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Charles Johnson  Oct 1, 2017 • 12:22:05pm
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goddamnedfrank  Oct 1, 2017 • 12:22:10pm
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Charles Johnson  Oct 1, 2017 • 12:22:13pm
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Charles Johnson  Oct 1, 2017 • 12:22:48pm
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HappyWarrior  Oct 1, 2017 • 12:23:43pm

re: #3 Charles Johnson

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I don’t think he does. He’s that stupid.

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HappyWarrior  Oct 1, 2017 • 12:24:26pm

re: #4 Charles Johnson

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Greatest president in a century? Haha I see where Jim gets his sterling intellect from.

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Charles Johnson  Oct 1, 2017 • 12:24:57pm
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jaunte  Oct 1, 2017 • 12:24:57pm

re: #4 Charles Johnson

Looking at his tweet it’s hard to tell if Joe speaks English.

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Charles Johnson  Oct 1, 2017 • 12:25:20pm

re: #8 jaunte

Jim is clearly a chip off the old blockhead.

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Interesting Times  Oct 1, 2017 • 12:25:22pm

re: #4 Charles Johnson

That reminds me - what does self-loathing “conservative gay” Dim Jim Hoft have to say about “I luvs Putin ‘cuz I want to imprison gays too” Roy Moore?

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The Vicious Babushka  Oct 1, 2017 • 12:28:18pm

Dumbfuck Deplorable (probably a bot, already blocked) claims Trump never plays golf, that he owns the golf courses so “it’s free” and Carman Cruz is just wading in waist-deep water for a “photo op”

These “people” are just fucked up.

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I cannot.  Oct 1, 2017 • 12:28:34pm

I see we all made the same joke about Joe Hoft’s command of the English language…

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Charles Johnson  Oct 1, 2017 • 12:29:15pm
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jaunte  Oct 1, 2017 • 12:29:18pm

Together slam cliche phrase fragment sentence (or two ,parenthetical) accuse LOSER! Then hit tweet, done!

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HappyWarrior  Oct 1, 2017 • 12:29:21pm

re: #10 Interesting Times

That reminds me - what does self-loathing “conservative gay” Dim Jim Hoft have to say about “I luvs Putin ‘cuz I want to imprison gays too” Roy Moore?

Probably doesn’t care.

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jaunte  Oct 1, 2017 • 12:30:36pm
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jaunte  Oct 1, 2017 • 12:31:22pm
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Joe Bacon 🌹  Oct 1, 2017 • 12:32:51pm

re: #10 Interesting Times

That reminds me - what does self-loathing “conservative gay” Dim Jim Hoft have to say about “I luvs Putin ‘cuz I want to imprison gays too” Roy Moore?

SMOTI loves Roy Moore just like his pal Milo does!

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BeachDem  Oct 1, 2017 • 12:32:51pm

And while the yam tweets and golfs and continues his idiotic descent,

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dangerman  Oct 1, 2017 • 12:36:39pm

re: #4 Charles Johnson

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The SMOTI is strong with this one

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Oct 1, 2017 • 12:42:45pm
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Backwoods_Sleuth  Oct 1, 2017 • 12:44:32pm
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HappyWarrior  Oct 1, 2017 • 12:47:30pm

re: #22 Backwoods_Sleuth

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Fuck off Julian.

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Belafon  Oct 1, 2017 • 12:47:35pm

Charter communications is down in the entire DFW area.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Oct 1, 2017 • 12:48:31pm
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Backwoods_Sleuth  Oct 1, 2017 • 12:52:32pm
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HappyWarrior  Oct 1, 2017 • 12:53:26pm

re: #25 Backwoods_Sleuth

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So principled.//

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goddamnedfrank  Oct 1, 2017 • 12:53:53pm
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Belafon  Oct 1, 2017 • 12:55:07pm

re: #26 Backwoods_Sleuth

The logistical challenge is that they don’t give a shit about Puerto Rico but are having to respond anyway.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Oct 1, 2017 • 12:55:11pm
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b.d. (bill d.)  Oct 1, 2017 • 12:56:27pm

re: #24 Belafon

Charter communications is down in the entire DFW area.

All DFW? I woke up in Ft Worth with no internet but cable still works.

Their automated phone system is overrun.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Oct 1, 2017 • 12:57:13pm

re: #30 Backwoods_Sleuth

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dangerman  Oct 1, 2017 • 12:58:54pm

Take a short break from all this nonsense and meet Toni.
She will add a little sunshine to your life today.
In 5 minutes you will see why she is my great friend.

In the Pink

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ObserverArt  Oct 1, 2017 • 12:59:03pm

Early today, I flipped on the old TV monitor and Meet The Chuck was on, as I left it on NBC for local morning news.

First thing I see/hear is David Brooks saying something like: “I ignore the Tweets and treat them as other and listen to what he says.”

I turned it off and went about my day.

You cannot ignore the Tweets David. That is Trump. You ignore who he is. Then again, you’ve made a career of ignorance.

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goddamnedfrank  Oct 1, 2017 • 1:02:12pm
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ObserverArt  Oct 1, 2017 • 1:02:41pm

re: #24 Belafon

Charter communications is down in the entire DFW area.

Well, at least the workers won’t have to worry about deep water…ocean water to get there to get it back online.

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The Vicious Babushka  Oct 1, 2017 • 1:03:21pm

re: #32 Backwoods_Sleuth

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Is that former Lizard “Occupy rapey stabby” Kilgore or some other random Kilgore?

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calochortus  Oct 1, 2017 • 1:03:36pm

re: #34 ObserverArt

Early today, I flipped on the old TV monitor and Meet The Chuck was on, as I left it on NBC for local morning news.

First thing I see/hear is David Brooks saying something like: “I ignore the Tweets and treat them as other and listen to what he says.”

I turned it off and went about my day.

You cannot ignore the Tweets David. That is Trump. You ignore who he is. Then again, you’ve made a career of ignorance.

That’s OK, Brooks was on PBS Newshour Friday saying Price shouldn’t have gotten in trouble over expensive charter flights because the government really ought to have a fleet of planes to ferry cabinet secretaries around. Tone deaf? Brooks? //

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Stanley Sea  Oct 1, 2017 • 1:04:13pm

re: #33 dangerman

Link not work

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Oct 1, 2017 • 1:04:27pm

re: #37 The Vicious Babushka

Is that former Lizard “Occupy rapey stabby” Kilgore or some other random Kilgore?

different kilgore

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jaunte  Oct 1, 2017 • 1:04:45pm

Breaking: “Some locals say”

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Stanley Sea  Oct 1, 2017 • 1:05:04pm

re: #37 The Vicious Babushka

Is that former Lizard “Occupy rapey stabby” Kilgore or some other random Kilgore?

Rando

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Joe Bacon 🌹  Oct 1, 2017 • 1:06:18pm

re: #34 ObserverArt

Early today, I flipped on the old TV monitor and Meet The Chuck was on, as I left it on NBC for local morning news.

First thing I see/hear is David Brooks saying something like: “I ignore the Tweets and treat them as other and listen to what he says.”

I turned it off and went about my d

You cannot ignore the Tweets David. That is Trump. You ignore who he is. Then again, you’ve made a career of ignorance.

Lawrence Spivak and Bill Monroe turn in their graves when Chuck U gives Doofy Dave yet another pass…

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dangerman  Oct 1, 2017 • 1:06:29pm

re: #33 dangerman

working link helps.

it’s got one now

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JordanRules  Oct 1, 2017 • 1:06:42pm

re: #4 Charles Johnson

This tweet is hilarious to me for some reason. Like pre-internet I can see a guy walking into a bar and someone announcing this across the bar to uproarious laughter.

Hey, it’s Jim’s dad!….

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The Vicious Babushka  Oct 1, 2017 • 1:09:29pm

Another Deplorable dumbass who doesn’t know how “distribution” works.

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Romantic Heretic  Oct 1, 2017 • 1:11:25pm

re: #28 goddamnedfrank

Amusingly I’m reading Barbara Tuchman’s The March of Folly. Specifically the part about the Renaissance Popes. Now those were people who knew how to be corrupt.

A pity Ms. Tuchman isn’t around to add new chapters centering on the Trump administration.

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The Vicious Babushka  Oct 1, 2017 • 1:18:08pm

CAROLINE IS BLOCKED NOW.

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goddamnedfrank  Oct 1, 2017 • 1:19:24pm
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HappyWarrior  Oct 1, 2017 • 1:23:06pm

re: #49 goddamnedfrank

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Every goddamned day with this motherfucker.

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BigPapa  Oct 1, 2017 • 1:29:38pm

re: #4 Charles Johnson

I’ve always thought your soul was more of an ocean blue, like a lighter shallow reef blue in the sun.

Not black. That would be Jim Hoft, and Rage Furby.

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BigPapa  Oct 1, 2017 • 1:32:35pm

Not only is the ‘radio call in’ from some guy sketchy, we’re assuming the translation is correct?

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Ace Rothstein  Oct 1, 2017 • 1:40:48pm

re: #9 Charles Johnson

Jim is clearly a chip off the old blockhead.

The douche didn’t fall far from the bag.

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Jay C  Oct 1, 2017 • 1:42:03pm

re: #9 Charles Johnson

Jim is clearly a chip off the old blockhead.

Nope: the apple doesn’t fall far from the tree: and neither, apparently, does the nut…

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Joe Bacon 🌹  Oct 1, 2017 • 1:45:44pm

re: #49 goddamnedfrank

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We are now a banana republic run by Banana RepubliKKKlans!

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ipsos  Oct 1, 2017 • 1:50:42pm

Preliminary scan of my FB:

Lots of people watching football

One super-authoritarian crank shouting about how he’s not watching football

Several “nobody gives a shit if you don’t watch football” memes

I can live with that.

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Unshaken Defiance  Oct 1, 2017 • 1:55:09pm

re: #26 Backwoods_Sleuth

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FormerDirtDart  Oct 1, 2017 • 1:55:37pm
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FormerDirtDart  Oct 1, 2017 • 1:56:29pm
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Belafon  Oct 1, 2017 • 1:58:00pm

re: #58 FormerDirtDart

His criteria: skin color.

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freetoken  Oct 1, 2017 • 1:59:30pm

Talk of pizza in the last thread now has me hungering for such.

Sadly, there is no walking-close, good, pizza place near me.

