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Eclectic Cyborg  Apr 24, 2017 • 11:07:04am

Can’t wait to see Mccarthy skewer this one.

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FormerDirtDart  Apr 24, 2017 • 11:08:21am
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Unshaken Defiance  Apr 24, 2017 • 11:08:32am

Hugely bigly bullshit all day long.

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Interesting Times  Apr 24, 2017 • 11:09:45am
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lawhawk  Apr 24, 2017 • 11:09:56am

Bullshit Spice(r) is at the microphone, and it’s the ss/dd.

Yup, it’s fucking unbelievable what Trump’s done in his first 100 days.

He lost track of a US Carrier Strike Group - something no other president has ever done.

The media continues giving this a pass, when it’s something that would and should cost people jobs.

You don’t lose track of where a carrier task force is.

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The Madness of King Orange (aka Sophist)  Apr 24, 2017 • 11:10:21am

He has been. In just 90 odd days he’s set the country back 50 years.

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The Madness of King Orange (aka Sophist)  Apr 24, 2017 • 11:11:28am
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darthstar  Apr 24, 2017 • 11:12:18am

Hey Spicer: Want to answer questions truthfully? Tell the fucking truth.

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electrotek  Apr 24, 2017 • 11:13:04am

re: #7 The Madness of King Orange (aka Sophist)

Guess I should be thankful that I didn’t bother taking the FSOT exam then.

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Hecuba's daughter  Apr 24, 2017 • 11:14:36am

re: #8 darthstar

Hey Spicer: Want to answer questions truthfully? Tell the fucking truth.

Didn’t the previous thread talk about how the White House staff takes it as a badge of honor to lie and see their lies reported? Isn’t their goal to make sure that the only facts reported are “alternative” facts?

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Botsplainer  Apr 24, 2017 • 11:15:30am

re: #2 FormerDirtDart

So here’s an interesting thought - once he’s shuttered programs and shit on all the people his deranged base wants him to shit on, do they THEN look for improvements in their own lives and turn on him, or does their list of people who need to be shit on to achieve conservative nirvana just expand?

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darthstar  Apr 24, 2017 • 11:16:18am

So he gets asked about infrastructure and talks about roads and bridges…I’ll bet he gets an earful from Trump about that…YOU DIDN’T MENTION THE WALL?

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Charles Johnson  Apr 24, 2017 • 11:16:18am
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jaunte  Apr 24, 2017 • 11:17:08am
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lawhawk  Apr 24, 2017 • 11:18:07am

re: #2 FormerDirtDart

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jaunte  Apr 24, 2017 • 11:23:49am
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The Vicious Babushka  Apr 24, 2017 • 11:23:58am

TRUMP SAYS: FUCK THE DEFICIT

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electrotek  Apr 24, 2017 • 11:24:13am

Seems like there is a subsect of France who can’t get over the fact that Algeria is no longer theirs:

“A tribute to all those who died so that France could live in Algeria,” its carved inscription says.

Gilles Longo, Mr. Rachline’s deputy, said the mayor erected the monument to honor the town’s Pieds-Noirs, former French settlers who fled Algeria when it won independence in 1962, and its Harkis, Algerians who fought alongside the French.

But Fréjus — little more than a day’s boat ride from Algiers — is also home to many families who fought for independence. To them, French Algeria was a brutal colonial regime that treated Algerians as second-class citizens. The monument gave a new life to that divide in town, reviving long-dormant conflict.

“At the market, Pieds-Noirs were getting in fights with Algerians,” said Insaf Rezagui, 22, the secretary of the local chapter of France’s main center-left party. “It was a big cycle of violence and hatred that came back.”

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b_sharp  Apr 24, 2017 • 11:24:34am

re: #13 Charles Johnson

J.D. looks like he was wishing he was back on Much Music.

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lawhawk  Apr 24, 2017 • 11:26:04am

re: #17 The Vicious Babushka

But of course. It’s all about blowing up the debt and blaming Democrats. And when the revenues don’t come in, demand safety net cuts because of course.

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EPR-radar  Apr 24, 2017 • 11:28:17am

re: #20 lawhawk

But of course. It’s all about blowing up the debt and blaming Democrats. And when the revenues don’t come in, demand safety net cuts because of course.

GOP fiscal chickenhawking at its finest.

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Charles Johnson  Apr 24, 2017 • 11:28:37am
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lawhawk  Apr 24, 2017 • 11:28:46am

Mexican President Fox weighs in:

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Timothy Watson  Apr 24, 2017 • 11:28:57am

re: #17 The Vicious Babushka

TRUMP SAYS: FUCK THE DEFICIT

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But, but, wingnuts assured me that they were voting for Trump because they were so worried about their children and grandchildren inheriting an awful amount of debt!

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lawhawk  Apr 24, 2017 • 11:30:52am

re: #24 Timothy Watson

Debt only matters when a Democrat’s in office, in which case, every Democratic party priority must have a spending offset.

With the GOP in office, who the fuck cares what things cost, or that the tax cuts will explode the debt, because all it means is that the GOP will demand even deeper cuts should a Democrat ever get back in the WH or gain control of Congress.

And with the GOP sabotage of government operations, they will continually claim that nonfunctioning government must be shut down and defunded - when they’re the ones who caused the administration of government to fail.

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FormerDirtDart  Apr 24, 2017 • 11:31:35am
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Hecuba's daughter  Apr 24, 2017 • 11:31:53am

re: #24 Timothy Watson

But, but, wingnuts assured me that they were voting for Trump because they were so worried about their children and grandchildren inheriting an awful amount of debt!

Exactly what my brother continues to insist.

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The Vicious Babushka  Apr 24, 2017 • 11:33:07am

re: #24 Timothy Watson

But, but, wingnuts assured me that they were voting for Trump because they were so worried about their children and grandchildren inheriting an awful amount of debt!

But they don’t give a shit about leaving their children and grandchildren an unlivable planet.

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CongoJack  Apr 24, 2017 • 11:34:17am

re: #26 FormerDirtDart

Thanks… that group of tweets made my day. I hate that guy.

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electrotek  Apr 24, 2017 • 11:34:50am

re: #23 lawhawk

Mexican President Fox weighs in:

But he’s going to protect Christians from Muslims!!!!

But only those Christians.

If you’re a Catholic from Central America or Venezuela fleeing drug cartels or pro-government loyalists? You’re shit outta luck hombre.

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Charles Johnson  Apr 24, 2017 • 11:34:52am
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Timothy Watson  Apr 24, 2017 • 11:35:33am

re: #26 FormerDirtDart

Gorka: “The idea that a 22-year-old with access to Google is a journalist is problematic.”

But it’s perfectly okay to use Wikipedia as a citation in a doctoral dissertation.

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Clearly a Country For Sick Old Haters  Apr 24, 2017 • 11:36:44am

re: #8 darthstar

Hey Spicer: Want to answer questions truthfully? Tell the fucking truth.

