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prairiefire  Apr 4, 2017 • 8:01:08pm

Tick tock

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teleskiguy  Apr 4, 2017 • 8:01:20pm

An old time favorite of mine. This is a REAL Trump ad where this phony conman tried to reach Hindu/Indian Americans. @realDonaldTrump

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Charles Johnson  Apr 4, 2017 • 8:05:33pm
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Eric The Fruit Bat  Apr 4, 2017 • 8:14:23pm

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freetoken  Apr 4, 2017 • 8:15:58pm

My Facebook wall… what can I say about it…

The Trumpers are really pushing this Susan Rice thing as vindication of all their vicarious inner-bigot-through-Trump beliefs about Obama and those who worked with them.

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freetoken  Apr 4, 2017 • 8:21:28pm

re: #4 Eric The Fruit Bat

Well, I’m thinking a 70yo who doesn’t take care of himself and is already on meds and showing signs of decreased mental capacity… is already well on the decline.

Another thing about which the Trumpers are blind.

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wheat-dogg  Apr 4, 2017 • 8:21:28pm

Posted this in the last thread.

UN refugee group helps kids cope with life in the camps by teaching them sports.

irishexaminer.com

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FormerDirtDart  Apr 4, 2017 • 8:22:06pm
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freetoken  Apr 4, 2017 • 8:22:47pm

This gif has been around but I find it fitting to the current environment:

Image: tumblr_nms4uzMxkQ1tlb56zo1_400.gif

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teleskiguy  Apr 4, 2017 • 8:29:43pm
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Eric The Fruit Bat  Apr 4, 2017 • 8:49:38pm

re: #6 freetoken

I’m still waiting for Twitler’s appointment at Walter Reed myself…..

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Stanley Sea  Apr 4, 2017 • 9:14:30pm

re: #5 freetoken

My Facebook wall… what can I say about it…

The Trumpers are really pushing this Susan Rice thing as vindication of all their vicarious inner-bigot-through-Trump beliefs about Obama and those who worked with them.

The whole thing was started by an pre, er alzheimer guy (or just the idiot without impulse control) who they let have access to a phone.

Track forward from his unfortunate tweet, they are all covering & have become soooo complicit.

This is a downfall.

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teleskiguy  Apr 4, 2017 • 9:33:06pm
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Ace Rothstein  Apr 4, 2017 • 9:39:40pm

re: #10 teleskiguy

Bigger crowd than rump’s inauguration.

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  Apr 4, 2017 • 10:10:44pm

re: #14 Ace Rothstein

Bigger crowd than rump’s inauguration.

all paid protesters

/

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freetoken  Apr 4, 2017 • 10:39:10pm

A bright morning by the river… and the elephants finally show up:

African River Wildlife Camera powered by EXPLORE.org

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Decatur Deb  Apr 4, 2017 • 11:06:27pm

Golf-ball sized hail and 60 mph winds about 20 miles out. We’re probably going to lose power and broadband.

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majii  Apr 4, 2017 • 11:34:12pm

re: #17 Decatur Deb

No signs yet of bad weather here in Central GA. It’s 2:32 AM. Many schools in the region have announced that students are not to report to school tomorrow, and grocery stores in my general neighborhood have sold out of some goods like bread and milk.

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Decatur Deb  Apr 4, 2017 • 11:48:29pm

re: #18 majii

No signs yet of bad weather here in Central GA. It’s 2:32 AM. Many schools in the region have announced that students are not to report to school tomorrow, and grocery stores in my general neighborhood have sold out of some goods like bread and milk.

Yes—our schools have closed all over AL. The first hot storm cell blew by us, a second on the way.

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wheat-dogg  Apr 4, 2017 • 11:51:16pm

Only one more episode of Iron Fist to go!

Episode 12 is by far the least interesting. We learn Harold can be killed by cutting off his head — shades of Highlander! We learn Bakuto can come back from the dead too. Colleen and Danny reconcile. The DEA raids the dojo. Ward is still a shithead. The whole ep felt like filler to make sure the series had 13 episodes.

I’m watching it all the way through, just so I can have the complete background for The Defenders, but despite our head lizard’s positive reviews of IF, I just want it to be over. I keep hoping The Stick will show up and knock some sense into Danny like he did Mike, but nope.

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majii  Apr 4, 2017 • 11:57:01pm

re: #19 Decatur Deb

My daughter and her fiance live in Montgomery. I’m worried about them being impacted by the second wave of storms. She’ll call me if anything happens that affects their domicile. I just checked the weather for Macon, where I live, and the forecast is to expect thunderstorms, some severe early this morning and it expect a severe thunderstorm later tonight. I weathered the tornado that hit here in 2008, except for minor damage to my house which required a new roof and repairs in my kitchen and office. My daughter’s car, which was parked under a tree in our backyard, was totally destroyed when a huge oak tree fell on it. The 2008 tornado was scary. It was an EF-2. One of my three baths is an interior bath, so that is where we sheltered in 2008, and where I plan to do the same if the thunderstorm is transformed into another tornado.

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goddamnedfrank  Apr 4, 2017 • 11:57:47pm
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Decatur Deb  Apr 5, 2017 • 12:02:32am

re: #21 majii

My daughter and her fiance live in Montgomery. I’m worried about them being impacted by the second wave of storms. She’ll call me if anything happens that affects their domicile. I just checked the weather for Macon, where I live, and the forecast is to expect thunderstorms, some severe early this morning and it expect a severe thunderstorm later tonight. I weathered the tornado that hit here in 2008, except for minor damage to my house which required a new roof and repairs in my kitchen and office. My daughter’s car, which was parked under a tree in our backyard, was totally destroyed when a huge oak tree fell on it. The 2008 tornado was scary. It was an EF-2. One of my three baths is an interior bath, so that is where we sheltered in 2008, and where I plan to do the same if the thunderstorm is transformed into another tornado.

Most storms on the Ft. Rucker radar are tracking to leave AL for GA before they get to Montgomery. Must be a whole new threat during today’s daylight hours.

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wheat-dogg  Apr 5, 2017 • 12:15:37am

re: #22 goddamnedfrank

Munn was under-utilized. The whole plot was a bit confusing, too.

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Shiplord Kirel  Apr 5, 2017 • 3:33:51am
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Anymouse  Apr 5, 2017 • 3:48:32am

Breaking! (I need Drudge Report’s cop bubble warning light)

Invader Zim is returning to Nickelodeon!

INVADER ZIM RETURNS | Nickelodeon Animation

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Ming5000  Apr 5, 2017 • 4:32:08am

I don’t watch every Olbermann video. This one is highly recommended (by me).

Olbermann gives a good summary of the initial cracks in Watergate leading to the President resigning.

Does anyone else have the mental tick to call the Watergate scandal Watergate-gate?

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Barefoot Grin  Apr 5, 2017 • 4:58:47am
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Timothy Watson  Apr 5, 2017 • 5:17:27am

re: #27 Ming5000

I don’t watch every Olbermann video. This one is highly recommended (by me).

Olbermann gives a good summary of the initial cracks in Watergate leading to the President resigning.

Does anyone else have the mental tick to call the Watergate scandal Watergate-gate?

Mitchell & Webb - Watergategate

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lawhawk  Apr 5, 2017 • 5:19:10am

Greets and saluts from the resistance.

There are no good options with Syria, but the least you can do is call out Assad for using sarin - a WMD.

Trump and his admin wont do that. Instead, they’ll attack Obama, who drew a red line on using WMDs. Turns out, after that red line was drawn, Assad didn’t use WMDs (and while there were attacks using chlorine gas, that doesn’t rise to use of a WMD - specific definitions apply.

But as soon as Trump winked and nodded in agreement with Putin that Assad could stick around, Assad began using prohibited weapons again - and then attacked the victims/survivors to wipe out traces of evidence against him.

This is all on Trump. No one else. He can’t pass the blame or the buck to Obama. Obama dealt with a bad situation and didn’t get the US drawn into a civil war/insurrection in Syria. Trump? By sending more troops into the country, that only increases the chances the US becomes targets for any number of enemies in the region.

Tactically, this is unwise. The gain of having troops on the ground to go after IS is outweighed by the fact that the US doesn’t have allies in Syria. Strategically, it’s also questionable.

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Colère Tueur de Lapin  Apr 5, 2017 • 5:36:33am

re: #4 Eric The Fruit Bat

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Belafon  Apr 5, 2017 • 5:38:02am

re: #26 Anymouse

Breaking! (I need Drudge Report’s cop bubble warning light)

Invader Zim is returning to Nickelodeon!

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I can’t believe this hasn’t received more updings.

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Dr. Matt  Apr 5, 2017 • 5:38:26am

Thume (R-douche) is on MSNBC whining that filibustering a SCOTUS nominee is unprecedented but he’s silent about the unprecedented treatment of Merrick Garland. Asshole

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Colère Tueur de Lapin  Apr 5, 2017 • 5:39:34am

re: #11 Eric The Fruit Bat

I’m still waiting for Twitler’s appointment at Walter Reed myself…..

Never gonna happen.

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jeffreyw  Apr 5, 2017 • 5:42:01am

Imgur
Good morning!

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Shiplord Kirel  Apr 5, 2017 • 5:48:01am

re: #26 Anymouse

Breaking! (I need Drudge Report’s cop bubble warning light)

Invader Zim is returning to Nickelodeon!

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Here you go (just save, upload on your own message, and you’ll have it in the library.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Apr 5, 2017 • 5:50:43am
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Backwoods_Sleuth  Apr 5, 2017 • 5:54:01am
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Dr. Matt  Apr 5, 2017 • 5:56:44am

re: #38 Backwoods_Sleuth

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14 or 15?

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Apr 5, 2017 • 5:57:44am

re: #39 Dr. Matt

14 or 15?

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He completed 14 hours, so is now in his 15th hour.

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Dr. Matt  Apr 5, 2017 • 6:09:07am
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The Vicious Babushka  Apr 5, 2017 • 6:10:59am

Russia claiming IS rebels gassed themselves.

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lawhawk  Apr 5, 2017 • 6:12:28am

re: #42 The Vicious Babushka

Palin approves of the tactic:

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Apr 5, 2017 • 6:13:52am

re: #42 The Vicious Babushka

re: #43 lawhawk

sigh

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Anymouse  Apr 5, 2017 • 6:14:40am

re: #30 lawhawk

In addition to the problems of Assad using chlorine gas against enemies (and allegedly using a WMD like sarin), what happens if he uses them against American troops?

Like it or not, Russia is in Syria at the invitation of the Syrian government; any troops we send could be credibly called an invasion force.

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The Vicious Babushka  Apr 5, 2017 • 6:15:46am
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lawhawk  Apr 5, 2017 • 6:17:17am
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The Crusher  Apr 5, 2017 • 6:19:21am

re: #46 The Vicious Babushka

“there is only one thing in the world worse than being talked about, and that is not being talked about.”

aol.com

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Shiplord Kirel  Apr 5, 2017 • 6:21:41am

re: #42 The Vicious Babushka

Russia claiming IS rebels gassed themselves.

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Shills and stooges in this country are falling into line with this “false flag” narrative, having prepared the ground with similar lies about the 2013 gas attack.
New exposé by Seymour Hersh: Turkey staged gas attack to provoke US war on Syria

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Apr 5, 2017 • 6:21:44am
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Unshaken Defiance  Apr 5, 2017 • 6:24:08am

re: #45 Anymouse

In addition to the problems of Assad using chlorine gas against enemies (and allegedly using a WMD like sarin), what happens if he uses them against American troops?

