Friday Night Jam: Snarky Puppy Feat. Magda Giannikou, “Amour T’es Là”

The world’s turning upside down; who will bring my happiness?
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A few days ago we featured the official video for Banda Magda’s “Amour, T’es Là?”

Now here’s the excellent live version from Snarky Puppy’s Family Dinner - Volume One.

So good.

“Amour T’es La”
from Snarky Puppy’s live DVD/CD - “Family Dinner - Volume One”

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written by Magda Giannikou
produced by Michael League
co-produced by Snarky Puppy
recorded and filmed at the Jefferson Center in Roanoke, VA, on March 8, 2013.

Magda Giannikou - guest vocalist, accordion
Robert “Sput” Searight - drums
Nate Werth - percussion
Michael League - bass
Bob Lanzetti - electric guitar
Mark Lettieri - electric guitar
Cory Henry - Fender Rhodes
Bill Laurance - piano
Jay Jennings - flugelhorn
Mike “Maz” Maher - flugelhorn
Chris Bullock - tenor sax
Chelsea “Peaches” West - backing vocals
Katya Diaz - backing vocals
Rachella Searight - backing vocals

engineered by Eric Hartman
assisted by Avi Gunther & Jake Dempsey
mixed by Eric Hartman
mastered by Scott Hull
film directed by Andy LaViolette
filmed by Andy LaViolette, Brad Holt, Simon C.F. Yu, and Nikki Birch

On March 8th, 2013, Snarky Puppy and a host of special guests convened at the Jefferson Center in Roanoke VA. The project was to record a series of live performances in audio and video that would bring attention and benefit to the ongoing work of the center. The Jefferson Center is a non-profit arts organization that is revitalizing a key neighborhood in Roanoke with the restoration of Jefferson High School and the renovation of the Shaftman Performance Hall. The hall brings world class music to the local community through the Music Lab, providing education and recording space for local children.

The Music Lab at Jefferson Center is working daily to pull from every social and economic class of the Roanoke community and create the next wave of real, human musicians. They host low cost or free after-school programs for any interested young people filled with visits by guest artists, private instrumental instruction, and recording training. Wafting out of the little studios and rehearsal rooms on the third floor of Jefferson Center, you can hear Afro-beat in Swahili, hip-hop in Liberian Kreyol, the blues coming from the guitar of a 13 year-old prodigy, and the undeniable sound of young musicians growing. It’s a thing that needs to be supported at all costs across this country, and by purchasing this record, you’ve done it.

A portion of every sale will go to the Music Lab at Jefferson Center.

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422 comments
1
Eric The Fruit Bat  Apr 22, 2016 • 6:52:28pm

President Obama gives British Prime Minister a Shinola watch:

WASHINGTON — Meeting with British Prime Minister David Cameron in London on Friday, President Barack Obama brought along a gift with a distinctly Detroit edge: a Shinola watch.

According to the press pool report provided by the White House Friday afternoon, Obama gave Cameron “a custom Shinola men’s watch featuring the Seal of the President of the United States engraved on the back, presented in a wooden Shinola box customized with the presidential seal.”

The pool report was filed by Michael Shear of the New York Times, who is covering the president’s overseas trip. The White House was unable to immediately provide any additional information about the watch.

Shinola, which is based in Detroit, is an upscale maker of lifestyle goods including watches, bicycles, journals and leather goods. During his last visit to Detroit in January, Obama met with Shinola founder Tom Kartsotis and visited the Shinola store, where he bought a journal.

A quick run-through of Shinola’s online catalog didn’t produce any watches with a presidential seal, so the White House probably ordered them specifically, though neither the administration nor Shinola said so Friday. Calls and emails to the company also were not immediately returned to the Free Press.

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Belafon  Apr 22, 2016 • 7:01:08pm

re: #1 Eric The Fruit Bat

President Obama gives British Prime Minister a Shinola watch:

It’s the greatest scandal ever, and IT WILL BRING OBAMA DOWN!!!

That’s exactly how that reads to me.

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Charles Johnson  Apr 22, 2016 • 7:04:21pm
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Charles Johnson  Apr 22, 2016 • 7:04:40pm
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Backwoods_Sleuth  Apr 22, 2016 • 7:11:34pm
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Belafon  Apr 22, 2016 • 7:11:39pm

re: #4 Charles Johnson

“I have binders full of women.”

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HappyWarrior  Apr 22, 2016 • 7:11:45pm

re: #4 Charles Johnson

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He’s unhealthy.

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Charles Johnson  Apr 22, 2016 • 7:12:34pm
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HappyWarrior  Apr 22, 2016 • 7:14:36pm

re: #8 Charles Johnson

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Poor Patton. They had a daughter too. Awful.

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wheat-dogghazi-mailgate  Apr 22, 2016 • 7:17:55pm

re: #1 Eric The Fruit Bat

President Obama gives British Prime Minister a Shinola watch:

And Cameron can now say he knows shit from Shinola.

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De Kolta Chair  Apr 22, 2016 • 7:20:36pm

(“There is no strength without unity,” one of my grandda’s favorite Gaelic sayings. He was a worker, shop steward and organizer for the United Steelworkers, as I’m sure I’ve told you all many many times. ;^)

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Bear  Apr 22, 2016 • 7:20:52pm

re: #10 wheat-dogghazi-mailgate

Ah yes. That is what I first thought.

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jaunte  Apr 22, 2016 • 7:23:45pm
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Belafon  Apr 22, 2016 • 7:25:26pm

re: #13 jaunte

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Eventual Carrion  Apr 22, 2016 • 7:27:23pm

re: #1 Eric The Fruit Bat

President Obama gives British Prime Minister a Shinola watch:

I don’t know shit about Shinola.

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De Kolta Chair  Apr 22, 2016 • 7:31:23pm

re: #13 jaunte

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Ah, the memory of the young. Cole Porter wrote ten or twenty evocative songs about it eighty fricking years ago.

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De Kolta Chair  Apr 22, 2016 • 7:34:12pm

re: #15 Eventual Carrion

I don’t know shit about Shinola.

Me neither, but I suspect GMO shinola tastes just awful. Not particularly because it’s GMO, but because it’s shinola.

Then again, I’ve never been able to tell it from shit.

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Barefoot Grin  Apr 22, 2016 • 7:49:21pm

Just watching CNN: Harvard-educated Trump blond who makes no sense but who cares because: legs! Cruz guy who can’t ever, ever beat blong legs. And for balance: Bob Beckel. SMFH.

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gocart mozart  Apr 22, 2016 • 7:49:51pm
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HappyWarrior  Apr 22, 2016 • 7:51:00pm

re: #18 Barefoot Grin

Just watching CNN: Harvard-educated Trump blond who makes no sense but who cares because: legs! Cruz guy who can’t ever, ever beat blong legs. And for balance: Bob Beckel. SMFH.

Seems to me that CNN really wants to be Fox bad.

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thedopefishlives  Apr 22, 2016 • 7:51:40pm

re: #17 De Kolta Chair

Me neither, but I suspect GMO shinola is the worst.

ANTIBIOTIC-FREE, HORMONE-FREE, NON-GMO SHINOLA IS THE ONLY NATURAL WAY!!!

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klys (maker of Silmarils)  Apr 22, 2016 • 7:53:19pm

How does bacon just make everything better?

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thedopefishlives  Apr 22, 2016 • 7:54:00pm

re: #22 klys (maker of Silmarils)

How does bacon just make everything better?

Bacon and whiskey, the most magical substances in the world.

Speaking of, I know I’m over my calorie limit, but a couple of fingers sounds really really good right about now. Argle bargle.

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klys (maker of Silmarils)  Apr 22, 2016 • 7:56:11pm

re: #23 thedopefishlives

Bacon and whiskey, the most magical substances in the world.

Speaking of, I know I’m over my calorie limit, but a couple of fingers sounds really really good right about now. Argle bargle.

Bacon and Brussels sprouts pasta with lemon. I add kalamata olives, double the spices (except for the lemon peel) and lemon juice, and reduce the amount of pasta to 6oz. It’s amazing and it’s dinner tonight.

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klys (maker of Silmarils)  Apr 22, 2016 • 7:57:06pm

re: #24 klys (maker of Silmarils)

Bacon and Brussels sprouts pasta with lemon. I add kalamata olives, double the spices (except for the lemon peel) and lemon juice, and reduce the amount of pasta to 6oz. It’s amazing and it’s dinner tonight.

Paired with my favorite gin (from Canada!) and favorite tonic water (the Whole Foods store brand, best value for money ever) and I am happy.

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thedopefishlives  Apr 22, 2016 • 7:57:08pm

re: #24 klys (maker of Silmarils)

Bacon and Brussels sprouts pasta with lemon. I add kalamata olives, double the spices (except for the lemon peel) and lemon juice, and reduce the amount of pasta to 6oz. It’s amazing and it’s dinner tonight.

Nice. I actually did fine with my meals; I overindulged on dessert because I was lonely and bored and there was only a little tiny bit of brownie left in that pan, dammit.

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klys (maker of Silmarils)  Apr 22, 2016 • 8:00:07pm

re: #26 thedopefishlives

Nice. I actually did fine with my meals; I overindulged on dessert because I was lonely and bored and there was only a little tiny bit of brownie left in that pan, dammit.

I’m sitting here trying not to pay attention to hockey. The team has done better if I’ve ignored them and if we win tonight it’s on to the next round.

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thedopefishlives  Apr 22, 2016 • 8:00:46pm

re: #27 klys (maker of Silmarils)

I’m sitting here trying not to pay attention to hockey. The team has done better if I’ve ignored them and if we win tonight it’s on to the next round.

That’s how I am with baseball. Soon as I turn on the game, pop, they lose horribly. If I don’t pay any attention to it, I wake up the next morning and they’ve got a pretty good win on the books.

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jaunte  Apr 22, 2016 • 8:01:09pm

re: #22 klys (maker of Silmarils)

How does bacon just make everything better?

Let’s see… Bryan Fischer in a little black cocktail dress. Add bacon.

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Ming5000  Apr 22, 2016 • 8:01:26pm

I am bored. I wish Teleskiguy and DF were here.

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klys (maker of Silmarils)  Apr 22, 2016 • 8:01:38pm

re: #29 jaunte

Let’s see… Bryan Fischer in a little black cocktail dress. Add bacon.

That’s just mean. I’m still eating.

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calochortus  Apr 22, 2016 • 8:01:43pm

re: #29 jaunte

Let’s see… Bryan Fischer in a little black cocktail dress. Add bacon.

No. Just no.

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klys (maker of Silmarils)  Apr 22, 2016 • 8:02:02pm

re: #30 Ming5000

I am bored. I wish Teleskiguy and DF were here.

Well, I can entertain you with gin, hockey, and cross stitch.

/probably not what you want.

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thedopefishlives  Apr 22, 2016 • 8:02:13pm

re: #29 jaunte

Let’s see… Bryan Fischer in a little black cocktail dress. Add bacon.

*WHACK!*

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De Kolta Chair  Apr 22, 2016 • 8:02:13pm

re: #15 Eventual Carrion

I don’t know shit about Shinola.

What’s so great about this story is how Freepers are supporting David Cameron, who’s version of conservativism, offensive to progressive and basic human values as it is, they would consider to be pure socialism if attempted in the States.

There’s something about this story that makes me want to lay back in my beanbag chair and pass a joint to Terence Stamp. On second thought, that sounds like a lotta fun. Pass that puppy here, Terry old bean!

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jaunte  Apr 22, 2016 • 8:02:39pm

re: #34 thedopefishlives

Hey, that was my bacon!

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thedopefishlives  Apr 22, 2016 • 8:03:28pm

re: #36 jaunte

Hey, that was my bacon!

That’s what you get for being an ass.

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calochortus  Apr 22, 2016 • 8:04:40pm

re: #33 klys (maker of Silmarils)

Well, I can entertain you with gin, hockey, and cross stitch.

/probably not what you want.

I got wine, knitting and “KQED Newsroom.”

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thedopefishlives  Apr 22, 2016 • 8:05:23pm

re: #38 calochortus

I got wine, knitting and “KQED Newsroom.”

And I have whiskey, automated deployments, and Doctor Who.

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SteelPH  Apr 22, 2016 • 8:05:29pm

Symphony X - Absence of Light

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klys (maker of Silmarils)  Apr 22, 2016 • 8:06:35pm

re: #38 calochortus

I got wine, knitting and “KQED Newsroom.”

I had to pull out a bunch of stuff last night (although not as much as I panicked thinking I would have to) because I can’t count.

Really thrilled with the colors in this project so far though. I need to get the stand set up and really get to work on it again.

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calochortus  Apr 22, 2016 • 8:06:48pm

re: #39 thedopefishlives

And I have whiskey, automated deployments, and Doctor Who.

Automated deployment?

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klys (maker of Silmarils)  Apr 22, 2016 • 8:07:07pm

re: #42 calochortus

Someone’s working late tonight, babysitting a bunch of computers.

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calochortus  Apr 22, 2016 • 8:07:54pm

re: #43 klys (maker of Silmarils)

Someone’s working late tonight, babysitting a bunch of computers.

I figured it was something like that, but who knows, he might have a robot army that we don’t know about.

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thedopefishlives  Apr 22, 2016 • 8:08:10pm

re: #42 calochortus

Automated deployment?

It’s mainly what I do at my job these days. I’ve gone from being a programmer to being a manager of programmers, somehow. My technical expertise now lies in setting up computer farms and telling programs how to go from the code to the computer farms.

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Kragar  Apr 22, 2016 • 8:08:10pm

re: #4 Charles Johnson

Of course its a stack of easily debunked bullshit, but we’re just supposed to overlook that.

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klys (maker of Silmarils)  Apr 22, 2016 • 8:08:33pm

Something tells me that FedEx is not delivering my frozen meals today by 8pm. If they don’t show until Monday I am going to be peeved.

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De Kolta Chair  Apr 22, 2016 • 8:08:37pm

I think this is what Kasich was going for when he was campaigning in Williamsburg.

QED — Queen’s English, Douche?

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calochortus  Apr 22, 2016 • 8:08:54pm

re: #45 thedopefishlives

It’s mainly what I do at my job these days. I’ve gone from being a programmer to being a manager of programmers, somehow. My technical expertise now lies in setting up computer farms and telling programs how to go from the code to the computer farms.

All far, far beyond me.

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thedopefishlives  Apr 22, 2016 • 8:09:35pm

re: #49 calochortus

All far, far beyond me.

That’s why they pay me the medium-size bucks. Well, that and because I’m damn good at what I do.

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calochortus  Apr 22, 2016 • 8:09:57pm

re: #48 De Kolta Chair

I think this is what Kasich was going for when he was campaigning in Williamsburg.

