Astounding Solo Acoustic Guitar by Alexandr Misko: “Wind of Change” (Scorpions)

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Charles Johnson  Sep 2, 2018 • 12:19:24pm
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Backwoods_Sleuth  Sep 2, 2018 • 12:20:20pm

re: #1 Charles Johnson

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and everyone was so mean to Ivanka and Jared at the funeral

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The Major  Sep 2, 2018 • 12:21:33pm

Now there be some damn good guitar work.

OTOH, my current mood:

GUSTAV MAHLER Das Lied von der Erde (Der Abschied) BERNARD HAITINK & ANNA LARSSON

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dangerman  Sep 2, 2018 • 12:26:55pm

re: #1 Charles Johnson

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did i read that trump’s name wasnt mentioned at the funeral?

never mentioned his name. still it’s all about him

gotta be the only guy …

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Hecuba's daughter  Sep 2, 2018 • 12:30:00pm

re: #4 dangerman

did i read that trump’s name wasnt mentioned at the funeral?

never mentioned his name. still it’s all about him

gotta be the only guy …

It’s because everyone knows that someone who praises civility and kindness toward others and loyalty to the Constitution is clearly dissing Trump!!

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Dave In Austin  Sep 2, 2018 • 12:31:17pm
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dangerman  Sep 2, 2018 • 12:36:02pm

re: #6 Dave In Austin

When I owned a bread machine, I never went beyond white bread. I’m in the mood to be a bit more creative. Sourdough, perhaps?

bread doesnt need a machine
dive in
yes - try everything
figure out what you like to make
and eat

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Sep 2, 2018 • 12:37:03pm
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Backwoods_Sleuth  Sep 2, 2018 • 12:40:07pm
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Big Beautiful Door  Sep 2, 2018 • 12:41:40pm

Check out @mattyglesias’s Tweet:

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dangerman  Sep 2, 2018 • 12:43:04pm

re: #9 Backwoods_Sleuth

Paul Manafort’s daughter has filed to officially change her last name, apparently to distance herself from her father in the wake of his criminal conviction

b-b-b-ut he’s being forcibly separated from his family!!!!

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lizardofid  Sep 2, 2018 • 12:43:12pm

re: #9 Backwoods_Sleuth

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In the family vernacular, “it’s just business”.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Sep 2, 2018 • 12:47:36pm
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plansbandc  Sep 2, 2018 • 12:51:12pm

A trumpster called Meghan McCain’s eulogy petty and spiteful. I think there needs to be some kind of new word for that level of idiotic projection.

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Dave In Austin  Sep 2, 2018 • 12:52:33pm

Rain!! Thank you!

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Dave In Austin  Sep 2, 2018 • 12:53:36pm

re: #14 plansbandc

A trumpster called Meghan McCain’s eulogy petty and spiteful. I think there needs to be some kind of new word for that level of idiotic projection.

I find myself using “Failed American” quite a bit lately.

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Charles Johnson  Sep 2, 2018 • 12:55:28pm
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Belafon  Sep 2, 2018 • 12:56:21pm
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Backwoods_Sleuth  Sep 2, 2018 • 12:57:03pm
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JordanRules  Sep 2, 2018 • 12:59:16pm
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Belafon  Sep 2, 2018 • 1:00:53pm

I’m noticing a need among liberal twitter pundits (that’s what I’m going to call Oliver Willis, Rude Pundit, and people at that level of twitter follows) to be see as being outspoken about other people’s reaction of McCain’s eulogy. They really don’t need to tell people it’s time to stop focusing on McCain. Trump will take care of that.

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Belafon  Sep 2, 2018 • 1:02:26pm

re: #19 Backwoods_Sleuth

If his mom can’t save him, he’s going to have to figure it out on his own.

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Charles Johnson  Sep 2, 2018 • 1:05:49pm
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HappyWarrior  Sep 2, 2018 • 1:10:17pm

re: #18 Belafon

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She really is a pathetic hack isn’t she?

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Teddy's Person  Sep 2, 2018 • 1:10:26pm

re: #13 Backwoods_Sleuth

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Good ole Lindsey, “Ask him a question, it glances off, he obfuscates, he dances”

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Teddy's Person  Sep 2, 2018 • 1:11:51pm

re: #14 plansbandc

A trumpster called Meghan McCain’s eulogy petty and spiteful. I think there needs to be some kind of new word for that level of idiotic projection.

idiojection?

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JordanRules  Sep 2, 2018 • 1:13:53pm
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Backwoods_Sleuth  Sep 2, 2018 • 1:14:32pm
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HappyWarrior  Sep 2, 2018 • 1:14:56pm

re: #27 JordanRules

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Little Maria Hari seduced a lot of these idiotic marks didn’t she?.

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Skip Intro  Sep 2, 2018 • 1:15:05pm

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HappyWarrior  Sep 2, 2018 • 1:15:32pm

re: #30 Skip Intro

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Yep.

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JordanRules  Sep 2, 2018 • 1:16:16pm

Todd really should not have this job. He’s not up to the task.

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JordanRules  Sep 2, 2018 • 1:20:34pm

re: #29 HappyWarrior

Little Maria Hari seduced a lot of these idiotic marks didn’t she?.

I dont know, I figure a few of them are in the closet and a few others need no enticement except for the possibility of a fat check.

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HappyWarrior  Sep 2, 2018 • 1:21:20pm

re: #33 JordanRules

I dont know, I figure a few of them are in the closet and a few others need no enticement except for the possibility of a fat check.

True I didn’t just mean sexually. Just seems that she got to a lot of them. Man the conservative movement is easily conned as hell.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Sep 2, 2018 • 1:24:22pm

damnit

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PhillyPretzel  Sep 2, 2018 • 1:27:00pm

re: #35 Backwoods_Sleuth

That stinks.

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BeachDem  Sep 2, 2018 • 1:27:23pm

A thread in which:

Dinesh D’Felon gets owned by just about everyone
Wonkette comes out glorious and probably picked up some new followers
Poor Kevin Kruse has to deal not only with Dinesh D’Idiot but his moron supporters

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JordanRules  Sep 2, 2018 • 1:28:36pm
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HappyWarrior  Sep 2, 2018 • 1:29:40pm

re: #37 BeachDem

A thread in which:

Dinesh D’Felon gets owned by just about everyone
Wonkette comes out glorious and probably picked up some new followers
Poor Kevin Kruse has to deal not only with Dinesh D’Idiot but his moron supporters

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Why does showing the flag being put on the moon matter? When we remember Armstrong going on the moon, we don’t remember the flag. We remember that it was a triumph of humanity. Same thing when the Wrights flew the first plane in Kitty Hawk. Dinesh needs to get the sand out of his asshole and actually focus on important things like why a judge had to call him out for being a shitty person.

