A Magnificent Track by Snarky Puppy’s Bill Laurance: “Neverending City”

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From the DVD “Flint” released May 6, 2014 on GroundUP Music

Written by Bill Laurance
Produced and arranged by Michael League & Bill Laurance

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Bill Laurance - acoustic piano, Fender Rhodes, vocoder, keyboards, shaker, congas, ride cymbal, propane tank, hand claps
Michael League - electric bass, double bass, Moog bass, 12-string acoustic guitar, electric guitar, hand claps
Robert “Sput” Searight - drum set, timpani, marching snare & bass drums, shekere, cowbells, vibraslap, woodblocks, shaker, hand claps
Maria Im - violin
Zach Brock - violin (solos)
Curtis Stewart - violin
Henry Flory - violin
Lev Zhurbin - viola
Eylem Basaldi - viola
Maria Jeffers - cello
J.Y. Lee - cello
Mike “Maz” Maher - trumpet & flugelhorn
Matt McLaughlin - French horn
Chris Bullock - tenor saxophone, clarinet, bass clarinet, & flute
Brian Donohoe - alto saxophone, clarinet, bass clarinet, & flute
Scott Flynn - trombone
Magda Giannikou - propane tank, glockenspiel, & xylophone
Emilia Canas Mendes & Andy LaViolette - hand claps

Engineered by Rudyard Lee Cullers at the Carriage House in Stamford, CT.
Mixed by Nic Hard at Limebeat Studios in New York, NY.
Mastered by Scott Hull at Masterdisk NYC in New York, NY.
Filmed by Andy LaViolette.

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Stanley Sea  Jul 2, 2017 • 12:05:01pm

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CL’d again. I will take that as her spirit is with me.

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I Would Prefer Not To  Jul 2, 2017 • 12:06:01pm

On vacation. Heading for la tomorrow. Visiting family. May need bail money if brothers attacks Obamacare.

Peace.

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Belafon  Jul 2, 2017 • 12:07:44pm

re: #1 Stanley Sea

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CL’d again. I will take that as her spirit is with me.

We need a few of those here.

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Stanley Sea  Jul 2, 2017 • 12:09:14pm

re: #3 Belafon

Exactly.

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PhillyPretzel  Jul 2, 2017 • 12:19:27pm

Here is a live link for those who want watch Gov Christie.

njtvonline.org

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Kragar  Jul 2, 2017 • 12:20:52pm
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Birth Control Works  Jul 2, 2017 • 12:21:22pm
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thecommodore  Jul 2, 2017 • 12:21:36pm

re: #6 Kragar

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#25thAmendment

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Jebediah, RBG  Jul 2, 2017 • 12:23:14pm

re: #1 Stanley Sea

CL’d again. I will take that as her spirit is with me.

That’s the thing about great people - they live on in the hearts and minds of so many of the people they touched.

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Ace Rothstein  Jul 2, 2017 • 12:25:18pm
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JordanRules  Jul 2, 2017 • 12:25:42pm

re: #7 Birth Control Works

I mean, I knew this and still I’m gutted seeing that. Fuck.
My nephew is 3 and in between despair and tears I think about making it better for him some how, some way.

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PhillyPretzel  Jul 2, 2017 • 12:26:08pm

Dang. NJTV cut the feed. Christie is still blaming the State Assembly and their leader.

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Birth Control Works  Jul 2, 2017 • 12:26:19pm

Finally finished The Pursuit of Power. It is a good book, if a bit scholarly. I found myself repeating chapters a lot (audiobook). It is jam packed with information.

What really disgusts me is the assumption on behalf of the Europeans that “might makes right”. The could conquer different territories in Afrika, so they backfilled moral reasons to justify it. Spreading Religion, medical care, sanitary living ideas, education, …. had nothing to do with why they did what they did, those reasons were just there to get others to go along with it.

Might makes right got morphed into Might makes Right —it’s our right to do so because we can.

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Birth Control Works  Jul 2, 2017 • 12:27:51pm

re: #11 JordanRules

I mean, I knew this and still I’m gutted seeing that. Fuck.
My nephew is 3 and in between despair and tears I think about making it better for him some how, some way.

redbubble.com
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Joe Bacon 🌹  Jul 2, 2017 • 12:28:40pm

re: #6 Kragar

CNN Strikes Back!

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Ace Rothstein  Jul 2, 2017 • 12:29:20pm

Trump’s “wrestling” tweet is now at 286,000 likes.

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JordanRules  Jul 2, 2017 • 12:29:38pm

re: #14 Birth Control Works

Yessss!! You typing that would’ve been lovely but somehow I needed that big ass font. It jolted me a bit!

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freetoken  Jul 2, 2017 • 12:32:24pm

re: #16 Ace Rothstein

Trump’s “wrestling” tweet is now at 286,000 likes.

I wonder if he got WWE permission to use that video. Anyway, the video itself is reversed (left to right).

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Charles Johnson  Jul 2, 2017 • 12:32:30pm
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JordanRules  Jul 2, 2017 • 12:36:31pm

re: #19 Charles Johnson

LMFAO!!!!! I’m sorry, that’s all I got.

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Birth Control Works  Jul 2, 2017 • 12:36:48pm

bit.ly

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Birth Control Works  Jul 2, 2017 • 12:37:50pm

re: #17 JordanRules

Yessss!! You typing that would’ve been lovely but somehow I needed that big ass font. It jolted me a bit!

sometimes, I can’t scream loud enough.

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allegro  Jul 2, 2017 • 12:38:16pm

I C_Led… repost from the dead thread…

I’ve learned a lot about tyranny the past few days. Tyranny is a pair of 2 week old kittens. My life is consumed 24 hours a day by these tiny overlords of cuteness. I watch the clock - is it time for another round of bottle slurping/burping/cuddling/piddles and poops? In between is ensuring clean bedding, mixing formula, finding an hour to run an errand or two (if there’s time), walk the dog, keeping the cockatoo distracted (I catch her looking at the little guys licking her lips, if she had lips). Sleep? Hahaha.

Am i having fun yet? Oh yes. So much.

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stpaulbear  Jul 2, 2017 • 12:38:22pm

re: #5 PhillyPretzel

Here is a live link for those who want watch Gov Christie.

njtvonline.org

MN had a 3-week long government shutdown that started on July 1 of 2011. It was a horrible mess for everyone. The only good thing that came out of it was that St. Croix State Park was vacant when a huge straight line windstorm hit the park and fallen trees destroyed dozens of little bunkhouses in a group camp that would have had 100 people in it. They would have had to set up a makeshift morgue at the park had it been occupied. The storm changed the look of the park completely. It went from a forest to a prairie overnight.

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thecommodore  Jul 2, 2017 • 12:38:37pm
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thecommodore  Jul 2, 2017 • 12:40:52pm
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Birth Control Works  Jul 2, 2017 • 12:40:58pm

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Birth Control Works  Jul 2, 2017 • 12:41:34pm

re: #23 allegro

I C_Led… repost from the dead thread…

I’ve learned a lot about tyranny the past few days. Tyranny is a pair of 2 week old kittens. My life is consumed 24 hours a day by these tiny overlords of cuteness. I watch the clock - is it time for another round of bottle slurping/burping/cuddling/piddles and poops? In between is ensuring clean bedding, mixing formula, finding an hour to run an errand or two (if there’s time), walk the dog, keeping the cockatoo distracted (I catch her looking at the little guys licking her lips, if she had lips). Sleep? Hahaha.

Am i having fun yet? Oh yes. So much.

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Two kittens are so much better than one!

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Birth Control Works  Jul 2, 2017 • 12:44:23pm

bit.ly

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Stanley Sea  Jul 2, 2017 • 12:45:55pm

re: #23 allegro

AWWWWWWWWWWWWW

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BigPapa  Jul 2, 2017 • 12:46:42pm

Just because this makes me laugh every time I watch it:

Lesbian public service announcement

Watch your sesame tofu, and your wives.

