The Bob Cesca Podcast: White Blood Cells

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

White Blood Cells — NSFW; Buzz Burbank from Buzz Burbank News and Comment is here; Trump seizes new powers then threatens his enemies with jail; Rosenstein leaving DOJ; Trump asked Whitaker to appoint a loyalist in SDNY; Trump couldn’t say Venezuela during speech about Venezuela; Roger Stone is in big trouble; Bernie is running; Bernie’s fatal flaw; The 20th Anniversary of Office Space; Bohemian Rhapsody; and so much more.

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188 comments
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MsJ  Feb 19, 2019 • 4:53:50pm

Sure. Why not.

Chao has met at least 10 times with politicians and business leaders from the state in response to requests from McConnell’s office, according to documents provided to POLITICO by the watchdog group American Oversight. In some cases, those people later received what they were hoping for from Chao’s department, including infrastructure grants, the designation of an interstate highway and assistance in getting state funds for a highway project — although the documents don’t indicate the meetings led to those outcomes.

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piratedan  Feb 19, 2019 • 4:58:15pm

re: #1 MsJ

I tell you I am shocked, shocked I tell you, to find out that anyone in the GOP would use their political position for personal gain.

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HappyWarrior  Feb 19, 2019 • 4:58:59pm

re: #1 MsJ

Sure. Why not.

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That may McConnell’s real end game. I know some think he’s a Kremlin tool and he still might be but this could be simple old greed where he agreed to do Trump’s bidding if Trump put Elaine in his cabinet and help Mitch’s pals out. And yeah he’s very corrupt. Kentucky Democratic Party needs to find a good candidate to run against him. Make the Turtle live in political fear that his political career might be over and he might be investigated for criminal activity.

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HappyWarrior  Feb 19, 2019 • 4:59:11pm

re: #2 piratedan

I tell you I am shocked, shocked I tell you, to find out that anyone in the GOP would use their political position for personal gain.

The party of small government y’all.

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MsJ  Feb 19, 2019 • 5:00:00pm

re: #2 piratedan

I tell you I am shocked, shocked I tell you, to find out that anyone in the GOP would use their political position for personal gain.

What would shock me was a Republican who didn’t.

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HappyWarrior  Feb 19, 2019 • 5:01:05pm

re: #5 MsJ

What would shock me was a Republican who didn’t.

I can’t think of a Republican in Washington that doesn’t disgust me in some way. I guess Mueller counts.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Feb 19, 2019 • 5:05:52pm
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The Vicious Babushka  Feb 19, 2019 • 5:06:04pm
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HappyWarrior  Feb 19, 2019 • 5:06:26pm

re: #7 Backwoods_Sleuth

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That would be the correct ruling.

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MsJ  Feb 19, 2019 • 5:06:30pm

re: #6 HappyWarrior

I can’t think of a Republican in Washington that doesn’t disgust me in some way. I guess Mueller counts.

Mueller is a patriot. I’m starting to wonder if there are many of those remain on the entire right.

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HappyWarrior  Feb 19, 2019 • 5:06:44pm

re: #8 The Vicious Babushka

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Oh damn.

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plansbandc  Feb 19, 2019 • 5:08:28pm

re: #8 The Vicious Babushka

I’m thinking of all the dignified ways a person could shuffle off this mortal coil. This is not one of them.

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HappyWarrior  Feb 19, 2019 • 5:08:46pm

re: #10 MsJ

Mueller is a patriot. I’m starting to wonder if there are many of those remain on the entire right.

I’ve been wondering that since pretty much the entire right had one giant shit fit when we elected a guy named Obama president and then they nominated a chickenshit asshole who in his own words thinks it’s bad that we don’t hurt people anymore for the office that Abraham Lincoln once held. The right? They can go fuck themselves for all I care. They really need to get their political asses kicked to learn that their ideology is unacceptable for a modern and civilized nation. And if that means Trump is the first President that dies in prison, so be it, he will have deserved it.

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MsJ  Feb 19, 2019 • 5:09:05pm

re: #8 The Vicious Babushka

What a way to go. Yikes.

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plansbandc  Feb 19, 2019 • 5:10:12pm

Oh no. I”m getting heybaybeed on the twitter.

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MsJ  Feb 19, 2019 • 5:10:28pm

re: #14 MsJ

What a way to go. Yikes.

(I was going to say that was a shitty way to go but…)

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The Vicious Babushka  Feb 19, 2019 • 5:11:16pm

re: #12 plansbandc

I’m thinking of all the dignified ways a person could shuffle off this mortal coil. This is not one of them.

OMG

Baltimore Fire spokeswoman Blair Skinner says a security guard saw a man engulfed in flames running from the portable toilet. The man was dead by the time medics arrived, and three portable toilets were on fire.

The man has not been identified. It’s unclear how long he had been in the toilet. The cause of the fire is still under investigation.

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HappyWarrior  Feb 19, 2019 • 5:11:49pm

I mean even going from Romney to Trump was a giant shit leap for the GOP. Fuck Romney, obviously but at least he tried his hand at governing and he wasn’t just being Governor of Massachusetts for the people who voted for him. Trump? Trump only cares about the people who voted for him. He’s disgusting. He’s amoral, undemocratic, has nothing redeemable at all about his character, etc. I can’t even say that him and I are both sports lovers because his type of sports fandom in contrast with George W Bush’s fandom of baseball which I share with GWB is exactly what I hate about sports.

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HappyWarrior  Feb 19, 2019 • 5:12:35pm

re: #17 The Vicious Babushka

OMG

I imagine that the poor guy was probably homeless. Awful all around. I hope they can identify him.

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plansbandc  Feb 19, 2019 • 5:12:44pm

Blocked heybaybeeee. I don’t have time for that nonsense.

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HappyWarrior  Feb 19, 2019 • 5:12:56pm

re: #15 plansbandc

Oh no. I”m getting heybaybeed on the twitter.

Creepy.

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The Vicious Babushka  Feb 19, 2019 • 5:13:21pm

re: #18 HappyWarrior

Trump? Trump only cares about the people who voted for him

Trump only cares about Trump. Fuck the people who voted for him, he doesn’t give a shit about them unless they are useful to Trump.

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HappyWarrior  Feb 19, 2019 • 5:14:33pm

re: #22 The Vicious Babushka

Trump only cares about Trump. Fuck the people who voted for him, he doesn’t give a shit about them unless they are useful to Trump.

Yeah that’s more accurate. If he loses, you’re going to see him go off on his supporters. I really hope he gets nasty and shows them the true contempt he really feels for them. I want them to know that they’re nothing to him. Just votes.

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The Vicious Babushka  Feb 19, 2019 • 5:16:46pm

OK is anyone here familiar with various types of nautical knots, know of one that is similar to the hangman’s noose? Sailors being a superstitious bunch, would never go for that shit.

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Decatur Deb  Feb 19, 2019 • 5:16:57pm

re: #17 The Vicious Babushka

OMG

Porta-Potty is a very well tested technology, so there’s a good chance it was operating outside its design envelope.

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The Vicious Babushka  Feb 19, 2019 • 5:17:53pm

re: #25 Decatur Deb

Porta-Potty is a very well tested technology, so there’s a good chance it was operating outside its design envelope.

TARDIS?

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Quoth the raven, Covfefe.  Feb 19, 2019 • 5:18:18pm

re: #24 The Vicious Babushka

OK is anyone here familiar with various types of nautical knots, know of one that is similar to the hangman’s noose? Sailors being a superstitious bunch, would never go for that shit.

I mean, there’s several types of hitch knots or others that are tied around a loop, but a hangman’s noose? That’s pretty distinctive, yo.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Feb 19, 2019 • 5:19:01pm

re: #24 The Vicious Babushka

OK is anyone here familiar with various types of nautical knots, know of one that is similar to the hangman’s noose? Sailors being a superstitious bunch, would never go for that shit.

