As Trump Leaves the US, Mueller Files New Charges Against Manafort and Indicts His Russian Associate

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As Trump leaves the country, on his way to Canada for the G7-1 meeting and then to Singapore for a chat with his latest dictator crush Kim Jong-Un, Robert Mueller announces new charges against Trump’s former campaign manager Paul Manafort, and indicts his right-hand man Konstantin Kilimnik (a suspected Russian intelligence operative).

Prosecutors said the obstruction charge relates to Mr. Manafort’s efforts to coach the stories of witnesses against him. He remains charged with money laundering, illegal foreign lobbying and lying to federal officials.

Mr. Manafort’s longtime associate, Konstantin V. Kilimnik, was added to the case, and was charged with obstruction of justice and conspiracy to obstruct justice. The charges are related to an effort by him, Mr. Manafort and other associates to have prominent European politicians vouch publicly for Viktor F. Yanukovych, the pro-Russia former president of Ukraine, who was Mr. Manafort’s client.

Quick! Now that Trump’s out of the country let’s pass a law banning entry into the US by any orange people named “Trump,” until we can figure out what the hell is going on.

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calochortus  Jun 8, 2018 • 12:11:26pm

Trump says he’s going to have “tough talks” with other leaders at the G7. I wonder if any of those leaders will do more than say “Hi” and then move on?

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Barefoot Grin  Jun 8, 2018 • 12:12:09pm

re: #1 calochortus

Trump says he’s going to have “tough talks” with other leaders at the G7. I wonder if any of those leaders will do more than say “Hi” and then move on?

He wants Russia re-admitted so that he’ll have someone to talk to at dinner.

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  Jun 8, 2018 • 12:13:16pm

re: #1 calochortus

Trump says he’s going to have “tough talks” with other leaders at the G7. I wonder if any of those leaders will do more than say “Hi” and then move on?

I don’t think that any of them are going to talk to him one-on-one, if at all, then as a group. And even then not about anything substantial as they know what a lying bullshit artist he is

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Sir John Barron  Jun 8, 2018 • 12:17:02pm

No Collusion evidence! No crimes except Hillary Collusion investigate that! So many ruined lives in this Witch Hunt Hoax!

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Eclectic Cyborg  Jun 8, 2018 • 12:17:15pm

You wonder what they are saying about Trump behind his back? Oh to be a fly on the wall.

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  Jun 8, 2018 • 12:18:31pm

re: #5 Eclectic Cyborg

You wonder what they are saying about Trump behind his back? Oh to be a fly on the wall.

I suspect that they have already discussed what to say to him and when.

These are real leaders, not just bloated masses of egoplasm.

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Kragar  Jun 8, 2018 • 12:18:59pm

Can Hannity’s indictment be far behind?

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calochortus  Jun 8, 2018 • 12:19:19pm

re: #6 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))

Upding for egoplasm.

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Joe Bacon 🌹  Jun 8, 2018 • 12:19:33pm

I wouldn’t be surprised if Trump walks out of the meeting.

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Charles Johnson  Jun 8, 2018 • 12:21:51pm
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calochortus  Jun 8, 2018 • 12:23:59pm

re: #9 Joe Bacon 🌹

I wouldn’t be surprised if Trump walks out of the meeting.

Particularly if he is ignored.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Jun 8, 2018 • 12:24:18pm
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Kragar  Jun 8, 2018 • 12:24:22pm
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Weaselone  Jun 8, 2018 • 12:24:28pm

re: #6 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))

I suspect that they have already discussed what to say to him and when.

These are real leaders, not just bloated masses of egoplasm.

They need to start saying the silent part out loud. Their silence and in some cases direct sucking up to him (I’m looking at you South Korea) enables him.

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calochortus  Jun 8, 2018 • 12:25:36pm

I think I’ve had about enough reality for the moment.
I’m off to do some weaving. BBL

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Jun 8, 2018 • 12:26:30pm
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KGxvi  Jun 8, 2018 • 12:27:21pm

re: #5 Eclectic Cyborg

You wonder what they are saying about Trump behind his back? Oh to be a fly on the wall.

How do you say “ugh, this fucking guy…” in French, Italian, German, and/or Japanese?

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Aucun pays pour les vieux ennemis  Jun 8, 2018 • 12:29:15pm
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KGxvi  Jun 8, 2018 • 12:29:19pm

re: #16 Backwoods_Sleuth

If insurers had their way, “being alive” would be considered a pre-existing condition.

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Belafon  Jun 8, 2018 • 12:29:40pm

re: #17 KGxvi

How do you say “ugh, this fucking guy…” in French, Italian, German, and/or Japanese?

Trump is now a universal word for that.