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BeachDem  Jul 2, 2017 • 12:47:22pm

re: #1 Stanley Sea

Go beyond Samuel’s thread to all the replies.

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CL’d again. I will take that as her spirit is with me.

That thread is better than any art history course I’ve ever taken. (Probably better than any history course as well.) Thanks for sharing.

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Birth Control Works  Jul 2, 2017 • 12:48:02pm
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ObserverArt  Jul 2, 2017 • 12:48:15pm

re: #6 Kragar

Kragar @Kragar_LGF
“Sir, we need to go over the healthcare bill, jobs, and foreign policy issues.”
“Go away! I’m working on something important right now!”

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I am reminded of this previous Photoshop I did from a few months back…and not knowing how bad the big Twit’s Tweets were going to get.

Donald Trump in his Trump Tower Office Doing the Important Presidential Work
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BigPapa  Jul 2, 2017 • 12:50:26pm

re: #31 BigPapa

Some of her other videos are hilarious.

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Stanley Sea  Jul 2, 2017 • 12:50:53pm
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Get to work people.

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ObserverArt  Jul 2, 2017 • 12:55:03pm

re: #36 Stanley Sea

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Get to work people.

So that is how it is going to happen?

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Birth Control Works  Jul 2, 2017 • 12:55:59pm

If you have not read Octavia Butler —pick-up her books —you’ll be in for a real treat!

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The Vicious Babushka  Jul 2, 2017 • 12:58:04pm

re: #1 Stanley Sea

Go beyond Samuel’s thread to all the replies.

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CL’d again. I will take that as her spirit is with me.

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Birth Control Works  Jul 2, 2017 • 12:58:59pm
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Birth Control Works  Jul 2, 2017 • 12:59:48pm

re: #39 The Vicious Babushka

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the ultimate goal of the Underground RR —Canada!

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Birth Control Works  Jul 2, 2017 • 1:00:34pm
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Birth Control Works  Jul 2, 2017 • 1:01:15pm

re: #36 Stanley Sea

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Get to work people.

I’ve to take photos of that!!! very kewl

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The Vicious Babushka  Jul 2, 2017 • 1:02:27pm

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I’m just baffled as to why HanSoloAsshole or whatever that guy’s name is who made the gif, flipped the video so the WRESTLING banner is in mirror image.

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Dave In Austin  Jul 2, 2017 • 1:03:00pm

I really like Joy Ann Reid. IMO, she has a bright future.

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Interesting Times  Jul 2, 2017 • 1:03:02pm

Holy living crap…granted, I suppose we knew this already, but it’s still shocking to see it so clearly spelled out (not so much the OP but the comments in support…yeesh):

Facebook Post

Basically, they’re all, durr hurr trump better than hillary, we like him MOAR NOW than when we voted for him, he pisses off all the people we hates, herp derp tells it like it is!!11!!!

Bad as those comments are, this may be the worst of all:

I don’t love the guy, or the proposed Medicaid cuts, but I’m still grateful she’s not the President. I would not mind Pence for Prez though.

YOU. CAN’T. FIX. THIS. STUPID.

It also reminds me of why I keep thinking, bad idea for the Dems to simply attack trump’s character and position themselves as “not trump” - all his bugs are features to the idiotic GOPer base, because he’s basically living out their vilest id. Better idea to attack GOPer policies and propose clear, viable alternatives to get non-voters to the polls.

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Nyet  Jul 2, 2017 • 1:03:37pm

re: #44 The Vicious Babushka

Usually it’s done on youtube etc. to avoid the copyright hounds.

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Charles Johnson  Jul 2, 2017 • 1:03:42pm
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ObserverArt  Jul 2, 2017 • 1:03:54pm

re: #41 Birth Control Works

the ultimate goal of the Underground RR —Canada!

A sad reminder America hasn’t really changed a whole hell of a lot. Now we have people of all skin tones looking to Canada.

American Exceptionalism. Great except if’n you are on the growing exceptions list.

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The Vicious Babushka  Jul 2, 2017 • 1:04:12pm

re: #41 Birth Control Works

the ultimate goal of the Underground RR —Canada!

Geographical oddity: in order to get to Canada from Detroit you have to travel directly South.

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Birth Control Works  Jul 2, 2017 • 1:06:00pm

re: #50 The Vicious Babushka

Geographical oddity: in order to get to Canada from Detroit you have to travel directly South.

Heard something about the Bridge —but I forgot what’s gong on.

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jaunte  Jul 2, 2017 • 1:06:52pm

re: #46 Interesting Times

Trump is the “wartime triage surgeon” who lets everybody die.

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Interesting Times  Jul 2, 2017 • 1:07:20pm

re: #42 Birth Control Works

See my #46 and click through to read the comments on the Facebook post - I think you’ll see very quickly that these white women are so fucking far down the rabbit hole that even the most state-of-the-art mining rescue equipment couldn’t pull them out.

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JordanRules  Jul 2, 2017 • 1:08:09pm

re: #40 Birth Control Works

This resonates bigly!

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Nyet  Jul 2, 2017 • 1:08:39pm

Currently writing a piece on the Nazi shrunken heads, human lampshades, human soap, hair etc. - sorting out the truth and the legends, so to say.

To wit, I’m baffled as to why Ripley’s Believe It or Not! branded the Buchenwald shrunken heads South American souvenirs based on no evidence whatsoever. Which means you can’t trust those guys.

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PhillyPretzel  Jul 2, 2017 • 1:08:58pm

re: #53 Interesting Times

I had quite a few people like that on Election Day. They still believe that the uncouth one is going to make us great.

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Belafon  Jul 2, 2017 • 1:12:17pm

re: #56 PhillyPretzel

I had quite a few people like that on Election Day. They still believe that the uncouth one is going to make us great.

Great just means white.

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Birth Control Works  Jul 2, 2017 • 1:12:29pm

zooborns.com

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Birth Control Works  Jul 2, 2017 • 1:13:19pm

re: #56 PhillyPretzel

I had quite a few people like that on Election Day. They still believe that the uncouth one is going to make us great.

I’d love to know their definition of “great”.

Other than white.

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goddamnedfrank  Jul 2, 2017 • 1:13:24pm
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wrenchwench  Jul 2, 2017 • 1:13:45pm

re: #55 Nyet

Currently writing a piece on the Nazi shrunken heads, human lampshades, human soap, hair etc. - sorting out the truth and the legends, so to say.

To wit, I’m baffled as to why Ripley’s Believe It or Not! branded the Buchenwald shrunken heads South American souvenirs based on no evidence whatsoever. Which means you can’t trust those guys.

They put the ‘Or Not!’ on there to escape responsibility for accuracy.

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Nyet  Jul 2, 2017 • 1:15:29pm

re: #61 wrenchwench

What’s the probability of meeting a T-Rex on the street?

50%.

Either you will or you won’t.

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PhillyPretzel  Jul 2, 2017 • 1:15:42pm

re: #59 Birth Control Works

Half of me would love to know that information. The other half is scared stiff.

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wheat-dogg  Jul 2, 2017 • 1:18:06pm

re: #19 Charles Johnson

Whatever happened with Rage Furby’s suit against Gawker in CA state court?

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Single-handed sailor  Jul 2, 2017 • 1:23:17pm

SpaceX Intelsat 35e Launch in 3 hours…

Intelsat 35e Launch Webcast

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Interesting Times  Jul 2, 2017 • 1:23:37pm

re: #56 PhillyPretzel

I had quite a few people like that on Election Day. They still believe that the uncouth one is going to make us great.

