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1
Scottish Dragon  May 17, 2019 • 11:59:24am

So they didn’t buy it from Jared?

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Charles Johnson  May 17, 2019 • 12:00:42pm
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Decatur Deb  May 17, 2019 • 12:02:35pm

Glad the “Roll Tide” thread is closing. Actually Alabama was pretty smart to get in early with a Handmaid’s Law. Now a bunch of other yahoo states will try to out-dumb us and catch the next wave of shit.

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jaunte  May 17, 2019 • 12:16:43pm
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jaunte  May 17, 2019 • 12:19:05pm
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allegro  May 17, 2019 • 12:20:06pm

Pro-life!

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Chrysicat  May 17, 2019 • 12:20:50pm

Went searching for “remove the senators” (as in the ones who refuse to convict), found this that should have had more action two months ago:

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Sir John Barron  May 17, 2019 • 12:22:29pm

re: #5 jaunte

“ramble-mocking” should get more use.

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Scottish Dragon  May 17, 2019 • 12:28:53pm

A two star army general just started following me on twitter….

Not sure why.

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Decatur Deb  May 17, 2019 • 12:30:43pm

re: #9 Scottish Dragon

A two star army general just started following me on twitter….

Not sure why.

Did you clear your hand receipts at ETS?

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wrenchwench  May 17, 2019 • 12:33:04pm

re: #9 Scottish Dragon

A two star army general just started following me on twitter….

Not sure why.

Followers should have to complete a multiple-choice thing about ‘why’. With large comment space for ‘other:’

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Dread Pirate Union Local 13  May 17, 2019 • 12:35:45pm
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Dread Pirate Union Local 13  May 17, 2019 • 12:39:04pm
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Chrysicat  May 17, 2019 • 12:41:17pm

Wow. Report for the white supremacism, scroll down and find he’s a trans-exclusionary MRA. I’m not saying he needs a good dogpiling, but I’m not not-saying it either.

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Belafon  May 17, 2019 • 12:42:02pm

re: #12 Dread Pirate Union Local 13

Because Barr believes the president is above the law.

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The Vicious Babushka  May 17, 2019 • 12:45:19pm

One of my all time favorite writers. יהי זכרו ברוך

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Scottish Dragon  May 17, 2019 • 12:47:10pm

re: #10 Decatur Deb

Did you clear your hand receipts at ETS?

I thought so…yikes!

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FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀  May 17, 2019 • 12:49:16pm
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FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀  May 17, 2019 • 12:50:58pm
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makeitstop  May 17, 2019 • 12:57:18pm

re: #19 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀

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She was so tiny! Good kitty.

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FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀  May 17, 2019 • 12:58:33pm
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HappyWarrior  May 17, 2019 • 12:59:03pm

re: #18 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀

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Exactly how I feel about her too.

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HappyWarrior  May 17, 2019 • 1:00:15pm

re: #21 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀

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Consensual rape isn’t a thing jackass and date rape is still rape. I hope your wife and all the women in your life leave you so you’re stuck with your lonesome dick.

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FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀  May 17, 2019 • 1:00:17pm
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jaunte  May 17, 2019 • 1:01:47pm

re: #14 Chrysicat

Finland, Sweden, Norway, Canada: functioning legal systems.
Venezuela: judiciary corrupted and captured by the ruling party.

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Eclectic Cyborg  May 17, 2019 • 1:05:14pm

Y’all this anti-abortion stuff is happening FAST.

Red states are tripping over each other to get these laws through.

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jaunte  May 17, 2019 • 1:05:38pm
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Chrysicat  May 17, 2019 • 1:05:40pm
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Belafon  May 17, 2019 • 1:07:23pm

re: #28 Chrysicat

The harder jack tries to keep apolitical, the more political forces are going to take advantage of Twitter.

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Eclectic Cyborg  May 17, 2019 • 1:10:33pm

re: #29 Belafon

The harder jack tries to keep apolitical, the more political forces are going to take advantage of Twitter.

Yep, we’re in for a shitshow next year as election day draws closer.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  May 17, 2019 • 1:10:44pm

re: #19 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀

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and a good part of that money went toward keeping Tardar Sauce happy and comfortable despite all of her physical problems.

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Eclectic Cyborg  May 17, 2019 • 1:11:07pm

Question: Anyone know how good the GOP chances are of taking back the House next year?

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Backwoods_Sleuth  May 17, 2019 • 1:11:32pm

re: #21 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀

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whatevah, Hovis ya caveman

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Backwoods_Sleuth  May 17, 2019 • 1:13:24pm

re: #27 jaunte

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Mitch’s face just keeps getting weirder and weirder looking.

He’s looking more like Wayland Flowers’ puppet, Madame.

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wrenchwench  May 17, 2019 • 1:13:35pm

re: #26 Eclectic Cyborg

Y’all this anti-abortion stuff is happening FAST.

Red states are tripping over each other to get these laws through.

Panic mode. They have to get it done before the mythical 2nd term. Of their president.

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Belafon  May 17, 2019 • 1:14:33pm

re: #32 Eclectic Cyborg

Question: Anyone know how good the GOP chances are of taking back the House next year?

0 actually. And I would bet on that.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  May 17, 2019 • 1:14:57pm

ALL CAPS REALTORS!!!

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Jebediah, RBG  May 17, 2019 • 1:15:19pm

re: #9 Scottish Dragon

Maybe thinks you are an actual dragon?

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Backwoods_Sleuth  May 17, 2019 • 1:16:44pm

re: #37 Backwoods_Sleuth

ALL CAPS REALTORS!!!

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So funny that someone (NOT the moron) tweeted that knowing that all caps with a TM is the trademark

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Dread Pirate Union Local 13  May 17, 2019 • 1:20:00pm
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Backwoods_Sleuth  May 17, 2019 • 1:22:37pm
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Backwoods_Sleuth  May 17, 2019 • 1:24:54pm

well, now, lookie here

Jim Jordan insists that he knows nothing about this…

seriously, he is claiming ignorance.

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Shiplord Kirel, Friend of Moose and Squirrel  May 17, 2019 • 1:25:09pm

re: #26 Eclectic Cyborg

Y’all this anti-abortion stuff is happening FAST.

Red states are tripping over each other to get these laws through.

It’s been a long time building and has finally reached critical mass.

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lawhawk  May 17, 2019 • 1:28:01pm

re: #37 Backwoods_Sleuth

Realtors in the NYC metro area will be more than happy to tell Trump what they think of his SALT changes and the mortgage interest deduction limits.

Oh, and the fact that the interest rates are stuck at the current levels shows that the economy is weaker than Trump would ever care to admit. That he’s trying to keep them where they are or lower, shows that he knows the economy is this close to the precipice.

Low interest rates are not inducing more real estate sales.

The problem is that people are still overextended and a host of other factors - student loans, medical costs, etc., and the GOP solution to all of this is: inherit your wealth because we wont tax it and…. bootstraps (but only if you’re a white guy).

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Chrysicat  May 17, 2019 • 1:34:59pm

re: #32 Eclectic Cyborg

Question: Anyone know how good the GOP chances are of taking back the House next year?

I don’t know, but the districts will remain the same until 2022 (well, outside of the areas that SCOTUS allows to be even MORE gerrymandered for Rs because they were districted by nonpartisan committees, not the R-controlled legislatures “as USCONST demands”, in the early part of the decade).

So it all comes down to who wins those districts presidentially, because ticket-splitting is mainly becoming a thing of the past.

Although I do fear that our guy (or hopefully girl!) will have smaller coattails should they win than Trump will if he does.

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KGxvi  May 17, 2019 • 1:35:55pm

re: #5 jaunte

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NAFTA, despite all its critics, has been a general boom for most all of the economy (as have most free trade agreements we’ve entered in the last quarter century). It’s one of the major factors that allowed our economy to transition from being manufacturing-based to service-based.

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Dread Pirate Union Local 13  May 17, 2019 • 1:36:05pm

\o/

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Sir John Barron  May 17, 2019 • 1:38:31pm

re: #47 Dread Pirate Union Local 13

o/

Witch Hunt! Hoax! Investigate the Investigators!

