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ObserverArt  Jan 28, 2018 • 11:01:09am

Ferrell was pretty good last night. He can be funny and then you begin to wonder if he is being serious and he is just messing with you. The one skit they did with the three airline attendants was pretty edgy. I was thinking of Lizard discussions watching it.

Some might not find this amusing. Touches on death and religion in uncomfortable ways. Which also makes the topics ripe for some dark comedy.

Iframe

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Charles Johnson  Jan 28, 2018 • 11:05:07am
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Skip Intro  Jan 28, 2018 • 11:10:47am

re: #2 Charles Johnson

To show he’s serious about stopping chain migration Dolt 45 should deport Melon’s sister and parents.

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Amory Blaine  Jan 28, 2018 • 11:11:08am

re: #2 Charles Johnson

The little bits of local programming that I watch on TV, has ads about chain migration. Everyday. All the smarmy “local” news anchors (local as in they reside in the racist ring communities surrounding the city proper) belch the words out as if they were taught to say it as toddlers. Total and complete brainwashing.

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Amory Blaine  Jan 28, 2018 • 11:13:12am

If this continues, citizenship will be defined as a privilege. The conservative majority will strive to ensure that undesirable populations will have to battle to keep citizenship.

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dangerman  Jan 28, 2018 • 11:14:48am

brought up from downstairs:

Link

I give people a hard time about ethnicity sometimes. When I have to listen to how “proud” someone is of being “German” or “Irish” or whatever. I’m like motherfucker, you ain’t even met your great great grandparents that came here from there, so how the fuck can you be proud of being Irish? If Germany was so great, why the fuck did your ancestors come here? Heh.

and the boneheaded thinking behind this commercial:

YouTube

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Blind Frog Belly White  Jan 28, 2018 • 11:17:37am
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PhillyPretzel  Jan 28, 2018 • 11:18:19am

re: #6 dangerman

My kid sister loves that website. She has traced many relatives back to the old country and forward to the USA. I rather be here at LGF.

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Belafon  Jan 28, 2018 • 11:19:21am

re: #5 Amory Blaine

If this continues, citizenship will be defined as a privilege. The conservative majority will strive to ensure that undesirable populations will have to battle to keep citizenship.

In other words, the same thing they’ve been trying since 1778.

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Belafon  Jan 28, 2018 • 11:27:45am
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Barefoot Grin  Jan 28, 2018 • 11:32:44am
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PhillyPretzel  Jan 28, 2018 • 11:35:30am

re: #10 Belafon

re: #11 Barefoot Grin

Hmm. There is a story behind those two tweets and I am sure that it will be spun into something completely different from what happened.

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Belafon  Jan 28, 2018 • 11:36:46am

re: #12 PhillyPretzel

Hmm. There is a story behind those two tweets and I am sure that it will be spun into something completely different from what happened.

“Thank you for clearing that up. Now that there’s no longer a misunderstanding, can you help me fix this one thing with your father?”

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allegro  Jan 28, 2018 • 11:39:15am

re: #10 Belafon

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What’s with the plastic wrapped building? They expecting a bio bomb or something?

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PhillyPretzel  Jan 28, 2018 • 11:39:47am

re: #13 Belafon

Possibly Part 1. Yes, that maybe one answer. I am sure there is more to come.

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goddamnedfrank  Jan 28, 2018 • 11:42:31am
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TedStriker  Jan 28, 2018 • 11:42:49am

re: #14 allegro

What’s with the plastic wrapped building? They expecting a bio bomb or something?

Looks like an event tent set up right at the door.

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jaunte  Jan 28, 2018 • 11:46:46am

There is no bottom a Huckabee won’t sink below.

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The Vicious Babushka  Jan 28, 2018 • 11:48:06am
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The Major  Jan 28, 2018 • 11:48:28am

re: #7 Blind Frog Belly White

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jaunte  Jan 28, 2018 • 11:50:52am

Bönebaax

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Charles Johnson  Jan 28, 2018 • 11:51:31am
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Charles Johnson  Jan 28, 2018 • 11:51:40am
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Belafon  Jan 28, 2018 • 11:53:13am

Trump, keeping the world safe:

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jaunte  Jan 28, 2018 • 11:56:11am
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PhillyPretzel  Jan 28, 2018 • 11:56:35am

re: #24 Belafon

Oh yeah I feel so secure. ::: looking up plans for a bomb shelter :::

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scottslemmons  Jan 28, 2018 • 11:57:23am

re: #20 The Major

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Now y’all are reminding me of the horror novel Horrorstör by Grady Hendrix. It’s set in a haunted Ikea knockoff. The cover looks like an Ikea catalog, and most of the chapters start with a Ikea-style picture and description of some piece of furniture. About the time everything goes almost literally straight to hell for the protagonists, the chapter headings turn into descriptions of torture devices, like so:

Not the perfect novel — it got into torture porn more than I prefer — but I remember it giving me several sleepless nights while I was reading it… :)

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Joe Bacon 🌹  Jan 28, 2018 • 12:03:47pm

re: #4 Amory Blaine

The little bits of local programming that I watch on TV, has ads about chain migration. Everyday. All the smarmy “local” news anchors (local as in they reside in the racist ring communities surrounding the city proper) belch the words out as if they were taught to say it as toddlers. Total and complete brainwashing.

Probably a SincLIAR station with the daily bit of brainwashing from Boobsey Twins— Boris and Sebby!

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The Vicious Babushka  Jan 28, 2018 • 12:03:56pm
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The Vicious Babushka  Jan 28, 2018 • 12:04:51pm

re: #21 jaunte

Bönebaax

dött kött

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goddamnedfrank  Jan 28, 2018 • 12:07:54pm
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DodgerFan1988  Jan 28, 2018 • 12:08:10pm

Sick, sick, sick.

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Belafon  Jan 28, 2018 • 12:11:19pm

re: #31 goddamnedfrank

They learned from last year.

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jaunte  Jan 28, 2018 • 12:11:44pm

re: #32 DodgerFan1988

She was pretty specific.

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Joe Bacon 🌹  Jan 28, 2018 • 12:14:08pm

re: #32 DodgerFan1988

Sick, sick, sick.

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Now we know how Charles got his “charge”…

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Joe Bacon 🌹  Jan 28, 2018 • 12:15:39pm

Somebody thought he could actually get away with this in real life…

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The Vicious Babushka  Jan 28, 2018 • 12:21:04pm
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allegro  Jan 28, 2018 • 12:24:27pm

re: #37 The Vicious Babushka

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Got something in my eye. Both of them.

That was everything.

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goddamnedfrank  Jan 28, 2018 • 12:28:40pm

Et tu?

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ObserverArt  Jan 28, 2018 • 12:32:09pm

re: #37 The Vicious Babushka

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Wow. That was powerful. That man made a powerful impact on a whole lot of lives.

Sir Nicholas Winton is a true saint.

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dog philosopher ஐஒஔ௸  Jan 28, 2018 • 12:32:28pm

Since retiring from a career in opera, David Cornell has billed himself as a “basso ridiculoso” and accompanies himself on concertina for fun and pleasure, as well as occasional public appearances in the US and UK. He sings humorous songs with a straight face and is one of the funniest performers I’ve ever heard. David is also a serious musician and has published arrangements for his concertina of choice, the 67 key…
David Cornell
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Wheatstone MacCann Duet.
Nick Robertshaw
Arnold the Armadillo (mp3)
Recorded live at the 2007 Squeeze-In.
Words by Les Barker, music by Ken Galipeau
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Arnold
Music: Ken Galipeau
Lyrics: Les Barker

Arnold was an armadillo, in oh so in need of romance
That is chanced one Saturday evening Arnold went out to a dance.
The moment he walked in the room, he saw her as if he had known
She’d be there by the side of the stage, all he wanted, all in black, all alone.
She was there she was his dress to kill-o
If only his glasses where cleaner.
He was an armadillo she was a concertina.

He struggled to make conversation, he leap frogged from topic to topic
If only she’d say something back, if only he wasn’t myopic
Bright silver buttons in rows, from head down to toes in black leather
Could this beauty love him here goes, poor Arnold thought its now or never.
He could picture her head on his pillow
He loved her the moment he’d seen her
He was an armadillo she was a concertina.

You can’t help but feel for the lad-o, how happy poor Arnold would be
If he could make love in the shadows and no one but no one could see.
Alas what he thought might have been-o, a sweet secret was soured completely
Sex with a concertina is rarely accomplished discreetly.
The dancer stopped stripping the willow
Oh what a loud misdemeanor
He was an armadillo she was a concertina.

Picture love as a kind of concerto, poor Arnold his first was unfinished.
What let everyone who was there know, was a very loud C sharp diminished
Somebody said “Hey look its Arnold”, and he ran from their scorn and their laughter
Into the darkness outside and never returned ever after.
Tales of lost love and dreams unfulfill-o
Cruel cupid you’ve never been meaner.
He was an armadillo she was a concertina.
He was an armadillo she was a concertina.

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HappyWarrior  Jan 28, 2018 • 12:35:11pm

re: #37 The Vicious Babushka

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I saw that last year. Very moving. Winton was a hero.

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HappyWarrior  Jan 28, 2018 • 12:36:13pm

re: #40 ObserverArt

Wow. That was powerful. That man made a powerful impact on a whole lot of lives.

Sir Nicholas Winton is a true saint.

I’m glad he was able to see it. People like him deserve to be celebrated in every way possible.

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dangerman  Jan 28, 2018 • 12:44:29pm

re: #38 allegro

Got something in my eye. Both of them.

That was everything.

good people help alleviate suffering
good people help keep other people from dying

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Charles Johnson  Jan 28, 2018 • 12:46:21pm
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HappyWarrior  Jan 28, 2018 • 12:48:00pm

re: #45 Charles Johnson

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There’s a lot of right wing authoritarianism in this country.

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Hecuba's daughter  Jan 28, 2018 • 12:52:22pm

re: #46 HappyWarrior

There’s a lot of right wing authoritarianism in this country.

In today’s America, is it possible to be right wing without being an authoritarian? Actually, was it every possible to be right wing without supporting authoritarianism, as long as the leader is white and male?

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dangerman  Jan 28, 2018 • 12:54:07pm

currently:

YouTube

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dangerman  Jan 28, 2018 • 12:57:28pm

re: #29 The Vicious Babushka

Somebody please inform Jay-Z that because of my policies, Black Unemployment has just been reported to be at the LOWEST RATE EVER RECORDED!

two easy questions, even for you:

1. what specific policies of yours caused this and how?
(note i did not ask what you attribute it to)
2. percentage decrease under you and under the last guy

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ObserverArt  Jan 28, 2018 • 12:59:17pm

re: #48 dangerman

currently:

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Video

Mighty fine album. Al Kooper and gang were a great line-up. Really a super-group as far as makeup of quality musicians.

