing that.

HIATT: Do you regret having engaged in that?

TRUMP: No, I had to do it. Look, this guy. Here’s my hands. Now I have my hands, I hear, on the New Yorker, a picture of my hands.

MARCUS: You’re on the cover.

TRUMP: A hand with little fingers coming out of a stem. Like, little. Look at my hands. They’re fine. Nobody other than Graydon Carter years ago used to use that. My hands are normal hands.

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Dave In Austin  Mar 25, 2016 • 7:03:55pm

Mahar is knocking it out of the park tonite.

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Dark_Falcon  Mar 25, 2016 • 7:05:15pm

re: #235 b.d.

I’d really love to defend Ben Shapiro but my sock drawer is very disorganized and in need of immediate attention.

You don’t have to defend him personally, all that needs to be done is to note that those who use Nazi graphics to attack a Jew reveal themselves as bigoted fascists.

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Belafon  Mar 25, 2016 • 7:09:54pm

re: #249 Dark_Falcon

You don’t have to defend him personally, all that needs to be done is to note that those who use Nazi graphics to attack a Jew reveal themselves as bigoted fascists.

I would just keep telling Ben that he was never going to be part of the group he thought he could hate his way into.

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Stanley Sea  Mar 25, 2016 • 7:10:01pm

People V. OJ

Tuesday’s American Crime Story: The People v. O.J. Simpson is tackling the infamous “juror revolt” that took place during the trial in April ‘95. One of the key moments of the court proceedings was the day that 13 jury members and alternates processed into the courtroom wearing all black, with the remaining members of the jury in conspicuously colorful outfits. So, why did the O.J. Simpson jury wear all black to the trial? The wardrobe statement the jury made was actually a huge moment in the trial, and completely caught the media’s attention.

The defiant act was actually in protest of Judge Lance Ito’s dismissal of three deputies who were assigned to protect and monitor the jurors during their grueling sequestration.

This is so interesting. I lived it, but forgot so much. Hope Jeffrey Toobin is rich as fuck now.

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Dark_Falcon  Mar 25, 2016 • 7:13:33pm

re: #250 Belafon

I would just keep telling Ben that he was never going to be part of the group he thought he could hate his way into.

I’m not sure he really knew how bad it was until recently. The amount of White Nationalist sentiment Donald Trump has brought out of the woodwork is astonishing.

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b.d.  Mar 25, 2016 • 7:17:24pm

re: #249 Dark_Falcon

You don’t have to defend him personally, all that needs to be done is to note that those who use Nazi graphics to attack a Jew reveal themselves as bigoted fascists.

Any vestige of any group that harbors the anti-Semitic views of the devilish Nazis deserve a punishment far worse than my mind wishes me to allow.

Anyone with those types of thought should at least be taken to our nation’s capitol and made to visit the US Holocaust Museum

ushmm.org

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Belafon  Mar 25, 2016 • 7:19:22pm

re: #252 Dark_Falcon

I’m not sure he really knew how bad it was until recently. The amount of White Nationalist sentiment Donald Trump has brought out of the woodwork is astonishing.

The only reason he didn’t know is he was hoping to be part of the group. He was very much like a kid that wants so much to be part of the group his big brother is in that the kid doesn’t see his friends getting beat up.

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Dark_Falcon  Mar 25, 2016 • 7:22:19pm

re: #253 b.d.

Any vestige of any group that harbors the anti-Semitic views of the devilish Nazis deserve a punishment far worse than my mind wishes me to allow.

Anyone with those types of thought should at least be taken to our nation’s capitol and made to visit the US Holocaust Museum

ushmm.org

The problem is that most of them would dismiss it all as “Jewish Lies”. Nazi types like that are massively sick in the head.

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gocart mozart  Mar 25, 2016 • 7:22:23pm

re: #242 Charles Johnson
Nixon goon Don Segretti was the original ratfucker, Roger Stone was merely a protege.

