The Bob Cesca Show: Backbone

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Today’s program from our podcasting affiliate, The Bob Cesca Show:

Backbone — NSFW; Kimberley Johnson, author of Peyton’s Choice, is here; We’re on vacation next week; The crisis on the Supreme Court; Anthony Kennedy retires leaving Donald Trump to create a conservative majority for generations; The Democrats must fight to win; The Deval Patrick quote; The possibilities for blocking Trump’s nominee; Collins and Murkowski and Flake; The McConnell Rule; Russia is deciding the Supreme Court balance; Trump in Fargo; Trump and Putin in Helsinki; Paul Manafort owed millions to Russian oligarch; Jim Jordan beclowns himself; and so much more.

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Eclectic Cyborg Jun 28, 2018 • 2:43:33pm

I fear todays shooting is the beginning of a disturbing trend.

Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light)) Jun 28, 2018 • 2:44:57pm

re: #1 Eclectic Cyborg

I fear todays shooting is the beginning of a disturbing trend.

and we have seen, blaming it on the Left for being “uncivil” while reveling in the deaths of leftist journalists….

and not being called out on it

Big Beautiful Door Jun 28, 2018 • 2:48:55pm

re: #1 Eclectic Cyborg

I fear todays shooting is the beginning of a disturbing trend.

Straight out of The Handmaid’s Tale. Again.

MsJ Jun 28, 2018 • 2:50:15pm

BREAKING: CBS News reports:
*suspect in the Capital Gazette newspaper shooting damaged his fingertips so that law enforcement can’t identify him from finger prints.
*suspect has no ID
*Smoke bombs/flash bangs were found in this backpackhttps://t.co/LLcMWzQMaS

— David Begnaud (@DavidBegnaud) June 28, 2018

MsJ Jun 28, 2018 • 2:51:00pm

re: #3 Big Beautiful Door

Straight out of The Handmaid’s Tale. Again.

It’s absolutely surreal that two of the most affecting scenes, shot months ago, in “The Handmaid’s Tale” are a woman sobbing as her daughter cries for her while being torn away, and an empty newsroom stained with blood from massacred journalists.

— Amanda Marcotte (@AmandaMarcotte) June 28, 2018

blueraven Jun 28, 2018 • 2:51:24pm

Does he think this is cute today?

Milo’s Instagram posts after Capital Gazette shooting

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light)) Jun 28, 2018 • 2:51:51pm

re: #4 MsJ

BREAKING: CBS News reports:
*suspect in the Capital Gazette newspaper shooting damaged his fingertips so that law enforcement can’t identify him from finger prints.
*suspect has no ID

This is growing more and more Reichstag fire-like every minute

Big Beautiful Door Jun 28, 2018 • 2:53:54pm

John Roberts will soon be the single most powerful man in America. He will have four Justices to his right and 4 to his left, enabling him to be in the majority on every decision he wants, which will give him the power to decide who will write every decision. He will decide what the Constitution means, and he could have this power for decades to come, unless the Democrats take it from him the next time they gain power by adding seats to the Court to make up for the theft of Garland’s seat.

Eclectic Cyborg Jun 28, 2018 • 2:54:31pm

re: #4 MsJ

Well that’s not disturbing at all…

Teukka Jun 28, 2018 • 2:54:37pm

re: #4 MsJ

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Sounds like the suspect fears his political affiliation could be figured out if he was properly ID’d.

re: #6 blueraven

Does he think this is cute today?

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Classy as always ///

MsJ Jun 28, 2018 • 2:56:19pm

BREAKING: NYPD sending officers to all major media outlets in New York City as a precaution - ABC

— BNO News (@BNONews) June 28, 2018

MsJ Jun 28, 2018 • 2:57:20pm

Chief of Staff John Kelly Expected to Depart WH as Soon as this Week https://t.co/KTrVjBUwFV pic.twitter.com/pfiTVudv7j

— R. Saddler 📎🗽🌊 (@Politics_PR) June 28, 2018

MsJ Jun 28, 2018 • 2:57:44pm

re: #9 Eclectic Cyborg

Well that’s not disturbing at all…

They need to distribute his photo. Someone knows him.

Big Beautiful Door Jun 28, 2018 • 2:58:33pm

re: #12 MsJ

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Trump may not even bother to replace him.

makeitstop Jun 28, 2018 • 2:58:39pm

re: #13 MsJ

They need to distribute his photo. Someone knows him.

And check him for tattoos.

Big Beautiful Door Jun 28, 2018 • 2:58:54pm

re: #13 MsJ

They need to distribute his photo. Someone knows him.

If he didn’t blow his face off.

Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light)) Jun 28, 2018 • 2:59:12pm

re: #15 makeitstop

And check him for tattoos.

DNA?

MsJ Jun 28, 2018 • 2:59:31pm

Ilyse Hogue: 20 Ohio legislators have signed on to a measure requiring capital punishment for women who have abortions.

Tell me again to stop referring to Handmaid’s Tale.

— digby (@digby56) June 27, 2018

JordanRules Jun 28, 2018 • 2:59:42pm

re: #16 Big Beautiful Door

If he didn’t blow his face off.

I think that detail would have been shared with the fingertips.

Deep State SuperElite Satinist Jun 28, 2018 • 2:59:47pm

re: #7 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))

This is growing more and more Reichstag fire-like every minute

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makeitstop Jun 28, 2018 • 2:59:48pm

re: #16 Big Beautiful Door

If he didn’t blow his face off.

They took him alive, didn’t they?

JordanRules Jun 28, 2018 • 3:00:40pm

re: #21 makeitstop

They took him alive, didn’t they?

Yes.

Big Beautiful Door Jun 28, 2018 • 3:00:49pm

re: #21 makeitstop

They took him alive, didn’t they?

I don’t know; I just assumed he was probably one of the dead.

The Vicious Babushka Jun 28, 2018 • 3:01:02pm

re: #6 blueraven

Does he think this is cute today?

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So desperate for attention.

Big Beautiful Door Jun 28, 2018 • 3:01:41pm

re: #22 JordanRules

Yes.

With DNA, dental records and his face, they should find out who he is soon enough then.

Teukka Jun 28, 2018 • 3:01:48pm

re: #20 Deep State SuperElite Satinist

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JordanRules Jun 28, 2018 • 3:03:36pm

re: #25 Big Beautiful Door

With DNA, dental records and his face, they should find out who he is soon enough then.

I’d bet social media can do it much more quickly. I don’t know if they should but it’s a thought.

Ace Rothstein Jun 28, 2018 • 3:03:41pm

re: #14 Big Beautiful Door

Trump may not even bother to replace him.

He won’t.

Ace Rothstein Jun 28, 2018 • 3:04:20pm

re: #21 makeitstop

They took him alive, didn’t they?

He’s white, what do you think?

Big Beautiful Door Jun 28, 2018 • 3:05:00pm

re: #27 JordanRules

I’d bet social media can do it much more quickly. I don’t know if they should but it’s a thought.

No reason not to publish his mug shot I can think of.

makeitstop Jun 28, 2018 • 3:07:11pm

re: #24 The Vicious Babushka

So desperate for attention.

Right now, there’s a 700-way tie for the top slot on my ‘punch on sight’ list.

EPR-radar Jun 28, 2018 • 3:07:12pm

re: #8 Big Beautiful Door

John Roberts will soon be the single most powerful man in America. He will have four Justices to his right and 4 to his left, enabling him to be in the majority on every decision he wants, which will give him the power to decide who will write every decision. He will decide what the Constitution means, and he could have this power for decades to come, unless the Democrats take it from him the next time they gain power by adding seats to the Court to make up for the theft of Garland’s seat.

Justice Kennedy was in that position for much of his SCOTUS tenure. IMO it is becoming very clear that too much is left up to SCOTUS in the US system of government. A single non-elected official with a lifetime appointment simply shouldn’t have that kind of power.

MsJ Jun 28, 2018 • 3:07:13pm

On Kelly getting the hell out of Dodge.

According to the WSJ though, the two front-runners to replace Kelly are the head of the Office of Management and Budget / Acting Director of the Consumer Financial Protections Bureau, Mitch Mulvaney, as well as VP Mike Pence’s current Chief of Staff Nick Ayers.

JordanRules Jun 28, 2018 • 3:07:42pm

re: #12 MsJ

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Going to the original source on this one which has additional details. Those Krassenstein brothers basically just jack other peoples work.

NEWS: Trump in recent weeks has consulted with advisers about a possible replacement for chief of staff John Kelly, who is expected to leave the administration as early as this summer. w/@peterwsj https://t.co/ziJt02dEJJ

— Rebecca Ballhaus (@rebeccaballhaus) June 28, 2018

The current front-runners to replace John Kelly as White House chief of staff: Nick Ayers, Pence’s chief of staff, and Mick Mulvaney, who currently heads both OMB and CFPB. w/@peterwsj https://t.co/ziJt02dEJJ

— Rebecca Ballhaus (@rebeccaballhaus) June 28, 2018

Trump (72) on Tues called Kelly (68) a “special guy” but also joked about his age. Talking about the 1945 Battle of the Bulge, Trump cracked: “Kelly was there.” One person close to Trump took that as a message Trump wants someone younger in the job. https://t.co/ziJt02dEJJ

— Rebecca Ballhaus (@rebeccaballhaus) June 28, 2018

Teukka Jun 28, 2018 • 3:07:54pm

re: #31 makeitstop

Right now, there’s a 700-way tie for the top slot on my ‘punch on sight’ list.

Backpfeifengesicht list.

Mike Lamb Jun 28, 2018 • 3:09:25pm

re: #27 JordanRules

I’d bet social media can do it much more quickly. I don’t know if they should but it’s a thought.

I’m sure someone might recognize him, but given that he went Kevin Spacey in Seven on his fingertips, is bet he has a low profile.

teleskiguy Jun 28, 2018 • 3:10:40pm

Fox News’s Trace Gallagher says they checked into Capital Gazette’s ideological bent and concluded that it was very much a local newspaper.

— ErikWemple (@ErikWemple) June 28, 2018

Glad Fox News checked to see if they deserved to be murdered or not https://t.co/F2IIQSNEiO

— Dana Schwartz (@DanaSchwartzzz) June 28, 2018

Teukka Jun 28, 2018 • 3:11:44pm

re: #36 Mike Lamb

I’m sure someone might recognize him, but given that he went Kevin Spacey in Seven on his fingertips, is bet he has a low profile.

A distinct possibility if they release the way he removed his fingerprints is that he is an operative agent of an intelligence service or a professional assassin.

JordanRules Jun 28, 2018 • 3:18:11pm

🎥We’re running this ad on CNN, MSNBC, Univision, and more starting today, demanding Trump immediately reunite families separated by his administration’s policies.

The clock is ticking. pic.twitter.com/vhqJ8Oc4V6

— ACLU (@ACLU) June 28, 2018

Teukka Jun 28, 2018 • 3:18:51pm

High-risk operative agents of intelligence services.
Professional assassins.
Someone who (feels he) can’t afford to be ID’d because some bothersome connection will become obvious.
3 that I can come up with on the top of my head.

— Teo (@Teukka72) June 28, 2018

JordanRules Jun 28, 2018 • 3:19:04pm

Not gonna lie it has been growing more terrifying to be a journalist. Until last year I never received death threats. But since Trump it has become a normal part of my job. I’m gonna keep being a journalist, because fuck these propaganda spewing hate mongers, but it’s scary.

— Erin Biba (@erinbiba) June 28, 2018

MsJ Jun 28, 2018 • 3:19:41pm

I hate this new reality. It’s…confusing.

Within seconds of the Annapolis shooting, @seanhannity implies that Maxine Waters is to blame. He doesn’t even know who the shooter is or what the motive is.

What a stupid, irresponsible, dangerous & selfish thing for Hannity to say. Just horrible.https://t.co/1615kpvfJ7

— Joe Walsh (@WalshFreedom) June 28, 2018

JordanRules Jun 28, 2018 • 3:20:18pm

re: #40 Teukka

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The one I’d bet they go with is: mentally disturbed, lone wolf

Big Beautiful Door Jun 28, 2018 • 3:20:20pm

re: #40 Teukka

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Crazy person comes to mind.

Teukka Jun 28, 2018 • 3:21:42pm

re: #44 Big Beautiful Door

Crazy person comes to mind.

Depends on how the fingerprint removal was done.

William Lewis Jun 28, 2018 • 3:24:03pm

re: #38 Teukka

A distinct possibility if they release the way he removed his fingerprints is that he is an operative agent of an intelligence service or a professional assassin.

Or, far more likely to me, he simply thinks he is. This has a lot of hall marks of a delusional right winger getting his “orders” from Trump twitter bowl evacuations. Had this been any kind of official operation, someone walking in with a shotgun is not the way it would have went down.

makeitstop Jun 28, 2018 • 3:25:33pm

re: #44 Big Beautiful Door

Crazy person comes to mind.

I dunno. I don’t think a crazy person would have the presence of mind to obliterate his own fingerprints. That was done for a reason.

I don’t completely buy Teukka’s theory about an assassin or intel personnel, either. I think it’s either some SovCit or a member of a Nazi group.

Hecuba's daughter Jun 28, 2018 • 3:25:59pm

re: #38 Teukka

A distinct possibility if they release the way he removed his fingerprints is that he is an operative agent of an intelligence service or a professional assassin.

Or he watched L&O SVU. A serial killer did that to reduce the chances of identification.

The Major Jun 28, 2018 • 3:28:21pm

re: #38 Teukka

A distinct possibility if they release the way he removed his fingerprints is that he is an operative agent of an intelligence service or a professional assassin.

Lots of criminals shave/sand off their fingerprints -we just don’t know yet what method.

Frenchy Jun 28, 2018 • 3:28:26pm

re: #42 MsJ

Every now and then Joe has a moment of clarity. Then usually turns around and immediately reminds us why we hate his no-child-support-paying douchebag ass.

The Vicious Babushka Jun 28, 2018 • 3:28:31pm

All these highways are on the way to the Canadian border.

I.C.E. is currently checking ID on Michigan highways 94, 275, and 75. Pass it on.

— Vivian (@incantatricks) June 28, 2018

JordanRules Jun 28, 2018 • 3:30:37pm

re: #49 The Major

Lots of criminals shave/sand off their fingerprints -we just don’t know yet what method.

Yeah it’s a pretty well known technique that disturbed and mentally stable yet very compromised people alike have used.

electrotek Jun 28, 2018 • 3:31:22pm

re: #51 The Vicious Babushka

All these highways are on the way to the Canadian border.

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Oh fuck, I’m heading to Canada this weekend with the family, and we’re driving from Dallas.

I’m bracing for the worst from ICE, ugh.

JordanRules Jun 28, 2018 • 3:32:30pm

Prior to departing Wisconsin, I was briefed on the shooting at Capital Gazette in Annapolis, Maryland. My thoughts and prayers are with the victims and their families. Thank you to all of the First Responders who are currently on the scene.