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Unshaken Defiance  Oct 1, 2017 • 2:00:14pm
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PhillyPretzel  Oct 1, 2017 • 2:00:24pm

re: #61 freetoken

Darn. Now you made me want pizza too. :(

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The Vicious Babushka  Oct 1, 2017 • 2:02:10pm
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Dr Lizardo  Oct 1, 2017 • 2:02:57pm

Looks like things might be getting hot in Spain, and I ain’t talking about the weather. Catalonia is on the brink of a unilateral declaration of independence, something Spain absolutely rejects.

So now it comes down to a high-stakes game of chicken between the Madrid government and the Catalan separatist government. What will Madrid do? Arrest the Catalan separatist government? Such a move would provoke massive civil unrest - that in turn could lead the central government to dissolve the Catalan government completely and send in the military to restore order, which would (presumably) be met with even more civil unrest.

Interesting times, indeed.

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Semper Fi  Oct 1, 2017 • 2:03:15pm

re: #63 PhillyPretzel

Darn. Now you made me want pizza too. :(

I’m gonna git some…see ya in a bit.

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freetoken  Oct 1, 2017 • 2:04:22pm

re: #63 PhillyPretzel

Darn. Now you made me want pizza too. :(

I’m thinking roasted peppers and mushrooms.

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meteor  Oct 1, 2017 • 2:05:05pm

re: #2 goddamnedfrank

O ho, we got the moron here

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Oct 1, 2017 • 2:07:59pm

I can tell that the yam is really rattled.
He hasn’t tweeted one word about Edmonton or Marseilles.

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Belafon  Oct 1, 2017 • 2:08:50pm

Charter is down for the entire south east, from Georgia to Texas.

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DodgerFan1988  Oct 1, 2017 • 2:10:19pm

Stephen King’s The Dead Zone predicted an insane President Trump with his finger on the nuclear button.

The Missiles Are Flying - The Dead Zone (9/10) Movie CLIP (1983) HD

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HappyWarrior  Oct 1, 2017 • 2:13:36pm

re: #59 FormerDirtDart

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45 bucks is a little steep for me but I love it.

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freetoken  Oct 1, 2017 • 2:14:29pm

Genealogy/military history site Fold3 (owned by Ancestry) just sent out their October email to come read their blog, and it’s history month, and so they feature in their blog …. Robert E. Lee:

Death of Robert E. Lee: October 12, 1870

They note:

In the years following the Civil War, Lee largely stayed out of the public eye and avoided postwar politics. Despite being indicted, Lee was never tried for treason, due mainly to the intercession of Ulysses S. Grant on his behalf. However, although he submitted the necessary documents, Lee was never returned to U.S. citizenship during his lifetime; instead, Congress would posthumously restore his citizenship in 1975.

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ObserverArt  Oct 1, 2017 • 2:14:41pm

re: #59 FormerDirtDart

Darren Rovell ✔@darrenrovell
Marshawn Lynch arrives at game wearing “Everybody vs. Trump” shirt made by Oakland-based Dope Era ($45)
2:58 PM - Oct 1, 2017
151 151 Replies 1,913 1,913 Retweets 3,230 3,230 likes

No disrespect of the flag there. Just a nice statement to The Orange One about what the majority of Americans think of him.

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HappyWarrior  Oct 1, 2017 • 2:14:44pm

re: #58 FormerDirtDart

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Oh so it’s “okay” for them to be disrespectful. I don’t care if he’s a Navy vet. That double standard shit is wrong and they’re not disrespecting the flag at all. The person who suggested the kneeling was actually a Navy SEAL but they don’t care about facts. They just think everyone who kneels must hate this coutnry.

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HappyWarrior  Oct 1, 2017 • 2:15:39pm

re: #74 ObserverArt

No disrespect of the flag there. Just a nice statement to The Orange One about what the majority of Americans think of him.

It disrespects the President or so will the people who spent the past eight years attacking the previous President’s birthright.

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Amory Blaine  Oct 1, 2017 • 2:15:47pm

My sweetie is roasting a turkey with hot sausage stuffing and gravy. It smells so good I can hardly wait!

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HappyWarrior  Oct 1, 2017 • 2:17:40pm

re: #77 Amory Blaine

My sweetie is roasting a turkey with hot sausage stuffing and gravy. It smells so good I can hardly wait!

Yummy.

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PhillyPretzel  Oct 1, 2017 • 2:19:16pm

re: #77 Amory Blaine

re: #78 HappyWarrior

Sounds very good. Darn. Now I want turkey. I was better off with wanting pizza. :(

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freetoken  Oct 1, 2017 • 2:19:33pm

Just because we need a pizza convention:

The Pizza Show: Las Vegas

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ObserverArt  Oct 1, 2017 • 2:22:34pm

re: #65 Dr Lizardo

Looks like things might be getting hot in Spain, and I ain’t talking about the weather. Catalonia is on the brink of a unilateral declaration of independence, something Spain absolutely rejects.

So now it comes down to a high-stakes game of chicken between the Madrid government and the Catalan separatist government. What will Madrid do? Arrest the Catalan separatist government? Such a move would provoke massive civil unrest - that in turn could lead the central government to dissolve the Catalan government completely and send in the military to restore order, which would (presumably) be met with even more civil unrest.

Interesting times, indeed.

Not good. The world politics is getting to be like someone is stacking wood for a big bonfire.

Like the years prior to many a world war.

Trump is right at the center of it currently. Call him Burning World Man.

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ObserverArt  Oct 1, 2017 • 2:24:20pm

re: #76 HappyWarrior

It disrespects the President or so will the people who spent the past eight years attacking the previous President’s birthright.

Trump never said we had to respect him. And he deserves none. So…

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JordanRules  Oct 1, 2017 • 2:24:21pm

re: #77 Amory Blaine

Oh myyyy. That sounds amazing!

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EPR-radar  Oct 1, 2017 • 2:24:44pm

re: #81 ObserverArt

Not good. The world politics is getting to be like someone is stacking wood for a big bonfire.

Like the years prior to many a world war.

Trump is right at the center of it currently. Call him Burning World Man.

How reassuring to know that tr*mp will care deeply about all of this only and precisely to the extent that it affects his coverage in the media.

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HappyWarrior  Oct 1, 2017 • 2:24:56pm

re: #82 ObserverArt

Trump never said we had to respect him. And he deserves none. So…

Yep. Fuck Trump.

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Stanley Sea  Oct 1, 2017 • 2:27:16pm

wow

What a waste that $ was on fucking Don King.

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I cannot.  Oct 1, 2017 • 2:31:07pm

re: #86 Stanley Sea

Yeah, but Don King was probably working for 50 cents instead of 500 large.

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JordanRules  Oct 1, 2017 • 2:34:50pm

re: #87 I cannot.

Nicely done!

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HappyWarrior  Oct 1, 2017 • 2:36:21pm

re: #86 Stanley Sea

wow

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What a waste that $ was on fucking Don King.

All the money in the world wasn’t going to do that. Goes to show you once again how clueless Republicans are with the Black community.

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dangerman  Oct 1, 2017 • 2:39:17pm

re: #77 Amory Blaine

My sweetie is roasting a turkey with hot sausage stuffing and gravy. It smells so good I can hardly wait!

We’re goin g with chicken parts smothered in apricots peaches and pineapple over some brown rice

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Dr Lizardo  Oct 1, 2017 • 2:41:44pm

re: #81 ObserverArt

Not good. The world politics is getting to be like someone is stacking wood for a big bonfire.

Like the years prior to many a world war.

Trump is right at the center of it currently. Call him Burning World Man.

I think this will end up being put down by the Madrid central government pretty quickly - they’ll put the kibosh on it ASAP.

Catalonia has no separate military to defend it’s theoretical sovereignty and I’m pretty damn sure no one of any consequence in the European Union is going to recognize Catalonia as an independent republic.

They’re on their own. And that probably won’t last long. The Madrid government will probably declare a state of emergency, dissolve that Catalan parliament (as per Article 155 of the Spanish Constitution), arrest the separatist leaders, send in the military or the gendarmes to restore order and then install a caretaker Catalonian government until the situation is “normalized”.

Standard procedure, I’d think…..pretty straightforward.

Anyway, off to bed…..work beckons tomorrow. Good night, Lizards.

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Interesting Times  Oct 1, 2017 • 2:45:19pm

In which the NYT gets a 3rd-degree burn for its “both sides” BS:

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HappyWarrior  Oct 1, 2017 • 2:49:12pm

re: #92 Interesting Times

In which the NYT gets a 3rd-degree burn for its “both sides” BS:

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Shit gets old.

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TedStriker  Oct 1, 2017 • 2:49:13pm

re: #92 Interesting Times

In which the NYT gets a 3rd-degree burn for its “both sides” BS:

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ObserverArt  Oct 1, 2017 • 2:55:45pm

I just watched the ending of the Cleveland Indians season, last 2 innings.

Local Sports Time Ohio. A commercial comes on and it is a guy in a logo embroidered pull over from a Cleveland area Chevy dealer. He has his hand on his heart and is reciting the Pledge of Allegiance.

Sigh.

Let’s honor our flag!

Edit: Forgot to add, big waving flag graphic in background.

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The Vicious Babushka  Oct 1, 2017 • 2:56:21pm
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Backwoods_Sleuth  Oct 1, 2017 • 3:03:56pm

re: #95 ObserverArt

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Charles Johnson  Oct 1, 2017 • 3:04:24pm
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JordanRules  Oct 1, 2017 • 3:06:32pm

re: #97 Backwoods_Sleuth

Ahh, the oldies but goodies! Timeless.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Oct 1, 2017 • 3:09:46pm

re: #99 JordanRules

Ahh, the oldies but goodies! Timeless.

Cincinnati kicked their butts, but the opening anthem ceremonies were just nauseously over the damned top:

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JordanRules  Oct 1, 2017 • 3:11:56pm

re: #100 Backwoods_Sleuth

Time to go to the restroom and get some fake nachos!

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Eventual Carrion  Oct 1, 2017 • 3:12:29pm

re: #95 ObserverArt

I just watched the ending of the Cleveland Indians season, last 2 innings.

Local Sports Time Ohio. A commercial comes on and it is a guy in a logo embroidered pull over from a Cleveland area Chevy dealer. He has his hand on his heart and is reciting the Pledge of Allegiance.

Sigh.

Let’s honor our flag!

Edit: Forgot to add, big waving flag graphic in background.

They sell us the President the same way
They sell us our clothes and our cars
They sell us every thing from youth to religion
The same time they sell us our wars

— Jackson Browne “Lives in the Balance”

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Oct 1, 2017 • 3:15:06pm

re: #101 JordanRules

Time to go to the restroom and get some fake nachos!

for sure.

