It’s a Trump Christmas: “All Alone, Poor Me”

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As the stock market takes another precipitous dive, our so-called president is spending Christmas Eve day posting one rage-tweet after another, culminating in… this.

Words fail me.

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376 comments
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plansbandc  Dec 24, 2018 • 10:40:21am

That’s a particularly foul picture. His face looks like leather.

*BARF*

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Charles Johnson  Dec 24, 2018 • 10:45:03am
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Eclectic Cyborg  Dec 24, 2018 • 10:46:12am

re: #2 Charles Johnson

WHY ARE WE TREATING CONSERVATIVES WITH KID GLOVES?

The fuck?

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BigPapa  Dec 24, 2018 • 10:47:30am

re: #1 plansbandc

That’s a particularly foul picture. His face looks like leather.

*BARF*

He took a huge bump of adderall but sneezed

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lawhawk  Dec 24, 2018 • 10:48:26am

Trump’s gone off the deep end, even by his own standards.
The markets are tanking precisely because of Trump’s actions and Mnuchin’s “calming” message to banks.

Trump’s a saboteur, and his base is cheering it on.
The GOP owns this. All of this. They enabled. They are complicit.

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Hecuba's daughter  Dec 24, 2018 • 10:48:26am

re: #4 Eclectic Cyborg

WHY ARE WE TREATING CONSERVATIVES WITH KID GLOVES?

The fuck?

Because they are very vocal snowflakes with a huge media presence, who traffic in lies and deception about every report that doesn’t cater to their views

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darthstar  Dec 24, 2018 • 10:48:52am

Good thread on Justice Roberts over at Dkos

But as much as I enjoy the occasional thread there these days, I find the ‘nothing short of evisceration’ attitude of some people hard to take…I get it…I used to be like that myself twenty years ago. I just don’t have the patience for it anymore.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Dec 24, 2018 • 10:50:00am
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Charles Johnson  Dec 24, 2018 • 10:50:52am
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Hecuba's daughter  Dec 24, 2018 • 10:51:30am

re: #6 lawhawk

Trump’s gone off the deep end, even by his own standards.
The markets are tanking precisely because of Trump’s actions and Mnuchin’s “calming” message to banks.

Trump’s a saboteur, and his base is cheering it on.
The GOP owns this. All of this. They enabled. They are complicit.

Would the market still have tanked if no one leaked the Trump rage against Powell? Mnuchin would not have made his public comments nor have been talking to the banks.

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lawhawk  Dec 24, 2018 • 10:54:42am

re: #11 Hecuba’s daughter

Markets were already on downward trajectory. Trump’s actions have made a bad situation far worse.

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Joe Bacon 🌹  Dec 24, 2018 • 10:54:58am

The RepubliKKKlans went all in with President Asshole. They need to go down with him.

Every Last One!

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Romantic Heretic  Dec 24, 2018 • 10:56:54am

re: #4 Eclectic Cyborg

WHY ARE WE TREATING CONSERVATIVES WITH KID GLOVES?

The fuck?

Because they have power (mostly in the form of firearms) and aren’t afraid to use them.

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dangerman  Dec 24, 2018 • 10:56:55am

re: #13 Joe Bacon 🌹

The RepubliKKKlans went all in with President Asshole. They need to go down with him.

Every Last One!

Hey he’s fucking with their money too
Maybe some of them will realize it

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Belafon  Dec 24, 2018 • 10:57:21am

re: #2 Charles Johnson

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I personally don’t care if I post off liberals, which really means I don’t care about conservatives.

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dangerman  Dec 24, 2018 • 10:57:57am

re: #14 Romantic Heretic

Because they have power (mostly in the form of firearms) and aren’t afraid to use them.

I’d say mostly in the form of talk radio and organized fake nooz “media” messaging

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  Dec 24, 2018 • 10:58:08am

re: #12 lawhawk

Markets were already on downward trajectory. Trump’s actions have made a bad situation far worse.

He does not understand when it is best to keep one’s mouth shut and ones keyboard untouched…

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Joe Bacon 🌹  Dec 24, 2018 • 10:59:25am

re: #18 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))

He does not understand when it is best to keep one’s mouth shut and ones keyboard untouched…

OR

He’s shorting the market and making a mint…

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Dec 24, 2018 • 11:00:05am

she’s probably correct:

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Skip Intro  Dec 24, 2018 • 11:02:02am

re: #19 Joe Bacon 🌹

OR

He’s shorting the market and making a mint…

You can only short a stock on an uptick. Seen any upticks lately?

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Charles Johnson  Dec 24, 2018 • 11:02:45am
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Backwoods_Sleuth  Dec 24, 2018 • 11:05:10am
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Jay C  Dec 24, 2018 • 11:06:20am

re: #21 Skip Intro

You can only short a stock on an uptick. Seen any upticks lately?

What’s really weird (and I don’t know if I am reading too much into this) but at 2:03p ET, Bloomberg (and a couple of other outlets aren’t showing a DJIA figure later that 1:20 (when it was 21,792 - down 653).

I’m old enough to remember when a “late tape” meant serious market selloff/Black-Friday-level disaster. Thought that was back when there was an actual (paper) “tape” - and even a few million shares of volume would cause it to run late…..

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Hecuba's daughter  Dec 24, 2018 • 11:08:02am

re: #21 Skip Intro

You can only short a stock on an uptick. Seen any upticks lately?

HFT holds stocks for milliseconds. There have been upticks throughout the day and this can take advantage of it. These traders can manipulate the entire market.

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The Vicious Babushka  Dec 24, 2018 • 11:09:02am
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Charles Johnson  Dec 24, 2018 • 11:09:17am
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Unshaken Defiance  Dec 24, 2018 • 11:10:19am

re: #25 Hecuba’s daughter
look where (some of) the stock money went.

5 month high
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Hecuba's daughter  Dec 24, 2018 • 11:10:46am

re: #23 Backwoods_Sleuth

Facts Do Matter
@WilDonnelly
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So maybe Mnuchin leaked everything so that he could profit by a market collapse?

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PhillyPretzel  Dec 24, 2018 • 11:11:49am

re: #29 Hecuba’s daughter

That is possible.

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Charles Johnson  Dec 24, 2018 • 11:12:35am
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PhillyPretzel  Dec 24, 2018 • 11:15:42am

Gee. I have not had 3 pages open in a long time. LGF, WaPo, and Kitco.

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freetoken  Dec 24, 2018 • 11:19:17am

Along with the problems of expected exponential growth in “investments”, the increased face value of assets means everything will eventually go up.

Including health care costs.

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Patricia Kayden  Dec 24, 2018 • 11:24:35am

re: #6 lawhawk

Why are the base cheering this on? They have as much to lose if the economy tanks. I’m sure quite a few of them have retirement accounts which depend on a stable stock market.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Dec 24, 2018 • 11:24:40am
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Charles Johnson  Dec 24, 2018 • 11:24:53am
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Patricia Kayden  Dec 24, 2018 • 11:27:05am

re: #22 Charles Johnson

So it was basically alcohol with a light egg mixture.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Dec 24, 2018 • 11:28:17am
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Very Cool Very Legal Ghost Flea  Dec 24, 2018 • 11:28:52am

re: #4 Eclectic Cyborg

WHY ARE WE TREATING CONSERVATIVES WITH KID GLOVES?

The fuck?

Face-eating leopards are an important consumer division, and it’s bad for stock value to state out loud that they use social media to coordinate their face-eating.

The…LATE STAGE CAPITALISTS…ARISOCRATS….

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Hecuba's daughter  Dec 24, 2018 • 11:31:26am

re: #34 Patricia Kayden

Why are the base cheering this on? They have as much to lose if the economy tanks. I’m sure quite a few of them have retirement accounts which depend on a stable stock market.

The base already believes that the drop in the market is all due to the blue wave in November. Remember for them it’s the Schumer Shutdown, not the Trump Shutdown. My brother even explained to me that the 2008 stock market crash was due to Democrats and helping the undeserving poor get mortgages, rather then the malfeasance of banks.

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makeitstop  Dec 24, 2018 • 11:32:54am
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Barefoot Grin  Dec 24, 2018 • 11:34:20am

re: #40 Hecuba’s daughter

The base already believes that the drop in the market is all due to the blue wave in November. Remember for them it’s the Schumer Shutdown, not the Trump Shutdown. My brother even explained to me that the 2008 stock market crash was due to Democrats and helping the undeserving poor get mortgages, rather then the malfeasance of banks.

Stephen Moore, one of the guys with Navarro who gives Trump advice, just said on CNN “Trump’s absolutely right; the sell-off began with the latest rate hike, so the Fed is to blame.” There may in fact be something to this, but he refused to admit that Trump is exacerbating the situation with his reckless tweets. The base will believe that.

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Patricia Kayden  Dec 24, 2018 • 11:35:34am

re: #13 Joe Bacon 🌹

The RepubliKKKlans went all in with President Asshole. They need to go down with him.

Every Last One!

The irony is that Trump would have no problem bringing the entire party down with him since his only loyalty is to himself.

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  Dec 24, 2018 • 11:35:36am

re: #19 Joe Bacon 🌹

OR

He’s shorting the market and making a mint…

He has people doing that, too

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Dr Lizardo  Dec 24, 2018 • 11:36:00am

re: #41 makeitstop

Well done. As good as this oldie but goodie:

Imperial Starport Frankfurt, Germany

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Patricia Kayden  Dec 24, 2018 • 11:38:30am

re: #40 Hecuba’s daughter

So they’re rooting for injuries because people exercised their right to vote for Democrats. Good to know.

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Rocky-in-Connecticut  Dec 24, 2018 • 11:39:07am

re: #34 Patricia Kayden

Because the Base wants total destruction of

1. The Federal Government

2. 20th Century Statesmanship and protocols

3. Any challenge to White Male Supremacy

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wrenchwench  Dec 24, 2018 • 11:39:15am
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I Would Prefer Not To  Dec 24, 2018 • 11:42:32am

For everyone that celebrates.

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PhillyPretzel  Dec 24, 2018 • 11:44:28am

From WaPo: washingtonpost.com

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Shiplord Kirel, Friend of Moose and Squirrel  Dec 24, 2018 • 11:44:34am

Time for the Caroling Christmas Critters:

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freetoken  Dec 24, 2018 • 11:49:49am

Regarding the equities markets crashing…

I’ve notice the past few months that the real estate market in San Diego county’s higher priced areas has been rather cold.

Certain highly desirable neighborhoods for young couples are still hot - the two salaried professionals are still buying in the older parts of town with walkable neighborhoods.

But the McMansion market, as well as the real mansion market, are cold.

I strongly suspect that people with money are / have been hoarding, ready for a correction.

It’s poor joe-sixpaks who, with their meager retirement funds, that have been holding up the market.

The higher priced real estate around the county presented a lot of good deals immediately post-2008 Great recession. In 2016 prices had recovered pretty much and there were still plenty of sales in the pricier neighborhoods. The past 6 months or so the asking prices have been too high (e.g., what was $2M a few years ago the ask is now $4M), and I’ve recently seen a lot of price cuts.

My belief is that rich people generally are ahead of the curve - not that they are that smart but they pay the smart people to make smart decisions for them.

It’s the poor working stiff who gets trampled upon.

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ObserverArt  Dec 24, 2018 • 11:49:59am

Anyone have a count as to how many tweets Trump has crapped out today?

Seems like he is going for a record output for one day.