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Mike Lamb  May 17, 2019 • 1:38:58pm

re: #36 Belafon

0 actually. And I would bet on that.

Would lean towards that opinion as well. Never say never, obviously, but I can’t see what the Dem House Caucus might have done (or be doing) that would sour their constituents on them. And it’s not like Trump is getting better or that any GOP candidate feels like they can buck Trump and survive a primary. If anything, we might see more extreme GOP House candidates in ‘20. Can’t see how that would bode well for the GOP.

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lawhawk  May 17, 2019 • 1:42:06pm

Ugh, my MFA is all screwed up, so if I’m not present over the weekend, that’s the reason why. I can’t get the MFA set up on my new phone and I can’t find the emails/info needed to set it up.

But in the process of trying to find that information, I came across a page I wrote back in 2013 that’s as relevant now as it was back then.

The GOP Long War.

President Barack Obama won reelection in 2012, but that hasn’t stopped the GOP from blocking the President’s social agenda at every turn. In turn, Democrats have largely blocked the GOP war on women at the federal level, and just this past week a federal judge ruled that day-after pills must be made available over the counter.

Gov. Sam Brownback, a former US Senator from Kansas, gave the GOP weekly address this week, and he identified how the GOP intends to carry out its misogynistic and brazen assault on abortion rights and the overall social agenda.

If they can’t do it at the federal level, they’ll roll back the rights at the state level.

That’s exactly what they’re doing.

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I Would Prefer Not To  May 17, 2019 • 1:42:34pm

re: #49 Mike Lamb

Would lean towards that opinion as well. Never say never, obviously, but I can’t see what the Dem House Caucus might have done (or be doing) that would sour their constituents on them. And it’s not like Trump is getting better or that any GOP candidate feels like they can buck Trump and survive a primary. If anything, we might see more extreme GOP House candidates in ‘20. Can’t see how that would bode well for the GOP.

If turnout is huge and it should be dems will do well in the house.

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KGxvi  May 17, 2019 • 1:45:48pm

re: #32 Eclectic Cyborg

Question: Anyone know how good the GOP chances are of taking back the House next year?

re: #36 Belafon

0 actually. And I would bet on that.

I wouldn’t say it’s “zero” but it’s probably pretty close to zero. They’d have to pick up 18 seats in a presidential year in which they are defending a widely and historically unpopular president. Assuming that the Democrats don’t decide to nominate Abe SimpsonBernie Sanders and the onion on his belt, they should have the advantage up and down the ballot.

In other words, it’s all about turnout. If Democrats can turn out even more voters than they did in 2018, they should be able to hold the House, and possibly expand their majority, along with picking up the White House. The question will remain the Senate. While Republicans are defending a lot of seats, a lot of those seats aren’t necessarily “easy” wins for Democrats. And even if they do win the Senate, some of those new Senators are going to be much closer to the center or even right than what a lot of activists will prefer.

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Chrysicat  May 17, 2019 • 1:47:51pm

Can I just say I was totally right?

Though I’m worried that trying to anger people against conservatism in this way (an earlier tweet in the thread specifically had him saying corruption is GOOD now) might not pay off the way he thinks it will.

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lawhawk  May 17, 2019 • 1:50:01pm
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Chrysicat  May 17, 2019 • 1:51:25pm

re: #28 Chrysicat

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For the record, as soon as I finished that tweet, I went following the entire enemies list. Five members of it are already suspended.

Tulsibots are pure evil and if she wins the election we’re still looking at a Russian’s idea of paradise. The only thing different will be whether the corporations get to keep their current stockholders or get seized by the government.

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Mescalero  May 17, 2019 • 1:55:04pm

OT
these guys were time travelers. observe the wireless performance.

The Seeds - Pushin’ Too Hard.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  May 17, 2019 • 1:57:02pm

re: #54 lawhawk

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men were totally shut out of those very low-paying waitress, barmaid, and home healthcare jobs?

(those are the ones just off the top of my head…)

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Ace Rothstein  May 17, 2019 • 1:57:16pm

re: #1 Scottish Dragon

So they didn’t buy it from Jared?

No.

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Chrysicat  May 17, 2019 • 1:58:47pm

re: #56 Wah Gwaan?!

OT

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Is it totes off-topic? It certainly fits with that Pumperton guy I embedded the tweet from, just above it!😈

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Dread Pirate Union Local 13  May 17, 2019 • 1:59:53pm

November 18, 2016

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Belafon  May 17, 2019 • 2:00:02pm

re: #57 Backwoods_Sleuth

men were totally shut out of those very low-paying waitress, barmaid, and home healthcare jobs?

(those are the ones just off the top of my head…)

You also forgot incubator. //

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makeitstop  May 17, 2019 • 2:01:05pm

re: #56 Wah Gwaan?!

OT
these guys were time travelers. observe the wireless performance.

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Video

They also sing very loudly minus microphones.

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HappyWarrior  May 17, 2019 • 2:01:17pm

re: #60 Dread Pirate Union Local 13

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He wasn’t going to listen to Cummings and Obama because Trump would never let a black guy tell him one of his white guys was bad news.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  May 17, 2019 • 2:02:42pm

some chat here last night about quick and easy meals to make.

Tonight here in TheBackwoods, it’s going to be Beef With Broccoli.
I make this on a regular rota of meals here, and it really is just about 20 minutes, including prep time.
I use no added salt, and Kikoman’s low-sodium soy sauce. A fist-sized chunk of top sirloin roast sliced appropriately for the dish and fresh broccoli. Served over basmati rice (riced cauliflower works just as well for the keto folks).

yum, yum, yum.

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KGxvi  May 17, 2019 • 2:02:55pm

re: #63 HappyWarrior

He wasn’t going to listen to Cummings and Obama because Trump would never let a black guy tell him one of his white guys was bad news anything.

FTFY

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Mescalero  May 17, 2019 • 2:03:26pm

re: #59 Chrysicat

I hear ya.

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HappyWarrior  May 17, 2019 • 2:03:31pm

re: #65 KGxvi

FTFY

Yep.

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Chrysicat  May 17, 2019 • 2:03:39pm
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Eclectic Cyborg  May 17, 2019 • 2:03:49pm

re: #47 Dread Pirate Union Local 13

“The student did not report his abuse to his coach or to others at the University, noting that the student-athletes were generally expected to be ‘the manliest of men’,” the report states.

This shit is the fucking problem. This right here.

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Mescalero  May 17, 2019 • 2:03:57pm

re: #62 makeitstop

They also sing very loudly minus microphones.

Talent, buddy. Talent.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  May 17, 2019 • 2:05:51pm

YAY ME!

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Backwoods_Sleuth  May 17, 2019 • 2:08:29pm

re: #71 Backwoods_Sleuth

YAY ME!

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hail up to ping pong size

wind gusts up to 70mph

fun times ahead!

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Sir John Barron  May 17, 2019 • 2:09:48pm

re: #60 Dread Pirate Union Local 13

Ah, he didn’t know, guys. No harm no foul.
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Backwoods_Sleuth  May 17, 2019 • 2:11:56pm

what a good, brave boi…

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makeitstop  May 17, 2019 • 2:13:01pm

re: #70 Wah Gwaan?!

Talent, buddy. Talent.

That was Sky Saxon, man! He had powers!

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Sir John Barron  May 17, 2019 • 2:13:04pm

re: #60 Dread Pirate Union Local 13

Guys, he didn’t even know Flynn, he just got the coffee.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  May 17, 2019 • 2:13:15pm

can’t stop giggling…

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Mescalero  May 17, 2019 • 2:13:28pm

re: #72 Backwoods_Sleuth

hail up to ping pong size

wind gusts up to 70mph

fun times ahead!

Get a helmet and safety glasses and a wiffle ball bat and have at it.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  May 17, 2019 • 2:14:40pm
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Mescalero  May 17, 2019 • 2:14:56pm

re: #75 makeitstop

That was Sky Saxon, man! He had powers!