(As any student of Watergate knows, “ratfucking” was the word used by Segretti and a number of other officials in the Nixon White House for the dirty tricks they ran in student elections when they all were at the University of Southern California. Segretti — as well as his pal, Dwight Chapin — simply transferred these techniques to our national elections.)

esquire.com

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William Lewis  Mar 25, 2016 • 7:23:22pm

re: #200 Decatur Deb

Tomorrow the 5 yr old and I go under the ‘73 LandRover for a 90-weight bath. He loves the trip to the park through the neighborhood with all the speed bumps.

Differential Gear box or steering? I can’t imagine what else might need 90 weight otherwise.

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William Lewis  Mar 25, 2016 • 7:25:07pm

re: #191 Nyet

Never cared much for Chomsky to begin with. Thanks for letting me know he’s this scuzzy.

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Stanley Sea  Mar 25, 2016 • 7:28:38pm

re: #253 b.d.

Any vestige of any group that harbors the anti-Semitic views of the devilish Nazis deserve a punishment far worse than my mind wishes me to allow.

Anyone with those types of thought should at least be taken to our nation’s capitol and made to visit the US Holocaust Museum

ushmm.org

I’ve never been there, but I have been to museumoftolerance.com several times. Used to be a paid member.

I must go again. Stat.

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EPR-radar  Mar 25, 2016 • 7:30:01pm

re: #258 William Lewis

Never cared much for Chomsky to begin with. Thanks for letting me know he’s this scuzzy.

The interpretation of this nonsense most favorable to Chomsky (which I’m not willing to grant without doing a lot more research first) is that Chomsky is a blinkered free-speech absolutist, and saw the case of the French holocaust denier entirely through the lens of that single issue.

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Stanley Sea  Mar 25, 2016 • 7:30:38pm

re: #255 Dark_Falcon

The problem is that most of them would dismiss it all as “Jewish Lies”. Nazi types like that are massively sick in the head.

Be careful dismissing them as sick in the head. It’s becoming a bit more mainstream. And Ben has helped in his hateful rhetoric, I’m sad to say.

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CuriousLurker  Mar 25, 2016 • 7:31:43pm

Humor me just this little while longer as I pay tribute to my departed companion, then I promise I’ll stop. I’m gonna put the pics behind a private tag in case anyone wants to scroll past:

Layla March 2002 - March 2016

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Decatur Deb  Mar 25, 2016 • 7:32:09pm

re: #257 William Lewis

Differential Gear box or steering? I can’t imagine what else might need 90 weight otherwise.

Diff, transmission, transfer case, each front wheel swivel housing, and a bit for the steering box. Needs a check and cap off every couple months, and the GL-4 spec is getting hard to find. I use a 1 gallon garden sprayer modified for the goo. Then the front and back leaf springs get a drizzle of spent 20-W50.

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Stanley Sea  Mar 25, 2016 • 7:32:40pm

re: #262 CuriousLurker

up dinged before even opening the private tag.

Know I’m gonna cry.

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CuriousLurker  Mar 25, 2016 • 7:33:20pm

re: #262 CuriousLurker

See I really DO need to sleep—I wrote 2014 instead of 2016. Fixed now. *SMH*

Over & out.

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EPR-radar  Mar 25, 2016 • 7:33:37pm

re: #256 gocart mozart

Charlie Pierce has good insight in the linked article. I particularly like this part, and commend it to Republicans everywhere:

There are two basic philosophical foundation stones to
ratfucking. The first is that political sabotage for its own sake is a worthy
enough goal. There doesn’t necessarily have to be an obvious purpose or obvious
logic behind it. Everything is simply tactics. Those tactics either work or
they don’t. To believe this, of course,
one must first believe that all politics is a essentially a zero-sum game of
power; you win and the other guy loses. Who rules? Period. One cannot for a
moment contemplate the notion that politics — and therefore, government — has
anything to do with the public good. I trust I don’t have to spell out the
parallels between this elemental basis of ratfucking and what the Republicans
are about in their current campaign of vandalism. This has now entered a time
in which we are seeing sabotage for sabotage’s own sake. Remember, the
conservative rump faction has brought this shutdown upon the country because
its members refuse to agree to a federal budget that contains lower
discretionary spending than even Paul Ryan contemplated. That’s because now —
as Congressman Marlin Stutzman pointed out clearly yesterday — this isn’t about
the budget, or even about economics, it’s about who wins and who loses. It’s
about whether or not John Boehner, the castrato Speaker Of The House, can keep
his job. The public, as was said during our previous Gilded Age, be damned.

