That Assange Pardon Deal With Trump Dana Rohrabacher Tried to Make? It Was Facilitated by Chuck C. Johnson.

Rohrabacher and the Rage Furby working together with Julian Assange
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Chuck C. Johnson and Rep. Dana Rohrabacher pose in front of the Ecuadoran embassy in London. (Source: Facebook)

Today we learned that California Republican Rep. Dana Rohrabacher has actually been setting himself up as middleman for a deal to get Donald Trump to pardon Wikileaks founder Julian Assange, in exchange for what he says is “evidence” that exonerates Russia from accusations of meddling in the 2016 presidential election.

The possible “deal”—a term used by Mr. Rohrabacher during the Wednesday phone call—would involve a pardon of Mr. Assange or “something like that,” Mr. Rohrabacher said. In exchange, Mr. Assange would probably present a computer drive or other data-storage device that Mr. Rohrabacher said would exonerate Russia in the long-running controversy about who was the source of hacked and stolen material aimed at embarrassing the Democratic Party during the 2016 election.

Since this story is all over the place and nobody seems to be mentioning one important thing about it, I wanted to point out again that the guy who set up this meeting between Julian Assange and Dana Rohrabacher was cyberstalker and Holocaust denier Chuck C. Johnson, aka the Rage Furby, permanently banned from Twitter and relegated to the fringe of the fringe.

When I wrote about this awful convergence last month, I quoted Chuck’s infamous comments in which he came out unmistakably as a Holocaust denier, in a Reddit “Ask Me Anything” session:

justacolyte:
what are your thoughts on the Holocaust, WW2, and the JQ in general?

ChuckCJohnson:
I do not and never have believed the six million figure. I think the Red Cross numbers of 250,000 dead in the camps from typhus are more realistic. I think the Allied bombing of Germany was a ware crime. I agree with David Cole about Auschwitz and the gas chambers not being real. I read the German War (highly recommend), Bloodlands, Mein Kampf, and all of David Irving. I’m more or less of the view that the war was an outgrowth of the efforts of communism to spread itself throughout the world. I also believe that the fears of German extermination were not misplaced, especially in light of the Ukrainian famine. But I support Israel as a Jewish state and Zionism as a concept. I’m pro-ethno state, generally. I understand why and how Hitler rose to power but think too much of our focus on World War II is spent trying to understand Hitler and not enough is spent trying to understand Weimar. Mecius Moldbug, aka Curtis Yarvin, is right. America is a communist country.

But there’s an interesting footnote to this story, too. After my article about Rohrabacher and the Rage Furby went viral on Twitter and Facebook, Johnson got on his Facebook page and posted a truly deranged (and highly defamatory) rant about me, denying that he’s a Holocaust denier even as he denied the Holocaust again.

Here’s a screenshot of that insane post.

Chuck writes, “I am not, nor have I ever been, a Holocaust denier.” Then, in the very next paragraph, he writes “I do not believe the six million Jews killed figure.”

Uh, Chuck? That’s straight up Holocaust denial, dude.

He can’t help revealing his sick thinking even as he tries to deny it. But he’s “looked at” suing the “alleged homosexual” who pantsed him in front of the whole world. Excuse me while I LOL.

And one more postscript to this sorry tale: shortly after Johnson posted this deranged rant on Facebook, it was deleted and he was given a 30-day suspension for violating Facebook’s community standards.

I’ve lost count of how many times Johnson has been suspended for this kind of hateful, sick posting, but it’s at least 8 times. I don’t know why Facebook doesn’t ban him permanently at this point; it really ought to be blindingly obvious that he’s going to continue breaking the rules until they have no other choice.

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Belafon  Sep 15, 2017 • 6:04:41pm

Copied from previous thread:

Met parents for dinner. Talked about St. Louis. They’re 68. All they would fix on is the stuff that happened after, no matter how much I tried to get them to understand that they aren’t getting any action by being civil. They did agree that they probably skipped the trial because the judge was sympathetic.

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KGxvi  Sep 15, 2017 • 6:06:29pm
Republican Rep. Dana Rohrabacher has actually been setting himself up as middleman for a deal to get Donald Trump to pardon Wikileaks founder Julian Assange, in exchange for what he says is “evidence” that exonerates Russia from accusations of meddling in the 2016 presidential election.

Why do I see this ending with a vote for impeachment being 434-1?

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gocart mozart  Sep 15, 2017 • 6:07:18pm
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gocart mozart  Sep 15, 2017 • 6:08:00pm
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teleskiguy  Sep 15, 2017 • 6:10:20pm

OT.

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gocart mozart  Sep 15, 2017 • 6:11:48pm
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gocart mozart  Sep 15, 2017 • 6:13:28pm
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gocart mozart  Sep 15, 2017 • 6:14:07pm
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Unshaken Defiance  Sep 15, 2017 • 6:17:18pm

re: #6 gocart mozart

IMHO a touch too much there.

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meteor  Sep 15, 2017 • 6:18:22pm

re: #3 gocart mozart

Their motto is “Integrity”?

Haaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa holy shit

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Dave In Austin  Sep 15, 2017 • 6:18:38pm

I was wondering. Obviously the obvious. Fucking charlatan.

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Varek Raith  Sep 15, 2017 • 6:18:39pm

re: #8 gocart mozart

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The cat came home just after they spent all day putting up the signs.
/Cats

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gocart mozart  Sep 15, 2017 • 6:22:04pm
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teleskiguy  Sep 15, 2017 • 6:22:25pm

re: #6 gocart mozart

This is fucked up. Not funny at all.

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gocart mozart  Sep 15, 2017 • 6:22:57pm
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gocart mozart  Sep 15, 2017 • 6:23:29pm
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wheat-dogg  Sep 15, 2017 • 6:24:27pm

re: #16 gocart mozart

That would be priceless if Shkreli got scammed.

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Quoth the raven, Covfefe.  Sep 15, 2017 • 6:25:01pm

re: #5 teleskiguy

OT.

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And now his watch is ended.

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goddamnedfrank  Sep 15, 2017 • 6:28:51pm

I’m betting this entire stunt was orchestrated by the kid’s Dad. This is the look of someone who’s been forced into some serious bullshit against their will.

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Charles Johnson  Sep 15, 2017 • 6:29:15pm
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teleskiguy  Sep 15, 2017 • 6:33:38pm

re: #20 goddamnedfrank

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Sep 15, 2017 • 6:34:51pm

re: #20 goddamnedfrank

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I’m betting this entire stunt was orchestrated by the kid’s Dad. This is the look of someone who’s been forced into some serious bullshit against their will.

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HappyWarrior  Sep 15, 2017 • 6:36:20pm

re: #20 goddamnedfrank

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I’m betting this entire stunt was orchestrated by the kid’s Dad. This is the look of someone who’s been forced into some serious bullshit against their will.

He doesn’t look happy. Would you want to mow the WH lawn at that age and get turned into a story? I doubt it.

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Charles Johnson  Sep 15, 2017 • 6:36:23pm
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HappyWarrior  Sep 15, 2017 • 6:37:22pm

re: #19 gocart mozart

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Such a great character actor. My first introduction to him was in the Green Mile as Toot, the orderly. RIP Harry..

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HappyWarrior  Sep 15, 2017 • 6:37:42pm

re: #26 Charles Johnson

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It’s nice to see this on Twitter.

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Charles Johnson  Sep 15, 2017 • 6:38:01pm
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Stanley Sea  Sep 15, 2017 • 6:41:40pm

re: #20 goddamnedfrank

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I’m betting this entire stunt was orchestrated by the kid’s Dad. This is the look of someone who’s been forced into some serious bullshit against their will.

Heard him on npr during drive. He’s a happy kid.

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HappyWarrior  Sep 15, 2017 • 6:42:12pm
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HappyWarrior  Sep 15, 2017 • 6:42:54pm

re: #30 Stanley Sea

Heard him on npr during drive. He’s a happy kid.

That’s good.

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goddamnedfrank  Sep 15, 2017 • 6:44:11pm

re: #30 Stanley Sea

Heard him on npr during drive. He’s a happy kid.

Nah, I’m telling you his puppy is definitely being held hostage.

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HappyWarrior  Sep 15, 2017 • 6:45:11pm

re: #33 goddamnedfrank

Nah, I’m telling you his puppy is definitely being held hostage.

“Mow the lawn or your Bryce Harper rookie card gets it.”

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Varek Raith  Sep 15, 2017 • 6:45:55pm

re: #34 HappyWarrior

“Mow the lawn or your Bryce Harper rookie card gets it.”

Brutal.

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Cheechako  Sep 15, 2017 • 6:47:08pm

re: #30 Stanley Sea

Heard him on npr during drive. He’s a happy kid.

I wonder why dtrump didn’t offer the kid a glass of lemonade? Former Presidents would have.

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HappyWarrior  Sep 15, 2017 • 6:50:55pm

re: #35 Varek Raith

Brutal.

It’s a brutal business.

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Stanley Sea  Sep 15, 2017 • 6:51:07pm

re: #31 HappyWarrior

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The best!

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goddamnedfrank  Sep 15, 2017 • 6:52:37pm

Facebook is a fucking cancer.

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HappyWarrior  Sep 15, 2017 • 6:52:57pm

re: #39 Stanley Sea

The best!

Fun fact about that movie but there’s a character named Dean Stanton in it played by Barry Pepper, who even funner fact played my distant cousin Mike Strank in Flags of our Fathers.

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jamesfirecat  Sep 15, 2017 • 6:54:10pm

re: #42 HappyWarrior

Fun fact about that movie but there’s a character named Dean Stanton in it played by Barry Pepper, who even funner fact played my distant cousin Mike Strank in Flags of our Fathers.

Didn’t Barry Peoper play Johnny in Battlefield Earth?

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teleskiguy  Sep 15, 2017 • 6:54:32pm
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HappyWarrior  Sep 15, 2017 • 6:55:16pm

re: #43 jamesfirecat

Didn’t Barry Peoper play Johnny in Battlefield Earth?

Not sure but he’s usually in good movies. Saving Private Ryan, Green Mile, We Were Soldiers, Flags of our Fathers, Enemy of the State.

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HappyWarrior  Sep 15, 2017 • 6:57:36pm

re: #44 teleskiguy

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Impressive!

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Belafon  Sep 15, 2017 • 7:01:04pm

re: #43 jamesfirecat

He was the main character.

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Charles Johnson  Sep 15, 2017 • 7:01:30pm
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Belafon  Sep 15, 2017 • 7:03:54pm

Aaaaaarrrrggggghhhhh:

washingtonpost.com

U.S. Army recruiters have abruptly canceled enlistment contracts for hundreds of foreign-born military recruits since last week, upending their lives and potentially exposing many to deportation, according to several affected recruits and former military officials familiar with their situation.

Many of these enlistees have waited years to join a troubled immigration recruitment program designed to attract highly skilled immigrants into the service in exchange for fast-track citizenship.

Now recruits and experts say that recruiters are shedding their contracts to free themselves from an onerous enlistment process, which includes extensive background investigations, to focus on individuals who can more quickly enlist and thus satisfy strict recruitment targets

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Stanley Sea  Sep 15, 2017 • 7:04:00pm

re: #42 HappyWarrior

Fun fact about that movie but there’s a character named Dean Stanton in it played by Barry Pepper, who even funner fact played my distant cousin Mike Strank in Flags of our Fathers.

Something many don’t realize about The Green Mile book release - look it up. Stephen King did the story via “pocket book” a depression Era way of publishing. Once a month several chapters were released in a pocket book. There was a rite Aid near my office that had them on the Tuesday of release. Me and all the other people across the country ran to get the next book.

The Green Mile lasted for like 5 months. It was glorious.

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teleskiguy  Sep 15, 2017 • 7:04:44pm

Taking bets on Mattis’s sacking. One week? One month?

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goddamnedfrank  Sep 15, 2017 • 7:04:46pm

Silicon Valley has no soul.

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HappyWarrior  Sep 15, 2017 • 7:06:14pm

Social media is a wonderful thing but by the same token, it’s allowed racists to be connected like never before.

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Targetpractice  Sep 15, 2017 • 7:06:52pm

re: #50 Stanley Sea

Something many don’t realize about The Green Mile book release - look it up. Stephen King did the story via “pocket book” a depression Era way of publishing. Once a month several chapters were released in a pocket book. There was a rite Aid near my office that had them on the Tuesday of release. Me and all the other people across the country ran to get the next book.

The Green Mile lasted for like 5 months. It was glorious.

I do remember that, even got the full set.

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Belafon  Sep 15, 2017 • 7:07:12pm

re: #53 HappyWarrior

Social media is a wonderful thing but by the same token, it’s allowed racists to be connected like never before.

Sounds a bit like the first amendment.

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Unshaken Defiance  Sep 15, 2017 • 7:07:13pm

re: #48 Charles Johnson

It’s so common to want to be that young action hero. Harry Stanton was the guy I wanted to get old enough, tough enough, cool enough to live to be. RIP. Out In Style.

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HappyWarrior  Sep 15, 2017 • 7:07:40pm

re: #55 Belafon

Sounds a bit like the first amendment.

And the internet as a whole.

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Belafon  Sep 15, 2017 • 7:07:55pm

re: #51 teleskiguy

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Taking bets on Mattis’s sacking. One week? One month?

Trump is kinda scared of Mattis or he would have dropped him a while ago.

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HappyWarrior  Sep 15, 2017 • 7:08:59pm

re: #56 Unshaken Defiance

It’s so common to want to be that young action hero. Harry Stanton was the guy I wanted to get old enough, tough enough, cool enough to live to be. RIP. Out In Style.