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I can’t even…

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klys (maker of Silmarils)  Apr 22, 2016 • 8:11:25pm

re: #48 De Kolta Chair

I serve bacon because it is tasty. It’s not a religious statement at all, and if I had friends coming over for whom that was a problem, I’d be glad to accommodate them.

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A Cranky One  Apr 22, 2016 • 8:13:05pm

re: #27 klys (maker of Silmarils)

I’m sitting here trying not to pay attention to hockey. The team has done better if I’ve ignored them and if we win tonight it’s on to the next round.

Tried real hard to not pay attention as the Blackhawks fought off elimination to win in double OT last night. It worked, so I’m thinking of not watching the next game to improve their chances.

At least that’s the story I’ll try on Mrs Cranky, who’s the real hockey fan. Alas, my Jedi mind tricks don’t work on her.

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calochortus  Apr 22, 2016 • 8:14:04pm

re: #50 thedopefishlives

That’s why they pay me the medium-size bucks. Well, that and because I’m damn good at what I do.

I like to think I’m good at what I do-I’m an old school housewife. I cook, I sew, I do much of the yard work, I clean, I run errands, I fix things, etc. But no one pays me for it. Fortunately Mr. C. and I are a team-he brings in the salary and it works well for us.

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Ming5000  Apr 22, 2016 • 8:14:07pm

Gee, they are down in the dumps over at RS about Trump winning the nomination and the subsequent HRC win.

Here we are. About to loose. Big. To Hillery. Who will be gifted a full Democrat Senate, a full Democrat House and a full Democrat Supreme Court. Welcome to the Apocalypse, I hope you like leather.

tee hee

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klys (maker of Silmarils)  Apr 22, 2016 • 8:15:03pm

re: #53 A Cranky One

Tried real hard to not pay attention as the Blackhawks fought off elimination to win in double OT last night. It worked, so I’m thinking of not watching the next game to improve their chances.

At least that’s the story I’ll try on Mrs Cranky, who’s the real hockey fan. Alas, my Jedi mind tricks don’t work on her.

I apologize for rooting for them to not make it out of this round. Sort of.

They did a really excellent job of making me have extraordinarily mixed feelings towards them, between how they handled the Kane situation and then the recent mess with the Icehogs players. I know it’s a complicated thing and just …I was all set to root for them as a back-up team this year and then yeah.

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calochortus  Apr 22, 2016 • 8:15:10pm

re: #55 Ming5000

Gee, they are down in the dumps over at RS about Trump winning the nomination and the subsequent HRC win.

tee hee

From their keyboards to God’s monitor.

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Kragar  Apr 22, 2016 • 8:15:41pm

HAPPY DANCE!

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thedopefishlives  Apr 22, 2016 • 8:17:04pm

re: #54 calochortus

I like to think I’m good at what I do-I’m an old school housewife. I cook, I sew, I do much of the yard work, I clean, I run errands, I fix things, etc. But no one pays me for it. Fortunately Mr. C. and I are a team-he brings in the salary and it works well for us.

If I had it my way, you’d have a bigger salary than me. All I do is sit at a desk, shoot Nerf guns at my cow-orkers, and eat all the snacks in the break room.

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De Kolta Chair  Apr 22, 2016 • 8:18:44pm

re: #52 klys (maker of Silmarils)

I serve bacon because it is tasty. It’s not a religious statement at all, and if I had friends coming over for whom that was a problem, I’d be glad to accommodate them.

I like bacon as well, and on the bright side, pork rinds will cause the early end of millions of peckerwoods.

“Tell Chuck Norris I loved him”
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calochortus  Apr 22, 2016 • 8:18:47pm

re: #59 thedopefishlives

If I had it my way, you’d have a bigger salary than me. All I do is sit at a desk, shoot Nerf guns at my cow-orkers, and eat all the snacks in the break room.

On the other hand, you need the validation that a salary provides. I know what I do is important. Sometimes boring, but important, nonetheless.

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Brother Holy Cruise Missile of Mild Acceptance  Apr 22, 2016 • 8:21:10pm

Good evening fellow Lizards. Hope everyone has a good weekend. Got a ton of charcoal, plenty of hickory and a 14lb brisket so tomorrow is gonna be a long but fun day.

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klys (maker of Silmarils)  Apr 22, 2016 • 8:25:11pm

re: #62 Brother Holy Cruise Missile of Mild Acceptance

Good evening fellow Lizards. Hope everyone has a good weekend. Got a ton of charcoal, plenty of hickory and a 14lb brisket so tomorrow is gonna be a long but fun day.

You’re sharing, right?

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Belafon  Apr 22, 2016 • 8:27:30pm

re: #61 calochortus

On the other hand, you need the validation that a salary provides. I know what I do is important. Sometimes boring, but important, nonetheless.

I need it for the roof and food, and stuff for my kids. I can do plenty of my own (in)validating.

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calochortus  Apr 22, 2016 • 8:29:19pm

re: #64 Belafon

I need it for the roof and food, and stuff for my kids. I can do plenty of my own (in)validating.

That too. :)

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klys (maker of Silmarils)  Apr 22, 2016 • 8:30:24pm

Gaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah, there are still two periods left to go in this hockey game I’m ignoring.

/shush

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Brother Holy Cruise Missile of Mild Acceptance  Apr 22, 2016 • 8:30:37pm

re: #63 klys (maker of Silmarils)

If you’re in so cal :)

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BeachDem  Apr 22, 2016 • 8:31:00pm

re: #18 Barefoot Grin

Just watching CNN: Harvard-educated Trump blond who makes no sense but who cares because: legs! Cruz guy who can’t ever, ever beat blong legs. And for balance: Bob Beckel. SMFH.

Beckel’s on CNN now? I thought once you got let go by Fox, you went on to podcasts and crap like Beck.

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klys (maker of Silmarils)  Apr 22, 2016 • 8:31:16pm

re: #67 Brother Holy Cruise Missile of Mild Acceptance

If you’re in so cal :)

You know, I COULD BE.

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thedopefishlives  Apr 22, 2016 • 8:31:20pm

re: #66 klys (maker of Silmarils)

Gaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah, there are still two periods left to go in this hockey game I’m ignoring.

/shush

Only one in the one I’m halfheartedly following.

/I’m half a Wild fan; it passes some of the time when baseball isn’t on

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klys (maker of Silmarils)  Apr 22, 2016 • 8:31:49pm

re: #70 thedopefishlives

Only one in the one I’m halfheartedly following.

/I’m half a Wild fan; it passes some of the time when baseball isn’t on

The Wild were up last I heard. They need to win tonight if they want to stay alive.

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thedopefishlives  Apr 22, 2016 • 8:32:23pm

re: #71 klys (maker of Silmarils)

The Wild were up last I heard. They need to win tonight if they want to stay alive.

They’re up 2-1 at the end of 2. They’ve got to win out or go home. It’s a tough road, and I doubt they make it, but it’s clear they intend to go down swinging.

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A Cranky One  Apr 22, 2016 • 8:32:26pm

re: #56 klys (maker of Silmarils)

I apologize for rooting for them to not make it out of this round. Sort of.

They did a really excellent job of making me have extraordinarily mixed feelings towards them, between how they handled the Kane situation and then the recent mess with the Icehogs players. I know it’s a complicated thing and just …I was all set to root for them as a back-up team this year and then yeah.

Yah. But it’s the home team and Mrs Cranky knows a lot of players, so it’s go Hawks.

I’ll do my best to support them by not watching. ;-)

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klys (maker of Silmarils)  Apr 22, 2016 • 8:33:01pm

re: #73 A Cranky One

Yah. But it’s the home team and Mrs Cranky knows a lot of players, so it’s go Hawks.

I’ll do my best to support them by not watching. ;-)

I can understand and agree with that sentiment on both sides.

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De Kolta Chair  Apr 22, 2016 • 8:34:33pm

I was watching a Tim Hortons commercial and a hockey game broke out.

Is this how the game works? I’ve watched maybe four* hockey matches since Bobby Orr’s heyday.

*Actually, more like forty, but that’s nothing to a hockey fan.

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klys (maker of Silmarils)  Apr 22, 2016 • 8:35:43pm

re: #72 thedopefishlives

They’re up 2-1 at the end of 2. They’ve got to win out or go home. It’s a tough road, and I doubt they make it, but it’s clear they intend to go down swinging.

To be fair, they were a barely-making-the-playoffs team, and part of the reason they made it is because of the dumpster fire that was the Pacific division. So a first round exit isn’t all that unexpected.

But feel free to soften up Dallas. :)

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thedopefishlives  Apr 22, 2016 • 8:37:59pm

re: #76 klys (maker of Silmarils)

To be fair, they were a barely-making-the-playoffs team, and part of the reason they made it is because of the dumpster fire that was the Pacific division. So a first round exit isn’t all that unexpected.

But feel free to soften up Dallas. :)

This was supposed to be the Wild’s year. They got off to a great start, but they completely imploded, rallied late, and imploded again right at the end. I’m mostly amused by it all, not having a real stake in the conversation, but how rabid some of these folks up here get after a hockey game… sheesh.

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Brother Holy Cruise Missile of Mild Acceptance  Apr 22, 2016 • 8:39:12pm

re: #69 klys (maker of Silmarils)

You know, I COULD BE.

Lol. Well it will be ready by 6 :)

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FormerDirtDart  Apr 22, 2016 • 8:39:53pm
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thedopefishlives  Apr 22, 2016 • 8:40:05pm

Heh. And speak of the Wild, they gave up the tying goal within a minute of the opening of the 3rd period. Dubnyk got a fat contract based on a small sample size of uncharacteristically stellar play, and now the Wild are paying for it.

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Feline Fearless Leader  Apr 22, 2016 • 8:40:14pm

Washington got cocky tonight* and ended up getting shut-out by Philadelphia.

* - Initial fight of the game was right after the opening face-off. Something carrying over from Game 4. Washington proceeded from there to go short-handed a lot and not play their normal style of game.

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De Kolta Chair  Apr 22, 2016 • 8:40:30pm

re: #78 Brother Holy Cruise Missile of Mild Acceptance

Lol. Well it will be ready by 6 :)

Time zone?

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Feline Fearless Leader  Apr 22, 2016 • 8:40:46pm

re: #80 thedopefishlives

Heh. And speak of the Wild, they gave up the tying goal within a minute of the opening of the 3rd period. Dubnyk got a fat contract based on a small sample size of uncharacteristically stellar play, and now the Wild are paying for it.

Wild back up 3-2 right after that.

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The Ghost of a Flea  Apr 22, 2016 • 8:40:50pm

Apropos to nothing, I just got in a bunch of Moroccan cookbooks, and I just have to be gleeful about it somewhere, in some format.

But for a few gaps, my collection would reach from the Pacific, overland, all the way to the Maghreb.

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thedopefishlives  Apr 22, 2016 • 8:41:01pm

re: #80 thedopefishlives

…And in the time it took to type that post and flip Chrome tabs, the Wild went back up. Holy hockey game, Batman.

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Brother Holy Cruise Missile of Mild Acceptance  Apr 22, 2016 • 8:41:03pm

re: #82 De Kolta Chair

Time zone?

PST

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klys (maker of Silmarils)  Apr 22, 2016 • 8:41:07pm

re: #77 thedopefishlives

This was supposed to be the Wild’s year. They got off to a great start, but they completely imploded, rallied late, and imploded again right at the end. I’m mostly amused by it all, not having a real stake in the conversation, but how rabid some of these folks up here get after a hockey game… sheesh.

Yeah. I watched a little bit of the implosion.

The hockey up here …well, we missed the playoffs last year, and some of our big players are older, so the window is closing for them. But the moves that were made in the offseason have made me happy, even as the attendance wasn’t what it has been. (We used to be one of the hardest home teams to play against but …hahahaha, not this year. But we had one of the best road records in the league!)

But nothing’s really done until the Cup is in the Captain’s hands.

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klys (maker of Silmarils)  Apr 22, 2016 • 8:41:45pm

re: #81 Feline Fearless Leader

Washington got cocky tonight* and ended up getting shut-out by Philadelphia.

* - Initial fight of the game was right after the opening face-off. Something carrying over from Game 4. Washington proceeded from there to go short-handed a lot and not play their normal style of game.

And they STILL outshot Philly by 44-11. It was an amazing performance by Neuvirth.

89
Reality Based Steve  Apr 22, 2016 • 8:43:47pm

After being down for a week last week with some kind of low-grade infection that was sapping my strength, it feels great to be feeling good again. I caught myself dancing around the shop today I felt so good. (and I don’t dance. ever. )

Off to bed and then back in tomorrow. Going to go do some fun diving Sunday and the weather looks great for it.

Catch you all later.

RBS

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Billy Batts  Apr 22, 2016 • 8:44:20pm

re: #33 klys (maker of Silmarils)

Well, I can entertain you with gin, hockey, and cross stitch.

/probably not what you want.

Hockey please!!!

91
Billy Batts  Apr 22, 2016 • 8:45:15pm

Stars equalized, then the Wild went back up 45 seconds later.

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klys (maker of Silmarils)  Apr 22, 2016 • 8:45:24pm

re: #90 Billy Batts

Hockey please!!!

Wait, which don’t you like, the gin or the cross stitch?

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Billy Batts  Apr 22, 2016 • 8:46:06pm

re: #92 klys (maker of Silmarils)

Wait, which don’t you like, the gin or the cross stitch?

I’ll obviously take hockey out of the three options.

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thedopefishlives  Apr 22, 2016 • 8:46:16pm

My willpower is weakening. Whiskey is in the glass now.

95
klys (maker of Silmarils)  Apr 22, 2016 • 8:46:33pm

re: #94 thedopefishlives

My willpower is weakening. Whiskey is in the glass now.

Go for a walk tomorrow to make up for it.

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klys (maker of Silmarils)  Apr 22, 2016 • 8:46:50pm

re: #93 Billy Batts

I’ll obviously take hockey out of the three options.

It is playoff hockey, I suppose I can forgive this.

97
klys (maker of Silmarils)  Apr 22, 2016 • 8:47:28pm

Meanwhile, the Islanders and the Panthers have gone to OT.

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thedopefishlives  Apr 22, 2016 • 8:47:35pm

re: #95 klys (maker of Silmarils)

Go for a walk tomorrow to make up for it.

Haha, I go for a walk every night. But on Sunday, I’ll be walking from the house to the church and back, which is a further distance than usual.

99
Billy Batts  Apr 22, 2016 • 8:47:42pm

re: #96 klys (maker of Silmarils)

It is playoff hockey, I suppose I can forgive this.

It is.