Are you trying to get him fired? Telling the truth is not in his job description.

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jaunte  Apr 24, 2017 • 11:38:12am
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nittanyblues  Apr 24, 2017 • 11:40:30am

“Hugely Successful”, kind of like how a massive heart attack is hugely successful at killing someone

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CongoJack  Apr 24, 2017 • 11:40:56am

re: #34 jaunte

That is a great twitter name. I hope the Nova Core/ Nova Prime show up and clean this place up!

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darthstar  Apr 24, 2017 • 11:45:27am
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Eclectic Cyborg  Apr 24, 2017 • 11:45:54am

I don’t know what pisses me off more: The fact Trump is a giant asshole or the fact he can get away with so much bullshit because no one has the balls to challenge him.

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Belafon  Apr 24, 2017 • 11:47:26am

re: #38 Eclectic Cyborg

I don’t know what pisses me off more: The fact Trump is a giant asshole or the fact he can get away with so much bullshit because no one has the balls to challenge him.

Republicans in charge believe they are benefiting from him. Until that changes, none of them will turn on him.

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Clearly a Country For Sick Old Haters  Apr 24, 2017 • 11:47:53am

re: #38 Eclectic Cyborg

For me it’s B for sure. Lunatics are expected, but the sane-but-malicious people who fail to remove them are the real problem.

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Eclectic Cyborg  Apr 24, 2017 • 11:48:28am

The death of the moderate Republican may be the death of us all.

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The Vicious Babushka  Apr 24, 2017 • 11:49:25am

re: #39 Belafon

Republicans in charge believe they are benefiting from him. Until that changes, none of them will turn on him.

They see their chance to burn every economic safety net since the New Deal. That includes BTW everyone’s Social Security.

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Belafon  Apr 24, 2017 • 11:50:31am

re: #42 The Vicious Babushka

They see their chance to burn every economic safety net since the New Deal. That includes BTW everyone’s Social Security.

Yep, I can’t wait for the reaction in this country when Gorsuch can’t find Social Security in the Constitution.

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Eclectic Cyborg  Apr 24, 2017 • 11:52:50am

That’ll be tough. A lot of Trumpers rely on SS payments.

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darthstar  Apr 24, 2017 • 11:53:23am

Watch Trump give him Tiffany as a housewarming gift.

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jaunte  Apr 24, 2017 • 11:54:13am

re: #31 Charles Johnson

Will Trump’s rally at the end of this week be considered “private?”

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The Vicious Babushka  Apr 24, 2017 • 11:56:02am

re: #43 Belafon

Yep, I can’t wait for the reaction in this country when Gorsuch can’t find Social Security in the Constitution.

But he will find that Black people are 3/5 of a white person.

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lawhawk  Apr 24, 2017 • 11:57:27am
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Kragar  Apr 24, 2017 • 11:59:49am
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makeitstop  Apr 24, 2017 • 11:59:56am

The owner of that dog that Halperin took the picture of on the Delta flight the other day tells the real story.

And yeah, Halperin is every bit the flaming asshole we thought he was.

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Charles Johnson  Apr 24, 2017 • 12:00:44pm
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Charles Johnson  Apr 24, 2017 • 12:01:06pm
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darthstar  Apr 24, 2017 • 12:05:25pm

Interesting - I didn’t know that Mar a Lago was willed to the US government by its original owner. How’d Trump get his greasy paws on it?

When socialite and cereal heiress Marjorie Merriweather Post built Mar-a-Lago — Spanish for “Sea to Lake” — in 1927, she spared no expense. The 114-room mansion sits on 8 hectares of land, with the Atlantic Ocean on one side and an inland waterway on the other.

Upon her death in 1973, she willed the estate to the U.S. government, intending it to be used as a winter White House for the U.S. president to entertain visiting foreign dignitaries.

uk.usembassy.gov

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Charles Johnson  Apr 24, 2017 • 12:05:39pm
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Timothy Watson  Apr 24, 2017 • 12:06:37pm

re: #45 darthstar

Saudi king names his fighter pilot son as ambassador to U.S.

More qualified than any of the Trump children.

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ObserverArt  Apr 24, 2017 • 12:10:15pm

re: #50 makeitstop

The owner of that dog that Halperin took the picture of on the Delta flight the other day tells the real story.

And yeah, Halperin is every bit the flaming asshole we thought he was.

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No surprise there. You can tell by the way he talks about politics and people he is a smug asshole. One of the reason he hung on Trump’s every word during the campaign. He was studying from the best.

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darthstar  Apr 24, 2017 • 12:10:42pm
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Clearly a Country For Sick Old Haters  Apr 24, 2017 • 12:10:50pm

re: #55 Timothy Watson

More qualified than any of the Trump children.

How many handbags has he sold, libtard? He lacks the business experience required to govern.

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Charles Johnson  Apr 24, 2017 • 12:11:15pm

This guy is being a real asshole.

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darthstar  Apr 24, 2017 • 12:12:58pm

re: #59 Charles Johnson

This guy is being a real asshole.

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You know the lesser CJ probably follows you and felt the burn of that tweet…so yeah, watching this from the sidelines, it’s pretty funny.

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Jebediah, RBG  Apr 24, 2017 • 12:16:44pm
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darthstar  Apr 24, 2017 • 12:18:27pm
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bratwurst  Apr 24, 2017 • 12:18:29pm

Sigh.

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Charles Johnson  Apr 24, 2017 • 12:20:14pm
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darthstar  Apr 24, 2017 • 12:20:23pm
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Dr. Matt  Apr 24, 2017 • 12:20:27pm
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Clearly a Country For Sick Old Haters  Apr 24, 2017 • 12:22:18pm

re: #66 Dr. Matt

Rosie does not seem to be British, as I assume you are. That word does not go over well in America.

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makeitstop  Apr 24, 2017 • 12:22:51pm

re: #53 darthstar

Interesting - I didn’t know that Mar a Lago was willed to the US government by its original owner. How’d Trump get his greasy paws on it?

By running a typical scumbag Trump move, of course.

Donald Trump learned about the estate after unsuccessfully trying to purchase and combine two apartments in Palm Beach for his family. According to Trump, he offered the Post family $25 million for it, an offer that they rejected. Trump then put in a bid of $3 million to purchase the land between Mar-a-Lago and the ocean, stating he intended to build a home that would block Mar-a-Lago’s beach view. The threat caused interest in the property to decline. Trump ended up getting the property for $7 million in 1985.

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scottslemmons  Apr 24, 2017 • 12:24:23pm

re: #50 makeitstop

The owner of that dog that Halperin took the picture of on the Delta flight the other day tells the real story.

And yeah, Halperin is every bit the flaming asshole we thought he was.

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I’d love it if Halperin got fired over this. Love, love, love, love it.