I always admired the character actors more than the leading men. Guys like John Cazale, HDS, the late Phillp Seymour Hoffman, Steve Buscemi, and John Turturro are my favorite kind of actor because they’re so wonderfully versatile.

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Ace Rothstein  Sep 15, 2017 • 7:09:04pm

She added: “Everyone deserves a second chance and is also entitled to their own opinion.”

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teleskiguy  Sep 15, 2017 • 7:09:29pm

re: #52 goddamnedfrank

White boy libertarian dudebro culture at its apex, taking the discourse down to the lowest peg.

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HappyWarrior  Sep 15, 2017 • 7:10:10pm

re: #60 Ace Rothstein

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She added: “Everyone deserves a second chance and is also entitled to their own opinion.”

What a fucking dipshit.

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Charles Johnson  Sep 15, 2017 • 7:10:25pm

re: #52 goddamnedfrank

These search terms for advertisers are automated, I’m sure. Twitter doesn’t deliberately target them. They’re driven by database queries for common keywords. I’ve written code to do this myself.

But what this really reveals is how prevalent the Nazis and white supremacists are on Twitter, when they show up with millions of hits for potential advertisers.

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Big Beautiful Door  Sep 15, 2017 • 7:10:30pm

re: #23 teleskiguy

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OMG he went for her lips. UUUUGH!

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teleskiguy  Sep 15, 2017 • 7:11:05pm

re: #60 Ace Rothstein

HuffPost really sanitized the words used by that execrable firefighter in that headline. He didn’t call them “black people,” that’s for sure.

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MsJ  Sep 15, 2017 • 7:11:44pm

re: #41 goddamnedfrank

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Facebook is a fucking cancer.

Google, too.

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HappyWarrior  Sep 15, 2017 • 7:11:59pm

i’m sure he’ll be crying victim in no time if he hasn’t already.

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Unshaken Defiance  Sep 15, 2017 • 7:12:43pm

re: #53 HappyWarrior

Social media is the most democratic thing since radio. It unflinchingly empowers any and every voice that cares to speak. It knows no boundaries, no limits, only a constantly shifting set of momentary trends.

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Targetpractice  Sep 15, 2017 • 7:13:20pm

re: #51 teleskiguy

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Taking bets on Mattis’s sacking. One week? One month?

Would it really surprise anybody if Trump lets the shit just slide? Like his sudden “reversal” on DACA?

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HappyWarrior  Sep 15, 2017 • 7:13:54pm

re: #68 Unshaken Defiance

Social media is the most democratic thing since radio. It unflinchingly empowers any and every voice that cares to speak. It knows no boundaries, no limits, only a constantly shifting set of momentary trends.

I’ve seen first hand its benefits. I’ve used it for my genealogy research and brought a lot of people together but I’ve also seen some of its terrible side. I.E. what we’re discusisng here and the deluge of racism.

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Big Beautiful Door  Sep 15, 2017 • 7:13:59pm

re: #54 Targetpractice

I do remember that, even got the full set.

Me too; I’ve still got it.

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HappyWarrior  Sep 15, 2017 • 7:14:59pm

re: #69 Targetpractice

Would it really surprise anybody if Trump lets the shit just slide? Like his sudden “reversal” on DACA?

Wouldn’t shock me. Hopefully his base would go ballistic. I do love how Infowars is now pushing the Rock to replace him. Somehow I don’t think Dwayne Johnson is going to be the man they want because the guy frankly is a politician without being a politician.

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Unshaken Defiance  Sep 15, 2017 • 7:15:01pm

re: #63 Charles Johnson

These search terms for advertisers are automated, I’m sure. Twitter doesn’t deliberately target them. They’re driven by database queries for common keywords. I’ve written code to do this myself.

But what this really reveals is how prevalent the Nazis and white supremacists are on Twitter, when they show up with millions of hits for potential advertisers.

Probably fair to figure they too have some highly skilled coders.

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Khal Wimpo (wounded at Bowling Green)  Sep 15, 2017 • 7:16:18pm

re: #48 Charles Johnson

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First movie I saw him in was “Kelly’s Heroes” where he played a wistful Texan, pining for the scent of cowshit.

Growing up amidst miles of dairy farms, I wanted to punch him right through the screen.

But yeah, he was a funny, magical actor. Repo Man was on heavy rotation throughout my college years. Paris, Texas was great, if for no other reason than the Ry Cooder soundtrack.

I used to see him play at McCabe’s, back when I lived in Santa Monica & was co-managing a bunch of alt-rock bands.

“What’s great about Harry Dean Stanton is that he draws the widest range of people of any act we have here,” noted John Chelew, the talent booker at McCabe’s in Santa Monica.

“Everybody from young punks who know him from ‘Repo Man’ to old cinematographers who used to work with him and are now living out on a ranch somewhere,” Chelew continued. “People in their 60s, wearing bolo ties. Weird people from back when it was harder to be weird, you know?”

Yes, we know. The Friday night street lights weren’t on yet, but already the dusk that bathes the instrument-covered walls of McCabe’s had begun to take on a soft, rosy glow as the room completed its transition from daytime guitar shop to evening concert hall.

Requiscat en pace, Harry. You were a class act.

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MsJ  Sep 15, 2017 • 7:16:33pm

re: #63 Charles Johnson

These search terms for advertisers are automated, I’m sure. Twitter doesn’t deliberately target them. They’re driven by database queries for common keywords. I’ve written code to do this myself.

But what this really reveals is how prevalent the Nazis and white supremacists are on Twitter, when they show up with millions of hits for potential advertisers.

It also shows how Silicone Valley helps radicalize people. All for money.

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teleskiguy  Sep 15, 2017 • 7:16:41pm

I’ve had a similar conversation with a couple of folks.

How Was Burning Man?

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Stanley Sea  Sep 15, 2017 • 7:16:48pm

re: #52 goddamnedfrank

The all encompassing drive for $$$$ has no soul

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Big Beautiful Door  Sep 15, 2017 • 7:18:14pm

BTW for those worried about the new push for Repeal and Replace? based on his twitter rant I’d say Rand Paul is a definite no, which means they’d have to convince either Murkowski or Collins to vote for it.

twitter.com

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Ace Rothstein  Sep 15, 2017 • 7:18:23pm

The guy that was acquitted today in the murder in St. Louis was a cop, right? Because Fox is calling him an ex-cop. He may be an ex-cop now, but he was a cop at the time of the incident, correct?

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MsJ  Sep 15, 2017 • 7:18:31pm
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Unshaken Defiance  Sep 15, 2017 • 7:19:06pm

re: #79 Ace Rothstein

Yes.

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Big Beautiful Door  Sep 15, 2017 • 7:19:25pm

re: #79 Ace Rothstein

The guy that was acquitted today in the murder in St. Louis was a cop, right? Because Fox is calling my him an ex-cop. He may be an ex-cop now, but he was a cop at the time of the incident, correct?

Yes

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MsJ  Sep 15, 2017 • 7:19:42pm

re: #78 Big Beautiful Door

BTW for those worried about the new push for repeal and Replace? based on his twitter rant I’d say Rand Paul is a definite no, which means they’d have to convince either Murkowski or Collins to vote for it.

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If it’s cruel enough, I’d never count out Rand Paul. He’s one of the biggest dickbags ink Congress.

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HappyWarrior  Sep 15, 2017 • 7:19:58pm

re: #80 MsJ

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+1 for Kirsten. Someone I may be considering supporting if she runs for Pres.

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MsJ  Sep 15, 2017 • 7:20:06pm

re: #79 Ace Rothstein

The guy that was acquitted today in the murder in St. Louis was a cop, right? Because Fox is calling my him an ex-cop. He may be an ex-cop now, but he was a cop at the time of the incident, correct?

Yes. That’s what I understood.

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Ace Rothstein  Sep 15, 2017 • 7:20:20pm

re: #81 Unshaken Defiance

Yes.

I just find it interesting that they’re calling him an ex-cop in all-caps right now.

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GlutenFreeJesus  Sep 15, 2017 • 7:20:33pm

re: #78 Big Beautiful Door

He’s a no because it’s not shitty enough.

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Stanley Sea  Sep 15, 2017 • 7:20:34pm

re: #79 Ace Rothstein

The guy that was acquitted today in the murder in St. Louis was a cop, right? Because Fox is calling him an ex-cop. He may be an ex-cop now, but he was a cop at the time of the incident, correct?

Yeah. Fired for killing.

Prob different name working for AZ.

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Quoth the raven, Covfefe.  Sep 15, 2017 • 7:20:35pm

re: #79 Ace Rothstein

The guy that was acquitted today in the murder in St. Louis was a cop, right? Because Fox is calling my him an ex-cop. He may be an ex-cop now, but he was a cop at the time of the incident, correct?

Both are correct. He was a police officer in St. Louis, but the department fired him after the incident.

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Big Beautiful Door  Sep 15, 2017 • 7:22:38pm

re: #83 MsJ

If it’s cruel enough, I’d never count out Rand Paul. He’s one of the biggest dickbags ink Congress.

Yes he is. However many people think he is playing a game of refusing to vote for “Obamacare lite” because Kentucky would be hit very hard by Obamacare repeal which could result in a backlash against him when he has to run again. We got Medicaid expansion because we had a Democratic Governor.

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Ace Rothstein  Sep 15, 2017 • 7:23:39pm

re: #90 Big Beautiful Door

His own state has benefitted from the law probably more than any other. But Ayn Rand and freedom or something.

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Big Beautiful Door  Sep 15, 2017 • 7:23:54pm

re: #87 GlutenFreeJesus

He’s a no because it’s not shitty enough.

I don’t care why he votes no as long as he votes no. I will call him again to tell him I don’t want him voting for “Obamacare lite.”

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Dizzy  Sep 15, 2017 • 7:23:55pm

My favorite Harry Dean Stanton song with Ry Cooder. Stanton sings on third or fourth verse with haunting harmonies. Oddly relevant these days:

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From the album ‘Get Rhythm’.

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Charles Johnson  Sep 15, 2017 • 7:25:51pm
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Unshaken Defiance  Sep 15, 2017 • 7:29:06pm

So, it’s Friday night, the wife had a bad tough week I had a great intense hard week. Roses and appetizers out. Now home just chillin to extended George Clinton Atomic Dog of all things.
Why must I feel like that
Why must I chase the cat
Just the dog in me
Nothin’ but the dog in me

Bow-wow-wow-yippie-yo-yippie-yeah

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Quoth the raven, Covfefe.  Sep 15, 2017 • 7:30:30pm

re: #95 Unshaken Defiance

So, it’s Friday night, the wife had a bad tough week I had a great intense hard week. Roses and appetizers out. Now home just chillin to extended George Clinton Atomic Dog of all things.
Why must I feel like that
Why must I chase the cat
Just the dog in me
Nothin’ but the dog in me

Bow-wow-wow-yippie-yo-yippie-yeah

Last night Mrs. Fish and I went to the MN Twins game and watched them win in thrilling walk-off fashion. Monday night, my company is taking all us employees on a cruise down the Mississippi River, along with our spouses. It’s been good happy times in the fish household, despite the insanity of work.

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Quoth the raven, Covfefe.  Sep 15, 2017 • 7:32:55pm

re: #96 Quoth the raven, Covfefe.

For that matter, last weekend we went Pokemon raiding and then out for all-you-can-eat sushi. I’ve never eaten so much in my life, and it was delicious.

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MsJ  Sep 15, 2017 • 7:32:55pm

re: #88 Stanley Sea

Yeah. Fired for killing.

Prob different name working for AZ.

Give it six months.

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Unshaken Defiance  Sep 15, 2017 • 7:33:19pm

re: #96 Quoth the raven, Covfefe.

We gotta rock with the good times cause the hard times come like it or not.

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teleskiguy  Sep 15, 2017 • 7:33:21pm
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Big Beautiful Door  Sep 15, 2017 • 7:33:26pm

re: #96 Quoth the raven, Covfefe.

Last night Mrs. Fish and I went to the MN Twins game and watched them win in thrilling walk-off fashion. Monday night, my company is taking all us employees on a cruise down the Mississippi River, along with our spouses. It’s been good happy times in the fish household, despite the insanity of work.

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Quoth the raven, Covfefe.  Sep 15, 2017 • 7:33:55pm

re: #99 Unshaken Defiance

We gotta rock with the good times cause the hard times come like it or not.

You got it. Having just come through the hard times, it’s been good to have good times to enjoy.

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Quoth the raven, Covfefe.  Sep 15, 2017 • 7:34:17pm

re: #101 Big Beautiful Door

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Big Beautiful Door  Sep 15, 2017 • 7:35:43pm

re: #103 Quoth the raven, Covfefe.

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Quoth the raven, Covfefe.  Sep 15, 2017 • 7:36:48pm

re: #104 Big Beautiful Door

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Big Beautiful Door  Sep 15, 2017 • 7:39:37pm

re: #105 Quoth the raven, Covfefe.

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Unshaken Defiance  Sep 15, 2017 • 7:40:37pm

My most subversive playlist seems appropriate this evening, for your pleasure if you please.

Iframe

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Quoth the raven, Covfefe.  Sep 15, 2017 • 7:40:55pm

re: #106 Big Beautiful Door

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Big Beautiful Door  Sep 15, 2017 • 7:44:07pm

re: #108 Quoth the raven, Covfefe.

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Quoth the raven, Covfefe.  Sep 15, 2017 • 7:46:12pm

re: #109 Big Beautiful Door

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Charles Johnson  Sep 15, 2017 • 7:49:45pm

I’m rollin’ with Snoop tonight.

