In Which Donald Trump Says Ted Cruz's Father Helped JFK's Assassin

In Which Donald Trump Says Ted Cruz’s Father Helped JFK’s Assassin

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PoliticsMay 2016 • Views: 49,313

Is it just theater or is Donald Trump really this deranged? It’s at the point now where it’s impossible to tell any more: Trump accuses Cruz’s father of helping JFK’s assassin.

“His father was with Lee Harvey Oswald prior to Oswald’s being — you know, shot. I mean, the whole thing is ridiculous,” Trump said Tuesday during a phone interview with Fox News. “What is this, right prior to his being shot, and nobody even brings it up. They don’t even talk about that. That was reported, and nobody talks about it.”

“I mean, what was he doing — what was he doing with Lee Harvey Oswald shortly before the death? Before the shooting?” Trump continued. “It’s horrible.”

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bratwurst May 3, 2016 • 2:45:38pm

Reminder: grumbling about Trump is not even close to enough. If you don’t show up on election day and vote for Hillary Clinton you are basically as bad as a Trump voter.

The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge May 3, 2016 • 2:49:38pm

“His father was with Lee Harvey Oswald prior to Oswald’s being — you know, shot. I mean, the whole thing is ridiculous,”

Sounds more like he’s accusing Rafe of shooting Oswald—never mind we all saw Jack Ruby do it on live TV….

Dave In Austin May 3, 2016 • 2:53:13pm

Brought up from Downstairs:

Fishermen honour their buddy Ron, turn his ashes into fish bait https://t.co/g4KQNBa7bl

— DaveT62 (@DaveoutofAustin) May 3, 2016

Shiplord Kirel May 3, 2016 • 2:54:04pm

Where was Trump on November 22, 1963? To the best of my knowledge he hasn’t released any definite information on his whereabouts. Why not? We do know that he was affiliated with a paramilitary organization that has certain connections to the Pentagon.

No Depression May 3, 2016 • 2:54:08pm

Is it bad that I’m kind of enjoying that Ted Cruz has to deal with this?

Jenner7 May 3, 2016 • 2:54:45pm

Exit polls have had particular trouble as of late. I’m beginning to think Indiana’s might be bad. Early voting was enormous.

— Benchmark Politics (@benchmarkpol) May 3, 2016

Charles Johnson May 3, 2016 • 2:54:50pm

re: #2 The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge

Sounds more like he’s accusing Rafe of shooting Oswald—never mind we all saw Jack Ruby do it on live TV….

The Enquirer story he got this crap from makes it clear they’re saying Cruz’s father helped Oswald shoot Kennedy. Trump was just blathering like an idiot and misstated the conspiracy theory.

Trump links Cruz’s father to JFK assassin, channeling National Enquirer | Miami Herald

mr.fusion May 3, 2016 • 2:55:37pm

Is it just theater or is Donald Trump really this deranged?

Not to be overly snarky, Charles….but we’re talking about the guy who led the birther movement. Who has appeared numerous times with Alex Jones

There’s no doubt in my mind that he’s absolutely deranged.

Ziggy_TARDIS May 3, 2016 • 2:56:13pm

And immigration too. Both opposed CIR. https://t.co/Nwv34rUIxh

— Armando (@armandodkos) May 3, 2016

I got words to describe Jane Sanders. I like virago the best though. Such an antiquated word.

I swear though, Jane Sanders is worse than Trump.

A few days ago, I was able to turn 2 undecided co-workers against Sanders in 5 minutes.

unproven innocence May 3, 2016 • 2:56:49pm

re: #2 The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge

Sounds more like he’s accusing Rafe of shooting Oswald—never mind we all saw Jack Ruby do it on live TV….

Some of us saw the assassination of the guy widely accused of that other one.

Ziggy_TARDIS May 3, 2016 • 2:57:02pm

re: #9 Ziggy_TARDIS

And I only used one issue too. Immigration.

Charles Johnson May 3, 2016 • 2:57:24pm

Here’s the photo the Enquirer story is based on. They say their super duper image processing software determined the guy in the white shirt in the center is Cruz’s father. Total bullshit.

Dr. Matt May 3, 2016 • 2:58:20pm

Trump is just days away from calling Obama the n-word live on TV.

Shiplord Kirel May 3, 2016 • 2:58:52pm

re: #12 Charles Johnson

Here’s the photo the Enquirer story is based on. They say their super duper image processing software determined the guy in the white shirt in the center is Cruz’s father. Total bullshit.

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Looks like young Oliver Stone to me.

Backwoods_Sleuth May 3, 2016 • 3:00:31pm

re: #2 The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge

Sounds more like he’s accusing Rafe of shooting Oswald—never mind we all saw Jack Ruby do it on live TV….

heh…

the chilling truth emerges pic.twitter.com/f7wPxT7867

— MKupperman (@MKupperman) May 3, 2016

(repost from downstairs)

Ming5000 May 3, 2016 • 3:01:50pm

Oh my. Did he?

allegro May 3, 2016 • 3:03:19pm

re: #13 Dr. Matt

Trump is just days away from calling Obama the n-word live on TV.

I think he’ll call Hillary the c word first.

HappyWarrior May 3, 2016 • 3:03:41pm

re: #5 No Depression

Is it bad that I’m kind of enjoying that Ted Cruz has to deal with this?

Have to admit I’m in the same boat given what genuine shitty people Ted and Rafael Cruz are.

teleskiguy May 3, 2016 • 3:05:17pm

Funny this whole JFK assassination thing is being hauled around by The Donald™. I was just in Dallas, toured the whole site, went to The Sixth Floor Museum, saw that creepy-ass X in the middle of the road from the same spot Abraham Zapruder filmed the murder.

I believe the Warren Commission. Oswald acted alone. I’m not a marksman by any means but I have hit moving targets with a rifle from greater distances than Oswald had to work with.

Cheechako May 3, 2016 • 3:06:17pm

re: #10 unproven innocence

Some of us saw the assassination of the guy widely accused of that other one.

I remember watching it live on TV.

Jack Burton May 3, 2016 • 3:06:51pm

So… The JFK Assassination…

I guess that Zodiac Killer thing lost it’s traction.

Ming5000 May 3, 2016 • 3:06:52pm

Rachel Maddow just said that maybe today Cruz announced a new running mate. She used a ? at the end of her sentence, however.

CuriousLurker May 3, 2016 • 3:09:04pm

Of course the Enquirer story is bullshit, but all these assholes willingly dove into the cesspool. This is the overflow from their own septic tank, and I have no more sympathy for them than I do for terrorists who live & die by the sword.

You made your bed, now lie in it.

teleskiguy May 3, 2016 • 3:09:08pm

re: #21 Jack Burton

So… The JFK Assassination…

I guess that Zodiac Killer thing lost it’s traction.

Just some facts. The Zodiac Killer committed his crimes in NorCal in the late 60s and early 70s. Havana Ted was born in December 1970 in Canada.

Still though, gotta love the internet for spreading such an awesome rumor.

Eventual Carrion May 3, 2016 • 3:10:04pm

re: #12 Charles Johnson

Here’s the photo the Enquirer story is based on. They say their super duper image processing software determined the guy in the white shirt in the center is Cruz’s father. Total bullshit.

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Is that a young Fidel Castro there on the left?

Jack Burton May 3, 2016 • 3:10:05pm

What’s next. Trump suggests Ted Cruz’s great-grandfather might be Jack the Ripper?

Shiplord Kirel May 3, 2016 • 3:10:10pm

If Trump is somehow actually elected, the entire FBI should resign en masse, along with the Joint Chiefs and the CIA.

HappyWarrior May 3, 2016 • 3:10:19pm

re: #23 CuriousLurker

Of course the Enquirer story is bullshit, but all these assholes willingly dove into the cesspool. This is the overflow from their own septic tank, and I have no more sympathy for them than I do for terrorists who live & die by the sword.

You made your bed, now lie in it.

Both Trump and Cruz are just such terrible people with equally terrible ideas.

HappyWarrior May 3, 2016 • 3:11:05pm

re: #27 Shiplord Kirel

If Trump is somehow actually elected, the entire FBI should resign en masse, along with the Joint Chiefs and the CIA.

If Trump is elected, I’m seriously considering moving.

Ming5000 May 3, 2016 • 3:11:50pm

re: #26 Jack Burton

What’s next. Trump suggests Ted Cruz’s great-grandfather might be Jack the Ripper?

They still did not find D. B. Cooper.

klys (maker of Silmarils) May 3, 2016 • 3:12:04pm

The fire in Fort McMurray is incredible and awful. :(

Apocalyptic images coming out of the #ymmfire pic.twitter.com/EA0uptQqrN

— Dan! Dan! Dan!..Dan! (@bango1973) May 3, 2016

Charles Johnson May 3, 2016 • 3:12:08pm

Flickr

HMM!

Estudios científicos recientes confirman que cada bocado de comida es menos agradable que el anterior, que comer porciones más pequeñas de alimentos que nos gustan, en realidad nos deja más satisfechos con el sabor.
Así que, podemos deducir, que cuanto más grande es la porción, menos disfrutamos.
Que gran noticia para nuestra cintura ¿no?

Jack Burton May 3, 2016 • 3:13:17pm

re: #27 Shiplord Kirel

If Trump is somehow actually elected, the entire FBI should resign en masse, along with the Joint Chiefs and the CIA.

That would be ‘crossing the streams’ bad for *us* because he would just fill all the positions with stooges and yes men.

teleskiguy May 3, 2016 • 3:13:31pm

re: #26 Jack Burton

What’s next. Trump suggests Ted Cruz’s great-grandfather might be Jack the Ripper?

Our own goddamnedfrank jumped that shark already.

Ted Cruz’s father identified as Jack the Ripper. pic.twitter.com/n61hdiPagb

— Putain Démocratique (@goddamnedfrank) May 3, 2016

klys (maker of Silmarils) May 3, 2016 • 3:14:03pm

re: #31 klys (maker of Silmarils)

All of downtown #ymm, and more than half the city of 100k people is under mandatory evacuation now. https://t.co/LYXfNvztMp

— Andrew Leach (@andrew_leach) May 3, 2016

Jack Burton May 3, 2016 • 3:14:32pm

re: #34 teleskiguy

Our own goddamnedfrank jumped that shark already.

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Damn I need to get more creative.

calochortus May 3, 2016 • 3:14:47pm

re: #32 Charles Johnson

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But there is also a school of thought that because the first bite is the best, we overeat because we are looking to get that first bite flavor again.

calochortus May 3, 2016 • 3:16:02pm

re: #35 klys (maker of Silmarils)

Well, that’s ugly.

Eventual Carrion May 3, 2016 • 3:16:13pm

re: #37 calochortus

But there is also a school of thought that because the first bite is the best, we overeat because we are looking to get that first bite flavor again.

Chasin’ the dragon

majii May 3, 2016 • 3:16:56pm

re: #5 No Depression

Nope, it’s not bad at all. If you glance to your left, imagine that I’m sitting right next to you, and that I’m also enjoying seeing Cruz being on the receiving end of Trump’s craziness. He’s accustomed to dishing the crazy, not taking it. If this were a 1st Round Pay-per-view fight between Trump and Cruz, the knock-out count would be at nine seconds in the 10 second knock-out count. It also hasn’t helped Cruz that his wife said on national TV today that “Cruz is an immigrant,” a comment/claim the Cruz campaign is now actively engaged in walking back by saying she “misspoke.”

Backwoods_Sleuth May 3, 2016 • 3:17:19pm

re: #35 klys (maker of Silmarils)

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Sorry media, I’m not doing interviewsnow. I must be focused on situation at hand and keep my line open as best I can. #ymmfire #verybusy

— Melissa Blake (@MayorMelissa) May 3, 2016

goddamnedfrank May 3, 2016 • 3:18:13pm

My facial recognition software identifies the alien in this picture as Ted Cruz’s father making a cat sandwich. pic.twitter.com/X8snXFJCZM

— Putain Démocratique (@goddamnedfrank) May 3, 2016

Blind Frog Belly White May 3, 2016 • 3:19:29pm

re: #42 goddamnedfrank

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Look at the hair! That’s clearly Trump!

wrenchwench May 3, 2016 • 3:19:35pm

re: #32 Charles Johnson

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I only see two photos there. The rest are grayed-out.

Ziggy_TARDIS May 3, 2016 • 3:19:40pm

re: #19 teleskiguy

They had a special on the Discovery Channel about the Kennedy Assassination some years ago, before the channel went stupid.

After watching it, I believe the Warren Commission 110%.

Backwoods_Sleuth May 3, 2016 • 3:20:02pm

yow

.@vincemcdermott says the whole city of #ymm is being advised to leave. #ymmfire Watch his periscope here: https://t.co/Mw4KF90Ii0

— Edmonton Journal (@edmontonjournal) May 3, 2016

makeitstop May 3, 2016 • 3:22:05pm

By the by…the lyrics to the new Radiohead song are pretty rad. It’s reported that the lyrics were finished way back in 2005, but they read like they could have been written last week.

Stay in the shadows
Cheer at the gallows
This is a round up

This is a low flying panic attack
Sing a song on the jukebox that goes

Burn the witch, burn the witch
We know where you live

Red crosses on wooden doors
And if you float you burn
Loose talk around tables
Abandon all reason
Avoid all eye contact
Do not react
Shoot the messengers

This is a low flying panic attack
Sing the song of sixpence that goes

Burn the witch, burn the witch
We know where you live

teleskiguy May 3, 2016 • 3:25:48pm

re: #45 Ziggy_TARDIS

There was a Peter Jennings narrated doc that came out 40 years after the fact. That one pretty much cemented it for me, especially the deep dive into Oswald’s mindset going into that terrible November day.

Jenner7 May 3, 2016 • 3:25:49pm

Clinton up huge in allen county. Trump up early in monroe. Looking like we will have quick calls on both sides tonight.