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allegro  Apr 24, 2017 • 12:25:00pm

re: #68 makeitstop

By running a typical scumbag Trump move, of course.

Confusled. If the property was willed to the US government in 1973, how did the Post family still own it in 1985?

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Anymouse  Apr 24, 2017 • 12:25:18pm

Felix Randomkity update five:

Felix is still in kitty hospital. I called the vet to find out what was up a few minutes ago, and the vet was encouraging.

Felix was caught eating last night (the first time since before we took him to the vet). The steroid compound seems to have done the trick.

His blood sugar count is all over the chart, an expected effect of the steroid, so he is on two shots of insulin a day. He is purring and walking around now (something else he wasn’t doing).

The vet wants to keep him overnight one more night to ensure that his condition is continuing to improve - if so, she will send him home with us tomorrow afternoon.

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darthstar  Apr 24, 2017 • 12:25:27pm

Cue unending stream of tweets of video clips of Trump complaining about Obama’s deficit.

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Anymouse  Apr 24, 2017 • 12:28:36pm

re: #70 allegro

Confusled. If the property was willed to the US government in 1973, how did the Post family still own it in 1985?

From Wikipedia:

The federal government soon realized the immense cost of maintenance, annual taxes roughly between $1-3 million, and the difficulty of maintaining security for diplomats. The government returned it to the Post Foundation in 1981, which listed it for sale for $20 million.

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makeitstop  Apr 24, 2017 • 12:29:41pm

re: #70 allegro

Confusled. If the property was willed to the US government in 1973, how did the Post family still own it in 1985?

The federal government soon realized the immense cost of maintenance, annual taxes roughly between $1-3 million, and the difficulty of maintaining security for diplomats. The government returned it to the Post Foundation in 1981, which listed it for sale for $20 million.

Interesting, that bit about security…

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darthstar  Apr 24, 2017 • 12:32:48pm
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Kragar  Apr 24, 2017 • 12:33:53pm
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Charles Johnson  Apr 24, 2017 • 12:34:54pm

Amazingly, there are actually people defending Mark Halperin in that Rosie Gray thread.

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Unshaken Defiance  Apr 24, 2017 • 12:35:07pm

re: #71 Anymouse

Nice to see some good news.

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darthstar  Apr 24, 2017 • 12:35:30pm

Every time I see this I want to shout ‘Fuck you’ at my screen…but I’m at work right now.

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Skip Intro  Apr 24, 2017 • 12:36:48pm

re: #77 Charles Johnson

Amazingly, there are actually people defending Mark Halperin in that Rosie Gray thread.

We are a country of total assholes now.

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darthstar  Apr 24, 2017 • 12:37:16pm

Stolen from Facebook. You’re welcome.

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Anymouse  Apr 24, 2017 • 12:37:29pm

re: #78 Unshaken Defiance

Nice to see some good news.

I mentioned to our vet that people here at LGF were pulling for Felix. She found that touching and said she would need to check the site out.

I don’t know if that leads to another hatchling here in the future, but hey, you never know.

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Charles Johnson  Apr 24, 2017 • 12:38:37pm
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Puss Power  Apr 24, 2017 • 12:40:04pm

At airport. Plane delayed. Bleeech. (Good to hear about Felix.)

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darthstar  Apr 24, 2017 • 12:40:44pm
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Bubblehead II  Apr 24, 2017 • 12:42:12pm

Alex Jones month just got worse, IMHO in a good way too.

Chobani sues web-radio host and affiliate companies for defamation

Here’s the meat of the lawsuit.

The criminal complaint alleges these defamatory statements have harmed Chobani’s business, reputation and the public’s perception of the company.

Now back to work.

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Anymouse  Apr 24, 2017 • 12:42:48pm

re: #83 Charles Johnson

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On the misrepresentation that Popehat appears to have made about your article, is it possible that the other Johnson also wrote an article and Popehat has confused the two?

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Apr 24, 2017 • 12:44:14pm
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Anymouse  Apr 24, 2017 • 12:44:43pm

re: #86 Bubblehead II

Alex Jones month just got worse, IMHO in a good way too.

Chobani sues web-radio host and affiliate companies for defamation

Here’s the meat of the lawsuit.

The criminal complaint alleges these defamatory statements have harmed Chobani’s business, reputation and the public’s perception of the company.

Now back to work.

Yike. Jones isn’t going to wiggle out of this easily:

According to the criminal complaint filed in Twin Falls District Court, Chobani alleges talk show host Alex Jones, InfoWars and Free Speech Systems have published such accusations that Chobani was “caught importing migrant rapist” and the plant has brought “crime and tuberculosis” to the Twin Falls community.

The criminal complaint alleges these defamatory statements have harmed Chobani’s business, reputation and the public’s perception of the company.

Summons have been issued for Jones, InfoWars and Free Speech Systems.

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darthstar  Apr 24, 2017 • 12:45:33pm
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Anymouse  Apr 24, 2017 • 12:45:38pm

re: #88 Backwoods_Sleuth

Maybe he called them in to help him look for the task force he lost. /I wish

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bratwurst  Apr 24, 2017 • 12:47:36pm
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allegro  Apr 24, 2017 • 12:48:06pm

re: #88 Backwoods_Sleuth

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So he brings 100 people to the WH rather than drag his one fat ass to the Senate.

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Anymouse  Apr 24, 2017 • 12:48:10pm

re: #88 Backwoods_Sleuth

From the Reuters article:

The briefing will take place at 3 p.m. EDT.

Are we at war yet?

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Apocalypse  Apr 24, 2017 • 12:48:34pm

re: #92 bratwurst

The pilot asked Charlie to be seated next to him.

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BlueGrl21  Apr 24, 2017 • 12:49:14pm

Was at an event last night with three of my local Congress Critters. Because I was.

Ended up talking to them about the stupid wall. I said we’ve already done this in Texas for part of the border and look at how magnificently it failed. And the land grabs and building on the Rio Grande border and all of the other logistical nightmares. I said, “It’s so damn stupid. Really. You’re fiscal conservative Republicans and Texans. You know as well as I do how stupid it all is and the total waste of money.”

Not one of them supports the wall and will vote for it.

We’ve seen this in Texas. We know the reality of a “beautiful wall.” It’s asinine.

Also reached out to my Senators today. I already know Cornyn is a no on the wall. Not sure about Cruz but who knows, he may want to build a giant moat around Texas. Because he’s that nuts.

If Trump wants this wall to be his hill to die on to hold up the Federal budget, bring it. He will fail miserably.

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Skip Intro  Apr 24, 2017 • 12:49:57pm

re: #94 Anymouse

From the Reuters article:

Are we at war yet?

I guess he decided his “campaign rally” wasn’t big enough news.

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lawhawk  Apr 24, 2017 • 12:50:05pm

re: #88 Backwoods_Sleuth

Show and Tell.

