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Romantic Heretic  Aug 18, 2018 • 5:56:40pm

We are not going to talk about the acorn worm.

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Unshaken Defiance  Aug 18, 2018 • 5:59:14pm

Snap. I so rarely get CL’d like that.

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Eclectic Cyborg  Aug 18, 2018 • 6:08:31pm

re: #2 Unshaken Defiance

Snap. I so rarely get CL’d like that.

It happens to the best of us. No one is immune.

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Dave In Austin  Aug 18, 2018 • 6:09:37pm

Butthole Pachinchko!

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Charles Johnson  Aug 18, 2018 • 6:16:42pm

When I see something referring to the Butthole Surfers, I always wonder if they’re buttholes who surf, or if they’re actually surfing inside buttholes.

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teleskiguy  Aug 18, 2018 • 6:17:35pm

Did somebody say Butthole Surfers?

Fast

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Interesting Times  Aug 18, 2018 • 6:18:11pm

re: #2 Unshaken Defiance

Snap. I so rarely get CL’d like that.

Well, that Facebook thread (which I couldn’t stomach to the end) certainly contained comments from disgusting, horrible people. I’m sorry they’re in your life in any way, shape or form :( (and yes, I’m well aware of how many millions more of them there are). But hopefully there might be wavering lurkers influenced by what you wrote. I think the very act of pushback accomplishes something even if you don’t outright change minds (that is, you’ve made the bigots, hypocrites, and fascist-wannabes aware that their bile won’t go unchallenged).

Because really, this is what we’re up against:

Facebook Post

though I would take the cartoon further, and have the “modern” GOPer saying something like “potato” or illegul immigrunt!!11!!

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Barefoot Grin  Aug 18, 2018 • 6:18:22pm

Don’t know if makeitstop will see this, but there was a great anecdote about Les Pauls in Marc Maron’s podcast interview with Joe Walsh. Joe said that he loved Les Paul’s playing and when he found a Les Paul guitar, he bought it. He got two in his early years—hard to find, but not hard to find because everyone was buying them, quite the contrary; everyone was buying Beatles gear like Richenbachers and Gretsch. Anyway, he said that when James Gang was opening for the new band Led Zeppelin, he told Telecaster-devotee Jimmy Page that “you can’t play a single coil in a three piece band.” So he gave one of his two LPs to Jimmy Page, and that is Page’s Les Paul #1

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Stanley Sea  Aug 18, 2018 • 6:19:42pm

Holy crap

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De Kolta Chair  Aug 18, 2018 • 6:20:09pm

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Patricia Kayden  Aug 18, 2018 • 6:24:57pm

The GOP needs a lesson on the Constitution.

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can't think of a decent username  Aug 18, 2018 • 6:29:07pm

re: #11 Patricia Kayden

The GOP needs a lesson on the Constitution.

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As someone pointed out in a response to McCarthy’s tweet, the reason Ingraham’s tweet doesn’t display for him is because he has his Twitter settings fixed to block “potentially sensitive content.” IOW, Kevin McCarthy can’t see the tweet because he’s a techno-illiterate.

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Barefoot Grin  Aug 18, 2018 • 6:30:41pm

re: #10 De Kolta Chair

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“Can you point somewhere when you sing ‘no direction home’ on ‘Like a Rolling Stone?’”

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dangerman  Aug 18, 2018 • 6:35:20pm

re: #9 Stanley Sea

Holy crap

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There are (literally) hundreds of these living on the sides of the roads in my town.

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Stanley Sea  Aug 18, 2018 • 6:36:51pm

THESE PEOPLE

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SteelPH  Aug 18, 2018 • 6:37:44pm

re: #15 Stanley Sea

Projecting like an imax.

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The Ghost of a Flea  Aug 18, 2018 • 6:39:47pm

“…octopus is not having that shit.”

Ze Frank always makes my day.

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Quoth the raven, Covfefe.  Aug 18, 2018 • 6:43:54pm

re: #15 Stanley Sea

THESE PEOPLE

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If the Mueller team is panicking, it’s because they have too much data and they don’t know quite what to do with it all.

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dangerman  Aug 18, 2018 • 6:48:14pm

re: #15 Stanley Sea

THESE PEOPLE

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It’s amazing they keep interviewing Giuliani who hasn’t the fisrt clue what’s actually going on inside the investigation

He has no information at all
Every single thing he says about the investigation is made up

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makeitstop  Aug 18, 2018 • 6:49:08pm

re: #8 Barefoot Grin

Don’t know if makeitstop will see this, but there was a great anecdote about Les Pauls in Marc Maron’s podcast interview with Joe Walsh. Joe said that he loved Les Paul’s playing and when he found a Les Paul guitar, he bought it. He got two in his early years—hard to find, but not hard to find because everyone was buying them, quite the contrary; everyone was buying Beatles gear like Richenbachers and Gretsch. Anyway, he said that when James Gang was opening for the new band Led Zeppelin, he told Telecaster-devotee Jimmy Page that “you can’t play a single coil in a three piece band.” So he gave one of his two LPs to Jimmy Page, and that is Page’s Les Paul #1

I’ve heard that story about Joe Walsh - but I’ve heard that he gave it to Pagey and that he sold it to him for $650. Not sure which is true, though.

Walsh also gave Pete Townshend a Gretsch Chet Atkins, which Pete used to record all of the ‘Who’s Next’ and ‘Quadrophenia’ albums. That huge power chord at the end of ‘Love Reign Over Me?’ That’s the Gretsch. Pete ended up using Les Pauls live because the Gretsch wouldn’t stay in tune on stage.

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Stanley Sea  Aug 18, 2018 • 6:54:12pm

re: #18 Quoth the raven, Covfefe.

If the Mueller team is panicking, it’s because they have too much data and they don’t know quite what to do with it all.

And every single day they have something new to investigate. Or a blatant new charge of obstruction of justice.

I just can’t imagine that more than the 27% of imbeciles believes this so obvious con.

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Quoth the raven, Covfefe.  Aug 18, 2018 • 6:55:03pm

re: #21 Stanley Sea

And every single day they have something new to investigate. Or a blatant new charge of obstruction of justice.

I just can’t imagine that more than the 27% of imbeciles believes this so obvious con.

I don’t think they believe it either, to be perfectly honest. I think they are just going along with it because God, Guns, Abortion and Jesus Loves Republicans and all that sheeple bullshit that they’ve been indoctrinated into.

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Interesting Times  Aug 18, 2018 • 6:55:32pm

re: #21 Stanley Sea

I just can’t imagine that more than the 27% of imbeciles believes this so obvious con.

The ones who don’t believe it think it’s perfectly acceptable as long as Cheeto Benito continues to hurt the people they hate.

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Belafon  Aug 18, 2018 • 7:00:24pm

re: #18 Quoth the raven, Covfefe.

If the Mueller team is panicking, it’s because they have too much data and they don’t know quite what to do with it all.

“Your Honor, we would like to break this into four separate trials. We are otherwise afraid that no jury would convict on the grounds that no single person could do all of this.”

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Quoth the raven, Covfefe.  Aug 18, 2018 • 7:00:30pm

I think, if the Evangelical Republicans were truly honest with themselves for more than 5 seconds, they would admit that they don’t believe a word of Trump’s bullshit or that he is a pious and righteous man. I literally think that the only reason they are carrying on in such fashion is because they are allowing themselves to be swept along with the derp tide, because it’s easier than thinking and introspecting.

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jaunte  Aug 18, 2018 • 7:00:36pm
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De Kolta Chair  Aug 18, 2018 • 7:00:53pm

Because I haven’t poked fun at Zimmy in a while…

I don’t recall posting this twice. Weird as a beard, as Dick Cavett might quote Orson Bean quoting somebody else (Martha Raye?).

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Unshaken Defiance  Aug 18, 2018 • 7:01:36pm

re: #25 Quoth the raven, Covfefe.

I think, if the Evangelical Republicans were truly honest with themselves for more than 5 seconds, they would admit that they don’t believe a word of Trump’s bullshit or that he is a pious and righteous man. I literally think that the only reason they are carrying on in such fashion is because they are allowing themselves to be swept along with the derp tide, because it’s easier than thinking and introspecting.

Insist they reconcile immigration policy and love thy neighbor.

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Quoth the raven, Covfefe.  Aug 18, 2018 • 7:02:33pm

re: #28 Unshaken Defiance

Insist they reconcile immigration policy and love thy neighbor.

