The Bob Cesca Show: Trump’s Funeral

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

Trump’s Funeral — NSFW; Buzz Burbank from Buzz Burbank News and Comment is here; Trump attacks Google for liberal bias; The same old Republican trick; Both Sides; Whiny Trump refuses to acknowledge McCain’s death; Too little too late; Who’s the next indictment; Roger Stone is poisonous; Buzz reads a telling passage from Dickens’ A Christmas Carol; Pastor John Kilpatrick says Trump is being attacked by witchcraft; Pastor Jeffress and optional Christianity; Great news about gerrymandering in North Carolina; and so much more.

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248 comments
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KerFuFFler  Aug 28, 2018 • 3:30:03pm

“If the GOP loses”, Trump said, “they will overturn everything that we’ve done and they’ll do it quickly and violently, and violently. There’s violence. When you look at Antifa and you look at some of these groups — these are violent people.”

Our President is setting the stage for civil unrest if the GOP loses the House this Fall. Sure, he’d be safe if civil war breaks out, riding around on Air Force One with his security details. But just think of all the other people the gun nuts could hurt if he creates hysteria.

A Patriot and leader works to quell divisions and promote civil discourse. Knowing all the crazy that is out there with the 3 percenters and all makes this speech one of the worst and most irresponsible things Trump has done so far.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Aug 28, 2018 • 3:32:37pm
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Blind Frog Belly White  Aug 28, 2018 • 3:34:30pm

But you know, young people never listen.

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Blind Frog Belly White  Aug 28, 2018 • 3:35:54pm

re: #3 Blind Frog Belly White

Also, “Let’s show a beautiful shot of the Presidio, the Golden Gate Bridge, and the Marin Headlands, with a ship coming INTO California to accompany a story about telling people to leave.”

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Blind Frog Belly White  Aug 28, 2018 • 3:38:41pm

re: #2 Backwoods_Sleuth

So, after years of hearing people bitch about hunters hunting “poor, defenseless wildlife”, I’m a bit surprised by all the people hating on the bowhunter, who clearly had to get within dangerously close distance of a bear.

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BeachDem  Aug 28, 2018 • 3:45:45pm

Pretty (just because, and also because of Bakari’s tweet last thread)

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danarchy  Aug 28, 2018 • 3:49:34pm

re: #5 Blind Frog Belly White

So, after years of hearing people bitch about hunters hunting “poor, defenseless wildlife”, I’m a bit surprised by all the people hating on the bowhunter, who clearly had to get within dangerously close distance of a bear.

Well, he shot it from a tree stand and thought it was dead. It attacked when he came down and approached it.

Personally I don’t have a problem with bear hunting as long as he planned to use the meat. Bear populations are doing fine and the better they do the more they wander into suburbs.

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MsJ  Aug 28, 2018 • 3:54:19pm

re: #2 Backwoods_Sleuth

A comment from the story:

Sending thoughts and bears out to the hunter.

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ThomasLite  Aug 28, 2018 • 3:54:25pm

re: #5 Blind Frog Belly White

So, after years of hearing people bitch about hunters hunting “poor, defenseless wildlife”, I’m a bit surprised by all the people hating on the bowhunter, who clearly had to get within dangerously close distance of a bear.

I’d also kind of question the wisdom of bearhunting with bow and arrow? I mean, making hunting fowl/rabbit/deer/whatever a bit more sporting with a bow and arrow, sure (come to think of it, hunting birds probably not the best of ideas? ehh).

Hunting a bear? I’d want some damn firepower at the ready in case the first shot or two miss. Heh, they don’t call it coming ‘loaded for bear’ for nothing, right?

And yeah, given how bear populations seem to be doing across North America, it’s either issuing hunting permits or having local fish&wildlife expend valuable resources culling the lot periodically. Seems like a win win, if responsibly managed.

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Blind Frog Belly White  Aug 28, 2018 • 3:56:51pm

re: #7 danarchy

Well, he shot it from a tree stand and thought it was dead. It attacked when he came down and approached it.

Well, to be fair…

And generally, you don’t shoot from farther than 30 yards.

Personally I don’t have a problem with bear hunting as long as he planned to use the meat. Bear populations are doing fine and the better they do the more they wander into suburbs.

Black Bear, I’ve heard, is edible, if fatty. I read a description of Grizzly that went like “you know how when you chew on a piece of meat, over time it gets smaller and more tender? This gets larger and tougher”. This being California, and there being no Grizzlies in California, this had to be a Black Bear.

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Aucun pays pour les vieux ennemis  Aug 28, 2018 • 4:02:58pm

re: #5 Blind Frog Belly White

So, after years of hearing people bitch about hunters hunting “poor, defenseless wildlife”, I’m a bit surprised by all the people hating on the bowhunter, who clearly had to get within dangerously close distance of a bear.

It’s less bad than using a gun, but he should have just had two knives for a fairer fight.

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Belafon  Aug 28, 2018 • 4:04:43pm

Anything more advanced than an atlatl and a spear and you have an unfair advantage.

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wrenchwench  Aug 28, 2018 • 4:05:13pm

I just had one of the most satisfying moments as a bike mechanic, ever.

A guy I know had his bike at the other bike shop (with good reasons for there-not-here) and had a bunch of things done to it, and then done over in a hunt to kill a tiny creak noise that was there at the beginning, and they thought everything they had done (two and maybe three times) would have made it go away—it must be a crack in the frame. It wasn’t. He brought the bike in here, and in two minutes, I found the source of the noise, and in five minutes I had fixed it. The bike’s owner took it for a test ride back to the other shop, told them what I did, and they all laughed and blushed and bowed down in awe of me. (I may have exaggerated a little.)

It was the interface between the removable derailleur hanger and the frame. I took it apart, cleaned it, greased it, and reassembled. Creak was gone. No no, you can get up…

I used to work at that other bike shop, 20 years ago. The original owners from then aren’t there anymore.

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Blind Frog Belly White  Aug 28, 2018 • 4:06:01pm

re: #9 ThomasLite

I’d also kind of question the wisdom of bearhunting with bow and arrow? I mean, making hunting fowl/rabbit/deer/whatever a bit more sporting with a bow and arrow, sure (come to think of it, hunting birds probably not the best of ideas? ehh).

Hunting a bear? I’d want some damn firepower at the ready in case the first shot or two miss. Heh, they don’t call it coming ‘loaded for bear’ for nothing, right?

And yeah, given how bear populations seem to be doing across North America, it’s either issuing hunting permits or having local fish&wildlife expend valuable resources culling the lot periodically. Seems like a win win, if responsibly managed.

You could make the same argument about hunting feral pigs with Bow’n’arras, but people do it quite a bit. And some get cut doing it. I have hunted pigs with a bow, but not with any success. Closest I came to a pig was actually at an archery tournament. Damn thing busted out of the brush about 5 yards ahead of us on the trail then disappeared.

A number of bowhunters who go after the more dangerous bears like Grizzlies have a guide with a backup rifle. This feels kinda like cheating, but discretion is the better part of valor.

People don’t like deer eating their gardens, or bears, lions, or coyotes eating their pets (or children), so some form of wildlife management is necessary. You can either let people pay you to hunt and kill the wildlife, or you can pay professionals to do it. One of these makes more fiscal sense, and honestly the animal doesn’t care whether a hunter or a sniper fires the shot.

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danarchy  Aug 28, 2018 • 4:08:42pm

re: #10 Blind Frog Belly White

Well, to be fair…

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And generally, you don’t shoot from farther than 30 yards.

Black Bear, I’ve heard, is edible, if fatty. I read a description of Grizzly that went like “you know how when you chew on a piece of meat, over time it gets smaller and more tender? This gets larger and tougher”. This being California, and there being no Grizzlies in California, this had to be a Black Bear.

I’ve eaten black bear. It is gamey, but not bad, if you braise it for a long time it even approximates tender.

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dirkdigglerjr  Aug 28, 2018 • 4:10:33pm

re: #1 KerFuFFler

“I’ll take fascism for 400, please, Alex.”

What an utterly deranged man-baby. Just can’t believe that 88 percent of Republicans continue to support him. My mother was a Republican - part of growing up in 1950s North Dakota. She literally vomits every time she sees this asshole’s face on TV.

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Blind Frog Belly White  Aug 28, 2018 • 4:10:51pm

re: #12 Belafon

Anything more advanced than an atlatl and a spear and you have an unfair advantage.

I used to do what’s called ‘Traditional Archery’, which is loosely defined as ‘Not Using a Compound Bow’. New converts to the sport would always start threads on forums, like “What Traditional Archery Means To Me”, and say things like, “If you’re using a compound bow with a bowsight, you might as well be shooting a rifle!”