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Blind Frog Belly White  Sep 2, 2018 • 1:29:42pm

re: #28 Backwoods_Sleuth

Being called or thought of as racist is one of the worst things most whites can imagine. Not BEING racist, but being CALLED racist. Want to kill a conversation with white people? Drop that word. Otherwise well meaning white folks are so afraid of being CALLED racist that we can’t even examine our feelings and thoughts honestly, lest we find it in ourselves.

But if we never look for it, if we can’t admit it, we can’t stop doing it. First you have to admit it, then you can try to be better.

“But that shit ain’t the truth. The truth is you’re the weak. And I’m the tyranny of evil men. But I’m tryin’, Ringo. I’m tryin’ real hard to be the shepherd.”

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HappyWarrior  Sep 2, 2018 • 1:30:18pm

re: #40 Blind Frog Belly White

Being called or thought of as racist is one of the worst things most whites can imagine. Not BEING racist, but being CALLED racist. Want to kill a conversation with white people? Drop that word. Otherwise well meaning white folks are so afraid of being CALLED racist that we can’t even examine our feelings and thoughts honestly, lest we find it in ourselves.

But if we never look for it, if we can’t admit it, we can’t stop doing it. First you have to admit it, then you can try to be better.

“But that shit ain’t the truth. The truth is you’re the weak. And I’m the tyranny of evil men. But I’m tryin’, Ringo. I’m tryin’ real hard to be the shepherd.”

That’s the damn truth.

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stpaulbear  Sep 2, 2018 • 1:30:51pm

re: #35 Backwoods_Sleuth

Is it an abandoned building? It looks like the windows are all boarded up.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Sep 2, 2018 • 1:30:59pm

just looking for a forever home…

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Belafon  Sep 2, 2018 • 1:31:41pm

re: #38 JordanRules

This is why leaving isn’t always the right choice.

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Blind Frog Belly White  Sep 2, 2018 • 1:31:45pm

re: #43 Backwoods_Sleuth

just looking for a forever home…

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“Did one of you order a new monitor?”

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Sep 2, 2018 • 1:35:01pm

re: #42 stpaulbear

Is it an abandoned building? It looks like the windows are all boarded up.

yes, I think it’s abandoned now. It’s next to the Botanic Gardens and is pretty famous as an Art Deco building.

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JordanRules  Sep 2, 2018 • 1:35:33pm

re: #44 Belafon

This is why leaving isn’t always the right choice.

I personally couldn’t work there but I understand some folks trying to fight the good fight if that’s what they are doing. I also think the regime will find a way around you or eventually fire you so lots of people that stay end up as loyalists.

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JordanRules  Sep 2, 2018 • 1:37:10pm
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Backwoods_Sleuth  Sep 2, 2018 • 1:39:47pm
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Backwoods_Sleuth  Sep 2, 2018 • 1:40:43pm
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ObserverArt  Sep 2, 2018 • 1:40:47pm

re: #1 Charles Johnson

Charles Johnson ✔
@Green_Footballs
I love how conservatives are now trying to make it into an outrage that people dared to compare Donald Trump unfavorably to John McCain. “Ooh ooh the libs are persecuting us again!”

3:18 PM - Sep 2, 2018

So, all the folks that have taken shots at Trump in comparison during McCain’s passing, services, comments, etc. are all liberals?

Cool.

(Work with me…)

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The Vicious Babushka  Sep 2, 2018 • 1:40:51pm

Fox owns itself

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JordanRules  Sep 2, 2018 • 1:44:07pm
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HappyWarrior  Sep 2, 2018 • 1:44:59pm

re: #48 JordanRules

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I didn’t know he was right wing. Always thought he was one of the rare owners that was liberal minded.

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HappyWarrior  Sep 2, 2018 • 1:45:47pm

re: #53 JordanRules

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God I fucking hate CSA fan boys. Don’t tell us you’re patriotic if you worship the CSA.

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stpaulbear  Sep 2, 2018 • 2:02:37pm

Jesus. Amy Klobuchar was on with Chuck Todd this morning so I tried to watch that interview. Amy is always a pretty well balanced interviewee, but Todd’s questions were so insipid that I didn’t even make it 3 minutes into the interview. He’s awful.

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goddamnedfrank  Sep 2, 2018 • 2:03:24pm
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Backwoods_Sleuth  Sep 2, 2018 • 2:04:55pm
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ObserverArt  Sep 2, 2018 • 2:08:26pm

re: #27 JordanRules

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I’m now convinced the reason all of the conservatives have changed their complete stance on Russia is some time in 2014 or a bit later a message went out that Russia was open for business. Not your normal business mind you.

At that time some people must have gotten involved knowing what was coming.

Anyway, along comes Trump and he showed how Russia could be your partner and instead of trying to stop it and hold Trump accountable for using them to help twist the election, they all seemed to want to see how they too could get in on the ground floor.

Lindsey Graham is a good example. Some ‘business’ was done between Russia and Lindsey and now he, like Rand Paul and the July 4th Eight are all in on expanding relations with Russia and backing off on doing anything about the election.

Money to be made, fuck America. Heck, they may have tapped America and Europe out anyway, time to find a new source, no matter what it takes, no matter what it costs…us.

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JordanRules  Sep 2, 2018 • 2:19:55pm
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HappyWarrior  Sep 2, 2018 • 2:21:29pm

re: #60 JordanRules

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Hate to see a publication like that go down while rags like NRO remain in print.

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dangerman  Sep 2, 2018 • 2:22:20pm

re: #43 Backwoods_Sleuth

just looking for a forever home…

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This monitor lizard story is my little town
About 2 miles
Dangerous lizards out there

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JordanRules  Sep 2, 2018 • 2:23:57pm

re: #61 HappyWarrior

Hate to see a publication like that go down while rags like NRO remain in print.

It really sucks!
Social media then becomes really important to many of these displaced writers and investigators.

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Belafon  Sep 2, 2018 • 2:26:22pm

re: #61 HappyWarrior

Hate to see a publication like that go down while rags like NRO remain in print.

It would be nice if there were more liberal wealthy people propping up publications like conservatives like to do.

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HappyWarrior  Sep 2, 2018 • 2:28:04pm

re: #64 Belafon

It would be nice if there were more liberal wealthy people propping up publications like conservatives like to do.

I know. I appreciate Tom Steyer’s ads but I wish he’d use his money on print media. I don’t want a lefty FNC that is mindless but I would love a strong left wing print media presence.

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Nyet  Sep 2, 2018 • 2:30:24pm

Plz report.

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wrenchwench  Sep 2, 2018 • 2:32:56pm

re: #62 dangerman

This monitor lizard story is my little town
About 2 miles
Dangerous lizards out there

Do they bite? I know they can do damage, but those aren’t dangerous the way some reptiles can be, are they? That one was so beautiful. (I know, that’s how they lower your defenses, then they get you!)

