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jaunte  May 11, 2017 • 9:13:40pm

“President Trump is acting in accordance with his competence.”
—Vladimir Putin

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KGxvi  May 11, 2017 • 9:17:12pm

The Nixon Library throwing shade is amazing.

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austin_blue  May 11, 2017 • 9:17:24pm

I’d like to go all “I can’t even”, but you know what? I can’t. This is the new normal. And the new normal is completely batshit.

This Administration is ripping apart at the seams due to a combination of understaffing, lack of messaging, and a complete lack of control at the very top.

The POTUS is not mentally competent.

It’s the only reasonable response to the facts on the ground.

Edited.

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jaunte  May 11, 2017 • 9:21:23pm
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austin_blue  May 11, 2017 • 9:23:45pm

re: #4 jaunte

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It’s a thing, but it’s small beer.

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jaunte  May 11, 2017 • 9:24:52pm

Pence preparing a new Crusade.

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Eric The Fruit Bat  May 11, 2017 • 9:25:55pm

OpSec News: Pitch your D-Link routers for something else….
Engadget: D-Link would like you to forget about its lax security
The company has enlisted an anti-regulation group to help it fight complaints from the FTC.

Back in January, the US Federal Trade Commission accused D-Link of putting customers in harm’s way with its extremely negligent approach to security. According to the FTC, the company left hundreds of thousands of customers vulnerable to attack by failing to secure their routers and cameras against critical vulnerabilities. At the time, the company denied the allegations, claiming no one had been affected by an actual breach, but that didn’t change the fact that D-Link left crucial security information out in the open for months. Now the company is trying to have the case thrown out of court on the grounds that the US government has no jurisdiction over the company.

The Cause of Action Institute, which is defending D-Link in court, also claimed the FTC’s allegations are “vague and unsubstantiated” even though the company sold IP cameras with hard-coded login credentials that anyone could use to view streams and couldn’t be changed by the user. In fact, D-Link’s security flaws are something of a running joke among hackers and security researchers. While the parent company is dodging a bullet here, the US-based subsidiary will still have to contest the complaint in court.

I use a Netgear C7000-100NAS and have it locked down tight as a drum. And Netgear publishes a monthly security newsletter to boot.

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austin_blue  May 11, 2017 • 9:28:11pm

re: #7 Eric The Fruit Bat

OpSec News: Be very wary of D-Link routers….
Engadget: D-Link would like you to forget about its lax security
The company has enlisted an anti-regulation group to help it fight complaints from the FTC.

Practice safe computing, folks….

I’ve put a condom on my keyboard. It smells funny…

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jaunte  May 11, 2017 • 9:30:45pm

My hope is that you will continue to live our values and the mission of protecting the American people and upholding the Constitution.

DONNIE TRUMPO HAS INVOKED A CONSTITUTIONAL CRISIS AND HE’S WIPING HIS ASS WITH OUR MOST SACRED DOCUMENT THIS IS THE FOURTH TIME I HAVE EXPLICITLY TOLD YOU THAT YOU HAD BETTER STEP UP

If you do that, you too will be sad when you leave, and the American people will be safer.

SORRY YOU’RE GOING TO BE FIRED AS WELL BY THIS CANCER ON THE AMERICAN STATE IT’S GOING TO BE WORSE BEFORE IT GETS BETTER BUT THE COUNTRY’S FREEDOM IS ACTUALLY AT STAKE HERE DESTROY HIM LIKE A GREAT AVENGING EAGLE

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freetoken  May 11, 2017 • 9:35:07pm

Puppies are free of our daily cares:

LIVE Puppy Cam: Future service dogs play

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electrotek  May 11, 2017 • 9:44:31pm
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klys (maker of Silmarils)  May 11, 2017 • 9:56:22pm
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Eric The Fruit Bat  May 11, 2017 • 9:58:22pm

Wanna know why healthcare and auto insurance rates are skyhigh in Michigan? It’s unique no-fault insurance, ambulance chasing and greedy doctors all in collusion…..

Detroit Free Press: Tired of no-fault fraud in Michigan, insurers turn to racketeering suits

Fed up with no-fault fraud, auto insurance giants Allstate and State Farm have, in recent years, brought racketeering lawsuits against a handful of metro Detroit medical clinics, MRI centers and doctors.

These lawsuits — in federal court against a half-dozen or so businesses — have alleged sham treatments, excessive billing, accident-victim solicitation and even under-the-table cash payments made to encourage patients to keep coming in.

Some clinics closed under the weight of these lawsuits, even as they professed innocence. Other cases ended in confidential settlements or are still pending.

State Farm filed a 2014 racketeering lawsuit in U.S. District Court in Detroit against Detroit-based Warren Chiropractic & Rehab Clinic, accusing the clinic and its ownership and staff of ordering unnecessary tests and treatments to maximize their insurance reimbursements and inflate the value of legal claims for accident lawyers.

State Farm’s lawyers called the clinic’s dealings “a textbook example on the evils of ambulance chasing.”

The insurance company accused Warren Chiropractic of giving disability certificates to nearly every patient, regardless of actual injuries, making patients eligible for an array of no-fault benefits: attendant care, lost-wages replacement, $20 a day for household chores and transportation to and from the clinic.

About 40% of the patients given disability certificates received rides to the clinic from a company that was owned by the clinic owner’s brother, the lawsuit claimed. The transportation firm then billed high rates, including $178 for a round trip of about 30 miles, the lawsuit said.

The lawsuit also accused the clinic of steering patients to MRI centers that charged as much as $7,000 per spinal-region image. And it alleged that Warren Chiropractic used independent contractors, known as “runners” or “chasers,” to find and solicit people who had been in accidents so they would get treated at the clinic and sign up with law firms.

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austin_blue  May 11, 2017 • 10:03:55pm

Night all! Sweet scaly dreams!

Who knows what the morning will bring?

I think if the crazy POTUS tweets, a new hell will break loose.

So, just another day in the US of A.

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Kragar  May 11, 2017 • 10:05:35pm
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Joe Bacon  May 11, 2017 • 10:22:41pm

re: #14 austin_blue

Night all! Sweet scaly dreams!

Who knows what the morning will bring?

I think if the crazy POTUS tweets, a new hell will break loose.

So, just another day in the US of A.

Oh tomorrow will bring another star turn from Hucky Boo Boo while Spicey hides in the bathroom shivering about what Melissa will do to him on Saturday Night Live!

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Targetpractice  May 11, 2017 • 10:23:30pm

re: #15 Kragar

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Here’s the thing: Even if Comey told Trump that he’s not under investigation, which is itself an egregious violation of the investigative process, it doesn’t mean the man is in the clear. Several of his close associates are under investigation, the campaign that put him in office is under investigation, and people he’s been in contact with are being investigated. That he is not under investigation right now does not mean he will never be investigated.

After all, the Watergate investigation didn’t start on Day One at the Oval Office, it started with some burglars whose payments led up the food chain to 1600 Penn Ave.

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petesh  May 11, 2017 • 10:25:06pm

re: #17 Targetpractice

Minor correction: That he was not then under investigation does not mean he is not now.

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Targetpractice  May 11, 2017 • 10:28:12pm

re: #18 petesh

Minor correction: That he was not then under investigation does not mean he is not now.

Correct. It’s a bit like Clapper on Monday making sure during his prepared statement to point out that his knowledge of ongoing investigations ended on Jan 20th. He can say “to my knowledge” all he likes, but it doesn’t mean a damned thing.

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freetoken  May 11, 2017 • 10:29:08pm

History lecture on Columbus explains the geography of the day and its motivation:

Youtube Video

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Kragar  May 11, 2017 • 10:29:38pm
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Kragar  May 11, 2017 • 10:51:18pm
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teleskiguy  May 11, 2017 • 10:53:30pm

re: #22 Kragar

Proud daddy!

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Eclectic Cyborg  May 11, 2017 • 10:54:05pm

re: #13 Eric The Fruit Bat

It never ceases to amaze me how far some people will go to game a system.

Sidenote: I am digging the new font!

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Targetpractice  May 11, 2017 • 10:54:10pm

re: #22 Kragar

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That’s not a college fund, it’s bail money.

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Kragar  May 11, 2017 • 10:56:18pm

re: #25 Targetpractice

That’s not a college fund, it’s bail money.

/

This is the one who wants to join the Marines, study accounting, and go into the FBI.

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Targetpractice  May 11, 2017 • 10:58:46pm

re: #26 Kragar

This is the one who wants to join the Marines, study accounting, and go into the FBI.

Oh, well then the end with the pilot light on it is pointed towards whatever you want to go away.

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Kragar  May 11, 2017 • 10:59:40pm

Also, I was bored earlier today

I go on thru Season 5

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Kragar  May 11, 2017 • 11:11:40pm
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Kragar  May 11, 2017 • 11:45:33pm
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goddamnedfrank  May 12, 2017 • 12:04:43am

I hadn’t thought of that.

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Lupin  May 12, 2017 • 12:06:18am

Human nature being what it is, I do not believe for a minute that French people are inherently smarter or more moral than Americans.

This is why I favor a more self-regulated society (through laws passed by representative assemblies and enforced by an independent judiciary) as opposed to your system. Arguably, you have demonstrated that you (as a people) cannot handle the liberties granted to you by your First and Second Amendments.

The notion that truth would drive out lies and good speech would drive out bad speech has been demonstrated as false, just as much as unfettered access to guns of any kind has not increased your safety. The result is a rogue fascist state where freedom instead of flourishing is actively being curtailed and fear of violence is on the rise (based on hat i read here & there).

A historian whose name I can’t recall stated that centuries begin 15 years after the chronological mark: 1715, death of Louis XIV; 1815: Waterloo; 1915: end of WWI. 2015, the rise of Donald J. Trump may well mark the real beginning of the 21st century and of a new America that will be radically different from what we’ve known all our lives. If you don’t want that America to be truly awful, you’re going to have to reform all your political systems in depth. (We face this challenge as well.)

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Kragar  May 12, 2017 • 12:15:15am
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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  May 12, 2017 • 12:16:55am

re: #1 jaunte

“President Trump is acting in accordance with his competence.”
—Vladimir Putin

“competence” in English generally means “level of ability”, whereas in Russian it means “degree of authority”.

