Trump's Mind Is Going: "I Don't Throw Babies Out, Buhlieve Me"

Trump’s Mind Is Going: “I Don’t Throw Babies Out, Buhlieve Me”

In which Trump lies about ordering a baby thrown out of a rally

PoliticsAugust 2016 • Views: 48,085

Here’s Donald Trump in Des Moines, Iowa, ranting about that wonderful moment three days ago when he threw a baby out of his Virginia rally and publicly shamed the mother.

This was a beautiful baby and a beautiful mother, and the baby was crying and I jokingly said, “You know what, that’s OK, let the baby cry, we love babies,” you know something to that effect, “we love babies.”

Then about two minutes later it didn’t stop, it just went on. And I’m trying to speak in front of thousands, we have thousands of people in the room. And I said, “All right,” I actually said the first time, “All right, keep the baby here don’t worry about it.”

Then after about two minutes I said, “You know what? I’m gonna counteract my order. Beautiful baby… IIFFF you take her outside that’s not so bad.”

That was it! The whole place laughed, we had a good time. The press came out with headlines, “Trump throws baby out of arena.”

So dishonest, I mean these are dishonest people. I could go, I could give you 20 stories like that.

But think of it, everyone’s having fun, we’re smiling, I’m waving. Everyone’s having fun. But, they say “Trump throws baby.”

You know how, how terrible that is? Such a lie. And they KNOW it’s a lie.

I’ve heard so much about that beautiful baby, beautiful parents. So much. I don’t throw babies out, buhlieve me. I love babies. I love my children, I love babies, I don’t throw babies out, buhlieve me.

It isn’t in this clip, but Trump also said the baby was crying “incredibly loud… this baby could have been Pavarotti.”

But let’s do a little fact-checking on his self-serving statement, shall we? He claims all he said was, “You know what? I’m gonna counteract my order. Beautiful baby… IIFFF you take her outside that’s not so bad.”

Is that true? Well, unfortunately for Donald, we have video of that incident — and here’s what he really said:

Actually, I was only kidding, you can get the baby out of here. I think she really believed me that I love having a baby crying while I’m speaking

YouTube

This is the Republican Party’s candidate for president of the United States, folks. He lies about what he just said three days ago, even when he knows it was all recorded.

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360 comments

Stanley Sea Aug 5, 2016 • 3:32:35pm

CNN is going to show the rally in Greenbay live.

He must be exhausted.

I need some Friday night entertainment.

lawhawk Aug 5, 2016 • 3:34:08pm

Who needs a circular firing squad. Just put each of Trump’s statements made on a subject in a room and watch ‘em argue with each other.

It’d be a total bloodbath.

#SaferThanATrumpRally

A Cranky One Aug 5, 2016 • 3:34:20pm

Actually, I was only kidding, you can get the baby out of here…

And so the confused secret service agents begin to escort Trump out…

Shiplord Kirel Aug 5, 2016 • 3:36:21pm

To his low-life grifter-loving supporters, this kind of blatant lying is something to admire rather than condemn. They are awestruck by his audacity and their adulation climbs to unheard of heights. Trump is an opportunist who has tapped into, and mobilized, an evil strain in American society.

Shiplord Kirel Aug 5, 2016 • 3:38:53pm

Early OT.
Buzz remembers a friend.

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Poligeek Aug 5, 2016 • 3:39:09pm

Charles, he never threw the baby out. Several reporters have confirmed that. (I know what he said on stage /realize the optics of it) Katy Tur actually tossed out several tweets at the time about the baby that you can find in her timeline.

Also, the parents of the baby have been on TV and also denied having been thrown out.

I still think Trump’s a fucking mess headcase, of course - but he never had the baby / parents tossed out of the rally.

Charles Johnson Aug 5, 2016 • 3:40:53pm

re: #6 Poligeek

Uh, he said, “Get the baby out of here.” In what universe is that not throwing the baby out?

Blind Frog Belly White Aug 5, 2016 • 3:42:36pm

re: #6 Poligeek

Charles, he never threw the baby out. Several reporters have confirmed that. (I know what he said on stage /realize the optics of it) Katy Tur actually tossed out several tweets at the time about the baby that you can find in her timeline.

Also, the parents of the baby have been on TV and also denied having been thrown out.

I still think Trump’s a fucking mess headcase, of course - but he never had the baby / parents tossed out of the rally.

So, what, the video Charles posted is just imaginary?

Poligeek Aug 5, 2016 • 3:44:22pm

re: #7 Charles Johnson

Uh, he said, “Get the baby out of here.” In what universe is that not throwing the baby out?

I fully acknowledge what he said - but apparently at the time, the ambiance within the crowd / security was that he was totally joking. The press corps seems to have agreed. It doesn’t make him any less unhinged, of course.

Decatur Deb Aug 5, 2016 • 3:44:43pm

And today, he justified the booting of loud babies. Trump should add “Borscht-Belt Comedy” to the list of things he should never do. It fits right under “Be President”.

Charles Johnson Aug 5, 2016 • 3:45:19pm

The fact is, Trump ordered that baby thrown out. The parents are Trump fans, so of course they’re going to try to claim it was all made up by the dishonest media.

But he ordered the baby thrown out. It’s right there in the video.

Jack Burton Aug 5, 2016 • 3:47:08pm

re: #6 Poligeek

I still think Trump’s a fucking mess headcase, of course - but he never had the baby / parents tossed out of the rally.

Yet you will distort reality worse than the Infinite Improbability Drive to make it seem like what actually factually occurred did not really happen?

Poligeek Aug 5, 2016 • 3:47:11pm

re: #8 Blind Frog Belly White

So, what, the video Charles posted is just imaginary?

Nope, that happened - 100%.. all I’m clarifying is that no one actually threw the parents / baby out - and it was viewed as a ‘joking’ sort of moment during the rally by those in attendance / the press, that’s all.

TedStriker Aug 5, 2016 • 3:48:07pm

re: #8 Blind Frog Belly White

So, what, the video Charles posted is just imaginary?

“Who are you gonna believe, me or your lying eyes?”

Blind Frog Belly White Aug 5, 2016 • 3:49:11pm

re: #14 TedStriker

“Who are you gonna believe, me or your lying eyes?”

“You cain’t hahd yer lahyin ahs.”

Poligeek Aug 5, 2016 • 3:49:11pm

re: #12 Jack Burton

Yet you will distort reality worse than the Infinite Improbability Drive to make it seem like what actually factually occurred did not really happen?

Nope.. although I appreciate the Hitchhikers reference. He said what he said.. all I’m saying is that no baby was thrown out as the result of what he said. I’m not trying to defend him here.. just clarifying the situation.

Decatur Deb Aug 5, 2016 • 3:49:21pm

Rashomon vs Look Who’s Talking.

Charles Johnson Aug 5, 2016 • 3:50:39pm

re: #13 Poligeek

Nope, that happened - 100%.. all I’m clarifying is that no one actually threw the parents / baby out - and it was viewed as a ‘joking’ sort of moment during the rally by those in attendance / the press, that’s all.

Sorry, I’m long past the point where I give Donald Trump the benefit of the doubt. He actually said at the time that he was joking when he said the baby could stay! And made fun of the mother for thinking he was serious.

The fact that the audience laughed at this gross display of egomania makes it worse, not better.

Charles Johnson Aug 5, 2016 • 3:52:02pm

Trump just said he “doesn’t throw babies out” of his rallies…

Let’s review the record.https://t.co/u3a8RDNNrr

— Hillary Clinton (@HillaryClinton) August 5, 2016

Jack Burton Aug 5, 2016 • 3:52:23pm

re: #16 Poligeek

The fact that they didn’t get up and leave, and that security, or SA brownshirts didn’t force them to leave does not change the fact that he ordered them out.

Decatur Deb Aug 5, 2016 • 3:52:57pm

This is only one instance of Trump making a joke of his blunders, while sending out a cloud of justification like squid ink.

Jack Burton Aug 5, 2016 • 3:53:19pm

He has the attention span of a gnat, so if he tells you to do something, just wait 5 seconds and he’s yammering about something else.

Danack Aug 5, 2016 • 3:53:56pm

re: #16 Poligeek

all I’m saying is that no baby was thrown out as the result of what he said. I’m not trying to defend him here.. just clarifying the situation.

Are you saying that the woman and the baby didn’t leave?

Interesting Times Aug 5, 2016 • 3:54:47pm

The Art of the Deal ghostwriter says…

Trump now says he was joking re: Russia. Here’s what I know: he doesn’t joke. He is humorless. What he does is lie when he gets in trouble.

— Tony Schwartz (@tonyschwartz) July 28, 2016

Ziggy_TARDIS Aug 5, 2016 • 3:54:54pm

This was at the end of the last thread, but I wanted to share it here, because this promises to be good entertainment. International politics is fun for me to look at. :D

I noticed this headline, and subheadline, on Wikipedia:

A Pakistani Mi-17 transport helicopter belonging to the Punjab government on route to Russia for repair, crashed on Thursday night in Logar Province, Afghanistan. The six people on board have been taken hostage by the Taliban. (The Express Tribune) (Pakistan Today)

Army Chief General Raheel Sharif had called the U.S. Military Commander in Afghanistan, General John Nicolson, and asked him to help recover the crew. The Afghan government and Afghan Army have also been contacted for recovery of helicopter and crew.(Dunya News)

This should be good. You see, the Taliban was heavily supported by Pakistan, as a means to make sure they had a friendly nation on their borders, and also to keep them weak so Afghanistan couldn’t really push the Durand Line issue. In addition, the Taliban would have loot copper and many other things, and sent them to Pakistan for cash.

So, Afghanistan is miffed at Pakistan, very reasonably. I do know Afghanistan will get the people and the helicopter back. But I wonder if Afghanistan is going to make Pakistan humble in private or in public.

Blind Frog Belly White Aug 5, 2016 • 3:55:11pm

re: #23 Danack

Are you saying that the woman and the baby didn’t leave?

Well, to be fair, he didn’t start talking about how in the good old days that baby woulda been carried out on a stretcher. So, there’s that.

ObserverArt Aug 5, 2016 • 3:55:22pm

Charles,

Is there any indication the mother and the baby did leave the rally? That would be the knockout punch if it could be confirmed.

Edit…just joined the thread and saw comment #6. Now I watch with popcorn.

No Country For Old Haters Aug 5, 2016 • 3:55:36pm

re: #11 Charles Johnson

The fact is, Trump ordered that baby thrown out. The parents are Trump fans, so of course they’re going to try to claim it was all made up by the dishonest media.

But he ordered the baby thrown out. It’s right there in the video.

Sure, they’re the kind of people who bring a baby to a fascist rally. The worst among us.

Skip Intro Aug 5, 2016 • 3:56:12pm

re: #9 Poligeek

I fully acknowledge what he said - but apparently at the time, the ambiance within the crowd / security was that he was totally joking. The press corps seems to have agreed. It doesn’t make him any less unhinged, of course.

Just what we don’t need is a guy that no one knows if he’s kidding or not. Seeing that Trump appears to have no sense of humor, I believe he meant it. Maybe his handlers in the audience realized what bad optics it would be to throw out a mother and child and told the guards to ignore him.

A Cranky One Aug 5, 2016 • 3:56:24pm

re: #9 Poligeek

I fully acknowledge what he said - but apparently at the time, the ambiance within the crowd / security was that he was totally joking. The press corps seems to have agreed. It doesn’t make him any less unhinged, of course.

Trump now says he was joking re: Russia. Here’s what I know: he doesn’t joke. He is humorless. What he does is lie when he gets in trouble.

— Tony Schwartz (@tonyschwartz) July 28, 2016

edit: d’oh, too slow

The Vicious Babushka Aug 5, 2016 • 3:56:48pm

HURR HURR HE DIDN’T GRAB THE BABY BY THE FEET AND THROW IT HIMSELF INTO A TRASH BASKET!!!!!! THE CHILD WAS WHEELED OUT BY ITS OWN PARENTS IN A STROLLER, THAT IS NOT THROWING OUT!!!!! THROWING OUT IS ONLY WHEN YOU PERSONALLY FLING SOME THING INTO THE AIR!!!!11!!

Decatur Deb Aug 5, 2016 • 3:58:04pm

re: #24 Interesting Times

Trump now says he was joking re: Russia. Here’s what I know: he doesn’t joke. He is humorless. What he does is lie when he gets in trouble.

Donald Trump, 10 Nov 2016:
“Of course I was just joking about running for president. What a ridiculous idea!! I have the best jokes.”

b.d. Aug 5, 2016 • 3:59:01pm

That baby set me up!

Backwoods_Sleuth Aug 5, 2016 • 3:59:31pm

Hey @realDonaldTrump - when the sh*t gets real, here’s who stays cool. (Hint: not you.)#ImWithHer pic.twitter.com/LlnWxlrJnY

— Peter Daou (@peterdaou) August 5, 2016

I liked that Hillary’s response was “And apparently these people are here to protest Trump because Trump and his kids have killed a lot of animals. Thank you for making that point.”
There was the tweet this morning from someone whining about does Hillary feel bad for the cow when she eats a steak or some such nonsense.
Just have to shake my head because I don’t know about Hillary, but Bill (and possibly Chelsea) is a vegetarian.