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Targetpractice  Dec 24, 2018 • 11:50:26am

re: #50 PhillyPretzel

From WaPo: washingtonpost.com

Thing is, given the people we’re talking about, we can’t discount that they deliberately scared the shit out of the market in order to short it.

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Dr Lizardo  Dec 24, 2018 • 11:51:27am

re: #51 Shiplord Kirel, Friend of Moose and Squirrel

I see your critters and raise you some かわいい (kawaii):

Japanese Christmas Song Anime-nerv

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freetoken  Dec 24, 2018 • 11:53:02am

Speaking of riches, the Christmas Day MegaMillions is worth an annuitized $321M.

Santa, make my day.

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wrenchwench  Dec 24, 2018 • 11:54:53am
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Patricia Kayden  Dec 24, 2018 • 11:57:04am

Can’t happen soon enough. Let’s go!

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Ace Rothstein  Dec 24, 2018 • 11:59:47am

re: #38 Backwoods_Sleuth

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PhillyPretzel  Dec 24, 2018 • 11:59:56am

re: #58 Patricia Kayden

Amen.

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Patricia Kayden  Dec 24, 2018 • 12:00:03pm

re: #53 ObserverArt

Anyone have a count as to how many tweets Trump has crapped out today?

Seems like he is going for a record output for one day.

Well, he’s home doing absolutely nothing so he has time to tweet up a rage storm. Sigh.

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Targetpractice  Dec 24, 2018 • 12:01:03pm

“Well yeah, the market just shat a hole through the bed, but hey, you can say ‘Merry Christmas’ again with pride and that’s what matters!!!”

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stpaulbear  Dec 24, 2018 • 12:01:52pm

re: #57 wrenchwench

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Even his own children don’t want to be with him. I can’t blame them.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Dec 24, 2018 • 12:02:41pm

MANY PEOPLE ARE SAYING!

hahahahahaha

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calochortus  Dec 24, 2018 • 12:04:49pm

re: #24 Jay C

What’s really weird (and I don’t know if I am reading too much into this) but at 2:03p ET, Bloomberg (and a couple of other outlets aren’t showing a DJIA figure later that 1:20 (when it was 21,792 - down 653).

I’m old enough to remember when a “late tape” meant serious market selloff/Black-Friday-level disaster. Thought that was back when there was an actual (paper) “tape” - and even a few million shares of volume would cause it to run late…..

In case no one else mentioned it-the market closed early (1 pm EST) for the holiday.

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Joe Bacon 🌹  Dec 24, 2018 • 12:05:00pm

re: #64 Backwoods_Sleuth

MANY PEOPLE ARE SAYING!

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hahahahahaha

ROTFLMAO if Melania serves him divorce papers on Christmas!

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Single-handed sailor  Dec 24, 2018 • 12:06:20pm

Even Arab News says Trump is easily bought.

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Targetpractice  Dec 24, 2018 • 12:06:32pm

Just now:

Me: “You know, we’ve done none of the shopping for Christmas dinner tomorrow.”
Folks: “Damnit, you’re right.”
Me: *totally joking* “Well fuck it, let’s just have Taco Tuesday.”
Folks: *serious* “Sounds fine to me.”
Me: *facepalm*

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BigPapa  Dec 24, 2018 • 12:07:12pm

re: #66 Joe Bacon 🌹

ROTFLMAO if Melania serves him divorce papers on Christmas!

She should tell Fox and Friends so Trump finds out on live TV. Payback for, well, pretty much everybody.

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calochortus  Dec 24, 2018 • 12:10:11pm

re: #68 Targetpractice

Just now:

Me: “You know, we’ve done none of the shopping for Christmas dinner tomorrow.”
Folks: “Damnit, you’re right.”
Me: *totally joking* “Well fuck it, let’s just have Taco Tuesday.”
Folks: *serious* “Sounds fine to me.”
Me: *facepalm*

LOL. We do a big Xmas Eve dinner. The cooking has begun…

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Dec 24, 2018 • 12:10:46pm
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freetoken  Dec 24, 2018 • 12:11:52pm

Ella Fitzgerald - Christmas Songs (FULL ALBUM)

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Dave In Austin  Dec 24, 2018 • 12:12:13pm
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Charles Johnson  Dec 24, 2018 • 12:12:42pm
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Targetpractice  Dec 24, 2018 • 12:13:32pm

re: #73 Dave In Austin

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Dec 24, 2018 • 12:14:43pm
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wrenchwench  Dec 24, 2018 • 12:15:56pm

re: #71 Backwoods_Sleuth

[Jolabokaflod. That’s the name of Iceland’s holiday tradition where families exchange books on Christmas Eve and spend the evening reading]

That’s probably among the top 10 reasons Iceland was found to be the happiest nation.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Dec 24, 2018 • 12:18:39pm
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Backwoods_Sleuth  Dec 24, 2018 • 12:19:14pm
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Eclectic Cyborg  Dec 24, 2018 • 12:20:14pm

re: #79 Backwoods_Sleuth

Sadly, it will be quite awhile after he’s gone until America is respected again.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Dec 24, 2018 • 12:23:28pm
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nines09  Dec 24, 2018 • 12:23:29pm

Donald J Trump is a whore.
And the entire Republican Party is perfectly fine with that.

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Targetpractice  Dec 24, 2018 • 12:23:41pm

Ah, Fark, thanks for the headlines…

White House: So Dems, maybe that $5 billion was a teensy bit too high. I’m sure we could make do with $3 billion. Dems: What part of ‘shove that wall up your ass’ was not clear the first time?

And a future holiday classic…

♫ Jingle bells, markets fell, Mnuchin laid an egg… Wall Street whores shiat their drawers and the POTUS Tweets awaaayyy… ♫

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Dec 24, 2018 • 12:24:24pm
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Backwoods_Sleuth  Dec 24, 2018 • 12:28:01pm
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Jay C  Dec 24, 2018 • 12:30:05pm

re: #65 calochortus

In case no one else mentioned it-the market closed early (1 pm EST) for the holiday.

OK: So that’s the close for 12.24. I was off doing some pre-Christmas shlepping shopping and just got back to check out LGF. My bad.
Still sucky, but could have been worse….
(There’s always Wednesday)

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gocart mozart  Dec 24, 2018 • 12:31:15pm

re: #22 Charles Johnson

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Charles Johnson  Dec 24, 2018 • 12:31:23pm
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Targetpractice  Dec 24, 2018 • 12:33:23pm

re: #85 Backwoods_Sleuth

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Chuck finally figured out that that thing in his back does have a purpose!

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calochortus  Dec 24, 2018 • 12:33:28pm

re: #86 Jay C

OK: So that’s the close for 12.24. I was off doing some pre-Christmas shlepping shopping and just got back to check out LGF. My bad.
Still sucky, but could have been worse….
(There’s always Wednesday)

I don’t know whether to root for the markets continuing to tank or not. On the one hand, if things are going to go south I’d just as soon it be on the GOP’s watch. On the other hand, a lot of people will be hurt. Fortunately, it’s not my decision to make.

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wrenchwench  Dec 24, 2018 • 12:33:37pm

re: #84 Backwoods_Sleuth

[ # Trump Shutdown ]

She beat him to the punch naming that one. On TV, in front of everyone.

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Joe Bacon 🌹  Dec 24, 2018 • 12:39:04pm

At least Nero had a fiddle.

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Dr Lizardo  Dec 24, 2018 • 12:40:59pm

Good night and Happy Holidays, Lizards far and wide. All the best.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Dec 24, 2018 • 12:42:50pm
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Nyet  Dec 24, 2018 • 12:43:35pm

Merry Christmas to all the Lizards who celebrate it!

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calochortus  Dec 24, 2018 • 12:43:50pm

re: #94 Backwoods_Sleuth

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Is this like a “choose your own adventure” book?

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ThomasLite  Dec 24, 2018 • 12:49:01pm

re: #94 Backwoods_Sleuth

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Yelp. Well, we’ve all seen that friend, colleague, or relative go completely off the rails after a few festive holiday drinks. Just add nuclear button, I guess.

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nines09  Dec 24, 2018 • 12:50:12pm

re: #91 wrenchwench

She beat him to the punch naming that one. On TV, in front of everyone.

The GOP and Trump have given the Democrats buckets of rocks.
And the entire GOP and Trump sit in a glass house.
We all know what needs to be done.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Dec 24, 2018 • 12:51:24pm
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Eclectic Cyborg  Dec 24, 2018 • 12:51:37pm

re: #88 Charles Johnson

I was about to post about this. Dude is waaaay off the deep end.

I’m sure his laywers are all WTF right now.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Dec 24, 2018 • 12:52:27pm

re: #88 Charles Johnson

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gocart mozart  Dec 24, 2018 • 12:52:51pm
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Backwoods_Sleuth  Dec 24, 2018 • 12:54:45pm
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prairiefire  Dec 24, 2018 • 12:55:48pm

Can they take him away now?

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prairiefire  Dec 24, 2018 • 12:56:54pm

re: #104 prairiefire

Can they take him away now?

What a shocking gift! I would consider it a Christmas miracle.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Dec 24, 2018 • 12:57:58pm
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Backwoods_Sleuth  Dec 24, 2018 • 12:58:48pm
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calochortus  Dec 24, 2018 • 12:59:22pm

Time to go fill and frost the Yule Log.
(This year it’s not just gluten free, its also very low in lactose, though not totally dairy free. I’m going to start requiring that new introductions to the family circle submit a list of dietary restrictions before they’re admitted.)

I hope to get back here for a while after that, but later in the day I’ll be in the kitchen until the guests arrive, and then, well guests. Christmas Eve dinner is a lot of work, but I couldn’t miss having friends and family together, enjoying each other’s company as well as the best food I can put on the table.
So, if I don’t get back here, a very Merry Christmas to those who celebrate it. And lovely day to everyone regardless of what is celebrated.

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nines09  Dec 24, 2018 • 12:59:32pm

Old joke. Stop me if you heard it.

Police were called to a home last week where a local musician was found beaten to death. His wife admitted to the crime. She also admitted to beating him with guitars from his collection of vintage guitars. When she appeared in court this morning for her hearing the judge asked her; “First offender?”
She answered………………

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gocart mozart  Dec 24, 2018 • 12:59:36pm
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prairiefire  Dec 24, 2018 • 1:00:28pm

re: #108 calochortus

Thank you, same to you!

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Joe Bacon 🌹  Dec 24, 2018 • 1:01:47pm

re: #107 Backwoods_Sleuth

After seeing the Spacey tweet I’m smoking Ronnie’s Christmas gift…

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Dec 24, 2018 • 1:02:07pm
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Single-handed sailor  Dec 24, 2018 • 1:02:27pm
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Colère Tueur de Lapin  Dec 24, 2018 • 1:02:57pm

re: #99 Backwoods_Sleuth

…much of the rest of the dollars…

It is quite amazing that his vocabulary is this limited. We all knew he is an illiterate shit, but holy hell. The words and actions of a toddler.

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Eclectic Cyborg  Dec 24, 2018 • 1:03:36pm

Trump is so heartless even Ebenezer Scrooge is like: “Damn, son!”

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Nyet  Dec 24, 2018 • 1:06:47pm
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sagehen  Dec 24, 2018 • 1:09:34pm

re: #114 Single-handed sailor

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Gee. That sounds like a good deal. Wonder if we could get in on it?

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Jay C  Dec 24, 2018 • 1:10:19pm

re: #112 Joe Bacon 🌹

After seeing the Spacey tweet I’m smoking Ronnie’s Christmas gift…

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That would explain a lot….
;) //

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Jay C  Dec 24, 2018 • 1:12:01pm

re: #109 nines09

Old joke. Stop me if you heard it.

