And Now for Something Totally Bizarre: De Staat, "Witch Doctor"

And Now for Something Totally Bizarre: De Staat, “Witch Doctor”

MusicFebruary 2017 • Views: 39,604

Official music video for De Staat’s ‘Witch Doctor’ taken from the album I_CON.

- Bogotá Short Film Festival – BOGOSHORTS - Award ‘Best Music Video’
- CutOut Fest 2016 - Award ‘Best Animated Music Video’
- Cinanima 2016 - Award ‘Best Short Film - Commissioned Film’
- UK Music Video Awards 2016 - Award ‘Best Animation in a Video’
- KLIK Animation Festival 2016 - Award ‘Best Animated Music Video’
- Anim’est International Animation Film Festival 2016 - Award ‘Best Music Video’
- Radar Awards 2016 - Award ‘Best Animation/VFX’
- Saatchi & Saatchi New Directors’ Showcase 2016 - Official Selection
- Berlin Music Video Awards 2016 - Award ‘Best Concept’
- Edison PopPrijs 2016, NL - Award ‘Best Music Video’
- Holland Animation Film Festival 2016, NL - Award ’ Grand Prix for Best Dutch Animation’
- International Music Video Festival 2015, FR - Award ’ Prix The Public’
- Playgrounds Festival 2015, NL - Award ’ Best Local’

Watch the making of here: https://vimeo.com/140182488

Created by: Studio Smack, Floris Kaayk & Torre Florim

Music: De Staat (www.destaat.net)

Make-up: Stephanie van der Wal

Special thanks: Nona Weltevrede

Sponsored by TAXfonds/Media Fonds & AKV St.Joost

facebook: https://www.facebook.com/STUDIO-SMACK-287330375863 | twitter: https://twitter.com/STUDIOSMACK | website: http://www.studiosmack.nl

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austin_blue Feb 18, 2017 • 8:25:14pm

It’s a three minute acid trip. Saw it last night and was just “What the fuuu…”

William Lewis Feb 18, 2017 • 8:27:48pm

57 seconds till I bailed out.

Charles Johnson Feb 18, 2017 • 8:31:35pm

@KeithOlbermann @DebraMessing @Green_Footballs you realize this article is months old? Disturbing, yes. Current, no.

— 🖇 Robyn Faintich (@rfaintich) February 19, 2017

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You do realize this same group was at Trump’s rally today, right? @rfaintich @KeithOlbermann @DebraMessing

— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) February 19, 2017

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Why? Did it become less true? I didn’t realize facts had an expiration date. @rfaintich

— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) February 19, 2017

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@Green_Footballs I didn’t say it wasn’t fact, I said it diminishes the impact when we are recycling old stories rather than new ones

— 🖇 Robyn Faintich (@rfaintich) February 19, 2017

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Did you know about this before you saw the article? @rfaintich

— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) February 19, 2017

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Charles Johnson Feb 18, 2017 • 8:32:01pm

Pedantic Twitter may be the most annoying Twitter.

(alpuz) Feb 18, 2017 • 8:33:11pm

re: #2 William Lewis

Keep going. I was right there with you but held on. It’s pretty cool all the way through.

austin_blue Feb 18, 2017 • 8:36:12pm

It can be read on numerous levels. He’s inciting a crowd of fervent believers, but are they black? White? The CG gives everything a mocha cast. Is he inciting blacks against whites? Whites against blacks?

And is he initiating a race war or initiating a counterforce against a race war?

It’s fascinating, eerie (especially the last twenty seconds), and provoking.

It’s a very effective as a piece of art.

JordanRules Feb 18, 2017 • 8:43:07pm

re: #3 Charles Johnson

Hell, that’s not even pedantic, it’s just silly.

Belafon Feb 18, 2017 • 8:44:43pm

In regards to those videos of Trump forcing Melania to go around:

@aravosis pic.twitter.com/uYTsmUjsjd

— Tina-TheResistance (@trcfwtt) February 19, 2017

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@trcfwtt @aravosis Ivanka is the only one he loves. Holy. Shit. Show.

— #MissMeWithYourBS (@Gabbiedrice78K) February 19, 2017

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He doesn’t make Ivanka.

Nyet Feb 18, 2017 • 8:48:52pm

There was a question about Garrison in the last thread.

Here is an example of the misuse of his cartoons by the Nazis:

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BTW there’s hardly a question that Garrison is a disgusting, misogynistic, racist, conspiracist pig. That doesn’t make him a Nazi, just a good conservative.

Charles Johnson Feb 18, 2017 • 8:50:09pm

@LAustyanJulian Inorite? I guess somebody forgot to tell me we weren’t allowed to post facts on Twitter unless they’re super-fresh facts.

— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) February 19, 2017

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JordanRules Feb 18, 2017 • 8:50:24pm

Sweet!

This 11-year-old girl has designed and made several prosthetics for her arm - including one that shoots glitter https://t.co/8vaeQaM0Db pic.twitter.com/WWpULiKOA1

— CNN (@CNN) February 18, 2017

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Stanley Sea Feb 18, 2017 • 8:54:03pm

re: #4 Charles Johnson

Pedantic Twitter may be the most annoying Twitter.

JFC.

And the fuck that the media didn’t report on those weirdos with the fury of Rev. Wright.

Charles Johnson Feb 18, 2017 • 8:54:17pm

This is awesome: The little known history of Mexico’s anti-Nazi propaganda. https://t.co/8BfFppgSUT pic.twitter.com/ktGvVogDAM

— Gabe Ortíz (@TUSK81) February 19, 2017

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HappyWarrior Feb 18, 2017 • 8:55:03pm

re: #13 Charles Johnson

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That would make a kick ass tattoo.

(alpuz) Feb 18, 2017 • 8:55:19pm

I met Clyde Stubblefield more than a few times. He had a Wednesday night jam session at one of the bars I worked in. He always seemed like a great guy that gave back as much as he could.

RIP funky drummer.

KingKenrod Feb 18, 2017 • 8:55:47pm

Pedantic Twitter totally misses point that “Blacks for Trump” was exposed as a crackpot organization months ago but Trump is still using them for props.

Charles Johnson Feb 18, 2017 • 8:57:16pm

Good fucking grief.

And the same group was at his rally today. @barebones1 @KeithOlbermann

— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) February 19, 2017

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HappyWarrior Feb 18, 2017 • 8:57:53pm

historynet.com
Here’s something else on Mexico. When we think of WWII, we typically think of the Americans, British, French, and Russians as the ones who fought the Nazis but there were also plenty of Poles, Mexicans, Dutch, and other groups too.

HappyWarrior Feb 18, 2017 • 8:59:00pm

Mexico also was one of the only countries that support the Spanish Republic over the fascists in the Spanish Civil War too.

Charles Johnson Feb 18, 2017 • 8:59:05pm

In Pruitt’s first interview as EPA boss says he will “quickly withdraw” 2 landmark Obama Clean Air/Clean Water rules https://t.co/HsuOVIpO8O pic.twitter.com/R75ooMdqFz

— Eric Lipton (@EricLiptonNYT) February 18, 2017

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And here we go. @EricLiptonNYT https://t.co/QHYYwCeMri

— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) February 19, 2017

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Dave In Austin Feb 18, 2017 • 8:59:58pm

Any Houston Lizards in the house tonite?

JordanRules Feb 18, 2017 • 9:00:23pm

re: #17 Charles Johnson

Oh, well in that case please stop informing and calling shit out. head meet desk

HappyWarrior Feb 18, 2017 • 9:02:27pm

re: #20 Charles Johnson

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So Senator Heitkamp, yo usaid you were going to hold him accountable………He’s already off to a sterling start!

Belafon Feb 18, 2017 • 9:02:33pm

re: #17 Charles Johnson

Good fucking grief.

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Any history older than yesterday is irrelevant to the discussion.

prairiefire Feb 18, 2017 • 9:04:06pm

Cool, looks like “I am Legend” set to rock.

Dave In Austin Feb 18, 2017 • 9:05:02pm

re: #23 HappyWarrior

So Senator Heitkamp, yo usaid you were going to hold him accountable………He’s already off to a sterling start!

Any Bluedog should just change sides and be done with it. Manchin just need to go. I hate that guy.

allegro Feb 18, 2017 • 9:05:42pm

re: #21 Dave In Austin

Any Houston Lizards in the house tonite?

*waves*

HappyWarrior Feb 18, 2017 • 9:06:14pm

re: #26 Dave In Austin

Any Bluedog should just change sides and be done with it. Manchin just need to go. I hate that guy.

I just don’t understand why they vote on nominees and legislation that would negatively impact their state.

Charles Johnson Feb 18, 2017 • 9:07:03pm

In the mood to re-share my favorite photo of all time: a divorcing couple splitting up their Beanie Babies in court in 1999 pic.twitter.com/YuOZbJEdW5

— Sean Morrow (@snmrrw) February 17, 2017

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That’s ineffably sad. @snmrrw @ClaraJeffery https://t.co/fd51GtS961

— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) February 19, 2017

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retired cynic Feb 18, 2017 • 9:07:06pm

re: #28 HappyWarrior

I just don’t understand why they vote on nominees and legislation that would negatively impact their state.

‘Cuz they’ll lose their next election.

HappyWarrior Feb 18, 2017 • 9:07:47pm

re: #30 retired cynic

‘Cuz they’ll lose their next election.

They’re going to lose their next election likely regardless of what they do here though honestly.

Targetpractice Feb 18, 2017 • 9:07:51pm

re: #20 Charles Johnson

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So he wants to withdraw rules that the courts have “seriously called into question,” meanwhile his boss has basically said that he’s going to reissue his “travel ban” EO despite the courts saying the first iteration was totally unlawful.

HappyWarrior Feb 18, 2017 • 9:08:09pm

re: #29 Charles Johnson

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God that was such a weird fad.

Dave In Austin Feb 18, 2017 • 9:12:02pm

re: #27 allegro

Just wanted to say you lucky devil, I love the Harris County DA……

HappyWarrior Feb 18, 2017 • 9:12:46pm

I mean I get it they are conservative states and I understand they have to tip toe a delicate balance. But I just wonder when the last time Manchin actually acted like he had a D next to his name.

allegro Feb 18, 2017 • 9:13:26pm

re: #34 Dave In Austin

Just wanted to say you lucky devil, I love the Harris County DA……

Me too. Such a wonderful improvement over the last one. Are you referring to the new marijuana policy?

teleskiguy Feb 18, 2017 • 9:14:35pm

The best Slalom skier in the world. She’s Michael Jordan, Serena Williams, Roger Maris. And she lives right down the road from me.

Tomorrow’s cover: Shiffrin dominates the competition, taking another World Championships slalom gold medal. pic.twitter.com/0ra0Ef75c6

— Vail Daily (@VailDaily) February 19, 2017

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Dave In Austin Feb 18, 2017 • 9:16:54pm

re: #36 allegro

Yes I am, I here the DA over in El Paso wants to do the same thing. Read the Tex Trib article. Pissed a bunch of rethugs off. Maybe the camel is slowly getting his nose in the tent.

HappyWarrior Feb 18, 2017 • 9:18:25pm

re: #38 Dave In Austin

Yes I am, I here the DA over in El Paso wants to do the same thing. Read the Tex Trib article. Pissed a bunch of rethugs off. Maybe the camel is slowly getting his nose in the tent.

So much for the Republicans being for small government. Isn’t El Paso where Beto O’Rourke is from? I’ve heard about him and he sounds like someone to watch for.

retired cynic Feb 18, 2017 • 9:20:54pm

re: #39 HappyWarrior

So much for the Republicans being for small government. Isn’t El Paso where Beto O’Rourke is from? I’ve heard about him and he sounds like someone to watch for.

The DNC ought to just use you for a database.

HappyWarrior Feb 18, 2017 • 9:22:50pm

re: #40 retired cynic

The DNC ought to just use you for a database.

I’m really good with remembering names. My brothers remember faces. I remember names. You should see my family tree.

EmmaAnne Feb 18, 2017 • 9:24:40pm

re: #26 Dave In Austin

Any Bluedog should just change sides and be done with it. Manchin just need to go. I hate that guy.

Heidi Heitkamp is the only statewide Democrat in North Dakota. She’s pretty good on a lot of issues, and considerably better than a Republican on pretty much everything. Blue dogs in blue states should go, but blue dogs in red states are a benefit.

wheat-dogg Feb 18, 2017 • 9:25:23pm

Follow the link and read the report.

This is just plain scary — The Rise of the Weaponized AI Propaganda Machine via @join_scout https://t.co/DL3FsFN8s7

— wheat-dogg (@liguy743) February 19, 2017

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HappyWarrior Feb 18, 2017 • 9:25:26pm

re: #42 EmmaAnne

Heidi Heitkamp is the only statewide Democrat in North Dakota. She’s pretty good on a lot of issues, and considerably better than a Republican on pretty much everything. Blue dogs in blue states should go, but blue dogs in red states are a benefit.

She doesn’t bother me as much as Manchin honestly.

allegro Feb 18, 2017 • 9:28:53pm

re: #38 Dave In Austin

Yes I am, I here the DA over in El Paso wants to do the same thing. Read the Tex Trib article. Pissed a bunch of rethugs off. Maybe the camel is slowly getting his nose in the tent.

Houston has definitely taken a more progressive turn even in the last year. We’ve had great Dem mayors forever but for some reason until this last election always went for the lawn order DAs. The last one, Devon Anderson, put her own head in a noose when she jailed a rape victim. We did not like that one bit. County also went 64% for Hillary. Sylvester Turner finally got the mayor’s office and is a good guy and with Kim Ogg as DA I can see Houston leading the state in progressive policies like this.

