An Insanely Catchy New Song by Cory Wong: “Light as Anything” (Feat. Robbie Wulfsohn)

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Robbie Wulfsohn – vocals
Cory Wong – guitar, keys, producer
Kevin Gastonguay – B3 organ
John Fields – mellotron, vox fx
Kevin MacIntire – bass
Petar Janjic – LH drums
Steve Goold – RH drums

John Fields – mix
Joe LaPorta – master
Nate Milstein – camera 1
Henry Was – camera 2

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224 comments
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Belafon  Jul 13, 2018 • 9:13:59pm

Come to find out, my sister graduated with the wife of Brett Kavanaugh, meaning she’s from Abilene, TX. My sister said Ashley Kavanaugh was very political even in high school.

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JordanRules  Jul 13, 2018 • 9:16:45pm
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Eclectic Cyborg  Jul 13, 2018 • 9:17:50pm

Why do I feel the midterms are going to be a huge clusterfuck this year?

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austin_blue  Jul 13, 2018 • 9:22:49pm

Trump is in Turnberry tonight. It’s in the middle of nowhere in south Ayrshire. Many well-heeled people will join him tomorrow, and Eric (Fredo Jr.) has arranged this (he flew in on the Trump 757-200 earlier today into Prestwick, where Air Force 1 landed).

But emoluments have nothing to do with these meetings.

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Hecuba's daughter  Jul 13, 2018 • 9:29:40pm

re: #3 Eclectic Cyborg

Why do I feel the midterms are going to be a huge clusterfuck this year?

My brother is confident in a Red Wave — and so perhaps the GOP is totally aware of the interference and supporting its continuation.

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Sufficient unto the day...  Jul 13, 2018 • 9:40:51pm

re: #5 Hecuba’s daughter

It’s entirely possible that both of these statements are true: 1) we are hacked all to hell, and 2) your brother is an idiot

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Kragar  Jul 13, 2018 • 9:41:14pm
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austin_blue  Jul 13, 2018 • 9:45:52pm

Night all. Sweet scaly dreams. According to the Scots, Trump is a cunt. Therefore, Melanie is a cunt fucker. Does this make Melania a Lesbian?

Discuss!

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Belafon  Jul 13, 2018 • 9:47:46pm

re: #5 Hecuba’s daughter

My brother is confident in a Red Wave — and so perhaps the GOP is totally aware of the interference and supporting its continuation.

Yeah, it’s worked well so far for them. //

His statement reminds me of what Democrats thought would happen in 2010, when they thought the polls were hiding what was really going on.

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Belafon  Jul 13, 2018 • 9:49:08pm

Like Alabama and the other special elections, Democrats are just going to have to overwhelm the system.

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jaunte  Jul 13, 2018 • 9:52:01pm
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Hecuba's daughter  Jul 13, 2018 • 9:52:59pm

re: #9 Belafon

Yeah, it’s worked well so far for them. //

His statement reminds me of what Democrats thought would happen in 2010, when they thought the polls were hiding what was really going on.

The question is whether with 2 more years of experience the Russians have perfected their attack plans on our election. Doesn’t matter if people vote but the software changes the votes.

There were allegations of problems with the Ossoff election, but the Georgia commissioners destroyed the records so that there was no way to review the results. Perhaps that was a sign that there was vote tampering.

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Belafon  Jul 13, 2018 • 9:57:59pm

re: #12 Hecuba’s daughter

The question is whether with 2 more years of experience the Russians have perfected their attack plans on our election. Doesn’t matter if people vote but the software changes the votes.

There were allegations of problems with the Ossoff election, but the Georgia commissioners destroyed the records so that there was no way to review the results. Perhaps that was a sign that there was vote tampering.

Ossoff’s was also early for us. We’ve gotten far better at those campaigns, and a lot more Republicans are now voting for the Democratic candidate.

I’m not saying it’s going to be easy and that we won’t have issues, but, as I said earlier, we are just going to have to overwhelm the system. It helps that, like here in Texas, so many Democrats are running for office.

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Blind Frog Belly White  Jul 13, 2018 • 10:06:31pm

re: #7 Kragar

“I saw it in a window, and I just had to have it.”

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JordanRules  Jul 13, 2018 • 10:06:33pm
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JordanRules  Jul 13, 2018 • 10:08:15pm

They’ve been building for this moment for decades.

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JordanRules  Jul 13, 2018 • 10:11:04pm
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teleskiguy  Jul 13, 2018 • 10:11:31pm

re: #16 JordanRules

Great book by the late Joe McGinniss finds some of the genesis of our current rot, The Selling Of A President, published in 1968. Roger Ailes is quoted extensively in that book.

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JordanRules  Jul 13, 2018 • 10:13:20pm
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Hecuba's daughter  Jul 13, 2018 • 10:19:06pm

re: #16 JordanRules

Nate Silver

@NateSilver538
Fox News was probably 10x more important a factor in electing Trump than Fake News.

Bill Grueskin
@BGrueskin
Looking for news of the Russia indictments on @FoxNews’ home page? Hope you like to scroll….

(Spoiler alert, it’s well below the piece headlined” Flash mob surprises Chick-fil-A with a capella gospel song” pic.twitter.com

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They’ve been building for this moment for decades.

Nate is right to the extent that most of the 62 million Trump voters were brainwashed by Fox News and similar media; but the final number that made the difference — the Bernie Bros — were influenced more by the Russian bots.

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JordanRules  Jul 13, 2018 • 10:19:20pm

re: #18 teleskiguy

Great book by the late Joe McGinniss finds some of the genesis of our current rot, The Selling Of A President, published in 1968. Roger Ailes is quoted extensively in that book.

Just looked it up. Definitely gotta add that one to the reading list. Hella prescient.

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JordanRules  Jul 13, 2018 • 10:19:55pm

re: #20 Hecuba’s daughter

Nate is right to the extent that most of the 62 million Trump voters were brainwashed by Fox News and similar media; but the final number that made the difference — the Bernie Bros — were influenced more by the Russian bots.

Agreed.

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b.d.  Jul 13, 2018 • 10:20:05pm

re: #14 Blind Frog Belly White

“I saw it in a window, and I just had to have it.”

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Fake Scarlett O’Hara had 10x the class than that catalog eastern European gal that Trump bought.

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JordanRules  Jul 13, 2018 • 10:22:43pm
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JordanRules  Jul 13, 2018 • 10:23:50pm
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Blind Frog Belly White  Jul 13, 2018 • 10:24:41pm

re: #16 JordanRules

Fox News was probably 10x more important a factor in electing Trump than Fake News.

A = A

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teleskiguy  Jul 13, 2018 • 10:24:57pm

re: #21 JordanRules

Just looked it up. Definitely gotta add that one to the reading list. Hella prescient.

He was a great writer. His books are compulsively readable. The first book I read of his was The Rogue: Searching For The Real Sarah Palin, I finished it in a day.

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teleskiguy  Jul 13, 2018 • 10:27:02pm

re: #23 b.d.

Fake Scarlett O’Hara had 10x the class than that catalog eastern European gal that Trump bought.

Eh, Slovenia is right there on the edge I suppose. They’re western Europe in my mind ‘cause they produce badass women ski racers. YMMV

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unproven innocence  Jul 13, 2018 • 10:29:03pm

From BBC, What it takes to stand up to authority
Most people do what authority figures tell them to - even when they disagree. The reason, it turns out, is hidden in the brain. The good news? It can be changed.
By Martha Henriques 13 July 2018
Intro:

We like to think we’d do the right thing in a tough situation. We’d stand up to our boss when necessary, step in if we saw someone being bullied, and say no if we were asked to do something we felt was wrong. It’s tempting to think we have an innate moral compass that guides our actions, even under pressure from others.

In reality, however, most of us are remarkably bad at standing up to authority. New research is revealing why this is, giving us insight into how the brain deals with - or fails to deal with - these difficult situations. Ultimately, the research could show us how we can train ourselves to become stronger-minded and better able to stick to our guns when needed.

In experiments by social neuroscientist Emilie Caspar at the Netherlands Institute for Neuroscience, volunteers gave each other electric shocks. (The research follows in the footsteps of the notorious experiments of Stanley Milgram in the 1960s, but in a more ethically and scientifically rigorous way.)
[snip]

In the late 60s, I volunteered as a test subject in some psych testing involving electric shocks (to me). I was informed that the testing was funded by NASA and was aimed at understanding how physical stress affected mental and motor skills performance. If there was any authority compliance testing involved, I was unaware of it.

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Blind Frog Belly White  Jul 13, 2018 • 10:31:47pm

re: #29 unproven innocence

From BBC, What it takes to stand up to authority
Most people do what authority figures tell them to - even when they disagree. The reason, it turns out, is hidden in the brain. The good news? It can be changed.
By Martha Henriques 13 July 2018
Intro:

In the late 60s, I volunteered as a test subject in some psych testing involving electric shocks (to me). I was informed that the testing was funded by NASA and was aimed at understanding how physical stress affected mental and motor skills performance. If there was any authority compliance testing involved, I was unaware of it.

I couldn’t help thinking of this…

YouTube

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BeachDem  Jul 13, 2018 • 10:33:35pm

re: #24 JordanRules

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A truly slimy bunch—liars and frauds all around.

