Yet Another Bogus Story About Clinton’s “Email Scandal” Collapses

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You may recall that last week, all the right wing media sites and blogs blew up over a report from the Washington Post that the FBI had 147 agents currently investigating Hillary Clinton over her use of a private email server while she was Secretary of State. The conservative universe went nuts over this report, seeing it as evidence that Clinton would soon be in prison — something they’re very much in favor of.

Well, have a look at the correction now posted way at the bottom of this lengthy WaPo article:

CORRECTION: An earlier version of this article incorrectly said that Clinton used two different email addresses, sometimes interchangeably, as secretary of state. She used only hdr22@clintonemail.com as secretary of state.  Also, an earlier version of this article reported that 147 FBI agents had been detailed to the investigation, according to a lawmaker briefed by FBI Director James B. Comey. Two U.S. law enforcement officials have since told The Washington Post that figure is too high. The FBI will not provide an exact figure, but the officials say the number of FBI personnel involved is fewer than 50.

But even that “corrected” number is wildly inflated!

Ari Melber at NBC News reported on Wednesday:

A former federal law enforcement official with direct knowledge of the Clinton investigation tells MSNBC an estimate anywhere near 50 agents is also off base.

“There are currently about 12 FBI agents working full-time on the case,” says the source, who would only speak anonymously about an open investigation.

A former FBI official, also speaking anonymously, says many in the law enforcement community view the large estimates of people assigned to the case as completely improbable.

“147 was such a ridiculous number,” said the source, adding that 50 also sounded unrealistic for this kind of inquiry. “You need an act of terrorism to get 50 agents working on something,” said the former FBI official.

This would be comical if it weren’t so deadly serious, during a hotly contested presidential election, for such blatantly false information to be pushed out there by no less a source than the Washington Post. The question becomes, who are these “FBI sources” and “lawmakers” speading disinformation about Hillary Clinton, and why?

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280 comments
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The Vicious Babushka  Apr 1, 2016 • 11:42:52am

I am so sick and tired of hearing about the damn emails!

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Apr 1, 2016 • 11:44:02am
The question becomes, who are these “FBI sources” spreading disinformation about Hillary Clinton, and why?

Apparently the same ones that Rage Furby uses.

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Blind Frog Belly White  Apr 1, 2016 • 11:45:36am

It should be a rule that if your anonymous source tells you something false, which then blows up in your face, your correction should include their name, because that’s not a SOURCE, it’s a MANIPULATOR.

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Jenner7  Apr 1, 2016 • 11:47:50am

Posting again. The best article explaining why she won’t, and shouldn’t, be charged.

prospect.org

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Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light)  Apr 1, 2016 • 11:47:57am

re: #1 The Vicious Babushka

I am so sick and tired of hearing about the damn emails!

then stop following the election. the GOP is wasting no time, they are initiating impeachment proceedings before HRC is even nominated

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piratedan  Apr 1, 2016 • 11:48:56am

Wouldn’t be surprised if the source was Darrell Issa… ///// Gotta love how the GOP uses the press to do their dirty work for them. Can’t express how many people have said that they felt that Clinton was untrustworthy simply because of the scandals that surround her. When I follow up with the number of indictments that have been issued, they stare at me incredulously as if they can’t believe that she isn’t guilty of “something”.

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The Vicious Babushka  Apr 1, 2016 • 11:49:04am

re: #5 Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light)

then stop following the election. the GOP is wasting no time, they are initiating impeachment proceedings before HRC is even nominated

I thought everyone would recognize that Bernie quote from one of the early debates.

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Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light)  Apr 1, 2016 • 11:49:52am

re: #7 The Vicious Babushka

I thought everyone would recognize that Bernie quote from one of the early debates.

oh gosh, forgot about that

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lawhawk  Apr 1, 2016 • 11:51:01am

re: #1 The Vicious Babushka

I am so sick and tired of hearing about the damn emails!

Bernie, is that you?

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mr.fusion  Apr 1, 2016 • 11:52:39am
according to a lawmaker briefed by FBI Director James B. Comey

1- Why would a lawmaker need anonymity?
2- What ever happened to getting confirmation from 3 sources?

The sad part though is the way The Post just brushed off the mistake with no introspection (emphasis added):

“The Washington Post’s policy on confidential sourcing states clearly that we prefer named sources over unnamed sources, but it also acknowledges that sometimes people will only speak on the condition of anonymity. Nothing is published from an unnamed source without at least one editor knowing who that source is. In this case, two senior editors knew who the sources were. Sometimes, despite rigorous reporting and vetting, mistakes are made and when that happens we correct quickly and completely as we did in this circumstance. We are always open to looking at our procedures for ensuring the integrity of our journalism, but this case does not cause us to feel that a policy change is necessary.”

Welcome to the clickification of US media. Right or wrong? Doesn’t matter as long as it generates clicks that you can show advertisers….and I can guarantee you this story garnered a helluva lot of clicks for the Post

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Franklin  Apr 1, 2016 • 11:52:42am

I posted a “quit twitter” gif downstairs, here’s the animated gif version.

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GlutenFreeJesus  Apr 1, 2016 • 11:53:37am

Right wing propaganda sites and Bernie supporters are all in on this. At least they are on the same level. It’s embarrassing.

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Great White Snark  Apr 1, 2016 • 11:54:31am

Some wingnut will claim 12 proves something criminal happened. Um, besides the faux outrage.

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Smith25's Liberal Thighs  Apr 1, 2016 • 11:55:30am

re: #12 GlutenFreeJesus

Right wing propaganda sites and Bernie supporters are all in on this. At least they are on the same level. It’s embarrassing.

It seems somewhat Paulian in nature…

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nines09  Apr 1, 2016 • 11:55:53am

It’s th utter and complete collapse of actual news or truth. Turn on your TV and stare at the daily fail and abject idiocy of what is in front of you. Then realize that most people take everything said as gospel. It’s all ratings and click bait. Education is over rated when you have people to dupe. Stupid can be bought. And sold.

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Kragar  Apr 1, 2016 • 11:59:20am
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Smith25's Liberal Thighs  Apr 1, 2016 • 12:02:35pm

re: #17 Kragar

BERNIE AND BERDIE ARE JUST GETTING MONEY FOR FREE COLLEGE. SHILLARY IS A WARMONGER

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BeachDem  Apr 1, 2016 • 12:03:44pm

re: #2 Backwoods_Sleuth

Apparently the same ones that Rage Furby uses.

according to a lawmaker briefed by FBI Director James B. Comey

Talk about playing telephone. Wonder what political persuasion of that “lawmaker” is. Hah.

I still subscribe to the concept that if you ratfuck a reporter with bogus information, you lose your anonymity. The same thing happened with the NYT “exclusive” about the emails, but they never revealed the name (cough Trey Gowdy, cough), even after they got burned.

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Kragar  Apr 1, 2016 • 12:04:06pm

Josh Marshal going to town on the Clinton “scandals”

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unproven innocence  Apr 1, 2016 • 12:04:30pm

re: #17 Kragar

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Meanwhile, wallbuilders[dot]com is likely benefitting greatly from the GOP campaign.

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BeachDem  Apr 1, 2016 • 12:05:18pm

re: #3 Blind Frog Belly White

It should be a rule that if your anonymous source tells you something false, which then blows up in your face, your correction should include their name, because that’s not a SOURCE, it’s a MANIPULATOR.

You beat me by a bunch (I was looking for the NYT bullshit) but I agree with you 100%.

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wrenchwench  Apr 1, 2016 • 12:08:50pm

It’s fucking snowing here right now. In a week it’s supposed to be 80 degrees F. I’d like to skip ahead, if I may.

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The Vicious Babushka  Apr 1, 2016 • 12:10:42pm

re: #23 wrenchwench

It’s fucking snowing here right now. In a week it’s supposed to be 80 degrees F. I’d like to skip ahead, if I may.

It’s supposed to snow here over the weekend.

I’m going to Toronto, but it’s supposed to snow there too.

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BeachDem  Apr 1, 2016 • 12:13:11pm

re: #16 nines09

It’s th utter and complete collapse of actual news or truth. Turn on your TV and stare at the daily fail and abject idiocy of what is in front of you. Then realize that most people take everything said as gospel. It’s all ratings and click bait. Education is over rated when you have people to dupe. Stupid can be bought. And sold.

They’ve even gone to promoting elections like WWE or boxing events. I swear, last night MSNBC ran a Wisconsin primary promo that said something like, Saturday, Wisconson, can Trump hold on or is he going down!!!

All I could think of was Howard Cosell.

Down goes Frazier, down goes Frazier, down goes Frazier!!!

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GlutenFreeJesus  Apr 1, 2016 • 12:15:14pm

re: #21 unproven innocence

Lumber Liquidators and their (literally) toxic product.

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HappyWarrior  Apr 1, 2016 • 12:16:52pm

re: #17 Kragar

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That’s interesting.

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lawhawk  Apr 1, 2016 • 12:16:53pm

re: #17 Kragar

GE and Boeing are both categorized as defense contractors, even though both do significant amounts of civilian work (and GE does a ton of stuff from medical to green energy, etc.)

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Shiplord Kirel  Apr 1, 2016 • 12:22:11pm

A wingnut I know was saying that Hillary is a lesbian, then not 30 seconds later he claimed she had Vince Foster killed because Foster was blackmailing her over an illicit affair the two of them were having. My response, “So, Vince was a lesbian too. Now there’s a hell of a coverup.”
He also says she is too weak to deal with Putin. I responded that Putin apparently doesn’t believe all these stories about the lengthy list of assassinations she has gotten away with then, or he would be scared shitless.

If Hillary is elected, as seems likely, the Alex Jones cult will be the mainstream opposition. This will be the true extinction of the Republican Party.

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Romantic Heretic  Apr 1, 2016 • 12:23:43pm

re: #10 mr.fusion

Translated: If we changed our policy we fear we would lose eyeballs and clicks. So who cares if we’re wrong or our ‘sources’ are bad?

We’re making money so everything is cool.

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Smith25's Liberal Thighs  Apr 1, 2016 • 12:30:10pm

re: #28 lawhawk

GE and Boeing are both categorized as defense contractors, even though both do significant amounts of civilian work (and GE does a ton of stuff from medical to green energy, etc.)

Complexities, especially in the areas of campaign donations just don’t make for good twitter spats though. Too much nuance needed. Was driving me crazy this morning.

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Kragar  Apr 1, 2016 • 12:30:44pm
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CuriousLurker  Apr 1, 2016 • 12:34:51pm

OT, but kinda important for Christians in Egypt:

From the article:

In reaching its verdict in the complex case, the court allowed the intervention of Coptic Orthodox Pope Tawadros II and Anba Pachomius, the Bishop of Matrouh Lake, a first in such a case. The court also heard testimony from representatives of the Coptic Orthodox Church in Rashid.

