Amazing Live Performance: Charlie Hunter Don’t Need No Bass Player, Feat. Lucy Woodward & Keita Ogawa: “Can’t Let Go”

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The Charlie Hunter Trio featuring Lucy Woodward and Keita Ogawa Live at Rockwood Music Hall, NYC.

Video filming and editing: Stella K
Audio mixed by Peter Krabbe Aagard
“Can’t Let Go” written by Randy Weeks

Charlie’s latest record, “Everybody Has A Plan Until They Get Punched In The Mouth”:
Digital: smarturl.it
Physical (NA): store.groundupmusic.net
Physical (EU): storeeurope.groundupmusic.net

Lucy’s latest record, “Til They Bang On The Door”:
“Til They Bang on The Door” is available:
Physical (NA): bit.ly
Physical (EU): store.groundupmusic.net
Digital: smarturl.it

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345 comments
1
teleskiguy  Jun 1, 2018 • 9:19:08pm
2
teleskiguy  Jun 1, 2018 • 9:25:28pm

Another wildfire near the town I was born in.

It’s too early for this shit.

3
Dave In Austin  Jun 1, 2018 • 9:25:55pm

Bernie on Real Time tonite… Blah blah, I want smack him. Same shit 3 yrs later.

4
Dave In Austin  Jun 1, 2018 • 9:28:22pm

And yes, He’s running. Damn him!

5
HappyWarrior  Jun 1, 2018 • 9:30:20pm

re: #4 Dave In Austin

And yes, He’s running. Damn him!

I really hope he’s a non factor.

6
teleskiguy  Jun 1, 2018 • 9:32:39pm

Margaret Hoover brought Firing Line back from the dead. She didn’t follow through with my suggested question for her first guest, Paul Ryan.

7
The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge  Jun 1, 2018 • 9:38:04pm

re: #6 teleskiguy

You should ask him if he thinks we should hunt poor people for sport.

That’s a silly question—all Republicans think that. Ask him if we should force poor people to buy guns and hunt other poor people for food, thus rendering Food Stamps obsolete.

8
Shiplord Kirel, Friend of Moose and Squirrel  Jun 1, 2018 • 9:43:22pm

Baptist Pastor Defends Slavery as Beneficial and Biblical

Pastor Keith Gomez, who leads the Northwest Bible Baptist Church in Elgin, Illinois, wants everyone to know that slavery was not really a bad thing, and that it actually helped African Americans escape Africa.

“Some of you little whities can’t get it either. If it wasn’t for slavery, those folks would still be in Africa with a bone in their nose fighting lions, and if you don’t like that, you can lump it any way you want. That ain’t a prejudice. That is factual and historical.”

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William Lewis  Jun 1, 2018 • 9:45:29pm

re: #4 Dave In Austin

And yes, He’s running. Damn him!

He needs to be slapped down, hard, by everyone in the Democratic party - especially by those of us who are socialists. His crap is exactly what Mike Harrington started the DSA to prevent.

10
William Lewis  Jun 1, 2018 • 9:46:37pm

re: #8 Shiplord Kirel, Friend of Moose and Squirrel

Baptist Pastor Defends Slavery as Beneficial and Biblical

No, “Pastor” it’s fucking anti-christian racist crap. And if you don’t like being called out for it, complain to your master in hell.

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William Lewis  Jun 1, 2018 • 9:52:33pm

re: #1 teleskiguy

[Embedded content]

Cuts you up - Peter Murphy
Telegraph Road - Dire Straits
Crossroads - Cream
Rainbow In The Dark - Dio
Flint Hill Special - Flatt & Scruggs.

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whitebeach  Jun 1, 2018 • 9:53:42pm

re: #4 Dave In Austin

And yes, He’s running. Damn him!

This broken rectal bag is three years older than me. Hell, he’s older than Cheechako. And he’s thinking of running for president in 2020? Fuck him and all his works, if such there actually be.

13
MsJ  Jun 1, 2018 • 9:55:09pm

re: #4 Dave In Austin

And yes, He’s running. Damn him!

As a Democrat or an independent?

14
William Lewis  Jun 1, 2018 • 9:55:43pm

re: #11 William Lewis

Cuts you up - Peter Murphy
Telegraph Road - Dire Straits
Crossroads - Cream
Rainbow In The Dark - Dio
Flint Hill Special - Flatt & Scruggs.

Speaking of “Flint Hill Special” has anyone else ever thought of Bluegrass as the Speed Metal of Country?

15
Joe Bacon 🌹  Jun 1, 2018 • 9:57:45pm
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Joe Bacon 🌹  Jun 1, 2018 • 9:58:52pm

re: #13 MsJ

As a Democrat or an independent?

Let Bernie and Jill run on the Birthday Party ticket.

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Shiplord Kirel, Friend of Moose and Squirrel  Jun 1, 2018 • 9:59:15pm

The fundamentalist take-over of the Southern Baptist Convention roughly coincided with the insurrectionist take-over of the National Rifle Association, though it was more drawn out. I’m not sure what this means except to illustrate that reactionary un-American forces have been laying the groundwork for their current power-grab for a long time. This process has now reached its final stage with the hijacking of the federal government itself.

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Joe Bacon 🌹  Jun 1, 2018 • 10:00:30pm

re: #17 Shiplord Kirel, Friend of Moose and Squirrel

The fundamentalist take-over of the Southern Baptist Convention roughly coincided with the insurrectionist take-over of the National Rifle Association, though it was more drawn out. I’m not sure what this means except to illustrate that reactionary un-American forces have been laying the groundwork for their current power-grab for a long time. This process has now reached its final stage with the hijacking of the federal government itself.

Powell’s infamous memorandum targeted the NRA and churches. The Hunt Brothers provided the start up money to hijack both of them.

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teleskiguy  Jun 1, 2018 • 10:00:46pm

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William Lewis  Jun 1, 2018 • 10:02:14pm

re: #15 Joe Bacon 🌹

[Embedded content]

Oh man, X! My second most often seen band (I’ve seen John “cougar” Mellancamp once more often) Wild Thing was damn good. My abs. fav. remains Under The Big Black Sun though. Which gives me the excuse for this… :D

X - Under The Big Black Sun

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Joe Bacon 🌹  Jun 1, 2018 • 10:03:09pm

The end result of the Powell Memorandum.

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Dave In Austin  Jun 1, 2018 • 10:03:33pm

re: #13 MsJ

As a Democrat or an independent?

Let me preface this. He did not come out and say “I’m Running”, but Bill got a shitload of tells off him that IMHO, he’s running.

Democrat or Indie? No but the word was Dem this, Dem that, so he’s going to spoil this thing again.

23
BigPapa  Jun 1, 2018 • 10:04:22pm

Shit Charles. I can’t wait to hear this vid on my nice speakers tomorrow. Ho brah!

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whitebeach  Jun 1, 2018 • 10:07:10pm

re: #1 teleskiguy

[Embedded content]

Not have music library. Have brain. Brain shuffle =

Piece of My Heart (Janis)

Red Dirt Girl (Emmylou)

Born to Run (Bruce)

Asshole from El Paso (Kinky)

The Rose (Bette)

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The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge  Jun 1, 2018 • 10:08:31pm

re: #15 Joe Bacon 🌹

1) Wild Thing - X

Ha! I discovered the #1 song on my 14th birthday was Wild Thing by The Troggs. I’m thinking of changing my screenname to that—wouldn’t even have to change my avatar. Nobody remembers the Unitarian Jihad any more, anyway….

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William Lewis  Jun 1, 2018 • 10:11:01pm

re: #17 Shiplord Kirel, Friend of Moose and Squirrel

The fundamentalist take-over of the Southern Baptist Convention roughly coincided with the insurrectionist take-over of the National Rifle Association, though it was more drawn out. I’m not sure what this means except to illustrate that reactionary un-American forces have been laying the groundwork for their current power-grab for a long time. This process has now reached its final stage with the hijacking of the federal government itself.

I have my reasons to fight them. Political (I am a Socialist) and Religious (I am a Christian) and anyone willing to fight alongside me is my ally in this war. I fear we are in nothing but Spain on 2 June 1935. A year from disaster.

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William Lewis  Jun 1, 2018 • 10:12:12pm

re: #19 teleskiguy

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JordanRules  Jun 1, 2018 • 10:17:10pm

re: #19 teleskiguy

What a lovely tribute and amazing legacy!!
Thanks for sharing.
I wish him all the best in retirement and with the informal teaching he’ll surely always be doing.

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JordanRules  Jun 1, 2018 • 10:22:07pm

Oh okay.

*Spit*

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JordanRules  Jun 1, 2018 • 10:24:22pm
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wheat-dogg  Jun 1, 2018 • 10:24:48pm

re: #29 JordanRules

Trump will offer Alaska to Putin, with options on California, Oregon and Washington State, in return for building permits for Trump Hotel Moscow.

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William Lewis  Jun 1, 2018 • 10:25:59pm

re: #29 JordanRules

Oh okay.

[Embedded content]

*Spit*

Or swallow?

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JordanRules  Jun 1, 2018 • 10:28:19pm

re: #32 William Lewis

Or swallow?

I try to stay out of their love life.

#BeBest

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The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge  Jun 1, 2018 • 10:29:55pm

re: #29 JordanRules

Oh okay.

[Embedded content]

*Spit*

What’s the opposite of “summit”? Trough? Abyss?

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JordanRules  Jun 1, 2018 • 10:31:42pm

re: #34 The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge

What’s the opposite of “summit”? Trough? Abyss?

Soft coup?

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The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge  Jun 1, 2018 • 10:33:35pm

re: #35 JordanRules

Soft coup?

We had the soft coup on 11/08/16. Time for more definite measures.

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JordanRules  Jun 1, 2018 • 10:36:47pm

re: #36 The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge

We had the soft coup on 11/08/16. Time for more definite measures.

Demonstrable truth-hood

//Haberman

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MsJ  Jun 1, 2018 • 10:37:50pm

Songs.

1. Makeba - Jain Zaneka
2. She’s Crafty - Beastie Boys
3. Kick It Out - Heart
4. S&M - Rihanna
5. Without Me - Eminem

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whitebeach  Jun 1, 2018 • 10:38:30pm

re: #25 The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge

Ha! I discovered the #1 song on my 14th birthday was Wild Thing by The Troggs.

It could be worse. On my 14th it was “Lonely Boy” by Paul Anka.

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whitebeach  Jun 1, 2018 • 10:40:37pm

re: #34 The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge

What’s the opposite of “summit”? Trough? Abyss?

Deep shit.

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William Lewis  Jun 1, 2018 • 10:41:54pm

re: #39 whitebeach

It could be worse. On my 14th it was “Lonely Boy” by Paul Anka.

Could be better too - “Star Wars Theme/Cantina Band” Meco :D

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Joe Bacon 🌹  Jun 1, 2018 • 10:51:40pm

Oh the #1 song on the day I was 14…”I Want You Back” by the Jackson 5.

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plansbandc  Jun 1, 2018 • 10:55:12pm

re: #19 teleskiguy

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Single-handed sailor  Jun 1, 2018 • 10:57:26pm

This is a normal headline. “Trudeau government urged to stop Trump from blowing up G7 summit in Quebec”

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Grunthos the Flatulent  Jun 1, 2018 • 10:57:42pm

re: #40 whitebeach

Deep shit.

Debriefing.

(And now I realise that can be taken more than one way too.)

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JordanRules  Jun 1, 2018 • 10:59:19pm
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JordanRules  Jun 1, 2018 • 11:02:29pm

re: #44 Single-handed sailor

This is a normal headline. “Trudeau government urged to stop Trump from blowing up G7 summit in Quebec”

Everything’s fine!!!! /////

But nobody can save him from himself and the press should stop being lazy and falling back on this trope. Go deeper and do your job as the moment demands damnet!!

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A hollow voice says, Covfefe.  Jun 1, 2018 • 11:04:54pm

re: #42 Joe Bacon 🌹

Oh the #1 song on the day I was 14…”I Want You Back” by the Jackson 5.

