Oops, He “Forgot!” Also at That Trump Tower Meeting With Donald Trump Jr.: A Former Soviet Spy

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And the shoes continue to drop!

Oddly enough, Donald Trump Jr. forgot to mention that Russian lawyer Natalia Veselnitskaya brought a friend with her to that June 2016 meeting at Trump Tower — a friend who just happens to be a former Soviet counterintelligence officer.

WASHINGTON — The Russian lawyer who met with Donald Trump Jr. and others on the Trump team after a promise of compromising material on Hillary Clinton was accompanied by a Russian-American lobbyist — a former Soviet counterintelligence officer who is suspected by some U.S. officials of having ongoing ties to Russian intelligence, NBC News has learned.

Everyone involved is just laughing about how forgetful Trump Jr. is! What a scamp!

Alan Futerfas, the attorney retained by Donald Trump Jr., told NBC News two other people accompanied Veselnitskaya to the meeting — someone Futerfas described as a translator and someone he described as a “friend of Emin [Agalarov]’s and maybe as a friend of Natalia [Veselnitskaya]’s.”

Futerfas said he has talked with that individual. “He is a U.S. citizen. He told me specifically he was not working for the Russian government, and in fact laughed when I asked him that question.”

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HappyWarrior  Jul 14, 2017 • 10:02:54am

I really hate these assholes.

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Barefoot Grin  Jul 14, 2017 • 10:03:43am

“Cloudy with a chance of loafers”

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lawhawk  Jul 14, 2017 • 10:05:25am

As Charles Gaba says, at this rate, we’ll have a minyan who attended this meeting.

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  Jul 14, 2017 • 10:05:58am

So the key questions in this ongoing investigation are “What did he forget and when did he forget about it?”

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Dr Lizardo  Jul 14, 2017 • 10:06:02am

Who among us hasn’t forgotten about meeting with a former GRU agent? I mean, really……c’mon, people!

LOL this is like House of Cards done by the writers of The President’s Analyst.

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Dr. Matt  Jul 14, 2017 • 10:06:11am

re: #1 HappyWarrior

I really hate these assholes.

There appears to be a rapid spreading asshole virus in this Regime.

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HappyWarrior  Jul 14, 2017 • 10:06:48am

re: #6 Dr. Matt

There appears to be a rapid spreading asshole virus in this Regime.

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How very convenient.

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Eclectic Cyborg  Jul 14, 2017 • 10:07:08am

Futerfas must be getting paid a fortune or he would have probably already bailed by now.

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piratedan  Jul 14, 2017 • 10:08:14am

it really doesn’t shock me that the Trump crew is this corrupt, it really doesn’t, we had plenty of clues with stiffed contractors, get rich quick schemes with the money laundering thru his casinos, Trump Steaks and Trump University… we knew all of that and knew beforehand what a petty venal creature he is…

what really pisses me off and actually shocks me that even despite all of that veneer, the GOP is essentially cut from the same cloth, they may serve a different master whose interest coincide with who owns Trump, but to find out that there really isn’t even an iota of a scintilla of shame in their ranks in regards to what they’re doing, knowingly and knowing the damage caused and that they have no compunction to continue to behave and speak the way that they do… I can understand the utter disdain that they’ve earned and hope that there is still enough of a foundation of this country’s systems and institutions that will allow itself to defend the ideals and Constitution that this country was founded on.

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jaunte  Jul 14, 2017 • 10:08:23am
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lawhawk  Jul 14, 2017 • 10:08:34am
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Skip Intro  Jul 14, 2017 • 10:10:15am

re: #11 lawhawk

What about the adoptions?

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Anymouse 🌹  Jul 14, 2017 • 10:10:44am

re: #5 Dr Lizardo

Who among us hasn’t forgotten about meeting with a former GRU agent? I mean, really……c’mon, people!

LOL this is like House of Cards done by the writers of The President’s Analyst.

This certainly isn’t up to Scandal standards.

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Dr Lizardo  Jul 14, 2017 • 10:11:12am

re: #11 lawhawk

I’mma thinking Akhmetshin is gonna meet with a tragic accident in the not-too-distant-future.

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  Jul 14, 2017 • 10:12:18am

re: #9 piratedan

it really doesn’t shock me that the Trump crew is this corrupt, it really doesn’t, we had plenty of clues..

We were all quite well aware of his extensive business dealings with Russia and other ex-Soviet republics, and we were aware of the close connections between his business partners there and the Russian government.

But those who wanted to connect the dots were unable to do so, and those were able to do so were somehow unwilling…

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lawhawk  Jul 14, 2017 • 10:12:22am

re: #6 Dr. Matt

Prematurely hit send…

Bullshit.

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There’s no way to prematurely send this form without active intent to do so:

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Dr Lizardo  Jul 14, 2017 • 10:14:23am

re: #16 lawhawk

And they can’t even make their bullshit plausible.

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Anymouse 🌹  Jul 14, 2017 • 10:14:42am

re: #9 piratedan

it really doesn’t shock me that the Trump crew is this corrupt, it really doesn’t, we had plenty of clues with stiffed contractors, get rich quick schemes with the money laundering thru his casinos, Trump Steaks and Trump University… we knew all of that and knew beforehand what a petty venal creature he is…

what really pisses me off and actually shocks me that even despite all of that veneer, the GOP is essentially cut from the same cloth, they may serve a different master whose interest coincide with who owns Trump, but to find out that there really isn’t even an iota of a scintilla of shame in their ranks in regards to what they’re doing, knowingly and knowing the damage caused and that they have no compunction to continue to behave and speak the way that they do… I can understand the utter disdain that they’ve earned and hope that there is still enough of a foundation of this country’s systems and institutions that will allow itself to defend the ideals and Constitution that this country was founded on.

I knew very little about Mr. Trump when he announced his campaign. (That said, his “Mexican rapists” comment was enough for me to put him in the Steve King column of bigots.) I suspect that’s the same with a lot of people around here: No one was really familiar with Donald Trump’s past, and had no way of researching it. (FOX, Christian hate radio, and Sinclair sure weren’t talking about it, neither was the newspaper. The kitten-grabbing comment got no coverage here, nor his stiffing of contractors, or the allegations of hiring undocumented Polish workers, &c &c &c).

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BlueSpotinAL  Jul 14, 2017 • 10:18:56am

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Charles Johnson  Jul 14, 2017 • 10:19:26am
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Dr Lizardo  Jul 14, 2017 • 10:19:48am

re: #18 Anymouse 🌹

I knew very little about Mr. Trump when he announced his campaign. (That said, his “Mexican rapists” comment was enough for me to put him in the Steve King column of bigots.) I suspect that’s the same with a lot of people around here: No one was really familiar with Donald Trump’s past, and had no way of researching it. (FOX, Christian hate radio, and Sinclair sure weren’t talking about it, neither was the newspaper. The kitten-grabbing comment got no coverage here, nor his stiffing of contractors, or the allegations of hiring undocumented Polish workers, &c &c &c).

Trump’s been in the tabloid press since at least the 1970’s, when he was a regular at Studio 54. Granted, that was largely limited to local NYC tabloid media, but by the late ’80s, he was certainly known on a national level. “The Art of the Deal” was a bestselling book (about 1 million copies) and he was an almost constant fixture on a lot of the TV talk shows of the era.

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FormerDirtDart  Jul 14, 2017 • 10:21:14am

Vote was 214-209 against (190 D + 24 R NO) (209 R YES)
I wonder how many GOP members waited until they were sure it would fail, to safely vote YES, to appease their base

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jaunte  Jul 14, 2017 • 10:21:36am
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More names to come.

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  Jul 14, 2017 • 10:22:28am

re: #23 jaunte

More names to come.

People just wander in and out at random like at a frat party, right?

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jaunte  Jul 14, 2017 • 10:22:36am

But just an impromptu, casual meeting.

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BlueSpotinAL  Jul 14, 2017 • 10:24:12am

The most ironic part of the screenshot for the SF-86 online application:

“Note: Once you Click Here to Sign, you will no longer be able to go back and make corrections.”

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Barefoot Grin  Jul 14, 2017 • 10:26:25am

Kushner’s attitude was likely “it’s none of their fucking business who I talk to.” It’s not that they don’t understand, they just don’t think any of the rules apply.

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ObserverArt  Jul 14, 2017 • 10:26:26am

re: #17 Dr Lizardo

And they can’t even make their bullshit plausible.

To us. To Trump supporters it makes all the sense in the world. It’s called faith, just like the faith needed to buy the fundie prosperity gospel when the only one really prospering is the guy behind the pulpit…on your hard-earned dime.

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FormerDirtDart  Jul 14, 2017 • 10:27:34am

re: #6 Dr. Matt

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Charles Johnson  Jul 14, 2017 • 10:28:48am
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Dr. Matt  Jul 14, 2017 • 10:30:18am

From SF86:

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KGxvi  Jul 14, 2017 • 10:30:40am

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More names to come.

I can’t wait for Don Sr to slip up in an interview or tweet or speech with a line like “yeah, I knew about the meeting, stopped in briefly to say hello, we talked for maybe ten minutes, very interesting…”

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makeitstop  Jul 14, 2017 • 10:30:57am

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Some fat old man named Donald something..Gump? Plump? Can’t remember…
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Dr Lizardo  Jul 14, 2017 • 10:32:40am

re: #32 KGxvi

I can’t wait for Don Sr to slip up in an interview or tweet or speech with a line like “yeah, I knew about the meeting, stopped in briefly to say hello, we talked for maybe ten minutes, very interesting…”

You jest, of course, but I wouldn’t be at all surprised if that happened pretty much the way you’ve described it within the next 48 hours or so.

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lawhawk  Jul 14, 2017 • 10:33:19am

re: #29 FormerDirtDart

Per Susan’s last point. Jared lied on his first SF-86. That’s material violation of 18 USC 1001. That’s one count punishable by up to 5 years.

Then he lied again through omitting the Don Jr meeting. That’s another count.

He’s looking at 2 counts of 18 USC 1001, each with 5 years.

And the GOP will continue enabling Trump and Jared to continue breaking the law. They are complicit in these criminal acts, and the bare minimum action now is that Jared loses security clearances and resigns, but the GOP will do what it can to prevent that from happening.

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Charles Johnson  Jul 14, 2017 • 10:34:10am
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KGxvi  Jul 14, 2017 • 10:34:24am

re: #34 Dr Lizardo

You jest, of course, but I wouldn’t be at all surprised if that happened pretty much the way you’ve described it within the next 48 hours or so.

Honestly not sure if it was a joke or not.

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HappyWarrior  Jul 14, 2017 • 10:35:01am

re: #30 Charles Johnson

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HappyWarrior  Jul 14, 2017 • 10:35:41am

re: #32 KGxvi

I can’t wait for Don Sr to slip up in an interview or tweet or speech with a line like “yeah, I knew about the meeting, stopped in briefly to say hello, we talked for maybe ten minutes, very interesting…”

I can actually see him eventually slipping up and revealing the whole scheme.

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Dr. Matt  Jul 14, 2017 • 10:36:06am

And it’s only 1:36 pm (EST) on Friday! We have all afternoon for additional news about this shitshow of a Regime.

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HappyWarrior  Jul 14, 2017 • 10:36:20am

I think Trump honestly thinks they did nothing wrong.

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lawhawk  Jul 14, 2017 • 10:37:09am

re: #38 HappyWarrior

Wikileaks was always a tool of Russia to sow discord, reveal US natsec, and undermine US national security and foreign policy agenda.

It’s always important to note that Wikileaks doesn’t reveal sensitive info about Russia - it’s a one way street, where US and our allies see our intel released, while Russia is safe from those leaks.

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HappyWarrior  Jul 14, 2017 • 10:37:12am

re: #40 Dr. Matt

And it’s only 1:36 pm (EST) on Friday! We have all afternoon for additional news about this shitshow of a Regime.

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Look at thees cute “orphans”.
Oh, yes, my father will find them very good “homes.”

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Anymouse 🌹  Jul 14, 2017 • 10:37:35am

re: #21 Dr Lizardo

Trump’s been in the tabloid press since at least the 1970’s, when he was a regular at Studio 54. Granted, that was largely limited to local NYC tabloid media, but by the late ’80s, he was certainly known on a national level. “The Art of the Deal” was a bestselling book (about 1 million copies) and he was an almost constant fixture on a lot of the TV talk shows of the era.

Hmmm, in the Seventies I was still a teenager. In the Eighties I was mostly at sea. I’d heard of his book but was not interested.

As for TV talk shows, that would require cable service around here (and before that, Sinclair still owned all the broadcast outlets). He wasn’t covered on Christian hate radio (I’ve never in my life heard another kind) except in glowing terms, and the same on Limbaugh’s and Hannity’s radio shows.

Without Internet service, the vast majority of people in these parts are left to the media, and all of it skews right-wing.

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Teukka  Jul 14, 2017 • 10:37:39am

re: #36 Charles Johnson

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ObserverArt  Jul 14, 2017 • 10:37:48am

re: #18 Anymouse 🌹

I knew very little about Mr. Trump when he announced his campaign. (That said, his “Mexican rapists” comment was enough for me to put him in the Steve King column of bigots.) I suspect that’s the same with a lot of people around here: No one was really familiar with Donald Trump’s past, and had no way of researching it. (FOX, Christian hate radio, and Sinclair sure weren’t talking about it, neither was the newspaper. The kitten-grabbing comment got no coverage here, nor his stiffing of contractors, or the allegations of hiring undocumented Polish workers, &c &c &c).

I must be unique, because from my viewpoint I don’t know how anyone could not have known about Trump. I guess it comes from being a voracious reader of newspapers, magazines and knowing a lot about current events.

Trump has been in the news since the late 70s, and much of the coverage showed exactly how much of an arrogant ass he was. Maybe once I saw him as a public figure, I must have been aware of him that any time his name popped up I had more to add to my mind’s Trump databank.

This guy has been very known. Almost too much was known. And I am just a graphic artist from Columbus Ohio that was near in age and living through the same time period.

Not aimed at you ‘mouse, but this is what happens when people do not make themselves familiar with a candidate. We had one-and-a-half years to learn. But too many let the TV media do all thew work and as we have seen they fell down on the job.

Damn, if only all of America could have seen that documentary movie that Trump fought to have never released. It was all anyone needed to know. I watched it again in late 2015 and I have been trying to find the link. I think the site I saw it on now only has a trailer. I believe YouTube has it, but it now a small fee to view it.

I’ll see if I can find it. Even though it is too late, maybe some would still like to see it.

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Sir John Barron  Jul 14, 2017 • 10:38:19am

re: #40 Dr. Matt

And it’s only 1:36 pm (EST) on Friday! We have all afternoon for additional news about this shitshow of a Regime.

Trumpbots better get used to the LOCK HIM UP! chants.

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lawhawk  Jul 14, 2017 • 10:38:24am

re: #40 Dr. Matt

You need to be more specific about who to lock up.

The answer: all of them.

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HappyWarrior  Jul 14, 2017 • 10:38:26am

re: #42 lawhawk

Wikileaks was always a tool of Russia to sow discord, reveal US natsec, and undermine US national security and foreign policy agenda.

It’s always important to note that Wikileaks doesn’t reveal sensitive info about Russia - it’s a one way street, where US and our allies see our intel released, while Russia is safe from those leaks.

Exactly. I’m talking about the naive idiots who believed otherwise. I’m actually more of a dove in FP but I’ve taken international relations classes and my mother was a long time intelligence agency employee so I think keeping our secrets well secrets is an important thing.

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Brother Holy Cruise Missile of Mild Acceptance  Jul 14, 2017 • 10:39:37am

re: #42 lawhawk

Wikileaks was always a tool of Russia to sow discord, reveal US natsec, and undermine US national security and foreign policy agenda.

It’s always important to note that Wikileaks doesn’t reveal sensitive info about Russia - it’s a one way street, where US and our allies see our intel released, while Russia is safe from those leaks.

and they caught on because of all the info wikileaks was dumping during the Iraq war showing the lies being told then. Now there is a segment that will gladly aid them believing everything they say.

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Dr. Matt  Jul 14, 2017 • 10:40:20am

re: #48 lawhawk

You need to be more specific about who to lock up.

The answer: all of them.

Find what: Him
Replace with: Them

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Lidane  Jul 14, 2017 • 10:40:40am

O hai. Have some GOHMERT!:

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mmmirele  Jul 14, 2017 • 10:41:57am

A lawyer friend of mine sent a letter to the New York State Bar regarding Marc Kasowitz:

Lawyer love 1
Lawyer love 2
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makeitstop  Jul 14, 2017 • 10:41:58am

re: #52 Lidane

O hai. Have some GOHMERT!:

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Russian intel asset and Stupidest Man in Congress say what?

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Stanley Sea  Jul 14, 2017 • 10:42:15am

re: #47 Sir John Barron

Trumpbots better get used to the LOCK HIM UP! chants.

My sign, hanging in my dining room, ready for it’s next appearance.

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Dr Lizardo  Jul 14, 2017 • 10:42:44am

re: #40 Dr. Matt

And it’s only 1:36 pm (EST) on Friday! We have all afternoon for additional news about this shitshow of a Regime.

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makeitstop  Jul 14, 2017 • 10:42:51am

re: #53 mmmirele

A lawyer friend of mine sent a letter to the New York State Bar regarding Marc Kasowitz:

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I’m a friend of a friend of that guy on Facebook!

Small internet…

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plansbandc  Jul 14, 2017 • 10:42:54am

re: #16 lawhawk

Sniveling liars who are terrible at lying. Really pathetic fuckers.

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Belafon  Jul 14, 2017 • 10:43:20am

re: #52 Lidane

O hai. Have some GOHMERT!:

Isn’t that the same Dana who recently met with Russians about Trump?

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Lidane  Jul 14, 2017 • 10:43:50am

re: #59 Belafon

Isn’t that the same Dana who recently met with Russians about Trump?

You betcha!

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Dr Lizardo  Jul 14, 2017 • 10:43:56am

re: #52 Lidane

Yeah, but Rohrbacher met with the same fucking guy, so of course he thinks it’s okey-dokey, LOL.

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Anymouse 🌹  Jul 14, 2017 • 10:44:00am

re: #46 ObserverArt

I must be unique, because from my viewpoint I don’t know how anyone could not have known about Trump. I guess it comes from being a voracious reader of newspapers, magazines and knowing a lot about current events.

Trump has been in the news since the late 70s, and much of the coverage showed exactly how much of an arrogant ass he was. Maybe once I saw him as a public figure, I must have been aware of him that any time his name popped up I had more to add to my mind’s Trump databank.

This guy has been very known. Almost too much was known. And I am just a graphic artist from Columbus Ohio that was near in age and living through the same time period.

In my paper today: Zero mention of Trump. None.
starherald.com

Top article calls Clarance Darrow an “evolution backer” though.
Statue of Scopes Monkey Trial Evolution Backer Unveiled

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lawhawk  Jul 14, 2017 • 10:44:28am

re: #59 Belafon

The same one that McCarthy, Ryan and others laughed when asked who they thought would be paid by the Russians alongside Trump…

Yeah, that one.

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Lidane  Jul 14, 2017 • 10:44:48am

This is some hilarious bullshit right here:

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  Jul 14, 2017 • 10:44:55am

re: #58 plansbandc

Sniveling liars who are terrible at lying. Really pathetic fuckers.

They fell into the trap of never being challenged or questioned on their previous lies, omissions and exaggerations. That just made them grow more blatant.

But I say it again: DT is still President, the GOP still controls congress, and they certainly have more cards up their sleeves…remember, in any sane political climate, DT would have been locked up long ago, or rather, he never would have been elected in the first place.

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jaunte  Jul 14, 2017 • 10:45:02am

re: #52 Lidane

Right now he’s talking about “Transgender Dysphoria.”
Hasn’t said anything about asparagus yet.