I’m certainly pleased on a personal level. :-D

darthstar Feb 18, 2017 • 9:30:18pm

How was Trump’s rally today? I was skiing some epic lines today and missed it.

Now I’m tired and going to bed. Will have to catch up later.

KGxvi Feb 18, 2017 • 9:33:00pm

re: #4 Charles Johnson

~~Pedantic~~ Twitter may be the most annoying Twitter.

Edited for accuracy

austin_blue Feb 18, 2017 • 9:33:04pm

re: #37 teleskiguy

The best Slalom skier in the world. She’s Michael Jordan, Serena Williams, Roger Maris. And she lives right down the road from me.

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And she’s also cute as a bug. A very fierce bug.

Dave In Austin Feb 18, 2017 • 9:34:40pm

re: #41 HappyWarrior

I’m really good with remembering names. My brothers remember faces. I remember names. You should see my family tree.

I smoked a little weed and I can’t remember shit……..

Ace-o-aces Feb 18, 2017 • 9:46:55pm

Remember the part in the Bible about dinosaur gladiators? Ken Ham does.

Exquisite design by @ArkEncounter artists for new Diorama depicting wicked population in the pre-Flood world to be installed @ArkEncounter pic.twitter.com/4JHQiTEWbG

— Ken Ham (@aigkenham) February 16, 2017

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OMG, the pre-flood world was fucking BADASS! @ArkEncounter @aigkenham https://t.co/gJXc6Nj3Am

— aceoaces (@aceoaces) February 19, 2017

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KGxvi Feb 18, 2017 • 9:57:34pm

re: #50 Ace-o-aces

Remember the part in the Bible about dinosaur gladiators? Ken Ham does.

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HBO and George RR Martin should call their lawyers

wheat-dogg Feb 18, 2017 • 10:00:18pm

So it seems that Swedish incident Trump referenced in his campaign speech was a TV program about immigration in Sweden.

So to recap, “what happened last night in Sweden” was an interview from earlier in the week, about a film made before, that aired last night

— Alexandra Erin (@alexandraerin) February 19, 2017

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Read the rest of Alex’s TL for more details. And weep.

austin_blue Feb 18, 2017 • 10:03:39pm

Here’s some pictures, and they’re from 2012:

marketwatch666.blogspot.com

Now, here’s the thing. Oil companies flare “waste natural gas” from oil production pads because they don’t want to put in the infrastructure to transport it to an end user. If the flared gas in south Texas could be collected and transported, it could replace the coal used in every electric generating plant in south Texas.

That would decrease the CO2 from those generating stations by 40%, SOx and NOx by 70%, and particulates by 80%.

But the State of Texas doesn’t require them to set up the pipeline infrastructure before giving them a permit to drill.

Oh, and by the way, six of the the ten biggest mercury emitters in the US are in in Texas because they burn locally mined lignite. Those six plants emitted 6,145 tons of mercury in 2010. They are all still using locally mined lignite despite the fact that natural gas production has increased by over an order of magnitude since 2010 and the cost has gone down to squat.

For comparison, California had total mercury emissions of 16 pounds (all natural gas and nuclear generation).

retired cynic Feb 18, 2017 • 10:05:09pm

re: #53 austin_blue

Texas. SMDH.

wheat-dogg Feb 18, 2017 • 10:07:42pm

re: #53 austin_blue

Here’s some pictures, and they’re from 2012:

marketwatch666.blogspot.com

Now, here’s the thing. Oil companies flare “waste natural gas” from oil production pads because they don’t want to put in the infrastructure to transport it to an end user. If the flared gas in south Texas could be collected and transported, it could replace the coal used in every electric generating plant in south Texas.

That would decrease the CO2 from those generating stations by 40%, SOx and NOx by 70%, and particulates by 80%.

But the State of Texas doesn’t require them to set up the pipeline infrastructure before giving them a permit to drill.

Oh, and by the way, six of the the ten biggest mercury emitters in the US are in in Texas because they burn locally mined lignite. Those six plants emitted 6,145 tons of mercury in 2010. They are all still using locally mined lignite despite the fact that natural gas production has increased by over an order of magnitude since 2010 and the cost has gone down to squat.

For comparison, California had total mercury emissions of 16 pounds (all natural gas and nuclear generation).

The only way to force them to collect that flared NG would be regulations and/or laws. And that ain’t gonna happen anytime soon.

austin_blue Feb 18, 2017 • 10:11:50pm

re: #54 retired cynic

Texas. SMDH.

Yeah, well, whatever. I’m tired of banging my head on a wall. These fuckers in industry have bought the entire fucking State government.

In addition, I have to deal with Dominionists and Opus Dei.

retired cynic Feb 18, 2017 • 10:14:21pm

re: #56 austin_blue

Yeah, well, whatever. I’m tired of banging my head on a wall. These fuckers in industry have bought the entire fucking State government.

In addition, I have to deal with Dominionists and Opus Dei.

Austin has some perks. I’ve never been there, but my father thought it was great.

wheat-dogg Feb 18, 2017 • 10:14:34pm

One of the suspects in the murder of Kim Jong-Un’s half-brother tried to disguise herself after the attack. The other was allegedly duped into spraying him with what she thought was water, after being convinced she was participating in a TV prank show.

benarnews.org

Meanwhile, NK officials are demanding the body be released to them without an autopsy, and now that Malaysia has refused, NK is saying they will not accept any autopsy results as valid.

Dave In Austin Feb 18, 2017 • 10:18:15pm

A face only a mother could love.

Sallow & swollen - the barroom brawler’s beaten face telegraphed telangiectasia. A vile flag-fucker. Xenophobic hatred for hire.#ShortStory pic.twitter.com/ofztd0QzCL

— Jeff Black (@LRBitisnot) January 26, 2017

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teleskiguy Feb 18, 2017 • 10:19:46pm

re: #48 austin_blue

And she’s also cute as a bug. A very fierce bug.

She has spoken about Fuckface Von Clownstick, and she’s on our side.

retired cynic Feb 18, 2017 • 10:19:48pm

re: #59 Dave In Austin

A face only a mother could love.

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Such a sterling example of white supremacy.

Dave In Austin Feb 18, 2017 • 10:21:11pm

I HAVE BEEN WAITING 4 THIS SINCE trump SAID HE WAS RUNNING FOR PRES! NY TACONIC STATE PARKWAY! WAS donald j trump!🤣🤣 pic.twitter.com/jWEvPcUhN4

— george-t (@therealwombat1) January 31, 2017

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retired cynic Feb 18, 2017 • 10:21:45pm

re: #59 Dave In Austin

A face only a mother could love.

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One of the tweets following that: he has a head like a diseased potato. I know we are not supposed to make fun of the way people look, but he is a classic example of the inner man showing on the outside.

austin_blue Feb 18, 2017 • 10:22:29pm

re: #57 retired cynic

Austin has some perks. I’ve never been there, but my father thought it was great.

Austin IS great. We’re the little Blue Pimple in Centex.

But the Leg hated us so much that after the Census in 2010, they gerrymandered us so that the City was divided up into 6 different Congressional districts reaching from almost DFW to Houston to San Antonio (we’ve got over 1,000,000 people now) making us the largest metropolitan area in the country without a bespoke member of the US House Of Reps. My CongressCritter is Lamar Smith, who is an anti-science fuckwit and is based in San Antonio, seventy five miles south of us.

prairiefire Feb 18, 2017 • 10:23:40pm

re: #63 retired cynic

One of the tweets following that: he has a head like a diseased potato. I know we are not supposed to make fun of the way people look, but he is a classic example of the inner man showing on the outside.

His Dorian Gray Bannon portrait has got to look fantastic.

retired cynic Feb 18, 2017 • 10:25:07pm

re: #64 austin_blue

I’m sorry. I have a Republican Rep, but he is not that bad. It’s Darin LaHood, son of former Rep. and then Transportation Secretary (under Obama) Ray LaHood. He’s not the man his father is, but he’s not like Lamar Smith, thank Dog.

teleskiguy Feb 18, 2017 • 10:25:58pm

MP3 Audio

austin_blue Feb 18, 2017 • 10:26:14pm

re: #63 retired cynic

One of the tweets following that: he has a head like a diseased potato. I know we are not supposed to make fun of the way people look, but he is a classic example of the inner man showing on the outside.

If he doesn’t have rosacea, he’s just a fucking drunk.

retired cynic Feb 18, 2017 • 10:26:25pm

And on that thankful note, I’m hitting the sack. G’nite lizards.

teleskiguy Feb 18, 2017 • 10:30:26pm

re: #67 teleskiguy

BTW, you can download this show from Umphrey’s McGee in MP3 format free of charge.

umlive.net

JordanRules Feb 18, 2017 • 10:33:15pm

Trump was at his nazi rally saying there were just a handful of protesters outside; well, not your tiny hands @realDonaldTrump Have a look!! pic.twitter.com/WZ4g0txsIZ

— SeriouslyUS? (@USseriously) February 19, 2017

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austin_blue Feb 18, 2017 • 10:37:25pm

re: #69 retired cynic

And on that thankful note, I’m hitting the sack. G’nite lizards.

Me too. She Who Must Be Obeyed had a lovely orchestral performance down in New Braunfels tonight, the crowd loved it and hoozah. Happy for her.

I try to keep my spirits up, but then I hear that Pruitt, who is now running the EPA and has Exxon’s dick up his ass, is going to dismantle the two most important initiatives that the previous Executive initiated to protect clean air and limit climate change.

Sometimes, you just want to say “Fuck My Life”.

But I’ll hang in there. Resist. And Peace.

Night Lizards.

Ubiq Feb 18, 2017 • 10:58:50pm

re: #1 austin_blue

See I’ve worked with computer graphics my whole career so I spent the whole time going ‘that clipping is terrible’.

Ubiq Feb 18, 2017 • 11:01:55pm

re: #44 HappyWarrior

She doesn’t bother me as much as Manchin honestly.

Manchin’s in a state trump won by 42 points. Getting 50% of the votes is much better than getting none of them.

Timothy Watson Feb 18, 2017 • 11:33:40pm

re: #37 teleskiguy

The best Slalom skier in the world. She’s Michael Jordan, Serena Williams, Roger Maris. And she lives right down the road from me.

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She still won’t return your calls?

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Single-handed sailor Feb 19, 2017 • 12:23:28am

I’ve been looking for good financial news sources to plan my investing, Market Watch doesn’t appear to be one. Here’s their underpants gnome market prediction for a Trump rally increasing to 30,000.

wheat-dogg Feb 19, 2017 • 12:31:48am

Adam Khan has some illuminating information on this thread about Trump’s and Kushner’s ties to Russian, Chinese, Ukrainian and Israeli interests, plus Big Data and Wall Street. Really quite chilling.

1. Just discovered: Trump with Putin pal Leviev (did $295M deal with Jared Kushner) who blames sanctions on Russia for hurting his business pic.twitter.com/2TncNSdTOQ

— Adam Khan (@Khanoisseur) January 23, 2017

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JordanRules Feb 19, 2017 • 12:39:20am

After working for Trump’s campaign, British data firm eyes new U.S. government contracts

Link

Dr Lizardo Feb 19, 2017 • 12:39:27am

re: #77 wheat-dogg

That furthers my hypothesis that the “dirt” Russia has on Trump isn’t anything terribly salacious; most likely, it’s solid evidence that Trump is willingly and knowingly engaged in Russian money laundering using the Trump Organization as the vehicle.

wheat-dogg Feb 19, 2017 • 12:50:35am

re: #79 Dr Lizardo

That furthers my hypothesis that the “dirt” Russia has on Trump isn’t anything terribly salacious; most likely, it’s solid evidence that Trump is willingly and knowingly engaged in Russian money laundering using the Trump Organization as the vehicle.

His foreign policy (such as it is) and his business interests are closely linked, that much is obvious. That the shadowy Trump Org might be laundering money for the Russians and who knows what else may be less obvious, but certainly believable.

The thread also brings up the cronyism within Trump’s Cabinet and executive appointments, which Trump swore during the campaign he would put an end to in DC. Instead, there are a whole slew of people riding his coattails toward even greater riches, which none of Trump’s clueless supporters will ever see.

Dave In Austin Feb 19, 2017 • 1:22:12am

Here’s one for the report

The liberals and globalists have oppressed the working people for decades. Now it is pay back time. Let the elite suffer. Let them die! https://t.co/R20hLJS5V8

— Tommy Johansson (@halvboj) February 19, 2017

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light)) Feb 19, 2017 • 1:47:16am

re: #81 Dave In Austin

The liberals and globalists have oppressed the working people for decades. Now it is pay back time. Let the elite suffer. Let them die!

Disappointed that he did not mention how they keep blacks “on the plantation”…

Sherlock Hound Feb 19, 2017 • 2:20:51am

re: #63 retired cynic

One of the tweets following that: he has a head like a diseased potato. I know we are not supposed to make fun of the way people look, but he is a classic example of the inner man showing on the outside.

I’ve compared Bannon to a dead pig, bloated by the products of its own decomposition. Eventually, it will pop, spraying noxious products in every direction. He only looks normal because the alcohol preserves him for now.

Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light)) Feb 19, 2017 • 2:27:27am

re: #83 Sherlock Hound

I’ve compared Bannon to a dead pig, bloated by the products of its own decomposition. Eventually, it will pop, spraying noxious products in every direction. He only looks normal because the alcohol preserves him for now.

That is not a natural or genetically determined state; his appearance is a physical manifestation of severe substance abuse.

wheat-dogg Feb 19, 2017 • 3:31:11am

re: #84 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))

That is not a natural or genetically determined state; his appearance is a physical manifestation of severe substance abuse.

My armchair, long-distance diagnosis as well. See photos of W.C. Fields, especially in his later years, to see an example.

Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light)) Feb 19, 2017 • 3:43:47am

re: #85 wheat-dogg

My armchair, long-distance diagnosis as well. See photos of ~~W.C. Fields, especially in his later years~~ Donald Trump’s personal physician to see an example.

wheat-dogg Feb 19, 2017 • 3:46:07am

re: #86 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))

Bingo!

Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light)) Feb 19, 2017 • 3:48:49am

re: #85 wheat-dogg

My armchair, long-distance diagnosis as well. See photos of W.C. Fields, especially in his later years, to see an example.

I still like the anecdote that involves W.C Fields sitting on his deathbed and reading feverishly through the Bible:

“I can’t believe that you would find religion at this late date,” a friend remarked.

“Religion, Hell!” Fields replied, “I’m looking for loopholes!”

wheat-dogg Feb 19, 2017 • 4:11:01am

Experts have noticed a pattern in how the Trump White House deals with the media.

The incident reflects an emerging pattern noted by several top political reporters in how the Trump administration handles its most controversial policy proposals, and undermines the press in the process:

1. Wait for a draft memo of a proposal to be leaked to the press.
2. Refuse to comment when asked about the draft.
3. Wait to dispute a story’s accuracy until the story is published.
4. Accuse the press of never having sought comment to begin with.

Trump has followed this pattern closely. In a press conference on Thursday, he dismissed reports about his campaign team’s communication with Russia as “fake news,” and said that the Wall Street Journal and New York Times had never asked him for comment before publishing their respective stories. Both outlets, however, either included a White House denial or stated that the White House did not respond to requests for comment.

businessinsider.com

This tactic allows Trump & Co. to perpetuate the “fake news” meme.

Shiplord Kirel Feb 19, 2017 • 4:36:48am

I do believe that the level of crazy in this administration and its supporters has equaled, and is about to surpass, what we saw nearly 50 years ago in the conduct of the Vietnam war. Those who remember those times will understand what a hell of a lot that really is.

Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light)) Feb 19, 2017 • 5:10:38am

re: #89 wheat-dogg

Experts have noticed a pattern in how the Trump White House deals with the media.

businessinsider.com

This tactic allows Trump & Co. to perpetuate the “fake news” meme.

He is clueless when it comes to governing, but his media strategy is highly refined. And the press falls for it every time.

wheat-dogg Feb 19, 2017 • 5:18:57am

re: #91 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))

He is clueless when it comes to governing, but his media strategy is highly refined. And the press falls for it every time.

His handlers are very clever, and IMO Trump is a natural at manipulating people. The two combined are a formidable weapon of destruction.

Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light)) Feb 19, 2017 • 5:30:35am

re: #92 wheat-dogg

His handlers are very clever, and IMO Trump is a natural at manipulating people. The two combined are a formidable weapon of destruction.

Wonder how he would deal with this issue

President of Iceland announces that he would ban pineapple as a pizza topping

of course:

1. Wait for a draft memo of a proposal to ban pineapple pizza to be leaked to the press.
2. Refuse to comment about pizza topping when asked about the draft.
3. Wait to dispute a story’s accuracy until the pineapple pizza story is published.
4. Accuse the press of never having sought comment on pineapple pizza to begin with.

Varek Raith Feb 19, 2017 • 5:42:58am

re: #50 Ace-o-aces

Remember the part in the Bible about dinosaur gladiators? Ken Ham does.

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Where do I get tickets?!?!
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Good morning!

Shiplord Kirel Feb 19, 2017 • 6:03:58am

re: #50 Ace-o-aces

Remember the part in the Bible about dinosaur gladiators? Ken Ham does.

aceoaces @aceoaces
OMG, the pre-flood world was fucking BADASS! @ArkEncounter @aigkenham

Exquisite design by @ArkEncounter artists for new Diorama depicting wicked population in the pre-Flood world to be installed @ArkEncounter pic.twitter.com/4JHQiTEWbG

— Ken Ham (@aigkenham) February 16, 2017

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Baptist preachers in particular seem to have a knack for making sin and debauchery appealing.

“During the day the evil doers lolled shamelessly naked beside the Waters of Babylon, sipping wine and nibbling the sweetest grapes and the succulent pink flesh of the pomegranate. At night, they gorged themselves on the richest foods, swilled tankards of beer and danced to the driving beat of their heathenish music before finally falling to the ground to fornicate wildly anyone they wanted for hours on end. Then…… Oh. Wait a minute.”

I cannot. Feb 19, 2017 • 6:06:19am

re: #96 Shiplord Kirel

“During the day the evil doers lolled shamelessly naked beside the Waters of Babylon, sipping wine and nibbling the sweetest grapes and the succulent pink flesh of the pomegranate. At night, they gorged themselves on the richest foods, swilled tankards of beer and danced to the driving beat of their heathenish music before finally falling to the ground to fornicate wildly anyone they wanted for hours on end. Then…… Oh. Wait a minute.”

The sermon continues… “Guys? Guys? Where’d all of you go? WAIT FOR ME!”

Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light)) Feb 19, 2017 • 6:06:24am

re: #96 Shiplord Kirel

Baptist preachers in particular seem to have a knack for making sin and debauchery appealing.

“During the day the evil doers lolled shamelessly naked beside the Waters of Babylon, sipping wine and nibbling the sweetest grapes and the succulent pink flesh of the pomegranate. At night, they gorged themselves on the richest foods, swilled tankards of beer and danced to the driving beat of their heathenish music before finally falling to the ground to fornicate wildly anyone they wanted for hours on end. Then…… Oh. Wait a minute.”

Because they are in the midst of people for whom only fear of eternal damnation prevents them from engaging in endless orgies of drinking, brawling, thieving, gambling and fornicating…

wheat-dogg Feb 19, 2017 • 6:07:33am

re: #98 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))

Because they are in the midst of people for whom only fear of eternal damnation prevents them from engaging in endless orgies of drinking, brawling, thieving, gambling and fornicating…

The businessmen and preachers save that for those out-of-town trips.

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Eric The Fruit Bat Feb 19, 2017 • 6:09:04am

No conflict of interest here, no siree…..

BuzzFeed: Betsy DeVos’s Brother, The Founder Of Blackwater, Is Setting Up A Private Army For China, Sources Say
The controversial Blackwater founder says he is setting up two bases in China, but his company says “this does not involve armed personnel.”

Erik Prince — founder of the private military company Blackwater, financial backer of President Donald Trump, brother to the new Education Secretary Betsy DeVos, and frequent Breitbart radio guest of White House power broker Stephen Bannon — has been offering his military expertise to support Chinese government objectives and setting up two Blackwater-style training camps in China, according to sources and his own company statements.
The move could put him at odds with Trump, who has often taken a hard line against China, and could also risk violating US law, which prohibits the export of military services or equipment to China.

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light)) Feb 19, 2017 • 6:09:50am

re: #99 wheat-dogg

The businessmen and preachers save that for those out-of-town trips.

if it only happens out of town, it is easier for Jesus to forgive…

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PhillyPretzel Feb 19, 2017 • 6:10:59am

re: #101 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))

In other words, “What happens in Vegas stays in Vegas.”

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The Vicious Babushka Feb 19, 2017 • 6:12:54am

What happened in Sweden last night? Millions went to sleep in a state that ensures citizens a wide range of social benefits.

The horror

— Michael Cohen (@speechboy71) February 19, 2017

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Romantic Heretic Feb 19, 2017 • 6:13:23am

re: #31 HappyWarrior

They’re going to lose their next election likely regardless of what they do here though honestly.

I’d just have such people read Burke’s Speech to the Electors of Bristol.

Especially this part.

Certainly, gentlemen, it ought to be the happiness and glory of a representative to live in the strictest union, the closest correspondence, and the most unreserved communication with his constituents. Their wishes ought to have great weight with him; their opinion, high respect; their business, unremitted attention. It is his duty to sacrifice his repose, his pleasures, his satisfactions, to theirs; and above all, ever, and in all cases, to prefer their interest to his own. But his unbiassed opinion, his mature judgment, his enlightened conscience, he ought not to sacrifice to you, to any man, or to any set of men living. These he does not derive from your pleasure; no, nor from the law and the constitution. They are a trust from Providence, for the abuse of which he is deeply answerable. Your representative owes you, not his industry only, but his judgment; and he betrays, instead of serving you, if he sacrifices it to your opinion.

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wheat-dogg Feb 19, 2017 • 6:17:45am

re: #100 Eric The Fruit Bat

No conflict of interest here, no siree…..

BuzzFeed: Betsy DeVos’s Brother, The Founder Of Blackwater, Is Setting Up A Private Army For China, Sources Say
The controversial Blackwater founder says he is setting up two bases in China, but his company says “this does not involve armed personnel.”

The two bases are in Yunnan and Xinjiang provinces. Yunnan abuts Myanmar, where there has been fighting internally, and Tibet, which Beijing wants to bring under its full control. Xinjiang, meanwhile, is home to Uyghur Muslims, who are resisting Beijing’s attempts to “harmonize” the province by suppressing local customs and religious practices. Tibet and Xinjiang, in particular, are the provinces causing the most trouble for the government.

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The Vicious Babushka Feb 19, 2017 • 6:17:51am

Here’s one of those terrorist attacks the media rarely reports, because the victims are all Muslim

75 killed in ISIS attack on Pakistan mosque but POTUS doesn’t care, they were “only” Muslim #TheResistance https://t.co/jwtNRlLcp7 pic.twitter.com/2tYF9fib6m

— Vicious Babushka (@viciousbabushka) February 19, 2017

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wheat-dogg Feb 19, 2017 • 6:20:07am

re: #106 The Vicious Babushka

Here’s one of those terrorist attacks the media rarely reports, because the victims are all Muslim

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The Western media. It got more coverage here in the Asia-Pacific region. It was another example of Muslim sectarian violence.

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The Vicious Babushka Feb 19, 2017 • 6:22:04am

And yet here is he, enabling a nazi-like regime.

VP Mike Pence, Karen Pence, daughter Charlotte visit Dachau Nazi concentration camp; met with survivor https://t.co/vA2d5TCLdJ pic.twitter.com/aY0pcYs7AJ

— ABC News (@ABC) February 19, 2017

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Nyet Feb 19, 2017 • 6:24:19am

re: #107 wheat-dogg

The Western media. It got more coverage here in the Asia-Pacific region. It was another example of Muslim sectarian violence.

Seems to be well-covered in the Western media as well.

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John Carter Feb 19, 2017 • 6:30:08am

re: #76 Single-handed sailor

I’ve been looking for good financial news sources to plan my investing, Market Watch doesn’t appear to be one. Here’s their underpants gnome market prediction for a Trump rally increasing to 30,000.

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I’m in the process of moving things into cash. I don’t think the market will tank tomorrow or anything but it will occur.

Do you have any good sources it blogs you read? The ones I followed before the 2008 crash went teaparty or worse.

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Jay C Feb 19, 2017 • 6:34:49am

re: #108 The Vicious Babushka

And yet here is he, enabling a nazi-like regime.

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Well, since it’s Pence, I would guess that (unless they, say, execute someone right there in front of him) he’ll just say a couple of prayers, and shrug Dachau off as an irrelevant historical relic.

Now if were Steve Bannon instead, I’d probably say he was going there to get inspiration…..

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The Vicious Babushka Feb 19, 2017 • 6:36:35am

re: #111 Jay C

Well, since it’s Pence, I would guess that (unless they, say, execute someone right there in front of him) he’ll just say a couple of prayers, and shrug Dachau off as an irrelevant historical relic.

Now if were Steve Bannon instead, I’d probably say he was going there to get inspiration…..

Pence will go away thinking that abortion is “The New Holocaust”

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Barefoot Grin Feb 19, 2017 • 6:37:02am

re: #96 Shiplord Kirel

Baptist preachers in particular seem to have a knack for making sin and debauchery appealing.

“During the day the evil doers lolled shamelessly naked beside the Waters of Babylon, sipping wine and nibbling the sweetest grapes and the succulent pink flesh of the pomegranate. At night, they gorged themselves on the richest foods, swilled tankards of beer and danced to the driving beat of their heathenish music before finally falling to the ground to fornicate wildly anyone they wanted for hours on end. Then…… Oh. Wait a minute.”

Before my oldest brother went off to college a family friend from church took him aside to have a talk: “you’re going to be faced with many temptations….” My brother recalls thinking “yeah, tell me more about the temptations!”

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HappyWarrior Feb 19, 2017 • 6:43:29am

I re: #112 The Vicious Babushka

Pence will go away thinking that abortion is “The New Holocaust”

I bet he already thinks that way.

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HappyWarrior Feb 19, 2017 • 6:45:14am

re: #81 Dave In Austin

Here’s one for the report

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Okay I’m so sick of this shit. Conservatives are the ones who have pushed the jobs out not liberals. Trump himself actually financially benefitted from moving jobs overseas but his WWC fans don’t care.

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HappyWarrior Feb 19, 2017 • 6:48:19am

re: #74 Ubiq

Manchin’s in a state trump won by 42 points. Getting 50% of the votes is much better than getting none of them.

You’re right. I just never see him vote on anything Democratic. I mean you know me, I’m no purist but I’d like to see Manchin actually point out to his state’s voters that Trump’s policies and nominees don’t have their interests. But you’re right, a Republican would be worse.

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I cannot. Feb 19, 2017 • 6:58:16am

re: #110 John Carter

I’m sticking with basic shit. Getting out of debt…again, damn that car. Starting on saving up again and my 401k is staying in a fairly conservative allocation.

I’m open for ideas for what to do with my “play” money though, because my own “sources” for investment ideas have either gone doomsday (or STAYED doomsday), or they’ve gone Full Trump…never go Full Trump.

