In Which Paul Ryan’s Primary Opponent Cites White Supremacist Chuck C. Johnson

What GOP racism?
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So today, this guy Paul Nehlen, who’s actually running for Congress and hoping to beat Speaker of the House Paul Ryan in the upcoming primary, tweeted a link to white supremacist Chuck C. Johnson’s blog.

And the god emperor Donald Trump smiled upon him.

Last April, Chuck C. Johnson was frisked and kicked out of an event for the previous GOP Speaker of the House, John Boehner, because Capitol Hill police saw him as a possible stalking threat. (And he is.)

Yes, that’s actually Nehlen in the photo above, with the “MOLON LABE” tattoo.

This is your Republican Party in 2016.

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A Mom Anon  Aug 1, 2016 • 7:12:23pm

The Kahns on MSNBC right now. Just do not get the hate toward them.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Aug 1, 2016 • 7:13:13pm

Sarah Palin endorsed Nehlen, which is pretty much a political kiss of death these days.

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Belafon  Aug 1, 2016 • 7:16:09pm

re: #1 A Mom Anon

The Kahns on MSNBC right now. Just do not get the hate toward them.

They have spoken out against the Republican nominee. That’s all it takes.

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HappyWarrior  Aug 1, 2016 • 7:16:29pm

re: #1 A Mom Anon

The Kahns on MSNBC right now. Just do not get the hate toward them.

Easy, they’re Muslim American and they criticized Trump. Btw what’s the significance of Nehlen’s ink? White supremacist related I assume?

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HappyWarrior  Aug 1, 2016 • 7:17:07pm

re: #3 Belafon

They have spoken out against the Republican nominee. That’s all it takes.

It took supporting SCHIP for Michelle Malkin to go through one family’s garbage I recall.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Aug 1, 2016 • 7:17:13pm

re: #4 HappyWarrior

Easy, they’re Muslim American and they criticized Trump. Btw what’s the significance of Nehlen’s ink? White supremacist related I assume?

yes

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Aug 1, 2016 • 7:19:53pm

re: #6 Backwoods_Sleuth

yes

also gun nuts.

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The Vicious Babushka  Aug 1, 2016 • 7:21:22pm

Nehlen made this ad about guarding the border. Since he is in Wisconsin does that mean he thinks Trump should build a wall on the Canadian border?

TV AD: “Lost Son”

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Aug 1, 2016 • 7:22:57pm
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HappyWarrior  Aug 1, 2016 • 7:23:23pm

re: #6 Backwoods_Sleuth

yes

Wish I could be shocked.

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Belafon  Aug 1, 2016 • 7:24:09pm

re: #8 The Vicious Babushka

Nehlen made this ad about guarding the border. Since he is in Wisconsin does that mean he thinks Trump should build a wall on the Canadian border?

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Maybe he wants one around Wisconsin.

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The Vicious Babushka  Aug 1, 2016 • 7:24:44pm

He’s eating a bucket of KFC, so classy, wow.

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Jay C  Aug 1, 2016 • 7:24:47pm

re: #4 HappyWarrior

Easy, they’re Muslim American and they criticized Trump. Btw what’s the significance of Nehlen’s ink? White supremacist related I assume?

“MOLON LABE” Greek for “come and take them” or something: supposedly the Spartans’ response to the Persians’ demand to surrender their weapons. Nowadays mainly used by wannabe-tough-guy gun nuts.

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The Vicious Babushka  Aug 1, 2016 • 7:25:06pm

re: #11 Belafon

Maybe he wants one around Wisconsin.

And make the Yoopers pay for it?

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majii  Aug 1, 2016 • 7:25:13pm

I think Ryan has earned any criticism he’s receiving. He has had multiple opportunities to do the right thing, but his cowardice won’t permit him to. He seems to care more about keeping his seat in Congress than in upholding those missing GOP principles he loves talking about. His statement about Trump’s attacks on the Khans was something written by a real sh*t-weasel. His butt crack should be sore from straddling the d*mn fence so much from speaking against and for Trump at the same time. He did the same thing about his undying love for Ayn Rand when Sister Simone, from Nuns on the Bus, took him to task for not upholding Catholic principles in his legislation. Soon after she got on to him, he switched gears, lied about his devotion to Rand, and then went on to write more budgets advocating for taking from the poor and giving to the rich. The guy’s a sh*t-weasel. I don’t really know what he stands for beyond using his position in government to further enrich himself and his buddies. Those GOP principles he mentioned in his statement today are imaginary because I have not seen them in action. Trump has intimidated the living sh*t out of all of them, and they’re permitting him to do it for the sake of “pahty unity.”

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HappyWarrior  Aug 1, 2016 • 7:25:26pm

re: #13 Jay C

“MOLON LABE” Greek for “come and take them” or something: supposedly the Spartans’ response to the Persians’ demand to surrender their weapons. Nowadays mainly used by wannabe-tough-guy gun nuts.

Gotcha.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Aug 1, 2016 • 7:25:36pm

re: #12 The Vicious Babushka

He’s eating a bucket of KFC, so classy, wow.

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With a freaking knife and fork.

O_o

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Barefoot Grin  Aug 1, 2016 • 7:25:48pm

re: #2 Backwoods_Sleuth

Sarah Palin endorsed Nehlen, which is pretty much a political kiss of death these days.

Used to be. But now I’m not so sure. These are the crazy salad days of Palin seeming like the sober arbiter of what a good Republican should be.

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The Vicious Babushka  Aug 1, 2016 • 7:25:53pm

re: #13 Jay C

“MOLON LABE” Greek for “come and take them” or something: supposedly the Spartans’ response to the Persians’ demand to surrender their weapons. Nowadays mainly used by wannabe-tough-guy gun nuts.

Someone should tell them that it ended when the Persians came and took them.

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Belafon  Aug 1, 2016 • 7:26:32pm

re: #12 The Vicious Babushka

He’s eating a bucket of KFC, so classy, wow.

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He’s posing with KFC. He’s not eating it.

I love KFC’s brown gravy.

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HappyWarrior  Aug 1, 2016 • 7:26:43pm

re: #15 majii

I think Ryan has earned any criticism he’s receiving. He has had multiple opportunities to do the right thing, but his cowardice won’t permit him to. He seems to care more about keeping his seat in Congress than in upholding those missing GOP principles he loves talking about. His statement about Trump’s attacks on the Khans was something written by a real sh*t-weasel. His butt crack should be sore from straddling the d*mn fence so much from speaking against and for Trump at the same time. He did the same thing about his undying love for Ayn Rand when Sister Simone, from Nuns on the Bus, took him to task for not upholding Catholic principles in his legislation. Soon after she got on to him, he switched gears, lied about his devotion to Rand, and then went on to write more budgets advocating for taking from the poor and giving to the rich. The guy’s a sh*t-weasel. I don’t really know what he stands for beyond using his position in government to further enrich himself and his buddies. Those GOP principles he mentioned in his statement today are imaginary because I have not seen them in action. Trump has intimidated the living sh*t out of all of them, and they’re permitting him to do it for the sake of “pahty unity.”

Ryan is nothing but a fraud. Professes to hate government but is a career politician.

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The Vicious Babushka  Aug 1, 2016 • 7:27:03pm

re: #17 Backwoods_Sleuth

With a freaking knife and fork.

O_o

I hope some turbulence spills that cup of gravy all over his made-in-Bangladesh shirt.

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HappyWarrior  Aug 1, 2016 • 7:28:35pm

re: #18 Barefoot Grin

Used to be. But now I’m not so sure. These are the crazy salad days of Palin seeming like the sober arbiter of what a good Republican should be.

Hate to say it but I can’t see Palin going after a Gold Star family, she’s not that callous.

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Belafon  Aug 1, 2016 • 7:28:57pm

re: #15 majii

I think Ryan has earned any criticism he’s receiving. He has had multiple opportunities to do the right thing, but his cowardice won’t permit him to. He seems to care more about keeping his seat in Congress than in upholding those missing GOP principles he loves talking about. His statement about Trump’s attacks on the Khans was something written by a real sh*t-weasel. His butt crack should be sore from straddling the d*mn fence so much from speaking against and for Trump at the same time. He did the same thing about his undying love for Ayn Rand when Sister Simone, from Nuns on the Bus, took him to task for not upholding Catholic principles in his legislation. Soon after she got on to him, he switched gears, lied about his devotion to Rand, and then went on to write more budgets advocating for taking from the poor and giving to the rich. The guy’s a sh*t-weasel. I don’t really know what he stands for beyond using his position in government to further enrich himself and his buddies. Those GOP principles he mentioned in his statement today are imaginary because I have not seen them in action. Trump has intimidated the living sh*t out of all of them, and they’re permitting him to do it for the sake of “pahty unity.”

You had me at sh*t-weasel, but that should come earlier, like right before his name.

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Barefoot Grin  Aug 1, 2016 • 7:29:40pm

re: #20 Belafon

He’s posing with KFC. He’s not eating it.

I love KFC’s brown gravy.

“Got the shot? good, now get this the fuck away from me and bring me a Wonderbread tuna sandwich right now.”

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(alpuz)  Aug 1, 2016 • 7:31:03pm

Ryan represents Janesville. Back in the ‘90’s every freaking skin head white supremest I encountered was out of Janesville.

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majii  Aug 1, 2016 • 7:31:17pm

re: #22 The Vicious Babushka

“I hope some turbulence spills that cup of gravy all over his made-in-Bangladesh shirt.”

If I were a betting person, I’d bet that he doesn’t know what it’s like to go into KFC and order his own meal, and I’d probably win. I remember reading at TPM that he had Christie making McDonald’s runs for him, and Christie still didn’t get the VP nod from Trump. SMDH.

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The Vicious Babushka  Aug 1, 2016 • 7:31:17pm

re: #25 Barefoot Grin

“Got the shot? good, now get this the fuck away from me and bring me a Wonderbread tuna sandwich right now.”

He’s going to save that photo and retweet it
HAPPY MARTIN LUTHER KING DAY! TRUMP PLANE SERVES THE FINEST KFC FRIED CHICKEN! I LOVE THE COLOREDS!

Except he will be toast long before January.

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HappyWarrior  Aug 1, 2016 • 7:31:24pm

Ryan will enter his fourth president as a member of Congress regardless of who wins should he win renomination and reelection. He’s 46. It’s remarkable how little he has done for someone called a policy wonk.

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Kragar  Aug 1, 2016 • 7:31:25pm

re: #12 The Vicious Babushka

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Charles Johnson  Aug 1, 2016 • 7:32:22pm
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HappyWarrior  Aug 1, 2016 • 7:33:07pm

re: #31 Charles Johnson

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Two nuts who need guns to feel better about having baby dicks.

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gocart mozart  Aug 1, 2016 • 7:33:13pm

It’s from Bretbart but Ryan may be in trouble. No recent polls I could find though.
breitbart.com

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Big Beautiful Door  Aug 1, 2016 • 7:33:57pm

re: #30 Kragar

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I remember as a Kentucky boy going to Johns Hopkins University as a freshman, and I thought it was hilarious seeing all those Jersey kids eating fried chicken with knives and forks.

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HappyWarrior  Aug 1, 2016 • 7:34:02pm

re: #33 gocart mozart

It’s from Bretbart but Ryan may be in trouble. No recent polls I could find though.
breitbart.com

After Cantor, I believe it’s possible.

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The Vicious Babushka  Aug 1, 2016 • 7:34:42pm
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Barefoot Grin  Aug 1, 2016 • 7:34:45pm

re: #31 Charles Johnson

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The douche abides!

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Charles Johnson  Aug 1, 2016 • 7:36:22pm

He’s a #FreeMilo guy too.

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Big Beautiful Door  Aug 1, 2016 • 7:36:30pm

re: #36 The Vicious Babushka

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Knowing what I read about Trump’s diet, I bet its a prop, like the taco bowl.

vox.com

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FormerDirtDart  Aug 1, 2016 • 7:36:40pm
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Eric The Fruit Bat  Aug 1, 2016 • 7:36:47pm

The GOP has allowed their normalization of deviance to occur for so long that it has metastasized into an uncurable state that threatens not only their party, but our democracy as well.

The GOP cannot be saved.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Aug 1, 2016 • 7:37:00pm
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gocart mozart  Aug 1, 2016 • 7:37:55pm

The Republican Brain Trust weighs in on the Aug 9 Nehlen/Ryan race

Palin on Ryan, Being VP

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majii  Aug 1, 2016 • 7:38:20pm

re: #29 HappyWarrior

“It’s remarkable how little he has done for someone called a policy wonk.”

The public’s view of Ryan as some sort of successful politician and policy wonk is a creation of the beltway media. When he ran as Romney’s VP in 2012 and some in the MSM began going over his actual record with a fine-toothed comb, he had to add more lies to the lies that the media had peddled about him. Remember, he was against Obamacare in public but had secured money for a new health facility in Wisconsin. He is the same dude who showed up at a homeless shelter and pretended to wash dishes that had already been washed. I remember seeing the pic and reading the article. It was a photo-op meant to make it appear as if he is very concerned about homeless Americans when their plight doesn’t bother him at all.

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HappyWarrior  Aug 1, 2016 • 7:38:31pm

re: #42 Backwoods_Sleuth

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Love seeing this.

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Decatur Deb  Aug 1, 2016 • 7:39:07pm

re: #34 Big Beautiful Door

I remember as a Kentucky boy going to Johns Hopkins University as a freshman, and I thought it was hilarious seeing all those Jersey kids eating fried chicken with knives and forks.

My Kentucky MIL almost called the neighbors over to see a Yankee eat when I did that.

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(alpuz)  Aug 1, 2016 • 7:39:47pm

re: #38 Charles Johnson

He’s a #FreeMilo guy too.

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Yes, he’s an asshole. An asshole who may even win. Because in Wisconsin it’s A-OK to go full asshole while running for a political office.

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HappyWarrior  Aug 1, 2016 • 7:40:09pm

re: #44 majii

“It’s remarkable how little he has done for someone called a policy wonk.”

The public’s view of Ryan as some sort of successful politician and policy wonk is a creation of the beltway media. When he ran as Romney’s VP in 2012 and some in the MSM began going over his actual record with a fine-toothed comb, he had to add more lies to the lies that the media had peddled about him. Remember, he was against Obamacare in public but had secured money for a new health facility in Wisconsin. He is the same dude who showed up at a homeless shelter and pretended to wash dishes that had already been washed. I remember seeing the pic and reading the article. It was a photo-op meant to make it appear as if he is very concerned about homeless Americans when their plight doesn’t bother him at all.

He’s that kid who read Atlas Shrugged and wants to talk about it all the time until he found out Rand hated religion and he needed to appease people who believe in God.

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Charles Johnson  Aug 1, 2016 • 7:40:41pm

Another shot of Nehlen in his biker regalia. The possible future Speaker of the House, folks.

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HappyWarrior  Aug 1, 2016 • 7:41:29pm

re: #49 Charles Johnson

Another shot of Nehlen in his biker regalia. The possible future Speaker of the House, folks.

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Charles, he wouldn’t gain Ryan’s speakership. But it’s scary that he could be a member of Congress seeing all this.

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freetoken  Aug 1, 2016 • 7:42:19pm

re: #49 Charles Johnson

Even if he were elected, he will be far to junior to hold a senior position.

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HappyWarrior  Aug 1, 2016 • 7:42:50pm

Brat didn’t gain Cantir’s Majority Leader spot for example. Understood that this guy is dangerous.

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The Vicious Babushka  Aug 1, 2016 • 7:42:55pm

This song was made for Nehlan (and Paul Ryan too)

Denis Leary - Asshole (Uncensored Version)

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Charles Johnson  Aug 1, 2016 • 7:43:48pm

re: #51 freetoken

Even if he were elected, he will be far to junior to hold a senior position.

At this point in the Republican Party’s descent into madness, all bets are off.

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Skip Intro  Aug 1, 2016 • 7:44:16pm

The new crop of Republicans makes you look back on the Louis Gohmerts with nostalgia.

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(alpuz)  Aug 1, 2016 • 7:44:22pm

re: #50 HappyWarrior

Did you know in Wisconsin Walker has a big Harley ride(every year?) through the state?

google.com

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Aug 1, 2016 • 7:45:48pm

oops…

Meanwhile, in another March 2014 speech to the Conservative Political Action Conference, Trump reiterated his praise for Putin’s intervention in Ukraine, saying it was smart to do it right after the Olympics, which were held that year in Sochi.

“So he has the Olympics,” Trump said that May. “The day after the Olympics, he starts with Ukraine. The day after. How smart? You know, he didn’t want to do it during the Olympics. Boom. The day after. So our athletes leave, we all leave, and the day after. And you know, when he goes in and takes Crimea, he’s taking the heart and soul because that’s where all the money is. I was surprised. I heard that the other day. They were saying, most of the wealth comes right from that area.”

“That’s the area with the wealth,” Trump continued. “So that means the rest of Ukraine will fall and it’s predicted to fall fairly quickly. Because without the money, it’s like this country. If we don’t make this country great, it’s gonna fall. It’s gonna really fall. It’s already falling. You go into our airports, you go look at our bridges, you look at our roadways, we’re becoming a third-world country. So when you see what they’re doing in Ukraine, it’s just a question of time.”

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HappyWarrior  Aug 1, 2016 • 7:47:35pm

re: #55 Skip Intro

The new crop of Republicans makes you look back on the Louis Gohmerts with nostalgia.

Bachman. Thing is whenever someone like Bachmann leaves, there’s always more of these nuts eager to replace them.

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HappyWarrior  Aug 1, 2016 • 7:48:23pm

re: #56 (alpuz)

Did you know in Wisconsin Walker has a big Harley ride(every year?) through the state?

google.com

Nope I didn’t. Always took Walker for a dorky type not a biker.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Aug 1, 2016 • 7:48:36pm
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The Vicious Babushka  Aug 1, 2016 • 7:48:58pm

He’s a vampire.

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HappyWarrior  Aug 1, 2016 • 7:49:25pm

re: #57 Backwoods_Sleuth

oops…

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Trump’s head is in Putin’s ass while Sean Hannity is in Trump’s.

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GlutenFreeJesus  Aug 1, 2016 • 7:51:00pm

re: #12 The Vicious Babushka

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(alpuz)  Aug 1, 2016 • 7:52:03pm

re: #59 HappyWarrior

Well he is a dork… he just hops on a Harley once a year to parade around the state ‘cause he’s an asshole.

He also fishes. <<<<<<< ahhahahahaahahah.

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Skip Intro  Aug 1, 2016 • 7:52:08pm

Now trending #DonaldTrumpTheMovie

Snake on a plane

One combover the cuckoo’s nest

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Belafon  Aug 1, 2016 • 7:52:35pm

re: #12 The Vicious Babushka

He’s eating a bucket of KFC, so classy, wow.

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I wasn’t paying attention to the knife and fork. My 5th grade English teacher (who didn’t like me because I kept upstaging her favorite girls) would make us each chicken and pizza with a fork. She would allow us to pull the meat off of the bone, but then we had to use a fork to pick it up.

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HappyWarrior  Aug 1, 2016 • 7:52:52pm

re: #64 (alpuz)

Well he is a dork… he just hops on a Harley once a year to parade around the state ‘cause he’s an asshole.

He also fishes. <<<<<<< ahhahahahaahahah.

True. Oh man he fishes? Damn hate having something in common with Wanker.

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(alpuz)  Aug 1, 2016 • 7:53:57pm

re: #67 HappyWarrior

Well be thankful then. He doesn’t. He fishes as well as he rides a Harley. :)

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HappyWarrior  Aug 1, 2016 • 7:54:23pm

re: #65 Skip Intro

Now trending #DonaldTrumpTheMovie

Snake on a plane

One combover the cuckoo’s nest

The Donfather

Trump Tower Heist

The Huuuuge Jerk

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teleskiguy  Aug 1, 2016 • 7:54:59pm
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stpaulbear  Aug 1, 2016 • 7:55:01pm

re: #26 (alpuz)

Ryan represents Janesville. Back in the ‘90’s every freaking skin head white supremest I encountered was out of Janesville.

That’s disconcerting. I’ve got some etchings by an artist named Susan Hunt-Wulkowicz who lives in Janesville. Her work is very apolitical - landscapes and still life (lifes?) so I’d hate to think she was a supremest.

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Charles Johnson  Aug 1, 2016 • 7:56:15pm
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William Lewis  Aug 1, 2016 • 7:57:14pm

re: #13 Jay C

“MOLON LABE” Greek for “come and take them” or something: supposedly the Spartans’ response to the Persians’ demand to surrender their weapons. Nowadays mainly used by wannabe-tough-guy gun nuts.

What they forget is the Persians did just that. The Spartans may have taken an honor guard to hell with them but they still all died and their weapons were taken by the Persians.

Same thing with that cannon in Texas. In the end, the Mexicans melted it down and the one on display is a replacement :LOL:

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HappyWarrior  Aug 1, 2016 • 7:57:18pm

re: #72 Charles Johnson

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Come and get us Nixon errand boy.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Aug 1, 2016 • 7:57:41pm
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Belafon  Aug 1, 2016 • 7:59:23pm

re: #61 The Vicious Babushka

He’s a vampire.

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Just told my 16 year old. He replied with Elizabeth Báthory:

Countess Elizabeth Báthory de Ecsed was a serial killer from the Báthory family of nobility in the Kingdom of Hungary. She has been labeled by Guinness World Records as the most prolific female murderer,[3] though the precise number of her victims is debated. Báthory and four collaborators were accused of torturing and killing hundreds of young women between 1585 and 1609.[4] The highest number of victims cited during Báthory’s trial was 650. However, this number comes from the claim by a serving girl named Susannah that Jakab Szilvássy, Countess Báthory’s court official, had seen the figure in one of Báthory’s private books. The book was never revealed, and Szilvássy never mentioned it in his testimony.[5] Despite the evidence against Elizabeth, her family’s influence kept her from facing trial. She was imprisoned in December 1609 within Csetje Castle, Upper Hungary (now in Slovakia), and held in solitary confinement in a room whose windows were walled up where she remained imprisoned until her death five years later.

The stories of her serial murders and brutality are verified by the testimony of more than 300 witnesses and survivors as well as physical evidence and the presence of horribly mutilated dead, dying and imprisoned girls found at the time of her arrest.[6] Stories which ascribe to her vampire-like tendencies (most famously the tale that she bathed in the blood of virgins to retain her youth) were generally recorded years after her death and are considered unreliable. Her story quickly became part of national folklore, and her infamy persists to this day.[7] She is often compared with Vlad III the Impaler of Wallachia, on whom the fictional Count Dracula is partly based, and has been nicknamed The Blood Countess and Countess Dracula.

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majii  Aug 1, 2016 • 7:59:26pm

re: #72 Charles Johnson

This is the same thing many on the right predicted about the 2012 election. They said blacks would “tear the nation down,” if President Obama didn’t win reelection. It never happened. There’s something very important that they choose to over look when they made the statement—-we have a long history in this country of having to deal with disappointments of one sort or another.

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gocart mozart  Aug 1, 2016 • 7:59:46pm

I heard he is very sensitive about his weight.

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The Vicious Babushka  Aug 1, 2016 • 8:00:02pm
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Decatur Deb  Aug 1, 2016 • 8:00:32pm

re: #61 The Vicious Babushka

He’s a vampire.

Billionaire Peter Thiel thinks young people’s blood can keep him young forever ow.ly

That was a great movie! Who played Thiel?

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Dexter's New Approach  Aug 1, 2016 • 8:00:53pm

“It’s never a good sign when real life resembles a Dostoevsky novel.”

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(alpuz)  Aug 1, 2016 • 8:02:38pm

re: #71 stpaulbear

Nah. Janesville is like a lot of Wisconsin. There are ‘liberal’ pockets in just about every city and town. I lived in Madison at the time, and the skinheads(racist ones) came pretty much all out of Janesville. They really could bring down a pretty good party… especially when they were met by the non-racist skins from Milwaukee/Madison.

I was in local bands back then, that’s how I was introduced to these scenes.

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stpaulbear  Aug 1, 2016 • 8:02:43pm

re: #61 The Vicious Babushka

He’s a vampire.

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Won’t he be surprised when he finds out that no amount of money can buy him time.

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Eric The Fruit Bat  Aug 1, 2016 • 8:02:45pm

Another Brexit catastrophe: The Chief Mouser to the Cabinet office loses his collar to Palmerston, the Chief Mouser to the Foreign Secretary’s office.

He told The Telegraph: “It was utterly appalling, the fighting has been going on for weeks and weeks. This morning I was there covering normal political events and suddenly Palmerston appeared from the foreign office.

“Suddenly these two were at each other hammer and tongs. First they were hissing at each other and we didn’t think they were going to fight, so we walked off.

…
The turf war has sparked an online declaration of allegiance, with Twitter users choosing sides by selecting a #teamlarry or #teampalmerston hashtag.

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teleskiguy  Aug 1, 2016 • 8:03:22pm

re: #70 teleskiguy

Retweeted by Moon Zappa.

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Shiplord Kirel  Aug 1, 2016 • 8:04:01pm

re: #65 Skip Intro

Now trending #DonaldTrumpTheMovie

Snake on a plane

One combover the cuckoo’s nest

A Cocksplat Orange

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Belafon  Aug 1, 2016 • 8:04:13pm

Tonight’s Samantha Bee is about the Democratic convention.

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HappyWarrior  Aug 1, 2016 • 8:06:42pm

re: #82 (alpuz)

Nah. Janesville is like a lot of Wisconsin. There are ‘liberal’ pockets in just about every city and town. I lived in Madison at the time, and the skinheads(racist ones) came pretty much all out of Janesville. They really could bring down a pretty good party… especially when they were met by the non-racist skins from Milwaukee/Madison.

I was in local bands back then, that’s how I was introduced to these scenes.

Isn’t Russ Feingold from there too? I’ve heard the name before.

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(alpuz)  Aug 1, 2016 • 8:08:44pm

re: #88 HappyWarrior

Yep.

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gocart mozart  Aug 1, 2016 • 8:10:13pm

Birther of a Nation

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jaunte  Aug 1, 2016 • 8:10:16pm

re: #61 The Vicious Babushka

He’s a vampire.