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Kragar  Jul 14, 2017 • 10:45:46am

The story so far…

I didn’t meet with the Russians.
Ok, I did meet with the Russians, but it wasn’t about anything important.
Ok, It was a about them having information, but it wasn’t with anyone official.
Ok, it was the Russian government, but they were only lawyers.
Ok, they were Russian spies.

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Joe Bacon 🌹  Jul 14, 2017 • 10:46:07am

re: #52 Lidane

O hai. Have some GOHMERT!:

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Coming up next–The chipmunk girl from Eraserhead is going to sing her In Heaven Everything Is Fine song…

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jaunte  Jul 14, 2017 • 10:46:34am

Gohmert is saying transgender people are putting our troops at risk because that money could be spent on bulletproof vests and uparmored vehicles.

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Belafon  Jul 14, 2017 • 10:46:38am

re: #64 Lidane

This is some hilarious bullshit right here:

I can’t decide which would be better. If they don’t cover Trump, he has to get another Russian loan. If they do, Trump will suck them dry for next year.

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Lidane  Jul 14, 2017 • 10:47:09am

re: #66 jaunte

Right now he’s talking about “Transgender Dysphoria.”
Hasn’t said anything about asparagus yet.

The MAGA cultist I know is busy losing her shit about that Canadian baby who was unassigned a gender at birth.

Funny how she was all ZOMG TEH RUSSIA THING IZ A NOTHINGBURGER until recently. Now she’s silent about Trump and focused on other issues that rankle her hide.

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jaunte  Jul 14, 2017 • 10:47:39am

Transgender is the new hot scapegoat.

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ObserverArt  Jul 14, 2017 • 10:47:43am

Hey, I found a link to the movie. It is not in one piece like I viewed before it is in 12 segments. Here it is if anyone wants to learn more about Trump’s very questionable past.

Suppressed Documentary - Trump” What’s the deal

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Belafon  Jul 14, 2017 • 10:48:09am

re: #56 Dr Lizardo

Shitshow? It’s an F5 shitnado two miles wide.

And we have to let that tornado tear through the GOP.

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Lidane  Jul 14, 2017 • 10:48:32am

re: #72 jaunte

Transgender is the new hot scapegoat.

Transgender and non-binary people. If it’s not trans people wanting to use the bathroom, it’s non-binary people wanting they/them pronouns.

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  Jul 14, 2017 • 10:48:33am

re: #69 jaunte

Gohmert is saying transgender people are putting our troops at risk because that money could be spent on bulletproof vests and uparmored vehicles.

it could pay for three screws and bolts on a new F-35

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jaunte  Jul 14, 2017 • 10:48:39am

Now Steve King jumps in on the “societal experiment that is going on in our military.”
It’s “an indication of a civilization-killer.”

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The Vicious Babushka  Jul 14, 2017 • 10:49:23am

re: #16 lawhawk

Prematurely hit send…

Bullshit.

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Sir John Barron  Jul 14, 2017 • 10:49:26am

re: #59 Belafon

Isn’t that the same Dana who recently met with Russians about Trump?

That was fine and normal and patriotic, too.

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Teukka  Jul 14, 2017 • 10:49:45am

re: #72 jaunte

Transgender is the new hot scapegoat.

No shit. Over at “Dispatches from the Culture Wars”:
Now Shoebat Wants to Murder Trans Children

It’s time to play another round of Who Does Theodore Shoebat Want to Kill Today? *spins the wheel* And the answer is: Transgender kids and their parents. Because they’re wicked and evil, you see. And he has Bible verses that say nothing about that but he’s sure help make his case.

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Belafon  Jul 14, 2017 • 10:49:58am

re: #72 jaunte

Transgender is the new hot scapegoat.

Of course. It’s their new scary thing that their base would rather be afraid of than learn about.

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lawhawk  Jul 14, 2017 • 10:50:54am

re: #77 jaunte

Now Steve King jumps in on the “societal experiment that is going on in our military.”
It’s “an indication of a civilization-killer.”

Oh, the days when integrating the military with minorities instead of having all-Black or all-Japanese units … yeah, those were great. Those too were considered a societal experiment.

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Belafon  Jul 14, 2017 • 10:50:54am

re: #77 jaunte

Now Steve King jumps in on the “societal experiment that is going on in our military.”
It’s “an indication of a civilization-killer.”

He still hasn’t gotten over Truman’s decision to integrate the military.

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jeffreyw  Jul 14, 2017 • 10:50:55am

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Dr Lizardo  Jul 14, 2017 • 10:51:00am

re: #80 Teukka

No shit. Over at “Dispatches from the Culture Wars”:
Now Shoebat Wants to Murder Trans Children

Shoebat’s a fucking raving psycho nutcase. Seriously, he’s genuinely mentally disturbed.

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Sir John Barron  Jul 14, 2017 • 10:51:14am

re: #64 Lidane

This is some hilarious bullshit right here:

Congratulations, RNC. Better open up the checkbooks.

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jaunte  Jul 14, 2017 • 10:51:23am

Steve King, Historian:
The Ottoman Janissaries didn’t have “enough testosterone to carry on the fight.”

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jaunte  Jul 14, 2017 • 10:52:09am

King is claiming transgender people are joining the military in order to get free surgery.

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Lidane  Jul 14, 2017 • 10:52:44am

re: #70 Belafon

I can’t decide which would be better. If they don’t cover Trump, he has to get another Russian loan. If they do, Trump will suck them dry for next year.

AFAIK, they CAN’T cover Trump. The RNC is set up as a fundraiser for the GOP. All the money they raise goes to elections across the country, not to pay legal bills.

I don’t recall the DNC covering Clinton’s bills after he was impeached. In fact, I think it took him and Hillary a few years to pay off all the lawyers.

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Anymouse 🌹  Jul 14, 2017 • 10:52:48am

re: #77 jaunte

Now Steve King jumps in on the “societal experiment that is going on in our military.”
It’s “an indication of a civilization-killer.”

Didn’t conservatives complain about “societal experiments killing our military” back during Jim Crow when Truman integrated the military? Then they went off on women in combat roles doing the same? Then they went off on gays and lesbians doing the same?

Gotta hand it to conservatives, they’re consistent.

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Belafon  Jul 14, 2017 • 10:52:56am

re: #88 jaunte

King is claiming transgender people are joining the military in order to get free surgery.

Hey, King, citation needed.

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Teukka  Jul 14, 2017 • 10:53:44am

re: #85 Dr Lizardo

Shoebat’s a fucking raving psycho nutcase. Seriously, he’s genuinely mentally disturbed.

WHY DO YOU HATE FREEDUMB? PINKO COMMIE BASTARD!!!!! 1111tyy!!!111

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darthstar  Jul 14, 2017 • 10:53:58am
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mmmirele  Jul 14, 2017 • 10:54:06am

re: #57 makeitstop

Scott and I go way back, we’ve picketed Scientology in Clearwater back in the day…

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Dr Lizardo  Jul 14, 2017 • 10:54:45am

re: #89 Lidane

AFAIK, they CAN’T cover Trump. The RNC is set up as a fundraiser for the GOP. All the money they raise goes to elections across the country, not to pay legal bills.

I don’t recall the DNC covering Clinton’s bills after he was impeached. In fact, I think it took him and Hillary a few years to pay off all the lawyers.

I’m pretty certain the RNC isn’t a legal defense fund.

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jaunte  Jul 14, 2017 • 10:56:16am

Historian Gohmert now talking about Western civilization standing in a gap outside Vienna, fighting off the “radical Islamic movement.”
“That’s where the Polish group brought cannons up there where no one in the Islamic group knew you could get cannons up there.”

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ObserverArt  Jul 14, 2017 • 10:56:27am

re: #36 Charles Johnson

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That picture is so cute. The little doggie is looking up at “mom” just like a little kid would while getting marked for height.

I sure need images like that to help get through a day in The Time of Trump.

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Anymouse 🌹  Jul 14, 2017 • 10:56:58am

re: #95 Dr Lizardo

I’m pretty certain the RNC isn’t a legal defense fund.

Wait for someone to forward a bill to allow that. Campaigns can now use funds to hire security for private homes and such.

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Sir John Barron  Jul 14, 2017 • 10:57:09am

re: #97 jaunte

Historian Gohmert now talking about Western civilization standing in a gap outside Vienna, fighting off the “radical Islamic movement.”
“That’s where the Polish group brought cannons up there where no one in the Islamic group knew you could get cannons up there.”

And then the radical Islamicist transgender people with their tanks….

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jaunte  Jul 14, 2017 • 10:57:46am

Gohmert blending Sobieski, cannons, and sex change operations in his defense of Western Civilization.
Surreal.

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Sir John Barron  Jul 14, 2017 • 10:57:49am

re: #95 Dr Lizardo

I’m pretty certain the RNC isn’t a legal defense fund.

You have a very pre-Donald Trump mentality.

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Belafon  Jul 14, 2017 • 10:58:10am

re: #99 Anymouse 🌹

Wait for someone to forward a bill to allow that. Campaigns can now use funds to hire security for private homes and such.

I’m sure the Koch’s will love paying Trump’s legal bills.

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makeitstop  Jul 14, 2017 • 10:58:37am

re: #102 Sir John Barron

You have a very pre-Donald Trump mentality.

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It’s a MODERN DAY legal defense fund!

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Anymouse 🌹  Jul 14, 2017 • 10:58:43am

re: #103 Belafon

I’m sure the Koch’s will love paying Trump’s legal bills.

If it gets Charles and David what they want, they might.

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jaunte  Jul 14, 2017 • 10:58:51am

Gohmert TV
c-span.org

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HappyWarrior  Jul 14, 2017 • 11:00:14am

re: #80 Teukka

No shit. Over at “Dispatches from the Culture Wars”:
Now Shoebat Wants to Murder Trans Children

That guy would fit in well with ISIS.

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Belafon  Jul 14, 2017 • 11:00:17am

re: #105 Anymouse 🌹

If it gets Charles and David what they want, they might.

True, but if it looks like their being asked to pay off the Titanic after it hit the iceberg, they might have something to say.

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jaunte  Jul 14, 2017 • 11:00:22am

Gohmert makes the confident assertion that no one who turned back the Ottoman advance at the siege of Vienna had received a sex change operation.

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HappyWarrior  Jul 14, 2017 • 11:01:08am

re: #109 jaunte

Gohmert makes the confident assertion that no one who turned back the Ottoman advance at the siege of Vienna had received a sex change operation.

They never received penicillin either.

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Anymouse 🌹  Jul 14, 2017 • 11:01:43am

re: #106 jaunte

Gohmert TV
c-span.org

Elected as a judge, then appointed by Gov. Rick Perry to be an appellate judge before running for Congress.

That might explain why Rick Perry doesn’t know what the Department of Energy does. He’s on par with Rep. Gohmert.

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Lidane  Jul 14, 2017 • 11:01:54am

re: #109 jaunte

Gohmert makes the confident assertion that no one who turned back the Ottoman advance at the siege of Vienna had received a sex change operation.

They didn’t get a smallpox vaccine either. What’s his point?

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jaunte  Jul 14, 2017 • 11:01:56am

re: #110 HappyWarrior

Or voted.

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jaunte  Jul 14, 2017 • 11:02:19am

re: #113 Lidane

He’s a dope.

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Dr Lizardo  Jul 14, 2017 • 11:02:33am

re: #109 jaunte

Gohmert makes the confident assertion that no one who turned back the Ottoman advance at the siege of Vienna had received a sex change operation.

They didn’t know what coffee was, either. Gohmert’s an ahistoric asshat.

Definitely GOP POTUS material.

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jaunte  Jul 14, 2017 • 11:03:40am

I can’t believe these “you go to war with the army you have” people are blaming lack of body armor on transgender people.

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gocart mozart  Jul 14, 2017 • 11:04:29am

The Ballad of Donnie Jr.

went home with a waitress the way I always do
How was I to know she was with the russians, too?

I was gambling in havana, I took a little risk
Send lawyers, guns, and money
Dad, get me out of this, hiyah!

An innocent bystander
Somehow I got stuck between a rock and a hard place
And I’m down on my luck
Yes, I’m down on my luck
Well, I’m down on my luck

I’m hiding in honduras, I’m a desperate man
Send lawyers, guns, and money
The shit has hit the fan

Send lawyers, guns, and money
Send lawyers, guns, and money

Send lawyers, guns, and money, hiyah!
Send lawyers, guns, and money, ow!

Warren Zevon - Trouble & Lawyers, Guns and Money - David Letterman Show, 1988

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Kragar  Jul 14, 2017 • 11:04:49am
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HappyWarrior  Jul 14, 2017 • 11:05:57am

re: #119 Kragar

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HappyWarrior  Jul 14, 2017 • 11:06:33am

re: #117 jaunte

I can’t believe these “you go to war with the army you have” people are blaming lack of body armor on transgender people.

I can. They hate that much.

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Dr Lizardo  Jul 14, 2017 • 11:06:47am

re: #119 Kragar

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Belafon  Jul 14, 2017 • 11:07:18am

re: #119 Kragar

If these people are going to make the worst assumptions about LGBT, minorities, and others, then I’m not going to feel all that bad assuming they’re pieces of shit.

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jaunte  Jul 14, 2017 • 11:07:29am

re: #121 HappyWarrior

Imagine how much body armor the Mercers could buy for what they spend on politicians.

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KGxvi  Jul 14, 2017 • 11:07:51am

So I was listening to Pod Save America yesterday, and they had Ted Miller, a Republican strategist/campaign type, on. Miller’s definitely a Never Trumper, but he had an interesting point that I hadn’t heard anywhere before about why the GOP establishment isn’t turning on Trump. He said the internal polls showed Ted Cruz lose something like 40% on his approval ratings among Republicans after his “Vote Your Conscious” speech at the GOP convention. That probably explains why so many of them are scared, they’re worried they’ll see a Trumpian primary challenge.

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Dr. Matt  Jul 14, 2017 • 11:08:53am

re: #64 Lidane

Trump Team Reportedly Wants RNC to Cover Legal Defense Costs for Russia Investigations mediaite.com pic.twitter.com

But if this is just fake news, why does the Trump Regime want the RNC to pay for it???

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KGxvi  Jul 14, 2017 • 11:10:08am

re: #126 Dr. Matt

But if this is just fake news, why does the Trump Regime want the RNC to pay for it???

Because Trump never wants to pay for anything himself? And because a third party guarantee is the only way that even a marginally reputable law firm would take Trump on as a client?

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petesh  Jul 14, 2017 • 11:10:16am

re: #126 Dr. Matt

But if this is just fake news, why does the Trump Regime want the RNC to pay for it???

Who else can they ask?

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Kragar  Jul 14, 2017 • 11:10:47am
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wheat-dogg  Jul 14, 2017 • 11:10:48am

re: #128 petesh

Who else can they ask?

Russians

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Anymouse 🌹  Jul 14, 2017 • 11:11:18am
Anthony Erb is a 42-year-old atheist from Phoenix who has no problem sharing his non-religiosity with other people. He works with an Atheists Helping the Homeless chapter in the area. He occasionally wears atheist shirts. And he has an atheist symbol on the back of his car.

Yesterday, maybe because of that symbol, someone threw a rock through his car’s back window, shattering the glass where it hit.

We don’t know who did it… but the rock had the message “God is good” written on it. So take a wild guess.

patheos.com (goes to the Friendly Atheist, more at the link)

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HappyWarrior  Jul 14, 2017 • 11:11:22am

re: #125 KGxvi

So I was listening to Pod Save America yesterday, and they had Ted Miller, a Republican strategist/campaign type, on. Miller’s definitely a Never Trumper, but he had an interesting point that I hadn’t heard anywhere before about why the GOP establishment isn’t turning on Trump. He said the internal polls showed Ted Cruz lose something like 40% on his approval ratings among Republicans after his “Vote Your Conscious” speech at the GOP convention. That probably explains why so many of them are scared, they’re worried they’ll see a Trumpian primary challenge.

I agree with that. Trump is far more popular with the base than they are

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petesh  Jul 14, 2017 • 11:13:44am

re: #130 wheat-dogg

Russians

Ya think Putin’s gonna throw good money after, well, good money at this point?

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Jay C  Jul 14, 2017 • 11:14:12am

re: #130 wheat-dogg

re: #128 petesh

Who else can they ask?

Russians

Maybe they can supply some of the personnel, too: Natalia Veselnitskaya might be available (assuming she can get a visa).

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wheat-dogg  Jul 14, 2017 • 11:14:32am

re: #133 petesh

Ya think Putin’s gonna throw good money after, well, good money at this point?

He’s got money to burn, tbh.

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Dr Lizardo  Jul 14, 2017 • 11:15:20am

re: #125 KGxvi

So I was listening to Pod Save America yesterday, and they had Ted Miller, a Republican strategist/campaign type, on. Miller’s definitely a Never Trumper, but he had an interesting point that I hadn’t heard anywhere before about why the GOP establishment isn’t turning on Trump. He said the internal polls showed Ted Cruz lose something like 40% on his approval ratings among Republicans after his “Vote Your Conscious” speech at the GOP convention. That probably explains why so many of them are scared, they’re worried they’ll see a Trumpian primary challenge.

Bingo. Basically, they’re scared shitless of their base.

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HappyWarrior  Jul 14, 2017 • 11:15:53am

re: #136 Dr Lizardo

Bingo. Basically, they’re scared shitless of their base.

And they have been for a very long time.

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makeitstop  Jul 14, 2017 • 11:15:54am

Mueller is keeping a tight lid on things.

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Eclectic Cyborg  Jul 14, 2017 • 11:16:45am

I wonder what the over/under is on Trump suing the RNC?

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BeachDem  Jul 14, 2017 • 11:16:55am

re: #78 The Vicious Babushka

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b.d. (bill d.)  Jul 14, 2017 • 11:17:17am

re: #133 petesh

Ya think Putin’s gonna throw good money after, well, good money at this point?

lol at the thought of Trump having a bunch of Russian lawyers defending him…

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Sir John Barron  Jul 14, 2017 • 11:17:31am

re: #138 makeitstop

Mueller is keeping a tight lid on things.

“The White House thinks they turned a corner this week…”

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Dr Lizardo  Jul 14, 2017 • 11:17:33am

re: #131 Anymouse 🌹

patheos.com (goes to the Friendly Atheist, more at the link)

This is a fun thing

to put on the bumper.

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Sir John Barron  Jul 14, 2017 • 11:18:54am

re: #138 makeitstop

Mueller is keeping a tight lid on things.

The old plan was to smear Mueller.

The new plan is to just say whatever Mueller thinks they should or could be charged with is “perfectly fine”, “not a crime”, a bunch of nothingburgers.

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KGxvi  Jul 14, 2017 • 11:19:43am

re: #142 Sir John Barron

“The White House thinks they turned a corner this week…”

/

They did, it just turned out to be a blind corner leading to an unlit alley in the bad part of town.

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Anymouse 🌹  Jul 14, 2017 • 11:19:47am

re: #143 Dr Lizardo

This is a fun thing

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to put on the bumper.

I could see my car being rolled over with something like that.

The furthest I go with stickers is a marriage equality sticker on my car, and one my wife put on that says /dev/car (she’s a Linux fan). The second one requires more explanation.

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Sir John Barron  Jul 14, 2017 • 11:19:58am

re: #129 Kragar

Also Hillary emails lock her up.

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Stanley Sea  Jul 14, 2017 • 11:20:07am

S***show

as a description for the yam white house was just on the screen of CNN

We have arrived.

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Dr Lizardo  Jul 14, 2017 • 11:20:37am

re: #144 Sir John Barron

The old plan was to smear Mueller.

The new plan is to just say whatever Mueller thinks they should or could be charged with is “perfectly fine”, “not a crime”, a bunch of nothingburgers.

Yeah, but their bravado poorly masks the gnawing fear growing in their bellies day by day.