Big Beautiful Door Aug 5, 2016 • 3:59:34pm

I couldn’t care less if Trump threw a baby out of his rally or not. We already know he only cares about himself. All that matters is making sure he never becomes President.

b.d. Aug 5, 2016 • 4:00:04pm

[trump] THAT BABY SHOULD APOLOGIZE TO ME [/trump]

Skip Intro Aug 5, 2016 • 4:00:15pm

re: #30 A Cranky One

The press would defend him for demanding that Hillary be arrested and shot.

“Hey, I was just kidding”. “Oh course he didn’t mean it”, say Chuck Todd, Wolf Blitzer, and the rest.

Poligeek Aug 5, 2016 • 4:01:29pm

If someone can confirm she was removed, I’d love to see it - because I’ve seen several reporters (admittedly, only on Twitter) say that the mother / baby weren’t removed. I’ve read a statement supposedly from the mother (but there’s no way to know for sure - and if it IS her, she’s a Trump supporter.. so there’s some bias potential there) that states she got up and temporarily left voluntarily to tend to the child when the kid was crying but she was never thrown out, loves Trump, etc, etc.

Backwoods_Sleuth Aug 5, 2016 • 4:01:53pm

“Don’t hurt them. We love out protesters!”

“I’ll pay your bail if you take them out…”

A Cranky One Aug 5, 2016 • 4:02:43pm

re: #37 Skip Intro

The press would defend him for demanding that Hillary be arrested and shot.

“Hey, I was just kidding”. “Oh course he didn’t mean it”, say Chuck Todd, Wolf Blitzer, and the rest.

Inadvertently confirming Trump’s allegation that the media is dishonest. ;-)

Backwoods_Sleuth Aug 5, 2016 • 4:03:21pm

How many people in the audience this afternoon even know who Pavarotti was?

Decatur Deb Aug 5, 2016 • 4:05:12pm

re: #38 Poligeek

If someone can confirm she was removed, I’d love to see it - because I’ve seen several reporters (admittedly, only on Twitter) say that the mother / baby weren’t removed. I’ve read a statement supposedly from the mother (but there’s no way to know for sure - and if it IS her, she’s a Trump supporter.. so there’s some bias potential there) that states she got up and temporarily left voluntarily to tend to the child when the kid was crying but she was never thrown out, loves Trump, etc, etc.

Which means she got the message the second time he pointedly addressed it. (If the parents were swifter one them would have taken the child to the rear in the first place—church rules.)

ObserverArt Aug 5, 2016 • 4:05:39pm

re: #29 Skip Intro

Just what we don’t need is a guy that no one knows if he’s kidding or not. Seeing that Trump appears to have no sense of humor, I believe he meant it. Maybe his handlers in the audience realized what bad optics it would be to throw out a mother and child and told the guards to ignore him.

A very likely scenario.

And the Tweet by the author in #27 must be factored in. If that is the case…he wasn’t joking.

Also, I like Katy Tur, but I think she is becoming numb to the Trump. She often seems to excuse his act. This is our media.

Danack Aug 5, 2016 • 4:06:10pm

re: #38 Poligeek

she got up and temporarily left voluntarily to tend to the child when the kid was crying

“Get that baby out of here”

Woman leaves.

And you’re saying that Trump didn’t ask her to leave?

What colour is the sky in your world?

Decatur Deb Aug 5, 2016 • 4:06:12pm

re: #41 Backwoods_Sleuth

How many people in the audience this afternoon even know who Pavarotti was?

Place-kicker for the Bengals in the 90s. Soccer-style.

Skip Intro Aug 5, 2016 • 4:06:16pm

re: #41 Backwoods_Sleuth

How many people in the audience this afternoon even know who Pavarotti was?

An Italian sports car?

scottslemmons Aug 5, 2016 • 4:06:16pm

By Monday, he’ll be calling for someone to track down and kill the baby.

ObserverArt Aug 5, 2016 • 4:06:40pm

re: #33 b.d.

That baby set me up!

The baby works for Clinton and is trying to fix this election.

Decatur Deb Aug 5, 2016 • 4:07:06pm

re: #48 ObserverArt

The baby works for Clinton and is trying to fix this election.

The baby is Bernie.

Alephnaught Aug 5, 2016 • 4:07:15pm

A bit of brain-bleach, on the subject of Pavarotti:

Pavarotti - Nessun Dorma

scottslemmons Aug 5, 2016 • 4:07:16pm

re: #41 Backwoods_Sleuth

How many people in the audience this afternoon even know who Pavarotti was?

It’s that fancy pasghetti they serve at the Olive Garden.

ObserverArt Aug 5, 2016 • 4:09:02pm

re: #41 Backwoods_Sleuth

How many people in the audience this afternoon even know who Pavarotti was?

Who???

ObserverArt Aug 5, 2016 • 4:10:28pm

re: #42 Decatur Deb

Which means she got the message the second time he pointedly addressed it. (If the parents were swifter one them would have taken the child to the rear in the first place—church rules.)

In my old Catholic church they had a room at the back that used to be for baptisms converted with a glass enclosure and door with a PA speaker in it so they could hear the mass.

Decatur Deb Aug 5, 2016 • 4:10:42pm

re: #50 Alephnaught

A bit of brain-bleach, on the subject of Pavarotti:

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“Vincero.” (Tutti, insieme)

Skip Intro Aug 5, 2016 • 4:10:49pm

re: #49 Decatur Deb

In fairness the baby started it by viciously attacking Trump. https://t.co/jT8y3wR97D

— Conor Friedersdorf (@conor64) August 2, 2016

Decatur Deb Aug 5, 2016 • 4:10:57pm

re: #53 ObserverArt

In my old Catholic church they had a room at the back that used to be for baptisms converted with a glass enclosure and door with a PA speaker in it so they could hear the mass.

Bawl Room

The Vicious Babushka Aug 5, 2016 • 4:11:01pm

re: #50 Alephnaught

A bit of brain-bleach, on the subject of Pavarotti:

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Video

I KNOW WHO THAT GUY IS, HE WAS ON BRITAIN’S GOT TALENT!!!11!!

ObserverArt Aug 5, 2016 • 4:15:49pm

Tap..tap…

Is this thing on?

Skip Intro Aug 5, 2016 • 4:16:02pm

Sean Hannity Launches Late-Night Tweet Storm After Being Called ‘Dumbest Anchor’ On Fox News: Fox News host S… https://t.co/cXfhGKNl26

— Jerome Adams (@jamesnews242) August 5, 2016

I thought was the point of his show. “Look how stupid I am and I have my own jet”.

wrenchwench Aug 5, 2016 • 4:16:59pm

re: #53 ObserverArt

In my old Catholic church they had a room at the back that used to be for baptisms converted with a glass enclosure and door with a PA speaker in it so they could hear the mass.

Catholics kinda hafta allow for babies, since they’re forced birthers as an institution.

HappyWarrior Aug 5, 2016 • 4:17:58pm

re: #59 Skip Intro

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I thought was the point of his show. “Look how stupid I am and I have my own jet”.

I bet he was drunk.

Backwoods_Sleuth Aug 5, 2016 • 4:19:13pm

re: #61 HappyWarrior

I bet he was drunk.

I think that’s his usual state of consciousness.

Decatur Deb Aug 5, 2016 • 4:20:16pm

re: #60 wrenchwench

Catholics kinda hafta allow for babies, since they’re forced birthers as an institution.

Though shockingly ineffective at it.

HappyWarrior Aug 5, 2016 • 4:20:38pm

re: #62 Backwoods_Sleuth

I think that’s his usual state of consciousness.

Yeah true.

ObserverArt Aug 5, 2016 • 4:21:02pm

re: #60 wrenchwench

Catholics kinda hafta allow for babies, since they’re forced birthers as an institution.

Ouch!

Policy wise you are right. But many Catholics don’t follow.

Don’t ask me why I know.

We sort have had this conversation before. Catholics in general are very lax at actually following church dictates. Just one of the reasons I dropped away. I learned it really didn’t matter as long as the basket for “collections” was filled and the bills were paid.

If it was run by the nuns, I bet some of that would change.

ObserverArt Aug 5, 2016 • 4:23:04pm

Heh. Tweety has Johnson and Wells on. Johnson sure looks like a ragtag kind of guy.

He could at least comb his hair, but then maybe he just awoke after the last joint and half bag of Oreos and a small nappy. /

wrenchwench Aug 5, 2016 • 4:23:52pm

re: #65 ObserverArt

Ouch!

Policy wise you are right. But many Catholics don’t follow.

Don’t ask me why I know.

We sort have had this conversation before. Catholics in general are very lax at actually following church dictates. Just one of the reason I dropped away. I learned it really didn’t matter as long as the basket for “collections” was filled and the bills were paid.

If it was run by the nuns, I bet some of that would change.

My mom was not allowed to be an usher before mass. She had seven kids, though. One of them believes in God.

Backwoods_Sleuth Aug 5, 2016 • 4:25:01pm

Florida office for Trump closes, promises “new address coming.” Trump’s known to skip bills… also this sign… 😂 pic.twitter.com/umYxrhjVsG

— Matt Ortega (@MattOrtega) August 5, 2016

Backwoods_Sleuth Aug 5, 2016 • 4:26:34pm

re: #68 Backwoods_Sleuth

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looks like a bullet hole in the door on the right.

Shiplord Kirel Aug 5, 2016 • 4:28:03pm

re: #25 Ziggy_TARDIS

Sheesh! First there was that group of British tourists who were captured the other day, now these guys, who decided to transit hostile airspace on their way to a maintenance center. The Taliban are reaping a major harvest of judgement-impaired visitors these days.

CleverToad Aug 5, 2016 • 4:28:34pm

re: #53 ObserverArt

In my old Catholic church they had a room at the back that used to be for baptisms converted with a glass enclosure and door with a PA speaker in it so they could hear the mass.

Had a similar set-up in my old Lutheran church — designated as the “Bawl Room”

Edit: DD beat me to it, of course
re: #56 Decatur Deb

Bawl Room

ObserverArt Aug 5, 2016 • 4:28:35pm

re: #67 wrenchwench

My mom was not allowed to be an usher before mass. She had seven kids, though. One of them believes in God.

I had a classmate that left in 8th grade to go to seminary to become a priest in ‘68. I ran into him back in ‘74 and he had become an avowed atheist. He sure did have some stories involving alcohol, mistreatment, meanness and abuse. Quite the turn, that.

lockjawcanbefun Aug 5, 2016 • 4:30:22pm

re: #68 Backwoods_Sleuth

I thought for a split second that the next door address was on Fark Street.

wrenchwench Aug 5, 2016 • 4:32:36pm

re: #72 ObserverArt

I had a classmate that left in 8th grade to go to seminary to become a priest in ‘68.I ran into him back in ‘74 and he had become an avowed atheist. He sure did have some stories involving alcohol, mistreatment, meanness and abuse. Quite the turn, that.

I’ve met some great ex-seminarians. One was my professor of English Literature in college. He liked having students over for wine and opera.

FormerDirtDart Aug 5, 2016 • 4:33:13pm

re: #34 Backwoods_Sleuth

I liked that Hillary’s response was “And apparently these people are here to protest Trump because Trump and his kids have killed a lot of animals. Thank you for making that point.”
There was the tweet this morning from someone whining about does Hillary feel bad for the cow when she eats a steak or some such nonsense.
Just have to shake my head because I don’t know about Hillary, but Bill (and possibly Chelsea) is a vegetarian.

I prefer the side-by-side view

Steady as a rock and jumpy, erratic man pic.twitter.com/OxHzmWPXYu

— Matt Ortega (@MattOrtega) August 4, 2016

Backwoods_Sleuth Aug 5, 2016 • 4:35:19pm

the plot…it thickens…

How’d Melania get a Green Card “based on marriage” in 01 if she married Trump in 05? BIG report from @UnivisionNews: https://t.co/pwB90xJj26

— Gabriel Debenedetti (@gdebenedetti) August 5, 2016

In an interview with Larry King Live in 2005 Melania Trump said that she had never been married before meeting Donald Trump.

But, Michael Wildes, an immigration attorney who worked for the Trump Organization, told Univision’s investigative unit that she obtained a green card four years earlier in 2001, “based on marriage.”

Melania and Donald Trump were not married until Jan. 22, 2005 at Bethesda-by-the Sea Episcopal Church in Palm Beach, Florida.

When asked to explain the marriage discrepancy, Wildes said he would seek clarification, presumably from the Trump Organization. He later sent an email saying “I didn’t hear back, sorry.”

Stanley Sea Aug 5, 2016 • 4:38:00pm

re: #68 Backwoods_Sleuth

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Opps?

lol

GlutenFreeJesus Aug 5, 2016 • 4:38:53pm

Trump is going to be so desperate by Novembber 7th that he actually will go out on 5th Avenue and shoot someone in the face.

Charles Johnson Aug 5, 2016 • 4:40:19pm

re: #68 Backwoods_Sleuth

OPPs? I could make a crass joke about that, but I’m better than that.

cough

451_Montag Aug 5, 2016 • 4:41:36pm

re: #78 GlutenFreeJesus

Trump is going to be so desperate by Novembber 7th that he actually will go out on 5th Avenue and shoot someone in the face.