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He’s no scientist.

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Decatur Deb  Aug 1, 2016 • 8:10:45pm

re: #83 stpaulbear

Won’t he be surprised when he finds out that no amount of money can buy him time.

With enough lotion he can have the skin of a 20 year old.

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stpaulbear  Aug 1, 2016 • 8:11:24pm

re: #90 gocart mozart

Chynatown.

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jaunte  Aug 1, 2016 • 8:12:31pm

re: #92 Decatur Deb

With enough lotion he can have the skin of a 20 year old.

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GlutenFreeJesus  Aug 1, 2016 • 8:13:52pm

re: #90 gocart mozart

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Birther of a Nation

Full of IOUs.

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jaunte  Aug 1, 2016 • 8:14:25pm

5. Forking KFC

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HappyWarrior  Aug 1, 2016 • 8:15:18pm

re: #96 jaunte

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5. Forking KFC

45 mins to go.

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Lidane  Aug 1, 2016 • 8:16:41pm
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Charles Johnson  Aug 1, 2016 • 8:20:28pm
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SteveMcGaziBolaGate RN  Aug 1, 2016 • 8:25:15pm

re: #23 HappyWarrior

Hate to say it but I can’t see Palin going after a Gold Star family, she’s not that callous.

You can bet your ass she would. If she smells blood, she’ll go for it.

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Belafon  Aug 1, 2016 • 8:28:19pm

Full Frontal did a segment on the Bernie2Trump supporters, recording those that admitted that they were in a bubble and would not be affected by Trump and were OK with it anyway. One guy, probably early to mid 20s, saying that just because Hillary might do the right thing, doesn’t make it OK to copy Sanders. I’m kind of used to my 16 year old being more mature than a lot of people, but he can’t vote yet.

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teleskiguy  Aug 1, 2016 • 8:28:20pm

Oh, I gots to save this image to my bitchen LGF image library! Totally searchable!

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jaunte  Aug 1, 2016 • 8:28:55pm
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BlueGrl21  Aug 1, 2016 • 8:29:23pm

re: #98 Lidane

My favorite quote from the (very good) article:

“But disliking Hillary Clinton is basically a supplement to the Nicene Creed for many evangelicals.”

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Eric The Fruit Bat  Aug 1, 2016 • 8:34:00pm

If Donald Trump gets elected, this is our future:

Babylon 5: ISN Back on the Air

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gocart mozart  Aug 1, 2016 • 8:34:24pm
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teleskiguy  Aug 1, 2016 • 8:39:01pm
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teleskiguy  Aug 1, 2016 • 8:39:55pm

re: #107 teleskiguy

Damn it, stupid typo! *THEY*!!!

Twitter, edit button, please?!?!?!?!?!?!?!!!!

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MsJ  Aug 1, 2016 • 8:42:55pm
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Joe Bacon  Aug 1, 2016 • 8:45:04pm

re: #36 The Vicious Babushka

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JasonA  Aug 1, 2016 • 8:45:17pm

Probably posted here already…

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teleskiguy  Aug 1, 2016 • 8:46:12pm

re: #107 teleskiguy

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fern01  Aug 1, 2016 • 8:46:18pm

re: #12 The Vicious Babushka

He’s eating a bucket of KFC, so classy, wow.

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Probable came at “no charge”

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MsJ  Aug 1, 2016 • 8:47:26pm

Ill-equipped or just giving up their role as fourth estate?

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JasonA  Aug 1, 2016 • 8:50:25pm

re: #94 jaunte

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Trump by the end of his second term.

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Eric The Fruit Bat  Aug 1, 2016 • 8:51:18pm

Things that make you go “hmmmm…”

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Joe Bacon  Aug 1, 2016 • 8:51:53pm

re: #79 The Vicious Babushka

Cheeto Jesus wouldn’t be caught eating this…

campero.com

Or this…

elpolloloco.com

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teleskiguy  Aug 1, 2016 • 8:52:51pm
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goddamnedfrank  Aug 1, 2016 • 8:54:14pm
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klys (maker of Silmarils)  Aug 1, 2016 • 8:54:48pm
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JasonA  Aug 1, 2016 • 8:55:13pm

re: #117 Joe Bacon

Cheeto Jesus wouldn’t be caught eating this…

campero.com

Or this…

elpolloloco.com

This, perhaps?

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MsJ  Aug 1, 2016 • 8:55:32pm

re: #114 MsJ

I love how Ziegler bemoans the state of the GOP. Excuse me while I LOL at your predicament. The one you guys created.

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BeenHereAwhile  Aug 1, 2016 • 8:55:55pm

re: #18 Barefoot Grin

Used to be. But now I’m not so sure. These are the crazy salad days of Palin seeming like the sober arbiter of what a good Republican should be.

I never imagined that I would miss Richard Nixon.

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Eclectic Cyborg  Aug 1, 2016 • 8:55:56pm

re: #69 HappyWarrior

The Donfather

Trump Tower Heist

The Huuuuge Jerk

A Douchework Orange

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jaunte  Aug 1, 2016 • 8:58:13pm

re: #114 MsJ

Republicans suddenly no longer think plagiarizing major speeches from Michelle Obama, or dramatically raising the federal minimum wage, are a problem at all.

I don’t think Ziegler is right about that.

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majii  Aug 1, 2016 • 8:59:10pm

re: #122 MsJ

“I love how Ziegler bemoans the state of the GOP. Excuse me while I LOL at your predicament. The one you guys created.”

Ask them, ask all of them. None of them are responsible for the GOP’s current predicament. It’s Pres. Obama’s fault, liberals’ fault, the liberal media’s fault, activist judges’ fault, the weather’s fault, etc.

See how great they are at taking responsibility for their words and actions?

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MsJ  Aug 1, 2016 • 9:00:17pm

re: #125 jaunte

I don’t think Ziegler is right about that.

I don’t think Ziegler was right about much of anything. It was an article to whine. A good topic of discussion rendered invisible by meaningless words and bullshit.

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jaunte  Aug 1, 2016 • 9:02:21pm

Samantha Bee:

“That is how good you have to be if you’re a woman running for president — and she still might lose to this,” she said, as an image of Trump surfaced behind her. “The least qualified candidate ever to lurch into the public spotlight and sh*t on Gold Star moms while cradling [Vladimir] Putin’s sweaty sack.”
rawstory.com

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Eric The Fruit Bat  Aug 1, 2016 • 9:02:25pm

re: #126 majii

Maybe because it’s due to this-specifically, Rule 4?

(b) The Republican National Committee shall have the power to declare vacant the seat of any member who refuses to support the Republican nominee for President of the United States or Vice President of the United States.

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Decatur Deb  Aug 1, 2016 • 9:03:47pm

re: #120 klys (maker of Silmarils)

scoopnest.com

Edited for fresher photo.

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klys (maker of Silmarils)  Aug 1, 2016 • 9:06:03pm

re: #130 Decatur Deb

They debuted with the group in 2014.

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Decatur Deb  Aug 1, 2016 • 9:08:33pm

re: #131 klys (maker of Silmarils)

They debuted with the group in 2014.

It’s a rather large team, flying two-seater j-10s. What looks wrong isn’t the gender, but the ages. Aerobatic pilots have lots of hours.

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Sherlock Hound  Aug 1, 2016 • 9:08:39pm

re: #126 majii

As much as the Strict Dad model is emotionally satisfying to Republicans (and others), it has one fatal flaw: Subjects of this discipline will lie, blame, scapegoat, commit other crimes, and do anything and everything to avoid punishment.

If Dad beats you into next week, you’ll make sure your other sibling gets pounded instead, next time. And in Strict Dad households, that works more often than not.

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gocart mozart  Aug 1, 2016 • 9:08:44pm

3 a.m. | The SIMPSONS

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majii  Aug 1, 2016 • 9:09:58pm

re: #129 Eric The Fruit Bat

“Maybe because it’s due to this-specifically, Rule 4?”

Sounds like the priority is party over country to me.

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klys (maker of Silmarils)  Aug 1, 2016 • 9:10:52pm

Back to lurking, because apparently posting an interesting tweet was too much social interaction.

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Sherlock Hound  Aug 1, 2016 • 9:12:45pm

re: #135 majii

“Declare vacant”
How’s this supposed to work?

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CleverToad  Aug 1, 2016 • 9:13:39pm

re: #61 The Vicious Babushka

He’s a vampire.

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re: #76 Belafon

Just told my 16 year old. He replied with Elizabeth Báthory

re: #80 Decatur Deb

That was a great movie! Who played Thiel?

Funny, I immediately thought of Labyrinth when I saw the article about Thiel. The spouse immediately flashed to Elizabeth Báthory, and started burbling about The Blood Countess and Ingrid Pitt without her clothes on. However, I think this only shows which one of us is a male who watched Hammer films back in the day.

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MsJ  Aug 1, 2016 • 9:14:07pm

Excellent!

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William Lewis  Aug 1, 2016 • 9:14:09pm

re: #120 klys (maker of Silmarils)

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Hmm. Interesting concept. Do we gender flip Kelly McGillis’ character too or present it as a gay romance? I’d go for the latter except that I doubt Hollywood could write it well enough to even be believable by Top Gun standards.

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FormerDirtDart  Aug 1, 2016 • 9:15:59pm
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majii  Aug 1, 2016 • 9:18:21pm

re: #137 Sherlock Hound

I have no idea about the specifics. According to Eric TFB’s post, [#129] it’s in the RNC’s rules. IMO, they don’t really need to put it in the rules because it’s GOP pols always seem to do.

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Lidane  Aug 1, 2016 • 9:18:52pm
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TedStriker  Aug 1, 2016 • 9:23:28pm

re: #143 Lidane

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teleskiguy  Aug 1, 2016 • 9:23:45pm

Just remembered why I leave the porch light off this time of year. Right when I step out the front door … FLYING INSECTS EVERYWHERE! GAH!

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Decatur Deb  Aug 1, 2016 • 9:26:08pm

re: #143 Lidane

“That guy”.

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majii  Aug 1, 2016 • 9:26:14pm

re: #143 Lidane

I’m just wondering where the ones who are leaving the party today were when the party leaders permitted the far right to take control of it. I don’t recall them coming forward and strongly and repeatedly denouncing the BS they were witnessing. Furthermore, why is Nehring talking about principles and ethics ? I think these two qualities were pushed to the side long ago in the partys pursuit for never-ending power and getting that power using any means necessary. I also notice that not once did he mention changing the party’s policies in any way.

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MsJ  Aug 1, 2016 • 9:26:19pm

re: #143 Lidane

Gah. Principled republicans. Either an oxymoron or an extinct breed. Both, actually.

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bratwurst  Aug 1, 2016 • 9:27:08pm

Ok…it is a parody…sorry. He is a dumbass, but not this dumb.

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Lidane  Aug 1, 2016 • 9:28:02pm
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Lidane  Aug 1, 2016 • 9:28:54pm

re: #149 bratwurst

Parody account. Look at the username.

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Decatur Deb  Aug 1, 2016 • 9:29:34pm

re: #151 Lidane

Parody account. Looking at the username.

Good catch.

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teleskiguy  Aug 1, 2016 • 9:29:38pm

COLORADO SPRINGS — U.S. House Speaker Paul Ryan outlined what he suggested is an optimistic, policy-driven platform for the Republican Party at an exclusive retreat for conservative donors Monday, showcasing a competing vision to the darker campaign of Donald Trump.

The Wisconsin lawmaker said Republicans face a “fight for the soul of our party” as he spoke on the final day of a seminar hosted by billionaire brothers Charles and David Koch that drew 400-plus to The Broadmoor Resort in Colorado Springs.

If Republicans retain control in the House, Ryan said the agenda will focus on six main points: reducing poverty, strengthening national security, eliminating regulations, reducing the size of government, replacing Obamacare and reforming the tax code.

Oh, and Paul Ryan didn’t mention The Donald™ by name. Profile in courage.

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jaunte  Aug 1, 2016 • 9:30:12pm

re: #149 bratwurst
Back in May:

A new poll of Georgia voters shows Donald Trump leading Hillary Clinton by just four points in the reliably Republican state…
cnn.com

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bratwurst  Aug 1, 2016 • 9:30:44pm

re: #151 Lidane

Parody account. Look at the username.

Dammit…I give up. Too hard to tell parodies from the real maniac.

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Decatur Deb  Aug 1, 2016 • 9:31:21pm

re: #153 teleskiguy

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Oh, and Paul Ryan didn’t mention The Donald™ by name. Profile in courage.

One party, two platforms. Looks good from here.

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Kragar  Aug 1, 2016 • 9:31:25pm
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majii  Aug 1, 2016 • 9:32:15pm

re: #157 Kragar

That pic actually scared me!

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Decatur Deb  Aug 1, 2016 • 9:32:21pm

re: #157 Kragar

oh my god he ate Harambe

A family can only go so far on an elephant tail.

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teleskiguy  Aug 1, 2016 • 9:34:36pm
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jaunte  Aug 1, 2016 • 9:34:44pm

re: #159 Decatur Deb

Are there any pics of them giving the rest of the elephant to the village?

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Joe Bacon  Aug 1, 2016 • 9:35:43pm

re: #160 teleskiguy

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One can only hope that is Gorilla Grood getting ready to whack Cheeto Jesus!

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Decatur Deb  Aug 1, 2016 • 9:36:21pm

re: #161 jaunte

Are there any pics of them giving the rest of the elephant to the village?

It was a sacrifice.

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MsJ  Aug 1, 2016 • 9:36:58pm

re: #149 bratwurst

Ok…it is a parody…sorry. He is a dumbass, but not this dumb.

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It doesn’t matter that this is a parody. He tweets great stuff. IMHO.

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MsJ  Aug 1, 2016 • 9:40:21pm

re: #153 teleskiguy

“Policy driven”? That would be unique. They haven’t done policy in years (decades for the most part), and when they do, they earn names like dead-eyed granny starver (or some such). Their actual policies suck which is why they don’t like to tell anyone about them.

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jaunte  Aug 1, 2016 • 9:44:11pm

re: #165 MsJ

The “optimistic” part is a misnomer too, when so many of their policies are about controlling people and denying them help.

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Joe Bacon  Aug 1, 2016 • 9:45:55pm

All this talk about KFC is getting me hungry for El Pollo Loco tomorrow!

3 piece combo with slaw and rice!
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KGxvi  Aug 1, 2016 • 9:46:07pm

re: #165 MsJ

“Policy driven”? That would be unique. They haven’t done policy in years (decades for the most part), and when they do, they earn names like dead-eyed granny starver (or some such). Their actual policies suck which is why they don’t like to tell anyone about them.

That’s not quite right… it’s more that their policies haven’t changed in decades. Still for cutting taxes (regardless of anything else). Still against legalized abortion. Still against any rights for the LGBT community. Still for fighting the Cold War. Still for punishing “those” drug users. Still for “balancing” the “budget”.

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MsJ  Aug 1, 2016 • 9:48:31pm

Heh.

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MsJ  Aug 1, 2016 • 9:49:17pm

re: #166 jaunte

The “optimistic” part is a misnomer too, when so many of their policies are about controlling people and denying them help.

Not just help, basic human rights and respect.

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KGxvi  Aug 1, 2016 • 9:49:21pm

re: #167 Joe Bacon

All this talk about KFC is getting me hungry for El Pollo Loco tomorrow!

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I’ve never been a fan of El Pollo Loco. While driving around the other day, I drove past a place that used to be a Pioneer Chicken (I still recognized the shape of the sign)… and wikipedia tells me that there are still 3 locations open. I’m wondering if I should visit one, or if it would just end up ruining a piece of my childhood.

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FormerDirtDart  Aug 1, 2016 • 9:53:46pm
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Great White Snark  Aug 1, 2016 • 10:02:25pm

Kinda worlds away OT but wanted to share these images I got during the Sand Fire.

Flickr

Sand Fire Emotions

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Lidane  Aug 1, 2016 • 10:04:31pm
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Lidane  Aug 1, 2016 • 10:08:13pm

A 1-point lead is a statistical tie, but UTAH:

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retired cynic  Aug 1, 2016 • 10:14:15pm

re: #175 Lidane

Part of Hillary’s new presidential quality is her posture. It has changed.

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teleskiguy  Aug 1, 2016 • 10:14:19pm

re: #175 Lidane

Say what you will about Mormons. I know quite a few, since grade school. 90% of them that are still with the church (I know a lot of ex-Mormons too!) are good, decent people and good judges of character. I’m suspecting a lot of mainline Mormons see through The Donald’s™ fakery and know what he is, a bad person.

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darthstar  Aug 1, 2016 • 10:15:49pm

re: #122 MsJ

I love how Ziegler bemoans the state of the GOP. Excuse me while I LOL at your predicament. The one you guys created.

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In Trump’s hands, that’s a Cello.

Oh, and Trump thanked Ryan’s opponent today for a compliment.

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mmmirele  Aug 1, 2016 • 10:16:53pm

re: #177 teleskiguy

Say what you will about Mormons. I know quite a few, since grade school. 90% of them that are still with the church (I know a lot of ex-Mormons too!) are good, decent people and good judges of character. I’m suspecting a lot of mainline Mormons see through The Donald’s™ fakery and know what he is, a bad person.

It’s not just the fakery, the involvement in gambling and being a thrice-married adulterer gives them pause as well..

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teleskiguy  Aug 1, 2016 • 10:17:00pm

If Hillary takes Utah, wow. Just, wow.

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TK-421  Aug 1, 2016 • 10:21:04pm

Scott Walker is no mere mortal fisherman, he has godlike skills. Here he is fishing with his pole upside down.

Who, me fish?
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gocart mozart  Aug 1, 2016 • 10:21:07pm
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teleskiguy  Aug 1, 2016 • 10:25:10pm

re: #181 TK-421

Scott Walker is no mere mortal fisherman, he has godlike skills. Here he is fishing with his pole upside down.

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Stare in awe at his two hand death grip. The way he balances the reel on top … the marks of an awesome angler.

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teleskiguy  Aug 1, 2016 • 10:35:01pm

I’ve fished all kinds in Colorado, fly rod, lake fishing and the like. I was with a buddy when he caught a 32 inch northern pike out of Stagecoach Reservoir near Steamboat many years ago. I let go the biggest rainbow trout I’ve ever caught, in the Yampa River below the Stagecoach dam. Caught that thing with a silver Kastmaster, just lure fishin’. That’s probably my favorite fishin’, just tossin’ a lure up and down a creek up in the mountains. I’ve never deep sea fished, I have friends who have and they all say I gotta try it. One of these days …

Lookin’ at that picture of Scott Walker fishing makes me want to puke.

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teleskiguy  Aug 1, 2016 • 10:37:39pm

I had to make a number of edits in my #184. I think I know why I’m making more typos. I’m using a new keyboard, I got it after the 4th of July. Yeah, that must be it.

*snort*

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Lidane  Aug 1, 2016 • 10:42:12pm
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teleskiguy  Aug 1, 2016 • 10:49:19pm

In a roundabout way, this one minute Simpsons clip is emblematic of what a Trump presidency would look like.

Simpsons: Homer causes meltdown

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EmmaAnne  Aug 1, 2016 • 10:50:17pm

re: #177 teleskiguy

Say what you will about Mormons. I know quite a few, since grade school. 90% of them that are still with the church (I know a lot of ex-Mormons too!) are good, decent people and good judges of character. I’m suspecting a lot of mainline Mormons see through The Donald’s™ fakery and know what he is, a bad person.

I think it is the hostility to immigrants. Mormons are very pro-immigrant, and often bring home spouses from their missions. Probably ten percent of the Mormons I know are married to immigrants.

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teleskiguy  Aug 1, 2016 • 10:52:07pm

re: #188 EmmaAnne

I think it is the hostility to immigrants. Mormons are very pro-immigrant, and often bring home spouses from their missions. Probably ten percent of the Mormons I know are married to immigrants.

Absolutely. They bring in needy children from Latin America in spades. Most devout Mormons are not afraid of large families.

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teleskiguy  Aug 1, 2016 • 10:54:39pm

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Shiplord Kirel  Aug 1, 2016 • 11:12:54pm

re: #177 teleskiguy

Say what you will about Mormons. I know quite a few, since grade school. 90% of them that are still with the church (I know a lot of ex-Mormons too!) are good, decent people and good judges of character. I’m suspecting a lot of mainline Mormons see through The Donald’s™ fakery and know what he is, a bad person.

I think the Trumpster will continue to alienate Mormons as the campaign wears on. If he dares to make an appearance in Utah, for example, he is likely to say something awesomely stupid. This is the kind of thing he is used to getting away with when the base is involved, but Mormons have a habit of taking their stated principles seriously.

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teleskiguy  Aug 1, 2016 • 11:17:15pm

Uh, a guy named Charlie Freak in Mexico just quote tweeted me.

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Eclectic Cyborg  Aug 1, 2016 • 11:29:34pm

re: #192 teleskiguy

You’re heading in to the dark side of Twitter now dude.

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teleskiguy  Aug 1, 2016 • 11:31:21pm

re: #193 Eclectic Cyborg

Looked through his timeline. Yeah, this guy’s a real fruitcake. But he’s not in UpChuck territory. I’ll leave him be for now.

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dog philosopher ஐஒஔ௸  Aug 2, 2016 • 12:43:49am

i saw a clip this evening of a chastened trump haltingly reciting an appropriately vague statement praising war heroes in a local tee vee interview. might could be that for the first time he is being forced by the weight of public opinions to eat his words, something which will clearly give him major indigestion if not downright kill him

i have a fantasy that, unable to stomach the humiliation, he will finally give up. or be forced to quit by the enraged gop leadership

well i can dream, can’t i?

on the other hand, if nehlan unseats ryan that would obviously be an unbelievable political earthquake. the prospect of it going further and trump taking over the gop entirely by unseating dozens of prominent Old GOP officeholders is terrifyingly like a real 3rd world style coup…

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teleskiguy  Aug 2, 2016 • 1:25:21am

Tell us how you really feel, Dark_Falcon.

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  Aug 2, 2016 • 1:31:46am

re: #72 Charles Johnson

“It will be a bloodbath” if Trump loses, says adviser Roger Stone, vowing “widespread” resistance.

For some people, this will be 1860 all over again: large swathes of the country will not go for Hillary and refuse to recognize her mandate.

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  Aug 2, 2016 • 1:37:50am

re: #189 teleskiguy

Absolutely. They bring in needy children from Latin America in spades. Most devout Mormons are not afraid of large families.

And they like money as much as anybody else but are not as much into ostentatious displays of private wealth (they save that for their temples).

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Timothy Watson  Aug 2, 2016 • 1:41:41am

Has anyone mentioned that New Hampshire State Representative and Trump surrogate Al Baldasaro is also a birther?

First, who is Al Baldasaro?

Al Baldasaro has comfortably sat on my Birthers from A to Z list since the election challenges in 2012 when New Hampshire representative Baldasaro took part in a ballot challenge, supporting no less than Orly Taitz in her claim that Obama was not eligible to be president.

obamaconspiracy.org

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  Aug 2, 2016 • 1:55:03am

DT has mainstreamed so much crazy extremism that we need to fear other candidates who will follow in his footsteps and are more experienced in campaigning and more in control of their outbursts. They will be dangerous, and we can expect the first crop of them to rear their heads in the 2018 mid-terms.

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Big Beautiful Door  Aug 2, 2016 • 2:37:31am

re: #1 A Mom Anon

The Kahns on MSNBC right now. Just do not get the hate toward them.

Brown skin. Muslim. That’s all it takes.

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  Aug 2, 2016 • 2:40:27am

re: #201 Big Beautiful Door

Brown skin. Muslim. That’s all it takes.

They dared to criticize the Big Apricot.

This is one issue that is really sorting out the 30-odd percent of die-hard Trump supporters from the remainder of fairly sane Americans.

The Trumpheads will not rest until we find out about every one of Kahn’s parking tickets and the fact that he was once rude to a waitress at a Denny’s in Albuquerque…

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Big Beautiful Door  Aug 2, 2016 • 2:42:22am

re: #61 The Vicious Babushka

He’s a vampire.

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More support for the theory that Thiel is a supervillain, who supports Trump to hasten the collapse of the US so that Thiel can establish a Randian oligarchy.

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  Aug 2, 2016 • 2:43:39am

re: #203 Big Beautiful Door

More support for the theory that Thiel is a supervillain, who supports Trump to hasten the collapse of the US so that Thiel can establish a Randian oligarchy.

There are people who think that way. Often those with underground vaults and bunkers they can retire to until things blow over…

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  Aug 2, 2016 • 2:47:57am

re: #203 Big Beautiful Door

More support for the theory that Thiel is a supervillain, who supports Trump to hasten the collapse of the US so that Thiel can establish a Randian oligarchy.

who doesn’t love a randy oligarch!!!

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A Mom Anon  Aug 2, 2016 • 3:17:30am

re: #196 teleskiguy

Lifetime Public Service.

And cackling? Does a woman’s voice have to be soft and soothing all the time or she’s a witch? Some people are just beyond reaching. Kinda sad about this one.

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  Aug 2, 2016 • 3:23:46am

re: #206 A Mom Anon

Lifetime Public Service.

And cackling? Does a woman’s voice have to be soft and soothing all the time or she’s a witch? Some people are just beyond reaching. Kinda sad about this one.

Anyone can post their subjective impressions.

My subjective impressions about Hillary are also not generally positive, but then I compare her legislative and policy-making record and experience with Trump’s non-existent one and the choice is clear.

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Timothy Watson  Aug 2, 2016 • 3:25:01am

I await Jill Stein’s hot take on this:

It’s one of the most universal recommendations in all of public health: Floss daily to prevent gum disease and cavities.

Except there’s little proof that flossing works.

Still, the federal government, dental organizations and manufacturers of floss have pushed the practice for decades. Dentists provide samples to their patients; the American Dental Association insists on its website that, “Flossing is an essential part of taking care of your teeth and gums.”

wtop.com

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  Aug 2, 2016 • 3:26:51am

re: #208 Timothy Watson

It’s one of the most universal recommendations in all of public health: Floss daily to prevent gum disease and cavities.