— Benchmark Politics (@benchmarkpol) May 3, 2016

Danack May 3, 2016 • 3:26:41pm

Charles Johnson
Charles Johnson
Charles Johnson
Charles Johnson

You need to update the ImageMagick policy.xml file. There is apparently a massive Remote Code execution attack in the wild.

More exciting details at: imagetragick.com

My next 24 hours are going to be ‘interesting’.

CuriousLurker May 3, 2016 • 3:27:26pm

re: #28 HappyWarrior

Both Trump and Cruz are just such terrible people with equally terrible ideas.

Out of the two, Cruz annoys me more. Not only because his father’s fanaticism and his theocratic tendencies & intolerance, but also because of his freaking self-righteous bullshit. He’s been leading the Tea Party charge demonizing POTUS and the entire federal government since the day he assumed office, and yet here he is asking to be elected to be the leader of the very same evil, corrupt, tyrannical government.

Effing spare me, you sanctimonious prick. You’re exactly like every greedy, self-serving, vainglorious religious huckster I’ve ever encountered. *spit*

Trump is a carnival barker promising people a bunch of crazy crap that he’s utterly incapable of delivering, but people don’t care because they’re enjoying what he says. He’s dangerous, yes, but Cruz is still worse. Much worse, IMO.

teleskiguy May 3, 2016 • 3:28:18pm

@TheLeadCNN Actually, there is quite a bit. @jaketapper has no idea what he is talking about, but then he thinks Oswald killed JFK

— Roger Stone (@RogerJStoneJr) May 3, 2016

klys (maker of Silmarils) May 3, 2016 • 3:28:24pm

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The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge May 3, 2016 • 3:28:26pm

re: #50 Danack

Charles Johnson
Charles Johnson
Charles Johnson
Charles Johnson

You need to update the ImageMagick policy.xml file. There is apparently a massive Remote Code execution attack in the wild.

More exciting details at: imagetragick.com

My next 24 hours are going to be ‘interesting’.

“This ain’t no technological breakdown

This is the road to Hell….”

Backwoods_Sleuth May 3, 2016 • 3:28:29pm

Heidi in Indiana on Saturday.

“Do you know that Ted has been winning the millennial vote in state after state. He’s been winning the women’s vote in state after state. Ted is an immigrant. He is Hispanic. We can unify this party.”

Heidi Cruz says “Ted is an Immigrant” Twitter @Mr_Pinko

ooops….

goddamnedfrank May 3, 2016 • 3:30:12pm

Forensic analysis of this medieval manuscript reveals that Ted Cruz’s father murdered Archbishop Thomas Becket. pic.twitter.com/CDKIVFPjom

— Putain Démocratique (@goddamnedfrank) May 3, 2016

Charles Johnson May 3, 2016 • 3:30:33pm

Still very early but with 4% of the Indiana vote in Clinton leads by 55% to Bernie’s 45%.

And Trump is burying Cruz, of course.

calochortus May 3, 2016 • 3:30:36pm

re: #53 klys (maker of Silmarils)

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The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge May 3, 2016 • 3:31:21pm

re: #56 goddamnedfrank

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Will no one rid me of this Trumpulent priest?

teleskiguy May 3, 2016 • 3:31:26pm

Instagram

Booting up the Ford couloir on the #grandteton yesterday to #ski with @janelle.smiley @smileysproject @jediahporter. Amazing day in the #tetons. #jhdreaming #gtnp @spyderactive @bolle_eyewear @icelantic_skis @minus33merinowool @backcountryaccess @snocru @lookbindings

Jenner7 May 3, 2016 • 3:31:37pm

But Glenn Beck told me this morning that it was close.

So confuzed.

makeitstop May 3, 2016 • 3:33:06pm

re: #53 klys (maker of Silmarils)

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Fingers crossed for you.

allegro May 3, 2016 • 3:33:24pm

Oh my. ABC national news is leading with the photo thing and Trump’s statement.

Yeah, I’m snickering.

Backwoods_Sleuth May 3, 2016 • 3:33:40pm

re: #61 Jenner7

But Glenn Beck told me this morning that it was close.

So confuzed.

Somebody cheated on the dietary fast.

Jenner7 May 3, 2016 • 3:33:48pm

Honored to be accepting the #Hillman2016 award for Broadcast journalism this evening. pic.twitter.com/WVvaKT4Egl

— Melissa Harris-Perry (@MHarrisPerry) May 3, 2016

allegro May 3, 2016 • 3:34:25pm

LOL Now Cruz is talking about Trump’s venereal diseases. This is hilarious.

Charles Johnson May 3, 2016 • 3:35:57pm

re: #50 Danack

Charles Johnson
Charles Johnson
Charles Johnson
Charles Johnson

You need to update the ImageMagick policy.xml file. There is apparently a massive Remote Code execution attack in the wild.

More exciting details at: imagetragick.com

My next 24 hours are going to be ‘interesting’.

Thanks - I added those policy directives to the policy.xml file.

Blind Frog Belly White May 3, 2016 • 3:36:09pm

re: #66 allegro

LOL Now Cruz is talking about Trump’s venereal diseases. This is hilarious.

“Clap If You Like Trump!”

Brother Holy Cruise Missile of Mild Acceptance May 3, 2016 • 3:36:18pm

re: #46 Backwoods_Sleuth

an entire city…wow…

calochortus May 3, 2016 • 3:38:23pm

re: #69 Brother Holy Cruise Missile of Mild Acceptance

an entire city…wow…

Yeah, and up there, where do you go? It’s got to be a couple hundred miles to the next town of any size.

Skip Intro May 3, 2016 • 3:39:37pm

re: #52 teleskiguy

I hope everybody has noticed that no matter what Trump says, no matter how crazy it is, the media feels obligated to “investigate” it instead of just saying “this guy is all fucked up in the head”.

Trump will have them running in circles chasing down any leads they can find when he starts in on Hillary.

lockjawcanbefun May 3, 2016 • 3:39:56pm

re: #70 calochortus

And the main highway out of town is now closed.

Highway 63 closed at MacKenzie Boulevard due to fire breaching road https://t.co/sHQtDdhUOY 📷:@briarstewart #ymmfire pic.twitter.com/X0zQX8QAVH

— The Weather Network (@weathernetwork) May 3, 2016

calochortus May 3, 2016 • 3:41:46pm

re: #72 lockjawcanbefun

And the main highway out of town is now closed.

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That’s just great. I can’t imagine there’s anywhere to go to the north.

CuriousLurker May 3, 2016 • 3:43:54pm

re: #53 klys (maker of Silmarils)

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Stanley Sea May 3, 2016 • 3:45:15pm

omg

My harrowing drive evacuating #ymm praying for my friends pic.twitter.com/XGFWfavqR2

— Jordan J Stuffco (@jstuffcocrimlaw) May 3, 2016

goddamnedfrank May 3, 2016 • 3:46:05pm

Supercomputing techniques reveal that Ted Cruz’s father backstabbed Renly Baratheon, inflicted 1d6 extra damage. pic.twitter.com/uK8JZBe4pN

— Putain Démocratique (@goddamnedfrank) May 3, 2016

Skip Intro May 3, 2016 • 3:46:23pm

Good guy with a gun gets killed by armed soldier

A win-win for the NRA.

sanluisobispo.com

ObserverArt May 3, 2016 • 3:46:33pm

Just flipped on MSNBC. Ugh. It’s a hard habit to break.

Anyway…Andrea Mitchell is saying Hillary will not be having any kind of an event tonight. She is staying home. This is proof Hillary knows she isn’t going to win Indiana. She was also in WVa and says she will not win there either.

I hope Hillary wins both states. I know that may be asking too much, but damn Andrea Mitchell sometimes just bugs the hell out of me. I’m not quite sure why.

So, I want a Bill Cristol out of her so maybe she just reports instead of editorializing.

The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge May 3, 2016 • 3:47:22pm

re: #72 lockjawcanbefun

And the main highway out of town is now closed.

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Fire or water—but it can’t be climate change….

Isle de Jean Charles tribe looks at moving entire community north in first-of-its-kind test case

Check out the 1971-Today .gif (“Jif!”) down the page….

SpaceJesus May 3, 2016 • 3:47:44pm

nothing will ever beat this primary

Skip Intro May 3, 2016 • 3:47:56pm

re: #78 ObserverArt

I’m so damn old I can still remember when NBC had a real news operation.

teleskiguy May 3, 2016 • 3:49:53pm

Ft. McMurray is far removed from anywhere, almost 300 miles from Edmonton. 60,000 people live there, all basically under mandatory evacuation.

So scary! I live in a place that could go up like that. Though I’m not near as far removed from other towns. I mean, that whole area, the boreal forest of central Canada, talk about the boonies.

Backwoods_Sleuth May 3, 2016 • 3:50:46pm

I wish I could kick every person posting ‘That’s what you get for living by the Oil Sands’ comments. You’re terrible people. #ymmfire

— Holly Golightly (@gibinks) May 3, 2016

Der Flohgeisteffekt May 3, 2016 • 3:50:48pm

re: #76 goddamnedfrank

Right. So we’ve learned that Raphael Cruz has sub-optimal multiclassing.

Stanley Sea May 3, 2016 • 3:50:54pm

re: #80 SpaceJesus

nothing will ever beat this primary

I’m sick to my stomach.

Kragar May 3, 2016 • 3:51:01pm

Trump claims he has a source which say’s @tedcruz’s father is Keyser Soze pic.twitter.com/YGbB6N0yEd

— Kragar (@Kragar_LGF) May 3, 2016

TK-421 May 3, 2016 • 3:51:29pm

Hmm..IDK, you can tell by the pixels.

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SpaceJesus May 3, 2016 • 3:52:25pm

drumpfs.

drumpfs in the deep.

EPR-radar May 3, 2016 • 3:52:40pm

re: #71 Skip Intro

I hope everybody has noticed that no matter what Trump says, no matter how crazy it is, the media feels obligated to “investigate” it instead of just saying “this guy is all fucked up in the head”.

Trump will have them running in circles chasing down any leads they can find when he starts in on Hillary.

The media has had years of practice with this nonsense. Its a small step from Republicans vs. reality both-siderism to Trump vs. humanity both-siderism.

Skip Intro May 3, 2016 • 3:52:54pm

lockjawcanbefun May 3, 2016 • 3:53:30pm

Reports that Beacon Hill gas station in Fort McMurray just blew up taking out the road.

— Bart Fraize (@Bart_1963) May 3, 2016

mr.fusion May 3, 2016 • 3:53:39pm

Been a helluva GOP primary — dick jokes and attacks on venereal disease

Lincoln would be proud

wrenchwench May 3, 2016 • 3:53:52pm

re: #77 Skip Intro

Good guy with a gun gets killed by armed soldier

A win-win for the NRA.

sanluisobispo.com

Domestic violence is a reason for guns to be very difficult to have at home. As is suicide. We had both a couple of weeks ago. A cop was talked out of one of his guns. He pulled the second one and used it on his partner, then himself.

calochortus May 3, 2016 • 3:53:57pm

re: #82 teleskiguy

Ft. McMurray is far removed from anywhere, almost 300 miles from Edmonton. 60,000 people live there, all basically u d’ere mandatory evacuation.

So scary! I live in a place that could go up like that. Though I’m not near as far removed from other towns. I mean, that whole area, the boreal forest of central Canada, talk about the boonies.

On a smaller scale, my parents considered several places to retire (ultimately staying where they were.) One of the places they looked were the hills above Santa Barbara-and I remember going one place with her. As we drove up the narrow, curvy road-the only way in or out of the area, she looked around and said “nope.” This was 40 years ago, but she was concerned about fire danger.
One doesn’t think of a whole city having essentially the same problem, but I guess it can.

Backwoods_Sleuth May 3, 2016 • 3:55:34pm

Ten Fort McMurray neighbourhoods are now under evacuation as flames breach city limits: https://t.co/F5Z03jvWft #ymm #ymmfire

— CBC Edmonton (@CBCEdmonton) May 3, 2016

The municipality is asking evacuees not to go home to retrieve pets.

Honestly, if it were me,I have to admit, I would defy an order and get my dog. #ymmfire You’d have to physically restrain me to stop me.

— Lure (@therealkuri) May 3, 2016

My dogs and cats would have been in the truck with me before anything else.

calochortus May 3, 2016 • 3:56:02pm

Anyhoo, Mr. C. has a meeting to go to, so we’re having an early dinner-which I’d better go get started on making.

BBL

teleskiguy May 3, 2016 • 3:56:17pm

Normal temperature this time of year in Fort Mac is 14. Airport just broke a record at 32. I’ve seen pics in town of over 40 already. #ymm

— Ben Powless (@BenPowless) May 3, 2016

GLOBAL WARMING IS BIGGEST HOAX EVER PERPETRATED ON A FREE PEOPLE

Testy Toad T May 3, 2016 • 3:56:43pm

I’ve been seeing a variety of analysts proposing that GOP voters are somewhat insulted by the Cruz/Kasich tactical voting proposals, and that this has made Trump’s the-system-is-rigged argument resonate more strongly. I wonder if there’s a similar dynamic on the Dem side, with nominal Sanders supporters getting sick of his superdelegate shit. Indiana is looking like it might turn into a blowout tonight.

Kragar May 3, 2016 • 3:56:54pm

I had no idea they were working on this:

Dawn of War III – Announcement Trailer

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Backwoods_Sleuth May 3, 2016 • 3:58:06pm

re: #97 teleskiguy

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GLOBAL WARMING IS BIGGEST HOAX EVER PERPETRATED ON A FREE PEOPLE

Tempiture going up steadily #FortMcMurray #ymmfire #ymm @weathernetwork pic.twitter.com/Gv3ebsZAvR

— Canadian Home Grown (@mary_sexsmith) May 3, 2016

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Backwoods_Sleuth May 3, 2016 • 3:59:12pm

“My whole life is burning away” - Fort McMurray homes on fire, gas station blows up https://t.co/s6wLbAimWk #ymmfire pic.twitter.com/l5vgbgAmXm

— Metro Calgary (@metrocalgary) May 3, 2016

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teleskiguy May 3, 2016 • 3:59:51pm

The #ymm hashtag is heartbreaking.

