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Backwoods_Sleuth  Mar 29, 2018 • 6:31:17pm
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bill d. (b.d.)  Mar 29, 2018 • 6:32:13pm

Carvey played Bolton down a bit

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Quoth the raven, Covfefe.  Mar 29, 2018 • 6:32:50pm

re: #1 Backwoods_Sleuth

DAFUQ

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bill d. (b.d.)  Mar 29, 2018 • 6:34:16pm

re: #3 Quoth the raven, Covfefe.

DAFUQ

DON’T YOU KNOW HOW HARD IT IS TO FIND A CALIFORNIA RESIDENT!

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TedStriker  Mar 29, 2018 • 6:34:30pm

re: #2 bill d. (b.d.)

Carvey played Bolton down a bit

He’s got the look down cold, though.

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HappyWarrior  Mar 29, 2018 • 6:34:40pm

re: #1 Backwoods_Sleuth

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Lol.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Mar 29, 2018 • 6:37:33pm
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Unshaken Defiance  Mar 29, 2018 • 6:37:54pm

re: #6 HappyWarrior

Lol.

I cut my political teeth at 16 years old, in 1976 fighting forced busing. My parents threw a rally that filled a college stadium to half capacity and NBC national. Me and my friends were pretty savvy for the day. We had nothing, NOTHING I say on the Parkland kids. They humble me as an adult.

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HappyWarrior  Mar 29, 2018 • 6:38:45pm

re: #8 Unshaken Defiance

I cut my political teeth at 16 years old, in 1976 fighting forced busing. My parents threw a rally that filled a college stadium to half capacity and NBC national. Me and my friends were pretty savvy for the day. We had nothing, NOTHING I say on the Parkland kids. They humble me as an adult.

Same as me when I was the same age in 2003.

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GlutenFreeJesus  Mar 29, 2018 • 6:43:12pm

At 3 different places today. lol

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freetoken  Mar 29, 2018 • 6:43:14pm
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Backwoods_Sleuth  Mar 29, 2018 • 6:46:18pm

meanwhile in Kentucky, the sewage/pension bill passed the House, but is having problems in the Senate:

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stpaulbear  Mar 29, 2018 • 6:47:30pm

re: #11 freetoken

Everyone likes a train ride, no?

Live train cam: [Embedded content]

Video

One of the things I really want to do after I retire is take the Empire Builder from St. Paul to the west coast and then down to see friends in San Francisco. I hope it’s still around in two years.

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Quoth the raven, Covfefe.  Mar 29, 2018 • 6:49:03pm

re: #13 stpaulbear

One of the things I really want to do after I retire is take the Empire Builder from St. Paul to the west coast and then down to see friends in San Francisco. I hope it’s still around in two years.

Mrs. Fish was about to take it the opposite direction, at least to Chicago. She opted for a Greyhound bus instead. I think the train is next.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Mar 29, 2018 • 6:49:15pm
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TedStriker  Mar 29, 2018 • 6:49:48pm

re: #11 freetoken

Everyone likes a train ride, no?

Live train cam: [Embedded content]

I love that cam…beautiful views.

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plansbandc  Mar 29, 2018 • 6:49:53pm

re: #13 stpaulbear

Me too. I would like to spend some quality time taking train trips here and abroad.

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Stanley Sea  Mar 29, 2018 • 6:51:11pm

Turned on the AC for the first time this year.

Fuckitall.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Mar 29, 2018 • 6:51:25pm

heh

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stpaulbear  Mar 29, 2018 • 6:52:44pm

re: #19 Backwoods_Sleuth

Only if you’re praying to White Jesus.

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Quoth the raven, Covfefe.  Mar 29, 2018 • 6:53:25pm

re: #20 stpaulbear

Only if you’re praying to White Jesus.

Ahem. White American Jesus. Mustn’t forget that.

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Shiplord Kirel, Friend of Moose and Squirrel  Mar 29, 2018 • 6:56:05pm

From last string:
re: #355 Stanley Sea

Wheeeee

So, corporate America has joined some teenagers and an old porn star to save America.