In seeking to settle the dispute, the court sought the advice of Al-Azhar, since Islamic Sharia is the main source of Egyptian law, according to the 2014 Constitution. Al-Azhar responded by ruling that the demolition was illegal, saying that non-Muslims living in a country with a Muslim majority have the right to protect their religious institutions and places of prayer, in accordance with Islamic Sharia. […]

That last bit is important in a Muslim-majority country.

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Belafon  Apr 1, 2016 • 12:36:47pm

re: #33 CuriousLurker

OT, but kinda important for Christians in Egypt:

From the article:

That last bit is important in a Muslim-majority country.

That’ll blow some people’s heads.

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CuriousLurker  Apr 1, 2016 • 12:37:41pm

re: #34 Belafon

That’ll blow some people’s heads.

Indeed it will.

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Shiplord Kirel  Apr 1, 2016 • 12:39:04pm


SNOWING in Lubbock. Climate change hoax exposed!

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Smith25's Liberal Thighs  Apr 1, 2016 • 12:39:29pm

Cornell West and Killer Mike have not been seen for a while. Is Rosario next?

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nkdee  Apr 1, 2016 • 12:39:58pm

re: #29 Shiplord Kirel

“…she had Vince Foster killed because Foster was blackmailing her…”

Gosh, I’m a little disappointed. I heard that she and Bill actually did it themselves.

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lawhawk  Apr 1, 2016 • 12:41:22pm

re: #38 nkdee

Giphy

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Skip Intro  Apr 1, 2016 • 12:42:00pm

re: #23 wrenchwench

It’s fucking snowing here right now. In a week it’s supposed to be 80 degrees F. I’d like to skip ahead, if I may.

I’ll gladly trade my 80 degrees for your snow.

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Shimshon  Apr 1, 2016 • 12:43:08pm

What the MSM media will not mention now, is Shillary had Obama assassinate those extra FBI agents, probably with guns from the Fast & Furious. Just like Vince Foster. Study it out.

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Shimshon  Apr 1, 2016 • 12:44:58pm

re: #6 piratedan

Wouldn’t be surprised if the source was Darrell Issa… ///// Gotta love how the GOP uses the press to do their dirty work for them. Can’t express how many people have said that they felt that Clinton was untrustworthy simply because of the scandals that surround her. When I follow up with the number of indictments that have been issued, they stare at me incredulously as if they can’t believe that she isn’t guilty of “something”.

Be careful, if you speak negatively about Issa your house might suddenly go up in flames.

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Shiplord Kirel  Apr 1, 2016 • 12:47:21pm

re: #41 Shimshon

What the MSM media will not mention now, is Shillary had Obama assassinate those extra FBI agents, probably with guns from the Fast & Furious. Just like Vince Foster. Study it out.

They have video!

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HappyWarrior  Apr 1, 2016 • 12:48:33pm

re: #37 Smith25’s Liberal Thighs

Cornell West and Killer Mike have not been seen for a while. Is Rosario next?

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Sometimes I think they forget that they’re running on the same party line as Obama. I mean if you want to say that fine but don’t cry to me when the elected officials that you need as SDs in this system choose not to endorse your guy.

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Shimshon  Apr 1, 2016 • 12:52:19pm

re: #44 HappyWarrior

Sometimes I think they forget that they’re running on the same party line as Obama. I mean if you want to say that fine but don’t cry to me when the elected officials that you need as SDs in this system choose not to endorse your guy.

They are probably mad that Obama’s presidency didn’t turn out to be a liberal revolution, but instead of blaming the other party and poor turnout in the midterms, they blame the Democratic party and the leadership like Mrs. Schultz. Many Bernie fans today think Bernie is going to be that revolution, again ignoring all the hard work it takes to get and keep Congress.

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Testy Toad T  Apr 1, 2016 • 12:53:19pm

re: #4 Jenner7

Posting again. The best article explaining why she won’t, and shouldn’t, be charged.

prospect.org

This is really, really, really good.

And, to be honest, even though I knew or should have known (heh) all of this, it’s comforting to see it spelled out by somebody much more particular and nitpicky than I.

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HappyWarrior  Apr 1, 2016 • 12:53:59pm

re: #45 Shimshon

They are probably mad that Obama’s presidency didn’t turn out to be a liberal revolution, but instead of blaming the other party and poor turnout in the midterms, they blame the Democratic party and the leadership like Mrs. Schultz.

Exactly. I mean do I have my disappointments with Obama? Sure I do but Congress’s make up would have been alot more favorable to him if a lot of people had voted in 2010 rather than bitching and staying home.

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Shimshon  Apr 1, 2016 • 12:54:04pm

re: #4 Jenner7

Posting again. The best article explaining why she won’t, and shouldn’t, be charged.

prospect.org

Do you think that will make the top page of reddits political subs? I don’t even think anyone is commenting on the lie of 150+ FBI agents being a bad report…

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gwangung  Apr 1, 2016 • 12:54:16pm

re: #45 Shimshon

They are probably mad that Obama’s presidency didn’t turn out to be a liberal revolution, but instead of blaming the other party and poor turnout in the midterms, they blame the Democratic party and the leadership like Mrs. Schultz.

And we probably shouldn’t get into the fact that not all Democrats were gung ho about the exact same proposals they were. Saying that there were substantive differences within the Democratic party might be a bridge too far for them.

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Smith25's Liberal Thighs  Apr 1, 2016 • 12:54:49pm

re: #44 HappyWarrior

Sometimes I think they forget that they’re running on the same party line as Obama. I mean if you want to say that fine but don’t cry to me when the elected officials that you need as SDs in this system choose not to endorse your guy.

Of all of the “Official” Sanders surrogates, I can’t name one off the top of my head that actually praised President Obama, even in the Bill Clinton last 7 years yada yada context. I can’t say for sure, but it seems that most, if not all have been over the top in their criticism of President Obama-going towards the ridiculous.

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HappyWarrior  Apr 1, 2016 • 12:55:05pm

re: #49 gwangung

And we probably shouldn’t get into the fact that not all Democrats were gung ho about the exact same proposals they were. Saying that there were substantive differences within the Democratic party might be a bridge too far for them.

Their thought is that the Blue Dogs are as good as Republicans. I am not a fan of the BDs but these people have no idea how a party is actually supposed to function.

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Skip Intro  Apr 1, 2016 • 12:55:15pm

Somehow, Donald Trump Is Not the GOP’s Greatest Embarrassment Right Now

Robert Morrow is the chairman of the Republican Party in Travis County, Texas.

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Shimshon  Apr 1, 2016 • 12:55:33pm

re: #49 gwangung

And we probably shouldn’t get into the fact that not all Democrats were gung ho about the exact same proposals they were. Saying that there were substantive differences within the Democratic party might be a bridge too far for them.

That’s the problem, Democrats are not a single cult, the GOP you can get everyone to fall in line, or else. I am very liberal but in my old age have become more resigned to incremental progress.

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Kilroy01  Apr 1, 2016 • 12:55:40pm

Darrell Issa could not be reached for comment on the leaked story of wrong doing by Clinton….

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HappyWarrior  Apr 1, 2016 • 12:56:21pm

re: #50 Smith25’s Liberal Thighs

Of all of the “Official” Sanders surrogates, I can’t name one off the top of my head that actually praised President Obama, even in the Bill Clinton last 7 years yada yada context. I can’t say for sure, but it seems that most, if not all have been over the top in their criticism of President Obama-going towards the ridiculous.

I’ve noticed that too. I mean if that’s the kind of campaign that he wants to run, suit yourselves but don’t cry about how virtually no one in the Democratic Party establishment supports you when you’re shitting on the hard work that their standard bearer (Obama) has done. Bernie hasn’t helped with this himself when he insists he’d be a better racially uniter.

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Shimshon  Apr 1, 2016 • 12:56:43pm

re: #54 Kilroy01

Darrell Issa could not be reached for comment on the leaked story of wrong doing by Clinton….

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I can’t find any Molotov cocktails, so obviously that picture is a chop.

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Lidane  Apr 1, 2016 • 12:57:12pm

re: #52 Skip Intro

Robert Morrow is the chairman of the Republican Party in Travis County, Texas.

And the GOP here is trying to find a way to get him the hell out of office. I hear the occasional rants about that toolbag in the office. Nobody is happy that he got elected.

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Testy Toad T  Apr 1, 2016 • 12:59:31pm

re: #55 HappyWarrior

I’ve noticed that too. I mean if that’s the kind of campaign that he wants to run, suit yourselves but don’t cry about how virtually no one in the Democratic Party establishment supports you when you’re shitting on the hard work that their standard bearer (Obama) has done. Bernie hasn’t helped with this himself when he insists he’d be a better racially uniter.

When it all comes down to it, from the very top down, they’re very good appropriators.

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Kilroy01  Apr 1, 2016 • 1:00:30pm

re: #57 Lidane

And the GOP here is trying to find a way to get him the hell out of office. I hear the occasional rants about that toolbag in the office. Nobody is happy that he got elected.

He lives off the residuals from being the model of the guy second from the right on the human evolution chart, so he is set of life.

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BeachDem  Apr 1, 2016 • 1:00:57pm

re: #47 HappyWarrior

Exactly. I mean do I have my disappointments with Obama? Sure I do but Congress’s make up would have been alot more favorable to him if a lot of people had voted in 2010 rather than bitching and staying home.

And even after seeing what happened when they didn’t vote in 2010, they also didn’t vote in 2014.

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HappyWarrior  Apr 1, 2016 • 1:01:16pm

re: #60 BeachDem

And even after seeing what happened when they didn’t vote in 2010, they also didn’t vote in 2014.

Agh I know.

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HappyWarrior  Apr 1, 2016 • 1:01:26pm

re: #58 Testy Toad T

When it all comes down to it, from the very top down, they’re very good appropriators.

Yep.

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Blind Frog Belly White  Apr 1, 2016 • 1:03:06pm

re: #37 Smith25’s Liberal Thighs

Cornell West and Killer Mike have not been seen for a while. Is Rosario next?

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Wow. Definitely don’t want her doing my performance reviews.
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jaunte  Apr 1, 2016 • 1:03:10pm

re: #52 Skip Intro

How could any woman resist this kind of animal magnetism.

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CuriousLurker  Apr 1, 2016 • 1:03:17pm

Since I was posting about Egypt, this made me LOL regarding the hijacked Egypt Air flight earlier this week—it’s SO totally Egyptian:

Another comical moment occurred when a passenger who had a frozen chicken in his handbag became irate that after the hostage negotiations were over and the passengers were boarding planes to return to Egypt, airline security wouldn’t let him bring the chicken on the flight back to Cairo.