Trump’s going to say that he knows what China told him about North Korea and that believe him, it’s unbelievable what the North Koreans are doing.

I’m going to go on a limb and say that Senators are going to come out of that meeting and be like, what the fuck did Trump say and why did he call us in when there’s no change in what North Korea is doing? They’re doing the same shit they try every time that they want to get attention and need food or other key natural resources because their crops have gone south again and their economy is in the shitter.

The North keeps trying to show that they’ve got missiles - and they have various malfunctions. They’ve got nuclear devices, but who knows whether they’ve got the warhead tech figured out.

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Clearly a Country For Sick Old Haters  Apr 24, 2017 • 12:50:06pm

re: #94 Anymouse

From the Reuters article:

Are we at war yet?

I was pretty sure that nukes would not be used in war in my lifetime, but I think Trump may have changed that.

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Kragar  Apr 24, 2017 • 12:50:59pm
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makeitstop  Apr 24, 2017 • 12:52:08pm

re: #86 Bubblehead II

Alex Jones month just got worse, IMHO in a good way too.

Chobani sues web-radio host and affiliate companies for defamation

Here’s the meat of the lawsuit.

The criminal complaint alleges these defamatory statements have harmed Chobani’s business, reputation and the public’s perception of the company.

Now back to work.

60 Minutes did a profile on the owner of Chobani a couple of weeks ago. Seems like a good dude.

I hope he gets his pound of flesh out of Jones - not like Jones would miss it.

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freetoken  Apr 24, 2017 • 12:55:53pm

re: #88 Backwoods_Sleuth

Why do I get the feeling that a lot of people may die just so Trump’s existing/pending legal problems will be ignored?

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Anymouse  Apr 24, 2017 • 12:57:28pm
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EPR-radar  Apr 24, 2017 • 12:59:31pm

re: #103 Anymouse

Game. Set. Match.

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Skip Intro  Apr 24, 2017 • 1:01:01pm

re: #98 lawhawk

Show and Tell.

Trump’s going to say that he knows what China told him about North Korea and that believe him, it’s unbelievable what the North Koreans are doing.

I’m going to go on a limb and say that Senators are going to come out of that meeting and be like, what the fuck did Trump say and why did he call us in when there’s no change in what North Korea is doing? They’re doing the same shit they try every time that they want to get attention and need food or other key natural resources because their crops have gone south again and their economy is in the shitter.

The North keeps trying to show that they’ve got missiles - and they have various malfunctions. They’ve got nuclear devices, but who knows whether they’ve got the warhead tech figured out.

Obama took out bin Laden during the correspondents dinner where Trump got roasted.
I’m guessing that Trump wants to take out NK during this correspondents dinner.

Hope I’m wrong, but Trump is totally insane.

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EmmaAnne  Apr 24, 2017 • 1:02:25pm

Let’s see if this GIF posts with the base URL …
Image: tumblr_obsxwjMvz21r84j1uo1_400.gif

This is in response to the article quoted earlier about how people should get additional jobs to make the payments on their student loans. The caption is “The economic realities of Baby boomers versus Millennials “.

Edit: damn it … at least you see it if you click on it.

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klys (maker of Silmarils)  Apr 24, 2017 • 1:02:32pm

On our trip, mr. klys and I stopped by the Los Alamos unit of the Manhattan Project National Historic Park. About two days after we did the museum at the White Sands Missile Range, actually.

In light of current events, it was both sobering and thought-provoking. One of my great uncles had spent some time at Los Alamos during the war, before being shipped out to Tinian Island.

Anyway, I recommend stopping by, either the Los Alamos unit or the ones at Hanford (WA) or Oakridge (TN). The park is relatively new and they’re still trying to sort out exactly how to present the information, but we found it fascinating.

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Timothy Watson  Apr 24, 2017 • 1:02:43pm

re: #105 Skip Intro

Obama took out bin Laden during the correspondents dinner where Trump got roasted.
I’m guessing that Trump wants to take out NK during this correspondents dinner.

Hope I’m wrong, but Trump is totally insane.

While he’s scheduled to hold a campaign rally the same day.

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Joe Bacon  Apr 24, 2017 • 1:04:08pm

re: #50 makeitstop

Well, at least Halperin didn’t call the dog “a dick”!

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Timothy Watson  Apr 24, 2017 • 1:05:33pm
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wrenchwench  Apr 24, 2017 • 1:05:59pm

re: #106 EmmaAnne

Let’s see if this GIF posts with the base URL …
Image: tumblr_obsxwjMvz21r84j1uo1_400.gif

Edit: damn it …

Pops up on this page when I click it! Great gif.

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BlueGrl21  Apr 24, 2017 • 1:06:14pm

If Trump pushes for this wall, he’s taking on a united Texas front, Democrats and Republicans, House and Senate. This does not happen often.

Stupid wall.

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Skip Intro  Apr 24, 2017 • 1:08:46pm

re: #108 Timothy Watson

While he’s scheduled to hold a campaign rally the same day.

A perfect place to announce it to his adoring fans. Maybe he’ll even have chocolate cake for sale.

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Anymouse  Apr 24, 2017 • 1:10:34pm
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Kragar  Apr 24, 2017 • 1:12:40pm
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Backwoods_Sleuth  Apr 24, 2017 • 1:13:33pm
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Anymouse  Apr 24, 2017 • 1:14:02pm

re: #115 Kragar

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Anymouse  Apr 24, 2017 • 1:14:45pm

re: #116 Backwoods_Sleuth

Only takes one wingnut to throw a jury.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Apr 24, 2017 • 1:15:18pm
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Flying Squirrel Girl  Apr 24, 2017 • 1:16:47pm

re: #110 Timothy Watson

This song cracks me up. I especially like the line about preferring his Kia…

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Apr 24, 2017 • 1:17:14pm
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Joe Bacon  Apr 24, 2017 • 1:17:42pm

re: #100 Kragar

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Let them reinstate the draft with one proviso—If the draft is reinstated the first to be drafted are the children of the President, Vice-President, Cabinet Members, Senators, Congressman and Judges between the ages of 18 and 55. None of them will be eligible for any deferments!

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Anymouse  Apr 24, 2017 • 1:17:43pm
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Joe Bacon  Apr 24, 2017 • 1:20:10pm

re: #115 Kragar

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If that’s true he makes Ron Jeremy look like the 50 Year Old Virgin!

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Skip Intro  Apr 24, 2017 • 1:20:33pm

U.S. State Department Appoints Fox News Anchor As Spokeswoman

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Former Fox News anchor and correspondent Heather Nauert will be the new U.S. State Department spokeswoman, the State Department said in a statement on Monday.

Nauert was most recently an anchor for Fox News’ morning news show “Fox and Friends,” and previously was a correspondent at ABC News.