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Stanley Sea  Jan 28, 2018 • 1:07:52pm

re: #48 dangerman

currently:

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Video

My parents had that album. Freaked me OUT as a kid.

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The Major  Jan 28, 2018 • 1:13:37pm

re: #45 Charles Johnson

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plansbandc  Jan 28, 2018 • 1:14:28pm

re: #36 Joe Bacon 🌹

Gross.

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PhillyPretzel  Jan 28, 2018 • 1:15:44pm

re: #48 dangerman

The title reminds me of William Wordsworth.
bartleby.com

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plansbandc  Jan 28, 2018 • 1:16:42pm

re: #37 The Vicious Babushka

This is everything.

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dangerman  Jan 28, 2018 • 1:17:07pm

re: #51 Stanley Sea

re: #50 ObserverArt

other kooper faves:
easy does it
super session

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The Major  Jan 28, 2018 • 1:17:23pm
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ckkatz  Jan 28, 2018 • 1:17:24pm

Off topic…

I am currently listening to a series of talks by historian Timothy Snyder. I find his observations and take quite interesting. If you have the time and inclination, I would highly recommend them. I found talks 3 and 4 quite timely. He talks about how he thinks that the current administration is trying to govern

Timothy Snyder Speaks, ep. 3: What is Oligarchy?

Timothy Snyder Speaks, ep. 3: What is Oligarchy?

Timothy Snyder Speaks, ep. 4: Sadopopulism

Timothy Snyder Speaks, ep. 4: Sadopopulism

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Kragar  Jan 28, 2018 • 1:18:04pm
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The Major  Jan 28, 2018 • 1:19:49pm

re: #60 Kragar

pG/wqsh206r3ODk26Q54z9a8sPbaPl99P7I2B57cvBS/1vMAdP663kRX//6ll1b/lnvvGQrzL999UkL+gPlKG2DrPb06ybgD

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ckkatz  Jan 28, 2018 • 1:21:19pm

re: #37 The Vicious Babushka

This is a wonderful statement on ethics and what is important. I am glad that he is getting recognition. Thank you for posting!

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The Major  Jan 28, 2018 • 1:22:28pm
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bill d. (b.d.)  Jan 28, 2018 • 1:24:38pm

re: #63 The Major

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LOL, it has the Bildeberger’s AND the Trilateral Commission.

Gold…..pure gold.

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ckkatz  Jan 28, 2018 • 1:25:37pm

re: #45 Charles Johnson

I had recognized his name and general field of broadcasting. But had wondered how he had gone so far off the rails. Now I see that, actually, he had never been on the rails.

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A Mom Anon  Jan 28, 2018 • 1:26:57pm

re: #60 Kragar

I would seriously rather walk on broken glass and stick myself in the eye with a hot fork than watch that walking cat anus face.

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PhillyPretzel  Jan 28, 2018 • 1:28:34pm

re: #66 A Mom Anon

I will be watching one of my PBS videos. Most likely whatever is the current episode of Victoria.

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Citizen K  Jan 28, 2018 • 1:30:17pm
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dangerman  Jan 28, 2018 • 1:31:29pm

re: #55 PhillyPretzel

The title reminds me of William Wordsworth.
bartleby.com

from the wiki

The title is a quotation from a similarly titled poem by Gerard Manley Hopkins, slightly misquoting a poem by William Wordsworth called “My Heart Leaps Up”.

i learned something today

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Belafon  Jan 28, 2018 • 1:32:01pm

re: #68 Citizen K

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Climate scientists can sympathize with them.

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PhillyPretzel  Jan 28, 2018 • 1:32:23pm

re: #69 dangerman

Me too. Thanks. :)

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The Vicious Babushka  Jan 28, 2018 • 1:33:28pm

JFC on a barbed wire tightrope over Mt. Doom, juggling a bunch of hand grenades.

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BlueSpotinAL  Jan 28, 2018 • 1:35:45pm

Just want to point out why Jose Andres may have been “unwelcomed”, not just because of his outspokenness and assistance to Puerto Rico after Hurricane Maria. Andres was to open a restaurant in Trump’s DC hotel, then pulled out because of Trump’s statements about immigrants. They settled a lawsuit in April 2017.

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plansbandc  Jan 28, 2018 • 1:36:38pm

re: #72 The Vicious Babushka

Oh yes. This is exactly how it was. Holy shit.

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dangerman  Jan 28, 2018 • 1:39:33pm

re: #72 The Vicious Babushka

JFC on a barbed wire tightrope over Mt. Doom, juggling a bunch of hand grenades.

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they came wearing, ahem, “western” clothes?

blockheads wrote this book
blockheads approved it and put it in classrooms
blockheads taught it to children

eta: now the children are blockheads

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Belafon  Jan 28, 2018 • 1:40:16pm

re: #75 dangerman

they came wearing, ahem, “western” clothes?

blockheads wrote this book
blockheads approved it and put it in classrooms
blockheads taught it to children

Those children are parents now.

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Charles Johnson  Jan 28, 2018 • 1:40:58pm
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dangerman  Jan 28, 2018 • 1:41:05pm

re: #76 Belafon

Those children are parents now.

i just edited #75 to add that line
i had got called away by a cat

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BigPapa  Jan 28, 2018 • 1:42:23pm

re: #25 jaunte

That thread about Nunes’ website infested with Russian malware is bonkers

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ObserverArt  Jan 28, 2018 • 1:45:44pm

re: #78 dangerman

i just edited #75 to add that line
i had got called away by a cat

Ooooo. Cat calls. Was there booing and whistling?

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Shiplord Kirel, live from behind wingnut lines  Jan 28, 2018 • 1:48:30pm

re: #72 The Vicious Babushka

JFC on a barbed wire tightrope over Mt. Doom, juggling a bunch of hand grenades.

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Not a surprise to anyone who took Texas History in the 60s. My TH teacher would get emotional to the point of tears when she described how “our boys” (confederate militia) managed to defeat some invading Yankees.

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Anymouse 🌹  Jan 28, 2018 • 1:51:31pm

re: #77 Charles Johnson

FOX Chyron:

Steve Winn (D)

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Anymouse 🌹  Jan 28, 2018 • 1:52:13pm

re: #72 The Vicious Babushka

When I was stationed in Virginia Beach in the Eighties, cities in the area were still fighting school desegregation.

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TedStriker  Jan 28, 2018 • 1:52:53pm

re: #82 Anymouse 🌹

FOX Chyron:

Steve Winn (D)

With the RNC talking heads going, “Steve Wynn, never heard of him working with us…”

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allegro  Jan 28, 2018 • 1:54:54pm

re: #78 dangerman

i just edited #75 to add that line
i had got called away by a cat

Got one of those this morning while I was trying to sleep in. Kits stood on top of me meowing into my ear relentlessly. Realized why when I finally gave up trying to sleep and got up. Turns out they could see the bottom of their kibble bowl. Horrors.

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Anymouse 🌹  Jan 28, 2018 • 1:55:25pm
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dangerman  Jan 28, 2018 • 1:57:43pm

re: #80 ObserverArt

Ooooo. Cat calls. Was there booing and whistling?

mostly howling
i was being dressed down for having the temerity to not see that i was late with dinner
sometimes i swear that face is just “what the eff man?”

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Aucun pays pour les vieux ennemis  Jan 28, 2018 • 1:58:23pm

re: #86 Anymouse 🌹

With a picture of hard drives.

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dangerman  Jan 28, 2018 • 1:59:18pm

re: #84 TedStriker

With the RNC talking heads going, “Steve Wynn, never heard of him working with us…”

… didnt even rate “coffee boy”

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Anymouse 🌹  Jan 28, 2018 • 2:01:17pm

re: #88 Aucun pays pour les vieux ennemis

With a picture of hard drives.

The original article is here.
cnet.com

From the accompanying article:

In a video posted Saturday, the Floppotron uses its 64 floppy drives, 8 hard disks and 2 scanners to play the tune.

and

Previously, the Floppotron has covered the songs “Born to Be Wild,” “Sweet Dreams,” the “Ghostbusters” theme song and more recently, the “Game of Thrones” theme song.

(there are links to those songs in the CNET article)

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dangerman  Jan 28, 2018 • 2:03:07pm

re: #85 allegro

Got one of those this morning while I was trying to sleep in. Kits stood on top of me meowing into my ear relentlessly. Realized why when I finally gave up trying to sleep and got up. Turns out they could see the bottom of their kibble bowl. Horrors.

as long as we’re sharing
the smaller cat will mountain goat on mrs dm in bed. never on me. not sure why. not sure i care. ;-)
and she (the cat) wont say anything - just stand, stare, or eventually lie down
the big cat will start howling at 4 or 5 am. we’ve never quite understood why.
when we get up to feed at 7, he’ll take a bite or three, then walk away, and then I’m like “man what the eff?”

overlords indeed. evil geniuses at manipulating us

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TedStriker  Jan 28, 2018 • 2:06:35pm

re: #91 dangerman

as long as we’re sharing
the smaller cat will mountain goat on mrs dm in bed. never on me. not sure why. not sure i care. ;-)
and she (the cat) wont say anything - just stand, stare, or eventually lie down
the big cat will start howling at 4 or 5 am. we’ve never quite understood why.
when we get up to feed at 7, he’ll take a bite or three, then walk away, and then I’m like “man what the eff?”

overlords indeed. evil geniuses at manipulating us

Humans don’t own their cats, the cats own their humans.

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Shiplord Kirel, live from behind wingnut lines  Jan 28, 2018 • 2:07:28pm

re: #83 Anymouse 🌹

When I was stationed in Virginia Beach in the Eighties, cities in the area were still fighting school desegregation.

Integration completely altered the development pattern in Lubbock. This is easy to track because the street grid is so regular, laid out after the widespread adoption of automobiles, and because the city grew so fast between 1940 and 1970 (from 30,000 to 180,000 in that time).

During the immediate post war boom, the expansion was toward the southeast. By 1953, it had reached 66th street on the east side (numbers increase toward the south) while on the west side, construction had only reached 39th street. Buddy Holly and his family lived on east 63rd street, for example. The black neighborhoods were on the east side as well, but they were rigidly segregated as were the schools.