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) June 28, 2018

You called the press a threat and the enemy despite spending four decades phoning them with a fake name to report that someone accidentally touched your cauliflower dick https://t.co/C1WCXkOZqu

— Mike Drucker (@MikeDrucker) June 28, 2018

Weaselone Jun 28, 2018 • 3:34:50pm

The murderer probably isn’t James Bond. Most likely he’s just trying to delay identification to give the conspiracy theories more time to develop and entrench.

MsJ Jun 28, 2018 • 3:35:11pm

Good god, go away you clod. You enabled this disaster. You have no shame.

— MsJoanne (@MsJoanne) June 28, 2018

Archangelus Jun 28, 2018 • 3:36:30pm

As if this day didn’t suck enough…

Verge: Harlan Ellison, one of science fiction’s most controversial authors, has died

The science fiction genre has lost one of its greatest — and most controversial — authors. Harlan Ellison, who wrote and edited groundbreaking sci-fi anthologies, short stories, and television episodes, died at the age of 84, according to his wife, via an associate.

Ellison was born in Cleveland, Ohio in 1934, and published his first short stories in 1949, before moving to New York City to focus on writing science fiction. Throughout the 1950s, he wrote hundreds of short stories, and served in the US Army for two years. In the 1960s, he relocated to California, where he began to write scripts for television shows such as The Outer Limits, The Man from U.N.C.L.E., and Star Trek. He later served as a consultant for shows such as The Twilight Zone and Babylon 5. Ellison also worked briefly for Walt Disney Studios, only to get fired after a day when co-founder Roy Disney overheard him joking about making a porn film with the company’s characters.

makeitstop Jun 28, 2018 • 3:39:21pm

Another thought - might be someone with a prior criminal record.

Archangelus Jun 28, 2018 • 3:39:37pm

Milo Yiannopoulos says his call for journalists to be shot wasn’t serious after Maryland newspaper shooting https://t.co/xUUUtQxIJS pic.twitter.com/MyB7AQGgDK

— The Hill (@thehill) June 28, 2018

Milo: I have a bomb!

TSA: You’re going to jail.

Milo: Ha ha. Just kidding!

TSA: Still going to jail for making a terrorist threat.

Milo: But I wasn’t serious!

TSA: Still going to jail.

I mean, tell me why this is any different? https://t.co/NADmTjjXpT

— Stonekettle (@Stonekettle) June 28, 2018

gwangung Jun 28, 2018 • 3:40:14pm

re: #58 makeitstop

Another thought - might be someone with a prior criminal record.

Hmmm..yes….caught alive and didn’t suicide. Expected to be able to escape.

MsJ Jun 28, 2018 • 3:40:37pm

Milo Yiannopoulos says he’s been kicked off Venmo — presumably because of his comments about vigilantes shooting reporters. pic.twitter.com/WioOqtY27C

— Will Sommer (@willsommer) June 28, 2018

makeitstop Jun 28, 2018 • 3:41:31pm

re: #61 MsJ

Milo Yiannopoulos says he’s been kicked off Venmo — presumably because of his comments about vigilantes shooting reporters.

Womp womp

JordanRules Jun 28, 2018 • 3:42:17pm

You know why there are police outside other newsrooms? Because for years now these trolls and fascists have been talking about carrying out massive attack called The Night of the Rope in which they kill huge numbers of journalists, liberals, and minorities.

— Jared Yates Sexton (@JYSexton) June 28, 2018

Everyone wants to pretend they’re just trolls, that they’re not serious, but they are. They’re deadly serious. And the longer we pretend like there’s not a developing, festering problem, the longer we allow it to grow in power.

— Jared Yates Sexton (@JYSexton) June 28, 2018

The Vicious Babushka Jun 28, 2018 • 3:43:28pm

Completely shameless.

The far-left special interest groups are already calling on Senate Democrats to oppose anyone on President Trump’s long list of potential nominees. I’m afraid this may just be a precursor of all the unfair attacks to come. pic.twitter.com/37omSBXjGL

— Leader McConnell (@SenateMajLdr) June 28, 2018

Frenchy Jun 28, 2018 • 3:46:18pm

re: #64 The Vicious Babushka

Pardon my language, but fuck that piece of shit.

Big Beautiful Door Jun 28, 2018 • 3:46:34pm

re: #63 JordanRules

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That is from the horrifically racist Neo-Nazi book The Turner Diaries, which inspired the terrorist Timothy McVeigh.

blueraven Jun 28, 2018 • 3:49:22pm

Ugh….GOP candidates for FL Governor on Fox debate, seeing who can kiss Trump harder.

JordanRules Jun 28, 2018 • 3:49:42pm

most journos i know work for shit pay in unstable newsrooms and deal with death threats, doxxing, and general public hostility on top of it. we shouldn’t speculate about motive, but it’s not a bad time to point out that American conservatives gleefully mainstreamed ‘fake news’

— Sarah Jones (@onesarahjones) June 28, 2018

Archangelus Jun 28, 2018 • 3:50:03pm

Couldn’t resist.

Hey Treason Tortoise, two words: Merrick Garland.
Now if you would kindly go fornicate yourself with a rusty pitchfork.#Civility

— Arch1 (@Arch_LGF) June 28, 2018

JordanRules Jun 28, 2018 • 3:50:24pm

re: #66 Big Beautiful Door

That is from the horrifically racist Neo-Nazi book The Turner Diaries, which inspired the terrorist Timothy McVeigh.

Yup and Jared’s written about it.

Backwoods_Sleuth Jun 28, 2018 • 3:52:28pm

re: #40 Teukka

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MsJ Jun 28, 2018 • 3:53:38pm

I’ve been getting an influx of death threats over the past week. I know other journalists who have as well. These things are organized, coordinated, and serious. We’ve pretended they weren’t for way too long.

— Jared Yates Sexton (@JYSexton) June 28, 2018

Joe Bacon 🌹 Jun 28, 2018 • 3:53:51pm

re: #64 The Vicious Babushka

Completely shameless.

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Hey! He’s wearing a tan suit! That’s such a no-no!

Blind Frog Belly White Jun 28, 2018 • 3:54:31pm

re: #73 Joe Bacon 🌹

Hey! He’s wearing a tan suit! That’s such a no-no!

Tan suits are okay if you’re white.

goddamnedfrank Jun 28, 2018 • 3:56:47pm

Fox News’s Trace Gallagher says they checked into Capital Gazette’s ideological bent and concluded that it was very much a local newspaper.

— ErikWemple (@ErikWemple) June 28, 2018

Fox News regrets to inform you that the journalists murdered today might not have actually deserved it. https://t.co/Tl37lcKlWS

— Space Force Commodore (@goddamnedfrank) June 28, 2018

Bubblehead II Jun 28, 2018 • 3:57:04pm

re: #38 Teukka

A distinct possibility if they release the way he removed his fingerprints is that he is an operative agent of an intelligence service or a professional assassin.

WTF? Come on. Probably googled it.

How to remove your finger prints

A Mom Anon Jun 28, 2018 • 3:57:46pm

re: #72 MsJ

These people need to be exposed. Every threat, every email. Fuck this bullshit.

calochortus Jun 28, 2018 • 3:58:26pm

re: #65 Frenchy

Pardon my language, but fuck that piece of shit.

You have my permission as a well mannered older woman to use that language about him all you want.

The Vicious Babushka Jun 28, 2018 • 4:00:13pm

Rep. Maxine Waters cancels events due to “very serious death threat” https://t.co/E2peI0IpxY

— Washington Post (@washingtonpost) June 28, 2018

Winston_Smith Jun 28, 2018 • 4:00:55pm

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Winston_Smith Jun 28, 2018 • 4:02:05pm

re: #78 calochortus

With my complements.

JordanRules Jun 28, 2018 • 4:02:24pm

Wow

Today was third time I’ve been traveling on AF1 with a president during a mass shooting that gained national media attention.

— David Nakamura (@DavidNakamura) June 28, 2018

EPR-radar Jun 28, 2018 • 4:02:32pm

re: #64 The Vicious Babushka

Leader McConnell needs to fuck himself with a red-hot metal sculpture of a porcupine, complete with all the quills and barbs, sideways.

blueraven Jun 28, 2018 • 4:03:27pm

Suspect has been identified through facial recognition. 39 yo WM. No name released yet.
Minor criminal history.
MSNBC

ObserverArt Jun 28, 2018 • 4:03:42pm

Suspect in shooting has been identified as a 39 year old uncooperative white guy. He was ID’d by facial recognition software. NBC News.

Blind Frog Belly White Jun 28, 2018 • 4:03:53pm

.@KenDilanianNBC on the Rosenstein/Wray hearing: it rly underscores how split the Republican party is right now. There is the Trump party and the Republican Party. Rod Rosenstein is a lifelong Republican, being attacked by Republicans. Democrats were trying to jump to his defense

— Andrea Mitchell (@mitchellreports) June 28, 2018

Can’t help but ask which segment of the Republican party today Rod Rosenstein represents. https://t.co/bKrMlJxD46

— Brit Hume (@brithume) June 28, 2018

The Rule of Law part. I know it’s out of fashion in the age of Brave New Trump, but the old ways are often the best ways. https://t.co/31bcE58JlB

— Rick Wilson (@TheRickWilson) June 28, 2018

You mean the rule of law part where executive agency officials make it a practice to stonewall Congressional subpoena. Some “old ways,” all right.

— Brit Hume (@brithume) June 28, 2018

NeverTrump Republicans are constantly surprised and disappointed when their former friends and colleagues appear to change before their eyes into authoritarian Trump sycophants.

Guess what? That’s what the rest of us said they were, but you didn’t believe it.

Winston_Smith Jun 28, 2018 • 4:05:00pm

Cruz: GOP may block Supreme Court nominees indefinitely (If a Dem is Pres).

politico.com

EPR-radar Jun 28, 2018 • 4:05:19pm

re: #86 Blind Frog Belly White

The never-Trump Republicans simply refuse to accept the fact that Trump is exactly what the GOP has been working toward for decades.

Blind Frog Belly White Jun 28, 2018 • 4:05:57pm

re: #85 ObserverArt

Suspect in shooting has been identified as a 39 year old uncooperative white guy. He was ID’d by facial recognition software. NBC News.

Pity he didn’t burn off his face along with his fingerprints.

EPR-radar Jun 28, 2018 • 4:06:31pm

re: #85 ObserverArt

Suspect in shooting has been identified as a 39 year old uncooperative white guy. He was ID’d by facial recognition software. NBC News.

Odds of this being a RWNJ stochastic terrorist incident are increasing.

JordanRules Jun 28, 2018 • 4:10:02pm

I wonder how much time he thought the fingerprint thing would buy him for his anonymity?

calochortus Jun 28, 2018 • 4:11:01pm

re: #91 JordanRules

I wonder how much time he thought the fingerprint thing would buy him for his anonymity?

Are we sure he has much of a thought process?

Charles Johnson Jun 28, 2018 • 4:11:02pm

Law enforcement sources tell CNN the Capital Gazette shooting suspect’s fingerprints were altered, making it difficult to identify him that way. But the suspect was identified using facial recognition software, one law enforcement official said.

— Oliver Darcy (@oliverdarcy) June 28, 2018

His fingerprints were “altered?” WTF? https://t.co/cx1LklU00r

— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) June 28, 2018

Blind Frog Belly White Jun 28, 2018 • 4:11:33pm

nothing demonstrates GOP tribal extremism better than GOP lawmakers attacking GOP law enforcement appointees for holding GOP president accountable to the rule of law

— John Harwood (@JohnJHarwood) June 28, 2018

Winston_Smith Jun 28, 2018 • 4:11:56pm

re: #85 ObserverArt

Suspect in shooting has been identified as a 39 year old uncooperative white guy. He was ID’d by facial recognition software. NBC News.

The id’d him but won’t release his name?

JordanRules Jun 28, 2018 • 4:12:13pm

The sheer number of events planned for family separation protests on Saturday is remarkable https://t.co/0DH2JExXOF?

— Chris Hayes (@chrislhayes) June 28, 2018

JordanRules Jun 28, 2018 • 4:13:21pm

“Can you please talk to us about the dead reporters in Annapolis?”

“Do you have any words of condolence for the families, Mr. President?”

“Why are you walking away?”

Pres. Trump does not comment when asked about the deadly Maryland newsroom shooting.https://t.co/5ZcmEVQW9z pic.twitter.com/heIzI7S4Ck

— NBC News (@NBCNews) June 28, 2018

Charles Johnson Jun 28, 2018 • 4:13:36pm

That news about the fingerprints is definitely pointing toward a right wing lunatic, possibly sovereign citizen variety. But we’ll see.

Bubblehead II Jun 28, 2018 • 4:14:40pm

re: #93 Charles Johnson

If I remember correctly, early (1920’s-40’s) criminals used an acidic paste to remove epidermal layers to remove their “prints”

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MsJ Jun 28, 2018 • 4:15:28pm

re: #98 Charles Johnson

That news about the fingerprints is definitely pointing toward a right wing lunatic, possibly sovereign citizen variety. But we’ll see.

That was my thought, too.

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Cheechako Jun 28, 2018 • 4:15:55pm

re: #95 Winston_Smith

The id’d him but won’t release his name?

Very smart idea. Guess who gets first crack at any possible social media, friends, family, etc.

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JordanRules Jun 28, 2018 • 4:17:17pm

NBC News: Capital Gazette suspect has been identified via facial recognition software, authorities executing a search warrant at his home

— Michael Del Moro (@MikeDelMoro) June 28, 2018

We may know more shortly.

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calochortus Jun 28, 2018 • 4:19:29pm

re: #102 JordanRules

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We may know more shortly.

And it is best to wait and get confirmed information.

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JordanRules Jun 28, 2018 • 4:20:55pm

NEW: How the ‘Bad Boys of Brexit’ forged ties with Russia and the Trump campaign — and came under investigators’ scrutiny via @RoigFranzia @PostRoz @BoothWilliam @thamburger https://t.co/SeHn1RdUjs

— Josh Dawsey (@jdawsey1) June 28, 2018

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The Vicious Babushka Jun 28, 2018 • 4:22:43pm

re: #97 JordanRules

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You see his man boobs through the suit jacket. Dude needs to wear a bro.

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Blind Frog Belly White Jun 28, 2018 • 4:24:54pm

re: #105 The Vicious Babushka

You see his man boobs through the suit jacket. Dude needs to wear a bro.

Manssierre!

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Backwoods_Sleuth Jun 28, 2018 • 4:25:10pm

re: #97 JordanRules

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chickens…roost…

coward

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teleskiguy Jun 28, 2018 • 4:29:39pm

County to the east of me.

Massive plumes of smoke seen from our home in Breck and downtown Frisco #coloradofire #SugarloafFire pic.twitter.com/N6SEO3cOlK

— Dan Foehner (@foehner) June 28, 2018

Currently 99° F, 19° F dew point at my house, and it’s been windy as fuck all day.

