That Time When James O’Keefe Forgot to Hang Up the Phone and Ended Up Stinging Himself

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One of James O’Keefe’s dumbest stunts: wearing a crude Osama bin Laden costume, crossing the US-Mexico border

Right wing smear merchant James O’Keefe performed a majestic face plant recently, when he phoned the George Soros-funded Open Society Foundation posing as a “Hungarian-American” named “Victor Kesh” to set up one of his creepy dishonest hit jobs — and forgot to hang up the phone after leaving a message.

O’Keefe ended up leaving a much longer message than he intended. Seven minutes longer. And it included the discussion he had with his fellow right wing operatives about perpetrating the sting. All recorded on his intended target’s voicemail; a classic O’Keefe moment.

As Dana Geraghty recalls it, March 16th was a “rather quiet Wednesday.” That afternoon, she was in her cubicle at the Open Society Foundations, on West Fifty-seventh Street, where she helps oversee the nonprofit group’s pro-democracy programs in Eurasia. The Foundations are the philanthropic creation of George Soros, the hedge-fund billionaire, who is a prominent donor to liberal causes, including Hillary Clinton’s Presidential bid. Soros, who has spent nineteen million dollars on the 2016 Presidential campaign, is regarded with suspicion by many conservatives. National Review has suggested that he may be fomenting protests against Donald Trump by secretly funding what it called a “rent-a-mob.” Geraghty, who is twenty-eight, had programmed her office phone to forward messages from unfamiliar callers to her e-mail inbox. She was about to review several messages when she noticed that one of them was extraordinarily long. “Who leaves a seven-minute voice mail?” Geraghty asked herself. She clicked on it.

“Hey, Dana,” a voice began. The caller sounded to her like an older American male. “My name is, uh, Victor Kesh. I’m a Hungarian-American who represents a, uh, foundation . . . that would like to get involved with you and aid what you do in fighting for, um, European values.” He asked Geraghty for the name of someone he could talk to “about supporting you guys and coördinating with you on some of your efforts.” Requesting a callback, he left a phone number with a 914 area code—Westchester County.

[…]

She continued to listen, and the man’s voice suddenly took on a more commanding tone. The caller had failed to hang up, and Kesh, unaware that he was still being recorded, seemed to be conducting a meeting about how to perpetrate an elaborate sting on Soros. “What needs to happen,” he said, is for “someone other than me to make a hundred phone calls like that”—to Soros, to his employees, and to the Democracy Alliance, a club of wealthy liberal political donors that Soros helped to found, which is expected to play a large role in financing this year’s campaigns. Kesh described sending into the Soros offices an “undercover” agent who could “talk the talk” with Open Society executives. Kesh’s goal wasn’t fully spelled out on the recording, but the gist was that an operative posing as a potential donor could penetrate Soros’s operation and make secret videos that exposed embarrassing activities. Soros, he assured the others, has “thousands of organizations” on the left in league with him. Kesh said that the name of his project was Discover the Networks.

Read the whole thing; as a pure massive fail it’s right up there with some of Chuck C. Johnson’s most ridiculous moments. These guys think they’re right wing journalistic undercover masterminds, and really… they’re just sneaky, underhanded dopes who try to trick people into doing embarrassing or illegal things.

Here’s a transcript of the whole call, and here’s the audio.

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153 comments
1
Nyet  May 21, 2016 • 1:34:31pm

Hunter at DKos has just called him an investibator.

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stpaulbear  May 21, 2016 • 1:37:11pm

The New Yorker sent me a link to this article in an email this morning. They’re not treating this like some little back burner story. Good for them.

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SoundGuy 2016  May 21, 2016 • 1:39:24pm

I’ve been waiting for this to get Threaded.

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Nyet  May 21, 2016 • 1:40:43pm

Speaking of DKos, this is on their reclist:

Shaun King: As Solid a Moral Compass as the Democratic Party Has. And He is Leaving the Party.

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The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge  May 21, 2016 • 1:47:41pm
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Backwoods_Sleuth  May 21, 2016 • 1:49:19pm
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KGxvi  May 21, 2016 • 1:50:23pm

Just tried reading the transcript. I now understand how the ACORN pseudosting happened - these people are idiots and most right thinking people would recognize that. Seriously, leaving someone a voicemail where you sound like an idiot (saying “uh” every four words) gives you insight to that person? I could totally see someone at the receiving end of this stupidity looking at them sadly and thinking “bless your heart”

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KGxvi  May 21, 2016 • 1:52:17pm

re: #5 Charles Johnson

The “what if meat eaters acted like vegans” video showed up like four times in my FB feed the other day. This guy’s pretty funny

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KGxvi  May 21, 2016 • 1:54:03pm

re: #7 Backwoods_Sleuth

Being single I use a dating app or two occasionally. It makes my heart sad how many times I’ve seen something like “please know the difference between you’re and your” or “they’re there and their are different words”

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b.d.  May 21, 2016 • 1:58:55pm

And there some people who give James O’Keefe money to do this.

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Dark_Falcon  May 21, 2016 • 2:00:18pm

re: #11 b.d.

And there some people who give James O’Keefe money to do this.

There’ll be fewer of them after this EPIC FAIL.

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Timothy Watson  May 21, 2016 • 2:07:36pm

re: #12 Dark_Falcon

There’ll be fewer of them after this EPIC FAIL.

Being a convicted criminal hasn’t stopped them, why would this?