Many many ecot stories here:

plunderbund.com

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MsJ  Jul 13, 2018 • 10:34:42pm

re: #5 Hecuba’s daughter

My brother is confident in a Red Wave — and so perhaps the GOP is totally aware of the interference and supporting its continuation.

There has to be an explanation for Republicans to continue to do things that are deeply unpopular even with Republicans.

They do so because they fear no repercussions. Election interference had to be why.

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b.d.  Jul 13, 2018 • 10:36:40pm

re: #28 teleskiguy

Eh, Slovenia is right there on the edge I suppose. They’re western Europe in my mind ‘cause they produce badass women ski racers. YMMV

YOU WANT WESTERN EUROPEAN WOMEN AT EAST EUROPEAN PRICES!?!?!?

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JordanRules  Jul 13, 2018 • 10:38:18pm

re: #26 Blind Frog Belly White

A = A

So true!! Even fake news by omission.

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Blind Frog Belly White  Jul 13, 2018 • 10:38:39pm

re: #32 MsJ

There has to be an explanation for Republicans to continue to do things that are deeply unpopular even with Republicans.

They do so because they fear no repercussions. Election interference had to be why.

They’ve also been fed a steady diet of “We’re the REAL Majority!”, “We’re the REAL Americans!”, “This is a republic not a democracy”, “If you’re right, why should you compromise?”, and “The Dems would do the same thing if they had the chance!”

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teleskiguy  Jul 13, 2018 • 10:39:41pm
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MsJ  Jul 13, 2018 • 10:39:44pm

re: #16 JordanRules

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b.d.  Jul 13, 2018 • 10:45:13pm

re: #5 Hecuba’s daughter

My brother is confident in a Red Wave — and so perhaps the GOP is totally aware of the interference and supporting its continuation.

It’s really hard living on the same planet who think like this

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teleskiguy  Jul 13, 2018 • 10:45:27pm

He wanted to consolidate, make things simpler.

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wheat-dogg  Jul 13, 2018 • 10:47:00pm

re: #27 teleskiguy

He was a great writer. His books are compulsively readable. The first book I read of his was The Rogue: Searching For The Real Sarah Palin, I finished it in a day.

IIRC McGinniss bought or rented the house next to the Palins, which drove Sarah nuts. She accused him of spying on her.

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MsJ  Jul 13, 2018 • 10:48:49pm

re: #35 Blind Frog Belly White

They’ve also been fed a steady diet of “We’re the REAL Majority!”, “We’re the REAL Americans!”, “This is a republic not a democracy”, “If you’re right, why should you compromise?”, and “The Dems would do the same thing if they had the chance!”

I get that for what I call true believers, morons like Tom Cotton and Jim Jordan.

McConnell knows better.

Ryan know better.

McCain knows better.

There are dozens who know better yet do nothing.

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unproven innocence  Jul 13, 2018 • 10:49:15pm

HHS Plans to Delete 20 Years of Critical Medical Guidelines Next Week
Experts say the database of carefully curated medical guidelines is one of a kind, used constantly by medical professionals, and on July 16 will ‘go dark’ due to budget cuts.
Jon Campbell 07.12.18 5:11 AM ET
Excerpt:

Medical guidelines like those compiled by AHRQ aren’t something laypeople spend much time thinking about, but experts like Valerie King, a professor in the Department of Family Medicine and Director of Research at the Center for Evidence-based Policy at Oregon Health & Science University, said the NGC is perhaps the most important repository of evidence-based research available.

guideline.gov was our go-to source, and there is nothing else like it in the world,” King said, referring to the URL at which the database is hosted, which the agency says receives about 200,000 visitors per month. “It is a singular resource,” King added.

Medical guidelines are best thought of as cheatsheets for the medical field, compiling the latest research in an easy-to use format. When doctors want to know when they should start insulin treatments, or how best to manage an HIV patient in unstable housing — even something as mundane as when to start an older patient on a vitamin D supplement — they look for the relevant guidelines. The documents are published by a myriad of professional and other organizations, and NGC has long been considered among the most comprehensive and reliable repositories in the world.

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teleskiguy  Jul 13, 2018 • 10:50:15pm

re: #40 wheat-dogg

IIRC McGinniss bought or rented the house next to the Palins, which drove Sarah nuts. She accused him of spying on her.

This is correct. And he didn’t seek out that house, the owner of the house found out he was writing a book about Sarah and she *sought him out* and gladly rented the place to him at a discount. A few Wasilla residents offered guns to Joe for protection, he declined every time.

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Blind Frog Belly White  Jul 13, 2018 • 10:51:56pm

re: #38 b.d.

[Embedded content]

It’s really hard living on the same planet who think like this

After 1988, 2000, 2004, and 2016, I very much don’t count my chickens till they’re hatched, but the idea of a red wave seems very unlikely for several reasons, mostly that most Americans prefer divided rule, and that Trump is historically unpopular.

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MsJ  Jul 13, 2018 • 10:57:41pm
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JordanRules  Jul 13, 2018 • 11:06:05pm
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JordanRules  Jul 13, 2018 • 11:07:16pm
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JordanRules  Jul 13, 2018 • 11:09:25pm
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JordanRules  Jul 13, 2018 • 11:12:03pm
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Single-handed sailor  Jul 13, 2018 • 11:33:23pm
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A hollow voice says, Covfefe.  Jul 13, 2018 • 11:34:18pm

re: #32 MsJ

There has to be an explanation for Republicans to continue to do things that are deeply unpopular even with Republicans.

They do so because they fear no repercussions. Election interference had to be why.

Do you remember the 2012 elections? The Repugs were absolutely sure Romney had it, in defiance of polls and all else.

Don’t get complacent, but don’t underestimate the power of self-delusion.

(BTW, Fox only has about 2.5 million prime-time viewers, so there has to be more to DT’s victory than that — and more routes to midterm victories.)

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teleskiguy  Jul 13, 2018 • 11:35:06pm
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Anymouse 🌹  Jul 13, 2018 • 11:41:25pm

From the previous thread:

re: #319 Targetpractice

If we’d had the declaration last year, we might have been able to just treat ‘16 as a wash and perform a “re-do” or something like that. But nearly 2 years hence? No, there’s been so much changed, so much damage done, that the revelation that Trump won through foreign interference would pretty much upend our entire political system. We’d be just this side of a failed state in the eyes of many nations.

re: #408 Anymouse 🌹

There is no mechanism in the Constitution for a “re-do.” The only two mechanism in the Constitution for an official who has failed his or her oath is a) impeachment or b) vote the bum out.

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MsJ  Jul 13, 2018 • 11:48:02pm

re: #51 A hollow voice says, Covfefe.

Do you remember the 2012 elections? The Repugs were absolutely sure Romney had it, in defiance of polls and all else.

Don’t get complacent, but don’t underestimate the power of self-delusion.

(BTW, Fox only has about 2.5 million prime-time viewers, so there has to be more to DT’s victory than that — and more routes to midterm victories.)

There’s more for sure.

Fox, right wing blogs, Facebook/Twitter bots and micro targeting, right wing radio, 25 years of attacking Clinton, Comey’s October surprise, media swooning over empty podiums, media fixation on emails, media men who hate women, and Trump’s celebrity “best businessman” persona.

I could list more but I think the biggest issue was micro targeting in specific places which gave trump the electoral college. And Russia.

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Anymouse 🌹  Jul 13, 2018 • 11:54:34pm

From the previous thread:

re: #342 Cheechako

re: #409 Anymouse 🌹

We’re still working our way in your direction (we’re in Edmonton tonight).

In the meantime, my house in Nebraska was damaged in a storm; the electric meter and circuit breaker panel were pulled out of the wall (lovely).

The power company shut off power to my house yesterday; today my neighbours went over to empty the refrigerator. The roofing company came to replace my torndao-damaged roof.

Can we stay with you? It seems safer. /s

We’re headed to Fort St. John, British Columbia tomorrow.

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mmmirele  Jul 14, 2018 • 12:01:31am

It’s unclear what’s going on in Managua, Nicaragua, but there may be a massacre occurring at UNAN, the national university.

Joshua Partlow of the Washington Post is in Managua,

Earlier tweets had him trapped in a church, but he says he is now out.

Xeni Jardin is also keeping track…the associated Facebook feed was live until a few minutes ago.

The situation in Nicaragua has been bad for some months now.

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JordanRules  Jul 14, 2018 • 12:06:01am

re: #54 MsJ

I could list more but I think the biggest issue was micro targeting in specific places which gave trump the electoral college. And Russia.

I think those 2 may be related.

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Anymouse 🌹  Jul 14, 2018 • 12:06:27am
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Anymouse 🌹  Jul 14, 2018 • 12:11:23am

I’m off to bed … driving into the Rocky Mountains tomorrow. (They’re a lot closer when I just go west from my home.)

My wife and I had “ethnic food” here in Canada today (Wendy’s, though they served poutine with ‘Murican burgers). We had a much better lunch though in Lloydminster, Alberta: We went to a curry house.

The multiethnic and multicultural nature of Canadian cities would probably scare the crap out of half my own countrymen.

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  Jul 14, 2018 • 12:11:45am

re: #3 Eclectic Cyborg

Why do I feel the midterms are going to be a huge clusterfuck this year?

DT benefits from chaos and alack of transparency. And chaos and disinformation are much easier to generate than order and correct information.

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Anymouse 🌹  Jul 14, 2018 • 12:14:01am

re: #60 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))

DT benefits from chaos and alack of transparency. And chaos and disinformation are much easier to generate than order and correct information.

