The Bob Cesca Podcast: Sanctimonious Dingwad

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

Sanctimonious Dingwad — NSFW; It’s Threeway Thursday with the Goth Ninjas, Jody Hamilton and TRex David Ferguson; The Constitutional Crisis is underway; Trump’s Florida rally; Trump shouted “vagina!”; Don Junior subpoenaed by the Senate Intel Committee; Trump is a tax cheat and a loser; Trump confessed to tax evasion; Jerry Nadler cites Bill Barr for contempt; The Georgia abortion law; Trump wants to legalize female genital mutilation; Falwell’s kompromat; With music by Brian Lisik and Purplebrown; and much more.

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The Vicious Babushka  May 10, 2019 • 2:12:47pm

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Blind Frog Belly White  May 10, 2019 • 2:14:02pm

re: #1 The Vicious Babushka

This is the stupidest Tweet you will see all day:

[Can’t find this tweet right now: twitter.com ]

Or not, apparently.

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Teukka  May 10, 2019 • 2:15:01pm

re: #1 The Vicious Babushka

This is the stupidest Tweet you will see all day:

[Can’t find this tweet right now: twitter.com ]

re: #2 Blind Frog Belly White

Or not, apparently.

So stupid it spontaneously combusted?

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Jay C  May 10, 2019 • 2:18:50pm

from last thread:

re: #105 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))

It is not a lie because Trump does not understand how tariffs work. The tax is paid by the importer, not the exporter.

Well, you know that, and I know that: most Lizards reading this thread probably know that, but the real audience for this crap probably isn’t anybody who actually knows how tariffs work.

Like most things Trump, the actuality of programs is way less important (to the point of irrelevancy) than how they LOOK like they’re “working”, or (most importantly), how the “base” THINKS they’re working. Trump knows that the red-hatted rednecks whooping it up at his clownshow rallies are going to hear “$250 billion in tariffs on China”, and think only that it’s somehow sticking a quarter-trillion-dollar hit to the “cheating” Chinese - which they will hugely admire “tough guy” Trump for.

That most of that money will end up being paid out of the pockets of American consumers probably doesn’t occur to them. And if told, would probably just dismiss it as “librul lies” or “Trump Derangement Syndrome” or whatever BS they prefer to obviate reality with….

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The Vicious Babushka  May 10, 2019 • 2:21:02pm

re: #3 Teukka

So stupid it spontaneously combusted?

The Trumporrhoid who posted it complained that “Minions of Satan” were clogging up her mentions.

It was that picture of Jesus standing behind Trump with the caption “He won”

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Blind Frog Belly White  May 10, 2019 • 2:22:14pm

re: #4 Jay C

from last thread:

re: #105 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))

It is not a lie because Trump does not understand how tariffs work. The tax is paid by the importer, not the exporter.

Well, you know that, and I know that: most Lizards reading this thread probably know that, but the real audience for this crap probably isn’t anybody who actually knows how tariffs work.

Like most things Trump, the actuality of programs is way less important (to the point of irrelevancy) than how they LOOK like they’re “working”, or (most importantly), how the “base” THINKS they’re working. Trump knows that the red-hatted rednecks whooping it up at his clownshow rallies are going to hear “$250 billion in tariffs on China”, and think only that it’s somehow sticking a quarter-trillion-dollar hit to the “cheating” Chinese - which they will hugely admire “tough guy” Trump for.

That most of that money will end up being paid out of the pockets of American consumers probably doesn’t occur to them. And if told, would probably just dismiss it as “librul lies” or “Trump Derangement Syndrome” or whatever BS they prefer to obviate reality with….

Yesterday, I heard the price of washers and dryers has risen an average of $100/unit. Foreign-built ones because of the tariff, and domestic-buit ones because the manufacturers decided they could raise the price without losing business.

And nobody’s thinking about moving factories back here.

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  May 10, 2019 • 2:23:37pm

re: #6 Blind Frog Belly White

Yesterday, I heard the price of washers and dryers has risen an average of $100/unit. Foreign-built ones because of the tariff, and domestic-buit ones because the manufacturers decided they could raise the price without losing business.

And nobody’s thinking about moving factories back here.

That is supposed to be the point of protective tariffs.

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Teukka  May 10, 2019 • 2:23:47pm

re: #5 The Vicious Babushka

The Trumporrhoid who posted it complained that “Minions of Satan” were clogging up her mentions.

It was that picture of Jesus standing behind Trump with the caption “He won”

*sighs*

“When religion and politics travel in the same cart, the riders believe nothing can stand in their way. Their movements become headlong — faster and faster and faster. They put aside all thoughts of obstacles and forget the precipice does not show itself to the man in a blind rush until it’s too late.”
— Frank Herbert, “Dune”

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Chrysicat  May 10, 2019 • 2:26:44pm

Damn you for dropping early and CL’ing me despite being only comment #128, Cesca.

re: #128 Chrysicat

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Blind Frog Belly White  May 10, 2019 • 2:29:52pm

re: #7 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))

That is supposed to be the point of protective tariffs.

Exactly. Instead, it’s essentially a regressive tax on the working and middle classes. The money Trump crows that China is paying into the Treasury is really coming from us, and the money he’s giving to the farmers he’s fucking over is being borrowed from China. So, we pay the tariffs AND we pay interest to China.

I’m absolutely certain that all this has been explained to him, but he’s infamously ineducable, so it doesn’t penetrate. Even if he briefly knows the truth, the wishful thinking pushes it out of the way again. I’m curious how long he actually holds onto reality before slipping back into Cloud Cuckoo Land again, or if indeed he ever really does.

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The Vicious Babushka  May 10, 2019 • 2:34:12pm
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Blind Frog Belly White  May 10, 2019 • 2:34:58pm

re: #5 The Vicious Babushka

The Trumporrhoid who posted it complained that “Minions of Satan” were clogging up her mentions.

It was that picture of Jesus standing behind Trump with the caption “He won”

Minions of Satan. That’s us!

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The Vicious Babushka  May 10, 2019 • 2:41:52pm

re: #12 Blind Frog Belly White

Minions of Satan. That’s us!

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Speaking of Minions, am I the only one who was annoyed that the little movie creatures all had male names? No Barb, Susie, or Kathy?

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Blind Frog Belly White  May 10, 2019 • 2:44:46pm

Took me a couple seconds to get this, but….

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The Vicious Babushka  May 10, 2019 • 2:47:03pm

For once I am glad that I still haven’t planted the tomatoes.

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sagehen  May 10, 2019 • 2:47:08pm

re: #6 Blind Frog Belly White

Yesterday, I heard the price of washers and dryers has risen an average of $100/unit. Foreign-built ones because of the tariff, and domestic-buit ones because the manufacturers decided they could raise the price without losing business.

And nobody’s thinking about moving factories back here.

Domestic-built ones because of steel tariffs.

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teleskiguy  May 10, 2019 • 2:50:08pm

First comment using this newfangled contraption. From a design perspective this bad boy is freaking sleek. Hello new computer!

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Decatur Deb  May 10, 2019 • 2:52:14pm

In the new (25th) Bond film Daniel Craig’s Bond comes out of retirement in Jamaica. The film includes him driving a Series III Land Rover, so prepare for some seriously geriatric car chases.

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goddamnedfrank  May 10, 2019 • 2:54:17pm
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DangerMan  May 10, 2019 • 2:57:07pm

re: #10 Blind Frog Belly White

Exactly. Instead, it’s essentially a regressive tax on the working and middle classes. The money Trump crows that China is paying into the Treasury is really coming from us, and the money he’s giving to the farmers he’s fucking over is being borrowed from China. So, we pay the tariffs AND we pay interest to China.

I’m absolutely certain that all this has been explained to him, but he’s infamously ineducable, so it doesn’t penetrate. Even if he briefly knows the truth, the wishful thinking pushes it out of the way again. I’m curious how long he actually holds onto reality before slipping back into Cloud Cuckoo Land again, or if indeed he ever really does.

we are paying twice for the privilege of being screwed

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Cheechako  May 10, 2019 • 3:00:59pm

Unfortunately 2 French special forces members were killed in the operation.

French special forces rescue four hostages in West Africa, including an American

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Charles Johnson  May 10, 2019 • 3:13:51pm
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Charles Johnson  May 10, 2019 • 3:14:25pm
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Jay C  May 10, 2019 • 3:14:34pm

re: #6 Blind Frog Belly White

Yesterday, I heard the price of washers and dryers has risen an average of $100/unit. Foreign-built ones because of the tariff, and domestic-buit ones because the manufacturers decided they could raise the price without losing business.

And nobody’s thinking about moving factories back here.

I mean, this is basic - 19th- Century basic - economics: you put tariffs on imported manufactured goods to give domestic manufacturers an advantage: and on imported commodities to incentivize in-country production (or just as an income stream if there is no domestic alternative). But in 21st-Century America, those principles don’t really apply. Though, of course, as pointed out, “applicability” is like too long a word for Trump to understand.

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Shiplord Kirel, Friend of Moose and Squirrel  May 10, 2019 • 3:21:26pm

My wife just emailed me from heaven. She says to fuck yourself with a giant sock full of bone spurs.

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Charles Johnson  May 10, 2019 • 3:22:34pm
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Backwoods_Sleuth  May 10, 2019 • 3:25:40pm

so, had an appointment with my eye doctor this morning.
Knew I was gonna need new glasses since my old eyes have gotten significantly craptastic this past year.
But, wait…there’s MORE!

I have cataracts starting to sneak in.
Yay me!

O_o

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Decatur Deb  May 10, 2019 • 3:30:41pm

re: #27 Backwoods_Sleuth

so, had an appointment with my eye doctor this morning.
Knew I was gonna need new glasses since my old eyes have gotten significantly craptastic this past year.
But, wait…there’s MORE!

I have cataracts starting to sneak in.
Yay me!

O_o

Assuming good insurance, cataracts are almost NBD. They are so sneaky that you get a really delightful boost in vision when they’re removed. After a few years, my doc used a 2-minute laser treatment to “polish” my replacement lenses, giving another notable boost. Bottom line: I can see much better, with almost no use of reading glasses, than I could 7 years ago.

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plansbandc  May 10, 2019 • 3:36:03pm

re: #27 Backwoods_Sleuth

I got them super quick. Surgery is really not bad and the results are amazing. Unfortunately, our insurance only does partial coverage, so dude and I each have one good eye and one blind eye.

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Decatur Deb  May 10, 2019 • 3:38:37pm

re: #29 plansbandc

I got them super quick. Surgery is really not bad and the results are amazing. Unfortunately, our insurance only does partial coverage, so dude and I each have one good eye and one blind eye.

That insurance stance is the stupidest thing I’ve heard in months. We need first-world healthcare provisions.

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Eclectic Cyborg  May 10, 2019 • 3:39:58pm

re: #30 Decatur Deb

That insurance stance is the stupidest thing I’ve heard in months. We need first-world healthcare provisions.

I can beat that. A friend got prescribed a certain medication for intestinal issues. I had to go pick it up for her. The script was for 30 pills or one a day for a month as many medications go.

Her insurance company would only cover 24 pills per month. You just can NOT make this shit up.

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I Would Prefer Not To  May 10, 2019 • 3:40:44pm

I’m going for a walk on the beach in an attempt to reclaim my soul.

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plansbandc  May 10, 2019 • 3:41:23pm

re: #30 Decatur Deb

It’s prohibitively expensive for us. However, dude is turning the big age this year, so he will probably get to do the eye fully covered by medicare.

Then we save for mine.

Health insurance in this country is complete bullshit.

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Jay C  May 10, 2019 • 3:42:24pm

re: #27 Backwoods_Sleuth

What the others said: my wife had both lenses replaced a few years ago (though not at the same time). As minimal a procedure as you can have, and she had worn glasses all her life: no longer.