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Dark_Falcon  May 21, 2016 • 2:12:57pm

re: #13 Timothy Watson

Being a convicted criminal hasn’t stopped them, why would this?

It’s clear evidence of his being incompetent. Also is that in this case he was also ineffective. Someone in the know wouldn’t expect O’Keefe to actually make his supposed case, but this time he didn’t even turn in viable Fox News Fodder.

This was a Total Mission Failure and those effect one’s employability.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  May 21, 2016 • 2:18:46pm

re: #14 Dark_Falcon

It’s clear evidence of his being incompetent. Also is that in this case he was also ineffective. Someone in the know wouldn’t expect O’Keefe to actually make his supposed case, but this time he didn’t even turn in viable Fox News Fodder.

This was a Total Mission Failure and those effect one’s employability.

But BABBY PARTS!!!!!!!1111!!!!!!!!!

That and he are still real popular with the wingnut GOP political crowd.

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b.d.  May 21, 2016 • 2:20:03pm

re: #12 Dark_Falcon

There’ll be fewer of them after this EPIC FAIL.

O’Keefe’s Powerpoint presentation to his potential investors hasn’t been updated for a while.

I guess we only need to look at Bill Kristol to see how long one can continue the charade while not having a clue.

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Shiplord Kirel  May 21, 2016 • 2:20:07pm

That is some pitifully bad tradecraft for a secret subversion/disinformation agent. And this is apparently the best one the right wing has.

We are going to win, folks.

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scottslemmons  May 21, 2016 • 2:21:43pm

re: #13 Timothy Watson

Being a convicted criminal hasn’t stopped them, why would this?

Has anyone ever been kicked off Wingnut Welfare?

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SirMixALot  May 21, 2016 • 2:24:10pm

Shouldn’t this be in violation of his probation, assuming he’s still on probation? Isn’t this fraud? Can’t anything be done to stop this tool?

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GlutenFreeJesus  May 21, 2016 • 2:25:05pm

There goes OBAMA being WEAK on TERRAISTS again. Looks like OBAMA ordered a US strike in Pakistan that killed Mansour.

Wonder how Bernie would have dealt with Mansour: “But Hillary voted for Iraq in 2003!”

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CuriousLurker  May 21, 2016 • 2:25:28pm

For the music lovers among you, video at the link:

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The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge  May 21, 2016 • 2:25:51pm

Well, enjoy the Preakness, everybody—I’ve gotta go out for a while, so I’ll miss it. Go Nyquist! Or whoever….

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Stanley Sea  May 21, 2016 • 2:33:21pm

re: #11 b.d.

And there some people who give James O’Keefe money to do this.

Keep an eye out for a British surgeon.

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Stanley Sea  May 21, 2016 • 2:34:32pm

re: #17 Shiplord Kirel

That is some pitifully bad tradecraft for a secret subversion/disinformation agent. And this is apparently the best one the right wing has.

We are going to win, folks.

Yah, the part of “OMG you signed in as yourself!!!!!”

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Timothy Watson  May 21, 2016 • 2:37:45pm

re: #17 Shiplord Kirel

That is some pitifully bad tradecraft for a secret subversion/disinformation agent. And this is apparently the best one the right wing has.

We are going to win, folks.

But it doesn’t take a lot of intelligence for the media to join in on his latest Outrage of the Day nor does it take much to motivate the mouthbreathers among the conservatives.

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gocart mozart  May 21, 2016 • 2:47:32pm
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Eric The Fruit Bat  May 21, 2016 • 2:50:16pm

re: #26 gocart mozart

Those companies also heaped a metric shitton of scorn against HB2, Bryan-so what does THAT tell you?

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Donnie With The Good Hair (AKA Sophist)  May 21, 2016 • 2:51:46pm

re: #7 Backwoods_Sleuth

Telling a president that you couldn’t ever beat that he’s “fired” as his final term comes to close is about as pathetic as muttering “you’re just lucky I’m too busy to kick your ass” after the guy who was twice as big as you walks away.

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No Depression  May 21, 2016 • 2:51:48pm

So apparently some leftists on Twitter think they’ve scored this huge victory over TEH ESTABLISHMENT by helping Matt Bruenig raise $25,000 after being fired for calling Neera Tanden, a Clinton ally, a scumbag. Too bad that doesn’t change the fact that their boy is getting his ass handed to him.

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gwangung  May 21, 2016 • 2:52:46pm

re: #29 No Depression

So apparently some leftists on Twitter think they’ve scored this huge victory over TEH ESTABLISHMENT by helping Matt Bruenig raise $25,000 after being fired for calling Neera Tanden, a Clinton ally, a scumbag. Too bad that doesn’t change the fact that their boy is getting his ass handed to him.

Fired from a side job, to boot, and not his day job.

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Donnie With The Good Hair (AKA Sophist)  May 21, 2016 • 2:53:40pm

re: #13 Timothy Watson

Being a convicted criminal hasn’t stopped them, why would this?

Criminality is acceptable. Ineffectiveness isn’t.

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b.d.  May 21, 2016 • 2:54:02pm

Has O’Keefe and Rage Furby teamed up yet?

I think I see that as a beautiful career move for the both of them.

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gocart mozart  May 21, 2016 • 2:56:48pm
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No Depression  May 21, 2016 • 2:56:54pm

re: #29 No Depression

I mean seriously. It’s like they think the shit they do on Twitter translates into tangible political results in the meat space, even though that’s usually not the case. No wonder the left is so ineffectual in this country.

