Friday Night Jam: Laura Mvula, “Phenomenal Woman”

One day she realized she was already free
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‘Phenomenal Woman’ lyrics
Nobody ever told her she was beauty
One day she realised she was already free
The colour in her eyes was fire risen
She found the light inside a new a horizon

OH MY MY! OH MY SHE FLIES!!!
OH MY MY! OH MY SHE FIGHTS!!

OH MY MY! OH MY SHE FLIES!!!
OH MY MY! OH MY SHE FIGHTS!!

She battled through in every kind of tribulation
She revelled in adventure and imagination
She never listened to no hater, liars!
Breaking’ boundaries and chasin’ fire!

OH MY MY! OH MY SHE FLIES!!!
OH MY MY! OH MY SHE FIGHTS!!

OH MY MY! OH MY SHE FLIES!!!
OH MY MY! OH MY SHE FIGHTS!!

It don’t matter what people say
Cuz they don’t you
Where you come from or where you’re going’

It don’t matter what people say
Cuz they don’t you
Where you come from or where you’re going’

YOU, ARE, PHENOMENAL!!!! WOMAN!!

YOU, ARE, PHENOMENAL!!!!

OH MY MY! OH MY SHE FLIES!!!
OH MY MY! OH MY SHE FIGHTS!!

OH MY MY! OH MY SHE FLIES!!!
OH MY MY! OH MY SHE FIGHTS!!

PHENOMENAL WOMAN!!!

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314 comments
1
Charles Johnson  May 6, 2016 • 8:10:21pm
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nines09  May 6, 2016 • 8:16:00pm

re: #1 Charles Johnson

Come July, King Pimp will be foaming at the mouth. But foaming presidentially, I’m sure. I wonder what Native American name his “people” would have given him if he were a Native American? I wonder…..

3
ObserverArt  May 6, 2016 • 8:16:16pm

Nice rhythms going on in that tune.

And love the colors in the video.

4
SoundGuy 2016  May 6, 2016 • 8:18:37pm

Trumpenfuherer sad
So very presidential
Clinton will destroy

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ObserverArt  May 6, 2016 • 8:21:29pm

re: #2 nines09

Come July, King Pimp will be foaming at the mouth. But foaming presidentially, I’m sure. I wonder what Native American name his “people” would have given him if he were a Native American? I wonder…..

Askutasquash Pannoowau

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SoundGuy 2016  May 6, 2016 • 8:21:51pm

Wait… whut?

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Charles Johnson  May 6, 2016 • 8:22:15pm

Yeah, because it’s inconceivable that Warren might actually be sincere.

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jaunte  May 6, 2016 • 8:22:27pm

She’s tired but she don’t stop

Laura Mvula - She

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klys (maker of Silmarils)  May 6, 2016 • 8:23:25pm

re: #7 Charles Johnson

Yeah, because it’s inconceivable that Warren might actually be sincere.

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Well none of them are, so why should anyone else be?

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goddamnedfrank  May 6, 2016 • 8:25:27pm

re: #7 Charles Johnson

Yeah, because it’s inconceivable that Warren might actually be sincere.

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She’s also proving how easy it is to provoke and distract him. So at a time when he should be focusing on consolidating his support within his own party he’s spewing petty nonsensical bullshit on Twitter. She’s right, he really is a schoolyard bully and the one thing he can’t tolerate is someone standing up to him.

If she’s done one thing tonight it’s prove just how fucked he is.

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nines09  May 6, 2016 • 8:26:29pm

re: #5 ObserverArt

Askutasquash Pannoowau

Mangy Dog Licking Self

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blueraven  May 6, 2016 • 8:26:34pm

Welp…Trump just went after Hillary over Bill’s affairs. Called her an enabler.

Classy and Presidential. What was it he told Lester Holt? He wanted to run a campaign on the issues? Right.

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klys (maker of Silmarils)  May 6, 2016 • 8:27:10pm

Home by myself for the evening.

I wish there was entertainment other than the Donald afoot.

14
retired cynic  May 6, 2016 • 8:28:05pm

re: #12 blueraven

Welp…Trump just went after Hillary over Bill’s affairs. Called her an enabler.

Classy and Presidential. What was it he told Lester Holt? He wanted to run a campaign on the issues? Right.

He is STILL on every channel all the time. $%^&*, I wish they would stop that!

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Charles Johnson  May 6, 2016 • 8:28:09pm
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nines09  May 6, 2016 • 8:30:12pm

re: #13 klys (maker of Silmarils)

Home by myself for the evening.

I wish there was entertainment other than the Donald afoot.

Young Doctors in Love 1982

You’re welcome. (It’s a great movie.)

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klys (maker of Silmarils)  May 6, 2016 • 8:31:01pm

re: #16 nines09

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You’re welcome. (It’s a great movie.)

It was a false alarm. Someone forgot that I asked him to text me when he left and just rang the doorbell instead.

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nines09  May 6, 2016 • 8:36:21pm

re: #17 klys (maker of Silmarils)

Watch it later. It’s a hoot and you will be surprised how many future personalities are in it. Slightly off center.

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ObserverArt  May 6, 2016 • 8:39:19pm

re: #12 blueraven

Welp…Trump just went after Hillary over Bill’s affairs. Called her an enabler.

Classy and Presidential. What was it he told Lester Holt? He wanted to run a campaign on the issues? Right.

He can’t help himself. He is such a punk.

Do you hear that Trump. A fucking Punk.

America will soon grow tired of your punk behavior. You may think you are all hot stuff but slowly you turn everyone against you. It is what punks do.

Hillary won’t even have to do much, you’ll hobble into the election with your numbers trending down down down. You will have killed it all yourself.

Punk.

Pumpkin Punk.

(And the Indian name I used above is a combo of Native American “Askutasquash ” which is a term for squash (pumpkin included) and “Pannoowau” an Algonquin name meaning “he lies” and stands for someone full of themselves and center of attention)

A good place to call it a night…later lizards!

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retired cynic  May 6, 2016 • 8:41:03pm

re: #19 ObserverArt

And from your post to God’s ear!

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Charles Johnson  May 6, 2016 • 8:41:10pm
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jaunte  May 6, 2016 • 8:41:29pm

re: #11 nines09

Mangy Dog Licking Self

Mangy Dog Licking Self von Clownstick

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The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge  May 6, 2016 • 8:44:37pm

re: #12 blueraven

Welp…Trump just went after Hillary over Bill’s affairs. Called her an enabler.

Classy and Presidential. What was it he told Lester Holt? He wanted to run a campaign on the issues? Right.

There is no more important issue than Bil Clinton’s sex life—we learned that 20 years ago!

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Charles Johnson  May 6, 2016 • 8:44:49pm
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dog philosopher ஐஒஔ௸  May 6, 2016 • 8:44:56pm

i wonder what happens to a party when all the office holders are hated by 75% of the party, and the rest of them are worshipping clickbait

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No Depression  May 6, 2016 • 8:46:18pm

re: #12 blueraven

Welp…Trump just went after Hillary over Bill’s affairs. Called her an enabler.

Classy and Presidential. What was it he told Lester Holt? He wanted to run a campaign on the issues? Right.

That’s rich coming from the guy that discards his wives as soon as they get their first wrinkle.

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goddamnedfrank  May 6, 2016 • 8:46:59pm

Update: Chuck C. Johnson’s jilted pal Jonathan Langdale is still an ignorant fuckwit with pretenses of intelligence.

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blueraven  May 6, 2016 • 8:47:08pm

re: #23 The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge

There is no more important issue than Bil Clinton’s sex life—we learned that 20 years ago!

Those attacks didn’t help the republicans very much in ‘98. Idiots, all.

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Donnie With The Good Hair (AKA Sophist)  May 6, 2016 • 8:47:47pm

So, how long till Trump tweets a picture of himself digging in to a bowl of Uncle Ben’s smothered in Aunt Jemima, with the caption “The best soul food is microwaved in the Trump Tower employee break room. I love the blacks”?

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The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge  May 6, 2016 • 8:50:00pm

re: #29 Donnie With The Good Hair (AKA Sophist)

So, how long till Trump tweets a picture of himself digging in to a bowl of Uncle Ben’s smothered in Aunt Jemima, with the caption “The best soul food is microwaved in the Trump Tower employee break room. I love the blacks”?

Well, it couldn’t be Mrs. Butterworth. No fat chicks in the Trump Tower!

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goddamnedfrank  May 6, 2016 • 8:54:00pm

The hottest take imaginable.

Retardation so concentrated it stings the eyes.

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jaunte  May 6, 2016 • 8:55:25pm

re: #31 goddamnedfrank

He must know ragefurby.

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Donnie With The Good Hair (AKA Sophist)  May 6, 2016 • 8:57:03pm

Also, today’s flower update:

The Trillium are blooming…

…as are the Skunk Cabbage.

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FormerDirtDart  May 6, 2016 • 8:58:38pm

@joshtpm
2/ than I’d understood. There’s no statutory obligation. It’s essentially a courtesy on the part of the White House, though one that has …
@joshtpm
3/ now become customary. But here’s the thing. As I now understand it, Team Trump has to go the White House and ask & then negotiate …
@joshtpm
4/ a written understanding of how it will work. I’m sure that will be a fascinating negotiation. If I were the White House I’d be very …
@joshtpm
5/ very wary of which of Trumps advisors/goons get to tag along if any. His campaign Chiefs ties to pro-Putin oligarchs are rather …
@joshtpm
6/ worrisome. Can Trump be trusted not to discuss what he hears with Manafort? Who else has Manafort ceded into the operation?

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The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge  May 6, 2016 • 9:00:27pm

Alabama Chief Justice Moore suspended for rejecting legalization of same-sex marriage

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Donnie With The Good Hair (AKA Sophist)  May 6, 2016 • 9:01:12pm

re: #31 goddamnedfrank

There is no better endorsement of @realDonaldTrump than to see people with no fear of a @HillaryClinton win to enjoy ability to reject.

Wow. That’s some impressive doublethink there. Even the East German judge gave those mental gymnastics a 10.

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goddamnedfrank  May 6, 2016 • 9:01:41pm

re: #32 jaunte

He must know ragefurby.

He was a friend of Chuck C Johnson on Twitter but they had a falling out around the time he posted that ridiculous story about the image “analysis” by the cat lady that purportedly showed two different sized pixels in the same image (not possible). Then he tried to to solicit funds from people to take down Chuck. He then mounted a campaign to convince people to get our Charles to unblock him and Charles was like LOLWUT FUCK NO!

Dude is unstable as hell. I just check in every six months or so to re-confirm that fact. This shit though, his thesis that the GOP is strong because Republicans feel free to reject Trump and that means Hillary is doomed, that’s the most amazingly dumbshit political analysis I’ve ever heard.

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jaunte  May 6, 2016 • 9:04:52pm

re: #37 goddamnedfrank

He seems to be flying at the same level of non-sequitur.