If I submitted that as a science fiction scenario, they would throw me out of the office.

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Anymouse 🌹  Mar 29, 2018 • 6:56:09pm

This will help the little guy that Trump seemed so concerned about in his campaign, by causing them to spend more on fuel for a car:

EPA Set to Roll Back Fuel Economy and Auto Emissions Standards (Marketwatch)

The Trump administration is preparing to roll back emissions and fuel-economy standards on automobiles, the New York Times reported late Thursday. The Times said Environmental Protection Agency chief Scott Pruitt had submitted a proposal of the plan to cut regulations to the White House, and it is expected to be announced in the coming days. Weakening clean-air and efficiency rules would be a major victory for the auto industry and would undermine one of former President Barack Obama’s signature policy achievements. Any rollback is likely to face legal challenges, particularly from California and 12 other states that have set their own stricter standards.

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TedStriker  Mar 29, 2018 • 6:56:43pm

re: #19 Backwoods_Sleuth

heh

Maybe Laura Ingraham can do CPR to revive her career. Thoughts and prayers to her.

— Emilia (@PoliticalEmilia) March 29, 2018

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wheat-dogg  Mar 29, 2018 • 6:57:42pm

A brave teacher has passed.

Obituary: Johan van Hulst, the teacher who saved Jewish children

Some of the children Johan van Hulst helped rescue were so young that they no longer remember the daring acts that saved their lives.

Van Hulst, who died on 22 March aged 107, was a key part of the network that helped at least 600 Dutch babies and children escape the Nazis.

Those children survived thanks to carefully orchestrated operations that smuggled them away right in front of the Nazis seeking to send them to concentration camps.

In 1942, two years after the German invasion of the Netherlands, Johan van Hulst - the son of a furniture upholsterer - was working as a lecturer at a Calvinist teacher training college in Amsterdam.

Van Hulst cooperated with the head of an adjacent creche to spirit Jewish children to safety right under the noses of the Nazis across the street.

bbc.com

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Anymouse 🌹  Mar 29, 2018 • 6:58:52pm

re: #8 Unshaken Defiance

I cut my political teeth at 16 years old, in 1976 fighting forced busing. My parents threw a rally that filled a college stadium to half capacity and NBC national. Me and my friends were pretty savvy for the day. We had nothing, NOTHING I say on the Parkland kids. They humble me as an adult.

Can you explain why you were opposed to forced bussing (the dogwhistle the GOP used to mean desegregation)? The point of forced bussing was to require school districts that invested little money into minority schools to bring them up to standards in white-only schools.

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Stanley Sea  Mar 29, 2018 • 6:59:59pm

Queer Eye
Black Mirror
Wild Wild Country

??

Or??

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wheat-dogg  Mar 29, 2018 • 7:02:01pm

Time to teach my students now.

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JordanRules  Mar 29, 2018 • 7:02:09pm
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Belafon  Mar 29, 2018 • 7:03:13pm

re: #7 Backwoods_Sleuth

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He also hasn’t figured out his administration leaks like a sieve so this was bound to come out.

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stpaulbear  Mar 29, 2018 • 7:03:28pm

re: #22 Shiplord Kirel, Friend of Moose and Squirrel

So, corporate America has joined some teenagers and an old porn star to save America.

If I submitted that as a science fiction scenario, they would throw me out of the office.

It’s like Scooby Doo! With bullets!!

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Mar 29, 2018 • 7:04:20pm
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Backwoods_Sleuth  Mar 29, 2018 • 7:05:30pm
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Belafon  Mar 29, 2018 • 7:05:30pm

re: #19 Backwoods_Sleuth

heh

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As Hoarse Whisperer’s kid said, these adults are in an unfair fight, and I’m still going to root for the kids.

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plansbandc  Mar 29, 2018 • 7:06:52pm

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Stanley Sea  Mar 29, 2018 • 7:07:24pm

re: #30 Belafon

He also hasn’t figured out his administration leaks like a sieve so this was bound to come out.

Seriously, that’s the only thing those serving the yam admin figure they can put on their resumes after it burns down = I was a leaker!