Rather than the instant gratification of electronic counting of ballots so the result can make the 11 o’clock news, it really wouldn’t kill us to have to wait a day or two while every last ballot was counted by hand. That’s the way our nation did it before computers became common, and it didn’t seem to hurt the electoral process to wait a day or two then.

It is much harder to hack hand-counted paper ballots with poll watchers from every party watching the count as it progresses.

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teleskiguy  Jul 14, 2018 • 12:16:51am

re: #36 teleskiguy

Well ‘robjakrobjak’ blocked me after this. I don’t know, man…

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Shiplord Kirel, Friend of Moose and Squirrel  Jul 14, 2018 • 12:17:04am

Oh, btw, HAPPY BASTILLE DAY! (May Russo-publican tyrants take note.)

Mighty fine flying there. Now if we could get the Patrouille de France to fly through the arch…..

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  Jul 14, 2018 • 12:19:04am

re: #51 A hollow voice says, Covfefe.

Do you remember the 2012 elections? The Repugs were absolutely sure Romney had it, in defiance of polls and all else.

Romney could not motivate their base, Trump could, and that made a big difference in key states.

Obama could still inspire people to get out and vote, Hillary could not to the same extent, and that also made a big difference in key states.

And ratfucking. And bots. And voter suppression. And probably vote or voter ID tampering as well.

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  Jul 14, 2018 • 12:21:48am

re: #54 MsJ

I could list more but I think the biggest issue was micro targeting in specific places which gave trump the electoral college. And Russia.

If Michael Moore could see through the strategy and warn us as early as the summer of 2016, it means the RNC was onto the strategy and using all means at its disposal to implement it.

And it was a sound strategy: Just carry all the states they carried in 2012 (not a big problem) and win the key Rust Belt states of OH, MI, PA and WI. With those EC votes, they would not even need Florida.

It worked, much to America’s surprise.

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teleskiguy  Jul 14, 2018 • 12:51:16am
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teleskiguy  Jul 14, 2018 • 12:54:43am
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Single-handed sailor  Jul 14, 2018 • 12:56:17am
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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  Jul 14, 2018 • 1:02:06am

re: #68 Single-handed sailor

Vice President Mike Pence’s chief of staff is accused of helping commit multiple campaign finance violations — most notably illegally working to conceal the identity of donors.

serious overstretch for “just a coffee boy”

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Shiplord Kirel, Friend of Moose and Squirrel  Jul 14, 2018 • 1:03:24am

I was commenting earlier about RWNJ shills going all out to conflate Democratic protest with terrorist violence. I had no sooner posted than Lubbock’s “Mr. Conservative” happened along with a crystal clear example:

Facebook Post

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  Jul 14, 2018 • 1:05:22am

re: #70 Shiplord Kirel, Friend of Moose and Squirrel

I was commenting earlier about RWNJ shills going all out to conflate Democratic protest with terrorist violence. I had no sooner posted than Lubbock’s “Mr. Conservative” happened along with a crystal clear example:

The attacks by the Left on Donald Trump have continued to elevate Trump’s favorability among Americans and the world just as the Islamic Terrorists attacks of 9/11 boosted the favorability of George W. Bush.

Flying a baby Trump balloon = flying a jumbo jet into a skyscraper

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Single-handed sailor  Jul 14, 2018 • 1:11:48am
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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  Jul 14, 2018 • 1:31:36am

The Strzokfest was about getting on record to tarnish the FBI and make it appear to be a partisan witch hunt. They got their sound bytes, and that is all the Fox viewers are going to see/hear.

They don’t seem to give a shit about what the rest of the world sees or hears, that is all Fake News.

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freetoken  Jul 14, 2018 • 1:37:58am

The plot never changes from episode to episode (probably why they were not nominated for an Emmy), but the drama remains:

MM07132018

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Single-handed sailor  Jul 14, 2018 • 1:42:21am
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freetoken  Jul 14, 2018 • 1:53:17am

No one won the jackpot, so Tuesday’s jackpot is expected to be around $375M.

Looking at the amount of winners on Friday, it looks like about one in six winners nationwide are in California.

So Californians must tend to gamble more than average.

I hope the fly-over states appreciate Californians pumping up the jackpot so much for them.

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Shiplord Kirel, Friend of Moose and Squirrel  Jul 14, 2018 • 2:03:51am

What would England be without eccentrics? Sure enough, there was a small band of pro-Trump demonstrators on display in London yesterday.
Together Against Trump’, thousands protest peacefully in London

A small group of pro-Trump supporters waved the U.S. flag alongside the Union Jack, chanting “We want Trump” and “Trump for 2020”.
Charlie Moffitt, a 16-year-old student who was wearing a red “Make America Great Again” cap, said: “At a time when we are leaving the European Union we need to be close to our most important ally.”

They were not torn apart, beheaded, burned at the stake or subjected to any of the other atrocities that Trumpist pundits attribute to the “violent left,” despite not having the black rifles that the RWNJs feel are so necessary in this country.

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Dave In Austin  Jul 14, 2018 • 2:11:14am

I’m see this #walkaway crap on lots of FB posts. My response have been: “I’ll vote instead #NotWalking

They don’t like that.

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  Jul 14, 2018 • 2:11:35am

re: #77 Shiplord Kirel, Friend of Moose and Squirrel

A small group of pro-Trump supporters waved the U.S. flag alongside the Union Jack, chanting “We want Trump” and “Trump for 2020”.
Charlie Moffitt, a 16-year-old student who was wearing a red “Make America Great Again” cap, said: “At a time when we are leaving the European Union we need to be close to our most important ally.”

I think that after the way they saw how Trump left the Queen waiting for 15 minutes and then trundled out in front of her as if she did not exist was enough to dampen even their enthusiasm.

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Shiplord Kirel, Friend of Moose and Squirrel  Jul 14, 2018 • 2:28:01am

Sounds like a football score: Bulls 28, Dumbasses 0

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  Jul 14, 2018 • 2:29:08am

re: #80 Shiplord Kirel, Friend of Moose and Squirrel

Sounds like a football score: Bulls 28, Dumbasses 0

as long as no bulls are hurt, that is fine with me.

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Single-handed sailor  Jul 14, 2018 • 2:40:09am

re: #80 Shiplord Kirel, Friend of Moose and Squirrel

Sounds like a football score: Bulls 28, Dumbasses 0

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The bulls are playing a West Coast offense. That’s going to be hard to beat.

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Grunthos the Flatulent  Jul 14, 2018 • 3:01:56am

Pussygrabber, pussygrabber, where have you been
I’ve been to London to visit the Queen
Pussygrabber, pussygrabber, what did you there
Made an ass of myself and I don’t even care

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  Jul 14, 2018 • 3:03:56am

re: #83 Grunthos the Flatulent

He is going out of his way to make an exemplary ass of himself, and this is not coincidence. There are things going down that they really need to distract from.

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FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀  Jul 14, 2018 • 3:54:57am

Sam Brownback, the U.S. Ambassador for International Religious Freedom

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  Jul 14, 2018 • 4:31:06am

re: #85 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀

Sam Brownback, the U.S. Ambassador for International Religious Freedom

Trump’s ambassador lobbied Britain on behalf of jailed right-wing activist Tommy Robinson

We see what their priorities are. Jeez, this guy is not even a US citizen

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Dr Lizardo  Jul 14, 2018 • 4:59:52am

So, an update on the Adnan Oktar situation; he’s been accused of being an Israeli spy as well as a secret spy for the cleric Fetullah Gülen (FETÖ).

I don’t doubt he’s involved in some seriously shady and illegal shit, almost certainly involved with finances, because the dude’s got shit-tons of money and no job to speak of. Most likely, he’s a pulpit-pimp, living off the donations of his followers, and it’s been asserted that he’s set up front companies throughout Turkey and Azerbaijan to launder the proceeds (allegedly on the order of some ten million dollars per month).

But the “Zionist spy” schtick? That’s almost Stalinist, to be honest - but given the direction the Turkish government has moved in, it’s pretty much classic authoritarian “justice”. I expect it’s gonna be the showtrial of the decade.

Here’s some more, courtesy of Google Translate, and cleaned up by yours truly (Turkish doesn’t work so well in Google Translate):

The Adnan Oktar Criminal Organization’s terror links have come to light. Oktar’s group was found to be a criminal organization linked to the Fetullah terrorist organization (FETÖ).

It has been determined that detainee Mehmet Baransu and fugitive Tuncay Opçin, both members of the outlawed FETÖ group, met with Oktar face-to-face several times after the FETÖ operations targeting the government.

Financial police in Istanbul made a connection in the last meeting between the two FETÖ members with Oktar, and that their mutual targeting the Republic of Turkey was determined to be the subject of an organizational plan meeting.

Records of hotel calls are polled

Oktar’s spying on Israel has been ongoing for about 15 years. Adnan Oktar met with Israeli MK Deputy Yehuda Glick in a hotel in Istanbul and issues regarding Turkey’s security issues were identified in a knowledge transfer. It was learned that the authorities have also obtained the records of the negotiations in the hotel.

The original, in Turkish: yenisafak.com

ETA: The source is a tabloid, so take it with a big ol’ grain of salt. However, similar stories are all over Turkish media, including the allegations of spying for Israel as well as links to Gülen, so in this case, the tabloid is simply reporting what they’re picking up elsewhere.