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Timothy Watson  May 12, 2017 • 2:47:46am

Broke 30,000 karma yesterday.

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  May 12, 2017 • 2:50:56am

re: #35 Timothy Watson

Broke 30,000 karma yesterday.

Hooray! I live for such random milestones in life.

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Targetpractice  May 12, 2017 • 2:52:40am

re: #33 Kragar

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Hanlon’s razor doesn’t begin to describe this man.

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I cannot.  May 12, 2017 • 3:45:36am

re: #37 Targetpractice

He is a perfect combination of pure malice AND stupidity encased in an utterly ludicrous suit.

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Apocalypse  May 12, 2017 • 3:49:39am

re: #33 Kragar

“Choke like dogs”?

Okay that is quite disturbing.

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  May 12, 2017 • 3:51:25am

re: #38 I cannot.

He is a perfect combination of pure malice AND stupidity encased in an utterly ludicrous suit.

Been reading about the steam catapult thing. Jeez. Jimmy Carter was a nuclear engineer and served on submarines. I would trust his opinion about sub technology. GW Bush was a pilot and served on aircraft carriers. I would trust his opinion about carrier aircraft.

Trump was a draft dodger and I would only trust his opinion on how to grab pussy and avoid AIDS.

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Timothy Watson  May 12, 2017 • 4:02:06am

re: #40 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))

Trump was a draft dodger and I would only trust his opinion on how to grab pussy and avoid AIDS.

Given the symptoms of neurosyphilis he displays, I wouldn’t trust his opinion on the latter part.

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  May 12, 2017 • 4:07:58am

re: #41 Timothy Watson

Given the symptoms of neurosyphilis he displays, I wouldn’t trust his opinion on the latter part.

fine, but when it comes to moving on women like a bitch and grabbing them by the pussy, he is probably the world’s leading expert…

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Dr. Matt  May 12, 2017 • 4:58:55am

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The Vicious Babushka  May 12, 2017 • 5:10:55am

Trump is treating this Russia investigation as though it is just another contractor he doesn’t want to pay.

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Dr. Matt  May 12, 2017 • 5:11:19am
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b.d.  May 12, 2017 • 5:11:47am

re: #44 The Vicious Babushka

Trump is treating this Russia investigation as though it is just another contractor he doesn’t want to pay.

Just quit paying attention to it and it will go away……like the Trump Taj Mahal.

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HappyWarrior  May 12, 2017 • 5:15:57am

re: #45 Dr. Matt

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I thought Holt was pretty damn calm considering all the crap being spewed on him.

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Dr. Matt  May 12, 2017 • 5:19:35am

re: #47 HappyWarrior

I thought Holt was pretty damn calm considering all the crap being spewed on him.

Yup. He was a complete pro. Contrast that to the utter disrespect from O’Racist towards President Obama during the super bowl interview.

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HappyWarrior  May 12, 2017 • 5:20:31am

re: #48 Dr. Matt

Yup. He was a complete pro. Contrast that to the utter disrespect from O’Racist towards President Obama during the super bowl interview.

Say you don’t think Breitbart counted how many times he interrupted Obama? //

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Dr. Matt  May 12, 2017 • 5:25:04am

re: #49 HappyWarrior

Say you don’t think Breitbart counted how many times he interrupted Obama? //

They praised O’Racist for disrespecting the uppidity Blah POTUS.

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HappyWarrior  May 12, 2017 • 5:26:09am

re: #50 Dr. Matt

They praised O’Racist for disrespecting the uppidity Blah POTUS.

Of course they did. Stupid bigoted snowflakes.

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jeffreyw  May 12, 2017 • 5:27:42am

Imgur
Good morning!

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The Vicious Babushka  May 12, 2017 • 5:28:42am

The ragetweets are especially unhinged this morning

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Dr. Matt  May 12, 2017 • 5:28:46am

Drump is raging today.

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The Vicious Babushka  May 12, 2017 • 5:30:08am
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Timothy Watson  May 12, 2017 • 5:31:55am

re: #55 The Vicious Babushka

Trump’s presidency is about to end.

From your mouth to God’s ears.

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Decatur Deb  May 12, 2017 • 5:32:04am

re: #55 The Vicious Babushka

Can’t tell if he’s crazy or if other people are being crazy for him.

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b.d.  May 12, 2017 • 5:32:25am

re: #55 The Vicious Babushka

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Hey Donald, there are tapes? Should we get the subpoenas ready?

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Timothy Watson  May 12, 2017 • 5:40:30am
This may be as a good a time as any to offer Richard Goldstein’s confession. It isn’t anything he has tried to hide, and, in fact, he mentioned it briefly in his 2015 memoir, “Another Little Piece of My Heart.” But the revelation may be startling to Beatles fans, who have devoted their lives to interpreting every lyric, recording flourish and photograph presented by their band.

The stereo Goldstein used for his review was broken.

Repeat. The guy who slammed “Sgt. Pepper” in the New York Times had a busted speaker.

washingtonpost.com

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Timothy Watson  May 12, 2017 • 5:43:16am
Retired Master Sgt. Wilburn K. Ross, an Army machine-gunner who received the Medal of Honor for single-handedly fighting back eight German counterattacks during a World War II battle in France, died May 9 in Washington state. He was 94.

His death was announced by the Congressional Medal of Honor Society. The cause was not disclosed.

Sgt. Ross — then a private — served in the Army’s storied 3rd Infantry Division during World War II and saw combat in Morocco and Italy, where he was wounded by shrapnel in 1943. A year later, his unit had pushed on to eastern France, where it encountered elite German alpine troops in the Vosges Mountains.

On Oct. 30, 1944, Sgt. Ross’s company took heavy casualties from German forces, losing 55 of its 88 men. About 11:30 a.m., Sgt. Ross moved to a forward position, 10 yards beyond his company’s riflemen, and set up his light machine gun.

He was an open target for German marksmen and artillery fire, yet he held steady for five hours, carrying on what was virtually a one-man battle.

washingtonpost.com

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Dr. Matt  May 12, 2017 • 5:46:22am

re: #56 Timothy Watson

From your mouth to God’s ears.

Over the last 18 months we’ve saying his candidacy/presidency is about to end. At this point it almost seems he will have to shoot someone.

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Brother Holy Cruise Missile of Mild Acceptance  May 12, 2017 • 5:46:56am

re: #61 Dr. Matt

Over the last 18 months we’ve saying his candidacy/presidency is about to end. At this point it almost seems he will have to shoot someone.

don’t tempt him.

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Romantic Heretic  May 12, 2017 • 5:47:13am

re: #6 jaunte

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Pence preparing a new Crusade.

It’s not going to be in the Middle East this time. It’s going to be here.

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Barefoot Grin  May 12, 2017 • 5:47:59am

Fox News now pushing idea that new FBI director, whoever that may be, will reopen Clinton email case. Expect tweets from Pres. in less than 20 minutes.

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electrotek  May 12, 2017 • 5:48:57am
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darthstar  May 12, 2017 • 5:51:18am
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Romantic Heretic  May 12, 2017 • 5:53:36am

re: #27 Targetpractice

Oh, well then the end with the pilot light on it is pointed towards whatever you want to go away.

Be prepared for screaming, and the smell of burnt pork.

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Timothy Watson  May 12, 2017 • 5:54:24am

re: #61 Dr. Matt

Over the last 18 months we’ve saying his candidacy/presidency is about to end. At this point it almost seems he will have to shoot someone.

Wouldn’t hurt his approval ratings that much. He was 100% right when he said he could shoot someone on Fifth Avenue and not lose support.

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GlutenFreeJesus  May 12, 2017 • 5:55:10am

re: #61 Dr. Matt

Over the last 18 months we’ve saying his candidacy/presidency is about to end. At this point it almost seems he will have to shoot someone.

He’s never owned, held, or fired a gun. Ever.

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Dr. Matt  May 12, 2017 • 5:59:28am

re: #69 GlutenFreeJesus

He’s never owned, held, or fired a gun. Ever.

And yet the NRA and RWNJs all claim Drump is bestest pro-2A president ever.

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darthstar  May 12, 2017 • 6:06:01am
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Belafon  May 12, 2017 • 6:06:36am

re: #32 Lupin

This is why I favor a more self-regulated society (through laws passed by representative assemblies and enforced by an independent judiciary) as opposed to your system. Arguably, you have demonstrated that you (as a people) cannot handle the liberties granted to you by your First and Second Amendments.

Our institutions are defined this way. What you are seeing here is a consequence of the Electoral College, which is definitely one thing we need to get rid of.

I’m curious how the French system would keep parliament, the judiciary, and the presidency independent. I’m also curious if you think that Le Pen would have lost had she run before Trump.

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Mike Lamb  May 12, 2017 • 6:09:38am

re: #53 The Vicious Babushka

The ragetweets are especially unhinged this morning

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This is insane. Truly.

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Romantic Heretic  May 12, 2017 • 6:10:06am

re: #32 Lupin

I’ve been thinking about the nature of freedom recently and those thoughts caused your phrase, “more self-regulated society” jumped to my attention.

A lot of people think that freedom is the ability to do things, the removal of limits. I’ve come the conclusion that freedom is actually about limits.

A person can always say what they want, associate with who they want, travel where they wish. In a non-free society those with power can and will make a person suffer for doing so. In a free society those with power are severely limited in what they can do to people who exercise their abilities.

And these limits are why so many people with power detest freedom. They do not like their power limited.

This can be demonstrated by the various ‘religious freedom’ laws popping up all over. They remove the limits on the power of a particular religion. Voter suppression lessens the limits of power on a particular group of voters. Repeal of laws limiting what banks can do and how they do it removes limits on the power of the banking industry. The ammosexuals oppose gun control because such regulations reduce their power.

A free society is one in which power is sharply limited and widely spread. A non-free society is one where power is unlimited and belongs to only a few members.

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Barefoot Grin  May 12, 2017 • 6:11:13am

Has stock in private prison shares risen today?