“He was so angry they are taking his farkha el baladi [local chicken] so the security guard, to end this funny discussion, told him they will put it in the fridge for him, leaving him [the passenger] shouting ‘bet3ado hezam nasef we mesh 3ayezni akhod farkheti,’” which translates to “You guys let him take his explosive belt [on the plane] but you won’t let me take my chicken?”

albawaba.com

BBL

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The Vicious Babushka  Apr 1, 2016 • 1:03:29pm

re: #29 Shiplord Kirel

A wingnut I know was saying that Hillary is a lesbian, then not 30 seconds later he claimed she had Vince Foster killed because Foster was blackmailing her over an illicit affair the two of them were having. My response, “So, Vince was a lesbian too. Now there’s a hell of a coverup.”
He also says she is too weak to deal with Putin. I responded that Putin apparently doesn’t believe all these stories about the lengthy list of assassinations she has gotten away with then, or he would be scared shitless.

If Hillary is elected, as seems likely, the Alex Jones cult will be the mainstream opposition. This will be the true extinction of the Republican Party.

This is all the same shrill bullshit from 20 years ago. It has just been drowned out for the past 8 years by Obama Derangement. It’s like background noise to Hillary.

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Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light)  Apr 1, 2016 • 1:03:49pm

re: #33 CuriousLurker

non-Muslims living in a country with a Muslim majority have the right to protect their religious institutions and places of prayer, in accordance with Islamic Sharia

That last bit is important in a Muslim-majority country.

Jeez, and I thought Sharia was just all about beheading and stoning and forcing women to wear veils…

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gwangung  Apr 1, 2016 • 1:05:22pm

re: #53 Shimshon

That’s the problem, Democrats are not a single cult, the GOP you can get everyone to fall in line, or else. I am very liberal but in my old age have become more resigned to incremental progress.

Nature of large organizations (particularly political parties) is that they’re coalitions of interests. Kinda rare that you can get all of them moving together in one direction—-and it takes a lot of effort to do so.

I don’t think shitting on the still somewhat popular leader of the current party is going to do well.

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wrenchwench  Apr 1, 2016 • 1:07:08pm

re: #65 CuriousLurker

Nice new pic on the calendar today! Green and springlike!

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HappyWarrior  Apr 1, 2016 • 1:08:32pm

The Democratic Party used to be an even bigger tent. In the FDR years, you had Jim Crow supporters in the same party as far lefties like Henry Wallace. The trick is finding a broad enough coalition but strong enough principles to unite all those people. I for one am glad that the Dixiecrats are gone and in the Republicans arms.

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Testy Toad T  Apr 1, 2016 • 1:08:44pm

re: #68 gwangung

Nature of large organizations (particularly political parties) is that they’re coalitions of interests. Kinda rare that you can get all of them moving together in one direction—-and it takes a lot of effort to do so.

And I think the GOP is demonstrating even as I type this that when you have the entire coalition moving immutably en bloc, it might be harder on your party liver than you realize.

After thirty years of apparent lockstep progress, now they’ve got derprhosis and it might be terminal.

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The Vicious Babushka  Apr 1, 2016 • 1:09:01pm

The more I think about it, this candidate lineup is full of stereotypes from middle school (what we called “junior high” back in the day)

Hillary is the smartest kid in the class, who does every homework assignment, knows all the answers, and makes straight A’s, but she has no friends.

Bernie is the popular cool kid who is kind of a slacker.

Trump is the class bully.

Cruz is the lame kid that everyone else picks on, but he tattles to the teacher.

Kasich steals stuff from other kids lockers.

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The Vicious Babushka  Apr 1, 2016 • 1:14:51pm

This has to be an April Fools Hoax==>

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unproven innocence  Apr 1, 2016 • 1:19:33pm

re: #73 The Vicious Babushka

This has to be an April Fools Hoax==>

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Looks like it could be just a science project intended to illustrate how TV imaging works.

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blueraven  Apr 1, 2016 • 1:24:41pm
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Kragar  Apr 1, 2016 • 1:25:33pm
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BeachDem  Apr 1, 2016 • 1:27:41pm

re: #55 HappyWarrior

I’ve noticed that too. I mean if that’s the kind of campaign that he wants to run, suit yourselves but don’t cry about how virtually no one in the Democratic Party establishment supports you when you’re shitting on the hard work that their standard bearer (Obama) has done. Bernie hasn’t helped with this himself when he insists he’d be a better racially uniter.

I laugh when I see many of the Berners suggesting that Nina Turner would be the ideal VP for Bernie. The woman has won one statewide election (ran unopposed.) She’s another one that the Democratic party put a lot of time and effort into promoting. She was appointed to her first stint in the Ohio Senate—and moved quickly up the ranks to Minority Whip. But, rather than continue working in the Senate, she decided to run for SoS, and got trounced (by the horrible Jon Husted.)

Edited to correct—she has won NO statewide elections.

Oh, and talking about crapping on supporters. Bill Clinton supported her SoS run, then she very vocally ditched Hillary to support Bernie (which is fine, if that’s what she wanted to do) and has talked smack about Hillary as a “Goldwater Girl” and about the Crime Bill crap as well as saying Bernie is the best candidate to carry on Obama’s legacy. Say what?

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wrenchwench  Apr 1, 2016 • 1:30:22pm

re: #73 The Vicious Babushka

This has to be an April Fools Hoax==>

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This is my favorite account today:

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Kragar  Apr 1, 2016 • 1:30:44pm

I think I’ve figured out where Chuck will be staying during the GOP convention

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lawhawk  Apr 1, 2016 • 1:36:59pm

Well, cue caterwauling from the usual suspects because the State Department has suspended its investigation into the Clinton emails. Never mind that they suspended it per existing policy regarding investigations that are ongoing by law enforcement (the FBI in this case).

Spokeswoman Elizabeth Trudeau said Friday the department had paused the review to avoid interfering with an ongoing FBI investigation into Clinton’s use of a private server while she was America’s top diplomat. She said the decision was made after the department sought the FBI’s advice on how to proceed with the review and received word that it should follow its standard practice. Trudeau said the department’s standard practice is to place internal reviews “on hold while there is an ongoing law enforcement investigation underway.”

An FBI spokesman did not immediately respond to request for comment.

“Of course, we do not want our internal review to complicate or impede the progress of their ongoing law enforcement investigation,” Trudeau told reporters. “Therefore, the State Department at this time is not moving forward with our internal review.” Trudeau said the department would “reassess next steps” in the internal review process once the FBI completes its probe.

The department began the internal review in January when it announced that it had classified 22 emails that Clinton sent or received as “top secret” and would not be releasing them. None of the emails was marked classified at the time it was sent.

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Kragar  Apr 1, 2016 • 1:37:05pm
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Not a Sparkly Vampire  Apr 1, 2016 • 1:39:04pm

I hate today.
So many people falling for the silliest of things.

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Blind Frog Belly White  Apr 1, 2016 • 1:39:11pm

re: #81 Kragar

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Really? Cause I thought he was a giant cockroach tear-assing around Manhattan in a brand new Edgar suit.

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Blind Frog Belly White  Apr 1, 2016 • 1:39:33pm

re: #82 Not a Sparkly Vampire

I hate today.
So many people falling for the silliest of things.

So, like most days, then.
//

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Not a Sparkly Vampire  Apr 1, 2016 • 1:39:59pm

re: #84 Blind Frog Belly White

So, like most days, then.
//

You got me.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Apr 1, 2016 • 1:42:36pm

Not an April Fool joke:

And on Tuesday, Cruz sent a letter to the Department of Justice arguing that it has mounted “frivolous” FACE Act prosecutions of anti-abortion protesters like Newman (who was charged under the act in 1998 for obstructing a Washington, DC, clinic) and should use the law to protect places of religious worship.

In a letter to Attorney General Loretta Lynch, the senator from Texas and his Republican colleague Mike Lee of Utah wrote that the DOJ is engaging in “warped and biased enforcement” of the FACE Act. When the FACE Act was debated in Congress in 1994, the House and Senate agreed to a Republican amendment to extend the protections given to abortion clinics to places of religious worship as a concession to help pass the bill. Cruz and Lee now allege that the DOJ has ignored the religious protections of the FACE Act, focusing unfairly on prosecuting the anti-abortion movement. They noted in their letter that the webpage for the DOJ’s Civil Rights Division, which enforces the FACE Act, links to several FACE cases tied to abortion providers, but does not list any prosecutions tied to places of religious worship.

Trying to think of what places of worship to which Cruz may be referring?

The letter (PDF)

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Kragar  Apr 1, 2016 • 1:42:39pm

re: #83 Blind Frog Belly White

Really? Cause I thought he was a giant cockroach tear-assing around Manhattan in a brand new Edgar suit.

No, that would be Ted Cruz

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HappyWarrior  Apr 1, 2016 • 1:43:03pm

re: #77 BeachDem

I laugh when I see many of the Berners suggesting that Nina Turner would be the ideal VP for Bernie. The woman has won one statewide election (ran unopposed.) She’s another one that the Democratic party put a lot of time and effort into promoting. She was appointed to her first stint in the Ohio Senate—and moved quickly up the ranks to Minority Whip. But, rather than continue working in the Senate, she decided to run for SoS, and got trounced (by the horrible Jon Husted.)

Edited to correct—she has won NO statewide elections.

Oh, and talking about crapping on supporters. Bill Clinton supported her SoS run, then she very vocally ditched Hillary to support Bernie (which is fine, if that’s what she wanted to do) and has talked smack about Hillary as a “Goldwater Girl” and about the Crime Bill crap as well as saying Bernie is the best candidate to carry on Obama’s legacy. Say what?

They see someone that has praised their campaign and presto they become qualified. It’s dangerous. One thing that I thought Obama did brilliantly was to bring in past opponents like Biden and Clinton on to his team.

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GlutenFreeJesus  Apr 1, 2016 • 1:44:28pm

re: #81 Kragar

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De Kolta Chair  Apr 1, 2016 • 1:44:59pm

Heh heh

Gagliardi’s Own

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Shiplord Kirel  Apr 1, 2016 • 1:48:01pm

re: #66 The Vicious Babushka

This is all the same shrill bullshit from 20 years ago. It has just been drowned out for the past 8 years by Obama Derangement. It’s like background noise to Hillary.

All the Obama haters will shift to conjuring up zombie conspiracy theories. A whole new generation will be hearing about Arkancide, Ron Brown, Vince Foster, etc.
Matt Drudge, who made his reputation with the Monica revelations, will overdose on nostalgia. It will be like time travel for Free Republic, which was created in the first place to track the intricate currents of the Whitewater scandal.

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MsJ  Apr 1, 2016 • 1:49:16pm

re: #64 jaunte

How could any woman resist this kind of animal magnetism.

I assure you…we can resist. Which is likely his problem.