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MsJ Jun 28, 2018 • 4:30:21pm

pic.twitter.com/WrWoG9sav4

— Fascinating GIF (@FascinatingGIF) June 28, 2018

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calochortus Jun 28, 2018 • 4:30:25pm

re: #97 JordanRules

At least reporters have finally found a topic that they won’t just move on if Trump doesn’t want to talk about it.
Also, Trump looked really unhappy.

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Blind Frog Belly White Jun 28, 2018 • 4:31:36pm

re: #108 teleskiguy

County to the east of me.

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Currently 99° F, 19° F dew point at my house, and it’s been windy as fuck all day.

5.6% Relative Humidity. Jeezus.

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gocart mozart Jun 28, 2018 • 4:31:47pm

No David, f*** YOU for blaming @POTUS .

— ManCave001 (@ManCave001) June 28, 2018

My friend is still unaccounted for in the Capital newsroom. The president says he “was an enemy of the people” and Milo called for the killing of journalists. And here’s anonymous troll ManCave001 marching in lockstep. Fuck your soulless cowardice. https://t.co/zVVWwrB7if

— David Simon (@AoDespair) June 28, 2018

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The Vicious Babushka Jun 28, 2018 • 4:32:47pm

Trump has no clue what he is doing. He can’t “negotiate” his way out of a paper bag, and all his “deals” are utter crap for the American people. We should give Mueller a chance to expose all his crimes.

— The Uncivil Babushka (@viciousbabushka) June 28, 2018

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Cheechako Jun 28, 2018 • 4:33:43pm

re: #97 JordanRules

Personally, the way that shouting reporter was phrasing his question would make me not want to respond.

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Blind Frog Belly White Jun 28, 2018 • 4:36:45pm

prick you are a waste of time get lost

— moshe schori (@mmrbbe) June 28, 2018

I see the morning shift has arrived. https://t.co/zGG3UQUhV9

— Rick Wilson (@TheRickWilson) June 28, 2018

“Morning, Sam.”

“Morning, Ralph.”

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Stanley Sea Jun 28, 2018 • 4:37:00pm

Milo confirms in an email to me that he sent a Jewish reporter $14.88 — a white supremacist reference. “It was a joke.”

— Will Sommer (@willsommer) June 28, 2018

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Blind Frog Belly White Jun 28, 2018 • 4:38:10pm

re: #113 The Vicious Babushka

“…he’s a master negotiator.”

Assumes facts not in evidence.

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MsJ Jun 28, 2018 • 4:38:52pm

Yet we must always understand them. No cost is spared to get analysis on the trump voter psyche.

This 👇👇
According to Gallup, 90% of the Republican Party is less than 23% of all registered voters! When we hear that a majority of republicans support the Liar in Chief, we may be discussing no more than “17” percent of the total population of the United States! There’s that!

— 4mvp (@44mmvvpp) June 28, 2018

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EPR-radar Jun 28, 2018 • 4:39:13pm

re: #110 calochortus

At least reporters have finally found a topic that they won’t just move on if Trump doesn’t want to talk about it.
Also, Trump looked really unhappy.

Trump looking unhappy is the best news I’ve seen in several days. Pitiful, but I’ll take what I can get.

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Single-handed sailor Jun 28, 2018 • 4:40:17pm

While Nancy Pelosi held on to the top job, an entire generation of potential Democratic leaders withered https://t.co/POkytqqxnP pic.twitter.com/CZoWLheE1n

— Chris Cillizza (@CillizzaCNN) June 28, 2018

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calochortus Jun 28, 2018 • 4:40:29pm

re: #116 Stanley Sea

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Almost as funny as a noose in the black guy’s locker.
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calochortus Jun 28, 2018 • 4:40:42pm

re: #119 EPR-radar

Trump looking unhappy is the best news I’ve seen in several days. Pitiful, but I’ll take what I can get.

Me too.

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Blind Frog Belly White Jun 28, 2018 • 4:41:22pm

Why does Senator Shelby hate America?

Shortly before traveling to Moscow with several colleagues, a senior Republican senator all but gave Russia a green light for future interference in U.S. elections https://t.co/piYURK8Vxr

— The Daily Beast (@thedailybeast) June 28, 2018

Honestly, though, the ease and rapidity with which the rank and vile of the GOP elected officials go from American Exceptionalism to Blame America First has been breathtaking.

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MsJ Jun 28, 2018 • 4:41:32pm

re: #115 Blind Frog Belly White

“Morning, Sam.”

“Morning, Ralph.”

Thanks Blind Frog Belly White for that laugh!

— MsJoanne (@MsJoanne) June 28, 2018

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Winston_Smith Jun 28, 2018 • 4:42:54pm

re: #101 Cheechako

So we don’t id him.

Oh, and I’m sorry I’m back. I hope you can live with that. If not you should tell the site owner.

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EPR-radar Jun 28, 2018 • 4:43:32pm

re: #118 MsJ

Yet we must always understand them. No cost is spared to get analysis on the trump voter psyche.

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There is no point in analyzing the Trump voter psyche, any more than there is a point to doing a detailed analysis of all the infectious agents present in a foot abscess someone got from stepping on a foot-long cesspool splinter.

In the case of the abscess it need to be lanced and disinfected, and in US politics Republicans need to be outnumbered at the polls.

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MsJ Jun 28, 2018 • 4:44:53pm

re: #120 Single-handed sailor

Oh looky, another anti-woman hot take from this asshole.

Chris, seriously, stop being an ASSHOLE.

— MsJoanne (@MsJoanne) June 28, 2018

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The Vicious Babushka Jun 28, 2018 • 4:47:55pm

I had ice cream for lunch and dinner, and some mac & cheese in between.

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Winston_Smith Jun 28, 2018 • 4:48:05pm

re: #127 MsJ

Like Chris really cares about that.

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EPR-radar Jun 28, 2018 • 4:48:25pm

re: #120 Single-handed sailor

Of the last 22 years, Democrats have controlled the House 4 years and the Republicans 18 years. I’m sure that has much more to do with leadership issues in the House Democrats than Cillizza’s drivel.

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mmmirele Jun 28, 2018 • 4:48:33pm

re: #6 blueraven

I reported that asshat’s posts. I don’t care anymore, that is so incredibly inappropriate.

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plansbandc Jun 28, 2018 • 4:48:37pm

re: #128 The Vicious Babushka

Mac and cheese sounds so good.

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Jenner7 Jun 28, 2018 • 4:50:10pm

.@evanperez reports annapolis shooting suspect had a prior interaction with a senior staffer - not known if an editor - at capital gazette, & police now have enough info to execute search warrant on home associated w/ him. name is known but CNN will not report it; age: late 30s.

— kelly cohen (@politiCOHEN_) June 28, 2018

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JordanRules Jun 28, 2018 • 4:50:25pm

re: #114 Cheechako

Personally, the way that shouting reporter was phrasing his question would make me not want to respond.

Probably something to do with their professional colleagues being shot and killed today.
No matter, he ignores them a lot when he’s not feeding them to his base.

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Blind Frog Belly White Jun 28, 2018 • 4:50:46pm

re: #132 plansbandc

Mac and cheese sounds so good.

The Older Boy made Mac and Cheese the other day. He increased the Bechamel sauce from 2 cups to 3, and added cooked bacon to the bread crumbs for the topping.

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calochortus Jun 28, 2018 • 4:50:50pm

re: #123 Blind Frog Belly White

Why does Senator Shelby hate America?

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Honestly, though, the ease and rapidity with which the rank and vile of the GOP elected officials go from American Exceptionalism to Blame America First has been breathtaking.

Possibly because he’s just stupid enough not to know with whom he is dealing.
I just finished Bill Browder’s Red Notice (highly recommend.) He’s the founder of Hermitage Capital which did business in Russia and then got embroiled in exposing corruption there. Sergei Magnitsky was one of their lawyers.
I knew there was a lot of corruption. I knew Putin was untrustworthy. But I found the degree of callous disregard for individuals and their rights to be shocking.

Anyone who so much as gives Putin the time of day is a fool and possibly a traitor.

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Dave In Austin Jun 28, 2018 • 4:50:53pm

Well…. And to think. Just maybe……

Flake: I won’t oppose Trump’s Supreme Court pick over tariffs https://t.co/kn2bYUWn8j pic.twitter.com/0dTO1aUoOU

— The Hill (@thehill) June 28, 2018

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The Vicious Babushka Jun 28, 2018 • 4:52:32pm

Your own language sir, is much more “direct” and offensive to MANY, MANY, Americans. The liberal propaganda MSM is responsible for the hate and violence that is permeating our culture in this country right now. You all need to stop it before any more are harmed. Disgusting!

— Stacie R (@stacie_bm) June 28, 2018

Five newspaper employees were murdered today but Stacie is triggered because somebody said a swear word. Don’t be a fuckhead like Stacie. #theresistance #resist #CapitalGazetteShooting #civility https://t.co/rZKpWxRH41

— The Uncivil Babushka (@viciousbabushka) June 28, 2018

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Winston_Smith Jun 28, 2018 • 4:52:45pm

Jeff Flake Is the Emptiest Suit in American Politics

Charles Pierce tells us what we already know, but it’s still a good read.

esquire.com

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Cheechako Jun 28, 2018 • 4:52:55pm

re: #125 Winston_Smith

So we don’t id him.

Oh, and I’m sorry I’m back. I hope you can live with that. If not you should tell the site owner.

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JordanRules Jun 28, 2018 • 4:54:16pm

#BREAKING: We’ve obtained & published a month of Facebook Messenger chat logs from a private group created by Jason Kessler to plan ‘Unite The Right 2’ in #Charlottesville & DC https://t.co/UB1dQBPoai

— Unicorn Riot (@UR_Ninja) June 28, 2018

Jason Kessler’s opsec has been blown again, and chat messages reveal he’s been organizing once again with violent neo-Nazis for the next August 12 rally. https://t.co/sn1De0JyFN

— Emily G kmii (@EmilyGorcenski) June 28, 2018

“Very fine people” https://t.co/EB0nbztcjw

— Chris Hayes (@chrislhayes) June 28, 2018

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Winston_Smith Jun 28, 2018 • 4:55:02pm

re: #140 Cheechako

mdCO7aPa/OPpkXcz8ZDdUHHXLIuky8wjHMwQn9JFMJdqYMYQOzcnW655+cuotiMmfTWAACGz61MQ+qWYsg0SeP7MkgJYoCZnXEJy4rrj2cQffutGSOSxUA==

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Blind Frog Belly White Jun 28, 2018 • 4:55:52pm

re: #137 Dave In Austin

Well…. And to think. Just maybe……

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I heard commentary yesterday about how important the Judiciary, especially SCOTUS is in GOP thinking, and how the Dems have paid far too little attention to it, to our detriment. This is one reason I think the Dems need to make a show of resistance to the nomination, but not derail it long enough to have it still open by election time.

But our more casual voters are likely to become discouraged or angry if the Dems don’t manage, against all odds, to stop the confirmation. Sometimes I really get the shits of my own party.

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mmmirele Jun 28, 2018 • 4:56:03pm

re: #96 JordanRules

One of the sites here in Arizona surprised me.

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HappyWarrior Jun 28, 2018 • 4:56:50pm

re: #138 The Vicious Babushka

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Fuck this. Trump curses all the goddamn time.

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Winston_Smith Jun 28, 2018 • 4:58:38pm

re: #145 HappyWarrior

Yeahbutt he’s a Christian Trump supporter, just like that lady.

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Backwoods_Sleuth Jun 28, 2018 • 4:59:22pm

This is how you do it —>

“In this environment, while this investigation is well underway, taking a pause now, waiting until the outcome of the criminal investigation of which president trump is the subject of, it seems like the responsible thing to do to me,” ~~ @CoryBooker https://t.co/xEmurAXpDE

— Sarah Reese Jones (@PoliticusSarah) June 28, 2018

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sagehen Jun 28, 2018 • 4:59:47pm

re: #75 goddamnedfrank

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This thing you posted on the last thread slipped from view much too quickly; it really deserves more attention

Nothing to see here, just DHS posting a press release titled with a 14 Word headline starting with “We must secure …” https://t.co/S31lwysOTX

— Space Force Commodore (@goddamnedfrank) June 28, 2018

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JordanRules Jun 28, 2018 • 5:02:40pm

re: #144 mmmirele

Click to Reveal

We have a lot more marches in the state than I would have anticipated given some of the past performances. I’m super stoked we have so much engagement especially being a southern border state. I will definitely be hitting up the one at the Capitol.

Look forward to hearing how the Chandler event ends up too.

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JordanRules Jun 28, 2018 • 5:04:10pm

re: #148 sagehen

This thing you posted on the last thread slipped from view much too quickly; it really deserves more attention

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Additional discussion here:

There are 14 points in the article, and the final point contains the number “88” for no good reason — 88 is also a Nazi dog whistle for “Heil Hitler”. https://t.co/WLT3CEqfUw There is absolutely no doubt now that this article is intentionally a signal to Nazis. pic.twitter.com/njS5MDMNIr

— Laurie Voss (@seldo) June 28, 2018

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Blind Frog Belly White Jun 28, 2018 • 5:04:35pm

re: #147 Backwoods_Sleuth

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I mean, just two years ago, the GOP told us there’s no reason the Supreme Court can’t get along with fewer than 9 judges for an entire year, if not years.

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teleskiguy Jun 28, 2018 • 5:06:07pm

BREAKING: Police, on shooting at Maryland newspaper: “This was a targeted attack on The Capital Gazette.”

— The Associated Press (@AP) June 29, 2018

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JordanRules Jun 28, 2018 • 5:06:23pm

We do not know the suspect or motive for the mass shooting in an Annapolis newspaper office.

That said, the White House rhetoric labeling the press the “enemy of the people” is extremely dangerous, regardless of whether there turns out to be any tie to this incident.

— Adam Klasfeld (@KlasfeldReports) June 28, 2018

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MsJ Jun 28, 2018 • 5:06:45pm

re: #138 The Vicious Babushka

Yes, do not f*cking swear. Be more like the a·hole president and tell his cult-like followers the press are the enemy of the state. Hey, what could go wrong? 🙄🤢🤮

F*cking morons every last one.

— MsJoanne (@MsJoanne) June 29, 2018

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JordanRules Jun 28, 2018 • 5:07:52pm

The Times-Picayune kept working while Katrina destroyed their homes.

WDBJ didn’t stop working when two of its reporters were murdered on air.

KHOU 11 kept filming as their offices flooded during Harvey.

The Capital Gazette will put out a paper tonight.

You cannot stop us.

— Kyle Feldscher (@Kyle_Feldscher) June 28, 2018

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Winston_Smith Jun 28, 2018 • 5:08:12pm

Look who voted against authorizing nutrition programs for the next 5 years.

GOP Sens. Richard Burr (N.C.), Bob Corker (Tenn.), Tom Cotton (Ark.), Jeff Flake (Ariz.), Dean Heller (Nev.), James Inhofe (Okla.), Ron Johnson (Wis.), James Lankford (Okla.), Mike Lee (Utah), Rand Paul (Ky.) and Pat Toomey (Pa.) voted against the bill.