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Timothy Watson  May 12, 2017 • 6:11:57am

re: #75 Romantic Heretic

Positive liberty is the possession of the capacity to act upon one’s free will, as opposed to negative liberty, which is freedom from external restraint on one’s actions.

en.wikipedia.org

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Romantic Heretic  May 12, 2017 • 6:12:38am

re: #34 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))

I wouldn’t be surprised if the translator knew that and deliberately chose ‘competence’ for his translation. After all trolling Trump is fun, and trolling works best when a person doesn’t know they’re being trolled while everyone else knows it.

Trump will never realize he was trolled by Putin.

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Timothy Watson  May 12, 2017 • 6:13:51am

re: #76 Barefoot Grin

Has stock in private prison shares risen today?

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Romantic Heretic  May 12, 2017 • 6:17:26am

re: #60 Timothy Watson

Rest in Peace, Sgt. Ross.

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darthstar  May 12, 2017 • 6:18:42am
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lawhawk  May 12, 2017 • 6:19:04am

re: #12 klys (maker of Silmarils)

I’ve commented there - the direct link to comment is here.

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ObserverArt  May 12, 2017 • 6:21:20am

re: #53 The Vicious Babushka

The ragetweets are especially unhinged this morning

Donald J. Trump ✔ @realDonaldTrump
James Comey better hope that there are no “tapes” of our conversations before he starts leaking to the press!
8:26 AM - 12 May 2017
4,895 4,895 Retweets 12,849 12,849 likes

Morning!

So, is Donny hinting those conversations were recorded??? Like he was wearing a wire and recording Comey.

Maybe he is relying on his Russian buddies.

After reading that “choking like dogs” article above, I think it is safe to say Donny is on a ledge and very desperate. He is going to screw up bigly within the month.

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Romantic Heretic  May 12, 2017 • 6:24:08am

re: #83 ObserverArt

He is going to screw up bigly within the month.

How would we tell? //

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Dr. Matt  May 12, 2017 • 6:24:29am
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lawhawk  May 12, 2017 • 6:26:28am

Greets and saluts from the Resistance in the NYC metro area.

Trump’s on a tirade this morning, and he’s definitely throwing all kids of baffling bullshit against the wall, hoping it sticks.

We’ve got threats of witness intimidation. Obstruction of justice. And a nonstop parade of lies. Trump now spewing nonsense about there better not be tapes of him with Comey (witness tampering, intimidation, obstruction - trifecta of trouble).

Meanwhile, Ari Fleischer shows he’s a GOP apologist to the end.

That’s nothing though, compared to the absolute bullshit the NRO gang spewed:

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lawhawk  May 12, 2017 • 6:27:57am
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ObserverArt  May 12, 2017 • 6:28:11am

re: #84 Romantic Heretic

How would we tell? //

I think Trump’s own reactions to all the heat will be the tell. If we think we’ve seen crazy tweets and statements so far, they will pale in comparison to what is coming.

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Brother Holy Cruise Missile of Mild Acceptance  May 12, 2017 • 6:31:59am

re: #83 ObserverArt

In a sane world he already has in firing Comey and this whole week.

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Barefoot Grin  May 12, 2017 • 6:33:19am

re: #79 Timothy Watson

money.cnn.com

money.cnn.com

I guess the new directive from AG Sessions to return to mandatory minimums hasn’t had any effect….

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Timothy Watson  May 12, 2017 • 6:34:07am

re: #89 Brother Holy Cruise Missile of Mild Acceptance

In a sane world he already has in firing Comey and this whole week.

Unfortunately, we’re in a very mad, mad world.

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Timothy Watson  May 12, 2017 • 6:35:31am

re: #90 Barefoot Grin

I guess the new directive from AG Sessions to return to mandatory minimums hasn’t had any effect….

Markets just opened, so they might be a delay. Also, there would be a delay in earnings for those companies (up to the next fiscal year) because of the time it would take for the Sessions’ directive and those new cases to make their way through the court system.

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electrotek  May 12, 2017 • 6:36:29am
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Timothy Watson  May 12, 2017 • 6:37:43am

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I cannot.  May 12, 2017 • 6:46:06am

re: #94 Timothy Watson

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FormerDirtDart  May 12, 2017 • 6:49:19am
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lawhawk  May 12, 2017 • 6:49:21am

re: #94 Timothy Watson

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Timothy Watson  May 12, 2017 • 6:51:59am

re: #95 I cannot.

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Stanley Sea  May 12, 2017 • 6:51:59am

re: #14 austin_blue

Night all! Sweet scaly dreams!

Who knows what the morning will bring?

I think if the crazy POTUS tweets, a new hell will break loose.

So, just another day in the US of A.

QFT

Good morning!

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Birth Control Works  May 12, 2017 • 6:52:23am
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makeitstop  May 12, 2017 • 6:53:51am

Colbert is clearly having way too much fun busting Trump’s balls. The Jeb Bush bit is gonna sting.

Stephen Reacts To Trump Calling Him ‘A No-Talent Guy’

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Sir John Barron  May 12, 2017 • 6:54:12am

re: #100 Birth Control Works

Trump tweets fired FBI director ‘better hope that there are no tapes’ of conversations

WTF

This is not how a head-of-state speaks.

We’re in serious kookoo land with this guy.

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Birth Control Works  May 12, 2017 • 6:54:16am

re: #96 FormerDirtDart

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THis was a great start to my day!

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Sir John Barron  May 12, 2017 • 6:55:05am

re: #100 Birth Control Works

Trump tweets fired FBI director ‘better hope that there are no tapes’ of conversations

WTF

This is not how a head-of-state speaks.

DT: Making Richard M. Nixon look more statesman-like and virtuous by the day.

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Stanley Sea  May 12, 2017 • 6:55:29am

re: #55 The Vicious Babushka

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HappyWarrior  May 12, 2017 • 6:55:40am

re: #86 lawhawk

Greets and saluts from the Resistance in the NYC metro area.

Trump’s on a tirade this morning, and he’s definitely throwing all kids of baffling bullshit against the wall, hoping it sticks.

We’ve got threats of witness intimidation. Obstruction of justice. And a nonstop parade of lies. Trump now spewing nonsense about there better not be tapes of him with Comey (witness tampering, intimidation, obstruction - trifecta of trouble).

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NRO is pathetic. So sick of their pedantic bullshit. Yes it’s the Clintons fault. Hacks.

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HappyWarrior  May 12, 2017 • 6:56:24am

He’s threatening Comey. This needs to end now.

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Birth Control Works  May 12, 2017 • 6:57:16am
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The Vicious Babushka  May 12, 2017 • 6:58:53am

re: #94 Timothy Watson

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scottslemmons  May 12, 2017 • 6:59:31am

re: #94 Timothy Watson

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Birth Control Works  May 12, 2017 • 6:59:37am

OMG! I love the name!

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Sir John Barron  May 12, 2017 • 7:00:23am

re: #107 HappyWarrior

He’s threatening Comey. This needs to end now.

Unfortunately, for now, GOP controls both houses of congress and is 100% fully in the tank for this guy.

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Timothy Watson  May 12, 2017 • 7:00:49am

re: #109 The Vicious Babushka

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HappyWarrior  May 12, 2017 • 7:01:21am

re: #112 Sir John Barron

Unfortunately, for now, GOP controls both houses of congress and is 100% fully in the tank for this guy.

I know.

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Sir John Barron  May 12, 2017 • 7:02:13am

re: #114 HappyWarrior

I know.

But Sean Hannity still wants HRC in jail because EMAILS!

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JordanRules  May 12, 2017 • 7:03:20am

re: #107 HappyWarrior

He’s really gonna piss off Comey’s fellow G-women and G-men now. This is crazy.

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Sir John Barron  May 12, 2017 • 7:04:34am

re: #64 Barefoot Grin

Fox News now pushing idea that new FBI director, whoever that may be, will reopen Clinton email case. Expect tweets from Pres. in less than 20 minutes.

Nice way to distract, Faux.

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HappyWarrior  May 12, 2017 • 7:05:44am

re: #117 Sir John Barron

Nice way to distract, Faux.

They know their role is this fateful comedy.

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HappyWarrior  May 12, 2017 • 7:06:03am

re: #116 JordanRules

He’s really gonna piss off Comey’s fellow G-women and G-men now. This is crazy.

Yep. Scumbag.

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scottslemmons  May 12, 2017 • 7:06:13am

re: #116 JordanRules

He’s really gonna piss off Comey’s fellow G-women and G-men now. This is crazy.

Gotta keep the base engaged. And the only thing that keeps the base engaged is Being Angry Enough To Attack Inanimate Objects With Your Teeth.

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Birth Control Works  May 12, 2017 • 7:13:25am

bbl

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ObserverArt  May 12, 2017 • 7:13:47am

re: #94 Timothy Watson

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Apocalypse  May 12, 2017 • 7:15:02am

re: #105 Stanley Sea

Barron has been given his freedom to be one with nature. Poor Kid.

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Stanley Sea  May 12, 2017 • 7:15:12am

re: #123 ObserverArt

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Eventual Carrion  May 12, 2017 • 7:15:15am

re: #121 Birth Control Works

Vian Police Officer Forced To Resign After She Arrests City Councilman’s Son; Chief Tells Them He Quits

it never ends

humans!

I can only assume that the perp was white. If he wasn’t I bet the councilman would have been just fine with the officer shooting the perp in the fucking head.

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ObserverArt  May 12, 2017 • 7:15:52am

re: #96 FormerDirtDart

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Stanley Sea  May 12, 2017 • 7:16:16am

re: #124 Apocalypse

Barron has been given his freedom to be one with nature. Poor Kid.

For the sake of my child’s mental health we will not be moving into the crazy house.

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lawhawk  May 12, 2017 • 7:17:01am

re: #127 ObserverArt

I think that was near Columbus Circle and the Time Warner Center.

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Puss Power  May 12, 2017 • 7:17:32am

re: #126 Eventual Carrion

I can only assume that the perp was white. If he wasn’t I bet the councilman would have been just fine with the officer shooting the perp in the fucking head.

The perp was the son of the city councilman — I think we can safely say that race had nothing to do with it. Just this once.

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A wild WITHAK appeared!  May 12, 2017 • 7:17:54am

“few exceptions”

billions of dollars in loans would be an exception

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Stanley Sea  May 12, 2017 • 7:18:17am

re: #131 A wild WITHAK appeared!