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Sir John Barron  Jun 8, 2018 • 12:30:56pm

re: #12 Backwoods_Sleuth

cut $15 billion in wasteful government spending

This is a much abused, and over-used term, it could use some fleshing out, tell us specifically what was “wasteful” about what you just voted to cut?

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Kragar  Jun 8, 2018 • 12:31:14pm

re: #17 KGxvi

How do you say “ugh, this fucking guy…” in French, Italian, German, and/or Japanese?

Ce putain de mec.
Questo cazzo di ragazzo.
Dieser verdammte typ.
Kono otoko.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Jun 8, 2018 • 12:33:13pm
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Skip Intro  Jun 8, 2018 • 12:34:32pm

re: #23 Backwoods_Sleuth

They will both lie repeatedly and nothing will be done about it.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Jun 8, 2018 • 12:37:28pm

hey Art, your power still on?

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Patricia Kayden  Jun 8, 2018 • 12:37:29pm

re: #7 Kragar

Can Hannity’s indictment be far behind?

Please let that happen!!! Almost makes up for Trump’s presidency.

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JordanRules  Jun 8, 2018 • 12:37:54pm
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meteor  Jun 8, 2018 • 12:38:26pm

Just got out of some stupid argument with an anti-gay guy on a rant. I can’t take it anymore.

Here’s a dog.

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Patricia Kayden  Jun 8, 2018 • 12:38:28pm

re: #23 Backwoods_Sleuth

That’s great!! Catch them in more lies.

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Patricia Kayden  Jun 8, 2018 • 12:39:48pm

re: #18 Aucun pays pour les vieux ennemis

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They cut CHIP and are now boasting about that. Cold hearted bastards.

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Eclectic Cyborg  Jun 8, 2018 • 12:41:12pm

re: #30 Patricia Kayden

They cut CHIP and are now boasting about that. Cold hearted bastards.

Republican Jesus strikes again.

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MsJ  Jun 8, 2018 • 12:42:57pm

re: #16 Backwoods_Sleuth

Obesity is a preexisting condition. Not morbid obesity, obesity.

70% of Americans are obese.

Fuck you, Republicans. Every last one of you.

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Aucun pays pour les vieux ennemis  Jun 8, 2018 • 12:43:30pm

re: #30 Patricia Kayden

They cut CHIP and are now boasting about that. Cold hearted bastards.

Of course Ryan doesn’t even say what Congress is up to, he makes a vague statement about wasteful spending, Republican trigger words with no real meaning.

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Sir John Barron  Jun 8, 2018 • 12:44:27pm

re: #33 Aucun pays pour les vieux ennemis

Of course Ryan doesn’t even say what Congress is up to, he makes a vague statement about wasteful spending, Republican trigger words with no real meaning.

And it goes without saying that no defense spending is ever “wasteful spending”.

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Joe Bacon 🌹  Jun 8, 2018 • 12:44:33pm

re: #30 Patricia Kayden

They cut CHIP and are now boasts by about that. Cold hearted bastards.

But they sure do love Freddy and Freida Fetus until they are born!

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Targetpractice  Jun 8, 2018 • 12:44:41pm

re: #12 Backwoods_Sleuth

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GOP uses CHIP reauthorization as hostage in fight over government shutdown, then months later execute the hostage to “save” the money that would have been spent keeping it alive.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Jun 8, 2018 • 12:44:52pm

re: #32 MsJ

Obesity is a preexisting condition. Not morbid obesity, obesity.

70% of Americans are obese.

Fuck you, Republicans. Every last one of you.

and “obesity” has been drastically redefined in recent years.

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wrenchwench  Jun 8, 2018 • 12:44:54pm

re: #25 Backwoods_Sleuth

hey Art, your power still on?

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Should we give him til noon Saturday to answer?

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Jun 8, 2018 • 12:45:34pm

re: #38 wrenchwench

Should we give him til noon Saturday to answer?

heh

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JordanRules  Jun 8, 2018 • 12:45:46pm
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JordanRules  Jun 8, 2018 • 12:48:20pm
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Brother Holy Cruise Missile of Mild Acceptance  Jun 8, 2018 • 12:50:07pm

re: #40 JordanRules

whoever did should be given a freaking medal.

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Charles Johnson  Jun 8, 2018 • 12:50:53pm
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Kragar  Jun 8, 2018 • 12:52:11pm
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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  Jun 8, 2018 • 12:52:41pm

re: #14 Weaselone

They need to start saying the silent part out loud. Their silence and in some cases direct sucking up to him (I’m looking at you South Korea) enables him.

They have little to lose if he is out to start a trade war

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electrotek  Jun 8, 2018 • 12:54:40pm

Repost from downstairs:

re: #499 calochortus

NPR had a piece on Muslim food workers and Ramadan. One of them said something to the effect that it was actually good to work feeding others because it let him reflect more on his fast. None of them objected to other people eating in their presence. It is presumably harder to fast here than in a Muslim country where everyone is fasting, but I assume they adjust.

re: #550 electrotek

While in Pakistan, many Muslims get triggered when they see anyone eating in public. There was a good Op-Ed in The Express Tribune about that, which was very spot on. I’ll be sure to link it when I find it (kind of hard to do at work at the moment).