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Kragar  Jul 14, 2017 • 11:20:47am
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KGxvi  Jul 14, 2017 • 11:21:41am

re: #146 Anymouse 🌹

I could see my car being rolled over with something like that.

The furthest I go with stickers is a marriage equality sticker on my car, and one my wife put on that says /dev/car (she’s a Linux fan). The second one requires more explanation.

I have a rule against putting anything on my car. Other than when I was in high school and put a US Water Polo sticker on the bumper of my little pick up, it’s a rule I’ve maintained through three vehicles.

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HappyWarrior  Jul 14, 2017 • 11:23:04am

re: #150 Kragar

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Remember when some LGBT linguists were fired in the Bush years? So stupid. If these people were half as pro military as they claim to be, that would piss them off but because they’re morons obsessed with gender identity…..

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mmmirele  Jul 14, 2017 • 11:23:17am

Gwyneth Paltrow sells a lot of woo through her goop website. She’s attracted attention from various outlets, and Stephen Colbert has mocked her on the Late Show. However, a Canadian gynecologist, Dr. Jen Gunter, has apparently gotten La Paltrow all up in arms:

Gwyneth Paltrow has the hurtsies

Dr. Gunter (who is currently vacationing in the UK) has written a response. She pretty much rips Paltrow and her doctors to shreds.

GOOP’s misogynistic, mansplaining hit job

GOOP and Gwyneth Paltrow have a case of GOOPitis, which according to Dr. Steve Gundry is due to my potty mouthed facts. Or tomato skins. Or something. I find it all very disjointed, inadequately researched, bloated, and mainslpainy.

More at the link, Dr. Gunter is not taking any shit from woo-peddlers.

drjengunter.wordpress.com

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Anymouse 🌹  Jul 14, 2017 • 11:23:41am

re: #150 Kragar

One of the long-standing complaints about women in the Navy was they took up shore billets (meaning men were at sea far longer).

The solution was to open up seagoing billets for women (that also allowed women a better chance to compete for advancement, since sea duty is pretty much a requirement in the Navy).

Then the complaint was “women on ships.”

As my mother (a Navy veteran) put it during her time in the Navy when women were only allowed to serve on support ships and not combat vessels: She’d much rather be on a ship that could defend itself rather than a floating target for a submarine or aircraft.

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BeachDem  Jul 14, 2017 • 11:23:42am

re: #118 gocart mozart

The Ballad of Donnie Jr.

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And what’s running through my head is…

THE BEE GEES “I STARTED A JOKE” 1968 HQ AUDIO

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Dr. Matt  Jul 14, 2017 • 11:25:19am

re: #128 petesh

Who else can they ask?

His voters/sheeple.

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KGxvi  Jul 14, 2017 • 11:25:40am

re: #148 Stanley Sea

S***show

as a description for the yam white house was just on the screen of CNN

We have arrived.

I looked into the abyss and the abyss looked into me…

Then the abyss said, “just tremendous, so beautiful, amazing, let me tell you, you’ve never seen anything like this abyss”

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Dr Lizardo  Jul 14, 2017 • 11:26:46am

re: #153 mmmirele

Gwyneth Paltrow sells a lot of woo through her goop website. She’s attracted attention from various outlets, and Stephen Colbert has mocked her on the Late Show. However, a Canadian gynecologist, Dr. Jen Gunter, has apparently gotten La Paltrow all up in arms:

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Dr. Gunter (who is currently vacationing in the UK) has written a response. She pretty much rips Paltrow and her doctors to shreds.

More at the link, Dr. Gunter is not taking any shit from woo-peddlers.

drjengunter.wordpress.com

Good on Dr. Gunter. I’m glad to see people, especially qualified professionals, standing up to the modern-day snake-oil salesfolk.

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Lidane  Jul 14, 2017 • 11:28:12am

Party of Personal Responsibility, y’all:

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Sir John Barron  Jul 14, 2017 • 11:28:55am

re: #159 Lidane

Party of Personal Responsibility, y’all:

Moral values. Liberals are a bunch of moral relativists.

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FormerDirtDart  Jul 14, 2017 • 11:29:10am

Flynn, Gorka, Rohrabacher?

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Sir John Barron  Jul 14, 2017 • 11:29:40am

re: #159 Lidane

Last week: Dems and media are obsessed with Russia

This week: OK, well, everybody does it.

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Sir John Barron  Jul 14, 2017 • 11:30:11am

re: #161 FormerDirtDart

Flynn, Gorka, Rohrabacher?

Who knew adoption was so hot?

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HappyWarrior  Jul 14, 2017 • 11:31:47am

re: #159 Lidane

Party of Personal Responsibility, y’all:

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You’ve only been here since 2014 STFU.

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Dr Lizardo  Jul 14, 2017 • 11:32:19am

re: #163 Kragar

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When I told some of my students about Trump’s adventures as a would-be casino magnate, they simply couldn’t believe that anyone……anyone….could bankrupt a casino. The common view, here at least, is that owning a casino is a like having an ATM machine in your bedroom that spits out money 24/7.

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KGxvi  Jul 14, 2017 • 11:32:23am

re: #161 FormerDirtDart

Flynn, Gorka, Rohrabacher?

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I’ve always known there was a reason to not like Dana fucking Rohrabacher, but I can’t imagine he’d be this stupid.

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HappyWarrior  Jul 14, 2017 • 11:32:28am

re: #162 Sir John Barron

Last week: Dems and media are obsessed with Russia

This week: OK, well, everybody does it.

Next week: Yeah we did it, I dare you to prosecute us though!
Good grief, these people are such fucking crooks.

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BeachDem  Jul 14, 2017 • 11:33:16am

re: #161 FormerDirtDart

Flynn, Gorka, Rohrabacher?

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Soon we’ll be hearing that they had to rent an amphitheater to accommodate all of the attendees at this “nothingburger, spontaneous, unimportant, off-the-cuff, boring, inconsequential” meeting.

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Anymouse 🌹  Jul 14, 2017 • 11:34:46am

re: #165 HappyWarrior

You’ve only been here since 2014 STFU.

I’ll get off your lawn then. /s

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makeitstop  Jul 14, 2017 • 11:35:04am

re: #161 FormerDirtDart

Flynn, Gorka, Rohrabacher?

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Fatass, Evita and Beavis?

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sagehen  Jul 14, 2017 • 11:35:20am

re: #97 jaunte

Historian Gohmert now talking about Western civilization standing in a gap outside Vienna, fighting off the “radical Islamic movement.”
“That’s where the Polish group brought cannons up there where no one in the Islamic group knew you could get cannons up there.”

At the Gates of Vienna, even…

//

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Kragar  Jul 14, 2017 • 11:36:13am
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goddamnedfrank  Jul 14, 2017 • 11:36:38am
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HappyWarrior  Jul 14, 2017 • 11:36:40am

re: #170 Anymouse 🌹

I’ll get off your lawn then. /s

Heh I meant Dave Brat. Seriously the guy knows nothing about Washington. He’s a deranged dipshit shit who combines two fucked up things- Objectivism and Calvinism. It’s like when someone pisses on shit.

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HappyWarrior  Jul 14, 2017 • 11:37:07am

re: #173 Kragar

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But somehow poor widdle Han is the victim of the century. These fucking assholes.

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Jay C  Jul 14, 2017 • 11:37:31am

re: #169 BeachDem

Soon we’ll be hearing that they had to rent an amphitheater to accommodate all of the attendees at this “nothingburger, spontaneous, unimportant, off-the-cuff, boring, inconsequential” meeting.

Srsly: the initial accounts of the Veselnitskaya meeting made it appear like an intimate get-together in a back booth: now the expanding “guest list” makes it sound like they had to book one of the Trump Tower ballrooms to accommodate all the spies counterspies participants….

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Targetpractice  Jul 14, 2017 • 11:38:08am

re: #159 Lidane

Party of Personal Responsibility, y’all:

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That’s the emerging line of defense, in light of the Ukraine/DNC chaff thrown up on Tuesday. “Every campaign relies upon foreign support, so why should the Trumps be any different?!” It’s that childish attitude we’re familiar with, that if you get punished for breaking the rules, then so should Jimmy because he broke a rule last week and was never punished.

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Brother Holy Cruise Missile of Mild Acceptance  Jul 14, 2017 • 11:38:23am

Wow, haven’t been to Rawstory in a while. I see they have an entire section dedicated to Trump now.

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Dr Lizardo  Jul 14, 2017 • 11:41:00am

re: #178 Targetpractice

That’s the emerging line of defense, in light of the Ukraine/DNC chaff thrown up on Tuesday. “Every campaign relies upon foreign support, so why should the Trumps be any different?!” It’s that childish attitude we’re familiar with, that if you get punished for breaking the rules, then so should Jimmy because he broke a rule last week and was never punished.

“Sure, I tried to rob the bank, and if you cops hadn’t shown up, I’d have made out with some sweet, sweet cash! But why do you wanna throw my ass in jail, huh? What about that guy last month who robbed a bank and you ain’t caught him yet, huh? Why should I get punished?”

Ladies and gentlemen, the Party of Personal Responsiblity (TM).

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Anymouse 🌹  Jul 14, 2017 • 11:41:42am

re: #172 sagehen

At the Gates of Vienna, even…

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Where’d Louie get the idea that the Poles brought cannon and mounted them somewhere? It was the Ottomans that had cannon emplacements. The Poles brought cavalry, and the biggest cavalry battle in history was fought in that battle.

en.wikipedia.org

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Lidane  Jul 14, 2017 • 11:41:48am

Hmmm:

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thecommodore  Jul 14, 2017 • 11:42:45am

This tweet from Dennis Prager is so profoundly idiotic that you have to wonder if Jim Hoft somehow jumped into his body.

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Teukka  Jul 14, 2017 • 11:43:58am

re: #183 thecommodore

This tweet from Dennis Prager is so profoundly idiotic that you have to wonder if Jim Hoft somehow jumped into his body.

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Targetpractice  Jul 14, 2017 • 11:44:14am

And remember the folks, the same party arguing that Don Jr should be let off the hook because “everybody does it” wants the investigation into Hillary’s emails reopened because “Just because everybody does it doesn’t mean it’s legal!!!”

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Dr Lizardo  Jul 14, 2017 • 11:44:45am

re: #183 thecommodore

This tweet from Dennis Prager is so profoundly idiotic that you have to wonder if Jim Hoft somehow jumped into his body.

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Clearly, Dim Jim’s been reading the Necronomicon and figured how to swap bodies.

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Kragar  Jul 14, 2017 • 11:47:14am
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HappyWarrior  Jul 14, 2017 • 11:47:52am

re: #182 Lidane

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Eclectic Cyborg  Jul 14, 2017 • 11:48:58am

re: #159 Lidane

Party of Personal Responsibility, y’all:

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Eclectic Cyborg  Jul 14, 2017 • 11:50:02am

re: #187 Kragar

Hahahahahahahahaha!

Fuck you Milo. You got exactly what you deserved. That thing will probably end up in the bargain bin in record time.

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KGxvi  Jul 14, 2017 • 11:50:52am

re: #186 Dr Lizardo

Clearly, Dim Jim’s been reading the Necronomicon and figured how to swap bodies.

Well, that explains what happened…

The Evil Dead 3 Army of Darkness clatu verata nictu

(skip to 4:35 if it doesn’t start like it should)

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GlutenFreeJesus  Jul 14, 2017 • 11:51:14am

I found Gru, who Jr. met with.

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HappyWarrior  Jul 14, 2017 • 11:51:26am

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HappyWarrior  Jul 14, 2017 • 11:52:21am

re: #183 thecommodore

This tweet from Dennis Prager is so profoundly idiotic that you have to wonder if Jim Hoft somehow jumped into his body.

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lawhawk  Jul 14, 2017 • 11:52:35am

re: #166 Dr Lizardo

When I told some of my students about Trump’s adventures as a would-be casino magnate, they simply couldn’t believe that anyone……anyone….could bankrupt a casino. The common view, here at least, is that owning a casino is a like having an ATM machine in your bedroom that spits out money 24/7.

He didn’t bankrupt a casino.

He went bankrupt with his casinos six times. 6 times (but three occurred in such close proximity to each other that they’re often considered one time).

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Sir John Barron  Jul 14, 2017 • 11:54:31am

re: #183 thecommodore

This tweet from Dennis Prager is so profoundly idiotic that you have to wonder if Jim Hoft somehow jumped into his body.

Translation: We have more to fear from fellow Americans who don’t unconditionally support Republicans.

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Joe Bacon 🌹  Jul 14, 2017 • 11:54:57am

re: #127 KGxvi

Because Trump never wants to pay for anything himself? And because a third party guarantee is the only way that even a marginally reputable law firm would take Trump on as a client?

WTF? That cheap motherfather actually wants a bill paid???

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HappyWarrior  Jul 14, 2017 • 11:59:58am

What I love is when wingnuts like Prager or Hannity complain about the media and than boast how popular they are.

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retired cynic  Jul 14, 2017 • 12:00:08pm

re: #93 darthstar

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That image (I can’t bring myself to play the video) makes me retch. The big fat bully!

BTW, I wrote Sleuth privately, and she says she’s ok; just dealing with heat and humidity, and reading the threads.

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b.d. (bill d.)  Jul 14, 2017 • 12:04:45pm

re: #198 HappyWarrior

What I love is when wingnuts like Prager or Hannity complain about the media and than boast how popular they are.

lol

As I wrote in my run away best selling book, Silenced By The Media…

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I’m no fancy lawyer but I’m guessing that plotting to rob a bank is, I dunno, conspiracy maybe?!

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Sir John Barron  Jul 14, 2017 • 12:06:06pm

re: #201 A wild WITHAK appeared!

I’m no fancy lawyer but I’m guessing that plotting to rob a bank is, I dunno, conspiracy maybe?!

Brit Hume sure digging deep. Killing whatever was left of his newscaster legacy.

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HappyWarrior  Jul 14, 2017 • 12:06:45pm

re: #200 b.d.

lol

As I wrote in my run away best selling book, Silenced By The Media…

Yep, FNC loves to brag about how they’re so popular and yet they rag on the MSM at the same time. They really seem to think they’re actually some rag-tag underground neews org.

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Sir John Barron  Jul 14, 2017 • 12:07:13pm

re: #201 A wild WITHAK appeared!

Good question: here’s another: if it wasn’t a nothing burger then what came of it?

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— Brit Hume

The DNC hacking by Wikileaks. At least. Trump raised the DNC emails at every stop, so he obviously thought they were meaningful.

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Dr Lizardo  Jul 14, 2017 • 12:07:18pm

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I’m no fancy lawyer but I’m guessing that plotting to rob a bank is, I dunno, conspiracy maybe?!

I’m no lawyer either, but I’m pretty sure that conspiring to commit a criminal act is illegal.

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wrenchwench  Jul 14, 2017 • 12:07:50pm

re: #201 A wild WITHAK appeared!

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I was lucky my connection cut out when Jonah Goldberg was on NPR this morning and was about to quote his ‘buddy’, Iowahawk.

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HappyWarrior  Jul 14, 2017 • 12:08:09pm

re: #201 A wild WITHAK appeared!

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Brit sure is dumb. It’s one thing to think maybe if I rob a bank, I’ll make money. It’s another to actually plan out a bank robbery, that’s conspiracy but I get it, Brit like the other dumbasses at FNC’s head is so far up Trump’s ass. BTW how sad is it that Mr. Liberal FAscism is the voice of reason ehre?

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Targetpractice  Jul 14, 2017 • 12:08:51pm

re: #201 A wild WITHAK appeared!

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Brit’s still working his little tail off to defend the Trumps. One might begin to wonder if they’ve got dirt on him or something.

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Sir John Barron  Jul 14, 2017 • 12:08:52pm

re: #207 HappyWarrior

Brit sure is dumb. It’s one thing to think maybe if I rob a bank, I’ll make money. It’s another to actually plan out a bank robbery, that’s conspiracy but I get it, Brit like the other dumbasses at FNC’s head is so far up Trump’s ass. BTW how sad is it that Mr. Liberal FAscism is the voice of reason ehre?

He’s not dumb. Just doing his darndest to normalize this shit.

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A wild WITHAK appeared!  Jul 14, 2017 • 12:09:37pm

re: #209 Sir John Barron

He’s not dumb. Just doing his darndest to normalize this shit.

And the normalization will continue until it’s no longer profitable.

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makeitstop  Jul 14, 2017 • 12:10:53pm

re: #205 Dr Lizardo

I’m no lawyer either, but I’m pretty sure that conspiring to commit a criminal act is illegal.

Right, or else all those guys planning to help ISIS wold have gone back home instead of to prison.

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piratedan  Jul 14, 2017 • 12:11:08pm

what came of it?

what came of it?

I dunno, maybe six months of non-stop bullshit allegations making HRC’s e-mail “issue” the primary focus of the GOP campaign…

and really Brit… what was there… what DID Ms. Clinton do that was wrong? Not that her server was hacked, but what type of “mishandling” of classified material did she actually perform and how did those “deeds” impact national security…

and when you get done answering that one…

You tell me how its perfectly acceptable to seek out and work with a foreign adversary in order to obtain an election victory…not just for DJT but in assistance both in information illegally obtained and illegal campaign contributions… for what appears to be multiple GOP races, not just for the Presidency.

I’ll wait…

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Franklin  Jul 14, 2017 • 12:11:47pm

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Franklin  Jul 14, 2017 • 12:12:12pm

re: #201 A wild WITHAK appeared!

I mean, do we really need an analogy?

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KingKenrod  Jul 14, 2017 • 12:12:59pm

Brit Hume’s best defense of the Trump campaign is to literally compare them to a gang of criminals.

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Kragar  Jul 14, 2017 • 12:13:27pm
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Unshaken Defiance  Jul 14, 2017 • 12:14:06pm

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Targetpractice  Jul 14, 2017 • 12:14:39pm

re: #215 KingKenrod

Brit Hume’s best defense of the Trump campaign is to literally compare them to a gang of criminals.

Worse, what Brit’s doing is gambling what remaining shred of credibility he has left on nothing coming from this meeting, that Don Jr isn’t lying his ass off when he says the meeting went nowhere. Considering how this story is rapidly expanding, that’s not a safe bet by any reasonable standard.

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Sir John Barron  Jul 14, 2017 • 12:16:21pm

re: #204 Sir John Barron

The obvious question: If the meeting was a “waste of time” & a “nothing burger,” why lie after lie after lie?

— Stephen Hayes

Notice Brit doesn’t attempt to address this issue. Administration lies can thus be normalized, too.

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Belafon  Jul 14, 2017 • 12:17:11pm

re: #201 A wild WITHAK appeared!

I’m no fancy lawyer but I’m guessing that plotting to rob a bank is, I dunno, conspiracy maybe?!

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The analogy fails because the actual analogy is if you want to meet someone to buy some explosives. It doesn’t matter that there were no actual explosives.

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Sir John Barron  Jul 14, 2017 • 12:17:16pm

re: #218 Targetpractice

Worse, what Brit’s doing is gambling what remaining shred of credibility he has left on nothing coming from this meeting, that Don Jr isn’t lying his ass off when he says the meeting went nowhere. Considering how this story is rapidly expanding, that’s not a safe bet by any reasonable standard.

Tomorrow: The decision at the meeting was to tell Wikileaks to hack the DNC.

Brit Hume: Who’s votes did this change?

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HappyWarrior  Jul 14, 2017 • 12:17:43pm

re: #219 Sir John Barron

Notice Brit doesn’t attempt to address this issue. Administration lies can thus be normalized, too.

Good point.

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Sir John Barron  Jul 14, 2017 • 12:18:43pm

re: #220 Belafon

The analogy fails because the actual analogy is if you want to meet someone to buy some explosives. It doesn’t matter that there were no actual explosives.

But maybe Dems set the whole thing up, right Brit?