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Decatur Deb  Apr 1, 2016 • 1:50:31pm

re: #82 Not a Sparkly Vampire

I hate today.
So many people falling for the silliest of things.

Then turn away from the election coverage and just have some fun with April Fools’ twitterage.

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Belafon  Apr 1, 2016 • 1:54:02pm

re: #92 MsJ

I assure you…we can resist. Which is likely his problem.

Except he hasn’t died yet. He said he would.

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Not a Sparkly Vampire  Apr 1, 2016 • 1:54:53pm

re: #93 Decatur Deb

Then turn away from the election coverage and just have some fun with April Fools’ twitterage.

You wascally wabbit.

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MsJ  Apr 1, 2016 • 1:57:27pm

re: #94 Belafon

Except he hasn’t died yet. He said he would.

The world should be so lucky.

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goddamnedfrank  Apr 1, 2016 • 1:58:30pm

Bernie Bro trying to persuade me with the plot of Field of Dreams.

If you build it they will come.

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bratwurst  Apr 1, 2016 • 1:59:15pm

Seriously, it was the dumbest 3 minutes of Trump discussion I have seen on TV so far.

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De Kolta Chair  Apr 1, 2016 • 1:59:35pm

Just wondering — has anyone asked Melanomia (sp?) Trump what she thinks of the infamous semi-nude Pro-Cruz PAC tweet, or is the press kept far away from her?

If it happened to the spouse of a Dem, you know darn well they’d have spoken out about it.

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De Kolta Chair  Apr 1, 2016 • 2:00:58pm

re: #98 bratwurst

Seriously, it was the dumbest 3 minutes of Trump discussion I have seen on TV so far.

That guy ;-(

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Belafon  Apr 1, 2016 • 2:01:22pm

re: #99 De Kolta Chair

Just wondering — has anyone asked Melanomia (sp?) Trump what she thinks of the infamous semi-nude Pro-Cruz PAC tweet, or is the press kept far away from her?

If it happened to the spouse of a Dem, you know darn well they’d have spoken out about it.

Melania Trump. Google search.

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goddamnedfrank  Apr 1, 2016 • 2:06:42pm

I belive this is true of a significant number of conservatives, they’ve lost a significant amount of their ability to self edit. So the things they think but should never say get said, then they hear themselves say this horrible shit and lacking the ability to reflect on it the horrible thoughts reinforce themselves until there’s nothing left. It’s a vicious circle.

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Jenner7  Apr 1, 2016 • 2:08:11pm

Yeah, no clue as to how things work on the hill.

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goddamnedfrank  Apr 1, 2016 • 2:12:01pm

re: #97 goddamnedfrank

I like Bernie, but I’m not buying any bridges today.

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De Kolta Chair  Apr 1, 2016 • 2:12:28pm

Holy shit, MSTies, Save The Date!

From Mary Jo’s AV Club link:

Presumably due to their common trauma of having been held captive aboard the Satellite of Love, Joel Hodgson and Michael J. Nelson (a.k.a. Joel and Mike) have been supportive of each other’s respective efforts to revive Mystery Science Theater 3000 lo this past year or so. But they haven’t done a MST3K event together—until now. The A.V. Club has exclusively learned that—along with Nelson, his Rifftrax compatriots Kevin Murphy and Bill Corbett, and MST3K cast members Trace Beaulieu, Frank Conniff, Mary Jo Pehl, and Bridget Nelson—Hodgson and host of the revived MST3K Jonah Ray will be joining the rest of the gang for a full-on MST3K reunion later this year.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Apr 1, 2016 • 2:13:56pm

re: #103 Jenner7

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Yeah, no clue as to how things work on the hill.

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Dave In Austin  Apr 1, 2016 • 2:14:14pm

Good lord Texas…. Riddle again?

Rep. Riddle offered an amendment, supported by many of her GOP colleagues, that that no one who wears a size larger than a C-cup be allowed to breastfeed in public because of the disruption larger cup sizes would create, going to far as to point out that “studies have shown that women with bigger breasts are not commonly associated with modest behavior.”

Facebook Post

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Decatur Deb  Apr 1, 2016 • 2:14:53pm

re: #102 goddamnedfrank

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I belive this is true of a significant number of conservatives, they’ve lost a significant amount of their ability to self edit. So the things they think but should never say get said, then they hear themselves say this horrible shit and lacking the ability to reflect on it the horrible thoughts reinforce themselves until there’s nothing left. It’s a vicious circle.

Note he heads just one TX county GOP—Travis or Tarrant, depending on the source.

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Decatur Deb  Apr 1, 2016 • 2:15:32pm

re: #107 Dave In Austin

Good lord Texas…. Riddle again?

Rep. Riddle offered an amendment, supported by many of her GOP colleagues, that that no one who wears a size larger than a C-cup be allowed to breastfeed in public because of the disruption larger cup sizes would create, going to far as to point out that “studies have shown that women with bigger breasts are not commonly associated with modest behavior.”

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Was Texas weaned too soon?

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wrenchwench  Apr 1, 2016 • 2:15:36pm

becomes sticky when disturbed…

I hate that in a human. I’d probably hate it worse in a frog.

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goddamnedfrank  Apr 1, 2016 • 2:17:02pm
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Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light)  Apr 1, 2016 • 2:18:15pm

re: #107 Dave In Austin

Good lord Texas…. Riddle again?

Rep. Riddle offered an amendment, supported by many of her GOP colleagues, that that no one who wears a size larger than a C-cup be allowed to breastfeed in public because of the disruption larger cup sizes would create, going to far as to point out that “studies have shown that women with bigger breasts are not commonly associated with modest behavior.”

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this HAS to be April fool, even for Texas

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Blind Frog Belly White  Apr 1, 2016 • 2:18:57pm

re: #104 goddamnedfrank

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I like Bernie, but I’m not buying any bridges today.

I’m having an argument a discussion with the more rational of my brothers about Bernie and fundraising for down-ballot races. Bro’s take is that Bernie shouldn’t go asking for money from ‘fat cats’ for those races, because part of his appeal is not asking for money from fat cats.

So I told him “…a Sanders victory in the General that is not accompanied by taking the Senate and the House will be pretty damned hollow. Congratulations on staying pure, now good luck trying to pass legislation.”

Drives me batty. In a lot of ways it’s like the folks who thought all they had to do was elect Obama. No, you want to have things go your way, you need to win as many races as possible, down to the level of the School Board. Winning the White House won’t do it, no matter how much you might hope that Bernie winning will herald a huge wave that will sweep Dems in. I just don’t see Bernie being that inspiring to the population in general.

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SoundGuy 2016  Apr 1, 2016 • 2:19:32pm

re: #112 Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light)

this HAS to be April fool, even for Texas

Don’t be a boob!

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Dave In Austin  Apr 1, 2016 • 2:19:47pm

re: #112 Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light)

this HAS to be April fool, even for Texas

Dammit!! at the very bottom. I have tried to stay out of the fight today and just got nailed. Dimmit!!

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Great White Snark  Apr 1, 2016 • 2:19:53pm

So how many federal and or state gun/explosive/dangerous device laws can you break on YouTube and not get arrested? (Yet?)

The Improvised Explosive Thermite Bomb Launcher. What could possibly go wrong?

Video

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Apr 1, 2016 • 2:20:17pm

re: #112 Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light)

this HAS to be April fool, even for Texas

I read about it a couple of days ago.

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Shiplord Kirel  Apr 1, 2016 • 2:20:36pm

re: #112 Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light)

this HAS to be April fool, even for Texas

Yeah, a real RWNJ would just try to ban it entirely.

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unproven innocence  Apr 1, 2016 • 2:20:37pm

re: #114 SoundGuy 2016

Don’t be a boob!

I have nothing against boobs. Sigh.

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Shiplord Kirel  Apr 1, 2016 • 2:23:37pm

Still more unintended consequences for fundy school activists:

GROUP HANDS OUT SEX IN THE BIBLE TRACTS IN COLORADO SCHOOLS

DENVER (AP) — Atheists are providing pamphlets on topics like sex in the Bible, problems with the Ten Commandments and a Satanic activity book to middle and high school students in a rural Colorado district.

It may sound like an April Fool’s joke, but Friday’s handouts are real. It’s the result of a fight between Delta County schools and critics over whether it should continue to let everyone from Little League organizers to the Gideons distribute literature in schools.

You might think they would have figured out this First Amendment stuff by now, but thumpers are a pretty dense lot.

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Dave In Austin  Apr 1, 2016 • 2:23:50pm

Heh!! I’m such a Boob…….

This post was published on April 1. 2016 as part of BOR’s annual observation of April Fools Day. Posts published on this date are satirical and in no way report actual events (except for how closely they resemble actual events).

Youtube Video

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Jack Burton  Apr 1, 2016 • 2:27:16pm

re: #97 goddamnedfrank

Bernie Bro trying to persuade me with the plot of Field of Dreams.

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If you build it they will come.

1. FEEL THE BERN!
2. ?????
3. REVOLUTION

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451_Montag  Apr 1, 2016 • 2:27:31pm

re: #87 Kragar

No, that would be Ted Cruz

Well it’s a crap disguise then.

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goddamnedfrank  Apr 1, 2016 • 2:28:17pm
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Not a Sparkly Vampire  Apr 1, 2016 • 2:31:37pm

re: #124 goddamnedfrank

Not only that, but Bernie has to to experience a full GOP onslaught of BS that Hillary has been facing for decades. Any poll ‘advantages’ he may have would crumble.

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CuriousLurker  Apr 1, 2016 • 2:32:46pm

re: #69 wrenchwench

Nice new pic on the calendar today! Green and springlike!

Cool! I don’t even know which images are for which month since, as far as I can tell, they’re not in chronological order on the back cover. I think I’m gonna make the bike art calendar a new yearly tradition so I can live inside your head—BWAHAHAHA!

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EPR-radar  Apr 1, 2016 • 2:33:40pm

re: #125 Not a Sparkly Vampire

Not only that, but Bernie has to to experience a full GOP onslaught of BS that Hillary has been facing for decades. Any poll ‘advantages’ he may have would crumble.

The fact that the GOP isn’t saying anything about the honking large tax increases Sanders is proposing is telling. Of course the GOP wants to run vs. Sanders in the general election.

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blueraven  Apr 1, 2016 • 2:34:31pm

re: #103 Jenner7

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Yeah, no clue as to how things work on the hill.

Not to mention he walked into a shitstorm with the economy. Job losses in the hundreds of thousands per month, trying to pass a stimulus bill, save the auto industry…

Good grief.

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Testy Toad T  Apr 1, 2016 • 2:34:47pm

re: #127 EPR-radar

The fact that the GOP isn’t saying anything about the honking large tax increases Sanders is proposing is telling. Of course the GOP wants to run vs. Sanders in the general election.