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jeffreyw  Jul 14, 2018 • 5:08:11am

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Good morning!

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FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀  Jul 14, 2018 • 5:08:28am
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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  Jul 14, 2018 • 5:12:19am

re: #89 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀

I am excited that we are launching a new weekly column following the money of the President, his family, his administration, and cronies. It’s called Swamp Chronicles. Here’s the first:

If Congress were truly interested, they would not have to wait for the Mueller report: there are enough examples of conflict of interest, violations of the Emoluments Clause and obstruction of justice to impeach and convict Trump.

But we see why they are doing their damndest to discredit Mueller (and if they have to, the entire FBI) in order to have an excuse not to act on his findings when they finally come out.

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Amory Blaine  Jul 14, 2018 • 5:27:12am

My brother brought me to Bennett’s, a unique experience.

Gene Bennett of ‘Smut and Eggs’ fame dies at 76

Gene Bennett, who named his blue-collar Southwest Side bar Bennett’s Meadowood Country Club, and made it notorious for its “Porn in the Morn,” died Tuesday.

He was 76, an employee said.

“He was just a genuine, super guy,” said Rhonda Hannah, who bartended at Bennett’s for 18 of its 41 years. “He was an absolute wonderful guy and would help anyone who needed it.”

Hannah works the “Smut and Eggs” shifts, when the bar shows hardcore porn on all of its television sets as customers eat their breakfasts from 6 a.m. until noon on Saturdays and Sundays.

She said those mornings are just like any other ones, “only a little bit busier.” Menu items include omelettes, French toast, steak & eggs, along with dishes named in keeping with the “Smut and Eggs” theme. A coffee mug at the bar lists its hours as “6 a.m. ‘till somebody respectable comes in.”

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HappyWarrior  Jul 14, 2018 • 5:28:28am

re: #70 Shiplord Kirel, Friend of Moose and Squirrel

I was commenting earlier about RWNJ shills going all out to conflate Democratic protest with terrorist violence. I had no sooner posted than Lubbock’s “Mr. Conservative” happened along with a crystal clear example:

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Oh ffs you literally had Obama in effigy and hanging. This was just a big balloon. Go back to your Trump jacking off safe space. Not everyone in fact most people despise the sob.

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  Jul 14, 2018 • 5:38:02am

re: #91 Amory Blaine

My brother brought me to Bennett’s, a unique experience.

Gene Bennett of ‘Smut and Eggs’ fame dies at 76

you got an alternative link? will not show me in Europe due to some data protection issues

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Hecuba's daughter  Jul 14, 2018 • 5:42:45am

re: #58 Anymouse 🌹

Bernie Sanders

@SenSanders
We must speak with one voice in making clear to Vladimir Putin: “We will not allow you to interfere in our democratic processes or those of our allies.” President Trump himself should be the one to bring this message to Putin.

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Stonekettle
@Stonekettle
Wait.

Wait, back up.

Correct me if I’m wrong here, but I seem to recall there were five senators who voted AGAINST Russian sanctions. Four Republicans and … YOU, Senator Sanders.

So, when you say “one voice” what’s that mean, exactly?

Bernie Sanders

@SenSanders
We must speak with one voice in making clear to Vladimir Putin: “We will not allow you to interfere in our democratic processes or those of our allies.” President Trump himself should be the one to bring this message to Putin.

8:58 PM - Jul 13, 2018
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Stonekettle wasn’t quite right: There were only 2 senators who voted against sanctions: Rand Paul and Bernie Sanders.

As I said, Bernie is not an innocent bystander in the Russian attacks.

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  Jul 14, 2018 • 5:44:02am

re: #94 Hecuba’s daughter

Stonekettle wasn’t quite right: There were only 2 senators who voted against sanctions: Rand Paul and Bernie Sanders.

As I said, Bernie is not an innocent bystander in the Russian attacks.

This is where Bernie needs to SHUT UP and recuse himself from the discussion.

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Amory Blaine  Jul 14, 2018 • 5:45:08am

re: #93 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))

Unfortunately no, it’s the only place with the article and they do have weird stuff going on their site. Like it’ll make you turn your ad-blocker off, so turn it off and refresh, same thing happens. I kinda stopped going there because of issues like that. But here’s some more.

Hannah said she’ll miss “everything” about Bennett. “He was great. He was a great boss. He was a great everything.”

“Smut and Eggs” started a few years after Bennett opened the neighborhood bar in 1977 just off Verona and Raymond roads. The X-rated movies were shown only on weekend mornings. Bennett told Isthmus last year that the misconception about Bennett’s was that it showed porn all day and night.

He said his regular customers would be “offended” if porn were on all the time.

Known for his salty language, libertarian political views and saying outrageous things, Bennett told Isthmus, “I tell everybody, if you watch 15 minutes of X-rated movies you want to have sex. If you watch 30 to 45 minutes, you never want to have sex again as long as you live.”

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HappyWarrior  Jul 14, 2018 • 5:46:57am

re: #94 Hecuba’s daughter

Stonekettle wasn’t quite right: There were only 2 senators who voted against sanctions: Rand Paul and Bernie Sanders.

As I said, Bernie is not an innocent bystander in the Russian attacks.

Something stinks about Bernie I agree.

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Amory Blaine  Jul 14, 2018 • 5:49:12am

‘…

Bennett, and his brother, Rich — who operated a Bennett’s on Park Street, called Bennett’s on the Park, from 1990 to 2007 — vigorously fought the Madison smoking ban.

In 2004, the City Council enacted the state’s first full smoking ban in bars, restaurants, bowling alleys and other workplaces. It went into effect the following year. Rich Bennett, who also showed pornography at his bar, blamed the ban for cutting into sales.

Gene Bennett told Isthmus that his establishment attracted all types: “lawyers, doctors, cops. Working people. Bachelorette parties. We’re just having fun. … If you want to watch educational tapes, you watch them. If you don’t, you don’t. The appeal here is our breakfast. Our food is delicious.”

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Hecuba's daughter  Jul 14, 2018 • 5:51:41am

I will be in Mexico for the next several weeks and so may not be posting. I can’t imagine anything of consequence will be happening during that period //

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Amory Blaine  Jul 14, 2018 • 5:52:54am

re: #99 Hecuba’s daughter

lol.

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Dr Lizardo  Jul 14, 2018 • 5:53:18am

re: #96 Amory Blaine

Known for his salty language, libertarian political views and saying outrageous things, Bennett told Isthmus, “I tell everybody, if you watch 15 minutes of X-rated movies you want to have sex. If you watch 30 to 45 minutes, you never want to have sex again as long as you live.”

LOL

A friend of mine from high school ended up working in the adult film industry as a sound editor. She said it was the most boring damn job she ever had. And it pretty much killed her libido, too.

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Belafon  Jul 14, 2018 • 5:58:02am

re: #42 unproven innocence

I know some won’t like this suggestion, but Amazon should take this over.

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Amory Blaine  Jul 14, 2018 • 6:06:41am

re: #93 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))

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Joe Bacon 🌹  Jul 14, 2018 • 6:24:08am

re: #38 b.d.

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It’s really hard living on the same planet who think like this

BD, I’ve been dealing with a Red Wave family ever since they were infected by the Religious Right and turned into Radical Republicans 35 years ago.

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  Jul 14, 2018 • 6:27:40am

re: #104 Joe Bacon 🌹

BD, I’ve been dealing with a Red Wave family ever since they were infected by the Religious Right and turned into Radical Republicans 35 years ago.

My brother is very Republican and pro-Trump, at least he is not bat-shit crazy CT, but, unfortunately, that is getting to be more the norm than the exception in that party.

Because nobody in the GOP is going to offend their base by calling the CT people out or at least distancing themselves from the craziness. Which only inspires them to more extreme craziness.

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Joe Bacon 🌹  Jul 14, 2018 • 6:34:08am

It’s ironic that Right Wing Republicans yelled “Better Dead Than Red” during the Cold War. Now those same Right Wing Republicans yell “Better Red than Dead”.

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  Jul 14, 2018 • 6:35:37am

re: #106 Joe Bacon 🌹

It’s ironic that Right Wing Republicans yelled “Better Dead Than Red” during the Cold War. Now those same Right Wing Republicans yell “Better Red than Dead”.

Russia is not the USSR. Russia is now an authoritarian, oligarchic theocracy, which is very close to the GOP ideal for America. Only difference being fundamentalist Protestantism vs Russian Orhodoxy.

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Hecuba's daughter  Jul 14, 2018 • 6:38:25am

re: #105 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))

My brother is very Republican and pro-Trump, at least he is not bat-shit crazy CT, but, unfortunately, that is getting to be more the norm than the exception in that party.

Because nobody in the GOP is going to offend their base by calling the CT people out or at least distancing themselves from the craziness. Which only inspires them to more extreme craziness.

My brother was originally more an old-style Republican; he even voted for Gore. But 9/11 changed him.

He was very anti-Obama but he never bought into the birther nonsense. However, he now seems to have accepted practically all the standard CT, except Pizzagate. He has ranted about Seth Rich, seems to think the problems that African Americans faced basically ended with the Civil War, and, of course, it’s Mueller, Obama, and Clinton who are criminals not the grifter in chief. He claims he doesn’t watch Fox and he is definitely not on social media, but he is getting his daily dose of crazy from other sources.

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wheat-dogg  Jul 14, 2018 • 6:38:50am

This Is China.