Just spoke with a colleague in Fort Mac: My home is in a mandatory evacuation centre and could well burn tonight #ymm #ymmfire

— Lucas Meyer (@meyer_lucas) May 3, 2016

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Skip Intro May 3, 2016 • 4:00:11pm

re: #100 Backwoods_Sleuth

That can’t really read 42 degrees C, can it?

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Jenner7 May 3, 2016 • 4:00:37pm

MSNBC called it for Trump.

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EPR-radar May 3, 2016 • 4:00:56pm

re: #80 SpaceJesus

nothing will ever beat this primary

That’s a rash prediction. If Hillary Clinton wins the presidency, the GOP primary clown show of 2020 seems certain to make the GOP goat rodeo of 2016 look like a primary campaign between serious people.

Such a scenario would undoubtedly feature several different attempts (all offensive beyond belief) to copy Trump’s 2016 ‘campaign’, less competently.

Also, the GOP of 2020 would be even more thoroughly addled than it presently is by mainlining toxic levels of anti-Hillary hate for 4 solid years.

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Kragar May 3, 2016 • 4:01:07pm

Ted Cruz: Rupert Murdoch and Roger Ailes have turned Fox News into the Donald Trump network https://t.co/w7CK02heqt

— Media Matters (@mmfa) May 3, 2016

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Backwoods_Sleuth May 3, 2016 • 4:01:21pm

May 3, 5 p.m. Evacuation Map #ymm #ymmfire #fortmcmurray pic.twitter.com/A0YgwJppCn

— RMWB (@RMWoodBuffalo) May 3, 2016

One road…

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Ziggy_TARDIS May 3, 2016 • 4:02:32pm

re: #48 teleskiguy

I loved Peter Jennings.

For me, it was seeing the science of the shot itself. That’s what I go on in all cases. It’s the only reason I believe there might be any funny business in regards to the sinking of the M/V Estonia (Sweden later admitted that they had used the ship to smuggle weapons out of the Former USSR, but not on that voyage).

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Backwoods_Sleuth May 3, 2016 • 4:02:46pm

Latest camera image from Fort McMurray Airport #ymm #ymmfire shows heavy smoke moving over the site; temp 32°C #nlwx pic.twitter.com/FtKhB2S9us

— Brian Walsh (@BWalshNL) May 3, 2016

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HappyWarrior May 3, 2016 • 4:03:04pm

re: #106 Kragar

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Someone wishes they would have done the same for him.

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allegro May 3, 2016 • 4:03:05pm

re: #105 EPR-radar

That’s a rash prediction. If Hillary Clinton wins the presidency, the GOP primary clown show of 2020 seems certain to make the GOP goat rodeo of 2016 look like a primary campaign between serious people.

Such a scenario would undoubtedly feature several different attempts (all offensive beyond belief) to copy Trump’s 2016 ‘campaign’, less competently.

Also, the GOP of 2020 would be even more thoroughly addled than it presently is by mainlining toxic levels of anti-Hillary hate for 4 solid years.

So… business as usual then. Fuck ‘em.

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teleskiguy May 3, 2016 • 4:03:08pm

108° F at the N 58th parallel, first week of May.

Unbelievable.

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Kragar May 3, 2016 • 4:05:33pm

re: #110 HappyWarrior

“Its almost like being an unlikable dick didn’t garner me votes.”

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Timothy Watson May 3, 2016 • 4:05:46pm

re: #76 goddamnedfrank

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I award you one Internet.

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Ziggy_TARDIS May 3, 2016 • 4:06:05pm

re: #107 Backwoods_Sleuth

Oh hell, that’s not good.

Anyway for the US to help? Getting people out using the Transport Aircraft we have to, say, Edmonton?

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Skip Intro May 3, 2016 • 4:06:23pm

re: #106 Kragar

What about CNN and MSNBC Ted? They’d cut away from you if Trump was introducing a new line of pocket protectors.

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weave May 3, 2016 • 4:06:45pm

So how long before the #nevertrump people start changing their tune and saying #neverhillary and voting for Trump anyway?

Unfortunately I think the #nevertrump people will flip and support Trump in far greater numbers than the Bernie supporters will vote for Clinton. :-(

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Backwoods_Sleuth May 3, 2016 • 4:06:53pm

re: #103 Skip Intro

That can’t really read 42 degrees C, can it?

Could be if the fire is right there at the roadside.

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teleskiguy May 3, 2016 • 4:06:58pm

This tweet is so Canadian.

I wonder if this will change any ultra conservative attitudes on refugees. Now that we’re all refugees. Just saying. #ymm #ymmfire

— Nancy Keenan (@FabulousNancyK) May 3, 2016

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Targetpractice May 3, 2016 • 4:08:24pm

re: #106 Kragar

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I’m old enough to remember when Roger Ailes was mocking Trump on Twitter.

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Backwoods_Sleuth May 3, 2016 • 4:08:57pm

holy shit

Just heard the highway out of #YMM is now closed because the Shell plant exploded. :s #YMMFire pic.twitter.com/orFUkzd3cT

— Brian LaBelle (@brianlabelle) May 3, 2016

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teleskiguy May 3, 2016 • 4:09:06pm

The lack of Republicans who want Ted Cruz to be president seems like a problem for Cruz.

— daveweigel (@daveweigel) May 3, 2016

THANK YOU CAPTAIN HINDSIGHT!!!

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teleskiguy May 3, 2016 • 4:10:29pm

re: #121 Backwoods_Sleuth

Goddamn, I hope we’re not witnessing one of the worst things to happen to Canada. Sounds awfully dire.

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Targetpractice May 3, 2016 • 4:10:53pm

re: #117 weave

So how long before the #nevertrump people start changing their tune and saying #neverhillary and voting for Trump anyway?

Unfortunately I think the #nevertrump people will flip and support Trump in far greater numbers than the Bernie supporters will vote for Clinton. :-(

Polls I’ve seen show that the #BernieorBust crowd accounts for 1/4 of Bernie’s supporters, if that. Polls as recently as last week showed that 60% or better of his supporters would vote for the party’s nominee. Don’t buy into the BoB propaganda, they’re a minority of a minority in the primaries, a group of bitter enders who pull this shit every election and then wonder why nobody takes them seriously the next go around.

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lockjawcanbefun May 3, 2016 • 4:10:57pm

Yegads:

Forestry spokesperson - Tomorrow is supposed to be a more intense burning day than today.

— 660 NEWS Calgary (@660NEWS) May 3, 2016

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majii May 3, 2016 • 4:11:05pm

I’m waiting on someone in the MSM to ask Cruz about “suspending” his campaign. If asked, his response will be very interesting. A few months ago, he was telling Kasich to suspend his campaign so he could take Trump on one-on-one. Will he take his own advice? I don’t think so.

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Skip Intro May 3, 2016 • 4:11:19pm

I tried to listen to a Cruz speech today, but gave up after around 10 seconds. They say some people have a face for radio; Cruz has a voice for silent pictures. Of course, he still would have the face problem.

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Backwoods_Sleuth May 3, 2016 • 4:12:33pm

Officials said nine air tankers, more than a dozen helicopters, and 100+ firefighters, with more on the way working to fight #ymmfire

— CTV Edmonton (@ctvedmonton) May 3, 2016

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Kragar May 3, 2016 • 4:14:18pm

@owillis pic.twitter.com/8M6TqMayfi

— Kragar (@Kragar_LGF) May 3, 2016

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Der Flohgeisteffekt May 3, 2016 • 4:14:22pm

The Republican Party is on the verge of nominating an antivaccine loon named Donald Trump

Still, if Trump were actually to become President, he could do great damage to public health. Sure, school vaccine mandates are a state issue, but the guidelines upon which they are based are developed by the CDC. Over the last couple of decades, there have been various antivaccine legislators who have brought CDC officials before Congressional committees to demand “answers” about the link between vaccines and autism. Just imagine how much trouble a President Trump could cause, with his power to appoint a Secretary of HHS. I was reminded of this again by a video in a story that popped up in my feed yesterday featuring Elizabeth Emken.

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lockjawcanbefun May 3, 2016 • 4:14:53pm

Cars leaving #FortMcMurray heading north but at a standstill. Some driving in opposite lanes to get out. #ymmfire pic.twitter.com/cu0g9p3YzV

— Kim MacDonald (@KMacTWN) May 3, 2016

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Ziggy_TARDIS May 3, 2016 • 4:15:05pm

re: #128 Backwoods_Sleuth

Considering how much Canada has helped us in our time of need, we better be helping them out right now.

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weave May 3, 2016 • 4:15:17pm

re: #124 Targetpractice

Don’t buy into the BoB propaganda, they’re a minority of a minority in the primaries, a group of bitter enders who pull this shit every election and then wonder why nobody takes them seriously the next go around.

I’m a pessimist. It means I’m a miserable old man. That way when I’m proven wrong I’m pleasantly surprised! But in the mean time I’m just grumpy… :-(

Any way, that helps. Thanks. But I probably won’t listen to you!

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HappyWarrior May 3, 2016 • 4:15:39pm

re: #130 Der Flohgeisteffekt

The Republican Party is on the verge of nominating an antivaccine loon named Donald Trump

Man that’s something I honestly had forgotten since so much of Trump’s other crazy bs gets more coverage.

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The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge May 3, 2016 • 4:15:39pm

re: #123 teleskiguy

Goddamn, I hope we’re not witnessing one of the worst things to happen to Canada. Sounds awfully dire.

60,000 people in town, the only road out closed by fire—damn! Of course, just like guns, it will be too soon to talk about climate change. Mustn’t politicize, you know….

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Backwoods_Sleuth May 3, 2016 • 4:16:07pm

YIKES!

#ymmfire pic.twitter.com/qS8scJzWW7

— Tyler Burgett (@tburgs15) May 3, 2016

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Backwoods_Sleuth May 3, 2016 • 4:18:12pm

re: #125 lockjawcanbefun

Yegads:

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After #ymmfire doubled in size overnight Monday, #firerisk on Wednesday equally extreme https://t.co/xywXJ9JfJn pic.twitter.com/2gFhohBRMH

— The Weather Network (@weathernetwork) May 3, 2016

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The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge May 3, 2016 • 4:18:49pm

re: #131 lockjawcanbefun

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You mean they hadn’t already made all lanes outbound? WTF?

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teleskiguy May 3, 2016 • 4:18:56pm

The plume visible from some distance back along the highway. @GlobalEdmonton #ymm #abfire pic.twitter.com/igOv8MCs7a

— Shallima Maharaj (@ShallimaGlobal) May 3, 2016

100 km away.

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Skip Intro May 3, 2016 • 4:19:00pm

re: #132 Ziggy_TARDIS

Considering how much Canada has helped us in our time of need, we better be helping them out right now.

We will as long as we don’t have to get it approved by the the GOP congress first.

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Charles Johnson May 3, 2016 • 4:19:20pm

re: #50 Danack

Charles Johnson
Charles Johnson
Charles Johnson
Charles Johnson

You need to update the ImageMagick policy.xml file. There is apparently a massive Remote Code execution attack in the wild.

More exciting details at: imagetragick.com

My next 24 hours are going to be ‘interesting’.

I’m also now checking the file signatures for all uploaded images before sending them through Imagemagick. So we’re protected against this exploit now.

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lockjawcanbefun May 3, 2016 • 4:19:20pm

re: #135 The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge

We’ve already got at least one twitter genius (not Kinsella), and looking at the rest of the feed, a typical right winger.

Edit: Notley is Alberta’s NDP (left wing) premier.

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Ziggy_TARDIS May 3, 2016 • 4:19:43pm

re: #132 Ziggy_TARDIS

Canada and Hurricane Katrina

We owe a debt to Canada from Hurricane Katrina. Time for the US to pay up.

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EPR-radar May 3, 2016 • 4:19:45pm

re: #117 weave

So how long before the #nevertrump people start changing their tune and saying #neverhillary and voting for Trump anyway?

Unfortunately I think the #nevertrump people will flip and support Trump in far greater numbers than the Bernie supporters will vote for Clinton. :-(

I think there will be significantly more defections by GOPers than usual in the general election, if Trump is the nominee. The anti-Trump fervor at places like RedState is much more intense than their discontent with the likes of McCain and Romney was.

Of course this is a pretty safe bet, since 1% defection would be significantly greater than the normal 0.0001% GOP defection rate.

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Testy Toad T May 3, 2016 • 4:20:59pm

re: #138 The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge

You mean they hadn’t already made all lanes outbound? WTF?

One of the critical aspects of disaster preparedness is planning and practice. This ain’t the US Gulf Coast — Ft Mac emergency crews likely never thought about what it would take to execute a contraflow conversion of local highways. Why would they?

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Kragar May 3, 2016 • 4:21:21pm

Breaking: Donald Trump’s #IndianaPrimary victory speech now in progress https://t.co/Kav9ZIdEEx

— Kragar (@Kragar_LGF) May 3, 2016

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teleskiguy May 3, 2016 • 4:23:57pm

Hospital in #ymm is now being evacuated

— 630CHED (@630CHED) May 3, 2016

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Backwoods_Sleuth May 3, 2016 • 4:24:00pm

We moved closer to the highway. People are evacuating downtown. The hospital totally covered in smoke #ymm #ymmfire pic.twitter.com/I4Cf61Ccbb

— BreannaKarstensSmith (@BreannaCTV) May 3, 2016

Hospital is still being evacuated.

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Der Flohgeisteffekt May 3, 2016 • 4:24:52pm

re: #142 lockjawcanbefun

I swear, this political -thing- that’s been brewing in the US (and spilled into Canada) is not even detailed enough to be a kind of conservatism. It’s just a driving need to imagine being better than other people. Hence why it endlessly grasps for new ways in which to be smug, willing to pivot on basic details so long as that vainglory is conserved.