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Quoth the raven, Covfefe.  Sep 15, 2017 • 7:50:59pm

re: #111 Charles Johnson

My work partner asked me the other day what kind of music I listened to. He seemed almost apprehensive about it, then he blew out a big sigh of relief when I told him I listen to Broadway show tunes. Apparently he was afraid I was one of those nerds that was a closet Goth and listened to death metal or something similar. I was like, no, no, nothing like that, although when I need inspirational music for World of Warcraft raiding, I call up my AC/DC playlist.

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teleskiguy  Sep 15, 2017 • 7:53:04pm

re: #111 Charles Johnson

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Quoth the raven, Covfefe.  Sep 15, 2017 • 7:53:23pm

re: #113 teleskiguy

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JordanRules  Sep 15, 2017 • 8:00:32pm

re: #111 Charles Johnson

My favorite song on that album.

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gocart mozart  Sep 15, 2017 • 8:09:30pm
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blueraven  Sep 15, 2017 • 8:16:35pm

Good evening all. Just want to thank this wonderful community for all your help with my situation that I posted about last night.

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GlutenFreeJesus  Sep 15, 2017 • 8:17:44pm

re: #117 blueraven

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Quoth the raven, Covfefe.  Sep 15, 2017 • 8:17:55pm

re: #117 blueraven

Making this public without sharing details - Lizards are awesome.

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blueraven  Sep 15, 2017 • 8:20:23pm

re: #119 Quoth the raven, Covfefe.

Making this public without sharing details - Lizards are awesome.

quoted for truth!

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ipsos  Sep 15, 2017 • 8:25:55pm

Anyone else reading Hillary’s book? I’m about 80 pages in and the excerpts don’t do it justice. It’s a most engaging (and yes, sometimes frustrating) read. I’m glad we have her voice in the arena.

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klys (maker of Silmarils)  Sep 15, 2017 • 8:27:07pm

re: #121 ipsos

Anyone else reading Hillary’s book? I’m about 80 pages in and the excerpts don’t do it justice. It’s a most engaging (and yes, sometimes frustrating) read. I’m glad we have her voice in the arena.

After what everyone is saying and all the fuss from people who don’t think she should have written it, I’m planning to pick up a copy but haven’t yet.

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unproven innocence  Sep 15, 2017 • 8:32:20pm

re: #121 ipsos

I plan to order it soon.

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gocart mozart  Sep 15, 2017 • 8:32:33pm
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klys (maker of Silmarils)  Sep 15, 2017 • 8:33:46pm

It’s a quiet Friday night here at casa klys. mr. klys is out having a beer with a former coworker that I half-suspect will turn into dinner, which I will find out about …at some point, I guess.

I’m not writing but instead reading about marathon cheats and ruminating on running data (my shiny new HRM arrived yesterday and now I have some lactate threshold data to play with) and realizing I might have a problem. Of sorts.

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gocart mozart  Sep 15, 2017 • 8:35:40pm
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gocart mozart  Sep 15, 2017 • 8:38:08pm
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De Kolta Chair  Sep 15, 2017 • 8:38:40pm

Forever on my mind, Harry Dean Stanton. You were one in a gazillion baziilion.

Harry Dean Stanton Sings Cancion Mixteca

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teleskiguy  Sep 15, 2017 • 8:44:21pm

My friend (an old lover, actually) in Key West got a hold of me on the Facespace stuff. Everyone’s alright, lots of broken windows and stripped roofs, downed trees and palm fronds scattered everywhere. A few newer structures were destroyed. She’s working on getting her restaurant up to tip top, but there won’t be any business for possibly months, the damage along U.S. 1 is really bad, she says she won’t make it back to the mainland for some time. Power is intermittent. U.S. 1 may open on Sunday to the lower Keys, maybe.

I’m relieved her and her family made it.

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Belafon  Sep 15, 2017 • 8:46:37pm

re: #127 gocart mozart

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JordanRules  Sep 15, 2017 • 8:47:07pm

And prosecutors and teachers and politicians…

…people that can have some power over the lives of the people they hate.

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jaunte  Sep 15, 2017 • 8:47:12pm

“…Mont Belvieu’s Director of Emergency Services Bruce Oliphant described it as a hydrocarbon well that “over-pressurized, sending product to the flare stack.” The damage was “minimal,” Oliphant said.”

Houston getting back to normal after Harvey.

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jaunte  Sep 15, 2017 • 8:48:14pm
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Hecuba's daughter  Sep 15, 2017 • 8:49:05pm

re: #78 Big Beautiful Door

BTW for those worried about the new push for Repeal and Replace? based on his twitter rant I’d say Rand Paul is a definite no, which means they’d have to convince either Murkowski or Collins to vote for it.

twitter.com

Rand Paul will vote for it because it’s the only way to, in effect, repeal the ACA. He knows that this may be the last chance to eliminate Obama’s legacy. You cannot believe anything out of his mouth.

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goddamnedfrank  Sep 15, 2017 • 8:49:45pm

re: #63 Charles Johnson

These search terms for advertisers are automated, I’m sure. Twitter doesn’t deliberately target them. They’re driven by database queries for common keywords. I’ve written code to do this myself.

But what this really reveals is how prevalent the Nazis and white supremacists are on Twitter, when they show up with millions of hits for potential advertisers.

Yes but it also demonstrates that there’s no adult in the room asking hard questions about the effects of automation and lack of community monitoring. It reminds me of the researchers who discovered that the AI they’d built was coming to racist and sexist conclusions because they were feeding it raw, un-curated web data:

AI can analyze data more quickly and accurately than humans, but it can also inherit our biases. To learn, it needs massive quantities of data, and the easiest way to find that data is to feed it text from the internet. But the internet contains some extremely biased language. A Stanford study found that an internet-trained AI associated stereotypically white names with positive words like “love,” and black names with negative words like “failure” and “cancer.”

Luminoso Chief Science Officer Rob Speer oversees the open-source data set ConceptNet Numberbatch, which is used as a knowledge base for AI systems. He tested one of Numberbatch’s data sources and found obvious problems with their word associations. When fed the analogy question “Man is to woman as shopkeeper is to…” the system filled in “housewife.” It similarly associated women with sewing and cosmetics.

While these associations might be appropriate for certain applications, they would cause problems in common AI tasks like evaluating job applicants. An AI doesn’t know which associations are problematic, so it would have no problem ranking a woman’s résumé lower than an identical résumé from a man. Similarly, when Speer tried building a restaurant review algorithm, it rated Mexican food lower because it had learned to associate “Mexican” with negative words like “illegal.”

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blueraven  Sep 15, 2017 • 8:50:42pm

re: #127 gocart mozart

Fireman was suspended? Suspended! smh

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teleskiguy  Sep 15, 2017 • 8:52:10pm
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De Kolta Chair  Sep 15, 2017 • 8:52:44pm

Relax and get back, Mac

Youtube Video

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gocart mozart  Sep 15, 2017 • 8:55:22pm
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Belafon  Sep 15, 2017 • 8:56:17pm

re: #135 goddamnedfrank

Yes but it also demonstrates that there’s no adult in the room asking hard questions about the effects of automation and lack of community monitoring. It reminds me of the researchers who discovered that the AI they’d built was coming to racist and sexist conclusions because they were feeding it raw, un-curated web data:

I joked earlier about libertarianese, but the idea behind all of these services is to have very little be between you and what you are looking for. And, as I said earlier, it’s a bit like having the first amendment, which is very good for those of us who want to criticize the government, but allows Nazis and white supremacists to talk as well.

The thing is, when Google has gotten more involved in monitoring searches, people get up in arms about invading privacy. What’s to stop them from blocking things we might find useful just because some Christian group finds them offensive?

I think the Nazis need to go back under their rocks. But they’ll still do the same searches, and eventually we’ll find out and be disgusted.

The AI thing is different, and it probably tells us more about ourselves than we might want to know. We definitely need to know the consequences of training computer systems with biased information.

Facebook selling political ad space to Russia is an entirely different matter.

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goddamnedfrank  Sep 15, 2017 • 8:58:32pm

re: #135 goddamnedfrank

Yes but it also demonstrates that there’s no adult in the room asking hard questions about the effects of automation and lack of community monitoring. It reminds me of the researchers who discovered that the AI they’d built was coming to racist and sexist conclusions because they were feeding it raw, un-curated web data:

This is my biggest issue with the libertarian ethos that is so endemic within Silicon Valley and tech culture at large. They were incredibly late to realize that humans aren’t innately good or that the communities they built needed oversight because the were ideologically driven to prioritize freedom above responsibility. Combine that with a desire to reduce costs by eliminating jobs and automatic a solution for every conceivable problem and we end up with this kind of dystopian technology that identifies racism and religious bigotry as opportunities to be monetized.

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ipsos  Sep 15, 2017 • 8:58:47pm

re: #122 klys (maker of Silmarils)

After what everyone is saying and all the fuss from people who don’t think she should have written it, I’m planning to pick up a copy but haven’t yet.

I would tell you I’d send you my copy when I’m done (it’s a speedy read), and I really would send it to you! But mrs. ipsos has dibs, then my mom, and I think my daughter was eyeing it too.

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Interesting Times  Sep 15, 2017 • 9:01:44pm

Well, fuck x 10fuck :(

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prairiefire  Sep 15, 2017 • 9:06:14pm

Cuck to cuck.

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Targetpractice  Sep 15, 2017 • 9:10:51pm

re: #143 Interesting Times

Well, fuck x 10fuck :(

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Wait, how can this be, when we’ve been told time and again by wingnuts that increased levels of CO2 will actually be good for the planet because plants will thrive?

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teleskiguy  Sep 15, 2017 • 9:15:09pm

The kid that mowed the White House lawn is from Falls Church, VA. The median income for a household in that city was $120,000 in 2010. Infer what you will.

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teleskiguy  Sep 15, 2017 • 9:17:34pm

re: #146 teleskiguy

Would Fuckface Von Clownstick just let some yokel from Wichita Falls, TX mow the White House lawn?

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Kragar  Sep 15, 2017 • 9:17:59pm
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gocart mozart  Sep 15, 2017 • 9:20:15pm
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JordanRules  Sep 15, 2017 • 9:20:32pm

*squints*

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teleskiguy  Sep 15, 2017 • 9:21:07pm

The President* of the United States letting an 11-year-old mow the White House lawn for free kind of bothers me. I can’t quite put my finger on it.

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dell*nix  Sep 15, 2017 • 9:25:48pm

Too damn cheap to pay the going rate.

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JordanRules  Sep 15, 2017 • 9:29:58pm
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TedStriker  Sep 15, 2017 • 9:34:23pm

re: #154 JordanRules

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That’s like the cute puppeh version of this:

no no NO, HELL NO!!!

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JordanRules  Sep 15, 2017 • 9:36:16pm

re: #155 TedStriker

Precisely! Wish we could have a cute pupper version of 2017.

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GlutenFreeJesus  Sep 15, 2017 • 9:36:26pm

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EPR-radar  Sep 15, 2017 • 9:38:02pm

re: #87 GlutenFreeJesus

He’s a no because it’s not shitty enough.

How is that actually possible? Does Rand Paul want to line the sick up and machine-gun them into mass graves instead?

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teleskiguy  Sep 15, 2017 • 9:38:36pm
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JordanRules  Sep 15, 2017 • 9:39:04pm

re: #157 GlutenFreeJesus

Oh noesss! All the books are disappearing!

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Amory Blaine  Sep 15, 2017 • 9:43:44pm

re: #20
I agree it is a stunt, but this kid is determined to mow the lawn. It’s a big lawn for a walk behind mower, IMHO. I think he wanted it.

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Targetpractice  Sep 15, 2017 • 9:46:37pm

re: #157 GlutenFreeJesus

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Amory Blaine  Sep 15, 2017 • 9:46:38pm

Testing

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Targetpractice  Sep 15, 2017 • 9:47:31pm

re: #164 Amory Blaine

Testing

Damnit, I didn’t get a chance to study!

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Kragar  Sep 15, 2017 • 9:47:57pm
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Amory Blaine  Sep 15, 2017 • 9:49:15pm

WTH, my #162 is in italics with a weak ass link to franks cool ass post…

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GlutenFreeJesus  Sep 15, 2017 • 9:49:26pm

re: #166 Kragar

I foresee more shoddily-made Trump gear going up in flames soon.

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Belafon  Sep 15, 2017 • 9:58:31pm

re: #157 GlutenFreeJesus

Yep, and some state senator wants to go the North Carolina route and make it so that cities can’t remove statues from state land and cannot use taxpayer money to move any statues. If it passes, I see some great fundraisers in the future just to show how shitty his ideas are.

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Amory Blaine  Sep 15, 2017 • 9:58:56pm

I know I’ve been posting shit lately, but posting hometown stuff and stuff about Walker just seems so inadequate and whiny these days.

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teleskiguy  Sep 15, 2017 • 9:59:54pm

re: #170 Amory Blaine

I’ve been intermittently posting utter shit for months. I feel ya.

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Amory Blaine  Sep 15, 2017 • 10:00:30pm

David Clarke and his stupid hat are your problem now.

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jaunte  Sep 15, 2017 • 10:01:17pm

re: #168 GlutenFreeJesus

re: #172 Amory Blaine

Teaching America To Hat Again.

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jaunte  Sep 15, 2017 • 10:01:45pm

Everyone has to shit post occasionally.

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SteelPH  Sep 15, 2017 • 10:02:29pm

re: #174 jaunte

Everyone has to shit post occasionally.

Everyone needs an outlet for their frustrations.
Mine is yelling at video games for the internet.

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gocart mozart  Sep 15, 2017 • 10:03:48pm
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Kragar  Sep 15, 2017 • 10:03:54pm

Current project:

Cypher

“I know not if he represents the greatest threat or greatest hope for the future of the Imperium. I only pray we stop him before we find out.”
— Inquisitor Bastalek Grim

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Amory Blaine  Sep 15, 2017 • 10:03:59pm

IronStache never contacted me after I donated. I’m calling his campaign tomorrow.