100
De Kolta Chair  Apr 22, 2016 • 8:48:06pm

re: #86 Brother Holy Cruise Missile of Mild Acceptance

PST

Time. I’ve been there, man, I’ve been there.

////

101
Brother Holy Cruise Missile of Mild Acceptance  Apr 22, 2016 • 8:49:02pm

re: #97 klys (maker of Silmarils)

Meanwhile, the Islanders and the Panthers have gone to OT.

One of the best hockey games I ever watched was the Panthers vs the Penguins in 97 (if I remember correctly) multiple OT’s and everyone brawling at the end.

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Billy Batts  Apr 22, 2016 • 8:49:45pm

re: #97 klys (maker of Silmarils)

Meanwhile, the Islanders and the Panthers have gone to OT.

That’s been a great series. Actually, most of the first-rounders have been very solid.

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klys (maker of Silmarils)  Apr 22, 2016 • 8:49:56pm

re: #101 Brother Holy Cruise Missile of Mild Acceptance

One of the best hockey games I ever watched was the Panthers vs the Penguins in 97 (if I remember correctly) multiple OT’s and everyone brawling at the end.

Well. It’s double OT now. Last night’s STL/CHI game did this too.

104
CuriousLurker  Apr 22, 2016 • 8:50:09pm

Wow, incredibly dickish. WTF is wrong with these assholes? Preemptively blocked. *spit*

Some days I really hate Twitter. Gonna go find a video to watch as brain bleach.

G’nite. lizards.

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Billy Batts  Apr 22, 2016 • 8:50:28pm

re: #101 Brother Holy Cruise Missile of Mild Acceptance

One of the best hockey games I ever watched was the Panthers vs the Penguins in 97 (if I remember correctly) multiple OT’s and everyone brawling at the end.

I went to a boxing match and a hockey game broke out.

106
calochortus  Apr 22, 2016 • 8:50:57pm

re: #94 thedopefishlives

My willpower is weakening. Whiskey is in the glass now.

Apparently one doesn’t metabolize all the calories in alcohol. Caloric amounts are determined by burning stuff in a bomb calorimeter. Alcohol burns very well. Your body deals with it differently, and while it isn’t calorie-free, you can probably get away with a bit more than the official calorie count would indicate.

107
Billy Batts  Apr 22, 2016 • 8:51:35pm

Someone is on their back on the ice.

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klys (maker of Silmarils)  Apr 22, 2016 • 8:51:40pm

re: #102 Billy Batts

That’s been a great series. Actually, most of the first-rounders have been very solid.

I haven’t gotten to see as much as I would have liked, but the NYI/FLA bit that I saw was definitely chippy.

Definitely have heard there have been some solid hockey games though.

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klys (maker of Silmarils)  Apr 22, 2016 • 8:51:58pm

re: #106 calochortus

Apparently one doesn’t metabolize all the calories in alcohol. Caloric amounts are determined by burning stuff in a bomb calorimeter. Alcohol burns very well. Your body deals with it differently, and while it isn’t calorie-free, you can probably get away with a bit more than the official calorie count would indicate.

Don’t tell me that.

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calochortus  Apr 22, 2016 • 8:52:21pm

re: #109 klys (maker of Silmarils)

Don’t tell me that.

Consider it unsaid.

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klys (maker of Silmarils)  Apr 22, 2016 • 8:52:27pm

re: #107 Billy Batts

Someone is on their back on the ice.

Which game?

112
FormerDirtDart  Apr 22, 2016 • 8:52:48pm

This week is ending in 2nd amendment fashion…

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Billy Batts  Apr 22, 2016 • 8:53:21pm

re: #111 klys (maker of Silmarils)

Which game?

Bjugstad from Florida. Head laceration, blood. He skated off.

114
The Ghost of a Flea  Apr 22, 2016 • 8:53:26pm

re: #104 CuriousLurker

poorlydrawnlines.com

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klys (maker of Silmarils)  Apr 22, 2016 • 8:53:36pm

re: #111 klys (maker of Silmarils)

Which game?

Ugh, found it. I hope he’s okay. Sounds like he is sitting up and moving all limbs, at least.

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Billy Batts  Apr 22, 2016 • 8:53:52pm

re: #112 FormerDirtDart

This week is ending in 2nd amendment fashion…

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Noes not the time to talk about gun control.
/

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thedopefishlives  Apr 22, 2016 • 8:55:02pm

re: #109 klys (maker of Silmarils)

Don’t tell me that.

What she said. Although I’m not a huge fan of this whiskey; probably going to look for something a little sweeter and less bitter for my next regular drinker.

118
Ming5000  Apr 22, 2016 • 8:56:09pm

re: #117 thedopefishlives

What she said. Although I’m not a huge fan of this whiskey; probably going to look for something a little sweeter and less bitter for my next regular drinker.

Whiskey Sours can fit the bill

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klys (maker of Silmarils)  Apr 22, 2016 • 8:56:11pm

re: #117 thedopefishlives

What she said. Although I’m not a huge fan of this whiskey; probably going to look for something a little sweeter and less bitter for my next regular drinker.

I broke into my favorite gin to go with tonight’s dinner. mr. klys also had one and it was very tasty according to him too. It actually won an award today.

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thedopefishlives  Apr 22, 2016 • 8:57:10pm

re: #118 Ming5000

Whiskey Sours can fit the bill

True, but I’m usually too lazy to mix. I usually have a few fingers neat when Mrs. Fish is out with her friends.

121
Billy Batts  Apr 22, 2016 • 8:57:32pm

4-3 Stars.

122
thedopefishlives  Apr 22, 2016 • 8:57:49pm

Hey, look at that, the Wild are imploding again. Oh, next week is going to be entertaining at work.

123
De Kolta Chair  Apr 22, 2016 • 8:58:52pm

re: #104 CuriousLurker

Wow, incredibly dickish. WTF is wrong with these assholes? Preemptively blocked. *spit*

Who knows why relationships fail? Nobody knows why or how they work in the first place.

And therein lies the fun and heartbreak and the entire show business industry.

As a wise sage once said:

“The main reason Santa is so jolly is because he knows where all the bad girls live.”

— George Carlin

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Ming5000  Apr 22, 2016 • 8:58:53pm

re: #120 thedopefishlives

True, but I’m usually too lazy to mix. I usually have a few fingers neat when Mrs. Fish is out with her friends.

I was a bourbon on ice guy until about three years ago when I became interested in cocktails. Have settled on Manhattans as a standard. Easy peasy to make.

125
Billy Batts  Apr 22, 2016 • 8:59:19pm

Jagr is 44 and still skates on the first line. Love that Czech mullet.

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klys (maker of Silmarils)  Apr 22, 2016 • 8:59:23pm

re: #122 thedopefishlives

Hey, look at that, the Wild are imploding again. Oh, next week is going to be entertaining at work.

My seats this year, there was a guy sitting behind me with his adult daughter(s).

He reminded me so much of my grandfather, it was funny. Constant commentary about what the team should be doing and how they were screwing up. Oh man. Such a hoot.

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klys (maker of Silmarils)  Apr 22, 2016 • 8:59:37pm

re: #125 Billy Batts

Jagr is 44 and still skates on the first line. Love that Czech mullet.

He’s trying to determine if it is the source of his skill.

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klys (maker of Silmarils)  Apr 22, 2016 • 9:00:02pm

re: #124 Ming5000

I was a bourbon on ice guy until about three years ago when I became interested in cocktails. Have settled on Manhattans as a standard. Easy peasy to make.

The nice thing about those is you could actually pre-mix a batch and just stored them mixed in the fridge.

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thedopefishlives  Apr 22, 2016 • 9:00:14pm

re: #124 Ming5000

I was a bourbon on ice guy until about three years ago when I became interested in cocktails. Have settled on Manhattans as a standard. Easy peasy to make.

I love cocktails, I love to make up drinks, and I keep a small variety of mixers on hand in case I’m not feeling lazy and want to indulge my sweet tooth. My wife and I make a variant of a Sex on the Beach that is absolutely delicious.

130
Ming5000  Apr 22, 2016 • 9:01:19pm

re: #129 thedopefishlives

go on..

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thedopefishlives  Apr 22, 2016 • 9:03:06pm

re: #130 Ming5000

go on..

Equal parts vanilla vodka (or whipped cream vodka), peach schnapps, and triple sec; add a splash of vanilla coffee creamer and milk until the glass is half full; fill the rest of the glass with orange juice. Top off with a bit of grenadine.

132
calochortus  Apr 22, 2016 • 9:03:52pm

Good night Lizards. Hasta mañana.

133
Kragar  Apr 22, 2016 • 9:04:09pm
134
klys (maker of Silmarils)  Apr 22, 2016 • 9:05:50pm

re: #131 thedopefishlives

Equal parts vanilla vodka (or whipped cream vodka), peach schnapps, and triple sec; add a splash of vanilla coffee creamer and milk until the glass is half full; fill the rest of the glass with orange juice. Top off with a bit of grenadine.

Honestly vanilla vodka and Coke is amazing. Especially with a splash of grenadine.

Also easy for lazy mixers.

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thedopefishlives  Apr 22, 2016 • 9:06:29pm

re: #134 klys (maker of Silmarils)

Honestly vanilla vodka and Coke is amazing. Especially with a splash of grenadine.

Also easy for lazy mixers.

Vanilla vodka and Coke is one of my favorites. Mrs. Fish doesn’t like the vanilla vodka as much, though, and I find the whipped cream vodka doesn’t have the same flavor with the Coke.

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klys (maker of Silmarils)  Apr 22, 2016 • 9:07:26pm

re: #135 thedopefishlives

Vanilla vodka and Coke is one of my favorites. Mrs. Fish doesn’t like the vanilla vodka as much, though, and I find the whipped cream vodka doesn’t have the same flavor with the Coke.

My favorite drink out, until they stopped carrying it at this particular restaurant, was vanilla vodka, black cherry vodka, Coke, Sprite, and grenadine. Yum.

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thedopefishlives  Apr 22, 2016 • 9:08:14pm

re: #136 klys (maker of Silmarils)

My favorite drink out, until they stopped carrying it at this particular restaurant, was vanilla vodka, black cherry vodka, Coke, Sprite, and grenadine. Yum.

Oh yum, that does sound delicious.

138
FormerDirtDart  Apr 22, 2016 • 9:08:18pm

re: #133 Kragar

Delegates to Republican National Convention openly worry that it won’t be safe to bring their families. Amazing.

Damn liberal media causing unnecessary concern…

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Brother Holy Cruise Missile of Mild Acceptance  Apr 22, 2016 • 9:08:21pm

re: #106 calochortus

Apparently one doesn’t metabolize all the calories in alcohol. Caloric amounts are determined by burning stuff in a bomb calorimeter. Alcohol burns very well. Your body deals with it differently, and while it isn’t calorie-free, you can probably get away with a bit more than the official calorie count would indicate.

The problem with alcohol is your body can’t metabolize fat so it just sticks with ya.

140
Reality Based Steve  Apr 22, 2016 • 9:08:24pm

re: #133 Kragar

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If, and it’s a big IF right now in my opinion, the convention goes to a second vote, and anybody other than Trump gets the nod it’s going to make the poop-throwing monkeys at the zoo seem dignified and restrained.

I, for one, am waiting with baited breath for it.

RBS
And why is my breath baited, with what, a small piece of cheese maybe? And why am I trying to catch something in my mouth anyhow? /confused

RBS

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Kragar  Apr 22, 2016 • 9:08:40pm

Maryland is one of five states voting in the presidential primaries Tuesday, but the Republican candidates may want to take a pass on courting the students at the University of Maryland, the largest college in the state.

“I feel like the election right now is a joke; there are not many good candidates left on the Republican side,” said Ariana Lulli, 19, a sophomore who is studying to be a teacher. “I don’t even know who I’m going to vote for.”

Kaitlynn Motley, 20, a sophomore physiology and neurobiology major, said the only thing she applauds in the Republican Party is the refusal among some to support any of the remaining candidates.

“It shows a lot of thought into the decision,” said Motley, who said she recently switched her party affiliation to Democrat from Republican for Tuesday’s Maryland primary.

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klys (maker of Silmarils)  Apr 22, 2016 • 9:11:58pm

/sigh

143
Belafon  Apr 22, 2016 • 9:13:31pm

re: #141 Kragar

“It shows a lot of thought into the decision,” said Motley, who said she recently switched her party affiliation to Democrat from Republican for Tuesday’s Maryland primary.

[berniebro]All these Republicans voted to give Hitlery the win. Why didn’t the Democratic party limit voting to just Democrats?[/berniebro]

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Eclectic Cyborg  Apr 22, 2016 • 9:14:08pm

re: #133 Kragar

Hey Republicans, you FUCKING built that!!

145
Belafon  Apr 22, 2016 • 9:15:10pm

re: #144 Eclectic Cyborg

Hey Republicans, you FUCKING built that!!

I bet they’d feel safer if guns were allowed.

146
freetoken  Apr 22, 2016 • 9:15:33pm

America, 2016:

Ed board candidate says schools should be able to teach creationism

Nebraska Board of Education candidate Stephanie Bohlke-Schulte said she thinks schools should have the option of teaching a “balanced approach” to science that includes creationism as an alternative theory to evolution.

But she said she does not think it should become a part of the state science standards, rather it should be a curriculum decision by local districts, and that “balanced” doesn’t necessarily mean creationism should be given an equal amount of time as evolution.

The issue arose during a candidate interview with members of the Journal Star’s editorial board. In a subsequent interview, Bohlke-Schulte said creationism should not be taught as a belief but because there is some scientific foundation for it.

[…]

147
klys (maker of Silmarils)  Apr 22, 2016 • 9:19:38pm

It appears the Islanders just won. No 3OT tonight for them, at least.

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The Ghost of a Flea  Apr 22, 2016 • 9:21:38pm

re: #134 klys (maker of Silmarils)

Honestly vanilla vodka and Coke is amazing. Especially with a splash of grenadine.

Also easy for lazy mixers.

Coke has a fantastic mix of flavors going on. It seems simple because it’s a common food product, but it has a lot to it: citrus oils, nutmeg, some bitterness and sourness to balance out the sweet via phosphoric acid and dissolved CO2.

If you took the aromatics of cola and distilled or infused them in alcohol rather than a sweetened beverate, it would be a apertif like Amaro.

That’s why it’s such a great mixer.

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Eclectic Cyborg  Apr 22, 2016 • 9:22:14pm

re: #147 klys (maker of Silmarils)

It appears the Islanders just won. No 3OT tonight for them, at least.

What the heck is going on in this SJ/LA game?? Holy crap.

150
klys (maker of Silmarils)  Apr 22, 2016 • 9:22:26pm

re: #149 Eclectic Cyborg

What the heck is going on in this SJ/LA game?? Holy crap.