Woman beat her husband to death with his guitar collection. In court she stated she could take it no more. She just snapped.
When the judge asked her, “First offender?”
She answered………………

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So the verdict was “string her up!!” ??

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Very Cool Very Legal Ghost Flea  Dec 24, 2018 • 1:12:12pm

re: #6 lawhawk

Trump’s gone off the deep end, even by his own standards.
The markets are tanking precisely because of Trump’s actions and Mnuchin’s “calming” message to banks.

Trump’s a saboteur, and his base is cheering it on.
The GOP owns this. All of this. They enabled. They are complicit.

This is dark and repeats a lot of what I say in general, but I’m going to stand by it.

This is a narcissist who’s succeeding because he has slotted himself into an existing incredibly unhealthy, narcissistic cultural movement. Like when an already fringe religious group gets a new charismatic leader, except on a massive scale facilitated by new instantaneous media.

This is hurting the nation because its non-compliant. Trump is doing it because ultimately people only matter to the extent they service his gratification needs, and doesn’t even care if his supporters are hurt…indeed, hurting his supporters because they have “failed” to facilitate his demands perfectly is added value. The “base” that support him have accepted a cultural premise that perfectly mirrors narcissism—only their needs matters, others exist to service their whims, it is an attack when others do not prioritize those whims so all harm is justified retaliation—and will go along with this.

Some of the people around Trump are saboteurs and profiteers—Mitch McConnell knows exactly what he’s doing and has a long-term plan, most of his cabinet are basic goons with basic “grab shit” goon instincts—but Trump has no deeper level than demanding compliance, punishing noncompliance, and avoiding shame.

Saboteurs attempt to obtain a specific end; abusers are flailing about trying to regain an internal equilibrium by destroying shit until they subjectively feel back in control. Whenever it seems like a bargain has been set, or someone “reasonable” has reined in the abuse and the abuser…it’s an illusion. This is a thing we’ve seen in history before: “smart” cynical men thinking they can put a yoke on cruel, irrational individuals (and movements) for their ends. This is a thing we see in the demimonde of abuse…by clergy, by parents, by policemen…every day.

Which is why this is scarier than economic sabotage…though, various gods help us, we are certainly festooned with vulture capitalists…there is no pattern to the escalation of Trump (or his followers), and de-escalation through appeasement does not guarantee the size, shape, or timing of the next round of abuse.

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nines09  Dec 24, 2018 • 1:12:56pm

re: #120 Jay C

With #13’s…………………………..

Sentence was probation with 20 hours a week spent in local Guitar Center store restringing guitars and listening to endless renditions of Smoke On The Water and Hells Bells on slightly out of tune $99 guitars through solid state amps with flanging and delay set to maximum.

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BigPapa  Dec 24, 2018 • 1:13:03pm

re: #95 Nyet

Merry Christmas to all the Lizards who celebrate it!

And Festivus to the rest of us!

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ObserverArt  Dec 24, 2018 • 1:15:30pm

Just turned on NIcole Wallace on MSNBC.

Daniel Dale, a LGF favorite reporter (Toronto Star) is on. He is talking about Trump’s lies.

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Hecuba's daughter  Dec 24, 2018 • 1:22:23pm

re: #95 Nyet

Merry Christmas to all the Lizards who celebrate it!

Yes!! A very Merry Christmas to all who celebrate! May you enjoy the day with loved ones near and far!

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Charles Johnson  Dec 24, 2018 • 1:22:37pm
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Charles Johnson  Dec 24, 2018 • 1:23:11pm

re: #95 Nyet

Merry Christmas to all the Lizards who celebrate it!

Yuletide greetings to you as well!

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BigPapa  Dec 24, 2018 • 1:24:43pm

I think it’s time I do my Christmas shopping. Early for me this year.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Dec 24, 2018 • 1:26:37pm

re: #126 Charles Johnson

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see how all alone he is??!??

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Barefoot Grin  Dec 24, 2018 • 1:27:44pm

re: #129 Backwoods_Sleuth

see how all alone he is??!??

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I wish he’d just fucking go golfing.

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gocart mozart  Dec 24, 2018 • 1:29:30pm
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Belafon  Dec 24, 2018 • 1:30:00pm

re: #128 BigPapa

I think it’s time I do my Christmas shopping. Early for me this year.

Are you one of those people that shows up at Walgreens on Christmas morning?

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Barefoot Grin  Dec 24, 2018 • 1:30:14pm
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nines09  Dec 24, 2018 • 1:30:57pm
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nines09  Dec 24, 2018 • 1:34:53pm

re: #128 BigPapa

I think it’s time I do my Christmas shopping. Early for me this year.

I hope you are not among the THOUSANDS who show up 15 minutes before closing with not only a return, but a TWO PAGE SHOPPING LIST.
I know what car you drive…………………….
You’re not, are you?

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BigPapa  Dec 24, 2018 • 1:35:35pm

re: #132 Belafon

Are you one of those people that shows up at Walgreens on Christmas morning?

Don’t give me any more (bad) ideas.

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freetoken  Dec 24, 2018 • 1:36:00pm

You know what else is crashing?

Total global sea ice area:

Image: nsidc_global_area_byyear_b.png

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ObserverArt  Dec 24, 2018 • 1:36:37pm

re: #124 ObserverArt

Just turned on NIcole Wallace on MSNBC.

Daniel Dale, a LGF favorite reporter (Toronto Star) is on. He is talking about Trump’s lies.

Now Nicole and Chuck Rosenberg are going through the “Fake Dossier” and lining up all the revelations over the time since it was released that show it is far from fake.

Good show.

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ObserverArt  Dec 24, 2018 • 1:38:12pm

re: #127 Charles Johnson

Yuletide greetings to you as well!

Charles don’t know if you saw this earlier. A greeting for you and all LGF members I put together.

Thanks for all you do! This place keeps it real and is so damn important to many of us.

Click to enlarge.

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Joe Bacon 🌹  Dec 24, 2018 • 1:38:39pm

I hope Trump is living a real life version of Ruddigore every night in the White House when the former Presidents come out of their pictures and torture him.

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FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀  Dec 24, 2018 • 1:41:43pm

OK, I’m just going to offer this;
When trump tweets/says “Shutdown money” I suspect he is referring to the $5,000,000,000 he is demanding Congress approves before he’ll sign the continuing resolution.

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freetoken  Dec 24, 2018 • 1:42:07pm

re: #128 BigPapa

I think it’s time I do my Christmas shopping. Early for me this year.

You can save a lot of money by shopping on the 26th.

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Eclectic Cyborg  Dec 24, 2018 • 1:42:46pm

re: #133 Barefoot Grin

It’s like the most flexible meme ever.

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freetoken  Dec 24, 2018 • 1:43:23pm

re: #143 Eclectic Cyborg

It’s like the most flexible meme ever.

That image still has a lot of uses to come.

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  Dec 24, 2018 • 1:45:43pm

re: #142 freetoken

You can save a lot of money by shopping on the 26th.

and celebrating Orthodox Christmas or the Spanish tradition of giving gifts on Epiphany

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Targetpractice  Dec 24, 2018 • 1:46:05pm

re: #138 ObserverArt

Now Nicole and Chuck Rosenberg are going through the “Fake Dossier” and lining up all the revelations over the time since it was released that show it is far from fake.

Good show.

2 years on and the wingnuts have continued to fail to show it’s “fake.” I think one of their favorite items to still hang their hats on is “Says Who?” and his infamous passport tweet that “proved” he’d never been to Prague.

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gocart mozart  Dec 24, 2018 • 1:46:23pm
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gocart mozart  Dec 24, 2018 • 1:47:33pm
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Dragonomics  Dec 24, 2018 • 1:47:35pm

I’m glad this community is here. I can’t pipe in much as Trump’s election and its aftermath brings on too much wrath and despair. This place is the city on the hill, the light in the dark. Thanks all and happy holidays.

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Jebediah, RBG  Dec 24, 2018 • 1:48:12pm

re: #122 nines09

With #13’s…………………………..

Sentence was probation with 20 hours a week spent in local Guitar Center store restringing guitars and listening to endless renditions of Smoke On The Water and Hells Bells on slightly out of tune $99 guitars through solid state amps with flanging and delay set to maximum.

So cruel and unusual that it is clearly unconstitutional.

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nines09  Dec 24, 2018 • 1:51:16pm

re: #149 Dragonomics

Keep swinging.

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Targetpractice  Dec 24, 2018 • 1:51:35pm

Heh, looking through a few of the “The Dossier is so fake!” articles from last year is worth a chuckle in light of events since then. Such as one article from an “expert” who declares the idea that Cohen would pay off hackers and hide the transactions ridiculous and suggests Cohen would fight such allegations publicly.

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Archangelus  Dec 24, 2018 • 1:53:01pm

re: #70 calochortus

LOL. We do a big Xmas Eve dinner. The cooking has begun…

Traditional Xmas eve dinner has already been consumed over here - and the Peking duck was most spectacular.

To all my fellow lizards who celebrate it, have a great and merry Christmas!
And to my Jewish brothers and sisters here, happy Chinese Cuisine Appreciation Day! ;)

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ObserverArt  Dec 24, 2018 • 1:56:11pm

Nicole and gang are now going over the attacks on Beto from the left.

Nicole is doing more than Chuck Todd ever did and she is a Never Trumper.

Shows how bad Chuck Todd really is.

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Jebediah, RBG  Dec 24, 2018 • 1:57:08pm

re: #129 Backwoods_Sleuth

see how all alone he is??!??

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🎵 Saudi A and North K
What else do I have to say 🎵

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PhillyPretzel  Dec 24, 2018 • 1:57:35pm

re: #154 Archangelus

That sounds good. I was one of those who stocked up last weekend.

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gocart mozart  Dec 24, 2018 • 1:57:57pm

Santa is an A**hole

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makeitstop  Dec 24, 2018 • 1:58:41pm

re: #147 gocart mozart

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Such an odd legend he is…

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Targetpractice  Dec 24, 2018 • 1:59:26pm

re: #155 ObserverArt

Nicole and gang are now going over the attacks on Beto from the left.

Nicole is doing more than Chuck Todd ever did and she is a Never Trumper.

Shows how bad Chuck Todd really is.

Chuck made it clear years ago when he made his (paraphrased) “It’s not our job to correct the GOP’s bullshit” remark that he doesn’t give a flying fuck about anything but being a stenographer.

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nines09  Dec 24, 2018 • 2:01:03pm

re: #150 Jebediah, RBG

You have no idea.
Trust me.
I’d sooner dip my hands in turpentine and gouge my eyes out in rush hour traffic, while driving on the Schuylkill Expressway in the rain, than play Smoke On The Water in front of a live audience.
And it’s not because I can’t.
It’s an ethics thing.

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freetoken  Dec 24, 2018 • 2:01:57pm

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freetoken  Dec 24, 2018 • 2:02:57pm

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Eclectic Cyborg  Dec 24, 2018 • 2:03:52pm

re: #150 Jebediah, RBG

So cruel and unusual that it is clearly unconstitutional.

Wayne’s World - No Stairway - Denied

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FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀  Dec 24, 2018 • 2:05:13pm
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fern01  Dec 24, 2018 • 2:06:08pm

re: #6 lawhawk

Trump’s gone off the deep end, even by his own standards.
The markets are tanking precisely because of Trump’s actions and Mnuchin’s “calming” message to banks.