In the late 60s, court ordered desegregation brought the southeastward development trend to a screeching halt. White families fled en masse. A brand new, gigantic suburban shopping center on the southeast side closed down after just a couple of years and was converted to warehouse space. Development switched to the southwest, fueled by recovery assistance and insurance money from the 1970 tornado. It continues to this day and has now reached 160th street. Meanwhile, 66th street is still the effective edge of town on the east side.

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Aucun pays pour les vieux ennemis  Jan 28, 2018 • 2:08:44pm

re: #92 TedStriker

Humans don’t own their cats, the cats own their humans.

Dog brains have a much higher neural density than cats, but dogs have masters and cats have staff. Maybe intelligence isn’t as useful as our intelligent brains would like us to believe.

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allegro  Jan 28, 2018 • 2:11:12pm

re: #91 dangerman

the smaller cat will mountain goat on mrs dm in bed. never on me. not sure why. not sure i care. ;-)

My littler one (Onyx is half the size of her brother) likes to sleep on me. A question I never expected to have to ask myself when I’m in bed is now, before I get up or move: is there a cat on my butt?

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dangerman  Jan 28, 2018 • 2:11:37pm

re: #92 TedStriker

Humans don’t own their cats, the cats own their humans.

cats deign to allow humans to feed them and clean their litter boxes

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Shiplord Kirel, live from behind wingnut lines  Jan 28, 2018 • 2:12:22pm

re: #93 Shiplord Kirel, live from behind wingnut lines

There are a few areas on the southeast fringe of Lubbock where abandoned homes and businesses have been demolished and the land returned to use as cotton fields. (There are cotton patches dispersed through the city, even in some heavily built up areas.)

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allegro  Jan 28, 2018 • 2:12:34pm

re: #94 Aucun pays pour les vieux ennemis

Dog brains have a much higher neural density than cats, but dogs have masters and cats have staff. Maybe intelligence isn’t as useful as our intelligent brains would like us to believe.

I don’t think it’s intelligence. Much like Democrats vs. Republicans: dogs have empathy, cats are sociopaths.

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FormerDirtDart  Jan 28, 2018 • 2:15:52pm
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ObserverArt  Jan 28, 2018 • 2:20:52pm

re: #99 FormerDirtDart

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I mentioned that New York talk in the overnight/morning thread.

I wonder how Manchin would state it in West By Gawd Virginian Talk?

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plansbandc  Jan 28, 2018 • 2:21:50pm

Holy cow. Africa done by computers is so cool. Mr. plansbandc made delicious sausage and peppers. I am so not able to deal with all the orange bag shit. no no no Understanding. I am essentially blind right now, yeah, I didn’t tell you how I cannot see.
Waiting for cataract surgery. God help us all.

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Aucun pays pour les vieux ennemis  Jan 28, 2018 • 2:25:04pm

re: #86 Anymouse 🌹

This is better, since it’s a good song.

The Floppotron: Sweet Dreams

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Anymouse 🌹  Jan 28, 2018 • 2:27:17pm
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Aucun pays pour les vieux ennemis  Jan 28, 2018 • 2:31:59pm

re: #103 Anymouse 🌹

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A Mom Anon  Jan 28, 2018 • 2:36:39pm

re: #104 Aucun pays pour les vieux ennemis

The people running these social media companies are complicit and do not care. I hope when Democrats get back into majorities that some legislation can be crafted to fight this madness. And you know, it wouldn’t hurt my feelings if the folks in charge of those places did some jail time for their roles in this mess. I’m sick of this shit.

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Anymouse 🌹  Jan 28, 2018 • 2:37:50pm
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retired cynic  Jan 28, 2018 • 2:38:06pm

Here is a lovely quick vimeo of a total lunar eclipse over Tajikistan. Just for the pretty. (For Sunday, January 28, 2018)

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Aucun pays pour les vieux ennemis  Jan 28, 2018 • 2:41:44pm

re: #106 Anymouse 🌹

Smart, cute, and she has a really cool name. She’ll go far.

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sagehen  Jan 28, 2018 • 2:45:50pm

The Grammy Red Carpet begins at 6:30pm EST.

Soliciting pre-broadcast predictions for

whose dress will be most beautiful
whose dress will be ugliest
whose dress will be… too weird to classify as beautiful or ugly
whose tux will be the best
whose tux will be the worst
whose not-a-tux will be the most laughable
best-dressed couple

(for best couple, I’m predicting John Legend and Chrissy Tiegen, just barely edging out Jay-Z and Beyonce. Kim & Kanye won’t even make top 10)

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Anymouse 🌹  Jan 28, 2018 • 2:46:52pm

Even my former Libertarian wife laughed at this one:

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A Mom Anon  Jan 28, 2018 • 2:54:40pm

OK, this is probably a dumb question, but what the hell.

I am trying to figure out, even though I know the chances are slim, how to contact musicians/bands that have helped my son get through some shit in his life. He’s struggling right now and if just one of these people would respond and offer up words of encouragement, or even send something as simple a guitar pick his way, it would mean SO much to him. But I have no idea what the most effective way to contact anyone would be. Via an agent or manager? Record company? Something else? Or is this an effort in futility? The Kid’s birthday is in March, but the timeline is less important than someone actually responding. Any ideas?

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7-y (Expectation of Great Things in Due Course)  Jan 28, 2018 • 2:55:49pm

re: #111 A Mom Anon

OK, this is probably a dumb question, but what the hell.

I am trying to figure out, even though I know the chances are slim, how to contact musicians/bands that have helped my son get through some shit in his life. He’s struggling right now and if just one of these people would respond and offer up words of encouragement, or even send something as simple a guitar pick his way, it would mean SO much to him. But I have no idea what the most effective way to contact anyone would be. Via and agent or manager? Record company? Something else? Or is this an effort in futility? The Kid’s birthday is in March, but the timeline is less important than someone actually responding. Any ideas?

Manager, for sure. At some levels they are approachable.

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Charles Johnson  Jan 28, 2018 • 2:56:14pm
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dangerman  Jan 28, 2018 • 2:56:21pm

re: #98 allegro

I don’t think it’s intelligence. Much like Democrats vs. Republicans: dogs have empathy, cats are sociopaths.

dogs and dems: c’mon
cats and reps: mine!

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Skip Intro  Jan 28, 2018 • 2:57:46pm

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dangerman  Jan 28, 2018 • 2:59:02pm

re: #103 Anymouse 🌹

Perfect example of Russian troll farms coordinatin’ with far-right nutball blogs to generate #FakeNews and further Trump’s attack on Mueller. Notice they are not RTs, but sent as original content. Yet, each tweet is identical. This is all cranked out by one Russian operator.

it has become easier to ID for at least two reasons
we now know they’re out there
we know what to look for

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Anymouse 🌹  Jan 28, 2018 • 3:01:49pm

Steve Curtis, Former Colorado GOP Chairman, Sentenced for Voter Fraud (goes to CBS)

The former chair of the Colorado GOP was sentenced to four years probation and three hundred hours of community service. He claimed a “major diabetic episode” was the reason.

He also stated he always filled in his (ex-)wife’s ballot and didn’t know it was illegal.

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Decatur Deb  Jan 28, 2018 • 3:04:43pm

UK news
Cryptocurrency trader ‘forced at gunpoint to make bitcoin transfer’

Thames Valley police said they were seeking witnesses who may have seen the four raiders who broke into the house in the picturesque Oxfordshire village of Moulsford, and threatened the trader and his partner. But they would not confirm local reports that the target of the raiders was not physical property but the man’s stock of the cryptocurrency.

Try to convince me this doesn’t involve SGT Hathaway trying to explain to Inspector Lewis what ‘bitcoin’ is.

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lizardofid  Jan 28, 2018 • 3:05:26pm

re: #113 Charles Johnson

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Disgusted with the state of our education system, it died in a suicide pact with nuance.

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allegro  Jan 28, 2018 • 3:06:38pm

re: #111 A Mom Anon

OK, this is probably a dumb question, but what the hell.

I am trying to figure out, even though I know the chances are slim, how to contact musicians/bands that have helped my son get through some shit in his life. He’s struggling right now and if just one of these people would respond and offer up words of encouragement, or even send something as simple a guitar pick his way, it would mean SO much to him. But I have no idea what the most effective way to contact anyone would be. Via an agent or manager? Record company? Something else? Or is this an effort in futility? The Kid’s birthday is in March, but the timeline is less important than someone actually responding. Any ideas?

Twitter

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dirkdigglerjr  Jan 28, 2018 • 3:09:17pm

re: #117 Anymouse 🌹

At least he was prosecuted. Around here you can do illegal stuff but it’s OK if the illegal act was for Republicans.

charlotteobserver.com

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Aucun pays pour les vieux ennemis  Jan 28, 2018 • 3:10:00pm

I hadn’t even heard of this cryptocurrency or this exchange.
Hackers stole $400 million from cryptocurrency exchange Coincheck

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A Mom Anon  Jan 28, 2018 • 3:10:03pm

re: #120 allegro

I don’t have a twitter account. Won’t ever have one either. I also don’t want this being on social media.

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Stanley Sea  Jan 28, 2018 • 3:17:47pm

re: #123 A Mom Anon

makeitstop may have a connection or 2.

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Aucun pays pour les vieux ennemis  Jan 28, 2018 • 3:21:52pm

Elon Musk is insane.

The billionaire who cosplays as a Bond villain and claims artificial intelligence will be the end of mankind is arming 20,000 of his devoted followers with flamethrowers on a Saturday evening.

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Decatur Deb  Jan 28, 2018 • 3:22:58pm

re: #125 Aucun pays pour les vieux ennemis

Elon Musk is insane.

How do we sign up? My lawn needs clearing.

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ObserverArt  Jan 28, 2018 • 3:23:39pm

re: #111 A Mom Anon

OK, this is probably a dumb question, but what the hell.

I am trying to figure out, even though I know the chances are slim, how to contact musicians/bands that have helped my son get through some shit in his life. He’s struggling right now and if just one of these people would respond and offer up words of encouragement, or even send something as simple a guitar pick his way, it would mean SO much to him. But I have no idea what the most effective way to contact anyone would be. Via an agent or manager? Record company? Something else? Or is this an effort in futility? The Kid’s birthday is in March, but the timeline is less important than someone actually responding. Any ideas?

See if you can get to the band through their web site. Maybe there will also be management info there too.