Sometimes I wish I didn’t have a conscience, because I could get super-rich off of people so willing to be conned out everything as long as you validate their bigotry and make them feel good about it :/

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goddamnedfrank  Jul 2, 2017 • 1:24:29pm

re: #64 wheat-dogg

Whatever happened with Rage Furby’s suit against Gawker in CA state court?

The June 15th Order to Show Cause hearing is marked as “heard,” but no documents have been posted. Instead a new Order to Show Cause hearing has been scheduled for September 14th in front of a different Judge, Mark Cullers.

I’m not sure what to read from that except it’s not entirely over. Could be that Dale Ikeda decided to recuse himself from final determination of what the outcome of Chuck’s behavior should be though I have no idea why he would or should.

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wrenchwench  Jul 2, 2017 • 1:29:19pm

re: #62 Nyet

What’s the probability of meeting a T-Rex on the street?

50%.

Either you will or you won’t.

I learned that from my cousin who has a Master’s Degree—in statistics. And a PhD in something.

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b.d.  Jul 2, 2017 • 1:35:00pm

re: #64 wheat-dogg

Whatever happened with Rage Furby’s suit against Gawker in CA state court?

I think it is on the docket right after Trump’s suit against Telemundo.

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Belafon  Jul 2, 2017 • 1:35:34pm

re: #62 Nyet

What’s the probability of meeting a T-Rex on the street?

50%.

Either you will or you won’t.

Think of how pathetic we all are that we don’t plan for the 50% possibility that we’ll meet a T-Rex. Something that likely surely requires better planning.

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Belafon  Jul 2, 2017 • 1:36:35pm

re: #69 thecommodore

White House Aide: GOP Is ‘Getting Close’ To Voting On Obamacare Repeal

White House Aide — Wait, I think I see the problem.

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b.d.  Jul 2, 2017 • 1:37:05pm

re: #71 Belafon

Think of how pathetic we all are that we don’t plan for the 50% possibility that we’ll meet a T-Rex. Something that likely surely requires better planning.

The republicans have a plan for it, blame Obama.

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Nyet  Jul 2, 2017 • 1:37:17pm

re: #71 Belafon

There’s a 50% probability that you will plan for meeting a T-Rex on the street…

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Jul 2, 2017 • 1:40:51pm

re: #48 Charles Johnson

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“EMPORER”

oh dear…

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wrenchwench  Jul 2, 2017 • 1:42:07pm

re: #74 Nyet

There’s a 50% probability that you will plan for meeting a T-Rex on the street…

It’s 50% all the way down.

I just put half & half in my decaf.

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Belafon  Jul 2, 2017 • 1:43:40pm

Found at Balloon Juice:

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b.d.  Jul 2, 2017 • 1:47:57pm

BERNIE WOULD HAVE WON THAT WRESTLING MATCH.

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TedStriker  Jul 2, 2017 • 1:54:17pm

re: #52 jaunte

Trump is the “wartime triage surgeon” who lets everybody die.

Trump (and the rest of the GOP) is Robert Duvall’s Frank Burns from the movie version of M*A*S*H.

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bratwurst  Jul 2, 2017 • 1:54:25pm

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He covers something I keep coming back to. Aside from Fox News, no other large TV outlet did more to create Trump than CNN. It’s not even close.

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BigPapa  Jul 2, 2017 • 1:57:01pm

re: #71 Belafon

Think of how pathetic we all are that we don’t plan for the 50% possibility that we’ll meet a T-Rex. Something that likely surely requires better planning.

I have TRex spray.

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Birth Control Works  Jul 2, 2017 • 1:58:09pm

bit.ly

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Birth Control Works  Jul 2, 2017 • 1:58:52pm

re: #68 wrenchwench

I learned that from my cousin who has a Master’s Degree—in statistics. And a PhD in something.

Schroedinger might have something to say

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Interesting Times  Jul 2, 2017 • 2:05:08pm

By the way, in light of all this “is trump’s neverending nutbaggery a strategy or not” debate, it would help to revisit this 2016 Politico piece:

Trump and the Dark Art of Bad Publicity

But the idea, unprecedented at this level of politics, is at the heart of one of the most remarkable mechanisms of Trump’s rise—the conviction that mistakes, flagrant provocations and the attendant bad publicity genuinely don’t matter, so long as they serve the goal of owning the spotlight. On the short list of Trump’s most guiding, abiding beliefs, this is one that ranks near the top: that bad publicity doesn’t have to be avoided, and doesn’t have to be endured—that it should be embraced, and even stoked.
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Trump has done this with such longevity that bad publicity somehow has become a facet of his perceived authenticity. He has done it with such consistency that a lack of bad publicity weirdly would feel like a betrayal to his brand. Experienced, respected advertising and marketing professionals—including some who have worked for Trump—told me there’s never been anybody quite like him, this combination of arrogance, intelligence, obstinacy and manifest incapacity for shame.

That point about “authenticity” is especially crucial given the unshakeable cult-like worship he receives from the GOPer base.

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Belafon  Jul 2, 2017 • 2:05:12pm

re: #83 Birth Control Works

Schroedinger might have something to say

I figured it was Bayes that would raise an eyebrow.

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ObserverArt  Jul 2, 2017 • 2:05:15pm

What are the chances I would play this?

Frank Zappa - Fifty-Fifty

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wrenchwench  Jul 2, 2017 • 2:06:26pm
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My twitter can be scary. I don’t follow Trump, so I make up for it with other creeps.

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Ace-o-aces  Jul 2, 2017 • 2:07:01pm

re: #19 Charles Johnson

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Ace-o-aces  Jul 2, 2017 • 2:08:40pm

re: #48 Charles Johnson

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Nyet  Jul 2, 2017 • 2:13:20pm
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The Vicious Babushka  Jul 2, 2017 • 2:16:41pm

THREAD

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The Vicious Babushka  Jul 2, 2017 • 2:16:59pm
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Birth Control Works  Jul 2, 2017 • 2:18:44pm

re: #92 The Vicious Babushka

see my #82

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Stanley Sea  Jul 2, 2017 • 2:25:03pm

re: #91 The Vicious Babushka

THREAD

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thecommodore  Jul 2, 2017 • 2:25:26pm
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Backwoods_Sleuth  Jul 2, 2017 • 2:29:48pm

Whitetail deer mommies and babies have taken up residence in my barn.
Squatters.

so very cool.

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ObserverArt  Jul 2, 2017 • 2:34:18pm

re: #96 Backwoods_Sleuth

Whitetail deer mommies and babies have taken up residence in my barn.
Squatters.

so very cool.

Nice. How many are there? Images if possible.

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Birth Control Works  Jul 2, 2017 • 2:34:38pm

re: #96 Backwoods_Sleuth

Whitetail deer mommies and babies have taken up residence in my barn.
Squatters.

so very cool.

oooooh!!!!

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Patricia Kayden  Jul 2, 2017 • 2:34:48pm

re: #38 Birth Control Works

If you have not read Octavia Butler —pick-up her books —you’ll be in for a real treat!

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Octavia Butler’s “Kindred” is one of the best sci-fi books I’ve ever read. I’m kind of surprised that it has never been made into a movie. I’ve read her “Parable of the Sower” which was pretty good but depressing. With its dystopian Christianist, Rightwing government, it eerily foreshadowed the current Trump government, imho.

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Birth Control Works  Jul 2, 2017 • 2:35:47pm

re: #97 ObserverArt

Nice. How many are there? Images if possible.

no, flash will scare the babies!

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Birth Control Works  Jul 2, 2017 • 2:36:07pm

re: #99 Patricia Kayden

Octavia Butler’s “Kindred” is one of the best sci-fi books I’ve ever read. I’m kind of surprised that it has never been made into a movie. I’ve read her “Parable of the Sower” which was pretty good but depressing. With its dystopian Christianist, Rightwing government, it eerily foreshadowed the current Trump government, imho.