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Charles Johnson May 3, 2016 • 4:24:59pm

And now we watch as #NeverTrump morphs into #GoTrumpGo.

— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) May 3, 2016

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Charles Johnson May 3, 2016 • 4:25:59pm

Hillary and Bernie are now neck and neck. But even if Bernie wins he won’t get many delegates from this.

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Aunty Entity Dragon May 3, 2016 • 4:26:05pm

re: #56 goddamnedfrank

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Will nobody rid me of this troublesome Trump!?

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FormerDirtDart May 3, 2016 • 4:26:25pm

I don’t know what the final results will be, but CNN’s current exit polling has Sanders winning Indiana ~55.4%-to-~44.7%

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Kragar May 3, 2016 • 4:26:54pm

Coming soon from the #Cruz and #Sanders campaigns…https://t.co/PB9FvzuCVG

— Kragar (@Kragar_LGF) May 3, 2016

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Charles Johnson May 3, 2016 • 4:27:12pm

Fully. https://t.co/SZ2qAgNxQi @LindseyGrahamSC

— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) May 3, 2016

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The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge May 3, 2016 • 4:28:45pm

re: #149 Der Flohgeisteffekt

I swear, this political -thing- that’s been brewing in the US (and spilled into Canada) is not even detailed enough to be a kind of conservatism. It’s just a driving need to imagine being better than other people. Hence why it endlessly grasps for new ways in which to be smug, willing to pivot on basic details so long as that vainglory is conserved.

Why conservative men have decided to start invading women’s bathrooms

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Aunty Entity Dragon May 3, 2016 • 4:28:51pm

Trump’s victory in Indiana…
I got nothing.

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Der Flohgeisteffekt May 3, 2016 • 4:29:09pm

re: #149 Der Flohgeisteffekt

And that’s not just described the Trump and Cruz anti-intellectual factions.

People like Brooks, Kristol, et cetera peddle a highbrow version of the same sentiment. Hence why they can constantly spin tales of the moment when a “real” conservatism will save us for the wrongness of Both Sides.

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ObserverArt May 3, 2016 • 4:29:31pm

Damn. Freakin’ wildfire in Canada. Just after winter. It’s just not right.

Thoughts going out for all the Canadians that are going through this.

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Skip Intro May 3, 2016 • 4:31:21pm

re: #155 Charles Johnson

Well, Lindsey, maybe you shouldn’t have handed your party over to people who fly this flag.

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Kragar May 3, 2016 • 4:31:26pm

#ImWithHer

— Ben Howe (@BenHowe) May 3, 2016

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nines09 May 3, 2016 • 4:31:37pm

re: #155 Charles Johnson

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But Lindsey and the rest of the Off The Rails gang saw no problem with the other Ten Thousand Jackals brought forth by his Party Of Responsibility? Oh pshaw. Show your contempt. Right.

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Charles Johnson May 3, 2016 • 4:31:43pm

Flickr

Namche Bazaar at dawn with the Kwangde peaks lit up by the first rays of light. It is located in the Solukhumbu District in the Sagarmatha Zone of north-eastern Nepal. The village is 3,440 metres (11,286 ft) at its low point. Traditionally a trading post for the Khumbu region to exchange yak cheese and butter with agricultural goods grown at lower altitudes it has become a major climbing and trekking hub. Access is still via foot from Lukla as there is no vehicle navigable roads and no passenger airport. Shot on Fuji Velvia slide film.

www.robertdowniephotography.com
Love Life, Love Photography

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Stanley Sea May 3, 2016 • 4:31:55pm

re: #132 Ziggy_TARDIS

Considering how much Canada has helped us in our time of need, we better be helping them out right now.

President Drumpf would be negotiating.

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klys (maker of Silmarils) May 3, 2016 • 4:32:12pm

re: #145 Testy Toad T

One of the critical aspects of disaster preparedness is planning and practice. This ain’t the US Gulf Coast — Ft Mac emergency crews likely never thought about what it would take to execute a contraflow conversion of local highways. Why would they?

Assuming too that there are still efforts to have crews on the ground for some structure protection in key areas (and I haven’t heard anything to indicate that they’re not doing that yet), there needs to be at least one lane open for emergency traffic in the other direction.

It’s an absolutely awful situation. :(

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bratwurst May 3, 2016 • 4:32:52pm

Yes @tedcruz lost early…but just imagine how early he would have lost without the help of @CarlyFiorina!

— Clay C. (@ClayC1969) May 3, 2016

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Kragar May 3, 2016 • 4:33:13pm

re: #157 Aunty Entity Dragon

Crawl Out Through the Fallout (Novelty Song): Sheldon Allman (1960)

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Kragar May 3, 2016 • 4:33:58pm

.@realDonaldTrump is the nominee. The new question is, “Which down ballot Republicans are #WithTrump?” https://t.co/ziD7fzTZn1

— Matt Hildreth (@mhildreth) May 3, 2016

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Testy Toad T May 3, 2016 • 4:34:25pm

It cracks me up how 538’s liveblog isn’t really even bothering to discuss the Indiana results on the Democratic side, since they basically do not matter.

PAY ATTENTION TO MEEEEEEEEE

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lockjawcanbefun May 3, 2016 • 4:34:48pm

Flames are getting closer but traffic still isn’t moving out of #FortMcMurray.Cars are going off road now. #ymmfire pic.twitter.com/f5OxRc7Qui

— Kim MacDonald (@KMacTWN) May 3, 2016

#ymm winds now gusting to 40 km/h (higher gusts possibly happening). Worst weather of the day happening now but tmrw is windier, just as hot

— Johanna Wagstaffe (@JWagstaffe) May 3, 2016

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The Vicious Babushka May 3, 2016 • 4:36:20pm

Some silly little girl with about 12 followers is having a raging meltdown at me HOW DARES YOU TALK AGAINST DONALD TRUMP HE HELPS SO MENNY GIRLS WITH SCHOLARSHIPS AND SO MUCH HELPS AND YOU ARE TEH MISOGINNY!!!!111!! HATER!!!! I SAVED UR TWEET IN A SCREENSHOT U HATR!!!!11

Because I tweeted this==>

@JennyGirlMitra @Andy @jerrysaltz So is it true that Donald Trump gets “Prima Nochte” with all the contestants?

— The Vicious Babushka (@viciousbabushka) May 3, 2016

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Backwoods_Sleuth May 3, 2016 • 4:36:29pm

Marion just flipped. Expecting some of the minority areas to start reporting now. pic.twitter.com/syZzULjB73

— Benchmark Politics (@benchmarkpol) May 3, 2016

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Targetpractice May 3, 2016 • 4:38:50pm

re: #169 Testy Toad T

It cracks me up how 538’s liveblog isn’t really even bothering to discuss the Indiana results on the Democratic side, since they basically do not matter.

PAY ATTENTION TO MEEEEEEEEE

Yeah, expect tomorrow to be whines about how the media has stopped paying attention to Bernie’s “wins,” which obviously means they’re in the tank for Hillary and not just going forward with the accepted wisdom that the race is effectively over.

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Kragar May 3, 2016 • 4:40:14pm

Cruz rose by torching his colleagues, and they let him drown while he was gasping for breath. Me on the unraveling: https://t.co/Zy4NSBMVzW

— Sahil Kapur (@sahilkapur) May 3, 2016

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Aunty Entity Dragon May 3, 2016 • 4:40:51pm

Bernie Bros…

He’s dead, Jim.

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Charles Johnson May 3, 2016 • 4:41:09pm

Venomous mammal that survived the dinosaur extinction has been discovered to be a direct ancestor of Donald Trump. pic.twitter.com/NgGGJHS2ob

— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) May 3, 2016

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Aunty Entity Dragon May 3, 2016 • 4:42:35pm

re: #176 Charles Johnson

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Small mammals serve a purpose. Trump does not.

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SpaceJesus May 3, 2016 • 4:42:55pm

Will the Canadian bend the knee to the Great Loud Orange Turd?

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HappyWarrior May 3, 2016 • 4:43:07pm

Cruz could have been the Never Trump if he weren’t such an insufferable son of a bitch but then again being that insufferable endures him to a lot of his supporters too.

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Der Flohgeisteffekt May 3, 2016 • 4:43:23pm

re: #156 The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge

Why conservative men have decided to start invading women’s bathrooms

What’s fascinating is the category error being made, whether cynical or earnest.

Bad behavior—be it filming, peeping, or inappropriate contact—is bad behavior. Whether or not a person claims to be “trans” do not excuse bad behavior in a bathroom. Case in point: filming in a public bathroom is bad behavior. Harassing other people about how they’re using the facilities is bad behavior.

Even the people making the “this is not about trans people, it’s about pervert dudes” argument…well, then why make a law about trans identity and bathrooms? You’ve just ceded that the real problem is men that will do anything for a certain kind of contact with women…why not legislate around that?

But they’re not even trying to hear that, because in their head there’s only The Grand Unified Perversion. All people that don’t fuck and act how they like are the same—gay and trans and kinky and child-molesting and criminally uncaring about consent are all just the same thing. And in turn, straight and pious and wholesome are whole cloth as well. It’s not just that they hate trans people (they do)…it’s that they want to stake out that only not-like-them people ever doing anything wrong.

Which is how you constantly end up with molestation and sexual assault scandals. They build backwards from a presumption: “Dennis Hastert seems like me, has my politics, has my cultural markings, he must be a good man who couldn’t possibly touch up teenage boys.” And when scandals arise, they double down—blame the victim, deny, deny—until they can’t. And eventually they just stuff the transgressor down the forget-hole, or “discover” that he wasn’t Of The Body all along.

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Ziggy_TARDIS May 3, 2016 • 4:43:45pm

re: #171 The Vicious Babushka

The picture she is using is of Tugce Albayrak.

She was a Turkish Muslim living in Germany, who, 1.5 years ago, was beaten to death by a Bosnian Serb thug, because she stood up to the guy was harassing 2 teenage girls.

In short, the little whelp that is Tweeting to you like that is ticking me off.

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nines09 May 3, 2016 • 4:44:34pm

re: #174 Kragar

And you know there was unbridled joy in venues of GOP dom, watching that noose tighten around Teds greasy neck. And the hanging isn’t even complete yet. More joy to come. Could not happen to a more deserving SOB. And his running mate, Cinder Block. Then they will line up, take a deep breath, and kiss King Pimps ass.

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wrenchwench May 3, 2016 • 4:46:04pm

re: #176 Charles Johnson

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I needed more info:

Researchers caught the venomous mammal by allowing it to walk across their bodies at night in the forests of the Dominican Republic.

Now I need a frog. Or a kitteh.

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EPR-radar May 3, 2016 • 4:46:21pm

re: #177 Aunty Entity Dragon

Small mammals serve a purpose. Trump does not.

Trump actually has performed a valuable service. His successes in the 2016 GOP primary have exposed the Republican party for what it is.

What will come of this exposure remains to be seen. Personally I’d like to see the main stream media do its job (for once) and take a long, hard look at how Trump was able to win so many votes in Republican primaries.

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The Vicious Babushka May 3, 2016 • 4:46:27pm

Wow such Presidential very leadership many winning wow

Wow, Lyin’ Ted Cruz really went wacko today. Made all sorts of crazy charges. Can’t function under pressure - not very presidential. Sad!

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) May 3, 2016

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Skip Intro May 3, 2016 • 4:46:50pm

re: #182 nines09

As I posted the other day, Fiorina will have the distinction of loosing the same election twice this year.

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Aunty Entity Dragon May 3, 2016 • 4:47:21pm

Dinner. BBL.

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wrenchwench May 3, 2016 • 4:47:24pm

#frogOTD Breviceps mossambicus, Mozambique Rain Frog, produces melancholy whistles during rainy days @AmphibiaWeb pic.twitter.com/GV6J84uD9z

— Phil Bishop (@AmphibianPhil) May 3, 2016

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klys (maker of Silmarils) May 3, 2016 • 4:47:29pm

re: #183 wrenchwench

Check out @sharkscat on her own live cam! All @SanJoseSharks Cat, all the time! https://t.co/zxqPisOAw7 #maddiecam pic.twitter.com/ASkxSvYCrs

— Humane Society SV (@hssv) May 3, 2016

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nines09 May 3, 2016 • 4:47:52pm

re: #186 Skip Intro

As I posted the other day, Fiorina will have the distinction of loosing the same election twice this year.

And THAT could not happen to a more deserving pile of offal.

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Eventual Carrion May 3, 2016 • 4:48:34pm

re: #180 Der Flohgeisteffekt

What’ fascinating is the category error being made, whether cynical or earnestly.

Bad behavior—be it filming, peeping, or inappropriate contact—is bad behavior. Whether or not a person claims to be “trans” do not excuse bad behavior in a bathroom. Case in point: filming in a public bathroom is bad behavior. Harassing other people about how they’re using the facilities is bad behavior.

[snip]

But does David Vitter have to use the changing table no matter which bathroom he’s in?

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The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge May 3, 2016 • 4:49:20pm

re: #186 Skip Intro

As I posted the other day, Fiorina will have the distinction of loosing the same election twice this year.

Well, in 1976, Jerry Ford actually lost the primaries, was nominated anyway, and then lost the general…

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Archangelus May 3, 2016 • 4:49:32pm

re: #176 Charles Johnson

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Careful there, Charles - representatives on behalf of the mammal thingy will soon be demanding you retract the Trump association… /

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Ziggy_TARDIS May 3, 2016 • 4:49:58pm

5 Day Timelapse - Waldo Canyon Fire - June 23rd-28th

I lived in Colorado Springs during Waldo Canyon.