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Ace Rothstein  Jul 14, 2017 • 12:18:54pm

I’m so old, I remember when Brit Hume was a half-assed journalist.

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Franklin  Jul 14, 2017 • 12:19:13pm

re: #224 Ace Rothstein

I’m so old, I remember when Brit Hume was a half-assed journalist.

Now he’s full-assed.

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b.d. (bill d.)  Jul 14, 2017 • 12:19:16pm

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Maybe Brit should ask all those folks we threw in the slammer for talking about blowing stuff up?

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Eclectic Cyborg  Jul 14, 2017 • 12:20:07pm

re: #216 Kragar

Wait, I thought wingnuts were agaInst Death Panels?

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Ace Rothstein  Jul 14, 2017 • 12:20:30pm

The Trumps have me agreeing with The Weekly Standard, for fuck’s sake.

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garzooma  Jul 14, 2017 • 12:20:45pm

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I go back to Dzhokhar Tsarnaev’s dope smoking buddies. Nothing came of their obstruction, and they still all got jail time.

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Sir John Barron  Jul 14, 2017 • 12:22:33pm

re: #230 goddamnedfrank

Good question: here’s another: if it wasn’t a nothing burger then what came of it?
— Brit Hume

The hacking of the DNC. At least.

But maybe Junior could tell us, if you know, being transparent and all.

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lawhawk  Jul 14, 2017 • 12:22:39pm
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Targetpractice  Jul 14, 2017 • 12:23:33pm

Let’s put it this way:

For months, the Brit Humes of the press argued that Democrats were being “hysterical” and similar sentiments because “There’s no proof of any meetings with Russian officials by the Trump campaign.”

Then the evidence of meetings began coming out, at which time the narrative changed to “Well, there were meetings, but these were in passing and nobody can be expected to know who they were dealing with.”

Then specific Russians were showing up again and again in meetings, forcing the narrative to change to “Well yes, these meetings happened, but they were in an official capacity!”

Now comes Don Jr and his meeting and suddenly the changes in narrative are happening by the hour. From “this was a harmless meeting” to “it was a set-up” to (now) “so what if it happened, everybody has these meetings.”

Next up is going to be “So yes, the Russians were directly helping the Trump campaign, but that’s okay because Hillary needed to lose!”

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Sir John Barron  Jul 14, 2017 • 12:24:09pm

re: #231 Sir John Barron

The hacking of the DNC. At least.

But maybe Junior could tell us, if you know, being transparent and all.

Brit Hume’s “defense” amounts to “OK but find the money we stole”.

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Sir John Barron  Jul 14, 2017 • 12:25:25pm

re: #234 Sir John Barron

Brit Hume’s “defense” amounts to “OK but find the money we stole”.

Or “OK but find the documents that traded hands at this collusion meeting”.

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Sir John Barron  Jul 14, 2017 • 12:26:20pm

re: #235 Sir John Barron

Or “OK but find the documents that traded hands at this collusion meeting”.

Or “OK, but produce the tape of this meeting that shows what was said, agreed to, etc.”

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lawhawk  Jul 14, 2017 • 12:26:25pm

I posted this the other day about what happened with the meeting but I’ll expand this a bit:

Junior went on a fishing trip. He took a boat out with the expectation to catch fish. He called a couple of pals to join him. None of them caught any fish. They returned without any fish.

They went fishing. That was the intent. That all they got was sunburn is besides the point.

Taken to the current situation, Jared went on a fishing expedition to get dirt on Clinton from someone he knew or had reason to know was a foreign national. He called in Jared and Manafort (and others) to hear this dirt. The meeting (at least according to Junior as of this moment) didn’t reveal any dirt on Clinton. There was no dirt to be had.

It doesn’t matter that they didn’t get what they sought. It was the intent to get the dirt from foreign nationals that matters.

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ObserverArt  Jul 14, 2017 • 12:32:35pm

re: #124 jaunte

Imagine how much body armor the Mercers could buy for what they spend on politicians.

Where is the sport in that?

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Sir John Barron  Jul 14, 2017 • 12:32:47pm

re: #238 goddamnedfrank

They already sold their soul to Donald Trump, so this next step is not a great leap for them.

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dangerman  Jul 14, 2017 • 12:32:58pm

re: #237 lawhawk

…It doesn’t matter that they didn’t get what they sought. It was the intent to get the dirt from foreign nationals that matters.

and that they all lied on their sf-86’s

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ObserverArt  Jul 14, 2017 • 12:33:18pm

re: #126 Dr. Matt

But if this is just fake news, why does the Trump Regime want the RNC to pay for it???

The Russians have cut off his funding.

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A wild WITHAK appeared!  Jul 14, 2017 • 12:33:48pm

Now taking bets…

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Aucun pays pour les vieux ennemis  Jul 14, 2017 • 12:33:49pm

re: #183 thecommodore

This tweet from Dennis Prager is so profoundly idiotic that you have to wonder if Jim Hoft somehow jumped into his body.

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Sir John Barron  Jul 14, 2017 • 12:34:01pm

re: #237 lawhawk

I posted this the other day about what happened with the meeting but I’ll expand this a bit:

Junior went on a fishing trip. He took a boat out with the expectation to catch fish. He called a couple of pals to join him. None of them caught any fish. They returned without any fish.

They went fishing. That was the intent. That all they got was sunburn is besides the point.

Taken to the current situation, Jared went on a fishing expedition to get dirt on Clinton from someone he knew or had reason to know was a foreign national. He called in Jared and Manafort (and others) to hear this dirt. The meeting (at least according to Junior as of this moment) didn’t reveal any dirt on Clinton. There was no dirt to be had.

It doesn’t matter that they didn’t get what they sought. It was the intent to get the dirt from foreign nationals that matters.

Also we know the Russians—through Wikileaks—hacked the DNC, and Donald Trump used those emails in his campaign, the press reported on the DNC emails, etc.

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lawhawk  Jul 14, 2017 • 12:35:20pm
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At the same time, Jamie Gorelick, a politically well connected lawyer who has been representing Jared Kushner, the president’s son-in-law, is dropping out of the case, turning over all responsibilities for the Russia investigation to Abbe Lowell, another high profile Washington criminal defense lawyer.

In the coming weeks, Gorelick will be “wrapping up” her representation of Kushner on issues relating to ethics and his security clearance form, the sources said. But Lowell, a skilled litigator who has represented clients ranging from former Sen. John Edwards (D-N.C.) to corrupt Washington fixer Jack Abramoff, will exclusively represent Kushner in inquires being conducted by congressional committees and Justice Department special counsel Robert Mueller.

The only ones making out like bandits under Trump at present are criminal defense attorneys with a particular set of skills (RICO, white collar, mob defense, natsec, etc.)

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CongoJack  Jul 14, 2017 • 12:35:24pm

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I’m hoping for Jeff Sessions. Lets put that little elf down for the count.

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makeitstop  Jul 14, 2017 • 12:36:04pm

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Somebody completely out of left field…

Lewandowski? Carter Page? Kanye?

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lawhawk  Jul 14, 2017 • 12:36:23pm

Moment of levity:

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Sir John Barron  Jul 14, 2017 • 12:37:16pm

Can’t wait to watch this bunch go down in flames.

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steve_davis  Jul 14, 2017 • 12:37:26pm

re: #36 Charles Johnson

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HappyWarrior  Jul 14, 2017 • 12:37:51pm

re: #249 lawhawk

Moment of levity:

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Ha! That’s pretty funny.

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Dave In Austin  Jul 14, 2017 • 12:39:31pm

The notorious Central Texas Diamondback Watersnake enjoying happy hour at a local Lake Austin haunt.

Facebook Video

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A wild WITHAK appeared!  Jul 14, 2017 • 12:39:55pm

re: #248 makeitstop

Somebody completely out of left field…

Lewandowski? Carter Page? Kanye?

I’m going with Rohrabacher.

(I would say Kislyak, but no one remembers poor Sergei.)

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MsJ  Jul 14, 2017 • 12:40:20pm

re: #93 darthstar

And Melonia continues to be an afterthought.

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b.d. (bill d.)  Jul 14, 2017 • 12:40:28pm

re: #233 Targetpractice

The only thing Republicans actually can do.
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goddamnedfrank  Jul 14, 2017 • 12:40:52pm

re: #238 goddamnedfrank

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I Would Prefer Not To  Jul 14, 2017 • 12:40:52pm

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I’m going with Rohrabacher.

(I would say Kislyak, but no one remembers poor Sergei.)

I’m going with Donald Trump for the win!

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Dr Lizardo  Jul 14, 2017 • 12:44:59pm

re: #258 I Would Prefer Not To

I’m going with Donald Trump for the win!

LOL Trump in 24 hours: “Oh yeah, I was there, but nothing much really happened. Boring as hell. Sad. Big waste of my time.”

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b.d. (bill d.)  Jul 14, 2017 • 12:45:08pm

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Birth Control Works  Jul 14, 2017 • 12:45:19pm

NOW this is interesting.

What if mining companies could tokenize metals and other materials that are still in the ground (the best vault in the world)?

Shameless Pages Post about our Brave New World

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sizzzzlerz  Jul 14, 2017 • 12:45:30pm

re: #246 lawhawk

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ObserverArt  Jul 14, 2017 • 12:47:00pm

re: #151 KGxvi

I have a rule against putting anything on my car. Other than when I was in high school and put a US Water Polo sticker on the bumper of my little pick up, it’s a rule I’ve maintained through three vehicles.

Me too. No way to identify politics, religion, race, sports teams, etc.

I worked with a guy that bought a BMW M3. He could be a real prick about where he parked, etc. I have mentioned I worked with racing teams and car people, so you can imagine how everyone felt about that. We all had decent cars, we all could drive and park, etc.

I asked him one day why he thought I would hit his car with my door when I too would have damaged my door. Went right over his arrogant head.

A few months later in NHL Hockey season he went to a Columbus Blue Jackets game and parked in a public parking garage by the arena. He parked his car at an angle and took up two spaces so he could give clearances to the sides of his car.

Guess how that went over with others looking for a parking space?

He came back to his car after the game and found it was keyed by probably two or more people. Not just a scratch. We are talking many scratches and some letting like “asshole” “prick” “f-you,” etc. And some of the scratches were deep, like to bare metal.

Taught him a lesson big time.

If you like your car, always be on the down-low with anything that makes you stand out too much.

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sizzzzlerz  Jul 14, 2017 • 12:47:30pm

re: #242 ObserverArt

The Russians have cut off his funding allowance.

FTFY

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Targetpractice  Jul 14, 2017 • 12:47:31pm

At this point, I imagine KAC’s argument to the F&F couch will be the one that ends up being the way forward, namely (paraphrased) “If you can’t prove the vote counts were altered, then there’s no evidence of collusion!” That even if we prove that Trump and his inner circle were in with the Russians up to their eyeballs, it doesn’t matter because Hillary would still have lost.

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Dr Lizardo  Jul 14, 2017 • 12:48:31pm

re: #260 b.d.

Pence or Sessions would be a true sh*tstorm, I’m putting $1 on Carter Page.

And the darkly humorous part of all this is that the other day, Trey fucking Gowdy dropped a 15-megaton hint by telling them to disclose everything now instead of letting the media do it. He knows damn well that this stuff is going to leak and it’s going to keep on leaking.

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MsJ  Jul 14, 2017 • 12:49:41pm

re: #98 ObserverArt

That picture is so cute. The little doggie is looking up at “mom” just like a little kid would while getting marked for height.

I sure need images like that to help get through a day in The Time of Trump.

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darthstar  Jul 14, 2017 • 12:50:10pm

re: #142 Sir John Barron

“The White House thinks they turned a corner this week…”

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Funny…the light at the end of the tunnel is getting closer but we’re not moving our feet.

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makeitstop  Jul 14, 2017 • 12:50:11pm

ELL OH ELL

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Sir John Barron  Jul 14, 2017 • 12:50:45pm

re: #266 Dr Lizardo

And the darkly humorous part of all this is that the other day, Trey fucking Gowdy dropped a 15-megaton hint by telling them to disclose everything now instead of letting the media do it. He knows damn well that this stuff is going to leak and it’s going to keep on leaking.

Trump was in the building. The wingnut media would be going apeshit if the situation was reversed and Obama was known to have been in the building.

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Eclectic Cyborg  Jul 14, 2017 • 12:51:17pm

*adds Nothingburger to the list of terms Conservatives have ruined for me*

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MsJ  Jul 14, 2017 • 12:51:45pm

re: #267 MsJ

I updated the link above if you didn’t see dogs.

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Eclectic Cyborg  Jul 14, 2017 • 12:51:55pm

re: #269 makeitstop

ELL OH ELL

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I was going to post that joke earlier but I got called away before I could.

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darthstar  Jul 14, 2017 • 12:51:56pm

File this under HOLY FUCKING SHIT, BATMAN!!!

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Belafon  Jul 14, 2017 • 12:52:01pm

re: #263 ObserverArt

xkcd.com
(Police reported three dozen cheerful bystanders, yet no one claims to have seen who did it.)

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retired cynic  Jul 14, 2017 • 12:52:44pm

re: #253 Dave In Austin

The notorious Central Texas Diamondback Watersnake enjoying happy hour at a local Lake Austin haunt.

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GAH! It’s the pit vipers that really make me shake. It’s the shape of the head!

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makeitstop  Jul 14, 2017 • 12:52:50pm

C’mon, NYT! I gotta get ready to drive to NYC!

(Seeing Kings X at City Winery tonight. Stoked af.)

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Stanley Sea  Jul 14, 2017 • 12:52:57pm
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Jared’s going to resign & come out of this sweetly.

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Aucun pays pour les vieux ennemis  Jul 14, 2017 • 12:53:59pm

re: #271 Eclectic Cyborg

*adds Nothingburger to the list of terms Conservatives have ruined for me*

It’s a term that did not exist for me, until the RW propagandists all started saying it on the same day, which looked really peculiar and obvious.

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EPR-radar  Jul 14, 2017 • 12:54:02pm

The GOP is plainly OK with a gang of criminal thugs in the executive branch because tax cuts, Jeebus, and pissing off liberals.

In the face of overwhelming GOP treachery, the only response of media both-siderists to this is to deplore the excesses of both sides equally, with frequent reference to imaginary crimes of liberals, or to the supposed acts of the five remaining members of the CPUSA.

We’ve always has a sizable fraction of the US electorate that was malicious and pig-ignorant. What’s new is regarding reason and willful ignorance as being two opposite and comparable sides.

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ObserverArt  Jul 14, 2017 • 12:54:14pm

re: #181 Anymouse 🌹

Where’d Louie get the idea that the Poles brought cannon and mounted them somewhere? It was the Ottomans that had cannon emplacements. The Poles brought cavalry, and the biggest cavalry battle in history was fought in that battle.

en.wikipedia.org

Come on ‘mouse. It’s GOHMERT!

Ideas take a brain.

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goddamnedfrank  Jul 14, 2017 • 12:55:12pm

re: #274 darthstar

File this under HOLY FUCKING SHIT, BATMAN!!!

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Kushner probably lied to Gorelick about the nature of the Veselnitskaya meeting, sounds like she’s sick of his bullshit.

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EPR-radar  Jul 14, 2017 • 12:55:38pm

re: #275 Belafon

xkcd.com
(Police reported three dozen cheerful bystanders, yet no one claims to have seen who did it.)

The perps of some crimes should not be caught.

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MsJ  Jul 14, 2017 • 12:55:55pm

re: #146 Anymouse 🌹

I could see my car being rolled over with something like that.

The furthest I go with stickers is a marriage equality sticker on my car, and one my wife put on that says /dev/car (she’s a Linux fan). The second one requires more explanation.

I would never put anything on my car…it’s an invitation to assholes.

On a personal note, I love “And may all your Christmases be #FFFFFF” as a geek thing.

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Dr Lizardo  Jul 14, 2017 • 12:56:22pm

re: #280 EPR-radar

the supposed acts of the five remaining members of the CPUSA.

Yeah…….one octogenarian and four FBI confidential informants.

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darthstar  Jul 14, 2017 • 12:56:51pm

re: #278 Stanley Sea

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Jared’s going to resign & come out of this sweetly.

Jared’s going to relocate to Tel Aviv to avoid extradition to the US.

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EmmaAnne  Jul 14, 2017 • 12:57:22pm

re: #278 Stanley Sea

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Jared’s going to resign & come out.

Snicker.

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klys (maker of Silmarils)  Jul 14, 2017 • 12:57:25pm

Morning Lizards.

Well, okay. Not morning. But. I slept in until 7am today? And then ran a half marathon just because.

Anyway, maybe this was linked last week when this stuff was actually happening but I just saw it today. Intelligent use of privilege and while I might not be the most fond of the tactics of the antifa folks, I could see this being useful for BLM protests.

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Birth Control Works  Jul 14, 2017 • 12:57:43pm

re: #267 MsJ

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Dr Lizardo  Jul 14, 2017 • 12:57:49pm

re: #286 darthstar

Jared’s going to relocate to Tel Aviv to avoid extradition to the US.

You know……..I could see that happening.

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ObserverArt  Jul 14, 2017 • 12:58:48pm

re: #185 Targetpractice

And remember the folks, the same party arguing that Don Jr should be let off the hook because “everybody does it” wants the investigation into Hillary’s emails reopened because “Just because everybody does it doesn’t mean it’s legal!!!”

If these guys had an ounce of weight in the ol’ brainpan they would figure out the best thing to do about anything Hillary is to forget about it. The comparisons make them look really really bad. But they can’t. Too much Fox News training and too easy a target to shoot for their base.

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Birth Control Works  Jul 14, 2017 • 12:59:39pm

re: #290 Dr Lizardo

You know……..I could see that happening.

Would Israel take him?

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Belafon  Jul 14, 2017 • 12:59:39pm

re: #288 klys (maker of Silmarils)

Morning Lizards.

Well, okay. Not morning. But. I slept in until 7am today? And then ran a half marathon just because.

Anyway, maybe this was linked last week when this stuff was actually happening but I just saw it today. Intelligent use of privilege and while I might not be the most fond of the tactics of the antifa folks, I could see this being useful for BLM protests.

At least they’re getting a letter from someone who wants them here.

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EPR-radar  Jul 14, 2017 • 1:00:11pm

re: #288 klys (maker of Silmarils)

Can you imagine how a message from the president for newly naturalized citizens would read if actually written by p*t*s Witless fucking Cocksplat?

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Birth Control Works  Jul 14, 2017 • 1:00:37pm
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ObserverArt  Jul 14, 2017 • 1:00:47pm

re: #195 lawhawk

He didn’t bankrupt a casino.

He went bankrupt with his casinos six times. 6 times (but three occurred in such close proximity to each other that they’re often considered one time).

The Best Casino Bankrupter Ever. This I can tell you. The Best. A lot of people didn’t know that. A lot.

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Sir John Barron  Jul 14, 2017 • 1:01:23pm

re: #294 EPR-radar

Can you imagine how a message from the president for newly naturalized citizens would read if actually written by p*t*s Witless fucking Cocksplat?

“Welcome to America. Was the number of electoral colleges I won on your test?”

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MsJ  Jul 14, 2017 • 1:01:30pm

re: #173 Kragar

The White House just posted the emails of critics — without censoring sensitive personal information

Pure intimidation. A quick love note to their supporters to harass these people.

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dangerman  Jul 14, 2017 • 1:01:38pm

re: #270 Sir John Barron

Trump was in the building. The wingnut media would be going apeshit if the situation was reversed and Obama was known to have been in the building country.

ftfy

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Quoth the raven, Covfefe.  Jul 14, 2017 • 1:02:15pm

Evening Lizardim. What did I miss in the, oh, hour or so since I checked in on the world?

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darthstar  Jul 14, 2017 • 1:02:33pm

re: #143 Dr Lizardo

This is a fun thing

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to put on the bumper.