Do they still!l make Derringers?

Danack Aug 5, 2016 • 4:42:45pm

re: #76 Backwoods_Sleuth

the plot…it thickens…

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Most people only lie when they’ve got something to cover up. This is unlikely to end well for Melania….

wrenchwench Aug 5, 2016 • 4:43:55pm

Survivor of Orlando nightclub shooting honors Mesa teen: ‘Jason found the courage to cover me’ https://t.co/qDGHdMuv0l via @azcentral

— Stephen Lemons (@stephenlemons) August 5, 2016

A final detail has emerged about the last minutes of Jason Josaphat’s life — a final act of courage, as told by a young woman hiding with him in a bathroom stall of the Pulse nightclub in Orlando.

Josaphat, she said, shielded her body with his own as the gunman fired.

Patience Carter said Josaphat, 19, of Mesa, died after saving her life. He was slain by one of the final shots of Omar Mateen, who killed 49 people and injured 50 others in a shooting at Pulse Nightclub in Orlando in June.

[…]

Very nice tributes at the link.

TedStriker Aug 5, 2016 • 4:49:24pm

re: #56 Decatur Deb

Bawl Room

Also known as a “cry(ing) room”.

bratwurst Aug 5, 2016 • 4:50:58pm

I go thru this every 2 years: mild excitement for the #Olypmics dashed within an hour by the terrible broadcast on @NBC #OpeningCeremony

— Clay C. (@ClayC1969) August 5, 2016

One of the many benefits of residing outside the US is that you actually get to watch the Olympics as a sporting (or in the case of the opening, cultural) event instead of as a heavily produced TV show where the commentators assume the viewing audience has never HEARD of the host country.

Backwoods_Sleuth Aug 5, 2016 • 4:51:30pm

heh

#BabiesForHillary Pandering to babies for over 3 decades pic.twitter.com/JAdOlXGYEG

— Rodham’s Canary (@freeandclear1) August 2, 2016

wrenchwench Aug 5, 2016 • 4:52:58pm

re: #85 Backwoods_Sleuth

heh

[Pandering to babies for over 3 decades]

Some of them get to vote for her. That’s deep campaigning.

Charles Johnson Aug 5, 2016 • 4:53:23pm

Wow, I just had a Raw Story window open for several hours in the background. Noticed my Mac was starting to get sluggish, so I ran Activity Monitor — that Raw Story window was using more than 7 GIGABYTES of system memory. And as I watched, it increased even more. So just sitting there, not doing anything, something in Raw Story’s code is leaking memory like a sieve.

So be wary of leaving browser windows open with Raw Story pages. Another one that just eats memory constantly if a window’s open in the background is Mediaite.

gocart mozart Aug 5, 2016 • 4:55:06pm

This video put out by the Clinton campaign inviting people to speculate on Trump-Russia connections is devastating. pic.twitter.com/d8fT8OKJ9h

— Alan Kestrel (@AlanKestrel750) August 5, 2016

Backwoods_Sleuth Aug 5, 2016 • 4:55:50pm

Gingrich says he won’t pay his ‘12 campaign debt. Stiffing 114 businesses out of millions https://t.co/XXeegVyiFN @ArthurDelaneyHP @PaulBlu

— Amanda Terkel (@aterkel) August 5, 2016

no wonder he’s one of Donald’s biggest cheerleaders.

The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge Aug 5, 2016 • 4:57:04pm

re: #84 bratwurst

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One of the many benefits of residing outside the US is that you actually get to watch the Olympics as a sporting (or in the case of the opening, cultural) event instead of as a heavily produced TV show where the commentators assume the viewing audience has never HEARD of the host country.

I’m old enough to remember the ABC/Jim McKay Olympic coverage. The 1972 Winter Olympics were the first NBC games, and I was going: “What the fuck is this shit?” I’m still doing it.

Stanley Sea Aug 5, 2016 • 4:57:41pm

re: #88 gocart mozart

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I must say that ad is uh, nuclear.

A Cranky One Aug 5, 2016 • 4:57:56pm

Suffer little children to come unto me, and forbid them not.

Actually, I was only kidding, you can get the baby out of here…

wrenchwench Aug 5, 2016 • 4:58:35pm

man. we really resilient out here. unstoppable. pic.twitter.com/0zUIRwfDki

— b (@bdoulaoblongata) August 5, 2016

That’s the attitude!

Not ‘what a wreck’, etc.

stpaulbear Aug 5, 2016 • 4:58:36pm

If anyone is interested in pet stories, John Cole has been on a bit of an adventure lately. He just bought a house at auction (he was the only one bidding), and when he went in to inspect the house, he found that the previous owner had abandoned his dog in the house. It’s been an interesting story to follow. John Cole just adores animals. Bring tissues.

The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge Aug 5, 2016 • 4:58:49pm

re: #91 Stanley Sea

I must say that ad is uh, nuclear.

McCARTHYISM!!11!!

Ziggy_TARDIS Aug 5, 2016 • 4:58:56pm

re: #70 Shiplord Kirel

Not quite with Pakistan.

They Punjab state Government needed maintenance for it, and they were flying it to Russia.

Evidently, they need this maintenance well before now, because it had a malfunction and crashed, whereupon the Taliban captured the people on the Helicopter.

Bonus Hilarity: The Pakistanis supported the Taliban heavily in the past. So the people on the helicopter were captured by Pakistan’s former Proxy Army. Irony!

jaunte Aug 5, 2016 • 4:59:18pm

re: #89 Backwoods_Sleuth

Gingrich says he won’t pay his ‘12 campaign debt. Stiffing 114 businesses out of millions

Some of those laid off workers probably won’t ever get to enjoy a nice dinner on Martha’s Vineyard.

The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge Aug 5, 2016 • 5:00:30pm

re: #94 stpaulbear

If anyone is interested in pet stories, John Cole has been on a bit of an adventure lately. He just bought a house at auction (he was the only one bidding), and when he went in to inspect the house, he found that the previous owner had abandoned his dog in the house. It’s been an interesting story to follow. John Cole just adores animals. Bring tissues.

I comment over there once a year maybe, but I had to give him a “Bless you”.

wrenchwench Aug 5, 2016 • 5:02:04pm

.@EPPOLICE bicycle officers stop bank robbery in Downtown https://t.co/URlaQSYQ6S

— El Paso Times (@elpasotimes) August 5, 2016

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ObserverArt Aug 5, 2016 • 5:04:01pm

re: #87 Charles Johnson

Wow, I just had a Raw Story window open for several hours in the background. Noticed my Mac was starting to get sluggish, so I ran Activity Monitor — that Raw Story window was using more than 7 GIGABYTES of system memory. And as I watched, it increased even more. So just sitting there, not doing anything, something in Raw Story’s code is leaking memory like a sieve.

So be wary of leaving browser windows open with Raw Story pages. Another one that just eats memory constantly if a window’s open in the background is Mediaite.

I’ve had that problem…and sometimes the site loads and loads and loads.

I know people need their logins for advertising counts and all, but if you grow tired of waiting get pissed off and leave I don’t think the online advertising works for the advertiser.

And I have long had a theory of advertising actually costing instead of benefiting the advertiser. Repetitive TV commercials often in the same program span is one such example. After a while you start to say you will never buy that product again. Not good for impressions.

I sure hope someday there is some big breakthrough where ads load a lot faster or something or the whole thinking is going to change from user to site owner to advertiser.

And I worked in advertising from a production graphics side and made many a small banner/site ad. So, I understand both sides. First person to make online advertising seem seamless and unobtrusive wins…bigly!

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Stanley Sea Aug 5, 2016 • 5:04:10pm

What twitter reporters are at the trump rally?

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No Depression Aug 5, 2016 • 5:04:50pm

re: #89 Backwoods_Sleuth

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no wonder he’s one of Donald’s biggest cheerleaders.

This fucker gets to skip out on his campaign debt and yet the modern GOP he helped create won’t even lower the interest rate on the student debt that millions like me have accumulated.

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ObserverArt Aug 5, 2016 • 5:06:20pm

re: #89 Backwoods_Sleuth

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no wonder he’s one of Donald’s biggest cheerleaders.

Considered by too many wonks as one of the best political minds and history authors going. Says a lot about our wonks and how they don’t see him as a snake.

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Mattand Aug 5, 2016 • 5:06:39pm

re: #87 Charles Johnson

So be wary of leaving browser windows open with Raw Story pages. Another one that just eats memory constantly if a window’s open in the background is Mediaite.

I don’t open Raw Story due to the high number of anti-vaxxers and conspiracy theorists who make up the population there, in addition to the occasional overwrought misleading headline. But this works, too.

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TedStriker Aug 5, 2016 • 5:08:29pm

re: #89 Backwoods_Sleuth

Gingrich says he won’t pay his ‘12 campaign debt. Stiffing 114 businesses out of millions huffingtonpost.com @ArthurDelaneyHP @PaulBlu

— Amanda Terkel (@aterkel) August 5, 2016

no wonder he’s one of Donald’s biggest cheerleaders.

re: #102 No Depression

This fucker gets to skip out on his campaign debt and yet the modern GOP he helped create won’t even lower the interest rate on the student debt that millions like me have accumulated.

“Fiscal responsibility for thee, not for me…”

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The Vicious Babushka Aug 5, 2016 • 5:08:58pm

DO WHAT AGAIN?

DON’T LET HILLARY CLINTON DO IT AGAIN!#TrumpPence16 https://t.co/1mGkPNZPKF

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) August 5, 2016

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Stanley Sea Aug 5, 2016 • 5:09:03pm

Driveway moment - All Things Considered interview with Khizr Kahn this afternoon

Take the moment.

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calochortus Aug 5, 2016 • 5:09:51pm

re: #106 The Vicious Babushka

DO WHAT AGAIN?

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“It”

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FormerDirtDart Aug 5, 2016 • 5:09:55pm

re: #68 Backwoods_Sleuth

Florida office for Trump closes, promises “new address coming.” Trump’s known to skip bills… also this sign…

Local reporting:

2 days after Donald Trump was in Jacksonville, one of his offices seems to be moving https://t.co/1EggoZhkMQ pic.twitter.com/oC4h2xrzoV

— jaxdotcom (@jaxdotcom) August 5, 2016

#update According to Susie Wiles, co-chair of Donald Trump’s Florida campaign, office was used by volunteers. https://t.co/ijhSCeNwGi

— jaxdotcom (@jaxdotcom) August 5, 2016

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Poligeek Aug 5, 2016 • 5:09:57pm

Can’t wait for this to blow up over a few news cycles. (Melania possibly being an illegal immigrant and / or having a pre-Donald marriage ) Link

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Stanley Sea Aug 5, 2016 • 5:13:40pm

He said he wrote this down, like 4 times.

He didn’t.

So transparent.

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KGxvi Aug 5, 2016 • 5:14:27pm

My Facebook news feed tells me that Peggy Noonan thinks Trump is insane, which means the Old Guard is officially done with his bullshit. My Facebook news feed also tells me that Oliver North says that the Obama Administration’s $400m payment to Iran was a hostage ransom, which means North has the biggest set of brass balls in the wingularity.

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HappyWarrior Aug 5, 2016 • 5:15:27pm

re: #110 Poligeek

Can’t wait for this to blow up over a few news cycles. (Melania possibly being an illegal immigrant and / or having a pre-Donald marriage ) Link

It would be greatly hilarious if Melania was revealed to have been illegal because it would expose the anti illegals including Trump himself for the bigots they are.

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Stanley Sea Aug 5, 2016 • 5:16:32pm

He reads 2 sentences from his I wrote this speech & cannot help to go off script.

memememmememe

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Eclectic Cyborg Aug 5, 2016 • 5:16:37pm

re: #89 Backwoods_Sleuth

Fiscal responsibility…

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Charles Johnson Aug 5, 2016 • 5:16:52pm

STOP SHOUTING! And then delete your account. https://t.co/Id9Pf7ZSKB @realDonaldTrump

— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) August 6, 2016

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Stanley Sea Aug 5, 2016 • 5:17:28pm

THE BABY

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Timothy Watson Aug 5, 2016 • 5:17:33pm

re: #110 Poligeek

Can’t wait for this to blow up over a few news cycles. (Melania possibly being an illegal immigrant and / or having a pre-Donald marriage ) Link

Do I get downdings for calling her an illegal, criminal alien?

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Stanley Sea Aug 5, 2016 • 5:17:49pm

Unstable.

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Stanley Sea Aug 5, 2016 • 5:18:56pm

Well,

Trump is now wrongly placing the baby in Jacksonville. The baby was at a much smaller event in suburban Northern Virginia
— Ben Jacobs (@Bencjacobs) August 6, 2016

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jaunte Aug 5, 2016 • 5:19:16pm

re: #117 Stanley Sea

THE BABY

Donald Trump attempts to conclude, then gets distracted and says: “I love that baby! I love that baby! But you’ll hear very different.”
— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) August 5, 2016

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HappyWarrior Aug 5, 2016 • 5:19:48pm

re: #120 Stanley Sea

Well,

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Super great memory fails again.

