A Fantastic Acoustic Guitar Cover of Coldplay: Daniel Padim: “A Sky Full of Stars”

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Some truly impressive finger-picking and false harmonics in this great video from Brazilian guitarist Daniel Padim. Filmed in São Paulo, Brazil.

Arranged and performed by Daniel Padim.
Guitar Tabs & Mp3s available at danielpadim.com
iTunes: itunes.apple.com

Daniel’s social networks:
Youtube: youtube.com
Facebook: facebook.com
Instagram: @danieltpadim

Daniel uses Novaes guitars and Ernieball strings.
Daniel is managed by Guitanda: guitanda.com

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1
freetoken  Sep 18, 2016 • 11:22:19am

So, apparently, CNN is trying to run with this beaten horse:

Kaine splits with Clinton on some Trump supporters as ‘irredeemable’

Tim Kaine split Sunday with running mate Hillary Clinton over how the Democratic nominee had characterized Donald Trump’s supporters during a fundraising event earlier this month.

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Charles Johnson  Sep 18, 2016 • 11:25:28am

re: #2 The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge

‘Just grateful nobody got hurt’: Gary Johnson clueless 29 people were injured in NYC explosion

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Gary Johnson is giving pot smokers a bad name.

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wrenchwench  Sep 18, 2016 • 11:37:02am

re: #3 Charles Johnson

Gary Johnson is giving pot smokers a bad name.

Those who were hurt must be from Aleppo.

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Teukka  Sep 18, 2016 • 11:37:38am

re: #4 wrenchwench

Those who were hurt must be from Aleppo.

What is Aleppo?
*ducks*

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Charles Johnson  Sep 18, 2016 • 11:38:20am
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Ziggy_TARDIS  Sep 18, 2016 • 11:38:20am

re: #3 Charles Johnson

If Bernstein’s report was correct, Weld might also be wanting to leave Johnson because Johnson is an idiot.

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Barefoot Grin  Sep 18, 2016 • 11:41:49am

Gary Johnson on high alert: a doob with espresso chaser.

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ipsos  Sep 18, 2016 • 11:42:51am

re: #7 Ziggy_TARDIS

If Bernstein’s report was correct, Weld might also be wanting to leave Johnson because Johnson is an idiot.

Bill Weld walk away from a commitment midstream?

Unpossible!

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Charles Johnson  Sep 18, 2016 • 11:44:52am
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Ziggy_TARDIS  Sep 18, 2016 • 11:44:58am

re: #10 ipsos

The tweet:

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BeachDem  Sep 18, 2016 • 11:45:36am

re: #3 Charles Johnson

Gary Johnson is giving pot smokers a bad name.

So, if Weld drops off the ticket, what are the odds that Jim Webb will jump on board with Johnson?

Weld—Webb —only two letters different…and Webb only said he wouldn’t vote for Hillary (he’s such an asshole—and remember, the right-wingers describe him as a “Democratic Icon/Legend”—yeah, sure) but hasn’t totally committed to voting for Trump, so…

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sagehen  Sep 18, 2016 • 11:46:08am

re: #12 Ziggy_TARDIS

The tweet:

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The caveat:

It’s been quite some time since Carl Bernstein was right about anything.

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The Ghost of a Flea  Sep 18, 2016 • 11:46:20am

Questioner: You’’re in a desert walking along in the sand when all of the sudden you look down, and you see a tortoise, it’’s crawling toward you. You reach down, you flip the tortoise over on its back. The tortoise lays on its back, it’s belly baking in the hot sun, beating it’s legs trying to turn itself over, but it can’t, not without your help. But you’re not helping. Why is that?

Donald Trump: How hot is the turtle?

Questioner: What?

Donald Trump: Would I want to fuck the turtle?

Questioner: it’s a desert tortoise, you probably wouldn’t think of it in those terms.

Donald Trump: In the desert? Well, there’d be a huge wall, so I wouldn’t see the turtle.

Questioner: You’re sort of missing the point. You see the tortoise…why are you not helping?

Donald Trump: Well, it’s probably a rapist turtle that hates America. Also, I have lots of better turtles. The best. Very classy. I am great with turtles. I’m going to make them pay for the wall.

Questioner: But this one is on its back. Struggling.

Donald Trump: Unless it’s at least as hot as my daughter I’d yell “the wall just got 10 feet taller” until it went away. I love turtles. All these good people who come to my rallies aren’t there to see me be nice to turtles, though.

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Timothy Watson  Sep 18, 2016 • 11:47:21am

re: #13 BeachDem

So, if Weld drops off the ticket, what are the odds that Jim Webb will jump on board with Johnson?

Weld—Webb —only two letters different…and Webb only said he wouldn’t vote for Hillary (he’s such an asshole—and remember, the right-wingers describe him as a “Democratic Icon/Legend”—yeah, sure) but hasn’t totally committed to voting for Trump, so…

A “Democratic Icon/Legend” that they wouldn’t have hesitated spitting on while he was in the Senate.

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CuriousLurker  Sep 18, 2016 • 11:51:51am

re: #8 Charles Johnson

Whoa if true.

Tumblr User Says He Planted Chelsea Bomb In Protest Of Anti-LGBT Discrimination

I hope it’s not. The LGBT community doesn’t need the added stigma of being labeled terrorists. If true, just like the members of every other minority group get blamed for the actions of a few, they will be broad-brushed & scapegoated.

Edit: Except it will be exponentially worse for them, since they have long been considered “other” and have only recently begun to be accepted by society at large.

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Charles Johnson  Sep 18, 2016 • 11:54:45am

Flickr

I love when I’m looking for one thing, and then find something different.

Here’s my nod to Autumn. I am really looking forward to fall color and the return of sunsets to the Bay Area. There has been so much fog this summer!

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Charles Johnson  Sep 18, 2016 • 11:56:42am
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Great White Snark  Sep 18, 2016 • 11:58:29am

re: #8 Charles Johnson

Whoa if true.

Tumblr User Says He Planted Chelsea Bomb In Protest Of Anti-LGBT Discrimination

re: #17 CuriousLurker

I hope it’s not. The LGBT community doesn’t need the added stigma of being labeled terrorists. If true, just like the members of every other minority group get blamed for the actions of a few, they will be broad-brushed & scapegoated.

Smells of false flag to me. fwiw

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Charles Johnson  Sep 18, 2016 • 11:59:46am
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Eclectic Cyborg  Sep 18, 2016 • 12:00:09pm

If the anti LGBT thing is true that was a very odd choice of target…

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Anymouse  Sep 18, 2016 • 12:00:11pm

re: #7 Ziggy_TARDIS

If Bernstein’s report was correct, Weld might also be wanting to leave Johnson because Johnson is an idiot.

I saw that a writer for Reason Magazine claimed that a reporter said Gov. Weld would consider abandoning his campaign if he thought that his campaign was aiding Donald Trump’s path to victory.