I fucking give up.

huffingtonpost.com

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Belafon  Apr 24, 2017 • 1:21:08pm

re: #116 Backwoods_Sleuth

If I were the prosecution, I really would push for a change of venue.

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Anymouse  Apr 24, 2017 • 1:21:42pm
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Belafon  Apr 24, 2017 • 1:22:27pm

re: #127 Anymouse

Who isn’t thinking of Pulp Fiction right now?

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lawhawk  Apr 24, 2017 • 1:24:43pm
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Kragar  Apr 24, 2017 • 1:25:40pm
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lawhawk  Apr 24, 2017 • 1:25:47pm

re: #128 Belafon

Alternatively, the Cleaner from Point of No Return, who is … also Harvey Keitel:

The Assassin/point of no return - Cleaner Scene

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Clearly a Country For Sick Old Haters  Apr 24, 2017 • 1:26:47pm

re: #128 Belafon

Who isn’t thinking of Pulp Fiction right now?

Before or after reading your post?

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BeachDem  Apr 24, 2017 • 1:27:07pm

OK—I’m beginning to think Alex Jones and the yam might be the same person.

I hate to brag, but I’m not bragging, it’s actually shameful - probably 150 women, or more, that’s conservative. I’d already had over 150 women. I’d already been in fights with full-grown men. I was already dating college girls by the time I was 15-years-old. I was already a man at 16.

This time it’s Jones, but it could have come from the mouth of the talking vulgar yam.

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Joe Bacon  Apr 24, 2017 • 1:27:44pm

re: #117 Anymouse

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So we got a new nickname for Alex “The Human Sybian” Jones! 🤣

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Anymouse  Apr 24, 2017 • 1:29:11pm
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Clearly a Country For Sick Old Haters  Apr 24, 2017 • 1:29:56pm

re: #134 Joe Bacon

So we got a new nickname for Alex “The Human Sybian” Jones! 🤣

Jones makes a lot more noise.

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Belafon  Apr 24, 2017 • 1:29:56pm

re: #133 BeachDem

OK—I’m beginning to think Alex Jones and the yam might be the same person.

I hate to brag, but I’m not bragging, it’s actually shameful - probably 150 women, or more, that’s conservative. I’d already had over 150 women. I’d already been in fights with full-grown men. I was already dating college girls by the time I was 15-years-old. I was already a man at 16.

This time it’s Jones, but it could have come from the mouth of the talking vulgar yam.

They’re not the same person, they just frequented the same locker room.

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Anymouse  Apr 24, 2017 • 1:30:52pm

re: #137 Belafon

They’re not the same person, they just frequented the same locker room.

They have also been seen together in the same room.

Perhaps twins separated at birth.

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Timothy Watson  Apr 24, 2017 • 1:30:53pm

re: #129 lawhawk

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I would buy the insurance if I was guaranteed Mr. Wolf.

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allegro  Apr 24, 2017 • 1:31:13pm

re: #137 Belafon

They’re not the same person, they just frequented the same locker room.

They spent their study halls reading letters to Penthouse.

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Joe Bacon  Apr 24, 2017 • 1:31:39pm

ROTFLMAO!

wonkette.com

YABBA DABBA DOOOOOO!
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Backwoods_Sleuth  Apr 24, 2017 • 1:34:45pm
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Timothy Watson  Apr 24, 2017 • 1:35:18pm

re: #141 Joe Bacon

TRUMP: If we stop 1 percent of the drugs from coming in — and we’ll stop all of it. But if we stop 1 percent of the drugs because we have the wall — they’re coming around in certain areas, but if you have a wall, they can’t do it because it’s a real wall. That’s a tremendously good investment, 1 percent. The drugs pouring through on the southern border are unbelievable. We’re becoming a drug culture, there’s so much. And most of it’s coming from the southern border. The wall will stop the drugs.

Nothing like a businessman who can’t do a basic cost-benefit analysis.

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electrotek  Apr 24, 2017 • 1:36:29pm

re: #142 Backwoods_Sleuth

Didn’t they say the same thing with Iran a decade ago? I’ll take this with a grain of salt.

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Anymouse  Apr 24, 2017 • 1:39:22pm

Republicans now coming after the disabled. Two bills were filed that essentially gut protections for the disabled under the ACA.

govtrack.us

No access to buildings for you (or in my case safe buildings if I have a seizure)

congress.gov

This bill prohibits lawsuits under the ACA.

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lawhawk  Apr 24, 2017 • 1:40:09pm

re: #143 Timothy Watson

That right there is how he went bankrupt with casinos multiple times. It’s how his airline failed. It’s how his vodka failed. It’s how his steak deal failed.

It’s how his football enterprise failed.

It’s also how he racked up huge debts.

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Mike Lamb  Apr 24, 2017 • 1:43:12pm

re: #143 Timothy Watson

Nothing like a businessman who can’t do a basic cost-benefit analysis.

This fucking idiot apparently doesn’t realize that we already have a fence along a good chunk of the border. All the wall does is create a fixed problem that the cartels will solve have already solved.

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Anymouse  Apr 24, 2017 • 1:44:52pm

A history of (Republican) government shutdowns in my local paper today.
starherald.com

One in particular (the GOP doesn’t even need an allegedly good reason to do it):

Dec. 16, 1995-Jan. 6, 1996

The Republican-led Congress and Clinton were still at odds on six of that year’s spending bills when the short-term fix ending the first shutdown expired. An estimated 280,000 federal workers were furloughed. They eventually agreed to spending plans that enacted some of the cuts Republicans wanted, though less than they had originally sought.

Republicans took a political hit for the shutdown, which closed national parks and Smithsonian museums.

Undercutting the GOP was Gingrich’s comment that the hard-line stand in negotiations was due in part to how Clinton and aides treated him and Senate GOP leader Bob Dole on an Air Force One flight. Gingrich complained that Clinton didn’t discuss the budget on the return trip from Israel where they had attended the funeral of slain Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin. Gingrich also groused about having to exit through a back door on the plane.

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The Ghost of Senator Incitatus  Apr 24, 2017 • 1:48:10pm

re: #143 Timothy Watson

Nothing like a businessman who can’t do a basic cost-benefit analysis.

He fits in with his colleagues, then. Party platform might as well include, “fuck cost-benefit analysis, we’ve got very specific taxes to cut.”

Other planks: “Seriously, privacy isn’t really a thing,” “Snowball did it.”

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ObserverArt  Apr 24, 2017 • 1:50:08pm

re: #77 Charles Johnson

Amazingly, there are actually people assholes defending Mark Halperin in that Rosie Gray thread.

A little word swap for truthiness.

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Clearly a Country For Sick Old Haters  Apr 24, 2017 • 1:55:14pm

re: #150 ObserverArt

A little word swap for truthiness.

The whole Republican party seems to be assholes defending other assholes. They should not have defined themselves by the many ways they’re worse than normal people. It makes recovery very difficult, when being a bad person is part of your identity.

