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On September 23rd, GRAMMY-nominated blues-rock guitarist Joe Bonamassa will deliver Live at the Greek Theatre, a 22-track Double CD, Double DVD, Blu-ray, and 4-LP Deluxe Edition tribute to three of the greatest bluesmen to ever live – Albert King, B.B. King, and Freddie King. Live at the Greek Theatre showcases “The Three Kings” tour of 2015; a 14-date US amphitheater tour that culminated at the famed Los Angeles venue The Greek. Bonamassa celebrates the trio of blues icons with over two hours of some the greatest blues songs ever written. The release includes a collector’s edition booklet, and several bonus features containing behind-the-scenes footage and more. Public TV and MTV Live, formerly Palladia, will broadcast the epic Blues tribute performances during their August and September schedules.

Live at the Greek Theatre continues Bonamassa’s tradition of honoring incredible concert venues like the Royal Albert Hall, the Vienna Opera House, Radio City Music Hall, Red Rocks Amphitheatre, and the Beacon Theater. As with all Bonamassa DVD shoots, the performance at the Greek offered a unique presentation of this historical music.

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1
Kragar  Aug 6, 2016 • 9:02:33pm

Just hit the tail end of last thread, so reposting here

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Kragar  Aug 6, 2016 • 9:06:14pm
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William Lewis  Aug 6, 2016 • 9:06:36pm

re: #1 Kragar

Reminds me of in Casino Royale movie when Bond jokes about getting his balls scratched

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Lidane  Aug 6, 2016 • 9:33:29pm
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No Depression  Aug 6, 2016 • 9:35:25pm

I’m watching an Anthony Bordain: Parts Unknown episode on Libya from 2013 and it’s really interesting. He was just talking to a revolutionary about how they would use Google Earth to send NATO coordinates for pro-Qaddafi targets to bomb.

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Belafon  Aug 6, 2016 • 9:43:17pm

re: #4 Lidane

How many terms can we come up with for white supremacist:
alt-right
populistic nationalism

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Pawn of the Oppressor  Aug 6, 2016 • 9:43:22pm

re: #4 Lidane

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That has to be written by Russian trolls.

Awakening things not seen in centuries? What, hunting buffalo with a bow and arrow? Spaniards searching for gold? Find me an American who describes anything in this country in terms of plural “centuries”… Because we’ve been around for like, two of them.

That and the grammar… I smell steppe grass.

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Eclectic Cyborg  Aug 6, 2016 • 9:45:20pm

Just watched the video of the French gymnast. It is graphic but not bloody or anything. That being said: OUCH!!!

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Belafon  Aug 6, 2016 • 9:46:14pm

Anatomy of a spider:

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KGxvi  Aug 6, 2016 • 9:46:50pm

re: #4 Lidane

Populistic nationalism hasn’t been dormant for centuries. It’s been dormant in the west since the 40s, when it flourished in Germany and Italy. Wonder why that is….

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The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge  Aug 6, 2016 • 9:47:32pm

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FormerDirtDart  Aug 6, 2016 • 9:47:53pm

re: #8 Eclectic Cyborg

Just watched the video of the French gymnast. It is graphic but not bloody or anything. That being said: OUCH!!!

I just watched it too
Once was enough

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freetoken  Aug 6, 2016 • 9:53:27pm

Your educational video for the evening:

Climate Change, Chaos, and Inexact Computing - Tim Palmer Public Lecture

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majii  Aug 6, 2016 • 9:53:37pm

re: #4 Lidane

I read an article on MSNBC’s site that was written by Steve Benen a few days ago. Benen noted that members of the so-called Freedom Caucus are blaming Ryan for Huelskamp losing the primary in his district in Kansas. Of course, Huelskamp and the FC are saying Ryan did nothing to help Huelskamp keep his seat. Huelskamp refuses to admit that one of the main reasons for him getting elected in the first place was to serve his constituents in his district. He seems to think he was sent to oppose gay marriage, fight for Christian principles, and oppose abortion. The fact is he pissed off many farmers in his district when he decided to play political games with the agriculture bill. He knew farmers in his district were counting on the assistance, but he ignored their needs. Benen mentioned that Ryan will probably not be able to get much done, even if he remains Speaker in 2017, because the FC members will make his life hell and governing almost impossible. I’d like to be a fly on the wall when the House members come back from summer break and the GOPers hold their first meeting. I imagine Ryan will hear a whole lot from FC members about Huelskamp losing his primary and none of it will be good. There’s gonna be a whole lotta whining and gnashing of teeth, and the blame game will be in high gear.

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Ubiq  Aug 6, 2016 • 10:01:03pm

re: #2 Kragar

I think you need to change it to #PeopleAreSayingTrump, because that’s much more of a Trumpism.

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The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge  Aug 6, 2016 • 10:09:37pm

re: #11 The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge

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And because I’ve got this stuck in my head now, I’ll inflict it on the rest of you:

Bodhisattva (Live)

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Dave In Austin  Aug 6, 2016 • 10:37:48pm

re: #16 The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge

And because I’ve got this stuck in my head now, I’ll inflict it on the rest of you:

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Thanks for the earworm…….

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William Lewis  Aug 6, 2016 • 10:41:43pm

I swear, Jillbots are even worse than Bernie Bros. I called out her love of Putin in an NPR comment and said bot whines about it. I pointed him at the video downstairs and he said he doesn’t follow links to YouTube because he supposedly got computer viruses there. < facepalm >

Wants info he can check on “safe” websites. I thought about snarking that wikileaks was a virus in itself but decided to go away instead.

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prairiefire  Aug 6, 2016 • 11:02:12pm

re: #14 majii

I’d like to be a mosquito on the wall. They are so far up their own asses, they can’t see what needs to be done for the country.

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teleskiguy  Aug 6, 2016 • 11:06:10pm
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William Lewis  Aug 6, 2016 • 11:13:54pm

re: #14 majii

I’m praying for Ryan to be unemployed after November. Not likely, alas, but I keep hoping that Trump will be a big enough disaster to take him out too.

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LastYearsMan  Aug 6, 2016 • 11:23:23pm

re: #3 William Lewis

Reminds me of in Casino Royale movie when Bond jokes about getting his balls scratched

I remember seeing the movie and thinking “Why did they add something so ridiculous to this Bond story?” Then I read the Fleming book a while later, and — surprise, surprise — the testicle-torture scene was right there in the original tale.

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Nyet  Aug 6, 2016 • 11:54:41pm

snopes.com

Good riddance, lol.

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Nyet  Aug 7, 2016 • 12:01:49am

re: #23 Nyet

So, Trump’s adviser dedicated a book to an antisemite, Holocaust denier.

Thorn wrote a trilogy on the Clintons, including a book about all the people the Clintons have allegedly murdered. Roger Stone, unofficial advisor to the Trump campaign and avid Clinton conspiracist, dedicated a book to Thorn.

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Nyet  Aug 7, 2016 • 12:18:52am

This should have been bigger news.

mediamatters.org

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Nyet  Aug 7, 2016 • 12:24:20am

re: #25 Nyet

Stone And Morrow Are Disreputable. Roger Stone is “America’s most notorious political hatchet man” who formed an anti-Hillary Clinton group called “C.U.N.T.” Robert Morrow has wished death on Hillary Clinton and been visited by the Secret Service, posted bizarre sexual writings about the Clinton family, and called Chelsea Clinton a “slut” who might “have sex one day” with Bill Clinton. [Media Matters, 10/14/15]

Trump And Hannity Endorsed Stone’s Book. Donald Trump and Sean Hannity have endorsed The Clintons’ War on Women. Trump tweeted on October 14:

Interestingly Morrow now accuses Trump of child rape.

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Dr Lizardo  Aug 7, 2016 • 12:31:35am

re: #26 Nyet

Interestingly Morrow now accuses Trump of child rape.

I’d heard about those accusations against Trump, but I didn’t know that Morrow endorsed those accusations.

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Dave In Austin  Aug 7, 2016 • 12:49:04am

Thing are moving outside…

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Single-handed sailor  Aug 7, 2016 • 1:17:53am

It’s only the first week of August and conservatives are already unskewing the polls. Sad.

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The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge  Aug 7, 2016 • 1:23:02am

re: #26 Nyet

Interestingly Morrow now accuses Trump of child rape.

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Nyet  Aug 7, 2016 • 1:31:15am

re: #27 Dr Lizardo

I don’t pay much attention to the accusations themselves, there has already been that story about one of Epstein’s victims accusing Dersh and whatnot, does not seem to have ended in anything. Mere accusations are not enough anyway(see Juanita Broadrick), esp. in cases like this, conveniently taking place during the campaign. Could be all about settlement money. Let the Morrows of the world run with it.

Besides that would also put the focus back on Bill’s adventures on Epstein’s merry island.

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freetoken  Aug 7, 2016 • 2:02:20am

A song to which it is great to dance:

AHI NA MA ISMAEL RIVERA

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Jebediah, RBG  Aug 7, 2016 • 2:06:03am

From earlier today. Because why not.

Showing off her nails.
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scottslemmons  Aug 7, 2016 • 3:05:13am

re: #14 majii

I read an article on MSNBC’s site that was written by Steve Benen a few days ago. Benen noted that members of the so-called Freedom Caucus are blaming Ryan for Huelskamp losing the primary in his district in Kansas. Of course, Huelskamp and the FC are saying Ryan did nothing to help Huelskamp keep his seat. Huelskamp refuses to admit that one of the main reasons for him getting elected in the first place was to serve his constituents in his district. He seems to think he was sent to oppose gay marriage, fight for Christian principles, and oppose abortion. The fact is he pissed off many farmers in his district when he decided to play political games with the agriculture bill. He knew farmers in his district were counting on the assistance, but he ignored their needs. Benen mentioned that Ryan will probably not be able to get much done, even if he remains Speaker in 2017, because the FC members will make his life hell and governing almost impossible. I’d like to be a fly on the wall when the House members come back from summer break and the GOPers hold their first meeting. I imagine Ryan will hear a whole lot from FC members about Huelskamp losing his primary and none of it will be good. There’s gonna be a whole lotta whining and gnashing of teeth, and the blame game will be in high gear.

Huelskamp and most of the teabaggers don’t really put any effort in constituent support because each of them think they’re destined for the presidency. Who has time for stuff like keeping your constituents happy when you’re busy writing up your enemies list?

Also, the fact that Paul Ryan is probably going to lose his leadership job to a teabagger is another damn good reason to make sure you vote for Democrats downticket.