I had the Darwin fish on my Honda Accord back in my first marriage when I was in my late 20s. We went camping up in Felton in the mountains above Santa Cruz once, and the couple next to us had an Accord too…with a Jesus fish on it. They at one point invited us over for wine with their parents who were RVing there. At some point, the guy says to me, “We saw you have an Accord just like ours and you have a fish on the back.”
I said, “Yes, but mine’s a little different…it has feet and says ‘Darwin’ in the middle.”
They all looked at the backs of both of our cars again, saw the difference, then said, “Oh…that’s okay. Isn’t it honey? Yes. That’s okay.”

The Patriarch of the family then decided that, since we weren’t religious, it was okay to start telling jokes…mild sexism first, then pretty raunchy racism. Longest 30 minutes of the weekend.

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EPR-radar  Jul 14, 2017 • 1:04:12pm

re: #294 EPR-radar

Can you imagine how a message from the president for newly naturalized citizens would read if actually written by p*t*s Witless fucking Cocksplat?


Congratulations on becoming US citizens. The most important thing to know about US citizenship is that the electoral college is stacked against Republicans. But I won in 2016, the greatest electoral college victory of all time. I also won the popular vote of all legal votes cast. If you were one of those millions of illegals that voted for Clinton, please report to the nearest termination center.

Too lucid, I know.

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Targetpractice  Jul 14, 2017 • 1:04:43pm

re: #300 goddamnedfrank

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ObserverArt  Jul 14, 2017 • 1:06:17pm

re: #199 retired cynic

That image (I can’t bring myself to play the video) makes me retch. The big fat bully!

BTW, I wrote Sleuth privately, and she says she’s ok; just dealing with heat and humidity, and reading the threads.

Good to know. There has been a lot of rain in the last two weeks. I imagine she is pretty soaked. And humid? It’s terrible here in Columbus. I bet 200 or so miles due south of me it is worse.

I bet my LGF buddy down there in Louisiana is swimming in the air, as is Decatur Deb. I see just about everyone east of the big river are in stormy conditions.

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darthstar  Jul 14, 2017 • 1:06:19pm

re: #292 Birth Control Works

Would Israel take him?

Probably…I always find it a bit ironic that our “greatest ally” in the Middle East doesn’t have an extradition treaty with us.

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EPR-radar  Jul 14, 2017 • 1:06:19pm

re: #305 Targetpractice

Considering this pack of vipers, my biggest worry would be getting stiffed when it comes time to present the bill.

There’s no point in worrying about a certainty. I’m quite sure that nobody is representing tr*mp et al. until after very large checks for the retainers clear.

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goddamnedfrank  Jul 14, 2017 • 1:06:24pm

re: #305 Targetpractice

Considering this pack of vipers, my biggest worry would be getting stiffed when it comes time to present the bill.

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MsJ  Jul 14, 2017 • 1:08:34pm

re: #247 CongoJack

I’m hoping for Jeff Sessions. Lets put that little elf down for the count.

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EPR-radar  Jul 14, 2017 • 1:08:44pm

re: #300 goddamnedfrank

Lawyers want to win their cases, and will fire clients that are making this difficult/impossible to do.

This bodes well for future developments.

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Brother Holy Cruise Missile of Mild Acceptance  Jul 14, 2017 • 1:09:17pm

re: #312 MsJ

this.

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ObserverArt  Jul 14, 2017 • 1:09:38pm

re: #215 KingKenrod

Brit Hume’s best defense of the Trump campaign is to literally compare them to a gang of criminals.

Mental giants these conservatives.

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A Mom Anon  Jul 14, 2017 • 1:10:01pm

re: #187 Kragar

Is it OK if I laugh? Snort. HAHAHAHAHA.

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gocart mozart  Jul 14, 2017 • 1:10:31pm
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Sir John Barron  Jul 14, 2017 • 1:11:04pm

re: #317 gocart mozart

Sinclair

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Quoth the raven, Covfefe.  Jul 14, 2017 • 1:11:12pm

re: #311 darthstar

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EPR-radar  Jul 14, 2017 • 1:11:44pm

re: #317 gocart mozart

Bingo. The US is probably ungovernable as long as Fox News and Hate Radio continue in operation, but there is no apparent way to shut them down.

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MsJ  Jul 14, 2017 • 1:12:19pm

re: #278 Stanley Sea

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Jared’s going to resign & come out of this sweetly.

I really want to see Jared in prison and Ivanka as poor as a church mouse. Let her get a job at McD’s.

I despise the entire family. I hope they all rot in prison.

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darthstar  Jul 14, 2017 • 1:14:03pm

re: #243 A wild WITHAK appeared!

Now taking bets…

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Hang on…there were SEVEN people there now? The extra spy was number 6 right?

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EPR-radar  Jul 14, 2017 • 1:14:50pm

re: #321 MsJ

I really want to see Jared in prison and Ivanka as poor as a church mouse. Let her get a job at McD’s.

I despise the entire family. I hope they all rot in prison.

Barron has probably not yet committed any crimes. The rest of that horrible clan should all die in jail.

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lawhawk  Jul 14, 2017 • 1:14:58pm

Who else was at the meeting in person?

I’m going to run the odds - which would be greatly informed by who was known to be in the building that day:

Ivanka 3-1
Sessions 10-1
Rohrabacher 5-2
Donald J. Trump - no odds (he was on the phone in conference call)

Pence 25-1.

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HappyWarrior  Jul 14, 2017 • 1:15:35pm

re: #322 gocart mozart

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MsJ  Jul 14, 2017 • 1:15:53pm

re: #296 Birth Control Works

Ryan starting off with “I’ll be honest” tells you he’s going to lie his ass off.

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darthstar  Jul 14, 2017 • 1:17:16pm

re: #327 MsJ

Ryan starting off with “I’ll be honest” tells you he’s going to lie his ass off.

Someone should have shouted, “WHEN?”

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HappyWarrior  Jul 14, 2017 • 1:17:53pm

re: #328 lawhawk

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Birth Control Works  Jul 14, 2017 • 1:18:02pm

A Neural Switch for Becoming Alpha Male

Summary: A new report in Science identifies a neural circuit in the dorsomedial prefrontal cortex of mouse brains that may play a key role in social dominane. Using optogenetics, researchers were able to target neurons in the dmPFC to help boost a mouse’s chance of ‘winning’ in an aggressive encounter.

Let the Whackos parse that for awhile.

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lawhawk  Jul 14, 2017 • 1:18:33pm

re: #330 HappyWarrior

Only way to verify is the sharpened cleats. /

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Jay C  Jul 14, 2017 • 1:18:42pm

re: #323 darthstar

Hang on…there were SEVEN people there now? The extra spy was number 6 right?

News reports are now saying “8” -

1. Jerko Junior.
2. Jared the K
3. Paul Manafort
4. Natalia Veselnitskaya
5. Rinat Akhmetshin
6. Ron Goldstone
7. A “translator”
8. Special guest star to be named later.

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ObserverArt  Jul 14, 2017 • 1:19:03pm

re: #253 Dave In Austin

The notorious Central Texas Diamondback Watersnake enjoying happy hour at a local Lake Austin haunt.

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Catfish tonight!

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MsJ  Jul 14, 2017 • 1:19:23pm

Ya know…bad stuff usually drops after the end of business on Fridays and LO! it’s only 4:19 Eastern.

This has me asking…what is going to come tonight?

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b.d. (bill d.)  Jul 14, 2017 • 1:20:39pm

re: #328 lawhawk

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Quoth the raven, Covfefe.  Jul 14, 2017 • 1:20:49pm

re: #331 Birth Control Works

A Neural Switch for Becoming Alpha Male

Let the Whackos parse that for awhile.

I bet the MRA’s are all over that shit.

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Dave In Austin  Jul 14, 2017 • 1:21:15pm

re: #276 retired cynic

GAH! It’s the pit vipers that really make me shake. It’s the shape of the head!

These are not venomous…. But they get big.

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Belafon  Jul 14, 2017 • 1:21:23pm

re: #335 MsJ

Ya know…bad stuff usually drops after the end of business on Fridays and LO! it’s only 4:19 Eastern.

This has me asking…what is going to come tonight?

Does this make every day Friday? Stuff’s been dropping from Trump and Co. constantly.

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wrenchwench  Jul 14, 2017 • 1:21:37pm

re: #337 Quoth the raven, Covfefe.

I bet the MRA’s are all over that shit.

They have the mouse brains for it.

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Birth Control Works  Jul 14, 2017 • 1:22:01pm

VOCABULARY WORD OF THE DAY:

The greater omentum (also the great omentum, omentum majus, gastrocolic omentum, epiploon, or, especially in animals, caul) is a large apron-like fold of visceral peritoneum that hangs down from the stomach. It extends from the greater curvature of the stomach, passing in front of the small intestines and doubles back to ascend to the transverse colon before reaching to the posterior abdominal wall. The greater omentum is larger than the lesser omentum, which hangs down from the liver to the lesser curvature. The common anatomical term “epiploic” derives from “epiploon”, from the Greek epipleein, meaning to float or sail on, since the greater omentum appears to float on the surface of the intestines. It is the first structure observed when the abdominal cavity is opened anteriorly.[1]

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b.d. (bill d.)  Jul 14, 2017 • 1:22:24pm

I’m going to need 1,000 to one odds but I’ll put down $5 that #8 is Scott Baio.

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ObserverArt  Jul 14, 2017 • 1:22:49pm

re: #269 makeitstop

ELL OH ELL

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b.d. (bill d.)  Jul 14, 2017 • 1:23:13pm

re: #342 b.d.

I’m going to need 1,000 to one odds but I’ll put down $5 that #8 is Scott Baio.

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No! No! I take that back…..Steven Seagal..

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Quoth the raven, Covfefe.  Jul 14, 2017 • 1:23:39pm

re: #340 wrenchwench

They have the mouse brains for it.

Wonder if the neurotherapy to turn that switch on is going to be called the Red Pill…

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Anymouse 🌹  Jul 14, 2017 • 1:23:55pm

re: #281 ObserverArt

Come on ‘mouse. It’s GOHMERT!

Ideas take a brain.

I had to leave for a bit: The well telephoned me to tell me it was lonely.

Part of the problem with our alarm system is we had for a while after our long-serving village clerk died, a whole bunch of people who were unlicensed running our water system who didn’t know jack about how the system works. They messed with the water tower and well settings so they wouldn’t be bothered in the middle of the night.

I dug out the manuals for the water alarm system and went back to the manufacturer’s original default settings for our village. Hopefully that will fix the wells or water towers calling every six hours asking for flowers and chocolates.

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Birth Control Works  Jul 14, 2017 • 1:24:31pm

re: #321 MsJ

I really want to see Jared in prison and Ivanka as poor as a church mouse. Let her get a job at McD’s.

I despise the entire family. I hope they all rot in prison.

Now that is a horrible thing to say. I don’t want one penny of public money supporting them. I’d like to see them reduced to middle-class and have to live like everyone else.

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MsJ  Jul 14, 2017 • 1:25:09pm

re: #347 Birth Control Works

Now that is a horrible thing to say. I don’t want one penny of public money supporting them. I’d like to see them reduced to middle-class and have to live like everyone else.

Poverty or bust!

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b.d. (bill d.)  Jul 14, 2017 • 1:25:53pm

re: #347 Birth Control Works

Now that is a horrible thing to say. I don’t want one penny of public money supporting them. I’d like to see them reduced to middle-class and have to live like everyone else.

I want them reduced to having to do stupid reality shows to make a living…

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gocart mozart  Jul 14, 2017 • 1:26:34pm
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CongoJack  Jul 14, 2017 • 1:26:46pm

re: #344 b.d.

Pffft you need someone with international political credentials.

Dennis Rodman FTW!

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calochortus  Jul 14, 2017 • 1:27:14pm

re: #346 Anymouse 🌹

I think a nice All-American town like yours should get everyone together and plan something really nice for your well and water tower. Make it a surprise and see how your water quality improves.

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Birth Control Works  Jul 14, 2017 • 1:27:20pm

I had a yellow ribbon magnet on my car for a long time —I don’t now remember what happened to it. They tend to lose their magnetism after a while and fall off.

My license plate holder shows says “I love Field Spaniels”.

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HappyWarrior  Jul 14, 2017 • 1:27:26pm

re: #351 gocart mozart

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darthstar  Jul 14, 2017 • 1:27:30pm
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darthstar  Jul 14, 2017 • 1:28:17pm

re: #333 Jay C

News reports are now saying “8” -

1. Jerko Junior.
2. Jared the K
3. Paul Manafort
4. Natalia Veselnitskaya
5. Rinat Akhmetshin
6. Ron Goldstone
7. A “translator”
8. Special guest star to be named later.

Jesus…were they having a Bridge tournament?

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Anymouse 🌹  Jul 14, 2017 • 1:28:29pm

re: #299 MsJ

Pure intimidation. A quick love note to their supporters to harass these people.

Fortunately no one in my town will be harassing me (they already know who I am, and no Internet except in the library and my house).

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b.d. (bill d.)  Jul 14, 2017 • 1:30:30pm

re: #357 darthstar

Jesus…were they having a Bridge tournament?

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lawhawk  Jul 14, 2017 • 1:31:17pm

re: #357 darthstar

Going for a minyan…. it was almost time for mincha. /

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ObserverArt  Jul 14, 2017 • 1:31:52pm

re: #300 goddamnedfrank

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darthstar  Jul 14, 2017 • 1:33:37pm

re: #359 b.d.

Thanks…tweeted that one.

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lawhawk  Jul 14, 2017 • 1:33:39pm
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A Mom Anon  Jul 14, 2017 • 1:37:27pm

re: #307 ObserverArt

I’m outside of Atlanta, it’s like Satan’s armpit outside. It’s either rainy or hot and muggy. It’s like fucking Florida in August. All my plants are wrecked, nothing is growing properly or it’s covered in fungus/mold.

I’m SO psyched to be going to Denver in 3 weeks. It may be summer there but at least it won’t be so damned humid.

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lawhawk  Jul 14, 2017 • 1:38:23pm
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Because of course she was…

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I Would Prefer Not To  Jul 14, 2017 • 1:39:02pm

re: #367 A Mom Anon

I’m outside of Atlanta, it’s like Satan’s armpit outside. It’s either rainy or hot and muggy. It’s like fucking Florida in August. All my plants are wrecked, nothing is growing properly or it’s covered in fungus/mold.

I’m SO psyched to be going to Denver in 3 weeks. It may be summer there but at least it won’t be so damned humid.

less humidity, clean air , and legal marijuana (you can only have two out of three).

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EPR-radar  Jul 14, 2017 • 1:39:17pm

re: #349 b.d.

I want them reduced to having to do stupid reality shows to make a living…

They are already doing that. The problem is that their present stupid reality show involves them being in high office in the US executive branch.

They need to be stuck with a reality show relating exclusively to the finer points of wearing humiliating costumes in public during summer heat waves to try to draw business to a shop run by a vicious and deeply stupid martinet.

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Sir John Barron  Jul 14, 2017 • 1:39:49pm

re: #369 lawhawk

Because of course she was…

Brit Hume: But what was the result? Who did this affect?

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makeitstop  Jul 14, 2017 • 1:40:51pm

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BeachDem  Jul 14, 2017 • 1:41:20pm

re: #360 lawhawk

Going for a minyan…. it was almost time for mincha. /

Charlie Pierce’s final graph of his Friday post:

Oh, and while I was writing this post, CNN reported there were at least eight people in that famous meeting in Trump Tower. Next, we’re going to hear that, during a break, the Bolshoi performed on the coffee table.

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Belafon  Jul 14, 2017 • 1:41:27pm

re: #371 EPR-radar

They are already doing that. The problem is that their present stupid reality show involves them being in high office in the US executive branch.

They need to be stuck with a reality show relating exclusively to the finer points of wearing humiliating costumes in public during summer heat waves to try to draw business to a shop run by a vicious and deeply stupid martinet.

I want Orange is the New Trump to be all they’re qualified for.

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MsJ  Jul 14, 2017 • 1:41:56pm

re: #362 ObserverArt

That image of Jared and Ivanka makes Ivanka look a lot older. Is this all starting to take its toll on the Trumps?

YAY!

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Lidane  Jul 14, 2017 • 1:41:58pm
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piratedan  Jul 14, 2017 • 1:42:31pm

well, think about it some…

Putin has already sown distrust of the USA abroad thanks to Trump

If he decides to cut him loose, the country would be mired in internal conflict for years as they sort through the wreckage, leaving Putin pretty much a free hand while the rest of the West tries to hold the line…

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Anymouse 🌹  Jul 14, 2017 • 1:42:35pm

re: #320 EPR-radar

Bingo. The US is probably ungovernable as long as Fox News and Hate Radio continue in operation, but there is no apparent way to shut them down.

There is one, but it would require a Democratic majority to reimpose the Fairness Doctrine (or better yet, rather than an FCC regulation, pass a law - much harder to undo).

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EPR-radar  Jul 14, 2017 • 1:43:46pm

re: #377 Lidane

One of the bigger surprises for me in this mess is to see some non-trivial straight reporting on tr*mp/Russia coming from the Wall Street Journal. I’m surprised Murdoch hasn’t fired all the WSJ reporters yet.

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A Mom Anon  Jul 14, 2017 • 1:44:00pm

re: #370 I Would Prefer Not To

Oh, we’ll be taking all three, thankyewverymuch. Heh.

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Sir John Barron  Jul 14, 2017 • 1:44:33pm

re: #374 BeachDem

On Friday, for example, a murderer’s row of the wingiest of wingnuts lined up to express displeasure at the National Defense Authorization Act, passed earlier that day, due to the defeat of an amendment that would’ve ended a Pentagon policy that provided transgender service people with gender assignment surgery.

Ah, so they lost that vote.

What a shame.

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darthstar  Jul 14, 2017 • 1:44:43pm

He’s a good kid.

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MsJ  Jul 14, 2017 • 1:44:51pm

re: #363 b.d.

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ObserverArt  Jul 14, 2017 • 1:45:06pm

re: #322 gocart mozart

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Fantastic. I think I busted a gut though…laughing so hard.

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Anymouse 🌹  Jul 14, 2017 • 1:45:09pm

re: #353 calochortus

I think a nice All-American town like yours should get everyone together and plan something really nice for your well and water tower. Make it a surprise for them and see how your water quality improves.

Nice lights to decorate the water tower, perhaps a nice massage for the two well pumps …

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EPR-radar  Jul 14, 2017 • 1:46:22pm

re: #378 piratedan

well, think about it some…

Putin has already sown distrust of the USA abroad thanks to Trump

If he decides to cut him loose, the country would be mired in internal conflict for years as they sort through the wreckage, leaving Putin pretty much a free hand while the rest of the West tries to hold the line…

Putin doesn’t need to cut tr*mp loose to achieve any of this. His free hand is already a done deal.

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ObserverArt  Jul 14, 2017 • 1:47:04pm

re: #335 MsJ

Ya know…bad stuff usually drops after the end of business on Fridays and LO! it’s only 4:19 Eastern.

This has me asking…what is going to come tonight?

I’m counting on WaPo. They are usually pretty good for something right around this time of day.

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Sir John Barron  Jul 14, 2017 • 1:47:04pm

re: #374 BeachDem

This isn’t a civilization-killer, but an indication of a civilization-killer. I think of the circumstances in a little bit older history, back in the 16th and 17th century when the Ottoman Empire were sweeping across the countryside, they pressed [people] into slavery. They wanted to have their crack troops and other troops, too. But what they did to keep them from reproducing was that they did reassignment surgery on those slaves that they captured that they put in their troops. They took them from being a male and suitable to work in the army and they put them out in the field to do battle against the enemy and they didn’t have the testosterone to take on the fight and they figured out how to stop turning these men into eunuchs…None of the men had the will to fight. They decided that when they kept complete men in their troops, they fought well. So that’s a lesson from the Ottoman Empire…This is one of the most appallingly stupid things I’ve seen the Congress of the United States do.