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bowline knot

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Decatur Deb  Feb 19, 2019 • 5:20:35pm

re: #26 The Vicious Babushka

TARDIS?

Warming hut. They are under a winter storm warning.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Feb 19, 2019 • 5:22:59pm

I just found a photo of it.

There’s nothing nautical about it. It’s a noose knot.

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Teddy's Person  Feb 19, 2019 • 5:23:17pm

Womp Womp

A “for rent” sign outside Roger Stone’s home in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, on Tuesday, Feb. 19, 2019. TED SCOUTEN / CBS MIAMI

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The Vicious Babushka  Feb 19, 2019 • 5:24:04pm

re: #28 Backwoods_Sleuth

bowline knot

Not even close.

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Old Liberal  Feb 19, 2019 • 5:24:32pm

re: #30 Backwoods_Sleuth

I just found a photo of it.

There’s nothing nautical about it. It’s a noose knot.

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Agree. Naught nautical

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MsJ  Feb 19, 2019 • 5:27:25pm
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Teddy's Person  Feb 19, 2019 • 5:27:39pm

Man, the Nobel Peace Prize voting is going to be unanimous. //

U.S. President Donald Trump said on Tuesday he wants North Korea to end its nuclear program, but has no pressing time schedule for this, as he dispatched his special envoy to finalize preparations for a second summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un next week.

Speaking to reporters at the White House, Trump said sanctions against North Korea would remain in place in the meantime and noted Pyongyang’s freeze in nuclear and missile testing since 2017.

“I’m in no rush. There’s no testing. As long as there is no testing, I’m in no rush. If there’s testing, that’s another deal,” he said. “I’d just like to see ultimately denuclearization of North Korea.”

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Brother Holy Cruise Missile of Mild Acceptance  Feb 19, 2019 • 5:29:25pm

re: #28 Backwoods_Sleuth

yup.

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retired cynic  Feb 19, 2019 • 5:30:52pm

re: #3 HappyWarrior

That may McConnell’s real end game. I know some think he’s a Kremlin tool and he still might be but this could be simple old greed where he agreed to do Trump’s bidding if Trump put Elaine in his cabinet and help Mitch’s pals out. And yeah he’s very corrupt. Kentucky Democratic Party needs to find a good candidate to run against him. Make the Turtle live in political fear that his political career might be over and he might be investigated for criminal activity.

Reverse the order: investigate him for criminal activity. If he is behind bars, that would settle the political fear. Even in Kentucky.

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The Vicious Babushka  Feb 19, 2019 • 5:31:14pm

re: #35 Teddy’s Person

Man, the Nobel Peace Prize voting is going to be unanimous. //

He was nominated for the Nobel Piss Prize!

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Brother Holy Cruise Missile of Mild Acceptance  Feb 19, 2019 • 5:31:22pm

re: #30 Backwoods_Sleuth

not true, this one matches it, but still, bad move

media.gettyimages.com

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Belafon  Feb 19, 2019 • 5:31:59pm

From the previous thread:

re: #279 MsJ

Fuck me.

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I’m going to put a positive spin on this: Those are all of his donors. He’s now known. You either like him or you don’t, and while $3.3M is a large initial amount, he really has nowhere else to go.

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MsJ  Feb 19, 2019 • 5:33:18pm

Was Whitaker confirmed? Because this is a hell of a story.

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The Vicious Babushka  Feb 19, 2019 • 5:36:58pm

re: #39 Brother Holy Cruise Missile of Mild Acceptance

not true, this one matches it, but still, bad move

media.gettyimages.com

Yeah the “nautical knot” on the far right was probably only used to hang pirates from the yardarm.

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GlutenFreeJesus  Feb 19, 2019 • 5:37:14pm

re: #26 The Vicious Babushka

TARDIS?

TURDIS.

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danarchy  Feb 19, 2019 • 5:38:07pm

re: #30 Backwoods_Sleuth

I just found a photo of it.

There’s nothing nautical about it. It’s a noose knot.

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A quick google search show’s there is a nautical knot called the boatswain’s noose. See lot’s of references and images to it, but it is basically just a noose.

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MsJ  Feb 19, 2019 • 5:38:19pm

Sure CNN, why the fuck not?

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A hollow voice says, Collusion!  Feb 19, 2019 • 5:38:21pm

re: #40 Belafon

From the previous thread:

I’m going to put a positive spin on this: Those are all of his donors. He’s now known. You either like him or you don’t, and while $3.3M is a large initial amount, he really has nowhere else to go.

That was my thought too. Actually, it was, That was all his supporters. Maybe a few who didn’t hear the news today will join in later.

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HappyWarrior  Feb 19, 2019 • 5:40:08pm

re: #45 MsJ

Sure CNN, why the fuck not?

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I mean Kasich I can kind of get. But their latest hire? She’s a bonafide Republican hack but I can understand the logic of Kasich even if he is an asshole and he IS an asshole.

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Brother Holy Cruise Missile of Mild Acceptance  Feb 19, 2019 • 5:41:24pm

re: #42 The Vicious Babushka

Yeah the “nautical knot” on the far right was probably only used to hang pirates from the yardarm.

Actually I believe it was used to tie up the ship. I actually use a similar knot to tie fishing line. Not defending Burberry here, they are clueless but sometimes a knot is just a knot. That said it should be left off clothing or “fashion”.

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HappyWarrior  Feb 19, 2019 • 5:41:50pm

re: #40 Belafon

From the previous thread:

I’m going to put a positive spin on this: Those are all of his donors. He’s now known. You either like him or you don’t, and while $3.3M is a large initial amount, he really has nowhere else to go.

That’s one way of looking at it. I do think most people know how they feel about Bernie by now. I was so tempted to piss everyone by stating that you’re an idiot if you think Bernie Sanders will turn us into Venezuela but you’re equally foolish if you think he’s going to get everything he wants done and it will go smoothly.

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BeachDem  Feb 19, 2019 • 5:42:44pm

re: #47 HappyWarrior

I mean Kasich I can kind of get. But their latest hire? She’s a bonafide Republican hack but I can understand the logic of Kasich even if he is an asshole and he IS an asshole.

And he is going to be in front of the camera, displaying his assholiness for all to see. She was hired to oversee coverage behind the scenes, so she’ll have control over a lot of the direction things go in, and with no transparency whatsoever. No journalistic experience. Nasty conspiracy theorist. Great get, CNN!

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A Mom Anon  Feb 19, 2019 • 5:42:52pm

re: #31 Teddy’s Person

I would not even set foot in that house without a total deep clean and fumigation. Yuck.

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HappyWarrior  Feb 19, 2019 • 5:44:22pm

Somehow though I got signed up for both Bernie and Kamala’s emails though.

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BeachDem  Feb 19, 2019 • 5:44:29pm

re: #51 A Mom Anon

I would not even set foot in that house without a total deep clean and fumigation. Yuck.

And it’s for rent by owner, so not even a real estate agent to mitigate the fumes.

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HappyWarrior  Feb 19, 2019 • 5:45:17pm

re: #50 BeachDem

And he is going to be in front of the camera, displaying his assholiness for all to see. She was hired to oversee coverage behind the scenes, so she’ll have control over a lot of the direction things go in, and with no transparency whatsoever. No journalistic experience. Nasty conspiracy theorist. Great get, CNN!

Right but I was talking superficially since he’s a two term former Republican governor who appears more moderate than he is. And yeah she’s going to be behind the scenes. WTF CNN indeeesd.

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goddamnedfrank  Feb 19, 2019 • 5:45:21pm

Listen fam, I’ve seen a lot of knots in my time and that’s a fuck knot.

