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The Bob Cesca Show: Rhinestone Cowboy

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Today’s program from our podcasting affiliate, The Bob Cesca Show:

Rhinestone Cowboy: Not Safe For Work; Jody Hamilton from The Stephanie Miller Show is here today; Senate candidate Roy Moore accused of sexually propositioning underage girls; Trump and the Post Scandal Era; Congressional GOP trying to wiggle away from Moore; Election Day and the Huge Democratic Sweep; Women candidates emerging in force; More Republicans should embrace Trump; Trump’s tweet about Roy Moore; Russian trolls on Twitter; Trump was offered five Russian hookers; InfoWars published thousands of Russian propaganda articles; and much more.

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teleskiguy Nov 9, 2017 • 3:42:07pm

I don’t blame China, I blame the incompetence of past Admins for allowing China to take advantage of the U.S. on trade leading up to a point where the U.S. is losing $100’s of billions. How can you blame China for taking advantage of people that had no clue? I would’ve done same!

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) November 9, 2017

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Charles Johnson Nov 9, 2017 • 3:45:01pm

I don’t blame China, I blame the incompetence of past Admins for allowing China to take advantage of the U.S. on trade leading up to a point where the U.S. is losing $100’s of billions. How can you blame China for taking advantage of people that had no clue? I would’ve done same!

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) November 9, 2017

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How wonderful to have a president who boasts about screwing people over. https://t.co/RNxXij6L8Y

— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) November 9, 2017

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alloutofcrazyhere Nov 9, 2017 • 3:45:09pm

re: #1 teleskiguy

I don’t think he realizes what he just said.

Shorter version:

I am a sociopath.

Dr. Matt Nov 9, 2017 • 3:46:19pm

Steve Bannon: “A vote for Roy Moore is a vote for Donald J. Trump.”

This aged well. pic.twitter.com/o5tKn8rOa1

— Dr. Matt (@DrMatthew) November 9, 2017

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Skip Intro Nov 9, 2017 • 3:46:27pm

re: #3 alloutofcrazyhere

Sure he does, and he knows his supporters agree with him.

alloutofcrazyhere Nov 9, 2017 • 3:46:58pm

Then again, maybe he does.

I love the uneducated!

Charles Johnson Nov 9, 2017 • 3:48:36pm

You gotta love this, though: once again, Trump makes his apologist cronies look like idiots. pic.twitter.com/Ls0BIcJF23

— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) November 9, 2017

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Skip Intro Nov 9, 2017 • 3:49:14pm

What he didn’t say is that with his great friends in China together they’re going to screw the rest of the world out of trillions of dollars, the US included.

makeitstop Nov 9, 2017 • 3:49:14pm

re: #1 teleskiguy

How can you blame China for taking advantage of people that had no clue?

That’s exactly my thought when I think of Trump in trade negotiations with China.

Shiplord Kirel, live from behind wingnut lines Nov 9, 2017 • 3:50:16pm

Patricia Kayden Nov 9, 2017 • 3:52:42pm

re: #1 teleskiguy

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LOL! Now does that sound like someone who has the interests of the United States at heart? Or does it sound like a grifter who identifies with other grifters, including foreign countries which take advantage of our trade deficits? What an egomaniac.

Charles Johnson Nov 9, 2017 • 3:52:45pm

It is wrong. I say it’s wrong. It’s morally depraved. My question involves the law. .

— John Podhoretz (@jpodhoretz) November 9, 2017

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THEN ASK A FUCKING LAWYER, DUDE. PICK UP THE GODDAMNED PHONE. STOP ASKING WOMEN TO TALK ABOUT MASTURBATION WITH YOU. https://t.co/aNU207ZfCf

— andrea grimes (@andreagrimes) November 9, 2017

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Charles Johnson Nov 9, 2017 • 3:55:51pm

So revealing to see SO MANY Republicans and right wing pundits making excuses for Roy Moore sexually assaulting a 14-year old girl. This is who they are, and they can’t help showing it.

— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) November 9, 2017

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Ace Rothstein Nov 9, 2017 • 3:55:54pm

re: #1 teleskiguy

He did the same. Trump University as one of many examples.

Mike Lamb Nov 9, 2017 • 3:58:33pm

re: #12 Charles Johnson

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Podhoretz has never heard of indecent exposure?

Ace Rothstein Nov 9, 2017 • 4:01:09pm

Trade deficits are not a bad thing.

Quoth the raven, Covfefe. Nov 9, 2017 • 4:03:34pm

re: #13 Charles Johnson

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Good Christian Morals need only apply to their opponents. For the Good Guys (tm), their failings make them fallen heroes, needing love and redemption.

Joe Bacon 🌹 Nov 9, 2017 • 4:04:05pm

re: #15 Mike Lamb

Podhoretz has never heard of indecent exposure?

He couldn’t even get a date with a blow-up doll.

Interesting Times Nov 9, 2017 • 4:05:45pm

Pretty much… :/

This is how I read your reply, @TwitterSupport. pic.twitter.com/sAzhJ6dt6l

— A. Marmotry heckin really long name bc why not (@_Anunnery) November 9, 2017

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Blind Frog Belly White Nov 9, 2017 • 4:06:42pm

Not allowing same sex marriage is SO IMPORTANT that we’ll condone pedophilia to fight it!!

Dr. Matt Nov 9, 2017 • 4:06:56pm

A meaningful % of my party are insisting nothing is real in a carefully research story with four on the record statements from victims.

In related news, a meaningful % of my party believed Hillary Clinton was part of a child cannibalism and sex ring in a pizza restaurant .

— Rick Wilson (@TheRickWilson) November 9, 2017

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The Vicious Babushka Nov 9, 2017 • 4:07:32pm

@realDonaldTrump #ThursdayThoughts #TrumpRussiaCollusion #TrumpRussia pic.twitter.com/qQ46cyI180

— ❄️Random Girl ❄️ (@randomgirlx107) November 9, 2017

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Ace Rothstein Nov 9, 2017 • 4:12:21pm

For fuck’s sake, MOORE DID NOT DATE TEENAGE GIRLS. NO THIRTY-SOMETHING DATES TEENAGE GIRLS. TEENAGE BOYS DATE TEENAGE GIRLS.

Targetpractice Nov 9, 2017 • 4:12:43pm

re: #1 teleskiguy

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2016: “China screwing over America is wrong and if I’m elected, I’m gonna put a stop it!”

2017: “I applaud China for screwing over America, because it’s something I totally would have done!”

Skip Intro Nov 9, 2017 • 4:14:14pm

re: #21 Dr. Matt

And near 100% of your party refused to believe fourteen women who said Trump molested them , plus Trump himself. Your party is depraved.

Targetpractice Nov 9, 2017 • 4:15:32pm

The crowd that believes Bill Clinton is a “rapist” and believes there’s absolutely no way possible that Monica consented because Bill was president…want you believe that a 30+ yr old man was just “dating” women who were almost half his age. And that indecent exposure and corruption of a minor are not enough to disqualify someone from office.

Let’s get Dennis Hastert on the line, I’m sure he’s got an opinion to express on all this…

lawhawk Nov 9, 2017 • 4:18:05pm

Louis CK engaged in sex harassment or misconduct?
Roy Moore sexually assaulted minor(s)?

Investigate, prosecute, and convict.
What you don’t do is attack the victims.
See. This is easy. Zero tolerance. pic.twitter.com/FFWlgpxR16

— lawhawk (@lawhawk) November 10, 2017

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Aucun pays pour les vieux ennemis Nov 9, 2017 • 4:19:07pm

re: #25 Skip Intro

And near 100% of your party refused to believe fourteen women who said Trump molested them , plus Trump himself. Your party is depraved.

We’ve known the party is depraved since Trump won the primary. There’s no room for decent people in the GOP anymore.

— Jeff Furlington (@FurlingtonJeff) November 10, 2017

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Ace-o-aces Nov 9, 2017 • 4:19:55pm

I believe “taking advantage of people that had no clue” is the Trump family motto.

— aceoaces (@aceoaces) November 10, 2017

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lawhawk Nov 9, 2017 • 4:21:06pm

re: #26 Targetpractice

What’s the old saying about how the only way a GOPer gets in trouble is if they’re caught with an underage boy?

It looks like that’s playing out in real time. The GOP simply doesn’t give a shit that their leadership sexually assaults women, underage girls, etc. They elected a sex predator president and are looking the other way as they hope to elect a child molester to the US Senate.

And then they wonder why people don’t come forward with claims sooner.

The fact that a significant portion of the population excuses this behavior, condones it, or engages in it is why.

Dr. Matt Nov 9, 2017 • 4:24:25pm

FFS

Our children and grandchildren’s futures are on the line.

So rest assured — I will NEVER GIVE UP the fight! (4/4) #ALSen pic.twitter.com/QfN0GM7EMh

— Judge Roy Moore (@MooreSenate) November 9, 2017

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Roy Moore’s campaign twitter account just sent out a message about children and grandchildren. This should send shivers up and down everyone’s spines. https://t.co/NlYCnU4Hdm

— Dr. Matt (@DrMatthew) November 10, 2017

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bill d. (b.d.) Nov 9, 2017 • 4:24:28pm

Congratulations Roy Moore! We are thrilled you ran on the #MAGA agenda & we are for you!

— Mike Pence (@mike_pence) September 27, 2017

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Kragar Nov 9, 2017 • 4:26:52pm

I’m figuring at their current rate, Breitbart will be releasing an editorial called “If there is grass on the field…” sometime in the next 72 hours

— Kragar (@Kragar_LGF) November 10, 2017

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Charles Johnson Nov 9, 2017 • 4:27:36pm

Starting today, your Twitter display name can be up to 50 characters in length! Go ahead, add that middle name or even a few more emojis. https://t.co/QBxx9Hnn1j

— Twitter Support (@TwitterSupport) November 10, 2017

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EVERYONE to Twitter: Please, please, PLEASE do something about harassment and Nazis running wild!

TWITTER: Now you have 50-character usernames!

EVERYONE: ungh.

— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) November 10, 2017

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Quoth the raven, Covfefe. Nov 9, 2017 • 4:28:34pm

re: #23 Ace Rothstein

For fuck’s sake, MOORE DID NOT DATE TEENAGE GIRLS. NO THIRTY-SOMETHING DATES TEENAGE GIRLS. TEENAGE BOYS DATE TEENAGE GIRLS.

30-something pedophiles stalk teenage girls. Not dating. Not no way, not no how.

Aucun pays pour les vieux ennemis Nov 9, 2017 • 4:28:55pm

You’ve been exposed. Even people who weren’t disgusted by your lawlessness and bigotry draw the line at molestation.

— Jeff Furlington (@FurlingtonJeff) November 10, 2017

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Too many will be OK with this too.

Decatur Deb Nov 9, 2017 • 4:28:59pm

re: #30 lawhawk

What’s the old saying about how the only way a GOPer gets in trouble is if they’re caught with an underage boy?

It looks like that’s playing out in real time. The GOP simply doesn’t give a shit that their leadership sexually assaults women, underage girls, etc. They elected a sex predator president and are looking the other way as they hope to elect a child molester to the US Senate.

And then they wonder why people don’t come forward with claims sooner.

The fact that a significant portion of the population excuses this behavior, condones it, or engages in it is why.

A lawyer-type person should look at the activity described and see where it falls in relation to the legal definitions of rape or assault in effect in Alabama at the time.

Blind Frog Belly White Nov 9, 2017 • 4:31:26pm

re: #33 Kragar

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And/or something involving a rhyming of ‘bleed’ and ‘breed’.

GlutenFreeJesus Nov 9, 2017 • 4:31:53pm

So I can change my name to “NaziNaziNaziNaziNaziNaziNaziNaziNaziNaziNaziNazi88” and we’re good?

— efuseakay (@efuseakay) November 10, 2017

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lawhawk Nov 9, 2017 • 4:31:55pm

This you think is an improvement, but you wont crack down on harassers or Nazis (who you verify). Oh, and no edit button.

Your priorities are awful. It’s all cosmetic changes.

— lawhawk (@lawhawk) November 10, 2017

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sagehen Nov 9, 2017 • 4:32:06pm

re: #37 Decatur Deb

A lawyer-type person should look at the activity described and see where it falls in relation to the legal definitions of rape or assault in effect in Alabama at the time.

Lawyer-type people have looked at it — their Official Opinion is “way past the statute of limitations, but at the time the 14-year-old was illegal and the 16-year-olds were legal.”

Decatur Deb Nov 9, 2017 • 4:32:23pm

re: #38 Blind Frog Belly White

And/or something involving a rhyming of ‘bleed’ and ‘breed’.

Ted Nugent could set it to music for a campaign song.

Aucun pays pour les vieux ennemis Nov 9, 2017 • 4:33:35pm

re: #34 Charles Johnson

You can’t name Twitter in your user name,

I can work with this.

— The site has a Nazi problem, and Jack does nothing (@FurlingtonJeff) November 10, 2017

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Decatur Deb Nov 9, 2017 • 4:34:18pm

re: #41 sagehen

Lawyer-type people have looked at it — their Official Opinion is “way past the statute of limitations, but at the time the 14-year-old was illegal and the 16-year-olds were legal.”

No doubt too stale, but what was the type of “illegal”? The court of public opinion has no statute of limitations.

Quoth the raven, Covfefe. Nov 9, 2017 • 4:34:31pm

Starting to think that the Creepiness Rule should be the standard law of the land in these matters.

7-y (Expectation of Great Things in Due Course) Nov 9, 2017 • 4:34:57pm

re: #35 Quoth the raven, Covfefe.

30-something pedophiles stalk teenage girls. Not dating. Not no way, not no how.

I ordinarily enjoy your opinion, but not this one. When I was 30, in 1997, I met my wife, Sheila, who was then 19. It was love at first sight, it was dating, it was not oppression, and we are still together with three kids and a second grandchild on the way.

Humans vary!

Quoth the raven, Covfefe. Nov 9, 2017 • 4:35:17pm

re: #46 7-y (Expectation of Great Things in Due Course)

I ordinarily enjoy your opinion, but not this one. When I was 30, in 1997, I met my wife, Sheila, who was then 19. It was love at first sight, it was dating, it was not oppression, and we are still together with three kids and a second grandchild on the way.

Humans vary!

19 is different from 14, but your point is taken.

Shiplord Kirel, live from behind wingnut lines Nov 9, 2017 • 4:36:51pm

I wonder if Roy boy refined his interest in young girls during his service in Vietnam? Opportunity was endless and Moore, an MP company commander, was in an ideal position to ignore what little law or regulation there was. As a notably insecure and arrogant person, he would fit the profile.

lawhawk Nov 9, 2017 • 4:37:35pm

re: #37 Decatur Deb

There’s endangering the welfare of a minor (Ala. Code Section 13A-13-6).

Then there’s the following:

Article 4 Sexual Offenses.
Section 13A-6-60 Definitions.
Section 13A-6-61 Rape in the first degree.
Section 13A-6-62 Rape in the second degree.
Section 13A-6-63 Sodomy in the first degree.
Section 13A-6-64 Sodomy in the second degree.
Section 13A-6-65 Sexual misconduct.
Section 13A-6-65.1 Sexual torture.
Section 13A-6-66 Sexual abuse in the first degree.
Section 13A-6-67 Sexual abuse in the second degree.
Section 13A-6-68 Indecent exposure.
Section 13A-6-69 Enticing child to enter vehicle, house, etc., for immoral purposes.
Section 13A-6-70 Lack of consent.

There may be some changes to the laws relevant at the time, but enticing a child to enter house, etc., for immoral purposes stands out, as does indecent exposure, and depending on the specific facts, they we might get into rape, sodomy, or sex abuse.

And while there’s a statute of limitations on prosecuting these cases, there’s an obligation by journalists to inform the public of what would have happened if this case did not get SOL limited.

dangerman Nov 9, 2017 • 4:38:07pm

re: #13 Charles Johnson

So revealing to see SO MANY Republicans and right wing pundits making excuses for Roy Moore sexually assaulting a 14-year old girl. This is who they are, and they can’t help showing it.

anything as long as the dem loses

klys (maker of Silmarils) Nov 9, 2017 • 4:39:01pm

re: #46 7-y (Expectation of Great Things in Due Course)

I ordinarily enjoy your opinion, but not this one. When I was 30, in 1997, I met my wife, Sheila, who was then 19. It was love at first sight, it was dating, it was not oppression, and we are still together with three kids and a second grandchild on the way.

Humans vary!

Life stages vary. As long as they are above the age of consent, I don’t do major generalizations.

I think we can all agree that below the age of consent, no adult has any business doing any kind of sexual anything with a minor.

Decatur Deb Nov 9, 2017 • 4:39:32pm

re: #49 lawhawk

There’s endangering the welfare of a minor (Ala. Code Section 13A-13-6).