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FormerDirtDart  May 6, 2016 • 9:09:54pm

re: #35 The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge

Alabama Chief Justice Moore suspended for rejecting legalization of same-sex marriage

Scribd Document

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jaunte  May 6, 2016 • 9:10:13pm

Al Gebra

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The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge  May 6, 2016 • 9:13:31pm

re: #40 jaunte

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Al Gebra

علم الجبر

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freetoken  May 6, 2016 • 9:16:49pm

So, as witness by my link earlier today to the livestream, NOAA’s current expedition Okeanos 2016 is in the middle of its mission, to explore the plateaus on the west side of the Marianas trench.

Anyway, among their first dives a couple of weeks ago, they discovered some human litter at the bottom of the ocean.

A food container.

And of all the food in the world, it had to be this:

Click to Reveal

Image: 1605spam-hires.jpg

43
freetoken  May 6, 2016 • 9:20:20pm

And of course, if you have a can of that then you need a can of this:

Click to Reveal

Image: 1605beercan-hires.jpg

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Anymouse  May 6, 2016 • 9:20:20pm

re: #42 freetoken

Poe? I would think a can on the ocean floor would corrode after a few days.

Or maybe I have no sense of humour.

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Donnie With The Good Hair (AKA Sophist)  May 6, 2016 • 9:20:45pm

re: #40 jaunte

U. Penn economist pulled from plane b/c neighboring passenger thought algebra was Arabic.

Well, she ain’t wrong, exactly, but yeesh…

46
wheat-dogghazi-mailgate  May 6, 2016 • 9:22:37pm

re: #42 freetoken

So, as witness by my link earlier today to the livestream, NOAA’s current expedition Okeanos 2016 is in the middle of its mission, to explore the plateaus on the west side of the Marianas trench.

Anyway, among their first dives a couple of weeks ago, they discovered some human litter at the bottom of the ocean.

A food container.

And of all the food in the world, it had to be this:

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Thrown overboard by a bunch of singing Vikings, no doubt.

47
freetoken  May 6, 2016 • 9:23:12pm

re: #44 Anymouse

I would think a can on the ocean floor would corrode after a few days.

The aluminum will remain until it gets remelted either by lava or when it eventually gets subducted into the depths.

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jaunte  May 6, 2016 • 9:23:33pm

re: #45 Donnie With The Good Hair (AKA Sophist)

“Stop the flight, he’s pulled out the maths!!!”

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wheat-dogghazi-mailgate  May 6, 2016 • 9:25:33pm

re: #48 jaunte

“Stop the flight, he’s pulled out the maths!!!”

Imagine what would have happened if it had been multivariable calculus!

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The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge  May 6, 2016 • 9:25:36pm

re: #46 wheat-dogghazi-mailgate

Thrown overboard by a bunch of singing Vikings, no doubt.

I guessed right before I clicked the reveal. Spam is very popular in Polynesia.

51
Jenner7  May 6, 2016 • 9:30:49pm

Me likey.

Radiohead - Burn The Witch

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Donnie With The Good Hair (AKA Sophist)  May 6, 2016 • 9:32:48pm

re: #48 jaunte

“Stop the flight, he’s pulled out the maths!!!”

“Attention, I have an algebraic equation! Either this plane goes to Botswana or I solve for X and send us all to hell!”

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Kragar  May 6, 2016 • 9:33:30pm

re: #48 jaunte

“Stop the flight, he’s pulled out the maths!!!”

Trump fan or Bernie fan?

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electrotek  May 6, 2016 • 9:35:43pm

re: #51 Jenner7

Me likey.

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Quite hilarious to see the right wingers frothing in rage over the message of the Radiohead video about the refugee crisis and Islamophobia on social media.

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jaunte  May 6, 2016 • 9:36:07pm

re: #53 Kragar

Don’t know for sure, but Guido Menzio’s seatmate’s reaction seems more like a Trump voter.

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Charles Johnson  May 6, 2016 • 9:37:01pm

Instagram

An avocado #taco is like a 2-bite couplet in praise of Mexican ingredients: a chewy corn tortilla enclosing creamy slices of the-butter-that-grows-on-trees. Spare additions — a pinch of salt, a spray of lime juice or a sprinkle of chopped onions and cilantro — elevate the avocado, making a taco that’s poetically simple and satisfying. @karstenmoran took this photo while on assignment for @nytfood. Visit the link in our profile to get the # recipe. #CincoDeMayo

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Kragar  May 6, 2016 • 9:37:30pm
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Anymouse  May 6, 2016 • 10:01:31pm

re: #47 freetoken

The aluminum will remain until it gets remelted either by lava or when it eventually gets subducted into the depths.

Actually, aluminium does corrode (as I found working in aviation in the Navy) … or a photograph of corroded aluminium here:
images.duckduckgo.com

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Kragar  May 6, 2016 • 10:02:42pm
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Belafon  May 6, 2016 • 10:04:20pm

I pulled out my telescope. Mars was bright. I think I could see some differences in colors but I’ll wait a few months and look at it again when it’s higher up.

Saturn was near Mars, and I could see the gap between the rings and the planet.

But the cool one was Jupiter. I could just make out the big red spot. There was also a black dot, which I am assuming is moon crossing in front of the planet.

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retired cynic  May 6, 2016 • 10:19:32pm

re: #40 jaunte

I found the man on Facebook, but couldn’t find that post. It must be an old one. He is a very funny man. Darn, I wanted to share it on my page.

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klys (maker of Silmarils)  May 6, 2016 • 10:30:57pm

re: #61 retired cynic

I found the man on Facebook, but couldn’t find that post. It must be an old one. He is a very funny man. Darn, I wanted to share it on my page.

Alternately, he’s made it friends or friends-of-friends only.

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retired cynic  May 6, 2016 • 10:34:00pm

re: #62 klys (maker of Silmarils)

He has a public timeline, with plenty on there, but he might have taken that one private. May have found a bunch of weird folk wanting to harass him.

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Cheechako  May 6, 2016 • 10:34:23pm

Why are there such severe wildfires in Canada? Simple, the temps are 20*C above normal!

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retired cynic  May 6, 2016 • 10:36:30pm

re: #64 Cheechako

Why are there such severe wildfires in Canada? Simple, the temps are 20*C above normal!

Embedded Image

Good lord.

I see we are one of the few small spots that are absolutely normal. At least in temps!

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The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge  May 6, 2016 • 10:37:03pm

re: #64 Cheechako

Why are there such severe wildfires in Canada? Simple, the temps are 20*C above normal!

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“It’s called weather, folks.”

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Belafon  May 6, 2016 • 10:43:49pm

The guy who works in my area that’s a creationist was trying to make an example of what not to do with an estimate for a job and he said something to the effect of “don’t be like the evolutionists, who will just massage a number until it fits the results they are wanting.” I used to argue with the guy, but he doesn’t want to hear science.

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Anymouse  May 6, 2016 • 11:22:00pm

It’s above normal here in western Nebraska (though not like Alberta).

journalstar.com

In 2012 when parts of Chadron were briefly evacuated (including Chadron State College) over a prairie wildfire, we were covered in a pall of smoke here and were preparing to bug out ourselves. Many people in town cannot drive and we were organising transportation for others in the village.

Fire is scary when you can do nothing about it; our village fire department was up in the Sandhills fighting the Chadron fire. I feel for the people in Fort McMurray, who are in a lot worse spot than we were here… .

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Snarknado!  May 7, 2016 • 12:00:31am

Anymouse, thanks for the eclipse information. I’ll likely end up in Oregon, which is closer, but I’m still looking at all the options. You’re lucky to be right in the path of totality.

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Alyosha  May 7, 2016 • 12:05:08am

In terrifying news:

Solomon Islands: Rising sea levels blamed for the disappearance of five reef islands.

The coastlines of 33 reef islands were studied using aerial and satellite imagery from 1947 to 2015.

This information was integrated with local traditional knowledge, radiocarbon dating of trees, sea level records, and wave models.

Wave energy appears to play an important role in the dramatic coastal erosion observed in Solomon Islands.

Islands exposed to higher wave energy in addition to sea level rise experienced greatly accelerated loss compared with more sheltered islands.

Twelve islands we studied in a low wave energy area of Solomon Islands experienced little noticeable change in shorelines despite being exposed to similar sea level rise.

But of the 21 islands exposed to higher wave energy, five completely disappeared and a further six islands eroded substantially.

More:
mobile.abc.net.au

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Anymouse  May 7, 2016 • 12:21:37am

re: #69 Snarknado!

I think it’s pretty cool. If I want to see it longer, I can just jump in the car and head up the dirt road out of town a few miles into the Sandhills.

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goddamnedfrank  May 7, 2016 • 12:36:12am
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Alyosha  May 7, 2016 • 12:38:54am
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Single-handed sailor  May 7, 2016 • 1:02:19am
I’m on a boat again
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Alyosha  May 7, 2016 • 1:03:18am

Homemade pizza family night on Mothers’ Day Eve.
Amongst the various sensible toppings there’s a bowl of pineapple on the table.
My vision swims.
My loved ones become strangers before my eyes.
‘Who are you people!’ I scream.

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Alyosha  May 7, 2016 • 1:04:43am

Actually, pineapple isn’t the weirdest, nor the most unsuitable topping I’ve ever tasted on a pizza.
That honour goes to banana.

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klys (maker of Silmarils)  May 7, 2016 • 1:07:27am

re: #76 Alyosha

Actually, pineapple isn’t the weirdest, nor the most unsuitable topping I’ve ever tasted on a pizza.
That honour goes to banana.

That is so much wrong as to be uncontemplatable.

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Single-handed sailor  May 7, 2016 • 1:07:42am

re: #76 Alyosha

Actually, pineapple isn’t the weirdest, nor the most unsuitable topping I’ve ever tasted on a pizza.
That honour goes to banana.

That’s so weird I don’t think anybody in the US ever thought to even try it.

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Der Flohgeisteffekt  May 7, 2016 • 1:15:12am

re: #78 Single-handed sailor

That’s so weird I don’t think anybody in the US ever thought to even try it.

Your analysis fails to control for the “how high are they?” variable.

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Alyosha  May 7, 2016 • 1:15:38am

re: #77 klys (maker of Silmarils)

re: #78 Single-handed sailor

Neither contemplate, nor try.
There were no laws against it back in the nineties as far as I am aware.
There was a public awareness drive that forced the practise underground.
/

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Alyosha  May 7, 2016 • 1:19:19am

The saga continues…

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klys (maker of Silmarils)  May 7, 2016 • 1:19:43am

re: #79 Der Flohgeisteffekt

Your analysis fails to control for the “how high are they?” variable.

Dude, if any amount of weed causes that, I say it’s a prime example of why it needs to be illegal.

///

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Nyet  May 7, 2016 • 1:25:23am

re: #76 Alyosha

Actually, pineapple isn’t the weirdest, nor the most unsuitable topping I’ve ever tasted on a pizza.
That honour goes to banana.

OK, pineapple on pizza can be good, but banana is sure heresy from the pitch-black depths of hell.

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Der Flohgeisteffekt  May 7, 2016 • 1:27:28am

On the other hand—lots of people eat bananas while green as a savory item. I’ve had and made “fig pie” (I don’t know why it’s called that) from Trinidad—onions, bread crumbs, spices, green banana formed into something casserole-like—and served it with cheese. Not my favorite…it’s one of those recipes I bang my head against periodically…but it has a kind of logic in the way the components come together. I’ve even made it, found it bland, and considered serving it with some kind of sauce. Flavor combinations aren’t entirely cultural, but there’s certainly a component of familiarity that is cultural because it’s based on exposure.