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MsJ  Feb 19, 2019 • 5:45:34pm
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A hollow voice says, Collusion!  Feb 19, 2019 • 5:46:49pm

re: #51 A Mom Anon

I would not even set foot in that house without a total deep clean and fumigation. Yuck.

Don’t forget the exorcism.

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HappyWarrior  Feb 19, 2019 • 5:48:29pm

re: #56 MsJ

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Stephen Miller is like a bad case of diarrhea. He doesn’t go away. He just gets worse.

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retired cynic  Feb 19, 2019 • 5:49:34pm

re: #52 HappyWarrior

Somehow though I got signed up for both Bernie and Kamala’s emails though.

Me, too. I sure unsubscribed from Bernie’s PDQ. It said it was sent to me because I had requested it. Nope.

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plansbandc  Feb 19, 2019 • 5:49:48pm

re: #57 A hollow voice says, Collusion!

The only reasonable course is to burn it down, get the hazmat folks to clean it up, and then rebuild. Exorcism, sage, anything to get that absolute zero spiritual energy off the land would be prudent also.

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HappyWarrior  Feb 19, 2019 • 5:50:44pm

re: #59 retired cynic

Me, too. I sure unsubscribed from Bernie’s PDQ. It said it was sent to me because I had requested it. Nope.

My guess is they got my email from when I supported Tom Perriello for Governor. I imagine Kamala got my email the same way.

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Dave In Austin  Feb 19, 2019 • 5:55:45pm

It looks like Ricky made it back for year 3. He’s busy singing over the fence line after dark and before dawn.

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MsJ  Feb 19, 2019 • 5:56:27pm

Ya think?

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Belafon  Feb 19, 2019 • 5:56:36pm

Question for the linux guru types (hidden so as not to bore the rest of you):

Click to Reveal

Because I bought myself an RTX 2070 to do machine learning, and I’m having to manually build some of the libraries, I am going to reinstall the OS a few times in order to figure everything out (I’ve had to do this with Windows as well, so no one’s perfect). The one thing I have to change on the installer is add “nomodeset” to grub. I would like to do that on the usb stick installer I have created, so that I don’t have to remember to make the change every time. Is there a way for me to make that change? I cannot seem to find anything describing how to do it, and I think that’s because I don’t know what to look for.

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Brother Holy Cruise Missile of Mild Acceptance  Feb 19, 2019 • 5:57:45pm

right in the damn feels

Kitbull | Pixar SparkShorts

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ipsos  Feb 19, 2019 • 5:58:00pm

Whenever Trump and his cronies are swept from office, one of the most important duties for his replacement will be rebuilding the world’s trust in the U.S.

What is there in Bernie’s experience or known skill set that qualifies him for that part of the job? What are his foreign policy bona fides? His relevant expertise?

(For all my misgivings about Biden’s age and relevance to younger voters, it’s hard to argue that he’s not head and shoulders above everyone else in the current field in this particular area.)

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Dread Pirate Whitebeard  Feb 19, 2019 • 6:00:53pm
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HappyWarrior  Feb 19, 2019 • 6:01:09pm

re: #66 ipsos

Whenever Trump and his cronies are swept from office, one of the most important duties for his replacement will be rebuilding the world’s trust in the U.S.

What is there in Bernie’s experience or known skill set that qualifies him for that part of the job? What are his foreign policy bona fides? His relevant expertise?

(For all my misgivings about Biden’s age and relevance to younger voters, it’s hard to argue that he’s not head and shoulders above everyone else in the current field in this particular area.)

Yeah I’m not seeing anything about Bernie that makes me think that. I do have concerns about Biden’s age as well but I don’t doubt his knowledge of the issues. I think Bernie even if he’s well meaning would have us in an endless stream of court challenges, Congressional blockings, etc. He’s not going to be able to handle Congress not doing what he wants and he’s not going to have a capable team surrounding him.

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plansbandc  Feb 19, 2019 • 6:02:18pm

re: #62 Dave In Austin

He’s beautiful!

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HappyWarrior  Feb 19, 2019 • 6:02:26pm

re: #67 Single-handed sailor

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One of my old counselors who now teaches posted that just now heh.

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Old Liberal  Feb 19, 2019 • 6:05:54pm

re: #44 danarchy

A quick google search show’s there is a nautical knot called the boatswain’s noose. See lot’s of references and images to it, but it is basically just a noose.

Boatswains noose hangman’s noose. A noose by any other name.

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ipsos  Feb 19, 2019 • 6:07:15pm

re: #68 HappyWarrior

Yeah I’m not seeing anything about Bernie that makes me think that. I do have concerns about Biden’s age as well but I don’t doubt his knowledge of the issues. I think Bernie even if he’s well meaning would have us in an endless stream of court challenges, Congressional blockings, etc. He’s not going to be able to handle Congress not doing what he wants and he’s not going to have a capable team surrounding him.

Which is of course concern #2 that my Bernie-lovin’ friends don’t like talking about: after all those years in Congress, what evidence is there that he has the skills he’d need to make deals and get imperfect, pragmatic real-world bills passed?

For as few years as Obama had been in the Senate, that was clearly a skill he possessed in droves. It’s a plus, to my mind, for Klobuchar, Gillibrand and Harris right now - and especially for Sherrod Brown if he gets in.

(Not you, Tulsi.)

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Old Liberal  Feb 19, 2019 • 6:07:42pm

re: #48 Brother Holy Cruise Missile of Mild Acceptance

Actually I believe it was used to tie up the ship. I actually use a similar knot to tie fishing line. Not defending Burberry here, they are clueless but sometimes a knot is just a knot. That said it should be left off clothing or “fashion”.

I always used bowlines. Never saw this knot at the marina in 20 years.

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HappyWarrior  Feb 19, 2019 • 6:13:10pm

re: #72 ipsos

Which is of course concern #2 that my Bernie-lovin’ friends don’t like talking about: after all those years in Congress, what evidence is there that he has the skills he’d need to make deals and get imperfect, pragmatic real-world bills passed?

For as few years as Obama had been in the Senate, that was clearly a skill he possessed in droves. It’s a plus, to my mind, for Klobuchar, Gillibrand and Harris right now - and especially for Sherrod Brown if he gets in.

(Not you, Tulsi.)

I really think a lot of our Bernie supporting friends and family want an ideologue and not a leader. Obviously I want our next president to share my principles but I’m not voting for whose ideology is the most left. I’m voting for who is going to be the best President and I don’t see anything that suggests that is Bernie.

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HappyWarrior  Feb 19, 2019 • 6:15:22pm

I just don’t think Sanders understands that the Presidency is going to be more than him taking on wealth inequality.

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plansbandc  Feb 19, 2019 • 6:16:52pm

I liked Bernie for about a half second. I don’t like him anymore. Not at all. He can’t win, because he will never ever get the Dem coalition votes. He will get white moonbats, both male and female. Not nearly enough. But he will ratfuck the hell out of the primaries.

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HappyWarrior  Feb 19, 2019 • 6:19:15pm

re: #76 plansbandc

I liked Bernie for about a half second. I don’t like him anymore. Not at all. He can’t win, because he will never ever get the Dem coalition votes. He will get white moonbats, both male and female. Not nearly enough. But he will ratfuck the hell out of the primaries.

I don’t like how he shits on the Dem coalition and then shits on our past leaders like they did nothing. He’s got a massive ego on him and I’m sad that more people on our side can’t see that personality wise he’s got more in common with Trump than he doesn’t but they’re too blinded by ideology.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Feb 19, 2019 • 6:19:20pm
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MsJ  Feb 19, 2019 • 6:19:49pm

re: #65 Brother Holy Cruise Missile of Mild Acceptance

right in the damn feels

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❤️❤️😢🤧

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Brother Holy Cruise Missile of Mild Acceptance  Feb 19, 2019 • 6:20:28pm

re: #73 Old Liberal

I’ve seen a lot of knots.re: #79 MsJ

they’re happy tears though

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DodgerFan1988  Feb 19, 2019 • 6:22:11pm

Grifter gonna grift.