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TedStriker  Mar 29, 2018 • 7:07:28pm

re: #8 Unshaken Defiance

I cut my political teeth at 16 years old, in 1976 fighting forced busing. My parents threw a rally that filled a college stadium to half capacity and NBC national. Me and my friends were pretty savvy for the day. We had nothing, NOTHING I say on the Parkland kids. They humble me as an adult.

re: #26 Anymouse 🌹

Can you explain why you were opposed to forced bussing (the dogwhistle the GOP used to mean desegregation)? The point of forced bussing was to require school districts that invested little money into minority schools to bring them up to standards in white-only schools.

///

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Anymouse 🌹  Mar 29, 2018 • 7:11:43pm

re: #37 TedStriker

LOL on the Michael Jackson GIF.

I’m not looking for a pie fight, regardless of whether that pie has pineapple on it or no. I’m just curious.

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Weaselone  Mar 29, 2018 • 7:12:27pm

re: #23 Anymouse 🌹

This will help the little guy that Trump seemed so concerned about in his campaign, by causing them to spend more on fuel for a car:

EPA Set to Roll Back Fuel Economy and Auto Emissions Standards (Marketwatch)

If auto manufacturers are still pushing this, they’re morons. They’ll just end up getting their lunches eaten by foreign manufacturers producing similar vehicles at similar prices with better fuel efficiency.

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GlutenFreeJesus  Mar 29, 2018 • 7:14:13pm

re: #39 Weaselone

And when there’s no more oil way sooner vs later…

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stpaulbear  Mar 29, 2018 • 7:15:28pm

I have a new food item to add to the ‘hate’ list. The office cafeteria was serving ham and au gratin potatoes for lunch (with a side of cold cooked vegetables), with a honey glaze sauce that the chef ladled over the ham and then, to my horror, also put on the potatoes.

You never want to put a honey glaze sauce on au gratin potatoes.

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Anymouse 🌹  Mar 29, 2018 • 7:16:08pm

They will pry my mug from my overwarmed hands.

Judge Says Coffee Must Come with a Cancer Warning in California (Marketwatch):

LOS ANGELES — Coffee in the state of California must carry a cancer warning, a judge here ruled, in a blow to Starbucks and other retailers which had argued that a state law meant to protect consumers shouldn’t apply to them.

The proposed ruling Wednesday from Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Elihu Berle found that Starbucks SBUX, -0.02% and other companies failed to prove their case that a chemical found in coffee posed no significant harm.

A nonprofit called the Council for Education and Research on Toxics sued coffee sellers in 2010, claiming the presence of acrylamide, a chemical created during the roasting process, is carcinogenic and requires a warning under the state law known as Proposition 65.

(more)

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sagehen  Mar 29, 2018 • 7:16:49pm

re: #26 Anymouse 🌹

Can you explain why you were opposed to forced bussing (the dogwhistle the GOP used to mean desegregation)? The point of forced bussing was to require school districts that invested little money into minority schools to bring them up to standards in white-only schools.

Some of the forced bussing opponents are perfectly happy to have voluntary bussing, with incentives if need be. It’s totally legitimate, and not at all racist, to be unhappy about your kid being bussed an hour and a half away every day when there’s a school within walking distance of your home.

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Stanley Sea  Mar 29, 2018 • 7:17:54pm

Recap

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Mar 29, 2018 • 7:19:19pm

well crap

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Stanley Sea  Mar 29, 2018 • 7:20:11pm

Crooked, all the way down.

He looked in the mirror & then accused Hil.

Black Mirror, fuck it.

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Quoth the raven, Covfefe.  Mar 29, 2018 • 7:21:53pm

re: #45 Backwoods_Sleuth

well crap

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What exactly does this mean, for those of us who aren’t following KY politics in detail?

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Skip Intro  Mar 29, 2018 • 7:22:51pm

re: #44 Stanley Sea

So when does Tiffany become an EVP at the Trump Organization?

Rhetorical question, of course.