She is a treasure! All her works.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Jul 2, 2017 • 2:36:21pm

re: #97 ObserverArt

Nice. How many are there? Images if possible.

Not sure. Images will be difficult because they are freakin fast…

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Birth Control Works  Jul 2, 2017 • 2:37:19pm

Reguarding National Treasures: Ursula LeGuin

Those that left the Omelas

the story of a scapegoat —is also relevant —as we have an adminisration making scapegoats of at least 1/2 the population right now.

grrrrr!

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ObserverArt  Jul 2, 2017 • 2:37:31pm

re: #100 Birth Control Works

no, flash will scare the babies!

Ahh…the phone world. I was thinking camera without flash maybe catching them coming out of said barn.

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Birth Control Works  Jul 2, 2017 • 2:37:48pm

I think so much of Butler I put her on a T-shirt —and I”m going to spare you the image today.

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Birth Control Works  Jul 2, 2017 • 2:37:54pm

bbl

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Patricia Kayden  Jul 2, 2017 • 2:38:02pm

re: #42 Birth Control Works

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Timothy Watson  Jul 2, 2017 • 2:40:14pm

re: #92 The Vicious Babushka

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CNN: Obviously anxious white guy concerned about his job at the local coal mine.

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“…Michael Mann, director of the Earth System Science Center at Penn State University, said the administration is trying to invent its own form of peer review.

“The system they describe is precisely what scientific peer-review is,” Mann said in an email. “The reality is that the only thing these folks don’t like is the conclusion that the scientific community (that is, the world’s scientists, literally) has arrived at — that climate change is real, human-caused, and a threat.”

“So they’re looking to use taxpayer funds to run a pro-fossil fuel industry disinformation campaign aimed at confusing the public and policy makers over what is potentially the greatest threat we face as a civilization.”

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Barefoot Grin  Jul 2, 2017 • 2:56:24pm

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CleverToad  Jul 2, 2017 • 2:58:10pm

re: #23 allegro

I C_Led… repost from the dead thread…

I’ve learned a lot about tyranny the past few days. Tyranny is a pair of 2 week old kittens. My life is consumed 24 hours a day by these tiny overlords of cuteness. I watch the clock - is it time for another round of bottle slurping/burping/cuddling/piddles and poops? In between is ensuring clean bedding, mixing formula, finding an hour to run an errand or two (if there’s time), walk the dog, keeping the cockatoo distracted (I catch her looking at the little guys licking her lips, if she had lips). Sleep? Hahaha.

Am i having fun yet? Oh yes. So much.

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The age/stage when you’re happy that the little boogers pooped on you. Disgusted but happy, at least their digestive tracts are working. Like having a two-week-old baby, sans diaper. (Dang, I miss having kittens…)

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bratwurst  Jul 2, 2017 • 3:00:51pm
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Romantic Heretic  Jul 2, 2017 • 3:05:00pm

re: #13 Birth Control Works

That starts with the Athenians.

The strong do what they can and the weak suffer what they must. Thucydides History of the Peloponnesian War

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William Lewis  Jul 2, 2017 • 3:05:29pm

re: #110 FormerDirtDart

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The Vicious Babushka  Jul 2, 2017 • 3:06:47pm
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Jay C  Jul 2, 2017 • 3:09:05pm

re: #111 Barefoot Grin

Thanks to the lizard who recommended What Hath God Wrought. I am just now at the nullification crisis and learning that South Carolina’s planter population largely came over from Barbados. There was a direct link in their love of slavery.

Yep. South Cakalacky has the distinction of being the only one of the 13 Original Colonies that was settled by other colonials. As opposed to the criminals, paupers and general riff-raff intrepid freedom-loving pioneers who populated the other 12…..

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William Lewis  Jul 2, 2017 • 3:09:09pm

re: #116 The Vicious Babushka

They can’t yell that about Trump since Merkel is now the leader of the free world… ;)

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covfefe  Jul 2, 2017 • 3:09:10pm

re: #27 Birth Control Works

No. That’s only when Democrats are in control. Learn your place!

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JordanRules  Jul 2, 2017 • 3:16:45pm
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plansbandc  Jul 2, 2017 • 3:18:06pm

re: #120 JordanRules

It’s just depressing as all fuck every single day.

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BigPapa  Jul 2, 2017 • 3:20:46pm

re: #110 FormerDirtDart

A friend of mine took this pic several months ago. Appropro.

Great Stressed America
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wrenchwench  Jul 2, 2017 • 3:21:26pm

Looks like it’s Sunburn Weekend in Seattle.

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BeachDem  Jul 2, 2017 • 3:22:12pm

re: #103 Birth Control Works

Reguarding National Treasures: Ursula LeGuin

Those that left the Omelas

the story of a scapegoat —is also relevant —as we have an adminisration making scapegoats of at least 1/2 the population right now.

grrrrr!

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FormerDirtDart  Jul 2, 2017 • 3:23:04pm
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wrenchwench  Jul 2, 2017 • 3:23:48pm

re: #122 BigPapa

A friend of mine took this pic several months ago. Appropro.

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I’ve heard they are scavengers, but looks like they’re into recycling and everything!

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Ace Rothstein  Jul 2, 2017 • 3:25:15pm

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Charles Johnson  Jul 2, 2017 • 3:26:26pm
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Decatur Deb  Jul 2, 2017 • 3:27:03pm

re: #50 The Vicious Babushka

Geographical oddity: in order to get to Canada from Detroit you have to travel directly South.

The Pacific end of the Panama Canal is farther East than the Atlantic end.

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jaunte  Jul 2, 2017 • 3:27:35pm
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Charles Johnson  Jul 2, 2017 • 3:28:21pm
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jaunte  Jul 2, 2017 • 3:30:20pm

“Get busy, and keep going until we do what needs to be done. Impeach 45.”

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FormerDirtDart  Jul 2, 2017 • 3:31:02pm

re: #122 BigPapa

A friend of mine took this pic several months ago. Appropro.

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My last facebook avatar and header,,,

Pondering America
Shining City on a Hill
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Stanley Sea  Jul 2, 2017 • 3:34:02pm
Eldon Lee Edwards died in 1960. He was charged with involvement in the abduction, torture and murder of three black men in 1944, but he was never convicted.

Mass Grave Of Dozens Of Tortured Black Men Found In Deceased KKK Leaders Estate

jacksontelegraph.com

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Patricia Kayden  Jul 2, 2017 • 3:34:07pm

re: #132 jaunte

“Get busy, and keep going until we do what needs to be done. Impeach 45.”

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This is how all Democrats in Congress should be. Trump can’t abide criticism so they all should be tearing him apart and goading him into a public breakdown. No need to be polite to this a-hole.

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A hollow voice says, Covfefe.  Jul 2, 2017 • 3:35:32pm

re: #103 Birth Control Works

Reguarding National Treasures: Ursula LeGuin

Those that left the Omelas

the story of a scapegoat —is also relevant —as we have an adminisration making scapegoats of at least 1/2 the population right now.

grrrrr!

“The Ones who Walk away from Omelas.” For those who might want to look it up.

I never got into Octavia Butler. Read Parable of the Sower and nothing else.

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meteor  Jul 2, 2017 • 3:35:51pm

re: #23 allegro

Squeeeeeeeeeee!!