Then there’s the following:

Article 4 Sexual Offenses.
Section 13A-6-60 Definitions.
Section 13A-6-61 Rape in the first degree.
Section 13A-6-62 Rape in the second degree.
Section 13A-6-63 Sodomy in the first degree.
Section 13A-6-64 Sodomy in the second degree.
Section 13A-6-65 Sexual misconduct.
Section 13A-6-65.1 Sexual torture.
Section 13A-6-66 Sexual abuse in the first degree.
Section 13A-6-67 Sexual abuse in the second degree.
Section 13A-6-68 Indecent exposure.
Section 13A-6-69 Enticing child to enter vehicle, house, etc., for immoral purposes.
Section 13A-6-70 Lack of consent.

There may be some changes to the laws relevant at the time, but enticing a child to enter house, etc., for immoral purposes stands out, as does indecent exposure, and depending on the specific facts, they we might get into rape, sodomy, or sex abuse.

So, if he’d been caught, they could take away his right to vote and his little pistolo.

Blind Frog Belly White Nov 9, 2017 • 4:40:23pm

re: #47 Quoth the raven, Covfefe.

19 is different from 14, but your point is taken.

I believe a number of states have laws that take age difference into account, as in an 18 year old and a 16 year old is treated differently from, say, a 30 year old and a 16 year old.

Targetpractice Nov 9, 2017 • 4:41:58pm

Remember when the GOP yelled and screamed at how Hillary and Democrats had not only tolerated, but aided and abetted Bill’s “rape” in the name of politics?

Quoth the raven, Covfefe. Nov 9, 2017 • 4:42:24pm

re: #53 Blind Frog Belly White

I believe a number of states have laws that take age difference into account, as in an 18 year old and a 16 year old is treated differently from, say, a 30 year old and a 16 year old.

Yup, I’ve seen a number of those. Basically, if one member of a relationship is under the age of consent, they have to be within a certain number of years in age or it’s statutory. It’s a decent rule of thumb as far as it goes.

Skip Intro Nov 9, 2017 • 4:43:07pm

re: #29 Ace-o-aces

Taking advantage of people that had no clue

Anybody know Latin? This definitely should be on the Trump family crest.

dangerman Nov 9, 2017 • 4:43:17pm

re: #41 sagehen

Lawyer-type people have looked at it — their Official Opinion is “way past the statute of limitations, but at the time the 14-year-old was illegal and the 16-year-olds were legal.”

i can see it now:

…so no conviction .:. no crime

KingKenrod Nov 9, 2017 • 4:43:25pm

Every foreign leader I’ve spoken with at #APEC thinks Trump presidency has been enormous gift for the Chinese.

Every single one.

— ian bremmer (@ianbremmer) November 10, 2017

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Aucun pays pour les vieux ennemis Nov 9, 2017 • 4:43:35pm

Nixon pandered to racists, and Reagan pandered to the Christian Taliban. The party became the lunatics and bigots they pandered to.

— The site has a Nazi problem, and Jack does nothing (@FurlingtonJeff) November 10, 2017

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Charles Johnson Nov 9, 2017 • 4:43:58pm

FLASHBACK: What the Right Wing Machine Lined Up to Defend: “You Gotta Marry These Girls When They’re 15 or 16” https://t.co/FxHutX4zYI pic.twitter.com/5yMzW5E37l

— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) November 10, 2017

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sagehen Nov 9, 2017 • 4:44:25pm

re: #55 Quoth the raven, Covfefe.

Yup, I’ve seen a number of those. Basically, if one member of a relationship is under the age of consent, they have to be within a certain number of years in age or it’s statutory. It’s a decent rule of thumb as far as it goes.

They’re called “Romeo & Juliet Laws”.

TedStriker Nov 9, 2017 • 4:44:41pm

re: #34 Charles Johnson

Starting today, your Twitter display name can be up to 50 characters in length! Go ahead, add that middle name or even a few more emojis. support.twitter.com

— Twitter Support (@TwitterSupport) November 10, 2017

EVERYONE to Twitter: Please, please, PLEASE do something about harassment and Nazis running wild!

TWITTER: Now you have 50-character usernames!

EVERYONE: ungh.

— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) November 10, 2017

It’s like Twitter is playing three-card monte to distract people from all of the rancid shit on their platform.

Big Beautiful Door Nov 9, 2017 • 4:46:29pm

re: #10 Shiplord Kirel, live from behind wingnut lines

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I was encouraged by this story initially. But I have to admit, Bama Republicans will probably elect a child molester to the US Senate without hesitation, as long as he has an R beside his name.

sagehen Nov 9, 2017 • 4:46:30pm

re: #59 Aucun pays pour les vieux ennemis

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Nixon had enough shame to use dog whistles for his bigotry… no way did he want to be as blatant about it, as undeniable, as George Wallace.

Blind Frog Belly White Nov 9, 2017 • 4:47:04pm

re: #58 KingKenrod

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FINALLY A PRESIDENT OTHER COUNTRIES RESPECT!!!

The Vicious Babushka Nov 9, 2017 • 4:47:17pm

This is the first rolled crust pie I have made since my surgery. OK I used canned pie filling. It’s hard to find Montmorency cherries even when they are in season.

Cherry Pie pic.twitter.com/8A6DDSg6zN

— The Vicious Babushka (@viciousbabushka) November 10, 2017

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Big Beautiful Door Nov 9, 2017 • 4:48:10pm

re: #11 Patricia Kayden

LOL! Now does that sound like someone who has the interests of the United States at heart? Or does it sound like a grifter who identifies with other grifters, including foreign countries which take advantage of our trade deficits? What an egomaniac.

At least this once, Trump was honest. Whether its casino shareholders, contractors or Trump “University” students, Trump has ripped people off without remorse his entire career.

Blind Frog Belly White Nov 9, 2017 • 4:48:16pm

re: #60 Charles Johnson

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Okay, 14 is different. But it’s not like he wanted to MARRY her. He just wanted to fuck her!

Decatur Deb Nov 9, 2017 • 4:48:21pm

re: #63 Big Beautiful Door

I was encouraged by this story initially. But I have to admit, Bama Republicans will probably elect a child molester to the US Senate without hesitation, as long as he has an R beside his name.

That’s true, but somewhat less likely than a day ago. A lot depends on how agile local and out-of-state Democrats can be.

Aucun pays pour les vieux ennemis Nov 9, 2017 • 4:48:57pm

re: #64 sagehen

Nixon had enough shame to use dog whistles for his bigotry… no way did he want to be as blatant about it, as undeniable, as George Wallace.

It took years of Republican media to make the Conservatives toxic enough to be ok with outright bigotry.

Targetpractice Nov 9, 2017 • 4:49:03pm

re: #60 Charles Johnson

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“Older men marrying younger women is perfectly legal! It’s been practiced for centuries! Lots of cultures practice it!”

“He’s saying you gotta marry them young because they’re too stupid to do more than cook and clean.”

“WHY IS THAT SUCH A BAD THING?!”

GlutenFreeJesus Nov 9, 2017 • 4:49:21pm

GOP - Grand Old Pedophiles

TedStriker Nov 9, 2017 • 4:50:32pm

re: #63 Big Beautiful Door

I was encouraged by this story initially. But I have to admit, Bama Republicans will probably elect a child molester to the US Senate without hesitation, as long as he has an R beside his name.

And if he ends up losing, Moore will magically become a liberal Democrat on Fox News and the RWNJ talk radio circuit.

Big Beautiful Door Nov 9, 2017 • 4:50:33pm

re: #16 Ace Rothstein

Trade deficits are not a bad thing.

We send them pieces of paper, or these days electronic data, and they send us stuff we can use. Its a good deal for us.

Unshaken Defiance Nov 9, 2017 • 4:51:06pm

re: #34 Charles Johnson

.@TwitterSupport How about I add PleaseStopVerifyingNazis to my existing name?

— Daniel Ballard (@RW_Conspirator) November 10, 2017

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bill d. (b.d.) Nov 9, 2017 • 4:52:43pm

re: #66 The Vicious Babushka

This is the first rolled crust pie I have made since my surgery. OK I used canned pie filling. It’s hard to find Montmorency cherries even when they are in season.

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yum!

alloutofcrazyhere Nov 9, 2017 • 4:53:22pm

I am waiting on Ted Nugent’s opinion on all of this before I make any moral judgements. /s

Brian J. Nov 9, 2017 • 4:53:43pm

re: #74 Big Beautiful Door

We send them pieces of paper, or these days electronic data, and they send us stuff we can use. Its a good deal for us.

Right up until they decide that our paper is ugly and our credit rating sucks.

Aucun pays pour les vieux ennemis Nov 9, 2017 • 4:53:52pm

re: #75 Unshaken Defiance

You don’t even have to run it together. Make a statement with your 50 characters!

— The site has a Nazi problem, and Jack does nothing (@FurlingtonJeff) November 10, 2017

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Blind Frog Belly White Nov 9, 2017 • 4:55:32pm

re: #66 The Vicious Babushka

This is the first rolled crust pie I have made since my surgery. OK I used canned pie filling. It’s hard to find Montmorency cherries even when they are in season.

Hey, canned pie filling put a roof over my head, clothed me, and put me through college. That, and blood!

BTW, where I grew up, we called ‘em “sahr churries”.

Targetpractice Nov 9, 2017 • 4:56:36pm

Anthony Weiner got chased out of politics for less than Moore is being accused of.

FormerDirtDart Nov 9, 2017 • 5:01:06pm

re: #66 The Vicious Babushka

This is the first rolled crust pie I have made since my surgery. OK I used canned pie filling. It’s hard to find Montmorency cherries even when they are in season.

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That looks ruined.
Let me dispose of it for you.

Blind Frog Belly White Nov 9, 2017 • 5:01:12pm

re: #81 Targetpractice

Anthony Weiner got chased out of politics for less than Moore is being accused of.

The crazy thing is, after all the times in the last decade where a Republican has been involved in a sex scandal and kept their office and even got reelected, whereas Democrats have resigned in disgrace for the same thing, you’ll STILL find Republicans claiming that they make theirs resign but Democrats reelect them.

Bubblehead II Nov 9, 2017 • 5:01:19pm

re: #34 Charles Johnson

When will @jack @TwitterSafety @TwitterSupport start banning verified Nazis/White Supremacists and blatant misogynists?

— Bubblehead II Wants Twiter to ban Nazis now! (@BubbleheadII) November 10, 2017

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Anymouse 🌹 Nov 9, 2017 • 5:05:39pm

I followed along the MeToo hashtag on Twitter for a while.

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allegro Nov 9, 2017 • 5:06:20pm

Why am I thinking Twitter’s new 50 character name thing isn’t going as they planned?

Targetpractice Nov 9, 2017 • 5:06:33pm

re: #83 Blind Frog Belly White

The crazy thing is, after all the times in the last decade where a Republican has been involved in a sex scandal and kept their office and even got reelected, whereas Democrats have resigned in disgrace for the same thing, you’ll STILL find Republicans claiming that they make theirs resign but Democrats reelect them.

And keep citing the same guy: Bill Clinton.

Meanwhile, John Edwards was found out to be banging his secretary and had to leave the ‘08 race in disgrace. I still remember the whisper campaign that the Clinton or Obama campaign had orchestrated the whole thing.

Citizen K Nov 9, 2017 • 5:07:16pm

Why not go full bore and make it 88 characters? Considering how often you ignore and enable the real problem, might as well drop the pretense, right?

— Horrified K (@Citizen_Kryptik) November 10, 2017

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Big Beautiful Door Nov 9, 2017 • 5:09:29pm

re: #46 7-y (Expectation of Great Things in Due Course)

I ordinarily enjoy your opinion, but not this one. When I was 30, in 1997, I met my wife, Sheila, who was then 19. It was love at first sight, it was dating, it was not oppression, and we are still together with three kids and a second grandchild on the way.

Humans vary!

Big difference between 19 and 14!

Unshaken Defiance Nov 9, 2017 • 5:09:44pm

re: #85 Anymouse

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Blind Frog Belly White Nov 9, 2017 • 5:09:52pm

re: #87 Targetpractice

And keep citing the same guy: Bill Clinton.

Meanwhile, John Edwards was found out to be banging his secretary and had to leave the ‘08 race in disgrace. I still remember the whisper campaign that the Clinton or Obama campaign had orchestrated the whole thing.

Obama or Clinton got Edwards’ ~~secretary~~ campaign worker pregnant while his wife was being treated for metastatic breast cancer?

Citizen K Nov 9, 2017 • 5:11:03pm

I like Matt Yglesias for the most part, but holy shit does he have way too many moments of ‘useful idiot’ to speak of:

Thanks for the whataboutism, Matt. This is really helpful. No, really, it is…

This take assumes good faith on the GOP’s part that hasn’t existed since Eisenhower.

— Citizen K Sez “Ban Nazis!” (@Citizen_Kryptik) November 10, 2017

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Shiplord Kirel, live from behind wingnut lines Nov 9, 2017 • 5:11:48pm

Alabama state official defends Roy Moore, citing Joseph and Mary: ‘They became parents of Jesus’

An Alabama state official on Thursday dismissed a Washington Post report alleging that GOP Senate candidate Roy Moore had initiated a sexual encounter with a 14-year-old girl decades ago, saying there was an age gap between the biblical Joseph and Mary. The Post also alleged that Moore had pursued three others when they were between the ages of 16 and 18 and he was in his early 30s.

“Take Joseph and Mary. Mary was a teenager and Joseph was an adult carpenter. They became parents of Jesus,” Alabama State Auditor Jim Ziegler told The Washington Examiner. “There’s just nothing immoral or illegal here. Maybe just a little bit unusual.”

teleskiguy Nov 9, 2017 • 5:11:57pm

Priorities!

this is an actual preview for hannity’s show tonight that just aired on fox news. pic.twitter.com/KKzqiMoVXK

— John Whitehouse (@existentialfish) November 10, 2017

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calochortus Nov 9, 2017 • 5:13:23pm

re: #71 Targetpractice

“Older men marrying younger women is perfectly legal! It’s been practiced for centuries! Lots of cultures practice it!”

“He’s saying you gotta marry them young because they’re too stupid to do more than cook and clean.”

“WHY IS THAT SUCH A BAD THING?!”

Fine for Christians. A sign of degeneracy in Muslims.
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Blind Frog Belly White Nov 9, 2017 • 5:13:27pm

re: #94 teleskiguy

Priorities!

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Aucun pays pour les vieux ennemis Nov 9, 2017 • 5:14:13pm

re: #94 teleskiguy

Priorities!

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Hannity and @FoxNews are complete frauds. They don’t even try to hide how absurd they are.

— The site has a Nazi problem, and Jack does nothing (@FurlingtonJeff) November 10, 2017

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The radicalized, Fox-addicted, fantasy-driven, right is hopeless.

Blind Frog Belly White Nov 9, 2017 • 5:16:01pm

re: #92 Citizen K

I like Matt Yglesias for the most part, but holy shit does he have way too many moments of ‘useful idiot’ to speak of:

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Imagine how different the world would be if people had taken Anita Hill seriously back in 1991.

The Vicious Babushka Nov 9, 2017 • 5:17:21pm

Sean Hannity is justifying Roy Moore’s conduct with teenage girls because, “it was consensual.” 😒 pic.twitter.com/AhETrsZLwP

— Mr. Smith (@GuardianRover) November 10, 2017

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For those of you on Planet Earth…the whole GOD DAMN FUCKING POINT OF STATUTORY RAPE LAWS IS THAT CHILDREN CANNOT GIVE CONSENT YOU STUPID, IGNORANT ASSHOLES. https://t.co/1XXOeGEG0d

— Drew McCoy (@_Drew_McCoy_) November 10, 2017

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Citizen K Nov 9, 2017 • 5:17:53pm

re: #98 Blind Frog Belly White

Imagine how different the world would be if people had taken Anita Hill seriously back in 1991.

May I steal this and tweet it back at him?

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EPR-radar Nov 9, 2017 • 5:18:28pm

re: #21 Dr. Matt

Rick Wilson needs to quit the Republican party. As it stands, he’s just enabling the swivel-eyed loons with every (R) vote he casts in general elections.

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Blind Frog Belly White Nov 9, 2017 • 5:18:57pm

re: #100 Citizen K

May I steal this and tweet it back at him?

Please!

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Aucun pays pour les vieux ennemis Nov 9, 2017 • 5:20:22pm

re: #99 The Vicious Babushka

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Did anyone not know that Hannity is not a moral or ethical person? He radicalizes idiots for a living.

— The site has a Nazi problem, and Jack does nothing (@FurlingtonJeff) November 10, 2017

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Aucun pays pour les vieux ennemis Nov 9, 2017 • 5:21:05pm

re: #101 EPR-radar

Rick Wilson needs to quit the Republican party. As it stands, he’s just enabling the swivel-eyed loons with every (R) vote he casts in general elections.

That’s what many people in his Roy Moore replies are telling him.

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Big Beautiful Door Nov 9, 2017 • 5:21:28pm

re: #78 Brian J.