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Alyosha  May 7, 2016 • 1:29:46am

re: #83 Nyet

I was a guest at my aunt and uncle’s, so a more stringent code of food acceptance applied. It was mashed up too, so there was no avoiding it.

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Anymouse  May 7, 2016 • 1:29:54am

re: #83 Nyet

OK, pineapple on pizza can be good, but banana is sure heresy from the pitch-black depths of hell.

That explains why my sister likes banana on everything from pizza to tacos. And here I chalked it up to her living in Hollywood.

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Der Flohgeisteffekt  May 7, 2016 • 1:31:00am

Now I want kelewele.

and pizza

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klys (maker of Silmarils)  May 7, 2016 • 1:37:38am

re: #87 Der Flohgeisteffekt

Now I want kelewele.

and pizza

Fuck pizza sounds good all of a sudden.

No pineapple or bananas though. Ugh.

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Alyosha  May 7, 2016 • 1:38:26am
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Single-handed sailor  May 7, 2016 • 1:44:18am

I quit eating bananas in 1970 when the tasty variety got killed off by a fungus. The new strains just don’t taste right.

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Nyet  May 7, 2016 • 1:49:20am

re: #90 Single-handed sailor

I quit eating bananas in 1970 when the tasty variety got killed off by a fungus. The new strains just don’t taste right.

Didn’t that happen in the 1950s?

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Anymouse  May 7, 2016 • 1:50:04am

Okay now this is just weird:

Teen goes to prom with a cardboard cutout of Bernie Sanders

I can support Sanders, but I don’t think I would want to date him (even if I were a girl). Besides, what would Jane Sanders think?

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Single-handed sailor  May 7, 2016 • 1:54:21am

re: #91 Nyet

probably totally changed over to cavendish by late 60s, I loved bananas in the early 60s and I recall disliking them by 1970.

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Lancelot Link  May 7, 2016 • 1:55:04am

re: #76 Alyosha

This one, from Nigerian Domino’s, looks a bit questionable,


(it is Domino’s, after all)
but I can imagine not-too-ripe plantains being pretty tasty in the right combination…
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Targetpractice  May 7, 2016 • 1:58:03am

Everybody ready for a good laugh? Here ya go:

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Kragar  May 7, 2016 • 2:01:05am

re: #96 Targetpractice

Cocaine is a hell of a drug

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wheat-dogghazi-mailgate  May 7, 2016 • 2:07:54am

re: #93 Single-handed sailor

probably totally changed over to cavendish by late 60s, I loved bananas in the early 60s and I recall disliking them by 1970.

Cavendish are now being threatened by a fungus.

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Alephnaught  May 7, 2016 • 2:09:09am

re: #2 nines09

Come July, King Pimp will be foaming at the mouth. But foaming presidentially, I’m sure. I wonder what Native American name his “people” would have given him if he were a Native American? I wonder…..

The Senior Dads have already been on it for almost a year, hence their tweet this morning:

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wheat-dogghazi-mailgate  May 7, 2016 • 2:12:24am

The fungus threatening the Cavendish banana.
bbc.co.uk

One very good reason why it’s a bad idea to rely on just one variety of a particular fruit or vegetable.

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Anymouse  May 7, 2016 • 2:22:12am

re: #97 Kragar

Cocaine is a hell of a drug

It’s quite interesting to see the folk over at Twitchy tearing into each other. An awful lot of them think the GOP chair is on drugs.

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Bubblehead II  May 7, 2016 • 3:33:38am

Morning Lizards.

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Nyet  May 7, 2016 • 3:33:40am

re: #100 wheat-dogghazi-mailgate

Maybe genetic engineering can help, but then we’ll see the Niagara of stupid from all the usual suspects.

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wheat-dogghazi-mailgate  May 7, 2016 • 3:40:06am

re: #103 Nyet

Maybe genetic engineering can help, but then we’ll see the Niagara of stupid from all the usual suspects.

There are many different varieties already available, but most people have never seen them.

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darthstar  May 7, 2016 • 3:47:34am
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Alyosha  May 7, 2016 • 3:51:31am

Holy shit, you guys…

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Nyet  May 7, 2016 • 4:05:44am

re: #105 darthstar

I’m pretty sure that Arthur Berzinsh will be surprised to learn that he is hundreds of years old.

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Alephnaught  May 7, 2016 • 4:06:22am

re: #105 darthstar

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darthstar  May 7, 2016 • 4:06:59am

re: #107 Nyet

I’m pretty sure that Arthur Berzinsh will be surprised to learn that he is hundreds years old.

Ha! Thanks…time to fix.

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Nyet  May 7, 2016 • 5:16:49am

I see that crank Kurzweil is making the prediction of eternal life for humans if we make it to 2029. Nanobots replacing the immune system and all that. Pseudoscientific babble aside, almost nobody wants to die, but wouldn’t the invention of immortality be a curse? Imagine the eternal Putin or Trump. Yes, death sucks, good people die. On the plus side: the bad guys die too. And they would be among the first to become immortal if such a possibility arose.

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Birth Control Works  May 7, 2016 • 5:24:48am

IT’s DERBY DAY!

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Birth Control Works  May 7, 2016 • 5:26:33am

I like Gun Runner.

Watch him run:

Gun Runner

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Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light)  May 7, 2016 • 5:31:19am

re: #110 Nyet

I see that crank Kurzweil is making the prediction of eternal life for humans if we make it to 2029. Nanobots replacing the immune system and all that. Pseudoscientific babble aside, almost nobody wants to die, but wouldn’t the invention of immortality be a curse? Imagine the eternal Putin or Trump. Yes, death sucks, good people die. On the plus side: the bad guys die too. And they would be among the first to become immortal if such a possibility arose.

Just been reading Super Sad True Love Story by Gary Shteyngart, set in some undefined near-future in which the protagonist is a life-extension salesman.

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jeffreyw  May 7, 2016 • 5:32:19am

Imgur
Good morning!

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Birth Control Works  May 7, 2016 • 5:35:35am
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Bubblehead II  May 7, 2016 • 5:39:24am

Just in time for Mothers Day.

peregrinefund.org

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Birth Control Works  May 7, 2016 • 5:44:15am

Cinco de Mayo, Derby Day and Mother’s Day all in the same weekend!

How kewl is that?

(oh, does it happen like that every other year or something?)

I didn’t get much sleep last night, forgive me.

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Alyosha  May 7, 2016 • 5:45:06am

re: #110 Nyet
…
‘The hate of men will pass, and dictators die, and the power they took from the people will return to the people and so long as men die, liberty will never perish.’
…

From that cool closing speech in ‘The Great Dictator.

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Birth Control Works  May 7, 2016 • 5:45:10am

re: #110 Nyet

I see that crank Kurzweil is making the prediction of eternal life for humans if we make it to 2029. Nanobots replacing the immune system and all that. Pseudoscientific babble aside, almost nobody wants to die, but wouldn’t the invention of immortality be a curse? Imagine the eternal Putin or Trump. Yes, death sucks, good people die. On the plus side: the bad guys die too. And they would be among the first to become immortal if such a possibility arose.

If we don’t die, we are no longer human —at least according to the last iRobot novels by Asimov et. al.

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Birth Control Works  May 7, 2016 • 5:46:49am
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Alyosha  May 7, 2016 • 5:47:37am

re: #119 Birth Control Works

If we don’t die, we are no longer human —at least according to the last iRobot novels by Asimov et. al.

Imagine thought processes in a mind which has been operating continuously for well over a hundred years but without the commensurate physical degradation.

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Nyet  May 7, 2016 • 5:49:39am

re: #119 Birth Control Works

Def. of “human” is vague enough, so one could argue for and against this thesis.

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Nyet  May 7, 2016 • 5:50:50am

re: #120 Birth Control Works

OK, I’ll bite. Why would Trump receive these briefings? Does Jill Stein receive them?

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Birth Control Works  May 7, 2016 • 5:51:09am

re: #121 Alyosha

Imagine thought processes in a mind which has been operating continuously for well over a hundred years but without the commensurate physical degradation.

Sounds boring-as-hell to me. Unless there is a way to make the brain able to learn what one previously found too difficult (for me, math and foreign languages) society would need a Soma Tablet . Then pass legislation to make it mandatory because people would need greater and greater stimulation and IMHO would just get into trouble.

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Birth Control Works  May 7, 2016 • 5:51:44am

re: #123 Nyet

OK, I’ll bite. Why would Trump receive these briefings? Does Jill Stein receive them?

No clue, I just found the tweet humorous. I’ll google.

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Dr Lizardo  May 7, 2016 • 5:52:49am

re: #113 Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light)

Just been reading Super Sad True Love Story by Gary Shteyngart, set in some undefined near-future in which the protagonist is a life-extension salesman.

There was a short story I read a few years back about a young woman who’d been injected with nanobots, which of course, fixed her everytime she was injured…..to the point that she was immortal and couldn’t die.

So, she outlived the rest of humanity, and pretty much everything else and she was still around when the Sun went into its red giant phase. And everytime she was being vaporized, the nanobots fixed here. Over and over and over again.

I can’t remember the name of the story or the author, but it was definitely in the dark comedy vein.

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Birth Control Works  May 7, 2016 • 5:53:25am

Donald Trump Will Soon Get Classified Briefings. How Worried Should We Be?

“We have already established a plan for briefing both candidates when they are named,” said James Clapper, the director of national intelligence, at a breakfast hosted by the Christian Science Monitor last week. “We already have a team set up to do that and a designated lead.” While Trump and Hillary Clinton are nearly certain to become their parties’ nominees, Clapper’s office confirmed that intelligence briefings would not begin until the Republican and Democratic candidates are formally nominated in July.

Candidates first started receiving intelligence briefings during the 1952 election, on the orders of President Harry Truman, and the practice has continued during every presidential election since. Once conducted by the CIA, the briefings are now handled by the Office of the Director of National Intelligence, or ODNI, which was established in 2005. The ODNI wouldn’t provide any other details about the process, including who carries out the briefings or what level of classified material the candidates are allowed to hear about. Clapper said during the breakfast that the briefing team tries to ensure that each candidate receives the same information.

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Nyet  May 7, 2016 • 5:53:41am

The govt should not be in the business of privileging some parties over others. So if the GOP presumptive nominee receives such briefings, so should the Greens’ nominee.

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Bubblehead II  May 7, 2016 • 5:54:30am

re: #123 Nyet

OK, I’ll bite. Why would Trump receive these briefings? Does Jill Stein receive them?

The briefings are to insure that the next President is up to date on current National Security issues. They are a sanitized, but still sensitive version of what the POTUS gets every day.

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Birth Control Works  May 7, 2016 • 5:56:01am
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Birth Control Works  May 7, 2016 • 5:57:52am

OK, I have to try to get some sleep.

Have a good one, all!

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Bubblehead II  May 7, 2016 • 6:00:52am

re: #128 Nyet

The govt should not be in the business of privileging some parties over others. So if the GOP presumptive nominee receives such briefings, so should the Greens’ nominee.