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Shiplord Kirel, Friend of Moose and Squirrel  Jun 8, 2018 • 12:59:59pm

Mayors want to stop plan to ban some abortion advice from doctors

As the Donald Trump administration mulls changes to funding for family planning and preventative health services, cities across the country decry the possible outcome.

More than 75 mayors nationwide signed a joint letter to Trump’s health czar, Alex Azar, head of the Department of Health and Human Services, opposing the pending alterations to the country’s Title X program. Austin Mayor Steve Adler, Dallas Mayor Mike Rawlings, and Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner were the Texans that added their names to the letter.

The dozens of city representatives oppose a proposed rule that controls the manner in which doctors and health providers refer patients to abortions.

Title X does not fund abortion services, but the changes would strip funding for doctors and health providers who refer women to abortion services without the patients specifically asking first. Those doctors are allowed to deliver a list of options, which may include abortion providers, but the list must not exclusively have abortion providers on it.

These adjustments impact Texans who already face barriers to abortion services since the state legislature abandoned funding in 2013. Reproductive rights advocates call the proposal a “gag rule.”

“This is an incredibly dangerous step for America to take where we are gagging or blocking what our medical professionals can talk to a patient about,” Planned Parenthood of Greater Texas spokesperson Sarah Wheat said.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Jun 8, 2018 • 1:00:04pm
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KGxvi  Jun 8, 2018 • 1:02:01pm

Regardless of what you think of him, this is just shitty news, Krauthammer has been told by his doctors that he only has weeks to live. Obligatory “fuck cancer.”

However, recent tests have revealed that the cancer has returned. There was no sign of it as recently as a month ago, which means it is aggressive and spreading rapidly. My doctors tell me their best estimate is that I have only a few weeks left to live. This is the final verdict. My fight is over.

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Belafon  Jun 8, 2018 • 1:02:36pm

re: #48 Backwoods_Sleuth

Would that just be every other night, or would it involve porn.

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Aucun pays pour les vieux ennemis  Jun 8, 2018 • 1:03:49pm
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JordanRules  Jun 8, 2018 • 1:06:55pm
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Hecuba's daughter  Jun 8, 2018 • 1:07:13pm

re: #49 KGxvi

Regardless of what you think of him, this is just shitty news, Krauthammer has been told by his doctors that he only has weeks to live. Obligatory “fuck cancer.”

He’s had a tough life when it comes to health issues. Although not a fan of his politics, I am sorry to learn this. My sympathy to him and his family.

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JordanRules  Jun 8, 2018 • 1:10:09pm
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Backwoods_Sleuth  Jun 8, 2018 • 1:10:41pm
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electrotek  Jun 8, 2018 • 1:11:38pm

re: #55 Backwoods_Sleuth

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Trump has the blood of children on his hands.

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JordanRules  Jun 8, 2018 • 1:12:07pm
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JordanRules  Jun 8, 2018 • 1:14:05pm
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wrenchwench  Jun 8, 2018 • 1:16:08pm

re: #58 JordanRules

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Next up: The Mod Squad.

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JordanRules  Jun 8, 2018 • 1:18:01pm
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Backwoods_Sleuth  Jun 8, 2018 • 1:20:44pm
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electrotek  Jun 8, 2018 • 1:21:33pm

On another note, the World Cup is next weekend. And I’m not going to lie, I’m quite nervous about the potential for a terror attack to occur during the games, since it’s in Russia after all.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Jun 8, 2018 • 1:23:22pm
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sauceruney  Jun 8, 2018 • 1:25:18pm

re: #48 Backwoods_Sleuth

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Straight night? Where shirtless male fans in team-colored body paint gorge themselves on foot-long weiners, drink lots of beer, and writhe together in ecstasy while their team swings big woody phalluses, smacking their balls to victory?

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Jun 8, 2018 • 1:26:23pm
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JordanRules  Jun 8, 2018 • 1:26:40pm
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Joe Bacon 🌹  Jun 8, 2018 • 1:27:21pm

re: #64 sauceruney

Straight night? Where shirtless male fans in team-colored body paint gorge themselves on foot-long weiners, drink lots of beer, and writhe together in ecstasy while their team swings big woody phalluses, smacking their balls to victory?

And I remember when my Mom’s Orthodox Presbyterian preacher yelled at me and said I was headed to hell because I played tournament bridge in high school and college because the game involved “turning tricks” and “scoring rubbers”…

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Belafon  Jun 8, 2018 • 1:28:18pm

re: #66 JordanRules

I frequently joke that if aliens came down and took a representative American, the person had better be Latino/Latina.