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ObserverArt  Sep 2, 2018 • 2:34:00pm

re: #56 stpaulbear

Jesus. Amy Klobuchar was on with Chuck Todd this morning so I tried to watch that interview. Amy is always a pretty well balanced interviewee, but Todd’s questions were so insipid that I didn’t even make it 3 minutes into the interview. He’s awful.

I think Chuck Todd has gotten worse. I think the split in this country is too much for a wimp like him. He is befuddled by this political atmosphere and doesn’t have the chops to handle it.

Plus, he spends more time on how he wants to deliver one of his questions. He has worked so hard to phrase it, he comes up lame and trite. He tries to be cutesy when direct and to the point is best.

And he is terrible at comeback/follow up questions. All he has are his over-thought and prepared questions. A string statement from his guest seems to shut him up because he accepts it. So, he moves to the next ‘great’ question.

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sagehen  Sep 2, 2018 • 2:37:15pm

re: #57 goddamnedfrank

Claustrophobic introvert nightmare fuel

People with bad knees, shoulders, arthritis or any other joint problems are also made nauseous by this image.

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JordanRules  Sep 2, 2018 • 2:37:47pm

Nom

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FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀  Sep 2, 2018 • 2:39:27pm

re: #70 JordanRules

Dude should move to the middle of a large city, and never leave.
Also, never, ever, go to the Zoo

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sagehen  Sep 2, 2018 • 2:39:38pm

re: #61 HappyWarrior

Hate to see a publication like that go down while rags like NRO remain in print.

Liberal and neutral publications have to be self-supporting. “Conservative” and right-wing media has is supported by ideologues.

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A Cranky One  Sep 2, 2018 • 2:39:41pm

re: #70 JordanRules

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Nom

It’s nature’s way of telling you…

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sagehen  Sep 2, 2018 • 2:40:59pm

re: #70 JordanRules

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Nom

God hates him.

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Eclectic Cyborg  Sep 2, 2018 • 2:41:52pm

re: #74 sagehen

God hates him.

Either that or he really needs a new cologne.

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Belafon  Sep 2, 2018 • 2:41:59pm
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JordanRules  Sep 2, 2018 • 2:47:30pm

Thread…

YouTube is terrifying to me especially because it kinda just keeps dangerously chugging along in the shadows compared to how much more people know about and fight back against the horrible dynamics on the other platforms.

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plansbandc  Sep 2, 2018 • 2:50:14pm

re: #71 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀

I’m thinking never ever go anywhere. But, no doubt, he’ll be sleeping in his warm safe bed and will get bitten by a Brown Recluse. It’s like that character in the Pebbles and Bam Bam cartoon with the cloud perpetually over his head (Badluck Schleprock). There’s really no escape.

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Eclectic Cyborg  Sep 2, 2018 • 2:51:02pm

I use youtube mostly for video game longplays, cat videos, news clips, Simpsons clips and music videos.

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stpaulbear  Sep 2, 2018 • 2:55:40pm

re: #79 Eclectic Cyborg

I use youtube mostly for video game longplays, cat videos, news clips, Simpsons clips and music videos.

I watch a lot of documentaries on YouTube and you really have to check the name of the poster before clicking on anything, especially science and history clicks. Any name that includes the word ‘truth’ is likely to be complete conspiracy bullshit.

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unproven innocence  Sep 2, 2018 • 3:00:51pm

Malware is getting too damn political. I have to wonder if this might be another of Putin’s strategies to provide support to Trump by enraging his base.

Barack Obama’s Blackmail Virus Ransomware Only Encrypts .EXE Files
By Lawrence Abrams September 2, 2018 02:16 PM

Every once in a while you come across a really strange malware and such is the case with a new ransomware that only encrypts .EXE files on a computer. It then displays a screen with a picture of President Obama that asks for a “tip” to decrypt the files.

Link is to a very reputable security site. Bolding added.

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ObserverArt  Sep 2, 2018 • 3:02:00pm

re: #73 A Cranky One

It’s nature’s way of telling you…

Upding just for the lyric! One of my favorite ol’ albums.

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dangerman  Sep 2, 2018 • 3:04:26pm

re: #67 wrenchwench

Do they bite? I know they can do damage, but those aren’t dangerous the way some reptiles can be, are they? That one was so beautiful. (I know, that’s how they lower your defenses, then they get you!)

no idea

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Belafon  Sep 2, 2018 • 3:11:38pm

re: #67 wrenchwench

Do they bite? I know they can do damage, but those aren’t dangerous the way some reptiles can be, are they? That one was so beautiful. (I know, that’s how they lower your defenses, then they get you!)

Yes: earthsfriends.com

One important comment in this article: They cannot be tamed.

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SteelPH  Sep 2, 2018 • 3:15:56pm

re: #79 Eclectic Cyborg

I use youtube mostly for video game longplays, cat videos, news clips, Simpsons clips and music videos.

I post my game streams to youtube if you wanna check those out. [/shamelessplug]
//

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Stanley Sea  Sep 2, 2018 • 3:18:12pm

re: #84 Belafon

Yes: earthsfriends.com

One important comment in this article: They cannot be tamed.

or

Monitor lizards differ from most other known species of lizards in that they have a high metabolism. This means they must be fed more often than other lizards. In fact, while they are referred to as “lizards,” monitors are thought to be most closely related to snakes. They are considered rather intelligent and have even shown the ability to count as high as 6.

wheee

Keep a sharp eye out dangerman.

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mmmirele  Sep 2, 2018 • 3:22:50pm

re: #73 A Cranky One

It’s nature’s way of telling you…

Nature’s telling him he’s quite tasty.

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wrenchwench  Sep 2, 2018 • 3:26:51pm

re: #83 dangerman

no idea

OK, the homeowners are concerned about their 2 and 4 year olds. That makes sense. And it’s OK to tell kids of that age that this is a thing to avoid. But calling it scary among adults puts the pretty lizard in unnecessary danger.

re: #84 Belafon

Yes: earthsfriends.com

One important comment in this article: They cannot be tamed.

I read almost the whole thing. I would not recommend any lizard as a pet, but I think being so scared of an escaped ‘pet’ could be an overreaction. Unless it has diarrhea, apparently.

I am exhibiting my pro-lizard biases, I think.

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goddamnedfrank  Sep 2, 2018 • 3:26:54pm
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Ace Rothstein  Sep 2, 2018 • 3:30:24pm

I am now officially a homeowner (I bought a condo). I closed on Thursday and moved in this morning. Does this mean I’m a grown-up now at 47?

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Eclectic Cyborg  Sep 2, 2018 • 3:32:57pm

re: #85 SteelPH

I post my game streams to youtube if you wanna check those out. [/shamelessplug]
//

Cool!

I usually go for retro stuff but these look interesting. I wish I was set up to do a few streams of my own.

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Belafon  Sep 2, 2018 • 3:33:25pm

The big reason Trump and the GOP are going after Ohr:

As the Balloon Juice article points out, going after the IC is causing them to leak more information.