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jaunte Aug 5, 2016 • 5:19:56pm

The baby has him rattled.

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Stanley Sea Aug 5, 2016 • 5:20:11pm

re: #123 jaunte

The baby has him rattled.

And, it’s showing.

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HappyWarrior Aug 5, 2016 • 5:20:18pm

re: #123 jaunte

The baby has him rattled.

He’s so easily rattled.

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Charles Johnson Aug 5, 2016 • 5:22:36pm

Uh, nope. The real quote: “Get the baby out of here.” https://t.co/6ErwfzXRPO @christinawilkie

— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) August 6, 2016

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De Kolta Chair Aug 5, 2016 • 5:22:44pm

re: #87 Charles Johnson

Wow, I just had a Raw Story window open for several hours in the background.

Thanks for the tip, Charles.

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A Cranky One Aug 5, 2016 • 5:23:16pm

re: #125 HappyWarrior

He’s so easily rattled.

I’m prepared to rattle Trump!

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b.d. Aug 5, 2016 • 5:23:17pm

Damn Donald, go back to smearing the Gold Star mom, it’s more dignified than having an argument with a baby.

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freetoken Aug 5, 2016 • 5:23:33pm

I find many webpages are in practice un-openable for me using Chrome.

I just run out of memory.

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451_Montag Aug 5, 2016 • 5:23:50pm

So endorsed Paul Ryan. Very low energy, sad

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HappyWarrior Aug 5, 2016 • 5:23:52pm

re: #126 Charles Johnson

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I think he’s senile or an unstable liar. Neither are good looks for a president.

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Stanley Sea Aug 5, 2016 • 5:23:58pm

He’s not going to be able to hold it.

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Backwoods_Sleuth Aug 5, 2016 • 5:24:12pm

re: #101 Stanley Sea

What twitter reporters are at the trump rally?

doesn’t matter…he’s going on and on about the baby again.

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451_Montag Aug 5, 2016 • 5:24:32pm

Endorsed John McCain. Which is good for him.

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bratwurst Aug 5, 2016 • 5:25:04pm

re: #130 freetoken

I find many webpages are in practice un-openable for me using Chrome.

I just run out of memory.

I just got a new rig running this week…went from 4GB RAM to 16…Chrome is a LOT more functional now.

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jaunte Aug 5, 2016 • 5:25:33pm

re: #134 Backwoods_Sleuth

The next baby needs to hold up a Constitution.

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Backwoods_Sleuth Aug 5, 2016 • 5:26:19pm

GREEN BAY —

TRUMP: “We’ll have a lot of Democrats. Any Democrats.”

No hands.

“Eh, we don’t need a lot of them.”

— Kevin Cirilli (@kevcirilli) August 6, 2016

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The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge Aug 5, 2016 • 5:26:42pm

re: #123 jaunte

The baby has him rattled.

He’s losing his marbles. Yeah, I know—Duh!—but seriously. What happens when he gets on a mike in front of a huge crowd and starts drooling and yammering complete gibberish? I suppose the fundies would love it—speaking in tongues! The rest of us not so much.

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HappyWarrior Aug 5, 2016 • 5:26:57pm

re: #138 Backwoods_Sleuth

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He’s stupid.

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Stanley Sea Aug 5, 2016 • 5:27:02pm

re: #135 451_Montag

Endorsed John McCain. Which is good for him.

He’s reading from someone else’s notes.

Zero sincerity.

But his fans can’t see through it.

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Backwoods_Sleuth Aug 5, 2016 • 5:27:04pm

endorses Ryan

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freetoken Aug 5, 2016 • 5:27:50pm

I never know what to make of news stories from foreign lands (other than from Japan, where I have lived.)

But, it appears as if there has been quite a bit of disquiet in Rio over the Olympics. Some scary stories, some very sad stories. It’s all very confusing because the official take on the Olympics in Brazil is how positive it is.

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Backwoods_Sleuth Aug 5, 2016 • 5:27:50pm

BREAKING: Trump endorses Speaker Ryan, Sens. McCain and Ayotte just now at Green Bay rally.

— Ali Vitali (@alivitali) August 6, 2016

yawn…

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HappyWarrior Aug 5, 2016 • 5:27:53pm

re: #141 Stanley Sea

He’s reading from someone else’s notes.

Zero sincerity.

But his fans can’t see through it.

They probably gave him an ultimatum regarding McCain and Ryan.

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stpaulbear Aug 5, 2016 • 5:28:09pm

re: #123 jaunte

The baby has him rattled.

He threw the baby out with the bathos.

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Stanley Sea Aug 5, 2016 • 5:28:26pm

CNN cuts away.

ha!!!

I want to see the cray continue.

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451_Montag Aug 5, 2016 • 5:28:31pm

For the life of me I just cannot see how anybody watching this thinks h could be President. It is like listening to the drunk bigot sitting at the end of the bar waxing lyrical about the world.

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Charles Johnson Aug 5, 2016 • 5:28:35pm

Oh good freaking grief. https://t.co/j3K0B9BQ7x @jdelreal

— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) August 6, 2016

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Stanley Sea Aug 5, 2016 • 5:28:45pm

re: #144 Backwoods_Sleuth

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yawn…

It was unbelievably forced.

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b.d. Aug 5, 2016 • 5:28:47pm

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A Cranky One Aug 5, 2016 • 5:28:52pm

re: #139 The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge

He’s losing his marbles. Yeah, I know—Duh!—but seriously. What happens when he gets on a mike in front of a huge crowd and starts drooling and yammering complete gibberish? I suppose the fundies would love it—speaking in tongues! The rest of us not so much.

Won’t bother the crowd. See Palin, Sarah.

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FormerDirtDart Aug 5, 2016 • 5:29:43pm

Watching Rio opening ceremonies.
Really should have started drinking earlier.
Not a damn clue of what’s going on, but if I was drunk it at least may have been entertaining

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De Kolta Chair Aug 5, 2016 • 5:29:53pm

I was talking earlier today with a friend who knew Philip Seymour Hoffman, and we agreed that he would’ve been fantastic playing Trump in a movie or cable mini-series. Oh well.

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The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge Aug 5, 2016 • 5:29:54pm

re: #143 freetoken

I never know what to make of news stories from foreign lands (other than from Japan, where I have lived.)

But, it appears as if there has been quite a bit of disquiet in Rio over the Olympics. Some scary stories, some very sad stories. It’s all very confusing because the official take on the Olympics in Brazil is how positive it is.

Protests shake Rio hours before opening Olympics gala

People are unhappy with this slow-rolling right-wing coup that’s going on. Can’t say I blame them.

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freetoken Aug 5, 2016 • 5:30:16pm

Meanwhile, as I mentioned downstairs, the media is quite determined to make EMAILS! a way to sell their product:

Hillary Clinton’s post-convention bounce runs into a familiar wall: Emails

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FormerDirtDart Aug 5, 2016 • 5:31:07pm

here’s a bear who won’t let go of the ranger who saved him from a forest fire, have a great day (h/t @Rob_Flaherty) pic.twitter.com/z8ftqkEgtU

— Emmy Bengtson (@EmmyA2) August 5, 2016

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stpaulbear Aug 5, 2016 • 5:31:15pm

re: #139 The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge

He’s losing his marbles. Yeah, I know—Duh!—but seriously. What happens when he gets on a mike in front of a huge crowd and starts drooling and yammering complete gibberish? I suppose the fundies would love it—speaking in tongues! The rest of us not so much.

I don’t think he’s ever going to be in front of a huge crowd again. He’s blowing it.

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451_Montag Aug 5, 2016 • 5:31:31pm

re: #154 De Kolta Chair

I was talking earlier today with a friend who knew Philip Seymour Hoffman, and we agreed that he would’ve been fantastic playing Trump in a movie or cable mini-series. Oh well.

A sentient hair all could do it.

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MsJ Aug 5, 2016 • 5:31:33pm

re: #102 No Depression

This fucker gets to skip out on his campaign debt and yet the modern GOP he helped create won’t even lower the interest rate on the student debt that millions like me have accumulated.

Fiscally responsible conservatives. Bah.

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Eclectic Cyborg Aug 5, 2016 • 5:31:43pm

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HappyWarrior Aug 5, 2016 • 5:32:12pm

re: #154 De Kolta Chair

I was talking earlier today with a friend who knew Philip Seymour Hoffman, and we agreed that he would’ve been fantastic playing Trump in a movie or cable mini-series. Oh well.

Oh man, he would have. He’s missed.

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calochortus Aug 5, 2016 • 5:32:23pm

Did Trump actually say something about an 80% friend is not a 20% enemy? That was reported on FR. I thought that was a Reagan line, but no one seemed to recognize it.

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Stanley Sea Aug 5, 2016 • 5:32:25pm

There was mostly cheering during Trump’s endorsements, but the guy in front of me was doing thumbs down. pic.twitter.com/XpIpXDniyW

— Jim Dalrymple II (@JimDalrympleII) August 6, 2016

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freetoken Aug 5, 2016 • 5:32:45pm

re: #155 The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge

It’s hard for me to make sense of what is happening in Brazil unless I spend a lot time reading background material, which I don’t have.

I know that former leader has been charged with crimes. I know that there are protests.

Other than that, I can’t keep up with what is happening down there.

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The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge Aug 5, 2016 • 5:32:49pm

re: #159 451_Montag

A sentient hair all could do it.

One of those Donald Trumps who fell on Captain Kirk’s head might be available.

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Charles Johnson Aug 5, 2016 • 5:33:28pm

Automatic blocking function: activated. (Don’t be rude to this nice lady, you “libtards and demoRATs.”) pic.twitter.com/psQjocF0ON

— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) August 6, 2016

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Stanley Sea Aug 5, 2016 • 5:33:41pm

re: #163 calochortus

Did Trump actually say something about an 80% friend is not a 20% enemy? That was reported on FR. I thought that was a Reagan line, but no one seemed to recognize it.

He did when reading his endorsement of Paul Ryan.

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FormerDirtDart Aug 5, 2016 • 5:34:06pm

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lawhawk Aug 5, 2016 • 5:34:07pm

re: #153 FormerDirtDart

Watching Rio opening ceremonies.
Really should have started drinking earlier.
Not a damn clue of what’s going on, but if I was drunk it at least may have been entertaining

The story of Brazil. Or so I’m told.

You’re right, drinking would make this better (and go faster).

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Stanley Sea Aug 5, 2016 • 5:34:13pm

re: #164 Stanley Sea

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That dude will respond to orders.

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MsJ Aug 5, 2016 • 5:34:25pm

re: #145 HappyWarrior

They probably gave him an ultimatum regarding McCain and Ryan.

Ryan, Walker and Johnson were not going to attend his rally in GB. I don’t know if they did now but I think Trump realizes that he needs people he wants to tell to piss off.

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lawhawk Aug 5, 2016 • 5:35:02pm

re: #169 FormerDirtDart

Trump’s hair is a dingo. Explains a lot.

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De Kolta Chair Aug 5, 2016 • 5:35:56pm

Care to comment, Paul Nehlen?

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HappyWarrior Aug 5, 2016 • 5:36:44pm

re: #174 De Kolta Chair

Care to comment, Paul Nehlen?

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Yeah I want to see Nehlen’s response to this.

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calochortus Aug 5, 2016 • 5:36:44pm

re: #168 Stanley Sea

He did when reading his endorsement of Paul Ryan.

Definitely a Reagan quote, then. Odd that the Freepers seemed to have completely missed it. Possibly because they really don’t know much about St. Ronnie, and besides Trump seems to have plagerized…

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Backwoods_Sleuth Aug 5, 2016 • 5:37:01pm

Trump currently praising the virtues of waterboarding in Green Bay, his fans are eating it up.

— Nebulous Verbosity (@NebulousVerb) August 6, 2016

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Decatur Deb Aug 5, 2016 • 5:37:20pm

BabyGate

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Backwoods_Sleuth Aug 5, 2016 • 5:37:56pm

Trump in Green Bay on Hillary Clinton: “She’s unhinged, truly unhinged. And she’s unbalanced, totally unbalanced.”

— Ashley Killough (@KilloughCNN) August 6, 2016

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Charles Johnson Aug 5, 2016 • 5:38:21pm

Trump: “Everybody likes me. The baby likes me… I want to find that baby.”

— Joe Sonka (@joesonka) August 6, 2016

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Backwoods_Sleuth Aug 5, 2016 • 5:38:39pm

you wouldn’t have had that kind of carnage.” - Trump, on the recent Paris attack from Green Bay

— Ryan Hill (@FoaRyan) August 6, 2016

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lawhawk Aug 5, 2016 • 5:38:39pm

re: #175 HappyWarrior

Pretty sure it’ll be STFU Donny.

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b.d. Aug 5, 2016 • 5:38:49pm

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freetoken Aug 5, 2016 • 5:39:08pm

So, Yahoo runs with this headline:

Report: Over 1,000 U.S. spies in Rio to protect Games, American contingent

Spies?? Here I thought our HUMINT had dwindled down to almost nothing - how could we have a thousand spies to spare to send to Rio???