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Aucun pays pour les vieux ennemis  Jun 8, 2018 • 1:28:28pm

re: #67 Joe Bacon 🌹

And I remember when my Mom’s Orthodox Presbyterian preacher yelled at me and said I was headed to hell because I played tournament bridge in high school and college because the game involved “turning tricks” and “scoring rubbers”…

Sounds like you were in a cult.

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Aucun pays pour les vieux ennemis  Jun 8, 2018 • 1:29:05pm

re: #68 Belafon

I frequently joke that if aliens came down and took a representative American, the person had better be Latino/Latina.

How about an orange guy to represent bigoted-America?

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Single-handed sailor  Jun 8, 2018 • 1:30:02pm
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electrotek  Jun 8, 2018 • 1:30:34pm

Riddle me this: why do wingnuts love to prop up Middle Eastern Christians in spite of their obviously darker skin complexion but demonize Hispanic Christians?

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Joe Bacon 🌹  Jun 8, 2018 • 1:31:02pm

re: #69 Aucun pays pour les vieux ennemis

Sounds like you were in a cult.

Google “Orthodox Presbyterian Church” which Mom was an adherent of. Same church that Bowe Berghdahl belongs to.

Whatever that pulpit pimp said to me went in one ear and out the other.

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JordanRules  Jun 8, 2018 • 1:31:17pm
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Shiplord Kirel, Friend of Moose and Squirrel  Jun 8, 2018 • 1:32:03pm

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Eclectic Cyborg  Jun 8, 2018 • 1:32:38pm

re: #72 electrotek

Riddle me this: why do wingnuts love to prop up Middle Eastern Christians in spite of their obviously darker skin complexion but demonize Hispanic Christians?

Because Middle eastern Christians don’t come here illegally and take their jobs.

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JordanRules  Jun 8, 2018 • 1:33:47pm
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electrotek  Jun 8, 2018 • 1:34:55pm

re: #76 Eclectic Cyborg

Because Middle eastern Christians don’t come here illegally and take their jobs.

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hahaha good one!

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The Ghost of a Flea  Jun 8, 2018 • 1:35:53pm

re: #72 electrotek

Riddle me this: why do wingnuts love to prop up Middle Eastern Christians in spite of their obviously darker skin complexion but demonize Hispanic Christians?

Momentary utility within the larger project of villifying everyone that isn’t them.

Don’t think of them as people, think of them as screwdrivers—flat versus Philips-head—that’s the mindset.

Once they feel they’ve extracted all value from them former, they’ll discard them and think on them no more.

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Brother Holy Cruise Missile of Mild Acceptance  Jun 8, 2018 • 1:36:48pm

one of our very own made a tweet round up going after that dick David Leavitt for his attacks on Bourdain:

rawstory.com

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sauceruney  Jun 8, 2018 • 1:36:49pm

re: #70 Aucun pays pour les vieux ennemis

How about an orange guy to represent bigoted-America?

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electrotek  Jun 8, 2018 • 1:37:13pm

re: #79 The Ghost of a Flea

Momentary utility within the larger project of villifying everyone that isn’t them.

Don’t think of them as people, think of them as screwdrivers—flat versus Philips-head—that’s the mindset.

Once they feel they’ve extracted all value from them former, they’ll discard them and think on them no more.

It’s crazy because there are A LOT of gullible Middle Eastern Christians that constantly regurgitate Republican talking points and enthusiastically supporting Trump…while fallaciously claiming to be proud Christians by citing their indigenous Christian heritage.

It’s mind-boggling still, even after the Trump administration has deported countless Chaldeans from metro Detroit back to Iraq.

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Belafon  Jun 8, 2018 • 1:37:47pm

re: #78 electrotek

hahaha good one!

Most of the “Christians” here supporting them only support them in the abstract. They don’t think about their skin color, or they wouldn’t consider them Christian. They’re useful props. One of the shirts I see in my neck of the woods is one that has a cross on it and says “This is band in other countries.”

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Jay C  Jun 8, 2018 • 1:39:01pm

re: #76 Eclectic Cyborg

re: #72 electrotek

Riddle me this: why do wingnuts love to prop up Middle Eastern Christians in spite of their obviously darker skin complexion but demonize Hispanic Christians?

Because Middle eastern Christians don’t come here illegally and take their jobs.

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Actually, they probably do, in some numbers, but your basic point is probably correct: Middle-Easterners are 1) considered enemies/victims of Muslims, so sympathy; and 2) are mainly “over there” - WAY “over there”. Hispanics? Are generally “here” and often heedless of their proper “place” in American society……

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HappyWarrior  Jun 8, 2018 • 1:40:12pm

re: #72 electrotek

Riddle me this: why do wingnuts love to prop up Middle Eastern Christians in spite of their obviously darker skin complexion but demonize Hispanic Christians?