I think you might be ascribing a bit too much strategic acumen to the Republican Party. They’re just, uh, a little busy right now.

[attempts, fails to stifle giggling]

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bratwurst  Apr 1, 2016 • 2:35:01pm

Uh oh…Scott Adams is monitoring his mentions.

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EPR-radar  Apr 1, 2016 • 2:35:22pm

re: #120 Shiplord Kirel

Still more unintended consequences for fundy school activists:

GROUP HANDS OUT SEX IN THE BIBLE TRACTS IN COLORADO SCHOOLS

You might think they would have figured out this First Amendment stuff by now, but thumpers are a pretty dense lot.

1. Free speech for me, but not for thee.

Here’s the first amendment as in the wingnut constitution. They understand their own version of the 1st amendment just fine.

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Kragar  Apr 1, 2016 • 2:35:31pm
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Jack Burton  Apr 1, 2016 • 2:36:59pm

re: #124 goddamnedfrank

Fact free echo chambers have consequences.

Such as what he said…

and the fact that they ignore what Bob & Chez (and others) have been saying for months, that the GOP will destroy Sanders in the eyes of the purple state moderate swing voters if he is the nominee. There will be months of calling him a communist, and bringing up every time he’s ever said anything positive about Hugo Chavez, Fidel Castro, Che Guevara… The Soviet Union honeymoon will be in every other commercial… on and on and on. Those who really decide elections (and who are also not deep thinking, irrational, and motivated by fear and 10 second talking points) will FLEE from him.

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EPR-radar  Apr 1, 2016 • 2:37:04pm

re: #129 Testy Toad T

I think you might be ascribing a bit too much strategic acumen to the Republican Party. They’re just, uh, a little busy right now.

[attempts, fails to stifle giggling]

The GOP is fully capable of derping on multiple fronts at the same time. After all, the incessant attacks vs. Hillary Clinton still proceed apace.

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Ziggy_TARDIS  Apr 1, 2016 • 2:37:27pm

Something is really wrong with Chrome today.

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GlutenFreeJesus  Apr 1, 2016 • 2:40:31pm

re: #52 Skip Intro

Somehow, Donald Trump Is Not the GOP’s Greatest Embarrassment Right Now

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Robert Morrow is the chairman of the Republican Party in Travis County, Texas.

At least he’s trying to do something about it. Now that’s the kinda go-getter attitude we need, don’tcha think?

Click to Reveal
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The Vicious Babushka  Apr 1, 2016 • 2:41:54pm

re: #136 GlutenFreeJesus

At least he’s trying to do something about it. Now that’s the kinda go-getter attitude we need, don’tcha think?

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That really belongs in a spoiler tag, some people are at work.

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EPR-radar  Apr 1, 2016 • 2:42:57pm

OT, but very funny. Apparently some activists have decided to keep Gov. Pence properly informed over public policy issues. dailykos.com

For example:

I need to get a message to the Governor that I am on day three of my period. My flow seems abnormally heavy, but my cramps are much better to-” she explained to the person covering the phones.”

“MA’AM, WHAT IS IT THAT I CAN HELP YOU WITH?” they replied.

“Oh, I don’t need your help, I just wanted to keep Governor Pence informed of my reproductive cycle, since he seems so concerned,” the woman explained.

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GlutenFreeJesus  Apr 1, 2016 • 2:43:13pm

re: #137 The Vicious Babushka

Working on it. :)

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Shimshon  Apr 1, 2016 • 2:43:51pm

Obama: “Madmen must not be allowed to get nuclear weapons”

But enough about the Republican candidates for President…

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gocart mozart  Apr 1, 2016 • 2:44:39pm

re: #120 Shiplord Kirel

Based on the Supreme Court precedent
Good For The Goose, ET AL vs. Good For The Gander, ET AL 11 U.S. 22 (1945)

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wrenchwench  Apr 1, 2016 • 2:44:47pm

re: #126 CuriousLurker

Cool! I don’t even know which images are for which month since, as far as I can tell, they’re not in chronological order on the back cover. I think I’m gonna make the bike art calendar a new yearly tradition so I can live inside your head—BWAHAHAHA!

Even though I don’t feel like my brain is too small for my skull anymore (the sloshing-around stopped in January) I think there’s room for you in there!

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Blind Frog Belly White  Apr 1, 2016 • 2:45:51pm

re: #140 Shimshon

Obama: “Madmen must not be allowed to get nuclear weapons”

But enough about the Republican candidates for President…

Certainly not Don Draper. That man spends half his life in binges of self destruction. Not Roger Sterling, either, since he’s never gotten over hating the Japanese.
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Shimshon  Apr 1, 2016 • 2:46:03pm

re: #68 gwangung

Nature of large organizations (particularly political parties) is that they’re coalitions of interests. Kinda rare that you can get all of them moving together in one direction—-and it takes a lot of effort to do so.

I don’t think shitting on the still somewhat popular leader of the current party is going to do well.

The GOP does not have that problem. If some in the party take a stance like pro-choice, or anti-war, they are quickly primaried or relegated to the sidelines in a non important committee.

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Dr. Matt  Apr 1, 2016 • 2:50:22pm

re: #140 Shimshon

Obama: “Madmen must not be allowed to get nuclear weapons”

Sanders responds: WALL STREET! WALL STREET! WALL STREET! WALL STREET!

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Dr. Matt  Apr 1, 2016 • 2:51:33pm

Charles, by the way, the URL for the valid color names is borked. I think they changed it from w3schools.com to w3schools.com

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Apr 1, 2016 • 2:52:00pm
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Blind Frog Belly White  Apr 1, 2016 • 2:53:01pm

What is it about supporting Bernie Sanders that makes reasonable people into irritating prigs?

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wrenchwench  Apr 1, 2016 • 2:54:14pm

[…]

For the past five years, Governor Martinez promised that her economic policies would create jobs. She even claimed in her State of the State Address in January that New Mexico is doing well, a stark contrast to reality.

The reality is that New Mexico is at the bottom for job growth in the nation, with one of the highest unemployment rates in the country at 6.4%. After five years of Susana Martinez’ policies, there has been no job growth, and instead we have the highest rate of children living in poverty in the country.

[…]

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The Ghost of the Spaghetti Weevil  Apr 1, 2016 • 2:54:52pm

Why conservatives are talking about struggling white people the way they usually talk about black people.

Among members of the elite, the teetering of the social structure established by slavery was understood in part as a sort of blackening of poor white people. There was something inherent in this class of white people, the thinking went, that accounted for—and justified—their lowly station and their “dysfunctional, downscale communities.” Class anxieties had been racialized.

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Kragar  Apr 1, 2016 • 2:56:34pm
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wrenchwench  Apr 1, 2016 • 2:56:38pm

re: #148 Blind Frog Belly White

What is it about supporting Bernie Sanders that makes reasonable people into irritating prigs?

I think people are showing who they’ve been all along. Like when the Border Patrol’s union endorsed Trump, that tells you all you need to know about that union.

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Renaissance_Man  Apr 1, 2016 • 2:57:19pm

re: #103 Jenner7

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Yeah, no clue as to how things work on the hill.

I actually think to some extent that is true. I know my biggest disappointment with Obama is that he was not more aggressive with his agenda when he first came into office. The Obama that was more willing to mock Republican obstructionism came much later in his presidency, after the House was lost. For a short time he had the House, the Senate, and the biggest bully pulpit in the world, and he was not really willing to use it. Only after that opportunity was lost did he really start to assert himself.

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Smith25's Liberal Thighs  Apr 1, 2016 • 2:59:34pm

re: #153 Renaissance_Man

I actually think to some extent that is true. I know my biggest disappointment with Obama is that he was not more aggressive with his agenda when he first came into office. The Obama that was more willing to mock Republican obstructionism came much later in his presidency, after the House was lost. For a short time he had the House, the Senate, and the biggest bully pulpit in the world, and he was not really willing to use it. Only after that opportunity was lost did he really start to assert himself.

Part of this was his willingness to actually govern, and not fall into what looked like a dictator.

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De Kolta Chair  Apr 1, 2016 • 2:59:54pm
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Dr. Matt  Apr 1, 2016 • 3:00:37pm

re: #151 Kragar

@realDonaldTrump
Can you believe that Ted Cruz, who has been killing our country on trade for so long, just put out a Wisconsin ad talking about trade?

I hate Ted Cruz as much as the next guy, but for fuck’s sake, he’s only been in office since 2013. Our long-history of terrible trade deals can hardly fall on his lap.

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Belafon  Apr 1, 2016 • 3:01:22pm

re: #153 Renaissance_Man

That’s because, at that moment in time, Nelson and Lieberman had more power than him due to Republicans not participating. And as we saw after Sandy Hook, opposing the black man is way more important than running the country.

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Renaissance_Man  Apr 1, 2016 • 3:03:33pm

re: #157 Belafon

That’s because, at that moment in time, Nelson and Lieberman had more power than him due to Republicans not participating. And as we saw after Sandy Hook, opposing the black man is way more important than running the country.

No, indeed, I think he, just like all of the rest of us, was a little shocked and unprepared for just how ridiculous and blatantly unproductive the Republicans were willing to be. I think we all, to some extent, expected at least the veneer of politics, instead of going directly to conspiracy theory insanity without passing go.

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Kragar  Apr 1, 2016 • 3:05:06pm
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Ziggy_TARDIS  Apr 1, 2016 • 3:06:32pm

Fuck, everything on Netflix is John Stamos.

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Timothy Watson  Apr 1, 2016 • 3:08:16pm

re: #160 Ziggy_TARDIS

Fuck, everything on Netflix is John Stamos.

He was okay on ER.

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De Kolta Chair  Apr 1, 2016 • 3:09:56pm

re: #159 Kragar

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Dang, Glenn, why not just do away with the Senate altogether?

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goddamnedfrank  Apr 1, 2016 • 3:10:14pm
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Kragar  Apr 1, 2016 • 3:11:09pm

re: #163 goddamnedfrank

Moon River - Andy Williams

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Blind Frog Belly White  Apr 1, 2016 • 3:11:59pm

re: #152 wrenchwench

I think people are showing who they’ve been all along. Like when the Border Patrol’s union endorsed Trump, that tells you all you need to know about that union.

In some cases, I think it’s the frustration of the near miss.

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Jack Burton  Apr 1, 2016 • 3:12:22pm

re: #164 Kragar

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Ever serve time, Doc?

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Shiplord Kirel  Apr 1, 2016 • 3:12:24pm

My daughter thinks I should stop monitoring Free Republic for a while:

Daughter: “I think it’s starting to rub off on you.”

Me: “Huh? You think I’m turning into a wingnut?”

Daughter: “That would be ‘back into a wingnut,’ truth be told. But no, I think your reasoning and erudition are starting to slip. Over-exposure to bad examples. You know, lie down with pigs….”