Called need to know. Since Stien has an ice cubes chance in hell of becoming POTUS, she doesn’t have the need to know. That said, personally, I think these briefings need to be held off until we have a President elect.

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Nyet  May 7, 2016 • 6:10:01am

re: #132 Bubblehead II

Called need to know. Since Stien has an ice cubes chance in hell of becoming POTUS, she doesn’t have the need to know. That said, personally, I think these briefings need to be held off until we have a President elect.

Neither does Trump need to know, he’s getting them anyway.

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wheat-dogghazi-mailgate  May 7, 2016 • 6:10:34am

re: #126 Dr Lizardo

There was a short story I read a few years back about a young woman who’d been injected with nanobots, which of course, fixed her everytime she was injured…..to the point that she was immortal and couldn’t die.

So, she outlived the rest of humanity, and pretty much everything else and she was still around when the Sun went into its red giant phase. And everytime she was being vaporized, the nanobots fixed here. Over and over and over again.

I can’t remember the name of the story or the author, but it was definitely in the dark comedy vein.

I sleuthed it. “World Without End,” by F. Gwynplaine MacIntyre, published in 2010, in two different Mammoth books: The Mammoth Book of Apocalyptic SF and The Mammoth Book of the End of the World. scifi.stackexchange.com

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Alyosha  May 7, 2016 • 6:11:58am

re: #128 Nyet

The govt should not be in the business of privileging some parties over others. So if the GOP presumptive nominee receives such briefings, so should the Greens’ nominee.

Hell, it would shut down some of the argument on the left that the Establishment is trying to cut them out of the process. It might even make them more reasonable about what they’re willing to demand of the government in their political platform.
It might even make them more viable as a legit party that wins seats.
But the pressure not to appear to be ‘selling out’ or becoming a part of the abhorred System makes that unlikely.

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Eventual Carrion  May 7, 2016 • 6:16:20am

re: #107 Nyet

I’m pretty sure that Arthur Berzinsh will be surprised to learn that he is hundreds of years old.

That modern bubble wand gave it away for me.

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Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light)  May 7, 2016 • 6:16:43am

re: #135 Alyosha

Hell, it would shut down some of the argument on the left that the Establishment is trying to cut them out of the process. It might even make them more reasonable about what they’re willing to demand of the government in their political platform.
It might even make them more viable as a legit party that wins seats.
But the pressure not to appear to be ‘selling out’ or becoming a part of the abhorred System makes that unlikely.

One would have to establish a totally neutral US polling agency and task it with assessing the popularity of each party: those who pass a certain threshold, say 15% or more, should be allowed access to briefings.

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Bubblehead II  May 7, 2016 • 6:17:47am

re: #133 Nyet

Neither does Trump need to know, he’s getting them anyway.

Agreed. As I stated above, in my personal opinion, nobody should be getting these briefings until after they become President elect. Until then they don’t have the need to know anymore than the average citizen does.

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Alyosha  May 7, 2016 • 6:18:41am

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

Well you’d want to prevent people from establishing political parties purely in the pursuit of gaining access to classified intel briefings.

That’s like an open front door to espionage.

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Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light)  May 7, 2016 • 6:22:17am

re: #139 Alyosha

Well you’d want to prevent people from establishing political parties purely in the pursuit of gaining access to classified intel briefings.

That’s like an open front door to espionage.

That is why a party would have to have a reasonable expectation of success in an election and a minimum share of polling results.

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Nyet  May 7, 2016 • 6:22:31am

re: #136 Eventual Carrion

It doesn’t even have to be given away. Basically, if this is a classic painting, you would have most probably heard of it before you saw it on the internet in 2016. Common sense.

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Nyet  May 7, 2016 • 6:23:48am

re: #139 Alyosha

It’s up to Obama to decide who is getting those. And since he’s making choices anyway, I think he’s making a mistake by including Trump.

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Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light)  May 7, 2016 • 6:25:42am

re: #142 Nyet

It’s up to Obama to decide who is getting those. And since he’s making choices anyway, I think he’s making a mistake by including Trump.

Imagine how DT would whine if he were denied the briefings…

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Alyosha  May 7, 2016 • 6:28:35am

re: #142 Nyet

It’s up to Obama to decide who is getting those. And since he’s making choices anyway, I think he’s making a mistake by including Trump.

Agreed. In times like these I imagine Obama is indeed the puppetmaster the Right makes him out to be, and that it isn’t merely a bad mistake.

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Nyet  May 7, 2016 • 6:30:08am

re: #143 Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light)

Imagine how DT would whine if he were denied the briefings…

More reason to deny them.

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Bubblehead II  May 7, 2016 • 6:30:11am

re: #143 Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light)

Imagine how DT would whine if he were denied the briefings…

Imagine what DT would do with this information after he loses the election. THAT should really scare you.

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Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light)  May 7, 2016 • 6:30:39am

re: #121 Alyosha

Imagine thought processes in a mind which has been operating continuously for well over a hundred years but without the commensurate physical degradation.

I ran across an interesting theory that one of the reasons that Western Europe overtook China in science and technology is that the Chinese, being proficient in making and using porcelain, did little to develop glass, especially optics.

By “extending the useful life” of their scholars by twenty years or more through the simple invention of eyeglass lenses, the West was able to move ahead and overtake the Orient.

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sagehen  May 7, 2016 • 6:30:52am

Any “Scandal” fans here?

This season, they’re having a presidential election.

Here’s what Shonda had one of the candidates say about the Trumpish character:

Hulu Video

(and of course, this is from the same writer who last year gave us this in the Black Lives Matter episode…

Scandal 4x14 Officer monologue “They question my authority”
)

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Dr Lizardo  May 7, 2016 • 6:32:31am

re: #134 wheat-dogghazi-mailgate

I sleuthed it. “World Without End,” by F. Gwynplaine MacIntyre, published in 2010, in two different Mammoth books: The Mammoth Book of Apocalyptic SF and The Mammoth Book of the End of the World. scifi.stackexchange.com

Thanks! I only read it once, and it made me chuckle.

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Alyosha  May 7, 2016 • 6:32:49am

re: #147 Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light)

I ran across an interesting theory that one of the reasons that Western Europe overtook China in science and technology is that the Chinese, being proficient in making and using porcelain, did little to develop glass, especially optics.

By “extending the useful life” of their scholars by twenty years or more through the simple invention of eyeglass lenses, the West was able to move ahead and overtake the Orient.

I heard that theory on QI. Kinda blew my mind.

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Dr Lizardo  May 7, 2016 • 6:36:39am

OK. Later. Off to watch a hockey match.

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FormerDirtDart  May 7, 2016 • 6:56:22am

Saturday morning and Amazon Prime video…

And a few more images:
Image: rockyjonesspacerangercrashofthemoonsgrab.jpg

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Targetpractice  May 7, 2016 • 6:56:42am

You know, I’ve been following politics for years from both sides of the aisle. And yet it never ceases to amaze me how much bile and hatred that dudebros can sling once the primaries have ended and their latest unicorn fails to make a podium finish.

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Barefoot Grin  May 7, 2016 • 6:57:26am

re: #120 Birth Control Works

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He’ll demand to do them by phone.

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Eventual Carrion  May 7, 2016 • 7:02:09am

re: #154 Barefoot Grin

He’ll demand to do them by phone.

Then go on bitching about Hill’s insecure email server.

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Brother Holy Cruise Missile of Mild Acceptance  May 7, 2016 • 7:14:32am

good morning Lizards. Just an FYI if you pre-purchase the new DOOM, you get a free copy of Wolfenstein: The Old Blood on Steam right now.

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SoundGuy 2016  May 7, 2016 • 7:15:51am

Here’s Why Hillary Will Lose to Trump

Ha ha, made you look. Yes it’s a ‘Because/Bernie’ screed with graphs.

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Ziggy_TARDIS  May 7, 2016 • 7:26:38am

re: #92 Anymouse

This has gotten really creepy.

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Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light)  May 7, 2016 • 7:30:00am

re: #150 Alyosha

I heard that theory on QI. Kinda blew my mind.

QI is an awesom(m)e program(me)

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Ziggy_TARDIS  May 7, 2016 • 7:30:19am

re: #110 Nyet

Also, not everyone would want to live forever. I don’t and death is what keeps world population stable, to some degree.

I think the Techno-fantasists misunderstand Immortality. I have a very good line from Doctor Who on that.

Immortality isn’t living forever. That’s not what it feels like. Immortality is everybody else dying. She might meet someone she can’t bear to lose. That happens, I believe.

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Ziggy_TARDIS  May 7, 2016 • 7:31:30am

re: #121 Alyosha

There is also the fact that the Brain has a certain storage capacity, at which point you will start to forget.

Sound familiar?

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wheat-dogghazi-mailgate  May 7, 2016 • 7:37:17am

re: #161 Ziggy_TARDIS

There is also the fact that the Brain has a certain storage capacity, at which point you will start to forget.

Sound familiar?

YMMV

Seriously though, there have been studies done showing older people don’t necessarily have to suffer memory loss (setting aside senile or Alzheimer’s sufferers) if they exercise their brains by doing crosswords, playing chess, or stuff like that.

As soon as I remember where I saved that article, I’ll share it with you.

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sagehen  May 7, 2016 • 7:41:05am

re: #121 Alyosha

Imagine thought processes in a mind which has been operating continuously for well over a hundred years but without the commensurate physical degradation.

“It has yet to be proven that intelligence has any survival value.”

—Arthur C. Clarke

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Alyosha  May 7, 2016 • 7:42:05am

re: #161 Ziggy_TARDIS

There is also the fact that the Brain has a certain storage capacity, at which point you will start to forget.

Sound familiar?

No. I reached my capacity years ago and nothing sounds familiar anymore ;)

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Targetpractice  May 7, 2016 • 7:45:58am

re: #157 SoundGuy 2016

Here’s Why Hillary Will Lose to Trump

Ha ha, made you look. Yes it’s a ‘Because/Bernie’ screed with graphs.

Lordy, talk about simplistic BS from a BS fan. First it’s the “He polls better!” argument that totally ignores that Bernie has faced virtually no real opposition from Republicans or the media. Even Clinton stuck to the issues, rather than attacking his very soft underbelly.

Then they move on to controversies, i.e. “Clinton says stuff that makes people angry,” ignoring that Bernie has been firing off whoppers since January. Writing off the South as “conservative” and saying he’d do better with black voters in the North? Saying you can’t be a moderate and a progressive? The long list of accusations he’s thrown at the DNC? The man is no stranger to saying shit that pisses people off, but again he’s faced little blowback from it.

Next is “scandals,” aka “Republicans will reheat a whole lot of nothingburgers,” as if the GOP has ever let up in their hatefest towards the Clintons. Meanwhile, Trump is dealing with two court cases this summer, at least one of which will mean he’ll have to testify under oath.

Up next is the same shit we’ve gotten a metric fuckton’s worth of from the media, i.e. “Trump is so dreamy because he’s an ‘outsider.’” They said the same thing about McCain and about Romney, the idea that voters will respond to him because he’s not part of “the establishment.” But the flip side to that is he’s got no experience in politics, no in-built filter, leaving him spewing toxic waste in such quantities that every demographic but angry white men is developing an instinctual hatred of the man.