Like it or not, Russia is in Syria at the invitation of the Syrian government; any troops we send could be credibly called an invasion force.

If anyone attacks our forces with chemicals, I expect we would see a counterstrike of profound and lasting impact. Lots of impacts.

“Invasion”? Only by our critics, f.o.s. as usual.

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Anymouse  Apr 5, 2017 • 6:24:47am

re: #36 Shiplord Kirel

Hmmm. I can’t figure out how to save the siren image to my image library.

Drudge Siren

Never mind, I figured it out (drag your image to my desktop, then save it in this comment). Now I also have it for future use in things like E-mails as well.

Thanks!

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Shiplord Kirel  Apr 5, 2017 • 6:29:13am

Blast from the past. So where is it, conspira-liars?

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Anymouse  Apr 5, 2017 • 6:29:14am

re: #51 Unshaken Defiance

If anyone attacks our forces with chemicals, I expect we would see a counterstrike of profound and lasting impact. Lots of impacts.

“Invasion”? Only by our critics, f.o.s. as usual.

That would make a nice rallying point for a Trump administration looking to get out of trouble at home.

Sacrifice a few dozen (or hundred) troops, they get attacked, voila. He has the war he’s looking for.

Heck, the so-called Islamic State might do it if they have the capability just to draw us in.

Having been on the speartip of our military (so to speak) as an enlisted person, I am quite aware that craven government officials will sacrifice military personnel for political gain (see every conservative since Eisenhower).

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The Vicious Babushka  Apr 5, 2017 • 6:30:20am

Did Pepsi deliberately make the Kendall advert patronizing, condescending and tone deaf just to incite rage and “more eyes” on it?

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lawhawk  Apr 5, 2017 • 6:32:26am

re: #55 The Vicious Babushka

Did Pepsi deliberately make the Kendall advert patronizing, condescending and tone deaf just to incite rage and “more eyes” on it?

Pepsi’s commercial is the best Coke ad of the year.

-I take no credit for that line; it was heard on tv this morning, and I can’t recall the original source.

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The Vicious Babushka  Apr 5, 2017 • 6:32:51am

HOW TO OWN THE TWITTER

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The Vicious Babushka  Apr 5, 2017 • 6:33:52am

re: #56 lawhawk

Pepsi’s commercial is the best Coke ad of the year.

-I take no credit for that line; it was heard on tv this morning, and I can’t recall the original source.

I hated that Coke ad when it came out 45 years ago. HATED IT.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Apr 5, 2017 • 6:34:19am

Ivanka: My biz trustees are independent.
King: They’re family members.
Ivanka: They’re still independent.
pic.twitter.com

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Anymouse  Apr 5, 2017 • 6:34:36am

The folk are gathering across the street for church (it’s early yet, but some people come early).

Part of our village one and six year street plan includes paving the block of street between my property and the church property (due to heavy traffic from out of town on Sunday morning and Wednesday evening).

It would be the first street in town paved if that project goes ahead. I would have to abstain on voting for it (as it would benefit me to have a paved street along my property). On the other hand, a lot of people in town are opposed to the project on the grounds it would impact the “rustic characteristic” of our village (the rustic characteristic being unpaved streets, apparently). So there is also the issue if I were to vote for this project, half the town would be after me for being a carpet-bagging Michigander on the village board trying to change what’s been a hundred years of no progress.

Yeah, if that project comes up for a vote, I think I’ll abstain.

I also get to watch people in 4x4 trucks bury their trucks up to the axles in rainstorms, then troll them with offers to pull them out with my car.

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Big Beautiful Door  Apr 5, 2017 • 6:34:49am

re: #45 Anymouse

In addition to the problems of Assad using chlorine gas against enemies (and allegedly using a WMD like sarin), what happens if he uses them against American troops?

Like it or not, Russia is in Syria at the invitation of the Syrian government; any troops we send could be credibly called an invasion force.

The Administration now has its first major international crisis. Trump’s first reaction? Blame Obama. Now what does he do? My guess; send Jared!

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lawhawk  Apr 5, 2017 • 6:34:56am
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Shiplord Kirel  Apr 5, 2017 • 6:38:29am

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The Crusher  Apr 5, 2017 • 6:39:25am

re: #56 lawhawk

I hope Pepsi doesn’t collaborate with Best Buy, put themselves right out of business.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Apr 5, 2017 • 6:41:04am

jerk

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Anymouse  Apr 5, 2017 • 6:41:07am

re: #57 The Vicious Babushka

HOW TO OWN THE TWITTER

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I can’t read it either here or on Twitter. In both places it comes out to about 1/4 point type.

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Anymouse  Apr 5, 2017 • 6:42:19am

re: #61 Big Beautiful Door

The Administration now has its first major international crisis. Trump’s first reaction? Blame Obama. Now what does he do? My guess; send Jared!

You’d think by now Jared Kushner would figure out that Trump is trying to kill him. /s

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The Vicious Babushka  Apr 5, 2017 • 6:42:45am

re: #66 Anymouse

I can’t read it either here or on Twitter. In both places it comes out to about 1/4 point type.

Right-click on each image, “Open image in new tab” and it will appear full size.

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lawhawk  Apr 5, 2017 • 6:43:22am

re: #65 Backwoods_Sleuth

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I cannot.  Apr 5, 2017 • 6:43:53am

re: #67 Anymouse

More like trying to get him killed…but either way, then he could have Ivanka all to himself… /s?

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Anymouse  Apr 5, 2017 • 6:44:42am

re: #68 The Vicious Babushka

Right-click on each image, “Open image in new tab” and it will appear full size.

I did that. Most of the print is far too small to read, and the string of comments don’t really make any sense to me.

Oh well. I’ll take your word for it that it was good pwnage of a Nazi.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Apr 5, 2017 • 6:45:30am
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The Vicious Babushka  Apr 5, 2017 • 6:46:43am

re: #71 Anymouse

I did that. Most of the print is far too small to read, and the string of comments don’t really make any sense to me.

Oh well. I’ll take your word for it that it was good pwnage of a Nazi.

Here it is:

Everything the wingnut says, “Mrs. Fizzle” echoes back at him with the tag *petulant whiny nerd voice*

Kind of like what mean kids did to nerds in school 50 years ago.

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Anymouse  Apr 5, 2017 • 6:47:29am
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Backwoods_Sleuth  Apr 5, 2017 • 6:48:21am
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Belafon  Apr 5, 2017 • 6:49:58am

re: #57 The Vicious Babushka

HOW TO OWN THE TWITTER

I will have to look at it at home, but I have to follow anyone named “Goth Ms. Frizzle.”

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GlutenFreeJesus  Apr 5, 2017 • 6:52:44am

Wing it meme is bullshit. Alito and Roberts were confirmed. Garland never even got one single hearing.

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Anymouse  Apr 5, 2017 • 6:53:57am

Mitch McConnell can file for cloture all he likes, but the last I heard, he doesn’t have the votes to end a filibuster.

I suppose he should have thought of that when President Obama picked Merrick Garland at the suggestion of Orrin Hatch and Chuck Grassley.

He can always blow up the filibuster if he likes.

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Belafon  Apr 5, 2017 • 6:54:22am

re: #77 GlutenFreeJesus

Wing it meme is bullshit. Alito and Roberts were confirmed. Garland never even got one single hearing.

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That one needs a citation. I would have to see the quote from Schumer.

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Anymouse  Apr 5, 2017 • 6:55:41am

re: #79 Belafon

That one needs a citation. I would have to see the quote from Schumer.

It’s the same nonsense as the “Biden Rule.” They made it up. Lying liars lie.

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HappyWarrior  Apr 5, 2017 • 6:55:42am

re: #77 GlutenFreeJesus

Wing it meme is bullshit. Alito and Roberts were confirmed. Garland never even got one single hearing.

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I’ll have to check but I’m positive Bush had judges confirmed his last nineteen months. And yes Alito and Roberts and now Gorsuch at least got hearings. Garland got nothing. Even Bork got a hearing and vote.

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HappyWarrior  Apr 5, 2017 • 6:56:51am

A hiker for what it’s worth was behind Reid and Durbin in leadership in 2007.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Apr 5, 2017 • 6:57:10am

Trump’s EPA moves to cut programs that protect children from lead paint

Environmental Protection Agency officials are proposing to eliminate two programs focused on limiting children’s exposure to lead-based paint — which is known to cause damage to developing brains and nervous systems.

The proposed cuts, outlined in a 64 page budget memo revealed by The Washington Post on Friday, would roll back programs aimed at reducing lead risks by $16.61 million and more than 70 employees, in line with a broader project by the Trump administration to devolve responsibility for environmental and health protection to state and local governments.

Old housing stock is the biggest risk for lead exposure — and the EPA estimates that 38 million U.S. homes contain lead-based paint.

Environmental groups said the elimination of the two programs, which are focused on training workers in the safe removal of lead-based paint and public education about its risks, would make it harder for the EPA to address the environmental hazard.

snip

Some operators in the home renovation industry have criticized the rule as too costly, noting that some customers simply opt to hire contractors who deliberately skirt the federal standards.

good grief

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Apr 5, 2017 • 6:58:41am
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HappyWarrior  Apr 5, 2017 • 7:01:09am

Ok quick search found this
mobile.nytimes.com

They were blocking judicial recess appointments. A big distinction.

georgewbush-whitehouse.archives.gov
Judge White in fact was confirmed in June of 2008.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Apr 5, 2017 • 7:03:55am
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The Crusher  Apr 5, 2017 • 7:04:19am

F-16 crashes
nbcwashington.com

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Anymouse  Apr 5, 2017 • 7:04:46am

Discussion with the cat:

Felix Randomkitty: (climbs on arms to prevent typing)
Me: Yes?
Felix: You’re on Little Green Footballs right now?
Me: Yes.
Felix: Why haven’t you ordered more of that delicious diabetic cat food brand through the LGF Website yet?
Me: Because you have enough for two months.
Felix: (rakes claws across arms, blood flies)
Me: Okay, lemme find my wallet… .

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HappyWarrior  Apr 5, 2017 • 7:04:55am

Took me all of thirty seconds to find that and I’m on my phone. What’s the Republican meme bot’s excuse?

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Belafon  Apr 5, 2017 • 7:06:09am

re: #89 HappyWarrior

Took me all of thirty seconds to find that and I’m on my phone. What’s the Republican meme bot’s excuse?

They’re hoping no one will look.

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Anymouse  Apr 5, 2017 • 7:06:34am

Grassley and McConnell both voted to confirm Kennedy in Reagan’s final year.

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HappyWarrior  Apr 5, 2017 • 7:06:59am

re: #90 Belafon

They’re hoping no one will look.

Yep.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Apr 5, 2017 • 7:07:16am
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Backwoods_Sleuth  Apr 5, 2017 • 7:08:47am

re: #86 Backwoods_Sleuth

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makeitstop  Apr 5, 2017 • 7:09:40am

re: #84 Backwoods_Sleuth

Best Senate witnesses ever.

12/10, would invite back for followup testimony. And pet.

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HappyWarrior  Apr 5, 2017 • 7:09:45am

re: #91 Anymouse

Grassley and McConnell both voted to confirm Kennedy in Reagan’s final year.

Operative word there of course is Reagan.

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Anymouse  Apr 5, 2017 • 7:12:16am

re: #96 HappyWarrior

Operative word there of course is Reagan.

As a matter of fact, Anthony Kennedy was confirmed 97-0. No Democratic opposition. (The three missing Democrats were absent the day of the vote.)