It also looks like there are numerous examples of not paying attention to this extravagant patriotic event happening (ie…the practice kicker and ball holder, top left).

I mean, really…this anthem rah rah flag/country/troops has turned into such a sensory overload that most of us just tune it out now.

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Eventual Carrion  Oct 1, 2017 • 3:15:07pm

re: #98 Charles Johnson

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Nazi that murdered innocent woman supported Donald Trump. Ball back in their court.

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Blind Frog Belly White  Oct 1, 2017 • 3:16:22pm

Garish displays of “patriotism” seem to be all the rage these days. I don’t recall so much of this stuff at any time in my nearly 60 years, including when we were in a much larger shooting war.

I tend to distrust this forced, over-the-top flagwaving bullshit. It seems like they didn’t do that much of it even in WWII. Is this more of the “WWII envy” that was so apparent on the Right after 9/11 and during Iraq? The need for an existential threat to prove how manly and tough we are?

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FormerDirtDart  Oct 1, 2017 • 3:17:39pm

Wait, you’re paying a $2 ATM usage fee and only withdrawing $10 ???

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Stanley Sea  Oct 1, 2017 • 3:23:27pm

Stupid stupid stupid

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Stanley Sea  Oct 1, 2017 • 3:26:03pm
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FormerDirtDart  Oct 1, 2017 • 3:28:43pm

re: #108 Stanley Sea

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lawhawk  Oct 1, 2017 • 3:31:03pm

re: #35 goddamnedfrank

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klys (maker of Silmarils)  Oct 1, 2017 • 3:31:06pm

mr. klys is amazing.

He shut me out of the kitchen this afternoon to make a surprise. Turns out he ordered the cookbook for the 2nd Ave Deli, bought supplies, and is attempting a batch of their sour pickles for me. (Which, btw, are the source of all life and happiness in this world and I challenge anyone to say differently.)

We will probably start a second batch on Tuesday night with my assistance because of some technical issues that may render this one less than perfect but I am absolutely the luckiest woman alive right now.

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Eventual Carrion  Oct 1, 2017 • 3:31:10pm

re: #108 Stanley Sea

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How much water does that cup hold anyway?

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PhillyPretzel  Oct 1, 2017 • 3:34:13pm

re: #111 klys (maker of Silmarils)

Cooks Illustrated also has canning and pickling recipes. They are very easy to follow.
cooksillustrated.com

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lawhawk  Oct 1, 2017 • 3:34:15pm

re: #97 Backwoods_Sleuth

Hey look, they’re standing!
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wrenchwench  Oct 1, 2017 • 3:39:43pm

re: #114 lawhawk

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Such a traditional performance to emulate.

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FormerDirtDart  Oct 1, 2017 • 3:40:41pm

re: #110 lawhawk

Supplying the Chinese National Army through India & over ‘The Hump’ in Burma.
All after shipping supplies across TWO oceans

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Oct 1, 2017 • 3:41:36pm

re: #108 Stanley Sea

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I’m sure the people of PR and VI are thrilled beyond measure to hear that.

Oh wait…they don’t have any freaking electricity or communications.

Oh, and they are dying of thirst, hunger, heat and disease.
But please, continue with your stupid golf bullshit.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Oct 1, 2017 • 3:42:26pm

re: #114 lawhawk

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exactly

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Cheechako  Oct 1, 2017 • 3:44:13pm

Here’s today’s summary of National Incident Management Teams which have been deployed to assist in hurricane recovery. At this point in time, after Hurricane Katrina, there were upwards of 20 IMT’s and thousands of wild-land fighters deployed to operate evacuation centers, clean roads and other infrastructure, and distribute food and water.

The current response is a utter failure by trumps administration.

Hurricane Maria, Puerto Rico
Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)

IMT 1 (McGowan) has been tasked with establishment of an incident support base for the receipt and distribution of commodities, supplies and resources
.
IMT 2 (Zombro) is coordinating with other agencies to plan and prioritize emergency
road clearing.

FDNY IMT 2 (Kane) has been tasked with assessment of damage to critical infrastructure including roads, water systems and communications.

Hurricane Maria, U.S Virgin Islands
Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)

IMT 2 (Bird) has mobilized to St. Croix and is managing a logistical staging area for incoming responders while preparing for FEMA operations.

IMT 2 (Parrish) has mobilized to St. Thomas and is supporting the receiving and distribution of emergency commodities to aid in the relief efforts.

Hurricane Harvey,
Texas A&M Forest Service

Texas IMT 2 (Hanneman) has mobilized to College Station, TX to support recovery and mitigation efforts, surveying impacts on local fire departments and distributing donated fire equipment.

Hurricane Irma Recovery
South Florida Parks, National Park Service

IMT 2 (Foust) is overseeing site assessment, debris cleanup and emergency stabilization within national parks in Florida, Georgia and South Carolina

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klys (maker of Silmarils)  Oct 1, 2017 • 3:46:03pm

re: #113 PhillyPretzel

Cooks Illustrated also has canning and pickling recipes. They are very easy to follow.
cooksillustrated.com

It’s something we’ve both been intending to do more of but I’m not kidding when I say that the 2nd Ave Deli pickles are the most amazing ever and he got the recipe for them and they won’t be ready until Saturday.

And really I won’t eat any until Sunday on the off chance we screwed it up because I have a half Sunday morning and doing a half with stomach issues is not high on my list of things to do.

/whine

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dangerman  Oct 1, 2017 • 3:46:18pm

re: #110 lawhawk

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this is not a logistical “nightmare” or even an “issue”
it’s how much, how many, how fast

its public relations trying to hide a lack of will and desire

i daresay even “Brownie” could have figured this one out

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dangerman  Oct 1, 2017 • 3:47:08pm

re: #111 klys (maker of Silmarils)

mr. klys is amazing.

He shut me out of the kitchen this afternoon to make a surprise. Turns out he ordered the cookbook for the 2nd Ave Deli, bought supplies, and is attempting a batch of their sour pickles for me. (Which, btw, are the source of all life and happiness in this world and I challenge anyone to say differently.)

We will probably start a second batch on Tuesday night with my assistance because of some technical issues that may render this one less than perfect but I am absolutely the luckiest woman alive right now.

no vinegar, no boil, refrigerator pickles?

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Patricia Kayden  Oct 1, 2017 • 3:47:20pm

re: #8 jaunte

Looking at his tweet it’s hard to tell if Joe speaks English.

Exactly. I couldn’t decipher what the hell he was trying to say. Like Father, like Son.

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klys (maker of Silmarils)  Oct 1, 2017 • 3:48:53pm

re: #122 dangerman

no vinegar, no boil, refrigerator pickles?

They go in the fridge on Saturday.

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Patricia Kayden  Oct 1, 2017 • 3:50:37pm

re: #22 Backwoods_Sleuth

He should live in a jail in Sweden.

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ipsos  Oct 1, 2017 • 3:51:04pm

All hell breaking loose in the world and NBC Nightly News leads with…

“OJ Released; Says Absolutely Nothing”

This world. Ugh.

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Woods Witch  Oct 1, 2017 • 3:51:44pm

re: #119 Cheechako

As someone else pointed out in last day or two, Trump and company are trying to do disaster relief on the cheap. People are dying because of it. Exhibit #527 in support of Trump don’t care

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lawhawk  Oct 1, 2017 • 3:51:58pm

re: #116 FormerDirtDart

Berlin Airlift.
Inchon Landing.
D Day
Island hopping in WWII
Manhattan Project
The Apollo Project

Take your pick. There’s plenty of logistical challenges out there, but as I keep reminding people - there’s an analog of recent vintage: Haiti after the massive quake there.

When the quake occurred, the US moved more troops and equipment in to help in less time than it’s taken for Trump to send troops and equipment into Puerto Rico to date.

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lawhawk  Oct 1, 2017 • 3:53:28pm

re: #121 dangerman

this is not a logistical “nightmare” or even an “issue”
it’s how much, how many, how fast

its public relations trying to hide a lack of will and desire

i daresay even “Brownie” could have figured this one out

Brownie was quickly supplanted by Gen. Honore, who got the admin unstuck from stupid.

There’s no one in Trump admin who will listen to generals on the ground to say that much more must be done much faster than it has been done.

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Woods Witch  Oct 1, 2017 • 3:55:28pm

re: #128 lawhawk

Amazing what competent, caring leadership can accomplish

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Patricia Kayden  Oct 1, 2017 • 3:56:00pm

re: #86 Stanley Sea

wow

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What a waste that $ was on fucking Don King.

Didn’t matter. Trump didn’t need Black (or Latino) voters to win. But good for 50 Cent for standing on his principles of not taking money from a bigot.

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JordanRules  Oct 1, 2017 • 4:03:38pm

re: #131 Patricia Kayden

He needed Russia though.

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dangerman  Oct 1, 2017 • 4:03:40pm

re: #124 klys (maker of Silmarils)

They go in the fridge on Saturday.

mr k is a good man

forget the silly pineapple pizza fights

i will die on this hill in the pickle wars!
our fighting slogan: “yesterday’s kirby is today’s pickle”

the purest recipe, like the driest of dry martini’s:
a jar of kirbys on a shelf, no lid, next to a jar of brine, no lid
let the flavors waft
ok maybe j/k

ps - do NOT eat pickles the night before a race!

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wrenchwench  Oct 1, 2017 • 4:06:16pm

re: #133 dangerman

mr k is a good man

forget the silly pineapple pizza fights

i will die on this hill in the pickle wars!
our fighting slogan: “yesterday’s kirby is today’s pickle”

the purest recipe, like the driest of dry martini’s:
a jar of kirbys on a shelf, no lid, next to a jar of brine, no lid
let the flavors waft
ok maybe j/k

ps - do NOT eat pickles the night before a race!

My ex-landlady gave me a Kirby. Now I have two.

They are not pickles.

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JordanRules  Oct 1, 2017 • 4:08:57pm

Love this thread on bothsiderism.

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Targetpractice  Oct 1, 2017 • 4:13:16pm

re: #127 Woods Witch

As someone else pointed out in last day or two, Trump and company are trying to do disaster relief on the cheap. People are dying because of it. Exhibit #527 in support of Trump don’t care

One might suspect the reason that is happening is because the White House wants to prove that FEMA doesn’t need to be funded properly.

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jeffreyw  Oct 1, 2017 • 4:13:28pm

Imgur


pressure cooker pork belly with pickled mustard greens

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dangerman  Oct 1, 2017 • 4:13:34pm

re: #134 wrenchwench

My ex-landlady gave me a Kirby. Now I have two.