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calochortus Aug 5, 2016 • 5:39:40pm

Gotta go start dinner.
BBL

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Decatur Deb Aug 5, 2016 • 5:40:02pm

re: #184 freetoken

So, Yahoo runs with this headline:

Report: Over 1,000 U.S. spies in Rio to protect Games, American contingent

Spies?? Here I thought our HUMINT had dwindled down to almost nothing - how could we have a thousand spies to spare to send to Rio???

Volunteers. Beach Volleyball.

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HappyWarrior Aug 5, 2016 • 5:40:09pm

re: #182 lawhawk

Pretty sure it’ll be STFU Donny.

Heh true.

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MsJ Aug 5, 2016 • 5:40:28pm

THIS IS NOT A DRILL: Trump Bolsters Foreign-Policy Team by Adding Carson and Palin https://t.co/E87aL02qrp via @BorowitzReport

— Hillary Memes (@h1llary4prez) August 5, 2016

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b.d. Aug 5, 2016 • 5:40:43pm

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BeachDem Aug 5, 2016 • 5:41:07pm

re: #183 b.d.

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Or “Baby Got Back.”

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Charles Johnson Aug 5, 2016 • 5:41:16pm

Create your own slogan with the LGF Trump Bumper Sticker Generator! https://t.co/rIPpgELFFZ via @Green_Footballs pic.twitter.com/bN2YagGXQo

— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) August 6, 2016

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De Kolta Chair Aug 5, 2016 • 5:41:22pm

re: #180 Charles Johnson

Trump: “Everybody likes me. The baby likes me… I want to find that baby.”

— Joe Sonka (@joesonka) August 6, 2016

Coming this fall: Donald Trump, Baby Detective. Only on Fox.

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Decatur Deb Aug 5, 2016 • 5:41:46pm

re: #188 MsJ

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Is Borowitz playing this one straight?

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teleskiguy Aug 5, 2016 • 5:42:14pm

Matt Drudge is using his personal Twitter account today.

A link to SMOTI:

KHAN: ALLAH IS TRIPPING UP TRUMP!https://t.co/xUYCZ5UK4M pic.twitter.com/DYqARNnk03

— MATT DRUDGE (@DRUDGE) August 5, 2016

And this:

5 commercial breaks in in first 30 minutes??!! Send some mosquitoes into the NBC booth! #OpeningCeremony

— MATT DRUDGE (@DRUDGE) August 6, 2016

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freetoken Aug 5, 2016 • 5:42:17pm

re: #186 Decatur Deb

Volunteers. Beach Volleyball.

Ah… I see… so that’s where the hi-powered binos went…

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FormerDirtDart Aug 5, 2016 • 5:42:31pm

Brazil: lol we’re gonna say we invented flight in #OpeningCeremony

USA: pic.twitter.com/NIEPOGAIqe

— Hayes Brown (@HayesBrown) August 6, 2016

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HappyWarrior Aug 5, 2016 • 5:43:54pm

re: #188 MsJ

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Maybe I should apply to be an energy adviser, I’m just as qualified to talk as those two are foreign policy.

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MsJ Aug 5, 2016 • 5:43:55pm

Trump just said he wants to chop off heads and the crowd cheered. That wasn’t creepy at all.

— TC (@tchop__StL) August 6, 2016

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Charles Johnson Aug 5, 2016 • 5:44:05pm

Weak monsters are very scary, yet reassuring. @jessieopie @realDonaldTrump @HillaryClinton

— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) August 6, 2016

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De Kolta Chair Aug 5, 2016 • 5:44:08pm

Edited: OMG I just unwittingly posted a tweet by Drudge. Bad Chair, bad!

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Timothy Watson Aug 5, 2016 • 5:44:15pm

re: #183 b.d.

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TLC - Baby-Baby-Baby

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sagehen Aug 5, 2016 • 5:44:26pm

re: #65 ObserverArt

Ouch!

Policy wise you are right. But many Catholics don’t follow.

Don’t ask me why I know.

We sort have had this conversation before. Catholics in general are very lax at actually following church dictates. Just one of the reasons I dropped away. I learned it really didn’t matter as long as the basket for “collections” was filled and the bills were paid.

If it was run by the nuns, I bet some of that would change.

Chris Matthews talks about this All. The. Time. He’s a practicing Catholic, whenever he has a guest of approximately his own age who’s also Catholic, he goes into a patented routine about how when he was a kid there were lots of families in the parish with 8, 10, 12 children, they’d take up a whole row at mass, and he never sees that anymore, 4 or 5 kids is the bigger families, ~~somebody~~’s everybody’s obviously ignoring the Pope’s pronouncements on contraception…

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MsJ Aug 5, 2016 • 5:44:56pm

re: #197 HappyWarrior

Maybe I should apply to be an energy adviser, I’m just as qualified to talk as those two are foreign policy.

Moreso, actually.

That’s Borowitz, btw. Satire. FYI

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HappyWarrior Aug 5, 2016 • 5:45:03pm

re: #198 MsJ

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Holy crap these crowds are unhinged.

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Stanley Sea Aug 5, 2016 • 5:45:09pm

CLUE: he says, “I just wrote this” before he reads from the script in front of him.

But then he loses the script after 3 words.

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Decatur Deb Aug 5, 2016 • 5:45:18pm

re: #198 MsJ

Trump just said he wants to chop off heads and the crowd cheered. That wasn’t creepy at all.

Shooting for that all-important ISIS demographic.

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jaunte Aug 5, 2016 • 5:45:55pm

Trumps, living off the taxpayers:

Trump Gave His Kids A Big Stake In Huge Government Deal, Document Shows https://t.co/QkkZ3Du5o0 via @aramroston @buzzfeednews

— Michael F Ozaki MD (@brontyman) August 6, 2016

“…After winning the competitive bid for the project, Trump used the federal lease itself as collateral to borrow $170 million from Deutsche Bank for the hotel renovation. And Trump has applied for a federal tax credit worth about $32 million that would help offset the cost of the project.”
buzzfeed.com

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Backwoods_Sleuth Aug 5, 2016 • 5:46:18pm

Donald Trump endorses Sen. Kelly Ayotte, R-NH, at Green Bay, WI rally, calling her “a rising star.” #nhpolitics
.

— Kevin Landrigan (@KlandriganUL) August 6, 2016

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EPR-radar Aug 5, 2016 • 5:46:31pm

re: #148 451_Montag

For the life of me I just cannot see how anybody watching this thinks h could be President. It is like listening to the drunk bigot sitting at the end of the bar waxing lyrical about the world.

Those are Trump voters at the ends of those bars, and they want POTUS to be a knuckle-dragging oxygen thief just like they are.

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MsJ Aug 5, 2016 • 5:47:19pm

re: #202 sagehen

Chris Matthews talks about this All. The. Time. He’s a practicing Catholic, whenever he has a guest of approximately his own age who’s also Catholic, he goes into a patented routine about how when he was a kid there were lots of families in the parish with 8, 10, 12 children, they’d take up a whole row at mass, and he never sees that anymore, 4 or 5 kids is the bigger families, ~~somebody~~’s everybody’s obviously ignoring the Pope’s pronouncements on contraception…

Couldn’t possibly have anything to do with feeding a dozen mouths. Or clothing them. Or sending them to school, go to the doctor, etc., etc., etc.

My husband was one of 10. My sister in law’s father called my father in law a piker…there were 14 in that family. Now…who can afford it? Not a single one of the kids (my bro/sis in laws) had more than three kids.

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jaunte Aug 5, 2016 • 5:47:21pm

And now he’s floating again, the speech far below him…
— Harold Itzkowitz (@HaroldItz) August 6, 2016

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MsJ Aug 5, 2016 • 5:48:56pm

Lol. There’s no way to stop monthly recurring credit card donations to Trump’s campaign. https://t.co/rg1EZzAMw2

— Josh Barro (@jbarro) August 5, 2016

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De Kolta Chair Aug 5, 2016 • 5:50:03pm

re: #207 jaunte

Trumps, living off the taxpayers:

Thanks for the link, jaunte, and I sure would like to see the press report more often how Deutsche Bank is the only bank that will deal with Trump anymore. I’d also like to know exactly why that is.

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MsJ Aug 5, 2016 • 5:50:10pm

What is this dude smoking?

Mark Halperin suggests Trump could put California in general election play (VIDEO)https://t.co/K8WF97IFSC pic.twitter.com/DOlazFQJya

— Talking Points Memo (@TPM) April 29, 2016

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Charles Johnson Aug 5, 2016 • 5:50:21pm

Shhh… don’t tell her. She thinks this is a real picture of a Trump rally.

Today’s Trump rally had the HUGEST audience yet! #ShowYourCrowds pic.twitter.com/wMAsTrxiPc

— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) August 5, 2016

@Green_Footballs Wowee! How many?

— chach malone (@chachmalone) August 6, 2016

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Archangelus Aug 5, 2016 • 5:50:38pm

re: #198 MsJ

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Someone should translate that part of the speech to Arabic so those of us who have fought against and/or survived the likes of Daesh, Al Qaeda, the Taliban, Hamas, Al Jamiyah Al Isalamiyah and other terrorist organizations over the years will feel all nostalgic…. /////

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HappyWarrior Aug 5, 2016 • 5:50:47pm

re: #214 MsJ

What is this dude smoking?

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Really bad drugs.

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Timothy Watson Aug 5, 2016 • 5:51:26pm

re: #215 Charles Johnson

Shhh… don’t tell her. She thinks this is a real picture of a Trump rally.

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We really need a +10 weekly karma boost that we can give to one comment.

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Archangelus Aug 5, 2016 • 5:51:43pm

re: #214 MsJ

What is this dude smoking?

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Nothing even remotely, theoretically good…

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MsJ Aug 5, 2016 • 5:51:44pm

Trump Henchman Roger Stone’s official job? Men’s Fashion editor of the Daily Caller @karenhunter @CousinSyl pic.twitter.com/ieCVHr4Ez8

— Sarah S f.md (@RedRoadRail) August 6, 2016

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De Kolta Chair Aug 5, 2016 • 5:52:33pm

Decisions, decisions, Trump or the opening ceremonies? Hey, this rapper is pretty good!

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Charles Johnson Aug 5, 2016 • 5:52:34pm

I think she’s starting to catch on.

@Green_Footballs Hilary #ShowYourCrowds

— chach malone (@chachmalone) August 6, 2016

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Decatur Deb Aug 5, 2016 • 5:52:47pm

re: #215 Charles Johnson

Shhh… don’t tell her. She thinks this is a real picture of a Trump rally.

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Tell her, for the sake of truth.

“The good news—250,000
The bad news—They’re all Muslim.”

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MsJ Aug 5, 2016 • 5:53:11pm

Is that the bar? Liar or all good? https://t.co/F6beRrv71x

— Christopher C. Cuomo (@ChrisCuomo) August 5, 2016

@Karoli @ChrisCuomo the media examines every word she says like it was the Zapruder film. Trump vomits up lies like a coed at a grain party

— Chicata (@hetriedrealhard) August 5, 2016

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The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge Aug 5, 2016 • 5:53:38pm

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ObserverArt Aug 5, 2016 • 5:54:39pm

BREAKING!

Big revelation in Trump Baby Ejection Story.

Trump: “I love babies. I hear that baby crying, I like it. What a baby. What a beautiful baby.”

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FormerDirtDart Aug 5, 2016 • 5:54:53pm

Very excited - Julian Assange of @wikileaks will be speaking at the #GreenConvention about the #DNCLeaks! https://t.co/iz2SjzopFM #GNCinHOU

— Dr. Jill Stein (@DrJillStein) August 5, 2016

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HappyWarrior Aug 5, 2016 • 5:55:46pm

re: #227 FormerDirtDart

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Yeah fuck the Greens.

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ObserverArt Aug 5, 2016 • 5:55:59pm

re: #126 Charles Johnson

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Proofs!

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EPR-radar Aug 5, 2016 • 5:56:26pm

re: #214 MsJ

This was delusional when it was published (April). Events since then have not helped the Republican cause in CA.

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teleskiguy Aug 5, 2016 • 5:56:58pm

Just unfriended my father on Facebook. “Hillary needs to be indicted, she’s a traitor” comment on a Trump post was the last straw.

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MsJ Aug 5, 2016 • 5:57:57pm

re: #228 HappyWarrior

Yeah fuck the Greens.

Hard!

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Charles Johnson Aug 5, 2016 • 5:58:38pm

@Green_Footballs Just checking out your hate. You need help. Post Trumps real crowds Chuck. Scared?

— Glenn Kistner (@707G_diesel) August 6, 2016

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HappyWarrior Aug 5, 2016 • 5:58:45pm

re: #231 teleskiguy

Just unfriended my father on Facebook. “Hillary needs to be indicted, she’s a traitor” comment on a Trump post was the last straw.

Sorry to hear about that.

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De Kolta Chair Aug 5, 2016 • 5:59:06pm

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HappyWarrior Aug 5, 2016 • 5:59:17pm

re: #233 Charles Johnson

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Someone doesn’t understand amusement.