Because they can’t use them as a tool against another group I.e. Muslims and Hispanic family values are actually practiced unlike wingnut ones.

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electrotek  Jun 8, 2018 • 1:42:29pm

I even find these same Middle Eastern Christians demonizing Hispanics often (in spite of the obvious shared Catholic heritage) and advocating the wall.

They obviously received lots of generous services and support from established Hispanic churches when they first came here and this is how they repay them?

It’s unbelievable. But then again I’m not a person that bites the hands that feeds them so that’s a testament to my morality.

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  Jun 8, 2018 • 1:43:31pm

re: #72 electrotek

Riddle me this: why do wingnuts love to prop up Middle Eastern Christians in spite of their obviously darker skin complexion but demonize Hispanic Christians?

To piss off Muslims

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electrotek  Jun 8, 2018 • 1:45:35pm

I also want to add, it may sound like I’m speaking in absolutes but I don’t want to smear all of them in the same brush. Not all share that feeling and there are quite a few who are vocally anti-Trump because they know they don’t need to drink the Kool-Aid provided by their churches who support him on the priniciple of being against abortion.

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Rocky-in-Connecticut  Jun 8, 2018 • 1:46:59pm

re: #72 electrotek

Riddle me this: why do wingnuts love to prop up Middle Eastern Christians in spite of their obviously darker skin complexion but demonize Hispanic Christians?

Because Latinos cannot be fit into an Apocalypse/Rapture mythology that is supposed to feature Middle Eastern Christians and Jews as really nothing more than tools and cannon fodder for slaughter by the “forces of Satan.” That’s why.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Jun 8, 2018 • 1:49:39pm
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ObserverArt  Jun 8, 2018 • 1:50:17pm

re: #25 Backwoods_Sleuth

hey Art, your power still on?

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Sorry Sleuth…been busy.

Yeah, my power is on for now. But it looks like another storm cluster is upon us.

I am just east of downtown, but it seems south Columbus all the way down to Chillicothe is getting hammered. NWS has issued flood warnings for almost the entire southern part of the state from Circleville on down. This state is already saturated. And we have a whole weekend of this.

What a mess.

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Dr Lizardo  Jun 8, 2018 • 1:52:26pm

Gonna call it a day. Later, Lizards.

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KGxvi  Jun 8, 2018 • 1:55:24pm

re: #63 Backwoods_Sleuth

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He realizes that FOIA requests aren’t just for email, right?

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Jun 8, 2018 • 1:58:17pm

re: #93 KGxvi

He realizes that FOIA requests aren’t just for email, right?

apparently not

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Jun 8, 2018 • 1:59:14pm
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JordanRules  Jun 8, 2018 • 1:59:16pm
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Skip Intro  Jun 8, 2018 • 1:59:17pm
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KGxvi  Jun 8, 2018 • 2:02:36pm

re: #95 Backwoods_Sleuth

Wednesday - floor fight in the House because discharge petition on DACA gets required votes and the Freedom Caucus loses it’s collective shit.

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Nyet  Jun 8, 2018 • 2:10:59pm

I think HW might enjoy this.

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Jay C  Jun 8, 2018 • 2:11:15pm

re: #98 KGxvi

Wednesday - floor fight in the House because discharge petition on DACA gets required votes and the Freedom Caucus loses it’s collective shit.

Is that still on? Last I heard they were still a few signatures shy of the 218 they need to force the DACA bill onto the floor.

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Hecuba's daughter  Jun 8, 2018 • 2:11:47pm

re: #56 electrotek

Trump has the blood of children on his hands.

He has the blood of thousands of Puerto Ricans on his hands and he doesn’t care. Do you really think this would trouble him at all?

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Eclectic Cyborg  Jun 8, 2018 • 2:12:21pm

I really worry Mueller won’t be wrapped up for a good long time. Trump and his cronies are trying to pile the bullshit mountain higher and higher to keep the investigation going permanently.

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FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀  Jun 8, 2018 • 2:12:21pm

Right-to-Work state
Sheriff didn’t even know he had lost yet

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Charles Johnson  Jun 8, 2018 • 2:16:21pm
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TedStriker  Jun 8, 2018 • 2:22:46pm

re: #103 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀

Right-to-Work state
Sheriff didn’t even know he had lost yet

Never underestimate the power of a petty sonofabitch.

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Jack Burton  Jun 8, 2018 • 2:24:33pm

I spent the better part of my birthday yesterday talking to a brickwallarguing with a BernieBro about his “both sides are equally bad” bullshit. I want my time back.

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Charles Johnson  Jun 8, 2018 • 2:24:39pm
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goddamnedfrank  Jun 8, 2018 • 2:25:23pm

None of us do, dear. Seriously, my first thought was “why in the fuck is the Dept of Agriculture in charge of processing concealed carry permits in Florida?” Then I realized the question contained its own answer.