“Ode to Billie Jo.” I just missed “All You Need Is Love,” which pleases me.

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teleskiguy  Jun 1, 2018 • 11:09:59pm

re: #43 plansbandc

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William Lewis  Jun 1, 2018 • 11:12:34pm

Night all. See you on the flip side.

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The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge  Jun 1, 2018 • 11:30:33pm

re: #48 A hollow voice says, Covfefe.

“Ode to Billie Jo.” I just missed “All You Need Is Love,” which pleases me.

I almost didn’t look it up—I figured it had to be something from Revolver. Imagine my surprise that it was over a year later when All You Need is Love came up. What happened there?

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Dr Lizardo  Jun 1, 2018 • 11:33:10pm

re: #8 Shiplord Kirel, Friend of Moose and Squirrel

Baptist Pastor Defends Slavery as Beneficial and Biblical

“Some of you little whities can’t get it either. If it wasn’t for slavery, those folks would still be in Africa with a bone in their nose fighting lions, and if you don’t like that, you can lump it any way you want. That ain’t a prejudice. That is factual and historical.”

Meanwhile, in Nairobi:

Missing from that image: People with a bone through their septum fighting lions.

These morons really don’t comprehend the modern world.

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JordanRules  Jun 1, 2018 • 11:34:09pm
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Dr Lizardo  Jun 1, 2018 • 11:42:37pm

Also Nairobi (at dusk):

Again……..no lions.

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The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge  Jun 1, 2018 • 11:54:06pm

re: #54 Dr Lizardo

Also Nairobi (at dusk):

[Embedded content]

Again……..no lions.

Yanno what? I’m willing to bet a couple of bucks that there are more people with shit piercing their septa in the U.S. than there are in Africa right now.

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Dr Lizardo  Jun 1, 2018 • 11:54:56pm

re: #55 The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge

Yanno what? I’m willing to bet a couple of bucks that there are more people with shit piercing their septa in the U.S. than there are in Africa right now.

That’s probably a pretty safe bet, I’d reckon.

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teleskiguy  Jun 2, 2018 • 12:13:33am

re: #19 teleskiguy

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wheat-dogg  Jun 2, 2018 • 12:15:09am

re: #56 Dr Lizardo

That’s probably a pretty safe bet, I’d reckon.

Africa’s a BIG place, and local customs vary a lot, even within each nation.

FWIW, none of my African friends have bones in their noses, other than the bones they were born with.

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teleskiguy  Jun 2, 2018 • 12:36:19am

re: #57 teleskiguy

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teleskiguy  Jun 2, 2018 • 12:42:29am

In case y’all haven’t seen it.

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Dr Lizardo  Jun 2, 2018 • 12:50:25am

Gorillaz dropped a new music vid - featuring Jack Black.

Gorillaz - Humility (Official Video)

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I cannot.  Jun 2, 2018 • 12:57:05am

re: #60 teleskiguy

HOW IS THAT REAL?

No matter what happens, no matter how obscure or how minute a detail…there is a fucking tweet.

There really is a tweet for everything.

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Shiplord Kirel, Friend of Moose and Squirrel  Jun 2, 2018 • 1:15:55am

Goddamit! Yet another Republican pedo outed:

GOP Candidate Thinks Its “Normal” To Have Relationships With 12-Year-Old Girls

Republican candidate Mike Saari first denied then defended comments he made on Facebook seeming to normalize pedophilia.

To nobody’s surprise, the old perv invokes the Bible in his defense.

“Woman [sic] don’t seem to understand that from the very beginning of time men have taken young girls (Prior to periods) as wives and concubines. Even the bible talks of this so don’t make it sound like men that are attracted to 12 year old girls are sick… it’s you woman [sic] that can’t get a grip on reality is whats [sic] sick…it’s only normal and you can’t change normal or a persons [sic] DNA.”

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ckkatz  Jun 2, 2018 • 1:22:20am

Songs:

1. Julio Iglesias - Vuela Alto (Fly High)
2. Westphalia Waltz - Silver Strings - Henry Ford Estate - August 2009
3. Etti Ankri - My Friend, Have you Forgotten?
4. Looking Glass - Brandy
5. Smoke City - Life Can Be Sweet

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Single-handed sailor  Jun 2, 2018 • 1:30:40am

I looked through all the right wing news sites for their take on events like tariffs, wisdom of meeting with Kim, forcing electric grids to buy coal power for no reason, etc.. There is nothing there on actual policy analysis. All I see is them complaining about how the press, liberals, Dems, gays, secularists, PoC, and on, and on, treat them. Conservatives are the ultimate social justice warrior snowflakes.

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Shiplord Kirel, Friend of Moose and Squirrel  Jun 2, 2018 • 1:36:45am

Not bad for clickbait, all on one page anyway. Dwight and Mamie Eisenhower are my personal favorites in this group. There’s a pretty good zinger with Cheeto’s pic at the end.
Pictures of 15 U.S. Presidents On Their Wedding Day

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ckkatz  Jun 2, 2018 • 1:37:39am

Well, that’s embarrassing.

The number one song when I turned 14 was Honey by Bobby Goldsboro.

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teleskiguy  Jun 2, 2018 • 1:40:34am

re: #67 ckkatz

Well, that’s embarrassing.

The number one song when I turned 14 was Honey by Bobby Goldsboro.

Mine’s “Always Be My Baby” by Mariah Carey. So there’s that.

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ckkatz  Jun 2, 2018 • 1:41:47am

re: #66 Shiplord Kirel, Friend of Moose and Squirrel

Not bad for clickbait, all on one page anyway. Dwight and Mamie Eisenhower are my personal favorites in this group. There’s a pretty good zinger with Cheeto’s pic at the end.
Pictures of 15 U.S. Presidents On Their Wedding Day

Interesting pictures. Thanks for posting. And true, good zinger.

Although I am surprised that they didn’t include Ronald Reagan and Jane Wyman.

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teleskiguy  Jun 2, 2018 • 1:47:56am

Playin’ him like a fuckin’ fiddle…

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ckkatz  Jun 2, 2018 • 1:49:13am

re: #68 teleskiguy

Mine’s “Always Be My Baby” by Mariah Carey. So there’s that.

Sorry for the delay. I had to look up ‘your’ song on YouTube. You have my sympathy. :)

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Dr Lizardo  Jun 2, 2018 • 1:50:44am

re: #65 Single-handed sailor

I looked through all the right wing news sites for their take on events like tariffs, wisdom of meeting with Kim, forcing electric grids to buy coal power for no reason, etc.. There is nothing there on actual policy analysis. All I see is them complaining about how the press, liberals, Dems, gays, secularists, PoC, and on, and on, treat them. Conservatives are the ultimate social justice warrior snowflakes.

One thing I’ve certainly noticed is that the RWNJ’s have an overwhelming need to feel persecuted. If they’re not feeling like they’re under seige, then - by their lights - something’s wrong.

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Single-handed sailor  Jun 2, 2018 • 1:51:19am

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Shiplord Kirel, Friend of Moose and Squirrel  Jun 2, 2018 • 1:54:33am

It can’t get any worse than this: The number 1 song when I turned 14 was Sukiyaki by Kyu Sakamoto. The bad part is that “Sukiyaki” was a nonsensical (and probably racist) English language market title given to what was actually a Japanese protest song (Ue o Muite Arukō” (上を向いて歩こう, “I Look Up As I Walk”).

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The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge  Jun 2, 2018 • 1:56:36am

re: #74 Shiplord Kirel, Friend of Moose and Squirrel

It can’t get any worse than this: The number 1 song when I turned 14 was Sukiyaki by Kyu Sakamoto. The bad part is that “Sukiyaki” was a nonsensical (and probably racist) English language market title given to what was actually a Japanese protest song (Ue o Muite Arukō” (上を向いて歩こう, “I Look Up As I Walk”).

God, I remember that song—at least a third of the air time on the radio!

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Big Beautiful Door  Jun 2, 2018 • 2:03:06am

re: #74 Shiplord Kirel, Friend of Moose and Squirrel

It can’t get any worse than this: The number 1 song when I turned 14 was Sukiyaki by Kyu Sakamoto. The bad part is that “Sukiyaki” was a nonsensical (and probably racist) English language market title given to what was actually a Japanese protest song (Ue o Muite Arukō” (上を向いて歩こう, “I Look Up As I Walk”).

I will see your Sukiyaki, and raise with Torn Between Two Lovers by Mary MacGregor, the #1 hit on my 14th birthday!

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Kragar  Jun 2, 2018 • 2:04:41am

re: #76 Big Beautiful Door

I will see your Sukiyaki, and raise with Torn Between Two Lovers by Mary MacGregor, the #1 hit on my 14th birthday!

Who’s that girl by Madonna

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The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge  Jun 2, 2018 • 2:04:45am

re: #75 The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge

God, I remember that song—at least a third of the air time on the radio!

Now that you’ve given me the earworm, here are the lyrics in Japanese and English. It actually is a catchy tune.

Sukiyaki (Ue o Muite Arukou) - Kyu Sakamoto (English Translation and Lyrics)

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ckkatz  Jun 2, 2018 • 2:07:57am

re: #75 The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge

God, I remember that song—at least a third of the air time on the radio!

I also remember that song. Although I seem to remember that the original got airplay again back in the 1980’s when Taste of Honey released their version.

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Alephnaught  Jun 2, 2018 • 2:11:22am

re: #42 Joe Bacon 🌹

Oh the #1 song on the day I was 14…”I Want You Back” by the Jackson 5.

My heart sank when I saw this “#1 song on the day you’re 14” thing, because for me that would mean September 1985, when even then I thought a lot of music in the charts was a bit iffy- and sure enough, this was number 1 in the UK on my 14th birthday.

David Bowie & Mick Jagger - Dancing In The Street

EDIT: Context- the number 2 at this time is UB40’s dreary cover of “I’ve Got You Babe” with Chrissy Hynde, and no. 3 is a rather wonky Eurodisco piece by Baltimora called “Tarzan Boy”, which is still better than numbers 1 & 2. (The video is also a prime example of Quantel effects overload.)

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goddamnedfrank  Jun 2, 2018 • 2:13:33am

re: #74 Shiplord Kirel, Friend of Moose and Squirrel

It can’t get any worse than this: The number 1 song when I turned 14 was Sukiyaki by Kyu Sakamoto. The bad part is that “Sukiyaki” was a nonsensical (and probably racist) English language market title given to what was actually a Japanese protest song (Ue o Muite Arukō” (上を向いて歩こう, “I Look Up As I Walk”).

I got Roll With It by Steve Winwood. Could be worse.

Steve Winwood - Roll With It HD

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ckkatz  Jun 2, 2018 • 2:15:39am

re: #81 goddamnedfrank

Good song! Listening to it right now.

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Shiplord Kirel, Friend of Moose and Squirrel  Jun 2, 2018 • 2:18:37am

re: #76 Big Beautiful Door

I will see your Sukiyaki, and raise with Torn Between Two Lovers by Mary MacGregor, the #1 hit on my 14th birthday!

My first wife liked that song. I had no idea just how seriously she took it in fact. She eventually made a choice, on the grounds that my treacherous brother would be a better provider. It may be unseemly but I cannot help laughing and gloating about this.

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ckkatz  Jun 2, 2018 • 2:20:10am

re: #73 Single-handed sailor

My guess would be that they want multiple layers of defense. And with different weapons systems, it is harder for enemies to spoof/defeat all of them.

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ckkatz  Jun 2, 2018 • 2:22:08am

Well, I’m out. ‘Yinz’ have a great Saturday!

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Unshaken Defiance  Jun 2, 2018 • 2:41:10am

Is this the late shift or the early?

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wheat-dogg  Jun 2, 2018 • 2:42:19am

re: #42 Joe Bacon 🌹

Oh the #1 song on the day I was 14…”I Want You Back” by the Jackson 5.

That was mine, too!