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The Vicious Babushka  May 10, 2019 • 3:43:28pm

re: #29 plansbandc

I got them super quick. Surgery is really not bad and the results are amazing. Unfortunately, our insurance only does partial coverage, so dude and I each have one good eye and one blind eye.

But, but, but, Americans love their beautiful private health insurance! The VERY BAD DEMOCRATS want to take it away!

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plansbandc  May 10, 2019 • 3:43:40pm

re: #34 Jay C

My repaired eye has the best vision I’ve had since third grade. It really is miraculous surgery.

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Decatur Deb  May 10, 2019 • 3:44:45pm

re: #31 Eclectic Cyborg

I can beat that. A friend got prescribed a certain medication for intestinal issues. I had to go pick it up for her. The script was for 30 pills or one a day for a month as many medications go.

Her insurance company would only cover 24 pills per month. You just can NOT make this shit up.

OK. Daughter2 showed some changes in a breast at age 32. Her mother had lost a breast to cancer. The employer-provided insurance co refused a mammogram because she was “too young”, even after a ping from the doctor.

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The Vicious Babushka  May 10, 2019 • 3:45:39pm

JFC

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makeitstop  May 10, 2019 • 3:47:12pm

I just watched that entire Shapiro interview on BBC.

That’s how you interview a wingnut. Baby Snidely, big debate guy, stammering on the Beeb until he couldn’t handle it any more and ran away. Brightened up my day.

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plansbandc  May 10, 2019 • 3:51:09pm
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Hecuba's daughter  May 10, 2019 • 3:51:54pm

re: #19 goddamnedfrank

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So a guaranteed-loser film that adapts Whoopi Goldberg’s “The Associate” by making a white male the victim because that’s life in the RW imaginary world.

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jaunte  May 10, 2019 • 3:52:59pm
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The Vicious Babushka  May 10, 2019 • 3:54:04pm
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Decatur Deb  May 10, 2019 • 3:55:12pm

re: #34 Jay C

What the others said: my wife had both lenses replaced a few years ago (though not at the same time). As minimal a procedure as you can have, and she had worn glasses all her life: no longer.

One-at-a-time is normal, I think.

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The Vicious Babushka  May 10, 2019 • 3:58:39pm

Baby Whiplash is all HURR DURR EVERYBODY IS AFRAID TO DEBATE ME!!!!!! runs away crying when the BBC debates him.

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jaunte  May 10, 2019 • 4:00:54pm

re: #45 The Vicious Babushka

Shapiro couldn’t participate in an actual formal debate because he doesn’t understand how to argue any proposition but his own.

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Eclectic Cyborg  May 10, 2019 • 4:01:17pm

re: #37 Decatur Deb

OK. Daughter2 showed some changes in a breast at age 32. Her mother had lost a breast to cancer. The employer-provided insurance co refused a mammogram because she was “too young”, even after a ping from the doctor.

JFC.

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jaunte  May 10, 2019 • 4:03:11pm
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The Vicious Babushka  May 10, 2019 • 4:07:40pm

re: #46 jaunte

Shapiro couldn’t participate in an actual formal debate because he doesn’t understand how to argue any proposition but his own.

Baby Whipsie has his own debate format, which is to vomit out a Gish Gallop of bogus talking points and then interrupt his opponent with more bullshit as the opponent attempts to refute one point at a time. We see him try to do that on the BBC interview but Neil was having none of it. Then he acted all insulted when Neil called a 30-year prison sentence for a woman who had an abortion “barbaric” which it FUCKING TOTALLY IS.

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The Vicious Babushka  May 10, 2019 • 4:09:31pm
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Jay C  May 10, 2019 • 4:11:38pm

“re: #46 jaunte

Shapiro couldn’t participate in an actual formal debate because he doesn’t understand how to argue any proposition but his own.

He probably just doesn’t understand “arguing a proposition” in general: most of his “communication” consists of simply spouting trite RW boilerplate -sprinkled with sneery insults - on Twitter/Facebook. With little/no pushback.
Serves him right, the asshole…

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Targetpractice  May 10, 2019 • 4:11:51pm

re: #19 goddamnedfrank

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I actually down the thread and watched the trailer. The whole thing screamed “privileged white man.”

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SteelPH  May 10, 2019 • 4:12:14pm

re: #50 The Vicious Babushka

Compare this to McConnel hiding from constituents on a regular basis.

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Targetpractice  May 10, 2019 • 4:13:02pm

re: #49 The Vicious Babushka

Baby Whipsie has his own debate format, which is to vomit out a Gish Gallop of bogus talking points and then interrupt his opponent with more bullshit as the opponent attempts to refute one point at a time. We see him try to do that on the BBC interview but Neil was having none of it. Then he acted all insulted when Neil called a 30-year prison sentence for a woman who had an abortion “barbaric” which it FUCKING TOTALLY IS.

Don’t forget thinking that cramming words in his opponent’s mouth in order to act “insulted” works in a “debate.”

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The Vicious Babushka  May 10, 2019 • 4:13:34pm

Jon McNaughton is just Ben Garrison but with slightly more technical skill.

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Blind Frog Belly White  May 10, 2019 • 4:21:34pm

re: #46 jaunte

Shapiro couldn’t participate in an actual formal debate because he doesn’t understand how to argue any proposition but his own.

Plus, don’t they have generally a format where that prohibits just interrupting and talking over your opponent in rapid fire bullshit?

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Jay C  May 10, 2019 • 4:22:22pm

re: #55 The Vicious Babushka

Jon McNaughton is just Ben Garrison but with slightly more technical skill.

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What McNaughton fails to make clear in this picture is that “45” has just strutted right into his OWN end zone….

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jaunte  May 10, 2019 • 4:24:18pm

re: #55 The Vicious Babushka

I don’t think Trump has ever gotten his knees up that high.

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teleskiguy  May 10, 2019 • 4:25:49pm

She’s a beaut, Clark!

Still learning some commands that are different from Windows.

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goddamnedfrank  May 10, 2019 • 4:27:51pm

re: #59 teleskiguy

She’s a beaut, Clark!

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Still learning some commands that are different from Windows.

I’m jealous, mine is nearing 5 years old.

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Blind Frog Belly White  May 10, 2019 • 4:30:35pm

My niece just posted this on FB…

Meant to be inspirational, of course, but as one who suffers anxiety and Impostor Syndrome - not to mention atheist - the glibness of it bothers me. First, if the god she believes in exists, then It’s the one who makes people suffer poor self esteem. Plus It also made a whole lot of really shitty people, who probably shouldn’t love themselves (I’m thinking one in particular. Starts with ‘T’ and rhymes with ‘taking a dump’), but who plainly DO.

But I’m a good uncle, and don’t say anything where she can see it.

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jaunte  May 10, 2019 • 4:32:38pm

re: #61 Blind Frog Belly White

Just tell her you wish he hadn’t given up designing before he decided the air and fuel could use the same intake.

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ckkatz  May 10, 2019 • 4:33:16pm

Great to hear the positive cataract surgery stories. I am heading that way.

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ckkatz  May 10, 2019 • 4:36:24pm

re: #62 jaunte

Just tell her you wish he hadn’t given up designing before he decided the air and fuel could use the same intake.

Sort of like the discussion on what type of engineer G-d is.

The winning argument was “Civil Engineer”. Who else would run waste disposal lines through a recreation area.

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goddamnedfrank  May 10, 2019 • 4:37:18pm

re: #59 teleskiguy

She’s a beaut, Clark!

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Still learning some commands that are different from Windows.

Definitely recommend going into System Preference -> Trackpad and playing around with the options to fine it to your liking. I always enable “tap to click,” because the physical click of the trackpad pivots from the from top edge and often tends to only register when you click towards the bottom edge, especially as the device gets older.

I basically enable everything within the Trackpad options except I always uncheck “Scroll Direction: Natural” because that feels very unnatural to me. They made it the default out of some misguided attempt at being consistent, so that the trackpad would scroll exactly like the touchscreen on an iPhone instead of like the scroll wheel on a mouse.

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Charles Johnson  May 10, 2019 • 4:41:17pm
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plansbandc  May 10, 2019 • 4:43:22pm

Never had anything Apple until I won my iPad. (I no shit won it on the internet. LOL)

Was a little frustrated at the beginning, but now i would be happy to own anything apple. Hard to get out of the PC mindset though. Makes me wish I would have learned on an Apple product. I like the idea of doing things one way instead of several.

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teleskiguy  May 10, 2019 • 4:43:22pm

re: #65 goddamnedfrank

Thanks!

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jaunte  May 10, 2019 • 4:43:24pm
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teleskiguy  May 10, 2019 • 4:44:41pm

Yeah, scroll direction natural unchecked is way better.

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wrenchwench  May 10, 2019 • 4:45:49pm

re: #66 Charles Johnson

[Oh so snitty!]

Is that Julie Andrews I hear?

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Blind Frog Belly White  May 10, 2019 • 4:46:05pm

re: #62 jaunte

Just tell her you wish he hadn’t given up designing before he decided the air and fuel could use the same intake.

Others have made similar comments about putting the playground in the middle of the sewer, but many don’t mind.
//

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teleskiguy  May 10, 2019 • 4:46:50pm

I gotta say, though gimmicky as it is, the Touch Bar at the top of the keyboard is pretty nifty.

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Charles Johnson  May 10, 2019 • 4:47:50pm
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VaughnIAM  May 10, 2019 • 4:48:59pm

I have Medicare and I was wondering if anyone could tell me about how much I would have to pay out if I ever get up the nerve to have the cataract surgery.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  May 10, 2019 • 4:49:01pm

only an idiot goes to be interviewed without making even the tiniest of effort to learn about the interviewer.
Especially a British interviewer.

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Blind Frog Belly White  May 10, 2019 • 4:50:18pm

re: #76 Backwoods_Sleuth

only an idiot goes to be interviewed without making even the tiniest of effort to learn about the interviewer.
Especially a British interviewer.

But Ben is the shining star of conservative thought!

(and I’m not even gonna // that, because he’s really about the best they can do)

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goddamnedfrank  May 10, 2019 • 4:50:46pm

re: #68 teleskiguy

Thanks!

No problem. Like I said yesterday if you do enable “tap to click” and get used to it just remember that it won’t be in effect during the initial startup login screen, because it’s tied to your individual user account preferences which don’t load until after login.

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teleskiguy  May 10, 2019 • 4:52:26pm

Landscape changing avalanches back in March, the damage is becoming evident. This is a popular trailhead south of Aspen, probably will be inaccessible for a while.

Conundrum Avalanche Debris

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wrenchwench  May 10, 2019 • 4:58:21pm

re: #79 teleskiguy

Landscape changing avalanches back in March, the damage is becoming evident. This is a popular trailhead south of Aspen, probably will be inaccessible for a while.

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That’s a lot of lumber.

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HappyWarrior  May 10, 2019 • 4:59:48pm

re: #77 Blind Frog Belly White

But Ben is the shining star of conservative thought!

(and I’m not even gonna // that, because he’s really about the best they can do)

A mediocre intellect for an even more mediocre movement

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EPR-radar  May 10, 2019 • 5:00:57pm

re: #77 Blind Frog Belly White

But Ben is the shining star of conservative thought!

(and I’m not even gonna // that, because he’s really about the best they can do)

And this shining star of conservatism is casually dismissed as an ‘American nitwit’ on air, rightly so.

But there has been no thought in the US right for a long time. WF Buckley was better at keeping up appearances than Shapiro, but no better on the substance of anything.

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HappyWarrior  May 10, 2019 • 5:04:47pm

re: #82 EPR-radar

And this shining star of conservatism is casually dismissed as an ‘American nitwit’ on air, rightly so.

But there has been no thought in the US right for a long time. WF Buckley was better at keeping up appearances than Shapiro, but no better on the substance of anything.

He’s a stupid person’s idea of an intellectual.