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HappyWarrior  Apr 5, 2017 • 7:13:26am

re: #97 Anymouse

As a matter of fact, Anthony Kennedy was confirmed 97-0. No Democratic opposition. (The three missing Democrats were absent the day of the vote.)

Yep. And Kennedy is a good example of what pressure can do. That would have been Bork had Democrats not raised hell.

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Jay C  Apr 5, 2017 • 7:14:00am

re: #84 Backwoods_Sleuth

“Who’s a good witness?? Yesss! YOU!! Good witness! Good!!”…

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Smith25's Liberal Thighs  Apr 5, 2017 • 7:14:10am

Morning everyone.

Got a bit of good news this morning. A couple of weeks ago, I had just finished working out, and while in the shower looked at my stomach, and appeared to have a hernia. Then caught a quick bit of the flu. Got so sick that I couldn’t summon the energy to even watch the UK-UNC game last Sunday. All you from Kentucky know how sick someone must be to miss a game like that. Well, met with the surgeon this morning. Initial thought was that the top abs had split. That surgery would be needed. Well, 4-8 weeks possible recovery, which to a person who loves to run and workout would be hell.

Had the MRI, and surgeon says(paraphrase), “This is pretty amazing. You don’t need surgery after all. Your ab muscles are separating to a point, but the bottom layer is still intact. It’s good you are in such good shape, and your abs are so strong, they have prevented worse things from happening. We need to changed a little of your workout to rehab this area, but that is all you need.”

I feel pretty good today. I’m sure there is a Trump, McConnell, or Pepsi action that will fuck that up somehow.

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Anymouse  Apr 5, 2017 • 7:14:38am

re: #94 Backwoods_Sleuth

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FOX News has clearer info on the crash:

foxnews.com

DEVELOPING - A military fighter jet that left Joint Base Andrews Wednesday morning crashed about two miles south on Wednesday.

The two pilots inside the F-15 jet ejected safely and first responder have reached them, Fox 5 DC reported.

#Breaking - @Fox5Wagner has learned the two pilots from fighter jet crash near Joint Base Andrews are safe.
— Jacqueline Smith (@JCSmithFox5) April 5, 2017

Prince George County firefighters confirmed on Twitter they were responding to a fighter get crash in the Clinton, Maryland area.

#DEVELOPING: Piscataway Road/Rt-233 CLOSED between Tippet Road and Steed Road due to military jet crash in Clinton, Md. More info to come. pic.twitter.com
— FOX 5 DC (@fox5dc) April 5, 2017

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HappyWarrior  Apr 5, 2017 • 7:14:43am

I mean I have my judicial disagreements with Kennedy I.e Citizens United and the ACA case but he’s not a right wing hack posing as a principled conservative like Bork was.

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HappyWarrior  Apr 5, 2017 • 7:15:52am

re: #99 Jay C

“Who’s a good witness?? Yesss! YOU!! Good witness! Good!!”…

Objection, prosecution won’t let defense pet the witness too!

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Dave In Austin  Apr 5, 2017 • 7:18:06am

re: #20 wheat-dogg

Dude….. close it up! Some of us are not there yet.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Apr 5, 2017 • 7:18:59am
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Anymouse  Apr 5, 2017 • 7:20:00am

re: #105 Backwoods_Sleuth

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Who knows? Alternative history makes for good fiction novels.

That said, the Democrats would have given her a hearing. McConnell’s trying to deflect.

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HappyWarrior  Apr 5, 2017 • 7:20:36am

re: #105 Backwoods_Sleuth

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Rich Mitch considering Hatch literally suggested Obama wouldn’t pick someone like Garland and Garland would be acceptable to you freaks and then Obama picked him. Maybe you should see someone about your projection problem.

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wheat-dogg  Apr 5, 2017 • 7:20:36am

re: #104 Dave In Austin

Dude….. close it up! Some of us are not there yet.

I spoilerized it. Don’t want to know what I said. Don’t Click to Reveal!

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Anymouse  Apr 5, 2017 • 7:22:12am

re: #108 wheat-dogg

I spoilerized it. Don’t want to know what I said. Don’t Click to Reveal!

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Apr 5, 2017 • 7:22:14am

CLINTON, Md. (AP) — The Air Force says a pilot is safe after an F-16 crashed in Maryland.

The Air Force said Wednesday that the pilot was on a training mission in an F-16 from the Joint Base Andrews-based 113th Wing. Officials say the pilot ejected and is safe. The plane went down a few miles from Joint Base Andrews.

Prince George’s County fire department spokesman Mark Brady tells WRC-TV that one pilot parachuted out of the aircraft and was picked up by a military helicopter. He says the pilot was found in the same general area as the plane.

Brady says homes in the area are being evacuated. He says there are no other reports of injuries. He didn’t know whether anything on the ground was hit.

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Anymouse  Apr 5, 2017 • 7:24:17am

Just posted, more at the BBC:

Russia is objecting to a draft resolution on the chemical weapons deaths in northern Syria as the UN Security Council meets in New York.

Russian suggestions that civilians were poisoned by rebel weapons on the ground have been widely rejected.

The UK’s foreign secretary, a rebel commander and a weapons expert all said the evidence pointed to an attack by Syrian government forces.

The issue is also overshadowing an aid conference on Syria in Brussels.

bbc.com

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HappyWarrior  Apr 5, 2017 • 7:25:01am

re: #111 Anymouse

Just posted, more at the BBC:

bbc.com

But Putin Derangement Syndrome eh Matt Taibbi?

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lawhawk  Apr 5, 2017 • 7:25:40am

re: #105 Backwoods_Sleuth

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Apr 5, 2017 • 7:30:14am

O_o

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ObserverArt  Apr 5, 2017 • 7:31:39am

re: #38 Backwoods_Sleuth

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So, he made it through the night. Good for him.

Again…Thank you Senator.

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Anymouse  Apr 5, 2017 • 7:32:03am

re: #114 Backwoods_Sleuth

O_o

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I’ll bet that is being paid for out of the Treasury, not his pocket.

Hollywood PR execs don’t come cheap either … I thought Mr. Kushner was put forth as the guy who could do it all? Let him do his own PR.

The kleptocracy/kakistocracy continues while the GOP fiddles… .

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I cannot.  Apr 5, 2017 • 7:33:36am
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Anymouse  Apr 5, 2017 • 7:38:29am

Justin Trudeau Reading Books Like a Total Nerd Who Reads Books Nerd (Goes to Wonkette)

(more at Wonkette):

Guys, this is probably just going to make you cry and wish you were in Canada, where the healthcare is single-payer, the beer is very good, and the government will soon be distributing free weed to everyone (we may have the details a little fuzzy), but here’s one more thing to make Americans pine for Canadaland: Their prime minister isn’t merely a hunky hunk, he’s also a big ol’ nerd who reads books, and even more than just the one.

We learn this via the Twitter feed of our favorite billionaire, Nick Hanauer, who has this ridiculous notion that if the vast numbers of lower- and middle-income people had a fairer share of the nation’s wealth, that would be far better for America than tilting the economy to favor the one percent — and it would be better for the one percent, too, since if people were less poor, they’d buy more stuff and coincidentally not be in the mood to erect any guillotines. Hanauer tweeted this informative snippet Trudeau posted Monday to the Q & A website Quora, in answer to the question “what are your five favorite books?”

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ObserverArt  Apr 5, 2017 • 7:38:59am

re: #45 Anymouse

In addition to the problems of Assad using chlorine gas against enemies (and allegedly using a WMD like sarin), what happens if he uses them against American troops?

Like it or not, Russia is in Syria at the invitation of the Syrian government; any troops we send could be credibly called an invasion force.

That will be when Trump is found in the oval office in fetal position on the floor sucking his thumb.

Then the call will go to Kushner and Bannon.

I feel for anyone in the armed services right now and their parents, relatives and friends.

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lawhawk  Apr 5, 2017 • 7:43:16am

re: #119 ObserverArt

Or, it will be the moment when the US calls in a nuclear strike on Syria in response. Trump’s fascination in using nukes knows no bounds, and that’s precisely the kind of thing that he would do if the troops he put into Syria knowing that they’d have no allies and a muddled mission come under attack from Assad or his allies with chemical weapons of any kind - established WMDs like sarin or repurposed chemicals like chlorine.

Only then would it be up to the chain of command to stop Trump’s actions. While I trust our military commanders to follow orders and to understand their obligations to not engage in war crimes, I don’t have any trust in the political leadership to do the same.

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Anymouse  Apr 5, 2017 • 7:43:35am

re: #119 ObserverArt

That will be when Trump is found in the oval office in fetal position on the floor sucking his thumb.

Then the call will go to Kushner and Bannon.

I feel for anyone in the armed services right now and their parents, relatives and friends.

I am now glad my son is not in the Navy. In the past, I would have supported his decision if he’d chosen that, but now I would do my damn best to talk him out of it (and as a former Navy Recruiter, I presume that wouldn’t be too hard).

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ObserverArt  Apr 5, 2017 • 7:45:40am

re: #59 Backwoods_Sleuth

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If there is anything the Trumps are really really good at it is lying.

They are great liars. The greatest. This we can all tell them.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Apr 5, 2017 • 7:46:09am
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Anymouse  Apr 5, 2017 • 7:46:20am

re: #120 lawhawk

I recall reading somewhere (I don’t recall the source) that as the Watergate investigations closed in on President Nixon and he got more desperate, the military basically adopted a protocol that an order from the president to launch nuclear weapons had to be confirmed by the Pentagon.

I would hope the Pentagon would do the same today.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Apr 5, 2017 • 7:49:21am
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Anymouse  Apr 5, 2017 • 7:55:09am

re: #125 Backwoods_Sleuth

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So I guess I get the same healthcare package choices here as I get cable package choices (none)?

I’m still waiting for them to get around to dismantling the VA, then I truly won’t have access to healthcare.

At least I’ll have the same choices I have with cable or cell service though.

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Unshaken Defiance  Apr 5, 2017 • 7:55:43am

re: #124 Anymouse

I recall reading somewhere (I don’t recall the source) that as the Watergate investigations closed in on President Nixon and he got more desperate, the military basically adopted a protocol that an order from the president to launch nuclear weapons had to be confirmed by the Pentagon.

I would hope the Pentagon would do the same today.

Me too except i might say anything bigger than small arms and angry tweets.

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Anymouse  Apr 5, 2017 • 7:58:16am

re: #127 Unshaken Defiance

Me too except i might say anything bigger than small arms hands and angry tweets.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Apr 5, 2017 • 7:58:54am
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Dave In Austin  Apr 5, 2017 • 7:59:48am
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Scottish Dragon  Apr 5, 2017 • 8:00:24am

Looks like the GOP is going to try to pin everything about the Trump/Russia story on Susan Rice and Benghazi. It worked for them last time.

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Belafon  Apr 5, 2017 • 8:00:29am

re: #119 ObserverArt

That will be when Trump is found in the oval office in fetal position on the floor sucking his thumb.

Then the call will go to Kushner and Bannon.

I feel for anyone in the armed services right now and their parents, relatives and friends.

My nephew, who graduated last may, was going to go into the Air Force, but his parents had him wait to see who was going to be president. His dad is still in the Air Force. Right now, he’s going to school to learn welding, hoping that there will be someone new in a few years.

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FormerDirtDart  Apr 5, 2017 • 8:02:36am

re: #117 I cannot.

When you can’t resist offering a West Wing reference…

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Dave In Austin  Apr 5, 2017 • 8:03:10am

Anyone using Opera w/VPN?
Comments?