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KingKenrod  Sep 18, 2016 • 12:01:58pm

This is the archived tumblr for the alleged bomber:

web.archive.org

Seems pretty lame to me.

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BeachDem  Sep 18, 2016 • 12:03:20pm

re: #16 Timothy Watson

A “Democratic Icon/Legend” that they wouldn’t have hesitated spitting on while he was in the Senate.

Well, Webb has been a Republican, a Democrat and an Independent, and gets bored pretty easily—his presidential run lasted less than 3 months, so it’s a perfect time for him to jump on Johnson’s bandwagon//

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CuriousLurker  Sep 18, 2016 • 12:03:59pm

re: #20 Great White Snark

Smells of false flag to me. fwiw

I hope it is. I was wondering the same as the alt-right has been promising to set people against each other since at least the summer of 2015. My pinned tweet:

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Anymouse  Sep 18, 2016 • 12:04:16pm

Ah here it is from the last thread:

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Great White Snark  Sep 18, 2016 • 12:05:51pm

re: #26 CuriousLurker

Heh ;-)

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CuriousLurker  Sep 18, 2016 • 12:06:44pm

re: #28 Great White Snark

Heh now you can remove that paragraph asking and it all goes away.

Done—thank youuuuu. ;-)

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Great White Snark  Sep 18, 2016 • 12:12:51pm

Well then. Science and sarcasm. Too much catnip this morning.

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Anymouse  Sep 18, 2016 • 12:14:07pm

re: #24 KingKenrod

This is the archived tumblr for the alleged bomber:

web.archive.org

Seems pretty lame to me.

I’m guessing doesn’t really look much like a manifesto.

Karl Marx, he wrote a manifesto. Put some thought and intellectual heft into it; on the other hand, this Tumblr thing looks more like a third grader could have written it.

Elliot Rodger did a short but chilling YouTube video and sent a 140-page manifesto to a radio station. He also put thoughts (as addled as they were) into it.

Seems to me someone going on a criminal rampage writing a manifesto tries to lay out as logically as possible (though the logic may only be visible to them) the reasoning for their act, and the selection of their targets.

While I wouldn’t just write it off, by itself doesn’t mean much (could also be a troll).

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jaunte  Sep 18, 2016 • 12:16:04pm

re: #30 Great White Snark

A bomb concussion moves at the speed of sound.

True of black powder, but high explosive blast waves are faster.

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freetoken  Sep 18, 2016 • 12:19:14pm

re: #8 Charles Johnson

Color me immediately skeptical.

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jaunte  Sep 18, 2016 • 12:22:04pm
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Great White Snark  Sep 18, 2016 • 12:22:59pm

re: #32 jaunte

True of black powder, but high explosive blast waves are faster.

True, but I expected that correction from DF. ;-)

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jaunte  Sep 18, 2016 • 12:23:39pm

re: #35 Great White Snark

I so rarely get a “well actually” chance, I thought I’d take it.

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PhillyPretzel  Sep 18, 2016 • 12:24:12pm

re: #34 jaunte

I rather see Chubby Checker doing his twist. That Trump person doing his version is totally confusing.

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Eclectic Cyborg  Sep 18, 2016 • 12:24:35pm

re: #36 jaunte

I so rarely get a “well actually” chance, I thought I’d take it.

See, what had happened was…

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Kragar  Sep 18, 2016 • 12:28:18pm
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CuriousLurker  Sep 18, 2016 • 12:28:33pm

re: #31 Anymouse

It actually doesn’t make much sense at all, as a manifesto. It’s all too pat.

S/he claims to be doing this for the “oppressed, for “under classed and underprivileged people,” and to be striking out at “republicans in general” who are supposedly “all cisgendered privileged white people.”

So a SJW committing terrorist acts on behalf of various minorities? How convenient that such a thing would play right into the hands of the Orange Vulgarian and his white supremacist fan club—it’s a perfect caricature of everything the RWNJs hate (and say) about liberals. And the election is in what, like 50 days?

My spidey sense is tingling.

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TedStriker  Sep 18, 2016 • 12:28:33pm

re: #6 Charles Johnson

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IOW, RWNJs are absolutely A-OK with the concept of “taqiyya”…just as long as they are the ones doing it, in order to gain or keep political power

SMDH…

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wrenchwench  Sep 18, 2016 • 12:29:55pm
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TedStriker  Sep 18, 2016 • 12:34:18pm

re: #40 CuriousLurker

It actually doesn’t make much sense at all, as a manifesto. It’s all too pat.

S/he claims to be doing this for the “oppressed, for “under classed and underprivileged people,” and to be striking out at “republicans in general” who are supposedly “all cisgendered privileged white people.”

So a SJW committing terrorist acts on behalf of various minorities? How convenient that such a thing would play right into the hands of the Orange Vulgarian and his white supremacist fan club—it’s a perfect caricature of everything the RWNJs hate (and say) about liberals. And the election is in what, like 50 days?

My spidey sense is tingling.

I’m not one for conspiracy theories, primarily because they almost always, as an article of faith, require one to reject very important things, such as provable facts and basic logic, but I can definitely see this incident last night as a possible frame-up job to help Trump.

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Big Beautiful Door  Sep 18, 2016 • 12:39:58pm

re: #19 Charles Johnson

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The Trump rules are that there are no rules.

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freetoken  Sep 18, 2016 • 12:39:59pm

re: #40 CuriousLurker

It all seems too…. very opportunistic.

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Charles Johnson  Sep 18, 2016 • 12:40:35pm
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BeachDem  Sep 18, 2016 • 12:41:49pm

Reince Priebus Hints At Penalties For Former GOP Candidates Who Don’t Endorse Trump

“There is a ballot access issue in South Carolina. In order to be on the ballot in South Carolina, you actually have to pledge your support to the nominee, no matter who that person is. What’s the penalty for that? It’s not a threat. It’s just a question that we have a process in place.”

huffingtonpost.com
Oh, Reince—I’ll bet Lindsey Graham is just trembling in his boots at your tough talk. (Weird that Reince doesn’t even mention Graham, who’s been most outspoken against Trump, but uses SC as his example)

Now, Cruz and Jeb might be a little nervous, but I doubt it; Kasich would just tell them to go fuck themselves, and anyone else would probably laugh in Reince’s face.

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CuriousLurker  Sep 18, 2016 • 12:43:40pm

re: #40 CuriousLurker

I would add that Chelsea/NYC isn’t the best place to set off a bomb if you’re looking to maim and/or kill Republicans. I’m just sayin’…

How Every New York City Neighborhood Voted in the Democratic Primary

How Every New York City Neighborhood Voted in the Republican Primary

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Interesting Times  Sep 18, 2016 • 12:43:54pm

re: #40 CuriousLurker

S/he claims to be doing this for the “oppressed, for “under classed and underprivileged people,” and to be striking out at “republicans in general” who are supposedly “all cisgendered privileged white people.”