I have been hammering that point home since before Trump’s election. It’s not very effective…

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Unshaken Defiance  Aug 18, 2018 • 7:04:24pm

re: #29 Quoth the raven, Covfefe.

I have been hammering that point home since before Trump’s election. It’s not very effective…

At changing minds? Of course not. Effective at showing how useless these people are? Better.

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Quoth the raven, Covfefe.  Aug 18, 2018 • 7:04:48pm

re: #30 Unshaken Defiance

At changing minds? Of course not. Effective at showing how useless these people are? Better.

I wish it did that. All it seems to do is make people angry at me.

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Unshaken Defiance  Aug 18, 2018 • 7:07:24pm

re: #31 Quoth the raven, Covfefe.

I wish it did that. All it seems to do is make people angry at me.

Well crap. Hang in there, this is a tough long fight.

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Quoth the raven, Covfefe.  Aug 18, 2018 • 7:08:56pm

re: #32 Unshaken Defiance

Well crap. Hang in there, this is a tough long fight.

I have allies. I have you guys, and a few college friends who were never on the dark side that have welcomed me into the enlightenment fold. It’s just tough because I am still trying to walk the tightrope between standing up for goodness and decency, and not getting disowned by my family.

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dangerman  Aug 18, 2018 • 7:09:06pm

re: #24 Belafon

“Your Honor, we would like to break this into four separate trials. We are otherwise afraid that no jury would convict on the grounds that no single person could do all of this be this stupid.”

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Unshaken Defiance  Aug 18, 2018 • 7:11:26pm

re: #33 Quoth the raven, Covfefe.

That’s so hard. It is a civil war in that way.

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dangerman  Aug 18, 2018 • 7:12:16pm

re: #25 Quoth the raven, Covfefe.

I think, if the Evangelical Republicans were truly honest with themselves for more than 5 seconds, they would admit that they don’t believe a word of Trump’s bullshit or that he is a pious and righteous man. I literally think that the only reason they are carrying on in such fashion is because they are allowing themselves to be swept along with the derp tide, because it’s easier than thinking and introspecting.

They can’t at the same time be both honest and get what they want from this admin

They want what they want and will rationalize it with any kind of inane pretzel logic they can come up with

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Stanley Sea  Aug 18, 2018 • 7:12:34pm

re: #25 Quoth the raven, Covfefe.

I think, if the Evangelical Republicans were truly honest with themselves for more than 5 seconds, they would admit that they don’t believe a word of Trump’s bullshit or that he is a pious and righteous man. I literally think that the only reason they are carrying on in such fashion is because they are allowing themselves to be swept along with the derp tide, because it’s easier than thinking and introspecting.

And they will be remembered thusly.

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Stanley Sea  Aug 18, 2018 • 7:13:28pm

re: #29 Quoth the raven, Covfefe.

I have been hammering that point home since before Trump’s election. It’s not very effective…

But not THAT neighbor.

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Stanley Sea  Aug 18, 2018 • 7:14:51pm

Depressing.

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William Lewis  Aug 18, 2018 • 7:14:57pm

re: #38 Stanley Sea

But not THAT neighbor.

Never mind that’s exactly what the bible means, in multiple places from Leviticus on.

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dangerman  Aug 18, 2018 • 7:15:08pm

re: #31 Quoth the raven, Covfefe.

I wish it did that. All it seems to do is make people angry at me.

People get angry when you point out the dissonance inside them

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The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge  Aug 18, 2018 • 7:15:21pm

re: #27 De Kolta Chair

Because I haven’t poked fun at Bob in a while…

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What does “Vrepped up like a douche” mean, Bob?

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Quoth the raven, Covfefe.  Aug 18, 2018 • 7:15:26pm

re: #38 Stanley Sea

But not THAT neighbor.

Apparently, to them, the answer to the young man’s question to Jesus, “And who is my neighbor?”, is, “Well, not THOSE people, obviously.”

I remember one time, I made a post asking them how the Parable of the Good Samaritan changes in their minds if the Samaritan was replaced with a member of Al-Qaida. That got a whooooooole lot of crickets.

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Stanley Sea  Aug 18, 2018 • 7:16:58pm

re: #40 William Lewis

Never mind that’s exactly what the bible means, in multiple places from Leviticus on.

Explain?

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dangerman  Aug 18, 2018 • 7:17:11pm

re: #43 Quoth the raven, Covfefe.

Apparently, to them, the answer to the young man’s question to Jesus, “And who is my neighbor?”, is, “Well, not THOSE people, obviously.”

I remember one time, I made a post asking them how the Parable of the Good Samaritan changes in their minds if the Samaritan was replaced with a member of Al-Qaida. That got a whooooooole lot of crickets.

Remember “they” are not people

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goddamnedfrank  Aug 18, 2018 • 7:17:12pm

This thread.

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Quoth the raven, Covfefe.  Aug 18, 2018 • 7:18:50pm

re: #45 dangerman

Remember “they” are not people

And this is getting to the root of the issue. Non-whites and non-Americans have been dehumanized explicitly in order to appeal to the inner racist shitbag core of the religious right, whilst assuaging their already-overloaded-with-guilt consciences. It’s a carefully calculated tactic, done deliberately - not an accident.

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Shiplord Kirel, Friend of Moose and Squirrel  Aug 18, 2018 • 7:18:54pm

Caption time:


“And this, my children, is what the devil looks like.”
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Quoth the raven, Covfefe.  Aug 18, 2018 • 7:19:49pm

re: #48 Shiplord Kirel, Friend of Moose and Squirrel

Caption time:

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“And this, my children, is what the devil looks like.”

“Dude. I love everybody, yeah, but THIS guy… Wow. He really pushes My buttons a lot.”

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goddamnedfrank  Aug 18, 2018 • 7:20:22pm
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mmmirele  Aug 18, 2018 • 7:22:04pm

re: #46 goddamnedfrank

Wow, I did not see that coming. (The whole thread is all kinds of awesome, too, scroll up and read from the beginning.)

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William Lewis  Aug 18, 2018 • 7:23:37pm

re: #44 Stanley Sea

Explain?

That every one is your neighbor because the they/we/Isrealites/Christians/etc were strangers once in Egypt.

Like dopefishlives said, if you remind people of the hard meaning behind the Good Samaritan by making it The Good ISIS Commander, all you get is crickets because people would rather be tribal and hate having their excuses taken away.

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Stanley Sea  Aug 18, 2018 • 7:23:50pm

We have a massive wind right now. The air is cool. First time since I’ve been here. Hallelujah.

Chica is back on top of the bed looking out.

It’ll be aright.

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Quoth the raven, Covfefe.  Aug 18, 2018 • 7:26:14pm

re: #52 William Lewis

That every one is your neighbor because the they/we/Isrealites/Christians/etc were strangers once in Egypt.

Like dopefishlives said, if you remind people of the hard meaning behind the Good Samaritan by making it The Good ISIS Commander, all you get is crickets because people would rather be tribal and hate having their excuses taken away.

It’s funny because abstractly, intellectually, people seem to understand that that’s what that parable meant to people of the day. They just aren’t willing to take the mental leap to connect it to concepts that are relevant to today. When somebody does that for them, suddenly all the homilies start to sound a little hollow. Like, oh, SHIT… That means that I’m supposed to love those browns too? Like they’re actual people? I don’t know if I can do that.

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William Lewis  Aug 18, 2018 • 7:27:24pm

re: #46 goddamnedfrank

This thread.

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That could almost redeem Twitter for me. Thank you for posting that, GDF.

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Belafon  Aug 18, 2018 • 7:29:53pm

re: #48 Shiplord Kirel, Friend of Moose and Squirrel

Caption time:

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“And this, my children, is what the devil looks like.”

“And this might look like the devil, but the devil is no excuse for the deeds of this man.”

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Blind Frog Belly White  Aug 18, 2018 • 7:29:54pm

Dory lay down next to Rango to sleep, so Geoff put her bed there. Sure enough….

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Stanley Sea  Aug 18, 2018 • 7:31:35pm

re: #57 Blind Frog Belly White

Rango is hilarious. They’re buds!

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dangerman  Aug 18, 2018 • 7:34:26pm

re: #47 Quoth the raven, Covfefe.