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Belafon  Apr 5, 2017 • 8:03:42am

re: #131 Scottish Dragon

Looks like the GOP is going to try to pin everything about the Trump/Russia story on Susan Rice and Benghazi. It worked for them last time.

GMA had this piece that was all “There are questions surrounding Rice’s actions.” It drove my blood pressure up. Then George had someone from the Daily Beast on (can’t remember the guy’s name) who did a great job of not only telling everyone that what she did was legal but turning the discussion back to the actual topic of Trump and company’s links to Russia.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Apr 5, 2017 • 8:04:22am
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FormerDirtDart  Apr 5, 2017 • 8:11:43am
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Anymouse  Apr 5, 2017 • 8:11:52am

re: #130 Dave In Austin

I’m not so big on the advertisers fleeing O’Reilly’s show now. They were fine with all the hatred O’Reilly spilled on the airwaves in the past, including getting Dr. Edward Tiller killed with his endless “Tiller the Baby Killer” screeds.

He went after Sandra Bland with thinly-veiled racist screeds. He was obsessed with Sandra Fluke for months.

They didn’t seem to mind financing someone who’s stochastic terrorism led to murder, or denying rights to an African-American woman killed by the police or another woman seeking to protect her reproductive rights, so I am not going to reward them now. They are only doing the right thing for the wrong reason (profit).

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Birth Control Works  Apr 5, 2017 • 8:13:40am
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Belafon  Apr 5, 2017 • 8:14:11am

re: #138 Anymouse

Profit motive is how you talk to businesses. If you’re going to go that meta, why were we all comfortable with them advertising on those shows for so long?

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The Vicious Babushka  Apr 5, 2017 • 8:15:46am
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makeitstop  Apr 5, 2017 • 8:16:40am

re: #138 Anymouse

I’m not so big on the advertisers fleeing O’Reilly’s show now. They were fine with all the hatred O’Reilly spilled on the airwaves in the past, including getting Dr. Edward Tiller killed with his endless “Tiller the Baby Killer” screeds.

He went after Sandra Bland with thinly-veiled racist screeds. He was obsessed with Sandra Fluke for months.

They didn’t seem to mind financing someone who’s stochastic terrorism led to murder, or denying rights to an African-American woman killed by the police or another woman seeking to protect her reproductive rights, so I am not going to reward them now. They are only doing the right thing for the wrong reason (profit).

Better late than never.

It took a while before they got fed up with Limbaugh, too. The important point is they got there.

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Anymouse  Apr 5, 2017 • 8:17:00am

re: #140 Belafon

Profit motive is how you talk to businesses. If you’re going to go that meta, why were we all comfortable with them advertising on those shows for so long?

I wasn’t comfortable with it. I don’t watch FOX News Channel anyway (well, I don’t have a television set but if I did I still wouldn’t watch them).

While I can’t keep track of every advertiser on FOX, I don’t do business with the ones I know are regulars there.

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CongoJack  Apr 5, 2017 • 8:17:50am

re: #138 Anymouse

I’m not so big on the advertisers fleeing O’Reilly’s show now. They were fine with all the hatred O’Reilly spilled on the airwaves in the past, including getting Dr. Edward Tiller killed with his endless “Tiller the Baby Killer” screeds.

He went after Sandra Bland with thinly-veiled racist screeds. He was obsessed with Sandra Fluke for months.

They didn’t seem to mind financing someone whose stochastic terrorism led to murder, or denying rights to an African-American woman killed by the police or another woman seeking to protect her reproductive rights, so I am not going to reward them now. They are only doing the right thing for the wrong reason (profit).

People don’t remember O’bastard’s attack on Sandra Fluke because the person to took the brunt of the hatred for the Sandra Fluke attack at the time was Limpballs McOxycodone.

Sadly that didnt take Limpballs down - and sadly this likely wont take O’bastard down either. But hope springs eternal.

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Anymouse  Apr 5, 2017 • 8:18:57am

re: #142 makeitstop

Better late than never.

It took a while before they got fed up with Limbaugh, too. The important point is they got there.

With Limbaugh they only got there from a boycott, the Stop Rush campaign.

For example, my state lottery used to advertise on his show here. It was only when a boycott against the state lottery in Nebraska developed the state pulled its adverts.

They responded to boycotts, not doing the right thing.

So yeah, they did the right thing. It was still for the wrong reason.

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makeitstop  Apr 5, 2017 • 8:21:07am

re: #144 CongoJack

Sadly that didnt take Limpballs down - and sadly this likely wont take O’bastard down either. But hope springs eternal.

It didn’t take him all the way down. But a lot of people who were making a lot of money off of that show (the alleged ‘talent’ included) are making a lot less now.

If it takes a few mil out of their greedy, filthy hands, I’m just fine with that.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Apr 5, 2017 • 8:22:46am
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makeitstop  Apr 5, 2017 • 8:22:56am

re: #145 Anymouse

With Limbaugh they only got there from a boycott, the Stop Rush campaign.

For example, my state lottery used to advertise on his show here. It was only when a boycott against the state lottery in Nebraska developed the state pulled its adverts.

They responded to boycotts, not doing the right thing.

So yeah, they did the right thing. It was still for the wrong reason.

And this is a problem, how?

The boycott got results. Ever stop to think that O’Reilly’s advertisers are pulling out because they saw what the Limbaugh boycott did?

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Anymouse  Apr 5, 2017 • 8:23:21am

re: #146 makeitstop

It didn’t take him all the way down. But a lot of people who were making a lot of money off of that show (the alleged ‘talent’ included) are making a lot less now.

If it takes a few mil out of their greedy, filthy hands, I’m just fine with that.

Limbaugh also got ejected from a number of major radio stations, and now appears on a low-power stations instead.

He’s made enough money over the years that he could finance his broadcasts himself for the rest of his life.

And didn’t he claim he would go to Costa Rica if Obama was reëlected? (Not that I would wish him on Costa Rica - they don’t deserve that.)

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A wild WITHAK appeared!  Apr 5, 2017 • 8:24:14am

re: #142 makeitstop

Better late than never.

It took a while before they got fed up with Limbaugh, too. The important point is they got there.

I think someone mentioned it either here or on Twitter yesterday: sometimes it takes a critical mass of attention for a tipping point to be reached. It has happened much the same way for Limbaugh, Glenn Beck, Cosby, and others, who all had deficiencies that were well-known without any real action being taken to deal with their bad behavior — and then the dam breaks.

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Birth Control Works  Apr 5, 2017 • 8:24:34am

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Apr 5, 2017 • 8:25:42am

good grief..this is stupid, even for Hugh.

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Anymouse  Apr 5, 2017 • 8:26:51am

re: #148 makeitstop

And this is a problem, how?

The boycott got results. Ever stop to think that O’Reilly’s advertisers are pulling out because they saw what the Limbaugh boycott did?

As I noted, they didn’t care that O’Reilly’s screeds caused a murder.

They care only for profit. So no, I am not going to cheer them for doing “the right thing.”

Doing the right thing would have been to pull advertising when he was spinning up wingnuts to murder, not to save their bottom lines.

The only ethics corporations have is profit. They aren’t pulling adverts because they believe in proper treatment of women, they are pulling adverts only because of protest. If they were ethical, the adverts would have been gone when Dr. Tiller was killed (or before, when it became obvious O’Reilly was trying to get him killed).

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Birth Control Works  Apr 5, 2017 • 8:27:28am

There was a tweet yesterday that stated that Trump was going to start a war with DRK to draw attention from the (what I think is ultimately a Russian Money Laundering scheme).

It didn’t offer any links.

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Birth Control Works  Apr 5, 2017 • 8:28:38am

I think a lot of advertisers don’t want to pull ads before the contract runs out. Once that happens they can spin a non-renewal of contract as “we are pulling ads due to the assholery of …”.

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A wild WITHAK appeared!  Apr 5, 2017 • 8:29:17am

re: #152 Backwoods_Sleuth

a) “Greneda”
b) Like Trump is capable of drawing a line in crayon without help from his pal Putin

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makeitstop  Apr 5, 2017 • 8:29:50am

re: #153 Anymouse

As I noted, they didn’t care that O’Reilly’s screeds caused a murder.

They care only for profit. So no, I am not going to cheer them for doing “the right thing.”

Doing the right thing would have been to pull advertising when he was spinning up wingnuts to murder, not to save their bottom lines.

The only ethics corporations have is profit. They aren’t pulling adverts because they believe in proper treatment of women, they are pulling adverts only because of protest. If they were ethical, the adverts would have been gone when Dr. Tiller was killed (or before, when it became obvious O’Reilly was trying to get him killed).

Great, then you continue to be pissed off about something that happened in the past and that you have zero control over.

I’ll watch advertisers bail from BillO (for whatever reason) and enjoy him losing money.

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Birth Control Works  Apr 5, 2017 • 8:30:47am

re: #157 makeitstop

Great, then you continue to be pissed off about something that happened in the past and that you have zero control over.

I’ll watch advertisers bail from BillO (for whatever reason) and enjoy him losing money.

Bill has built such an empire from books and his website — Fox Network is his marketing company.

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ObserverArt  Apr 5, 2017 • 8:31:28am

re: #138 Anymouse

I’m not so big on the advertisers fleeing O’Reilly’s show now.

re: #140 Belafon

Profit motive is how you talk to businesses. If you’re going to go that meta, why were we all comfortable with them advertising on those shows for so long?

It’s difficult to know who is advertising on programs you never watch. And I never watch anything Fox.

I think all advertisers on Fox should be held accountable for supporting a “news” network that shows considerable favoritism to one side of the political isle and by nature the buying public.

Advertising always follows the numbers. It is only when a crisis arises and it gets to be too hot to handle when they decide to pull the plug.

Another thing, a lot of times ad buys are through agents that handle the placements of the ads. I doubt anyone is really all that concerned with the content as they are reaching those big numbers.

I guess everyone still sees a need to sell stuff to idiots. They have money too.

I agree with Anymouse…but the real fix would be a smarter country that wouldn’t accept a Fox news at all so they wouldn’t exist in the first place. That isn’t going to happen any time soon if ever.

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FormerDirtDart  Apr 5, 2017 • 8:31:50am
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Scottish Dragon  Apr 5, 2017 • 8:34:02am

re: #152 Backwoods_Sleuth

I predicted Trump may use a nuclear weapon in Syria within his first hundred days…let’s hope I’m wrong.

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Anymouse  Apr 5, 2017 • 8:34:30am

re: #155 Birth Control Works

I think a lot of advertisers don’t want to pull ads before the contract runs out. Once that happens they can spin a non-renewal of contract as “we are pulling ads due to the assholery of …”.

Well, a guy was murdered but our contract cost us money, so we’ll keep advertising. Your comment right there shows the calculus. Money over life.

I get that corporations aren’t social justice organisations. But if murder wasn’t enough to drive them to pull adverts, and Billo’s problems have been documented for quite a while, the calculus is “how much money will we lose from liberals who are pissed at us now versus how much money will we lose over someone who slags and assaults women if we don’t advertise with him.”

No points for doing the right thing after being boycotted. Boycotting a corporation is what people do when it will not do the right thing.

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Anymouse  Apr 5, 2017 • 8:35:42am

re: #159 ObserverArt

Paraphrasing George Carlin: Half the populace is on the left hand side of the bell curve.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Apr 5, 2017 • 8:36:01am

my idiot Freedom Caucus congresscritter
good fucking grief

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Joe Bacon  Apr 5, 2017 • 8:36:11am

re: #130 Dave In Austin

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Doesn’t matter.

A whole bunch of sponsors dumped Pigboy Rush, but Wall Street Cash keeps that liar on the air.

