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The Vicious Babushka  Nov 3, 2018 • 5:48:54pm

OH HAI GOOD WEEK LIZARDS!

Thank you to everyone who lit candles last night in memory of the Pittsburgh 11.

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Charles Johnson  Nov 3, 2018 • 5:50:37pm
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Dave In Austin  Nov 3, 2018 • 5:50:49pm

Here’s the straight Hegar ad. This is the best ad I think I’ve seen all year.

Like a Girl

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Charles Johnson  Nov 3, 2018 • 5:58:07pm

This is a cool jam, and a pretty hilarious video when Cory begins to wander. It actually looks like he’s playing all that stuff too but I’m skeptical because do they have wireless systems with that kind of insane range now?

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Nov 3, 2018 • 6:00:46pm

this is EPIC!

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Patricia Kayden  Nov 3, 2018 • 6:07:31pm

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jaunte  Nov 3, 2018 • 6:10:10pm

re: #6 Patricia Kayden

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sagehen  Nov 3, 2018 • 6:15:55pm

re: #6 Patricia Kayden

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It works just fine for the people they want it to work for.

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teleskiguy  Nov 3, 2018 • 6:18:01pm
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Patricia Kayden  Nov 3, 2018 • 6:24:48pm

re: #7 jaunte

Wow!!! That hurts. I’m hoping federal employees who lean Republican reconsider their votes.

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teleskiguy  Nov 3, 2018 • 6:24:49pm
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Patricia Kayden  Nov 3, 2018 • 6:25:44pm
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dangerman  Nov 3, 2018 • 6:28:28pm

re: #6 Patricia Kayden

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They know

That’s not the point

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Joe Bacon 🌹  Nov 3, 2018 • 6:29:21pm

re: #9 teleskiguy

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Joe Bacon 🌹  Nov 3, 2018 • 6:30:55pm

re: #7 jaunte

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And I just saw that my Kaiser health insurance has increased by 21% starting next year AND the benefits have been cut back!

TUCK YOU, FRUMP!

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teleskiguy  Nov 3, 2018 • 6:34:08pm

Not even two feet of fresh snow will compel me to stand in this line for every chair ride. Skiing on weekends at the closest ski areas near Denver is a joke.

Arapahoe Basin on 3 November 2018
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Joe Bacon 🌹  Nov 3, 2018 • 6:35:30pm

re: #10 Patricia Kayden

Wow!!! That hurts. I’m hoping federal employees who lean Republican reconsider their votes.

Almost half of my office are hard core Republicans and NOTHING will ever get them to change their minds.

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Belafon  Nov 3, 2018 • 6:38:07pm

re: #15 Joe Bacon 🌹

And I just saw that my Kaiser health insurance has increased by 21% starting next year AND the benefits have been cut back!

TUCK YOU, FRUMP!

Interesting. My Aetna plan is not changing next year over this year.

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Belafon  Nov 3, 2018 • 6:39:08pm

re: #16 teleskiguy

Not even two feet of fresh snow will compel me to stand in this line for every chair ride. Skiing on weekends at the closest ski areas near Denver is a joke.

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“What’s this? What’s this? There’s something in the air!”

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Belafon  Nov 3, 2018 • 6:43:01pm

re: #17 Joe Bacon 🌹

Almost half of my office are hard core Republicans and NOTHING will ever get them to change their minds.

My sister-in-law, who I’m pretty sure voted for Trump if she voted, works for the EPA.

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teleskiguy  Nov 3, 2018 • 6:43:51pm

If any Lizards are maybe thinking about taking a ski vacation in Colorado I recommend you stay away from the ski areas on the I-70 corridor. Go to Crested Butte. Go to Steamboat. Hell, come to the ski area I work at, Sunlight Mountain, where you can ski then soak in hot springs!

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The Vicious Babushka  Nov 3, 2018 • 6:50:19pm

re: #21 teleskiguy

If any Lizards are maybe thinking about taking a ski vacation in Colorado I recommend you stay away from the ski areas on the I-70 corridor. Go to Crested Butte. Go to Steamboat. Hell, come to the ski area I work at, Sunlight Mountain, where you can ski then soak in hot springs!

LOL if I wanted to take a vacation in Colorado it wouldn’t be for skiing!

But hey why should I even go to Colorado when Canada is so much closer?

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Patricia Kayden  Nov 3, 2018 • 6:55:25pm

re: #17 Joe Bacon 🌹

My work leader and my co-worker woke up. A couple of government shutdowns made them see the light. My co-worker cringed and begged me not to mention Sarah Palin during one of our political discussions. Lol.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Nov 3, 2018 • 6:57:26pm
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Joe Bacon 🌹  Nov 3, 2018 • 6:57:33pm

re: #23 Patricia Kayden

My work leader and my co-worker woke up. A couple of government shutdowns made them see the light. My co-worker cringed and begged me not to mention Sarah Palin during one of our political discussions. Lol.

Too many of my coworkers are brainwashed by the Pulpit Pimps.

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Archangelus  Nov 3, 2018 • 6:57:34pm
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teleskiguy  Nov 3, 2018 • 6:59:27pm

re: #26 Archangelus

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Belafon  Nov 3, 2018 • 6:59:59pm
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FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀  Nov 3, 2018 • 7:02:14pm
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Dave In Austin  Nov 3, 2018 • 7:03:06pm

re: #25 Joe Bacon 🌹

The first job I got in the electronics field right out of school was as a tech in a board shop that specialized in aviation APU’s. Everyone was a 7th Day Adventist….. Not a very fun lot.

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Belafon  Nov 3, 2018 • 7:03:53pm
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FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀  Nov 3, 2018 • 7:04:28pm
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Joe Bacon 🌹  Nov 3, 2018 • 7:04:50pm

re: #30 Dave In Austin

The first job I got in the electronics field right out of school was as a tech in a board shop that specialized in aviation APU’s. Everyone was a 7th Day Adventist….. Not a very fun lot.

Dave did you get yelled at when they saw you eating a ham sandwich for lunch. Still remember when a couple 7DA’s yelled at Dad for eating a turkey sandwich for lunch at his Boilermaker job.

Dad told them to F off.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Nov 3, 2018 • 7:05:06pm
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Dave In Austin  Nov 3, 2018 • 7:07:50pm

re: #33 Joe Bacon 🌹

It was weird, I could alway work on holidays if I wanted to. Everything was separate.

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teleskiguy  Nov 3, 2018 • 7:08:22pm

re: #31 Belafon

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Archangelus  Nov 3, 2018 • 7:09:19pm

Whoa! Here’s hoping this trend continues, and across all demographics…

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Charles Johnson  Nov 3, 2018 • 7:10:53pm
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teleskiguy  Nov 3, 2018 • 7:10:59pm
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Backwoods_Sleuth  Nov 3, 2018 • 7:14:58pm
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DodgerFan1988  Nov 3, 2018 • 7:18:16pm
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Backwoods_Sleuth  Nov 3, 2018 • 7:18:52pm
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Patricia Kayden  Nov 3, 2018 • 7:21:02pm
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Dave In Austin  Nov 3, 2018 • 7:25:33pm
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jaunte  Nov 3, 2018 • 7:26:35pm
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Patricia Kayden  Nov 3, 2018 • 7:27:10pm
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Archangelus  Nov 3, 2018 • 7:27:30pm
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Amory Blaine  Nov 3, 2018 • 7:27:40pm

I used to really like reading Krugman. Haven’t read an article of his in months. I won’t go there. I recommend that if you do, don’t pay for it. Not one penny.

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stpaulbear  Nov 3, 2018 • 7:28:50pm

re: #42 Backwoods_Sleuth

I’m going to be driving down through King territory later this month to go see a Dual turntable restoration guy in West Des Moines. I’ve got an Obama sticker and some LGBT- supportive stickers on my car. I may wait until late in the month in case there’s some residual liberal-hate right after the election…

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Nov 3, 2018 • 7:29:23pm
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Belafon  Nov 3, 2018 • 7:31:35pm

Squall line moving through North Texas right now. Waiting for it to get to Rockwall. I could hear thunder and was wondering what was going on.

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stpaulbear  Nov 3, 2018 • 7:33:34pm

re: #48 Amory Blaine

I used to really like reading Krugman. Haven’t read an article of his in months. I won’t go there. I recommend that if you do, don’t pay for it. Not one penny.

You can go directly to Krugman’s page without giving any other clicks to the NYT. You can do that for free.

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dangerman  Nov 3, 2018 • 7:36:02pm

re: #50 Backwoods_Sleuth

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I totally forgot Perdue was even in the admin

he’s either less of a crook Or better at it

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jaunte  Nov 3, 2018 • 7:36:06pm
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Amory Blaine  Nov 3, 2018 • 7:39:09pm

re: #52 stpaulbear

Still feels icky that his columns appear there. I’ve already moved on. (Thanks for the info though).

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Nov 3, 2018 • 7:40:02pm

really, really horrible person

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Nov 3, 2018 • 7:41:43pm

this thread…

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jaunte  Nov 3, 2018 • 7:42:20pm
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Amory Blaine  Nov 3, 2018 • 7:45:08pm

I’m a little nervous about the young people numbers. Of course more people should vote, however there are a lot of budding young fascists out here. True believers.

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teleskiguy  Nov 3, 2018 • 7:50:19pm
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Dave In Austin  Nov 3, 2018 • 7:57:20pm

Service…….. And respect. RIP.