Except there’s little proof that flossing works.

I feel better about not having flossed for years…

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Dr Lizardo  Aug 2, 2016 • 3:42:54am

re: #207 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))

Anyone can post their subjective impressions.

My subjective impressions about Hillary are also not generally positive, but then I compare her legislative and policy-making record and experience with Trump’s non-existent one and the choice is clear.

I confess to not being the biggest Hillary fan in the world, but in this election, by God there’s only one choice. It’s either Hillary or a raving, red-faced, toupee-clad, crypto-fascist screaming yam.

Sanity versus gibbering lunacy. I’m voting for sanity, thanks.

Hillary/Kaine 2016.

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Scout  Aug 2, 2016 • 3:57:03am

re: #210 Dr Lizardo

I guess I’m a bit of an outlier, but I’ve always genuinely liked Mrs. Clinton, ever since I became aware of her existence when Mr. Clinton started running for president.

I don’t agree with all of her policy stances and previous decisions, not by a long shot, but I truly like her as a person (in as much as I can know someone I have never met).

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Scout  Aug 2, 2016 • 3:58:00am

re: #210 Dr Lizardo

Sorry, I meant to reply to #207.

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Dr Lizardo  Aug 2, 2016 • 4:00:44am

re: #211 Scout

I guess I’m a bit of an outlier, but I’ve always genuinely liked Mrs. Clinton, ever since I became aware of her existence when Mr. Clinton started running for president.

I don’t agree with all of her policy stances and previous decisions, not by a long shot, but I truly like her as a person (in as much as I can know someone I have never met).

Unlike Trump, I’m sure that Mrs. Clinton is actually a decent human being. I may not agree with all of her policy positions, but at least she’s a pragmatic individual. Her experience as Secretary of State is invaluable, as one of the jobs of POTUS is, in essence, the management of foreign affairs policy. Trump has repeatedly - and loudly - demonstrated he is simply unfit for that level of responsibility.

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Emptor scriptor Remorse  Aug 2, 2016 • 4:01:53am

So, a Swede walks into a bar with badger…
thelocal.se

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  Aug 2, 2016 • 4:02:08am

We are dealing with a large share of the electorate who are fed up with politicians and politics as usual. That leads them to reject Hillary, a career politician of notable record, for an outsider with no record of public service, but one who promises to come in, kick butt and “get things done”

They reject years of experience and personal political connections for someone who “thinks like I do and tells it like it is”, namely, someone who is clueless and speaks without considering the consequences.

It says a lot about the state of education in America that people do not understand how government works.

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  Aug 2, 2016 • 4:03:21am

re: #214 Emptor scriptor Remorse

So, a Swede walks into a bar with badger…
thelocal.se

“We don’t need no stinkin’ badgers!”

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Emptor scriptor Remorse  Aug 2, 2016 • 4:05:53am

Groundhog run down and killed by police officers on golf course.

cbs6albany.com

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Emptor scriptor Remorse  Aug 2, 2016 • 4:07:07am

Oh the humanity, can’t we just get along with the marmots of the world?!?!

Hindenburg disaster

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Dr Lizardo  Aug 2, 2016 • 4:08:20am

re: #218 Emptor scriptor Remorse

Oh the humanity, can’t we just get along with the marmots of the world?!?!

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  Aug 2, 2016 • 4:10:53am

And Captain Beefheart’s take on it, as produced by Frank Zappa

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Emptor scriptor Remorse  Aug 2, 2016 • 4:11:32am

re: #217 Emptor scriptor Remorse

mention of the police officers in this:

news10.com

I am glad I live in Saratoga Springs New York where other than the effing track, this is the leading news story.

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  Aug 2, 2016 • 4:13:19am

re: #221 Emptor scriptor Remorse

mention of the police officers in this:

news10.com

I am glad I live in Saratoga Springs New York where other than the effing track, this is the leading news story.

That groundhog was a thug!

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Emptor scriptor Remorse  Aug 2, 2016 • 4:16:09am

re: #222 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))

Their punishment should be eating the groundhog with a nice dandelion salad. Groundhog tastes like dirt, don’t ask me how I know that.

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  Aug 2, 2016 • 4:18:13am

re: #223 Emptor scriptor Remorse

Their punishment should be eating the groundhog with a nice dandelion salad. Groundhog tastes like dirt, don’t ask me how I know that.

The punishment should be wearing it on one’s head and running for President…

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Decatur Deb  Aug 2, 2016 • 4:33:50am

re: #200 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))

DT has mainstreamed so much crazy extremism that we need to fear other candidates who will follow in his footsteps and are more experienced in campaigning and more in control of their outbursts. They will be dangerous, and we can expect the first crop of them to rear their heads in the 2018 mid-terms.

Depends on how it all goes. Trump might give batshit crazy a bad name.

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steve_davis  Aug 2, 2016 • 4:36:29am

re: #20 Belafon

He’s posing with KFC. He’s not eating it.

I love KFC’s brown gravy.

now with 20% more KFC employee!

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  Aug 2, 2016 • 4:40:11am

re: #225 Decatur Deb

Depends on how it all goes. Trump might give batshit crazy a bad name.

I only wish. But think of how many times we thought he had killed his campaign with some “outrageous” statement and it only strengthened his standings and brought people we once considered reasonable out to defend and justify them.

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fern01  Aug 2, 2016 • 4:45:57am

re: #227 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))

I only wish. But think of how many times we thought he had killed his campaign with some “outrageous” statement and it only strengthened his standings and brought people we once considered reasonable out to defend and justify them.

It appears someone has convinced him to stop talking about the Khans - but the media is not yet ready to stop talking about it - suddenly the media is thinking about what they have created - was this one the bridge too far?

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Ia! Ia! Trump Ftaghn! (née Sophist)  Aug 2, 2016 • 5:00:26am

re: #188 EmmaAnne

I think it is the hostility to immigrants. Mormons are very pro-immigrant, and often bring home spouses from their missions. Probably ten percent of the Mormons I know are married to immigrants.

Then there’s the whole “persecution of religious minorities” thing.

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Joe Bacon  Aug 2, 2016 • 5:06:31am

re: #171 KGxvi

I’ve never been a fan of El Pollo Loco. While driving around the other day, I drove past a place that used to be a Pioneer Chicken (I still recognized the shape of the sign)… and wikipedia tells me that there are still 3 locations open. I’m wondering if I should visit one, or if it would just end up ruining a piece of my childhood.

I think there is only one Pioneer Chicken left on Fairfax/San Vicente. Sad because I really liked their chicken!

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Mattand  Aug 2, 2016 • 5:08:14am

re: #196 teleskiguy

Tell us how you really feel, Dark_Falcon.

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Ya know, sites like Breitbart and Red State are always on the lookout for new members, Kurt.

I’m wondering if he needs to a cue from NJD Hockeyfan, Kilgore, sattv4u2, et. al. and move on.

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lawhawk  Aug 2, 2016 • 5:08:28am

re: #90 gocart mozart

Clockwork Orange. No change. #DonaldTrumpAMovie

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Blind Frog Belly White  Aug 2, 2016 • 5:10:08am

re: #215 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))

We are dealing with a large share of the electorate who are fed up with politicians and politics as usual. That leads them to reject Hillary, a career politician of notable record, for an outsider with no record of public service, but one who promises to come in, kick butt and “get things done”

They reject years of experience and personal political connections for someone who “thinks like I do and tells it like it is”, namely, someone who is clueless and speaks without considering the consequences.

It says a lot about the state of education in America that people do not understand how government works.

Kinda funny to call someone who’s in her late 60s and never held elective office before 2000 a “Career Politician”.

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LastYearsMan  Aug 2, 2016 • 5:16:25am

I used to be pretty negative about Hillary back in the 1990s, when I was more of a conservative twerp. And I was still pretty ambivalent well into this millennium. Her time as Secretary of State turned my thinking a bit — but what really changed for me was seeing how well she handled the relentless wingnut attacks of the past few years. That and her obvious interest in actual policy and governance.

I can’t believe how excited I am about her potential as president now. I really hope 8 years of good governance will break the GOP fever that’s incapacitating your country. The world works better with a functional United States.

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BigPapa  Aug 2, 2016 • 5:17:05am

heh

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Jayleia  Aug 2, 2016 • 5:20:35am

re: #196 teleskiguy

Really D_F? Would you like to compare her record on ANY issue with your party’s nominee?

I know you’ve claimed that you don’t support him on almost any issue and won’t vote for him, but because of party, you will support and vote for members of your party. Who currently are completely loyal to Trump. I know, you have some neat scenario where the “sane Republicans” somehow keep Trump grounded. I won’t go into kind of boneheaded fantasy scenario that sounds like, except that it involves Germany and a guy with a funny mustache. So, if you want to actually oppose Trump rather than wasting electrons on the internet, that means you have to oppose the party that created, enabled, and supports him

I do note that I’ve seen you, on more than one occasion, take on science deniers, gun nuts, anti-choicers and various types of slimey people…have you ever noticed that their party affiliation is ALMOST ALWAYS YOUR PARTY? Maybe you’re hanging out with the wrong party?

Although, I do seem recall you voting for some Republican politician, without knowing her positions, but you thought, as you do in your clever scenarios, that it would be a way to show up the Democrats “War on Women” by voting for her. When her positions were the same noxious conservative idiocy, that was how you explained it. So, your method of defusing complaints about policies that have greater negative impact on women, was to reduce a woman to nothing more than a symbol to vote for, just because she was a woman.

On second thought, that’s exactly the party for you.

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Joe Bacon  Aug 2, 2016 • 5:22:00am

re: #196 teleskiguy

Tell us how you really feel, Dark_Falcon.

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I know that he disrespects Gold Star parents just like Trump. Still waiting for him to apologize for the snide remarks he made about my son…

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Timothy Watson  Aug 2, 2016 • 5:24:49am

re: #234 LastYearsMan

I am a recovering Republican so I know how you feel. I still have some cognitive dissonance I am working through, but I was supporting Hillary over Bernie even before Bernie started making an ass out of himself.

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  Aug 2, 2016 • 5:26:10am

re: #228 fern01

It appears someone has convinced him to stop talking about the Khans - but the media is not yet ready to stop talking about it - suddenly the media is thinking about what they have created - was this one the bridge too far?

His previous outrageous and unconsidered statements tended to strengthen him with his base, but this one is provoking kickback from his own party (but not to the point of disowning him)

But yeah, this could have been his Kryptonite: he could have just made a cursory statement about the son’t bravery and that he disagreed with the parents, but he had to take it personally and to reply personally.

And the press is starting to understand that Trump is still good for ratings regardless of whether they are fawning over him or raking him over the coals.

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  Aug 2, 2016 • 5:27:18am

re: #233 Blind Frog Belly White

Kinda funny to call someone who’s in her late 60s and never held elective office before 2000 a “Career Politician”.

She was actively involved in politics long before she took elective office

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jeffreyw  Aug 2, 2016 • 5:38:27am

Imgur


Good morning!

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Blind Frog Belly White  Aug 2, 2016 • 5:39:05am

re: #240 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))

She was actively involved in politics long before she took elective office

And yet Sanders, who has been in elective office since the early 1980s, is an Outsider.

I mention this because this seems to me to be part of the “Hillary Standard”, where she is judged by a standard from others.

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  Aug 2, 2016 • 5:40:56am

re: #242 Blind Frog Belly White

And yet Sanders, who has been in elective office since the early 1980s, is an Outsider.

I mention this because this seems to me to be part of the “Hillary Standard”, where she is judged by a standard from others.

Sanders is at least an “outsider” to the established parties…or was until he ran as a Democrat.

It is all about subjective impressions.

Trump still creates the impression of being a competent, successful businessman.

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Belafon  Aug 2, 2016 • 5:48:50am

re: #243 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))

Sanders is at least an “outsider” to the established parties…or was until he ran as a Democrat.

It is all about subjective impressions.

Trump still creates the impression of being a competent, successful businessman.

Outsider means “not a Democrat.” Republicans use it all the time.

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Dr. Matt  Aug 2, 2016 • 5:51:11am

“Hamburgers! The cornerstone of any nutritious breakfast.”

Instagram

Burgers for four 🍔 Featuring @lichipan 〰 Be sure to tag @foodieflatlays + use #foodieflatlays to be featured.

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Big Beautiful Door  Aug 2, 2016 • 5:51:34am

re: #180 teleskiguy

If Hillary takes Utah, wow. Just, wow.

I don’t expect her to, but the mere fact deep red states like Utah and Georgia are in play is very bad news for a resource poor campaign like Trump’s. If he is bleeding resources to shore up his electoral base, that takes away from what he can expend in swing states.

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Belafon  Aug 2, 2016 • 5:54:56am

There are two groups of people “fed up with politics as usual.” There are those on the left who think we can get from A to C without going through B (no more wars, destroy the healthcare system and create universal healthcare). And there are those on the right who think that minorities shouldn’t be allowed to have what whites are getting. Neither of those are about “politics as usual” but are instead about how to either affect or prevent change in this country.

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Belafon  Aug 2, 2016 • 5:57:39am

re: #196 teleskiguy

Tell us how you really feel, Dark_Falcon.

The fact that he’s picked up a Trump term for Clinton tells us all we need to know. The misogyny is just icing on the shit cake.

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  Aug 2, 2016 • 5:58:59am

re: #247 Belafon

There are two groups of people “fed up with politics as usual.” There are those on the left who think we can get from A to C without going through B (no more wars, destroy the healthcare system and create universal healthcare). And there are those on the right who think that minorities shouldn’t be allowed to have what whites are getting. Neither of those are about “politics as usual” but are instead about how to either affect or prevent change in this country.

In other words, two groups of people who are clueless about how politics work and want radical change without chaos

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Big Beautiful Door  Aug 2, 2016 • 6:01:09am

re: #208 Timothy Watson

I await Jill Stein’s hot take on this:

wtop.com

Does this mean I have to use a water pick like my dentist keeps telling me to do? I hate the water pick!

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Dr. Matt  Aug 2, 2016 • 6:02:28am

re: #248 Belafon

The fact that he’s picked up a Trump term for Clinton tells us all we need to know. The misogyny is just icing on the shit cake.

The wingnuts are getting restless. They have boarded a sinking ship and the rats have occupied the water. They have nowhere to go.

Who will win the presidency?

Hillary Clinton
83.8%

Donald Trump
16.2%

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Blind Frog Belly White  Aug 2, 2016 • 6:03:58am

re: #251 Dr. Matt

The wingnuts are getting restless. They have boarded a sinking ship and the rats have occupied the water. They have nowhere to go.

Who will win the presidency?

Hillary Clinton
83.8%

Donald Trump
16.2%

That 16.2% is still too high.

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Barefoot Grin  Aug 2, 2016 • 6:04:52am

re: #250 Big Beautiful Door

Does this mean I have to use a water pick like my dentist keeps telling me to do? I hate the water pick!

I was just told to get one, too. Hmmm…. Of course, no one wants the dreaded gum disease, gingivitis.

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  Aug 2, 2016 • 6:09:35am

re: #252 Blind Frog Belly White

That 16.2% is still too high.

I fear a major natural and/or man-made disaster that creates complete chaos and anarchy over a wide area of for a major population center…that is the sort of crisis that could play right into Trump’s hands.

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Belafon  Aug 2, 2016 • 6:10:26am

re: #250 Big Beautiful Door

Does this mean I have to use a water pick like my dentist keeps telling me to do? I hate the water pick!

Anecdote: I’m not the worlds most studious flosser. Until about two years ago, I didn’t do it at all. When I would go in for a cleaning, I would end up with a whole lot of blood on the bib because my gums were, for lack of a better term, soft. Since I’ve started flossing, I haven’t had the problems with my gums bleeding.

Now, I have found it weird that if I am flossing, they still are scraping off a lot of plaque. But I think removing the food from between the teeth has benefits.

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Belafon  Aug 2, 2016 • 6:12:29am

re: #254 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))

I fear a major natural and/or man-made disaster that creates complete chaos and anarchy over a wide area of for a major population center…that is the sort of crisis that could play right into Trump’s hands.

It was how Obama reacted to the collapse of the economy in 2008 versus McCain that really sealed the deal for people.

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Varek Raith  Aug 2, 2016 • 6:12:36am

Why is youtube recommending to me bullshit conspiracy vids?
I only listen to music on youtube.
WTF.

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Big Beautiful Door  Aug 2, 2016 • 6:12:57am

re: #254 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))

I fear a major natural and/or man-made disaster that creates complete chaos and anarchy over a wide area of for a major population center…that is the sort of crisis that could play right into Trump’s hands.

The plot of V for Vendetta

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Sir John Barron  Aug 2, 2016 • 6:14:27am

re: #1 A Mom Anon

The Kahns on MSNBC right now. Just do not get the hate toward them.

they criticized the GOP nominee which is not allowed in this country.

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The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge  Aug 2, 2016 • 6:14:46am

re: #257 Varek Raith

Why is youtube recommending to me bullshit conspiracy vids?
I only listen to music on youtube.
WTF.

Every YouYube link you click on here (or anywhere) gets added to your history. I have the same problem.

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Sir John Barron  Aug 2, 2016 • 6:15:42am

re: #6 Backwoods_Sleuth

yes

and what did Trump tweet or say about this Molon Labe guy?

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Varek Raith  Aug 2, 2016 • 6:15:55am

re: #260 The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge

Every YouYube link you click on here (or anywhere) gets added to your history. I have the same problem.

Even though I don’t have an account?
Most annoying.

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Varek Raith  Aug 2, 2016 • 6:17:15am

Sonic 3 Music: Ice Cap Zone Act 1

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Scout  Aug 2, 2016 • 6:17:36am

re: #254 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))

I fear a major natural and/or man-made disaster that creates complete chaos and anarchy over a wide area of for a major population center…that is the sort of crisis that could play right into Trump’s hands.

You may very well be right, but on the other hand I wouldn’t be shocked if people gravitated toward the person who is more calm, cool and steady at the wheel — not someone going into full-on spaz mode.

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The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge  Aug 2, 2016 • 6:18:16am

re: #262 Varek Raith

Even though I don’t have an account?
Most annoying.

Yeah, I don’t have an account either. If you’ve got a few spare hours, you can go through your history and delete what you don’t want—but I’m too lazy.

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Romantic Heretic  Aug 2, 2016 • 6:18:33am

re: #1 A Mom Anon

The Kahns on MSNBC right now. Just do not get the hate toward them.

A lot of people need monsters.

Donald Trump chose the Khans for this role. His addicted followers have snorted the hate and are stoned out of their damned gourds on the stuff.

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Varek Raith  Aug 2, 2016 • 6:18:49am

re: #265 The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge

Yeah, I don’t have an account either. If you’ve got a few spare hours, you can go through your history and delete what you don’t want—but I’m too lazy.

I might just do that.
Thanks.

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Dr. Matt  Aug 2, 2016 • 6:20:09am

An out-going Republican drops the hammer on the GOP and Trump

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GlutenFreeJesus  Aug 2, 2016 • 6:20:46am

re: #242 Blind Frog Belly White

He’s an outsider in that he’s been in politics for decades, but hasn’t accomplished anything.

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Sir John Barron  Aug 2, 2016 • 6:21:02am

re: #42 Backwoods_Sleuth

don’t worry I’m dead breitbart is starting the oppo on this Boston Marathon “hero”.

/

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Jenner7  Aug 2, 2016 • 6:21:25am
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Romantic Heretic  Aug 2, 2016 • 6:21:30am

re: #61 The Vicious Babushka

He’s a vampire.

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He also thinks that capitalism and democracy are incompatible, and he’s chosen capitalism over democracy.

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  Aug 2, 2016 • 6:22:27am

re: #258 Big Beautiful Door

The plot of V for Vendetta

That was a planned “catastrophe”. I am just imagining a Katrina-like scenario in which Trump could get up and blame the administration while making big promises about how he will fix it and prevent it from happening again, etc…

to a backdrop of armed militias fighting national guardsmen sent to restore order and basic services…

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Romantic Heretic  Aug 2, 2016 • 6:23:50am

re: #204 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))

There are people who think that way. Often those with underground vaults and bunkers they can retire to until things blow over…

Easy to deal with.

Find the vents. Plug them up.

Then it’s come out, where their surviving victims are waiting for them, or suffocate.

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The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge  Aug 2, 2016 • 6:23:51am

re: #272 Romantic Heretic

He also thinks that capitalism and democracy are incompatible, and he’s chosen capitalism over democracy.

And here I sold my car with the “I’d rather be…Smashing Capitalism” bumpersticker 30 years ago….

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Jenner7  Aug 2, 2016 • 6:24:26am

This family is not normal.

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Dr. Matt  Aug 2, 2016 • 6:25:57am

Someone should convince Rage Furby to ignore the travel warning

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Blind Frog Belly White  Aug 2, 2016 • 6:26:24am

re: #276 Jenner7

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This family is not normal.

Well, we’ve all seen the inappropriate touching by the boss on the campaign trail. She didn’t stop that…

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A Mom Anon  Aug 2, 2016 • 6:27:17am

re: #276 Jenner7

Something killed Empathy in that family. If it doesn’t effect them, it doesn’t exist, therefore, not a real problem. They live in isolation in a sense. Take their rich people trappings away, put them in WalMart clothes, having to drive an old car to a shit job and they’d last about 11 minutes.

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  Aug 2, 2016 • 6:27:30am

re: #276 Jenner7

Eric Trump on handling workplace sexual harassment: “Ivanka is a strong, powerful woman. She wouldn’t allow herself to be subjected to it”.

She could sic her dad on anyone who touched her. Unless it was her dad doing the touching…

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Dr. Matt  Aug 2, 2016 • 6:27:35am

re: #269 GlutenFreeJesus

He’s an outsider in that he’s been in politics for decades, but hasn’t accomplished anything.

Technically, isn’t that the definition of an outsider?

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The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge  Aug 2, 2016 • 6:29:28am

re: #273 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))

That was a planned “catastrophe”. I am just imagining a Katrina-like scenario in which Trump could get up and blame the administration while making big promises about how he will fix it and prevent it from happening again, etc…

to a backdrop of armed militias fighting national guardsmen sent to restore order and basic services…

It’s hard to predict how something like that would play out, credit- or blame-wise. I’m more worried about a major terrorist attack, such as at the Olympics—which will have essentially no security other than plutocrats’ bodyguards—giving the right wing their screaming points through the election.

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Mattand  Aug 2, 2016 • 6:30:32am

re: #279 A Mom Anon

Something killed Empathy in that family. If it doesn’t effect them, it doesn’t exist, therefore, not a real problem. They live in isolation in a sense. Take their rich people trappings away, put them in WalMart clothes, having to drive an old car to a shit job and they’d last about 11 minutes.

Trump’s kids sometimes scare me than he does. I get the feeling they’re watching their dad closely and if he loses, they won’t make the same mistakes in 2020 and beyond.

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  Aug 2, 2016 • 6:31:13am

re: #282 The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge

It’s hard to predict ow something like [Katrina] would play out, credit- or blame-wise. I’m more worried about a major terrorist attack, such as at the Olympics—which will have essentially no security other than plutocrats’ bodyguards—giving the right wing their screaming points through the election.

Any chaos would only strengthen DT’s position, as he could alternately blame Hillary and the Democrats for it happening in the first place and then tell us how much better he would handle it.

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Decatur Deb  Aug 2, 2016 • 6:33:53am

Meanwhile, in the real world:

Alabama Medicaid Agency cuts payments to doctors

“For example, payment for a 25-minute office visit will drop from $101 to $67. Payment for a 30-minute hospital visit will drop from $100 to $57. Payment for an Hib vaccine will drop from $19.79 to $8.”

This is the result of our beloved (by his contractor/mistress) Governor’s refusal of Obamacare dollars.

al.com

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Dr. Matt  Aug 2, 2016 • 6:34:19am

Wow. Maj Gen Vallely is on MSNBC actually defending Trump’s attacks on the Khan family. What the fuck happened to our country?!

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Varek Raith  Aug 2, 2016 • 6:35:10am

re: #286 Dr. Matt

Wow. Maj Gen Vallely is on MSNBC actually defending Trump’s attacks on the Khan family. What the fuck happened to our country?!

This clown?
en.wikipedia.org

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ObserverArt  Aug 2, 2016 • 6:35:13am

re: #279 A Mom Anon

Something killed Empathy in that family. If it doesn’t effect them, it doesn’t exist, therefore, not a real problem. They live in isolation in a sense. Take their rich people trappings away, put them in WalMart clothes, having to drive an old car to a shit job and they’d last about 11 minutes.

Ten minutes too long. I’d give them one.

Morning!

So I see Dark acted out in a tweet. Is anyone really surprised? He is probably going to vote for Trump now that his favorite pol “little Marco” will be voting for him. That is the license he needs.

Hi Dark!

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Sir John Barron  Aug 2, 2016 • 6:35:20am

re: #285 Decatur Deb

Meanwhile, in the real world:

Alabama Medicaid Agency cuts payments to doctors

“For example, payment for a 25-minute office visit will drop from $101 to $67. Payment for a 30-minute hospital visit will drop from $100 to $57. Payment for an Hib vaccine will drop from $19.79 to $8.”

This is the result of our beloved (by his contractor/mistress) Governor’s refusal of Obamacare dollars.

al.com

GOP wingnuts: OK but at least he rejected Obamacare!!!

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Dr. Matt  Aug 2, 2016 • 6:35:47am

re: #287 Varek Raith

This clown?
en.wikipedia.org

Yup.

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Charles Johnson  Aug 2, 2016 • 6:35:51am
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Sir John Barron  Aug 2, 2016 • 6:36:16am

re: #287 Varek Raith

This clown?
en.wikipedia.org

Glad to hear MSNBC is giving him a forum.

//

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Blind Frog Belly White  Aug 2, 2016 • 6:36:52am

re: #283 Mattand

Trump’s kids sometimes scare me than he does. I get the feeling they’re watching their dad closely and if he loses, they won’t make the same mistakes in 2020 and beyond.

True, but they are pretty clearly Trust Fund Kids. Trump himself, even though the son of a rich guy, made his whole career out of making a name for HIMSELF, and that doesn’t really transfer.