“Son of a bitch just LOOKED at an amp and it cleaned up…..”

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Backwoods_Sleuth  May 17, 2019 • 2:15:55pm
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Mescalero  May 17, 2019 • 2:19:24pm

re: #81 Backwoods_Sleuth

2 dollar scratch off Lottery winner…………..

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gocart mozart  May 17, 2019 • 2:23:37pm

re: #16 The Vicious Babushka

This Stephen King story is out of date.

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Mescalero  May 17, 2019 • 2:31:07pm

Off to make dinnah for mom.

Colleen Duffy.
She’s had a rough go of it. Rough go of it definition.
Like her stuff. Somewhere in between blues, ****ry, rockabilly, and jazz.
With a side of soul.
Friday on my mind.

Devil Doll - Lord’s Prayer

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FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀  May 17, 2019 • 2:37:48pm
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gocart mozart  May 17, 2019 • 2:39:53pm
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Backwoods_Sleuth  May 17, 2019 • 2:44:15pm
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Colère Tueur de Lapin  May 17, 2019 • 2:45:28pm

re: #81 Backwoods_Sleuth

Gary’s welcome at my house, anytime.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  May 17, 2019 • 2:45:34pm
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Colère Tueur de Lapin  May 17, 2019 • 2:47:41pm

re: #89 Backwoods_Sleuth

**shudder**

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Backwoods_Sleuth  May 17, 2019 • 2:48:39pm
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gocart mozart  May 17, 2019 • 2:51:01pm

Really cool footage of The Who playing to a couple dozen teens in a cramped seedy basement on London

The High Numbers at the Railway Hotel, 1964

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Backwoods_Sleuth  May 17, 2019 • 2:51:36pm

jeebus

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Backwoods_Sleuth  May 17, 2019 • 2:52:58pm
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Backwoods_Sleuth  May 17, 2019 • 2:53:38pm
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Backwoods_Sleuth  May 17, 2019 • 2:56:58pm
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prairiefire  May 17, 2019 • 3:00:56pm

re: #3 Decatur Deb

Glad the “Roll Tide” thread is closing. Actually Alabama was pretty smart to get in early with a Handmaid’s Law. Now a bunch of other yahoo states will try to out-dumb us and catch the next wave of shit.

MO: hold my beer

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Mike Lamb  May 17, 2019 • 3:02:41pm

re: #91 Backwoods_Sleuth

Trump: Those reports are fake, but yes, I am considering that.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  May 17, 2019 • 3:06:00pm
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Backwoods_Sleuth  May 17, 2019 • 3:06:47pm
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Belafon  May 17, 2019 • 3:07:12pm

re: #91 Backwoods_Sleuth

Some people need to open the history books to what happened to the US when Eisenhower mass deported Latinos.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  May 17, 2019 • 3:08:48pm

ratfuckers gotta rat fuck

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Backwoods_Sleuth  May 17, 2019 • 3:10:07pm

...

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Hecuba's daughter  May 17, 2019 • 3:11:06pm

re: #63 HappyWarrior

He wasn’t going to listen to Cummings and Obama because Trump would never let a black guy tell him one of his white guys was bad news.

Cummings wrote a letter — do you think that Trump pays any attention to WRITTEN warnings????

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Belafon  May 17, 2019 • 3:12:36pm

re: #102 Backwoods_Sleuth

ratfuckers gotta rat fuck

Verify stuff that you don’t like. Doubly verify stuff that you agree with. I would have thought Sarah would have known that.

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gocart mozart  May 17, 2019 • 3:16:05pm
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Backwoods_Sleuth  May 17, 2019 • 3:16:53pm

Attica is tearing Bevin several new ones on twitter tonight.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  May 17, 2019 • 3:18:28pm

re: #107 Backwoods_Sleuth

I adore Attica…she’s the best

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Backwoods_Sleuth  May 17, 2019 • 3:24:06pm

not holding my breath on this one…but sometimes life can surprise.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  May 17, 2019 • 3:25:51pm

re: #109 Backwoods_Sleuth

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not holding my breath on this one…but sometimes life can surprise.

tweets from the OP

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Backwoods_Sleuth  May 17, 2019 • 3:28:00pm

re: #110 Backwoods_Sleuth

FREEZE PEACH!!11!!

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FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀  May 17, 2019 • 3:29:46pm
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Backwoods_Sleuth  May 17, 2019 • 3:29:52pm

fuck off JZ, ya yob

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Mike Lamb  May 17, 2019 • 3:30:31pm

re: #107 Backwoods_Sleuth

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Attica is tearing Bevin several new ones on twitter tonight.

It’s offensive to people like him? The mentally deficient, fuck-nozzle demographic?

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Mike Lamb  May 17, 2019 • 3:32:04pm

re: #113 Backwoods_Sleuth

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fuck off JZ, ya yob

So it’s ok to say “bullshit” if you really mean it?

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Backwoods_Sleuth  May 17, 2019 • 3:32:30pm

good fucking grief

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Backwoods_Sleuth  May 17, 2019 • 3:33:19pm

re: #115 Mike Lamb

So it’s ok to say “bullshit” if you really mean it?

only if you are Republican…

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Patricia Kayden  May 17, 2019 • 3:41:22pm
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gocart mozart  May 17, 2019 • 3:47:06pm
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plansbandc  May 17, 2019 • 3:48:25pm

re: #119 gocart mozart

Dictators gotta dictate.

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Belafon  May 17, 2019 • 3:51:10pm

re: #119 gocart mozart

I can’t wait for when Chris cheers Trump’s 17 stroke, 18 hole golf game.

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Feline Fearless Leader  May 17, 2019 • 3:57:16pm

re: #116 Backwoods_Sleuth

good fucking grief

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Imagine the massive uproar if the teacher had worn a MAGA hat, would arguably would be more likely in an actual shooter situation.

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gocart mozart  May 17, 2019 • 3:58:21pm
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Patricia Kayden  May 17, 2019 • 4:00:18pm

re: #119 gocart mozart

I see CC was ratioed. Idiot.

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Chrysicat  May 17, 2019 • 4:02:20pm
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Amory Blaine  May 17, 2019 • 4:02:54pm

Trump takes war on abortion worldwide as policy cuts off funds

The Trump administration has taken its war on abortion worldwide, cutting off all funding to any overseas organisation or clinic that will not agree to a complete ban on even discussing it.

The Mexico City policy, dubbed the “global gag” by its critics, denies US federal funds to any organisation involved in providing abortion services overseas or counselling women about them. It was instituted by the then US president Ronald Reagan and has been revoked by every Democrat and reinstated by every Republican president since.

But, under Trump, the net has been thrown wider and pulled tighter than ever. Sexual health organisations have said women will die as a consequence as they pursue dangerous DIY solutions or “back street” abortions instead.

In March, the US extended the gag, stating that any organisation counselling women on abortion and using funds from elsewhere - even from its own government or a donor in another country - will no longer be eligible for any US funding. The diktat applies to all global health organisations. HIV and children’s charities must sign up to the pledge, alongside those running sexual and reproductive health clinics.

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Chrysicat  May 17, 2019 • 4:05:12pm

re: #119 gocart mozart

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7-y (Expectation of Great Things in Due Course)  May 17, 2019 • 4:07:20pm

How hard would it be for someone to measure the distances of his drives?

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gocart mozart  May 17, 2019 • 4:07:26pm

Even John Dean mocks Cillizza

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Backwoods_Sleuth  May 17, 2019 • 4:18:42pm

re: #126 Amory Blaine

Trump takes war on abortion worldwide as policy cuts off funds

hmmmm…does that include Israel?

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Backwoods_Sleuth  May 17, 2019 • 4:22:39pm

moron has no freaking idea what this means, but Fox said it so it must be good!

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Patricia Kayden  May 17, 2019 • 4:41:06pm

re: #126 Amory Blaine

Isn’t abortion legal in Israel? So is Trump going to stop giving aid to Israel then? I’m sure some of its aid filters into the abortion services there.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  May 17, 2019 • 4:41:23pm
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wrenchwench  May 17, 2019 • 4:42:51pm

Did they have color photography in 1939?