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teleskiguy  Sep 15, 2017 • 10:04:41pm

In Aspen, even the homeless eat like kings.

That was the message received by a sergeant with the Aspen Police Department on Tuesday evening after he checked on a report of smoke coming from a popular homeless campsite in the Castle Creek Valley near Aspen Valley Hospital.

[…]

“They were grilling — are you ready for this — lobster tails, rack of lamb and salmon steaks,” [Sgt. Rob] Fabrocini said. “They also had a 12-pack of Stella (Artois) that was unopened, and I said, ‘You guys can’t be cooking in the woods when it’s this dry.’”

To his surprise, the men then opened three or four of the beers and doused the fire, he said.

The men told Fabrocini they’d just received a paycheck and were celebrating with the choice meal, he said.

[…]

Fabrocini said he tries to be sympathetic to people’s situations and even suggested a spot where the men might be able to finish cooking the food. The men were not arrested or cited, he said.

Ain’t that nice?!?

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Amory Blaine  Sep 15, 2017 • 10:04:46pm

re: #177 Kragar

Needs more Molly Hatchet.

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Joe Bacon 🌹  Sep 15, 2017 • 10:05:55pm

re: #121 ipsos

Anyone else reading Hillary’s book? I’m about 80 pages in and the excerpts don’t do it justice. It’s a most engaging (and yes, sometimes frustrating) read. I’m glad we have her voice in the arena.

I bought it from the iTunes Book Store and I’m reading it. And in the reviews on iTunes I see the trolls, Russian Bots, Jill Shills and Berniebros are all treating the book as if it was their own litter box…All of them can take an aerodynamic intercourse aimed at Earth’s Natural Satellite…

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Kragar  Sep 15, 2017 • 10:09:19pm

re: #180 Amory Blaine

Getting this on the side of my van, once I get a van

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Amory Blaine  Sep 15, 2017 • 10:10:18pm

I have the book but I’m reading it this coming week. I’m on night missile watch and set to enjoy perfect reading periods. My favorite.

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The Ghost of a Flea  Sep 15, 2017 • 10:14:10pm

re: #182 Kragar

I saw the red and white and thought, “Warhammer 40K Santa.”

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Amory Blaine  Sep 15, 2017 • 10:14:15pm

re: #182 Kragar

How fucking cool would that be, man?

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Amory Blaine  Sep 15, 2017 • 10:15:01pm

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teleskiguy  Sep 15, 2017 • 10:15:23pm

re: #179 teleskiguy

I can attest to the utter chillness of Aspen area cops. They are unfailingly without any asshole factor you might expect in police. After all, Pitkin County Sheriff Joe DiSalvo and former Pitkin County Sheriff Bob Braudis (who was sheriff for 24 years) were close friends with local eccentric Hunter S. Thompson.

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teleskiguy  Sep 15, 2017 • 10:18:11pm
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gocart mozart  Sep 15, 2017 • 10:19:31pm
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Amory Blaine  Sep 15, 2017 • 10:22:31pm
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Amory Blaine  Sep 15, 2017 • 10:27:49pm

re: #189 gocart mozart

Thank you, Captain Obvious!

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teleskiguy  Sep 15, 2017 • 10:34:25pm

This is a concept that was conceived by goddamnedfrank of which I ascribe. Sarc tags are for lepers.

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Amory Blaine  Sep 15, 2017 • 10:35:56pm

voyage of time A nice, quiet, documentary.

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majii  Sep 15, 2017 • 10:38:25pm

re: #180 Amory Blaine

“Needs more Molly Hatchet.”

Your mentioning Molly Hatchet brings back memories for me. Every time they’d play in Middle GA, I would go see them perform. Good times!

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Amory Blaine  Sep 15, 2017 • 10:38:54pm

I must be a leperd.

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teleskiguy  Sep 15, 2017 • 10:41:18pm

re: #195 Amory Blaine

I must be a leperd.

You and 95% of the Lizards. goddamnedfrank and I should maybe be the lepers.

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Amory Blaine  Sep 15, 2017 • 10:56:36pm
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Amory Blaine  Sep 15, 2017 • 11:10:24pm
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Amory Blaine  Sep 15, 2017 • 11:17:49pm

This is for you, frank

a-ha - Take On Me (Official Video)

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Amory Blaine  Sep 15, 2017 • 11:33:11pm

Scored a bunch of albums this week.

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teleskiguy  Sep 15, 2017 • 11:37:50pm

re: #200 Amory Blaine

That picture is pure Rock ‘n’ Roll. To anybody who isn’t hip with the Rock ‘n’ Roll it’s a mess of outdated media and a confused life that doesn’t result in money.

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Amory Blaine  Sep 15, 2017 • 11:39:38pm

re: #201 teleskiguy

You know me so well.

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fern01  Sep 15, 2017 • 11:45:35pm

re: #20 goddamnedfrank

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I’m betting this entire stunt was orchestrated by the kid’s Dad. This is the look of someone who’s been forced into some serious bullshit against their will.

tRump has kid mowing lawn. President Obama has kids learning science, planting gardens and thirsting for knowledge.

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teleskiguy  Sep 15, 2017 • 11:47:12pm

re: #202 Amory Blaine

Rock ‘n’ Roll is fickle as all hell. I’ve been a guitarist, bassist, sound technician, guitar tech, muse, for dozens of folks. All those folks don’t make music for a living. And neither do I. Rock ‘n’ Roll is fickle as all hell.

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fern01  Sep 15, 2017 • 11:50:35pm

re: #41 goddamnedfrank

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Facebook is a fucking cancer.

And so, to an extent is twitter - is there another world leader who carries out their role via twitter. Both have become immersed in politics to the detriment of the world.

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teleskiguy  Sep 15, 2017 • 11:55:21pm

I joined my first band when I was 14. True Story! We were the ‘BevCart Robbers.’

We all worked at the brand new golf course, and we stole from the beverage carts. Hence our name.

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teleskiguy  Sep 15, 2017 • 11:58:30pm

re: #206 teleskiguy

We stole alcohol.

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teleskiguy  Sep 16, 2017 • 12:02:22am

re: #206 teleskiguy

At the time, the ‘BevCart Robbers’ specialized in Nirvana, Beastie Boys, and Black Sabbath covers.

Damn, those were some weird times, now that I think about it!

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Amory Blaine  Sep 16, 2017 • 12:02:25am

re: #207 teleskiguy

We stole alcohol.

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prairiefire  Sep 16, 2017 • 12:31:35am

re: #200 Amory Blaine

Boy!

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Nyet  Sep 16, 2017 • 1:14:36am

> Then, in the very next paragraph, he writes “I do not believe the six million Jews killed figure.”

> Uh, Chuck? That’s straight up Holocaust denial, dude.

Well, yes and no.

“No” in the sense that I also do not believe in the six million Jews killed figure. I believe in an estimate range of 5 to 6 million killed Jews. Raul Hilberg’s estimate, for example, was 5.1 million, i.e. Raul Hilberg, one of the deans of the Holocaust studies, did not believe the six million Jews killed figure.

“Yes” in the sense of, we know the context, and Chucky didn’t nuance his 6m rejection with a comment similar to mine above.

But I would urge caution using “doesn’t believe in 6m” as a shorthand for denial.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Sep 16, 2017 • 1:57:01am
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Backwoods_Sleuth  Sep 16, 2017 • 1:58:21am
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Dr Lizardo  Sep 16, 2017 • 2:51:54am

Police in Kent have just announced that an 18-year old has been arrested in connection with yesterday’s London bombing. He was arrested in Dover.

bbc.com

More developments to come.

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Dr Lizardo  Sep 16, 2017 • 2:55:10am

re: #215 Dr Lizardo

Detectives investigating the terrorist attack at Parsons Green on Friday have made an arrest in connection with the investigation, police say.

The 18-year-old man was arrested by Kent police in the port area of Dover this morning, Saturday, 16 September, under section 41 of the Terrorism Act.

The man remains in custody at a local police station. He will be transferred to a south London police station in due course.

theguardian.com

Interesting - he was arrested in the port area of Dover; I wonder….. was he trying to flee the country?

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Nyet  Sep 16, 2017 • 3:09:10am

Our little Nazi sympathizer has retweeted this:

It’s bad enough, but what else does that account tweet?

oh

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Nyet  Sep 16, 2017 • 3:48:47am
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Nyet  Sep 16, 2017 • 4:05:41am
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Single-handed sailor  Sep 16, 2017 • 4:17:20am

re: #219 Nyet

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Ha, I had a friend in the early 80s that had a crush on her and always went to her shows. I have not heard about her since then.

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HappyWarrior  Sep 16, 2017 • 5:06:44am

re: #146 teleskiguy

The kid that mowed the White House lawn is from Falls Church, VA. The median income for a household in that city was $120,000 in 2010. Infer what you will.

Yeah I know Falls Church. It’s right near Arlington. It’s as you get at a wealthy town.

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HappyWarrior  Sep 16, 2017 • 5:09:18am

re: #149 gocart mozart

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He’s right.

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MsJ  Sep 16, 2017 • 5:28:10am

Does anybody else relish the thought of Saturday and Sunday not for the weekend of not having to work (assumption) but for the simple pleasures of allowing yourself to worry less about how the President of the United States will fuck up the world?

If so, welcome to my life.

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jeffreyw  Sep 16, 2017 • 5:37:53am

Imgur


Good morning!

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Shiplord Kirel, live from behind wingnut lines  Sep 16, 2017 • 5:53:03am

Still thinking about a farcical alt-history story that would feature various GOP chicken hawks; Nugent, Trump, Romney, Limbaugh, etc.; somehow ending up in the military. The plot would follow their misadventures in Vietnam.

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Nyet  Sep 16, 2017 • 5:54:49am

re: #226 Shiplord Kirel, live from behind wingnut lines

Still thinking about a farcical alt-history story that would feature various GOP chicken hawks; Nugent, Trump, Romney, Limbaugh, etc.; somehow ending up in the military. The plot would follow their misadventures in Vietnam.

Tarantino should make it. With lots of blood. ;)

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Nyet  Sep 16, 2017 • 5:57:34am
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HappyWarrior  Sep 16, 2017 • 6:07:14am

re: #228 Nyet

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Dehumanizing, oh that old right wing way.

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HappyWarrior  Sep 16, 2017 • 6:12:02am

re: #226 Shiplord Kirel, live from behind wingnut lines

Still thinking about a farcical alt-history story that would feature various GOP chicken hawks; Nugent, Trump, Romney, Limbaugh, etc.; somehow ending up in the military. The plot would follow their misadventures in Vietnam.

That would make for a fun graphic novel style.

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jaunte  Sep 16, 2017 • 6:15:19am

You get the sense that maybe Tillerson doesn’t know what a State Department is for?

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jaunte  Sep 16, 2017 • 6:16:50am

“Effective diplomacy not within our current achievable range of deliverables after recent staffing adjustments.”

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Nyet  Sep 16, 2017 • 6:21:38am
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HappyWarrior  Sep 16, 2017 • 6:26:20am

re: #231 jaunte

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You get the sense that maybe Tillerson doesn’t know what a State Department is for?

Oh for fuck sake.

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jaunte  Sep 16, 2017 • 6:27:05am
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Unshaken Defiance  Sep 16, 2017 • 6:27:46am

re: #224 MsJ

Does anybody else relish the thought of Saturday and Sunday not for the weekend of not having to work (assumption) but for the simple pleasures of allowing yourself to worry less about how the President of the United States will fuck up the world?

If so, welcome to my life.

We try for Trump free Sundays. No Trump no pundits.

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meteor  Sep 16, 2017 • 6:28:03am

Poor Crystal Palace. Fifth loss in a row with no goals. Even though I like Manchester United, I feel some sympathy for them.

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ObserverArt  Sep 16, 2017 • 6:29:39am

re: #234 HappyWarrior

Oh for fuck sake.

It’s Trump. Government on the cheap.

You gets what you pays for.

So, don’t expect much.

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HappyWarrior  Sep 16, 2017 • 6:31:02am

re: #235 jaunte

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Right on.

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jaunte  Sep 16, 2017 • 6:31:44am

re: #233 Nyet

Some very nasty people in that thread.

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jaunte  Sep 16, 2017 • 6:32:52am

Running government like a business.

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jaunte  Sep 16, 2017 • 6:34:22am

“FEMA officials said the trailers it had recently ordered will cost the agency around $40,000 for a one-bedroom. By contrast, GSA sold a 2017-model trailer Aug. 23 with damage it described as normal wear and tear and low or flat tires for less than $5,000.”

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Joe Bacon 🌹  Sep 16, 2017 • 6:35:17am

re: #217 Nyet

Our little Nazi sympathizer has retweeted this:

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oh

My reply to that asshole—If we actually ran things are you actually dumb enough to believe we would have put Trump in the White House?

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ObserverArt  Sep 16, 2017 • 6:35:32am

re: #241 jaunte

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Running government like a business.

What are all these trailers doing just sitting out here in this lot? We can turn this into money to build the WALL.

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William Lewis  Sep 16, 2017 • 6:40:23am

re: #237 meteor

Poor Crystal Palace. Fifth loss in a row with no goals. Even though I like Manchester United, I feel some sympathy for them.

My Gooners are down at #11 in the league. Going to be a long season this year but maybe a certain coach will get hit by a clue x 4 and retire…

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Ace Rothstein  Sep 16, 2017 • 6:43:37am

Spotted this morning in The Woodlands.

