Saturday Shred: Nick Johnston, “Poison Touch”

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One of the new up-and-coming guitar slingers in Nick Johnston, who plays with a minimum of flash but lots of taste and style. His restraint makes the moments when he does cut loose much more impressive.

Nick’s new album is Remarkably Human, and I highly recommend it to connoisseurs of fine guitar playing.

Featuring Gavin Harrison, Bryan Beller and Luke Martin
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Charles Johnson  Dec 3, 2016 • 5:50:34pm
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Anymouse  Dec 3, 2016 • 5:51:31pm

Mr. Johnson wrote:

Nick’s new album is Remarkably Human, and I highly recommend it to connoisseurs of fine guitar playing.

I am a connoisseur of any fine musician’s playing. I am continually impressed with your ability to dig up these excellent musicians for our pleasure.

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Barefoot Grin  Dec 3, 2016 • 5:54:14pm

I dropped my pants around the 2:30 mark. That’s the kind of playing I love. Spider fingers.

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HappyWarrior  Dec 3, 2016 • 5:54:19pm

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How anyone thinks that woman is ugly or trashy is beyond me. I think not only is Mrs. Obama a beautiful woman but a great person too. Her and President Obama are class and man I’m going to miss having them as our first couple these next four years. I’ll miss their daughters too. Sasha and Malia are two impressive young women with two great parents who just happen to be the President and First Lady. They’re going to do well in this world.

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Charles Johnson  Dec 3, 2016 • 5:57:34pm
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Anymouse  Dec 3, 2016 • 5:57:36pm

re: #4 HappyWarrior

How anyone thinks that woman is ugly or trashy is beyond me. I think not only is Mrs. Obama a beautiful woman but a great person too. Her and President Obama are class and man I’m going to miss having them as our first couple these next four years. I’ll miss their daughters too. Sasha and Malia are two impressive young women with two great parents who just happen to be the President and First Lady. They’re going to do well in this world.

After eight years of vituperous, vile, vicious (and other negative words starting with “v”) venom thrown at Mrs. Obama and her family, she has more than earned a rest.

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HappyWarrior  Dec 3, 2016 • 5:59:33pm

re: #5 Charles Johnson

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He won by less than 100,000 votes in the EC. Some landslide.

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HappyWarrior  Dec 3, 2016 • 6:00:09pm

re: #6 Anymouse

After eight years of vituperous, vile, viscous (and other negative words starting with “v”) venom thrown at Mrs. Obama and her family, she has more than earned a rest.

Yeah her and President Obama deserve an enjoyable retirement. VP and Mrs. Biden too.

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jaunte  Dec 3, 2016 • 6:02:53pm

re: #7 HappyWarrior

He won by less than 100,000 votes in the EC. Some landslide.

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Charles Johnson  Dec 3, 2016 • 6:02:57pm
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HappyWarrior  Dec 3, 2016 • 6:03:41pm

So the stupid right wing thing going now is that Tim Kaine “blamed” the OSU attack on guns. Uh initial reports were that were a gun man and Kaine when it was revealed that the man had a knife quickly retracted. Yeah that damn Tim Kaine going by what we were hearing from police, what a dumbass. Yeah let’s be “thankful” for Mike Pence, who actually wants your tax dollars going to forced reparative therapy of people because he doesn’t like theri sexuality.

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jaunte  Dec 3, 2016 • 6:04:02pm
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HappyWarrior  Dec 3, 2016 • 6:04:10pm

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First Republican to lose Orange County in a presidential election is a very long time too.

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thedopefishlives  Dec 3, 2016 • 6:04:18pm

re: #11 HappyWarrior

So the stupid right wing thing going now is that Tim Kaine “blamed” the OSU attack on guns. Uh initial reports were that were a gun man and Kaine when it was revealed that the man had a knife quickly retracted. Yeah that damn Tim Kaine going by what we were hearing from police, what a dumbass. Yeah let’s be “thankful” for Mike Pence, who actually wants your tax dollars going to forced reparative therapy of people because he doesn’t like theri sexuality.

Or funerals for fetuses because he wants to slut-shame the prospective mothers into not having abortions.

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jaunte  Dec 3, 2016 • 6:04:56pm
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HappyWarrior  Dec 3, 2016 • 6:05:12pm

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Ain’t it funny how Trump has a mandate and Obama never had won even though Obama was the first President since Reagan to get over 50% of the vote in both his elections.