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FormerDirtDart  Apr 5, 2017 • 8:36:12am
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The Vicious Babushka  Apr 5, 2017 • 8:36:48am
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ObserverArt  Apr 5, 2017 • 8:37:45am

re: #162 Anymouse

Well, a guy was murdered but our contract cost us money, so we’ll keep advertising. Your comment right there shows the calculus. Money over life.

I get that corporations aren’t social justice organisations. But if murder wasn’t enough to drive them to pull adverts, and Billo’s problems have been documented for quite a while, the calculus is “how much money will we lose from liberals who are pissed at us now versus how much money will we lose over someone who slags and assaults women if we don’t advertise with him.”

No points for doing the right thing after being boycotted. Boycotting a corporation is what people do when it will not do the right thing.

Money over life figures into just about every war ever if you break it down to the seed.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Apr 5, 2017 • 8:39:59am

re: #166 FormerDirtDart

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Anymouse  Apr 5, 2017 • 8:40:12am

re: #166 FormerDirtDart

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bloomberg.com

(Jennifer Jacobs works for Bloomberg)

President Donald Trump reorganized his National Security Council on Wednesday, removing his chief strategist, Stephen Bannon, and downgrading the role of his Homeland Security Adviser, Tom Bossert, according to a person familiar with the decision and a regulatory filing.

National Security Adviser H.R. McMaster was given responsibility for setting the agenda for meetings of the NSC or the Homeland Security Council, and was authorized to delegate that authority to Bossert, at his discretion, according to the filing.

Under the move, the national intelligence director, Dan Coats, and the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Marine Corps General Joseph Dunford, are again “regular attendees” of the NSC’s principals committee.

(more at Bloomberg)

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Anymouse  Apr 5, 2017 • 8:42:20am

It’s late (the sun is long up in mythical Mountain Time Zone), so I need to get to bed. G’night y’all.

Try to keep the government from blowing up whilst I’m asleep… .

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makeitstop  Apr 5, 2017 • 8:43:25am

re: #169 Backwoods_Sleuth

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Sounds like McMaster threatened to bail unless he was given full control.

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stpaulbear  Apr 5, 2017 • 8:43:27am

re: #158 Birth Control Works

Bill has built such an empire from books and his website — Fox Network is his marketing company.

The banners at the top of Barnes & Noble’s website always seems to be featuring O’Reilly’s new books. They always seem to be in the top five. It’s one of the things that always annoys me about B&N. Bill’s books are really popular there.

I noticed last night that Bill’s new book isn’t in the featured titles any more. Last night it was at #6 on the ‘Top 100’ list. This morning it’s at #17. I hope this is a trend.

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The Vicious Babushka  Apr 5, 2017 • 8:43:57am

Great news. Now when are we getting that fucker out of the White House?

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A wild WITHAK appeared!  Apr 5, 2017 • 8:44:41am

re: #170 Anymouse

bloomberg.com

(Jennifer Jacobs works for Bloomberg)

(more at Bloomberg)

Does this mean the adults are finally starting to take charge?

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Apr 5, 2017 • 8:45:19am
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A wild WITHAK appeared!  Apr 5, 2017 • 8:45:27am

re: #172 makeitstop

Sounds like McMaster threatened to bail unless he was given full control.

I wonder if the Kushner-to-Iraq boondoggle had something to do with this as well.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Apr 5, 2017 • 8:46:00am
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Joe Bacon  Apr 5, 2017 • 8:46:17am

Been fighting the flu all week, trying to work. Got up this morning, just can’t get to work, going to Kaiser in a couple hours.

Meanwhile I voted in my Congressional District primary for Jimmy Gomez to replace now Attorney General Becerra. Nice to see Jimmy finished first and another Democrat got the second spot in the runoff.

I got scared when I saw the first result of the absentee ballot counts that had the Republican in clear 3rd. Ticks me off that there were 19 Democrats on the ballot with one of them endorsed by the American Independent Party, 1 Green, 1 Libertarian and 1 No Party Preference. I was afraid the Democratic vote would shatter enough to let the Republican grab one of the two runoff slots.

Well, this is one seat that will stay in the Democratic column!

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Franklin  Apr 5, 2017 • 8:48:15am

Tin foil hat:

Bannon is/was into some shit that the FBI knows Trump is aware of. Trump keeping Bannon on the NSC could be an impeachable offense.

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Unshaken Defiance  Apr 5, 2017 • 8:48:57am

re: #174 The Vicious Babushka

Great news. Now when are we getting that fucker out of the White House our sight?

Just wishful thinking. ;-)

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Apr 5, 2017 • 8:50:37am
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Dr. Matt  Apr 5, 2017 • 8:52:00am

ABOUT DAMNED TIME!

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CongoJack  Apr 5, 2017 • 8:53:45am

re: #183 Dr. Matt

ABOUT DAMNED TIME!

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Is it possible to request what Bannon did in the realm of the NSC while he was allowed to be a member? One can only assume that once he received access he used that given knowledge and authority to do some shady shit.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Apr 5, 2017 • 8:54:34am
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Dr Lizardo  Apr 5, 2017 • 8:56:25am

re: #154 Birth Control Works

There was a tweet yesterday that stated that Trump was going to start a war with DRK to draw attention from the (what I think is ultimately a Russian Money Laundering scheme).

It didn’t offer any links.

This is what I think really lies at the heart of all this. All the lies, the obfuscation, the ridiculous bullshit…….all because the Orange One is absolutely terrified that if investigative journalists (or the FBI, or Congress) dig deep enough, this is what they’re going to uncover.

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Dr. Matt  Apr 5, 2017 • 8:56:33am
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Backwoods_Sleuth  Apr 5, 2017 • 8:57:42am
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Dr. Matt  Apr 5, 2017 • 8:58:42am
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Backwoods_Sleuth  Apr 5, 2017 • 8:59:03am
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Backwoods_Sleuth  Apr 5, 2017 • 9:00:21am
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Birth Control Works  Apr 5, 2017 • 9:01:31am

Bannon is gone?

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makeitstop  Apr 5, 2017 • 9:04:53am

re: #192 Birth Control Works

Bannon is gone?

From NSC.

Unfortunately, he’s still affixed to Man-Baby like a festering boil.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Apr 5, 2017 • 9:05:29am
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Unshaken Defiance  Apr 5, 2017 • 9:05:37am

re: #186 Dr Lizardo

This is what I think really lies at the heart of all this. All the lies, the obfuscation, the ridiculous bullshit…….all because the Orange One is absolutely terrified that if investigative journalists (or the FBI, or Congress) dig deep enough, this is what they’re going to uncover.

We had Watergate and Vietnam at the same time. We can do this if we must.

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The Vicious Babushka  Apr 5, 2017 • 9:07:20am

So now Jared will take Bannon’s place on the NSC?

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Belafon  Apr 5, 2017 • 9:07:43am

re: #187 Dr. Matt

The spiders care for their children. That’s way more moral than Bannon.

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FormerDirtDart  Apr 5, 2017 • 9:08:16am

- Among concerns in the event of a Chinese purchase is disclosure of nuclear secrets that could be used for military or civilian purposes.

- Westinghouse not only builds nuclear reactors in U.S. but is responsible for maintenance at current reactors.

- Mnuchin, Tillerson, Perry, Ross involved in discussions on how administration would address sale of Westinghouse nuclear business.

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Birth Control Works  Apr 5, 2017 • 9:08:28am

re: #186 Dr Lizardo

This is what I think really lies at the heart of all this. All the lies, the obfuscation, the ridiculous bullshit…….all because the Orange One is absolutely terrified that if investigative journalists (or the FBI, or Congress) dig deep enough, this is what they’re going to uncover.

What is going to be interesting is whether Trump or his peeps are directly linked.

Real Estate is nearly always involved in shenanigans.

The people really making money from illegal drug trade are already scrambling because of the Tax Treaties Obama negotiated. Dodd-Frank doesn’t help. I suspect Russia filled the vacuum left by BCCI.

We shall see … .

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FormerDirtDart  Apr 5, 2017 • 9:09:46am
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Dr. Matt  Apr 5, 2017 • 9:09:50am

re: #196 The Vicious Babushka

So now Jared will take Bannon’s place on the NSC?

Yeah, the Jared manboy who just figured out how to shave without nicking his neck. Brilliant.

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The Vicious Babushka  Apr 5, 2017 • 9:10:59am

re: #199 Birth Control Works

What is going to be interesting is whether Trump or his peeps are directly linked.

Real Estate is nearly always involved in shenanigans.

The people really making money from illegal drug trade are already scrambling because of the Tax Treaties Obama negotiated. Dodd-Frank doesn’t help. I suspect Russia filled the vacuum left by BCCI.

We shall see … .

Russian oligarchs/mobsters have been buying up Trump condos in NY and FL at above market prices.

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Belafon  Apr 5, 2017 • 9:11:12am

re: #198 FormerDirtDart

I thought they were all for privatizing the government.

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Birth Control Works  Apr 5, 2017 • 9:11:16am
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A wild WITHAK appeared!  Apr 5, 2017 • 9:11:21am

re: #201 Dr. Matt

hey man some of us have sensitive neck-skin

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Birth Control Works  Apr 5, 2017 • 9:11:58am

There is a religious fundamentalist angle to the money thing.

All very interesting.

Vatican Bank still isn’t transparent, also.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Apr 5, 2017 • 9:13:19am

“well oiled machine…”

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Birth Control Works  Apr 5, 2017 • 9:13:27am
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Birth Control Works  Apr 5, 2017 • 9:15:08am
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Birth Control Works  Apr 5, 2017 • 9:16:20am

Bad Handlers? Who hired them?

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FormerDirtDart  Apr 5, 2017 • 9:19:17am
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Joe Bacon  Apr 5, 2017 • 9:21:00am
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Backwoods_Sleuth  Apr 5, 2017 • 9:25:53am
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The Vicious Babushka  Apr 5, 2017 • 9:26:14am

Christ on a popsicle stick, he thinks Syria gassing civilians is just part of a reality TV show.

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Dr. Matt  Apr 5, 2017 • 9:26:38am

Drump: “You’ll see”. How presidential.

Trump condemns Syrian gas attack.

Asked if he’ll take action or respond, Trump answers with “you’ll see,” then quickly looks away

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Apr 5, 2017 • 9:26:47am
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goddamnedfrank  Apr 5, 2017 • 9:27:48am

re: #172 makeitstop

Sounds like McMaster threatened to bail unless he was given full control.

Finally! Dude should’ve understood right away that, after Flynn and a non-stop string of embarrassments, Trump can’t possibly afford to fire him.

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wrenchwench  Apr 5, 2017 • 9:29:18am
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Dr Lizardo  Apr 5, 2017 • 9:30:36am

re: #218 wrenchwench

IIRC, such wild markings are meant to serve as a warning to potential predators, something along the lines of “eat me, and you’re dead”.

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allegro  Apr 5, 2017 • 9:30:48am

re: #218 wrenchwench

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Reminds me of an outfit I had in the 60s. Groovy, man!

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Apr 5, 2017 • 9:32:02am
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stpaulbear  Apr 5, 2017 • 9:32:16am

re: #218 wrenchwench

He looks like a slug on stilts.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Apr 5, 2017 • 9:32:44am
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FormerDirtDart  Apr 5, 2017 • 9:33:43am

re: #182 Backwoods_Sleuth

No one should think for a second that his influence is reduced in the slightest…

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wrenchwench  Apr 5, 2017 • 9:39:10am
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ObserverArt  Apr 5, 2017 • 9:40:19am

re: #191 Backwoods_Sleuth

CNN Politics ✔ @CNNPolitics
Rubio: It’s not a coincidence that the Syria gas attack happened after Tillerson suggested Assad could stay in power cnn.it
11:17 AM - 5 Apr 2017
283 283 Retweets 398 398 likes

What? Did Marco have some of that very strong Cuban coffee this morning and had a bout of lucidity?