The $428-billion farm bill authorizes agriculture assistance and nutrition programs for the next five years. The current farm bill expires on Sept. 30.

Mr. I Have No Spine Flake himself. Quite the surprise, is it not?

thehill.com

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HappyWarrior Jun 28, 2018 • 5:09:04pm

re: #156 Winston_Smith

Look who voted against authorizing nutrition programs for the next 5 years.

Mr. I Have No Spine Flake himself. Quite the surprise, is it not?

thehill.com

Corker too.

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teleskiguy Jun 28, 2018 • 5:09:16pm

The attacker used smoke grenades, Krampf said. Authorities are working to secure his residence in Maryland. The Annapolis office building, which is home to a number of other businesses, is expected to be closed for some time.

— NPR (@NPR) June 29, 2018

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Dave In Austin Jun 28, 2018 • 5:09:34pm

re: #152 teleskiguy

Capital Murder and Domestic Terrorism

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Winston_Smith Jun 28, 2018 • 5:10:11pm

re: #157 HappyWarrior

Flake’s the hypocrite who gets my blood boiling.

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JordanRules Jun 28, 2018 • 5:12:34pm

re: #158 teleskiguy

MD Law Enforcement Official: This was a “targeted attack” on the Capital Gazette @MSNBC

— Jesse Rodriguez (@JesseRodriguez) June 29, 2018

“Threats were sent over social media, as recently as today.” https://t.co/bOsJ30kaC5

— Natasha Bertrand (@NatashaBertrand) June 29, 2018

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Backwoods_Sleuth Jun 28, 2018 • 5:12:53pm

re: #157 HappyWarrior

Corker too.

and Rand Fucking Paul

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teleskiguy Jun 28, 2018 • 5:13:22pm

NEW: Wildfire breaks out on Grand-Summit counties border, officials fear it could grow very large very quickly. #SugarloafFire https://t.co/Q21r6Fba7u via @SummitDailyNews (photo via @Summit_Fire) pic.twitter.com/ZPnn2CjKIy

— Aspen Times (@TheAspenTimes) June 28, 2018

Wildfire on the Grand/Summit County line in the Williams Fork Mountains. That’s nothing but beetle killed trees. Very bad. https://t.co/HoitpPTJyo

— Charlie Vogel, aka His Teleness the Charlie Lama (@teleskiguy) June 29, 2018

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JordanRules Jun 28, 2018 • 5:13:41pm

Exclusive: In a private WH meeting in April, Trump asked French President Macron, “Why don’t you leave the E.U.?” and said he would offer France a better trade deal https://t.co/EgZTo4hwmE @washingtonpost

— Josh Rogin (@joshrogin) June 28, 2018

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Winston_Smith Jun 28, 2018 • 5:13:54pm

re: #162 Backwoods_Sleuth

Nice company Flake keeps.

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Backwoods_Sleuth Jun 28, 2018 • 5:15:42pm

The President of the United States tells tens of millions of people almost daily that a free press is the enemy of the American people. Please be more specific about what he’s praying for. https://t.co/q2nKDC9x9u

— Mark Harris (@MarkHarrisNYC) June 28, 2018

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austin_blue Jun 28, 2018 • 5:16:05pm

re: #99 Bubblehead II

If I remember correctly, early (1920’s-40’s) criminals used an acidic paste to remove epidermal layers to remove their “prints”

Soaking your hands in lemon juice and using very fine sandpaper was an old yegg trick. Works for a few days, too. Then they grow back.

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Blind Frog Belly White Jun 28, 2018 • 5:16:14pm

re: #157 HappyWarrior

Corker too.

It’s not lack of spine. It’s lack of empathy. Flake is a Tea Partier, after all.

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Backwoods_Sleuth Jun 28, 2018 • 5:16:56pm

More than a thousand female protesters, joined by Democratic senators, took center stage on Capitol Hill to protest the president’s immigration policies.

Nearly 600 were arrested https://t.co/Db2lU68rnm pic.twitter.com/FAnVBJhylQ

— ABC News Politics (@ABCPolitics) June 28, 2018

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Dave In Austin Jun 28, 2018 • 5:17:32pm

You could also call it Domestic Terrorism. Oh wait. He’s white right? Mental illness then.

— 🦈🦈Dave’s Not Believing this Crap🦈🦈 (@DaveoutofAustin) June 29, 2018

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Backwoods_Sleuth Jun 28, 2018 • 5:18:02pm

Police: “This was a targeted attack on the Capital Gazette newspaper…He looked for his victims as he went through the lower level.” https://t.co/HYvGrDWQH5 pic.twitter.com/9rh4QAkj74

— WCVB-TV Boston (@WCVB) June 29, 2018

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teleskiguy Jun 28, 2018 • 5:18:27pm

Trigger fingers are getting itchy.

Civil war is here.

— Laura Loomer (@LauraLoomer) June 28, 2018

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HappyWarrior Jun 28, 2018 • 5:19:08pm

re: #162 Backwoods_Sleuth

and Rand Fucking Paul

No surprise there.

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JordanRules Jun 28, 2018 • 5:19:08pm

The suspect had a history with @capgaznews, per @Tom_Winter @NBCNews — Jarrod Ramos sued the paper years ago over an article he didn’t like. The lawsuit was thrown out.

— Natasha Bertrand (@NatashaBertrand) June 29, 2018

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HappyWarrior Jun 28, 2018 • 5:19:40pm

re: #168 Blind Frog Belly White

It’s not lack of spine. It’s lack of empathy. Flake is a Tea Partier, after all.

Right.

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Shiplord Kirel, Friend of Moose and Squirrel Jun 28, 2018 • 5:19:55pm

‘God is racist,’ Jewish people ‘all descend from Satan,’ NC candidate says

A website tied to a candidate for the North Carolina General Assembly says God is a racist white supremacist and that Jews are descended from Satan.

Russell Walker is a Republican candidate running for state House District 48 which includes Scotland and Hoke counties.

On Tuesday, the North Carolina Republican Party withdrew its support for Walker.

“Based on recent behavior and previous statements, the North Carolina Republican Party is unable and unwilling to support the Republican nominated candidate for North Carolina House District 48,” GOP chairman Robin Hayes said in a statement Tuesday. “The NCGOP along with our local parties in Hoke, Scotland and Robeson Counties will be spending our time and resources supporting Republican candidates that better reflect the values of our party.”

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Jenner7 Jun 28, 2018 • 5:21:29pm

NBC News: The shooting suspect’s name is JARROD RAMOS. 38 years old. He was identified by multiple law enforcement officials to NBC News. He had sued the paper in 2012 for defamation. Case was tossed by a judge. @Tom_Winter @MSNBC

— Jesse Rodriguez (@JesseRodriguez) June 29, 2018

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Backwoods_Sleuth Jun 28, 2018 • 5:21:43pm

Donald Trump’s pick to run the IRS didn’t disclose he owns multiple properties in a Trump hotel https://t.co/2F9eySsyyA pic.twitter.com/FMPUhmnJ5X

— Newsweek (@Newsweek) June 28, 2018

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HappyWarrior Jun 28, 2018 • 5:22:16pm

re: #160 Winston_Smith

Flake’s the hypocrite who gets my blood boiling.

I hear ya.

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plansbandc Jun 28, 2018 • 5:22:59pm

This is Charlie. He pouts until he gets to swing. 13/10 would push forever pic.twitter.com/Ll8MMy7JxW

— WeRateDogs™🏳️‍🌈 (@dog_rates) June 29, 2018

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Winston_Smith Jun 28, 2018 • 5:23:23pm

re: #178 Backwoods_Sleuth

I’m sure that’s not a conflict of interest. Nothing Trump related is. He just can’t find any good people who haven’t paid him money.

182

teleskiguy Jun 28, 2018 • 5:23:46pm

Strongly condemn the evil act of senseless violence in Annapolis, MD. A violent attack on innocent journalists doing their job is an attack on every American. Our prayers are with the victims and their friends and families.

— Sarah Sanders (@PressSec) June 28, 2018

Fuck. You. You probably secretly wish more were killed, you fucking ghoul. https://t.co/uvshFS2PNm

— Charlie Vogel, aka His Teleness the Charlie Lama (@teleskiguy) June 29, 2018

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Bubblehead II Jun 28, 2018 • 5:24:37pm

re: #167 austin_blue

Soaking your hands in lemon juice and using very fine sandpaper was an old yegg trick. Works for a few days, too. Then they grow back.

Yep. My point exactly. He was a wanna be “Mission Impossible” twit.

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Shiplord Kirel, Friend of Moose and Squirrel Jun 28, 2018 • 5:24:54pm

Pulitzer Prize by acclamation?
Capital Gazette homepage
Their own coverage of the shooting was up within minutes. Much of it was produced by reporters from the affiliated Baltimore Sun but it is still an amazing example of professionalism and dedication.

185

Charles Johnson Jun 28, 2018 • 5:27:56pm

Here’s a Twitter account purporting to belong to Capital Gazette shooting suspect Jarrod W. Ramos: “making corpses of corrupt careers” https://t.co/AwrU7wgyLz pic.twitter.com/qk1ljRYzRx

— Will Sommer (@willsommer) June 29, 2018

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The Vicious Babushka Jun 28, 2018 • 5:28:00pm

re: #167 austin_blue

Soaking your hands in lemon juice and using very fine sandpaper was an old yegg trick. Works for a few days, too. Then they grow back.

May have worked 100 years ago, but probably useless against modern technology.

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Winston_Smith Jun 28, 2018 • 5:28:07pm

Referring to @realDonaldTrump as “unqualified” @capgaznews could end badly (again).http://t.co/SnsooKxcN6
Like so:http://t.co/CbalhNM0DR

— Jarrod W. Ramos (@EricHartleyFrnd) September 16, 2015

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MsJ Jun 28, 2018 • 5:28:24pm

“This was a targeted attack on the Capital Gazette,” acting Anne Arundel County Chief William Krampf says.

Says suspect, a white male in his 30s, entered building with a shotgun and “looked for his victims as he walked through the lower level”

— Jesse Byrnes (@jessebyrnes) June 29, 2018

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HappyWarrior Jun 28, 2018 • 5:29:42pm

re: #182 teleskiguy

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Then your boss shouldn’t call them the enemies of the people you ass.

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MsJ Jun 28, 2018 • 5:29:57pm

re: #180 plansbandc

I. WANT!!

Those cheeks! OMG! (Swoon, faint, thud)

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Charles Johnson Jun 28, 2018 • 5:30:58pm

PayPal has suspended Milo for his anti-semitic actions towards a Jewish journalist — he sent her $14.88, a common white supremacist reference, using PayPal (and his recent remarks about journalists didn’t help), per a source familiar

— Blake Montgomery 💀 (@blakersdozen) June 28, 2018

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Backwoods_Sleuth Jun 28, 2018 • 5:35:18pm

The writers & editors at @DemWritePress are heartbroken about the @capgaznews massacre.

We, however, do not send our thoughts and prayers.

Instead, to honor the fallen, we resolve to try harder to expose corruption & buttress American democracy, via the written word. #annapolis

— DemWritePress (@DemWritePress) June 28, 2018

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plansbandc Jun 28, 2018 • 5:35:55pm

re: #190 MsJ

I mean, look at that face. I would give him ALL the treats.

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EPR-radar Jun 28, 2018 • 5:36:00pm

re: #160 Winston_Smith

Flake’s the hypocrite who gets my blood boiling.

Every Republican elected official and almost all Republican appointed officials in DC are shitbirds. It’s part of the definition by now. (Mueller is the only apparent exception I can readily think of).

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MsJ Jun 28, 2018 • 5:37:51pm

re: #193 plansbandc

I mean, look at that face. I would give him ALL the treats.

Every single day. That poor pup would weigh 1000 pounds.

196

Charles Johnson Jun 28, 2018 • 5:43:03pm

I feel like I’ve been savagely beaten to within an inch of my life by this week. Already. What fresh hell awaits tomorrow?

— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) June 29, 2018

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A hollow voice says, Covfefe. Jun 28, 2018 • 5:43:10pm

re: #194 EPR-radar

Every Republican elected official and almost all Republican appointed officials in DC are shitbirds. It’s part of the definition by now. (Mueller is the only apparent exception I can readily think of).

I think we can add Rosenstein to the list.

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ThomasLite Jun 28, 2018 • 5:44:34pm

re: #186 The Vicious Babushka

May have worked 100 years ago, but probably useless against modern technology.

Why? it’s not as if lifting fingerprints was some half-understood primitive art back then; tracking the bloody thing out of a 100K+ possibilities in some horrible index card system was the problem. Being able to feed a print into the computer and get it matched without putting in that horrible amount of effort is what modern technology has added; anything that smooths the epidermis for a few days to a point where 1918 dust, brush and tape would not have lifted a print would likely still work today, it seems to me.

Hell, even CSI would struggle to fantasise their way out of that.

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MsJ Jun 28, 2018 • 5:45:10pm

“It’s like the Wild West. Any trauma center can decide what their activation fee is.” https://t.co/GgGLPPuNwe

— Vox (@voxdotcom) June 29, 2018

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teleskiguy Jun 28, 2018 • 5:46:06pm

Just left a message at my Senator Cory Gardner’s office in Washington, D.C.

I basically said this.

Dem senators, repeat after me:

“The President of the United States is under investigation for collusion with a foreign adversary and obstruction of justice. There can be no SCOTUS replacement until he’s been cleared.”

— Christian Finnegan (@ChristFinnegan) June 27, 2018

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Dave In Austin Jun 28, 2018 • 5:46:41pm

This is a lot of it. Some have forgotten what it used to be. Those younger have never been without.
It’s going to get real different before it gets better.
This thread nails what I’m saying. Nails it to the bone.

I was born in 1949. At 16 birth control pills were illegal unless you had serious female problems. This was in 1965. The sexual revolution was in full force OK. I lost 11 friends to back ally abortions. It was a nutty time. Vietnam was taking our peers and it was sad.

— Carroll S. Jones (@ICarrollJ) June 28, 2018

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austin_blue Jun 28, 2018 • 5:48:50pm

re: #198 ThomasLite

Why? it’s not as if lifting fingerprints was some half-understood primitive art back then; tracking the bloody thing out of a 100K possibilities in some horrible index card system was the problem. Being able to feed a print into the computer and get it matched without putting in that horrible amount of effort is what modern technology has added; anything that smooths the epidermis for a few days to a point where 1918 dust, brush and tape would not have lifted a print would likely still work today, it seems to me.

Hell, even CSI would struggle to fantasise their way out of that.

That’s exactly right. It’s like bleach and blood- low tech and 100% effective if done right. Most criminals are idiots, which is why they are almost always caught. A smart, knowledgeable criminal can have a very long and lucrative career.

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Big Beautiful Door Jun 28, 2018 • 5:51:22pm

re: #196 Charles Johnson

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Possibly the announcement of Trump’s SCOTUS nominee?

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Big Beautiful Door Jun 28, 2018 • 5:51:44pm

re: #197 A hollow voice says, Covfefe.