The only incident of this nature I ever heard of was the 2012 Family Research Council shooting:

Law enforcement officials said that the suspect, 28-year-old Floyd Corkins II, a resident of nearby Herndon, Virginia, had served as a volunteer at a LGBT community center. The FBI and the Metropolitan Police Department investigated jointly “to determine motive/intent and whether a hate crime/terrorism nexus exists.” During his FBI interview Corkins was asked how he chose his target. His response was “Southern Poverty Law, lists…uh…anti-gay groups. I found them online”.

So…if the culprit in yesterday’s bombing had similar motives, how does the choice of target remotely make sense?

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BeachDem  Sep 18, 2016 • 12:45:45pm

re: #44 Big Beautiful Door

The Trump rules are that there are no rules.

And, as the Rude Pundit says:
All we can really do is hope that there are enough people who believe that reality is real, that truth exists, and that facts trump lies.

rudepundit.blogspot.com

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Targetpractice  Sep 18, 2016 • 12:46:21pm

re: #47 BeachDem

Reince Priebus Hints At Penalties For Former GOP Candidates Who Don’t Endorse Trump

“There is a ballot access issue in South Carolina. In order to be on the ballot in South Carolina, you actually have to pledge your support to the nominee, no matter who that person is. What’s the penalty for that? It’s not a threat. It’s just a question that we have a process in place.”

huffingtonpost.com
Oh, Reince—I’ll bet Lindsey Graham is just trembling in his boots at your tough talk. (Weird that Reince doesn’t even mention Graham, who’s been most outspoken against Trump, but uses SC as his example)

Now, Cruz and Jeb might be a little nervous, but I doubt it; Kasich would just tell them to go fuck themselves, and anyone else would probably laugh in Reince’s face.

This is the guy who didn’t have the balls to go after Trump when he was basically saying that if he didn’t win the nomination, he was going to nuke the party. I don’t think anybody takes Rinsed seriously anymore.

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jaunte  Sep 18, 2016 • 12:47:29pm

The blatantly obvious lying of the Trump campaign seems to be catching.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Sep 18, 2016 • 12:48:34pm
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CuriousLurker  Sep 18, 2016 • 12:51:18pm

re: #43 TedStriker

I’m not one for conspiracy theories, primarily because they almost always, as an article of faith, require one to reject very important things, such as provable facts and basic logic, but I can definitely see this incident last night as a possible frame-up job to help Trump.

Oh, it’s definitely pure speculation on my part, I just don’t buy the whole “angry gay person” thing. Surely people in the LGBT community would realize that any of their members being involved in terrorist attacks would be used as a cudgel against them.

I find it extremely difficult to believe that an LGBT person would look at how Muslims have fared after being associated with terrorism and think, “Hey, that looks like a great way to win hearts & minds—I’ll try that!” ಠ_ಠ

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Weaselone  Sep 18, 2016 • 12:51:39pm

re: #47 BeachDem

Reince should be careful with this. Bush and Cruz have pretty solid personal reasons not to endorse Trump. They’ve essentially been keeping their mouth’s shut, but pushing them could cause one or both of them to unload on the fascist cheetoh.

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Tigger2  Sep 18, 2016 • 12:55:46pm

re: #52 jaunte

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The blatantly obvious lying of the Trump campaign seems to be catching.

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TedStriker  Sep 18, 2016 • 12:56:07pm

re: #48 CuriousLurker

I would add that Chelsea/NYC isn’t the best place to set off a bomb if you’re looking to maim and/or kill Republicans. I’m just sayin’…

How Every New York City Neighborhood Voted in the Democratic Primary

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Looks to me that Chelsea would be a prime place to kill or maim (Clinton) Democrats, not Republicans.

Also, to put my tinfoil hat on, anyone else think it’s a bit odd that this happened in “Chelsea”? Just sayin’…

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BeachDem  Sep 18, 2016 • 12:57:34pm

re: #55 Weaselone

Reince should be careful with this. Bush and Cruz have pretty solid personal reasons not to endorse Trump. They’ve essentially been keeping their mouth’s shut, but pushing them could cause one or both of them to unload on the fascist cheetoh.

And Bush has a brother, a mother, a father, a well-liked sister-in-law and a grandfather who could also raise their voices. They’ve been quietly disdainful of Trump, but I think they’d all get a media platform should they really decide to go at Trump.

Oops—gave GHWB two titles—father, not grandfather.

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Teukka  Sep 18, 2016 • 12:58:15pm

re: #57 TedStriker

Looks to me that Chelsea would be a prime place to kill or maim (Clinton) Democrats, not Republicans.

Also, to put my tinfoil hat on, anyone else think it’s a bit funny that this happened in “Chelsea”? Just sayin’…

Yeah. Long shot, but it could conceivably be a wingnut who saw the name “Chelsea” and….

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Ziggy_TARDIS  Sep 18, 2016 • 12:59:10pm

re: #48 CuriousLurker

The fact that, unlike Minnesota, no one has claimed credit for this says something.

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CuriousLurker  Sep 18, 2016 • 12:59:31pm

re: #57 TedStriker

Looks to me that Chelsea would be a prime place to kill or maim (Clinton) Democrats, not Republicans.

Also, to put my tinfoil hat on, anyone else think it’s a bit funny that this happened in “Chelsea”? Just sayin’…

Whoa, you’re pretty good at this CT thing—I didn’t even notice that part!

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CuriousLurker  Sep 18, 2016 • 1:00:38pm

re: #61 Ziggy_TARDIS

The fact that, unlike Minnesota, no one has claimed credit for this says something.

Yes, that too is odd.

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electrotek  Sep 18, 2016 • 1:02:51pm
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PhillyPretzel  Sep 18, 2016 • 1:03:24pm

re: #63 CuriousLurker

Odd yes but keep in mind what that Trump person said earlier that he could shoot up/kill people and nothing would happen to him.

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BeachDem  Sep 18, 2016 • 1:04:41pm

re: #60 Timothy Watson

Ugh:
An Islamic State-run news agency claims the man who hurt eight people at a mall in Minnesota was a “soldier of the Islamic State.”

N.Y. Gov. Andrew Cuomo says yesterday’s bomb explosion in Manhattan was an act of terrorism, but not linked to international terror groups.

Not to make light of anything, but from the tweets and comments of NYC locals, nobody seemed particularly terrorized (except TRUMP and his hair-on-fire minions).

I’m just saying that, to me anyway, every asshole act is not terrorism—sometimes it’s just assholes being assholes. And I also point out that Dylann Roof, whose act terrorized many, was NOT charged with terrorism.

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dangerman  Sep 18, 2016 • 1:05:21pm

this from the last thread by retired cynic

One of the “journalists” could have stood up and said, “This is a promotional gig for the hotel bearing your name, and not a news conference. I’m leaving.” THAT would have been balls.

times infinity
and beyond

(though id say not so much “balls” as personal pride and integrity)

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Anymouse  Sep 18, 2016 • 1:05:32pm

re: #43 TedStriker

I’m not one for conspiracy theories, primarily because they almost always, as an article of faith, require one to reject very important things, such as provable facts and basic logic, but I can definitely see this incident last night as a possible frame-up job to help Trump.

