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wheat-dogghazi-mailgate  Apr 28, 2016 • 9:34:01pm

Well, Trump has succeeded where the GOP failed — motivating Hispanic voters.

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Stanley Sea  Apr 28, 2016 • 9:34:53pm

re: #1 wheat-dogghazi-mailgate

Well, Trump has succeeded where the GOP failed — motivating Hispanic voters.

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klys (maker of Silmarils)  Apr 28, 2016 • 9:35:55pm

re: #2 Stanley Sea

I approve of any protest that involves dancing.

With caveats.

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Stanley Sea  Apr 28, 2016 • 9:37:58pm

Bunch of kids.

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jaunte  Apr 28, 2016 • 9:40:47pm
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teleskiguy  Apr 28, 2016 • 9:41:06pm

Trump will trounce Hillary. AMIRITE?!?

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Pawn of the Oppressor  Apr 28, 2016 • 9:46:41pm

Yay hooliganism!

The imaging infrared view looks like a game of Syndicate Wars. Creepy.

And it’s kind of funny how cool the horse’s tails are compared to their bodies.

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jaunte  Apr 28, 2016 • 9:53:55pm
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Stanley Sea  Apr 28, 2016 • 9:54:21pm

Night all!

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klys (maker of Silmarils)  Apr 28, 2016 • 9:56:28pm

re: #9 Stanley Sea

Night all!

Ah yes, the part of the evening where the Lizards seek their warm rocks.

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Shimshon  Apr 28, 2016 • 9:57:06pm

Correct me if I am wrong but is this the same area that in the past has protested against police abuse and shootings against minorities? So the kids are angry at the police already, now they are angry also at Trump, and what better way to show your anger than burning things? That will change everything one burned out police car at a time… and totally not play into the right wing calling you animals.

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Eclectic Cyborg  Apr 28, 2016 • 10:01:06pm

ILLIGUL IMMIGRUNT HOOLIGANS!!!

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Eclectic Cyborg  Apr 28, 2016 • 10:01:57pm

re: #11 Shimshon

I see where you are coming from, but for all the shit Trump has said, I don’t blame these people for being a wee bit pissed off.

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klys (maker of Silmarils)  Apr 28, 2016 • 10:10:37pm

Anyone else planning on watching the Canadian hockey playoffs on Saturday?

/ducks from Canadian Lizards.

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dog philosopher ஐஒஔ௸  Apr 28, 2016 • 10:14:18pm

bobby knight admires truman for dropping the bomb in 1944 and saving billions of american lives

i glad to know that a sports figure like mr knight has such a firm grasp of historical events and american demographics

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Shimshon  Apr 28, 2016 • 10:16:57pm

re: #13 Eclectic Cyborg

I see where you are coming from, but for all the shit Trump has said, I don’t blame these people for being a wee bit pissed off.

I’m not surprised they are pissed off, and even violent, it just plays into what the other side wants. “See? minorities and libs are the REAL fascists!”

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klys (maker of Silmarils)  Apr 28, 2016 • 10:17:42pm

re: #16 Shimshon

I’m not surprised they are pissed off, and even violent, it just plays into what the other side wants. “See? minorities and libs are the REAL fascists!”

There’s a point at which you do what you need to do, regardless of what the other side is going to think, and then deal with the consequences.

I can’t really judge someone else for hitting that point.

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Shimshon  Apr 28, 2016 • 10:18:15pm

re: #15 dog philosopher ஐஒஔ௸

bobby knight admires truman for dropping the bomb in 1944 and saving billions of american lives

i glad to know that a sports figure like mr knight has such a firm grasp of historical events and american demographics

Well no American text book is going to admit the Japanese were going to surrender any way and the bomb was dropped to flex muscle and scare Stalin. I’m sure he meant millions instead of billions, even though that study was just bs claiming the Japanese on the mainland were still willing to fight to the death. They just wanted to surrender with the Emperor as leader and that is what they got anyway even after the 2 bombs.

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Eclectic Cyborg  Apr 28, 2016 • 10:18:31pm

re: #14 klys (maker of Silmarils)

Anyone else planning on watching the Canadian hockey playoffs on Saturday?

/ducks from Canadian Lizards.

*quietly grumbles in a corner*

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klys (maker of Silmarils)  Apr 28, 2016 • 10:18:50pm

re: #19 Eclectic Cyborg

*quietly grumbles in a corner*

So who are you rooting for on Saturday?

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Shimshon  Apr 28, 2016 • 10:19:09pm

re: #17 klys (maker of Silmarils)

There’s a point at which you do what you need to do, regardless of what the other side is going to think, and then deal with the consequences.

I can’t really judge someone else for hitting that point.

I’m just disappointed that this happened not judging them just judging what the end result will be.

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klys (maker of Silmarils)  Apr 28, 2016 • 10:20:06pm

re: #21 Shimshon

I’m just disappointed that this happened not judging them just judging what the end result will be.

To some extent, the right is going to judge people harshly no matter what they do. I just shrug and move on.*

* This move is for my sanity, not necessarily anyone else’s.

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Eclectic Cyborg  Apr 28, 2016 • 10:20:45pm

re: #20 klys (maker of Silmarils)

So who are you rooting for on Saturday?

Are we talking NHL or World Championship?

/

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Shimshon  Apr 28, 2016 • 10:24:00pm

re: #22 klys (maker of Silmarils)

To some extent, the right is going to judge people harshly no matter what they do. I just shrug and move on.*

* This move is for my sanity, not necessarily anyone else’s.

I’m speaking in terms of moderates and those on the fence about supporting the left in the Nov, elections this will not get anything but negative views of civil rights movements and immigration reform. I already know a lot of older 50+ year olds that have voted for Democrats for decades that hold bigoted views about Hispanics and blacks sadly. and BLM and other protests that turn to stupid violence for no reason are not helping in my opinion.

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klys (maker of Silmarils)  Apr 28, 2016 • 10:24:27pm

re: #23 Eclectic Cyborg

Are we talking NHL or World Championship?

/

Either/or, but if you say anything other than the North America Under 23 team for the Worlds’ I’ll know you’re lying. ;)

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Eclectic Cyborg  Apr 28, 2016 • 10:25:23pm

re: #25 klys (maker of Silmarils)

Either/or, but if you say anything other than the North America Under 23 team for the Worlds’ I’ll know you’re lying. ;)

LOL.

Well if we are talking NHL, my two preferred teams of those that remain are the Sharks and the Islanders.

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klys (maker of Silmarils)  Apr 28, 2016 • 10:25:39pm

re: #26 Eclectic Cyborg

LOL.

Well if we are talking NHL, my two preferred teams of those that remain are the Sharks and the Islanders.

SHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARKS.

Ahem.

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Shimshon  Apr 28, 2016 • 10:27:25pm

re: #26 Eclectic Cyborg

LOL.

Well if we are talking NHL, my two preferred teams of those that remain are the Sharks and the Islanders.

You must be a fan of bdsm

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klys (maker of Silmarils)  Apr 28, 2016 • 10:37:45pm

re: #28 Shimshon

You must be a fan of bdsm

That would be Edmonton.

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klys (maker of Silmarils)  Apr 28, 2016 • 10:40:14pm

re: #26 Eclectic Cyborg

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Ubiq  Apr 28, 2016 • 10:42:20pm

re: #1 wheat-dogghazi-mailgate

Well, Trump has succeeded where the GOP failed — motivating Hispanic voters.

Fuck, Trump has succeeded where the DEMOCRATS have failed.

Political scientists keep saying that Texas would be purple if the Hispanic vote would show up. It will be interesting to see if this accelerates this year.

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Eclectic Cyborg  Apr 28, 2016 • 10:42:24pm

re: #30 klys (maker of Silmarils)

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Shimshon  Apr 28, 2016 • 10:46:41pm

re: #31 Ubiq

Fuck, Trump has succeeded where the DEMOCRATS have failed.

Political scientists keep saying that Texas would be purple if the Hispanic vote would show up. It will be interesting to see if this accelerates this year.

When the GOP ditched the rhetoric they won a lot of Hispanics with their religious stances like on abortion. Contrary to popular belief Latin America is very socially conservative. But now the GOP has no chance and Trump’s rhetoric will motivate more to vote Democratic.

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klys (maker of Silmarils)  Apr 28, 2016 • 10:47:08pm

re: #32 Eclectic Cyborg

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goddamnedfrank  Apr 28, 2016 • 10:47:32pm
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Eclectic Cyborg  Apr 28, 2016 • 10:48:42pm

re: #34 klys (maker of Silmarils)

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Donnie With The Good Hair (AKA Sophist)  Apr 28, 2016 • 10:51:25pm

re: #1 wheat-dogghazi-mailgate

Well, Trump has succeeded where the GOP failed — motivating Hispanic voters.

Now they just have to show up at the voting booth.

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klys (maker of Silmarils)  Apr 28, 2016 • 10:52:42pm

re: #36 Eclectic Cyborg

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klys (maker of Silmarils)  Apr 28, 2016 • 10:54:08pm

Hey Charles, bug report for you. If I preview a post private for one user, the tag is red and if I click on it, it gives me the “this comment is not addressed to you” after I dismiss the comment preview. That’s fine. However, my preview button then remains grayed out until I refresh the page.