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KGxvi  Apr 24, 2017 • 1:58:49pm

re: #147 Mike Lamb

This fucking idiot apparently doesn’t realize that we already have a fence along a good chunk of the border. All the wall does is create a fixed problem that the cartels will solve have already solved.

Isn’t the “real” drug problem right now opioids? It’s pills, right? People get hooked on pain killers to treat some workplace/chronic injury and then end up chasing the dragon, right? And we already grow (semi-legally) a lot of marijauna in this country. How exactly is a wall going to stop people from getting drugs that are already here? I wasn’t aware that there was a major cocaine problem in this country. Or am I missing something? Reruns of Breaking Bad, perhaps?

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Apr 24, 2017 • 1:59:19pm
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wrenchwench  Apr 24, 2017 • 2:00:26pm

Not a good pop-up on a site dealing with brain injury:

Did this information you?

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KGxvi  Apr 24, 2017 • 2:01:48pm

re: #154 wrenchwench

Well did it information you?

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Anymouse  Apr 24, 2017 • 2:04:26pm
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wrenchwench  Apr 24, 2017 • 2:06:10pm

re: #155 KGxvi

Well did it information you?

It’s waking my inner grammar Nazi, which got scared of all the other Nazis roaming around out here…

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Romantic Heretic  Apr 24, 2017 • 2:07:19pm

By ‘successful’ Spicer means ‘haven’t blown up the world yet.’

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Anymouse  Apr 24, 2017 • 2:09:02pm
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Romantic Heretic  Apr 24, 2017 • 2:10:53pm

re: #15 lawhawk

Those countries are full of dark skinned people. There’s no way they’ll be responsible with our money!

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Mike Lamb  Apr 24, 2017 • 2:11:48pm

re: #152 KGxvi

Isn’t the “real” drug problem right now opioids? It’s pills, right? People get hooked on pain killers to treat some workplace/chronic injury and then end up chasing the dragon, right? And we already grow (semi-legally) a lot of marijauna in this country. How exactly is a wall going to stop people from getting drugs that are already here? I wasn’t aware that there was a major cocaine problem in this country. Or am I missing something? Reruns of Breaking Bad, perhaps?

I know opioid addiction is big in some locations, but I have no idea if it’s the biggest drug issue.
The administration’s entire approach to drug policy and enforcement is soooooooooo 1980’s.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Apr 24, 2017 • 2:12:23pm
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ObserverArt  Apr 24, 2017 • 2:12:42pm

re: #133 BeachDem

OK—I’m beginning to think Alex Jones and the yam might be the same person.

I hate to brag, but I’m not bragging, it’s actually shameful - probably 150 women, or more, that’s conservative. I’d already had over 150 women. I’d already been in fights with full-grown men. I was already dating college girls by the time I was 15-years-old. I was already a man at 16.

This time it’s Jones, but it could have come from the mouth of the talking vulgar yam.

It sure is Jones. And how would anyone prove it one way or another? I doubt 150 women would ever admit they had any type of hook up with Alex Jones. That would be a sure career and social life killer.

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klys (maker of Silmarils)  Apr 24, 2017 • 2:13:13pm

re: #162 Backwoods_Sleuth

I look at the lineup of men there and it’s so clear Trump used to run beauty pageants.

(I haven’t watched the video because I value my sanity.)

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Belafon  Apr 24, 2017 • 2:15:18pm

re: #163 ObserverArt

It sure is Jones. And how would anyone prove it one way or another? I doubt 150 women would ever admit they had any type of hook up with Alex Jones. That would be a sure career and social life killer.

I’m seeing an ad for Las Vegas: “If we’ll do it with Alex Jones, you can be sure we’ll do it with you.”

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wrenchwench  Apr 24, 2017 • 2:18:07pm
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Anymouse  Apr 24, 2017 • 2:18:29pm

Nate Silver weigh in on the French run-off election and the chances for each candidate.

He also compares various polling done over the years in many European nations versus their final percentages in an election in a chart most of the way down the page.

He also notes that polling never had Donald Trump much more than a couple percentages points in swing states, and that French polling doesn’t have to deal with an electoral college, differing numbers of voters in each district, or the idea of the faithless elector.

Le Pen is in a Much Deeper Hole than Trump Was (Goes to FiveThirtyEight)

In European elections since Trump’s win, in fact, the trend has been for nationalist candidates to perform disappointingly. Geert Wilders’ Party for Freedom faded badly down the stretch run in the Dutch general election and then underperformed its polls on election day last month. Meanwhile, Austria’s Norbert Hofer, of the Freedom Party of Austria, considerably underperformed his polls in a presidential re-vote last December. Trump isn’t popular in Europe, and his victory may have done candidates who emulate his rhetoric no favors.

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BeachDem  Apr 24, 2017 • 2:19:16pm

re: #162 Backwoods_Sleuth

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Such sincere
Very emotion
Really word

Ugh.

(Jared obviously wrote it, and the yam can’t even read it.)

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Romantic Heretic  Apr 24, 2017 • 2:20:42pm

re: #71 Anymouse

That’s great news.

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Stanley Sea  Apr 24, 2017 • 2:22:34pm
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Backwoods_Sleuth  Apr 24, 2017 • 2:24:32pm
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Anymouse  Apr 24, 2017 • 2:25:02pm

re: #169 Romantic Heretic

That’s great news.

Hopefully by late afternoon or evening, Felix will be home interfering with my typing again and using my legs for a scratching post.

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Romantic Heretic  Apr 24, 2017 • 2:26:22pm

re: #100 Kragar

With exceptions for anyone whose personal or family worth is above $250 K.

Can’t risk anyone important after all.

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Anymouse  Apr 24, 2017 • 2:26:40pm

re: #171 Backwoods_Sleuth

Of course the State Department doesn’t know why.

It’s not like Donald Trump put the webpages up on the State Department’s Websites himself. Could have been anyone, perhaps an intern at the Department of Agriculture.

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Decatur Deb  Apr 24, 2017 • 2:26:42pm

re: #170 Stanley Sea

just in: Guided missile sub USS Michigan to make visible port call in #SouthKorea as show of force, @barbarastarrcnn reports #NorthKorea

Was it sent there or was it trying for Diego Garcia?

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Apocalypse  Apr 24, 2017 • 2:27:14pm

re: #143 Timothy Watson

If we stop 1 percent of the drugs from coming in — and we’ll stop all of it

Cost benefit? Analysis? Turn the numbers into rainbows. 1% is 100% now.

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Jay C  Apr 24, 2017 • 2:27:17pm

re: #170 Stanley Sea

Wouldn’t a surface ship (like a cruiser) make a more “visible” demonstration than a sub?

Or, this being the Trump gang in charge, is the Michigan actually in the Caribbean, and we’re just going to tell the Koreans that it’s out there
offshore?