Well, I’ll go with “let the NYFD, NYPD, FBI, ATF, &c &c &c handle it” since we really don’t know much other than what is in the media.

On the other hand, any time the Velveeta Raccoon tries to claim something else (see, it’s liberals who are the violent ones), hammer him or his surrogates as liars (since he doesn’t have any more information about this either).

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TedStriker  Sep 18, 2016 • 1:05:56pm

re: #62 CuriousLurker

Whoa, you’re pretty good at this CT thing—I didn’t even notice that part!

*takes a bow*

That bit about “Chelsea” was half-serious; if it does turn out to be some sort of frame-up job by a RWNJ, the “manifesto”, combined with the choice of location, just makes this look like how RWNJs imagine LWNJs would do something like this.

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FormerDirtDart  Sep 18, 2016 • 1:06:32pm
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Charles Johnson  Sep 18, 2016 • 1:07:40pm
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Timothy Watson  Sep 18, 2016 • 1:08:09pm

re: #66 BeachDem

Not to make light of anything, but from the tweets and comments of NYC locals, nobody seemed particularly terrorized (except TRUMP and his hair-on-fire minions).

I’m just saying that, to me anyway, every asshole act is not terrorism—sometimes it’s just assholes being assholes. And I also point out that Dylann Roof, whose act terrorized many, was NOT charged with terrorism.

Yeah, there was a case in Roanoke, Virginia where a Muslim-American had an apparent schizophrenic break and stabbed a couple people while muttering something about Allah and demons, etc.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Sep 18, 2016 • 1:12:20pm
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The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge  Sep 18, 2016 • 1:12:28pm

Well, whoever was en route to Turkmenistan, they’re ready for you:

A view of the new international airport terminal outside Ashgabat, Turkmenistan, Saturday, Sept. 17, 2016. The capital of Turkmenistan, a country largely closed to outsiders, has opened a $2.3-billion terminal at its international airport in the shape of a flying falcon.

Strict visa regulations in Turkmenistan mean relatively small numbers of tourists and businessmen ever visit the isolated, energy-rich Central Asian nation. In 2013, the Guinness World Records recognized Ashgabat as having the greatest density of marble-clad buildings—estimated at more than 540. Many official buildings are noteworthy for literal or eccentric designs, including the state publishing house, which is in the shape of a book. (Turkmenistan’s best-known tourist attractions include the “Gates of Hell.”)

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Anymouse  Sep 18, 2016 • 1:16:34pm
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TedStriker  Sep 18, 2016 • 1:17:30pm

re: #74 The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge

Well, whoever was en route to Turkmenistan, they’re ready for you:

Strict visa regulations in Turkmenistan mean relatively small numbers of tourists and businessmen ever visit the isolated, energy-rich Central Asian nation. In 2013, the Guinness World Records recognized Ashgabat as having the greatest density of marble-clad buildings—estimated at more than 540. Many official buildings are noteworthy for literal or eccentric designs, including the state publishing house, which is in the shape of a book. (Turkmenistan’s best-known tourist attractions include the “Gates of Hell.”)

Does it look something like this?

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CuriousLurker  Sep 18, 2016 • 1:18:31pm

re: #69 TedStriker

*takes a bow*

That bit about “Chelsea” was half-serious; if it does turn out to be some sort of frame-up job by a RWNJ, the “manifesto”, combined with the choice of location, just makes this look like how RWNJs imagine LWNJs would do something like this.

There also a neighborhood north of there named Clinton.
Cue the Twlight Zone theme music…

//

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Sep 18, 2016 • 1:19:00pm

hahahahahaaaaaaa!!!!!!!!!

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Sep 18, 2016 • 1:23:47pm
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BeachDem  Sep 18, 2016 • 1:24:38pm
(One more reason to love all things/people Hamilton!)
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PhillyPretzel  Sep 18, 2016 • 1:25:01pm

re: #78 Backwoods_Sleuth

Didn’t Apple have a disagreement with that Trump person around the convention? That is probably why iPhones are not acceptable for “Trump Talk.”

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CuriousLurker  Sep 18, 2016 • 1:29:30pm

Another map & some tables. Interesting what you find when you go looking for stuff. Manhattan leans overwhelmingly Democrat (63.7%).

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wrenchwench  Sep 18, 2016 • 1:29:46pm

There was a guy sitting across the street today wearing shorts that looked like that .

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Anymouse  Sep 18, 2016 • 1:32:21pm

re: #78 Backwoods_Sleuth

Too bad its not compatible with my dial landline phone; that would give me the opportunity to tell him to get bent.

I still have more important things to do with my phone, like how to install a Webcam in the rotary phone handset so I can take landscape pictures and show cell phone users how its done.

On the other hand, I might dial some arcane combination on my dial phone and rotate my computer monitor screen ninety degrees out of kilter again.

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CuriousLurker  Sep 18, 2016 • 1:33:25pm

re: #83 wrenchwench

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There was a guy sitting across the street today wearing shorts that looked like that .

Whoa, check out this lizard!

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wrenchwench  Sep 18, 2016 • 1:35:50pm

re: #85 CuriousLurker

Whoa check out this lizard!

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Dinky dinosaur! Or huge glove….

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BeachDem  Sep 18, 2016 • 1:36:25pm

re: #79 Backwoods_Sleuth

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On the other hand
Internet hammers ‘exploitative scumbag’ Donald Trump for capitalizing on New York bombing

rawstory.com

Keith OlbermannVerified account
@KeithOlbermann
Dear @RealDonaldTrump: I’m sorry the explosion in Chelsea scared you so much when everybody IN Chelsea seems fine
#YouExploitativeScumbag

(tweet won’t embed for some reason)

I know Raw Story has some serious click-bait headlines, but I’m convinced TBogg writes his own.

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BeachDem  Sep 18, 2016 • 1:41:54pm

Heh.

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CuriousLurker  Sep 18, 2016 • 1:42:44pm

Yikes, my mentions exploded while I wasn’t looking. Someone with a lot of followers must’ve RT me. I only have between 600-700 followers, so I’m not used to that kind of response. O_O

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wrenchwench  Sep 18, 2016 • 1:48:07pm

re: #89 CuriousLurker

Yikes, my mentions exploded while I wasn’t looking. Someone with a lot of followers must’ve RT me. I only have between 600-700 followers, so I’m not used to that kind of response. O_O

Did you see this?

Thoughts on Low-Level Virality

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FormerDirtDart  Sep 18, 2016 • 1:48:54pm

The system is rigged against him…
Always has been…

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Sep 18, 2016 • 1:50:42pm

BWAINS…..

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Sep 18, 2016 • 1:53:51pm
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CuriousLurker  Sep 18, 2016 • 1:55:51pm

re: #90 wrenchwench

Did you see this?

Thoughts on Low-Level Virality

No, I’d totally missed that one! Gonna go read it more thoroughly now, thanks.