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Donnie With The Good Hair (AKA Sophist)  Apr 28, 2016 • 10:57:59pm

re: #22 klys (maker of Silmarils)

To some extent, the right is going to judge people harshly no matter what they do.

It’s not about what the right says, it’s about how well it can sell what it says to the center. They’re always going to call these protestors animals, but when there’s video of them jumping up and down on police cars it’s an easier sell.

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Alyosha  Apr 28, 2016 • 11:00:43pm

So can we start calling this kind of thing Trump’s Travelling Pumpkin Festival?

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Eclectic Cyborg  Apr 28, 2016 • 11:04:25pm

re: #38 klys (maker of Silmarils)

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Alyosha  Apr 28, 2016 • 11:06:22pm
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klys (maker of Silmarils)  Apr 28, 2016 • 11:16:56pm

re: #42 Eclectic Cyborg

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klys (maker of Silmarils)  Apr 28, 2016 • 11:33:01pm

Dear reviewer on the Play Store:

If you think your time would be better spent stitching as opposed to figuring out my app, just think how I feel about the time I sunk into writing it for no pay.

/your snarky app writer

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klys (maker of Silmarils)  Apr 28, 2016 • 11:47:33pm

I need more of this in my life.

Javelin Missile In Afghanistan!

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klys (maker of Silmarils)  Apr 28, 2016 • 11:50:18pm

Okay, I have the last three posts in a row. I’m going to sit next to my husband, pretend the Internet doesn’t exist unless it is streaming me hockey, and ignore the fact that I get to drive three hours tomorrow. I’ll be back once I’m settled and things are done, to annoy you all afterward.

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Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light)  Apr 29, 2016 • 12:51:11am

re: #11 Shimshon

Correct me if I am wrong but is this the same area that in the past has protested against police abuse and shootings against minorities? So the kids are angry at the police already, now they are angry also at Trump, and what better way to show your anger than burning things? That will change everything one burned out police car at a time… and totally not play into the right wing calling you animals.

Yes, what sort of gift do you give to the candidate who has everything? Images like this. These are going to be offered up as proof of why we need to round up 11 or 12 million Latinos (so what if we get a few false positives in there?) and send them south…

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Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light)  Apr 29, 2016 • 12:51:45am

re: #13 Eclectic Cyborg

I see where you are coming from, but for all the shit Trump has said, I don’t blame these people for being a wee bit pissed off.

In Trumpseak, they are just being “passionate”.

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Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light)  Apr 29, 2016 • 12:55:09am

re: #33 Shimshon

When the GOP ditched the rhetoric they won a lot of Hispanics with their religious stances like on abortion. Contrary to popular belief Latin America is very socially conservative. But now the GOP has no chance and Trump’s rhetoric will motivate more to vote Democratic.

Socially conservative in one sense. They have a strong sense of family and community. But that also entails good schools as well as strong community and local institutions, the kind the GOP are happy to see run into the ground over tax cuts.

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Timothy Watson  Apr 29, 2016 • 2:10:33am

White guy in Baltimore threatens to detonate a suicide bomb vest for 40 minutes, gets shot by police a couple times and survives.

Black guy in Baltimore runs from police, dies an excruciating death from a broken neck.

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Decatur Deb  Apr 29, 2016 • 2:18:55am

Bandana Girl in photo #5 has a great scrapbook photo.

“Tell us, abuela, what did you do in La Lucha?”
“Mira, nina.”

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Danack  Apr 29, 2016 • 2:45:48am

lawhawk wrote two stories down:

The more you learn about Trump and his supporters, the more insane it is when you realize he’s going to be the GOP nominee…Trump professes a worldview that is unhinged from reality. … his supporters love him for that. They want someone that debased from reality.

Seriously, when you put it in simple terms like this, it really isn’t difficult to comprehend.

* The people who support the modern GOP are detached from reality.
* The people who support the modern GOP are in favour of a candidate that is detached from reality.

Ladies and gentlemen the modern Republican party!

Although it’s difficult to make useful conclusions from this observation, it does at least show the lack of merit in trying to appeal to Republican voters using logical arguments.

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Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light)  Apr 29, 2016 • 2:49:47am

re: #53 Danack

And the discussion seems to go from the size of his fingers to his retweets or to his most recent comments.

And I think the DT camp wants to keep the discussion fixated on such irrelevant issues because, quite simply, he is entirely unqualified for the office he is campaigning for: neither his (nonexistent) record of public service nor his character or background indicates anything otherwise.

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Decatur Deb  Apr 29, 2016 • 2:52:45am

re: #53 Danack

lawhawk wrote two stories down:

Seriously, when you put it in simple terms like this, it really isn’t difficult to comprehend.

* The people who support the modern GOP are detached from reality.
* The people who support the modern GOP are in favour of a candidate that is detached from reality.

Ladies and gentlemen the modern Republican party!

Although it’s difficult to make useful conclusions from this observation, it does at least show the lack of merit in trying to appeal to Republican voters using logical arguments.

We’re different than XII Cent European villagers. But not that different.

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Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light)  Apr 29, 2016 • 3:05:33am

re: #55 Decatur Deb

We’re different than XII Cent European villagers. But not that different.

Hillary turned me into a newt!!!

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Decatur Deb  Apr 29, 2016 • 3:08:12am

re: #56 Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light)

Hillary turned me into a newt!!!

At last night’s Democratic meeting the preacher who gave the opening prayer asked for protection from “satanic and demonic” influences.

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Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light)  Apr 29, 2016 • 3:10:19am

re: #57 Decatur Deb

At last night’s Democratic meeting the preacher who gave the opening prayer asked for protection from “satanic and demonic” influences.

You mean like Lucifer in the flesh?

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Decatur Deb  Apr 29, 2016 • 3:12:33am

re: #58 Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light)

You mean like Lucifer in the flesh?

I thought it was precipitous to drive the Devil away unless we were sure he planned to vote for Trump.

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Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light)  Apr 29, 2016 • 3:46:44am

Jeez, Salon has really gone downhill since Joan Walsh left (she herself has all but disowned the rag)

This is one of the most egregious pieces I have seen to date:

A liberal case for Donald Trump: The lesser of two evils is not at all clear in 2016

Look, I don’t like Hillary very much, and would gladly vote for any other candidate if there were one I found more experienced or better qualified…but this piece is just full of frothing political immaturity.

Makes no mention of the SCOTUS, which is the key argument right there.

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Patricia Kayden  Apr 29, 2016 • 4:07:05am

re: #6 teleskiguy

Trump will trounce Hillary. AMIRITE?!?

In an alternative universe.

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Decatur Deb  Apr 29, 2016 • 4:07:08am

re: #60 Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light)

Jeez, Salon has really gone downhill since Joan Walsh left (she herself has all but disowned the rag)

This is one of the most egregious pieces I have seen to date:

A liberal case for Donald Trump: The lesser of two evils is not at all clear in 2016

Look, I don’t like Hillary very much, and would gladly vote for any other candidate if there were one I found more experienced or better qualified…but this piece is just full of frothing political immaturity.

Makes no mention of the SCOTUS, which is the key argument right there.

Not just political BS, it’s freakn’ illiterate:

“That said, now that the race between Bernie Sanders and Hillary Clinton, with the former secretary of state essentially guaranteed the nomination, many liberals and progressives are preparing, once again, to vote for the lesser of two evils.”

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wheat-dogghazi-mailgate  Apr 29, 2016 • 4:13:47am

Why do I suspect Salon, if it had been around in the 1930s, would have found some way to justify why letting Hitler take over would have been a good thing?

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GlutenFreeJesus  Apr 29, 2016 • 4:15:00am

Trump trying to woo Sanders supporters. I wouldn’t be surprised if a bunch fell for it.

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Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light)  Apr 29, 2016 • 4:17:58am

re: #62 Decatur Deb

Not just political BS, it’s freakn’ illiterate:

“That said, now that the race between Bernie Sanders and Hillary Clinton, with the former secretary of state essentially guaranteed the nomination, many liberals and progressives are preparing, once again, to vote for the lesser of two evils.”

That is what Salon has started turning into: a bunch of hacks coming up with catchy click-bait headlines followed by incoherent drivel.

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William Lewis  Apr 29, 2016 • 4:19:44am

re: #63 wheat-dogghazi-mailgate

Why do I suspect Salon, if it had been around in the 1930s, would have found some way to justify why letting Hitler take over would have been a good thing?

Nah, just in the bag for a good strong man like Il Duce

Rather like they are for Benito Jr.

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Decatur Deb  Apr 29, 2016 • 4:20:11am

re: #63 wheat-dogghazi-mailgate

Why do I suspect Salon, if it had been around in the 1930s, would have found some way to justify why letting Hitler take over would have been a good thing?

“We’re getting the old Bund back together.”

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wheat-dogghazi-mailgate  Apr 29, 2016 • 4:21:44am

re: #67 Decatur Deb

“We’re getting the old Bund back together.”

Salon is trying way too hard to be iconoclasts.

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Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light)  Apr 29, 2016 • 4:24:03am

re: #68 wheat-dogghazi-mailgate

Salon is trying way too hard to be iconoclasts clickbait.

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Timothy Watson  Apr 29, 2016 • 4:44:08am

re: #60 Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light)

Jeez, Salon has really gone downhill since Joan Walsh left (she herself has all but disowned the rag)

This is one of the most egregious pieces I have seen to date:

A liberal case for Donald Trump: The lesser of two evils is not at all clear in 2016

Look, I don’t like Hillary very much, and would gladly vote for any other candidate if there were one I found more experienced or better qualified…but this piece is just full of frothing political immaturity.