And this would lead to a “More Traditional Than Thou” competition. One time the oldtimers got into it, very snarkily, which led to “Unless you’re dropping out of a tree, naked, and killing the animal with nothing but your hands and teeth, you might as well be shooting a rifle!”

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Belafon  Aug 28, 2018 • 4:13:52pm

I don’t hunt, and I don’t care if people hunt as long as the meat is eaten. We should probably be eating a lot more wild bore here in Texas.

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Stanley Sea  Aug 28, 2018 • 4:14:43pm

re: #13 wrenchwench

I bowed down.

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nines09  Aug 28, 2018 • 4:15:08pm

re: #2 Backwoods_Sleuth

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wrenchwench  Aug 28, 2018 • 4:15:08pm

re: #18 Belafon

I don’t hunt, and I don’t care if people hunt as long as the meat is eaten. We should probably be eating a lot more wild bore here in Texas.

Ted Cruz?

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Aucun pays pour les vieux ennemis  Aug 28, 2018 • 4:15:31pm

re: #17 Blind Frog Belly White

I used to do what’s called ‘Traditional Archery’, which is loosely defined as ‘Not Using a Compound Bow’. New converts to the sport would always start threads on forums, like “What Traditional Archery Means To Me”, and say things like, “If you’re using a compound bow with a bowsight, you might as well be shooting a rifle!”

And this would lead to a “More Traditional Than Thou” competition. One time the oldtimers got into it, very snarkily, which led to “Unless you’re dropping out of a tree, naked, and killing the animal with nothing but your hands and teeth, you might as well be shooting a rifle!”

You shouldn’t initiate force. You need to persuade the animal to agree to be eaten.

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ThomasLite  Aug 28, 2018 • 4:16:21pm

re: #14 Blind Frog Belly White

You could make the same argument about hunting feral pigs with Bow’n’arras, but people do it quite a bit. And some get cut doing it. I have hunted pigs with a bow, but not with any success. Closest I came to a pig was actually at an archery tournament. Damn thing busted out of the brush about 5 yards ahead of us on the trail then disappeared.

A number of bowhunters who go after the more dangerous bears like Grizzlies have a guide with a backup rifle. This feels kinda like cheating, but discretion is the better part of valor.

People don’t like deer eating their gardens, or bears, lions, or coyotes eating their pets (or children), so some form of wildlife management is necessary. You can either let people pay you to hunt and kill the wildlife, or you can pay professionals to do it. One of these makes more fiscal sense, and honestly the animal doesn’t care whether a hunter or a sniper fires the shot.

Ah, with that backup it starts to make a bit more sense. And yeah, a responsibly managed hunting license system makes way more sense than paying some folks to do what others would pay for the privilege to.
…Now I’m kind of curious about bear meat, but there’s really not a snowball’s chance in hell I’d get to try that around here.

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ObserverArt  Aug 28, 2018 • 4:16:42pm

re: #22 Aucun pays pour les vieux ennemis

You shouldn’t initiate force. You need to persuade the animal to agree to be eaten.

Mind game hunting.

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Blind Frog Belly White  Aug 28, 2018 • 4:16:53pm

re: #16 dirkdigglerjr

“I’ll take fascism for 400, please, Alex.”

What an utterly deranged man-baby. Just can’t believe that 88 percent of Republicans continue to support him. My mother was a Republican - part of growing up in 1950s North Dakota. She literally vomits every time she sees this asshole’s face on TV.

I think it’s not so much that “88 percent of Republicans continue to support him” as that, as the number of people willing to call themselves Republican, his support stays constant in the remainder.

I used to think it was like distilling hate, but I think it’s more accurately to think of it as the GOP is not the distillate, but rather the stuff left in the pot as the distillate boils away, becoming more concentrated and disgusting as anything good evaporates.

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William Lewis  Aug 28, 2018 • 4:17:26pm

re: #15 danarchy

I’ve eaten black bear. It is gamey, but not bad, if you braise it for a long time it even approximates tender.

Trim heavily all the fat you can see and it’ll make a good stewing meat from the few times I had it. I’d still prefer a nice elk steak instead :)

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wrenchwench  Aug 28, 2018 • 4:17:36pm

re: #19 Stanley Sea

I bowed down.

Shhh…get up! Get up! (thanks)

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William Lewis  Aug 28, 2018 • 4:20:41pm

re: #13 wrenchwench

“We’re not worthy” :D

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Aucun pays pour les vieux ennemis  Aug 28, 2018 • 4:20:42pm

re: #26 William Lewis

Trim heavily all the fat you can see and it’ll make a good stewing meat from the few times I had it. I’d still prefer a nice elk steak instead :)

I’m sure an Instant Pot can make it tender.

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plansbandc  Aug 28, 2018 • 4:22:32pm

re: #26 William Lewis

I had some bear jerky. Not horrible, but not great either. Would probably try some bear meat again some time if I had the opportunity.

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Blind Frog Belly White  Aug 28, 2018 • 4:23:05pm

re: #18 Belafon

I don’t hunt, and I don’t care if people hunt as long as the meat is eaten. We should probably be eating a lot more wild bore here in Texas.

It’s pretty good braised, stewed, etc. Leaner even than domestic pork which is too damn lean.

The thing is, though, that not all species, or all members of a given species, that need management are edible. For example, actual mature boars have an unpleasant taste that goes beyond gamy. Females and younger boars don’t have that.

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plansbandc  Aug 28, 2018 • 4:23:27pm

re: #29 Aucun pays pour les vieux ennemis

I like elk too! Had some elk chili one time that was delicious.

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jeffreyw  Aug 28, 2018 • 4:26:36pm

re: #24 ObserverArt

Mind game hunting.

“Men who stare at bears.”

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Blind Frog Belly White  Aug 28, 2018 • 4:26:51pm

re: #32 plansbandc

I like elk too! Had some elk chili one time that was delicious.

Every time I’ve seen a conversation about game meat among hunters, whenever anyone says ‘Elk’, they all go “Homer Simpson thinking about donuts”.

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teleskiguy  Aug 28, 2018 • 4:27:15pm

BEARS

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Eclectic Cyborg  Aug 28, 2018 • 4:30:53pm

I know you are all are talking about bears and elk but damn if I didn’t just start craving a Bison burger.

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Blind Frog Belly White  Aug 28, 2018 • 4:31:51pm

re: #35 teleskiguy

BEARS

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Reminds me of an old joke about a bunch of hikers being taught about bears. The instructor tells them to attach bells to their pack, so the sound will let bears know they’re coming and won’t be surprised, and to carry pepper spray in case they encounter one.

Then he discusses the differences between Black and Grizzly Bears. Talking about their scat, he says, “Black Bear scat has seeds and berry skins. Grizzly Bear scat has little bells in it and smells like peppers.”

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teleskiguy  Aug 28, 2018 • 4:34:02pm
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Aucun pays pour les vieux ennemis  Aug 28, 2018 • 4:36:05pm

re: #36 Eclectic Cyborg

I know you are all are talking about bears and elk but damn if I didn’t just start craving a Bison burger.

A local pub used to serve those, and may still. I remember them seeming dry relative to beef, but maybe that’s how they were prepared there.

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Blind Frog Belly White  Aug 28, 2018 • 4:37:57pm

re: #39 Aucun pays pour les vieux ennemis

A local pub used to serve those, and may still. I remember them seeming dry relative to beef, but maybe that’s how they were prepared there.

Bison is much leaner than beef, so it’s naturally drier. There was a restaurant nearby that served Bison filet. They suggested getting it one step rarer than you usually do, so I had mine rare. Yummy!

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Stanley Sea  Aug 28, 2018 • 4:40:03pm

re: #30 plansbandc

I had some bear jerky. Not horrible, but not great either. Would probably try some bear meat again some time if I had the opportunity.

Doesn’t sound appetizing at all.

Bear overpopulation is due to our encroachment, yeah?

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Eclectic Cyborg  Aug 28, 2018 • 4:40:52pm

My wife and I ate at this amazing Bison burger joint/craft brewery in Boulder, Colorado a few years ago.

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Aucun pays pour les vieux ennemis  Aug 28, 2018 • 4:47:39pm

re: #41 Stanley Sea

Doesn’t sound appetizing at all.

Bear overpopulation is due to our encroachment, yeah?

You can’t cull the excess humans, so reducing the bear population is the only option.

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freetoken  Aug 28, 2018 • 4:48:51pm
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Backwoods_Sleuth  Aug 28, 2018 • 4:49:47pm

re: #43 Aucun pays pour les vieux ennemis

You can’t cull the excess humans, so reducing the bear population is the only option.