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Eclectic Cyborg  Sep 2, 2018 • 3:33:57pm

re: #90 Ace Rothstein

I am now officially a homeowner (I bought a condo). I closed on Thursday and moved in this morning. Does this mean I’m a grown-up now at 47?

Depends. How many dolls Action Figures do you own?

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wrenchwench  Sep 2, 2018 • 3:34:05pm

re: #90 Ace Rothstein

I am now officially a homeowner (I bought a condo). I closed on Thursday and moved in this morning. Does this mean I’m a grown-up now at 47?

Either that, or you’re doing a pretty good imitation. Hard to tell the difference.

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unproven innocence  Sep 2, 2018 • 3:34:18pm

re: #90 Ace Rothstein

I am now officially a homeowner (I bought a condo). I closed on Thursday and moved in this morning. Does this mean I’m a grown-up now at 47?

Of course not. But congrats anyway, and be mindful of your local property tax, if any.

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Ace Rothstein  Sep 2, 2018 • 3:38:41pm

re: #95 unproven innocence

Oh, it’s 2.49% lol.

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William Lewis  Sep 2, 2018 • 3:38:55pm

re: #76 Belafon

Mr. Woolery might do well to remember this little passage. I prefer the Matthew 26 telling:

Now while Jesus was at Bethany in the house of Simon the leper,[a] 7 a woman came to him with an alabaster jar of very costly ointment, and she poured it on his head as he sat at the table. 8 But when the disciples saw it, they were angry and said, “Why this waste? 9 For this ointment could have been sold for a large sum, and the money given to the poor.” 10 But Jesus, aware of this, said to them, “Why do you trouble the woman? She has performed a good service for me. 11 For you always have the poor with you, but you will not always have me. 12 By pouring this ointment on my body she has prepared me for burial. 13 Truly I tell you, wherever this good news[b] is proclaimed in the whole world, what she has done will be told in remembrance of her.”

(Bold added)

So in a very real sense he did have a very profound, beautiful and expensive funeral as well as being blessed enough by his father to be present in this world for it.

Now, the one who built his message on love understands what people need to do when we lose those we love. He would encourage us rather than be offended by us. Because, unlike you lost in the sin of your jealousy Mr. Woolery, He loves everyone.

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Belafon  Sep 2, 2018 • 3:38:58pm

re: #90 Ace Rothstein

I am now officially a homeowner (I bought a condo). I closed on Thursday and moved in this morning. Does this mean I’m a grown-up now at 47?

xkcd.com

You should talk to the girl down the hall; I think you’d like her. Lemme know if you find out why she’s ordering all those colored plastic balls.

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Unshaken Defiance  Sep 2, 2018 • 3:41:30pm

Anyone doing something extra good for dinner? Marinating chicken thighs all day. Going to sear them then finish in chardonnay with green onions. Thinking about sides…

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FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀  Sep 2, 2018 • 3:41:36pm

Christmas can’t come soon enough

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Belafon  Sep 2, 2018 • 3:43:37pm

re: #100 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀

Christmas can’t come soon enough

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What a strange version of Guardians of the Galaxy.

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William Lewis  Sep 2, 2018 • 3:47:57pm

re: #99 Unshaken Defiance

Anyone doing something extra good for dinner? Marinating chicken thighs all day. Going to sear them then finish in chardonnay with green onions. Thinking about sides…

Cheap Kwik Trip pizza tonight. good enough.

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Eclectic Cyborg  Sep 2, 2018 • 3:51:18pm

re: #99 Unshaken Defiance

Anyone doing something extra good for dinner? Marinating chicken thighs all day. Going to sear them then finish in chardonnay with green onions. Thinking about sides…

BBQ pulled pork, mac and cheese and green beans.

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plansbandc  Sep 2, 2018 • 3:52:19pm

re: #99 Unshaken Defiance

I wish to eat this. When should I come over?

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Unshaken Defiance  Sep 2, 2018 • 3:54:34pm

re: #104 plansbandc

Limited seating but the good news is the recipe is in LGF cookbook 2. Chardonnay Chicken.

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Charles Johnson  Sep 2, 2018 • 4:03:46pm
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can't think of a decent username  Sep 2, 2018 • 4:07:20pm

re: #98 Belafon

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That’s the xkcd that speaks to me the most. I’m like that all the time.

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wrenchwench  Sep 2, 2018 • 4:13:13pm

re: #106 Charles Johnson

[René Magritte at work in his living room, 1964.]

Artist with poorly stretched canvass holds it together with a pool cue while painting Birdy McBirdface

Sorry René. Seemed funny when I thought of it.

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CarolJ  Sep 2, 2018 • 4:14:04pm

re: #95 unproven innocence

Congrats. People don’t speak up enough of the benefits of owning a condo. I’ve owned one for 12 years. I don’t worry about either yard maintenance or a rise in rent. (Condo fees are another story). And if I leave, I can sell and actually get some money back. Plus I can pretty much decorate the place as I want (wall colors, flooring, whatever). And because I owned my place, I was able to take advantage of both HARP and a program that paid my mortgage to retain my home during a hard stretch back in 2010.

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The Vicious Babushka  Sep 2, 2018 • 4:16:05pm

re: #99 Unshaken Defiance

Anyone doing something extra good for dinner? Marinating chicken thighs all day. Going to sear them then finish in chardonnay with green onions. Thinking about sides…

London Broil cut into chunks & grilled on skewers, corn on the cob & green salad.

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Sufficient unto the day...  Sep 2, 2018 • 4:16:10pm

re: #100 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀

File this in the “IF ONE MORE GODDAMN PERSON SAYS ANYTHING ABOUT A FUCKING E-MAIL SERVER” file…

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HappyWarrior  Sep 2, 2018 • 4:17:13pm

re: #110 The Vicious Babushka

London Broil cut into chunks & grilled on skewers, corn on the cob & green salad.

That sounds good.
We did shrimp cocktail, corn on the cob, and coleslaw with German chocolate cake for dessert.

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CarolJ  Sep 2, 2018 • 4:18:18pm

re: #110 The Vicious Babushka

Can I ask about the ingredients for the marinade?

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ObserverArt  Sep 2, 2018 • 4:22:10pm

re: #106 Charles Johnson

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Nice image Charles.

You do not see a lot of fine arts painters using a mahl stick like that.

Sign painters, hand lettering painters, some pin stripers and the like use them.

A totally analog tool!

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Unshaken Defiance  Sep 2, 2018 • 4:24:20pm
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Skip Intro  Sep 2, 2018 • 4:26:11pm

re: #100 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀

Christmas can’t come soon enough

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Is that what she’s waiting for?

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wrenchwench  Sep 2, 2018 • 4:28:42pm

re: #114 ObserverArt

Nice image Charles.

You do not see a lot of fine arts painters using a mahl stick like that.