They are not pickles.

by saturday, they could be
unless yer talkin’ vacuum cleaners, ;-)

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dangerman  Oct 1, 2017 • 4:14:26pm

re: #135 JordanRules

Love this thread on bothsiderism.

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she is not “feuding” with the president

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ObserverArt  Oct 1, 2017 • 4:14:47pm

re: #100 Backwoods_Sleuth

Cincinnati kicked their butts, but the opening anthem ceremonies were just nauseously over the damned top:

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Hey!!!

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Interesting Times  Oct 1, 2017 • 4:15:06pm

re: #135 JordanRules

Love this thread on bothsiderism.

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Interesting perspective. In the past, I always felt it was the opposite, i.e., to denigrate and lower the better side (e.g. “all politicians lie”, “both parties are the same”, etc)

But with a festering puddle of fuckslime like trump, yes, I completely see how both-siderism helps to superimpose a nice, normal, “presidential” suit over his hideous naked flab.

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wrenchwench  Oct 1, 2017 • 4:18:36pm

re: #138 dangerman

by saturday, they could be
unless yer talkin’ vacuum cleaners, ;-)

I am talkin’ vacuum cleaners, ;-)

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dangerman  Oct 1, 2017 • 4:20:03pm

re: #142 wrenchwench

I am talkin’ vacuum cleaners, ;-)

that sucks
but maybe it’ll start pickin’ up

(apologies)

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ObserverArt  Oct 1, 2017 • 4:27:54pm

re: #105 Blind Frog Belly White

Garish displays of “patriotism” seem to be all the rage these days. I don’t recall so much of this stuff at any time in my nearly 60 years, including when we were in a much larger shooting war.

I tend to distrust this forced, over-the-top flagwaving bullshit. It seems like they didn’t do that much of it even in WWII. Is this more of the “WWII envy” that was so apparent on the Right after 9/11 and during Iraq? The need for an existential threat to prove how manly and tough we are?

I think it really ramped up with Bush War 1. Kuwait.

Remember the bit about we weren’t going to treat our soldiers like we treated the Vietnam soldier’s returns.

And you had Lee Greenwood with God Bless the USA in the mid 80s. That started to appeal to a certain American.

It has been building. Trump is going full on wrap yourself in the flag and sing the anthem building on the past…even The Southern Strategy. It all adds together to get the mess we have now in my opinion.

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wrenchwench  Oct 1, 2017 • 4:29:09pm

re: #143 dangerman

that sucks
but maybe it’ll start pickin’ up

(apologies)

I never thought I’d be able to switch vacuums instead of changing the bag. Life is good (until I fill the bag of the new one).

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retired cynic  Oct 1, 2017 • 4:29:34pm

re: #144 ObserverArt

… It has been building. Trump is going full on wrap yourself in the flag and sing the anthem building on the past…

Hugging the flag while smirking, even. GAH

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scottslemmons  Oct 1, 2017 • 4:29:36pm

re: #144 ObserverArt

I think it really ramped up with Bush War 1. Kuwait.

Remember the bit about we weren’t going to treat our soldiers like we treated the Vietnam soldier’s returns.

And you had Lee Greenwood with God Bless the USA in the mid 80s. That started to appeal to a certain American.

It has been building. Trump is going full on wrap yourself in the flag and sing the anthem building on the past…even The Southern Strategy. It all adds together to get the mess we have now in my opinion.

It always seems to ramp up during GOP administrations. If a Democrat’s in charge, they’re just fine with saying fuck America.

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Stanley Sea  Oct 1, 2017 • 4:32:10pm

The paws!!!

ktuu.com

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Stanley Sea  Oct 1, 2017 • 4:33:23pm

re: #148 Stanley Sea

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Woods Witch  Oct 1, 2017 • 4:36:00pm

re: #144 ObserverArt

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Stanley Sea  Oct 1, 2017 • 4:36:11pm

HERO

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Charles Johnson  Oct 1, 2017 • 4:36:28pm
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Backwoods_Sleuth  Oct 1, 2017 • 4:36:36pm

re: #140 ObserverArt

Hey!!!

jeebus, art…it was a freaking bloodbath in Cleveland today.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Oct 1, 2017 • 4:37:34pm

re: #148 Stanley Sea

The paws!!!

ktuu.com

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they be wet and not all that happy about it…

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FormerDirtDart  Oct 1, 2017 • 4:37:41pm

re: #148 Stanley Sea

The paws!!!

ktuu.com

re: #149 Stanley Sea

They look almost cartoonish

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Woods Witch  Oct 1, 2017 • 4:38:54pm

re: #152 Charles Johnson

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Oct 1, 2017 • 4:40:14pm

Charles just got a bit of change from me with an Amazon order of banjo strings and other banjo-related stuff.

You have all been warned…I’m fed up with this bunch of assholes in DC and and pulling the banjo out of retirement.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Oct 1, 2017 • 4:41:36pm
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TedStriker  Oct 1, 2017 • 4:42:27pm

re: #157 Backwoods_Sleuth

Charles just got a bit of change from me with an Amazon order of banjo strings and other banjo-related stuff.

You have all been warned…I’m fed up with this bunch of assholes in DC and and pulling the banjo out of retirement.

Hey, you don’t happen to live in/near the Cahulawassee River valley, do you?

///

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fern01  Oct 1, 2017 • 4:44:10pm

re: #46 The Vicious Babushka

Another Deplorable dumbass who doesn’t know how “distribution” works.

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If the twitter name ends with a series of digits - surely this is a bot

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ObserverArt  Oct 1, 2017 • 4:44:43pm

re: #117 Backwoods_Sleuth

I’m sure the people of PR and VI are thrilled beyond measure to hear that.

Oh wait…they don’t have any freaking electricity or communications.

Oh, and they are dying of thirst, hunger, heat and disease.
But please, continue with your stupid golf bullshit.

For a guy so worried about optics, he fails to see his own.

And that takes a huge effort to ignore all of the stuff that makes him look bad. Like everything he says and does and how he acts and looks.

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Eventual Carrion  Oct 1, 2017 • 4:45:15pm

re: #157 Backwoods_Sleuth

Charles just got a bit of change from me with an Amazon order of banjo strings and other banjo-related stuff.

You have all been warned…I’m fed up with this bunch of assholes in DC and and pulling the banjo out of retirement.

Violin/fiddle is the next string instrument I am going to learn.

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TedStriker  Oct 1, 2017 • 4:46:35pm

re: #161 ObserverArt

For a guy so worried about optics, he fails to see his own.

And that takes a huge effort to ignore all of the stuff that makes him look bad. Like everything he says and does and how he acts and looks.

In a odd way, it’s mindblowing that he does this now, considering how he made his bones carefully culturing and tending his public persona and image.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Oct 1, 2017 • 4:46:55pm

re: #159 TedStriker

Hey, you don’t happen to live in/near the Cahulawassee River valley, do you?

///

I’m at the head of a holler in far northeastern Kentucky.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Oct 1, 2017 • 4:49:00pm

re: #162 Eventual Carrion

Violin/fiddle is the next string instrument I am going to learn.

I would so love to be able to play the fiddle, but that’s my youngest sister’s forte (along with hammered dulcimer), and I don’t want to crowd her space.

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TedStriker  Oct 1, 2017 • 4:49:13pm

re: #164 Backwoods_Sleuth

I’m at the head of a holler in far northeastern Kentucky.

*whoosh*

Someone missed the Deliverance reference… :-P

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Oct 1, 2017 • 4:49:46pm

re: #166 TedStriker

*whoosh*

Someone missed the Deliverance reference… :-P

I did not miss it…I chose to ignore it…

:D

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TedStriker  Oct 1, 2017 • 4:50:43pm

re: #167 Backwoods_Sleuth

I did not miss it…I chose to ignore it…

:D

Awww, you’re no fun…

///

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Stanley Sea  Oct 1, 2017 • 4:51:05pm

re: #161 ObserverArt

For a guy so worried about optics, he fails to see his own.

And that takes a huge effort to ignore all of the stuff that makes him look bad. Like everything he says and does and how he acts and looks.

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Charles Johnson  Oct 1, 2017 • 4:51:13pm

re: #157 Backwoods_Sleuth

Charles just got a bit of change from me with an Amazon order of banjo strings and other banjo-related stuff.

Arigato!

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TedStriker  Oct 1, 2017 • 4:51:33pm

re: #170 Charles Johnson

Arigato!

Domo?

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Interesting Times  Oct 1, 2017 • 4:52:52pm

re: #171 TedStriker

Domo?

Styx-Mr. Roboto Lyrics

It’s in my head now. Might as well be in everyone else’s :D

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Decatur Deb  Oct 1, 2017 • 4:53:01pm

re: #164 Backwoods_Sleuth

I’m at the head of a holler in far northeastern Kentucky.

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lawhawk  Oct 1, 2017 • 4:56:10pm

re: #172 Interesting Times

Thank you very much… Mr. Roboto.

You’re wondering who I am….
(secret secret… I’ve got a secret!)

I AM THE MODREN MAN.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Oct 1, 2017 • 4:56:17pm

re: #173 Decatur Deb

KfBjV+vCUSLOiRgAujXkTS0Gut0lW0w2JDcndzu1PdYCn9YCL0wF4yq+c1fxOTZX7fjG62ak1N+b1F55gedvRlQtbOPTdLWp5QpRRJcYnMIZ5xCLPPAIuiOt+V6X3zkVUoa9HdeSebyw8eJ+razj9sUCTaYPaWYgRrJ0aeLg+A9IymCjNTlS3tCdiojHCX9IheKyM8zWtjCk8TNW7oPR+K3Rf+F+3vV3czwIvDdOifdEbdT2fjjETg43k1swfIgDxdKQg1EkoQ1YNEvgJEwqF/zx+fX28EAMk3VAvLEoUkuXzRotOUiafWJTI/7mybOfs7aI9699SONS6cCtoe8rsxRrlNKMwfFvZbHstOckQ5aWbCEd0l2uV8M+Bk1cUgf58O0up5wNhiPM3RyznEDQmw==

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Renaissance_Man  Oct 1, 2017 • 4:57:24pm

re: #163 TedStriker

In a odd way, it’s mindblowing that he does this now, considering how he made his bones carefully culturing and tending his public persona and image.

