The Truth About the Clinton Foundation: It’s One of the Top-Rated Charities in the US

No, it should not be shut down - that’s crazy
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We’re currently being barraged by media articles about the Clinton Foundation, many of them trying to make it seem as if there’s something illicit going on. Donald Trump and his campaign are pushing this line hard, of course, and USA Today published an editorial today actually calling for the Foundation to be shut down — for no real reason, just because it has an “odor.” An “odor” that is completely manufactured out of thin air.

The real truth about the Clinton Foundation is that it’s one of the top-rated charities in the US. 88% of their spending goes to their services, not to their staff, and they typically spend only $2.00 to raise every $100.00. This video clip from CNN shows the president of CharityWatch, Daniel Borochoff, explaining why they gave the Clinton Foundation an “A” rating.

Also see
Clinton camp seeks correction of AP tweet promoting story on Clinton meetings The AP’s defense of its bad Clinton Foundation story is also bad AP’s Bombshell Clinton Foundation Report Comes Under Scrutiny

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HappyWarrior  Aug 24, 2016 • 2:57:16pm

CharityWatch is obviously paid off by Soros. // This is good to know Charles. I’d really hate to see a legitimately good charity shut down because of right wing bullshit and we know it’s happened before. I still remember and am still pissed how ACORN was destroyed because of right wing lies and I’d hate to see the same happen to the Clinton Foundation.

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wrenchwench  Aug 24, 2016 • 3:00:29pm

It’s going to be a heck of a foundation in 8 years.

I hope Bill Clinton is still with us then.

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Skip Intro  Aug 24, 2016 • 3:01:24pm

It’s going to take generations to get the Trump shit off of everybody after this hideous election, assuming he loses and his supporters don’t decide to burn down the country.

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FormerDirtDart  Aug 24, 2016 • 3:02:15pm
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HappyWarrior  Aug 24, 2016 • 3:02:23pm

re: #3 Skip Intro

It’s going to take generations to get the Trump shit off of everybody after this hideous election, assuming he loses and his supporters don’t decide to burn down the country.

Much like skunk stays on the dog long after the skunk is gone.

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Charles Johnson  Aug 24, 2016 • 3:02:42pm
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Charles Johnson  Aug 24, 2016 • 3:05:04pm
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thedopefishlives  Aug 24, 2016 • 3:05:08pm

Continuing on the tornado topic from upstairs: My parents reported that the first tornado followed almost exactly the same path as the one in November 2013 that devastated the city. Bum luck with tornadoes, they tend to be creatures of habit.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Aug 24, 2016 • 3:07:10pm

re: #8 thedopefishlives

Continuing on the tornado topic from upstairs: My parents reported that the first tornado followed almost exactly the same path as the one in November 2013 that devastated the city. Bum luck with tornadoes, they tend to be creatures of habit.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Aug 24, 2016 • 3:07:55pm

re: #9 Backwoods_Sleuth

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North side of Kokomo up to Galveston.

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William Lewis  Aug 24, 2016 • 3:08:13pm

re: #8 thedopefishlives

Continuing on the tornado topic from upstairs: My parents reported that the first tornado followed almost exactly the same path as the one in November 2013 that devastated the city. Bum luck with tornadoes, they tend to be creatures of habit.

They tend to follow geography. If you get out a topographical map of the area, I’ll bet you’ll find hills and ridgelines, even if relatively small, channelling them the direction they follow. My family farm watched several tornados look like they were coming right at us in the 70’s but the hill we were on always caused them to jump past us rather than destroy everything.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Aug 24, 2016 • 3:09:42pm

re: #10 Backwoods_Sleuth

refresh please…part of my comment disappeared.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Aug 24, 2016 • 3:10:36pm

and in Ohio:

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lawhawk  Aug 24, 2016 • 3:11:40pm

All this attention on Clinton’s Foundation, and all the AP could come up with is that Bill took payments from a for-profit college, even as Hillary wants to shut for-profits down? That’s some pay to play.

They found nothing. Maybe a bit of hypocrisy based on donors and Clinton’s positions, but then again, the Clinton Foundation has taken money from the Bushes, so it’s not like they’re partisan politicians as far as their charitable giving is concerned.

The AP story shows what happens when the reporters story gets overruled by the editors/social media clique who demand eyeballs. Instead of a snoozer about how the Clinton Foundation is on the up and up and there’s no real story of malfeasance or even ethical lapses, they pushed a headline completely unsupported by the story itself.

That demands more than a correction. It demands a retraction in full of the original Tweet and headline because it’s just wrong. Not even slightly wrong. It’s completely and totally wrong.

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Ziggy_TARDIS  Aug 24, 2016 • 3:11:56pm

I saw this on Tumblr, thought it might lighten the mood.

The Eternal War- The War on Stupid
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thedopefishlives  Aug 24, 2016 • 3:12:17pm

re: #11 William Lewis

They tend to follow geography. If you get out a topographical map of the area, I’ll bet you’ll find hills and ridgelines, even if relatively small, channelling them the direction they follow. My family farm watched several tornados look like they were coming right at us in the 70’s but the hill we were on always caused them to jump past us rather than destroy everything.

The 1965 Palm Sunday tornado that smacked head-on into my parents’ hometown bounced over my mom’s house in a similar fashion. She said she sat in front of their plate glass front picture window (!) and watched it go down the street, leaving a path of devastation behind.

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Bill and Opus for 2016!  Aug 24, 2016 • 3:12:49pm

I want to see the same level of scrutiny given to the Donald J Trump Foundation that has been given to the Clinton Foundation.

Especially given that there is MUCH more evidence of impropriety (including their pocketing of a majority of donated funds) than what is claimed of the Clintons.

Trump promised millions to charity. We found less than $10,000 over 7 years.

As for how much money the Trump Foundation has taken in as well as the actual outlays for the foundation? Well, that’s not known, because he has refused to release any of his tax returns.

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Patricia Kayden  Aug 24, 2016 • 3:13:21pm

re: #7 Charles Johnson

Because Trump is not sorry for anything he has said. Who is stupid enough to believe that Trump feels any sorry for all of his reckless comments?

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Jenner7  Aug 24, 2016 • 3:14:08pm

re: #17 Bill and Opus for 2016!

Also the same scrutiny regarding his health records and his refusal to release tax returns.

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FormerDirtDart  Aug 24, 2016 • 3:17:29pm

re: #15 Ziggy_TARDIS

I saw this on Tumblr, thought it might lighten the mood.

The Duffel Blog is great.
I’m amazed at how many people still mistake them as real news

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Skip Intro  Aug 24, 2016 • 3:17:38pm

Kellyann Conway going on the Maddow show tonight will offer a glimpse into how Trump will act in the debates. I’m guessing that every question Maddow asks Conway will be ignored and turned into an attack on Clinton.

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rhuarc  Aug 24, 2016 • 3:18:42pm

re: #8 thedopefishlives

Continuing on the tornado topic from upstairs: My parents reported that the first tornado followed almost exactly the same path as the one in November 2013 that devastated the city. Bum luck with tornadoes, they tend to be creatures of habit.

My family’s house sustained some minor damage. The tornado track probably will show that it was about a block away from their house. Thankfully everybody is ok. :)

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Patricia Kayden  Aug 24, 2016 • 3:19:10pm

re: #21 Skip Intro

How would Conway know how Trump will act in the debates? The man is completely uncontrollable and says whatever comes to his mind. He has no filter and no self control. It’s much easier for Trump surrogates to attack Clinton than to talk about Trump because of this.

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Stanley Sea  Aug 24, 2016 • 3:19:41pm

Read all the points

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Aug 24, 2016 • 3:23:16pm
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Skip Intro  Aug 24, 2016 • 3:23:20pm

re: #23 Patricia Kayden

How would Conway know how Trump will act in the debates? The man is completely uncontrollable and says whatever comes to his mind. He has no filter and no self control. It’s much easier for Trump surrogates to attack Clinton than to talk about Trump because of this.

I don’t think predicting that Trump will turn every debate question into an attack on Clinton is much of a reach.

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Great White Snark  Aug 24, 2016 • 3:23:22pm
CIA to Release Declassified Nixon and Ford President’s Daily Briefings

CIA to Release Declassified President’s Daily Briefings from the Nixon and Ford Administrations

Director of Central Intelligence John Brennan and Director of National Intelligence James Clapper to Keynote Event at the Richard Nixon Presidential Library on August 24.

August 10, 2016

Have we looked back far enough for her emails YET?!?

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Aug 24, 2016 • 3:26:09pm
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thedopefishlives  Aug 24, 2016 • 3:26:32pm

re: #22 rhuarc

My family’s house sustained some minor damage. The tornado track probably will show that it was about a block away from their house. Thankfully everybody is ok. :)

Glad to hear it.

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Ziggy_TARDIS  Aug 24, 2016 • 3:27:19pm

LOL

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De Kolta Chair  Aug 24, 2016 • 3:28:20pm

Who could ever forget the time MST3K riffed on Manafort: Hands of Fate?

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De Kolta Chair  Aug 24, 2016 • 3:30:39pm

re: #31 De Kolta Chair

Who could ever forget the time MST3K riffed on Manafort: Hands of Fate?

Perhaps the joke would be a tad funnier if the $#@%& graphic was attached? Press the button, Frank!
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Scottishdragon  Aug 24, 2016 • 3:30:49pm

Because those conservative Christians just won’t fleece themselves…Rod Dreher’s new book Real Christians Goin’ Galt The Benedict Option is up for pre-order now. The famous Mont St Michel is on the cover…

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Ziggy_TARDIS  Aug 24, 2016 • 3:34:01pm

The Tropical Disturbance off the Carribbean still has no defined center, but does have 55 mph winds.

If it develops, it will skip Tropical Depression, and go straight to Moderate Tropical Storm.

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Charles Johnson  Aug 24, 2016 • 3:36:49pm

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Maxwell Not So Smart  Aug 24, 2016 • 3:39:17pm

Leave to the GOP to politicize a charity that helps millions of people to the point of forcing it to close so they can try getting a conman elected that has done the absolute minimum himself his whole life to help anyone.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Aug 24, 2016 • 3:39:33pm
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Backwoods_Sleuth  Aug 24, 2016 • 3:41:34pm
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thedopefishlives  Aug 24, 2016 • 3:45:26pm

re: #37 Backwoods_Sleuth

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That’s getting a little close for comfort.