Sign painters, hand lettering painters, some pin stripers and the like use them.

A totally analog tool!

OK, I looked up mahl stick. Now I know what he’s doing.

That’s probably not Birdy McBirdface, either.

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unproven innocence  Sep 2, 2018 • 4:28:42pm

re: #90 Ace Rothstein

One more thing, with the address change, update your voter registration soon, ok?

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goddamnedfrank  Sep 2, 2018 • 4:29:44pm

re: #109 CarolJ

Congrats. People don’t speak up enough of the benefits of owning a condo. I’ve owned one for 12 years. I don’t worry about either yard maintenance or a rise in rent. (Condo fees are another story). And if I leave, I can sell and actually get some money back. Plus I can pretty much decorate the place as I want (wall colors, flooring, whatever). And because I owned my place, I was able to take advantage of both HARP and a program that paid my mortgage to retain my home during a hard stretch back in 2010.

The only drawback is HOA politics, which are a total crapshoot. Like all forms of politics the people you really want to be involved are usually smart enough not to.

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Unshaken Defiance  Sep 2, 2018 • 4:29:53pm

re: #113 CarolJ

Can I ask about the ingredients for the marinade?

Maybe that’s for me? 4 thighs.-Two heaping tablespoons of a dry rub, sage, onion, garlic, pepper. Six ounces or so Paul Newmans Italian dressing. A half glass of leftover red wine. All into a storage baggie all day.

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jeffreyw  Sep 2, 2018 • 4:32:15pm

re: #99 Unshaken Defiance

Anyone doing something extra good for dinner? Marinating chicken thighs all day. Going to sear them then finish in chardonnay with green onions. Thinking about sides…

Imgur

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wheat-dogg  Sep 2, 2018 • 4:32:51pm

re: #84 Belafon

Yes: earthsfriends.com

One important comment in this article: They cannot be tamed.

They cannot be reasoned with.

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Patricia Kayden  Sep 2, 2018 • 4:33:28pm

re: #30 Skip Intro

Actually the idiots who keep voting for Republicans are responsible. I blame the voters.

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ObserverArt  Sep 2, 2018 • 4:35:59pm

re: #117 wrenchwench

OK, I looked up mahl stick. Now I know what he’s doing.

That’s probably not Birdy McBirdface, either.

His use is probably to allow him to work while some of the oil paint is still wet and you can’t get your hand anywhere near the surface and the paint or you mess it all up. It also helps stabilize the hand if you have some nerve jitters.

In sign painting, lettering and the like if you are good, (I’m not trained, I have just seen it used, it’s tricky) you can do straight lines and even nice gentle curves if you know how to pivot the stick and move your hand at the same time.

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FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀  Sep 2, 2018 • 4:37:20pm
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goddamnedfrank  Sep 2, 2018 • 4:40:05pm

re: #121 jeffreyw

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Not fair Jeffrey, you’re permanently banned from the amateur plate competition for juicing!

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William Lewis  Sep 2, 2018 • 4:41:06pm

re: #125 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀

Is this what could be called Nasty McNasty?

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goddamnedfrank  Sep 2, 2018 • 4:42:20pm
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jeffreyw  Sep 2, 2018 • 4:42:45pm

re: #126 goddamnedfrank

Not fair Jeffrey, you’re permanently banned from the amateur plate competition for juicing!

Not juice! Is tea!

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Eclectic Cyborg  Sep 2, 2018 • 4:42:48pm

re: #125 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀

NOPE.

I have my limits when it comes to Oreos and they have been reached.

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HappyWarrior  Sep 2, 2018 • 4:44:39pm

re: #125 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀

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Cookies should always be sweet, damnit.

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Blind Frog Belly White  Sep 2, 2018 • 4:45:27pm

You’d think, with one dog who disappears into the rug, we’d have learned our lesson.

But no. We got a puppy who disappears into the kitchen floor….

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Patricia Kayden  Sep 2, 2018 • 4:46:32pm
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Colère Tueur de Lapin  Sep 2, 2018 • 4:46:46pm

re: #121 jeffreyw

A side of steak with chicken?

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wheat-dogg  Sep 2, 2018 • 4:47:19pm

Coulda been worse. Coulda been centipedes.

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wheat-dogg  Sep 2, 2018 • 4:51:57pm

It seems there’s a website that purports to tell emo-cons that they are shadow banned.

Shatner is not shadow banned. And his comment is priceline priceless.

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HappyWarrior  Sep 2, 2018 • 4:52:02pm

re: #133 Patricia Kayden

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You’re not funny, Mike. BTW it’s not like they tried to say the CSA wasn’t about slavery.

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jeffreyw  Sep 2, 2018 • 4:55:42pm

re: #134 Colère Tueur de Lapin

Anyone doing something extra good for dinner?

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wrenchwench  Sep 2, 2018 • 4:57:02pm

re: #132 Blind Frog Belly White

You’d think, with one dog who disappears into the rug, we’d have learned our lesson.

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Red and orange floors would solve that.

Our cats blend it with the carpet, which was scientifically designed for use in rentals. You can spill anything on it, and it visually disappears. Then you step in it.

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Jay C  Sep 2, 2018 • 4:58:09pm

re: #90 Ace Rothstein

I am now officially a homeowner (I bought a condo). I closed on Thursday and moved in this morning. Does this mean I’m a grown-up now at 47?

Naaah, man: you’re only an “adult” when you start acting your age…..

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Charles Johnson  Sep 2, 2018 • 4:58:31pm
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HappyWarrior  Sep 2, 2018 • 5:01:30pm

re: #141 Charles Johnson

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She believed a family legend. Meanwhile Marco Rubio for years claimed his parents fled Castro.

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Blind Frog Belly White  Sep 2, 2018 • 5:02:27pm

re: #142 HappyWarrior

She believed a family legend. Meanwhile Marco Rubio for years claimed his parents fled Castro.

Fucking Trump claimed his family was Swedish.

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TedStriker  Sep 2, 2018 • 5:03:22pm

re: #143 Blind Frog Belly White

Fucking Trump claimed his family was Swedish.

Swedish?

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wrenchwench  Sep 2, 2018 • 5:05:14pm

re: #135 wheat-dogg

Coulda been worse. Coulda been centipedes.

[TIME TO UPDATE THE OL’ ENEMIES LIST

it now includes CATERPILLARS

get ready to hear the tale of my date last night, which was a FUCKING NIGHTMARE]

I was ready to go into my ‘defending caterpillars’ mode, but I read the thread. She’s ok. That saved me from having to post this, which I will do anyway.

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HappyWarrior  Sep 2, 2018 • 5:06:15pm

re: #143 Blind Frog Belly White

Fucking Trump claimed his family was Swedish.

Yep and both were more recent than Warren. Warren believed a family legend. Every family has them. Ours was that my grandpa’s cousins were Partisans in the Balkans. Only got it verified talking to a Slovene cousin.