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Patricia Kayden  Jul 2, 2017 • 3:37:28pm

re: #134 Stanley Sea

Mass Grave Of Dozens Of Tortured Black Men Found In Deceased KKK Leaders Estate

jacksontelegraph.com

Brings to my mind the case of Madame Marie Delphline Lalaurie who infamously tortured and killed slaves in New Orleans. She got away with her murders too.

vice.com

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wrenchwench  Jul 2, 2017 • 3:38:37pm

re: #134 Stanley Sea

Mass Grave Of Dozens Of Tortured Black Men Found In Deceased KKK Leaders Estate

jacksontelegraph.com

This is why some of them can’t stand the term ‘racist’ being ‘thrown around’. They know how deep it goes.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Jul 2, 2017 • 3:39:57pm

re: #131 Charles Johnson

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FormerDirtDart  Jul 2, 2017 • 3:40:00pm

Tom went on a 17 tweet rant…
And, I doubt he felt the least bit better after letting it out

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jaunte  Jul 2, 2017 • 3:42:07pm

Did you know Russia was more dangerous for journalists than Mexico?

cpj.org

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Ace Rothstein  Jul 2, 2017 • 3:42:32pm
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Blind Frog Belly White  Jul 2, 2017 • 3:43:19pm

re: #139 wrenchwench

This is why some of them can’t stand the term ‘racist’ being ‘thrown around’. They know how deep it goes.

In America, nobody is racist unless they officially declare black people to be genetically inferior to white people.

Nobody is poor if they have a refrigerator.

Nobody is denied access to healthcare if there’s an ER anywhere near.

Nobody is denied the right to vote if they can get the requisite ID by spending several days and substantial cash.

Nobody is unjustifiably killed by police it they aren’t white.

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retired cynic  Jul 2, 2017 • 3:43:26pm

re: #103 Birth Control Works

Reguarding National Treasures: Ursula LeGuin

Those that left the Omelas

the story of a scapegoat —is also relevant —as we have an adminisration making scapegoats of at least 1/2 the population right now.

grrrrr!

OK, so you sent me to Ursula LeGuin’s website, and her flying squirrel page: delightful!

“In Abraham Lincoln’s Home Town
The State of Illinois has refused contracts to the Catholic diocese of Springfield, because the diocese refuses to recognise same-sex couples as foster parents. The Bishop protests against this injustice: ‘In the name of tolerance, we’re not being tolerated.’
“This sentence is a magnificent flying squirrel, demonstrating a startling flight of sterile circularity: Our human right to deny people their human rights is divine..l You have to encourage diversity and freedom of religion, so if we disapprove of diversity, you have to let us punish it freely… Intolerance of bigotry is bigotry and therefore tolerance of bigotry is righteous — so long as it’s our bigotry and your tolerance.”

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FormerDirtDart  Jul 2, 2017 • 3:43:31pm

re: #140 Backwoods_Sleuth

I’d actually put money on it being Scavino finding this crap for trump.

Agreed, Trump doesn’t have the patience to troll the internet.
Remember, before he started running for office, everyday his assistants would bring him copies of every article his name appeared in that day.
Now, he specifically has people assigned to social media watch.

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danarchy  Jul 2, 2017 • 3:46:11pm

re: #55 Nyet

Currently writing a piece on the Nazi shrunken heads, human lampshades, human soap, hair etc. - sorting out the truth and the legends, so to say.

To wit, I’m baffled as to why Ripley’s Believe It or Not! branded the Buchenwald shrunken heads South American souvenirs based on no evidence whatsoever. Which means you can’t trust those guys.

Not sure if Ripley’s is still going or not, but for most of it’s history it had a single researcher:

Norbert Pearlroth

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jaunte  Jul 2, 2017 • 3:46:32pm
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Shiplord Kirel, live from behind wingnut lines  Jul 2, 2017 • 3:47:30pm

re: #134 Stanley Sea

Mass Grave Of Dozens Of Tortured Black Men Found In Deceased KKK Leaders Estate

jacksontelegraph.com

Uh oh.
Snopes.com
Mass Grave of Dozens of Tortured Black Men Found in Deceased KKK Leader’s Estate?

A horrifying tale of racially-motivated violence originated with a fake news site.

CLAIM
The bodies of dozens of black men were found on the estate of a former Ku Klux Klan member.

RATING
FALSE

Evidence: No FBI spokesperson named “Adrian Cartwright,” Eldon Edwards (a real Klan asshole) was from Georgia rather than Mississippi, photo is of a medieval mass grave site in London, no physical address or other real world contact info for source Jackson Telegraph.

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Stanley Sea  Jul 2, 2017 • 3:49:32pm

re: #149 Shiplord Kirel

Uh oh.
Snopes.com
Mass Grave of Dozens of Tortured Black Men Found in Deceased KKK Leader’s Estate?

Evidence: No FBI spokesperson named “Adrian Cartwright,” Eldon Edwards (a real Klan asshole) was from Georgia rather than Mississippi, photo is of a medieval mass grave site in London, no physical address or other real world contact info for source.

Thank you.

Damn.

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Shiplord Kirel, live from behind wingnut lines  Jul 2, 2017 • 3:51:02pm

re: #150 Stanley Sea

Thank you.

Damn.

You’re welcome. I’ve been caught out on these a couple of times. Staying ahead of fake news entails a very steep learning curve.

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wrenchwench  Jul 2, 2017 • 3:51:44pm

re: #144 Blind Frog Belly White

Nobody is poor if they have a refrigerator.

When Mr. w was a kid, they had a fridge that took quarters. If you didn’t put enough quarters in, it didn’t stay cold. That’s how they paid the department store for it. Once it was paid for, other things could be put on the fridge plan. That was ‘revolving credit’ for them.

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Birth Control Works  Jul 2, 2017 • 3:53:09pm

re: #145 retired cynic

OK, so you sent me to Ursula LeGuin’s website, and her flying squirrel page: delightful!

“In Abraham Lincoln’s Home Town
The State of Illinois has refused contracts to the Catholic diocese of Springfield, because the diocese refuses to recognise same-sex couples as foster parents. The Bishop protests against this injustice: ‘In the name of tolerance, we’re not being tolerated.’
“This sentence is a magnificent flying squirrel, demonstrating a startling flight of sterile circularity: Our human right to deny people their human rights is divine..l You have to encourage diversity and freedom of religion, so if we disapprove of diversity, you have to let us punish it freely… Intolerance of bigotry is bigotry and therefore tolerance of bigotry is righteous — so long as it’s our bigotry and your tolerance.”

Ursula Le Guin on fiction vs. ‘alternative facts’: Letter to the editor

To pretend the sun can rise in the west is a fiction, to claim that it does so as fact (or “alternative fact”) is a lie.

A lie is a non-fact deliberately told as fact …

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goddamnedfrank  Jul 2, 2017 • 3:55:07pm

*bites tongue*

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Birth Control Works  Jul 2, 2017 • 3:55:26pm

re: #136 A hollow voice says, Covfefe.

“The Ones who Walk away from Omelas.” For those who might want to look it up.

I never got into Octavia Butler. Read Parable of the Sower and nothing else.

Try again

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jaunte  Jul 2, 2017 • 3:55:45pm

re: #154 goddamnedfrank

Beached Christie.

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goddamnedfrank  Jul 2, 2017 • 3:57:02pm

re: #154 goddamnedfrank

Nothing but contempt for everyone and everything.

At a Sunday news conference on the shutdown, Christie was asked if he got any sun today.

“I didn’t,” he said. “… I didn’t get any sun today.”

When later told of the photo, Brian Murray, the governor’s spokesman, said:

“Yes, the governor was on the beach briefly today talking to his wife and family before heading into the office. He did not get any sun. He had a baseball hat on.”

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Birth Control Works  Jul 2, 2017 • 3:57:15pm

re: #124 BeachDem

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jaunte  Jul 2, 2017 • 3:58:18pm

“He did not get any sun.”

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jaunte  Jul 2, 2017 • 4:01:00pm

Power lying: Even when you have photographs, we’re going to lie right to your face to show you there’s nothing you can do about it.

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Blind Frog Belly White  Jul 2, 2017 • 4:01:03pm

re: #141 FormerDirtDart

Tom went on a 17 tweet rant…
And, I doubt he felt the least bit better after letting it out

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Dave In Austin  Jul 2, 2017 • 4:01:39pm

re: #122 BigPapa

A friend of mine took this pic several months ago. Appropro.