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Shiplord Kirel, live from behind wingnut lines  Jan 28, 2018 • 3:23:56pm

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Targetpractice  Jan 28, 2018 • 3:25:38pm

re: #125 Aucun pays pour les vieux ennemis

Elon Musk is insane.

Oh come on, flamethrowers are not effective against zombies. All you get is a walking bonfire that’s more dangerous than the zombie alone.

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Decatur Deb  Jan 28, 2018 • 3:26:59pm

re: #129 Targetpractice

Oh come on, flamethrowers are not effective against zombies. All you get is a walking bonfire that’s more dangerous than the zombie alone.

Klansmen in their polyester robes have a heightened sensitivity to jellied gasoline.

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dangerman  Jan 28, 2018 • 3:27:53pm

re: #128 Shiplord Kirel, live from behind wingnut lines

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for your whole life…

at some point you are going to wish it wasnt there any more

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A Mom Anon  Jan 28, 2018 • 3:31:28pm

re: #127 ObserverArt

I’ll try that and looking on the most recent records and see if I can figure it out. I don’t want The Kid to know what I’m up to. Out of everyone, Corey Taylor of Slipknot and Stone Sour might be the most approachable. He does some stuff for The You Rock Foundation, helping to prevent youth suicide. Wish me luck.

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Aucun pays pour les vieux ennemis  Jan 28, 2018 • 3:33:27pm

re: #126 Decatur Deb

How do we sign up? My lawn needs clearing.

Of zombies?

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Shiplord Kirel, live from behind wingnut lines  Jan 28, 2018 • 3:34:34pm

1920s KKK medallion:

A few years later, Nazis, Fascists, and Japanese militarists everywhere were delighted with this upstanding group:
America First Committee

The America First Committee (AFC) was the foremost United States non-interventionist pressure group against the American entry into World War II. It was also characterized by anti-semitic and pro-fascist rhetoric. Started on September 4, 1940, it was dissolved on December 10, 1941, three days after the attack on Pearl Harbor had brought the war to America. Membership peaked at 800,000 paying members in 450 chapters. It was one of the largest anti-war organizations in American history

Trump and Fox News know what they are signaling with this tainted term. Millennials and other whippersnappers may not know it, but the target audience will remember it from their parents.

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Decatur Deb  Jan 28, 2018 • 3:35:09pm

re: #133 Aucun pays pour les vieux ennemis

Of zombies?

All comers.

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A Mom Anon  Jan 28, 2018 • 3:37:52pm

re: #134 Shiplord Kirel, live from behind wingnut lines

I learned this shit in American History classes FFS. You know, if we can get this mess cleaned up enough, I would have no problem at all raising the bar for high school especially, but all grades. I’m not exactly ancient, but it seems like about the time I graduated (1978), the standards went to shit.

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The Vicious Babushka  Jan 28, 2018 • 3:38:46pm

re: #99 FormerDirtDart

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Charles Johnson  Jan 28, 2018 • 3:40:51pm
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Anymouse 🌹  Jan 28, 2018 • 3:41:16pm

re: #123 A Mom Anon

I don’t have a twitter account. Won’t ever have one either. I also don’t want this being on social media.

A search of musicians’ names on a search engine can sometimes reveal their agents or publicists. You can then contact those persons.

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Decatur Deb  Jan 28, 2018 • 3:41:17pm

re: #137 The Vicious Babushka

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Probably more like “polysyllabic Yankee thug talk”.

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Patricia Kayden  Jan 28, 2018 • 3:43:07pm

re: #60 Kragar

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Had no intention of watching him stand up there and boast about President Obama’s achievements and lie his face off to us about pretty much every dang thing. I’ll watch Rep Maxine Waters’ response on BET though. That should be pretty good since she hates his racist butt as much as many of us do.

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jaunte  Jan 28, 2018 • 3:43:11pm

Trump is representative of people who don’t think they need to understand people not just like them, and don’t want to.

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Shiplord Kirel, live from behind wingnut lines  Jan 28, 2018 • 3:43:11pm

Arming your followers with flamethrowers is much cheaper than buying Congressmen or media shills. Besides, Elon’s chief competitor, the failed monopoly ULA and its Russian allies, have already cornered that market.

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PhillyPretzel  Jan 28, 2018 • 3:43:21pm

re: #136 A Mom Anon

Exactly. In the Philly school system I never got past WW1. I learned about WW2 from my dad (SHAEF HQ) and from my mom (home front). I still surprise my co-workers some of the information I learned from my parents.

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Anymouse 🌹  Jan 28, 2018 • 3:44:29pm

re: #136 A Mom Anon

I learned this shit in American History classes FFS. You know, if we can get this mess cleaned up enough, I would have no problem at all raising the bar for high school especially, but all grades. I’m not exactly ancient, but it seems like about the time I graduated (1978), the standards went to shit.

I also graduated the same year. My guess would be things started going downhill when Ronald Reagan was elected in 1980. My sister graduated then and went through the same sorts of courses I did.

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Skip Intro  Jan 28, 2018 • 3:46:05pm
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Anymouse 🌹  Jan 28, 2018 • 3:46:14pm

re: #141 Patricia Kayden

Had no intention of watching him stand up there and boast about President Obama’s achievements and lie his face off to us about pretty much every dang thing. I’ll watch Rep Maxine Waters’ response on BET though. That should be pretty good since she hates his racist butt as much as many of us do.

I hope the BET response goes up on YouTube or something, since I lack cable service.

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Patricia Kayden  Jan 28, 2018 • 3:46:22pm

re: #72 The Vicious Babushka

Fits into Secretary Carson’s claim that Africans emigrated to the U.S. as workers.

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Decatur Deb  Jan 28, 2018 • 3:47:18pm

re: #145 Anymouse 🌹

I also graduated the same year. My guess would be things started going downhill when Ronald Reagan was elected in 1980. My sister graduated then and went through the same sorts of courses I did.

Things started going downhill when Jerome translated the scriptures into the vulgate.

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ckkatz  Jan 28, 2018 • 3:49:16pm

re: #122 Aucun pays pour les vieux ennemis

I hadn’t even heard of this cryptocurrency or this exchange.
Hackers stole $400 million from cryptocurrency exchange Coincheck

They’ll never get my virtual hoard of Dunning-Krugarrands!

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Anymouse 🌹  Jan 28, 2018 • 3:50:40pm

re: #150 ckkatz

They’ll never get my virtual hoard of Dunning-Krugarrands!

I award you One Internet.

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MsJ  Jan 28, 2018 • 3:51:26pm
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ckkatz  Jan 28, 2018 • 3:51:53pm

New York attorney general launches investigation into bot factory after Times exposé
vox.com

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Anymouse 🌹  Jan 28, 2018 • 3:52:29pm
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Chrysicat  Jan 28, 2018 • 3:56:15pm
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Hecuba's daughter  Jan 28, 2018 • 4:01:29pm

re: #145 Anymouse 🌹

I also graduated the same year. My guess would be things started going downhill when Ronald Reagan was elected in 1980. My sister graduated then and went through the same sorts of courses I did.

I am part of an earlier generation. After Sputnik, while I was still in grammar school, our parents were inundated with articles about how Johnny can’t read and Johnny can’t do math. In the 1960’s we had the much maligned (deservedly so) new math that negatively impacted the students in those years. I don’t know that our education system has declined over the years so much as our competitors have improved their teaching. And now, of course, we have ignoramuses like Betsy deVos trying to destroy it for everyone.

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Shiplord Kirel, live from behind wingnut lines  Jan 28, 2018 • 4:01:43pm

re: #136 A Mom Anon

I learned this shit in American History classes FFS. You know, if we can get this mess cleaned up enough, I would have no problem at all raising the bar for high school especially, but all grades. I’m not exactly ancient, but it seems like about the time I graduated (1978), the standards went to shit.

I graduated from high school in 1967. I mentioned parents because the isolationists were understandably portrayed pretty negatively in the education system in those days. For “America First” to have the positive historical association the right seeks to exploit, there would have to be some kind of racist or Bircher indoctrination to offset that in a young person’s life. That was actually very common at the time but it was usually below the mass media horizon.
In many respects, the John Birch Society was a revival and continuation of the America First Committee. It is stronger and more open now than it has ever been, and its depraved vision is being mainstreamed one school at a time. I know of a a high school in Texas that routinely allows local Birchers to come in and lecture students on the Bircher version of history and the Constitution.

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Decatur Deb  Jan 28, 2018 • 4:01:48pm

re: #155 Chrysicat

…but even in THAT context, how did we get to the point…

NICE ANSWER: Our political system is going through a periodic convulsion in which it shakes out some contradictions.

NOT-SO-NICE: One of three people you pass in the street have always been potential concentration camp guards.

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Anymouse 🌹  Jan 28, 2018 • 4:04:14pm

Rather disgusting Holocaust denier on Twitter, retweeting other Holocaust deniers (and racists, and fascists).

Goes by the Twitter handle Xoxo420xoxo

I won’t post any of the cretin’s stuff here, but he/she/it/they might be worth flagging up to Twitter Safety for the Twitterati here.

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ckkatz  Jan 28, 2018 • 4:07:59pm

re: #158 Decatur Deb

NOT-SO-NICE: One of three people you pass in the street have always been potential concentration camp guards.

You reminded me of the famous Milgram studies. They were a series of studies by Yale psychologist Stanley Milgram.

“They measured the willingness of study participants, men from a diverse range of occupations with varying levels of education, to obey an authority figure who instructed them to perform acts conflicting with their personal conscience. Participants were led to believe that they were assisting an unrelated experiment, in which they had to administer electric shocks to a “learner”. These fake electric shocks gradually increased to levels that would have been fatal had they been real.”

en.wikipedia.org

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Aucun pays pour les vieux ennemis  Jan 28, 2018 • 4:09:32pm
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Shropshire Slasher  Jan 28, 2018 • 4:16:31pm

re: #161 Aucun pays pour les vieux ennemis

MOSH IT UP!!!!!!

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Dave In Austin  Jan 28, 2018 • 4:16:33pm
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The Major  Jan 28, 2018 • 4:17:03pm

re: #154 Anymouse 🌹

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Aucun pays pour les vieux ennemis  Jan 28, 2018 • 4:18:26pm

re: #161 Aucun pays pour les vieux ennemis

And now for something completely different…

The Girl from Ipanema - Stan Getz & Astrud Gilberto (cover by Elise)

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The Major  Jan 28, 2018 • 4:20:11pm

re: #122 Aucun pays pour les vieux ennemis

I hadn’t even heard of this cryptocurrency or this exchange.
Hackers stole $400 million from cryptocurrency exchange Coincheck

The Major’s 1st Iron Law of Technology: Whenever a new technology surfaces, it will easily be exploited by criminals soon after its launch.