Finally, it’s the classic “Bernie Bros are gonna take their ball and go home!” bit that we’re all supposed to shake and shiver over. You ever notice the hypocrisy of this argument, that they won’t vote for “the lesser evil” out of fear of Trump, but then insist we vote for Bernie if we don’t want Trump to be president?

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Ziggy_TARDIS  May 7, 2016 • 7:46:15am

re: #162 wheat-dogghazi-mailgate

But live long enough, and the memories from the earlier would be lost.

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sagehen  May 7, 2016 • 7:47:16am

re: #147 Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light)

I ran across an interesting theory that one of the reasons that Western Europe overtook China in science and technology is that the Chinese, being proficient in making and using porcelain, did little to develop glass, especially optics.

By “extending the useful life” of their scholars by twenty years or more through the simple invention of eyeglass lenses, the West was able to move ahead and overtake the Orient.

The plague. For real, that’s what did it.

In the 14th/15th centuries, more than 1/3 of Europe died. Suddenly there was way less need for all available manpower to be hardscrabble farming the less productive lands, and a significant percentage of the remaining people could put their efforts to thinkier pursuits.

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Ziggy_TARDIS  May 7, 2016 • 7:47:19am

re: #166 Ziggy_TARDIS

Of course, the time periods I am talking about are far beyond that of the highest human life span. It would only be possible with immortality. Hundreds of years, at the least.

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Ziggy_TARDIS  May 7, 2016 • 7:51:11am

re: #167 sagehen

War played a big part of it too. The competition between the states of Europe was fierce, and there was a constant need to have the edge over your enemy.

There was a book I read on What-If scenarios. One was if the Caliphate had won the Battle of Tours. The author noted that for most of history in the Muslim World, they tended to be much more peaceful than Christian Europe. The author came to the conclusion that had the Caliphate come in and taken over, Europe would have been more peaceful, but at the same time, without the constant warring and competition, technology would have lagged.

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Dr. Matt  May 7, 2016 • 7:55:22am
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wheat-dogghazi-mailgate  May 7, 2016 • 7:56:54am

re: #168 Ziggy_TARDIS

Of course, the time periods I am talking about are far beyond that of the highest human life span. It would only be possible with immortality. Hundreds of years, at the least.

As I am now 60, I wonder whether living forever, or at least longer than normal, would be a good thing or a bad thing. If I could maintain the same quality of life I have now — no major medical conditions, no need for medication — I’d like to stick around another 60 or so years to see how things turn out. If medical science permitted us to live healthy lives past 150 years, I wouldn’t mind giving it a go. There’s a lot of things I haven’t done that I’d still like to try.

But, living a long time in ill health or being frail and dependent on others would not appeal to me at all.

Immortality I suspect is impossible, given the laws of thermodynamics. That’s probably a good thing, since a bad immortal could be a real pain in the ass around mortals.

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HappyWarrior  May 7, 2016 • 7:58:06am

re: #170 Dr. Matt

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The Real Douchebags of Fresno.

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Targetpractice  May 7, 2016 • 7:58:25am

Who wants to live forever anyway?

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Dr. Matt  May 7, 2016 • 7:59:23am

re: #172 HappyWarrior

The Real Douchebags of Fresno.

Home Alone: The Reality Show

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Anymouse  May 7, 2016 • 8:00:38am

re: #117 Birth Control Works

Cinco de Mayo, Derby Day and Mother’s Day all in the same weekend!

How kewl is that?

(oh, does it happen like that every other year or something?)

I didn’t get much sleep last night, forgive me.

V-E Day on Mother’s Day as well… .

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wheat-dogghazi-mailgate  May 7, 2016 • 8:02:09am

Good biographical sketch of London’s new mayor, Sadiq Khan.
bbc.com

His parents are Pakistani. His dad was a bus driver for 25 years, and his mum was a seamstress. He has two brothers. They grew up in a rough part of town. A TV show, L.A. Law, inspired him to study law.

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Ziggy_TARDIS  May 7, 2016 • 8:03:51am

re: #171 wheat-dogghazi-mailgate

Quality of life is far more important than Longevity. If you can get both, great! If not, stop being so scared of death, and accept it. There is no reason to fear it. It is just another step.

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Snarknado!  May 7, 2016 • 8:06:02am

re: #167 sagehen

Many small principalities, accepting their neighbors’ dissident scholars (yes,and sometimes tolerating their own) in rivalry with one another.

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Anymouse  May 7, 2016 • 8:08:58am

re: #177 Ziggy_TARDIS

My great-grandfather used to say to me that he wanted to live to one hundred years, so he could see what damned hats women would wear on their heads.

Well, he didn’t, and would probably choke over my trilby and long hair.

I haven’t seen many women wearing hats in a long while.

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wheat-dogghazi-mailgate  May 7, 2016 • 8:13:35am

re: #170 Dr. Matt

I can’t imagine this could be real.

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BlueSpotinAL  May 7, 2016 • 8:13:36am

re: #170 Dr. Matt

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Rage Furby was probably told that by one of those phony Facebook “quizzes”.

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wheat-dogghazi-mailgate  May 7, 2016 • 8:15:03am

re: #181 BlueSpotinAL

Rage Furby was probably told that by one of those phony Facebook “quizzes”.

Or he’s being punked by someone.

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HappyWarrior  May 7, 2016 • 8:15:50am

re: #182 wheat-dogghazi-mailgate

Or he’s being punked by someone.

The President of Television called and told him personally.

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Dr. Matt  May 7, 2016 • 8:19:18am

re: #180 wheat-dogghazi-mailgate

I can’t imagine this could be real.

Of course not. This is the same “guy” who claimed to place a $5,400 bet on Ted Cruz and believes Obama is a gay Muslim.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  May 7, 2016 • 8:20:24am

This is just too sad.

The polls closed a long long time ago. It’s already Sunday morning there.

Hillary won so of course it was stolen…

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HappyWarrior  May 7, 2016 • 8:20:27am

re: #184 Dr. Matt

Of course not. This is the same “guy” who claimed to place a $5,400 bet on Ted Cruz and believes Obama is a gay Muslim.

He’s also really really smart. Just ask him.

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HappyWarrior  May 7, 2016 • 8:22:01am

re: #185 Backwoods_Sleuth

This is just too sad.

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Hillary won so of course it was stolen…

OFFS stop acting like everyime your candidate loses, it’s because it was stolen and holy shit the patronizing “Not much oversight there”, yeah, that’s a way to get the people of Guam to like you through patronizing shit.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  May 7, 2016 • 8:23:20am
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Black d20  May 7, 2016 • 8:25:25am

For all of the maybe one person here who cares about League of Legends: what a wonderful time we live in when we can have a character that looks obviously Mideastern and not have people (a lot, anyway, haters gonna hate) flip their shit about it!

Dose eyebrows doe.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  May 7, 2016 • 8:25:51am

oh……..

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Barefoot Grin  May 7, 2016 • 8:26:59am

re: #170 Dr. Matt

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I guess if being a punch line qualifies as “in” a Comedy Central pilot, then perhaps….

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Feline Fearless Leader  May 7, 2016 • 8:28:08am

re: #191 Barefoot Grin

I guess if being a punch line qualifies as “in” a Comedy Central pilot, than perhaps….

They probably just got him to sign some sort of permission slip. Not knowing that it’s simply to allow a character in the show to refer to him in a non-flattering manner.

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Targetpractice  May 7, 2016 • 8:28:38am

re: #190 Backwoods_Sleuth

oh……..

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And now that we’re in the home stretch, it’s time for the excuse-making and the victimhood. “Oh woe is me, I could have been a contender but the deck was stacked against me. They totally stole it from me. I’m the winner, but I got cheated.” If that’s all you have to offer us between now and Philly, Bernie, just concede and go the fuck back to Vermont.

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Dr. Matt  May 7, 2016 • 8:29:17am
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Eventual Carrion  May 7, 2016 • 8:31:02am

re: #161 Ziggy_TARDIS

There is also the fact that the Brain has a certain storage capacity, at which point you will start to forget.

Sound familiar?

I can’t recall.

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Nyet  May 7, 2016 • 8:31:18am

re: #173 Targetpractice

As Voland said, being mortal is a minor problem. Being suddenly mortal sometimes is what’s bad.

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HappyWarrior  May 7, 2016 • 8:31:24am

re: #190 Backwoods_Sleuth

oh……..

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Yeah people are voting for your opponent, it’s totally rigged.

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HappyWarrior  May 7, 2016 • 8:42:34am

re: #193 Targetpractice

And now that we’re in the home stretch, it’s time for the excuse-making and the victimhood. “Oh woe is me, I could have been a contender but the deck was stacked against me. They totally stole it from me. I’m the winner, but I got cheated.” If that’s all you have to offer us between now and Philly, Bernie, just concede and go the fuck back to Vermont.

You know if he were actually the positive person his supporters believe him to be, he could just as easily go “Well we did a lot better than we could have dreamed for, thanks for all your support”, the end. I mean I’m not seeing this guy as an inspiring figure. Honestly, I want to know what happens when his supporters get tired of his act.

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Bubblehead II  May 7, 2016 • 8:46:49am

Well this certainly sucks.

Trump to face trial after election in Trump University suit

U.S. District Judge Gonzalo Curiel on Friday scheduled trial for Nov. 28 in the suit that alleges people who paid up to $35,000 for real estate seminars got defrauded. The likely Republican nominee planned to attend most, if not all, of the trial and would testify, Trump attorney Daniel Petrocelli said.

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Targetpractice  May 7, 2016 • 8:46:59am

re: #198 HappyWarrior

You know if he were actually the positive person his supporters believe him to be, he could just as easily go “Well we did a lot better than we could have dreamed for, thanks for all your support”, the end. I mean I’m not seeing this guy as an inspiring figure. Honestly, I want to know what happens when his supporters get tired of his act.

Bernie could have pivoted weeks ago into using the home stretch to promote progressive politics. Could have thrown his funding and support behind Fetterman, could have started beating the war drums for other progressives running, could have done so much to move us forward. But instead he’s sucking all the air out of progressive politics and strengthening the case that this campaign was only ever about him and his ambitions. If anything has come out of his campaign, it’s that he’s made Hillary look moderate by comparison, which has only boosted her chances in November.

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HappyWarrior  May 7, 2016 • 8:49:28am

re: #200 Targetpractice

Bernie could have pivoted weeks ago into using the home stretch to promote progressive politics. Could have thrown his funding and support behind Fetterman, could have started beating the war drums for other progressives running, could have done so much to move us forward. But instead he’s sucking all the air out of progressive politics and strengthening the case that this campaign was only ever about him and his ambitions. If anything has come out of his campaign, it’s that he’s made Hillary look moderate by comparison, which has only boosted her chances in November.

Agreed. He really could have done a lot more for progressive causes and candidates but he did so little. In the end, it seems it was all about Bernie. I hope that’s something his supporters find out sooner rather than later because I do not want to hear talk about a 79 year old Bernie primarying Clinton.