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SteelPH Feb 19, 2017 • 6:58:39am

Not dead, I swear. Just drawing, streaming, and trying to avoid letting the unpleasantries of the world depress me.
I’m doing okay.

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Varek Raith Feb 19, 2017 • 7:02:04am

re: #118 SteelPH

Not dead, I swear. Just drawing, streaming, and trying to avoid letting the unpleasantries of the world depress me.
I’m doing okay.

That chair almost got you.
:P

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SteelPH Feb 19, 2017 • 7:04:57am

re: #119 Varek Raith

That chair almost got you.
:P

Nah. The arm just split in half, taking the back with it. I’ve got a half-assed replacement, though. Better than nothing, but not really suitable for my desk when I need to do art.
No injuries, thankfully.

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Dr. Matt Feb 19, 2017 • 7:09:02am

This is some straight-up dictator shit.

White House chief of staff says take Trump seriously when he calls press “the enemy” https://t.co/6zDufSKqkz @facethenation #saywhat

— Dr. Matt (@DrMatthew) February 19, 2017

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PhillyPretzel Feb 19, 2017 • 7:09:07am

re: #118 SteelPH

That is good. It is good to see again. :)

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HappyWarrior Feb 19, 2017 • 7:28:13am

re: #121 Dr. Matt

This is some straight-up dictator shit.

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We do and we take you and your boss’s hostile attitude to the 1st amendment even more.

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Dr. Matt Feb 19, 2017 • 7:28:14am

pic.twitter.com/RriDqu6oPg

— The Baxter Bean (@TheBaxterBean) February 19, 2017

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Gigantic leeches sucking at the soul of America. In the name of the “real” America. https://t.co/qzui3S7Rjw

— Joyce Carol Oates (@JoyceCarolOates) February 19, 2017

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HappyWarrior Feb 19, 2017 • 7:28:59am

re: #124 Dr. Matt

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Yep but his supporters don’t care.

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Dr. Matt Feb 19, 2017 • 7:31:01am

#swedenincident is trending thanks to the so-called @POTUS spreading actual #fakenews. pic.twitter.com/m3VhoMPy9v

— Dr. Matt (@DrMatthew) February 19, 2017

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Dr. Matt Feb 19, 2017 • 7:31:42am

re: #125 HappyWarrior

Yep but his supporters don’t care.

Classic IOKIYAR

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HappyWarrior Feb 19, 2017 • 7:36:31am

re: #127 Dr. Matt

Classic IOKIYAR

Yep from the very start.

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The Vicious Babushka Feb 19, 2017 • 7:36:42am

Chaffetz on co-sponsoring bill: ‘We simply don’t need the Department of Education’ https://t.co/yICKQ0WKAg pic.twitter.com/IRGD41rOBV

— Jason Chaffetz (@jasoninthehouse) February 9, 2017

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Belafon Feb 19, 2017 • 7:37:03am

re: #126 Dr. Matt

Maybe the incident in Sweden was party of Trump’s Vietnam era struggles, and it’s coming back to the surface in his mind.

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Teukka Feb 19, 2017 • 7:37:16am

*schadenfreude smile*
In English: Carl Bildt reacts to Trump’s attack: “What did he smoke?”

For added kick, consider that Mr. Carl Bild is a former conservative PM and foreign minister of Sweden. For a party which at least until recently was a GOP sister party…

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light)) Feb 19, 2017 • 7:44:40am

re: #129 The Vicious Babushka

Chaffetz on co-sponsoring bill: ‘We simply don’t need the Department of Education’

But we need to investigate Hillary again!

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Belafon Feb 19, 2017 • 7:45:30am

Breaking: Survivors of Bowling Green Massacre to go to Sweden in Show of Support

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Teukka Feb 19, 2017 • 7:46:47am

re: #133 Belafon

Breaking: Survivors of Bowling Green Massacre to go to Sweden in Show of Support

ROTFLMAO

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Dr Lizardo Feb 19, 2017 • 7:47:01am

re: #132 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))

But we need to investigate Hillary again!

The GOP’s gonna be fucking that chicken till Doomsday.

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HappyWarrior Feb 19, 2017 • 7:48:23am

re: #129 The Vicious Babushka

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We simply don’t need you Jason.

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FormerDirtDart Feb 19, 2017 • 7:48:44am

re: #133 Belafon

Breaking: Survivors of Bowling Green Massacre to go to Sweden in Show of Support

What happened in Sweden Friday night? Did they catch the Bowling Green Massacre perpetrators?

— Chelsea Clinton (@ChelseaClinton) February 19, 2017

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light)) Feb 19, 2017 • 7:48:45am

re: #135 Dr Lizardo

The GOP’s gonna be fucking that chicken till Doomsday.

Or until they have nothing that they need to distract attention from, which is basically the same thing.

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Teukka Feb 19, 2017 • 7:50:59am

re: #137 FormerDirtDart

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BlueGrl21 Feb 19, 2017 • 7:54:24am

re: #139 Teukka

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Chelsea is on her game post-election.

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Teukka Feb 19, 2017 • 7:57:38am

re: #131 Teukka

*schadenfreude smile*
In English: Carl Bildt reacts to Trump’s attack: “What did he smoke?”

For added kick, consider that Mr. Carl Bild is a former conservative PM and foreign minister of Sweden. For a party which at least until recently was a GOP sister party…

UPDATE: Swedish foreign ministry is asking for clarification from the US Dept of State [Swedish]

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Varek Raith Feb 19, 2017 • 7:59:20am

re: #141 Teukka

UPDATE: Swedish foreign ministry is asking for clarification from the US Dept of State [Swedish]

Oh ffs.

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Teukka Feb 19, 2017 • 7:59:55am

re: #142 Varek Raith

Oh ffs.

More popcorn necessary?

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Varek Raith Feb 19, 2017 • 8:01:07am

re: #143 Teukka

More popcorn necessary?

There isn’t enough corn in the world…

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FormerDirtDart Feb 19, 2017 • 8:03:59am

It’s not even noon yet, and I already needed this…

Facebook Video

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FormerDirtDart Feb 19, 2017 • 8:14:34am

SEE John McCain hate the press too…especially Chuck Todd…

“I hate the press. I hate you, especially, but the fact is we need you. We need a free press” - John McCain

“I hate the press. I hate you, especially, but the fact is we need you. We need a free press” - John McCain pic.twitter.com/PKCK3iSuUI

— Colin Jones (@colinjones) February 19, 2017

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SteelPH Feb 19, 2017 • 8:15:53am

Pinkie Pie - Smile Song (Come on Everypony Smile, Smile, Smile) [Lyrics + Download Link]

Think something like this is desperately needed.
Even in our bleakest moments, never forget the things that make us smile.

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Varek Raith Feb 19, 2017 • 8:16:53am

re: #146 FormerDirtDart

SEE John McCain hate the press too…especially Chuck Todd…

Meh, we all hate Chuck Todd.
:P

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Nyet Feb 19, 2017 • 8:20:52am

re: #129 The Vicious Babushka

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Look at his face. The best evidence for the existence of Reptiloids.

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HappyWarrior Feb 19, 2017 • 8:22:29am

re: #146 FormerDirtDart

SEE John McCain hate the press too…especially Chuck Todd…

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McCain has an odd way of hating the press since he loves using them.

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Timothy Watson Feb 19, 2017 • 8:23:22am

re: #137 FormerDirtDart

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I wouldn’t mind seeing Chelsea in the House…

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Nyet Feb 19, 2017 • 8:24:42am

ERASURE LOVE TO HATE YOU

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BigPapa Feb 19, 2017 • 8:29:17am

Interesting

Melania Trump attacked for reciting ‘The Lord’s Prayer’ at campaign rally https://t.co/6tXpOcPkP9 pic.twitter.com/gitzWR0hnR

— Fox News (@FoxNews) February 19, 2017

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Campaign rally.

It’s only 2/19/2017.

Glad you admit this. https://t.co/qWVM6YEBGY

— Gus™ (@Gus_802) February 19, 2017

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allegro Feb 19, 2017 • 8:31:41am

TFW you enjoy the hospitality of friends for an evening then later during the night get the first symptoms of a nasty cold and know that you just repaid their generosity with a germ bomb.

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Varek Raith Feb 19, 2017 • 8:35:29am

re: #154 allegro

TFW you enjoy the hospitality of friends for an evening then later during the night get the first symptoms of a nasty cold and know that you just repaid their generosity with a germ bomb.

[Dark Side Points Gained]

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Barefoot Grin Feb 19, 2017 • 8:36:07am

re: #151 Timothy Watson

I wouldn’t mind seeing Chelsea in the House…

Not as long as Diego Costa is on the…. Oh, wait. Never mind.

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Belafon Feb 19, 2017 • 8:39:17am

re: #146 FormerDirtDart

SEE John McCain hate the press too…especially Chuck Todd…

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A free press, like taxes, is the price we pay for civilization.

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HappyWarrior Feb 19, 2017 • 8:41:43am

re: #153 BigPapa

Interesting

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Waaah. Because I’m sure the good folks at FNC would accept a Muslim prayer and yeah it’s the fact that they have a campaign rally not even a month into the presidency that is the real problem here.

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Timothy Watson Feb 19, 2017 • 8:43:05am

re: #158 HappyWarrior

Waaah. Because I’m sure the good folks at FNC would accept a Muslim prayer and yeah it’s the fact that they have a campaign rally not even a month into the presidency that is the real problem here.

I’m old enough to remember headlines like this:

Karl Rove: Obama and the Permanent Campaign - WSJ

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stpaulbear Feb 19, 2017 • 8:43:21am

Never forget. #swedenincident pic.twitter.com/cNpgMaKLbb

— Girls Really Rule. (@girlsreallyrule) February 19, 2017

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stpaulbear Feb 19, 2017 • 8:45:22am

696 executive branch positions require Senate confirmation.

For 662, Trump has not yet nominated anyonehttps://t.co/i3gXPkb2cG

— Bill Scher (@billscher) February 17, 2017

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Finding qualified people who have never mocked him is impossible. https://t.co/a2o5y5tvVw

— Schooley (@Rschooley) February 19, 2017

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HappyWarrior Feb 19, 2017 • 8:46:27am

re: #159 Timothy Watson

I’m old enough to remember headlines like this:

But that was different

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HappyWarrior Feb 19, 2017 • 8:47:30am

re: #161 stpaulbear

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That’s really bad but it’s even worse that he fired pretty much all the Obama placeholders too.

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retired cynic Feb 19, 2017 • 8:47:57am

re: #153 BigPapa

Interesting

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One thing that is interesting to me is that she is following DT in the process of hair-lightening. Next thing you know she will be wearing light blue contacts.

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retired cynic Feb 19, 2017 • 8:48:55am

re: #163 HappyWarrior

That’s really bad but it’s even worse that he fired pretty much all the Obama placeholders too.

I’m not sure he wants to fill those positions. Remember Bannon just wants to blow the whole thing up.

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HappyWarrior Feb 19, 2017 • 8:49:03am

Listening to the new Dropkick Murphys. Good album.

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HappyWarrior Feb 19, 2017 • 8:49:24am

re: #165 retired cynic

I’m not sure he wants to fill those positions. Remember Bannon just wants to blow the whole thing up.

No doubt. Fuck Bannon. Neo-Leninist piece of drunk shit.

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allegro Feb 19, 2017 • 8:50:57am

re: #153 BigPapa

Note that they say she recited the Lord’s prayer. She didn’t - she read it. She doesn’t know it to recite it.

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HappyWarrior Feb 19, 2017 • 8:52:35am

re: #168 allegro

Note that they say she recited the Lord’s prayer. She didn’t - she read it. She doesn’t know it to recite it.

Honestly, I’m tired of FNC, a network that was run for the longest time by a serial sexual harasser acting pious and holier than thou. I doubt Roger Ailes has been in church for years or at least sincerely listened to the message of a sermon. Same thing with the other talking heads tehre.

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calochortus Feb 19, 2017 • 8:54:19am

re: #168 allegro

Note that they say she recited the Lord’s prayer. She didn’t - she read it. She doesn’t know it to recite it.

I’m not a huge fan of Melania’s, and I’m not a particularly shy public speaker (not that I have any experience with huge crowds…) but if you put me up there to speak, I’d want it written down too. Think of the number of people who forget things they’ve recited by rote since childhood when they’re the focus of all eyes. I’m giving her a pass on this one.
The blonde hair? That’s weird.

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allegro Feb 19, 2017 • 8:54:41am

re: #169 HappyWarrior

Fundie biscuits.

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HappyWarrior Feb 19, 2017 • 8:55:44am

The thing is I don’t care about the prayer really. I care that they’re not even a month into his presidency and he’s having campaign rallies. Trump supporters, your guy told you that the country was in terrible shape, yet he’s having campaign rallies, i know you hate hearing it from a liberal but you guys got fucking conned.

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allegro Feb 19, 2017 • 8:57:28am

re: #170 calochortus

I’m not a huge fan of Melania’s, and I’m not a particularly shy public speaker (not that I have any experience with huge crowds…) but if you put me up there to speak, I’d want it written down too. Think of the number of people who forget things they’ve recited by rote since childhood when they’re the focus of all eyes. I’m giving her a pass on this one.
The blonde hair? That’s weird.

I was commenting more on the Fox reporting. They could have said that she read it, or just that she delivered it to stay vague. They just lied. Again.

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Hecuba's daughter Feb 19, 2017 • 8:58:56am

re: #129 The Vicious Babushka

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My RW brother supported DeVos (of course) because American students perform abysmally in testing compared to their counterparts elsewhere. The solution he said is to return school control to parents and local boards. When I point out that our competitors have a single nationwide curriculum, it’s *crickets* and back to parents are all experts at knowing the ideal school program.