For the record, I saw the pictures of the Starbucks that got obliterated. I know right where that is; it’s in the middle of fucking town. That whole place has to be a disaster area right now.

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Charles Johnson  Aug 24, 2016 • 3:46:16pm
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Backwoods_Sleuth  Aug 24, 2016 • 3:47:47pm

re: #39 thedopefishlives

That’s getting a little close for comfort.

For the record, I saw the pictures of the Starbucks that got obliterated. I know right where that is; it’s in the middle of fucking town. That whole place has to be a disaster area right now.

Love this kid:

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Ziggy_TARDIS  Aug 24, 2016 • 3:48:01pm

re: #40 Charles Johnson

I’m pretty sure he has not done a lick to help someone.

Pretty sure he was a mistake, and his mother should have aborted him.

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William Lewis  Aug 24, 2016 • 3:48:18pm

re: #39 thedopefishlives

That’s getting a little close for comfort.

For the record, I saw the pictures of the Starbucks that got obliterated. I know right where that is; it’s in the middle of fucking town. That whole place has to be a disaster area right now.

I used to deliver windows and doors to the Lowes there so I remember where it was too. I remember getting dinner at Grindstone Charlies.

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GlutenFreeJesus  Aug 24, 2016 • 3:48:44pm

re: #40 Charles Johnson

Here’s the Charity Watch page:

charitywatch.org

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Thanos  Aug 24, 2016 • 3:49:40pm

ABC news just bit on Trump’s “softening on immigration” lure and played it exactly how he wanted them too.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Aug 24, 2016 • 3:51:04pm
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De Kolta Chair  Aug 24, 2016 • 3:51:57pm

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No Country For Old Haters  Aug 24, 2016 • 3:53:41pm

re: #40 Charles Johnson

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Aug 24, 2016 • 3:56:48pm

More great kids:

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De Kolta Chair  Aug 24, 2016 • 3:57:07pm

re: #45 Thanos

ABC News is the absolute dregs, not that I watch the other network evening news broadcasts. I only know its the dregs because of the five minute segue from PBS News Hour to Jeopardy which I like to call Let’s Pretend This Plug For A Disney Product Is A News Story Time.

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rhuarc  Aug 24, 2016 • 4:00:45pm

re: #39 thedopefishlives

That’s getting a little close for comfort.

For the record, I saw the pictures of the Starbucks that got obliterated. I know right where that is; it’s in the middle of fucking town. That whole place has to be a disaster area right now.

My dad lives about 5 minutes due west of that Starbucks. Straight west on Hoffer St and one of the side streets just past the railroad tracks. When I got through to him he said he was standing at the door when the wind hit. Didn’t even try to seek shelter. He better do it this time if this most recent storm gets as close!

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Pawn of the Oppressor  Aug 24, 2016 • 4:01:51pm

OT but this was in a local Texas paper found in the break room a couple of weeks ago. I just found my picture again on my phone. The OverDrumpf’s Presidonkular Wallstravaganza is evidently not that great of an idea, economically speaking. Who knew?

But he’ll stop Mexican gravy and leave us with only white gravy!

Dirty, dirty Mexican gravy is good business
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GlutenFreeJesus  Aug 24, 2016 • 4:02:31pm

That new planet we found. Check out all the numbers and math in the article. If we sent a New Horizons probe, it would take 78,000 years to reach it. One year there is 11 days here.

Oops. Forgot the link.

nbcnews.com

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klys (maker of Silmarils)  Aug 24, 2016 • 4:03:11pm

re: #39 thedopefishlives

That’s getting a little close for comfort.

For the record, I saw the pictures of the Starbucks that got obliterated. I know right where that is; it’s in the middle of fucking town. That whole place has to be a disaster area right now.

There’s footage of the Starbucks collapsing in the previous thread.

The good news is that there are unbroken windows at multiple places just a short distance away and cars were untouched. Also no one was injured at the Starbucks.

The bad news is there’s probably a contractor somewhere who is going to have a pretty bad day. (I really think there were some potential issues with the construction, that the whole building went down like that but the damage around it appeared much less severe.)

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Shiplord Kirel  Aug 24, 2016 • 4:05:14pm

re: #15 Ziggy_TARDIS

I saw this on Tumblr, thought it might lighten the mood.

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An old friend from the Coast Guard tells me that Miami is the apex of the dipshit triangle. One of their rescues involved a group of nautical masterminds who decided to set out for Nassau (180 miles away) in a 15’ motorboat, guided only by a map they had cribbed from a seafood restaurant menu. Needless to say, alcohol was involved.

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Charles Johnson  Aug 24, 2016 • 4:06:58pm

He’s totally fucking clueless, making it up as he goes along.

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thedopefishlives  Aug 24, 2016 • 4:10:16pm

re: #51 rhuarc

My dad lives about 5 minutes due west of that Starbucks. Straight west on Hoffer St and one of the side streets just past the railroad tracks. When I got through to him he said he was standing at the door when the wind hit. Didn’t even try to seek shelter. He better do it this time if this most recent storm gets as close!

Pretty sure my folks drive past your dad’s house on their way across town to church. Heh.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Aug 24, 2016 • 4:10:39pm
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wrenchwench  Aug 24, 2016 • 4:11:25pm

re: #56 Charles Johnson

He’s totally fucking clueless, making it up as he goes along.

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He will try to keep his rotten followers with the promise of ‘No Citizenship!’

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Blind Frog Belly White  Aug 24, 2016 • 4:13:54pm

re: #7 Charles Johnson

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“Regrets, I’ve had a few, but then again, too few to mention describe with any specificity.” - With apologies to Frank Sinatra

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klys (maker of Silmarils)  Aug 24, 2016 • 4:16:11pm
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Ziggy_TARDIS  Aug 24, 2016 • 4:17:32pm

re: #55 Shiplord Kirel

That seems like a 10 hour trip, depending on the motorboat.

The dipshits were lucky they didn’t get sunk.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Aug 24, 2016 • 4:17:33pm

multi-vortex in Ohio:

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whitebeach  Aug 24, 2016 • 4:19:20pm

re: #53 GlutenFreeJesus

That new planet we found. Check out all the numbers and math in the article. If we sent a New Horizons probe, it would take 78,000 years to reach it.

Unless you hit rush-hour traffic.

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Decatur Deb  Aug 24, 2016 • 4:20:39pm

re: #61 klys (maker of Silmarils)

Yes, very good. It means they’re fast and aware.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Aug 24, 2016 • 4:20:41pm
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Charles Johnson  Aug 24, 2016 • 4:20:43pm
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wrenchwench  Aug 24, 2016 • 4:26:24pm

A tiny excerpt:

[…]

So he took 75 rats and divided them into five groups. One group hung proud and free. The second group got pure polyester pants (hopefully in a variety of delightful paisley patterns). The third group got a 50/50 blend of polyester and cotton, the fourth got cotton, and the fifth, long-suffering group of rats got 100% wool. The rats wore the pants for 6-12 months

[…]

You could go RTWT…

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Big Beautiful Door  Aug 24, 2016 • 4:26:54pm

re: #53 GlutenFreeJesus

That new planet we found. Check out all the numbers and math in the article. If we sent a New Horizons probe, it would take 78,000 years to reach it. One year there is 11 days here.

Oops. Forgot the link.

nbcnews.com

I was reading on wikipedia about various proposals for interstellar spacecraft, some of which could theoretically achieve speeds allowing them to arrive there in a few decades. So if all goes well, maybe some of the younger lizards will live long enough to see a space probe reach this planet.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Aug 24, 2016 • 4:29:17pm

hahahahahahaahahahaaaaa

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Teukka  Aug 24, 2016 • 4:29:41pm

re: #69 Big Beautiful Door

I was reading on wikipedia about various proposals for interstellar spacecraft, some of which could theoretically achieve speeds allowing them to arrive there in a few decades. So if all goes well, maybe some of the younger lizards will live long enough to see a space probe reach this planet.

My hopes is for a breakthrough in field propulsion which allows near-c travel.

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Decatur Deb  Aug 24, 2016 • 4:32:54pm

re: #71 Teukka

My hopes is for a breakthrough in field propulsion which allows near-c travel.

Shouldn’t be too hard—just get pretty close, then vent your life support breatheables , cut your pressure suit glove, or just fire a Halon fire extinguisher.

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teleskiguy  Aug 24, 2016 • 4:34:13pm

re: #42 Ziggy_TARDIS

Pretty sure he was a mistake, and his mother should have aborted him.

Tasteless, and stupid.

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Charles Johnson  Aug 24, 2016 • 4:34:48pm

Woot!

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wheat-dogghazi-mailgate  Aug 24, 2016 • 4:35:17pm

re: #72 Decatur Deb

Shouldn’t be too hard—just get pretty close, then vent your life support breatheables , cut your pressure suit glove, or just fire a Halon fire extinguisher.

And ignore orbital dynamics.

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Skip Intro  Aug 24, 2016 • 4:35:33pm

re: #38 Backwoods_Sleuth

Just so everyone’s clear on this, if Trump gets elected and doesn’t build the wall or do all of the things he’s promised to do it’s 100% on Trump, no one else. Not Congress, not the states, nobody at all but Trump since he’s never said he needed anyone else.

To see all of the hate Trump has unleashed directed at Trump would almost make up for him getting elected.

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ObserverArt  Aug 24, 2016 • 4:36:24pm

re: #21 Skip Intro

Kellyann Conway going on the Maddow show tonight will offer a glimpse into how Trump will act in the debates. I’m guessing that every question Maddow asks Conway will be ignored and turned into an attack on Clinton.

I’m gonna watch to see if Rachel softballs the interview. I do not have high hopes. I’m about down to her show and Lawrence O’Donnell.

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Frankie Five Angels  Aug 24, 2016 • 4:36:28pm

A lot of people are saying that Conway is going to regret going on Maddow tonight. I’m not saying that, but a lot of people are.

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Big Beautiful Door  Aug 24, 2016 • 4:36:36pm

re: #76 Skip Intro

Just so everyone’s clear on this, if Trump gets elected and doesn’t build the wall or do all of the things he’s promised to do it’s 100% on Trump, no one else. Not Congress, not the states, nobody at all but Trump since he’s never said he needed anyone else.

To see all of the hate Trump has unleashed directed at Trump would almost make up for him getting elected.

yeaaah no, it wouldn’t.