But this is how his persona and image has always been presented - a larger than life arsehole. It’s not like his public image has previously been one of a magnanimous, shrewd businessman. On some level he’d like it to be that, but what ultimately matters to him is popularity, and if people cheer him and tell him he’s smart, it’s basically the same thing. Being a larger than life arsehole, however, is just fine in US Culture - US media exists to amplify celebrity, and a thing or person’s worth and moral value is directly proportional to its popularity. So it’s not really surprising that his optics now are so appalling, because being appalling and terrible doesn’t make you any less popular in the American media. Actually, it makes you king.

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petesh  Oct 1, 2017 • 4:57:41pm

re: #157 Backwoods_Sleuth

Charles just got a bit of change from me with an Amazon order of banjo strings and other banjo-related stuff.

You have all been warned…I’m fed up with this bunch of assholes in DC and and pulling the banjo out of retirement.

Not the banjo!! What’s next, accordion? BAGPIPES?!?

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Decatur Deb  Oct 1, 2017 • 4:59:59pm

re: #175 Backwoods_Sleuth

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I mired-in a UK sedan trying to get to Gullet Gap. That convinced them to give me a 4WD, so I mired it in a mile farther up the branch. In those days they got mail by mule in the Summer only.

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fern01  Oct 1, 2017 • 5:00:22pm

re: #135 JordanRules

What is it with the FNYT that they will not report trump for who he is - but assume anyone trump attacks must be the bad person.

The USA has a fat ugly bully for president* and the NYT supports him day in day out. May they go bankrupt - the sooner the better

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Charles Johnson  Oct 1, 2017 • 5:01:07pm
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lawhawk  Oct 1, 2017 • 5:01:17pm

re: #177 petesh

It’s a long way to the top… if you want to rock and roll…

IT’S A LONG WAY TO THE TOP (IF YOU WANNA ROCK ‘N’ ROLL) - AC DC

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ObserverArt  Oct 1, 2017 • 5:01:47pm

re: #166 TedStriker

*whoosh*

Someone missed the Deliverance reference… :-P

Consider that a warning, stranger.

/

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ObserverArt  Oct 1, 2017 • 5:03:28pm

re: #172 Interesting Times

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It’s in my head now. Might as well be in everyone else’s :D

Damn, put that in private tags!!!

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Dave In Austin  Oct 1, 2017 • 5:04:09pm

re: #157 Backwoods_Sleuth

Charles just got a bit of change from me with an Amazon order of banjo strings and other banjo-related stuff.

You have all been warned…I’m fed up with this bunch of assholes in DC and and pulling the banjo out of retirement.

Funny you should say that. Everyone should bookmark the Amazon link at the top of the page. That’s what I have done so Charles gets a taste from all my purchases.

I just got a new log splitter thru the link Friday.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Oct 1, 2017 • 5:05:07pm

re: #177 petesh

Not the banjo!! What’s next, accordion? BAGPIPES?!?

quietly pushes the bagpipes and chanters over to the corner…

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GlutenFreeJesus  Oct 1, 2017 • 5:05:23pm

re: #171 TedStriker

Domo?

Domo.

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lawhawk  Oct 1, 2017 • 5:06:11pm

re: #180 Charles Johnson

The right wing keeps wanting people to think that Trump has some grand strategy. That he’s playing madman or that he’s playing crazy so as to extract concessions or some other nonsense.

Reality is that there’s no strategy. There’s not even strategery. Trump is entirely reactionary. And doesn’t know what he’s doing.

Trump advisers aren’t any better. Heck, Trump’s State Dept thinks that they can somehow keep North Korea from going nuclear (they’ve been nuclear since 2006).

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Barefoot Grin  Oct 1, 2017 • 5:09:18pm

Two years ago I bought a guitar for my older son because he seemed interested. He never plays. Now my younger son has become a total Marshall Crenshaw fan. He is sneaking his brother’s guitar and teaching himself “Cynical Girl” and “Maryanne,” his two favorites at the moment.

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Charles Johnson  Oct 1, 2017 • 5:09:52pm

Welp, this tweet really caught on.

A whole lot of people replied to say he’ll do something worse soon, and yeah, I know that. It’s why I wrote “ONE OF THE MOST…” instead of “THE MOST…”

And I do think this one is going to be in the top 10 worst episodes.

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petesh  Oct 1, 2017 • 5:10:44pm

re: #185 Backwoods_Sleuth

To be fair, Richard Thompson did get some great folk-rock accordion playing out of John Kirkpatrick

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Charles Johnson  Oct 1, 2017 • 5:12:36pm
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BeachDem  Oct 1, 2017 • 5:14:07pm

re: #144 ObserverArt

I think it really ramped up with Bush War 1. Kuwait.

Remember the bit about we weren’t going to treat our soldiers like we treated the Vietnam soldier’s returns.

And you had Lee Greenwood with God Bless the USA in the mid 80s. That started to appeal to a certain American.

It has been building. Trump is going full on wrap yourself in the flag and sing the anthem building on the past…even The Southern Strategy. It all adds together to get the mess we have now in my opinion.

Then it really ramped up with “boot in the ass” Toby Keith and his fight with the Dixie Chicks and their shunning by the country music industry for daring to have an opinion.
(I always find it ironic that “Travelin’ Soldier,” about a Vietnam soldier, was their #1 hit before the shit hit the fan.) And it was Freepers who led the charge on the Dixie Chicks boycott

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BeachDem  Oct 1, 2017 • 5:16:16pm

re: #152 Charles Johnson

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Plus, isn’t it usually the trophy winner who dedicates it, not the bloated pig who presents it?

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JordanRules  Oct 1, 2017 • 5:17:17pm

re: #189 Charles Johnson

Of course they did, but I feel like your message gives due importance to a very real humanitarian crisis in the most powerful country in the world. Not very exceptional America.

BuzzFeed of course will probably make a dumbass article ranking them at some point. Sigh.

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Eventual Carrion  Oct 1, 2017 • 5:18:03pm

re: #188 Barefoot Grin

Two years ago I bought a guitar for my older son because he seemed interested. He never plays. Now my younger son has become a total Marshall Crenshaw fan. He is sneaking his brother’s guitar and teaching himself “Cynical Girl” and “Maryanne,” his two favorites at the moment.

I started playing guitar about a year after graduating from high school. From 3rd grade on I had been in band (clarinet, sax, then on to French horn, trumpet, flugelhorn). I wanted to sing and just couldn’t figure a way to do it while playing trumpet :-), so guitar it was as accompaniment.

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Decatur Deb  Oct 1, 2017 • 5:18:44pm

re: #192 BeachDem

Then it really ramped up with “boot in the ass” Toby Keith and his fight with the Dixie Chicks and their shunning by the country music industry for daring to have an opinion.
(I always find it ironic that “Travelin’ Soldier,” about a Vietnam soldier, was their #1 hit before the shit hit the fan.) And it was Freepers who led the charge on the Dixie Chicks boycott

Went grand-daughters’ Alabama highschool football game Friday night. The visiting “Christian Academy” band played a tribute to rock—and the lead song was Fortunate Son. We got us a subversive, here.

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TedStriker  Oct 1, 2017 • 5:18:45pm

re: #193 BeachDem

Plus, isn’t it usually the trophy winner who dedicates it, not the bloated pig who presents it?

You know the answer to this one; Trump always has to be the center of attention.

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Barefoot Grin  Oct 1, 2017 • 5:20:08pm

re: #195 Eventual Carrion

I started playing guitar about a year after graduating from high school. From 3rd grade on I had been in band (clarinet, sax, then on to French horn, trumpet, flugelhorn). I wanted to sing and just couldn’t figure a way to do it while playing trumpet :-), so guitar it was as accompaniment.

Yes. This son is a pretty good clarinetist, but it’s kind of boring playing single-note melodies of your favorite pop songs. He’s intrigued by arpeggios and chords, I think.

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Eventual Carrion  Oct 1, 2017 • 5:21:07pm

re: #190 petesh

To be fair, Richard Thompson did get some great folk-rock accordion playing out of John Kirkpatrick

Zydeco music is a great style for accordion.

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dangerman  Oct 1, 2017 • 5:22:07pm

re: #149 Stanley Sea

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so this family of lynxes walk into a bar
the big one says “we each want a………..beer”
the bartender says “why the big pause?”

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FormerDirtDart  Oct 1, 2017 • 5:23:53pm

re: #191 Charles Johnson

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Decatur Deb  Oct 1, 2017 • 5:25:38pm

re: #200 dangerman

so this family of lynxes walk into a bar
the big one says “we each want a………..beer”
the bartender says “why the big pause?”

Grandson1 (first grade) created his first pun this weekend. He warped “irritating” into “ear-itating”. Son1’s reaction: “It begins”.

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EPR-radar  Oct 1, 2017 • 5:25:53pm

re: #192 BeachDem

Then it really ramped up with “boot in the ass” Toby Keith and his fight with the Dixie Chicks and their shunning by the country music industry for daring to have an opinion.
(I always find it ironic that “Travelin’ Soldier,” about a Vietnam soldier, was their #1 hit before the shit hit the fan.) And it was Freepers who led the charge on the Dixie Chicks boycott

I’ve been saying for some time that the Right Wing Noise machine exists to foster willful stupidity, and hate in the US population.

I just realized that insanity can be added to that list. Keeping people fearful, angry, agitated and outraged 24/7 will literally destroy their minds in some cases.

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Barefoot Grin  Oct 1, 2017 • 5:26:01pm

re: #200 dangerman

so this family of lynxes walk into a bar
the big one says “we each want a………..beer”
the bartender says “why the big pause?”

Guidance counsellor is about to ask teenage lynx about college plans, notices ear hair, and says, “let me guess, Tufts.”

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jaunte  Oct 1, 2017 • 5:29:40pm
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jaunte  Oct 1, 2017 • 5:30:03pm
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Barefoot Grin  Oct 1, 2017 • 5:31:03pm

re: #206 jaunte

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Beatles albums—steam rollers.

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TedStriker  Oct 1, 2017 • 5:31:50pm

re: #206 jaunte

“Dance for me, boy, dance!”

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jaunte  Oct 1, 2017 • 5:31:56pm

They should offer to stand after all the gear is burned.

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jaunte  Oct 1, 2017 • 5:32:38pm

“Bring out your fetish objects!”

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jaunte  Oct 1, 2017 • 5:33:16pm

I have a Houston Oilers highball glass.

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ObserverArt  Oct 1, 2017 • 5:33:38pm

re: #207 Barefoot Grin

Beatles albums—steam rollers.

Trump is bigger than God.

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Decatur Deb  Oct 1, 2017 • 5:34:46pm

re: #212 ObserverArt

Trump is bigger than God.