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The Vicious Babushka  May 17, 2019 • 4:43:49pm

re: #134 wrenchwench

Did they have color photography in 1939?

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Wizard of Oz.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  May 17, 2019 • 4:44:14pm

re: #134 wrenchwench

Did they have color photography in 1939?

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yes

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Belafon  May 17, 2019 • 4:46:03pm

re: #134 wrenchwench

Did they have color photography in 1939?

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Yes. But a lot of photographers considered it inferior to black and white from a style standpoint.

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Belafon  May 17, 2019 • 4:46:24pm

re: #135 The Vicious Babushka

Wizard of Oz.

Or Gone With the Wind.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  May 17, 2019 • 4:49:44pm

if Gary the penguin was a duck…

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Patricia Kayden  May 17, 2019 • 4:50:42pm
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Anymouse 🌹  May 17, 2019 • 4:53:49pm

Just got back from the VA. The nurse practitioner was hoping to get out of there and back here (she lives across the street from me) before the heavy weather hit Sidney. (Narrator: She didn’t.)

She ordered a whole bunch of hormone tests for me based on medical recommendations for my condition. (She didn’t order a pregnancy test though.)

The weather is rapidly going to hell in a handbasket … tornado warnings now popping up across the state. We’re under a thunderstorm watch, with severe thunderstorms to our south in Sidney and southwest in Sterling.

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Belafon  May 17, 2019 • 4:54:33pm

re: #140 Patricia Kayden

But those middle class Democrats in PA think he’s OK.

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Patricia Kayden  May 17, 2019 • 4:56:47pm

Sigh.

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prairiefire  May 17, 2019 • 4:57:54pm

re: #141 Anymouse 🌹

We are supposed to be aware of our surroundings tomorrow and have back up plans if going outside. Results in a lot of people racing around to get things done.
Straight line winds?

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Patricia Kayden  May 17, 2019 • 5:00:28pm

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Patricia Kayden  May 17, 2019 • 5:08:08pm
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William Lewis  May 17, 2019 • 5:09:17pm

re: #134 wrenchwench

Did they have color photography in 1939?

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Kodachrome I (about ISO 4 speed).

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gocart mozart  May 17, 2019 • 5:14:02pm
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Backwoods_Sleuth  May 17, 2019 • 5:16:05pm

re: #147 William Lewis

Kodachrome I (about ISO 4 speed).

Paul Simon - Kodachrome (HQ)

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gocart mozart  May 17, 2019 • 5:16:16pm
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Teukka  May 17, 2019 • 5:33:16pm

re: #145 Patricia Kayden

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One of my thoughts when I posted the Valery Alekseyevich Legasov quote the other day was its relevance today. The night of the accident Dyatlov, Fomin and Bryukhanov denied anything serious had happened at all, that the radiation was at 3.6 R/h (36 mSv/h) and that it had been a hydrogen explosion.
Did it change anything? No. Radiation was still at around 20,000 R/h (200 Sv/h = 200,000 mSv/h) in the worst hit areas, and the nature of the accident was still an
open core breach and meltdown.

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PhillyPretzel  May 17, 2019 • 5:38:31pm

re: #134 wrenchwench

Gone With The Wind. Enough said.

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Anymouse 🌹  May 17, 2019 • 5:38:55pm

There’s a novel argument:

154
teleskiguy  May 17, 2019 • 5:40:10pm

CIVILIZATION WILL COLLAPSE IF TEH GAYS CAN MARRY!!!!11TY

15 years later…

155
PhillyPretzel  May 17, 2019 • 5:40:12pm

Has this been posted yet?
whyy.org

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austin_blue  May 17, 2019 • 5:43:08pm

re: #155 PhillyPretzel

Has this been posted yet?
whyy.org

Yes, and he’ll ignore the ruling, except for shit tweeting it tomorrow as a judicial overreach which he will not obey.

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Cheechako  May 17, 2019 • 5:44:06pm

I’m going out on a limb and making a prediction.

There’s been a lot of noise lately about the missing Trump-Russia counter-intel probe. I believe such a probe is being conducted by the FBI. Probably by a super-duper, secret FBI Task Force.

First of all, all the evidence so far indicates that such a probe would be mandated given what we now know.

Second, what we know shows that such an investigation is with-in the purview of the FBI. The FBI is the agency charged investigation of espionage with-in the United States. I even suspect the Director of the FBI (political appointee) or AG are not aware of such an investigation. The core of investigators is probably a group of FBI agents who care more about the well being of the United States than the crooked politicians currently in power.

Third, the issue Trump-Russia contacts are just too big to sweep under the rug. Eventually, someone will get fed up with the situation and become a whistle-blower. Sooner than later I hope.

Fourth, this issue will be the largest nuclear bomb of politics in the United States in our history. A lot of people will be sent to prison when this information comes out.

The dirty politicians will try to convince the public that such an investigation is a coup to overthrow the government. It’s not. It’s how citizens can restore their confidence in their country with an honest and accountable government.

I hope I’m right this time.

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Mescalero  May 17, 2019 • 5:45:49pm

I could say words.
I could point to things.
I could.
I’ve held half the world in contempt for far too long to beg for forgetfulness.
It is and I am.
So I shall be who I am.
Damn.
I’m a fucking poet.
Na.
Drinking.
I could go on, but you would suspect I was really drinking.
Na.
Carry this with you.
Check out the album. Wow. I only heard it about 4 years after it was released.
Sometime Tom is my therapy.
Try it. But it’s drinking music my friend.
It’s a bottle.
Tip one for all that came before.
And for you.
Live.

Tom Waits - (Looking For) The Heart Of Saturday Night

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Anymouse 🌹  May 17, 2019 • 5:46:24pm

re: #105 Belafon

Verify stuff that you don’t like. Doubly verify stuff that you agree with. I would have thought Sarah would have known that.

Perhaps one of the Twitterati here should send that tweet to Dr. Kendzior directly.

While it’s good to check everything, it’s possible for things to slip through.

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teleskiguy  May 17, 2019 • 5:51:05pm

re: #159 Anymouse 🌹

I would send that tweet from Gus directly to Sarah but he blocked me ‘cause he’s a miserable asshole who I thought was a friend. I asked him if I should kill myself, he said yes. Fuck Gus_802 sideways.

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austin_blue  May 17, 2019 • 5:51:30pm

re: #157 Cheechako

I’m going out on a limb and make a prediction.

There’s been a lot of noise lately about the missing Trump-Russia counter-intel probe. I believe such a probe is being conducted by the FBI. Probably by a super-duper, secret FBI Task Force.

First of all, all the evidence so far indicates that such a probe would be mandated given what we now know.

Second, what we know shows that such an investigation is with-in the purview of the FBI. The FBI is the agency charged investigation of espionage with-in the United States. I even suspect the Director of the FBI (political appointee) or AG are not aware of such an investigation. The core of investigators is probably a group of FBI agents who care more about the well being of the United States than the crooked politicians currently in power.

Third, the issue Trump-Russia contacts are just too big to sweep under the rug. Eventually, someone will get fed up with the situation and become a whistle-blower. Sooner than later I hope.

Fourth, this issue will be the largest nuclear bomb of politics in the United States in our history. A lot of people will be sent to prison when this information comes out.

The dirty politicians will try to convince the public that such an investigation is a coup to overthrow the government. It’s not. It’s how citizens can restore their confidence in their country with an honest and accountable government.

I hope I’m right this time.

I think you and most of the rest of us have been right all along.

The problem is that teasing the truth out of the dribble dribble dribble of information so painfully, slowly being released is just infuriating. This is not transparency. This is stonewalling at its legal best.

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FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀  May 17, 2019 • 5:51:56pm
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sagehen  May 17, 2019 • 5:53:09pm

re: #132 Patricia Kayden

Isn’t abortion legal in Israel? So is Trump going to stop giving aid to Israel then? I’m sure some of its aid filters into the abortion services there.

It’s not just legal, it’s often FREE!!