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wheat-dogg  Jun 2, 2018 • 2:45:43am

re: #74 Shiplord Kirel, Friend of Moose and Squirrel

It can’t get any worse than this: The number 1 song when I turned 14 was Sukiyaki by Kyu Sakamoto. The bad part is that “Sukiyaki” was a nonsensical (and probably racist) English language market title given to what was actually a Japanese protest song (Ue o Muite Arukō” (上を向いて歩こう, “I Look Up As I Walk”).

I thought it was a lost-love song.

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Shiplord Kirel, Friend of Moose and Squirrel  Jun 2, 2018 • 3:04:02am

re: #88 wheat-dogg

I thought it was a lost-love song.

It is but Sakamoto said it was inspired by his feeling of futility at a demonstration he had just attended. I have always seen it as having a deeper layer of symbolism. Lost love often seems to have symbolic connotations in Japanese.

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Shiplord Kirel, Friend of Moose and Squirrel  Jun 2, 2018 • 3:17:24am

50 years and nothing has changed

Flying Fickle Finger of Fate #1 9/18/68

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wheat-dogg  Jun 2, 2018 • 3:18:59am

re: #89 Shiplord Kirel, Friend of Moose and Squirrel

It is but Sakamoto said it was inspired by his feeling of futility at a demonstration he had just attended. I have always seen it as having a deeper layer of symbolism. Lost love often seems to have symbolic connotations in Japanese.

Gotcha. I didn’t know about that added layer of meaning.

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Colère Tueur de Lapin  Jun 2, 2018 • 3:38:22am

re: #86 Unshaken Defiance

Is this the late shift or the early?

I well, I’ve only been up,for about 30 minutes.

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Unshaken Defiance  Jun 2, 2018 • 4:22:30am

re: #92 Colère Tueur de Lapin

I well, I’ve only been up,for about 30 minutes.

Doing the TSA wait at LAX…

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jeffreyw  Jun 2, 2018 • 4:33:00am

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Good morning!

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b.d. (Witch Hunt!!)  Jun 2, 2018 • 5:33:17am

Good morning Lizards

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HappyWarrior  Jun 2, 2018 • 5:37:40am

re: #95 b.d. (Witch Hunt!!)

Good morning Lizards

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And Dan Bomgino is who?

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b.d. (Witch Hunt!!)  Jun 2, 2018 • 5:43:57am

re: #96 HappyWarrior

And Dan Bomgino is who?

I can happily report that I have no idea at all.

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b.d. (Witch Hunt!!)  Jun 2, 2018 • 5:46:57am

re: #96 HappyWarrior

And Dan Bomgino is who?

Quick Google search shows that he appears to be a standard, cookie-cutter, anger wingnut shouting head.

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jaunte  Jun 2, 2018 • 5:47:37am

re: #95 b.d. (Witch Hunt!!)

John Brennan worked for four presidents. Dan Bongino tried to use a brief stint in the Secret Service to elevate himself into elected office, but had to go back to being a talk-show activist.

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jaunte  Jun 2, 2018 • 5:52:33am
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wheat-dogg  Jun 2, 2018 • 5:52:58am

re: #99 jaunte

John Brennan worked for four presidents. Dan Bongino tried to use a brief stint in the Secret Service to elevate himself into elected office, but had to go back to being a talk-show activist.

I’ve noticed a pattern among RWNJs talking heads. They inflate any sort of government experience, no matter how slight or peripheral, into professional expertise equaling years of experience.

So, given that my ex, her mother and her sisters all worked for the Census Bureau at various times, if I followed the Bongino model, I could then claim I was an expert on American demographics and score some airtime on Fox Nooz or maybe even CNBC as a talking head. For pay, of course.

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Eclectic Cyborg  Jun 2, 2018 • 5:53:03am

#1 song when I turned 14 was Waterfalls by TLC.

Not sure how I feel about that.

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jaunte  Jun 2, 2018 • 5:53:20am
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wheat-dogg  Jun 2, 2018 • 5:54:54am

re: #103 jaunte

Now I have a name for a band: Lemons in a Blender.

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b.d. (Witch Hunt!!)  Jun 2, 2018 • 6:01:04am

re: #100 jaunte

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Guess you have to focus the herd on Fox and Friends when the Drudge headline is:

KIM: PAY FOR MY HOTEL!

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Shiplord Kirel, Friend of Moose and Squirrel  Jun 2, 2018 • 6:01:19am

Another ‘net article about an ingenious new hack. Like many of these, though, it isn’t really new.
Study: You Can Get Whites to Oppose Welfare With This One Weird Trick

The fact that there has never been a mass constituency in the United States (or any other Western democracy) for financing tax cuts for the rich by scaling back aid to the poor and working class has always been a problem for the conservative movement. But Republicans have long known a nifty trick for overcoming that obstacle to their regressive agenda: Get white Americans focused on their racial fears and resentments, and a lot of them will vote vote against the blacks instead of the plutocrats — and some will even come to believe that welfare programs don’t redistribute resources from the wealthy to working people, but rather, from diligent whites to indolent minorities.

A new study from sociologists at Stanford and UC Berkeley confirms the efficacy of this maneuver. During Barack Obama’s first term as president, the share of white Americans who expressed opposition to welfare rose sharply in surveys — as did the percentage who evinced high levels of racial resentment.

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jaunte  Jun 2, 2018 • 6:03:14am

re: #105 b.d. (Witch Hunt!!)

It figures that Mr. Mexico Will Pay For The Wall, Art of The Deal genius boy will get tricked into paying for the North Koreans hotel room.

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b.d. (Witch Hunt!!)  Jun 2, 2018 • 6:06:05am

re: #107 jaunte

It figures that Mr. Mexico Will Pay For The Wall, Art of The Deal genius boy will get tricked into paying for the North Koreans hotel room.

I, for one, am very happy that my hard earned dollars that I pay in tax are going to fund a fancy ass vacation for a bunch of despotic North Koreans.

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makeitstop  Jun 2, 2018 • 6:07:25am

re: #67 ckkatz

Well, that’s embarrassing.

The number one song when I turned 14 was Honey by Bobby Goldsboro.

You win the weepy sweepstakes.

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jaunte  Jun 2, 2018 • 6:08:35am

re: #106 Shiplord Kirel, Friend of Moose and Squirrel

Get white Americans focused on their racial fears and resentments, and a lot of them will vote vote against the blacks instead of the plutocrats — and some will even come to believe that welfare programs don’t redistribute resources from the wealthy to working people, but rather, from diligent whites to indolent minorities.

You would think we might need something like the South African truth and reconciliation process, but given the record so far, it would be virtually guaranteed to backfire.

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HappyWarrior  Jun 2, 2018 • 6:10:08am

re: #106 Shiplord Kirel, Friend of Moose and Squirrel

Another ‘net article about an ingenious new hack. Like many of these, though, it isn’t really new.
Study: You Can Get Whites to Oppose Welfare With This One Weird Trick

Consecutive politicians have been doing this as long as I can remember.

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jaunte  Jun 2, 2018 • 6:10:33am
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wheat-dogg  Jun 2, 2018 • 6:11:50am

re: #107 jaunte

It figures that Mr. Mexico Will Pay For The Wall, Art of The Deal genius boy will get tricked into paying for the North Koreans hotel room.

Nah. He’ll sign over title to a hotel to the North Koreans and claim it’s a way to MAGA.

Incidentally, I had understood from my studies at Google University that the North Korean general visiting the White House needed special State Department dispensation to visit the USA, since he was previously sanctioned, and that any North Koreans were specifically restricted to New York City for visits to the USA. So, the fact that Gen Choi was in the White House is a major coup for North Korea, which Kim will certainly use to his advantage at home.

Great work, Trumpino.

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b.d. (Witch Hunt!!)  Jun 2, 2018 • 6:13:35am

re: #112 jaunte

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I wouldn’t be surprised if the outcome of this “summit” is that the US gets rid of all of their nukes, abandons the Korean peninsula and cuts a fat check to North Korea every year.

And North Korea keeps everything but has to open an Arby’s.

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wheat-dogg  Jun 2, 2018 • 6:23:27am

On an unrelated note, I have realized that the reason The Expanse succeeds so well as a book series and TV series is that the authors have fleshed out an entire future history and back stories for each of the major (and often minor) characters. Plus, the scriptwriters and actors have each brought something to the TV series that enhances the original work.

While listening to a SyFy podcast tonight, I learned that the casting of The Expanse deliberately avoided tokenism, to reflect the diversity of characters in the novels. IOW, they out-Roddenberried Gene Roddenberry. For example, the main female roles are all non-white, both in the books and TV show, and are played by suitably diverse actresses. Alex, the pilot of the Rocinante, is apparently of (India) Indian descent. Holden and Amos are white Americans, but Holden was born in a group marriage and Amos grew up in the slums of (future) Baltimore. The Belters have a patois all their own, not unlike the language Heinlein gave his loonies in The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress.

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Belafon  Jun 2, 2018 • 6:24:03am

re: #4 Dave In Austin

And yes, He’s running. Damn him!

“All Democratic candidates are required to release the last 10 years of their tax returns.”

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Belafon  Jun 2, 2018 • 6:37:49am

Trump is trying to realign the entire world order as America, Russia, and maybe China against the rest of the world. That’s something that needs to be talked more about.

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I Would Prefer Not To  Jun 2, 2018 • 6:41:29am

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wheat-dogg  Jun 2, 2018 • 6:43:48am

re: #117 Belafon

Trump is trying to realign the entire world order as America, Russia, and maybe China against the rest of the world. That’s something that needs to be talked more about.

He definitely wants to cut out the UK, the EU, Canada and (of course) Mexico. Meanwhile, he seems OK with Abe in Japan.

The conspiracy theorist in me looks at Russian meddling in the UK (Brexit), Spain (Catalunya) and Italy (populism) as part of Putin’s plan to weaken European nations to the point that he can have his way in the eastern nations without any resistance from NATO. Trump seems agreeable to such plans, AFAICT.

A capable and less self-centered American administration would view all these developments with alarm, and spring into action to counter them. Instead, we have rank amateurs who see ahead only as far as their greed allows them.

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dangerman  Jun 2, 2018 • 6:50:24am

re: #32 William Lewis

Or swallow?

“i don’t know whether to smile, spit, or swallow”

MP4 Video

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William Lewis  Jun 2, 2018 • 6:53:29am

re: #115 wheat-dogg

I dearly love that show and, more importantly, so does my son. That vision of the future gives him - a Vietnamese boy with mental health issues growing up in a white America - a certain kind of hope that few stories can. The Vorkosigan books by Lois McMaster Bujold are another set of them. To the point where I can use lines from the books to get him to do something he doesn’t want to do :)

“tests are a gift. And great tests are a great gift. To fail the test is a misfortune. But to refuse the test is to refuse the gift an something worse, more irrevocable than misfortune.”

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dangerman  Jun 2, 2018 • 6:55:11am

re: #52 Dr Lizardo

Meanwhile, in Nairobi:

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Missing from that image: People with a bone through their septum fighting lions.

These morons really don’t comprehend the modern world.

Hey Mr. Pastor, suppose we enslave you against your will right now because we know it will be “better” for your descendants 200-400 years from now

Moran

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Skip Intro  Jun 2, 2018 • 6:55:41am

re: #107 jaunte

It figures that Mr. Mexico Will Pay For The Wall, Art of The Deal genius boy will get tricked into paying for the North Koreans hotel room.

We, not he, will pay for the room. Trump never pays for anything.

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Amory Blaine  Jun 2, 2018 • 6:55:56am

re: #41 William Lewis

Could be better too - “Star Wars Theme/Cantina Band” Meco :D

Wanna trade? Mine is “Ghostbusters’.
:/

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jaunte  Jun 2, 2018 • 6:59:01am

re: #123 Skip Intro

We, not he, will pay for the room. Trump never pays for anything.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Jun 2, 2018 • 7:00:28am

re: #119 wheat-dogg

He definitely wants to cut out the UK, the EU, Canada and (of course) Mexico. Meanwhile, he seems OK with Abe in Japan.

Abe gave him a golden golf club…

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Colère Tueur de Lapin  Jun 2, 2018 • 7:02:26am

Other leaders know howto suck up to him and baffle him with BS.