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Targetpractice May 3, 2016 • 4:50:21pm

re: #174 Kragar

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In keeping with the theme of being the reincarnation of Tailgunner Joe, Cruz will now watch as his hubris and assholishness combine to destroy his career in a fortnight. He may stay in the Senate, but he will not enjoy anywhere near the support he once did.

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wrenchwench May 3, 2016 • 4:50:21pm

re: #189 klys (maker of Silmarils)

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Thanks! All covered now.

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The Vicious Babushka May 3, 2016 • 4:51:03pm

Baby Whiplash is having a Twitter slapfight with his ex-BFF Milo Yeahimadumbass (Now With No Blue Check)

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Testy Toad T May 3, 2016 • 4:51:04pm

re: #180 Der Flohgeisteffekt

What’ fascinating is the category error being made, whether cynical or earnestly.

Bad behavior—be it filming, peeping, or inappropriate contact—is bad behavior. Whether or not a person claims to be “trans” do not excuse bad behavior in a bathroom. Case in point: filming in a public bathroom is bad behavior. Harassing other people about how they’re using the facilities is bad behavior.

It’s been recognized for some time that Trump’s rise has been inseparable from a shortening of the Republican OODA Loop, where Trump’s (uh) from-the-gut instinctive politicking keeps catching his opponents off guard, as he gish gallops from one absurdity to the next before any of them can be properly dealt with. It’s not unreasonable to imagine there’s been bleed-over into the rest of the party, wherein state groups decide they need to find a new cultural battlefront right now without really considering the ramifications.

It’s remarkable because one of the things that really characterized the W Bush era Republican Party for me was an excellent medium-term gameplan, constructing these setpiece battles so as to take advantage of ebbs and flows in the electorate. And yet now we have the NC state house force through crazy nonsense just before a presidential election without any real consideration of what effect that could have in six months, never mind six years.

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goddamnedfrank May 3, 2016 • 4:52:01pm

All these #NeverTrump tweets about to start disappearing like … pic.twitter.com/12httWUOcP

— Putain Démocratique (@goddamnedfrank) May 3, 2016

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Eclectic Cyborg May 3, 2016 • 4:54:05pm

I have a couple of friends in Ft Mcmurray. I am trying to confirm they are safe but I haven’t been able to yet…

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wrenchwench May 3, 2016 • 4:54:15pm

re: #198 Testy Toad T

It’s remarkable because one of the things that really characterized the W Bush era for me was an excellent medium-term gameplan, constructing these setpiece battles so as to take advantage of ebbs and flows in the electorate. And yet now we have the NC state house force through crazy nonsense just before a presidential election without any real consideration of what effect that could have in six months, never mind six years.

One of the signs of recognition of impending doom is an inability to plan for the future.

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Charles Johnson May 3, 2016 • 4:54:45pm

Turns out PHP has a very handy built-in function that checks image file signatures.

<?php
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The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge May 3, 2016 • 4:54:50pm

re: #157 Aunty Entity Dragon

Trump’s victory in Indiana…

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I just can’t imagine wasting three warheads on Lawrence, Kansas…

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Skip Intro May 3, 2016 • 4:56:34pm

re: #195 Targetpractice

In keeping with the theme of being the reincarnation of Tailgunner Joe, Cruz will now watch as his hubris and assholishness combine to destroy his career in a fortnight. He may stay in the Senate, but he will not enjoy anywhere near the support he once did.

Is it possible Canadian Ted will now be too toxic even for Texas?

The downside is, being Texas, they’ll replace him with someone even worse.

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Testy Toad T May 3, 2016 • 4:57:17pm

re: #204 Skip Intro

The downside is, being Texas, they’ll replace him with someone even worse.

Peak Texas Scumbag is a myth.

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HappyWarrior May 3, 2016 • 4:58:21pm

re: #204 Skip Intro

Is it possible Canadian Ted will now be too toxic even for Texas?

The downside is, being Texas, they’ll replace him with someone even worse.

Kind of like how Perry was replaced by Abbott.

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Skip Intro May 3, 2016 • 4:58:32pm

re: #197 The Vicious Babushka

That reminds me, how much is Rage Furby going to lose on his bet for Cruz? $5k comes to mind. The HAW must really love the little guy.

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SpaceJesus May 3, 2016 • 4:58:53pm

I hope Trump’s nomination speech is mostly about how Ted Cruz’s father helped kill JFK

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b.d. May 3, 2016 • 4:59:09pm

re: #197 The Vicious Babushka

Baby Whiplash is having a Twitter slapfight with his ex-BFF Milo Yeahimadumbass (Now With No Blue Check)

Can we lock them both in a cage & give them rusty chainsaws?

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TK-421 May 3, 2016 • 5:00:05pm

FoxNews.com Closes Comment Section on Malia Obama Article After Avalanche of Racism

The Fox News page running an AP story on Malia Obama’s recent acceptance into Harvard is missing its comment section after the story was met with an avalanche of vile, racist responses from the site’s readers.

The most anodyne comments simply accused Malia of only getting into Harvard because of Affirmative Action. Other Fox News readers just went right for the jugular — lobbing her with a host of racial and religious (specifically Muslim) epithets, as well as smearing her and her mother’s appearance and wishing openly that the president’s daughter would get afflicted with “cancer/aids or one of those colored diseases.”

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nines09 May 3, 2016 • 5:00:06pm

re: #208 SpaceJesus

I hope Trump’s nomination speech is mostly about how Ted Cruz’s father helped kill JFK

Grassy knoll……..Right now Newt Gingrich is somewhere with his plastic surgery mannequin android wife, dreaming of a phone call from the Puppet Master asking him to be his running mate. Newt would not only murder his family for that honor, he would fellate King Pimp on live TV in prime time. So. Who will Benito choose to hold his Sceptre when he has to wipe his ass, after he takes a shit on the world? Questions, questions.

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HappyWarrior May 3, 2016 • 5:00:21pm

re: #208 SpaceJesus

I hope Trump’s nomination speech is mostly about how Ted Cruz’s father helped kill JFK

My speech will be the greatest of all speeches. When you’re done hearing it, you won’t want to hear speeches. Wait that last part is true.

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HappyWarrior May 3, 2016 • 5:01:08pm

re: #210 Amory Blaine

FoxNews.com Closes Comment Section on Malia Obama Article After Avalanche of Racism

Stay kkklassy bigoted fuckstickles.

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Skip Intro May 3, 2016 • 5:01:38pm

re: #210 Amory Blaine

I wonder how that’s any different from any other story there? If you just read the comments, you couldn’t tell Fox from Breitbart.

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SpaceJesus May 3, 2016 • 5:02:56pm

That liar Ted Cruz and his traitor of a father. That Mexican killed John F. Kennedy. Shot him right in the head. Crazy. I almost didn’t believe it when I heard it myself. Shameful!

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Charles Johnson May 3, 2016 • 5:03:20pm

You must not be familiar with how the GOP rolls. @LouiseMensch

— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) May 4, 2016

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Backwoods_Sleuth May 3, 2016 • 5:03:58pm

On MSNBC, Schmidt says Republicans have to decide whether they love their country more than their party.

— ¡Gabe! Ortíz (@TUSK81) May 3, 2016

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nines09 May 3, 2016 • 5:05:03pm

re: #217 Backwoods_Sleuth

Well…….If you can call the ashes your own…….

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Der Flohgeisteffekt May 3, 2016 • 5:05:18pm

re: #217 Backwoods_Sleuth

That got answered awhile ago, with the Ender’s Game answer: the party is the country! Everybody else is just treasonous meat!

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Testy Toad T May 3, 2016 • 5:05:39pm

I feel like I’m going to be copy-pasting this a lot. Silver, again:

We’re not much for intuition around here, but for what it’s worth: it wouldn’t surprise me if Trump’s general-election deficit with Clinton — currently about 7 percentage points — narrows over the next month or so as there’s a sort of euphoric amazement about Trump winning the nomination, producing very favorable media coverage for Trump.

But we should wait until the general-election campaign begins in earnest before concluding very much about what the equilibrium of the race might be. Some Republicans who were initially reluctant to support Trump will turn around and back him now, but the Democrats will have a lot of money and a big opposition research file, and Clinton will be able to sustain focus on Trump’s negatives in a way that his Republican rivals weren’t able to do.

I could not agree more with any of that. Let’s all keep our heads.

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HappyWarrior May 3, 2016 • 5:05:59pm

re: #217 Backwoods_Sleuth

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That’s an easy answer for them. Their party.

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majii May 3, 2016 • 5:07:13pm

re: #217 Backwoods_Sleuth

Anyone who has been paying attention knows that for the GOP/TP, it’s always party over the nation and its citizens. Sometimes I have to ask myself where those who have to ask the question have been hiding out for 40+ years.

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SpaceJesus May 3, 2016 • 5:07:22pm

lol

Goodbye, Republican Party.
— Matt Walsh (@MattWalshBlog) May 3, 2016

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Testy Toad T May 3, 2016 • 5:07:40pm

re: #223 SpaceJesus

Nah. Just “bye”.

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EPR-radar May 3, 2016 • 5:07:51pm

re: #216 Charles Johnson

Normally the defection rate for GOPers discontented with the GOP nominee is about 0%.

#NeverTrump probably bumps that all the way up to 1-2% of GOPers.

A significant percentage increase in defection (infinite, in fact) but the total number of GOPer votes lost remains pretty small.

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Charles Johnson May 3, 2016 • 5:07:56pm

If you’re a Republican and you’re going to stick by #NeverTrump, good for you! You’re going to be very lonely, though.

— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) May 4, 2016

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blueraven May 3, 2016 • 5:08:01pm

Wow this Dem race is close. Hope Hillary can pull it out in Gary and Indianapolis.
Not that the delegate math will really change, but still…

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Backwoods_Sleuth May 3, 2016 • 5:08:23pm

ha. from guy who spent 8 yrs depicting Obama as devil pic.twitter.com/vLyDbWUzAq

— Eric Boehlert (@EricBoehlert) May 3, 2016

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The Vicious Babushka May 3, 2016 • 5:08:26pm

re: #209 b.d.

Can we lock them both in a cage & give them rusty chainsaws?

Gym socks full of feces. The combatants wear hockey masks and nothing else.

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Backwoods_Sleuth May 3, 2016 • 5:09:28pm

.@JohnKasich campaign: “Tonight’s results are not going to alter Gov. Kasich’s campaign plans.”

— Joe Sonka (@joesonka) May 4, 2016

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b.d. May 3, 2016 • 5:09:30pm

C’mon Ted run 3rd Party, don’t take this s*it lying down!

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jaunte May 3, 2016 • 5:10:35pm

re: #228 Backwoods_Sleuth

Nolte continuing the dissonant “incompetent, yet incredibly devious” Obama smear into the Hillary era.

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HappyWarrior May 3, 2016 • 5:10:51pm

re: #228 Backwoods_Sleuth

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Says a man who wants to shoot teachers. Stfu Nolte you sorry piece of shit.

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Jenner7 May 3, 2016 • 5:11:19pm

Actually, Now that Sanders has taken Allen, that will be enough to make the call. We are officially calling Indiana for Bernie Sanders.

— Benchmark Politics (@benchmarkpol) May 4, 2016

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Charles Johnson May 3, 2016 • 5:11:29pm

@EricBoehlert Of all the dicks at Breitbart, Nolte is the most dicktastic.

— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) May 4, 2016

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Skip Intro May 3, 2016 • 5:12:17pm

re: #228 Backwoods_Sleuth

Funny, but everything Nolte said are positives when the candidate is a Republican.

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majii May 3, 2016 • 5:12:53pm

re: #231 b.d.

Leave Ted alone! He coudda been a serious contender even though most of it was in his head. Just ask him, and he’ll tell you he’s been destined to greatness from the moment he was born in Canada.

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FormerDirtDart May 3, 2016 • 5:12:57pm

Yeah, Bernie Bros are going to be unbearable tomorrow…

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The Vicious Babushka May 3, 2016 • 5:13:03pm

Trump supporters are peddling disgustingly sexist anti-Hillary Clinton swag https://t.co/MqwbmTToKX pic.twitter.com/S6ERLqtHSE

— HuffPost Politics (@HuffPostPol) May 4, 2016

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EPR-radar May 3, 2016 • 5:13:15pm

re: #228 Backwoods_Sleuth

For RWNJs, the “worst Democrat ever” is either the Democrat in the white house, a Democrat in congressional leadership, or a credible candidate for any of these positions (as determined by the RW noise machine narrative requirements du jour).

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b.d. May 3, 2016 • 5:13:25pm

re: #228 Backwoods_Sleuth

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Nolte needs to quit being a jerk to the one person who will stop Trump.

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The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge May 3, 2016 • 5:13:40pm

re: #235 Charles Johnson

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Can’t Ed O’Neill sue this fucker?

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Targetpractice May 3, 2016 • 5:13:50pm

re: #204 Skip Intro

Is it possible Canadian Ted will now be too toxic even for Texas?

The downside is, being Texas, they’ll replace him with someone even worse.

It helps to remember that Havana Ted’s election to the Senate was a fluke, a race that he didn’t expect to win but instead expected to use to burnish his credentials in anticipation of running to replace Gov. Goodhair. And it has seemed ever since that he took it as some sign from a higher power, giving him leave to be as much of a dickhole as possible because said higher power had his back. And now he’s finding out that no, there was nobody at his back, and now the people he pissed off along the way are lining up to piss on his presidential ambition’s grave.

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Testy Toad T May 3, 2016 • 5:14:03pm

re: #238 FormerDirtDart

Yeah, Bernie Bros are going to be unbearable tomorrow…

Well, it will be a day ending in ‘y’.

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bratwurst May 3, 2016 • 5:14:23pm

Cue the sad trombone:

Rumor: NewsMax TV may soon lose DirecTV and Dish Network distribution. The alleged reason? Trouble making payments. (1/3)

— InsideCableNews (@InsideCableNews) May 4, 2016

(2/3) NewsMax TV may also be looking to make staffing reductions as the network may alter its format to one emphasizing call-in shows.