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Decatur Deb  Sep 16, 2017 • 6:49:42am

re: #246 Ace Rothstein

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Spotted this morning in The Woodlands.

Cool sticker of a dude worshipping an oil derrick.

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Joe Bacon 🌹  Sep 16, 2017 • 6:53:07am

re: #246 Ace Rothstein

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Spotted this morning in The Woodlands.

…And he loves Carson…

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Nyet  Sep 16, 2017 • 6:53:37am

re: #248 Joe Bacon 🌹

…And he loves Carson…

A diagnosis right there.

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HappyWarrior  Sep 16, 2017 • 6:54:16am

re: #249 Nyet

A diagnosis right there.

Might need a neurosurgeon. I know a good one.

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mmmirele  Sep 16, 2017 • 6:54:17am

Agh, I’ve kind of tuned out of politics while being on vacation, log in and see this abomination. What a cluster this administration has turned out to be, when shit like this is just business as usual.

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Joe Bacon 🌹  Sep 16, 2017 • 6:54:44am

re: #249 Nyet

Yes. The elevator doesn’t go all the way to the top!!!!!!

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Dr Lizardo  Sep 16, 2017 • 6:56:24am

Looks like things are happening in the UK:

The Metropolitan police have issued more details of their armed operation in Sunbury this afternoon.

Police officers have evacuated and are searching a residential address in Sunbury, Surrey.

The evacuation is a precautionary measure following the arrest of a man in Dover, Kent, at approximately 07:50hrs this morning in connection with the investigation into the terrorist attack at Parsons Green Underground Station on Friday, 16 September.

Officers began evacuating the address at approximately 13:40hrs today.

Residents in the buildings immediately surrounding the address are also being evacuated as a precautionary measure.

Cordons are being put in place at a 100 metre radius to facilitate the Metropolitan Police Service’s operation, which is being supported by colleagues from Surrey Police.

A search of the address is ongoing and the cordons will remain in place until the operation is complete.

Police would like to thank the local residents directly affected for their cooperation and patience. Local officers are on duty in the immediate area to talk to the community and address any concerns that they may have.

No further arrests have been made.

theguardian.com

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Nyet  Sep 16, 2017 • 6:56:51am

re: #250 HappyWarrior

Might need a neurosurgeon. I know a good one.

Hehehehe.

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ObserverArt  Sep 16, 2017 • 6:57:08am

re: #249 Nyet

A diagnosis right there.

And a display.

I like stickers on cars, let’s you know exactly who you are dealing with.

I have none on my car.

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Barefoot Grin  Sep 16, 2017 • 6:58:16am

re: #237 meteor

Poor Crystal Palace. Fifth loss in a row with no goals. Even though I like Manchester United, I feel some sympathy for them.

“Crystal Palace, be bold!”

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MsJ  Sep 16, 2017 • 6:58:17am

re: #236 Unshaken Defiance

We try for Trump free Sundays. No Trump no pundits.

I quit watching pundits some years ago. Even those I agree with. Because there’s always someone from the other side to do MBF bullshit. I read and make my own decisions.

Generally, also too, pundits are schmoes.

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HappyWarrior  Sep 16, 2017 • 6:59:22am

re: #254 Nyet

Hehehehe.

Sleepy guy. Hangs out at HUD’s grain pyramids.

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Decatur Deb  Sep 16, 2017 • 6:59:47am

re: #255 ObserverArt

And a display.

I like stickers on cars, let’s you know exactly who you are dealing with.

I have none on my car.

Wife flies a Sojourners “Christians for Social Justice” sticker non-ironically. I don’t mind, it’s good camouflage.

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Nyet  Sep 16, 2017 • 6:59:54am

re: #252 Joe Bacon 🌹

“E is for ELEVATOR PEOPLE

They never speak, and they cannot meet your gaze. There are five hundred buildings in the United States whose elevators go deeper than the basement. When you have pressed the basement button and reached the bottom, you must press the basement button twice more. The elevator doors will close and you will hear the sound of special relays being thrown, and the elevator will descend. Into the caverns. Chance has not looked favorably on occasional voyagers in those five hundred cages. They have pressed the wrong button, too many times. They have been seized by those who shuffle through the caverns, and they have been … treated. Now they ride the cages. They never speak, and they cannot meet your gaze. They stare up at the numbers as they light and then go off, riding up and down even after night has fallen. Their clothes are clean. There is a special dry cleaner who does the work. Once you saw one of them, and her eyes were filled with screams.
London is a city filled with narrow, secure stairways.”

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Nyet  Sep 16, 2017 • 7:00:36am
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MsJ  Sep 16, 2017 • 7:02:28am
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MsJ  Sep 16, 2017 • 7:04:45am

Jesus Christ. I’m just heading about this.

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ObserverArt  Sep 16, 2017 • 7:07:33am

re: #261 Nyet

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Like a ghost on the highway.

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Decatur Deb  Sep 16, 2017 • 7:08:28am

re: #260 Nyet

Nice micro-horror story based on poor ergonomic design.

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Nyet  Sep 16, 2017 • 7:10:58am

re: #265 Decatur Deb

“H is for HAMADRYAD
The Oxford English Dictionary has three definitions of hamadryad. The first is: a wood nymph that lives and dies in her tree. The second is: a venomous, hooded serpent of India.
The third definition is improbable. None of them mentions the mythic origins of the word.
The tree in which the Serpent lived was the hamadryad. Eve was poisoned. The wood of which the cross was made was the hamadryad. Jesus did not rise, he never died. The ark was composed of cubits of lumber cut from the hamadryad. You will find no sign of the vessel on top of Mt. Ararat. It sank. Toothpicks in Chinese restaurants should be avoided at all costs.”

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HappyWarrior  Sep 16, 2017 • 7:11:05am

re: #263 MsJ

Jesus Christ. I’m just heading about this.

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House Republicans are such pathetic assholes.

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scottslemmons  Sep 16, 2017 • 7:11:41am

re: #260 Nyet

“E is for ELEVATOR PEOPLE

They never speak, and they cannot meet your gaze. There are five hundred buildings in the United States whose elevators go deeper than the basement. When you have pressed the basement button and reached the bottom, you must press the basement button twice more. The elevator doors will close and you will hear the sound of special relays being thrown, and the elevator will descend. Into the caverns. Chance has not looked favorably on occasional voyagers in those five hundred cages. They have pressed the wrong button, too many times. They have been seized by those who shuffle through the caverns, and they have been … treated. Now they ride the cages. They never speak, and they cannot meet your gaze. They stare up at the numbers as they light and then go off, riding up and down even after night has fallen. Their clothes are clean. There is a special dry cleaner who does the work. Once you saw one of them, and her eyes were filled with screams.
London is a city filled with narrow, secure stairways.”

When Ellison is firing on all cylinders, there ain’t no writer better.

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ObserverArt  Sep 16, 2017 • 7:12:18am

re: #263 MsJ

Jesus Christ. I’m just heading about this.

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Yeah, that popped up a few days ago. It sucks.

Why do we need to spend all that money on just a few people to help them be able to get around and have access.

This is a Christian country after all.

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GlutenFreeJesus  Sep 16, 2017 • 7:13:41am

They literally have an apple as evidence. Yes. A piece of fruit.

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  Sep 16, 2017 • 7:14:04am

re: #131 JordanRules

And prosecutors and teachers and politicians…

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…people that can have some power over the lives of the people they hate.

and the President

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Eclectic Cyborg  Sep 16, 2017 • 7:14:16am

re: #267 HappyWarrior

House Republicans are such pathetic assholes.

FTFY.

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Decatur Deb  Sep 16, 2017 • 7:16:09am

re: #266 Nyet

“H is for HAMADRYAD
The Oxford English Dictionary has three definitions of hamadryad. The first is: a wood nymph that lives and dies in her tree. The second is: a venomous, hooded serpent of India.
The third definition is improbable. None of them mentions the mythic origins of the word.
The tree in which the Serpent lived was the hamadryad. Eve was poisoned. The wood of which the cross was made was the hamadryad. Jesus did not rise, he never died. The ark was composed of cubits of lumber cut from the hamadryad. You will find no sign of the vessel on top of Mt. Ararat. It sank. Toothpicks in Chinese restaurants should be avoided at all costs.”

The theme that the Tree of Knowledge=Tree of the Cross is an old story that shows up in Catholic non-doctrinal “teaching”. It’s the sort of thing sometimes called “pious nuns’ tales”, roughly like Lilith.

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ObserverArt  Sep 16, 2017 • 7:16:26am

re: #270 GlutenFreeJesus

They literally have an apple as evidence. Yes. A piece of fruit.

St. Louis, MO Police ✔ @SLMPD
Rocks & water bottles have been thrown at our officers throughout the day. Officers used great restraint. #STLVerdict
7:27 PM - Sep 15, 2017
846 846 Replies 1,361 1,361 Retweets 1,536 1,536 likes

Hey St. Louis police? If you used great restraint you wouldn’t be in the shit you are in.

Think about it you assholes.

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Barefoot Grin  Sep 16, 2017 • 7:17:04am

re: #270 GlutenFreeJesus

They literally have an apple as evidence. Yes. A piece of fruit.

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“Officers showed great constraint…considering that they could have opened fire without consequence.”

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HappyWarrior  Sep 16, 2017 • 7:18:12am

re: #272 Eclectic Cyborg

FTFY.

True true.

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Birth Control Works  Sep 16, 2017 • 7:18:20am

CHRISTIANS IN U.S. MILITARY ‘SERVE SATAN’ IF THEY TOLERATE OTHER RELIGIONS, AIR FORCE CHAPLAIN SAYS

A U.S. Air Force chaplain who ministers to thousands of men and women at an Ohio base is asserting that Christians in the U.S. Armed Forces “serve Satan” and are “grossly in error” if they support service members’ right to practice other faiths.

In an article posted on barbwire.com three days ago, Captain Sonny Hernandez, an Air Force Reserve chaplain for the 445th Airlift Wing at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base in Ohio, criticized Christian service members who rely on the Constitution “and not Christ.”

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Hecuba's daughter  Sep 16, 2017 • 7:18:30am

re: #235 jaunte

Anne Applebaum ✔ @anneapplebaum
After this is all over, I never, ever want to hear again about how businessmen would run the government better than politicians.
4:02 PM - Feb 16, 2017
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You would think that after the disaster of Robert McNamara (who was one of the “best and the brightest”) as Secretary of Defense, we would have learned that businessmen/women should serve only as Secretary of Commerce or the SBA.

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HappyWarrior  Sep 16, 2017 • 7:20:38am

re: #277 Birth Control Works

CHRISTIANS IN U.S. MILITARY ‘SERVE SATAN’ IF THEY TOLERATE OTHER RELIGIONS, AIR FORCE CHAPLAIN SAYS

He needs to be discharged now. You take an oath to protect the Constitution not the Bible when you serve. My uncle who was a chaplain got that. Literally from the beginning this country has had men and women of all faiths and non faiths in it’s armed services. The captain’s views on religion are more befitting Saudi Arabia or Iran.

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Decatur Deb  Sep 16, 2017 • 7:21:44am

re: #277 Birth Control Works

CHRISTIANS IN U.S. MILITARY ‘SERVE SATAN’ IF THEY TOLERATE OTHER RELIGIONS, AIR FORCE CHAPLAIN SAYS

Good News: A mid-level Navy chaplain was busted out for stepping over that sort of line a couple years ago.

Bad News: He ran successfully for congressional office and is now a star of the Tea Party nutjobs.

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  Sep 16, 2017 • 7:23:54am

re: #270 GlutenFreeJesus

Rocks & water bottles have been thrown at our officers throughout the day. Officers used great restraint.

They literally have an apple as evidence. Yes. A piece of fruit.

I hope they had their self-defense against attackers armed with fresh fruit training

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Decatur Deb  Sep 16, 2017 • 7:23:55am

re: #278 Hecuba’s daughter

You would think that after the disaster of Robert McNamara (who was one of the “best and the brightest”) as Secretary of Defense, we would have learned that businessmen/women should serve only as Secretary of Commerce or the SBA.

For my sins, I had both McNamara and Rumsfeld as SECDEF.

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ObserverArt  Sep 16, 2017 • 7:25:50am

re: #282 Decatur Deb

For my sins, I had both McNamara and Rumsfeld as SECDEF.

Ahhh, McNamara. What were we talking about above? Something about businessmen involved in politics…

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Barefoot Grin  Sep 16, 2017 • 7:27:46am

To McNamara’s credit, he had experience in the military—as a number-cruncher for LeMay’s firebombing campaigns….

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  Sep 16, 2017 • 7:31:05am

re: #284 Barefoot Grin

To McNamara’s credit, he had experience in the military—as a number-cruncher for LeMay’s firebombing campaigns….

The fellow who was George Wallace’s running mate in 1968? His brother, Ray LeMay, had a restaurant that served some of the best ribs in Tucson…

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Hecuba's daughter  Sep 16, 2017 • 7:31:18am

re: #262 MsJ

The problem for Facebook/Twitter/Google of course is that it requires more programming and constant monitoring by actual humans to detect whether searches are being used for malevolent purposes. Their default libertarian model is to not filter anything out — which is a much simpler algorithm. This is how you get people like Goldwater opposed to the 1960’s Civil Rights Act — not because he was personally racist, but because of his deeply held belief that individuals should be free to run their businesses the way they want, without government interference. They don’t understand that way leads to government support of discrimination. Business won’t do what is moral or environmentally sound unless they are forced to.

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jaunte  Sep 16, 2017 • 7:32:08am

Trump may be looking at trying to pardon his entire crew.