And this is getting to the root of the issue. Non-whites and non-Americans have been dehumanized explicitly in order to appeal to the inner racist shitbag core of the religious right, whilst assuaging their already-overloaded-with-guilt consciences. It’s a carefully calculated tactic, done deliberately - not an accident.

Exactly

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dangerman  Aug 18, 2018 • 7:35:50pm

re: #48 Shiplord Kirel, Friend of Moose and Squirrel

Caption time:

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“And this, my children, is what the devil looks like.”

I’ll love him as my neighbor
I don’t have to like him

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Eclectic Cyborg  Aug 18, 2018 • 7:36:55pm

An RW friend of mine bet me $100 today that the Mueller probe would completely exonerate Trump.

I’d take the bet, but I’m reasonably certain this guy would never pay up.

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Barefoot Grin  Aug 18, 2018 • 7:37:32pm

re: #20 makeitstop

I’ve heard that story about Joe Walsh - but I’ve heard that he gave it to Pagey and that he sold it to him for $650. Not sure which is true, though.

Walsh also gave Pete Townshend a Gretsch Chet Atkins, which Pete used to record all of the ‘Who’s Next’ and ‘Quadrophenia’ albums. That huge power chord at the end of ‘Love Reign Over Me?’ That’s the Gretsch. Pete ended up using Les Pauls live because the Gretsch wouldn’t stay in tune on stage.

Love that story. Joe said he had to get sober because Keith Moon had taught him too well.

ETA: but a car crash that injured his wife and killed his 4yo child really set him on a path for self-destruction.

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Varek Raith  Aug 18, 2018 • 7:39:06pm

re: #16 SteelPH

Projecting like an imax.

Imax wished!

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freetoken  Aug 18, 2018 • 7:40:42pm

re: #52 William Lewis

Like dopefishlives said, if you remind people of the hard meaning behind the Good Samaritan by making it The Good ISIS Commander, all you get is crickets because people would rather be tribal and hate having their excuses taken away.

Well, sort of.

The writers of the Torah, upon return from Babylon (where the Jerusalem elite had been taken years previously), wrote their story to demonize Samaria (one of the old religious high places of the Israelites) and promote Jerusalem (and thus the inhabitants of said town) as God’s chosen.

So the parable of the Good Samaritan is a counter-narrative to that old propaganda.

But the Samaritans were (titularly) Israelites that Assyria had conquered before Jerusalem fell. So in theory the Samaritans were close kin to the Judahites.

In this light, the parable of the Good Samaritan is more like the legendary Hatfields and McCoys feud, with the Christ figure telling the McCoys to treat the Hatfields as their neighbor (which in both the case of the Samaritans-Jerusalemites and the Hatfields-McCoys is true geographically.)

While it is common to hear sermons trying to extend the Good Samaritan parable to encompass all of humanity, as has been noted by many, the parable is not about the Good Roman.

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Barefoot Grin  Aug 18, 2018 • 7:41:11pm

Marcy having none of it:

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dangerman  Aug 18, 2018 • 7:42:46pm

re: #61 Eclectic Cyborg

An RW friend of mine bet me $100 today that the Mueller probe would completely exonerate Trump.

I’d take the bet, but I’m reasonably certain this guy would never pay up.

Will redefine “exonerate”

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nines09  Aug 18, 2018 • 7:43:45pm

re: #46 goddamnedfrank

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teleskiguy  Aug 18, 2018 • 7:46:22pm
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Jenner7  Aug 18, 2018 • 7:48:30pm

re: #65 Barefoot Grin

Olive Willis was accused of sexism because he pointed out Maggie’s reporting sucks.

EmptyWheel has receipts….

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Dave In Austin  Aug 18, 2018 • 7:53:50pm

twitter.com

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Patricia Kayden  Aug 18, 2018 • 7:56:38pm

re: #25 Quoth the raven, Covfefe.

I think, if the Evangelical Republicans were truly honest with themselves for more than 5 seconds, they would admit that they don’t believe a word of Trump’s bullshit or that he is a pious and righteous man. I literally think that the only reason they are carrying on in such fashion is because they are allowing themselves to be swept along with the derp tide, because it’s easier than thinking and introspecting.

Trump is giving Evangelicals what they want: an agenda which is deregulation, rightwing judges, anti-climate change, anti-immigrants, anti-reproductive rights, etc. He’s doing everything they want.

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Belafon  Aug 18, 2018 • 8:03:12pm

And I agree with John Cole on this:

They are attacking her because she is a woman, because she is young, because she is of the left, and they want to bitch slap her and let her know who is boss. Actually covering her positions on issues is much harder than the easy script- “She’s inexperienced, making rookie mistakes, and she’s not ready for prime time.”

Also, as he points out, ICE went after an immigrant because he spoke to the media.

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Joe Bacon 🌹  Aug 18, 2018 • 8:05:06pm

This truly hurts me deep. I’m from Beaver County in Pennsylvania and I knew Bob Masters the former DA. Then I read this paragraph…

In Beaver County, for example, former District Attorney Robert Masters not only ignored reports of a priest who molested boys in the 1960s, but he also bragged about his silence to the local bishop. He admitted to the grand jury that he sat on the investigation because he wanted political support from the diocese.

And back in the 60s, classmates would talk about the abusive priests when were were in the locker room dressing for gym class…and they wouldn’t go to the police or county sheriff for help.

And Pope Francis ain’t doing a fucking thing to stop these monsters.

Just another reason why I truly despise religion…

www2.philly.com

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Joe Bacon 🌹  Aug 18, 2018 • 8:07:26pm

re: #25 Quoth the raven, Covfefe.

I think, if the Evangelical Republicans were truly honest with themselves for more than 5 seconds, they would admit that they don’t believe a word of Trump’s bullshit or that he is a pious and righteous man. I literally think that the only reason they are carrying on in such fashion is because they are allowing themselves to be swept along with the derp tide, because it’s easier than thinking and introspecting.

These phony-assed Pulpit Pimps do not care. All they want is total political power in the United States and the CENSORED Republicans are their instrument.

It’s time to take these pimps off of their tax-free gravy train.

TAX THE CHURCHES!

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mmmirele  Aug 18, 2018 • 8:09:53pm

OK, I am not cut out to be a dog sitter. My brother has been gone since Wednesday morning and the dog is kind of going crazy. She acts like she needs to go potty, but nope. She whines, she jumps around, she wants to lay next to my mother, so I put her on the couch where mom is sleeping, and she jumps down. She acts like she wants to sit next to me, I pick her up and she squirms out.

I guess I’m just used to cats getting up in my face when they want something.

My mother also told me I needed to park my SUV in the garage. “This is not a safe neighborhood.” I’m thinking, “I live in a townhome complex with only covered parking spaces, so my SUV sits out all night, every night and I don’t worry.” Oh well, I’ll move my car sometime this evening so she’ll be happy.

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The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge  Aug 18, 2018 • 8:11:36pm

re: #74 Joe Bacon 🌹

These phony-assed Pulpit Pimps do not care. All they want is total political power in the United States and the CENSORED Republicans are their instrument.

It’s time to take these pimps off of their tax-free gravy train.

TAX THE CHURCHES!

I just want them to explain why the churches being tax-exempt doesn’t constitute an “establishment of religion”. The fact that the Established Church is “all of them, Katie” doesn’t make it any less of a violation of the First Amendment.

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Joe Bacon 🌹  Aug 18, 2018 • 8:12:56pm

re: #76 The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge

I just want them to explain why the churches being tax-exempt doesn’t constitute an “establishment of religion”. The fact that the Established Church is “all of them, Katie” doesn’t make it any less of a violation of the First Amendment.

Bottom line—these Pulpit Pimps want to play the game and not pay for it.

If these assholes want to play the game, make them pay!

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The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge  Aug 18, 2018 • 8:13:37pm

re: #75 mmmirele

…My mother also told me I needed to park my SUV in the garage. “This is not a safe neighborhood.” I’m thinking, “I live in a townhome complex with only covered parking spaces, so my SUV sits out all night, every night and I don’t worry.” Oh well, I’ll move my car sometime this evening so she’ll be happy.

I.e., somebody whose name ends in a vowel lives in the neighborhood.

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Belafon  Aug 18, 2018 • 8:16:56pm

re: #76 The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge

I just want them to explain why the churches being tax-exempt doesn’t constitute an “establishment of religion”. The fact that the Established Church is “all of them, Katie” doesn’t make it any less of a violation of the First Amendment.