GOP is working on that

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Aucun pays pour les vieux ennemis  Aug 28, 2018 • 4:50:24pm

re: #40 Blind Frog Belly White

Bison is much leaner than beef, so it’s naturally drier. There was a restaurant nearby that served Bison filet. They suggested getting it one step rarer than you usually do, so I had mine rare. Yummy!

I only have cheese on my burgers, so the dryness was a problem. A little olive oil sprayed on would probably fix that, but I didn’t know that back then.

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Dave In Austin  Aug 28, 2018 • 4:51:35pm

Extreme derpage ahead

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Blind Frog Belly White  Aug 28, 2018 • 4:53:14pm

re: #41 Stanley Sea

Doesn’t sound appetizing at all.

Bear overpopulation is due to our encroachment, yeah?

That’s part of it. The other part is that their populations have rebounded from being hunted so heavily decades ago, and they’re finding that food is easy to get where humans live, which brings them into contact with people. So it’s not just that we’re moving to where they are. They’re also moving to where we are.

Just last month, in my hometown, there was a bear that wandered through town. Pretty sure nobody’d seen a bear there in 100 years or more.

Every year, fewer Americans hunt, and more land gets closed off from hunting. In some states the deer populations are exceeding what they were even before Europeans arrived, because there are fewer predators. But do we really want the predators back in large enough numbers to control the deer populations? Especially if they start learning that humans don’t run as fast as deer, but are just as tasty…

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Dr. Matt  Aug 28, 2018 • 4:53:25pm

Bernie’s candidate (Gillum) never polled better than 15% but has turned the Florida Dem primary into a race. He’s second behind Graham who has polled very well against both R candidates in the general.

tampabay.com

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Dave In Austin  Aug 28, 2018 • 4:56:59pm

re: #48 Blind Frog Belly White

Deer populations in the Texas hill country are like this. Probably exceeds human populations in some areas. They are ALL OVER the metro Austin area.

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Brian J.  Aug 28, 2018 • 4:57:50pm

re: #49 Dr. Matt

Bernie’s candidate (Gillum) never polled better than 15% but has turned the Dem primary into a race. He’s second behind Graham who has polled very well against about R candidates in the general.

tampabay.com

There were some polls (St. Leo) showing Gillum gaining. I guess he hadn’t paid attention to Ben Jealous’ campaign, which showed that BernieBros and their BernieBux abandon the nominee as soon as the actual Democrats are dispatched.

At least proto-BernieBro Alan Grayson is losing to Darren Soto, by more than 2 to 1.

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goddamnedfrank  Aug 28, 2018 • 4:58:37pm
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freetoken  Aug 28, 2018 • 4:59:10pm

re: #50 Dave In Austin

Deer benefit from human horticulture, and that we have almost totally eliminated their natural predators (wolves) from a large part of the US.

This is why, though I dislike America’s fixation with guns, I think deer hunting is necessary.

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I Would Prefer Not To  Aug 28, 2018 • 4:59:50pm

re: #21 wrenchwench

Ted Cruz?

I’m hoping Ted Cruz will be eating crow come November.

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Dr. Matt  Aug 28, 2018 • 4:59:53pm

The panhandle of Florida (central time zone) is about to close and we’ll see where these races stand shortly.

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Blind Frog Belly White  Aug 28, 2018 • 4:59:53pm

re: #50 Dave In Austin

Deer populations in the Texas hill country are like this. Probably exceeds human populations in some areas. They are ALL OVER the metro Austin area.

In some states the deer populations are so large, and the number of hunters so few that you could legally shoot one doe every day for the entire season, which is like two months.

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wrenchwench  Aug 28, 2018 • 5:01:46pm

re: #54 I Would Prefer Not To

I’m hoping Ted Cruz will be eating crow come November.

He’ll be eating so much crow, he’ll have egg on his face.

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ObserverArt  Aug 28, 2018 • 5:03:05pm

re: #57 wrenchwench

He’ll be eating so much crow, he’ll have egg on his face.

Green ham, crow ‘n’ eggs!

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Aug 28, 2018 • 5:03:20pm
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I Would Prefer Not To  Aug 28, 2018 • 5:03:35pm

re: #57 wrenchwench

He’ll be eating so much crow, he’ll have egg on his face.

Green Eggs and Ham, perhaps?

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Blind Frog Belly White  Aug 28, 2018 • 5:03:48pm

re: #53 freetoken

Deer benefit from human horticulture, and that we have almost totally eliminated their natural predators (wolves) from a large part of the US.

This is why, though I dislike America’s fixation with guns, I think deer hunting is necessary.

Weird thing about it, though, is that we had fewer guns when we had more hunters.

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wrenchwench  Aug 28, 2018 • 5:04:28pm

re: #53 freetoken

Deer benefit from human horticulture, and that we have almost totally eliminated their natural predators (wolves) from a large part of the US.

This is why, though I dislike America’s fixation with guns, I think deer hunting is necessary.

Also, recovery of wolf populations, where possible. Montana’s going good, NM is at a standstill.

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Dr. Matt  Aug 28, 2018 • 5:06:18pm

Trump’s boy won in the primary in Florida. His opponent (Putnam) proudly called himself a proud NRA sellout and claimed college education is for elites.

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Barefoot Grin  Aug 28, 2018 • 5:06:30pm

re: #40 Blind Frog Belly White

Bison is much leaner than beef, so it’s naturally drier. There was a restaurant nearby that served Bison filet. They suggested getting it one step rarer than you usually do, so I had mine rare. Yummy!

So, sashimi?

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Blind Frog Belly White  Aug 28, 2018 • 5:07:28pm

re: #64 Barefoot Grin

So, sashimi?

I believe the proper term is “Carpaccio”.

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dirkdigglerjr  Aug 28, 2018 • 5:07:33pm

re: #61 Blind Frog Belly White

The wildlife folks here in Western NC will tell you it is actually more humane for us to hunt the deer than it is to allow for overpopulation and starvation. The conflict comes when efforts are made to clear the old growth forests to allow for more food for the animals versus rich, non-hunter folks in the highlands who don’t want to lose their “view.”

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Aug 28, 2018 • 5:08:07pm
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Backwoods_Sleuth  Aug 28, 2018 • 5:09:06pm

re: #59 Backwoods_Sleuth

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Barefoot Grin  Aug 28, 2018 • 5:12:00pm

re: #66 dirkdigglerjr

The wildlife folks here in Western NC will tell you it is actually more humane for us to hunt the deer than it is to allow for overpopulation and starvation. The conflict comes when efforts are made to clear the old growth forests to allow for more food for the animals versus rich, non-hunter folks in the highlands who don’t want to lose their “view.”

This was a perennial issue when I lived in Bloomington, IN. There were so many deer that they were in the city itself. But the local State Parks had to resort to “hunt days” because the overstressed deer were doing so much damage to the flora in the parks nearby. Of course, animal rights groups threatened to take to stunts like “we will be wearing antler hats and run through the forest!” And the gov’t said: you will likely be killed. They backed down. It was a 2-kill limit with one going to a local food bank.

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Blind Frog Belly White  Aug 28, 2018 • 5:15:02pm

re: #67 Backwoods_Sleuth

Welcome to the future, where we’re all spectators.

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dirkdigglerjr  Aug 28, 2018 • 5:18:17pm

re: #69 Barefoot Grin

And isn’t that what conservation is all about? Won’t lie when I say that deer meat is so tender and tasty. What I don’t like is when people around here leave gutted dear carcasses on the road. Have some respect, please.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Aug 28, 2018 • 5:19:57pm

re: #71 dirkdigglerjr

And isn’t that what conservation is all about? Won’t lie when I say that deer meat is so tender and tasty. What I don’t like is when people around here leave gutted dear carcasses on the road. Have some respect, please.

head and tenderloins taken, the rest just dumped.

it’s disgusting

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dirkdigglerjr  Aug 28, 2018 • 5:22:07pm

re: #67 Backwoods_Sleuth

WH press release:

“He was a foolish, stupid animal to get caught in that net. And his dad probably killed the Crocodile Hunter. Why would anybody want to save him? Sad!”

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Brian J.  Aug 28, 2018 • 5:36:46pm

re: #63 Dr. Matt

Trump’s boy won in the primary in Florida. His opponent (Putnam) proudly called himself a proud NRA sellout and claimed college education is for elites.

And with Gillum ahead for the Democrats, there’s really nothing to stop DeSantis from cantering to Tallahassee.