Trump’s a saboteur, and his base is cheering it on.
The GOP owns this. All of this. They enabled. They are complicit.

It will take 40 years before any other country will trust the US in regard to economic policy and international treaties. 2 years and he has screwed the world. We really are now living in a fool’s paradise.

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Jebediah, RBG  Dec 24, 2018 • 2:07:28pm

re: #161 nines09

You have no idea.
Trust me.
I’d sooner dip my hands in turpentine and gouge my eyes out in rush hour traffic, while driving on the Schuylkill Expressway in the rain, than play Smoke On The Water in front of a live audience.
And it’s not because I can’t.
It’s an ethics thing.

I applaud your strong ethical code!
I have a local music shop so I am able to mostly avoid Guitar Center.
Last time I was there (cuz I needed a cable my local doesn’t carry) I was reminded why I don’t usually like going in there. (The West LA location - I have managed so far to stay out of the Hollywood location, thank dog)

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  Dec 24, 2018 • 2:07:40pm

re: #166 fern01

It will take 40 years before any other country will trust the US in regard to economic policy and international treaties. 2 years and he has screwed the world. We really are now living in a fool’s paradise.

I was going to say that it will take at least decade to recover from each year of his Presidency

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fern01  Dec 24, 2018 • 2:08:04pm

re: #15 dangerman

Hey he’s fucking with their money too
Maybe some of them will realize it

They will blame the democrats - see - we voted for a democratic house - and the markets collapsed.

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  Dec 24, 2018 • 2:08:37pm

re: #161 nines09

You have no idea.
Trust me.
I’d sooner dip my hands in turpentine and gouge my eyes out in rush hour traffic, while driving on the Schuylkill Expressway in the rain, than play Smoke On The Water in front of a live audience.
And it’s not because I can’t.
It’s an ethics thing.

If you mean a straight Deep Purple version cover, of course, as far as blues songs go, it is still an awesome riff.

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gocart mozart  Dec 24, 2018 • 2:12:24pm
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freetoken  Dec 24, 2018 • 2:17:02pm

re: #171 gocart mozart

Many of the best actors have been, shall we say, highly flawed in real life.

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Interesting Times  Dec 24, 2018 • 2:17:19pm
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gocart mozart  Dec 24, 2018 • 2:18:47pm
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freetoken  Dec 24, 2018 • 2:20:22pm

re: #151 gocart mozart

It makes for a very good foxtrot.

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fern01  Dec 24, 2018 • 2:21:34pm

re: #89 Targetpractice

Chuck finally figured out that that thing in his back does have a purpose!

Nancy showed him how to find it

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Hecuba's daughter  Dec 24, 2018 • 2:23:02pm

re: #166 fern01

It will take 40 years before any other country will trust the US in regard to economic policy and international treaties. 2 years and he has screwed the world. We really are now living in a fool’s paradise.

That depends on what happens over the next year. The world can change on a dime. Maybe, for example, Putin will be Poloniumed. (Charles — does that statement violate your policies?)

Of course, tearing institutions down is far simpler than reconstructing them. We could be in the midst of Humpty-Dumpty but I am going to reject that dark possibility, at least for now. Pelosi is smart and we have a chance at repairing the damage. The US has had a long history of betraying treaties made with the native peoples, yet we emerged from that period, better and stronger. Let’s hope that Trump is a dying gasp of an old order that will be wiped out over the next two years.

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Targetpractice  Dec 24, 2018 • 2:24:27pm

re: #173 Interesting Times

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Very horrible turn in this presidency has been met with some variation of “Yeah, but look at the economy.” Now the market’s are shitting the bed while the economy begins to slowly move towards another recession.

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fern01  Dec 24, 2018 • 2:25:49pm

re: #129 Backwoods_Sleuth

see how all alone he is??!??

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They look so happy to be there!

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Jay C  Dec 24, 2018 • 2:25:51pm

re: #122 nines09

With #13’s…………………………..

Sentence was probation with 20 hours a week spent in local Guitar Center store restringing guitars and listening to endless renditions of Smoke On The Water and Hells Bells on slightly out of tune $99 guitars through solid state amps with flanging and delay set to maximum.

That’s not a sentence! That’s a damnation!!!

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I Would Prefer Not To  Dec 24, 2018 • 2:25:55pm
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makeitstop  Dec 24, 2018 • 2:28:39pm

re: #177 Hecuba’s daughter

That depends on what happens over the next year. The world can change on a dime. Maybe, for example, Putin will be Poloniumed. (Charles — does that statement violate your policies?)

Of course, tearing institutions down is far simpler than reconstructing them. We could be in the midst of Humpty-Dumpty but I am going to reject that dark possibility, at least for now. Pelosi is smart and we have a chance at repairing the damage. The US has had a long history of betraying treaties made with the native peoples, yet we emerged from that period, better and stronger. Let’s hope that Trump is a dying gasp of an old order that will be wiped out over the next two years.

I still believe that the Rule of Law is stronger than a loud-mouthed, weak minded reality show host.

And despite its flaws, our system of government has thwarted Trump a lot more than we may realize, while we watch the daily shit show on Twitter.

And the good guys will enter the new year armed with weapons that Trump has only seen used for him to this point. When those weapons are turned on him at last, he’s not going to know whether to shit or go blind.

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nines09  Dec 24, 2018 • 2:28:58pm

re: #167 Jebediah, RBG

GC does a service. Besides the facts that they fuck their employees and hire people as techs who can’t find their ass with both hands and they drive smaller shops under, well…
It is what it is and the guitar manufacturers, Gibson as #1 have fucked smaller stores.
Mom and pops get my dime, and used online.
I could go on and on, but GC is not the entire issue.
Pawn shops were my music stores as a kid, but I was in Philly and it was what it was.
At least GC lets you see what shit they sell online up front and the chance to hold it.
IMHO the industry is saturated with shit even though there are gems to be found.
You have to start somewhere, and GC gives that opportunity.
IMHO.
My experiences have taught me that price does not matter only how it feels in your hands and through YOUR amp.
It’s a tone quest. Never to be done. I can tell high end from cheap, and I have tinnitus.
You will hear in a band mix, on tape.
And ultimately it is your hands.
It’s the never ending argument.

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makeitstop  Dec 24, 2018 • 2:32:14pm

re: #183 nines09

GC does a service. Besides the facts that they fuck their employees and hire people as techs who can’t find their ass with both hands and they drive smaller shops under, well…
It is what it is and the guitar manufacturers, Gibson as #1 have fucked smaller stores.
Mom and pops get my dime, and used online.
I could go on and on, but GC is not the entire issue.
Pawn shops were my music stores as a kid, but I was in Philly and it was what it was.
At least GC lets you see what shit they sell online up front and the chance to hold it.
IMHO the industry is saturated with shit even though there are gems to be found.
You have to start somewhere, and GC gives that opportunity.
IMHO.
My experiences have taught me that price does not matter only how it feels in your hands and through YOUR amp.
It’s a tone quest. Never to be done. I can tell high end from cheap, and I have tinnitus.
You will hear in a band mix, on tape.
And ultimately it is your hands.
It’s the never ending argument.

I truly dread going to Guitar Center, and it’s the stop of absolute last resort for me. I’ve bought PA gear there, but that’s about it. Haven’t bought a guitar from them in probably 10 years.

Besides, I’d rather have used gear than new nowadays, and there are way better places to buy used gear than GC.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Dec 24, 2018 • 2:32:46pm

re: #179 fern01

They look so happy to be there!

probably not getting paid

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fern01  Dec 24, 2018 • 2:34:45pm

re: #168 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))

I was going to say that it will take at least decade to recover from each year of his Presidency

I would call you an optimist - even when a democrat takes the white house - we will all still be thinking - it only takes 1 election to get the likes of trump back again. When trust is gone - there is nothing.

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Targetpractice  Dec 24, 2018 • 2:35:19pm

While I’m not going to say it’s impossible for Trump to win reelection, I am going to say that I find it exceedingly unlikely if the economy continues to tank. Mostly because there’s not much else to keep his ass afloat this point. People once suggested that if there was another 9/11 style attack on is watch, then it would do as it did for Dubya and boost his ratings. At this point, the man has proven so inept that he’d probably respond by nuking Mexico City and Toronto.

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Eclectic Cyborg  Dec 24, 2018 • 2:35:54pm

There are stories of pro wrestlers becoming so absorbed in their characters that the real guy behind the costume all but disappears. Ric Flair admits to such in his autobiography and there are countless other andecdotes. The Ultimate Warrior is another unfortunate example.

Maybe that’s what happening with Spacey. The lines are blurring and while it makes sense to him, it just seems bizarre to everyone else.

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Deep State SuperElite Satinist  Dec 24, 2018 • 2:38:10pm

It’s A Soaraway Life

Soaraway Life

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gocart mozart  Dec 24, 2018 • 2:43:07pm
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fern01  Dec 24, 2018 • 2:43:58pm

re: #187 Targetpractice

While I’m not going to say it’s impossible for Trump to win reelection, I am going to say that I find it exceedingly unlikely if the economy continues to tank. Mostly because there’s not much else to keep his ass afloat this point. People once suggested that if there was another 9/11 style attack on is watch, then it would do as it did for Dubya and boost his ratings. At this point, the man has proven so inept that he’d probably respond by nuking Mexico City and Toronto.

Only way trump will win another election is with republican assistance via - voter suppression and election fraud. They are getting in lots of practice.

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Patricia Kayden  Dec 24, 2018 • 2:44:43pm

Lol

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nines09  Dec 24, 2018 • 2:46:27pm

re: #184 makeitstop

I truly dread going to Guitar Center, and it’s the stop of absolute last resort for me. I’ve bought PA gear there, but that’s about it. Haven’t bought a guitar from them in probably 10 years.

Besides, I’d rather have used gear than new nowadays, and there are way better places to buy used gear than GC.

But you have the luxury of being around a major metropolitan area. Enough money flowing to keep the small shops up.
I would never buy a used guitar from GC.
I got deals on pedals. Never saw a decent price on a used amp there.
Just for shits and giggles I took my Fender 60 watt Super Sonic amp to the Harrisburg Pa location 5-6 years ago. Said I wanted to know how much they would give me for it. It’s mint. With a cover.
I walked it into the store and the manager looked at it and said he would be right back.
I’m guessing he looked at ebay or corporate criteria…..
Came back out and told me I could get $350 for it.
I told him that was a great price. If I was a junkie and the amp was hot.
I would never buy a new Gibson.
Yes I know what you mean.

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steve_davis  Dec 24, 2018 • 2:46:33pm

re: #34 Patricia Kayden

Why are the base cheering this on? They have as much to lose if the economy tanks. I’m sure quite a few of them have retirement accounts which depend on a stable stock market.

this is a variant of asking “why are stupid people stupid?” If stupid people were capable of understanding why their lives are completely shattered, they wouldn’t be stupid people.

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Anymouse 🌹  Dec 24, 2018 • 2:47:15pm

re: #559 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))

another Gaudete:

Now you’ve done it.

And a third, this time at a quicker pace by Anúna (2:05):

ANÚNA : “Gaudete” arr. Michael McGlynn

And a fourth, with an interesting story portrayed in the video, by Erasure (2:49)

Erasure - Gaudete (Official Video)

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Targetpractice  Dec 24, 2018 • 2:47:18pm

re: #191 fern01

Only way trump will win another election is with republican assistance via - voter suppression and election fraud. They are getting in lots of practice.