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ObserverArt  Jun 8, 2018 • 2:27:08pm

re: #102 Eclectic Cyborg

I really worry Mueller won’t be wrapped up for a good long time. Trump and his cronies are trying to pile the bullshit mountain higher and higher to keep the investigation going permanently.

I think he can still do a report as long as he has enough damning evidence and it looks bad for the Trump Gang. He can still continue to add to it after that too. I think he is looking for what can make a good case. What followers will be extra icing.

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KGxvi  Jun 8, 2018 • 2:27:53pm

re: #100 Jay C

Is that still on? Last I heard they were still a few signatures shy of the 218 they need to force the DACA bill onto the floor.

Yeah, that’s the same on the last I’ve heard. But it’s not like we get to have quiet days anymore, so why not?

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Charles Johnson  Jun 8, 2018 • 2:28:59pm

Hmm, not sure why this Instagram embed is showing up as “Flash content.” Checking.

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Shiplord Kirel, Friend of Moose and Squirrel  Jun 8, 2018 • 2:29:05pm

Anti-science kills:
Donald Trump Called Asbestos Poisoning a Mob-Led Conspiracy, Now His EPA Won’t Evaluate Asbestos Already in Homes

The Environmental Protection Agency will not consider the health risks and impacts of asbestos already in the environment when evaluating the dangers associated with the chemical compound, Scott Pruitt, the agency’s head, quietly announced last week. That means asbestos used in tiles, piping and adhesives throughout homes and businesses in the United States will remain largely unchecked and unaccounted for. Nearly 15,000 Americans die each year from asbestos-related diseases, but President Donald Trump has called the substance “100 percent safe, once applied.”

In his 1997 book, The Art of the Comeback, Trump argued that the association of the chemical with health risks was part of a mob-created conspiracy. “I believe that the movement against asbestos was led by the mob, because it was often mob-related companies that would do the asbestos removal. Great pressure was put on politicians, and as usual, the politicians relented,” he wrote.

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ckkatz  Jun 8, 2018 • 2:30:09pm

From last thread:

re: #495 Amory Blaine

Also my stove has been taken over by ants. I for one am not too happy about my new overlords and do not wish to toil in their sugarcaves. They walk around the ant traps like they aren’t there. I need an ant nuke.

“TERRO Liquid Ant Baits” seem to work the best for me.

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wrenchwench  Jun 8, 2018 • 2:31:29pm

re: #107 Charles Johnson

[Motiv: Antifaschismus.]

AntiFa! Ja!

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KGxvi  Jun 8, 2018 • 2:32:48pm

re: #103 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀

the best part is that the sheriff is going to be out of a job and the guy he fired isn’t.

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Shiplord Kirel, Friend of Moose and Squirrel  Jun 8, 2018 • 2:35:59pm

Texas leads nation in Confederate monument removal, report showsAUSTIN (Nexstar) - More Confederate statues and monuments have been removed in Texas than in any other state since 2015, according to a report from the Southern Poverty Law Center. That trend does not stretch to the State Capitol, where Texas lawmakers have been hesitant to act.

The organization reports that of the 110 symbols removed since June 2015, 31 of them were in Texas. Virginia was next with 14, and Florida removed 9.

The data starts in June 2015 because that is when a gunman opened fire inside a Charleston, South, church, killing nine people. That shooting sparked a nationwide conversation about racial relations and Confederacy after the shooter was tied to white nationalism.

Lubbock has a Confederate monument on the courthouse grounds, even though the town was not founded until 27 years after the Civil War ended. Like many others, it was erected at the height of the Jim Crow era.

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KGxvi  Jun 8, 2018 • 2:36:58pm

re: #112 Shiplord Kirel, Friend of Moose and Squirrel

Anti-science kills:
Donald Trump Called Asbestos Poisoning a Mob-Led Conspiracy, Now His EPA Won’t Evaluate Asbestos Already in Homes

I’m not even sure this is anti-science as much as it is the fact that Trump probably had to spend a lot of money on asbestos remediation in his various properties. And he probably liked the stuff because it was cheap.

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FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀  Jun 8, 2018 • 2:37:21pm
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ObserverArt  Jun 8, 2018 • 2:37:30pm

How wet are parts of Ohio?

How about 5+ inches of rain just outside Chillicothe.

That all had to have happened between 10 AM to about 4PM. Almost an inch an hour. No wonder that part of Ohio is under flood watches. The whole area is very hilly with lots of little creeks in their valleys all feeding into the Scioto River.

I bet later this weekend there is flooding at the mouth of the Scioto where it feeds into the Ohio River at Portsmouth. And this crap is predicted all weekend long.

Send boats!