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Eric The Fruit Bat  May 21, 2016 • 2:58:33pm

re: #30 gwangung

What is his day job?

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gwangung  May 21, 2016 • 3:00:19pm

re: #35 Eric The Fruit Bat

What is his day job?

Works in the federal government, I believe (I wanna say as an analyst in the department of labor, but I’m not quite sure….).

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Donnie With The Good Hair (AKA Sophist)  May 21, 2016 • 3:03:03pm

re: #17 Shiplord Kirel

That is some pitifully bad tradecraft for a secret subversion/disinformation agent. And this is apparently the best one the right wing has.

We are going to win, folks.

Remember, this bumbling jackass took down ACORN, and the CMP videos, despite landing their creators in hot water, had their desired effect by stirring up anti-PP sentiment. They don’t have to be good, they just have to be lucky. Our lovely media will do the rest.

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No Depression  May 21, 2016 • 3:03:49pm

re: #36 gwangung

Works in the federal government, I believe (I wanna say as an analyst in the department of labor, but I’m not quite sure….).

I think he was actually a blogger for Demos, a lefty think tank. He focused on economic issues I think. I’ve heard good things about his work, but I don’t know if I’ll be looking at it any time soon, given that he’s a temperamental asshole that gets off on harassing women of color on Twitter.

EDIT: I just realized you said he lost a side-job, not his day job. Where did you hear that he had a separate day job from his blogging gig?

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KGxvi  May 21, 2016 • 3:10:27pm

re: #26 gocart mozart

Ok, I’m going to need someone to walk me through the (il)logic on that one. I was expecting something about corporations siding with liberals on social issues. But instead it’s about corporations hording cash… I’m lost. Also, unless that money is going to be invested in something, there are going to be a lot of shareholders demanding bigger dividend payments

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Dark_Falcon  May 21, 2016 • 3:15:00pm

re: #31 Donnie With The Good Hair (AKA Sophist)

Criminality is acceptable. Ineffectiveness isn’t.

Exactly. Unlike most of O’Keefe’s hatchet jobs this one isn’t even usable as an “OUTRAGEOUS OUTRAGE!!1”. It’s a pure failure, and people don’t pay don’t pay thousands of dollars if they think they’ll have nothing to show for it.

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Eric The Fruit Bat  May 21, 2016 • 3:15:36pm

re: #37 Donnie With The Good Hair (AKA Sophist)

They don’t have to be good, they just have to be lucky. Our lovely media will do the rest.

Don’t be so sure about that. If it isn’t salacious or career-ending, it isn’t worth their time.

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Eric The Fruit Bat  May 21, 2016 • 3:17:06pm

re: #19 SirMixALot

His probation ended two years ago.

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Dark_Falcon  May 21, 2016 • 3:18:53pm

BBL

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No Depression  May 21, 2016 • 3:20:48pm

I honestly hope that Hillary is a two-term president, if only to piss off conservatives and Sandbaggers.

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wrenchwench  May 21, 2016 • 3:26:53pm
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stpaulbear  May 21, 2016 • 3:31:17pm

re: #45 wrenchwench

Do I dare ask what happens to all these cute little baby goats when they’re not cute little pets any more? It’s not like a dog where they’ll be your best buddy for life.

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thedopefishlives  May 21, 2016 • 3:31:44pm

re: #46 stpaulbear

Do I dare ask what happens to all these cute little baby goats when they’re not cute little pets any more? It’s not like a dog where they’ll be your best buddy for life.

Ever had a good goat curry?

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wrenchwench  May 21, 2016 • 3:31:55pm

re: #44 No Depression

I honestly hope that Hillary is a two-term president, if only to piss off conservatives and Sandbaggers.

And our own brocialist, who included his thought that she’d be a one-termer in a comment yesterday.

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stpaulbear  May 21, 2016 • 3:32:16pm

re: #47 thedopefishlives

Ever had a good goat curry?

That’s what I thought…

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b.d.  May 21, 2016 • 3:32:17pm

The Preakness is going to be a muddy mess

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Stanley Sea  May 21, 2016 • 3:32:18pm

re: #47 thedopefishlives

Ever had a good goat curry?

I have.

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thedopefishlives  May 21, 2016 • 3:32:27pm

re: #48 wrenchwench

And our own brocialist, who included his thought that she’d be a one-termer in a comment yesterday.

Brocialist?

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Donnie With The Good Hair (AKA Sophist)  May 21, 2016 • 3:32:47pm

re: #41 Eric The Fruit Bat

Don’t be so sure about that. If it isn’t salacious or career-ending, it isn’t worth their time.

That’s what I mean by “lucky”. All they need is someone to make a statement that can be edited to seem salacious. By the time what was actually said comes out, the damage has already been done.

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wrenchwench  May 21, 2016 • 3:33:17pm

re: #46 stpaulbear

Do I dare ask what happens to all these cute little baby goats when they’re not cute little pets any more? It’s not like a dog where they’ll be your best buddy for life.

I hope more of them work out as yard help and are kept than, say, the cute little pigs…

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thedopefishlives  May 21, 2016 • 3:33:31pm

re: #51 Stanley Sea

I have.

Lots of Indian places up here in the wild north country. Goes with being a major technology center - technology draws Indian people, who then go looking for Indian food.