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Dr Lizardo  Aug 7, 2016 • 3:26:52am

For the first time in their history, the Harvard Republican Club has declined to endorse the GOP nominee - Donald Trump - and explained their reasons for doing so in a scathing letter.

Dear Members and Alumni,

In every presidential election since 1888, the members and Executive Board of the Harvard Republican Club have gathered to discuss, debate, and eventually endorse the standard-bearer of our party. But for the first time in 128 years, we, the oldest College Republicans chapter in the nation, will not be endorsing the Republican nominee.

Donald Trump holds views that are antithetical to our values not only as Republicans, but as Americans. The rhetoric he espouses -from racist slander to misogynistic taunts- is not consistent with our conservative principles, and his repeated mocking of the disabled and belittling of the sacrifices made by prisoners of war, Gold Star families, and Purple Heart recipients is not only bad politics, but absurdly cruel.

If enacted, Donald Trump’s platform would endanger our security both at home and abroad. Domestically, his protectionist trade policies and draconian immigration restrictions would enlarge our federal deficit, raise prices for consumers, and throw our economy back into recession. Trump’s global outlook, steeped in isolationism, is considerably out-of-step with the traditional Republican stance as well. The flippancy with which he is willing to abdicate the United States’ responsibility to lead is alarming. Calling for the US’ withdrawal from NATO and actively endorsing nuclear proliferation, Donald Trump’s foreign policy would wreak havoc on the established world order which has held aggressive foreign powers in check since World War II.

Perhaps most importantly, however, Donald Trump simply does not possess the temperament and character necessary to lead the United States through an increasingly perilous world. The last week should have made obvious to all what has been obvious to most for more than a year. In response to any slight -perceived or real- Donald Trump lashes out viciously and irresponsibly. In Trump’s eyes, disagreement with his actions or his policies warrants incessant name calling and derision: stupid, lying, fat, ugly, weak, failing, idiot -and that’s just his “fellow” Republicans.

He isn’t eschewing political correctness. He is eschewing basic human decency.

dailycaviar.com

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  Aug 7, 2016 • 3:41:49am

re: #35 Dr Lizardo

For the first time in their history, the Harvard Republican Club has declined to endorse the GOP nominee - Donald Trump - and explained their reasons for doing so in a scathing letter.

dailycaviar.com

Harverd is just an Ivorey Tower full of eliets!!!

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William Lewis  Aug 7, 2016 • 4:01:16am

re: #35 Dr Lizardo

Good start guys. Now are you going to understand that the GOP and the Southern Strategy, among other things, created the ideal conditions for the rise of the Cheeto Fascist?

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Dr Lizardo  Aug 7, 2016 • 4:07:04am

re: #37 William Lewis

Good start guys. Now are you going to understand that the GOP and the Southern Strategy, among other things, created the ideal conditions for the rise of the Cheeto Fascist?

It’ll take them awhile to fully come to terms with the monster they’ve created, but ultimately they will. The monster (the base) will either slink off to found a new party - or take over an existing small party (I’m thinking the Constitution Party) or just gradually die off.

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  Aug 7, 2016 • 4:15:02am

re: #38 Dr Lizardo

It’ll take them awhile to fully come to terms with the monster they’ve created, but ultimately they will. The monster (the base) will either slink off to found a new party - or take over an existing small party (I’m thinking the Constitution Party) or just gradually die off.

The third option is that they take over the party entirely, because they do not retreat, they reload!

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BigPapa  Aug 7, 2016 • 4:21:38am

re: #25 Nyet

This should have been bigger news.

mediamatters.org

The rot runs deep. But I’m sure you’ll be shocked, shocked and amazed, that the regurgitation of Thorn’s death being associated with Clinton was coming from leftist Berniacs or Steiners.

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BigPapa  Aug 7, 2016 • 4:24:25am

This crap from FB:

Friends - I have been trying not to post too much political crap here on FB as it’s generally a wasteland of misconstrued noisy rhetoric in here, BUT I’m pleading with all of you to give these guys a listen and be a part of the possible momentum needed to at least get them to the debates….
As I mentioned to a friend, I don’t agree with every one of their positions, but I certainly resonate with one of the lines in the summary writeup: “The public can breathe a sigh of relief now that a pair of adults have entered the room.” :)

Making any kind of equivocation between Trump and Clinton is full stop BS. Not to mention the ‘adults’ he’s referring to are Johnson and Weld.

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Nyet  Aug 7, 2016 • 4:34:07am

The GOP ain’t gonna die any time soon, but it may be defeated soundly this year. Unless something drastic happens. Which, considering this is the cursed 2016, just may happen.

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Nyet  Aug 7, 2016 • 4:36:00am

re: #40 BigPapa

Not surprised in the least. I’ve learned some time ago that just because an American calls themselves a liberal leftist doesn’t mean they’re automatically my friend.

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ObserverArt  Aug 7, 2016 • 4:44:58am

re: #36 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))

Harverd is just an Ivorey Tower full of eliets!!!

Morning!

Did all the dust settle from that rambling nonsensical BS Trump called a rally speech last night?

I wonder, does he use a signer for the deaf? I don’t know sign language, but I wonder if you can actually sign a Trump rally speech?

Regarding the Harvard Republican Club lack of endorsement. I know a guy online that just revels when any form of Republican establishment politician, organization or media personality refuses to endorse The Donald. To him it is sure sign Trump is on the right path because he wants all form of previous politics torn down and burned. He is conservative so of course he has no room for Democrats either. Burn it all down!!!

Edit: Oops. Sign not sign…hey, it’s early.

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Nyet  Aug 7, 2016 • 4:49:29am

Antisemites and Holocaust deniers? Should have been a no-brainer any other year. Thanks, Trump!

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ObserverArt  Aug 7, 2016 • 4:51:53am

Nyet…

I don’t know if you caught this, but I exposed the baby that was causing all the commotion at the Trump rally the other day who was threatened with ejection.

You might recognize him…

Trump: “I love babies. I hear that baby crying, I like it. What a baby. What a beautiful baby.”
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Nyet  Aug 7, 2016 • 4:53:51am

re: #46 ObserverArt

Oh no. THAT baby would have been Trump’s favorite baby. Believe me. The best!

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BigPapa  Aug 7, 2016 • 4:54:17am
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Nyet  Aug 7, 2016 • 4:57:44am

Trump will (hopefully) be soundly defeated. But the damage he is doing to your political discourse will be lasting.

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BigPapa  Aug 7, 2016 • 4:58:07am

JJ MacNab’s TL is a trip down the rabbit hole.

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Dr Lizardo  Aug 7, 2016 • 4:58:49am

re: #50 BigPapa

JJ MacNab’s TL is a trip down the rabbit hole.

Just curious, but does she speculate as to why all the pro-Putin stuff stopped in January?

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BigPapa  Aug 7, 2016 • 5:01:11am

re: #49 Nyet

I agree. Trump needs to be utterly defeated but even with that the damage has been done. The seeds of Trump were planted long ago, in AM radio and right wing ‘think tanks.’

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ObserverArt  Aug 7, 2016 • 5:01:46am

re: #47 Nyet

Oh no. THAT baby would have been Trump’s favorite baby. Believe me. The best!

He had to keep up the appearances…so he threatened ejection. But after the rally he met up with baby Vlad and they shared some applesauce and sucked on each other’s thumbs.

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BigPapa  Aug 7, 2016 • 5:02:45am

re: #51 Dr Lizardo

Just curious, but does she speculate as to why all the pro-Putin stuff stopped in January?

Email or memo goes out to Troll Dens, refocus on this, get to work. Seems entirely plausible.

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BigPapa  Aug 7, 2016 • 5:05:23am

Wowsers: Look at how many times Alex Jones has been on RT.

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Dr Lizardo  Aug 7, 2016 • 5:07:06am

re: #54 BigPapa

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Email or memo goes out to Troll Dens, refocus on this, get to work. Seems entirely plausible.

That’s a reasonable speculation, to be honest.

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dangerman  Aug 7, 2016 • 5:08:31am

re: #35 Dr Lizardo

For the first time in their history, the Harvard Republican Club has declined to endorse the GOP nominee - Donald Trump - and explained their reasons for doing so in a scathing letter.

dailycaviar.com

Scott Rigell (R-VA) has bailed on trump. going for johnson

i’ll say it again

all these principled people - congressmen, harvard republican club, etc who publicly declare they wont vote for trump (endanger our security, recession, no temperament) and havent decided on “staying home” or voting third party are unprincipled weasels.

if in your mind trump must not be elected so your principled stance is you cant vote for him then on principle, voting wise, you do all you can to stop him. or you’re an opportunistic weasel.

voting third party or staying home allows you to say “i didnt vote for him”. its not doing all you can.

voting third party or staying home is taking 1/2 vote from trump.
that’s probably obvious to anyone with 1/2 a brain

voting for clinton is taking a whole vote from trump
(ok - so thats probably obvious to anyone with a whole brain)

its math

are you already convinced clinton is going to win and so your vote doesnt really matter? sorry - that’s a worse weasel way out absolutely no principle at all. you’re not sacrificing or demonstrating anything. youre not taking a risk or doing anything difficult.

no one knows how you voted and likely wont ask you directly so you wont have to lie. your princples remain intact.

taking a weasely public political stand i guess is expected or understandable.

if hes that dangerous or unpalatable that you cant support your party, then not doing all you can in private is unprincipled weaseling

(good morning)

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BigPapa  Aug 7, 2016 • 5:23:19am

My state went 70% blue in the last two elections so there’s no reason why my vote will technically matter. But I’m registering with my wife and she’s voting for the first time, if ever. And that’s pretty fucking powerful. She’s voting for her friends, 12 year old nieces, and her mom who worked hard and put up with a lot of man bullshit to give her the best life she could.

So my vote still matters.

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BigPapa  Aug 7, 2016 • 5:25:40am

Right. Uh huh. You betcha, Lee.

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Botsplainer  Aug 7, 2016 • 5:27:48am

re: #54 BigPapa

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Email or memo goes out to Troll Dens, refocus on this, get to work. Seems entirely plausible.

I always thought that the sudden coordinated emergence of squealing about NSA surveillance or any requirement for ISP data retention to be suspicious, almost like somebody didn’t want the potential to exist to figure out anything about an organized foreign plot to manipulate American public opinion via surrogates both knowing and unknowing.

Chubby neckbeards with grubby “Han Shot First” tshirts who were worried about NSA analysts having access to their anime, hentai and porn stashes lined right up for it.

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Romantic Heretic  Aug 7, 2016 • 5:28:50am

re: #28 Dave In Austin

Thing are moving outside…

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The raccoons in your neck of the woods are armoured?

Cool!