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scottslemmons  Sep 18, 2016 • 1:57:57pm

re: #90 wrenchwench

Did you see this?

Thoughts on Low-Level Virality

It’s been an unbelievably weird weekend, I’ll tell y’all that. :)

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electrotek  Sep 18, 2016 • 2:01:57pm

Man I’ve been critical of the Somali community in MN in the past on here, but I can’t help but to feel how much more shit they will continue to endure because of what one asshole did last night.

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Interesting Times  Sep 18, 2016 • 2:03:44pm

My surprised face, etc:

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PhillyPretzel  Sep 18, 2016 • 2:06:27pm

re: #97 Interesting Times

Hmm. Very interesting stats.

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(alpuz)  Sep 18, 2016 • 2:06:47pm

re: #83 wrenchwench

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There was a guy sitting across the street today wearing shorts that looked like that .

Pyjama squid shorts? After Labor day?

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wrenchwench  Sep 18, 2016 • 2:08:11pm

re: #99 (alpuz)

Pyjama squid shorts? After labor day?

His legs weren’t shaved, either.

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(alpuz)  Sep 18, 2016 • 2:09:12pm

*gasp*

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Anymouse  Sep 18, 2016 • 2:09:19pm

Well, I weighed my cat. Since he’s been on insulin now for about a week, he has gained over a pound.

Before this diabetes thing started, he weighed about twenty-five pounds. When the vet weighed him, he was eleven (which for Felix Randomkitty’s bone structure and size she said was dangerously underweight).

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BeachDem  Sep 18, 2016 • 2:09:51pm

From Propane Jane after the Charleston shootings, and still 100% true and applicable today.

The Revolution Will Not Be Televised When Chuck Todd Is On The Television

How the corporate conservative run media filters the news in service of the Republican Party, and by extension, creates a powerful platform for right wing extremism and domestic terror.

storify.com

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Charles Johnson  Sep 18, 2016 • 2:11:51pm

I see the right wing nut blogs are all freaking out about a NY Post article that claims a note in Arabic was found with the pressure cooker device in Manhattan.

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Stanley Sea  Sep 18, 2016 • 2:14:50pm

re: #95 scottslemmons

It’s been an unbelievably weird weekend, I’ll tell y’all that. :)

I just dinged your phone heh.

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Anymouse  Sep 18, 2016 • 2:16:12pm

re: #104 Charles Johnson

I see the right wing nut blogs are all freaking out about a NY Post article that claims a note in Arabic was found with the pressure cooker device in Manhattan.

Wait, what? If a pressure cooker bomb was blown up, wouldn’t any attached note be blown up too?

I would think if you wanted a “note,” you would post it to the Internet or mail it to a radio station or something like that. Leaving it near your putative explosive means it gets blown up too.

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  Sep 18, 2016 • 2:24:53pm

re: #99 (alpuz)

Pyjama squid shorts? After Labor day?

How he got into my pyjamas I’ll never know!

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Ziggy_TARDIS  Sep 18, 2016 • 2:28:01pm

re: #104 Charles Johnson

Is anyone else other than the bird cage lining saying anything?

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Varek Raith  Sep 18, 2016 • 2:30:50pm

re: #107 Charles Johnson

Imma chargin’ mah sneeze!

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The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge  Sep 18, 2016 • 2:41:56pm

re: #110 Varek Raith

Imma chargin’ mah sneeze!

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wrenchwench  Sep 18, 2016 • 2:51:08pm

I believe in wildlife conservation, and I think elephants are great, but XElephantLivesMatter? Not following back. Nope.

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Ace-o-aces  Sep 18, 2016 • 2:51:37pm

re: #104 Charles Johnson

I see the right wing nut blogs are all freaking out about a NY Post article that claims a note in Arabic was found with the pressure cooker device in Manhattan.

Really? I noticed things seemed kinda quiet since no obvious connection to ISIS has been found.

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scottslemmons  Sep 18, 2016 • 2:52:01pm

re: #105 Stanley Sea

I just dinged your phone heh.

Joke’s on you — I’ve still got it silenced! Otherwise it just… keeps… dinging…

I’ll have to turn the ringer on tomorrow, just in case I get job calls. So I’ll have to try to train myself not to dig the phone out of my pocket every time it chimes at me. :/

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Alephnaught  Sep 18, 2016 • 2:52:07pm
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calochortus  Sep 18, 2016 • 2:53:00pm

re: #74 The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge

Well, whoever was en route to Turkmenistan, they’re ready for you:

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Oooh! Now I know who Longaberger can sell their basket-building to. I wonder if they could dismantle it and ship it?

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Ace-o-aces  Sep 18, 2016 • 2:56:47pm
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lawhawk  Sep 18, 2016 • 2:59:29pm

Greets and saluts from the NYC metro area. Obviously, there’s quite a bit of news about the events in both Chelsea NY and Seaside NJ. The FBI, JTTF, DHS, and NYPD are all trying to figure out what happened, and who was behind it.

My own theory about the events in Chelsea have more to do with the gentrification of Chelsea than on a single issue like the LGBT although the two could be intertwined. That there was a device left at a construction site and another one a few blocks away suggests someone local who is familiar with the neighborhood.

Not sure what was going on in Seaside NJ.

While there are right wingers who are swearing up and down this is terrorism, there’s another reality that the right wing doesn’t want people to admit.

There are thousands of bombs, incendiaries, and other types of arson/violence that occur every year. Some are insurance scams. Some are hits.

For the 20 year period from 1983 to 2002, there were… get this… 36,000 bombings over that period:

There were 21,237 (58.8%) explosive bombings, 6,185 (17.1%) incendiary bombings, 1,107 (3.1%) premature bombings, and 7,581 (21.0%) attempted bombings. For explosive bombings with known motives, 72.9% of injuries and 73.8% of deaths were because of homicide. For incendiary bombings with known motives, 68.2% of injuries were because of extortion and revenge, and 53.5% of deaths were due to homicide. Private residences accounted for 29.0% of incidents, 31.5% of injuries, and 55.5% of deaths. Government installations accounted for 4.4% of incidents but were the site of 12.7% of injuries and 25.5% of deaths. In bombings with known materials, nitrate-based fertilizers accounted for 36.2% of injuries and 30.4% of deaths, and smokeless powder and black powder accounted for 33.2% of injuries and 27.1% of deaths.

There’s been a decline in these incidents, just as there’s been a decline in crime overall, but I don’t have specifics through the current year at hand.

And yes, arson/incendiaries are included in with bombings, so there’s overlaps with intentional attacks.

But I think that it’s interesting that the law enforcement statements so far have said that the NYC incident isn’t terrorism, which suggests a more localized purpose/reason, as opposed to the lone wolf attempts such as the Times Square bombing attempt, the Boston bombing, etc.

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Le Lapin Tueur  Sep 18, 2016 • 3:02:59pm

re: #102 Anymouse

Well, I weighed my cat. Since he’s been on insulin now for about a week, he has gained over a pound.