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HappyWarrior  Jun 2, 2018 • 7:06:39am

re: #125 jaunte

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Trump who wouldn’t last one minute in a mine.

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William Lewis  Jun 2, 2018 • 7:07:21am

Well, the one food pantry opens at 9:00 on the first Saturday of the month (normally Monday mornings but I often work then) so I’m off for a bit. Have a great morning all.

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dangerman  Jun 2, 2018 • 7:07:22am

re: #112 jaunte

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The only thing worse than having a very stupid president is having all our adversaries know that our president is very stupid

I’m on a tear lately so no

The only thing worse, etc., Is also having a complicit by absentia Congress

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wheat-dogg  Jun 2, 2018 • 7:08:13am

re: #121 William Lewis

I dearly love that show and, more importantly, so does my son. That vision of the future gives him - a Vietnamese boy with mental health issues growing up in a white America - a certain kind of hope that few stories can. The Vorkosigan books by Lois McMaster Bujold are another set of them. To the point where I can use lines from the books to get him to do something he doesn’t want to do :)

“tests are a gift. And great tests are a great gift. To fail the test is a misfortune. But to refuse the test is to refuse the gift an something worse, more irrevocable than misfortune.”

I regard it as a less idealistic version of Roddenberry’s future history, before humanity has coalesced into a united people in relation to alien species, but still able to surmount previous divisions by race, color or ethnicity. Instead, people in The Expanse are tribal according to their locations: Earth/Luna, Mars and The Belt. The writers have also tapped into migration patterns, with some Martians, for example, being South Asian, suggesting there was “chain migration” away from the Indian subcontinent to a new world. The comic book back story of Alex Kamal has his marriage arranged by the families, revealing some of the old ways have not quite been abandoned in the next two hundred years.

The whole series is really well thought-out, and I commend the authors and the screenwriters for their hard work.

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jaunte  Jun 2, 2018 • 7:09:05am

re: #128 HappyWarrior

Trump is now in the ultimate Other People’s Money position, and he couldn’t be happier about it.

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jaunte  Jun 2, 2018 • 7:11:01am

Lunatic Vandal Destroys National Credibility Reserve.

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dangerman  Jun 2, 2018 • 7:11:36am

re: #124 Amory Blaine

Wanna trade? Mine is “Ghostbusters’.
:/

I was two weeks short of getting “Shaft”
Got Maggie may who wasn’t no Shaft

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wheat-dogg  Jun 2, 2018 • 7:12:01am

re: #130 dangerman

I’m on a tear lately so no

The only thing worse, etc., Is also having a complicit by absentia Congress

Exactly. If the balance of powers was working according to the books, Congress would have reined in this would-be despot within the first year. Instead, the GOP is letting it all happen on their watch.

I’ll be visiting the USA (and family) this summer. I have to confess to some trepidation to re-enter Trumperica. It seems more evil than Xi’s China.

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dangerman  Jun 2, 2018 • 7:13:14am

re: #125 jaunte

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Doesn’t this whole buying coal based electric etc. smack of socialism?

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jaunte  Jun 2, 2018 • 7:14:27am

re: #136 dangerman

More like the King demands additional taxes on the peasantry to support one of his Barons.

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Dr Lizardo  Jun 2, 2018 • 7:15:02am

re: #112 jaunte

I speculated a couple of weeks ago that the North Koreans probably already have a nuclear test site ready to go.

They aren’t stupid.

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dangerman  Jun 2, 2018 • 7:16:45am

re: #135 wheat-dogg

Exactly. If the balance of powers was working according to the books, Congress would have reined in this would-be despot within the first year. Instead, the GOP is letting it all happen on their watch.

I’ll be visiting the USA (and family) this summer. I have to confess to some trepidation to re-enter Trumperica. It seems more evil than Xi’s China.

I grudgingly accept “the people” via the electoral college voted the one guy in
I don’t accept the unanimous surrendering of the other 435. (yes I know the Dems are in there too)

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Belafon  Jun 2, 2018 • 7:17:03am

re: #136 dangerman

Doesn’t this whole buying coal based electric etc. smack of socialism?

Even worse: it’s the only thing from Atlas Shrugged I agree with, that businesses being propped up against market forces is going to lead to more failure. At least socialism has the workers in mind.

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Colère Tueur de Lapin  Jun 2, 2018 • 7:23:17am

The freepers think cheetohlini playing socialist is ok with proving upcoal and nuclear, owning the libs, etc.

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jaunte  Jun 2, 2018 • 7:23:40am
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jaunte  Jun 2, 2018 • 7:24:29am

“…In October, Mr. Pruitt traveled to Mr. Craft’s childhood hometown, Hazard, Ky., where, with Mr. Craft in the audience, he announced the repeal of the Clean Power Plan, an Obama-era policy to curb greenhouse gas emissions from power plants. A month earlier, Mr. Pruitt postponed enforcement of a rule barring coal-powered plants from dumping toxic metals into rivers, a move requested by a coal industry group with Mr. Craft on its board.

Emails and schedules show that Mr. Craft and Mr. Pruitt planned to meet at the Ritz-Carlton resort in Naples, Fla., for a gathering of the National Mining Association’s board of directors. Mr. Pruitt even met with the board of Mr. Craft’s company in a private dining room at the Trump International Hotel near the White House, according to schedules and emails made public by the E.P.A. in response to records requests.”

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HappyWarrior  Jun 2, 2018 • 7:24:46am

re: #141 Colère Tueur de Lapin

The freepers think cheetohlini playing socialist is ok with proving upcoal and nuclear, owning the libs, etc.

But I thought socialism was evil.

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dangerman  Jun 2, 2018 • 7:25:07am

knocking out the talking books,

sweet hitch-hiker - ccr
damp ankles - zappa
i feel the earth move - carole king
people get ready - the chambers bros
what’d i say - etta james

now im gonna go mow god’s little acre and listen to some isaac hayes

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dangerman  Jun 2, 2018 • 7:26:24am

re: #144 HappyWarrior

But I thought socialism was evil.

that’s what I thought too /s

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jaunte  Jun 2, 2018 • 7:28:07am
“…Alliance’s Warrior Coal mine, which has a contract to supply coal to the Henderson plant, is 30 miles away in western Kentucky, where the stillness of the hills is interrupted by the drone of the mine’s ventilation fan and the occasional movement of rail cars.

To continue burning the coal under current regulations, Henderson must build a $34 million water treatment plant to keep toxic metals from discharging into a nearby river. And it must spend $21 million more to clean up its handling of coal waste — which now sits in a giant unsightly pond near the plant — as well as $16 million to overhaul electricity-generating turbines.

“It certainly doesn’t make sense to keep them operating as is,” said Chris Heimgartner, general manager of the Henderson utility that owns the plant, as steam billowed from the aging dual-stacks in the distance behind him. “There is just too much cheap energy.”

Still, TrumpCanute will use our taxes to hold back the tide of cheap energy. Because he thinks it won’t cost him anything.

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wheat-dogg  Jun 2, 2018 • 7:29:50am

re: #140 Belafon

Even worse: it’s the only thing from Atlas Shrugged I agree with, that businesses being propped up against market forces is going to lead to more failure. At least socialism has the workers in mind.

I was tweeting today about how this meddling in industry reminded me of what the Third Reich did during the 1930s, as Hitler prepared Germany for a two-front war. Basically, the government seized control of the industries needed for warfare and removed all free-market influence. The result was a national war machine and the impoverishment of the civilian economy. Germany was in a zero-sum game then. Largely isolated from the world economy and with no raw materials of its own, Germany had to “make do” with what it had. That required invading the USSR (for raw materials) and gearing up the relevant industries to make the invasion possible — a feedback loop that ultimately failed catastrophically for Germany.

Trump is playing by a similar rule book: isolating the USA from the world economy with his “deals” and co-opting industries to suit his political agenda, but without any apparent goal in mind. IOW, it doesn’t appear that he’s gearing up for a war or an invasion, because every move so far would hinder any such plans.

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wheat-dogg  Jun 2, 2018 • 7:32:40am

re: #147 jaunte

Still, TrumpCanute will use our taxes to hold back the tide of cheap energy. Because he thinks it won’t cost him anything.

I used to live upriver from Henderson, in Owensboro, where our local effluvia came from the paper mill upriver from Owensboro.

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HappyWarrior  Jun 2, 2018 • 7:33:16am

re: #146 dangerman

that’s what I thought too /s

It just shows you that they’ve never opposed socialism. They oppose anything Democrats or anyone to their left does.

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jaunte  Jun 2, 2018 • 7:35:29am
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wheat-dogg  Jun 2, 2018 • 7:39:07am

re: #151 jaunte

It used to be every American town had a Chinese place. Now it’s every American town has a Chinese place *and* a Mexican place.

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I Would Prefer Not To  Jun 2, 2018 • 7:39:45am

We still don’t have a taco truck on every corner.

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HappyWarrior  Jun 2, 2018 • 7:39:55am

re: #151 jaunte

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re: #151 jaunte

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Surprised to see Georgia getting so many USSR immigrants. That’d be a fun memoir: From Georgia to other Georgia. Anyhow in my family’s case, earliest arrival was 1792 and the last was 1921 and I have the naturalization records of both, Well I take that back as my great grandmother got citizenship when my great grandfather did.

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jaunte  Jun 2, 2018 • 7:42:24am

re: #152 wheat-dogg

I took a client from China to lunch last week at a Chinese restaurant near the office in Houston. He let me know on the way that he wasn’t expecting anything very authentic, but after the meal admitted it was much better than he had anticipated. I’ll try him with Mexican next time.

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Jay C  Jun 2, 2018 • 7:44:27am

re: #140 Belafon

Even worse: it’s the only thing from Atlas Shrugged I agree with, that businesses being propped up against market forces is going to lead to more failure. At least socialism has the workers in mind.

Quite agree (especially about the Atlas Shrugged part…..)

To me, the Trump Administration’s regime’s coal policies remind me of nothing so much as the old (and failed) British attempts, in the pre-Thatcher days, to keep their coal industry going, even in the face of increasingly cheaper, more-efficient, and cleaner fuel sources. Of course, the economic dynamics were quite different: the British Government owned the mines, and the main “priority” was the preservation of mining jobs (and, concomitantly, union power). Here, the main beneficiaries seem to be the mine owners; the miners themselves, one supposes, are still waiting for the YUUUGE boost in their numbers that Trump’s coal-boosting was promised to provide.

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jaunte  Jun 2, 2018 • 7:44:53am

Trade sanctions against America won’t work. Sanctioning Trump himself might.
Scott Gilmore: Instead of taxing American goods, Canada and the western allies should collectively pressure the only pain point that matters to this President: his family and their assets

Putinist behavior demands an ant-Putinist response.

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Big Beautiful Door  Jun 2, 2018 • 7:44:54am

re: #149 wheat-dogg

I used to live upriver from Henderson, in Owensboro, where our local effluvia came from the paper mill upriver from Owensboro.

I lived in Owensboro too! Owensboro High Class of ‘81; go Red Devils!

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Ace Rothstein  Jun 2, 2018 • 7:46:22am

re: #155 jaunte

China Garden next to Toyota Center? We go there before Rockets games all the time.

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jaunte  Jun 2, 2018 • 7:46:54am

re: #159 Ace Rothstein

We went to Cafe Ginger on West Gray.

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retired cynic  Jun 2, 2018 • 7:49:43am

re: #81 goddamnedfrank

I got Roll With It by Steve Winwood. Could be worse.

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OMG, it was The Twist by Chubby Checker!

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wheat-dogg  Jun 2, 2018 • 7:50:34am

re: #155 jaunte

I took a client from China to lunch last week at a Chinese restaurant near the office in Houston. He let me know on the way that he wasn’t expecting anything very authentic, but after the meal admitted it was much better than he had anticipated. I’ll try him with Mexican next time.

Yeah, I tell my family not to take me to a Chinese place, because I can get authentic stuff every day here. But there are a few “authentic” places in the States. You just have to hunt for them. Telling the wait staff you have a visitor from China would encourage the cook to pull out the stops.