Probably the second half of the statement: “or the free exercise thereof.” Being able to take a church out of existence kind of prohibits that. When it was originally written, it was preventing favoritism, but think of how it could have been used later. I mean, how hard would it have been to have taxed black churches, and then use it to go after blacks meeting in homes as violating the law.

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Joe Bacon 🌹  Aug 18, 2018 • 8:22:35pm

re: #79 Belafon

Probably the second half of the statement: “or the free exercise thereof.” Being able to take a church out of existence kind of prohibits that. When it was originally written, it was preventing favoritism, but think of how it could have been used later. I mean, how hard would it have been to have taxed black churches, and then use it to go after blacks meeting in homes as violating the law.

Right now there are Radical Xtians who want to implement that and they can fleece their flocks to buy all the Republican Congressmen, Senators, Governors and Legislators who will gladly reinstate Jim Crow in the name of Jay-Zuss.

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FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀  Aug 18, 2018 • 8:22:54pm

Amazing what happens when a federal judge demands the bureaucracy justify their actions

“… Her lawsuit alleged that that the government improperly failed to process her citizenship application. Earlier this week, a federal judge ruled immigration officials had three weeks to decide whether to approve the citizenship application or explain the delay to the court.

On Friday, the Justice Department notified Sea that her application was approved, according to the American Civil Liberties Union Foundation of Southern California. She’s scheduled to be sworn in at a citizenship ceremony Aug. 24. …”

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wheat-dogg  Aug 18, 2018 • 8:32:12pm

re: #33 Quoth the raven, Covfefe.

I have allies. I have you guys, and a few college friends who were never on the dark side that have welcomed me into the enlightenment fold. It’s just tough because I am still trying to walk the tightrope between standing up for goodness and decency, and not getting disowned by my family.

On this visit to the States, I have been somewhat surprised that the most conservative members of my family are not diehard Trumpers, though they might have voted for him. My son and daughter are Dems, as is the younger stepson. But the older stepson was a Trump supporter, whose enthusiasm for the Great Orange Turd has waned considerably. He’s not turned to the Other Side yet, though. My older cousins are also anti-Trump, despite being button-down businessmen in retirement.

So, I am blessed with a sane family. I feel for those who are not so blessed.

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wheat-dogg  Aug 18, 2018 • 8:45:37pm

Meanwhile, as the beginning of the school year approaches in two weeks, I have been offered the job of director of our unit of foreign english teachers. It means more administrative work and more time in the office (boring!) but potentially more pay and/or fewer teaching hours. This story is developing. Stay tuned for further details.

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Blind Frog Belly White  Aug 18, 2018 • 8:51:27pm

Dory trying to fetch the DoryBall. She often ends up either under it or over it. Dragging it across the wood floor is easy, but then she hits the rug…

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can't think of a decent username  Aug 18, 2018 • 8:54:44pm

re: #82 wheat-dogg

So, I am blessed with a sane family. I feel for those who are not so blessed.

My folks have been Republicans for decades, but they hated the Tea Party, and they hate Trump. It’s an enormous relief to know they haven’t gone mad like the rest of them. I’m not sure I would’ve been able to handle it.

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Dave In Austin  Aug 18, 2018 • 9:02:30pm
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teleskiguy  Aug 18, 2018 • 9:05:12pm

He’s running an honest clean campaign, built on actually connecting with constituents. It’s an absolute good. I hope he wins. Still, it’s Texas. Call myself cautiously pessimistic.

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freetoken  Aug 18, 2018 • 9:06:06pm

re: #86 Dave In Austin

Not to be too much of a pedant, but the “nearest ocean”, if NBC means salt water open seas, to North Dakota is… Hudson Bay. It’s about 600 miles away from ND.

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jaunte  Aug 18, 2018 • 9:06:51pm
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Belafon  Aug 18, 2018 • 9:12:33pm

re: #88 freetoken

Not to be too much of a pedant, but the “nearest ocean”, if NBC means salt water open seas, to North Dakota is… Hudson Bay. It’s about 600 miles away from ND.

Wouldn’t that not be an ocean?

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mmmirele  Aug 18, 2018 • 9:14:10pm

re: #78 The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge

I.e., somebody whose name ends in a vowel lives in the neighborhood.

It’s not that. They’ve lived here for 20 years and she’s fixated on an incident that happened several years ago to the next-door neighbor. The guy flies large model planes and has a small delivery truck he hauls them around in. (Which, btw, is too tall to fit in their garage.) Someone tried to steal the truck one night and when trying to back the truck out of the driveway, failed to see a guy in another vehicle barreling down the street. It was a LOUD smashup, the neighbors all poured out of their houses and numerous cops showed up to sort everything out. Mom doesn’t think the neighbors are a problem, it’s just there’s a park across the street which attracts a lot of non-neighbors who don’t drive safely and who might be interested in a burgundy Subaru Forester with a banged up passenger door as they’re barreling down the street. Or at least, that’s as far as I can figure out her thinking.

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Dave In Austin  Aug 18, 2018 • 9:17:25pm

re: #88 freetoken

Not to be too much of a pedant, but the “nearest ocean”, if NBC means salt water open seas, to North Dakota is… Hudson Bay. It’s about 600 miles away from ND.

No… It’s about the Frack and people shitting where they eat.

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Dave In Austin  Aug 18, 2018 • 9:19:35pm
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freetoken  Aug 18, 2018 • 9:25:34pm

re: #90 Belafon

Wouldn’t that not be an ocean?

Hudson Bay … is it part of the Arctic Ocean, or the Atlantic?

Anyway, American media are not so good with geography.

Regarding the petroleum production by-product spills: if North Dakota wanted the oil production, and they did, then this is part of the cost.

Louisiana is a chemical nightmare. And it costs lives. This is another reason to leave fossil fuels, but Americans are enamored with the idea that the planet is full of magic riches if only we dig enough.

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teleskiguy  Aug 18, 2018 • 9:28:16pm
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FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀  Aug 18, 2018 • 9:35:20pm

re: #84 Blind Frog Belly White

Dory trying to fetch the DoryBall. She often ends up either under it or over it. Dragging it across the wood floor is easy, but then she hits the rug…

I naturally assumed she was sleeping

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teleskiguy  Aug 18, 2018 • 9:43:27pm

This whole story is disgusting. Dude is a violent sociopath, but he’s still treated with kid gloves ‘cause he’s a straight white male.

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mmmirele  Aug 18, 2018 • 9:47:34pm

*sigh* So I’m a dutiful daughter and went out to move the SUV into the garage…and discovered the tire pressure light is on. This is not the first occurrence this week; I topped the tires off on Monday when it came on and the light went off after I did. But a reoccurrence means I have a leaky tire. *sigh* I can’t be driving my mom around with this going on, so I have to squeeze in an appointment at the dealership ASAP. Which means Wednesday, aka the same day my mom has a shrink appointment in the afternoon. I haven’t even checked my work calendar, I just scheduled the appointment and decided I’d deal with having to move meetings later.

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SteveMcGriftFlynnComey... ...corruptemoligate RN  Aug 18, 2018 • 9:53:45pm

Classmate: You sir, are why I hate all the hate from the liberals.. but I do miss ur face..
Me: I spent a week at Lankenau hospital. If you call an appeal to your humanity hate, you have a long way to go
Him:I mean I criminal is a criminal.. if I do something illegal I get arrested the same applies to everyone. No matter what. That is how a sovereign government works.
Me:I doubt this will penetrate that sharp legal mind of yours but illegal entry is a civil offense not a criminal one. So your first argument is wrong. Second the punishment must fit the “crime”. Locking up children who committed no crime is an incredible overreaction. Depriving them of their parents’ care is child abuse. There is no way around it. And you call me hateful? You are ceding the future of people you should care about (including yourself) to bigoted, hateful, corrupt, incompetent people. And you call yourself a nurse? You’re not fit to call yourself a human being. Try harder to understand the world around you. Try harder to appreciate the people around you who care for you and care for people they don’t even know. Put yourself in someone else’s shoes. How many times have you done illegal things and gotten away with it? Until you find your humanity, go fuck yourself.

It is a shame. He was a half decent guy

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VegasGolfer  Aug 18, 2018 • 9:58:19pm

Quit posting stories from 2015. I’d like to think that LGF is reliable, I remembered Lemon, and met him once.I texted my friend how sad that was, but I googled Meadowlark and found out the real story. Don’t make me have to verify everything on this site like I have to do with everything else.