Before this diabetes thing started, he weighed about twenty-five pounds. When the vet weighed him, he was eleven (which for Felix Randomkitty’s bone structure and size she said was dangerously underweight).

That is so awesome. Glad to hear that Randomkitty is plumping up to his proper weight area. While diabetes sucks, it is a treatable disease in felines and it sounds like he is responding well to treatment.

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freetoken  Sep 18, 2016 • 3:14:41pm

re: #118 lawhawk

Looking at the Drumpfskind supporters on my Facebook wall, I’ve concluded that they are fact-aversive.

When someone has convinced themselves that Je$u$ wants them to vote for Drumpfskind, I’ve concluded I can’t reach them.

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lawhawk  Sep 18, 2016 • 3:16:26pm

re: #120 freetoken

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CuriousLurker  Sep 18, 2016 • 3:17:00pm

re: #109 Ziggy_TARDIS

Is anyone else other than the bird cage lining saying anything?

I just checked both the local tabloids (NY Post & NY Daily News) as well as the more serious, less hysteria-prone outlets (NY Times, NY1, and NJ.com).

None but the NY Post make any references to “a hand-written letter, a portion of which is in Arabic” or “an Arab-looking man who was carrying a suitcase and appeared out of place” (both being unnamed “sources said” references). Arab looking? LOL, okay that covers a whole shitload of people in NYC—including, but not limited to Hispanics & Sephardi Jews— (never mind that many Americans can’t tell the difference between a Sikh and a Muslim).

Being that the Post is a News Corp. owned rag, I’m not prone to believing anything they say that comes from anonymous sources.

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goddamnedfrank  Sep 18, 2016 • 3:18:36pm
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FormerDirtDart  Sep 18, 2016 • 3:18:39pm

re: #118 lawhawk

Some of us are old enough to remember the FALN setting off bombs in NYC during the mid/late ’70s

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dangerman  Sep 18, 2016 • 3:19:59pm

re: #117 Ace-o-aces

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i read the audit

obviously price waterhouse coopers is in on the whole scam

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PhillyPretzel  Sep 18, 2016 • 3:20:54pm

re: #123 goddamnedfrank

Do not look at me look at her syndrome. Point the finger in the other direction. Oy Vey I am getting tired of this from that Trump person’s people.

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lawhawk  Sep 18, 2016 • 3:25:40pm

re: #124 FormerDirtDart

Yup. There’s reports that there are some similarities between the NJ bombing and the NYC incidents, namely in the appearance of old-style flip-phones being used. So, it’s real early to try and make generalizations.

Of course, there’s folks who’ll try and link those and the stabbing spree in MN, which IS claims responsibility for. So far, no one has credibly taken credit for the bombings in NYC metro though.

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451_Montag  Sep 18, 2016 • 3:26:22pm

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Charles Johnson  Sep 18, 2016 • 3:26:48pm

One of Nick Searcy’s right wing suck-ups posted this highly misleading section of the biased Wikipedia entry for LGF:

The editor who added this section is someone who has a big axe to grind against me personally for some reason, and the claims in it are false. The posts about Flight 93 were deleted, this is true, but I absolutely did explain why I did it — because I was seeing right wing sites citing those posts as evidence that the Flight 93 memorial was a secret Islamic shrine, even though I had long ago renounced this nonsense. I deleted them because I did not want to be responsible for spreading this bullshit any further; in other words I did it to prevent misinformation, not to hide anything. And they even link to a comment in which I explained all this!

The same is true about the founder of the Park 51 project; my original post was citing information I had learned long ago was bullshit, and I corrected the post to avoid spreading misinformation, not to hide anything.

I once posted in that Wikipedia discussion section, asking why these misleading entries were included in the LGF page, when no other blog seemed to be getting the same treatment, scouring old posts to see which had been deleted or edited. Nobody ever gave me a good answer, but it’s very clear this entry was written by someone heavily biased against LGF. I gave up trying to get this corrected long ago, because it was a no-win situation when one of their editors was responsible for the false info.

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makeitstop  Sep 18, 2016 • 3:29:04pm

We went to the Museum of Science today, and among the highlights was the ‘Butterfly Garden,’ where you can go into a room full of butterflies.

My wife, who is phobic of butterflies, even bought a ticket and went in. If nothing else, my wife is a trooper, uncomfortable though she may have been.

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Charles Johnson  Sep 18, 2016 • 3:29:10pm
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CuriousLurker  Sep 18, 2016 • 3:35:03pm

re: #130 makeitstop

We went to the Museum of Science today, and among the highlights was the ‘Butterfly Garden,’ where you can go into a room full of butterflies.

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My wife, who is phobic of butterflies, even bought a ticket and went in. If nothing else, my wife is a trooper, uncomfortable though she may have been.

Oh wow, did you take that photo? It’s gorgeous!

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thedopefishlives  Sep 18, 2016 • 3:36:37pm

Evening Lizardim.

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wrenchwench  Sep 18, 2016 • 3:37:02pm
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Big Beautiful Door  Sep 18, 2016 • 3:39:24pm

re: #130 makeitstop

We went to the Museum of Science today, and among the highlights was the ‘Butterfly Garden,’ where you can go into a room full of butterflies.

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My wife, who is phobic of butterflies, even bought a ticket and went in. If nothing else, my wife is a trooper, uncomfortable though she may have been.

Good for her!

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KingKenrod  Sep 18, 2016 • 3:39:26pm

re: #129 Charles Johnson

That section is very poorly written. I’m surprised it can’t be deleted for being incomprehensible.

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b.d.  Sep 18, 2016 • 3:43:18pm

re: #131 Charles Johnson

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That’s one of the better flying dogs I’ve seen today.

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lawhawk  Sep 18, 2016 • 3:43:32pm

So, with police and folks on edge, expect to see/hear of more reports of suspicious packages across the NYC metro region.

This is one such incident:

[Can’t find this tweet right now.]

Each one has to be investigated as though it’s a potential explosive device, so ESU and bomb squad have to be involved.

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makeitstop  Sep 18, 2016 • 3:47:43pm

re: #132 CuriousLurker

Oh wow, did you take that photo? It’s gorgeous!

Yes, I did! Thanks!

(A clear case of blind squirrel, nut, etc.) :)

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wrenchwench  Sep 18, 2016 • 3:50:30pm

re: #137 b.d.

That’s one of the better flying dogs I’ve seen today.

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Charles Johnson  Sep 18, 2016 • 3:51:30pm

Oh brother. I just went and checked out the “Talk” section of that Wikipedia post, and it’s full of editors ranting about me, claiming I “sent confederates” to edit the post and other crazy shit. I did no such thing.

I really don’t know what their problem is with me, but it’s clear as day they’re heavily biased and coming from a position assuming that I have some kind of nefarious motives. It’s just freaking weird to read that stuff, it’s so disconnected from anything real.