What we witnessed last month were efforts so blatant that a House seat remains open because the NC GOP don’t know how to seat their guy without it being absolutely clear they stole the election.

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steve_davis  Dec 24, 2018 • 2:49:55pm

re: #37 Patricia Kayden

So it was basically alcohol with a light egg mixture.

keep in mind we’re talking about charles mingus. his liver probably didn’t even kick in until he had a blood alcohol level that would have killed a lesser mortal. sort of like what one of the Ghetto Fighters said about Hendrix: “If he took two of something, I knew I needed to take one.

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The Vicious Babushka  Dec 24, 2018 • 2:52:10pm

We don’t celebrate Christmas but my dad’s birthday is Dec. 25. This year would have been his 100th birthday. HAPPY BIRTHDAY DAD, we miss you, here are your favorite Caramel Sticky Buns!

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steve_davis  Dec 24, 2018 • 2:53:19pm

re: #42 Barefoot Grin

Stephen Moore, one of the guys with Navarro who gives Trump advice, just said on CNN “Trump’s absolutely right; the sell-off began with the latest rate hike, so the Fed is to blame.” There may in fact be something to this, but he refused to admit that Trump is exacerbating the situation with his reckless tweets. The base will believe that.

I’ve got cash ready to go, but I’m waiting. The good news is I own Berkshire Hathaway stock, and Buffet will be buying with both hands. If you want the steal of the century, look at JNJ. They’re down something like 50 dollars a share from where I bought them, on a story that their talc has asbestos in it. Even if it turns out to be true, their liability isn’t going to be 100 billion dollars.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Dec 24, 2018 • 2:54:06pm

he is so full of shit

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nowherenorth2  Dec 24, 2018 • 2:55:39pm

Happy holidays to all of you.

Thank you for all you do here and helping a man get through the medical depression.

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Targetpractice  Dec 24, 2018 • 2:56:19pm

re: #200 Backwoods_Sleuth

he is so full of shit

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He’s setting himself up to claim that the existing fence is really the “wall” that he promised.

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PhillyPretzel  Dec 24, 2018 • 2:57:32pm

re: #202 Targetpractice

Of course. How else can he say it was done?

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nines09  Dec 24, 2018 • 2:57:33pm

re: #201 nowherenorth2

Remember you are not alone.

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Dave In Austin  Dec 24, 2018 • 2:58:23pm
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Targetpractice  Dec 24, 2018 • 2:58:54pm

re: #203 PhillyPretzel

Of course. How else can he say it was done?

It’s more than that, he’s going to claim that any amount of money going to repair/upgrades of said fence are in reality “wall funding” so he can say he extracted concessions from the DNC.

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Skip Intro  Dec 24, 2018 • 2:59:02pm

re: #199 steve_davis

The sell off began Oct 4, right after Trump bragged about his market. It rebounded a little, but the obvious insaniity of Trump and his politcies are what’s causing this. Steven Moore should be ashamed at being such a turd sucker for Trump.

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jaunte  Dec 24, 2018 • 2:59:23pm

re: #200 Backwoods_Sleuth

That would be a very long contract, tho.

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makeitstop  Dec 24, 2018 • 3:00:47pm

re: #193 nines09

But you have the luxury of being around a major metropolitan area. Enough money flowing to keep the small shops up.
I would never buy a used guitar from GC.
I got deals on pedals. Never saw a decent price on a used amp there.
Just for shits and giggles I took my Fender 60 watt Super Sonic amp to the Harrisburg Pa location 5-6 years ago. Said I wanted to know how much they would give me for it. It’s mint. With a cover.
I walked it into the store and the manager looked at it and said he would be right back.
I’m guessing he looked at ebay or corporate criteria…..
Came back out and told me I could get $350 for it.
I told him that was a great price. If I was a junkie and the amp was hot.
I would never buy a new Gibson.
Yes I know what you mean.

I had two great M&P stores by me that both got driven out since I moved to this town. Much rather would have given them my dough than GC, and I did until they closed their doors.

It’s worth it to me to drive into Brooklyn or Manhattan to find used stuff, because the surviving M&P stores don’t really carry anything I’d even want to play. And as bad as GC is, Sam Ash ain’t a whole lot better. And I’ll sell through Craig’s List before I’ll even consider trying to sell something to GC. By the time they were done I wouldn’t even make back the cost of gas to get there.

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Anymouse 🌹  Dec 24, 2018 • 3:01:30pm
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Patricia Kayden  Dec 24, 2018 • 3:08:22pm

re: #205 Dave In Austin

If you’re already building the wall, why do you need tax payer funding to finish it? You and your millionaire friends can take some of those taxes you’ve saved and finish your fantasy wall.

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Anymouse 🌹  Dec 24, 2018 • 3:10:13pm

re: #52 freetoken

On real estate markets:

In the last conservative economic Dumpster fire (2008), my wife and I decided to move from Oklahoma. She’d bought her house there before I met her, but draconian driving laws were being implemented by Mary Fallin and her wingnut legislature which would have imposed too high a medical cost on us to stay within the state. (Oklahoma now has a very high percentage of uninsured and unlicensed motorists.)

She’d purchased her home for cash, and we sold it to move to Nebraska. She got less than 50% of what she paid for it.

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Anymouse 🌹  Dec 24, 2018 • 3:13:41pm

re: #70 calochortus

LOL. We do a big Xmas Eve dinner. The cooking has begun…

Same here, though it’s only two of us. My wife started a lamb marinade early this morning.

While we sit amongst a vast array of ICBMs which can end all life on the planet in half-an-hour, we still gotta eat.

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Eclectic Cyborg  Dec 24, 2018 • 3:16:48pm

re: #200 Backwoods_Sleuth

he is so full of shit

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Jesus Christ that’s a huge contract!!

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nines09  Dec 24, 2018 • 3:18:26pm

re: #209 makeitstop

I think I mentioned at one time here all the pawns that were within walking distance of my house in North Philly. I probably held 250K Les Paul’s and Fenders and Rickenbacker’s and Epiphones and…………
I had no money. Just a busted corner boy trying to make things happen on a guitar.
They liked me, because a customer is always a determent to armed robbery.
I had a buddy who had a Hagstrom that ripped.He was the one reason I learned because he had great patience. I bought my 1969 Les Paul Custom for $350.
My wife (as my girlfriend) bought me a 1961 Gibson SG for $125 in 1972 and it had a small crack at the neck. The G string would never be true. Never knew until I let it go what it was.
I have to lay down now…
I do know I played some old beat up Tweeds……………….

Store owner to Stevie Ray Vaughan.
“Why you want that ratty old beat up piece of shit?”

“This Tweed here? It’s all fucked up.”
Store owner to Joe Bonamassa.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Dec 24, 2018 • 3:21:33pm

re: #214 Eclectic Cyborg

Jesus Christ that’s a huge contract!!

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could be one of his neckties…

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Joe Bacon 🌹  Dec 24, 2018 • 3:22:46pm

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stpaulbear  Dec 24, 2018 • 3:27:11pm

re: #170 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))

If you mean a straight Deep Purple version cover, of course, as far as blues songs go, it is still an awesome riff.

Sr. Coconut: Smoke on the Water

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Jebediah, RBG  Dec 24, 2018 • 3:32:26pm

re: #183 nines09

My experiences have taught me that price does not matter only how it feels in your hands and through YOUR amp.
It’s a tone quest. Never to be done. I can tell high end from cheap, and I have tinnitus.
You will hear in a band mix, on tape.
And ultimately it is your hands.

All true, of course.
I lucked out getting my Tele off of Craig’s List - not expensive, I got to hold it first, and I love how it sounds.
Still got a lot of work to do on the hands part of it, though.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Dec 24, 2018 • 3:33:21pm

LOL

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retired cynic  Dec 24, 2018 • 3:33:43pm

“John Wayne couldn’t have done it any better.”

na01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com

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retired cynic  Dec 24, 2018 • 3:39:22pm

re: #221 retired cynic

Sorry. Weird link to you-tube. Refresh to actually get to the video.

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NO SMOCKING GUN!  Dec 24, 2018 • 3:42:34pm

While the stock market is plunging, at least oil is as well. I saw gasoline for $1.97 a gallon today.

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Anymouse 🌹  Dec 24, 2018 • 3:50:30pm

Folks are gathering across the street from my house for church on Christmas Eve.

It’s getting close to 5PM here, so I am going to call my mother, my sister, my aunt, and my eldest cousin.

Catch ya in a bit.

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wrenchwench  Dec 24, 2018 • 3:50:38pm
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DodgerFan1988  Dec 24, 2018 • 3:53:42pm

Between Trump’s delusional Tweets, Spacey’s batshit crazy video, and LeBron’s Anti-Semitic Instagram post, I’m not sure who’s more insane?

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makeitstop  Dec 24, 2018 • 3:54:56pm

re: #224 Amory Blaine

Robot improves your guitar playing by zapping you with a taser when you screw up

Maybe it’s just a guitar that tases you when you play ‘Sweet Child O’Mine.’ That, I could understand.

Electrocuting Practice Robot Short

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Patricia Kayden  Dec 24, 2018 • 3:55:16pm

re: #224 Amory Blaine

Robot improves your guitar playing by zapping you with a taser when you screw up

Lol!! Why am I dying with laughter? Oh dear! Who would have that in their house?

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ObserverArt  Dec 24, 2018 • 3:55:19pm

re: #183 nines09

…
My experiences have taught me that price does not matter only how it feels in your hands and through YOUR amp.
It’s a tone quest. Never to be done. I can tell high end from cheap, and I have tinnitus.
You will hear in a band mix, on tape.
And ultimately it is your hands.
It’s the never ending argument.

Posted this image in the past. This is my Tradition Tele-Like baby.

I had my friend and sometimes client at German Village Music Haus here in Columbus where I bought it help me make it Tele original-like as close as possible. He put in the brass saddles. the single ply special cut pick guard and the Seymour-Duncan double stack bridge pick-up.

Plays like a dream. And it has a nice quiet roar due to the pickup. He set the string height and intonation and it stays in tune or if the weather changes it drops a quarter step in the heat and goes up a quarter step in the cold (of my basement studio). All strings react exactly the same in whatever condition.

I have another of the same guitars rock stock from Tradition with a the same natural ash body color with a tortoise shell pickguard and rosewood fretboard.

Damn nice guitars for the price and the necks are better than some newer Fender necks.

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nines09  Dec 24, 2018 • 3:57:04pm

re: #228 makeitstop

Maybe it’s just a guitar that tases you when you play ‘Sweet Child O’Mine.’ That, I could understand.

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ObserverArt  Dec 24, 2018 • 3:58:02pm

re: #223 NO SMOCKING GUN!

While the stock market is plunging, at least oil is as well. I saw gasoline for $1.97 a gallon today.

I filled up for my Christmas day drive to my brother’s house and had $0.30 off a gallon in Kroger Fuel Points. I ended up paying $1.79 a gallon. That was Shell gas in downtown Columbus.

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Joe Bacon 🌹  Dec 24, 2018 • 4:03:20pm

Sneak Peek Dinner tomorrow at the Pacific Dining Car in Los Angeles.

Prime Rib with Red Wine Demi Glaze, Root Veggies and Horseradish Cream.

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ObserverArt  Dec 24, 2018 • 4:03:54pm

And my real buddies…my Yamaha drum set.

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fern01  Dec 24, 2018 • 4:14:00pm

re: #200 Backwoods_Sleuth

he is so full of shit

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NO SMOCKING GUN!  Dec 24, 2018 • 4:17:42pm

re: #224 Amory Blaine

Robot improves your guitar playing by zapping you with a taser when you screw up

One step closer to Skynet enslaving us all.