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lawhawk  Aug 28, 2018 • 5:38:44pm
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retired cynic  Aug 28, 2018 • 5:38:57pm

The Rude Pundit eulogizes McCain. If you are not ready for his take, put off reading it.

rudepundit.blogspot.com

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Nyet  Aug 28, 2018 • 5:38:57pm
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lawhawk  Aug 28, 2018 • 5:40:10pm

re: #64 Barefoot Grin

I’d probably cook it 2 levels more rare than usual, not one - just to be on the safe side and avoid overcooking.

So yeah, it’s just this side of mooing (or bull rushing).

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Aug 28, 2018 • 5:48:43pm
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Blind Frog Belly White  Aug 28, 2018 • 5:49:06pm

The Republican Party in 2018, Ladles and Jellyspoons:

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Barefoot Grin  Aug 28, 2018 • 5:49:19pm

re: #71 dirkdigglerjr

And isn’t that what conservation is all about? Won’t lie when I say that deer meat is so tender and tasty. What I don’t like is when people around here leave gutted dear carcasses on the road. Have some respect, please.

I think the program subsidized the butchering. No field dressing.

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Dr. Matt  Aug 28, 2018 • 5:52:32pm

Florida is setting up for a Black liberal progressive vs. a White racist Trump cock sucker.

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Brian J.  Aug 28, 2018 • 5:53:06pm

re: #82 Dr. Matt

Florida is setting up for a Black liberal progressive vs. a White racist Trump cock sucker.

Florida Democrats do something foolish. Sun sets in west.

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Blind Frog Belly White  Aug 28, 2018 • 5:53:49pm

re: #81 Barefoot Grin

I think the program subsidized the butchering. No field dressing.

I hope the hunters still field dressed them. That’s kind of key to preserving the meat - getting rid of they yucky stuff and all the heat it holds so the carcass can cool.

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ObserverArt  Aug 28, 2018 • 5:54:23pm

re: #76 retired cynic

The Rude Pundit eulogizes McCain. If you are not ready for his take, put off reading it.

rudepundit.blogspot.com

I’m in a John McCain comment holding pattern, but did like much of that blog post by Rude Pundit.

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Dr. Matt  Aug 28, 2018 • 5:55:23pm

re: #83 Brian J.

Florida Democrats do something foolish. Sun sets in west.

If Gillum loses against the Trump Cock Sucker, Bernie and every fucking berniebro better shut the fuck up for eternity.

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Dr. Matt  Aug 28, 2018 • 5:57:01pm
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Brian J.  Aug 28, 2018 • 5:57:18pm

re: #86 Dr. Matt

If Gillum loses against the Trump Cock Sucker, Bernie and every fucking berniebro better shut the fuck up for eternity.

They never will until the party makes them, until Bernie’s either sitting next to McConnell in the Senate or off in a corner by himself. Right now, it looks like the Democrats are giving up on 2020 by indulging themselves in a lunge to the left as happened in 1972 and 1984 (and to a lesser extent, 2004).

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makeitstop  Aug 28, 2018 • 5:57:52pm

re: #85 ObserverArt

I’m in a John McCain comment holding pattern, but did like much of that blog post by Rude Pundit.

Rude’s always good for an honest take.

Reading that, I was thinking that maybe the reason that Trump & McCain didn’t like each other was because they were alike in a lot of ways.

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Barefoot Grin  Aug 28, 2018 • 5:59:52pm

re: #84 Blind Frog Belly White

I hope the hunters still field dressed them. That’s kind of key to preserving the meat - getting rid of they yucky stuff and all the heat it holds so the carcass can cool.

I’m out of my depth. But, to my credit, I didn’t run around with an antler hat.

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dangerman  Aug 28, 2018 • 6:04:45pm

re: #7 danarchy

Well, he shot it from a tree stand and thought it was dead. It attacked when he came down and approached it.

Personally I don’t have a problem with bear hunting as long as he planned to use the meat. Bear populations are doing fine and the better they do the more they wander into suburbs.

Bear played possum?

(Nope not sorry)

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Nyet  Aug 28, 2018 • 6:08:22pm

re: #76 retired cynic

He’s too kind on some points.

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teleskiguy  Aug 28, 2018 • 6:08:40pm

John Cleese quote tweeted me last year. We were talking about John McCain.

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Blind Frog Belly White  Aug 28, 2018 • 6:08:53pm

re: #90 Barefoot Grin

I’m out of my depth. But, to my credit, I didn’t run around with an antler hat.

That’s gotta count for something!

Field dressing = gutting. Butchering = reducing the carcass to meal-sized pieces.

I have field dressed exactly 1(one) deer. The guy I was hunting with guided me through the process, which was not as unpleasant as I’d feared, which may say more about me than the process.

I helped butcher two wild pigs that friends shot, which was a long, tedious task.

I learned one important lesson from these: There is no such thing as a knife that’s too sharp, and it’s not possible to carry too many sharp knives.

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retired cynic  Aug 28, 2018 • 6:09:06pm

re: #86 Dr. Matt

If Gillum loses against the Trump Cock Sucker, Bernie and every fucking berniebro better shut the fuck up for eternity.

THAT won’t happen!

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teleskiguy  Aug 28, 2018 • 6:10:20pm

I’m convinced the worst thing McCain ever did as a politician is elevate Sarah Palin. Talk about poisoning the well.

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Eclectic Cyborg  Aug 28, 2018 • 6:11:20pm

I hope a record number of women get elected in the midterms.

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retired cynic  Aug 28, 2018 • 6:11:40pm

re: #92 Nyet

He’s too kind on some points.

The thing that set me against him (although I admit the heroic acts while he was captured and tortured, and having to go through recovery) was something that I am sure I saw a tape of: him calling Cindi the c-word in front of a reporter (for interrupting, I suppose).

If I am mistaken, and that was disproven, I apologize to his shade!

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Interesting Times  Aug 28, 2018 • 6:12:57pm

re: #97 Eclectic Cyborg

I hope a record number of women get elected in the midterms.

Unless they’re named Martha McSally, Marsha Blackburn, Deb Fischer…

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teleskiguy  Aug 28, 2018 • 6:13:06pm

re: #94 Blind Frog Belly White

I’ve field dressed a few deer, a bull elk, and a black bear. The pile of fat we shaved off that black bear was, well, big. I’m going out on a hunt this October for a few days (3rd rifle season, I think?).

And yeah, sharp knives are a must. And lots of rubber gloves.

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Eclectic Cyborg  Aug 28, 2018 • 6:13:50pm

re: #96 teleskiguy

I’m convinced the worst thing McCain ever did as a politician is elevate Sarah Palin. Talk about poisoning the well.

Well the GOP knew they were going up against a woman or a black dude so they had to try for some diversity on the ticket (not saying Palin was a good choice, she was as shitty a pick as they come)

Fun fact: If a white, male Dem wins in 2020 that’ll be the first time that’s happened in 24 years.

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Blind Frog Belly White  Aug 28, 2018 • 6:14:06pm

re: #96 teleskiguy

I’m convinced the worst thing McCain ever did as a politician is elevate Sarah Palin. Talk about poisoning the well.

There are lots of people who carry blame for that shit. I think a lot of them had seen her pull off stunts like her convention speech, or her debate performance against Joe Biden, and couldn’t believe she really was as stupid and awful as she turned out to be. I think a lot of them thought, “Hey, she’s a Governor, she can’t POSSIBLY be as stupid as she appears at this moment.”

But she was. And worse.

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retired cynic  Aug 28, 2018 • 6:14:12pm

re: #100 teleskiguy

I’ve helped autopsy a few horses. Does that count for anything?

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Eclectic Cyborg  Aug 28, 2018 • 6:14:23pm

re: #99 Interesting Times

Unless they’re named Martha McSally, Marsha Blackburn, Deb Fischer…

Okay, Okay.

A record number of SANE women.

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dirkdigglerjr  Aug 28, 2018 • 6:15:35pm

re: #95 retired cynic

Is there no 40 percent threshold in Florida, or is it first past the post?

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The Vicious Babushka  Aug 28, 2018 • 6:16:01pm
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retired cynic  Aug 28, 2018 • 6:16:20pm

re: #105 dirkdigglerjr

Is there no 40 percent threshold in Florida, or is it first past the post?

I don’t know. I’m from Illinois, and it is first past the post.

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Dr. Matt  Aug 28, 2018 • 6:16:33pm

re: #105 dirkdigglerjr

Is there no 40 percent threshold in Florida, or is it first past the post?

Winner takes all.

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Brian J.  Aug 28, 2018 • 6:16:36pm

re: #105 dirkdigglerjr

Is there no 40 percent threshold in Florida, or is it first past the post?

No runoffs in Florida, so it’s strictly FPTP.

Donna Shalala hangs on in the FL-27 primary, so at least something went right.