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wrenchwench  Jul 2, 2017 • 4:02:11pm

re: #159 jaunte

“He did not get any sun.”

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Needs a bigger hat.

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Quoth the raven, Covfefe.  Jul 2, 2017 • 4:03:16pm

re: #162 Dave In Austin

On the natural note, Americans hate to acknowledge that baldy’s are actually more scavenger and fishhawk than bold predator.

I dunno, I actually enjoy watching them go fishing. Seems appropriately American to me.

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Blind Frog Belly White  Jul 2, 2017 • 4:03:49pm

re: #163 wrenchwench

Needs a bigger hat.

One of them gigantic sombreros they make to sell to tourists.

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BeachDem  Jul 2, 2017 • 4:03:57pm

re: #145 retired cynic

OK, so you sent me to Ursula LeGuin’s website, and her flying squirrel page: delightful!

“In Abraham Lincoln’s Home Town
The State of Illinois has refused contracts to the Catholic diocese of Springfield, because the diocese refuses to recognise same-sex couples as foster parents. The Bishop protests against this injustice: ‘In the name of tolerance, we’re not being tolerated.’
“This sentence is a magnificent flying squirrel, demonstrating a startling flight of sterile circularity: Our human right to deny people their human rights is divine..l You have to encourage diversity and freedom of religion, so if we disapprove of diversity, you have to let us punish it freely… Intolerance of bigotry is bigotry and therefore tolerance of bigotry is righteous — so long as it’s our bigotry and your tolerance.”

Wonderful Ursula LeGuin anecdote—the name Omelas (For the title “The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas”) is Salem, O(R) backwards.

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The Vicious Babushka  Jul 2, 2017 • 4:05:57pm

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wrenchwench  Jul 2, 2017 • 4:06:44pm

re: #164 Quoth the raven, Covfefe.

I dunno, I actually enjoy watching them go fishing. Seems appropriately American to me.

I think this one is Canadian, and not Bald. Looks like you might ask Stanley.

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Shiplord Kirel, live from behind wingnut lines  Jul 2, 2017 • 4:06:46pm

re: #156 jaunte

Beached Christie.

Environmentalists showed up and mistakenly tried to roll him into the water. Oh, well, better than being harpooned by a passing Japanese ship.

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goddamnedfrank  Jul 2, 2017 • 4:07:50pm
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Decatur Deb  Jul 2, 2017 • 4:07:54pm

re: #152 wrenchwench

When Mr. w was a kid, they had a fridge that took quarters. If you didn’t put enough quarters in, it didn’t stay cold. That’s how they paid the department store for it. Once it was paid for, other things could be put on the fridge plan. That was ‘revolving credit’ for them.

My mother’s husband bought a TV that way around 1952 (rather round B&W screen, 4 channels.

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ozharas  Jul 2, 2017 • 4:08:15pm

Four Corners, on the Australian ABC, is broadcasting tonight a story about Trumps dealings in Indonesia and the machinations of the approval of his resort in Bali and Java.

abc.net.au

Four Corners investigates how these deals were done through an unholy alliance formed between Donald Trump and controversial business and political figures in Indonesia.

Trump’s business partners have a troubling history with ties to the corrupt Suharto regime.

While at home in the United States, President Trump rails against Islamic extremism. In Indonesia, he has formed political alliances with politicians aligned with Islamist forces.

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Blind Frog Belly White  Jul 2, 2017 • 4:09:00pm

re: #163 wrenchwench

Needs a bigger hat.

“We’re gonna need a bigger boat hat.”

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Stanley Sea  Jul 2, 2017 • 4:09:05pm

re: #168 wrenchwench

I think this one is Canadian, and not Bald. Looks like you might ask Stanley.

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Birth Control Works  Jul 2, 2017 • 4:09:12pm

re: #171 Decatur Deb

My mother’s husband bought a TV that way around 1952 (rather round B&W screen, 4 channels.

I think I grew-up with that TV.

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Dave In Austin  Jul 2, 2017 • 4:09:51pm

re: #168 wrenchwench

I think this one is Canadian, and not Bald. Looks like you might ask Stanley.

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jaunte  Jul 2, 2017 • 4:10:04pm

re: #170 goddamnedfrank

Christie wishing New Jersey voters a happy 4th:

Christie told reporters Saturday that the the beach house is separate from the park and that his family will not ask for any state services.

Asked if this is fair, Christie said Saturday: “Run for governor, and you can have a residence there.”
nj.com

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Birth Control Works  Jul 2, 2017 • 4:12:17pm

bbl

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Jul 2, 2017 • 4:15:21pm

re: #146 FormerDirtDart

Agreed, Trump doesn’t have the patience to troll the internet.
Remember, before he started running for office, everyday his assistants would bring him copies of every article his name appeared in that day.
Now, he specifically has people assigned to social media watch.

yep…my guess is that he couldn’t find any specific Reddit thread if his life depended on it.

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BigPapa  Jul 2, 2017 • 4:15:25pm

re: #154 goddamnedfrank

Philosophy of conservatism. ‘Laid bare’ for all to see.

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ozharas  Jul 2, 2017 • 4:19:34pm

Snippets from Four Corners FB page.

Facebook Video

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freetoken  Jul 2, 2017 • 4:20:40pm

The other day someone posted one of the Dead Mall videos.

Turns out Dan Bell, the creator, did a Ted Talk not long ago:

Dan Bell Inside America’s dead shopping malls.

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Charles Johnson  Jul 2, 2017 • 4:21:20pm

re: #141 FormerDirtDart

Tom went on a 17 tweet rant…
And, I doubt he felt the least bit better after letting it out

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When someone challenges him on that point about Obama’s “cult,” he brings up schoolchildren singing a song about Obama. It’s fucking laughable.

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BeachDem  Jul 2, 2017 • 4:21:20pm

re: #150 Stanley Sea

Thank you.

Damn.

Hey, shit happens.

Yesterday the WaPo ran a year old article about a high school valedictorian thingie and it got like 800 comments; then RawStory picked it up from WaPo and also ran it. (It was a real story, but it happened in May of last year, so all the “this is Trump’s America” comments were kinda humorous.)

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plansbandc  Jul 2, 2017 • 4:24:00pm

re: #159 jaunte

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BeachDem  Jul 2, 2017 • 4:24:29pm

re: #154 goddamnedfrank

*bites tongue*

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Single-handed sailor  Jul 2, 2017 • 4:26:47pm

SpaceX launch in 10 minutes

Intelsat 35e Launch Webcast

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PhillyPretzel  Jul 2, 2017 • 4:29:40pm

re: #159 jaunte

I saw the NJTV presser he looked well tanned.

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freetoken  Jul 2, 2017 • 4:35:46pm

Sort of surprised new general communications satellites are still going up in the era of fiber.

Anyway, 35E: en.wikipedia.org

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Dave In Austin  Jul 2, 2017 • 4:36:56pm

re: #188 Single-handed sailor

Launch abort

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b.d.  Jul 2, 2017 • 4:38:05pm

re: #190 goddamnedfrank

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freetoken  Jul 2, 2017 • 4:38:59pm

re: #193 b.d.

Perhaps Trump just didn’t like the idea of someone who could shout louder than himself at the cabinet meetings?

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jaunte  Jul 2, 2017 • 4:39:33pm

re: #193 b.d.

He failed Trump’s swimsuit competition.

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Dave In Austin  Jul 2, 2017 • 4:40:13pm

re: #193 b.d.

I am still dumbfounded how someone as sleazy as Christie doesn’t have a cabinet position

Cheeto wants all the meatloaf to himself….

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ipsos  Jul 2, 2017 • 4:40:18pm

re: #191 freetoken

Sort of surprised new general communications satellites are still going up in the era of fiber.