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Jebediah, RBG  Apr 5, 2017 • 9:40:20am

re: #4 Eric The Fruit Bat

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electrotek  Apr 5, 2017 • 9:41:17am

Must read thread:

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Apr 5, 2017 • 9:42:13am
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Dr Lizardo  Apr 5, 2017 • 9:42:20am

With Bannon out at NSC (at least) I’m wondering if there’s something big about to drop from the WaPo or the NYT.

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Jay C  Apr 5, 2017 • 9:42:33am

re: #225 Dr. Matt

OK then: one less headache for them…..

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Joe Bacon  Apr 5, 2017 • 9:42:40am

And now we go back to our regularly scheduled programming which has the Trump Twits playing…

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Apr 5, 2017 • 9:43:18am
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goddamnedfrank  Apr 5, 2017 • 9:43:29am
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makeitstop  Apr 5, 2017 • 9:43:34am

re: #231 Dr Lizardo

With Bannon out at NSC (at least) I’m wondering if there’s something big about to drop from the WaPo or the NYT.

That’s my go-to attitude whenever the White House does anything that looks even remotely sane.

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FormerDirtDart  Apr 5, 2017 • 9:45:07am

That’s one way to corner the market…

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electrotek  Apr 5, 2017 • 9:45:38am

With Bannon, we have one less wannabe-Crusader to deal with, eh?

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Apr 5, 2017 • 9:46:03am
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makeitstop  Apr 5, 2017 • 9:46:40am

re: #238 electrotek

With Bannon, we have one less wannabe-Crusader to deal with, eh?

As has been pointed out, just because he’s been ‘removed from NSC’ doesn’t necessarily mean he’s been removed from NSC.

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Dr. Matt  Apr 5, 2017 • 9:46:51am

re: #232 Jay C

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OK then: one less headache for them…..

But they are probably still advertising on Fox, just on different programs. This is very similar to what happened to Beck. Advertisers pulled their spots from his show, and moved them to others. The only thing left advertising on Beck’s hatefest were local pawn shops, local payday loan sharks, and local used car lots.

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allegro  Apr 5, 2017 • 9:46:58am

re: #230 Backwoods_Sleuth

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Looks like they’re trying to lay Flynn at Obama’s feet here. Seems like an implication that they inherited Flynn and Bannon was there to keep an eye on him. Or something.

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ObserverArt  Apr 5, 2017 • 9:46:59am

re: #196 The Vicious Babushka

So now Jared will take Bannon’s place on the NSC?

I get the feeling whoever shoved Bannon aside will do the same to Kushner. At the very least they will be ignoring him.

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makeitstop  Apr 5, 2017 • 9:47:33am

re: #243 ObserverArt

I get the feeling whoever shoved Bannon aside will do the same to Kushner. At the very least they will be ignoring him.

McMaster.

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jeffreyw  Apr 5, 2017 • 9:47:45am

Soup’s on!

Imgur

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goddamnedfrank  Apr 5, 2017 • 9:48:00am
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Birth Control Works  Apr 5, 2017 • 9:48:24am

Assange is trying to be relevant thru twitter.

I refuse to retweet.

wanker!

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stpaulbear  Apr 5, 2017 • 9:48:49am

re: #245 jeffreyw

Soup’s on!

You need moar butter.

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A wild WITHAK appeared!  Apr 5, 2017 • 9:48:51am

ffs

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The Vicious Babushka  Apr 5, 2017 • 9:48:51am
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FormerDirtDart  Apr 5, 2017 • 9:50:31am
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Belafon  Apr 5, 2017 • 9:50:57am

re: #224 FormerDirtDart

He could always do this:

No, it hasn’t reduced much of his influence on Trump, but it has at least removed him from being involved in NSC discussions and decisions.

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Dr. Matt  Apr 5, 2017 • 9:51:00am

Excellent gif

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Unshaken Defiance  Apr 5, 2017 • 9:51:54am

re: #237 FormerDirtDart

That’s one way to corner the market…

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Something else they make that police might not like at all. Pull a Taser pistol, service pistol out and the camera(s) record. Interesting device.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Apr 5, 2017 • 9:52:24am
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Belafon  Apr 5, 2017 • 9:54:30am

re: #254 Unshaken Defiance

Something else they make that police might not like at all. Pull a Taser pistol, service pistol out and the camera(s) record. Interesting device.

Police might not be too happy because this removes the “they cost too much” defense.

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FormerDirtDart  Apr 5, 2017 • 9:54:30am
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Jay C  Apr 5, 2017 • 9:55:14am

re: #224 FormerDirtDart

I think you may be onto something here: Bannon’s reassignment does sound (IMO anyway) less like a substantive “demotion” - despite the spin the media will likely put on it - than a sideways move designed to keep him around the WH in a senior-advisory capacity while pushing out of the limelight, and coincidentally adding a (extraordinarily thin) veneer of “professionalism” to an Administration which sorely needs it.*

And donning my sombrero aluminio for a moment, I wouldn’t be surprised to find out Steve Bannon had engineered his “demotion” himself.

* Won’t help, IMO, but we shall see

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ObserverArt  Apr 5, 2017 • 9:55:24am

re: #218 wrenchwench

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You always bring some color to these threads with the frog and lizard images.

And I am always reminded that if you ever want to understand the use of color in art, just look to mother nature.

That frog rocks the color. Reminds me of college and studying the Munsell Color Theory and why those colors work.

Munsell Color

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wrenchwench  Apr 5, 2017 • 9:56:04am

re: #248 stpaulbear

You need moar butter.

Mr. w appreciates the way a pound of butter comes in those 4 single-serving wrappers.

Note: Mr. w is not jeffreyw.

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Belafon  Apr 5, 2017 • 9:56:27am

re: #255 Backwoods_Sleuth

Is the argument by Rozen that Bannon was on the NSC specifically to keep it from looking into Trump-Russia?

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allegro  Apr 5, 2017 • 9:58:16am

re: #257 FormerDirtDart

Trump probably defines “sexual assault” as women victimizing men by accusing them of harassment/rape. O’Reilly didn’t do anything wrong - he was the one sexually assaulted.

not even /

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The Vicious Babushka  Apr 5, 2017 • 10:00:04am

re: #263 allegro

Trump probably defines “sexual assault” as women victimizing men by accusing them of harassment/rape. O’Reilly didn’t do anything wrong - he was the one sexually assaulted.

not even /

“When you’re a star they let you do it.”

O’Reilly was a star. These women didn’t let him do it. Therefore they were not showing the proper deference to a star.

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wrenchwench  Apr 5, 2017 • 10:00:17am

re: #259 ObserverArt

You always bring some color to these threads with the frog and lizard images.

And I am always reminded that if you ever want to understand the use of color in art, just look to mother nature.

That frog rocks the color. Reminds me of college and studying the Munsell Color Theory and why those colors work.

Munsell Color

I’ll have to spend a little time there. My college boyfriend was an art major. He was is also color-blind.

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GlutenFreeJesus  Apr 5, 2017 • 10:01:28am
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Backwoods_Sleuth  Apr 5, 2017 • 10:01:39am

re: #262 Belafon

Is the argument by Rozen that Bannon was on the NSC specifically to keep it from looking into Trump-Russia?

or at least to muddy up the water

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Apr 5, 2017 • 10:01:59am
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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  Apr 5, 2017 • 10:03:13am

re: #268 Backwoods_Sleuth

Too late: now Susan Rice is just another Crooked Hillary.

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wrenchwench  Apr 5, 2017 • 10:05:15am

re: #269 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))

Too late: now Susan Rice is just another Crooked Hillary.

For me, it was a sign of progress that I was more pissed off at the bumper sticker [Hillary for Prison] than I was that the big, ugly truck it was stuck to was parked on the sidewalk.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Apr 5, 2017 • 10:05:36am
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Birth Control Works  Apr 5, 2017 • 10:05:38am

re: #249 A wild WITHAK appeared!

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ffs

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Dr. Matt  Apr 5, 2017 • 10:05:50am

This is fucking awful:

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ObserverArt  Apr 5, 2017 • 10:06:02am

re: #250 The Vicious Babushka

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Weasel words: “May have committed.”

You always need an out of your bullshit paint job.

“Hey, I never said she did…I said she may have.”

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Apr 5, 2017 • 10:07:39am

re: #273 Dr. Matt

This is fucking awful:

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That is my loathsome congresscritter.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Apr 5, 2017 • 10:08:40am
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I Would Prefer Not To  Apr 5, 2017 • 10:10:52am

A White House official said that Bannon was placed on the committee in part to monitor Trump’s first national security adviser, Michael Flynn, and never attended a meeting. He’s no longer needed with McMaster in charge of the council, the official said.

Why the F do you hire someone and then immediately have to start monitoring them?

Someone please tweet this

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wrenchwench  Apr 5, 2017 • 10:10:55am
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HappyWarrior  Apr 5, 2017 • 10:11:44am

re: #275 Backwoods_Sleuth

That is my loathsome congresscritter.

Can’t spell Massey without ass.

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mmmirele  Apr 5, 2017 • 10:11:44am

re: #237 FormerDirtDart

That’s one way to corner the market…

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Police departments have faced lawsuits as the result of using Taser products which have led to death or serious injury. I see this as a way for Taser to continue to sell its products with the added ability to have video evidence of usage in case of lawsuits.

So no, this isn’t Taser being nice. This is Taser protecting itself and its market.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Apr 5, 2017 • 10:14:11am
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Belafon  Apr 5, 2017 • 10:15:52am

re: #280 mmmirele

So no, this isn’t Taser being nice. This is Taser protecting itself and its market.

Replace Taser with Blue Bell and you’ve got the reason they stopped producing ice cream while dealing with listeria.

While this is Taser protecting its market, I think it’s a good thing.

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Bubblehead II  Apr 5, 2017 • 10:16:01am
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Jay C  Apr 5, 2017 • 10:17:35am

IIJM, or does anyone else think that in lining up to try to use Susan Rice”s head for a soccer ball, the Trump gang is (again) going to boot it squarely into their own goal?

Accusing someone, even obliquely, of “committing a crime” seems to me to lead inevitably to a “put or shut up” moment. Especially when the accuser is the POTUS (the incompetence/idiocy of the incumbent notwithstanding). To me, the “put up” part is only going to publicize and/or expose to scrutiny exactly those aspects of the Trump campaign/Administration they would probably prefer to keep hidden: i.e. precisely how much Russian influence/Russian money/Russian crime the Admin is actually connected with. But then again, look who we’re dealing with….

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Targetpractice  Apr 5, 2017 • 10:17:35am

re: #274 ObserverArt

Weasel words: “May have committed.”

You always need an out of your bullshit paint job.

“Hey, I never said she did…I said she may have.”

It’s the sort of shit that would never pass muster in a legitimate court of law, but counts as a damning charge in the court of public opinion. “Guilty until proven innocent.” Trump is very familiar with such tactics.