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goddamnedfrank  Feb 19, 2019 • 6:23:16pm

re: #73 Old Liberal

I always used bowlines. Never saw this knot at the marina in 20 years.

It looks a little like an improved double clinch knot that was never had the ends trimmed off, but still wrong.

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HappyWarrior  Feb 19, 2019 • 6:23:27pm

re: #81 DodgerFan1988

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Grifter gonna grift.

I thought conservatives hated frivolous lawsuits.

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Belafon  Feb 19, 2019 • 6:23:38pm
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HappyWarrior  Feb 19, 2019 • 6:24:18pm

re: #84 Belafon

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He’s right.

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Dread Pirate Whitebeard  Feb 19, 2019 • 6:24:29pm

re: #73 Old Liberal

I always used bowlines. Never saw this knot at the marina in 20 years.

It looks like the way you bundle up ropes on a sailboat.

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Charles Johnson  Feb 19, 2019 • 6:25:31pm

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MsJ  Feb 19, 2019 • 6:26:30pm

re: #81 DodgerFan1988

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Grifter gonna grift.

Might as well start then young.

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plansbandc  Feb 19, 2019 • 6:27:02pm

re: #83 HappyWarrior

If a conservative is suing, it is never ever frivolous.

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HappyWarrior  Feb 19, 2019 • 6:27:25pm

re: #89 plansbandc

If a conservative is suing, it is never ever frivolous.

Touché.

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Unshaken Defiance  Feb 19, 2019 • 6:28:55pm

re: #26 The Vicious Babushka

TARDIS?

TURDIS

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garzooma  Feb 19, 2019 • 6:29:11pm

re: #84 Belafon

[Embedded content]If Donald Trump asked Whitaker to interfere in the Cohen investigation with the sdny, we’ve entered some brand new obstruction of justice territory.

I don’t know. I think that territory was already entered when Trump asked Comey to drop the case against Flynn. Not to mention when he fired Comey and explicitly said that it was to try and stop the Russia investigation.

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A hollow voice says, Collusion!  Feb 19, 2019 • 6:29:22pm

re: #76 plansbandc

I liked Bernie for about a half second. I don’t like him anymore. Not at all. He can’t win, because he will never ever get the Dem coalition votes. He will get white moonbats, both male and female. Not nearly enough. But he will ratfuck the hell out of the primaries.

The Bernie supporters are loud but few. I think “electable” is on everybody’s mind, and Bernie, who has already failed once, won’t make the cut. Even former Bernie supporters of my acquaintance feel that way, and I hope my experience matches the rest of the country.

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The Ghost of Quesos Past  Feb 19, 2019 • 6:30:29pm

18 years after WTC Sikhs are still being attacked because there are people who feel entitled to inflict their anger on a target, but also entitled to not know what a Muslim…the putative deserving subject of violence…is.

Compare and contrast with the insane bathroom bill logic in which trans people are predators (even though there’s no evidence), people that visually code as appropriately gendered are okay (even though there’s ample evidence that predators are…anybody…with no discernable exterior features), where predation is done by strange weirdos (nope), and bathroom choice should correlate to chromosomes but also policing of external appearance as masculine/feminine (the former being impossible unless the crapper does PCR, the latter being purely aesthetic and lateral to trans identity).

Here’s the things folks: the incoherence is the point in the same way the cruelty is the point. It’s a form of exercising power over others. Ignore autonomy of bodies, ignore common humanity, ignore the reversibility of empathy…ignore the conceit that ideas themselves have value external to their originator and the “side” the originator is on.

They are not gloating about “FACTS” and “LOGIC” because they value these things. They are not mistaking rhetoric tricks for descriptive analysis by accident. They are trying to hollow out the meaning of the words and substitute whatever the fuck they want that’s convenient to declaring their latest impression “true.”

They’re too cowardly to be nihilists, so they just change the definitions of ideas that they want to value, as needed, to do whatever they fucking want. God, justice, law…they’ve dissolved the wall between idealism and cynicism, so the given meaning of any word is exactly what they need it to be, in the moment, and nothing else. (Until the next moment)

They’ve basically made a Ed Gein suit out of Jesus.

They do not want to make sense. Whenever a plan or argument doesn’t make sense, the subtext is “I just get to say what is and what should be, and you don’t get to contradict me.” It’s fun; all the fun of being righteous and intelligent and the argument winner, with none…none…of the effort.

And generally they’re planning and arguing that somebody deserves their suffering…or deserves more suffering inflicted…so they also get to be sadists.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Feb 19, 2019 • 6:31:07pm
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Backwoods_Sleuth  Feb 19, 2019 • 6:33:49pm

jeebus

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HappyWarrior  Feb 19, 2019 • 6:35:26pm

re: #96 Backwoods_Sleuth

jeebus

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Trump Jr. Really Bevin fuck you. Don’t ever claim you care about individual liberty and rights because you’re nothing but a fascist coward.

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HappyWarrior  Feb 19, 2019 • 6:36:26pm

BTW 500 is really pricey for a tattoo. He’s full of shit.

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Dread Pirate Whitebeard  Feb 19, 2019 • 6:39:50pm

re: #96 Backwoods_Sleuth

jeebus

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Look, just because his wife got an expensive tramp stamp doesn’t mean poor people can afford fees like that.

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The Ghost of Quesos Past  Feb 19, 2019 • 6:40:04pm

re: #96 Backwoods_Sleuth

This is exactly the shit I’m ranting about.

It’s vaguely argument shaped and toots a dog whistle about the poors being dumb with money, so it’s got, ahem, “validity.”

It’s like if Percy Shelley got into speech writing for wingnut politics but had to hit the laudanum suppository stash to hit the correct level of twee sentimentality.

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HappyWarrior  Feb 19, 2019 • 6:40:28pm

Bevin talks like your Uncle or pal who buys everything FNC tells him.

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HappyWarrior  Feb 19, 2019 • 6:41:36pm

re: #100 The Ghost of Quesos Past

This is exactly the shit I’m ranting about.

It’s vaguely argument shaped and toots a dog whistle about the poors being dumb with money, so it’s got, ahem, “validity.”

It’s like if Percy Shelley got into speech writing for wingnut politics but had to hit the laudanum suppository stash to hit the correct level of twee sentimentality.

Dude between the Percy Shelley comment and Ed Gein mask of Jesus, you’re on some serious wordsmithing tonight.

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Old Liberal  Feb 19, 2019 • 6:45:17pm

re: #86 Single-handed sailor

It looks like the way you bundle up ropes on a sailboat.

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Yeah I looked again at the picture and it could be this. But that’s not a knot or a boatswains noose. I’m sure there’s a name for this but I don’t have my references with me.

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The Vicious Babushka  Feb 19, 2019 • 6:45:58pm

Let me guess: he thinks the names are similar enough (& they are both Juice!) that nobody will even notice.

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HappyWarrior  Feb 19, 2019 • 6:47:30pm

re: #104 The Vicious Babushka

Let me guess: he thinks the names are similar enough (& they are both Juice!) that nobody will even notice.

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He loves those lateral promotions.

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goddamnedfrank  Feb 19, 2019 • 6:52:35pm
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HappyWarrior  Feb 19, 2019 • 6:54:19pm

re: #106 goddamnedfrank

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I feel bad that I know who one of them is.

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plansbandc  Feb 19, 2019 • 6:56:14pm

re: #96 Backwoods_Sleuth

What a dick.

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EPR-radar  Feb 19, 2019 • 7:02:32pm

re: #89 plansbandc

If a conservative is suing, it is never ever frivolous.