I think we can add Rosenstein to the list.

And Wray.

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gocart mozart Jun 28, 2018 • 5:52:04pm

If the shooter’s name is being reported correctly, here is an appellate court decision about his defamation suit against the paper. Sounds like a long-time awful and dangerous person.

— ThisIsNotNormalHat (@Popehat) June 29, 2018

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The Vicious Babushka Jun 28, 2018 • 5:52:38pm

re: #198 ThomasLite

Why? it’s not as if lifting fingerprints was some half-understood primitive art back then; tracking the bloody thing out of a 100K+ possibilities in some horrible index card system was the problem. Being able to feed a print into the computer and get it matched without putting in that horrible amount of effort is what modern technology has added; anything that smooths the epidermis for a few days to a point where 1918 dust, brush and tape would not have lifted a print would likely still work today, it seems to me.

Hell, even CSI would struggle to fantasise their way out of that.

A pair of cotton gloves would work better at leaving no prints and be far less painful.

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MsJ Jun 28, 2018 • 5:52:47pm

So sad reading stuff like this.

“I just thought I was being friendly,” said the victim… who said she lived in fear for
her safety for months. pic.twitter.com/RGO2YQriVh

— Harry Siegel (@harrysiegel) June 29, 2018

Seems like obsessive misogyny is always part of the equation. https://t.co/l6uMEWmLfl

— Joshua Holland 🔥 (@JoshuaHol) June 29, 2018

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JordanRules Jun 28, 2018 • 5:53:56pm

Emotional Capital Gazette staffer interview just now on CNN: “Thanks for your prayers, but I couldn’t give a fuck about them if there’s nothing else.”

— Will Sommer (@willsommer) June 29, 2018

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Dave In Austin Jun 28, 2018 • 5:57:53pm

Suspect in newspaper murders is 38-yr-old #JarrodRamos. He sued the paper in 2012 for alleged defamation. Judge dismissed case. (via NBC News). #CapitalGazette

— Derrall Stalvey (@Derrall) June 29, 2018

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Charles Johnson Jun 28, 2018 • 5:58:59pm

What is this symbol the shooter pasted on his forehead in his Twitter profile pic? Anyone recognize it? pic.twitter.com/Pkpc36SjGQ

— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) June 29, 2018

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Aucun pays pour les vieux ennemis Jun 28, 2018 • 5:59:48pm

Harlan Ellison, one of science fiction’s most controversial authors, has died (The Verge)
Ellison’s 1968 short story “I Have No Mouth, and I Must Scream” also earned him a Hugo award, depicting an apocalyptic world in which machines wage war, kill off nearly all of humanity, and torture the survivors with cruel games. He adapted the story into a computer game (Steam) in 1995.

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JordanRules Jun 28, 2018 • 6:00:28pm

A president under active criminal investigation of whether he won legitimately and whether he has obstructed that very investigation should not be permitted by a mere Senate majority to designate the justice whose votes could prove pivotal to the fate of his presidency.

— Laurence Tribe (@tribelaw) June 28, 2018

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retired cynic Jun 28, 2018 • 6:02:16pm

re: #196 Charles Johnson

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We need the meme/photo of Boromir saying “what fresh hell is this?” pinned at the top of the blog. I’m tempted to pin it to the top of my FB page.

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retired cynic Jun 28, 2018 • 6:05:11pm

re: #201 Dave In Austin

This is a lot of it. Some have forgotten what it used to be. Those younger have never been without.
It’s going to get real different before it gets better.
This thread nails what I’m saying. Nails it to the bone.

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I believe that is how my great-aunt died. My grandmother and mother never said so in so many words, but they were old-time Democrats, “conservative” in the good sense, but they were very definite in their feelings about safe and legal abortion.

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ObserverArt Jun 28, 2018 • 6:05:44pm

re: #118 MsJ

Yet we must always understand them. No cost is spared to get analysis on the trump voter psyche.

4mvp
@44mmvvpp
This 👇👇
According to Gallup, 90% of the Republican Party is less than 23% of all registered voters! When we hear that a majority of republicans support the Liar in Chief, we may be discussing no more than “17” percent of the total population of the United States! There’s that!

11:21 AM - Jun 28, 2018

Well, that is heartening.

I sort of figured it was around 20% that was Trump’s base.

But they are driven and loud. And that goes right in line with Trump’s methods. Act big and push your weight around with intimidation.

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Bubblehead II Jun 28, 2018 • 6:05:50pm

Night Lizards. Tomorrow is (in my world, Monday). Going to take a long soak and relax.

With a bath bomb.

Tonight is a Teak Rain

She gets the jewelry. Hell I love this woman. She spoils me

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Charles Johnson Jun 28, 2018 • 6:06:47pm

The anime connection. Why am I not surprised?

— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) June 29, 2018

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dangerman Jun 28, 2018 • 6:06:58pm

re: #115 Blind Frog Belly White

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“Morning, Sam.”

“Morning, Ralph.”

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ThomasLite Jun 28, 2018 • 6:07:36pm

re: #206 The Vicious Babushka

A pair of cotton gloves would work better at leaving no prints and be far less painful.

Oh absolutely. Not really what I was responding to, though ;)
Also there are circumstances where wearing gloves could be suspicious, so there might be some rational reason to do so anyway. OTOH, this guy probably is a few fries short of a happy meal anyway.

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Charles Johnson Jun 28, 2018 • 6:07:56pm

This may be another account created by the shooter: https://t.co/G5fhImEC1z

Same symbol in the profile image. Same naming style - ends with “Frnd”.

— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) June 29, 2018

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Stanley Sea Jun 28, 2018 • 6:10:02pm

re: #220 Charles Johnson

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I think the twitter profile photos are people involved with his lawsuit. Not himself.

He’s marked them with the hand of god or some demented shit.

How did he get the gun.

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Backwoods_Sleuth Jun 28, 2018 • 6:11:49pm

re: #220 Charles Johnson

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hasn’t tweeted anything but has 48 followers.

Oh yeah…not suspicious at all…

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A hollow voice says, Covfefe. Jun 28, 2018 • 6:11:58pm

re: #221 Stanley Sea

I think the twitter profile photos are people involved with his lawsuit. Not himself.

He’s marked them with the hand of god or some demented shit.

How did he get the gun.

Very easily, I’m sure.

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JordanRules Jun 28, 2018 • 6:13:00pm

In a wide-ranging campaign speech, the president spread inaccuracies on health care, the steel industry, military spending and Representative Maxine Waters https://t.co/jprGqrPoou

— NYT Politics (@nytpolitics) June 29, 2018

“spread inaccuracies” https://t.co/7sBj7W67Me

— southpaw (@nycsouthpaw) June 29, 2018

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teleskiguy Jun 28, 2018 • 6:13:25pm

re: #223 A hollow voice says, Covfefe.

Very easily, I’m sure.

Probably bought it in a strawman purchase with no paper trail in Virginia, perfectly legal there.

226

JordanRules Jun 28, 2018 • 6:13:50pm

Stephen Harper is not Prime Minister. He lost. End of story.
Canada is dealing with an increasingly unhinged @realDonaldTrump and must work together to defend our industries.
Harper’s mischief making in Washington is not welcome. https://t.co/5zqcCEqkuJ

— Charlie Angus NDP (@CharlieAngusNDP) June 28, 2018

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The Ghost of a Flea Jun 28, 2018 • 6:14:32pm

re: #217 Charles Johnson

Specific meaning: it’s from a horror/fantasy series where people can sacrifice the people they love to get a wish granted (but with an especially aggro version of Monkey Paw rules applying) by demonic things with god-like powers.

That brand is the mark of someone going to be sacrificed. The manga’s hero is someone branded but who survives (basically, impossible) and fights back.

So…massive fucking martyr/hero complex going on there.

Also I’m offended because I actually like the comic he’s citing.

228

Charles Johnson Jun 28, 2018 • 6:15:20pm

Apparently this creep opened more than one Twitter account to harass his most-hated targets, using their profile pics with a name ending in “Frnd.” He was not their friend. He was stalking them.

— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) June 29, 2018

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GlutenFreeJesus Jun 28, 2018 • 6:16:47pm

Where are all the 2A supporters suggesting we arm reporters?!

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EPR-radar Jun 28, 2018 • 6:17:19pm

re: #227 The Ghost of a Flea

Specific meaning: it’s from a horror/fantasy series where people can sacrifice the people they love to get a wish granted (but with an especially aggro version of Monkey Paw rules applying) by demonic things with god-like powers.

That brand is the mark of someone going to be sacrificed. The manga’s hero is someone branded but who survives (basically, impossible) and fights back.

So…massive fucking martyr/hero complex going on there.

Also I’m offended because I actually like the comic he’s citing.

This business of some of the worst people in the world using anime images etc. to spread their political pollution is getting irritating.

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Backwoods_Sleuth Jun 28, 2018 • 6:17:25pm

Libyan militia leader gets 22-year sentence in Benghazi attacks that killed U.S. ambassadorhttps://t.co/1KiMDfgowz

cc Republicans who used to care about this story

— Maddow Blog (@MaddowBlog) June 29, 2018

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teleskiguy Jun 28, 2018 • 6:17:44pm

re: #229 GlutenFreeJesus

They would rather they get killed.

— Charlie Vogel, aka His Teleness the Charlie Lama (@teleskiguy) June 29, 2018

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BeachDem Jun 28, 2018 • 6:17:47pm

re: #217 Charles Johnson

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Is this right:

Suspected #CapitalGazette shooter Jarrod Ramos @wjz pic.twitter.com/uOZSxY91fZ

— Mike Hellgren (@HellgrenWJZ) June 29, 2018

That’s not his picture..that’s a reporter’s picture
This is his picture https://t.co/jlVSMT2b5b

— marionetta (@marionetta) June 29, 2018

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austin_blue Jun 28, 2018 • 6:17:51pm

re: #199 MsJ

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Privatize The Profit, Socialize The Costs.

When I was in the AF, the cooks in the alert shack were all AF personnel. A guy could be a cook for twenty years and retire with a pension (well, he would manage other cooks and the kitchen, supplies, sundries, &c later in his career). Now everything is outsourced to private companies.

True story. When the Space Shuttle broke up over Texas and littered the Piney Woods with debris, a Private Company (I think it was Fluor Daniels) was awarded a contract to get people to walk through the National Forest and tag debris. They were paid $75/person/day, plus perdiem. A friend of mine who spoke no Spanish but had a technical background (a field chemist who ran an on-site real time data lab truck at environmental sites) was in a real slow cycle for work and was offered a crew chief position at $35/ hour. What the hell, he thought, $1,400/ wk.

His entire crew was Spanish speaking and almost certainly undocumented, with no OSHA training. They were paid $10/hour. They lived in tents, at night, in February, and literally walked abreast for miles every day looking for pieces parts. For weeks.

I asked him if he learned any Spanish. “Sure”, he said “Culebra means snake and culebra peligroso means dangerous snake. We saw a lot of those. Also little pieces of Shuttle. Tagged them, bagged them, photos and GPS coordinates for each piece. A couple of big chunks we had to call in trucks or ATVs. Those Mexicans were just tireless and worked like dogs on that job. And the Contractor cleared $20,000 a day on my crew of forty. And they had something like 200 crews. That’s $4,000,000 a day for weeks.”

Privatize The Profit And Socialize The Cost. Modern Corporate Welfare.

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Odie Hugh Manatee Jun 28, 2018 • 6:17:53pm

On a Ramos twitter account:

Jarrod W. Ramos
@EricHartleyFrnd
16 Sep 15
Referring to @realDonaldTrump as “unqualified” @capgaznews could end badly (again). capitalgazette.com… Like so: wsj.com…
View summary * Reply Retweet Like

If that’s him then he’s a Trump supporter.

re: #182 teleskiguy

What? No thought with those prayers? She must be sending thoughtless prayers.

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Charles Johnson Jun 28, 2018 • 6:18:34pm

“Can you please talk to us about the dead reporters in Annapolis?”

“Do you have any words of condolence for the families, Mr. President?”

“Why are you walking away?”

Pres. Trump does not comment when asked about the deadly Maryland newsroom shooting.https://t.co/5ZcmEVQW9z pic.twitter.com/heIzI7S4Ck

— NBC News (@NBCNews) June 28, 2018

It’s no longer surprising, but it should never stop setting off warning sirens when a president won’t even try. https://t.co/iovM9dcOhg

— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) June 29, 2018

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Backwoods_Sleuth Jun 28, 2018 • 6:18:50pm

pic.twitter.com/3GXPEkzgU1

— Bobby C. (@bootleg_bob63) June 28, 2018

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gocart mozart Jun 28, 2018 • 6:19:33pm

Is Eric Hartley now dead. The shooter is obsessed with hatred for him, even used his name for his Twitter Jarrod W. Ramos @EricHartleyFrnd

Tonight, @LauraReports talks with a transgender member of the military who is opening up and sharing his story after years of staying silent https://t.co/PDQzVlpDRp

— WAVY TV 10 (@WAVY_News) June 28, 2018

“Years of staying silent” … except for @courtneymabeus’ three-part series and @k_zeis’ video documentary, both in @virginianpilot https://t.co/4pOw9WkQol
…oh, and also this article featuring him in @outwire757 https://t.co/TeUN8giXec
What does @WAVY_News think “silent” means? https://t.co/BjSkZTYDxC

— Eric Hartley (@ethartley) June 28, 2018

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The Ghost of a Flea Jun 28, 2018 • 6:19:59pm

Seriously, can these trash boat motherfuckers just go make their own fucking culture and ideas instead of pickpocketing clip art from other people’s work?

I shit you not, I think one of the traits present in a lot of these assholes is that they lack creativity just as much as they do conscience, and thus have to dabble in the shallow end of the pool when it comes to expressing themselves.

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Backwoods_Sleuth Jun 28, 2018 • 6:21:33pm

re: #236 Charles Johnson

he sure can move fast when he’s motivated…

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gocart mozart Jun 28, 2018 • 6:21:41pm

A president under active criminal investigation of whether he won legitimately and whether he has obstructed that very investigation should not be permitted by a mere Senate majority to designate the justice whose votes could prove pivotal to the fate of his presidency.

— Laurence Tribe (@tribelaw) June 28, 2018

…and pivotal to the future of our republic and its people for the next 30-40 years. https://t.co/bH3nDm2MsI

— Michael Avenatti (@MichaelAvenatti) June 29, 2018

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gocart mozart Jun 28, 2018 • 6:22:37pm

UPDATE: Judge said that there will be sanctions against two journalists who attempted to record video of Ofc. Porter in courthouse hallway

— Robert Lang WBAL (@Reporterroblang) December 11, 2015

Because that’s what Baltimore’s legal system should be focused on right now. https://t.co/mOOD9M5ekb

— Eric Hartley (@ethartley) December 11, 2015

Not spoken like a fellow contemnor who doesn’t have the immunity. https://t.co/aQ0hp1qhkt

— Jarrod W. Ramos (@EricHartleyFrnd) December 12, 2015

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The Ghost of a Flea Jun 28, 2018 • 6:22:49pm

Oh fuck, so he’s marking people he hates?