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Skip Intro  Nov 3, 2018 • 8:00:20pm

re: #56 Backwoods_Sleuth

really, really horrible person

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The worst president in US history without exception.

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jaunte  Nov 3, 2018 • 8:01:25pm
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Amory Blaine  Nov 3, 2018 • 8:01:56pm
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Shiplord Kirel, Friend of Moose and Squirrel  Nov 3, 2018 • 8:04:05pm

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Belafon  Nov 3, 2018 • 8:06:11pm

re: #59 Amory Blaine

I’m a little nervous about the young people numbers. Of course more people should vote, however there are a lot of budding young fascists out here. True believers.

So, basically, there’s always something to worry about.

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Single-handed sailor  Nov 3, 2018 • 8:09:01pm
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Dave In Austin  Nov 3, 2018 • 8:13:38pm

...

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jaunte  Nov 3, 2018 • 8:17:00pm
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Belafon  Nov 3, 2018 • 8:17:21pm

re: #64 Amory Blaine

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Even evil women have to take a back seat to their husbands.

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Skip Intro  Nov 3, 2018 • 8:19:22pm

re: #70 Belafon

Clarence Thomas’ wife is pure evil and doesn’t take a backseat to anyone.

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cat-tikvah  Nov 3, 2018 • 8:22:48pm

Inspirational song for tonight through Tuesday:

Facebook Video

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Joe Bacon 🌹  Nov 3, 2018 • 8:24:12pm

re: #70 Belafon

Even evil women have to take a back seat to their husbands.

Nope. I’m sure the late Mr. Schlafly would disagree with that.

From personal experience I’ve seen a lot of right wing women who do NOT take a back seat to their husbands…or their fathers…

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Skip Intro  Nov 3, 2018 • 8:25:16pm

re: #73 Joe Bacon 🌹

The Mercer woman comes to mind.

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Single-handed sailor  Nov 3, 2018 • 8:25:55pm
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Dave In Austin  Nov 3, 2018 • 8:34:21pm

SNL is taking it to Fox News…. The bit is on Laura Ingle and Judge Jeanine…

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Dave In Austin  Nov 3, 2018 • 8:38:27pm

#NotEnoughEmojis

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Single-handed sailor  Nov 3, 2018 • 8:39:21pm
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SteelPH  Nov 3, 2018 • 9:00:37pm

re: #78 Single-handed sailor

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Despite, or because of?

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Shiplord Kirel, Friend of Moose and Squirrel  Nov 3, 2018 • 9:03:19pm

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mmmirele  Nov 3, 2018 • 9:13:39pm

re: #75 Single-handed sailor

Obviously not all of them, said an employee of the current financial whipping boy (that’d be Wells Fargo).

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Kilroy was here  Nov 3, 2018 • 9:31:16pm

NYT updates Steve King story to call his remarks ‘racist’

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Shiplord Kirel, Friend of Moose and Squirrel  Nov 3, 2018 • 9:35:16pm

Terrorism! Heinous assault! The violent left!

Fox News: Gillum intern arrested in Florida for throwing chocolate milk at College Republicans

Note that the crazed milk bomber is described as “the far left activist.”

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BigPapa  Nov 3, 2018 • 9:36:16pm

re: #82 Kilroy was here

Well OK then.

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Shiplord Kirel, Friend of Moose and Squirrel  Nov 3, 2018 • 9:39:42pm

For the benefit of both-siderists, I renounce, denounce and disapprove the use of chocolate milk as a weapon of mass destruction.
I don’t like chocolate milk anyway, unless it has been further treated and processed into mint chocolate chip ice cream.

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Kilroy was here  Nov 3, 2018 • 9:43:22pm

re: #83 Shiplord Kirel, Friend of Moose and Squirrel

Terrorism! Heinous assault! The violent left!

Gillum intern arrested in Florida for throwing chocolate milk at College Republicans

Note that the crazed milk bomber is described as “the far left activist.”

This was a moo-ving story. But udderly ridiculous. This level of lactose intolerance by the right must end. However they will milk it for all it is worth.

I expect this to be big news Quik.

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Big Beautiful Door  Nov 3, 2018 • 9:43:29pm

re: #48 Amory Blaine

I used to really like reading Krugman. Haven’t read an article of his in months. I won’t go there. I recommend that if you do, don’t pay for it. Not one penny.

I read his tweets for free.

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BigPapa  Nov 3, 2018 • 9:43:41pm

I am Big Papa and I approve this message

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wheat-dogg  Nov 3, 2018 • 9:43:55pm

Chrissy is still needling Jacob Wohl.

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Big Beautiful Door  Nov 3, 2018 • 9:51:15pm

My addition to brilliant thread on baby eating.

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Shiplord Kirel, Friend of Moose and Squirrel  Nov 3, 2018 • 9:54:34pm

Possibly the best one yet on this subject:

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DodgerFan1988  Nov 3, 2018 • 9:56:52pm

Right Winger sends bombs to Democrats: “MEH”

Conservative racist murders 2 black people in a Kentucky supermarket: “YAWN”

Gab bigot kills 11 Jews in a Pittsburgh synagogue: “MEH”

Incel kills 2 women in a yoga studio in Jacksonville: “MEH”

Democrat volunteer throws milk at a Republican volunteer: “THERE WILL BE A RECKONING!”

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Shiplord Kirel, Friend of Moose and Squirrel  Nov 3, 2018 • 10:03:40pm

re: #91 Shiplord Kirel, Friend of Moose and Squirrel

I do believe that’s a lizard of some kind on the refugee woman’s left side. LGF: We are everywhere.

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FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀  Nov 3, 2018 • 10:04:02pm

re: #86 Kilroy was here

This was a moo-ving story. But udderly ridiculous. This level of lactose intolerance by the right must end. However they will milk it for all it is worth.

I expect this to be big news Quik.

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FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀  Nov 3, 2018 • 10:05:24pm
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Kilroy was here  Nov 3, 2018 • 10:05:36pm

re: #94 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀

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Hey what’s your beef?

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Belafon  Nov 3, 2018 • 10:09:10pm

re: #95 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀

For those of us in Texas:

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Belafon  Nov 3, 2018 • 10:11:18pm

As we have to be aware, Republicans here in Texas are voting as well, including my wife’s coworker who just doesn’t lie the way Beto looks. But I do think a lot of young people are voting, including my middle son.

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Belafon  Nov 3, 2018 • 10:13:25pm

re: #95 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀

Someone in the comments did ask how Michigan is in the list since they don’t have early voting.

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fern01  Nov 3, 2018 • 10:20:02pm

re: #7 jaunte

And he did this before the election? He really is short a brain.

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FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀  Nov 3, 2018 • 10:21:09pm

re: #99 Belafon

Someone in the comments did ask how Michigan is in the list since they don’t have early voting.

maybe mail in ballots

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wheat-dogg  Nov 3, 2018 • 10:28:33pm

Be back in a few hours. Gotta fold some clothes.

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fern01  Nov 3, 2018 • 10:33:16pm

re: #48 Amory Blaine

I used to really like reading Krugman. Haven’t read an article of his in months. I won’t go there. I recommend that if you do, don’t pay for it. Not one penny.

When I cancelled my sub I told the person who tried to get me to change my mind that Krugman was the only person worth reading. Now I read his tweets - won’t give the NYT a click for any reason.

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FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀  Nov 3, 2018 • 10:34:19pm

Looking at current 2018 Duval County (Jacksonville), FL voting stats.
Eligible 607,398
Total ballots cast: 204,464 (33.66% turnout)
Early Voted: 145,365 (tomorrow is last day)
Absentee Voted: 59,007

2014 Duval County (Jacksonville), FL voting stats.
Eligible 552,164
Total ballots cast: 273,462 (49.5% turnout)
Voted at Polls (Election Day): 144,061
Early Voted: 73,642
Absentee Voted: 55,759

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The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge  Nov 3, 2018 • 10:41:35pm

re: #40 Backwoods_Sleuth

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KGxvi  Nov 3, 2018 • 10:43:58pm

re: #102 wheat-dogg

The pants one is really useful, going to have to keep that in mind. But I’ve watched the t-shirt one like six times and can’t figure it out. Is it A to C and pull B?

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fern01  Nov 3, 2018 • 10:44:40pm

re: #75 Single-handed sailor

This is the NYT pretending to be anti trump. 99% of the people don’t care about this - what they read from the times is Maggie supporting trump lies again and again.

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BigPapa  Nov 3, 2018 • 10:47:15pm

re: #89 wheat-dogg

Damn, Chrissy is saaaasss-aaaay! Her and John make a nice couple.

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The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge  Nov 3, 2018 • 10:52:40pm

re: #108 BigPapa

Damn, Chrissy is saaaasss-aaaay! Her and John make a nice couple.

sassy

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FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀  Nov 3, 2018 • 10:54:43pm

re: #104 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀

Looking at current 2018 Duval County (Jacksonville), FL voting stats.
Eligible 607,398
Total ballots cast: 204,464 (33.66% turnout)
Early Voted: 145,365 (tomorrow is last day)
Absentee Voted: 59,007

2014 Duval County (Jacksonville), FL voting stats.
Eligible 552,164
Total ballots cast: 273,462 (49.5% turnout)
Voted at Polls (Election Day): 144,061
Early Voted: 73,642
Absentee Voted: 55,759

Adding some context:
Florida Wide
2014 Primary Turnout: 18% General Election Turnout: 51%

2018 Primary Turnout: 27% General Election Turnout: N/A

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BeachDem  Nov 3, 2018 • 10:57:01pm

re: #99 Belafon

Someone in the comments did ask how Michigan is in the list since they don’t have early voting.