— InsideCableNews (@InsideCableNews) May 4, 2016

(3/3) NewsMax’s highest rated show is Dennis Michael Lynch which averages 8k. But docs can draw double that number.

— InsideCableNews (@InsideCableNews) May 4, 2016

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thedopefishlives May 3, 2016 • 5:15:18pm

Evening Lizardim. It’s been a while, I know; work has been extremely stressful, due to the fact that we’re delivering our first software release to production. Oh, did I mention there’s a little thing in the middle called spinal surgery? I was trying to get everything prepped so that my understudy could just Push the Go Button and send everything live. I think I’ve largely succeeded in that. Tomorrow morning, bright and early, I go under the knife; you will, of course, be among the first to know when I’m out and into recovery. How go things among the lizardfolk on this gloriously beautiful evening?

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nines09 May 3, 2016 • 5:15:21pm

re: #242 The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge

Can’t Ed O’Neill sue this fucker?

Good question.

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TK-421 May 3, 2016 • 5:15:26pm

I don’t know whether to laugh or cry today.

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HappyWarrior May 3, 2016 • 5:15:36pm

re: #238 FormerDirtDart

Yeah, Bernie Bros are going to be unbearable tomorrow…

They would have been regardless of tonight’s results.

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Dr. Matt May 3, 2016 • 5:16:24pm

WTH happened?? Hillary was up with 52% < an hour ago, now Bernie is leading with 52%.

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Kragar May 3, 2016 • 5:16:33pm

Its a magic moment. @owillis pic.twitter.com/PwiO1PAbt9

— Kragar (@Kragar_LGF) May 4, 2016

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thedopefishlives May 3, 2016 • 5:16:39pm

re: #250 Dr. Matt

WTH happened?? Hillary was up with 52% < an hour ago, now Bernie is leading with 52%.

Indiana Democrats are … special.

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Jenner7 May 3, 2016 • 5:17:02pm

re: #250 Dr. Matt

He did better in the more populated areas.

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nines09 May 3, 2016 • 5:17:07pm

re: #250 Dr. Matt

WTH happened?? Hillary was up with 52% < an hour ago, now Bernie is leading with 52%.

They don’t want you to switch that dial….

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Charles Johnson May 3, 2016 • 5:17:25pm

The only question now is whether Cruz is going to bail out tonight.

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Testy Toad T May 3, 2016 • 5:17:30pm

re: #250 Dr. Matt

WTH happened?? Hillary was up with 52% < an hour ago, now Bernie is leading with 52%.

Clinton tends to lead strongly with absentee and early voting, whereas Sanders supporters tend to vote late.

It’s almost like Clinton supporters are used to this whole voting-in-a-primary shit and decided to get it out of the way. Can’t imagine why///.

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TK-421 May 3, 2016 • 5:17:45pm

If James Woods can sue, it would be nice if O’Neil could at least ask for a take down. I wonder if he even knows.

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FormerDirtDart May 3, 2016 • 5:17:57pm

re: #250 Dr. Matt

WTH happened?? Hillary was up with 52% < an hour ago, now Bernie is leading with 52%.

Exit polling has been suggesting a 10+ point Bernie win…

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nines09 May 3, 2016 • 5:18:28pm

re: #255 Charles Johnson

Seppuku? He has no face to save.

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Jenner7 May 3, 2016 • 5:18:44pm

Nate had Clinton +8-12, most polls had Clinton in the +7 range. Polls for the open primaries have been pretty poor!

— Benchmark Politics (@benchmarkpol) May 4, 2016

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jaunte May 3, 2016 • 5:19:21pm

This seems appropriate now that Trump is the R candidate.

This is what Earth would look like if it were destroyed by a black hole. pic.twitter.com/a49pQTMJvl

— Science GIFs (@Learn_Things) May 3, 2016

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Big Beautiful Door May 3, 2016 • 5:19:21pm

re: #255 Charles Johnson

The only question now is whether Cruz is going to bail out tonight.

Trump winning over half the vote. I’m upping the odds of a Cruz suspension to 60-40, if not higher.

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EPR-radar May 3, 2016 • 5:19:36pm

re: #255 Charles Johnson

The only question now is whether Cruz is going to bail out tonight.

That will be interesting to see. Cruz engaged in a bit of truth-telling about Trump recently that will make it difficult for him to concede gracefully.

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Testy Toad T May 3, 2016 • 5:19:46pm

re: #260 Jenner7

It’s almost like open primaries are stupid and terrible. Fortunately, I suspect the party machinery will move to make them less, rather than more prevalent.

On the other hand, it’s sort of useful to have at least a few of them, so we know how indies feel. That’s not nothing.

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HappyWarrior May 3, 2016 • 5:19:51pm

re: #258 FormerDirtDart

Exit polling has been suggesting a 10+ point Bernie win…

So Bernie is actually underperforming. I’m not surprised he’s winning. Indiana is the kind of state he’s done well in. It’s not going to magically propel him to the lead no matter how much he wants it to be.

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Dr. Matt May 3, 2016 • 5:20:06pm

Well, at least Indiana awards their delegates proportionally and Hillary will still be on the realistic path to the nomination.

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b.d. May 3, 2016 • 5:20:20pm

re: #250 Dr. Matt

WTH happened?? Hillary was up with 52% < an hour ago, now Bernie is leading with 52%.

Bernie spent $1,500,000.00 in Indiana and Hillary spent not a penny.

latimes.com

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Kragar May 3, 2016 • 5:21:16pm

My Mom is still pulling for Sanders, so “he can get Hillary to make concessions at the convention.”

When I asked “concessions for what? They’re both supporting the same things” she responded with “He’s not saying yet because he’s a gentleman.”

*headdesk*

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Dr. Matt May 3, 2016 • 5:21:16pm

More amusing news along with Trump sinking the GOP

Creed’s Scott Stapp has joined a new band — and it’s not Stone Temple Pilots https://t.co/fYO5mpkzue

— billboard (@billboard) May 4, 2016

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Ziggy_TARDIS May 3, 2016 • 5:21:57pm

re: #268 Kragar

I would dispute Sanders being a gentleman, to start with.

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bratwurst May 3, 2016 • 5:22:08pm

Hard to imagine the party of Sarah Palin and Clint Eastwood debating an empty chair would turn to a charlatan like Trump.

— Matthew Yglesias (@mattyglesias) May 4, 2016

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HappyWarrior May 3, 2016 • 5:22:23pm

re: #268 Kragar

My Mom is still pulling for Sanders, so “he can get Hillary to make concessions at the convention.”

When I asked “concessions for what? They’re both supporting the same things” she responded with “He’s not saying yet because he’s a gentleman.”

*headdesk*

Their hearts are often in the right place but I wonder where their heads are.

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Backwoods_Sleuth May 3, 2016 • 5:22:28pm

Hard to stomach the people who gave us Palin, then criticized her to rehab themselves, gush all over Trump. #seedsofdivision

— John Weaver (@JWGOP) May 4, 2016

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Testy Toad T May 3, 2016 • 5:22:32pm

re: #265 HappyWarrior

So Bernie is actually underperforming. I’m not surprised he’s winning. Indiana is the kind of state he’s done well in. It’s not going to magically propel him to the lead no matter how much he wants it to be.

It’s the sort of place where I’d expect his fact-agnostic economic protectionist message to resonate very strongly.

Again, fascinating parallels between his campaign and Trump’s. That’s not sour grapes — they’re both definitely leveraging the support of a certain segment of (mostly white) America that really wants to sink every container ship on the planet and fab everything locally, logic be damned.

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HappyWarrior May 3, 2016 • 5:22:43pm

re: #271 bratwurst

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Yeah you don’t say.

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thedopefishlives May 3, 2016 • 5:22:50pm

re: #267 b.d.

Bernie spent $1,500,000.00 in Indiana and Hillary spent not a penny.

latimes.com

It’s almost like Hillary knows that Indiana is a backwoods hillbilly state that wouldn’t vote for a woman if she was the last candidate on Earth. No offense to the state wherein the fish family made its ancestral home; however, I often call it “the most northern Southern state in the Union.”

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Charles Johnson May 3, 2016 • 5:23:02pm

Sheriff Joe Arpaio, Ann Coulter, Jerome Corsi - just throwing some possible names out there. @BenjySarlin @KatyTurNBC

— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) May 4, 2016

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Skip Intro May 3, 2016 • 5:23:11pm

Eric Erickson is very sad tonight.

Indiana Republicans Hand Hillary Clinton the White House

A lot of us said Donald Trump would never get this far. To do so we had to ignore all the polling and data and we did. We could not conceive of a Republican Party committing suicide. But now, Trump’s supporters have to ignore all the polling and data to move further and presume he can win in November. The truth is that Trump cannot win. 42% of Republican voters have an unfavorable view of Trump. 53% of registered voters have an unfavorable view of Trump. 70% of women have an unfavorable view of Trump. 89% of Hispanics have an unfavorable view of Trump.

The Republican Party is on the verge of nominating the least popular politician in American presidential history. Ironically, the party’s voters are doing it to spite its own leaders, but its leaders prefer Trump to the other guy. The result will be Hillary Clinton winning in November. Trump cannot build a meaningful coalition outside of blue collar white voters, white supremacists, and internet conspiracy theorists. The rest of the voting public no more wants Trump than herpes.

Already Trump supporters are setting the stage for Trump’s defeat in November, blaming those of us who have declared ourselves “never Trump” for his loss. But Trump’s loss will be squarely on him and those who chose to support him while ignoring the overwhelming evidence that the American public would reject him.

Republican voters have deluded themselves into thinking 40% of the Republican Party equaled the “will of the people.” The Republican Party is the smaller of the two political parties and a majority of registered voters view Trump unfavorably. With the results of the Indiana GOP tonight, the Republican Party is voting for suicide, handing the White House to Hillary Clinton, and handing the Supreme Court to the left for a generation at least.

theresurgent.com

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b.d. May 3, 2016 • 5:23:22pm

And Carly is going to open up this speech with a number..

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Dr. Matt May 3, 2016 • 5:23:43pm

Furby Rage Doofus knows the truth!

Facebook Post

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bratwurst May 3, 2016 • 5:24:16pm

@CarlyFiorina is becoming an EXPERT at concession speeches! #IndianaPrimary

— Clay C. (@ClayC1969) May 4, 2016

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thedopefishlives May 3, 2016 • 5:24:23pm

re: #277 Charles Johnson

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Ann Coulter would be an absolute riot. Could you imagine those two narcissistic assholes trying to play nice with each other while subtly trying to hog the spotlight?

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jaunte May 3, 2016 • 5:24:24pm

re: #277 Charles Johnson

And Omarosa, to “neutralize the woman card.”

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nines09 May 3, 2016 • 5:25:36pm

re: #279 b.d.

And Carly is going to open up this speech with a number..

She will improv an old standard…..The Mothers of Invention - Help, I’m a Rock!

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Dr. Matt May 3, 2016 • 5:25:58pm

re: #277 Charles Johnson

@Green_Footballs @BenjySarlin @KatyTurNBC Alex Jones. Checkmate
— Dr. Matt (@DrMatthew) May 4, 2016

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Targetpractice May 3, 2016 • 5:25:58pm

re: #255 Charles Johnson

The only question now is whether Cruz is going to bail out tonight.

If he does, it will be in the snottiest, most self-serving fashion possible. He will not concede that Trump beat him, he will find a way to present himself as the victim. Why? Because to concede to Trump would be the end of any hope he has to ever be again taken seriously as a presidential candidate.

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HappyWarrior May 3, 2016 • 5:26:14pm

re: #279 b.d.

And Carly is going to open up this speech with a number..

I’m a loser.

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Der Flohgeisteffekt May 3, 2016 • 5:26:35pm

I bet if we look at the numbers on #NeverTrump, we find the money moved like it did in the Carson campaign: in quantity, to a small set of consultants.

It popped up in time to get funding from some panicked social conservatives…that’s a profitable niche to exploit before the anti-Trump bubble collapses.

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Ziggy_TARDIS May 3, 2016 • 5:26:36pm

re: #276 thedopefishlives

I got the same feeling when I was reading about the contributions of each State towards the Union Side of the Civil War.

I also noted how integral each Union State was to the War effort on the Union side.

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thedopefishlives May 3, 2016 • 5:26:42pm

re: #285 Dr. Matt

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Oh, dayum. The question would be which one of them would keel over first of a heart attack during a fit of apoplectic rage.

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Ziggy_TARDIS May 3, 2016 • 5:27:30pm

Any more updates on Fort McMurray?

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EPR-radar May 3, 2016 • 5:27:39pm

re: #274 Testy Toad T

It’s the sort of place where I’d expect his fact-agnostic economic protectionist message to resonate very strongly.

Again, fascinating parallels between his campaign and Trump’s. That’s not sour grapes — they’re both definitely leveraging the support of a certain segment of (mostly white) America that really wants to sink every container ship on the planet and fab everything locally, logic be damned.

Mainstream US politics is going to have to confront the issue that the globalized economy is seen by many to only be helping the uber-wealthy get richer as the jobs go overseas, while the US labor market is undercut by exploiting workers having legal status issues.

“Trust us” on the latest trade deal isn’t going to get it done.

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The Vicious Babushka May 3, 2016 • 5:27:40pm

re: #277 Charles Johnson

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Trump’s VP will be Trump.

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Archangelus May 3, 2016 • 5:27:57pm

re: #277 Charles Johnson

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You forgot Palin. And yes, I wouldn’t be surprised if tRump actually considered this…

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Skip Intro May 3, 2016 • 5:28:18pm

re: #282 thedopefishlives

There’s only one candidate who fits the bill. It has to be a woman, one with political experience who is loyal to Trump and not particularly bright. She has to be a draw for the wingnuts, and have no idea what’s going on around her and be no threat to Trump’s fragile ego.

I give you GOP V.P. candidate Sarah Palin.