E.g., Judge Bork.

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HappyWarrior  Feb 19, 2019 • 7:06:29pm

re: #109 EPR-radar

E.g., Judge Bork.

Gah! That pick by Reagan was such a fuck you to the Senate. As frustrating as Kennedy proved to be at times, I’m glad we got him rather than a right wing hack like Bork.

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Charles Johnson  Feb 19, 2019 • 7:07:03pm
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HappyWarrior  Feb 19, 2019 • 7:08:33pm

re: #111 Charles Johnson

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Too bad that view is wasted on a Pizza Hut.

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retired cynic  Feb 19, 2019 • 7:08:56pm

re: #111 Charles Johnson

Yes, I could handle that!

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wheat-dogg, raker of forests, master of steam  Feb 19, 2019 • 7:19:48pm

re: #64 Belafon

If you need to change the bootloader options, you have to edit /etc/default/grub. Maybe this article will help howtogeek.com

This one is specifically about nomodeset. ubuntuforums.org

And you may have helped me solve a problem with my kubuntu install booting into a black screen.

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The Vicious Babushka  Feb 19, 2019 • 7:21:14pm
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HappyWarrior  Feb 19, 2019 • 7:22:12pm

re: #115 The Vicious Babushka

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Glad he’s making it easy for Maduro’s propaganda machine. Jackass.

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The Ghost of Quesos Past  Feb 19, 2019 • 7:22:42pm

re: #111 Charles Johnson

First time I was in Giza there was …nothing. Just pyramids. They hadn’t even excavated the worker’s villages yet.

(That was 34 years ago)

That is a great view of the Pyramids and totally worth a Pizza Hut meal.

Anyway, I’m curious about what you put on a pizza in a pork-is-haram society. Fast food being brought into norms with local tastes can result in very interesting hybrids. I ate in a New Delhi McDonald’s one time precisely because I want to see what they’d do with no pork and no beef.

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wheat-dogg, raker of forests, master of steam  Feb 19, 2019 • 7:23:51pm

re: #111 Charles Johnson

I was surprised to learn that the Pyramids of Giza are really quite close to Cairo. I had this image in my mind that they were way out in the desert, probably from watching too many Hollywood movies. You can take a city bus or taxi to the pyramids, IIRC.

And eat some pizza on your way back to the hotel.

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Dread Pirate Whitebeard  Feb 19, 2019 • 7:24:26pm
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Shiplord Kirel, Friend of Moose and Squirrel  Feb 19, 2019 • 7:25:09pm

Jussie Smollet may be a minor figure here but he is living bigly rent-free in RWNJ brains. At this point, 5 of the 11 most recently posted stories at Free Republic are about Smollett.
All the heavies are represented, Breitbart, the Blaze, etc. The former, in fact, suggests that Smollett’s actions are a hate crime against Trump supporters.

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Quoth the raven, Covfefe.  Feb 19, 2019 • 7:26:40pm

re: #117 The Ghost of Quesos Past

First time I was in Giza there was …nothing. Just pyramids. They hadn’t even excavated the worker’s villages yet.

(That was 34 years ago)

That is a great view of the Pyramids and totally worth a Pizza Hut meal.

Anyway, I’m curious about what you put on a pizza in a pork-is-haram society. Fast food being brought into norms with local tastes can result in very interesting hybrids. I ate in a New Delhi McDonald’s one time precisely because I want to see what they’d do with no pork and no beef.

I ate at a McDonald’s in Rome just to see what they had there that you couldn’t get in the US. Their chicken wings are a hard pass, but some of their other fried stuff turned out okay-ish.

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HappyWarrior  Feb 19, 2019 • 7:27:49pm

re: #119 Single-handed sailor

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Him and Kim probably bond over their daddy issues, corruption, & totalitarian dreams.

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The Vicious Babushka  Feb 19, 2019 • 7:28:16pm

re: #117 The Ghost of Quesos Past

First time I was in Giza there was …nothing. Just pyramids. They hadn’t even excavated the worker’s villages yet.

(That was 34 years ago)

That is a great view of the Pyramids and totally worth a Pizza Hut meal.

Anyway, I’m curious about what you put on a pizza in a pork-is-haram society. Fast food being brought into norms with local tastes can result in very interesting hybrids. I ate in a New Delhi McDonald’s one time precisely because I want to see what they’d do with no pork and no beef.

I keep kosher and we don’t put any meat product on pizza. For those who MUST HAVE pepperoni there is the vegetarian equivalent which I have been told is actually pretty good, but I prefer mushrooms and peppers for topping. Our local pizzeria also offers pineapple as a topping.

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ObserverArt  Feb 19, 2019 • 7:30:07pm

re: #115 The Vicious Babushka

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Sorta watching that interview. Aren’t most of his comments from his book that just came out?

There are a lot of “fake books” out there that paint a really bad picture of Trump.

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HappyWarrior  Feb 19, 2019 • 7:30:25pm

re: #123 The Vicious Babushka

I keep kosher and we don’t put any meat product on pizza. For those who MUST HAVE pepperoni there is the vegetarian equivalent which I have been told is actually pretty good, but I prefer mushrooms and peppers for topping. Our local pizzeria also offers pineapple as a topping.

Vegan pepperoni ain’t bad. The place I order from when I’m in NYC has it. I like a meat, veggie usually a green, & a wild card like another meat, veggie, or extra cheese.

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wheat-dogg, raker of forests, master of steam  Feb 19, 2019 • 7:32:48pm

re: #121 Quoth the raven, Covfefe.

I ate at a McDonald’s in Rome just to see what they had there that you couldn’t get in the US. Their chicken wings are a hard pass, but some of their other fried stuff turned out okay-ish.

McD’s in China tastes like McD’s in the USA. Same with Burger King and Subway. However, there are more spicy sandwich menu items than in the States, AFAIK. KFC used to replace the French fries with a kind of corn salad, but now that Chinese customers have grown to like French fries, the corn salad has been replaced by fries as the default side dish.

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wheat-dogg, raker of forests, master of steam  Feb 19, 2019 • 7:33:47pm

re: #124 ObserverArt

Sorta watching that interview. Aren’t most of his comments from his book that just came out?

There are a lot of “fake books” out there that paint a really bad picture of Trump.

Future historians will have a lot to work with, that’s for sure.

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A hollow voice says, Collusion!  Feb 19, 2019 • 7:34:07pm

re: #123 The Vicious Babushka

I keep kosher and we don’t put any meat product on pizza. For those who MUST HAVE pepperoni there is the vegetarian equivalent which I have been told is actually pretty good, but I prefer mushrooms and peppers for topping. Our local pizzeria also offers pineapple as a topping.

I was at a convention a while back where they were taste-testing a pizza with a kosher cheese substitute. Not bad. (The pizza wasn’t kosher because the only certified kosher ingredient was the “cheese.”)

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ObserverArt  Feb 19, 2019 • 7:34:29pm

re: #120 Shiplord Kirel, Friend of Moose and Squirrel

Jussie Smollet may be a minor figure here but he is living bigly rent-free in RWNJ brains. At this point, 5 of the 11 most recently posted stories at Free Republic are about Smollett.
All the heavies are represented, Breitbart, the Blaze, etc. The former, in fact, suggests that Smollett’s actions are a hate crime against Trump supporters.

Time for a reload of an old photoshop. It’s that time again.

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Quoth the raven, Covfefe.  Feb 19, 2019 • 7:35:10pm

re: #126 wheat-dogg, raker of forests, master of steam

McD’s in China tastes like McD’s in the USA. Same with Burger King and Subway. However, there are more spicy sandwich menu items than in the States, AFAIK. KFC used to replace the French fries with a kind of corn salad, but now that Chinese customers have grown to like French fries, the corn salad has been replaced by fries as the default side dish.