South Carolina doesn’t officially have early voting either, except for olds and absentee (which can be in-person absentee)

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Single-handed sailor  Nov 3, 2018 • 10:57:22pm
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KGxvi  Nov 3, 2018 • 10:59:52pm

re: #112 Single-handed sailor

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The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge  Nov 3, 2018 • 11:06:16pm

re: #112 Single-handed sailor

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Assuming this is the same Charles Seife, I’ve read several of his books. Young Jake really is in over his head….

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Single-handed sailor  Nov 3, 2018 • 11:09:19pm
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Dave In Austin  Nov 3, 2018 • 11:09:34pm

Marcus King - “Dyin” (Live From The Big House)

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Dave In Austin  Nov 3, 2018 • 11:11:28pm

All dead Presidents are on rotisserie……

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Dave In Austin  Nov 3, 2018 • 11:14:06pm

Just one more…..

The Marcus King Band - “Virginia” (Recorded Live for the World Cafe)

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BigPapa  Nov 3, 2018 • 11:18:56pm

Oh Chrissy, STAHP! PLEASE STAHP.

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The Ghost of a Flea  Nov 3, 2018 • 11:27:46pm

re: #119 BigPapa

Jacod Wohl smells like Luka Magnotta. Even has the same soulless pout-face.

I want to find him funny, but he’s got that invincible vanity that means he’ll probably get worse.

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Dr Lizardo  Nov 3, 2018 • 11:29:06pm

re: #37 Archangelus

Whoa! Here’s hoping this trend continues, and across all demographics…

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I suggested yesterday that if indeed a surge of young voters costs the GOP the House (and more generally, causes an electoral fiasco for the GOP), you can pretty much bet the farm on the GOP’s next talking point being the repeal of the 26th Amendment.

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The Ghost of a Flea  Nov 3, 2018 • 11:31:04pm

re: #121 Dr Lizardo

Suddenly they’ll be a lot of bills recommended cultural competency tests with many, many questions about the film ouvre of Kirk Cameron.

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The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge  Nov 3, 2018 • 11:32:35pm

re: #121 Dr Lizardo

I suggested yesterday that if indeed a surge of young voters costs the GOP the House (and more generally, causes an electoral fiasco for the GOP), you can pretty much bet the farm on the GOP’s next talking point being the repeal of the 26th Amendment.

That’d do them a lot of good.//

3/4 of that 18-29 cohort would still be eligible—and I’ll bet that’s over 90% of actual voters among them.

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Single-handed sailor  Nov 3, 2018 • 11:34:23pm
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Single-handed sailor  Nov 3, 2018 • 11:46:59pm
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austin_blue  Nov 3, 2018 • 11:47:14pm

re: #120 The Ghost of a Flea

Jacod Wohl smells like Luka Magnotta. Even has the same soulless pout-face.

I want to find him funny, but he’s got that invincible vanity that means he’ll probably get worse.

Yah, but Justin isn’t that committed. It takes a lot of guts to kill a foreigner and hack off his hands and feet and mail them off to both major political parties in Canada.

He’s a wussy, and not nearly as smart as he thinks he is.

Less than seventy two hours until we learn the results of the mid-terms, and I’m pretty jazzed about the early turnout. Beto might eke it out. Probably not, but he’s making Rafael sweat. If Latinos *finally* actually vote, it could happen (we’ve been waiting for the Latino vote to actually happen in Texas for about a century).

Night all, sweet scaly dreams. What happens in three days determine the future of our Republic. Vote.

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Dr Lizardo  Nov 3, 2018 • 11:54:25pm

re: #126 austin_blue

If Latinos turned out to vote in large numbers, I think it’s not entirely unfair to say the GOP would be consigned to electoral oblivion in TX.

Eventually, yes, TX will turn blue - it’s the GOP’s worst nightmare, because once that happens, they’re going to find it damned difficult to be competitive at the national level.

I’ve said before that eventually, the GOP will be a nativist/white nationalist/white supremacist political party, pretty much confined to the Deep South and the intermountain West, with some pockets of support in places like Eastern Washington and Eastern Oregon and rural areas of otherwise blue states.

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The Ghost of a Flea  Nov 3, 2018 • 11:01:00pm

re: #126 austin_blue

Admittedly, I wasn’t thinking about that particular aspect of the guy.

He’s just the ne plus ultra of self-involvement to a point its toxic.

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The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge  Nov 3, 2018 • 11:02:42pm

re: #127 Dr Lizardo

If Latinos turned out to vote in large numbers, I think it’s not entirely unfair to say the GOP would be consigned to electoral oblivion in TX.

Eventually, yes, TX will turn blue - it’s the GOP’s worst nightmare, because once that happens, they’re going to find it damned difficult to be competitive at the national level.

I’ve said before that eventually, the GOP will be a nativist/white nationalist/white supremacist political party, pretty much confined to the Deep South and the intermountain West, with some pockets of support in places like Eastern Washington and Eastern Oregon and rural areas of otherwise blue states.

“The so-called Inland Empire is a trackless waste contributing nothing to the Evergreen State but rattlesnakes and nitwits,” Greene thundered from his headquarters in Honolulu. “I’d offer that sandpile to Idaho and if they didn’t accept it, I’d invade. It’s high time Washington had a foreign policy anyway.”

—Ricard A. C. Greene, 1968 Republican candidate for Land Commissioner.

zork.net

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The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge  Nov 3, 2018 • 11:04:40pm

Well, the edit button is missing, so I can’t double-quote my addition. First quotation mark is me…..

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Dave In Austin  Nov 3, 2018 • 11:16:34pm

Tedeschi Trucks Band - Leavin’ Trunk (with Taj Mahal & Jerry Douglas)

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Dr Lizardo  Nov 3, 2018 • 11:23:13pm

re: #129 The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge

“The so-called Inland Empire is a trackless waste contributing nothing to the Evergreen State but rattlesnakes and nitwits,” Greene thundered from his headquarters in Honolulu. “I’d offer that sandpile to Idaho and if they didn’t accept it, I’d invade. It’s high time Washington had a foreign policy anyway.”

—Ricard A. C. Greene, 1968 Republican candidate for Land Commissioner.

zork.net

LOL that’s brilliant.

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wheat-dogg  Nov 3, 2018 • 11:30:01pm

re: #120 The Ghost of a Flea

Jacod Wohl smells like Luka Magnotta. Even has the same soulless pout-face.

I want to find him funny, but he’s got that invincible vanity that means he’ll probably get worse.

Jacob shares this trait with, among others, Chuck C. Johnson, James O’Keefe and Ben Shapiro. Each believes he is the smartest guy in the room — any room — and frequently manage to disprove his own hypothesis each time he opens his mouth or types a tweet.

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freetoken  Nov 3, 2018 • 11:42:57pm

I’m one of those who hate the clock changes.

If anything, I prefer the DST arrangement wherever I have lived. I’d rather have the extra hour of daylight in the evening.

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The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge  Nov 3, 2018 • 11:47:53pm

re: #134 freetoken

I’m one of those who hate the clock changes.

If anything, I prefer the DST arrangement wherever I have lived. I’d rather have the extra hour of daylight in the evening.

Jimmy Carter kept DST on one winter to save energy—the screaming was unbelievable. He was literally, personally murdering children, because it was darker later in the morning when they were going to school.

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Single-handed sailor  Nov 4, 2018 • 1:14:08am
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Odie Hugh Manatee  Nov 4, 2018 • 1:17:15am

Something not political… a few pictures from the Manatee abode:

First up, an idea of the size of some of the branches off of the tree(s) that are coming out of our back yard.

Mrs. Manatee offered to lend a hand…

Mrs. Manatee also offered to lend a bit of perspective to a shot of the base of the tree(s).

Now that’s a hunk of wood!

And finally, a picture of the sunset out over the Pacific ocean tonight…

Fires are horrible but sure make for some beautiful fall sunsets…

ETA: I thought Stewie sneaking in through the back for a photobomb was cute.

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  Nov 4, 2018 • 1:17:24am

re: #134 freetoken

I’m one of those who hate the clock changes.

If anything, I prefer the DST arrangement wherever I have lived. I’d rather have the extra hour of daylight in the evening.

I grew up in Indiana, which did not change clocks back then, and then moved to Arizona, which still does not change clocks.

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wheat-dogg  Nov 4, 2018 • 1:26:19am

re: #138 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))

I grew up in Indiana, which did not change clocks back then, and then moved to Arizona, which still does not change clocks.

China observes neither daylight savings time nor national time zones. So it is the same time everywhere in China, although the country spans five time zones. Schoolkids in the far western regions wake up in the dark to go to school all year long.

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Nyet  Nov 4, 2018 • 1:26:47am
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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  Nov 4, 2018 • 1:30:29am

re: #139 wheat-dogg

China observes neither daylight savings time nor national time zones. So it is the same time everywhere in China, although the country spans five time zones. Schoolkids in the far western regions wake up in the dark to go to school all year long.

