Friday Night Get-Down: Mark Lettieri, "Baritone Funk #11"

Friday Night Get-Down: Mark Lettieri, “Baritone Funk #11”

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Gear used:
Supro Baritone
Guyatone WRm5 WahRocker
MXR Bass Octave Deluxe
Kemper Profiler (Div by 13)
Logic X

Composed and arranged by Mark Lettieri. © 2017

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273 comments

MsJ Apr 6, 2018 • 8:10:20pm

Grrrrr.

“The Fair Pay order included two rules that impacted women workers: paycheck transparency and a ban on forced arbitration clauses for sexual harassment, sexual assault or discrimination claims.” https://t.co/WZei0TO2tA

— Shannon Watts (@shannonrwatts) April 7, 2018

Hecuba's daughter Apr 6, 2018 • 8:13:13pm

The only people Trump wants to protect are the wealthy and the Russians.

Joe Bacon 🌹 Apr 6, 2018 • 8:17:32pm

And you trashed Michelle Obama for 8 years, Mr. Whole Ass Circus!

— josephebacon 🌹 (@josephebacon) April 7, 2018

scottslemmons Apr 6, 2018 • 8:21:57pm

presented without comment pic.twitter.com/pzho45CeeS

— Oliver Darcy (@oliverdarcy) April 7, 2018

1: We know it’s always projection with conservatives. Therefore:
2: We can safely assume Sean Hannity has fucked an emu. https://t.co/DiPlU43Elo

— Zachariah Von Fang (@MistahScooter) April 7, 2018

Blind Frog Belly White Apr 6, 2018 • 8:22:15pm

re: #1 MsJ

Grrrrr.

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Because of course he fucking did it.

Anymouse 🌹 Apr 6, 2018 • 8:22:40pm

Left hanging on the previous thread, because I am slow when I’m reading without my bifocals (I’m not old, your the old)

re: #402 Hecuba’s daughter

Due to lack of knowledge, I am very confused about the verbal battle between former CIA chief Brennan and CIA veteran Daniel Hoffman. Brennan attacks Trump; Hoffman attacks Brennan for this criticism and describes it as playing into Putin’s hands by helping to stoke political divisions. Is there some reason that one should take Hoffman’s criticism seriously? I know nothing about his background.

re: #412 Anymouse 🌹

The issue is the way politics used to work BT (Before Trump). Government officials (especially senior civil service, high-level appointees such as the CIA director, and former presidents) do not undermine the current administration by attacking its policies or personnel directly.

Hoffman appears to be playing by the old rule BT: undermining the current president’s policies or personnel could indeed play into an adversary’s hands. Chief Brennan sees Donald Trump as the bigger threat.

Joe Bacon 🌹 Apr 6, 2018 • 8:33:15pm

ckkatz Apr 6, 2018 • 8:34:28pm

From previous thread on dealing with mice. (With apologies to AnyMouse.)

A couple of winters ago, I had mice get into my basement when I had to open a sealed crawlspace for a cable install.

I ended up trying most of the various mouse traps available at big box hardware stores. Out of curiosity, a sense of experimentation, and the fact that the mice appeared unimpressed with most of the traps.

Some of the traps were really impressive mechanical gizmos. (None of those worked for me.)

Of the 7 mice ‘sampled’…

One, may have died from poison. (Or maybe old age or boredom.) The other six all died from Tomcat Mouse Snap Traps baited with peanut butter. I made sure to place all traps where my cat cannot get to.

After some thought, I would not again place poison traps. (They were not effective, and I am concerned that my cat might get to a poisoned mouse.)

On getting unstuck from glue traps (use vegetable or mineral oil):
colonialpest.com

Hecuba's daughter Apr 6, 2018 • 8:34:29pm

re: #6 Anymouse 🌹

Left hanging on the previous thread, because I am slow when I’m reading without my bifocals (I’m not old, your the old)
The issue is the way politics used to work BT (Before Trump). Government officials (especially senior civil service, high-level appointees such as the CIA director, and former presidents) do not undermine the current administration by attacking its policies or personnel directly.

Hoffman appears to be playing by the old rule BT: undermining the current president’s policies or personnel could indeed play into an adversary’s hands. Chief Brennan sees Donald Trump as the bigger threat.

The question is, given that Hoffman was stationed in Moscow, would he know whether Trump was compromised? Or could he himself be compromised? Or does he think that Brennan should be discreet and let Mueller do his work and provide clear cut evidence of Trump’s guilt?

FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀 Apr 6, 2018 • 8:40:35pm

What voters say are their top issues in the 2018 midterms. https://t.co/4z3wu5buec pic.twitter.com/tgy4DoY1tA

— Michael Li (@mcpli) April 7, 2018

Belafon Apr 6, 2018 • 8:41:46pm

re: #6 Anymouse 🌹

Left hanging on the previous thread, because I am slow when I’m reading without my bifocals (I’m not old, your the old)

One of the themes in Black Panther is how to respond when someone takes control of your country that obviously wants to destroy it. Do you serve it like before or do you work against it to save it? Serving it might keep the person from doing all of the damage, but it might be better to openly oppose them. Hoffman is serving; Brennan is saving.

Belafon Apr 6, 2018 • 8:43:42pm

re: #10 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀

Democrats need to push the economy more.

Interesting Times Apr 6, 2018 • 8:44:05pm

re: #10 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀

Wow, look at the 43% “economic anxiety” response for the GOPers! e_e

jaunte Apr 6, 2018 • 8:50:09pm

The court’s deadline for Manafort to file pre-trial motions, including motions to suppress evidence, is tonight. Filing a motion to ask for extra time, after hours, seems like a risky approach unless they cleared this with the Judge & the prosecution in advance. pic.twitter.com/7t0FancsXB

— Joyce Alene (@JoyceWhiteVance) April 7, 2018

Manafort has filed, with about 15 minutes left on the clock, a motion to suppress evidence & fruits of that evidence from the search of his locker. https://t.co/YKG2hbEzZD https://t.co/HWPnAmmDhf

— Joyce Alene (@JoyceWhiteVance) April 7, 2018

ckkatz Apr 6, 2018 • 8:57:07pm

re: #6 Anymouse 🌹

That is a good and valid point. And is a much nicer view than my reflexive reaction.

stpaulbear Apr 6, 2018 • 8:57:26pm

re: #8 ckkatz

From previous thread on dealing with mice. (With apologies to AnyMouse.)

A couple of winters ago, I had mice get into my basement when I had to open a sealed crawlspace for a cable install.

I ended up trying most of the various mouse traps available at big box hardware stores. Out of curiosity, a sense of experimentation, and the fact that the mice appeared unimpressed with most of the traps.

Some of the traps were really impressive mechanical gizmos. (None of those worked for me.)

Of the 7 mice ‘sampled’…

One, may have died from poison. (Or maybe old age or boredom.) The other six all died from Tomcat Mouse Snap Traps baited with peanut butter. I made sure to place all traps where my cat cannot get to.

After some thought, I would not again place poison traps. (They were not effective, and I am concerned that my cat might get to a poisoned mouse.)

On getting unstuck from glue traps (use vegetable or mineral oil):
colonialpest.com

I will second the opinion on not putting out poison for mice if there are cats around. My cats have always been indoor cats, but there are lots of stray or roaming cats in my neighborhood. I came home from work one day to find a dead cat in my driveway. There was no sign of attack, so the only two reasons I could think of were that it fell off the edge of the roof onto the concrete driveway, or it ate a poisoned mouse. I never heard anything or saw any signs for missing cats in the neighborhood so it didn’t appear that it was anyone’s beloved pet. It actually pisses me off that people let their cats roam freely. At the time, I was trying to attract birds to my yard, and the cats were attracted by the birds.

ckkatz Apr 6, 2018 • 8:59:08pm

re: #11 Belafon

One of the themes in Black Panther is how to respond when someone takes control of your country that obviously wants to destroy it. Do you serve it like before or do you work against it to save it? Serving it might keep the person from doing all of the damage, but it might be better to openly oppose them. Hoffman is serving; Brennan is saving.

Interesting question.. Someone recently asked (tweeted) Stonekettle (who is retired Navy) his thoughts on enlisting in the Navy right now. Iirc, Stonekettle replied to the effect that in normal times he would have recommended it, but in the current climate he did not recommend it.

FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀 Apr 6, 2018 • 9:00:53pm

Trump: My approval rating is 7 or 8 points higher than what polls say https://t.co/V7J2lRMQxg pic.twitter.com/JrhB91HPU8

— The Hill (@thehill) April 7, 2018

Anymouse 🌹 Apr 6, 2018 • 9:01:54pm

re: #10 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀

Well, if conservative voters are concerned about the economy [33%], as the poll seems to indicate, the solution is to vote for liberals. (It is noteworthy that pretty much throughout history nearly every economic crash is tied to conservative policies.)

Belafon Apr 6, 2018 • 9:02:19pm

re: #18 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀

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“My dick is 5 inches longer than what Stormy says” would be a more accurate statement.

MsJ Apr 6, 2018 • 9:02:27pm

re: #14 jaunte

What was found in msnafort’s locker? Anyone know?

stpaulbear Apr 6, 2018 • 9:03:01pm

re: #16 stpaulbear

Note: I was putting the mouse poison inside my garage where the cats didn’t have access to it. I wasn’t poisoning mice out in the yard.

ckkatz Apr 6, 2018 • 9:03:02pm

re: #16 stpaulbear

I will second the opinion on not putting out poison for mice if there are cats around. My cats have always been indoor cats, but there are lots of stray or roaming cats in my neighborhood. I came home from work one day to find a dead cat in my driveway. There was no sign of attack, so the only two reasons I could think of were that it fell off the edge of the roof onto the concrete driveway, or it ate a poisoned mouse. I never heard anything or saw any signs for missing cats in the neighborhood so it didn’t appear that it was anyone’s beloved pet. It actually pisses me off that people let their cats roam freely. At the time, I was trying to attract birds to my yard, and the cats were attracted by the birds.

Yes, many years ago I also had a bird feeder. And got all sorts of interesting bird species. But it eventually became the neighborhood cats’ hunting grounds so I took it down. Also years ago.

MsJ Apr 6, 2018 • 9:03:49pm

re: #20 Belafon

“My dick is 5 inches longer than what Stormy says” would be a more accurate statement.

Inflated. Like his imaginary net worth.

Belafon Apr 6, 2018 • 9:08:56pm

Nope Chart - Internet Names for Spiders

Anymouse 🌹 Apr 6, 2018 • 9:13:36pm

re: #16 stpaulbear

I will second the opinion on not putting out poison for mice if there are cats around. My cats have always been indoor cats, but there are lots of stray or roaming cats in my neighborhood. I came home from work one day to find a dead cat in my driveway. There was no sign of attack, so the only two reasons I could think of were that it fell off the edge of the roof onto the concrete driveway, or it ate a poisoned mouse. I never heard anything or saw any signs for missing cats in the neighborhood so it didn’t appear that it was anyone’s beloved pet. It actually pisses me off that people let their cats roam freely. At the time, I was trying to attract birds to my yard, and the cats were attracted by the birds.

My mother used these live trap devices in her apartment to catch mice … they were a square tube with a slight bend in the middle. You put bait like peanut butter or something at the closed end of the tube (it’s cover could snap off), then set it up to balance on the opposite end (leaving the peanut butter hanging a couple inches in the air).

The mice would enter such traps, start climbing the tube, the trap would overbalance from the mouse’s weight causing that end of the tube to drop, and trigger a door to close the entrance.

You could then take the mouse outside or whatnot.

Kragar Apr 6, 2018 • 9:14:56pm

#warhammer40k pic.twitter.com/fmpCi1CBfK

— Kragar (@Kragar_LGF) April 7, 2018

jaunte Apr 6, 2018 • 9:17:11pm

re: #21 MsJ

What was found in msnafort’s locker? Anyone know?

Only Mueller’s people.

Belafon Apr 6, 2018 • 9:23:22pm

https://t.co/aT01JWtmVq

— Todd J. Gillman (@toddgillman) April 6, 2018

I haven’t been paying much attention to actual numbers, but this is interesting:

Texas is seeing enormous turnover in its congressional delegation this year.