Jesus, I need to go bathe. Disgusting and stupid.

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Stanley Sea Jun 28, 2018 • 6:23:58pm

re: #243 The Ghost of a Flea

Oh fuck, so he’s marking people he hates?

Jesus, I need to go bathe. Disgusting and stupid.

He may have killed him.

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dangerman Jun 28, 2018 • 6:24:29pm

re: #212 JordanRules

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A president under active criminal investigation of whether he won legitimately and whether he has obstructed that very investigation should not be permitted by a mere Senate majority to designate the justice whose votes could prove pivotal to the fate of his presidency.

A president who possibly illegitimately won the office should not be able to pardon himself for the crimes thatst stole him into the office
…or anyone else

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Winston_Smith Jun 28, 2018 • 6:24:55pm

re: #242 gocart mozart

Well I’m confused.

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MsJ Jun 28, 2018 • 6:25:21pm

Another one of Roger Stone’s former aides has been subpoenaed to turn over #documents, and appear before the #GrandJury in SP’s Trump investigation.https://t.co/RxAmaDk2Gm #PointyHeadRoger is missing a brain — see for yourself pic.twitter.com/LUbkxd8su9

— unwavering (@SCalaisS) June 29, 2018

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Cheechako Jun 28, 2018 • 6:25:28pm

re: #234 austin_blue

Privatize The Profit, Socialize The Costs.

When I was in the AF, the cooks in the alert shack were all AF personnel. A guy could be a cook for twenty years and retire with a pension (well, he would manage other cooks and the kitchen, supplies, sundries, &c later in his career). Now everything is outsourced to private companies.

True story. When the Space Shuttle broke up over Texas and littered the Piney Woods with debris, a Private Company (I think it was Fluor Daniels) was awarded a contract to get people to walk through the National Forest and tag debris. They were paid $75/person/day, plus perdiem. A friend of mine who spoke no Spanish but had a technical background (a field chemist who ran an on-site real time data lab truck at environmental sites) was in a real slow cycle for work and was offered a crew chief position at $35/ hour. What the hell, he thought, $1,400/ wk.

His entire crew was Spanish speaking and almost certainly undocumented, with no OSHA training. They were paid $10/hour. They lived in tents, at night, in February, and literally waked abreast for miles every day looking for pieces parts. For weeks.

I asked him if he learned any Spanish. “Sure”, he said “Culebra means snake and culebra peligroso means dangerous snake. We saw a lot of those. Also little pieces of Shuttle. Tagged them, bagged them, photos and GPS coordinates for each piece. A couple of big chunks we had to call in trucks or ATVs. Those Mexicans were just tireless and worked like dogs on that job. And the Contractor cleared $20,000 a day on my crew of forty. And they had something like 200 crews. That’s $4,000,000 a day for weeks.”

Privatize The Profit And Socialize The Cost. Modern Corporate Welfare.

Just to be fair, many of the search crews were off season wild-land fire crews along with their overhead. They also busted their butts searching for debris.

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Unshaken Defiance Jun 28, 2018 • 6:25:57pm

re: #229 GlutenFreeJesus

Where are all the 2A supporters suggesting we arm reporters?!

LOL Good point.
There is one, a bit atypical. Free safety and handling training available to any credentialed reporter under threat.

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The Ghost of a Flea Jun 28, 2018 • 6:29:07pm

re: #244 Stanley Sea

Yeah, I get that.

I’m just more disgusted because of the psychology involved in this shit. The way it’s all about some asshole with power/control issues such that they have to take that extra petty step.

eta: admittedly, this reflects my personal issues with this kind of scenario as a result of life experience with something similar, so if I don’t totally make sense beyond loquacious versions of *ugh*, it’s because this is a raw subject for me.

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Stanley Sea Jun 28, 2018 • 6:29:31pm

Capital Gazette Newspaper shooting:
Police: it was a targeted attack
o Threats “as early as today”
o Suspect used smoke grenades
o Suspect made threats through social media
o Suspect is Jarrod Warren Ramos, 38
o Suspect sued @capgaznews over stalking story they wrote about him pic.twitter.com/AEHxGlD86p

— David Begnaud (@DavidBegnaud) June 29, 2018

Old booking photo - 2013?

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MsJ Jun 28, 2018 • 6:29:31pm

My uplifting political news today: Massachusetts Gov-R signed paid family leave, an increase in minimum wage and increase naloxone access for first responders into the books. All politics are local, people, and living in MA is good. #mapoli #compromise https://t.co/MN8UGyi4e9

— Dr. Rachele Pojednic (@rachelepojednic) June 29, 2018

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JordanRules Jun 28, 2018 • 6:29:34pm

re: #247 MsJ

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How many former aides that are relative to this investigation does he have geez

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MsJ Jun 28, 2018 • 6:30:56pm

re: #253 JordanRules

How many former aides that are relative to this investigation does he have geez

His poisonous reach is likely very long. He’s been involved with Republican politics for decades.

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austin_blue Jun 28, 2018 • 6:32:07pm

re: #247 MsJ

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That picture makes Stone look like Zippy the Pinhead’s dumb first cousin.

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austin_blue Jun 28, 2018 • 6:34:02pm

re: #248 Cheechako

Just to be fair, many of the search crews were off season wild-land fire crews along with their overhead. They also busted their butts searching for debris.

They did! And they got paid fair wages for their labor.

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gocart mozart Jun 28, 2018 • 6:36:06pm

re: #242 gocart mozart

Judge Moylan was next (does “Frnd” mean “I’m gonna kill you?”)

I’d say Moylan should kill himself, but I hope he lives to see this. Then the crooked prosecutor can fuck off like Frank (i.e., like Phil).

— Jarrod W. Ramos (@EricHartleyFrnd) January 21, 2016

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Winston_Smith Jun 28, 2018 • 6:37:45pm

re: #257 gocart mozart

Funny @jack didn’t find all this asshole’s tweets broke the TOS.

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MsJ Jun 28, 2018 • 6:38:16pm

The little things crack me up sometimes.

Watch as Portuguese President Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa yanks President Trump Hand!

Another LOSS for Trump! pic.twitter.com/1eKCkSa6ZL

— Ed Krassenstein (@EdKrassen) June 28, 2018

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plansbandc Jun 28, 2018 • 6:38:54pm

Damn.

New: The Capital Gazette suspect, Jarrod W. Ramos, had harassed the newspaper’s journalists for years.

I talked to the newspaper’s former publisher about Ramos. He was horrified. https://t.co/5hTDnKMn0q pic.twitter.com/KS5WPG0fc6

— Matt Pearce 🦅 (@mattdpearce) June 29, 2018

This is devastating. https://t.co/hemwifimTJ

— Amy Brittain (@AmyJBrittain) June 29, 2018

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austin_blue Jun 28, 2018 • 6:39:02pm

re: #251 Stanley Sea

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Old booking photo - 2013?

He’s rocking that Babe Magnet of a beard, isn’t he?

Laaadieeees! What a catch!

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Backwoods_Sleuth Jun 28, 2018 • 6:40:15pm

NEW: The Capital Gazette shooter, Jarrod Ramos, was the subject of a Capital article in which he’s described threatening and harassing a woman on Facebook.

According to the article, he had pleaded guilty in 2011 to a misdemeanor harassment charge. pic.twitter.com/NFSuuiycRx

— dell cameron (@dellcam) June 29, 2018

Women are the canary in the coal mine almost every time.

— AntigoneRises (@Antithesis_Red) June 29, 2018

👇https://t.co/5awG2LLpU1

— dell cameron (@dellcam) June 29, 2018

In one email, the shooter reportedly told the woman to “go hang yourself, you cowardly little lush.” pic.twitter.com/8hCpUdfK3K

— dell cameron (@dellcam) June 29, 2018

The Capital article was the subject of a defamation lawsuit against @capgaznews, which was tossed by the judge, who told Ramos that “the article appears to be substantially accurate.”

This is from the unreported court opinion, which was found by @thehowie online. pic.twitter.com/tbKkoKUaAa

— dell cameron (@dellcam) June 29, 2018

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lawhawk Jun 28, 2018 • 6:42:54pm

re: #117 Blind Frog Belly White

“…he’s a master negotiator.”

Assumes facts not in evidence.

All these people claiming Trump is a great negotiator.

Let’s see a single deal that he came out ahead on. Go on. Let’s hear what deal really worked out for him?

His bankruptcies? Yeah, that’s a great deal for him.
Or, maybe his deal with the Russians to extend him credit. Please do tell. How is that really working out for him, let alone the rest of the nation and the world.

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MsJ Jun 28, 2018 • 6:43:37pm

News — Sens. Murkowski, Collins and Heitkamp were all at the White House tonight meeting with President Trump, along with Sens. Manchin and Donnelly. Heitkamp, Manchin and Donnelly are the three Dems who voted for Gorsuch.

— Kaitlan Collins (@kaitlancollins) June 29, 2018

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MsJ Jun 28, 2018 • 6:45:02pm

re: #264 MsJ

Heitkamp in a statement on her meeting with Trump: “I told the president that he has a chance to unite the country by nominating a true non-ideological jurist who could gain strong support from senators on both sides of the aisle, rather than create more divisions.” pic.twitter.com/2nr1GBZiZp

— Kaitlan Collins (@kaitlancollins) June 29, 2018

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Backwoods_Sleuth Jun 28, 2018 • 6:46:30pm

My heart breaks for @Carl_Hiaasen, who lost his brother Rob Hiaasen in the crime at the Capital Gazette. Carl has brought so much laughter and joy to so many of us. Today, we share his tears. https://t.co/F2i2ZaVQKq

— Jeff Jarvis (@jeffjarvis) June 29, 2018

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teleskiguy Jun 28, 2018 • 6:46:48pm

re: #265 MsJ

Yep, we’re boned. Right in the ear.

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austin_blue Jun 28, 2018 • 6:47:42pm

re: #265 MsJ

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But Gorsuch was NONE of those things and you supported him. Hmmm…

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fern01 Jun 28, 2018 • 6:48:36pm

re: #226 JordanRules

Trump is turning sane people insane. Unbelievable and pure spite that Harper would do this to his country.

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Cheechako Jun 28, 2018 • 6:48:50pm

re: #264 MsJ

Ahh…the arm twisting and special side deals are just beginning. I wonder what Murkowsky will sell her soul for this time. She already got ANWR open for drilling. Maybe the natural gas pipeline this time?

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Patricia Kayden Jun 28, 2018 • 6:49:18pm

re: #2 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))

and we have seen, blaming it on the Left for being “uncivil” while reveling in the deaths of leftist journalists….

and not being called out on it

Milo just recently called for the shooting of journalists and Trump has said that the press is America’s greatest enemy. It isn’t the Left demonizing the media.

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MsJ Jun 28, 2018 • 6:49:28pm

WTF is wrong with people? From BBQ Becky to Permit Patty to now Dining Dan.

“Can you get a policeman on board here? We’ve got somebody dining in the first car.” A man called #BART police over another passenger eating a burrito https://t.co/rN3Wg6gykD pic.twitter.com/6F1zbV4PmV

— KRON4 News (@kron4news) June 27, 2018

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Stanley Sea Jun 28, 2018 • 6:50:30pm

re: #259 MsJ

The little things crack me up sometimes.

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Huge LOL

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Patricia Kayden Jun 28, 2018 • 6:50:55pm

re: #226 JordanRules

This is very shocking. Didn’t know Harper had it in him to go against his own Prime Minister like that. His behavior is a betrayal of Canada and for what exactly?

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Backwoods_Sleuth Jun 28, 2018 • 6:52:41pm

Why in the hell do you people always act like these two sellouts aren’t REPUBLICANS?

Any “stand” Murkowski takes lasts only as long as it takes for the check to clear.

And Collins is no better.

These two aren’t heroes. THEY’RE FUCKING HENCHMEN. When will you learn? https://t.co/PyAAqV111I

— Stonekettle (@Stonekettle) June 29, 2018

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MsJ Jun 28, 2018 • 6:52:42pm

re: #269 fern01

Trump is turning sane people insane. Unbelievable and pure spite that Harper would do this to his country.

Harper always was Bush lite. He tried really hard. Made it so scientists couldn’t talk to the press, made the Parliament librarians who research purposed legislation only report things that supported his positions (unheard of previously). He’s always been an ASSHOLE.

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teleskiguy Jun 28, 2018 • 6:53:04pm

And Fuckface Von Clownstick (@realDonaldTrump), there’s blood on your hands! The free press is not an “enemy of the people,” asshole!

— Charlie Vogel, aka His Teleness the Charlie Lama (@teleskiguy) June 29, 2018

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JordanRules Jun 28, 2018 • 6:53:10pm

re: #269 fern01

Trump is turning sane people insane. Unbelievable and pure spite that Harper would do this to his country.

And nobody ever comes out of any dealings with him smelling good. So yeah insane. You’re going to let this man shit on you.

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Backwoods_Sleuth Jun 28, 2018 • 6:54:39pm

Trump claims that the head of U.S. Steel called him and said, ‘We’re opening up six major facilities.’

WaPo says there’s no evidence to support Trump’s claim. And what’s more, the head of U.S. steel wouldn’t even confirm the call with WaPo. https://t.co/qKl56MxmZ8

— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) June 28, 2018

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Winston_Smith Jun 28, 2018 • 6:58:34pm

re: #268 austin_blue

But Gorsuch was NONE of those things and you supported him. Hmmm…

And she’s proud of it.

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Stanley Sea Jun 28, 2018 • 6:59:21pm

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Backwoods_Sleuth Jun 28, 2018 • 6:59:38pm

Just in: Paul Manafort is asking the DC Circuit to let him out of jail while his appeal is pending https://t.co/Gf2S7JBAnm pic.twitter.com/TNKA50mgLJ

— Zoe Tillman (@ZoeTillman) June 29, 2018

omg does this dude still not get that he is going to be in jail for the rest of his life?? https://t.co/EHVF1iiabV

— Asha Rangappa (@AshaRangappa_) June 29, 2018

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teleskiguy Jun 28, 2018 • 7:00:32pm

Heitkamp in a statement on her meeting with Trump: “I told the president that he has a chance to unite the country by nominating a true non-ideological jurist who could gain strong support from senators on both sides of the aisle, rather than create more divisions.” pic.twitter.com/2nr1GBZiZp

— Kaitlan Collins (@kaitlancollins) June 29, 2018

“I told the president that he has a chance to unite the country if he magically turned into Dwight Eisenhower.” https://t.co/wbLFXQ7HNN

— Charles P. Pierce (@CharlesPPierce) June 29, 2018

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Big Beautiful Door Jun 28, 2018 • 7:00:41pm

re: #272 MsJ

WTF is wrong with people? From BBQ Becky to Permit Patty to now Dining Dan.

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911, get the SWAT team here, stat!