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calochortus  Mar 25, 2016 • 7:33:43pm

re: #262 CuriousLurker

Humor me just this little while longer as I do a pay tribute to my departed companion, then I promise I’ll stop. I’m gonna put the pics behind a private tag in case anyone wants to scroll past:

Layla March 2002 - March 2016

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Private tag isn’t opening for me.

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Stanley Sea  Mar 25, 2016 • 7:33:55pm

yup

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Lidane  Mar 25, 2016 • 7:34:29pm
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calochortus  Mar 25, 2016 • 7:34:38pm

Updinged anyway.

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Stanley Sea  Mar 25, 2016 • 7:34:41pm

re: #267 calochortus

refresh

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majii  Mar 25, 2016 • 7:35:12pm

re: #76 Dr. Matt

My first teaching job was in Barrow County, GA, and I’d have to go through Walton County to go home to Macon which is in Middle GA. Not much happens in Walton County, so I think the guy was trying to amuse himself. There are some weird people with really weird ideas living in small towns throughout the state. If his “experiment” had been successful, he would have been a local celebrity. Guaranteed.

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calochortus  Mar 25, 2016 • 7:35:44pm

re: #271 Stanley Sea

refresh

Thanks. Now I wish I could upding that post again.

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EPR-radar  Mar 25, 2016 • 7:37:06pm

re: #255 Dark_Falcon

The problem is that most of them would dismiss it all as “Jewish Lies”. Nazi types like that are massively sick in the head.

Evil is a better term for this stuff than “sick in the head”. Sick in the head suggests (heavily, in fact) mental illness, which is not at all the same thing as the kind of deliberate evil we see in Nazis et al.

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Dark_Falcon  Mar 25, 2016 • 7:37:21pm

re: #261 Stanley Sea

Be careful dismissing them as sick in the head. It’s becoming a bit more mainstream. And Ben has helped in his hateful rhetoric, I’m sad to say.

Stuff like THAT is not mainstream nor is it becoming so. It’s Trump: His ability to violate normal taboos and norms with impunity is encouraging others to so violate.

To put a NYPD angle on it, Donald Trump has become a huge ‘Broken Window’, and unless and until he is somehow punished for his bad behavior his example is going to encourage other bad behavior.

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CuriousLurker  Mar 25, 2016 • 7:37:27pm

re: #267 calochortus

Private tag isn’t opening for me.

Maybe refresh? It’s working for me.

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Lidane  Mar 25, 2016 • 7:37:59pm
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Stanley Sea  Mar 25, 2016 • 7:38:34pm
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calochortus  Mar 25, 2016 • 7:39:28pm

re: #276 CuriousLurker

Maybe refresh? It’s working for me.

I did. It worked. What a sweetie she was.

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FormerDirtDart  Mar 25, 2016 • 7:40:01pm
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Stanley Sea  Mar 25, 2016 • 7:40:05pm

re: #276 CuriousLurker

Maybe refresh? It’s working for me.

Did she have 2 diff colored eyes? Darker/Lighter ?

She’s a beauty.

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Belafon  Mar 25, 2016 • 7:40:16pm

re: #278 Stanley Sea

Notice no line about whites fucking things up.

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Barefoot Grin  Mar 25, 2016 • 7:42:37pm

re: #272 majii

My first teaching job was in Barrow County, GA, and I’d have to go through Walton County to go home to Macon which is in Middle GA. Not much happens in Walton County, so I think the guy was trying to amuse himself. There are some weird people with really weird ideas living in small towns throughout the state. If his “experiment” had been successful, he would have been a local celebrity. Guaranteed.