I hate to exaggerate, but this has to be the dumbest thing I’ve ever read.

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BeachDem  Jul 14, 2017 • 1:47:31pm

re: #383 darthstar

He’s a good kid.

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Anymouse 🌹  Jul 14, 2017 • 1:48:13pm

re: #370 I Would Prefer Not To

less humidity, clean air , and legal marijuana (you can only have two out of three).

And won’t be too far from me either. Maybe we should work up an LGF drinky thingy. (I imagine lots of people here would prefer not to associate with me in real life though.)

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Sir John Barron  Jul 14, 2017 • 1:48:17pm

re: #389 Sir John Barron

Wait, sorry, hadn’t read this:

Some people, they think we exaggerate, but my very good friend from Iowa and I have stood there on the mountaintop in Vienna where western civilization stood there in the gap and it was all at risk…If Vienna fell, then the rest of Europe would fall…and there’s a good chance we’re not even here in this fashion today…Perhaps we are headed into a new period of the dark ages and that Polish prince comes down and puts cannons in those mountains and nobody in two years seeking a sex-change operation and change reassignment, as they call it, could possibly help it…I can assure my friends here in the House that there was nobody who was out there defending western civilization who had undergone a sex-change operation in the previous two years.

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Lidane  Jul 14, 2017 • 1:48:51pm
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Birth Control Works  Jul 14, 2017 • 1:49:09pm

re: #367 A Mom Anon

I’m outside of Atlanta, it’s like Satan’s armpit outside. It’s either rainy or hot and muggy. It’s like fucking Florida in August. All my plants are wrecked, nothing is growing properly or it’s covered in fungus/mold.

I’m SO psyched to be going to Denver in 3 weeks. It may be summer there but at least it won’t be so damned humid.

Here too! Chicago is overcast and awful

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GlutenFreeJesus  Jul 14, 2017 • 1:50:06pm

re: #394 Birth Control Works

Temperature is great. The humidity? F this humidity.

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Belafon  Jul 14, 2017 • 1:50:18pm

re: #378 piratedan

well, think about it some…

Putin has already sown distrust of the USA abroad thanks to Trump

If he decides to cut him loose, the country would be mired in internal conflict for years as they sort through the wreckage, leaving Putin pretty much a free hand while the rest of the West tries to hold the line…

Only because of the GOP, and their base. We’re there even a few real patriotic Republicans, we could remove those who are trying to destroy everything, and put ourselves back on solid footing. The problem is that this is the logical conclusion of Republican attempts at absolute control.

Our hope right now is that voters vote in 2018 and again in 2020, and that we can minimize the damage until then. And if that voting doesn’t occur, then, yes, the US is done as a major power.

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Anymouse 🌹  Jul 14, 2017 • 1:50:43pm

re: #389 Sir John Barron

I hate to exaggerate, but this has to be the dumbest thing I’ve ever read.

Is Rep. Gohmert trying out for Miss Teen South Carolina? /s He’s going to have to work hard, as she has 66 million views on YouTube… .

Miss Teen USA 2007 - South Carolina answers a question

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Birth Control Works  Jul 14, 2017 • 1:51:43pm

off to youtube tutorials

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Jebediah, RBG  Jul 14, 2017 • 1:52:18pm

re: #267 MsJ

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EPR-radar  Jul 14, 2017 • 1:52:36pm

re: #392 Sir John Barron

You can often accurately say ‘dumbest thing I’ve ever read/seen’ with respect to wingnuts, but it still loses most of its significance when you can see six such stupidest things ever in one day, all before breakfast.

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petesh  Jul 14, 2017 • 1:53:08pm

re: #278 Stanley Sea

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Jared’s going to resign & come out of this sweetly.

That may be what he thinks. But I wouldn’t rely on a pardon.

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A Mom Anon  Jul 14, 2017 • 1:54:48pm

Here’s some good news from my little corner of the planet:

Back in May, The Husband got The Kid a job with the same company he works for (different locations, they don’t work together). Better pay and less public contact than the grocery store, The Kid seems to like the new job a lot.

Anyhow, The Husband got a call from one of the regional managers last night saying that they LOVE The Kid. He’s a hard worker, gets along with everyone and is doing a great job and we should be very proud of him. They know about him being on the autism spectrum and have been super patient and kind to him. This is one of those companies that touts their Christian values, but they actually DO that, not just run their mouths about it. They also aren’t all in your face super crispy Jesus-y about it either. The Kid is thriving. He went to see Metallica over the weekend and was able to meet members of other bands (local guys) who were there to see the show too. Now if we could just transfer that work ethic to stuff at home, I would be beyond thrilled.

It’s about time some good stuff happened here, good god this year has sucked up to now.

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petesh  Jul 14, 2017 • 1:56:57pm

re: #324 EPR-radar

Barron has probably not yet committed any crimes. The rest of that horrible clan should all die in jail.

I’d tentatively make an exception for Tiffany Maples [sic].

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A Mom Anon  Jul 14, 2017 • 1:57:56pm

re: #391 Anymouse 🌹

I’m not sure what way we’re road tripping out there. I’m not doing most of the driving, The Husband is. I’ll shoot you a message later.

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Dr Lizardo  Jul 14, 2017 • 2:00:12pm

re: #389 Sir John Barron

I hate to exaggerate, but this has to be the dumbest thing I’ve ever read.

Is he saying the Janissaries were eunuchs? That’s not true; the Janissary Corps was supervised by eunuchs during their training, but the Janissaries were not themselves eunuchs. They were, however, not allowed to marry; they were to remain celibate during the period of their active duty.

This can be discerned from a quick read-through on the Wikipedia article.

*headdesk*

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Barefoot Grin  Jul 14, 2017 • 2:01:39pm

re: #175 HappyWarrior

Heh I meant Dave Brat. Seriously the guy knows nothing about Washington. He’s a deranged dipshit shit who combines two fucked up things- Objectivism and Calvinism. It’s like when someone pisses on shit.

He was a pretty popular professor. Frat boys ate that Randian fantasy econ up.

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Anymouse 🌹  Jul 14, 2017 • 2:02:15pm

re: #404 A Mom Anon

I’m not sure what way we’re road tripping out there. I’m not doing most of the driving, The Husband is. I’ll shoot you a message later.

Well, I’m north of Denver, so I imagine my little hamlet is not on your route. I-70 goes through Kansas, and I-80 is sixty miles south of me.

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A Mom Anon  Jul 14, 2017 • 2:05:26pm

re: #407 Anymouse 🌹

I need to look at a map, we’re taking a different way home. The Husband and I haven’t been on a vacation alone in, well, hell, I can’t remember. So we’re making the most of the 10 days he’s got off work. It’s also our 24th wedding anniversary the day before we leave. I’ll keep you posted.

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Lidane  Jul 14, 2017 • 2:05:45pm

re: #380 EPR-radar

One of the bigger surprises for me in this mess is to see some non-trivial straight reporting on tr*mp/Russia coming from the Wall Street Journal. I’m surprised Murdoch hasn’t fired all the WSJ reporters yet.

Rupert Murdoch wants the WSJ to continue on after Trump implodes.

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dangerman  Jul 14, 2017 • 2:06:54pm

Jared Yates Sexton ✔ @JYSexton
Something just occurred to me. When Goldstone said the meeting was part of Russia’s effort to help his dad, Junior never said “What effort?”
3:46 PM - 14 Jul 2017

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calochortus  Jul 14, 2017 • 2:07:23pm

re: #401 petesh

That may be what he thinks. But I wouldn’t rely on a pardon.

Fascinating fact: The president can pardon anyone-quite possibly including himself-for federal crimes. Not state crimes. Tampering with elections, money laundering, and the like are also rather frequently prohibited by the states as well. No presidential pardon would be applicable.

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Dr Lizardo  Jul 14, 2017 • 2:07:47pm

re: #409 Lidane

Rupert Murdoch wants the WSJ to continue on after Trump implodes.

Most likely, Rupert’s hedging his bets. He may be foul, at least in my book, but I wouldn’t call him stupid.

Good night, Lizards. Time to call it a day.

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Anymouse 🌹  Jul 14, 2017 • 2:11:15pm

re: #408 A Mom Anon

I need to look at a map, we’re taking a different way home. The Husband and I haven’t been on a vacation alone in, well, hell, I can’t remember. So we’re making the most of the 10 days he’s got off work. It’s also our 24th wedding anniversary the day before we leave. I’ll keep you posted.

Congradumalashuns, AMA! Vacation and anniversary! Twenty-fourth, eh? You’ve got my wife and me by more than a decade (but we started late).

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A Mom Anon  Jul 14, 2017 • 2:12:45pm

re: #413 Anymouse 🌹

Next year, for the 25th, we’re going to Sturgis for the bike rally and then west to some of the National Parks. If finances allow.

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MsJ  Jul 14, 2017 • 2:13:28pm

When was Pence in NY at that Chili’s restaurant? Anyone remember?

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garzooma  Jul 14, 2017 • 2:13:31pm

re: #380 EPR-radar

One of the bigger surprises for me in this mess is to see some non-trivial straight reporting on tr*mp/Russia coming from the Wall Street Journal. I’m surprised Murdoch hasn’t fired all the WSJ reporters yet.

Especially given Murdoch’s own history of stealing private data.

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darthstar  Jul 14, 2017 • 2:16:12pm
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Belafon  Jul 14, 2017 • 2:16:24pm

re: #415 MsJ

When was Pence in NY at that Chili’s restaurant? Anyone remember?

They day after Trump announced his nomination.

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goddamnedfrank  Jul 14, 2017 • 2:18:08pm
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Anymouse 🌹  Jul 14, 2017 • 2:18:39pm

wonkette.com

Two Democratic donors and a Democratic staffer have entered a lawsuit against Roger Stone and Donald Trump, alleging collusion between them, Russia, and Wikileaks to do them harm.

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darthstar  Jul 14, 2017 • 2:20:19pm
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Sir John Barron  Jul 14, 2017 • 2:20:56pm

re: #421 darthstar

White People: Hold my beer….

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goddamnedfrank  Jul 14, 2017 • 2:25:40pm

re: #421 darthstar

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These weirdo reveal ceremonies seem like they’re entirely an oppositional reaction to the gaining awareness of trans equality. I mean, does anybody else recall this kind of bullshit before a couple years ago?

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Brian J.  Jul 14, 2017 • 2:25:48pm

re: #328 lawhawk

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Brian J.  Jul 14, 2017 • 2:27:01pm

re: #243 A wild WITHAK appeared!

Now taking bets…

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Whoever he is, that person is probably going to be found with a note saying “THIS ABSOLUTELY WASN’T MURDER BY A KGB AGENT, EITHER.”

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klys (maker of Silmarils)  Jul 14, 2017 • 2:29:40pm

re: #423 goddamnedfrank

These weirdo reveal ceremonies seem like they’re entirely an oppositional reaction to the gaining awareness of trans equality. I mean, does anybody else recall this kind of bullshit before a couple years ago?

Part of it was it used to be not so common to find out, I think?

Out of my friends, a few have found out ahead of time. No one has done the stupid party thing. Of those who’ve found out, not everyone has shared the info anyway.

My parents chose the surprise route for the first two but did cave on the third because Mom wanted to know if she needed to go buy “boy” type clothes. (I think she would have only really cared when it came to formal stuff, because I’m pretty sure there would have otherwise still been a lot of recycling going on.)

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petesh  Jul 14, 2017 • 2:33:27pm

re: #411 calochortus

Fascinating fact: The president can pardon anyone-quite possibly including himself-for federal crimes. Not state crimes. Tampering with elections, money laundering, and the like are also rather frequently prohibited by the states as well. No presidential pardon would be applicable.

Good grief, I forgot that! I was just going on the calculus that Trump pardoning Kushner would just end it for Trump, and he would not do it while he still thought he could personally wriggle out of consequences.

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Sir John Barron  Jul 14, 2017 • 2:35:18pm

re: #424 Brian J.

Ah, Ty Cobb. Maybe the most violently racist psychopath in the history of baseball. Some apples don’t fall far from the tree.

didn’t know that.

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Jebediah, RBG  Jul 14, 2017 • 2:39:37pm

re: #392 Sir John Barron

Wait, sorry, hadn’t read this:

Is there an Olympics of dumb?

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Brian J.  Jul 14, 2017 • 2:40:42pm

re: #428 Sir John Barron

didn’t know that.

Oh, the stories about this guy.

google.com

During the World Series, no less.

sports.vice.com

(On the bright side, this incident did lead, in a small way, toward the first players’ union.)

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Quoth the raven, Covfefe.  Jul 14, 2017 • 2:41:02pm

re: #426 klys (maker of Silmarils)

Part of it was it used to be not so common to find out, I think?

Out of my friends, a few have found out ahead of time. No one has done the stupid party thing. Of those who’ve found out, not everyone has shared the info anyway.

My parents chose the surprise route for the first two but did cave on the third because Mom wanted to know if she needed to go buy “boy” type clothes. (I think she would have only really cared when it came to formal stuff, because I’m pretty sure there would have otherwise still been a lot of recycling going on.)

We had our first one as a surprise and we found out on our second one, just because (no cheesy “reveal party” or anything like that). My son was awesome, though, because my mother-in-law had, without our knowing it, knit him a hat before he was born… and she guessed the right gender. Well, “guessed” is the wrong word. She claims she “knew”. When you’ve had seven children and 20 grandchildren, I suppose she might be closer to knowing than guessing on grandchild #21.

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Alephnaught  Jul 14, 2017 • 2:43:26pm

New Doctor to be revealed on Sunday evening right after the Wimbledon Men’s Final.

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Anymouse 🌹  Jul 14, 2017 • 2:44:17pm

This is part of the reason no one wants to serve in local government: It takes a lot of your time and you don’t get much thanks for the job.

The irrigation canal that runs through our village is about to overflow, thanks to all the water tower dumps we did to disinfect our water tower. It doesn’t matter that the village doesn’t own the canal, the board would catch crap if it does overflow and flood peoples’ homes.

I just got off a round of telephone tag trying to find out who has the authority to inspect the canal and find out why its backed up. I finally got hold of one of the members of the board that controls the canal … they will send someone out this afternoon to check it out.

The fellow notes that the north end of the canal (which goes through a cornfield and a pasture north of town) is not level, and that might be why its backing up. My non-engineering eye notes that on one side of a street it flows under the level is different than the other side of the street - hence, the culvert is plugged.

As such, they will also look at that, and if its plugged clean it out today.

(All the other board members have day jobs, so I’m the go-to guy for everyone’s complaints. The whole town knows where I live and what my phone number is. Should have gotten an unlisted phone number.)

Oh well, someone’s gotta do it, might as well be me. If nothing else, I am building a reputation that the local Democrat on the board cares about the people in town.

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Belafon  Jul 14, 2017 • 2:45:12pm

re: #423 goddamnedfrank

These weirdo reveal ceremonies seem like they’re entirely an oppositional reaction to the gaining awareness of trans equality. I mean, does anybody else recall this kind of bullshit before a couple years ago?

For most people, it’s kind of like another baby shower. It’s just something that’s built up from the technology.

My family and I are avoiding one this weekend.

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Jebediah, RBG  Jul 14, 2017 • 2:46:09pm

re: #402 A Mom Anon

Yay!!!

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Anymouse 🌹  Jul 14, 2017 • 2:46:59pm

re: #431 Quoth the raven, Covfefe.

We had our first one as a surprise and we found out on our second one, just because (no cheesy “reveal party” or anything like that). My son was awesome, though, because my mother-in-law had, without our knowing it, knit him a hat before he was born… and she guessed the right gender. Well, “guessed” is the wrong word. She claims she “knew”. When you’ve had seven children and 20 grandchildren, I suppose she might be closer to knowing than guessing on grandchild #21.

Folks in my family who made things in advance of my son’s birth (we did not know until he was born) made things that were suitable for either sex. Thus he got a lot of green, yellow, &c. Kid probably didn’t see a single blue thing until he was about nine months old.

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Quoth the raven, Covfefe.  Jul 14, 2017 • 2:47:47pm

re: #436 Anymouse 🌹

Folks in my family who made things in advance of my son’s birth (we did not know until he was born) made things that were suitable for either sex. Thus he got a lot of green, yellow, &c. Kid probably didn’t see a single blue thing until he was about nine months old.

Or made two of each, as I believe was more common in my generation. Save the other color for a family that did have one of that gender.

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freetoken  Jul 14, 2017 • 2:48:29pm

re: #432 Alephnaught

BBC has been going through actors so quickly since 2005, more quickly than during first two decades when there was what, 4 variants?

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Belafon  Jul 14, 2017 • 2:52:14pm

re: #438 freetoken

BBC has been going through actors so quickly since 2005, more quickly than during first two decades when there was what, 4 variants?

Tom Baker lasted a long time, but the current actors have been doing it about as long as the original series ones: en.wikipedia.org.

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calochortus  Jul 14, 2017 • 2:52:23pm

re: #426 klys (maker of Silmarils)

Part of it was it used to be not so common to find out, I think?

Out of my friends, a few have found out ahead of time. No one has done the stupid party thing. Of those who’ve found out, not everyone has shared the info anyway.

My parents chose the surprise route for the first two but did cave on the third because Mom wanted to know if she needed to go buy “boy” type clothes. (I think she would have only really cared when it came to formal stuff, because I’m pretty sure there would have otherwise still been a lot of recycling going on.)

When I had our kids (early ’80s) there was a difference in what parents-to-be were sharing even within the 18 months between my kids. Ultrasounds were just becoming common and people were starting to bring the pictures home and share them by the time I had my second child, but not so much when I had my first. We knew the sex of the second child about a month ahead only because I had to have amniocentesis, but otherwise neither my OB or I would have thought to do an ultrasound.

Generally, people have been oversharing for a long time. Now with social media they just have to up the ante like they do with prom invites and the like.

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KGxvi  Jul 14, 2017 • 2:53:20pm

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I’m no fancy lawyer but I’m guessing that plotting to rob a bank is, I dunno, conspiracy maybe?!

Edited: Too many tweets

This isn’t a meeting to plot to rob a bank, this is a meeting to get blueprints for the bank and the safe.

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The Vicious Babushka  Jul 14, 2017 • 2:54:29pm

Wow there is a Trump Tweeet/Quote/Speech for every occasion!

Donald Trump threatens to put Hillary Clinton in jail if elected in 2nd Presidential Debate

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calochortus  Jul 14, 2017 • 2:54:34pm

re: #433 Anymouse 🌹

Have you checked for beaver dams in the culvert?

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freetoken  Jul 14, 2017 • 2:54:53pm

re: #439 Belafon

Tom Baker lasted a long time, but the current actors have been doing it about as long as the original series ones: en.wikipedia.org.

Baker became just a staple of the brand that I think he set the bar for what we expect for longevity and performance.

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MsJ  Jul 14, 2017 • 2:56:04pm

re: #441 KGxvi

This isn’t a meeting to plot to rob a bank, this is a meeting to get blueprints for the bank and the safe.

Which isn’t illegal until they use them.

Versus colliding with Russians. Which is illegal whether you use it or not because now you’re in their pocket and are vulnerable to blackmail, whether you’re blackmailed or not.

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KGxvi  Jul 14, 2017 • 3:01:23pm

re: #445 MsJ

Which isn’t illegal until they use them.

Versus colliding with Russians. Which is illegal whether you use it or not because now you’re in their pocket and are vulnerable to blackmail, whether you’re blackmailed or not.

No, it’s illegal if the intent is to use the documents to commit a crime. There are plenty of things you do that are ordinarily legal, but if they are done to further illegal aims, then they are a crime.