Now that’s fuckin’ crazy.

Arizona has unofficial “summer hours”, most business start at 7am and finish at 4, construction workers are on site at 5am and knock off at 1.30.

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The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge  Nov 4, 2018 • 1:32:55am

re: #141 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))

Now that’s fuckin’ crazy.

Arizona has unofficial “summer hours”, most business start at 7am and finish at 4, construction workers are on site at 5am and knock off at 1.30.

So they’ve privatized Daylight Savings Time? Perfect!

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  Nov 4, 2018 • 1:34:13am

re: #142 The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge

So they’ve privatized Daylight Savings Time? Perfect!

They have adapted it to local requirements. Also, Arizona is so far south enough that there is not a great deal of difference between summer and winter sunrise/sunset.

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wheat-dogg  Nov 4, 2018 • 1:35:25am

May be the only time I’ll ever agree with Jonah Goldberg:

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  Nov 4, 2018 • 1:48:50am

re: #140 Nyet

YouTube is one of the most important means of radicalization, Holocaust denial videos certainly play a role in it.

Which is why we have a special page with debunkings of the most popular Holocaust denial videos

To quote John Oliver; “Why is this still a thing?

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sagehen  Nov 4, 2018 • 1:09:35am

re: #137 Odie Hugh Manatee

Something not political… a few pictures from the Manatee abode:

First up, an idea of the size of some of the branches off of the tree(s) that are coming out of our back yard.

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ETA: I thought Stewie sneaking in through the back for a photobomb was cute.

When I was a child, one of my family’s road trips including driving through a redwood…

That was the same trip we went to Yosemite. I let a deer eat cheese-nips from my hand, and it bit me when I ran out. And I saw a condor.

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Odie Hugh Manatee  Nov 4, 2018 • 1:27:31am

re: #146 sagehen

My wife did the same thing as a kid with her family and then again after we married, had a kid and moved down here. We’ve gone back through the Avenue of the Giants several times since and it’s always something to see. It’s a great drive on a motorcycle with lots of small places to stop and view the beauty of the coastal range.

ETA: The Avenue of the Giants drive thru tree is mostly natural where the Chandelier Tree is man-made.

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Single-handed sailor  Nov 4, 2018 • 1:35:43am

The thing about midterms that scares Republicans the most.

A well organized Democratic House.

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wheat-dogg  Nov 4, 2018 • 1:46:47am

re: #148 Single-handed sailor

The thing about midterms that scares Republicans the most.

A well organized Democratic House.

Might be the first time in history.
/

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wheat-dogg  Nov 4, 2018 • 1:55:00am

When you see the Virgin Mary cruising down the street, move aside!

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goddamnedfrank  Nov 4, 2018 • 2:10:54am
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Nyet  Nov 4, 2018 • 2:58:41am

re: #145 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))

To quote John Oliver; “Why is this still a thing?

Flat Earth is still a thing too.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Nov 4, 2018 • 3:54:33am
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Backwoods_Sleuth  Nov 4, 2018 • 3:59:29am
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Patricia Kayden  Nov 4, 2018 • 4:06:45am

re: #136 Single-handed sailor

Many of the comments are ugly. Trudeau may not be perfect but he appears to be s genuine person. I’m glad to see him reaching out to the First Nations.

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Patricia Kayden  Nov 4, 2018 • 4:24:36am

That’s what I’m thinking too. Once the Democrats take the House, Mueller can drop more huge indictments. 👍🏿

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Patricia Kayden  Nov 4, 2018 • 5:17:05am
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Jay C  Nov 4, 2018 • 5:20:46am

re: #112 Single-handed sailor

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I can’t help thinking Jacob’s response is like someone bragging about what a fine photo he takes, and ignoring the fact that said pic is on a “Wanted” poster.

Buffoon.

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jeffreyw  Nov 4, 2018 • 5:22:57am

Last one!

Imgur


Good morning!

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freetoken  Nov 4, 2018 • 5:56:04am

An oopsie from the guilty:

Leave.EU tycoon Arron Banks: Britain should have voted Remain instead of unleashing demons of Brexit

But…

[…] Mr Banks came out fighting today in an interview for the BBC Andrew Marr show, in which he said he would have preferred to avoid the bitterly-fought fallout from the Brexit vote.

“The corruption I’ve seen in British politics - the sewer that exists and the disgraceful behaviour of the Government over what they are doing with Brexit and how they are selling it out - means that if I had my time again I think it would have been better to have probably remained and not unleash these demons,” he said.

He insisted he followed all the rules in seconding his insurance staff to work for leave.eu and said he had informed the Electoral Commission of the arrangement.

And he insisted he was “of course” the source of all the cash he spent on the Leave drive, although questions remain over which parts of his business empire the money was generated from.

“There was no Russian money or interference of any type, I just want to be absolutely clear about that,” he said.

[…]

He is like Trump, but uses more coherent sentences.

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dangerman  Nov 4, 2018 • 6:05:59am

i read that NYMAG article about why young people don’t vote

yes some of those answers were truly lame

then i read the slate article explaining how some of those answers werent really so lame

and im calling bullshit
it boils down to this:

- id rather lose my health insurance than google “stamps.com”
- id rather lose access to abortion than take the time to register to vote and check my status periodically
- im ok with the government separating kids from their parents, putting them in “cages” because learning about candidates takes time
- id rather the two parties continue to do things that dont represent me and my ideals. why should i get involved to try and tell them how i feel?

yes, being a citizen takes some time.
staying informed takes a little planning and time. (tv ads and mailers are the worst place to get accurate information no matter who they’re from).

actual voting does take a little time - less if you can mail it in (oh that stamp thing again)

yeah. people actually said these things and i dont think these are the real reasons.
if you can manager twitter, facebook, snapchat, instagram and 3 other apps simultaneously for 8 or more hours a day, you can google “where do i get stamps” or “what’s a postmark” early enough in the process.

no, i dont think young people are lazy.
i think their answers were lazy.

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PhillyPretzel  Nov 4, 2018 • 6:15:53am

re: #161 dangerman

I have heard a lot of those answers too. That is why I became a committee-person and it is also why I will be a Minority Inspector for this election.

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freetoken  Nov 4, 2018 • 6:18:05am

Speaking of voting, looking at the latest report for San Diego county registrations, as of 1 Nov there was a 37k increase in one month!

As is the current trend, the “undeclared” increased the most, by 18k.

The Democratic party increased by 12.6k.

The Republican party was able to stem their losses and posted a gain, but only increased by 3k.

So the Democratic party is growing at 4x the rate of the Republicans last month, in the biggest push of the election cycle. We should note though that the Republican party has in previous months registered declines, and in new registrations make up much less than 10% of the new voters.

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PhillyPretzel  Nov 4, 2018 • 6:20:12am

re: #163 freetoken

That is good news. The GOP right now is a total mess. That is why my ward leader said we are focusing on local elections.

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dangerman  Nov 4, 2018 • 6:21:02am

re: #93 Shiplord Kirel, Friend of Moose and Squirrel

I do believe that’s a lizard of some kind on the refugee woman’s left side. LGF: We are everywhere.

Do we have a handshake?

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Big Beautiful Door  Nov 4, 2018 • 6:27:29am

re: #149 wheat-dogg

Might be the first time in history.
/

The House was pretty well organized when Pelosi was last Speaker. It was the Senate that was a mess, having to rely on Lieberman.

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MsJ  Nov 4, 2018 • 6:27:42am

I hate to be a negative Nellie and this could be nothing more than stereotyping but when I see a 700% increase in voting in TN, it doesn’t comfort me, it makes me nervous.

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PhillyPretzel  Nov 4, 2018 • 6:31:29am

re: #167 MsJ

Yes. Me too. Especially that figure of 700%. Very nervous.

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freetoken  Nov 4, 2018 • 6:34:26am

re: #168 PhillyPretzel

Percentages can be misleading if one is starting off with a very small number.

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dangerman  Nov 4, 2018 • 6:34:29am

re: #136 Single-handed sailor

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Working together, moving forward & writing a new chapter of reconciliation. Thank you to the Tsilhqot’in Nation for the warm welcome to your title lands - I was deeply moved to present our government’s statement of exoneration in person

Meanwhile here at home in Dakota

No street address? Nope you can’t vote.

Fuck some people in America who abuse their power to disfranchise, exclude, and otherwise oppress others

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HappyWarrior  Nov 4, 2018 • 6:34:59am

re: #167 MsJ

I hate to be a negative Nellie and this could be nothing more than stereotyping but when I see a 700% increase in voting in TN, it doesn’t comfort me, it makes me nervous.

As I said the other day, I’m not going to be comfortable until election night and the next day.

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HappyWarrior  Nov 4, 2018 • 6:36:21am

re: #170 dangerman

Meanwhile here at home in Dakota

No street address? Nope you can’t vote.

Fuck some people in America who abuse their power to disfranchise, exclude, and otherwise oppress others

The GOP wants it to be hard as hell to vote because they know higher turnouts are usually bad news for em.

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dangerman  Nov 4, 2018 • 6:36:25am

re: #139 wheat-dogg

China observes neither daylight savings time nor national time zones. So it is the same time everywhere in China, although the country spans five time zones. Schoolkids in the far western regions wake up in the dark to go to school all year long.