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Jay C  Sep 2, 2018 • 5:07:13pm

re: #99 Unshaken Defiance

Anyone doing something extra good for dinner? Marinating chicken thighs all day. Going to sear them then finish in chardonnay with green onions. Thinking about sides…

Having to leave the country for the City v. soon, so lobster and fresh corn.
Not that one can’t get lobsters in NY, they just seem to taste better outside city limits.
The corn, though: the local (So. Berkshires) markets get their eating corn from this one farm in Stephentown, NY: nothing like it elsewhere. THIS we will miss.

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William Lewis  Sep 2, 2018 • 5:09:19pm

Current Mood:

Joey’s On The Streets Again | LIVE | The Boomtown Rats | 1978

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Sufficient unto the day...  Sep 2, 2018 • 5:15:29pm

So…after GooberGate, now we have ComicsGlop…a dispatch from THAT war follows…

Neil Gaiman, for the non-comics fans en.wikipedia.org

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Belafon  Sep 2, 2018 • 5:25:30pm

re: #145 wrenchwench

I was ready to go into my ‘defending caterpillars’ mode, but I read the thread. She’s ok. That saved me from having to post this, which I will do anyway.

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Think about the kind of God that would design these things.

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Unshaken Defiance  Sep 2, 2018 • 5:28:41pm

Hate annoying voiceovers?

Facebook Post

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Barefoot Grin  Sep 2, 2018 • 5:34:34pm

re: #141 Charles Johnson

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Good article. You know she’s good when she triggers extreme loonies. The comments are filled with the rantings of people who didn’t read the article.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Sep 2, 2018 • 5:41:01pm

re: #135 wheat-dogg

Coulda been worse. Coulda been centipedes.

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This is why I love twitter

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austin_blue  Sep 2, 2018 • 5:41:59pm

re: #15 Dave In Austin

Rain!! Thank you!

Not a drop in the ‘04.

But good for you guys!

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jaunte  Sep 2, 2018 • 5:48:11pm

re: #149 Sufficient unto the day…

So…after GooberGate, now we have ComicsGlop…a dispatch from THAT war follows…

Yet another conservative feeling victimized because people not like him are getting to write stuff and make things.
twitter.com

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Patricia Kayden  Sep 2, 2018 • 5:53:33pm
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sagehen  Sep 2, 2018 • 5:55:02pm

re: #135 wheat-dogg

Coulda been worse. Coulda been centipedes.

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Charles Johnson  Sep 2, 2018 • 5:55:30pm
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Patricia Kayden  Sep 2, 2018 • 5:58:06pm
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unproven innocence  Sep 2, 2018 • 6:00:40pm

Proposed US law would require President to act against overseas hackers
31 Aug 2018 by Danny Bradbury
Excerpts:

US senators from both sides of the house have announced a bill that would force the President to act against overseas hackers found targeting the US, or explain why he hadn’t.

Senators Cory Gardner (R-CO) and Chris Coons (D-DE) announced the Cyber Deterrence and Response Act (S.3378) this week.

The bill explicitly calls out election tampering, which has become an increasingly critical problem for the US, citing as an infraction:

Interfering with or undermining election processes or institutions by tampering with, altering, or causing misappropriation of data.

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Eclectic Cyborg  Sep 2, 2018 • 6:08:10pm

re: #160 unproven innocence

It’s not going to happen. The GOP is going to leave us wide open to attack because Russian fuckery is their only chance of not getting massively slapped around in the midterms.

I hope it backfires on them.

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Dave In Austin  Sep 2, 2018 • 6:10:59pm

re: #154 austin_blue

.07 after a hard morning of watering.

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jaunte  Sep 2, 2018 • 6:13:34pm
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nowherenorth2  Sep 2, 2018 • 6:18:15pm

re: #158 Charles Johnson

Love that band. Dave Witte was the touring drummer for a hot minutr

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William Lewis  Sep 2, 2018 • 6:20:03pm

re: #158 Charles Johnson

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fight? no, but I will say check out the Muncie Girls for another great unknown band

here’s their new single:

Muncie Girls - Clinic (Official Music Video)

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Charles Johnson  Sep 2, 2018 • 6:24:09pm
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Charles Johnson  Sep 2, 2018 • 6:24:37pm
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dangerman  Sep 2, 2018 • 6:30:51pm

re: #156 Patricia Kayden

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In a futile attempt to save his failed presidency* and avoid inevitable criminal prosecution, @realDonaldTrump is escalating his denials of established reality. Dangerous behavior given the thousands who will believe his lies without question

the effing president of the United states

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Anymouse 🌹  Sep 2, 2018 • 6:31:10pm

Well, for whatever it’s worth, I just appeared on television in Denver. Now they know what I look like around here.

thedenverchannel.com

Today, Taps was played across the nation at the precise moment Senator John McCain was laid to rest.

Here in Denver, our convention at the Brown Palace was the group which performed Taps in Denver. (The organiser of the convention is playing Taps, the other two veterans in our group are rendering hand salutes, most of the rest of the crowd is also from our group.)

I’m on a short break between meetings.

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TedStriker  Sep 2, 2018 • 6:34:42pm

re: #169 Anymouse 🌹

Well, for whatever it’s worth, I just appeared on television in Denver. Now they know what I look like around here.

thedenverchannel.com

Today, Taps was played across the nation at the precise moment Senator John McCain was laid to rest.

Here in Denver, our convention at the Brown Palace was the group which performed Taps in Denver. (The organiser of the convention is playing Taps, the other two veterans in our group are rendering hand salutes, most of the rest of the crowd is also from our group.)

I’m on a short break between meetings.

You know this is gnawing incessantly on what passes for Agolf Twitler’s coal-black soul…

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Patricia Kayden  Sep 2, 2018 • 6:36:26pm
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jaunte  Sep 2, 2018 • 6:37:15pm
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JordanRules  Sep 2, 2018 • 6:43:07pm

Thread…

This is a catastrophic loss.

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Patricia Kayden  Sep 2, 2018 • 6:43:50pm

re: #173 JordanRules

That’s awful.

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retired cynic  Sep 2, 2018 • 6:45:23pm

re: #173 JordanRules

Thread…

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This is a catastrophic loss.

OMG!

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451_Montag  Sep 2, 2018 • 6:49:05pm

It’s on the local news. Very old building, right next to the zoo. Looks like it will be gone. :(

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Anymouse 🌹  Sep 2, 2018 • 6:49:50pm

re: #170 TedStriker

You know this is gnawing incessantly on what passes for Agolf Twitler’s coal-black soul…

I hope it ruins his golf score.

Outside of the ring of our group, there were a whole bunch of other people on 16th Street who stopped and gave a moment of respect for Sen. McCain.

Well, off to the next meeting.