Georgia sure has a lot of counties. My mother is from Meriwether County. I spent a few weeks each summer there down from Illinois. There wasn’t much to do as a kid besides sell lemonade at the peach stand in front of my grandfather’s house and trade on the novelty of being a “little yankee boy.” No, seriously. People said this.

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CuriousLurker  Mar 25, 2016 • 7:43:26pm

re: #281 Stanley Sea

Yes, and the difference became more pronounced as she got older.

She was definitely a beauty.

And now the remaining cat is awake and asking for attention. Talk to you lizards tomorrow—thanks you all again for your kindness and for listening pateintly. ;-)

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EPR-radar  Mar 25, 2016 • 7:44:22pm

re: #275 Dark_Falcon

Stuff like THAT is not mainstream nor is it becoming so. It’s Trump: His ability to violate normal taboos and norms with impunity is encouraging others to so violate.

To put a NYPD angle on it, Donald Trump has become a huge ‘Broken Window’, and unless and until he is somehow punished for his bad behavior his example is going to encourage other bad behavior.

Trump is a talented demagogue, but he has also found a receptive audience in the GOP base. That truth may be remarkably inconvenient for faithful Republicans, but it isn’t going to go away.

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Stanley Sea  Mar 25, 2016 • 7:46:16pm

re: #283 Barefoot Grin

Georgia sure has a lot of counties. My mother is from Meriwether County. I spent a few weeks each summer there down from Illinois. There wasn’t much to do as a kid besides sell lemonade at the peach stand in front of my grandfather’s house and trade on the novelty of being a “little yankee boy.” No, seriously. People said this.

My Dad from Pennsylvania, married to my Step-Mom, from Virginia for 30 years is still referred to as the Yankee. He adopted their racism to compensate.

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Dark_Falcon  Mar 25, 2016 • 7:46:49pm

re: #280 FormerDirtDart

[Embedded content]

Where’s the M113 and MRAP that supported the BLM at the Bundy Ranch?

I’m not a fan of militia types, but the BLM had a fair bit of hardware on its side in that standoff and will have stuff like that in future such occurrences. To just show two people with sidearms as representing the BLM isn’t really honest.

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William Lewis  Mar 25, 2016 • 7:47:02pm

re: #275 Dark_Falcon

Stuff like THAT is not mainstream nor is it becoming so. It’s Trump: His ability to violate normal taboos and norms with impunity is encouraging others to so violate.

To put a NYPD angle on it, Donald Trump has become a huge ‘Broken Window’, and unless and until he is somehow punished for his bad behavior his example is going to encourage other bad behavior.

It’s becoming more mainstream in the Grand Old Fascist Party every day DF. Trump merely says out loud what the base has been thinking since the Southern Strategy began. This isn’t a broken window, this is one step away from a Kristallnacht against our Islamic brothers and sisters. The rest, by saying they will support him if he’s nominated, have signed their membership cards in the Fascist party.

George Orwell wrote in his 1942 essay “Pacifism and the War”, “If you hamper the war effort of one side you automatically help that of the other. Nor is there any real way of remaining outside such a war as the present one. In practice, ‘he that is not with me is against me’. The idea that you can somehow remain aloof from and superior to the struggle, while living on food which British sailors have to risk their lives to bring you, is a bourgeois illusion bred of money and security.”

Anyone who does not actively vote against him is supporting him and the spread of his fascist hate. Anyone, DF.

You don’t have to like Hillary but she is NOT an anti-American fascist like Trump.

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Barefoot Grin  Mar 25, 2016 • 7:50:36pm

re: #286 Stanley Sea

My Dad from Pennsylvania, married to my Step-Mom, from Virginia for 30 years is still referred to as the Yankee. He adopted their racism to compensate.

“Whatever gets you through the night.” Sorry, John, but there are just some things.

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stpaulbear  Mar 25, 2016 • 7:52:30pm

re: #238 Stanley Sea

There’s something quite juvenile going on.

[Embedded content]

And they don’t see it.