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Timothy Watson  Aug 2, 2016 • 6:36:54am

re: #286 Dr. Matt

Wow. Maj Gen Vallely is on MSNBC actually defending Trump’s attacks on the Khan family. What the fuck happened to our country?!

He’s a full-metal wingnut. He’s a birther and participated in march to try force Obama to resign.

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Dr. Matt  Aug 2, 2016 • 6:37:06am

re: #287 Varek Raith

This clown?
en.wikipedia.org

He just called Bill Clinton a “draft dodger” while defending Trump’s multiple deferments.

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  Aug 2, 2016 • 6:37:29am

re: #285 Decatur Deb

Meanwhile, in the real world:

Alabama Medicaid Agency cuts payments to doctors

“For example, payment for a 25-minute office visit will drop from $101 to $67. Payment for a 30-minute hospital visit will drop from $100 to $57. Payment for an Hib vaccine will drop from $19.79 to $8.”

This is the result of our beloved (by his contractor/mistress) Governor’s refusal of Obamacare dollars.

al.com

No, it’s OBAMA’S FAULT!!!

//////

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Varek Raith  Aug 2, 2016 • 6:38:13am

re: #292 Sir John Barron

Glad to hear MSNBC is giving him a forum.

//

Trying to outfox Fox.
Same with CNN.
SAD.

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ObserverArt  Aug 2, 2016 • 6:38:20am

I saw people posting images of el polo loco chicken…makes me think I haven’t made up any el polo mole in some time. Gonna have to fix that…I need to get some dark chocolate spicy mole sauce.

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Barefoot Grin  Aug 2, 2016 • 6:38:44am

re: #286 Dr. Matt

Wow. Maj Gen Vallely is on MSNBC actually defending Trump’s attacks on the Khan family. What the fuck happened to our country?!

On loan from Fox?

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Decatur Deb  Aug 2, 2016 • 6:39:07am

re: #289 Sir John Barron

GOP wingnuts: OK but at least he rejected Obamacare!!!

It’s a little awkward that infectious bugs can’t tell Democrats from Republicans.

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Romantic Heretic  Aug 2, 2016 • 6:39:28am

re: #287 Varek Raith

Oi. I would have hated to serve under him.

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ObserverArt  Aug 2, 2016 • 6:39:55am

re: #286 Dr. Matt

Wow. Maj Gen Vallely is on MSNBC actually defending Trump’s attacks on the Khan family. What the fuck happened to our country?!

We have a new “fair and balanced” news source. They just be keeping it realz!

Gag.

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Sir John Barron  Aug 2, 2016 • 6:40:32am

re: #294 Timothy Watson

He’s a full-metal wingnut. He’s a birther and participated in march to try force Obama to resign.

and Obama didn’t resign? How uppity of him.
//

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Decatur Deb  Aug 2, 2016 • 6:41:16am

re: #294 Timothy Watson

He’s a full-metal wingnut. He’s a birther and participated in march to try force Obama to resign.

Part of the circle from N Florida that hyped a bunch of “Million Man/Biker/Truck” marches that were absurd fakes.

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Barefoot Grin  Aug 2, 2016 • 6:42:28am

re: #303 Sir John Barron

and Obama didn’t resign? How uppity of him.
//

Da noive a dat guy!

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Franklin  Aug 2, 2016 • 6:42:34am
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A Mom Anon  Aug 2, 2016 • 6:43:40am

re: #285 Decatur Deb

But, it will still be Obama (and the dreaded Obamacare) who caused this.

I am in a wierd place right now. I cannot afford health insurance at all (I have a shitty policy I’m about to cancel because it basically covers nothing) either through my husband’s work (670 a month, to put our son on it too makes the cost jump to 890) or through the healthcare.gov website (617 a month) because my husband makes right at 50K a year. When 50K became too much money for a family is beyond me, especially when you consider that 50K is before taxes. Something I don’t get is if you’re paying for health insurance with after tax dollars, then why isn’t the income used to determine your subsidy what’s left after taxes? I can’t spend what I don’t have.

My son however does get a subsidy and it’s helped him to be able to have decent insurance which makes me worry less. Even with my own feelings of being fucked over personally health insurance wise, I still think this is a great start and is helping people, so I support it. Maybe because I’m not a selfish jerk. I live in GA, the chances of Nathan Deal doing a fucking thing to help us is NOPE.

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lawhawk  Aug 2, 2016 • 6:44:03am

So, Trump’s decided that there’s too many regulations on coal mines. Mine owners are starving and can’t eat. Therefore we’ve got to unravel the mine safety regs that reduce the number of miners killed or injured.

This is Trump’s latest nonsensical raving. The part that was highlighted was bad enough, the sentence immediately preceding that one was just batcrap insane.

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Sir John Barron  Aug 2, 2016 • 6:47:02am

re: #308 lawhawk

So, Trump’s decided that there’s too many regulations on coal mines. Mine owners are starving and can’t eat. Therefore we’ve got to unravel the mine safety regs that reduce the number of miners killed or injured.

This is Trump’s latest nonsensical raving. The part that was highlighted was bad enough, the sentence immediately preceding that one was just batcrap insane.

do we have a list of everything that is UNBELIEVABLE!! to Trump?

I imagine it’s miles long by now.

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  Aug 2, 2016 • 6:47:54am

re: #308 lawhawk

So, Trump’s decided that there’s too many regulations on coal mines. Mine owners are starving and can’t eat. Therefore we’ve got to unravel the mine safety regs that reduce the number of miners killed or injured.

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This is Trump’s latest nonsensical raving. The part that was highlighted was bad enough, the sentence immediately preceding that one was just batcrap insane.

It is an article of RWNJ faith that government regulation is killing the coal industry. He is just tapping into that vein of prejudice.

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lawhawk  Aug 2, 2016 • 6:49:53am

re: #310 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))

It is an article of RWNJ faith that government regulation is killing the coal industry. He is just tapping into that vein of prejudice.

Yup. Get rid of mine safety regs, air quality regs, and coal will come back. Just ignore all those who die early because of mining-related injuries or sucking in emissions from coal plants (and the related medical costs).

Oh, but the mine owners will have food on their tables.

Trump sounds more and more like President Snow from Panem than he does a candidate for the US President in 2016.

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Decatur Deb  Aug 2, 2016 • 6:50:43am

re: #310 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))

It is an article of RWNJ faith that government regulation is killing the coal industry. He is just tapping into that vein of carefully nurtured prejudice.

CT’d that for you.

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Barefoot Grin  Aug 2, 2016 • 6:52:17am

re: #310 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))

It is an article of RWNJ faith that government regulation is killing the coal industry. He is just tapping into that vein of prejudice.

Domestic demand is drying up, but the Chinese will continue to buy even after we tariff the shit out of their products, right? //

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FormerDirtDart  Aug 2, 2016 • 6:53:47am
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Timothy Watson  Aug 2, 2016 • 6:53:54am

re: #308 lawhawk

So, Trump’s decided that there’s too many regulations on coal mines. Mine owners are starving and can’t eat. Therefore we’ve got to unravel the mine safety regs that reduce the number of miners killed or injured.

[Embedded content]

This is Trump’s latest nonsensical raving. The part that was highlighted was bad enough, the sentence immediately preceding that one was just batcrap insane.

You know who else isn’t eating? The 29 miners that Massey Energy killed.

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Blind Frog Belly White  Aug 2, 2016 • 6:56:41am

re: #315 Timothy Watson

You know who else isn’t eating? The 29 miners that Massey Energy killed.

I like miners who WEREN’T killed by poorly shored up tunnels.
//

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lawhawk  Aug 2, 2016 • 6:59:49am

Trump says that he’d invest double in infrastructure without saying where/how the money will come from. This at the same time he’s proposing such massive tax cuts that he’d slash federal revenues by more than a $1 trillion a year. He’d be adding a trillion dollars in debt, but somehow will find the money to double Hillary’s infrastructure investments?

What kind of baffling BS is he going with?

Oh right, the same kind that led him to the GOP nomination. No one could bother fact checking any of his nonsense because he’d just come out with even more baffling BS.

None of his (or the GOP’s) math is even close to reality.

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Charles Johnson  Aug 2, 2016 • 6:59:54am
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Dr. Matt  Aug 2, 2016 • 7:00:19am

re: #308 lawhawk

Miners can’t eat! They can’t sleep! They can’t even go to the bathroom….all thanks to Obama!

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Skip Intro  Aug 2, 2016 • 7:03:32am

re: #259 Sir John Barron

they criticized the GOP nominee which is not allowed in this country.

The criticized GOD EMPEROR TRUMP!!! They must be destroyed.

BTW, does anyone have a guess as to when the Trump tv spox will first use that term? I think Scottie Hughes was almost there yesterday.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Aug 2, 2016 • 7:03:52am

re: #317 lawhawk

Why on earth would I invest my money in bonds with a really low interest return?

He’s nutz.

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Timothy Watson  Aug 2, 2016 • 7:04:35am

re: #321 Backwoods_Sleuth

Why on earth would I invest my money in bonds with a really low interest return?

He’s nutz.

With Trump in charge, interest rates on government bonds will skyrocket.

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Jenner7  Aug 2, 2016 • 7:04:52am

re: #317 lawhawk

He’ll create a GoFundme account for our infrastructure.

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Decatur Deb  Aug 2, 2016 • 7:05:34am

re: #323 Jenner7

He’ll create a GoFundme account for our infrastructure.

I think we call that “taxes”.

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Jenner7  Aug 2, 2016 • 7:07:00am

He thinks he can run the government like he runs his business. That should terrify everyone.

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lawhawk  Aug 2, 2016 • 7:07:08am

re: #319 Dr. Matt

Miners can’t eat! They can’t sleep! They can’t even go to the bathroom….all thanks to Obama!

Mine owners can’t sleep and mine owners can’t eat. A few can, but they’re in prison for killing their miners so they could profit, but hey, they’re oppressed.

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Skip Intro  Aug 2, 2016 • 7:08:48am

re: #321 Backwoods_Sleuth

Why on earth would I invest my money in bonds with a really low interest return?

He’s nutz.

Why would anyone do it with a pres who says he’d offer you 10 cents on the dollar if he felt like it?

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ObserverArt  Aug 2, 2016 • 7:08:53am

re: #324 Decatur Deb

I think we call that “taxes”.

Deb, come on man! This is the internet and GoFundMe is a thing.

And he wouldn’t need to utter those three dirty letters starting with an I and ending with an S.

People would so do this rather than pay taxes. /

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Eventual Carrion  Aug 2, 2016 • 7:10:01am

re: #92 Decatur Deb

With enough lotion he can have the skin of a 20 year old.

He does have the skin of a 20 year old, he is just getting it all wrinkly.

[Props to Benny Hill]

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Le Lapin Tueur  Aug 2, 2016 • 7:11:05am

re: #316 Blind Frog Belly White

I like miners who WEREN’T killed by poorly shored up tunnels.
//

Well, Massey was an explosion due to poorly controlled dust. Dust issues are the problem in modern mines, not shoring and there are much better methane detectors than canaries nowadays, too.

His comprehension or pandering, not sure which, is UNBELIEVABLE.

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The Vicious Babushka  Aug 2, 2016 • 7:11:17am

Block and report @newsreviews15 inciting murder Uccch

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Decatur Deb  Aug 2, 2016 • 7:11:42am

“Son, God put a hundred years’ worth of coal under that hill for us, but a lot of people are going to have to die to get it out.”

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Dave In Austin  Aug 2, 2016 • 7:13:56am

re: #318 Charles Johnson

Started Playing then quit with “Media Could Not Be Played” message.
Chrome on the latest OS platform has been doing strange things lately.

I also am no longer am getting the unread post count on the tab or New comment button.

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A Mom Anon  Aug 2, 2016 • 7:16:03am

re: #332 Decatur Deb

I think the 100 yrs is up now, isn’t it?

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makeitstop  Aug 2, 2016 • 7:16:16am

‘Morning, Lizards,

While most people were mocking the KFC photo from last night, my eyes were drawn to the piece of paper under the pepper shaker.

I’m interested in what that piece of paper says - it looks like maybe speech notes, and it refers to Syrians and the UN.

I’d love to know which web site he pulled it from. I’ve got a pile of work today, but I’m going to try to see if I can clean up the text some and track down where it came from.

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Decatur Deb  Aug 2, 2016 • 7:17:30am

re: #334 A Mom Anon

I think the 100 yrs is up now, isn’t it?

Time to move on to the next hill.

On October 11, 2000, the Martin County sludge spill polluted hundreds of miles of the Ohio River, the Big Sandy River and its tributaries. The accident was caused when what’s known as a coal sludge impoundment owned by Massey Energy in Kentucky broke into an abandoned underground mine below. Toxic pollutants including heavy metals such as mercury, lead, arsenic, copper and chromium were found in the sludge that spilled into these waterways.[10]

The spill was 30 times larger than the Exxon Valdez oil spill (12 million US gallons (45,000 m3)) and one of the worst environmental disasters ever in the southeastern United States, according to the United States Environmental Protection Agency.

en.wikipedia.org

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Sir John Barron  Aug 2, 2016 • 7:17:31am

re: #317 lawhawk

Trump says that he’d invest double in infrastructure without saying where/how the money will come from. This at the same time he’s proposing such massive tax cuts that he’d slash federal revenues by more than a $1 trillion a year. He’d be adding a trillion dollars in debt, but somehow will find the money to double Hillary’s infrastructure investments?

What kind of baffling BS is he going with?

Oh right, the same kind that led him to the GOP nomination. No one could bother fact checking any of his nonsense because he’d just come out with even more baffling BS.

None of his (or the GOP’s) math is even close to reality.

other countries would pay for it.

///

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Semper Fi  Aug 2, 2016 • 7:18:26am

re: #333 Dave In Austin

Started Playing then quit with “Media Could Not Be Played” message.
Chrome on the latest OS platform has been doing strange things lately.

I also am no longer am getting the unread post count on the tab or New comment button.

I’m also not getting the count in New Comment about a week or 10 days now…

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Jenner7  Aug 2, 2016 • 7:18:39am

This is just not true. That’s like believing him when he says that nobody was talking about immigration before him.

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Blind Frog Belly White  Aug 2, 2016 • 7:18:48am

re: #317 lawhawk

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Trump says that he’d invest double in infrastructure without saying where/how the money will come from. This at the same time he’s proposing such massive tax cuts that he’d slash federal revenues by more than a $1 trillion a year. He’d be adding a trillion dollars in debt, but somehow will find the money to double Hillary’s infrastructure investments?

What kind of baffling BS is he going with?

Oh right, the same kind that led him to the GOP nomination. No one could bother fact checking any of his nonsense because he’d just come out with even more baffling BS.

None of his (or the GOP’s) math is even close to reality.

“We’ll sell bonds, you know, like from the Treasury. We’ll call them Treasury Bonds. And well have all kinds of maturities, too. And people will buy them because they’ll be safe! I can’t believe we’re not doing this already, our leaders are such stupid people!!”
//

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FormerDirtDart  Aug 2, 2016 • 7:19:44am
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The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge  Aug 2, 2016 • 7:21:07am

re: #338 Semper Fi

I’m also not getting the count in New Comment about a week or 10 days now…

Clear your cookies (“Clear cookies for site” is a great FireFox extension that makes it easy). Worked for me.

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Bill and Opus for 2016!  Aug 2, 2016 • 7:21:22am

re: #317 lawhawk

[Embedded content]

Trump says that he’d invest double in infrastructure without saying where/how the money will come from. This at the same time he’s proposing such massive tax cuts that he’d slash federal revenues by more than a $1 trillion a year. He’d be adding a trillion dollars in debt, but somehow will find the money to double Hillary’s infrastructure investments?

What kind of baffling BS is he going with?

Oh right, the same kind that led him to the GOP nomination. No one could bother fact checking any of his nonsense because he’d just come out with even more baffling BS.

None of his (or the GOP’s) math is even close to reality.

Since this is Donald Trump we are talking about here, I’m wondering if he thinks that he will be able to use his usual tactics when borrowing huge sums of money - and remember, that is exactly what bond sales are, it is a loan that the US is taking out. In other words, when the payments start becoming due, refuse to pay the bondowners (creditors), followed by some statement that he’s going to renegotiate the repayment to pennies on the dollar, then defaulting when pressured.

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lawhawk  Aug 2, 2016 • 7:22:54am

This is what Trump’s strategy is. He’s trying to not only enrich himself (through tax cuts for the rich and screwing everyone else), but trying to tap into the angst/anger of white guys watching their primacy over everyone else get eroded because everyone else is now sharing in the same rights these white guys have had all along.

Minorities, LGBT voting, marrying? Yeah, that’s the threat to angry white guys because there’s far fewer angry white guys and it’s a declining demographic. But that’s where the GOP has been heading for a generation. Trump’s just taken the express train to the natural conclusion.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Aug 2, 2016 • 7:23:36am

re: #334 A Mom Anon

I think the 100 yrs is up now, isn’t it?

“theobaric” — God will just make more oil and coal.

I am not kidding, some people really believe that.

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Blind Frog Belly White  Aug 2, 2016 • 7:24:22am

What he’s talking about is what we’re already doing, but he tries to make it sound like a new idea, and trying to sound like a businessman who’ll show Washington how it’s done.

And yeah, he’d offer a high rate and then force the bondholders to take a haircut.

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A Mom Anon  Aug 2, 2016 • 7:26:15am

re: #336 Decatur Deb

It’s interesting how the rich never seem to settle near any of this shit, ain’t it? There are little towns all over that part of the country that are dealing with what’s essentially a toxic waste dump. It’s not only mining (though I have no doubt they are the largest offenders), it’s abandoned factories that never cleaned up their waste that is still sitting there after decades, pipes eroding in towns where the infrastructure was never cared for from the day it was installed, and on and on.

I’m about to head to SE Ohio to visit the oldest kid and my grandkids, we’ll probably head through Parkersburg, VA which I hear is a wreck now. I imagine I’m going to see most of the places of my childhood in rubble now. Working class, blue collar towns that once held promise and have been left with suffering, poverty, drug abuse and sickness. And no one is ever held accountable.

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HappyWarrior  Aug 2, 2016 • 7:26:40am

Was shocked to see that article by Rep Hanna saying he would vote for Clinton over Trump. There’s literally no excuse for lifelong rank and file Republicans not to oppose him. Hanna has my respect.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Aug 2, 2016 • 7:27:16am

re: #345 Backwoods_Sleuth

“theobaric” — God will just make more oil and coal.

I am not kidding, some people really believe that.

Ken Ham explains it all:
The Origin of Oil—A Creationist Answer

My IQ dropped a hundred points after reading that nonsense.

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A Mom Anon  Aug 2, 2016 • 7:30:40am

re: #349 Backwoods_Sleuth

I. Just. Can’t. Nope.

Is our children learning? Nope. And they grow up and become Ken Ham.

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Jenner7  Aug 2, 2016 • 7:32:16am
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Belafon  Aug 2, 2016 • 7:32:46am

re: #339 Jenner7

re: #344 lawhawk

He’s promising that guys who learned to work in mines will work in mines. Democrats attempt to address the problem by providing training and introducing new jobs, like clean energy jobs. But the miners don’t want to change.

And they don’t want blacks to benefit.

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Sir John Barron  Aug 2, 2016 • 7:32:51am

re: #348 HappyWarrior

Was shocked to see that article by Rep Hanna saying he would vote for Clinton over Trump. There’s literally no excuse for lifelong rank and file Republicans not to oppose him. Hanna has my respect.

countdown to Trump campaign smearing Rep Hanna in 5…4…3…

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  Aug 2, 2016 • 7:33:15am

re: #347 A Mom Anon

It’s interesting how the rich never seem to settle near any of this shit, ain’t it? There are little towns all over that part of the country that are dealing with what’s essentially a toxic waste dump. It’s not only mining (though I have no doubt they are the largest offenders), it’s abandoned factories that never cleaned up their waste that is still sitting there after decades, pipes eroding in towns where the infrastructure was never cared for from the day it was installed, and on and on.

Remember 300,000+ people in West Virginia being unable to bathe or drink their tap water due to a mine tailing spill? From a tailing pond dam that had not been inspected for years?

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Decatur Deb  Aug 2, 2016 • 7:33:35am

re: #347 A Mom Anon

It’s interesting how the rich never seem to settle near any of this shit, ain’t it? There are little towns all over that part of the country that are dealing with what’s essentially a toxic waste dump. It’s not only mining (though I have no doubt they are the largest offenders), it’s abandoned factories that never cleaned up their waste that is still sitting there after decades, pipes eroding in towns where the infrastructure was never cared for from the day it was installed, and on and on.

I’m about to head to SE Ohio to visit the oldest kid and my grandkids, we’ll probably head through Parkersburg, VA which I hear is a wreck now. I imagine I’m going to see most of the places of my childhood in rubble now. Working class, blue collar towns that once held promise and have been left with suffering, poverty, drug abuse and sickness. And no one is ever held accountable.

Try to hold your breath if you’re driving by Nitro.

news.nationalgeographic.com

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Dave In Austin  Aug 2, 2016 • 7:35:36am

That fixed it, Thx you…..

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Barefoot Grin  Aug 2, 2016 • 7:36:01am

Diane Rehm is grilling a guy from an NC-based group that pushes for voting restrictions claiming “massive amounts of fraud” that isn’t reported in the media. The guy’s got nothing.

Why have red states had such a hard time with voter fraud?

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Aug 2, 2016 • 7:36:56am
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fern01  Aug 2, 2016 • 7:38:57am

re: #348 HappyWarrior

Was shocked to see that article by Rep Hanna saying he would vote for Clinton over Trump. There’s literally no excuse for lifelong rank and file Republicans not to oppose him. Hanna has my respect.

I believe he is not standing for re-election. Most put their political survival above all else.

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jimmyvluv4u  Aug 2, 2016 • 7:42:12am

re: #359 fern01

True - but it’s hard to fault him for what he’s saying. It’s not a pussy-footed Never Trump thing, it’s basically a “while I have some disagreements with Clinton, there’s no doubt she would be a capable leader and lead with the country’s best interests at heart” kind of endorsement. Retiring or not, that’s pretty strong from a representative with an (R).

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Barefoot Grin  Aug 2, 2016 • 7:42:20am

re: #358 Backwoods_Sleuth

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Whoa. Trigger warning please.

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Sir John Barron  Aug 2, 2016 • 7:42:46am

re: #357 Barefoot Grin

Diane Rehm is grilling a guy from an NC-based group that pushes for voting restrictions claiming “massive amounts of fraud” that isn’t reported in the media. The guy’s got nothing.

Why have red states had such a hard time with voter fraud?

Yuuuge amounts voter fraud. Unbelievable amounts of voter fraud! Believe me.

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A Mom Anon  Aug 2, 2016 • 7:43:11am

re: #355 Decatur Deb

I have a feeling I am going to be heartbroken. I haven’t been up there in 25 years, it was declining badly then. I wish I had the money to get my daughter and the kids out of there, but it’s just not possible. We used to bring them down here, but it’s always money that keeps things from moving forward here. I haven’t seen them in a few years except via Skype or Facetime, I told The Husband to not let me forget a box of tissues. It’s so sad, that part of the country is (or was) really beautiful. Sigh. That’s the part of the trip I do not look forward to.

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HappyWarrior  Aug 2, 2016 • 7:43:27am

re: #358 Backwoods_Sleuth

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Like douche father, like douche son.

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Belafon  Aug 2, 2016 • 7:43:48am

re: #357 Barefoot Grin

Diane Rehm is grilling a guy from an NC-based group that pushes for voting restrictions claiming “massive amounts of fraud” that isn’t reported in the media. The guy’s got nothing.

Why have red states had such a hard time with voter fraud?

They government won’t let them hold up a skin color card to determine voting eligibility.

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lawhawk  Aug 2, 2016 • 7:44:04am

re: #354 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))

Remember 300,000+ people in West Virginia being unable to bathe or drink their tap water due to a mine tailing spill? From a tailing pond dam that had not been inspected for years?

EPA’s fault. /

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HappyWarrior  Aug 2, 2016 • 7:44:16am

re: #359 fern01

I believe he is not standing for re-election. Most put their political survival above all else.

I think you’re right but it’s still refreshing to see a Republican say that Trump is wrong and not try to weasel out of it by trying to say Clinton is just as bad.

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fern01  Aug 2, 2016 • 7:44:20am

re: #360 jimmyvluv4u

True - but it’s hard to fault him for what he’s saying. It’s not a pussy-footed Never Trump thing, it’s basically a “while I have some disagreements with Clinton, there’s no doubt she would be a capable leader and lead with the country’s best interests at heart” kind of endorsement. Retiring or not, that’s pretty strong from a representative with an (R).

Couldn’t agree more - but I will be amazed if a GOPer seeking re-election will say they are voting for Hillary (I’ve heard at least one say he is not voting for anyone for President)

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HappyWarrior  Aug 2, 2016 • 7:44:55am

re: #360 jimmyvluv4u

True - but it’s hard to fault him for what he’s saying. It’s not a pussy-footed Never Trump thing, it’s basically a “while I have some disagreements with Clinton, there’s no doubt she would be a capable leader and lead with the country’s best interests at heart” kind of endorsement. Retiring or not, that’s pretty strong from a representative with an (R).

Right. I mean it would be awesome to have someone up for re-election do this no doubt but this was pretty impressive.

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Dave In Austin  Aug 2, 2016 • 7:45:06am
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HappyWarrior  Aug 2, 2016 • 7:45:34am

re: #368 fern01

Couldn’t agree more - but I will be amazed if a GOPer seeking re-election will say they are voting for Hillary (I’ve heard at least one say he is not voting for anyone for President)

What I expect is after Trump’s been beaten. A few will say they voted for her privately. Weaselish as hell no doubt.