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jaunte  Dec 3, 2016 • 6:05:16pm
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HappyWarrior  Dec 3, 2016 • 6:05:25pm

re: #14 thedopefishlives

Or funerals for fetuses because he wants to slut-shame the prospective mothers into not having abortions.

Zactly.

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HappyWarrior  Dec 3, 2016 • 6:06:03pm

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Winning by three states isn’t a landslide, Reince. Listen your orange asshole won but it wasn’t a landslide you fucking hack.

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jaunte  Dec 3, 2016 • 6:06:28pm
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HappyWarrior  Dec 3, 2016 • 6:06:39pm

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Closer to 2.5 actually. Basically Trump lost the popular vote by a margin bigger than many states including some he won.

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Anymouse  Dec 3, 2016 • 6:06:59pm

re: #10 Charles Johnson

But the media will normalise it. Their concern is “access to the President,” not speaking truth to power.

Edward R. Murrow, a lonely nation cries out to you… .

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teleskiguy  Dec 3, 2016 • 6:13:34pm
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Pellet stove is booming right now.

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Anymouse  Dec 3, 2016 • 6:13:59pm

Barclay’s Bank predicting the end of the plastic credit card, replaced with wearable tech or cell phones:

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Good luck with that in places like this, where we don’t even have the ability to use plastic credit cards (almost no one takes them), no cell service, no Internet, (like most of the world).

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Stanley Sea  Dec 3, 2016 • 6:14:00pm

PUKE

Ruined my night

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Charles Johnson  Dec 3, 2016 • 6:14:22pm
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Belafon  Dec 3, 2016 • 6:14:31pm

re: #22 Anymouse

But the media will normalise it. Their concern is “access to the President,” not speaking truth to power.

Edward R. Murrow, a lonely nation cries out to you… .

Look at the Acosta tweet above.

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HappyWarrior  Dec 3, 2016 • 6:15:11pm

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If he had lost, he would be trashing her.

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Charles Johnson  Dec 3, 2016 • 6:15:42pm

Right wing post-modernism. That’s exactly what we’re dealing with in the Trump nightmare.

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jaunte  Dec 3, 2016 • 6:17:06pm

re: #25 Stanley Sea

Creepy

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HappyWarrior  Dec 3, 2016 • 6:17:36pm

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Yes, I agree Charles, that’s what has me honestly more upset than the fact Trump won. Am I disappointed that many of our fellow Americans voted for this idiot? You bet I am but I’m worried like hell about the normalizing of alt-right racists. Bannon is in the WH. Richard Spencer was at the RNC. The biggest racist assholes in this country have a sympathetic ear in the Executive Branch now and they see it as their permission slip to be as nasty to anyone as they can. I can’t go a day without reading about some minority being harassed while the person yells Trump or uess their support of Trump as rationale. But hey wasn’t the cast of Hamilton just awful to poor widdle Mike Pence?

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De Kolta Chair  Dec 3, 2016 • 6:17:58pm

re: #5 Charles Johnson

Typo or pun? Meh, it’s my reality dammit, mine!

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Charles Johnson  Dec 3, 2016 • 6:19:37pm
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Belafon  Dec 3, 2016 • 6:20:00pm

We just have to keep them from doing it. Challenge everyone.

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HappyWarrior  Dec 3, 2016 • 6:20:42pm

re: #34 Belafon

We just have to keep them from doing it. Challenge everyone.

Been telling that to my parents. We cannot let what Trump does be normalized.

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Anymouse  Dec 3, 2016 • 6:22:24pm

weather.gov

Brrr. We’re about to get slam-dunked with that cold air that was sitting over Siberia, followed by snow.

I noted yesterday returning from Scottsbluff that Scott’s Bluff and Morrill Counties had set out all the “road closed” signs along the highway intersections; I guess it was for this.

We’ll be stranded here for a few days… .

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jaunte  Dec 3, 2016 • 6:22:48pm

The right can say anything and spread any lie without consequences, in part because they’ve cultivated a legion of self-assured know-nothing fans.

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HappyWarrior  Dec 3, 2016 • 6:23:44pm

Need to look more at this but I’m hearing there are polls that suggest that those who voted out of concern for the economy favored Clinton over Trump so that sort of puts the economic anxiety thing aside a little IMO. Those who voted based off immigration and terrorism concerns favored Trump.