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austin_blue Jun 28, 2018 • 7:01:18pm

re: #277 teleskiguy

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I know! Hiaasen has made me laugh from the first page of his first book, “Tourist Season.” (That’s Season as in hunting season.)

What a horrible thing to happen. But you know what? He’s going to go full on cock and balls butt-fucking on this Admin for the rest of his days over this. And Dave Berry is going to be swinging for the fences, too.

Pro Tip: Don’t poke the wasp nest of the Fourth Estate. You are gonna get your eyes eaten.

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MsJ Jun 28, 2018 • 7:03:28pm

It is really hard to believe that in this day and age a woman who is a member of Congress can be so ill-informed as to not know the difference between a rape kit and an abortion. https://t.co/HgvpQhCUnH via @pinterest

— April Poirier (@AprilAprilr5739) June 29, 2018

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LastYearsMan Jun 28, 2018 • 7:08:04pm

What the fucketty fuck?

This is an actual story on an official government website with a 14-word headline starting with “we must secure”. This is not an accident. There are actual Nazis-who-call-themselves-Nazis at DHS. https://t.co/Q01TRRpNaI

— Laurie Voss (@seldo) June 28, 2018

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Backwoods_Sleuth Jun 28, 2018 • 7:09:36pm

Trump’s legislative affairs chief says the White House plans to dip into the confirmation playbook used for Neil Gorsuch, generally seen as one of its smoothest successes https://t.co/WkODDpyEwU

— Capital Journal (@WSJPolitics) June 29, 2018

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Backwoods_Sleuth Jun 28, 2018 • 7:11:05pm

How does a toddler appear in court for a deportation hearing? https://t.co/n2J757rsPy

— Jim Acosta (@Acosta) June 28, 2018

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teleskiguy Jun 28, 2018 • 7:11:36pm

re: #285 austin_blue

Carl’s collected columns from The Miami Herald, “Kick Ass” and “Paradise Screwed,” remain some of my favorite reads. Carl proved to me once and for all with those books that truth is always stranger than fiction.

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austin_blue Jun 28, 2018 • 7:11:38pm

re: #286 MsJ

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Jodie Laubenburg is in the Texas State House of Representatives. Not US Congress. And a prime example of why Molly Ivins (sniff!) wrote that

“Every two years, little villages across the length and breadth of the Great State of Texas send their idiots to Austin.”

She’s from Collin County, a hard red suburban enclave north of Dallas, where people often complain at Love Field that Southwest Airlines should provide them with the option of flying on planes with two right wings.

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Stanley Sea Jun 28, 2018 • 7:11:42pm

re: #285 austin_blue

Rob and Carl, Im proud to say are both UF alum.

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Unshaken Defiance Jun 28, 2018 • 7:12:15pm

The strategy should be raw conflict of interest. Trump claims he can pardon himself. The part of the law that says it applies to everyone will have to go to SCOTUS. Trump can’t pick his judge if justice has any meaning.

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sagehen Jun 28, 2018 • 7:12:41pm

re: #285 austin_blue

I know! Hiaasen has made me laugh from the first page of his first book, “Tourist Season.” (That’s Season as in hunting season.)

Hiaasen (and his characters) are who I imagine every time I hear the phrase “Florida man”…

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JordanRules Jun 28, 2018 • 7:13:30pm

Ramos, Suspect in Capital Gazette shooting tweeted in 2015 about another newsroom massacre at Charlie Hebdo in Paris. Carried out by AQ/ISIS pic.twitter.com/LFa54hMtSA

— Joyce Karam (@Joyce_Karam) June 29, 2018

Was he inspired by Charlie Hebdo massacre? His feed is consistent in attacking the media.
Also begs question what is @Twitter doing about accounts like @EricHartleyFrnd that threatens journalists around the clock. Was he reported?

— Joyce Karam (@Joyce_Karam) June 29, 2018

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austin_blue Jun 28, 2018 • 7:14:34pm

re: #294 sagehen

Hiaasen (and his characters) are who I imagine every time I hear the phrase “Florida man”…

Except for Skink. Skink is my fucking hero.

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teleskiguy Jun 28, 2018 • 7:14:56pm

Fuckface Von Clownstick is meeting with the boss in Helsinki on 16 July.

Putin, Trump to hold summit in Helsinki on July 16. https://t.co/m6r0BMCfrM #Denver7 pic.twitter.com/Td48wuvA7X

— Denver7 News (@DenverChannel) June 29, 2018

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Cheechako Jun 28, 2018 • 7:16:00pm

re: #297 teleskiguy

Must be time for trump’s performance review.

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teleskiguy Jun 28, 2018 • 7:17:26pm

re: #298 Cheechako

Must be time for trump’s performance review.

He’ll get high marks. Putin might even destroy one of the (many) copies of the pee tape he has in front of him, to assuage his mind.

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Backwoods_Sleuth Jun 28, 2018 • 7:18:18pm

I was pulling photos from the shooting today and found this one: two of the @capgaznews journalists working on tomorrow’s paper in a parking lot while they waited to hear whether their colleagues were alive or dead. Journalists, man. I have tears in my eyes. pic.twitter.com/KjfZ0fqSd2

— Jessica Roy 🦅 (@jessica_roy) June 29, 2018

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retired cynic Jun 28, 2018 • 7:18:22pm

What DT is doing, every single day, is making sure that his name and photo are “above the fold.” He is a black hole, absorbing attention, no matter what the news, and that is just the way he likes it. There is no end to how much he can absorb.

And the media, and we-the-people, have no choice but to swim in that relentless tide. How on earth do we stop this?

(I went out and pulled weeds and worked up good sweat, and it felt good in my soul to be away from it for just a while.)

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BeachDem Jun 28, 2018 • 7:18:30pm

re: #289 Backwoods_Sleuth

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How does a toddler appear in court for a deportation hearing?

Immigration judge, Jack Weil thinks it’s easy-peasy

Last Week Tonight’s John Oliver on Kids (Immigration Courts)

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Big Beautiful Door Jun 28, 2018 • 7:18:31pm

re: #287 LastYearsMan

What the fucketty fuck?
twitter.com

I suspect Stephen Miller drafted that press release.

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Cheechako Jun 28, 2018 • 7:19:13pm

re: #299 teleskiguy

He’ll get high marks. Putin might even destroy one of the (many) copies of the pee tape he has in front of him, to assuage his mind.

In addition, he’ll probably get Putin to forgive one of his loans

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JordanRules Jun 28, 2018 • 7:21:55pm

Laura Ingraham: “With few exceptions, you really think about it, conservatives aren’t really into protesting.” pic.twitter.com/2EhivM8e9h

— Andrew Lawrence (@ndrew_lawrence) June 29, 2018

must have been imaginary people at all those tea party things https://t.co/cScrfkxCmm

— Oliver Willis (@owillis) June 29, 2018

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The Vicious Babushka Jun 28, 2018 • 7:23:08pm

Breaking: The five victims in the Capital Gazette newsroom shooting are:

- Wendi Winters
- Rebecca Smith
- Robert Hiaasen
- Gerald Fischman
- John McNamarahttps://t.co/RIjPDN9Ios

— Washington Post (@washingtonpost) June 29, 2018

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teleskiguy Jun 28, 2018 • 7:23:52pm

Really wish I could embed an Instagram post. An old friend from my Steamboat days posted a picture of her breastfeeding her newborn in Hart Senate Office Building today, behind her were hundreds of women getting arrested. Powerful picture.

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JordanRules Jun 28, 2018 • 7:24:38pm

For anyone out there in the Twittersphere who isn’t a journalist: Every newsroom I know of, regardless of size or geographical area, has at least a handful of people who regularly harass its journalists. Every one.

— Audrey Cooper (@audreycoopersf) June 29, 2018

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Backwoods_Sleuth Jun 28, 2018 • 7:24:55pm

Because Justice Kennedy’s son Justin was working in Mortgage Backed Securities at Deutsche Bank when Citizens United was argued. pic.twitter.com/weFvFOx6tZ

— Eric Garland (@ericgarland) June 28, 2018

After Citizens United was argued and before it was decided, Justin Kennedy resigned and started his own fund. Real estate securities. https://t.co/mfHJNdI8KT

— Eric Garland (@ericgarland) June 28, 2018

Newly-released court papers in the Manafort case show that he got a $10 million loan from Russian oligarch Deripaska to one of his shell companies: “John Hannah LLC” That company is the shell company through which he bought his Trump Tower apartment, #43-G for all cash pic.twitter.com/BDchX1uREF

— Andrea Bernstein (@AndreaWNYC) June 28, 2018

Real estate was used to launder foreign money in to the Trump campaign. https://t.co/8cx0jlwdp2

— Eric Garland (@ericgarland) June 28, 2018

OH WOW, I TOTES FORGOT, Deutsche Bank was laundering RUSSIAN money and this involved MORTGAGE BACKED SECURITIES! LIKE JUSTIN WORKED ON! https://t.co/QfHwM2NLUl

— Eric Garland (@ericgarland) June 28, 2018

I bet Mr. Mueller already has this question asked and answered. 😆

— ★Kristen Elizabeth★ (@StaarVellocet) June 28, 2018

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The Ghost of a Flea Jun 28, 2018 • 7:25:06pm

re: #305 JordanRules

The tea partier’s waveform collapsed and they popped back into quantum foam.

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Backwoods_Sleuth Jun 28, 2018 • 7:28:49pm

pic.twitter.com/33KegVDCNM

— Effin’ Birds (@EffinBirds) June 29, 2018

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The Ghost of a Flea Jun 28, 2018 • 7:28:49pm

re: #308 JordanRules

Also imaginary: a bunch of armed fuckwits at a bird sanctuary.

And the people outside women’s health clinics.

And Oathkeepers.

And on and on.

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BeachDem Jun 28, 2018 • 7:29:39pm

re: #308 JordanRules

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And, like clockwork, a NYT writer’s “both sides” bullshit—even Maggie wasn’t buying it.

No, I’m not saying it’s wrong. I’m saying merely that it’s time to stop pretending the war on the press started with Trump. He escalated it, but it was supported in one way or another by more establishment politicians than not, on both sides of the aisle.

— Jacob Bernstein (@BernsteinJacob) June 29, 2018

Supporting local journalism is important, what happened today is sickening. This alleged gunman appears to have had a longstanding grudge against the paper and little else is known so far. But Trump is the only president in memory to call the press “the enemy of the people.” https://t.co/QmGBikZh0L

— Maggie Haberman (@maggieNYT) June 29, 2018

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Teukka Jun 28, 2018 • 7:30:34pm

re: #76 Bubblehead II

WTF? Come on. Probably googled it.

How to remove your finger prints

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Backwoods_Sleuth Jun 28, 2018 • 7:31:07pm

Reposting: plans for white nationalist rally MAY be thwarted by man planning petting-zoo party for the same day. https://t.co/sROll0G1ye

— David Fahrenthold (@Fahrenthold) June 29, 2018

His event is called “Festival of the Schmestival.” It will have a dunk tank, and maybe a giraffe. https://t.co/z97h6h33Um

— David Fahrenthold (@Fahrenthold) June 29, 2018

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Winston_Smith Jun 28, 2018 • 7:31:07pm

GOP holding a Thoughts and Prayers session.

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JordanRules Jun 28, 2018 • 7:32:06pm

re: #313 BeachDem

And, like clockwork, a NYT writer’s “both sides” bullshit—even Maggie wasn’t buying it.

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Addicted to “hot” takes and party invites.

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Backwoods_Sleuth Jun 28, 2018 • 7:33:01pm

where can I sign up for this job position. pic.twitter.com/ExpO5NJLB3

— Baby Animals (@BBAnimals) June 29, 2018

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JordanRules Jun 28, 2018 • 7:33:16pm

News: @SenGillibrand just told Chris Cuomo she supports abolishing ICE.

— we’re going to abolish ICE (@SeanMcElwee) June 29, 2018

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JordanRules Jun 28, 2018 • 7:35:08pm

Hiaasen, a mentor to younger reporters, had just celebrated his 33rd wedding anniversary to Maria Hiaasen, a high school English teacher. Today is her birthday. https://t.co/DBcDBS2Bl2 #CapitalGazzette

— Ann Marie Lipinski (@AMLwhere) June 29, 2018

Heartbreaking.

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teleskiguy Jun 28, 2018 • 7:35:26pm

#SugarloafFire Update: Estimated at 300 acres, burning towards the high alpine tundra, and resources are on scene. The USFS is managing several fires in the region and resources are being prioritized where life and property are at risk…. https://t.co/F6qWs4y2tA

— CO Wildfire Info (@COWildfireInfo) June 29, 2018

“…resources are being prioritized…” That means “we’re stretched pretty fucking thin right now and it’s getting worse.”

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ipsos Jun 28, 2018 • 7:36:43pm

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JordanRules Jun 28, 2018 • 7:37:58pm

Well someone who leads a country had to do it. Thanks Trudeau.

Journalists tell the stories of our communities, protect democracy, & often put their lives on the line just to do their jobs. Today’s attack in Annapolis is devastating. Our hearts go out to all the victims & their families.

— Justin Trudeau (@JustinTrudeau) June 29, 2018

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Backwoods_Sleuth Jun 28, 2018 • 7:40:03pm

re: #322 ipsos

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Backwoods_Sleuth Jun 28, 2018 • 7:42:17pm

Crow parents taking a break to share a quiet moment of tenderness. Just kidding. Their kid was literally screaming at them. pic.twitter.com/l0x8YEjt9C

— Kaeli Swift (@corvidresearch) June 21, 2018

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Backwoods_Sleuth Jun 28, 2018 • 7:44:27pm

“For more than 25 years, [Gerald] Fischman was the conscience and voice of the Annapolis news organization, writing scathing, insightful and always exacting editorials about the community.” https://t.co/3HvCiPTYVd

— Jenna Johnson (@wpjenna) June 29, 2018

Wendi Winters “identified herself as a ‘proud Navy mom,’ a church youth adviser, a Red Cross volunteer and a Girl Scout leader who could ‘make a mean s’more.’“ https://t.co/Viyyc9Qkbs

— Jenna Johnson (@wpjenna) June 29, 2018

Rebecca Smith, 34, was a recent hire at the Capital Gazette. “She was kind and considerate, and willing to help when needed. She seemed to really enjoy to be working in the media business.” https://t.co/RNeSztjoy9

— Jenna Johnson (@wpjenna) June 29, 2018

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JordanRules Jun 28, 2018 • 7:45:01pm

These are some of the comments we’re getting on a story we posted about the Annapolis shooting.

The rhetoric against the media in 2018 is absolutely horrifying. pic.twitter.com/Zwl7Z6PLjD

— Courtney Marabella (@CourtMarabella) June 28, 2018

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Backwoods_Sleuth Jun 28, 2018 • 7:45:56pm

In addition to sending thoughts and prayers, perhaps you can ask your husband to stop demonizing reporters as “the enemy of the people.” https://t.co/4QkCkJjWfN

— David Corn (@DavidCornDC) June 29, 2018

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teleskiguy Jun 28, 2018 • 7:46:02pm

“Walkin’ On The Sun” by Smash Mouth is a good song.