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Tigger2  May 7, 2016 • 8:55:18am
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Eric The Fruit Bat  May 7, 2016 • 8:57:40am

Britain First candidate turned his back when new London mayor took to the podium. I don’t have the link handy…

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Backwoods_Sleuth  May 7, 2016 • 9:00:37am

re: #203 Eric The Fruit Bat

Britain First candidate turned his back when new London mayor took to the podium. I don’t have the link handy…

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stpaulbear  May 7, 2016 • 9:01:36am

re: #170 Dr. Matt

He’ll be bad. He’ll be nationwide.

If it’s true, the negotiations should be interesting. They’ll realize he’s a complete disaster, but then they might think that would be killer ratings material; a one-man Russian dashcam video.

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ObserverArt  May 7, 2016 • 9:02:16am

re: #165 Targetpractice

Lordy, talk about simplistic BS from a BS fan. First it’s the “He polls better!” argument that totally ignores that Bernie has faced virtually no real opposition from Republicans or the media. Even Clinton stuck to the issues, rather than attacking his very soft underbelly.

-Cut-

I get the feeling the reason Bernie supporters don’t buy the ‘he hasn’t been attacked by anyone’ to explain his polling would go down once he was seen as a threat is because they simply don’t see any attacks at all. So, in a way Bernie remains pure because he is unable to be attacked he is just that good. Or something. But yeah…awesomeness!

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ObserverArt  May 7, 2016 • 9:05:22am

re: #174 Dr. Matt

Home Alone: The Reality Show

Groundhog Day CLMMMMDCCLVI

Ugh.

(154,756…gotta love the ‘net!)

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Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light)  May 7, 2016 • 9:09:12am

re: #177 Ziggy_TARDIS

Quality of life is far more important than Longevity. If you can get both, great! If not, stop being so scared of death, and accept it. There is no reason to fear it. It is just another step.

We like things that we can quantify so we can show off what we have in comparison to others.

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ObserverArt  May 7, 2016 • 9:13:44am

re: #190 Backwoods_Sleuth

oh……..

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Well, I have to admit…about two weeks ago I started to add some wood to that deck. I think many have started to add to it.

Bernie does not help himself on deck dismantling.

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Eric The Fruit Bat  May 7, 2016 • 9:18:18am

re: #170 Dr. Matt

Comedy Central pilot, eh? They’ve gone through so many pilots that never see the light of day this will probably be another Fantastic Furby Failure.

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blueraven  May 7, 2016 • 9:29:07am

sigh…

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HappyWarrior  May 7, 2016 • 9:31:35am

re: #211 blueraven

sigh…

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And to Trump, this is just fine. This shit needs to fucking stop.

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Feline Fearless Leader  May 7, 2016 • 9:34:06am

re: #212 HappyWarrior

And to Trump, this is just fine. This shit needs to fucking stop.

Trust no one. Keep your laser handy.

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HappyWarrior  May 7, 2016 • 9:35:16am

re: #213 Feline Fearless Leader

Trust no one. Keep your laser handy.

Remember his speech about being paranoid about your neighbors.

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Brother Holy Cruise Missile of Mild Acceptance  May 7, 2016 • 9:37:46am

only a short way in playing Wolfenstein: The Old Blood and there are so many Bethesda easter eggs in there lol.

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sagehen  May 7, 2016 • 9:38:39am

Y’all just missed a KILLER commencement speech, Obama at Howard University. Should be on YouTube soon. FIND IT.

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Brian J.  May 7, 2016 • 9:40:22am

re: #188 Backwoods_Sleuth

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I was honestly a bit disappointed by her margin: 777 to 528 (59.5% to 40.5%), 4 delegates to 3 (not counting supers). I was hoping she’d do better among folks her opponent went out of his way to denigrate.

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Brian J.  May 7, 2016 • 9:41:34am

re: #201 HappyWarrior

Agreed. He really could have done a lot more for progressive causes and candidates but he did so little. In the end, it seems it was all about Bernie. I hope that’s something his supporters find out sooner rather than later because I do not want to hear talk about a 79 year old Bernie primarying Clinton.

Four years from now, “Bernie” will be feeding the birds in a Burlington park if he’s not feeding the earthworms. He’ll be a Trivial Pursuit question whose answer no one will get.

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Feline Fearless Leader  May 7, 2016 • 9:43:05am

re: #214 HappyWarrior

Remember his speech about being paranoid about your neighbors.

Heck - walk past bus stops or through airport terminals and train stations and there are posters up all over that are essentially “watch for, and report, suspicious activity”.

That this leads to these sorts of incidents is not surprising since some people’s definition of “suspicious activity” is pretty far out there. The question then goes towards who really should be pulled off the plane and interrogated interviewed.

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Jebediah, RBG  May 7, 2016 • 9:43:48am

re: #88 klys (maker of Silmarils)

Fuck pizza sounds good all of a sudden.

Sure, but I would be a little uncomfortable ordering it.

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Timothy Watson  May 7, 2016 • 9:44:56am

re: #211 blueraven

sigh…

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Has anyone sued the airlines for racial/religious discrimination yet?

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Big Beautiful Door  May 7, 2016 • 9:46:47am

re: #218 Brian J.

Four years from now, “Bernie” will be feeding the birds in a Burlington park if he’s not feeding the earthworms. He’ll be a Trivial Pursuit question whose answer no one will get.

Don’t care about then. If he wants to be a Democrat, and he is sincere about stopping Trump, he better give a rip roaring speech at the Convention tearing into him and give Hillary his full and sincere-sounding endorsement.

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Skip Intro  May 7, 2016 • 9:49:42am

Something looks …….. different here.

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Skip Intro  May 7, 2016 • 9:52:07am
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jeffreyw  May 7, 2016 • 9:55:38am

re: #223 Skip Intro

Looks like the sun got to one of the gentlemen… or was it MURDER?!?

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Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light)  May 7, 2016 • 9:57:14am

re: #214 HappyWarrior

Remember his speech about being paranoid about your neighbors.

And remember his speech about how he loves undereducated Americans…

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Feline Fearless Leader  May 7, 2016 • 9:57:40am

re: #225 jeffreyw

Looks like the sun got to one of the gentlemen… or was it MURDER?!?

Or polite indifference to public drunkedness.

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Brian J.  May 7, 2016 • 9:57:47am

re: #222 Big Beautiful Door

Don’t care about then. If he wants to be a Democrat, and he is sincere about stopping Trump, he better give a rip roaring speech at the Convention tearing into him and give Hillary his full and sincere-sounding endorsement.

At this point, it’s clear that he’s not going to do anything but feed his ego. I expect a two-line press release after California polls close, and then he disappears from public life, if we’re lucky.

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Skip Intro  May 7, 2016 • 9:57:56am

re: #225 jeffreyw

This seems to be a thing.

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Feline Fearless Leader  May 7, 2016 • 10:00:01am

re: #229 Skip Intro

This seems to be a thing.

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Ah, so we’re watching “The Trouble With Ted” then?

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Skip Intro  May 7, 2016 • 10:02:08am
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Skip Intro  May 7, 2016 • 10:04:44am
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jaunte  May 7, 2016 • 10:05:32am

re: #229 Skip Intro

I’m not sure the lyin’ Ted insertion can live up to the sheer weirdness of the original family photo.

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Feline Fearless Leader  May 7, 2016 • 10:10:10am

re: #233 jaunte

I’m not sure the lyin’ Ted insertion can live up to the sheer weirdness of the original family photo.

Heck, just take the original, caption it “Do you want this man in the White House?” and use it as a campaign ad.

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jaunte  May 7, 2016 • 10:13:11am
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FormerDirtDart  May 7, 2016 • 10:22:06am
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sagehen  May 7, 2016 • 10:22:08am

I had a dream last night that a few months after the election, loser Donald Trump is indicted for insider trading, for investments made on the basis of things he learned in those security briefings.

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blueraven  May 7, 2016 • 10:24:34am

re: #217 Brian J.

I was honestly a bit disappointed by her margin: 777 to 528 (59.5% to 40.5%), 4 delegates to 3 (not counting supers). I was hoping she’d do better among folks her opponent went out of his way to denigrate.

She also has all 5 SD. They count too. So it is really 9-3.

cnn.com

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Alephnaught  May 7, 2016 • 10:24:34am

re: #170 Dr. Matt

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That’s nothing. I’ve starred as a dentist in an arthouse movie which is about to play in Berlin (image below) and in an orgy for a romantic comedy about swinging. (Image not included) Beat that, Chuck!

“Office for Monument Construction” (2016) by Karolina Bregula
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Teukka  May 7, 2016 • 10:26:09am

re: #237 sagehen

I had a dream last night that a few months after the election, loser Donald Trump is indicted for insider trading, for investments made on the basis of things he learned in those security briefings.

Wouldn’t surprise me one bit. Or the charges could be even worse.

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stpaulbear  May 7, 2016 • 10:29:06am

re: #213 Feline Fearless Leader

What I want to know is if the lady who ratted on him was admonished for being a paranoid troublemaker and if the math guy still had to be seated next to her for the trip or if she was reassigned to sit next to the mom with an unhappy baby. She’s the one who caused the delay.

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FormerDirtDart  May 7, 2016 • 10:49:54am
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PhillyPretzel  May 7, 2016 • 10:51:24am

re: #242 FormerDirtDart

They should look at some older photos of the Queen. She is almost always has a scarf on her head. Sometimes she has a hat on her head.

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Eclectic Cyborg  May 7, 2016 • 10:52:36am

Unconfirmed reports suggest Donald Trump will smash email server to pieces on stage at next rally.

/

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Blind Frog Belly White  May 7, 2016 • 10:52:45am

re: #243 PhillyPretzel

They should look at some older photos of the Queen. She is almost always has a scarf on her head.

(Psst! I think they knew that. It’s a joke.)

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PhillyPretzel  May 7, 2016 • 10:53:24am

re: #245 Blind Frog Belly White

Me too. :)
I know.

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Blind Frog Belly White  May 7, 2016 • 10:53:57am

re: #246 PhillyPretzel

Me too. :)
I know.

Ah.

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Teukka  May 7, 2016 • 10:54:35am

re: #242 FormerDirtDart

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WAT. That scarf is not made as a hijab.

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Charles Johnson  May 7, 2016 • 10:55:22am
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Charles Johnson  May 7, 2016 • 10:58:56am

Chuck’s been posting maniacally all night to the Facebook page he said he was going to abandon.

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PhillyPretzel  May 7, 2016 • 10:59:58am

re: #250 Charles Johnson

The emphasis is on weird.

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stpaulbear  May 7, 2016 • 11:00:17am

re: #249 Charles Johnson

Spies for industries!
Spies for the dead!

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ObserverArt  May 7, 2016 • 11:03:30am

re: #252 stpaulbear

Spies for industries!
Spies for the dead!

Spies are all around Chuck…
But mostly in his head.

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PhillyPretzel  May 7, 2016 • 11:04:22am

re: #253 ObserverArt

Another one who is a legend in his own mind.

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Charles Johnson  May 7, 2016 • 11:04:40am

And by the way, Chucky never went to court to “defend the right to have anonymous sources.” That’s another stupid distortion of the record. This guy is always pumping himself up to look important.