McD’s in Italy had most of the usual, which we didn’t buy. We got their side dishes, which they had a wider assortment of - jalapeno poppers, mozzarella bites, bacon cheese fries (which are now in the US, I note). They also had “classic Big Mac” variants, but I don’t know what was different about them.

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Decatur Deb  Feb 19, 2019 • 7:36:29pm

re: #130 Quoth the raven, Covfefe.

McD’s in Italy had most of the usual, which we didn’t buy. We got their side dishes, which they had a wider assortment of - jalapeno poppers, mozzarella bites, bacon cheese fries (which are now in the US, I note). They also had “classic Big Mac” variants, but I don’t know what was different about them.

They also often have beer on tap. Verona did, fer shur.

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HappyWarrior  Feb 19, 2019 • 7:37:22pm

Don’t remember anything different about the German McDs. I don’t go to places I can get at home abroad. That said, I was a regular at the Irish fast food place that McDonalds just lost to. Supermacs ain’t bad for a quick bite after a night in the pub.

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The Vicious Babushka  Feb 19, 2019 • 7:38:04pm

re: #128 A hollow voice says, Collusion!

I was at a convention a while back where they were taste-testing a pizza with a kosher cheese substitute. Not bad. (The pizza wasn’t kosher because the only certified kosher ingredient was the “cheese.”)

Since kosher doesn’t allow mixing meat and dairy, I can’t eat a cheeseburger. I was browsing the vegan “dairy” cooler at Whole Foods but the vegan cheese was full of all kinds of stuff that was not recognizable as “food” so I wasn’t inspired to sample it.

The vegan burgers made from various combinations of beans and mushrooms are more appetizing imo.

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Quoth the raven, Covfefe.  Feb 19, 2019 • 7:38:26pm

re: #132 HappyWarrior

Don’t remember anything different about the German McDs. I don’t go to places I can get at home abroad. That said, I was a regular at the Irish fast food place that McDonalds just lost to. Supermacs ain’t bad for a quick bite after a night in the pub.

We literally only went there just to see what was different. We were determined not to eat anything American-ish while we were there. The anchovy pizza was a bit much, though. (We wound up not finishing that.)

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HappyWarrior  Feb 19, 2019 • 7:40:06pm

re: #134 Quoth the raven, Covfefe.

We literally only went there just to see what was different. We were determined not to eat anything American-ish while we were there. The anchovy pizza was a bit much, though. (We wound up not finishing that.)

My Dad loves anchovies. Unfortunately I’m related to him haha. But yeah I hear ya. Sometimes you want something familiar. I had a delicious burger in Bratislava.

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HappyWarrior  Feb 19, 2019 • 7:42:27pm

re: #133 The Vicious Babushka

Since kosher doesn’t allow mixing meat and dairy, I can’t eat a cheeseburger. I was browsing the vegan “dairy” cooler at Whole Foods but the vegan cheese was full of all kinds of stuff that was not recognizable as “food” so I wasn’t inspired to sample it.

The vegan burgers made from various combinations of beans and mushrooms are more appetizing imo.

I didn’t knoe that about kosher. We’ve done salmon burgers a few times. Question about kosher though. Are the rules only for livestock or also for game animals? I sometimes like bison or venison as a change of pace.

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Decatur Deb  Feb 19, 2019 • 7:42:47pm

re: #134 Quoth the raven, Covfefe.

We literally only went there just to see what was different. We were determined not to eat anything American-ish while we were there. The anchovy pizza was a bit much, though. (We wound up not finishing that.)

Fruta di Mare gets you clams and crustaceans, often a tentacle or two.

Pineapple has lost its terror.

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HappyWarrior  Feb 19, 2019 • 7:43:50pm

re: #137 Decatur Deb

Fruta di Mare gets you clams and crustaceans, often a tentacle or two.

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Pineapple has lost its terror.

I liked that better when it was called Paella.

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Quoth the raven, Covfefe.  Feb 19, 2019 • 7:44:39pm

re: #135 HappyWarrior

My Dad loves anchovies. Unfortunately I’m related to him haha. But yeah I hear ya. Sometimes you want something familiar. I had a delicious burger in Bratislava.

When we were in Ireland, we visited a restaurant that was - of all things - a 1950’s American diner. We just HAD to. We don’t see those very often even in the US, and finding one in Europe? It was pretty good, too.

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Charles Johnson  Feb 19, 2019 • 7:45:14pm

Why do I have an uncomfortable feeling of not entirely trusting Andrew McCabe?

These FBI guys weird me out.

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The Vicious Babushka  Feb 19, 2019 • 7:45:31pm

re: #136 HappyWarrior

I didn’t knoe that about kosher. We’ve done salmon burgers a few times. Question about kosher though. Are the rules only for livestock or also for game animals? I sometimes like bison or venison as a change of pace.

Bison is considered the same as domestic livestock. Game animals have to be slaughtered in the same manner but the blood has to be buried where the animal is killed.

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A hollow voice says, Collusion!  Feb 19, 2019 • 7:45:52pm

re: #133 The Vicious Babushka

Since kosher doesn’t allow mixing meat and dairy, I can’t eat a cheeseburger. I was browsing the vegan “dairy” cooler at Whole Foods but the vegan cheese was full of all kinds of stuff that was not recognizable as “food” so I wasn’t inspired to sample it.

The vegan burgers made from various combinations of beans and mushrooms are more appetizing imo.

I like vegan burgers (some of them, anyway — I still miss the organic vegetarian restaurant I used to visit, that went out of business about 30 years ago), but the “cheese” they inflicted on us at the convention was made from tapioca. Eaten by itself, it didn’t really taste like cheese, but as an ingredient of a cooked dish it wasn’t bad.

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HappyWarrior  Feb 19, 2019 • 7:47:23pm

re: #139 Quoth the raven, Covfefe.

When we were in Ireland, we visited a restaurant that was - of all things - a 1950’s American diner. We just HAD to. We don’t see those very often even in the US, and finding one in Europe? It was pretty good, too.

For sure. There was one night in Amsterdam. My brother and I definitely had too much space cake and we wanted burritos. Not bad but Americans and Mexicans do it better. The Kapsalon though the next night was great.

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A hollow voice says, Collusion!  Feb 19, 2019 • 7:47:27pm

re: #141 The Vicious Babushka

Bison is considered the same as domestic livestock. Game animals have to be slaughtered in the same manner but the blood has to be buried where the animal is killed.

Do you need to inspect the lungs of game animals?

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HappyWarrior  Feb 19, 2019 • 7:47:39pm

re: #141 The Vicious Babushka

Bison is considered the same as domestic livestock. Game animals have to be slaughtered in the same manner but the blood has to be buried where the animal is killed.

Gotcha. Thanks.

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HappyWarrior  Feb 19, 2019 • 7:48:52pm

re: #140 Charles Johnson

Why do I have an uncomfortable feeling of not entirely trusting Andrew McCabe?

These FBI guys weird me out.

It’s healthy given the Bureau’s history.

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A hollow voice says, Collusion!  Feb 19, 2019 • 7:50:06pm

re: #140 Charles Johnson

Why do I have an uncomfortable feeling of not entirely trusting Andrew McCabe?

These FBI guys weird me out.

I still shudder a bit to find myself defending the FBI against anyone. Even DT.

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HappyWarrior  Feb 19, 2019 • 7:50:23pm

Kapsalon is doner meat, hot sauce, fries, Gouda cheese, yogurt sauce. I wouldn’t order it for dinner but would after a wild night.

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Quoth the raven, Covfefe.  Feb 19, 2019 • 7:51:10pm

re: #148 HappyWarrior

Kapsalon is doner meat, hot sauce, fries, Gouda cheese, yogurt sauce. I wouldn’t order it for dinner but would after a wild night.