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Stanley Sea  Aug 24, 2016 • 4:38:01pm

re: #45 Thanos

ABC news just bit on Trump’s “softening on immigration” lure and played it exactly how he wanted them too.

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Frankie Five Angels  Aug 24, 2016 • 4:38:03pm

$100 to the Clinton Foundation? Sounds good, done.

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Scottishdragon  Aug 24, 2016 • 4:38:53pm

This has been out for awhile, but over at Wonkette...I just ran into the purest fount of sheer batshit insanity courtesy of Jared Taylor at American Renaissance.

Taylor play the sax (badly) and sings (badly) to the tune of We Didn’t Start the Fire.

You have been warned.

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Frankie Five Angels  Aug 24, 2016 • 4:40:15pm
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Backwoods_Sleuth  Aug 24, 2016 • 4:41:03pm
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Bubblehead II  Aug 24, 2016 • 4:41:42pm

Calling it a day Lizards. Disk 2 (and maybe 3) of GoT season five is calling me.

Night.

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Frankie Five Angels  Aug 24, 2016 • 4:43:46pm

LOL

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Big Beautiful Door  Aug 24, 2016 • 4:45:40pm

re: #82 Scottishdragon

This has been out for awhile, but over at Wonkette...I just ran into the purest fount of sheer batshit insanity courtesy of Jared Taylor at American Renaissance.

Taylor play the sax (badly) and sings (badly) to the tune of We Didn’t Start the Fire.

You have been warned.

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Not going to listen; listening to Taylor leaves me feeling like I need a shower to wash the slime off.

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Stanley Sea  Aug 24, 2016 • 4:46:08pm

re: #56 Charles Johnson

He’s totally fucking clueless, making it up as he goes along.

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No one asks him about how he was going to stop payments to Mexico via Western Union.

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wrenchwench  Aug 24, 2016 • 4:46:36pm

[…]

The celebrity billionaire’s hard-line rhetoric on illegal immigration helped propel him to the Republican presidential nomination, but he is now saying he is open to “softening” his stance. The planned Phoenix speech would offer him an opportunity to explain his shift on the issue, which appears to have contributed to his poor showing in the polls.

[…]

I read that as ‘explain his shit on the issue’.

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Charles Johnson  Aug 24, 2016 • 4:47:36pm

re: #82 Scottishdragon

This has been out for awhile, but over at Wonkette...I just ran into the purest fount of sheer batshit insanity courtesy of Jared Taylor at American Renaissance.

Taylor play the sax (badly) and sings (badly) to the tune of We Didn’t Start the Fire.

You have been warned.

[Embedded content]

Yikes.

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GlutenFreeJesus  Aug 24, 2016 • 4:48:06pm

re: #69 Big Beautiful Door

Imagine how long the tubes will be!

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Charles Johnson  Aug 24, 2016 • 4:48:54pm

If you watch that video, make sure to go into your YouTube history and delete it or you’ll start getting all kinds of suggestions from YouTube for other white supremacist videos.

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Skip Intro  Aug 24, 2016 • 4:49:19pm

re: #89 wrenchwench

Trump’s “immigration speech” will boil down to “I’ll be a hell of a lot tougher than Crooked Hillary, believe me.”

It might take him an hour to read it, but that will be the essence of it.

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teleskiguy  Aug 24, 2016 • 4:49:57pm
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No Country For Old Haters  Aug 24, 2016 • 4:50:31pm

re: #86 Frankie Five Angels

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wrenchwench  Aug 24, 2016 • 4:51:11pm

re: #94 teleskiguy

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Welcome, hatchling.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Aug 24, 2016 • 4:52:24pm

Canada had a tornado today, too!

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Charles Johnson  Aug 24, 2016 • 4:53:05pm

Woot!

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stpaulbear  Aug 24, 2016 • 4:53:38pm

re: #38 Backwoods_Sleuth

Trump is going to soil his pants if he starts getting threats from outraged bigots about walking back his deportation promises. He’ll quit having rallies.

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GlutenFreeJesus  Aug 24, 2016 • 4:55:47pm

re: #94 teleskiguy

Oh look. A Squirtle!

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thedopefishlives  Aug 24, 2016 • 4:56:26pm

Just got a video from the fishfolk of the S Kokomo tornado sweeping through a golf course less than 2 miles from the house. I suppose, after literally watching one hit their town when they were kids, they really don’t have any fear anymore.

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The Vicious Babushka  Aug 24, 2016 • 4:57:39pm

re: #97 Backwoods_Sleuth

Canada had a tornado today, too!

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GlutenFreeJesus  Aug 24, 2016 • 4:57:55pm

re: #101 thedopefishlives

Too close for comfort. Glad they’re safe.

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Thanos  Aug 24, 2016 • 4:59:06pm

re: #90 Charles Johnson

Yikes.

Watched that earlier at Hullabaloo, thought it was a parody then discovered it was in earnest… The nice thing about the video is that it names and pictures most major alt-right and white supremacist figures in this country, so I’m going to D/L for future reference.

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The Vicious Babushka  Aug 24, 2016 • 4:59:20pm

No, Whipsies, you are.

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ObserverArt  Aug 24, 2016 • 4:59:33pm

I’ve been pretty busy all day and have just caught up a bit with the ‘news’ and it seems it has all been Clinton Foundation and what it looks like.

No facts. Just how it looks.

Really. Looks can be totally subjective. Am I to trust some idiot on TV to tell me what he thinks (or, he is told to say) it looks like?

I’ve heard idiots say if Bill is going to drop out and he and Hillary ‘park’ the foundation if she becomes president then why didn’t they do that back in 2008.

Well golly, lets go on the way back machine and ask them that then.

I now know why we got better news when we had three major networks that had 6 half-hour national news shows a week and on Sunday one politics show. They didn’t have the time to do anything but get to the meat of any story and report it.

Now…networks with 24 hours to fill. And fill it they do…with total bull.

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CuriousLurker  Aug 24, 2016 • 5:01:36pm

re: #24 Stanley Sea

Read all the points

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Good thread. I just created a Storify account to keep up with tweet storms like that. Here’s the thread for that one: storify.com

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Scottishdragon  Aug 24, 2016 • 5:02:18pm

re: #92 Charles Johnson

If you watch that video, make sure to go into your YouTube history and delete it or you’ll start getting all kinds of suggestions from YouTube for other white supremacist videos.

Thanks for the cleaning suggestion!

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The Dude Abides  Aug 24, 2016 • 5:05:49pm

re: #102 The Vicious Babushka

Canada had a tornado today, too!

I would imagine it was a more polite one than the one in Indiana.

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boredtechindenver  Aug 24, 2016 • 5:11:45pm

re: #73 teleskiguy

Tasteless, and stupid.

PLL, he is right. Let me introduce you to Sadly, No. Unfortunately, they no longer post as much, but they do appreciate tasteless, but you will have to work on your snark fu.

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HappyWarrior  Aug 24, 2016 • 5:11:56pm

re: #99 stpaulbear

Trump is going to soil his pants if he starts getting threats from outraged bigots about walking back his deportation promises. He’ll quit having rallies.

I can’t wait for them to turn on him. Coulter is already worried. He’s running scared.

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HappyWarrior  Aug 24, 2016 • 5:12:48pm

re: #105 The Vicious Babushka

No, Whipsies, you are.

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I wish he would just go ahead and endorse Trump already and stop being a fucking pansy about it.

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gwangung  Aug 24, 2016 • 5:13:02pm

re: #48 No Country For Old Haters

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These bozos wouldn’t know a 990 from a 1040c.

Also, the Clinton Foundation comes well rated by Guidestar, one of the top tools used by non-profits across the country to investigate donors and foundations.

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Charles Johnson  Aug 24, 2016 • 5:14:50pm
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The Dude Abides  Aug 24, 2016 • 5:14:58pm

re: #111 HappyWarrior

I can’t wait for them to turn on him. Coulter is already worried. He’s running scared.

Darkness washed over the Cheeto. Darker’n a black steer’s toochus on a moonless prairie night. There was no bottom.

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Brian J.  Aug 24, 2016 • 5:15:55pm

re: #89 wrenchwench

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I read that as ‘explain his shit on the issue’.

Three to one it’ll be canceled before then, one way or another. He’s been threatening, I mean… yeah, threatening, to give this speech for months. Right there with Bernie’s Foreign Policy Speech, Bernie Trump’s and Donald Sanders’ Tax Returns, and world peace on lists of “things that will happen soon.”

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HappyWarrior  Aug 24, 2016 • 5:16:11pm

Trump’s flopping on immigration isn’t going to work no matter much Ailes thinks it will. Immigrant voters and their families aren’t going to forget about how he’s relied on scapegoating them to his crowds and to his votes. I’m hoping there’s a double backlash where he’s seen as even more repulsive by these communities and the white supremacists start to see him as the fake asshole he is.

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HappyWarrior  Aug 24, 2016 • 5:17:38pm

I like how Trump is spinning this as him “evolving” on immigration. No evolution is a process. Trump is running scared to knowing that being a nativist bigor isn’t a winning strategy for winning a general election.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Aug 24, 2016 • 5:18:01pm
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Charles Johnson  Aug 24, 2016 • 5:18:25pm

Trump is ranting again in Mississippi, but I don’t think I can watch another one of these fucked up speeches right now.

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Brian J.  Aug 24, 2016 • 5:18:40pm

re: #118 HappyWarrior

I like how Trump is spinning this as him “evolving” on immigration. No evolution is a process. Trump is running scared to knowing that being a nativist bigor isn’t a winning strategy for winning a general election.

To quote Chuck Sonnenburg of SF Debris, “Individuals do not evolve! WE ARE NOT POKEMON!”

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Decatur Deb  Aug 24, 2016 • 5:19:03pm

“Did I say ‘wall’? No, I said ‘Walmart’. We’re going to build a Super Walmart in Nuevo Laredo, and make the Mexicans shop there. It’ll be Yuugo.”