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Charles Johnson  Jun 8, 2018 • 2:41:49pm
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Shiplord Kirel, Friend of Moose and Squirrel  Jun 8, 2018 • 2:45:52pm

re: #117 KGxvi

I’m not even sure this is anti-science as much as it is the fact that Trump probably had to spend a lot of money on asbestos remediation in his various properties. And he probably liked the stuff because it was cheap.

That would be Cheeto’s motivation certainly, but he could not do this without the support and cover provided by the right’s anti-science propaganda lobby.

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KGxvi  Jun 8, 2018 • 2:46:18pm

re: #120 Charles Johnson

What is going on with Twitter’s report system!? This is becoming increasingly common, and it NEEDS TO STOP.

There’s really only one way to fix this. We all need to GTFO of twitter. Let it assume it’s destiny as the successor to 4chan and let decent people move on to something better.

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Charles Johnson  Jun 8, 2018 • 2:46:21pm
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Patricia Kayden  Jun 8, 2018 • 2:50:55pm

re: #57 JordanRules

Every Dem should be tweeting about this. This should be a nightmare for Republicans — especially after they just eliminated funding for CHIP.

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Shiplord Kirel, Friend of Moose and Squirrel  Jun 8, 2018 • 2:51:50pm

Family values Republican, to the surprise of no one:
Texas state senator accused of forcing beverage commission to drop probe into her bar

A Texas state senator is accused of obstructing justice by influencing the Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission (TABC) to drop an investigation into the bar she and her husband partly owned, The Austin American-Statesman reported Friday.

Marcus Stokke, a former TABC sergeant who oversaw the regulatory body’s enforcement in two dozen counties, filed a lawsuit this week accusing the agency of improperly ousting him after he reported allegations against state Sen. Joan Huffman (R).

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Jun 8, 2018 • 2:53:19pm

Question for the lawyers here.
If Mueller is going after asset forfeiture for Manafort and friends, would a pardon give back those assets? Or would Manafort be sol?

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JordanRules  Jun 8, 2018 • 2:54:14pm
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Charles Johnson  Jun 8, 2018 • 2:56:05pm
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Backwoods_Sleuth  Jun 8, 2018 • 2:56:52pm
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Colère Tueur de Lapin  Jun 8, 2018 • 2:56:55pm

re: #113 ckkatz

“TERRO Liquid Ant Baits” seem to work the best for me.

I second this suggestion. It’s really cool watching ants ringing the puddle of Terro in perfect radial symmetry/spacing.

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KGxvi  Jun 8, 2018 • 2:57:20pm

re: #127 JordanRules

When was the last time a foreign leader was happy that POTUS was leaving their country early?

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Jay C  Jun 8, 2018 • 2:58:23pm

re: #131 KGxvi

When was the last time a foreign leader was happy that POTUS was leaving their country early?

Potsdam, 1945?

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Charles Johnson  Jun 8, 2018 • 3:00:23pm
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goddamnedfrank  Jun 8, 2018 • 3:01:08pm

re: #115 KGxvi

the best part is that the sheriff is going to be out of a job and the guy he fired isn’t.

The fired deputy might hypothetically have a cause of action under the whistleblower statute, arguing a common law exception under contravention of public policy. He’d have to successfully argue that he has a Constitutional equal protection and due process right to run for public office (and possibly a concomitant first amendment right to petition for redress of grievances) and that he was explicitly fired for exercising those rights. It’s a bit of a stretch I admit.

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ckkatz  Jun 8, 2018 • 3:01:38pm

re: #129 Backwoods_Sleuth

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Looks like things are really ‘moo’ving

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KGxvi  Jun 8, 2018 • 3:02:43pm

re: #133 Charles Johnson

Possible answers:

A. He’s compromised
B. He’s an idiot
C. He thinks this is how the game of thrones is played
D. All of the above

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plansbandc  Jun 8, 2018 • 3:04:39pm

My tweet to the dipshit who said Bourdain is going to hell: You’re a terrible person. Congratulations!

One of the very few times someone blocked me before I had a chance to block him. :D

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electrotek  Jun 8, 2018 • 3:06:08pm

re: #137 plansbandc

My tweet to the dipshit who said Bourdain is going to hell: You’re a terrible person. Congratulations!

One of the very few times someone blocked me before I had a chance to block him. :D

Link to Twitter post? I must have missed it.

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HappyWarrior  Jun 8, 2018 • 3:06:27pm

re: #133 Charles Johnson

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Because Trump has a giant property of V. Putin tat on his ass and because he shares Putin’s contempt for western democracy.