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KGxvi  May 21, 2016 • 3:33:40pm

re: #44 No Depression

I honestly hope that Hillary is a two-term president, if only to piss off conservatives and Sandbaggers.

Honest question: what are the odds that Clinton doesn’t even seek a second term? She will be the second oldest person to assume the office of president, behind only Reagan by about 8 months. I suspect she will, because everyone runs for reelection, but that’s going to be the talking point come Janiary 21, 2017

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Stanley Sea  May 21, 2016 • 3:33:53pm
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Stanley Sea  May 21, 2016 • 3:34:31pm

re: #55 thedopefishlives

Lots of Indian places up here in the wild north country. Goes with being a major technology center - technology draws Indian people, who then go looking for Indian food.

I’ve had the Haitian version in South Florida.

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wrenchwench  May 21, 2016 • 3:34:50pm

re: #52 thedopefishlives

Brocialist?

Angry Black Lady came up with that one. I shamelessly (and explainationlessly) stole it.

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stpaulbear  May 21, 2016 • 3:35:14pm

re: #52 thedopefishlives

Brocialist?

Bro + socialist.

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thedopefishlives  May 21, 2016 • 3:35:36pm

re: #58 Stanley Sea

I’ve had the Haitian version in South Florida.

Nice. One thing I love about the wild north country, as compared to fish country, is the wide variety of ethnic cuisine. You can get a little bit of just about anything if you know where to look.

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Donnie With The Good Hair (AKA Sophist)  May 21, 2016 • 3:36:15pm

re: #52 thedopefishlives

Brocialist?

A person whose interest in socialism seems confined to those aspects most likely to benefit straight white men. Which, by a huge coincidence, most of them also happen to be.

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wrenchwench  May 21, 2016 • 3:36:39pm

re: #60 stpaulbear

Bro + socialist.

Thanks!

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KGxvi  May 21, 2016 • 3:37:07pm

re: #56 KGxvi

Honest question: what are the odds that Clinton doesn’t even seek a second term? She will be the second oldest person to assume the office of president, behind only Reagan by about 8 months. I suspect she will, because everyone runs for reelection, but that’s going to be the talking point come Janiary 21, 2017

Of course, Trump is also 69, so maybe we will be looking at a year and a half of that talk no matter what

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stpaulbear  May 21, 2016 • 3:40:11pm

re: #56 KGxvi

Honest question: what are the odds that Clinton doesn’t even seek a second term? She will be the second oldest person to assume the office of president, behind only Reagan by about 8 months. I suspect she will, because everyone runs for reelection, but that’s going to be the talking point come Janiary 21, 2017

No way she won’t run for a second term unless some unbeatable democratic candidate is available. As long as her health is holding up she won’t risk a republican win. (my 2 bits)

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Donnie With The Good Hair (AKA Sophist)  May 21, 2016 • 3:41:35pm

re: #56 KGxvi

Honest question: what are the odds that Clinton doesn’t even seek a second term? She will be the second oldest person to assume the office of president, behind only Reagan by about 8 months. I suspect she will, because everyone runs for reelection, but that’s going to be the talking point come Janiary 21, 2017

I think that would entirely depend on how her health held up and who the Democrats had to run as her replacement.

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Big Beautiful Door  May 21, 2016 • 3:42:28pm

re: #56 KGxvi

Honest question: what are the odds that Clinton doesn’t even seek a second term? She will be the second oldest person to assume the office of president, behind only Reagan by about 8 months. I suspect she will, because everyone runs for reelection, but that’s going to be the talking point come Janiary 21, 2017

Women usually have longer lives than men, so if her health is good I don’t know of any reason why she wouldn’t run for a second term, unless her first has just been an absolute disaster.

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Belafon  May 21, 2016 • 3:43:01pm

re: #59 wrenchwench

Angry Black Lady came up with that one. I shamelessly (and explainationlessly) stole it.

I googled it. Come to find out, it’s four years old: newrepublic.com.

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Dave In Austin  May 21, 2016 • 3:43:05pm

re: #46 stpaulbear

Do I dare ask what happens to all these cute little baby goats when they’re not cute little pets any more? It’s not like a dog where they’ll be your best buddy for life.

Cabrito…… Makes a good Taco Bowl.

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Timothy Watson  May 21, 2016 • 3:43:22pm

re: #64 KGxvi

Of course, Trump is also 69, so maybe we will be looking at a year and a half of that talk no matter what

The lamestream media won’t say anything about Trump’s health now (or the fact that he’s older than her) while he can make comments about Clinton’s health all day, why would we expect that to change?

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Belafon  May 21, 2016 • 3:45:34pm

re: #70 Timothy Watson

The lamestream media won’t say anything about Trump’s health now (or the fact that he’s older than her) while he can make comments about Clinton’s health all day, why would we expect that to change?

Part of me itches to see this exchange in a debate:
Trump: <something that invokes Clinton’s age>
Clinton: You know you’re older than me, right?
Trump: But I don’t look it.

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Nojay UK  May 21, 2016 • 3:45:43pm

re: #46 stpaulbear

The females get bred to produce more baby goats, milk and fleece if they’re a long-hair variety. Most of the young males get their balls chopped off then after they’ve grown a bit more they get slaughtered and turned into kebabs and kidskin fashion accessories. Adult billies are smelly and aggressive and their meat is rather tough and, ahem, strongly flavoured but goat farmers don’t need many billies to produce the next generation of kids.

It’s the same with the baa-lambs you see in the fields in the spring but remember “The Lord is my Shepherd”.