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Patricia Kayden  Dec 24, 2018 • 4:22:08pm
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jaunte  Dec 24, 2018 • 4:22:47pm
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Targetpractice  Dec 24, 2018 • 4:23:58pm

re: #238 Patricia Kayden

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Jay C  Dec 24, 2018 • 4:28:33pm

Free Scotch review as a Christmas present for Lizards:

Talisker Storm NAS (Skye)

Basically a light-peaty version of the standard Talisker 10.

Negatives: marketing, mainly: “NAS” is said to stand for “No Age Statement” - it says “Single Malt” on the label, so I’m guessing the “NAS” dodge means it’s a blend of (one hopes) Talisker malts of varying ages. And, presumably, peat flavors. Also, the descriptions
in its PR tend towards the vague (even by Scotch-marketing standards): so it’s hard to tell (by description) just what you’re getting. It is cheaper than Talisker 18, though, so there’s that…

Positives: what you get is a very decent light-smoke Scotch: The peat flavor rides on top of the whiskey for a change, and lingers just a bit as it goes down: there’s a very light touch of varnish on the finish, and not much after-peat: which is a positive to me, anyway.

Bottom line: worth a try. If you have $60 or so to spare, that is…

Cheers!

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wrenchwench  Dec 24, 2018 • 4:31:04pm

re: #238 Patricia Kayden

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Very Cool Very Legal Ghost Flea  Dec 24, 2018 • 4:32:41pm

re: #237 NO SMOCKING GUN!

One step closer to Skynet enslaving us all.

If the AI core of Skynet began its existence listening to endless hachet-jobs of Bob Dylan songs its motivations for destroying humanity are understandable.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Dec 24, 2018 • 4:35:09pm
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The Vicious Babushka  Dec 24, 2018 • 4:37:51pm
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Backwoods_Sleuth  Dec 24, 2018 • 4:38:04pm
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bratwurst  Dec 24, 2018 • 4:44:21pm
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Teukka  Dec 24, 2018 • 4:46:03pm

re: #227 DodgerFan1988

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Between Trump’s delusional Tweets, Spacey’s batshit crazy video, and LeBron’s Anti-Semitic Instagram post, I’m not sure who’s more insane?

2019: “Hold my beer”
Wish I was ///

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The Vicious Babushka  Dec 24, 2018 • 4:46:49pm

re: #247 bratwurst

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wrenchwench  Dec 24, 2018 • 4:48:57pm
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Eclectic Cyborg  Dec 24, 2018 • 4:56:55pm

re: #223 NO SMOCKING GUN!

While the stock market is plunging, at least oil is as well. I saw gasoline for $1.97 a gallon today.

Some stations around here have been in the $1.80 range.

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Targetpractice  Dec 24, 2018 • 4:57:34pm

re: #247 bratwurst

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jaunte  Dec 24, 2018 • 4:58:19pm
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Backwoods_Sleuth  Dec 24, 2018 • 4:59:09pm

blech…

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Hecuba's daughter  Dec 24, 2018 • 4:59:48pm

re: #251 Eclectic Cyborg

Some stations around here have been in the $1.80 range.

Has to make life unpleasant for Putin and MBS — aren’t those prices damaging to their economy?

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Archangelus  Dec 24, 2018 • 5:01:04pm

re: #245 The Vicious Babushka

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Targetpractice  Dec 24, 2018 • 5:02:25pm

re: #254 Backwoods_Sleuth

blech…

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So, who wants to be the one to tell him that Donny just declared “Happy Holidays” the other day?

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I Would Prefer Not To  Dec 24, 2018 • 5:05:25pm

Merry Christmas from Queens, NY

The Ramones - Merry Christmas (I Don’t Want To Fight Tonight)

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Joe Bacon 🌹  Dec 24, 2018 • 5:07:26pm

re: #245 The Vicious Babushka

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Went to Shanghai Glatt Kosher yesterday to beat the crowd!

shanghaiglattkosher.com

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Skip Intro  Dec 24, 2018 • 5:07:42pm
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Charles Johnson  Dec 24, 2018 • 5:09:45pm
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jaunte  Dec 24, 2018 • 5:10:03pm

Well isn’t that a relief.

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VegasGolfer  Dec 24, 2018 • 5:11:35pm

Trump is lying? No

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Very Cool Very Legal Ghost Flea  Dec 24, 2018 • 5:13:59pm

Dude, I’m secular but I want in on the tradition of Chinese food for Christmas Eve.

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The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge  Dec 24, 2018 • 5:14:05pm

re: #259 Joe Bacon 🌹

Went to Shanghai Glatt Kosher yesterday to beat the crowd!

shanghaiglattkosher.com

I could really go for some sweet-and-sour “Oy, my back!”

—credit or blame to Will & Grace.

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The Vicious Babushka  Dec 24, 2018 • 5:15:17pm

re: #259 Joe Bacon 🌹

Went to Shanghai Glatt Kosher yesterday to beat the crowd!

shanghaiglattkosher.com

That is my favorite restaurant in L.A.!

Sadly there is no reason to visit L.A.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Dec 24, 2018 • 5:18:26pm

re: #261 Charles Johnson

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Very Cool Very Legal Ghost Flea  Dec 24, 2018 • 5:19:49pm

re: #264 Very Cool Very Legal Ghost Flea

Dude, I’m secular but I want in on the tradition of Chinese food for Christmas Eve.

I taught myself the basics of Chinese pantry and cooking, and make decent Sichuan specialties, but dammit I still want American Chinese food in all its deep fried and syrupy-sauced goodness.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Dec 24, 2018 • 5:20:43pm

re: #267 Backwoods_Sleuth

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wrenchwench  Dec 24, 2018 • 5:22:06pm
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Eclectic Cyborg  Dec 24, 2018 • 5:22:43pm

Where I used to live there was a very good chinese place and we’d always order a ton of egg rolls for Christmas Eve.

The restaurant is still there but sadly I’m not. I really miss those egg rolls.

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wheat-dogg, raker of forests, master of steam  Dec 24, 2018 • 5:26:09pm

I think he’s going for the Meiji overlord period style of trousers.

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b_sharp  Dec 24, 2018 • 5:26:51pm

re: #1 plansbandc

That’s a particularly foul picture. His face looks like leather.

*BARF*

Fragile glass, ready to shatter at the slightest knock.

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Skip Intro  Dec 24, 2018 • 5:27:51pm

re: #272 wheat-dogg, raker of forests, master of steam

His head is getting flatter.

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wrenchwench  Dec 24, 2018 • 5:28:13pm

They lined up again in my feed.

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b_sharp  Dec 24, 2018 • 5:28:31pm

re: #270 wrenchwench

Looks flat. No curvature to the horizon.

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Charles Johnson  Dec 24, 2018 • 5:28:58pm

Jesus fucking Christ, what a monumental asshole this guy is. I just, I can’t even.

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ObserverArt  Dec 24, 2018 • 5:28:58pm

re: #268 Very Cool Very Legal Ghost Flea

I taught myself the basics of Chinese pantry and cooking, and make decent Sichuan specialties, but dammit I still want American Chinese food in all its deep fried and syrupy-sauced goodness.

Wor Su Gai

I don’t know if it is Asian or All-American, but yummy if done right breaded chicken dish slathered in a ginger gravy.

I don’t even know its origin, but it is popular here in Columbus.

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b_sharp  Dec 24, 2018 • 5:31:28pm

re: #254 Backwoods_Sleuth

blech…

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He’s not bright but he is an expert at the opportunistic use of wingnut memes to make himself look more wingnutty.

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ObserverArt  Dec 24, 2018 • 5:31:52pm

re: #278 ObserverArt

Wor Su Gai

I don’t know if it is Asian or All-American, but yummy if done right breaded chicken dish slathered in a ginger gravy.

I don’t even know its origin, but it is popular here in Columbus.

To add…just doing some Google digging, it may be either from Columbus or Detroit. Heh.

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wrenchwench  Dec 24, 2018 • 5:33:12pm

re: #276 b_sharp

Looks flat. No curvature to the horizon.

The photographer is lying in the sand. Do they have sand in Canada?

/happy holidays, watch out for the big pointy things on that tree.

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Charles Johnson  Dec 24, 2018 • 5:33:46pm
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b_sharp  Dec 24, 2018 • 5:34:29pm

I hear tomorrow is a special day where everyone in rich Western countries celebrates spending money and going into debt to impress their neighbour’s kids.

I bought V a pair of winter boots. Might as well be practical if I’m going to spend money.

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Eclectic Cyborg  Dec 24, 2018 • 5:35:30pm

re: #283 b_sharp

My wife loves gifts like that too.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Dec 24, 2018 • 5:35:57pm

re: #277 Charles Johnson

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Joe Bacon 🌹  Dec 24, 2018 • 5:36:32pm

re: #264 Very Cool Very Legal Ghost Flea

Dude, I’m secular but I want in on the tradition of Chinese food for Christmas Eve.

When I was a kid Mom would “do Italian” once a week opening a can of Chef Boyardee ravioli. She’d “do Chinese” once a week with a can of LaChoy or Chun King Chicken or Beef Chow Mein, Minute Rice and canned LaChoy/Chun King Chow Mein noodles.

Then I went to Didio’s (a famous Italian restaurant) and had their spaghetti (Which they made in house). Hey that was a lot better than Chef Boyardee. And their ravioli had ground short ribs.

Oh and on my 13th birthday I went to a real Chinese restaurant the Bamboo Tea Garden in Bellevue. Egg Foo Yung, Shrimp in Lobster Sauce, Broccoli Beef. Sure wan’t La Choy!

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b_sharp  Dec 24, 2018 • 5:36:35pm

re: #281 wrenchwench

The photographer is lying in the sand. Do they have sand in Canada?

/happy holidays, watch out for the big pointy things on that tree.

We actually have a desert 300 kms from where I am and can find sand a few meters down almost anywhere in the southern province.

Happy Christmas and Merry News Year.

I’ve missed you.

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Eclectic Cyborg  Dec 24, 2018 • 5:37:37pm

re: #285 Backwoods_Sleuth

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“WITCH HUNT!”

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b_sharp  Dec 24, 2018 • 5:37:46pm

re: #284 Eclectic Cyborg

My wife loves gifts like that too.

I forced her to come with me and pick a pair out. She’s thrilled with what we found & THEY WERE ON SALE!!!!1!

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ObserverArt  Dec 24, 2018 • 5:37:55pm

re: #283 b_sharp

I hear tomorrow is a special day where everyone in rich Western countries celebrates spending money and going into debt to impress their neighbour’s kids.

I bought V a pair of winter boots. Might as well be practical if I’m going to spend money.

Good to hear from you.

Wishing you a happy New Year!

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Dec 24, 2018 • 5:38:17pm

re: #287 b_sharp

We actually have a desert 300 kms from where I am and can find sand a few meters down almost anywhere in the southern province.

Happy Christmas and Merry News Year.

I’ve missed you.

We all missed you, too!

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b_sharp  Dec 24, 2018 • 5:38:35pm

re: #286 Joe Bacon 🌹

When I was a kid Mom would “do Italian” once a week opening a can of Chef Boyardee ravioli. She’d “do Chinese” once a week with a can of LaChoy or Chun King Chicken or Beef Chow Mein, Minute Rice and canned LaChoy/Chun King Chow Mein noodles.