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dog philosopher ஐஒஔ௸  Jan 28, 2018 • 4:20:47pm

re: #152 MsJ

As a straight male, how would u feel about your child having a homosexual school teacher?! Who their around 8hrs of the day !

much better than i’d feel about having a teacher who believed that the earth was created four thousand years ago literally within the span of a week

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Shiplord Kirel, live from behind wingnut lines  Jan 28, 2018 • 4:21:04pm

re: #165 Aucun pays pour les vieux ennemis

And now for something completely different…

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Video

I’ve been to Ipanema. Ahhhh…..

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Aucun pays pour les vieux ennemis  Jan 28, 2018 • 4:26:08pm

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

I’ve been to Ipanema. Ahhhh…..

Cool. My only trips out of the country were to northern Mexico, Canada, and London where I stayed with a Doctor Who companion for a couple of weeks.

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Targetpractice  Jan 28, 2018 • 4:26:45pm

re: #163 Dave In Austin

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As I saw noted in a tweet last night, it’s sad that a year later, the press is still holding to the “he didn’t shit his pants on live TV” standard.

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dangerman  Jan 28, 2018 • 4:28:47pm

re: #152 MsJ

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excellent answer

still i always come back to
1. how would you know
2. how do you know your child isnt being taught by a homosexual right now?

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Joe Bacon 🌹  Jan 28, 2018 • 4:30:55pm

re: #110 Anymouse 🌹

Even my former Libertarian wife laughed at this one:

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Reminds me of when I went to see Atlas Shrugged Part 1 or as I prefer to call it, Supertrain: The Motion Picture!

Only 10 of us in the theater. Myself and 9 Rand acolytes dressed like they were going to church in their Sunday best holding their copies of Atlas Shrugged like they were in a revival meeting.

It was truly one of the WORST movies this RAZZIE member has ever experienced. Absolutely cheap production values. You saw the mike boom in several shots and the trains literally looked like Lionel sets.

And the acolytes hooted and hollered like some sucker in a wheelchair got healed in the name of Jay-Zuss.

I wound up casting RAZZIE votes for this in every category I could!

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dangerman  Jan 28, 2018 • 4:31:13pm

re: #163 Dave In Austin

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the president using a teleprompter?
quelle suprise

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Aucun pays pour les vieux ennemis  Jan 28, 2018 • 4:31:44pm

re: #171 dangerman

excellent answer

still i always come back to
1. how would you know
2. how do you know your child isnt being taught by a homosexual right now?

Social Conservatives wouldn’t even know if their child is gay, since they can’t be trusted to not do something stupid and harmful if they have that information.

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dangerman  Jan 28, 2018 • 4:32:35pm

re: #166 The Major

The Major’s 1st Iron Law of Technology: Whenever a new technology surfaces, it will easily be exploited by criminals soon after its launch.

c.f. russian bots, twitter, FB, election and voter database meddling

the good news is we’re figuring it out and identifying it

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Anymouse 🌹  Jan 28, 2018 • 4:34:30pm

re: #152 MsJ

More of the “gays are paedophiles” nonsense conservatives and Evangelicals have been peddling for decades.

If I had a child, I’d much rather he or she be taught by a gay or lesbian teacher than a Reich-wing Christian Evangelical.

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TedStriker  Jan 28, 2018 • 4:35:07pm

re: #172 Joe Bacon 🌹

Reminds me of when I went to see Atlas Shrugged Part 1 or as I prefer to call it, Supertrain: The Motion Picture!

Only 10 of us in the theater. Myself and 9 Rand acolytes dressed like they were going to church in their Sunday best holding their copies of Atlas Shrugged like they were in a revival meeting.

It was truly one of the WORST movies this RAZZIE member has ever experienced. Absolutely cheap production values. You saw the mike boom in several shots and the trains literally looked like Lionel sets.

And the acolytes hooted and hollered like some sucker in a wheelchair got healed in the name of Jay-Zuss.

I wound up casting RAZZIE votes for this in every category I could!

Hey, don’t be dissing Supertrain; what what I’ve learned and seen of it, they actually had pretty high production values (at least in the beginning), which is mostly what doomed the show and almost killed NBC. Supertrain was pretty cheesy (it was basically The Love Boat on rails), but it can’t be worse that the AS movies.

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FormerDirtDart  Jan 28, 2018 • 4:36:17pm
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Joe Bacon 🌹  Jan 28, 2018 • 4:40:05pm

re: #152 MsJ

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Targetpractice  Jan 28, 2018 • 4:48:13pm

What we can expect on Tuesday:

- A lot of taking credit for shit he had nothing to do with (expect a lot outright lies here that the “liberal” media will gloss over)

- A lot of empty promises to “fix” the very problems he created/made worse in the past year

- A lot of talking about vaporware proposals that pundits will waste ink fantasizing about, such as that infrastructure promise that he touched once last year and then immediately abandoned

- A lot of insults aimed at the DNC for not slavishly falling at his feet, which (again) the media will argue should be overlooked in order to sign onto those same vaporware proposals

- And ending on a “America owes me big time” note as though we’re supposed to believe he’s had any positive impact on the nation in the past year.

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The Major  Jan 28, 2018 • 4:48:54pm

re: #104 Aucun pays pour les vieux ennemis

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Joe Bacon 🌹  Jan 28, 2018 • 4:48:59pm

re: #136 A Mom Anon

I learned this shit in American History classes FFS. You know, if we can get this mess cleaned up enough, I would have no problem at all raising the bar for high school especially, but all grades. I’m not exactly ancient, but it seems like about the time I graduated (1978), the standards went to shit.

Well, I still remember how the Birchers in Pennsylvania went nuclear when the Supreme Court ruled school prayer unconstitutional. That’s the point that the Birchers and Religious nuts started running for school boards and dumbing down the curriculum.

Our schools set aside one class period a week to discuss current events based on newspaper articles. There was a very nasty local School Board election where the conservatives got control of the board and fired the superintendent replacing him with a religious activist. Then there were new textbooks that were phased in and the right wing slant was more and more apparent.

The school board had a shift that made football and basketball their #1 priorities and other activities (such as the school Bridge and Chess clubs) were curtailed. My dad always wanted me to get into the debate team, but I found myself blackballed because the Board remembered how my grandparents were the field marshalls organizing the Steelworkers Union.

By my senior year, the brainwashing was complete as the overwhelming majority of kids cast their votes for Nixon in the mock presidential election. Humphrey had won with 3/4 of the votes 4 years previously.

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MsJ  Jan 28, 2018 • 4:50:04pm

re: #167 dog philosopher ஐஒஔ௸

much better than i’d feel about having a teacher who believed that the earth was created four thousand years ago literally within the span of a week

Do you think that guy caught the shade? I’m thinking not. 😂😂😂

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The Major  Jan 28, 2018 • 4:50:22pm

re: #94 Aucun pays pour les vieux ennemis

dogs have masters and cats have staff

All so true.

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The Major  Jan 28, 2018 • 4:51:26pm

re: #92 TedStriker

Humans don’t own their cats, the cats own their humans.

Exactamundo - when a cat rubs its head against you, it’s marking you, saying “MINE!”

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The Major  Jan 28, 2018 • 4:55:47pm

re: #79 BigPapa

No kidding….

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MsJ  Jan 28, 2018 • 4:56:05pm

re: #180 Targetpractice

What we can expect on Tuesday:

A night of watching recorded TV shows. That’s what my Tuesday will look like.

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Dave In Austin  Jan 28, 2018 • 4:58:32pm

re: #170 Targetpractice

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Stanley Sea  Jan 28, 2018 • 4:59:29pm

re: #187 MsJ

A night of watching recorded TV shows. That’s what my Tuesday will look like.

I just started Broadchurch.

3 seasons.

I have a plan.

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Joe Bacon 🌹  Jan 28, 2018 • 4:59:41pm

re: #180 Targetpractice

What we can expect on Tuesday:

I’ve already lined up my Tuesday night viewing—Got the DVD of Pink Flamingos ready to spin because I’d rather look at a singing asshole instead of a talking one!

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The Major  Jan 28, 2018 • 5:00:12pm

re: #77 Charles Johnson

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MsJ  Jan 28, 2018 • 5:01:17pm

re: #189 Stanley Sea

I just started Broadchurch.

3 seasons.

I have a plan.

We have like 6 or 7 Major Crimes to watch. That’s what we’ll be watching.

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allegro  Jan 28, 2018 • 5:01:45pm

re: #189 Stanley Sea

I just started Broadchurch.

3 seasons.

I have a plan.

If you like that you may wanna add Shetland to your list to watch as well. I loved it.

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Quoth the raven, Covfefe.  Jan 28, 2018 • 5:06:40pm

Evening Lizardim.

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PhillyPretzel  Jan 28, 2018 • 5:06:51pm

re: #189 Stanley Sea

Re-runs of Victoria will be the order of the evening.

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The Major  Jan 28, 2018 • 5:09:17pm

Charlie Kirk is such a tool….

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FormerDirtDart  Jan 28, 2018 • 5:09:22pm

Well damn

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Kragar  Jan 28, 2018 • 5:10:11pm
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rhuarc  Jan 28, 2018 • 5:10:31pm

If anybody watched the Incredible Dog Challenge on NBC today you would have seen me on there running my dog in the agility and weave pole challenge. I don’t have cable so I wasn’t able to watch it, though I know from friends that I was on it. So, did anybody catch it? :)

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PhillyPretzel  Jan 28, 2018 • 5:10:38pm

re: #197 FormerDirtDart

Well done. :)

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Targetpractice  Jan 28, 2018 • 5:10:44pm

re: #198 Kragar

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Not while you’re still in power, Bibi.

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sagehen  Jan 28, 2018 • 5:11:34pm

re: #187 MsJ

A night of watching recorded TV shows. That’s what my Tuesday will look like.

Stephen Colbert and Trevor Noah are both doing their shows live that night. Jimmy Kimmel has Stormy Daniels as a guest.

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FormerDirtDart  Jan 28, 2018 • 5:11:43pm

re: #200 PhillyPretzel

Well done. :)

The Major busted my 6th digit

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PhillyPretzel  Jan 28, 2018 • 5:12:40pm

re: #203 FormerDirtDart

Still it is a job well done. I am happy for you.