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weave Feb 19, 2017 • 8:59:13am

Ah peeps, something did happened the night before with regards to Sweden. Apparently Sweden was the topic on Tucker Carlson that night. So he must have been watching that. So in Trump’s mind THAT happened.

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Hecuba's daughter Feb 19, 2017 • 9:00:13am

re: #172 HappyWarrior

The thing is I don’t care about the prayer really. I care that they’re not even a month into his presidency and he’s having campaign rallies. Trump supporters, your guy told you that the country was in terrible shape, yet he’s having campaign rallies, i know you hate hearing it from a liberal but you guys got fucking conned.

Godwin here.. Isn’t that what Hitler did — continue to have campaign rallies to keep his base excited?

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HappyWarrior Feb 19, 2017 • 9:01:15am

re: #174 Hecuba’s daughter

My RW brother supported DeVos (of course) because American student perform abysmally in testing compared to their counterparts elsewhere. The solution he said is to return school control to parents and local boards. When I point out that the our competitors have a single nationwide curriculum, it’s *crickets* and back to parents are all experts at knowing the ideal school program.

The local knows best approach to education sounds all well and good on paper until you realize that as our kids get older, they will be competing with students from around their state, country, and even globally to get into universities. I’m fine with some differentiation on some subject matters, i.e. more focus on the colonial period in states that were the 13 colonies or on Westward expansion in Western states but things like mathematics and science should have a near universal curriculum from here in Virginia to Alaska.

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HappyWarrior Feb 19, 2017 • 9:01:39am

re: #176 Hecuba’s daughter

Godwin here.. Isn’t that what Hitler did — continue to have campaign rallies to keep his base excited?

I believe there were a couple in Nuremberg. I’m going there this summer, I’ll have to ask.

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austin_blue Feb 19, 2017 • 9:01:49am

So Man U is playing Blackburn in an FA Cup game today and Zlatan Ibrahimovic is not starting, although available on the bench. The Guardian’s minute-by-minute notes that he is probably mourning the loss of his fellow Swedes after the massacre…

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#prayforsweden - I assume there will be a minute’s silence before kick-off.

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Hecuba's daughter Feb 19, 2017 • 9:02:13am

re: #175 weave

Ah peeps, something did happened the night before with regards to Sweden. Apparently Sweden was the topic on Tucker Carlson that night. So he must have been watching that. So in Trump’s mind THAT happened.

The only way to attract Trump’s attention is by broadcasting something on Fox.

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calochortus Feb 19, 2017 • 9:02:49am

re: #173 allegro

I was commenting more on the Fox reporting. They could have said that she read it, or just that she delivered it to stay vague. They just lied. Again.

Well, they may not know the difference between reading and reciting. It is Fox after all.

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gwangung Feb 19, 2017 • 9:03:48am

re: #177 HappyWarrior

The local knows best approach to education sounds all well and good on paper until you realize that as our kids get older, they will be competing with students from around their state, country, and even globally to get into universities. I’m fine with some differentiation on some subject matters, i.e. more focus on the colonial period in states that were the 13 colonies or on Westward expansion in Western states but things like mathematics and science should have a near universal curriculum from here in Virginia to Alaska.

There are the basics—-you have to give schools RESOURCES. The old “you can’t just throw money at a problem” ignores the fact that giving NOT ENOUGH money to a problem doesn’t solve it either.

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HappyWarrior Feb 19, 2017 • 9:05:54am

re: #182 gwangung

There are the basics—-you have to give schools RESOURCES. The old “you can’t just throw money at a problem” ignores that giving NOT ENOUGH money to a problem doesn’t solve it either.

Exactly and Gwang, it’s good to see you this afternoon. The other hypocritical thing is Republicans and conservatives sure don’t feel that way about military spending but that’s another story. My big big problem with Devos is her idea that states should choose whether they apply disability standards or not. Of course, the conservative response to that is “Well move to another state then.”

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bratwurst Feb 19, 2017 • 9:10:08am

Four extremists responsible for #swedenincident are still at large, if you see these people phone @realDonaldTrump at once pic.twitter.com/vXPhWOPak1

— David (@DangerMouse_11) February 19, 2017

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Skip Intro Feb 19, 2017 • 9:20:41am

re: #108 The Vicious Babushka

And yet here is he, enabling a nazi-like regime.

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Pence taking notes for Trump on how it’s done?

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Romantic Heretic Feb 19, 2017 • 9:21:42am

re: #157 Belafon

Which is why I regard the GOP as largely consisting of barbarians. That is, people who don’t understand civilization and wouldn’t like it if they did.

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JordanRules Feb 19, 2017 • 9:22:28am

This is pretty cool.

Each week, a different @sweden citizen controls the nation’s Twitter. A librarian on sick leave is impressively handling #swedenincident.

— Matt DeCample (@DeCample) February 19, 2017

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light)) Feb 19, 2017 • 9:25:28am

re: #182 gwangung

There are the basics—-you have to give schools RESOURCES. The old “you can’t just throw money at a problem” ignores the fact that giving NOT ENOUGH money to a problem doesn’t solve it either.

Unless you are talking about the military…can’t throw enough money at them…I mean at the contractors, not the VA.

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Dr Lizardo Feb 19, 2017 • 9:29:14am

re: #178 HappyWarrior

I believe there were a couple in Nuremberg. I’m going there this summer, I’ll have to ask.

The NSDAP held annual rallies in Nuremberg.

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HappyWarrior Feb 19, 2017 • 9:31:14am

re: #189 Dr Lizardo

The NSDAP held annual rallies in Nuremberg.

Oh I know, I was just being sly. The rallies were one of the reasons why the Allies had the trials there. That and Nuremberg was relatively unscathed by bombing.

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lawhawk Feb 19, 2017 • 9:39:26am

Greets and saluts from the NYC metro area *which is sunny, warm, and approaching record high temps once again* and the resistance.

Trump’s shit show of a first month ends with a campaign stop for 2020 in which he lies and claims something awful happened in Sweden (it didn’t). None of this is surprising or shocking, but other countries are all WTF Donny?!

@FoxNews @POTUS pic.twitter.com/IbeaiKiF81

— Chris Parker (@nycwildlife) February 19, 2017

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Chris Cizilla? Yeah, he’s wondering

Why? He’s been doing this since he entered campaign? Why would you ever think he would act differently? @TheFix @washingtonpost

— lawhawk (@lawhawk) February 19, 2017

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Pence is off in Europe on an apology tour; the Europeans are all like, yeah, until the next time Trump tweets some nonsense in which case, all your assurances are BS.

Mattis is off claiming that he’s concerned about Trump’s disregard for free speech (which is actually a 1A violation - a threat of suppressing free speech through govt action), but he’s not that concerned enough to resign over it.

This doesn’t bother Mattis enough to resign, so he’s okay with Trump attacking the 1A. @DanLamothe @lrozen

— lawhawk (@lawhawk) February 19, 2017

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And there’s 100s of positions for which Trump hasn’t even bothered to nomination someone. These are all key positions under the cabinet level that help make government function. Trump’s too busy jetting around to be bothered with this, and this has nothing to do with Democrats opposition to his picks. He simply isn’t doing his fucking job.

Let me repeat. Trump isn’t doing his fucking job. Holding campaign rallies isn’t his job a month in. Governing isn’t easy. And he doesn’t want to be bothered by any of it.

Which means others are doing the job of governing - Bannon.

Trump and all this is on the GOP that has assented to all of this.

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ObserverArt Feb 19, 2017 • 9:50:06am

Are we stuck in a time warp like the movie Groundhog Day???

I wake up this morning, flip on local news and I see Orange Trumpo and he sounds like the same boisterous “I’m gonna make America Great, and we are going to Win, Win, Win” campaign fool.

We are stuck in Trump Campaign Rally Day.

It was bad BS the first time we heard it…and it isn’t going to get better. Everyday with the “I am the Greatest, Win, Win, Win, Us against the Press, Keep America Safe.”

Watch any news or political show and there he is…Campaign Trump…either being shown in campaign mode or being talked about as a unique, first ever President because he is always in campaign mode. Arrrrgh.

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Backwoods_Sleuth Feb 19, 2017 • 9:53:13am

#SwedenIncident #LastNightInSweden #TrumpLiesMatter #MoreTrumpLies #TheResistance pic.twitter.com/3R9HmmWaDx

— (((Bvweir))) ❄️🖖🏽 (@Bvweir) February 19, 2017

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HappyWarrior Feb 19, 2017 • 9:54:05am

This whole administration just keeps on getting weirder and weirder.

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Backwoods_Sleuth Feb 19, 2017 • 10:00:38am

The U.S. is sending an aircraft carrier to the South China Sea, ignoring warnings from China https://t.co/L5ALrCgR2G pic.twitter.com/Vb4uJrPzdU

— The Daily Beast (@thedailybeast) February 19, 2017

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HappyWarrior Feb 19, 2017 • 10:01:07am

re: #195 Backwoods_Sleuth

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Backwoods_Sleuth Feb 19, 2017 • 10:03:10am

Per @harrysiegel, Stephen Miller called EDNY federal prosecutor to dictate the defense on the travel ban https://t.co/I2pEzAARp4

— Maggie Haberman (@maggieNYT) February 19, 2017

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For those read Maggie’s tweet and think…so ???
Miller, a senior adviser to Trump, never attended law school. Think about it. https://t.co/q7VwRllrPO

— Maggie Jordan: (@MaggieJordanACN) February 19, 2017

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ObserverArt Feb 19, 2017 • 10:03:27am

re: #118 SteelPH

Not dead, I swear. Just drawing, streaming, and trying to avoid letting the unpleasantries of the world depress me.
I’m doing okay.

Late to the thread. Good to see you post. Good to know you are still fighting the good fight.

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stpaulbear Feb 19, 2017 • 10:04:56am

Utah Republican argues against equal pay for women: It’s ‘bad for families’ and society

Green said in his letter, published Wednesday by the Park Record and the Wasatch Wave, that men make more than women because they’re “the primary breadwinners” of their families, and paying women equally would somehow ruin the makeup of a traditional family where “the Mother” remains at home raising children.

“If businesses are forced to pay women the same as male earnings, that means they will have to reduce the pay for the men they employ, simple economics,” Green wrote. “If that happens, then men will have an even more difficult time earning enough to support their families, which will mean more Mothers will be forced to leave the home (where they may prefer to be) to join the workforce to make up the difference.”

And having more women in the workforce would create competition for jobs, “even men’s jobs,” Green wrote. That will, in turn, lower the pay for all jobs and force “more and more Mothers” into the workforce, he argued.

That’s “bad for families and thus for all of society,” Green wrote. “It’s a vicious cycle that only gets worse the more equality of pay is forced upon us. It’s a situation of well-meaning intentions, but negative unintended consequences.”

The stuff he said in his ‘apology’ is even worse.

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Timothy Watson Feb 19, 2017 • 10:05:08am

re: #197 Backwoods_Sleuth

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HappyWarrior Feb 19, 2017 • 10:05:44am

re: #199 stpaulbear

Utah Republican argues against equal pay for women: It’s ‘bad for families’ and society

The stuff he said in his ‘apology’ is even worse.

Jesus Christ, it’s 2017.

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Varek Raith Feb 19, 2017 • 10:05:56am

re: #200 Timothy Watson

Geez, how incompetent is the White House Counsel’s Office?

How wet is water?

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I Would Prefer Not To Feb 19, 2017 • 10:08:16am

re: #200 Timothy Watson

Geez, how incompetent is the White House Counsel’s Office?

There may be drinking involved.

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Belafon Feb 19, 2017 • 10:11:15am

re: #195 Backwoods_Sleuth

I think this is fairly typical of us. It’s what Trump will do when the inevitable fly by occurs that will be what we’re watching for.

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Barefoot Grin Feb 19, 2017 • 10:13:20am

re: #201 HappyWarrior

Jesus Christ, it’s 2017.

Yeah, but we party like it’s 1899!

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ObserverArt Feb 19, 2017 • 10:14:05am

re: #149 Nyet

Look at his face. The best evidence for the existence of Reptiloids.

Or, small short-legged mammals that have become symbolic for humans regarded as sneaky, conniving or untrustworth.

This is the Utah variety. They exist all over the world in different forms and names.

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FormerDirtDart Feb 19, 2017 • 10:19:50am

It’s been 30 days. Trump’s on the golf course for the 5th time. Where’s the plan? pic.twitter.com/vkyFSShusX

— David Waldman (@KagroX) February 19, 2017

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Backwoods_Sleuth Feb 19, 2017 • 10:21:51am

Hunters claimed immigrants attacked them near the US-Mexico border. Investigators say the hunters shot each other. https://t.co/lrclVWV2Wc

— AP Central U.S. (@APCentralRegion) February 19, 2017

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FormerDirtDart Feb 19, 2017 • 10:21:59am

Schoolkids face charges after Trump’s motorcade is hit with wood https://t.co/vvv4UPZzJD pic.twitter.com/75iza2Z0fC

— Huffington Post (@HuffingtonPost) February 19, 2017

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Timothy Watson Feb 19, 2017 • 10:22:24am

re: #207 FormerDirtDart

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Backwoods_Sleuth Feb 19, 2017 • 10:22:56am

My brother just sent me this photo from our hometown

……. we are from northern Wisconsin pic.twitter.com/6UNl7S7v4W

— Erin 🎶Gloria🎶 Ryan (@morninggloria) February 19, 2017

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light)) Feb 19, 2017 • 10:24:44am

re: #211 Backwoods_Sleuth

My brother just sent me this photo from our hometown

……. we are from northern Wisconsin

Activist, most likely armed, and totally clueless.

Probably all assume the Civil War was all about tariffs and States’ Rights…

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Timothy Watson Feb 19, 2017 • 10:25:25am

re: #211 Backwoods_Sleuth

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HERITAGE, NOT HATE!!1!