Right up until they decide that our paper is ugly and our credit rating sucks.

That’s not going to happen anytime soon.

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Aucun pays pour les vieux ennemis Nov 9, 2017 • 5:22:42pm

re: #99 The Vicious Babushka

6. Moore essentially arguing that an adult (or near adult) having sex with a young teen is illegal but not necessarily rape unless there is affirmative evidence that the adult threatened or attacked the victim https://t.co/IQljlzfCM9

— Judd Legum (@JuddLegum) November 9, 2017

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As a judge, Roy Moore cast the lone dissenting vote in an 8-1 decision essentially arguing against the legal premise of statutory rape. https://t.co/hWJIX0k9Fp

— The Hoarse Whisperer (@HoarseWisperer) November 9, 2017

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calochortus Nov 9, 2017 • 5:24:14pm

re: #106 Aucun pays pour les vieux ennemis

“Women as young as 14” Um, 14 year olds are generally not considered women. They’re girls.

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EPR-radar Nov 9, 2017 • 5:24:34pm

re: #106 Aucun pays pour les vieux ennemis

Surprise, surprise, surprise. Roy Moore is deliberately obtuse about “statutory rape” because he wants to engage in it.

Now we get to see if this is too revolting for AL Republicans.

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makeitstop Nov 9, 2017 • 5:25:07pm

re: #58 KingKenrod

Every foreign leader I’ve spoken with at #APEC thinks Trump presidency has been enormous gift for the Chinese.

Every single one.

He got rolled.

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Charles Johnson Nov 9, 2017 • 5:25:17pm

Judge Roy Moore told to withdraw by Senators who won’t or can’t help move Trump agenda. https://t.co/CIu13mbsvo

— Steve King (@SteveKingIA) November 10, 2017

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calochortus Nov 9, 2017 • 5:26:07pm

re: #108 EPR-radar

Surprise, surprise, surprise. Roy Moore is deliberately obtuse about “statutory rape” because he wants to engage in it.

Of course, if you don’t think of grown women as responsible adults, and think they need to be subject to their fathers or husbands, then there’s less of a difference between an adult and a child.

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Charles Johnson Nov 9, 2017 • 5:26:12pm

Breitbart “News” has never been more vile than they are tonight.

— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) November 10, 2017

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EPR-radar Nov 9, 2017 • 5:27:28pm

re: #110 Charles Johnson

What the hell is that a picture of — some new life form with three tightly clenched sphincters where the eyes and mouth usually are?

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Blind Frog Belly White Nov 9, 2017 • 5:27:30pm

re: #110 Charles Johnson

Well, now.

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Anymouse 🌹 Nov 9, 2017 • 5:27:39pm

re: #66 The Vicious Babushka

This is the first rolled crust pie I have made since my surgery. OK I used canned pie filling. It’s hard to find Montmorency cherries even when they are in season.

Wow, that looks delicious. I’ll take a dozen gross.

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Targetpractice Nov 9, 2017 • 5:27:55pm

re: #99 The Vicious Babushka

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FFS, the entire basis of their decades-long campaign against Bill is “He’s a powerful man who used his power to force women into having sex with him.” They screamed at the top of their lungs that being president meant there was no way for Monica to have consented to sex with him.

These fuckers are absolutely unreal.

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Ace-o-aces Nov 9, 2017 • 5:27:59pm

re: #94 teleskiguy

WOW, he’s really going after President Hillary Clinton now!

— aceoaces (@aceoaces) November 10, 2017

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EPR-radar Nov 9, 2017 • 5:28:16pm

re: #112 Charles Johnson

Give them a few hours and Breitbart is sure to come up with something worse.

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stpaulbear Nov 9, 2017 • 5:29:26pm

re: #86 allegro

Why am I thinking Twitter’s new 50 character name thing isn’t going as they planned?

I can’t wait to see what RWNJs with names like ‘truth seeker’ do with the new name limit.

Actually, I can…

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ObserverArt Nov 9, 2017 • 5:29:33pm

re: #31 Dr. Matt

FFS

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Considering ol’ Roy’s predicament, I don’t know if I would have tweeted: “Our children and grandchildren’s futures are on the line.”

Yeah Roy. They are, because there are predators out there like you.

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freetoken Nov 9, 2017 • 5:30:11pm

Oh look, a new name…

So we have bigger Twitter names. With that what good may come?

— freetoken fights fecking fascists (@freetoken) November 10, 2017

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Unshaken Defiance Nov 9, 2017 • 5:30:32pm

Current mood.

Iframe

Music, friends and sunset.

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makeitstop Nov 9, 2017 • 5:32:14pm

re: #56 Skip Intro

Anybody know Latin? This definitely should be on the Trump family crest.

Usus populus, qui habebat no clue

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teleskiguy Nov 9, 2017 • 5:34:19pm

Steve Bannon in New Hampshire claiming Trump actually won the state because of 3,600 illegal out of state votes. Clinton’s margin: 2,700. “People are howling …. The people of New Hampshire deserve to know what happened that day.”

— Jacqueline Alemany (@JaxAlemany) November 10, 2017

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Still no mention of Roy Moore. Bannon re-living the campaign: No Republican other than Trump “could have taken on the Clinton apparatus. They are a killing machine. They are out to destroy you.” https://t.co/7aML7VVhsq

— Jacqueline Alemany (@JaxAlemany) November 10, 2017

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Bannon comparing Roy Moore story to Access Hollywood tape: “By the way, the Bezos Amazon Washington Post that dropped that dime on Donald Trump is the same Bezos Amazon Washington Post that dropped a dime this afternoon on Judge Roy Moore. Is that a coincidence? … ” https://t.co/t7G0i4yN6B

— Jacqueline Alemany (@JaxAlemany) November 10, 2017

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TedStriker Nov 9, 2017 • 5:34:21pm

re: #106 Aucun pays pour les vieux ennemis

In retrospect, it looks like Moore was trying to cover his own ass, so to speak.

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Charles Johnson Nov 9, 2017 • 5:34:34pm

Stephen Miller has been interviewed in Robert Mueller’s Russia probe, per @CNN. https://t.co/n6SVIdNIdc

— Sahil Kapur (@sahilkapur) November 9, 2017

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Ace-o-aces Nov 9, 2017 • 5:35:02pm

re: #123 makeitstop

Usus populus, qui habebat no clue

Google translate sucks at Latin I’m afraid.

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ObserverArt Nov 9, 2017 • 5:36:19pm

re: #42 Decatur Deb

Ted Nugent could set it to music for a campaign song.

I was thinking about ol’ Teddy in regards to this Roy Moore story. He had his own young girl issues.

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Ace Rothstein Nov 9, 2017 • 5:36:23pm

re: #126 Charles Johnson

That dude has never been laid in his life.

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Decatur Deb Nov 9, 2017 • 5:36:49pm

re: #108 EPR-radar

Surprise, surprise, surprise. Roy Moore is deliberately obtuse about “statutory rape” because he wants to engage in it.

Now we get to see if this is too revolting for AL Republicans.

It isn’t.

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TedStriker Nov 9, 2017 • 5:36:53pm

re: #126 Charles Johnson

Stephen Miller has been interviewed in Robert Mueller’s Russia probe, per @CNN. cnn.com

— Sahil Kapur (@sahilkapur) November 9, 2017

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FormerDirtDart Nov 9, 2017 • 5:36:54pm

Moore’s GOP opponent had made an issue during the primary of his rulings on the sexual abuse of a child https://t.co/92PjK5o3fK pic.twitter.com/WmNsWbgu1x

— Garance Franke-Ruta (@thegarance) November 10, 2017

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The Ghost of a Flea Nov 9, 2017 • 5:37:28pm

re: #85 Anymouse 🌹

Twitter sucks for the kind of nuanced conversation that statements on Twitter provokes. Wonkette, otherwise a fortress of snark, put up this essay when MeToo was starting, and I think it bears reading because it’s precisely someone circling back and reflecting on the need for sympathy and nuance.

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Anymouse 🌹 Nov 9, 2017 • 5:37:31pm

re: #90 Unshaken Defiance

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Unabogie Nov 9, 2017 • 5:38:46pm

Our children and grandchildren’s futures are on the line.

So rest assured — I will NEVER GIVE UP the fight! (4/4) #ALSen pic.twitter.com/QfN0GM7EMh

— Judge Roy Moore (@MooreSenate) November 9, 2017

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When you mention grandchildren, I’m seriously worried you wrote this while sporting an erection. https://t.co/qWZP7493W0

— Geriatric Joffrey (@Unabogie) November 10, 2017

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calochortus Nov 9, 2017 • 5:39:29pm

Must go start dinner.

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TedStriker Nov 9, 2017 • 5:40:04pm

re: #135 Unabogie

HEY-O!

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Anymouse 🌹 Nov 9, 2017 • 5:42:59pm

re: #133 The Ghost of a Flea

Twitter sucks for the kind of nuanced conversation that statements on Twitter provokes. Wonkette, otherwise a fortress of snark, put up this essay when MeToo was starting, and I think it bears reading because it’s precisely someone circling back and reflecting on the need for sympathy and nuance.

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Charles Johnson Nov 9, 2017 • 5:46:12pm

Steve Bannon in New Hampshire claiming Trump actually won the state because of 3,600 illegal out of state votes. Clinton’s margin: 2,700. “People are howling …. The people of New Hampshire deserve to know what happened that day.”

— Jacqueline Alemany (@JaxAlemany) November 10, 2017

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Still no mention of Roy Moore. Bannon re-living the campaign: No Republican other than Trump “could have taken on the Clinton apparatus. They are a killing machine. They are out to destroy you.” https://t.co/7aML7VVhsq

— Jacqueline Alemany (@JaxAlemany) November 10, 2017

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Bannon comparing Roy Moore story to Access Hollywood tape: “By the way, the Bezos Amazon Washington Post that dropped that dime on Donald Trump is the same Bezos Amazon Washington Post that dropped a dime this afternoon on Judge Roy Moore. Is that a coincidence? … ” https://t.co/t7G0i4yN6B

— Jacqueline Alemany (@JaxAlemany) November 10, 2017

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More Bannon: “That’s what I mean when I say it’s the opposition party. It’s purely part of the apparatus of the opposition party. It’s not a fair and free media anymore … I don’t like it. But I think it’s a strange coincidence.” https://t.co/YuZHEXn70Z

— Jacqueline Alemany (@JaxAlemany) November 10, 2017

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Bannon on the media: “If you saw the way they were coming after [Trump] like they are coming after Judge Moore today … It’s the politics of personal destruction.” https://t.co/9dHyOBtMXw

— Jacqueline Alemany (@JaxAlemany) November 10, 2017

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The sheer hypocrisy of someone who runs a hate site like Breitbart “News” complaining about “politics of personal destruction.” That’s basically EVERYTHING they do. https://t.co/SuSNZ7anNn

— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) November 10, 2017

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FormerDirtDart Nov 9, 2017 • 5:47:56pm

Shep Smith has not mentioned Uranium One over the last three week period, not once.
The only time it was mentioned during his normal block time was one 2 minute segment, when a substitute was on for him.
The rest of FOX News spent ~12 hrs on the (non)story. Lumpy spent 29% of his three weeks of coverage on it.

Fox’s Shepard Smith avoids story covered heavily by colleagues. https://t.co/brh1NcXViz

— The Associated Press (@AP) November 10, 2017

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gocart mozart Nov 9, 2017 • 5:48:32pm

Neil Young-Alabama

Oh Alabama
The devil fools
With the best laid plan
Swing low, Alabama
You got the spare change
You got to feel strange
And now the moment
Is all that it meant

Alabama, you got
The weight on your shoulders
That’s breaking your back
Your Cadillac
Has got a wheel in the ditch
And a wheel on the track

Oh Alabama
Banjos playing
Through the broken glass
Windows down in Alabama
See the old folks
Tied in white ropes
Hear the banjo
Don’t it take you down home?

Oh Alabama
Can I see you
And shake your hand
Make friends down in Alabama
I’m from a new land
I come to you
And see all this ruin
What are you doing Alabama?
You got the rest of the Union
To help you along
What’s going wrong?

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Charles Johnson Nov 9, 2017 • 5:49:18pm

Bannon isn’t just trying to create an alternate reality - he’s trying to create an alternate reality he KNOWS is false because he also knows the degraded right wing base is so gullible they’ll believe anything. It’s grifting on a massive scale.

— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) November 10, 2017

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Charles Johnson Nov 9, 2017 • 5:50:34pm

Oh, Bernie Sanders is coming up next on the Chris Hayes show? [click]

— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) November 10, 2017

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Targetpractice Nov 9, 2017 • 5:51:08pm

re: #140 FormerDirtDart

Shep Smith has not mentioned Uranium One over the last three week period, not once.
The only time it was mentioned during his normal block time was one 2 minute segment, when a substitute was on for him.
The rest of FOX News spent ~12 hrs on the (non)story. Lumpy spent 29% of his three weeks of coverage on it.

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At this point, the only thing I can assume is Shep has some pretty incriminating evidence on the higher-ups. He must know where some bodies are buried if he’s still keeping his job as the rest of the network goes full Pravda.

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Big Beautiful Door Nov 9, 2017 • 5:51:26pm

re: #140 FormerDirtDart

Shep Smith has not mentioned Uranium One over the last three week period, not once.
The only time it was mentioned during his normal block time was one 2 minute segment, when a substitute was on for him.
The rest of FOX News spent ~12 hrs on the (non)story. Lumpy spent 29% of his three weeks of coverage on it.

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Shep even covered the Mueller indictments in a reality based way. He may be the one actual journalist on Fox News.

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Targetpractice Nov 9, 2017 • 5:51:59pm

re: #143 Charles Johnson

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He’s there to no doubt talk about his two favorite subjects: What’s wrong with the DNC and how they can “fix” it by bending a knee to him and his cult.

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gocart mozart Nov 9, 2017 • 5:53:45pm

This Roy Moore shit is depressing, let’s see what’s going on in the rest of the world

Walking to school in Syria. pic.twitter.com/xI5MWpjNnF

— ian bremmer (@ianbremmer) November 9, 2017

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Decatur Deb Nov 9, 2017 • 5:55:54pm

re: #145 Big Beautiful Door

Shep even covered the Mueller indictments in a reality based way. He may be the one actual journalist on Fox News.

Designated Figleaf.

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Charles Johnson Nov 9, 2017 • 5:56:35pm

re: #148 Decatur Deb

Shep Smith is the Fox News beard.

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MsJ Nov 9, 2017 • 5:58:28pm

re: #140 FormerDirtDart

Shep Smith has not mentioned Uranium One over the last three week period, not once.
The only time it was mentioned during his normal block time was one 2 minute segment, when a substitute was on for him.
The rest of FOX News spent ~12 hrs on the (non)story. Lumpy spent 29% of his three weeks of coverage on it.

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He is trying to leave Fox. It’s quite apparent.

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Charles Johnson Nov 9, 2017 • 5:59:55pm

re: #150 MsJ

I don’t think he’ll ever leave Fox. They need someone like him who’s willing to act as the cardboard version of a sane person.

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FormerDirtDart Nov 9, 2017 • 6:01:18pm

A cable channel that replaced its chief and fired its biggest star for sexual misconduct has a host who just described a sexual encounter between an adult male and a 14 year old girl with the word “consensual.”

— John Podhoretz (@jpodhoretz) November 10, 2017

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Only an elitist would have wacky idea that a 32 year old man shouldn’t hit on a 14 girl outside custody hearing and initiate sexual contact https://t.co/uqq3hFZbhn

— Philip Klein (@philipaklein) November 10, 2017

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bill d. (b.d.) Nov 9, 2017 • 6:02:03pm

There has long been a connection between tech culture and menacing nationalist forces. The alt-right lurked in the Internet underground for years before GamerGate and then Breitbart and Trumpism brought them to the surface of everyday life. Twitter has never aligned itself with those ideologies. But it has shown a lack of interest in stopping them.

Twitter verifies a neo-Nazi — and blames everyone else https://t.co/aqk5BlZJmU by @mollylroberts

— Greg Sargent (@ThePlumLineGS) November 9, 2017

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Dave In Austin Nov 9, 2017 • 6:03:13pm

280……..

Well now… This didn’t age very well now did it?
Just accept it Steve. Roy had pedo tendencies. And he’s 7 Mountains Steve! 1 of yours and @tedcruz’s guys. Why are you endorsing PEDOPHILES STEVE? Jesus wouldn’t approve at all. No sir!

— D. E. Todd (@DaveoutofAustin) November 10, 2017

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weave Nov 9, 2017 • 6:03:24pm

re: #1 teleskiguy

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I don’t blame China, I blame the incompetence of past Admins for allowing China to take advantage of the U.S. on trade leading up to a point where the U.S. is losing $100’s of billions. How can you blame China for taking advantage of people that had no clue? I would’ve done same!

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) November 9, 2017

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BLAME AMERICA FIRST!