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The Major  Jan 28, 2018 • 5:12:43pm

re: #203 FormerDirtDart

The Major busted my 6th digit

I’m good at shit-stirring…..

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The Major  Jan 28, 2018 • 5:14:13pm

re: #198 Kragar

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Joe Bacon 🌹  Jan 28, 2018 • 5:14:56pm

re: #198 Kragar

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sagehen  Jan 28, 2018 • 5:16:12pm

re: #202 sagehen

Stephen Colbert and Trevor Noah are both doing their shows live that night. Jimmy Kimmel has Stormy Daniels as a guest.

Also Tuesday night:

TCM is running The Producers and On The Town.

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dirkdigglerjr  Jan 28, 2018 • 5:17:48pm

re: #179 Joe Bacon 🌹

The one thing I will give Reagan credit for was opposing this initiative.

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Aucun pays pour les vieux ennemis  Jan 28, 2018 • 5:21:35pm

re: #196 The Major

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FormerDirtDart  Jan 28, 2018 • 5:24:52pm
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sagehen  Jan 28, 2018 • 5:25:16pm

re: #209 dirkdigglerjr

The one thing I will give Reagan credit for was opposing this initiative.

Then-Gov Reagan also deserves credit for signing what was at the time the nation’s most liberal abortion law, and a gun control law so well-constructed it still stands today.

And part of how he balanced the budget… was by releasing 1/3 of the people in prison.

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MsJ  Jan 28, 2018 • 5:28:32pm

re: #199 rhuarc

If anybody watched the Incredible Dog Challenge on NBC today you would have seen me on there running my dog in the agility and weave pole challenge. I don’t have cable so I wasn’t able to watch it, though I know from friends that I was on it. So, did anybody catch it? :)

Geez, a little advance notice!!

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Hecuba's daughter  Jan 28, 2018 • 5:35:20pm

re: #210 Aucun pays pour les vieux ennemis

Charlie Kirk

@charliekirk11
What exactly is the left “resisting” ?

99 record highs on the stock market?
A booming economy?
ISIS being slaughtered?
Record low black unemployment?
Largest middle class tax cut in US History?
US finally being energy independent?

The left is on the wrong side of history

Jeff Furlington
@FurlingtonJeff
None of those things are what the civilized people are resisting. In reality, the people who always freak out at improvements in society, always on the wrong side of history, are Conservatives.
7:21 PM - Jan 28, 2018

Booming economy and booming market due to Obama. Soon-to-be exploding deficit due to Trump.

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Belafon  Jan 28, 2018 • 5:38:44pm

re: #178 FormerDirtDart

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Kragar  Jan 28, 2018 • 5:39:03pm
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Backwoods_Sleuth  Jan 28, 2018 • 5:40:11pm

Update!

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Unshaken Defiance  Jan 28, 2018 • 5:41:29pm

re: #217 Backwoods_Sleuth

Update!

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Stanley Sea  Jan 28, 2018 • 5:41:57pm

re: #217 Backwoods_Sleuth

Update!

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Belafon  Jan 28, 2018 • 5:42:04pm
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Anymouse 🌹  Jan 28, 2018 • 5:42:10pm

re: #217 Backwoods_Sleuth

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Patricia Kayden  Jan 28, 2018 • 5:42:13pm

re: #196 The Major

Only an idiot would pretend that Trump isn’t a bigot and ignoramus. It’s clear that the Left is objecting to Trump’s racist speech, his rampant bullying, his attacks on critics and the free press and his lack of knowledge in regard to basic tenants of good governance and his disinterest in learning about anything that doesn’t directly impact him.

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PhillyPretzel  Jan 28, 2018 • 5:43:55pm

re: #217 Backwoods_Sleuth

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Anymouse 🌹  Jan 28, 2018 • 5:44:17pm

re: #222 Patricia Kayden

Only an idiot would pretend that Trump isn’t a bigot and ignoramus. It’s clear that the Left is objecting to Trump’s racist speech, his rampant bullying, his attacks on critics and the free press and his lack of knowledge in regard to basic tenants of good governance and his disinterest in learning about anything that doesn’t directly impact him.

I suspect the Twitter poster knew that. It is preaching to the conservative pews, to keep them in line.

It fits into decades of painting “the Left” as anti-American, &c.

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Aucun pays pour les vieux ennemis  Jan 28, 2018 • 5:47:08pm
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Anymouse 🌹  Jan 28, 2018 • 5:48:58pm

re: #214 Hecuba’s daughter

What exactly is the left “resisting” ? (The white supremacist in the White House)
99 record highs on the stock market? (A tiny bump over eight years of Obama)
A booming economy? (citation needed)
ISIS being slaughtered? (under Obama’s military plans)
Record low black unemployment? (a tiny bump under eight years of Obama)
Largest middle class tax cut in US History? (a lie)
US finally being energy independent? (not unless exports are prohibited)
The left is on the wrong side of history (since when?)

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sagehen  Jan 28, 2018 • 5:50:34pm

OMG.

Omarosa has a new job; she’s going to be on Celebrity Big Brother.

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Aucun pays pour les vieux ennemis  Jan 28, 2018 • 5:52:08pm
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Charles Johnson  Jan 28, 2018 • 5:52:38pm
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Joe Bacon 🌹  Jan 28, 2018 • 5:53:26pm

re: #217 Backwoods_Sleuth

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Jan 28, 2018 • 5:53:56pm

re: #229 Charles Johnson

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the ice caps have stopped melting?
WHY DID NO ONE TELL US THIS???????

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Anymouse 🌹  Jan 28, 2018 • 5:54:32pm

re: #229 Charles Johnson

Clean air, except for things like cyanide and mercury… .

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Barefoot Grin  Jan 28, 2018 • 5:55:12pm

re: #220 Belafon

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Old joke: Billy Idol asked about recent comment that he’d been ‘born again.’ “No, I said I’m into porn again.”

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Anymouse 🌹  Jan 28, 2018 • 5:58:01pm

Military personnel around the world have been publicly sharing their exercise routes online - including those inside or near military bases.

Online fitness tracker Strava has published a “heatmap” showing the paths its users log as they run or cycle.

It appears to show the structure of foreign military bases in countries like Syria and Afghanistan, as soldiers move around inside.

The US military is examining the heatmap, a spokesman said.

Air Force Colonel John Thomas, a spokesman for US Central Command, told the Washington Post that the US military was reviewing the implications. (more)
bbc.com

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Charles Johnson  Jan 28, 2018 • 5:58:15pm
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Charles Johnson  Jan 28, 2018 • 5:59:32pm
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ObserverArt  Jan 28, 2018 • 6:01:26pm

re: #217 Backwoods_Sleuth

Update!

Yay!!! Good to hear Sleuth.

Welcome home Mr. BWS. Be good.

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Charles Johnson  Jan 28, 2018 • 6:04:30pm

Not a fan of the Grammys. I’ll leave it at that because I know a lot of people like to watch this meaningless spectacle.

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Blind Frog Belly White  Jan 28, 2018 • 6:05:11pm

re: #229 Charles Johnson

“Now they’re at record level”

Yeah, record level of SMALLNESS!!

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Belafon  Jan 28, 2018 • 6:05:17pm

re: #236 Charles Johnson

While I think the cellular network and the internet ought to be considered infrastructure that companies compete on, rather than them owning, this will go nowhere. AT&T and Verizon currently own the FCC. They’re not going to give it up.

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dog philosopher ஐஒஔ௸  Jan 28, 2018 • 6:07:38pm

re: #196 The Major

Charlie Kirk is such a tool….

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The Major  Jan 28, 2018 • 6:08:42pm
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FormerDirtDart  Jan 28, 2018 • 6:09:18pm

re: #234 Anymouse 🌹

Military personnel around the world have been publicly sharing their exercise routes online - including those inside or near military bases.

Online fitness tracker Strava has published a “heatmap” showing the paths its users log as they run or cycle.

It appears to show the structure of foreign military bases in countries like Syria and Afghanistan, as soldiers move around inside.

The US military is examining the heatmap, a spokesman said.

Air Force Colonel John Thomas, a spokesman for US Central Command, told the Washington Post that the US military was reviewing the implications. (more)
bbc.com

I was checking out the heat maps in Afghanistan. In more than a few places if you cycle from the map view to the satellite view, there’s nothing there. The bases have blocked from view. There are also a number of linear heat maps,out in the boonies of Afghanistan, that I’m relatively sure no one was out doing PT along. More likely someone left their device during a regular vehicle routs.

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Dave In Austin  Jan 28, 2018 • 6:10:19pm

re: #238 Charles Johnson

Not a fan of the Grammys. I’ll leave it at that because I know a lot of people like to watch this meaningless spectacle.

Seems like its just caters to Hip Hop these days. I have it on in the background as mindless blather. Lady GaGa has taken Cher’s place and is now the Matriarch of the Grammys.

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ckkatz  Jan 28, 2018 • 6:10:33pm

re: #199 rhuarc

If anybody watched the Incredible Dog Challenge on NBC today you would have seen me on there running my dog in the agility and weave pole challenge. I don’t have cable so I wasn’t able to watch it, though I know from friends that I was on it. So, did anybody catch it? :)

There are some videos online, although the one you refer to may not be posted.

The Incredible Dog Challenge website has some video of the events at:
proplan.com

There is a youtube channel/ I have no idea whether the video has been posted yet, or will be posted.

The Purina(r) Pro Plan(r) Incredible Dog Challenge

YouTube

I’ll continue to poke around to see if NBC itself has anything.

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FormerDirtDart  Jan 28, 2018 • 6:11:12pm

Bark softly, and carry a really, really big stick

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Hecuba's daughter  Jan 28, 2018 • 6:12:11pm

re: #217 Backwoods_Sleuth

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Dave In Austin  Jan 28, 2018 • 6:12:20pm

re: #246 FormerDirtDart

Bark softly, and carry a really, really big stick

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I’ve had 3 Chesapeakes in my life. Great dogs.

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William Lewis  Jan 28, 2018 • 6:16:59pm

re: #238 Charles Johnson

Not a fan of the Grammys. I’ll leave it at that because I know a lot of people like to watch this meaningless spectacle.

The Grammys? Is that the one where they give you an award for the best sales in a category?

//////////////////////////////////////(and then some :)

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MsJ  Jan 28, 2018 • 6:17:08pm

re: #217 Backwoods_Sleuth

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Belafon  Jan 28, 2018 • 6:20:34pm

re: #249 William Lewis

The Grammys? Is that the one where they give you an award for the best sales in a category?