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Anymouse 🌹  Mar 29, 2018 • 7:23:03pm

re: #43 sagehen

Some of the forced bussing opponents are perfectly happy to have voluntary bussing, with incentives if need be. It’s totally legitimate, and not at all racist, to be unhappy about your kid being bussed an hour and a half away every day when there’s a school within walking distance of your home.

I was bussed an hour and a half away after my mother removed me from a Jim Crow segregated school in Maryland to her hometown in Michigan.

That said, that was the closest school.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Mar 29, 2018 • 7:23:13pm

re: #47 Quoth the raven, Covfefe.

What exactly does this mean, for those of us who aren’t following KY politics in detail?

It means lawsuits.
Oh, and that most of the members of our General Assembly are morons.

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Quoth the raven, Covfefe.  Mar 29, 2018 • 7:24:35pm

re: #50 Backwoods_Sleuth

It means lawsuits.
Oh, and that most of the members of our General Assembly are morons.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Mar 29, 2018 • 7:24:47pm
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Anymouse 🌹  Mar 29, 2018 • 7:26:25pm

Wingnuts gotta wing:

Laura Loomer Thrown Out of Courthouse at Pulse Nightclub Trial (Huffington Post, more at the link):

ORLANDO, Fla. — A far-right provocateur on Thursday was escorted from the federal courthouse where the Pulse nightclub shooter’s widow, Noor Salman, awaits a jury’s verdict on charges of aiding the mass shooting.

Laura Loomer’s media credentials were revoked the previous day after she harassed the defendant’s family outside the courthouse with questions about Muslims, jihad and Easter. She returned on Thursday and was removed by a U.S. marshal.

Salman, the 31-year-old widow of Pulse gunman Omar Mateen, is charged with aiding and abetting the attack and obstructing justice for allegedly lying to the FBI. She has pleaded not guilty, and maintains she was in the dark about her husband’s plans. Her lawyers say she was another of his victims, not his co-conspirator. The jury is currently deliberating.

We have enough wingnuts already, we don’t need Rebel Media stirring up crap here.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Mar 29, 2018 • 7:26:57pm

re: #51 Quoth the raven, Covfefe.

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I really have no idea what possessed them to take what was a simple sewage bill this morning and add some unrelated language that will totally screw up a pension system that admittedly needs fixing.

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TedStriker  Mar 29, 2018 • 7:27:50pm

re: #52 Backwoods_Sleuth

Fucking snowflakes.

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Weaselone  Mar 29, 2018 • 7:29:03pm

re: #54 Backwoods_Sleuth

I really have no idea what possessed them to take what was a simple sewage bill this morning and add some unrelated language that will totally screw up a pension system that admittedly needs fixing.

Incompetence. Republicans are stupid evil.

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TedStriker  Mar 29, 2018 • 7:29:18pm

re: #54 Backwoods_Sleuth

I really have no idea what possessed them to take what was a simple sewage bill this morning and add some unrelated language that will totally screw up a pension system that admittedly needs fixing.

We’re talking about the party of Snidely Whiplash here.

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Quoth the raven, Covfefe.  Mar 29, 2018 • 7:30:23pm

re: #54 Backwoods_Sleuth

I really have no idea what possessed them to take what was a simple sewage bill this morning and add some unrelated language that will totally screw up a pension system that admittedly needs fixing.

Okay, so to summarize: The Republicans torpedoed a state education pension system by inserting some kind of fucked-up, half-baked “fix” into a completely unrelated bill, and then sent it to Governor Bevin’s desk. Correct?

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teleskiguy  Mar 29, 2018 • 7:30:47pm

One of the most underrated song of all time.

Froggie

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Mar 29, 2018 • 7:33:34pm

well, this seems to be going swimmingly….

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Mar 29, 2018 • 7:34:08pm

re: #58 Quoth the raven, Covfefe.

Okay, so to summarize: The Republicans torpedoed a state education pension system by inserting some kind of fucked-up, half-baked “fix” into a completely unrelated bill, and then sent it to Governor Bevin’s desk. Correct?

that’s about it.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Mar 29, 2018 • 7:36:44pm

oh good grief…

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Belafon  Mar 29, 2018 • 7:37:03pm

re: #60 Backwoods_Sleuth

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well, this seems to be going swimmingly….