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wheat-dogg  Jun 2, 2018 • 7:51:44am

re: #158 Big Beautiful Door

I lived in Owensboro too! Owensboro High Class of ‘81; go Red Devils!

Small world. I worked for the “Mess and Ink” from 1980 to 1983.

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Jay C  Jun 2, 2018 • 7:53:47am

re: #144 HappyWarrior

re: #141 Colère Tueur de Lapin

The freepers think cheetohlini playing socialist is ok with proving upcoal and nuclear, owning the libs, etc.

But I thought socialism was evil.

Yeah, well the “owning the libs” part is the main thing: wingers can very easily be fooled into believing that socialistic policies aren’t, in fact “socialism” as long they are pitched as :

1) Benefiting, - i.e. JOBS! JOBS! JOBS! - for “deserving” “Real Americans” (you-know-who), and
2) Hurting/defeating their “enemies” - like tree-hugging librul elistist America-hating enviro-weenies.

No. 2) being the more important factor, of course. Oh, and 3) being able to blame Somebody Else for any failure of said policies.

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Big Beautiful Door  Jun 2, 2018 • 7:58:14am

re: #163 wheat-dogg

Small world. I worked for the “Mess and Ink” from 1980 to 1983.

Do you like WKy style BBQ? I lived near Moonlight, and Dad brought home mutton every so often, so I usually drop by there when I’m in town, though I know many people prefer Old Hickory.

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Dr Lizardo  Jun 2, 2018 • 7:59:05am

re: #157 jaunte

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Putinist behavior demands an ant-Putinist response.

Exactly.

Find some cock-and-bull reason, for example, to issue financial penalties against that golf club of his in Scotland.

Let’s say……..$1 million per day.

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Joe Bacon 🌹  Jun 2, 2018 • 8:00:18am

re: #130 dangerman

I’m on a tear lately so no

The only thing worse, etc., Is also having a complicit by absentia Congress

Putin has Kompromat on Congressional RepubliKKKlans!

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wheat-dogg  Jun 2, 2018 • 8:05:30am

re: #165 Big Beautiful Door

Do you like WKy style BBQ? I lived near Moonlight, and Dad brought home mutton every so often, so I usually drop by there when I’m in town, though I know many people prefer Old Hickory.

Oh, no. I am a Moonlight man. We used to go there for lunch and/or dinner from work a lot. Your mentioning it brings back memories of their BBQ and their cornbread. The Barbecue Festival was a real treat, with all those teams slow-cooking their meat in the pits and burgoo in the big kettles for a couple of days before it started.

Now I want some, dammit.

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Renaissance_Man  Jun 2, 2018 • 8:06:08am

re: #167 Joe Bacon 🌹

Putin has Kompromat on Congressional RepubliKKKlans!

No, it’s worse than that. Congressional Republicans just watch FOX, and so are pro-fascism.

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HappyWarrior  Jun 2, 2018 • 8:08:04am

re: #169 Renaissance_Man

No, it’s worse than that. Congressional Republicans just watch FOX, and so are pro-fascism.

I honestly really think it is that bad. Steve King’s been awful as he is for years.

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Big Beautiful Door  Jun 2, 2018 • 8:13:41am

re: #168 wheat-dogg

Oh, no. I am a Moonlight man. We used to go there for lunch and/or dinner from work a lot. Your mentioning it brings back memories of their BBQ and their cornbread. The Barbecue Festival was a real treat, with all those teams slow-cooking their meat in the pits and burgoo in the big kettles for a couple of days before it started.

Now I want some, dammit.

You can order it online!

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wheat-dogg  Jun 2, 2018 • 8:18:05am

re: #171 Big Beautiful Door

You can order it online!

Somehow I doubt they deliver to China, though. I’ll wait till I get to KY this summer.

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JordanRules  Jun 2, 2018 • 8:33:20am
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jaunte  Jun 2, 2018 • 8:35:34am
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ObserverArt  Jun 2, 2018 • 8:38:17am

re: #90 Shiplord Kirel, Friend of Moose and Squirrel

50 years and nothing has changed

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Heh, I see that Rowan and Martin “Fickle Finger of Fate” was awarded on (9-18-68).

That would have been one day short of one month after my 14th birthday, when my birthday #1 song would have been this song. And as you said…not a lot has changed. There are still people all over the world that just wanna be free.

The Rascals - People Got to Be Free

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Joe Bacon 🌹  Jun 2, 2018 • 8:39:08am

re: #174 jaunte

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President Asshole thinks he won the Publishers Clearing House Sweepstakes!

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ObserverArt  Jun 2, 2018 • 8:40:28am

re: #96 HappyWarrior

And Dan Bomgino is who?

Isn’t he that block headed guy that is from NRA TV?

(Yes, I am behind…)

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JordanRules  Jun 2, 2018 • 8:40:56am

re: #174 jaunte

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HappyWarrior  Jun 2, 2018 • 8:44:07am

re: #177 ObserverArt

Isn’t he that block headed guy that is from NRA TV?

(Yes, I am behind…)

Oh I know he is. I’m just saying who the hell is he to cast aspersions on Brennan. Sorry that came out poorly on my part.

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ObserverArt  Jun 2, 2018 • 8:50:15am

re: #143 jaunte

Can we seal Scott Pruitt in a coal mine somewhere deep in the hills of West Virginia? With no additional air supply.

Too cruel?

I don’t think so. It would spare other lives on down the road.

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nicdanger  Jun 2, 2018 • 8:52:16am

re: #175 ObserverArt

Heh, I see that Rowan and Martin “Fickle Finger of Fate” was awarded on (9-18-68).

That would have been one day short of one month after my 14th birthday, when my birthday #1 song would have been this song. And as you said…not a lot has changed. There are still people all over the world that just wanna be free.

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7/19/54,right there with ya.

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ObserverArt  Jun 2, 2018 • 8:52:49am

re: #148 wheat-dogg

I was tweeting today about how this meddling in industry reminded me of what the Third Reich did during the 1930s, as Hitler prepared Germany for a two-front war. Basically, the government seized control of the industries needed for warfare and removed all free-market influence. The result was a national war machine and the impoverishment of the civilian economy. Germany was in a zero-sum game then. Largely isolated from the world economy and with no raw materials of its own, Germany had to “make do” with what it had. That required invading the USSR (for raw materials) and gearing up the relevant industries to make the invasion possible — a feedback loop that ultimately failed catastrophically for Germany.

Trump is playing by a similar rule book: isolating the USA from the world economy with his “deals” and co-opting industries to suit his political agenda, but without any apparent goal in mind. IOW, it doesn’t appear that he’s gearing up for a war or an invasion, because every move so far would hinder any such plans.

Aww gee wheat, do we have to relive history that didn’t work out too well for anyone, especially Germany?

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JordanRules  Jun 2, 2018 • 8:53:44am

LOL!
We poors still have to go to school and work with our hair disasters.

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JordanRules  Jun 2, 2018 • 8:54:55am
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ObserverArt  Jun 2, 2018 • 8:57:13am

re: #181 nicdanger

7/19/54,right there with ya.

Close nic! I am 8/19/54.

Rowan and Martin was September 18th.

For sure though…same time period.

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ObserverArt  Jun 2, 2018 • 9:02:39am

re: #156 Jay C

Quite agree (especially about the Atlas Shrugged part…..)

To me, the Trump Administration’s regime’s coal policies remind me of nothing so much as the old (and failed) British attempts, in the pre-Thatcher days, to keep their coal industry going, even in the face of increasingly cheaper, more-efficient, and cleaner fuel sources. Of course, the economic dynamics were quite different: the British Government owned the mines, and the main “priority” was the preservation of mining jobs (and, concomitantly, union power). Here, the main beneficiaries seem to be the mine owners; the miners themselves, one supposes, are still waiting for the YUUUGE boost in their numbers that Trump’s coal-boosting was promised to provide.

What is Trump and Pruitt going to do, have the big electric generation plants that have switched to all that natural gas generation equipment they put in to replace coal, tear it all out to go back to coal?

Yeah, that’ll be about some savings!

Idiots. Both those floating it and those accepting it.

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nicdanger  Jun 2, 2018 • 9:04:04am

re: #185 ObserverArt

Close nic! I am 8/19/54.

Rowan and Martin was September 18th.

For sure though…same time period.

I knew we were pretty close in age,but a month is a little closer than I had thought. So,summer ‘54 was a good time of year LOL

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Eclectic Cyborg  Jun 2, 2018 • 9:04:37am

Imagine the RW shrieking if Obama had tried to mandate companies to use more Wind turbines…

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dangerman  Jun 2, 2018 • 9:06:21am

re: #152 wheat-dogg

It used to be every American town had a Chinese place. Now it’s every American town has a Chinese place *and* a Mexican place.

a while back happy warrior was talking about banh mi, so i googled it
there’s a vietnamese restaurant in my town
i’ve driven past that strip mall more than dozens of times
imma have to go there

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Eclectic Cyborg  Jun 2, 2018 • 9:08:10am

re: #189 dangerman

I’ve noticed Vietnamese and Thai places becoming much more prevalent too.

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ObserverArt  Jun 2, 2018 • 9:08:13am

re: #174 jaunte

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When I first saw that image of Trump with the big envelope I was wondering if the Secret Service and FBI had it checked out for deadly toxic materials in or on it that would take Trump out.

Or, did they just let Donny handle it in hopes that it did?

Decisions, Decisions.

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HappyWarrior  Jun 2, 2018 • 9:09:12am

re: #189 dangerman

a while back happy warrior was talking about banh mi, so i googled it
there’s a vietnamese restaurant in my town
i’ve driven past that strip mall more than dozens of times
imma have to go there

They are sooooo good.

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JordanRules  Jun 2, 2018 • 9:09:26am

re: #189 dangerman

a while back happy warrior was talking about banh mi, so i googled it
there’s a vietnamese restaurant in my town
i’ve driven past that strip mall more than dozens of times
imma have to go there

I adore sandwiches! And the bahn mi is in my top 5. Yum!!

**hopes Jeffrey posts a sandwich pic**

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HappyWarrior  Jun 2, 2018 • 9:10:01am

re: #190 Eclectic Cyborg

I’ve noticed Vietnamese and Thai places becoming much more prevalent too.

Thai is my favorite in that region. My favorite Thai dish is probably Mussadan curry.

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BigPapa  Jun 2, 2018 • 9:10:57am

I remember thinking ‘government on AM radio’ several years ago as my politics changed and I realized the long running taint of right wing media.

Now we have Trump quoting Danny Bongos disparaging Mueller. In the early days of talk radio just before the Fairness Doctrine was repealed Bongos would be on at 1AM yelling at the few nutters calling him in the middle of the night.

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ObserverArt  Jun 2, 2018 • 9:11:41am

re: #188 Eclectic Cyborg

Imagine the RW shrieking if Obama had tried to mandate companies to use more Wind turbines…

Isn’t that how they took it anyway???

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HappyWarrior  Jun 2, 2018 • 9:12:15am

re: #193 JordanRules

I adore sandwiches! And the bahn mi is in my top 5. Yum!!

**hopes Jeffrey posts a sandwich pic**

I’m a sandwich snob. My favorites are: Banh Mi, Primanti brothers, Kolbasi, Cubano, Doner Kebab, & Bratwurst.

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dangerman  Jun 2, 2018 • 9:12:24am

re: #157 jaunte

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Putinist behavior demands an ant-Putinist response.

or shorter: the president is breaking the law left right and center

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Dr Lizardo  Jun 2, 2018 • 9:13:03am

re: #190 Eclectic Cyborg

I’ve noticed Vietnamese and Thai places becoming much more prevalent too.

Here too in Ostrava; new place called “Happy Banh Mi” opened on the main street through the city center.

The place is hopping - their target demographic is young urban residents/university students and so far, they’re doing good. As is the one Mexican place here in Ostrava, “Los Capolitos” - always packed during the lunch rush.

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Big Beautiful Door  Jun 2, 2018 • 9:13:19am

re: #172 wheat-dogg

Somehow I doubt they deliver to China, though. I’ll wait till I get to KY this summer.