Ida hated going to school all year long :-)

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The Vicious Babushka  Nov 4, 2018 • 6:37:04am

re: #99 Belafon

Someone in the comments did ask how Michigan is in the list since they don’t have early voting.

We do have mail-in ballots but it is strictly regulated as to who is allowed to get one (You have to be over 60, or disabled, or prove you will be out of town on election day).

There is a proposal on the ballot to allow early & mail-in voting for everyone.

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MsJ  Nov 4, 2018 • 6:38:21am
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PhillyPretzel  Nov 4, 2018 • 6:38:41am

re: #174 The Vicious Babushka

Now that is a good idea. PA has the same restrictions for absentee ballots. You must be over 60, disabled or out of town.

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HappyWarrior  Nov 4, 2018 • 6:39:29am

re: #175 MsJ

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Because Bibi and his cohorts are assholes.

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Big Beautiful Door  Nov 4, 2018 • 6:39:29am

re: #167 MsJ

I hate to be a negative Nellie and this could be nothing more than stereotyping but when I see a 700% increase in voting in TN, it doesn’t comfort me, it makes me nervous.

The status quo in Tn is Republican, so any change in that is more likely to help Democrats.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Nov 4, 2018 • 6:40:46am

re: #165 dangerman

Do we have a handshake?

we have hugs

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MsJ  Nov 4, 2018 • 6:41:26am

re: #169 freetoken

Percentages can be misleading if one is starting off with a very small number.

It’s not the number, it’s the point I was making overall.

Coupled* with this, re: #64 Amory Blaine, the whole damn thing has me nervous.

*Corrected

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BigPapa  Nov 4, 2018 • 6:50:10am

re: #165 dangerman

Do we have a handshake?

Bearded Dragons - Head Bobbing and Arm Waving. Aggressive and Submissive Gestures

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Nov 4, 2018 • 6:55:07am
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freetoken  Nov 4, 2018 • 6:55:21am

Williamson County leads Tennessee in early voting. Here’s why.

Seems like the turnout is approach the Presidential election year (2016).

How that will play out in the Senate race is hard guess to make.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Nov 4, 2018 • 6:55:50am
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Backwoods_Sleuth  Nov 4, 2018 • 6:59:17am
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Backwoods_Sleuth  Nov 4, 2018 • 7:00:05am
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MsJ  Nov 4, 2018 • 7:02:10am
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PhillyPretzel  Nov 4, 2018 • 7:02:17am

re: #186 Backwoods_Sleuth

I am in complete agreement with the author. The author Stephen King is a very creative person. :)

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MsJ  Nov 4, 2018 • 7:07:19am
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freetoken  Nov 4, 2018 • 7:08:04am

Midterm elections 2018: Some Georgia voters get racist, anti-Semitic robocalls

Some Georgia voters say they’ve received a disturbing robocall in the last week ahead of Tuesday’s midterm elections that is racist and anti-Semitic.

WSB-TV’s Rikki Klaus obtained the message, which claims to be from Oprah Winfrey (but obviously is not) and references Democratic gubernatorial candidate Stacey Abrams.

The message uses racist, anti-Semitic and other offensive language to describe Winfrey, Abrams and their supporters. The caller says a website called theroadtopower.com paid for the message.

Klaus spoke to WSB-TV political analyst Bill Crane about who is behind the disturbing message and whether it is legal.

“The Road to Power is a national white supremacist organization that’s had a blog on with the same name for about six months,” Crane said.

[…]

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PhillyPretzel  Nov 4, 2018 • 7:11:59am

re: #190 freetoken

It sounds as though they are running scared. And since they are using Oprah Winfrey’s name I hope she sues them.

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Patricia Kayden  Nov 4, 2018 • 7:12:09am

re: #187 MsJ

The “possible cyber crimes” = warning of the vulnerabilities to hacking of Georgia’s election database.

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MsJ  Nov 4, 2018 • 7:14:00am

🙏 🙏 🙏 🙏 🙏 🙏 🙏 🙏 🙏

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freetoken  Nov 4, 2018 • 7:19:36am
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Jay C  Nov 4, 2018 • 7:22:10am

re: #193 MsJ

🙏 🙏 🙏 🙏 🙏 🙏 🙏 🙏 🙏

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But still: I think the voters need a timely reminder - tomorrow, right before Election Day would be ideal, IMO - that polls and “preferences” are irrelevant vapor unless people actually GET OUT THERE AND FUCKING VOTE!!!!!!!

OK, maybe that last bit could stand a little tuning….

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plansbandc  Nov 4, 2018 • 7:23:46am

re: #56 Backwoods_Sleuth

I absolutely loathe him.

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The Vicious Babushka  Nov 4, 2018 • 7:23:49am
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Patricia Kayden  Nov 4, 2018 • 7:24:58am
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PhillyPretzel  Nov 4, 2018 • 7:26:15am

I just went over to amazon but did not sign in. On the front page in small lettering they say, “Remember to vote November 6, 2018. Ask Alexa to remind you.”

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dangerman  Nov 4, 2018 • 7:31:02am

re: #195 Jay C

But still: I think the voters need a timely reminder - tomorrow, right before Election Day would be ideal, IMO - that polls and “preferences” are irrelevant vapor unless people actually GET OUT THERE AND FUCKING VOTE godammit!!!!!!!

OK, maybe that last bit could stand a little tuning….

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dangerman  Nov 4, 2018 • 7:33:56am

Hey!

My karma just hit 45788

Why should we only celebrate the big round numbers?

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freetoken  Nov 4, 2018 • 7:35:18am
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fern01  Nov 4, 2018 • 7:36:09am

re: #151 goddamnedfrank

NYT will do and say anything to keep trump in power. They should be eating crow for months after the Tuesday results - but no doubt they will continue to attack democrats - probably because the Obama administration didn’t leak like a sieve and they got their news the same time as the rest of the media.

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freetoken  Nov 4, 2018 • 7:37:27am
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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  Nov 4, 2018 • 7:37:35am

re: #148 Single-handed sailor

Dozens of Democratic hopefuls have called for Pelosi to step aside, but a closer look at candidates most likely to win reveals that the number of anti-Pelosi absolutists is relatively small

Two of the juiciest headlines going are “Democrats in Disarray” followed by “Democrats Veer Hard left”.

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fern01  Nov 4, 2018 • 7:38:29am

re: #167 MsJ

I hate to be a negative Nellie and this could be nothing more than stereotyping but when I see a 700% increase in voting in TN, it doesn’t comfort me, it makes me nervous.

There are not that many GOPers in the state who do not vote. Most of the increase have to be democrats - cause as has been said for years - republicans always turn up - if dems turn up - they win.

Edit: The only other possibllity is the russians & I just don’t believe they can do this without being caught. Maybe I’m just too pollyanna.

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The Vicious Babushka  Nov 4, 2018 • 7:39:53am
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freetoken  Nov 4, 2018 • 7:41:03am

Another fundamentalist leader bemoaning that the young’uns aren’t falling into line:

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MsJ  Nov 4, 2018 • 7:41:35am

re: #206 fern01

There are not that many GOPers in the state who do not vote. Most of the increase have to be democrats - cause as has been said for years - republicans always turn up - if dems turn up - they win.

Edit: The only other possibllity is the russians & I just don’t believe they can do this without being caught. Maybe I’m just too pollyanna.

Let us hope.

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Big Beautiful Door  Nov 4, 2018 • 7:41:46am

re: #182 Backwoods_Sleuth

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I did not know he was still alive!

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freetoken  Nov 4, 2018 • 7:42:34am

re: #203 fern01

The NYT will do what it needs to keep eyes on its product.

I doubt few of the writers really want Trump to stay in power. But they do need the conflicts Trump raises in order to keep up the webhits.

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MsJ  Nov 4, 2018 • 7:44:15am

re: #208 freetoken

Another fundamentalist leader bemoaning that the young’uns aren’t falling into line:

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Is that page gone? It’s nothing like the tweet.

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I Would Prefer Not To  Nov 4, 2018 • 7:44:26am
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freetoken  Nov 4, 2018 • 7:45:45am
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dangerman  Nov 4, 2018 • 7:46:12am

re: #202 freetoken

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“Lesser of two evils” is a framing perspective along a continuum

When faced with an either/or choice between two, “greater of two goods” means exactly the same thing

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freetoken  Nov 4, 2018 • 7:47:02am

re: #212 MsJ

I double posted the earlier tweet.

So I edited to post the correct tweet.

Reload to see the new tweet.

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fern01  Nov 4, 2018 • 7:47:04am

re: #187 MsJ

The courts are going to have to decide who wins this governor’s race. No way will Kemp declare anyone except himself the winner

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The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge  Nov 4, 2018 • 7:50:39am

re: #206 fern01

There are not that many GOPers in the state who do not vote. Most of the increase have to be democrats - cause as has been said for years - republicans always turn up - if dems turn up - they win.

Edit: The only other possibllity is the russians & I just don’t believe they can do this without being caught. Maybe I’m just too pollyanna.

I don’t believe the Russians can register imaginary voters. And if they did, then what? Cast imaginary votes for them? No. They can kick Democratic voters off the rolls and flip a few votes in a few, well-chosen close races, like they did in 2016, but they have to make it look halfway believable.