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HappyWarrior  Apr 5, 2017 • 10:17:54am

re: #281 Backwoods_Sleuth

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Douchebags of a feather.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Apr 5, 2017 • 10:19:29am

he keeps saying this

Trump on defeating ISIS: “it’ll be a shorter fight than a lot of people are thinking about, believe me”

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Apr 5, 2017 • 10:20:08am
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BeachDem  Apr 5, 2017 • 10:20:38am

re: #239 Backwoods_Sleuth

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I wonder if Maggie and Glenn’s big news will be as scintillating as this bit of melodrama in one of their recent stories:

In the midafternoon, a beaming Mr. Trump climbed into the rig of a black tractor-trailer, which had been driven to the White House for an event with trucking industry executives, honking the horn and posing for a series of tough-guy photos — one with his fists held aloft, another staring straight ahead, hands gripping the large wheel, his face compressed into an excited scream.

Not holding my breath.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Apr 5, 2017 • 10:20:55am
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EPR-radar  Apr 5, 2017 • 10:21:24am

re: #287 Backwoods_Sleuth

he keeps saying this

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That sounds to me like Trump is really planning to use nukes in the mideast. That will not end well.

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The Vicious Babushka  Apr 5, 2017 • 10:21:40am

re: #284 Jay C

IIJM, or does anyone else think that in lining up to try to use Susan Rice”s head for a soccer ball, the Trump gang is (again) going to boot it squarely into their own goal?

Accusing someone, even obliquely, of “committing a crime” seems to me to lead inevitably to a “put or shut up” moment. Especially when the accuser is the POTUS (the incompetence/idiocy of the incumbent notwithstanding). To me, the “put up” part is only going to publicize and/or expose to scrutiny exactly those aspects of the Trump campaign/Administration they would probably prefer to keep hidden: i.e. precisely how much Russian influence/Russian money/Russian crime the Admin is actually connected with. But then again, look who we’re dealing with….

Trump always, always projects. By accusing Rice of “committing a crime” he’s practically shouting from the rooftops HEY I’M A CRIMINAL!!!!

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lawhawk  Apr 5, 2017 • 10:21:44am

Bannon is no longer on the NSC. Woo?

1) He had no business being on the NSC in the first place. His very presence undermined national security.
2) The spin/retconning by the Trump nuts is beyond idiotic. They’re now claiming that the only reason he was on there was to keep an eye on Flynn.
3) Bannon is still part of this extremist cabal running things. So too is Kushner (see the part where Kushner showed he’s clueless about China).

The most important thing here is 2. This is an active attempt to spin Bannon as a check on Flynn. It makes no sense. Flynn was picked by Trump and was integral to Trump foreign policy outlook during the campaign and after. Trump said he had the highest confidence in Flynn. Why would anyone need to babysit Flynn.

Moreover, the same reports that claim Bannon was babysitting Flynn also claim that Bannon never attended the NSC meetings. This undercuts the entire argument that Bannon was babysitting Flynn. You can’t oversee anything if you’re not present. So there’s some inconsistencies here as well.

Bottom line?

Trump’s furiously trying to spin separation between him, his cabal, and Flynn. They need this separation knowing that Flynn’s likely to turn on Trump and everyone else to save himself.

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Belafon  Apr 5, 2017 • 10:21:53am

re: #287 Backwoods_Sleuth

he keeps saying this

You know, if the construction crews around my area would just bulldoze all of the cars on the road, they could probably get done widening the roads much quicker.

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Targetpractice  Apr 5, 2017 • 10:21:56am

re: #284 Jay C

IIJM, or does anyone else think that in lining up to try to use Susan Rice”s head for a soccer ball, the Trump gang is (again) going to boot it squarely into their own goal?

Accusing someone, even obliquely, of “committing a crime” seems to me to lead inevitably to a “put or shut up” moment. Especially when the accuser is the POTUS (the incompetence/idiocy of the incumbent notwithstanding). To me, the “put up” part is only going to publicize and/or expose to scrutiny exactly those aspects of the Trump campaign/Administration they would probably prefer to keep hidden: i.e. precisely how much Russian influence/Russian money/Russian crime the Admin is actually connected with. But then again, look who we’re dealing with….

You’re right that it’s a “put up or shut up” matter, but in this case it’s “if they have the evidence, they should indict her!” If Trump feels that he’s the evidence to prove Rice guilty of a crime, then he should be demanding his AG to get off his ass and indict her. But he won’t and Sessions won’t because the last thing they want is this shit in a courtroom where the public might get a glimpse behind the curtain. They know that they or their compatriots were caught in very compromising positions with Russian oligarchs and that’s not something they could keep out of the courtroom is they chose to try Rice for “unmasking.” And note they’re not accusing her of “leaking,” but simply “unmasking.” So yeah, this nothingburger is there for no other reason than to keep saying its the only thing that matters.

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Stanley Sea  Apr 5, 2017 • 10:22:33am

re: #268 Backwoods_Sleuth

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Apr 5, 2017 • 10:22:33am
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Targetpractice  Apr 5, 2017 • 10:23:01am

re: #287 Backwoods_Sleuth

he keeps saying this

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Given events in Iraq and Yemen, I suspect Trump’s plan is to just carpet bomb Syria from end to end…and then blame Obama for the mass casualties.

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Birth Control Works  Apr 5, 2017 • 10:25:03am
“Everybody kept telling them, ‘stop poking your nose where it doesn’t belong,’” newspaper adviser Emily Smith told The Post. But with the encouragement of the superintendent, the students persisted.

“They were at a loss that something that was so easy for them to see was waiting to be noticed by adults,” Smith said.

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GlutenFreeJesus  Apr 5, 2017 • 10:25:16am

re: #152 Backwoods_Sleuth

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BeachDem  Apr 5, 2017 • 10:26:52am

re: #250 The Vicious Babushka

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re: #251 FormerDirtDart

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So he declined a “request” to provide evidence of his claim about Rice and then Maggie and Glenn pursued the very important issue of Bill O’Reilly.

Wow.

Such impressive.
Very journalism.
Much important.

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Belafon  Apr 5, 2017 • 10:26:54am

re: #300 GlutenFreeJesus

Which would explain why Trump thinks Jared shits rainbows.

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The Vicious Babushka  Apr 5, 2017 • 10:27:35am
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Birth Control Works  Apr 5, 2017 • 10:27:56am

There are quite a few *ahem* insecure men who want to nuke something —anything to make them feel safe in their place in the pack.

I think it is similar to what motivates rape.

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ObserverArt  Apr 5, 2017 • 10:27:59am

I cannot believe suddenly the media is running around and looking for facts behind Trump statements. Where were they for a year and a half on the campaign trail? Hell, where were they on Trump’s whole career?

The dudes has made a career on lying, misdirection and cover up.

This may be one time we won’t be able to say better late than never.

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HappyWarrior  Apr 5, 2017 • 10:28:22am

re: #300 GlutenFreeJesus

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Feckless weakness? Tell me Hugh, who refused to give who the AUMF, you lying sack of shit.

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Scottish Dragon  Apr 5, 2017 • 10:28:30am

Anybody want to give odds on a military misadventure in Syria or North Korea to change the conversation?

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Targetpractice  Apr 5, 2017 • 10:28:34am

re: #296 Stanley Sea

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And again, we see the same behavior we saw all last year: Trump says dumb shit, press reports it without criticism, then later “revises” story to note that Trump was talking out his ass. But by then the public has seen the initial headline enough times that they swallow it without question.

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Scottish Dragon  Apr 5, 2017 • 10:29:24am

re: #305 ObserverArt

I cannot believe suddenly the media is running around and looking for facts behind Trump statements. Where were they for a year and a half on the campaign trail? Hell, where were they on Trump’s whole career?

The dudes has made a career on lying, misdirection and cover up.

This may be one time we won’t be able to say better late than never.

The media love the both sides have a point narrative…

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Apr 5, 2017 • 10:30:28am
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Targetpractice  Apr 5, 2017 • 10:30:49am

re: #307 Scottish Dragon

Anybody want to give odds on a military misadventure in Syria or North Korea to change the conversation?

Probably not Syria, since his buddy Vlad would have his ass in a sling if he felt that US intervention threatened Baby Assad’s future.

And North Korea will probably be off the table if/when Xi makes clear that Beijing will intervene if we make a move on Pyongyang.

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FormerDirtDart  Apr 5, 2017 • 10:30:55am
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Backwoods_Sleuth  Apr 5, 2017 • 10:31:00am
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(alpuz)  Apr 5, 2017 • 10:31:04am

re: #305 ObserverArt

I cannot believe suddenly the media is running around and looking for facts behind Trump statements. Where were they for a year and a half on the campaign trail? Hell, where were they on Trump’s whole career?

The dudes has made a career on lying, misdirection and cover up.

This may be one time we won’t be able to say better late than never.

$

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HappyWarrior  Apr 5, 2017 • 10:31:17am

re: #310 Backwoods_Sleuth

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Trump likes other plutocrats with high opinions of themselves. Not a surprise.

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GlutenFreeJesus  Apr 5, 2017 • 10:32:02am

re: #311 Targetpractice

That leaves California…

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makeitstop  Apr 5, 2017 • 10:32:30am

re: #312 FormerDirtDart

McMaster’s camp considers Bannon’s removal from NSC a victory on a “priority” for McMaster *& Mattis*

Like I figured. McMaster laid down the law.

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Birth Control Works  Apr 5, 2017 • 10:32:34am

re: #265 wrenchwench

I’ll have to spend a little time there. My college boyfriend was an art major. He was is also color-blind.

I had to do the Munsell Color Chart in college. I never want to see gouache again. It was the WORST ASSIGNMENT EVER!!!!!

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The Vicious Babushka  Apr 5, 2017 • 10:32:42am

re: #311 Targetpractice

Probably not Syria, since his buddy Vlad would have his ass in a sling if he felt that US intervention threatened Baby Assad’s future.

And North Korea will probably be off the table if/when Xi makes clear that Beijing will intervene if we make a move on Pyongyang.

We have to rely on China and Russia being the adults in the room. Sad!

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Apr 5, 2017 • 10:32:50am
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Targetpractice  Apr 5, 2017 • 10:32:55am

re: #313 Backwoods_Sleuth

[Embedded content]

Hey Don, as a “dealmaker,” I’m sure you’re familiar with this phrase: “Talk is cheap.”

Move a carrier group into the Eastern Med and threaten to bomb Syrian military facilities, as Obama did, then we’ll talk.

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electrotek  Apr 5, 2017 • 10:33:15am

The Chemical Brothers - Out Of Control

Yep, a total rip-off by Pepsi. WTF?!?!

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Birth Control Works  Apr 5, 2017 • 10:33:51am
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Backwoods_Sleuth  Apr 5, 2017 • 10:33:57am
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HappyWarrior  Apr 5, 2017 • 10:34:00am

re: #320 Backwoods_Sleuth

[Embedded content]

He’ll be praising Assad next week.

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Birth Control Works  Apr 5, 2017 • 10:34:28am

re: #277 I Would Prefer Not To

A White House official said that Bannon was placed on the committee in part to monitor Trump’s first national security adviser, Michael Flynn, and never attended a meeting. He’s no longer needed with McMaster in charge of the council, the official said.

Why the F do you hire someone and then immediately have to start monitoring them?

Someone please tweet this

need link

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GlutenFreeJesus  Apr 5, 2017 • 10:35:59am

re: #324 Backwoods_Sleuth

Trump still thinks Obama is responsible. So take this “crosses many lines” comment in that context.

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The Vicious Babushka  Apr 5, 2017 • 10:36:09am

re: #322 electrotek

“This video contains content from UMG who has blocked it in your country on copyright grounds”

WTF!! I’m in the U.S. FWIW but sometimes Google thinks I’m in Canada because this facility is close to the border.