I’m NOT WATCHING IT.

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Eclectic Cyborg  Apr 22, 2016 • 9:23:28pm

re: #150 klys (maker of Silmarils)

I’m NOT WATCHING IT.

LOL. Well then. :P

152
De Kolta Chair  Apr 22, 2016 • 9:23:44pm

When it comes to tooling around tv channels, I’m as lost as Steve Guttenberg in a public library. Anyone know the score of the hockey match?

153
The Ghost of a Flea  Apr 22, 2016 • 9:23:46pm

Man, I am 100% in food nerd mode tonight.

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klys (maker of Silmarils)  Apr 22, 2016 • 9:24:53pm

re: #151 Eclectic Cyborg

LOL. Well then. :P

Like that is the one game I am doing my best to ignore. Sorry. Slightly stressful. I still remember the last one. >.>

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Eclectic Cyborg  Apr 22, 2016 • 9:24:57pm

re: #152 De Kolta Chair

When it comes to tooling around tv channels, I’m as lost as Steve Guttenberg in a public library. Anyone know the score of the hockey match?

Which one?

156
klys (maker of Silmarils)  Apr 22, 2016 • 9:25:12pm

re: #154 klys (maker of Silmarils)

But hey, DAL/MIN to OT.

157
De Kolta Chair  Apr 22, 2016 • 9:25:30pm

re: #153 The Ghost of a Flea

Man, I am 100% in food nerd mode tonight.

Tell me about it. Is there a full Gouda moon tonight?

158
Belafon  Apr 22, 2016 • 9:26:09pm

re: #152 De Kolta Chair

When it comes to tooling around tv channels, I’m as lost as Steve Guttenberg in a public library. Anyone know the score of the hockey match?

I go to espn.go.com.

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De Kolta Chair  Apr 22, 2016 • 9:26:55pm

re: #158 Belafon

I go to espn.com.

Thanks a bunch, Belafon.

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thedopefishlives  Apr 22, 2016 • 9:29:12pm

re: #156 klys (maker of Silmarils)

But hey, DAL/MIN to OT.

Ha. They managed to not roll over and die.

161
The Ghost of a Flea  Apr 22, 2016 • 9:29:14pm

Admittedly, I was bitten by a whywolf.

Why-Wolves | Adventure Time | Cartoon Network

162
freetoken  Apr 22, 2016 • 9:33:00pm

I notice the Sears holding company is going to close 10 Sears stores and 78 KMart stores.

I wonder how much longer these old brick and mortar retailers can stay in business, post Walmart and post Internet.

It’s been a long time since I’ve been in a Sears store - at least two years. Maybe even longer for a KMart.

Over the many years I’ve found Sears to be passably useful as a place to shop, but in my dotage not so much.

Yet this kind of collapse of the Old America is part of what is driving Drumpfskind’s popularity. Drumpfskind is riding a wave of long-term creeping fear, of insecurity, of just not being good-enough.

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Belafon  Apr 22, 2016 • 9:33:39pm

re: #161 The Ghost of a Flea

Admittedly, I was bitten by a whywolf.

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Video

It’s been so long, I’d forgotten that one. Their move has given me a reason to watch TV on Saturdays while Doctor Who is off the air.

164
De Kolta Chair  Apr 22, 2016 • 9:34:02pm
165
The Ghost of a Flea  Apr 22, 2016 • 9:36:30pm

re: #163 Belafon

Love it. It’s consistently fun, and routinely absolutely amazing with characterization and themes.

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De Kolta Chair  Apr 22, 2016 • 9:36:52pm

re: #164 De Kolta Chair

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Needlessly creepy “Islanders Win” banner, but go Islanders!

Jeez, does every graphic have to be “edgy”? Dissolving text makes no sense, unless it’s a Hammer Film poster.

End of rant. Oh, and Freddie Francis rocks.

167
Charles Johnson  Apr 22, 2016 • 9:37:32pm

Don’t Dream It’s Over

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thedopefishlives  Apr 22, 2016 • 9:38:27pm

It’s interesting. Despite Dubnyk basically letting the Stars back into the game with the 3 goals allowed in the 3rd, the Wild have been outshot by nearly a 2:1 ratio, so all things considered, he’s actually doing better on a percentage basis than the Stars’ goalie.

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klys (maker of Silmarils)  Apr 22, 2016 • 9:39:02pm

re: #168 thedopefishlives

It’s interesting. Despite Dubnyk basically letting the Stars back into the game with the 3 goals allowed in the 3rd, the Wild have been outshot by nearly a 2:1 ratio, so all things considered, he’s actually doing better on a percentage basis than the Stars’ goalie.

Are they playing Niemi or Lehtonen tonight?

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thedopefishlives  Apr 22, 2016 • 9:40:27pm

re: #169 klys (maker of Silmarils)

Are they playing Niemi or Lehtonen tonight?

Survey says Niemi.

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klys (maker of Silmarils)  Apr 22, 2016 • 9:41:41pm

re: #170 thedopefishlives

Survey says Niemi.

Hah. Good old Nemo.

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Belafon  Apr 22, 2016 • 9:42:53pm

re: #165 The Ghost of a Flea

Love it. It’s consistently fun, and routinely absolutely amazing with characterization and themes.

Yep, and we’re waiting for the return of Steven Universe, which rumor has it will be June or July.

173
De Kolta Chair  Apr 22, 2016 • 9:42:57pm

Hammer Films presents The Ted Cruz Story…

174
Feline Fearless Leader  Apr 22, 2016 • 9:45:55pm

Wild win in OT

175
The globulosus alpuzzzzz from Wisconsin  Apr 22, 2016 • 9:47:10pm

re: #1 Eric The Fruit Bat

Welp, it’s better than shit.

176
goddamnedfrank  Apr 22, 2016 • 9:48:07pm

I stumbled on one of the saddest things I’ve ever witnessed, the Twitter account of a 13 year old girl with medulloblastoma who is also a virulent, absolutely horrible racist.

177
retired cynic  Apr 22, 2016 • 9:50:00pm

re: #176 goddamnedfrank
I don’t see how an ill 13-year-old girl can be held responsible for anything. Doesn’t mean she can’t cause harm. Sigh.

178
De Kolta Chair  Apr 22, 2016 • 9:50:27pm

re: #167 Charles Johnson

He is re: #167 Charles Johnson

That young man is a poet. So much talent, like Mateus Asato, has come from Brazil that by rights they should rule the world.

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thedopefishlives  Apr 22, 2016 • 9:51:08pm

re: #174 Feline Fearless Leader

Wild win in OT

Heh. Well, how about that. They dug deep. Wonder if they’ve got anything left in the tank for Sunday.

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klys (maker of Silmarils)  Apr 22, 2016 • 9:51:59pm
181
The Ghost of a Flea  Apr 22, 2016 • 9:55:10pm

re: #172 Belafon

Yep, and we’re waiting for the return of Steven Universe, which rumor has it will be June or July.


Latest I hear is a May 12th return.

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The Ghost of a Flea  Apr 22, 2016 • 9:57:19pm

re: #176 goddamnedfrank

Okay, that sentence makes me want to drink all the booze. That is a whole unanticipated z-axis of fucked-up and sad.

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Belafon  Apr 22, 2016 • 9:59:34pm

re: #181 The Ghost of a Flea


Latest I hear is a May 12th return.

Even better.

Edit: And I actually like that they’re spreading it out.

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Eventual Carrion  Apr 22, 2016 • 10:00:55pm

re: #161 The Ghost of a Flea

Admittedly, I was bitten by a whywolf.

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Were?

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De Kolta Chair  Apr 22, 2016 • 10:03:04pm

Here’s a tune I stumbled across yesterday — Organist/Jazz Funk Maestro Odell Brown covering The Band’s “Look Out Cleveland.” If you ask me, the world needs more tributes to Garth Hudson, and this is one of the best.

Odell Brown - Look Out Cleveland

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klys (maker of Silmarils)  Apr 22, 2016 • 10:07:02pm

re: #154 klys (maker of Silmarils)

Still not looking.

Nope.

Absolutely not looking.

My hands aren’t shaking so much it’s hard to stitch, nope.

187
thedopefishlives  Apr 22, 2016 • 10:07:22pm

re: #186 klys (maker of Silmarils)

Still not looking.

Nope.

Absolutely not looking.

My hands aren’t shaking so much it’s hard to stitch, nope.

Don’t worry. We’re not telling you.

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klys (maker of Silmarils)  Apr 22, 2016 • 10:07:41pm

re: #187 thedopefishlives

Don’t worry. We’re not telling you.

Twitter’s got that all covered, don’t worry.

189
De Kolta Chair  Apr 22, 2016 • 10:15:42pm

Lator gators.

Yes, you live underground and wear special glasses. Indeed, I am impressed. (LMFAO what a delusional doofus.)

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SteelPH  Apr 22, 2016 • 10:17:04pm

re: #189 De Kolta Chair

Lator gators.

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Yes, you live underground and wear special glasses. Indeed, I am impressed. (LMFAO what a delusional doofus.)

Hans Moleman

Cowabunga, dudes.

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klys (maker of Silmarils)  Apr 22, 2016 • 10:17:54pm

Less than 2 minutes left in this game I’m not watching.

Although really I am just glued to Twitter.

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klys (maker of Silmarils)  Apr 22, 2016 • 10:21:16pm

re: #191 klys (maker of Silmarils)

Less than 2 minutes left in this game I’m not watching.

Although really I am just glued to Twitter.

YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAY.

Ahem.

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De Kolta Chair  Apr 22, 2016 • 10:22:40pm

re: #155 Eclectic Cyborg

Which one?

The New Amsterdam Branch, a half block from City Hall, Manhattan, NYC. A tiny place and I love every inch of her. And the librarians there are first rate.

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Eclectic Cyborg  Apr 22, 2016 • 10:24:42pm

You know you’re getting older when professional athletes who retire are YOUNGER than you are.

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retired cynic  Apr 22, 2016 • 10:25:22pm

re: #194 Eclectic Cyborg

You know you’re getting older when professional athletes who retire are YOUNGER than you are.

Hah. When doctors and presidents retire who are younger than you are!

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prairiefire  Apr 22, 2016 • 10:32:14pm

re: #193 De Kolta Chair

Sounds wonderful.

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klys (maker of Silmarils)  Apr 22, 2016 • 10:41:05pm

re: #194 Eclectic Cyborg

You know you’re getting older when professional athletes who retire are YOUNGER than you are.

As long as it’s not Jagr, you’re good.

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No Country For Old Haters  Apr 22, 2016 • 10:49:19pm

re: #100 De Kolta Chair

Time. I’ve been there, man, I’ve been there.

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Automatic upvote for a reference to any terrible Irwin Allen series.

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No Country For Old Haters  Apr 22, 2016 • 11:04:36pm

I received a shipping notification for the Vive I pre-ordered at the end of February. Amazon has gotten me used to getting anything I want in one or two days, so I had to re-learn patience.

I’ve been waiting for real VR since the 80s, and it’s finally here. Reviews are glowing, talking about how non-gamer parents and girlfriends are being blown away by room-scale VR. There is one minor issue with people trying to lean on a virtual counter in Job Simulator, and winding up on the floor.

I think VR is going to be really, really big. People can already meet with their friends in a vr world with social events.

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klys (maker of Silmarils)  Apr 22, 2016 • 11:38:56pm

I found a livestream of kittens.

Also now that my team has won I can actually watch the playoff series, which has had some good hockey from what I’ve heard.

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goddamnedfrank  Apr 22, 2016 • 11:51:59pm
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Nyet  Apr 23, 2016 • 12:33:32am

Heh.

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Nyet  Apr 23, 2016 • 12:37:23am

Gee, DKos is really filled with whiners, like this old Kossack:

dailykos.com

What about “the party should selects the nominee” is not clear to that idiot?

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Nyet  Apr 23, 2016 • 12:40:53am

re: #203 Nyet

And as usual this other old Kossack is on point:

gchaucer2 Apr 22 * 06:10:38 PM
Primaries aren’t the GE. No one is disenfranchising not affiliated voters. The only voters who should pay attention are those who are affiliated. If you want to vote in the Democratic primary — be aware of the rules in your state. I did way back when. Are we supposed to coddle folks who are proud Indies who also have the interwebz and can research rules and the Brennan Center’s student guide for every state because they are too lazy to register in time?

I really find Berners laughable when they think the rules that are open to all don’t apply to them — it is suppression or fraud. You can be a free spirit and vote in the GE — you just don’t get to whine about not being allowed to vote in a primary where everyone else knows what the fuck is going on.

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Nyet  Apr 23, 2016 • 12:44:13am

BWilson gchaucer2 Apr 22 * 07:11:53 PM
You’re neglecting the “Purity Exception” that states that if a Candidate is pure enough they get to pick which Rules are applicable, and when, and are further free to make 180 degree turns when circumstances change. Like “Superdelegates must not overturn the popular vote” morphs into “Superdelegates must overturn the popular vote because a bird landed”.

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Nyet  Apr 23, 2016 • 12:45:45am

- 8 year olds can’t vote…
- VOTER DISENFRANCHISEMENT! OLIGARHY!

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Nyet  Apr 23, 2016 • 12:54:38am

Funny, I don’t remember BernieBros complaining about caucuses.

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klys (maker of Silmarils)  Apr 23, 2016 • 1:02:18am

re: #204 Nyet

The reality is that I’m an independent voter and while I certainly like open primaries and getting to have a voice, I also understand the reality that my choice may mean I don’t get to vote in a state that doesn’t have open primaries.

That’s apparently hard for some people though.

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Kragar  Apr 23, 2016 • 1:02:43am
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The Ghost of a Flea  Apr 23, 2016 • 1:06:39am

re: #209 Kragar

What?!.mov

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Nyet  Apr 23, 2016 • 1:09:42am

re: #209 Kragar

When asked where all the money that flows to Chechnya comes from, Ramzan Kadyrov replied: “From Allah”. Not a joke.

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Nyet  Apr 23, 2016 • 1:12:32am

Do they even have editors at Salon?

No one is taking the news of pop superstar Prince’s death than Roots bandleader Questlove.

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klys (maker of Silmarils)  Apr 23, 2016 • 1:13:38am

re: #212 Nyet

Do they even have editors at Salon?

Maybe they hired Shaun King’s old editor from the NYDN.

/

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Kragar  Apr 23, 2016 • 1:15:09am

re: #213 klys (maker of Silmarils)

I blame Chelsea Clinton

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klys (maker of Silmarils)  Apr 23, 2016 • 1:15:59am

re: #214 Kragar

I blame Chelsea Clinton

That was really nice of her to line up the poor fallguy’s new gig.