See, here’s where Democrats suck at generating outrage. Wingnuts would be all over this if a Democrat said anything like this. Remember the “Obama apology tour?”

Why isn’t every Liberal pundit out there in unison talking about his…
“Blame America First Tour?”

Besides, I don’t know what the fuck he was wanting here from “the past administration.” More regulations on businesses?

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VegasGolfer Nov 9, 2017 • 6:03:34pm

CNN has a show on now sexual harassment in america.
Who wants to bet me they will not mention trump?

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Anymouse 🌹 Nov 9, 2017 • 6:03:41pm

What Are You Going To Do, Republicans, Count The Tree Rings On Roy Moore’s Dick? (goes to Wonkette)

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Aucun pays pour les vieux ennemis Nov 9, 2017 • 6:03:42pm

re: #152 FormerDirtDart

Is anyone surprised that Hannity is a pervert?

— The site has a Nazi problem, and Jack does nothing (@FurlingtonJeff) November 10, 2017

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The Vicious Babushka Nov 9, 2017 • 6:04:22pm

Today would have been Hedy Lamarr’s 103rd Birthday. She became a movie star, got bored, then got into science. She helped the Allies during WWII, developing spread spectrum and frequency hopping technology. Her work created the basis of modern Wi-Fi & Bluetooth. She was amazing. pic.twitter.com/UyNQunTd3Y

— Alan Sizzler Kistler (@SizzlerKistler) November 9, 2017

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Aucun pays pour les vieux ennemis Nov 9, 2017 • 6:05:42pm

re: #154 Dave In Austin

The whole #MenAreGropingAdolescents agenda needs to end now, you sick fuck.

— The site has a Nazi problem, and Jack does nothing (@FurlingtonJeff) November 10, 2017

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Targetpractice Nov 9, 2017 • 6:06:06pm

re: #159 The Vicious Babushka

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“That’s HEDLEY!”

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The Vicious Babushka Nov 9, 2017 • 6:07:06pm

re: #161 Targetpractice

“That’s HEDLEY!”

/

She was the granddaughter of Hedley.//

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Dr. Matt Nov 9, 2017 • 6:08:58pm

Too over the top?

— I hope the Nazis/alt-right get dick cancer (@DrMatthew) November 10, 2017

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Big Beautiful Door Nov 9, 2017 • 6:09:27pm

re: #159 The Vicious Babushka

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That’s Hedley Lamarr!

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Blind Frog Belly White Nov 9, 2017 • 6:09:39pm

Yeesh. Reading some of the responses to Yglesias’ tweet. Some are basically saying that there’s no way for ANYONE to have consensual sex with the President, because he’s the most powerful man in the world. Thus, Monica Lewinsky was not able to withhold consent, so their relationship couldn’t be consensual. Presumably this also applies to the First Lady, too, so NO President can EVER have consensual sex.

Okay, I’ve got issues with Bill Clinton around consent, but they’re related to Broaddrick and Willey. Lewinsky? She was 22, perhaps a little naive, but for god’s sake, she joked with friends before starting the job that she was going to earn her Presidential Kneepads. It seems to me the folks pushing this idea are going way beyond reasonable in order to throw shit at Clinton.

And the guy keeps claiming Lewinsky was ‘screwed up for life’. First off, I think Ms. Lewinsky may have a different take, and second, what do you think would be what ‘screwed her up”? blowing the President and then finding, like most mistresses, that he really ISN’T going to leave his wife for you? Or having your name dragged through the mud on national television for a year, becoming a household name, and not in a good way?

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Big Beautiful Door Nov 9, 2017 • 6:09:53pm

re: #161 Targetpractice

“That’s HEDLEY!”

/

Beat me to it.

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Aucun pays pour les vieux ennemis Nov 9, 2017 • 6:10:09pm

They’re rejecting a monster. You should try behaving ethically some time.

— The site has a Nazi problem, and Jack does nothing (@FurlingtonJeff) November 10, 2017

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Shiplord Kirel, live from behind wingnut lines Nov 9, 2017 • 6:11:32pm

Amarillo sheriff uses asset forfeiture money to buy sci-fi prop.

Facebook Post

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Blind Frog Belly White Nov 9, 2017 • 6:11:38pm

Somehow when I was reading the story hurriedly this afternoon I didn’t quite catch that Moore found the 14 yr old outside her custody …

— Josh Marshall (@joshtpm) November 10, 2017

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3/ It’s basically ‘I want’em young, emotionally vulnerable and if possible psychologically a bit wounded or damaged.”

— Josh Marshall (@joshtpm) November 10, 2017

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Decatur Deb Nov 9, 2017 • 6:11:57pm

re: #162 The Vicious Babushka

She was the granddaughter of Hedley.//

Per some ancient film history, she did an artsy (tame) nude torso scene for a movie called Ecstasy before coming to America. The scene didn’t seem to work until the editor reinserted it head-down in a recut.

Instant sexy.

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Dave In Austin Nov 9, 2017 • 6:12:27pm

Now I need a Mel Brooks nite

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teleskiguy Nov 9, 2017 • 6:13:09pm

Whoa!

Palindrome. pic.twitter.com/FImSjaSlhd

— Cliff Pickover (@pickover) November 10, 2017

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Citizen K Nov 9, 2017 • 6:13:25pm

re: #168 Shiplord Kirel, live from behind wingnut lines

Amarillo sheriff uses asset forfeiture money to buy sci-fi prop.

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Batman would be ashamed to see his logo on such an unnecessary monstrosity.

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Decatur Deb Nov 9, 2017 • 6:13:57pm

re: #168 Shiplord Kirel, live from behind wingnut lines

Amarillo sheriff uses asset forfeiture money to buy sci-fi prop.

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Arpaio had some kind of light armor, at least until the news got all over it.

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Targetpractice Nov 9, 2017 • 6:14:04pm

re: #167 Aucun pays pour les vieux ennemis

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If Moore loses next month, the wingnuts may very well get violent…towards their own party.

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Targetpractice Nov 9, 2017 • 6:15:07pm

re: #173 Citizen K

Batman would be ashamed to see his logo on such an unnecessary monstrosity.

Which Batman are we talking here? Because Bruce has swung all over the spectrum from “Freedom is awesome!” to “It’s not fascism if it’s for their own good.”

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Dr. Matt Nov 9, 2017 • 6:15:18pm

re: #167 Aucun pays pour les vieux ennemis

Seriously, establishment RINOs spent $30M from the “Senate Fund” to defeat Judge Moore in the primary, now they are trying to throw the election to liberals. Why?

— Cats For Trump (@airbornelayer88) November 10, 2017

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Deplorable Nazis will vote for a pedophile rather than a Centrist Democrat. Wow. https://t.co/ZqujLYwCq5

— I hope & pray the Nazis/alt-right get dick cancer (@DrMatthew) November 10, 2017

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Aucun pays pour les vieux ennemis Nov 9, 2017 • 6:15:21pm

re: #169 Blind Frog Belly White

How’s child-molester, or rapist. He operated like a pimp. Predator is a good fit too. He’s a fucking monster, and the worst people in the nation are defending him.

— The site has a Nazi problem, and Jack does nothing (@FurlingtonJeff) November 10, 2017

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Charles Johnson Nov 9, 2017 • 6:15:22pm

The way the GOP and right wing pundits are reacting to the Roy Moore pedophilia story (by SUPPORTING him!) is a direct result of the Trump presidency and the way it has degraded and debased the conservative base. Trump is destroying America’s sense of what’s right and decent.

— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) November 10, 2017

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Quoth the raven, Covfefe. Nov 9, 2017 • 6:15:43pm

re: #171 Dave In Austin

Now I need a Mel Brooks nite

Come north to the wild north country and I’d go on a Mel Brooks marathon with you.

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Targetpractice Nov 9, 2017 • 6:17:15pm

re: #179 Charles Johnson

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Trump’s a symptom, not the disease.

See also: The rather subdued (nay, non-existent) shock response by the same folks to the revelation that Dennis Hastert was a sexual predator who was paying off his victims as he was leading the inquisition against the Clintons.

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Skip Intro Nov 9, 2017 • 6:17:46pm

re: #179 Charles Johnson

They did the same thing with Milo. College Republicans couldn’t wait to invite him to their campus. The disease runs wide and deep in the party.

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Aucun pays pour les vieux ennemis Nov 9, 2017 • 6:17:49pm

re: #177 Dr. Matt

He’s a child-molester, but his opponent worked to fight the KKK, so it’s a tough call for racist monsters.

— The site has a Nazi problem, and Jack does nothing (@FurlingtonJeff) November 10, 2017

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Btw, your Twitter banner is horrifying.

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Citizen K Nov 9, 2017 • 6:17:50pm

re: #176 Targetpractice

Which Batman are we talking here? Because Bruce has swung all over the spectrum from “Freedom is awesome!” to “It’s not fascism if it’s for their own good.”

Not the All-Star Batman, at the very least. Probably not Dark Knight Returns Batman much either.

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Decatur Deb Nov 9, 2017 • 6:18:50pm

re: #179 Charles Johnson

Bit of a chicken-egg construct, there.

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Dr. Matt Nov 9, 2017 • 6:18:56pm

re: #183 Aucun pays pour les vieux ennemis

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Btw, your Twitter banner is horrifying.

*takes a bow*

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Blind Frog Belly White Nov 9, 2017 • 6:19:14pm

re: #179 Charles Johnson

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Hmmmm….

I suspect this is a “Chicken/Egg” problem. Trump could not be gleefully destroying our democratic and societal norms if a substantial portion of America weren’t behind him doing exactly that. I guess the question is, as it was with Hitler - did HE cause IT, or did IT cause HIM.

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Skip Intro Nov 9, 2017 • 6:19:42pm

re: #186 Dr. Matt

It looks fine to me.

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Decatur Deb Nov 9, 2017 • 6:19:48pm

re: #187 Blind Frog Belly White

Faster, Grasshopper.

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Blind Frog Belly White Nov 9, 2017 • 6:20:06pm

re: #185 Decatur Deb

re: #187 Blind Frog Belly White

Great minds…

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Quoth the raven, Covfefe. Nov 9, 2017 • 6:20:14pm

re: #189 Decatur Deb

Faster, Grasshopper.

Snatch the pebble from my hand. Then you will be ready to be an LGF master.

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Quoth the raven, Covfefe. Nov 9, 2017 • 6:20:34pm

re: #190 Blind Frog Belly White

Great minds…

Yours, too.

[Ducks.]

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Blind Frog Belly White Nov 9, 2017 • 6:20:39pm

re: #189 Decatur Deb

Faster, Grasshopper.

Brevity is the soul of hitting ‘Post It’ first.

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Charles Johnson Nov 9, 2017 • 6:20:47pm

This is true, but Trump injected rocket fuel into the degradation machine.

— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) November 10, 2017

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Blind Frog Belly White Nov 9, 2017 • 6:21:08pm

re: #191 Quoth the raven, Covfefe.

Snatch the pebble from my hand. Then you will be ready to be an LGF master.

When you can remove the finger from my hand, you will be ready.

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Decatur Deb Nov 9, 2017 • 6:21:27pm

re: #193 Blind Frog Belly White

Brevity is the soul of hitting ‘Post It’ first.

Elegance takes longer.

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Quoth the raven, Covfefe. Nov 9, 2017 • 6:22:07pm

re: #195 Blind Frog Belly White

When you can remove the finger from my hand, you will be ready.

I’ve come pretty close to removing the finger from my own hand, so I must be almost ready.

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Targetpractice Nov 9, 2017 • 6:23:17pm

re: #194 Charles Johnson

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All Trump did was say aloud what the “establishment” had been whispering for decades. He made it “cool” to let the wingnut freak flag fly. Which is why his fans are getting angrier and angrier, because they thought that his election meant their brand of ugly was in vogue and are fast realizing they have few supporters outside their own stunted ranks.

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prairiefire Nov 9, 2017 • 6:23:57pm

re: #191 Quoth the raven, Covfefe.

Snatch the pebble from my hand. Then you will be ready to be an LGF master.

Hey! Alex Kingston is coming to our comic con in Feb.

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Quoth the raven, Covfefe. Nov 9, 2017 • 6:24:17pm

re: #199 prairiefire

Hey! Alex Kingston is coming to our comic con in Feb.

NOWAI. I am totally jealous. And daydreaming.

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Skip Intro Nov 9, 2017 • 6:25:06pm

re: #64 sagehen

Nixon had enough shame to use dog whistles for his bigotry… no way did he want to be as blatant about it, as undeniable, as George Wallace.

I’m afraid you’re right, and the GOP Senate will welcome him with open arms.

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Blind Frog Belly White Nov 9, 2017 • 6:27:11pm

re: #196 Decatur Deb

Elegance takes longer.

That’s what I’d like to think.

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Charles Johnson Nov 9, 2017 • 6:27:12pm

Sean Hannity is justifying Roy Moore’s conduct with teenage girls because, “it was consensual.” 😒 pic.twitter.com/AhETrsZLwP

— Mr. Smith (@GuardianRover) November 10, 2017

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Legally, one cannot give consent if one is underage. https://t.co/8NYhmTHfVv

— Jake Tapper (@jaketapper) November 10, 2017

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Fake Jake. LISTEN TO MY COMMENTS ALL DAY. TYPICAL MMFA LAZY HACK. CNN FAKE NEWS https://t.co/rmOO3TqKPp

— Sean Hannity (@seanhannity) November 10, 2017

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You seem upset, Sean. https://t.co/0QJFRjuONP

— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) November 10, 2017

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FormerDirtDart Nov 9, 2017 • 6:27:31pm

Sean Hannity is justifying Roy Moore’s conduct with teenage girls because, “it was consensual.” 😒 pic.twitter.com/AhETrsZLwP

— Mr. Smith (@GuardianRover) November 10, 2017

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Legally, one cannot give consent if one is underage. https://t.co/8NYhmTHfVv

— Jake Tapper (@jaketapper) November 10, 2017

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Fake Jake. LISTEN TO MY COMMENTS ALL DAY. TYPICAL MMFA LAZY HACK. CNN FAKE NEWS https://t.co/rmOO3TqKPp

— Sean Hannity (@seanhannity) November 10, 2017

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Hannity segfault. https://t.co/D4QAUXki6t

— Ankit Panda (@nktpnd) November 10, 2017

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Quoth the raven, Covfefe. Nov 9, 2017 • 6:28:23pm

re: #204 FormerDirtDart

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I wonder if Hannity’s so upset because he has some more skeletons in his closet. He got awfully bent out of shape over one reasonable statement of fact.

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teleskiguy Nov 9, 2017 • 6:29:03pm

re: #203 Charles Johnson

Jake Tapper tweeted a transcript of Lumpy’s own words and he’s calling it FAKE NEWS. These people are fuckin’ unbelievable.

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Quoth the raven, Covfefe. Nov 9, 2017 • 6:29:29pm

re: #206 teleskiguy

Jake Tapper tweeted a transcript of Lumpy’s own words and he’s calling it FAKE NEWS. These people are fuckin’ unbelievable.

Remember that these people are trying to redefine the lexicon so that “fake news” = “anything that is damaging to Republicans”.

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Blind Frog Belly White Nov 9, 2017 • 6:30:28pm

re: #205 Quoth the raven, Covfefe.

I wonder if Hannity’s so upset because he has some more skeletons in his closet. He got awfully bent out of shape over one reasonable statement of fact.

“Anyone who quotes me is lying!”

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Targetpractice Nov 9, 2017 • 6:31:42pm

Lumpy’s awful defensive for a guy who doesn’t seem to think he said anything wrong.

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Quoth the raven, Covfefe. Nov 9, 2017 • 6:32:24pm

re: #209 Targetpractice

Lumpy’s awful defensive for a guy who doesn’t seem to think he said anything wrong.

See my #205. Great minds think alike; so do ours.

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FormerDirtDart Nov 9, 2017 • 6:32:29pm

This quote from Gary Cohn is just too perfect: “The most excited group out there are big CEOs, about our tax plan.” pic.twitter.com/1a5u1EoJVQ

— Jeremy Slevin (@jeremyslevin) November 9, 2017

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Someone please put this in an ad right now. https://t.co/lfiMCs37Rv

— Jon Favreau (@jonfavs) November 9, 2017

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Interesting Times Nov 9, 2017 • 6:32:48pm

When the Alabama Republican Party sends its people, they’re not sending their best.

— Matthew Yglesias (@mattyglesias) November 9, 2017

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The word “Alabama” is unnecessary. https://t.co/kwNDIw9YFJ

— BWD 🤢 (@IrisRimon) November 10, 2017

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goddamnedfrank Nov 9, 2017 • 6:32:56pm

One of Louis C.K.’s many misogynist tells was when he characterized the pro-choice position as “abortion is exactly like taking a shit.”