Makes no mention of the SCOTUS, which is the key argument right there.

Life of Brian - The People’s Front of Judea

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Amory Blaine  Apr 29, 2016 • 4:57:55am

re: #66 William Lewis

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Kent Dorfman  Apr 29, 2016 • 4:58:59am

I would imagine that if Trump would ever have a meeting with African American leaders, it would go something like this:

Blazing Saddles- Work Song

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Dr. Matt  Apr 29, 2016 • 5:11:53am

Facebook Video

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Barefoot Grin  Apr 29, 2016 • 5:13:10am

Gotta run to work, but I just saw this on The Onion’s American Voices about Cruz picking Fiorina for VP and chuckled:

“Makes sense. Someone will eventually have to tell the staffers they’re all fired.”

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Targetpractice  Apr 29, 2016 • 5:16:55am

Salon has basically gone the same direction that Kos has: “Okay, maybe Bernie’s lost, but don’t leave us! We’ll still dance and sing for you, so please stay and keep generating ad revenue for us!”

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Dr. Matt  Apr 29, 2016 • 5:17:10am
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Targetpractice  Apr 29, 2016 • 5:22:21am

re: #76 Dr. Matt

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Tad Devine gets paid to convince Bernie that he can still win, even though he’d basically have to hit consecutive royal flushes from here to the convention to even challenge Hillary for the nomination.

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Dr. Matt  Apr 29, 2016 • 5:24:10am

re: #75 Targetpractice

Salon has basically gone the same direction that Kos has: “Okay, maybe Bernie’s lost, but don’t leave us! We’ll still dance and sing for you, so please stay and keep generating ad revenue for us!”

Salon has pretty much gone full derp. Fuck these assholes.

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William Lewis  Apr 29, 2016 • 5:24:59am

re: #71 Amory Blaine

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Targetpractice  Apr 29, 2016 • 5:27:06am

re: #78 Dr. Matt

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Salon has pretty much gone full derp. Fuck these assholes.

By this point, the Bernie Bros are letting their true colors come out, which is that they have an easier time raging against a Republican in office than dealing with a Democrat. The last eight years has left them marginalized and left to explain how the “socialism” of Obama is “not enough” when Republicans are screaming night and day that we have to remain vigilant or else the government’s gonna kick in our doors.

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freetoken  Apr 29, 2016 • 5:37:39am

Headline writers…

Trump critics clash with police at California rally

My takeaway is that this is exactly what Drumpfskind wants.

The rioters are playing right into his plan.

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Franklin  Apr 29, 2016 • 5:38:03am
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freetoken  Apr 29, 2016 • 5:38:10am

“Critics” will now be equated with rioters.

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freetoken  Apr 29, 2016 • 5:38:53am

that should have been “Now equated”

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Franklin  Apr 29, 2016 • 5:40:27am

re: #73 Dr. Matt

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It’s no longer funny how badly that guy will be missed next year.

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Kent Dorfman  Apr 29, 2016 • 5:40:34am

re: #81 freetoken

Exactly. Well said.

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freetoken  Apr 29, 2016 • 5:46:52am

Freepers freeping,
Redstaters are stating,
Jones is jonesing,
We all fall down.

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Timothy Watson  Apr 29, 2016 • 5:48:50am

Out of curiosity, has anyone checked for suicide notes at Alternet recently?

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Dr. Matt  Apr 29, 2016 • 5:53:06am

re: #80 Targetpractice

By this point, the Bernie Bros are letting their true colors come out, which is that they have an easier time raging against a Republican in office than dealing with a Democrat. The last eight years has left them marginalized and left to explain how the “socialism” of Obama is “not enough” when Republicans are screaming night and day that we have to remain vigilant or else the government’s gonna kick in our doors.

They are taking pages from the teabagger manual. In addition to acting like professional victims, they are adopting: “If I don’t get my way, let’s buern down the whole place”.

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GlutenFreeJesus  Apr 29, 2016 • 6:04:02am

Trump/Sanders ‘16!

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Belafon  Apr 29, 2016 • 6:07:46am

re: #83 freetoken

“Critics” will now be equated with rioters.

Meaning nothing has changed. Criticism has already been equated with Gestapo tactics: Telling someone they are wrong is the same as shutting them up. Yet, somehow, walking around with a gun in such a manner that it’s obvious they are trying to intimidate people into changing their behavior is not terrorism, but exercising their rights.

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Eventual Carrion  Apr 29, 2016 • 6:16:05am

re: #22 klys (maker of Silmarils)

To some extent, the right is going to judge people harshly no matter what they do. I just shrug and move on.*

* This move is for my sanity, not necessarily anyone else’s.

They should have just taken over and trashed a federal refuge, that is more acceptable to the right.

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Great White Snark  Apr 29, 2016 • 6:21:39am

re: #83 freetoken

“Critics” will now be equated with rioters.

False equivalence is their bread and butter.

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Great White Snark  Apr 29, 2016 • 6:22:46am

Is it fair to think that if Trump wins the presidency riots like that go nationwide?

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lawhawk  Apr 29, 2016 • 6:29:31am

re: #94 Great White Snark

Cleveland’s going to need more riot gear (and a bigger boat). For inside the convention center.

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Decatur Deb  Apr 29, 2016 • 6:41:47am

re: #94 Great White Snark

Is it fair to think that if Trump wins the presidency riots like that go nationwide?

Not for long.

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Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light)  Apr 29, 2016 • 7:05:13am

re: #94 Great White Snark

Is it fair to think that if Trump wins the presidency riots like that go nationwide?

ditto if he doesn’t win, because the election was obviously a sham…

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lawhawk  Apr 29, 2016 • 7:07:10am

Because the right wing/Bernie-bro (and Jane Sanders) convergence is defined and depends entirely on anti-Hillary BS. Both share the same traits, and both are willing to completely ignore facts and reality in pursuit of nonsensical ravings from lunatics who have been saying indictments are forthcoming any day now.

There were no criminal acts by Hillary re: Benghazi. The email kerfuffle is just that - a kerfuffle, but no laws were broken. You can’t go back and read criminality into emails containing sensitive information because they later became classified due to the information contained in them. And if it’s a crime that Hillary had a private server that might be hacked by foreign entities (but for which there’s no evidence that actually happened), where are the indictments against every frickin’ company that’s been hacked by outsiders with releases of private information including credit card, SSN and other valuable data that goes to creating new identities or any number of white collar crimes?

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jeffreyw  Apr 29, 2016 • 7:09:12am

Imgur
Thread needs more pie.

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lawhawk  Apr 29, 2016 • 7:14:53am

re: #99 jeffreyw

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Shiplord Kirel  Apr 29, 2016 • 7:18:14am

re: #95 lawhawk

Cleveland’s going to need more riot gear (and a bigger boat). For inside the convention center.

Street Fighting Man - Rolling Stones

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CuriousLurker  Apr 29, 2016 • 7:18:16am

re: #94 Great White Snark

Is it fair to think that if Trump wins the presidency riots like that go nationwide?

There will be no “taking America back” in time and “making it great again” because he’s selling people a bill of goods about time traveling back to when American minorities (and women) knew & accepted their place under the foot of white men. That ship has sailed—the clock cannot be turned back nor the future stopped.

To answer your question, yes, I think riots would go nationwide. Not only riots started by his opponents, but also by his fearful, gibbering supporters when they finally wake up and become enraged, realizing they’ve been had.

I don’t think he’ll win the presidency though. I believe most Americans are sane and more grounded in reality than his supporters, and they understand full well that a Trump presidency would rip the nation apart.

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Franklin  Apr 29, 2016 • 7:18:45am

re: #100 lawhawk

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Moar Pie!

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Blind Frog Belly White  Apr 29, 2016 • 7:20:36am

re: #76 Dr. Matt

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When I see that Bill Kristol still gets paid to offer opinions, even though he’s invariably wrong, I realize I’m in the wrong business.

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CuriousLurker  Apr 29, 2016 • 7:22:28am

re: #102 CuriousLurker

Gah, typos. It’s still too early in the AM for politics.

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Timothy Watson  Apr 29, 2016 • 7:26:30am

I think I’ve found something worse than VBA: Access Form design.

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The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge  Apr 29, 2016 • 7:30:46am

In local news, if anyone’s looking for a place in Seattle:

The Montlake Spite House is Back on the Market For $519K

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Belafon  Apr 29, 2016 • 7:35:47am

re: #107 The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge

Too much yard.

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Eventual Carrion  Apr 29, 2016 • 7:37:39am

re: #107 The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge

In local news, if anyone’s looking for a place in Seattle:

The Montlake Spite House is Back on the Market For $519K

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I’d have to lose weight

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Great White Snark  Apr 29, 2016 • 7:40:35am

re: #102 CuriousLurker

re: #105 CuriousLurker

Gah, typos. It’s still too early in the AM for politics.

Heh, you think it’s early in your time zone? There? (PST here)

Awful footage on local news. Supporters got beat up. As I suppose some protesters did as well. Police will need a large buffer zone policy for these events moving ahead.

I can tell you that some are making plans to cut access to the next rally. Folks that studied the “Battle For Seattle” anti WTO actions and the like.