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nines09  May 21, 2016 • 3:46:22pm

Laugh break. 16 minutes and worth every single second.

Breaking Bad star Bryan Cranston just had a Sweet 60 Birthday party, and lucky for us, MTV was there to film it.

Youtube Video

I think this is one of the funniest things I’ve seen in quite a while. I smell another Emmy

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Ziggy_TARDIS  May 21, 2016 • 3:46:23pm

re: #65 stpaulbear

Yeah.

To be honest, I would have wanted Biden, considering his amazing record and list of accomplishments, but after his son died, I knew he would not run for President.

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No Depression  May 21, 2016 • 3:46:24pm

re: #68 Belafon

I googled it. Come to find out, it’s four years old: newrepublic.com.

I like the other terms in the article too: “manarchist”, “brogressive”.

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Stanley Sea  May 21, 2016 • 3:46:39pm

re: #71 Belafon

Part of me itches to see this exchange in a debate:
Trump: <something that invokes Clinton’s age>
Clinton: You know you’re older than me, right?
Trump: But I don’t look it.

I’m expecting him to keel over. He’s so vain I bet he can’t handle going to the doctor.

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Ziggy_TARDIS  May 21, 2016 • 3:47:57pm

Also, :’( at the Preakness.

In a tragic start to Preakness day, Gretchen and Roy Jackson’s 4-year-old filly Pramedya broke down during the fourth race on the Preakness undercard, and was euthanized on the track. The filly’s jockey, Daniel Centeno, broke his collarbone in the spill that occurred on the turn of a race run over a wet turf course.

“It’s ironic, right?” Roy Jackson told The Associated Press. “It was tough to watch.”

In the opening race of day, Homeboykris collapsed and died after winning and having his picture taken in the winner’s circle. Pimlico officials believe the 9-year-old gelding suffered cardiovascular collapse. The horse was being taken to New Bolton Center in Pennsylvania for an autopsy — the same animal hospital Barbaro was taken to after his break down.

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Eric The Fruit Bat  May 21, 2016 • 3:52:33pm

re: #73 nines09

Uh, it’s Jimmy Kimmel….

(still good, tho)

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Big Beautiful Door  May 21, 2016 • 3:53:33pm

re: #73 nines09

Laugh break. 16 minutes and worth every single second.

Breaking Bad star Bryan Cranston just had a Sweet 60 Birthday party, and lucky for us, MTV was there to film it.

[Embedded content]

Video

I think this is one of the funniest things I’ve seen in quite a while. I smell another Emmy

Speaking of Cranston, I’m planning to watch All The Way tonight on HBO. He’s supposed to be terrific as LBJ.

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PhillyPretzel  May 21, 2016 • 3:53:33pm

re: #77 Ziggy_TARDIS

New Bolton Center in Pennsylvania is the Veterinary Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania. If anything is wrong with a large animal they will find it. Michael Matthew J Ryan Veterinary Center is in West Philly they usually handle small animals like cats and dogs. VHUP is one of the best.

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Lancelot Link  May 21, 2016 • 3:55:14pm

re: #11 b.d.

And there some people who give James O’Keefe money to do this.

One of O’Keefe’s Project Veritas’ few open financial supporters is the Wisconsin Club For Growth’s director, Eric O’Keefe. O’Keefe has been personally backing O’Keefe for some time now, but I don’t know if there’s any closer connection between O’Keefe and O’Keefe.

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wrenchwench  May 21, 2016 • 3:55:15pm

re: #68 Belafon

I googled it. Come to find out, it’s four years old: newrepublic.com.

Double thanks!

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b.d.  May 21, 2016 • 3:56:36pm

No Triple Crown this year.

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PhillyPretzel  May 21, 2016 • 3:58:07pm

re: #83 b.d.

True. But it is a very sad day for those who follow the “ponies.”

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No Depression  May 21, 2016 • 3:58:15pm

Urban Dictionary’s top definition for Brocialism:

Brocialism is a brocial and broconomic system characterized by brocial ownership of the means of broduction and co-operative management of the broconomy as well as a brolitical theory and movement that aims at the establishment of such a system. “Brocial ownership” may refer to cooperative enterprises (ragers, keggers, hospital visits, etc.), common ownership (brotein powder, pizza, weights), or any combinajtion [sic] of these. There are many varieties of brocialism and there is no single definition encapsulating the boundlessness [sic] nature of brociety.

“Bill Clinton’s economic policies are capitalistic, but his Oval Office policy with brunettes define [sic] brocialism.”

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nines09  May 21, 2016 • 3:58:50pm

re: #78 Eric The Fruit Bat

Yep. It’s a takeoff on the MTV series My Sweet Sixteen. It was haute trash. It’s all in jest. Go to Youtube and search Super Sweet Sixteen. then you’ll get it. Reginae Carter and Lil Wayne is a good place to start.

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Belafon  May 21, 2016 • 4:01:03pm

re: #85 No Depression

Urban Dictionary’s top definition for Brocialism:

I read that one, and it used “bro” too many times as a prefix to make it useful; I got nothing out of it. That’s why I went with the New Republic link instead.

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Ziggy_TARDIS  May 21, 2016 • 4:05:51pm
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PhillyPretzel  May 21, 2016 • 4:08:20pm

re: #88 Ziggy_TARDIS

Yes. He better stick to swallowing these. amazon.com

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Eric The Fruit Bat  May 21, 2016 • 4:09:36pm

re: #81 Lancelot Link

I betcha one of the WCFG funders is Boss Menard.