//////////////////////////////////////(and then some :)

It’s a competition between best sales and “best confirms old white men’s view of music.”

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FormerDirtDart  Jan 28, 2018 • 6:20:58pm

re: #199 rhuarc

If anybody watched the Incredible Dog Challenge on NBC today you would have seen me on there running my dog in the agility and weave pole challenge. I don’t have cable so I wasn’t able to watch it, though I know from friends that I was on it. So, did anybody catch it? :)

re: #245 ckkatz

There are some videos online, although the one you refer to may not be posted.

The Incredible Dog Challenge website has some video of the events at:
proplan.com

There is a youtube channel/ I have no idea whether the video has been posted yet, or will be posted.

The Purina(r) Pro Plan(r) Incredible Dog Challenge

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Video

I’ll continue to poke around to see if NBC itself has anything.

Some dogs take life at a more leisurely pace

Mastiff Competing At Dog Agility

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dirkdigglerjr  Jan 28, 2018 • 6:23:04pm

re: #212 sagehen

Back in March 2012, I wrote a column describing the “perfect” Republican candidate who was divorced, impregnated his wife before marriage, supported gun control, and opposed anti-gay efforts. Upon revealing the name of Reagan and saying he would have NO CHANCE at getting the nomination, people refused to believe he had taken those positions. The United States of Amnesia indeed.

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Charles Johnson  Jan 28, 2018 • 6:26:42pm
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MsJ  Jan 28, 2018 • 6:26:49pm

re: #252 FormerDirtDart

Some dogs take life at a more leisurely pace

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A++ for effort!!

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Belafon  Jan 28, 2018 • 6:30:18pm

re: #254 Charles Johnson

Yeah, under ANY previous administration, I would be ok with it. Not this one.

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dirkdigglerjr  Jan 28, 2018 • 6:31:42pm

re: #236 Charles Johnson

And if a Democrat tried to do this … Fox “News”: Commie president wants to take over communications!

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Single-handed sailor  Jan 28, 2018 • 6:31:55pm

So now conservatives are praising the concept of government ownership of industry? LOL, Communists calling us liberals Socialists.

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Anymouse 🌹  Jan 28, 2018 • 6:32:40pm

I’m out for now… . catch y’all later.

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The Vicious Babushka  Jan 28, 2018 • 6:33:02pm
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Joe Bacon 🌹  Jan 28, 2018 • 6:33:12pm

re: #238 Charles Johnson

Not a fan of the Grammys. I’ll leave it at that because I know a lot of people like to watch this meaningless spectacle.

Award shows have become just like Presidential primaries—Anybody can win one!

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Targetpractice  Jan 28, 2018 • 6:33:13pm

re: #258 Single-handed sailor

So now conservatives are praising the concept of government ownership of industry? LOL, Communists calling us liberals Socialists.

Indeed, the very wingnuts who insist that ending net neutrality was necessary to return “ownership” of the the Internet to the people now want to put the next-gen cell network under their control. I’m sure that their intentions are totally benevolent.

//////

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ckkatz  Jan 28, 2018 • 6:33:51pm

re: #252 FormerDirtDart

Hah!

Yup! Some dogs are wound a little differently

Purina Incredible Dog Challenge - Betsey and Wren

Purina Incredible Dog Challenge - Betsey and Wren

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Stanley Sea  Jan 28, 2018 • 6:34:01pm

re: #238 Charles Johnson

Not a fan of the Grammys. I’ll leave it at that because I know a lot of people like to watch this meaningless spectacle.

Thank you for turning me onto Broadchruch. Allegro did also, iirc.

I’m hooked.

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dirkdigglerjr  Jan 28, 2018 • 6:34:15pm

re: #238 Charles Johnson

Will always remember when Jethro Tull received best Heavy Rock/Metal performance over Metallica. Yikes!

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The Vicious Babushka  Jan 28, 2018 • 6:35:15pm

JFC

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Citizen K  Jan 28, 2018 • 6:35:52pm

re: #262 Targetpractice

Indeed, the very wingnuts who insist that ending net neutrality was necessary to return “ownership” of the the Internet to the people now want to put the next-gen cell network under their control. I’m sure that their intentions are totally benevolent.

//////

Not to mention the same sort of folk who try to outlaw municipal wi-fi.

Like, yeah, the idea is sound, but fuck all if I trust this administration with that.

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Belafon  Jan 28, 2018 • 6:36:36pm

Dave Chappelle won best comedy album. He thanked a bunch of people and then said “See you on Monday.”

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Blind Frog Belly White  Jan 28, 2018 • 6:36:57pm

re: #266 The Vicious Babushka

JFC

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Not sure you could accumulate 55 bombs legally.

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FormerDirtDart  Jan 28, 2018 • 6:37:29pm

re: #238 Charles Johnson

Not a fan of the Grammys. I’ll leave it at that because I know a lot of people like to watch this meaningless spectacle.

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Belafon  Jan 28, 2018 • 6:38:11pm

re: #266 The Vicious Babushka

Yeah, he could have gotten 55 bombs to his room and thrown them that far. ///

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The Vicious Babushka  Jan 28, 2018 • 6:38:46pm

He thinks the Montreal Cognitive Assessment is like the SAT, or an IQ test.

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Targetpractice  Jan 28, 2018 • 6:41:34pm

re: #272 The Vicious Babushka

He thinks the Montreal Cognitive Assessment is like the SAT, or an IQ test.

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Of course he does, because I doubt anybody took a moment to explain to him what it was. Even if they did, there’s no way he’d be able to understand what they were talking about.

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Aucun pays pour les vieux ennemis  Jan 28, 2018 • 6:42:36pm

re: #272 The Vicious Babushka

He thinks the Montreal Cognitive Assessment is like the SAT, or an IQ test.

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Citizen K  Jan 28, 2018 • 6:42:38pm

re: #272 The Vicious Babushka

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prairiefire  Jan 28, 2018 • 6:44:23pm

“Victoria” has scenes filmed at Harlaxton College in Grantham, England. The French king’s place.

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Dave In Austin  Jan 28, 2018 • 6:44:37pm

re: #264 Stanley Sea

Thank you for turning me onto Broadchruch. Allegro did also, iirc.

I’m hooked.

I watched the 1st ep and it was heart rending as only the British can do it. I’m neck deep in BSG, after that…..

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teleskiguy  Jan 28, 2018 • 6:47:04pm
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makeitstop  Jan 28, 2018 • 6:47:25pm

re: #127 ObserverArt

See if you can get to the band through their web site. Maybe there will also be management info there too.

I’d go through management offices if you can find them. Find an office employee who is sympathetic, they’re often very happy to help.

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Aucun pays pour les vieux ennemis  Jan 28, 2018 • 6:48:15pm
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Belafon  Jan 28, 2018 • 6:48:57pm

re: #278 teleskiguy

Seems kind of high.

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makeitstop  Jan 28, 2018 • 6:51:22pm

re: #132 A Mom Anon

I’ll try that and looking on the most recent records and see if I can figure it out. I don’t want The Kid to know what I’m up to. Out of everyone, Corey Taylor of Slipknot and Stone Sour might be the most approachable. He does some stuff for The You Rock Foundation, helping to prevent youth suicide. Wish me luck.

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teleskiguy  Jan 28, 2018 • 6:53:09pm

re: #282 makeitstop

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GlutenFreeJesus  Jan 28, 2018 • 6:53:27pm

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Stanley Sea  Jan 28, 2018 • 6:53:39pm

re: #276 prairiefire

“Victoria” has scenes filmed at Harlaxton College in Grantham, England. The French king’s place.

The episode in France was THE BEST.

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The Vicious Babushka  Jan 28, 2018 • 6:54:49pm
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ObserverArt  Jan 28, 2018 • 6:54:54pm

re: #272 The Vicious Babushka

He thinks the Montreal Cognitive Assessment is like the SAT, or an IQ test.

Daniel Dale

@ddale8
Trump bragged again about passing the Montreal Cognitive Assessment.

Morgan: “It turned out, in your recent medical, that you are 30-30 in your cognitive tests.”

Trump: “Which most people are not gonna do too well on.”

9:37 PM - Jan 28, 2018
41 41 Replies 28 28 Retweets 60 60 likes

See Millennials…even aged boomers like Trump are into participation trophies.

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teleskiguy  Jan 28, 2018 • 6:55:32pm

re: #284 GlutenFreeJesus

Oldie but goodie!

Goddamn, on the way to work this morning listening to the local public radio station I heard some gals rappin’ about meme culture, and I was all like WTF?!?

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Belafon  Jan 28, 2018 • 6:56:57pm

re: #288 teleskiguy

Oldie but goodie!

Goddamn, on the way to work this morning listening to the local public radio station I heard some gals rappin’ about meme culture, and I was all like WTF?!?

That wouldn’t be Lorde, would it?

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prairiefire  Jan 28, 2018 • 6:58:00pm

re: #285 Stanley Sea

Yes! You know the greenhouse where the King gave her an orange? My room was 2 floors above that. Great building to live in for 4 months.

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sagehen  Jan 28, 2018 • 7:00:02pm

I was right!

Here’s John Legend and Chrissy Teigen looking fine.

For worst-dressed, let’s go with Jaden Smith

and Heidi Klum

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teleskiguy  Jan 28, 2018 • 7:00:13pm

re: #289 Belafon

That wouldn’t be Lorde, would it?

Randy is Lorde.

Giphy

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Weaselone  Jan 28, 2018 • 7:00:14pm

re: #278 teleskiguy

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Dave In Austin  Jan 28, 2018 • 7:03:46pm

re: #280 Aucun pays pour les vieux ennemis

That…. Was….. AWESOME!!!!!

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teleskiguy  Jan 28, 2018 • 7:04:42pm

Oh shit…

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GlutenFreeJesus  Jan 28, 2018 • 7:05:33pm

I am having very pleasant flashbacks after finding my Helmet T (worn to shreds) way back in my closet.

Helmet - In The Meantime

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Dave In Austin  Jan 28, 2018 • 7:09:12pm

re: #293 Weaselone

Needs to be a GIF with someone coming along and knocking the bar down.

Like a cat…..

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FormerDirtDart  Jan 28, 2018 • 7:13:17pm

re: #291 sagehen

In her defense, Heidi Klum was wearing an ensemble from Melania Trump’s ‘First Lady’ collection

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BlueSpotinAL  Jan 28, 2018 • 7:13:52pm

re: #265 dirkdigglerjr

Will always remember when Jethro Tull received best Heavy Rock/Metal performance over Metallica. Yikes!