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Belafon  Aug 2, 2016 • 7:45:40am

re: #368 fern01

Couldn’t agree more - but I will be amazed if a GOPer seeking re-election will say they are voting for Hillary (I’ve heard at least one say he is not voting for anyone for President)

So many of us would probably die from a heart attack if one actually did that, it would probably guarantee Trump’s election.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Aug 2, 2016 • 7:47:08am
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ObserverArt  Aug 2, 2016 • 7:47:26am

re: #358 Backwoods_Sleuth

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Why wouldn’t he think like this…he is following in his daddy’s footsteps? The two boys see their father as this successful powerful man who is now one step away from being the president. So, why would they change any behavior when all the lying, cheating, conning, misogyny and general fucked up lifestyle works (in their eyes).

That’s how they see it. And the little Trump son will most likely follow.

Ain’t America grand? It is for the Trumps no matter how screwed up they are.

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Decatur Deb  Aug 2, 2016 • 7:49:27am

re: #363 A Mom Anon

I have a feeling I am going to be heartbroken. I haven’t been up there in 25 years, it was declining badly then. I wish I had the money to get my daughter and the kids out of there, but it’s just not possible. We used to bring them down here, but it’s always money that keeps things from moving forward here. I haven’t seen them in a few years except via Skype or Facetime, I told The Husband to not let me forget a box of tissues. It’s so sad, that part of the country is (or was) really beautiful. Sigh. That’s the part of the trip I do not look forward to.

My last couple semesters at UK I lived in a tent in the Big Sandy watershed. The work involved a lot of surface surveying and a bit of low-level aerial photography. The land was absolutely beautiful, and totally trashed.

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lawhawk  Aug 2, 2016 • 7:49:33am

Megyn Kelly has one word to describe Eric Trump’s excremental excuse for sexually harassing women and what his sister would do if confronted with harasser.

Megyn Kelly had one word for Eric Trump after he explained what his sister Ivanka would do if she was being sexually harassed in the workplace.

“Sigh,” she tweeted, with a link to Trump’s comments.

During an appearance on “CBS This Morning,” Eric Trump was asked about the sexual harassment suit against Roger Ailes, which led to his ouster at Fox News. The suit was filed by former host Gretchen Carlson, and a number of other women came forward subsequently to detail instances of workplace sexual harassment they alleged Ailes committed against them.

Sigh.

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Franklin  Aug 2, 2016 • 7:49:34am

re: #353 Sir John Barron

countdown to Trump campaign smearing Rep Hanna in 5…4…3…

He can just use his template:

[name], who I never met but spoke against me last night, failed badly in [Thing I Don’t Like]. [Gender - His or Her] record = BAD

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HappyWarrior  Aug 2, 2016 • 7:50:05am

re: #377 Franklin

He can just use his template:

[name], who I never met but spoke against me last night, failed badly in [Thing I Don’t Like]. [Gender - His or Her] record = BAD

Yeah his attacks on people who criticize him are more or less the same.

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A Mom Anon  Aug 2, 2016 • 7:50:17am

re: #374 ObserverArt

It makes one wonder what the record of the Trump boys are in regards to women? From the teen years til now? Daddy isn’t exactly a paragon of virtue. I have a feeling there are whole underground cities of skeletons this family doesn’t want uncovered.

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Franklin  Aug 2, 2016 • 7:52:09am

re: #378 HappyWarrior

Yeah his attacks on people who criticize him are more or less the same.

It also works for mad libs:

Mr T, who I never met but spoke against me last night, failed badly in Hotdog eating contests. His record = BAD

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Timothy Watson  Aug 2, 2016 • 7:52:48am

re: #379 A Mom Anon

It makes one wonder what the record of the Trump boys are in regards to women? From the teen years til now? Daddy isn’t exactly a paragon of virtue. I have a feeling there are whole underground cities of skeletons this family doesn’t want uncovered.

Iron-clad confidentiality agreements, iron-clad confidentiality agreements.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Aug 2, 2016 • 7:53:22am
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Romantic Heretic  Aug 2, 2016 • 7:53:59am

re: #309 Sir John Barron

do we have a list of everything that is UNBELIEVABLE!! to Trump?

I imagine it’s miles long by now.

It can easily be compressed to a simple goal.

Anything that prevents me and those like me from doing what we want, when we want, to who we want is UNBELIEVABLE!!

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Aug 2, 2016 • 7:54:29am
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Timothy Watson  Aug 2, 2016 • 7:54:48am

re: #382 Backwoods_Sleuth

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CNN is so hard-up for viewers they’re holding a countdown for a Libertarian town hall?

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Barefoot Grin  Aug 2, 2016 • 7:54:57am

re: #365 Belafon

They government won’t let them hold up a skin color card to determine voting eligibility.

Commenter just said that on average in 2012 minority voters waited twice as long as white voters at polling locations across the country.

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ObserverArt  Aug 2, 2016 • 7:55:43am

re: #363 A Mom Anon

I have a feeling I am going to be heartbroken. I haven’t been up there in 25 years, it was declining badly then. I wish I had the money to get my daughter and the kids out of there, but it’s just not possible. We used to bring them down here, but it’s always money that keeps things from moving forward here. I haven’t seen them in a few years except via Skype or Facetime, I told The Husband to not let me forget a box of tissues. It’s so sad, that part of the country is (or was) really beautiful. Sigh. That’s the part of the trip I do not look forward to.

It’s not all bad Mom.

I was doing some photoshoots down in New Lexington, Logan and Lancaster a couple months ago and most of those seem to be doing reasonably well. However, the smaller towns than those are pretty much all gone.

I haven’t been down to the Ohio River towns so I can’t speak for them.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Aug 2, 2016 • 7:56:32am
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jimmyvluv4u  Aug 2, 2016 • 7:57:04am

re: #384 Backwoods_Sleuth

This family is awesome. They literally could not be a more perfect foil for the Trump brigade.

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Belafon  Aug 2, 2016 • 7:57:44am

re: #386 Barefoot Grin

Commenter just said that on average in 2012 minority voters waited twice as long as white voters at polling locations across the country.

Continuing the discussion with Great White Snark from the previous thread, but this is not something a moderate SCOTUS will fix. It will take SCOTUS saying that the federal government has the right to ensure equal access to voting for all people.

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Romantic Heretic  Aug 2, 2016 • 7:57:55am

re: #318 Charles Johnson

I can’t wait to see how Herr Drumpf responds to that.

It’s gonna be Epic!

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Frankie Five Angels  Aug 2, 2016 • 7:58:21am

How do you post photos privately?

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A Mom Anon  Aug 2, 2016 • 7:58:50am

re: #387 ObserverArt

I’d love to see some pictures if you can share them.

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  Aug 2, 2016 • 7:59:16am

re: #389 jimmyvluv4u

This family is awesome. They literally could not be a more perfect foil for the Trump brigade.

Honest to god, they are saying that as an immigration lawyer, he is just out to profit from bringing in more refugees…all the sort of thing that would have helped DT massively in the primaries but is really dragging him under in the general.

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Barefoot Grin  Aug 2, 2016 • 7:59:49am

re: #390 Belafon

Continuing the discussion with Great White Snark from the previous thread, but this is not something a moderate SCOTUS will fix. It will take SCOTUS saying that the federal government has the right to ensure equal access to voting for all people.

Sorry, I missed that. It’s one more thing hinging on a HRC victory (assuming she goes toward more liberal justices). Certainly nothing happening with an 8-member SCOTUS.

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Romantic Heretic  Aug 2, 2016 • 8:00:28am

re: #324 Decatur Deb

I think we call that “taxes”.

Taxes is theft because it’s forced upon honest, hardworking people by government power. A GoFundMe will be the purest form of liberty as it will be entirely up to the individual.

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lawhawk  Aug 2, 2016 • 8:00:40am

re: #388 Backwoods_Sleuth

Bratton had said that he was going to retire/resign at or before end of term. He’s overseen the end to stop and frisk, and crime continues falling. There’s been several high profile officer involved shootings and excessive force incidents while he’s been in charge, requiring a change in policy/procedure, and there’s still more to do.

O’Neill is considered to be highly capable.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Aug 2, 2016 • 8:00:45am

In Ashburn VA right now:

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lawhawk  Aug 2, 2016 • 8:02:52am

re: #397 lawhawk

The crime stats show significant reductions in crime, though sex assaults are up. That may be the result of more women coming forward to report than before, not necessarily that there’s more.

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Franklin  Aug 2, 2016 • 8:03:05am

Example 100 of how my love for 80’s comedies have damaged me. Call just came in at the office and the caller ID said “Provo UT” and I innately blurted out the following from Fletch:

Fletch: Provo, Spain?
Pan Am Clerk: Utah.

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Kryptik: Just Done With It.  Aug 2, 2016 • 8:03:35am

re: #398 Backwoods_Sleuth

In Ashburn VA right now:

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Their religion is a disturbance in and of itself, the same way Blacks are always armed because their blackness is a weapon in and of itself.

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FormerDirtDart  Aug 2, 2016 • 8:04:20am

I continually ask myself how this incompetent boob is even on TV

On Fox and Friends the week after the Democratic National Convention, Brian Kilmeade criticized a “double standard” in the media…

…”Nobody covered those (Patricia Smith’s) remarks live but almost everybody covered Khan’s, Mr. Khan’s remarks live,” Kilmeade said….

…The speech was aired live by both CNN and MSNBC. It was not live on Fox News, coincidentally. Fox News went to commercial right before Smith took the stage and returned to a phone interview between Donald Trump and Fox News’ Bill O’Reilly….

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Belafon  Aug 2, 2016 • 8:04:29am

re: #395 Barefoot Grin

It started with the picture in this comment (I can’t copy the picture over at work, or I would). The picture is from a 538 analysis of how the two candidates would shape the court. GWS was arguing that both extremes are bad and that a moderate court would be better. I tried to argue that not all extremes are the same.

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FormerDirtDart  Aug 2, 2016 • 8:08:39am
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ObserverArt  Aug 2, 2016 • 8:09:43am

re: #393 A Mom Anon

I’d love to see some pictures if you can share them.

I really don’t have pics of the towns I mentioned. My photo assignment was for some of the newer apartment complexes in those towns. And part of the job agreement was they can’t be used other than by the company that contracted me.

Sorry.

Are you planning on driving up to Columbus while you are in Ohio? You wouldn’t recognize much of Downtown. Like all of High Street from German Village all the way north to Worthington. And all the new construction in downtown, much of it all new apartments and condos.

Even parts of East Main Street are changed from when you may have been here last.

Gotta run out and mow the lawn before it becomes any more steamy. It’s already 83° with 67% humidity. Gack!

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Romantic Heretic  Aug 2, 2016 • 8:11:21am

re: #355 Decatur Deb

Try to hold your breath if you’re driving by Nitro.

news.nationalgeographic.com

Don’t forget Centralia, PA. Where the coal underground has been burning for over fifty years.

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Decatur Deb  Aug 2, 2016 • 8:13:05am

re: #396 Romantic Heretic

Taxes is theft because it’s forced upon honest, hardworking people by government power. A GoFundMe will be the purest form of liberty as it will be entirely up to the individual.

Should start one for a new Ford-class carrier.

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lawhawk  Aug 2, 2016 • 8:13:55am

Charles:

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nines09  Aug 2, 2016 • 8:14:48am

re: #407 Romantic Heretic

Centralia Google Maps

Ghost town. Still some there. In the winter it’s always smokey. You can see some of it in street view.

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Romantic Heretic  Aug 2, 2016 • 8:15:57am

re: #370 Dave In Austin

Clicked through to the article, and had Eric Trump’s hideous mug shoved in my face.

I cannot look at either of the Trump sons without thinking of Monty Python’s Upper Class Twit of the Year.

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Timothy Watson  Aug 2, 2016 • 8:16:12am

re: #408 Decatur Deb

Should start one for a new Ford-class carrier.

Yeah, we only have more than every other country combined, not near enough for Trump to attack anyone that looks at him cross-eyed. Thanks Obama.

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HappyWarrior  Aug 2, 2016 • 8:16:48am

re: #398 Backwoods_Sleuth

In Ashburn VA right now:

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That’s not too far from me. There’s a ton of Muslims here.

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A Mom Anon  Aug 2, 2016 • 8:17:14am

re: #406 ObserverArt

Rats, lol. I kinda thought you wouldn’t be able to share, but never hurts to ask. I am not sure if we’ll make it to Columbus or not, we’re planning on going up the back way through w.va and ending up in Lancaster to stay probably. It’s going to be exhausting, we’re leaving here Friday and heading home on Sunday afternoon.

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HappyWarrior  Aug 2, 2016 • 8:17:25am

re: #402 FormerDirtDart

I continually ask myself how this incompetent boob is even on TV

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I just love it when FNC who brags about their ratings acts lke they’re independent of the media. Kilmeade is such a pathetic hack.

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Belafon  Aug 2, 2016 • 8:20:21am

re: #415 HappyWarrior

I just love it when FNC who brags about their ratings acts lke they’re independent of the media. Kilmeade is such a pathetic hack.

It’s part of the shtick: Pretend they’re not part of the MSM so they can blame the media for everything and yet somehow not be part of the problem.

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HappyWarrior  Aug 2, 2016 • 8:20:58am

re: #416 Belafon

It’s part of the shtick: Pretend they’re not part of the MSM so they can blame the media for everything and yet somehow not be part of the problem.

Yep.

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Decatur Deb  Aug 2, 2016 • 8:22:03am

re: #409 lawhawk

Charles:

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That still is from the “Hairpiece” clip. The sign on the podium looks…familiar.

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Belafon  Aug 2, 2016 • 8:23:33am

re: #409 lawhawk

Charles:

Warren’s praising it will raise it to Trump’s attention. Which means we can expect a reaction soon.

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FormerDirtDart  Aug 2, 2016 • 8:23:46am

Nooooooooooooooooo!!!!!
I haven’t received my check yet…

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Sir John Barron  Aug 2, 2016 • 8:25:03am

re: #419 Belafon

Warren’s praising it will raise it to Trump’s attention. Which means we can expect a reaction soon.

like shooting fish in a barrel

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  Aug 2, 2016 • 8:25:49am

re: #419 Belafon

Warren’s praising it will raise it to Trump’s attention. Which means we can expect a reaction soon.

“Homer Simpson is a LOSER!!!”

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The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge  Aug 2, 2016 • 8:26:27am

re: #420 FormerDirtDart

Nooooooooooooooooo!!!!!
I haven’t received my check yet…

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I thought he was a member of the Nigerian Royal Family! How could he be arrested?

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Timothy Watson  Aug 2, 2016 • 8:27:58am

re: #423 The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge

I thought he was a member of the Nigerian Royal Family! How could he be arrested?

The barons arrested him.

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lawhawk  Aug 2, 2016 • 8:28:49am

re: #418 Decatur Deb

Indeed. Charles was alerted to this above.

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Big Beautiful Door  Aug 2, 2016 • 8:28:51am

re: #321 Backwoods_Sleuth

Why on earth would I invest my money in bonds with a really low interest return?

He’s nutz.

Well actually we’ve got them now, US Treasury bonds, and we really could just borrow the money for a $trillion investment in infrastructure. But compared to all the wrong in the Trump campaign, that is a relatively small right.

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Decatur Deb  Aug 2, 2016 • 8:29:32am

re: #422 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))

“Homer Simpson is a LOSER!!!”

And Lisa won’t be eligible to vote until 2026.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Aug 2, 2016 • 8:30:06am
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Timothy Watson  Aug 2, 2016 • 8:30:22am

re: #427 Decatur Deb

And Lisa won’t be eligible to vote until 2026.

I thought she was going to be President after Trump bankrupted the country (reference to a very old episode).

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Decatur Deb  Aug 2, 2016 • 8:31:00am

re: #425 lawhawk

Indeed. Charles was alerted to this above.

Cool.

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Sir John Barron  Aug 2, 2016 • 8:31:17am

re: #423 The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge

I thought he was a member of the Nigerian Royal Family! How could he be arrested?

The system is rigged!

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De Kolta Chair  Aug 2, 2016 • 8:32:17am

re: #208 Timothy Watson

I await Jill Stein’s hot take on this:

wtop.com

Speaking of Dr. Stein, a friend of my wife’s, a labor historian, is an old friend of Stein’s and had lunch or dinner with her a few weeks ago, and reported afterwards to my wife that Stein is “a very nice person but insane.”

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A Mom Anon  Aug 2, 2016 • 8:32:18am

Alright I need to get some stuff done. Today is our 23rd anniversary and I have a date with my husband tonight. See you all later.

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The Vicious Babushka  Aug 2, 2016 • 8:32:25am
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Backwoods_Sleuth  Aug 2, 2016 • 8:34:19am
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lawhawk  Aug 2, 2016 • 8:34:29am

re: #434 The Vicious Babushka

Damn… read that backwards.

It was the President saying Trump was unfit.

For a second, I read that as Trump saying Obama was unfit (which is something he keeps saying).

Apologies.

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makeitstop  Aug 2, 2016 • 8:34:31am

re: #418 Decatur Deb

That still is from the “Hairpiece” clip. The sign on the podium looks…familiar.

Someone tweeted to Charles earlier pointing it out.

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Decatur Deb  Aug 2, 2016 • 8:34:41am

re: #428 Backwoods_Sleuth

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A souless commie LFGr revealed that my favorite beer was made by labor-pimping Yeungling’s. Now I have to shell out for Guinness American Blonde.

Thanks, Obama Lewis.

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FormerDirtDart  Aug 2, 2016 • 8:35:44am
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The Vicious Babushka  Aug 2, 2016 • 8:37:18am
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Backwoods_Sleuth  Aug 2, 2016 • 8:37:24am

So, not actually a 1,000 seat venue.
Bet Donald is going to claim the crowd is at least 3X that anyway and still yell at the fire marshal.

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nines09  Aug 2, 2016 • 8:37:30am

re: #420 FormerDirtDart

DAMMIT!!!!!!!

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HappyWarrior  Aug 2, 2016 • 8:37:58am

re: #439 FormerDirtDart

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He’s absolutely right about that.

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HappyWarrior  Aug 2, 2016 • 8:38:56am

re: #441 Backwoods_Sleuth

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So, not actually a 1,000 seat venue.
Bet Donald is going to claim the crowd is at least 3X that anyway and still yell at the fire marshal.

Yeah I’ve coached basketball games at some of our county’s high schools and middle schools. 1000 capacity? No way.

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makeitstop  Aug 2, 2016 • 8:38:59am

re: #434 The Vicious Babushka

Obama says Trump is unfit to be president, `he keeps on proving it’

Team Clinton must wake up every morning and shake their heads at how easy it is to lead their opponent around by the nose.

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  Aug 2, 2016 • 8:39:00am

re: #438 Decatur Deb

A souless commie LFGr revealed that my favorite beer was made by labor-pimping Yeungling’s. Now I have to shell out for Guinness American Blonde.

Thanks, Obama Lewis.

So I was told that Yuengling is still a family business, and one of the brothers has opened a brew pub in he serves his specialty: bay-leaf beer.

Which has a weird effect, some combination of the laurel oils, hops and alcohol totally numbs the tongue, making it hard to talk. By the end of the evening, people were just staring at each other and mumbling incoherently.

So to keep people entertained, he has employed clowns, jugglers and acrobats to entertain the guests who otherwise cannot entertain each other by conversing.

And the he calls it the…

…wait for it…

…Yuengling Brothers Bar Numb on Bay Leaves Circus!!!

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ipsos  Aug 2, 2016 • 8:39:01am

re: #433 A Mom Anon

Alright I need to get some stuff done. Today is our 23rd anniversary and I have a date with my husband tonight. See you all later.

Happy anniversary!

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nines09  Aug 2, 2016 • 8:39:23am

re: #441 Backwoods_Sleuth

By the end of the day Trump will be bitching about THOUSANDS, yes THOUSANDS being turned away. BUSLOADS, yes, BUSLOADS of people who DROVE ALL NIGHT to see MY MAGNIFICENCE were turned away….Sad!

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Barefoot Grin  Aug 2, 2016 • 8:41:08am

re: #446 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))

So I was told that Yuengling is still a family business, and one of the brothers has opened a brew pub in he serves his specialty: bay-leaf beer.

Which has a weird effect, some combination of the laurel oils, hops and alcohol totally numbs the tongue, making it hard to talk. By the end of the evening, people were just staring at each other and mumbling incoherently.

So to keep people entertained, he has employed clowns, jugglers and acrobats to entertain the guests who otherwise cannot entertain each other by conversing.

And the he calls it the…

…wait for it…

…Yuengling Brothers Bar Numb on Bay Leaves Circus!!!

Worthy of “Pearls Before Swine.”

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Aug 2, 2016 • 8:41:28am
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Franklin  Aug 2, 2016 • 8:41:38am

re: #448 nines09

By the end of the day Trump will be bitching about THOUSANDS, yes THOUSANDS being turned away. BUSLOADS, yes, BUSLOADS of people who DROVE ALL NIGHT to see MY MAGNIFICENCE were turned away….Sad!

Yep, if it were true, then the solution is to book a bigger venue. But then your lie will be more apparent in an empty stadium.

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Decatur Deb  Aug 2, 2016 • 8:42:07am

re: #446 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))

So I was told that Yuengling is still a family business, and one of the brothers has opened a brew pub in he serves his specialty: bay-leaf beer.

Which has a weird effect, some combination of the laurel oils, hops and alcohol totally numbs the tongue, making it hard to talk. By the end of the evening, people were just staring at each other and mumbling incoherently.

So to keep people entertained, he has employed clowns, jugglers and acrobats to entertain the guests who otherwise cannot entertain each other by conversing.

And the he calls it the…

…wait for it…

…Yuengling Brothers Bar Numb on Bay Leaves Circus!!!

I’ll vote Trump if he’ll put you in a re-education camp.

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calochortus  Aug 2, 2016 • 8:42:36am

re: #433 A Mom Anon

Alright I need to get some stuff done. Today is our 23rd anniversary and I have a date with my husband tonight. See you all later.

Happy Anniversary!!!

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Great White Snark  Aug 2, 2016 • 8:42:49am

re: #433 A Mom Anon

Today is our 23rd anniversary and I have a date with my husband tonight. See you all later.

Congratulations, that’s gotta offer some memories to laugh at over dinner.

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lawhawk  Aug 2, 2016 • 8:43:05am

Trump certainly knows his audience. He’s the carnie who will say whatever it takes for you to plunk down your money for what he’s shilling.

But who in their right mind actually wants to get a Purple Heart. No one wants to get shot and certainly no one wants to get injured while in the Service. They want to come home whole.

Trump is a guy who is seriously off. And by off, I mean probably off medication (or never on it).

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Decatur Deb  Aug 2, 2016 • 8:43:19am

re: #450 Backwoods_Sleuth

That has to be fake. My dog isn’t that brain-dead.

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Timothy Watson  Aug 2, 2016 • 8:44:01am

re: #455 lawhawk

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Trump certainly knows his audience. He’s the carnie who will say whatever it takes for you to plunk down your money for what he’s shilling.

But who in their right mind actually wants to get a Purple Heart. No one wants to get shot and certainly no one wants to get injured while in the Service. They want to come home whole.

Trump is a guy who is seriously off. And by off, I mean probably off medication (or never on it).

Maybe the idiot should talk about transportation, but that’s just me.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Aug 2, 2016 • 8:44:05am

HATERS!!!!111!!!

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Timothy Watson  Aug 2, 2016 • 8:44:56am

re: #458 Backwoods_Sleuth

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HATERS!!!!111!!!

And haters are gonna hate.

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HappyWarrior  Aug 2, 2016 • 8:45:00am

re: #458 Backwoods_Sleuth

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HATERS!!!!111!!!

He’s such a hack. Haters? Really. I’ve seen WWE heels talk with more prose.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Aug 2, 2016 • 8:45:07am
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Franklin  Aug 2, 2016 • 8:45:13am

re: #450 Backwoods_Sleuth

This is proof that the man does not even recognize the words leaving his mouth. There is a disconnect between brain and mouth.

Two things seriously wrong with the statement he made:

1) “I always wanted to get the Purple Heart” said literally NO ONE EVER.

2) A draft dodger stating that getting a second hand Purple Heart was “much easier” is just insane.

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Brother Holy Cruise Missile of Mild Acceptance  Aug 2, 2016 • 8:45:18am

Good morning Fellow Lizards. This past weekend I got to make a real treat. I got a nice fresh cut tri-tip, got my hands on santa maria seasoning and also picked up some red oak (the secret to santa maria bbq) from my favorite wood place. The results: A nice 3 lb tri-tip, perfectly seasoned With EVOO brushed on and the santa maria seasoning, slow smoked with the read oak until it reached 145 then fast seared over what was left of the log I used for smoking:

Prep: Image: 13882132_10153678590391560_6385595399125678476_n.jpg

Finished: Image: 13872866_10153678590506560_4072493495697726280_n.jpg

Sliced:

Image: 13906875_10153678590561560_1281230047369345015_n.jpg

Image: 13882414_10153678590631560_8533476892804409194_n.jpg

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Timothy Watson  Aug 2, 2016 • 8:45:36am

re: #461 Backwoods_Sleuth

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…in a building that’s a gun-free zone?

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lawhawk  Aug 2, 2016 • 8:45:51am

re: #457 Timothy Watson

He says he’ll spend yuge amounts, but not explain how that money gets raised. It’s idiocy all the way down.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Aug 2, 2016 • 8:46:51am
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Romantic Heretic  Aug 2, 2016 • 8:47:33am

re: #435 Backwoods_Sleuth

Mr. Trump? You only get the Purple Heart for being injured in combat.

Allow me to rectify your lack of that qualification.

/////////

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nines09  Aug 2, 2016 • 8:48:39am

re: #428 Backwoods_Sleuth

I just tried to call Bud at their number and got a recording. They recommend I email them. I was going to express my displeasure at their giving Ted Nugent anything.

Would you rather speak to someone directly? Give us a call at
1-800-DIAL BUD (342-5283) Monday through Friday, 11am-8pm CST.

I wonder what happened?

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HappyWarrior  Aug 2, 2016 • 8:48:47am

re: #464 Timothy Watson

…in a building that’s a gun-free zone?

Thanks Governor of New Jersey Keane Kaine!