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Thanos  May 21, 2016 • 4:11:35pm

Why Kohl’s will be sold out of Chewbacca masks shortly:

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Donnie With The Good Hair (AKA Sophist)  May 21, 2016 • 4:12:11pm

re: #88 Ziggy_TARDIS

A person in the UK did a deeply stupid thing.

He now has to pay an $1100 fine, and is banned from owning a fish for 5 years.

That seems slightly excessive. You can buy live goldfish as feed for other animals. I expect those suffer a bit as well.

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Ziggy_TARDIS  May 21, 2016 • 4:14:22pm

re: #92 Donnie With The Good Hair (AKA Sophist)

Apparently they belong to the “Nuke it from Orbit” school of punishment.

It is excessive to the point of being hilarious.

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wrenchwench  May 21, 2016 • 4:15:59pm
95
The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge  May 21, 2016 • 4:17:00pm
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Eric The Fruit Bat  May 21, 2016 • 4:19:00pm
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PhillyPretzel  May 21, 2016 • 4:19:09pm

re: #95 The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge

Do not say I have a gun to the USMC. They know how to use them.

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majii  May 21, 2016 • 4:19:14pm

re: #2 stpaulbear

They shouldn’t, not with O’Keefe’s past history of trying to smear Shirley Sherrod, which many in the MSM accepted as being true at first.

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The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge  May 21, 2016 • 4:20:07pm

Well, Nyquist didn’t do so well in the slop. It doesn’t look like:

Seinfeld Clip - His Father Was A Mudder, His Mother Was A Mudder

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thedopefishlives  May 21, 2016 • 4:20:46pm

re: #97 PhillyPretzel

Do not say I have a gun to the USMC. They know how to use them.

Every Marine a rifleman.

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Decatur Deb  May 21, 2016 • 4:20:52pm

re: #92 Donnie With The Good Hair (AKA Sophist)

That seems slightly excessive. You can buy live goldfish as feed for other animals. I expect those suffer a bit as well.

The anti-cruelty movement is extremely powerful in Britain. (One of our soldiers in Italy got tangled up with RSPCA moving his dog to his new post.)

The goldfish-swallowing shtick was a very widespread fad here in the US right after WWI. Went with the college kid/raccoon coat vibe.

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b.d.  May 21, 2016 • 4:20:53pm

re: #88 Ziggy_TARDIS

A person in the UK did a deeply stupid thing.

re: #92 Donnie With The Good Hair (AKA Sophist)

That seems slightly excessive. You can buy live goldfish as feed for other animals. I expect those suffer a bit as well.

He now has to pay an $1100 fine, and is banned from owning a fish for 5 years.

It is a goldfish after all, not a kitten. Sounds rather excessive to me.

They do sell live feeder fish at pet stores and live small animals to be fed to snakes.

I don’t get it. Didn’t they even used to have contests on who could eat the most goldfish?

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majii  May 21, 2016 • 4:23:31pm

re: #34 No Depression

It appears to me they think the same thing about Facebook since they’re now making a stink about “conservative” subjects never trending on Facebook. I’ve got news for them: The reason their topics aren’t trending on Facebook is because not as many people as they think are interested in them. Duh.

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thedopefishlives  May 21, 2016 • 4:24:15pm

re: #103 majii

It appears to me they think the same thing about Facebook since they’re now making a stink about “conservative” subjects never trending on Facebook. I’ve got news for them: The reason their topics aren’t trending on Facebook is because not as many people as they think are interested in them. Duh.

BUTBUTBUTBUT WE’RE WINNING DAMMIT!!! WE HAVE TO BE POPULAR!!!!

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Skip Intro  May 21, 2016 • 4:27:01pm

Questions the media will never ask.

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thedopefishlives  May 21, 2016 • 4:27:30pm

re: #104 thedopefishlives

And honestly, I think that’s the thing I find funniest right now: The right-wing loons have absolutely no clue where they stand in the public eye. They have no data - or the data they have are inaccurate - and furthermore, they ignore whatever data they do get because it disagrees with their own preconceived notions. It’s simply remarkable and hilarious as hell.

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b.d.  May 21, 2016 • 4:28:57pm
“A plane got blown out of the sky,” the presumptive Republican presidential nominee said at a fundraiser in Lawrenceville, N.J., tonight. “And if anything, if anybody thinks it wasn’t blown out of the sky, you are 100 percent wrong, folks. OK? You’re 100 percent wrong.”

abcnews.go.com

Now some folks aren’t so sure.

So very presidential Donald.

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thedopefishlives  May 21, 2016 • 4:29:51pm

re: #107 b.d.

abcnews.go.com

Now some folks aren’t so sure.

So very presidential Donald.

Why not wait for all the facts to come in before rushing to judgement? Oh, right: It doesn’t fit the narrative. TERRORISTS!!!!!! DERP

109
sagehen  May 21, 2016 • 4:29:54pm

re: #46 stpaulbear

Do I dare ask what happens to all these cute little baby goats when they’re not cute little pets any more? It’s not like a dog where they’ll be your best buddy for life.

Pygmy goats are small forever. And they’re adorable.

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Big Beautiful Door  May 21, 2016 • 4:31:15pm

re: #109 sagehen

Pygmy goats are small forever. And they’re adorable.