Between WV and OK, teachers are starting to get ideas on how much power they have. And doing it right now, when the economy is strong enough that it’s hard to find people who need a teaching job just to earn a paycheck, is a good time to do it.

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Jay C  Mar 29, 2018 • 7:37:15pm

re: #39 Weaselone

If auto manufacturers are still pushing this, they’re morons. They’ll just end up getting their lunches eaten by foreign manufacturers producing similar vehicles at similar prices with better fuel efficiency.

Which foreign vehicles will likely be penalized by a “Trump tariff” to make things “fairer”.

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Quoth the raven, Covfefe.  Mar 29, 2018 • 7:37:17pm

re: #61 Backwoods_Sleuth

that’s about it.

RIGHT THEN! I am a firm adherent to Occam’s Razor: “Never attribute to malice that which can be adequately explained by stupidity.” Now, that’s not to say Republicans aren’t evil, because they are; but they’re also shockingly, almost criminally stupid. This was a poorly-thought-out attempt to kill off the pension program by attaching it to something much more valuable and necessary, but they got caught. They thought they were saving money and screwing over working-class Americans - a double feature - but they were too stupid to pull it off.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Mar 29, 2018 • 7:37:57pm
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Shiplord Kirel, Friend of Moose and Squirrel  Mar 29, 2018 • 7:38:07pm

re: #51 Quoth the raven, Covfefe.

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Had a brief moment of disorientation. I’m switching back and forth between LGF and the first season of Dr. Who on Amazon. I’m up to episode 31 now (8 episodes, the “Marco Polo” serial, are missing). The current serial features the first encounter with the Sensorites, the group having just finished their harrowing adventure in the 15th century Aztec Empire. Ilona Rodgers, who was just 18 years old at the time, made her television debut in this episode. She is still very much with us, as are two of the original companions, William Russell (Ian Chesterton) and Carole Ann Ford (Susan Foreman). Mr. Russell was 39 at the time and is now 93 years of age, Ms. Ford was 23 then and is now 77.

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Quoth the raven, Covfefe.  Mar 29, 2018 • 7:39:10pm

re: #67 Shiplord Kirel, Friend of Moose and Squirrel

Had a brief moment of disorientation. I’m switching back and forth between LGF and the first season of Dr. Who on Amazon. I’m up to episode 31 now (8 episodes, the “Marco Polo” serial, are missing). The current serial features the first encounter with the Sensorites, the group having just finished their harrowing adventure in the 15th century Aztec Empire. Llona Rodgers, who was just 18 years old at the time, made her television debut in this episode. She is still very much with us, as are two of the original companions, William Russell (Ian Chesterton) and Carole Ann Ford (Susan Foreman). Mr. Russell was 39 at the time and is now 93 years of age, Ms. Ford was 23 then and is now 77.

I’m re-watching the New Who right now. I really need to get back into the Classic Who; I’m not quite sure where Mrs. Fish and I left off, but it’s actually about the same spot, I think. Maybe a bit later.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Mar 29, 2018 • 7:41:08pm

re: #65 Quoth the raven, Covfefe.

RIGHT THEN! I am a firm adherent to Occam’s Razor: “Never attribute to malice that which can be adequately explained by stupidity.” Now, that’s not to say Republicans aren’t evil, because they are; but they’re also shockingly, almost criminally stupid. This was a poorly-thought-out attempt to kill off the pension program by attaching it to something much more valuable and necessary, but they got caught. They thought they were saving money and screwing over working-class Americans - a double feature - but they were too stupid to pull it off.

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Belafon  Mar 29, 2018 • 7:44:11pm

re: #69 Backwoods_Sleuth

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So, Republicans all across the country are passing bills without reviewing them. There’s a 50/50 chance that the bill doubles the pension.

re: #65 Quoth the raven, Covfefe.