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Decatur Deb  Sep 16, 2017 • 7:32:32am

re: #280 Decatur Deb

Good News: A mid-level Navy chaplain was busted out for stepping over that sort of line a couple years ago.

Bad News: He ran successfully for congressional office and is now a star of the Tea Party nutjobs.

Edit for accuracy: He won Colorado state office. Note that he was a Navy chaplain, but became a fanatic while at the Air Force academy. Colorado Springs strikes again.

en.wikipedia.org

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Birth Control Works  Sep 16, 2017 • 7:35:05am

America’s vitriol towards Clinton reveals a nation mired in misogyny

Ta-Nehisi Coates writes in his new book, We Were Eight Years in Power: “Certainly not every Trump voter is a white supremacist. But every Trump voter felt it acceptable to hand the fate of the country over to one.” There is no justification for that, no matter how much others try to blame Clinton. But national self-awareness is painful. How much easier just to burn the witch, and her book.

Shameless Pages Post

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HappyWarrior  Sep 16, 2017 • 7:36:21am

re: #288 Decatur Deb

Edit for accuracy: He won Colorado state office. Note that he was a Navy chaplain, but became a fanatic while at the Air Force academy. Colorado Springs strikes again.

en.wikipedia.org

Oh yeah I remember him. A real nutjob.

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Decatur Deb  Sep 16, 2017 • 7:37:18am

re: #289 Birth Control Works

America’s vitriol towards Clinton reveals a nation mired in misogyny

Shameless Pages Post

To be fair, the electoral vote shows that America is only mired in misogyny up to its zipper.

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Birth Control Works  Sep 16, 2017 • 7:39:25am

re: #291 Decatur Deb

To be fair, the electoral vote shows that America is only mired in misogyny up to its zipper.

nearly 50% of the country is misogynistic. Nearly half is ok, because it’s not a majority.

/gah

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makeitstop  Sep 16, 2017 • 7:41:07am

More background on the Facebook warrant. The Associate Dean of Yale Law says Mueller probably had enough info from other sources to convince a judge that a crime had been committed - the FB info is just icing on the cake of collusion. Thread.

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Birth Control Works  Sep 16, 2017 • 7:41:51am

bbl

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Joe Bacon 🌹  Sep 16, 2017 • 7:43:01am

re: #289 Birth Control Works

America’s vitriol towards Clinton reveals a nation mired in misogyny

Shameless Pages Post

Just look at the hate-filled shit posted by the Hillary haters on the iTunes book store. I stayed up till 1 last night reading her book and I couldn’t hold back the tears knowing what could have been…

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PhillyPretzel  Sep 16, 2017 • 7:43:36am

re: #293 makeitstop

Mueller is making an air-tight case so no one can say otherwise.

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Timothy Watson  Sep 16, 2017 • 7:46:32am

re: #287 jaunte

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Trump may be looking at trying to pardon his entire crew.

I hope they do a little civil asset forfeiture against Facebook.

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Joe Bacon 🌹  Sep 16, 2017 • 7:46:42am

re: #296 PhillyPretzel

Mueller is making an air-tight case so no one can say otherwise.

Don’t worry. The Republican Bullshit Machine will say otherwise…

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  Sep 16, 2017 • 7:46:49am

re: #296 PhillyPretzel

Mueller is making an air-tight case so no one can say otherwise.

He knows that once he presents his case, it has to be airtight and irreproachable, with every i dotted and t crossed, as it will be assaulted and picked apart from every possible angle.

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Timothy Watson  Sep 16, 2017 • 7:48:24am

re: #299 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))

He knows that once he presents his case, it has to be airtight and irreproachable, with every i dotted and t crossed, as it will be assaulted and picked apart from every possible angle.

He may never get to that point given all the crimes he’s probably uncovered. He could investigate Trump et al. for a decade and still not have every thing fully investigated, especially for all the future crimes he might uncover.

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PhillyPretzel  Sep 16, 2017 • 7:50:02am

re: #298 Joe Bacon 🌹

I personally would love to see the RNC collapse because of this. No matter what the BS machine they are tainted.

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  Sep 16, 2017 • 7:51:42am

re: #300 Timothy Watson

He may never get to that point given all the crimes he’s probably uncovered. He could investigate Trump et al. for a decade and still not have every thing fully investigated, especially for all the future crimes he might uncover.

He is also narrowing it down to things he can verify irrefutably and with multiple, independent sources of proof.

Point is, the GOP could oust Trump at any time for what he has already done: emoluments clause violations, obstruction of justice, colluding with a foreign power to influence an election, etc….Müller’s job has to be to make the GOP look negligent for not acting.

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Decatur Deb  Sep 16, 2017 • 7:53:52am

re: #301 PhillyPretzel

I personally would love to see the RNC collapse because of this. No matter what the BS machine they are tainted.

Three Songs from Porgy and Bess: It Ain’t Necessarily So

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MsJ  Sep 16, 2017 • 7:58:31am

re: #297 Timothy Watson

I hope they do a little civil asset forfeiture against Facebook.

Or against the Mercers and Cambridge Analytica. And Bannon, because he’s tight with and *part of the above mentioned.

* Fixed

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Dr Lizardo  Sep 16, 2017 • 8:00:31am

re: #293 makeitstop

Zuckerberg and his crew gotta be sweating.

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ObserverArt  Sep 16, 2017 • 8:02:03am

re: #299 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))

He knows that once he presents his case, it has to be airtight and irreproachable, with every i dotted and t crossed, as it will be assaulted and picked apart from every possible angle.

The one problem any Republican denier will have is in the past they have all supported Mueller as a stand up guy, straight shooter, thorough investigator, and all that kind of stuff. He has a great record in all his jobs. Democrats can use that to tamp down any Republican criticism.

Even the media has supported Mueller, though I am not sure about Fox because it is Fox, they will try to throw anybody under a bus. If need be, they would call Jesus Christ questionable.

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Timothy Watson  Sep 16, 2017 • 8:05:01am

re: #306 ObserverArt

The one problem any Republican denier will have is in the past they have all supported Mueller as a stand up guy, straight shooter, thorough investigator, and all that kind of stuff. He has a great record in all his jobs. Democrats can use that to tamp down any Republican criticism.

Even the media has supported Mueller, though I am not sure about Fox because it is Fox, they will try to throw anybody under a bus. If need be, they would call Jesus Christ questionable.

Republicans will flip-flop on a position or person within hours, they won’t have a problem with it.

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jaunte  Sep 16, 2017 • 8:05:31am

re: #306 ObserverArt

The one problem any Republican denier will have is in the past they have all supported Mueller as a stand up guy, straight shooter, thorough investigator, and all that kind of stuff. He has a great record in all his jobs. Democrats can use that to tamp down any Republican criticism.

Then again, Republican deniers have a LOT of practice at turning on a dime and stating the exact opposite of the previous days’ pronouncement.

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PhillyPretzel  Sep 16, 2017 • 8:07:31am

re: #308 jaunte

Especially under this “president.”

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ObserverArt  Sep 16, 2017 • 8:10:28am

re: #307 Timothy Watson

Republicans will flip-flop on a position or person within hours, they won’t have a problem with it.

Oh I know that. All I mean is I think that gets shown to be what it is, more politics.

I think America is getting sick of that bullshit. It will be seen for what it is. That would be a party in trouble with 20% approval trying to save an unpopular President even the Republicans really do not like.

Sometimes some thing are impossible to sell.

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Joe Bacon 🌹  Sep 16, 2017 • 8:12:32am

We know that when Mr. Mueller presents his case, President Shithead will call in his Pulpit Pimpin Prayer Partners to KKKome to his ResKKKue!

And the Pulpit Pimping Preachers will follow their Standard Operating Procedure to disseminate the latest RepubliKKKlan talking points to their marks every Sunday!

Paula White, Kenneth Copeland and Others Lay Hands On, Pray for Donald Trump

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Barefoot Grin  Sep 16, 2017 • 8:13:39am

re: #306 ObserverArt

The one problem any Republican denier will have is in the past they have all supported Mueller as a stand up guy, straight shooter, thorough investigator, and all that kind of stuff. He has a great record in all his jobs. Democrats can use that to tamp down any Republican criticism.

Even the media has supported Mueller, though I am not sure about Fox because it is Fox, they will try to throw anybody under a bus. If need be, they would call Jesus Christ questionable.

I haven’t seen Fox go after Mueller himself (though I’m not monitoring Fox), but they’ve been at this “he hired Democrat-supporting attorneys for his team” thing over and over.

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ObserverArt  Sep 16, 2017 • 8:17:14am

This is a bit of a tease.

Are the Republicans under everyone’s skin here? Do we automatically say there is no hope, they are scum and scum wins?

They rely on that. That keeps any resistance quiet by being pre-defeated and gives them the advantage.

Fuck that shit. Stand up and do what you all need to do. Shout that shit down. Tell ‘em to stuff it.

As far as I am concerned that is the middle to left’s biggest problem. Too many toss up their hands and say “there is no hope, they have all the power.”

That is how they got the power. The left gives it to them at the polls.

Every. Fucking. Time.

Sorry…just the optimistic fighter in me.

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ObserverArt  Sep 16, 2017 • 8:19:22am

re: #312 Barefoot Grin

I haven’t seen Fox go after Mueller himself (though I’m not monitoring Fox), but they’ve been at this “he hired Democrat-supporting attorneys for his team” thing over and over.

Mueller’s good judgment. Pound it in. Make him untouchable.

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MsJ  Sep 16, 2017 • 8:19:37am

re: #305 Dr Lizardo

Zuckerberg and his crew gotta be sweating.

Good! And fuck him for even considering a presidential run. Gah!

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Barefoot Grin  Sep 16, 2017 • 8:22:08am

re: #305 Dr Lizardo

Zuckerberg and his crew gotta be sweating.

I wish there were a way to put the pressure on Twitter to clean up its act.

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Timothy Watson  Sep 16, 2017 • 8:22:10am

re: #313 ObserverArt

I have no problem with fighting.

I just don’t see a grand reformation coming from the GOP or anyone in it.

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MsJ  Sep 16, 2017 • 8:22:26am

So remember this from the other day?

I made the following comment…

And my Twitter mentions Blew. Up. Hundreds of mentions.

So today, the woman from the video decided to come in.

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Joe Bacon 🌹  Sep 16, 2017 • 8:24:37am

re: #316 Barefoot Grin

I wish there were a way to put the pressure on Twitter to clean up its act.

I wish Soros would go ahead and file a defamation suit against Twitter for allowing all the slander they allow to be posted!

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MsJ  Sep 16, 2017 • 8:24:42am

re: #318 MsJ

And then this…

Piece of work that one.

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Barefoot Grin  Sep 16, 2017 • 8:24:44am

Unbelievable goal by Japanese striker Shibasaki Gaku against Barcelona:

GOL DE Gaku Shibasaki. HD Getafe 1 vs Barcelona 0

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Decatur Deb  Sep 16, 2017 • 8:27:28am

re: #317 Timothy Watson

I have no problem with fighting.

I just don’t see a grand reformation coming from the GOP or anyone in it.

Same as it ever was.

The problem isn’t Republicans who republican all the time, it’s Democrats who won’t democrat when it counts.

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Timothy Watson  Sep 16, 2017 • 8:28:22am

Speaking of Republicans, I’m loving Jennifer Rubin:
Why are elites rewarding Sean Spicer?

I was wondering the same thing the morning afterwards when I saw coverage of the interview. Why are people normalizing this shit?

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Joe Bacon 🌹  Sep 16, 2017 • 8:29:28am

re: #323 Timothy Watson

Speaking of Republicans, I’m loving Jennifer Rubin:
Why are elites rewarding Sean Spicer?

I was wondering the same thing the morning afterwards when I saw coverage of the interview. Why are people normalizing this shit?

Answer—America has become a nation that worships world class stupidity.

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ObserverArt  Sep 16, 2017 • 8:29:55am

re: #317 Timothy Watson

I have no problem with fighting.

I just don’t see a grand reformation coming from the GOP or anyone in it.

Who said anything about reforming the GOP? I want them shown for what they are and destroyed for being what they are.

I agree with what everyone is saying about them being slick liars ready to toss even their own out a window if it saves their hopes for fucking us all over.

Make them own their own reputations. I think they are in a decent drive of destroying their own party. I want everyone to help them do just that.

To me, the GOP protecting Trump against what it looks like Mueller is going to present is a very dangerous political move right now. Their best move in my opinion is to dump Trump. He is hurting them. They have nothing to gain helping him if looks real real bad for The Big Don.

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Joe Bacon 🌹  Sep 16, 2017 • 8:31:02am

re: #325 ObserverArt

I’m wondering if Anonymous passed hacked GOP e-mail information to Mueller…

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FormerDirtDart  Sep 16, 2017 • 8:31:40am

32% of days in office spent at Trump properties

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Joe Bacon 🌹  Sep 16, 2017 • 8:34:24am

Meanwhile over at Kos, there’s a write up about last night’s Overtime with Bill Maher where Bret Stephens goes off on the GOP.

Conservative former Republican Bret Stephens hits the party

“No on the contrary,” said Bret Stephens. “I could never have voted for a guy like Mike Pence.”

“You would vote for Hillary over Mike Pence?” Maher asked.

“Yeah probably,” Stephens replied.

“You are my hero,” Maher said.

“The difference between Trump and Pence is that Trump is an authentic fraud, right?” Stephens said. “And Pence is in a sense exactly the opposite. He is a fraudulent authentic. And when Pence sort of attests to Donald’s goodness as a man, and you know he doesn’t believe a word of it. But he’s saying this with this kind of pious oleaginous fake sincerity. It’s terrible because you know he knew. With Trump, you never know that he knows that he’s lying. Because there’s always the interface of the manic personality disorders. But Pence is a man in his right mind.”