And so delicious!/

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sagehen  May 21, 2016 • 4:31:44pm

re: #52 thedopefishlives

Brocialist?

They’re the other end of the horseshoe from glibertarians.

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The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge  May 21, 2016 • 4:33:15pm

O’Keefe will make his reputation in November. He’ll catch some poor sap voting where he used to live because he didn’t have time to register at his new address and the VOTER FRAUD!! will overturn the election, even if Trump loses 65/35.

I don’t know if this is //// or not.

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Decatur Deb  May 21, 2016 • 4:33:38pm

re: #107 b.d.

abcnews.go.com

Now some folks aren’t so sure.

So very presidential Donald.

The news article next under:
Bernie Sanders: American People See Hillary Clinton as ‘Lesser of Two Evils’

(Actually, I’m starting to see HRC as the least of three evils.)

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Eric The Fruit Bat  May 21, 2016 • 4:34:38pm

re: #102 b.d.

I don’t get it. Didn’t they even used to have contests on who could eat the most goldfish?

Times change….

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BlueGrl21  May 21, 2016 • 4:34:40pm

re: #73 nines09

Laugh break. 16 minutes and worth every single second.

Breaking Bad star Bryan Cranston just had a Sweet 60 Birthday party, and lucky for us, MTV was there to film it.

[Embedded content]

I think this is one of the funniest things I’ve seen in quite a while. I smell another Emmy

I…am…CRYING! That is pure satirical genius.

I have, of course, sent it to the 900 Breaking Bad freaks in my circle. Zealots, the lot of them.

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Skip Intro  May 21, 2016 • 4:34:46pm

re: #107 b.d.

abcnews.go.com

Now some folks aren’t so sure.

So very presidential Donald.

Hey, now, he didn’t actually say a terrorist blew it out of the sky. The plane was in the sky one moment, then it wasn’t.

Like Limbaugh, Trump can never be wrong.

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b.d.  May 21, 2016 • 4:36:38pm

re: #114 Eric The Fruit Bat

Times change….

MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!!! TRUMP WILL BRING BACK GOLDFISH EATING CONTESTS

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The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge  May 21, 2016 • 4:37:36pm

re: #116 Skip Intro

Hey, now, he didn’t actually say a terrorist blew it out of the sky. The plane was in the sky one moment, then it wasn’t.

Like Limbaugh, Trump can never be wrong.

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Decatur Deb  May 21, 2016 • 4:37:42pm

re: #117 b.d.

MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!!! TRUMP WILL BRING BACK GOLDFISH EATING CONTESTS

And bathtub wine. No, wait,…

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Skip Intro  May 21, 2016 • 4:40:32pm
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The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge  May 21, 2016 • 4:41:24pm

re: #118 The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge

[Embedded content]

Recycled from Il Duce by La Douche:

The great slogans never go out of style.

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Big Beautiful Door  May 21, 2016 • 4:42:33pm

re: #113 Decatur Deb

The news article next under:
Bernie Sanders: American People See Hillary Clinton as ‘Lesser of Two Evils’

(Actually, I’m starting to see HRC as the least of three evils.)

123
Big Beautiful Door  May 21, 2016 • 4:45:39pm

I’d kind of like to get one of our Trump 2016 bumperstickers made into a real one and put on my car. Imagine the doubletakes it would get.

124
Skip Intro  May 21, 2016 • 4:48:05pm
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Skip Intro  May 21, 2016 • 4:50:33pm

re: #120 Skip Intro

Trump couldn’t personally build a small box with pre-cut lumber and a book of instructions.

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TedStriker  May 21, 2016 • 4:52:11pm

re: #125 Skip Intro

Trump couldn’t personally build a small box with pre-cut lumber and a book of instructions.

He can’t pour piss out of a boot, even with the instructions on the sole.

127
The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge  May 21, 2016 • 4:53:42pm

OMG! John Cole’s take on the O’Keefe mishegas:

Apparently, these rats are going to fuck themselves
128
451_Montag  May 21, 2016 • 4:53:55pm

re: #120 Skip Intro

Embedded Image

I love that!

Jimmy Carter has cajones. Ever read about his exploits helping to repair a flooded nuclear reactor.

Vastly maligned man.

129
Eric The Fruit Bat  May 21, 2016 • 4:54:20pm

re: #123 Big Beautiful Door

zazzle.com

130
PhillyPretzel  May 21, 2016 • 4:54:34pm

re: #125 Skip Intro

Even if Norm Abram did it for him that Trump person could not make a wooden box.

131
Decatur Deb  May 21, 2016 • 4:55:14pm

re: #123 Big Beautiful Door

I’d kind of like to get one of our Trump 2016 bumperstickers made into a real one and put on my car. Imagine the doubletakes it would get.

There is a hobbyist desktop machine called a “Silhouette” that will produce one from vinyl stock and a computer jpg, etc. Ask around your scrapbooking friends.

(Think the coloring might be done as 3 layers, a bit cumbersome.)

132
Reality Based Steve  May 21, 2016 • 4:56:57pm

Just showed up on my FB timeline….

Male Privilege means not having to spell

Large number of MRA’s that have responded to it, the kind that make you read their posts and go WTF???? Just one example….

XXXXXXXXXx Men have always been the primary victims of rape.
Men deal with the trauma that their wives, daughters and sisters go through.

Where is my “Dope Slap Button” on this keyboard? I need to be able to administer dope slaps across the internet to those who desperately deserve it.