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TedStriker  Aug 18, 2018 • 10:02:59pm

re: #100 VegasGolfer

Quit posting stories from 2015. I’d like to think that LGF is reliable, I remembered Lemon, and met him once.I texted my friend how sad that was, but I googled Meadowlark and found out the real story. Don’t make me have to verify everything on this site like I have to do with everything else.

Oh, quit being a drama queen…people make mistakes and, as far as the OP posting the (late) Lemon obit, that was a fairly minor and innocent one.

Lemon was a great, but don’t conflate a flub on that with something of more real importance (like what’s going on right now in the world), because it ain’t nowhere near.

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Amory Blaine  Aug 18, 2018 • 10:06:10pm
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Belafon  Aug 18, 2018 • 10:08:00pm

I went over to Facebook, and found out that someone I went to school with at WPI back in the late 80s died today from cancer. She was 47. I went to school with her and her husband. They have 15 and 11 year old boys.

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Joe Bacon 🌹  Aug 18, 2018 • 10:16:15pm

re: #103 Belafon

My 45th high school reunion was a couple weeks ago. 365 of us were in the class of ‘73. Now less than 90…the ranks are thinning…

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teleskiguy  Aug 18, 2018 • 10:19:34pm

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The Ghost of a Flea  Aug 18, 2018 • 10:24:39pm

re: #102 Amory Blaine

Profound observation:

It’s interesting how people are trying to combat anomie with simulated companionship. But I’m deeply ambivalent as to whether its sad or disturbing; on one hand, people are alienated and struggling to connect…on the other, the simulated “company” seems tailored to create the artifice of a consensual interaction, but specifically a conflictless relationship that’s effectively wish fulfillment and deferential awe.

Crass observation:

You know the owner’s manual for that thing has an extensive “I tried to fuck my Gatebox” troubleshooting section.

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VegasGolfer  Aug 18, 2018 • 10:33:55pm

re: #101 TedStriker
A few key strokes on google would verify what you post.
Drama Queen? GFY. Thats on google.

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Belafon  Aug 18, 2018 • 10:37:05pm

Alternate description of the movie Big: A teenage boy is given the rare opportunity to grow up after finding out that most men are stunted emotionally.

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TedStriker  Aug 18, 2018 • 10:41:17pm

re: #107 VegasGolfer

Sounds like you didn’t click through to the article, then you texted someone who put you straight, which made you look like a dumbass.

Make like Reagan and “trust but verify”.

Oh, as far as GFY, have right at it, pal or, as we say down South, “bless your heart”.

/asks Charles for a killfile for Christmas

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goddamnedfrank  Aug 18, 2018 • 10:49:29pm
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Belafon  Aug 18, 2018 • 10:54:09pm

re: #110 goddamnedfrank

I see two possibilities with that statement:
1. He knows it’s a lie but it will allow him to go right.
2. He believes that allowing Nazis to talk makes him liberal (first amendment), which means there really won’t be anything other than a 2x4 that will clue him in.

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goddamnedfrank  Aug 18, 2018 • 10:58:34pm
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Nyet  Aug 18, 2018 • 11:04:11pm

I’ve joined Mastodon, which is kind of an alternative twitter with a left lean (consisting of many separate but joint communities).

ljKz5rHgWHzVbVjkvtPPvgxbESERKxVES/kq4VQBJHrPyOVtMeB8JhUDKUM+8gAv5HlbBxjb47HEeeWGlsz5SgC9qmuliDMle9w/L6po8Lw=

I don’t intend to post there at first (rather only to automatically x-post my tweets), but maybe it will be useful in the long run.

Also useful for those who hate twitter and don’t want to join it for this reason (Nazis etc.) but still want to tweet. Mastodon bans Nazis, or so I’ve been told.

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Nyet  Aug 18, 2018 • 11:08:53pm

re: #102 Amory Blaine

Is that a new Black Mirror episode?

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goddamnedfrank  Aug 18, 2018 • 11:09:11pm

re: #111 Belafon

I see two possibilities with that statement:
1. He knows it’s a lie but it will allow him to go right.
2. He believes that allowing Nazis to talk makes him liberal (first amendment), which means there really won’t be anything other than a 2x4 that will clue him in.

3. He’s a fucking idiot.

Not really inconsistent with #2 I know but more to the point.

Jack probably thinks Twitter “leans left” because Silicon Valley is in California and has HR policies with that jibe with gay / trans rights, etc. In reality like much of SI tech bro culture he’s a libertarian, which means he’s a conservative who literally doesn’t have much skin in the game beyond liking money and weed.

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goddamnedfrank  Aug 18, 2018 • 11:10:12pm

re: #114 Nyet

Is that a new Black Mirror episode?

It’s the entire subplot of Bladerunner 2049.

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Blind Frog Belly White  Aug 18, 2018 • 11:15:50pm

re: #102 Amory Blaine

Why, that’s hardly sad and creepy at all!

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Aucun pays pour les vieux ennemis  Aug 18, 2018 • 11:21:26pm

re: #117 Blind Frog Belly White

Why, that’s hardly sad and creepy at all!

It feels like the dystopia that Sci Fi books and movies promised us.

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goddamnedfrank  Aug 18, 2018 • 11:22:48pm
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goddamnedfrank  Aug 18, 2018 • 11:31:03pm
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goddamnedfrank  Aug 18, 2018 • 11:39:56pm
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Single-handed sailor  Aug 18, 2018 • 11:41:52pm
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teleskiguy  Aug 18, 2018 • 11:49:11pm
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JordanRules  Aug 18, 2018 • 11:56:54pm
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JordanRules  Aug 19, 2018 • 12:01:03am
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freetoken  Aug 19, 2018 • 12:37:02am
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JordanRules  Aug 19, 2018 • 12:39:18am

Oh yeah. A calculator thread!

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Cheechako  Aug 19, 2018 • 12:47:38am

OT

That damn yearling bear was back. Up on our back deck trying to empty the bird feeder. The dogs were barking hard and my wife opened the curtain to see what was happening and got to stare, eyeball to eyeball, at a standing bear. I don’t know who was more scared, her or the bear. Must have been the bear, as he rapidly left!!

Sorry, no pics this time.

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austin_blue  Aug 19, 2018 • 1:06:41am

re: #128 Cheechako

OT

That damn yearling bear was back. Up on our back deck trying to empty the bird feeder. The dogs were barking hard and my wife opened the curtain to see what was happening and got to stare, eyeball to eyeball, at a standing bear. I don’t know who was more scared, her or the bear. Must have been the bear, as he rapidly left!!

Sorry, no pics this time.

Adolescent boar bears are the worst. Their voices are changing, they are terribly embarrassed about their acne, and they have absolutely no idea what to do when a sow who they don’t know well asks them to the Sadie Hawkins dance.

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Single-handed sailor  Aug 19, 2018 • 1:11:06am

Benghazi!!1

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Nyet  Aug 19, 2018 • 1:43:10am
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Single-handed sailor  Aug 19, 2018 • 2:03:08am
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goddamnedfrank  Aug 19, 2018 • 3:08:31am

re: #5 Charles Johnson

When I see something referring to the Butthole Surfers, I always wonder if they’re buttholes who surf, or if they’re actually surfing inside buttholes.

Honestly I never even considered the first interpretation. It’s always been axiomatic to me that they’re rim riders.

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ericblair  Aug 19, 2018 • 3:26:04am

re: #131 Nyet

Okay. I’ve found it. The absolute culmination of the “we have to build bridges with the far right” argument.

We need to front page this.

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Sufficient unto the day...  Aug 19, 2018 • 4:42:55am

re: #134 ericblair

We need to staple that to the foreheads of the “Be nice to them” side.

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  Aug 19, 2018 • 5:34:37am

re: #25 Quoth the raven, Covfefe.

I think, if the Evangelical Republicans were truly honest with themselves for more than 5 seconds, they would admit that they don’t believe a word of Trump’s bullshit or that he is a pious and righteous man..

They are living proof of God’s divine guidance in having our Founding Fathers separate Church and State

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jeffreyw  Aug 19, 2018 • 5:41:26am

Imgur


Good morning!

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  Aug 19, 2018 • 5:53:15am

re: #135 Sufficient unto the day…

We need to staple that to the foreheads of the “Be nice to them” side.

We need to respect the fact that they are citizens and entitled to free speech but that does not mean that we have to do anything more than that.