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Aug 24, 2016 • 5:20:04pm
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Backwoods_Sleuth  Aug 24, 2016 • 5:21:19pm
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stpaulbear  Aug 24, 2016 • 5:22:14pm

re: #119 Backwoods_Sleuth

Why the heck is Trump even talking about Brexit? His supporters are clueless and it doesn’t do him any good.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Aug 24, 2016 • 5:22:38pm
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HappyWarrior  Aug 24, 2016 • 5:22:42pm

re: #123 Backwoods_Sleuth

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That alone is why no one should take Trump as pulling a “I can change, I swear it” on immigration but I’m sure the media being the media will make Farange out to be “colorful” and a “maverick” rather than the nativisit piece of shit he is.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Aug 24, 2016 • 5:23:01pm

re: #125 stpaulbear

Why the heck is Trump even talking about Brexit? His supporters are clueless and it doesn’t do him any good.

something, something, immigration, something, something.

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HappyWarrior  Aug 24, 2016 • 5:23:04pm

re: #124 Backwoods_Sleuth

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Hey, it’s hard for him. //

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Decatur Deb  Aug 24, 2016 • 5:23:23pm

re: #125 stpaulbear

Why the heck is Trump even talking about Brexit? His supporters are clueless and it doesn’t do him any good.

Sounds sophisticated. Always gotta mystify the rubes a little.

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HappyWarrior  Aug 24, 2016 • 5:23:28pm

re: #125 stpaulbear

Why the heck is Trump even talking about Brexit? His supporters are clueless and it doesn’t do him any good.

I honestly have no idea.

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stpaulbear  Aug 24, 2016 • 5:23:37pm

re: #126 Backwoods_Sleuth

So @realDonaldTrump goes to Jackson, Miss., a city that is 80% Black, gives a speech talking about Black folks, but doesn’t meet w/Blacks.

That would be pandering.

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Barefoot Grin  Aug 24, 2016 • 5:24:19pm

re: #94 teleskiguy

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Mamas, don’t let yer babies grow to be McConnells….

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Brian J.  Aug 24, 2016 • 5:24:21pm

re: #127 HappyWarrior

That alone is why no one should take Trump as pulling a “I can change, I swear it” on immigration but I’m sure the media being the media will make Farange out to be “colorful” and a “maverick” rather than the nativist piece of shit he is.

And a seven-time loser in running for Parliament, which is six more chances to stand for office than Trumpy Dumpy is likely to get, who’s now quit as leader of his party three different times.

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Skip Intro  Aug 24, 2016 • 5:25:01pm

re: #125 stpaulbear

Why the heck is Trump even talking about Brexit? His supporters are clueless and it doesn’t do him any good.

Trump’s Razor always applies:

According to Trump’s Razor: “ascertain the stupidest possible scenario that can be reconciled with the available facts” and that answer is likely correct.

talkingpointsmemo.com

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Aug 24, 2016 • 5:25:11pm
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HappyWarrior  Aug 24, 2016 • 5:25:23pm

re: #121 Brian J.

To quote Chuck Sonnenburg of SF Debris, “Individuals do not evolve! WE ARE NOT POKEMON!”

Heh I like that. Honestly, I do believe human beings are capable of change but it’s as I said a process. What Trump is attempting to do on immigration is a man who sees he’s the GOP’s Goldwater for Latino voters and is running scared because even he knows he can’t win with angry whites alone.

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whitebeach  Aug 24, 2016 • 5:25:43pm

re: #125 stpaulbear

Why the heck is Trump even talking about Brexit? His supporters are clueless and it doesn’t do him any good.

Don’t you remember? He said it was about the Scots taking their country back.

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No Country For Old Haters  Aug 24, 2016 • 5:25:48pm

re: #105 The Vicious Babushka

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Aug 24, 2016 • 5:25:57pm
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Barefoot Grin  Aug 24, 2016 • 5:26:46pm

re: #126 Backwoods_Sleuth

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Charles Johnson  Aug 24, 2016 • 5:26:48pm
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Brian J.  Aug 24, 2016 • 5:27:09pm

re: #138 whitebeach

Don’t you remember? He said it was about the Scots taking their country back.

The Scots, as they colorfully reminded him at the time, overwhelmingly oppose Brexit.

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The Vicious Babushka  Aug 24, 2016 • 5:28:06pm
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Decatur Deb  Aug 24, 2016 • 5:28:07pm

re: #142 Charles Johnson

In a moment of weakness I opened the YouTube live stream, and there’s UKIP nativist bigot Nigel Farage ranting while Trump beams. Fuck.

Close as Trump is ever going to get to a summit meeting.

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HappyWarrior  Aug 24, 2016 • 5:29:29pm

re: #144 The Vicious Babushka

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Funny given this person fucking supports Trump. Honestly, I’ll take what people who actually investigate charities for a living have to say about the Clinton Foundation rather than some wingnut dipshit who hates the Clinton Foundation simply because of its name.

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Skip Intro  Aug 24, 2016 • 5:29:42pm

re: #145 Decatur Deb

Trump must be polishing up his foreign policy credentials.

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Big Beautiful Door  Aug 24, 2016 • 5:29:45pm

re: #120 Charles Johnson

Trump is ranting again in Mississippi, but I don’t think I can watch another one of these fucked up speeches right now.

Love the locations he is choosing to have his rallies. As though he could lose Mississippi.

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Decatur Deb  Aug 24, 2016 • 5:30:18pm

re: #147 Skip Intro

Trump must be polishing up his foreign policy credentials.

His hair is insured by Lloyds of London.

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HappyWarrior  Aug 24, 2016 • 5:30:22pm

re: #145 Decatur Deb

Close as Trump is ever going to get to a summit meeting.

Maybe him, Farrange, Marine LePen, and Geert can meet together to cry about the state of affairs after the election.

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Skip Intro  Aug 24, 2016 • 5:30:56pm

re: #148 Big Beautiful Door

Has he been to Alaska yet? He and Moose Girl could do a twosome.

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HappyWarrior  Aug 24, 2016 • 5:31:16pm

re: #148 Big Beautiful Door

Love the locations he is choosing to have his rallies. As though he could lose Mississippi.

He’s been so odd with those. Sometimes they make sense like having them in Pennsylvania but other times they’re in states that are either very reliably Republican or Democratic.

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The Vicious Babushka  Aug 24, 2016 • 5:31:51pm

Oh look, this thing sends me a link to David “Butthurt JillShill” Sirota

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No Country For Old Haters  Aug 24, 2016 • 5:32:02pm

re: #144 The Vicious Babushka

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The Vicious Babushka  Aug 24, 2016 • 5:32:09pm
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Blind Frog Belly White  Aug 24, 2016 • 5:32:32pm

re: #150 HappyWarrior

Maybe him, Farrange, Marine LePen, and Geert can meet together to cry about the state of affairs after the election.

Oh, to be a malaria-infected mosquito on the wall at THAT meeting!

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HappyWarrior  Aug 24, 2016 • 5:33:02pm

re: #156 Blind Frog Belly White

Oh, to be a malaria-infected mosquito on the wall at THAT meeting!

They can bring the other Eurofascist rejects along too.

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The Vicious Babushka  Aug 24, 2016 • 5:33:28pm

I looked at Mr. Garvey’s timeline. He’s a Canadian who hates PM Trudeau the way wingnuts here hate Obama. It must suck to be him.

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BeachDem  Aug 24, 2016 • 5:33:28pm

re: #123 Backwoods_Sleuth

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But I thought spokesmodel, Hope Hicks, said Trump didn’t know Farange and that he wouldn’t be at the speech? I haz a confused.

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PhillyPretzel  Aug 24, 2016 • 5:33:32pm

re: #156 Blind Frog Belly White

Zitka infected.

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Ziggy_TARDIS  Aug 24, 2016 • 5:33:44pm

re: #110 boredtechindenver

Yeah, I know he is.

Just venting frustrations.

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Blind Frog Belly White  Aug 24, 2016 • 5:34:07pm

re: #157 HappyWarrior

They can bring the other Eurofascist rejects along too.

Can we get Pam Geller and Ann Coulter in there, too? Poor mosquito, though - so much poison in their systems!

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Decatur Deb  Aug 24, 2016 • 5:34:29pm

re: #159 BeachDem

But I thought spokesmodel, Hope Hicks, said Trump didn’t know Farange and that he wouldn’t be at the speech? I haz a confused.

Not as confused as his campaign staff.

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Blind Frog Belly White  Aug 24, 2016 • 5:35:01pm

re: #160 Split Ticket

Zitka infected.

Nah. Their brains are already shrunken.

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The Vicious Babushka  Aug 24, 2016 • 5:35:10pm
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Varek Raith  Aug 24, 2016 • 5:35:19pm

Hate to burst the Media’s bubble (NOT!) but Proxima Centauri is a flare star.

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Skip Intro  Aug 24, 2016 • 5:35:36pm

Still waiting for this to happen.

Trump promises press conference on Melania’s immigration story

I expect we’ll see his taxes first.

thehill.com

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Charles Johnson  Aug 24, 2016 • 5:36:06pm
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ObserverArt  Aug 24, 2016 • 5:36:18pm

re: #125 stpaulbear

Why the heck is Trump even talking about Brexit? His supporters are clueless and it doesn’t do him any good.

I think we are now in the Magic part of The Donald Trump Show™.

This is the part where he pulls rabbits out of his hat.

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Barefoot Grin  Aug 24, 2016 • 5:36:22pm

re: #166 Varek Raith

Hate to burst the Media’s bubble (NOT!) but Proxima Centauri is a flare star.

So it’s a cry for help?

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Blind Frog Belly White  Aug 24, 2016 • 5:36:42pm

re: #166 Varek Raith

Hate to burst the Media’s bubble (NOT!) but Proxima Centauri is a flare star.

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Big Beautiful Door  Aug 24, 2016 • 5:36:59pm

re: #152 HappyWarrior

He’s been so odd with those. Sometimes they make sense like having them in Pennsylvania but other times they’re in states that are either very reliably Republican or Democratic.

I do love how Trump is driving Republicans crazy with his performance art version of a campaign while many downticket Republicans are in danger of losing their seats.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Aug 24, 2016 • 5:37:31pm
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ObserverArt  Aug 24, 2016 • 5:37:42pm

re: #126 Backwoods_Sleuth

rolandsmartin ✔ @rolandsmartin
So @realDonaldTrump goes to Jackson, Miss., a city that is 80% Black, gives a speech talking about Black folks, but doesn’t meet w/Blacks.
8:02 PM - 24 Aug 2016
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He probably thought in a city with that large a Black population he would have Huuuuge numbers in his audience.

Oops.

Earth to Donald. This is a sign.