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Nyet  Apr 23, 2016 • 1:17:59am

We all know Chelsea is owned by the Russian oligarch Abramovich. But she wants more:

Abramovich’s wealth not enough for Chelsea now

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klys (maker of Silmarils)  Apr 23, 2016 • 1:44:43am

The color doesn’t come through in the photo as much as I’d like, but I’m really pleased with it so far.

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teleskiguy  Apr 23, 2016 • 1:54:16am

There’s a lot of music in Austin, TX.

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teleskiguy  Apr 23, 2016 • 2:04:11am

re: #208 klys (maker of Silmarils)

The reality is that I’m an independent voter and while I certainly like open primaries and getting to have a voice, I also understand the reality that my choice may mean I don’t get to vote in a state that doesn’t have open primaries.

That’s apparently hard for some people though.

Not for me. I’ve never registered as a Democrat or a Republican, ever. And I’m perfectly happy with the results of the Democratic caucus in Colorado. Bernie won the vote, Hillary still walked away with some delegates, and I think the results are perfectly legitimate. Did I participate? No. I couldn’t.* There are rules, Donny.

*And neither could any of the non-Dem/Repub voters in Colorado, which happens to be Colorado’s largest voting bloc.

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Nyet  Apr 23, 2016 • 2:08:23am

re: #219 teleskiguy

Rules are not for Rrrevolutionaries.

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teleskiguy  Apr 23, 2016 • 2:09:01am

re: #194 Eclectic Cyborg

You know you’re getting older when professional athletes who retire are YOUNGER than you are.

Whatever, man. They break their bodies for a living. Your stomach would be tied in knots if you ever read through a list of injuries Shane McConkey incurred during his illustrious career. It’s a good thing those pros leave their profession when they do, before their bodies completely fail them.

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teleskiguy  Apr 23, 2016 • 2:11:30am

re: #220 Nyet

Viva Rrrevolcìon!

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Nyet  Apr 23, 2016 • 2:12:28am

re: #223 teleskiguy

I’m revolting today!

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teleskiguy  Apr 23, 2016 • 2:14:48am

re: #194 Eclectic Cyborg

And besides, WE’RE STILL YOUNG WHIPPERSNAPPERS I TELLS YA! 30 is the new 16.

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Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light)  Apr 23, 2016 • 2:23:17am

re: #1 Eric The Fruit Bat

President Obama gives British Prime Minister a Shinola watch:

He just wants to see if Cameron knows his shit…

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Amory Blaine  Apr 23, 2016 • 2:29:08am

The OfficeMax near me cuts the spine off of (my music) books and coil binds them for ~3 bucks apiece. Why the fuck did it take me all these years to do something so simple?

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Amory Blaine  Apr 23, 2016 • 2:32:44am

Lucky duck gets new lease on life with 3-D printer generated feet

Lumpy the goose struts back and forth, blocking the driveway of Autumn Farm Sanctuary here.

The goose with a missing toe and mangled wings greets visitors and begs for attention by gently biting their clothes at hip’s height. Nearby, a turkey named Monty vies for guests’ affection by spreading his feathers and puffing his chest.

But it’s tough for them to compete for attention with the newest addition to this ragtag barnyard crew — Phillip the duck.

Phillip waddles around his new stomping grounds of the Autumn Farm with 3-D-printed, prosthetic webbed feet. These bright orange plastic prototypes printed by an Oshkosh middle school teacher are not only quite the fowl fashion statement—they actually saved this lucky duck’s life.

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Nyet  Apr 23, 2016 • 2:42:42am

storify.com

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Ming5000  Apr 23, 2016 • 4:24:31am

re: #199 No Country For Old Haters

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BeenHereAwhile  Apr 23, 2016 • 4:32:46am

re: #229 Nyet

storify.com

9. Americans of color, in general, aren’t duped or deluded into thinking “we are the majority already.” That’s plainly obvious.

10. The idea that there is some super woke majority out there waiting to lay siege to the palace is an overwhelmingly white delusion.

11. This imaginary unicorn majority, in their heads, gives them permission to think “we’re not doing anything wrong, it’s the system…”

14. It is thus the perfect cocktail for the emergence of the “Bernie Bro,” who, again, is not a millennial but the aging white male activist

Or the White “Sovereign Citizen” on the Right, who believes no governmental entity has jurisdiction over their activities.

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Brother Holy Cruise Missile of Mild Acceptance  Apr 23, 2016 • 5:22:40am

well, my internal alarm clock went off at 4 so Brisket got trimmed, rubbed and thrown on the grill by 5.

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wheat-dogghazi-mailgate  Apr 23, 2016 • 5:42:10am

re: #232 Brother Holy Cruise Missile of Mild Acceptance

well, my internal alarm clock went off at 4 so Brisket got trimmed, rubbed and thrown on the grill by 5.

You are a superhero.

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Brother Holy Cruise Missile of Mild Acceptance  Apr 23, 2016 • 5:46:54am

re: #233 wheat-dogghazi-mailgate

You are a superhero.

LOL. Well, I have really got good at ribs to the point where they consistently turn out excellent. Now to move to the next part of the triumvirate of smoking/bbq which is brisket. If this turns out good then I will move on to pork shoulder. I’ve done the pork before using an electric smoker but now I have a charcoal grill with firebox for smoking and using that.

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Nyet  Apr 23, 2016 • 5:59:42am

“It is over,” Lee Stonum, an avid Sanders supporter and public defender in Orange County, California, wrote on his Facebook page after the New York results were tallied. “I’m a little annoyed by the tone of the emails I’m now getting from the campaign that refuse to acknowledge this and claim there is still a path to the nomination. There is not.”

Read more: politico.com

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PhillyPretzel  Apr 23, 2016 • 6:03:40am

re: #235 Nyet

That reminds me that one of my friends saw the Nurses for Bernie bus yesterday. She also told me that the driver was trying to park said bus at the entrance to a parking garage. What some folks will do to get some attention.

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Feline Fearless Leader  Apr 23, 2016 • 6:04:55am

This morning’s hike postponed due to rain.*

* - I really don’t mind rain, but I don’t want to add mud. And the targeted trail for today is not paved and goes into low spots. Plus I usually lug a camera along.

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MsJ  Apr 23, 2016 • 6:40:40am

re: #167 Charles Johnson

Beautiful guitar work.

But man, I could not stop looking at that guy’s hair. It was perfect and beautiful and droooool, slurp, yummo. As someone who always had very long and very straight hair, all I can say is…sigh…that’s my dream hair.

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stpaulbear  Apr 23, 2016 • 6:44:19am

My home security company (big national chain) has been sending me weekly letters saying “OMG! YOU NEED TO UPDATE YOUR SYSTEM YESTERDAY! Can we interest you a shiny upgrade?” A couple weeks ago I called them to set up the update.

When I asked how much time I’d have to set aside for this, the phone person said either a whole morning or a whole afternoon. I asked if they had Saturdays. Yep. She was able to give me a Saturday appointment with a one-hour window. The service guy called me at 7:45 to let me know he was on his way and showed up at exactly 8:00. Done at 8:30.

My cat can relax now. Nice to have a happy tech support story.

Apparently the company isn’t switching over to the new system for a couple of years, but they have so many customers that they’re trying to scare us into acting NOW! Worked for me - I only ignored the warnings for about 3-4 months.

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Nyet  Apr 23, 2016 • 6:44:24am

BTW, almost forgot: Ukraine gets its first Jewish premier; in the far-left eyes they’re still run by the Nazis though.

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Nyet  Apr 23, 2016 • 6:48:55am

Old news, but fit to print:

observer.com

The third question, shouted from the floor, caught the Brooklyn-born pol off-guard.

“You went to Israel for a year. As you know, Zionist Jews—I don’t mean to offend anybody—they running the Federal Reserve, they running Wall Street, they’re running everything,” John Prince, who came to the event wearing a Black Lives Matter pin, yelled. “What is your relationship with your Jewish community?”

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Nyet  Apr 23, 2016 • 6:51:02am

From about the same date, from the white supremacist/nationalist “The Occidental Observer”: “Donald Trump and Jeremy Corbyn: Fighting the Jewish Establishment”

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Big Beautiful Door  Apr 23, 2016 • 6:53:10am

LOL, after running its story about Cruz’s mistresses, pro-Trump rag National Enquirer is now claiming his father worked with Oswald to support Castro in 1963. How much longer until they run a story that Rafael was the second shooter on the grassy knoll?
miamiherald.com

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HappyWarrior  Apr 23, 2016 • 7:17:53am

re: #207 Nyet

Funny, I don’t remember BernieBros complaining about caucuses.

I personally find caucuses more undemocratic than closed primaries.

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HappyWarrior  Apr 23, 2016 • 7:20:18am

re: #240 Nyet

BTW, almost forgot: Ukraine gets its first Jewish premier; in the far-left eyes they’re still run by the Nazis though.

Wow that’s historic. But really fuck the far left who believe the bs.

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Nyet  Apr 23, 2016 • 7:23:58am

re: #245 HappyWarrior

There’s no denying that antisemitism is alive and well in Ukraine (and, well around the world), and that some problematic personages rose on the wave of the revolution (don’t they always?). But to buy Putin’s propaganda? Fucking idiots.

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Eventual Carrion  Apr 23, 2016 • 7:24:10am

re: #195 retired cynic

Hah. When doctors and presidents retire who are younger than you are!

I’m still safe on presidents. Obama is a month older than me.

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HappyWarrior  Apr 23, 2016 • 7:24:24am

re: #235 Nyet

The campaign is pulling a Kasich- But we still lead in GE polls. Well guys you have to win your primary first. Respect to those Sanders supporters who are realistic and grow the hell up to those who think Bernie’s going to pull a rabbit out of his ass.

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HappyWarrior  Apr 23, 2016 • 7:25:12am

re: #246 Nyet

There’s no denying that antisemitism is alive and well in Ukraine (and, well around the world), and that some problematic personages rose on the wave of the revolution (don’t they always?). But to buy Putin’s propaganda? Fucking idiots.

They really are.

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Nyet  Apr 23, 2016 • 7:27:23am

re: #248 HappyWarrior

I hope he keeps the contents of his ass inside since I still want to have some respect for him left after it all ends and it’s getting harder.

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Big Beautiful Door  Apr 23, 2016 • 7:27:41am

re: #248 HappyWarrior

The campaign is pulling a Kasich- But we still lead in GE polls. Well guys you have to win your primary first. Respect to those Sanders supporters who are realistic and grow the hell up to those who think Bernie’s going to pull a rabbit out of his ass.

I’m not worried about them. Hillary supporters were the same way in 2008, and there was supposedly going to be a big Puma vote for McCain which didn’t materialize. The prospect of a President Trump or a President Cruz will pull all but a small minority together.

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HappyWarrior  Apr 23, 2016 • 7:29:54am

re: #251 Big Beautiful Door

I’m not worried about them. Hillary supporters were the same way in 2008, and there was supposedly going to be a big Puma vote for McCain which didn’t materialize. The prospect of a President Trump or a President Cruz will pull all but a small minority together.

True good point.

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HappyWarrior  Apr 23, 2016 • 7:31:03am

re: #250 Nyet

I hope he keeps the contents of his ass inside since I still want to have some respect for him left after it all ends and it’s getting harder.

Me too. Just because I don’t want him president doesn’t mean I hate him or dislike his causes.

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Great White Snark  Apr 23, 2016 • 7:31:54am

You guys remember the cop who body slammed the slightly resistant teen girl onto concrete? He’s fired for delaying and lying on his report and for excess force. Buh Bye asshole…

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BeachDem  Apr 23, 2016 • 7:40:24am

re: #229 Nyet

storify.com

That was great—and these two kind of sum up what I see the most of:

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stpaulbear  Apr 23, 2016 • 7:48:45am

re: #229 Nyet

re: #255 BeachDem

That was great—and these two kind of sum up what I see the most of:

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Yes. Agree. That whole thing was great!

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HappyWarrior  Apr 23, 2016 • 7:51:11am

re: #256 stpaulbear

Yes. Agree. That whole thing was great!

It was. And I totally agree with Al’s point that these types never take any responsibility for their own failures.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Apr 23, 2016 • 8:05:40am

He’s comparing himself to Eisenhower (lol!) and again with MacArthur and Patton.

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Jenner7  Apr 23, 2016 • 8:07:09am

Good morning , Lizards.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Apr 23, 2016 • 8:07:09am
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HappyWarrior  Apr 23, 2016 • 8:07:15am

re: #258 Backwoods_Sleuth

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He’s comparing himself to Eisenhower (lol!) and again with MacArthur and Patton.

You look like you should be using a whistle to tell children out of a chocolate factory.i

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HappyWarrior  Apr 23, 2016 • 8:07:49am

re: #260 Backwoods_Sleuth

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“Straight talk” from a guy who has spent his entire career kissing the media and politicians asses to get attention.

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wheat-dogghazi-mailgate  Apr 23, 2016 • 8:08:43am

re: #254 Great White Snark

You guys remember the cop who body slammed the slightly resistant teen girl onto concrete? He’s fired for delaying and lying on his report and for excess force. Buh Bye asshole…

I’d like to know how he justified body-slamming her in his report. Must have been some real work of fiction.

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Jenner7  Apr 23, 2016 • 8:09:07am

re: #258 Backwoods_Sleuth

Do I look Presidential?

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HappyWarrior  Apr 23, 2016 • 8:09:41am

re: #264 Jenner7

Do I look Presidential?

Kinda looks like Jerry Ford.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Apr 23, 2016 • 8:10:31am
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Eric The Fruit Bat  Apr 23, 2016 • 8:10:46am

re: #200 klys (maker of Silmarils)

Cat House on the Kings or Tiny Kittens? (or ???)

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nines09  Apr 23, 2016 • 8:11:57am

re: #260 Backwoods_Sleuth

And the so called brains behind the RNC? Doing what I said they would do months ago. nytimes.com
The dam holding the septic sludge has broken. And they are downhill from it.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Apr 23, 2016 • 8:12:29am
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stpaulbear  Apr 23, 2016 • 8:13:29am

re: #258 Backwoods_Sleuth

[Embedded content]

He’s comparing himself to Eisenhower (lol!) and again with MacArthur and Patton.

The only thing that Trump shares with Eisenhower is the hairline.

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Dr Lizardo  Apr 23, 2016 • 8:13:58am

re: #264 Jenner7

Do I look Presidential?

I saw this awhile back on Reddit regarding Vigo the Carpathian.

Imgur

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Apr 23, 2016 • 8:14:23am
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HappyWarrior  Apr 23, 2016 • 8:14:29am

re: #269 Backwoods_Sleuth

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Okay having similar background to Kasich, Trump can fuck off with that. And Trump really shouldn’t talk given his grandfather’s actual name of Drumpf.