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Aug 2, 2016 • 8:49:44am
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The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge  Aug 2, 2016 • 8:49:48am

Man accused of anti-gay gun threat goes to court in wheelchair after accidentally shooting himself

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nines09  Aug 2, 2016 • 8:50:22am

re: #470 Backwoods_Sleuth

Gee. I wonder what he hears at home?

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HappyWarrior  Aug 2, 2016 • 8:50:27am

re: #470 Backwoods_Sleuth

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My neighbors sigh.

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Lidane  Aug 2, 2016 • 8:50:41am
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Franklin  Aug 2, 2016 • 8:50:46am
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Barefoot Grin  Aug 2, 2016 • 8:50:47am

re: #458 Backwoods_Sleuth

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HATERS!!!!111!!!

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HappyWarrior  Aug 2, 2016 • 8:50:47am

re: #471 The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge

Man accused of anti-gay gun threat goes to court in wheelchair after accidentally shooting himself

Oh gun nuts.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Aug 2, 2016 • 8:51:00am
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ipsos  Aug 2, 2016 • 8:51:34am

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Romantic Heretic  Aug 2, 2016 • 8:51:41am

re: #446 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))

Ow! Owowowowow!

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FormerDirtDart  Aug 2, 2016 • 8:51:52am
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Backwoods_Sleuth  Aug 2, 2016 • 8:52:15am
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Franklin  Aug 2, 2016 • 8:53:28am

re: #470 Backwoods_Sleuth

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Aug 2, 2016 • 8:53:48am

good luck with that, Newt.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Aug 2, 2016 • 8:54:28am
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Timothy Watson  Aug 2, 2016 • 8:54:29am

re: #484 Backwoods_Sleuth

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good luck with that, Newt.

So the debates can only be on a Tuesday, Wednesday, or Friday?

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Aug 2, 2016 • 8:55:47am
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Barefoot Grin  Aug 2, 2016 • 8:56:05am

Gosh, which type of voter is more likely to choose football over presidential debate????

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jaunte  Aug 2, 2016 • 8:56:36am

Hey, look who gave me a RT:

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nines09  Aug 2, 2016 • 8:57:18am

re: #481 FormerDirtDart

“I would probably gotten shot saving somebody or you know doing what a warrior does, and I know what a warrior does….But I never had that marvelous opportunity that our brave troops had because of my bone spurs, and believe me, I know, I should have gotten a Purple Heart for all the pain and sacrifice I had, but this is just much easier. And I always wanted one.”

Please excuse me as I throw myself down a flight of stairs. Concrete stairs.

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Teukka  Aug 2, 2016 • 8:57:28am

Heads-up to any lizardim working or interacting with refugees.
Sweden has had another case of refugees picking what they thought were champignons but turned out to be Destroying Angels with life-threatening poisoning as result.
One of them who had incredible luck considering A. virosa’s toxicity is asking people to learn and teach how to identify which mushrooms are edible and which are lethally toxic (A. virosa poisoning is the leading cause of death by mushroom poisoning).

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  Aug 2, 2016 • 8:57:40am

re: #452 Decatur Deb

I’ll vote Trump if he’ll put you in a re-education camp.

I sat up all night working that one out…

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Aug 2, 2016 • 8:58:37am
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Belafon  Aug 2, 2016 • 8:59:26am

re: #490 nines09

“I would probably gotten shot saving somebody or you know doing what a warrior does, and I know what a warrior does….But I never had that marvelous opportunity that our brave troops had because of my bone spurs, and believe me, I know, I should have gotten a Purple Heart for all the pain and sacrifice I had, but this is just much easier. And I always wanted one.”

Please excuse me as I throw myself down a flight of stairs. Concrete stairs.

Draft dodger says what?

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  Aug 2, 2016 • 8:59:33am

re: #484 Backwoods_Sleuth

At one today i am doing facebook live on the debates and debate commission.There should be no debates opposite NFL games.change the dates.

good luck with that, Newt.

Change the game dates.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Aug 2, 2016 • 9:00:26am
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Skip Intro  Aug 2, 2016 • 9:00:43am

re: #493 Backwoods_Sleuth

Trump consistently picks all the winning numbers in Super Lotto, donates all his winnings to charity.

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Franklin  Aug 2, 2016 • 9:01:03am
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Archangelus  Aug 2, 2016 • 9:01:04am
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Joe Bacon  Aug 2, 2016 • 9:01:12am

re: #345 Backwoods_Sleuth

“theobaric” — God will just make more oil and coal.

I am not kidding, some people really believe that.

Including my aunt who kept saying that when Jesus returns he will make all the oil we need…

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ObserverArt  Aug 2, 2016 • 9:01:22am

re: #450 Backwoods_Sleuth

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If Trump had any class whatsoever he would hand that medal back to the guy, say thanks for his service and that he will always remember his kind gesture.

Now, I will read down the thread and pay attention later too to see if he does anything like that. What are the chances?

Oopsie edit…I had spelled “jester” instead of gesture now if that isn’t a Freudian thing…hahaha…Trump!

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Timothy Watson  Aug 2, 2016 • 9:02:53am

re: #496 Backwoods_Sleuth

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Said in one of the most prosperous parts of Virginia.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Aug 2, 2016 • 9:03:28am
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nines09  Aug 2, 2016 • 9:03:33am

re: #500 Joe Bacon

Including my aunt who kept saying that when Jesus returns he will make all the oil we need…

That’s something to look forward to. Modern wine, I suppose.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Aug 2, 2016 • 9:04:07am
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Decatur Deb  Aug 2, 2016 • 9:05:04am

re: #490 nines09

“I would probably gotten shot saving somebody or you know doing what a warrior does, and I know what a warrior does….But I never had that marvelous opportunity that our brave troops had because of my bone spurs, and believe me, I know, I should have gotten a Purple Heart for all the pain and sacrifice I had, but this is just much easier. And I always wanted one.”

Please excuse me as I throw myself down a flight of stairs. Concrete stairs.

Sorry—I can’t really tell if you made that up sarcastically, or if he really said something that stupid.

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ObserverArt  Aug 2, 2016 • 9:06:50am

re: #451 Franklin

Yep, if it were true, then the solution is to book a bigger venue. But then your lie will be more apparent in an empty stadium.

I wonder what happened here in Columbus yesterday. The Columbus Convention Center is huge…and it can be arranged into many small or large halls, plus it has a big ballroom and then there is the Battelle Center which is a big auditorium that was part of the old convention center before two big expansions.

I’m thinking his campaign went cheap and only paid for so much space and maybe thought once the people started to fill that up, they could open more room.

Not here Donald. You have to pay! Come on you’re so well self-funded.

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lawhawk  Aug 2, 2016 • 9:07:01am

re: #485 Backwoods_Sleuth

More baffling BS from Trump.

Currently, the US nuclear arsenal of active/deployed nuclear warheads is all of 39 fewer than the Russian arsenal. The remainder of the warheads are scheduled for dismantling. The US is currently in the opening stages of a massive modernization program that will cost $355 B through 2023 and $1T over 30 years to modernize and upgrade the nuclear stockpile.

Mind you, that’s the entire stockpile, including ALCMs, SLCMs, Minuteman III, MX, and Trident D-5 missiles. Some have questioned the need for the ALCM and SLCM with improved air defenses and dropping the ground based missiles due to their easy targeting. All that is lost on Trump and his soundbite that plays well with the uninformed.

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Decatur Deb  Aug 2, 2016 • 9:07:18am

re: #505 Backwoods_Sleuth

Trump, in Ashburn, Va: “I hear that baby crying. I like it.”
[2 min later]
“Actually I was only kidding, you can get the baby out of here.”

Only room for one whining infant at a Trump rally.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Aug 2, 2016 • 9:09:20am
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lawhawk  Aug 2, 2016 • 9:09:30am

re: #509 Decatur Deb

Only room for one whining infant at a Trump rally.

Thread winner.

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makeitstop  Aug 2, 2016 • 9:10:10am

Obama just lays it all out there…

“I think what’s been interesting is the repeated denunciations of his statements by leading Republicans,” he said in a press conference. “The question I think they have to ask themselves is, if you are repeatedly having to say in very strong terms that what he has said is unacceptable, why are you still endorsing him? What does this say about your party that this is your standard-bearer? This isn’t a situation where you have an episodic gaffe. This is daily and weekly where they are distancing themselves from statements he’s making.”

Obama wondered what comment from Trump would actually force Republicans to withdraw their support for the Republican nominee.

“There has to be a point in which you say this is not somebody I can support for President of the United States, even if he purports to be a member of my party. The fact that that has not yet happened makes some of these denunciations ring hollow. I don’t doubt their sincerity. I don’t doubt they were outraged about some of the statements that Mr. Trump and his supporters made about the Khan family,” he said. “But there has to come a point in which you say somebody who makes those kinds of statements doesn’t have the judgment, the temperament, the understanding to occupy the most powerful position in the world because a lot of people depend on the White House getting stuff right.”

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Aug 2, 2016 • 9:10:14am
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nines09  Aug 2, 2016 • 9:10:22am

re: #506 Decatur Deb

Sarcastically. I tried to get the cadence. I had his voice in my head and went with his pattern. That you can see him saying something like that is the spooky part. No bottom in sight yet.

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jaunte  Aug 2, 2016 • 9:10:36am
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HappyWarrior  Aug 2, 2016 • 9:11:00am

re: #513 Backwoods_Sleuth

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He knows what his audiences want to hear.

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Timothy Watson  Aug 2, 2016 • 9:11:13am

re: #515 jaunte

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FUCK KISSING BABIES GET THEM THE HELL OUT OF HERE!1!!

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ObserverArt  Aug 2, 2016 • 9:11:19am

re: #463 Brother Holy Cruise Missile of Mild Acceptance

Good morning Fellow Lizards. This past weekend I got to make a real treat. I got a nice fresh cut tri-tip, got my hands on santa maria seasoning and also picked up some red oak (the secret to santa maria bbq) from my favorite wood place. The results: A nice 3 lb tri-tip, perfectly seasoned With EVOO brushed on and the santa maria seasoning, slow smoked with the read oak until it reached 145 then fast seared over what was left of the log I used for smoking:

Prep: Image: 13882132_10153678590391560_6385595399125678476_n.jpg

Finished: Image: 13872866_10153678590506560_4072493495697726280_n.jpg

Sliced:

Image: 13906875_10153678590561560_1281230047369345015_n.jpg

Image: 13882414_10153678590631560_8533476892804409194_n.jpg

I refuse to open those images! I’ve opened your images too many times and was left wanting to eat ‘em. Pixels do not cut it.

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Lidane  Aug 2, 2016 • 9:11:29am

re: #515 jaunte

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makeitstop  Aug 2, 2016 • 9:11:49am

re: #515 jaunte

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What a fucking asshole he is.

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jaunte  Aug 2, 2016 • 9:11:59am

re: #517 Timothy Watson

FUCK KISSING BABIES GET THEM THE HELL OUT OF HERE!1!!

“Bring them back when they develop some parts I’m interested in.”

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Decatur Deb  Aug 2, 2016 • 9:12:38am

re: #514 nines09

Sarcastically. I tried to get the cadence. I had his voice in my head and went with his pattern. That you can see him saying something like that is the spooky part. No bottom in sight yet.

I live in a bubble of rationality—thought the Purple Heart statement was satire, too.

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jaunte  Aug 2, 2016 • 9:12:58am
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ObserverArt  Aug 2, 2016 • 9:13:06am

re: #467 Romantic Heretic

Mr. Trump? You only get the Purple Heart for being injured in combat.

Allow me to rectify your lack of that qualification.

/////////

And let’s not forget Purple Hearts and John Kerry who actually was awarded his.

That is one Republican convention I will never forget because of that stunt. Fuck ‘em.

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HappyWarrior  Aug 2, 2016 • 9:13:22am

re: #523 jaunte

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Crying Babies, are they part of Alinsky’s plot? You decide.

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Franklin  Aug 2, 2016 • 9:13:50am

re: #509 Decatur Deb

Only room for one whining infant at a Trump rally.

Welp, went looking for a face swap gif I saw the other day of Trump holding two crying babies at a rally and found this instead.

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HappyWarrior  Aug 2, 2016 • 9:14:01am

re: #524 ObserverArt

And let’s not forget Purple Hearts and John Kerry who actually was awarded his.

That is one Republican convention I will never forget because of that stunt. Fuck ‘em.

And it needs to be said that was long before Trump. I mean yes Trump is awful but the GOP had their share of nastiness and disrespect towards vets even before Trump.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Aug 2, 2016 • 9:14:17am
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Lidane  Aug 2, 2016 • 9:14:29am

SMART BUSINESSMAN!

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nines09  Aug 2, 2016 • 9:14:53am

re: #522 Decatur Deb

Unfortunately that’s real. Some vet gave him his. For his service I am sure.

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HappyWarrior  Aug 2, 2016 • 9:15:14am

re: #529 Lidane

SMART BUSINESSMAN!

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Also an area where there are a lot of Muslim-American professionals.

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jaunte  Aug 2, 2016 • 9:15:15am
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Backwoods_Sleuth  Aug 2, 2016 • 9:15:49am
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calochortus  Aug 2, 2016 • 9:15:50am

re: #491 Teukka

Heads-up to any lizardim working or interacting with refugees.
Sweden has had another case of refugees picking what they thought were champignons but turned out to be Destroying Angels with life-threatening poisoning as result.
One of them who had incredible luck considering A. virosa’s toxicity is asking people to learn and teach how to identify which mushrooms are edible and which are lethally toxic (A. virosa poisoning is the leading cause of death by mushroom poisoning).

In California we get stories fairly frequently of immigrants poisoning themselves and their families with mushrooms they picked. Years ago I had (immigrant) guests who popped some berries from a shrub in our yard in their mouths and discovered they weren’t whatever it was in the ‘old country’ that they looked like. Fortunately, they weren’t highly toxic.
If you’re going to forage, you’d better be sure of what you are eating-and that goes double for when you are far from home.

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HappyWarrior  Aug 2, 2016 • 9:15:51am

re: #532 jaunte

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I’m not saying it but alot of people are!

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HappyWarrior  Aug 2, 2016 • 9:16:15am

re: #533 Backwoods_Sleuth

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He has literally no idea about this area.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Aug 2, 2016 • 9:17:15am

re: #536 HappyWarrior

He has literally no idea about this area.

Apparently it’s as much as he knows about coal mining in Mechanicsburg, PA….

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lawhawk  Aug 2, 2016 • 9:17:17am

re: #515 jaunte

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Teukka  Aug 2, 2016 • 9:17:37am

re: #534 calochortus

In California we get stories fairly frequently of immigrants poisoning themselves and their families with mushrooms they picked. Years ago I had (immigrant) guests who popped some berries from a shrub in our yard in their mouths and discovered they weren’t whatever it was in the ‘old country’ that they looked like. Fortunately, they weren’t highly toxic.
If you’re going to forage, you’d better be sure of what you are eating-and that goes double for when you are far from home.

Also, one way of helping newcomers integrate and give them the welcome to the ‘hood, teach them what’s edible and what’s not. :)

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The Vicious Babushka  Aug 2, 2016 • 9:18:17am
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b.d.  Aug 2, 2016 • 9:18:22am

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HappyWarrior  Aug 2, 2016 • 9:18:26am

re: #537 Backwoods_Sleuth

Apparently it’s as much as he knows about coal mining in Mechanicsburg, PA….

HA!

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nines09  Aug 2, 2016 • 9:18:39am

re: #537 Backwoods_Sleuth

Apparently it’s as much as he knows about coal mining in Mechanicsburg, PA….

Just a few counties and miles off. Got the state right.

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Teukka  Aug 2, 2016 • 9:19:09am

re: #540 The Vicious Babushka

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Another one!? It’s a conspiracy I tellz ya, a conspiraceeeeee!!!! 11ty!!111

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Decatur Deb  Aug 2, 2016 • 9:20:35am

re: #540 The Vicious Babushka

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One baby is an accident. Two babies is a coincidence. Three babies is a conspiracy.

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Teukka  Aug 2, 2016 • 9:20:52am

re: #540 The Vicious Babushka

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Timothy Watson  Aug 2, 2016 • 9:21:47am

re: #531 HappyWarrior

Also an area where there are a lot of Muslim-American professionals.

I would love to know how his staff knows whether someone’s a Muslim or not just by looking at them.

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jaunte  Aug 2, 2016 • 9:21:49am
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Decatur Deb  Aug 2, 2016 • 9:23:08am

Gonna build a 10 foot playpen, and Gerber is going to pay for it.

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lawhawk  Aug 2, 2016 • 9:23:21am

Nobody puts Baby in the Corner. In the GOP, they put them on stage and make them the GOP nominee for President.

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The Vicious Babushka  Aug 2, 2016 • 9:24:07am

“It’s young and beautiful and healthy and that’s what we want. We don’t know whether or not she’s got this part yet but time will tell,”

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Decatur Deb  Aug 2, 2016 • 9:24:45am

Lewandowski on CNN, explaining that babies should be left in the car.

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HappyWarrior  Aug 2, 2016 • 9:25:06am

re: #547 Timothy Watson

I would love to know how his staff knows whether someone’s a Muslim or not just by looking at them.

We’re talking about the guy who mocked the President for talking about Muslim sports heroes and then wrote a tweet giving tribute to Muhammad Ali. I’d also like to see him with a group of Bosnian or Albanian Americans.

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Timothy Watson  Aug 2, 2016 • 9:25:07am

re: #552 Decatur Deb

Lewandowski on CNN, explaining that babies should be left in the car.

Ouch.

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Teukka  Aug 2, 2016 • 9:25:25am

re: #552 Decatur Deb

Lewandowski on CNN, explaining that babies should be left in the car.

In summer? Alone? Is he fucking out of his mind?
*SMDH*

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HappyWarrior  Aug 2, 2016 • 9:25:26am

re: #552 Decatur Deb

Lewandowski on CNN, explaining that babies should be left in the car.

What the fucking fuck?

557
HappyWarrior  Aug 2, 2016 • 9:25:54am

re: #554 Timothy Watson

Ouch.

I know, I mean Donald’s an asshole but I don’t think Menafort and Pence should leave him in the car.

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Timothy Watson  Aug 2, 2016 • 9:26:00am

re: #552 Decatur Deb

Lewandowski on CNN, explaining that babies should be left in the car.

Satire, I think.

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HappyWarrior  Aug 2, 2016 • 9:26:19am

re: #555 Teukka

In summer? Alone? Is he fucking out of his mind?
*SMDH*

August in Virginia, just leave the baby in the car.

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Franklin  Aug 2, 2016 • 9:26:24am
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Teukka  Aug 2, 2016 • 9:26:42am

re: #558 Timothy Watson

Satire, I think.

I’m not so sure, he could be serious.

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b.d.  Aug 2, 2016 • 9:26:49am

BABIES ARE JOBLESS MOOCHERS LOOKING FOR A HANDOUT!

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Archangelus  Aug 2, 2016 • 9:26:56am

re: #558 Timothy Watson

Satire, I think.

Is it really? I’m surprised the Onion is still in business these days…

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HappyWarrior  Aug 2, 2016 • 9:27:06am

re: #562 b.d.

BABIES ARE JOBLESS MOOCHERS LOOKING FOR A HANDOUT!

I worked for my bottle goddamn it.

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Brother Holy Cruise Missile of Mild Acceptance  Aug 2, 2016 • 9:27:42am

re: #518 ObserverArt

LOL. You KNOW you want to peek :)

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Teukka  Aug 2, 2016 • 9:27:51am

re: #559 HappyWarrior

August in Virginia, just leave the baby in the car.

Seriously. You can get heat peaks which leads to undesireable outcomes. Not to mention the psychological impact.

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Decatur Deb  Aug 2, 2016 • 9:28:05am

re: #555 Teukka

In summer? Alone? Is he fucking out of his mind?
*SMDH*

re: #556 HappyWarrior

What the fucking fuck?

re: #558 Timothy Watson

Satire, I think.

Yup. Our credulity is expanding under the stress of the BS load.

568
gocart mozart  Aug 2, 2016 • 9:28:40am
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ObserverArt  Aug 2, 2016 • 9:28:54am

re: #520 makeitstop

What a fucking asshole he is.

He really is getting worse.

I wonder what behaviorists, psychologists and psychiatrists are thinking about all this?

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HappyWarrior  Aug 2, 2016 • 9:30:19am

re: #566 Teukka

Seriously. You can get heat peaks which leads to undesireable outcomes. Not to mention the psychological impact.

I actually do remember a father leaving his child in the car here about 15 years ago. It was very sad. The poor kid died. I felt bad for the father but he needed to face some jail time. I’m not sure what’s happened since. It was a big, Catholic family as I recall. I actually knew some people who knew the family a little.

571
nines09  Aug 2, 2016 • 9:30:57am

And we wondered what was wrong with the Germans in the 1930’s?

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Lidane  Aug 2, 2016 • 9:31:02am

re: #552 Decatur Deb

Lewandowski on CNN, explaining that babies should be left in the car.

Are you serious?

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Teukka  Aug 2, 2016 • 9:31:27am

re: #572 Lidane

Are you serious?

I would think so. Deb?

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Decatur Deb  Aug 2, 2016 • 9:32:04am

re: #572 Lidane

Are you serious?

No, but we’re getting there.

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HappyWarrior  Aug 2, 2016 • 9:32:22am

re: #571 nines09

And we wondered what was wrong with the Germans in the 1930’s?

Yeah. I’ve seen interviews with Trump supporters. Scary stuff.

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HappyWarrior  Aug 2, 2016 • 9:32:35am

re: #574 Decatur Deb

No, but we’re getting there.

Damn it dude.

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Timothy Watson  Aug 2, 2016 • 9:33:31am

re: #570 HappyWarrior

I actually do remember a father leaving his child in the car here about 15 years ago. It was very sad. The poor kid died. I felt bad for the father but he needed to face some jail time. I’m not sure what’s happened since. It was a big, Catholic family as I recall. I actually knew some people who knew the family a little.

Yeah, there’s usually at least one fatality a year in the D.C. area from that.

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Decatur Deb  Aug 2, 2016 • 9:33:39am

re: #576 HappyWarrior

Damn it dude.

littlegreenfootballs.com

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Barefoot Grin  Aug 2, 2016 • 9:34:13am

re: #515 jaunte

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That’s straight out of a Simpsons episode.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Aug 2, 2016 • 9:34:45am
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HappyWarrior  Aug 2, 2016 • 9:34:49am

re: #578 Decatur Deb

littlegreenfootballs.com

Yeah sorry. Been distracted with other stuff.

582
Skip Intro  Aug 2, 2016 • 9:35:06am

Fake quote?

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  Aug 2, 2016 • 9:35:26am

re: #570 HappyWarrior

I actually do remember a father leaving his child in the car here about 15 years ago. It was very sad. The poor kid died. I felt bad for the father but he needed to face some jail time. I’m not sure what’s happened since. It was a big, Catholic family as I recall. I actually knew some people who knew the family a little.

saddest story I heard involved a three-year-old who climbed into a car on her own and fell asleep and died

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HappyWarrior  Aug 2, 2016 • 9:35:50am

re: #577 Timothy Watson

Yeah, there’s usually at least one fatality a year in the D.C. area from that.

I’ve never had a child but I just don’t know how anyone could forget one. My brother told me that he has a neat trick to remember his daughter. He always has something of importance in the backseat with her. Good little Easter Egg.

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  Aug 2, 2016 • 9:35:53am

re: #582 Skip Intro

Calling Dark Falcon.

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fake quote. please remove

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Timothy Watson  Aug 2, 2016 • 9:36:03am

re: #582 Skip Intro

Calling Dark Falcon.

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Fake, I believe.

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Kaessa  Aug 2, 2016 • 9:36:22am

re: #582 Skip Intro

Calling Dark Falcon.

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Yep, fake: snopes.com

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HappyWarrior  Aug 2, 2016 • 9:36:23am

re: #582 Skip Intro

Calling Dark Falcon.

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I thought it was proven he didn’t say this or this another statement.

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HappyWarrior  Aug 2, 2016 • 9:37:01am

re: #587 Kaessa

Yep, fake: snopes.com

Yeah I thought so. The sentiment isn’t wrong though. Republican voters are absurdly easy to con.

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Decatur Deb  Aug 2, 2016 • 9:37:12am

re: #583 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))

saddest story I heard involved a three-year-old who climbed into a car on her own and fell asleep and died

It’s happened 24 times so far this year—thought everyone knew that.

noheatstroke.org

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The Vicious Babushka  Aug 2, 2016 • 9:37:16am

re: #582 Skip Intro

Calling Dark Falcon.

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FAKE QUOTE

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freetoken  Aug 2, 2016 • 9:37:38am

For those who missed it, the latest State of the Climate is out:

Various out takes are here:
climate.gov

ametsoc.org

This is the 26th edition of the annual assessment now known as State of the Climate. The year 2015 saw the toppling of several symbolic mileposts: notably, it was 1.0°C warmer than preindustrial times, and the Mauna Loa observatory recorded its first annual mean carbon dioxide concentration greater than 400 ppm. Beyond these more recognizable markers, trends seen in recent decades continued.

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nines09  Aug 2, 2016 • 9:37:43am

re: #589 HappyWarrior

Yeah I thought so. The sentiment isn’t wrong though. Republican voters are absurdly easy to con.

Can I talk to you about gold for a moment?

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HappyWarrior  Aug 2, 2016 • 9:37:54am

Has DF commented much as of late? Saw him here last week. I hope he’s well but I really don’t want to hear that he has to support the GOP especially now that we have a sitting GOP Congressman come out in favor of Clinton against Trump.

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HappyWarrior  Aug 2, 2016 • 9:38:22am

re: #593 nines09

Can I talk to you about gold for a moment?

I’m too bust hoarding silver. Oh wait wrong century.

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GlutenFreeJesus  Aug 2, 2016 • 9:41:55am

re: #594 HappyWarrior

He called Hillary cackly.

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nines09  Aug 2, 2016 • 9:42:01am

re: #595 HappyWarrior

I’m too bust hoarding silver. Oh wait wrong century.

Wrong newsletter.

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jaunte  Aug 2, 2016 • 9:42:19am

re: #593 nines09

Can I talk to you about gold for a moment?