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Dr. Matt  Aug 28, 2018 • 6:18:12pm

Gillum won. Wow. How the Hell did this happen?

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Blind Frog Belly White  Aug 28, 2018 • 6:18:25pm

re: #103 retired cynic

I’ve helped autopsy a few horses. Does that count for anything?

Oh?

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BeachDem  Aug 28, 2018 • 6:18:29pm

re: #85 ObserverArt

I’m in a John McCain comment holding pattern, but did like much of that blog post by Rude Pundit.

Other than the fact that Charles Pierce personally liked McCain, it’s not that different from Charlie’s piece (more fucks, but then it’s Rude Pundit.)

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dirkdigglerjr  Aug 28, 2018 • 6:19:08pm

re: #111 Blind Frog Belly White

Better than The Godfather horse, I guess.

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Charles Johnson  Aug 28, 2018 • 6:19:12pm

John McCain may have been an asshole, but he was also the last Republican to even try to be a decent person, occasionally. While also doing whatever he needed to do to keep his job. And he survived an experience in Vietnam that would have killed most of us.

But Sarah Palin - that was unforgivable.

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retired cynic  Aug 28, 2018 • 6:20:16pm

re: #111 Blind Frog Belly White

Well…. big, sharp knives. I don’t think we ever used a chain saw, however.

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Blind Frog Belly White  Aug 28, 2018 • 6:20:42pm

re: #106 The Vicious Babushka

If we lived in a more respectful time, you’d just be the ex-Governor of Indiana.

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Dr. Matt  Aug 28, 2018 • 6:21:17pm

Aren’t all republicans assholes by definition? I can’t think of one that isn’t. McCain was just less of an asshole than the rest of them.

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Stanley Sea  Aug 28, 2018 • 6:21:46pm

re: #89 makeitstop

Rude’s always good for an honest take.

Reading that, I was thinking that maybe the reason that Trump & McCain didn’t like each other was because they were alike in a lot of ways.

A POW compatriot with McCain said the same thing yesterday on CNN. hard to hear, but yeah.

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Blind Frog Belly White  Aug 28, 2018 • 6:23:37pm

re: #117 Dr. Matt

Aren’t all republicans assholes by definition? I can’t think of one that isn’t. McCain was just less of an asshole than the rest of them.

Depends on your definition of “asshole”. I wouldn’t call McConnell an asshole, for example, because I think part of being an asshole is being obnoxious and pugnacious. Can be used for good or ill. Harry Reid was an asshole, but he was OUR asshole. McConnell is a shameless, soulless toad.

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teleskiguy  Aug 28, 2018 • 6:24:38pm

Bow hunting season for deer and elk started in Colorado on Saturday and goes until the 23rd of September, when the rifle seasons start. Bag limits vary from unit to unit, but there’s usually no limit on cow elk and deer. You need a tag for all animals taken, and if you’re from out of state that can get expensive. It’s $400 per deer, almost $700 for elk, $2,200 for moose, etc. Residents play far less for tags, $31 for deer, $46 for elk, $251 for moose, etc.

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Blind Frog Belly White  Aug 28, 2018 • 6:24:50pm

re: #110 Dr. Matt

Gillum won. Wow. How the Hell did this happen?

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teleskiguy  Aug 28, 2018 • 6:25:18pm

re: #103 retired cynic

Um, yeah!

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Dr. Matt  Aug 28, 2018 • 6:25:18pm

re: #119 Blind Frog Belly White

McConnell is the crusty film around the asshole.

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Brian J.  Aug 28, 2018 • 6:25:54pm

re: #122 Blind Frog Belly White

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The bad news is that GOP turnout has been higher: 1,582,176 to 1,456,895. Most of what’s left is in Palm Beach County, which will narrow that margin but not erase it.

Edit: In Oklahoma, the race hasn’t been called, but Kevin Stitt is very likely to be the GOP nominee for governor to try to succeed Mary Fallin and her mighty 11% approval rating. This is Oklahoma, so he’s got a decent chance.

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sagehen  Aug 28, 2018 • 6:26:35pm

re: #69 Barefoot Grin

This was a perennial issue when I lived in Bloomington, IN. There were so many deer that they were in the city itself. But the local State Parks had to resort to “hunt days” because the overstressed deer were doing so much damage to the flora in the parks nearby. Of course, animal rights groups threatened to take to stunts like “we will be wearing antler hats and run through the forest!” And the gov’t said: you will likely be killed. They backed down. It was a 2-kill limit with one going to a local food bank.

When the deer population in Rock Creek Park (washington DC) got out of hand… they knew better than to let ordinary random hunters have at. They brought in a bunch of military snipers, so they could be sure every bullet went into a deer. Shut the park for the duration of the hunt, and all the venison (properly butchered and wrapped into “roast”, “stew” and “BBQ” packages) went to the food banks.

NYC wasn’t nearly that smart; when we had too many geese, we should have had them hunted and eaten; instead, they were poisoned and landfilled.

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Blind Frog Belly White  Aug 28, 2018 • 6:26:36pm

re: #121 teleskiguy

Bow hunting season for deer and elk started in Colorado on Saturday and goes until the 23rd of September, when the rifle seasons start. Bag limits vary from unit to unit, but there’s usually no limit on cow elk and deer. You need a tag for all animals taken, and if you’re from out of state that can get expensive. It’s $400 per deer, almost $700 for elk, $2,200 for moose, etc. Residents play far less for tags, $31 for deer, $42 for elk, $251 for moose, etc.

Most of the hunters I know in California hunt in other states, including Colorado. It’s a lot for a tag, but I think it’s a great deal for the states!

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Dr. Matt  Aug 28, 2018 • 6:26:37pm

re: #122 Blind Frog Belly White

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Thanks. Great info. I hope Gilllum can GOTV in Nov as well.

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dirkdigglerjr  Aug 28, 2018 • 6:27:24pm

re: #114 Charles Johnson

Beginning in 1988 - “card-carrying member of the ACLU ” and Willie Horton - Republicans decided that Democrats were not merely an opposition party, they were existential threats to the country. The fetid, downward spiral will only get worse until it gets better - IF it gets better.

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teleskiguy  Aug 28, 2018 • 6:28:13pm

re: #127 Blind Frog Belly White

Most of the hunters I know in California hunt in other states, including Colorado. It’s a lot for a tag, but I think it’s a great deal for the states!

$3 billion pumped into the economy in the fall months, not exactly just a drop in the bucket.

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Romantic Heretic  Aug 28, 2018 • 6:28:33pm

re: #1 KerFuFFler

I don’t believe anything can prevent that at this point. There are people who have been firing up Trump’s base for decades now. They want another civil war because they believe they will win it this time.

At the very least it will be like The Reconstruction where a long terror campaign will be waged against the people they hate.

Buckle in. it’s going to be a bumpy ride.

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Dr. Matt  Aug 28, 2018 • 6:29:19pm

re: #120 Skip Intro

Scott’s winning/ won bigly too. Florida is beyond hope.

He is somehow still popular in Florida. He sucked off the teabag party for 4 years and now is coming off as some great warrior for all causes.

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Dave In Austin  Aug 28, 2018 • 6:29:30pm

re: #115 retired cynic

Well…. big, sharp knives. I don’t think we ever used a chain saw, however.

And finding your way through “Big Joints” can always be a challenge.

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Blind Frog Belly White  Aug 28, 2018 • 6:30:10pm

re: #130 teleskiguy

$3 billion pumped into the economy in the fall months, not exactly just a drop in the bucket.

Licenses, tags, guides, meat processors, hotels and lodges, sporting goods stores - and all to help manage a natural resource.

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Blind Frog Belly White  Aug 28, 2018 • 6:31:20pm

Meanwhile, back in the 19th Century, Trump is touting coal.

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Romantic Heretic  Aug 28, 2018 • 6:34:01pm

re: #18 Belafon

I don’t hunt, and I don’t care if people hunt as long as the meat is eaten. We should probably be eating a lot more wild bore here in Texas.

The highlighted word made me think, “Even if they are in the State House and Senate?”

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Dr. Matt  Aug 28, 2018 • 6:34:28pm

Gillum will be speaking soon.

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Dave In Austin  Aug 28, 2018 • 6:35:55pm

re: #130 teleskiguy

$3 billion pumped into the economy in the fall months, not exactly just a drop in the bucket.

This here…… Lots and lots of Texans hunt and fish CO. on BLM land. There is no BLM land in Texas. That’s why I don’t take some these deersses…… It’s bloody expensive to hunt in Texas because its all lease hunting (and it’s not “hunting” in the classic sense of the word. It’s harvesting.).