This will get worse before it gets better. Trump will win the GOP, we are in this ‘till November. Finding ways to oppose Trump, be a witness and stay safe and not accept two out of three there will be a job.

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wheat-dogghazi-mailgate  Apr 29, 2016 • 7:40:39am

re: #107 The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge

In local news, if anyone’s looking for a place in Seattle:

The Montlake Spite House is Back on the Market For $519K

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A very fancy, sideways shotgun house.

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Feline Fearless Leader  Apr 29, 2016 • 7:40:50am

re: #46 klys (maker of Silmarils)

I need more of this in my life.

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Video

The cats were not amused by that video.

I was.

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jeffreyw  Apr 29, 2016 • 7:43:29am

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Sssh… mustn’t wake kittehs

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Belafon  Apr 29, 2016 • 7:46:31am

re: #107 The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge

Going to the link, that outside picture is a bit deceptive in that it makes the house look just the width of the end, when it in fact gets wider in the middle. Though it does look like to get from one half of the house to the other you have to go outside.

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Feline Fearless Leader  Apr 29, 2016 • 7:46:38am

re: #106 Timothy Watson

I think I’ve found something worse than VBA: Access Form design.

It’s just a layer on top of VB code. So it’s like the Devil wearing a mask.

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Timothy Watson  Apr 29, 2016 • 7:47:39am

re: #115 Feline Fearless Leader

It’s just a layer on top of VB code. So it’s like the Devil wearing a mask.

It doesn’t help that programming I can at least understand, graphics and design stuff just frustrates me to no end.

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The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge  Apr 29, 2016 • 7:49:34am

re: #114 Belafon

Going to the link, that outside picture is a bit deceptive in that it makes the house look just the width of the end, when it in fact gets wider in the middle. Though it does look like to get from one half of the house to the other you have to go outside.

I think that second floor plan is for the basement. Actually I’ve known people to live in trailers a lot more cramped than either level of this. They didn’t pay 519 grand for them, though.

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Feline Fearless Leader  Apr 29, 2016 • 7:50:13am

re: #116 Timothy Watson

It doesn’t help that programming I can at least understand, graphics and design stuff just frustrates me to no end.

You can essentially design the forms completely in the VB end. But Access to a large degree is meant for quick design work, and not necessarily by skilled IT personnel. So the form tools and wizards allow for some quick and dirty work to represent and work with your data structures.

While, of course, allowing you to develop more complex stuff if you need to. Though the compromises made can be pretty annoying.

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Belafon  Apr 29, 2016 • 7:50:51am

re: #117 The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge

I think that second floor plan is for the basement. Actually I’ve known people to live in trailers a lot more cramped than either level of this. They didn’t pay 519 grand for them, though.

OK, that makes sense.

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Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light)  Apr 29, 2016 • 7:50:53am

re: #117 The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge

I think that second floor plan is for the basement. Actually I’ve known people to live in trailers a lot more cramped than either level of this. They didn’t pay 519 grand for them, though.

I wondered about that, too. Is there a separate entrance for the basement rooms?

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The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge  Apr 29, 2016 • 7:55:37am

re: #120 Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light)

I wondered about that, too. Is there a separate entrance for the basement rooms?

I can’t tell. If there was a staircase, it’d show on the floor plan, so there has to be.

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lawhawk  Apr 29, 2016 • 7:56:19am
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Dave In Austin  Apr 29, 2016 • 7:57:09am

Jim DeMint opens his trap…. Whoops.

Jim DeMint, the former South Carolina senator and Tea Party firebrand who is now the president of the Heritage Foundation, became the latest in a string of conservatives to admit that restrictive voting laws such as voter ID requirements are an attempt to help Republicans win elections, telling a St. Louis radio host yesterday that voter ID laws help elect “more conservative candidates.”

Talk radio host Jamie Allman asked DeMint about Virginia Gov. Terry McAuliffe’s move to restore the voting rights of people in the state who had served time for felonies, a draconian restriction that disproportionately affected African-Americans by design. DeMint responded that McAuliffe’s action was “awfully suspicious” and tied it to what he claimed was a Democratic plan to get votes from “illegals” and through “voter fraud.”

“Well, it’s awfully suspicious coming into a big election in a state where it’s actually pretty close,” he said. “I mean, states can decide who votes, but the governor themselves without legislative action, that seems over the top to me. I haven’t seen an complete analysis here, but the left is trying to draw votes from illegals, from voter fraud, a lot of different things, so this kind of fits right in to trying to find another group that they can basically count on to vote their way.”

“So it’s really a bigger issue,” he added, “and that’s why the left fights voter ID or any kind of picture ID to know that it is actually a registered voter who’s voting. And so it’s something we’re working on all over the country, because in the states where they do have voter ID laws you’ve seen, actually, elections begin to change towards more conservative candidates.”

- See more at: rightwingwatch.org

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Timothy Watson  Apr 29, 2016 • 7:57:46am

re: #121 The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge

I can’t tell. If there was a staircase, it’d show on the floor plan, so there has to be.

Picture 15 shows a door below ground level from the inside.

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Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light)  Apr 29, 2016 • 7:58:51am

re: #122 lawhawk

If you see bigotry, oppose it. If you see violence, condemn it. If you see a bully, stand up to him.

Count on Hillary being nailed for sexism. I have been victimized by female bullies…in the fourth grade.

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Feline Fearless Leader  Apr 29, 2016 • 7:58:56am

re: #122 lawhawk

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The other thing to consider is how badly does Trump’s rhetoric poison the rest of the GOP as they start falling into lockstep with their candidate? Presumably out of habit and a misplaced sense of party unity having higher priority than principles and basic decency.

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HappyWarrior  Apr 29, 2016 • 7:59:35am

re: #123 Dave In Austin

Jim DeMint opens his trap…. Whoops.

Voter fraud Eleventy!

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lawhawk  Apr 29, 2016 • 8:06:45am

Nope. Wrong alliance. It’s the Loki-Chitauri alliance. That worked so famously that it resulted in carnage, death, and destruction, and neither side got what they wanted.

Some people really ought to get their MCU facts straight.

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gocart mozart  Apr 29, 2016 • 8:06:51am
Orange County Friends Meeting
Religious Society of Friends (Quakers)
Irvine, California

Dear Mr. William Lovett:
I am the attorney at the Quaker Oats Company responsible for trademark matters. As you probably know, our company manufactures numerous food products, the most famous of which is oatmeal. In addition to having used the Quaker Oats name as our company name for close to 100 years, we have registered the Quaker name as a trademark.
It was therefore quite a surprise to discover that you are operating a business under the name “Quaker Oats Christmas Tree Farm.” Your use of our trademark is likely to mislead consumers into believing that your business is associated with the Quaker Oats Company. It is also likely to weaken our very strong trademark. In light of the foregoing, we hereby demand that you immediately stop all use of the “Quaker Oats” name…. While we would like to settle this matter amicably, we will take all steps which are necessary and appropriate to protect our name.
Sincerely
Janet L. Silverberg, counsel

Dear Janet Silverberg:
My breakfast this morning—rolled oats by the way—was interrupted by the arrival of your letter via FedEx, which was delivered to us despite the fact that you have misspelled our company name which is Quaker OAKS Christmas Tree Farm. Our farm was so named because religious services were held outdoors on this farm under a great oak tree until about ten years ago when we were able to move into our new Meetinghouse on another corner of our farm.
Our business is 100% owned and operated by Quakers. I suspect that your firm employs considerably fewer, if any, Quakers. We trace our Quaker ancestors back 320 years and they were mostly farmers, but I don’t know how many of them grew oats for your company. My guess is that you may be selling far more Lutheran oats, Methodist oats, or maybe atheist oats. Could your company be guilty of product source misrepresentation?
We don’t know why you choose to associate your commercial products with our faith, but we supposed you feel there is some marketing value from it. If you were selling machine guns, roulette wheels or some other product offensive to our Quaker faith, we would be upset by the association, but since we find your products wholesome and enjoyable, we consider your use of our name a compliment. We invite you to visit our farm to verify that we are indeed Quaker Oaks Christmas Tree Farm. If you come in December, we’d be happy to sell you a tree!
Sincerely,
William Lovett,
Visalia, California

orangecountyquakers.org

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Timothy Watson  Apr 29, 2016 • 8:07:40am

re: #128 lawhawk

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Nope. Wrong alliance. It’s the Loki-Chitauri alliance. That worked so famously that it resulted in carnage, death, and destruction, and neither side got what they wanted.

Some people really ought to get their MCU facts straight.

Yeah, using his analogy, Kasich would be President right now.

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HappyWarrior  Apr 29, 2016 • 8:08:00am

Voter fraud for Republicans is minority voters being able to vote without fear of harassment.

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Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light)  Apr 29, 2016 • 8:09:44am

re: #129 gocart mozart

LOLZ from thee to me

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Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light)  Apr 29, 2016 • 8:10:41am

re: #131 HappyWarrior

Voter fraud for Republicans is minority voters being able to vote without fear of harassment, period.

TTFY

trumpetized it for ya…

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makeitstop  Apr 29, 2016 • 8:11:20am

Morning, Lizards!

The wife and I went to LIU at CW Post last night and saw Alton Brown’s ‘Eat Your Science’ show. If it comes your way, I recommend getting out to see it. AB is a funny dude, and the show was very entertaining Four thumbs up (mine and the wife’s).

So…what else is happening around here today?