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The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge  Apr 23, 2016 • 8:17:23am

re: #251 Big Beautiful Door

I’m not worried about them. Hillary supporters were the same way in 2008, and there was supposedly going to be a big Puma vote for McCain which didn’t materialize. The prospect of a President Trump or a President Cruz will pull all but a small minority together.

The Bernie-PUMAs weren’t going to vote anyway. Maybe if he got nominated they might have come out of nowhere—except they probably wouldn’t have registered in time.

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No Country For Old Haters  Apr 23, 2016 • 8:18:56am

re: #230 Ming5000

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Eric The Fruit Bat  Apr 23, 2016 • 8:19:19am

re: #139 Brother Holy Cruise Missile of Mild Acceptance

The problem with alcohol is your body can’t metabolize fat so it just sticks with ya.

Be way of strong drink. If can make you shoot at tax collectors.

And miss.

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HappyWarrior  Apr 23, 2016 • 8:20:27am

re: #274 The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge

The Bernie-PUMAs weren’t going to vote anyway. Maybe if he got nominated they might have come out of nowhere—except they probably wouldn’t have registered in time.

What amuses me about them is they insist they’re the actual Democratic base yet they can’t even bother to register with the Democratic Party and they’re constantly threatening to either write in Bernie or vote for Stein. And they have the nerve to claim that Hillary is not a real Democrat and actually a Republican when they do that shit. And I’m not even touching the fact that their candidate of choice hasn’t even been a Democrat a year yet and can’t even commit to campaigning for other Democrats. I’m sorry but fuck that shit.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Apr 23, 2016 • 8:23:29am
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The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge  Apr 23, 2016 • 8:24:57am

re: #277 HappyWarrior

What amuses me about them is they insist they’re the actual Democratic base yet they can’t even bother to register with the Democratic Party and they’re constantly threatening to either write in Bernie or vote for Stein. And they have the nerve to claim that Hillary is not a real Democrat and actually a Republican when they do that shit. And I’m not even touching the fact that their candidate of choice hasn’t even been a Democrat a year yet and can’t even commit to campaigning for other Democrats. I’m sorry but fuck that shit.

I think the real BernieBros are like those people who like some band, but if they find out somebody besides them have heard of them they become “sellouts”. Only hopeless-case candidates are acceptable. If they have a snowball’s chance in hell of getting elected they’re sellouts.

Never mind Bernie’s political career—it doesn’t count because Vermont.

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jaunte  Apr 23, 2016 • 8:25:15am

re: #269 Backwoods_Sleuth

In Waterbury, Trump said he wants to ask Kasich to change the spelling of his name.

That’s some dusty, classic, old-timey WASP dog-whistling.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Apr 23, 2016 • 8:25:25am
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Eric The Fruit Bat  Apr 23, 2016 • 8:26:23am

re: #162 freetoken

In its heyday Sears was freaking huge - it was not only a retailer but it had a big finance arm with its captive private label credit card operation, and it also owned Allstate and Dean Witter (who launched the Discover card.)

If there is a case study of sometimes things get too big to manage, Sears was the canary in the cave. Now you’re seeing the same thing happening with other conglomerates like GE spinning off lines of businesses they can’t/don’t want to manage.

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HappyWarrior  Apr 23, 2016 • 8:27:27am

re: #280 jaunte

That’s some dusty, classic, old-timey WASP dog-whistling.

I still love the Czech born candidate’s response when the Capone crime syndidate WASP’s Republican candidate.
I won’t take a back seat to that Bohunk, Chairmock, Chermack or whatever his name is.
Tony, Tony, where’s your pushcart at?
Can you picture a World’s Fair mayor with a name like that?
And here was Tony Cermak’s response
“He doesn’t like my name… it’s true I didn’t come over on the Mayflower, but I came over as soon as I could.”

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wrenchwench  Apr 23, 2016 • 8:27:55am

re: #278 Backwoods_Sleuth

[#Trump in #CT implies that @POTUS is Muslim again, and supports radical Islam]

Didn’t work in 2008, didn’t work in 2012, third time’s the charm!

Oh, wait. Different opponent this time. Where was Hillary born? Can we see her birth certificate?

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The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge  Apr 23, 2016 • 8:28:24am

re: #280 jaunte

That’s some dusty, classic, old-timey WASP dog-whistling.

How are we going to know Serbs from Croats if they get rid of the “ch”?

(Generally, Serbian names have been transliterated from Cyrillic with a -ch for pronunciation. Croats just leave the diacritic off the “c”.)

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stpaulbear  Apr 23, 2016 • 8:29:50am

re: #279 The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge

I think the real BernieBros are like those people who like some band, but if they find out somebody besides them have heard of them they become “sellouts”. Only hopeless-case candidates are acceptable. If they have a snowball’s chance in hell of getting elected they’re sellouts.

Never mind Bernie’s political career—it doesn’t count because Vermont.

How many hipsters does it take to change a light bulb?
.
.
It’s an obscure number. You probably haven’t heard of it.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Apr 23, 2016 • 8:30:10am

FedEx has just delivered my new laptop.
Yay!

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wheat-dogghazi-mailgate  Apr 23, 2016 • 8:30:56am

re: #287 Backwoods_Sleuth

Wadja get?

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Apr 23, 2016 • 8:31:10am

good grief, Grassley…

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No Country For Old Haters  Apr 23, 2016 • 8:31:33am

re: #282 Eric The Fruit Bat

In its heyday Sears was freaking huge - it was not only a retailer but it had a big finance arm with its captive private label credit card operation, and it also owned Allstate and Dean Witter (who launched the Discover card.)

If there is a case study of sometimes things get too big to manage, Sears was the canary in the cave. Now you’re seeing the same thing happening with other conglomerates like GE spinning off lines of businesses they can’t/don’t want to manage.

Sears was positioned to be Amazon. Between Prodigy and their catalog order fulfillment operation, that had the pieces in place, but management was incompetent. They were shutting down their catalog division, just as it was about to become very valuable.

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The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge  Apr 23, 2016 • 8:31:35am

re: #282 Eric The Fruit Bat

In its heyday Sears was freaking huge - it was not only a retailer but it had a big finance arm with its captive private label credit card operation, and it also owned Allstate and Dean Witter (who launched the Discover card.)

If there is a case study of sometimes things get too big to manage, Sears was the canary in the cave. Now you’re seeing the same thing happening with other conglomerates like GE spinning off lines of businesses they can’t/don’t want to manage.

I haven’t been in a Sears store in 25 years. There is a K-Mart a few blocks away and sometimes they have stuff cheap, so I go there a lot. Kind of run down though—I wonder if it’s one that’s going to close. You’d think Washington and Meeker in Downtown Kent would be a prime location.

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jaunte  Apr 23, 2016 • 8:31:48am
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HappyWarrior  Apr 23, 2016 • 8:32:03am

re: #289 Backwoods_Sleuth

good grief, Grassley…

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It’ll be a happy day when he’s ex Senator Grassley.

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wrenchwench  Apr 23, 2016 • 8:32:36am

re: #287 Backwoods_Sleuth

FedEx has just delivered my new laptop.
Yay!

Ooooh, Fedex on Saturday! You must be in the big city! Or less than 200 miles from one.

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HappyWarrior  Apr 23, 2016 • 8:32:44am

re: #292 jaunte

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His pandering couldn’t be anymore fucking obvious.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Apr 23, 2016 • 8:32:52am

re: #288 wheat-dogghazi-mailgate

Wadja get?

14” Acer Aspire One Cloudbook

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wheat-dogghazi-mailgate  Apr 23, 2016 • 8:36:09am

re: #290 No Country For Old Haters

Sears was positioned to be Amazon. Between Prodigy and their catalog order fulfillment operation, that had the pieces in place, but management was incompetent. They were shutting down their catalog division, just as it was about to become very valuable.

They needed someone like Jeff Bezos to fit all the pieces together. Trouble is, an old company like Sears would be used to doing things A Certain Way, and wouldn’t have listened to some whippersnapper saying, “Hey, if we set up an online catalog on Prodigy, people could buy from Sears from home at lot faster than using the postal service.”

That would have been back in the dialup modem days, and the system would have been painfully slow, but they coulda been the first.

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wheat-dogghazi-mailgate  Apr 23, 2016 • 8:36:41am

re: #296 Backwoods_Sleuth

14” Acer Aspire One Cloudbook

Nice. Acers are pretty good machines.

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Skip Intro  Apr 23, 2016 • 8:36:52am

American Exceptionalism, continued:

Female Ted Cruz Lookalike Agrees To Do Porn For $10,000

huffingtonpost.com

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wheat-dogghazi-mailgate  Apr 23, 2016 • 8:38:09am

re: #299 Skip Intro

American Exceptionalism, continued:

Female Ted Cruz Lookalike Agrees To Do Porn For $10,000

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huffingtonpost.com

I find these photos disturbing. Maybe it’s just me.

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jaunte  Apr 23, 2016 • 8:39:07am

What’s really scary: there’s a market for Ted Cruz porn.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Apr 23, 2016 • 8:39:07am

re: #294 wrenchwench

Ooooh, Fedex on Saturday! You must be in the big city! Or less than 200 miles from one.

Nope. Totally Backwoods. But two carrier facilities not too far away (one in Ohio and the other in WV).

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Apr 23, 2016 • 8:40:10am

re: #298 wheat-dogghazi-mailgate

Nice. Acers are pretty good machines.

I always had Dells. Went with something different this time.

304
Skip Intro  Apr 23, 2016 • 8:40:17am

In more Havana Ted news,

Tabloid says it has proof: Ted Cruz’s father is mystery man in Lee Harvey Oswald photo

He’s the guy in the center wearing a white shirt.

miamiherald.com

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HappyWarrior  Apr 23, 2016 • 8:40:27am

re: #299 Skip Intro

American Exceptionalism, continued:

Female Ted Cruz Lookalike Agrees To Do Porn For $10,000

Embedded Image

huffingtonpost.com

That’s very sad actually.

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HappyWarrior  Apr 23, 2016 • 8:41:01am

re: #301 jaunte

What’s really scary: there’s a market for Ted Cruz porn.

Two Constitutions, One Ted.

Teddy Does Dallas

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wheat-dogghazi-mailgate  Apr 23, 2016 • 8:42:19am

re: #306 HappyWarrior

Two Constitutions, One Ted.

Teddy Does Dallas

Behind Ted’s Door

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wrenchwench  Apr 23, 2016 • 8:42:30am

re: #302 Backwoods_Sleuth

Nope. Totally Backwoods. But two carrier facilities not too far away (one in Ohio and the other in WV).

Ah, a tri-state area.

My tri-state area is NM, Sonora, and Chihuahua. We’re the poor one.

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Feline Fearless Leader  Apr 23, 2016 • 8:44:54am

Oh, and a quick hat tip to B&H Photo. I ordered a lens case and a tripod on Thursday afternoon about 2pm - and it arrived at my apartment about 4pm on Friday. And they sent me an email with the UPS tracking information in addition to my order confirmation and the shipping confirmation.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Apr 23, 2016 • 8:46:55am

that’ll leave a mark…

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Skip Intro  Apr 23, 2016 • 8:46:56am

Meanwhile, over at Herr Trump’s house,

Delegates face death threats from Trump supporters

politico.com

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HappyWarrior  Apr 23, 2016 • 8:48:17am

re: #311 Skip Intro

Meanwhile, over at Herr Trump’s house,

Delegates face death threats from Trump supporters

politico.com

Fascism ala Trump.

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Skip Intro  Apr 23, 2016 • 8:48:37am

re: #310 Backwoods_Sleuth

That NRA safety course really paid off him.

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Nyet  Apr 23, 2016 • 8:49:09am

re: #299 Skip Intro

No. Just no.

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Feline Fearless Leader  Apr 23, 2016 • 8:49:30am

re: #310 Backwoods_Sleuth

that’ll leave a mark…

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WTF?

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jaunte  Apr 23, 2016 • 8:51:22am

re: #310 Backwoods_Sleuth

“Doing the Eddie Eagle”

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Apr 23, 2016 • 8:55:07am

Meanwhile in Bundyland:

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wheat-dogghazi-mailgate  Apr 23, 2016 • 8:57:00am

re: #317 Backwoods_Sleuth

Meanwhile in Bundyland:

Well, I wish him luck. He’ll need it, arguing against the US government that’s held those lands since 1800.

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stpaulbear  Apr 23, 2016 • 8:57:25am

re: #309 Feline Fearless Leader

I’ve got a delivery from Amazon coming today. I made two orders within three days of each other and they held one order back so that they could ship it with the other. I appreciate the efficiencies (less packing material wast. I recycle it anyway), but it means that they took a full week before shipping the first order.

I don’t use streaming services or kindle so I don’t want to spend $100 just for the shipping perks. I usually don’t mind having to wait a couple extra days to receive an order, and 2/3 of my purchases are Marketplace anyway. Most of the Marketplace sellers try to get stuff to you ASAP so they get a good review. I always leave a positive review if they’re good, and 98% of the time they’re very good.

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makeitstop  Apr 23, 2016 • 8:57:26am

‘Morning!

And you guys thought the WKRP Turkey Drop was bad…

Humvees plummet to ground in Hohenfels parachute drop fiasco

Video at link with much NSFW language.

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Eric The Fruit Bat  Apr 23, 2016 • 8:57:37am

re: #317 Backwoods_Sleuth

They want to call witnesses from a case from 1935. Riiiight……

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I Would Prefer Not To  Apr 23, 2016 • 9:03:51am

re: #321 Eric The Fruit Bat

They want to call witnesses from a case from 1935. Riiiight……

Yes, but they want to live in the world of 1835…

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No Country For Old Haters  Apr 23, 2016 • 9:05:26am

re: #318 wheat-dogghazi-mailgate

Well, I wish him luck. He’ll need it, arguing against the US government that’s held those lands since 1800.

As far as Conservatives are concerned, nothing is settled until they get their way…Then it’s set in stone. They’re still not on board with civil rights.

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Skip Intro  Apr 23, 2016 • 9:06:24am
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HappyWarrior  Apr 23, 2016 • 9:06:33am

re: #322 I Would Prefer Not To

Yes, but they want to live in the world of 1835…

Are we talking BC or AD?

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Stanley Sea  Apr 23, 2016 • 9:07:49am

re: #278 Backwoods_Sleuth

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Ripley took one for the team.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Apr 23, 2016 • 9:09:16am

re: #326 Stanley Sea

Ripley took one for the team.

She sure did.