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dangerman  Nov 4, 2018 • 7:51:01am

re: #205 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))

Two of the juiciest headlines going are “Democrats in Disarray” followed by “Democrats Veer Hard left”.

Dozens of dem hopefuls who couldn’t otherwise win…
And really really want to be in power
Are asking the oldsters to help them skew the game in their favor
To ‘give them a chance’ that they couldn’t earn on their own

By stepping aside and not running
Cause if they did, they’d win

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Big Beautiful Door  Nov 4, 2018 • 7:51:02am

re: #217 fern01

The courts are going to have to decide who wins this governor’s race. No way will Kemp declare anyone except himself the winner

There are going to be a lot of losers screaming voter fraud next week, and Trump will be the loudest.

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MsJ  Nov 4, 2018 • 7:52:44am

re: #216 freetoken

I double posted the earlier tweet.

So I edited to post the correct tweet.

Reload to see the new tweet.

It still seems a mismatch. But I don’t speak evangelism so maybe it’s all good. 🙂

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dangerman  Nov 4, 2018 • 7:53:28am

re: #214 freetoken

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I stopped at “children” in the womb

Further no 10 day blastocyst does any of those things

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The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge  Nov 4, 2018 • 7:54:44am

re: #208 freetoken

Another fundamentalist leader bemoaning that the young’uns aren’t falling into line:

(Particularly unsettling: Most evangelicals believe that the Bible isn’t completely true and that Jesus was created by God.) We’ve got some work to do, it seems.

Wait a minute…Jesus wasn’t created by God? Who or what created him then?

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MsJ  Nov 4, 2018 • 7:55:01am

Out to breakfast we go. Latahs!

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Big Beautiful Door  Nov 4, 2018 • 7:56:06am

re: #223 The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge

Wait a minute…Jesus wasn’t created by God? Who or what created him then?

The theological belief is that he wasn’t created; the trinity has always existed.

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The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge  Nov 4, 2018 • 7:58:23am

re: #225 Big Beautiful Door

The theological belief is that he wasn’t created; the trinity has always existed.

OK, well…I’m not a psychologist, so I can’t comment on that.

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Big Beautiful Door  Nov 4, 2018 • 8:01:38am

re: #226 The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge

OK, well…I’m not a psychologist, so I can’t comment on that.

Just remember that when you are talking about theology, nothing has to make any sense.

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Eclectic Cyborg  Nov 4, 2018 • 8:04:05am

re: #217 fern01

The courts are going to have to decide who wins this governor’s race. No way will Kemp declare anyone except himself the winner

I want to know why he wasn’t required to temporarily step down while campaigning. The guy has a massive unfair advantage over Abrams and is brutally stacking the deck in his own favor.

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  Nov 4, 2018 • 8:04:08am

re: #227 Big Beautiful Door

Just remember that when you are talking about theology, nothing has to make any sense.

Which is why God gave our Founding Fathers the wisdom to exclude theological disputes from government by banning any establishment of religion.

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The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge  Nov 4, 2018 • 8:04:37am

re: #187 MsJ

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Betty Cracker at Balloon Juice on this story:

Kemp’s contempt for democracy and Georgians couldn’t be clearer. This Saltine-American hopes Stacey Abrams curb-stomps his cracker ass.

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jaunte  Nov 4, 2018 • 8:05:52am

re: #225 Big Beautiful Door

The idea that a permanent part of the universe suffered for our sins by being an executed human for a bit seems problematic.

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calochortus  Nov 4, 2018 • 8:06:44am

re: #228 Eclectic Cyborg

I want to know why he wasn’t required to temporarily step down while campaigning. The guy has a massive unfair advantage over Abrams and is brutally stacking the deck in his own favor.

I don’t think it is a unique case-other Secretaries of State have run for other offices without stepping down. The problem is that Kemp is putting his thumb on the scales where others haven’t.

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retired cynic  Nov 4, 2018 • 8:09:32am

re: #159 jeffreyw

Last one!
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Good morning!

There has been so much free food in the acreage here that the birds stopped coming. So I brought the feeders in and scrubbed them out. Today is ANOTHER wet, windy cold day, and I loaded them up and put them out. Hope the birds discover the groceries before the raccoons do!

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makeitstop  Nov 4, 2018 • 8:11:05am

I got home late from a gig last night. This morning I slept in and still got out of bed relatively early.

And with that, I’ve used up all of the positives of turning the clocks back.

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Unshaken Defiance  Nov 4, 2018 • 8:15:37am

re: #220 Big Beautiful Door

I’m getting am election news aversion. Headlines like these
Politico Democrats traumatized by 2016 are having pre-midterms nightmares

Same page
Democrats barrel toward Election Day confident of House takeover
CNN
Agriculture Sec. Sonny Perdue: Florida governor’s race ‘so cotton-pickin’ important’
And, finally THIS
Nate Silver says Dems could retake House, or not: ‘Both extremely possible’

FFS Nate if you have nothing to say, say nothing.

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Belafon  Nov 4, 2018 • 8:17:45am

re: #201 dangerman

Hey!

My karma just hit 45788

Why should we only celebrate the big round numbers?

Let me know when you get .3 on your karma.

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  Nov 4, 2018 • 8:21:15am

re: #201 dangerman

Hey!

My karma just hit 45788

Why should we only celebrate the big round numbers?

I live for these little random milestones in life.

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Belafon  Nov 4, 2018 • 8:24:09am

re: #213 I Would Prefer Not To

MS-45

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dangerman  Nov 4, 2018 • 8:26:20am

re: #228 Eclectic Cyborg

I want to know why he wasn’t required to temporarily step down while campaigning. The guy has a massive unfair advantage over Abrams and is brutally stacking the deck in his own favor.

he is fact being his own judge

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mmmirele  Nov 4, 2018 • 8:30:40am

re: #202 freetoken

241
Belafon  Nov 4, 2018 • 8:30:59am

re: #214 freetoken

Prove to me God didn’t tell her to have one.

242
dangerman  Nov 4, 2018 • 8:30:59am

i ran 10 yesterday. 13 today
been having a good couple of weeks

none of that gets the yardwork done

more after i come in and collapse

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Belafon  Nov 4, 2018 • 8:32:52am

re: #187 MsJ

They’re called text messages, Kemp, and are perfectly legal.

244
FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀  Nov 4, 2018 • 8:34:23am
245
Belafon  Nov 4, 2018 • 8:35:01am

re: #235 Unshaken Defiance

I’m getting am election news aversion. Headlines like these
PoliticoDemocrats traumatized by 2016 are having pre-midterms nightmares

Same page
Democrats barrel toward Election Day confident of House takeover
CNN
Agriculture Sec. Sonny Perdue: Florida governor’s race ‘so cotton-pickin’ important’
And, finally THIS
Nate Silver says Dems could retake House, or not: ‘Both extremely possible’

FFS Nate if you have nothing to say, say nothing for gods sake.

Evidence of the first one exists on this page.

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KGxvi  Nov 4, 2018 • 8:38:59am

re: #142 The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge

So they’ve privatized Daylight Savings Time? Perfect!

In Southern California a lot of construction work starts at 5 am (mostly commercial tenant improvement work) because of noise issues. In Arizona, being that it’s mostly a desert where it gets very hot, it makes sense that you don’t want to be working outside or in an un-air conditioned space during the summer

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  Nov 4, 2018 • 8:39:21am

Terrorists are brown-skinned and yell “Allahu Akhbar! Jihad!!!” when murdering white people. Anything else does not count.

/

248
jeffreyw  Nov 4, 2018 • 8:41:13am

re: #233 retired cynic

There has been so much free food in the acreage here that the birds stopped coming. So I brought the feeders in and scrubbed them out. Today is ANOTHER wet, windy cold day, and I loaded them up and put them out. Hope the birds discover the groceries before the raccoons do!

Yeah, the weather has to turn before feeder business will pick up.

Imgur


Yeah, we’ve been to that place. It’s so crowded nobody goes there anymore.

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ckkatz  Nov 4, 2018 • 8:42:01am

re: #175 MsJ

[Embedded content]

Understanding, of course, is that one unstated reason for right wing support for Israel is to define American Jews as not Americans, but instead as foreigners/outsiders.

That Netanyahu is in league with this, is having repercussions with the American Jewish Community.

Already the neo-nazi’s are pushing their answer to the contrived question of “Israel or America?”.

250
mmmirele  Nov 4, 2018 • 8:43:30am

re: #227 Big Beautiful Door

Just remember that when you are talking about theology, nothing has to make any sense.

I thought I’d share my thoughts with JD on that.

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  Nov 4, 2018 • 8:43:48am

re: #249 ckkatz

Understanding, of course, is that one unstated reason for right wing support for Israel is to define American Jews as not Americans, but instead as foreigners/outsiders.

The main reason is because the religious whackjobs need a reunited Israel with its capital in Jerusalem in order to kick-start Armageddon and fulfill their end-times prophecies.

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ObserverArt  Nov 4, 2018 • 8:51:53am

re: #245 Belafon

Evidence of the first one exists on this page.

I almost hate to go online due to all the jitters.

From last night’s SNL.

Midterm Ad - SNL

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KGxvi  Nov 4, 2018 • 8:52:12am

re: #251 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))

The main reason is because the religious whackjobs need a reunited Israel with its capital in Jerusalem in order to kick-start Armageddon and fulfill their end-times prophecies.