Sorry, I’m busy paving my back yard with guns and ammo
storeguns.com

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Dr. Matt  Aug 2, 2016 • 9:42:46am
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freetoken  Aug 2, 2016 • 9:42:55am
Global upper ocean heat content highest on record. Globally, upper ocean heat content exceeded the record set in 2014, reflecting the continuing accumulation of thermal energy in the upper layer of the oceans. Oceans absorb over 90 percent of Earth’s excess heat from global warming.

This is the most significant of the observations.

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HappyWarrior  Aug 2, 2016 • 9:43:00am

re: #596 GlutenFreeJesus

He called Hillary cackly.

Oh yeah? Has he ever listened to the guy his party just nominated.

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freetoken  Aug 2, 2016 • 9:43:35am
Global sea level highest on record. Global average sea level rose to a new record high in 2015 and was about 70 mm (about 23/4 inches) higher than the 1993 average, the year that marks the beginning of the satellite altimeter record. Over the past two decades, sea level has increased at an average rate of 3.3 mm (about 0.15 inch) per year, with the highest rates of increase in the western Pacific and Indian Oceans.

Just don’t tell Inhofe or Drumpfskind.

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nines09  Aug 2, 2016 • 9:43:44am

re: #598 jaunte

Sorry, I’m busy paving my back yard with guns and ammo
storeguns.com

Don’t forget to booby trap them!

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ObserverArt  Aug 2, 2016 • 9:44:03am

re: #567 Decatur Deb

Yup. Our credulity is expanding under the stress of the BS load.

And godamnedfrank said satire tags (/) can be eliminated.

You’re really stress testing his theory. Bad Deb.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Aug 2, 2016 • 9:44:13am

re: #596 GlutenFreeJesus

He called Hillary cackly.

and “Lies. Lies. Lies.”

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Le Lapin Tueur  Aug 2, 2016 • 9:44:40am

re: #491 Teukka

One of them who had incredible luck considering A. virosa’s toxicity is asking people to learn and teach how to identify which mushrooms are edible and which are lethally toxic (A. virosa poisoning is the leading cause of death by mushroom poisoning).

There are the old mushroom hunters and there are the bold mushroom hunters…. but there are no old bold mushroom hunters. Liver toxicity is a hella-bad way to die.

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dangerman  Aug 2, 2016 • 9:45:19am

Obama on Trump - NYT

“The question they have to ask themselves is: If you are repeatedly having to say in very strong terms that what he has said is unacceptable, why are you still endorsing him?”

then

“This isn’t a situation where you have an episodic gaffe. This is daily…,”

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nines09  Aug 2, 2016 • 9:45:30am

re: #599 Dr. Matt

littlegreenfootballs.com

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The Vicious Babushka  Aug 2, 2016 • 9:45:55am

Wingnuts losing their shit today, must be a day ending in day

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dangerman  Aug 2, 2016 • 9:47:30am

re: #609 The Vicious Babushka

Wingnuts losing their shit today, must be a day ending in day

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they seem like nice, well informed folks

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Dr. Matt  Aug 2, 2016 • 9:47:35am

Looks like Facebook has handed-down a temporary ban on Weiner-Savage. From World Nut Daily: wnd.com

Conservatives get to play the victim some more.

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Dr. Matt  Aug 2, 2016 • 9:47:56am

re: #608 nines09

littlegreenfootballs.com

Gracias

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jaunte  Aug 2, 2016 • 9:48:47am
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Timothy Watson  Aug 2, 2016 • 9:49:18am

re: #613 jaunte

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That woman still creeps me out.

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HappyWarrior  Aug 2, 2016 • 9:49:21am

re: #609 The Vicious Babushka

Wingnuts losing their shit today, must be a day ending in day

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Aww Limbaugh lite thinks he’s as “funny” as his brother. I think they’re mistaking Obama’s contempt for Trump’s ignorance with fear. Then again these are the same people who told me eight years ago that we liberals were just petrified of Sarah Palin.

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HappyWarrior  Aug 2, 2016 • 9:49:47am

re: #613 jaunte

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LORD TRUMP, I HAZ BABY TO GIVE YOU!

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lawhawk  Aug 2, 2016 • 9:49:49am

re: #613 jaunte

Babies and dogs can always tell who’s a decent person from someone who isn’t. /half

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Barefoot Grin  Aug 2, 2016 • 9:50:47am

re: #615 HappyWarrior

Aww Limbaugh lite thinks he’s as “funny” as his brother. I think they’re mistaking Obama’s contempt for Trump’s ignorance with fear. Then again these are the same people who told me eight years ago that we liberals were just petrified of Sarah Palin.

For them Obama was the worst president even before 2008.

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MsJ  Aug 2, 2016 • 9:50:59am

re: #317 lawhawk

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Trump says that he’d invest double in infrastructure without saying where/how the money will come from. This at the same time he’s proposing such massive tax cuts that he’d slash federal revenues by more than a $1 trillion a year. He’d be adding a trillion dollars in debt, but somehow will find the money to double Hillary’s infrastructure investments?

What kind of baffling BS is he going with?

Oh right, the same kind that led him to the GOP nomination. No one could bother fact checking any of his nonsense because he’d just come out with even more baffling BS.

None of his (or the GOP’s) math is even close to reality.

Isn’t a bond a way to raise money…with bond monies having to be paid back? How will it be paid back?

Man. This guy.

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The Vicious Babushka  Aug 2, 2016 • 9:51:04am
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Timothy Watson  Aug 2, 2016 • 9:52:03am

re: #619 MsJ

Isn’t a bond a way to raise money…with bond monies having to be paid back? How will it be paid back?

Man. This guy.

You buy a bond for $100. Every year, you get a stated interest rate, say 10%, so $10 a year. After however many years, you get the $100 back.

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nines09  Aug 2, 2016 • 9:52:07am

re: #617 lawhawk

Babies and dogs can always tell who’s a decent person from someone who isn’t. /half

Actually some are very, very, good at that. I learned to trust a few mutts in my day. I’ve seen babies happy at being handled, and passed to a person who I knew to be a dick, and the kid picked right up on it. Vibes are real.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Aug 2, 2016 • 9:52:13am

re: #614 Timothy Watson

That woman still creeps me out.

She was the high bidder in the Trump campaign fundraising baby auction…

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ObserverArt  Aug 2, 2016 • 9:52:31am

re: #594 HappyWarrior

Has DF commented much as of late? Saw him here last week. I hope he’s well but I really don’t want to hear that he has to support the GOP especially now that we have a sitting GOP Congressman come out in favor of Clinton against Trump.

He apparently posted a twitter that teleskidude posted late last night/early this morning in #169 up thread. He was saying Hillary is Conniving, Cackling, Crooked.

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HappyWarrior  Aug 2, 2016 • 9:53:24am

re: #624 ObserverArt

He apparently posted a twitter that teleskidude posted late last night/early this morning in #169 up thread. He was saying Hillary is Conniving, Cackling, Crooked.

Yeah I’m seeing that now. Shrug, I don’t get him. Still talking smack about Clinton even after his party’s nominee goes after a Gold Star family.

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De Kolta Chair  Aug 2, 2016 • 9:54:09am

re: #461 Backwoods_Sleuth

“You know, the safest place to be anywhere, is at a Trump rally,” @realDonaldTrump says at his rally in Va.

And that’s only because responsible fire marshal’s won’t allow Trump to dangerously over-occupy his indoor rallies. //

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Aug 2, 2016 • 9:55:44am
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wrenchwench  Aug 2, 2016 • 9:56:07am

re: #625 HappyWarrior

Yeah I’m seeing that now. Shrug, I don’t get him. Still talking smack about Clinton even after his party’s nominee goes after a Gold Star family.

My congressman said Trump was not his first, second, third, nor fourth choice, ‘but he’s our nominee now,’ and supports him. I hope it kills him in his reelection bid.

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jaunte  Aug 2, 2016 • 9:56:45am
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HappyWarrior  Aug 2, 2016 • 9:57:11am

re: #627 Backwoods_Sleuth

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Uh huh. Way to take personal responsibliity dumbass.

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Timothy Watson  Aug 2, 2016 • 9:57:19am

re: #627 Backwoods_Sleuth

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Party of personal responsibility, y’all.

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HappyWarrior  Aug 2, 2016 • 9:57:43am

re: #628 wrenchwench

My congressman said Trump was not his first, second, third, nor fourth choice, ‘but he’s our nominee now,’ and supports him. I hope it kills him in his reelection bid.

I hope it kills so many of them. They’ve lined up behind him. They deserve to fall with him and not get to act like he wasn’t really a right winger.

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wrenchwench  Aug 2, 2016 • 9:58:08am

re: #627 Backwoods_Sleuth

[The adult escorting boy who yelled “take the bitch down” about Hillary Clinton said the child learned the language in “Democratic schools”]

DARVO.

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HappyWarrior  Aug 2, 2016 • 9:58:47am

re: #631 Timothy Watson

Party of personal responsibility, y’all.

As for Democratic public schools, uh what? Loudoun County is about as purple as you can get. And uh I ugess someone never got the Citizens United joke that Trump’s pal Roger had. Get it, Clinton’s a C.U.N.T hehe, we conservatives are so clever even though we freak out about SImpsons parodies.

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HappyWarrior  Aug 2, 2016 • 9:59:51am

I’m old enough to remember Fairfax County going for Dole.

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dog philosopher ஐஒஔ௸  Aug 2, 2016 • 9:59:56am

Genius Mogul Will Grudgingly Listen To Scaredy Cat Loser Advisors For A Day Or Two

warns babies and disabled war veterans not to push him too far, though

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I Would Prefer Not To  Aug 2, 2016 • 10:00:02am

re: #513 Backwoods_Sleuth

Trump in Ashburn, VA: We have a movement going. Even if you can’t stand me, vote for me because of SCOTUS. I want justices like Scalia

Dead?

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HappyWarrior  Aug 2, 2016 • 10:00:38am

re: #637 I Would Prefer Not To

Dead?

Angry and bigoted with views stuck in the past that never was.

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The Vicious Babushka  Aug 2, 2016 • 10:00:52am
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Romantic Heretic  Aug 2, 2016 • 10:01:12am

re: #616 HappyWarrior

LORD TRUMP, I HAZ BABY TO GIVE YOU!

I don’t eat babies, raw.

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nines09  Aug 2, 2016 • 10:01:12am

re: #629 jaunte

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“Well, what can a mother do? I mean if he wants to shout out “Kick the bitch”, I mean what can I do? If he screams “Kill the motherf***er, what can a mother do? It’s all the schools, the Democratic schools, fault. I’ve lost complete control of the little cock****er. What can I do? Trump will fix it. He will fix it all.”

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HappyWarrior  Aug 2, 2016 • 10:03:31am

You know conservatives, if you’re going to tout yourselves as proponents as believers in personal responsibility, you don’t get to blame the schools when your child calls a presidential candidate a bitch who needs to be jailed. I mean if you want ot blame the schools fine but otherwies shut the fuck up about other people taking it when you don’t know how to take ti yourself.

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The Vicious Babushka  Aug 2, 2016 • 10:03:36am
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GlutenFreeJesus  Aug 2, 2016 • 10:05:44am

re: #601 HappyWarrior

Oh yeah? Has he ever listened to the guy his party just nominated.

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Timothy Watson  Aug 2, 2016 • 10:06:04am

re: #643 The Vicious Babushka

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Peak white privilege is a myth.

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  Aug 2, 2016 • 10:06:50am

re: #614 Timothy Watson

That woman still creeps me out.

then this pic will give you nightmares:

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Lidane  Aug 2, 2016 • 10:07:08am
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Barefoot Grin  Aug 2, 2016 • 10:07:38am

Just had a roast beef sandwich—feel like I almost have the power to kill a thread.

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jaunte  Aug 2, 2016 • 10:08:40am
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gocart mozart  Aug 2, 2016 • 10:08:48am
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The Vicious Babushka  Aug 2, 2016 • 10:09:35am

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Aug 2, 2016 • 10:09:47am
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Jay C  Aug 2, 2016 • 10:10:25am

re: #625 HappyWarrior

Yeah I’m seeing that now. Shrug, I don’t get him. Still talking smack about Clinton even after his party’s nominee goes after a Gold Star family.

Hey! With a GOP candidate with the competence and personality of Donald Trump, what else is left?

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MsJ  Aug 2, 2016 • 10:11:17am

Did anyone see the reaction of the vet who gave Trump the Purple Heart after he said how much easier it was to get one this way? Was the vet ok with that statement?

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freetoken  Aug 2, 2016 • 10:11:23am

Rescuers say toxic gas dropped on Syrian town where Russian helicopter shot down

A Syrian rescue service operating in rebel-held territory said on Tuesday a helicopter dropped containers of toxic gas overnight on a town close to where a Russian military helicopter had been shot down hours earlier.

The opposition Syrian National Coalition (SNC) accused President Bashar al-Assad of being behind the attack. Assad has denied previous accusations of using chemical weapons.

A spokesman for the Syria Civil Defence said 33 people, mostly women and children, were affected by the gas, which they suspect was chlorine, in Saraqeb, in rebel-held Idlib province.

[…]

Has anyone asked Drumpfskind what he thinks about using gas warfare?

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Jenner7  Aug 2, 2016 • 10:11:30am

Did he really kick a crying baby out??

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dog philosopher ஐஒஔ௸  Aug 2, 2016 • 10:11:34am

froxxed up news strongly pushing ‘rigged’ angle

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Sir John Barron  Aug 2, 2016 • 10:11:34am

re: #629 jaunte

family values. values voters.

//

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makeitstop  Aug 2, 2016 • 10:12:19am

re: #656 Jenner7

Did he really kick a crying baby out??

Yep. There’s video upthread.

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  Aug 2, 2016 • 10:12:45am

re: #658 Sir John Barron

family values. values voters.

//

and strong Christians. Just ask any two Corinthians…

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Decatur Deb  Aug 2, 2016 • 10:12:49am

re: #656 Jenner7

Did he really kick a crying baby out??

Staggering, ain’t it?

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Ziggy_TARDIS  Aug 2, 2016 • 10:13:16am

re: #655 freetoken

Does that mean Russia was using gas?

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MsJ  Aug 2, 2016 • 10:13:18am

re: #621 Timothy Watson

You buy a bond for $100. Every year, you get a stated interest rate, say 10%, so $10 a year. After however many years, you get the $100 back.

Right…and who pays for that? You raise $1 million dollars on bond. You pay back interest (which is virtually nil, but I digress) and you spend that money on roads.

Then what? Doesn’t that cool one mil still have to come from somewhere? I believe the answer to that is yes. So, Mr. Trump…from where, exactly, is that funding going to come from?

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Barefoot Grin  Aug 2, 2016 • 10:13:29am

re: #652 Backwoods_Sleuth

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Jesus, this guy really is a threat to our national security.

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freetoken  Aug 2, 2016 • 10:14:16am

re: #662 Ziggy_TARDIS

Does that mean Russia was using gas?

No, though that is not impossible.

Allegations are that both the rebels and the government have used gas.

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Romantic Heretic  Aug 2, 2016 • 10:14:54am

re: #663 MsJ

Right…and who pays for that? You raise $1 million dollars on bond. You pay back interest (which is virtually nil, but I digress) and you spend that money on roads.

Then what? Doesn’t that cool one mil still have to come from somewhere? I believe the answer to that is yes. So, Mr. Trump…from where, exactly, is that funding going to come from?

The same place all his ideas come from. You know, at the far end of his excretory system.

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Dr Lizardo  Aug 2, 2016 • 10:15:00am

re: #662 Ziggy_TARDIS

Does that mean Russia was using gas?

Someone did. Could’ve been Assad’s forces as well; they have airpower. And from descriptions of “containers” being dropped, that sounds like the barrel bombs Assad’s forces use from time to time.

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Timothy Watson  Aug 2, 2016 • 10:15:08am

re: #655 freetoken

Rescuers say toxic gas dropped on Syrian town where Russian helicopter shot down

Has anyone asked Drumpfskind what he thinks about using gas warfare?

He loves it, that’s what stronger leaders do.

(That’s what he said about Saddam.)

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MsJ  Aug 2, 2016 • 10:15:17am

re: #644 GlutenFreeJesus

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Cackling is misogynistic as fuck. You don’t ever see a man labeled as cackling.

Fuck him.

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Belafon  Aug 2, 2016 • 10:16:05am

re: #629 jaunte

My kids don’t cuss because my wife and I don’t. My middle kid says his friends sometimes worry about him because he doesn’t cuss.

They would have been smacked upside the head for this, and I don’t hit my kids.

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The Vicious Babushka  Aug 2, 2016 • 10:16:34am

“The election is rigged. Even the polls are rigged!”

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The Vicious Babushka  Aug 2, 2016 • 10:16:58am

re: #669 MsJ

Cackling is misogynistic as fuck. You don’t ever see a man labeled as cackling.

Fuck him.

Trump has a whiny, nasal voice.

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freetoken  Aug 2, 2016 • 10:17:14am

re: #671 The Vicious Babushka

And sure enough, today there are going around Facebook all sorts of voting-is-rigged themes.

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HappyWarrior  Aug 2, 2016 • 10:18:09am

re: #671 The Vicious Babushka

“The election is rigged. Even the polls are rigged!”

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Never seen anyone so thin skinned about his polling. He really I think expects to win every last precinct.

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GlutenFreeJesus  Aug 2, 2016 • 10:18:14am

re: #662 Ziggy_TARDIS

Chlorine.

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Belafon  Aug 2, 2016 • 10:18:22am

re: #601 HappyWarrior

Oh yeah? Has he ever listened to the guy his party just nominated.

D_F’s listening to him. What we want is for D_F to question Trump’s statements and actions, which he’s not doing.

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HappyWarrior  Aug 2, 2016 • 10:19:23am

re: #676 Belafon

D_F’s listening to him. What we want is for D_F to question Trump’s statements and actions, which he’s not doing.

No doubt. Just saying it’s telling for him to comment on Clinton’s voice when his own party’s nominee has a voice that only a mother could love but you’re right the more important things are Trump’s statements and actions.

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HappyWarrior  Aug 2, 2016 • 10:19:44am

re: #672 The Vicious Babushka

Trump has a whiny, nasal voice.

So did Cruz who DF voted for.

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GlutenFreeJesus  Aug 2, 2016 • 10:20:00am

Trump loses - VOTING IS RIGGED!

He wins (he won’t) - THE PEOPLE HAVE SPOKEN!

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Belafon  Aug 2, 2016 • 10:20:54am

re: #677 HappyWarrior

No doubt. Just saying it’s telling for him to comment on Clinton’s voice when his own party’s nominee has a voice that only a mother could love but you’re right the more important things are Trump’s statements and actions.

I also meant to imply that he’s repeating some of Trump’s comments about Clinton.

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Kryptik: Just Done With It.  Aug 2, 2016 • 10:21:03am

re: #676 Belafon

D_F’s listening to him. What we want is for D_F to question Trump’s statements and actions, which he’s not doing.

Not going to lie, D_F raises my hackles precisely because he comes off as the perfect encapsulation of ‘Good Conservative falling into line’.

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HappyWarrior  Aug 2, 2016 • 10:21:25am

I wish I still had it but I wrote years ago about why the election of 1800 was our most important one. Adams may have felt bitter about losing ot Jefferson but what Adams did not do was question Jefferson’s legitimacy as the nwe President and thus allowed the peaceful transfer of power, something that so many Americans take for granted.

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Skip Intro  Aug 2, 2016 • 10:21:36am

re: #674 HappyWarrior

Never seen anyone so thin skinned about his polling. He really I think expects to win every last precinct.

He’s setting the stage for claiming that when he doesn’t it’s only because everything was rigged against him.

Trump “concession” speech.

“I told you back in July that the corrupt system was rigged against me. I didn’t lose, I won.

BIGLY

But the election was stolen by Crooked Hillary who is an illegitimate president, just like the Kenyan before her. Are you just going to sit there and do nothing about it?”

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HappyWarrior  Aug 2, 2016 • 10:21:45am

re: #680 Belafon

I also meant to imply that he’s repeating some of Trump’s comments about Clinton.

True that.

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HappyWarrior  Aug 2, 2016 • 10:22:27am

re: #683 Skip Intro

He’s setting the stage for claiming that when he doesn’t it’s only because everything was rigged against him.

Trump “concession” speech.

“I told you back in July that the corrupt system was rigged against me. I didn’t lose, I won.

BIGLY

But the election was stolen by Crooked Hillary who is an illegitimate president, just like the Kenyan before her. Are you just going to sit there and do nothing about it?”

That’s what I mean when I say I’m nervous either way about the results. This isn’t John McCain or Romney who know how to lose with some dignity.

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Jenner7  Aug 2, 2016 • 10:23:11am

Katy Tur said he was joking. That did not sound like a joke. Wow.

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makeitstop  Aug 2, 2016 • 10:23:14am

re: #669 MsJ

Cackling is misogynistic as fuck. You don’t ever see a man labeled as cackling.

Fuck him.

I expect that D_F will eventually flounce, if he hasn’t already.

This is probably the only place he gets any pushback for being a blind follower, and once he’s gone in the tank for Trump (if he hasn’t already), he’ll probably just disappear.

Sad. He’s not stupid, but stubborn af.

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nines09  Aug 2, 2016 • 10:23:25am

re: #651 The Vicious Babushka

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Belafon  Aug 2, 2016 • 10:24:21am

re: #682 HappyWarrior

I wish I still had it but I wrote years ago about why the election of 1800 was our most important one. Adams may have felt bitter about losing ot Jefferson but what Adams did not do was question Jefferson’s legitimacy as the nwe President and thus allowed the peaceful transfer of power, something that so many Americans take for granted.

Agree, Washington choosing to not run for reelection and Adams conceding were two of the most important events in defining our republic. And, more than anything else, the signature act that would signal the end of our country would be a president not stepping down.

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lawhawk  Aug 2, 2016 • 10:24:23am

re: #652 Backwoods_Sleuth

The Russian nuclear arsenal is newer than the US?

We’re just starting a trillion dollar modernization program, where our nukes are already far more accurate than the Russian systems and likely safer against accidental detonations through PALs and similar safety measures.

Guess who started the modernization program. Obama.

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Lidane  Aug 2, 2016 • 10:24:54am
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Jay C  Aug 2, 2016 • 10:25:33am

re: #657 dog philosopher ஐஒஔ௸

froxxed up news strongly pushing ‘rigged’ angle

This is something I think every single Democrat in the country, from President Obama on down to local dogcatcher candidates ought to be pushing back on at every single opportunity. Use these whines about “rigged” elections to remind the voters that the GOP are a party of arrogant, self-righteous ideologues, who allow no legitimacy to any opposition, and simultaneously a bunch of whiny losers whose main response to public rejection is to grump about “biases” and “fixes”.
And that if Republicans are so worried about the results in November, the best things for Democrats to do is to GOTV, push relentlessly, and make the election such an unequivocal blowout (for Dems), that the results will be undeniable.

Of course, this won’t shut the wingers up, but it might be nice to have some “sore loser” ammo to toss in the next Administration…

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FormerDirtDart  Aug 2, 2016 • 10:25:58am
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Belafon  Aug 2, 2016 • 10:26:26am

re: #691 Lidane

How about Obama as the head of the DNC after the election?

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Lidane  Aug 2, 2016 • 10:26:40am
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HappyWarrior  Aug 2, 2016 • 10:27:57am

re: #689 Belafon

Agree, Washington choosing to not run for reelection and Adams conceding were two of the most important events in defining our republic. And, more than anything else, the signature act that would signal the end of our country would be a president not stepping down.

We take it for granted since none of us or our parents (Yeah not even you John Tyler’s grandsons who are still with us!) but peaceful transfer of power in 1800 is when I think people realized “Hey, this could really work.” Washington has so many noble attributes in a leader that we take for granted today.

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HappyWarrior  Aug 2, 2016 • 10:28:42am

re: #693 FormerDirtDart

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West is a damn crook.

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The Vicious Babushka  Aug 2, 2016 • 10:29:34am
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jaunte  Aug 2, 2016 • 10:29:42am

There is apparently nothing Trump’s fans won’t try to excuse.

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Teukka  Aug 2, 2016 • 10:30:08am

So a facebook friend handed me this:
Psychology Today: Anti-intellectualism Is Killing America

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HappyWarrior  Aug 2, 2016 • 10:30:45am

re: #699 jaunte

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There is apparently nothing Trump’s fans won’t try to excuse.

Obama’s had several assassination attempts since he became President. Somehow I don’t think Obama accepting a Purple Heart and saying what Trump did would go over so well but what do I know, I’m just a libtard.

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HappyWarrior  Aug 2, 2016 • 10:31:42am

theonion.com
The Onion still has it.

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BlackPearl  Aug 2, 2016 • 10:33:14am

re: #651 The Vicious Babushka

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Why would someone want to stay? She has a specific area she wants to research and only one researcher has that funding. She has a visa dependent on employment through that employer. She wants to stay in an area for family but there’s only one big employer. She otherwise likes the company, or believes in the nonprofit. She doesn’t want to make a lateral job move that will delay her career plans by X years.

Or she just has to pay her fucking rent.

TBH, I have never been harassed. I’m glad you were able to make a good job move, and I’m sorry it happened to you in the first place.

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HappyWarrior  Aug 2, 2016 • 10:33:52am

I don’t know if Trump is sincere or not in how he whines but he’s really trying to give RWNJs a reality where if they don’t win every state, they’re going to claim fraud and that’s what I’m afraid of. I don’t expect Clinton to win all the states and in fact, it could well be closer than I expect but Trump is fostering a mindset that anything outside an absolute “schlonging” is fraud.

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Lidane  Aug 2, 2016 • 10:34:13am

In which Trump kicks babies AND old people out of the same rally:

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jaunte  Aug 2, 2016 • 10:35:17am
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Kryptik: Just Done With It.  Aug 2, 2016 • 10:35:37am

re: #704 HappyWarrior

I don’t know if Trump is sincere or not in how he whines but he’s really trying to give RWNJs a reality where if they don’t win every state, they’re going to claim fraud and that’s what I’m afraid of. I don’t expect Clinton to win all the states and in fact, it could well be closer than I expect but Trump is fostering a mindset that anything outside an absolute “schlonging” is fraud.