Hope you have a good flight! Where are you flying into?

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HappyWarrior  Jun 2, 2018 • 9:13:28am

re: #195 BigPapa

I remember thinking ‘government on AM radio’ several years ago as my politics changed and I realized the long running taint of right wing media.

Now we have Trump quoting Danny Bongos disparaging Mueller. In the early days of talk radio just before the Fairness Doctrine was repealed Bongos would be on at 1AM yelling at the few nutters calling him in the middle of the night.

Repealing Fairness is how we get people like Limbaugh, Jones, & others.

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Anymouse 🌹  Jun 2, 2018 • 9:14:19am

It was a simpler time when I was fourteen … #1 then was

Ray Stevens - The Streak (Original)

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HappyWarrior  Jun 2, 2018 • 9:14:36am

re: #199 Dr Lizardo

Here too in Ostrava; new place called “Happy Banh Mi” opened on the main street through the city center.

The place is hopping - their target demographic is young urban residents/university students and so far, they’re doing good. As is the one Mexican place here in Ostrava, “Los Capolitos” - always packed during the lunch rush.

My brother and I were craving burritos in Amsterdam. Sure enough. And some of the best Indian food I had was in Berlin.

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Dr Lizardo  Jun 2, 2018 • 9:18:50am

re: #203 HappyWarrior

My brother and I were craving burritos in Amsterdam. Sure enough. And some of the best Indian food I had was in Berlin.

There was a great little Afghan restaurant in Berlin, in Kreuzberg, called “Chili Chutney”. An Afghan fellow of my acquaintance took me there one time.

It was good; I highly recommend it, but it’s not cheap. For a special occasion, perhaps.

On Eisenbahnstraße 5, Berlin-Kreuzberg.

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HappyWarrior  Jun 2, 2018 • 9:18:58am

I found a Korean place a hike from my offive. Had a Korean Cubano the other day. So good.

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HappyWarrior  Jun 2, 2018 • 9:19:44am

re: #204 Dr Lizardo

There was a great little Afghan restaurant in Berlin, in Kreuzberg, called “Chili Chutney”. An Afghan fellow of my acquaintance took me there one time.

It was good; I highly recommend it, but it’s not cheap. For a special occasion, perhaps.

On Eisenbahnstraße 5, Berlin-Kreuzberg.

I think our hostel was in Kreuzberg. Not sure when I’m going back to Berlin.

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Anymouse 🌹  Jun 2, 2018 • 9:21:16am

re: #203 HappyWarrior

My brother and I were craving burritos in Amsterdam. Sure enough. And some of the best Indian food I had was in Berlin.

When my wife and I were in Gdansk there was one Mexican restaurant in the city centre.

We didn’t try it out, as we were more interested in local gastronomic pleasures (and we can get good Mexican food right in our own county).

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BigPapa  Jun 2, 2018 • 9:25:07am

re: #205 HappyWarrior

Korean Cubano? I would try. For science and shit.

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Barefoot Grin  Jun 2, 2018 • 9:25:13am

#1 song when I turned 14 was “MacArthur Park” as sung by Donna Summer.

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HappyWarrior  Jun 2, 2018 • 9:25:46am

re: #207 Anymouse 🌹

When my wife and I were in Gdansk there was one Mexican restaurant in the city centre.

We didn’t try it out, as we were more interested in local gastronomic pleasures (and we can get good Mexican food right in our own county).

We stuck with Dutch and on my instance even though he hates tapas style, Indonesian. I always eat native food but burritos are awesome.

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HappyWarrior  Jun 2, 2018 • 9:26:35am

re: #208 BigPapa

Korean Cubano? I would try. For science and shit.

Yes Korean style pork and sauce but with the ham, Swiss cheese, & Cuban bread

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JordanRules  Jun 2, 2018 • 9:29:20am
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JordanRules  Jun 2, 2018 • 9:30:13am

re: #211 HappyWarrior

Yes Korean style pork and sauce but with the ham, Swiss cheese, & Cuban bread

Yum!
Pickles still?

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wrenchwench  Jun 2, 2018 • 9:31:43am

re: #209 Barefoot Grin

#1 song when I turned 14 was “MacArthur Park” as sung by Donna Summer.

I got ‘good-news, bad-news’ for my life-defining song: American Pie by Don McLean;

Bad news: It’s about the day the music died.

Good news: It goes on and on, way longer than normal for it’s ilk.

Everybody’s turning out to be younger than I thought.

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Dr Lizardo  Jun 2, 2018 • 9:32:34am

re: #206 HappyWarrior

I think our hostel was in Kreuzberg. Not sure when I’m going back to Berlin.

There’s a ton of hostels in Kreuzberg. I lived there for a year and a half. I enjoyed it.

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HappyWarrior  Jun 2, 2018 • 9:33:57am

re: #212 JordanRules

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How very Orwellian to have someone who doesn’t believe in family planning in charge of that.

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JordanRules  Jun 2, 2018 • 9:34:21am
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JordanRules  Jun 2, 2018 • 9:34:51am
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HappyWarrior  Jun 2, 2018 • 9:35:30am

re: #213 JordanRules

Yum!
Pickles still?

Nah they didn’t keep the pickle unfortunately. But it was still good and I get exercise walking there. I made the mistake of putting my Miso on my Bulogi bowl and I was politely corrected.

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JordanRules  Jun 2, 2018 • 9:36:04am
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HappyWarrior  Jun 2, 2018 • 9:36:28am

re: #215 Dr Lizardo

There’s a ton of hostels in Kreuzberg. I lived there for a year and a half. I enjoyed it.

It had a very lively atmosphere. Our hostel was excellent and we lucked into getting our own room.

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JordanRules  Jun 2, 2018 • 9:38:19am
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Anymouse 🌹  Jun 2, 2018 • 9:39:38am

re: #210 HappyWarrior

We stuck with Dutch and on my instance even though he hates tapas style, Indonesian. I always eat native food but burritos are awesome.

Foodie and other photos from our trip (goes to the Great Orange Satan):

Car Trip to Germany: Arrival

Car Trip to Germany: Met Mayor and Churches, Toured UNESCO Site, Ate Food.

Dear Mom: Ate All the Pierogis in Gdańsk, Leaving Poland Monday.

Dear Mom: Lost in Poland, Send Money for Beer, Love, Village Vet

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HappyWarrior  Jun 2, 2018 • 9:41:01am
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Anymouse 🌹  Jun 2, 2018 • 9:41:31am

re: #214 wrenchwench

I got ‘good-news, bad-news’ for my life-defining song: American Pie by Don McLean;

Everybody’s turning out to be younger than I thought.

You and me both.

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wrenchwench  Jun 2, 2018 • 9:44:56am

re: #221 HappyWarrior

It had a very lively atmosphere. Our hostel was excellent and we lucked into getting our own room.

My brother was in Charlottenburg when I visited in ‘93. Not sure where he is now, but still in Berlin. Nothing like family for the tour guide, or a map and directions, usually.

For about 15 years, he lived out in the country (but kept a place in Berlin), beyond the last train station to the East part, on a commune, with his wife (who he’s not married to, so the state won’t be involved in the relationship) and their two daughters, the older one of which whom just graduated from medical school.

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HappyWarrior  Jun 2, 2018 • 9:46:08am

re: #226 wrenchwench

My brother was in Charlottenburg when I visited in ‘93. Not sure where he is now, but still in Berlin. Nothing like family for the tour guide, or a map and directions, usually.

For about 15 years, he lived out in the country (but kept a place in Berlin), beyond the last train station to the East part, on a commune, with his wife (who he’s not married to, so the state won’t be involved in the relationship) and their two daughters, the older one of which whom just graduated from medical school.

Awesome. I found Munich more fun to visit but I think I’d rather live in Berlin.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Jun 2, 2018 • 9:46:21am

re: #214 wrenchwench

I got ‘good-news, bad-news’ for my life-defining song: American Pie by Don McLean;

Everybody’s turning out to be younger than I thought.

It was a bit unnerving to see how many lizards are younger than me (but I kinda figured that would be the case).
OTOH, it was a pleasant surprise to see that Jay C and I are lizard twins since we both have the same 14th birthday song.

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wrenchwench  Jun 2, 2018 • 9:46:58am

re: #225 Anymouse 🌹

You and me both.

Sometimes I forget to add 14 to the year of the hit.

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Dr Lizardo  Jun 2, 2018 • 9:47:05am

re: #224 HappyWarrior

In 2010, I met Klaus Wowereit, the former Mayor of Berlin. He was a pretty cool guy.

He’s most famously known for saying (and this is from memory), “Berlin may be broke, but we’re still sexy”.

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HappyWarrior  Jun 2, 2018 • 9:48:40am

re: #230 Dr Lizardo

In 2010, I met Klaus Wowereit, the former Mayor of Berlin. He was a pretty cool guy.

He’s most famously known for saying (and this is from memory), “Berlin may be broke, but we’re still sexy”.

Haha. Berlin just seems more liberal and it is than Munich. We were in Colditz and wow. My brother and I experienced some second hand racism not directed at us but at the Romani.

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Anymouse 🌹  Jun 2, 2018 • 9:50:39am

re: #214 wrenchwench

I got ‘good-news, bad-news’ for my life-defining song: American Pie by Don McLean;

Everybody’s turning out to be younger than I thought.

The song has been parodied a number of times … Roger Ebert appeared in a cover made by the city when Newsweek declared Grand Rapids, Mich. was a dying city.

(9:48)

The Grand Rapids LipDub (NEW WORLD RECORD)

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Broad With Sass  Jun 2, 2018 • 9:52:00am

June 3,1972 “I’ll Take You There” The Staple Singers

Thank god I was born then , next song up is The Candy man by Sammy Davis JR

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Anymouse 🌹  Jun 2, 2018 • 9:53:11am

re: #227 HappyWarrior

Awesome. I found Munich more fun to visit but I think I’d rather live in Berlin.

We only saw the inside of the Berlin train station for about three minutes, switching between trains.

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ObserverArt  Jun 2, 2018 • 9:54:00am

re: #229 wrenchwench

Sometimes I forget to add 14 to the year of the hit.

And, boom!

Just like that, what once seemed new is old again.

Sigh.

Speaking of olds. My cousin that was our lead guitarist in the best band I ever played in (…because of him) is back in Columbus and came down last night to yak and catch up, party a bit and jam until just about midnight.

It was fun. Hopefully he can throw in from time to time.

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HappyWarrior  Jun 2, 2018 • 9:54:24am

re: #234 Anymouse 🌹

We only saw the inside of the Berlin train station for about three minutes, switching between trains.

It’s a nice city. I have Bratislava and Krakow on my schedule this summer. And little Jarabina where my grandmother’s father is from.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Jun 2, 2018 • 9:54:42am

moron is pathetic

and stupid

why is he reading/citing fake news/failing New York Times?

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HappyWarrior  Jun 2, 2018 • 9:56:00am

re: #237 Backwoods_Sleuth

moron is pathetic

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why is he reading/citing fake news/failing New York Times?

As I said, he’s eitehr jacking himself off or complaining that he’s not being jacked off enough. He’s like your angry old uncle except somehow we made him POTUS in a mix up. It’s like a really bad Disney movie: Uncle President.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Jun 2, 2018 • 9:57:21am

LOLOLOLOL…

moron is really not having a good day.

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wrenchwench  Jun 2, 2018 • 9:57:53am

re: #232 Anymouse 🌹

The song has been parodied a number of times … Roger Ebert appeared in a cover made by the city when Newsweek declared Grand Rapids, Mich. was a dying city.

(9:48)

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TL;DL

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HappyWarrior  Jun 2, 2018 • 9:58:32am

re: #239 Backwoods_Sleuth

LOLOLOLOL…

moron is really not having a good day.

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Call me crazy but maybe the President shouldn’t be in the business who’s doing well. By the way, Donald, people like watching FNC to see the epic lengths they’ll go to suck you off.