Part of me kinda wants to see this happen just so we can all experience the disappointment of the crazies

254
Kilroy was here  Nov 4, 2018 • 8:54:54am

SNL Opening last night..

Caravan Cold Open - SNL

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Jay C  Nov 4, 2018 • 8:56:38am

re: #250 mmmirele

I thought I’d share my thoughts with JD on that.

[Embedded content]

[Inserting I Am Not A Theologian disclaimer HERE]

Not that my knowledge of the issue extends further than the occasional perusal of a Wikipedia Article-Of-The-Day bio of some early-day churchman or other; but it seems to me that even on a cursory examination, “highly developed belly-button lint classifying” regarding the exact nature of “God” and “Jesus” and their relationship was precisely what forming the theology and dogma of early Christianity was about. And determining what beliefs were “orthodoxy” vs. “heresy” often/usually depended on consensus by the Church on what (at least to me) consist of extraordinarily abstruse points of doctrine. Abstruse, that is, until some Authority or other decided to enforce “orthodox” beliefs at swordpoint…

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Patricia Kayden  Nov 4, 2018 • 8:56:42am
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FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀  Nov 4, 2018 • 9:00:16am

re: #104 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀

Looking at current 2018 Duval County (Jacksonville), FL voting stats.
Eligible 607,398
Total ballots cast: 204,464 (33.66% turnout)
Early Voted: 145,365 (tomorrow is last day)
Absentee Voted: 59,007

2014 Duval County (Jacksonville), FL voting stats.
Eligible 552,164
Total ballots cast: 273,462 (49.5% turnout)
Voted at Polls (Election Day): 144,061
Early Voted: 73,642
Absentee Voted: 55,759

just about two hours into the last day of early voting
Looking at current 2018 Duval County (Jacksonville), FL voting stats.
Eligible 607,398
Total ballots cast: 208,892 (34.39% turnout)
Early Voted: 149,762 (last day ongoing)
Absentee Voted: 59,030
Provisional ballots: 100

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  Nov 4, 2018 • 9:03:37am

re: #256 Patricia Kayden

“I didn’t vote for him for his character,” said Charlene Brown, 57, a real estate agent from Indianapolis who attended President Trump’s rally there. “I voted for him for his positions.”

“Because as a private businessman with no record of public service whatsoever, he can embrace whatever positions he thinks would appeal to us with little clue on how to implement them!”

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Joe Bacon 🌹  Nov 4, 2018 • 9:05:02am

re: #77 Dave In Austin

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ckkatz  Nov 4, 2018 • 9:05:24am

re: #251 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))

The main reason is because the religious whackjobs need a reunited Israel with its capital in Jerusalem in order to kick-start Armageddon and fulfill their end-times prophecies.

You are correct that there is a major religious component to support for Israel due to the End of Times theology.

I just wanted to point out that there is also a political/nationalist/racist component traceable to ‘Jews as the Other’ as well. As Niemoller pointed out, the alt-right is not stopping at Hispanics, Muslims, Socialists, and progressives.

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  Nov 4, 2018 • 9:05:55am

re: #259 Joe Bacon 🌹

Which is why more and more people are walking out of churches and NEVER going back!

especially those churches who listen to this holy horseshit and fail to call him out on it

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  Nov 4, 2018 • 9:06:39am

re: #260 ckkatz

You are correct that there is a major religious component to support for Israel due to the End of Times theology.

I just wanted to point out that there is also a political/nationalist/racist component traceable to ‘Jews as the Other’ as well. As Niemoller pointed out, the alt-right is not stopping at Hispanics, Muslims, Socialists, and progressives.

yes, in fact, Soros the Jew is seen as the one who is funding and supporting all the other minority “troublemakers” out there

263
FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀  Nov 4, 2018 • 9:07:26am
264
FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀  Nov 4, 2018 • 9:07:55am
265
FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀  Nov 4, 2018 • 9:18:54am

re: #257 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀

just about two hours into the last day of early voting
Looking at current 2018 Duval County (Jacksonville), FL voting stats.
Eligible 607,398
Total ballots cast: 208,892 (34.39% turnout)
Early Voted: 149,762 (last day ongoing)
Absentee Voted: 59,030
Provisional ballots: 100

Some contrast.
In 2014 the last day of early voting saw ~9,000 ballots cast
As of right now, over 5,000 ballots have been cast today (up to 209,634 now). Churches pretty much just getting out. Over five and a half hours of voting left

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Joe Bacon 🌹  Nov 4, 2018 • 9:19:55am

re: #144 wheat-dogg

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FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀  Nov 4, 2018 • 9:27:33am
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Joe Bacon 🌹  Nov 4, 2018 • 9:32:19am

re: #156 Patricia Kayden

That’s what I’m thinking too. Once the Democrats take the House, Mueller can drop more huge indictments. 👍🏿

[Embedded content]

Criswell Bacon predicts that on Wednesday Trump will fire Attorney General Keebler Elf, insert a stooge to fire Mueller.

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FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀  Nov 4, 2018 • 9:32:38am

re: #267 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀

I would expect the linked article to continue to update
Mid-air plane crash in Ottawa’s west end | CTV Ottawa News

Ottawa Police say there has been a mid-air collision between two planes in the city’s west end Sunday morning.

After the collision, police say the smaller plane crashed into a field in the area of McGee Side Road, the other was redirected to the Ottawa International Airport. The airport confirmed that plane landed safely.

It’s not known what types of aircraft were involved.

There are believed to be serious injuries.

Witnesses told CTV’s Mike Arsalides the occupants of the plane that landed at the Ottawa Airport were a father and son.

Ottawa Paramedics referred all questions to the Carp Airport. The Carp Airport said it had no details.

More to come…

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ericblair  Nov 4, 2018 • 9:51:21am

re: #269 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀

I would expect the linked article to continue to update

Carp airport is a general aviation airport, so I would assume small aircraft and not commercial service.

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Joe Bacon 🌹  Nov 4, 2018 • 9:57:09am

re: #214 freetoken

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goddamnedfrank  Nov 4, 2018 • 9:59:57am
273
Joe Bacon 🌹  Nov 4, 2018 • 10:00:40am

re: #223 The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge

Wait a minute…Jesus wasn’t created by God? Who or what created him then?

Well if The Big G got down with Mary, JC would have only a set of chromosomes from his Mom.

Now work out the theological implications of that…

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  Nov 4, 2018 • 10:00:51am

re: #271 Joe Bacon 🌹

And the minute the child is born you don’t care if it has no access to decent health care. You don’t care if children are molested, beaten, bullied or neglected.

If you see it as your “Christian duty” to “protect unborn life” then make it your duty to help the mother bearing the child decide to keep it and raise it and offer them the financial and moral assistance they need.

If, however, your sense of “Christian duty” is limited to shaming and shouting at women seeking abortion counselling or banning access to it altogether, then I see your sense of duty as highly misguided.

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The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge  Nov 4, 2018 • 10:01:34am

re: #273 Joe Bacon 🌹

Well if The Big G got down with Mary, JC would have only a set of chromosomes from his Mom.

Now work out the theological implications of JC being a TS…

Hence “Jesus Haploid Christ!”

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jaunte  Nov 4, 2018 • 10:02:07am

re: #274 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))

“Let’s see; which option is easier for me personally?”

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Joe Bacon 🌹  Nov 4, 2018 • 10:04:15am

re: #274 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))

If you see it as your “Christian duty” to “protect unborn life” then make it your duty to help the mother bearing the child decide to keep it and raise it and offer them the help they need.

If, however, your sense of “Christian duty” is limited to shaming and shouting at women seeking abortion counselling or banning access to it altogether, then I see your sense of duty as highly misguided.

I will NEVER forget the time a coworker was beaten by her boyfriend because she got pregnant. She was afraid to go to a clinic alone. I told her I would go with her. We had to walk through a gauntlet of asshole Christians who yelled at us, tried to block us from going into the clinic and I will NEVER forgive the fucking priest who spit in my face as we entered.

The same priest who was eventually arrested for molesting kids…

F these assholes.

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SteveMcGriftFlynnComey... ...corruptemoligate RN  Nov 4, 2018 • 10:04:55am

I got called into work this morning for a couple hours. They asked me to fix all the clocks. I thought that was an odd request until I looked around and realized because of random scheduling quirks everybody there was under 5’6”!!!

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Alephnaught  Nov 4, 2018 • 10:06:00am

re: #247 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))

Terrorists are brown-skinned and yell “Allahu Akhbar! Jihad!!!” when murdering white people. Anything else does not count.

/

I know you’re being sarcastic, but as someone who was born in 1971 in the UK, terrorism for me meant the The Troubles and the Provisional IRA and their offshoots, and as someone brought up as Catholic, with Irish ancestry, that also translated into predujice against people like me, both direct and indirect. So I really have no time whatsoever for people who think of terrorism as if it were just a Muslim and/or foreign thing.

280
jaunte  Nov 4, 2018 • 10:06:39am
281
The Ghost of a Flea  Nov 4, 2018 • 10:07:08am

re: #274 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))

I don’t think their “Christian duty” in those respects can be separated from whatever “Christian duty” makes them blame women for their abuse and cover for men who engage in sexual abuse.

They’re outside those clinics precisely because it involves heaping shit on frightened women and not looking at the situation in any other perspective (that might prompt self-reflection or self-critique).