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b.d. Aug 5, 2016 • 5:59:33pm

re: #231 teleskiguy

Just unfriended my father on Facebook. “Hillary needs to be indicted, she’s a traitor” comment on a Trump post was the last straw.

sorry dude

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Charles Johnson Aug 5, 2016 • 6:01:54pm

Rarely have I felt such intense fear. @707G_diesel

— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) August 6, 2016

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Charles Johnson Aug 5, 2016 • 6:02:11pm

Someone needs to check on him and make sure he’s OK now. (Not volunteering.) https://t.co/g55PICe2PS @costareports

— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) August 6, 2016

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GlutenFreeJesus Aug 5, 2016 • 6:03:07pm

Global warming bit in Rio. I’ll give them that.

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Charles Johnson Aug 5, 2016 • 6:03:15pm

What was your first clue? https://t.co/cFHDqCMtH5 @1RuthADailey

— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) August 6, 2016

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HappyWarrior Aug 5, 2016 • 6:03:23pm

re: #239 Charles Johnson

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I’d actually love to see his response. He was so giddy about getting Trump’s blessing.

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Bill and Opus for 2016! Aug 5, 2016 • 6:03:42pm

re: #227 FormerDirtDart

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Doesn’t Assange still have outstanding arrest warrants? It would be a real hilarious situation if Federal Marshalls showed up to execute those.

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HappyWarrior Aug 5, 2016 • 6:04:26pm

Tre: #243 Bill and Opus for 2016!

Doesn’t Assange still have outstanding arrest warrants? It would be a real hilarious situation if Federal Marshalls showed up to execute those.

I’d imagine he’s providing a message from his lair.

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Stanley Sea Aug 5, 2016 • 6:04:28pm

trump right now.

wow

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No Country For Old Haters Aug 5, 2016 • 6:04:55pm

re: #184 freetoken

So, Yahoo runs with this headline:

Report: Over 1,000 U.S. spies in Rio to protect Games, American contingent

Spies?? Here I thought our HUMINT had dwindled down to almost nothing - how could we have a thousand spies to spare to send to Rio???

They got that headline from the NBC article linked in the story.

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bratwurst Aug 5, 2016 • 6:05:15pm

I am becoming a big fan of hers!

@JoyAnnReid You are far too blinded by partisanship to ever win an argument with @ggreenwald, I recommend quitting while you’re behind.

— K. (@ThColourOrange) August 5, 2016

Is that you, Glenn? And shouldn’t you add more than 2 followers so people won’t know you’re a sock puppet? :) https://t.co/X3Koej7Xun

— Joy Reid (@JoyAnnReid) August 5, 2016

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ObserverArt Aug 5, 2016 • 6:05:31pm

re: #215 Charles Johnson

Shhh… don’t tell her. She thinks this is a real picture of a Trump rally.

chach malone @chachmalone
@Green_Footballs Wowee! How many?
8:48 PM - 5 Aug 2016 * Riverview, FL, United States
Retweets likes

It’s Chyna…billions served.

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FormerDirtDart Aug 5, 2016 • 6:06:31pm

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jaunte Aug 5, 2016 • 6:07:09pm

re: #238 Charles Johnson

Post Trumps real crowds Chuck. Scared?

Post-Trump is a beautiful concept.

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lawhawk Aug 5, 2016 • 6:07:38pm

re: #199 Charles Johnson

Worked for Sully and Mike W. in Monsters Inc…

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freetoken Aug 5, 2016 • 6:08:03pm

re: #246 No Country For Old Haters

They got that headline from the NBC article linked in the story.

Thanks. I discovered that after I posted.

Bottom line: no, the US is not sending a thousand “spies”. While there are probably a few CIA agents here and there, most of the people sent are desk types, analysts, and military people. None of which I would call “spies”.

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De Kolta Chair Aug 5, 2016 • 6:08:06pm

Why did Trump sell his three-masted sailing ship?

pǝƃƃᴉɹ sɐʍ ʇᴉ ǝsnɐɔǝq

…tuo flesym ees ll’I

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jaunte Aug 5, 2016 • 6:08:50pm

“Sometimes knowing a little is better than knowing too much” is a thing Trump just said.
— Ana Marie Cox (@anamariecox) August 6, 2016

Ignorance is like a delicate flower — touch it and the bloom is gone. https://t.co/l05mehYiqq

— Josh Barro (@jbarro) August 6, 2016

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ObserverArt Aug 5, 2016 • 6:08:51pm

re: #231 teleskiguy

Just unfriended my father on Facebook. “Hillary needs to be indicted, she’s a traitor” comment on a Trump post was the last straw.

Sorry to hear that.

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teleskiguy Aug 5, 2016 • 6:09:06pm

I try really hard to keep politics out of my Facebook feed. Tonight, however, I have put people on notice.

Facebook peeps, y’all are on notice. Any overt support for the fascist orange shitgoblin for president will be unfriended with no notice.

— Charlie Vogel (@teleskiguy) August 6, 2016

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ObserverArt Aug 5, 2016 • 6:09:41pm

re: #236 HappyWarrior

Someone doesn’t understand amusement.

Tight white boy.

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Shiplord Kirel Aug 5, 2016 • 6:09:52pm

re: #196 FormerDirtDart

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The basis of this is that the Wright brothers used a small catapult to get their first plane into the air in 1903, while Brazilian Alberto Santos-Dumont’s first plane took off entirely under its own power in 1906. That’s it. Catapult assist means you are not really flying. This is news to naval aviators who use catapults to launch from carriers. Ironically, Brazil is one of just 3 countries (the others being the US and France) who have a carrier that uses catapults. I guess their naval pilots aren’t really flying either.

Beyond that, Santos Dumont’s first plane was basically a motorized boxkite that could not turn a full circle, and there is good evidence that the Wrights flew without the catapult before Santos-Dumont’s initial flight.

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Backwoods_Sleuth Aug 5, 2016 • 6:09:57pm

He’ll save his rage for the morning. RT @Bencjacobs This is like a hostage video right now with Trump endorsing Ryan, McCain and Ayotte

— Keith Olbermann (@KeithOlbermann) August 6, 2016

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lawhawk Aug 5, 2016 • 6:10:24pm

Pretty sure that the right wingers are all hate watching the Olympic opening ceremonies right now because Brazil is warning of the threats of global warming courtesy of Dame Judi Densch.

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majii Aug 5, 2016 • 6:10:41pm

re: #214 MsJ

“What is this dude smoking?”

Based upon how no matter what ugly sh*t Trump does Halperin still shills for him, I’m thinking he’s been sniffing Trump’s farts, and they’ve made him high. He just about had an orgasm on Morning Joke after Trump tweeted that the plane he’d talked about in his rallies yesterday was headed to Switzerland and not Iran. That Trump did this made Halperin very, very happy. He’s a cheap date for Trump.

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fern01 Aug 5, 2016 • 6:10:46pm

re: #13 Poligeek

Nope, that happened - 100%.. all I’m clarifying is that no one actually threw the parents / baby out - and it was viewed as a ‘joking’ sort of moment during the rally by those in attendance / the press, that’s all.

Trump “jokes” in a way no sane people joke. Trump is the baby here - all the time.

As for “Trump’s mind is going” - reality is he hasn’t much of a mind in the first place. Losing it is probably to his benefit.

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No Country For Old Haters Aug 5, 2016 • 6:11:14pm

re: #199 Charles Johnson

@jessieopie @realDonaldTrump @HillaryClinton It’s called “projection.” Trump has shown us more of himself than he should have.

— (((Jeff Furling))) (@FurlingtonJeff) August 6, 2016

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HappyWarrior Aug 5, 2016 • 6:11:15pm

re: #254 jaunte

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Use that in an ad because he actually cares aid thre: #254 jaunte

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Run an ad of that because he actually said that unlike the HRC middle class tax lie.

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Backwoods_Sleuth Aug 5, 2016 • 6:11:26pm

Trump says when he was first asked about NATO, “it’s not like it’s my primary subject, in all fairness.”

— Hallie Jackson (@HallieJackson) August 6, 2016

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Stanley Sea Aug 5, 2016 • 6:11:28pm

re: #259 Backwoods_Sleuth

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He’s doing pretty well now.

The envelope with the script is done.

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FormerDirtDart Aug 5, 2016 • 6:11:38pm

Grifter gotta grift

Trump already raising money off the Paul Ryan endorsement pic.twitter.com/KUIpLO5REB

— Ben Jacobs (@Bencjacobs) August 6, 2016

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Charles Johnson Aug 5, 2016 • 6:11:42pm

Another exclusive pic of the HUGE crowd at Trump’s rally today! #ShowYourCrowds pic.twitter.com/hzwsEHOb6v

— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) August 6, 2016

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Eclectic Cyborg Aug 5, 2016 • 6:12:29pm

re: #217 HappyWarrior

Or possibly really good ones.

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HappyWarrior Aug 5, 2016 • 6:12:34pm

re: #265 Backwoods_Sleuth

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Math wasn’t mine hence why I never seek out positions that have a ton of math.

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Skip Intro Aug 5, 2016 • 6:12:43pm

re: #180 Charles Johnson

“Is anybody claiming that baby as a tax deduction? I want to deduct that baby.”

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gocart mozart Aug 5, 2016 • 6:12:48pm

“It was all right, everthing was all right. The struggle was finished. He had won the victory over himself. He loved Big Speaker.”
— Billmon (@billmon1) August 6, 2016

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Stanley Sea Aug 5, 2016 • 6:12:49pm

Japan, South Korea and Germany thrown under the bus.

This speech.

The ads.

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Backwoods_Sleuth Aug 5, 2016 • 6:13:31pm

re: #268 Charles Johnson

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I see Paul Ryan right in the middle of the pic. He’s not wearing a hat!

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jaunte Aug 5, 2016 • 6:13:49pm

re: #264 HappyWarrior

I wonder how dumbed-down the debate moderation will have to be to preserve the fiction that Trump and Clinton have the same level of knowledge.

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De Kolta Chair Aug 5, 2016 • 6:13:51pm

“Five Men Named Steve” sounds like a bad 90’s indie dramady. https://t.co/98qZGBvobl

— Rhea Butcher (@RheaButcher) August 5, 2016

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MsJ Aug 5, 2016 • 6:14:32pm

re: #254 jaunte

Josh is killing me. He is really tired of trump and occasionally he totally loses his shit - which makes me laugh even harder.

I love me some Josh.

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HappyWarrior Aug 5, 2016 • 6:14:34pm

re: #275 jaunte

I wonder how dumbed-down the debate moderation will have to be to preserve the fiction that Trump and Clinton have the same level of knowledge.

I don’t wanna know.

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lawhawk Aug 5, 2016 • 6:14:52pm

Enjoying the brilliance of a Trump implosion

No Charles, this is the crowd watching Trump :)

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Backwoods_Sleuth Aug 5, 2016 • 6:15:03pm

.@realDonaldTrump asks crowd in Green Bay who knew the US defended Japan? Trump: “About 12%” February: “I love the poorly educated”

— Frank Franz (@cpnthrz) August 6, 2016

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bratwurst Aug 5, 2016 • 6:15:37pm

re: #276 De Kolta Chair

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My skin still hasn’t stopped crawling since that awful Tom Barrack (in the photo) rambled on like he was giving a wedding toast on the last night of the RNC.

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Feline Fearless Leader Aug 5, 2016 • 6:15:42pm

re: #275 jaunte

I wonder how dumbed-down the debate moderation will have to be to preserve the fiction that Trump and Clinton have the same level of knowledge.

In the debate every question to Hillary will be a variant of “Why does everyone hate you?”

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Charles Johnson Aug 5, 2016 • 6:16:57pm

Warming up for Trump at today’s truly ENORMOUS rallies! #ShowYourCrowds pic.twitter.com/tyLhn8CB3r

— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) August 6, 2016

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majii Aug 5, 2016 • 6:17:38pm

re: #231 teleskiguy

Regarding unfriending your dad.

Sometimes you have to do what is best for you. I hate to hear that you were forced to make this decision, but I’ve watched as you’ve agonized about his attitude toward HRC over and over again. Hopefully, this little break will make you both reconsider whether political differences between the two of you should be a topic you talk about. Again, sometimes there are things that it’s best that family members don’t talk about, especially when you know you don’t see eye-to-eye on the matter. Hang in there.

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Bass Reeves Aug 5, 2016 • 6:18:26pm

re: #184 freetoken

Analysts, law enforcement, and SOCOM guys aren’t spies, and most of them aren’t HUMINT. That headline and story made me wanna go FULL D_F.

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teleskiguy Aug 5, 2016 • 6:19:25pm

Oooh! I want to play!

The crowd for @realDonaldTrump’s rally today is unlike anything seen in the history of the world! #ShowYourCrowds pic.twitter.com/LuolneEKiX

— Charlie Vogel (@teleskiguy) August 6, 2016

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ObserverArt Aug 5, 2016 • 6:20:37pm

re: #277 MsJ

Josh is killing me. He is really tired of trump and occasionally he totally loses his shit - which makes me laugh even harder.

I love me some Josh.

I wrote an email to Chris Cillizza after seeing him going on about Hillary’s emails on Chuck Todd’s Meet the Chuck Daily earlier.