It’s an extension of the whole ‘illegitimacy’ angle toward Clinton they’ve been playing toward since “BENGHAZHIIIII”. No matter what the result of this election is, they’re going to claim the refs were gamed for Hillary and that it makes everything suspect and oh, Dems probably need to be outlawed because super-corruption.

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Sir John Barron  Aug 2, 2016 • 10:36:04am

re: #692 Jay C

This is something I think every single Democrat in the country, from President Obama on down to local dogcatcher candidates ought to be pushing back on at every single opportunity. Use these whines about “rigged” elections to remind the voters that the GOP are a party of arrogant, self-righteous ideologues, who allow no legitimacy to any opposition, and simultaneously a bunch of whiny losers whose main response to public rejection is to grump about “biases” and “fixes”.
And that if Republicans are so worried about the results in November, the best things for Democrats to do is to GOTV, push relentlessly, and make the election such an unequivocal blowout (for Dems), that the results will be undeniable.

Of course, this won’t shut the wingers up, but it might be nice to have some “sore loser” ammo to toss in the next Administration…

kinda funny how wingnuts started that meme already. right after the DNC and Trump embarrassing himself with the Khans.

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Sir John Barron  Aug 2, 2016 • 10:36:52am

re: #706 jaunte

Trump doesn’t read.

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HappyWarrior  Aug 2, 2016 • 10:38:11am

re: #706 jaunte

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That’s the kind of words I’d expect from him.

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Sir John Barron  Aug 2, 2016 • 10:38:27am

re: #683 Skip Intro

He’s setting the stage for claiming that when he doesn’t it’s only because everything was rigged against him.

Trump “concession” speech.

“I told you back in July that the corrupt system was rigged against me. I didn’t lose, I won.

BIGLY

But the election was stolen by Crooked Hillary who is an illegitimate president, just like the Kenyan before her. Are you just going to sit there and do nothing about it?”

so, the polls are rigged, the election’s rigged. how’s a rich white guy even stand a chance?

///

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Skip Intro  Aug 2, 2016 • 10:38:31am

re: #695 Lidane

Good Newsweek article.

Distilled down:

All of these names and numbers can grow confusing for voters with little exposure to the business world. So to sum it all up, Trump is rich because he was born rich—and without his father repeatedly bailing him out, he would have likely filed for personal bankruptcy before he was 35.

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HappyWarrior  Aug 2, 2016 • 10:38:40am

re: #709 Sir John Barron

Trump doesn’t read.

Quite honestly, policy aside that may be one of the most dangerous things about him.

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HappyWarrior  Aug 2, 2016 • 10:41:15am

re: #707 Kryptik: Just Done With It.

It’s an extension of the whole ‘illegitimacy’ angle toward Clinton they’ve been playing toward since “BENGHAZHIIIII”. No matter what the result of this election is, they’re going to claim the refs were gamed for Hillary and that it makes everything suspect and oh, Dems probably need to be outlawed because super-corruption.

Precisely.

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Mattand  Aug 2, 2016 • 10:42:21am

re: #522 Decatur Deb

I live in a bubble of rationality

I’m so stealing this.

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dangerman  Aug 2, 2016 • 10:42:27am

re: #707 Kryptik: Just Done With It.

super-corruption

is that more or less than double-secret?

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Sir John Barron  Aug 2, 2016 • 10:45:14am

So Trump’s campaign went from Look How Awesome Are My Polls to The Whole Election is Rigged.

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gocart mozart  Aug 2, 2016 • 10:45:18am
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I Would Prefer Not To  Aug 2, 2016 • 10:45:20am

re: #716 dangerman

super-corruption

is that more or less than double-secret?

It’s corruption turned up to 11.

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nines09  Aug 2, 2016 • 10:45:38am

re: #712 Skip Intro

Good Newsweek article.

Distilled down:

Just think. He bankrupted a Casino. A CASINO. It’s a money printing machine. And he lost it.

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Kryptik: Just Done With It.  Aug 2, 2016 • 10:45:50am

re: #716 dangerman

super-corruption

is that more or less than double-secret?

It’s doubleplus secret.

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HappyWarrior  Aug 2, 2016 • 10:46:03am

re: #717 Sir John Barron

So Trump’s campaign went from Look How Awesome Are My Polls to The Whole Election is Rigged.

That’s what a loser does. I don’t expect his sycophants to get that though.

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Skip Intro  Aug 2, 2016 • 10:47:16am
In this installment of Whatever Happened to the Rails?, the Republican candidate for President of the United States showed up in Columbus, Ohio and blew the lid off the International Conspiracy of Illuminati Fire Marshals, according to this dispatch from, yes, The Columbus Dispatch.

esquire.com

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HappyWarrior  Aug 2, 2016 • 10:48:11am

re: #723 Skip Intro

esquire.com

I always knew those fire marshals were no good.

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I Would Prefer Not To  Aug 2, 2016 • 10:50:53am

Trump

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The Vicious Babushka  Aug 2, 2016 • 10:51:26am

LOL in that Newsweek article, Donald Trump was scammed by a real life Max Bialystok:

He already ached to be part of the Manhattan elite rather than just be known as the son of a Brooklyn developer. So, in 1970, he took another shot at joining the entertainment business by investing $70,000, to snag a co-producer’s credit for a Broadway comedy called Paris Is Out! Once again, Trump failed; the play bombed, closing after just 96 performances.

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Sir John Barron  Aug 2, 2016 • 10:54:03am

re: #725 I Would Prefer Not To

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Oh, just probably another true American patriot on his way to church.

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Barefoot Grin  Aug 2, 2016 • 10:57:16am

re: #725 I Would Prefer Not To

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i was behind one of those the other day—complete with smokestack exhaust pipes on the side of the cab and an American flag on the back. The plate read “Tr33hggr”; I had to begrudgingly give him points for stupid humor.

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lawhawk  Aug 2, 2016 • 10:58:44am

Reminder:

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dangerman  Aug 2, 2016 • 10:59:38am

re: #728 Barefoot Grin

i was behind one of those the other day—complete with smokestack exhaust pipes on the side of the cab and an American flag on the back. The plate read “Tr33hggr”; I had to begrudgingly give him points for stupid humor.

real stacks or the bolt on ersatz kind?
the additional effort says a lot (dont ask me what, i’m new around here)

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KGxvi  Aug 2, 2016 • 10:59:56am

re: #720 nines09

Just think. He bankrupted a Casino. A CASINO. It’s a money printing machine. And he lost it.

He sent three casinos into bankruptcy within 2 years in the early 90s. Then, in the aughts, he consolidated those three properties into one business entity, that ended up in bankruptcy (twice in five years).

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jaunte  Aug 2, 2016 • 11:00:26am

Not just babies.

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Barefoot Grin  Aug 2, 2016 • 11:01:00am

re: #730 dangerman

real stacks or the bolt on ersatz kind?
the additional effort says a lot (dont ask me what, i’m new around here)

I didn’t notice. It was one of those super huge pickups with double wheels on the back, so might have been real. It’d be a better story if they were fake.

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FormerDirtDart  Aug 2, 2016 • 11:01:10am
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dangerman  Aug 2, 2016 • 11:01:24am

re: #731 KGxvi

He sent three casinos into bankruptcy within 2 years in the early 90s. Then, in the aughts, he consolidated those three properties into one business entity, that promptly went into bankruptcy.

he or somebody suggested that milking out the cash and bankruptcy was better than a forever, hands off, never gotta touch it, money making machine

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dangerman  Aug 2, 2016 • 11:02:06am

re: #733 Barefoot Grin

I didn’t notice. It was one of those super huge pickups with double wheels on the back, so might have been real. It’d be a better story if they were fake.

exacto

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nines09  Aug 2, 2016 • 11:02:55am

re: #731 KGxvi

He sent three casinos into bankruptcy within 2 years in the early 90s. Then, in the aughts, he consolidated those three properties into one business entity, that promptly went into bankruptcy.

Yes he did. ONE Casino is proof enough of his malfeasance. Like Mitt Romney Said

It’s all so simple. Damn, why didn’t I think of THAT??????

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wrenchwench  Aug 2, 2016 • 11:03:05am

All downhill from here.

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The Vicious Babushka  Aug 2, 2016 • 11:03:07am

Exhibit #19087692 that wingnuts do not know how to tell the difference between an already born infant human being and a fetus inside of an already born adult human women.

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nines09  Aug 2, 2016 • 11:04:20am

re: #738 wrenchwench

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All downhill from here.

This just in……..BREAKING NOW…………….NOW THIS………….BREAKING………..JUST IN…………..NOW OVER TO…………….

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KGxvi  Aug 2, 2016 • 11:04:29am

re: #735 dangerman

he or somebody suggested that milking out the cash and bankruptcy was better than a forever, hands off, never gotta touch it, money making machine

Here’s the snopes summary of his bankruptcy history (which lead to me editing my comment above):

#1) Trump Taj Mahal (1991): The Trump Taj Mahal casino in Atlantic City opened in 1990, with Trump financing the completion of its construction with $675 million in junk bonds at 14% interest. By the following year the casino itself was in debt to the tune of $3 billion, while Trump himself owed some $900 million in personal liabilities.

In order to keep the Taj Mahal afloat, Trump struck a deal with his lenders in which he gave up half his ownership share and equity in the casino, sold his Trump Shuttle airline and his Trump Princess 220-foot yacht, and agreed to a bank-set limit on his personal spending in exchange for a lower interest rate and additional time to make his loan payments.

#2 and #3) Trump’s Castle and Trump Plaza Casinos (1992): Less than a year after the Taj Mahal bankruptcy Trump filed for Chapter 11 protection again for two more Atlantic City hotel-casinos, the Trump Plaza and Trump’s Castle, over their inability to make principal and interest payments on bonds. The Plaza ($550 million in debt) and the Castle ($338 million in debt) were competing against each other, as well as against the Taj Mahal, and Trump gave up a 50% share in exchange for more favorable terms on the debts.

#4) Trump Plaza Hotel (1992): Donald Trump filed for bankruptcy protection a third time in 1992 over the Trump Plaza Hotel on New York’s famous Fifth Avenue, overlooking Central Park in midtown Manhattan. Once again, Trump gave up a 49% stake in the property to secure more favorable terms from lenders on the luxury hotel’s debt of more than $550 million.

#5) Trump Hotels and Casinos Resorts (2004): In 1995, Donald Trump established Trump Hotels and Casino Resorts as a publicly traded company, an entity that eventually consolidated his three Atlantic City casinos (Trump Taj Mahal, Trump Castle, and Trump Plaza), along with other properties, under one company. In 2004, Trump sought Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection for the company, with filings listing about $1.8 billion in debt. Yet again, Trump’s ownership in the business was reduced, from 47% to 27%, in order to obtain more favorable terms from lenders.

#6) Trump Entertainment Resorts (2009): After its 2004 bankruptcy, Trump Hotels and Casino Resorts was renamed Trump Entertainment Resorts (TER), and that latter entity went Chapter 11 in 2009 with a debt of $1.2 billion. Trump fought with his board of directors over how to restructure the company and ended up reducing his ownership share of the business once again (to 10%) and resigning as chairman of the board.

So, six businesses, many of them casinos, into bankruptcy in less than 20 years. How the fuck is this guy taken seriously by anyone?

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Big Beautiful Door  Aug 2, 2016 • 11:05:48am

re: #720 nines09

Just think. He bankrupted a Casino. A CASINO. It’s a money printing machine. And he lost it.

Trump didn’t so much lose it as siphon most of it off into his own pocket, leaving his investors holding the bag.

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dangerman  Aug 2, 2016 • 11:05:59am

re: #738 wrenchwench

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All downhill from here.

that’s only the countdown clock to when the election day clock starts counting down

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dangerman  Aug 2, 2016 • 11:07:07am

re: #741 KGxvi

Here’s the snopes summary of his bankruptcy history (which lead to me editing my comment above):

So, six businesses, many of them casinos, into bankruptcy in less than 20 years. How the fuck is this guy taken seriously by anyone?

“he’s a plain speaker”

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Jenner7  Aug 2, 2016 • 11:08:15am

I bet the parents are proud.

Gross.

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lawhawk  Aug 2, 2016 • 11:08:47am

As to why Trump looks awkward around babies…. he doesn’t think rearing them is a man’s job:

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The Vicious Babushka  Aug 2, 2016 • 11:08:49am

re: #745 Jenner7

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I bet the parents are proud.

Who do you think he heard that from?

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nines09  Aug 2, 2016 • 11:08:51am

re: #742 Big Beautiful Door

Trump didn’t so much lose it as siphon most of it off into his own pocket, leaving his investors holding the bag.

Yes. He walked off with money and screwed people from day 1. But he shuttered a money machine to put s couple of bucks in his pocket.

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Jenner7  Aug 2, 2016 • 11:10:10am

Refresh my 745

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Lidane  Aug 2, 2016 • 11:10:28am

Haha:

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nines09  Aug 2, 2016 • 11:10:35am

re: #743 dangerman

that’s only the countdown clock to when the election day clock starts counting down

Could be the amount of brain cells you have left as you watch, too.

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The Vicious Babushka  Aug 2, 2016 • 11:10:36am

Makes you wonder what SS & K9 handlers would say about Trump & his entourage. Does he make them sign lifetime non-disparagement contracts before accepting their protection?

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Skip Intro  Aug 2, 2016 • 11:10:47am

re: #731 KGxvi

He sent three casinos into bankruptcy within 2 years in the early 90s. Then, in the aughts, he consolidated those three properties into one business entity, that promptly went into bankruptcy.

Is that the entity he put on the stock exchange under the symbol DJT where his investors lost 90% of their investment when it went tits up?

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Dr Lizardo  Aug 2, 2016 • 11:11:14am

So, the embargo on Suicide Squad reviews is over, and uhm……yeah, not good. I’ll put this in a spoiler tag; it’s from Peter Travers over at Rolling Stone:

Click to Reveal

Who stole the soul of Suicide Squad? I’d say it’s Ayer’s willingness to go all limp-dick and compromise his hardcore action bona fides for a PG-13 crowdpleaser that would rather ingratiate than cut deep, or even cut at all. My heart sank during the film’s big battle between the Squad and zombie soldiers. You heard me: zombies! The walking dead aren’t the only clichés that eat away at the potential in this material. Superfreaks become supersweeties and Suicide Squad: Dawn of Dullness (my subtitle) does the impossible. Forget Batman v Superman — at least it tried. This botch job makes Fantastic Four look good.

Ouch. And many reviews I’m reading are in a similar vein.

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KGxvi  Aug 2, 2016 • 11:11:18am

re: #748 nines09

Yes. He walked off with money and screwed people from day 1. But he shuttered a money machine to put s couple of bucks in his pocket.

In every case, he overleveraged himself and the business, and gave up a large ownership stake in order to get better terms on debt. Basically he took two bucks today instead of twenty next week. That is just the definition of a bad business man.

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Dr. Matt  Aug 2, 2016 • 11:12:55am

Trump accepting a Purple Heart is an INSULT to every man, woman, and canine that actually earned one. This fucking infuriates me to no end.

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Big Beautiful Door  Aug 2, 2016 • 11:12:59am

re: #754 Dr Lizardo

So, the embargo on Suicide Squad reviews is over, and uhm……yeah, not good. I’ll put this in a spoiler tag; it’s from Peter Travers over at Rolling Stone:

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Ouch. And many reviews I’m reading are in a similar vein.

Damn, I was looking forward to this movie; the trailers looked so good!

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dangerman  Aug 2, 2016 • 11:13:07am

re: #755 KGxvi

In every case, he overleveraged himself and the business, and gave up a large ownership stake in order to get better terms on debt. Basically he took two bucks today instead of twenty next week. That is just the definition of a bad business man.

present value of money - howzit work?

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BeachDem  Aug 2, 2016 • 11:13:08am

re: #652 Backwoods_Sleuth

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Does the cretin ever say anything just once? Jeez—he has sentence Tourette’s—he repeats everything. If he could consolidate his thoughts (or what passes for thoughts) we’d only have to listen to him half the time—or better yet, not at all.

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nines09  Aug 2, 2016 • 11:13:29am

re: #749 Jenner7

littlegreenfootballs.com

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Skip Intro  Aug 2, 2016 • 11:14:18am

re: #759 BeachDem

He’s imprinting his audience of idiots. That requires repeating things over and over, just like Fox “News” and talk radio do.

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KGxvi  Aug 2, 2016 • 11:15:14am

re: #753 Skip Intro

Is that the entity he put on the stock exchange under the symbol DJT where his investors lost 90% of their investment when it went tits up?

The first three bankruptcies were casinos in Atlantic City. The fourth was a building in New York. The fifth (and sixth) was the business created to consolidate the three casinos under one entity - that’s the one that went public in ‘95 and was twice in bankruptcy before 2010.

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jaunte  Aug 2, 2016 • 11:15:22am

re: #759 BeachDem

He wants the attention, but his mind is not furnished enough to provide filler. So he has to repeat repeat repeat to maintain his buzz.

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Dr Lizardo  Aug 2, 2016 • 11:16:24am

re: #757 Big Beautiful Door

Damn, I was looking forward to this movie; the trailers looked so good!

I’ll still go see it. At least I know what I’m in for. Roger Ebert once said that the job of a film critic is to enlighten audiences as to whether they really want to spend their hard-earned dollars on a particular film; is it really going to give them their money’s worth? I quite agree with that assessment. I didn’t always agree with Mr. Ebert’s reviews, but if this particular flick is as much a stinker as the pros are saying, I sorely miss being able to read his take on it.

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Sir John Barron  Aug 2, 2016 • 11:16:32am

Trump doesn’t actually want to be president. Hence the Election is Rigged garble. He also doesn’t care about the fire he leaves behind.

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  Aug 2, 2016 • 11:16:39am

re: #704 HappyWarrior

I don’t know if Trump is sincere or not in how he whines but he’s really trying to give RWNJs a reality where if they don’t win every state, they’re going to claim fraud and that’s what I’m afraid of. I don’t expect Clinton to win all the states and in fact, it could well be closer than I expect but Trump is fostering a mindset that anything outside an absolute “schlonging” is fraud.

There are realists in the GOP (and probably in his own campaign) who know that the outcome is going to look like, they are just preparing the talking points so that everybody can start offering “proof” of “massive fraud and manipulation” when DT goes down in flames

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freetoken  Aug 2, 2016 • 11:17:33am

Hillary Clinton’s candidature thanks to Jayalalithaa, says AIADMK MLA

What was the key reason behind the selection of Hillary Clinton as the Presidential candidate of the United States? According to A Ramu, AIADMK’s Coonoor MLA, it was his party supremo J Jayalalithaa who inspired Hillary to contest in the Presidential elections.

Well, there goes the conspiracies about why Hillary won the nomination.

But… certainly this could start new ones.

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freetoken  Aug 2, 2016 • 11:18:02am

re: #765 Sir John Barron

Trump doesn’t actually want to be president. Hence the Election is Rigged garble. He also doesn’t care about the fire he leaves behind.

This whole thing is about Drumpfskind trying to be sure he’s remembered after he dies.

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Dr Lizardo  Aug 2, 2016 • 11:19:12am

re: #768 freetoken

This whole thing is about Drumpfskind trying to be sure he’s remembered after he dies.

The problem with that is that he’s going to end up as a laughing stock, the butt of jokes.

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lawhawk  Aug 2, 2016 • 11:20:00am

GOP…. they don’t care. They’re too busy back peddling for votes in their home districts to act on Zika funding - where their most recent plan would screw Planned Parenthood and provide about half what the President had requested.

Now, health experts are warning pregnant women or those seeking to become pregnant from visiting Florida, and for Florida residents to consider holding off until doctors and experts can figure out what the heck is going on.

The GOP is anything but pro-life.

They remain firmly forced birth and don’t care about the consequences of the actions they impose on everyone else.

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Big Beautiful Door  Aug 2, 2016 • 11:20:04am

re: #766 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))

There are realists in the GOP (and probably in his own campaign) who know that the outcome is going to look like, they are just preparing the talking points so that everybody can start offering “proof” of “massive fraud and manipulation” when DT goes down in flames

Though there is still a horrifying risk that Trump might actually win, it seems now the greater threat to democracy is what kind of chaos Trump may stir up when he loses and tries to delegitimize Clinton. Roger Stone has threatened a “bloodbath.”

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Teukka  Aug 2, 2016 • 11:21:09am

Oh my God. Someone at a municipality in southern Stockholm tweeted this. Tweet is still up.

Click to Reveal
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wrenchwench  Aug 2, 2016 • 11:21:27am

On Sunday, I did my twice-a-week jog at a new location, which is the old location of the football stadium built for the local Uni. on top of a hill with beautiful 360 degree views that was so windy, they didn’t even use it for a semester. But the views are beautiful! I saw a whiptail lizard, a cottontail bunny, a regular-tail quail, and on the way back home, two fawns that I startled out of their bed. And I got in my half-hour in my target-heartrate-zone.

/devoid of politics for a moment.

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The Vicious Babushka  Aug 2, 2016 • 11:21:53am

This is some of the most vomitous Trumpworship I have ever seen:

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Eric The Fruit Bat  Aug 2, 2016 • 11:22:14am

When you’ve lost the deputy editor for the WSJ Editorial baord….

What makes Mr. Trump’s remarks so foul is their undisguised sadism. He took a woman too heartbroken and anxious to speak of her dead son before an audience of millions and painted a target on her. He treated her silence as evidence that she was either a dolt or a stooge. He degraded her. “She was standing there. She had nothing to say,” Mr. Trump told ABC’s George Stephanopoulos. “She probably, maybe she wasn’t allowed to have anything to say. You tell me.”

In this comment there was the full unmasking of Mr. Trump, in case he needed further unmasking. He has, as Humayun’s father Khizr put it, a “black soul.” His problem isn’t a lack of normal propriety but the absence of basic human decency. He is morally unfit for any office, high or low.

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darthstar  Aug 2, 2016 • 11:22:35am
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dangerman  Aug 2, 2016 • 11:24:21am

re: #775 The Vicious Babushka

This is some of the most vomitous Trumpworship I have ever seen:

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the logic is delusional
its fantasyland without funnelcakes

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nines09  Aug 2, 2016 • 11:25:58am

re: #776 Eric The Fruit Bat

They don’t care. They kiss the ring just as I always said they would. If the NRA can spit on the bodies of dead children, and the GOP still endorses them, what did you suspect they really were? Trump IS the GOP. Ghost ship.

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jaunte  Aug 2, 2016 • 11:26:28am
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dangerman  Aug 2, 2016 • 11:26:32am

re: #776 Eric The Fruit Bat

When you’ve lost the deputy editor for the WSJ Editorial baord….

this is becoming my favorite quote of the campaign:

the campaign in one line: ” A person void of empathy for the people he wishes to lead cannot be trusted with that leadership.” - Khizr Khan

and the source makes it stronger and all the more poignant

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The Vicious Babushka  Aug 2, 2016 • 11:27:17am

re: #778 dangerman

the logic is delusional
its fantasyland without funnelcakes

The font is even lamer than comic sans.

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Teukka  Aug 2, 2016 • 11:32:31am

re: #773 Teukka

Oh my God. Someone at a municipality in southern Stockholm tweeted this. Tweet is still up.

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$.02 on a Sweden Democrat being out of a job when (s)he gets to work tomorrow.

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gocart mozart  Aug 2, 2016 • 11:37:14am
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makeitstop  Aug 2, 2016 • 11:37:18am

re: #769 The Vicious Babushka

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His ads suck donkey balls.

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Timothy Watson  Aug 2, 2016 • 12:01:17pm

re: #775 The Vicious Babushka

This is some of the most vomitous Trumpworship I have ever seen:

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These people really think that Edward Nigma would be the best choice for President: “A man with nothing that he loves… is a man who cannot be bargained. A man that cannot betrayed. A man who answers to no one… but himself. And that is the man that I see before me. A free man. “

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Eventual Carrion  Aug 2, 2016 • 12:31:42pm

re: #772 Big Beautiful Door

Though there is still a horrifying risk that Trump might actually win, it seems now the greater threat to democracy is what kind of chaos Trump may stir up when he loses and tries to delegitimize Clinton. Roger Stone has threatened a “bloodbath.”

Another wildlife refuge will be trashed.

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  Aug 2, 2016 • 12:55:02pm

re: #768 freetoken

This whole thing is about Drumpfskind trying to be sure he’s remembered after he dies.

It is about building his brand, and in that respect he has been incredibly successful. He is now as recognizable worldwide as Cocoa Cola, Levi’s, Ford, Amazon or Apple.

He has a number of possibilities open to him to work with his name without having to even try to sound Presidential about it.

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  Aug 2, 2016 • 1:00:52pm

re: #772 Big Beautiful Door

Though there is still a horrifying risk that Trump might actually win, it seems now the greater threat to democracy is what kind of chaos Trump may stir up when he loses and tries to delegitimize Clinton. Roger Stone has threatened a “bloodbath.”

We could wind up with something that looks a bit like 1860, with broad swathes of the US (chiefly in the South) that did not vote for her and refuse to recognize her legitimacy.

And that cannot work out well for anyone involved, especially as so many people have a vested interest in seeing tensions escalate.

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Jebediah, RBG  Aug 2, 2016 • 1:21:32pm

re: #196 teleskiguy

The only one of those that is relevant is “crooked,” and she ain’t.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Aug 2, 2016 • 1:57:19pm

re: #681 Kryptik: Just Done With It.

Not going to lie, D_F raises my hackles precisely because he comes off as the perfect encapsulation of ‘Good Conservative falling into line’.

Except there are really no actual conservatives left in the GOP. He’s falling into line behind extreme wingnuts and (yes, I will say it) cowards who will say and do anything to stay in office, but he can’t or won’t admit it.

I am saying that as a registered Republican.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Aug 2, 2016 • 1:58:35pm

re: #686 Jenner7

Katy Tur said he was joking. That did not sound like a joke. Wow.

wingnut humor…it’s never funny.


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