Another example of this is the crime of felony murder. If you commit (or even attempt to commit) a felony and someone dies in the process, you are liable for first degree murder. As an example, you decide to rob a bank and actually go through with it, you tie up a security guard and gag him, as a result of the gag he suffocates and dies (or it triggers a cardiac arrest) - even though you didn’t intend to kill him, he died as a result of your felonious actions (robbing the bank), and therefore you’re liable for first degree murder.

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Blind Frog Belly White  Jul 14, 2017 • 3:01:24pm

re: #441 KGxvi

This isn’t a meeting to plot to rob a bank, this is a meeting to get blueprints for the bank and the safe.

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Alephnaught  Jul 14, 2017 • 3:03:11pm

re: #438 freetoken

BBC has been going through actors so quickly since 2005, more quickly than during first two decades when there was what, 4 variants?

Not really. 3-4 years has been the norm for actors in the roles. The only real outliers have been Tom Baker (7 years), Colin Baker (2 seasons, with an 18 month gap between each), and Christopher Eccelston (1 year). (EDIT: Oh yeah, and Paul McGann- one reboot pilot, and a webisode 20 years later.)

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Quoth the raven, Covfefe.  Jul 14, 2017 • 3:03:41pm

re: #447 Blind Frog Belly White

Wait, wait, did I read that right? Jonah Goldberg actually said something relevant and useful?

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Blind Frog Belly White  Jul 14, 2017 • 3:03:49pm

re: #447 Blind Frog Belly White

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Blind Frog Belly White  Jul 14, 2017 • 3:04:39pm

re: #449 Quoth the raven, Covfefe.

Wait, wait, did I read that right? Jonah Goldberg actually said something relevant and useful?

(Yeah, although since it appeared above, I edited out the 4 tweets above Hume’s last one.)

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klys (maker of Silmarils)  Jul 14, 2017 • 3:05:41pm

Have a Friday afternoon cat belly.

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MsJ  Jul 14, 2017 • 3:05:55pm

re: #446 KGxvi

No, it’s illegal if the intent is to use the documents to commit a crime. There are plenty of things you do that are ordinarily legal, but if they are done to further illegal aims, then they are a crime.

Another example of this is the crime of felony murder. If you commit (or even attempt to commit) a felony and someone dies in the process, you are liable for first degree murder. As an example, you decide to rob a bank and actually go through with it, you tie up a security guard and gag him, as a result of the gag he suffocates and dies (or it triggers a cardiac arrest) - even though you didn’t intend to kill him, he died as a result of your felonious actions (robbing the bank), and therefore you’re liable for first degree murder.

But any attorney could get someone off for possession of documents if the bank hasn’t been robbed and no one cops to the fact they were actually going to rob it. Right?

It’s going to be harder to get someone of for Russian collusion especially when it’s known that meetings with varying and ever changing reasons have taken place.

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wrenchwench  Jul 14, 2017 • 3:09:18pm

re: #445 MsJ

Which isn’t illegal until they use them.

Versus colliding with Russians. Which is illegal whether you use it or not because now you’re in their pocket and are vulnerable to blackmail, whether you’re blackmailed or not.

I take my humor where I can find it. Especially when I’m working on the brakes on a trike.

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goddamnedfrank  Jul 14, 2017 • 3:09:53pm

re: #453 MsJ

But any attorney could get someone off for possession of documents if the bank hasn’t been robbed and no one cops to the fact they were actually going to rob it. Right?

It’s going to be harder to get someone of for Russian collusion especially when it’s known that meetings with varying and ever changing reasons have taken place.

They have Jr dead to rights on a soliciting charge. The email evidence combined with the fact he took the meeting and says he tried to get valuable information from Veselnitskaya is more than enough.

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calochortus  Jul 14, 2017 • 3:10:19pm

re: #453 MsJ

But any attorney could get someone off for possession of documents if the bank hasn’t been robbed and no one cops to the fact they were actually going to rob it. Right?

It’s going to be harder to get someone of for Russian collusion especially when it’s known that meetings with varying and ever changing reasons have taken place.

On the other hand, this is hardly going to be the entire problem for them. I’m sure there’s lots of other stuff that will be less open to interpretation.

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MsJ  Jul 14, 2017 • 3:11:19pm

re: #454 wrenchwench

I take my humor where I can find it. Especially when I’m working on the brakes on a trike.

Autocorrect. The bane of my existence.

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Eclectic Cyborg  Jul 14, 2017 • 3:11:51pm

re: #457 MsJ

Autocorrect. The bane of my existence.

Mind too.

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MsJ  Jul 14, 2017 • 3:13:40pm

re: #458 Eclectic Cyborg

Mind too.

I see what you did there! 😂

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Blind Frog Belly White  Jul 14, 2017 • 3:14:43pm

re: #454 wrenchwench

I take my humor where I can find it. Especially when I’m working on the brakes on a trike.

Mine didn’t have brakes. Or streamers. Or a bell. And the grips were falling off. That’s what you get when you’re the youngest.

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darthstar  Jul 14, 2017 • 3:16:35pm

re: #445 MsJ

Which isn’t illegal until they use them.

Versus colliding with Russians. Which is illegal whether you use it or not because now you’re in their pocket and are vulnerable to blackmail, whether you’re blackmailed or not.

I’m more worried about collating with them. And god help me if they want to alphabetize… Where the fuck does Ю go? Between G and H?

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Anymouse 🌹  Jul 14, 2017 • 3:16:42pm

re: #440 calochortus

When I had our kids (early ’80s) there was a difference in what parents-to-be were sharing even within the 18 months between my kids. Ultrasounds were just becoming common and people were starting to bring the pictures home and share them by the time I had my second child, but not so much when I had my first. We knew the sex of the second child about a month ahead only because I had to have amniocentesis, but otherwise neither my OB or I would have thought to do an ultrasound.

Generally, people have been oversharing for a long time. Now with social media they just have to up the ante like they do with prom invites and the like.

My (first) wife did not have an ultrasound. We went through a certified nurse-midwife, and the obstetrician in charge did not do ultrasounds unless they were medically necessary.

Thus we found out my son’s sex when he was born at home. (Born at home in the late Eighties was not real common in the USA.)

The biggest problem was getting CHAMPUS to pay for it: Despite CHAMPUS saying they pay for certified nurse-midwives, and the total cost for all prenatal care, birth, and post-natal care out to six weeks being $700, the person overseeing the programme for Virginia Beach was an obstetrician who saw midwives as competition and repeatedly rejected our claims. It took a letter to my congressman to get him to authorise payment (after a year).

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Blind Frog Belly White  Jul 14, 2017 • 3:16:53pm

re: #455 goddamnedfrank

They have Jr dead to rights on a soliciting charge. The email evidence combined with the fact he took the meeting and says he tried to get valuable information from Veselnitskaya is more than enough.

As some have pointed out, the initial email in the chain seems oddly specific about what exactly this meeting was about, which is why a number of folks think this was a dangle, and the Trump folks took the bait.

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Quoth the raven, Covfefe.  Jul 14, 2017 • 3:16:56pm

re: #460 Blind Frog Belly White

Mine didn’t have brakes. Or streamers. Or a bell. And the grips were falling off. That’s what you get when you’re the youngest.

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darthstar  Jul 14, 2017 • 3:17:29pm

re: #460 Blind Frog Belly White

Mine didn’t have brakes. Or streamers. Or a bell. And the grips were falling off. That’s what you get when you’re the youngest.

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The first cycle built for three…hence the two steps.

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goddamnedfrank  Jul 14, 2017 • 3:19:01pm

re: #441 KGxvi

This isn’t a meeting to plot to rob a bank, this is a meeting to get blueprints for the bank and the safe.

It’s more like a meeting to decide what to do with the goods after the bank has already been robbed. The DNC was hacked, a CFAA violation has occurred and is ongoing at the time of the meeting. The loot is simply being presented to the fence for appraisal.

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darthstar  Jul 14, 2017 • 3:19:09pm

I’ll give you a dollar if you go get that ball for me.

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Anymouse 🌹  Jul 14, 2017 • 3:19:11pm

re: #459 MsJ

I see what you did there! 😂

Spellcheck is knot proofreading.

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Quoth the raven, Covfefe.  Jul 14, 2017 • 3:20:02pm

re: #467 darthstar

I’ll give you a dollar if you go get that ball for me.

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Dude, just … let it go, man. It’s gone.

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A Mom Anon  Jul 14, 2017 • 3:20:40pm

I suppose I should get off here and make dinner. Sigh. Behave yourselves. HA.

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darthstar  Jul 14, 2017 • 3:20:47pm

I love how Florida just fucking swalllows people’s homes and shit at random. It’s like the state is a character in all the fucked up scare-fest movies I grew up on.

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jaunte  Jul 14, 2017 • 3:21:00pm
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Anymouse 🌹  Jul 14, 2017 • 3:21:35pm

re: #470 A Mom Anon

I suppose I should get off here and make dinner. Sigh. Behave yourselves. HA.

I just had bacon-wrapped asparagus cooked in the air fryer. Yum.

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Blind Frog Belly White  Jul 14, 2017 • 3:22:54pm

re: #472 jaunte

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Was he carrying a Collushnikov?

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Quoth the raven, Covfefe.  Jul 14, 2017 • 3:24:00pm

re: #474 Blind Frog Belly White

Was he carrying a Collushnikov?

*WHACK!*

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goddamnedfrank  Jul 14, 2017 • 3:25:31pm
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Belafon  Jul 14, 2017 • 3:26:53pm

In the ACM email (normally about advances and research in computing technology) I received today: WikiLeaks gave Trump edge in campaign, tweets show

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darthstar  Jul 14, 2017 • 3:28:52pm
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darthstar  Jul 14, 2017 • 3:29:39pm

My wife flew into Paris this morning…I told her Trump was in town so she’d have to be the face of sane America…

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MsJ  Jul 14, 2017 • 3:30:21pm

re: #460 Blind Frog Belly White

Mine had all kinds of bells and whistles. Well not bells. Or whistles, actually. But cool stuff.

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Teukka  Jul 14, 2017 • 3:31:14pm

re: #472 jaunte

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Blind Frog Belly White  Jul 14, 2017 • 3:31:16pm

re: #468 Anymouse 🌹

Spellcheck is knot proofreading.

A friend of mine worked for years as an editor for a couple different journals. She was interviewing a candidate for a Junior Editor position, and the candidate admitted she wasn’t good at spelling.

When my friend asked how she expected to be an editor, she said she was good with Spellcheck.

My friend pointed out that Spellcheck will tell you if it’s A word. It won’t tell you if it’s THE word.

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Blind Frog Belly White  Jul 14, 2017 • 3:32:40pm

re: #480 MsJ

Mine had all kinds of bells and whistles. Well not bells. Or whistles, actually. But cool stuff.

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Holy shit, that’s a LO-O-ONG chain!

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goddamnedfrank  Jul 14, 2017 • 3:35:52pm

re: #476 goddamnedfrank

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gocart mozart  Jul 14, 2017 • 3:36:23pm
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BeachDem  Jul 14, 2017 • 3:37:29pm

re: #482 Blind Frog Belly White

A friend of mine worked for years as an editor for a couple different journals. She was interviewing a candidate for a Junior Editor position, and the candidate admitted she wasn’t good at spelling.

When my friend asked how she expected to be an editor, she said she was good with Spellcheck.

My friend pointed out that Spellcheck will tell you if it’s A word. It won’t tell you if it’s THE word.

When I taught copywriting, I emphasized the importance of proofreading. Had a student who said that would not be a problem as he would have an assistant to do that. I laughed. Then, on a midterm group project, one of the groups did a campaign for tourism in Bermuda and spelled it Burmuda.

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MsJ  Jul 14, 2017 • 3:37:34pm

re: #483 Blind Frog Belly White

Holy shit, that’s a LO-O-ONG chain!

That is my soon to be delivered trike.

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Patricia Kayden  Jul 14, 2017 • 3:39:33pm

re: #11 lawhawk

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So how is that not a smoking gun connecting the Trump campaign directly to Russian operatives who had the intention of interfering with our elections?

I don’t see how Trump weasels out of this.

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retired cynic  Jul 14, 2017 • 3:40:40pm

re: #487 MsJ

That is my son to be delivered trike.

LOL

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gocart mozart  Jul 14, 2017 • 3:40:57pm
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Decatur Deb  Jul 14, 2017 • 3:40:57pm

re: #434 Belafon

For most people, it’s kind of like another baby shower. It’s just something that’s built up from the technology.

My family and I are avoiding one this weekend.

I’m so old I get a Gender Reveal party mixed up with a Coming Out party and a Debutant ball.

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MsJ  Jul 14, 2017 • 3:41:44pm

re: #489 retired cynic

LOL

Goddamnitall! I thought I edited it in time.

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gocart mozart  Jul 14, 2017 • 3:41:49pm
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Stanley Sea  Jul 14, 2017 • 3:44:01pm

re: #482 Blind Frog Belly White

A friend of mine worked for years as an editor for a couple different journals. She was interviewing a candidate for a Junior Editor position, and the candidate admitted she wasn’t good at spelling.

When my friend asked how she expected to be an editor, she said she was good with Spellcheck.

My friend pointed out that Spellcheck will tell you if it’s A word. It won’t tell you if it’s THE word.

A long time ago I accidentally added a mispelling of ‘please’ to either outlook or word - it was when it would ask you if you wanted to add a word.

It sucked.

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jaunte  Jul 14, 2017 • 3:44:06pm

re: #493 gocart mozart

“Don’t be shy about asking your teen where she has been, who she has spent time with, or why she has receipts from Cypriot bank wire transfers hidden under a false bottom of her jewelry case. If you discover a folder marked “parental Kompromat” try to stay focused and not act emotional. Think about her point of view and why she would consider it important to have your social security number, Gmail password, and Pornhub search history in a secret folder.”

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Blind Frog Belly White  Jul 14, 2017 • 3:44:43pm

re: #490 gocart mozart

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OMG, the look in that dog’s face!

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jaunte  Jul 14, 2017 • 3:45:20pm

Jared Kushner’s lawyer, Jamie Gorelick, is “dropping out” of representing him in the Russia probe.

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Barefoot Grin  Jul 14, 2017 • 3:45:49pm

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calochortus  Jul 14, 2017 • 3:45:54pm

re: #494 gocart mozart

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Yeah, I’m seeing a lot of reference to him as a “kid.” Now, I refer to my mid-30s offspring as kids, but no one else ever would outside of family. If Don Jr. is a kid then he shouldn’t be running Dad’s business or messing around in the government.

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Blind Frog Belly White  Jul 14, 2017 • 3:46:05pm

re: #489 retired cynic

LOL

I missed that one!

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Joe Bacon 🌹  Jul 14, 2017 • 3:46:39pm

re: #357 darthstar

Jesus…were they having a Bridge tournament?

Do you honestly believe anyone would even think of bidding…NO TRUMP??????????

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Shiplord Kirel, live from behind wingnut lines  Jul 14, 2017 • 3:47:14pm

re: #486 BeachDem

When I taught copywriting, I emphasized the importance of proofreading. Had a student who said that would not be a problem as he would have an assistant to do that. I laughed. Then, on a midterm group project, one of the groups did a campaign for tourism in Bermuda and spelled it Burmuda.

Spellcheck couldn’t prevent this epic disaster:
University Of Texas Commencement Pamphlet Makes Unfortunate Typo

The University of Texas was forced to publicly apologize Monday for an unfortunate typo in pamphlets used at a commencement ceremony over the weekend.

The Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs shaved off a letter in its name to call itself the “School of Pubic Affairs.”

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FormerDirtDart  Jul 14, 2017 • 3:48:12pm
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Blind Frog Belly White  Jul 14, 2017 • 3:48:38pm

re: #503 Shiplord Kirel, live from behind wingnut lines

Spellcheck couldn’t prevent this epic disaster:
University Of Texas Commencement Pamphlet Makes Unfortunate Typo

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“Unlimited Possibilities!”

Which I almost just spelled as ‘Unlimited Possibilititties’.

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Timothy Watson  Jul 14, 2017 • 3:48:57pm

re: #494 gocart mozart

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Alexandra Petri usually does humor, but I think she’s out of fucks to give.

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Stanley Sea  Jul 14, 2017 • 3:49:14pm

From Yashar’s newsletter

nymag.com

What Is Donald Trump Saying to Emin Agalarov in This Video?

By Yashar Ali

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Patricia Kayden  Jul 14, 2017 • 3:49:56pm

re: #12 Skip Intro

What about the adoptions?

Adoptions of unethical conduct. No children were involved.

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ObserverArt  Jul 14, 2017 • 3:50:27pm

re: #468 Anymouse 🌹

Spellcheck is knot proofreading.

I’ve known and worked with typesetter proofers and AP News editors/proofers and proofreading is an art.

A lot of old typesetters used to read their sentences backwards with the thinking you catch more errors because you are not able to form the sentence pattern and overlook words because you already have an idea what they should say. You concentrate on the word more.

Once they go through in reverse for detail then they read it properly to make sure it is the correct wording, sentence flow, etc.

And the biggie. It has to be someone that had nothing to do with the composing. The fresher the eye and the newer it all is the better to catch the errors. Proofreading your own stuff is not the best way as you are sure it is correct because you know how it sounds and the intent you had spelling.

And it is always in the headline. The more obvious the place, and the least amount of words is dangerous. it’s why we always see signs with glaring errors. It looked good to someone and there were only a few words.

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Timothy Watson  Jul 14, 2017 • 3:51:42pm

re: #498 jaunte

Jared Kushner’s lawyer, Jamie Gorelick, is “dropping out” of representing him in the Russia probe.

[Insert joke about the “Gorelick wall” here.]

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Decatur Deb  Jul 14, 2017 • 3:51:52pm

re: #507 Stanley Sea

Thanks SS, the tweet-framing fix worked.

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Patricia Kayden  Jul 14, 2017 • 3:52:41pm

re: #494 gocart mozart

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Donny being called a kid is just a symptom of White privilege. If he was a Black 39-year old man, no one would refer to him that way.

salon.com

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Decatur Deb  Jul 14, 2017 • 3:53:04pm

re: #508 Patricia Kayden

Adoptions of unethical conduct. No children were involved.

Waiting for them to adopt The Position.

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ObserverArt  Jul 14, 2017 • 3:53:47pm

re: #471 darthstar

I love how Florida just fucking swalllows people’s homes and shit at random. It’s like the state is a character in all the fucked up scare-fest movies I grew up on.

Have I heard that this sink hole forming thing will be more and more an occurrence due to ocean level rise?

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Decatur Deb  Jul 14, 2017 • 3:54:27pm

re: #512 Patricia Kayden

Donny being called a kid is just a symptom of White privilege. If he was a Black 39-year old man, no one would refer to him that way.

salon.com

C’mon, now. They would call him “boy”. Close enough.

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jaunte  Jul 14, 2017 • 3:55:58pm

This is what Alex Jones rants sound like when turned into a Bon Iver song

Alex Jones Rants as an Indie Folk Song

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Blind Frog Belly White  Jul 14, 2017 • 3:59:56pm

re: #512 Patricia Kayden

Donny being called a kid is just a symptom of White privilege. If he was a Black 39-year old man, no one would refer to him that way.

salon.com

If he were a black 15 year old, they wouldn’t refer to him that way, let alone 39.

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MsJ  Jul 14, 2017 • 4:01:13pm

re: #494 gocart mozart

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MsJ  Jul 14, 2017 • 4:05:37pm

re: #500 calochortus

Yeah, I’m seeing a lot of reference to him as a “kid.” Now, I refer to my mid-30s offspring as kids, but no one else ever would outside of family. If Don Jr. is a kid then he shouldn’t be running Dad’s business or messing around in the government.

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b.d. (bill d.)  Jul 14, 2017 • 4:11:41pm

re: #512 Patricia Kayden

Donny being called a kid is just a symptom of White privilege. If he was a Black 39-year old man, no one would refer to him that way.

salon.com

The President of France that Donald just got through meeting with is 10 days older than Donald Trump Jr.