— Franksgiving (@goddamnedfrank) November 10, 2017

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Quoth the raven, Covfefe. Nov 9, 2017 • 6:33:12pm

re: #212 Interesting Times

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They are definitely not playing with a full deck, that’s for sure.

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jaunte Nov 9, 2017 • 6:33:44pm

Fox News pundit says she has represented hundreds of corporate execs accused of sexual harassment and all the women accusing them were liars pic.twitter.com/awDcGosOoz

— Judd Legum (@JuddLegum) November 10, 2017

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Hannity: “As a father it scares the crap out of me.”
But now let’s talk about how often girls falsely accuse men!

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jaunte Nov 9, 2017 • 6:34:19pm

I never thought I’d see the day when pedophilia became a divisive issue within the GOP. The party cannot lead in this condition.

— Evan McMullin (@Evan_McMullin) November 10, 2017

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Well, you know what standard they use to avoid divisive issues within the GOP.

The Hastert Rule. https://t.co/ZFfaWMB1hi

— David Waldman, LLC (@KagroX) November 10, 2017

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scottslemmons Nov 9, 2017 • 6:34:30pm

At this rate, someone’s going to find a garden of dead children in Steve King’s basement, and Republicans/Christians/Fox/Breitbart will respond “SUCK IT UP, SNOWFLAKES, SERIAL KILLERS ARE ALPHAS!”

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Quoth the raven, Covfefe. Nov 9, 2017 • 6:34:52pm

re: #215 jaunte

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Hannity: “As a father it scares the crap out of me.”
But now let’s talk about how often girls falsely accuse men!

This is the problem we face when women do decide to be dishonest with their accusations. It makes it so much harder for the women who aren’t lying - who are in the majority, I guarantee - to make themselves heard above the din of men defending men. Fuckin’ A.

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Charles Johnson Nov 9, 2017 • 6:35:07pm

Judge Roy Moore told to withdraw by Senators who won’t or can’t help move Trump agenda. https://t.co/CIu13mbsvo

— Steve King (@SteveKingIA) November 10, 2017

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Today a sizable portion of conservatives unblinkingly accepted child molestation as the price they’re willing to pay to achieve fascism https://t.co/tqbKWa6Cud

— Matt Bors (@MattBors) November 10, 2017

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Yup. https://t.co/fKEjUwTFdD

— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) November 10, 2017

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bratwurst Nov 9, 2017 • 6:35:22pm

Six days later, Joe Biden calls out Harvey Weinstein - CNNPolitics https://t.co/eVYq9FTF2m

— Jake Tapper (@jaketapper) October 12, 2017

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Anyone know if @jaketapper has started the timer on how long it takes prominent Republicans from Alabama & elsewhere to respond to the Roy Moore allegations like he did with Democrats & Weinstein? https://t.co/WePMGFMgjb

— Clay C. (@ClayC1969) November 10, 2017

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jaunte Nov 9, 2017 • 6:36:15pm

2017: Tonight’s “culture divide” is about whether it’s OK for adults to force sex on a eighth grader.

— Eric Garland (@ericgarland) November 10, 2017

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FormerDirtDart Nov 9, 2017 • 6:36:33pm

Senate tax reform plan raises the income phase out for the child tax credit to $500k/$1 million pic.twitter.com/JcmapzYY4k

— Jamie Dupree (@jamiedupree) November 10, 2017

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Quoth the raven, Covfefe. Nov 9, 2017 • 6:36:40pm

re: #219 Charles Johnson

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After they accepted the deaths of schoolchildren - some of whom were my son’s age - as “just the price to pay for gun-humping freedom”, I think this was inevitable on the slippery slope down to total anarchy.

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weave Nov 9, 2017 • 6:37:16pm

Remember last week with all the Weinstein coverage and how all the wingnuts automatically trusted all of his accusers were being truthful and they were the lone advocates of women’s rights?

Well that didn’t last long….

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jaunte Nov 9, 2017 • 6:38:00pm

Trump didn’t just get accused of walking in on underage beauty contestants.

He BRAGGED about it.https://t.co/iiMUmVJ0tq

— Mikel Jollett (@Mikel_Jollett) November 9, 2017

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Dr. Matt Nov 9, 2017 • 6:38:27pm

@seanhannity is sending thoughts and prayers to Roy Moore’s campaign.

— I hope & pray the Nazis/alt-right get dick cancer (@DrMatthew) November 10, 2017

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Quoth the raven, Covfefe. Nov 9, 2017 • 6:39:04pm

re: #225 jaunte

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Not to mention, weren’t these women the ones he was bragging about “grab[bing] them by the pussy”? So not just being a peeping Donald, but sexual assault on a minor, which I don’t know if that carries additional penalties or not.

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jaunte Nov 9, 2017 • 6:39:47pm

Just imagine how much trouble Republicans will be in if it turns out Roy Moore ever used a personal email account to do some work.

— Matthew Yglesias (@mattyglesias) November 10, 2017

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Targetpractice Nov 9, 2017 • 6:40:14pm

re: #215 jaunte

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Hannity: “As a father it scares the crap out of me.”
But now let’s talk about how often girls falsely accuse men!

Shorter Fox: “The bitch(s) set him up!”

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Aucun pays pour les vieux ennemis Nov 9, 2017 • 6:40:57pm

re: #203 Charles Johnson

You’re coming across as literally insane. The propaganda game isn’t going so well for you these days, is it?

— The site has a Nazi problem, and Jack does nothing (@FurlingtonJeff) November 10, 2017

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Big Beautiful Door Nov 9, 2017 • 6:41:02pm

re: #205 Quoth the raven, Covfefe.

I wonder if Hannity’s so upset because he has some more skeletons in his closet. He got awfully bent out of shape over one reasonable statement of fact.

Can we hope that referring to child molestation as consensual might get Hannity fired?

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Decatur Deb Nov 9, 2017 • 6:41:06pm

re: #221 jaunte

2017: Tonight’s “culture divide” is about whether it’s OK for adults to force sex on a eighth grader.

They’re just teaching the controversy.

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jaunte Nov 9, 2017 • 6:41:17pm

re: #229 Targetpractice

Hannity’s telling his daughters that if he has to make a choice between their lived experience and his politics, they lose.

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jaunte Nov 9, 2017 • 6:42:03pm

re: #232 Decatur Deb

Young thing recreationists.

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jaunte Nov 9, 2017 • 6:42:37pm

This story has 30 SOURCES.

It involves 4 WOMEN. All are on the record. None of them know each other.

This is the DEFINITION of credible journalism. https://t.co/p2JrLhjtY3

— Mikel Jollett (@Mikel_Jollett) November 10, 2017

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Jay C Nov 9, 2017 • 6:43:08pm

re: #155 weave

BLAME AMERICA FIRST!

See, here’s where Democrats suck at generating outrage. Wingnuts would be all over this if a Democrat said anything like this. Remember the “Obama apology tour?”

Why isn’t every Liberal pundit out there in unison talking about his…
“Blame America First Tour?”

Besides, I don’t know what the fuck he was wanting here from “the past administration.” More regulations on businesses?

Well, first, the only use Donald Trump has for (any) past Administration is as a (negative) example to push the narrative of how bold and brilliant a “deal-maker” he himself is - so there’s that.

But what I can’t see (unless I’m missing some subtle undercurrent here) is WTF Trump intends to DO about “China”. He spent most of his campaign dumping on them for their “unfair” trade policies, and vowing that he (and he alone) would /could “fix” the problem.
Yet other than the usual blather and brag, his Asian trip seems to have produced little in the way of any concrete policy or proposals* - unless he’s planning to spring some big surprise “deal” on the public - and G*d knows what that might entail - to distract from Russiagate and the various Admin scandals.

I know what I would do if I were POTUS: wheedle/badger/bribe the Chinese into making some token gesture about their currency manipulations, or agree to boost imports from the US, or really anything (however trivial) that we and they can actually agree on: and then come back and trumpet my “achievement” to the skies. The media will eat it up, of course, and rabbit on endlessly about what a swell “dealmaker” I was: actual results aren’t even really necessary: since the negatives will most likely not be apparent until after the next scandal breaks…..

However, I don’t see the Trump Gang as even being this savvy about international affairs. Wonder why????

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Backwoods_Sleuth Nov 9, 2017 • 6:43:13pm

good grief…

I am leaving China for #APEC2017 in Vietnam. @FLOTUS Melania is staying behind to see the zoo, and of course, the Great WALL of China before going to Alaska to greet our AMAZING troops.

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) November 10, 2017

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Quoth the raven, Covfefe. Nov 9, 2017 • 6:43:14pm

re: #231 Big Beautiful Door

Can we hope that referring to child molestation as consensual might get Hannity fired?

Not a chance. Unless he’s caught with an underage boy in his lap on the set of his show, that’s about the only thing that could get him fired. Remember, it’s not pedophilia that’s bad to the Republicans, it’s homosexuality.

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FormerDirtDart Nov 9, 2017 • 6:43:55pm

NEW: Senate passes resolution mandating sexual harassment training be mandatory for senators, staff, and interns.

— ABC News (@ABC) November 9, 2017

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Irony: @GOP controlled Senate passes resolution mandating sexual harassment training the same day the GOP Senate candidate from Alabama is accused by 4 women of sexually harassing or assaulting them when they were teens. https://t.co/1ITuIiY0GW

— Col. Morris Davis (@ColMorrisDavis) November 10, 2017

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stpaulbear Nov 9, 2017 • 6:44:40pm

I am already completely sick of 50 character Twitter handles. And I’m not even on Twitter.

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The Vicious Babushka Nov 9, 2017 • 6:44:52pm

ALL TEH HUSSIES SLUTS LOOSE WOMENS IS LYING THEIR ASS OFF EXCEPT FOR JUANITTA BRODERICK, SHE TEH TRUTH TELLER!!!11!!!!

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Anymouse 🌹 Nov 9, 2017 • 6:45:27pm

re: #218 Quoth the raven, Covfefe.

This is the problem we face when women do decide to be dishonest with their accusations. It makes it so much harder for the women who aren’t lying - who are in the majority, I guarantee - to make themselves heard above the din of men defending men. Fuckin’ A.

Yup, MRAs and their fellow travellers (conservatives) use that precisely to shut down that conversation.

If a single woman or girl is shown to have exaggerated or lied, then that single instance is extended to all women and girls. They must all be lying, because this one woman or girl did.

Couple that with religion (he can’t have done this because he’s a good Christian and if he did he is forgiven by God) and it makes it extremely difficult for the multitudes who are telling the truth (and when they are savaged by conservatives, for those who haven’t yet spoken out).

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jaunte Nov 9, 2017 • 6:45:51pm

Alabama ❤️ Putin, also child molestation. pic.twitter.com/ewqYZKKJTt

— Eric Garland (@ericgarland) November 10, 2017

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These R people are insane.

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Backwoods_Sleuth Nov 9, 2017 • 6:46:32pm

GOP(R)Roy Moore was removed from 1990s divorce case after he barred lesbian from seeing her children unsupervised https://t.co/H5H9hmdIOe

— dwayne cobb (@dwaynecobb) November 10, 2017

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Decatur Deb Nov 9, 2017 • 6:47:51pm

re: #237 Backwoods_Sleuth

good grief…

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Trump is finally getting to Viet Nam. Guess the bone spurs are under control. He’s going to be shocked to learn that Charlie does surf.

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Dr. Matt Nov 9, 2017 • 6:49:08pm

re: #237 Backwoods_Sleuth

good grief…

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Why does his location say ‘California, USA’?

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Anymouse 🌹 Nov 9, 2017 • 6:49:37pm

re: #228 jaunte

Matthew Yglesias @mattyglesias

Just imagine how much trouble Republicans will be in if it turns out Roy Moore ever used a personal email account to do some work.

Mike Pence did (along with his wife’s) and he is now Vice-President.

IOKIYAR

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Aucun pays pour les vieux ennemis Nov 9, 2017 • 6:50:44pm

Is this how you imagined yourself as an adult when you were growing up? Yelling in caps locks, defending child molesters? Is this what your parents dreamed of when they raised you?

— Max (@MaxwellHWhite) November 10, 2017

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FormerDirtDart Nov 9, 2017 • 6:51:49pm

OK, there is likely no (or very few) NY Daily News readers going to be voting in the Alabama special election. But still. I’m a little disappointed in this covers area of emphasis

This is not a laughing matter.an early look at Friday’s front: https://t.co/xVcxPAlP0U pic.twitter.com/oALjy8rZUp

— New York Daily News (@NYDailyNews) November 10, 2017

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BeachDem Nov 9, 2017 • 6:52:40pm

re: #169 Blind Frog Belly White

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So reminiscent of the yam’s comments about Lindsay Lohan:

“Can you imagine the sex with this troubled teen?” said Stern.

“Yeah, you’re probably right,” Trump said. “She’s probably deeply troubled and therefore great in bed. How come the deeply troubled women, you know, deeply, deeply troubled, they’re always the best in bed?”

And now he’s president. Vomit.

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Dr. Matt Nov 9, 2017 • 6:53:23pm

Growing Facebook group urges NFL boycott over Veterans Day weekend. Click on the link and vote your support for the player’s right to a peaceful protest! https://t.co/uV3OcJGBVa

— I hope & pray the Nazis/alt-right get dick cancer (@DrMatthew) November 10, 2017

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Shiplord Kirel, live from behind wingnut lines Nov 9, 2017 • 6:53:23pm

For fucks sake…..
It is a national disgrace that this goofy satire even requires rebuttal.

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jaunte Nov 9, 2017 • 6:53:23pm

Dennis Hastert was convicted of sexually assaulting boys and they’ve never repudiated him.

— Allison Hantschel (@Athenae) November 10, 2017

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HappyWarrior Nov 9, 2017 • 6:55:03pm

re: #252 Shiplord Kirel, live from behind wingnut lines

For fucks sake…..
It is a national disgrace that this goofy satire even requires rebuttal.

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He’s a frigging Sikh.

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jaunte Nov 9, 2017 • 6:55:24pm

re: #251 Dr. Matt

I encourage all those people to stay away from NFL games and make room for the people who want to go. It’s a great self-negating project for them.

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Anymouse 🌹 Nov 9, 2017 • 6:55:57pm

Considering the Democratic momentum from the recently-concluded general election, perhaps this business with Mr. Moore will be just enough to push Doug Jones over the line in Alabama.

Perhaps even if GOP voters in Alabama could not bring themselves to vote for a Democrat to save their lives, enough might be disillusioned enough to just say they won’t vote at all.

Moreover, perhaps enough Democrats and nominally independent or usually non-voters will be disgusted enough by this to get to the polls.

While Moore was twice tossed off the state supreme court for violating the law with his Ten Commandments monument nonsense, maybe accusations of paedophilia will be enough for Alabama conservatives to dump him.

We’ll see. I am very disappointed by my Senator Ben Sasse supporting this Dumpster fire of a candidate.

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Jay C Nov 9, 2017 • 6:57:06pm

re: #254 HappyWarrior

He’s a frigging Sikh.

And you think the audience who ~~would~~ will get bent out of shape over this nonsense know the difference, or care?

Brown skin, beard, turban: that’s all they need to see.

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Decatur Deb Nov 9, 2017 • 6:57:29pm

re: #256 Anymouse 🌹

Considering the Democratic momentum from the recently-concluded general election, perhaps this business with Mr. Moore will be just enough to push Doug Jones over the line in Alabama.

It could happen, but it’s probably just Fate fucking with us again.

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jaunte Nov 9, 2017 • 6:57:43pm

6. Moore essentially arguing that an adult (or near adult) having sex with a young teen is illegal but not necessarily rape unless there is affirmative evidence that the adult threatened or attacked the victim https://t.co/IQljlzfCM9

— Judd Legum (@JuddLegum) November 9, 2017

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As a judge, Roy Moore cast the lone dissenting vote in an 8-1 decision essentially arguing against the legal premise of statutory rape. https://t.co/hWJIX0k9Fp

— The Hoarse Whisperer (@HoarseWisperer) November 9, 2017

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goddamnedfrank Nov 9, 2017 • 6:59:03pm

All politics is Identity Politics. It’s just that folks get upset when the Identity Politics isn’t White Identity Politics.

— Bobby Howard (@BobbyHoward63) November 9, 2017

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Actually, no. The American Constitution is premised on an idea politics - of universal human dignity. https://t.co/ea1D7MNciH

— Ben Sasse (@BenSasse) November 9, 2017

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This is a joke, right? It literally enshrined into government a mechanism where States were politically rewarded for allowing slavery https://t.co/evKKilCGO0

— Franksgiving (@goddamnedfrank) November 10, 2017

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Backwoods_Sleuth Nov 9, 2017 • 7:01:43pm

important stuffs….

Will Pres. Trump make a fashion statement and take part in APEC matching shirt tradition https://t.co/4L1XRCo2kg pic.twitter.com/UTy1rx5wNX

— ABC News (@ABC) November 10, 2017

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Interesting Times Nov 9, 2017 • 7:01:46pm

I almost feel sorry for her:

So one guy prosecuted the killer of four little girls and the other guy… I can’t even. .