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Stanley Sea  Dec 3, 2016 • 6:23:52pm

re: #30 jaunte

Creepy

Trump said he was coming as “himself”

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Anymouse  Dec 3, 2016 • 6:24:20pm

re: #31 HappyWarrior

George Wallace 2.0: You’ll get tired of so much winning! Now playing at the White House.

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Targetpractice  Dec 3, 2016 • 6:25:26pm

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A Republican candidate who barely won the electoral college, lost the popular vote, and cost his party seats in Congress. It’s deja vu all over again.

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HappyWarrior  Dec 3, 2016 • 6:26:05pm

re: #37 jaunte

The right can say anything and spread any lie without consequences, in part because they’ve cultivated a legion of self-assured know-nothing fans.

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It’s okay for someone not to understand the nature our relationship with China and Taiwan. It’s not okay however to act like Trump did a normal thing here and it’s certainly not right to repeat the lie that he was just accepting a congraulatory call from President Tsai Ing-wen. Fortunately, it does look like cooler heads will prevail because I think the Obama administration pretty much reassured Beijing that Trump is a dumbass who doesn’t know any ebtter.

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HappyWarrior  Dec 3, 2016 • 6:26:33pm

re: #40 Anymouse

George Wallace 2.0: You’ll get tired of so much winning! Now playing at the White House.

That is who he reminds me most of in American politics. He’s got a little of his hero, Putin too.

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Charles Johnson  Dec 3, 2016 • 6:26:57pm

re: #37 jaunte

The right can say anything and spread any lie without consequences, in part because they’ve cultivated a legion of self-assured know-nothing fans.

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Know-nothing fans who’ve been propagandized and brainwashed by many years of home-schooling and Fox News and the rest of the right wing noise machine. While the GOP machine gerrymandered and passed voter restriction laws and worked tirelessly to advance their regressive agenda.

Liberals were caught sleeping in this election. It’s time to wake up.

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HappyWarrior  Dec 3, 2016 • 6:27:42pm

re: #41 Targetpractice

A Republican candidate who barely won the electoral college, lost the popular vote, and cost his party seats in Congress. It’s deja vu all over again.

A Republican candidate who had a lot of members of his party jumping off his ship. It’s almost amusing to see Ryan who couldn’t even say Trump’s name as he voted for him kissing his ass and McConnell who also was a cowardly fuck but Mitch is happy since his wife will be part of the cabinet.

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jaunte  Dec 3, 2016 • 6:28:00pm

re: #39 Stanley Sea

Trump said he was coming as “himself”

What could be more heroic than that./

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HappyWarrior  Dec 3, 2016 • 6:28:51pm

re: #44 Charles Johnson

Know-nothing fans who’ve been propagandized and brainwashed by many years of home-schooling and Fox News and the rest of the right wing noise machine. While the GOP machine gerrymandered and passed voter restrictions laws and worked tirelessly to advance their regressive agenda.

Liberals were caught sleeping in this election. It’s time to wake up.

I’ll say it. We overestimated this country. It’s like this old Adlai Stevenson story. Why, Mr. Stevenson, you’ll win the vote of every thinking man and woman I know. Why, thank you madam but i need a majority was the retort. Maybe that’s why my one grandmother loved Adlai. Witty guy.

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Eclectic Cyborg  Dec 3, 2016 • 6:33:29pm

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thedopefishlives  Dec 3, 2016 • 6:34:55pm

re: #48 Eclectic Cyborg

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That’s okay. Retroactive updings for the lulz.

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Anymouse  Dec 3, 2016 • 6:35:53pm

Off-topic, road, or even sanity,

I just ate a can of Campbell’s Alphabet Soup. I discovered trying to spell “fascist” won’t fit on a spoon.

After I ate my soup, I washed out my pan, and there were three letters that came out of the pan and went down the drain: B, I, and N.

I told my wife I’d killed part of the alphabet and we could never use those letters again: Bins would now be tubs, she can’t write her name any more, &c. She is still laughing her head off at the idea “I destroyed the alphabet.”

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De Kolta Chair  Dec 3, 2016 • 6:36:13pm

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HappyWarrior  Dec 3, 2016 • 6:37:13pm

re: #51 De Kolta Chair

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Please tell me that’s a joke.

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JasonA  Dec 3, 2016 • 6:38:25pm

re: #25 Stanley Sea

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Ruined my night

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Does she realize the ones with the S on the chest stand for truth among other things?

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thedopefishlives  Dec 3, 2016 • 6:40:12pm

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Does she realize the ones with the S on the chest stand for truth among other things?