I am going to be very interested to see if he responds.

I kept it related to journalism, facts and details, horse racing and perspectives. I was not taking him to task because I wanted to see if the carrot approach would work. I wanna see if he admits anything about how a guy like him covers the story.

I will share if I get any response.

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Charles Johnson Aug 5, 2016 • 6:20:44pm

Another shot of the amazingly gigantic crowd at today’s Trump rally in Iowa! #ShowYourCrowds pic.twitter.com/bdJXVMGNqI

— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) August 6, 2016

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ObserverArt Aug 5, 2016 • 6:21:17pm

re: #279 lawhawk

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No Charles, this is the crowd watching Trump :)

Is that how Trump gets his color?

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jaunte Aug 5, 2016 • 6:23:26pm

Huge crowd of excited fans join @realDonaldTrump in chants of Bee Doo Bee Doo No Tax Returns!!#ShowYourCrowds pic.twitter.com/UfdhxYhNVj

— (((Robert Arthur))) (@jaunte) August 6, 2016

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MsJ Aug 5, 2016 • 6:24:21pm

re: #287 ObserverArt

I wrote an email to Chris Cillizza after seeing him going on about Hillary’s emails on Chuck Todds Meet the Chuck Daily earlier.

I am going to be very interested to see if he responds.

I kept it related to journalism, facts and details, horse racing and perspectives. I was not taking him to task because I wanted to see if the carrot approach would work. I wanna see if he admits anything about how a guy like him covers the story.

I will share if I get any response.

Please do! I doubt you will, though. They, themselves, are more celeb than journo.

As for Josh, just to clarify, I love him. When I say that he’s losing his shit it’s a good thing. He is seeing so much BS he can barely keep it together…hence he goes off on Trump.

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MsJ Aug 5, 2016 • 6:24:55pm

re: #290 jaunte

MINIONS!! MY FAVORITE!!

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LastYearsMan Aug 5, 2016 • 6:26:48pm

So, D’Souza’s ridiculous derpumentary HILLARY’S AMERICA has crossed $10 million at the box office. Just wow. I guess a stint in prison really paid off for the troll.

But talk about preaching to the converted. On RottenTomatoes, the movie has an audience fresh rating of 84% — while the top critics rating is a spectacular 0%. I’m not sure if that makes me optimistic for America or very, very depressed. Both, I guess.

HillarysAmerica-topcritics

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ObserverArt Aug 5, 2016 • 6:27:29pm

re: #289 ObserverArt

Is that how Trump gets his color?

Hey kraken…I see you have been registered since 2009 and you have one post…but you dinged me for a Trump joke about an image and his wanting to tan?

A mistake or did you really find it worthy to be downdinged? No biggie. Just wondering.

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MsJ Aug 5, 2016 • 6:27:37pm

JUST IN: Bernie Sanders Publishes Stunning OpEd In LA Times, Makes Major Announcement https://t.co/vTD29L09gz via @Bipartisan Report

— Vivian Griffin (@AdamsFlaFan) August 5, 2016

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Shiplord Kirel Aug 5, 2016 • 6:27:44pm

Incidentally, the mighty Brazilian carrier Sao Paulo is currently riding at anchor in Niteroi harbor because the funds for needed repairs were diverted to Olympic security.

ARB Sao Paulo (foreground) with USS Ronald Reagan during a joint exercise in 2004. Note A-4 Skyhawk about to not-fly (according to Brazilian nationalists) from forward catapult.

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Stanley Sea Aug 5, 2016 • 6:29:19pm

re: #284 majii

Regarding unfriending your dad.

Sometimes you have to do what is best for you. I hate to hear that you were forced to make this decision, but I’ve watched as you’ve agonized about his attitude toward HRC over and over again. Hopefully, this little break will make you both reconsider whether political differences between the two of you should be a topic you talk about. Again, sometimes there are things that it’s best that family members don’t talk about, especially when you know you don’t see eye-to-eye on the matter. Hang in there.

I ask my Dad one pointed question every 3 months. I get my answer, he hasn’t changed from being a RWNJ, I retreat. He retreats. We never ever speak of it.

I’m at 2.5 months now, so I’ll def report back.

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MsJ Aug 5, 2016 • 6:30:33pm

What the heck with LA Times/USC?

Trump is flushed in the polls #tcot https://t.co/rS7G7zCTct

— Kiss My Liberal Ass (@KissMyLiberalAs) August 6, 2016

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Charles Johnson Aug 5, 2016 • 6:31:40pm

I think you forgot “nincompoops.” @BroteinShake17 @KeithOlbermann

— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) August 6, 2016

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bratwurst Aug 5, 2016 • 6:31:57pm

re: #293 LastYearsMan

So, D’Souza’s ridiculous derpumentary HILLARY’S AMERICA has crossed $10 million at the box office. Just wow. I guess a stint in prison really paid off for the troll.

But talk about preaching to the converted. On RottenTomatoes, the movie has an audience fresh rating of 84% — while the top critics rating is a spectacular 0%. I’m not sure if that makes me optimistic for America or very, very depressed. Both, I guess.

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I strongly suspect a chunk of those ticket sales are made in blocks by the same wingnut welfare machine that makes Sarah Palin (et al) books “best sellers” the day of release.

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MsJ Aug 5, 2016 • 6:32:39pm

Time to get off this computer! BBL Cheers.

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goddamnedfrank Aug 5, 2016 • 6:32:56pm

re: #231 teleskiguy

Honestly, I just recommend deleting Facebook from your life entirely. I ditched it something like two years ago and immediately felt much better, don’t miss it at all.

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Charles Johnson Aug 5, 2016 • 6:33:10pm

Don’t forget “douchebags” and “libtards.” The classics. @BroteinShake17 @KeithOlbermann

— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) August 6, 2016

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De Kolta Chair Aug 5, 2016 • 6:33:34pm

The local band that opened for Trump tonight went over very well with the humongous crowd. #ShowYourCrowds.

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CleverToad Aug 5, 2016 • 6:35:00pm

re: #286 teleskiguy

Oooh! I want to play!

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Look at all that orange! Must be for the Yamster!

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ObserverArt Aug 5, 2016 • 6:35:10pm

re: #299 Charles Johnson

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He did forget the most important Charles Johnson Little Green Footballs dig.

IRRELEVANT!

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Targetpractice Aug 5, 2016 • 6:35:18pm

re: #298 MsJ

What the heck with LA Times/USC?

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Notice how quickly the press lost interest in the polls when the DNC convention bounce started showing up in them?

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Bill and Opus for 2016! Aug 5, 2016 • 6:38:53pm

re: #298 MsJ

What the heck with LA Times/USC?

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LA Times/USC weighted values on its’ poll, it gleans that information based on the policy-based questions that are asked. ie , if you agree with mostly Trump policies, they put you down as a Trump supporter - and likewise for Hillary Clinton.

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Charles Johnson Aug 5, 2016 • 6:39:03pm

Now approaching 20,000 Twitter followers. Imagine, if you will, my excitement.

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De Kolta Chair Aug 5, 2016 • 6:42:29pm

Stats You Can Use! Dept.

Did you know that there are seven billion people in the world and at least 9/10th of them were at the Trump rally in Green Bay tonight?

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Dave In Austin Aug 5, 2016 • 6:45:07pm

re: #309 Charles Johnson

Now approaching 20,000 Twitter followers. Imagine, if you will, my excitement.

Will there be cake?

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Brian J. Aug 5, 2016 • 6:48:35pm

re: #308 Bill and Opus for 2016!

LA Times/USC weighted values on its’ poll, it gleans that information based on the policy-based questions that are asked. ie , if you agree with mostly Trump policies, they put you down as a Trump supporter - and likewise for Hillary Clinton.

The LA Times poll is essentially based on a fixed sample, to which they are slowly adding participants. That means that if they draw an unrepresentative sample to start with, they’re stuck with it as part of their overall sample until Election Day.

Also, they’re not specifically asking who their participants will vote for; they’re asking what probability there is that they’ll vote for Clinton or Trumpy Dumpy. So four Trumpers 100 percent sure they’ll vote for their fuhrer count more than five 75%-committed Clinton supporters.

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lockjawcanbefun Aug 5, 2016 • 6:48:55pm

re: #293 LastYearsMan

Cinema Snob’s review of it is pretty good.

Midnight Screenings - Hillary’s America: The Secret History of the Democratic Party

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majii Aug 5, 2016 • 6:49:06pm

re: #300 bratwurst

D’Souza’s film.

I read some reviews yesterday that were absolutely brutal. Most of the reviewers reached the conclusion that D’Souza’s film is targeted at those who already believe the propaganda and conspiracy theories he pushes in the film. The conclusion I drew from reading the reviews is that it’s a mismatched, disjointed, hodgepodge of propaganda and conspiracy theories. I also read some comments from those who think the film is great. They were primarily focused on making ad hominem attacks on HRC, and of course, on bashing Rotten Tomatoes and calling it a site where most of the comments are made by ignorant libtards.

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Charles Johnson Aug 5, 2016 • 6:50:38pm

re: #311 Dave In Austin

Will there be cake?

Delicious virtual cake, every bit as good as Vicious Babushka’s pies. BUHLIEVE ME.

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De Kolta Chair Aug 5, 2016 • 6:51:02pm

I’ll be available for questions immediately following @realDonaldTrump rally in Green Bay. #DumpRyan #HireNehlen https://t.co/zKUgNQ5mx6

— Paul Nehlen (@pnehlen) August 6, 2016

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Stanley Sea Aug 5, 2016 • 6:51:06pm

re: #295 MsJ

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Very good.

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Brian J. Aug 5, 2016 • 6:51:20pm

re: #314 majii

D’Souza’s film.

I read some reviews yesterday that were absolutely brutal. Most of the reviewers reached the conclusion that D’Souza’s film is targeted at those who already believe the conspiracy theories he pushes in the film. The conclusion I drew from reading the reviews is that it’s a mismatched, disjointed, hodgepodge of propaganda and conspiracy theories. I also read some comments from those who think the film is great. They were primarily focused on making ad hominem attacks on HRC, and of course, on bashing Rotten Tomatoes and calling it a site where most of the comments are made by ignorant libtards.

It’s been much less successful than his 2012 effort (which grossed $33.5 million compared to this thing’s $10.2 million).

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lockjawcanbefun Aug 5, 2016 • 6:52:13pm

The choice of the “in the round” seating configuration for the Trump rally was brilliant! #ShowYourCrowds pic.twitter.com/vmfJ4FUw3G

— Bart Fargo (@AgentBartFargo) August 6, 2016

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Bill and Opus for 2016! Aug 5, 2016 • 6:52:35pm

re: #312 Brian J.

The LA Times poll is essentially based on a fixed sample, to which they are slowly adding participants. That means that if they draw an unrepresentative sample to start with, they’re stuck with it as part of their overall sample until Election Day.

Also, they’re not specifically asking who their participants will vote for; they’re asking what probability there is that they’ll vote for Clinton or Trumpy Dumpy. So four Trumpers 100 percent sure they’ll vote for their fuhrer count more than five 75%-committed Clinton supporters.

Because of this model they are using, rules for a margin of error cannot apply because with the weighted numbers, an accurate count of actual voters polling for one candidate or another is pretty much impossible to determine.

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Stanley Sea Aug 5, 2016 • 6:53:57pm

re: #304 De Kolta Chair

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Find Beach Dem!!!!

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Brian J. Aug 5, 2016 • 6:54:23pm

re: #320 Bill and Opus for 2016!

Because of this model they are using, rules for a margin of error cannot apply because with the weighted numbers, an accurate count of actual voters polling for one candidate or another is pretty much impossible to determine.

So this poll is absolutely useless because it doesn’t reflect, y’know, the way people actually vote. But it’s numbers! And it’s horsesh… race!

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Charles Johnson Aug 5, 2016 • 6:54:25pm

Remember when Republican mouthpieces were trying to say Trump didn’t really endorse torture? Ah, good times.

— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) August 6, 2016

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majii Aug 5, 2016 • 6:54:35pm

re: #318 Brian J.

“It’s been much less successful than his 2012 effort (which grossed $33.5 million compared to this thing’s $10.2 million).”

I’m wondering whether he’ll recover his production costs since the film has only grossed $10.2 million in total receipts since it debuted @ July 21.

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Decatur Deb Aug 5, 2016 • 6:56:03pm

re: #319 lockjawcanbefun

There’s something odd about this aerial of the Trump rally, but I just cant resolve it.

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TedStriker Aug 5, 2016 • 6:59:06pm

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Charles Johnson Aug 5, 2016 • 6:59:58pm

This one really seems to have taken off.

Another shot of the amazingly gigantic crowd at today’s Trump rally in Iowa! #ShowYourCrowds pic.twitter.com/bdJXVMGNqI

— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) August 6, 2016

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Decatur Deb Aug 5, 2016 • 7:00:05pm

Tidbit for those comfortable in their privacy:

bloomberg.com

If this article were found on WND or InfoWars, it might be instantly dismissed.

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De Kolta Chair Aug 5, 2016 • 7:01:26pm

Overheard at the Trump rally: “By all means, take the brown acid!”