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dangerman  Aug 7, 2016 • 5:36:50am

re: #58 BigPapa

My state went 70% blue in the last two elections so there’s no reason why my vote will technically matter. But I’m registering with my wife and she’s voting for the first time, if ever. And that’s pretty fucking powerful. She’s voting for her friends, 12 year old nieces, and her mom who worked hard and put up with a lot of man bullshit to give her the best life she could.

So my vote still matters.

that’s what makes the whole process amazing and powerful

our individual vote is statistically insignificant
in groups pulling in the same direction…. wow
strength in collective unity

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Dr Lizardo  Aug 7, 2016 • 5:37:16am

re: #60 Botsplainer

I always thought that the sudden coordinated emergence of squealing about NSA surveillance or any requirement for ISP data retention to be suspicious, almost like somebody didn’t want the potential to exist to figure out anything about an organized foreign plot to manipulate American public opinion via surrogates both knowing and unknowing.

Chubby neckbeards with grubby “Han Shot First” tshirts who were worried about NSA analysts having access to their anime, hentai and porn stashes lined right up for it.

Fucking brilliant.

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Dave In Austin  Aug 7, 2016 • 5:37:32am

re: #61 Romantic Heretic

This one is particularly stupid I walk up on it frequently when I walk around the building. Alway fun to see how close I can get. Last week I reached out and touched the back of his carapace. That caused a B-line to the bushes.

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BeenHereAwhile  Aug 7, 2016 • 5:57:37am

re: #64 Dave In Austin

This one is particularly stupid I walk up on it frequently when I walk around the building. Alway fun to see how close I can get. Last week I reached out and touched the back of his carapace. That caused a B-line to the bushes.

Armadillos can be a vector for leprosy bacteria.

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BigPapa  Aug 7, 2016 • 6:14:18am
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Jayleia  Aug 7, 2016 • 6:25:13am
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Alyosha  Aug 7, 2016 • 6:48:31am

Reading the Nikolaus Wachsmann book ‘KL’ which is a study of the development of the Nazi concentration camp system. In high school we looked at the early camp phase, of which Dachau became the standard. But holy shit was it a shallow study. Wachmann lays out the disorder that prevailed before Himmler got his mitts on the system and was able to breathe life into it in the mid-30s. There really seemed to be a movement amongst the conservative judiciary to wind back the excesses in the camps, hoping some semblance of order would render the camp system unnecessary as the Third Reich steadied itself after its rise to power.
Some truly horrific stuff.

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jeffreyw  Aug 7, 2016 • 6:48:53am

Imgur


Good morning!

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Emptor scriptor Remorse  Aug 7, 2016 • 6:53:03am

The anatomy of a nervous breakdown, former Ford model Krit McClean details his journey thru a manic episode which culminated into a nude run through Times Square.

It was a bright morning on June 30 when I stepped off the F train near Times Square. I had blisters all over my feet from walking barefoot and was overwhelmed with fear.

As I headed to my apartment in Hell’s Kitchen, I was in the throes of paranoia. I thought evil people were out to get me.

As I stared at the towering ads of Times Square, they started to send me subliminal messages.

“Express Yourself,” read the billboard for Express jeans.

I obeyed. I immediately took off my clothes. Being naked, I thought, was the most truthful way of expressing myself. It made me feel safe.

Then, I saw another “sign” — the red glow of the TKTS stairs looked like a red carpet. It beckoned me to the top.After reaching the highest step, I noticed litter on the other side of the banister, so I climbed over.

I started collecting old gum, cigarette butts and coins — and ate it all. It was my way of disposing of the garbage.

I noticed figures in blue uniforms coming toward me. They looked evil, and I was convinced they were out to get me, too.

Trying to fend them off, I went back to expressing myself — this time with song and dance.

I repeated, “Yeezy, Yeezy, Yeezy just jumped over Jumpman,” and, “They smile in my face is what I don’t like,” hoping Kanye West’s lyrics would protect me. I saw him as a divine entity and his words my safeguard.

I also became transfixed with dichotomies, like Democrats vs. Republicans, love vs. hate, female vs male. I screamed “Donald Trump!”

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sagehen  Aug 7, 2016 • 6:55:21am

re: #69 jeffreyw

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Good morning!

That doesn’t look like a good breakfast AT ALL.

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scottslemmons  Aug 7, 2016 • 7:01:58am

re: #67 Jayleia

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Growth or cancer?

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Jayleia  Aug 7, 2016 • 7:07:29am

re: #72 scottslemmons

In a way, even cancer is growth…its just uncontrolled growth that proves fatal to the main organism. But it *IS* growth!

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jeffreyw  Aug 7, 2016 • 7:27:05am

re: #71 sagehen

Oh! I though someone ordered a perrito!

Imgur

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darthstar  Aug 7, 2016 • 7:29:30am

re: #69 jeffreyw

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Good morning!

Now that’s a breakfast pic.

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dangerman  Aug 7, 2016 • 7:36:45am

re: #74 jeffreyw

Oh! I though someone ordered a perrito!

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Hawkeye: Meat? Where’d you get meat? This is fantastic! Wait…where’s the dog? (sees the dog come in) This is fantastic!

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The Vicious Babushka  Aug 7, 2016 • 7:40:13am
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Jenner7  Aug 7, 2016 • 7:43:45am
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The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge  Aug 7, 2016 • 7:44:38am

Roger Ailes Used Fox News Budget to Finance ‘Black Room’ Campaigns Against His Enemies

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Jenner7  Aug 7, 2016 • 7:45:06am
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Alyosha  Aug 7, 2016 • 7:51:53am

re: #79 The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge

Nixon really rubbed off on him.

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ObserverArt  Aug 7, 2016 • 7:52:55am

re: #66 BigPapa

Ana Lucia Araujo @analuciaraujo_
Revealing image of Brazil: #Rio2016 opening ceremony seen from Morro da Mangueira Favela. Picture by Tércio Teixeira
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I’m glad some people are pointing out some of the issues of the poorer peoples of Brazil.

All that TV coverage is centered on those nice beaches and high rises near them. But take a look up the sides of some of those hills off in the back. People stacked on top of each other in simple shacks with tin roofs, if they can afford even that.

Brazil has some big huge gaps between those with and those without.

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darthstar  Aug 7, 2016 • 7:54:31am

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Ziggy_TARDIS  Aug 7, 2016 • 7:55:07am
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darthstar  Aug 7, 2016 • 7:57:39am

re: #84 Ziggy_TARDIS

Is that a dog on the roof of that campaign car? Who does she think she is? Mitt Romney?

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HappyWarrior  Aug 7, 2016 • 8:00:09am

re: #84 Ziggy_TARDIS

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She was too busy being the purest of them all to release em I guess snicker.

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Ziggy_TARDIS  Aug 7, 2016 • 8:00:41am

Al-Qaeda broke the siege at Aleppo that was being done by Al-Assad and Russia.

Russia seemingly could not fight its way out of a paper bag.

Wonder how many Russian Troops it would take to take down one Canadian Soldier?

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Jenner7  Aug 7, 2016 • 8:02:24am

Here’s Hillary’s answer to a question about her emails, where she mentions “short circuit”. She doesn’t say SHE short circuited. But, we can’t expect our media and Trump to actually read what she said.

CLINTON: Well Kristin, I appreciate your asking that because I was pointing out in both of those instances that the Director Comey had said that my answers in my FBI interview were truthful. That’s really the bottom line here. And I have said on — during the interview and in many other occasions over the past months, that what I told the FBI — which he said was truthful — is consistent with what I have said publicly.
So I may have short circuited it and for that I — you know, will try to clarify because I think — you know, Chris Wallace and I we’re probably talking past each other be — because of course he could only talk to what I had told the FBI and I appreciated that.

time.com

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Emptor scriptor Remorse  Aug 7, 2016 • 8:04:33am

re: #84 Ziggy_TARDIS

Income tax is for the little people, from the article:

My favorite is the notion that the returns could show he is not as wealthy as he claims. The reality is that you can’t really judge net worth from an income tax return very well. One of the best wealth building devices going, the one practiced by Warren Buffett is to avoid gain realization.

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Jenner7  Aug 7, 2016 • 8:07:00am
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Emptor scriptor Remorse  Aug 7, 2016 • 8:09:46am

Family Guy: Wheat Thins Commercial (HD)

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Teukka  Aug 7, 2016 • 8:09:50am

Silly walk x-ing:
svtstatic.se

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dangerman  Aug 7, 2016 • 8:10:09am

re: #88 Jenner7

Here’s Hillary’s answer to a question about her emails, where she mentions “short circuit”. She doesn’t say SHE short circuited. But, we can’t expect our media and Trump to actually read what she said.

time.com

shes asked variations of the same question hundreds of times. of course the answer and words wont be the same every single time. she figures by now everyone knows the same thing and so she can give a shorter answer. nope
so now there’s this one time they find something to latch onto.

trump blatantly lies and manipulates dozens of things daily, flip flops unabashedly and egregiously, and has enough questionable issues floating around him (including actual lawsuits) that if any were properly investigated (reported) would sink anybody else. in his case?

crickets

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Aug 7, 2016 • 8:12:13am
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The Vicious Babushka  Aug 7, 2016 • 8:12:21am
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dangerman  Aug 7, 2016 • 8:13:49am

re: #89 Emptor scriptor Remorse

Income tax is for the little people, from the article:

to an extent that’s true. deferring gains on the sale of appreciated capital assets.

most of trumps interest (afaik) are in partnerships. the activity from them would be included and possibly the % and value of ownership interests as well.

a great deal could be inferred about his wealth

not to mention enlightening us on those other pesky issues like deductions, credits, contributions, etc

it’s not about his wealth. it’s about character and verifying his own statements about his activities, philanthropy, etc

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HappyWarrior  Aug 7, 2016 • 8:14:12am

She’s opening up a nice lead here in Va. I cannot believe our fellow voters sometimes though. The WaPo had an article about women voters in my county. I just don’t get some people. I really don’t.

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Lidane  Aug 7, 2016 • 8:14:35am
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HappyWarrior  Aug 7, 2016 • 8:15:07am

re: #95 The Vicious Babushka

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That makes me miss Phil Hartman (I know Zapp was voiced by Billy West) even more.

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dangerman  Aug 7, 2016 • 8:15:19am

re: #96 dangerman

oh yeah, plus there’s the questions on sch B part III about foreign bank accounts and the FBAR.

yeah there’s a lot that can be learned

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Dr Lizardo  Aug 7, 2016 • 8:15:57am

re: #98 Lidane

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You know, I don’t think I’ve seen the wingnuts more delusional.