Me: “Er, that’s ‘lie down with dogs.’”

Daughter: “I know but I also know you like dogs. There are no pigs sleeping in your house.”

Me: “Maybe it’s advanced age….”

Daughter: “Your all-purpose excuse for everything. Even if it is that, you can leave the freep battle to younger Lizards; for a while anyway.”

Me: “Oh, okay but don’t be surprised if they take over the country and send us to FEMA camp while I’m not watching.”

“I’ll take my chances.”

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Dr. Matt  Apr 1, 2016 • 3:12:37pm

re: #164 Kragar

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wrenchwench  Apr 1, 2016 • 3:16:09pm

re: #165 Blind Frog Belly White

In some cases, I think it’s the frustration of the near miss.

Or merely the tease of ‘sure it’s possible!’ One of my actual bros. is a BernieBro.

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piratedan  Apr 1, 2016 • 3:17:04pm

re: #153 Renaissance_Man

i love how everyone thinks that Obama had two years to implement his agenda and make things happen, but the reality is, they had roughly two months of a 60 seat Senate majority and he had a whole slate of blue dogs in Congress (IIRC) that numbered roughly a quarter of the total number of Dems in place to deal with. No one seems to remember that Norm Coleman fought for another four months after the Obama inauguration before accepting his defeat to Al Franken and that Senators Byrd and Kennedy were simply hanging on for dear life and had to be wheeled in for the important ACA votes. While in the Congress, it was Nancy Smash who had to round up enough Blue Dogs to vote for the measure before it could even reach the Senate (I can remember vividly Congresswoman’s Giffords local HQ being vandalized post her yes vote) and they still had to do the dance after Kennedy died post Scott Brown’s seating. I can still remember Senator Coburn praying for Senator Byrd to die so they could defeat the measure. All this was going on post the saving of the damn western world with the stimulus vote and bailing out the auto industry.

Soon as Brown came in, Senate obstruction was kicked into another gear and damn little has happened since that hasn’t been fought for without executive action.

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Blind Frog Belly White  Apr 1, 2016 • 3:17:54pm

re: #169 wrenchwench

Or merely the tease of ‘sure it’s possible!’ One of my actual bros. is a BernieBro.

My older brother took exception to my saying that Bernie know the rules before he ran, so bitching about them now is just bad form.

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bratwurst  Apr 1, 2016 • 3:27:55pm

I really do know better than to engage fuckwits on Twitter, but Scott Adams CNN appearance was so vacuous I couldn’t help myself. Now I am hearing from his fans, getting updated on how many people like his reply to me (“I’m not sexist, I just think the PUBLIC is sexist!”).

Bah.

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Dr. Matt  Apr 1, 2016 • 3:29:06pm

Did Charles change the font or do I need my eyes checked again?

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mmmirele  Apr 1, 2016 • 3:29:15pm

re: #86 Backwoods_Sleuth

Not an April Fool joke:

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Trying to think of what places of worship to which Cruz may be referring?

The letter (PDF)

I really don’t want to have to look into this, but since I am looking at the very real possibility that I’ll be protesting in front of former Seattle pastor Mark Driscoll’s new work in Scottsdale later this year. Ugh. *sigh*

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thedopefishlives  Apr 1, 2016 • 3:30:42pm

Evening Lizardim from the cold but beautiful wild north country. How go things among the lizardfolk as I’m watching Mrs. Fish drink and play games on the big-screen TV?

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Apr 1, 2016 • 3:32:32pm

re: #174 mmmirele

I really don’t want to have to look into this, but since I am looking at the very real possibility that I’ll be protesting in front of former Seattle pastor Mark Driscoll’s new work in Scottsdale later this year. Ugh. *sigh*

Just don’t block the entrance.

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Jenner7  Apr 1, 2016 • 3:33:54pm
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MsJ  Apr 1, 2016 • 3:40:06pm

re: #168 Dr. Matt

That was the first thing I thought of!

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MsJ  Apr 1, 2016 • 3:42:05pm

re: #171 Blind Frog Belly White

My older brother took exception to my saying that Bernie know the rules before he ran, so bitching about them now is just bad form.

I hate to say this but everything about Bernie lately is bad form.

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Smith25's Liberal Thighs  Apr 1, 2016 • 3:43:40pm

Logging off Twitter for the day. Tired of trying to engage with people over HRC statement about donations from Oil/Gas employees, and pointing out that the way that the law is configured, she is not lying. Even if you look at a lobbyist or bundler. People can be so obtuse.

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EPR-radar  Apr 1, 2016 • 3:51:57pm

re: #180 MsJ

I hate to say this but everything about Bernie lately is bad form.

Has Sanders himself (as opposed to his surrogates) started to make a big deal of Clinton’s emails? If/when that happens, it will signify the completion of his self-beclowning.

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Timothy Watson  Apr 1, 2016 • 4:02:46pm

Hmm…has anyone tried out Baldur’s Gate: Siege of Dragonspear yet?

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Apr 1, 2016 • 4:03:38pm

re: #181 Smith25’s Liberal Thighs

Logging off Twitter for the day. Tired of trying to engage with people over HRC statement about donations from Oil/Gas employees, and pointing out that the way that the law is configured, she is not lying. Even if you look at a lobbyist or bundler. People can be so obtuse.

I had to start muting some longtime friends on twitter this afternoon because of the constant insanity.
My TL is still nutty, but an improvement.

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bratwurst  Apr 1, 2016 • 4:11:20pm

Has their been a place announced for all of the Bernie Bros to turn in their cars…lest they support the fossil fuel industry by buying gas?

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ObserverArt  Apr 1, 2016 • 4:12:05pm

re: #185 bratwurst

Has their been a place announced for all of the Bernie Bros to turn in their cars…lest they support the fossil fuel industry by buying gas?

Ooooooo…nice Bern!

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Schroedinger's Dog  Apr 1, 2016 • 4:12:44pm

Evenin lizards. My wife asked me to toss her the lip balm, but I threw her a glue stick by mistake. She’s still not talking to me.

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Schroedinger's Dog  Apr 1, 2016 • 4:13:37pm

re: #186 ObserverArt

Ooooooo…nice Bern!

I put gold bond spray in the wrong place and felt the bern

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Snarknado!  Apr 1, 2016 • 4:15:27pm

re: #187 Schroedinger’s Dog

Evenin lizards. My wife asked me to toss her the lip balm, but I threw her a glue stick by mistake. She’s still not talking to me.

When she finally gets her mouth unglued, on the other hand…

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thedopefishlives  Apr 1, 2016 • 4:15:31pm

This is from yesterday, but I still think it’s awesome: Cracked: Five Countries that Elected Their Trump

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Shiplord Kirel  Apr 1, 2016 • 4:16:25pm

re: #185 bratwurst

Has their been a place announced for all of the Bernie Bros to turn in their cars…lest they support the fossil fuel industry by buying gas?

They could trade them in:

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Franklin  Apr 1, 2016 • 4:16:32pm
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thedopefishlives  Apr 1, 2016 • 4:16:34pm

re: #187 Schroedinger’s Dog

Evenin lizards. My wife asked me to toss her the lip balm, but I threw her a glue stick by mistake. She’s still not talking to me.

Last year, my wife filled an Oreo cookie with toothpaste and packed it in my lunch. She thought I would notice. I never said anything because I thought it was just a mint Oreo. Those are a thing, honey, so while it was a great prank, exactly how was I supposed to tell?

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Franklin  Apr 1, 2016 • 4:18:21pm
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MsJ  Apr 1, 2016 • 4:19:25pm

re: #193 thedopefishlives

Last year, my wife filled an Oreo cookie with toothpaste and packed it in my lunch. She thought I would notice. I never said anything because I thought it was just a mint Oreo. Those are a thing, honey, so while it was a great prank, exactly how was I supposed to tell?

Might I just say…eeeewwww?

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The Vicious Babushka  Apr 1, 2016 • 4:20:22pm

re: #193 thedopefishlives

Last year, my wife filled an Oreo cookie with toothpaste and packed it in my lunch. She thought I would notice. I never said anything because I thought it was just a mint Oreo. Those are a thing, honey, so while it was a great prank, exactly how was I supposed to tell?

Your wife packs your lunch? What are you, 5? Pack your own fucking lunch.

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plansbandc  Apr 1, 2016 • 4:23:40pm

re: #52 Skip Intro

How drunk do you have to be to tweet that? Impressive.

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MsJ  Apr 1, 2016 • 4:25:47pm

re: #196 The Vicious Babushka

Your wife packs your lunch? What are you, 5? Pack your own fucking lunch.

ROTFLMFAO! (Like crying laughing!)

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Dr. Matt  Apr 1, 2016 • 4:25:58pm

Let me be superficial for a moment…..

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blueraven  Apr 1, 2016 • 4:25:59pm

Somebody please tell me this is an April Fool’s joke.

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Shiplord Kirel  Apr 1, 2016 • 4:31:28pm

re: #196 The Vicious Babushka

Your wife packs your lunch? What are you, 5? Pack your own fucking lunch.

My wife probably would have packed my lunch, so she could load up the bag with broccoli spears and tofu things. I saw through this insidious ploy to get around her effort to banish Oreos and honey buns, though, and packed my own lunch.

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thedopefishlives  Apr 1, 2016 • 4:33:29pm

re: #196 The Vicious Babushka

Your wife packs your lunch? What are you, 5? Pack your own fucking lunch.

It was the nicest thing she’d done for me in a while. I should’ve known better.

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blueraven  Apr 1, 2016 • 4:35:22pm

re: #200 blueraven

Somebody please tell me this is an April Fool’s joke.

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Nevermind, obviously that twitter account is a joke.

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CuriousLurker  Apr 1, 2016 • 4:35:37pm

Mental health break. Things collected from the web today…

This one is in a spoiler tag becuase it has blinking text and that can be super annoying after about five seconds:

Click to Reveal

Here’s one for the dog lovers:

Metamorphosis of an angel

Annnnd we have the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse:

I won’t even try to explain this last one—it’s too effing weird. Can’t upload it because the file is too large (and I’m not sure I’d want to anyway), so here’s a link (NSFW).

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wrenchwench  Apr 1, 2016 • 4:36:18pm

Mr. w was singing to his cat the other day, ‘my buddy, my buddy’, and I thought he had made it up, but it’s actually a big hit from the 20s that’s been covered by everybody, including Ray Charles, who sang it to Quincy Jones.

RAY CHARLES “MY BUDDY” - SINGS TRIBUTE TO QUINCY JONES, 24th KENNEDY CENTER HONORS, 2001 (102)

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Jenner7  Apr 1, 2016 • 4:38:01pm

re: #192 Franklin

That’s version #3. Can we get a fourth??????