No, that’s John Lennon. Easy mistake.

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Barefoot Grin  Oct 1, 2017 • 5:34:54pm

re: #212 ObserverArt

Trump is bigger than God.

Trump-supporting Christians would have crucified Jesus.

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Decatur Deb  Oct 1, 2017 • 5:35:10pm
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jaunte  Oct 1, 2017 • 5:36:10pm

re: #214 Barefoot Grin

“Salute the Eagle of the Legion or be crucified!”

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ObserverArt  Oct 1, 2017 • 5:36:42pm

re: #213 Decatur Deb

No, that’s John Lennon. Easy mistake.

I thought Trump might entertain saying it like Lennon did.

In a way it is like “I could go out on Fifth Avenue and Shoot Someone.”

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Barefoot Grin  Oct 1, 2017 • 5:37:05pm

re: #215 Decatur Deb

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Video

Whoa. Hadn’t heard this before. Thanks!

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BigPapa  Oct 1, 2017 • 5:37:09pm

re: #211 jaunte

I have a Houston Oilers highball glass.

Thermite works for that. So I’ve heard…

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Decatur Deb  Oct 1, 2017 • 5:37:51pm

re: #218 Barefoot Grin

Whoa. Hadn’t heard this before. Thanks!

Bob Dylan’s response to ‘Norwegian Wood” - 4th time around (live)

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FormerDirtDart  Oct 1, 2017 • 5:38:56pm
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petesh  Oct 1, 2017 • 5:40:47pm

re: #199 Eventual Carrion

Zydeco music is a great style for accordion.

True dat. I am actually echoing the (sarcastic) views of Morris dancers of my former acquaintance. The accordion player caught all the shit.

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jaunte  Oct 1, 2017 • 5:42:15pm

Via The White House Press Pool as provided to PoliticusUSA,
Trump said, “On behalf of all of the people of Texas, and… if you look today and you see what’s happening, how horrible it is but we have it under really great control, Puerto Rico. And the people of Florida who have really suffered over this last period of time with the hurricanes. I want to just remember them, and we’re going to dedicate this trophy to all those people who went through so much, that we love, that are part of our great state, really a part of our great nation.”

Reporters heard someone yell from the crowd, “You don’t give a shit about Puerto Rico!”
politicususa.com

A three-fer dedication of one trophy. How economical.

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Decatur Deb  Oct 1, 2017 • 5:42:37pm

re: #222 petesh

True dat. I am actually echoing the (sarcastic) views of Morris dancers of my former acquaintance. The accordion player caught all the shit.

Movie that no one sees that everyone should see:

imdb.com

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Quoth the raven, Covfefe.  Oct 1, 2017 • 5:43:02pm

Evening Lizardim.

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BeachDem  Oct 1, 2017 • 5:44:50pm

re: #203 EPR-radar

I’ve been saying for some time that the Right Wing Noise machine exists to foster willful stupidity, and hate in the US population.

I just realized that insanity can be added to that list. Keeping people fearful, angry, agitated and outraged 24/7 will literally destroy their minds in some cases.

And while we’ve currently been talking about the horror of what Sinclair is doing to TV local news, remember back when the Dixie Chicks were the object of scorn:

One of the most striking (pro-war events) took place after Natalie Maines, lead singer for the Dixie Chicks, criticized President Bush: a crowd gathered in Louisiana to watch a 33,000-pound tractor smash a collection of Dixie Chicks CD’s, tapes and other paraphernalia… (my note: This was a Cumulus radio station event.)

Who has been organizing those pro-war rallies? The answer, it turns out, is that they are being promoted by key players in the radio industry — with close links to the Bush administration…

Most of the pro-war demonstrations around the country have, however, been organized by stations owned by Clear Channel Communications, a behemoth based in San Antonio that controls more than 1,200 stations and increasingly dominates the airwaves.

nytimes.com

And an article about the congressional hearings on radio consolidation included:

At times likening the embargo to Nazi book-burnings and McCarthy-era blacklists, lawmakers said Cumulus’ action illustrated the potential danger of allowing corporations to amass nationwide broadcasting networks.
articles.latimes.com

We are so fucked.

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ObserverArt  Oct 1, 2017 • 5:45:50pm

re: #225 Quoth the raven, Covfefe.

Evening Lizardim.

Have you done your Duty to President Trump and saluted the flag and sang the National Anthem yet today?

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Stanley Sea  Oct 1, 2017 • 5:46:46pm

re: #223 jaunte

Someone took his phone away or something is happening.

Surprised no new tweets since then.

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Patricia Kayden  Oct 1, 2017 • 5:46:47pm

re: #221 FormerDirtDart

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Good on the Simpsons. I forgot that it’s still running.

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Quoth the raven, Covfefe.  Oct 1, 2017 • 5:47:14pm

re: #227 ObserverArt

Have you done your Duty to President Trump and saluted the flag and sang the National Anthem yet today?

No, but I did my duty to my country by kneeling facing Washington D.C. and saluting with an upraised middle finger.

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jaunte  Oct 1, 2017 • 5:47:18pm

re: #227 ObserverArt

I shot the bird at a confederate flag flying outside Cat Springs, TX.

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Decatur Deb  Oct 1, 2017 • 5:47:51pm

re: #227 ObserverArt

Have you done your Duty to President Trump and saluted the flag and sang the National Anthem yet today?

I donated to help stop the heartbreak of bone spurs.

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Patricia Kayden  Oct 1, 2017 • 5:50:20pm

re: #206 jaunte

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That’s okay. In their good old days, they used to burn Black people. They can go to hell for all I care. Good on the athletes for protesting. That’s the least they can do.

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nowherenorth2  Oct 1, 2017 • 5:51:22pm

re: #231 jaunte

I do it to the crazy man who has it in his front yard on my way to one of the towns I work in. He had that flag,and home made signs talking about patriotism, loving the country, Hillary foe prison, death to Obama and governor Cuomo, and support the nra.

Mind you the other side is the st.Lawrence river, and a clear view of Canada…

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jaunte  Oct 1, 2017 • 5:51:22pm

re: #233 Patricia Kayden

I encourage them to burn all the gear they’ve got, buy some more and burn that too.

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meteor  Oct 1, 2017 • 5:52:25pm

re: #231 jaunte

There’s one flown by a guy who lives a couple blocks from my house. I flip it off every time I go past it.

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Ace Rothstein  Oct 1, 2017 • 5:53:17pm

re: #227 ObserverArt

Have you done your Duty to President Trump and saluted the flag and sang the National Anthem yet today?

I wiped my ass with toilet paper with Trump’s face on it, does that count?

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BeachDem  Oct 1, 2017 • 5:53:58pm

Programming note—the new “Curb Your Enthusiasm” starts tonight at ten. I need some Larry David (and then some John Oliver) to keep my head from exploding.

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ObserverArt  Oct 1, 2017 • 5:55:54pm

re: #237 Ace Rothstein

I wiped my ass with toilet paper with Trump’s face on it, does tha count?

Dutiful.

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PhillyPretzel  Oct 1, 2017 • 5:56:41pm

Season 3 of Poldark starts at 9:00 PM.
littlegreenfootballs.com
pbs.org

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Stanley Sea  Oct 1, 2017 • 5:56:55pm

re: #238 BeachDem

Programming note—the new “Curb Your Enthusiasm” starts tonight at ten. I need some Larry David (and then some John Oliver) to keep my head from exploding.

I’m ready for the always cheerful Fear TWD

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Belafon  Oct 1, 2017 • 5:57:18pm

re: #229 Patricia Kayden

Good on the Simpsons. I forgot that it’s still running.

They did a medieval episode, with some good pokes at religion, Chronicles of Narnia, and The Hobbit.

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Patricia Kayden  Oct 1, 2017 • 5:57:20pm

re: #187 lawhawk

The right wing keeps wanting people to think that Trump has some grand strategy. That he’s playing madman or that he’s playing crazy so as to extract concessions or some other nonsense.

Reality is that there’s no strategy. There’s not even strategery. Trump is entirely reactionary. And doesn’t know what he’s doing.

Trump advisers aren’t any better. Heck, Trump’s State Dept thinks that they can somehow keep North Korea from going nuclear (they’ve been nuclear since 2006).

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This administration’s lack of basic facts is scary. It’s almost as if they don’t care about the truth unless it suits their purposes.

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jaunte  Oct 1, 2017 • 5:58:05pm
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Patricia Kayden  Oct 1, 2017 • 5:59:59pm

re: #238 BeachDem

Programming note—the new “Curb Your Enthusiasm” starts tonight at ten. I need some Larry David (and then some John Oliver) to keep my head from exploding.

Yes!!!

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gocart mozart  Oct 1, 2017 • 6:02:02pm

re: #237 Ace Rothstein

I wiped my ass with toilet paper with Trump’s face on it, does that count?

You sir are a patriotic god.

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TedStriker  Oct 1, 2017 • 6:03:24pm

re: #239 ObserverArt

DutiDoodyful.

FTFY…

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ObserverArt  Oct 1, 2017 • 6:06:06pm

re: #244 jaunte

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Every sports and entertainment event opens with a 15 minute address from Our Making America Great Leader Donald J. Trump. Then 15 minutes of his cabinet members and military leaders telling America of their own experiences with Trump Making America Great.

That is in addition to the mandatory Making America Great Leader Donald J. Trump half-hour nightly rundowns of All He Did That Day Making America Great at 8:00 PM Eastern that must be shown on all forms of media.

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scottslemmons  Oct 1, 2017 • 6:07:57pm

re: #248 ObserverArt

Every sports and entertainment event opens with a 15 minute address from Our Making America Great Leader Donald J. Trump. Then 15 minutes of his cabinet members and military leaders telling America of their own experiences with Trump Making America Great.

That is in addition to the mandatory Making America Great Leader Donald J. Trump half-hour nightly rundowns of All He Did That Day Making America Great at 8:00 PM Eastern that must be shown on all forms of media.

“NCIS: Donald Trump”

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FormerDirtDart  Oct 1, 2017 • 6:08:35pm

re: #227 ObserverArt

Have you done your Duty to President Trump and saluted the flag and sang the National Anthem yet today?

I have done my dooty today, to honor President Trump

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Aucun pays pour les vieux ennemis  Oct 1, 2017 • 6:10:33pm

re: #212 ObserverArt

Trump is bigger than God.

Because God only has one scoop of Ice Cream with dinner.

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wheat-dogg  Oct 1, 2017 • 6:13:15pm

re: #251 Aucun pays pour les vieux ennemis

Because God only has one scoop of Ice Cream with dinner.