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BeachDem  Jul 14, 2017 • 4:16:04pm

re: #503 Shiplord Kirel, live from behind wingnut lines

Spellcheck couldn’t prevent this epic disaster:
University Of Texas Commencement Pamphlet Makes Unfortunate Typo

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HappyWarrior  Jul 14, 2017 • 4:17:25pm

re: #520 b.d.

The President of France that Donald just got through meeting with is 10 days older than Donald Trump Jr.

Calling DJR a kid really is a joke.

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MsJ  Jul 14, 2017 • 4:17:31pm
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Eventual Carrion  Jul 14, 2017 • 4:18:58pm

re: #407 Anymouse 🌹

Well, I’m north of Denver, so I imagine my little hamlet is not on your route. I-70 goes through Kansas, and I-80 is sixty miles south of me.

I can see I-80 from my work parking lot.

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HappyWarrior  Jul 14, 2017 • 4:19:21pm

re: #523 MsJ

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wheat-dogg  Jul 14, 2017 • 4:21:16pm

Still house sitting for my stepson, and about a half hour ago I found a fudge brownie mix in the cupboard.

Will soon eat the fruit of my labors.

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lawhawk  Jul 14, 2017 • 4:21:31pm
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GOP will continue to insist that this is proof Clinton should be convicted (skipping investigation, indictment, trial, etc.):

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Meanwhile, we learn the name of yet another Russian who was at the meeting:

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BeachDem  Jul 14, 2017 • 4:21:58pm

re: #512 Patricia Kayden

Donny being called a kid is just a symptom of White privilege. If he was a Black 39-year old man, no one would refer to him that way.

salon.com

And if he were a black teenage girl in a bikini at a pool party, Megyn Kelly would say—“she’s no angel.”

(See also Tamir Rice and that 19-year old girl from Bakersfield who at 5’2” 115 lbs. was mistaken for a 5’10” 250 pound bald guy with a goatee.)

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Quoth the raven, Covfefe.  Jul 14, 2017 • 4:21:59pm

re: #526 wheat-dogg

Still house sitting for my stepson, and about a half hour ago I found a fudge brownie mix in the cupboard.

Will soon eat the fruit of my labors.

My evening munchies will be satisfied by tater tots. It is yet to be decided if they will have cheese or if I will just lightly salt them.

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Quoth the raven, Covfefe.  Jul 14, 2017 • 4:22:47pm

re: #527 lawhawk

One of my wingnut friends posted something about one of the Russians involved working with the Democratic Party, therefore the scandal is busted and it’s all the libruls’ fault. I’m almost to the point where I can’t even anymore.

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scottslemmons  Jul 14, 2017 • 4:24:05pm

Kobach’s “Let’s Ban Brown People from Voting” commission publicly released all the emails they received, including email addresses.

So there’s another reason for states not to send private voter information to the commission.

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wheat-dogg  Jul 14, 2017 • 4:24:17pm

re: #529 Quoth the raven, Covfefe.

My evening munchies will be satisfied by tater tots. It is yet to be decided if they will have cheese or if I will just lightly salt them.

Now there’s something I haven’t had in years.

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wrenchwench  Jul 14, 2017 • 4:24:33pm

re: #526 wheat-dogg

Still house sitting for my stepson, and about a half hour ago I found a fudge brownie mix in the cupboard.

Will soon eat the fruit of my labors.

What, you put pineapple in them?!?

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Quoth the raven, Covfefe.  Jul 14, 2017 • 4:25:30pm

re: #533 wheat-dogg

Now there’s something I haven’t had in years.

I discovered them in the freezer earlier and texted Mrs. Fish. To my surprise, she informed me that she had meant to cook them for the kids earlier, but she found alternate foodage for them, which left them as fair game for me. Which means yummy crispy fried nuggets of potatoey goodness for me.

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lawhawk  Jul 14, 2017 • 4:26:03pm

re: #532 scottslemmons

And there’s a chance that they’ll do the same on every other important issue where they solicit opinions in forming public policy - dissuade dissent by essentially doxxing the opponents to the policy.

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William Lewis  Jul 14, 2017 • 4:26:29pm

re: #503 Shiplord Kirel, live from behind wingnut lines

Spellcheck couldn’t prevent this epic disaster:
University Of Texas Commencement Pamphlet Makes Unfortunate Typo

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Honestly? The photo is as big a disaster as the typo to my eyes.

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wheat-dogg  Jul 14, 2017 • 4:26:38pm

re: #534 wrenchwench

What, you put pineapple in them?!?

Gack!

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Quoth the raven, Covfefe.  Jul 14, 2017 • 4:26:42pm

re: #536 lawhawk

And there’s a chance that they’ll do the same on every other important issue where they solicit opinions in forming public policy - dissuade dissent by essentially doxxing the opponents to the policy.

It’s all in the name of transparency, don’t ya know. They know how much us libruls care about information being open.

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MsJ  Jul 14, 2017 • 4:27:01pm

re: #530 Quoth the raven, Covfefe.

One of my wingnut friends posted something about one of the Russians involved working with the Democratic Party, therefore the scandal is busted and it’s all the libruls’ fault. I’m almost to the point where I can’t even anymore.

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William Lewis  Jul 14, 2017 • 4:28:26pm

re: #526 wheat-dogg

Still house sitting for my stepson, and about a half hour ago I found a fudge brownie mix in the cupboard.

Will soon eat the fruit of my labors.

I have a box of brownie mix in the cupboard to surprise my son on Sunday.

Presuming you still have that bottle you mentioned, I adore chocolate brownies with bourbon…

542
William Lewis  Jul 14, 2017 • 4:29:45pm

re: #529 Quoth the raven, Covfefe.

My evening munchies will be satisfied by tater tots. It is yet to be decided if they will have cheese or if I will just lightly salt them.

Ooh. Now I know what supper will be - a fish sandwich with tater tots on the side. Time to fire up the oven…

543
HappyWarrior  Jul 14, 2017 • 4:29:57pm

re: #528 BeachDem

And if he were a black teenage girl in a bikini at a pool party, Megyn Kelly would say—“she’s no angel.”

(See also Tamir Rice and that 19-year old girl from Bakersfield who at 5’2” 115 lbs. was mistaken for a 5’10” 250 pound bald guy with a goatee.)

Yeah I heard about Bakersfield. WTF.

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wheat-dogg  Jul 14, 2017 • 4:30:14pm

re: #535 Quoth the raven, Covfefe.

I discovered them in the freezer earlier and texted Mrs. Fish. To my surprise, she informed me that she had meant to cook them for the kids earlier, but she found alternate foodage for them, which left them as fair game for me. Which means yummy crispy fried nuggets of potatoey goodness for me.

My stepson is on a restricted diet for health reasons, so he has no desserts in the house at all, except for the aforementioned fudge brownie mix, a choco cake mix and a gluten-free brownie mix.

Four jars of peanut butter, though. 0_o

OTOH I found lingonberries in the freezer. I might be able to do something interesting with them.

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Quoth the raven, Covfefe.  Jul 14, 2017 • 4:30:43pm

re: #542 William Lewis

Ooh. Now I know what supper will be - a fish sandwich with tater tots on the side. Time to fire up the oven…

NOT COUSIN GERTRUDE!!!

//

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wheat-dogg  Jul 14, 2017 • 4:31:42pm

re: #542 William Lewis

Ooh. Now I know what supper will be - a fish sandwich with tater tots on the side. Time to fire up the oven…

I almost made breaded cod fillets for dinner, but decided to save it for lunch tomorrow.

547
Jebediah, RBG  Jul 14, 2017 • 4:32:54pm

re: #545 Quoth the raven, Covfefe.

NOT COUSIN GERTRUDE!!!

//

Never name your cousins. It just makes it harder to cook and eat them.

548
calochortus  Jul 14, 2017 • 4:33:41pm

Hmmm, I’m going with salmon burgers (home made gluten free buns) and strawberry soup.

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Quoth the raven, Covfefe.  Jul 14, 2017 • 4:34:26pm

re: #547 Jebediah, RBG

Never name your cousins. It just makes it harder to cook and eat them.

For that matter, I had fried cod (fish and chips) at a local seafood place last night. Guess I shouldn’t complain too loudly.

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wrenchwench  Jul 14, 2017 • 4:34:33pm

re: #544 wheat-dogg

My stepson is on a restricted diet for health reasons, so he has no desserts in the house at all, except for the aforementioned fudge brownie mix, a choco cake mix and a gluten-free brownie mix.

Four jars of peanut butter, though. 0_o

OTOH I found lingonberries in the freezer. I might be able to do something interesting with them.

I can’t even find lingonberry jam in this town. For my aebleskivers.

551
wheat-dogg  Jul 14, 2017 • 4:36:00pm

re: #550 wrenchwench

I can’t even find lingonberry jam in this town. For my aebleskivers.

These are frozen in a bag with English and Russian printing. No idea where he got them from.

Aebelskivers look yummy.

552
Eventual Carrion  Jul 14, 2017 • 4:37:10pm

re: #424 Brian J.

Ah, Ty Cobb. Maybe the most violently racist psychopath in the history of baseball. Some apples don’t fall far from the tree.

Or as like to say, some road apples don’t fall far from the horses ass.

553
Anymouse 🌹  Jul 14, 2017 • 4:37:17pm

re: #509 ObserverArt

A lot of old typesetters used to read their sentences backwards with the thinking you catch more errors because you are not able to form the sentence pattern and overlook words because you already have an idea what they should say. You concentrate on the word more.

I do that in my own copyediting work. That really does work.

554
Jebediah, RBG  Jul 14, 2017 • 4:37:56pm

re: #551 wheat-dogg

These are frozen in a bag with English and Russian printing. No idea where he got them from.

Where was he on June 9, 2016?

555
Quoth the raven, Covfefe.  Jul 14, 2017 • 4:38:09pm

re: #550 wrenchwench

I can’t even find lingonberry jam in this town. For my aebleskivers.

I had a lingonberry ice cream float one year at the MN state fair. It was surprisingly delicious.

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William Lewis  Jul 14, 2017 • 4:39:31pm

re: #555 Quoth the raven, Covfefe.

I had a lingonberry ice cream float one year at the MN state fair. It was surprisingly delicious.

Hmm! What did they use as the soda?

557
MsJ  Jul 14, 2017 • 4:39:35pm
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wheat-dogg  Jul 14, 2017 • 4:40:41pm

re: #554 Jebediah, RBG

Where was he on June 9, 2016?

Probably at work, poor guy. Works IT security for Humana. and his bosses can’t find another manager to handle second shift, so he ends up covering first and second shift most days. Now he’s on a two-week holiday camping in the Rockies.

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Quoth the raven, Covfefe.  Jul 14, 2017 • 4:40:47pm

re: #556 William Lewis

Hmm! What did they use as the soda?

I believe it was one of the lemon-lime type sodas.

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MsJ  Jul 14, 2017 • 4:44:38pm

Fascinating.

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lawhawk  Jul 14, 2017 • 4:47:45pm

Someone raised this in my twitter feed:

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It’s a very good question. Why a translator if the Russian lawyer speaks English. Who else was there that didn’t speak English? Or were they there for other reasons.

563
stpaulbear  Jul 14, 2017 • 4:51:14pm

re: #557 MsJ

Daily Beast: The new figure in the Don Jr. meeting was accused of orchestrating an international hacking conspiracy.

Because of course he was.
e_e

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calochortus  Jul 14, 2017 • 4:51:39pm

re: #562 lawhawk

Someone raised this in my twitter feed:

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It’s a very good question. Why a translator if the Russian lawyer speaks English. Who else was there that didn’t speak English? Or were they there for other reasons.

I thought I saw Veselnitskaya interviewed somewhere using a translator, so either she is faking it, or possibly wants to have back up in case she doesn’t quite understand something. Or, she doesn’t actually speak English.

565
MsJ  Jul 14, 2017 • 4:51:46pm

re: #561 MsJ

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Anymouse 🌹  Jul 14, 2017 • 4:52:13pm

huffingtonpost.com

Judge tosses jury conviction of the woman who laughed during Jeff Sessions’s confirmation hearing and orders new trial.

A D.C. judge has tossed out a jury’s conviction of a protester who laughed during Attorney General Jeff Sessions’ Senate confirmation hearing, finding on Friday that the government had improperly argued during the trial that her laughter was enough to merit a guilty verdict. The judge ordered a new trial in the case, setting a court date for Sept. 1.

Desiree Fairooz, 61, who was associated with the group Code Pink, had been convicted of disorderly and disruptive conduct and demonstrating inside the Capitol. Fairooz was taken into custody during a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing in January after she laughed when Sen. Richard Shelby (R-Ala.) claimed Sessions had a “clear and well-documented” record of “treating all Americans equally under the law.” (The Senate rejected Sessions’ nomination for a federal judgeship in the 1980s over concerns about his views on race.)

567
wrenchwench  Jul 14, 2017 • 4:57:54pm

re: #564 calochortus

I thought I saw Veselnitskaya interviewed somewhere using a translator, so either she is faking it, or possibly wants to have back up in case she doesn’t quite understand something. Or, she doesn’t actually speak English.

I have a neighbor who called the cops to complain about nothing two days in a row. The second day, she claimed not to know English, so they sent the bilingual cop she had spoken to the day before—in English. She was embarrassed. And written up.

568
HappyWarrior  Jul 14, 2017 • 5:05:25pm

re: #566 Anymouse 🌹

huffingtonpost.com

Judge tosses jury conviction of the woman who laughed during Jeff Sessions’s confirmation hearing and orders new trial.

The independent judiciary is going to be one of the biggest ways we can thwart Trump.

569
Anymouse 🌹  Jul 14, 2017 • 5:06:50pm

re: #568 HappyWarrior

The independent judiciary is going to be one of the biggest ways we can thwart Trump.

Well, there are all those seats Republicans obstructed under Obama, including nominations from their own states.

570
Decatur Deb  Jul 14, 2017 • 5:07:14pm

re: #542 William Lewis

Ooh. Now I know what supper will be - a fish sandwich with tater tots on the side. Time to fire up the oven…

You can take the Anglicans out of the Church, but you can’t take the Papist out of the menu.

571
Eclectic Cyborg  Jul 14, 2017 • 5:08:55pm

I wonder how differently this would play out if the Russian President were a woman…or black.

572
klys (maker of Silmarils)  Jul 14, 2017 • 5:09:58pm
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HappyWarrior  Jul 14, 2017 • 5:16:38pm

re: #569 Anymouse 🌹

Well, there are all those seats Republicans obstructed under Obama, including nominations from their own states.

True that.

574
HappyWarrior  Jul 14, 2017 • 5:17:08pm

re: #571 Eclectic Cyborg

I wonder how differently this would play out if the Russian President were a woman…or black.

Or if the Russian president wasn’t so like minded with the GOP on so many issues.

575
wheat-dogg  Jul 14, 2017 • 5:20:41pm

Fudge brownie update.

They are good. Yay, Betty Crocker!

576
FormerDirtDart  Jul 14, 2017 • 5:21:55pm

577
gocart mozart  Jul 14, 2017 • 5:22:39pm

re: #564 calochortus

I thought I saw Veselnitskaya interviewed somewhere using a translator, so either she is faking it, or possibly wants to have back up in case she doesn’t quite understand something. Or, she doesn’t actually speak English.

Wasn’t she the attorney on a 230 million dollar embezzlement case? Would be odd if she didn’t speak English.

578
calochortus  Jul 14, 2017 • 5:25:13pm

re: #577 gocart mozart

Wasn’t she the attorney on a 230 million dollar embezzlement case? Would be odd if she didn’t speak English.

I would think so, but she might have overseen lawyers who spoke better English than she does. It is pretty common to understand quite a bit of a language, speak some, but not be really fluent-and if one is a lawyer, I imagine one is pretty careful about that.

579
calochortus  Jul 14, 2017 • 5:26:00pm

Time to go look into putting dinner together.
BBL

580
Quoth the raven, Covfefe.  Jul 14, 2017 • 5:27:03pm

re: #575 wheat-dogg

Fudge brownie update.

They are good. Yay, Betty Crocker!

I dosed the tater tots with salt and Old Bay seasoning - a wild north country staple. They are yum.

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FormerDirtDart  Jul 14, 2017 • 5:29:29pm

582
klys (maker of Silmarils)  Jul 14, 2017 • 5:31:33pm

re: #580 Quoth the raven, Covfefe.

I dosed the tater tots with salt and Old Bay seasoning - a wild north country staple. They are yum.

I’m doing tequila-lime burgers with a summer-y pasta salad.

Going to be some tomatoes, onion, pepper, corn, and zucchini in there, I think, and the sauce a mix of avocado and Greek yogurt. I suppose I need to start getting the kitchen prepped at some point.

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gocart mozart  Jul 14, 2017 • 5:33:21pm
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Quoth the raven, Covfefe.  Jul 14, 2017 • 5:36:56pm

re: #582 klys (maker of Silmarils)

I’m doing tequila-lime burgers with a summer-y pasta salad.

Going to be some tomatoes, onion, pepper, corn, and zucchini in there, I think, and the sauce a mix of avocado and Greek yogurt. I suppose I need to start getting the kitchen prepped at some point.

You are far more healthy than I. The only things I’ve had to eat and/or drink today are: Domino’s pan pizza, fried tater tots, and whiskey. Perhaps blended with some Pepsi, but still.

585
MsJ  Jul 14, 2017 • 5:38:02pm

re: #580 Quoth the raven, Covfefe.

I dosed the tater tots with salt and Old Bay seasoning - a wild north country staple. They are yum.

Isn’t that a bit redundant? Old Bay is very salty.

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Jay C  Jul 14, 2017 • 5:40:51pm

re: #584 Quoth the raven, Covfefe.

You are far more healthy than I. The only things I’ve had to eat and/or drink today are: Domino’s pan pizza, fried tater tots, and whiskey. Perhaps blended with some Pepsi, but still.

Man! How can you drink that stuff?? It’ll kill you for sure! (the Pepsi, that is: the whiskey’s just fine….)

587
gocart mozart  Jul 14, 2017 • 5:41:51pm
Green Day’s Billie Joe Armstrong and Rancid’s Tim Armstrong have teamed to form a new supergroup called the Armstrongs. Billie Joe’s son Joey Armstrong (of the punk band SWMRS) and Tim’s nephew Rey Armstrong round out the quartet, which also released their first song, “If There Was Ever a Time.”

ARMSTRONGS - IF THERE WAS EVER A TIME

588
Quoth the raven, Covfefe.  Jul 14, 2017 • 5:42:09pm

re: #585 MsJ

Isn’t that a bit redundant? Old Bay is very salty.

I was very light with the salt.

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MsJ  Jul 14, 2017 • 5:42:34pm

re: #586 Jay C

Man! How can you drink that stuff?? It’ll kill you for sure! (the Pepsi, that is: the whiskey’s just fine….)

Duuuuude. Do not besmirch the name of my beloved Pepsi.

590
majii  Jul 14, 2017 • 6:21:30pm

re: #515 Decatur Deb

“Donny being called a kid is just a symptom of White privilege. If he was a Black 39-year old man, no one would refer to him that way.”

Right you are. I was reading some research on race last month which indicated that black youths are not seen as kids the same way white youths are. Tamir Rice is an example of that. He was a child in age and temperament, but to those police officers, he was an “adult” male who happened to be black and therefore was thought to pose a “serious “threat” to them.

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Jay C  Jul 14, 2017 • 6:27:30pm

re: #589 MsJ

Duuuuude. Do not besmirch the name of my beloved Pepsi.

Sorry. No offense meant

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wheat-dogg  Jul 14, 2017 • 6:33:57pm

re: #589 MsJ

Duuuuude. Do not besmirch the name of my beloved Pepsi.

I have managed not to drink any soda pop for the last 8 days.


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