More proof that even a broken Conservative Clock can show the right information twice a day…

dailykos.com

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Dr Lizardo  Sep 16, 2017 • 8:38:46am

re: #316 Barefoot Grin

I wish there were a way to put the pressure on Twitter to clean up its act.

Yeah same here.

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ObserverArt  Sep 16, 2017 • 8:40:19am

re: #328 Joe Bacon 🌹

Meanwhile over at Kos, there’s a write up about last night’s Overtime with Bill Maher where Bret Stephens goes off on the GOP.

Conservative former Republican Bret Stephens hits the party

“No on the contrary,” said Bret Stephens. “I could never have voted for a guy like Mike Pence.”

“You would vote for Hillary over Mike Pence?” Maher asked.

“Yeah probably,” Stephens replied.

“You are my hero,” Maher said.

“The difference between Trump and Pence is that Trump is an authentic fraud, right?” Stephens said. “And Pence is in a sense exactly the opposite. He is a fraudulent authentic. And when Pence sort of attests to Donald’s goodness as a man, and you know he doesn’t believe a word of it. But he’s saying this with this kind of pious oleaginous fake sincerity. It’s terrible because you know he knew. With Trump, you never know that he knows that he’s lying. Because there’s always the interface of the manic personality disorders. But Pence is a man in his right mind.”

More proof that even a broken Conservative Clock can show the right information twice a day…

dailykos.com

That is the kind of stuff I am talking about. Sure the GOP has the power, but they really are messing it up, and Trump and gang are helping. Decisions are being made right now behind closed doors. Contingencies. Secret contacts with the other side. Behind the back talking, etc.

I wish I knew what that ‘one thin mint’ that would blow the party up is, because I think now is a great time to give it to them.

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JordanRules  Sep 16, 2017 • 8:41:42am

Some really interesting back and forth and replies here regarding ESPNs handling of the Hill issue.

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jaunte  Sep 16, 2017 • 8:42:43am

re: #318 MsJ

Relationship Googly-Eyes Expert

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jaunte  Sep 16, 2017 • 8:44:19am

re: #327 FormerDirtDart

He’s 68% a president* 100% of the time.

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FormerDirtDart  Sep 16, 2017 • 8:45:20am
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Joe Bacon 🌹  Sep 16, 2017 • 8:45:45am

re: #333 jaunte

He’s 68% a president* 100% of the time.

68% generally scored a “D” when I was in college and high school!

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Nyet  Sep 16, 2017 • 8:50:46am
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FormerDirtDart  Sep 16, 2017 • 8:53:32am

Twitter #MOAR (Mother Of All Rallies) feed

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Nyet  Sep 16, 2017 • 8:53:36am

LOL, that frog guy simply blocked me.

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FormerDirtDart  Sep 16, 2017 • 8:56:58am

re: #337 FormerDirtDart

Twitter #MOAR (Mother Of All Rallies) feed

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Nyet  Sep 16, 2017 • 9:03:50am

deleted

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Dave In Austin  Sep 16, 2017 • 9:04:22am

Gonna be one of those Saturday.

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Timothy Watson  Sep 16, 2017 • 9:04:24am

re: #337 FormerDirtDart

Twitter #MOAR (Mother Of All Rallies) feed

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Low energy. Sad.

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Nyet  Sep 16, 2017 • 9:04:46am

re: #339 FormerDirtDart

Fake account.

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Timothy Watson  Sep 16, 2017 • 9:06:16am

re: #341 Dave In Austin

Gonna be one of those Saturday.

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Remember folks, the Juggalos are a gang, but these fuckers aren’t.

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Dr Lizardo  Sep 16, 2017 • 9:08:44am

re: #341 Dave In Austin

I’m sorry, but to me “Proud Boys” sounds like a pro-LGBT group.

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HappyWarrior  Sep 16, 2017 • 9:10:07am

re: #341 Dave In Austin

Gonna be one of those Saturday.

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Anarchist Trump fan? Hahhahaha dude, you’re just a capitalist.

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FormerDirtDart  Sep 16, 2017 • 9:13:54am

re: #344 Timothy Watson

Remember folks, the Juggalos are a gang, but these fuckers aren’t.

Some of them are a a gang

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Dave In Austin  Sep 16, 2017 • 9:17:30am

So much bullshit out there.
THIS is important. And needs to be shared far and wide.

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electrotek  Sep 16, 2017 • 9:19:34am
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PhillyPretzel  Sep 16, 2017 • 9:23:44am

re: #348 Dave In Austin

That is one of the most beautiful videos I have ever seen. For what it did for that one father.

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MsJ  Sep 16, 2017 • 9:25:18am

Slow start.

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Joe Bacon 🌹  Sep 16, 2017 • 9:43:31am

re: #351 MsJ

Slow start.

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Oh, that tumbleweed reminds me of the classic Outer Limits episode!

Hulu Video

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bratwurst  Sep 16, 2017 • 9:43:41am

The continuing bizarre obsession with what poor people eat:

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PhillyPretzel  Sep 16, 2017 • 9:45:51am

re: #353 bratwurst

I would like to eat that well.

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ObserverArt  Sep 16, 2017 • 9:46:41am

re: #348 Dave In Austin

So much bullshit out there.
THIS is important. And needs to be shared far and wide.

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That was fantastic. His response was like a thrilled 2-year old with that same type of first time discovery.

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makeitstop  Sep 16, 2017 • 9:46:46am

re: #297 Timothy Watson

I hope they do a little civil asset forfeiture against Facebook.

I want them to sieze Trump Tower and 666. Hit ‘em where they live (literally).

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FormerDirtDart  Sep 16, 2017 • 9:48:24am
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Timothy Watson  Sep 16, 2017 • 9:49:33am

re: #357 FormerDirtDart

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Huckabee Sanders will be saying on Monday it was the yugest crowd eva.

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electrotek  Sep 16, 2017 • 9:49:56am
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jaunte  Sep 16, 2017 • 9:51:56am

re: #353 bratwurst

Imagine what you can eat if you’re not paying $1,000 a night to rent a room.
homeaway.com

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electrotek  Sep 16, 2017 • 9:52:26am

How about some of us who aren’t bothered with either?

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HappyWarrior  Sep 16, 2017 • 9:52:39am

re: #323 Timothy Watson

Speaking of Republicans, I’m loving Jennifer Rubin:
Why are elites rewarding Sean Spicer?

I was wondering the same thing the morning afterwards when I saw coverage of the interview. Why are people normalizing this shit?

I’m coming around on her. She’s been right on about many issues lately.

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HappyWarrior  Sep 16, 2017 • 9:54:09am

re: #361 electrotek

How about some of us who aren’t bothered with either?

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I was never bothered by Tebow’s piety. I was bothered by the idea that Tebow being pious meant he was a good football player and person. FWIW I don’t think Tebow’s a bad guy but he’s no saint either.

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ObserverArt  Sep 16, 2017 • 9:54:11am

re: #357 FormerDirtDart

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Was there any claim as to how many gazillions were expected at this, uh, gathering?

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A hollow voice says, Covfefe.  Sep 16, 2017 • 9:55:13am

re: #353 bratwurst

The continuing bizarre obsession with what poor people eat:

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Teleskiguy posted about that earlier. (#179). They were celebrating a paycheck.

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HappyWarrior  Sep 16, 2017 • 9:55:20am

re: #347 FormerDirtDart

Some of them are a a gang

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American Guard sounds like a fascist org.

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electrotek  Sep 16, 2017 • 9:56:13am

re: #363 HappyWarrior

I was never bothered by Tebow’s piety. I was bothered by the idea that Tebow being pious meant he was a good football player and person. FWIW I don’t think Tebow’s a bad guy but he’s no saint either.

Nailed it. His piety was appropriated by the charlatans who wanted to use him as a stick to beat liberals with.

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electrotek  Sep 16, 2017 • 9:56:28am

By the way, what’s the short cut to use on here to show a Twitter thread?

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HappyWarrior  Sep 16, 2017 • 9:59:18am

re: #367 electrotek

Nailed it. His piety was appropriated by the charlatans who wanted to use him as a stick to beat liberals with.

And this idea he was blacklisted because of his faith is bs. There are plenty of other equally devout Christians in the NFL. I like Tebow the Man, I hate Tebowmania the phenomenon where you have to love Tebow because he’s a Christian.

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Eclectic Cyborg  Sep 16, 2017 • 10:00:55am

re: #316 Barefoot Grin

I wish there were a way to put the pressure on Twitter to clean up its act.

There isn’t. Twitter needs the racists and the haters to keep themselves afloat. Otherwise the user base is too small and there’s no money to be made.

It just sucks for all of us that a lot of their power users are dicks.

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electrotek  Sep 16, 2017 • 10:01:36am

re: #369 HappyWarrior

And this idea he was blacklisted because of his faith is bs. There are plenty of other equally devout Christians in the NFL. I like Tebow the Man, I hate Tebowmania the phenomenon where you have to love Tebow because he’s a Christian.

Don’t forget devout Muslims as well.

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HappyWarrior  Sep 16, 2017 • 10:03:28am

re: #371 electrotek

Don’t forget devout Muslims as well.

Certainly.

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makeitstop  Sep 16, 2017 • 10:04:14am

Dunno if this has been posted.

Editor of Interfax agency Yuri Nikifirov has been found hanged in yard of his house in Marshal Krilov street, Odintsovsky district of Moscow oblast, APA reported citing life.ru.

The editor’s body was found by his wife.

The reason for the 33-year-old journalist’s death is being specified.

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JordanRules  Sep 16, 2017 • 10:05:40am

re: #369 HappyWarrior

Yep! He just wasn’t that good. He got more chances than he should have in my opinion. One could theorize about why that is, but eventually the reality of his skill set couldn’t keep him on a roster.

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Unshaken Defiance  Sep 16, 2017 • 10:07:02am

re: #357 FormerDirtDart

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I once heard a story of the earliest days of LGF when some would actually gather in the real world. And that it was better attended than that rally. Before my time around here tho.

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makeitstop  Sep 16, 2017 • 10:11:31am

Eric Garland is finding some really good legal analysis on the implications of Mueller’s search warrant issued to Facebook.

Here’s another good one. This guy mentions that foreign nationals could be indicted, and that members of the Trump cabal who knew, even peripherally, about the placement of these ads is in some pretty serious shit, too.

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Timothy Watson  Sep 16, 2017 • 10:16:40am

re: #373 makeitstop

Dunno if this has been posted.

Editor of Interfax agency Yuri Nikifirov has been found hanged in yard of his house in Marshal Krilov street, Odintsovsky district of Moscow oblast, APA reported citing life.ru.

The editor’s body was found by his wife.

The reason for the 33-year-old journalist’s death is being specified.

Acute Pissingoffputinism.

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jaunte  Sep 16, 2017 • 10:21:18am

The Lee statue has already departed.

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FormerDirtDart  Sep 16, 2017 • 10:22:55am
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wrenchwench  Sep 16, 2017 • 10:23:19am

re: #375 Unshaken Defiance

I once heard a story of the earliest days of LGF when some would actually gather in the real world. And that it was better attended than that rally. Before my time around here tho.

If that’s the one I can sort of remember, they might have welcomed ‘Rightwingconspirator’, but ‘Unshaken Defiance’, not so much.

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Nyet  Sep 16, 2017 • 10:26:54am

re: #377 Timothy Watson

Acute Pissingoffputinism.

Oh geez. I guess every death in Russia is to be blamed on Putin like every death in Washington is on Hillary.

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Joe Bacon 🌹  Sep 16, 2017 • 10:27:09am
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jaunte  Sep 16, 2017 • 10:27:53am
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jaunte  Sep 16, 2017 • 10:30:05am

Squad not observing boonie-hat/shades consistency.

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Eclectic Cyborg  Sep 16, 2017 • 10:32:27am

The U.S. Justice system has pretty much proven to cops that they can kill black people and get away with it.

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Joe Bacon 🌹  Sep 16, 2017 • 10:34:15am

re: #384 jaunte

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Squad not observing boonie-hat/shades consistency.

Wow. Half-Baked Alaska is just sooooooo brave that he has to have a couple bouncers to protect his delicate baw-dee.

Now when ol’ Half-Baked gets maced in the face is he going to be crying for milk again????

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JordanRules  Sep 16, 2017 • 10:38:59am
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Unshaken Defiance  Sep 16, 2017 • 10:43:36am

re: #380 wrenchwench

If that’s the one I can sort of remember, they might have welcomed ‘Rightwingconspirator’, but ‘Unshaken Defiance’, not so much.

Things do change! I kept that nic from 90’s My LA Times account.

I’ve changed and not just the gray.

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jaunte  Sep 16, 2017 • 10:45:04am

Feels very current.

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sagehen  Sep 16, 2017 • 10:47:19am

re: #330 ObserverArt

I wish I knew what that ‘one thin mint’ that would blow the party up is, because I think now is a great time to give it to them.

Is one thin mint bigger and heavier than a last straw?

My preferred analogy for that same principle — the hair that makes a beard.

How many hairs make a beard? One facial hair isn’t a beard. Two facial hairs isn’t a beard. Neither is 3 or 4 or 5 or 6…. but if you keep adding and counting, eventually there’s a beard.

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wrenchwench  Sep 16, 2017 • 10:52:53am

re: #388 Unshaken Defiance

Things do change! I kept that nic from 90’s My LA Times account.

I’ve changed and not just the gray.

When I was a kid, the LA Times used to make a thud on the porch. At some point, my mom switched to the Orange County Register (which used to be too far to the right for her). No thuds on the porch any more, I’m pretty sure. I haven’t been to my mom’s current house since 1995.