Then I went to Didio’s (a famous Italian restaurant) and had their spaghetti (Which they made in house). Hey that was a lot better than Chef Boyardee. And their ravioli had ground short ribs.

Oh and on my 13th birthday I went to a real Chinese restaurant the Bamboo Tea Garden in Bellevue. Egg Foo Yung, Shrimp in Lobster Sauce, Broccoli Beef. Sure wan’t La Choy!

Just ordered a Canadian pizza and deep fried ‘shrooms. Fuck the diet.

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Charles Johnson  Dec 24, 2018 • 5:38:45pm
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Joe Bacon 🌹  Dec 24, 2018 • 5:38:48pm

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wheat-dogg, raker of forests, master of steam  Dec 24, 2018 • 5:38:50pm

Not reassuring

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b_sharp  Dec 24, 2018 • 5:39:49pm

re: #288 Eclectic Cyborg

“WITCH HUNT!”

Which hunt? How about the hunt for intelligence in the Trump administration? (I’ve given up trying to find it in the Trump family.)

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Joe Bacon 🌹  Dec 24, 2018 • 5:40:39pm

re: #285 Backwoods_Sleuth

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Meanwhile, Melania is on the other line getting her latest orders from Putin.

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b_sharp  Dec 24, 2018 • 5:40:40pm

re: #290 ObserverArt

Good to hear from you.

Wishing you a happy New Year!

Happy, happy, happy holidays!!!
I don’t have to go back to work until Jan 4.

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b_sharp  Dec 24, 2018 • 5:41:32pm

re: #291 Backwoods_Sleuth

We all missed you, too!

I’m glad you survived the freak snow storm in your neck of the woods. How’s the goat?

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jaunte  Dec 24, 2018 • 5:41:56pm

re: #283 b_sharp

I hear tomorrow is a special day where everyone in rich Western countries celebrates spending money and going into debt to impress their neighbour’s kids.

I bought V a pair of winter boots. Might as well be practical if I’m going to spend money.

I gave my wife a sketch we made together at our second wedding anniversary, of our “dream house” fantasy. She didn’t know I’d saved it for 31 years, so it was a big hit. (We might be able to build some parts of the house if Trump doesn’t kill my entire retirement).
Also a sweater.

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b_sharp  Dec 24, 2018 • 5:44:44pm

re: #300 jaunte

I gave my wife a sketch we made together at our second wedding anniversary, of our “dream house” fantasy. She didn’t know I’d saved it for 31 years, so it was a big hit. (We might be able to build some parts of the house if Trump doesn’t kill my entire retirement).
Also a sweater.

Wow. Hell of a romantic. I’m still paying for reusing the drawing sheets V used to design a house 40 yrs ago.

Sweaters are good.

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Charles Johnson  Dec 24, 2018 • 5:45:12pm
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PhillyPretzel  Dec 24, 2018 • 5:45:46pm

To all of my fellow LGF Lizards have a very happy holiday.

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b_sharp  Dec 24, 2018 • 5:46:26pm

re: #303 PhillyPretzel

To all of my fellow LGF Lizards have a very happy holiday.

Right back at you.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Dec 24, 2018 • 5:47:40pm

good fucking grief…this woman can’t disappear soon enough

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jaunte  Dec 24, 2018 • 5:48:08pm
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b_sharp  Dec 24, 2018 • 5:48:21pm

re: #300 jaunte

I gave my wife a sketch we made together at our second wedding anniversary, of our “dream house” fantasy. She didn’t know I’d saved it for 31 years, so it was a big hit. (We might be able to build some parts of the house if Trump doesn’t kill my entire retirement).
Also a sweater.

V’s retirement fund will allow us to buy a house. I’m stoked.

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The Vicious Babushka  Dec 24, 2018 • 5:48:56pm

re: #302 Charles Johnson

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Charles Johnson  Dec 24, 2018 • 5:51:54pm

Just realized I haven’t done it yet… so Merry Christmas, Happy Holidays, etc. to all LGF members and readers!

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wheat-dogg, raker of forests, master of steam  Dec 24, 2018 • 5:55:00pm
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Charles Johnson  Dec 24, 2018 • 5:55:34pm

I was trying to remember if I ever really believed in Santa Claus as a kid. I recall loving the idea of some guy delivering presents to all the kids in the world but especially me, but I lived in a house with a real chimney then and looked up it and thought “OK, this is just one of those grown-up stories I’m supposed to believe. Sure, I’ll play along if there are presents involved.”

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The Vicious Babushka  Dec 24, 2018 • 5:55:43pm
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Anymouse 🌹  Dec 24, 2018 • 5:55:57pm

Talked to my aunt and my mother. We also had Christmas carolers just a few minutes ago at our door.

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Joe Bacon 🌹  Dec 24, 2018 • 5:59:48pm

re: #311 Charles Johnson

I was trying to remember if I ever really believed in Santa Claus as a kid. I recall loving the idea of some guy delivering presents to all the kids in the world but especially me, but I lived in a house with a real chimney then and looked up it and thought “OK, this is just one of those grown-up stories I’m supposed to believe. Sure, I’ll play along if there are presents involved.”

Our chimney was sealed off. Asked Dad how Santa would get in. Dad and Mom never gave an accurate answer.

And then my sister told me to look under Mom and Dad’s bed where they hid presents…

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b_sharp  Dec 24, 2018 • 6:00:32pm

re: #309 Charles Johnson

Just realized I haven’t done it yet… so Merry Christmas, Happy Holidays, etc. to all LGF members and readers!

I understand it isn’t high on many American’s minds right now with an orange semi-polished turd in the oval office, but take the time over the next couple of days to separate yourself from that doubt and anger by spending time with family, experiencing the joy, embracing the comfort and if you have children - play with them.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Dec 24, 2018 • 6:00:53pm

gotta try this:

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jaunte  Dec 24, 2018 • 6:01:01pm

The first time I was aware (age 5) there was something coming to give me presents around the end of the year, my family was living in the Hague, and it was Sinterklaas, on the 5th of December, and you got from him what would fit in a wooden shoe, or if you were disobedient you got coal. My parents added a second set of presents on the 25th which were much more substantial and gratifying, so my sister and I knew early on the good stuff was coming from our parents.

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Anymouse 🌹  Dec 24, 2018 • 6:01:23pm

re: #309 Charles Johnson

Just realized I haven’t done it yet… so Merry Christmas, Happy Holidays, etc. to all LGF members and readers!

And to you, Mr. Johnson. Thank you for providing a sane place in the insane times.

I hope you have a happy holiday season and a prosperous new year.

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Barefoot Grin  Dec 24, 2018 • 6:02:33pm

re: #305 Backwoods_Sleuth

good fucking grief…this woman can’t disappear soon enough

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I grew up in the Presbyterian church. It was conservative, but never like this. Tonight, for the first time, I went to the little Congregationalist Church in this NH town out of a need to sing some hymns and feel at peace. And every message is completely at odds with this. These people do not know. I’m not a great believer, but I pray now and then. I pray that they see the light of the season that asks us to listen to the voiceless.

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Joe Bacon 🌹  Dec 24, 2018 • 6:02:48pm

Let me join in and wish everyone a Merry Christmas, Happy Kwanzaa and a Happy New Year.

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jaunte  Dec 24, 2018 • 6:03:28pm
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Very Cool Very Legal Ghost Flea  Dec 24, 2018 • 6:03:30pm

re: #312 The Vicious Babushka

There is absolutely no way Fred Trump would ever allow some fat fairy take credit for present he paid for with his goddamned money.

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b_sharp  Dec 24, 2018 • 6:03:45pm

re: #311 Charles Johnson

I was trying to remember if I ever really believed in Santa Claus as a kid. I recall loving the idea of some guy delivering presents to all the kids in the world but especially me, but I lived in a house with a real chimney then and looked up it and thought “OK, this is just one of those grown-up stories I’m supposed to believe. Sure, I’ll play along if there are presents involved.”

Being from an igloo country, all of our chimneys are 10” square and terminate in a gas furnace. I wondered how the fat jelly belly fit down there from a young age. Wingnuts still believe their fat orange peel will bring them presents if they polish his ego enough.

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Anymouse 🌹  Dec 24, 2018 • 6:03:57pm

re: #311 Charles Johnson

LOL

About the time I mentioned I didn’t believe in Santa and knew it was her (around eight or so), my mother told me well I guess there won’t be any more presents from him.

Wait, can I take that back? “No you busted me. Too late.”

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Joe Bacon 🌹  Dec 24, 2018 • 6:04:26pm

re: #319 Barefoot Grin

I grew up in the Presbyterian church. It was conservative, but never like this. Tonight, for the first time, I went to the little Congregationalist Church in this NH town out of a need to sing some hymns and feel at peace. And every message is completely at odds with this. These people do not know. I’m not a great believer, but I pray now and then. I pray that they see the light of the season that asks us to listen to the voiceless.

I have no desire to ever step foot in a church again. Do not want to waste any time being forced to listen to GOP talking points and bulletin stuffers from the RNC or KKKristian KKKoalition.

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b_sharp  Dec 24, 2018 • 6:07:05pm

re: #325 Joe Bacon 🌹

I have no desire to ever step foot in a church again. Do not want to waste any time being forced to listen to GOP talking points and bulletin stuffers from the RNC or KKKristian KKKoalition.

Churches give some people the feeling of security and comfort. Even as an atheist I wouldn’t want to take that from them.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Dec 24, 2018 • 6:07:07pm
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Seafaring, coquito drinking Santa!  Dec 24, 2018 • 6:07:44pm

Happy holidays, everyone!!

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The Vicious Babushka  Dec 24, 2018 • 6:10:45pm

IF SANTA BROUGHT THE PRESENTS, WHY DO I HAFTA WRITE A THANK YOU LETTER TO GRANDMA!!!

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Dec 24, 2018 • 6:11:07pm

Shiplord already posted my usual box of caroling possums, so here’s my other usual holiday picture:

Possum in a Pear Tree
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Anymouse 🌹  Dec 24, 2018 • 6:11:33pm

re: #319 Barefoot Grin

I grew up in the Presbyterian church. It was conservative, but never like this.

You never met my ex-wife then.

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Barefoot Grin  Dec 24, 2018 • 6:11:35pm

re: #325 Joe Bacon 🌹

I have no desire to ever step foot in a church again. Do not want to waste any time being forced to listen to GOP talking points and bulletin stuffers from the RNC or KKKristian KKKoalition.

I understand the sentiment. But my point was that this was one of the good ones (and I know some will say there are none). It’s a little church of mostly older folks—no one in the choir was younger than 50 I’ll bet—who host the town’s food bank, promote LGBTQ inclusion (and invite worshippers to substitute their own pronouns for the masculine nomenclature of the Bible so that God does not have to be a man), hosts an African immigrant community’s services, and tonight delivered a message of love rather than exclusion. I think I’ll go back.

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jaunte  Dec 24, 2018 • 6:11:44pm
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wrenchwench  Dec 24, 2018 • 6:14:29pm

re: #326 b_sharp

Churches give some people the feeling of security and comfort. Even as an atheist I wouldn’t want to take that from them.

I try to think like that. I can usually do it. Having been raised Catholic, I have the biggest problems with them in particular, but one or two of my immigration attorney friends is/are employed by them. The Catholics are doing a lot of work on the border, including in El Paso tonight.