If it isn’t passengers opening the emergency exits at the gate to let in fresh air, or grannies throwing lucky money into the (idle) engines, it’s cabin crew trying to sneak a smoke.

scmp.com

smdh

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  Jul 14, 2018 • 6:40:20am

re: #108 Hecuba’s daughter

My brother was originally more an old-style Republican; he even voted for Gore. But 9/11 changed him.

He was very anti-Obama but he never bought into the birther nonsense. However, he now seems to have accepted practically all the standard CT, except Pizzagate. He has ranted about Seth Rich, seems to think the problems that African Americans faced basically ended with the Civil War, and, of course, it’s Mueller, Obama, and Clinton who are criminals not the grifter in chief. He claims he doesn’t watch Fox and he is definitely not on social media, but he is getting his daily dose of crazy from other sources.

I actually know a handful of people who are old-style conservatives: they do not like Trump and reject spurious CT’s, they are just very conservative on economic and social issues without embracing the full ideology.

But those people have long since lost control of the GOP.

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unproven innocence  Jul 14, 2018 • 6:45:50am

re: #102 Belafon

I know some won’t like this suggestion, but Amazon should take this over.

Altho they could easily provide the hosting/support facilities for near-zero marginal costs, I suspect their management would see only new opportunities to extract billions of dollars from users of the database, forever.

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MsJ  Jul 14, 2018 • 6:48:10am

re: #75 Single-handed sailor

That story warmed my heart.

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Barefoot Grin  Jul 14, 2018 • 6:53:22am
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MsJ  Jul 14, 2018 • 6:57:02am

re: #78 Dave In Austin

I’m see this #walkaway crap on lots of FB posts. My response have been: “I’ll vote instead #NotWalking

They don’t like that.

It’s another Russian campaign. One of the Russia analysts (Carolyn, maybe) traced the roots and growth of the hashtag.

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Joe Bacon 🌹  Jul 14, 2018 • 6:58:19am

re: #108 Hecuba’s daughter

My brother was originally more an old-style Republican; he even voted for Gore. But 9/11 changed him.

He was very anti-Obama but he never bought into the birther nonsense. However, he now seems to have accepted practically all the standard CT, except Pizzagate. He has ranted about Seth Rich, seems to think the problems that African Americans faced basically ended with the Civil War, and, of course, it’s Mueller, Obama, and Clinton who are criminals not the grifter in chief. He claims he doesn’t watch Fox and he is definitely not on social media, but he is getting his daily dose of crazy from other sources.

I’m sure that Alex Jones, Hate radio and Church feed him the disinformation.

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  Jul 14, 2018 • 6:58:44am

re: #113 Barefoot Grin

President Donald Trump waving a protestors who are calling him racist as he plays golf at Turnberry

I cannot recall a President being treated like this abroad since Nixon.

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A hollow voice says, Covfefe.  Jul 14, 2018 • 7:01:40am

re: #64 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))

Romney could not motivate their base, Trump could, and that made a big difference in key states.

Obama could still inspire people to get out and vote, Hillary could not to the same extent, and that also made a big difference in key states.

And ratfucking. And bots. And voter suppression. And probably vote or voter ID tampering as well.

Late answer, (my sleep time) but you could not have missed my point more completely.

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Barefoot Grin  Jul 14, 2018 • 7:05:08am

re: #116 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))

I cannot recall a President being treated like this abroad since Nixon.

It’s quite amazing. I’m sure in his mind he makes no distinctions and just thinks: “all this for moi?”

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Belafon  Jul 14, 2018 • 7:06:24am

re: #105 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))

Your brother sounds exactly like the compliant person described in the article at
#29.

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A hollow voice says, Covfefe.  Jul 14, 2018 • 7:11:49am

re: #109 wheat-dogg

This Is China.

If it isn’t passengers opening the emergency exits at the gate to let in fresh air, or grannies throwing lucky money into the (idle) engines, it’s cabin crew trying to sneak a smoke.

scmp.com

smdh

On the one hand, wow. On the other, it’s amazing how close to foolproof they can make things these days.

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Belafon  Jul 14, 2018 • 7:13:06am

re: #113 Barefoot Grin

What kind of diet do free range reporters eat?

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A hollow voice says, Covfefe.  Jul 14, 2018 • 7:15:30am

re: #118 Barefoot Grin

It’s quite amazing. I’m sure in his mind he makes no distinctions and just thinks: “all this for moi?”

The toadies he surrounds himself with tell him they’re there to cheer him, and the credulous old fool tells himself he believes them. Kind of — from his tweets, it seems reality breaks through as well.

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A hollow voice says, Covfefe.  Jul 14, 2018 • 7:17:36am

re: #121 Belafon

What kind of diet do free range reporters eat?

In the UK, probably an exclusive diet of Pret a Manger takeout.

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Belafon  Jul 14, 2018 • 7:19:16am

re: #122 A hollow voice says, Covfefe.

The toadies he surrounds himself with tell him they’re there to cheer him, and the credulous old fool tells himself he believes them. Kind of — from his tweets, it seems reality breaks through as well.

Which is why the balloon was so effective. It was impossible to hide exactly what it meant.

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Belafon  Jul 14, 2018 • 7:23:02am
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ObserverArt  Jul 14, 2018 • 7:29:31am

re: #117 A hollow voice says, Covfefe.

Late answer, (my sleep time) but you could not have missed my point more completely.

Morning!

I think you may be saying there was some kind of system set up in 2012 that should have ‘manipulated’ the vote sufficiently enough to have given Romney the win. That is why Rove was so surprised and couldn’t believe the results.

Would not surprise me. And if I remember correctly, it was Ohio that was called on Fox and that wrapped up the election for Obama. So, maybe Ohio was one of the states that was manipulated.

I guess Obama’s team was a better manipulator than Romney’s.

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Belafon  Jul 14, 2018 • 7:32:07am

re: #126 ObserverArt

Morning!

I think you may be saying there was some kind of system set up in 2012 that should have ‘manipulated’ the vote sufficiently enough to have given Romney the win. That is why Rove was so surprised and couldn’t believe the results.

Would not surprise me. And if I remember correctly, it was Ohio that was called on Fox and that wrapped up the election for Obama. So, maybe Ohio was one of the states that was manipulated.

I guess Obama’s team was a better manipulator than Romney’s.

I think part of it was what I keep calling overwhelming the system. Obama, the bard, was able to get those few extra people that Clinton couldn’t in order to overcome GOP and probably Russian manipulation.

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Belafon  Jul 14, 2018 • 7:37:54am

I think the difference, this year, is that a lot of people are taking the initiative, rather than waitng for someone to tell them what to do.

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A hollow voice says, Covfefe.  Jul 14, 2018 • 7:39:06am

re: #126 ObserverArt

Morning!

I think you may be saying there was some kind of system set up in 2012 that should have ‘manipulated’ the vote sufficiently enough to have given Romney the win. That is why Rove was so surprised and couldn’t believe the results.

Would not surprise me. And if I remember correctly, it was Ohio that was called on Fox and that wrapped up the election for Obama. So, maybe Ohio was one of the states that was manipulated.

I guess Obama’s team was a better manipulator than Romney’s.

Nothing that complicated — Rove believed his internal polls while polls were mostly favoring Obama (and of course everyone around him was a Repug), so he wouldn’t believe that he might be wrong. I see the same thing in current polls that strongly favor Dems vs. pundit pronouncements — and if the vote is as rigged as our lizard optimists keep saying, why do we keep winning?

(But don’t get complacent.)

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ObserverArt  Jul 14, 2018 • 7:49:30am

re: #129 A hollow voice says, Covfefe.

Nothing that complicated — Rove believed his internal polls while polls were mostly favoring Obama (and of course everyone around him was a Repug), so he wouldn’t believe that he might be wrong. I see the same thing in current polls that strongly favor Dems vs. pundit pronouncements — and if the vote is as rigged as our lizard optimists keep saying, why do we keep winning?

(But don’t get complacent.)

Well, in my opinion as an Ohioan…it would not surprise me if there was funny stuff going on in 2012.

Ohio has had problems with some funky Secretaries of State such as the highly suspicious Ken Blackwell in 2004. He was in charge of the distribution of voting machines that just happened to have way too many in precincts that were more White and in Republican heavy areas and very few machines in the highly Black/Democratic inner city areas of Columbus, Cleveland and Cincinnati.

I know, because my precinct was one. I stood in line for a good three hours or more. It was painful. But what gave everyone hope was we were all discussing how this was fucked up, but no one was going to quit the line because we were going to vote one way or another. We knew.

And since then, there have been more machines in my precinct. Sometimes more machines than needed.

That was not a very difficult way to manipulate the vote. Depress the voters so they give up and go home.

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Belafon  Jul 14, 2018 • 7:49:43am

Trump’s annoyed that CNN won’t whine about being snubbed by Trump.

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MsJ  Jul 14, 2018 • 7:51:55am

Good thread.

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Blind Frog Belly White  Jul 14, 2018 • 7:54:48am

Allons enfants de la Patrie,
Le jour de gloire est arrivé!

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Dr Lizardo  Jul 14, 2018 • 8:03:22am

re: #132 MsJ

Good thread.

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LOLOL yeah, Trump was totally not a senior person during his 2016 campaign.

He just spilled the beans. Moron.