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sagehen  Sep 16, 2017 • 11:00:48am

re: #349 electrotek

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Maybe they’re assuming that a lot of their fans would be out marching if there were no scheduling conflict. People who were already planning to be out of the house/not at work now have a few hours to spare…

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sagehen  Sep 16, 2017 • 11:06:46am

re: #381 Nyet

Oh geez. I guess every death in Russia is to be blamed on Putin like every death in Washington is on Hillary.

I tried to google/wikipedia that name, nothing about journalism. The wiki shows a football player.

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Quoth the raven, Covfefe.  Sep 16, 2017 • 11:07:41am

Afternoon Lizardim.

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Decatur Deb  Sep 16, 2017 • 11:10:53am

re: #375 Unshaken Defiance

I once heard a story of the earliest days of LGF when some would actually gather in the real world. And that it was better attended than that rally. Before my time around here tho.

Might be a few of the same people.

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Unshaken Defiance  Sep 16, 2017 • 11:11:36am

re: #391 wrenchwench

My mom switched to the National Observer back then. That and the Valley Green Sheet. Long time ago. FB friend sent me a pic of my elementary school. well, the lot where it was until recently bulldozed.

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Stanley Sea  Sep 16, 2017 • 11:12:01am
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Unshaken Defiance  Sep 16, 2017 • 11:16:11am

re: #395 Decatur Deb

Oh snap!

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electrotek  Sep 16, 2017 • 11:19:40am

re: #397 Stanley Sea

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Oh man , this is just too fucking funny.

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jaunte  Sep 16, 2017 • 11:20:18am
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Quoth the raven, Covfefe.  Sep 16, 2017 • 11:21:30am

re: #400 jaunte

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I’ve seen a bigger crowd for a food truck.

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electrotek  Sep 16, 2017 • 11:23:26am

How much was Beyonce and Bruce Springsteen for Obama?

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makeitstop  Sep 16, 2017 • 11:24:58am

re: #402 electrotek

How much was Beyonce and Bruce Springsteen for Obama?

I think the article said $9 mil.

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Nyet  Sep 16, 2017 • 11:25:10am

re: #393 sagehen

I tried to google/wikipedia that name, nothing about journalism. The wiki shows a football player.

He was not known. Some invisible editor at Interfax. No reason to even consider some sort of a political thing as of now, may be simple suicide. But he’s a journalist in Putin’s Russia, so Putin probably personally ordered the hit. And then ate his liver with fava beans and Chianti.

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wrenchwench  Sep 16, 2017 • 11:27:52am

re: #400 jaunte

[The Mother of All Rallies]

My mother is pretty small, too.

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Nyet  Sep 16, 2017 • 11:28:49am
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sagehen  Sep 16, 2017 • 11:32:09am

re: #402 electrotek

How much was Beyonce and Bruce Springsteen for Obama?

Artists were happy to perform for free for Obama; the inaugural committee only had to pay production costs. The people who played for Trump only agreed if they got paid enough to make up for the embarrassment (and the other gigs they’d lose for tying their names to his).

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Nyet  Sep 16, 2017 • 11:32:32am
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ObserverArt  Sep 16, 2017 • 11:35:31am

re: #390 sagehen

Is one thin mint bigger and heavier than a last straw?

My preferred analogy for that same principle — the hair that makes a beard.

How many hairs make a beard? One facial hair isn’t a beard. Two facial hairs isn’t a beard. Neither is 3 or 4 or 5 or 6…. but if you keep adding and counting, eventually there’s a beard.

Where “One thin mint” comes from…hidden due to Python’s graphic nature.

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Timothy Watson  Sep 16, 2017 • 11:36:35am

re: #407 sagehen

Artists were happy to perform for free for Obama; the inaugural committee only had to pay production costs. The people who played for Trump only agreed if they got paid enough to make up for the embarrassment (and the other gigs they’d lose for tying their names to his).

And 3 Doors Down, who probably hasn’t had a gig in years.

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sagehen  Sep 16, 2017 • 11:37:10am

OT: Blazing Saddles on Sundance channel at 4pm EDT.

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electrotek  Sep 16, 2017 • 11:37:12am

re: #407 sagehen

Artists were happy to perform for free for Obama; the inaugural committee only had to pay production costs. The people who played for Trump only agreed if they got paid enough to make up for the embarrassment (and the other gigs they’d lose for tying their names to his).

3 Doors Down got paid more for that gig than even in their prime in 2000

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Belafon  Sep 16, 2017 • 11:38:39am

re: #397 Stanley Sea

They knew to scam Trump early.

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Charles Johnson  Sep 16, 2017 • 11:39:30am

re: #212 Nyet

> Then, in the very next paragraph, he writes “I do not believe the six million Jews killed figure.”

> Uh, Chuck? That’s straight up Holocaust denial, dude.

Well, yes and no.

“No” in the sense that I also do not believe in the six million Jews killed figure. I believe in an estimate range of 5 to 6 million killed Jews. Raul Hilberg’s estimate, for example, was 5.1 million, i.e. Raul Hilberg, one of the deans of the Holocaust studies, did not believe the six million Jews killed figure.

“Yes” in the sense of, we know the context, and Chucky didn’t nuance his 6m rejection with a comment similar to mine above.

But I would urge caution using “doesn’t believe in 6m” as a shorthand for denial.

Point taken, but in context - right above that, in the Reddit quote, Chuck says there were only 250,000 dead “from typhus,” and that Auschwitz and the gas chambers never existed.

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Stanley Sea  Sep 16, 2017 • 11:41:17am

re: #413 Belafon

They knew to scam Trump early.

They promised the excess to charity. They are all grifters & liars.

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Unshaken Defiance  Sep 16, 2017 • 11:45:07am

re: #413 Belafon

They knew to scam Trump early.

And to verify payment before showing up.

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FormerDirtDart  Sep 16, 2017 • 11:45:46am
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Nyet  Sep 16, 2017 • 11:51:08am

re: #414 Charles Johnson

Point taken, but in context - right above that, in the Reddit quote, Chuck says there were only 250,000 dead “from typhus,” and that Auschwitz and the gas chambers never existed.

Sure, and that’s the argument I used in my twitter thread.

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MsJ  Sep 16, 2017 • 11:52:46am

re: #400 jaunte

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Nyet  Sep 16, 2017 • 11:55:07am

heh

In September 2016, after Anderson had announced his intention to travel to South Africa, Malusi Gigaba, the Minister for Home Affairs banned Anderson and his followers, citing the Constitution of South Africa and stating “I have identified Steven Anderson as an undesirable person to travel to South Africa”.[38]
Anderson was also banned from entering the United Kingdom[39][40] leading him to change his travel route to Botswana by flying via Ethiopia.[41] On 20 September 2016, Anderson was banned and deported from Botswana.[42][43]
In a YouTube video, Anderson mentioned a planned missionary trip to Malawi in order to set up a church there.[44] Malawian authorities subsequently made it known that he would not be welcome in the country and that he would also be banned from entering it in the future.[45][46]

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Charles Johnson  Sep 16, 2017 • 11:56:07am
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Nyet  Sep 16, 2017 • 11:56:57am

If an insane clown is in the White House, why the fuck not…

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makeitstop  Sep 16, 2017 • 11:57:29am

re: #407 sagehen

Artists were happy to perform for free for Obama; the inaugural committee only had to pay production costs. The people who played for Trump only agreed if they got paid enough to make up for the embarrassment (and the other gigs they’d lose for tying their names to his).

Yeah, remember how nobody wanted to play? Someone reported that Elton John was going to do it, and Elton himself came out and denied he was doing it.

That Three Doors Down was headlining tells you all you need to know about how far down the entertainment food chain they had to go.

Now. We know Three Doors Down didn’t get all that money (if they were paid half a mil I’d be surprised). So…who got all the money?

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Nyet  Sep 16, 2017 • 11:57:48am
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sagehen  Sep 16, 2017 • 12:03:04pm

re: #423 makeitstop

Yeah, remember how nobody wanted to play? Someone reported that Elton John was going to do it, and Elton himself came out and denied he was doing it.

And this is a man who played Rush Limbaugh’s 4th wedding…

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Unshaken Defiance  Sep 16, 2017 • 12:03:07pm

re: #422 Nyet

If an insane clown is in the White House, why the fuck not…

Hey no Clown Shaming!
//

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Nyet  Sep 16, 2017 • 12:03:52pm

re: #426 Unshaken Defiance

Hey no Clown Shaming!
//

Clowns are more than able to stand up for themselves. I think there was a recent documentary about that. //

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Charles Johnson  Sep 16, 2017 • 12:05:56pm
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Unshaken Defiance  Sep 16, 2017 • 12:06:14pm

Between IT and ICP, party clowns are having hard times in the PR department. Even their protest was a hoax by the IT movie guys.

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Quoth the raven, Covfefe.  Sep 16, 2017 • 12:06:16pm

re: #428 Charles Johnson

[Embedded content]

“It all depends on what your definition of the word ‘is’ is.”

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Nyet  Sep 16, 2017 • 12:08:01pm
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ObserverArt  Sep 16, 2017 • 12:08:24pm

re: #428 Charles Johnson

[Embedded content]

Who knew the Trumps would get into philosophy with regards to what makes a wall.

Deep shit.

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Single-handed sailor  Sep 16, 2017 • 12:09:16pm
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Skip Intro  Sep 16, 2017 • 12:12:03pm

re: #391 wrenchwench

When I was a kid, the LA Times used to make a thud on the porch. At some point, my mom switched to the Orange County Register (which used to be too far to the right for her). No thuds on the porch any more, I’m pretty sure. I haven’t been to my mom’s current house since 1995.

My local paper is so thin they’re going to have to add rocks to the bag to keep it from blowing away.

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Single-handed sailor  Sep 16, 2017 • 12:17:10pm
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b.d. (bill d.)  Sep 16, 2017 • 12:20:01pm

re: #428 Charles Johnson

[Embedded content]

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Sep 16, 2017 • 12:21:52pm

hmmmm

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DodgerFan1988  Sep 16, 2017 • 12:22:42pm
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gocart mozart  Sep 16, 2017 • 12:25:54pm
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meteor  Sep 16, 2017 • 12:27:50pm

re: #293 makeitstop

Tonight, I shall drink to Robert Mueller’s health.

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Nyet  Sep 16, 2017 • 12:29:39pm
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Stanley Sea  Sep 16, 2017 • 12:30:31pm

re: #293 makeitstop

More background on the Facebook warrant. The Associate Dean of Yale Law says Mueller probably had enough info from other sources to convince a judge that a crime had been committed - the FB info is just icing on the cake of collusion. Thread.

[Embedded content]

Can I pray that they’ve found ties to Cambridge Analytica & Brad Parscale??

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gocart mozart  Sep 16, 2017 • 12:31:22pm
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b.d. (bill d.)  Sep 16, 2017 • 12:33:07pm

re: #443 gocart mozart

[Embedded content]

Finally……a crowd smaller than Trump’s inauguration.

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petesh  Sep 16, 2017 • 12:34:23pm

re: #442 Stanley Sea

Can I pray that they’ve found ties to Cambridge Analytica & Brad Parscale??

Also, too, Jared the married.

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electrotek  Sep 16, 2017 • 12:38:32pm

But she still insists Muslim men are to blame, wut?

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petesh  Sep 16, 2017 • 12:41:53pm

Thinking of the Facebook warrant, is there any chance that Twitter could be in trouble for allowing bots — who presumably are not supposed to have accounts — to spread disinformation?

[Asking for an enemy]

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Belafon  Sep 16, 2017 • 12:43:30pm

re: #447 petesh

Thinking of the Facebook warrant, is there any chance that Twitter could be in trouble for allowing bots — who presumably are not supposed to have accounts — to spread disinformation?

[Asking for an enemy]

Probably not since no money has been exchanged.

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DodgerFan1988  Sep 16, 2017 • 12:49:17pm

re: #444 b.d. (bill d.)

Everytime a White Nationalist rally is smaller than expected, their default excuse is many supporters stayed home because they didn’t want to get assaulted by Antifa and Black Lives Matter “thugs.”

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petesh  Sep 16, 2017 • 12:51:53pm

re: #448 Belafon

Probably not since no money has been exchanged.

It’s an interesting point. Fake information was disseminated by foreigners specifically in order to influence the election, which might be unlawful and they might (or should) have been aware. At the very least, this is yet another reason to lean on Twitter to use its monitors to monitor its users.

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makeitstop  Sep 16, 2017 • 12:54:20pm

re: #442 Stanley Sea

Can I pray that they’ve found ties to Cambridge Analytica & Brad Parscale??

I found it interesting that there’s more talk about indicting foreign nationals at this point. Those might be the first indictments to be handed down.

I’m personally hoping for the hammer to fall hard on Parscale, myself. That guy was building $1500 web sites for local mom & pops, then suddenly he’s this big time analytics dude pulling down 90 million bucks?

No way he didn’t have help.

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sagehen  Sep 16, 2017 • 1:08:43pm

re: #442 Stanley Sea

Can I pray that they’ve found ties to Cambridge Analytica & Brad Parscale??

And Jared Kushner.

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sagehen  Sep 16, 2017 • 1:11:06pm

re: #443 gocart mozart

[Embedded content]

My bat mitzvah had more people.

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wheat-dogg  Sep 16, 2017 • 1:58:37pm

re: #350 PhillyPretzel

That is one of the most beautiful videos I have ever seen. For what it did for that one father.

He looked like he was a little boy again.

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Eventual Carrion  Sep 16, 2017 • 5:45:00pm

re: #136 blueraven

Fireman was suspended? Suspended! smh

They might need him to save a dog at some point I guess.


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