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Skip Intro  Aug 24, 2016 • 5:37:44pm

re: #166 Varek Raith

Hate to burst the Media’s bubble (NOT!) but Proxima Centauri is a flare star.

Is that the one that’s only 4.2 light years away? I understand that Trump Starships is taking deposits for flights that will depart sometime. Believe me.

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Charles Johnson  Aug 24, 2016 • 5:37:58pm
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HappyWarrior  Aug 24, 2016 • 5:38:13pm

re: #172 Big Beautiful Door

I do love how Trump is driving Republicans crazy with his performance art version of a campaign while many downticket Republicans are in danger of losing their seats.

They deserve to go down with him. I’m hoping that Ohio’s voters don’t let Rob Portman get away with it. He seems to be one of the few in a key electoral state bucking the trend.

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Brian J.  Aug 24, 2016 • 5:38:25pm

re: #126 Backwoods_Sleuth

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Hinds County, MS, has shifted its political allegiance very quickly in recent years. George HW Bush carried it against Bill Clinton 47-45%, but Obama routed Romney 71-28%.

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Blind Frog Belly White  Aug 24, 2016 • 5:38:39pm

re: #173 Backwoods_Sleuth

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HEY, LOOK! THERE’S A BLA…

No, wait - he’s just in shadow. Nevermind.

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gwangung  Aug 24, 2016 • 5:39:06pm

re: #168 Charles Johnson

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“Opaque” is a right wing code word.

In real life, it means set up in a way that Charity Navigator doesn’t want to deal with. (Note that in 2014 and earlier years, Charity Navigator gave it an A grade…hm…weren’t those the years Clinton was in office?)

(Also, again note that Charity Watch and Guidestar, the other charity watchdogs, give the Clinton Foundation good marks).

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Blind Frog Belly White  Aug 24, 2016 • 5:39:21pm

re: #174 ObserverArt

He probably thought in a city with that large a Black population he would have Huuuuge numbers in his audience.

Oops.

Earth to Donald. This is a sign.

Black people are his undercover voters?

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Charles Johnson  Aug 24, 2016 • 5:39:22pm

Something that amazes me about Trump - he does two of these unhinged rants almost every day, screaming and shouting like a lunatic, and never seems to lose his voice.

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PhillyPretzel  Aug 24, 2016 • 5:39:42pm

re: #176 Charles Johnson

As I said months ago, He is a snake oil salesman.

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Blind Frog Belly White  Aug 24, 2016 • 5:39:57pm

re: #176 Charles Johnson

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That and ‘To be honest’.

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HappyWarrior  Aug 24, 2016 • 5:40:24pm

re: #178 Brian J.

Hinds County, MS, has shifted its political allegiance very quickly in recent years. George HW Bush carried it against Bill Clinton 47-45%, but Obama routed Romney 71-28%.

That’s interesting. The county of my birth too was one that Clinton lost to Dole and H.W Bush but is now reliably Democratic. Any reason for Hinds trend that you know of? Fairfax can be explained by the increasing diversity but also more educated voters as a whole there in recent years as well as the GOP’s drift to the right on social issues.

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Blind Frog Belly White  Aug 24, 2016 • 5:41:19pm

re: #182 Charles Johnson

Something that amazes me about Trump - he does two of these unhinged rants almost every day, screaming and shouting like a lunatic, and never seems to lose his voice.

He’s been ranting insanely his whole life. He’s built up the muscles.

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bratwurst  Aug 24, 2016 • 5:41:20pm

Sadly, Milo’s banning didn’t end coordinated racist/misogynistic attacks on Twitter.

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Ziggy_TARDIS  Aug 24, 2016 • 5:41:31pm

Apparently, some in France I trying to stop the pictures from their bigotry. The bigots don’t like being in the light.

So, does this mean France doesn’t like Freedom of Speech?

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Aug 24, 2016 • 5:41:46pm

I think they all look bored and their feet probably hurt.

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Varek Raith  Aug 24, 2016 • 5:42:03pm

re: #175 Skip Intro

Is that the one that’s only 4.2 light years away? I understand that Trump Starships is taking deposits for flights that will depart sometime. Believe me.

Yep.
It’s funny seeing articles asking, “Could there be life on that planet?”

Flare stars a prone to huge bursts of, you guessed it, flares. With extreme radiation and all that good stuff for life. That planet is more sterile than an OR room could ever dream of being.

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No Country For Old Haters  Aug 24, 2016 • 5:42:24pm

re: #165 The Vicious Babushka

I really hope they’re wrong and most Americans aren’t either hidden or open bigots.

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HappyWarrior  Aug 24, 2016 • 5:42:34pm

re: #187 bratwurst

Sadly, Milo’s banning didn’t end coordinated racist/misogynistic attacks on Twitter.

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Milo truly is an awful piece of work isn’t he? Must suck be so miserable that you have to destroy other people because you’re a miserable bastard like that.

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Decatur Deb  Aug 24, 2016 • 5:43:16pm

re: #185 HappyWarrior

That’s interesting. The county of my birth too was one that Clinton lost to Dole and H.W Bush but is now reliably Democratic. Any reason for Hinds trend that you know of? Fairfax can be explained by the increasing diversity but also more educated voters as a whole there in recent years as well as the GOP’s drift to the right on social issues.

Jackson is a college-heavy town. Wife survived a semester at Milsaps.

collegesimply.com

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Aug 24, 2016 • 5:44:02pm
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Blind Frog Belly White  Aug 24, 2016 • 5:44:24pm

re: #193 Decatur Deb

Jackson is a college-heavy town. Wife survived a semester at Milsaps.

collegesimply.com

What do colleges imply?

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HappyWarrior  Aug 24, 2016 • 5:44:27pm

re: #193 Decatur Deb

Jackson is a college-heavy town. Wife survived a semester at Milsaps.

collegesimply.com

That makes sense.

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HappyWarrior  Aug 24, 2016 • 5:44:54pm

re: #195 Blind Frog Belly White

What do colleges imply?

More educated voters is usually a boon for the good guys.

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Skip Intro  Aug 24, 2016 • 5:45:00pm

re: #192 HappyWarrior

Milo truly is an awful piece of work isn’t he? Must suck be so miserable that you have to destroy other people because you’re a miserable bastard like that.

There seems to be a generational thing, starting with Breitbart, Peter Thiel, and all the little Breitbarts like Milo and Rage.

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Blind Frog Belly White  Aug 24, 2016 • 5:45:05pm

re: #194 Backwoods_Sleuth

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“I don’t even see them as votes! I see them as an OBSTACLE to overcome to GET votes!”

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Decatur Deb  Aug 24, 2016 • 5:45:40pm

re: #195 Blind Frog Belly White

What do colleges imply?

A chance for HRC voters.

And under-age drinking at Max-by-the-Tracks.

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Lancelot Link  Aug 24, 2016 • 5:46:15pm

re: #142 Charles Johnson

I imagine Farage is giving a speech about how you just can’t trust foreigners….

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HappyWarrior  Aug 24, 2016 • 5:46:19pm

re: #194 Backwoods_Sleuth

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Nice projection there, Mr. I refer to my black supporters as “My African Americans.”

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Blind Frog Belly White  Aug 24, 2016 • 5:46:23pm

re: #197 HappyWarrior

More educated voters is usually a boon for the good guys.

(I was having fun with re-parsing collegesimply - College Simply, or Colleges Imply)

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Brian J.  Aug 24, 2016 • 5:46:27pm

re: #185 HappyWarrior

That’s interesting. The county of my birth too was one that Clinton lost to Dole and H.W Bush but is now reliably Democratic. Any reason for Hinds trend that you know of? Fairfax can be explained by the increasing diversity but also more educated voters as a whole there in recent years as well as the GOP’s drift to the right on social issues.

You can probably guess a major one- Hinds County is more than 70% black today according to the Census Bureau. That’s up from 61% in 2000 and 51% in 1990. White flight has hit Jackson hard.

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BeachDem  Aug 24, 2016 • 5:47:00pm

re: #194 Backwoods_Sleuth

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And Trump, as evidenced by his audience, doesn’t see them at all.

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TedStriker  Aug 24, 2016 • 5:47:08pm

re: #156 Blind Frog Belly White

Oh, to be a malaria Zika-infected mosquito on the wall at THAT meeting!

FTFY…

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ObserverArt  Aug 24, 2016 • 5:47:48pm

re: #177 HappyWarrior

They deserve to go down with him. I’m hoping that Ohio’s voters don’t let Rob Portman get away with it. He seems to be one of the few in a key electoral state bucking the trend.

It’s gonna be tough. Ted Strickland just isn’t the right candidate in my opinion. He got damaged by being the governor when the economy hit the skids and took a beating on it by Kasich. That is all being used against him in the run for Senate.

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No Country For Old Haters  Aug 24, 2016 • 5:48:06pm

re: #186 Blind Frog Belly White

He’s been ranting insanely his whole life. He’s built up the muscles.

Exactly. This born-on-third-base, entitled, dickhead has been ranting and stressing everyone around him for his whole life.

Why does anyone like Trump? We’ve all dealt with people like him.

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lawhawk  Aug 24, 2016 • 5:48:08pm

Hooked a live one…

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HappyWarrior  Aug 24, 2016 • 5:48:28pm

re: #198 Skip Intro

There seems to be a generational thing, starting with Breitbart, Peter Thiel, and all the little Breitbarts like Milo and Rage.

I think Andy and Thiel are/were more Gen-X while Milo and Rage are more my generation-Gen Y. But there’s definitely something to be said about the younger wingnuts like Milo and Rage. They just seem like miserable people.

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PhillyPretzel  Aug 24, 2016 • 5:48:33pm

re: #206 TedStriker

Please check my #160.

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HappyWarrior  Aug 24, 2016 • 5:48:52pm

re: #203 Blind Frog Belly White

(I was having fun with re-parsing collegesimply - College Simply, or Colleges Imply)

Ah my bad.

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HappyWarrior  Aug 24, 2016 • 5:49:58pm

re: #204 Brian J.

You can probably guess a major one- Hinds County is more than 70% black today according to the Census Bureau. That’s up from 61% in 2000 and 51% in 1990. White flight has hit Jackson hard.

Oh, that would make sense too then.

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bratwurst  Aug 24, 2016 • 5:50:03pm

re: #209 lawhawk

Hooked a live one…

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That guy must be one of the very few Canadian right wingers who has never posted here!