Out of 36 House members, eight announced plans to retire in the last few months. Farenthold is the first to actually leave office…

h/t Balloon Juice

Shiplord Kirel, Friend of Moose and Squirrel Apr 6, 2018 • 9:38:00pm

Just musing: I think Republicans have grown so completely accustomed to evil and sleazy conduct over the last 40 years that they accept it as the norm. They therefore don’t realize that they have drifted into something new and very dangerous by colluding with Russians. To them it is just business as usual. To everyone else it is close to treason.

jaunte Apr 6, 2018 • 9:40:18pm

BREAKING: Texas National Guard says it will deploy 250 personnel to the border with Mexico within the next 72 hours.

— The Associated Press (@AP) April 6, 2018

Caligula ordered a Roman army to attack the ocean to teach Neptune a lesson.https://t.co/8liVJXknFx

— JRehling (@JRehling) April 7, 2018

wheat-dogg Apr 6, 2018 • 9:40:26pm

re: #21 MsJ

What was found in msnafort’s locker? Anyone know?

Al Capone

wheat-dogg Apr 6, 2018 • 9:43:05pm

re: #31 jaunte

IOW sending out soldiers to fight an imaginary enemy, who cannot fight. Easy win!

Targetpractice Apr 6, 2018 • 9:43:16pm

re: #31 jaunte

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Wow, a few hundred NG troops who can’t arrest or hold any border crossers. And they’re there until the end of September, away from their homes and families, burning up taxpayer dollars on a fool’s errand.

Anymouse 🌹 Apr 6, 2018 • 9:43:19pm

re: #29 Belafon

As has been noted in the past, Texas is not a red state, it’s a non-voting state. Democrats are really fired up to turn out this year across the nation (I can’t imagine why).

It fits into the idea why I think my own state is more blue than our representation in Congress appears: as far as dependency on the Federal government and local taxation to support state and local functions, Nebraska is actually ahead of California, New York, and Connecticut.

A so-called tax reform bill (to reduce property taxes here) heavily promoted by Governor Pete Ricketts died stillborn. Never made it out of committee.

Trump’s trade war will be a disaster for our agriculture section, the number one income for the state. I have my fingers cautiously crossed that we can flip a lot of local, state (and dare I suggest Federal) seats in this election.

The Nebraska Democratic Party has one of the largest slates of candidates in many decades. (My name is not on the list yet, because they only update it once a week or so and I just filed for reëlection.)

jaunte Apr 6, 2018 • 9:48:33pm

re: #34 Targetpractice

I’m sure they’re all real excited about the mission.

Targetpractice Apr 6, 2018 • 9:50:06pm

re: #36 jaunte

I’m sure they’re all real excited about the mission.

Oh, I’m sure there are those weekend warriors who are going “YEAH, I’m goin’ down there to protect our nation from these invaders!”

The rest? They’re just looking a months long deployment to the ass-end of nowhere to sweat, curse, and think of all the work waiting for them at their normal jobs once they get back.

Anymouse 🌹 Apr 6, 2018 • 9:50:09pm

re: #31 jaunte

BREAKING: Texas National Guard says it will deploy 250 personnel to the border with Mexico within the next 72 hours.

— The Associated Press (@AP) April 6, 2018

Breaking: Texas uproots 250 military families and wastes tax money to satisfy racist base.

hashtag support the troops
hashtag fiscal conservatism

jaunte Apr 6, 2018 • 9:54:13pm

I heard the president of the Border Patrol Union yesterday saying he’d like 6,000-7,000 National Guard deployed to the border:
npr.org

jaunte Apr 6, 2018 • 9:56:38pm

It took weeks for the National Guard to get deployed to Puerto Rico.

Trump is having the National Guard deployed to the US-Mexico border in hours.

Do we see the problem here? pic.twitter.com/yFYr0kmvdf

— Red T Raccoon (@RedTRaccoon) April 4, 2018

Stanley Sea Apr 6, 2018 • 9:57:45pm

re: #34 Targetpractice

Wow, a few hundred NG troops who can’t arrest or hold any border crossers. And they’re there until the end of September, away from their homes and families, burning up taxpayer dollars on a fool’s errand.

In the raging desert heat.

Fun times!

Targetpractice Apr 6, 2018 • 9:58:57pm

re: #39 jaunte

I heard the president of the Border Patrol Union yesterday saying he’d like 6,000-7,000 National Guard deployed to the border:
npr.org

And the reason he wants them there? If you read between the lines, it’s because he wants them there because they’re not on the BP payroll thus he’s free to send agents out into the field while the NG troops do the jobs those agents have been doing.

jaunte Apr 6, 2018 • 10:01:16pm

re: #42 Targetpractice

I heard him slide that 6,000 up to 7,000 right quick like it was nothing he was going to pay for.

jaunte Apr 6, 2018 • 10:02:49pm

You wonder that an organization undermanned by 6,000 positions could even exist.

Joe Bacon 🌹 Apr 6, 2018 • 10:08:49pm

re: #44 jaunte

You wonder that an organization undermanned by 6,000 positions could even exist.

There are PLENTY of government agencies that are understaffed. Deliberately so by the Republicans so they can turn around and say that government should get out of the way and let private enterprise in.

Too many people will learn that too late when our Social Security offices are contracted out to H&R Block and people are shelling out lots of $$$ for cards, investments and claim processing…

MsJ Apr 6, 2018 • 10:11:38pm

Mueller just scored another huge win as longtime Trump ally turns snitch - https://t.co/HHEae043O4

— shondi99 (@shondi99) April 7, 2018

MsJ Apr 6, 2018 • 10:14:48pm

About that locker…

JUST IN: Paul Manafort asks judge to suppress evidence from over 20 boxes of files from a storage locker in Va. Motion contains some juicy lists of what the boxes contain. 2 lists below. Full motion, courtesy of @bradheath >> https://t.co/VAXAaFgKkB pic.twitter.com/WELYXDfkLM

— Christina Wilkie (@christinawilkie) April 7, 2018

Here’s what was listed on one of Manafort’s boxes:
- Ukraine Binders
- Georgia
- Ballot Security
- Surrogates
- Admin
- Research
- RA
- Political
- Polling
- PJM Political Presentation
- Ukraine Campaign
- Media Earned
- Media
- Advance and Training
- Leader https://t.co/0KMkEOtTgt

— Christina Wilkie (@christinawilkie) April 7, 2018

Anymouse 🌹 Apr 6, 2018 • 10:17:17pm

re: #40 jaunte

There are about one hundred National Guard troops deployed to the Texas border area under an order from Gov. Rick Perry (still).

Mr. Trump issued a proclamation, but as far as I’m aware he did not federalize the troops. If that is the case, then the order came from Gov. Greg Abbot.

Anymouse 🌹 Apr 6, 2018 • 10:19:48pm

This ought to go over well with National Guard family members and employers:

Mr. Trump says he plans to keep the guard members there until a “large portion of the wall is built.”

kwtx.com

MsJ Apr 6, 2018 • 10:20:54pm

Why does this not surprise me?

My Pillow guy is a friend of Trump’s - and a former crackheadhttps://t.co/noHWxUTou5

— Ty Hilkert (@tyinsf) April 7, 2018

jaunte Apr 6, 2018 • 10:24:41pm

“…Also, boy howdy is Avenatti looking forward to asking Donald Trump to repeat all this in a deposition, especially Trump’s refusal to answer that question about whether he’d set up a fund for Cohen to use.
…………………..
So yes, things are getting pretty interesting. Might be time for Trump to up his game and send an aircraft carrier to the border with Mexico.”
wonkette.com

Eclectic Cyborg Apr 6, 2018 • 10:29:13pm

JFC,

The Texas border with Mexico covers 1241 miles. That means each of these 250 people will be apparently expected to cover 5 miles of territory all by themselves and that’s just straight miles, not square miles.

Eclectic Cyborg Apr 6, 2018 • 10:30:54pm

re: #50 MsJ

Why does this not surprise me?

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He’s also a fraud. He has no formal training in sleep medicine or any related fields nor any actual qualifications despite labeling himself a “Sleep Expert.”

Anymouse 🌹 Apr 6, 2018 • 10:32:30pm

re: #50 MsJ

Why does this not surprise me?

I won’t dunk on him if he had a destructive drug habit he kicked. That’s a good thing no matter who does it.

Being a friend of Trump and supporting Ingraham’s hatred of teenagers? That’s a dunk I’m willing to support though.

goddamnedfrank Apr 6, 2018 • 10:32:55pm

Prime the pump: Register voters. Get voters signed up for absentee ballots whenever possible, otherwise organize voting day car pools for people without transportation. Make sure people who need IDs to access their polling locations get them.

Anticipate & defeat obstruction.

— 🏴‍☠️ (@goddamnedfrank) April 7, 2018

Eclectic Cyborg Apr 6, 2018 • 10:40:58pm

re: #54 Anymouse 🌹

I respect him for kicking the drug habit, but he’s still an RWNJ and a fraud.

MsJ Apr 6, 2018 • 10:42:40pm

re: #55 goddamnedfrank

Isn’t he talking about the media moving on from shooting incident to other things?

Stanley Sea Apr 6, 2018 • 10:48:12pm

.@NewYorker goes there. Today’s cartoon, by Brendan Loper. pic.twitter.com/9FWLEkhtUp

— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) April 7, 2018

Anymouse 🌹 Apr 6, 2018 • 10:51:07pm

re: #52 Eclectic Cyborg

JFC,

The Texas border with Mexico covers 1241 miles. That means each of these 250 people will be apparently expected to cover 5 miles of territory all by themselves and that’s just straight miles, not square miles.

Well, the alleged objective for the National Guard now is the same as it was when Presidents Obama and GW Bush deployed them: They are meant to be a logistics force to free up CBP agents in those positions to patrol the border.

That said, CBP agents in those logistics positions are familiar with logistics. To the question of their usefulness as patrol remains to be seen.

When Gov. Rick Perry ordered troops to the border, they were under his command, so they were sent essentially as police (since that function is allowed to a governor). That said, they were left without logistics (due to Perry not planning properly for what amounted to a military deployment) and the Guard was left without food, shelter, &c.

Anymouse 🌹 Apr 6, 2018 • 10:56:47pm

re: #55 goddamnedfrank

For that matter, while teenagers can’t vote (unless over seventeen), or may not be able to register voters themselves, in addition to organising car pools, they can drive cars for pools (assuming they are licensed).

goddamnedfrank Apr 6, 2018 • 10:57:27pm

re: #50 MsJ

Why does this not surprise me?

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Don’t dunk on the My Pillow guy because he’s a former drug addict, that’s shitty. Dunk on him because he’s a creepy molester ‘stache having performative Christian who always wears a cross conspicuously outside his shirt as a cynical marketing gimmick.https://t.co/ZJRkobqFGH

— 🏴‍☠️ (@goddamnedfrank) April 7, 2018

Anymouse 🌹 Apr 6, 2018 • 11:00:02pm

Ding ding … ding ding … ding ding … ding ding …

Midnight in Mythical Time Zone

FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀 Apr 6, 2018 • 11:02:51pm

Owner Story: “Happy world rat day!” pic.twitter.com/wdaQaxek6u

— Fluff Society (@FluffSociety) April 7, 2018

Citizen K Apr 6, 2018 • 11:03:42pm

NY Times 2012

+120,000 jobs

“..country’s employers added a disappointing 120,000 jobs in March…’weak and troubling’..”

✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨

NY Times 2018

+103,000 jobs

“The report for March wasn’t as strong, but still extended a remarkable run in the job market.” pic.twitter.com/ek1U4hVbMb

— 𝙋𝙖𝙩𝙧𝙞𝙘𝙠 𝙆𝙖𝙧𝙡𝙨𝙨𝙤𝙣 ⚡️ (@Patrickesque) April 6, 2018

This thread is part of precisely why we have Trump: he is simply held to no standards, while Dems are held to absurdly high ones purely for the sake of sackbeating them when they don’t meet them.