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SoundGuy 2016  May 7, 2016 • 11:06:37am

Chuccubus took down Twitter.

No, wait, he took down their address.

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Jenner7  May 7, 2016 • 11:09:29am

You’d think this would be covered more on the news.

Silly me.

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HappyWarrior  May 7, 2016 • 11:10:20am

re: #257 Jenner7

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You’d think this would be covered more on the news.

Silly me.

But what about Hillary and the hot sauce.//

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Alephnaught  May 7, 2016 • 11:11:05am

re: #243 PhillyPretzel

They should look at some older photos of the Queen. She is almost always has a scarf on her head. Sometimes she has a hat on her head.

I think you’ll find that tweet was sarcastic. (The fact that I have to say that says a lot.) However, it does make me think a lot. That headscarf was how lots of housewives dressed in my youth, including my mum, right up until the 1980s. Even beyond then, a lot of the older grandfolk still dressed in this style.

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PhillyPretzel  May 7, 2016 • 11:12:00am

re: #259 Alephnaught

Yes. I know. :)

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Blind Frog Belly White  May 7, 2016 • 11:12:14am

re: #257 Jenner7

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You’d think this would be covered more on the news.

Silly me.

But, you know, Hillary Clinton used a perfectly legal private server for non-secret work emails, and that’s what’s REALLY important.

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Eric The Fruit Bat  May 7, 2016 • 11:14:00am

re: #249 Charles Johnson

Uh, yeah-right. At the same time he’s trying to establish a extortion-for-cash service he co-owns with another neckbeard. Curiously, he didn’t bother to share what cases he’s gone to bat for in hiding one’s anonymity. I can’t wait for the day someone from some 3-lettered arm of the government goes to interview him. Knowing him, he’d just go flat out commando-in which case-good luck….

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Testy Toad T  May 7, 2016 • 11:14:31am

There was an interesting statement over on 538, either one of the chats or one of the podcasts, that I found really kinda crazy.

Back in the day, supporting your party’s candidate for president was the sine qua non of party identity. You could support various policies, have differing opinions, but supporting your candidate was what being in the party meant, at the most fundamental level.

It’s fascinating that the GOP has flipped this on its head. There is really no public difference in policy between any GOP member of congress, they march in absolute lockstep. And yet you have somebody as central as Paul fucking Ryan waffling on supporting Trump.

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Alephnaught  May 7, 2016 • 11:19:25am

re: #260 PhillyPretzel

Yes. I know. :)

Well, my gran, who wrote a headscarf until some point beyond the mid 80s (She considered herself fashionable, but not too decadent) explained it to me along these lines when I asked her why she was putting a scarf around her head: it’s windy! And hats are for church on Sundays!

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FormerDirtDart  May 7, 2016 • 11:28:47am

Well, I guess this explains why the incident isn’t getting greater play in the US media…
re: #236 FormerDirtDart

@kristina_wong

Sh*t — green-on-blue incident in Southern Afghanistan kills two service members:

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Timothy Watson  May 7, 2016 • 11:31:44am

re: #249 Charles Johnson

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Yep, UpChuck is just like Quantum:
M: When someone says “We’ve got people everywhere”, you expect it to be hyperbole! Lots of people say that. Florists use that expression. It doesn’t mean that they’ve got somebody working for them inside the bloody room!

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I Would Prefer Not To  May 7, 2016 • 11:35:06am

re: #250 Charles Johnson

Chuck’s been posting maniacally all night to the Facebook page he said he was going to abandon.

Embedded Image

What reality show would want Chuck?

Dancing with the Czars
Hell’s Kitchen Floor
The Real House Husbands of Fresno
Honey Boo Boo

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Eric The Fruit Bat  May 7, 2016 • 11:37:47am

re: #266 Timothy Watson

UpChuck has a yooge list of contacts-like the White Pages (snerk)

Doesn’t mean that they are of any value-outside of fertilizer.

To wit:

<blockspace>Here is my metaphor: your book is a pudding stuffed with apposite observations, many well-conceived. Like excrement, it contains enough undigested nuggets of nutrition to sustain life for some. But it is not a tasty pie: it reeks too much of contempt and of envy.</blockspace>

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Alephnaught  May 7, 2016 • 11:40:30am

re: #267 I Would Prefer Not To

What reality show would want Chuck?

Dancing with the Czars
Hell’s Kitchen Floor
The Real House Husbands of Fresno
Honey Boo Boo

Well it’s definitely not RuPaul’s Drag Race, because that is like a friendly game of cricket in a Yorkshire country village compared to what I see going on in the Republican party ATM.

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sagehen  May 7, 2016 • 11:48:47am

re: #267 I Would Prefer Not To

What reality show would want Chuck?

Dancing with the Czars
Hell’s Kitchen Floor
The Real House Husbands of Fresno
Honey Boo Boo

One of those shows that the contestants don’t realize they’re being made fun of.

There was one a couple years ago where a bunch of American girls were taken to a Stately Mansion in the English countryside, sort of “The Bachelor”-ish, and thought they were competing to marry Prince Harry (he was an dry-wall installer who’d found a second career as a Harry impersonator).

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Timothy Watson  May 7, 2016 • 11:50:11am

re: #270 sagehen

One of those shows that the contestants don’t realize they’re being made fun of.

There was one a couple years ago where a bunch of American girls were taken to a Stately Mansion in the English countryside, sort of “The Bachelor”-ish, and thought they were competing to marry Prince Harry (he was an dry-wall installer who’d found a second career as a Harry impersonator).

Maybe they’re reviving “Punk’d”.

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dell*nix  May 7, 2016 • 12:02:28pm

re: #46 wheat-dogghazi-mailgate

These Vikings? dennyweb.com

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Kragar  May 7, 2016 • 12:02:38pm
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HappyWarrior  May 7, 2016 • 12:03:09pm

re: #273 Kragar

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Kragar  May 7, 2016 • 12:03:37pm

re: #250 Charles Johnson

Chuck’s been posting maniacally all night to the Facebook page he said he was going to abandon.

[Embedded content]

“Major Reality TV show”

Cops is still on the air?

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Big Beautiful Door  May 7, 2016 • 12:03:49pm

I’m looking forward to seeing more state polling of Trump v. Clinton as we get closer to the general. Some recent polling shows Clinton down by only one in Georgia and up by nine in NC. If Trump is fighting to hold onto Georgia and getting crushed in N.C., we are looking at a potential landslide victory of historic proportions.

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HappyWarrior  May 7, 2016 • 12:08:27pm

re: #276 Big Beautiful Door

I’m looking forward to seeing more state polling of Trump v. Clinton as we get closer to the general. Some recent polling shows Clinton down by only one in Georgia and up by nine in NC. If Trump is fighting to hold onto Georgia and getting crushed in N.C., we are looking at a potential landslide victory of historic proportions.

What makes this election unique is both candidates are going to be well known before the campaign really grinds. But yeah this could be quite a landslide.

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Testy Toad T  May 7, 2016 • 12:11:38pm

re: #277 HappyWarrior

What makes this election unique is both candidates are going to be well known before the campaign really grinds. But yeah this could be quite a landslide.

I think the Democratic Party (or GOP, for that matter) could not spend a dime and it wouldn’t swing the vote more than 2-3%.

But no, we need to sit through eleventeen debates and unending TV spots and fundraising emails whose subject line starts with “Outrageous!:” and the rest of the sturm und drang.

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GlutenFreeJesus  May 7, 2016 • 12:12:43pm

re: #276 Big Beautiful Door

I’m looking forward to seeing more state polling of Trump v. Clinton as we get closer to the general. Some recent polling shows Clinton down by only one in Georgia and up by nine in NC. If Trump is fighting to hold onto Georgia and getting crushed in N.C., we are looking at a potential landslide victory of historic proportions.

I’m going to volunteer/stump/work the phones as if Trump was up 10% nationwide. Nothing short of a 20 point blowout for Hillary and an electoral college slaughter of Trump will wake this country up. Even then, that’s a stretch.

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Eventual Carrion  May 7, 2016 • 12:13:29pm

re: #239 Alephnaught

That’s nothing. I’ve starred as a dentist in an arthouse movie which is about to play in Berlin (image below) and in an orgy for a romantic comedy about swinging. (Image not included) Beat that, Chuck!

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Hey, can you get me Sandra Bullock’s autograph?

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stpaulbear  May 7, 2016 • 12:15:29pm

re: #278 Testy Toad T

I think the Democratic Party (or GOP, for that matter) could not spend a dime and it wouldn’t swing the vote more than 2-3%.

But no, we need to sit through eleventeen debates and unending TV spots and fundraising emails whose subject line starts with “Outrageous!:” and the rest of the sturm und drang.

I don’t think that we’ll have to sit through eleventeen debates. I bet that after two of them Donald won’t want to do another.

He’ll get hammered and retreat to his Twitter campaign and rallies for himself.

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allegro  May 7, 2016 • 12:16:47pm

re: #281 stpaulbear

I don’t think that we’ll have to sit through eleventeen debates. I bet that after two of them Donald won’t want to do another.

And those two will be most entertaining I reckon. Maybe the best teevee of the season.

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GlutenFreeJesus  May 7, 2016 • 12:16:47pm

re: #281 stpaulbear

He won’t have to. Talk shows will have him calling in every morning.

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HappyWarrior  May 7, 2016 • 12:19:44pm

re: #278 Testy Toad T

I think the Democratic Party (or GOP, for that matter) could not spend a dime and it wouldn’t swing the vote more than 2-3%.

But no, we need to sit through eleventeen debates and unending TV spots and fundraising emails whose subject line starts with “Outrageous!:” and the rest of the sturm und drang.

Yep.

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stpaulbear  May 7, 2016 • 12:20:26pm

re: #283 GlutenFreeJesus

He won’t have to. Talk shows will have him calling in every morning.

Yeah, that’s never going to stop.

I wonder if he’ll wind up like McCain were he becomes the go-to voice for bashing Clinton after he loses?

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GlutenFreeJesus  May 7, 2016 • 12:21:21pm

re: #285 stpaulbear

He said we’d never see him again if he were to lose. But we know he’s a bullshit artist. But we can only hope.

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Jenner7  May 7, 2016 • 12:28:20pm
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Belafon  May 7, 2016 • 12:35:45pm

Drove through a parking lot and the Carter Blood Care bus was parked, so now I’m giving blood.

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Dr. Matt  May 7, 2016 • 12:42:29pm
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Dr. Matt  May 7, 2016 • 12:43:57pm

In many ways it’s difficult to differentiate between Trump supporters and Sanders supporters.

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GlutenFreeJesus  May 7, 2016 • 12:46:16pm

re: #287 Jenner7

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GlutenFreeJesus  May 7, 2016 • 12:49:03pm

re: #289 Dr. Matt

Hammer and sickle. Nice touch.

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freetoken  May 7, 2016 • 12:49:54pm

Headline writers…

Unlike Donald Trump, Hillary Clinton Lacks A Simple, Clear Economic Message

Bernie bros jump into action in the comments.

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Testy Toad T  May 7, 2016 • 12:50:40pm

re: #292 GlutenFreeJesus

Hammer and sickle. Nice touch.