After he ate the meat loaf.

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teleskiguy  Oct 1, 2017 • 6:17:01pm
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Backwoods_Sleuth  Oct 1, 2017 • 6:17:16pm

re: #205 jaunte

re: #206 jaunte

They just want their 15 minutes of supposed fame in the lamestream media.

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Eventual Carrion  Oct 1, 2017 • 6:18:49pm

re: #244 jaunte

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2 minutes of hate should suffice.

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Aucun pays pour les vieux ennemis  Oct 1, 2017 • 6:19:02pm

re: #253 teleskiguy

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FormerDirtDart  Oct 1, 2017 • 6:20:41pm

Another addition in the long running series: It’s not a bug, it’s a feature

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FormerDirtDart  Oct 1, 2017 • 6:22:25pm

Thanks Obama

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teleskiguy  Oct 1, 2017 • 6:22:34pm
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Eventual Carrion  Oct 1, 2017 • 6:25:43pm

re: #259 teleskiguy

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Fuck twitter

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Targetpractice  Oct 1, 2017 • 6:28:35pm

re: #257 FormerDirtDart

Another addition in the long running series: It’s not a bug, it’s a feature

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Of course. Employers looked at the “tax reform” and declared “You got your pay raise from Uncle Sam, so be happy you still got a job!”

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Charles Johnson  Oct 1, 2017 • 6:31:16pm
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teleskiguy  Oct 1, 2017 • 6:32:05pm
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electrotek  Oct 1, 2017 • 6:37:20pm
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Charles Johnson  Oct 1, 2017 • 6:46:13pm
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Hecuba's daughter  Oct 1, 2017 • 6:47:22pm

re: #65 Dr Lizardo

Looks like things might be getting hot in Spain, and I ain’t talking about the weather. Catalonia is on the brink of a unilateral declaration of independence, something Spain absolutely rejects.

So now it comes down to a high-stakes game of chicken between the Madrid government and the Catalan separatist government. What will Madrid do? Arrest the Catalan separatist government? Such a move would provoke massive civil unrest - that in turn could lead the central government to dissolve the Catalan government completely and send in the military to restore order, which would (presumably) be met with even more civil unrest.

Interesting times, indeed.

Is the Catalan Independence movement a truly independent attempt or are Russian bots fueling that too?

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austin_blue  Oct 1, 2017 • 6:47:28pm

Hey, BWS, banjo ownership has its perks. You can throw one on the dashboard at the mall and park in the Handicap Spaces.

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gwangung  Oct 1, 2017 • 6:48:19pm

re: #266 Hecuba’s daughter

Is the Catalan Independence movement a truly independent attempt or are Russian bots fueling that too?

Could be both.

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Blind Frog Belly White  Oct 1, 2017 • 6:49:31pm

re: #266 Hecuba’s daughter

Is the Catalan Independence movement a truly independent attempt or are Russian bots fueling that too?

False dichotomy. From what I heard most Catalans were against, till Madrid started being dicks about it, plus Russia feeding the division the way they did here.

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The Ghost of a Flea  Oct 1, 2017 • 6:50:37pm

re: #266 Hecuba’s daughter

Is the Catalan Independence movement a truly independent attempt or are Russian bots fueling that too?

Door #3:

Catalonia’s the wealthy region of a largely impoverished Spain, and leaving is being pushed by a local government that’s know for corruption and a minority (about 40%) that likes the idea of leaving Spain and keeping their money.

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Charles Johnson  Oct 1, 2017 • 6:51:31pm

Pamela Geller has a verified checkmark on Twitter.

Pamela Geller.

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Charles Johnson  Oct 1, 2017 • 6:52:42pm
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Decatur Deb  Oct 1, 2017 • 6:52:58pm

re: #271 Charles Johnson

Pamela Geller has a verified checkmark on Twitter.

Pamela Geller.

Well, that just goes to show how unfair it is to deprive CCJ.

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electrotek  Oct 1, 2017 • 6:55:50pm

re: #271 Charles Johnson

Pamela Geller has a verified checkmark on Twitter.

Pamela Geller.

And on Facebook too.

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The Vicious Babushka  Oct 1, 2017 • 7:01:51pm

re: #271 Charles Johnson

Pamela Geller has a verified checkmark on Twitter.

Pamela Geller.

Does she get 280 chars?

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Blind Frog Belly White  Oct 1, 2017 • 7:02:59pm

To the tune of ‘My Bologna Has A First Name’

Facebook has a problem, with N-A-Z-I-S.
And Twitter has a problem, with N-A-Z-I-S.
Oh, I get disgusted every day,
And if you ask me why I’ll say,
Cause Twitter and Facebook are okay with Nazis in the USA.

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Belafon  Oct 1, 2017 • 7:08:58pm

re: #276 Blind Frog Belly White

Though I broke into Miley Cyrus on the last line.

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Charles Johnson  Oct 1, 2017 • 7:10:28pm
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Stanley Sea  Oct 1, 2017 • 7:13:27pm

re: #274 electrotek

And on Facebook too.

She is who she is. The verified only confirms identity.

Now, 280 characters? That’s selective & open to denouncement.

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Charles Johnson  Oct 1, 2017 • 7:14:22pm
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Charles Johnson  Oct 1, 2017 • 7:17:26pm
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retired cynic  Oct 1, 2017 • 7:19:17pm

re: #281 Charles Johnson

TWO of them??? One was a lot more than enough.

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Joe Bacon 🌹  Oct 1, 2017 • 7:21:04pm

re: #281 Charles Johnson

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Well this sure isn’t a case of Double the Pleasure…

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scottslemmons  Oct 1, 2017 • 7:21:24pm

re: #282 retired cynic

TWO of them??? One was a lot more than enough.

They had to split the IQ between the two of them.

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teleskiguy  Oct 1, 2017 • 7:23:23pm

Freudian slip! Wonder how long this will stay up.

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Charles Johnson  Oct 1, 2017 • 7:24:11pm
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Charles Johnson  Oct 1, 2017 • 7:27:26pm
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Blind Frog Belly White  Oct 1, 2017 • 7:28:41pm

re: #287 Charles Johnson

Claims of LGF’s irrelevancy in 3…2…1….

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majii  Oct 1, 2017 • 7:29:35pm

re: #86 Stanley Sea

“What a waste that $ was on fucking Don King.”

As a Black American, what pisses me off to no end is the simplistic view many like Trump has of us. I’m offended that they seem to think I’ll vote for a politician who is supported by someone else simply because that suggestion is given by someone who is black. I think Carson, West, Elder, Alveda King [my own cousin,] Manigault, Silk and her sidekick, and the other high-profile black Trump supporters are not only idiots, they’re self-absorbed, attention-seeking d*cks who are looking to others they perceive as being better than themselves for validation. GOPers love to say that blacks who vote for Democrats are on the “Democrat Plantation,” but the truth is that it is the GOP that has a real plantation for blacks who are members of their party.

How do I know this? Because as soon as one of “their blacks” doesn’t toe the GOP line, they get attacked and denigrated, and called a n*99*r. It was only after the RNC turned against Michael Steele that he suddenly remembered that life is harder for black males in “these United States.” He was perfectly comfortable carrying their piss as long as he was one of their top tools, but when that changed, he was all about “Feel sorry for me. Look at what des white folks are doing to me. Look at how unfair they’re being to little ole me.” I heard what he was saying and understood what he was saying, but I had not one bit of sympathy for him because he not only had none for Persons of Color, he had none of Muslims, LGBTQ Americans, none for a woman’s right to make her own decisions about her body, the poor, and no concern about the welfare of many other American citizens.

Steele kicked us in the *ss when he had the power to do so, and when he began to complain, I kicked his in return by dismissing his concerns the same way he had dismissed the concerns of his fellow Americans. I’m not usually a vindictive person, but I can be very vindictive when I need to be. When it comes to Steele and the other black suck-ups in the GOP, I can be very vindictive when GOPers turn on them, and I don’t regret it because they know right from wrong and make a conscious choice to do the wrong thing.

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Charles Johnson  Oct 1, 2017 • 7:32:06pm

Chuck C. Johnson may have been suspended from Facebook again. Developing…

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wheat-dogg  Oct 1, 2017 • 7:35:06pm

re: #289 majii

Diamond and Silk are paid promoters of Trump.They’re in it solely for the money, and 50Cent did the right thing to turn down Trump’s dirty money.

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Blind Frog Belly White  Oct 1, 2017 • 7:40:33pm

re: #289 majii

You know, I gotta wonder whether Trump ever REALLY thought he could win over blacks, or maybe the small number of black people he manages to bring into his orbit are REALLY there to allow whites to support him without feeling racist - “Look! These black people support him! Therefore he CAN’T be racist!”

It’s “Some of my best friends are black” writ large.

None of his “appeals” to blacks are really anything but appealing to the stereotypes of his base - all blacks live in the ghetto, you get shot going out for a loaf of bread, you have no jobs, etc. His base really believes the “Democrat Plantation” stuff, and are totally incapable of seeing the deep, DEEP racism inherent in it.

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Interesting Times  Oct 1, 2017 • 7:42:47pm

I realize many people here have issues with Michael Moore, but I’m finding it difficult to find any issues with this list - any reason (besides self-destructive greed, incompetence and lack of political will/conscience) this couldn’t be done?

Facebook Post

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Shiplord Kirel, live from behind wingnut lines  Oct 1, 2017 • 7:44:06pm

More old time antifascism

Facebook Post

From “The Streamline Moderne Era: LA in the 1930s and 40s.” If you’re wondering what connection this has to streamline moderne in LA, well, P-51s were built in LA (Inglewood) and they were about as “streamline” as you could get.

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Stanley Sea  Oct 1, 2017 • 7:49:11pm

re: #289 majii

+++++++++++++++++++++++++++

Thank you majii.

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whitebeach  Oct 1, 2017 • 7:55:15pm

This thing about Jim Hoft having an identical twin is disturbing to say the least. Sort of like hearing the same about Sean Hannity or David Duke or Charles Manson.

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Belafon  Oct 1, 2017 • 7:55:32pm
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Unshaken Defiance  Oct 1, 2017 • 7:57:00pm

This is Russia. Not helping. Gosh sure might be nice if we actually had some leverage against them now don’t ya think?