The media forgives every single bit of GOP venality, and Trump even moreso, and consistently normalizes them while treating anyone against them like dirt.

Anymouse 🌹 Apr 6, 2018 • 11:04:48pm

Correct pic.twitter.com/3wmipAXdyO

— 🖕🏻Aunt Crabby calls Bullshit 🖕🏻 (@DearAuntCrabby) April 6, 2018

Anymouse 🌹 Apr 6, 2018 • 11:11:13pm

re: #64 Citizen K

This thread is part of precisely why we have Trump: he is simply held to no standards, while Dems are held to absurdly high ones purely for the sake of sackbeating them when they don’t meet them.

The media forgives every single bit of GOP venality, and Trump even moreso, and consistently normalizes them while treating anyone against them like dirt.

As I noted in the last thread:

re: #296 fern01

And Maggie [Haberman] believe[s] that trump has a right to do this - but others do not - she crawls along the floor to get his phone calls

re: #301 Anymouse 🌹

The New York Times publishes articles about why you should hug the Nazi next door and interviews with every Trump voter in the known universe, endless conservative screeds on the op-ed page, and lest we forget, the breathless reporting on Hillary Clinton’s E-mails.

But the Times has always been fascist-curious, as their reporting on the rise of Hitler also showed.

This ain’t new for the New York Times.

Anymouse 🌹 Apr 6, 2018 • 11:24:57pm

Well, this guy ought to be reported to Twitter Safety:

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Anymouse 🌹 Apr 6, 2018 • 11:27:08pm

Deputy governor of the Central Bank of the Russian Federation Alexander Torshin, who courted NRA leaders, sanctioned by US Treasury. https://t.co/hEZbgCDWCa pic.twitter.com/5HL0Eo24rh

— ABC News (@ABC) April 6, 2018

The US government sanctions bad people who work against American interests, such as Alexander Torshin. Why did the @NRA have such close ties with him?

And why won’t the #NRA answer my letter last month asking them about the Kremlin links? What is @NRA scared of revealing? https://t.co/FBvTMeHEeQ

— Ted Lieu (@tedlieu) April 7, 2018

Anymouse 🌹 Apr 6, 2018 • 11:28:36pm

Instagram

Flash photo at a water spray, amid bushes and the glare of a low, setting Sun. The effect, to me, evokes a late 19th century impressionist painting. World Financial Center plaza, New York City. June 2001.

Anymouse 🌹 Apr 6, 2018 • 11:46:19pm

My letter is in this morning’s paper, countering the claim atheists taking prayer out of schools causes mass-shootings. It appears with a cut-off headline, and the full text is below.

Letter: Making False Claims against Specific Groups is Dang[erous] [Goes to the Scottsbluff, Nebr. Star-Herald]

Mr. Dean Bell wrote on April 5 about “atheists and infidels banning prayer in schools” and saying “children cannot pray in school” (long-time misconceptions, only state-mandated or state-written prayers enforced by state employees are banned, children can pray as much as they like) to “atheists are the cause of moral decay in society” and the cause of mass shootings (also misconceptions, as atheists are the least represented religious demographic in prisons, jails, and divorce courts).

He invokes Roe v Wade for good measure, blaming that court decision on atheists as well (and misrepresenting it). To be clear, Roe did not start abortions, they always existed. It allowed for safe abortions and got the government out of the decisions between a woman and her doctor. Roe was about privacy, not freedom of choice as he asserts.

He also names Hollywood movies and video games as culprits for crime and moral decay. (Interestingly, those same movies and video games are found in highly atheistic First World countries such as Denmark, Sweden, the United Kingdom and Japan, yet those nations do not have the crime problems he tries to link to atheism, movies and video games.)

The thrust of his argument is to deflect onto atheists, movies and video games the problem of gun violence, and use them to create a strawman claiming people are trying to ban guns.

This is dangerous thinking, even worse than President G.H.W. Bush’s claim that atheists cannot be patriotic nor should they be citizens (spoken while I was an atheist in the U.S. Navy aboard an aircraft carrier at the time). Atheists have served in every combat the U.S.A. has engaged in. We value freedom of religion for all, not a select group.

Isolating minorities and claiming they are the principle source of crime despite all crime statistics is a long-standing method of stripping rights or bringing about genocide against those same groups of people.

The purpose of the Establishment Clause in the I Amendment is to protect the religious rights of all people, not particular groups. I do not know which religious sect this man claims as his faith, but I am sure he would be arguing just as passionately for the Establishment Clause as he argues against it in his letter, if the prayers imposed were not of his own faith.

(name and city follows-can’t wait for the hate calls from Christians in W Nebraska and SE Wyoming in the morning… .)

Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light)) Apr 7, 2018 • 12:03:55am

re: #8 ckkatz

From previous thread on dealing with mice. (With apologies to AnyMouse.)

After some thought, I would not again place poison traps. (They were not effective, and I am concerned that my cat might get to a poisoned mouse.)

We have lost more than one cat to eating poisoned mice

Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light)) Apr 7, 2018 • 12:06:46am

re: #18 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀

Trump: My approval rating is 7 or 8 points higher than what polls say

another case of a totally unsubstantiated claim that does not bear repetition or discussion other than to point out that it is yet another totally unsubstantiated and unverifiable claim

Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light)) Apr 7, 2018 • 12:09:34am

re: #34 Targetpractice

Wow, a few hundred NG troops who can’t arrest or hold any border crossers. And they’re there until the end of September, away from their homes and families, burning up taxpayer dollars on a fool’s errand.

The Wall is supposed to be a symbol of our resolve to defend our borders, if DT cannot have that, then he will use soldiers as a stopgap measure, that is pretty much what he was saying when he babbled about getting the military involved.

goddamnedfrank Apr 7, 2018 • 12:10:25am

When your whole crew has flip phones it’s like you’re in the original Start Trek series and you all went back in time to fight Mark Zuckerberg.

— 🏴‍☠️ (@goddamnedfrank) April 7, 2018

goddamnedfrank Apr 7, 2018 • 12:15:57am

P.S. The Tesla paired flawlessly with my flip phone because FLIP PHONES ARE COOL!

goddamnedfrank Apr 7, 2018 • 12:17:59am

Yeah that’s right, I misspelled Star Trek, WHATCHU GONNA DO ABOUT IT ZUCKERBERG?

— 🏴‍☠️ (@goddamnedfrank) April 7, 2018

Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light)) Apr 7, 2018 • 12:18:58am

start wreck

I cannot. Apr 7, 2018 • 12:19:44am

Also, clay tablets don’t come with Facebook datarape software pre-installed

— jay (@random__name) April 7, 2018

goddamnedfrank Apr 7, 2018 • 12:23:04am

I WANT!

Just learned that Nokia is bringing back Neo’s phone from The Matrix! https://t.co/coQ0ngYDmW

— 🏴‍☠️ (@goddamnedfrank) April 7, 2018

Dr Lizardo Apr 7, 2018 • 12:37:10am

re: #79 goddamnedfrank

Here’s the specs:

gsmarena.com

Anymouse 🌹 Apr 7, 2018 • 12:48:31am

re: #77 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))

start wreck

(4:01, the original Star Wreck from 1992)

Star Wreck 1 (1992)

Anymouse 🌹 Apr 7, 2018 • 12:53:53am

re: #75 goddamnedfrank

P.S. The Tesla paired flawlessly with my flip phone because FLIP PHONES ARE COOL!

I have a flip phone from TracFone, but I only use it on trips (since we have no cell service here). Those who need to know my number already have it.

The recorded voice mail message even says “we do not have cell service so do not record a message here - call us on our home telephone.”

Single-handed sailor Apr 7, 2018 • 2:06:40am

It’s raining pretty good in San Francisco. We’ve had 1.7” since this started Thursday night at sunset. We usually don’t have more than an inch of rain in April.

Single-handed sailor Apr 7, 2018 • 2:23:06am

1.8”

Anymouse 🌹 Apr 7, 2018 • 2:36:25am

Arkansas Republican candidate for the statehouse drops out after writing gay-bashing slurs on his Facebook page. Conservatives still don’t have a handle on how this social media thing works, where if you act like a jerk it will be amplified around the world.

Make Arkansas Great Again Candidate Quits after Ranting about Disgusting Fags (Goes to Pink News in the United Kingdom, a news and activist ‘zine for LGBT rights)

Another Republican down, with little time left for the GOP to find a replacement.

Dave In Austin Apr 7, 2018 • 2:48:58am

HGJ…are you getting royalties for this one? pic.twitter.com/NYkLWXLo2y

— Don’t Know… (@Tahatan_Ahote) April 7, 2018

Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light)) Apr 7, 2018 • 4:00:53am

re: #84 Single-handed sailor

1.8”

one thing that really sold me on the metric system was how they measure precipitation: in liters per square meter.
I at first found that strange until someone explained that of course: one liter spread out over one square meter is one millimeter deep. So it tells you not only the volume but how deep it would be if it remained standing.

and not only that, it gives you an idea of the weight, as one liter of water weighs 1 kilogram.

so youse guys would’ve received around 46l/m²

how much is that is drams per square furlong?

Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light)) Apr 7, 2018 • 4:04:47am

re: #85 Anymouse 🌹

Arkansas Republican candidate for the statehouse drops out after writing gay-bashing slurs on his Facebook page. Conservatives still don’t have a handle on how this social media thing works, where if you act like a jerk it will be amplified around the world.

Make Arkansas Great Again Candidate Quits after Ranting about Disgusting Fags (Goes to Pink News in the United Kingdom, a news and activist ‘zine for LGBT rights)

Another Republican down, with little time left for the GOP to find a replacement.

Another step toward Gay World Domination!!!

Eventual Carrion Apr 7, 2018 • 4:53:56am

re: #87 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))

one thing that really sold me on the metric system was how they measure precipitation: in liters per square meter.
I at first found that strange until someone explained that of course: one liter spread out over one square meter is one millimeter deep. So it tells you not only the volume but how deep it would be if it remained standing.

and not only that, it gives you an idea of the weight, as one liter of water weighs 1 kilogram.

so youse guys would’ve received around 46l/m²

how much is that is drams per square furlong?

An ark?

Barefoot Grin Apr 7, 2018 • 5:35:34am

Just listening to a convo on NPR with a CEO of a drilling engineering firm about doing business in China and intellectual property theft. Does it happen? “Yes, we’ve had it happen and have terminated those relationships.” “But you still have work done in China.” “Yes, to be honest health care costs alone in America are higher than labor costs in China.”

Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light)) Apr 7, 2018 • 5:37:10am

re: #90 Barefoot Grin

Just listening to a convo on NPR with a CEO of a drilling engineering firm about doing business in China and intellectual property theft. Does it happen? “Yes, we’ve had it happen and have terminated those relationships.” “But you still have work done in China.” “Yes, to be honest health care costs alone in America are higher than labor costs in China.”

Not to mention those pesky environmental, health and safety regulations that the Chinese are not as burdened with.

But that is what globalization is about: bringing cheap goods to America, creating jobs at Wal-Mart stocking shelves…

steve_davis Apr 7, 2018 • 5:50:31am

re: #26 Anymouse 🌹

My mother used these live trap devices in her apartment to catch mice … they were a square tube with a slight bend in the middle. You put bait like peanut butter or something at the closed end of the tube (it’s cover could snap off), then set it up to balance on the opposite end (leaving the peanut butter hanging a couple inches in the air).

The mice would enter such traps, start climbing the tube, the trap would overbalance from the mouse’s weight causing that end of the tube to drop, and trigger a door to close the entrance.

You could then take the mouse outside or whatnot.

yes, the problem is that once you’ve taken the mouse outside, it enjoys nothing more than figuring out how to get back in the house. And it really makes no difference how far you take the mouse from the home—at least, not since the invention of Google maps.

lawhawk Apr 7, 2018 • 5:51:44am

re: #33 wheat-dogg

IOW sending out soldiers to fight an imaginary enemy, who cannot fight. Easy win!

Trump’s fellow GOP extremists in Texas and Arizona are sending out 400 troops to the border who will not be able to do interdictions, will not be able to arrest anyone, and will be wasting military assets on a fruitless mission that undermines military readiness.