I’m a Bayesian that starts out with the 80/20 rule, and right now, I tend to subscribe that Republicans are pretty much 80% evil, 20% incompetent. Most of the time, their actions tend to drive the 80 higher.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Mar 29, 2018 • 7:45:29pm

re: #70 Belafon

So, Republicans all across the country are passing bills without reviewing them. There’s a 50/50 chance that the bill doubles the pension.

I’m a Bayesian that starts out with the 80/20 rule, and right now, I tend to subscribe that Republicans are pretty much 80% evil, 20% incompetent. Most of the time, their actions tend to drive the 80 higher.

I think it’s pretty safe to say that no funding mechanism is included in the bill.

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Weaselone  Mar 29, 2018 • 7:45:38pm

re: #64 Jay C

Which foreign vehicles will likely be penalized by a “Trump tariff” to make things “fairer”.

1. Trump’s tariffs wouldn’t impact foreign vehicles made domestically
2. Any auto tariffs would likely be responded to in kind
3. Domestic manufacturers lagging in fuel efficiency tech would also impact their competitiveness in foreign markets

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Belafon  Mar 29, 2018 • 7:48:27pm

re: #71 Backwoods_Sleuth

I think it’s pretty safe to say that no funding mechanism is included in the bill.

I am sure you’re correct, but the language probably says something like “The pension over the next ten years will be reduced by -50% each year” and the double negatives will require them to find money.

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Patricia Kayden  Mar 29, 2018 • 7:50:06pm

re: #52 Backwoods_Sleuth

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And the good folk keep voting for Republicans.

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Sea Mexican!  Mar 29, 2018 • 7:51:34pm

Samantha Bee dedicated a full episode on Puerto Rico.

YouTube

I’m speechless for many reasons.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Mar 29, 2018 • 7:53:30pm

(Stivers is the Senate President)

sigh……………

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Quoth the raven, Covfefe.  Mar 29, 2018 • 7:54:28pm

re: #76 Backwoods_Sleuth

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sigh……………

Did they hand-write in the margins?

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Mar 29, 2018 • 7:54:36pm

oooh

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Anymouse 🌹  Mar 29, 2018 • 7:56:35pm

re: #60 Backwoods_Sleuth

well, this seems to be going swimmingly….

The threat of a teacher walkout was all it took in Oklahoma to get the GOP run legislature there to raise various taxes to fund teacher pay. The walkout in West Virginia did the same.

One of the tenets of conservative religious faith is you can cut your way to prosperity. That’s why Kansas and Louisiana are doing so well.

“This time for sure” is not a way to govern.

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Quoth the raven, Covfefe.  Mar 29, 2018 • 7:57:04pm

re: #79 Anymouse 🌹

The threat of a teacher walkout was all it took in Oklahoma to get the GOP run legislature there to raise various taxes to fund teacher pay. The walkout in West Virginia did the same.

One of the tenets of conservative religious faith is you can cut your way to prosperity. That’s why Kansas and Louisiana are doing so well.

“This time for sure” is not a way to govern.

2018 GOP: “Once more, with FEELING”

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Belafon  Mar 29, 2018 • 7:57:44pm

re: #78 Backwoods_Sleuth

oooh

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I suspect a number of rural areas in KY are like they are here in Texas, where the school system is the biggest and most stable employer, and playing with their salary and retirement is going to be a big issue.

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Kragar  Mar 29, 2018 • 7:58:23pm
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Belafon  Mar 29, 2018 • 7:58:45pm

re: #80 Quoth the raven, Covfefe.

2018 GOP: “Once more, with FEELING”

“No singing!”

Guards! Make sure the Prince doesn’t leave this room …

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Mar 29, 2018 • 8:02:55pm

re: #81 Belafon

I suspect a number of rural areas in KY are like they are here in Texas, where the school system is the biggest and most stable employer, and playing with their salary and retirement is going to be a big issue.

It’s the largest employer in my county

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Belafon  Mar 29, 2018 • 8:05:53pm

re: #84 Backwoods_Sleuth

It’s the largest employer in my county

That was the reason school vouchers failed here in Texas. People in rural areas depend on the schools for more than just teaching their students.