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Blind Frog Belly White  Aug 24, 2016 • 5:50:21pm

re: #206 TedStriker

FTFY…

Malaria’s worse. Dengue’s also pretty bad.

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BeachDem  Aug 24, 2016 • 5:50:26pm

re: #207 ObserverArt

It’s gonna be tough. Ted Strickland just isn’t the right candidate in my opinion. He got damaged by being the governor when the economy hit the skids and took a beating on it by Kasich. That is all being used against him in the run for Senate.

They could have run “superstar” Nina Turner, if she hadn’t been busy trashing Hillary and Democrats at the time.
//

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Varek Raith  Aug 24, 2016 • 5:50:32pm

re: #209 lawhawk

Hooked a live one…

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Ah, the conservative mind;
“What do I get out of it?”

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HappyWarrior  Aug 24, 2016 • 5:51:24pm

re: #207 ObserverArt

It’s gonna be tough. Ted Strickland just isn’t the right candidate in my opinion. He got damaged by being the governor when the economy hit the skids and took a beating on it by Kasich. That is all being used against him in the run for Senate.

I hear he’s having a hard time raising money too. Who do you think would have been a good candidate to run? I don’t know Ohio politics like you and BeachDem do. I’m sure there are a few good Congressional Dems that could have made promising candidates.

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Interesting Times  Aug 24, 2016 • 5:51:28pm

re: #207 ObserverArt

It’s gonna be tough. Ted Strickland just isn’t the right candidate in my opinion. He got damaged by being the governor when the economy hit the skids and took a beating on it by Kasich. That is all being used against him in the run for Senate.

I’ve been reading the same thing on dKos. It sucks when a less-than-ideal candidate runs in what’s otherwise a winnable race (worst example of this was Martha Coakley in MA, failed candidate for Senate *and* the Governorship.)

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Aug 24, 2016 • 5:51:51pm
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Decatur Deb  Aug 24, 2016 • 5:51:59pm

re: #217 Varek Raith

Ah, the conservative mind;
“What do I get out of it?”

He gets his name on a rock, just like everybody else.

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Blind Frog Belly White  Aug 24, 2016 • 5:52:02pm

re: #209 lawhawk

Hooked a live one…

I call BS: no one gives millions without something substantial in return

Not everyone is as awful as Trump.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Aug 24, 2016 • 5:53:09pm

heh

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Blind Frog Belly White  Aug 24, 2016 • 5:53:16pm

re: #221 Decatur Deb

He gets his name on a rock, just like everybody else.

As long as that doesn’t work like having your name on a bullet…..

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Varek Raith  Aug 24, 2016 • 5:53:23pm

re: #222 Blind Frog Belly White

Not everyone is as awful as Trump.

If I had more money than i knew what to do with, I’d donate it.
Seriously never got why some insist on hoarding insane amounts of money for…Whatevers.

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Brian J.  Aug 24, 2016 • 5:53:32pm

re: #213 HappyWarrior

Oh, that would make sense too then.

I can understand your experience; my mother’s home county was mostly white and gave Nixon 45 percent of the vote in her first election, but now the Republican might not even finish second there (the Bronx), while mine voted for every Democrat until 2000 except McGovern but is now safely Republican (Hot Spring Co., AR).

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b.d.  Aug 24, 2016 • 5:53:35pm

After this speech, I think that Trump will win Mississippi for sure now.

//

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HappyWarrior  Aug 24, 2016 • 5:53:59pm

re: #219 Interesting Times

I’ve been reading the same thing on dKos. It sucks when a less-than-ideal candidate runs in what’s otherwise a winnable race (worst example of this was Martha Coakley in MA, failed candidate for Senate *and* the Governorship.)

What amazes me about Coakley is that the Massachusetts Dems ran her not once but twice. You’d think that a state party that has probably a good array of candidates due to controlling every Congressional district could have done better. I’m interested in seeing what happens here after the election in Virginia. I really think Bobby Scott, our most senior Congress member is going to run for Kaine’s spot. Notice that Bobby introduced Kaine at the DNC and Kaine’s strong relationship with the African-American community. I don’t know how he’d do as a statewide candidate but I’d happily vote for him.

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PhillyPretzel  Aug 24, 2016 • 5:54:03pm

re: #227 b.d.

lol

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Blind Frog Belly White  Aug 24, 2016 • 5:54:07pm

re: #225 Varek Raith

If I had more money than i knew what to do with, I’d donate it.
Seriously never got why some insist on hoarding insane amounts of money for…Whatevers.

Scorekeeping.

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austin_blue  Aug 24, 2016 • 5:54:12pm

So I’m reading the comments and laughing my ass off and the Feline Overlord, sitting on my lap, starts to do the Herp Derp of imminent hairball expectoration. Got her out just in time.

She did look embarrassed for all of two seconds. Just mentioned in passing…

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Brian J.  Aug 24, 2016 • 5:55:04pm

re: #224 Blind Frog Belly White

As long as that doesn’t work like having your name on a bullet…..

It’s the ones labeled “To Whom It May Concern” you need to worry about.

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HappyWarrior  Aug 24, 2016 • 5:55:35pm

re: #226 Brian J.

I can understand your experience; my mother’s home county was mostly white and gave Nixon 45 percent of the vote in her first election, but now the Republican might not even finish second there (the Bronx), while mine voted for every Democrat until 2000 except McGovern but is now safely Republican (Hot Spring Co., AR).

It’s been for the better. Such a diverse place. I love the diversity the DC suburbs on both sides of the Potomac offers. It’s just interesting how some counties have done that. And there are some others that still vote the same as they did generations ago.

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Ziggy_TARDIS  Aug 24, 2016 • 5:56:10pm

This is not the first time France has pulled this stunt. They have a history of doing this.

Translation: “Aren’t you pretty? Unveil yourself!”

This poster is from 1958 in Algeria. So, within living memory.

This was also during Algeria’s War of Independence, which was a horrifically bloody affair, with hundreds of thousands dead.

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kirkspencer  Aug 24, 2016 • 5:56:18pm

re: #231 austin_blue

So I’m reading the comments and laughing my ass off and the Feline Overlord, sitting on my lap, starts to do the Herp Derp of imminent hairball expectoration. Got her out just in time.

She did look embarrassed for all of two seconds. Just mentioned in passing…

Well of course she was embarrassed. She missed. :)

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TedStriker  Aug 24, 2016 • 5:56:42pm

re: #225 Varek Raith

If I had more money than i knew what to do with, I’d donate it.
Seriously never got why some insist on hoarding insane amounts of money for…Whatevers.

Because it is proof that they’re “winners”.

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Interesting Times  Aug 24, 2016 • 5:57:03pm

But but but…what do teh donorz get out of it?!?!?!

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Blind Frog Belly White  Aug 24, 2016 • 5:57:15pm

re: #234 Ziggy_TARDIS

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This is not the first time France has pulled this stunt. They have a history of doing this.

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This poster is from 1958 in Algeria. So, within living memory.

This was also during Algeria’s War of Independence, which was a horrifically bloody affair, with hundreds of thousands dead.

“Bigoted? Moi?”

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HappyWarrior  Aug 24, 2016 • 5:57:36pm

re: #237 Interesting Times

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But but but…what do teh donorz get out of it?!?!?!

Just terrible. //

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Barefoot Grin  Aug 24, 2016 • 5:57:40pm

re: #201 Lancelot Link

I imagine Farage is giving a speech about how you just can’t trust foreigners….

It’s like something written by Larry Shue, but not really…

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Skip Intro  Aug 24, 2016 • 5:58:28pm

re: #225 Varek Raith

If I had more money than i knew what to do with, I’d donate it.
Seriously never got why some insist on hoarding insane amounts of money for…Whatevers.

To destroy your enemies is the current flavor of the month.

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Blind Frog Belly White  Aug 24, 2016 • 5:59:54pm

re: #241 Skip Intro

To destroy your enemies level the playing field is the current flavor of the month.

Or so I’m told.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Aug 24, 2016 • 6:01:08pm

Nigel displaying some butthurt:

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Brian J.  Aug 24, 2016 • 6:02:09pm

re: #243 Backwoods_Sleuth

Nigel displaying some butthurt:

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Nigel, you ARE nothing. You’re a member of the European Parliament who almost never does his job, and you’re just resigned as leader of your party… again. Otherwise, you wouldn’t be free to schlep your way to Jackson, Mississippi.

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EPR-radar  Aug 24, 2016 • 6:03:28pm

re: #76 Skip Intro

Just so everyone’s clear on this, if Trump gets elected and doesn’t build the wall or do all of the things he’s promised to do it’s 100% on Trump, no one else. Not Congress, not the states, nobody at all but Trump since he’s never said he needed anyone else.

To see all of the hate Trump has unleashed directed at Trump would almost make up for him getting elected.

No, it wouldn’t be close. Trump getting elected would be a disaster of unimaginable scale, and no possible personal fallout for Trump could mitigate this in the least.

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BeachDem  Aug 24, 2016 • 6:03:37pm

I lasted 45 seconds into the Kellyanne Conway interview on Rachel and then the gag reflex made me change the channel. Counting on you more hardy souls to fill me in later.

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Barefoot Grin  Aug 24, 2016 • 6:03:55pm

re: #243 Backwoods_Sleuth

Nigel displaying some butthurt:

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When if fact you were less than. I’d say that’s at least a modicum of respect.

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gwangung  Aug 24, 2016 • 6:06:17pm

re: #243 Backwoods_Sleuth

Nigel displaying some butthurt:

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Generally, I treat idiots like that, too.

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ObserverArt  Aug 24, 2016 • 6:07:14pm

re: #218 HappyWarrior

I hear he’s having a hard time raising money too. Who do you think would have been a good candidate to run? I don’t know Ohio politics like you and BeachDem do. I’m sure there are a few good Congressional Dems that could have made promising candidates.

Truthfully, Ohio needs to reload on younger politicians. That is true especially on the Democratic side of things.

I’d say Tim Ryan from the North East area of Ohio - Youngstown/Warren…old James Traficant stomping grounds. I don’t know tons about him, but he seems to be popular in his district.

Tim Ryan - Wiki

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Decatur Deb  Aug 24, 2016 • 6:07:19pm

re: #238 Blind Frog Belly White

“Bigoted? Moi?”