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“few exceptions”

billions of dollars in loans would be an exception

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Timothy Watson  May 12, 2017 • 7:19:07am

re: #126 Eventual Carrion

I can only assume that the perp was white. If he wasn’t I bet the councilman would have been just fine with the officer shooting the perp in the fucking head.

The father is appears white but is running for a Cherokee Tribal Council position:
swtimes.com

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Teukka  May 12, 2017 • 7:19:13am

re: #56 Timothy Watson

From your mouth to God’s ears.

G-d, listen to the Vicious Babushka. Closely.

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Teukka  May 12, 2017 • 7:19:35am

re: #57 Decatur Deb

Can’t tell if he’s crazy or if other people are being crazy for him.

You know, I begin more and more sense that the tRump diehards are not so much diehards because they are totally clueless, but because they actually know they have elected a traitor to the WH and can’t stand to loose face YUGELY.

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Aucun pays pour les vieux ennemis  May 12, 2017 • 7:20:13am
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ObserverArt  May 12, 2017 • 7:21:34am

Anyone ready to accept a statement from a Trump lawyer? Would it be better in a certified letter? No?

Carry on…

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makeitstop  May 12, 2017 • 7:24:19am

re: #136 Teukka

You know, I begin more and more sense that the tRump diehards are not so much diehards because they are totally clueless, but because they actually know they have elected a traitor to the WH and can’t stand to loose face YUGELY.

I dunno, I’m thinking there are a fair number of ‘true believers’ in that bunch.

If the Comey story about demanding a loyalty oath is true (and I’ll believe Comey over Trump 100 times out of 100), then it’s a pretty safe assumption that Trump made that same demand to a lot of people, including Congressional and party leadership.

We’re supposed to have a representative government, not a bunch of crazies that act like the Manson Family minus the LSD.

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lawhawk  May 12, 2017 • 7:25:11am
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FormerDirtDart  May 12, 2017 • 7:26:44am
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Teukka  May 12, 2017 • 7:27:16am

re: #139 makeitstop

I dunno, I’m thinking there are a fair number of ‘true believers’ in that bunch.

If the Comey story about demanding a loyalty oath is true (and I’ll believe Comey over Trump 100 times out of 100), then it’s a pretty safe assumption that Trump made that same demand to a lot of people, including Congressional and party leadership.

We’re supposed to have a representative government, not a bunch of crazies that act like the Manson Family minus the LSD.

You know, it could be some other drug than lysergic acid….

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electrotek  May 12, 2017 • 7:27:33am

re: #141 FormerDirtDart

Even if she was misbehaving (what little kid doesn’t?), you shouldn’t inflict physical harm on a child as a teacher.

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  May 12, 2017 • 7:27:47am

re: #61 Dr. Matt

Over the last 18 months we’ve saying his candidacy/presidency is about to end. At this point it almost seems he will have to shoot someone.

He will have to become such a national embarrassment that he begins to threaten the GOP’s grasp on power. That has not happened yet, only isolated members of the GOP are starting to fall away, but not turning en masse.

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Eventual Carrion  May 12, 2017 • 7:28:03am

re: #130 Puss Power

The perp was the son of the city councilman — I think we can safely say that race had nothing to do with it. Just this once.

Article said the officer didn’t know that at the time of the encounter and arrest.

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  May 12, 2017 • 7:29:12am

re: #75 Romantic Heretic

I’ve been thinking about the nature of freedom recently and those thoughts caused your phrase, “more self-regulated society” jumped to my attention.

They mean a society regulated by large trans-national corporations…

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The Vicious Babushka  May 12, 2017 • 7:30:10am

re: #139 makeitstop

I dunno, I’m thinking there are a fair number of ‘true believers’ in that bunch.

If the Comey story about demanding a loyalty oath is true (and I’ll believe Comey over Trump 100 times out of 100), then it’s a pretty safe assumption that Trump made that same demand to a lot of people, including Congressional and party leadership.

We’re supposed to have a representative government, not a bunch of crazies that act like the Manson Family minus the LSD.

Trump wants everyone around him to sign an ironclad NDA.

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Sir John Barron  May 12, 2017 • 7:30:10am

re: #131 A wild WITHAK appeared!

“few exceptions”

billions of dollars in loans would be an exception

“Look, I didn’t have any of those cookies my coworker brought. Except for that one. And the three before that. But except for those, I didn’t eat any. Until the afternoon. When I only had two. And then that one right before I left for the day.”

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Timothy Watson  May 12, 2017 • 7:30:32am

re: #141 FormerDirtDart

An 8-year-old girl says a substitute teacher forcibly removed her hijab at a school in the Bronx, New York

Has the teacher been arrested for assault and larceny yet?

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Puss Power  May 12, 2017 • 7:30:45am

re: #145 Eventual Carrion

Article said the officer didn’t know that at the time of the encounter and arrest.

But we’re talking about the councilman’s reaction, not the officer’s.

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FormerDirtDart  May 12, 2017 • 7:31:09am
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JordanRules  May 12, 2017 • 7:31:46am

Bound to be a leaky weekend me thinks.

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FormerDirtDart  May 12, 2017 • 7:32:14am
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Barefoot Grin  May 12, 2017 • 7:33:51am

“Nobody has less income from the Russians,” continued the lawyer, “that I can guarantee you; you know it, I know it, everybody knows it.”

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FormerDirtDart  May 12, 2017 • 7:34:10am
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HappyWarrior  May 12, 2017 • 7:34:32am

re: #154 Barefoot Grin

“Nobody has less income from the Russians,” continued the lawyer, “that I can guarantee you; you know it, I know it, everybody knows it.”

John Miller, Esq.

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HappyWarrior  May 12, 2017 • 7:35:14am

re: #155 FormerDirtDart

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makeitstop  May 12, 2017 • 7:35:31am

Erick Son of Erick has a rare moment of clarity.

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Sir John Barron  May 12, 2017 • 7:37:01am

re: #154 Barefoot Grin

“Nobody has less income from the Russians,” continued the lawyer, “that I can guarantee you; you know it, I know it, everybody knows it.”

“Great, can we see the tax returns and information about what loans he has from whom”

He doesn’t have to show you anything!

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The Vicious Babushka  May 12, 2017 • 7:37:06am
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HappyWarrior  May 12, 2017 • 7:37:44am

re: #158 makeitstop

Erick Son of Erick has a rare moment of clarity.

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Still an asshole but he’s right.

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Sir John Barron  May 12, 2017 • 7:38:27am

re: #157 HappyWarrior

And then they accused the woman who the best shot of being too cold.

Heads I win, Tails you lose.

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lawhawk  May 12, 2017 • 7:39:36am

re: #158 makeitstop

He’s throwing it out there with a bunch of weasel words.

There’s no doubt that he fired Comey because of Russia. That’s all over Trump’s actual statements, not the chaff his staffers have been throwing out there. The timing is rotten to the core, and it meshes with the reporting that Comey was seeking further resources to investigate the Russia-Trump connections.

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steve_davis  May 12, 2017 • 7:43:10am

re: #93 electrotek

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Dr. Matt  May 12, 2017 • 7:47:31am
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Sir John Barron  May 12, 2017 • 7:49:45am

re: #163 lawhawk

He’s throwing it out there with a bunch of weasel words.

There’s no doubt that he fired Comey because of Russia. That’s all over Trump’s actual statements, not the chaff his staffers have been throwing out there. The timing is rotten to the core, and it meshes with the reporting that Comey was seeking further resources to investigate the Russia-Trump connections.

You’re taking Trump too literally, figuratively, hypothetically, he didn’t really mean what he said or what you thought you heard or read. He was just saying that to say it and make you libtards all mad.

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mmmirele  May 12, 2017 • 7:52:41am

re: #141 FormerDirtDart

It was a male teacher and he has been terminated. GOOD! Beyond the religion part, touching a student like that to remove an article of clothing could be assault and battery.

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FormerDirtDart  May 12, 2017 • 7:52:59am
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FormerDirtDart  May 12, 2017 • 7:55:10am
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Timothy Watson  May 12, 2017 • 7:55:58am

re: #168 FormerDirtDart

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FormerDirtDart  May 12, 2017 • 7:55:59am
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austin_blue  May 12, 2017 • 7:57:31am

Man, I sign off last night and this morning I’m fucking Nostradamus.

How is everyone today?

Freaking out over the state of our Republic? Me too!

Our President is a real pip, isn’t he?

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lawhawk  May 12, 2017 • 8:00:26am

re: #172 austin_blue

Man, I sign off last night and this morning I’m fucking Nostradamus

#WithFewExceptions

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FormerDirtDart  May 12, 2017 • 8:00:43am
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Dr Lizardo  May 12, 2017 • 8:04:17am

re: #104 Sir John Barron

DT: Making Richard M. Nixon look more statesman-like and virtuous by the day.

Trump makes Nixon look like Abe Lincoln.

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  May 12, 2017 • 8:06:19am

re: #175 Dr Lizardo

Trump makes Nixon look like Abe Lincoln.

Nixon and Bush, for whatever else you might maintain about them, had a record and a concept of public service. Trump only has a patchy and incomplete record of self-service.

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GlutenFreeJesus  May 12, 2017 • 8:06:30am

Which golf course does he retreat to this weekend? It feels like Bingo.

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FormerDirtDart  May 12, 2017 • 8:08:13am
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Scottish Dragon  May 12, 2017 • 8:08:35am

re: #55 The Vicious Babushka

That is called witness intimidation. It is a federal felony.

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Eclectic Cyborg  May 12, 2017 • 8:09:30am

re: #131 A wild WITHAK appeared!

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“few exceptions”

billions of dollars in loans would be an exception

Most of the assets are probably in innocous sounding front or shell corporations. You probably have to peel a few layers back to find the Russians.

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FormerDirtDart  May 12, 2017 • 8:10:39am
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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  May 12, 2017 • 8:11:16am

re: #178 FormerDirtDart

Here’s the full paragraph from letter by Trump lawyers Sherri Dillon & William Nelson on “exceptions” to Russian $ to Trump

I got a 148 million exceptions, but Trump ain’t one…

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lawhawk  May 12, 2017 • 8:12:00am

re: #180 Eclectic Cyborg

Considering that Trump’s spawn have repeatedly claimed that they were doing business with Russians, those items stated in the letter do not identify all the contacts/business. That’s simply not possible.