Remember what Christians tell us about “Hate the sin, love the sinner”?

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William Lewis  Aug 19, 2018 • 6:07:48am

re: #128 Cheechako

OT

That damn yearling bear was back. Up on our back deck trying to empty the bird feeder. The dogs were barking hard and my wife opened the curtain to see what was happening and got to stare, eyeball to eyeball, at a standing bear. I don’t know who was more scared, her or the bear. Must have been the bear, as he rapidly left!!

Sorry, no pics this time.

Better call your department of Natural Resources to get that bear trapped and moved or you will have much bigger trouble later.

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The Vicious Babushka  Aug 19, 2018 • 6:36:17am

JK throws some shade like a wizard who throws shade

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Joe Bacon 🌹  Aug 19, 2018 • 6:36:26am

re: #131 Nyet

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Ranks right up there with this cartoon from 1933…

Yes, Hitler will be held in with “nice safe conservative checks”…just like Trump…
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garzooma  Aug 19, 2018 • 6:37:02am

re: #125 JordanRules

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@JohnWDean
A chilling point from Paul Krugman: “I don’t think most political commentators have grasped how deep the rot goes. I don’t think they understand, or at any rate admit to themselves, that democracy really could die just a few months from now.” Think Nov. 6! nytimes.com

How is “democracy really could die” not the headline here?

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Joe Bacon 🌹  Aug 19, 2018 • 6:37:57am

re: #142 garzooma

How is “democracy really could die” not the headline here?

Forget it Garzooma, it’s the New York Times…

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ozharas  Aug 19, 2018 • 6:56:16am

It’s way too late on a Sunday night, and I should be in bed, but am glued to Twitter, newsfeeds etc.

Looks like our Australian Prime Minister is about to get rolled by his own party, after months/years of hard right ideologues whiteanting on the Paris Accord, climate change, renewable energy, any decent policy etc.

Interesting times!

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fern01  Aug 19, 2018 • 7:15:30am

re: #144 ozharas

It’s way too late on a Sunday night, and I should be in bed, but am glued to Twitter, newsfeeds etc.

Looks like our Australian Prime Minister is about to get rolled by his own party, after months/years of hard right ideologues whiteanting on the Paris Accord, climate change, renewable energy, any decent policy etc.

Interesting times!

I think it’s the media more than anyone else (Abbott excepted). If Peter Dutton is the best they have it would be madness - keeping his seat at the next election could be beyond him - which may be assuming Qld is not as racist as a couple of its senators.

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Patricia Kayden  Aug 19, 2018 • 7:21:09am

re: #140 The Vicious Babushka

Rowling is beyond cool!!

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Ace Rothstein  Aug 19, 2018 • 7:22:46am

The comments are lit.

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Ace Rothstein  Aug 19, 2018 • 7:23:13am

Like this one.

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Shiplord Kirel, Friend of Moose and Squirrel  Aug 19, 2018 • 7:24:05am
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Patricia Kayden  Aug 19, 2018 • 7:26:44am

re: #147 Ace Rothstein

What a nasty woman. Conservatives are nothing but trash. I hope they get dragged in November and lose both chambers in Congress. They have nothing positive to add to society.

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Ace Rothstein  Aug 19, 2018 • 7:28:25am

re: #150 Patricia Kayden

For someone that hates New York City so much, what up with the Knicks shirt?

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JordanRules  Aug 19, 2018 • 7:28:35am

re: #147 Ace Rothstein

The comments are lit.

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Those comments are gold!! I was in tears last night reading them.

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Ace Rothstein  Aug 19, 2018 • 7:28:41am

Rudy G is on MTP doing Rudy G things.

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JordanRules  Aug 19, 2018 • 7:28:56am
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Patricia Kayden  Aug 19, 2018 • 7:30:12am
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Shiplord Kirel, Friend of Moose and Squirrel  Aug 19, 2018 • 7:30:49am

This is the Satanic Temple guy at the statue dedication yesterday.

I think we should add a Flying Spaghetti Monster statue. Rig it to dispense free noodles, with a sign “Those other superstitions just TALK about feeding the hungry.”

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Belafon  Aug 19, 2018 • 7:30:56am

re: #147 Ace Rothstein

The comments are lit.

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There’s an interesting question raised in there, that, while the person was trolling, I would like to find out the answer. It’s claimed that there’s a max limit that LeBron could donate to the school or it would be considered a charter school. Does anyone know if that’s true? I’m not sure how to google for that.

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Patricia Kayden  Aug 19, 2018 • 7:33:36am

re: #156 Shiplord Kirel, Friend of Moose and Squirrel

Good on him for pressing the issue though. It takes courage to take on Theocrats who are under the impression that only their religion’s artefacts deserve to be in the public square..

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JordanRules  Aug 19, 2018 • 7:38:26am

re: #157 Belafon

There’s an interesting question raised in there, that, while the person was trolling, I would like to find out the answer. It’s claimed that there’s a max limit that LeBron could donate to the school or it would be considered a charter school. Does anyone know if that’s true? I’m not sure how to google for that.

politifact.com
“LeBron James’s Akron school won’t cost taxpayers more money”

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Joe Bacon 🌹  Aug 19, 2018 • 7:39:39am

re: #155 Patricia Kayden

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Does Chuck U finally stand up to Screwdy?

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Belafon  Aug 19, 2018 • 7:42:25am

re: #159 JordanRules

politifact.com
“LeBron James’s Akron school won’t cost taxpayers more money”

Thanks.

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makeitstop  Aug 19, 2018 • 7:44:17am

re: #147 Ace Rothstein

The comments are lit.

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How dare she wear a Knicks sweat. How dare she.

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JordanRules  Aug 19, 2018 • 7:45:40am

re: #161 Belafon

Thanks.

Very welcome!

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JordanRules  Aug 19, 2018 • 7:47:17am

re: #162 makeitstop

How dare she wear a Knicks sweat. How dare she.

I knew she loved her time in NY. Knew it!
She’s such an idiotic fraud.

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JordanRules  Aug 19, 2018 • 7:52:00am

Trump’s tweets this morning are loco, so like every other day.
Misspellings, contradics what he said yesterday, goofy lingo, giving the game away, looks unhinged, targeting people, obstruction-y…you know the drill.

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makeitstop  Aug 19, 2018 • 7:53:46am

Quick kitty update…

My wife is at the animal hospital. They brought Trixie into a room to visit, and she’s no longer hooked up to an IV.

And they no longer consider her in critical condition. So happy right now.

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makeitstop  Aug 19, 2018 • 7:54:41am

re: #164 JordanRules

I knew she loved her time in NY. Knew it!
She’s such an idiotic fraud.

The list of Knicks who would line up to demand she take that shirt off would be miles long.

I nominate Sprewell. ;)

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Eventual Carrion  Aug 19, 2018 • 7:54:52am

re: #147 Ace Rothstein

The comments are lit.

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I’m in front of tRump Tower. Let me tell you who really funds this place!!!!!

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JordanRules  Aug 19, 2018 • 8:00:46am

re: #167 makeitstop

The list of Knicks who would line up to demand she take that shirt off would be miles long.

I nominate Sprewell. ;)

Ha! The whole city would line up.

*resisting urge to make a Knicks winning joke*

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makeitstop  Aug 19, 2018 • 8:02:19am

re: #169 JordanRules

*resisting urge to make a Knicks winning joke*

Ah, hell, go for it. :)

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jaunte  Aug 19, 2018 • 8:07:33am
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jaunte  Aug 19, 2018 • 8:10:34am

Man who can’t spell “counsel” after multiple attempts admonishes everyone to “study.”

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Aug 19, 2018 • 8:21:15am

re: #153 Ace Rothstein

Rudy G is on MTP doing Rudy G things.

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Joe Bacon 🌹  Aug 19, 2018 • 8:21:20am

re: #147 Ace Rothstein

The comments are lit.

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dangerman  Aug 19, 2018 • 8:23:07am

re: #166 makeitstop

Quick kitty update…

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Aug 19, 2018 • 8:25:12am

re: #173 Backwoods_Sleuth

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Joe Bacon 🌹  Aug 19, 2018 • 8:28:19am

re: #176 Backwoods_Sleuth

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Is it too much to ask anyone to start a disbarment procedure against Screwdy Ghouliani?

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wheat-dogg  Aug 19, 2018 • 8:31:28am

re: #174 Joe Bacon 🌹

Especially for that casting couch exposé in the thread.