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Patricia Kayden  Sep 2, 2018 • 6:50:25pm
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JordanRules  Sep 2, 2018 • 6:51:08pm

re: #178 Patricia Kayden

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mmmirele  Sep 2, 2018 • 6:51:53pm

re: #115 Unshaken Defiance

Now if that isn’t a metaphor for our times. I thought, when I saw that picture earlier, that he was holding a Bible in his left hand and covering the camera lens with his right. Biut I wasn’t for sure. Now, I can definitely see it’s a Bible, because the ribbon page marker is hanging down from it.

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JordanRules  Sep 2, 2018 • 6:53:31pm

re: #180 mmmirele

It looks like a Bible though I have seen journals with those ribbons.

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Charles Johnson  Sep 2, 2018 • 6:54:25pm
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retired cynic  Sep 2, 2018 • 7:01:26pm

re: #182 Charles Johnson

snork

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Charles Johnson  Sep 2, 2018 • 7:07:30pm
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Charles Johnson  Sep 2, 2018 • 7:10:30pm
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retired cynic  Sep 2, 2018 • 7:13:08pm

re: #185 Charles Johnson

Well, they are off work tomorrow, so they can spend their waking hours trying to figure that out! If we’re lucky, they’ll lose themselves in the labyrinth, and never come out, and never be seen again.

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Skip Intro  Sep 2, 2018 • 7:15:28pm

re: #185 Charles Johnson

Surely this is a Poe.

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jaunte  Sep 2, 2018 • 7:17:53pm

We’re going to need a full gym floor, a case of assorted colored tape, and some mescaline.

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ObserverArt  Sep 2, 2018 • 7:20:06pm

re: #188 jaunte

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We’re going to need a full gym floor, a case of assorted colored tape, and some mescaline.

Can I just get the mescaline?

kthnx.

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calochortus  Sep 2, 2018 • 7:21:06pm

re: #99 Unshaken Defiance

Anyone doing something extra good for dinner? Marinating chicken thighs all day. Going to sear them then finish in chardonnay with green onions. Thinking about sides…

I got really fresh, wild-caught salmon at the farmers’ market this morning. Extortionate price, but totally worth it. Sear-roasted it and served it with a shallot/rosemary beurre blanc, brown rice and corn on the cob (also from farmers’ market.) Dessert was a blueberry cobbler. I’m still in a deliciousness-induced haze. ;)

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retired cynic  Sep 2, 2018 • 7:22:35pm

re: #187 Skip Intro

Surely this is a Poe.

But they can’t risk it. It must be deciphered, just on the chance it might be right! //

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TedStriker  Sep 2, 2018 • 7:24:00pm

re: #185 Charles Johnson

Below is the QWorld map which took years in the making. The most important document you will ever come across. Please share & spread awareness. It’s time the people receive their deserved hidden truths. It’s time to break free from tyranny & enslavement. #Qanon #TheGreatAwakening pic.twitter.com

— QNN: Qanon News Network (@realQNN) September 1, 2018

re: #188 jaunte

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We’re going to need a full gym floor, a case of assorted colored tape, and some mescaline.

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Unshaken Defiance  Sep 2, 2018 • 7:29:12pm

re: #190 calochortus

Oh that sounds excellent. Just back from my kitchen. Mrs Defiance made potato salad. Sauteed spinach next then we dig in.

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danarchy  Sep 2, 2018 • 7:29:36pm

re: #132 Blind Frog Belly White

You’d think, with one dog who disappears into the rug, we’d have learned our lesson.

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At least when they shed it wont show too badly.

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retired cynic  Sep 2, 2018 • 7:29:45pm

re: #190 calochortus

I got really fresh, wild-caught salmon at the farmers’ market this morning. Extortionate price, but totally worth it. Sear-roasted it and served it with a shallot/rosemary beurre blanc, brown rice and corn on the cob (also from farmers’ market.) Dessert was a blueberry cobbler. I’m still in a deliciousness-induced haze. ;)

heaven

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The Vicious Babushka  Sep 2, 2018 • 7:36:32pm

I have to start thinking about what I’m going to make for Rosh Hashanah next week. Tomorrow is challah baking day. I have to pick out a brisket recipe. Butternut squash kugel. Apple strudel.

It’s just me & Z for the holiday, we’re gonna need some help eating all this stuff.

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calochortus  Sep 2, 2018 • 7:38:29pm

re: #196 The Vicious Babushka

If only we lived closer…

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The Vicious Babushka  Sep 2, 2018 • 7:41:18pm

A brisket is way too much for 2 people. I’ll get the brisket for Sukkos when some of the family is coming.

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dangerman  Sep 2, 2018 • 7:41:39pm

re: #100 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀

Christmas can’t come soon enough

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Omarosa taped nearly every conversation she had while working in the W.H., including ones with “all of the Trumps,” a source who watched her make many of the tapes tells Axios. Omarosa did this with a personal phone, almost always on record mode

For as long as she did

And not one of them ever knew till she revealed it

Every single one of them is a security risk/nightmare

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Sep 2, 2018 • 7:41:59pm
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dangerman  Sep 2, 2018 • 7:42:46pm

re: #99 Unshaken Defiance

Anyone doing something extra good for dinner? Marinating chicken thighs all day. Going to sear them then finish in chardonnay with green onions. Thinking about sides…

Pad woon sen
+Kirin

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Deep State SuperElite Satinist  Sep 2, 2018 • 7:42:52pm

re: #158 Charles Johnson

Saw Melt Banana 24(!) years ago; they were amazing …

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dangerman  Sep 2, 2018 • 7:45:35pm

re: #109 CarolJ

Congrats. People don’t speak up enough of the benefits of owning a condo. I’ve owned one for 12 years. I don’t worry about either yard maintenance or a rise in rent. (Condo fees are another story). And if I leave, I can sell and actually get some money back. Plus I can pretty much decorate the place as I want (wall colors, flooring, whatever). And because I owned my place, I was able to take advantage of both HARP and a program that paid my mortgage to retain my home during a hard stretch back in 2010.

Is it your grass? Are you allowed to yell “get off my lawn”?

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William Lewis  Sep 2, 2018 • 7:48:57pm

re: #196 The Vicious Babushka

If only I could help eat that…

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Single-handed sailor  Sep 2, 2018 • 7:52:09pm
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The Vicious Babushka  Sep 2, 2018 • 8:04:14pm

I think I will make a flanken pot roast.

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Ace Rothstein  Sep 2, 2018 • 8:11:00pm

re: #206 The Vicious Babushka

I think I will make a flanken pot roast.

I think you should make enough for all of us. Chop, chop.

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William Lewis  Sep 2, 2018 • 8:14:31pm

re: #206 The Vicious Babushka

I think I will make a flanken pot roast.

That makes me drool just thinking about it. I dearly love pot roast (my father always had Friday night off so he would cook and pot roast was his signature dish, especially if he had time for the Yorkshire pudding to go with it.) While I am sure your recipie would be very different, I am also certain it would be delightful.