Anyway, 35E: en.wikipedia.org

Point-to-point is better done with fiber in most cases these days. But there’s plenty of point-to-multipoint distribution for which you still can’t beat the economics of satellite.

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PhillyPretzel  Jul 2, 2017 • 4:41:10pm

I went to NJTV’s website and I could not find any pictures from presser. Sorry.

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ObserverArt  Jul 2, 2017 • 4:41:59pm

re: #194 freetoken

Perhaps Trump just didn’t like the idea of someone who could shout louder than himself at the cabinet meetings?

Or someone as corrupt as Trump.

I think Trump sensed Christie couldn’t be trusted in or with anything. Yeah, that bad.

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PhillyPretzel  Jul 2, 2017 • 4:46:55pm

Thanks to youtube I found one and Christie looks like he has a tan.

Gov. Christie On Speaker’s Budget Inaction: I’m Not The Person Who Has Drawn A Line The Sand Here

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jaunte  Jul 2, 2017 • 4:47:52pm

If you win the Governorship, you too can have a tan from privatizing a public beach.

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Targetpractice  Jul 2, 2017 • 4:47:53pm

re: #190 goddamnedfrank

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Patricia Kayden  Jul 2, 2017 • 4:49:48pm

re: #154 goddamnedfrank

*bites tongue*

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Blind Frog Belly White  Jul 2, 2017 • 4:50:33pm

I knew there were more reasons to hate Rick Wilson than just his politics.

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Cucumbers? In cocktails?

Cucumber? In COCKTAILS?
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BeachDem  Jul 2, 2017 • 4:52:16pm

Everything’s OK, folks. Kayleigh McInidiot says the yam was just funnin’ and we all know rasslin’ isn’t real.

“People have to have a sense of humor,” she offered. “If you have any ounce of comedic laughter in you, you’ll realize that this was a moment of levity. This was a joke, we all know wrestling is fake.”

So please join Kayleigh (who probably doesn’t even know her own name unless it’s sewn into her clothing) says that you only need an ounce of comedic laughter in you (whatever the fuck that means) to see that it was just a delightful little episode of lighthearted humor.

The end.

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Targetpractice  Jul 2, 2017 • 4:52:42pm

Imagine the metric ton of shit that would have come down on Obama’s head if, during the ‘13 government shutdown, he’d taken the family to one of the national parks that had been shuttered and acted as if nothing was wrong. Then came back to DC to blame others for his refusal to budge.

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Targetpractice  Jul 2, 2017 • 4:54:25pm

re: #205 BeachDem

Everything’s OK, folks. Kayleigh McInidiot says the yam was just funnin’ and we all know rasslin’ isn’t real.

“People have to have a sense of humor,” she offered. “If you have any ounce of comedic laughter in you, you’ll realize that this was a moment of levity. This was a joke, we all know wrestling is fake.”

So please join Kayleigh (who probably doesn’t even know her own name unless it’s sewn into her clothing) says that you only need an ounce of comedic laughter in you (whatever the fuck that means) to see that it was just a delightful little episode of lighthearted humor.

The end.

Ah, the standard “You humorless liberals can’t take a joke!” bit.

Notice how they never buy that shit when it’s one of their own who’s been targeted for a joke?

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Barefoot Grin  Jul 2, 2017 • 4:54:58pm

re: #156 jaunte

Beached Christie.

Outlaw Jersey Whale?

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Belafon  Jul 2, 2017 • 4:55:17pm

re: #191 freetoken

Sort of surprised new general communications satellites are still going up in the era of fiber.

Anyway, 35E: en.wikipedia.org

Until the government mandates it, most of the land mass will not have fibre.

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William Lewis  Jul 2, 2017 • 4:56:41pm

re: #204 Blind Frog Belly White

I knew there were more reasons to hate Rick Wilson than just his politics.

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Cucumbers? In cocktails?

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Normal part of a #1 cup.

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Patricia Kayden  Jul 2, 2017 • 4:57:46pm

re: #205 BeachDem

Everything’s OK, folks. Kayleigh McInidiot says the yam was just funnin’ and we all know rasslin’ isn’t real.

“People have to have a sense of humor,” she offered. “If you have any ounce of comedic laughter in you, you’ll realize that this was a moment of levity. This was a joke, we all know wrestling is fake.”

So please join Kayleigh (who probably doesn’t even know her own name unless it’s sewn into her clothing) says that you only need an ounce of comedic laughter in you (whatever the fuck that means) to see that it was just a delightful little episode of lighthearted humor.

The end.

The last time I checked, Trump wasn’t a comedian and he certainly is far from being funny. I’ll laugh at Trump when he is no longer in the White House and thus no longer dangerous to the world.

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Blind Frog Belly White  Jul 2, 2017 • 4:59:47pm

re: #210 William Lewis

Normal part of a #1 cup.

#1 Cup?

I got yer #1 cup right here!
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Quoth the raven, Covfefe.  Jul 2, 2017 • 5:00:23pm

re: #212 Blind Frog Belly White

Out of my head, you.

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Targetpractice  Jul 2, 2017 • 5:00:56pm

Perhaps Kayleigh needs to be asked how she felt when Colbert referred to Trump as Putin’s dick holster. Did she get a chuckle because it was a joke intended to invoke levity? Or did she get outraged that somebody was saying something so “outrageous”?

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Blind Frog Belly White  Jul 2, 2017 • 5:01:39pm

re: #213 Quoth the raven, Covfefe.

Out of my head, you.

It’s dark in here. And don’t you ever redd up the place?

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FormerDirtDart  Jul 2, 2017 • 5:05:47pm

re: #192 Dave In Austin

Launch abort

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William Lewis  Jul 2, 2017 • 5:08:52pm

re: #212 Blind Frog Belly White

#1 Cup?

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Heh. No, one of the few ways gin is tolerable. en.wikipedia.org

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Jul 2, 2017 • 5:10:39pm

re: #190 goddamnedfrank

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obviously the ballcap was insufficient to protect him from the sun…

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Barefoot Grin  Jul 2, 2017 • 5:12:45pm

re: #217 William Lewis

Heh. No, one of the few ways gin is tolerable. en.wikipedia.org

Seems a bit pretentious. Crack two, Bruce.

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FormerDirtDart  Jul 2, 2017 • 5:13:32pm
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FormerDirtDart  Jul 2, 2017 • 5:18:29pm
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William Lewis  Jul 2, 2017 • 5:20:14pm

All I know is I could use a bottle of it tonight as I read up the title/plate fees earlier. Going to cost me $175 tomorrow to get plates on my truck. That will dip into my bill money to the point that I will need to find $250 in two weeks.

Anyone need a VHT Special 6 Ultra tube amp? I’m Craigslisting it tomorrow…

223
BeachDem  Jul 2, 2017 • 5:20:50pm

re: #214 Targetpractice

Perhaps Kayleigh needs to be asked how she felt when Colbert referred to Trump as Putin’s dick holster. Did she get a chuckle because it was a joke intended to invoke levity? Or did she get outraged that somebody was saying something so “outrageous”?

She did bring up Kathy Griffin (of course) but you can’t expect Kayleigh to keep multiple thoughts in her head at one time. That just wouldn’t be fair…

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Jebediah, RBG  Jul 2, 2017 • 5:21:32pm

re: #174 Stanley Sea

Another badass.

They aren’t seagulls they’re seagles!

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Blind Frog Belly White  Jul 2, 2017 • 5:21:42pm

re: #217 William Lewis

Heh. No, one of the few ways gin is tolerable. en.wikipedia.org

Mom and Dad used to drink Gin and Tonic on summer afternoons, when I was a wee lad.

Then (1971) they went to Europe, and started drinking wine, so they’d have sangria (real stuff made from red wine* with oranges and lemons). Add strawberries if they were in season.