Not just if it’s medically required; they’ll also cover purely elective abortions if the woman who wants it is over 40, under 18, active duty military, or if the pregnancy came from rape, incest or adultery.

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Anymouse 🌹  May 17, 2019 • 5:55:10pm

re: #119 gocart mozart

Wow, Cillizza is getting dragged by everyone from other journalists to historians on that thread.

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teleskiguy  May 17, 2019 • 5:55:59pm

Texarkana gonna get a whippin’ tomorrow.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  May 17, 2019 • 5:57:16pm
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Anymouse 🌹  May 17, 2019 • 5:57:44pm

re: #123 gocart mozart

Also, without Hitler there would be no “Herbie the Love Bug”. Think about it.

Fun fact: The fellow who invented the car Herbie is from my town. He died a couple years ago.

He controlled the car with a gutted dial telephone he put into a radio transmitter. He also appeared with Alan Funt on Candid Camera to use the car for pranks.

He also ran the car in the annual Broadwater Days parade. There is a corner of our village museum dedicated to him, including photos of him with the car, Disney officials, Alan Funt, the car in our village parades, and other stuff.

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teleskiguy  May 17, 2019 • 5:58:45pm

It seems like every spring now there’s “historic” severe weather in the middle of the United States. Just in 20 years there’s been two thousand year flood events in the Mississippi River Valley.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  May 17, 2019 • 5:59:41pm

re: #166 Backwoods_Sleuth

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So, it’s Gaetz, not Nunes.

wow

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Belafon  May 17, 2019 • 6:00:21pm

re: #154 teleskiguy

CIVILIZATION WILL COLLAPSE IF TEH GAYS CAN MARRY!!!!11TY

15 years later…

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This country’s going down if conservatives have to do it thenselves.

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Anymouse 🌹  May 17, 2019 • 6:01:11pm

re: #134 wrenchwench

Did they have color photography in 1939?

The first colour photograph was produced in 1861.
en.wikipedia.org

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ipsos  May 17, 2019 • 6:01:55pm

re: #169 Backwoods_Sleuth

So, it’s Gaetz, not Nunes.

wow

The Furby is going to be involved with this somehow. I just know it.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  May 17, 2019 • 6:02:22pm
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Backwoods_Sleuth  May 17, 2019 • 6:02:38pm

re: #172 ipsos

The Furby is going to be involved with this somehow. I just know it.

INDEED

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Teukka  May 17, 2019 • 6:05:22pm

re: #151 Teukka

One of my thoughts when I posted the Valery Alekseyevich Legasov quote the other day was its relevance today. The night of the accident Dyatlov, Fomin and Bryukhanov denied anything serious had happened at all, that the radiation was at 3.6 R/h (36 mSv/h) and that it had been a hydrogen explosion.
Did it change anything? No. Radiation was still at around 20,000 R/h (200 Sv/h = 200,000 mSv/h) in the worst hit areas, and the nature of the accident was still an
open core breach and meltdown.

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Continuing on my line of thought here. I managed to post this a bit early, before it was finished.

Anyways, Dyatlov realized what was up when the fell ill with Acute Radiation Syndrome himself, while it’s unknown when/if Fomin and Bryukhanov came to.

[idea type=half-baked]
As there were individuals in the Soviet Union who didn’t buy the official line and began taking measures, I came to think of something similar as means of PsyOps against climate deniers…
A good chunk of those who believe in climate change denial are preppers. Now, how well are they prepped for climate change? How would you prep for climate change? Point out the blind spots in their prepping, but don’t immediately say it’s for climate change, let them work (hard) to get that out of you.
Are you able to / do you need to prep for climate change? Do so noisily so they know. Do what realistically needs to be done on a personal/family level to prepare for, say, the next century.
Go through the motions as if the climate change deniers in power are intentionally running the world into the ground. If a denier tries to engage you on the topic, cut it short and say “I don’t have time to argue scientific fact” and noisily point out that you need to prep for surviving what is coming.
If they ask what is coming and how to prepare for it, simply say you’ve had it trying to tell them, that they can (fucking) go look it up themselves if they’re interested.
[/idea]

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austin_blue  May 17, 2019 • 6:06:20pm

re: #165 teleskiguy

Texarkana gonna get a whippin’ tomorrow.

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We’ve already got tornadoes plowing east down I-10. We’ll get that here between 3 and 6 pm tomorrow. This is shaping up to be an epic squall line.

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jaunte  May 17, 2019 • 6:13:50pm

This seems like a stupid misuse of personnel.

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austin_blue  May 17, 2019 • 6:14:03pm

re: #175 Teukka

Continuing on my line of thought here. I managed to post this a bit early, before it was finished.

Anyways, Dyatlov realized what was up when the fell ill with Acute Radiation Syndrome himself, while it’s unknown when/if Fomin and Bryukhanov came to.

[idea type=half-baked]
As there were individuals in the Soviet Union who didn’t buy the official line and began taking measures, I came to think of something similar as means of PsyOps against climate deniers…
A good chunk of those who believe in climate change denial are preppers. Now, how well are they prepped for climate change? How would you prep for climate change? Point out the blind spots in their prepping, but don’t immediately say it’s for climate change, let them work (hard) to get that out of you.
Are you able to / do you need to prep for climate change? Do so noisily so they know. Do what realistically needs to be done on a personal/family level to prepare for, say, the next century.
Go through the motions as if the climate change deniers in power are intentionally running the world into the ground. If a denier tries to engage you on the topic, cut it short and say “I don’t have time to argue scientific fact” and noisily point out that you need to prep for surviving what is coming.
If they ask what is coming and how to prepare for it, simply say you’ve had it trying to tell them, that they can (fucking) go look it up themselves if they’re interested.
[/idea]

This is a good way of dealing with Sealions. Then block them.

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Teukka  May 17, 2019 • 6:14:56pm

Aaaaand your friday dose of science:

The Side Effects of Vaccines - How High is the Risk?

Obligatory soundtrack:

Vaccines – Soundtrack (2019)

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Teukka  May 17, 2019 • 6:15:27pm

re: #177 jaunte

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This seems like a stupid misuse of personnel.

[tinfoil]Or could it be intentionally leaving the country open to a cyber Pearl Harbor?[/tinfoil]

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wrenchwench  May 17, 2019 • 6:16:04pm

re: #177 jaunte

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This seems like a stupid misuse of personnel.

H*ck, they don’t even have cell service on much of the border.

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Cheechako  May 17, 2019 • 6:17:21pm
I think you and most of the rest of us have been right all along.

The problem is that teasing the truth out of the dribble dribble dribble of information so painfully, slowly being released is just infuriating. This is not transparency. This is stonewalling at its legal best.

Yes, the slow pace is very frustrating. But, keep in mind, that every bit of evidence the multiple House committees are digging up would still have to found if they were conducting a formal impeachment inquiry. Every finding and bit of evidence the committees are uncovering are forming a rock solid foundation for when the formal impeachment process begins.

We are still in the process of convincing a vast majority of the of the public how crooked this administration is. We’re not totally there yet.

Remember who is doing the stonewalling. The more stonewalling there is, the more guilty they appear.

The impeachment process must be absolutely perfect in process with rock solid, indisputable evidence. Or we loose. Loosing is not acceptable.

As I have said many times, have patience grasshopper. Remember, ultimately, the turtle beat the hare.

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Anymouse 🌹  May 17, 2019 • 6:18:06pm

re: #173 Backwoods_Sleuth

It’s going across I-80, and may be two tornadoes.

My wife and I will be going through there this weekend on our trip to Massachusetts.

…A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 845 PM CDT FOR
NORTHWESTERN DAWSON COUNTY…

At 809 PM CDT, a confirmed tornado was located 9 miles northeast of
Cozad, or 15 miles northwest of Lexington, moving northeast at 30
mph. Another possible tornado is just southwest of Cozad, also
moving northeast.

HAZARD…Damaging tornado and three inch hail.

SOURCE…Weather spotters confirmed tornado. At 810 PM CDT, trained
weather spotters reported damage 8 miles northeast of Cozad.