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The Vicious Babushka  May 10, 2019 • 5:06:45pm

re: #83 HappyWarrior

He’s a stupid person’s idea of an intellectual.

ftfy

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Charles Johnson  May 10, 2019 • 5:07:08pm
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Dread Pirate Union Local 13  May 10, 2019 • 5:07:20pm
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PhillyPretzel  May 10, 2019 • 5:08:27pm

re: #59 teleskiguy

MacBook Air or Pro?

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Charles Johnson  May 10, 2019 • 5:08:29pm
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retired cynic  May 10, 2019 • 5:09:29pm

re: #63 ckkatz

Great to hear the positive cataract surgery stories. I am heading that way.

Best thing that happened to me, medically speaking! With lens implants, I can see, and I was nearly blind from a child with astigmatism.

My worst eye is set for reading or computer distance, and the good eye for … well… distance-distance. Since that was the balance they had always had, it works perfectly.

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jaunte  May 10, 2019 • 5:10:44pm
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HappyWarrior  May 10, 2019 • 5:11:14pm

re: #88 Charles Johnson

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Yeah when you compete with Laura Loomer, Jacob Wohl, Milo, and CCJ, it’s easy to look smart because the competition sucks.

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HappyWarrior  May 10, 2019 • 5:13:10pm

re: #90 jaunte

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The guy who did the “takedown” is a right winger. If Ben was as smart and introspective as he and his cult of fans think he is, they would realize, “Yeah maybe I do have some wacko opinions on abortion” but they’re going to whine about Neill “ambushing” him. This form the guy who called a respected Republican former Senator a “friend of Hamas.” I love that Ben is being mocked for this. Couldn’t happen to a nicer fraudulent asshole.

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retired cynic  May 10, 2019 • 5:15:25pm

re: #75 VaughnIAM

I have Medicare and I was wondering if anyone could tell me about how much I would have to pay out if I ever get up the nerve to have the cataract surgery.

That depends on your Medicare Supplement. If in doubt, ask them. I have a good M.S., and I paid nothing out of pocket.

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Eventual Carrion  May 10, 2019 • 5:19:42pm

Well just got back from picking up the youngest from his first year of college. Everything unloaded from the vehicle (small refrigerators can be such a pain). Wife and my empty nest solitude shattered for the summer :-)

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retired cynic  May 10, 2019 • 5:23:46pm

Got an email from Sen Durbin, and it was depressing. I don’t know how they manage to keep moving forward, with the tsunami of tsludge coming out of the administration.

My Trip to the Southern Border

Fellow Illinoisan,

Last month, I traveled to El Paso, Texas, to get a firsthand look at the situation on the southwest border. I spent time with Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Officers and Agents at the Paso del Norte Port of Entry and a nearby Border Patrol Station, and met with El Paso community leaders and advocates. What I saw there will stay with me forever.

I visited what the detained migrants call a “hielera,” Spanish for icebox. It is a metal-sided detention room which the detainees complain is kept painfully cold. The sign above the door reads “Capacity: 35”. There were close to 150 men in the room. One of the women’s cells had a sign reading “Capacity: 16.” I counted about 75 women in the cell. Some mouthed the word “help” as they made eye contact through the window. Some were mothers nursing their babies.

President Trump’s fear-mongering approach to those who come to our border, many of whom are just seeking safe haven as many of our ancestors did, does not make us safer and is not representative of America or our heritage. Instead of working with El Salvador, Guatemala, and Honduras, where the vast majority of these migrants are coming from, the President decides to cut aid that can help the violent and corrupt situations in these countries. He also has eliminated a program that allowed asylum seekers to be processed in their home countries, and not at our border.

The Trump Administration’s border policies have failed, and the President’s fixation with a wall and his non-stop attacks on Mexico have made our border less secure. My visit underscored the need for border security. In an age of drugs and terror, we need to know who and what are coming into our country. The reality is that we cannot accept everyone who wishes to come to America, and the bottom line is that we should never let anyone in our country who we know to be dangerous. But the only reliable response to our challenge is bipartisan comprehensive immigration reform - which includes smart, effective, and humane border security. What’s happening at our border isn’t a national emergency, it’s a humanitarian disaster of the President and his Administration’s own creation.

Sincerely,

U.S. Senator Dick Durbin (D-IL)

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Eventual Carrion  May 10, 2019 • 5:24:36pm

re: #23 Charles Johnson

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Charles Manson was popular too.

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Belafon  May 10, 2019 • 5:28:41pm

re: #94 Eventual Carrion

Well just got back from picking up the youngest from his first year of college. Everything unloaded from the vehicle (small refrigerators can be such a pain). Wife and my empty nest solitude shattered for the summer :-)

I’m helping my middle one move home after his first year.

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teleskiguy  May 10, 2019 • 5:37:19pm

re: #87 PhillyPretzel

MacBook Air or Pro?

Pro.

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GlutenFreeJesus  May 10, 2019 • 5:37:29pm

I was trying to make this point a few threads ago and it didn’t go over so well. lol

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PhillyPretzel  May 10, 2019 • 5:40:11pm

re: #98 teleskiguy

Enjoy it. I got a MacBook Pro after my Dell died on me. I have been sticking with Apple/Mac ever since.

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Ace Rothstein  May 10, 2019 • 5:49:24pm

If men could get pregnant, they’d be selling us abortion pills over the counter like Tylenol.

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FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀  May 10, 2019 • 6:01:50pm
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Shiplord Kirel, Friend of Moose and Squirrel  May 10, 2019 • 6:09:17pm

Trying to tell us something?

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jaunte  May 10, 2019 • 6:10:32pm

Random tweeter Brad, cleverly swinging into David Simon’s bat with his face.

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Shiplord Kirel, Friend of Moose and Squirrel  May 10, 2019 • 6:12:01pm

History:

That’s nothing. Democrats are so dumb they think Pocahontas was a real person and not just a cartoon character.

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sagehen  May 10, 2019 • 6:12:53pm

re: #90 jaunte

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NY-11 is mostly Staten Island, with just a sliver of Brooklyn.

It’s the only Red district in NYC.

Their congressman used to be Michael Grimm

On April 28, 2014, Grimm was charged by federal authorities with 20 counts of fraud, federal tax evasion, and perjury. On December 23, 2014, he pleaded guilty to a single count of felony tax fraud, and “acknowledged committing perjury, hiring illegal immigrants, and committing wire fraud”. After initially vowing to retain his seat, Grimm announced on December 30, 2014, that he would resign from Congress effective January 5, 2015. On May 5, 2015, Daniel M. Donovan, Jr. won the special election to replace Grimm. On July 17, 2015, Grimm was sentenced to eight months in prison for tax evasion.

Also, he’s the guy who threatened to throw a reporter over the balcony in the capitol because he didn’t like a question the guy had asked him.

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jaunte  May 10, 2019 • 6:15:34pm

re: #106 sagehen

“Like a boy.”

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Dave In Austin  May 10, 2019 • 6:16:07pm
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A hollow voice says, Inpeach...  May 10, 2019 • 6:18:40pm

re: #103 Shiplord Kirel, Friend of Moose and Squirrel

Trying to tell us something?

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Employee sabotage?

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Interesting Times  May 10, 2019 • 6:20:25pm
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jaunte  May 10, 2019 • 6:23:52pm

re: #103 Shiplord Kirel, Friend of Moose and Squirrel

That top one is the oldest McDonald’s sign I’ve ever seen.

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FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀  May 10, 2019 • 6:27:02pm

OK, let’s call it a week.

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I Would Prefer Not To  May 10, 2019 • 6:27:10pm

Is Ben Shapiro in the burn unit? If so, I would love to send him some thoughts and prayers.

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danarchy  May 10, 2019 • 6:34:16pm

re: #112 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀

OK, let’s call it a week.

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While I don’t put anything passed Florida man, this one is a hoax that has been circulating for years:

local10.com

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Jay C  May 10, 2019 • 6:34:28pm

re: #112 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀

OK, let’s call it a week.

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Looking at that guy, I’m guessing the alligator was the one who filed charges….

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danarchy  May 10, 2019 • 6:41:17pm

re: #115 Jay C

Looking at that guy, I’m guessing the alligator was the one who filed charges….

Oddly enough the mug shot is an Illinois man who was arrested for animal cruelty for sexually abusing his pet peacock…

wtf is wrong with people.

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makeitstop  May 10, 2019 • 6:44:28pm

In today’s episode of Unattainable Objects of Desire - the legendary Nacho Banos of Spain, the world’s foremost authority on the early Fender ‘Blackguard’ Telecasters, an amazing luthier and a pretty good player to boot, has announced that he’s releasing a group of guitars for sale.

Nachoguitars Vol 1 Annie

Now, there are boutique guitars, there are high-end boutique guitars, and then there are Nacho’s guitars. Once he announces that he has guitars for sale, they sell out in a matter of minutes, despite their, umm, extravagant cost. The one in the video above will probably sell for about $35K.

But these guitars are considered the most detailed and best-built aged Fender replicas on the planet. I’ll consider myself lucky if I get to see one in person someday.

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Charles Johnson  May 10, 2019 • 6:48:11pm
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A Mom Anon  May 10, 2019 • 6:50:54pm

re: #118 Charles Johnson

Damn.

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jaunte  May 10, 2019 • 6:52:16pm

Airstream trailer is really more of a compliment that he deserved.

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DangerMan  May 10, 2019 • 7:07:50pm

So…

- Trump asked Don McGahn to fire Mueller. (He didn’t/wouldnt/)

- Trump then told McGahn to deny it happened and lie about it.

- McGahn told Mueller about both those things

- Mueller put it in his report.
- He would have charged Trump with obstruction of justice but for the DOJ guideline. (An opinion/memo, not a law or reg)

- After report was released, Trump asked McGahn to say what Trump did was not obstruction of justice. (He wouldnt/didn’t)

Q: how many charges with this nonsense alone?

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jaunte  May 10, 2019 • 7:11:32pm
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Decatur Deb  May 10, 2019 • 7:12:09pm

re: #112 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀

OK, let’s call it a week.

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re: #114 danarchy

While I don’t put anything passed Florida man, this one is a hoax that has been circulating for years:

Shame. That would get you sex offender status—or a folk song with twangy guitar.

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Dread Pirate Union Local 13  May 10, 2019 • 7:15:08pm
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teleskiguy  May 10, 2019 • 7:29:03pm
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Decatur Deb  May 10, 2019 • 7:46:35pm

re: #75 VaughnIAM

I have Medicare and I was wondering if anyone could tell me about how much I would have to pay out if I ever get up the nerve to have the cataract surgery.

Same as the response above. With Medicare and decent supplemental coverage, we haven’t felt the bite for a good bit of cataract and glaucoma treatment. Absolutely worth getting a solid answer from a good doc.

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Cheechako  May 10, 2019 • 7:46:43pm

re: #124 Dread Pirate Union Local 13

Hmm….I wonder if McGhan was wearing a wire.

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Jebediah, RBG  May 10, 2019 • 8:13:06pm

Sorry if this has already been posted - I am unable to keep up with threads.
Kenny Burrell has fallen on some desperately hard times - go fund me page

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Chrysicat  May 10, 2019 • 8:22:59pm

Halfway basketball, halfway politics. Being a Nuggets fan, there are a bunch of angry Serbians and extraterritorial Serbs on our boards, and one of them linked to the-tweet-to-which-I’m-responding after last night’s loss.

Am I too far off?

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Anymouse 🌹  May 10, 2019 • 8:31:17pm

re: #25 Shiplord Kirel, Friend of Moose and Squirrel

My wife just emailed me from heaven. She says to fuck yourself with a giant sock full of bone spurs.

My mother is both a Vietnam-era veteran and a military widow. She would happily tell him to fuck off to his face.

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Belafon  May 10, 2019 • 8:37:18pm
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Anymouse 🌹  May 10, 2019 • 8:38:45pm

re: #28 Decatur Deb

re: #30 Decatur Deb

That insurance stance is the stupidest thing I’ve heard in months. We need first-world healthcare provisions.