— Jennifer Rubin (@JRubinBlogger) November 10, 2017

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Targetpractice Nov 9, 2017 • 7:02:46pm

re: #263 Interesting Times

I almost feel sorry for her:

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This is your party, Jennifer. Cherish it.

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Anymouse 🌹 Nov 9, 2017 • 7:03:27pm

Tomorrow is the Veterans Day luncheon the local public school holds for active duty members, veterans, reservists, and their families.

Last year at a Memorial Day service at our village cemetery, the cemetery board invited a recently retired Navy commander to speak (he is the highest ranking vet in the area).

His speech on Memorial Day turned into a rant against liberals and bathroom laws (entirely appropriate for a Memorial Day service). I was infuriated, and read an alternative speech I would have given at the next village board meeting and asked the cemetery board never to invite him back.

I suspect he will be the speaker tomorrow. Considering the number of transgender candidates that won elections around the country Tuesday, I suspect he will go off on that rant again.

I spoke to my wife just now, and she is in full support, that if he starts in on that nonsense tomorrow I fully intend to get up, put on my coat, and stage a walkout. She says she’ll be right there with me.

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Shiplord Kirel, live from behind wingnut lines Nov 9, 2017 • 7:03:42pm

re: #252 Shiplord Kirel, live from behind wingnut lines

Incidentally, this “Reagan was Right” fake news “satire” site is the same one various RWNJs have been citing as a source for their claim that the church shooter was affiliated with antifa.

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fern01 Nov 9, 2017 • 7:06:25pm

re: #237 Backwoods_Sleuth

good grief…

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Every time he says @FLOTUS Melania - I’m thinking - who else does he refer to as FLOTUS

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Aucun pays pour les vieux ennemis Nov 9, 2017 • 7:06:44pm

I get the feeling that prosecuting the KKK is considered to be worse the molesting kids by Alabama Republicans. Too many people are defending the predator who sought troubled kids to molest.

— The site has a Nazi problem, and Jack does nothing (@FurlingtonJeff) November 10, 2017

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Targetpractice Nov 9, 2017 • 7:07:46pm

This is the reality of the situation for the Rubins of the GOP: If you truly believe your party will suddenly return to the “normalcy” that you defended before Trump with his removal from office, then you’re severely deluded. This is your party, warts and all, Trump just pulled back the sheet so you could get a good look. There is no turning back that doesn’t involve a whole lot of blood-letting and some major mea culpas.

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electrotek Nov 9, 2017 • 7:07:46pm

I’ve been so slammed and focused at work that shockingly enough I have no idea what just transpired today.

And let me guess, it was big news, wasn’t it?

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FormerDirtDart Nov 9, 2017 • 7:09:51pm

Oh Turtle, this may be a problem…

Corker: I won’t support “one penny’s worth of deficits” in tax bill https://t.co/hsK7JWEp8k pic.twitter.com/4MsBmZSjPP

— The Hill (@thehill) November 10, 2017

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Quoth the raven, Covfefe. Nov 9, 2017 • 7:10:25pm

re: #270 electrotek

I’ve been so slammed and focused at work that shockingly enough I have no idea what just transpired today.

And let me guess, it was big news, wasn’t it?

Roy Moore is facing accusations of underage sexual assault from four different women, claiming he felt them up when they were as young as 14 years old (and he was in his 30’s).

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Anymouse 🌹 Nov 9, 2017 • 7:10:33pm

re: #270 electrotek

I’ve been so slammed and focused at work that shockingly enough I have no idea what just transpired today.

And let me guess, it was big news, wasn’t it?

Full-throated conservative defence of paedophilia today. Not big news, just normal wingnuttery.

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Charles Johnson Nov 9, 2017 • 7:12:10pm

AL’s state auditor defends Moore, telling @campbellnyt: “nothing to see here

“Single man, early 30s, never been married, dating teenage girls. Never been married and he liked younger girls”https://t.co/UtzZZT64S1

— Jonathan Martin (@jmartNYT) November 9, 2017

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Targetpractice Nov 9, 2017 • 7:12:56pm

re: #272 Quoth the raven, Covfefe.

Roy Moore is facing accusations of underage sexual assault from four different women, claiming he felt them up when they were as young as 14 years old (and he was in his 30’s).

And the wingnuts are defending him on all the charges except the 14 year old girl by hanging their entire bit on “consent” and insisting that there was “romance” between a teenage girl and a 30 yr old guy.

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Quoth the raven, Covfefe. Nov 9, 2017 • 7:13:20pm

re: #274 Charles Johnson

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The part about “dating teenage girls” doesn’t set off any alarm bells for these people. And it creeps me RIGHT THE FUCK OUT. Yes, I understand the point about older girls (above the age of consent) still technically being “teenagers”, but hopefully you guys get my intent here.

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jaunte Nov 9, 2017 • 7:13:54pm

Alabama Geneva County GOP chairman Riley Seibenhener, who called me back, says he doesn’t believe the allegations are true, but if they’re true he won’t support him - but, at the same time, it’s not “forcible rape.”

“I know that 14-year-olds don’t make good decisions,” he adds.

— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) November 10, 2017

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Fuck every #Alabama #GOP official out there saying shit like this: “I know that 14-year olds don’t make good decisions.”

THIS IS WHY THEY DON’T REPORT SEXUAL ASSAULT. Revictimizing the victim. Assholes, every one.https://t.co/ptJaNpMwmD

— Karoli (@Karoli) November 10, 2017

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Quoth the raven, Covfefe. Nov 9, 2017 • 7:14:39pm

re: #275 Targetpractice

And the wingnuts are defending him on all the charges except the 14 year old girl by hanging their entire bit on “consent” and insisting that there was “romance” between a teenage girl and a 30 yr old guy.

Is there a romance between a hot teacher and a 16-year-old teenage boy? No, it’s just him thinking with his hormones. Now don’t get me wrong, teenage girls aren’t necessarily as completely sexually driven as teenage boys, but they’re still in their sexual prime and ripe for suggestion and not in any position to consent to adult relationships.

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jaunte Nov 9, 2017 • 7:15:21pm

“I know that 14-year-olds don’t make good decisions,” he adds.

So, why are all these late-20’s early 30’s guys wanting to coach the girls’ basketball and softball teams?

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FormerDirtDart Nov 9, 2017 • 7:15:37pm

In the 10 pm hour, Fox News played an old clip of Barack Obama praising Louie C.K. before getting to the Roy Moore story.

— Ryan J. Reilly (@ryanjreilly) November 10, 2017

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Targetpractice Nov 9, 2017 • 7:16:07pm

re: #274 Charles Johnson

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The fuckers who have asserted for decades that Bill Clinton used the power of his office to “rape” women and tried to play up a 22 yr old woman as a “victim” because her boss was president…want you to believe a 30 yr old man and a 16 yr old girl were “in love” and thus the fact that he was a career lawyer who no doubt had powerful friends meant nothing.

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fern01 Nov 9, 2017 • 7:17:29pm

re: #275 Targetpractice

And the wingnuts are defending him on all the charges except the 14 year old girl by hanging their entire bit on “consent” and insisting that there was “romance” between a teenage girl and a 30 yr old guy.

They are not even denying that it happened!

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Shiplord Kirel, live from behind wingnut lines Nov 9, 2017 • 7:17:34pm

re: #274 Charles Johnson

AL’s state auditor defends Moore, telling @campbellnyt: “nothing to see here

“Single man, early 30s, never been married, dating teenage girls. Never been married and he liked younger girls”https://t.co/UtzZZT64S1

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Yeah, I tried to get romantic with a 14 year old girl once………WHEN I WAS 15, YOU CLUELESS PERV! (Got nothing but a slapped hand and some gruesome threats for it, btw).

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Anymouse 🌹 Nov 9, 2017 • 7:18:26pm

To get the GOP on board with the allegations, apparently the women involved in this will have to come out strongly in favour of tax cuts for the wealthy and corporations.

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Charles Johnson Nov 9, 2017 • 7:21:02pm

GOP:

Grand
Old
Pedophiles

— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) November 10, 2017

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Anymouse 🌹 Nov 9, 2017 • 7:21:11pm

A whole month of Coctober in one week of November. Who says the GOP can’t multitask?

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jaunte Nov 9, 2017 • 7:21:23pm

re: #275 Targetpractice

And the wingnuts are defending him on all the charges except the 14 year old girl by hanging their entire bit on “consent” and insisting that there was “romance” between a teenage girl and a 30 yr old guy.

A 14 year old girl and a 30-year old Assistant District Attorney. I’m sure he was eager to be seen escorting her to all the best political dinner parties.

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jaunte Nov 9, 2017 • 7:22:53pm

Did anyone read far enough into that story to read what Moore did to his victim’s life? She felt responsible and dirty and it guided her decisions as an adult. that’s what happens. OVER AND OVER, victims are revictimized.

— Karoli (@Karoli) November 10, 2017

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makeitstop Nov 9, 2017 • 7:23:16pm

re: #238 Quoth the raven, Covfefe.

Remember, it’s not pedophilia that’s bad to the Republicans, it’s homosexuality.

Which is funny in a really pathetic way, because they always imply pedophilia when talking about homosexuality.

To them, gays are pedophiles by nature, but an old-ass molester is AOK if he’s running for Senate.

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Quoth the raven, Covfefe. Nov 9, 2017 • 7:24:06pm

re: #283 Shiplord Kirel, live from behind wingnut lines

Yeah, I tried to get romantic with a 14 year old girl once………WHEN I WAS 15, YOU CLUELESS PERV! (Got nothing but a slapped hand and some gruesome threats for it, btw).

Well, you have me beat. I was too shy to get with any of the girls in high school. I stalked a girl in college, she shot me down with the “let’s just be friends” talk, then I met Mrs. Fish and the rest, as they say, is history.

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Anymouse 🌹 Nov 9, 2017 • 7:24:08pm

Hot take from Bill Mitchell, and the replies equally disgusting:

These Judge Moore allegations are 40 years old and a complete hit job to harm him with evangelicals. Why now? Why nothing for 40 years? And McConnell so quick to accuse? I smell an establishment rat.

— Bill Mitchell (@mitchellvii) November 9, 2017

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Dr. Matt Nov 9, 2017 • 7:24:10pm

We need to demand a total and complete shutdown of Alabamian Republicans entering the United States until our country’s representatives can figure out what the hell is going on. #roymoore #maga #lockhimup

— I hope & pray the Nazis/alt-right get dick cancer (@DrMatthew) November 10, 2017

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lawhawk Nov 9, 2017 • 7:24:28pm

re: #287 jaunte

The GOP is craven and cares about only power and depriving all others of power and a voice.

It’s also telling that they are attacking the victims (again).

— lawhawk (@lawhawk) November 10, 2017

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Moore’s victims were as young as 14. A 14 year old can’t consent. There’s no consent there.

GOPers spewing nonsense about consent are deflecting attention and lying.

— lawhawk (@lawhawk) November 10, 2017

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TedStriker Nov 9, 2017 • 7:24:43pm

re: #161 Targetpractice

“That’s HEDLEY!”

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“This is 1874, you can sue HER!”

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Big Beautiful Door Nov 9, 2017 • 7:24:51pm

Best case scenario for Doug Jones is that the Bama GOP withdraws endorsement of Moore and endorses write-in candidate such as Strange, Moore refuses to withdraw and goes to court instead, GOP vote is split allowing Jones to win with a plurality. If GOP stands by Moore, he’ll probably win.

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Anymouse 🌹 Nov 9, 2017 • 7:25:43pm

re: #290 Quoth the raven, Covfefe.

Well, you have me beat. I was too shy to get with any of the girls in high school. I stalked a girl in college, she shot me down with the “let’s just be friends” talk, then I met Mrs. Fish and the rest, as they say, is history.

My first date was when I was twenty-four, after I was out of the Navy from my first enlistment. (I was not interesting enough apparently.)

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Targetpractice Nov 9, 2017 • 7:25:44pm

Clinton: “These women are victims who have come forward to tell their stories! How dare the liberal media question them and suggest they’re lying?! And worse, Hillary not only allowed this to happen, but she attacked the victims for years!!!”

Trump: “We all know women lie about sexual harassment and rape to attack powerful men. We can’t take the word of these women seriously because they can’t provide any proof that Trump did anything to them that they didn’t consent to.”

Cosby: “So what if all these women came forward? They’re gold diggers, trying to get Bill to cut a check to make them go away. You can’t take what they say at face value.”

Weinstein: “This man is a sexual predator and the fact that he was able to go for years without anyone speaking up is an indictment against all of Hollywood! He should be in prison and we should investigate every allegation these women have made to get to the bottom of sexual crimes in Hollywood!!!”

Spacey: “Anthony Rapp was so brave for coming forward and bringing to light this horrible behavior. This is just a further example of how twisted Hollywood is.”

Moore: “Hey now, let’s not rush to judgment. These allegations are so old and the timing of these women coming forward is all so suspect. The 14 year old girl was troubling, but the rest were purely consensual because the girls were old enough at the time. If these allegations are true then it’s troubling, but we can’t take any steps until we further investigate…”

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jaunte Nov 9, 2017 • 7:26:16pm

We should probably talk about how there is a segment of evangelicalism and homeschool culture where the only thing Roy Moore did wrong was initiating sexual contact outside of marriage. 14 year old girls courting adult men isn’t entirely uncommon.

— Kathryn Brightbill ✒ (@KEBrightbill) November 10, 2017

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Thread “It’s fundamentally predatory…” https://t.co/dTV5aoe2vr

— Ta-Nehisi Coates (@tanehisicoates) November 10, 2017

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jaunte Nov 9, 2017 • 7:27:03pm

Much of the sexual abuse in IFB churches in the US is adult men going after 14 or 15 year old girls, and the girls end up being forced to publicly repent for their “sin” of seducing adult men. Roy Moore is a symptom of that bigger problem.

— Kathryn Brightbill ✒ (@KEBrightbill) November 10, 2017

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TedStriker Nov 9, 2017 • 7:27:15pm

re: #205 Quoth the raven, Covfefe.

I wonder if Hannity’s so upset because he has some more skeletons in his closet. He got awfully bent out of shape over one reasonable statement of fact.

It would not surprise me if Hannity’s guilty of some of the same shit currently being hung around Moore’s, Louis C.K.’s, and Weinstein’s (and maybe Spacey’s) necks.

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The Vicious Babushka Nov 9, 2017 • 7:27:51pm

To recap FOX:
39 year old Don Jr is “a good kid.”
36 year old Kushner is too young looking to have done anything illegal.
29 year old Papdopoulos made a youthful mistake.

14 year old Leigh Corfman is a consenting adult.

— Liz Gumbinner (@Mom101) November 10, 2017

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fern01 Nov 9, 2017 • 7:28:05pm

“If true” is the GOP equivalent to “thoughts and prayers” pundit on Lawrence’s show

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Targetpractice Nov 9, 2017 • 7:28:25pm

re: #299 jaunte

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In other words, it’s the American version of the very behavior that “Christians” highlight in Islamic countries when they want to portray them as culturally backwards and depraved.

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Charles Johnson Nov 9, 2017 • 7:28:55pm

Everyone needs to understand that when someone like Roy Moore is unmasked for abusing ONE victim, there’s no doubt that there were many other victims.

— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) November 10, 2017

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Quoth the raven, Covfefe. Nov 9, 2017 • 7:29:39pm

re: #296 Anymouse 🌹

My first date was when I was twenty-four, after I was out of the Navy from my first enlistment. (I was not interesting enough apparently.)

I did have a girlfriend in high school, when I was a senior. I met her on the Internet. It lasted a few awkward months, it fell apart extremely badly, and I became even more convinced of my unsuitability.

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Dave In Austin Nov 9, 2017 • 7:30:32pm

37% of people eat their boogers too

— Pam Hansen (@pamhanseniscool) November 10, 2017

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Sea Mexican! Nov 9, 2017 • 7:31:36pm

OT: Yet another economic disaster is heading towards Puerto Rico.

elnuevodia.com (it might be related to this news: denverpost.com).

The Ways and Means Committee approved a bill that will put a 20% to anything that’s imported into the US. This hits us very bad: the Jones Act already makes most products more expensive than the States. This will shoot the cost of life, without any relief anywhere else. Salaries will still be below those in the states (for example, teachers here start with around $20k in salary, and a median of around $38k).

What this will cause is greater immigration towards the US, and a death spiral for PR’s economy.

But billionaires have to have their tax cuts. Oh, and Donald too.

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TedStriker Nov 9, 2017 • 7:33:14pm

re: #304 Charles Johnson

Everyone needs to understand that when someone like Roy Moore is unmasked for abusing ONE victim, there’s no doubt that there were many other victims.

— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) November 10, 2017

Which is why I don’t buy Spacey’s *drunken youthful indiscretion* non-apology apology, because he’s only grown in stature, power, and status in Hollywood since the incident with Anthony Rapp; if he’s done that once, odds are he’s done it since then, maybe more than once.