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Apr 29, 2016 • 8:12:21am
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Shiplord Kirel  Apr 29, 2016 • 8:13:18am

re: #129 gocart mozart

The amazing thing about this is that there are Quakers in Orange County.

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Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light)  Apr 29, 2016 • 8:13:54am

re: #136 Shiplord Kirel

The amazing thing about this is that there are Quakers in Orange County.

Wasn’t Richard Nixon from a Quaker family?

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Shiplord Kirel  Apr 29, 2016 • 8:15:38am

re: #129 gocart mozart

If you were selling machine guns, roulette wheels or some other product offensive to our Quaker faith, we would be upset by the association, but since we find your products wholesome and enjoyable, we consider your use of our name a compliment.

So, I guess my new Earth Quaker line of thermobaric bombs and warheads is out then.

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HappyWarrior  Apr 29, 2016 • 8:15:45am

re: #135 Backwoods_Sleuth

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One theocrat backs another.

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lawhawk  Apr 29, 2016 • 8:16:15am

re: #135 Backwoods_Sleuth

Oh, that’ll move the needle precisely … nowhere.

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GlutenFreeJesus  Apr 29, 2016 • 8:18:12am

re: #122 lawhawk

This will only raise him up in his circle.

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makeitstop  Apr 29, 2016 • 8:18:23am

re: #135 Backwoods_Sleuth

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Creep recognize creep.

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Shiplord Kirel  Apr 29, 2016 • 8:19:05am

re: #137 Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light)

Wasn’t Richard Nixon from a Quaker family?

He was indeed. The family was observant when Richard was young, too, eschewing alcohol, swearing, and drinking, not to mention war and violence. It obviously didn’t take.

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The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge  Apr 29, 2016 • 8:21:38am

re: #131 HappyWarrior

Voter fraud for Republicans is minority voters being able to vote without fear of harassment.

Or anybody with no “skin in the game” voting—i.e. nobody who doesn’t pay Federal income tax.

I think 95% of Trump voters would be surprised to learn they don’t want them to vote.

On a side note, it’s amazing how many people think they pay Federal income tax when they clearly don’t. Is it some kind of Faux Noise-induced mass hallucination?

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Apr 29, 2016 • 8:23:41am

heh

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Stanley Sea  Apr 29, 2016 • 8:28:50am

re: #145 Backwoods_Sleuth

heh

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The ring tone of Harry’s phone was everything.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Apr 29, 2016 • 8:31:54am

re: #145 Backwoods_Sleuth

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Apr 29, 2016 • 8:33:18am
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Teukka  Apr 29, 2016 • 8:36:09am

re: #148 Backwoods_Sleuth

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“*POP* goes the weasel!” ????

*ducks*

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wheat-dogghazi-mailgate  Apr 29, 2016 • 8:36:17am

re: #148 Backwoods_Sleuth

BULLETIN: CERN discovers new massive particle, the tau-weason

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Shiplord Kirel  Apr 29, 2016 • 8:37:10am

re: #149 Teukka

“*POP* goes the weasel!” ????

*ducks*

Go to your room.

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Belafon  Apr 29, 2016 • 8:37:51am

re: #145 Backwoods_Sleuth

Imagine watching a movie. But you’re not actually watching a movie. You’re watching people react to the movie. Edit: And you don’t get to see them react, you get to read the comments they made to those nearby.

That’s what twitter is like at a place that restricts access, and all you get to see is the text of some of the tweets.

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Teukka  Apr 29, 2016 • 8:38:03am

re: #151 Shiplord Kirel

Go to your room.

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Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light)  Apr 29, 2016 • 8:41:09am

re: #150 wheat-dogghazi-mailgate

BULLETIN: CERN discovers new massive particle, the tau-weason

I only regret that I have but one upding to give for that comment

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FormerDirtDart  Apr 29, 2016 • 8:43:16am

re: #148 Backwoods_Sleuth

Weasel Apparently Shuts Down World’s Most Powerful Particle Collider

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Jenner7  Apr 29, 2016 • 8:43:59am

re: #145 Backwoods_Sleuth

I’m really going to miss this wonderful family in the WH.

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Dave In Austin  Apr 29, 2016 • 8:44:25am

re: #149 Teukka

“*POP* goes the weasel!” ????

*ducks*

3rd Bass “Pop Goes The Weasel”

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Apr 29, 2016 • 8:45:49am
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Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light)  Apr 29, 2016 • 8:47:40am

re: #158 Backwoods_Sleuth

The Night They Put Old Dixie In Storage: Louisville removes a Confederate statue from U of L campus.

I would have no (legal) objection to someone using private funds to put it up on private property.

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wheat-dogghazi-mailgate  Apr 29, 2016 • 8:47:41am

re: #158 Backwoods_Sleuth

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Wow! I thought he’d never disappear.

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Blind Frog Belly White  Apr 29, 2016 • 8:48:02am

re: #158 Backwoods_Sleuth

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The team that came in second in the Civil War loses another Participation Award.

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Belafon  Apr 29, 2016 • 8:49:29am

re: #158 Backwoods_Sleuth

I’m surprised the state hasn’t passed a law preventing colleges and cities from removing that stuff.

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Jenner7  Apr 29, 2016 • 8:51:47am
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CuriousLurker  Apr 29, 2016 • 8:57:26am

re: #162 Belafon

Give them time.

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retired cynic  Apr 29, 2016 • 8:57:32am

Juanita Jean continues her reporting on the Latino response to Donald Trump:

juanitajean.com

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CuriousLurker  Apr 29, 2016 • 8:57:59am

re: #163 Jenner7

*SIGH, smh…*

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Romantic Heretic  Apr 29, 2016 • 8:59:24am

re: #107 The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge

In local news, if anyone’s looking for a place in Seattle:

The Montlake Spite House is Back on the Market For $519K

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Is that all?!

Here in Toronto that place would go for $2 million, easy.

Yeah, the housing market in Toronto has gone nova, and you know how those end up.

ETA. Note. Must look at all pictures first. I’ll downgrade that price to $1.25 million.

My bad.

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wheat-dogghazi-mailgate  Apr 29, 2016 • 9:03:12am

re: #162 Belafon

I’m surprised the state hasn’t passed a law preventing colleges and cities from removing that stuff.

Kentucky was a border state, and not so rabidly pro-slavery as the CSA states. IIRC, Jefferson County, where Louisville is, was leaning toward abolition, since it was right across the river from Indiana, a free state.

Of course, nowadays that means nothing. There’s probably more neo-confederates in the state legislature now than there were confederates in 1860.

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jaunte  Apr 29, 2016 • 9:11:16am
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Backwoods_Sleuth  Apr 29, 2016 • 9:12:36am

Trump left a calling card…

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lawhawk  Apr 29, 2016 • 9:13:36am

That sounds like he’s resigned to Trump in November, knowing that his current support for Cruz is fleeting.

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lawhawk  Apr 29, 2016 • 9:15:56am

That last line by Garrison assumes facts not in evidence, considering that Trump has thought about his daughter in a way that should make you feel very uncomfortable.

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wheat-dogghazi-mailgate  Apr 29, 2016 • 9:16:02am

re: #171 lawhawk

It’s a very lukewarm endorsement, damning with faint praise.

“Well, given the choice between being dropped into a pool full of hungry alligators and voting for Ted Cruz, I guess I’m gonna go with voting for Ted.”

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b.d.  Apr 29, 2016 • 9:18:39am

Trump owns your party Pence

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The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge  Apr 29, 2016 • 9:18:41am

re: #168 wheat-dogghazi-mailgate

Kentucky was a border state, and not so rabidly pro-slavery as the CSA states. IIRC, Jefferson County, where Louisville is, was leaning toward abolition, since it was right across the river from Indiana, a free state.

Of course, nowadays that means nothing. There’s probably more neo-confederates in the state legislature now than there were confederates in 1860.

Kentucky (and Missouri) had two state legislatures, one Union, one Confederate (in exile). Ditto Congressional delegations. Kentucky and Missouri are why the Stars and Bars has 13 stars, even though there were only 11 Confederate states.

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lawhawk  Apr 29, 2016 • 9:18:47am

re: #173 wheat-dogghazi-mailgate

Indeed. And that stunt picking Fiorina as a VP candidate will net him no votes. And wont get him the nomination.

Which frees Fiorina to be picked by Trump as his VP for November, which will hopefully result as Fiorina being the only person to ever be picked as the VP choice twice in the same election by different candidates and losing both times.

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wheat-dogghazi-mailgate  Apr 29, 2016 • 9:18:53am

re: #172 lawhawk

Rage Furby had an unintelligible post a few days back leaping to someone’s defense, but I’m not clear whose. Trump’s I suppose, or maybe Tyson’s. As usual, he blamed the victim, exonerated the abuser, and quoted his mentor, Adam Dershowitz, who was Tyson’s defense attorney.

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wheat-dogghazi-mailgate  Apr 29, 2016 • 9:20:10am

re: #175 The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge

Kentucky (and Missouri) had two state legislatures, one Union, one Confederate (in exile). Ditto Congressional delegations Kentucky and Missouri are why the Stars and Bars has 13 stars, even though there were only 11 Confederate states.

Ah, thanks. I should be embarrassed not to have known that, being a resident of KY for almost 30 years.

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lawhawk  Apr 29, 2016 • 9:20:34am

Hey Governor. Would you like rabies or malaria?