The VA tells me I have creeping cataracts. For now they say surgical intervention is not necessary, but they will “keep an eye on them.”

At the point surgery is necessary, they will schedule the required examinations and procedures. Cost to me, $0.

I got a letter from the hospital in Scottsbluff telling me they’d forwarded my mammogram results to the VA (I already knew that), and that my bill is $0. (The VA paid for it.)

There is no reason in this country every person cannot have care without the intervention and profit-skimming of insurance companies, except for capitalist greed.

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teleskiguy  May 10, 2019 • 8:42:39pm

Oooh, this fucker came with GarageBand. I might need to try and make music again.

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Dread Pirate Union Local 13  May 10, 2019 • 8:47:13pm
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Decatur Deb  May 10, 2019 • 8:48:51pm

re: #132 Anymouse 🌹

re: #30 Decatur Deb

The VA tells me I have creeping cataracts. For now they say surgical intervention is not necessary, but they will “keep an eye on them.”

At the point surgery is necessary, they will schedule the required examinations and procedures. Cost to me, $0.

I got a letter from the hospital in Scottsbluff telling me they’d forwarded my mammogram results to the VA (I already knew that), and that my bill is $0. (The VA paid for it.)

There is no reason in this country every person cannot have care without the intervention and profit-skimming of insurance companies, except for capitalist greed.

If you’re getting good surveillance, the doc will probably recommend the simple surgery before you even feel the need. Then when it’s done you’ll be shocked by the improvement.

People go blind through glaucoma for want of simple testing. When that happens the cost in disability and rehabilitation dwarfs the cost of detection and prevention. I grew up around blind and crippled veterans begging in the street. The mofos-in-charge are set to send us back again, if they dare.

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Decatur Deb  May 10, 2019 • 8:53:31pm

re: #134 Dread Pirate Union Local 13

what is the iran threat?

any WH explanation? DoD?

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vgranucci  May 10, 2019 • 8:54:08pm

re: #28 Decatur Deb

Assuming good insurance, cataracts are almost NBD. They are so sneaky that you get a really delightful boost in vision when they’re removed. After a few years, my doc used a 2-minute laser treatment to “polish” my replacement lenses, giving another notable boost. Bottom line: I can see much better, with almost no use of reading glasses, than I could 7 years ago.

I’ll second that

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Dave In Austin  May 10, 2019 • 8:59:14pm
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Anymouse 🌹  May 10, 2019 • 9:05:34pm

From the Nebraska Democratic Party:

Dear Fellow Democrat:
Nebraska Democrats won big in the Lincoln City elections on Tuesday. We welcome Madame Mayor Leirion Gaylor Baird along with City Council Members Raybould, Bowers and Ward and School Board Members Mumgaard and Rauner. Democrats are leading at all levels of government in Lincoln to build on the strong legacy of Mayor Beutler.

Donate to keep building on this momentum for more wins in 2020.

Lincoln voters rejected the hate-filled rhetoric and campaigning of the Republican Party. In fact, we replaced an anti-LGBT Council Member with the first openly gay City Council Member James Michael Bowers.
The NDP worked hand and hand with the Lancaster County Party and the candidates for a coordinated campaign and Get Out The Vote effort.

This was an all-hands-on-deck campaign. Together, Democrats knocked on 13,945 doors, made 204,064 phone calls, wrote 775 postcards and sent 39,727 texts. We increased the number of people voting by mail by sending out 62,050 Vote-By-Mail applications and Voter Guides.

These combined efforts are what got people over the finish line with record numbers of voters.

Democrats outperformed our voter registration numbers and we only did this because we had the resources to compete.

Keep the NDP in the game for the 2020 cycle by donating today.

Your donation will help fund our successful Block Captain program and help us hire a Rural Organizer to rebuild and reconnect with voters all across the state.

We stand proud as a party that is competing everywhere. We are ready for a competitive 2020 election cycle where we run on big ideas and strong values. Thank you for standing with us.

Yours in Democratic Service,

Jane Kleeb, NDP Chair

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teleskiguy  May 10, 2019 • 9:10:18pm

Hey look at that, gocart mozart went to Colbert’s taping today. Good seats, too!

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teleskiguy  May 10, 2019 • 9:11:08pm

Trump Spent Years Posing As His Own Spokesman

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Chrysicat  May 10, 2019 • 9:13:45pm
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Anymouse 🌹  May 10, 2019 • 9:16:12pm

re: #135 Decatur Deb

If you’re getting good surveillance, the doc will probably recommend the simple surgery before you even feel the need. Then when it’s done you’ll be shocked by the improvement.

People go blind through glaucoma for want of simple testing. When that happens the cost in disability and rehabilitation dwarfs the cost of detection and prevention. I grew up around blind and crippled veterans begging in the street. The mofos-in-charge are set to send us back again, if they dare.

Due to my wife’s diabetes, she gets regular glaucoma testing (Tricare pays for a couple times a year). Her diabetes was uncovered by a nurse giving out flu shots at the church across the street five years ago (they were doing free glucose tests, she said why not, and it was off the scale).

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teleskiguy  May 10, 2019 • 9:21:25pm

Who wants to bet that Fuckface Von Clownstick will tweet about this “travesty”?

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Joe Bacon 🌹  May 10, 2019 • 9:30:44pm

re: #144 teleskiguy

Who wants to bet that Fuckface Von Clownstick will tweet about this “travesty”?

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Only a matter of time before Screwpert Murdoch puts the lingerie show on one of his cable channels.

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Dread Pirate Union Local 13  May 10, 2019 • 9:34:19pm
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teleskiguy  May 10, 2019 • 9:35:38pm

In a Prius no less!

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Dread Pirate Union Local 13  May 10, 2019 • 9:36:56pm
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Anymouse 🌹  May 10, 2019 • 9:37:15pm

re: #144 teleskiguy

Who wants to bet that Fuckface Von Clownstick will tweet about this “travesty”?

Who puts television sets in lingerie? /s

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Belafon  May 10, 2019 • 9:43:15pm

re: #149 Anymouse 🌹

Who puts television sets in lingerie? /s

If anyone, it’s TruTV. (Sometimes) Florida man does a tv.

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allegro  May 10, 2019 • 9:47:11pm

re: #149 Anymouse 🌹

Who puts television sets in lingerie? /s

I’m more curious about who wears a teddy with hi-tops.

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teleskiguy  May 10, 2019 • 9:49:12pm

I think I can use this computer for however long it’ll last. Nicest damn computer I’ve ever owned, that’s for sure.

I Love My Computer

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Anymouse 🌹  May 10, 2019 • 9:49:18pm

On Military Spouses Day, as a reminder, on the day Trump was inaugurated, Michelle Obama’s military family initiative “Joining Together” was removed from the White House Website.

It has never returned, and the programme cancelled. During the time she ran that programme, she got corporations and small businesses to commit to training and hiring fifty thousand veterans or family members.

Trump Administration Removes Military Family Support Page from Official Site (Updated) (Goes to MilSpouseFest, a support Website for military families, January 21, 2017)

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teleskiguy  May 10, 2019 • 9:52:59pm

Bad Religion just released their seventeenth album a couple of weeks ago, it’s called “Age Of Unreason.”

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Anymouse 🌹  May 10, 2019 • 9:59:05pm

re: #154 teleskiguy

Bad Religion just released their seventeenth album a couple of weeks ago, it’s called “Age Of Unreason.”

That title seems appropriate for the times we find ourselves in.

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teleskiguy  May 10, 2019 • 10:01:19pm

Holy shit how am I seeing this just now, this came out last year.

Bad Religion - “The Kids Are Alt-Right”

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Anymouse 🌹  May 10, 2019 • 10:10:51pm

Afternoon Read (Goes to Juanita Jean’s, the World’s Most Dangerous Beauty Salon)

The New York Times has an amazing article about a woman who stopped and rendered aid to three central American migrants on the Texas border. She is Teresa Todd and she is the elected county attorney of Jeff Davis County.

Three teenagers flagged her down and she stopped to help. It was two young men and their sister. The sister was on the verge of death and the young men were not much better.

(NYT article linked at JJ’s, more at the link)

She was arrested for transporting undocumented immigrants.

She spent 45 minutes in a holding cell that night and it appears they are going to charge her with transporting undocumented people. They confiscated her cell phone and have put her on alert. It’s a long story but it is worth your time to read.

Here’s my question: If the Super DeLux Brand Christians can use their deeply held beliefs to be mean to gay people, why can’t I use my deeply held regular sinner Christian beliefs to be good to all people? I never heard of Jesus saying to be mean and judgmental to gay people, but he was pretty damn clear on being a Good Samaritan.

It just pisses me off that we’ve let them steal our country, our religion, and our common decency. They are a bunch of money hungry charlatans and some mullet wearing thugs who don’t begin to understand the teachings of Jesus or Thomas Jefferson. Or they do just don’t damn care.

Sorry for the downer. I’ll go look for something funny.

One more thing: Teresa Todd is a genuine star-studded damn Texas hero.

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Hecuba's daughter  May 10, 2019 • 10:20:53pm

re: #157 Anymouse 🌹

Afternoon Read (Goes to Juanita Jean’s, the World’s Most Dangerous Beauty Salon)

(NYT article linked at JJ’s, more at the link)

She was arrested for transporting undocumented immigrants.

I am so tired of the hatred toward the other promoted by the Traitor-in-Chief and his enablers — both inside and outside the federal government. All those who pretend to be religious but continue to support Trump should be publicly branded as hypocrites who have forfeited any right to be considered true exemplars of their faith and should instead be banned permanently from decent society unless they repent.

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Dread Pirate Union Local 13  May 10, 2019 • 10:25:09pm
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Dread Pirate Union Local 13  May 10, 2019 • 10:29:28pm

What could possibly go wrong?

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Anymouse 🌹  May 10, 2019 • 10:41:33pm

re: #158 Hecuba’s daughter

I am so tired of the hatred toward the other promoted by the Traitor-in-Chief and his enablers — both inside and outside the federal government. All those who pretend to be religious but continue to support Trump should be publicly branded as hypocrites who have forfeited any right to be considered true exemplars of their faith and should instead be banned permanently from decent society unless they repent.

He’s just the most effective to date. They’ve been doing it all my life.

I don’t really care about their faith. Their faith drives their hate. I personally don’t go in for the “no true religion” fallacy.

I’m all for secular repentance. I’m also convinced they’ll never do it (just like when I bash on people like Jennifer Rubin - the first step of repentance is admitting you were wrong - she won’t do it, they won’t do it - they think Trump is an aberration, not their policies without the dog whistles).

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Anymouse 🌹  May 10, 2019 • 10:43:19pm

re: #159 Dread Pirate Union Local 13

Wait, wut? Cancel July 4 celebrations and instead celebrate him? Where did that come from?

I’ll burn him in effigy first if that’s true.

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Feline Fearless Leader  May 10, 2019 • 10:53:22pm

re: #162 Anymouse 🌹

Wait, wut? Cancel July 4 celebrations and instead celebrate him? Where did that come from?

I’ll burn him in effigy first if that’s true.

You can go around with the effigy beforehand and collect money for fireworks. “A penny for the Trump? You know he’s bankrupt don’t you?”

So we make it a holiday to celebrate and burn the effigy of traitors.

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Dread Pirate Union Local 13  May 10, 2019 • 11:01:11pm
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Varek Raith  May 10, 2019 • 11:01:54pm

Hello, long time no see.

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teleskiguy  May 10, 2019 • 11:03:03pm

re: #165 Varek Raith

I got a new laptop.

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Varek Raith  May 10, 2019 • 11:04:02pm

re: #166 teleskiguy

I got a new laptop.

Neat. What kind?

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teleskiguy  May 10, 2019 • 11:06:29pm

re: #167 Varek Raith

Neat. What kind?