Walkin’ On The Sun

Fight me.

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Stanley Sea Jun 28, 2018 • 7:47:48pm

re: #311 Backwoods_Sleuth

Wow, thanks for the turn on to that site. I see a few shirts I need.

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dangerman Jun 28, 2018 • 7:48:40pm

re: #289 Backwoods_Sleuth

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How does a toddler appear in court for a deportation hearing?

Hopefully not in chains

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Backwoods_Sleuth Jun 28, 2018 • 7:50:04pm

Protesters greet Melania with inflatable Trump in Klan outfit at migrant center https://t.co/tYaeWaPbvV pic.twitter.com/Hq7lQS6630

— The Hill (@thehill) June 29, 2018

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teleskiguy Jun 28, 2018 • 7:50:43pm

One more week… #umphreys

— Charlie Vogel, aka His Teleness the Charlie Lama (@teleskiguy) June 28, 2018

Oh yeah. I’ll be largely absent from the internets for three days next week to see my favorite rock ‘n’ roll circus play three nights at Red Rocks. I look forward to it.

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ipsos Jun 28, 2018 • 7:51:14pm

re: #324 Backwoods_Sleuth

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Backwoods_Sleuth Jun 28, 2018 • 7:51:33pm

Kim Jong Un ordered army officer executed after giving soldiers extra food: report https://t.co/QVEQca88K1

— Fox News (@FoxNews) June 29, 2018

Great guy, I am sure Trump will congratulate https://t.co/a7LzWTOUw0

— elevateit (@elevate53) June 29, 2018

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dangerman Jun 28, 2018 • 7:51:39pm

re: #301 retired cynic

What DT is doing, every single day, is making sure that his name and photo are “above the fold.” He is a black hole, absorbing attention, no matter what the news, and that is just the way he likes it. There is no end to how much he can absorb.

And the media, and we-the-people, have no choice but to swim in that relentless tide. How on earth do we stop this?

(I went out and pulled weeds and worked up good sweat, and it felt good in my soul to be away from it for just a while.)

(I’m running a nine miler tomorrow AM for the same reason)

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Teukka Jun 28, 2018 • 7:52:40pm

re: #322 ipsos

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Backwoods_Sleuth Jun 28, 2018 • 7:55:03pm

A second friend murdered in the Annapolis Capital newsroom. John McNamara was a careful, committed and lifelong journalist who first honed his craft as a sports reporter on the University of Maryland Diamondback, where I had the pleasure of working with him. pic.twitter.com/NJaDRGx5wA

— David Simon (@AoDespair) June 29, 2018

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teleskiguy Jun 28, 2018 • 7:55:39pm

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Backwoods_Sleuth Jun 28, 2018 • 7:56:15pm

Trump and Putin are meeting in Finland next month. That’s a long way to travel for a blowjob, but hey — Putin’s got the money.

— Bette Midler (@BetteMidler) June 29, 2018

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Backwoods_Sleuth Jun 28, 2018 • 7:58:34pm

thread

2) It’s interesting to me that this guy started harassing this woman in 2009/2010, the journalist wrote about it in 2011, he lost his defamation case in late 2015, but he didn’t shoot up a newspaper til June 28 2018. Wonder why. What’s changed in the world the last 33 months? HM.

— ClinicEscort (@ClinicEscort) June 29, 2018

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dangerman Jun 28, 2018 • 7:59:22pm

re: #333 teleskiguy

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Oh yeah. I’ll be largely absent from the internets for three days next week to see my favorite rock ‘n’ roll circus play three nights at Red Rocks. I look forward to it.

I envy you your disconnected time

And the music. That too

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JordanRules Jun 28, 2018 • 8:00:30pm

I keep seeing the usual false flag people thinking it’s shady that the shooter’s dad worked for NSA. My dudes, that’s where we live. My neighborhood (10 minutes from Annapolis) has NSA, Secret Service, Naval officers, & assorted federal government workers. 🙄

— Kelly (@cornax) June 29, 2018

seriously. someone in dc/md/va working for the govt is like people working at a mine in west virginia. its a company town/region. https://t.co/iuAdaMPJod

— Oliver Willis (@owillis) June 29, 2018

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teleskiguy Jun 28, 2018 • 8:02:07pm

re: #342 dangerman

I envy you your disconnected time

And the music. That too

If they play Making Flippy Floppy I will lose my mind.

I can’t believe it
And people are strange
Our president’s crazy
Did you hear what he said
Business and pleasure
Lie right to your face
Divide it in sections
And then give it away

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Unshaken Defiance Jun 28, 2018 • 8:03:53pm

re: #339 teleskiguy

scqWZAAMQwVGt4OZXr0iwvWa7nrjhMY2rMQ5XQGGgumbKaLPb//rU2NIQLLYtCQv

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Brian J. Jun 28, 2018 • 8:04:02pm

re: #319 JordanRules

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Pandering. You can no more abolish the ICE than whackjob right-wingers could abolish the IRS, and claiming you can dodges the questions of how to reform it to do its job without reeneacting the excesses of certain 20th century central Europeans.

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Backwoods_Sleuth Jun 28, 2018 • 8:06:02pm

re: #343 JordanRules

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the news article about the harassment case noted that, at the time (2010, maybe?), the shooter was a 31-year-old federal employee. Wonder what his job was back then?

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teleskiguy Jun 28, 2018 • 8:06:28pm

re: #346 Brian J.

OH HAI! You lost like 200 karma last night, bro! Just sayin’.

I’mma post more Smash Mouth.

The Fonz

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Backwoods_Sleuth Jun 28, 2018 • 8:07:52pm

nobody told me there would be purity wingnut civics lessons tonight…

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teleskiguy Jun 28, 2018 • 8:10:04pm

The Capital victims:

Wendi Winters, Special Publications
Rebecca Smith, Sales Assistant
Gerald Fischman, Editorial Page Editor
Rob Hiaasen, Columnist & Assistant Editor
John McNamara, Bowie/Crofton/West County staff writer

Don’t forget them.

— Paige Lavender (@paigelav) June 29, 2018

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Backwoods_Sleuth Jun 28, 2018 • 8:10:15pm

Another shooting. Another night in America where a father, a wife, a friend, a neighbor won’t be coming home. We can’t accept this. It must end. Congress must act. Our hearts are with the #CapitalGazette

— Joe Biden (@JoeBiden) June 29, 2018

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Brian J. Jun 28, 2018 • 8:11:44pm

re: #348 teleskiguy

OH HAI! You lost like 200 karma last night, bro! Just sayin’.

I’mma post more Smash Mouth.

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That and two bucks wouldn’t buy me a cup of coffee. I’ll survive.

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teleskiguy Jun 28, 2018 • 8:12:24pm

re: #352 Brian J.

That and two bucks wouldn’t buy me a cup of coffee. I’ll survive.

Did you like the song?

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gocart mozart Jun 28, 2018 • 8:14:22pm

A second friend murdered in the Annapolis Capital newsroom. John McNamara was a careful, committed and lifelong journalist who first honed his craft as a sports reporter on the University of Maryland Diamondback, where I had the pleasure of working with him. pic.twitter.com/NJaDRGx5wA

— David Simon (@AoDespair) June 29, 2018

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austin_blue Jun 28, 2018 • 8:16:07pm

re: #349 Backwoods_Sleuth

nobody told me there would be purity wingnut civics lessons tonight…

Nice smolder!

I’m old enough to remember BBS flame wars, at a blazing 300 bits per second.

Well, “wars” my not be correct. “Sieges” would probably be better. It took forever to construct and send a post and you’d get a response—maybe— the next hour. Or Day.

And you kids get offa my lawn!

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Backwoods_Sleuth Jun 28, 2018 • 8:17:54pm

JFC

To the people of Guatemala, Honduras, and El Salvador: You are our neighbors. We want you and your nations to prosper. If you want to come to the United States, come legally or don’t come at all. pic.twitter.com/KJLIbtCsdE

— Vice President Mike Pence (@VP) June 29, 2018

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Brian J. Jun 28, 2018 • 8:18:01pm

re: #353 teleskiguy

Did you like the song?

Not especially. I prefer “When the Morning Comes,” myself.

Seriously, the Republicans just spent seven years screaming to the world that they were going to abolish Obamacare, only to be unable to put together an alternative when they finally had the chance because they were too busy telling each other how much they hated it. The point is to learn from others’ mistakes and copy tactics that succeed, not the other way around.

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Backwoods_Sleuth Jun 28, 2018 • 8:19:46pm

From @adamliptak & @maggieNYT’s latest: https://t.co/gMLGU4LB7I pic.twitter.com/J7mwwh8Bgq

— Nick Confessore (@nickconfessore) June 29, 2018

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Eclectic Cyborg Jun 28, 2018 • 8:20:32pm

Dave Matthews visits the tiny desk. Solid set.

npr.org

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MsJ Jun 28, 2018 • 8:22:32pm

When There Are No Rules and the Game Is Rigged, You Have to Fight Dirty (Part 2: Let’s Go Low - more on how to respond to the upcoming Supreme Court confirmation battle) https://t.co/bdnxSo53m0

— The Rude Pundit (@rudepundit) June 29, 2018

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teleskiguy Jun 28, 2018 • 8:22:41pm

re: #355 austin_blue

First time I used the internet I was 12 or so, using an ISP called Prodigy. I could only use it a half hour at a time because it was dial-up and it was a long distance call to Grand Junction, CO, over a hundred miles to the west. That howling sound that came out of telephone receivers in the house is still one of my favorite sounds. In those days, when I heard that sound, I knew I was plugged in and can look at stuff and talk to other people far away from me… on the internet.

I’m still “green” around here when it comes to computers. Some of you folk talk about cards with holes in them and magnetic tape.

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retired cynic Jun 28, 2018 • 8:24:23pm

re: #361 teleskiguy

First time I used the internet I was 12 or so, using an ISP called Prodigy. I could only use it a half hour at a time because it was dial-up and it was a long distance call to Grand Junction, CO, over a hundred miles to the west. That howling sound that came out of telephone receivers in the house is still one of my favorite sounds. In those days, when I heard that sound, I knew I was plugged in and can look at stuff and talk to other people far away from me… on the internet.

I’m still “green” around here when it comes to computers. Some of you folk talk about cards with holes in them and magnetic tape.

I work with someone who is still on prodigy. He’s the only one I know. Probably got it back on dialup, when I got AOL, not of blessed memory.

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Eclectic Cyborg Jun 28, 2018 • 8:24:53pm

re: #361 teleskiguy

Dial up for me too. AOL and Netscape. ;)

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mmmirele Jun 28, 2018 • 8:25:09pm

So there is this fuckery from “The ‘Gospel Coalition.’” The author is Karen Swallow Prior, who is a professor at Liberty University. Basically, she gives a right-wing Christian argument for so-called “hospitality,” which means that the Red Hen should have served Sarah Sanders.

And as I said, we get fuckery, where she describes how, years ago, she confronted a doctor who performed abortions in a store:

I knew what my role was when I was at the clinic protesting at the site where his hands did their dirty work. But I had no idea what I was supposed to do when I faced him in the clean, well-lighted convenience store, where citizens of all walks of life come together, bonded by our common need to buy gas, milk, bread, coffee, and water.

Suddenly, with no forethought or plan, with his back still toward me, I spoke gently toward his ear, “When are you going to stop killing babies?”

My tone was as if I’d asked if he thought we might get some rain soon. My volume such that the cashier made no indication he’d heard me speak.

But the abortion doctor heard.

He wheeled around so fast that my heart began beating impossibly faster than it had been before. His voice exploded into a torrent of angry words, aimed like bullets at my impassive face. I stood still and didn’t say another word. When the alarmed cashier—who had no idea what caused this outburst—tried to calm the man, the doctor turned on him, telling him he would never come into this store again. Finally, after what seemed like hours but was probably only a minute, he stormed out of the store.

And then there’s a whole people should have served Sarah Sanders and Maxine Waters should not use those words, because it’s not hospitable. Then we come to the end and her supreme hypocrisy:

If I could go back to that scene in the convenience store today, would I do the same thing? Yes, I think so. I was unexpectedly given the opportunity to offer piercing words, spoken in love, in hopes of pricking a man’s conscience.

She’d do it again. She’d tell the doctor (not ask) again: “When are you going to stop killing babies?” This is fucking bullshit. (Here’s the whole piece of trash: thegospelcoalition.org )

She got a number of laudatory tweets, but I gave her a piece of my mind in several tweets.

Dear Karen, re your TGC article: You were downright rude and obnoxious to that doctor. If this is the “radical hospitality” of Jesus, count me out. I’d rather have the Scientologists picket my home again. They didn’t cloak their hostility in fake love like you do.

— (((Deana “Where are the babies?” Holmes))) (@mmmirele) June 29, 2018

You want people who do not share your views to be civil, but you still think you would still tell that man (not ask, this was a demand) “When are you going to stop killing babies?” You give yourself a pass on civility and hospitality because you’re “pricking” his conscience.

— (((Deana “Where are the babies?” Holmes))) (@mmmirele) June 29, 2018

And finally, with regard to abortion, pro-lifers have had 45 YEARS to convince the country of the rightness of your cause. Your side failed, because you revealed how much you care about life for the newly born (as in, you’re not willing to put your money where your mouth is).

— (((Deana “Where are the babies?” Holmes))) (@mmmirele) June 29, 2018

Tired of this bullshit. And yes, pro-lifers have had 45 years to convince people of the rightness of their cause, but instead it’s become exquisitely clear how much they want to control the bodies of women. For that, they can surely fuck off.

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retired cynic Jun 28, 2018 • 8:27:22pm

Rude Pundit, from the above link:

Go with “You don’t get to appoint your judge. Why should Trump?”

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teleskiguy Jun 28, 2018 • 8:29:36pm

re: #363 Eclectic Cyborg

Dial up for me too. AOL and Netscape. ;)

Prodigy > CompuServe > AOL > and then somewhere I figured out how to use web browsers (called WWW, world wide web) that are basically what we know of them today, they were called Mosaic in those days. This all happened rather quickly, from age 12 to 14 for me.

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Eclectic Cyborg Jun 28, 2018 • 8:30:47pm

re: #366 teleskiguy

Remember Geocities and Angelfire? Oooee, good times, good times.

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teleskiguy Jun 28, 2018 • 8:32:27pm

re: #367 Eclectic Cyborg

I was 18 years old, in a dorm with reliable ethernet cable internet when Napster was *all music.*

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teleskiguy Jun 28, 2018 • 8:33:54pm

re: #368 teleskiguy

And by *all music,* I mean all of the music on planet Earth that was in digital form was there and free to download. Those days were pretty wild in retrospect.

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Shiplord Kirel, Friend of Moose and Squirrel Jun 28, 2018 • 8:48:07pm

re: #272 MsJ

WTF is wrong with people? From BBQ Becky to Permit Patty to now Dining Dan.

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A burrito? How suspicious. Bet a Big Mac would have been ok.

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