Yeah, that is when the Grammies jumped the shark.

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allegro  Jan 28, 2018 • 7:15:08pm

re: #297 Dave In Austin

Like a cat…..

A paper bag just rolled full speed in front of me and flung itself down the stairwell.

I may have a candidate for the job.

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A Mom Anon  Jan 28, 2018 • 7:15:43pm

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FormerDirtDart  Jan 28, 2018 • 7:15:56pm
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makeitstop  Jan 28, 2018 • 7:16:46pm

re: #283 teleskiguy

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FormerDirtDart  Jan 28, 2018 • 7:17:48pm
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makeitstop  Jan 28, 2018 • 7:19:17pm

re: #301 A Mom Anon

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Stanley Sea  Jan 28, 2018 • 7:20:17pm

re: #290 prairiefire

So cool!!

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A Mom Anon  Jan 28, 2018 • 7:21:19pm

re: #305 makeitstop

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Dave In Austin  Jan 28, 2018 • 7:23:56pm

This guy’s good…. Real good.

The Rank-a-Chank at the end is especially invigorating.

Toto - Africa (metal cover by Leo Moracchioli feat. Rabea & Hannah)

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teleskiguy  Jan 28, 2018 • 7:26:31pm

re: #301 A Mom Anon

re: #303 makeitstop

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dirkdigglerjr  Jan 28, 2018 • 7:26:42pm

re: #302 FormerDirtDart

Oh, maybe poor little Nimrata Randhawa needs her safe space. Or perhaps her Donald to cuddle up to.

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A Mom Anon  Jan 28, 2018 • 7:28:10pm

re: #309 teleskiguy

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ipsos  Jan 28, 2018 • 7:29:26pm

re: #310 dirkdigglerjr

Oh, maybe poor little Nimrata Randhawa needs her safe space. Or perhaps her Donald to cuddle up to.

I’m thinking that maybe if we bristled (correctly) at “Barack HUSSEIN Obama” from the right, we probably ought to be generous enough on the left to allow Nikki Haley to call herself Nikki Haley. Lord knows there’s plenty of reasons to criticize her on her merits without going after the name her parents gave her.

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teleskiguy  Jan 28, 2018 • 7:30:06pm

Heavy metal. Really fuckin’ heavy metal.

Wasting Away

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GlutenFreeJesus  Jan 28, 2018 • 7:30:18pm

re: #312 ipsos

Barrack never tried to hide his name.

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GlutenFreeJesus  Jan 28, 2018 • 7:31:44pm

re: #313 teleskiguy

I think you’d like these guys. :)

That drop at 2:43………

Unearth - Last Wish

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allegro  Jan 28, 2018 • 7:32:40pm

re: #312 ipsos

I’m thinking that maybe if we bristled (correctly) at “Barack HUSSEIN Obama” from the right, we probably ought to be generous enough on the left to allow Nikki Haley to call herself Nikki Haley. Lord knows there’s plenty of reasons to criticize her on her merits without going after the name her parents gave her.

Thank you. I’ve been cringing a bit at the scent of racism that emits even though understand the motivation behind it.

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dirkdigglerjr  Jan 28, 2018 • 7:38:45pm

re: #312 ipsos

She can call herself Nikki. I once knew a girl named Nikki. Met her in a hotel lobby. Fun lady.

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MsJ  Jan 28, 2018 • 7:39:09pm

re: #312 ipsos

I’m thinking that maybe if we bristled (correctly) at “Barack HUSSEIN Obama” from the right, we probably ought to be generous enough on the left to allow Nikki Haley to call herself Nikki Haley. Lord knows there’s plenty of reasons to criticize her on her merits without going after the name her parents gave her.

The difference is it’s his real name. Hers isn’t and the right would usually hate her just for her name - which is why she, and Jindal for that matter, never uses it.

It’s not that we bristled at Obama’s full name, it’s the inferred perjorative.

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dirkdigglerjr  Jan 28, 2018 • 7:43:31pm

Kabul military academy under attack

channelnewsasia.com

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Weaselone  Jan 28, 2018 • 7:44:59pm

re: #316 allegro

Thank you. I’ve been cringing a bit at the scent of racism that emits even though understand the motivation behind it.

I’m not sure that racism is the driving force here. People emphasized Hussein because they thought there was something wrong and inherently negative about it. In Haley’s case, those people bringing up Nikki Haley’s birth name don’t think there’s anything wrong with it, Nikki Haley apparently does.

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MsJ  Jan 28, 2018 • 7:48:25pm

re: #320 Weaselone

I’m not sure that racism is the driving force here. People emphasized Hussein because they thought there was something wrong and inherently negative about it. In Haley’s case, those people bringing up Nikki Haley’s birth name don’t think there’s anything wrong with it, Nikki Haley apparently does.

Add do all Republicans. It’s like she’s hiding it because they would stone her.

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TedStriker  Jan 28, 2018 • 7:49:11pm

re: #302 FormerDirtDart

I have always loved the Grammys but to have artists read the Fire and Fury book killed it. Don’t ruin great music with trash. Some of us love music without the politics thrown in it.

— Nikki Haley (@nikkihaley) January 29, 2018

Conservatives love to pull the “shut up and play/act” card, don’t they?

The Dixie Chicks’ former superstardom is unavailable for comment (though they’re still together, still touring and recording, and doing fairly well, all things considered).

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ObserverArt  Jan 28, 2018 • 7:49:34pm

re: #317 dirkdigglerjr

She can call herself Nikki. I once knew a girl named Nikki. Met her in a hotel lobby. Fun lady.

Prince knew her, right?

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TedStriker  Jan 28, 2018 • 7:50:36pm

re: #317 dirkdigglerjr

She can call herself Nikki. I once knew a girl named Nikki. Met her in a hotel lobby. Fun lady.

Did she leave you a note saying, “Thank you for a funky time; call me up whenever you wanna grind”?

///

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dirkdigglerjr  Jan 28, 2018 • 7:51:32pm

re: #320 Weaselone

Gee, always thought conservatives were strict constructionists and you didn’t go changing things. I mean how could a person named Dick Pole make it through life?

en.wikipedia.org

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TedStriker  Jan 28, 2018 • 7:52:28pm

re: #310 dirkdigglerjr

Not cool.

We aren’t them.

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dirkdigglerjr  Jan 28, 2018 • 7:53:10pm

re: #324 TedStriker

Dunno. Maybe ask someone in the 20500 zip code.

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TedStriker  Jan 28, 2018 • 7:54:42pm

re: #327 dirkdigglerjr

Dunno. Maybe ask someone in the 20500 zip code.

They have a phone number of 867-5309?

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MsJ  Jan 28, 2018 • 7:54:44pm

re: #326 TedStriker

Not cool.

We aren’t them.

I’m starting to trying that’s the problem. We play by completely different rules. Rules THEY define.

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Hecuba's daughter  Jan 28, 2018 • 7:54:55pm

re: #318 MsJ

The difference is it’s his real name. Hers isn’t and the right would usually hate her just for her name - which is why she, and Jindal for that matter, never uses it.

It’s not that we bristled at Obama’s full name, it’s the inferred perjorative.

I have no problem using a person’s preferred name. After all, Romney’s first name isn’t Mitt, Bush’s first name isn’t Jeb, and Gingrich’s first name isn’t Newt. In the past and clearly continuing to current times, many people Americanized their names to help with their careers or acceptance with the public. It certainly has been a widespread practice among actors. There’s enough reason to attack every Republican currently alive, without focusing on these distractions, though it remains sad that Americans would reject a candidate purely because of the implied ethnicity of their name.

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MsJ  Jan 28, 2018 • 7:57:47pm

re: #330 Hecuba’s daughter

I have no problem using a person’s preferred name. After all, Romney’s first name isn’t Mitt, Bush’s first name isn’t Jeb, and Gingrich’s first name isn’t Newt. In the past and clearly continuing to current times, many people Americanized their names to help with their careers or acceptance with the public. It certainly has been a widespread practice among actors. There’s enough reason to attack every Republican currently alive, without focusing on these distractions, though it remains sad that Americans would reject a candidate purely because of the implied ethnicity of their name.

I get it. But again, we play by different rules - rules that Republicans define. I take issue with that.

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allegro  Jan 28, 2018 • 7:58:33pm

re: #320 Weaselone

I’m not sure that racism is the driving force here. People emphasized Hussein because they thought there was something wrong and inherently negative about it. In Haley’s case, those people bringing up Nikki Haley’s birth name don’t think there’s anything wrong with it, Nikki Haley apparently does.

We know that? I don’t. Fer instance, my mechanic goes by the name of Bobby, I presume because it’s easier for us to get our mouths around that Bhavesh. Apparently she has gone by the nickname of Nikki all of her life and she was married to a guy named Haley, so that’s her name as changing it is for many, likely still most, the norm for women when they marry.

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dirkdigglerjr  Jan 28, 2018 • 8:01:13pm

re: #331 MsJ

Exactly. Ms. Haley can call herself whatever she wants. Willard can go by Mitt, and Newton Leroy Gingrich can call himself Kal-El for all I care. At least “Barry” Obama had the guts to put his name on the ballot, no matter the consequences.

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GlutenFreeJesus  Jan 28, 2018 • 8:03:13pm

re: #302 FormerDirtDart

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BeachDem  Jan 28, 2018 • 8:21:42pm

re: #330 Hecuba’s daughter

I have no problem using a person’s preferred name. After all, Romney’s first name isn’t Mitt, Bush’s first name isn’t Jeb, and Gingrich’s first name isn’t Newt. In the past and clearly continuing to current times, many people Americanized their names to help with their careers or acceptance with the public. It certainly has been a widespread practice among actors. There’s enough reason to attack every Republican currently alive, without focusing on these distractions, though it remains sad that Americans would reject a candidate purely because of the implied ethnicity of their name.

Alrighty then, I’ll go with the name I called her while she was governor of our dog-forsaken state—Icky Nikki. Can’t stand her; never could. She’s full o’shit, not very bright and has all the conviction of a bowl of jello.

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sagehen  Jan 28, 2018 • 8:33:06pm

re: #312 ipsos

I’m thinking that maybe if we bristled (correctly) at “Barack HUSSEIN Obama” from the right, we probably ought to be generous enough on the left to allow Nikki Haley to call herself Nikki Haley. Lord knows there’s plenty of reasons to criticize her on her merits without going after the name her parents gave her.

But Jefferson Beauregard Sessions III — we can absolutely go after the name his parents gave him.


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