Truth, Justice, and the American Way… So, pretty much the antithesis of everything the tiny-handed Cheeto stands for.

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thedopefishlives  Dec 3, 2016 • 6:40:38pm

re: #52 HappyWarrior

Please tell me that’s a joke.

Yeah, it’s a Photoshop.

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De Kolta Chair  Dec 3, 2016 • 6:41:06pm

re: #52 HappyWarrior

To be a joke it would have to be funny, but I did make it up. ;-)

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Unshaken Defiance  Dec 3, 2016 • 6:41:27pm

re: #47 HappyWarrior

I’ll say it. We overestimated this country. It’s like this old Adlai Stevenson story. Why, Mr. Stevenson, you’ll win the vote of every thinking man and woman I know. Why, thank you madam but i need a majority was the retort. Maybe that’s why my one grandmother loved Adlai. Witty guy.

Okay agreed. Just *grumble* 2 million vote majority *grumble* We (not republicans) are not that bad. The left split as we feared it might and the right all fell in for him.

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Anymouse  Dec 3, 2016 • 6:41:44pm

re: #52 HappyWarrior

Please tell me that’s a joke.

I’m glad we don’t have cable service here. We’re past the dumbing down of America. Someone will have to write an IQ test that allows for negative scores.

nnk6QX+P2FN+B8BKYyaUe4+1/WOy1VNjdZonAATfpIzdowHWJFjiAG8ZFwlCp2bmgDQnKfHcfrq1lq2poXmJTUAF9I7u8gRyBjZQeGtx++B0AM6zCtqYJAaDndJS/HyoEWi2R0LshuE=

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HappyWarrior  Dec 3, 2016 • 6:43:24pm

re: #55 thedopefishlives

Yeah, it’s a Photoshop.

Okay I had to check. Poe’s Law and all that.

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teleskiguy  Dec 3, 2016 • 6:44:03pm

Egads!

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HappyWarrior  Dec 3, 2016 • 6:45:30pm

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re: #57 Unshaken Defiance

Okay agreed. Just *grumble* 2 million vote majority *grumble* We (not republicans) are not that bad. The left split as we feared it might and the right all fell in for him.

It just seems to me that one section of the left would rather focus on purity dick battles rather than actually showing some pragmatism which is what we needed against Trump. The same thing is how Hitler got to become chancellor.

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HappyWarrior  Dec 3, 2016 • 6:46:10pm

re: #60 teleskiguy

Egads!

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Dana Taliban Apologist Rohrbacher? Oh Donald, and I thought you couldn’t do worse than Giuliani.

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Anymouse  Dec 3, 2016 • 6:46:12pm

re: #59 HappyWarrior

Okay I had to check. Poe’s Law and all that.

The fact you had to check and I swallowed it indicates the level to which cable news sunk. You were unsure and I believed it.

Some Republicans Applaud Trump’s Call with Taiwan (goes to the Voice of America)

From the article, and trying to out Louie Gohmert Louie himself, weighs in Senator Ted Cruz:

“I would much rather have Donald Trump talking to President Tsai [Ing-wen] than to Cuba’s Raul Castro or Iran’s Hassan Rouhani,” Texas Senator Ted Cruz tweeted Saturday. “This is an improvement.”

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HappyWarrior  Dec 3, 2016 • 6:47:29pm

re: #63 Anymouse

The fact you had to check and I swallowed it indicates the level to which cable news sunk. You were unsure and I believed it.

Some Republicans Applaud Trump’s Call with Taiwan (goes to the Voice of America)

From the article, and trying to out Louie Gohmert Louie himself, weighs in Senator Ted Cruz:

Does Cruz fucking know that we talked to Stalin and Mao, who were much more vile than Rohani and Castro. Really, for someone supposedly smart, Cruz acts like a real fucking moron a lot.

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De Kolta Chair  Dec 3, 2016 • 6:47:30pm
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Belafon  Dec 3, 2016 • 6:48:11pm

re: #63 Anymouse

“I would much rather have Donald Trump talking to President Tsai [Ing-wen] than to Cuba’s Raul Castro or Iran’s Hassan Rouhani,” Texas Senator Ted Cruz tweeted Saturday. “This is an improvement.”

I might have to agree with Ted. Have Trump talk to leaders that actually have no power, and leave it to the grown-ups to talk to everyone else.