IMPACT…Flying debris will be dangerous to those caught without
shelter. Mobile homes will be damaged or destroyed. Damage
to roofs, windows, and vehicles will occur. Tree damage is
likely.

This tornadic thunderstorm will affect Cozad, then remain over
mainly rural areas of western Dawson County.

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jaunte  May 17, 2019 • 6:18:27pm
“…DHS has not offered many details on what specific responsibilities these employees will handle. With many migrants traveling in large groups and often with young children, agents are spending much of their time attending to children, DHS officials have said.

The Border Patrol chief, Carla Provost, told the Senate Judiciary Committee on May 8 that some agents are serving primarily as “child care professionals, medical caregivers, bus drivers and food service workers.”

Sure. Use cybersecurity personnel for that.

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De Kolta Chair  May 17, 2019 • 6:18:45pm

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Teukka  May 17, 2019 • 6:18:47pm

re: #178 austin_blue

This is a good way of dealing with Sealions. Then block them.

*nods*

Anyways, I just got to think of that angle of attack. Find out the ways and means to go from the “raise the alarm” phase to the “BRACE. BRACE. BRACE.” phase, and do so noisily for psychological impact on the opposition.

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Anymouse 🌹  May 17, 2019 • 6:20:17pm

re: #177 jaunte

This seems like a stupid misuse of personnel.

Not if you want to inspect people’s personal devices like computers and cell phones.

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wrenchwench  May 17, 2019 • 6:22:26pm

re: #182 Cheechako

Yes, the slow pace is very frustrating. But, keep in mind, that every bit of evidence the multiple House committees are digging up would still have to found if they were conducting a formal impeachment inquiry. Every finding and bit of evidence the committees are uncovering are forming a rock solid foundation for when the formal impeachment process begins.

We are still in the process of convincing a vast majority of the of the public how crooked this administration is. We’re not totally there yet.

Remember who is doing the stonewalling. The more stonewalling there is, the more guilty they appear.

The impeachment process must be absolutely perfect in process with rock solid, indisputable evidence. Or we loose. Loosing is not acceptable.

As I have said many times, have patience grasshopper. Remember, ultimately, the turtle beat the hare.

The election will beat the impeachment. Our protection against Russian interference will be changing diapers at the southern border.

re: #184 jaunte

Sure. Use cybersecurity personnel for that.

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Ace Rothstein  May 17, 2019 • 6:23:25pm

Republicans are filth.

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jaunte  May 17, 2019 • 6:25:44pm

Personal items “discarded” at U.S.-Mexico border

“…Those who have entered the U.S. illegally, their personal possessions and belongings too easily get lost as they are processed and travel through the U.S. Customs and Border Patrol system,” Kiefer said.
“The enormous amount of belongings, such as extra clothing, socks, shoes and personal items such as rosaries, Bibles, belts, underwear, toothbrushes, soap, was in many ways incomprehensible (to me), and I am certain much of this was not meant to be discarded.”
Kiefer said a goal of the project is to support “a consistent and sensible policy regarding the food carried by migrants who are apprehended and processed.”
“For a number of years, I was allowed to take the canned and nonperishable food (powdered milk, granola bars) to our local food bank, but that came to an end about a year and half before I resigned to work on this project full time.”
Kiefer said the vast majority of items were taken from people crossing the border illegally. He believes there’s something “inherently disturbing” about the items he found in the garbage cans of what’s called the “Sally Port,” a secure, fenced area where those apprehended exit vehicles and begin the first stages of processing.
“I cannot understand why anyone would want to voluntarily give up an item like a rosary, Bible or photo of their child, or for that matter an extra pair of shoes, pants, shirt or jacket,” he said.
cnn.com

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Belafon  May 17, 2019 • 6:25:47pm

Need a reason to deploy troops in the US? Make one:

Florida officials are raising alarm and pressing for details about the purported intention of the Trump administration to send hundreds of immigrants a week to two heavily Democratic counties in South Florida.

Customs and Border Protection has not publicly disclosed its plans. But a partial picture of a new approach to managing a record influx of immigrants at the southern border came into view on Thursday based on the accounts of local leaders in Broward and Palm Beach counties.

Even allies of the president were nonplussed. The state’s Republican governor, Ron DeSantis, joined federal lawmakers from Florida — Republicans and Democrats alike — in questioning the apparent effort to foist the immigration and asylum burden on two local jurisdictions without equipping them with the resources to house, feed, educate and protect new arrivals.

Law enforcement briefed on the plans said the arrivals were set to begin within the next two weeks and that no end date had been set. They said they still hoped federal authorities would reverse course.

Read the rest if you can.

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jaunte  May 17, 2019 • 6:27:22pm

Move cybersecurity personnel to the border to drive buses and serve prison food so the border patrol has more time to confiscate rosaries.

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NO SMOCKING GUN!  May 17, 2019 • 6:27:46pm

re: #26 Eclectic Cyborg

Y’all this anti-abortion stuff is happening FAST.

Red states are tripping over each other to get these laws through.

I predicted it won’t be long before all the abortion clinics are closed across vast swaths of the nation.

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FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀  May 17, 2019 • 6:35:37pm
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Mescalero  May 17, 2019 • 6:36:59pm
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Teukka  May 17, 2019 • 6:40:53pm

re: #190 jaunte

Personal items “discarded” at U.S.-Mexico border

I’m getting really ugly vibes…

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Anymouse 🌹  May 17, 2019 • 6:45:59pm
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Gus  May 17, 2019 • 6:48:28pm

Heh.

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Decatur Deb  May 17, 2019 • 6:51:10pm

re: #180 Teukka

[tinfoil]Or could it be intentionally leaving the country open to a cyber Pearl Harbor?[/tinfoil]

Skip the tinfoil. We cannot say The President is in the control of a hostile foreign power. But, if he were, he would act exactly as he is acting around the world.

note: Capitalization in compliance with the Army Staff stylebook.

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Belafon  May 17, 2019 • 6:51:41pm

re: #198 Gus

Heh.

Look wha blew in.

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teleskiguy  May 17, 2019 • 6:54:11pm
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FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀  May 17, 2019 • 7:00:50pm
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Teukka  May 17, 2019 • 7:01:39pm

Stockholm Wildlife.
Beaver, swimming between Slussen and the Old Town. Right smack in the middle of the city.

Bäver vid Slussen och Gamla stan, 17 maj 2019. Foto: Oscar Gramer

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teleskiguy  May 17, 2019 • 7:03:37pm

re: #198 Gus

First comment since last year, to come here and laugh at the board. I thought of you as a friend. You’re a petty asshole.

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teleskiguy  May 17, 2019 • 7:04:59pm

Gus *really did* say that I should kill myself on Twitter. You won’t find the tweet though, he deleted it.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  May 17, 2019 • 7:05:49pm

niterz, lizardz

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calochortus  May 17, 2019 • 7:06:17pm

re: #203 Teukka

Stockholm Wildlife.
Beaver, swimming between Slussen and the Old Town. Right smack in the middle of the city.

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Video

We have urban beavers here, too. Not a lot, but some. And years ago in Denver when the city turned the banks of Cherry Creek into a park, they planted trees which the beavers happily felled. The next batch of trees were fenced…

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Teukka  May 17, 2019 • 7:06:19pm

re: #202 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀

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teleskiguy  May 17, 2019 • 7:09:16pm

Wow.

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Dread Pirate Union Local 13  May 17, 2019 • 7:11:59pm
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teleskiguy  May 17, 2019 • 7:12:30pm

This is so weird!

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calochortus  May 17, 2019 • 7:13:12pm

re: #210 Dread Pirate Union Local 13

It was those beavers I was thinking of, though they have them down in San Jose too.

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teleskiguy  May 17, 2019 • 7:14:01pm

Smoke pot all day long. C’mon man! Gimme more credit than that! Fuck, I haven’t wake ‘n’ baked in almost a decade.

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Anymouse 🌹  May 17, 2019 • 7:14:02pm

re: #198 Gus

Heh.

Howdy. Haven’t seen you in a while. What’s up?