Trump and his fellow travelers will see this as a win.

For everyone else, it’s a waste of resources.

Trump moved faster to send troops to the border at a time when crossings are actually down (and have been trending down for years) than he did to provide assistance to Puerto Rico after Maria.

400 troops helping get power and infrastructure restored in Puerto Rico would have been far more useful and have a more immediate impact than this.

Oh, and greets and saluts from the resistance in the NYC metro area.

Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light)) Apr 7, 2018 • 6:07:57am

re: #26 Anymouse 🌹

My mother used these live trap devices in her apartment to catch mice … they were a square tube with a slight bend in the middle. You put bait like peanut butter or something at the closed end of the tube (it’s cover could snap off), then set it up to balance on the opposite end (leaving the peanut butter hanging a couple inches in the air).

The mice would enter such traps, start climbing the tube, the trap would overbalance from the mouse’s weight causing that end of the tube to drop, and trigger a door to close the entrance.

You could then take the mouse outside or whatnot.

I overheard two older ladies discussing live traps in a hardware store and when asked what she did with the mice, she replied “I just flush them down the toilet!”

Backwoods_Sleuth Apr 7, 2018 • 6:08:23am

Édouard Boubat

Worker Carrying a Bucket of Smoking Tar, Paris, 1948. pic.twitter.com/2cq8VInMal

— aucharbon (@alcarbon68) April 6, 2018

Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light)) Apr 7, 2018 • 6:09:23am

re: #93 lawhawk

Trump’s fellow GOP extremists in Texas and Arizona are sending out 400 troops to the border who will not be able to do interdictions, will not be able to arrest anyone, and will be wasting military assets on a fruitless mission that undermines military readiness.

Trump and his fellow travelers will see this as a win.

For everyone else, it’s a waste of resources.

The Wall is a symbol of our resolve to maintain the purity of our nation. If DT cannot get it built quickly enough, he will use the military as an ersatz symbol to demonstrate his intentions.

lawhawk Apr 7, 2018 • 6:15:52am

re: #96 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))

It’s the epitome of the nativist/white supremacist policy re: immigration.

Consider too the rest of Trump’s policy “positions” on immigration.

1) wanting immigrants to look more like Europeans (specifically, Norweigans IIRC).
2) cutting legal immigration down to a trickle, especially as compared to prior limits or as a percent of Americans in the US today;
3) demanding deportations of tens of millions of people;
4) race-based deportations and ICE sweeps - easy pickings when you target folks who don’t look white;
5) pardoning Arpaio (yeah, I’m throwing this in here, because Arpaio was a virulent racist and bigot whose enforcement of the law targeted minorities, including people he thought were illegal aliens).

All this comes as cross-border entry is on the decline and has been over the past few years. Fox hysteria has pushed Trump to act on every perceived claim no matter how nuts it is. He’s not responding to facts or his own advisers.

Targetpractice Apr 7, 2018 • 6:16:37am

re: #93 lawhawk

Trump’s fellow GOP extremists in Texas and Arizona are sending out 400 troops to the border who will not be able to do interdictions, will not be able to arrest anyone, and will be wasting military assets on a fruitless mission that undermines military readiness.

Trump and his fellow travelers will see this as a win.

For everyone else, it’s a waste of resources.

Trump moved faster to send troops to the border at a time when crossings are actually down (and have been trending down for years) than he did to provide assistance to Puerto Rico after Maria.

400 troops helping get power and infrastructure restored in Puerto Rico would have been far more useful and have a more immediate impact than this.

Oh, and greets and saluts from the resistance in the NYC metro area.

As the NPR article noted above, the BP see the NG as nothing more than unpaid labor. They’re coming in to do the jobs at desks and on phones, freeing up the few agents they can find who can pass a polygraph test and are willing to start at less than $50K a year patrolling the least desirable places in the ass-end of nowhere to work out in the field. The great irony of all this would be if deploying the NG actually goosed the turnover rate of BP agents as they get out in the field and discover that snatching an “illegal” every other day isn’t as glamorous as the posters made it seem.

lawhawk Apr 7, 2018 • 6:29:40am

Unfu….

nope. Totally fucking believable.

Fox and O’Reilly settled sex harassment and abuse claims in an amount of $45 million.

Then the NDAs actually forced the women to hand over evidence, disavow and lie under oath about their claims, and even had a lawyer for one of the women change sides to advise O’Reilly

— lawhawk (@lawhawk) April 7, 2018

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light)) Apr 7, 2018 • 6:43:43am

re: #97 lawhawk

It’s the epitome of the nativist/white supremacist policy re: immigration.

Consider too the rest of Trump’s policy “positions” on immigration.

[Trump] is not responding to facts or his own advisers.

He is responding to a report he saw on Fox News.

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Teukka Apr 7, 2018 • 6:43:52am

re: #99 lawhawk

Unfu….

nope. Totally fucking believable.

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Isn’t a deal which forces you to break the law illegal and null and void to begin with?

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HappyWarrior Apr 7, 2018 • 6:46:28am

re: #99 lawhawk

Unfu….

nope. Totally fucking believable.

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There’s a lot of sleazy stuff going on at FNC. I’m honestly surprised we never hear about Hannity but maybe Sean is just a right wing hack.

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GlutenFreeJesus Apr 7, 2018 • 7:01:34am

re: #61 goddamnedfrank

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And his pillows SUCK.

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jeffreyw Apr 7, 2018 • 7:03:17am

Imgur

Good morning!

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Backwoods_Sleuth Apr 7, 2018 • 7:11:32am

Ted Nugent: Democrats, RINOs, And Liberals Are Like Rabid Coyotes, Every Time You See One, You Shoot One - https://t.co/Lzr3pAbtHK pic.twitter.com/mYPAxqUDxv

— JoeMyGod (@JoeMyGod) April 7, 2018

This is the part where I’m reminded of all the outraged conservatives on my timeline angry that I said something “provoking” about guns. https://t.co/y0rICt7xkk

— Stonekettle (@Stonekettle) April 7, 2018

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I Would Prefer Not To Apr 7, 2018 • 7:12:22am

Sexual Predator #Resist #Resistance pic.twitter.com/b9iVD8xhOF

— ⚜️Tru_Dat ⚜️ (@TruDatElton) April 5, 2018

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light)) Apr 7, 2018 • 7:14:19am

re: #105 Backwoods_Sleuth

Ted Nugent: Democrats, RINOs, And Liberals Are Like Rabid Coyotes, Every Time You See One, You Shoot One -

Just a good old boy using humor and irony to make a point…

Unlike liberals who are to be taken entirely literally.

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HappyWarrior Apr 7, 2018 • 7:19:42am

re: #105 Backwoods_Sleuth

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Oh but Hogg is the hateful one, huh conservatives? Maybe if you hadn’t made this fuckwit one of your favorites when dismissing gun control activists, you’d have some credibility. And Ted you’re a coward who hides behind guns because you can’t tslk to people with words so you sound like a hick Nazi fuck.

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JordanRules Apr 7, 2018 • 7:23:34am

I wonder how many volumes of the book she’ll end up doing.

Still going. Still very bad. Still not normal.

Week 73 will be one of the longest 150+ item lists, even with Congress on holiday break - which should tell you something: our legislative branch is fast becoming an appendage, and power is consolidating to one man and his regime of loyalists. And they are taking action!

— Amy Siskind (@Amy_Siskind) April 7, 2018

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jaunte Apr 7, 2018 • 7:25:58am

Russian billionaire Viktor Vekselberg, sanctioned today by US government, attended Trump’s inaugural and had ties to several major inaugural donors. https://t.co/jxzQnwnz9V

— Rosalind Helderman (@PostRoz) April 7, 2018

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bill d. (b.d.) Apr 7, 2018 • 7:27:02am

re: #105 Backwoods_Sleuth

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Ted Nugent: Democrats, RINOs, And Liberals Are Like Rabid Coyotes, Every Time You See One, You Shoot One -

And the wingnut world shrugs while looking for anything some non-wingnut says to be outraged about.

this is bs, f*ck him and all of his associates who remain complicity silent .

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bill d. (b.d.) Apr 7, 2018 • 7:28:52am

re: #110 jaunte

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Luckily for us it is easy to identify every single individual who attended the Trump inauguration

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Jay C Apr 7, 2018 • 7:30:56am

re: #112 bill d. (b.d.)

Luckily for us it is easy to identify every single individual who attended the Trump inauguration

What? Even in the biggest Inaugural crowd EVER???
///

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HappyWarrior Apr 7, 2018 • 7:31:02am

re: #111 bill d. (b.d.)

And the wingnut world shrugs while looking for anything some non-wingnut says to be outraged about.

this is bs, f*ck him and all of his associates who remain complicity silent .

I’d like Romney to comment. After all, he was sooooo proud that this wackjob supported his candidacy in 2012.

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Unshaken Defiance Apr 7, 2018 • 7:39:02am

re: #111 bill d. (b.d.)

And the wingnut world shrugs while looking for anything some non-wingnut says to be outraged about.

this is bs, f*ck him and all of his associates who remain complicity silent .

Pants shitting draft dodger now NRA bully and aspiring sicario says what?

Bring it Ted. I have the fight you are looking for. But hey lets be civilized. Let’s you and I have a timed run and gun shooting under stress competition. I win you shut the fuck up. See you at my range? Unless you prefer a boxing ring…

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bill d. (b.d.) Apr 7, 2018 • 7:41:41am

re: #115 Unshaken Defiance

Pants shitting draft dodger now NRA bully and aspiring sicario says what?

Bring it Ted. I have the fight you are looking for. But hey lets be civilized. Let’s you and I have a timed run and gun shooting under stress competition. I win you shut the fuck up. See you at my range? Unless you prefer a boxing ring…

A FAIR competition?!?! Ted doesn’t do those.

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HappyWarrior Apr 7, 2018 • 7:44:56am

re: #115 Unshaken Defiance

Pants shitting draft dodger now NRA bully and aspiring sicario says what?

Bring it Ted. I have the fight you are looking for. But hey lets be civilized. Let’s you and I have a timed run and gun shooting under stress competition. I win you shut the fuck up. See you at my range? Unless you prefer a boxing ring…

I’d love to see this.

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HappyWarrior Apr 7, 2018 • 7:45:27am

re: #116 bill d. (b.d.)

A FAIR competition?!?! Ted doesn’t do those.

Yep because he’s a poaching wimp.

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Unshaken Defiance Apr 7, 2018 • 7:49:12am

re: #117 HappyWarrior

I’d love to see this.

Gonna tweet it, but I expect nada

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HappyWarrior Apr 7, 2018 • 7:51:03am

re: #119 Unshaken Defiance

Gonna tweet it, but I expect nada

Do it anyhow. He needs to know that there’s plenty of liberal minded people who are better shots than him.

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Unshaken Defiance Apr 7, 2018 • 7:55:59am

re: #120 HappyWarrior

A bit rephrased but done.

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William Lewis Apr 7, 2018 • 7:57:56am

re: #121 Unshaken Defiance

A bit rephrased but done.

The pants shitting poacher won’t reply but you have my salute.

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jaunte Apr 7, 2018 • 7:58:59am

Interesting 17 tweet thread:

And it’s an endearing dream. A powerful dream. The independent man, rifle at his side, keeping his loved one’s safe. Protector of his family and his country. It is American mythology, and it is beautiful. But it’s killing us.

— Michael Ian Black (@michaelianblack) April 7, 2018

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HappyWarrior Apr 7, 2018 • 8:00:02am

re: #122 William Lewis

The pants shitting poacher won’t reply but you have my salute.

You both are bigger men than he’ll ever be. Nugent is an emotionally stunted manchild whose whole existence is dedicated to guns and insulting everyone who doesn’t think like him while sounding like Streicher.

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Unshaken Defiance Apr 7, 2018 • 8:03:50am

re: #122 William Lewis

No of course not. At least if anyone takes even a cursory look, they will see none of my offer is fake. And I sure never saw Ted at the World Speed Shooting Championship.