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HappyWarrior  Aug 7, 2016 • 8:16:00am

re: #98 Lidane

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Sure keep on telling yourselves that guys despite all evidence to the contrary. Must be nice to be one of the few news outlets actually subsidized by a campaign.

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HappyWarrior  Aug 7, 2016 • 8:16:21am

re: #101 Dr Lizardo

You know, I don’t think I’ve seen the wingnuts more delusional.

I know. It’s one thing to think Trump will win but landslide?

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FormerDirtDart  Aug 7, 2016 • 8:16:44am
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The Vicious Babushka  Aug 7, 2016 • 8:17:00am

re: #103 HappyWarrior

I know. It’s one thing to think Trump will win but landslide?

And of course there is this==>

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Ziggy_TARDIS  Aug 7, 2016 • 8:17:02am

re: #87 Ziggy_TARDIS

I am amazed the Russia, a supposed World Power, is getting defeated in open battle by Al-Qaeda. We were able to ravage Al-Qaeda in similar conditions. The problem we had were the suicide attacks and similar guerrilla tactics.

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Pawn of the Oppressor  Aug 7, 2016 • 8:18:44am

re: #93 dangerman

trump blatantly lies and manipulates dozens of things daily, flip flops unabashedly and egregiously, and has enough questionable issues floating around him (including actual lawsuits) that if any were properly investigated (reported) would sink anybody else. in his case?

crickets

Trump supporters aren’t all toothless jackanapes with daddy issues. This was posted by my co-irker just now:

Tell me, how do you reach a guy like this? He’s convinced he’s researched his way into Trump support. Researched.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Aug 7, 2016 • 8:20:09am

re: #98 Lidane

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“social media patterns” — yep, Bernie knows all about how accurate those are.

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Testy Toad T  Aug 7, 2016 • 8:21:21am

Lord, it’s gotta be rough being on Clinton’s money-outreach team at this point. Subject line of the latest email:

He may still beat me, [firstname]

You know your opponent is an incompetent doomed fuckup when you’re reduced to “he may still beat me”.

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nines09  Aug 7, 2016 • 8:23:27am

re: #104 FormerDirtDart

Will Donald Trump say “You’re welcome?”

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The Vicious Babushka  Aug 7, 2016 • 8:24:24am

re: #107 Pawn of the Oppressor

Trump supporters aren’t all toothless jackanapes with daddy issues. This was posted by my co-irker just now:

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Tell me, how do you reach a guy like this? He’s convinced he’s researched his way into Trump support. Researched.

“Clinton Cash” is utter bullshit which contains not even one single documented, verifiable actual FACT.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Aug 7, 2016 • 8:28:01am

He has nothing better to do on a Sunday than to attack yet another woman.

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Testy Toad T  Aug 7, 2016 • 8:29:02am

re: #107 Pawn of the Oppressor

Trump supporters aren’t all toothless jackanapes with daddy issues. This was posted by my co-irker just now:

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Tell me, how do you reach a guy like this? He’s convinced he’s researched his way into Trump support. Researched.

I think the answer is “well, darn, if that’s true then she’s pretty good at running stuff, isn’t she?”

Trump couldn’t have the runs in the bathroom if he ate Chipotle for a week.

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sagehen  Aug 7, 2016 • 8:29:50am

re: #109 Testy Toad T

Lord, it’s gotta be rough being on Clinton’s money-outreach team at this point. Subject line of the latest email:

You know your opponent is an incompetent doomed fuckup when you’re reduced to “he may still beat me”.

At this point, her fundraising appeal should switch to “I’ll need D senate and house to achieve our goals; here’s a link for DSCC and DCCC donations. Please volunteer GOTV in your district. Don’t forget mayors and city council and state legislatures and all the other training grounds for future presidential candidates.”

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lawhawk  Aug 7, 2016 • 8:35:17am

re: #104 FormerDirtDart

CBS Sunday Morning had a segment about Purple Hearts, and that there’s a National Purple Heart Hall of Honor in New Windsor NY (near West Point).

thepurpleheart.com

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b_sharp  Aug 7, 2016 • 8:35:36am

re: #4 Lidane

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George Orwell’s comment on nationalism - “power-hunger tempered by self-deception.”

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dangerman  Aug 7, 2016 • 8:39:55am

re: #107 Pawn of the Oppressor

Trump supporters aren’t all toothless jackanapes with daddy issues. This was posted by my co-irker just now:

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Tell me, how do you reach a guy like this? He’s convinced he’s researched his way into Trump support. Researched.

i was implying at the level of more-or-less legitimate media (yeah i know)

this kind of stuff is just masquerading as logical, rationally achieved decision making

it isnt

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jaunte  Aug 7, 2016 • 8:45:31am

re: #112 Backwoods_Sleuth

Stephanie Rawlings-Blake is yet another person Trump couldn’t beat in a Civics exam.

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b_sharp  Aug 7, 2016 • 8:52:39am

re: #28 Dave In Austin

Thing are moving outside…

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Oot & aboot?

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Dr Lizardo  Aug 7, 2016 • 8:57:34am

re: #119 b_sharp

Oot & aboot?

From what I remember from my relatives in Saskatchewan, it’s actually more like “oat and aboat”. But that could just be the Saskatchewan dialect.

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ObserverArt  Aug 7, 2016 • 8:59:32am

re: #98 Lidane

JoeMyGod @JoeMyGod
Breitbart: Trump Will Win In A Landslide - joemygod.com …
11:05 AM - 7 Aug 2016
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This morning on Willie Geist’s Sunday Today show he had Kellyanne Conway on and she was doing her best to put a shine on the Orange.

She was glowing about a Reuters online poll that shows Trump is ahead by a point or two. She went on to say she thought online polls are a better indicator than traditional polls because they offer a security similar to the voting booth.

I think I saw her nose actually growing as she shoveled that shit said it.

I suppose she could be right if people that aren’t registered to vote, too young to vote and can vote many times by going to different polling places voted for Trump.

Computers…online polls…how do they work?

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jaunte  Aug 7, 2016 • 9:00:06am
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Testy Toad T  Aug 7, 2016 • 9:01:41am

re: #122 jaunte

“Enter a lottery and pray for something amazing to happen out of the blue without any real obvious mechanism” seems like an apt metaphor for the Trump campaign.

Sad!

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b_sharp  Aug 7, 2016 • 9:02:28am

re: #120 Dr Lizardo

From what I remember from my relatives in Saskatchewan, it’s actually more like “oat and aboat”. But that could just be the Saskatchewan dialect.

To us it sounds like owt & abowt.

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Jayleia  Aug 7, 2016 • 9:03:15am
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jaunte  Aug 7, 2016 • 9:04:14am

Digging a little deeper, I find that the lunch is actually with Eric Trump! What a scam!
prorevnews.blogspot.com

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b_sharp  Aug 7, 2016 • 9:05:05am

re: #121 ObserverArt

This morning on Willie Geist’s Sunday Today show he had Kellyanne Conway on and she was doing her best to put a shine on the Orange.

She was glowing about a Reuters online poll that shows Trump is ahead by a point or two. She went ob to say she thought online polls are a better indicator than traditional polls because they offer a security similar to the voting booth.

I think I saw her nose actually growing as she shoveled that shit said it.

I suppose she could be right if people that aren’t registered to vote, too young to vote and can vote many times by going to different polling places voted for Trump.

Computers…online polls…how do they work?

Seriously?
Online polls tend to be heavily skewed & have to be dramatically adjusted.

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stpaulbear  Aug 7, 2016 • 9:07:11am

re: #122 jaunte

1. Who is ‘me’? It doesn’t say it’s Trump.

2. If it is Trump, they’ve already got someone lined up to win. He’s not going to spend time with some random putz.

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jaunte  Aug 7, 2016 • 9:08:12am

re: #128 stpaulbear

See the link in 126 to the full letter. It’s signed by Eric Trump. That’s who they’re winning a lunch with.

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jaunte  Aug 7, 2016 • 9:08:58am

Transitive properties of Trumphood.

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stpaulbear  Aug 7, 2016 • 9:10:13am

re: #129 jaunte

See the link in 126 to the full letter. It’s signed by Eric Trump. That’s who they’re winning a lunch with.

Yep, I saw that after I posted. I’m kind of slow this morning.

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ObserverArt  Aug 7, 2016 • 9:10:21am

re: #116 b_sharp

George Orwell’s comment on nationalism - “power-hunger tempered by self-deception.”

Good link…thanks for that.

I was wondering if we could hook up a generator to Orwell’s grave. I think there is some serious spinning going on there and could possibly power a small city. He is probably thinking “Come on…I didn’t intend my writings to be a how-to guide!”

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Jenner7  Aug 7, 2016 • 9:12:06am

Damn.

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ObserverArt  Aug 7, 2016 • 9:12:06am

re: #118 jaunte

Stephanie Rawlings-Blake is yet another person Trump couldn’t beat in a Civics exam.

I have a feeling she could also kick his orange butt.

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jaunte  Aug 7, 2016 • 9:13:06am
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b_sharp  Aug 7, 2016 • 9:14:51am

re: #132 ObserverArt

Good link…thanks for that.

I was wondering if we could hook up a generator to Orwell’s grave. I think there is some serious spinning going on there and could possible power a small city. He is probably thinking “Come on…I didn’t intend my writings to be a how-to guide!”

Damn, I keep looking for the retweet button.

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Testy Toad T  Aug 7, 2016 • 9:16:44am

re: #135 jaunte

I hope Attack Haiku is a lasting part of the Onion-side of our informal political discourse.

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JasonA  Aug 7, 2016 • 9:17:54am

re: #133 Jenner7

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Damn.

Holy shit did that make me tear up…

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FormerDirtDart  Aug 7, 2016 • 9:20:11am

OK, you would probably get a good nights sleep.
Not sure if your cough would subside,

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FormerDirtDart  Aug 7, 2016 • 9:25:10am
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HappyWarrior  Aug 7, 2016 • 9:26:19am

re: #140 FormerDirtDart

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It’s amazing how geeky some of them looked.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Aug 7, 2016 • 9:29:31am
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Eventual Carrion  Aug 7, 2016 • 9:34:14am

Scott Baio gave me pink eye

Scott Baio gave me Pink Eye

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JasonA  Aug 7, 2016 • 9:34:41am

re: #142 Backwoods_Sleuth

BREAKING: Entire Russia team banned from competing at Paralympic Games in Rio de Janeiro. Sad!

Fixt.

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stpaulbear  Aug 7, 2016 • 9:36:11am

re: #140 FormerDirtDart

Knowing what a complete dickwad Gene Simmons is, that picture is not all that surprising.