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makeitstop  Aug 19, 2018 • 8:34:25am

re: #175 dangerman

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terraincognita  Aug 19, 2018 • 8:35:05am

re: #171 jaunte

The prevaricator Trump is blustering again. Well all I have to say is—in Wisconsin we know Joe McCarthy and Robert Mueller is no Joe McCarthy. On the other hand, you Mr President, qualify immeasurably.

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makeitstop  Aug 19, 2018 • 8:36:35am
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Joe Bacon 🌹  Aug 19, 2018 • 8:37:42am

re: #181 makeitstop

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Once again Chuck U shows his RepubliKKKlan bias!

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sagehen  Aug 19, 2018 • 8:38:16am

re: #171 jaunte

Study the late Joseph McCarthy, because we are now in period with Mueller and his gang that make Joseph McCarthy look like a baby! Rigged Witch Hunt!

Reminder: McCarthy’s chief counsel was Donald Trump’s mentor, Roy Cohn.

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The Vicious Babushka  Aug 19, 2018 • 8:41:58am
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Backwoods_Sleuth  Aug 19, 2018 • 8:42:41am

re: #155 Patricia Kayden

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JordanRules  Aug 19, 2018 • 8:44:34am

re: #183 sagehen

Reminder: McCarthy’s chief counsel was Donald Trump’s mentor, Roy Cohn.

Cohn is one of the scariest figures in modern American history to me. I really do shudder every time I see that picture of him in his frog room.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Aug 19, 2018 • 8:45:06am
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Joe Bacon 🌹  Aug 19, 2018 • 8:56:15am

I’m getting a very creepy feeling that a coup is coming to topple Tweety Amin and the RepubliKKKlans…

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GlutenFreeJesus  Aug 19, 2018 • 8:57:57am

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Aug 19, 2018 • 8:58:05am
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Ace Rothstein  Aug 19, 2018 • 8:58:32am

re: #189 GlutenFreeJesus

No. Fucking. Way.

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JordanRules  Aug 19, 2018 • 9:01:37am

re: #191 Ace Rothstein

No. Fucking. Way.

LOL
It’s a ‘shop.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Aug 19, 2018 • 9:01:44am
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Backwoods_Sleuth  Aug 19, 2018 • 9:06:45am
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PhillyPretzel  Aug 19, 2018 • 9:07:24am

re: #193 Backwoods_Sleuth

And of course he is misspelling counsel again.

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Blind Frog Belly White  Aug 19, 2018 • 9:08:53am

re: #195 PhillyPretzel

And of course he is misspelling counsel again.

But in a new way!

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Aug 19, 2018 • 9:09:36am
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sagehen  Aug 19, 2018 • 9:10:14am

OT: There’s another Sharknado tonight. I haven’t seen any on-air advertising for it, so maybe they realize they’re played out.

Anyway, this one involves TIME TRAVEL!!

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jaunte  Aug 19, 2018 • 9:13:37am
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Joe Bacon 🌹  Aug 19, 2018 • 9:13:55am

re: #198 sagehen

OT: There’s another Sharknado tonight. I haven’t seen any on-air advertising for it, so maybe they realize they’re played out.

Anyway, this one involves TIME TRAVEL!!

This is what passes for entertainment in Weimar America.

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jaunte  Aug 19, 2018 • 9:19:51am
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Backwoods_Sleuth  Aug 19, 2018 • 9:22:09am
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Blind Frog Belly White  Aug 19, 2018 • 9:22:37am

“I did try to collude. I moved on collusion like a bitch, but I couldn’t get there.”

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Aug 19, 2018 • 9:23:40am
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SteelPH  Aug 19, 2018 • 9:24:43am

re: #201 jaunte

Schrödinger’s Dumbass.

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Joe Bacon 🌹  Aug 19, 2018 • 9:30:19am

re: #203 Blind Frog Belly White

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PhillyPretzel  Aug 19, 2018 • 9:33:30am

re: #202 Backwoods_Sleuth

All DT has to do is look it up on Wiki as I have. Then again he rather call people names than search on Wiki.
en.wikipedia.org

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FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀  Aug 19, 2018 • 9:43:17am

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  Aug 19, 2018 • 9:43:43am

The Ministry of Not the Truth?

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Joe Bacon 🌹  Aug 19, 2018 • 9:44:56am

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FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀  Aug 19, 2018 • 9:47:34am

re: #209 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))

The Ministry of Not the Truth?

The Ministry of Alternative Truth

(That sounds like a cult, doesn’t it?)

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Joe Bacon 🌹  Aug 19, 2018 • 9:49:00am

Meanwhile back in Texas…

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Aug 19, 2018 • 9:49:18am

Somehow I managed to miss this bullshit yesterday:

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The Vicious Babushka  Aug 19, 2018 • 9:58:03am
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Backwoods_Sleuth  Aug 19, 2018 • 9:59:14am

re: #212 Joe Bacon 🌹

Meanwhile back in Texas…

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Looks like Ed Grimley or Pat from SNL…I can’t decide…

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Aug 19, 2018 • 10:00:07am

re: #215 Backwoods_Sleuth

Looks like Ed Grimley or Pat from SNL…I can’t decide…

Oh, I just saw the signs…LOL

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Unshaken Defiance  Aug 19, 2018 • 10:04:53am
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SteveMcGriftFlynnComey... ...corruptemoligate RN  Aug 19, 2018 • 10:15:24am

re: #217 Unshaken Defiance

Just shut up and blow shit up/

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Aug 19, 2018 • 10:19:52am
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PhillyPretzel  Aug 19, 2018 • 10:26:22am

re: #219 Backwoods_Sleuth

Rothkopf is absolutely right.

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Single-handed sailor  Aug 19, 2018 • 10:38:30am
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Dr. Matt  Aug 19, 2018 • 10:40:31am

re: #147 Ace Rothstein

The comments are lit.

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Looks like she’s trying to extending her 15 mins by diving into the GOP racism. She’ll be a fox anchor in no time.

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Unshaken Defiance  Aug 19, 2018 • 10:40:46am

Watching a little Sunday TV. US Post office runs a commercial. It features a certain kind of service business that depends on them. DVD rentals. DVD’s? Seriously? Thanks for the reminder of where your state of the art is.

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Belafon  Aug 19, 2018 • 10:45:46am

re: #223 Unshaken Defiance

Watching a little Sunday TV. US Post office runs a commercial. It features a certain kind of service business that depends on them. DVD rentals. DVD’s? Seriously? Thanks for the reminder of where your state of the art is.

I bet Netflix streaming is pretty limited where Anymouse lives.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Aug 19, 2018 • 10:49:41am

Narrator voice: “*cough*bullshit*cough*”

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Joe Bacon 🌹  Aug 19, 2018 • 10:49:58am

re: #221 Single-handed sailor

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Two Darwin Award winners…

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FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀  Aug 19, 2018 • 10:51:09am
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A Cranky One  Aug 19, 2018 • 10:53:25am

And the internet winner for today is:

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jaunte  Aug 19, 2018 • 10:55:31am
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Archangelus  Aug 19, 2018 • 10:56:58am

re: #227 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀

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This kind of BS really pisses me off: taken as is from the Guardian article and, like in that article, omits the source of the issue altogether - namely that Arab States refused to allow the mail to be sent directly to Israel to begin with. >:-(

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Unshaken Defiance  Aug 19, 2018 • 11:02:46am

re: #224 Belafon

I bet Netflix streaming is pretty limited where Anymouse lives.

Great point. I had thought advertising was regional, and of course my rather city living based point of view just showed. History channel was the network. I just looked at a broadband map. Lots of places no bueno. broadbandmap.fcc.gov

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Stanley Sea  Aug 19, 2018 • 11:04:31am

Here they go

They only have one fall back: fear of the other

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I Would Prefer Not To  Aug 19, 2018 • 11:06:28am

Rudy is an ass.

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mmmirele  Aug 19, 2018 • 11:09:11am

Beto O’Rourke skateboarding in a Whataburger parking lot.

For the record, my brother is extremely jealous of me because I live only 1.5 miles from a Whataburger. Me, I’m kind of like…meh.

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I Would Prefer Not To  Aug 19, 2018 • 11:18:30am

This.

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Dr. Matt  Aug 19, 2018 • 11:19:44am
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Single-handed sailor  Aug 19, 2018 • 11:20:08am

Fucking New York Times. What a bunch of shitheads. This is why I avoid their product.