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FormerDirtDart Feb 19, 2017 • 10:25:34am

Local conservative activists prepare for violent confrontation with Islam https://t.co/Ew01SqV6ee via @triad_city_beat

— JJ MacNab (@jjmacnab) February 19, 2017

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“…The 20 or so people who attended the meeting at Captain Tom’s Seafood needed little convincing from presenter Tom Jones, who soldiered through frequent interruptions about supposed Muslim treachery paired with testimonials about preparedness for violent confrontation and even expressions of readiness to kill Muslims.

“Do you have any recommendations as to how we could stop this?” asked Frank del Valle, a Winston-Salem resident whose Facebook page identifies him as a retired federal employee and native of Cuba, near the end of the hourlong presentation. “Because my only recommendation is to start killing the hell out them.”…”

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Timothy Watson Feb 19, 2017 • 10:29:55am

re: #213 Timothy Watson

HERITAGE, NOT HATE!!1!

I honestly didn’t realize that’s exactly what the flag on the left says before I posted my comment.

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CuriousLurker Feb 19, 2017 • 10:31:43am

re: #50 Ace-o-aces

Remember the part in the Bible about dinosaur gladiators? Ken Ham does.

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—Biblical Data:
Son of Lamech and the ninth in descent from Adam. In the midst of a bounding corruption he alone was “righteous and blameless in his generations” and “walked with God” (Gen. vi. 9). Hence, when all his contemporaries were doomed to perish by the divine judgment in punishment for their sins, he “found grace in the eyes of the Lord” (ib. vi. 8). When he was about five hundred years old his three sons, Shem, Ham, and Japheth, were born (ib. v. 32). One hundred years after this the command came to him from God to make a great vessel or ark, three hundred cubits in length, in which he and his family were to find safety from the waters of a great flood. This deluge was to destroy all living things except such as should be brought into the ark before the coming of the waters. Hence, besides his wife, and his sons and their wives, eight persons in all, a pair of every species of living thing was taken into the ark (ib. vi. 13-21). Another account (ib. vii. 1-3) states that of the clean animals seven of each kind were thus preserved. […]

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light)) Feb 19, 2017 • 10:32:18am

re: #214 FormerDirtDart

Local conservative activists prepare for violent confrontation with Islam

you know that if there is a major Islamist terror attack, we are going to see hordes of redneck cracker vigilantes out with their pickups and AR-15s gunning down anything that looks too brown to them…and I suspect the government will at best ignore it, at worst, actively encourage and aid them.

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light)) Feb 19, 2017 • 10:33:05am

re: #215 Timothy Watson

Heritage, not Hate!

I honestly didn’t realize that’s exactly what the flag on the left says before I posted my comment.

A heritage of hatred, yes…

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scottslemmons Feb 19, 2017 • 10:35:35am

re: #214 FormerDirtDart

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HappyWarrior Feb 19, 2017 • 10:39:15am

re: #211 Backwoods_Sleuth

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Their ancestors are flipping in their graves over that I reckon. Fuck, I’m proud to have Union ancestors.

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CuriousLurker Feb 19, 2017 • 10:39:30am

re: #214 FormerDirtDart

That was paged yesterday. For those who won’t bother reading the entire article, this group is NOT concerned with radicalized Muslims who might be potential terrorists, they’re concerned with moderate, law abiding Muslims. Emphasis added:

Del Valle’s comments about “killing the hell” out of Muslims were preceded by a warning from Jones about that the true danger to the United States is not necessarily al-Qaida, ISIS and other outwardly extremist groups that carry out spectacular acts of violence that garner widespread media coverage. People should be more concerned about Muslims who appear to be moderate and integrated into American society, he said.

It’s just a mater of time until LE misses one of the nutjobs and they go slaughter a bunch of Muslims like that guy in Quebec.

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HappyWarrior Feb 19, 2017 • 10:41:17am

What exactly is the heritage of the CSA flag anyhow? Your “country” lasted four years and was founded explicitly to protect slavery and slaveowners. Look at the CSA Constitution. And then you have the CSA’s two faced attitude on secession within the CSA. You can see your ancestors for people of their times but celebrating the CSA always sounded dumb to me especially when you’re from the North. Be proud of your Union ancestors. They fought bravely in the nation’s darkest hour.

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light)) Feb 19, 2017 • 10:43:19am

re: #222 HappyWarrior

What exactly is the heritage of the CSA flag anyhow?

I can understand that individuals whose ancestors fought for the “Lost Cause” could see it as part of their heritage. But a truck-driving cracker from Wisconsin?

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Backwoods_Sleuth Feb 19, 2017 • 10:44:15am

This tweet contains all Trump said abt Canadian mosque massacre & all his denunciations of anti Semitism this week. With room for a puppy. pic.twitter.com/mXQNTCppm0

— John Fugelsang (@JohnFugelsang) February 19, 2017

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Timothy Watson Feb 19, 2017 • 10:45:16am

For the Virginians on here, the next time some unReconstructed Confederate tells you that Lee-Jackson Day isn’t a celebration of the Confederacy, per the Code of Virginia:

The Friday preceding the third Monday in January — Lee-Jackson Day to honor Robert Edward Lee (1807-1870) and Thomas Jonathan (Stonewall) Jackson (1824-1863), defenders of causes.

law.lis.virginia.gov

What cause were they defending other than slavery?

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CuriousLurker Feb 19, 2017 • 10:45:52am

Prestonwood Baptist will withhold Southern Baptist funds as it mulls organization’s direction | Faith | Dallas News

Apparently these folks are against religious liberty for #Muslims & criticism of “#Christian” Trump supporters? https://t.co/chA2qbMyhD #p2 pic.twitter.com/pbDDmUabi3

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Belafon Feb 19, 2017 • 10:52:14am

re: #222 HappyWarrior

What exactly is the heritage of the CSA flag anyhow? Your “country” lasted four years and was founded explicitly to protect slavery and slaveowners. Look at the CSA Constitution. And then you have the CSA’s two faced attitude on secession within the CSA. You can see your ancestors for people of their times but celebrating the CSA always sounded dumb to me especially when you’re from the North. Be proud of your Union ancestors. They fought bravely in the nation’s darkest hour.

Treason. May be why they have no problem with Trump.

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Timothy Watson Feb 19, 2017 • 10:53:29am

re: #220 HappyWarrior

Their ancestors are flipping in their graves over that I reckon. Fuck, I’m proud to have Union ancestors.

I have ancestors on both sides of the War, but I’ll claim the Union ones first.

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ObserverArt Feb 19, 2017 • 10:54:27am

re: #221 CuriousLurker

That was paged yesterday. For those who won’t bother reading the entire article, this group is NOT concerned with radicalized Muslims who might be potential terrorists, they’re concerned with moderate, law abiding Muslims. Emphasis added:

It’s just a mater of time until LE misses one of the nutjobs and they go slaughter a bunch of Muslims like that guy in Quebec.

A fine example of why Obama and Clinton didn’t want to use the words they always were criticized for not using to define “our enemy.” Now, every bigot in this country gets to let ~~those~~ the words fly, but they have cut it down from “Radical Islamic Terrorism” to “Muslim.”

Pure human hatred. Now it seems to be unleashed by Trumpism.

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HappyWarrior Feb 19, 2017 • 10:54:36am

re: #228 Timothy Watson

I have ancestors on both sides of the War, but I’ll claim the Union ones first.

I just have Union. We’ve only been in VA since the early 59’s.

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Belafon Feb 19, 2017 • 10:55:18am

re: #228 Timothy Watson

I have ancestors on both sides of the War, but I’ll claim the Union ones first.

There’s were plenty of people in every state that had no problem with slavery.

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Joe Bacon Feb 19, 2017 • 10:56:54am

re: #96 Shiplord Kirel

Baptist preachers in particular seem to have a knack for making sin and debauchery appealing.

That’s because so many of them are full blown hypocrites! Plenty of them have that “side action” going. When they get caught they do the Jimmy Swaggart Thing and do the mock crying. The brainwashed marks forgive them every time!

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Timothy Watson Feb 19, 2017 • 10:57:38am

re: #231 Belafon

There’s were plenty of people in every state that had no problem with slavery.

True, and (radical) abolitionism was not the norm even among those who opposed slavery. Many just didn’t want slaves in new states who would compete with northern migrants.

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light)) Feb 19, 2017 • 10:59:23am

re: #233 Timothy Watson

True, and (radical) abolitionism was not the norm even among those who opposed slavery. Many just didn’t want slaves in new states who would compete with northern migrants.

Nor did they want to be responsible for returning runaway slaves as per the Fugitive Slave Act, that shining example of States’ Rights…

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Alephnaught Feb 19, 2017 • 11:01:44am

re: #184 bratwurst

Four extremists responsible for #swedenincident are still at large, if you see these people phone @realDonaldTrump at once pic.twitter.com/vXPhWOPak1

— David (@DangerMouse_11) February 19, 2017

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@DangerMouse_11 @realDonaldTrump I hear that they are Super Troupers. But they put out an SOS. maybe this will be their Waterloo!

— Barbara Faulkner (@barbinct) February 19, 2017

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@DangerMouse_11 @Wolfie_Rankin @realDonaldTrump This is not funny. I was killed twice in this incident and I live in Australia.

— Glenn Holmes (@Koalaburger) February 19, 2017

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@Koalaburger oh no sorry to hear that, get well soon lol @Wolfie_Rankin @realDonaldTrump

— David (@DangerMouse_11) February 19, 2017

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@DangerMouse_11 As a follow-up, photo has now been released of the mastermind behind the operation: pic.twitter.com/y97E4jOmcp

— David Belcher (@spokes_man75) February 19, 2017

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@spokes_man75 @DangerMouse_11 Good lord!! This guy just ruined a souffle on our TV!?! Stay safe Sweden!!

— Cornelius Praeda (@internetrambo) February 19, 2017

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@spokes_man75 @DangerMouse_11 and just look at this long haired jihadist praying to his evil God armed with a weapon!!!! pic.twitter.com/aECSWu5fkO

— Daniel Hoffmann-Gill (@danielh_g) February 19, 2017

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HappyWarrior Feb 19, 2017 • 11:02:45am

re: #233 Timothy Watson

True, and (radical) abolitionism was not the norm even among those who opposed slavery. Many just didn’t want slaves in new states who would compete with northern migrants.

Yeah I have no illusions about my family. I very much doubt they were egalitarian minded in regards to black people. But I do think many of them saw that slavery was wrong.

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Joe Bacon Feb 19, 2017 • 11:04:06am

re: #146 FormerDirtDart

SEE John McCain hate the press too…especially Chuck Todd…

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Timothy Watson Feb 19, 2017 • 11:05:03am

re: #235 Alephnaught

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Newt Gingrich’s favorite song is “Dancing Queen”.

He obviously needs to be waterboarded.

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PhillyPretzel Feb 19, 2017 • 11:05:38am

re: #235 Alephnaught

That long haired one with the “weapon” in his hand was extremely dangerous on the …
tennis court. /half

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HappyWarrior Feb 19, 2017 • 11:05:46am

re: #238 Timothy Watson

Newt Gingrich’s favorite song is “Dancing Queen”.

He obviously needs to be waterboarded.

Believe McCain said that too. So weird.

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Backwoods_Sleuth Feb 19, 2017 • 11:08:15am

Chris Wallace to Reince Priebus: “You don’t get to tell” the press what to do https://t.co/wKNGAz35cO pic.twitter.com/NkJSA6MNk0

— Talking Points Memo (@TPM) February 19, 2017

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TFW when you’re @reince and you realize even Fox News has opted out of your fascist coup. https://t.co/aT1wNjO05L

— Keith Olbermann (@KeithOlbermann) February 19, 2017

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De Kolta Chair Feb 19, 2017 • 11:08:22am

re: #238 Timothy Watson

He’s also a huge fan of Muriel’s Three Weddings.

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Nyet Feb 19, 2017 • 11:14:56am

re: #216 CuriousLurker

Huh, I had no idea Noah (a.s.) was 600 years old when he began building the ark. If he could sire children at the age of 500 and build an ark 100 years later, then anything is possible, up to and including dinosaur gladiators. //

It’s straight history, I’m tellin’ ya.

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ObserverArt Feb 19, 2017 • 11:15:02am

So, they rolled Reince Priebus out as the heavy this weekend it appears. I guess he was on Meet the Chuck too, but I just couldn’t bring myself to watch. I’m still not over The Rolling Orange Thunder Press Conference from Thursday.

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HappyWarrior Feb 19, 2017 • 11:15:03am

re: #241 Backwoods_Sleuth

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And this is why I laugh when Milo Y is ‘s called a free speech advocate. He loves this flaming pile of dog shit administration.

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scottslemmons Feb 19, 2017 • 11:16:31am

Here’s the thing that’s been bugging me the last few days, and I only twigged to it this morning. Trump accidentally said something true the other day, and we missed it.

Trump said the press is the enemy of the people, and we jumped to the media’s defense, partly because Trump is a fascist thug, and partly because we need a free press for democracy to function. It’s true, at least in theory. But in practice, it hasn’t been so for decades. In practice, the press sided against the people years ago.

They spent the ’90s screaming about Bill Clinton’s penis. John McCain gave ‘em tire rides on his swing, and they insisted he was a maverick. Dubya gave ‘em chummy nicknames, and they got aboard the bandwagon for the pointless and unwinnable Iraq War. (It’s another sign of how dumb Trump is. If he’d embraced the press the way Bush did, they’d be snuggled up to Trump like a maiden in a Frazetta painting.) The media gave endless coverage to the teabaggers, a small and unpopular band of gibbering mouthers, after ignoring the massive anti-war protests.