Al Franken’s Gene Simmons story is just a joy to listen to.

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Lidane  Aug 7, 2016 • 9:37:33am

I disagree with his comments about HRC but the rest is spot on:

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stpaulbear  Aug 7, 2016 • 9:39:30am

re: #142 Backwoods_Sleuth

I blame Obama Hillary.

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darthstar  Aug 7, 2016 • 9:41:12am

re: #98 Lidane

Bless those bros in their bubble.

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HappyWarrior  Aug 7, 2016 • 9:42:48am

re: #143 Eventual Carrion

Scott Baio gave me pink eye

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Video

I can’t believe that episode is nearly 20 years old.

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Testy Toad T  Aug 7, 2016 • 9:44:27am

Fuckin’ A, Congressman.

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b_sharp  Aug 7, 2016 • 9:45:22am

The Twilight Zone is the new reality.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Aug 7, 2016 • 9:45:32am
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Nyet  Aug 7, 2016 • 9:47:20am

* couldn’t care less about Olympics *

In spare moments in my wanderings around Venice I read Dan Simmons’ Summer of Night, which reminds me very much of King’s It (a group of kids against something monstrous). Pretty well-written.

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HappyWarrior  Aug 7, 2016 • 9:49:18am

re: #146 Lidane

I disagree with his comments about HRC but the rest is spot on:

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The comments about Clinton are to be expected as you said, he did do the infamous Wright ad. Still, I give him credit. He’s always been anti-Trump.

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HappyWarrior  Aug 7, 2016 • 9:50:20am

re: #152 Backwoods_Sleuth

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It really shows that Ailes got his start working for Nixon right down to the Antisemitism.

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b_sharp  Aug 7, 2016 • 9:53:32am

re: #151 b_sharp

The Twilight Zone is the new reality.

Reality is the new The Twilight Zone.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Aug 7, 2016 • 9:57:35am

heh

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HappyWarrior  Aug 7, 2016 • 9:59:12am

It’s a bit different for me regarding Wilson and say Cruz who really only turned Anti-Trump when Trump got really nasty and personal. I mean granted I understand why Cruz has come to hate Trump but Cruz was also quiet as hell during the attacks on Mexican immigrants and McCain’s POW experience. He wanted to be on Trump’s good side until he became Trump’s main rival after Rubio faltered.

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BigPapa  Aug 7, 2016 • 10:00:10am

‘think tanks’ = ‘what to think tanks’

Tobacco and climate change should have taught us that.

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BigPapa  Aug 7, 2016 • 10:02:59am

I’m hoping this is the start of an Adam bender:

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HappyWarrior  Aug 7, 2016 • 10:10:00am

re: #160 BigPapa

I’m hoping this is the start of an Adam bender:

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Big government sucks? Gee aren’t you supporting Mr. Wall? Gotta love the small Cruz for President too. Man, that thing’s creepy looking. How many people have gone in there and enver came out?

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Romantic Heretic  Aug 7, 2016 • 10:17:12am

re: #66 BigPapa

That picture could be the perfect encapsulation of the modern world.

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darthstar  Aug 7, 2016 • 10:18:13am

Buddy of mine is flying home from JFK - told a great story on FB.

He’s in the magazine/book shop getting a bottle of water and some dudebro in cargo shorts tells some random lady she has a nice ass. She says, “Excuse me?” and he says, “You’re hot.” and she says, “Hot?” and he says, “Look, I’m just trying to be nice.” and she says, “Nice?” and walks out of the shop. My friend says, “Dude, you shouldn’t say things like that. You never know what will happen.” Guy tells him to mind his own business. A minute later the woman comes back with three TSA security agents and they tackle the guy, hand-cuff him, and frog march him down the terminal for a talk.

Like he said, you never know what will happen. Fucking cargo shorts.

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makeitstop  Aug 7, 2016 • 10:18:54am

Man, that Wilson op-ed is fucking brutal.

The guy’s definitely left his own stains on the GOP, but he sees Trump for the fraud and the danger that he is, so I’ll give him credit for that.

Also, he’s been going so hard after Trump, he’s got no time to go after Clinton. Bonus.

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Romantic Heretic  Aug 7, 2016 • 10:19:10am

re: #77 The Vicious Babushka

Fuck you, Marco, you heartless shit.

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BigPapa  Aug 7, 2016 • 10:23:26am

re: #163 darthstar

‘I remember the good old days where telling a woman she had nice ass wasn’t sexist. Damn feminists ruined it.’

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HappyWarrior  Aug 7, 2016 • 10:24:40am

re: #166 BigPapa

‘I remember the good old days where telling a woman she had nice ass wasn’t sexist. Damn feminists ruined it.’

You jest but many a dudebro actually believes that.

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BigPapa  Aug 7, 2016 • 10:27:51am

re: #167 HappyWarrior

You jest but many a dudebro actually believes that.

Many a young dudebro and many an old fooker. I still have progressive friends where there is some holdout of ‘if I want to be able to compliment a woman on her appearance I should be able too.’

As if society is oppressing his right to free speech, or there is some right of men to say hello to a pretty lady and compliment her.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Aug 7, 2016 • 10:28:32am

Still one of my favorites, too

And donald reacted in typical donald fashion:
Donald Trump Had a Sudden Change of Heart About Deadspin’s Manti Te’o Story

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HappyWarrior  Aug 7, 2016 • 10:28:55am

re: #168 BigPapa

Many a young dudebro and many an old fooker. I still have progressive friends where there is some holdout of ‘if I want to be able to compliment a woman on her appearance I should be able too.’

As if society is oppressing his right to free speech, or there is some right of men to say hello to a pretty lady and compliment her.

People so often ignore that free speech goes both ways. They think they have the right to be bigoted- and they do in the sense that the government isn’t going to fine or jail them for being bigots but I absolutely right to respond with that they’re being bigoted jackasses.

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Lancelot Link  Aug 7, 2016 • 10:30:25am

re: #44 ObserverArt

I wonder, does he use a signer for the deaf? I don’t know sign language, but I wonder if you can actually sign a Trump rally speech?

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HappyWarrior  Aug 7, 2016 • 10:32:00am

You want to tell a woman she has a nice ass, fine But don’t be upset if she calls you a pig. Just like Limbaugh shouldn’t cry like a baby that there are repercussions to calling a woman a slut for no damn good reason.

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jaunte  Aug 7, 2016 • 10:32:32am
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KGxvi  Aug 7, 2016 • 10:37:33am

re: #168 BigPapa

Many a young dudebro and many an old fooker. I still have progressive friends where there is some holdout of ‘if I want to be able to compliment a woman on her appearance I should be able too.’

As if society is oppressing his right to free speech, or there is some right of men to say hello to a pretty lady and compliment her.

There’s a difference between complimenting a woman (“you look great in that dress”) and being a creep (“nice ass, sweetheart”)

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HappyWarrior  Aug 7, 2016 • 10:38:49am

re: #174 KGxvi

There’s a difference between complimenting a woman (“you look great in that dress”) and being a creep (“nice ass, sweetheart”)

Also appears this woman was a stranger too.

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Split Ticket  Aug 7, 2016 • 10:39:50am

re: #174 KGxvi

re: #175 HappyWarrior

As a woman I prefer the “you look great in that dress” remark.

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HappyWarrior  Aug 7, 2016 • 10:40:44am

re: #176 Split Ticket

As a woman I prefer the “you look great in that dress” remark.

It’s easy to see why if you’re not a sexist pig.

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Blind Frog Belly White  Aug 7, 2016 • 10:49:08am

re: #67 Jayleia

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In mid 2008 Kudlow confidently insisted there would be no recession.

In 2009, Kudlow confidently predicted interest rates would skyrocket and inflation would go through the roof.

Now Kudlow confidently says Trump has the right plan for Middle Class growth. Were I Trump, I don’t think I’d find that comforting.

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HappyWarrior  Aug 7, 2016 • 10:52:25am

re: #178 Blind Frog Belly White

In mid 2008 Kudlow confidently insisted there would be no recession.

In 2009, Kudlow confidently predicted interest rates would skyrocket and inflation would go through the roof.

Now Kudlow confidently says Trump has the right plan for Middle Class growth. Were I Trump, I don’t think I’d find that comforting.

Trump only cares about people who agree with him though.

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jaunte  Aug 7, 2016 • 10:54:34am
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HappyWarrior  Aug 7, 2016 • 10:55:36am

re: #180 jaunte

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From what i understand, it’s more of the same Republican crap we’ve known for years but hey Trump’s a friend of the working guy. //

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Blind Frog Belly White  Aug 7, 2016 • 10:57:07am

re: #166 BigPapa

‘I remember the good old days where telling a woman she had nice ass wasn’t sexist. Damn feminists ruined it.’

There’s ABSOLUTELY NOTHING WRONG with telling a woman she has a nice ass!!!!*

*Assuming the woman is your wife, or your girlfriend, and you already know that she’ll take it as a compliment. If not - Jesus, dude! What the fuck?

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jaunte  Aug 7, 2016 • 10:57:25am

re: #181 HappyWarrior

Joy Reid was pretty good at refuting Ellis’ points about the recovery.

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jaunte  Aug 7, 2016 • 11:01:27am

More Venal Idiots for Trump.

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HappyWarrior  Aug 7, 2016 • 11:03:32am

re: #184 jaunte

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More Venal Idiots for Trump.

Trump will have the best farms.

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jaunte  Aug 7, 2016 • 11:04:28am
Shortly before Sid Miller was sworn into office, the newly elected Texas agriculture chief was asked at a conservative policy forum what keeps him up at night.

“Bad Mexican food,” he said.

Then, after allowing a few moments for laughter:

“Actually, I sleep pretty well, but I do have some long-range concerns as I hold those two grandbabies on my lap, and I happen to wonder: When they have grandbabies to hold in their lap, will we be a socialist country? Will we be a Muslim country?”
texastribune.org

Sid Miller nepotism and self-dealing stories at the link.

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HappyWarrior  Aug 7, 2016 • 11:05:35am

re: #186 jaunte

Sid Miller nepotism and self-dealing stories at the link.

I just shake my head and wonder how people like this get anywhere in public life but then I read comments on stories.

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stpaulbear  Aug 7, 2016 • 11:08:54am

re: #184 jaunte

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More Venal Idiots for Trump.

He says he’ll have to pray about the decision to join Team Trump…

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jaunte  Aug 7, 2016 • 11:10:46am

re: #188 stpaulbear

“I’d have to pray about it and think about it and certainly consider it,” he said in the interview. “But right now I’ve got the best job in the state of Texas.”