Official secularization in France has a bit of a history, esp. in the south:

en.wikipedia.org

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darthstar  Aug 24, 2016 • 6:08:24pm

Hillary was only a few dozen miles from my home today. Trump must be closing in California!!!!11ty1!!

Nah…she’s just here to hit the ATM.

Now she’s in Los Altos Hills with an Apple VP. It happens here. I’m not offended. News cameras showing the line of Teslas waiting for the Valet. Teslas are our new Prius in this part of the world. Hell, I saw one coming home from Sea Ranch today…can barely find diesel on the coast up there - finding a plug in charger? Not so easy…unless you have one pre-installed where you’re going.

BTW, here’s my boy yesterday morning while I was having coffee. It is pretty there.

And these little fucking sea maggots were basically under our windows…love them though…they’re so fun to watch fwapping the crap out of a fish before chomping down…

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Frankie Five Angels  Aug 24, 2016 • 6:08:45pm

Damn it, Rachel.

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Barefoot Grin  Aug 24, 2016 • 6:09:23pm

re: #249 ObserverArt

Truthfully, Ohio needs to reload on younger politicians. That is true especially on the Democratic side of things.

I’d say Tim Ryan from the North East area of Ohio - Youngstown/Warren…old James Traficant stomping grounds. I don’t know tons about him, but he seems to be popular in his district.

Tim Ryan - Wiki

I read a couple of articles about the Steubenville rape case that made headlines a few years ago. It sounds like that area is old-school Democrat machine politics.

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CuriousLurker  Aug 24, 2016 • 6:10:08pm

re: #220 Backwoods_Sleuth

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These people. They need some magic ruby slippers they can put on then close their eyes, tap their heels together three times and repeat: “There’s no place like the Oval Office, there’s no place like the Oval Office, there’s no place like the Oval Office…”

The Wizard of Oz - “There’s No Place Like Home” Magic Spell

Of course when they open their eyes back up they’re probably gonna find HRC sitting at the desk [insert panicky GOPers screaming like little girls, “Water, someone grab a bucket of water, FFS!”], but that’s a whole other story for another day.

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Brian J.  Aug 24, 2016 • 6:11:33pm

re: #251 darthstar

Hillary was only a few dozen miles from my home today. Trump must be closing in California!!!!11ty1!!

Nah…she’s just here to hit the ATM.

Ipsos-Reuters just put out a tracking poll that tries to determine where each of the states stands. While there are a fair few headscratchers- Hillary winning Missouri and Ohio comfortably while nearly tied in Michigan and Wisconsin- you’ll be pleased to learn that they have her with a slim 37-point lead in the Golden State.

reuters.com

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Aug 24, 2016 • 6:11:48pm
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darthstar  Aug 24, 2016 • 6:11:50pm

Okay, this new campaign manager for Trump isn’t any better than bullet-necklace lady…she must be having a hard time getting Rachel to buy her bullshit.

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Skip Intro  Aug 24, 2016 • 6:11:50pm

re: #246 BeachDem

I lasted 45 seconds into the Kellyanne Conway interview on Rachel and then the gag reflex made me change the channel. Counting on you more hardy souls to fill me in later.

Many people are saying that Kellyanne would look like Jan Brewer after another 20,000 cigarettes.

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Kragar  Aug 24, 2016 • 6:12:15pm
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Decatur Deb  Aug 24, 2016 • 6:12:58pm

re: #251 darthstar

Would you like it to be more exciting? We could ship you a couple counties of yahoos.

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Frankie Five Angels  Aug 24, 2016 • 6:13:30pm

re: #258 Skip Intro

Many people are saying that Kellyanne would look like Jan Brewer after another 20,000 cigarettes.

I’m not saying it, but many people are.

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majii  Aug 24, 2016 • 6:14:07pm

re: #243 Backwoods_Sleuth

I guess it has never occurred to Farage that President Obama probably has a very low tolerance for Bullsh*tters like him. For me, the fact that Trump had to invite someone from the U.K. like Farage to bolster his flagging campaign is pitiful, especially with all of the living GOPers in the U.S. he could choose among. Oh, wait, the sane ones are running away from him as fast as their legs will carry them!

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The Vicious Babushka  Aug 24, 2016 • 6:14:10pm

Projecting like an IMAX in outer space

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Frankie Five Angels  Aug 24, 2016 • 6:14:31pm

She really is going to regret going on Rachel’s show. She is so outclassed.

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EPR-radar  Aug 24, 2016 • 6:14:38pm

re: #255 Brian J.

Ipsos-Reuters just put out a tracking poll that tries to determine where each of the states stands. While there are a fair few headscratchers- Hillary winning Missouri and Ohio comfortably while nearly tied in Michigan and Wisconsin- you’ll be pleased to learn that they have her with a slim 37-point lead in the Golden State.

reuters.com

Trump should campaign in CA. //

That seems unlikely, but Trump’s ego may well goad him into a futile effort in NY. That would be very entertaining.

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Decatur Deb  Aug 24, 2016 • 6:14:47pm

re: #256 Backwoods_Sleuth

Trump says we are looking to declare our independence just like the Brits did w Brexit.

Freakn’ stupid thing to say in Mississippi.

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The Vicious Babushka  Aug 24, 2016 • 6:15:09pm
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Frankie Five Angels  Aug 24, 2016 • 6:15:27pm

Kellyanne, you are so full of fucking shit. Just like your boss.

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The Vicious Babushka  Aug 24, 2016 • 6:15:31pm
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darthstar  Aug 24, 2016 • 6:15:32pm

re: #255 Brian J.

Ipsos-Reuters just put out a tracking poll that tries to determine where each of the states stands. While there are a fair few headscratchers- Hillary winning Missouri and Ohio comfortably while nearly tied in Michigan and Wisconsin- you’ll be pleased to learn that they have her with a slim 37-point lead in the Golden State.

reuters.com

I know. That’s why they only come here when they’re trying to beef up their bank balance to spend it on a different state…same goes for federal spending by the way - about 64 cents on a dollar comes back to California so “asshole states” (that’s a partisan thing, nothing against the actual people of red states who have lower taxes and even lower GDPs) can have passable roads or kids who can read above the third grade level.

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unproven innocence  Aug 24, 2016 • 6:15:52pm

re: #114 Charles Johnson

Just had a short convo with a new neighbor, in which I suggested that he avoid the default (built-in) browsers in smart phones, tablets, etc. The problem with many of them is that for rendering of the URL field for display to the user, the code actually *respects* the unix/c null-terminated string convention(s). (Which it should NOT.) That is, if the actual URL of any link that the browser follows contains a zero-byte, a “null”, that will be the cut-off point of what the user can SEE of the actual URL. As security blunders/flaws go, that one’s a doozy.

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Brian J.  Aug 24, 2016 • 6:15:58pm

re: #262 majii

I guess it has never occurred to Farage that President Obama probably has a very low tolerance for Bullsh*tters like him. For me, the fact that Trump had to invite someone from the U.K. like Farage to bolster his flagging campaign is pitiful, especially with all of the living GOPers in the U.S. he could choose among. Oh, wait, the sane ones are running away from him as fast as their legs will carry them!

Of course, most of that crowd have never heard of Farage before and never will again. As for the UK, Nigel’s got himself an approval rating very much like Trump’s.

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Barefoot Grin  Aug 24, 2016 • 6:16:04pm

re: #256 Backwoods_Sleuth

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Hey, you know what backfired in the early ’30s all as a response to the depression all around the world? Tariff barriers. Is that the “independence” he’s talking about?

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Skip Intro  Aug 24, 2016 • 6:16:16pm

re: #257 darthstar

Okay, this new campaign manager for Trump isn’t any better than bullet-necklace lady…she must be having a hard time getting Rachel to buy her bullshit.

Bullet lady hasn’t been around much lately. I guess she reached her bullshit limit for the month.

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Frankie Five Angels  Aug 24, 2016 • 6:16:33pm

The look of confusion on Rachel’s face is just PRICELESS.

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Frankie Five Angels  Aug 24, 2016 • 6:17:07pm

re: #274 Skip Intro

Bullet lady hasn’t been around much lately. I guess she reached her bullshit limit for the month.

She probably got arrested for shoplifting again.

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Brian J.  Aug 24, 2016 • 6:17:17pm

Oh, and it’s a shame that the UK doesn’t get to vote in our election.

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EPR-radar  Aug 24, 2016 • 6:17:24pm

re: #273 Barefoot Grin

Hey, you know what backfired in the early ’30s all as a response to the depression all around the world? Tariff barriers. Is that the “independence” he’s talking about?

Trump is a witless fucking cocksplat, so there’s no point in expecting anything intelligent from him.

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Big Beautiful Door  Aug 24, 2016 • 6:17:37pm

re: #237 Interesting Times

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But but but…what do teh donorz get out of it?!?!?!

For example, Clinton lobbied Russia to give a big plane contract to Boeing, something no other SoS would’ve done, because why would the US Government want Boeing to create good paying jobs in the US manufacturing billions of dollars worth of planes for export?

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darthstar  Aug 24, 2016 • 6:17:56pm

re: #260 Decatur Deb

Would you like it to be more exciting? We could ship you a couple counties of yahoos.

We have “yahooligans” here - though I suspect even yahooligans are getting into their late 30s by now. And if I want to see backward rednecks who think Trump is a valid option, I only need to visit my parents…which I just committed to doing next weekend after six blessed months. Love my parents, but they’re getting old and they watch Fox exclusively. In other words, they’re political retards.

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gwangung  Aug 24, 2016 • 6:18:37pm

re: #263 The Vicious Babushka

Projecting like an IMAX in outer space

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Spoken by, and spoken to, people who’ve never spoken to black people as equals in their lives.

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Decatur Deb  Aug 24, 2016 • 6:19:04pm

re: #273 Barefoot Grin

Hey, you know what backfired in the early ’30s all as a response to the depression all around the world? Tariff barriers. Is that the “independence” he’s talking about?

Doesn’t matter what he says, it’s what the Mississippi audience hears.

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darthstar  Aug 24, 2016 • 6:19:27pm

I love our new kitten, Eartha…and I know she’s happy to have me home after three days away, but if she jumps up and tags me on the nuts again while I’m typing on my laptop I’m going to wring her cute little neck.

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teleskiguy  Aug 24, 2016 • 6:19:50pm

Outreach!