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Decatur Deb  Apr 24, 2017 • 2:28:10pm

re: #177 Jay C

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Wouldn’t a surface ship (like a cruiser) make a more “visible” demonstration than a sub?

Or, this being the Trump crew, is the Michigan actually in the Caribbean, and we’re just going to tell the Koreans that it’s out there
offshore?

Make submarine racing an Olympic sport!!!

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Anymouse  Apr 24, 2017 • 2:28:21pm

Attention New York Times: There is not “Winter White House.” Stop normalising graft and corruption, thanks.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Apr 24, 2017 • 2:29:10pm

re: #177 Jay C

[Embedded content]

Wouldn’t a surface ship (like a cruiser) make a more “visible” demonstration than a sub?

Or, this being the Trump crew, is the Michigan actually in the Caribbean, and we’re just going to tell the Koreans that it’s out there
offshore?

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Anymouse  Apr 24, 2017 • 2:30:10pm

re: #177 Jay C

[Embedded content]

Wouldn’t a surface ship (like a cruiser) make a more “visible” demonstration than a sub?

Or, this being the Trump gang in charge, is the Michigan actually in the Caribbean, and we’re just going to tell the Koreans that it’s out there
offshore?

Guided missile submarines don’t often make port visits. The threat is “we have a whole bunch of nuclear missiles sitting right here in your back yard, whattya gonna do about it?”

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Apocalypse  Apr 24, 2017 • 2:31:01pm

re: #177 Jay C

The thing is though, Kim is getting what he wants: Attention.

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Amory Blaine  Apr 24, 2017 • 2:31:17pm

Judge declares mistrial in Bundy Ranch standoff case

A federal judge on Monday declared a mistrial in the conspiracy case against six men accused of staging an armed assault against federal authorities who tried to seize rancher Cliven Bundy’s cattle from public lands in Bunkerville.

The mistrial was declared hours after the jury convicted two men of multiple counts, but announced that they were “hopelessly deadlocked” on the remaining charges and defendants. U.S. District Judge Gloria Navarro, in a last-ditch effort to encourage them to reach a unanimous decision, sent them back to deliberations.

But by midday, the jurors said they still were at an impasse, and a mistrial was declared. Navarro set a new trial date of June 26, which was initially supposed to be the start date for the second Bunkerville standoff trial against Bundy and some of his sons.

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Mike Lamb  Apr 24, 2017 • 2:32:05pm

re: #171 Backwoods_Sleuth

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Uh-huh.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Apr 24, 2017 • 2:33:33pm
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Anymouse  Apr 24, 2017 • 2:33:40pm

re: #183 Amory Blaine

It would appear they were deadlocked on the conspiracy charges. They got them on the other ones.

Off to jail with you guys, and leave your guns at the door this time.

The six men in the first trial were accused of providing the firepower in a mass conspiracy to block authorities from seizing rancher Cliven Bundy’s cattle from public land. Among other counts, the jury was deadlocked on the conspiracy charge, which represented the core issue of the trial.

Gregory Burleson, an active member of Arizona militia groups who used to be a paid FBI informant, and Todd Engel, an Idaho resident, both were convicted of obstruction of justice and interstate travel in aid of extortion. Burleson also was found guilty of assault on a federal officer, threatening a federal law enforcement officer, interference with interstate commerce by extortion, and multiple firearms charges.

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dell*nix  Apr 24, 2017 • 2:35:11pm

re: #13 Charles Johnson

Reminds me of the 5:00 o’clock follies in Saigon.

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Anymouse  Apr 24, 2017 • 2:35:54pm
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Romantic Heretic  Apr 24, 2017 • 2:36:05pm

re: #143 Timothy Watson

Nothing like a businessman who can’t do a basic cost-benefit analysis.

That’s because for Trump it’s other people who get the costs while he gets the benefits.

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goddamnedfrank  Apr 24, 2017 • 2:36:18pm

re: #142 Backwoods_Sleuth

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I’m honestly surprised it took this long. Staying and trying to stabilize Afghanistan was foolish bordering on Sisyphean.

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Shiplord Kirel  Apr 24, 2017 • 2:38:55pm

...

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electrotek  Apr 24, 2017 • 2:39:14pm

Edit: Nevermind

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Anymouse  Apr 24, 2017 • 2:42:38pm

At the time Kurt Eichenwald was under attack, I was unaware of that going on and went to read his Twitter feed about something else. A nasty strobing swastika triggered a massive migraine in me (which I documented here at the time).

I’m guessing that a bunch of people were harmed by those chowderheads. Nothing ever happened when Anonymous did it to the Epilepsy Foundation years ago as they couldn’t track the people who did it. A number of Foundation members were harmed over a weekend by such images.

Epileptics have been putting up with this crap ever since script kiddies figured out how to letter-bomb epileptics. (That is one of the reasons Microsoft disabled .gif images from playing in Outlook and Internet Explorer. Lots of people complained about that - they didn’t know or care about us, though Microsoft explained the reason.)

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darthstar  Apr 24, 2017 • 2:45:48pm
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goddamnedfrank  Apr 24, 2017 • 2:49:07pm
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darthstar  Apr 24, 2017 • 2:50:43pm

I don’t care if the pic doesn’t get shared. No fuckin’ jalapenos? Those aren’t nachos…they’re chips covered in cheese.

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Anymouse  Apr 24, 2017 • 2:52:07pm

re: #195 goddamnedfrank

Since the only contact information the US Embassy gives on its page is a mail address and a telephone number, it might be worthwhile for people to bombard the embassy with telephone calls to complain promoting a private business is illegal on a government Website (and that there is no “winter White House”)

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Amory Blaine  Apr 24, 2017 • 2:53:06pm

re: #186 Anymouse

It would appear they were deadlocked on the conspiracy charges. They got them on the other ones.

Off to jail with you guys, and leave your guns at the door this time.

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electrotek  Apr 24, 2017 • 2:54:41pm

LOL why is Robert Fisk of all people giving Trump the benefit of the doubt in this piece?

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goddamnedfrank  Apr 24, 2017 • 2:57:26pm

re: #197 Anymouse

Since the only contact information the US Embassy gives on its page is a mail address and a telephone number, it might be worthwhile for people to bombard the embassy with telephone calls to complain promoting a private business is illegal on a government Website (and that there is no “winter White House”)

It’s not just the embassy, this was definitely ordered by Tillerson or one of his hand picked lackeys, probably at the President’s behest.

From Share America’s About Us page:

ShareAmerica is the U.S. Department of State’s platform for sharing compelling stories and images that spark discussion and debate on important topics like democracy, freedom of expression, innovation, entrepreneurship, education, and the role of civil society.

The ShareAmerica team is part of the Bureau of International Information Programs, which works with U.S. embassies and consulates in more than 140 countries to engage with people around the globe on U.S. foreign policy and American society.