MacBook Pro, not the base model. 😑 Birthday present from family.

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Anymouse 🌹  May 10, 2019 • 11:07:14pm

Sen. Josh Hawley (R-Mo) proposed a bill to ban so-called “loot boxes” in video games, that is, spending real cash within the game, saying they both prey on “user addiction” and children.

Other countries have already banned the practice (Belgium), restricted them (China), or are studying the issue (Sweden). Belgium’s government banned them as a violation of gaming laws.

bbc.com

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teleskiguy  May 10, 2019 • 11:07:30pm

That’s the first emoji I’ve ever typed out using the Touch Bar.

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Varek Raith  May 10, 2019 • 11:11:40pm

re: #169 Anymouse 🌹

Sen. Josh Hawley (R-Mo) proposed a bill to ban so-called “loot boxes” in video games, that is, spending real cash within the game, saying they both prey on “user addiction” and children.

Other countries have already banned the practice (The Netherlands), restricted them (China), or are studying the issue (Sweden). The Dutch government banned them as a violation of gaming laws.

bbc.com

I agree with this. It’s a disease in gaming these days.

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Targetpractice  May 10, 2019 • 11:12:00pm

re: #169 Anymouse 🌹

Sen. Josh Hawley (R-Mo) proposed a bill to ban so-called “loot boxes” in video games, that is, spending real cash within the game, saying they both prey on “user addiction” and children.

Other countries have already banned the practice (Belgium), restricted them (China), or are studying the issue (Sweden). Belgium’s government banned them as a violation of gaming laws.

bbc.com

Oh, if loot boxes were the worst sin in modern gaming. It’s the proverbial tip of the iceberg when it comes to ways that game companies are robbing gamers blind.

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teleskiguy  May 10, 2019 • 11:12:31pm

Finally, like five weeks later, I got what I was promised.

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Anymouse 🌹  May 10, 2019 • 11:12:44pm

re: #170 teleskiguy

That’s the first emoji I’ve ever typed out using the Touch Bar.

What touch bar?

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Anymouse 🌹  May 10, 2019 • 11:13:53pm

re: #171 Varek Raith

I agree with this. It’s a disease in gaming these days.

The only way to win is not to play. - a movie about thermonuclear war averted …

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Varek Raith  May 10, 2019 • 11:14:42pm

re: #172 Targetpractice

Oh, if loot boxes were the worst sin in modern gaming. It’s the proverbial tip of the iceberg when it comes to ways that game companies are robbing gamers blind.

Ain’t that true!
:(

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Anymouse 🌹  May 10, 2019 • 11:16:10pm

Teens prefer harm reduction messaging on substance use (Goes to the University of British Columbia)

A joint study by the University of British Columbia and the University of Calgary finds that teenagers find harm reduction messaging on drugs more effective than abstinence messaging.

Harm reduction treats the world as it is, not as wingnuts would have it.

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teleskiguy  May 10, 2019 • 11:17:51pm

re: #174 Anymouse 🌹

At the top of the keyboard, where all the function keys are? That’s been replaced on my laptop with a touch screen that goes all the way across the keyboard. It’s gimmicky, but it’s also kind of neat. You control the speaker volume, the brightness of the screen and keyboard, autocorrect is built in when you’re typing things. And when you’re typing, all the way at the left is the emoji button. 🥵

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teleskiguy  May 10, 2019 • 11:18:43pm

My second ever emoji inputted using a Touch Bar.

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William Lewis  May 10, 2019 • 11:21:11pm

re: #172 Targetpractice

They are one of the reasons I play Warframe (a true free to play) rather than Destiny 2 (pay to win). I have spent money on Warframe but it’s always a choice rather than a requirement. I don’t bother with anything from EA anymore due to their pay to win games.

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Anymouse 🌹  May 10, 2019 • 11:27:46pm

re: #178 teleskiguy

At the top of the keyboard, where all the function keys are? That’s been replaced on my laptop with a touch screen that goes all the way across the keyboard. It’s gimmicky, but it’s also kind of neat. You control the speaker volume, the brightness of the screen and keyboard, autocorrect is built in when you’re typing things. And when you’re typing, all the way at the left is the emoji button. 🥵

Ah, got it. My function keys allow for control of brightness, screen lock, changing volume, control of videos, and an instant sleep button.

I can access Microsoft’s emojis through the virtual screen keyboard. 🚜🌽🌽🌽🌽🌽

They changed the interface in the last update so it took me some time to find the corncob emoji (my most-used one).

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Varek Raith  May 10, 2019 • 11:28:22pm

re: #180 William Lewis

They are one of the reasons I play Warframe (a true free to play) rather than Destiny 2 (pay to win). I have spent money on Warframe but it’s always a choice rather than a requirement. I don’t bother with anything from EA anymore due to their pay to win games.

What frame do you use?
I’m still on Mag because I find her abilities too useful.
:)

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teleskiguy  May 10, 2019 • 11:31:27pm

Also, when I have a bunch of tabs open in Safari, I can go between tabs very quickly using the Touch Bar.

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Targetpractice  May 10, 2019 • 11:32:12pm

re: #180 William Lewis

They are one of the reasons I play Warframe (a true free to play) rather than Destiny 2 (pay to win). I have spent money on Warframe but it’s always a choice rather than a requirement. I don’t bother with anything from EA anymore due to their pay to win games.

I used to be able to say the same about Bethesda. Now I’m considering suggesting an amendment to the bill that will allow anybody who bought a copy of Fallout ‘76 the opportunity to kick Todd Howard in the balls.

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teleskiguy  May 10, 2019 • 11:41:59pm

I still need to buy an all-in-one dongle. Right now I can’t even plug my iPhone Xr into my new computer. Now I know what everyone was talking about when Apple deep sixed the port holes, save for Lightning. I know they want to make these things as sleek as possible, but c’mon! I’ll sacrifice a little thickness for a goddamn USB port.

I’ll be looking around at Target later today, for that, and a suitable carrying case.

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teleskiguy  May 10, 2019 • 11:44:45pm

This laptop I got, I have to admit, is a pretty magnificent little thing.

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Varek Raith  May 10, 2019 • 11:46:42pm

re: #186 teleskiguy

This laptop I got, I have to admit, is a pretty magnificent little thing.

It’s always fun to get new toys.

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Anymouse 🌹  May 10, 2019 • 11:49:20pm

re: #186 teleskiguy

This laptop I got, I have to admit, is a pretty magnificent little thing.

Now I need to run out and get a new laptop. Thanks. /s

On mine the letter “z” key does not work (hence I type it with ALT122), nor does the up arrow.

Someone suggested getting a different keyboard and plugging it in to a USB port, but I don’t have enough room to put a keyboard on my tiny typing stand unless I evict my office typewriter.

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William Lewis  May 10, 2019 • 11:50:37pm

re: #182 Varek Raith

What frame do you use?
I’m still on Mag because I find her abilities too useful.
:)

Excalibur is my main though now that I’ve got Loki Prime … ;) Got a kavat incubating too.

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goddamnedfrank  May 10, 2019 • 11:51:02pm

re: #185 teleskiguy

I still need to buy an all-in-one dongle. Right now I can’t even plug my iPhone Xr into my new computer. Now I know what everyone was talking about when Apple deep sixed the port holes, save for Lightning. I know they want to make these things as sleek as possible, but c’mon! I’ll sacrifice a little thickness for a goddamn USB port.

I’ll be looking around at Target later today, for that, and a suitable carrying case.

I’m more annoyed by them ditching the 3.5 mm audio port on the iPhone and trying to force everyone to use AirPods. It’s one of two reasons I still use a flip phone and an iPod Touch. The other reason is that I’m cheap af and don’t want to pay for smart phone data plan when wifi is so plentiful and I can buy a $100 per year pay as you go T-Mobile phone plan.

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William Lewis  May 10, 2019 • 11:51:55pm

re: #186 teleskiguy

This laptop I got, I have to admit, is a pretty magnificent little thing.

The desktop I built last month was like that for me. Been a screamer :D

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teleskiguy  May 10, 2019 • 11:52:08pm

re: #187 Varek Raith

It’s always fun to get new toys.

When I bought two pairs of custom-made skis a few years back, that was better.

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goddamnedfrank  May 10, 2019 • 11:52:49pm

re: #190 goddamnedfrank

I’m more annoyed by them ditching the 3.5 mm audio port on the iPhone and trying to force everyone to use AirPods. It’s one of two reasons I still use a flip phone and an iPod Touch. The other reason is that I’m cheap af and don’t want to pay for smart phone data plan when wifi is so plentiful and I can buy a $100 per year pay as you go T-Moble phone plan.

Also, it sucks ass that they ditched the built in SD card slot on the newer Macbook Pros. As a photographer that shit is super goddamned useful.

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William Lewis  May 10, 2019 • 11:54:37pm

Have a good one folks, need to crash.

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Varek Raith  May 10, 2019 • 11:55:13pm

Off for coffee and some Sea of Thieves.

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Dread Pirate Union Local 13  May 10, 2019 • 11:56:27pm
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teleskiguy  May 11, 2019 • 12:00:38am

re: #190 goddamnedfrank

I’m more annoyed by them ditching the 3.5 mm audio port on the iPhone and trying to force everyone to use AirPods. It’s one of two reasons I still use a flip phone and an iPod Touch. The other reason is that I’m cheap af and don’t want to pay for smart phone data plan when wifi is so plentiful and I can buy a $100 per year pay as you go T-Moble phone plan.

Mobile? That’s funny. Somehow I, mother and father, and younger sister, on the Verizon network, were grandfathered into an unlimited data plan on a family share basis *years ago.* Years ago. Anyhoo, we still have unlimited data, our phone broker at CostCo was like “WTF! How’d you do this?” My folks got in very early I guess, before the mobile data explosion occurred, or some such shit. But yeah, unlimited data and the phone bill is the same. I paid $34 last month.

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Anymouse 🌹  May 11, 2019 • 12:01:05am

re: #190 goddamnedfrank

I’m more annoyed by them ditching the 3.5 mm audio port on the iPhone and trying to force everyone to use AirPods. It’s one of two reasons I still use a flip phone and an iPod Touch. The other reason is that I’m cheap af and don’t want to pay for smart phone data plan when wifi is so plentiful and I can buy a $100 per year pay as you go T-Mobile phone plan.

I have little use for a cell phone since we don’t have cell service here, but I have a cheap inexpensive plastic flip phone registered with TracFone which I use when I’m on a trip. (I first got the account in 2005 - long story there, but it appears I have the longest time burner phone registered account in the country.)

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goddamnedfrank  May 11, 2019 • 12:19:08am
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teleskiguy  May 11, 2019 • 12:23:28am
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Anymouse 🌹  May 11, 2019 • 12:38:32am
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teleskiguy  May 11, 2019 • 12:49:37am

Legal Mushrooms Could Change Denver Tourism Forever

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teleskiguy  May 11, 2019 • 1:09:51am
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Anymouse 🌹  May 11, 2019 • 1:16:46am

re: #203 teleskiguy

LOL.

We have two which are conversation starters for people who don’t know us:

/dev/car - every Linux person who sees that starts a conversation with me (because man, assuming I’m the Linux person and not my wife until I redirect them and they apologise)

“I traveled the Alaska Highway” - a lot of people who haven’t seen our car before start with “in that?”

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Anymouse 🌹  May 11, 2019 • 1:19:43am
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Anymouse 🌹  May 11, 2019 • 1:21:47am

Breaking unimportant news: I won $15 in the state lotto today on a $10 ticket.

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Anymouse 🌹  May 11, 2019 • 1:45:12am

A long-time friend (now a physics professor) from the Navy just started a blog on politics, from what I call the radical moderate perspective. (Every opinion has a place in the middle.)

He asked my opinion on it (and he actually values my opinions on things), so I will have to disassemble his arguments on his first post (guns), along with future posts he proposes on things like abortion.