I’ll take rabies.

Good choice.

/

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CuriousLurker  Apr 29, 2016 • 9:20:47am

So I just spent the last 30 minutes or so crawling into the world of a dandelion seed head with my macro lens. it was amazing. There’s so much of our world we miss out on… the mathematical precision with which the plumed seeds are arranged is mind boggling—it looks like a geodesic dome created by nature, but it’s built differently.

I never paid any mind to why dandelions look like they do when they go to seed, but after my little photo session I got curious and found out that the flower is actually a multitude of tiny florets, each one having its own stigma at the top and growing a seed at the bottom. It’s fascinatingly complex.

A Close-up View of the Wildflower Dandelion

The scientific name for the dandelion is Taraxacum officinale and it is a member of the Compositae family. Strangely, the bloom is not a single flower! It is actually a composite of many individual flowers, called florets. (Each petal then, is a single flower!) These florets are held above the ground by a tubular upright stem that can be up to 45 cm in length. The bloom, florets and stem can be seen in the images below. […]

microscopy-uk.org.uk

I now return you to your regularly scheduled program.

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The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge  Apr 29, 2016 • 9:22:18am

re: #179 lawhawk

Hey Governor. Would you like rabies or malaria?

I’ll take rabies.

Good choice.

/

I’ll take his malaria, Thank you very much.

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wheat-dogghazi-mailgate  Apr 29, 2016 • 9:22:32am

re: #176 lawhawk

Indeed. And that stunt picking Fiorina as a VP candidate will net him no votes. And wont get him the nomination.

Which frees Fiorina to be picked by Trump as his VP for November, which will hopefully result as Fiorina being the only person to ever be picked as the VP choice twice in the same election by different candidates and losing both times.

I really can’t see Trump picking Fiorina as his running mate, or her agreeing to it. It would be like mixing sodium with water in an enclosed space.

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Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light)  Apr 29, 2016 • 9:23:48am

re: #175 The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge

Kentucky (and Missouri) had two state legislatures, one Union, one Confederate (in exile). Ditto Congressional delegations Kentucky and Missouri are why the Stars and Bars has 13 stars, even though there were only 11 Confederate states.

Arizona Territory also had a Confederate capital (in Tucson) and a Union capital (in Prescott).

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The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge  Apr 29, 2016 • 9:25:02am

re: #180 CuriousLurker

So I just spent the last 30 minutes or so crawling into the world of a dandelion seed head with my macro lens. it was amazing. There’s so much of our world we miss out on… the mathematical precision with which the plumed seeds are arranged is mind boggling—it looks like a geodesic dome created by nature, but it’s built differently.

I never paid any mind to why dandelions look like they do when they go to seed, but after my little photo session I got curious and found out that the flower is actually a multitude of tiny florets, each one having its own stigma at the top and growing a seed at the bottom. It’s fascinatingly complex.

I now return you to your regularly scheduled program.

I’ve often said if dandelion seeds were expensive, and they were a PITA to grow, they’d really be prized. Plus, I like the greens a lot better than collard greens (or spinach, for that matter).

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wheat-dogghazi-mailgate  Apr 29, 2016 • 9:26:45am

re: #184 The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge

I’ve often said if dandelions seeds were expensive, and they were a PITA to grow, they’d really be prized. Plus, I like the greens a lot better than collard greens (or spinach, for that matter).

Young greens, right? I thought they get bitter with age. (Not unlike some people.)

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The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge  Apr 29, 2016 • 9:27:06am

re: #182 wheat-dogghazi-mailgate

I really can’t see Trump picking Fiorina as his running mate, or her agreeing to it. It would be like mixing sodium with water in an enclosed space.

Will he pick Roy Moore for Veep or will he be his first SCOTUS appointment?

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The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge  Apr 29, 2016 • 9:28:33am

re: #185 wheat-dogghazi-mailgate

Young greens, right? I thought they get bitter with age. (Not unlike some people.)

Well, when they’re green and succulent, yeah. They get tough later, if nothing else. Have an almost bacony flavor.

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wheat-dogghazi-mailgate  Apr 29, 2016 • 9:28:36am

re: #186 The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge

Will he pick Roy Moore for Veep or will he be his first SCOTUS appointment?

I’m going with Jeff Sessions. He’s got the conserva-Christian creds, and he’s also batshit crazy — fool enough to accept the nod.

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nines09  Apr 29, 2016 • 9:29:03am

In the end, 3 things will remain. Cockroaches, dandelions, and Keith Richards.

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wheat-dogghazi-mailgate  Apr 29, 2016 • 9:29:40am

re: #187 The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge

Well, when they’re green and succulent, yeah. They get tough later, if nothing else. Have an almost bacony flavor.

My dad tried making dandelion wine once, when I was a kid. I’m not sure it was a very successful experiment.

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calochortus  Apr 29, 2016 • 9:30:07am

re: #180 CuriousLurker

So I just spent the last 30 minutes or so crawling into the world of a dandelion seed head with my macro lens. it was amazing. There’s so much of our world we miss out on… the mathematical precision with which the plumed seeds are arranged is mind boggling—it looks like a geodesic dome created by nature, but it’s built differently.

I never paid any mind to why dandelions look like they do when they go to seed, but after my little photo session I got curious and found out that the flower is actually a multitude of tiny florets, each one having its own stigma at the top and growing a seed at the bottom. It’s fascinatingly complex.

I now return you to your regularly scheduled program.

It’s just amazing what you can see when you stop and really look at things. Sure sometimes you don’t see anything new, but other times you see the arrangement of those seeds (which has interesting mathematical connections) Other times you’ll see interesting insect behavior, or where a bird is nesting. It’s not for everyone, and that’s OK, but fortunately Mr. C. and I both enjoy the close observation.

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b.d.  Apr 29, 2016 • 9:31:17am

HA! If only.

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The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge  Apr 29, 2016 • 9:31:52am

re: #188 wheat-dogghazi-mailgate

I’m going with Jeff Sessions. He’s got the conserva-Christian creds, and he’s also batshit crazy — fool enough to accept the nod.

Could be—but I think he’s got the Deep South tied up. Are there any equally vicious wingnuts from, like Ohio or Pennsylvania, or Gawdelpus, California, he could pick? Is he even giving any thought to strategy like that when he doesn’t even know how the primary process works? Who knows?

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wheat-dogghazi-mailgate  Apr 29, 2016 • 9:32:58am

re: #191 calochortus

It’s just amazing what you can see when you stop and really look at things. Sure sometimes you don’t see anything new, but other times you see the arrangement of those seeds (which has interesting mathematical connections) Other times you’ll see interesting insect behavior, or where a bird is nesting. It’s not for everyone, and that’s OK, but fortunately Mr. C. and I both enjoy the close observation.

The Golden Spiral en.wikipedia.org

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nines09  Apr 29, 2016 • 9:34:05am

re: #193 The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge

Rick Santorum. Now excuse me, I must go run into traffic.

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The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge  Apr 29, 2016 • 9:35:07am

Now tell us what you really think, Rebecca:

Dear Salon, Set Your Dick On Fire And Eat It

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The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge  Apr 29, 2016 • 9:35:41am

re: #195 nines09

Rick Santorum. Now excuse me, I must go run into traffic.

Perfect!

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wrenchwench  Apr 29, 2016 • 9:36:39am

re: #165 retired cynic

Juanita Jean continues her reporting on the Latino response to Donald Trump:

juanitajean.com

Last line:

You cannot wall-in a damn goat. I’m just saying.

RTWT! And look at the pictures.

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nines09  Apr 29, 2016 • 9:37:38am

re: #197 The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge

Reels in the nut jobs not already on board.

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CuriousLurker  Apr 29, 2016 • 9:39:00am

re: #191 calochortus

It’s just amazing what you can see when you stop and really look at things. Sure sometimes you don’t see anything new, but other times you see the arrangement of those seeds (which has interesting mathematical connections) Other times you’ll see interesting insect behavior, or where a bird is nesting. It’s not for everyone, and that’s OK, but fortunately Mr. C. and I both enjoy the close observation.

Lucky you. I’ve been fascinated by macro photography and looking at things closer since I got my first digital point-n-shoot with macro capabilities.

The funny thing is that after I realized how much trouble the dandelion goes to to reproduce, I felt guilty for picking it and made sure to take it to the window and blow the seeds into the wind. I feel better now. ;)

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Apr 29, 2016 • 9:39:30am
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Backwoods_Sleuth  Apr 29, 2016 • 9:41:00am
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wheat-dogghazi-mailgate  Apr 29, 2016 • 9:41:46am

re: #201 Backwoods_Sleuth

Interesting family dynamics in La Familia Cruz.

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allegro  Apr 29, 2016 • 9:43:21am

re: #191 calochortus

It’s just amazing what you can see when you stop and really look at things. Sure sometimes you don’t see anything new, but other times you see the arrangement of those seeds (which has interesting mathematical connections) Other times you’ll see interesting insect behavior, or where a bird is nesting. It’s not for everyone, and that’s OK, but fortunately Mr. C. and I both enjoy the close observation.

One of my first assignments in most of my classes was to take the class outside on a pretty day and have each of them pick a tree, any tree, on campus and sit down with pen and notebook to write down everything they saw. It was an almost transformative experience for many of them. The most common comment I got afterwards was “Wow! I had no idea!”