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MsJ  Apr 1, 2016 • 4:39:28pm

re: #205 wrenchwench

Mr. w was singing to his cat the other day, ‘my buddy, my buddy’, and I thought he had made it up, but it’s actually a big hit from the 20s that’s been covered by everybody, including Ray Charles, who sang it to Quincy Jones.

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That made me cry. I’m such a sap.

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Jenner7  Apr 1, 2016 • 4:40:29pm

Yeah…..no.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Apr 1, 2016 • 4:42:28pm
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lawhawk  Apr 1, 2016 • 4:46:07pm

Definitely having a field day blocking Bernie bros for dumbassery - mostly for thinking that Hillary’s going to be getting indicted any day now. These people aren’t right in the head.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Apr 1, 2016 • 4:47:44pm

re: #213 lawhawk

Definitely having a field day blocking Bernie bros for dumbassery - mostly for thinking that Hillary’s going to be getting indicted any day now. These people aren’t right in the head.

Have you heard the one about how Hillary is a war criminal because she is single-handedly responsible for what happened in Honduras?

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MsJ  Apr 1, 2016 • 4:50:04pm
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Targetpractice  Apr 1, 2016 • 4:52:21pm

re: #213 lawhawk

Definitely having a field day blocking Bernie bros for dumbassery - mostly for thinking that Hillary’s going to be getting indicted any day now. These people aren’t right in the head.

I think that’s the biggest sign of their desperation at this point. No more talk about how Bernie’s gonna dominate the “second half” of the game, no more suggestions that the superdelegates will jump to him because “momentum,” and no more talk about how this rule or that one cannot be enforced so delegates can vote for whoever they like. No, now it’s just “She’ll be indicted any day now!” and “If she’s not, we’re totally gonna try to break up the DNC so we have our own party…with blackjack! And hookers!”

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klys (maker of Silmarils)  Apr 1, 2016 • 4:53:48pm

re: #185 bratwurst

Has their been a place announced for all of the Bernie Bros to turn in their cars…lest they support the fossil fuel industry by buying gas?

This feels like an relevant spot for this car I spotted while driving yesterday. (I was stopped at the light, don’t worry.)

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Pawn of the Oppressor  Apr 1, 2016 • 4:55:26pm

re: #149 wrenchwench

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My three visits to NM in as many years left me agog at the natural beauty, and confused as to how the place keeps functioning when most of its populated places look like a third world country. “Why do so many people live in shacks by the road? How do they eat? Where is there a hospital or doctor around here??”

I guess I’m not the only one wondering.

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jaunte  Apr 1, 2016 • 4:57:10pm

re: #217 klys (maker of Silmarils)

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MsJ  Apr 1, 2016 • 5:03:37pm

But wait! There’s more!

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gocart mozart  Apr 1, 2016 • 5:04:19pm
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Bass Reeves  Apr 1, 2016 • 5:04:29pm

re: #203 blueraven

Why is it a joke? It looks like a lot of misreading of the original tweet (assuming only minorities are allowed), and then a response to people asking what they can do for the event (bring refreshments).

Maybe look at the first two responses to the first tweet to see why they feel the need to have an event? ‘@YouLootWeShoot’ and ‘POC = Pieces of Crap’. What about that timeline seemed a joke? I honestly confused at this.

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MsJ  Apr 1, 2016 • 5:07:17pm

Can I tell Bernie to fuck off yet? Today’s (one of many) email.

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Targetpractice  Apr 1, 2016 • 5:07:40pm

I suppose I shouldn’t be surprised that the wingnuts who declared the decision to charge Lewandowski was “political” now screaming their little lungs out because of a report that the prosecutor handling the case is linked to the Clinton campaign. The same people who want to see her indicted no matter how flimsy the case may be are outraged that anybody would think to bring criminal charges against Trump or his staff.

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MsJ  Apr 1, 2016 • 5:09:14pm

re: #224 Targetpractice

I suppose I shouldn’t be surprised that the wingnuts who declared the decision to charge Lewandowski was “political” now screaming their little lungs out because of a report that the prosecutor handling the case is linked to the Clinton campaign. The same people who want to see her indicted no matter how flimsy the case may be are outraged that anybody would think to bring criminal charges against Trump or his staff.

I think a lot of BB are Republican trolls trolling us. I seriously believe that more and more as every day goes by.

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Stanley Sea  Apr 1, 2016 • 5:09:21pm
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The Ghost of the Spaghetti Weevil  Apr 1, 2016 • 5:09:46pm

Breitbart’s Milo Yiannopoulos rejected by internet Nazis, who really do hate gay Jews

Yesterday, Andrew Anglin of The Daily Stormer — the disconcertingly popular alt-right internet tabloid — told Milo and pals to eff off, in a post memorably titled “Breitbart’s Alt-Right Analysis is the Product of a Degenerate Homosexual and an Ethnic Mongrel.” It goes without saying that Anglin, who festoons his site with giant swastikas and animated gifs of Hitler, is not a fan of either of those demographics.

but this line by Anglin just needs to be highlighted:

lulz are not an end in themselves.

lulz are a weapon of the race war.

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Targetpractice  Apr 1, 2016 • 5:09:55pm

re: #223 MsJ

Can I tell Bernie to fuck off yet? Today’s (one of many) email.

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The guy whose campaign is all big about democracy and returning it to “the people” is outraged that the “wrong” kind of people would give to a political campaign. And absolutely refuses to acknowledge that he’s taken into millions through the same type of bundling, but thinks that’s “different” because the groups doing so are “good.”

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Stanley Sea  Apr 1, 2016 • 5:11:31pm
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Jay C  Apr 1, 2016 • 5:14:21pm

re: #215 MsJ

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Isn’t that logo for Watson - IBM’s semi-AI computer that they cobbled together just (IIRC) to compete on Jeopardy! ? (And won)

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Franklin  Apr 1, 2016 • 5:17:25pm

re: #230 Jay C

Isn’t that logo for Watson - IBM’s semi-AI computer that they cobbled together just (IIRC) to compete on Jeopardy! ? (And won)

Watson should go head to head against @Tayandyou

theguardian.com

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MsJ  Apr 1, 2016 • 5:19:27pm

re: #230 Jay C

Isn’t that logo for Watson - IBM’s semi-AI computer that they cobbled together just (IIRC) to compete on Jeopardy! ? (And won)

The thing is…there was a guy there just before it flashed for a couple of seconds…then the guy was right back in the center.

Check out the video. A completely different guy answered the question.

Has to be April Fools. Has to be.

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thedopefishlives  Apr 1, 2016 • 5:19:29pm

F—-, it’s cold!

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Jay C  Apr 1, 2016 • 5:21:42pm

re: #231 Franklin

Watson should go head to head against @Tayandyou

Not sure Tay would be as good at the game as Watson: I’m guessing a lot of her responses would be along the lines of:

“What is Kiss My *ss??”
“Who is Eat Me??”
“What is Get F*cked??” etc.

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Shiplord Kirel  Apr 1, 2016 • 5:22:26pm

Most Lizards will probably be too young to get this:

Years ago, out of desperate necessity, I found out that a dog whistle will work on skunks.

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MsJ  Apr 1, 2016 • 5:23:54pm

re: #234 Jay C

Not sure Tay would be as good at the game as Watson: I’m guessing a lot of her responses would be along the lines of:

“What is Kiss My *ss??”
“Who is Eat Me??”
“What is Get F*cked??” etc.

Maybe instead of having Tay learn from Twitter, Microsoft might want to have “her” hang with Watson.

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gocart mozart  Apr 1, 2016 • 5:24:41pm

Good article about a contested convention. fivethirtyeight.com

If Trump doesn’t win on the first ballot, he’s probably screwed. The basic reason is simple. Most of the 2,472 delegates with a vote in Cleveland probably aren’t going to like Trump.

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MsJ  Apr 1, 2016 • 5:24:49pm

re: #235 Shiplord Kirel

Most Lizards will probably be too young to get this:

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Years ago, out of desperate necessity, I found out that a dog whistle will work on skunks.

You mean he finally scored?

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Barefoot Grin  Apr 1, 2016 • 5:26:22pm

re: #200 blueraven

Somebody please tell me this is an April Fool’s joke.

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Christ, what has happened to my alma mater….

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Great White Snark  Apr 1, 2016 • 5:28:56pm

re: #235 Shiplord Kirel

Pepe LePew
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unproven innocence  Apr 1, 2016 • 5:30:51pm

re: #231 Franklin

Watson should go head to head against @Tayandyou

theguardian.com

Tay talks back: What made you think you beat me?
How Microsoft taught fools to train their future enemy
1 Apr 2016 at 20:40

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Shiplord Kirel  Apr 1, 2016 • 5:33:45pm

re: #238 MsJ

You mean he finally scored?

What made Pepe Le Pew (and many other Warner Brothers characters) so funny was that they were so single-mindedly oblivious to their real situation. This was a great insight into the human condition, and probably why these classic cartoons resonate so well with thoughtful people.
Pepe Le Pew

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calochortus  Apr 1, 2016 • 5:33:50pm

I’m starting my annual “what can I do to shade the southern and western sides of the house this summer without a.) spending a fortune or b.) making it look like a Christo art project. Alternatively, can I get Christo to come and cantilever shadecloth off the roof all the way around the house as a project?

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CleverToad  Apr 1, 2016 • 5:35:23pm

re: #235 Shiplord Kirel

Most Lizards will probably be too young to get this:

Embedded Image

Years ago, out of desperate necessity, I found out that a dog whistle will work on skunks.

What’s with this ‘too young’ canard? My 17-year-old got the ref in two seconds.
(Speaking, of course, as someone who turned 60 last Friday and is still sulking…)

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calochortus  Apr 1, 2016 • 5:36:38pm

re: #244 CleverToad

Happy belated birthday. The advantage to being 60 is that it sounds more impressive than 59.

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De Kolta Chair  Apr 1, 2016 • 5:36:46pm

re: #101 Belafon

Melania Trump. Google search.

Melonomia Trump. Calendar search. ;-)

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Decatur Deb  Apr 1, 2016 • 5:37:39pm

re: #235 Shiplord Kirel

Most Lizards will probably be too young to get this:

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Years ago, out of desperate necessity, I found out that a dog whistle will work on skunks.

Pepe.

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MsJ  Apr 1, 2016 • 5:37:49pm

re: #245 calochortus

Happy belated birthday. The advantage to being 60 is that it sounds more impressive than 59.

What s/he (sorry, I don’t remember!) said!

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The Ghost of the Spaghetti Weevil  Apr 1, 2016 • 5:38:30pm

BBC: Spaghetti-Harvest in Ticino

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Great White Snark  Apr 1, 2016 • 5:38:40pm

re: #242 Shiplord Kirel

I want my Speedy Gonzalez back.