This is the Administration’s way of telling foreign nationals that if they want to deal with the Trump Administration they’re going to need to purchase memberships at his clubs and stay at his hotels.

America is officially a third world country now.

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Amory Blaine  Apr 24, 2017 • 2:59:52pm

re: #200 goddamnedfrank

Looks dead to me.

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Patricia Kayden  Apr 24, 2017 • 3:00:53pm

re: #15 lawhawk

Dang. I have friends from Sierra Leone who have talked about the deep poverty there. This is sad news.

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Anymouse  Apr 24, 2017 • 3:02:19pm

So, how long before Breitbart and Steve Bannon (backed by the Mercers) get their hands on Voice of America?

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Amory Blaine  Apr 24, 2017 • 3:02:50pm

There is no equitable enforcement of laws, the constitution is a lie. There are rules for the privileged and rules for everyone else.

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ObserverArt  Apr 24, 2017 • 3:04:13pm

re: #197 Anymouse

Since the only contact information the US Embassy gives on its page is a mail address and a telephone number, it might be worthwhile for people to bombard the embassy with telephone calls to complain promoting a private business is illegal on a government Website (and that there is no “winter White House”)

Earlier today someone here posted a story about how Mar-a-Lago when it was first given to the US Government, Marjorie Merriweather Post intended it to be used as a winter resort for presidents…for all purposes a “Winter White House.” That is probably both where Trump got the idea to use the term and the press to follow along.

That info is in the Wiki page too.

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Mike Lamb  Apr 24, 2017 • 3:06:38pm

re: #198 Amory Blaine

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Lemme guess…couldn’t prove what he was actually aiming at. He was just shooting rabbits, donchaknow.

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Anymouse  Apr 24, 2017 • 3:06:48pm

re: #205 ObserverArt

Earlier today someone here posted a story about how Mar-a-Lago when it was first given to the US Government, Marjorie Merriweather Post intended it to be used as a winter resort for presidents…for all purposes a “Winter White House.” That is probably both where Trump got the idea to use the term and the press to follow along.

That info is in the Wiki page too.

So let Trump give it to the government, then. He could even write that off on his taxes.

Until then, it’s not a Winter White House no matter how much the press tries to normalise Trump’s lie.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Apr 24, 2017 • 3:07:04pm
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retired cynic  Apr 24, 2017 • 3:07:31pm

re: #208 Backwoods_Sleuth

M 7.1 - 38km W of Valparaiso, Chile

uh oh

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Amory Blaine  Apr 24, 2017 • 3:08:31pm

Prosecutors: Inmate’s water cut off for 7 days before his death in the Milwaukee County Jail

Milwaukee County Jail staff cut off inmate Terrill Thomas’ access to water for seven straight days before he died of dehydration, and Thomas was too mentally unstable to ask for help as he slowly died, prosecutors said Monday at the beginning of an inquest.

The statements by prosecutors are the first official account validating what inmates have previously told the Journal Sentinel about Thomas’ access to water in his cell. In prior interviews, the inmates said they begged jail staff to help Thomas as he grew weak without water. Thomas spent nine days in jail before he died in his cell in April 2016.

Prosecutors said jail staff made several decisions relating to Thomas that run contrary to standard operating procedures at the jail. A six-person jury seated Monday morning will hear testimony and issue a verdict on whether those decisions warrant a filing of criminal charges in the case. Prosecutors are not required to follow the jury’s verdict. They have not said who is under consideration for possible criminal charges.

State enforced cruelty on the unprivileged. Don’t worry, your fellow americans will deadlock or let the jailers go.

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Amory Blaine  Apr 24, 2017 • 3:10:58pm

America murders the poor at home and abroad. That should be on the State dept. website.

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Anymouse  Apr 24, 2017 • 3:11:05pm

Carbon dioxide keeps going up, now measured at 410ppm
huffingtonpost.com

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BeachDem  Apr 24, 2017 • 3:11:07pm

re: #205 ObserverArt

Earlier today someone here posted a story about how Mar-a-Lago when it was first given to the US Government, Marjorie Merriweather Post intended it to be used as a winter resort for presidents…for all purposes a “Winter White House.” That is probably both where Trump got the idea to use the term and the press to follow along.

That info is in the Wiki page too.

And if the government still owned it, that would be appropriate, but since the yam owns it and turns a tidy profit, nope.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Apr 24, 2017 • 3:13:28pm

re: #205 ObserverArt

Earlier today someone here posted a story about how Mar-a-Lago when it was first given to the US Government, Marjorie Merriweather Post intended it to be used as a winter resort for presidents…for all purposes a “Winter White House.” That is probably both where Trump got the idea to use the term and the press to follow along.

That info is in the Wiki page too.

as I recall, the most interesting part of the reason the US government gave it back to the Post estate was the fact that maintenance and security costs for the property were too high.

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Patricia Kayden  Apr 24, 2017 • 3:15:33pm

re: #41 Eclectic Cyborg

The death of the moderate Republican may be the death of us all.

How long ago did we have moderate Republicans? Certainly pre-Obama days.

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darthstar  Apr 24, 2017 • 3:16:00pm

re: #208 Backwoods_Sleuth

M 7.1 - 38km W of Valparaiso, Chile

They keep having these 7.1s in Chile and the San Andreas fault is going to get jealous.

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gocart mozart  Apr 24, 2017 • 3:16:18pm

re: #210 Amory Blaine

If they knew, it’s murder. If they didn’t know, it may be manslaughter. If there are no indictments it’s because we live in an evil society.

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The Vicious Babushka  Apr 24, 2017 • 3:20:11pm

re: #162 Backwoods_Sleuth

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I got through one minute of POS45 reading Jared’s prepared speech SO HARD his facial expression, and his vocal inflection, did not change except when he ad-libbed about Ronald Lauder predicting his YOOGE ELEKSHUN VICTORIE!!!!!!

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gocart mozart  Apr 24, 2017 • 3:20:16pm

re: #215 Patricia Kayden

The death of the moderate conservative Republican may be the death of us all.

Liberal Republicans went extinct 25 years ago, moderates died off 10 years ago. There are still a few endangered conservatives left but the GOP is now mainly reactuionary sociopaths.

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ObserverArt  Apr 24, 2017 • 3:40:10pm

re: #214 Backwoods_Sleuth

as I recall, the most interesting part of the reason the US government gave it back to the Post estate was the fact that maintenance and security costs for the property were too high.

That and the Wiki page pointed out none of the presidents wanted to use it.

Probably too garish and over the top to be fitting for The President of the United States.

: )

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ObserverArt  Apr 24, 2017 • 3:43:01pm

re: #215 Patricia Kayden

How long ago did we have moderate Republicans? Certainly pre-Obama days.

They all started to give up in the late 90s. By the mid 2000s most of the old guard was gone.

Hmmm. Fox news started in the 90s. Coincidence? I doubt it.


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