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Romantic Heretic  Aug 28, 2018 • 6:38:44pm

re: #43 Aucun pays pour les vieux ennemis

You can’t cull the excess humans, so reducing the bear population is the only option.

Humans cull themselves. We even design weapons to do it.

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teleskiguy  Aug 28, 2018 • 6:41:28pm

re: #138 Dave In Austin

Lots and lots of Texans hunt and fish CO. on BLM land, and National Forest land.

Oh yeah I know. Texas. Arkansas. Oklahoma. Most of the midwest. But lots and lots of Texans will be coming and going this fall.

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Romantic Heretic  Aug 28, 2018 • 6:43:27pm

re: #135 Blind Frog Belly White

Meanwhile, back in the 19th Century, Trump is touting coal.

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And here in Ontario our mini-Trump has killed off all programs supporting alternative energy. For some reason he made an special effort to fuck Tesla over in the process.

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Brian J.  Aug 28, 2018 • 6:44:09pm

re: #142 Romantic Heretic

And here in Ontario our mini-Trump has killed off all programs supporting alternative energy. For some reason he made an special effort to fuck Tesla over in the process.

Which seems like piling on at this point, as Elon Musk’s doing a helluva job screwing Tesla over these last few weeks.

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The Vicious Babushka  Aug 28, 2018 • 6:45:11pm

re: #142 Romantic Heretic

And here in Ontario our mini-Trump has killed off all programs supporting alternative energy. For some reason he made an special effort to fuck Tesla over in the process.

What about all those wind orchards along the 401?

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Charles Johnson  Aug 28, 2018 • 6:45:12pm
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The Vicious Babushka  Aug 28, 2018 • 6:48:17pm

re: #145 Charles Johnson

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Reported & blocked. Not that Twitter will do anything.

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Charles Johnson  Aug 28, 2018 • 6:48:28pm
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Dave In Austin  Aug 28, 2018 • 6:50:18pm

re: #146 The Vicious Babushka

Reported & blocked. Not that Twitter will do anything.

Same same plus a few others.

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Interesting Times  Aug 28, 2018 • 6:51:02pm

This is how you tell the genuine Never-Trumpers from the posers:

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Shiplord Kirel, Friend of Moose and Squirrel  Aug 28, 2018 • 7:00:26pm

re: #20 nines09

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Feral hogs are an order of magnitude more dangerous. Many a suburban nimrod has found that out the hard way. There have been no human fatalities in Texas but injuries are commonplace, and some of them are quite severe. This is why I use a .45/70 rifle and also carry a handgun, usually a .357 or .44 mag revolver, when I go after them (the hogs, not the nimrods, though the choice is not always easy).
This really is a “them or us” situation and humans are at fault for having exterminated the few predators who could prey on hogs. My property is “coyote friendly” (hunting, trapping etc. absolutely forbidden) and they help by grabbing a piglet once in a while, but they cannot tackle the adults. I would bring back wolves and cougars if I could.

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Interesting Times  Aug 28, 2018 • 7:02:51pm

Oh dear, looks like America is losing trump’s “personal Vietnam” as well:

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Barefoot Grin  Aug 28, 2018 • 7:04:41pm

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TedStriker  Aug 28, 2018 • 7:09:10pm

re: #133 Dave In Austin

And finding your way through “Big Joints” can always be a challenge.

Indeed…

Cheech & Chong - Huge Joint Scene

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Eventual Carrion  Aug 28, 2018 • 7:10:33pm

re: #41 Stanley Sea

Doesn’t sound appetizing at all.

Bear overpopulation is due to our encroachment, yeah?

Yeah

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Interesting Times  Aug 28, 2018 • 7:12:10pm
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Shiplord Kirel, Friend of Moose and Squirrel  Aug 28, 2018 • 7:12:33pm

re: #150 Shiplord Kirel, Friend of Moose and Squirrel

Besides wolves and cougars, black bears were indigenous to this part of Texas but they were wiped out in the early 1900s. They probably had a big role in controlling hog populations.

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Eventual Carrion  Aug 28, 2018 • 7:12:47pm

re: #44 freetoken

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Brian J.  Aug 28, 2018 • 7:13:27pm

re: #157 Interesting Times

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Very gracious of Ms. Graham.

Hopefully, Florida Democrats will get things right after 24 years of one-party rule. But they’ll still be in Florida, so that’s not the way to bet.

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Joe Bacon 🌹  Aug 28, 2018 • 7:16:29pm

re: #145 Charles Johnson

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Gladly used the long form to report that sick freak.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Aug 28, 2018 • 7:18:37pm

stupid victory laps:

oh look, another conspiracy theory:

and hurray for that sport everyone else in the world calls football, but not here…

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retired cynic  Aug 28, 2018 • 7:19:36pm

Nancy LeTourneau did an article on that list of investigations into Trump and all that the Democrats should take on should they win the House, but to me was this interesting bit at the end. She said that Republicans, starting with Newt, have destroyed the staffing of Congress. I guess I knew that, but this really nailed it down for me:

What Newt saw to is what Paul Glastris and Haley Sweetland Edwards called, “The Big Lobotomy.”

A quick refresher: In 1995, after winning a majority in the House for the first time in forty years, one of the first things the new Republican House leadership did was gut Congress’s workforce. They cut the “professional staff” (the lawyers, economists, and investigators who work for committees rather than individual members) by a third. They reduced the “legislative support staff” (the auditors, analysts, and subject-matter experts at the Government Accountability Office [GAO], the Congressional Research Service [CRS], and so on) by a third, too, and killed off the Office of Technology Assessment (OTA) entirely…Since 2011, with a Tea Party-radicalized GOP back in control of the House, Congress has cut its budget by a whopping 20 percent, a far higher ratio than any other federal agency, leading, predictably, to staff layoffs, hiring and salary freezes, and drooping morale.

If we are ever going to have a truly functioning congress, fixing that will have to be a long-term goal for Democrats. But it’s not likely to happen in 2019-2020, so that means prioritizing the kinds of items included in the list up above. I’d suggest they let Mueller handle the Trump/Russia probe and obstruction of justice charges. Zeroing in on securing our elections as well as the corruption of both the president and his cabinet members would all be time well spent.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Aug 28, 2018 • 7:19:52pm
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Interesting Times  Aug 28, 2018 • 7:19:58pm

Interesting article from back in June:

Then again, compare and contrast:

Hopefully Mr. Endless Impeachment Ads will do a little more for him now that he has a chance to win more than just a primary.

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Brian J.  Aug 28, 2018 • 7:21:01pm

re: #165 Interesting Times

Interesting article from back in June:

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Hopefully Mr. Endless Impeachment Ads will do a little more for him now that he has a chance to win more than just a primary.

Again, Mr. Gillum should talk to Ben Jealous up in Maryland to find out what his next 10 weeks will hold. He was an anti-Gwen Graham missile that has now served its purpose.

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The Vicious Babushka  Aug 28, 2018 • 7:29:01pm

re: #155 TedStriker

Indeed…

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Teukka  Aug 28, 2018 • 7:29:30pm

re: #169 goddamnedfrank

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Retweeted and liked.

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Brian J.  Aug 28, 2018 • 7:30:23pm

re: #172 Backwoods_Sleuth

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Don’t quit your day job, James… oh wait, you’re an actor. DO quit your day job!

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Patricia Kayden  Aug 28, 2018 • 7:30:52pm

re: #166 Brian J.

Is Jealous doing poorly? I live in Maryland and have only seen one governor race related ad — by Hogan.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Aug 28, 2018 • 7:31:20pm
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Dave In Austin  Aug 28, 2018 • 7:31:44pm

Ew….

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Aug 28, 2018 • 7:32:18pm

LOfuckingL

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makeitstop  Aug 28, 2018 • 7:33:25pm

My wife flew out to LA for a meeting last evening. She had her meeting, and now she’s sitting in LAX waiting to take the redeye home.

I kept myself busy practicing pedal steel for a show this weekend - a tribute to a passed-on musical friend who encouraged me to continue playing pedal steel when my heart really wasn’t in it. I briefly forgot some of the fundamentals, but for some reason I’m finding new fingering patterns and pedal movements that I didn’t know before. It’s an exciting thing, but I’m wondering where this new knowledge is coming from. I haven’t played this thing out in over a year, but for some reason I seem to know more now than I did then. Weird.

Anyway, I’m glad my wife will be home in the morning. It’s too quiet around here when she’s not here.
And I think the animals are kinda bored without her.

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Brian J.  Aug 28, 2018 • 7:34:02pm

re: #174 Patricia Kayden

Is Jealous doing poorly? I live in Maryland and have only seen one governor race related ad — by Hogan.