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jaunte  Jun 2, 2018 • 9:58:49am

re: #239 Backwoods_Sleuth

That would make Fox “Mainstream News”

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Joe Bacon 🌹  Jun 2, 2018 • 10:00:30am

re: #30 JordanRules

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Hmmmm, remembering how Milo, Tammy Bruce and SMOTI insisted that Trump would be a real friend and supporter of gay and lesbian rights????

Well how did that work out for them and their pals in the Log Cabin?

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Anymouse 🌹  Jun 2, 2018 • 10:00:51am

re: #236 HappyWarrior

It’s a nice city. I have Bratislava and Krakow on my schedule this summer. And little Jarabina where my grandmother’s father is from.

We have Yukon and the Alaska Panhandle on our schedule this summer (and the states and provinces between us and them by Smart car).

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ObserverArt  Jun 2, 2018 • 10:01:33am

re: #242 jaunte

That would make Fox “Mainstream News”

Sister Sarah: Fox is now part of “The Lamestream Media” people!

(Our dirty little secret. Keep it on the down low.)

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jaunte  Jun 2, 2018 • 10:03:13am

According to Nathan, public defenders only have several minutes to meet with each of the defendants. When a judge asks a question, the entire room must often answer in unison to save time. Many of the migrants have no clue where their children are.

“It feels like an assembly line,” Nathan said. “It’s a mass production of guilty pleas.”

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wrenchwench  Jun 2, 2018 • 10:03:19am

As for local food, last weekend I had a Navajo fry bead ‘taco’ called Bad Hunter.

Vegetarian.

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HappyWarrior  Jun 2, 2018 • 10:03:59am

re: #244 Anymouse 🌹

We have Yukon and the Alaska Panhandle on our schedule this summer (and the states and provinces between us and them by Smart car).

That’ll be a beautiful drive.

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Anymouse 🌹  Jun 2, 2018 • 10:03:59am

re: #240 wrenchwench

TL;DL

The trick behind the way they did the song is they recorded the vocals, then lip dubbed it to the video.

The video was done as one long continuous shot through the city, requiring coördinating city services, the people involved, about ten thousand guitar players, &c.

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wrenchwench  Jun 2, 2018 • 10:05:33am

re: #249 Anymouse 🌹

The trick behind the way they did the song is they recorded the vocals, then lip dubbed it to the video.

The video was done as one long continuous shot through the city, requiring coördinating city services, the people involved, about ten thousand guitar players, &c.

What little I did hear sounded like Don McLean.

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Belafon  Jun 2, 2018 • 10:08:03am

re: #237 Backwoods_Sleuth

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Jun 2, 2018 • 10:09:04am

I haven’t seen a clip yet, but there’s quite a bit of chatter about it.

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Joe Bacon 🌹  Jun 2, 2018 • 10:09:33am

re: #233 Broad With Sass

June 3,1972 “I’ll Take You There” The Staple Singers

Thank god I was born then , next song up is The Candy man by Sammy Davis JR

Oh that strikes a nerve. Makes Me want to post the six songs I truly HATE!

1) The Candy Man - Sammy Davis Jr.
2) Shannon - Henry Gross
3) Puppy Love - Donny Osmond
4) Muskrat Love - The Captain & Tenille
5) Boy Wonder I Love You - Burt Ward
6) Last Song - Edward Bear

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wrenchwench  Jun 2, 2018 • 10:11:36am

re: #253 Joe Bacon 🌹

Oh that strikes a nerve. Makes Me want to post the six songs I truly HATE!

1) The Candy Man - Sammy Davis Jr.
2) Shannon - Henry Gross
3) Puppy Love - Donny Osmond
4) Muskrat Love - The Captain & Tenille
5) Boy Wonder I Love You - Burt Ward
6) Last Song - Edward Bear

I certainly agree on your #1. Then I find a bad memory can be a good thing.

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nines09  Jun 2, 2018 • 10:14:17am
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Backwoods_Sleuth  Jun 2, 2018 • 10:14:41am
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Jay C  Jun 2, 2018 • 10:16:44am

re: #237 Backwoods_Sleuth

moron is pathetic

[Embedded content]

why is he reading/citing fake news/failing New York Times?

“Surprised” that China is developing military bases on artificial/artificially augmented islands in the South China Sea? JFC! I’m the most casual of Armchair Admirals and even I know that - and that it’s been going on for years!

But then, I’m sure that’s about what one should expect from a “President” whose principal concern re the military is how many uniformed troops they can turn out to cheer him….

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dangerman  Jun 2, 2018 • 10:16:54am

re: #190 Eclectic Cyborg

I’ve noticed Vietnamese and Thai places becoming much more prevalent too.

when i was in boise, ID last year i saw an afghani restaurant.
while im not broad brushing idaho, it was surprising to see
i mean after the novelty, you ahve to sustain a certain amount of regular business to succeed/survive, unless its just the same folks over and over

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Dr Lizardo  Jun 2, 2018 • 10:17:59am

re: #252 Backwoods_Sleuth

[Embedded content]

I haven’t seen a clip yet, but there’s quite a bit of chatter about it.

That’d be news to me.

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jaunte  Jun 2, 2018 • 10:18:29am

“…As the leader of the country, Trump is the core source for our perception of the state of the union. Once he took office, his abusive relationship with the truth came with the official seal of the White House, and that is of crucial importance. The Trump administration is now waging an unprecedented campaign of disinformation on the American people. The president of the United States is working to undermine our shared foundation of truth so that we have no choice but to accept his version of reality.

Trump himself has reportedly admitted that this is his aim.”

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Jun 2, 2018 • 10:18:34am

re: #259 Dr Lizardo

That’d be news to me.

probably news to Melania as well.

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dangerman  Jun 2, 2018 • 10:18:58am

re: #197 HappyWarrior

I’m a sandwich snob. My favorites are: Banh Mi, Primanti brothers, Kolbasi, Cubano, Doner Kebab, & Bratwurst.

without reopening that whole “what’s a sandwich” thing

of your 5, cubano is number 1, definitely

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Jun 2, 2018 • 10:19:24am
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Dr Lizardo  Jun 2, 2018 • 10:20:27am

re: #261 Backwoods_Sleuth

probably news to Melania as well.

Maybe Trump’s gonna trade her in for a newer model.

That seems to be his typical pattern if his marital history is anything to go by.

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jaunte  Jun 2, 2018 • 10:20:36am

Lauren Duca:

“Authoritarianism works to corrode our shared foundation of truth, pushing us to a point where we so doubt our own sanity, it becomes too much of a chore to even care what is true. Such is the goal of the Trump administration: to bombard us with so many conflicting versions of reality that we throw our hands in the air and give up on being certain about anything at all. The falsehoods, whoppers, and salesman-like stretches all come down to this: Without the truth, we have no foundation from which to resist.”

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dangerman  Jun 2, 2018 • 10:20:37am

re: #209 Barefoot Grin

#1 song when I turned 14 was “MacArthur Park” as sung by Donna Summer.

one of those ‘long songs’ that probably was still playing when you turned 15

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HappyWarrior  Jun 2, 2018 • 10:20:49am

re: #263 Backwoods_Sleuth

[Embedded content]

The AG serves the country not the President, Spicy.

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wrenchwench  Jun 2, 2018 • 10:25:52am

re: #258 dangerman

when i was in boise, ID last year i saw an afghani restaurant.
while im not broad brushing idaho, it was surprising to see
i mean after the novelty, you ahve to sustain a certain amount of regular business to succeed/survive, unless its just the same folks over and over

When Mr. w and I rode our bikes across the country, we did Kansas from NE to SW. It took 3 weeks. On the last day, we came to our first Mexican restaurant since we left Everett, WA. [This was 1986. I’m sure there are more now.] First stop was a grocery store, where Mr. w got a pint of ice cream, and I got a pint of yogurt. Then the restaurant opened. We each got the biggest combo plate on offer, with pie and ice cream for dessert. The lady from the newspaper took our picture when we were done. Outside, by our bikes. We still looked skinny.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Jun 2, 2018 • 10:26:08am
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JordanRules  Jun 2, 2018 • 10:27:58am
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dangerman  Jun 2, 2018 • 10:29:13am

re: #256 Backwoods_Sleuth

[Embedded content]

negotiating the art of the deal:

In 1985, Tony Schwartz, a not very famous writer, was interviewing Trump for a magazine article when Trump told him that Random House had asked him to write a book. Schwartz suggested calling it The Art of the Deal. Trump said he liked the name and asked Schwartz to write it. Normally ghost writers get a small flat fee, but Schwartz asked for half of the $500,000 advance and half the royalties and got both, an incredible deal for Schwartz (who could have been replaced by any one of a hundred other ghostwriters) and an incredibly bad deal for Trump. The book was a big success and the millions of dollars in royalties that Schwartz got all came directly out of Trump’s pocket. Thus we have the irony that Trump negotiated a terrible deal for himself on a book about how great a negotiator he is.

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Anymouse 🌹  Jun 2, 2018 • 10:30:27am

re: #250 wrenchwench

What little I did hear sounded like Don McLean.

Hence the lip dub.

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dangerman  Jun 2, 2018 • 10:30:40am

re: #260 jaunte

This is the most important article this year, and the only one you should read today. Trump’s lies and how the media covers for him.

and we get this from Teen Vogue, because of course the rest of the press is off with congress somwhere in absentia

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HappyWarrior  Jun 2, 2018 • 10:31:59am

re: #271 dangerman

negotiating the art of the deal:

Trump is only good at one thing. Promoting himself. He’s a product of a media that loves an obnoxious egotistical maniac who loves to talk about himself. If we truly awarded merit, he’d be selling cheap cars in Queens bald and with a wife and kids who hate him and want nothing to do with him..

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Jun 2, 2018 • 10:34:20am

I guess morons just whine all day on twitter when they’re trapped in a vacation cabin with the kids.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Jun 2, 2018 • 10:34:55am

Special “Councel”

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Jun 2, 2018 • 10:35:33am

and why does the yam hate apostrophes?

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JordanRules  Jun 2, 2018 • 10:36:06am
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I Would Prefer Not To  Jun 2, 2018 • 10:36:28am

re: #277 Backwoods_Sleuth

and why does the yam hate apostrophes?

because he’s a cunt

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Jay C  Jun 2, 2018 • 10:37:41am

re: #257 Jay C

BTW, I read some of the links from the NYT re the Chinese military buildup in the SCS, and while I had been aware that they were doing major “improvement” work on reefs and islets all over the area, I had no idea their development was as advanced and complex as it appears to be from the Times’ photos.

And if knowledge of the scope and scale of the Chinese buildup can be published in a major US newspaper (presumably the DoD has been aware for a while, one hopes) - it shouldn’t come as a “surprise” to the POTUS.

Unless, of course, said POTUS is an incompetent clueless buffoon, that is…

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Jun 2, 2018 • 10:38:00am

Charles gets a hat tip:

Back in February, that man decided to sue the pants off of a bunch of those people!

And now, as our friend Charles Johnson (VERY DIFFERENT CHARLES JOHNSON!) of Little Green Footballs reports, Johnson has agreed to a settlement, and will pay the man he accused $25,000. $5,000 of his personal money, $20,000 from GotNews. GOOD. Take all of his money.

Read more at wonkette.com

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BigPapa  Jun 2, 2018 • 10:38:30am

re: #279 I Would Prefer Not To

because he’s a feckless cunt

FIFY

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Barefoot Grin  Jun 2, 2018 • 10:42:26am

Yes, liberal college students are the problem…..//////

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JordanRules  Jun 2, 2018 • 10:43:34am

re: #278 JordanRules

[Embedded content]

And when they do invite someone… it’s fecking Bernie!!!
So, still no Dems IOW.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Jun 2, 2018 • 10:48:49am

fucking moron

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Citizen K  Jun 2, 2018 • 10:49:14am

re: #278 JordanRules

re: #284 JordanRules

IOW, the consistent ‘Dems don’t bother to get their message out’ bullshit is just that: bullshit. It’s remarkably easy to say they don’t have a message when you don’t give them any fucking room to make one, and ignore them when they do….