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HappyWarrior  Jun 8, 2018 • 3:07:01pm

re: #136 KGxvi

Possible answers:

A. He’s compromised
B. He’s an idiot
C. He thinks this is how the game of thrones is played
D. All of the above

That but I think it’s ideologically driven too. Trump doesn’t respect democratic institutions.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Jun 8, 2018 • 3:07:04pm
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Jay C  Jun 8, 2018 • 3:07:22pm

re: #103 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀

Right-to-Work state
Sheriff didn’t even know he had lost yet

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The exit polling must have been rad harsh……

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HappyWarrior  Jun 8, 2018 • 3:09:31pm

re: #141 Backwoods_Sleuth

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Word.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Jun 8, 2018 • 3:10:17pm
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plansbandc  Jun 8, 2018 • 3:14:43pm

re: #139 HappyWarrior

It was posted downstairs. Sadly (not) I no longer have access to the dipshit’s actual twitter.

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plansbandc  Jun 8, 2018 • 3:17:08pm

I’m having trouble making the English. Probably too sober.

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HappyWarrior  Jun 8, 2018 • 3:17:54pm

re: #146 plansbandc

I’m having trouble making the English. Probably too sober.

All good.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Jun 8, 2018 • 3:21:19pm

looks good but I’d have to share it with about everyone in town…

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Dave In Austin  Jun 8, 2018 • 3:21:49pm

Stupid bird on the golf course

Facebook Video

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HappyWarrior  Jun 8, 2018 • 3:22:07pm

re: #148 Backwoods_Sleuth

looks good but I’d have to share it with about everyone in town…

[Embedded content]

I’d share with ya.

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Skip Intro  Jun 8, 2018 • 3:33:14pm
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HappyWarrior  Jun 8, 2018 • 3:34:59pm

re: #151 Skip Intro

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I think Trump likes his sexual harassment deep fried with ketchup on it.

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Kragar  Jun 8, 2018 • 3:35:32pm
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b.d. (Witch Hunt!!)  Jun 8, 2018 • 3:36:22pm

I’m ready for some good news…….wasn’t Ecuador gonna kick Assange to the curb?

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Belafon  Jun 8, 2018 • 3:37:22pm

re: #153 Kragar

[Embedded content]

It’s popcorn called for?

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JordanRules  Jun 8, 2018 • 3:40:17pm
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Jack Burton  Jun 8, 2018 • 3:40:43pm

re: #155 Belafon

It’s popcorn called for?

Never heard of her before just now but in all of 5 seconds I figured out she writes for SMOTI and thinks Assange is the bee’s knees. So I could see how popcorn might be in order.

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gocart mozart  Jun 8, 2018 • 3:42:10pm
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HappyWarrior  Jun 8, 2018 • 3:42:16pm

re: #156 JordanRules

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He had a great impact. I wish he knew that.

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The Vicious Babushka  Jun 8, 2018 • 3:43:16pm

re: #133 Charles Johnson

[Embedded content]

What kind of kompromat does Vlad have?

1. Video of Donald

Click to Reveal

having sex with Ivanka herself, not a lookalike.


2. Proof that Ivanka is not his daughter.

Click to Reveal

See #1


3. Proof that Donald is dead broke, and Russian oligarchs, maybe even Vlad himself, have been giving him an allowance on which he subsists.

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HappyWarrior  Jun 8, 2018 • 3:43:18pm

re: #158 gocart mozart

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Does that ghoul ever miss an opportunity to be an absolute asshole? I’d help with the defense of the first person who decks him.

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JordanRules  Jun 8, 2018 • 3:45:20pm
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Backwoods_Sleuth  Jun 8, 2018 • 3:53:11pm
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PhillyPretzel  Jun 8, 2018 • 3:55:32pm

re: #163 Backwoods_Sleuth

It is good to see that not everyone agrees with that Barr person.

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BigPapa  Jun 8, 2018 • 3:58:13pm

Hello from CA.

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Aucun pays pour les vieux ennemis  Jun 8, 2018 • 4:00:13pm

re: #153 Kragar

This account’s Tweets are protected. She can’t take the heat.

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Anymouse 🌹  Jun 8, 2018 • 4:00:14pm

re: #160 The Vicious Babushka

What kind of kompromat does Vlad have?

1. Video of Donald

[Embedded content]

3. Proof that Donald is dead broke, and Russian oligarchs, maybe even Vlad himself, have been giving him an allowance on which he subsists.

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Big Beautiful Door  Jun 8, 2018 • 4:33:14pm

re: #148 Backwoods_Sleuth

looks good but I’d have to share it with about everyone in town…

[Embedded content]

Since my bariatric surgery, I would literally be full after two or three bites of that.

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Joe Bacon 🌹  Jun 8, 2018 • 6:47:14pm

re: #104 Charles Johnson

[Embedded content]

Truth. Still remember my first encounter with Rick Santorum in 1977 when he tried to pick up a girl at a party we were having.

She slapped him in the face.

So he tried again and brushed up against girl #2.

He got another slap in the face.

Priceless!!!!


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