The latest poll has Hogan leading by sixteen, and the Baltimore Sun reports that Jealous is almost out of cash and has aired no TV ads, while Hogan has a $9 million war chest while bombarding the state.

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Joe Bacon 🌹  Aug 28, 2018 • 7:34:25pm

re: #176 Dave In Austin

Ew….

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Aw crap! And here I thought he was into interracial porn…

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Eclectic Cyborg  Aug 28, 2018 • 7:35:58pm

Why must Alex Jones always take his fucking shirt off??

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Interesting Times  Aug 28, 2018 • 7:36:14pm

re: #172 Backwoods_Sleuth

Here’s something weird - when I view the embedded version of Bob Cesca’s tweet in your post, the quoted tweet from “I perv after underage girls” James Woods shows up - but when I view Bob Cesca’s tweet on twitter itself, I see this:

Anyone know what that means?

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Belafon  Aug 28, 2018 • 7:36:55pm

re: #179 Brian J.

So, I need someone to explain Maryland:

The poll raises questions about whether Jealous, who Hogan and the GOP have repeatedly attacked as too “extreme” for Maryland, can expand his appeal beyond the progressive base that elected him in a six-way primary. It found that while Hogan remains widely popular in a state where Democrats outnumber Republicans 2 to 1, the unfavorability ratings for Jealous, a former NAACP president, have increased over the past two months.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Aug 28, 2018 • 7:37:01pm
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The Vicious Babushka  Aug 28, 2018 • 7:37:09pm

re: #181 Eclectic Cyborg

Why must Alex Jones always take his fucking shirt off??

He wants to be like his hero Putin.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Aug 28, 2018 • 7:39:07pm

re: #182 Interesting Times

Here’s something weird - when I view the embedded version of Bob Cesca’s tweet in your post, the quoted tweet from “I perv after underage girls” James Woods shows up - but when I view Bob Cesca’s tweet on twitter itself, I see this:

[Embedded content]

Anyone know what that means?

has Woods blocked you?

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Aug 28, 2018 • 7:41:17pm
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Interesting Times  Aug 28, 2018 • 7:41:54pm

re: #186 Backwoods_Sleuth

has Woods blocked you?

Nope. I still have the misfortune of being able to see all the stupid on his actual timeline.

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Kragar  Aug 28, 2018 • 7:43:28pm
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BeachDem  Aug 28, 2018 • 7:43:40pm

re: #162 Backwoods_Sleuth

stupid victory laps:

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“Reports” include wingnut daily, daily caller, washington examiner, sputnik, hot air, oann, lifezette, all reporting unnamed sources talking about an unnamed company. Sounds legit!

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Aug 28, 2018 • 7:44:04pm

re: #188 Interesting Times

Nope. I still have the misfortune of being able to see all the stupid on his actual timeline.

I have no idea, then.
I can see his tweet in Twitter.

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FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀  Aug 28, 2018 • 7:46:23pm

re: #188 Interesting Times

Nope. I still have the misfortune of being able to see all the stupid on his actual timeline.

SHADOW BAN!!!

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Aug 28, 2018 • 7:48:19pm

Also, I want to know who paid for that “appreciation dinner” that was obviously a campaign event.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Aug 28, 2018 • 7:51:07pm
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Quoth the raven, Covfefe.  Aug 28, 2018 • 7:51:58pm

re: #193 Backwoods_Sleuth

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Also, I want to know who paid for that “appreciation dinner” that was obviously a campaign event.

God, I wish that would happen. So many churches that spend millions of their wealthy patrons’ dollars to see Republicans elected, no matter how shitty they are.

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Interesting Times  Aug 28, 2018 • 7:52:42pm

re: #191 Backwoods_Sleuth

I have no idea, then.
I can see his tweet in Twitter.

Do you use tweetdeck, or the regular twitter website? What happens if you view the Bob Cesca tweet on the desktop/web browser version of twitter? Because apparently this is a thing:

The slightly odd thing is that if you’re blocked other people can still see that the tweet is unavailable (they see what you see in other words), so Twitter informs other people that you’re blocked.

(that is, maybe James Woods blocked Bob Cesca).

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MsJ  Aug 28, 2018 • 7:53:31pm

re: #188 Interesting Times

Nope. I still have the misfortune of being able to see all the stupid on his actual timeline.

Touch/click on the tweet and I bet you’ll see it. I’ve had to do that a couple of times. I thought I was blocked but I wasn’t (except Cindy McCain, she blocked me).

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Aug 28, 2018 • 7:53:49pm

re: #196 Interesting Times

Do you use tweetdeck, or the regular twitter website? What happens if you view the Bob Cesca tweet on the desktop/web browser version of twitter? Because apparently this is a thing:

(that is, maybe James Woods blocked Bob Cesca).

I can see it in Tweetdeck and on regular Twitter.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Aug 28, 2018 • 7:54:16pm
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Charles Johnson  Aug 28, 2018 • 7:54:34pm
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Belafon  Aug 28, 2018 • 7:54:34pm
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Charles Johnson  Aug 28, 2018 • 7:54:57pm
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Quoth the raven, Covfefe.  Aug 28, 2018 • 7:55:43pm

re: #202 Charles Johnson

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Aug 28, 2018 • 7:56:30pm

somebody call the burn unit:

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Aug 28, 2018 • 7:57:33pm
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dirkdigglerjr  Aug 28, 2018 • 7:57:38pm

Re-iterating my call for NFL players to conspire to “take a knee” (punts excluded) for the entire first quarter of their season-openers on Sept. 9. Could you imagine the meltdown human scrotum Jerry Jones would experience? Would he fire players on the spot?

I also urge African-American (and hopefully a few white) Alabama and Auburn players to boycott the Iron Bowl unless the voters in the state choose Democrats. My guess is we would have the long-snappers playing quarterback and the waterboys taking over at running back. Then again, the fans would probably say that is “real” (i.e. pre-1969 or 1971) football.

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Interesting Times  Aug 28, 2018 • 7:58:44pm

re: #197 MsJ

Touch/click on the tweet and I bet you’ll see it. I’ve had to do that a couple of times. I thought I was blocked but I wasn’t (except Cindy McCain, she blocked me).

Yes, it shows up if I click directly. Wonder why that happens if they haven’t blocked you (nor the person quoting their tweet), and you haven’t blocked them. Odd.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Aug 28, 2018 • 7:59:21pm
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FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀  Aug 28, 2018 • 8:00:14pm
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Backwoods_Sleuth  Aug 28, 2018 • 8:00:55pm
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Quoth the raven, Covfefe.  Aug 28, 2018 • 8:02:36pm

re: #210 Backwoods_Sleuth

Mike Pence should have been exiled in disgrace from Republican politics following his humiliating defeat in the 2016 Indiana gubernatorial election. Instead, he attached his coattails to a Russian-loving tangerine wankmaggot and found himself in way over his fucking prairie-grass head.

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Kragar  Aug 28, 2018 • 8:02:37pm
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Interesting Times  Aug 28, 2018 • 8:04:34pm

re: #209 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀

Yes! I’ve been waiting for info on how R turnout in this primary compared to previous years (like, it seems to be a trend that they outnumber primary-day Dems, but this year, the margin shrank. Dems can still win with an overwhelming election-day turnout, so that’s what everyone needs to work towards).

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BeachDem  Aug 28, 2018 • 8:07:14pm

Lori Alhadeff became a story in the days following the massacre at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School. The mom of a slain daughter appeared on CNN screaming at President Donald Trump as tears streamed down her face. Tuesday night, she won a seat on the school board in a landslide election.

The former teacher won 65 percent of the vote up against 15 other candidates vying for five out of nine board seats, The Miami Herald reported.

rawstory.com

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FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀  Aug 28, 2018 • 8:08:55pm

re: #213 Interesting Times

Yes! I’ve been waiting for info on how R turnout in this primary compared to previous years (like, it seems to be a trend that they outnumber primary-day Dems, but this year, the margin shrank. Dems can still win with an overwhelming election-day turnout, so that’s what everyone needs to work towards).

There is also a large number of Florida voters that can’t vote in either parties primary

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Blind Frog Belly White  Aug 28, 2018 • 8:13:41pm

I dunno. What do you folks think? Is this rug a bad choice with a Big Brindly Boy?

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gocart mozart  Aug 28, 2018 • 8:16:54pm
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teleskiguy  Aug 28, 2018 • 8:16:58pm
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Dave In Austin  Aug 28, 2018 • 8:21:22pm
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Brian J.  Aug 28, 2018 • 8:21:26pm

On to Arizona! To the Democrats’ dismay, the GOoPers seem likely to nominate their sane candidate for the Senate, Martha McSally. She has 50% of the vote to Kelly “McCain died to hurt my campaign” Ward’s 29% and Joe “Pardon me” Arpaio’s 21%. Which just leaves them to run against McCain’s successor, of course!