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wheat-dogg  Jul 14, 2018 • 8:05:13am

re: #116 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))

I cannot recall a President being treated like this abroad since Nixon.

I would argue that Trump is more reviled than Nixon, because of social media. More people know how vile he is than knew about Nixon.

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Blind Frog Belly White  Jul 14, 2018 • 8:06:09am

re: #134 Dr Lizardo

LOLOL yeah, Trump was totally not a senior person during his 2016 campaign.

He just spilled the beans. Moron.

Stone is the kid who always thinks he’s smarter than anyone else, so he can get away with whatever he wants to do. This works in life until you run into someone who’s A) smarter than you, and B) unimpressed.

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A hollow voice says, Covfefe.  Jul 14, 2018 • 8:06:12am

re: #130 ObserverArt

Well, in my opinion as an Ohioan…it would not surprise me if there was funny stuff going on in 2012.

Ohio has had problems with some funky Secretaries of State such as the highly suspicious Ken Blackwell in 2004. He was in charge of the distribution of voting machines that just happened to have way too many in precincts that were more White and in Republican heavy areas and very few machines in the highly Black/Democratic inner city areas of Columbus, Cleveland and Cincinnati.

I know, because my precinct was one. I stood in line for a good three hours or more. It was painful. But what gave everyone hope was we were all discussing how this was fucked up, but no one was going to quit the line because we were going to vote one way or another. We knew.

And since then, there have been more machines in my precinct. Sometimes more machines than needed.

That was not a very difficult way to manipulate the vote. Depress the voters so they give up and go home.

Vote “manipulation” (to be polite) is something to worry about too, but Rove’s discomfiture was mainly due to ignoring real world information.

I remember long lines at our precinct too (in CA — probably can’t be attributed to voter suppression efforts), more like 30 minutes, though. To use our paper ballots, which I will keep harping on.

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Blind Frog Belly White  Jul 14, 2018 • 8:07:35am

re: #135 wheat-dogg

I would argue that Trump is more reviled than Nixon, because of social media. More people know how vile he is than knew about Nixon.

Nixon spoke in dogwhistle and only allowed his bigotry off leash in private.

Trump has no filter. He’s also more bigoted, and a whole lot dumber.

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wheat-dogg  Jul 14, 2018 • 8:15:19am

re: #136 Blind Frog Belly White

Stone is the kid who always thinks he’s smarter than anyone else, so he can get away with whatever he wants to do. This works in life until you run into someone who’s A) smarter than you, and B) unimpressed.

This seems to be the common trait among Trump and all the people around him. That’s includes his older kids and Jared. They all think they’re way smarter than everyone else and that they are immune to any sort of negative consequences.

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Belafon  Jul 14, 2018 • 8:15:26am

re: #137 A hollow voice says, Covfefe.

I like the new voting system we have now in my district here in Texas. It’s a touch screen that prints our votes. This means no hanging chads or incorrectly filled in bubbles. But the printout we get, which we can verify ourselves, is inserted into the same machine we used to use, so counting is still done by people.

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Skip Intro  Jul 14, 2018 • 8:27:26am

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Old Liberal  Jul 14, 2018 • 8:31:16am

re: #45 MsJ

This is why I don’t associate with anyone who supports Trump in any degree. I shun them. And they know why. Shunning works, conversation does not. It is a fact of human psychology, shunning is devastating because we are social animals, and by nature we fear being isolated. No more “agree not to talk about it” for me. I talked about it, they double down, goodbye. And, my life is better as I spend the time with quality human beings.

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PhillyPretzel  Jul 14, 2018 • 8:36:49am

re: #140 Belafon

What we have in Philly is a machine that allows the voter to press the name of the candidate and the light goes from blinking to solid to indicate to the voter that their vote has been recorded. It is finalized by pressing the large green button at the bottom of the machine. At the end of day, 8:00 pm, the machines are taken off the voting function and are put into tally mode and within 10 to 15 minutes we have the results on a very long strip of paper. There are 6 copies and results are given to the minority inspector (yours truly) and to the police so they can run the results to Voting HQ.

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A Mom Anon  Jul 14, 2018 • 8:36:53am

re: #139 wheat-dogg

It’s a symptom of wealth as an insulator. Hell, Manafort is in jail and still acts like this is a game. Their guy can pardon them (or they were promised they’d be) so they think they won’t suffer the consequences like the rest of us poors do.

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A hollow voice says, Covfefe.  Jul 14, 2018 • 8:39:18am

re: #140 Belafon

I like the new voting system we have now in my district here in Texas. It’s a touch screen that prints our votes. This means no hanging chads or incorrectly filled in bubbles. But the printout we get, which we can verify ourselves, is inserted into the same machine we used to use, so counting is still done by people.

That has all the positive features of a paper ballot. I don’t trust anything that doesn’t leave a physical trail (manipulation of voter machines was a thing long before our current problems).

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ObserverArt  Jul 14, 2018 • 8:44:40am

re: #143 PhillyPretzel

What we have in Philly is a machine that allows the voter to press the name of the candidate and the light goes from blinking to solid to indicate to the voter that their vote has been recorded. It is finalized by pressing the large green button at the bottom of the machine. At the end of day, 8:00 pm, the machines are taken off the voting function and are put into tally mode and within 10 to 15 minutes we have the results on a very long strip of paper. There are 6 copies and results are given to the minority inspector (yours truly) and to the police so they can run the results to Voting HQ.

Sounds like what we use here in Columbus. Is there also a paper roll in the machine that prints the vote once you press the big vote button?

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PhillyPretzel  Jul 14, 2018 • 8:46:46am

re: #146 ObserverArt

No. We do not have anything like that.

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mmmirele  Jul 14, 2018 • 8:49:04am

Austin accordionist Ponty Bone died yesterday. When I lived in Austin in the 1980s, he and his band used to play gigs at our co-op. Here’s a video of a performance at the Allen Library.

Ponty Bone and the Squeezetones

Wikipedia: en.wikipedia.org

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sagehen  Jul 14, 2018 • 9:00:04am

re: #102 Belafon

I know some won’t like this suggestion, but Amazon should take this over.

I was gonna suggest the Gates Foundation.

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ObserverArt  Jul 14, 2018 • 9:00:19am

re: #147 PhillyPretzel

No. We do not have anything like that.

This link shows the machines that are being used in much of Ohio now. I think the whole state will have these in place by 2020. It sounds like the same machine you have just with one thing added by law…explained below.

Election Systems and Software (ES&S) iVotronic

Ohio law (and some other states) states these machines have this additional module installed:

Checking the Voter-Verifiable Paper Trail: The iVotronic has an optional voter-verifiable paper trail printer, known as the Real-Time Audit Log (RTAL). States such as Ohio, West Virginia, and North Carolina require the RTAL by law, while iVotronics in South Carolina, Texas, and Pennsylvania do not have this option. The RTAL printer is a reel-to-reel cash-register type of printer under transparent plastic, and is located just to the left of the touch screen (pictuted above right). The RTAL records all of the voter’s actions, so if a voter changes her mind about a race on the ballot, the RTAL records both the initial choice and the final choice.

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Unshaken Defiance  Jul 14, 2018 • 9:01:11am

My new pinned tweet

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PhillyPretzel  Jul 14, 2018 • 9:21:50am

I love this from yahoo.
yahoo.com

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Jul 14, 2018 • 9:23:08am

re: #40 wheat-dogg

IIRC McGinniss bought or rented the house next to the Palins, which drove Sarah nuts. She accused him of spying on her.

she had todd and his buddies build a really horrible looking fence, so joe couldn’t look into her windows.
the wind blew it down.

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Unshaken Defiance  Jul 14, 2018 • 9:29:31am

Is it a sign of depression if you listen to Phillip Glass and it cheers you up?

open.spotify.com

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Stanley Sea  Jul 14, 2018 • 9:29:38am

re: #152 PhillyPretzel

I love this from yahoo.
yahoo.com

Her tight skirts are inappropriate

meow

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ObserverArt  Jul 14, 2018 • 9:34:19am

re: #153 Backwoods_Sleuth

she had todd and his buddies build a really horrible looking fence, so joe couldn’t look into her windows.
the wind blew it down.

I had not heard about the fence (or forgot) so I went to look in Google images to see if there were any images of the fence. Why of course there is!

If you go to this link you’ll see several images of the fence and the two homes.

Google Images - joe mcginniss sarah palin

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makeitstop  Jul 14, 2018 • 9:36:58am

re: #155 Stanley Sea

Her tight skirts are inappropriate

meow

[Embedded content]

I might be dating myself here, but back in the day Frederic’s of Hollywood used to sell panties with butt padding. They kinda looked just like that.

Also meow. :)

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Jul 14, 2018 • 9:42:29am

re: #113 Barefoot Grin

[Embedded content]

why is he just wandering around in circles? did he lose the ball?

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sagehen  Jul 14, 2018 • 9:43:33am

re: #143 PhillyPretzel

What we have in Philly is a machine that allows the voter to press the name of the candidate and the light goes from blinking to solid to indicate to the voter that their vote has been recorded. It is finalized by pressing the large green button at the bottom of the machine. At the end of day, 8:00 pm, the machines are taken off the voting function and are put into tally mode and within 10 to 15 minutes we have the results on a very long strip of paper. There are 6 copies and results are given to the minority inspector (yours truly) and to the police so they can run the results to Voting HQ.