Trump was a clown from the very beginning, but the press despised Hillary because REASONS. And hence the endless complaints about emails.

The press has spent over 20 years siding with Republicans *against* the American people. They picked their side.

Yes, there are reporters who’ve fought Trump from the beginning, who’ve fought for the people over the politicians. But the press worked hard to elect Trump. They attacked Hillary, covered every Trump rally, hired his staff as pundits. If Trump changed his tune on the press, the media would declare the Pivot Has Arrived and start wearing redcaps.

It’s important to support groups being attacked by fascists like Trump — but don’t forget: the press is still the enemy of the people.

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BigPapa Feb 19, 2017 • 11:17:29am

re: #216 CuriousLurker

Good thing Noah didn’t have to fight unions. Then the Ark would have cost a lot more to build.

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Nyet Feb 19, 2017 • 11:18:22am

re: #247 BigPapa

Good thing Noah didn’t have to fight unions. Then the Ark would have cost a lot more to build.

All the unions drowned. God is the first union-buster!

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Timothy Watson Feb 19, 2017 • 11:18:25am

re: #244 ObserverArt

So, they rolled Reince Priebus out as the heavy this weekend it appears. I guess he was on Meet the Chuck too, but I just couldn’t bring myself to watch. I’m still not over The Rolling Orange Thunder Press Conference from Thursday.

Each apprentice contestant has to spend a weekend handling the media, and then he fires the worst (best?) one.

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Nyet Feb 19, 2017 • 11:19:14am

They should have a scene of Noah trying to tame a pair of T-Rexes to take them onboard.

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light)) Feb 19, 2017 • 11:19:48am

re: #246 scottslemmons

Here’s the thing that’s been bugging me the last few days, and I only twigged to it this morning. Trump accidentally said something true the other day, and we missed it.

…

It’s important to support groups being attacked by fascists like Trump — but don’t forget: the press is still the enemy of the people.

I knew we were riding a handcart to Hell when “trending on Twitter” became a regular news item.

At that point, people like Breitbart and Drudge figured out that all they had to do was to get a story floated out on the Intertubes, no matter how spurious or far-fetched, and soon it would acquire a life of its own and the press would pick it up and discuss the pros and cons it as if it had any actual merit…

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Charles Johnson Feb 19, 2017 • 11:20:13am

Aides in the White House confer in the dark because they cannot figure out how to operate the light switches https://t.co/x4e7ZHBOgQ

— The New York Times (@nytimes) February 6, 2017

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It’s not just flimsy sourcing. Some reporters literally make stuff up. Here’s a great example: https://t.co/RZh8cG5o7L

— Michael C. Short (@MCShort45) February 19, 2017

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You know this isn’t made up. You also know that everything in piece was run by your office. https://t.co/pLnd40AV2L

— Maggie Haberman (@maggieNYT) February 19, 2017

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Amazing how blatant the Trump gang’s lying is getting. Playing to a delusional base of supporters. @maggieNYT https://t.co/of8O7fllMi

— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) February 19, 2017

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BigPapa Feb 19, 2017 • 11:20:25am

How did he keep the lions not eating the sheep, and the TRexes not eating everything else?

BIG CAGES BRO.

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allegro Feb 19, 2017 • 11:20:26am

re: #250 Nyet

They should have a scene of Noah trying to tame a pair of T-Rexes to take then onboard.

Noah may have had a dingy or two on tow lines for the testy critters.

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stpaulbear Feb 19, 2017 • 11:20:46am

re: #235 Alephnaught

Wake up sheeple!! It’s right here in the song title!. Swedish Terrorists!

Tick Tick Boom - The Hives with Lyrics

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prairiefire Feb 19, 2017 • 11:20:48am

re: #246 scottslemmons

They are fat lazy self-entitled twits, for the most part.

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FormerDirtDart Feb 19, 2017 • 11:22:12am

🚨🚨 A week before Flynn resigned, plans were delivered to him outlining a way for Trump to lift Russian sanctions https://t.co/5oLyYPSNc3 pic.twitter.com/8bz5bJWT4O

— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) February 19, 2017

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ObserverArt Feb 19, 2017 • 11:22:43am

re: #250 Nyet

They should have a scene of Noah trying to tame a pair of T-Rexes to take then onboard.

I thought he wasn’t successful taming dinosaurs and that’s why we no longer have them.

Hey, he had important choices to make for practicality.

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Backwoods_Sleuth Feb 19, 2017 • 11:24:57am

Giant rally in Times Square to show solidarity with our Muslim neighbors! #NoBanNoWall #NoBanNoWallNoRaids pic.twitter.com/7hYIUIoXoy

— Justin Hendrix (@justinhendrix) February 19, 2017

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Nyet Feb 19, 2017 • 11:24:57am

Aides in the White House confer in the dark because they cannot figure out how to operate the light switches https://t.co/x4e7ZHBOgQ

— The New York Times (@nytimes) February 6, 2017

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It’s not just flimsy sourcing. Some reporters literally make stuff up. Here’s a great example: https://t.co/RZh8cG5o7L

— Michael C. Short (@MCShort45) February 19, 2017

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You know this isn’t made up. You also know that everything in piece was run by your office. https://t.co/pLnd40AV2L

— Maggie Haberman (@maggieNYT) February 19, 2017

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@MCShort45 An idiotic Trumpkin liar caught red-handed. https://t.co/CaF84cGbvi

— Sergey Romanov (@S_ergeyR_omanov) February 19, 2017

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Nyet Feb 19, 2017 • 11:26:16am

re: #258 ObserverArt

I thought he wasn’t successful taming dinosaurs and that’s why we no longer have them.

Hey, he had important choices to make for practicality.

Well, according to the Bible he saved everyone. It says it, I believe it, that settles it!

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Nyet Feb 19, 2017 • 11:27:24am

re: #253 BigPapa

How did he keep the lions not eating the sheep, and the TRexes not eating everything else?

BIG CAGES BRO.

STAGE HYPNOSIS. T-REXES ALSO DID CIRCUS TRICKS!

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light)) Feb 19, 2017 • 11:27:34am

re: #261 Nyet

Well, according to the Bible he saved everyone. It says it, I believe it, that settles it!

You have the certainty of belief. All science offers are flimsy “theories”.

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Nyet Feb 19, 2017 • 11:29:12am

re: #263 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))

You have the certainty of belief. All science offers are flimsy “theories”.

/

Yes, all the science changes every few years, yet the original King James English stays the same. It was good enough for Jesus, so it’s good enough for me.

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Charles Johnson Feb 19, 2017 • 11:29:58am

re: #246 scottslemmons

Your examples are right on, but I don’t think the press is really the enemy of the people. Instead, what examples like these demonstrate is that the press has become increasingly dedicated to covering whatever will help them be profitable, and increasingly uncaring about stories that won’t get them an instant payoff. In a way, we’re seeing a media that’s just giving people what they want, driven by market and financial pressures… and this usually entails pandering to the lowest common denominator with sensationalism.

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Timothy Watson Feb 19, 2017 • 11:30:32am

re: #264 Nyet

Yes, all the science changes every few years, yet the original King James English stays the same. It was good enough for Jesus, so it’s good enough for me.

Does someone dare question the inerrant word of the Bible and G-d?

BURN THE HERETIC!!1!

///

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ObserverArt Feb 19, 2017 • 11:30:53am

re: #261 Nyet

Well, according to the Bible he saved everyone. It says it, I believe it, that settles it!

re: #263 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))

You have the certainty of belief. All science offers are flimsy “theories”.

/

And neither tells me what happened to the damn dinosaurs.

All your books of beliefs fail me!

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Timothy Watson Feb 19, 2017 • 11:31:49am

*snort* Some of the signs at Trump’s rally read “the silent majority stands with Trump”.

Has anyone encountered a Trump supporter who is “silent” in their support?

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Nyet Feb 19, 2017 • 11:32:02am

That long comment above is what I meant the other day.

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Belafon Feb 19, 2017 • 11:33:13am

God: And I created the dinosaurs.
Moses: How do you spell that?
God: *Thinking* B-i-r-d-s.

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Charles Johnson Feb 19, 2017 • 11:33:14am

Guy with 25 followers chimes in…

@KeithOlbermann @Green_Footballs little green football s is still a thing?

— Flyguy (@flyguy953) February 19, 2017

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Joe Bacon Feb 19, 2017 • 11:33:17am

re: #253 BigPapa

How did he keep the lions not eating the sheep, and the TRexes not eating everything else?

BIG CAGES BRO.

I’d like to know how kangaroos and koala bears got on the ark!

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light)) Feb 19, 2017 • 11:33:51am

re: #268 Timothy Watson

*snort* Some of the signs at Trump’s rally read “the silent majority stands with Trump”.

Has anyone encountered a Trump supporter who is “silent” in their support?

A number of them have grown a bit quieter of late, but for that, the others have more than taken up the slack…

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HappyWarrior Feb 19, 2017 • 11:34:30am

re: #268 Timothy Watson

*snort* Some of the signs at Trump’s rally read “the silent majority stands with Trump”.

Has anyone encountered a Trump supporter who is “silent” in their support?

You know at least when Nixon said that, he had won a majority….

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Nyet Feb 19, 2017 • 11:34:41am

re: #270 Belafon

God: And I created the dinosaurs.
Moses: How do you spell that?
God: *Thinking* B-i-r-d-s.

*shrug* Tastes like chicken.

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BigPapa Feb 19, 2017 • 11:36:27am

Who let centipedes and mosquitos on the Ark? That was a serious mistake bro.

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Nyet Feb 19, 2017 • 11:37:18am

Live feed of Reykjavik kittehs.

Kattarshians camera 1/3

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Backwoods_Sleuth Feb 19, 2017 • 11:38:59am

Happening right now 48th and Broadway. #iamamuslimtoo pic.twitter.com/hl3jgObWwh

— Dudeimfantastic (@1984__) February 19, 2017

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PhillyPretzel Feb 19, 2017 • 11:39:35am

re: #277 Nyet

That is sweet. Cute sleepy kitties.

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Charles Johnson Feb 19, 2017 • 11:39:55am

Per @harrysiegel, Stephen Miller called EDNY federal prosecutor to dictate the defense on the travel ban https://t.co/I2pEzAARp4

— Maggie Haberman (@maggieNYT) February 19, 2017

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Charles Johnson Feb 19, 2017 • 11:42:08am

CRS-10 | Falcon 9 First Stage Landing

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CuriousLurker Feb 19, 2017 • 11:42:47am

re: #272 Joe Bacon

I’d like to know how kangaroos and koala bears got on the ark!

And what did they eat? Some animals like koalas & pandas have very specific diets.

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Nyet Feb 19, 2017 • 11:44:34am

re: #282 CuriousLurker

And what did they eat? Some animals like koalas & pandas have very specific diets.

Snobs.

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CuriousLurker Feb 19, 2017 • 11:46:12am

😳 Ack! Just looked at the koala Wiki page:

As in most marsupials, the male koala has a bifurcated penis, and the female has two lateral vaginas and two separate uteri.

en.wikipedia.org

Didn’t know that. Didn’t want to know that. Brain bleach, please.

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Timothy Watson Feb 19, 2017 • 11:46:14am

My current earworm:

The xx - Say Something Loving (Official Audio)

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PhillyPretzel Feb 19, 2017 • 11:47:38am

re: #284 CuriousLurker

Knowledge can be a good thing. It also can be very disgusting. ::: passing the brain bleach :::

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FormerDirtDart Feb 19, 2017 • 11:47:47am

Russians are eating less meat, fish, sugar and dairy now, with food prices having doubled. https://t.co/y5PG1h5fub pic.twitter.com/RyQrAauAyp

— New York Times World (@nytimesworld) February 19, 2017

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Mike Pence: “I think it’s inarguable that Vladimir Putin has been a stronger leader in his country than Barack Obama has been….” https://t.co/m3dHu113YH

— Sopan Deb (@SopanDeb) February 19, 2017

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CuriousLurker Feb 19, 2017 • 11:48:25am

re: #285 Timothy Watson

My current earworm:

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Video

Don’t feel bad. Earlier in the week I had a freaking Christmas song looping through my head (“Let It Snow”). Drove me bonkers for like two days.

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Belafon Feb 19, 2017 • 11:48:26am

re: #284 CuriousLurker

😳 Ack! Just looked at the koala Wiki page:

Didn’t know that. Didn’t want to know that. Brain bleach, please.

“And you, my marsupials, will have a built-in pouch to carry your young.”
“What’s the catch?”

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Nyet Feb 19, 2017 • 11:50:10am

OK, this new Leningrad video is their bloodiest so far, so if you can’t stand gore, don’t watch it (srsly). But an interesting idea.

Ленинград — Кольщик

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CuriousLurker Feb 19, 2017 • 11:50:16am

re: #289 Belafon

“And you, my marsupials, will have a built-in pouch to carry your young.”
“What’s the catch?”

😆😆😆😂😂😂

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Barefoot Grin Feb 19, 2017 • 11:50:33am

I’ve seen ads for bifurcated penises here on LGF….

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Puss Power Feb 19, 2017 • 11:51:42am

re: #168 allegro

Note that they say she recited the Lord’s prayer. She didn’t - she read it. She doesn’t know it to recite it.

It’s also possible that she doesn’t know it in English.

Good day, all!

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De Kolta Chair Feb 19, 2017 • 11:52:09am

re: #281 Charles Johnson

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CuriousLurker Feb 19, 2017 • 11:52:26am

re: #292 Barefoot Grin

I’ve seen photos on the web… *shudder, gag*

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jeffreyw Feb 19, 2017 • 11:54:30am

Imgur

Dry and fucking 65 degrees here in February. Ain’t right for Southern Illinois. Got mosquito bit yesterday.