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Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light)  Apr 29, 2016 • 9:46:11am

re: #201 Backwoods_Sleuth

Watch Ted Cruz’s daughter literally run from her father’s touch

There was a bit on Bill Maher “Ted Cruz: 25 things you don’t know about me” and one of the gags was “My daughters like to play hide-and-seek with he. Sometimes for weeks at a time.”

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calochortus  Apr 29, 2016 • 9:46:20am

re: #200 CuriousLurker

Lucky you. I’ve been fascinated by macro photography and looking at things closer since I got my first digital point-n-shoot with macro capabilities.

The funny thing is that after I realized how much trouble the dandelion goes to to reproduce, I felt guilty for picking it and made sure to take it to the window and blow the seeds into the wind. I feel better now. ;)

LOL, someone will be out there busily pulling/poisoning those fresh little seedlings out of their lawn in no time.
You needn’t feel guilty since dandelions aren’t native to North America.

We learned a few years ago that vacationing with my sister-in-law was not a great plan-detail isn’t her thing. We bored her, she annoyed us… Fortunately it was just a couple days and everyone survived.

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calochortus  Apr 29, 2016 • 9:46:46am

re: #204 allegro

Great idea!

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Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light)  Apr 29, 2016 • 9:47:47am

re: #204 allegro

One of my first assignments in most of my classes was to take the class outside on a pretty day and have each of them pick a tree, any tree, on campus and sit down with pen and notebook to write down everything they saw. It was an almost transformative experience for many of them. The most common comment I got afterwards was “Wow! I had no idea!”

Just the notion of sitting down and staring at a single image or object for any length of time is a revelatory experience to media kids who have grown up on watching TV with scene cuts every 2-3 seconds.

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wheat-dogghazi-mailgate  Apr 29, 2016 • 9:48:02am

re: #204 allegro

One of my first assignments in most of my classes was to take the class outside on a pretty day and have each of them pick a tree, any tree, on campus and sit down with pen and notebook to write down everything they saw. It was an almost transformative experience for many of them. The most common comment I got afterwards was “Wow! I had no idea!”

A science teacher friend of mine would do the same thing indoors with a burning candle, and tell his classes to write down every little detail they saw. Then he would point out to the class that part of scientific research is careful and patient observation.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Apr 29, 2016 • 9:49:21am
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wrenchwench  Apr 29, 2016 • 9:49:36am

re: #200 CuriousLurker

Lucky you. I’ve been fascinated by macro photography and looking at things closer since I got my first digital point-n-shoot with macro capabilities.

The funny thing is that after I realized how much trouble the dandelion goes to to reproduce, I felt guilty for picking it and made sure to take it to the window and blow the seeds into the wind. I feel better now. ;)

I picked a snail off a bike a guy brought in. I set it on the counter, and when it came out and started to move, he said he’d take it back to where the bike had been parked. That was nice.

I still don’t feel bad about killing the black widow spider, though. The owner of the stroller it crawled out of said he likes rattlesnakes better, because at least they give you some warning.

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wheat-dogghazi-mailgate  Apr 29, 2016 • 9:50:11am

re: #209 wheat-dogghazi-mailgate

A science teacher friend of mine would do the same thing indoors with a burning candle, and tell his classes to write down every little detail they saw. Then he would point out to the class that part of scientific research is careful and patient observation.

And now excuse me while I inspect the inside of my eyelids for the next several hours. I’ll report my findings later on.

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Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light)  Apr 29, 2016 • 9:51:27am

re: #211 wrenchwench

I picked a snail off a bike a guy brought in. I set it on the counter, and when it came out and started to move, he said he’d take it back to where the bike had been parked. That was nice.

I still don’t feel bad about killing the black widow spider, though. The owner of the stroller it crawled out of said he likes rattlesnakes better, because at least they give you some warning.

If I still lived in Arizona, I would own a pistol loaded with snake shot (small shotgun shells, basically). Especially this time of year, rattlesnakes are dangerous, just awakening from hibernation, they are hungry and aggressive.

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CuriousLurker  Apr 29, 2016 • 9:52:30am

re: #210 Backwoods_Sleuth

: ‘-(

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Skip Intro  Apr 29, 2016 • 9:53:25am
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Backwoods_Sleuth  Apr 29, 2016 • 9:54:32am
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lawhawk  Apr 29, 2016 • 9:54:34am

re: #215 Skip Intro

Tabby b DeMile.

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gocart mozart  Apr 29, 2016 • 9:54:35am
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lawhawk  Apr 29, 2016 • 9:55:42am

re: #218 gocart mozart

DUDE…. Spoiler that thing.

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calochortus  Apr 29, 2016 • 9:57:25am

Time to do something constructive. BBL

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allegro  Apr 29, 2016 • 9:58:49am

re: #209 wheat-dogghazi-mailgate

A science teacher friend of mine would do the same thing indoors with a burning candle, and tell his classes to write down every little detail they saw. Then he would point out to the class that part of scientific research is careful and patient observation.

That was a big part of the lesson: be still, be quiet, observe, learn. Another was the demonstration that there is a vast world of life and activity that is not human-centric and is right in front of our faces. We don’t need nature documentaries on teevee to see it, just have to look.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Apr 29, 2016 • 9:59:36am

Millions of dollars for campaign consultants but…

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CuriousLurker  Apr 29, 2016 • 10:00:17am

re: #211 wrenchwench

I picked a snail off a bike a guy brought in. I set it on the counter, and when it came out and started to move, he said he’d take it back to where the bike had been parked. That was nice.

I still don’t feel bad about killing the black widow spider, though. The owner of the stroller it crawled out of said he likes rattlesnakes better, because at least they give you some warning.

Heh, it prolly would’ve taken that poor snail days if not weeks to get back to wherever he started out. I have no qualms about killing poisonous things or vermin, except house mice, which tend to be small & cute (except for their droppings, ugh). Luckily, cats seem impervious to rodent cuteness.

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b.d.  Apr 29, 2016 • 10:00:27am

re: #210 Backwoods_Sleuth

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The tree feels worse! - PETT

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ObserverArt  Apr 29, 2016 • 10:00:29am

re: #90 GlutenFreeJesus

Trump/Sanders ‘16!

You just made me bring it out again…the most unpopular Photoshop™ image I have done yet.

But I may have been right all along!

“We got yer carzy bases covered…and it’ll be great. Make America Nuts Again!
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Dr. Matt  Apr 29, 2016 • 10:02:54am

How soon after Bernie drops out will it take for him to switch back to Independent status?

a. Same day
b. Less than a week
c. Less than a month
d. Greater than a month
d. Retires as a “D”

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Testy Toad T  Apr 29, 2016 • 10:08:15am

re: #226 Dr. Matt

My gut feeling is that Sanders is going to be quietly informed that he will face a serious primary challenge in 2018 and will announce his retirement as a ‘D’ from the Senate.

But he does not seem to be good at sunsets.

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jaunte  Apr 29, 2016 • 10:09:23am

re: #222 Backwoods_Sleuth

He and Jane are not people of means

Even the excuse for not doing what is expected of all candidates includes a finger-wag.

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marsl  Apr 29, 2016 • 10:09:25am

For the europeans (and indeed the rest of the world), who would be the least worst president of the US?

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b.d.  Apr 29, 2016 • 10:09:42am

re: #226 Dr. Matt

How soon after Bernie drops out will it take for him to switch back to Independent status?

a. Same day
b. Less than a week
c. Less than a month
d. Greater than a month
d. Retires as a “D”

The day after the election.

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Belafon  Apr 29, 2016 • 10:11:03am

re: #229 marsl

For the europeans (and indeed the rest of the world), who would be the least worst president of the US?

The best of the candidates would be Clinton. The least worse would be Sanders.

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The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge  Apr 29, 2016 • 10:11:37am

Pilot Tells Woman She Can’t Carry on Her $20M Violin

Jeepers:

In a far more serious incident, back in 1995, the 1617 Amati violin Pine was carrying got trapped in a Metra train door; she was secured to it by its strap and dragged more than 300 feet. She was able to free herself, but the train’s wheels took her left leg and mangled her right.

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marsl  Apr 29, 2016 • 10:12:33am

re: #231 Belafon

Why?

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wrenchwench  Apr 29, 2016 • 10:13:02am

re: #229 marsl

Hi! Where ya been so long?

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Apr 29, 2016 • 10:13:54am

re: #226 Dr. Matt

How soon after Bernie drops out will it take for him to switch back to Independent status?

a. Same day
b. Less than a week
c. Less than a month
d. Greater than a month
d. Retires as a “D”

I think he has already filed his Senate re-election preliminary paperwork as an Independent.

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allegro  Apr 29, 2016 • 10:14:10am

re: #228 jaunte

Even the excuse for not doing what is expected of all candidates includes a finger-wag.

In my world people with 3 houses are definitely “people of means.”

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Dr. Matt  Apr 29, 2016 • 10:14:53am

Conservatives are suddenly politically correct now that Will Ferrell is planning to make a movie mocking Reagan. I thought we are allowed to say anything we want?

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Dr. Matt  Apr 29, 2016 • 10:15:22am

re: #235 Backwoods_Sleuth

I think he has already filed his Senate re-election preliminary paperwork as an Independent.

What!? Ugh….what a dick.