As of yet, the blog has no name (so I suggested he use his Navy nickname for it because weird and kewl) and only goes by its IPv4 address.

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  May 11, 2019 • 1:46:22am

re: #67 plansbandc

Never had anything Apple until I won my iPad. (I no shit won it on the internet. LOL)

Was a little frustrated at the beginning, but now i would be happy to own anything apple. Hard to get out of the PC mindset though. Makes me wish I would have learned on an Apple product. I like the idea of doing things one way instead of several.

I have worked on both, still prefer a PC for work but love my iPad for fun.

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  May 11, 2019 • 1:48:26am

re: #85 Charles Johnson

I’m being snarky when I call Shapiro the “kid philosopher of the right.” But in a way it’s also true because the US right has become so debased, hypocritical and deliberately ignorant, anyone who can emit two sentences without a racial slur stands out.

Remember how they lionized James O’Keefe as “the future of investigative journalism”?

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  May 11, 2019 • 2:01:32am

re: #123 Decatur Deb

Shame. That would get you sex offender status—or a folk song with twangy guitar.

So an old Cajun goes into a bar with his pet alligator. The bartender tells he has to get it out of there, they cannot allow dangerous animals.

He demonstrates how docile it is by setting it on the bar, placing his member in its mouth and hitting it on the head with a bottle. The alligator does not respond.

“Anybody else wanna try this?” he asks.

“I do,” says a fellow at the end of the bar “but please don’t hit me with the bottle!”

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Anymouse 🌹  May 11, 2019 • 2:49:17am

re: #209 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))

Remember how they lionized James O’Keefe as “the future of investigative journalism”?

They still promote him as that, along with Laura Loomer.

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  May 11, 2019 • 2:55:04am

re: #211 Anymouse 🌹

They still promote him as that, along with Laura Loomer.

They make a big deal out of young people who share their views as their target group is aging rapidly

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Anymouse 🌹  May 11, 2019 • 2:57:20am

Watching videos on YouTube, I frequently get adverts for PureFlix (the Christian alternative to Netflix). I wonder how long that grift is going to last.

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  May 11, 2019 • 2:58:51am

re: #213 Anymouse 🌹

Watching videos on YouTube, I frequently get adverts for PureFlix (the Christian alternative to Netflix). I wonder how long that grift is going to last.

I recall a blowup when some Mormon film rental shop was offering “family” versions of movies with scenes edited out without permission of the owners of the rights to the films.

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  May 11, 2019 • 3:03:10am

re: #213 Anymouse 🌹

Watching videos on YouTube, I frequently get adverts for PureFlix (the Christian alternative to Netflix). I wonder how long that grift is going to last.

pureversions

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Anymouse 🌹  May 11, 2019 • 3:06:30am

re: #214 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))

I recall a blowup when some Mormon film rental shop was offering “family” versions of movies with scenes edited out without permission of the owners of the rights to the films.

PureFlix advertises they only show family-friendly Christian (defined by them) programming. I don’t think they are editing Behind the Green Door to make it Christian-friendly.

I’m not interested in checking out their service, though I wonder if Christian Domestic Discipline would be acceptable for their service.

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  May 11, 2019 • 3:11:47am

re: #216 Anymouse 🌹

PureFlix advertises they only show family-friendly Christian (defined by them) programming. I don’t think they are editing Behind the Green Door to make it Christian-friendly.

I’m not interested in checking out their service, though I wonder if Christian Domestic Discipline would be acceptable for their service.

amazon has (or at least had) a whole spate of Christian friendly films on their program as well

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Anymouse 🌹  May 11, 2019 • 3:12:40am

re: #214 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))

I recall a blowup when some Mormon film rental shop was offering “family” versions of movies with scenes edited out without permission of the owners of the rights to the films.

The company is VidAngel. The case was a novel issue of going around copyright law.

VidAngel Found Liable for Copyright Infringement (goes to This Week in Mormons, but the service was used by a bunch of Christians, not just Mormons Latter Day Saints, 12 March 2019)

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wheat-dogg, raker of forests, master of steam  May 11, 2019 • 3:16:53am

This is a promo video for NuxFx electronic instruments, featuring VelaBlue, formerly a Taipei street performer, and A-Yeon, a Korean pianist.

NUX Drums＆NUX Piano by VelaBlue曼青 vs A-Yeon

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Anymouse 🌹  May 11, 2019 • 3:22:58am

re: #218 Anymouse 🌹

Curious … the strike command (s) did not work on the word “Mormons” up there. Did they take over LGF?

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Decatur Deb  May 11, 2019 • 3:24:52am

The “sponsored ad” array up top includes a petition-drive clickbait grift to expel Ihllan Omar from Congress. Don’t know if it’s locally (IPS) generated or squatting on LGF.

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Anymouse 🌹  May 11, 2019 • 3:24:57am

re: #219 wheat-dogg, raker of forests, master of steam

This is a promo video for NuxFx electronic instruments, featuring VelaBlue, formerly a Taipei street performer, and A-Yeon, a Korean pianist.

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Video

That’s pretty kewl.

My sister plays drums (since her pre-teen years). I imagine she’d get a kick out of this. I will send it to her. Thanks for that.

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wheat-dogg, raker of forests, master of steam  May 11, 2019 • 3:38:46am

Ally Maki is a TV actress best known for performing in Wrecked and Marvel’s Cloak & Dagger. She does the voice of Giggle McDimples in the latest Toy Story movie. Her grandmother was in a Japanese internment camp during WWII.

#IAm Ally Maki Story

This is one of a series of videos done by members of the Coalition of Asian Pacifics in Entertainment (CAPE).

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wheat-dogg, raker of forests, master of steam  May 11, 2019 • 3:41:35am

re: #223 wheat-dogg, raker of forests, master of steam

This is an earlier video by George Takei in the same series.

#IAm George Takei Story

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Anymouse 🌹  May 11, 2019 • 3:48:47am

I’m off to bed. Catch y’all later.

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DangerMan  May 11, 2019 • 4:27:00am

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Shropshire Slasher  May 11, 2019 • 4:40:41am

re: #147 teleskiguy

Too much GTA.

On Friday afternoon, police and Los Angeles County sheriff’s deputies began chasing a black Toyota Prius in Downey, southeast of Los Angeles.
The high-speed chase stretched along a freeway and surface streets, during which video showed a passenger in a black T-shirt lean halfway out of the front passenger’s window and fire two-handed at pursuing patrol cars.Video showed the man using a distinctive long-barreled revolver strikingly similar to one that was used in the store killing.
The chase ended at about 3 p.m. in neighboring Vernon when traffic trapped the car and the passenger again fired. A car behind the Prius managed to back away, and police who pulled up in the next lane riddled the Prius with gunfire, shattering windows.
A short time later, a bloodied woman driver got out and surrendered. There was no immediate word on her condition.
The street near a railroad track was emptied, and sheriff’s SWAT teams were called in. Two armored vehicles blocked in the Prius.
During a standoff that lasted more than an hour, authorities rolled a robot up to the open driver’s door to peer inside the car and later fired two flash-bang grenades into the vehicle.
When the man inside didn’t get out, a police dog was sent in to pull at him. Only then did SWAT members drag the motionless man from the car.

nypost.com

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Ming5000  May 11, 2019 • 4:51:24am

re: #15 The Vicious Babushka
About the Frost Warning in Michigan’s lower peninsula:

I am reading this at about 7:45 am May 11th near Detroit. The morning after.
Had noticed the nice bright sunshine outside. Oops! Frost warning?
Check temp. 38F.
Look on deck to see if the small lemon tree someone told me I could nurture to fruiting lemons is frosty. Whew. Looks OK. Fingers crossed.

I had missed the memo on the frost. I did not see this coming.

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DangerMan  May 11, 2019 • 4:56:37am

re: #166 teleskiguy

I got a new laptop.

He’s soooo proud!!! ;-)

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DangerMan  May 11, 2019 • 4:59:02am

re: #179 teleskiguy

My second ever emoji inputted using a Touch Bar.

Let us know when you get up near your karma count. 😁

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DangerMan  May 11, 2019 • 5:04:13am

re: #207 Anymouse 🌹

A long-time friend (now a physics professor) from the Navy just started a blog on politics, from what I call the radical moderate perspective. (Every opinion has a place in the middle.)

He asked my opinion on it (and he actually values my opinions on things), so I will have to disassemble his arguments on his first post (guns), along with future posts he proposes on things like abortion.

As of yet, the blog has no name (so I suggested he use his Navy nickname for it because weird and kewl) and only goes by its IPv4 address.

Got a link yet?

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Eventual Carrion  May 11, 2019 • 5:40:49am

re: #150 Belafon

If anyone, it’s TruTV. (Sometimes) Florida man does a tv.

When he can’t catch a gator what else is he supposed to do?

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Sufficient unto the day...  May 11, 2019 • 5:41:22am

And this is why The Left [tm] will never be able to have nice things…

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jeffreyw  May 11, 2019 • 5:43:24am

Good morning!

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  May 11, 2019 • 5:43:45am

A war against Muslims, Latin Socialists or Korean Communists would be just find with Trump’s base and we can expect the media to snap in line and rally around our Glorious War Leader.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  May 11, 2019 • 5:54:27am

meanwhile in Louisville, Kentucky

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HappyWarrior  May 11, 2019 • 6:02:12am

re: #233 Sufficient unto the day…

And this is why The Left [tm] will never be able to have nice things…

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Some of his base might not like it but if they discover they’re on opposite sides of Trump and the left, they’ll take Trumps side.

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Belafon  May 11, 2019 • 6:07:12am

re: #150 Belafon

If anyone, it’s TruTV Trump. (Sometimes) Florida man does a tv.

Boy, I blew that one. And then went to sleep with the mistake.

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wheat-dogg, raker of forests, master of steam  May 11, 2019 • 6:07:57am

re: #236 Backwoods_Sleuth

The girl in the first photo, with the knit hat on, seems less than pleased to be there.

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HappyWarrior  May 11, 2019 • 6:08:49am

re: #239 wheat-dogg, raker of forests, master of steam

The girl in the first photo, with the knit hat on, seems less than pleased to be there.

Doesn’t look there by choice.

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  May 11, 2019 • 6:09:38am

re: #240 HappyWarrior

Doesn’t look there by choice.

maybe she came along hoping she could slip away and sneak in the back for a quick procedure…

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wheat-dogg, raker of forests, master of steam  May 11, 2019 • 6:09:45am

re: #240 HappyWarrior

Doesn’t look there by choice.

Probably dragged there by relatives. Poor kid.

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Sufficient unto the day...  May 11, 2019 • 6:28:07am

Shouldn’t a self-proclaimed psychic know what I said?

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HappyWarrior  May 11, 2019 • 6:45:18am

re: #243 Sufficient unto the day…

Shouldn’t a self-proclaimed psychic know what I said?

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Neocons believe in democracy at least. Trump doesn’t.

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HappyWarrior  May 11, 2019 • 6:45:30am

re: #242 wheat-dogg, raker of forests, master of steam

Probably dragged there by relatives. Poor kid.

That was my guess.

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jaunte  May 11, 2019 • 6:46:04am

re: #236 Backwoods_Sleuth

By that calculation, he was Genghis Khan before age 14.

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GlutenFreeJesus  May 11, 2019 • 6:52:16am

So, some idiot Dem Senator in IL is trying to get a $1,000 a year registration fee for electric vehicles passed. The pushback is going about as you’d expect.

chicagotribune.com

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Jay C  May 11, 2019 • 6:55:16am

re: #185 teleskiguy

I still need to buy an all-in-one dongle. Right now I can’t even plug my iPhone Xr into my new computer. Now I know what everyone was talking about when Apple deep sixed the port holes, save for Lightning. I know they want to make these things as sleek as possible, but c’mon! I’ll sacrifice a little thickness for a goddamn USB port.

I’ll be looking around at Target later today, for that, and a suitable carrying case.