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lawhawk Nov 9, 2017 • 7:35:43pm

re: #307 Sea Mexican!

OT: Yet another economic disaster is heading towards Puerto Rico.

elnuevodia.com (it might be related to this news: denverpost.com).

The Ways and Means Committee approved a bill that will put a 20% to anything that’s imported into the US. This hits us very bad: the Jones Act already makes most products more expensive than the States. This will shoot the cost of life, without any relief anywhere else. Salaries will still be below those in the states (for example, teachers here start with around $20k in salary, and a median of around $38k).

What this will cause is greater immigration towards the US, and a death spiral for PR’s economy.

But billionaires have to have their tax cuts. Oh, and Donald too.

Forget the economic disaster.

The natural disaster continues. Power had gotten restored to about 43% today, until a major distribution line restored by Whitefish failed - so about 20% of the island has power.

More than 40 days after the storm made landfall, 80% is without power (again).

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Dr. Matt Nov 9, 2017 • 7:35:59pm

#MAGA = Molesting Adolescent Girls Allowed

— I hope & pray the Nazis/alt-right get dick cancer (@DrMatthew) November 10, 2017

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Big Beautiful Door Nov 9, 2017 • 7:36:09pm

re: #308 TedStriker

Which is why I don’t buy Spacey’s *drunken youthful indiscretion* non-apology apology, because he’s only grown in stature, power, and status since the incident with Anthony Rapp; if he’s done that once, odds are he’s done it since then, maybe more than once.

In fact he has been accused of harassing people on the House of Cards set.

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scottslemmons Nov 9, 2017 • 7:36:33pm

John Hillerman dead at 84. :(

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Charles Johnson Nov 9, 2017 • 7:36:46pm

The Trump Era will go down in history as the epoch when all of America’s filthy secrets bubbled up to the surface.

— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) November 10, 2017

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FormerDirtDart Nov 9, 2017 • 7:36:51pm

…and this is where I just finished the whole damn bottle of whiskey https://t.co/4VTQsk2nM2 pic.twitter.com/0H0X5qFMtt

— Kelsey D. Atherton, don’t start a nuclear war okay (@AthertonKD) November 10, 2017

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goddamnedfrank Nov 9, 2017 • 7:37:35pm

Starting today, your Twitter display name can be up to 50 characters in length! Go ahead, add that middle name or even a few more emojis. https://t.co/QBxx9Hnn1j

— Twitter Support (@TwitterSupport) November 10, 2017

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Yes, longer display names will totally make people forget about Twitter’s refusal to deal with its nazi infestation https://t.co/hBw1yXe10A

— Franksgiving (@goddamnedfrank) November 10, 2017

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electrotek Nov 9, 2017 • 7:38:13pm

So all this time when right wingers call Muslims pedophiles, they’re merely projecting.

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lawhawk Nov 9, 2017 • 7:39:22pm

re: #316 electrotek

So all this time when right wingers call Muslims pedophiles, they’re merely projecting.

It’s what the Christian Taliban does best. They don’t like it when others horn in on their territory.

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lawhawk Nov 9, 2017 • 7:39:32pm

No. And I don’t need 280 characters to answer that (short form or long form).

— lawhawk (@lawhawk) November 10, 2017

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Anymouse 🌹 Nov 9, 2017 • 7:40:11pm

Apparently, the Alabama GOP now supports pedophilia.

Life is surreal in the age of the Orange one

— Arecia Jones (@Domino61) November 10, 2017

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Replace “now” with “still” and you’re on to something. https://t.co/8f6VFl2B9O

— Stonekettle (@Stonekettle) November 10, 2017

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Big Beautiful Door Nov 9, 2017 • 7:40:17pm

re: #307 Sea Mexican!

OT: Yet another economic disaster is heading towards Puerto Rico.

elnuevodia.com (it might be related to this news: denverpost.com).

The Ways and Means Committee approved a bill that will put a 20% to anything that’s imported into the US. This hits us very bad: the Jones Act already makes most products more expensive than the States. This will shoot the cost of life, without any relief anywhere else. Salaries will still be below those in the states (for example, teachers here start with around $20k in salary, and a median of around $38k).

What this will cause is greater immigration towards the US, and a death spiral for PR’s economy.

But billionaires have to have their tax cuts. Oh, and Donald too.

Economic Advisor Gary Cohn said big CEOs are very excited about the tax cuts, which will trickle down (yes he actually said that) the economy to workers.

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Skip Intro Nov 9, 2017 • 7:40:39pm

re: #291 Anymouse 🌹

Hot take from Bill Mitchell, and the replies equally disgusting:

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It won’t harm him with evangelicals. He’d have to come out as a Democrat for that to happen.

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Quoth the raven, Covfefe. Nov 9, 2017 • 7:41:31pm

re: #321 Skip Intro

It won’t harm him with evangelicals. He’d have to come out as a Democrat for that to happen.

Or say something pro-abortion. That doesn’t sit well even if you’re a Republican. Outside of that, they’ll forgive almost anything.

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TedStriker Nov 9, 2017 • 7:41:55pm

re: #311 Big Beautiful Door

In fact he has been accused of harassing people on the House of Cards set.

I heard about that, but “harassing” covers a lot of ground, from just being a perfectionist douchebag (as many great actors can be like) to doing like Louis C.K. or what Spacey did with Rapp.

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TedStriker Nov 9, 2017 • 7:42:26pm

re: #312 scottslemmons

John Hillerman dead at 84. :(

Fare thee well, Higgins…

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jaunte Nov 9, 2017 • 7:43:47pm

re: #319 Anymouse 🌹

Replace “now” with “still” and you’re on to something.

The Confederacy fought a war partially in support of pedophilia.

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Targetpractice Nov 9, 2017 • 7:43:52pm

re: #314 FormerDirtDart

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These nutters truly do want another war just to make the whole Russia mess disappear. And if millions of Koreans die to make it happen, they consider that an acceptable price for others to pay.

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Quoth the raven, Covfefe. Nov 9, 2017 • 7:44:21pm

re: #325 jaunte

The Confederacy fought a war partially in support of pedophilia.

You’ve genuinely piqued my interest now. That’s actually the first suggestion I’ve heard of anything along those lines.

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Anymouse 🌹 Nov 9, 2017 • 7:44:25pm

I believe you and I have a duty to stand up and fight back against the forces of evil waging an all-out war on our conservative values!

Our nation is at a crossroads right now — both spiritually and politically. (3/4) #ALSen

— Judge Roy Moore (@MooreSenate) November 9, 2017

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When defendin’ pedophilia is a “spiritual battle”, your religion sucks.https://t.co/PuZRfoBL9i

— Tea Pain (@TeaPainUSA) November 10, 2017

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Big Beautiful Door Nov 9, 2017 • 7:44:35pm

re: #323 TedStriker

I heard about that, but “harassing” covers a lot of ground, from just being a perfectionist douchebag (as many great actors can be like) to doing like Louis C.K. or what Spacey did with Rapp.

He was grabbing people’s private parts and groping them.

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majii Nov 9, 2017 • 7:45:51pm

re: #321 Skip Intro

“It won’t harm him with evangelicals. He’d have to come out as a Democrat for that to happen.”

I think that it’s this that exposes them as not really being Christians first but political actors above all else. This is also why when they begin to talk about God and Jesus and try to impose their morals on others, I laugh and mock them.

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jaunte Nov 9, 2017 • 7:45:57pm

re: #327 Quoth the raven, Covfefe.

A white man who owned slaves had access to any slave he wanted.

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Anymouse 🌹 Nov 9, 2017 • 7:46:19pm

re: #327 Quoth the raven, Covfefe.

You’ve genuinely piqued my interest now. That’s actually the first suggestion I’ve heard of anything along those lines.

Slaves were property, therefore age didn’t matter.

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Big Beautiful Door Nov 9, 2017 • 7:46:32pm

re: #327 Quoth the raven, Covfefe.

You’ve genuinely piqued my interest now. That’s actually the first suggestion I’ve heard of anything along those lines.

I suspect they were raping pubescent slaves, if they even waited that long.

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Quoth the raven, Covfefe. Nov 9, 2017 • 7:46:36pm

re: #331 jaunte

A white man who owned slaves had access to any slave he wanted.

Ahhhhh, now I read your intent. That’s an interesting take on the pro-slavery movement. And it does seem to match with their modern behavior, doesn’t it?

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Anymouse 🌹 Nov 9, 2017 • 7:49:50pm

re: #330 majii

“It won’t harm him with evangelicals. He’d have to come out as a Democrat for that to happen.”

I think that it’s this that exposes them as not really being Christians first but political actors above all else. This is also why when they begin to talk about God and Jesus and try to impose their morals on others, I laugh and mock them.

All religions that gain enough members become political organisations. When they are small and weak (like the Baptists after the Revolution), they cry out for protection from the State. When they become powerful, they want to become the State.

The entire history of political activity in the world concerning religious groups is the religious groups attempting to become the State.

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FormerDirtDart Nov 9, 2017 • 7:52:54pm

Court martial convicts notorious Parris Island drill instructor of abusing recruits https://t.co/0QndFihh0b

— Jeff Schogol (@JeffSchogol) November 10, 2017

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stpaulbear Nov 9, 2017 • 7:53:15pm

The three richest people in the US - Bill Gates, Jeff Bezos and Warren Buffett - own as much wealth as the bottom half of the US population, or 160 million people.

Analysis of the wealth of America’s richest people found that Gates, Bezos and Buffett were sitting on a combined $248.5bn (£190bn) fortune. The Institute for Policy Studies said the growing gap between rich and poor had created a “moral crisis”.

“Our wealthiest 400 now have more wealth combined than the bottom 64% of the US population, an estimated 80m households or 204 million people,” the report says. “That’s more people than the population of Canada and Mexico combined.”

The report says the “billionaire class” continues to “pull apart from the rest of us” at the fastest rate ever recorded. “We have not witnessed such extreme levels of concentrated wealth and power since the first gilded age a century ago.”

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Quoth the raven, Covfefe. Nov 9, 2017 • 7:53:56pm

re: #337 stpaulbear

The three richest people in the US - Bill Gates, Jeff Bezos and Warren Buffett - own as much wealth as the bottom half of the US population, or 160 million people.

Analysis of the wealth of America’s richest people found that Gates, Bezos and Buffett were sitting on a combined $248.5bn (£190bn) fortune. The Institute for Policy Studies said the growing gap between rich and poor had created a “moral crisis”.

“Our wealthiest 400 now have more wealth combined than the bottom 64% of the US population, an estimated 80m households or 204 million people,” the report says. “That’s more people than the population of Canada and Mexico combined.”

The report says the “billionaire class” continues to “pull apart from the rest of us” at the fastest rate ever recorded. “We have not witnessed such extreme levels of concentrated wealth and power since the first gilded age a century ago.”

But Rush Limbaugh says that the top 10% of wage earners pay 90% of taxes!!!

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makeitstop Nov 9, 2017 • 7:54:52pm

@TheRickWilson pic.twitter.com/gli2GLGgZX

— William Pierce (@William00922649) November 10, 2017

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FormerDirtDart Nov 9, 2017 • 7:55:32pm

On Fox, Ann Coulter defends Roy Moore pursuing teenagers: “We might find that a little creepy today, but this was nearly 50 years ago” https://t.co/ATAOG6Ny8d pic.twitter.com/SBAszuXX6h

— Media Matters (@mmfa) November 10, 2017

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jaunte Nov 9, 2017 • 7:56:29pm

re: #340 FormerDirtDart

It was creepy back then, too.

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Quoth the raven, Covfefe. Nov 9, 2017 • 7:56:32pm

re: #340 FormerDirtDart

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Ann Coulter: I QUESTION THE TIMING!!!

Predictable as the sunrise, these stupid fuckers.

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Dr. Matt Nov 9, 2017 • 7:56:45pm

re: #318 lawhawk

Short answer: No
Longer answer: Hell no

— I hope & pray the Nazis/alt-right get dick cancer (@DrMatthew) November 10, 2017

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Sea Mexican! Nov 9, 2017 • 7:56:46pm

re: #309 lawhawk

Forget the economic disaster.

The natural disaster continues. Power had gotten restored to about 43% today, until a major distribution line restored by Whitefish failed - so about 20% of the island has power.

More than 40 days after the storm made landfall, 80% is without power (again).

It certainly doesn’t help. The natural disaster, the (non)response disaster (especially at the state and federal levels), and these economic beatdowns. Recovery won’t happen in a long, long time.

I was 18 when hurricane Georges made landfall in Puerto Rico. I don’t remember much, but I’m certain of one thing: the response by the federal and state levels were much, much better. Compared to now, there were many mitigating factors. But the devastation left made a huge impression on me. At this point, we were already much, much better. Even taking into account the higher destruction left by María, the recovery is way behind.

Yesterday I went to Aguadilla, and things there were shocking. I saw a Walgreens with a line waiting to enter the store. People had written on the streets places that needed water, food, and other help, even calling out authorities. And these were places close to the airport, where a lot of aid goes through.

One small detail about the power data: what the government here is reporting is the power consumed, not the houses with power.

(Sorry for the rambling … it’s almost midnight here, and my brain decided to dump core.)

((Just to clarify, I’m not attacking you Lawhawk. You are doing a marvelous job, and I thank you for it. I just had these semi-random thoughts in my mind.))

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Sea Mexican! Nov 9, 2017 • 7:57:00pm

Good night everyone! And thanks!

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stpaulbear Nov 9, 2017 • 7:57:24pm

re: #342 Quoth the raven, Covfefe.

Ann Coulter: I QUESTION THE TIMING!!!

Predictable as the sunrise, these stupid fuckers.

It’s too soon!

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Shiplord Kirel, live from behind wingnut lines Nov 9, 2017 • 7:57:39pm

re: #312 scottslemmons

John Hillerman dead at 84. :(

That is really sad. Mr. Hillerman was a native of Denison Texas and lived in Houston after he retired. His Oxford accent was so good that many fans had no idea he was not English. During a couple of episodes of Magnum PI, he played a dual part as Higgins and as Higgins’s half-brother, Elmo Ziller from Texas. It was Elmo’s drawl rather than Higgins’s crafted Oxonian that was Hillerman’s natural accent. I met him a couple of times, a very personable and modest gentleman who nevertheless took obvious pride in his work. RIP, Texan.

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Quoth the raven, Covfefe. Nov 9, 2017 • 7:58:32pm

re: #346 stpaulbear

It’s too soon!

Well, yeah, he hasn’t been elected yet. It’s too soon until the election is over. Apparently we’re not allowed to question the Most Holy Priests of the Religion of Derp until after they’ve ascended to their appointed positions within the federal government.

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makeitstop Nov 9, 2017 • 7:58:54pm

re: #341 jaunte

It was creepy back then, too.

Probably would have gotten you killed 50 years ago.

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Quoth the raven, Covfefe. Nov 9, 2017 • 7:59:35pm

re: #349 makeitstop

Probably would have gotten you killed 50 years ago.

Depends on the girl and the dad. Remember, he was a promising young lawyer - some dads might have skated on the creep factor. Which is possibly even more creepy.

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jaunte Nov 9, 2017 • 8:01:18pm

We absolutely can’t let this Roy Moore thing go. I’m especially thinking of all the young girls who might be victims themselves, listening to the excuses being made for him. No matter who you are, don’t let this slide.

— JuanPa (@jpbrammer) November 10, 2017

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jaunte Nov 9, 2017 • 8:02:16pm

It’s honestly depressing to see that party loyalty appears to be preventing a segment of American adults from condemning child molestation as an abhorrent crime.

— Tom Bonier (@tbonier) November 10, 2017

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Quoth the raven, Covfefe. Nov 9, 2017 • 8:03:15pm

re: #352 jaunte

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37% of the voting public, if my memory serves.

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Dr. Matt Nov 9, 2017 • 8:03:28pm

Trumpism/Modern GOP

NFL players peacefully protesting: “OUTRAGE! BOYCOTT!”
Roy Moore molests a 14 year old girl: “Meh”

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jaunte Nov 9, 2017 • 8:04:08pm

re: #354 Dr. Matt

Get out the color chart.

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FormerDirtDart Nov 9, 2017 • 8:06:35pm

I don’t know why I was thinking the Alabama special election was next Tuesday.
The realization that Moore has a whole month to counter these allegations has left me suddenly depressed.

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jaunte Nov 9, 2017 • 8:07:42pm

re: #356 FormerDirtDart

Given his proclivities, I doubt there’s only four incidents out there. A month is enough time for others to come forward.

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weave Nov 9, 2017 • 8:07:47pm

I’m sitting here trying to remember the chorus of people defending Anthony Weiner…

Anyone?

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Quoth the raven, Covfefe. Nov 9, 2017 • 8:08:10pm

re: #358 weave

I’m sitting here trying to remember the chorus of people defending Anthony Weiner…

Anyone?