In NYC, we have a paper ballot that you fill in the bubbles, then the ballot is fed into an optical scan reader that does the counting. And paper copy is collected and saved in case of audit and/or recount.

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PhillyPretzel  Jul 14, 2018 • 9:49:56am

Here is a picture of what Philly’s voting machines look like:
Image: pennsylvania-voting-machines-2016-10-25.jpg

And yes they are in a warehouse.

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Unshaken Defiance  Jul 14, 2018 • 9:51:51am
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retired cynic  Jul 14, 2018 • 9:58:18am

re: #159 sagehen

In NYC, we have a paper ballot that you fill in the bubbles, then the ballot is fed into an optical scan reader that does the counting. And paper copy is collected and saved in case of audit and/or recount.

That’s what we have here in rural Illinois.

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Colère Tueur de Lapin  Jul 14, 2018 • 10:05:37am

MD has similar.

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Unshaken Defiance  Jul 14, 2018 • 10:08:19am

re: #159 sagehen

re: #160 PhillyPretzel

Hello from SoCal happy caturday.

With all the talk of machines and thwarting manipulations my mind came back to the “simple” way to overcome such manipulation, purges that sort of thing. We need margin. Large margins of victory. Maybe the way to that is keeping the anti Trump messaging focused on big picture policy. The fast answer to any mention of HRC or Obama is they aren’t running and no longer matter apart from sincerity as individuals and celebrity.

Anyway strategy is less my point that thin margins are much more dangerous for us than the right. And might be easier for us ordinary folks to help via grass roots than head off agit prop and Russian hackers.

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A hollow voice says, Covfefe.  Jul 14, 2018 • 10:08:22am

re: #159 sagehen

In NYC, we have a paper ballot that you fill in the bubbles, then the ballot is fed into an optical scan reader that does the counting. And paper copy is collected and saved in case of audit and/or recount.

We draw lines to fill in arrows (- > becomes —> for your selected candidate) on our paper ballots. Which are saved.

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wrenchwench  Jul 14, 2018 • 10:10:01am

OK, my brain is worn out for the day. (Doesn’t take much these days.) I had to reprogram my [1980s] cash register, because of yesterday’s power outage, and its little backup battery died decades ago. I have to do this about every four years, so I have to relearn how each time. I still have the f’n manual, with marginal notes, so it all comes back to me.

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A hollow voice says, Covfefe.  Jul 14, 2018 • 10:10:08am

re: #161 Unshaken Defiance

[Embedded content]

Of course any crime committed during Obama’s presidency is Obama’s fault.

///

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A hollow voice says, Covfefe.  Jul 14, 2018 • 10:12:21am

re: #157 makeitstop

I might be dating myself here, but back in the day Frederic’s of Hollywood used to sell panties with butt padding. They kinda looked just like that.

Also meow. :)

A skirt tight enough to outline the buttocks is inappropriate. Insert meow if you feel it’s appropriate.

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wrenchwench  Jul 14, 2018 • 10:15:32am

re: #167 A hollow voice says, Covfefe.

Of course any crime committed during Obama’s presidency is Obama’s fault.

///

I didn’t do anything, why didn’t you stop me?!?

—Trump

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wrenchwench  Jul 14, 2018 • 10:16:41am

re: #168 A hollow voice says, Covfefe.

A skirt tight enough to outline the buttocks is inappropriate. Insert meow if you feel it’s appropriate.

In my mom’s day, it was a sign of no appropriate slip in use, and *gasp* no girdle.

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PhillyPretzel  Jul 14, 2018 • 10:27:36am

From the Washington Post.
washingtonpost.com

I think this one is the best of all of the DT faux pas.

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Eclectic Cyborg  Jul 14, 2018 • 10:30:33am

re: #171 PhillyPretzel

The Queen is thinking: “Fuck you, you fucking fuck!”

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Unshaken Defiance  Jul 14, 2018 • 10:31:08am

re: #167 A hollow voice says, Covfefe.

I decided to work up a Page on this. Backgrounder from 2014.

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PhillyPretzel  Jul 14, 2018 • 10:31:18am

re: #172 Eclectic Cyborg

Oh yes.

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JordanRules  Jul 14, 2018 • 10:31:42am
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JordanRules  Jul 14, 2018 • 10:33:29am
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Don't Blame Me, I Voted for Kodos  Jul 14, 2018 • 10:35:40am

re: #176 JordanRules

[Embedded content]

It’s much more likely that Trump would issue an immediate pardon to the 12 Russians to appease Putin.

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Jay C  Jul 14, 2018 • 10:36:16am

re: #175 JordanRules

[Embedded content]

Yeah. The chyron on that CNN screenshot really demonstrates where the media’s attention was being focused. On the important stuff….

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Unshaken Defiance  Jul 14, 2018 • 10:36:54am
180
JordanRules  Jul 14, 2018 • 10:38:32am
181
Quoth the raven, Covfefe.  Jul 14, 2018 • 10:39:31am

re: #180 JordanRules

The lesson to be learned here: Do not try to pop the bubble surrounding the child-President. He does not wish to live in reality.

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Teukka  Jul 14, 2018 • 10:41:45am

re: #181 Quoth the raven, Covfefe.

The lesson to be learned here: Do not try to pop the bubble surrounding the child-President. He does not wish to live in reality.

You know what the problem with not living in reality is?
You won’t see real threats, you attack things that are not threats.

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Quoth the raven, Covfefe.  Jul 14, 2018 • 10:46:05am

re: #182 Teukka

You know what the problem with not living in reality is?
You won’t see real threats, you attack things that are not threats.

To be brutally honest, the President of the United States is, over and above just about any other citizen of this country, the one man or woman whom should be required to pay attention to the real world. Unfortunately, Fuckface von Clownstick appears to have engineered himself into a position where all his information comes from suckups, toadies, ass-kissers, boot-lickers, and brown-nosers.

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BeachDem  Jul 14, 2018 • 10:51:36am

re: #150 ObserverArt

This link shows the machines that are being used in much of Ohio now. I think the whole state will have these in place by 2020. It sounds like the same machine you have just with one thing added by law…explained below.

Election Systems and Software (ES&S) iVotronic

Ohio law (and some other states) states these machines have this additional module installed:


SC voting machines threaten democracy, according to new lawsuit

The lawsuit alleges a threat on citizens’ right to vote in South Carolina, claiming voting machines are too old to uphold democracy. The suit against the State Election Commission demands new equipment soon. Those who filed the 45-page lawsuit, including one former state senator, say democracy is threatened. Words like unreliable, and even vulnerable are used to describe the voting machines.
wistv.com

And it’s not a new issue—been brought up at least since 2010.

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ObserverArt  Jul 14, 2018 • 10:58:01am

re: #178 Jay C

Yeah. The chyron on that CNN screenshot really demonstrates where the media’s attention was being focused. On the important stuff….

It does show how successful the Russian email release was. It gave the media another thing to bash the Democrats over and it gave the Democrats another thing to fight and split over.

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Joe Bacon 🌹  Jul 14, 2018 • 10:59:35am

re: #175 JordanRules

[Embedded content]

Stuff such as thins really makes me miss Bartcop. He would have been tearing the Whore Press to pieces over their endless Trump asskissing!

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makeitstop  Jul 14, 2018 • 11:00:34am

Remember a couple of weeks back, when we threatened Ecuador with everything from stopping aid to military retaliation over a UN resolution on breastfeeding?

Hoarse has a theory. And like most of his theories, it’s a pretty good one. It was, at bottom, about Assange.

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makeitstop  Jul 14, 2018 • 11:02:17am

re: #186 Joe Bacon 🌹

Stuff such as thins really makes me miss Bartcop. He would have been tearing the Whore Press to pieces over their endless Trump asskissing!

He was one fearless dude. I still remember when we went to DC to hang with him and all the people who showed up - Atrios was there, David Brock, Carville, and just about every East Coast Bartcopper in existence.

I miss Bart.

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PhillyPretzel  Jul 14, 2018 • 11:02:57am

re: #184 BeachDem

Before Philly got new electronic voting machines we had Shoups. They are considered up-to-date in the 1950’s.
images.search.yahoo.com

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Jay C  Jul 14, 2018 • 11:04:04am

re: #175 JordanRules

re: #178 Jay C

And now that I’m back at a regular keyboard, I’m going to vent a rant over an issue that has chapped my backside for two years: i.e. the obsessive Berniebots’ pissing-and-moaning over the DNC’s “bias” towards Hillary Clinton in the 2016 campaign, and the media’s constant focus on their puerile whining and sore-loser griping: both before, during, and even after the campaign/election.
I mean, seriously: do these people have NO F*CKING IDEA whatsoever about how political parties actually operate (rhetorical question)??? Hillary Rodham Clinton was - for most of her life - a Democratic activist - wife of a Democratic Governor and President; Democratic elected official in her own right: Democratic Presidential candidate in her own right; she lost, but went on to serve in a Democratic Administration, and run for the Presidency again: as a Democrat, and with the incumbents’ endorsement. All the while maintaining contacts with, and seeding influence in, the Party’s national organization, like any serious national-party candidate should.

Yet when Bernie Sanders - not even a member of the Party - suddenly pops up as a challenger (and the Dems for whatever reason, let him), the whole notion that a nationwide political party might want to back a lifelong activist/official/player over some obscure ideologue Senator suddenly becomes “evidence” of some evil Sinister Conspiracy: and the fact that said Senator loses fair primary elections “evidence” of Evil Vote-rigging or whatever.
And they kept on doing it - and the media kept flogging this non-issue - basically right up until Election Day. While, as we have seen, ignoring/dismissing/downplaying the far-more serious issue of foreign (i.e. Russian) interference in the election process.