In Texas, this usually means “you’ll have to pay me more to get me.”

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jaunte  Aug 7, 2016 • 11:11:26am

” And I have some relatives I need to take care of.”

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BigPapa  Aug 7, 2016 • 11:25:40am

Trumpbots spouting narrative that Trump is talking and connecting with real people. As if Trump actually takes taxis and rides elevators with bellman in them where he listens to their problems.

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sagehen  Aug 7, 2016 • 11:26:00am

re: #164 makeitstop

Man, that Wilson op-ed is fucking brutal.

The guy’s definitely left his own stains on the GOP, but he sees Trump for the fraud and the danger that he is, so I’ll give him credit for that.

Also, he’s been going so hard after Trump, he’s got no time to go after Clinton. Bonus.

The whole thing is awesome, but OMG I can’t resist quoting a section:

This wasn’t rocket science; it’s basic, professional campaigning. While Donald Trump was retweeting “White Genocide 1488 Ovenmaster,” Clinton’s campaign was building data files and contacting swing voters. While Trump was tweeting about “Crooked Hillary,” she was having precisely targeted television ads aimed at swing voters in the suburbs of key cities in battleground states appearing at just the right moments. While Trump was depending on red hats and WWE rallies, her people have been going door-to-door by the thousands, knocking, talking, winning hearts and winning votes.

I know Trump fans think of professionalized campaigning like this: “We don’t need you fancy smart people with experience and your campaign discipline and your writers and polls and your computers and your TV ads. All we need are hats and Trump’s Twitter account. Hold muh beer while I build a wall and make Mexico pay for it.”

They’re wrong — but only a resounding defeat will get it through their thick skulls.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Aug 7, 2016 • 11:35:53am

re: #192 sagehen

The last line is incorrect. Nothing will get through their thick skulls. They will blame the resounding loss on anyone and anything except Donald Trump and themselves.

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Charles Johnson  Aug 7, 2016 • 11:37:21am
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Blind Frog Belly White  Aug 7, 2016 • 11:38:19am

re: #193 Backwoods_Sleuth

The last line is incorrect. Nothing will get through their thick skulls. They will blame the resounding loss on anyone and anything except Donald Trump and themselves.

True. They’re what a friend used to call the ‘Rabid Rat’ - they just keep coming after you, no matter how hard you hit them. It’s why they’ve been more successful than Progressives, who are easily discouraged and prone to laziness.

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Belafon  Aug 7, 2016 • 11:39:05am

So, here’s an idiot at the LA Times: If Hillary Clinton wins, can she claim a ‘mandate’?:

Near the beginning, it has this:

All Clinton had to do was follow one of the oldest rules of politics: If your opponent is hurting himself, get out of the way. Or, even better, draw attention to his flaws.

As she talked about her jobs program on the campaign trail — a long, wonky list, from infrastructure spending to solar energy — Clinton made sure to mention Trump’s name as often as possible.

Followed by paragraphs of events where she talks about her platform and then contrasts with Trump. Then, this paragraph:

But it comes with a potential cost. By focusing on the other guy’s flaws, Clinton may fail to build a strong mandate for her agenda, including higher taxes for upper-income earners, a $275 billion infrastructure program and comprehensive immigration reform.

Aaaarrrrggghhh. You said she should point out his flaws, and you explicitly state that she describes her agenda, and yet you fault her for doing what you said.

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BigPapa  Aug 7, 2016 • 11:39:22am

So if they’re blaming Krugman, and by default, all critics of conservatives, for Trump, that means the critics are effective.

Just wanted to be clear.

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Charles Johnson  Aug 7, 2016 • 11:45:44am

re: #197 BigPapa

So if they’re blaming Krugman, and by default, all critics of conservatives, for Trump, that means the critics are effective.

Just wanted to be clear.

If you read the article and follow her links to Krugman’s columns, you’ll also see that she’s blatantly distorting and exaggerating what Krugman wrote to make it look much more extreme than it was.

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jeffreyw  Aug 7, 2016 • 11:48:07am

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Mmm… pulled pork

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Timothy Watson  Aug 7, 2016 • 11:53:31am

re: #194 Charles Johnson

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Who the hell is Karol Markowicz?

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Dave In Austin  Aug 7, 2016 • 11:53:58am

re: #184 jaunte

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More Venal Idiots for Trump.

A deep fryer in every school and a Jesus shot for every back. Good ol’ Sid.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Aug 7, 2016 • 11:54:32am
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Backwoods_Sleuth  Aug 7, 2016 • 11:55:41am

Scary part is that there is apparently a need for this sign…

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BigPapa  Aug 7, 2016 • 11:58:55am

re: #198 Charles Johnson

She has to exaggerate to make an already tenuous point: since one criticized previous conservatives so viciously now a whacko deserving of the rabid criticism is here and it’s a Cry Wolf situation.

The media bear a lot of responsibility for the creation of Trump, and treating all Republican presidential candidates as if they’re a danger to American society is just one way they’ve done it. It’s unlikely that the media are going to en-masse recognize their bias, but perhaps if the Trump campaign has taught the media anything, it’s to ratchet down the rhetoric so that words mean something again.

A Russian born NY Post OpEd writer blaming the liberal media for Trump. Read her TL.

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BigPapa  Aug 7, 2016 • 12:06:11pm

When everybody cries racism (including racists) nobody is racist.

When (everybody says) all GOP are bad, none of them are bad.

It’s just an elaboration on simple fallacy.

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Blind Frog Belly White  Aug 7, 2016 • 12:10:24pm

re: #205 BigPapa

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When everybody cries racism (including racists) nobody is racist.

When (everybody says) all GOP are bad, none of them are bad.

It’s just an elaboration on simple fallacy.

It’ one of the dumbest things I’ve seen written by a supposed professional. It basically says thatif you criticize anyone hawking demonstrably wrong economic theory, it’s your fault if the people hawking it get more extreme. What a load of horseshit!!!

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mmmirele  Aug 7, 2016 • 12:12:39pm

re: #84 Ziggy_TARDIS

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Peter Reilly is a CPA and a friend of mine. He’s been after Jill for *years* to give up her tax returns.

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KingKenrod  Aug 7, 2016 • 12:12:59pm

GOP voters had 16 candidates to pick from and they chose Trump. Once Trump won the primary, the RNC muscled everyone into line.

This is the fault of liberal pundits how? Derp.

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jaunte  Aug 7, 2016 • 12:13:01pm

re: #206 Blind Frog Belly White

Assumes defiant oppositional disorder in GOP economists.

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Belafon  Aug 7, 2016 • 12:13:49pm

re: #205 BigPapa

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Timothy Watson  Aug 7, 2016 • 12:14:34pm

re: #205 BigPapa

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When everybody cries racism (including racists) nobody is racist.

When (everybody says) all GOP are bad, none of them are bad.

It’s just an elaboration on simple fallacy.

How dare a Nobel Prize winning economist call a candidate’s economic policy absurd!1!!!

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Blind Frog Belly White  Aug 7, 2016 • 12:14:43pm

re: #209 jaunte

Assumes defiant oppositional disorder in GOP economists.

Which really doesn’t seem that far off. Certainly it seems to be true among the GOP rank and vile.

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Blind Frog Belly White  Aug 7, 2016 • 12:15:26pm

re: #211 Timothy Watson

How dare a Nobel Prize winning economist call a candidate’s economic policy absurd!1!!!

Yeah! What would he know about it?
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The Vicious Babushka  Aug 7, 2016 • 12:16:12pm
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Charles Johnson  Aug 7, 2016 • 12:20:47pm
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Charles Johnson  Aug 7, 2016 • 12:21:24pm

re: #214 The Vicious Babushka

Essay: Trump is sowing doubt about the legitimacy of the election. It’s dangerous. Press has a duty to challenge him

But they won’t.

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Charles Johnson  Aug 7, 2016 • 12:21:40pm
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Charles Johnson  Aug 7, 2016 • 12:21:49pm
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Belafon  Aug 7, 2016 • 12:22:13pm

re: #217 Charles Johnson

#DumpRyan

:)

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Belafon  Aug 7, 2016 • 12:23:22pm

re: #215 Charles Johnson

What percentage of white voters would Trump have to get in order to win if voting were held today?

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Timothy Watson  Aug 7, 2016 • 12:27:47pm

White guy pipebombs a police car outside an officer’s home, will the national lamestream media cover it?
fox5dc.com

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Lidane  Aug 7, 2016 • 12:28:25pm
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Danack  Aug 7, 2016 • 12:29:21pm

re: #178 Blind Frog Belly White

In mid 2008 Kudlow confidently insisted there would be no recession.

In 2009, Kudlow confidently predicted interest rates would skyrocket and inflation would go through the roof.

Now Kudlow confidently says Trump has the right plan for Middle Class growth. Were I Trump, I don’t think I’d find that comforting.

There is a phrase to describe this type of person; a known idiot.

Disclaimer - I didn’t invent the term, but I learnt it from ages ago and can’t provide credit to the original inventor.

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retired cynic  Aug 7, 2016 • 12:30:24pm

re: #212 Blind Frog Belly White

Which really doesn’t seem that far off. Certainly it seems to be true among the GOP rank and vile.

Upding for ‘rank and vile’!

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HappyWarrior  Aug 7, 2016 • 12:31:26pm

re: #194 Charles Johnson

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I am so sick of conservatives being unable to admit that Trump is theirs and all theirs. Krugman has nothing to do with Trump being popular to the GOP electorate. Conservatives don’t get to say “Well you liberals said we were bigots so lashed out and nominated a bigot.” No, you nominated a bigot because you liked what he said.

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Lidane  Aug 7, 2016 • 12:31:47pm

LOL:

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BigPapa  Aug 7, 2016 • 12:32:34pm

re: #221 Timothy Watson

Right wing bloggers are furiously trying to get his voting record to see if he’s a Democrat.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Aug 7, 2016 • 12:32:49pm
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A Mom Anon  Aug 7, 2016 • 12:33:39pm

Husband and I were just watching the Olympics, women’s cycling, a bit ago. Terrible accident. Woman from the Netherlands, they aren’t saying anything about her condition. If she survived this without a broken neck or being paralyzed for life it will be a certifiable miracle. It’s been about 45 minutes maybe, I can’t find out anything at the moment.

I rode for over 10 yrs, but you couldn’t pay me money to ride those downhill curvy roads like that. Crazy shit.

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retired cynic  Aug 7, 2016 • 12:34:48pm

re: #229 A Mom Anon

I saw that. She wasn’t moving. Looks like a light rain had started falling, and the road was greasy. Hope against hope she is alright.