Taa-Dah!

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EPR-radar May 3, 2016 • 5:28:19pm

re: #277 Charles Johnson

David Duke, Pat Buchanan, Peter Brimelow.

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Archangelus May 3, 2016 • 5:28:34pm

The GOP establishment right about now…

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Kragar May 3, 2016 • 5:28:35pm

LOL CRUZ OUT

— Oliver Willis (@owillis) May 4, 2016

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HappyWarrior May 3, 2016 • 5:28:38pm

re: #289 Ziggy_TARDIS

I got the same feeling when I was reading about the contributions of each State towards the Union Side of the Civil War.

I also noted how integral each Union State was to the War effort on the Union side.

Lets go easy though given how much the CSA state canard by the BB’s annoys us. I do agree that Indiana is very unique for a northern state. Fwiw Abraham Lincoln spent part of his childhood there.

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Jenner7 May 3, 2016 • 5:28:47pm

Just in: @TedCruz is ending his presidential campaign, campaign manager Jeff Roe tells me.

— Patrick Svitek (@PatrickSvitek) May 4, 2016

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Charles Johnson May 3, 2016 • 5:29:27pm

When this campaign started I have to confess that even I, Cynical McCynicFace, didn’t think the right wing base would go for Trump this big.

— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) May 4, 2016

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thedopefishlives May 3, 2016 • 5:29:31pm

re: #289 Ziggy_TARDIS

I got the same feeling when I was reading about the contributions of each State towards the Union Side of the Civil War.

I also noted how integral each Union State was to the War effort on the Union side.

Indiana was bitterly divided during the Civil War; in fact, I suspect some of my ancestors moved to Indiana because of slaveowning relatives or neighbors, perhaps helping some slaves escape in the process. I also had ancestors fight for the Union in the war. Indiana, as a crossroads state between major travel routes between North and South, was basically caught in the middle.

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PhillyPretzel May 3, 2016 • 5:29:33pm

re: #300 Jenner7

No surprise there.

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The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge May 3, 2016 • 5:29:33pm

re: #276 thedopefishlives

It’s almost like Hillary knows that Indiana is a backwoods hillbilly state that wouldn’t vote for a woman if she was the last candidate on Earth. No offense to the state wherein the fish family made its ancestral home; however, I often call it “the most northern Southern state in the Union.”

It can’t be a southern state—Hillary wins all of those.

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Targetpractice May 3, 2016 • 5:29:45pm

re: #268 Kragar

My Mom is still pulling for Sanders, so “he can get Hillary to make concessions at the convention.”

When I asked “concessions for what? They’re both supporting the same things” she responded with “He’s not saying yet because he’s a gentleman.”

*headdesk*

That’s something I’m hearing more and more from Bernie supporters, this “Well, if he can’t win, he’ll still win!” logic where he has some sort of leverage he can use to get the DNC to sing his tune. But there’s virtually nothing in his campaign platform that he will get her to change, and the longer this farce goes on, the more obvious it becomes he has little to no votes to use as leverage.

If he’d conceded a month ago, he could have gone to the convention claiming to have a huge following that would stay home if he didn’t get something from the party leadership. Now, with polls showing something like 85% of his supporters will vote for Hillary in November? All he’s got are the deadenders, and he’s even admitted he has no way of getting them to support her.

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Charles Johnson May 3, 2016 • 5:29:51pm

That intro by Carly Fiorina really had a “concession speech” feeling.

— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) May 4, 2016

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HappyWarrior May 3, 2016 • 5:29:52pm

re: #300 Jenner7

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He’ll be kissing Trump’s ass before we know it.

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Big Beautiful Door May 3, 2016 • 5:30:03pm

I posted this on the earlier thread re: #300 Jenner7

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Bingo, I called it.

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Ziggy_TARDIS May 3, 2016 • 5:30:10pm

re: #299 HappyWarrior

Oh, they were a Union state, no doubt about it.

But at the same time, there was a larger than average amount of whining about it too.

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blueraven May 3, 2016 • 5:30:12pm

re: #250 Dr. Matt

WTH happened?? Hillary was up with 52% < an hour ago, now Bernie is leading with 52%.

Independents

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ObserverArt May 3, 2016 • 5:30:22pm

re: #220 Testy Toad T

I feel like I’m going to be copy-pasting this a lot. Silver, again:

I could not agree more with any of that. Let’s all keep our heads.

I don’t know about anyone else, but I shore ain’t gonna be giving up my head for no politics…no matter how crazy.

You’ll have to pry it from my cold dead progressive body.

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teleskiguy May 3, 2016 • 5:30:23pm

This weekend in Las Vegas at the Brooklyn bowl the penultimate band in the land Umphrey’s McGee! hug 4 all umphreaks @goldlikejoel

— Jose Canseco (@JoseCanseco) May 4, 2016

I’m totally going to try and snag a photo of him and I!

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FormerDirtDart May 3, 2016 • 5:30:26pm

Now John Kasich is 4th place in a 2-man race.
— Nate Silver (@NateSilver538) May 4, 2016

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Kragar May 3, 2016 • 5:30:26pm

re: #306 Charles Johnson

BREAKING: Ted Cruz Is Ending His Campaign Tonight https://t.co/tQE7kueju3 pic.twitter.com/BcGFTTbzB5

— Mediaite (@Mediaite) May 4, 2016

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jaunte May 3, 2016 • 5:30:33pm

Reince may have to start ‘vetting’ Trump now.

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Skip Intro May 3, 2016 • 5:30:35pm

re: #298 Kragar

What a wimp! Oh, and Rage, you just lost your bet. Don’t forget to tell the HAW.

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Dr. Matt May 3, 2016 • 5:30:37pm

Ted Cruz can announce the suspension of his campaign on the back of a postcard.
— Dr. Matt (@DrMatthew) May 4, 2016

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b.d. May 3, 2016 • 5:30:41pm

Add 1 Carly

Wait 4 Days

Fold & go Home

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Testy Toad T May 3, 2016 • 5:30:44pm

re: #292 EPR-radar

Mainstream US politics is going to have to confront the issue that the globalized economy is seen by many to only be helping the uber-wealthy get richer as the jobs go overseas, while the US labor market is undercut by exploiting workers having legal status issues.

“Trust us” on the latest trade deal isn’t going to get it done.

Absolutely, and they’re not wrong. Our current system has very little ability to prevent a return to an outsourced Gilded Age, except that the owners of the production capital need to keep the rest of us wealthy enough to buy their doohickies.

I think neither Trump or Sanders can present a credible policy to address this fundamental problem in the modern global economy, but that doesn’t mean they’re wrong to identify it as such.

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Targetpractice May 3, 2016 • 5:30:45pm

re: #300 Jenner7

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And with that, our Long National Nightmare has begun.

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The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge May 3, 2016 • 5:31:34pm

re: #278 Skip Intro

Eric Erickson is very sad tonight.

theresurgent.com

You say all that as if it were a bad thing, Yrch ap Yrch.

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b.d. May 3, 2016 • 5:31:56pm

In what other country can the son of a man who shot a president grow up to be a senator?

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Charles Johnson May 3, 2016 • 5:31:58pm

#Breaking: Ted Cruz drops out of the 2016 presidential race https://t.co/7eshI3SCbQ pic.twitter.com/fO5Q3c4hBi

— CNN (@CNN) May 4, 2016

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teleskiguy May 3, 2016 • 5:32:08pm

re: #231 b.d.

how to run for president as an independent

— Ted Cruz Googling (@TedCruzGoogling) May 3, 2016

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thedopefishlives May 3, 2016 • 5:32:08pm

re: #321 The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge

You say all that as if it were a bad thing, Yrch ap Yrch.

It took me a minute to process that one, well done.

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Testy Toad T May 3, 2016 • 5:32:22pm

Kasich will emerge as the last man standing, in a race that many very seriously thought would end in a contested convention, having won exactly one state.

I love 2016.

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Shiplord Kirel May 3, 2016 • 5:32:41pm

re: #301 Charles Johnson

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After months of bitter conflict, even the anti-Trump forces at Free Republic have collapsed and submitted.

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Backwoods_Sleuth May 3, 2016 • 5:33:19pm

re: #291 Ziggy_TARDIS

Any more updates on Fort McMurray?

still evacuating.

BREAKING: Officials say all lanes on Hwy 63 north of TaigaNova are running northbound. #ymmfire #ymm

— CTV Edmonton (@ctvedmonton) May 4, 2016

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Shiplord Kirel May 3, 2016 • 5:33:25pm

re: #322 b.d.

In what other country can the son of a man who shot a president grow up to be a senator?

I think it’s happened in Guatemala a couple of times.

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FormerDirtDart May 3, 2016 • 5:33:26pm

I must salute CNN on their image choice…

#Breaking: Ted Cruz drops out of the 2016 presidential race https://t.co/7eshI3SCbQ pic.twitter.com/fO5Q3c4hBi

— CNN (@CNN) May 4, 2016

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ObserverArt May 3, 2016 • 5:33:26pm

re: #229 The Vicious Babushka

Gym socks full of feces. The combatants wear hockey masks and nothing else.

I don’t think I’d share that with any psychologist there VB.

: )

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blueraven May 3, 2016 • 5:33:32pm

Nice going Ted. How does it feel to know you helped Trump to win the nomination…sucking up to him for months, until you were the last man standing.

All the R candidates suck.

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Kragar May 3, 2016 • 5:33:35pm

We’ll always have our memories of @tedcruz pic.twitter.com/KYrR5Qjhfu

— Kragar (@Kragar_LGF) May 4, 2016

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EPR-radar May 3, 2016 • 5:33:48pm

re: #326 Testy Toad T

Kasich will emerge as the last man standing, in a race that many very seriously thought would end in a contested convention, having won exactly one state.

I love 2016.

The biggest surprise for me in all of this nonsense was Trump winning in the South. I had thought that would be Cruz country.

335

Targetpractice May 3, 2016 • 5:33:51pm

So the possibility of a contested convention in Cleveland has basically ended, but I still say there’s good odds we’ll see violent protests.

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Jenner7 May 3, 2016 • 5:33:55pm

So Cruz drops out, but Bernie stays in?

— Nik Roybal (@nikroybal) May 4, 2016

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Anymouse May 3, 2016 • 5:34:02pm

re: #291 Ziggy_TARDIS

Any more updates on Fort McMurray?

CTV has this (more at the link):

The 26-square kilometre wildfire in Fort McMurray has engulfed homes in multiple areas and mandatory evacuations have been ordered for most of the city.

The areas of Centennial trailer park, Beaconhill and Gregoire have all been confirmed as having structures burned by the fire. However, no injuries or casualties have been reported.

According to Premier Rachel Notley, more than 29,000 people have been affected by the evacuations of most of Fort McMurray, now the largest evacuation due to a fire in the history of the province.

Latest from Emergency Services

Residents are being told to go north after the fire crossed the southern end of Highway 63, forcing its closure.

“Our focus is completely and entirely right now on ensuring the safety of people and getting them out of the city,” said Notley during a press conference.

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HappyWarrior May 3, 2016 • 5:34:05pm

re: #309 Ziggy_TARDIS

Oh, they were a Union state, no doubt about it.

But at the same time, there was a larger than average amount of whining about it too.

Again though I’m just saying let’s not fall into their trap. I agree though the protectionist electorate favored Bernie here as did the open primary.

339

Jenner7 May 3, 2016 • 5:34:23pm

Will Cruz endorse Trump tonight?

340

Shiplord Kirel May 3, 2016 • 5:35:34pm

Holy shit! Time for Dan Quayle to step up!

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TedStriker May 3, 2016 • 5:35:35pm

re: #223 SpaceJesus

lol

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re: #224 Testy Toad T

Nah. Just “bye”.

Bye

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jaunte May 3, 2016 • 5:35:49pm

Never forgethttps://t.co/OG9TerQn8u

— Chris Cillizza (@TheFix) May 4, 2016

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PhillyPretzel May 3, 2016 • 5:35:52pm

re: #339 Jenner7

Who knows? I could be wrong but I think he will wait for some sort of offer from that Trump person.

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Kragar May 3, 2016 • 5:35:54pm

This is NOT a #NeverTrump speech.

— NickBaumann (@NickBaumann) May 4, 2016

Not it very much is not. Everyone’s gonna fall in line. You watch. https://t.co/jM9ujIc8Iz

— Christopher Hayes (@chrislhayes) May 4, 2016

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Targetpractice May 3, 2016 • 5:35:57pm

A year ago, I thought Cruz was the mark to beat because the GOP could not find a bigger asshole to run for the presidency.

I think I’ll now reflect upon the wisdom of George Lucas: “There’s always a bigger fish.”

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darthstar May 3, 2016 • 5:35:58pm

“Letter from Montgomery Jail” is a classic - Ted Cruz fucking up even MLK’s memory… #IndianaPrimary #ConcessionTime

— Sean McCabe (@darthstar99) May 4, 2016

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EPR-radar May 3, 2016 • 5:36:51pm

re: #335 Targetpractice

So the possibility of a contested convention in Cleveland has basically ended, but I still say there’s good odds we’ll see violent protests.

That seems unlikely to me. Disappointed Trumpists were always the most likely source of riots at the GOP convention. With them getting their way, who’s left to riot?

Cruz supporters who are just that into Cruz?

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HappyWarrior May 3, 2016 • 5:37:37pm

re: #346 darthstar

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The dude worships Jesse Helms, how dare he invoke the letter from the Birmingham Jail when everyone who knows this guy knows he would have defended segregation. Fuck you Ted Cruz.

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Testy Toad T May 3, 2016 • 5:37:49pm

re: #347 EPR-radar

That seems unlikely to me. Disappointed Trumpists were always the most likely source of riots at the GOP convention. With them getting their way, who’s left to riot?

Cruz supporters who are just that into Cruz?

A dangerously dense concentration of otherism, hatred, and abject stupidity.

You don’t need disagreement to get a riot.