/rant

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wrenchwench  Jul 14, 2018 • 11:05:20am

re: #187 makeitstop

Remember a couple of weeks back, when we threatened Ecuador with everything from stopping aid to military retaliation over a UN resolution on breastfeeding?

Hoarse has a theory. And like most of his theories, it’s a pretty good one. It was, at bottom, about Assange.

[Embedded content]

So many good possibilities to wish for. Such disappointment can happen…

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JordanRules  Jul 14, 2018 • 11:09:51am

re: #190 Jay C

Spot on!!!

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Jay C  Jul 14, 2018 • 11:10:52am

re: #189 PhillyPretzel

Before Philly got new electronic voting machines we had Shoups. They are considered up-to-date in the 1950’s.
images.search.yahoo.com

Heh. New York City was still using the old clunkers as late as 2004 (I remember casting my vote for Kerry/Edwards and thinking that the first vote on the machine had probably been for the Truman/Barkley ticket. Primeval technology as they were, I still had (and have) more confidence in them than the new electronic gear…

194
MsJ  Jul 14, 2018 • 11:12:36am

re: #162 retired cynic

That’s what we have here in rural Illinois.

And in non-rural Illinois.

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BeachDem  Jul 14, 2018 • 11:15:26am

re: #190 Jay C

And now that I’m back at a regular keyboard, I’m going to vent a rant over an issue that has chapped my backside for two years: i.e. the obsessive Berniebots’ pissing-and-moaning over the DNC’s “bias” towards Hillary Clinton in the 2016 campaign, and the media’s constant focus on their puerile whining and sore-loser griping: both before, during, and even after the campaign/election.
I mean, seriously: do these people have NO F*CKING IDEA whatsoever about how political parties actually operate (rhetorical question)??? Hillary Rodham Clinton was - for most of her life - a Democratic activist - wife of a Democratic Governor and President; Democratic elected official in her own right: Democratic Presidential candidate in her own right; she lost, but went on to serve in a Democratic Administration, and run for the Presidency again: as a Democrat, and with the incumbents’ endorsement. All the while maintaining contacts with, and seeding influence in, the Party’s national organization, like any serious national-party candidate should.

Yet when Bernie Sanders - not even a member of the Party - suddenly pops up as a challenger (and the Dems for whatever reason, let him), the whole notion that a nationwide political party might want to back a lifelong activist/official/player over some obscure ideologue Senator suddenly becomes “evidence” of some evil Sinister Conspiracy: and the fact that said Senator loses fair primary elections “evidence” of Evil Vote-rigging or whatever.
And they kept on doing it - and the media kept flogging this non-issue - basically right up until Election Day. While, as we have seen, ignoring/dismissing/downplaying the far-more serious issue of foreign (i.e. Russian) interference in the election process.

/rant

Worth repeating. I agree with every word. And let us not forget, it was Bernie’s campaign that breached Clinton’s voter data during the primaries:

…documents obtained and reviewed by NBC News appeared to show that at least four individuals affiliated with the Sanders campaign conducted searches and saved the Clinton campaign’s lists of potential voters over a period of more than 40 minutes.
NBC News has verified the authenticity of the documents, which appear to shed new light on the depth of the data breach, with a secondary source.

I had a Hillary field rep living with me when that happened, and according to her, it wasn’t just a “whoops” moment—they specifically went for targeted data.

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MsJ  Jul 14, 2018 • 11:18:01am

re: #172 Eclectic Cyborg

The Queen is thinking: “Fuck you, you fucking fuck!”

More like “What an uncouth, classless clod.”

It’s untoward to imagine the queen swearing.

😉

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PhillyPretzel  Jul 14, 2018 • 11:18:37am

re: #196 MsJ

Quite right. :)

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Jay C  Jul 14, 2018 • 11:23:19am

re: #196 MsJ

It’s untoward to imagine the queen swearing.

They keep Prince Philip around for that…..

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BeachDem  Jul 14, 2018 • 11:36:39am
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wrenchwench  Jul 14, 2018 • 11:42:37am

Night before last, Mr. w called one of our immigration attorney friends. (They were his friends first, they all went to college together.) When she answered, and determined that he was calling just to see how she was doing, she burst into tears. I think it had been a while since she had a call that wasn’t about how she could help someone who was dealing with a disaster. She talked, non-stop, for about 20 minutes. She’s coming to town next weekend. That’s when I’ll give her a hug. I didn’t want to cut in while she was on a roll.

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Unshaken Defiance  Jul 14, 2018 • 11:51:57am

re: #200 wrenchwench

I happen to know of a wonderful Ukrainian lady who has been here on a work visa. I forget what kind of visa but she is a film director, various very obscure cinematography technical skill sets. In the waning years of the Obama admin she started the process to become a citizen. It was all well underway until the Real Annoying Orange changed policy. Her attorney could not help much and just might take up her life savings in a losing effort.

She moved back, tears in her eyes, feeling betrayed by the United States. Well, she was. We’ll never get the likes of her back.

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mmmirele  Jul 14, 2018 • 11:52:44am

re: #200 wrenchwench

I know two immigration attorneys, one works with refugees and the other does business visas and that sort of thing. They’re both stressed to the max. The more “commercial” attorney had to fly to Minneapolis to get one of her clients out of ICE custody. And we’re talking a person who hired a not cheap attorney to do it right and this still happened. There are horror stories we’ve not heard yet.

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MsJ  Jul 14, 2018 • 11:56:00am
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Jay C  Jul 14, 2018 • 12:16:10pm

re: #203 MsJ

In Florida. What a shock.

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Dave In Austin  Jul 14, 2018 • 12:17:13pm

Thread

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JordanRules  Jul 14, 2018 • 12:20:33pm
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Dave In Austin  Jul 14, 2018 • 12:31:04pm
208
jaunte  Jul 14, 2018 • 12:32:54pm

re: #207 Dave In Austin

Does Ben think the ladies room has urinals?

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Blind Frog Belly White  Jul 14, 2018 • 12:34:05pm

re: #208 jaunte

Does Ben think the ladies room has urinals?

I wouldn’t put it past him.

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Jay C  Jul 14, 2018 • 12:34:13pm

re: #208 jaunte

Does Ben think the ladies room has urinals?

211
Belafon  Jul 14, 2018 • 12:34:42pm

re: #207 Dave In Austin

Montel starts from a flawed premis:

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Eclectic Cyborg  Jul 14, 2018 • 12:34:47pm

re: #208 jaunte

Does Ben think the ladies room has urinals?

Apparently. Kind of creepy how much thought certain people put into these things, isn’t it?

213
jaunte  Jul 14, 2018 • 12:35:23pm

re: #212 Eclectic Cyborg

He must make his small daughter uncomfortable when he goes in there with her.

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Blind Frog Belly White  Jul 14, 2018 • 12:35:36pm

re: #211 Belafon

Montel starts from a flawed premis:

[Embedded content]

Definitely assumes facts not in evidence.

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jaunte  Jul 14, 2018 • 12:35:48pm

“Accompanies” I mean.

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Belafon  Jul 14, 2018 • 12:35:56pm

re: #208 jaunte

Does Ben think the ladies room has urinals?

Naaah, he just somehow thinks that’s a threat to Montel’s manhood.

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Don't Blame Me, I Voted for Kodos  Jul 14, 2018 • 12:36:05pm

re: #207 Dave In Austin

[Embedded content]

So Ben is saying that he regularly goes into the ladies’ room - since that’s the only way he could possibly witness this?

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Aucun pays pour les vieux ennemis  Jul 14, 2018 • 12:36:54pm

re: #207 Dave In Austin

I know which.

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Blind Frog Belly White  Jul 14, 2018 • 12:37:16pm

re: #212 Eclectic Cyborg

Apparently. Kind of freaky how much thought certain people put into things, isn’t it?

Well, you know, as someone who suffers from anxiety, I understand how anxiety leads the mind to creating lots of unrealistic scenarios.

The thing is, I realize they’re unrealistic scenarios.

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jaunte  Jul 14, 2018 • 12:37:26pm

As if he was put on earth to waste money, time and lives.

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Unshaken Defiance  Jul 14, 2018 • 12:37:28pm

re: #217 Don’t Blame Me, I Voted for Kodos

So Ben is saying that he regularly goes into the ladies’ room - since that’s the only way he could possibly witness this?

No filter between his paranoid fantasies/browser history and his keyboard.

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Teukka  Jul 14, 2018 • 12:49:13pm
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Blind Frog Belly White  Jul 14, 2018 • 12:49:57pm

re: #220 jaunte

“Sinkholes of money.”

Think “LAUNDRY sink”

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jeffreyw  Jul 14, 2018 • 12:50:38pm

re: #208 jaunte

Does Ben think the ladies room has urinals?

Years ago I had a summer gig doing mechanical maintenance at the State Fair. Big part of the job while the fair was open was fixing bathroom clogs. My workmate got all ruffled when he noticed that the women’s restrooms all had more toilets than the men’s. He was rather loudly miffed at the notion that they got a better deal. He kinda turned red after a second or two when I asked him how many urinals he saw in the ladies’ rooms.


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