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HappyWarrior  Dec 3, 2016 • 6:48:37pm

Obama didn’t talk to Rohani and Castro because he loves their system of government. He did because he thought that the Iran Deal would sotp Iran from becoming nuclear and that the embargo has been a clear failure on the CUban people including probably some of your relatives Ted but they weren’t lucky like your dipshit father and got at.

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Anymouse  Dec 3, 2016 • 6:48:49pm

re: #64 HappyWarrior

Does Cruz fucking know that we talked to Stalin and Mao, who were much more vile than Rohani and Castro. Really, for someone supposedly smart, Cruz acts like a real fucking moron a lot.

I guess that qualifies him for Secretary of State. /s

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Anymouse  Dec 3, 2016 • 6:50:37pm

On the destruction of the alphabet, my wife informs me she kept a secret stash of the letters I destroyed, so she can still write her name.

On the other hand, she will loan me none for my middle name.

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thedopefishlives  Dec 3, 2016 • 6:51:47pm

re: #69 Anymouse

On the destruction of the alphabet, my wife informs me she kept a secret stash of the letters I destroyed, so she can still write her name.

On the other hand, she will loan me none for my middle name.

You can rent my copies.

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Timothy Watson  Dec 3, 2016 • 6:52:12pm

re: #25 Stanley Sea

PUKE

Ruined my night

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Polygon:

Can Supergirl survive Trump?

The night after the US election, like a lot of people, I was looking for some light escapism. It seemed the perfect time to catch up Supergirl; what better show to hide away from the state of the world with than one that’s been hailed for its optimism and progressive values since the release of its first trailer? I’d fallen behind on the series, so I ended up starting with an episode that had first aired in September. “Welcome to Earth” revolved around a female, Hispanic president signing an immigration reform bill into law.

Suddenly, I was right back in the real world. What had been cautiously optimistic when the episode had premiered just a few weeks before was now upsettingly fantastical. In the wake of Donald Trump’s win, a pro-immigration woman of color being elected president seemed less realistic than the alien trying to kill her.

As I kept watching, the disparity between Supergirl’s world and our own grew wider. Alex Danvers’ coming out story made me think about the danger LGBTQ people will be in under a cabinet that universally opposes their rights. An African-American James Olsen fighting crime in a hoodie and face scarf made me think of all the Black men and boys who’d been murdered for wearing the same. And while CEO Cat Grant may have left, the series’ commitment to continue featuring women in positions of power just made me think about how rarely they filled them in reality.

polygon.com

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Unshaken Defiance  Dec 3, 2016 • 6:52:37pm

re: #61 HappyWarrior

It just seems to me that one section of the left would rather focus on purity dick battles rather than actually showing some pragmatism which is what we needed against Trump. The same thing is how Hitler got to become chancellor.

The bigger puzzle in my mind is what happened on the right. The nationalist / ethnic purity resurgence is the thing to consider now imho. Coping skills. How to throw a wrench in the suspension of reality and facts. Use the law crossing every T. Find our friends inside the system. Learn how to predict and get ahead of the game, the culture war that is about to get as real as it has since the 60’s.

These guys can be outsmarted. We do not need riots in the streets. We need us the majority and those that voted far left to throw in too.

Buckle up, this is no self driving autonomous car.

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Anymouse  Dec 3, 2016 • 6:52:39pm

re: #70 thedopefishlives

You can rent my copies.

Vanna, I would like to buy an “I” (ding, one letter turned)

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HappyWarrior  Dec 3, 2016 • 6:56:28pm

re: #72 Unshaken Defiance

The bigger puzzle in my mind is what happened on the right. The nationalist / ethnic purity resurgence is the thing to consider now imho. Coping skills. How to throw a wrench in the suspension of reality and facts. Use the law crossing every T. Find our friends inside the system. Learn how to predict and get ahead of the game, the culture war that is about to get as real as it has since the 60’s.

These guys can be outsmarted. We do not need riots in the streets. We need us the majority and those that voted far left to throw in too.

Buckle up, this is no self driving autonomous car.

Yeah the rise of nationalist/ethnic purity is definitely something to consider. We need to work with those we can find common ground on to stop Trump when and where we can. I know I have my disagreements with the Libertarians on economics but I’d bet we’ll find common ground on the Sessions DOJ. Good people don’t use marijuana? WTF.