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Shiplord Kirel, Friend of Moose and Squirrel  Dec 24, 2018 • 6:14:42pm

ATTENTION!
URGENT COMMUNIQUE FROM GRINCH AND SCROOGE SUPREME WORLD HEADQUARTERS
From: Cthulhu
Subject: “War on Christmas”

It is my sad duty to report that our efforts to intercept the “Red Elf” Santa Claus and his propaganda sleigh have once again been frustrated by the illegal, unconstitutional intervention of NORAD, a federally funded agency that has no business facilitating the religiously motivated bribery of children.
The news is equally bleak elsewhere. On the commerce front, even the grinchiest of business enterprises, Walmart, will close for the day. The only bright spot is that the Salvation Army’s infantry, the notorious “bell ringers,” have finally been forced to retreat back to their lairs with loot in hand.
Lord Cthulhu wishes you a happy and nutritious solstice and renews Its standing invitation to the daily banquet at our headquarters under the Greenland icecap.

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Joe Bacon 🌹  Dec 24, 2018 • 6:18:55pm

I remember Grandma Bacon saying this was her favorite Christmas song. She remembered when Eddie Cantor did a live radio show in Pittsburgh. She went to see him and his singing this brought tears to her eyes.

“The Only Thing I Want For Christmas”-Eddie Cantor

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Barefoot Grin  Dec 24, 2018 • 6:20:10pm

re: #331 Anymouse 🌹

You never met my ex-wife then.

There are, of course, different strands of Presbyterian. We were the country club variety. Pay others to do good acts. That being said, it wasn’t that way when my grandparents joined. It was a shade removed from Methodist, but pretty earthy. But it is a university town. In my childhood we had Nobel Laureates as members. As an adult, some of my peers went off the deep end trying to take the church to the extreme end of the Presbyterians. They ended up leaving and building a church and school outside of town. Now my parents’ church is a diverse place. There are some problems. Some of the African immigrant members are homophobic and have faced a ultimatum. They will likely leave. But it’s a pretty vibrant place whose members do some good stuff.

I don’t like going to church. But I have no trouble acknowledging the good things that this spiritual community has offered to my parents. And me, to be honest, as a side effect. When my parents die, they are in their 90s and 80s, there will be a tremendous amount of support from their faith community for us and for widow or widower. I don’t have that.

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Charles Johnson  Dec 24, 2018 • 6:20:18pm
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jaunte  Dec 24, 2018 • 6:21:17pm

The Trumpworld hilarity of emotional abuse.

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b_sharp  Dec 24, 2018 • 6:22:18pm

re: #329 The Vicious Babushka

IF SANTA BROUGHT THE PRESENTS, WHY DO I HAFTA WRITE A THANK YOU LETTER TO GRANDMA!!!

BECAUSE SHE GOT RUN OVER BY A REINDEER AND EVERYONE HAS TO SHOW HER SUPPORT WHILE SHE RECOVERS.

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The Vicious Babushka  Dec 24, 2018 • 6:22:25pm

re: #338 Charles Johnson

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Trump is incapable of “Truthbombing” anybody, including himself. He can “Liebomb” like a champ, tho.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Dec 24, 2018 • 6:23:27pm
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b_sharp  Dec 24, 2018 • 6:23:38pm

re: #334 wrenchwench

I try to think like that. I can usually do it. Having been raised Catholic, I have the biggest problems with them in particular, but one or two of my immigration attorney friends is/are employed by them. The Catholics are doing a lot of work on the border, including in El Paso tonight.

How are you doing now? I worry about you sometimes.

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goddamnedfrank  Dec 24, 2018 • 6:25:08pm
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De Kolta Chair  Dec 24, 2018 • 6:26:12pm

T’was the night before Christmas
And all through the White House
Not a creature was stirring,
Not even Melania’s pet mouse.

“Christmas greetings to you,
Dear Mousie I send,”
She said melancholily
To her only real friend.

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b_sharp  Dec 24, 2018 • 6:27:07pm

re: #345 De Kolta Chair

Twas the night before Christmas
And all through the White House
Not a creature was stirring,
Not even Melania’s pet mouse.

“Christmas greetings to you,
Dear Mousie I send”
She said melancholily
To her only real friend.

Her pussy ran away from that tiny mouse.

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Joe Bacon 🌹  Dec 24, 2018 • 6:29:06pm

re: #332 Barefoot Grin

I understand the sentiment. But my point was that this was one of the good ones (and I know some will say there are none). It’s a little church of mostly older folks—no one in the choir was younger than 50 I’ll bet—who host the town’s food bank, promote LGBTQ inclusion (and invite worshippers to substitute their own pronouns for the masculine nomenclature of the Bible so that God does not have to be a man), hosts an African immigrant community’s services, and tonight delivered a message of love rather than exclusion. I think I’ll go back.

The sad thing is I can remember as a kid that most churches did have a “Jesus Loves You” policy. Yes there were Birch Churches that were hate generators but they were few. Then the Hunt Brothers, Scaife and the Koch’s pumped cash into generating the Religious Right sponsoring Anita Bryant to utter hate against gays and lesbians. Then Phyllis Schlafly spread her hatred of the ERA and Francis Schaeffer spread the pro-life message. Church after church got infected with the Religious Right and “Jesus Loves You” turned into “Jesus Hates Queers, Abortion, Democrats, Liberals” and that message now uttered by the overwhelming majority of churches has driven people out of churches and they will never go back.

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jaunte  Dec 24, 2018 • 6:29:40pm

@JoeBerkowitz

Now I’ve moved on to trying to understand the mind that thinks “hey do you know who my 7-year old child should talk to on Christmas Eve? Donald Trump”

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Eclectic Cyborg  Dec 24, 2018 • 6:30:33pm

re: #309 Charles Johnson

Just realized I haven’t done it yet… so Merry Christmas, Happy Holidays, etc. to all LGF members and readers!

Same to you, boss man!

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Dec 24, 2018 • 6:30:45pm
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De Kolta Chair  Dec 24, 2018 • 6:31:08pm

re: #346 b_sharp

Well, her pussy is said to be quite large. Actually, it was said by Trump at an Al Smith dinner.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Dec 24, 2018 • 6:32:05pm

she’s not helping

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goddamnedfrank  Dec 24, 2018 • 6:33:35pm
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Dave In Austin  Dec 24, 2018 • 6:34:08pm

re: #309 Charles Johnson

Thx Charles. Back at chu.

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Joe Bacon 🌹  Dec 24, 2018 • 6:34:35pm

re: #353 goddamnedfrank

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There’s only one last time I want to see Kevin Spacey and it’s with this guy!

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Eclectic Cyborg  Dec 24, 2018 • 6:37:15pm

re: #352 Backwoods_Sleuth

she’s not helping

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“Uhh, Mrs. Trump? That phone is not even plugged in.”

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wrenchwench  Dec 24, 2018 • 6:39:16pm

re: #343 b_sharp

How are you doing now? I worry about you sometimes.

I sold my bike shop. That was a stroke of luck, or extremely good planning that I didn’t even know I was doing. I sold it to a guy that I hired when he was right out of high school 20 years ago. He worked for me for 5 years. Then he got married and had two good real jobs, so he could afford to throw a little money away on a bike shop. He’s still married, and she can support him if it doesn’t work out. He’s already doing better than I was.

If you want to worry about me, this is the lingering side effect of my being hit by a car. Not fatal, not painful, not getting worse, so I am adjusting OK. Retirement helps.

I don’t worry about you much, just a minor bit of concern. I see you on the tweet box sometimes.

{b-sharp}

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Very Cool Very Legal Ghost Flea  Dec 24, 2018 • 6:41:25pm

re: #348 jaunte

Look, kids have got to learn that Santa doesn’t exist at some point and the President of the United States desperately needs the kind of self esteem boost you can only get from dunking on a seven-year old.

It’s a win-win situation.

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b_sharp  Dec 24, 2018 • 6:48:51pm

re: #357 wrenchwench

I knew you were trying to sell the business & about the balance problems. That’s the reason I worry about you. I hate seeing friends have their lives get difficult.

Don’t worry about me on the twitter, there isn’t a creationist or flat earther that has even the tiniest chance of bothering me. I got sick and tired of the nastiness so closed down my account again. I’m thinking of opening up a YouTube channel dealing with creationist/flerfer arguments. They’re basically the same.

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Swampwitch  Dec 24, 2018 • 6:49:13pm

Rusty Venture destroys Lex Luthor.
Well, James Urbaniak fucks beautifully with Spacey…

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b_sharp  Dec 24, 2018 • 6:50:47pm

re: #356 Eclectic Cyborg

“Uhh, Mrs. Trump? That phone is not even plugged in.”

She’s talking to the voices in her head.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Dec 24, 2018 • 6:53:49pm
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Backwoods_Sleuth  Dec 24, 2018 • 7:03:08pm

awwww

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Charles Johnson  Dec 24, 2018 • 7:08:38pm
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De Kolta Chair  Dec 24, 2018 • 7:16:02pm

Glen Le Lievre

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Dec 24, 2018 • 7:20:38pm
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Charles Johnson  Dec 24, 2018 • 7:22:49pm
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The Vicious Babushka  Dec 24, 2018 • 7:24:36pm

This kid should be President right now.

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austin_blue  Dec 24, 2018 • 7:33:30pm

re: #241 Jay C

Free Scotch review as a Christmas present for Lizards:

Talisker Storm NAS (Skye)

Basically a light-peaty version of the standard Talisker 10.

Negatives: marketing, mainly: “NAS” is said to stand for “No Age Statement” - it says “Single Malt” on the label, so I’m guessing the “NAS” dodge means it’s a blend of (one hopes) Talisker malts of varying ages. And, presumably, peat flavors. Also, the descriptions
in its PR tend towards the vague (even by Scotch-marketing standards): so it’s hard to tell (by description) just what you’re getting. It is cheaper than Talisker 18, though, so there’s that…

Positives: what you get is a very decent light-smoke Scotch: The peat flavor rides on top of the whiskey for a change, and lingers just a bit as it goes down: there’s a very light touch of varnish on the finish, and not much after-peat: which is a positive to me, anyway.

Bottom line: worth a try. If you have $60 or so to spare, that is…

Cheers!

I’m an island single-malt guy, Talisker is on my meh list. And I went to the distillery when I was on Skye. Nice folks, and all, but they don’t make anything that challenges Highland Park, Jura, or several of the Islay’s. Second least favorite is Bowmore.

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FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀  Dec 24, 2018 • 7:37:10pm

Classic

Doomsday Machine (1972) SCI-FI

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austin_blue  Dec 24, 2018 • 7:40:28pm

re: #262 jaunte

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Well isn’t that a relief.

Melania wants a Kurd scalp coat.

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FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀  Dec 24, 2018 • 7:43:53pm

Delivering coal?

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Anymouse 🌹  Dec 24, 2018 • 7:43:55pm

re: #338 Charles Johnson

Why does Twitter show Dec 25 when it’s not where they are located (or here)? Do they use GMT?

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Anymouse 🌹  Dec 24, 2018 • 7:45:22pm

re: #338 Charles Johnson

Who is Allahpundit?

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Jay C  Dec 24, 2018 • 7:45:54pm

re: #370 austin_blue

I’m an island single-malt guy, Talisker is on my meh list. And I went to the distillery when I was on sky. Nice folks, and all, but they don’t make anything that challenges Highland Park, Jura, or several of the Islay’s. Second least favorite is Bowmore.

Funny: Talisker is one of the few distilleries I’ve been to as well. Agree with you about the Skye malts: few are really bad, but if you’re going to go for the smoke. the folks on Islay have it all beat. Though there’s still plenty of taste-testing left (one hopes)


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