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Anymouse 🌹  May 17, 2019 • 7:14:38pm
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Anymouse 🌹  May 17, 2019 • 7:17:38pm

re: #202 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀

Hey, isn’t that the guy who helped throw the election with his “Her E-mails are being investigated again” a couple days before the election?

Still haven’t heard an apology out of him for that. He goes in the same bin with Barri Weiss, Jennifer Rubin, et. al.

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Decatur Deb  May 17, 2019 • 7:18:31pm

re: #210 Dread Pirate Union Local 13

We have urban beavers, too.

Even freakn’ Pittsburgh, in the Allegheny, well inside the city limits. Nature will bounce back like a mother if we just stop fucking with her.

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teleskiguy  May 17, 2019 • 7:18:36pm

Sorry folks. I don’t mean to skew the board. But this is wild! He’s either making me out as a stereotypical stupid stoner in Colorado, or he’s projecting.

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Teukka  May 17, 2019 • 7:19:12pm

re: #217 Decatur Deb

Even freakn’ Pittsbugh, in the Allegheny, well inside the city limits. Nature will bounce back like a mother if we just stop fucking with her.

Mhmm. See the Chernobyl exclusion zone.

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calochortus  May 17, 2019 • 7:20:09pm

re: #211 teleskiguy

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teleskiguy  May 17, 2019 • 7:20:37pm

re: #214 Anymouse 🌹

Howdy. Haven’t seen you in a while. What’s up?

Gus says hello.

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Anymouse 🌹  May 17, 2019 • 7:22:19pm

The sun is going down and the weather here in far west Nebraska is clearing up. (More thunderstorms scheduled for tomorrow.) Central Nebraska isn’t looking too good right now.

LIVE: Tornadoes strike Nebraska as severe weather outbreak unfolds over central US (goes to AccuWeather, with video of tornadoes)

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teleskiguy  May 17, 2019 • 7:22:59pm

re: #220 calochortus

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Anymouse 🌹  May 17, 2019 • 7:24:48pm

re: #221 teleskiguy

Gus says hello.

I’m not on Twitter though. I see the “hi” here.

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calochortus  May 17, 2019 • 7:25:47pm

re: #223 teleskiguy

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Belafon  May 17, 2019 • 7:26:50pm

re: #221 teleskiguy

Gus says hello.

[Embedded content]

Considering I haven’t seen the two of you in the same place at the same time, he’s either you or he figured you’d post everything he wrote so he doesn’t have to do it twice.

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ipsos  May 17, 2019 • 7:27:40pm

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calochortus  May 17, 2019 • 7:28:40pm

re: #222 Anymouse 🌹

The sun is going down and the weather here in far west Nebraska is clearing up. (More thunderstorms scheduled for tomorrow.) Central Nebraska isn’t looking too good right now.

LIVE: Tornadoes strike Nebraska as severe weather outbreak unfolds over central US (goes to AccuWeather, with video of tornadoes)

Does not sound like fun. I hope everyone stays safe.

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Decatur Deb  May 17, 2019 • 7:30:25pm

re: #219 Teukka

Mhmm. See the Chernobyl exclusion zone.

Yup. The range areas of our large Army bases are overrun with deer and other wildlife because UXO keeps hunters in limited areas. (The Army has a Military Occupational Specialty for game warden types under the MPs.)

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teleskiguy  May 17, 2019 • 7:32:59pm
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teleskiguy  May 17, 2019 • 7:36:21pm
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calochortus  May 17, 2019 • 7:37:41pm

re: #231 teleskiguy

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LOL

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Ace Rothstein  May 17, 2019 • 7:42:00pm

re: #230 teleskiguy

Have you moved up to injecting it in your ass yet?
/

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teleskiguy  May 17, 2019 • 7:42:24pm
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teleskiguy  May 17, 2019 • 7:42:41pm

re: #233 Ace Rothstein

Have you moved up to injecting it in your ass yet?
/

BOOFIN REEFER

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Belafon  May 17, 2019 • 7:51:34pm
House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy invited former George W. Bush economic adviser Larry Lindsey to give Republican leadership a presentation on the escalating Trump-China trade war. It turned weird when Lindsey took the opportunity to inform the assembled Republicans that he had asked two psychologists to evaluate Trump’s behavior and they came to the same conclusion as most of the rest of the planet.

The professionals found that Trump was a “10 out of 10 narcissist,” Lindsey told the Republicans, according to a GOP aide present at the talk who spoke on the condition of anonymity.

Lindsey apparently didn’t just leave it there, but used it as the tee-off for an unflattering two-minute look into Trump’s psychology.

dailykos.com

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Belafon  May 17, 2019 • 7:54:57pm

Kansas Supreme Court 7-1 decision:

The decision, in which one of the seven justices dissented, cites in its first sentence the first section of the Kansas Constitution’s Bill of Rights: “All men are possessed of equal and inalienable natural rights, among which are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.”

The decision continues: “We are now asked: ‘Is this declaration of rights more than an idealized aspiration? And, if so, do the substantive rights include a woman’s right to make decisions about her body, including the decision whether to continue her pregnancy? We answer these questions, ‘Yes.’ “

The court continued that “this right allows a woman to make her own decisions regarding her body, health, family formation, and family life — decisions that can include whether to continue a pregnancy.”

“The State may only infringe upon the right to decide whether to continue a pregnancy,” the ruling continued, “if the State has a compelling interest and has narrowly tailored its actions to that interest.”

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teleskiguy  May 17, 2019 • 7:57:15pm
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teleskiguy  May 17, 2019 • 8:05:14pm
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prairiefire  May 17, 2019 • 8:06:38pm

re: #229 Decatur Deb

Lots of folks hunt on the Savanah River site, kill big critters, too.

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Anymouse 🌹  May 17, 2019 • 8:07:19pm

Life hack for credit cards:

Bank of America no longer uses humans for authorising travel outside your normal area. A long trip is impossible to put in their automated system.

Type “speak to human Bank of America” to get the secret telephone number they do not print on the back of your credit card to authorise an out-of-country trip.

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teleskiguy  May 17, 2019 • 8:09:44pm

re: #241 Anymouse 🌹

I really need to get my money out of Wells Fargo. There’s actually a few good local banks around here. I guess I’m just lazy? And nationwide ATM network, the local banks don’t have that.

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Decatur Deb  May 17, 2019 • 8:09:55pm

re: #240 prairiefire

Lots of folks hunt on the Savanah River site, kill big critters, too.

Most large bases run a lottery for hunting slots to keep the deer from starving out. Hunters are very carefully controlled to keep them off “red” sectors, and they have to follow state game laws as well.

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Anymouse 🌹  May 17, 2019 • 8:14:26pm

re: #227 ipsos

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Anymouse 🌹  May 17, 2019 • 8:15:46pm

re: #242 teleskiguy

I really need to get my money out of Wells Fargo. There’s actually a few good local banks around here. I guess I’m just lazy? And nationwide ATM network, the local banks don’t have that.

My local bank (Platte Valley) lets me use my ATM card worldwide and does not charge a “different bank” fee. They do charge for currency conversion in other countries, but that’s the same fee as if I ordered currency in the bank proper.

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Jay C  May 17, 2019 • 8:15:48pm

re: #237 Belafon

Kansas Supreme Court 7-1 decision:

Nice eloquent expression of the concepts of “Liberty” - but somewhat surprising coming out of Kansas. I would have thought their SC would have thoroughly packed with wingnuts long since….

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Feline Fearless Leader  May 17, 2019 • 8:17:05pm

A herd of “white deer” (White-tailed deer with a recessive gene that gives them white coats, but they are not albinos) built up in the closed off area of the now-closed Senaca Army Depot in central New York between two of the Finger Lakes.

en.wikipedia.org

There are plans to develop a conservation park for at least part of the herd. So someone realizes that there is some tourism value in them.

I have seen some of the deer a few times passing past the old base while transiting between Philadelphia (or Ithaca) and my brother’s place further west.