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De Kolta Chair  Dec 3, 2016 • 6:56:59pm

Things Ted Cruz Has Said, Said By Other People #1

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Interesting Times  Dec 3, 2016 • 6:57:20pm
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Anymouse  Dec 3, 2016 • 6:57:25pm

More from VOA:

Arizona Representative Matt Salmon told The Hill he applauded Trump for “making a strong statement” with the telephone conversation. “I commend [President-elect] Trump for reaching out to the democratically elected president of Taiwan, Tsai Ing-wen,” he said in his statement to the newspaper.

Salmon, head of the House Foreign Affairs subcommittee on Asia and the Pacific, attended Tsai’s inauguration, according to The Hill.

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HappyWarrior  Dec 3, 2016 • 6:58:48pm

re: #77 Anymouse

More from VOA:

Okay but I thought the narrative was that she made the call. These guys just don’t get it. I obviously have no love for the PRC but this is just fucking stupid and the only reason why Trump reached out to them is because he has busienss interests in Taiwan.

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Anymouse  Dec 3, 2016 • 6:59:24pm

re: #74 HappyWarrior

Yeah the rise of nationalist/ethnic purity is definitely something to consider. We need to work with those we can find common ground on to stop Trump when and where we can. I know I have my disagreements with the Libertarians on economics but I’d bet we’ll find common ground on the Sessions DOJ. Good people don’t use marijuana? WTF.

My wife the former Libertarian Party campaign treasurer notes that the Libertarian Party has about zero in common with Republican social derp, and is largely in the same camp with the Democrats on basic human rights.

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HappyWarrior  Dec 3, 2016 • 7:00:46pm

re: #79 Anymouse

My wife the former Libertarian Party campaign treasurer notes that the Libertarian Party has about zero in common with Republican social derp, and is largely in the same camp with the Democrats on basic human rights.

Yeah I know a lot of Libertarians too. We have our disagreements obviously but there’s a lot with a Sessions Justice Department that will find cause for common ground. Sessions was really one of the worst people Trump could have found for that job.

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De Kolta Chair  Dec 3, 2016 • 7:01:38pm

Things Ted Cruz Has Said, Said By Other People #2

[Special thanks to Mr. Typo!]

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Anymouse  Dec 3, 2016 • 7:02:11pm

Yet more derp reported by VOA:

John Bolton, who was U.S. ambassador to the United Nations during former President George H.W. Bush’s administration, met Friday with Trump. Bolton, who emerged as a contender for the next secretary of state, had advocated for “an upgrade” of Taiwan’s relations with the U.S.

“The new U.S. administration could start with receiving Taiwanese diplomats officially at the State Department; upgrading the status of U.S. representation in Taipei from a private ‘institute’ to an official diplomatic mission; inviting Taiwan’s president to travel officially to America; allowing the most senior U.S. officials to visit Taiwan to transact government business; and ultimately restoring full diplomatic recognition,” according to a commentary article Bolton wrote for The Wall Street Journal this year.

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Stanley Sea  Dec 3, 2016 • 7:02:49pm

re: #71 Timothy Watson

Polygon:

polygon.com

TY. I tweeted that. It was needed.

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Charles Johnson  Dec 3, 2016 • 7:04:06pm
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De Kolta Chair  Dec 3, 2016 • 7:06:14pm

Things Ted Cruz Has Said, Said By Other People #3

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Charles Johnson  Dec 3, 2016 • 7:07:15pm
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Anymouse  Dec 3, 2016 • 7:07:35pm

This woman’s story seems more geared to selling books rather than reality:

I Am a Surrendered Wife (goes to the BBC)

The gist of the article about her is that as a self-described feminist, she took control of all aspects of her husband’s life (thereby denying him agency).

Her solution was to give that up, give him control of the family finances, stop “nagging,” &c.

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jaunte  Dec 3, 2016 • 7:09:05pm
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Charles Johnson  Dec 3, 2016 • 7:09:44pm

Krikorian is one of the worst right wing anti-immigrant propagandists. Apparently I’m on their radar.

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Stanley Sea  Dec 3, 2016 • 7:11:18pm

I love this guys feed. I saved one for WW tomorrow.

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De Kolta Chair  Dec 3, 2016 • 7:11:37pm

Things Ted Cruz Has Said, Said By Other People #4

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HappyWarrior  Dec 3, 2016 • 7:14:23pm

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Stanley Sea  Dec 3, 2016 • 7:14:54pm

I forget who posted this this morning- It was Makeitstop!!!
For those who haven’t seen it.

This is a must watch, all the way till the end.