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b.d.  Sep 18, 2016 • 3:53:18pm

re: #140 wrenchwench

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Charles Johnson  Sep 18, 2016 • 3:53:47pm
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austin_blue  Sep 18, 2016 • 3:54:04pm

re: #122 CuriousLurker

I just checked both the local tabloids (NY Post & NY Daily News) as well as the more serious, less hysteria-prone outlets (NY Times, NY1, and NJ.com).

None but the NY Post make any references to “a hand-written letter, a portion of which is in Arabic” or “an Arab-looking man who was carrying a suitcase and appeared out of place” (both being unnamed “sources said” references). Arab looking? LOL, okay that covers a whole shitload of people in NYC—including, but not limited to Hispanics & Sephardi Jews— (never mind that many Americans can’t tell the difference between a Sikh and a Muslim). Being that the Post is a News Corp. owned rag, I’m not prone to believing anything they say that comes from anonymous sources.

The Daily News coverage is not bad. A series of on-site photos show folks with shrapnel wounds from small bits of metal, but my guess that it was more of a noisemaker than one the Boston Marathon bombs. Those little horrors were loaded up nuts, bolts, and ball-bearings, which is why they caused so very many horrendous injuries. Since there was only one serious injury- a single person who was not immediately treated and released from Hospital- and since surveillance video indicates that there were pedestrians and vehicles almost immediately adjacent to the point of the explosion, I’ll opine that this was for demonstration purposes only. Big boom, not mayhem.

It could have been so much worse.

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scottslemmons  Sep 18, 2016 • 3:56:19pm

re: #141 Charles Johnson

Oh brother. I just went and checked out the “Talk” section of that Wikipedia post, and it’s full of editors ranting about me, claiming I “sent confederates” to edit the post and other crazy shit. I did no such thing.

I really don’t know what their problem is with me, but it’s clear as day they’re heavily biased and coming from a position assuming that I have some kind of nefarious motives. It’s just freaking weird to read that stuff, it’s so disconnected from anything real.

It’s pretty well known that a lot of Wikipedia editors are, at the very least, tinpot tyrants, and at worst, absolutely insane.

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Stanley Sea  Sep 18, 2016 • 3:56:58pm

re: #138 lawhawk

So, with police and folks on edge, expect to see/hear of more reports of suspicious packages across the NYC metro region.

This is one such incident:

[Can’t find this tweet right now.]

Each one has to be investigated as though it’s a potential explosive device, so ESU and bomb squad have to be involved.

They’ve closed the trolley heading to the Chargers game because of one just now.

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b.d.  Sep 18, 2016 • 3:57:24pm
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Stanley Sea  Sep 18, 2016 • 3:57:32pm
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Backwoods_Sleuth  Sep 18, 2016 • 4:04:14pm

re: #147 b.d.

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Would hold my breath though just in case the fart decides to really rip while I’m petting….

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jaunte  Sep 18, 2016 • 4:11:24pm
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jaunte  Sep 18, 2016 • 4:12:27pm

Countdown to when a Trump voter blames the Fugitive Slave Act on the Democratic Party.

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Dave In Austin  Sep 18, 2016 • 4:13:34pm

I had a suspicion last night about what explosive compound was used in these devices. Looks like I was proven right, at least for the device in NJ. Judging by the behavior of the 2 other devices in the city, I’ll bet they were filled with the same stuff.

Tannerite is used by recreational shooters, special effects producers, and amateur mining enthusiests. The problem with tannerite is it needs a really large/powerful detonator to initiate a reaction.

Stocks prices will be going up on this product and if/when it gets pulled from the shelves, expect a huge howl from the ammosexuals.

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Dave In Austin  Sep 18, 2016 • 4:18:00pm

Just wow…

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The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge  Sep 18, 2016 • 4:21:05pm

re: #152 Dave In Austin

I had a suspicion last night about what explosive compound was used in these devices. Looks like I was proven right, at least for the device in NJ. Judging by the behavior of the 2 other devices in the city, I’ll bet they were filled with the same stuff.

Tannerite is used by recreational shooters, special effects producers, and amateur mining enthusiests. The problem with tannerite is it needs a really large/powerful detonator to initiate a reaction.

Stocks prices will be going up on this product and if/when it gets pulled from the shelves, expect a huge howl from the ammosexuals.

Ammosexuals like this idiot?

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freetoken  Sep 18, 2016 • 4:21:47pm

re: #153 Dave In Austin

Yeah, but, look at the replies…

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Varek Raith  Sep 18, 2016 • 4:21:56pm

re: #154 The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge

Ammosexuals like this idiot?

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Belafon  Sep 18, 2016 • 4:21:59pm

re: #152 Dave In Austin

I think that’s the stuff the guy used that blew up the lawn mower where the shrapnel severed his leg.

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De Kolta Chair  Sep 18, 2016 • 4:26:30pm

If this doesn’t qualify for the Twitter Hall of Fame, nothing does.

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Dave In Austin  Sep 18, 2016 • 4:27:14pm

re: #154 The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge

Ammosexuals like this idiot?

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They sell is off the endcaps in the shooting section at Academy…..

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The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge  Sep 18, 2016 • 4:29:04pm

re: #159 Dave In Austin

They sell is off the endcaps in the shooting section at Academy…..

“If dynamite was dangerous, would they sell it to an idiot like me?”

—Al Bundy

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wheat-dogghazi-mailgate  Sep 18, 2016 • 4:29:04pm

re: #158 De Kolta Chair

If this doesn’t qualify for the Twitter Hall of Fame, nothing does.

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Checkmate, D’Souza!

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The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge  Sep 18, 2016 • 4:30:25pm

re: #161 wheat-dogghazi-mailgate

Checkmate, D’Souza!

‘Tis the season for wingnut-on-wingnut Twitter violence, for sure….

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De Kolta Chair  Sep 18, 2016 • 4:36:31pm

Carl Beijers’ feed is a nice change of pace from the more morose palaver (looking at you Chuck Todd, et alia)

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Dave In Austin  Sep 18, 2016 • 4:37:02pm
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goddamnedfrank  Sep 18, 2016 • 4:40:09pm
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freetoken  Sep 18, 2016 • 4:40:28pm

re: #163 De Kolta Chair

What that graph shows corresponds to what shows up on my Facebook wall: it’s not the elderly who are so pro-Drumpfskind, but the middle-agers who are in a mid-life crisis for one reason or another.

Old age is staring these folk in the face and they now realize how many failures they’ve been in, and are gloming onto magickal thinking to pretend old age won’t just be worse.

Really, I have five to six Friencds on Facebook who appear to be Drumpfskindanhangers and they pretty much all fit into either of those two baskets: 1) mid-life crisis, or 2) malcontents.

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Thanos  Sep 18, 2016 • 4:43:21pm

Judging from yard signage in my deeply red KC suburbs, Johnson will harm Trump more than Hillary, so let’s hope he stays in. (I’ve seen about 5 Johnson signs - none for other candidates.)