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Stanley Sea  Apr 23, 2016 • 9:10:08am

re: #287 Backwoods_Sleuth

FedEx has just delivered my new laptop.
Yay!

Waiting for my luxe towels!

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ObserverArt  Apr 23, 2016 • 9:13:35am

re: #260 Backwoods_Sleuth

Ashley Killough ✔ ‎@KilloughCNN

Trump has so far referred to politicians and reporters as “bloodsuckers” at his Waterbury event

11:04 AM - 23 Apr 2016

Help me here. Is this the new repackaged gentler Trump or the ol’ tell-it-like-it-is Trump?

And is he not now considered a politician?

We already know he is a bloodsucker.

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The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge  Apr 23, 2016 • 9:16:48am

re: #318 wheat-dogghazi-mailgate

Well, I wish him luck. He’ll need it, arguing against the US government that’s held those lands since 1800.

I think all these sales of Federal land from ~1865-1913, when selling off the undivided patrimony of the American people (i.e., pretty much everything west of the Appalachians) to the Robber Barons for pennies an acre was the Government’s only source of income should be rescinded anyway. These fucking “ranchers” think state-size tracts of land like that were “earned” by all their ancestors’ “hard work”?

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Stanley Sea  Apr 23, 2016 • 9:18:23am

New Kit update.

She hid under the sofa ALL DAY yesterday. Like from 7 am till 9 pm. I went outside for a bit, came back & found out she used the box & ate some kibble. OK. She’s alive.

Went to bed & like 10 minutes later she’s cozying up in the crook of my arm. Sweet little baby.

This morning she’s scared as shit of me, but hung out a little longer than yesterday. I tossed her a few tweets. Noticed that her toys are scattered, so she did some playing last night while I was asleep.

Slowly but surely.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Apr 23, 2016 • 9:19:22am

re: #331 Stanley Sea

She’s just waiting for those fancy new towels to arrive…

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Dr. Matt  Apr 23, 2016 • 9:19:43am
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wrenchwench  Apr 23, 2016 • 9:22:18am

re: #320 makeitstop

‘Morning!

And you guys thought the WKRP Turkey Drop was bad…

Humvees plummet to ground in Hohenfels parachute drop fiasco

Video at link with much NSFW language.

Lots of laughing, one ‘called it,’ and some ‘Yeah! Fuck yeah!’ along with the expected ‘Oh, shit.’

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Apr 23, 2016 • 9:23:07am
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Stanley Sea  Apr 23, 2016 • 9:24:43am

re: #332 Backwoods_Sleuth

She’s just waiting for those fancy new towels to arrive…

OH NO.

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ObserverArt  Apr 23, 2016 • 9:26:02am

re: #310 Backwoods_Sleuth

that’ll leave a mark…

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I guess he is one of those responsible gun owners. I wonder what he was actually aiming at?

Maybe that is what is called a trick shot?

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Ziggy_TARDIS  Apr 23, 2016 • 9:26:30am

Cute news from Bulgaria:

Muslims in a small village in Bulgaria have raised the funds and contributed the labour to restore a century-old Eastern Orthodox church.

The Muslims managed to put together £800 for the restoration, to save the Church of the Archangel Michael for the village’s Christian community who make up about one tenth of the 600 residents.

Kozlets is in the southern Bulgarian province of Haskovo, near the borders of Greece and Turkey.

The restoration of the bell tower cost about £800.

“It was possible that it would fall and bring down the roof with it. This very much worried the Christians in the village. So we decided to raise money,” village mayor Kadir Beynur told Haskovo.

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Dr. Matt  Apr 23, 2016 • 9:26:46am

re: #320 makeitstop

‘Morning!

And you guys thought the WKRP Turkey Drop was bad…

Humvees plummet to ground in Hohenfels parachute drop fiasco

Video at link with much NSFW language.

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sagehen  Apr 23, 2016 • 9:29:35am

re: #304 Skip Intro

In more Havana Ted news,

Tabloid says it has proof: Ted Cruz’s father is mystery man in Lee Harvey Oswald photo

Embedded Image

He’s the guy in the center wearing a white shirt.

miamiherald.com

please let it be true please let it be true please let it be true

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The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge  Apr 23, 2016 • 9:30:09am

re: #334 wrenchwench

Lots of laughing, one ‘called it,’ and some ‘Yeah! Fuck yeah!’ along with the expected ‘Oh, shit.’

No “As God is my witness, I thought Hummers could fly”? I am disappoint….

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wrenchwench  Apr 23, 2016 • 9:33:09am

re: #341 The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge

No “As God is my witness, I thought Hummers could fly”? I am disappoint….

They needed Les. More than ever.

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wrenchwench  Apr 23, 2016 • 9:34:25am

I missed this until now:

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mmmirele  Apr 23, 2016 • 9:37:33am

re: #317 Backwoods_Sleuth

Meanwhile in Bundyland:

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*headdesk* *headdesk* *headdesk* The judge will (rightly) not even consider this nonsense.

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Eric The Fruit Bat  Apr 23, 2016 • 9:42:23am

Looks like the Hermit Kingdom is at it again…

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea on Saturday fired what appeared to be a ballistic missile from a submarine off its northeast coast, South Korean defense officials said, Pyongyang’s latest effort to expand its military might in the face of pressure by its neighbors and Washington.

The South Korean officials, who spoke on condition of anonymity because of office rules, could not immediately confirm where the projectile landed. The Saturday evening launch of what the officials said was presumably a submarine-launched ballistic missile took place near the North Korean coastal town of Sinpo, where analysts have previously detected efforts by the North to develop submarine-launched ballistic missile systems.

A successful test from a submarine would be a worrying development because mastering the ability to fire missiles from submerged vessels would make it harder for outsiders to detect what North Korea is doing before it launches, giving it the potential to surprise its enemies.

South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff said in a statement that the projectile fired by the North on Saturday traveled about 30 kilometers (19 miles). It said a typical submarine-launched ballistic missile can travel at least 300 kilometers (186 miles).

Another dud from the dude.

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ObserverArt  Apr 23, 2016 • 9:49:26am

Well, it looks like the cloud cover has lifted from the muggy morning. Time to head out and see if I can get the rest of my photo job completed. Time to head toward “Nurk” (Newark) Oha. Later!

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The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge  Apr 23, 2016 • 9:53:12am

All this fearmongering about North Korea gets me angry. They’ve had four unsuccessful nuclear tests, using up at least half of the plutonium their 50 MW reactor could possibly have produced in the time it was running, and even if they thought some <1/3 nominal yield firecracker was a war-winning* weapon, it would undoubtedly be too heavy for any of their (also unsuccessful) missiles to deliver. It’s just pandering to the people in this country who are afraid of their own shadows.

*A war against the whole world once they start it, remember…

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Dark_Falcon  Apr 23, 2016 • 9:54:57am

re: #347 The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge

All this fearmongering about North Korea gets me angry. They’ve had four unsuccessful nuclear tests, using up at least half of the plutonium their 50 MW reactor could possibly have produced in the time it was running, and even if they thought some <1/3 nominal yield firecracker was a war-winning* weapon, it would undoubtedly be too heavy for any of their (also unsuccessful) missiles to deliver. It’s just pandering to the people in this country who are afraid of their own shadows.

*A war against the whole world once they start it, remember…

It’s not a war with the whole world, just against the US and South Korea. No one else is going to show up.

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thedopefishlives  Apr 23, 2016 • 9:55:31am

Morning/Afternoon Lizardim from the cool and sunny wild north country. How go things among the lizardfolk today?

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Dark_Falcon  Apr 23, 2016 • 9:57:05am

France 24 TV has a very good report from Syria, feature US and other Western SOF on the ground:

EXCLUSIF : en Syrie, à l’assaut du “califat” - Version longue HD

Lots of gear and equipment to spot for the interested. Normal people will still find it useful.

Hint: I’m not normal.

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Belafon  Apr 23, 2016 • 10:01:09am

re: #229 Nyet

storify.com

There’s a good in there: the political world didn’t just appear fully formed when Sanders supporters decided to join politics.

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The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge  Apr 23, 2016 • 10:01:37am

I’m linking to this Balloon Juice post just because of the title:

Global Lipstick Inventories Plunge as GOP Seeks Cosmetic Miracle

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Belafon  Apr 23, 2016 • 10:12:05am

People waiting for the announcement of who will be the next Doctor Who companion:

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makeitstop  Apr 23, 2016 • 10:17:46am

In which my second favorite Minneapolis musician talks bout my favorite Minneapolis musician…

Paul Westerberg Remembers Prince: ‘I Can’t Think of Anyone Better’

Full of great little anecdotes, but this one is the best:

My first recollection of seeing him was a dress rehearsal for one of his early tours. I was next to another musician, a couple other guys that were up-and-comers and that thought they were hot shit, and we were watching Prince. The guy turned to me and said, “I’m fucking embarrassed to be alive.” And that’s how I felt. He was so good. It was like, “What are we doing? This guy is, like, on a different planet than we are.” It was showmanship, it was rock & roll, it was fun, it was great. I think it helped everyone around. It made us all think that Minneapolis wasn’t the dour town that we tried to pretend it was. He was like a ray of light in a very cautious place. He was a star. He made no bones about it. He was glitz to a place that wasn’t used to it. I remember a little scuffle broke out in front of the stage one night and Prince said, “Stop fighting, you’ll mess up your clothes.”

That. That right there is so perfect.

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Ming5000  Apr 23, 2016 • 10:19:39am

re: #232 Brother Holy Cruise Missile of Mild Acceptance

well, my internal alarm clock went off at 4 so Brisket got trimmed, rubbed and thrown on the grill by 5.

So, I read that Brisket got a trim and a nice rub down, and I thought “must be a cat or dog, how nice”. Then I read that Brisket was then thrown on the grill. It took my brain a few moments to work it all out. heh

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Ziggy_TARDIS  Apr 23, 2016 • 10:19:55am

re: #353 Belafon

If Obama were on Doctor Who, he would have to be the Doctor, or another Time Lord.

Namely, to make fun of the Birthers.

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thedopefishlives  Apr 23, 2016 • 10:21:58am

re: #356 Ziggy_TARDIS

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If Obama were on Doctor Who, he would have to be the Doctor, or another Time Lord.

Namely, to make fun of the Birthers.

An interesting choice. I’m interested to see how it turns out.

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The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge  Apr 23, 2016 • 10:24:31am

Barf:

Tom DeLay, ex-CIA director write letters in support of Dennis Hastert before sex crime payoff sentencing

“We all have our flaws, but Dennis Hastert has very few,” wrote DeLay, who served as the Republican majority leader under Hastert in the early 2000s. “He is a good man that loves the Lord. He gets his integrity and values from Him. He doesn’t deserve what he is going through. I ask that you consider the man that is before you and give him leniency where you can.”

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Belafon  Apr 23, 2016 • 10:24:50am

re: #356 Ziggy_TARDIS

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If Obama were on Doctor Who, he would have to be the Doctor, or another Time Lord.

Namely, to make fun of the Birthers.

re: #357 thedopefishlives

An interesting choice. I’m interested to see how it turns out.

Seeing the piece, she reminds me most of Rose. Unlike Martha or Clara, she makes me think of someone randomly encountered, off the street.

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Ziggy_TARDIS  Apr 23, 2016 • 10:25:21am

re: #356 Ziggy_TARDIS

There is a good chance this will also be Capaldi’s last season as well.

We haven’t had a Doctor last more than 3 seasons since 4th, who left in 1981. Capaldi has also suffered the same serious injuries Matt Smith did on the show, and Capaldi is no spring chicken.

For the next Doctor, I like Hayley Atwell for the 13th Doctor.

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Ziggy_TARDIS  Apr 23, 2016 • 10:29:21am

re: #360 Ziggy_TARDIS

Injury in question.

It should be noted that Smith suffered it worse. They had to cut a scene from the end of The Name of the Doctor, showing how he and Clara left his time stream.

And in his finale, The Time of the Doctor, they had to write in a crippling leg injury for his time on Trenzalore, with a short novella saying the 11th lost part of his leg.

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Romantic Heretic  Apr 23, 2016 • 10:29:23am

re: #311 Skip Intro

Don’t know why they’re whining. They’ve been pulling the crazies into the party for decades.

Too bad crazies can’t be controlled, only directed, as Trump is doing.

I plan to be anywhere other than Cleveland on the days of the GOP convention. There is going to be blood.

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Feline Fearless Leader  Apr 23, 2016 • 10:33:29am

re: #331 Stanley Sea

New Kit update.

She hid under the sofa ALL DAY yesterday. Like from 7 am till 9 pm. I went outside for a bit, came back & found out she used the box & ate some kibble. OK. She’s alive.

Went to bed & like 10 minutes later she’s cozying up in the crook of my arm. Sweet little baby.

This morning she’s scared as shit of me, but hung out a little longer than yesterday. I tossed her a few tweets. Noticed that her toys are scattered, so she did some playing last night while I was asleep.

Slowly but surely.

That’s how it works. As she gets comfortable with the environment she will probably get more interactive.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Apr 23, 2016 • 10:35:13am

re: #358 The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge

Barf:

Tom DeLay, ex-CIA director write letters in support of Dennis Hastert before sex crime payoff sentencing

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HappyWarrior  Apr 23, 2016 • 10:40:41am

re: #358 The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge

Barf:

Tom DeLay, ex-CIA director write letters in support of Dennis Hastert before sex crime payoff sentencing

One crook asking that another crook got leniency even though they and their party repeatedly judge people. Loves the lord? Fuck off Hammer, you use Jesus Christ’s name only for your political goals you hypocritical ghoul.

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HappyWarrior  Apr 23, 2016 • 10:41:20am

re: #364 Backwoods_Sleuth

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Brilliant.

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The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge  Apr 23, 2016 • 10:44:36am

re: #365 HappyWarrior

One crook asking that another crook got leniency even though they and their party repeatedly judge people. Loves the lord? Fuck off Hammer, you use Jesus Christ’s name only for your political goals you hypocritical ghoul.

But according to DeLay, the Columbine shooting was caused by teaching evolution….

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HappyWarrior  Apr 23, 2016 • 10:46:01am

re: #367 The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge

But according to DeLay, the Columbine shooting was caused by teaching evolution….

I wonder what his buddy Hastert’s molesting children was caused by. Probably Bill Clinton and liberalism. //

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The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge  Apr 23, 2016 • 10:50:11am

Planet-Hunting Kepler Spacecraft Back in Action After Glitch

“The nature of the problem has indications of a transient event, which triggered a barrage of false alarms that eventually overwhelmed the system,” Sobeck wrote. “Power-cycling the onboard computers and subsystems appears to have cleared the problem.”