That actually sounds halfway decent. And now I have the strangest craving for shawarma. Thanks.

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HappyWarrior  Feb 19, 2019 • 7:51:14pm

re: #147 A hollow voice says, Collusion!

I still shudder a bit to find myself defending the FBI against anyone. Even DT.

The only reason he attacks them is they don’t like him and he’s given them ample reason.

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Decatur Deb  Feb 19, 2019 • 7:51:46pm

J. Edgar Swoop

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HappyWarrior  Feb 19, 2019 • 7:52:42pm

re: #149 Quoth the raven, Covfefe.

That actually sounds halfway decent. And now I have the strangest craving for shawarma. Thanks.

Yeah it’s good. Loved the Dutch street food. My brother and I miss the Stroopwaffles. We got one like every day we were there.

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The Vicious Babushka  Feb 19, 2019 • 7:52:51pm

re: #144 A hollow voice says, Collusion!

Do you need to inspect the lungs of game animals?

Yes, the lungs have to be inspected to make sure the animal wasn’t diseased. I don’t even know of any facilities in the U.S. that process kosher game animals.

I will have to ask my grandson who was recently ordained as a rabbi and is also certified as a shochet (kosher slaughterer). He trained in South America.

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Quoth the raven, Covfefe.  Feb 19, 2019 • 7:54:01pm

re: #152 HappyWarrior

Yeah it’s good. Loved the Dutch street food. My brother and I miss the Stroopwaffles. We got one like every day we were there.

Rome had some decent pizza, but we weren’t enthralled with it. The pasta, however, absolutely lived up to the hype. And the gelato. Of course, it makes it difficult to get in all the touristing if you’re eating pasta, gelato, and drinking wine for what amounts to breakfast.

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Mattand  Feb 19, 2019 • 7:55:21pm

re: #140 Charles Johnson

Why do I have an uncomfortable feeling of not entirely trusting Andrew McCabe?

These FBI guys weird me out.

It’s probably because they were/are way more anti-HRC than they’re admitting. I’m fully convinced a lot of these guys (Comey in particular) figured if they could help sandbag Clinton, Trump would repay their loyalty.

Because apparently you can’t Google “Trump business practices” on FBI computers.

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HappyWarrior  Feb 19, 2019 • 7:57:46pm

re: #154 Quoth the raven, Covfefe.

Rome had some decent pizza, but we weren’t enthralled with it. The pasta, however, absolutely lived up to the hype. And the gelato. Of course, it makes it difficult to get in all the touristing if you’re eating pasta, gelato, and drinking wine for what amounts to breakfast.

I think Naples is the place for Pizza. Dunno as I’ve never been to Italy. Gonna get hell for this but Italian food outside of pizza is meh for me. I much prefer my Slavic “pastas” of pierogis, halupki, etc. My one cousin who is half Sicilian otoh felt the other way. She was really craving the Italian cooking she likes when we were in Slovakia. I love Slovak Rusyn food. It’s simple. It’s not exotic but man it’s hearty.

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goddamnedfrank  Feb 19, 2019 • 7:58:34pm

re: #140 Charles Johnson

Why do I have an uncomfortable feeling of not entirely trusting Andrew McCabe?

These FBI guys weird me out.

Because he leaked the story of the Abedin laptop to the press to fuck over Hillary and then lied to Comey and investigators about it (or at least left them both with the distinct impression that they’d been lied to.) That leak plus the reported threats from the NY FBI office are apparently what helped push Comey to release his infamous October surprise letter.

Also, even if what McCabe is saying about Rosenstein’s offer to wear a wire (everyone else seems to have understood that it was a joking rebuke of McCabe along the lines of “what do you want me to do, wear a wire?”) what the fuck does McCabe think he’s accomplishing by revealing it now when all that does is feed Trump a rationale for purging the DOJ? Same thing with the talk about the 25th Amendment, who the fuck benefits from revealing that now?

Point being they are all a bunch of shitweasels who actively helped Trump win and then were horrified by Trump’s behavior, but none of them have ever taken real responsibility for actively getting us to this point.

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HappyWarrior  Feb 19, 2019 • 7:58:57pm

re: #155 Mattand

It’s probably because they were/are way more anti-HRC than they’re admitting. I’m fully convinced a lot of these guys (Comey in particular) figured if they could help sandbag Clinton, Trump would repay their loyalty.

Because apparently you can’t Google “Trump business practices” on FBI computers.

Definitely a lot of arrogance to Comey. Trump was wrong to fire him but I don’t like the man.

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Belafon  Feb 19, 2019 • 8:01:36pm

re: #114 wheat-dogg, raker of forests, master of steam

If you need to change the bootloader options, you have to edit /etc/default/grub. Maybe this article will help howtogeek.com

This one is specifically about nomodeset. ubuntuforums.org

And you may have helped me solve a problem with my kubuntu install booting into a black screen.

Thanks. I have that set for my existing install because I had the black screen problem. What I cannot seem to figure out is if I create a custom installer, how can I have that be the default install option.

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The Vicious Babushka  Feb 19, 2019 • 8:02:03pm

What I’m waiting for now is the Blackface while wearing a Nazi Uniform photo to come out.

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Quoth the raven, Covfefe.  Feb 19, 2019 • 8:02:25pm

re: #156 HappyWarrior

I think Naples is the place for Pizza. Dunno as I’ve never been to Italy. Gonna get hell for this but Italian food outside of pizza is meh for me. I much prefer my Slavic “pastas” of pierogis, halupki, etc. My one cousin who is half Sicilian otoh felt the other way. She was really craving the Italian cooking she likes when we were in Slovakia. I love Slovak Rusyn food. It’s simple. It’s not exotic but man it’s hearty.

I suspect you may be right, but I’d have to visit Naples to be sure. ;)

As for Italian food, I generally don’t disagree, if you’re considering the stuff that you get at chains or out of a box. A real live Italian cook with a real Italian grandmother’s recipe, on the other hand, is a whole different story. Think of it like the difference between getting a Reuben from a gas station versus going to a Brooklyn delicatessen.

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A hollow voice says, Collusion!  Feb 19, 2019 • 8:02:38pm

re: #155 Mattand

It’s probably because they were/are way more anti-HRC then they’re admitting. I’m fully convinced a lot of these guys (Comey in particular) figured if they could help sandbag Clinton, Trump would repay their loyalty.

Because apparently you can’t Google “Trump business practices” on FBI computers.

Yeah, me too. While firing them was wrong (obstruction of justice), they also deserved what happened to them.

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HappyWarrior  Feb 19, 2019 • 8:03:05pm

I admire Mueller because Mueller takes his jobs seriously. I know Comey is his friend but the men are totally different imo.

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HappyWarrior  Feb 19, 2019 • 8:05:01pm

re: #161 Quoth the raven, Covfefe.

I suspect you may be right, but I’d have to visit Naples to be sure. ;)

As for Italian food, I generally don’t disagree, if you’re considering the stuff that you get at chains or out of a box. A real live Italian cook with a real Italian grandmother’s recipe, on the other hand, is a whole different story. Think of it like the difference between getting a Reuben from a gas station versus going to a Brooklyn delicatessen.

And there’s the catch. I have no Italian mother or grandmother. :) But then again my sister in law makes good pasta so maybe she’s got some Italian ancestry she doesn’t know about heh.

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Quoth the raven, Covfefe.  Feb 19, 2019 • 8:05:44pm

re: #164 HappyWarrior

And there’s the catch. I have no Italian mother or grandmother. :) But then again my sister in law makes good pasta so maybe she’s got some Italian ancestry she doesn’t know about heh.