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De Kolta Chair Aug 5, 2016 • 7:02:17pm

re: #327 Charles Johnson

This one really seems to have taken off.

Cool ;^)

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Stanley Sea Aug 5, 2016 • 7:05:13pm

re: #314 majii

D’Souza’s film.

I read some reviews yesterday that were absolutely brutal. Most of the reviewers reached the conclusion that D’Souza’s film is targeted at those who already believe the propaganda and conspiracy theories he pushes in the film. The conclusion I drew from reading the reviews is that it’s a mismatched, disjointed, hodgepodge of propaganda and conspiracy theories. I also read some comments from those who think the film is great. They were primarily focused on making ad hominem attacks on HRC, and of course, on bashing Rotten Tomatoes and calling it a site where most of the comments are made by ignorant libtards.

Nooo (in a French accent)

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Scout Aug 5, 2016 • 7:05:18pm

I didn’t realize until I read this headline that it was possible for me — just as one individual person — to hate a political candidate so much. I mean, sure, I despise the likes of Gingrich, Cruz et al., but I’m at hatred-of-Hitler level hatred now.

Donald Trump savages Japan, saying all they will do is ‘watch Sony TVs’ if US is attacked - and threatens to ‘walk’ away from treaty

telegraph.co.uk

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steve_davis Aug 5, 2016 • 7:10:04pm

re: #50 Alephnaught

A bit of brain-bleach, on the subject of Pavarotti:

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my favorite bit of opera, that.

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jaunte Aug 5, 2016 • 7:10:20pm

Tonight’s Trump podium. pic.twitter.com/m6o6qlsqZo

— Ali Vitali (@alivitali) August 6, 2016

<—— AUDIENCE

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Decatur Deb Aug 5, 2016 • 7:10:50pm

I’m so old I can remember 2014, when there was a certain hesitation in using the word “fascist” because it had a quaint 50s Commie ring, like “reactionary” and “bourgeoisie”.

Thanks, Donald.

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majii Aug 5, 2016 • 7:11:10pm

re: #332 Scout

“Donald Trump savages Japan, saying all they will do is ‘watch Sony TVs’ if US is attacked - and threatens to ‘walk’ away from treaty”

I doubt if Trump could locate Japan on a world map. He’s running his mouth and talking about things he doesn’t understand. I want him to continue to run his mouth in regard to foreign policy because it will mean more foreign policy experts from both political parties will emerge to denounce him. The sh*t he says impresses his rally attendees but not foreign policy experts some of whom have already mentioned how ignorant he is and how dangerous he’d be as POTUS.

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FormerDirtDart Aug 5, 2016 • 7:11:31pm

Tonight’s Trump podium. pic.twitter.com/m6o6qlsqZo

— Ali Vitali (@alivitali) August 6, 2016

@alivitali pic.twitter.com/QFkeesWwxr

— Maddow Blog (@MaddowBlog) August 6, 2016

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TedStriker Aug 5, 2016 • 7:12:29pm

re: #332 Scout

I didn’t realize until I read this headline that it was possible for me — just as one individual person — to hate a political candidate so much. I mean, sure, I despise the likes of Gingrich, Cruz et al., but I’m at hatred-of-Hitler level hatred now.

Donald Trump savages Japan, saying all they will do is ‘watch Sony TVs’ if US is attacked - and threatens to ‘walk’ away from treaty

telegraph.co.uk

Is there anyone Trump hasn’t pissed off yet?

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Scout Aug 5, 2016 • 7:12:42pm

re: #336 majii

I’m so angry right now my eyes are watering. I need to just go out for a walk and try to forget any of this is even happening.

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De Kolta Chair Aug 5, 2016 • 7:12:58pm

Nothing surprises me anymore. #TrumpStoleMyAdulthood

Live from today’s @realDonaldTrump rally in Green Bay. pic.twitter.com/7v7CAk16gK

— Molly Beck (@MollyBeck) August 5, 2016

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majii Aug 5, 2016 • 7:13:51pm

re: #335 Decatur Deb

Fascism.

One of the reasons the Harvard Republican Club gave in its explanation of why its members refuse to support Trump is his fascist, authoritarian tendencies. A few years ago, the word fascist was not something one would hear uttered by anyone on the right.

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Decatur Deb Aug 5, 2016 • 7:14:15pm

re: #340 De Kolta Chair

Is he wearing a geotracker so the attendants can recover him?

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EPR-radar Aug 5, 2016 • 7:17:42pm

re: #314 majii

D’Souza’s film.

I read some reviews yesterday that were absolutely brutal. Most of the reviewers reached the conclusion that D’Souza’s film is targeted at those who already believe the propaganda and conspiracy theories he pushes in the film. The conclusion I drew from reading the reviews is that it’s a mismatched, disjointed, hodgepodge of propaganda and conspiracy theories. I also read some comments from those who think the film is great. They were primarily focused on making ad hominem attacks on HRC, and of course, on bashing Rotten Tomatoes and calling it a site where most of the comments are made by ignorant libtards.

The most entertaining review of that movie I’ve seen was at RedState, from a completely unreal perspective.

The RedState reviewer mainly objected to the way D’Souza demonized the Democratic party by linking it to the Confederacy and the Civil War.

So even at a relatively sane part of wingnuttia (i.e., anti-Trump), neo-Confederacy is alive and well. Just a bit more evidence that Trump is merely a symptom of much larger problems.

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De Kolta Chair Aug 5, 2016 • 7:18:13pm

Ms. Beck reports on the state capitol for the Wisconsin State Journal

The voices Donald Trump uses while he does impressions of imaginary conversations are just like my dad’s.

— Molly Beck (@MollyBeck) August 6, 2016

.@realDonaldTrump is just like the rest of us, boasting about his number of Twitter followers.

— Molly Beck (@MollyBeck) August 6, 2016

And my personal favorite Trump quote of the evening (so far):

.@realDonaldTrump says @HillaryClinton has “phony lies and disgusting habits.”

— Molly Beck (@MollyBeck) August 6, 2016

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majii Aug 5, 2016 • 7:18:24pm

re: #340 De Kolta Chair

What could possibly be wrong with combining politics and religion? Oh, I know the answer, but I couldn’t stop from asking the question. Many on the right are pretending to not understand why fewer Americans are joining organized religion. Why should they when they can see those who call themselves Christians lying for political reasons and deliberately bastardizing the teachings of Jesus their alleged savior? This guy just doesn’t “get” it. If he thinks Trump lives for us, I have a two-week vacation package to Hawaii to sell him for $19.95, all expenses paid.

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jaunte Aug 5, 2016 • 7:20:03pm

Damn, Clinton campaign, this is one of the most brutal ads I’ve ever watched. Well done. https://t.co/8H7WfLs4QT

— Dante Atkins (@DanteAtkins) August 5, 2016

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EPR-radar Aug 5, 2016 • 7:22:51pm

re: #332 Scout

I didn’t realize until I read this headline that it was possible for me — just as one individual person — to hate a political candidate so much. I mean, sure, I despise the likes of Gingrich, Cruz et al., but I’m at hatred-of-Hitler level hatred now.

Donald Trump savages Japan, saying all they will do is ‘watch Sony TVs’ if US is attacked - and threatens to ‘walk’ away from treaty

telegraph.co.uk

Trump really is a witless fucking cocksplat. The reason Japan’s constitution is the way it is with respect to having a defensive-only military is that the US basically dictated that provision to the Japanese as part of the occupation after WWII.

So basic common sense would suggest not charging into this bit of international relations like a bull that been overdosed with spanish fly.

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FormerDirtDart Aug 5, 2016 • 7:23:31pm

Yeah.
I’m pretty sure what Assange means is that they hope to hack the IRS, and release every American’s tax returns…

“Why don’t you hack into Donald Trump’s tax returns?” - Bill Maher
Julian Assange: “We’re working on it.”#RealTime pic.twitter.com/unmlaZp67L

— Karen DaltonBeninato (@kbeninato) August 6, 2016

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FormerDirtDart Aug 5, 2016 • 7:27:17pm

Damn, Clinton campaign, this is one of the most brutal ads I’ve ever watched. Well done. https://t.co/8H7WfLs4QT

— Dante Atkins (@DanteAtkins) August 5, 2016

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Bill and Opus for 2016! Aug 5, 2016 • 7:27:23pm

re: #332 Scout

I didn’t realize until I read this headline that it was possible for me — just as one individual person — to hate a political candidate so much. I mean, sure, I despise the likes of Gingrich, Cruz et al., but I’m at hatred-of-Hitler level hatred now.

Donald Trump savages Japan, saying all they will do is ‘watch Sony TVs’ if US is attacked - and threatens to ‘walk’ away from treaty

telegraph.co.uk

There is a very good reason that Japan currently doesn’t field a military outside of a self-defense force. (which currently has around a quarter million personnel serving). They are constitutionally forbidden to do so.

The US and Japan signed the Treaty of Mutual Cooperation and Security on January 19, 1960.

Both countries agreed to assist each other in case of armed attack on territories under Japanese administration. However, Japan cannot currently come to the assistance of the US if it is attacked, because of Article 9, which forbids the maintenance of “land, sea, and air forces”

It should be mentioned that Japan and South Korea are both trying to negotiate modifications to the treaty to allow for a higher level of autonomy for their military, so that they can provide more than a token presence with multinational forces, and participate in policing of the western Pacific region.

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FormerDirtDart Aug 5, 2016 • 7:29:58pm

Trump’s answer to local Iowa affiliate on what he would have done differently this week is amazing: pic.twitter.com/1XozjhDUwx

— andrew kaczynski (@BuzzFeedAndrew) August 6, 2016

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sagehen Aug 5, 2016 • 7:30:04pm

re: #350 Bill and Opus for 2016!

There is a very good reason that Japan currently doesn’t field a military outside of a self-defense force. (which currently has around a quarter million personnel serving). They are constitutionally forbidden to do so.

.

It should be mentioned that Japan and South Korea are both trying to negotiate modifications to the treaty to allow for a higher level of autonomy for their military, so that they can provide more than a token presence with multinational forces, and participate in policing of the western Pacific region.

In Gulf War I, Japan and Brazil didn’t have any troops to send but wanted to make a show of being part of the coalition. So they sent $$$. Lots of it.

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majii Aug 5, 2016 • 7:31:50pm

re: #347 EPR-radar

Trump has the feeling that he doesn’t need to have studied history well in order to understand why some things are the way they are today. He doesn’t know and doesn’t care that there’s a reason Japan’s military capability is restricted, or why it is only permitted to raise an army of a certain size. He can say whatever he wants to say on any subject and get away with saying it because his supporters don’t know he doesn’t know what the hell he’s talking about and they don’t care. I recall a poll taken of his supporters. The main thing they want him to do is “shake things up in D.C.” When he says he’s likes “uneducated persons,” he’s not lying. He knows he can tell them anything, and they’ll believe it because they’ve seen him on their TV sets for years. They like his reality TV show, and for them, that makes him great. Never mind that his show is highly scripted. They just know they’re seeing the real Trump.

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De Kolta Chair Aug 5, 2016 • 7:32:12pm

Good luck with that

Oh FFS. Olympics “expressly prohibits” turning anything from games into “GIFs, or short video formats such as Vines” https://t.co/GaAyXtAr5H

— Xeni Jardin (@xeni) August 5, 2016

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Stanley Sea Aug 5, 2016 • 7:42:29pm

re: #332 Scout

I didn’t realize until I read this headline that it was possible for me — just as one individual person — to hate a political candidate so much. I mean, sure, I despise the likes of Gingrich, Cruz et al., but I’m at hatred-of-Hitler level hatred now.

Donald Trump savages Japan, saying all they will do is ‘watch Sony TVs’ if US is attacked - and threatens to ‘walk’ away from treaty

telegraph.co.uk

Ah, those comment have already gone international.

He could only stick to the notes on the cocktail napkin for so long.

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MsJ Aug 5, 2016 • 7:45:07pm

re: #332 Scout

I didn’t realize until I read this headline that it was possible for me — just as one individual person — to hate a political candidate so much. I mean, sure, I despise the likes of Gingrich, Cruz et al., but I’m at hatred-of-Hitler level hatred now.

Donald Trump savages Japan, saying all they will do is ‘watch Sony TVs’ if US is attacked - and threatens to ‘walk’ away from treaty

telegraph.co.uk

Goddamn. That entire article is a complete embarrassment. Christ.

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Stanley Sea Aug 5, 2016 • 7:45:11pm

re: #338 TedStriker

Is there anyone Trump hasn’t pissed off yet?

his kids are pissed, but are under the money gag.

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Stanley Sea Aug 5, 2016 • 7:54:28pm

re: #344 De Kolta Chair

Ms. Beck reports on the state capitol for the Wisconsin State Journal

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Disgusting habits = she actually hugs her grandchildren.

That he says this shit & people believe.

Some of our neighbors are in need of help.

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Stanley Sea Aug 5, 2016 • 8:04:34pm

re: #349 FormerDirtDart

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And all they need to do is use trumps own words.

again

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lawhawk Aug 6, 2016 • 5:16:05am

re: #327 Charles Johnson

It’s the Il Douche Il Duce convergence.

Spy Auto

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