IOW, they turned it off and on again. Imma hafta try that sometime…. //

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Skip Intro  Apr 23, 2016 • 10:52:02am

re: #345 Eric The Fruit Bat

Looks like the Hermit Kingdom is at it again…

Another dud from the dude.

Every picture of this guy cracks me up.

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Skip Intro  Apr 23, 2016 • 10:53:08am

re: #358 The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge

Barf:

Tom DeLay, ex-CIA director write letters in support of Dennis Hastert before sex crime payoff sentencing

He’s a fucking child molester for God’s sake. What’s wrong with these people?

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HappyWarrior  Apr 23, 2016 • 10:53:47am

re: #370 Skip Intro

Embedded Image

Every picture of this guy cracks me up.

I think it’s because he’s the plot of a slapstick comedy come to life
“Kim’s father was the great leader but when Kim’s father died, Kim had to step up and be the great leader all by himself. And he’s going to find out that being the great leader is harder and more fun than it looks!”

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HappyWarrior  Apr 23, 2016 • 10:54:01am

re: #371 Skip Intro

He’s a fucking child molester for God’s sake. What’s wrong with these people?

Go team GOP!

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Kragar  Apr 23, 2016 • 10:54:13am

re: #369 The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge

They must have called IT

Have you tried turning it off and on again

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GlutenFreeJesus  Apr 23, 2016 • 10:56:50am

re: #259 Jenner7

But when a cop stages his suicide and radios in about suspicious minorities before he does the deed, it’s non-stop media coverage for a week as a whole county practically gets shit down. (Joe Gliniewicz)

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CuriousLurker  Apr 23, 2016 • 11:08:51am

Just spent some time following links from an SPLC article referenced in one of Thanos’ pages earlier this week. I crawled around in the sewers for as long as I could stand it, and here’s what I found (this is the is the first in a series of five articles):

Then there’s this (good for mining handles to block):

Also this, written for an Irish paper:
Opinion: Following the money - Irish slave owners in the time of abolition

And finally, some Twitter accounts you might want to preemptively block:

GUWEqMxY5v7Ecje/H6KH204AfzaxtTV5+PkJUVreqF7TLW6y6/FzdBaxnJrLfGLv9AxLq3X+cqyzEKH6dQoE1cfNUlOMmHkwbu2x22CZKjQWoSu7w4OHirea4EOh7+r6kYKiQ93oO5mCos3fVxZB7Sj8tJ3yGYyJ

Now if you’ll excuse me, I’m gonna go find something to kill the stench left by the knuckle-draggers. Despite the toxicity, I’d rather block them in advance than be having a nice day or interesting conversation and have them pop into my timeline to ruin it, y’know? Ugh.

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HappyWarrior  Apr 23, 2016 • 11:12:18am

re: #376 CuriousLurker

Just spent some time following links from an SPLC article referenced in one of Thanos’ pages earlier this week. I crawled around in the sewers for as long as I could stand it, and here’s what I found (this is the is the first in a series of five articles):

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Also this, written for an Irish paper:
Opinion: Following the money - Irish slave owners in the time of abolition

And finally, some Twitter accounts you might want to preemptively block:

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Now if you’ll excuse me, I’m gonna go find something to kill the stench left by the knuckle-draggers. Despite the toxicity, I’d rather block them in advance than be having a nice day or interesting conversation and have them pop into my timeline to ruin it, y’know? Ugh.

What I hate about it as an American of Irish descent is that the suffering that many Irish experienced is used to tell African-Americans that they should shut up. When my third great grandfather brought his family here from Mayo about 160 years ago, he had free will of mobility. I’m sure he took some crap for having an Irish accent, in fact I’m certain of it but the experience of slavery for African-Americans in the New World was much worse than his. It’s pathetic that some people of Irish descent have to use their ancestors suffering to tell people to shut up.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Apr 23, 2016 • 11:12:26am
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HappyWarrior  Apr 23, 2016 • 11:13:28am

re: #378 Backwoods_Sleuth

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No kidding. Typical Republican lack of personal responsibility. Fuck Delay and Hastert. I wish Hastert would have been caught earlier and this predator would have spent some time in jail. We know for a fact that he ruined the lives of the young men he assaulted.

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TedStriker  Apr 23, 2016 • 11:15:41am

re: #372 HappyWarrior

I think it’s because he’s the plot of a slapstick comedy come to life
“Kim’s father was the great leader but when Kim’s father died, Kim had to step up and be the great leader all by himself. And he’s going to find out that being the great leader is harder and more fun than it looks!”

Bizarro Tommy Boy.

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HappyWarrior  Apr 23, 2016 • 11:16:23am

I mean we’re not talking back taxes, gambling, or anything like that. We’re talking about a man who used his position as a figure of authority to take advantage of people. That’s not a minor flaw. That’s a huge flaw and Hastert through religion and party had his past for years.

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HappyWarrior  Apr 23, 2016 • 11:16:48am

re: #380 TedStriker

Bizarro Tommy Boy.

Fat dictator in a little coat.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Apr 23, 2016 • 11:19:13am

“Guys! GUYS!! Where’d ya go???”

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CuriousLurker  Apr 23, 2016 • 11:19:43am

re: #377 HappyWarrior

Exactly. In the SPLC article Hogan points out that awful as penal & indentured servitude were, they cannot be equated with “racialized perpetual hereditary chattel slavery.”

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Timothy Watson  Apr 23, 2016 • 11:21:16am

Is it worth bringing up that Hastert covered for Mark Foley for at least three years?

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HappyWarrior  Apr 23, 2016 • 11:21:19am

re: #384 CuriousLurker

Exactly. In the SPLC article Hogan points out that awful as penal & indentured servitude were, they cannot be equated with “racialized perpetual hereditary chattel slavery.”

Precisely, indentured servitude was awful but it was not slavery.

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The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge  Apr 23, 2016 • 11:21:20am

re: #383 Backwoods_Sleuth

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“Guys! GUYS!! Where’d ya go???”

Is this one of those NRA gun safety classes?

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HappyWarrior  Apr 23, 2016 • 11:21:29am

re: #385 Timothy Watson

Is it worth bringing up that Hastert covered for Mark Foley for at least three years?

Definitely.

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CuriousLurker  Apr 23, 2016 • 11:21:40am

re: #383 Backwoods_Sleuth

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“Guys! GUYS!! Where’d ya go???”

LOLOLOL, what a bunch of idiots.

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Dr Lizardo  Apr 23, 2016 • 11:24:29am

It’s from Rise of the Planet of the Apes. It’s promo footage.

Here’s the original:

Ape With AK-47

It’s utterly convincing, I have to say.

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wrenchwench  Apr 23, 2016 • 11:26:37am
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Belafon  Apr 23, 2016 • 11:27:46am

re: #376 CuriousLurker

Let’s assume for a moment that the stuff was true. A big differenceis that whites have completely integrated the Irish into white society.

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plansbandc  Apr 23, 2016 • 11:29:14am

Well, I’ve slogged my way around the sun again. The BFF gifted me with a Bronco jersey and a Doctor Who TARDIS and Dalek ice cube tray.

She knows me well.

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HappyWarrior  Apr 23, 2016 • 11:31:35am

re: #392 Belafon

Let’s assume for a moment that the stuff was true. A big differenceis that whites have completely integrated the Irish into white society.

That’s true as well.

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Stanley Sea  Apr 23, 2016 • 11:32:17am

re: #393 plansbandc

Well, I’ve slogged my way around the sun again. The BFF gifted me with a Bronco jersey and a Doctor Who TARDIS and Dalek ice cube tray.

She knows me well.

Happy Birthday to ya!

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Charles Johnson  Apr 23, 2016 • 11:34:24am
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Blind Frog Belly White  Apr 23, 2016 • 11:36:17am

re: #392 Belafon

Let’s assume for a moment that the stuff was true. A big differenceis that whites have completely integrated the Irish into white society.

Right. The Smiths of the South Side in Pittsburgh were solidly Middle Class going back to the early 19th Century, and 3 successive generations of my male ancestors married Irish women. Their children were not considered ‘nonwhite’, because of their Irish parentage. Immigrant Irish may have been looked down on, abused, consigned to shitty, dangerous jobs, but they weren’t stuck there for generation upon generation.

And perhaps some Irish even came to America as Indentured Servants, but the LAW going back to the 17th Century established that only blacks were subject to HERITABLE slavery.

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Blind Frog Belly White  Apr 23, 2016 • 11:37:02am

re: #393 plansbandc

Well, I’ve slogged my way around the sun again. The BFF gifted me with a Bronco jersey and a Doctor Who TARDIS and Dalek ice cube tray.

She knows me well.

REFRIGERATE! REFRIGERATE!!!

Happy Birthday!

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HappyWarrior  Apr 23, 2016 • 11:37:15am

re: #396 Charles Johnson

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Good grief.

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Blind Frog Belly White  Apr 23, 2016 • 11:38:59am

re: #396 Charles Johnson

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THE ENEMY OF MY ENEMY IS ALSO AN ASSHOLE!

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HappyWarrior  Apr 23, 2016 • 11:39:53am

re: #397 Blind Frog Belly White

Right. The Smiths of the South Side in Pittsburgh were solidly Middle Class going back to the early 19th Century, and 3 successive generations of my male ancestors married Irish women. Their children were not considered ‘nonwhite’, because of their Irish parentage. Immigrant Irish may have been looked down on, abused, consigned to shitty, dangerous jobs, but they weren’t stuck there for generation upon generation.

And perhaps some Irish even came to America as Indentured Servants, but the LAW going back to the 17th Century established that only blacks were subject to HERITABLE slavery.

My Irish born third great grandfather actually became a pretty respected man in 19th century North side Pittsburgh. He and his son ended up being named as postmasters of the township where they lived in the Buchanan and Cleveland administrations. I mean it’s just crap to compare the two situations. I have no doubt at all that it wasn’t always easy for them as Irish Catholics in a country predominately Protestant of British and German descent but it wasn’t even close to what African-Americans have experienced.

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HappyWarrior  Apr 23, 2016 • 11:41:33am

Look at this way. Emmett Till would have never happened to an Irish kid named Emmett O’Neill.

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Blind Frog Belly White  Apr 23, 2016 • 11:43:10am

re: #401 HappyWarrior

My Irish born third great grandfather actually became a pretty respected man in 19th century North side Pittsburgh. He and his son ended up being named as postmasters of the township where they lived in the Buchanan and Cleveland administrations. I mean it’s just crap to compare the two situations. I have no doubt at all that it wasn’t always easy for them as Irish Catholics in a country predominately Protestant of British and German descent but it wasn’t even close to what African-Americans have experienced.

This is why the line in Blazing Saddles - “We’ll take the N*****s and the Ch*nks, but we DON’T WANT THE IRISH!” is funny. They may not have been ‘wanted’, but they sure got accepted fast! Usually within a generation.

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wrenchwench  Apr 23, 2016 • 11:45:13am

Holy shit. I just found out there was a murder/suicide here on Thursday, by a cop. A witness talked him out of his gun, then his girlfriend came out of her car, then the cop pulled a second gun, shot her, then himself.

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klys (maker of Silmarils)  Apr 23, 2016 • 11:46:33am

re: #267 Eric The Fruit Bat

Cat House on the Kings or Tiny Kittens? (or ???)

Tiny Kittens. :)

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HappyWarrior  Apr 23, 2016 • 11:46:50am

re: #403 Blind Frog Belly White

This is why the line in Blazing Saddles - “We’ll take the N*****s and the Ch*nks, but we DON’T WANT THE IRISH!” is funny. They may not have been ‘wanted’, but they sure got accepted fast! Usually within a generation.

Yeah I love that line. I think it was probably most difficult for the immigrant generation as it always is but by the time subsequent generations are born, it really isn’t a factor. Nationality is different from race.

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Belafon  Apr 23, 2016 • 11:46:58am

re: #404 wrenchwench

Holy shit. I just found out there was a murder/suicide here on Thursday, by a cop. A witness talked him out of his gun, then his girlfriend came out of her car, then the cop pulled a second gun, shot her, then himself.

Where at?

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The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge  Apr 23, 2016 • 11:47:16am

re: #403 Blind Frog Belly White

This is why the line in Blazing Saddles - “We’ll take the N*****s and the Ch*nks, but we DON’T WANT THE IRISH!” is funny. They may not have been ‘wanted’, but they sure got accepted fast! Usually within a generation.

I think most of the prejudice against the Irish in the 19th century was religiously motivated anyway. OMG!! POPERY!!

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HappyWarrior  Apr 23, 2016 • 11:48:32am

re: #408 The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge

I think most of the prejudice against the Irish in the 19th century was religiously motivated anyway. OMG!! POPERY!!

Yes, Irish Protestants had it a lot easier than Irish Catholics. Same thing with the Germans too.

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Charles Johnson  Apr 23, 2016 • 11:52:10am

Jesus.

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makeitstop  Apr 23, 2016 • 11:59:00am

re: #391 wrenchwench

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Damn. The Trifecta. That clip is insane.

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wrenchwench  Apr 23, 2016 • 12:00:48pm

re: #407 Belafon

Where at?

About 2 miles from where I am right now. On the same block a friend of mine lives on.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Apr 23, 2016 • 12:04:48pm

uh oh…possible incoming…

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Charles Johnson  Apr 23, 2016 • 12:08:41pm

re: #413 Backwoods_Sleuth

uh oh…possible incoming…

Yep, saw it.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Apr 23, 2016 • 12:10:50pm

re: #414 Charles Johnson

Yep, saw it.

must be a full moon…

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Belafon  Apr 23, 2016 • 12:11:36pm

re: #412 wrenchwench

About 2 miles from where I am right now. On the same block a friend of mine lives on.

I’m sorry. I don’t remember what city you live in.

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Kragar  Apr 23, 2016 • 12:12:05pm

re: #415 Backwoods_Sleuth

April 21 and 22

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Apr 23, 2016 • 12:12:33pm

re: #417 Kragar

April 21 and 22

close enough.

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wrenchwench  Apr 23, 2016 • 12:15:50pm

re: #416 Belafon

I’m sorry. I don’t remember what city you live in.

Perhaps because I’ve never said. Sorry for the vagueness. It’s a small NM town near nothing, like all the small NM towns.

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thedopefishlives  Apr 23, 2016 • 12:23:11pm

re: #418 Backwoods_Sleuth

close enough.

There’s a time dilation.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Apr 23, 2016 • 12:36:59pm
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Belafon  Apr 23, 2016 • 12:40:27pm

re: #419 wrenchwench

Perhaps because I’ve never said. Sorry for the vagueness. It’s a small NM town near nothing, like all the small NM towns.

That works. I couldn’t remember your state either.


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