Edit
The coolest thing would be to actually engage in a debate, argument, conversation with a decent audience or views. That’s actually the fight I want. In as much as I could argue for days with Obidicut, Ted would be a more productive excercise.

CL used to tease me about those days long page thread runs.

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HappyWarrior Apr 7, 2018 • 8:04:32am

re: #123 jaunte

Interesting 17 tweet thread:

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That’s one of the better writings on the issue I’ve seen.

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William Lewis Apr 7, 2018 • 8:05:44am

re: #124 HappyWarrior

You both are bigger men than he’ll ever be. Nugent is an emotionally stunted manchild whose whole existence is dedicated to guns and insulting everyone who doesn’t think like him while sounding like Streicher.

Heh. As I said once before, “Sword in one hand, revolver in the other, shot glass of whiskey on top of my bible & prayer book; I’m a fundamentalist’s nightmare walking.”

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Dr Lizardo Apr 7, 2018 • 8:06:07am

Well, shit.

A van is reported to have driven into pedestrians in the city of Muenster, in Germany.

Local police have confirmed there are deaths and injuries, but have not said how many.

They have asked local people to avoid the area.

bbc.com

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William Lewis Apr 7, 2018 • 8:07:05am

re: #125 Unshaken Defiance

No of course not. At least if anyone takes even a cursory look, they will see none of my offer is fake. And I sure never saw Ted at the World Speed Shooting Championship.

I believe you. Jerry Miculek perhaps, but not Teddy :D

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HappyWarrior Apr 7, 2018 • 8:09:24am

re: #127 William Lewis

Heh. As I said once before, “Sword in one hand, revolver in the other, shot glass of whiskey on top of my bible & prayer book; I’m a fundamentalist’s nightmare walking.”

I only got the whiskey and tattoos. :)

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William Lewis Apr 7, 2018 • 8:09:35am

re: #123 jaunte

Interesting 17 tweet thread:

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Interesting person too from the look of his header there. “Two rings” & a leather boy cap & a writer of kids books… gotta love that mix.

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JordanRules Apr 7, 2018 • 8:09:42am

Thread.

I’m at today’s march for believers in the #QAnon conspiracy theory. Will post if I see anything interesting. pic.twitter.com/fKyDDGSFG1

— Will Sommer (@willsommer) April 7, 2018

QAnon is kind of a mega-conspiracy theories that includes Pizzagate and a whole lot of other conspiracy theories. Roseanne is really into it! Here’s an explainer on it: https://t.co/2nZA8PIkmn

— Will Sommer (@willsommer) April 7, 2018

The QAnon rally is, incredibly, scheduled to go till 2 pm. So there’s plenty more to come! InfoWars’ Jerome Corsi is scheduled to appear pic.twitter.com/r31v6PLaYE

— Will Sommer (@willsommer) April 7, 2018

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electrotek Apr 7, 2018 • 8:11:29am

Oh shit

Happening now: Van drives into pedestrians in Germany https://t.co/EKEodePw7c

— Amarnath Amarasingam (@AmarAmarasingam) April 7, 2018

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JordanRules Apr 7, 2018 • 8:12:47am

re: #131 William Lewis

Interesting person too from the look of his header there. “Two rings” & a leather boy cap & a writer of kids books… gotta love that mix.

The 9 years, 2 rings thing is a long running joke. He’s never been in the NFL but it’s hilarious when his trolls believe it and try to use it.

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Dr Lizardo Apr 7, 2018 • 8:13:16am

re: #133 electrotek

Oh shit

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Local polizei are reporting three dead and about 30 injured. According to Der Spiegel, the suspect shot himself afterwards.

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William Lewis Apr 7, 2018 • 8:14:33am

re: #134 JordanRules

The 9 years, 2 rings thing is a long running joke. He’s never been in the NFL but it’s hilarious when his trolls believe it and try to use it.

Ah. That’s fun in it’s own way, I was about to go google it ;)

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electrotek Apr 7, 2018 • 8:18:49am

re: #135 Dr Lizardo

Local polizei are reporting three dead and about 30 injured. According to Der Spiegel, the suspect shot himself afterwards.

Is it fucked up to say we are fortunate that more people didn’t die from this attack? When the potential could have been worse?

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electrotek Apr 7, 2018 • 8:19:35am

If he shot himseld, then chances are it won’t be an Islamist. But then again who knows at this point?

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William Lewis Apr 7, 2018 • 8:19:54am

Fucking bad news. I gotta run a couple of errands - hopefully more will be known by when I get back in an hour or so.

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lawhawk Apr 7, 2018 • 8:22:31am

You just know Trump’s going to say something about the incident in Germany.

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Unshaken Defiance Apr 7, 2018 • 8:25:02am

re: #138 electrotek

If he shot himseld, then chances are it won’t be an Islamist. But then again who knows at this point?

I’m so old I remember when German terrorists were secular. Very secular, communist/anarchist types that used bombs and guns.

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electrotek Apr 7, 2018 • 8:26:47am

re: #140 lawhawk

You just know Trump’s going to say something about the incident in Germany.

Once his dick gets hard enough over the news

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PhillyPretzel Apr 7, 2018 • 8:27:42am

I am now official. I have been trained as a Minority Inspector. The only downside to this position is that I have to hold onto the printouts for one year.

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Eclectic Cyborg Apr 7, 2018 • 8:28:38am

Imagine how much worse these van incidents would be if Europe had lax gun laws and these assholes could easily get AR-15s and high capacity mags…

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Dr Lizardo Apr 7, 2018 • 8:29:04am

re: #141 Unshaken Defiance

I’m so old I remember when German terrorists were secular. Very secular, communist/anarchist types that used bombs and guns.

Yep, the Rote Armee Fraktion or the Revolutionäre Zellen.

They were pretty notorious back in the 1970s and early 80’s. Also, though not from Germany, the Brigate Rosse was also quite infamous. It was a fairly serious problem throughout Western Europe at the time.

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Eclectic Cyborg Apr 7, 2018 • 8:29:19am

re: #143 PhillyPretzel

I am now official. I have been trained as a Minority Inspector. The only downside to this position is that I have to hold onto the printouts for one year.

Just remember: Asians can be tricky sometimes.

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Belafon Apr 7, 2018 • 8:29:29am

re: #132 JordanRules

Thread.

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There was a woman in Home Depot the other day that had a t-shirt that said “Who is John Galt?”

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PhillyPretzel Apr 7, 2018 • 8:30:38am

re: #146 Eclectic Cyborg

Thanks. I already know that. My stepmother is Chinese.

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Belafon Apr 7, 2018 • 8:30:40am

It’s April 7, 2018, 10:30am. In Rockwall, Texas, the current temperature is THIRTY-FIVE (35) FUCKING DEGREES!!!

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Dr Lizardo Apr 7, 2018 • 8:31:16am

re: #138 electrotek

If he shot himseld, then chances are it won’t be an Islamist. But then again who knows at this point?

Maybe some new, wacked-out definition of “martyrdom”? Hell, the very concept of martyrdom has been distorted beyond all recognition by bloody-minded fanatics.

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Jay C Apr 7, 2018 • 8:37:59am

re: #132 JordanRules

Thread.

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Wow: the Million Moron March there really looks like a YUUUGE deal: there are, what? 2-3 dozen people? Though from the camera angle straight on it looks like the march goes on up the street (I don’t think so - it looks like about 30 or so folks, and some passers-by).

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Backwoods_Sleuth Apr 7, 2018 • 8:38:37am

Christians should be aware of candidates who call themselves progressive. Progressive is generally just a code word for someone who leans toward socialism, who does not believe in God, & who will likely vote against Godly principles that are so important to our nation. 2/2

— Franklin Graham (@Franklin_Graham) April 5, 2018

Jesus was radically progressive & that’s why the conservative religious bosses of His day had Him killed. Progress & reform always terrify Pharisees of every era. Now get back to defending He who mocks the disabled & grabs women by the pussy, you Christ-rejecting hate-clot. https://t.co/Tcni2pYm5R

— John Fugelsang (@JohnFugelsang) April 7, 2018

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Backwoods_Sleuth Apr 7, 2018 • 8:39:35am

re: #151 Jay C

Wow: the Million Moron March there really looks like a YUUUGE deal: there are, what? 2-3 dozen people? Though from the camera angle straight on it looks like the march goes on up the street (I don’t think so - it looks like about 30 or so folks, and some passers-by).

I’m wondering who paid for the professionally printed banner they are toting.

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JordanRules Apr 7, 2018 • 8:42:03am

it’s called soft crossfit and it’s going really well thank you. pic.twitter.com/qj9uuljEXo

— Clint Falin (@ClintFalin) March 8, 2018

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ObserverArt Apr 7, 2018 • 8:42:30am

re: #133 electrotek

Oh shit

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Here comes the “see, vehicles are just as dangerous as guns” defense.

“When will liberals call for cars, vans and trucks to be banned?”

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HappyWarrior Apr 7, 2018 • 8:43:50am

re: #152 Backwoods_Sleuth

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Yawn. Whatever you inbred ass.

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Backwoods_Sleuth Apr 7, 2018 • 8:46:24am

State budget director warns that revenue bill rushed through Ky Leg at last minute might have gotten the math wrong. But what’s $50 million more or less? https://t.co/s6bol87T0N ^JC

— Bluegrass Politics (@BGPolitics) April 7, 2018

Say, didn’t a Republican state senator just mock teachers on Twitter the other day for failing - in his view - to teach adequate math skills? Hmm. ^JC https://t.co/36Szc2SpLH

— Bluegrass Politics (@BGPolitics) April 7, 2018

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JordanRules Apr 7, 2018 • 8:48:40am

And that’s a wrap. Thanks for coming, everybody. Go home, get drunk. pic.twitter.com/dIz2lKJ2r9

— Stonekettle (@Stonekettle) April 7, 2018

She looks like at least 3 Disney villains. https://t.co/lfnlBrA9zQ

— Matthew A. Cherry (@MatthewACherry) April 7, 2018

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ObserverArt Apr 7, 2018 • 8:50:00am

re: #154 JordanRules

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The yawn really sells it for the pooch.

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Eclectic Cyborg Apr 7, 2018 • 8:50:23am

re: #157 Backwoods_Sleuth

Just like the Federal GOP rushing that tax bill through and screwing their corporate buddies out of a useful benefit.

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HappyWarrior Apr 7, 2018 • 8:50:51am

re: #158 JordanRules

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Cruella de Scar Conway.

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ObserverArt Apr 7, 2018 • 8:51:57am

re: #158 JordanRules

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Damn Jordan, that image of Kellyanne needs to be in a private tag. Scared the hell out of me.

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jaunte Apr 7, 2018 • 8:53:15am

re: #155 ObserverArt

Here comes the “see, vehicles are just as dangerous as guns” defense.

“When will liberals call for cars, vans and trucks to be banned?”

Like clockwork:

Several dead after van crashes into pedestrians in German city of Muenster https://t.co/P4hy6nH6oG via @usatoday

Oh Great. Another possible Terrorist Attack.

David Hogg is on a Plane right now flying to Germany to organized a march against Assault Vans.

— Daniel F. Baranowski (@DFBHarvard) April 7, 2018

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plansbandc Apr 7, 2018 • 8:56:08am

re: #163 jaunte

What a dickhead.

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jaunte Apr 7, 2018 • 8:57:35am

re: #164 plansbandc

David Hogg and the other Parkland students really have them shook.

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ObserverArt Apr 7, 2018 • 8:59:07am

re: #163 jaunte

Like clockwork:

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Of course.

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Unshaken Defiance Apr 7, 2018 • 8:59:45am

re: #162 ObserverArt

Saved me the trouble of making breakfast. One more coffee, hold out till lunch.

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Alephnaught Apr 7, 2018 • 9:00:39am

re: #132 JordanRules

Thread.

[Embedded content on Twitter, eg:] QAnon protesters are now marching up Pennsylvania Ave, demanding to know “who is Q?!” Reminder that this whole thing is based on anonymous internet posts on 4chan.