Russia Provides New Internet Connection to North Korea

BY: MARTYN WILLIAMS
OCTOBER 1, 2017FOREIGN AFFAIRS

A major Russian telecommunications company appears to have begun providing an Internet connection to North Korea. The new link supplements one from China and will provide back-up to Pyongyang at a time the US government is reportedly attacking its Internet infrastructure and pressuring China to end all business with North Korea.

The connection, from TransTeleCom, began appearing in Internet routing databases at 09:08 UTC on Sunday, or around 17:38 Pyongyang time on Sunday evening. Internet routing databases map the thousands of connections between telecom providers and enable computers to figure out the best route to a destination.

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Joe Bacon 🌹  Oct 1, 2017 • 7:57:59pm

Time to cheer up everyone with a pic of the famous French Roast Chicken served at Taix in Los Angeles

Best Roast Chicken In The World!
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No Depression  Oct 1, 2017 • 7:58:20pm

re: #296 whitebeach

This thing about Jim Hoft having an identical twin is disturbing to say the least. Sort of like hearing the same about Sean Hannity or David Duke or Charles Manson.

So…which one’s the evil one?

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Joe Bacon 🌹  Oct 1, 2017 • 7:59:17pm

Chashu Egg Foo Yung served at Paul’s Kitchen in Los Angeles

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ipsos  Oct 1, 2017 • 8:00:16pm

re: #300 No Depression

So…which one’s the evil one?

Yes.

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whitebeach  Oct 1, 2017 • 8:00:49pm

re: #300 No Depression

So…which one’s the evil one?

All of them, Katie.

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Stanley Sea  Oct 1, 2017 • 8:00:53pm

re: #293 Interesting Times

I realize many people here have issues with Michael Moore, but I’m finding it difficult to find any issues with this list - any reason (besides self-destructive greed, incompetence and lack of political will/conscience) this couldn’t be done?

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Yes. They could call them all up & we’d show the world (nationalistic spice ya’ll) how fucking great we are.

I agree 100% with Michael Moore today.

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Joe Bacon 🌹  Oct 1, 2017 • 8:01:05pm

re: #300 No Depression

So…which one’s the evil one?

Both.

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BigPapa  Oct 1, 2017 • 8:01:15pm

re: #301 Joe Bacon 🌹

My wife loves her some egg foo yung. More than a dozen roses.

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BigPapa  Oct 1, 2017 • 8:02:14pm

That this is sustained is amazing.

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JordanRules  Oct 1, 2017 • 8:03:07pm
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Joe Bacon 🌹  Oct 1, 2017 • 8:03:11pm

re: #306 BigPapa

My wife loves her some egg foo yung. More than a dozen roses.

I used to go to Paul’s once a week for Chashu (BBQ Pork) Egg Foo Yung until I was diagnosed with Type 2. Now all I can do is look at that heavenly dish!

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BigPapa  Oct 1, 2017 • 8:07:00pm

Looking forward to Curb Your Enthusiasm.

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Stanley Sea  Oct 1, 2017 • 8:07:58pm

re: #297 Belafon

yeah

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Stanley Sea  Oct 1, 2017 • 8:10:48pm

re: #299 Joe Bacon 🌹

Time to cheer up everyone with a pic of the famous French Roast Chicken served at Taix in Los Angeles

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New one. & this looks the best.

I look up every restaurant you post.

Always yum.

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Stanley Sea  Oct 1, 2017 • 8:15:43pm

re: #301 Joe Bacon 🌹

Chashu Egg Foo Yung served at Paul’s Kitchen in Los Angeles

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I’m only up to coq au vin with Taix!!! Whoa.

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makeitstop  Oct 1, 2017 • 8:20:14pm

re: #307 BigPapa

That this is sustained is amazing.

Well. That should make a few heads explode.

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BigPapa  Oct 1, 2017 • 8:20:24pm

Not a sports fan but grew up in Bay Area. Lots of Raider and 49er fans on my FB feed. Lots of wypipos making comments about football and standing.

I would eat a whole pineapple pizza for the hell of it if the Raiders picked up Kaepernick. In between bouts of maniacal laughing, of course.

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Belafon  Oct 1, 2017 • 8:26:42pm

re: #307 BigPapa

That this is sustained is amazing.

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There doesn’t seem to be any context for this. I can’t find anything out about it, though I haven’t done a google image search.

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VegasGolfer  Oct 1, 2017 • 8:27:21pm

re: #307 BigPapa

That this is sustained is amazing.

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I cant wait till people start bashing these disrespectful football players (who are the military)

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Stanley Sea  Oct 1, 2017 • 8:31:31pm

ICYMI must watch all

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jaunte  Oct 1, 2017 • 8:31:51pm

re: #307 BigPapa

Maybe some people will start taking it seriously if they see future officers participating.
No, what am I thinking?

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klys (maker of Silmarils)  Oct 1, 2017 • 8:35:02pm

re: #316 Belafon

There doesn’t seem to be any context for this. I can’t find anything out about it, though I haven’t done a google image search.

Some time with Google tells me the colors aren’t correct for Army. In the reply thread the poster says they saw it elsewhere and reposted it and later corrected it to Navy versus Tulsa. The uniforms match up for that to be Navy and they did play yesterday but there is no mention in game recaps of any kneeling during the anthem.

My guess is it’s out of context and not what the tweeter is claiming.

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jaunte  Oct 1, 2017 • 8:35:18pm
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JordanRules  Oct 1, 2017 • 8:35:28pm

re: #315 BigPapa

I love the Bay so much!

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Kragar  Oct 1, 2017 • 8:36:41pm
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Stanley Sea  Oct 1, 2017 • 8:48:33pm

re: #307 BigPapa

That this is sustained is amazing.

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“this page doesn’t exist” ???

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klys (maker of Silmarils)  Oct 1, 2017 • 8:50:21pm

re: #324 Stanley Sea

“this page doesn’t exist” ???

Tweet probably got deleted because it was inaccurate info, see my comment at #320.

Deleting the tweet is the responsible thing to do in that situation versus letting people continue to spread inaccurate info.

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Stanley Sea  Oct 1, 2017 • 8:52:26pm

re: #321 jaunte

OMG. I went to the fox twitter site to see that tweet.

Go to their site & scroll through.

We’re pretty fucked if the #’s of people who worship them is correct.

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Kragar  Oct 1, 2017 • 8:56:46pm
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teleskiguy  Oct 1, 2017 • 9:08:17pm
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whitebeach  Oct 1, 2017 • 9:10:00pm

re: #307 BigPapa

That this is sustained is amazing.

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I updinged you on this, but I shouldn’t have been so hasty. First, I haven’t found any evidence that this is Army. Second, it may possibly be from Navy vs. Tulsa this weekend (Tulsa is the Golden Hurricane, which appears to be what the end zone letters are spelling). Third, there is no evidence that the team shown is kneeling during or with any other regard to the national anthem. Fourth, the image looks a little shoppy to me.

IOW, let’s not be tossing up unverified Net garbage like common Hofts or Hannitys, or for that matter Russians.

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Charles Johnson  Oct 1, 2017 • 9:14:18pm
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Charles Johnson  Oct 1, 2017 • 9:14:54pm

Joe Hoft really is every bit as dense as his brother.

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Eclectic Cyborg  Oct 1, 2017 • 9:14:56pm

re: #328 teleskiguy

At first I thought that was a dinosaur bone.

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Joe Bacon 🌹  Oct 1, 2017 • 9:15:48pm

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klys (maker of Silmarils)  Oct 1, 2017 • 9:16:09pm

It’s quiet and Sunday night and so I will go OT.

During a normal week I am just like “eat whatever and run the next morning with no issues” but of course there are races coming up this weekend and after a bad decision on Friday involving Mexican and margaritas (which are normally fine but maybe not race day prep twice in a row now…) I’m being all paranoid. Sucks for meal planning.

On the bright side, I smashed my previous record for a 10k this weekend. (Course was a little short, so it sounds a lot better than it is, but still was really good.) Just under an hour. I might almost be a real runner now. ;)

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Charles Johnson  Oct 1, 2017 • 9:17:16pm
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teleskiguy  Oct 1, 2017 • 9:17:48pm

re: #330 Charles Johnson

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Kragar  Oct 1, 2017 • 9:18:56pm

re: #331 Charles Johnson

They must share a brain

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Belafon  Oct 1, 2017 • 9:20:35pm

re: #327 Kragar

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teleskiguy  Oct 1, 2017 • 9:20:57pm

That is some serious grade-A derp. By golly! Genetics are incredible.

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Stanley Sea  Oct 1, 2017 • 9:21:21pm
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jaunte  Oct 1, 2017 • 9:21:45pm

re: #338 Belafon

“Men fought, bled, and died so that these millionaires could appear on television and play a silly little game.”

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Belafon  Oct 1, 2017 • 9:25:33pm

re: #327 Kragar

Actually, I wish I had been this clever:

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whitebeach  Oct 1, 2017 • 9:28:15pm

re: #337 Kragar

They must share a brain

Possibly so-called Siamese twins (sorry, don’t know the proper medical term) separated postnatally by the genius Ben Carson, but with unfortunate results?

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Stanley Sea  Oct 1, 2017 • 9:33:16pm

re: #328 teleskiguy

gzQ/PPEyW526zQXxHnHk7aBGeTcxk3H5F+kd752qcUKKBgtNVc6/6qfTZu4FyiN+4sTxIw7QVXYU4jzF3Ydu9i1M8BbRVq4rAs7H45mKJjrbsiEoTVTqv+1JVk0mfGkzxCW6O5+vlSKKw3mRYcvEzcfXwNrbuFALXn7xJxtaBQ4Bpbiv0G/MQwjZ17zeMG9w/LFldYYoXAhzKYsjPnrAPpQ4mMZH/iq8p6aFGinfsPwY07l2ojaWrZxcZn7CcDnKX+AasKVt3eB8tqXY3hHrfg==

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I cannot.  Oct 1, 2017 • 9:40:14pm

re: #337 Kragar

Objection! Assumes mass of neurons not in evidence!

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A hollow voice says, Covfefe.  Oct 1, 2017 • 9:43:47pm

re: #343 whitebeach

Possibly so-called Siamese twins (sorry, don’t know the proper medical term) separated postnatally by the genius Ben Carson, but with unfortunate results?

Conjoined twins these days.

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Belafon  Oct 1, 2017 • 9:45:56pm

re: #337 Kragar

I once played a character in a rollplaying game that could at any time split into a four member boy band. The collective intelligence of the group was the same as the original character, and he wasn’t very smart to begin with.

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W of O. The Time Zone Warrior.  Oct 2, 2017 • 11:15:35am

Bit ominous song given the news…


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