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A Mom Anon  Aug 7, 2016 • 12:37:39pm

re: #230 retired cynic

Yeah, it was bad. It looks like her face hit the curb and she broke her neck.

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The Vicious Babushka  Aug 7, 2016 • 12:39:08pm

Another horrific Olympic accident==>

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HappyWarrior  Aug 7, 2016 • 12:39:31pm

re: #232 The Vicious Babushka

Another horrific Olympic accident==>

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Damn awful.

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BigPapa  Aug 7, 2016 • 12:40:13pm

I’m hoping they really make a big deal over the $400m to Iran. They’ll be bludgeoned with the reality that Iran Contra is an actual illegal ransom paid to Iran for hostages.

You know they’ll make a big deal over it. They make a big deal over everything.

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Lidane  Aug 7, 2016 • 12:40:39pm

re: #232 The Vicious Babushka

Haven’t both of these broken legs come from vault landings? That’s weird.

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Stanley Sea  Aug 7, 2016 • 12:41:18pm
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Stanley Sea  Aug 7, 2016 • 12:42:47pm

re: #231 A Mom Anon

Yeah, it was bad. It looks like her face hit the curb and she broke her neck.

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The Vicious Babushka  Aug 7, 2016 • 12:42:48pm

STUPIDEST MEME OF THE DAY==>

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HappyWarrior  Aug 7, 2016 • 12:42:54pm

re: #236 Stanley Sea

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No wonder why Donald claimed to be Swedish.

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HappyWarrior  Aug 7, 2016 • 12:43:29pm

re: #238 The Vicious Babushka

STUPIDEST MEME OF THE DAY==>

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That fuckwit doesn’t know what far left is.

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blueraven  Aug 7, 2016 • 12:45:39pm

re: #238 The Vicious Babushka

STUPIDEST MEME OF THE DAY==>

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Where is Bush the Younger in that meme?

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No Depression  Aug 7, 2016 • 12:47:59pm

re: #196 Belafon

So, here’s an idiot at the LA Times: If Hillary Clinton wins, can she claim a ‘mandate’?:

Near the beginning, it has this:

Followed by paragraphs of events where she talks about her platform and then contrasts with Trump. Then, this paragraph:

Aaaarrrrggghhh. You said she should point out his flaws, and you explicitly state that she describes her agenda, and yet you fault her for doing what you said.

Honestly, who gives a fuck about a “mandate”? No matter what margin we win by, conservatives will consider our victory illegitimate. We’ll just have to pursue policies that improve everyone’s lives (even them) whether they like it or not. If they don’t like it, tough shit.

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HappyWarrior  Aug 7, 2016 • 12:48:26pm

re: #242 No Depression

Honestly, who gives a fuck about a “mandate”? No matter what margin we win by, conservatives will consider our victory illegitimate. We’ll just have to pursue policies that improve everyone’s lives (even them) whether they like it or not. If they don’t like it, tough shit.

Indeed, Obama won by more than Bush did in 2004 and no one said he had a mandate.

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HappyWarrior  Aug 7, 2016 • 12:50:35pm

Yeah so okay my friend posted that stupid meme that “explains” why conservatives are concerned about voter fraud. It took me all of five seconds to debunk it. If he wasn’t a good friend, I’d tell him that he’s being a fucking idiot and falling for right wing bullshit designed to affirm his confirmation biases.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Aug 7, 2016 • 12:51:50pm

re: #243 HappyWarrior

Indeed, Obama won by more than Bush did in 2004 and no one said he had a mandate.

All Republicans have to do is win, period, for it to be a mandate and “the people have spoken”.

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Dark_Falcon  Aug 7, 2016 • 12:51:56pm

re: #241 blueraven

Where is Bush the Younger in that meme?

He doesn’t belong in it. Neither does Hillary Clinton.

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Belafon  Aug 7, 2016 • 12:52:05pm

re: #244 HappyWarrior

Yeah so okay my friend posted that stupid meme that “explains” why conservatives are concerned about voter fraud. It took me all of five seconds to debunk it. If he wasn’t a good friend, I’d tell him that he’s being a fucking idiot and falling for right wing bullshit designed to affirm his confirmation biases.

When I want to be nice, I ask why they’re falling for that stuff.

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Belafon  Aug 7, 2016 • 12:52:45pm

re: #238 The Vicious Babushka

STUPIDEST MEME OF THE DAY==>

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I just like that if you put a bunch of images together, it spells out some great truth.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Aug 7, 2016 • 12:52:56pm

Horton hears a cackle…

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Belafon  Aug 7, 2016 • 12:52:57pm

re: #246 Dark_Falcon

He doesn’t belong in it. Neither does Hillary Clinton.

Cackler’s back.

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A Mom Anon  Aug 7, 2016 • 12:53:04pm

re: #240 HappyWarrior

I would love, and I mean LOVE, to hear what all these far left leftiecommies have done that’s SO FAR LEFT.

Someone on Facebook this morning was going off on “Obamacare” again. How he was trying to get treated for something in the ER (an ear infection) and as soon as they saw his Obamacare Insurance Card they refused to treat him. Fortunately almost everyone laughed at him and a couple of people showed him pictures of their insurance cards, those awful Obamacare ones, which strangely did not have the word Obamacare anywhere on them. They asked him to show them his card and he deleted the whole post. HA. Idiots. He hasn’t been back online since this morning.

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HappyWarrior  Aug 7, 2016 • 12:54:45pm

re: #247 Belafon

When I want to be nice, I ask why they’re falling for that stuff.

I’m definitely going to ask him next time I talk to him in person. I’ve debunked on my own two of the memes he’s posted within seconds of each other. It’s a shame. He’s not a bad guy but he falls for the most obvious right wing bullshit memes. Maybe if he actually read them and stopped posting things in rapid succession to “prove” what a learned right winger he is, he’d actually realize how ridiculous he’s being. Sorry. Shit just frustrates me. I’m fine with him having a differing point of view about the role of government but when you start posting easily debunked bullshit, you’re making yourself look really stupid.

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Dark_Falcon  Aug 7, 2016 • 12:55:20pm

re: #249 Backwoods_Sleuth

re: #250 Belafon

Cool it.

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HappyWarrior  Aug 7, 2016 • 12:55:25pm

re: #251 A Mom Anon

I would love, and I mean LOVE, to hear what all these far left leftiecommies have done that’s SO FAR LEFT.

Someone on Facebook this morning was going off on “Obamacare” again. How he was trying to get treated for something in the ER (an ear infection) and as soon as they saw his Obamacare Insurance Card they refused to treat him. Fortunately almost everyone laughed at him and a couple of people showed him pictures of their insurance cards, those awful Obamacare ones, which strangely did not have the word Obamacare anywhere on them. They asked him to show them his card and he deleted the whole post. HA. Idiots. He hasn’t been back online since this morning.

Obama’s less far left than they are far right. Obama may in fact be more closer to a centrist than a liberal. He’s definitely no leftist.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Aug 7, 2016 • 12:55:37pm

LOL

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Belafon  Aug 7, 2016 • 12:56:02pm

re: #253 Dark_Falcon

Cool it.

Nope. Not on that.

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HappyWarrior  Aug 7, 2016 • 12:56:37pm

re: #245 Backwoods_Sleuth

All Republicans have to do is win, period, for it to be a mandate and “the people have spoken”.

Bush wins 2004 by one state and the GOP narrative is HE HAS A MANDATE, TIME TO PRIVATIZE SOCIAL SECURITY. Obama has the biggest electoral win in two decades four years later and it’s time to question his legitimacy as President. Shit’s just ridiculous man.

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HappyWarrior  Aug 7, 2016 • 12:57:07pm

re: #253 Dark_Falcon

Cool it.

You posted what you posted. People are going to call you out on it.

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No Depression  Aug 7, 2016 • 12:57:57pm

re: #106 Ziggy_TARDIS

I am amazed the Russia, a supposed World Power, is getting defeated in open battle by Al-Qaeda. We were able to ravage Al-Qaeda in similar conditions. The problem we had were the suicide attacks and similar guerrilla tactics.

Maybe it’s because Russian men are such raging alcoholics that it’s hindering Russia’s ability to maintain a standing army:

Alcoholism Is Killing Off Russian Men

Russia’s alcohol problem is nothing new. But a report from the World Health Organization is depicting it in the starkest terms yet: it’s causing a demographic timebomb. Richard Weitz at World Politics Review highlights the most disturbing figures from the report:

- Russians 16 and older drink the equivalent of roughly four gallons of pure alcohol per capita each year, almost twice the amount of their American counterparts.
- Russia currently has 2 million alcoholics.
- The number of Russian children aged 10-14 who drink alcohol exceeds 10 million.
- Roughly 500,000 Russians die annually from alcoholic-related accidents, crimes, and illnesses.
- Alcohol poisoning kills more than 23,000 Russians each year.
According to Weitz, 20 percent of Russian male deaths are attributed to alcoholism. A 15-year-old boy has a 40 percent chance of dying before the age of 60. Despite recent economic gains, the Russian population continues to shrink. Russian leadership, including Prime Minister Vladimir Putin and President Dmitry Medvedev, now considers alcoholism a national security threat and have set a goal to halve the country’s alcohol consumption by 2020.

Still, that won’t be easy, notes Weitz. It was only last month that the Russian legislator redefined beer as an alcoholic drink. Prior to that, its food item status allowed it to be sold widely in stores and kiosks—a factor that increased beer consumption 51-fold between 1995 and 2007. In a closing note, Weitz says the problem has become so pervasive, it even threatens Russia’s ability to maintain a standing army:
The Russian armed forces face a massive personnel problem, and the country’s demographic trends will reduce the availability of potential male recruits even further in coming years. By 2016, the number of men available for conscription will be half that of 1996, a problem exacerbated by the fact that many potential recruits are unfit for service due to alcohol-related complications.

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Belafon  Aug 7, 2016 • 12:58:30pm

re: #254 HappyWarrior

Obama’s less far left than they are far right. Obama may in fact be more closer to a centrist than a liberal. He’s definitely no leftist.

Obama’s in that range we talked about the other day: He’s not in the pure range of the far left, but in that range where getting stuff done balances out how strong you’re going to stay with your principles. Obamacare was not a centrist idea (the status quo was to do nothing), but compromises were made to get it passed.

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Lidane  Aug 7, 2016 • 12:59:46pm

re: #254 HappyWarrior

Obama’s less far left than they are far right. Obama may in fact be more closer to a centrist than a liberal. He’s definitely no leftist.

Obama’s damn near an Eisenhower Republican in all but name. The only reason he gets called a leftist or far left is because the GOP have lost their goddamn minds since 2008.