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De Kolta Chair  Dec 3, 2016 • 7:18:37pm

Things Donald Trump Has Said, Said By Other People #1

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calochortus  Dec 3, 2016 • 7:19:51pm

re: #87 Anymouse

This woman’s story seems more geared to selling books rather than reality:

I Am a Surrendered Wife (goes to the BBC)

The gist of the article about her is that as a self-described feminist, she took control of all aspects of her husband’s life (thereby denying him agency).

Her solution was to give that up, give him control of the family finances, stop “nagging,” &c.

Yeah. Amazing how not letting your husband know what drives you up the wall instantly solves all family and relationship problems.
There is of course, something to the idea of not trying to run one’s husband’s life, a.k.a. basic respect, but the idea that women magically control the dynamics of a relationship by backing off and letting the man set the rules and the pace is a bunch of hokum.
How about respect, honesty and flexibility on both sides?

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thedopefishlives  Dec 3, 2016 • 7:22:52pm

re: #96 calochortus

Yeah. Amazing how not letting your husband know what drives you up the wall instantly solves all family and relationship problems.
There is of course, something to the idea of not trying to run one’s husband’s life, a.k.a. basic respect, but the idea that women magically control the dynamics of a relationship by backing off and letting the man set the rules and the pace is a bunch of hokum.
How about respect, honesty and flexibility on both sides?

It’s basic relationship dynamics. Just as with friends, married partners need to treat each other like human beings - like how we would want to be treated. I can’t walk all over my wife, and she can’t nag me to death. They teach that in the very first session of pre-marital counseling. Along with, “Always be honest.”

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Anymouse  Dec 3, 2016 • 7:29:40pm

re: #96 calochortus

Yeah. Amazing how not letting your husband know what drives you up the wall instantly solves all family and relationship problems.
There is of course, something to the idea of not trying to run one’s husband’s life, a.k.a. basic respect, but the idea that women magically control the dynamics of a relationship by backing off and letting the man set the rules and the pace is a bunch of hokum.
How about respect, honesty and flexibility on both sides?

There are things my wife is good at (finances, planning, plumbing, &c) and things I am good at (housework, yard work, driving [she is terrified of driving after a horrible wreck she was involved in). That doesn’t mean either she is running my life, or me running hers. We consult each other on what we’re going to do because it is courteous and considerate.

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De Kolta Chair  Dec 3, 2016 • 7:30:20pm

Things Donald Trump Has Said, Said By Other People #2

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calochortus  Dec 3, 2016 • 7:31:54pm

re: #97 thedopefishlives

It’s basic relationship dynamics. Just as with friends, married partners need to treat each other like human beings - like how we would want to be treated. I can’t walk all over my wife, and she can’t nag me to death. They teach that in the very first session of pre-marital counseling. Along with, “Always be honest.”

Liking one’s spouse is at least as important as loving them. With Mr. C. it was “like at first sight” and about 2 months later that I realized I loved him as well.

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makeitstop  Dec 3, 2016 • 7:32:12pm

re: #37 jaunte

The right can say anything and spread any lie without consequences, in part because they’ve cultivated a legion of self-assured know-nothing fans.

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I got into a brief exchange on Facebook with a guy who said he ‘liked the ballsy move.’ I said that the One China approach had worked for better than 40 years, and he replied that I was ‘another one who has it all figured out - like I give a shit what you think lol’ (that’s verbatim). This gy is a friend of a friend, in his 50s.

You simply cannot discuss anything in an adult manner with these people. They think it’s just awesome that Trump is running roughshod over diplomacy. Try pointing out that it might not be a good idea and they react like 12 year olds.

I told the guy he was an asshole and bailed. There was no point in discussing anything with that dude, he didn’t want discussion. He wanted the chance to throw insults.

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thedopefishlives  Dec 3, 2016 • 7:33:49pm

re: #100 calochortus

Liking one’s spouse is at least as important as loving them. With Mr. C. it was “like at first sight” and about 2 months later that I realized I loved him as well.

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Anymouse  Dec 3, 2016 • 7:33:55pm

In response to the election, Wonkette is selling a blue baseball cap embroidered with “Hell No.”

wonkette.com

The idea is to point out Mr. Trump did not win the most votes, but it would probably be lost on most of his voters.

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wheat-dogg  Dec 3, 2016 • 7:34:41pm

re: #94 Stanley Sea

I forget who posted this this morning- Jaunte?