RBS

133
Stanley Sea  May 21, 2016 • 4:57:21pm

Randomly switched to CNN.

Hillary is about to give a speech at the Trayvon Martin Foundation. Will be worth watching.

134
Eric The Fruit Bat  May 21, 2016 • 4:58:18pm

re: #132 Reality Based Steve

Even more reason why this must change this election-once and for all.

135
thedopefishlives  May 21, 2016 • 4:58:24pm

re: #132 Reality Based Steve

Just showed up on my FB timeline….

[Embedded content]

Large number of MRA’s that have responded to it, the kind that make you read their posts and go WTF???? Just one example….

XXXXXXXXXx Men have always been the primary victims of rape.
Men deal with the trauma that their wives, daughters and sisters go through.

Where is my “Dope Slap Button” on this keyboard? I need to be able to administer dope slaps across the internet to those who desperately deserve it.

RBS

Anyone in the Twin Cities area, I’ll volunteer to dope slap them…

136
Eric The Fruit Bat  May 21, 2016 • 4:59:22pm

re: #135 thedopefishlives

There’s several of us lizards up here who would be more than willing to assist…

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thedopefishlives  May 21, 2016 • 5:00:12pm

re: #136 Eric The Fruit Bat

There’s several of us lizards up here who would be more than willing to assist…

Yes, but I’m the dopefish. Dope slapping is a specialty.

138
Skip Intro  May 21, 2016 • 5:00:17pm

re: #130 PhillyPretzel

Even if Norm Abram did it for him that Trump person could not make a wooden box.

Nope, not even if he used butt joints, glue, and nails.

139
Stanley Sea  May 21, 2016 • 5:00:23pm

OK they just switched to the 80’s. Damn it.

140
Skip Intro  May 21, 2016 • 5:01:57pm

re: #133 Stanley Sea

Randomly switched to CNN.

Hillary is about to give a speech at the Trayvon Martin Foundation. Will be worth watching.

Surely Trump is about to launch a new line of toilet paper they could cut to.

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PhillyPretzel  May 21, 2016 • 5:02:13pm

re: #137 thedopefishlives

Did you learn that from Click and Clack? (Car Talk reference) //

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TedStriker  May 21, 2016 • 5:02:20pm

re: #130 PhillyPretzel

Even if Norm Abram did it for him that Trump person could not make a wooden box.

Nice way to work in a This Old House Bob Vila/Norm Abram joke.

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Eric The Fruit Bat  May 21, 2016 • 5:02:45pm

re: #137 thedopefishlives

I though you meant fish slapping…

Monty Python, The Fish Slapping Dance

144
thedopefishlives  May 21, 2016 • 5:03:43pm

re: #143 Eric The Fruit Bat

I though you meant fish slapping…

[Embedded content]

Right, now that’s just silly.

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jaunte  May 21, 2016 • 5:03:43pm

“Sorry about that,” she said. “But, you know, Target lets men and homosexuals use just any bathroom. I was making sure you were a woman.”
upworthy.com

146
Reality Based Steve  May 21, 2016 • 5:05:02pm

re: #145 jaunte

The new GOP…. Making government so small they can share a bathroom stall with you.

RBS

147
No Depression  May 21, 2016 • 5:05:35pm

I’m kind of curious if posting a Facebook status admiring Imani Gandy would cause a shitstorm in the comments.

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majii  May 21, 2016 • 5:05:43pm

re: #133 Stanley Sea

It would not surprise me if someone at CNN did a follow-up and asked George Zimmerman for his comments on her speech, especially since he alleges to know so much about how Trayvon’s parents raised hm and what they didn’t teach him. It pissed me off when I read his comments, and made we wonder whether his parents cautioned him about getting into trouble so much and about running his mouth while not knowing what he’s talking about when they were raising him. Based on what I’ve seen of him and his behavior, if they did, he ignored the hell outta them.

149
jaunte  May 21, 2016 • 5:07:16pm

re: #146 Reality Based Steve

The new GOP…. Making government so small they can share a bathroom stall with you.

RBS

GOP: giving free rein to any freelance Mrs. Grundy to get up in everyone’s business

150
Stanley Sea  May 21, 2016 • 5:09:44pm

Haha, CNN the 80’s - this episode is about the greed. Just had young trump on saying he could negotiate the cold war stand off with the Soviet Union.

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Stanley Sea  May 21, 2016 • 5:12:45pm

re: #148 majii

It would not surprise me if someone at CNN did a follow-up and asked George Zimmerman for his comments on her speech, especially since he alleges to know so much about how Trayvon’s parents raised hm and what they didn’t teach him. It pissed me off when I read his comments, and made we wonder whether his parents cautioned him about getting into trouble so much and about running his mouth while not knowing what he’s talking about when they were raising him. Based on what I’ve seen of him and his behavior, if they did, he ignored the hell outta them.

Zimmerman’s father, the judge probably got him off his law breaking his whole life.

ps, CNN isn’t showing it. If anyone can find it live, let me know.

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Bubblehead II  May 21, 2016 • 5:33:25pm

Night Lizards. I came, I saw and I now leave.

May your rock and burrow be warm.

Sleep Well.

Evanescence - Lost in Paradise (Lyric Video)

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Belafon  May 21, 2016 • 5:46:07pm

re: #145 jaunte

Has there been a case since this “crisis” began of someone stopping an actual transperson from entering a restroom?


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