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Unshaken Defiance  Aug 19, 2018 • 11:27:45am
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Stanley Sea  Aug 19, 2018 • 11:31:02am

facts is facts

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  Aug 19, 2018 • 11:32:30am
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PhillyPretzel  Aug 19, 2018 • 11:36:13am

OT I just noticed on my iPhone I got an international call from Slovenia. I did not answer it but I was able to block it so whomever tried to contact me will not be able to do it again. Even on find who calls you website someone else also checked for the same number. Has anyone else received such calls?

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unproven innocence  Aug 19, 2018 • 11:37:44am

re: #239 Stanley Sea

facts is facts

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Does it look like Hillary is standing under a pile of rubble?!??
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Stanley Sea  Aug 19, 2018 • 11:38:28am

re: #241 PhillyPretzel

OT I just noticed on my iPhone I got an international call from Slovenia. I did not answer it but I was able to block it so whomever tried to contact me will not be able to do it again. Even on find who calls you website someone else also checked for the same number. Has anyone else received such calls?

Not foreign countries yet. But major increase of spam from CA.

Use the MrNumber app.

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PhillyPretzel  Aug 19, 2018 • 11:41:40am

re: #243 Stanley Sea

I just looked that app up and it is listed next to true caller. They both seem to be for free. I will look into them a little later.

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BeachDem  Aug 19, 2018 • 11:44:36am

re: #229 jaunte

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…the labyrinthine world of doublethink. To know and not to know, to be conscious of complete truthfulness while telling carefully constructed lies, to hold simultaneously two opinions which cancelled out, knowing them to be contradictory and believing in both of them, to use logic against logic, to repudiate morality while laying claim to it, to believe that democracy was impossible and that the Party was the guardian of democracy, to forget, whatever it was necessary to forget, then to draw it back into memory again at the moment when it was needed, and then promptly to forget it again, and above all, to apply the same process to the process itself — that was the ultimate subtlety; consciously to induce unconsciousness, and then, once again, to become unconscious of the act of hypnosis you had just performed. Even to understand the word ‘doublethink’ involved the use of doublethink.
… Whatever the party holds to be truth, is truth. It is impossible to see reality except by looking through the eyes of the Party.

—1984

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Belafon  Aug 19, 2018 • 11:47:07am

re: #235 I Would Prefer Not To

This.

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The next choice “will be even more liberal than Nancy Pelosi.”

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Unshaken Defiance  Aug 19, 2018 • 11:51:29am

re: #244 PhillyPretzel

I just looked that app up and it is listed next to true caller. They both seem to be for free. I will look into them a little later.

I switched to HiYa from TruCaller. Lucky they are free ‘cause I would PAY.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Aug 19, 2018 • 11:52:00am
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stpaulbear  Aug 19, 2018 • 11:52:18am

re: #239 Stanley Sea

Nell Scovell

@NellSco
Remember when @RudyGiuliani said Hillary wasn’t at Ground Zero on 9/11 and then this photo surfaced? He’s been living by “The truth isnt’t the truth” for a long time.

Remember when Rudy didn’t listen to recommendations that the city’s emergency command center not be located at the World Trade Center?

The New York Police Department produced a detailed analysis in 1998 opposing plans by the city to locate its emergency command center at the World Trade Center, but the Giuliani administration overrode those objections. The command center later collapsed from damage in the Sept. 11 terrorist attack.

The memorandum, which has not been previously disclosed, cited a number of “significant points of vulnerability.” Those included: the building’s public access, the center’s location on the 23rd floor, a 1,200-gallon diesel fuel supply for its generator, a large garage and delivery bays, the building’s history as a terrorist target, and its placement above and adjacent to a Consolidated Edison substation that provided much of the power for Lower Manhattan.

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  Aug 19, 2018 • 11:52:42am

re: #246 Belafon

The next choice “will be even more liberal than Nancy Pelosi.”

There are two groups of people who would like to see the Dems lunge to the left: Berniebros and the GOP.

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PhillyPretzel  Aug 19, 2018 • 11:54:57am

re: #247 Unshaken Defiance

I will look into that one too. It seems that Mr Number and HiYa are very similar.

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JordanRules  Aug 19, 2018 • 11:56:03am

re: #230 Archangelus

This kind of BS really pisses me off: taken as is from the Guardian article and, like in that article, omits the source of the issue altogether - namely that Arab States refused to allow the mail to be sent directly to Israel to begin with. >:-(

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The source of the issue seems to me, after reading the ukmediawatch link in the tweet, that the PLO and Israel never finalized that ‘95 agreement that would allow mail to be sent from Jordan to PA? Am I reading that wrong?

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Unshaken Defiance  Aug 19, 2018 • 11:59:57am

Honest question. Too far? From FB

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Belafon  Aug 19, 2018 • 12:04:37pm

re: #250 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))

There are two groups of people who would like to see the Dems lunge to the left: Berniebros and the GOP.

According to this site, govtrack.us, Collin Peterson of Minnesota is the most conservative Democrat in the House. If the Democrats picked him, he would still be the most liberal Rep ever put in charge according to Republicans.

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mmmirele  Aug 19, 2018 • 12:10:04pm

re: #236 Dr. Matt

I hope Jimmy Carter lives long enough to see eradication of the guinea worm. The Carter Center has been working on this for over three decades. We’re getting closer…

en.wikipedia.org

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Belafon  Aug 19, 2018 • 12:10:46pm

re: #234 mmmirele

If I had money and was interested in running a restaurant, I would find where the largest concentration of Texans in Nashville, and open one there.

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Patricia Kayden  Aug 19, 2018 • 12:12:11pm

re: #206 Joe Bacon 🌹

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So what? It’s illegal to seek something of value from foreigners for a campaign. Doesn’t matter whether or not you actually get what you’re seeking.

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JordanRules  Aug 19, 2018 • 12:13:44pm
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Patricia Kayden  Aug 19, 2018 • 12:19:21pm

re: #250 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))

There are two groups of people who would like to see the Dems lunge to the left: Berniebros and the GOP.

That’s why I’m rooting for Pelosi to win. She is a fierce leader which is why Republicans keep ragging on her. Does no one notice how quiet Republicans are about Senator Schumer?

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PhillyPretzel  Aug 19, 2018 • 12:20:42pm

re: #259 Patricia Kayden

Schumer will fire it right back to the GOP if they say anything to him.

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Belafon  Aug 19, 2018 • 12:22:15pm

re: #260 PhillyPretzel

Schumer’s male.

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Stanley Sea  Aug 19, 2018 • 12:25:50pm

re: #258 JordanRules

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OMG

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jaunte  Aug 19, 2018 • 12:29:40pm
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JordanRules  Aug 19, 2018 • 12:30:15pm

re: #260 PhillyPretzel

Schumer will fire it right back to the GOP if they say anything to him.

They won’t though and it’s not because he’s a big fighter either. Pelosi is way more of a fighter than he is and she always gives it back to them.

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jaunte  Aug 19, 2018 • 12:30:29pm
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JordanRules  Aug 19, 2018 • 12:31:54pm

re: #265 jaunte

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goddamnedfrank  Aug 19, 2018 • 12:36:48pm
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Barefoot Grin  Aug 19, 2018 • 12:41:28pm
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jaunte  Aug 19, 2018 • 12:42:59pm
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GlutenFreeJesus  Aug 19, 2018 • 12:44:39pm
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FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀  Aug 19, 2018 • 12:45:07pm

re: #249 stpaulbear

Remember when Rudy didn’t listen to recommendations that the city’s emergency command center not be located at the World Trade Center?

The emergency command center’s location was also a major factor in the 7WTC collapse. There is a good chance that without all the emergency fuel stored beneath the building FDNY could have put down the fires that ultimately compromised the structure

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Skip Intro  Aug 19, 2018 • 12:47:22pm

re: #267 goddamnedfrank

This, of course, is from the guy who hired McCarthy’s lawyer, Roy Cohn.

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William Lewis  Aug 19, 2018 • 12:50:18pm

re: #253 Unshaken Defiance

Honest question. Too far? From FB

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Silly phone…

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Deep State SuperElite Satinist  Aug 19, 2018 • 12:56:41pm

re: #272 Skip Intro

Not to mention, having Peter Strzok hauled before the House Unrussian Activities Committee


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