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Anymouse 🌹  Mar 29, 2018 • 8:06:44pm

re: #80 Quoth the raven, Covfefe.

2018 GOP: “Once more, with FEELING”

Well, they seem like vampires, bleeding their targets dry …

Buffy - Once More, with Feeling - Overture/Going Through the Motions

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Mar 29, 2018 • 8:08:10pm
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Anymouse 🌹  Mar 29, 2018 • 8:08:13pm

re: #85 Belafon

That was the reason school vouchers failed here in Texas. People in rural areas depend on the schools for more than just teaching their students.

It’s why there is so much opposition to them in Nebraska as well, which is why the idea gets defeated every time it is brought up in the Unicameral.

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Quoth the raven, Covfefe.  Mar 29, 2018 • 8:09:37pm

re: #87 Backwoods_Sleuth

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Yeah, this whole “behind-closed-doors” legislative bullshit is the exact opposite of how American democracy is supposed to work. How is it the will of the people if the elected representation is able to craft it, vote on it, and send it to the governor for signature without allowing a single member of the electorate to actually read it and review it?

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Anymouse 🌹  Mar 29, 2018 • 8:10:15pm

Trapped Inside the Monster Energy Frat House (goes to Huffington Post, more at the link):

A sixth woman has come forward to complain about sexual discrimination at Monster Energy, a male-dominated beverage company that appears to be plagued by a toxic work culture.

The woman, Karen Simmons, a 50-year-old former sales representative based in Alabama, spent nearly two years with Monster. She amassed a strong track record, even as she fended off one of her Atlanta-based managers, Ted Cook, who hit on her, made comments about her breasts, tried to get her drunk and invited her more than once for an “evening nightcap” in his hotel room on work trips, she told HuffPost.

Robert Duck, Simmons’ direct boss who works out of Monster’s office in Florida, also witnessed Cook’s behavior, but told her to brush it off, she said. “He said Ted was harmless, ‘a dirty old man,’” Simmons recalled.

Through a company spokesman, Duck said Simmons never complained. When reached by phone by HuffPost, he hung up. He did not respond to follow-up texts. Cook also did not respond to a call, text or LinkedIn message.

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Anymouse 🌹  Mar 29, 2018 • 8:11:04pm

re: #89 Quoth the raven, Covfefe.

Conservatism is opposed to democracy. In all nations, at all times it gains power.

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Smith25's Liberal Thighs  Mar 29, 2018 • 8:13:05pm

My wife and I both work at a private school; and we have only worked at a private school, so any affect to teacher pensions would not affect us directly.

We have many friends who are teachers in the public schools in KY. This is a terrible action that Republicans in this state and others have been working towards for years.

As a new Head Coach, I’m connected on a listserv with other KY football head coaches. Some of them from rural school districts, and many of them holding quite conservative politics. Many of them staunch Republicans. While a coaching listserv at this time of the year is full of posts discussing who wants to schedule who, or posting of assistant coach openings; the last week or so, this bill has dominated the topics of the football coaches in KY. There are a large number of them that are within 5 years of retirement. This is a big deal. Large number of Conservative/Republican coaches are seeing the negative effect of conservative policies, and even they are starting to turn a little bit.

We will see where this goes soon.

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Stanley Sea  Mar 29, 2018 • 8:14:04pm

re: #92 Smith25’s Liberal Thighs

+++

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Quoth the raven, Covfefe.  Mar 29, 2018 • 8:19:39pm

re: #92 Smith25’s Liberal Thighs

Regret, one upding, etc., etc.

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Shiplord Kirel, Friend of Moose and Squirrel  Mar 29, 2018 • 8:32:23pm

re: #64 Jay C

Which foreign vehicles will likely be penalized by a “Trump tariff” to make things “fairer”.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Mar 29, 2018 • 8:33:19pm

more school closings:

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Mar 29, 2018 • 8:56:36pm

and another:

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Mar 29, 2018 • 9:01:23pm

and another

yep, the teachers are fed up


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