David Garcia seems clearly headed for a showdown with Doug Ducey for governor, as expected. Kyrsten Sinema is beating token opposition for the Democratic Senate nomination.

The BernieBros, after winning the big prize of the night, are losing the smaller ones. David Schapira started with the lead in the race for state superintendent for public instruction, but has fallen behind. Brianna Westbrook, having lost the primary for the AZ-8 special election earlier this year, is now losing her state senate primary. LaDawn Stuben is last among three candidates in her state senate race, and Marcus Ferrell is running 6th out of 7 candidates in a state house race. Only Martin Quezada is winning among OR-endorsed candidates in Arizona… and that because he has no primary (or general election) opposition.

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makeitstop  Aug 28, 2018 • 8:21:56pm

re: #216 Blind Frog Belly White

I dunno. What do you folks think? Is this rug a bad choice with a Big Brindly Boy?

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I think half of your dog disappeared.

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teleskiguy  Aug 28, 2018 • 8:22:33pm

Any Los Angeles Lizards feel it?

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Interesting Times  Aug 28, 2018 • 8:23:08pm

Panicked when I saw #earthquake trending in first place, but the Richter reading is reassuring (assuming this isn’t a “pre-shock”…is that a thing?)

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Blind Frog Belly White  Aug 28, 2018 • 8:25:06pm

re: #223 Interesting Times

Panicked when I saw #earthquake trending in first place, but the Richter reading is reassuring (assuming this isn’t a “pre-shock”…is that a thing?)

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Well, it’s either a foreshock or it’s not. So far, the biggest quakes we’ve has since I’ve been here (Loma Prieta, Northridge) came without foreshocks.

So, there’s that.

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Blind Frog Belly White  Aug 28, 2018 • 8:27:12pm

re: #221 makeitstop

I think half of your dog disappeared.

The picture actually understates the extent to which Rango disappears into the rug. Something with the iPhone camera seems to add light.

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teleskiguy  Aug 28, 2018 • 8:27:45pm

re: #224 Blind Frog Belly White

Well, it’s either a foreshock or it’s not. So far, the biggest quakes we’ve has since I’ve been here (Loma Prieta, Northridge) came without foreshocks.

So, there’s that.

Perhaps it’s the nature of the faults? Foreshocks happen at subduction zones, right? Whereas most of California is a network of strike-slip fault lines, which tend to *slip* without warning, yes?

I’m not a geologist.

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Blind Frog Belly White  Aug 28, 2018 • 8:32:03pm

re: #226 teleskiguy

Perhaps it’s the nature of the faults? Foreshocks happen at subduction zones, right? Whereas most of California is a network of strike-slip fault lines, which tend to *slip* without warning, yes?

I’m not a geologist.

As a Biologist, I can tell you …

Well, nothing of any particular value. But yeah - it’s all strike-slip faults here. You want subduction, you gotta go to Oregon/Washington, and the suggestively named Juan de Fuca subduction fault.

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teleskiguy  Aug 28, 2018 • 8:34:56pm

The Really Big One | The New Yorker

Fascinating, and utterly terrifying.

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FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀  Aug 28, 2018 • 8:35:03pm

As expected. And, 1-to-1 polling showed Sinema over McSally, Ward and Arpaio
Though, McSally did much better than the other two

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Blind Frog Belly White  Aug 28, 2018 • 8:37:15pm

re: #228 teleskiguy

The Really Big One | The New Yorker

Fascinating, and utterly terrifying.

I’m a Californian. I simultaneously understand that it will happen and completely deny that it will happen while I’m alive.

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Skip Intro  Aug 28, 2018 • 8:37:23pm

The entire GOP is the party of Trump. They should change their name.

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Ace-o-aces  Aug 28, 2018 • 8:38:36pm
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Kragar  Aug 28, 2018 • 8:38:49pm

re: #230 Blind Frog Belly White

I’m a Californian. I simultaneously understand that it will happen and completely deny that it will happen while I’m alive.

Someday, the Yellowstone caldera will erupt.

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retired cynic  Aug 28, 2018 • 8:38:53pm

re: #231 Skip Intro

The entire GOP is the party of Trump. They should change their name.

Actually, I think he would find that quite acceptable.

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Blind Frog Belly White  Aug 28, 2018 • 8:40:51pm

re: #233 Kragar

Someday, the Yellowstone caldera will erupt.

And then it’s

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teleskiguy  Aug 28, 2018 • 8:41:30pm

re: #233 Kragar

Someday, the Yellowstone caldera will erupt.

Not only is a megathrust earthquake overdue in the Pacific Northwest, we’re way overdue for a catastrophic Yellowstone event.

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gocart mozart  Aug 28, 2018 • 8:42:14pm

re: #182 Interesting Times

Either you have Woods blocked or he has you blocked or more likely, he blocked Cesca

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teleskiguy  Aug 28, 2018 • 8:42:54pm

The blast of a Yellowstone caldera eruption will turn the Grand Tetons into Hoback Mesa instantly.

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Blind Frog Belly White  Aug 28, 2018 • 8:43:20pm

re: #231 Skip Intro

The entire GOP is the party of Trump. They should change their name.

It turns out one good predictor of losing in the GOP primary this year is having criticized Trump over the Access Hollywood tape.

Think about that. Simply criticizing bragging about committing casual sexual assault on multiple occasions is now a Very Bad Thing in the GOP.

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teleskiguy  Aug 28, 2018 • 8:44:31pm

Arizona Republicans aren’t that crazy, I guess.

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FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀  Aug 28, 2018 • 8:44:51pm

Bat dog wants the bat

Instagram

Don’t tease Miss Lou Lou Gehrig like that! 😂

#MiLB (🎥 @gsohoppers )

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Skip Intro  Aug 28, 2018 • 8:44:53pm

re: #234 retired cynic

Actually, I think he would find that quite acceptable.

I just think the media should stop acting like this is some huge surprise. 90% of Republicans support Trump. What do they think that means?

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Blind Frog Belly White  Aug 28, 2018 • 8:45:56pm

re: #239 Blind Frog Belly White

We need to not only defeat these guys in 2018, we need to leave them a smoking hole, so that a new party can emerge, shorn of the racists, fascists, and faux-religious. A party that’s just wrong about every damn thing, but not comprised of actual fucking Nazis.

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Blind Frog Belly White  Aug 28, 2018 • 8:47:10pm

re: #240 teleskiguy

Arizona Republicans aren’t that crazy, I guess.

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I guess Kelli Ward’s “LOOK AT ME!! I’M EVEN CRAZIER THAN JOE ARPAIO!!!” tour didn’t close the deal, huh?

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teleskiguy  Aug 28, 2018 • 8:48:29pm

re: #244 Blind Frog Belly White

I guess Kelli Ward’s “LOOK AT ME!! I’M EVEN CRAZIER THAN JOE ARPAIO!!!” tour didn’t close the deal, huh?

It might have been the “John McCain is dying just to take away the attention from meee!” gaffe she made the day before McCain died. Just spitballin’.

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Blind Frog Belly White  Aug 28, 2018 • 8:49:46pm

re: #245 teleskiguy

It might have been the “John McCain is dying just to take away the attention from meeee!” gaffe she made the day before McCain died. Just spitballin’.

From what I’d heard, she already had a one way ticket to palookaville punched before that. I’d bet that comment didn’t lose her any votes with Trumpkins, though.

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sagehen  Aug 28, 2018 • 8:53:31pm

re: #230 Blind Frog Belly White

I’m a Californian. I simultaneously understand that it will happen and completely deny that it will happen while I’m alive.

And as a Californian, you understand that the greatest defense against earthquakes is in the building codes, which Cali gets right. You’re way safer than most of the country. There’s a fault line on 125th St in Harlem; the last quake there was in 2001, only a 2 point something, but if it ever goes bigger… unreinforced masonry. The devastation would be unimaginable.

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Big Beautiful Door  Aug 28, 2018 • 9:37:19pm

re: #228 teleskiguy

The Really Big One | The New Yorker

Fascinating, and utterly terrifying.

I looked up when the earthquakes occurred. The last time Cascadia was peaceful for a significantly longer time than it currently is was 6,000 years ago. There have been 27 major quakes since then, and the longest interval between them was 345 years, which would indicate to me that a massive earthquake is almost certain to hit the Pacific Northwest in the next 27 years, and in fact could occur at anytime.


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