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Jun 2, 2018 • 10:52:25am
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Joe Bacon 🌹  Jun 2, 2018 • 10:56:44am

re: #287 Backwoods_Sleuth

[Embedded content]

Nixon got a pass for hitting his wife.

Why am I not surprised?

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wrenchwench  Jun 2, 2018 • 10:56:55am

re: #287 Backwoods_Sleuth

Pat Nixon: # her too.

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JordanRules  Jun 2, 2018 • 10:57:16am

re: #286 Citizen K

[Embedded content]

IOW, the consistent ‘Dems don’t bother to get their message out’ bullshit is just that: bullshit. It’s remarkably easy to say they don’t have a message when you don’t give them any fucking room to make one, and ignore them when they do….

This!!!!!!! All day!

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JordanRules  Jun 2, 2018 • 10:59:34am

re: #287 Backwoods_Sleuth

[Embedded content]

IOIYAR at play too.
Damn shame.

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dangerman  Jun 2, 2018 • 10:59:49am

re: #288 Joe Bacon 🌹

Nixon got a pass for hitting his wife.

Why am I not surprised?

That’s why we need to know wtf is going on with melanie

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HappyWarrior  Jun 2, 2018 • 11:02:39am

Wow knew Nixon was vile but that’s a whole new level.

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Stanley Sea  Jun 2, 2018 • 11:02:41am
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HappyWarrior  Jun 2, 2018 • 11:02:49am

re: #292 dangerman

That’s why we need to know wtf is going on with melanie

Absolutely.

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HappyWarrior  Jun 2, 2018 • 11:03:07am

re: #294 Stanley Sea

[Embedded content]

As he should be.

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Dr Lizardo  Jun 2, 2018 • 11:03:49am

re: #293 HappyWarrior

Wow knew Nixon was vile but that’s a whole new level.

Yeah, shit, I never knew that. That’s seriously fucking low.

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Dr Lizardo  Jun 2, 2018 • 11:04:32am

re: #292 dangerman

That’s why we need to know wtf is going on with melanie

I wonder if maybe Trump beat the hell out of her or something.

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plansbandc  Jun 2, 2018 • 11:05:11am

Fuck the New York Times. It’s nothing but a shitty Republican rag.

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HappyWarrior  Jun 2, 2018 • 11:05:53am

re: #297 Dr Lizardo

Yeah, shit, I never knew that. That’s seriously fucking low.

I’m surprised Hersh wouldn’t have revealed that.

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Joe Bacon 🌹  Jun 2, 2018 • 11:06:17am

If the Screw York Times had found out that Bill slapped Hillary they would have written articles of impeachment and put them on their front page.

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JordanRules  Jun 2, 2018 • 11:07:57am

re: #301 Joe Bacon 🌹

If the Screw York Times had found out that Bill slapped Hillary they would have written articles of impeachment and put them on their front page.

Exactly right!

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Amory Blaine  Jun 2, 2018 • 11:08:54am

Yep a full page editorial a day would go up until impeachment.

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JordanRules  Jun 2, 2018 • 11:09:03am
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JordanRules  Jun 2, 2018 • 11:12:44am
306
Joe Bacon 🌹  Jun 2, 2018 • 11:13:04am

AND

If Obama had an affair with Stormy Daniels then Franky Graham Cracker and EVERY Republican Pulpit Pimp would have been in meltdown mode calling for his removal from office.

But those same whores give pass after pass to the man that they endlessly bow down before…

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dangerman  Jun 2, 2018 • 11:14:48am

re: #298 Dr Lizardo

I wonder if maybe Trump beat the hell out of her or something.

I haven’t been participating in the speculation as to where she is and why

Only that she’s the first lady. There could be natl security issues, or as with Nixon covering up a crime

We have a need and Right to know

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HappyWarrior  Jun 2, 2018 • 11:15:59am

re: #305 JordanRules

[Embedded content]

The Simpsons, Family Guy

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JordanRules  Jun 2, 2018 • 11:16:45am
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JordanRules  Jun 2, 2018 • 11:17:26am
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HappyWarrior  Jun 2, 2018 • 11:20:16am

Can we honestly shut up about the “white working class” for once and stop coddling them as if they’re the only representatives of America?

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JordanRules  Jun 2, 2018 • 11:20:51am
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Joe Bacon 🌹  Jun 2, 2018 • 11:22:04am

re: #311 HappyWarrior

Can we honestly shut up about the “white working class” for once and stop coddling them as if they’re the only representatives of America?

It would really be nice if for just once anyone in the Corporate Censored Conservative Press would interview Hillary voters!

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Anymouse 🌹  Jun 2, 2018 • 11:22:26am

re: #260 jaunte

I want to know when Teen Vogue gets their Pulitzer for political reporting. They are doing a great service by educating teens and young adults on why politics is something important and why they should pay attention.

Their subscriptions have shot through the roof (including adults) since they started reporting on the 2016 Presidential campaign.

teenvogue.com

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HappyWarrior  Jun 2, 2018 • 11:25:05am

re: #313 Joe Bacon 🌹

It would really be nice if for just once anyone in the Corporate Censored Conservative Press would interview Hillary voters!

Seriously. It’s always an oh the poor pitiful WWC who had “no choice” but to go for Trump and how they don’t like being called bigots by “elites.”We wouldn’t have to call them bigots if they didn’t do bigoted crap.

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plansbandc  Jun 2, 2018 • 11:25:56am

re: #305 JordanRules

Shitlark. :D

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wrenchwench  Jun 2, 2018 • 11:28:35am

re: #316 plansbandc

Shitlark. :D

OT, pretty much.

I enjoyed the curved bill thrasher video you posted whenever that was. They are among my favs, but we have Western Kingbirds flirting in the nearest Ponderosa.

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JordanRules  Jun 2, 2018 • 11:30:05am

re: #304 JordanRules

[Embedded content]

I ended up in the Indian Ocean. Need to swim to Madagascar I guess.

antipodesmap.com

“This map helps you find the antipodes (the other side of the world) of any place on Earth.”

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HappyWarrior  Jun 2, 2018 • 11:35:37am

I’m not against the working class but I’m very much against the narrative that they’re the only people with voices in this country.

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Dr Lizardo  Jun 2, 2018 • 11:36:14am

re: #318 JordanRules

I ended up in the Indian Ocean. Need to swim to Madagascar I guess.

antipodesmap.com

“This map helps you find the antipodes (the other side of the world) of any place on Earth.”

I wound up about 1,000 or so kilometers slightly southeast of New Zealand.

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plansbandc  Jun 2, 2018 • 11:37:57am

re: #317 wrenchwench

Ah yes! I see those fellows a lot too. Pretty birds.

I’m dangerously close to becoming a birder. :D

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Single-handed sailor  Jun 2, 2018 • 11:39:45am
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Amory Blaine  Jun 2, 2018 • 11:40:28am

re: #319 HappyWarrior

The only working class that matters in our burgeoning fascist state, is white aggrieved right wing bigots. That’s it.

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Joe Bacon 🌹  Jun 2, 2018 • 11:42:14am

re: #323 Amory Blaine

The only working class that matters in our burgeoning fascist state, is white aggrieved right wing bigots. That’s it.

White Aggravated Christian RightWing Racists…

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Amory Blaine  Jun 2, 2018 • 11:42:16am

The only writer at NYT that I read is Krugman and I haven’t been over there in months. Good riddance to bad trash.

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Charles Johnson  Jun 2, 2018 • 11:43:01am
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Citizen K  Jun 2, 2018 • 11:45:36am

re: #325 Amory Blaine

The only writer at NYT that I read is Krugman and I haven’t been over there in months. Good riddance to bad trash.

Charles Blow is worth keeping up with too, but yeah, those two are not enough to give that trashheap any more money.

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Charles Johnson  Jun 2, 2018 • 11:45:39am
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Joe Bacon 🌹  Jun 2, 2018 • 11:45:45am

re: #326 Charles Johnson

[Embedded content]

And what are Congressional Republicans going to do?

NOTHING!!!!!!!!

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JordanRules  Jun 2, 2018 • 11:46:35am

Some jewels in the comments. And lots of old feuds I’d forgotten about.

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JordanRules  Jun 2, 2018 • 11:49:06am

re: #326 Charles Johnson

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stpaulbear  Jun 2, 2018 • 11:49:06am

re: #325 Amory Blaine

The only writer at NYT that I read is Krugman and I haven’t been over there in months. Good riddance to bad trash.

You can bookmark his page so you don’t have to give the NYT extra clicks.

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Anymouse 🌹  Jun 2, 2018 • 11:49:26am

US Flag Observances for June (shameless page promotion in the right-hand column)

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I Would Prefer Not To  Jun 2, 2018 • 11:51:51am

re: #319 HappyWarrior

I’m not against the working class but I’m very much against the narrative that they’re the only people with voices in this country.

All I know about the working class is that they will not be helped by a tax cut for the rich. In my opinion what they need is better schools, clean air and drinking water, healthcare—things that Republicans don’t give a fuck about.

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HappyWarrior  Jun 2, 2018 • 11:52:40am

re: #330 JordanRules

Some jewels in the comments. And lots of old feuds I’d forgotten about.

[Embedded content]

I don’t think Sykryrd and Neil was a real beef from what I understand.

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JordanRules  Jun 2, 2018 • 11:53:29am
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Dr Lizardo  Jun 2, 2018 • 11:55:22am

Don’t know if there’s any Lizards in the Portland, OR area, but there’s a missing teen. This is from FB:

Please share! Kaliah Patrick age 14 did not come home from school yesterday. Her friends don’t know where she is. She was wearing jeans, a cream colored Volcom shirt and black nike slides. Police believe she was last seen over by Clackamas Town Center. Please call Milwaukie police if you have any info:[no phone numbers allowed] (we could use some prayers coming our way… we need this girl home with us!) only message me if you know something… I need to be able to get to any vital information quickly. Thank you. 😘🙏🏽

Photo: Imgur

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Ace Rothstein  Jun 2, 2018 • 11:59:05am

re: #334 I Would Prefer Not To

Kids being able to go to college without graduating with $75,000 in debt.

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JordanRules  Jun 2, 2018 • 12:01:03pm

re: #335 HappyWarrior

I don’t think Sykryrd and Neil was a real beef from what I understand.

Ahh fake beef. Even better!
Except where dinner is concerned.

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HappyWarrior  Jun 2, 2018 • 12:03:02pm

re: #334 I Would Prefer Not To

All I know about the working class is that they will not be helped by a tax cut for the rich. In my opinion what they need is better schools, clean air and drinking water, healthcare—things that Republicans don’t give a fuck about.

Absolutely but their representatives in the media don’t seem to want that.

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Alephnaught  Jun 2, 2018 • 12:36:35pm

re: #330 JordanRules

Some jewels in the comments. And lots of old feuds I’d forgotten about.

[Embedded content]

My contribution (Indie version of Fleetwood Mac being against itself)

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dangerman  Jun 2, 2018 • 1:31:47pm

re: #326 Charles Johnson

Wow. After denying it for more than a year, Trump’s lawyers are now admitting he DICTATED Trump Jr.s dishonest statement about the 2016 Trump Tower meeting with Russian agents.

I am trusting that mueller knew this months ago

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makeitstop  Jun 2, 2018 • 1:57:14pm

re: #264 Dr Lizardo

Maybe Trump’s gonna trade her in for a newer model.

That seems to be his typical pattern if his marital history is anything to go by.

I’m starting to think she told him to go fuck himself and is preparing to divorce him.

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makeitstop  Jun 2, 2018 • 2:48:53pm

re: #330 JordanRules

I don’t think anyone’s said Neil Young vs Lynyrd Skynyrd, which is a shame as that was the best

Neil’s feud with David Geffen dwarfs the beef with Skynyrd (which was eventually patched up between Neil and Ronnie Van Zandt).

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wheat-dogg  Jun 2, 2018 • 4:55:50pm

re: #200 Big Beautiful Door

Hope you have a good flight! Where are you flying into?

Unclear right now. I got family all over the Midwest, so either O’Hare or Denver.


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