I, on the other hand, am an Irishman, the son of an Irishman, who is himself the son of an Irishman, all the way back to the point where my Irishmen were Scotsmen. I know only two basic food groups: Meat, and Potatoes.

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A hollow voice says, Collusion!  Feb 19, 2019 • 8:05:55pm

re: #153 The Vicious Babushka

Yes, the lungs have to be inspected to make sure the animal wasn’t diseased. I don’t even know of any facilities in the U.S. that process kosher game animals.

I will have to ask my grandson who was recently ordained as a rabbi and is also certified as a shochet (kosher slaughterer). He trained in South America.

Having all those offspring gives you immediate access to an expert on every aspect of halakha. :)

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HappyWarrior  Feb 19, 2019 • 8:05:56pm

re: #162 A hollow voice says, Collusion!

Yeah, me too. While firing them was wrong (obstruction of justice), they also deserved what happened to them.

Put it this way, Hillary wouldn’t have been wrong to can Comey and McCabe.

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HappyWarrior  Feb 19, 2019 • 8:07:19pm

re: #165 Quoth the raven, Covfefe.

I, on the other hand, am an Irishman, the son of an Irishman, who is himself the son of an Irishman, all the way back to the point where my Irishmen were Scotsmen. I know only two basic food groups: Meat, and Potatoes.

Dude when you’re Slavic-Irish-German. It’s meat, cabbage, & potatoes. I live for the stuff still even though I love Indian, Mexican, & Thai now too.

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Quoth the raven, Covfefe.  Feb 19, 2019 • 8:08:00pm

re: #168 HappyWarrior

Dude when you’re Slavic-Irish-German. It’s meat, cabbage, & potatoes. I live for the stuff still even though I love Indian, Mexican, & Thai now too.

Yeah, Mrs. Fish opened my horizons to many cultural foods, such as Chinese, Indian, and Thai. (Oh my God, pad Thai around here is amazing.) But you get me.

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HappyWarrior  Feb 19, 2019 • 8:08:22pm

My niece doesn’t like pierogis much to my disappointment but she loves Lemon Meriangue Pie.

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Unshaken Defiance  Feb 19, 2019 • 8:09:04pm

re: #140 Charles Johnson

Why do I have an uncomfortable feeling of not entirely trusting Andrew McCabe?

These FBI guys weird me out.

Simultaneously distrustful and dependent upon is awkward.

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HappyWarrior  Feb 19, 2019 • 8:09:19pm

re: #169 Quoth the raven, Covfefe.

Yeah, Mrs. Fish opened my horizons to many cultural foods, such as Chinese, Indian, and Thai. (Oh my God, pad Thai around here is amazing.) But you get me.

Yeah. I like going exotic but it’s nice to go the basics.

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Charles Johnson  Feb 19, 2019 • 8:10:45pm
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Belafon  Feb 19, 2019 • 8:12:31pm

re: #133 The Vicious Babushka

There was an interesting show I caught on American brands overseas. One of the things they talked about was Subway in Israel. All of the ham was replaced with Turkey substitutes and there was no cheese.

Another one was McDonald’s in India. A lot of ingenious ways to use chicken, and a lot of the sandwiches are spicy. McDonald’s creates the menu items there in the same kitchen lab they have set up for their other restaurants.

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goddamnedfrank  Feb 19, 2019 • 8:12:59pm

re: #162 A hollow voice says, Collusion!

Yeah, me too. While firing them was wrong (obstruction of justice), they also deserved what happened to them.

Trump citing Rosenstein’s letter as justification for firing Comey when A.) He’d demanded the letter, B. Said he was going to fire him regardless because of the Russia investigation and C.) Rosenstein’s letter actually cited Comey’s treatment of Clinton as unfair and unprofessional when Trump was on record strongly praising Comey for that behavior is a Mobius strip of pure fuckery.

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Belafon  Feb 19, 2019 • 8:14:15pm

re: #155 Mattand

It’s probably because they were/are way more anti-HRC than they’re admitting. I’m fully convinced a lot of these guys (Comey in particular) figured if they could help sandbag Clinton, Trump would repay their loyalty.

Because apparently you can’t Google “Trump business practices” on FBI computers.

I don’t think Comey was necessarily trying to have her lose, but hobble her and signal to people that the men would be in charge. I don’t think anyone actually thought she would lose.

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BlueSpotinAL  Feb 19, 2019 • 8:17:02pm

re: #138 HappyWarrior

I liked that better when it was called Paella.

That was a pizza paella.

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Unshaken Defiance  Feb 19, 2019 • 8:17:54pm

Who knew the United States would fall so far, so hard and so fast?

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goddamnedfrank  Feb 19, 2019 • 8:18:56pm
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goddamnedfrank  Feb 19, 2019 • 8:27:43pm
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mmmirele  Feb 19, 2019 • 8:30:17pm

re: #132 HappyWarrior

Don’t remember anything different about the German McDs. I don’t go to places I can get at home abroad. That said, I was a regular at the Irish fast food place that McDonalds just lost to. Supermacs ain’t bad for a quick bite after a night in the pub.

I was in Kumamoto, it was the 10th day of my trip to Japan and I went for a Quarter Pounder and fries because I just wanted something familiar and not quite as salty. I loved Japan, but the next trip I’m eating more (non-salty) vegetables because the quantities of salt in the meals made my calves swell up scarily. I did like the fried lotus root and the venison (different meals) a lot. /must stop thinking about Japan and Japanese food

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BlueGrl21  Feb 19, 2019 • 8:54:34pm

I leave for India for 10 days on Thursday. This feels like some REALLY stupid crap is coming down the river in the U.S. next week and I will be glad to be out of the country.

Another Infrastructure Week, perhaps.

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wheat-dogg, raker of forests, master of steam  Feb 19, 2019 • 9:32:56pm

re: #159 Belafon

Thanks. I have that set for my existing install because I had the black screen problem. What I cannot seem to figure out is if I create a custom installer, how can I have that be the default install option.

If I understand you correctly, you want grub automatically to provide that setting whenever someone installs Linux. IOW a custom “flavor” of Linux. If so, you’ve got me there. You could try posting a query on the usual boards.

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uriel  Feb 19, 2019 • 10:25:36pm

re: #111 Charles Johnson

Pizza Hut may be a great many things; but a place to buy anything resembling something you’d vaguely call pizza without a great side of irony?

I think not.

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Dave In Austin  Feb 20, 2019 • 2:12:52am

re: #179 goddamnedfrank

WTF. They really will get on the floor and roll around for this guy won’t they.

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William Lewis  Feb 20, 2019 • 5:54:59am

re: #106 goddamnedfrank

I presume that would mean something if I recognized any of the names?

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William Lewis  Feb 20, 2019 • 5:59:06am

re: #133 The Vicious Babushka

Since kosher doesn’t allow mixing meat and dairy, I can’t eat a cheeseburger. I was browsing the vegan “dairy” cooler at Whole Foods but the vegan cheese was full of all kinds of stuff that was not recognizable as “food” so I wasn’t inspired to sample it.

The vegan burgers made from various combinations of beans and mushrooms are more appetizing imo.

If you haven’t already, try the walnut based veggie burgers. As a confirmed carnivore, I’ll eat them anytime. Since they aren’t beef a bit of cheese does go nice with them too, especially swiss.

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Scottish Dragon  Feb 20, 2019 • 11:28:58am

re: #140 Charles Johnson

Why do I have an uncomfortable feeling of not entirely trusting Andrew McCabe?

These FBI guys weird me out.

Try living in Brunswick Georgia, why is the site of the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center (trains all Federal LE *except* the FBI).

You see the fed clones everywhere. Short cropped hair or bald. Short mustache. Mirror aviator classes. White.

Even weirder is when you get a notification that you were the subject of a practice monitoring exercise where a fed trainee tailed you for a week. Yeah, good times.


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