As more and more levelheaded Sanders supporters peel away from a campaign that is becoming obviously unwinnable, we see what’s left is not so attractive.

It was suggested that his primary campaign might be able to somewhat normalize the word “socialism” in this country. I don’t think that’s going to end up happening.

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Belafon  May 7, 2016 • 12:52:00pm

re: #293 freetoken

Headline writers…

Unlike Donald Trump, Hillary Clinton Lacks A Simple, Clear Economic Message

Bernie bros jump into action in the comments.

Not sure “destroy the country” is a good economic message no matter how clear it is.

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stpaulbear  May 7, 2016 • 12:54:45pm

re: #293 freetoken

At first I was shocked that it was an NPR link, but then I was like….fuck this shit.

I’m a member of MN Public Radio, but it’s getting really hard to justify. I hate what NPR has become.

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Jay C  May 7, 2016 • 1:02:53pm

re: #293 freetoken

Like “save money by cheating our creditors at whim”? That kind of “simple”??

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freetoken  May 7, 2016 • 1:06:39pm

Simplicism.

That’s what unites the Bernie Bros and the Drumpfskindanhänger.

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klys (maker of Silmarils)  May 7, 2016 • 1:19:06pm

I had to for the pun.

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Brian J.  May 7, 2016 • 1:21:22pm

re: #285 stpaulbear

Yeah, that’s never going to stop.

I wonder if he’ll wind up like McCain were he becomes the go-to voice for bashing Clinton after he loses?

McCain may have a lot of free time for such interviews after January, what with losing his Senate seat and all.

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Blind Frog Belly White  May 7, 2016 • 1:22:37pm

If there’s anything that drives me buggy, it’s when bozos on FB or similar forums speak of Science as a ‘belief system’.

IT’S NOT A BELIEF SYSTEM!!!

It’s a method for determining what isn’t true, and thus for getting ever closer to discovering what IS true. It doesn’t preclude Belief, because it doesn’t address Belief.

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HappyWarrior  May 7, 2016 • 1:23:47pm

re: #291 GlutenFreeJesus

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Yeah because McCain was so much trustworthy than Obama. Conservatives just can’t admit their own bigotry is what has allowed Trump to thrive in their party.

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Eric The Fruit Bat  May 7, 2016 • 1:24:36pm

Chief justice’s suspension adds to Alabama’s political mess

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — Alabama politics are at a low point even by Alabama standards: In a state that trails the nation in many areas, three top elected officials are embroiled in scandal or facing removal from office while a former governor serves time in federal prison on a corruption conviction.

Chief Justice Roy Moore was suspended from his job Friday and faces possible ouster over his attempts to block gay marriage following the U.S. Supreme Court ruling that effectively legalized same-sex marriage nationwide. It’s familiar territory for the Republican Moore, a Christian conservative who was previously removed from the same position in 2003 over a Ten Commandments monument and easily won re-election later.

Meanwhile, fellow Republicans tried to remove Gov. Robert Bentley by impeachment in the just-ended legislative session over a sexually charged scandal involving a top political aide, and an investigation continues. At the same time, GOP House Speaker Mike Hubbard awaits a state trial on 23 felony ethics charges that could result in his removal.

If convicted, Hubbard could even join the ranks of the imprisoned like former Gov. Don Siegelman, a Democrat who was convicted on federal influence-peddling charges.

All in all, it’s some of the worst of times for Republicans who promised to clean up state government after seizing control from Democrats who dominated for generations.

“I never recall when the top leaders of all three branches of government were simultaneously accused of improper behavior,” Bill Stewart, a retired political scientist from the University of Alabama, said Saturday.

It’s hard for state government to concentrate on issues like Medicaid or improving a dilapidated prison system when so many officials are fighting for their jobs, he said.

“It’s definitely a traumatic time,” Stewart said.

What was it that Neil Young said?

“Alabama..You got the rest of the Union, to help you along…..”

Neil Young - Alabama (Lyrics)

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Shiplord Kirel  May 7, 2016 • 1:25:51pm

I submit that the leaders of the various cargo cults that make up the Republican coalition; the hate radio screechers, the sovereign citizens, the Tea Party, the Dominionists, the conspiraliars, the gold bugs etc.; are not particularly concerned with whether their guy wins or loses in the general. They can respond to defeat by claiming that he was “not really a conservative,” (with some justification in Trump’s case, ironically enough.)

Their real objective, fleecing the dupes, will probably be better served by a Clinton presidency, anyway. The radio and internet ads, book and video sales, church speaker fees, and other grift, will keep rolling in, if not increase. In particular, a new Clinton administration will be a kind of golden age for the conspiracy industry. Their 30 year backlog of Hillary conspiracy claims, and their notably forgetful audience, will allow the conspiraliars to recycle fossilized 1990s hate stories as though they were new revelations.

At the same time the pervasive but informal network provided by tax exempt fundamentalist churches, will allow them to stay competitive where the grift is linked directly to office, at the local and state levels. They will be able to pass bathroom bills and school vouchers, and excoriate the needy, to their evil black hearts’ content.

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HappyWarrior  May 7, 2016 • 1:27:50pm

re: #301 Blind Frog Belly White

If there’s anything that drives me buggy, it’s when bozos on FB or similar forums speak of Science as a ‘belief system’.

IT’S NOT A BELIEF SYSTEM!!!

It’s a method for determining what isn’t true, and thus for getting ever closer to discovering what IS true. It doesn’t preclude Belief, because it doesn’t address Belief.

My favorite is the old canard about the “global warming religion.” No, it’s called actually observing data, you dolts.

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klys (maker of Silmarils)  May 7, 2016 • 1:31:27pm

re: #301 Blind Frog Belly White

If there’s anything that drives me buggy, it’s when bozos on FB or similar forums speak of Science as a ‘belief system’.

IT’S NOT A BELIEF SYSTEM!!!

It’s a method for determining what isn’t true, and thus for getting ever closer to discovering what IS true. It doesn’t preclude Belief, because it doesn’t address Belief.

Oh yeah? Well, I believe in gravity, so take that!

//

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ObserverArt  May 7, 2016 • 1:32:28pm

Just saw a NY Times article on Trump and the damage it is doing to the GOP…trying to make sense of what is pretty clear.

The article goes over much of the stuff Charles and LGF members have been saying for months like some of it was lifted from here.

But a couple paragraphs stood out.

New York Times - Republican Party Unravels Over Donald Trump’s Takeover

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The ties between Republican elites — elected officials, donors and Washington insiders — and voters have actually been fraying for years. Traditional power brokers long preached limited-government conservatism and wanted to pursue an immigration overhaul, entitlement cuts, free trade and a hawkish foreign policy, and nominees like John McCain and Mitt Romney largely embraced that agenda. Republican leaders also vilified President Obama and Democrats, stoking anger with rank-and-file conservatives.

Many Republican voters trudged along with those earlier nominees, but never became truly animated until Mr. Trump offered them his brand of angry populism: a blend of protectionism at home and a smaller American footprint abroad. And he was able to exploit their resentments and frustrations because those same Republican leaders had been nurturing those feelings for years with attacks on Mr. Obama, Democrats, illegal immigrants and others.

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Mr. Trump now feels so empowered that he does not think he needs the political support of the party establishment to defeat the likely Democratic nominee, Hillary Clinton. He is confident that his appeal will be broad and deep enough among voters of all stripes that he could win battleground states like Michigan, Ohio, and Pennsylvania without the support of leaders like Mr. Ryan, Mr. Trump said in an interview on Saturday.

Although he plans to meet with Mr. Ryan and House Republican leaders on Thursday, Mr. Trump said he would not materially change his policies or style to win their endorsements. “Everything is subject to negotiation, but I can’t and won’t be changing much, because the voters support me because of what I’m saying and how I’m saying it,” Mr. Trump said. “The establishment didn’t do anything to make me the nominee, so its support won’t really make much difference in me winning in November.” (Mr. Trump will, though, be somewhat dependent on the party’s fund-raising muscle since he has indicated he will not fully self-finance his general election campaign.)

One reason Mr. Trump takes a skeptical view of establishment support is that he does not believe much in the power of the Republican elite. He is the party’s presumptive nominee, after all, because the political forces that once might have halted his rise have been enfeebled. Leaders such as Mr. Romney warned in the direst terms that Mr. Trump’s nomination would stain the party and lead it to ruin. Venerable media outlets on the right, like National Review, sought to reprise their role as arbiters of who is fit to carry the banner of conservatism. Their pleas fell on deaf ears.

Mr. Trump’s arsenal was far more fearsome. Combining modern-day fame and an age-old demagogy, he bypassed the ossified gatekeepers and appealed directly to voters through a constant Twitter stream that seemed interrupted only by television appearances.

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Heh. The GOP, and really America, has a right nice mess to deal with righ’ c’her!

We have a bull loose in American politics and he’s wrecking stuffs!!! OMG!!!

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The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge  May 7, 2016 • 1:37:57pm

re: #285 stpaulbear

Yeah, that’s never going to stop.

I wonder if he’ll wind up like McCain were he becomes the go-to voice for bashing Clinton after he loses?

I think that’s the career path he was seeking for himself in the first place—seeing Grampa Walnuts on the TV box every Sunday. Now he’s got a tiger by the tail and can’t let go.

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Nyet  May 7, 2016 • 1:44:05pm

re: #301 Blind Frog Belly White

If we are anal about it, it doesn’t even determine truth and untruth as such, it applies a certain methodology and gets certain results in the end. How much they’re truth or not truth is more of a philosophical question.

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Nyet  May 7, 2016 • 1:49:18pm

Reminds me of Dr. Andrew Snelling, a YEC geologist who used the old Earth chronology in his peer-reviewed publications. You can “disbelieve” the science and still do it, that’s the great part.

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ObserverArt  May 7, 2016 • 1:50:44pm

re: #301 Blind Frog Belly White

If there’s anything that drives me buggy, it’s when bozos on FB or similar forums speak of Science as a ‘belief system’.

IT’S NOT A BELIEF SYSTEM!!!

It’s a method for determining what isn’t true, and thus for getting ever closer to discovering what IS true. It doesn’t preclude Belief, because it doesn’t address Belief.

That’s just what you believe!!!

(My circular rejoinder)

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Backwoods_Sleuth  May 7, 2016 • 1:52:37pm

re: #289 Dr. Matt

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I swear, if I was attending a Hillary event I would bring along a sack full of pacifiers to throw at these butthurt whiney berners when they start that shit.

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sagehen  May 7, 2016 • 2:35:02pm

re: #274 HappyWarrior

Hmmm who could he be talking to there. //

It was an EPIC speech. He also went on about how important it is to vote, even in midterms, or local elections, even when you’re not inspired. “And it’s not even hard. None of you have to guess how many jellybeans in a jar, none of you have to walk through attack dogs to get to the polling station, none of you are going to have to risk your lives. Other people already did that part, your parents and grandparents and great-greatparents. All you have to do is wait in line. You have no excuse.”

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suse  May 7, 2016 • 5:59:37pm

re: #78 Single-handed sailor

That’s so weird I don’t think anybody in the US ever thought to even try it.

Peanut butter. West Lafayette, IN, in the 80s. .


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