Haul Donny Jr in to testify. Was he lying about Russia-related business, or was he and his family hiding income from the IRS?

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Eclectic Cyborg  May 12, 2017 • 8:12:03am

re: #181 FormerDirtDart

Putins cronies again?

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FormerDirtDart  May 12, 2017 • 8:13:03am
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Dr Lizardo  May 12, 2017 • 8:14:01am

re: #184 Eclectic Cyborg

Putins cronies again?

Maybe a little warm-up before the German elections this September?

Apparently, the hackers are demanding a ransom; that doesn’t sound much like Fancy Bear. To the best of my knowledge, I’ve never heard of them demanding a ransom. If I’m mistaken, then I stand duly corrected.

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makeitstop  May 12, 2017 • 8:15:56am

re: #185 FormerDirtDart

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Think of the damage subpoena power could do. This could be over in a few days.

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lawhawk  May 12, 2017 • 8:17:11am

re: #181 FormerDirtDart

Basically these fuckers hijack your computer, encrypt various data files, and then demand payments so you get the decryption key. If you don’t, you’re fucked and the data is useless as it’s scrambled eggs.

We are going to see a lot more of this kind of attack, because it’s highly effective at disrupting business/govt/personal functions - and just enough people will pay the ransom to get their software back.

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Timothy Watson  May 12, 2017 • 8:17:12am

re: #185 FormerDirtDart

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Troll Level: MAGA

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caseyjr  May 12, 2017 • 8:17:48am

re: #180 Eclectic Cyborg

Most of the assets are probably in innocous sounding front or shell corporations. You probably have to peel a few layers back to find the Russians.

When no US banks would lend to him, Trump went to Deutschesbank, so who collateralize the loans? My suspicion is Russian oligarchs, but this info would be in the full tax returns, no?

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Timothy Watson  May 12, 2017 • 8:18:21am

re: #188 lawhawk

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Basically these fuckers hijack your computer, encrypt various data files, and then demand payments so you get the decryption key. If you don’t, you’re fucked and the data is useless as it’s scrambled eggs.

We are going to see a lot more of this kind of attack, because it’s highly effective at disrupting business/govt/personal functions - and just enough people will pay the ransom to get their software back.

The real question is whether anything in a database or shared drive is nonrecoverable.

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Teukka  May 12, 2017 • 8:19:14am

re: #181 FormerDirtDart

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[tinfoil]I was wondering what tactic would be tried to divert attention from tRump…[/tinfoil]

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Eclectic Cyborg  May 12, 2017 • 8:20:53am

re: #188 lawhawk

Yeah, not Putin. Probably indians or nigerians

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lawhawk  May 12, 2017 • 8:21:08am

re: #191 Timothy Watson

If it’s been encrypted, then the data is likely unrecoverable because you’d need the decryption key to restore the data. Malware/Virus protections wont identify these files as infected.

I was hit with this kind of attack a few weeks back, and it killed all my data files - even with malwarebytes and other software. IT was unable to recover, using all the means at their disposal.

Their suggestion at the time? Make sure you have a thumb drive of data that you rely on, just in case something like this happens.

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makeitstop  May 12, 2017 • 8:21:53am

re: #188 lawhawk

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Basically these fuckers hijack your computer, encrypt various data files, and then demand payments so you get the decryption key. If you don’t, you’re fucked and the data is useless as it’s scrambled eggs.

We are going to see a lot more of this kind of attack, because it’s highly effective at disrupting business/govt/personal functions - and just enough people will pay the ransom to get their software back.

Check the syntax of that text and draw your own conclusions as to who’s running this.

‘But you have not so enough time?’ Well, howdy, Tovarich.

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austin_blue  May 12, 2017 • 8:22:16am

re: #173 lawhawk

#WithFewExceptions

Those are damn good!

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Timothy Watson  May 12, 2017 • 8:22:35am

Trump constantly using quotation marks around every word (like “tapes” this time around) reminds me of that stereotypical middle-level manager who talks about the “cloud” and other buzzwords.

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  May 12, 2017 • 8:24:05am

re: #188 lawhawk

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Basically these fuckers hijack your computer, encrypt various data files, and then demand payments so you get the decryption key. If you don’t, you’re fucked and the data is useless as it’s scrambled eggs.

We are going to see a lot more of this kind of attack, because it’s highly effective at disrupting business/govt/personal functions - and just enough people will pay the ransom to get their software back.

and a lot of firms will keep hush-hush about it as they are hesitant to let the world know that they have been compromised.

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Timothy Watson  May 12, 2017 • 8:24:46am

re: #194 lawhawk

If it’s been encrypted, then the data is likely unrecoverable because you’d need the decryption key to restore the data. Malware/Virus protections wont identify these files as infected.

I was hit with this kind of attack a few weeks back, and it killed all my data files - even with malwarebytes and other software. IT was unable to recover, using all the means at their disposal.

Their suggestion at the time? Make sure you have a thumb drive of data that you rely on, just in case something like this happens.

Yeah, but in this case it looks like they weren’t targeting the central IT systems but the terminals. $300 to unlock a computer and specifying the amount of bitcoins in USD makes me thing they just managed to compromise a bunch of terminals and not the NHS’s databases and other medical records.

The solution in that case is pretty easy, re-image the drives and find some new anti-virus software.

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Dr Lizardo  May 12, 2017 • 8:25:07am

re: #195 makeitstop

Check the syntax of that text and draw your own conclusions as to who’s running this.

‘But you have not so enough time?’ Well, howdy, Tovarich.

That’s a mistake I’ve heard from my Czech students; I also heard similar from Slovak and Ukrainian speakers.

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austin_blue  May 12, 2017 • 8:25:52am

re: #195 makeitstop

Check the syntax of that text and draw your own conclusions as to who’s running this.

‘But you have not so enough time?’ Well, howdy, Tovarich.

Egermency! Egermency! Everyone to get from street!

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  May 12, 2017 • 8:26:07am

re: #200 Dr Lizardo

That’s a mistake I’ve heard from my Czech students; I also heard similar from Slovak and Ukrainian speakers.

such much watch?

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Dr Lizardo  May 12, 2017 • 8:27:17am

re: #202 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))

such much watch?

Yes, we have many free time today.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  May 12, 2017 • 8:28:04am
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Backwoods_Sleuth  May 12, 2017 • 8:28:43am
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HappyWarrior  May 12, 2017 • 8:29:23am

re: #200 Dr Lizardo

That’s a mistake I’ve heard from my Czech students; I also heard similar from Slovak and Ukrainian speakers.

I’ve noticed that too when corresponding with my Slovak cousins. I don’t know much about Slavic languages obviously but I assume the way that’s structured makes grammatical sense in their language. An interesting thing I recall hearing is there’s no word for yes or no in Gaelic which is why Irish speakers will still answer yes or no questions with a longer sense. I think I have that right. Not sure.
“Is it 9:00”
“It is 9:00.”

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HappyWarrior  May 12, 2017 • 8:29:55am

re: #205 Backwoods_Sleuth

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Worst game of hide and seek ever.

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lawhawk  May 12, 2017 • 8:31:14am

re: #198 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))

Ransomware is the real deal, since many malware/virus protection services can’t detect infections, or if they can, they can’t repair the damage to infected machines.

For instance, this is the bugger that infected my computer. Malwarebytes (which I use), now has a protection for it, but they can’t do anything to repair infected files.

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lawhawk  May 12, 2017 • 8:35:56am

re: #199 Timothy Watson

Depending on the system/methodology/sophistication, all it takes is a terminal that relies on shared computer/data resources (common shared drives), and it’s able to infect other systems, users in the process.

It’s the reason that the Galactica doesn’t use networked computers, damnit! /half

Cylon Virus Incident

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makeitstop  May 12, 2017 • 8:36:01am

It’s not Nixon, but an incredible simulation…

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HappyWarrior  May 12, 2017 • 8:37:43am

At least Nixon had accomplishments before he got paranoid.

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Aucun pays pour les vieux ennemis  May 12, 2017 • 8:40:08am

re: #194 lawhawk

If it’s been encrypted, then the data is likely unrecoverable because you’d need the decryption key to restore the data. Malware/Virus protections wont identify these files as infected.

I was hit with this kind of attack a few weeks back, and it killed all my data files - even with malwarebytes and other software. IT was unable to recover, using all the means at their disposal.

Their suggestion at the time? Make sure you have a thumb drive of data that you rely on, just in case something like this happens.

The thumbdrive could also be encrypted. So can backups. The only defense against this seems to be to block attack vectors, Flash being the biggie.

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danarchy  May 12, 2017 • 8:41:24am

re: #199 Timothy Watson

Yeah, but in this case it looks like they weren’t targeting the central IT systems but the terminals. $300 to unlock a computer and specifying the amount of bitcoins in USD makes me thing they just managed to compromise a bunch of terminals and not the NHS’s databases and other medical records.

The solution in that case is pretty easy, re-image the drives and find some new anti-virus software.

Ransomware generally targets specific file types. Document files, pdfs, spreadsheets, images etc. I haven’t seen one yet that hit an active database, that would be hard as those files are generally locked. Ransomware will scan the network so it can encrypt data on any shared network drives that the end user has access to as well.

Ransomware has been around for years. The best protection against it is to have good backup software that does periodic snapshots of your server(data should never be stored on an end user machine). If you are snapshotting every hour you never have much data at risk. The big problem is that some of the more sophisticated ransomware now tries to ex-filtrate data before encrypting it.

Unfortunately getting new anti-virus software is not a solution, none of them are bullet proof and it is basically a game of whack a mole.

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caseyjr  May 12, 2017 • 8:43:05am

re: #205 Backwoods_Sleuth

a Shrubbery!

YouTube

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Teukka  May 12, 2017 • 8:43:38am

Re: Wannacry ransomware attack, I’m getting reports that companies in Spain are being hit, and they are looking into reports from other countries.

Heads up, Lizardim!

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sagehen  May 12, 2017 • 8:44:47am

re: #190 caseyjr

When no US banks would lend to him, Trump went to Deutschesbank, so who collateralize the loans? My suspicion is Russian oligarchs, but this info would be in the full tax returns, no?