Video

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Apr 1, 2016 • 5:38:51pm
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calochortus  Apr 1, 2016 • 5:38:53pm

re: #248 MsJ

What s/he (sorry, I don’t remember!) said!

Not to worry-but it is she.

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blueraven  Apr 1, 2016 • 5:39:16pm

re: #222 Bass Reeves

Why is it a joke? It looks like a lot of misreading of the original tweet (assuming only minorities are allowed), and then a response to people asking what they can do for the event (bring refreshments).

Maybe look at the first two responses to the first tweet to see why they feel the need to have an event? ‘@YouLootWeShoot’ and ‘POC = Pieces of Crap’. What about that timeline seemed a joke? I honestly confused at this.

Did you read the other tweets? They are in an all out panic search for a truck on campus with a Trump sticker. OMG!

Look, the account is mocking students and the so called “safe spaces” on campus. Obviously meant to stoke responses of the kind you refer to.

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Jenner7  Apr 1, 2016 • 5:40:04pm

re: #251 Backwoods_Sleuth

That’s the 4th. Can we get a fifth???

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Blind Frog Belly White  Apr 1, 2016 • 5:41:23pm

re: #251 Backwoods_Sleuth

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“Nothing to see here, folks. Move along.”

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MsJ  Apr 1, 2016 • 5:41:39pm

re: #252 calochortus

Not to worry-but it is she.

That’s what I thought, but better safe than stupid. :-)

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freetoken  Apr 1, 2016 • 5:42:49pm

re: #237 gocart mozart

Nate sez:

I don’t want to make too much of these “nuclear” possibilities, given that such efforts would be blatantly undemocratic and would risk a huge backlash from Republican voters. Still, even 1,237 delegates isn’t quite a safe number for Trump, especially if he’s just barely above that threshold.

As if the Republican party really cares about this.

Apparently Nate has missed all those very-hyped declarations that the US-is-a-Republic-not-a-democracy all over right wing outlets.

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De Kolta Chair  Apr 1, 2016 • 5:42:54pm

re: #249 The Ghost of a Cunning Plan

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Ah, the scourge of the dreaded spaghetti weevil. Thank goodness for progress, or in this case Progresso (TM).

My late step-mum, a Cockney gal, told me that a lot of people fell for that gag, including herself. ;-)

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b_sharp  Apr 1, 2016 • 5:43:26pm

re: #244 CleverToad

What’s with this ‘too young’ canard? My 17-year-old got the ref in two seconds.
(Speaking, of course, as someone who turned 60 last Friday and is still sulking…)

I turned 60 last August, and it’s been a horrible slide down filled with pain and suffering since that day.

My condolences, my young(er) friend.

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CleverToad  Apr 1, 2016 • 5:43:27pm

re: #245 calochortus

Happy belated birthday. The advantage to being 60 is that it sounds more impressive than 59.

re: #248 MsJ

What s/he (sorry, I don’t remember!) said!

A whole new level of senior discounts opens up before me, right? There’s got to be some advantages to this old age crap :}

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Shiplord Kirel  Apr 1, 2016 • 5:43:37pm

re: #249 The Ghost of a Cunning Plan

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Video

“Vast spaghetti plantations of the Po valley.” Greatest April fool joke of all time.

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Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light)  Apr 1, 2016 • 5:43:57pm

re: #258 De Kolta Chair

Ah, the scourge of the dread spaghetti weevil. Thank goodness for progress, or in this case Progresso (TM).

My late step-mum, a Cockney gal, told me that a lot of people fell for that gag, including herself.

spaghetti was an exotic speciality in the UK back then

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MsJ  Apr 1, 2016 • 5:45:59pm

re: #260 CleverToad

A whole new level of senior discounts opens up before me, right? There’s got to be some advantages to this old age crap :}

Keep me posted. Hubby joins you this year and I’m only three behind ya. There has to be some benefit.

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calochortus  Apr 1, 2016 • 5:47:07pm

re: #260 CleverToad

A whole new level of senior discounts opens up before me, right? There’s got to be some advantages to this old age crap :}

Like it makes up for the increase in aches and pains…
The part I hate is the stupid repetitive stress injuries that don’t show up for several hours after you’ve done stuff.
Note to my body: If I can’t tell it’s happening at the time, I can’t quit doing it.

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The Ghost of the Spaghetti Weevil  Apr 1, 2016 • 5:47:12pm

re: #258 De Kolta Chair

There was a great BBC Witness interview about the planning and the reception of that prank

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Decatur Deb  Apr 1, 2016 • 5:48:06pm

re: #263 MsJ

Keep me posted. Hubby joins you this year and I’m only three behind ya. There has to be some benefit.

re: #260 CleverToad

A whole new level of senior discounts opens up before me, right? There’s got to be some advantages to this old age crap :}

You stop worrying about replacing your water heater.

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Shiplord Kirel  Apr 1, 2016 • 5:48:45pm

re: #260 CleverToad

A whole new level of senior discounts opens up before me, right? There’s got to be some advantages to this old age crap :}

Been nearly 7 years since I turned 60. As my daughter alluded to earlier, it is an all-purpose excuse for everything. Every screw-up, mistake, and brain fart can, in extremis, be attributed to advancing age. When you’re 25 and you screw up, it’s “You friggin’ dumbass! What the hell is wrong with you?”
Now it’s “There, there, it’s ok. Come and sit by the fire and have some milk and cookies.”

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De Kolta Chair  Apr 1, 2016 • 5:48:55pm

re: #262 Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light)

spaghetti was an exotic speciality in the UK back then

And there was like one tv channel, so it was a perfect storm kind of situation.

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Blind Frog Belly White  Apr 1, 2016 • 5:51:30pm

re: #264 calochortus

Like it makes up for the increase in aches and pains…
The part I hate is the stupid repetitive stress injuries that don’t show up for several hours after you’ve done stuff.
Note to my body: If I can’t tell it’s happening at the time, I can’t quit doing it.

What gets me is the aches and pains that show up, hang around for a while, and then go away. The problem is ‘a while’ means MONTHS! E.g. my right wrist has DeQuervain’s Tendonitis. Started bothering me 6 months ago. Reached a peak around about January. Bugged me all through January and February. The last month, it’s been fading out. No idea what caused it. No idea why it’s going away.

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CleverToad  Apr 1, 2016 • 5:52:44pm

re: #259 b_sharp

I turned 60 last August, and it’s been a horrible slide down filled with pain and suffering since that day.

My condolences, my young(er) friend.

The warranty runs out five years before Medicare kicks in. Really bad planning on somebody’s part.

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calochortus  Apr 1, 2016 • 5:53:15pm

re: #269 Blind Frog Belly White

What gets me is the aches and pains that show up, hang around for a while, and then go away. The problem is ‘a while’ means MONTHS! E.g. my right wrist has DeQuervain’s Tendonitis. Started bothering me 6 months ago. Reached a peak around about January. Bugged me all through January and February. The last month, it’s been fading out. No idea what caused it. No idea why it’s going away.

Yeah. The length of these “issues” has increased dramatically since the days where I could overdo and be fine a day or so later.

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calochortus  Apr 1, 2016 • 5:53:56pm

re: #270 CleverToad

The warranty runs out five years before Medicare kicks in. Really bad planning on somebody’s part.

Only 2 years and a couple months to go!

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CleverToad  Apr 1, 2016 • 6:03:39pm

re: #267 Shiplord Kirel

Been nearly 7 years since I turned 60. As my daughter alluded to earlier, it is an all-purpose excuse for everything. Every screw-up, mistake, and brain fart can, in extremis, be attributed to advancing age. When you’re 25 and you screw up, it’s “You friggin’ dumbass! What the hell is wrong with you?”
Now it’s “There, there, it’s ok. Come and sit by the fire and have some milk and cookies.”

My mom’s been running on the excuse “I’m old” since she turned 64. Trouble is, I can’t use “I’m old” till she’s gone ‘cuz she can always top me on that one (she’s 91 now, and may it be many more years)

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De Kolta Chair  Apr 1, 2016 • 6:04:56pm

De Kolta Chair’s Album of the Month:

Just listened to Loretta Lynn’s new album, “Full Circle,” a collection of tunes she’d recorded during the approx. 10 years since her last, “Van Lear Rose” (which I only listened to twice before putting or giving away. I’m not a big fan of Jack White, who produced that one), but you wouldn’t know it from listening. It’s of a piece. Anyway, Loretta gets much more into mountain music on this one than I’ve heard her do before, which makes for some lovely singing and picking. Not that it’s a happy chirpy album. This is Appalachian mountain music after all. And there’s a nice version of her great hit “Fist City.” If you love June Carter Cash, you’ll dig this. In fact, Loretta covers a couple of Carter family songs, and very nicely too.

So, 15 out of 5 stars, with 10 points off for endorsing Trump, so 5 stars for the gal from Butcher Hollow, which makes for a full circle.

(You may have noticed I kept updated this entry. That’s cuz I listened to the album again while writing and kept hearing new things. I’ll probably be listening to this all weekend. Best thing Loretta’s done in ages imho. Too bad about that endorsement though. Fecking artists.)

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TedStriker  Apr 1, 2016 • 6:09:56pm

re: #160 Ziggy_TARDIS

Fuck, everything on Netflix is John Stamos.

Hey, I like Stamos.

I swear, though, those Greek genes of his must make him damn near immortal, because it doesn’t seem like he’s aged a day over the past 25 years.

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gocart mozart  Apr 1, 2016 • 6:12:29pm

re: #257 freetoken

Apparently Nate has missed all those very-hyped declarations that the US-is-a-Republic-not-a-democracy all over right wing outlets.

Yes but you aren’t considering that these blatently undemocratic acts will be used against Il Douche not Liebrul Demoncrats so totally different scenario.

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TedStriker  Apr 1, 2016 • 6:13:49pm

re: #219 jaunte

Unless you walk everywhere and don’t use electricity you’re a tool of the fossil fuel industry. #REVOLUTION

— Andy Kindler (@AndyKindler) April 1, 2016

TOOL. OF. THE. FOSSIL. FUEL. INDUSTRY.

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b_sharp  Apr 1, 2016 • 6:31:39pm

re: #269 Blind Frog Belly White

What gets me is the aches and pains that show up, hang around for a while, and then go away. The problem is ‘a while’ means MONTHS! E.g. my right wrist has DeQuervain’s Tendonitis. Started bothering me 6 months ago. Reached a peak around about January. Bugged me all through January and February. The last month, it’s been fading out. No idea what caused it. No idea why it’s going away.

This.

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zerosumgame0005  Apr 2, 2016 • 6:49:05am

re: #8 Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light)

So have almost all Bernie-bots…

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GrantS  Apr 2, 2016 • 8:28:10am

Trey Gowdy will find a way to get this to November. That’s why he needed to lower to # of agents by 135 - because 147 agents would have finished this up months ago.


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