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majii  Aug 24, 2016 • 6:19:56pm

re: #263 The Vicious Babushka

“Projecting like an IMAX in outer space”

Let him keep talking. We’re listening, but we’re not buying it. HRC has never said the things about POC that Trump has said, so if Trump wants to stop calling names and examine the evidence, there’s plenty of it that informs POC exactly what he thinks/believe about us.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Aug 24, 2016 • 6:19:56pm
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Charles Johnson  Aug 24, 2016 • 6:20:14pm
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Brian J.  Aug 24, 2016 • 6:20:48pm

re: #284 teleskiguy

Outreach!

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With a lot of folks disguised as empty seats!

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Blind Frog Belly White  Aug 24, 2016 • 6:20:55pm

re: #251 darthstar

Hillary was only a few dozen miles from my home today. Trump must be closing in California!!!!11ty1!!

Nah…she’s just here to hit the ATM.

[Embedded content]

Now she’s in Los Altos Hills with an Apple VP. It happens here. I’m not offended. News cameras showing the line of Teslas waiting for the Valet. Teslas are our new Prius in this part of the world. Hell, I saw one coming home from Sea Ranch today…can barely find diesel on the coast up there - finding a plug in charger? Not so easy…unless you have one pre-installed where you’re going.

BTW, here’s my boy yesterday morning while I was having coffee. It is pretty there.

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There’s a Supercharger station in Ukiah, and another in Petaluma. And you can charge them from a standard 240V dryer outlet, with the right adapter.

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Skip Intro  Aug 24, 2016 • 6:21:31pm

re: #286 Backwoods_Sleuth

New Team Trump hire?

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Barefoot Grin  Aug 24, 2016 • 6:22:02pm

re: #278 EPR-radar

Trump is a witless fucking cocksplat, so there’s no point in expecting anything intelligent from him.

Oh man, I just learned the term “spatchcock” last year as I started to cook more for the family. “Cocksplat” now makes me think of some of the images we non-dues-paying parasites see each time we log in.

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CuriousLurker  Aug 24, 2016 • 6:22:08pm

So my macro ring light arrived. It’s quite nice—solidly built—but I forgot to take into account the added weight. I already have a battery pack on the camera so I always have two batteries, and the 100mm macro lens is bit of a beast at a little over a 1.25 lbs, now add on the ring flash (which runs on 4 AA batteries) and uuuuughh. I can barely hold it up and certainly not for any length of time. Gonna need the tripod.

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EPR-radar  Aug 24, 2016 • 6:22:17pm

re: #285 majii

“Projecting like an IMAX in outer space”

Let him keep talking. We’re listening, but we’re not buying it. HRC has never said the things about POC that Trump has said, so if Trump wants to stop calling names and examine the evidence, there’s plenty of it that informs POC exactly what he thinks/believe about us.

Trump is a nearly perfect candidate for this challenge: “Don’t tell me what you believe. Show me what you do and I’ll tell you what you believe.”

Applying that standard to Trump has appropriately severe consequences.

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Patricia Kayden  Aug 24, 2016 • 6:22:24pm

re: #146 HappyWarrior

Especially given the shadiness of Trump’s business deals and his refusal to turn over his tax returns. He has something to hide from the public which he expects to vote for him.

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ObserverArt  Aug 24, 2016 • 6:22:31pm

re: #253 Barefoot Grin

I read a couple of articles about the Steubenville rape case that made headlines a few years ago. It sounds like that area is old-school Democrat machine politics.

That may be true. However Ryan’s district is north of Stuebenville. He is in another Democratic stronghold…and an area that Trump seems to have been interested in due to closed steel mills, etc. He has already had rallies in Youngstown and Akron (Just a tad west of Ryan’s district).

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Decatur Deb  Aug 24, 2016 • 6:22:40pm

re: #280 darthstar

We have “yahooligans” here - though I suspect even yahooligans are getting into their late 30s by now. And if I want to see backward rednecks who think Trump is a valid option, I only need to visit my parents…which I just committed to doing next weekend after six blessed months. Love my parents, but they’re getting old and they watch Fox exclusively. In other words, they’re political retards.

That’s truly sad. Wife and I are the capstone for 4 generations, and the kids joke about where we hide the bail money when we go out.

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darthstar  Aug 24, 2016 • 6:22:42pm

re: #283 darthstar

I love our new kitten, Eartha…and I know she’s happy to have me home after three days away, but if she jumps up and tags me on the nuts again while I’m typing on my laptop I’m going to wring her cute little neck.

At least Craig is doing his part to help.


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Skip Intro  Aug 24, 2016 • 6:24:16pm

re: #292 CuriousLurker

You really need a tripod anyway for macro. Focusing hand held just doesn’t work for macro shots.

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Frankie Five Angels  Aug 24, 2016 • 6:25:23pm

The difference in intelligence between these two is just striking.

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Blind Frog Belly White  Aug 24, 2016 • 6:25:25pm

re: #289 Blind Frog Belly White

You can even charge them using a standard 110 outlet. You get 3 miles of range for every hour of charging!

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ObserverArt  Aug 24, 2016 • 6:26:30pm

re: #266 Decatur Deb

Freakn’ stupid thing to say in Mississippi.

Did he have rows of Stars and Bars behind him when he said that?

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Aug 24, 2016 • 6:26:32pm
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BeachDem  Aug 24, 2016 • 6:26:56pm

re: #243 Backwoods_Sleuth

Nigel displaying some butthurt:

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What percentage of his audience do you figure has clue fucking one who Nigel is? I’d wager <20% (and I’m being generous)

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CuriousLurker  Aug 24, 2016 • 6:28:43pm

re: #298 Skip Intro

You really need a tripod anyway for macro. Focusing hand held just doesn’t work for macro shots.

Yeah, I’ve managed to get some decent shots hand-held, but only in bright light with the aperture wide open (or very close to it), which means my depth of field is razor thin.

Meh, it’s gonna take me some time to figure out how to work this thing anyway.

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Decatur Deb  Aug 24, 2016 • 6:29:25pm

re: #302 Backwoods_Sleuth

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“Hey! Mommy’s going viral!!”

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teleskiguy  Aug 24, 2016 • 6:29:43pm

re: #302 Backwoods_Sleuth

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Skip Intro  Aug 24, 2016 • 6:30:06pm

re: #302 Backwoods_Sleuth

“She is? She’s got my vote then”

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darthstar  Aug 24, 2016 • 6:30:11pm

One of my FB friends just won her first local election last year - Board of Supes I believe - she’s got a good seat tonight…about five rows back.

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majii  Aug 24, 2016 • 6:30:25pm

re: #284 teleskiguy

Re:Demographics of Trump’s Jackson, MS crowd.

Seriously, no self-respecting black person I know would attend a Trump rally while already knowing he’d talk down to them. Not one.
[Trump screaming: ”You’re all unemployed, all live in inner cities in America, are all living in poverty, all have multiple kids with multiple fathers, get shot just walking down the street, and you all have no healthcare!”]

If I attended a Trump rally, and he said this, he’d have to call security on me and have me thrown out because I just could not sit there and let him get away with lying like that. I have a serious problem dealing with liars, which is why I try to avoid them.

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The Vicious Babushka  Aug 24, 2016 • 6:30:57pm

Looking at all these white people at the Trump rally made me think of “The Help.” That lady behind Trump is “Two Slice Hilly”

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Skip Intro  Aug 24, 2016 • 6:31:17pm

re: #304 CuriousLurker

You may even need a focusing rail because of the tiny DOF.

Ask me how I know.

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The Vicious Babushka  Aug 24, 2016 • 6:32:24pm

Ugh I turned over a ugly rock

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CuriousLurker  Aug 24, 2016 • 6:32:39pm

re: #311 Skip Intro

You may even need a focusing rail because of the tiny DOF.

Ask me how I know.

Shhhhh! I don’t want to spend any more moneyyyyyy.

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darthstar  Aug 24, 2016 • 6:33:01pm
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HappyWarrior  Aug 24, 2016 • 6:33:14pm

re: #312 The Vicious Babushka

Ugh I turned over a ugly rock

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People like that are exactly why I don’t do Twitter.

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HappyWarrior  Aug 24, 2016 • 6:34:04pm

re: #314 darthstar

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The only thing that can stop a bad waiter with a gun is a good waiter with a gun.

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Decatur Deb  Aug 24, 2016 • 6:34:32pm

re: #314 darthstar

“I said: No substitutions!”

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darthstar  Aug 24, 2016 • 6:35:33pm

re: #314 darthstar

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Okay…so maybe it’s a bad idea to put your waiter in a headlock. Still, that doesn’t excuse firing three shots into the ceiling. Now the customer (even though he too was an asshole) will get an apology and a coupon good for one free meal of equal or lesser value with purchase.

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Decatur Deb  Aug 24, 2016 • 6:37:34pm

re: #318 darthstar

Okay…so maybe it’s a bad idea to put your waiter in a headlock. Still, that doesn’t excuse firing three shots into the ceiling. Now the customer (even though he too was an asshole) will get an apology and a coupon good for one free meal of equal or lesser value with purchase.

Makes me feel bad about undertipping Courtney last week. She was bad, but she wasn’t carrying.

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CuriousLurker  Aug 24, 2016 • 6:39:21pm

re: #314 darthstar

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Video of the guy running around waving the gun & shooting.

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Dave In Austin  Aug 24, 2016 • 6:39:52pm

Help!! For some reason I have to log in on my I phone every time I pick up the site.

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darthstar  Aug 24, 2016 • 6:43:05pm

re: #320 CuriousLurker

Video of the guy running around waving the gun & shooting.

Dear god…If I had to wear that outfit I’d probably start shooting too.

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NoSoapForYou  Aug 24, 2016 • 6:56:49pm

re: #149 Decatur Deb

More likely Floyd’s of Mayberry.

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Great White Snark  Aug 24, 2016 • 7:02:47pm

re: #292 CuriousLurker

So my macro ring light arrived. It’s quite nice—solidly built—but I forgot to take into account the added weight. I already have a battery pack on the camera so I always have two batteries, and the 100mm macro lens is bit of a beast at a little over a 1.25 lbs, now add on the ring flash (which runs on 4 AA batteries) and uuuuughh. I can barely hold it up and certainly not for any length of time. Gonna need the tripod.

It’s the Canon-Barre workout.

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MsJ  Aug 24, 2016 • 7:08:37pm

re: #144 The Vicious Babushka


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