Wouldn’t be in the tax returns, but Deutschesbank would have it.

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GlutenFreeJesus  May 12, 2017 • 8:45:23am

re: #210 makeitstop

Given Trump’s “Obama wiretapped me!” claim and how he projects what he’s doing onto everyone else…

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ObserverArt  May 12, 2017 • 8:46:30am

re: #152 JordanRules

Bound to be a leaky weekend me thinks.

I’m wondering what or who gets dumped in today’s Friday Dump.

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Puss Power  May 12, 2017 • 8:47:24am

re: #205 Backwoods_Sleuth

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He’s probably building a shelter down there.

BBL

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Apocalypse  May 12, 2017 • 8:47:44am

re: #195 makeitstop

Somebody set up us the bomb.

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Timothy Watson  May 12, 2017 • 8:49:16am

re: #220 Apocalypse

Somebody set up us the bomb.

For great justice!

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The Vicious Babushka  May 12, 2017 • 8:49:17am

Everything Trump accuses others of doing is something that he has done.

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GlutenFreeJesus  May 12, 2017 • 8:49:44am

re: #181 FormerDirtDart

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Oil prices are way down. Vlad’s next step to make some sweet rubles.

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lawhawk  May 12, 2017 • 8:51:05am

re: #220 Apocalypse

All Your Base Are Belong To Us.

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lawhawk  May 12, 2017 • 8:51:49am

re: #222 The Vicious Babushka

Everything Trump accuses others of doing is something that he has done.

Projecting greater than anything IMAX could ever assemble.

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lawhawk  May 12, 2017 • 8:52:50am

re: #218 ObserverArt

Rosenstein for one. Huckabee-Sanders for another. McGahn being the trifecta of trouble as WH Counsel.

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  May 12, 2017 • 8:53:29am

re: #225 lawhawk

Projecting greater than anything IMAX could ever assemble.

The final line of defense here is to make everything so complex and convoluted that most people are not sure who did what to whom and why it is/was illegal in the first place.

Then it can be spun as a partisan witch hunt and political retribution. (and excuse for losing election by “millions of votes”)

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Aucun pays pour les vieux ennemis  May 12, 2017 • 8:55:28am

re: #225 lawhawk

Projecting greater than anything IMAX could ever assemble.

And they claim he’s not a real Conservative, when that’s one of main features of Conservatives. We see it every day!

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FormerDirtDart  May 12, 2017 • 8:56:56am

Merriam-Webster reminds President Trump that he didn’t invent ‘prime the pump’ - LA Times

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makeitstop  May 12, 2017 • 8:58:44am

Axios says that Congressional Republicans are starting to get a little nervous

Here are the concerns we’ve heard from senior congressional sources.

Trump going after FBI director he just fired. Trump is supposed to be enacting an agenda, but is setting up a huge fight with someone who has nothing to lose.

White House is careening between crisis after crisis. “We need our asset out there every day barnstorming for tax reform, health care,” the senate aide said.

Who can tell him no? Where is Reince, where are the adults?

Whose idea was it to blame Rod Rosenstein?

What an awful position this created for Richard Burr, the Senate Intel chair who has been working with Comey on this investigation.

What about the forgotten people? if they burn all this time on fights in DC, how can they deliver results to people in Trumpland?

Russia thing is self-inflicted. Root of it was Trump’s Obama tweet. Very little sympathy for Trump from exasperated people.

Take note, those who are still thinking Congressional Rs are a monolith of Trump support.

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ObserverArt  May 12, 2017 • 8:58:48am

Regarding Trump’s lawyers explaining in detail why no one needs to see his IRS Forms I have a simple question.

If there is nothing to see in them, then why the hell can he not show them?

Me thinks they protest too much.

Trump is always in cover mode, so he is covering something and having his lawyers talk about it in such detail just makes him all the more suspicious.

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FormerDirtDart  May 12, 2017 • 9:00:05am
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Skip Intro  May 12, 2017 • 9:00:47am

re: #131 A wild WITHAK appeared!

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“few exceptions”

billions of dollars in loans would be an exception

Loans aren’t income. Notice the “lawyer” made no mention of Russian loans to Trump.

Don’t look here, look over there.

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lawhawk  May 12, 2017 • 9:01:31am

re: #229 FormerDirtDart

And Trump supposedly graduated with a degree from Wharton.

I’m sure they’re loving being reminded of this fact.

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  May 12, 2017 • 9:01:58am

re: #233 Skip Intro

Loans aren’t income. Notice the “lawyer” made no mention of Russian loans to Trump.

Don’t look here, look over there.

It makes a good chryon at Fox News…

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HappyWarrior  May 12, 2017 • 9:02:21am

re: #232 FormerDirtDart

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I hate it when I agree with a dickhead like Rand Paul. Of course, I’ve never seen him actually try to do anything about treatment.

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The Vicious Babushka  May 12, 2017 • 9:02:28am

re: #233 Skip Intro

Loans aren’t income. Notice the “lawyer” made no mention of Russian loans to Trump.

Don’t look here, look over there.

Trump counts loans as income, because he intends to never pay those loans back.

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Skip Intro  May 12, 2017 • 9:03:09am

re: #158 makeitstop

Erick Son of Erick has a rare moment of clarity.

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It won’t last because it never does with him.

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The Vicious Babushka  May 12, 2017 • 9:04:34am
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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  May 12, 2017 • 9:06:23am

re: #237 The Vicious Babushka

Trump counts loans as income, because he intends to never pay those loans back.

Latest series of “Fargo” involves a US company that cannot get credit elsewhere, so it takes a loan from a Russian-based company, which, oddly enough, does not want the money back: the bank just wants a share of the firm in order to use it as a money-laundering front, and makes it clear that this is an offer that the company cannot refuse…

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Citizen K  May 12, 2017 • 9:06:52am
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HappyWarrior  May 12, 2017 • 9:06:57am

re: #239 The Vicious Babushka

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And this is something I’m going to remind to the idiot potheads who thought Clinton would be the same. Yeah, I doubt they would have pressed legalization or decriminalization but they wouldn’t be doing this shit.

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  May 12, 2017 • 9:07:15am

re: #239 The Vicious Babushka

In reversal of Obama DOJ policy, Sessions orders federal prosecutors to seek maximum punishment for drug offenses

because there was no difference between the candidates.

If they are gonna go through with this, I hope they start by targeting Berniebros and Jill Stein supporters…

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HappyWarrior  May 12, 2017 • 9:07:25am

re: #241 Citizen K

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Yep. Fuck Pence.

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Aucun pays pour les vieux ennemis  May 12, 2017 • 9:07:40am

So here’s where I’m at with my Trump protest hair.
Hoping he’s removed in the next few months so I can get a haircut.

6cbtINg9c8WECarTR877y8eNUjY36ffWS0oPPfRQAlQGnvS1ptxhFwPOk2072yY6BCaLoZXaGqyeuo1PstmKJMiUueuzGCRVTUnwFqWbH835Td5yixEHzgeqp3nkM0fXrmK4jQmj69WuOgvDq5/XPtGYbHGfTC/d/90Xfxkq/KwbPaYLQi7IN7ZnYL6QdsO+hve9OFi56z20QmI8dBNrcTsmKnyeCpYyLeh6++SCAU2s+8/oC0QhOAHT3O43S3Fhn1q1izyrhq6w3LHbjJy9f5PrnzQ2SnBUvOAxuLbJUL8ZSUCWZW79xibJm1xX02nQSTO5JCi+hRXWK7ccV73go5kSI/1kFlzrelDTGimMlZl2JHoWcfai00395F0FBvpWu9EjPa72ToK6sAdgX9YzLWyVcJOxx65vq1Yy3KP8uP3FOwANYKwShp3bLDTI2AXOxLr+9xwY4v6m/GJ/Z9EsoQ==

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The Vicious Babushka  May 12, 2017 • 9:09:26am

re: #243 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))

because there was no difference between the candidates.

If they are gonna do this, I hope they target Berniebros and Jill Stein supporters…

They won’t, because whiteness.

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gocart mozart  May 12, 2017 • 9:12:13am
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Stanley Sea  May 12, 2017 • 9:12:57am

re: #218 ObserverArt

I’m wondering what or who gets dumped in today’s Friday Dump.

The WH press office

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Teukka  May 12, 2017 • 9:13:47am

re: #215 Teukka

Re: Wannacry ransomware attack, I’m getting reports that companies in Spain are being hit, and they are looking into reports from other countries.

Heads up, Lizardim!

Source: translate.google.com

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ObserverArt  May 12, 2017 • 9:13:56am

re: #194 lawhawk

If it’s been encrypted, then the data is likely unrecoverable because you’d need the decryption key to restore the data. Malware/Virus protections wont identify these files as infected.

I was hit with this kind of attack a few weeks back, and it killed all my data files - even with malwarebytes and other software. IT was unable to recover, using all the means at their disposal.

Their suggestion at the time? Make sure you have a thumb drive of data that you rely on, just in case something like this happens.

Have you any idea how they got in to your computer…was it through a server, or is your computer stand alone?

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Timothy Watson  May 12, 2017 • 9:15:32am

re: #234 lawhawk

And Trump supposedly graduated with a degree from Wharton.

I’m sure they’re loving being reminded of this fact.

With a bachelor’s degree in economics no less.

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The Vicious Babushka  May 12, 2017 • 9:17:16am
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HappyWarrior  May 12, 2017 • 9:17:19am

re: #251 Timothy Watson

With a bachelor’s degree in economics no less.

Really makes you wonder.

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HappyWarrior  May 12, 2017 • 9:17:41am

re: #252 The Vicious Babushka

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Yeah that’s fucking smart. Jesus.

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caseyjr  May 12, 2017 • 9:17:43am

re: #244 HappyWarrior

Yep. Fuck Pence.

the background decor feels like a Nuremberg rally circa 1933. Was there a glorious torch-lit procession as well?

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HappyWarrior  May 12, 2017 • 9:18:28am

re: #255 caseyjr

the background decor feels like a Nuremberg rally circa 1933. Was there a glorious torch-lit procession as well?

And book-burning. Dude, dont’ forget the book burning.