QAnon protesters are now marching up Pennsylvania Ave, demanding to know “who is Q?!” Reminder that this whole thing is based on anonymous internet posts on 4chan. pic.twitter.com/cu3Yr3o3hP

— Will Sommer (@willsommer) April 7, 2018

It would have been funny if, at this point at the match, there was someone shouting through a megaphone: “YOU ARE NUMBER SIX!”.

The Prisoner ~ Opening Sequence

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Belafon Apr 7, 2018 • 9:01:00am

re: #163 jaunte

Like clockwork:

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At least 3 people were killed when a vehicle drove into a crowd in the city of #Muenster in western #Germany on Saturday.Numerous people are injured. pic.twitter.com/3SiwRFGuZv

— AnonymousScandinavia (@AnonScan) April 7, 2018

Your reaction to this news is to post lies about a mass shooting survivor?Police say the man who drove into a crowd close to #Kiepenkerl statue in the German city of #Münster has killed himself as well.@FOCUS_TopNews https://t.co/EtcByVO9HZ

— end op·pres·sion (@respect4all) April 7, 2018

Edit: My first attempt I pasted the wrong tweet.

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Backwoods_Sleuth Apr 7, 2018 • 9:01:15am

Glad to see so many folks come out to discuss where we can find common ground on #gunreform this morning. These are important conversations to have for our state, our communities, and our nation. #TownHallForOurLives. pic.twitter.com/Zv3DRhzIZL

— Rep. Blunt Rochester (@RepBRochester) April 7, 2018

This was Delaware today at 9am.#TownHallForOurLives https://t.co/O1c2y5xDaG

— Town Hall Project (@townhallproject) April 7, 2018

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Dr Lizardo Apr 7, 2018 • 9:04:08am

re: #168 Alephnaught

“And a ~~child~~ fat neckbeard shall lead them.”

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Belafon Apr 7, 2018 • 9:06:24am

re: #65 Anymouse 🌹

pic.twitter.com/dMyGUMy35c

— MsActiviss🌞🌊☮📚🌲 (@MsActiviss) April 6, 2018

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Eclectic Cyborg Apr 7, 2018 • 9:06:55am

re: #172 Belafon

Oh that is a great graphic.

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Joe Bacon 🌹 Apr 7, 2018 • 9:09:21am

re: #147 Belafon

There was a woman in Home Depot the other day that had a t-shirt that said “Who is John Galt?”

Nothing new. They were wearing those T-shirts 45 years ago when I started at Pitt—especially in the economics classes.

I read Atlas Shrugged when I was 15. My Dad and Mom wanted me to be aware of how evil Ayn Rand was. I still remember Mom going livid when Ayn Rand was on Phil Donahue’s show in the 70s. She was backing Ford for President and continually attacked the Libertarian Party. And she kept saying “This is MY show” all through the 60 minutes. At the end, Mom said that she was “the evilest witch in the world”.

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Eclectic Cyborg Apr 7, 2018 • 9:09:51am

Mice update: Got another one last night with the glue traps. Pretty sure the bait trap in the attic is helping too. I haven’t heard as much activity as I did before.

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jaunte Apr 7, 2018 • 9:10:53am

It’s not just the NRA, and I agree with your assessment of it as a terror org, but they have a complicit partner in Hollywood. Every movie with a gun (and it’s most) features it in movie posters and previews. Guns are the solution to most problems in film.

— RodIVXC (@rodivxc) April 7, 2018

Agree.
Question is whether Hollywood makes or reflects the culture. Chicken or egg.
I hate how many guns appear in movies.
I hate the easy and cartoonish violence they cause onscreen.
I wish there were less, much less, of it. https://t.co/xdwzPTTlIW

— Michael Ian Black (@michaelianblack) April 7, 2018

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Unshaken Defiance Apr 7, 2018 • 9:13:50am

So I had the strangest fail in digital photography. I can see 4k videos just fine on the camera playback. but upon any kind of transfer a few go zero bytes. *primal scream* Recovery software was no help. I got what I could and reformatted, grabbed a different card. Fingers crossed for later this am.

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Eclectic Cyborg Apr 7, 2018 • 9:14:19am

re: #176 jaunte

Video games too. “Dude with a gun” is like the default cover for 90% of action games.

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Joe Bacon 🌹 Apr 7, 2018 • 9:14:38am

re: #152 Backwoods_Sleuth

And Christians should be aware of liars like you, Franky. Racists like you. And let’s not forget your insane sister who prays for North Korea to nuke California.

Take the Pulpit Pimps off of welfare and TAX THE CHURCHES!!!!!

— josephebacon 🌹 (@josephebacon) April 7, 2018

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Joe Bacon 🌹 Apr 7, 2018 • 9:18:11am

re: #168 Alephnaught

So is Blowsanne leading the march?

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wrenchwench Apr 7, 2018 • 9:19:36am

This is a first from what I’ve seen.

Puuur

— Katze (@AstronautKatze) April 7, 2018

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Unshaken Defiance Apr 7, 2018 • 9:19:48am

Off to to some real world stuff. Be well all, keep the resistance moving. :-)

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light)) Apr 7, 2018 • 9:20:06am

Fuck.

My daughter is attending school in Münster.

Waiting to hear if she is safe

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Belafon Apr 7, 2018 • 9:22:13am

re: #176 jaunte

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My wife will get all worried when there’s a nude in a movie that we’re taking the kids to, but doesn’t flinch at the violence. I’m like “Really?”

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BeachDem Apr 7, 2018 • 9:23:00am

re: #114 HappyWarrior

I’d like Romney to comment. After all, he was sooooo proud that this wackjob supported his candidacy in 2012.

As were the Romney spawn—for posterity:

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Belafon Apr 7, 2018 • 9:24:11am

re: #178 Eclectic Cyborg

Video games too. “Dude with a gun” is like the default cover for 90% of action games.

My kids play Overwatch, like nearly everyone with a game system and an internet connection. But my son also plays Danganronpa and Persona 5, some rather interesting puzzle games.

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jaunte Apr 7, 2018 • 9:24:29am

re: #185 BeachDem

tbh they were the only musicians on Team Mitt he could name.

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I Would Prefer Not To Apr 7, 2018 • 9:26:39am

re: #125 Unshaken Defiance

No of course not. At least if anyone takes even a cursory look, they will see none of my offer is fake. And I sure never saw Ted at the World Speed Shooting Championship.

Edit
The coolest thing would be to actually engage in a debate, argument, conversation with a decent audience or views. That’s actually the fight I want. In as much as I could argue for days with Obidicut, Ted would be a more productive excercise.

CL used to tease me about those days long page thread runs.

I really miss Obidcut

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Joe Bacon 🌹 Apr 7, 2018 • 9:27:29am

re: #187 jaunte

tbh they were the only musicians on Team Mitt he could name.

And he forgot Lee “Gawd Bless the You S A” Greenwood…

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VegasGolfer Apr 7, 2018 • 9:32:17am

watching last nights Bill Maher and he skewered Milania a couple of times.
wonder if lumpy is gonna go after him too?

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William Lewis Apr 7, 2018 • 9:35:04am

re: #139 William Lewis

Fucking bad news. I gotta run a couple of errands - hopefully more will be known by when I get back in an hour or so.

So what more do we know?

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William Lewis Apr 7, 2018 • 9:38:31am

re: #147 Belafon

There was a woman in Home Depot the other day that had a t-shirt that said “Who is John Galt?”

I deal with that by walking up and saying “Someone only the economically illiterate follow” and walk away not bothering to listen to their shrieks of ignorance.

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Dr Lizardo Apr 7, 2018 • 9:42:28am

re: #191 William Lewis

So what more do we know?

If you’re referring to what happened in Germany, nothing new to report so far other than quite a few are dead, at least a couple of dozen have been injured and the perp promptly offed himself.

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jaunte Apr 7, 2018 • 9:45:11am

Anthony is just 15 years old. He barricaded a door in his classroom, preventing the Parkland gunman from coming in, and was shot five times. He was released from the hospital this week.

In awe of his courage.https://t.co/0ntRrmWqYZ

— Gavin Newsom (@GavinNewsom) April 6, 2018

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JordanRules Apr 7, 2018 • 9:47:04am

re: #190 VegasGolfer

He also said the Laura Ingram boycott was wrong. Blech.
I understand how the boycott issue might be near to his heart and all but he recovered quite nicely.

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jaunte Apr 7, 2018 • 9:47:26am

I’ve been reading a lot of WW2 era Nazi propaganda lately, and I no longer wonder how “normal” Germans could just shrug as that kind of toxic rhetoric just became the air people breathed. It’s happening here, now. pic.twitter.com/mO0lyq4bZQ

— Steve Silberman (@stevesilberman) April 7, 2018

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JordanRules Apr 7, 2018 • 9:48:23am

I’m at today’s march for believers in the #QAnon conspiracy theory. Will post if I see anything interesting. pic.twitter.com/fKyDDGSFG1

— Will Sommer (@willsommer) April 7, 2018

One thing I’ve always been struck by is the eager readiness of QAnon/Pizzagate ppl to accept the notion that a common by-product of fame/wealth/power is pedophilia. https://t.co/c0vJb32viu

— Andy Richter (@AndyRichter) April 7, 2018

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JordanRules Apr 7, 2018 • 9:53:31am

re: #196 jaunte
Some days I’m amazed at how many people don’t get that we’re here again.
So dangerous. And we’ll have more stochastic terrorism coupled with increasing authoritarian pushes by our institutions.

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MsJ Apr 7, 2018 • 9:56:19am

New word of the day?

A study found that people who reported phubbing (ignoring others for their phone) more often were also more likely to be phubbed themselves.

— UberFacts (@UberFacts) April 7, 2018

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wrenchwench Apr 7, 2018 • 10:21:00am

Its Done! Five years after Supervisor @DavidCamposSF began the renaming campaign, the San Francisco BOS, led by @HillaryRonen last night gave final approval to rename San Francisco International Airport’s Terminal One after Uncle Harvey. Hope taking off & sent across the world! pic.twitter.com/9GHnYgMCzT

— Stuart Milk (@StuartMilk) April 6, 2018

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Stanley Sea Apr 7, 2018 • 10:31:16am

re: #199 MsJ

New word of the day?

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First time I’ve seen it in the wild.

It was used/discussed at my industry conference last mo.

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KerFuFFler Apr 7, 2018 • 10:39:27am

A South Carolina Republican congressman is not backing down from critics after he pulled out his own personal — and loaded — .38-caliber Smith & Wesson handgun during a meeting with constituents Friday….
The move, Norman said, was intended to prove “guns don’t shoot people; people shoot guns.”

Reinforcing his point, the weapon, a 38-caliber Smith & Wesson handgun, did not shoot anyone as it sat there quietly on a table in front of the lawmaker.

Ok, guns by themselves are not particularly dangerous. Who cares? The fact that guns make people very dangerous is the important point. After all how many people could the Las Vegas shooter have killed or injured so quickly without his arsenal of high powered weapons?

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HappyWarrior Apr 7, 2018 • 10:41:54am

re: #185 BeachDem

As were the Romney spawn—for posterity:

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I’m pretty sure Bovre: #196 jaunte

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I wish someone would take Nugent’s guns and destroy them in front of him and watch the pig squeal.

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Eclectic Cyborg Apr 7, 2018 • 10:42:32am

re: #202 KerFuFFler

SMH. What would have happened if the gun had accidentally gone off when he set it down? Was he smart enough to point the barrel AWAY from his constituents?

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Belafon Apr 7, 2018 • 10:46:35am

re: #202 KerFuFFler

Ok, guns by themselves are not particularly dangerous. Who cares? The fact that guns make people very dangerous is the important point. After all how many people could the Las Vegas shooter have killed or injured so quickly without his arsenal of high powered weapons?

Of course a gun by itself doesn’t do anything. A car that never leaves the dealership won’t do any damage either, but we regulate them and drivers.

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Joe Bacon 🌹 Apr 7, 2018 • 10:46:41am

re: #204 Eclectic Cyborg

SMH. What would have happened if the gun had accidentally gone off when he set it down? Was he smart enough to point the barrel AWAY from his constituents?