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jaunte  Sep 2, 2018 • 8:15:07pm

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Shiplord Kirel, Friend of Moose and Squirrel  Sep 2, 2018 • 8:17:00pm

re: #188 jaunte

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We’re going to need a full gym floor, a case of assorted colored tape, and some mescaline.

I’ve suspected; no, believed; for many years that the conspiracy culture was rooted in the 60s/70s drug culture. To anyone who was around then, and not too stoned to pay attention, this is obvious.
The many “hip” preachers who came along in the 70s to minister to, and exploit, the unwashed hippie masses then served as a vector for transferring conspiracism to, first, the Pentecostal movement, with the rest of conservative Christianity infected by the late 70s.
I first heard about the secret national tunnel network, recently championed by Alex Jones, from a Pentecostal preacher in 1978. The preacher also warned of secret gummint plans to round up and massacre Christians. He even knew about the secret spraying of mind-control chemicals, though not specifically from aircraft, and the similar contamination of food supplies.
This anti-government aspect dovetailed nicely with an existing conspiracist sub-culture from a completely different source, the John Birch Society. Alex Jones and the Trump administration are the natural offspring of this unholy marriage.
When they say “years in the making, they are not kidding.”

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jaunte  Sep 2, 2018 • 8:24:49pm

re: #210 Shiplord Kirel, Friend of Moose and Squirrel

Conspiracy culture requires an in-group of teachers who have the Knowledge which they will dole out to those faithful enough to value it; the groups are made for each other.

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jaunte  Sep 2, 2018 • 8:25:36pm

“Only I Can Fix It”

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sagehen  Sep 2, 2018 • 8:26:14pm

re: #100 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀

Omarosa taped nearly every conversation she had while working in the W.H., including ones with “all of the Trumps,” a source who watched her make many of the tapes tells Axios. Omarosa did this with a personal phone, almost always on record mode.

Jimmy Kimmel’s reaction:

“I’m not sure who I’m supposed to root for in this. It’s like Lord Voldemort vs. King Joffrey.”

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jaunte  Sep 2, 2018 • 8:26:19pm
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Belafon  Sep 2, 2018 • 8:28:46pm

re: #214 jaunte

Phyllis Schlafly?

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jaunte  Sep 2, 2018 • 8:29:05pm
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sagehen  Sep 2, 2018 • 8:29:16pm

re: #214 jaunte

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Is it possible that some of the fossils, bones and things made of stone might survive the fire?

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calochortus  Sep 2, 2018 • 8:30:03pm

re: #185 Charles Johnson

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I wandered over to FR to see how they were feeling about Qanon these days. There was a thread yesterday with well over 300 posts going on about a variety of of pointless, but apparently significant stuff. Among all the deep analysis of where people were looking or pointing at McCain’s funeral, there was also comment on these pictures (scroll down about half way.) Apparently they are proof positive of a pedophile ring because they are art works created by a distant relative of Tony Podesta’s. Posters wonder if they are mannequins illustrating the evil acts, or real people wearing masks to conceal their identities.
How can people take this stuff seriously?

Alex Podesta’s bunnymen

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Shiplord Kirel, Friend of Moose and Squirrel  Sep 2, 2018 • 8:30:19pm

re: #211 jaunte

Conspiracy culture requires an in-group of teachers who have the Knowledge which they will dole out to those faithful enough to value it; the groups are made for each other.

Indeed. The same pattern is found in multi-level marketing, another sub-culture in which conspiracism flourishes.

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jaunte  Sep 2, 2018 • 8:31:07pm

re: #217 sagehen

Maybe the stone artifacts.

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Shiplord Kirel, Friend of Moose and Squirrel  Sep 2, 2018 • 8:44:53pm

re: #210 Shiplord Kirel, Friend of Moose and Squirrel

It’s significant that Q-Anon is most popular among older marks. Many a low-functioning Boomer has gone through a long progression from drug-addled hippie wannabe to born-again Jesus person to right-wing Evangelical. At each step, they have been exposed to a new aspect of conspiracy culture, with certain constants (eg nefarious gummint agents and evil scientists) maintained and reinforced the whole way. Anyone who knows very many such people will have seen this progression over and over.

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jaunte  Sep 2, 2018 • 8:49:12pm

“They humiliate us,” a mother from Honduras told me at the McAllen bus station, where hopeful but exhausted migrants go after their often-traumatic initiation into the U.S. immigration system. “With sticks, they beat the metal bars to wake us up. If the children cry, they go after us. There was a child with a fever. They bathed him in cold water and let him lie naked on the floor except for his underwear. The mother was crying because the child is crying. She wants to cover him, but guards tell her she can’t.”
…………
One woman sat on the floor quietly crying. Poverty had forced her to leave her two sons behind in Honduras, and one had died in her absence. Another mother sat nervously rubbing coins together between her fingers. She left Guatemala with her six-year-old son after her father threatened to hack the family to death with a machete. She told me that most people in custody with her had signed forms in English that they were unable to read, in hopes of being let out of the crowded hielera: “‘What if I never sign, and I’m never let out,’ I thought. I think almost everyone signed. No one knew what those documents said.”

Now drawings are verboten.

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retired cynic  Sep 2, 2018 • 8:52:01pm

re: #222 jaunte

I _hate_ them.

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jaunte  Sep 2, 2018 • 8:52:53pm

Abusing babies to keep your job is obscene.

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jaunte  Sep 2, 2018 • 8:53:43pm

How much more evil is it to order them abused.

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calochortus  Sep 2, 2018 • 8:54:04pm

Time to say good night.
Hasta mañana, Lizards.

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ipsos  Sep 2, 2018 • 8:57:04pm

re: #196 The Vicious Babushka

It’s just me & Z for the holiday, we’re gonna need some help eating all this stuff.

Depending on the border crossing and 401 traffic, I can get from western NY to metro Detroit in under 5 hours… ;)

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Joe Bacon 🌹  Sep 2, 2018 • 8:57:32pm

re: #97 William Lewis

Chuck Woolery’s REAL God is the same one followed by Radical Xtians—Ayn Rand!

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Shiplord Kirel, Friend of Moose and Squirrel  Sep 2, 2018 • 9:01:47pm

Speaking of conspiracy-crazed conservative boomers:

Lori Bakker: Liberals are planning to ‘lock Christians up in insane asylums’

Thanks to Reagan we don’t really have “insane asylums” anymore. It should be possible to set some up pretty quickly as soon as the dire need is recognized. Do we still have those FEMA trailers? I have a suitably godforsaken site near Lubbock that I might be willing to donate.

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Eclectic Cyborg  Sep 2, 2018 • 9:24:44pm

re: #222 jaunte

The Trump admin always manages to find new ways to say “Fuck you, brown people.”

Stephen Miller enjoys this.


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