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The Vicious Babushka  Sep 18, 2016 • 4:45:09pm

I spent all day standing on painful feet, to bake this Saffron Honey bread==>

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freetoken  Sep 18, 2016 • 4:45:25pm

re: #167 Thanos

There are no yard signs where I live.

I think as far as Californians may be concerned, either there is not an election, or November is beyond the mind-horizon.

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De Kolta Chair  Sep 18, 2016 • 4:47:57pm

re: #166 freetoken

What that graph shows corresponds to what shows up on my Facebook wall: it’s not the elderly who are so pro-Drumpfskind, but the middle-agers who are in a mid-life crisis for one reason or another.

I’d much rather they bought a middle-age crisis roadster convertible than decide on the future of our country. (Do people still say roadster?)

Speaking of age, I turned sixty on Friday, which just happened to coincide with my decision to devote the rest of my life to chronic alcoholism. Or at least that’s what my visiting Irish and Welsh friends seemed to be trying to convince me of. ;-)

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Eric The Fruit Bat  Sep 18, 2016 • 4:47:59pm

re: #165 goddamnedfrank

No, Alex, he sees 5 moves ahead of you and cuts you off before you’ve realized you’ve been stopped cold. He’s a zen master and you’re just a piker who only plays to the race-baiting brain.

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Stanley Sea  Sep 18, 2016 • 4:48:29pm

re: #169 freetoken

There are no yard signs where I live.

I think as far as Californians may be concerned, either there is not an election, or November is beyond the mind-horizon.

I saw a YUGE Hillary sign on a fence in Vista.

Then next door to my friend’s house a Daryl Issa sign lawn sign.

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Stanley Sea  Sep 18, 2016 • 4:49:23pm

re: #170 De Kolta Chair

Happy Birthday Mr. Chair!

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jaunte  Sep 18, 2016 • 4:51:06pm

re: #170 De Kolta Chair

Happy Birthday, and welcome to the 60+ saloon.

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BeachDem  Sep 18, 2016 • 4:53:17pm

re: #153 Dave In Austin

Just wow…

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I like that Hillary’s pinned tweet is “What Trump just did is a disgrace.”

It’s dated 9/15, but could pretty much be applicable 24/7.

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The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge  Sep 18, 2016 • 4:54:10pm

re: #169 freetoken

There are no yard signs where I live.

I think as far as Californians may be concerned, either there is not an election, or November is beyond the mind-horizon.

I’ve seen maybe two deranged wingnut displays on vehicles here (Kent WA), no yard signs. Couldn’t prove the cars were local. [pet peeve] Used to be, the first letter of a license plate would tell you where they were from. No more. [/pet peeve]

It’s going to go at least 80/20 Clinton, so why bother, I guess.

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De Kolta Chair  Sep 18, 2016 • 4:54:26pm

re: #173 Stanley Sea

Glad to say I gave up the cancer sticks for good last January.
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jaunte  Sep 18, 2016 • 4:59:05pm

Peitidh gille beag!

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BeachDem  Sep 18, 2016 • 5:01:24pm

re: #165 goddamnedfrank

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As Alex tapdances his way to obscurity (I wish), just want to add that I’ve never thought of Obama as aloof. He is constantly photographed smiling, embracing others; he has a wonderful sense of humor; he’s emotional in situations calling for emotion. Where the fuck did they even come up with this aloof bullshit? (Or is it wingnut for “uppity?”)

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The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge  Sep 18, 2016 • 5:04:29pm

re: #179 BeachDem

As Alex tapdances his way to obscurity (I wish), just want to add that I’ve never thought of Obama as aloof. He is constantly photographed smiling, embracing others; he has a wonderful sense of humor; he’s emotional in situations calling for emotion. Where the fuck did they even come up with this aloof bullshit? (Or is it wingnut for “uppity?”)

Absolutely, it is. He’s not doing his best Stepin Fetchit routine at all times.

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Decatur Deb  Sep 18, 2016 • 5:04:51pm

re: #170 De Kolta Chair

I’d much rather they bought a middle-age crisis roadster convertible than decide on the future of our country. (Do people still say roadster?)

Speaking of age, I turned sixty on Friday, which just happened to coincide with my decision to devote the rest of my life to chronic alcoholism. Or at least that’s what my visiting Irish and Welsh friends seemed to be trying to convince me of. ;-)

Happy Birthday!

Those who care still say roadster. Those who really care say Speedster:

caranddriver.com

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De Kolta Chair  Sep 18, 2016 • 5:07:25pm

re: #178 jaunte

For me, the best of all worlds would be to hang out with superb reporters like Joe Conason, Pete Hamill, and Wayne Barrett and listen to them telling tales about where the NYC bodies are buried. Oh, and Rose Schaap will be there because she knows a thing or three, as well as just being a cool NYer and all-around neat person.

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vgranucci  Sep 18, 2016 • 6:01:41pm

re: #74 The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge

Well, whoever was en route to Turkmenistan, they’re ready for you:

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It is a pretty nice looking building.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Sep 18, 2016 • 6:08:08pm

re: #150 jaunte

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Emily might very well have been hiding in plain sight on my farm (next door to Mason County KY).

One of the historically verified facts about my farm is the hiding slaves in plain sight, waiting for the Ohio River to freeze and the Underground Railroad conductors to move passengers when it was safe to do so.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Sep 18, 2016 • 6:17:42pm

re: #178 jaunte

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Peitidh gille beag!

and póg mo thóin from the other island for good measure.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Sep 18, 2016 • 6:31:21pm

re: #184 Backwoods_Sleuth

Emily might very well have been hiding in plain sight on my farm (next door to Mason County KY).

One of the historically verified facts about my farm is the hiding slaves in plain sight, waiting for the Ohio River to freeze and the Underground Railroad conductors to move passengers when it was safe to do so.

O.M.G.

One of my favorite genres is historical fiction and I just realized that I am sitting on a huge trove of historically based factual documentation to write this novel from all sides.

oh. my.
this could be the one thing I’ve been waiting for.

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makeitstop  Sep 18, 2016 • 6:59:15pm

re: #170 De Kolta Chair

I’d much rather they bought a middle-age crisis roadster convertible than decide on the future of our country. (Do people still say roadster?)

Speaking of age, I turned sixty on Friday, which just happened to coincide with my decision to devote the rest of my life to chronic alcoholism. Or at least that’s what my visiting Irish and Welsh friends seemed to be trying to convince me of. ;-)

HBD! Come on, let’s sit on the porch and complain about stuff!

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CleverToad  Sep 18, 2016 • 7:49:14pm

re: #186 Backwoods_Sleuth

O.M.G.

One of my favorite genres is historical fiction and I just realized that I am sitting on a huge trove of historically based factual documentation to write this novel from all sides.

oh. my.
this could be the one thing I’ve been waiting for.

Do it! Do it! Do it!
We’ll be happy to read the results

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Romantic Heretic  Sep 18, 2016 • 8:12:59pm

re: #153 Dave In Austin

That brought this to mind.

Band Of Brothers, Opening Credits


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