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teleskiguy May 3, 2016 • 5:37:49pm

re: #255 Charles Johnson

The only question now is whether Cruz is going to bail out tonight.

What about Kasich? What the hell is he going to do?

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TedStriker May 3, 2016 • 5:37:50pm

re: #276 thedopefishlives

It’s almost like Hillary knows that Indiana is a backwoods hillbilly state that wouldn’t vote for a woman if she was the last candidate on Earth. No offense to the state wherein the fish family made its ancestral home; however, I often call it “the most northern Southern state in the Union.”

IIRC, Indiana was the re-birthplace of the KKK in the 20s.

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thedopefishlives May 3, 2016 • 5:37:56pm

re: #337 Anymouse

CTV has this (more at the link):

The 26-square kilometre wildfire in Fort McMurray has engulfed homes in multiple areas and mandatory evacuations have been ordered for most of the city.

The areas of Centennial trailer park, Beaconhill and Gregoire have all been confirmed as having structures burned by the fire. However, no injuries or casualties have been reported.

According to Premier Rachel Notley, more than 29,000 people have been affected by the evacuations of most of Fort McMurray, now the largest evacuation due to a fire in the history of the province.

Latest from Emergency Services

Residents are being told to go north after the fire crossed the southern end of Highway 63, forcing its closure.

“Our focus is completely and entirely right now on ensuring the safety of people and getting them out of the city,” said Notley during a press conference.

I have a friend whose brothers are fighting that fire right now; I only just heard about it. Thoughts and prayers headed north to Soviet Canuckistan right now.

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Jenner7 May 3, 2016 • 5:38:01pm

Sh*t’s real now. Trump has to be demolished. Bernie can play to Cali but that’s it.

— Armando (@armandodkos) May 4, 2016

Yep. Bernie can say all he wants, but he needs to suspend after California.

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Kragar May 3, 2016 • 5:38:07pm

PEOPLE IN THIS ROOM ARE NOT AWARE HE IS DROPPING OUT. This is weird and cruel.

— Ana Marie Cox (@anamariecox) May 4, 2016

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Reality Based Steve May 3, 2016 • 5:38:08pm

looks like Cruz may be announcing he’s dropping from the race…

Just in: @TedCruz is ending his presidential campaign, campaign manager Jeff Roe tells me.

— Patrick Svitek (@PatrickSvitek) May 4, 2016

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Targetpractice May 3, 2016 • 5:38:14pm

re: #347 EPR-radar

That seems unlikely to me. Disappointed Trumpists were always the most likely source of riots at the GOP convention. With them getting their way, who’s left to riot?

Cruz supporters who are just that into Cruz?

I think we got our answer this past weekend. Trump is absolutely toxic to a wide swath of America and will only get more so, now that he’s not facing any real opposition.

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Blind Frog Belly White May 3, 2016 • 5:38:34pm

re: #341 TedStriker

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My thought exactly.

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nines09 May 3, 2016 • 5:38:36pm

Ah, well. Back to DC to do….Nothing. Never did anything. Back to nothing. Maybe spank his girls. Definitely have Heidi take a drug test. Try to lose Carly’s phone number. Do…Uh….nothing. Then get up and do nothing all over. “Honey? How do you spell “douche”?….”

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thedopefishlives May 3, 2016 • 5:38:41pm

re: #351 TedStriker

IIRC, Indiana was the re-birthplace of the KKK in the 20s.

It was, but let’s not hold that too much against them. It would’ve started somewhere regardless.

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HappyWarrior May 3, 2016 • 5:38:46pm

re: #351 TedStriker

IIRC, Indiana was the re-birthplace of the KKK in the 20s.

No Georgia was but It was very successful there.

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jaunte May 3, 2016 • 5:38:47pm

If Carly Fiorina boards your plane, take the next one.

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FormerDirtDart May 3, 2016 • 5:38:49pm

Here’s the full statement from Ted Cruz about dropping out of the race: pic.twitter.com/0w9HDWef2T

— Mike Cecchini (@wayoutstuff) May 4, 2016

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klys (maker of Silmarils) May 3, 2016 • 5:39:27pm

re: #337 Anymouse

They’ve updated the mandatory evacuation orders to cover the entire city.

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Big Beautiful Door May 3, 2016 • 5:39:28pm

re: #349 Testy Toad T

A dangerously dense concentration of otherism, hatred, and abject stupidity.

You don’t need disagreement to get a riot.

There will be anti-Trump protestors in Cleveland, a lot of them.

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Kragar May 3, 2016 • 5:39:54pm

Bye @tedcruz https://t.co/LDTJiPuEUg

— Kragar (@Kragar_LGF) May 4, 2016

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HappyWarrior May 3, 2016 • 5:39:55pm

re: #359 thedopefishlives

It was, but let’s not hold that too much against them. It would’ve started somewhere regardless.

You’re mistaken. Stone Mountain, Georgia was actually but yes the KKK was big there.

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TK-421 May 3, 2016 • 5:40:25pm

re: #362 FormerDirtDart

I almost spit my kool-aid on that. Hilarious!

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HappyWarrior May 3, 2016 • 5:40:32pm

re: #362 FormerDirtDart

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ROFLMAO.

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Anymouse May 3, 2016 • 5:40:38pm

re: #352 thedopefishlives

I have a friend whose brothers are fighting that fire right now; I only just heard about it. Thoughts and prayers headed north to Soviet Canuckistan right now.

I hope your friend’s brothers keep safe.

My wife and I will be heading to Soviet Canuckistan in our Smart car in July. (Headed to The Pas, Manitoba from the Nebraska Panhandle, then catch the train to Churchill.)

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PhillyPretzel May 3, 2016 • 5:40:55pm

re: #362 FormerDirtDart

Very interesting. It resembles nothing that looks like English; or is that Ted’s “excellent” education from private schools.

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Jenner7 May 3, 2016 • 5:40:58pm

This crowd is shocked. lol

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darthstar May 3, 2016 • 5:41:31pm

Cruz just said his path to victory was ‘foreclosed’ - like a bad home loan.

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The Vicious Babushka May 3, 2016 • 5:41:37pm

re: #323 Charles Johnson

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Ted Cruz’s nose looks like a dick. You can’t “unsee” it.

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ObserverArt May 3, 2016 • 5:41:42pm

re: #276 thedopefishlives

It’s almost like Hillary knows that Indiana is a backwoods hillbilly state that wouldn’t vote for a woman if she was the last candidate on Earth. No offense to the state wherein the fish family made its ancestral home; however, I often call it “the most northern Southern state in the Union.”

I have an Indiana friend that calls it the middle finger of the south because it protrudes between Ohio and Illinois up from the Mason-Dixon line.

Indiana is America’s Middle Finger - West Virginia the thumb!

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The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge May 3, 2016 • 5:41:43pm

re: #334 EPR-radar

The biggest surprise for me in all of this nonsense was Trump winning in the South. I had thought that would be Cruz country.

The split between the “Speak loudly and carry a big dick” Republicans and the Religious Right Republicans, long foretold, has been accomplished by Trump. Hoping it’s permanent.

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TedStriker May 3, 2016 • 5:41:45pm

re: #327 Shiplord Kirel

After months of bitter conflict, even the anti-Trump forces at Free Republic have collapsed and submitted.

Well, hasn’t JimRob been basically telling the Freeper drones the past couple of months that any of them that were supporting anyone but Trump were persona non grata anyway?

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lockjawcanbefun May 3, 2016 • 5:41:52pm

re: #337 Anymouse

Complete evacuation ordered #ymm https://t.co/S7tHTtGH4h

— Kent Morrison (@KentMGlobal) May 4, 2016

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thedopefishlives May 3, 2016 • 5:41:56pm

re: #369 Anymouse

I hope your friend’s brothers keep safe.

My wife and I will be heading to Soviet Canuckistan in our Smart car in July. (Headed to The Pas, Manitoba from the Nebraska Panhandle, then catch the train to Churchill.)

if you stop anywhere near the wild north country, swing by! I’ll shout you a drink at a local establishment. Or if you don’t feel like drinking on the road, perhaps an appetizer or dinner.

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HappyWarrior May 3, 2016 • 5:42:20pm

re: #371 Jenner7

This crowd is shocked. lol

They’re going to be even more when Cruz praises Trump. To

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Ziggy_TARDIS May 3, 2016 • 5:42:24pm

re: #352 thedopefishlives

I wish the US was doing something. We have huge resources we can bring to bear on fires.

I got to see them personally 3 and 4 years ago, when the Waldo Canyon and Black Forest Fires occurred right next too, and eventually in the case of Waldo Canyon, in the city in which I lived.

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EPR-radar May 3, 2016 • 5:42:48pm

re: #356 Targetpractice

I think we got our answer this past weekend. Trump is absolutely toxic to a wide swath of America and will only get more so, now that he’s not facing any real opposition.

You’re probably correct here. Police vs. anti-Trumpists outside the convention could get very ugly.

My “no riots” thinking was focusing on wingnut vs. wingnut action within the convention hall, and the chance for that is low with Trumpists getting their way.

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Anymouse May 3, 2016 • 5:43:33pm

re: #378 thedopefishlives

After we return from Churchill, we are driving from The Pas to Central Michigan.

Where do I swing by?

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klys (maker of Silmarils) May 3, 2016 • 5:43:43pm

re: #380 Ziggy_TARDIS

I wish the US was doing something. We have huge resources we can bring to bear on fires.

I got to see them personally 3 and 4 years ago, when the Waldo Canyon and Black Forest Fires occurred right next too, and eventually in the case of Waldo Canyon, in the city in which I lived.

It might be that the US will do something, but I’m going to remind you that this is in fact a big continent and the planes don’t magically go from point A to point B in a flash. Nor do the people.

In fact, most of the firefighting is seasonal work, and I don’t think the season has really ramped up yet here.

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thedopefishlives May 3, 2016 • 5:44:43pm

re: #382 Anymouse

After we return from Churchill, we are driving from The Pas to Central Michigan.

Where do I swing by?

If you come anywhere near the Twin Cities in Minnesota, let me know. looking at the routes, I doubt it, but you would know.

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thedopefishlives May 3, 2016 • 5:45:36pm

re: #383 klys (maker of Silmarils)

It might be that the US will do something, but I’m going to remind you that this is in fact a big continent and the planes don’t magically go from point A to point B in a flash. Nor do the people.

In fact, most of the firefighting is seasonal work, and I don’t think the season has really ramped up yet here.

No, in fact, fire season in the States would just be getting into full swing within the month. April-May is still usually spring and mostly wet; the dry season kicks in June-September.

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Anymouse May 3, 2016 • 5:45:40pm

re: #384 thedopefishlives

If you come anywhere near the Twin Cities in Minnesota, let me know. looking at the routes, I doubt it, but you would know.

That will depend on the route we take (an alternate is from The Pas to Chicago to visit my mother, then Michigan - that would bring us close to the Twin Cities)

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klys (maker of Silmarils) May 3, 2016 • 5:46:32pm

re: #383 klys (maker of Silmarils)

I mean, hell, in CA last year we had a fire that blew up in a day and took out a town. That was a situation where there were a lot of firefighters in state (albeit mostly working on a separate fire) and there was still nothing that could be done when it blows up like that.

Having crews in the air requires weather conditions cooperate. Having crews on the ground requires that you have the capability to get them out safely if the shit hits the fan. Sometimes the fire doesn’t allow either.

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thedopefishlives May 3, 2016 • 5:46:36pm

re: #386 Anymouse

That will depend on the route we take (an alternate is from The Pas to Chicago to visit my mother, then Michigan - that would bring us close to the Twin Cities)

Yes, as a matter of fact, it would. If that ends up being your selection, drop me a line.

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Ziggy_TARDIS May 3, 2016 • 5:47:06pm

re: #383 klys (maker of Silmarils)

I know.

Its just, we have a duty to help right now. Canada has been one of our most loyal allies, and always there when we needed help. They were there for 9/11 and Hurricane Katrina, and in Afghanistan took, held, and fought the Taliban in the toughest areas of the country.

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Backwoods_Sleuth May 3, 2016 • 5:48:05pm

HWY 63 Southbound. All four lanes open for evacuating traffic. #ymmfire

— Roger Kingkade (@rogerkingkade) May 4, 2016

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The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge May 3, 2016 • 5:48:34pm

re: #362 FormerDirtDart

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That is fucking brilliant!

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klys (maker of Silmarils) May 3, 2016 • 5:48:40pm

re: #389 Ziggy_TARDIS

I know.

Its just, we have a duty to help right now. Canada has been one of our most loyal allies, and always there when we needed help. They were there for 9/11 and Hurricane Katrina, and in Afghanistan took, held, and fought the Taliban in the toughest areas of the country.

I’m not disagreeing that we should help, although in my book it’s because that’s the right thing to do and not just a quid pro quo. But insisting that we should have water bombers up there RIGHT THIS INSTANT isn’t helpful.

It’s like insisting that the strike team should have been able to get the ambassador out at Benghazi.

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thedopefishlives May 3, 2016 • 5:49:11pm

re: #389 Ziggy_TARDIS

I know.

Its just, we have a duty to help right now. Canada has been one of our most loyal allies, and always there when we needed help. They were there for 9/11 and Hurricane Katrina, and in Afghanistan took, held, and fought the Taliban in the toughest areas of the country.

I’m sure we will help, and precisely because of that reason, among many others. It’s not in us to do nothing; we’re Americans, dammit. It’s just a matter of timing and resources immediately available.

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Testy Toad T May 3, 2016 • 5:50:03pm

re: #392 klys (maker of Silmarils)

It’s like insisting that the strike team should have been able to get the ambassador out at Benghazi.

It is exactly fucking that.

On what planet do you have to live to think that the US doesn’t help out Canada all the time as a matter of daily practice? What color is the sky there?

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Anymouse May 3, 2016 • 5:56:34pm

re: #388 thedopefishlives