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HappyWarrior  Aug 7, 2016 • 1:00:47pm

re: #260 Belafon

Obama’s in that range we talked about the other day: He’s not in the pure range of the far left, but in that range where getting stuff done balances out how strong you’re going to stay with your principles. Obamacare was not a centrist idea (the status quo was to do nothing), but compromises were made to get it passed.

I think he’s a liberal pragmatist personally. He probably with a more liberal Congress govern more to the left but he also wants to get things done in a way to impact long term change hence why he had DADT repealed by Congress rather than an EO. He will use the EO i,e, immigration when he feels Congress isn’t doing jackshit but most of the time, I think he’d rather work with Congress to get what he wants passed even if Congress is more conservative than him. In short, he’s creating change in the smart way not the way that will result in overturnings by circuit courts and the USSC down the road.

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HappyWarrior  Aug 7, 2016 • 1:01:48pm

re: #261 Lidane

Obama’s damn near an Eisenhower Republican in all but name. The only reason he gets called a leftist or far left is because the GOP have lost their goddamn minds since 2008.

People who use socialist as a slur towards him typically don’t know what an actual socialist is. Sergey has made the argument that for all his claims that Bernie is more capitalist than socialist.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Aug 7, 2016 • 1:02:07pm
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BigPapa  Aug 7, 2016 • 1:02:33pm

re: #253 Dark_Falcon

Old west song(the good the bad and the ugly)

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HappyWarrior  Aug 7, 2016 • 1:03:07pm

re: #264 Backwoods_Sleuth

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Voter fraud is such a bs issue. As I just got at, I had to see that stupid meme regarding Wood County and St. Luise on my timeline again today. Wasn’t happy to see it because it was posted by someone I respect.

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Patricia Kayden  Aug 7, 2016 • 1:04:30pm

re: #58 BigPapa

If our side wants Secretary Clinton to win big, doesn’t every vote count? Not sure about this naive argument that because one lives in a blue state, his/her vote doesn’t count or matter. I’m hoping that Democratic voters in blue states such as mine (Maryland) aren’t going to throw away their votes on Stein or Johnson or not vote because they think their votes don’t matter. The bigger the vote for Clinton, the better.

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HappyWarrior  Aug 7, 2016 • 1:06:24pm

re: #267 Patricia Kayden

If our side wants Secretary Clinton to win big, doesn’t every vote count? Not sure about this naive argument that because one lives in a blue state, his/her vote doesn’t count or matter. I’m hoping that Democratic voters in blue states such as mine (Maryland) aren’t going to throw away their votes on Stein or Johnson or not vote because they think their votes don’t matter. The bigger the vote for Clinton, the better.

I don’t think he disagrees with you there. The point is even if Clinton wins 49 states let’s say (not gonna happen) but let’s say it did, the GOP still wouldn’t acknowledge she had a mandate. In the end, winning by one state or several is the end goal. I think we all hope Clinton wins by several because that would mean something and would mean Congressional coattails too.

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A Mom Anon  Aug 7, 2016 • 1:09:28pm

In Sparta,GA we just had pretty much all the African American folks served papers to appear in front of the “democrat elected sheriff” to prove who they were because some of them were either inactive or hadn’t voted before and they were just checking. Yeah, all the black folks in town, just checking. Out of concern for fraud. Sure. The excuse was it just kinda worked out that way because of the makeup of the town. Ok then, nothing to see here, move along people. Yeah, and our Secretary of State is looking into it. I’m sure he’s very CONCERNED…..
Link

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Lidane  Aug 7, 2016 • 1:10:12pm

re: #266 HappyWarrior

Voter fraud is such a bs issue. As I just got at, I had to see that stupid meme regarding Wood County and St. Luise on my timeline again today. Wasn’t happy to see it because it was posted by someone I respect.

“Voter fraud” = brown and black people voting.

It’s not an accident that when Republicans start nattering on about voter fraud and Voter ID that DMV offices in minority areas suddenly start closing.

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HappyWarrior  Aug 7, 2016 • 1:11:13pm

re: #269 A Mom Anon

In Sparta,GA we just had pretty much all the African American folks served papers to appear in front of the “democrat elected sheriff” to prove who they were because some of them were either inactive or hadn’t voted before and they were just checking. Yeah, all the black folks in town, just checking. Out of concern for fraud. Sure. The excuse was it just kinda worked out that way because of the makeup of the town. Ok then, nothing to see here, move along people. Yeah, and our Secretary of State is looking into it. I’m sure he’s very CONCERNED…..

Pretty funny how this stuff always happens to groups that are primarily Democrats inn’t it? I seem to recall a voter ID law that would have forbade students from using their college IDs to identify themselves but would allow for gun club cards even though the former is always a photo ID and a good amount of the time technically a government issued ID as many universities are public.

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HappyWarrior  Aug 7, 2016 • 1:11:44pm

re: #270 Lidane

“Voter fraud” = brown and black people voting.

It’s not an accident that when Republicans start nattering on about voter fraud and Voter ID that DMV offices in minority areas suddenly start closing.

Yep, the latter is exactly what that prick Walker did in Wisconsin. It’s bullshit.

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Belafon  Aug 7, 2016 • 1:12:51pm

re: #269 A Mom Anon

In Sparta,GA we just had pretty much all the African American folks served papers to appear in front of the “democrat elected sheriff” to prove who they were because some of them were either inactive or hadn’t voted before and they were just checking. Yeah, all the black folks in town, just checking. Out of concern for fraud. Sure. The excuse was it just kinda worked out that way because of the makeup of the town. Ok then, nothing to see here, move along people. Yeah, and our Secretary of State is looking into it. I’m sure he’s very CONCERNED…..

re: #270 Lidane

“Voter fraud” = brown and black people voting.

It’s not an accident that when Republicans start nattering on about voter fraud and Voter ID that DMV offices in minority areas suddenly start closing.

When someone tries to bring up the meme that if voting made a difference, they would make it illegal (which I see occasionally), point out that’s exactly what some people try to do to minorities.

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HappyWarrior  Aug 7, 2016 • 1:13:20pm

Honestly what the hell does it say about their party and ideology that they want to make voting harder not easier for people. Voter fraud has time and time again been demonstrated to be a load of bs or when it’s committed, it’s not by the people who the GOP thinks is doing it.

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HappyWarrior  Aug 7, 2016 • 1:14:05pm

They want Jim Crow back but with a 21st century spin on it.

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HappyWarrior  Aug 7, 2016 • 1:15:06pm

But hey guys did you know that when our great great grandparents were alive that the Republicans weren’t total dicks on race and the Dems were which makes everything that’s happening now totally irrelevant!

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Belafon  Aug 7, 2016 • 1:15:33pm

re: #275 HappyWarrior

They want Jim Crow back but with a 21st century spin on it Republicans in charge.

There ain’t no moving into the 21st century about it.

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A Mom Anon  Aug 7, 2016 • 1:16:33pm

re: #274 HappyWarrior

It’s the same shit they pull with “welfare fraud” and “food stamp abuse”. And every time they mandate drug testing for poor people getting aid of some sort, they end up spending millions to weed out one percent fraud. Because these fucking racist, classist idiots have no idea the often humiliating hoops you have to go through to get aid.

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HappyWarrior  Aug 7, 2016 • 1:19:34pm

re: #278 A Mom Anon

It’s the same shit they pull with “welfare fraud” and “food stamp abuse”. And every time they mandate drug testing for poor people getting aid of some sort, they end up spending millions to weed out one percent fraud. Because these fucking racist, classist idiots have no idea the often humiliating hoops you have to go through to get aid.

And these are the same people who love to talk about “government waste.” Can you say hypocrisy?

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HappyWarrior  Aug 7, 2016 • 1:19:42pm

re: #277 Belafon

There ain’t no moving into the 21st century about it.

Very true.

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FormerDirtDart  Aug 7, 2016 • 1:22:38pm

If she ended up with only a concussion she should count herself lucky.
Watching it, and seeing her laying there motionless, I considered it possible she had broken her neck or spine.

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Belafon  Aug 7, 2016 • 1:22:42pm

I guess someone didn’t like the responses to his tweet.

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Dark_Falcon  Aug 7, 2016 • 1:23:42pm

re: #259 No Depression

Maybe it’s because Russian men are such raging alcoholics that it’s hindering Russia’s ability to maintain a standing army:

Alcoholism Is Killing Off Russian Men

That article is 5 years old and trends in Russia have improved since then. But its also worth noting that in Iraq Al Qaeda had nothing heavier than heavy machineguns and 120mm mortars (and relatively few of the latter). In Syria Al Qaeda and its allies have got far more firepower:

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Aug 7, 2016 • 1:25:04pm

New post just in the nick of time…

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FormerDirtDart  Aug 7, 2016 • 1:27:27pm

“We let the readers decide”
Said no one trying to convey the truth, ever…

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sagehen  Aug 7, 2016 • 1:36:07pm

re: #260 Belafon

Obama’s in that range we talked about the other day: He’s not in the pure range of the far left, but in that range where getting stuff done balances out how strong you’re going to stay with your principles. Obamacare was not a centrist idea (the status quo was to do nothing), but compromises were made to get it passed.

Nixon’s universal healthcare plan was well to the left of Obamacare.

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sagehen  Aug 7, 2016 • 1:39:23pm

re: #275 HappyWarrior

They want Jim Crow back but with a 21st century spin on it.

Or as Doonesbury calls it, James Crow Esq.

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Jebediah, RBG  Aug 7, 2016 • 1:52:17pm

re: #229 A Mom Anon

I find curvy downhills irresistibly tempting - there are some around here where one can go faster on a road bike than a car can.
(Disclaimer - I have fractured my neck on a bike ride. But it was a mountain bike ride, and I only did it the one time.)

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Big Beautiful Door  Aug 7, 2016 • 1:58:12pm

re: #98 Lidane

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I remember when Romney was winning a landslide victory. Good times.

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Patricia Kayden  Aug 7, 2016 • 2:24:01pm

re: #225 HappyWarrior

“No, you nominated a bigot because you liked what he said.”

DING DING DING DING DING!!

I don’t understand why Conservatives think Liberals/Progressives care about them trying to blame us for Trump anyways. If I could get Republicans to vote for the worst possible scumbag every four years to run against our Democratic Presidential candidate, I would do so with glee. That’s smart politics in my opinion.
‘

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Patricia Kayden  Aug 7, 2016 • 2:24:56pm

re: #269 A Mom Anon

The US DOJ needs to look into what appears to be obvious voter intimidation of African Americans. Disgusting.


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