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teleskiguy  May 17, 2019 • 8:18:52pm

re: #225 calochortus

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Belafon  May 17, 2019 • 8:20:19pm

re: #242 teleskiguy

I really need to get my money out of Wells Fargo. There’s actually a few good local banks around here. I guess I’m just lazy? And nationwide ATM network, the local banks don’t have that.

Every grocery store will give you money. If you need to deposit small things, most banks have an app that you can take pictures with.

I have a local bank that covers the eastern third of Texas. The checking account only charges if you have less than $100 and uses the debit card less than 5 times a month. They even gave me $9.99 when I set up direct deposit.

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Anymouse 🌹  May 17, 2019 • 8:20:45pm

Tornado warnings moving south. Two went up, near Hays and Dodge City.

Here in central Nebraska there are severe thunderstorms still. In my part of the state the weather is rain, but will clear tomorrow with highs in the sixties and lows in the thirties.

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teleskiguy  May 17, 2019 • 8:22:23pm

re: #249 Belafon

Monday. I’m switching banks.

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Decatur Deb  May 17, 2019 • 8:23:29pm

re: #247 Feline Fearless Leader

A herd of “white deer” (White-tailed deer with a recessive gene that gives them white coats, but they are not albinos) built up in the closed off area of the now-closed Senaca Army Depot in central New York between two of the Finger Lakes.

en.wikipedia.org

There are plans to develop a conservation park for at least part of the herd. So someone realizes that there is some tourism value in them.

I have seen some of the deer a few times passing past the old base while transiting between Philadelphia (or Ithaca) and my brother’s place further west.

Seneca was a very special place. Strangely, there were a few white deer at the Edgewood area of Aberdeen Proving Ground in MD. It was a different kind of special place.

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Sufficient unto the day...  May 17, 2019 • 8:25:24pm

Gus is super weird.

Like all the stream of consciousness stuff, that doesn’t reply to or link to anything or even refer to anyone or anything, so you have no idea what he’s talking about.

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calochortus  May 17, 2019 • 8:26:48pm

re: #253 Sufficient unto the day…

Gus is super weird.

Like all the stream of consciousness stuff, that doesn’t reply to or link to anything or even refer to anyone or anything, so you have no idea what he’s talking about.

There is much I don’t understand about Twitter (and Twitterers.) I am therefore grateful for those who are on Twitter and post the interesting stuff here.

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FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀  May 17, 2019 • 8:28:50pm

re: #247 Feline Fearless Leader

A herd of “white deer” (White-tailed deer with a recessive gene that gives them white coats, but they are not albinos) built up in the closed off area of the now-closed Senaca Army Depot in central New York between two of the Finger Lakes.

en.wikipedia.org

There are plans to develop a conservation park for at least part of the herd. So someone realizes that there is some tourism value in them.

I have seen some of the deer a few times passing past the old base while transiting between Philadelphia (or Ithaca) and my brother’s place further west.

I’ve heard of them before, but never seen them. I have witnessed deer using controlled areas on Army bases for sanctuary. When I was stationed in Arkansas, every deer season, one herd would move into the Ammunition Supply Point on Fort Chaffee for the duration.

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teleskiguy  May 17, 2019 • 8:29:18pm

re: #253 Sufficient unto the day…

Gus is super weird.

Like all the stream of consciousness stuff, that doesn’t reply to or link to anything or even refer to anyone or anything, so you have no idea what he’s talking about.

I make a couple of comments about him here expressing my utter disdain for the dude, he logs on to LGF - first time since last year - to post ‘Heh.’ then immediately logs off, and then tweets about me four or five times, saying I smoke pot through all my waking hours and blaming ME for what he said to me on Twitter (he said I should kill myself).

Yeah, fuckin’ asshole is a piece of work.

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FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀  May 17, 2019 • 8:29:45pm
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austin_blue  May 17, 2019 • 8:33:16pm

re: #237 Belafon

Kansas Supreme Court 7-1 decision:

Well, I am happily gobsmacked.

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Anymouse 🌹  May 17, 2019 • 8:36:10pm
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Anymouse 🌹  May 17, 2019 • 8:40:13pm

re: #255 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀

I’ve heard of them before, but never seen them. I have witnessed deer using controlled areas on Army bases for sanctuary. When I was stationed in Arkansas, every deer season, one herd would move into the Ammunition Supply Point on Fort Chaffee for the duration.

At FE Warren AFB in Cheyenne there is a huge herd of antelope which moves around the base (including between the buildings and across the roads).

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austin_blue  May 17, 2019 • 8:46:08pm

re: #241 Anymouse 🌹

Life hack for credit cards:

Bank of America no longer uses humans for authorising travel outside your normal area. A long trip is impossible to put in their automated system.

Type “speak to human Bank of America” to get the secret telephone number they do not print on the back of your credit card to authorise an out-of-country trip.

I have a BoA Debit card and went to the UK last month. Called them, gave them our travel plans, and had not a single problem in the UK getting UK cash out of ATMs.

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teleskiguy  May 17, 2019 • 8:51:50pm
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Anymouse 🌹  May 17, 2019 • 8:51:55pm

re: #261 austin_blue

I have a BoA Debit card and went to the UK last month. Called them, gave them our travel plans, and had not a single problem in the UK getting UK cash out of ATMs.

Now if you call them you get an automated system which does not allow you to select a person.

If you listen long enough to the list they will tell you “they are no longer able to provide personal service.”

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Chrysicat  May 17, 2019 • 8:53:26pm
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Joe Bacon 🌹  May 17, 2019 • 8:55:36pm

re: #217 Decatur Deb

Even freakn’ Pittsburgh, in the Allegheny, well inside the city limits. Nature will bounce back like a mother if we just stop fucking with her.

Yes and we had them in Ambridge, too at French Creek.

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retired cynic  May 17, 2019 • 8:56:47pm

re: #242 teleskiguy

I really need to get my money out of Wells Fargo. There’s actually a few good local banks around here. I guess I’m just lazy? And nationwide ATM network, the local banks don’t have that.

I am very lucky that there is a decent sized independent bank near me that has resisted all the takeover stuff. I’ve got the best of both worlds.

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teleskiguy  May 17, 2019 • 8:56:53pm
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Anymouse 🌹  May 17, 2019 • 8:59:06pm

re: #264 Chrysicat

You’re just trying to make me feel old. /s

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Joe Bacon 🌹  May 17, 2019 • 8:59:44pm

re: #242 teleskiguy

I really need to get my money out of Wells Fargo. There’s actually a few good local banks around here. I guess I’m just lazy? And nationwide ATM network, the local banks don’t have that.

Don’t get me started about how much I HATE WELLS FARGO because they kept lending my dad to the point he had a third mortgage on his house. When he died they swept down and took the house.

The only good coming out of that was that they lost a cool 85K on the house sale…

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vgranucci  May 17, 2019 • 9:00:50pm

re: #242 teleskiguy

I really need to get my money out of Wells Fargo. There’s actually a few good local banks around here. I guess I’m just lazy? And nationwide ATM network, the local banks don’t have that.

Check for a credit union. Many of them are part of networks of CU’s which share ATM’s, creating a virtual nationwide network.

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teleskiguy  May 17, 2019 • 9:02:58pm

re: #270 vgranucci

Check for a credit union. Many of them are part of networks of CU’s which share ATM’s, creating a virtual nationwide network.

Nearest credit union is in Breckenridge, about 80 miles distant. Thanks, though! I’ll look into it.

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austin_blue  May 17, 2019 • 9:04:05pm

re: #257 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀

[Embedded content]

How big is Iran? Big.

google.com:

Now add eighty million people and nothing but mountain range after mountain range.

The stupidest thing we could possibly do is pick a fight with that country that required the use of the US military. Iraq would look like a cakewalk, and it cost us trillions.

Bolton needs to be chucked out on his ass yesterday.

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plansbandc  May 17, 2019 • 9:35:00pm

“Can’t Stand Losing You” on Prime is well worth a watch if you are a fan of The Police.

Police show (Synchronicity tour) was one of my top three favorite concerts ever.

This movie is time travel to a much much happier time.


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