For those who haven’t seen it.

This is a must watch, all the way till the end.

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I watched it. The ending was … unexpected. I won’t give any spoilers, but the video does show us how potential shooters can be hidden in plain sight.

FWIW, schoolteachers are expected to be on the alert for troubled teens, and to act in loco parentis if there are signs of real danger to the kid or his (or her, less often) schoolmates. In practice, this is not so easy, considering the typical middle/high schoolteacher has at least 150 students come through the classroom door every day, and some schools don’t even have a full-time nurse or counselor. From my own experience, unless a teacher “connects” with a student in some way, it’s easy to miss all the warning signs of impending trouble until it’s almost too late. One of my students attempted suicide (not at school). Another carried around a fast food soft drink cup spiked with vodka throughout the day. Another got into some heavy prescription drug abuse, and nearly died from an OD while out partying with friends. All three seemed pretty normal otherwise, but each was going through some kind of family trauma or clinical depression. I’ve lost track of the attempted suicide guy, but he got his life back on track. The drinker got help, and is now happily married with two kids. The OD girl got clean, and became a counselor (even while still in high school) for kids with drug abuse problems.

I’ve only lost one student to suicide, thankfully. A really bright young man with a promising future, loving parents, who after graduating college, wrote a note to his parents and killed himself in his bedroom. No one had picked up on his mental state.

Though I now teach college students, and am no longer in loco parentis legally, I still instinctively keep an eye on my students as much as I can. Chinese students are under even more pressure than American kids are.

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stpaulbear  Dec 3, 2016 • 7:36:10pm

re: #93 HappyWarrior

Well consider the source, the guy who thought he was being patriotic by cheating on his wives.

A song for Newt, Trump and most of their buddies:

Your Husband is Cheating on Us - Denise LaSalle

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Stanley Sea  Dec 3, 2016 • 7:37:05pm

re: #104 wheat-dogg

I updated my post - it was Makeitstop. Memory jab when I saw another post from him.

Credit where credit is due.

Watch it.

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jaunte  Dec 3, 2016 • 7:37:45pm

re: #101 makeitstop

He wanted the chance to throw insults.

The Trump campaign was based on unleashing the resentful emo white douchebag.
“Winning” the presidency and control of House and Senate won’t satisfy them.

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wheat-dogg  Dec 3, 2016 • 7:37:59pm

re: #106 Stanley Sea

I updated my post - it was Makeitstop. Memory jab when I saw another post from him.

Credit where credit is due.

Watch it.

I did and sharing it.

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makeitstop  Dec 3, 2016 • 7:38:07pm

re: #60 teleskiguy

Egads!

No seriously, you’re kidding me, Dana Rohrbacher for Secretary of State? Is Lord Haw Haw unavailable?

Former BFF of the Taliban, IIRC.

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Anymouse  Dec 3, 2016 • 7:38:09pm

Salon has an article on how something can be legal and criminalised at the same time (that would be abortion).

salon.com

They point out a few things to watch out for now that the election is over (particularly with Mike Pence coming into the government).

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De Kolta Chair  Dec 3, 2016 • 7:39:06pm

Things Donald Trump Has Said, Said By Other People #3

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Honey Punch!  Dec 3, 2016 • 7:43:11pm

re: #42 HappyWarrior

Fortunately, it does look like cooler heads will prevail because I think the Obama administration pretty much reassured Beijing that Trump is a dumbass who doesn’t know any ebtter.

“I must apologize for Trump-Lo. He is an idiot. We have purposely trained him wrong - as a joke.”

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De Kolta Chair  Dec 3, 2016 • 7:45:53pm

This NYer is so not reading that

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Anymouse  Dec 3, 2016 • 7:48:29pm

re: #113 De Kolta Chair

This NYer is so not reading that

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According to The Gothamist article, the conspiracy is installing bike lanes, lowering speed limits, and installing pedestrian plazas to banish autos from New York.

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De Kolta Chair  Dec 3, 2016 • 7:52:16pm

re: #114 Anymouse

According to The Gothamist article, the conspiracy is installing bike lanes, lowering speed limits, and installing pedestrian plazas to banish autos from New York.

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makeitstop  Dec 3, 2016 • 8:08:54pm

re: #94 Stanley Sea

I forget who posted this this morning- Jaunte?

For those who haven’t seen it.

This is a must watch, all the way till the end.

[Embedded content]

That was me. Thanks for re-posting. That ad blows me away.


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