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Skip Intro  Apr 29, 2016 • 10:15:45am

re: #226 Dr. Matt

How soon after Bernie drops out will it take for him to switch back to Independent status?

a. Same day
b. Less than a week
c. Less than a month
d. Greater than a month
d. Retires as a “D”

I wasn’t aware he ever switched to begin with. Just go to his website.

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marsl  Apr 29, 2016 • 10:16:11am

re: #234 wrenchwench

Switched job several times
Relocated to a new country several times… right now i’m in Mozambique

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wrenchwench  Apr 29, 2016 • 10:17:24am

re: #240 marsl

Switched job several times
Relocated to a new country several times… right now i’m in Mozambique

Good to see you’re still on the same internet!

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marsl  Apr 29, 2016 • 10:18:58am

re: #241 wrenchwench

LOL

In Africa there is Internet… for those who can afford it. The average african can’t.

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wrenchwench  Apr 29, 2016 • 10:21:30am

re: #213 Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light)

If I still lived in Arizona, I would own a pistol loaded with snake shot (small shotgun shells, basically). Especially this time of year, rattlesnakes are dangerous, just awakening from hibernation, they are hungry and aggressive.

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Ziggy_TARDIS  Apr 29, 2016 • 10:23:07am
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lawhawk  Apr 29, 2016 • 10:23:34am

re: #196 The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge

Rebecca posted an update:

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Eric The Fruit Bat  Apr 29, 2016 • 10:23:43am

re: #232 The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge

I remember that story when it happened. It was big news in the area.

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ObserverArt  Apr 29, 2016 • 10:24:04am

re: #148 Backwoods_Sleuth

NPR ✔ ‎@NPR

Weasel Apparently Shuts Down World’s Most Powerful Particle Collider n.pr

11:09 AM - 29 Apr 2016

Gotta watch those little buggers…they can stop science!
248
Belafon  Apr 29, 2016 • 10:25:11am

re: #233 marsl

Why?

I toss every Republican out, because they think everything involves force. And that the world owes us.

As for Sanders, I think he’s weak on foreign policies, and I think his view that everything has an economic solution would cloud how he responds to problems.

Clinton, to me, understands how complex the world is. I think her solutions will reflect that. I’ve seen people talk about her being hawkish, but I think they miss that 1) we just know more about her because she’s actually had to give her view as SoS, and 2) I don’t think she’s any more hawkish than her boss who invaded a country (Pakistan) on evidence that was considered no more than a 50/50 shot to get bin Laden.

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Eric The Fruit Bat  Apr 29, 2016 • 10:25:44am

re: #247 ObserverArt

Could’ve been a stoat, too…

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Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light)  Apr 29, 2016 • 10:29:39am

re: #216 Backwoods_Sleuth

Trump opens Califorina rally with families of people killed by illegal immigrants:

it’s as if he wants to see more rioting in and around his rallies…

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Apr 29, 2016 • 10:29:39am

heads up Houston folks:

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Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light)  Apr 29, 2016 • 10:31:08am

re: #229 marsl

For the europeans (and indeed the rest of the world), who would be the least worst president of the US?

Lots of them would love to see Bernie, he is a moderate by their standards, but would be pleased to see Hillary, too.

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Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light)  Apr 29, 2016 • 10:32:32am

re: #249 Eric The Fruit Bat

Could’ve been a stoat, too…

Oliver Stoat?

254
The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge  Apr 29, 2016 • 10:35:07am

re: #245 lawhawk

Rebecca posted an update:

[Embedded content]

Wow! Just…wow!

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The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge  Apr 29, 2016 • 10:36:27am

re: #246 Eric The Fruit Bat

I remember that story when it happened. It was big news in the area.

I’ll bet. That’s just tragic.

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Nojay UK  Apr 29, 2016 • 10:36:34am

re: #235 Backwoods_Sleuth

I think he has already filed his Senate re-election preliminary paperwork as an Independent.

Nope. The re-election paperwork for his Senate seat can’t be submitted in Vermont until some time in 2018 (between April and August IIRC). The FEC has a 2016 financial report submission for a re-election committee which has Senator Sanders listed as an Independent but there’s no details on who is behind that committee and whether Sanders is actually part of the effort. It might also be an automatic listing from previous election committee submissions assuming his 2012 re-election committee had leftover funds but it’s difficult to tell.

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Reality Based Steve  Apr 29, 2016 • 10:38:13am

re: #249 Eric The Fruit Bat

Could’ve been a stoat, too…

And don’t leave out Ermines and Ferrets.

Everybody forgets about the Ermines.

RBS

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ObserverArt  Apr 29, 2016 • 10:40:41am

re: #204 allegro

One of my first assignments in most of my classes was to take the class outside on a pretty day and have each of them pick a tree, any tree, on campus and sit down with pen and notebook to write down everything they saw. It was an almost transformative experience for many of them. The most common comment I got afterwards was “Wow! I had no idea!”

There is a real nice area in Ohio called Hocking Hills. What is cool about it is there are many gorges running through the park and actually hidden around the entire area. As art students we used to hike in one off the park called Sheikh’s Gorge. It was probably 2-3 miles long and it had many area similar to the image below.

You could spend hours just looking at a small area on one of the moss cover rocks. It was like a little tiny world onto itself. Mosses can be fascinating with their textures and little tiny flower-like plants poking out. Same with the trees at the bottom of the shady and damp areas.

Old Man’s Cave area - Hocking Hills State Park Ohio
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Dave In Austin  Apr 29, 2016 • 10:44:56am

re: #257 Reality Based Steve

And don’t leave out Ermines and Ferrets.

Everybody forgets about the Ermines.

RBS

I think you are forgetting the Irish….. I love a good Irish Stoat.

(Fuck… Post change..)

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MsJ  Apr 29, 2016 • 10:45:47am

re: #210 Backwoods_Sleuth

[Embedded content]

I have a neighbor who has taken every tree out of her yard and always comes to me to talk about removing trees that are shared between our properties. Every time I tell her to go ahead and have it assessed. Unless it’s sick and presents a danger, there is no way in hell I am taking down an old, perfectly healthy tree. This has happened three times now.

It’s like she has some kind of psychological fear of trees.

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ObserverArt  Apr 29, 2016 • 10:46:53am

re: #216 Backwoods_Sleuth

The Hill ✔ ‎@thehill

Trump opens Califorina rally with families of people killed by illegal immigrants: hill.cm

9:21 AM - 29 Apr 2016

This guy. I have a feeling this is only going to get worse as the summer goes on.

I hate to say it…but he is going to require some very heavy protection all the way through the elections.

That is if he makes it to the election.

I have a friend that is fairly convinced that he will not. His thinking is the GOP so hates the idea of Trump being the candidate that they could setup someone they ‘hire’ to knock him off somehow under the cover of the fact he is so hated they could blame just about any group for it and get away with it.

Of course I do not like that kind of thinking, but if you stop and think of how all this sets up…nothing would surprise me.

“Shudder”

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MsJ  Apr 29, 2016 • 10:49:25am

re: #226 Dr. Matt

How soon after Bernie drops out will it take for him to switch back to Independent status?

a. Same day
b. Less than a week
c. Less than a month
d. Greater than a month
d. Retires as a “D”

Hasn’t he remained an I since the start? He registered to re-run for his senate seat as an I. He’s not, nor has he been, a Dem.

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Jenner7  Apr 29, 2016 • 10:52:15am

re: #258 ObserverArt

It’s beautiful, but very humid in the summer.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Apr 29, 2016 • 10:57:26am

re: #261 ObserverArt

I think Trump is going to experience a serious health crisis the way he is going.
He’s overweight and doesn’t look healthy at all.

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The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge  Apr 29, 2016 • 11:00:07am

re: #264 Backwoods_Sleuth

I think Trump is going to experience a serious health crisis the way he is going.
He’s overweight and doesn’t look healthy at all.

The RWNJs thought Fat Tony was murdered. If Trump drops dead before the election, I can’t even imagine the shit they’re going to say….

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7-y (Expectation of Great Things in Due Course)  Apr 29, 2016 • 11:13:25am

re: #180 CuriousLurker

So I just spent the last 30 minutes or so crawling into the world of a dandelion seed head with my macro lens. it was amazing. There’s so much of our world we miss out on… the mathematical precision with which the plumed seeds are arranged is mind boggling—it looks like a geodesic dome created by nature, but it’s built differently.</block quote>

Good eating, too. We’re having some with dinner tonight. Recipe.

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ObserverArt  Apr 29, 2016 • 11:14:37am

re: #263 Jenner7

It’s beautiful, but very humid in the summer.

Are you familiar with the area?

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CuriousLurker  Apr 29, 2016 • 11:16:10am

re: #163 Jenner7


Wow, I just read about this. It’s not just threats, it’s extreme antisemitism as well.

Warning: Exceedingly ugly, violent imagery.

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makeitstop  Apr 29, 2016 • 11:29:15am

re: #201 Backwoods_Sleuth

Watch Ted Cruz’s daughter literally run from her father’s touch

I’m really starting to believe that kid hates him.

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Danack  Apr 29, 2016 • 11:32:24am

re: #222 Backwoods_Sleuth

Millions of dollars for campaign consultants but…

[Embedded content]

I’m too lazy to google, but isn’t there still a large number of donations to Bernie’s campaign that need to be explained via filings?

E.g. the receiving multiple thousands of max donations from the same address on a single day that hasn’t been dealt with yet?


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