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Scottish Dragon  Apr 5, 2017 • 10:36:36am

re: #311 Targetpractice

Probably not Syria, since his buddy Vlad would have his ass in a sling if he felt that US intervention threatened Baby Assad’s future.

And North Korea will probably be off the table if/when Xi makes clear that Beijing will intervene if we make a move on Pyongyang.

China has limited influence in NK and Trump really needs to change the conversation. A war would do that and the Norks are providing the excuse.

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Birth Control Works  Apr 5, 2017 • 10:36:38am

re: #307 Scottish Dragon

Anybody want to give odds on a military misadventure in Syria or North Korea to change the conversation?

that is worth a tweet

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  Apr 5, 2017 • 10:36:52am

re: #310 Backwoods_Sleuth

Clearly Trump likes HM King Abdullah personally. Abdullah is very gracious, and Trump likes fancy people willing to flatter him.

This is one of the reasons he became President: to be able to rub elbows with Kings as equals.

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Dr. Matt  Apr 5, 2017 • 10:37:10am
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allegro  Apr 5, 2017 • 10:37:29am

re: #325 HappyWarrior

He’ll be praising Assad next week this afternoon.

Right after he gets his call from Putin.

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lawhawk  Apr 5, 2017 • 10:37:56am

re: #326 Birth Control Works

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Apr 5, 2017 • 10:38:26am
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Dr. Matt  Apr 5, 2017 • 10:38:44am
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Scottish Dragon  Apr 5, 2017 • 10:38:44am

re: #332 Dr. Matt

This is also terrifying. Trump will shut anybody up with Sessions in the Justice Dept.

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allegro  Apr 5, 2017 • 10:38:47am

re: #328 The Vicious Babushka

“This video contains content from UMG who has blocked it in your country on copyright grounds”

WTF!! I’m in the U.S. FWIW but sometimes Google thinks I’m in Canada because this facility is close to the border.

I got the same thing. Maybe Google thinks I’m in Mexico. Or Louisiana.

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electrotek  Apr 5, 2017 • 10:38:50am

re: #328 The Vicious Babushka

“This video contains content from UMG who has blocked it in your country on copyright grounds”

WTF!! I’m in the U.S. FWIW but sometimes Google thinks I’m in Canada because this facility is close to the border.

Here’s the correct link:

The Chemical Brothers - Out Of Control

I got the original YouTube link from the FACT Magazine story, didn’t realize they used a link that is geared for UK readers (since FACT is a UK music publication).

Anyways, see the similarities between the two. The ‘Out of Control’ video was released in the summer of 1999, FYI.

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Birth Control Works  Apr 5, 2017 • 10:38:53am
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Targetpractice  Apr 5, 2017 • 10:38:56am

re: #329 Scottish Dragon

China has limited influence in NK and Trump really needs to change the conversation. A war would do that and the Norks are providing the excuse.

Change the conversation to what? Unless we’re talking an invasion and occupation, any attack on North Korea will be like one on Iran: It will only further galvanize those who believe that NK must take extraordinary measures to defense itself. And there’s no way in Hell that Beijing will allow us to knock over Kim.

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BeachDem  Apr 5, 2017 • 10:39:08am

re: #313 Backwoods_Sleuth

[Embedded content]

“My attitude towards Syria and Assad has changed very much,” Trump says.

Why do his statements always sound like bad google translations from the original language of derp?

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Apr 5, 2017 • 10:39:20am
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danarchy  Apr 5, 2017 • 10:40:13am

re: #280 mmmirele

Police departments have faced lawsuits as the result of using Taser products which have led to death or serious injury. I see this as a way for Taser to continue to sell its products with the added ability to have video evidence of usage in case of lawsuits.

So no, this isn’t Taser being nice. This is Taser protecting itself and its market.

It isn’t even necessarily that. It is a loss leader. First year of cloud storage free, after that they start raking in monthly or annual payments. It gives them a recurring revenue stream and makes their revenue more predictable. They are just figuring out how to use the whole software as a service model that the software industry started moving to years ago.

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Alephnaught  Apr 5, 2017 • 10:40:59am

re: #312 FormerDirtDart

[Embedded content]

Interesting detail from that story:

While the revamp is likely to be seen as a victory for Trump’s second national security adviser, army lieutenant general HR McMaster, the substantive impact of the shakeup remains to be seen. A parallel security structure in the Eisenhower executive office building, known as the Strategic Initiatives Group, reports to Bannon, whose close relationship with Trump suggests continued influence in this administration.

The Trump administration has set up a parallel NSC?!??!??

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Apr 5, 2017 • 10:41:03am
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BeachDem  Apr 5, 2017 • 10:41:13am

re: #328 The Vicious Babushka

“This video contains content from UMG who has blocked it in your country on copyright grounds”

WTF!! I’m in the U.S. FWIW but sometimes Google thinks I’m in Canada because this facility is close to the border.

I’m many miles south of you and got the same message.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Apr 5, 2017 • 10:41:43am

re: #345 Alephnaught

Interesting detail from that story:

The Trump administration has set up a parallel NSC?!??!??

Strategic Initiatives Group is Bannon

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HappyWarrior  Apr 5, 2017 • 10:41:56am

He’s a brain dead idiot.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Apr 5, 2017 • 10:42:32am
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Backwoods_Sleuth  Apr 5, 2017 • 10:42:45am
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Brian J.  Apr 5, 2017 • 10:42:49am

re: #338 allegro

I got the same thing. Maybe Google thinks I’m in Mexico. Or Louisiana.

Hey! Although this does sometimes happen; I remember the DC-based recruiter asking me if I lived in “Roos-TAWN,” or Ruston as the locals call it.

And the Neu Volkischer Beobachter strikes again. Baquet and his underlings are probably among the many kompromat; there’s certainly no other explanation for their toadying that makes the least bit of sense.

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Brian J.  Apr 5, 2017 • 10:43:28am

re: #345 Alephnaught

Interesting detail from that story:

The Trump administration has set up a parallel NSC?!??!??

More like a perpendicular one.

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electrotek  Apr 5, 2017 • 10:44:11am

re: #347 BeachDem

I’m many miles south of you and got the same message.

Link has been corrected.

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Birth Control Works  Apr 5, 2017 • 10:44:24am
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Scottish Dragon  Apr 5, 2017 • 10:44:35am

re: #341 Targetpractice

Change the conversation to what? Unless we’re talking an invasion and occupation, any attack on North Korea will be like one on Iran: It will only further galvanize those who believe that NK must take extraordinary measures to defense itself. And there’s no way in Hell that Beijing will allow us to knock over Kim.

Do you think Trump cares? Do you think Bannon cares? Their whole attitude is knocking things over, burning them down and getting revenge on anybody who crossed them.

Right now, the domestic agenda is in shamble less than 80 days in. They need something to change the news cycle for more than one day…and foreign adventurism is the most obvious means.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Apr 5, 2017 • 10:45:15am
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EPR-radar  Apr 5, 2017 • 10:45:40am

re: #311 Targetpractice

Probably not Syria, since his buddy Vlad would have his ass in a sling if he felt that US intervention threatened Baby Assad’s future.

And North Korea will probably be off the table if/when Xi makes clear that Beijing will intervene if we make a move on Pyongyang.

This would seem to make California the most likely target for US nukes launched by Trump.

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Belafon  Apr 5, 2017 • 10:46:22am

re: #359 Backwoods_Sleuth

He’s telling us the truth, David.

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Kragar  Apr 5, 2017 • 10:46:49am
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Alephnaught  Apr 5, 2017 • 10:47:02am

re: #348 Backwoods_Sleuth

Strategic Initiatives Group is Bannon

As in: Mr Bannon is operating a freelance parallel NSC, with the blessing of the President of the United States?

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Apr 5, 2017 • 10:47:26am
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Backwoods_Sleuth  Apr 5, 2017 • 10:48:08am

re: #363 Alephnaught

As in: Mr Bannon is operating a freelance parallel NSC, with the blessing of the President of the United States?

pretty much

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caseyjr  Apr 5, 2017 • 10:49:07am

re: #342 BeachDem

“My attitude towards Syria and Assad has changed very much,” Trump says.

Why do his statements always sound like bad google translations from the original language of derp?

Changed his mind to Putin’s script, that the rebels held chemical weapons, and it was released when their depot was bombed?

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Scottish Dragon  Apr 5, 2017 • 10:49:43am

re: #364 Backwoods_Sleuth

The mockery he is getting for that tweet is glorious.

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FormerDirtDart  Apr 5, 2017 • 10:50:05am
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Backwoods_Sleuth  Apr 5, 2017 • 10:50:41am
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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  Apr 5, 2017 • 10:51:11am

re: #364 Backwoods_Sleuth

The problem with Trump’s “I won’t tell you my plans” answer for everything is it’s hard to tell if he has a plan

“I will tell you my plan later” or “I will give you more information later” is the sort of thing that sends all his staff and handlers into frenzied fits to find or come up with something that at least sounds viable.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Apr 5, 2017 • 10:52:18am
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jeffreyw  Apr 5, 2017 • 10:52:33am

re: #260 wrenchwench

Mr. w appreciates the way a pound of butter comes in those 4 single-serving wrappers.

Note: Mr. w is not jeffreyw.

I count it a good day any day I can unwrap 4 quarters of butter and not get any under my fingernails. My bar is set pretty low.

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Franklin  Apr 5, 2017 • 10:55:29am

re: #371 Backwoods_Sleuth

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CongoJack  Apr 5, 2017 • 10:56:12am

re: #369 Backwoods_Sleuth

[Embedded content]

Well… at least they owned it. Now I can go back to drinking my wild cherry pepsi.

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wrenchwench  Apr 5, 2017 • 10:56:55am

re: #372 jeffreyw

I count it a good day any day I can unwrap 4 quarters of butter and not get any under my fingernails. My bar is set pretty low.

And no licking of wrappers in your kitchen, I imagine…

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CongoJack  Apr 5, 2017 • 10:58:15am

re: #371 Backwoods_Sleuth

[Embedded content]

Hmm too lazy to look up what frcaction.org really stands for so I shall make up my own.

Frivolous Religious Crap Action

Also antichrist is here… and he is orange.

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ObserverArt  Apr 5, 2017 • 11:05:46am

re: #318 Birth Control Works

I had to do the Munsell Color Chart in college. I never want to see gouache again. It was the WORST ASSIGNMENT EVER!!!!!

Well that attitude is not going to help you young lady!

: )

The key is understanding the concept not doing the charts. At my school we studied the charts and then had exercises and projects to put the theories to test in a practical art piece and then to get criticized on the understanding of the concept and if we pulled off the theory in the project.

Our Dean of the school taught the course and he was tough. I think that course and anatomy chased half of the freshmen class out of the school after the first semester. Those left standing after the first year pretty much stayed the full four and a half years to complete the program and get their degrees.

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Birth Control Works  Apr 5, 2017 • 11:14:09am

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Barefoot Grin  Apr 5, 2017 • 11:39:54am

re: #351 Backwoods_Sleuth

[Embedded content]

A mash-up of his tweets and something he vaguely remembers Ivanka saying.

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jeffreyw  Apr 5, 2017 • 11:40:57am

re: #375 wrenchwench

And no licking of wrappers in your kitchen, I imagine…

The key insight came to me when I realized that it was most easy done when they were still cold.

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A wild WITHAK appeared!  Apr 5, 2017 • 12:30:08pm

re: #371 Backwoods_Sleuth

[Embedded content]

ughhh I did not need a reminder that this person used to “represent” my district


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