Sometime in the 1990s, Dad planted a bunch of Waldmeister (sweet woodruff), and he’d make May Wine. Also with strawberries or raspberries in season.

* Sangria = “Bulls blood”, as I understand it. Later, Dad would use white wine, so I called it “Plasma del Toro”

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Blind Frog Belly White  Jul 2, 2017 • 5:23:49pm

re: #221 FormerDirtDart

Maybe he means Semiotics existed prior to the Constitution?

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Barefoot Grin  Jul 2, 2017 • 5:24:27pm

re: #222 William Lewis

All I know is I could use a bottle of it tonight as I read up the title/plate fees earlier. Going to cost me $175 tomorrow to get plates on my truck. That will dip into my bill money to the point that I will need to find $250 in two weeks.

Anyone need a VHT Special 6 Ultra tube amp? I’m Craigslisting it tomorrow…

Sorry, mate. I understand. I’m craigslisting most of my pedals now.

228
Single-handed sailor  Jul 2, 2017 • 5:24:29pm

Remember when Ben Franklin uttered his famous quote, “I am become death, the destroyer of worlds.”

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BeachDem  Jul 2, 2017 • 5:24:38pm

re: #221 FormerDirtDart

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GearJammer has a TGDN hashtag (along with his other idiocy.) I didn’t know that was still a “thang.”

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Targetpractice  Jul 2, 2017 • 5:26:43pm

I’m curious as to what the little wingnut thinks constitutes “semi-auto.” Because a black powder rifle that loads a little different than ramming a lead ball down a barrel does not make it a “semi-auto.”

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Quoth the raven, Covfefe.  Jul 2, 2017 • 5:28:20pm

re: #230 Targetpractice

I’m curious as to what the little wingnut thinks constitutes “semi-auto.” Because a black powder rifle that loads a little different than ramming a lead ball down a barrel does not make it a “semi-auto.”

Spencer repeating rifles were a thing… in 1860. And that’s not even semi-automatic. I would love to know what technology he is referencing.

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Targetpractice  Jul 2, 2017 • 5:29:35pm

re: #231 Quoth the raven, Covfefe.

Spencer repeating rifles were a thing… in 1860. And that’s not even semi-automatic. I would love to know what technology he is referencing.

According to Wiki, Sam Colt had drawn up designs for a lever-action rifle in the 1830s. But most of the FF generation were dead or dying by the 1830s.

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FormerDirtDart  Jul 2, 2017 • 5:29:45pm

re: #226 Blind Frog Belly White

Maybe he means Semiotics existed prior to the Constitution?

Yeah…No.
I seriously doubt this constitutional scholar is the Robert Langdon of the III% circle-jerk

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goddamnedfrank  Jul 2, 2017 • 5:30:38pm

re: #231 Quoth the raven, Covfefe.

Spencer repeating rifles were a thing… in 1860. And that’s not even semi-automatic. I would love to know what technology he is referencing.

Rocks.

Pick up rock, throw rock. Repeat.

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Quoth the raven, Covfefe.  Jul 2, 2017 • 5:31:07pm

re: #232 Targetpractice

According to Wiki, Sam Colt had drawn up designs for a lever-action rifle in the 1830s. But most of the FF generation were dead or dying by the 1830s.

The first true “semi-automatic” (self-loading) was the original Mannlicher rifle in 1885. Yet another wingnut FAIL.

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A Cranky One  Jul 2, 2017 • 5:32:19pm

re: #222 William Lewis

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Bubblehead II  Jul 2, 2017 • 5:33:18pm

Lizards.
I came. I saw and saw. I now depart.
As always may the Deity of your choice smile down upon you and those you love.
Good Night

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lawhawk  Jul 2, 2017 • 5:35:59pm

So, Trump was busy retweeting anti-Semites today. That’s so campaign 2016 for him.

This isn’t surprising. Not in the slightest. What took him so long to go back to the oldies?

He spent the campaign hyping tweets from white supremacists, neo Nazis, and bigots generally. He’s now back to those fever swamps. It’s what he always does.

That’s who Trump is and what he represents.

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Blind Frog Belly White  Jul 2, 2017 • 5:40:26pm

re: #231 Quoth the raven, Covfefe.

Spencer repeating rifles were a thing… in 1860. And that’s not even semi-automatic. I would love to know what technology he is referencing.

Why, Van Helsing’s repeating crossbow, of course!

But you need a huge Ackman to make it work right….

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lawhawk  Jul 2, 2017 • 5:40:53pm

And then there’s Gov. Christie, who’s busy sunning himself on a state park beach in NJ. Wait, what? State parks and other nonessential state operations are closed, including state parks, so what the frak is Christie doing there?

Oh yes, that’s what he’s doing - he’s busy trying to drive his approval rating in NJ to zero.

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LastYearsMan  Jul 2, 2017 • 5:42:30pm

re: #204 Blind Frog Belly White

I knew there were more reasons to hate Rick Wilson than just his politics.

Cucumbers? In cocktails?

Cucumbers are a fine option in a good gin-tonic.

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caseyjr  Jul 2, 2017 • 5:48:11pm

re: #231 Quoth the raven, Covfefe.

Spencer repeating rifles were a thing… in 1860. And that’s not even semi-automatic. I would love to know what technology he is referencing.

Spencer was barely a lever-action. You had to cock the hammer manually before working the lever to load the next cartridge. If you forgot to cock the hammer first, it was dead.

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Quoth the raven, Covfefe.  Jul 2, 2017 • 5:49:38pm

re: #242 caseyjr

Spencer was barely a lever-action. You had to cock the hammer manually before working the lever to load the next cartridge. If you forgot to cock the hammer first, it was dead.

Really, the Henry/Winchester lever-action rifles of the next generation were the first effective repeating rifles, but they were closely followed by the M1 Garand, which was the first true semi-automatic issued to a government army.

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scottslemmons  Jul 2, 2017 • 5:53:27pm

re: #231 Quoth the raven, Covfefe.

Spencer repeating rifles were a thing… in 1860. And that’s not even semi-automatic. I would love to know what technology he is referencing.

It’s the clip that never gets old.

Batman and Abe Lincoln vs John Wilkes Booth

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Quoth the raven, Covfefe.  Jul 2, 2017 • 5:56:06pm

re: #244 scottslemmons

What the ever-loving fuck did I just watch.

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Jebediah, RBG  Jul 2, 2017 • 5:56:59pm

re: #222 William Lewis

Shit. I’m really sorry to hear this; I know how much you love playing that.

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Quoth the raven, Covfefe.  Jul 2, 2017 • 5:58:22pm

re: #222 William Lewis

All I know is I could use a bottle of it tonight as I read up the title/plate fees earlier. Going to cost me $175 tomorrow to get plates on my truck. That will dip into my bill money to the point that I will need to find $250 in two weeks.

Anyone need a VHT Special 6 Ultra tube amp? I’m Craigslisting it tomorrow…

ki+97BYi0kEqZ/6ncOwiRX8PZqLote2OQ3HxaIPyF2TehhvTqU6BBZJmR8klTTSAwnmdlbtKGPrtWQchQIYWCnatBRvkFWh9N/aghZOTQW4=

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scottslemmons  Jul 2, 2017 • 6:01:31pm

re: #245 Quoth the raven, Covfefe.

What the ever-loving fuck did I just watch.

Clearly, Batman and Abraham Lincoln teaming up to defeat steampunk John Wilkes Booth.

(From the “Batman: The Brave and the Bold” cartoon from several years back)

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sagehen  Jul 2, 2017 • 8:57:34pm

re: #193 b.d.

I am still dumbfounded how someone as sleazy as Christie doesn’t have a cabinet position

I thought everyone knew this already.

Because years ago, when he was the US Attorney for NJ, he prosecuted Jared Kushner’s father. Sent him to prison for many years.


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