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Teukka  May 12, 2017 • 9:18:35am

re: #241 Citizen K

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*shudder*

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FormerDirtDart  May 12, 2017 • 9:19:09am

re: #223 GlutenFreeJesus

Oil prices are way down. Vlad’s next step to make some sweet rubles.

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austin_blue  May 12, 2017 • 9:19:26am

re: #252 The Vicious Babushka

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“Every two years, little villages across the length and breadth of Texas send their idiots to Austin to legislate…”

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The Vicious Babushka  May 12, 2017 • 9:19:31am

I want to set things on fire.

State Rep. Bill Zedler, R-Arlington, proposed an amendment that would prohibit those examinations from including vaccinations. He was joined by several Republican members of the Freedom Caucus who insisted that vaccines were invasive and unnecessary.

“Immunizations do not qualify as emergency care. No vaccine cures a disease,” Zedler said.

VACCINES PREVENT DISEASE YOU FUCKING ASS PRICK SHIT EATER.

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Skip Intro  May 12, 2017 • 9:22:47am

re: #235 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))

It makes a good chryon at Fox News…

It’s time we stop calling Fox “Fox News” and call in what it really is, the official State Republican Channel.

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Apocalypse  May 12, 2017 • 9:23:29am

re: #236 HappyWarrior

He seems to see which direction the wind is blowing. He points out the obvious racist shit, makes him look better and helps people forget who his Dad is/was.

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Dr. Matt  May 12, 2017 • 9:24:13am

re: #252 The Vicious Babushka

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Teukka  May 12, 2017 • 9:24:49am

re: #261 Skip Intro

It’s time we stop calling Fox “Fox News” and call in what it really is, the official State Republican Channel.

Kolkhoz News Channel. *ducks*

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The Vicious Babushka  May 12, 2017 • 9:25:28am
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HappyWarrior  May 12, 2017 • 9:26:59am

re: #262 Apocalypse

He seems to see which direction the wind is blowing. He points out the obvious racist shit, makes him look better and helps people forget who his Dad is/was.

Yeah. Speaking of his Dad, he’s been very very quiet.

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Jay C  May 12, 2017 • 9:30:10am

re: #258 FormerDirtDart

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Wow - you do learn something new every day: and not just that there is a Norwegian online journal devoted to circum-Arctic news!

Sounds like the comrades are finally figuring out that major infrastructure projects (especially in the Siberian Arctic) are a PITA to get in place. Although:

According to Transport Minister Maksim Sokolov, an additional 24 billion rubles are needed for the completion of the Murmansk railway line and that the project timeline might not be met unless a private-public partnership model is successfully applied.

Which I read as meaning: Vlad is going to put the arm on the oligarchs for some more scratch: probably with a “handling fee” attached… Maybe they’ll raise the money by calling in Donald Trump’s loans? (Which don’t exist, of course…)

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The Vicious Babushka  May 12, 2017 • 9:30:30am
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Citizen K  May 12, 2017 • 9:31:34am

re: #260 The Vicious Babushka

I want to set things on fire.

VACCINES PREVENT DISEASE YOU FUCKING ASS PRICK SHIT EATER.

H/T’d to you on Twitter for that

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HappyWarrior  May 12, 2017 • 9:32:00am

re: #268 The Vicious Babushka

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Jeez.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  May 12, 2017 • 9:32:10am
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ObserverArt  May 12, 2017 • 9:32:14am

re: #268 The Vicious Babushka

Chris Murphy ✔ @ChrisMurphyCT
Law firm @POTUS used to show he has no ties to Russia was named Russia Law Firm of the Year for their extensive ties to Russia. Unreal.
12:13 PM - 12 May 2017
2,374 2,374 Retweets 2,810 2,810 likes

Not this shit…again.

This law firm connected to Russian came up last year too.

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The Vicious Babushka  May 12, 2017 • 9:32:38am

AAARRRRRGGGHHHHH!!!!!!!!

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Teukka  May 12, 2017 • 9:32:42am

In totally unrelated news, Kaknäs Tower turns 50 today:
Image: 320px-Kaknastower_Stockholm_view_from_Djurgarden.jpg

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gocart mozart  May 12, 2017 • 9:32:49am

re: #151 FormerDirtDart

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ObserverArt  May 12, 2017 • 9:34:07am

re: #271 Backwoods_Sleuth

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Holy crap…out in Kirkersville…just east of Columbus by about 20 miles. Gonna check local news. There are some interesting people out in that area…

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  May 12, 2017 • 9:34:16am

re: #265 The Vicious Babushka

The letter is just total bullshit.

It just makes a good Fox News chryon or newsmax headline

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Backwoods_Sleuth  May 12, 2017 • 9:36:49am

re: #276 ObserverArt

Holy crap…out in Kirkersville…just east of Columbus by about 20 miles. Gonna check local news. There are some interesting people out in that area…

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lawhawk  May 12, 2017 • 9:39:10am

re: #236 HappyWarrior

I hate it when I agree with a dickhead like Rand Paul. Of course, I’ve never seen him actually try to do anything about treatment.

He’s been working with Booker on sentencing reform for the past few years.

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Dr. Matt  May 12, 2017 • 9:40:47am
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wrenchwench  May 12, 2017 • 9:40:51am
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danarchy  May 12, 2017 • 9:43:07am

re: #233 Skip Intro

Loans aren’t income. Notice the “lawyer” made no mention of Russian loans to Trump.

Don’t look here, look over there.

Actually the full letter does mention loans.

Scribd Document

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FormerDirtDart  May 12, 2017 • 9:43:51am
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Joe Bacon  May 12, 2017 • 9:44:27am

re: #188 lawhawk

This is why I ALWAYS backup my data every day on two drives.

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Dr. Matt  May 12, 2017 • 9:45:47am

Lunch time!

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CongoJack  May 12, 2017 • 9:46:08am

re: #282 danarchy

Actually the full letter does mention loans.

[Embedded content]

No loans from Russians.

But that loan from the Bank of Cyprus (Wilber Ross - Commerce Secretary) is from Cyprus not the Russians. I mean its Russian money but its not officially given out as “Russian.”

I look forward to Wilbur Ross being looked at a little harder in the future.

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Sir John Barron  May 12, 2017 • 9:46:09am

re: #260 The Vicious Babushka

I want to set things on fire.

VACCINES PREVENT DISEASE YOU FUCKING ASS PRICK SHIT EATER.

So the Texas state house has its own “Freedumb Caucus”?

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Sir John Barron  May 12, 2017 • 9:46:51am

re: #252 The Vicious Babushka

This is fine. Everything is fine….

/

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Citizen K  May 12, 2017 • 9:46:57am

Worth adding, because holy shit, we could all use it:

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CongoJack  May 12, 2017 • 9:48:08am

re: #287 Sir John Barron

So the Texas state house has its own “Freedumb Caucus”?

They do… it is called Texas.

(Austin & San Antonio excluded).

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Romantic Heretic  May 12, 2017 • 9:48:57am

re: #261 Skip Intro

Ministry of Truth.

We have always been at war with EastAsia.

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Aucun pays pour les vieux ennemis  May 12, 2017 • 9:48:59am

re: #268 The Vicious Babushka

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lawhawk  May 12, 2017 • 9:49:07am

re: #271 Backwoods_Sleuth

Trump will actively ignore yet another mass shooting in the US (3+ people shot & killed), all because the shooter is in all likelihood not a Muslim (aka Radical Muslim Extremist).

Oh, and the NRA will claim that we need still more guns, because reasons, all while ignoring that one of those killed was an armed law enforcement officer.

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Teukka  May 12, 2017 • 9:49:38am

re: #292 Romantic Heretic

Ministry of Truth.

We have always been at war with EastAsia.

“MiniTruth”

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HappyWarrior  May 12, 2017 • 9:49:42am

re: #283 FormerDirtDart

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Of course they are. They’re America’s RT.

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Sir John Barron  May 12, 2017 • 9:51:31am

re: #263 Dr. Matt

State Rep. Bill Zedler, R-Arlington, proposed an amendment that would prohibit those examinations from including vaccinations. He was joined by several Republican members of the Freedom Caucus who insisted that vaccines were invasive and unnecessary.

And here are our many abortion restrictions and invasions like our wand examination.

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Aucun pays pour les vieux ennemis  May 12, 2017 • 9:51:55am

re: #283 FormerDirtDart

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HappyWarrior  May 12, 2017 • 9:53:07am

re: #297 Sir John Barron

And here are our many abortion restrictions and invasions like our wand examination.

Exactly. Don’t push banning vaccines under this crap taht they’re invasive when you want it to be impossible to get an abortion.

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Eclectic Cyborg  May 12, 2017 • 9:53:13am

Note to self: Never ever ever move to Texas.

Ever.

(Well, maybe Austin…)

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Timothy Watson  May 12, 2017 • 9:53:53am

re: #288 gocart mozart

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Regret but one upding.

Here’s a clip of him being served with a subpoena:

The Wire - Senator Clay Davis gets served

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FormerDirtDart  May 12, 2017 • 9:54:33am
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ObserverArt  May 12, 2017 • 9:54:42am

re: #281 wrenchwench

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Reminds me of the little “uppity” goat image you posted some time ago and Belafon used as an avie.

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Aucun pays pour les vieux ennemis  May 12, 2017 • 9:54:52am

re: #284 Joe Bacon

This is why I ALWAYS backup my data every day on two drives.

The data on both of those drives would be encrypted if ransomware is on your system. You need to check the data with another operating system on another PC to make sure it’s actually readable outside the possibly-compromised system. The ransomware filesystem wedge makes everything look normal by decrypting the data, until all data has been encrypted.

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Timothy Watson  May 12, 2017 • 9:55:30am

re: #302 FormerDirtDart

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I like how the letter is from lawyers and not his fucking accountant.

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Eventual Carrion  May 12, 2017 • 9:56:55am

re: #245 Aucun pays pour les vieux ennemis

So here’s where I’m at with my Trump protest hair.
Hoping he’s removed in the next few months so I can get a haircut.

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Not in protest, but I have not cut my hair from my winter grow out yet. I may not this summer, but once it gets real warm I will prob change my mind, I did trim the beard down a bit from the shaggy mess it was turning into.