Well, there’s good news and bad news re that particular problem on the latest gen of Macs.

The good news is that you can buy an adaptor for the “Thunderbolt” (USB 3) port so as to able to use a regular (rectangular) USB plug on anything so equipped.

The bad news (unsurprisingly) is that you HAVE to either buy the adaptor, or else replace all your existing devices with USB 3-compatible ports…..

Welcome to Mac World!

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  May 11, 2019 • 6:57:32am

re: #247 GlutenFreeJesus

So, some idiot Dem Senator in IL is trying to get a $1,000 a year registration fee for electric vehicles passed. The pushback is going about as you’d expect.

chicagotribune.com

not available in Germany. Can you cut and paste?

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GlutenFreeJesus  May 11, 2019 • 6:59:07am

re: #249 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))

The opening of the article:

If the price of your favorite latte suddenly went up 5,614 percent — say, from $3 to $171.42 — would you still buy it? Probably not. Unless you really like lattes.

Keep that in mind as you ponder state Sen. Martin Sandoval’s plan to raise money for transportation funding in Illinois. The Chicago Democrat’s bill includes proposals to more than double the gas tax to 44 cents a gallon, raise the driver’s license fee to $60 and the standard vehicle registration fee to $148 … and raise the yearly registration fee for electric vehicles from the current $17.50 to $1,000.

That’s right, $1,000. That’s a 5,614 percent increase. And it’s nearly seven times more than the proposed fee for gas-powered vehicles. Sandoval’s thinking: Electric vehicle owners don’t pay a gas tax, so his stratospheric jump in the electric vehicle registration would make those car owners pay their fair share.

What Sandoval’s not thinking about: The massive broadside that his fee would deliver to the electric vehicle market and electric vehicle owners. Far fewer people likely would buy electric vehicles in this state, and people who own them likely would want to unload their EVs.

It really makes sense when you find out he’s the recipient of a lot of $$$$ from the car dealer’s association, who is constantly trying squash Tesla and their sales model.

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PhillyPretzel  May 11, 2019 • 6:59:39am

re: #185 teleskiguy

Try some of amazon’s lightning deals today. I have already seen a USB-C hub and a couple of nice looking cases.
amazon.com

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GlutenFreeJesus  May 11, 2019 • 7:04:21am

Whoever put that rug there is about to disappear forever.

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PhillyPretzel  May 11, 2019 • 7:06:08am

re: #252 GlutenFreeJesus

Perfect.

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Hecuba's daughter  May 11, 2019 • 7:08:26am

re: #250 GlutenFreeJesus

The opening of the article:

It really makes sense when you find out he’s the recipient of a lot of $$$$ from the car dealer’s association, who is constantly trying squash Tesla and their sales model.

Isn’t road repair funded by local gasoline taxes? As we transition to other types of vehicles, states will have to figure out how to replace these revenues. Electric vehicles are currently not paying their fair share.

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HappyWarrior  May 11, 2019 • 7:08:27am

re: #252 GlutenFreeJesus

Whoever put that rug there is about to disappear forever.

[Embedded content]

Alpha male.//

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  May 11, 2019 • 7:15:43am

re: #254 Hecuba’s daughter

Isn’t road repair funded by local gasoline taxes? As we transition to other types of vehicles, states will have to figure out how to replace these revenues. Electric vehicles are currently not paying their fair share.

That is reasonable, but the point of the ridiculous hike in registration fees for electric vehicles is to strangle them in the cradle rather than to address issues of transition.

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GlutenFreeJesus  May 11, 2019 • 7:20:58am

re: #254 Hecuba’s daughter

They are supposed to be. But just like how the toll roads were only supposed to be temporary to fund road repairs, the state sold them off to private companies, and 60 years later, here we are.

I would be fine paying the same registration costs as a gas car. $1,000 a year is insane.

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jaunte  May 11, 2019 • 7:22:42am

re: #252 GlutenFreeJesus

That’s what you call killer hockey.

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A hollow voice says, Inpeach...  May 11, 2019 • 7:26:26am

re: #248 Jay C

Well, there’s good news and bad news re that particular problem on the latest gen of Macs.

The good news is that you can buy an adaptor for the “Thunderbolt” (USB 3) port so as to able to use a regular (rectangular) USB plug on anything so equipped.

The bad news (unsurprisingly) is that you HAVE to either buy the adaptor, or else replace all your existing devices with USB 3-compatible ports…..

Welcome to Mac World!

That’s why my last MacBook purchase was a refurbished older model — the last one that has all the older connections.

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PhillyPretzel  May 11, 2019 • 7:29:10am

re: #259 A hollow voice says, Inpeach…

I am holding onto one like that since it has all of the connections and a built-in CD/DVD player.

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Belafon  May 11, 2019 • 7:30:09am

re: #257 GlutenFreeJesus

They are supposed to be. But just like how the toll roads were only supposed to be temporary to fund road repairs, the state sold them off to private companies, and 60 years later, here we are.

I would be fine paying the same registration costs as a gas car. $1,000 a year is insane.

The gas tax in Texas is 20c per gallon. Mine does about 10 gallons per week, so, $2/wk, which works out to $100/year.

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  May 11, 2019 • 7:31:53am

re: #250 GlutenFreeJesus

The opening of the article:

It really makes sense when you find out he’s the recipient of a lot of $$$$ from the car dealer’s association, who is constantly trying squash Tesla and their sales model.

Arizona has similar ridiculous rules for installing domestic solar, put in place by legislators beholden to the power companies.

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GlutenFreeJesus  May 11, 2019 • 7:36:06am

re: #261 Belafon

The gas tax in Texas is 20c per gallon. Mine does about 10 gallons per week, so, $2/wk, which works out to $100/year.

Oh and our rulers here in IL also want to double the gas tax. It’d be like 44c/gal.

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retired cynic  May 11, 2019 • 7:52:44am

re: #263 GlutenFreeJesus

Oh and our rulers here in IL also want to double the gas tax. It’d be like 44c/gal.

I can understand that. The road upkeep situation is WAY behind optimum.

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  May 11, 2019 • 7:53:59am

re: #264 retired cynic

I can understand that. The road upkeep situation is WAY behind optimum.

Even worse in Indiana, one of the reasons I left (well, mostly the damn Midwest winters, but those are a major contributing factor to the dismal state of the roads)

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jaunte  May 11, 2019 • 8:04:10am

“…The company said it will continue to attempt to sell “all of its assets” and that the company expects its three PRB mines “will continue normal operations throughout the process.”

“…What that means for the more than 1,250 employees at Cloud Peak’s three PRB mines — Cordero Rojo and Antelope in Wyoming and Spring Creek in Montana — is that for now, their jobs are safe, said Robert Godby, director of the Center for Energy, Economics and Public Policy at the University of Wyoming.

“The good news is, at least in the short term, is the mines are going to continue operating as best they can,” he said.”

The saddest part is, these companies and their PR mouthpieces are trying to keep the doomed employees in place until the best moment to dump them.

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sagehen  May 11, 2019 • 8:14:37am

re: #266 jaunte

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The saddest part is, these companies and their PR mouthpieces are trying to keep the doomed employees in place until the best moment to dump them.

They don’t have black lung yet, plenty of time to kill them all before the mines go out of business.

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wrenchwench  May 11, 2019 • 8:18:08am

re: #267 sagehen

They don’t have black lung yet, plenty of time to kill them all before the mines go out of business.

They still comprise a profitable investment; not yet time to sell.

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  May 11, 2019 • 8:26:22am

re: #266 jaunte

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The saddest part is, these companies and their PR mouthpieces are trying to keep the doomed employees in place until the best moment to dump them.

I recall GHW Bush killing the Plant Closures Bill, which would have required companies to give their employees a month’s warning before closing down a whole operation.

Because of that very reason; leave the whole nation hanging on the threat of two weeks’ notice and they will work better…

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Eric The Fruit Bat  May 11, 2019 • 8:39:09am

re: #248 Jay C

The good news is that you can buy an adaptor for the “Thunderbolt” (USB 3) port so as to able to use a regular (rectangular) USB plug on anything so equipped.

The bad news (unsurprisingly) is that you HAVE to either buy the adaptor, or else replace all your existing devices with USB 3-compatible ports…..

Welcome to Mac World!

Since everyone + dog is moving to USB-C connectors this was inevitable.
However, you do have to pay attention to the markings on a USB-C port for notebooks - most (if not all of them) will have a lightning bolt to indicate that the port is required for connecting USB-C chargers or other USB-C devices that will provide sufficient current to kick over the charging function.
Since all current generation mobile devices have/are moving to USB-C, we can see that the end of microUSB (list like miniUSB) is neigh.

Both my Galaxy S8+ and my HP Elite x3 use USB-C. ‘tis a shame that Microsoft couldn’t make the case that their Windows Phone was just as usable as either Android or iOS, especially given that they had a head-start with Windows Mobile back in the mid-2000’s - I loved their Voice Commander, which would announce who is calling you if their name was in the Outlook directory, and Windows Phone 7 came out, it was surprising that it’s Bluetooth interface would kick on and tell you if you had an SMS message, even though the car’s native Bluetooth stack wouldn’t.

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Sufficient unto the day...  May 11, 2019 • 8:41:52am

re: #265 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))

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Hecuba's daughter  May 11, 2019 • 8:44:11am

re: #264 retired cynic

I can understand that. The road upkeep situation is WAY behind optimum.

Isn’t the problem that the gas tax has not kept up with inflation? Like the sales tax, the gas tax is a regressive tax — but it can be worse than the sales tax. After all, in general, people who are less affluent find themselves with vehicles that have worse mileage, and therefore are likely to be purchasing more gasoline and therefore contributing disproportionately more to repair roads

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William Lewis  May 11, 2019 • 8:45:16am

re: #271 Sufficient unto the day…

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God, I remember driving in rural Indiana for Schneider Trucking. Some horrific roads.

But Michigan, Wisconsin, and Iowa all had equally bad sections as well. Republican governors = shitty roads.

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  May 11, 2019 • 8:45:30am

re: #272 Hecuba’s daughter

Isn’t the problem that the gas tax has not kept up with inflation? Like the sales tax, the gas tax is a regressive tax — but it can be worse than the sales tax. After all, in general, people who are less affluent find themselves with vehicles that have worse mileage, and therefore are likely to be purchasing more gasoline and therefore contributing disproportionately more to repair roads

And, as was the issue that sparked the Yellow Jackets in France, people in rural areas have farther distances to drive and less access to public transportation as an option.

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retired cynic  May 11, 2019 • 8:47:13am

re: #273 William Lewis

You can count Rod Blagoxxxxx as a Republican in that regard, as he just let the roads go.

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Eventual Carrion  May 11, 2019 • 8:49:45am

re: #266 jaunte

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The saddest part is, these companies and their PR mouthpieces are trying to keep the doomed employees in place until the best moment to dump them.

“Don’t sell your house!”

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Eric The Fruit Bat  May 11, 2019 • 8:54:15am

re: #275 retired cynic

You can count Rod Blagoxxxxx as a Republican in that regard, as he just let the roads go.

And he emblazoned his name at every entry point into Illinois to boot (I used to commute back and forth between Detroit and Chicagoland every quarter in the late 1990’s through 2005)

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  May 11, 2019 • 8:54:30am

re: #266 jaunte

[Embedded content]

The saddest part is, these companies and their PR mouthpieces are trying to keep the doomed employees in place until the best moment to dump them.

Remember how the Enron bosses prevented their employees from unloading their stock options while they quietly ditched their own?

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Hecuba's daughter  May 11, 2019 • 9:01:42am

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

And, as was the issue that sparked the Yellow Jackets in France, people in rural areas have farther distances to drive and less access to public transportation as an option.