Not any of us, but we’re lizards, we’re weird already.

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jaunte Nov 9, 2017 • 8:10:48pm

Michael Steele is worried about how this Roy Moore story is going to affect the Republican image.

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Quoth the raven, Covfefe. Nov 9, 2017 • 8:13:19pm

re: #360 jaunte

Michael Steele is worried about how this Roy Moore story is going to affect the Republican image.

It won’t. We already know Republicans are all kiddie-diddlers.

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electrotek Nov 9, 2017 • 8:15:33pm

Does Roy Moore go to Thailand on the regular?

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Quoth the raven, Covfefe. Nov 9, 2017 • 8:15:49pm

re: #362 electrotek

Does Roy Moore go to Thailand on the regular?

*WHACK!*

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HappyWarrior Nov 9, 2017 • 8:16:12pm

re: #340 FormerDirtDart

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I’m glad Ann’s not a mother. WTF is wrong with her.

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Anymouse 🌹 Nov 9, 2017 • 8:16:30pm

re: #356 FormerDirtDart

I don’t know why I was thinking the Alabama special election was next Tuesday.
The realization that Moore has a whole month to counter these allegations has left me suddenly depressed.

On the other hand, it’s another month for more information to come out to support the allegations (or more victims to come forth).

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FormerDirtDart Nov 9, 2017 • 8:16:48pm

re: #358 weave

I’m sitting here trying to remember the chorus of people defending Anthony Weiner…

Anyone?

Someone needs to find video of Hannity and his gaggle of maggots going on about how disgusting Weiner was.

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HappyWarrior Nov 9, 2017 • 8:17:01pm

re: #360 jaunte

Michael Steele is worried about how this Roy Moore story is going to affect the Republican image.

No worries Mike, your party already nominated Trump.

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jaunte Nov 9, 2017 • 8:17:28pm

re: #366 FormerDirtDart

Left: Sean Hannity on Anthony Weiner
Right: Sean Hannity on Roy Moore pic.twitter.com/CGQ63Z6iCg

— Josh Greenman (@joshgreenman) November 10, 2017

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LastYearsMan Nov 9, 2017 • 8:17:31pm

Is Moore related to Jerry Lee Lewis?

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HappyWarrior Nov 9, 2017 • 8:17:51pm

re: #368 jaunte

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Quoth the raven, Covfefe. Nov 9, 2017 • 8:17:58pm

re: #367 HappyWarrior

No worries Mike, your party already nominated Trump.

An admitted sexual abuser and possible child molester (how young were the women in his pageants, again?). But he is now President of the United States. Leaves me with little hope that these allegations will do anything to damage Moore’s campaign.

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Anymouse 🌹 Nov 9, 2017 • 8:18:39pm

I believe you and I have a duty to stand up and fight back against the forces of evil waging an all-out war on our conservative values!

Our nation is at a crossroads right now — both spiritually and politically. (3/4) #ALSen

— Judge Roy Moore (@MooreSenate) November 9, 2017

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When defendin’ pedophilia is a “spiritual battle”, your religion sucks.https://t.co/PuZRfoBL9i

— Tea Pain (@TeaPainUSA) November 10, 2017

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FormerDirtDart Nov 9, 2017 • 8:19:54pm

.@Trevornoah’s reference to Louis C.K. tonight on @TheDailyShow: pic.twitter.com/XQ2UzajFGL

— Sopan Deb (@SopanDeb) November 10, 2017

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goddamnedfrank Nov 9, 2017 • 8:20:19pm

Yes, it’s really sad when the media accurately reports the exact creepy words you used to defend an accused pedophile.

— Franksgiving (@goddamnedfrank) November 10, 2017

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Anymouse 🌹 Nov 9, 2017 • 8:20:23pm

Strategic Update: Two days after sweeping electoral losses, key Republicans decided to double-down on their support of child molestation.

— Eric Garland (@ericgarland) November 9, 2017

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FormerDirtDart Nov 9, 2017 • 8:22:15pm

Umm, wow

“Every Republican that lost (their House of Delegates seat]…got more votes than they did in 2013 in the last governor’s race. So they turned out more voters, [but] they didn’t turn out as many new voters as the Democrats did. https://t.co/qXjoQySa83

— Vox (@voxdotcom) November 10, 2017

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FormerDirtDart Nov 9, 2017 • 8:24:13pm

So, Trump has a new cover photo. (Won’t help G2 unease in Asia.) pic.twitter.com/Ugalj9PLeT

— Ankit Panda (@nktpnd) November 10, 2017

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I do not recall Moon, Abe, or any NATO heads of state/government getting this treatment, for what it’s worth.

— Ankit Panda (@nktpnd) November 10, 2017

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Anymouse 🌹 Nov 9, 2017 • 8:24:45pm

re: #376 FormerDirtDart

I know as of last night there were still a few seats in the Va. House of Delegates that were undetermined. Has the HoD been flipped to Democratic control or is that still up in the air?

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Mike Lamb Nov 9, 2017 • 8:26:20pm

re: #340 FormerDirtDart

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Nearly 50 years ago? Aside from that meaning fuck all for the issue, why not 60 years? 75? He’ll, 100!

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weave Nov 9, 2017 • 8:26:57pm

And here is how one person on Redstate is defending his decision to still vote for Moore…

Voting for Moore is not indirectly supporting such behavior. It’s making a rational decision between two people based on evaluating factors like who is more likely to fight for the rights of the unborn, for traditional marriage, for religious liberty in this country, for the protection of the 2nd Amendment, for lower taxes, for cutting spending, for protection of our borders, etc. If a politician has done something wrong but will be fighting to make the country a better place I am not “indirectly” supporting his sinful behavior because I vote for him over the person who’s fighting to make the country a worse place.

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Quoth the raven, Covfefe. Nov 9, 2017 • 8:27:59pm

re: #380 weave

And here is how one person on Redstate is defending his decision to still vote for Moore…

In other words, it’s okay to vote for a child molester because he supports my values. This is literally how the religious right thinks. As I mentioned, it turns “their” guys into the fallen heroes, who can be redeemed by atoning for their acts by voting for the right legislation.

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FormerDirtDart Nov 9, 2017 • 8:30:52pm

. @seanhannity was clearly caught up in cross-talk on his radio show. He was not referring to a 14-year-old girl, he was referring to what he said earlier. This happens a lot on radio. You can attack him on a million other issues but this attack is patently unfair. pic.twitter.com/bDa2XH16S7

— Yashar Ali 🐘 (@yashar) November 10, 2017

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I hate to speak up in defense of @seanhannity, but…his statement about Moore and consensual was clearly not about the 14 year old. The transcript just makes it look that way because there was talk-over. This is an unfair attack.

— Kurt Eichenwald (@kurteichenwald) November 10, 2017

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Kurt, thanks for your honesty. It is important on such an important topic that I am crystal clear. Best Sean https://t.co/Arn5zPlpTe

— Sean Hannity (@seanhannity) November 10, 2017

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I don’t watch your show but it’s good that you admitted you misspoke about “consensual” sexual contact with 14 year old girl. For that reason, I deleted the tweets. We agree that if the charges are true, it’s horrifying. https://t.co/HPefM77WTN

— Jake Tapper (@jaketapper) November 10, 2017

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I honestly appreciate you pulling down those tweets. No hard feelings. I’ll do the same for you. All my best Sean https://t.co/GPKctEz2dp

— Sean Hannity (@seanhannity) November 10, 2017

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Quoth the raven, Covfefe. Nov 9, 2017 • 8:31:22pm

I have to admit, if the choice is between a child molester and someone who I think would make the country a worse place, I would choose neither. I wouldn’t cast a vote for that office. I would not, under ANY circumstances, vote for the child molester just because they happened to agree with me politically. Are you fucking kidding me?!

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The Ghost of a Flea Nov 9, 2017 • 8:33:58pm

re: #381 Quoth the raven, Covfefe.

The Religious Right is defined by the way it has taken apart moral constants and substituted a hierarchy in which ritual performance of their kind of piety is the determining variable on who is moral and who is culpable.

If you’re part of the group, you’re always better than the people not in the group. What you did is forgivable, explainable by “temptation,” or necessary.

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Quoth the raven, Covfefe. Nov 9, 2017 • 8:34:43pm

re: #384 The Ghost of a Flea

The Religious Right is defined by the way it has taken apart moral constants and substituted a hierarchy in which ritual performance of their kind of piety is the determining variable on who is moral and who is culpable.

If you’re part of the group, you’re always better than the people not in the group. What you did is forgivable, explainable by “temptation,” or necessary.

See, for example, the Biblical Pharisees. But they don’t like it when we bring that comparison up. Hits a little too close to home.

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Anymouse 🌹 Nov 9, 2017 • 8:34:44pm

re: #383 Quoth the raven, Covfefe.

I have to admit, if the choice is between a child molester and someone who I think would make the country a worse place, I would choose neither. I wouldn’t cast a vote for that office. I would not, under ANY circumstances, vote for the child molester just because they happened to agree with me politically. Are you fucking kidding me?!

I would try to run against both, even if I got pummelled at the polls.

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jaunte Nov 9, 2017 • 8:35:17pm

re: #382 FormerDirtDart

Good old Sean Hannity, minimizing the 14 year old’s story because the sexual contact with a 17 and 18 year old, (INITIATED BY the 30-year old Assistant District Attorney), was not strictly illegal.

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Anymouse 🌹 Nov 9, 2017 • 8:35:49pm

My wife is going after a II Amendment absolutist on the Universal Life Church blog of all places.

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BeachDem Nov 9, 2017 • 8:36:04pm

re: #355 jaunte

Get out the color chart.

Or…The 100th Entry Special Edition Republican Rape Advisory Chart

goprapeadvisorychart.com

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dog philosopher ஐஒஔ௸ Nov 9, 2017 • 8:37:28pm

re: #1 teleskiguy

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blame america first, i guess

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dog philosopher ஐஒஔ௸ Nov 9, 2017 • 8:39:45pm

re: #384 The Ghost of a Flea

The Religious Right is defined by the way it has taken apart moral constants and substituted a hierarchy in which ritual performance of their kind of piety is the determining variable on who is moral and who is culpable.

If you’re part of the group, you’re always better than the people not in the group. What you did is forgivable, explainable by “temptation,” or necessary.

they might as well start selling indulgences

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Ace Rothstein Nov 9, 2017 • 8:40:43pm

re: #374 goddamnedfrank

He was only clearer FIVE HOURS LATER on TV after the shit hit the fan.

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weave Nov 9, 2017 • 8:44:29pm

So 17 is legal?

Oh, Alabama….. 🙄

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Jay C Nov 9, 2017 • 8:45:25pm

re: #391 dog philosopher ஐஒஔ௸

they might as well start selling indulgences

Basically, aren’t the RR’s attitudes towards political activities pretty much the same thing?

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FormerDirtDart Nov 9, 2017 • 8:46:59pm

JUST IN: Giffords gun control group sues Trump for refusing to turn over correspondence with NRA https://t.co/a8Z55RGqlz pic.twitter.com/NMBLtfb7fM

— The Hill (@thehill) November 10, 2017

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Big Beautiful Door Nov 9, 2017 • 8:48:38pm

re: #387 jaunte

Good old Sean Hannity, minimizing the 14 year old’s story because the sexual contact with a 17 and 18 year old, (INITIATED BY the 30-year old Assistant District Attorney), was not strictly illegal.

Though Moore reportedly tried to get the older teens drunk, which was not only illegal. But classic predator behavior

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Eclectic Cyborg Nov 9, 2017 • 8:49:05pm

re: #388 Anymouse 🌹

Finish Him.

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Big Beautiful Door Nov 9, 2017 • 8:50:32pm

re: #393 weave

So 17 is legal?

Oh, Alabama….. 🙄

Age of consent is 16, as it is in many states.

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Eclectic Cyborg Nov 9, 2017 • 8:52:01pm

re: #388 Anymouse 🌹

re: #398 Big Beautiful Door

Age of consent is 16, as it is in many states.

Though important to know even if a 16 year old consents to sex with a 21 year old it can be deemed statutory rape.

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Dr Lizardo Nov 9, 2017 • 8:52:39pm

So, just a quick observation on Roy Moore before I head off to work

I see that his primary opponent, Luther Strange, dropped some oblique hints during the primary campaign about Moore’s predilections.

Anyone care to wager that Moore’s degeneracy has been a more-or-less open secret in the Alabama GOP for a long time? One of those things chuckled over at the bar over a glass of scotch or discussed privately behind closed office doors?

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Big Beautiful Door Nov 9, 2017 • 8:55:17pm

Just saw a T Mobile commercial promoting it’s Netflix tie-in with Kevin Spacey on House of Cards. Oops, someone’s asleep at the wheel.

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Big Beautiful Door Nov 9, 2017 • 8:57:00pm

re: #399 Eclectic Cyborg

Though important to know even if a 16 year old consents to sex with a 21 year old it can be deemed statutory rape.

Depends on the state. In Kentucky it wouldn’t be, except with a teacher or other authority figure.

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Eclectic Cyborg Nov 9, 2017 • 9:00:02pm

Cosby, Weinstein, Toback, Spacey, Halperin, CK, Moore.

We’re just scratching the surface here. There’s a good chance many of the actors we like to watch, musicians we like to listen to, athletes we admire and politicians we support are just as scummy as these other guys and have been getting away with it for just as long.

There’s a still a lot of work to do to take down the old boys club.

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Hecuba's daughter Nov 9, 2017 • 9:01:17pm

re: #323 TedStriker

I heard about that, but “harassing” covers a lot of ground, from just being a perfectionist douchebag (as many great actors can be like) to doing like Louis C.K. or what Spacey did with Rapp.

The leader of our movie group is involved with the local independent film industry and is very familiar with these accusations. He said the whole Hollywood industry is rotten to its core and that everyone knew about the bad behavior of these powerful individuals. According to him, the allegations against Spacey — and the others — are true. He is hopeful that finally these criminals will finally be punished, but I am skeptical. The casting couch rumors were around since the beginning of Hollywood; there is always some scandal but it never has any permanent mark and the games will continue.

Maybe enough will come out about Moore so that he will actually be defeated. I was a pessimist Tuesday morning but then there was victory Tuesday evening. Maybe something good will come from Alabama.

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jaunte Nov 9, 2017 • 9:02:14pm

re: #403 Eclectic Cyborg

Just please leave us Wm. H. Macy.

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jaunte Nov 9, 2017 • 9:04:18pm

That “thou shalt not bear false witness” stuff, notsomuch. pic.twitter.com/eqy8xmQLR7

— Steve Silberman (@stevesilberman) November 10, 2017

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Anymouse 🌹 Nov 9, 2017 • 9:05:35pm

re: #397 Eclectic Cyborg

Finish Him.

She says she did. I’m not sure what “finishing someone” on a blog consists of other than humiliating them into silence or a retraction.

He was going on about Las Vegas.

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SteveMcGriftFlynnComey... ...corruptemoligate RN Nov 9, 2017 • 9:06:08pm

OT but if I’m ever in a hospital I won’t use the call bell. I’ll just hold my breath until I set off the pulse-ox alarm

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Anymouse 🌹 Nov 9, 2017 • 9:08:28pm

re: #402 Big Beautiful Door

Depends on the state. In Kentucky it wouldn’t be, except with a teacher or other authority figure.

Age of consent laws here in Nebraska used to have different ages (girls 17, boys 16). Those were changed to 16 for everyone, with a further clarification that consent could not be given by anyone 15 or younger.

This has led to the problem here of prosecutions of both parties for statutory rape when they are both 15 or younger.

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Anymouse 🌹 Nov 9, 2017 • 9:15:19pm

When you’ve lost Chris Cillizza …

I worked at the @washingtonpost for a decade. I know the people who reported the Roy Moore story.

Trust me, they didn’t get it wrong.

— Chris Cillizza (@CillizzaCNN) November 9, 2017

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HappyWarrior Nov 9, 2017 • 9:19:58pm

re: #387 jaunte

Good old Sean Hannity, minimizing the 14 year old’s story because the sexual contact with a 17 and 18 year old, (INITIATED BY the 30-year old Assistant District Attorney), was not strictly illegal.

I just want to know if Hannity would be that generous to a well known liberal doing the same. We all know he would not so I have not problem at all with the firestorm against him. Sean is a hypocrite. And he seems more angry at the media than Moore.

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MsJ Nov 9, 2017 • 9:36:34pm

re: #382 FormerDirtDart

It’s infuriating that people are standing up FOR hannity because of what he didn’t say…which is the right thing to do. Hannity would never, ever do the same. And that’s what is infuriating.

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unproven innocence Nov 9, 2017 • 10:44:32pm

re: #358 weave

I’m sitting here trying to remember the chorus of people defending Anthony Weiner…

Anyone?

Our host, for one —until (or near) the time Weiner went public about the issue.

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