Crows Attack the Students - The Birds (6/11) Movie CLIP (1963) HD

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Stanley Sea  Mar 25, 2016 • 7:54:11pm

re: #290 stpaulbear

[Embedded content]

Video

Melanie was evil! #BerdieSanders

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GlutenFreeJesus  Mar 25, 2016 • 8:06:29pm

re: #275 Dark_Falcon

He’s not a broken window. He’s a perfectly functioning cathedral window opening up into the soul of the GOP.

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FormerDirtDart  Mar 25, 2016 • 8:08:08pm

re: #287 Dark_Falcon

Where’s the M113 and MRAP that supported the BLM at the Bundy Ranch?

I’m not a fan of militia types, but the BLM had a fair bit of hardware on its side in that standoff and will have stuff like that in future such occurrences. To just show two people with sidearms as representing the BLM isn’t really honest.

Please show me an image of an MRAP or M113 from Bunkerville..
I don’t think you’ll find one. You may find of a single LVPD SWAT Bearcat

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stpaulbear  Mar 25, 2016 • 8:14:38pm

(deleted to repost it on the music thread)

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The Ghost of a Cunning Plan  Mar 25, 2016 • 8:14:57pm

re: #275 Dark_Falcon

Stuff like THAT is not mainstream nor is it becoming so. It’s Trump: His ability to violate normal taboos and norms with impunity is encouraging others to so violate.

Donald Trump is not the Antisemitism Fairy who sprinkled the base with glittering Jew-Hating sparkles.

The only “norms” and “taboos” he broke were those about using code words and clever phrases to attain a minimum level of deniability. “New York values,” “secular leftist Jews,” “Frankfort School,” “Cultural Marxism”—the GOP has been tonguing antisemitic tropes for years. Ben Shapiro happily dabbled in them as long as they were useful against American Jews that voted Democratic.

Fucking hell, let’s not even get into the entire theology of “I support Israel,” which invariably ties in (1) the idea the all the Jews will be damned by an angry God, (2) in the case of “prophecy” bigwigs that are courted by the GOP, like John Hagee, the idea that the Jews are persecuted by God for not going home.

The only thing that’s changed is that it’s being said out loud. And half the GOP base fucking loves it. And the other half support Ted Cruz, so they’ve implicitly signed on the grand project of “be nice to Israel and hopefully they build the Third Temple.”

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EPR-radar  Mar 25, 2016 • 8:15:12pm

re: #292 GlutenFreeJesus

He’s not a broken window. He’s a perfectly functioning cathedral window opening up into the pit of Hell the soul of the GOP.

Fixed that up a bit.

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William Lewis  Mar 25, 2016 • 8:18:13pm

re: #294 stpaulbear

Gotta remember to buy that Mould from Amazon’s download service.

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Odie Hugh Manatee  Mar 25, 2016 • 8:18:58pm

I had to steal this:

I hear an echo…
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retired cynic  Mar 25, 2016 • 10:19:37pm

re: #241 Stanley Sea

The fingers are too long. FAKE!

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Jebediah, RBG  Mar 25, 2016 • 10:44:36pm

re: #262 CuriousLurker

It’s obvious you gave that beautiful cat a great home, a great life, and a lot of love.

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Shimshon  Mar 26, 2016 • 4:10:34am

Doesn’t matter that it is fake. it is already imprinted on the radical right as more proof that they are correct. In a couple weeks or months they will start repeating this story like it was proven beyond a shadow of a doubt just like millions of Americas are still convinced there were WMD’s in Iraq. The right wing knows what they are doing, they had to learn the art of propaganda wars because at face value their beliefs lack morals and do not work.

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Shimshon  Mar 26, 2016 • 4:11:50am

re: #296 EPR-radar

Fixed that up a bit.

Pit of hell, soul of the GOP, is there a difference? For a group always warning about evil Satan they sure are evil people.

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Whack-A-Mole  Mar 26, 2016 • 9:21:05am

re: #262 CuriousLurker

My condolences on your loss.


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