If the gun had gone off Franky Graham Cracker and the Pulpit Pimps would have forgiven him in the name of Jesus.

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Dr Lizardo Apr 7, 2018 • 10:47:09am

Regarding the incident in Münster, Germany, I’m seeing this from Der Spiegel (courtesy of Google Translate):

Who is the culprit?

The background of the attack is so far unclear. The authorities classify after SPIEGEL information, the act is currently as an attack. According to the police, the perpetrator shot himself after the attack itself. According to SPIEGEL information, it was the 48-year-old German Jens R., who had been psychologically conspicuous in the past. The police are currently searching his apartment.

spiegel.de

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goddamnedfrank Apr 7, 2018 • 10:49:26am

re: #197 JordanRules

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I really hate it when people do this.

You really shouldn’t use terms like percentage when you have no earthly idea what the actual number of offenders vs size of the population you’re talking about actually are. You’ve heard some anecdotes and they left an impression on you so you conflate that with “high percentage”

— 🏴‍☠️ (@goddamnedfrank) April 7, 2018

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Eclectic Cyborg Apr 7, 2018 • 10:52:00am

re: #208 goddamnedfrank

I really hate it when people do this.

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Yeah because all the nobodies who abuse kids end up all over the news…

EVERY single one of my female friends and family members has been sexually harassed or abused at some point.

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FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀 Apr 7, 2018 • 10:53:52am

Vicente Fox trolls Trump with “can’t build a wall if your hands are too small” T-shirt https://t.co/7XC0yEsD37 pic.twitter.com/p0XvrYZ9VU

— The Hill (@thehill) April 7, 2018

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Dr Lizardo Apr 7, 2018 • 10:55:04am

re: #207 Dr Lizardo

Thought I’d add that I’m seeing a similar story in Süddeutsche Zeitung; a German, tentatively identified as “Jens R.”, in his late 40’s, with a history of psychiatric issues.

I’d add that Süddeutsche Zeitung is a solid news source.

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light)) Apr 7, 2018 • 10:58:48am

re: #211 Dr Lizardo

Thought I’d add that I’m seeing a similar story in Süddeutsche Zeitung; a German, tentatively identified as “Jens R.”, in his late 40’s, with a history of psychiatric issues.

I’d add that Süddeutsche Zeitung is a solid news source.

alles Lügenpresse!

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Dr Lizardo Apr 7, 2018 • 11:00:08am

re: #212 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))

alles Lügenpresse!

/

I used to read SDZ pretty much daily when I lived in Berlin; one of the fellows in the WG had a subscription and when he was done reading it, I’d look it over. I found it to be a good news source.

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ObserverArt Apr 7, 2018 • 11:00:41am

Dang weather!

37° with wind means brrrrrrrrr.

It’s April Mom Nature…WTF?

And you can keep the snow!

Grumble.

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Dr Lizardo Apr 7, 2018 • 11:03:02am

re: #214 ObserverArt

Dang weather!

37° with wind means brrrrrrrrr.

It’s April Mom Nature…WTF?

And you can keep the snow!

Grumble.

Have to say that today was a beautiful day here in Central Europe, or at least in my part of it; about 67 F and abundant sunshine. Dried my laundry on the balcony today - first time this year.

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JordanRules Apr 7, 2018 • 11:04:31am

re: #208 goddamnedfrank

I really hate it when people do this.

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Now he says it’s stuff that he “saw”. Obviously he doesn’t get anecdotes but I’m also worried about what he’s seen.

Blinking guy dot gif

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Backwoods_Sleuth Apr 7, 2018 • 11:05:49am

Just spoke to @JustinTrudeau to pay my highest respect and condolences to the families of the terrible Humboldt Team tragedy. May God be with them all!

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) April 7, 2018

it happened last night:
At least 14 killed in bus crash involving Canadian junior hockey team

(CNN)A bus carrying a junior hockey team and a tractor-trailer collided Friday night in western Canada’s Saskatchewan province, killing 14 people and injuring 14 others, authorities said.

Members of the Humboldt Broncos were inside the bus and headed to the town of Nipawin for a playoff game when the crash happened north of Tisdale.
Three of the 14 injured people were in critical condition, the Royal Canadian Mounted Police said. Authorities have not identified the victims and would not confirm whether they were players, coaches or the driver of the truck. Twenty-eight people were on the bus.

Humboldt, a town of about 6,000, has a long tradition of fielding teams in the Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League. The Broncos, like other teams in the league, attract players from different parts of Canada who stay with host families during the hockey season, the team’s website said.

Humboldt players range in age from 16 to 21, according to an online team roster. Thirteen of the 24 players listed on the roster come from Saskatchewan, with two from Humboldt. Most of the others list their hometowns as being in the province of Alberta.

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ObserverArt Apr 7, 2018 • 11:06:41am

re: #215 Dr Lizardo

Have to say that today was a beautiful day here in Central Europe, or at least in my part of it; about 67 F and abundant sunshine. Dried my laundry on the balcony today - first time this year.

67°. Can you spare 10° and send it this way?

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Backwoods_Sleuth Apr 7, 2018 • 11:09:18am

Muenster, Germany, joins a list of other cities that have fallen victim to a growing trend — vehicles as weapons https://t.co/Rv1pnHRfyP pic.twitter.com/sKpRGmHRVG

— CNN International (@cnni) April 7, 2018

pic.twitter.com/QVEpfQicQ8

— Andrew Wortman (@AmoneyResists) April 7, 2018

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goddamnedfrank Apr 7, 2018 • 11:11:56am

re: #208 goddamnedfrank

I really hate it when people do this.

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Then use those eyeballs to look at your state’s Megan’s Law registry map. Child sex offenders can be found everywhere and there’s no reason to believe they’re disproportionately “people in power.”

— 🏴‍☠️ (@goddamnedfrank) April 7, 2018

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Backwoods_Sleuth Apr 7, 2018 • 11:12:26am

he must be back from the golf club:

The United States hasn’t had a Trade Surplus with China in 40 years. They must end unfair trade, take down barriers and charge only Reciprocal Tariffs. The U.S. is losing $500 Billion a year, and has been losing Billions of Dollars for decades. Cannot continue!

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) April 7, 2018

We are sealing up our Southern Border. The people of our great country want Safety and Security. The Dems have been a disaster on this very important issue!

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) April 7, 2018

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goddamnedfrank Apr 7, 2018 • 11:13:40am

P.S. Flip phones are still cool.

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Backwoods_Sleuth Apr 7, 2018 • 11:14:03am

JUST IN: People taking part in the Black Women’s March plan to ride a caravan across the new Tappan Zee Bridge after police stopped them from crossing on foot https://t.co/vMugxsP346

— NBC New York (@NBCNewYork) April 7, 2018

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Dr Lizardo Apr 7, 2018 • 11:14:12am

re: #221 Backwoods_Sleuth

Not necessarily; he could be pinching a loaf at the clubhouse.

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Alephnaught Apr 7, 2018 • 11:14:12am

re: #189 Joe Bacon 🌹

And he forgot Lee “Gawd Bless the You S A” Greenwood…

I also notice he forgot “great Detroit musicians” who were involved in, say, Motown, or Detroit Techno, or even decent rock bands like The Stooges or The MC5. All of these musicians were far more influential in the grand scheme of things than Nungent and Kid Rock combined.

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FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀 Apr 7, 2018 • 11:15:05am

Israeli soldiers shoot and kill Palestinian journalist wearing “PRESS” vest https://t.co/nKPeMRJxED pic.twitter.com/o98siwCkWj

— The Hill (@thehill) April 7, 2018

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JordanRules Apr 7, 2018 • 11:15:36am

Neo-Nazi in Wisconsin blows himself up as gas leads to explosion in ‘bomb factory.’ https://t.co/yoTPpSnNkk

— It’s Going Down (@IGD_News) April 6, 2018

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Backwoods_Sleuth Apr 7, 2018 • 11:15:53am

Trump is losing Fox News and that is making him lose his mind: https://t.co/gC3MelmD5V

— Raw Story (@RawStory) April 7, 2018

Trump freaks out because state media isn’t loyal enough. https://t.co/DPJGvPkgvW

— Simon Hedlin (@simonhedlin) April 7, 2018

President Donald Trump was reportedly “freaked out” to see Fox News personalities slam him for signing an Omnibus spending bill that failed to fund the building of his signature border wall, Axios reported Saturday.

“Sources who’ve discussed it with Trump say it freaked him out to see the array of usually friendly faces on Fox News’ opinion shows — Pete Hegseth, Laura Ingraham, Tucker Carlson, et al. — ripping into him for signing a bill that spent a ton of money, but gave lots away to liberal priorities and did little for his signature promise to build a wall,” Axios recounted.

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Backwoods_Sleuth Apr 7, 2018 • 11:17:13am

BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

Gingrich: California may elect a GOP governor in 2018 https://t.co/vuIv7aO5LW pic.twitter.com/U1f9WGqPw7

— SFGate (@SFGate) April 7, 2018

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Dr Lizardo Apr 7, 2018 • 11:17:33am

re: #222 goddamnedfrank

P.S. Flip phones are still cool.

I’d love to get my hands on one of these - but they don’t sell them here.

Samsung w2017 Galaxy

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Backwoods_Sleuth Apr 7, 2018 • 11:21:10am

The QAnon March has taken 14th Street! They’re changing “where we we go one, we go all” — a clue given to them by the cryptic Q pic.twitter.com/4YXEsAhwSC

— Will Sommer (@willsommer) April 7, 2018

Signs of our time: “Pedogate is real” and “we support Trump,” together at last. https://t.co/VVRMbMtQJK

— Alex Seitz-Wald (@aseitzwald) April 7, 2018

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allegro Apr 7, 2018 • 11:21:41am

‘Tis a weird weather day. Houston, mid-50s and dropping, blustery. (Glad I procrastinated putting my winter clothes away - my favorite softy sweats feel real good right now.) It has made folks out on the roads particularly NUTS. Just made what I thought to be a quickie run to the Redbox and convenience store for the second of our afternoon’s double feature, The Last Jedi, and movie day munchies, Damn terrifying out there. =O

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FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀 Apr 7, 2018 • 11:21:57am

White House photographers being photographed by FDR’s dog Fala, today 1942: #FDRLibrary pic.twitter.com/GMs7D9tYFE

— Michael Beschloss (@BeschlossDC) April 7, 2018

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ObserverArt Apr 7, 2018 • 11:22:01am

re: #225 Alephnaught

I also notice he forgot “great Detroit musicians” who were involved in, say, Motown, or Detroit Techno, or even decent rock bands like The Stooges or The MC5. All of these musicians were far more influential in the grand scheme of things than Nungent and Kid Rock combined.

Alice Cooper
Jack White
Mitch Ryder and Jimmy McCarty - Detroit Wheels, Cactus…
Earl Klugh

…more…

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Dr Lizardo Apr 7, 2018 • 11:22:07am

re: #231 Backwoods_Sleuth

“I see ~~dead~~ dumb people.”

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Dr Lizardo Apr 7, 2018 • 11:22:43am

re: #234 ObserverArt

Alice Cooper
Jack White
Mitch Ryder and Jimmy McCarty - Detroit Wheels, Cactus…
Earl Klugh

…more…

Death.

Death - Politicians In My Eyes (1974/2009) [HQ]

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goddamnedfrank Apr 7, 2018 • 11:22:58am

re: #230 Dr Lizardo

I’d love to get my hands on one of these - but they don’t sell them here.

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Don’t Call it a Comeback

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Interesting Times Apr 7, 2018 • 11:23:16am

Speaking of Qanon quacks…

#TBT to when @therealroseanne called the #BostonMarathon bombing a contrived “false flag terror attack.”