It may just prove that more services need to be funded through income taxes. And some improved form of wealth tax. The estate tax needs to be revisited so that it would do a better job of taxing wealth, especially wealth concealed in trusts. Trump’s taxes need to be reviewed carefully so that we can design a system that would not permit the wealthy to avoid taxation. Of course if Trump actually has a negative net worth — and has had one for decades — we need to step back and repair our economic system to prevent frauds from stealing on a grand scale.

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Anymouse 🌹  May 11, 2019 • 9:03:45am

re: #231 DangerMan

Got a link yet?

Yup.
192.99.168.161

I had to get up and go to the Post Office to sign for my 34mg Phenobarbital tablets. I don’t understand why the VA does that. They do not require me to sign for the 100mg tablets. The pharmacist doesn’t know, “rules man.”

Back to bed.

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Decatur Deb  May 11, 2019 • 9:11:24am

re: #272 Hecuba’s daughter

Isn’t the problem that the gas tax has not kept up with inflation? Like the sales tax, the gas tax is a regressive tax — but it can be worse than the sales tax. After all, in general, people who are less affluent find themselves with vehicles that have worse mileage, and therefore are likely to be purchasing more gasoline and therefore contributing disproportionately more to repair roads

To transition to electrics, kill both the gas tax and harsh registration fee. Tax vehicles for road use based on actual recorded mileage, ideally with a weight multiplier to compensate for the increased wear caused by things like Kentucky’s overweight coal trucks.

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Ace Rothstein  May 11, 2019 • 9:13:48am

re: #266 jaunte

So I guess #Brokeahontas lied to me when he told me that 8-track tapes and leaded gas were the wave of the future?

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Ace Rothstein  May 11, 2019 • 9:17:25am

re: #266 jaunte

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gocart mozart  May 11, 2019 • 9:25:34am

re: #140 teleskiguy

It was a taping of stand up comics, 8 did 5 minute sets. Colbert wasnt there. It’s free, you register and there is a lottery. We’ll get a pass for a future show. I spent the day in the city. I’m only an hour and a half away.

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PhillyPretzel  May 11, 2019 • 9:34:37am

Just testing a new Bluetooth keyboard. So far it seems to be working.

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  May 11, 2019 • 9:35:45am

re: #285 PhillyPretzel

Just testing a new Bluetooth keyboard. So far it seems to be working.

I still have a printer attached by cable, but everyone else I know who has bought a printer since is wireless.

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Eclectic Cyborg  May 11, 2019 • 9:43:12am

I am so pissed that Trump wants to do a speech as part of the official July 4 celebrations.

That is some complete authoritarian bullshit.

I won’t listen. I’ll find some friends and a beach and some Bluetooth speakers and a grill and enjoy my day far away from any TV.

Fuck him for trying to politicize this holiday.

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PhillyPretzel  May 11, 2019 • 9:44:02am

re: #285 PhillyPretzel

My printer died and I have not replaced it. I just got one of these for my ipad.
amazon.com

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jaunte  May 11, 2019 • 9:44:27am
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Eclectic Cyborg  May 11, 2019 • 9:45:36am

re: #288 PhillyPretzel

Nice!

My wife wants an iPad pro. Would be nice if we could afford it.

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retired cynic  May 11, 2019 • 9:46:06am

re: #281 Decatur Deb

To transition to electrics, kill both the gas tax and harsh registration fee. Tax vehicles for road use based on actual recorded mileage, ideally with a weight multiplier to compensate for the increased wear caused by things like Kentucky’s overweight coal trucks.

There is an experimental program in IL for that, too. Lots of screaming from people who don’t read to see that it is voluntary, and if you do it, you don’t pay gasoline tax.

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  May 11, 2019 • 9:46:19am

re: #289 jaunte

By law and grammar both, “unborn citizens” is what is known as an oxymoron, but you, Scott, lurching onto a public forum with this stupidity, will never require a modifier.

This allows them to add a “civil rights” aspect to their arguments.

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PhillyPretzel  May 11, 2019 • 9:47:41am

re: #290 Eclectic Cyborg

Did you look at the refurbished one? They are usually a bit cheaper.

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jaunte  May 11, 2019 • 9:50:57am

re: #292 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))

“Unborn Citizens” would vote to do something about climate change.

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A hollow voice says, Inpeach...  May 11, 2019 • 9:52:52am

re: #293 PhillyPretzel

Did you look at the refurbished one? They are usually a bit cheaper.

There’s also one for students, not as fancy, but might meet your needs.

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jaunte  May 11, 2019 • 9:52:54am
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jaunte  May 11, 2019 • 9:54:36am

MULVANEY: Because they are not entitled to see them by law. By the way, they know, especially on this one, they know they’re never going to get these documents. This is a pure show-pony-type of situation. They know the legal reasons they can get those documents -

GARRETT: Legitimate legislative function.

MULVANEY: Right. And they’re not even close to that… They’re just doing this to make the president look bad. They don’t care. This is not about information about the president. Keep in mind, all of the president’s financial holdings, by law, are disclosed. Want to know what the president owns? Want to know how he makes money? All of that stuff is, by law, I have to fill out my form by the end of next week. So does he. This is just about trying to embarrass the president.

GARRETT: What’s embarrassing about his tax records?

MULVANEY: That’s what they want to know.

GARRETT: But what is it?

MULVANEY: I don’t know because I’ve never seen

GARRETT: Is there something embarrassing about his tax records?

MULVANEY: I have no idea and I don’t care.

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  May 11, 2019 • 9:55:19am

re: #296 jaunte

The GOP has boiled the frogs of the American electorate so thoroughly they think we won’t notice when their corrupt stooges say obvious bullshit like this.

I really wonder if we have reached the point of no recovery from all this.

These processes build up gradually over time but then hit us so fast that we don’t notice until it is too late to fix anything.

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Dr Lizardo  May 11, 2019 • 9:55:53am

Here’s a 1972 “nature on the rampage”/”eco-horror” classic starring Sam Elliot and Ray Milland.

Frogs.

Frogs 1972 | English Full Movie | Ray Milland, Sam Elliott | English Classic Thriller Movies

Frogs was one of the first of the eco-horror genre, a genre of film popular in the early 1970s.

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  May 11, 2019 • 9:56:32am

re: #297 jaunte

Trump’s tax records are relevant to his business dealings.

His personal lawyer, security adviser and campaign manager are in jail.

There are grounds to examine them.

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  May 11, 2019 • 9:57:56am

re: #299 Dr Lizardo

Here’s a 1972 “nature on the rampage”/”eco-horror” classic starring Sam Elliot and Ray Milland.

Frogs was one of the first of the eco-horror genre, a genre of film popular in the early 1970s.

I remember one scene from the beginning in which one of the characters complains “We rich people pay enough in taxes already.”

Chilling

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Dr Lizardo  May 11, 2019 • 10:02:44am

re: #301 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))

I remember one scene from the beginning in which one of the characters complains “We rich people pay enough in taxes already.”

Chilling

Yeah. In this one, the unscrupulous rich folks get their comeuppance in various, diabolical ways. Nature strikes back!*

*And it’s amusing.

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GlutenFreeJesus  May 11, 2019 • 10:07:11am

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Colère Tueur de Lapin  May 11, 2019 • 10:18:02am

re: #298 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))

I really wonder if we have reached the point of no recovery from all this.

These processes build up gradually over time but then hit us so fast that we don’t notice until it is too late to fix anything.

Depends of the definition of “recover”. I don’t think we will ever be a free democracy (if we ever were) again. Whether we teeter on compromised democracy or fall into an autocracy is still up in the air.

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Colère Tueur de Lapin  May 11, 2019 • 10:32:47am

re: #304 Colère Tueur de Lapin

Yup. It’s no almost official. Fuck-for-brains attempts to co-opt the national mall 4th of July celebration as an homage to his attempted dictatorship.

Trump takes over Fourth of July celebration, changing its location and inserting himself into the program

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William Lewis  May 11, 2019 • 10:33:39am

re: #298 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))

I really wonder if we have reached the point of no recovery from all this.

These processes build up gradually over time but then hit us so fast that we don’t notice until it is too late to fix anything.

Well, our First Republic is as dead as when Nappy became First Consul. The only real question is if there will be a full bore (Pinochet/Franco level minimum) dictatorship and/or civil war before the Second Republic is established.

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Colère Tueur de Lapin  May 11, 2019 • 10:34:31am

re: #306 William Lewis

That’s pretty much my thought.

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Amory Blaine  May 11, 2019 • 10:43:37am

God damnit. A welder I follow on YouTube just announced on his channel that he’s a far right ethno-nationalist. Unsubscribe.

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Belafon  May 11, 2019 • 10:47:03am

re: #306 William Lewis

Well, our First Republic is as dead as when Nappy became First Consul. The only real question is if there will be a full bore (Pinochet/Franco level minimum) dictatorship and/or civil war before the Second Republic is established.

Remember the Civil War? Remember Wilson?

I would argue we’re in version 3 or 4.

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makeitstop  May 11, 2019 • 10:53:52am

We’re going to see Frank Turner & The Sleeping Souls tonight! Hope he does this one.

Frank Turner - Make America Great Again (Official Video)

It will be our fourth time seeing him. If you haven’t heard him, he’s well worth checking out. Maybe the best songwriter of the new century so far.

Ask Happy. He’ll tell you how good this guy is.

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William Lewis  May 11, 2019 • 10:54:59am

re: #309 Belafon

Remember the Civil War? Remember Wilson?

I would argue we’re in version 3 or 4.

I would say that the Republic survived the ACW intact. The real damage to it happened in the election of 1876, but still while damaged it held up and everyone from (even) Wilson to Obama played by the rules and some (the Roosevelts especially) even fixed some of the problems. Now we have the Russian operatives McConnell and Trump putting the stake into it’s heart.

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plansbandc  May 11, 2019 • 10:56:30am
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jaunte  May 11, 2019 • 10:58:32am

re: #312 plansbandc

a creepy doll-headed pair of ragged claws
scuttling across the floors of silent seas

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HappyWarrior  May 11, 2019 • 11:08:18am

re: #310 makeitstop

We’re going to see Frank Turner & The Sleeping Souls tonight! Hope he does this one.

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It will be our fourth time seeing him. If you haven’t heard him, he’s well worth checking out. Maybe the best songwriter of the new century so far.

Ask Happy. He’ll tell you how good this guy is.

He’s great. Terrific songwriter who combines the raw energy of punk but with folk’s sensibilities. Got my photo taken with him too. I’m not a short guy but Frank towered over me.

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HappyWarrior  May 11, 2019 • 11:09:55am

re: #305 Colère Tueur de Lapin

Yup. It’s no almost official. Fuck-for-brains attempts to co-opt the national mall 4th of July celebration as an homage to his attempted dictatorship.

Trump takes over Fourth of July celebration, changing its location and inserting himself into the program

The “your favorite President” always makes me cringe so much. Not because he’s not but because it’s Dear Leader shit. He wants to be worshipped not admired.

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PhillyPretzel  May 11, 2019 • 11:15:23am

re: #315 HappyWarrior

Exactly. He wants everyone to worship him like a god. He is far from it.

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HappyWarrior  May 11, 2019 • 11:19:54am

re: #316 PhillyPretzel

Exactly. He wants everyone to worship him like a god. He is far from it.

He sees how Kim, Putin, KSM, & the others are viewed by their subjects and he wants that. He’s too stupid imo to be aware that fear plays a big role. Plus I think he sees totalitarian rule as a sign of strength and democratic rule as weakness.

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Joe Bacon 🌹  May 11, 2019 • 12:12:16pm

re: #278 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))

Remember how the Enron bosses prevented their employees from unloading their stock options while they quietly ditched their own?

The same fucking thing Carly Fiorina did at Lucent to steal all of my cousin’s 401K. When she got done with him he didn’t have $4.01 left!

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dell*nix  May 11, 2019 • 8:48:29pm

re: #27 Backwoods_Sleuth

Just had surgery for this on the 9th. Went smooth.


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