At the bottom of everything isn’t a merciful Christ or even a rigid God of laws, but a sanctified good ole’ boys club.

282
Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  Nov 4, 2018 • 10:10:54am

re: #281 The Ghost of a Flea

Slut-shaming is so morally gratifying….

283
dangerman  Nov 4, 2018 • 10:23:58am

re: #253 KGxvi

Part of me kinda wants to see this happen just so we can all experience the disappointment of the crazies

they would constantly explain it away

just like the thousand mondays after the thousand “the world ends friday”s already

284
dangerman  Nov 4, 2018 • 10:25:48am

re: #256 Patricia Kayden

“I didn’t vote for him for his character,” said Charlene Brown, 57, a real estate agent from Indianapolis who attended President Trump’s rally there. “I voted for him for his positions.”

so tell us which positions specifically

cause that’ll tell us a lot about you

285
William Lewis  Nov 4, 2018 • 10:27:09am

Here in America we think of WWI ending on the 11th of November. Elsewhere, the guns slowly fell silent at differing times.

Title of the Hungarian soldiers’ song: Somogyi katonadal (Soldiers’ song from Somogy county)
Remembering the end of the 1st World War for the Austro-Hungarian Monarchy. On the 3rd November 1918 an armistice was signed between the Entente Powers and the Austro-Hungarian Monarchy in Padova to cease all hostile activities on the 4th November - exactly 100 years ago. The song you will hear will not tell about bravery or heroism. It will tell about the sacrifices and suffering of the ones who remained at home, waiting for the husband, fiancé, father, son, grandson, friend to never return. This song is not about nationalism, it is simply about the universal pain of missing somebody who will never come home again, felt the same way in each corner of the World. Let them rest in peace.

Remembering the end of World War I with a Hungarian soldiers’ song

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  Nov 4, 2018 • 10:27:38am

re: #284 dangerman

so tell us which positions specifically

cause that’ll tell us a lot about you

The ones about Making America Great and Bringing Back Jobs and Building The Wall, of course.

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A Cranky One  Nov 4, 2018 • 10:32:07am

re: #274 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))

If you see it as your “Christian duty” to “protect unborn life” then make it your duty to help the mother bearing the child decide to keep it and raise it and offer them the help they need.

If, however, your sense of “Christian duty” is limited to shaming and shouting at women seeking abortion counselling or banning access to it altogether, then I see your sense of duty as highly misguided.

I knew a woman who used to participate in clinic protests. One day at a protest, as she watched a woman walk the gauntlet, she realized that the woman was obviously in a desperate situation (dirty torn clothes, worn shoes, etc.) and suggested to several of the protesters that perhaps what the woman needed was some help and support, rather than harassment. My friend had an epiphany when several of the protesters refused to even consider the idea. She was particularly struck by the outright dismissal of the idea from several clearly well-to-do protesters (who came to the protests in expensive cars, etc.).

That was the last protest she attended. She remained strongly “pro-life”, but demonstrated the sincerity of her beliefs by adopting a black “crack” baby that no one wanted. And she worked hard to raise him as best she could, including attending a predominately black church to build a support structure for the child, understanding that he would face issues she couldn’t understand.

Although I disagreed with her position, I have nothing but respect for her, as she truly lived according to her beliefs. And the last I heard, the child (now a middle schooler) was doing well and was happy.

My friend’s Christian witness was far more effective and Christ-like than any of the clinic protesters.

288
I Would Prefer Not To  Nov 4, 2018 • 10:34:33am

Everybody, and I mean everybody gets a piece of The Felon,

289
Backwoods_Sleuth  Nov 4, 2018 • 10:40:08am

he is so easily impressed with himself

290
Joe Bacon 🌹  Nov 4, 2018 • 10:43:42am

Before I went to bed I emptied 589 junk e-mails asking for money.

Now I just checked my e-mail and another 185 are in the junk mail folder with a time stamp of today.

This REALLY makes me want to support full public financing of campaigns…

291
The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge  Nov 4, 2018 • 10:47:57am

re: #290 Joe Bacon 🌹

Before I went to bed I emptied 589 junk e-mails asking for money.

Now I just checked my e-mail and another 185 are in the junk mail folder with a time stamp of today.

This REALLY makes me want to support full public financing of campaigns…

The way the Democrats are getting more money from small donors than the Republicans are from billionaires this cycle, if the GOP retains Congress, I fully expect the maximum contribution limit to be replaced by a minimum contribution—$10,000, say.

292
First As Tragedy, Then As Farce  Nov 4, 2018 • 10:48:01am

re: #4 Charles Johnson

I had a Shure wireless system (why?) in the late 80s. I couldn’t begin to tell you the model number or anything like that. It had a usable range of about 50 yards between the transmitter and the receiver. In retrospect, that seems like a lot.

One of the things I liked about it was that it (unintentionally) imparted just the tiniest bit of overdrive. Just enough to put a slightly toothy edge on your sound.

The bad thing about about it was that if you rolled down your main volume knob it would be ok for a bit, but would suddenly get completely muffled and muddy. But if you wanted to rock someone like a hurricane, it was pretty decent.

293
Backwoods_Sleuth  Nov 4, 2018 • 10:48:12am

jeebus

294
dangerman  Nov 4, 2018 • 10:51:05am

re: #271 Joe Bacon 🌹

[Embedded content]
NAnd the minute the child is born you don’t care if it has no access to decent health care. You don’t care if children are molested, beaten, bullied or neglected

Or caged

295
Backwoods_Sleuth  Nov 4, 2018 • 10:58:10am
296
BeachDem  Nov 4, 2018 • 10:59:08am

re: #288 I Would Prefer Not To

Everybody, and I mean everybody gets a piece of The Felon,

[Embedded content]

Don’t know much about history
Don’t know much biology
Don’t know much about a science book,
Don’t know much about the french I took…

Don’t know much about geography,
Don’t know much trigonometry
Don’t know much about algebra,
Don’t know what a slide rule is for…

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Eclectic Cyborg  Nov 4, 2018 • 10:59:19am

re: #295 Backwoods_Sleuth

Because his base will believe it and spread it like Gospel regardless of it’s fucking true or not.

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dangerman  Nov 4, 2018 • 10:59:45am

re: #287 A Cranky One

I knew a woman who used to participate in clinic protests. One day at a protest, as she watched a woman walk the gauntlet, she realized that the woman was obviously in a desperate situation (dirty torn clothes, worn shoes, etc.) and suggested to several of the protesters that perhaps what the woman needed was some help and support, rather than harassment. My friend had an epiphany when several of the protesters refused to even consider the idea. She was particularly struck by the outright dismissal of the idea from several clearly well-to-do protesters (who came to the protests in expensive cars, etc.).

That was the last protest she attended. She remained strongly “pro-life”, but demonstrated the sincerity of her beliefs by adopting a black “crack” baby that no one wanted. And she worked hard to raise him as best she could, including attending a predominately black church to build a support structure for the child, understanding that he would face issues she couldn’t understand.

Although I disagreed with her position, I have nothing but respect for her, as she truly lived according to her beliefs. And the last I heard, the child (now a middle schooler) was doing well and was happy.

My friend’s Christian witness was far more effective and Christ-like than any of the clinic protesters.

As sting and the police said:

Do do do
Good deeds deeds deeds
Is all I want to say to you

299
The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge  Nov 4, 2018 • 10:59:50am

For Fuck’s Sake indeed:

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HappyWarrior  Nov 4, 2018 • 10:59:53am

re: #295 Backwoods_Sleuth

[Embedded content]

He talks big on Twitter because no one will call him out to his face but he’s quiet as hell when he actually has to face people.

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HappyWarrior  Nov 4, 2018 • 11:00:36am

re: #299 The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge

For Fuck’s Sake indeed:

[Embedded content]

Just no.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Nov 4, 2018 • 11:02:19am

in Cincinnati

303
Belafon  Nov 4, 2018 • 11:06:48am

re: #299 The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge

304
FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀  Nov 4, 2018 • 11:11:22am

re: #265 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀

Some contrast.
In 2014 the last day of early voting saw ~9,000 ballots cast
As of right now, over 5,000 ballots have been cast today (up to 209,634 now). Churches pretty much just getting out. Over five and a half hours of voting left

Now about 300 and change short of 10,000 ballots cast today. just under three hours of early voting remaining

305
sagehen  Nov 4, 2018 • 11:16:41am

re: #279 Alephnaught

I know you’re being sarcastic, but as someone who was born in 1971 in the UK, terrorism for me meant the The Troubles and the Provisional IRA and their offshoots, and as someone brought up as Catholic, with Irish ancestry, that also translated into predujice against people like me, both direct and indirect. So I really have no time whatsoever for people who think of terrorism as if it were just a Muslim and/or foreign thing.

As an American young person in the years before the SDS or PLO, terrorism to me meant Puerto Ricans. FALN did bombings, hijackings, once they brought automatic weapons into the gallery at the House and shot up the floor (they’re the reason for metal detectors at the Capitol). Somewhat before my time, they’d tried to assassinate Harry Truman and one of his bodyguards died shielding him from the gunfire.

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sagehen  Nov 4, 2018 • 11:24:34am

re: #302 Backwoods_Sleuth

in Cincinnati

[Embedded content]

Call it racial profiling if you like, but… that looks to me like a line full of Democrats.


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