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Timothy Watson Feb 19, 2017 • 11:54:59am

re: #288 CuriousLurker

Don’t feel bad. Earlier in the week I had a freaking Christmas song looping through my head (“Let It Snow”). Drove me bonkers for like two days.

The Indie and Alternative Channels on SiriusXM are killing me.

Also costing me a lot on iTunes too.

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freetoken Feb 19, 2017 • 11:55:30am

The ROV is currently diving, as the Okeanos folk are off of Samoa:

Camera 3: 2017 American Samoa Expedition

Camera 2: 2017 American Samoa Expedition

Camera 1: 2017 American Samoa Expedition

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Nyet Feb 19, 2017 • 11:55:50am

re: #292 Barefoot Grin

I’ve seen ads for bifurcated penises here on LGF….

You see what you google for. ////

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CuriousLurker Feb 19, 2017 • 11:55:56am

Sunday blog: The only place you can start out talking about politics & religion and end up talking about bifurcated penises (penii?).

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Joe Bacon Feb 19, 2017 • 11:56:16am

re: #294 De Kolta Chair

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Satan has had a very difficult time hanging on to his job ever since Falwell arrived!

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BeachDem Feb 19, 2017 • 11:56:33am

re: #251 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))

I knew we were riding a handcart to Hell when “trending on Twitter” became a regular news item.

At that point, people like Breitbart and Drudge figured out that all they had to do was to get a story floated out on the Intertubes, no matter how spurious or far-fetched, and soon it would acquire a life of its own and the press would pick it up and discuss the pros and cons it as if it had any actual merit…

“Network” was on TCM last night. Almost puked while watching it now—it was all fun and games until it all came to pass—the Faye Dunaway character still makes my skin crawl.

Frank Hackett: Well, the issue is: Shall we kill Howard Beale, or not? I’d like to get some more opinions on that.
Diana Christensen: I don’t see we have any options, Frank. Let’s kill the son-of-a-bitch.

And the closing line: “This was the story of Howard Beale: The first known instance of a man who was killed because he had lousy ratings.”

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FormerDirtDart Feb 19, 2017 • 11:56:46am

Man handing out neo-Nazi fliers at @CalPoly gets punched in the face https://t.co/JKnu9wP7GT pic.twitter.com/TsXfLAxsQE

— New York Daily News (@NYDailyNews) February 19, 2017

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Charles Johnson Feb 19, 2017 • 11:56:56am

Argh. Why did I read this? And why are we still seeing these kinds of articles at this point? @JoyAnnReid

— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) February 19, 2017

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Timothy Watson Feb 19, 2017 • 11:57:39am

re: #300 CuriousLurker

Sunday blog: The only place you can start out talking about politics & religion and end up talking about bifurcated penises (penii?).

Penes according to Wiktionary.

Now we can start talking about Latin declensions. :)

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CuriousLurker Feb 19, 2017 • 11:58:03am

re: #299 Nyet

You see what you google for. ////

Or what we talk about. Don’t make me summon the creepy mannequin heads….

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Charles Johnson Feb 19, 2017 • 11:58:30am

Absolutely fucking maddening piece of shit article. I’m almost ready to take back what I said about the press not really being the enemy of the people after reading this happy horseshit.

nytimes.com

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ObserverArt Feb 19, 2017 • 11:58:53am

re: #300 CuriousLurker

Sunday blog: The only place you can start out talking about politics & religion and end up talking about bifurcated penises (penii?).

It’s all politics when you think about it.

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PhillyPretzel Feb 19, 2017 • 11:59:03am

re: #305 Timothy Watson

Hmm. Latin would be a pleasant change of topic.

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Eric The Fruit Bat Feb 19, 2017 • 11:59:31am

re: #296 jeffreyw

It’s 41 degrees in the Northern Lower Peninsula of Michigan, with almost all of the snow melted. Freaking insane.

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CuriousLurker Feb 19, 2017 • 12:00:06pm

re: #309 PhillyPretzel

Yeah, we’d better change the subject for the poor souls who have to look at ads here.

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Charles Johnson Feb 19, 2017 • 12:00:33pm

Why do we never see articles in the New York Times calling for understanding and sympathy from TRUMP VOTERS? @JoyAnnReid

— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) February 19, 2017

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freetoken Feb 19, 2017 • 12:01:10pm

re: #307 Charles Johnson

I guess the goal is to sell advertisement. That answers a lot of questions.

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CuriousLurker Feb 19, 2017 • 12:01:21pm

re: #310 Eric The Fruit Bat

It’s 64 here in Jersey. I have the windows open.

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retired cynic Feb 19, 2017 • 12:01:38pm

It’s 70 here, an hour north of St. Louis, with no clouds in the sky, hardly any breeze. Doors are open. I’ll take it, figuring we will pay in March.

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unproven innocence Feb 19, 2017 • 12:02:23pm

Donald Trump on Asset Forfeiture

“You’re encouraged!” —Hair Furor

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PhillyPretzel Feb 19, 2017 • 12:03:17pm

re: #314 CuriousLurker

forecast.weather.gov

This what the weather is in NE Philly. It is not what one expects in Philly in February.

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Charles Johnson Feb 19, 2017 • 12:03:21pm

Just in: Senate Intel Committee tells Trump administration to “preserve records” related to #Russia -@mkraju reports

— Jim Sciutto (@jimsciutto) February 19, 2017

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Timothy Watson Feb 19, 2017 • 12:04:03pm

re: #307 Charles Johnson

Absolutely fucking maddening piece of shit article. I’m almost ready to take back what I said about the press not really being the enemy of the people after reading this happy horseshit.

nytimes.com

Jesus Fucking Christ, not this shit again.

Conservatives being conservatives are always the liberals’ fault.

I remember a couple months ago some asshole was saying if the liberals were nicer to pro-lifers they might vote Democrat.

First off, when do these fucking litmus tests allegedly happen? I helped out on the Clinton campaign, even identified myself as a “recovering Republican”, and I don’t remember ever being subjected to one. Hell, my opinion on abortion is probably more conservative than most people on here and the organizer I was working with had previously been working for Planned Parenthood as an organizer. The number of times that abortion came up during the campaign? 0.

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Belafon Feb 19, 2017 • 12:04:36pm

re: #300 CuriousLurker

Sunday blog: The only place you can start out talking about politics & religion and end up talking about bifurcated penises (penii?).

How much difference is there really between those topics?

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Timothy Watson Feb 19, 2017 • 12:04:45pm

re: #311 CuriousLurker

Yeah, we’d better change the subject for the poor souls who have to look at ads here.

It’s all a plot by Charles to make you buy an ad-free subscription. :)

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calochortus Feb 19, 2017 • 12:05:19pm

re: #300 CuriousLurker

Sunday blog: The only place you can start out talking about politics & religion and end up talking about bifurcated penises (penii?).

My high school biology teacher brought in a road-killed opossum and showed us this oddity. Mr. G. knew how to hold student interest…

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Belafon Feb 19, 2017 • 12:05:23pm

re: #312 Charles Johnson

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This writer is still aiming for that mushy middle.

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scottslemmons Feb 19, 2017 • 12:05:33pm

re: #307 Charles Johnson

Absolutely fucking maddening piece of shit article. I’m almost ready to take back what I said about the press not really being the enemy of the people after reading this happy horseshit.

nytimes.com

That’s kinda what got me ticked off this morning.

Like I said before, I know there are so many good reporters out there, and god bless ‘em. But you’ve got plenty like Sabrina Tavernise in the linked NYT article, who’s doing all she can to provide cover for Those Poor Sad Trumpers Who Are Not Loved By Bully Libs. And you’ve got Don Lemon, who’s getting praise for shutting down a Trump supporter spouting off about Fake News, but did all he could to boost Fake News when it would hurt Democrats.

I think it’s important — really, really, really important — to support reporters who are going to face tremendous pressure from Trump and possible violence from his supporters. But I just don’t want to hear the press trumpet their own Bravery and Dedication to The Truth, when they didn’t give a damn about either ‘til they got pushback from someone else.

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Timothy Watson Feb 19, 2017 • 12:05:34pm

re: #310 Eric The Fruit Bat

It’s 41 degrees in the Northern Lower Peninsula of Michigan, with almost all of the snow melted. Freaking insane.

71F in central Virginia and I have the A/C on.

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Barefoot Grin Feb 19, 2017 • 12:05:40pm

re: #305 Timothy Watson

Penes according to Wiktionary.

Now we can start talking about Latin declensions. :)

There’s medicine for that.

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PhillyPretzel Feb 19, 2017 • 12:07:09pm

re: #326 Barefoot Grin

lol. Just keep in mind that 40% of English words are based in Latin.

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Backwoods_Sleuth Feb 19, 2017 • 12:07:34pm

re: #312 Charles Johnson

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“Are liberals helping Trump by being mean?” asks @nytopinion: https://t.co/SRoE6GEW5q
“Get into the oven, Jewish filth” a Trump fan hollers. pic.twitter.com/nWWeX3iBR6

— Mr Grey Ghost (@Mr_Ghostly) February 19, 2017

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Mean, mean, mean, mean women who won’t date this terribly needy, vulnerable soul. https://t.co/pEGwXld6Ur

— Joy Reid (@JoyAnnReid) February 19, 2017

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Eclectic Cyborg Feb 19, 2017 • 12:07:56pm

Fox News - Demonizing Liberals in style

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Eric The Fruit Bat Feb 19, 2017 • 12:08:14pm

re: #325 Timothy Watson

It’s 58 in the Twin Cities right now. We’re on the same latitude, and we’re expecting 61 by Wednesday.

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SteelPH Feb 19, 2017 • 12:09:06pm

Some levity:

Twilight Sparkle gets pulverized in Feeling Pinkie Keen

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CuriousLurker Feb 19, 2017 • 12:09:19pm

re: #317 PhillyPretzel

Sheesh, it’s even warmer there!

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Botsplainer Feb 19, 2017 • 12:10:18pm

Half a twitter suspension for me.

Apparently, I’m mean to white supremacists by telling them that no matter how hard they try to get his attention by attacking national media figures, that Milo won’t let them bang him. Turns out that such commentary is hurtful, and requires the imposition of safe space for the special snowflakes.

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freetoken Feb 19, 2017 • 12:11:21pm

Adam Curtis’ documentary The Century of the Self (one of his better works IMO) comes to mind here, in regards to Trump, the media, and American society.

Perhaps the change wrought by advertising and the weaponization of advertising, if I may insert a concept into Curtis’ narrative, is even larger than Curtis thought.

The concept of the “self” as a consumer has brought about a form of hyper-materialism, and no one represents that better than Trump, and the marks who fall for the “Trump” brand.

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freetoken Feb 19, 2017 • 12:12:27pm

Looks like rough seas is forcing Okeanos to call off for the morning. 😞

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scottslemmons Feb 19, 2017 • 12:14:33pm

re: #333 Botsplainer

Half a twitter suspension for me.

Apparently, I’m mean to white supremacists by telling them that no matter how hard they try to get his attention by attacking national media figures, that Milo won’t let them bang him. Turns out that such commentary is hurtful, and requires the imposition of safe space for the special snowflakes.

Clearly, the important thing is to make sure Nazis feel welcome and safe on Twitter.

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Varek Raith Feb 19, 2017 • 12:15:25pm

re: #331 SteelPH

Some levity:

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That’s all folks!

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Botsplainer Feb 19, 2017 • 12:18:15pm

re: #336 scottslemmons

They should feel so welcome to share their important views in a nonjudgmental atmosphere of peace and tolerance, to listen to Maher, Greenwald and crew…

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FormerDirtDart Feb 19, 2017 • 12:18:31pm

Un-threaded tweet-storm

1/If this is true, Miller has to go. https://t.co/gfuVwH8XiH

— Carrie Cordero (@carriecordero) February 19, 2017

Reply Reply w/ Quote

2/Unauthorized WH contacts with DOJ prosecutors & litigators was an early worry for some of us: lawfareblog.com
3/In 2007, AG Mukasey tightened control of contacts between WH & DOJ prosecutors and litigators:
4/Lack of WH interference & political direction to DOJ is integral to maintaining integrity. What is AG Sessions’ policy on WH contacts?

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Unshaken Defiance Feb 19, 2017 • 12:20:34pm

re: #300 CuriousLurker

Sunday blog: The only place you can start out talking about politics & religion and end up talking about bifurcated penises (penii?).

Once you get past bifurcated and penis in the same data, the terminology just can’t seem important to a guy.

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The Vicious Babushka Feb 19, 2017 • 12:26:47pm

re: #307 Charles Johnson

Absolutely fucking maddening piece of shit article. I’m almost ready to take back what I said about the press not really being the enemy of the people after reading this happy horseshit.

nytimes.com

Delicate little snowflakes need a safe space.

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Puss Power Feb 19, 2017 • 12:28:15pm

re: #300 CuriousLurker

Sunday blog: The only place you can start out talking about politics & religion and end up talking about bifurcated penises (penii?).

“penes” if you want to get fussy.

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HappyWarrior Feb 19, 2017 • 12:31:01pm

re: #329 Eclectic Cyborg

Fox News - Demonizing Liberals in style

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Because FNC commenters are so kindly.

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De Kolta Chair Feb 19, 2017 • 12:41:35pm

re: #316 unproven innocence

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Video

“You’re encouraged!” —Hair Furor

Watching him listening and pretending to comprehend, he has more tells than me at the poker table, and I give my hand away during the deal.

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BigPapa Feb 19, 2017 • 12:42:11pm

re: #300 CuriousLurker

Sunday blog: The only place you can start out talking about politics & religion and end up talking about bifurcated penises (penii?).

We roll hard like that.

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