I was at the finish line in Boston that day. Roseanne, I understand that you weren’t hugged enough as a child, but can you just try being funnier? https://t.co/sbnzB0szIE

— Yvette (@TheSciBabe) April 6, 2018

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JordanRules Apr 7, 2018 • 11:23:44am

30 Serbian teens traveled to Russia to attend the International Military Patriotic Youth Camp, run by an ultranationalist group called E.N.O.T. Corp. The kids learn to find their way in the woods, handle weapons, and prepare for war. pic.twitter.com/ryt4jCoKzz

— RFE/RL (@RFERL) April 6, 2018

Russia is recruiting, training, & equipping far-right extremists for combat in the #Balkans. We have footage, we have receipts. What we don’t have is a meaningful international response to prevent further escalation or to confront their local proxies: #Dodik in BiH, above all. https://t.co/NIYUK9RPRS

— Jasmin Mujanović (@JasminMuj) April 7, 2018

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Joe Bacon 🌹 Apr 7, 2018 • 11:30:01am

re: #229 Backwoods_Sleuth

BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

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Only in Tooty Frooty Newty’s dreams!

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Dr Lizardo Apr 7, 2018 • 11:32:08am

re: #240 Joe Bacon 🌹

Only in Tooty Frooty Newty’s dreams!

Proving yet again that a considerable chunk of the wingnuts live in a Bizarro World alternate reality.

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BeachDem Apr 7, 2018 • 11:32:30am

re: #234 ObserverArt

Alice Cooper
Jack White
Mitch Ryder and Jimmy McCarty - Detroit Wheels, Cactus…
Earl Klugh

…more…

Just off the top of my head (each and every one 100 times more important and more talented than the gun-totin’ pants-shitter.)

Marvin Gaye
Bob Seger
Aretha Franklin
Martha and the Vandellas
Miracles
Supremes
Four Tops
Temptations

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Backwoods_Sleuth Apr 7, 2018 • 11:33:45am

Charter bus shooting leaves 3 dead in Rockford, Illinois; suspect at largehttps://t.co/T5S7wPkiXl pic.twitter.com/PZE2DaR36O

— CBS News (@CBSNews) April 7, 2018

Authorities say three people are dead after a shooting on a charter bus in Rockford Sunday morning, CBS affiliate WIFR reports. The suspect remains at large.

Police responded to the scene around 3:30 Saturday morning after reports that several were shot. When police arrived, they discovered three bodies inside a private charter bus that was rented out Friday.

Police said the suspect was a passenger on the bus and said the shooting took place near Auburn Street and Johnston Avenue. The driver then drove to Springfield Avenue where the driver called police and met with officers.

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ckkatz Apr 7, 2018 • 11:34:00am

re: #217 Backwoods_Sleuth

Another badly done humblebrag.

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Eclectic Cyborg Apr 7, 2018 • 11:34:34am

re: #217 Backwoods_Sleuth

Notice how quick Trumps response was.

Fun fact: All the players involved are white.

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ObserverArt Apr 7, 2018 • 11:36:19am

re: #242 BeachDem

Just off the top of my head (each and every one 100 times more important and more talented than the gun-totin’ pants-shitter.)

Marvin Gaye
Bob Seger
Aretha Franklin
Martha and the Vandellas
Miracles
Supremes
Four Tops
Temptations

Damn…how could I forget Bob Seger?

Alephnaught had covered all the Motowners in general, so I skipped them…you got ‘em.

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Backwoods_Sleuth Apr 7, 2018 • 11:37:51am

I need this sign in my life pic.twitter.com/rfFuVl3iZr

— Bobson Dugnutt (@katt_j83) April 6, 2018

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ckkatz Apr 7, 2018 • 11:38:18am

re: #71 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))

We have lost more than one cat to eating poisoned mice

That’s horrible. I am so sorry to hear that.

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FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀 Apr 7, 2018 • 11:38:59am

A 4.6 magnitude earthquake in Oklahoma was felt hundreds of miles away. https://t.co/fmYW7L2m1n

— AP Central U.S. (@APCentralRegion) April 7, 2018

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Eclectic Cyborg Apr 7, 2018 • 11:39:41am

re: #249 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀

Thanks, you fracking idiots.

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JordanRules Apr 7, 2018 • 11:40:09am

In addition to the staff editorial, the Denver Post has a whole special section slamming its hedge fund owners that have shrunk the paper to a shell of its former self. 6 stories in all. This has got be unprecedentedhttps://t.co/spaG7souQH pic.twitter.com/lWFmnZF3ru

— Mike Rosenberg (@ByRosenberg) April 6, 2018

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Skip Intro Apr 7, 2018 • 11:47:52am

re: #210 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀

Notice the stinking diaper.

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stpaulbear Apr 7, 2018 • 11:52:02am

re: #202 KerFuFFler

Ok, guns by themselves are not particularly dangerous. Who cares? The fact that guns make people very dangerous is the important point. After all how many people could the Las Vegas shooter have killed or injured so quickly without his arsenal of high powered weapons?

Norman is lucky that no one ran out of the office and told security that “someone has pulled a gun in the room”. It would have been bedlam.

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Charles Johnson Apr 7, 2018 • 11:53:07am

We are sealing up our Southern Border. The people of our great country want Safety and Security. The Dems have been a disaster on this very important issue!

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) April 7, 2018

The president of the US is a divisive fear-mongering demagogue. https://t.co/vdh5FsRasc

— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) April 7, 2018

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HappyWarrior Apr 7, 2018 • 11:54:18am

re: #254 Charles Johnson

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We want you out.

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William Lewis Apr 7, 2018 • 11:55:53am

re: #253 stpaulbear

Norman is lucky that no one ran out of the office and told security that “someone has pulled a gun in the room”. It would have been bedlam.

One could have also had him arrested for brandishing a firearm (at least under WI law).

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FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀 Apr 7, 2018 • 11:55:56am

Honestly, really not a fan of Rev. Al
So, hoping he doesn’t screw this up

A survivor of the Parkland, Florida, school shooting joined the Rev. Al Sharpton to announce a June rally against gun violence and to call for a ban on assault weapons. https://t.co/GMgX84WWaU

— AP Eastern US (@APEastRegion) April 7, 2018

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wrenchwench Apr 7, 2018 • 11:56:05am

re: #254 Charles Johnson

[We are sealing up our Southern Border]

Oh, yeah, except for that billion dollars per day of commerce.

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retired cynic Apr 7, 2018 • 11:58:55am

re: #231 Backwoods_Sleuth

Regarding the qAnon march, and Will Sommer’s twitter feed, one comment was that it looks like tinfoil hats have been replaced by pool noodles.

I laughed.

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Skip Intro Apr 7, 2018 • 11:59:40am

Trump’s America.

Texas nurse stabbed after assailant called her ‘[bigoted word],’ ‘desert monkey,’ police say

She was driving home from a late-night nursing shift at a Houston area hospital Thursday morning when her car was nearly side-swiped.

When the driver whose red SUV nearly collided with hers made a sudden U-turn along Huffmeister Road, the nurse, who wore a hijab, thought the driver wanted to make sure she was OK, according to a news release from the Houston chapter of the Council on American-Islamic relations.

That’s when, she says, a white man in his 20s or early 30s, with tattoos on his arms and neck, got out of the SUV with a knife.

“Oh my God, it’s a [bigoted word]. It’s a [expletive] [bigoted word],” he said, according to the release, before also calling her a “sand n——-” and a “desert monkey.”

sanluisobispo.com

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jaunte Apr 7, 2018 • 12:01:47pm

re: #208 goddamnedfrank

Funny when the response to you pointing out that anecdotes aren’t data is “but they’re MY anecdotes.”

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Belafon Apr 7, 2018 • 12:01:48pm

re: #251 JordanRules

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They should talk to Bezos.

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allegro Apr 7, 2018 • 12:01:56pm

re: #248 ckkatz

That’s horrible. I am so sorry to hear that.

Just gotta respond to this… in the US there is no mouse/rat poison sold that has secondary kill attributes. IOW critters can’t die from poisoning by eating poisoned rodents. The bait sold to the public is warfarin based and requires multiple doses over several days to be lethal so even if stomach content contained warfarin, it isn’t lethal. If the cats died from poisoning they died from eating the bait directly.

Your public service announcement for Saturday.

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Charles Johnson Apr 7, 2018 • 12:02:52pm

“Sealing up our southern border.” What kind of dim-witted caveman would believe something so patently absurd?

Oh, right. Trump voters.

— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) April 7, 2018

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unproven innocence Apr 7, 2018 • 12:04:53pm

Department Of Homeland Security Compiling Database Of Journalists And ‘Media Influencers’ - Michelle Fabio Apr 6, 2018 @ 01:02 PM
Intro:

In today’s installment of “I’m Not Terrified, You Are,” Bloomberg Law reports on a fedbizopps.gov posting by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) with the relatively benign-sounding subject “Media Monitoring Services.”

The details of the attached Request for Information, however, outline a plan to gather and monitor the public activities of media professionals and influencers and are enough to cause nightmares of constitutional proportions, particularly as the freedom of the press is under attack worldwide.

And “attack” is not hyperbolic.

Every day, journalists face serious consequences including physical violence, imprisonment and death. A few days ago, the Committee to Protect Journalists launched its annual Free The Press campaign to raise awareness about imprisoned journalists throughout the world. On May 3, UNESCO will once again mark World Press Freedom Day “to inform citizens of violations of press freedom — a reminder that in dozens of countries around the world, publications are censored, fined, suspended and closed down, while journalists, editors and publishers are harassed, attacked, detained and even murdered.”

Meanwhile, the United States government, traditionally one of the bastions of press freedom, is about to compile a list of professional journalists and “top media influencers,” which would seem to include bloggers and podcasters, and monitor what they’re putting out to the public.

What could possibly go wrong? A lot.

DHS’s “Media Monitoring” Plan
As part of its “media monitoring,” the DHS seeks to track more than 290,000 global news sources as well as social media in over 100 languages,
[snip]

And this is particularly worrisome:
One aspect of the media coverage to be gathered is its “sentiment.”

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Joe Bacon 🌹 Apr 7, 2018 • 12:06:17pm

re: #254 Charles Johnson

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Sure am curious why Trump doesn’t call for a wall on our Northern border!

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Belafon Apr 7, 2018 • 12:08:39pm

re: #266 Joe Bacon 🌹

Sure am curious why Trump doesn’t call for a wall on our Northern border!

“There’s a country above us? Isn’t that just North America?”

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retired cynic Apr 7, 2018 • 12:10:29pm

Another post on Will Sommer’s live tweet of the qAnon (Qanon?) march contained this Far Side cartoon, which is quite apropos:

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Backwoods_Sleuth Apr 7, 2018 • 12:17:33pm

Most of us are sick of #snow in Spring, so here’s a cute #corgi making the best of it. Does that make the snow and cold worth it? No? We tried. #OKwx #spring pic.twitter.com/04dSOCRCBx

— WeatherNation (@WeatherNation) April 7, 2018

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Dr Lizardo Apr 7, 2018 • 12:20:38pm

re: #267 Belafon

“There’s a country above us? Isn’t that just North America?”

“That’s just America’s hat!”

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Barefoot Grin Apr 7, 2018 • 12:55:05pm

re: #259 retired cynic

Regarding the qAnon march, and Will Sommer’s twitter feed, one comment was that it looks like tinfoil hats have been replaced by pool noodles.

I laughed.

The first time I saw AUM Shinrikyo in the late 80s in Tokyo they had gauzy white clothes and were wearing elephant hats. When I returned in the mid 90s they were getting ready to carry out a sarin gas attack on the Tokyo subway.

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Flying Squirrel Girl Apr 7, 2018 • 1:25:36pm

re: #266 Joe Bacon 🌹

Just last weekend a Trump supporter was attempting to convince me that Trump had to be doing something I could support, at least one thing — tax cuts, the wall, something. I said the wall was the stupidest fucking thing ever and asked if it was so necessary then why would we leave our northern border open. He said, “Because we’ve never found tunnels used to bring drugs and weapons into our country from Canada.”

I said, “And how exactly is the wall going to stop that?” After a pause he said, “That’s a fair point.”

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Teukka Apr 7, 2018 • 4:19:53pm

re: #239 JordanRules

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Meanwhile, in the US:

The Department of Homeland Security wants to compile a database of journalists, including information about their previous coverage and the “sentiment” of the companies they work for. https://t.co/3fSar4Kh3B

— Kate Linthicum (@katelinthicum) April 6, 2018

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