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Aucun pays pour les vieux ennemis  May 12, 2017 • 9:57:53am

re: #306 Eventual Carrion

Not in protest, but I have not cut my hair from my winter grow out yet. I may not this summer, but once it gets real warm I will prob change my mind, I did trim the beard down a bit from the shaggy mess it was turning into.

I really hate hair on my neck when it’s warm out. I overheat easily.

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FormerDirtDart  May 12, 2017 • 9:57:57am
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wrenchwench  May 12, 2017 • 9:58:24am

re: #303 ObserverArt

Reminds me of the little “uppity” goat image you posted some time ago and Belafon used as an avie.

I think I originally got that one from CL. She also referred tweets of crows to me. They’re starting to become pleasant memories.

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austin_blue  May 12, 2017 • 9:59:45am

re: #276 ObserverArt

Holy crap…out in Kirkersville…just east of Columbus by about 20 miles. Gonna check local news. There are some interesting people out in that area…

Who the fuck shoots up a nursing home?

Bad craziness…

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Mike Lamb  May 12, 2017 • 10:00:12am

re: #302 FormerDirtDart

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If there was only some document that could be used to corroborate the letter.

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wrenchwench  May 12, 2017 • 10:00:17am

re: #307 Aucun pays pour les vieux ennemis

I really hate hair on my neck when it’s warm out. I overheat easily.

This is what pony tails are for. Unless you are a pony.

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Jay C  May 12, 2017 • 10:01:36am

re: #302 FormerDirtDart

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So IOW, the legal equivalent of that note from Trump’s doctor swearing that Donald is the healthiest human being living, that ever has lived, and ever will live*?

*to the age of 127, no doubt, enjoying the healthiest of health every day of it….

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The Vicious Babushka  May 12, 2017 • 10:02:44am
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Aucun pays pour les vieux ennemis  May 12, 2017 • 10:02:52am

re: #308 FormerDirtDart

A video of the incident that was later uploaded to YouTube showed an Air Force technical sergeant screaming for the men to “hook up,” which many commenters took to be a homophobic slur.

Wtf?

The incident worsened after word got out that several of the soldiers were involved in a shooting incident after being forced to deplane, and one later died of his wounds.

Wtf x 10.

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CongoJack  May 12, 2017 • 10:04:39am

re: #308 FormerDirtDart

re: #315 Aucun pays pour les vieux ennemis

Yeah… I’m confused and the article didn’t help. They were flying in Tacoma, WA? To? For what reason?

My reading comprehension broke reading that - doesn’t make any sense to me.

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HappyWarrior  May 12, 2017 • 10:04:54am

re: #314 The Vicious Babushka

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Taht was such a powerful documentary.

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lawhawk  May 12, 2017 • 10:06:19am

re: #316 CongoJack

It’s meant to be a joke. The writer’s name is Maxx Butthurt. Meant to be a story about an airborne unit conducting a parachute jump and military exercise on the ground.

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Dr. Matt  May 12, 2017 • 10:06:27am
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Timothy Watson  May 12, 2017 • 10:06:37am

re: #315 Aucun pays pour les vieux ennemis

Wtf?

Wtf x 10.

Dufflebag is satire.

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HappyWarrior  May 12, 2017 • 10:07:02am

re: #319 Dr. Matt

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They’re pissed.

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ObserverArt  May 12, 2017 • 10:07:18am

re: #310 austin_blue

Who the fuck shoots up a nursing home?

Bad craziness…

I’m thinking a pissed off bubba type in some domestic thing…girlfriend or wife. So much of that happens around here, but you never hear the statistics on it. No, only gangs use guns…right Jeff Sessions.

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CongoJack  May 12, 2017 • 10:08:08am

re: #318 lawhawk

It’s meant to be a joke. The writer’s name is Maxx Butthurt. Meant to be a story about an airborne unit conducting a parachute jump and military exercise on the ground.

Ah yes… very good… obviously with the this week in the news by BS meter is broken and I am seeing the worst in just about everything.

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Dr Lizardo  May 12, 2017 • 10:08:12am

re: #310 austin_blue

Who the fuck shoots up a nursing home?

Bad craziness…

There was some nut in Japan that killed a bunch of people in a disabled care home. It was a knife attack IIRC.

Bad craziness is indeed everywhere.

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The Vicious Babushka  May 12, 2017 • 10:08:53am

re: #316 CongoJack

Yeah… I’m confused and the article didn’t help. They were flying in Tacoma, WA? To? For what reason?

My reading comprehension broke reading that - doesn’t make any sense to me.

That’s a parody site.

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Aucun pays pour les vieux ennemis  May 12, 2017 • 10:09:03am

re: #320 Timothy Watson

Dufflebag is satire.

Bad satire?

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Timothy Watson  May 12, 2017 • 10:10:09am

re: #326 Aucun pays pour les vieux ennemis

Bad satire?

Depends.

The Turtle thought one of their articles was for real and demanded information from the Pentagon in response.

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Dr. Matt  May 12, 2017 • 10:11:19am

re: #326 Aucun pays pour les vieux ennemis

Bad satire?

Very bad.

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Aucun pays pour les vieux ennemis  May 12, 2017 • 10:12:14am

re: #327 Timothy Watson

Depends.

The Turtle thought one of their articles was for real and demanded information from the Pentagon in response.

The Turtle is the type to fall for any kind of fake-news.

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lawhawk  May 12, 2017 • 10:12:43am

Shot:

Chaser:

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Skip Intro  May 12, 2017 • 10:13:29am

re: #282 danarchy

Actually the full letter does mention loans.

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Yeah, I should clarify my point. I don’t expect there to be loans from the Big Russian Bank to Launder Money listed. I expect there to be many loans from innocuous sounding entities, who when traced back through their complex of other entities will ultimately end up being Russian.

I wouldn’t expect the Russian Law Firm of the Year to just come out and say that, not when they’re working for Trump.

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Timothy Watson  May 12, 2017 • 10:13:33am

re: #328 Dr. Matt

Very bad.

Not really, this one is pretty good in light of the Trump’s ranting about “the digital”:
‘You Going To Goddamned Black Powder’ — Trump Rails Against The Army’s Search For A New Rifle

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austin_blue  May 12, 2017 • 10:14:18am

re: #326 Aucun pays pour les vieux ennemis

Bad satire?

Dirt dart humor. Not bad, actually, but then, those people voluntarily jump out of perfectly good airplanes.

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Dr. Matt  May 12, 2017 • 10:14:37am
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Skip Intro  May 12, 2017 • 10:17:59am

Meanwhile during all the shit storms this just slid completely under the radar.

Trump’s business network reached alleged Russian mobsters

To expand his real estate developments over the years, Donald Trump, his company and partners repeatedly turned to wealthy Russians and oligarchs from former Soviet republics — several allegedly connected to organized crime, according to a USA TODAY review of court cases, government and legal documents and an interview with a former federal prosecutor.

The president and his companies have been linked to at least 10 wealthy former Soviet businessmen with alleged ties to criminal organizations or money laundering.

Among them:

• A member of the firm that developed the Trump SoHo Hotel in New York is a twice-convicted felon who spent a year in prison for stabbing a man and later scouted for Trump investments in Russia.

• An investor in the SoHo project was accused by Belgian authorities in 2011 in a $55 million money-laundering scheme.

• Three owners of Trump condos in Florida and Manhattan were accused in federal indictments of belonging to a Russian-American organized crime group and working for a major international crime boss based in Russia.

• A former mayor from Kazakhstan was accused in a federal lawsuit filed in Los Angeles in 2014 of hiding millions of dollars looted from his city, some of which was spent on three Trump SoHo units.

• A Ukrainian owner of two Trump condos in Florida was indicted in a money-laundering scheme involving a former prime minister of Ukraine.

usatoday.com

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lawhawk  May 12, 2017 • 10:18:24am

Because the following video clip is 100% appropriate:

DR Congo is reporting an Ebola outbreak. This is not the first outbreak they’ve had in their history, and they have experience in dealing with and controlling outbreaks.

The problem is that our ignorant reactionary WH occupant and his advisers have absolutely no experience and wont listen to anyone who does.

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FormerDirtDart  May 12, 2017 • 10:18:27am
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lawhawk  May 12, 2017 • 10:19:48am

I’m with him:

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Stanley Sea  May 12, 2017 • 10:19:48am

re: #309 wrenchwench

I think I originally got that one from CL. She also referred tweets of crows to me. They’re starting to become pleasant memories.

My avatar here is courtesy of CL. …still devastated.

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Sir John Barron  May 12, 2017 • 10:24:22am

re: #339 Stanley Sea

My avatar here is courtesy of CL. …still devastated.

Has been around at all?

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Stanley Sea  May 12, 2017 • 10:25:26am

re: #340 Sir John Barron

Has been around at all?

?

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makeitstop  May 12, 2017 • 10:27:42am

re: #339 Stanley Sea

My avatar here is courtesy of CL. …still devastated.

I was yammering at the end of a dead thread the other day and laughed to myself as I realized I was ‘pulling a C_L.’

I miss her.

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Sir John Barron  May 12, 2017 • 10:27:48am

re: #341 Stanley Sea

?

I meant CL.

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Apocalypse  May 12, 2017 • 10:28:08am

re: #337 FormerDirtDart

A bucket for every Head!

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Stanley Sea  May 12, 2017 • 10:29:17am

re: #343 Sir John Barron

I meant CL.

You’ve missed some news.

I don’t know how to post an old thread - someone?

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BeachDem  May 12, 2017 • 10:29:31am

re: #271 Backwoods_Sleuth

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Kirkersville is a little town between Columbus and Newark. I didn’t even know they had their own police force. Geez—people are getting crazier every day.

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lawhawk  May 12, 2017 • 10:29:35am

re: #343 Sir John Barron

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Sir John Barron  May 12, 2017 • 10:31:06am

re: #347 lawhawk

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Sir John Barron  May 12, 2017 • 10:36:33am

re: #345 Stanley Sea

You’ve missed some news.

I don’t know how to post an old thread - someone?

I found the old thread. Thanks. Sorry I missed this earlier. Very sorry to hear.

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dell*nix  May 12, 2017 • 3:57:15pm

re: #315 Aucun pays pour les vieux ennemis

Nothing like a little paratroop humour.


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