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1
Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus  Jun 21, 2019 • 9:02:31pm

One of the NOAA youtube channels I watch put the following video up today (it got a bit of press too):

Here Be Monsters: Giant Squid Filmed in America’s Backyard

Most of the squid that these undersea cameras come across are the smaller kind, while Architeuthis dux is quite elusive:

In 2004, Japanese researchers took the first images of a live giant squid in its natural habitat,[4] and in July 2012, a live adult was first filmed in its natural habitat off Chichijima.[5][6] In 2015, another video sighting was released.[7] In June 2019, scientists reported the video appearance, for the second time, and for the very first time in waters of the United States, of a giant squid in its deepwater habitat.

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Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus  Jun 21, 2019 • 9:06:57pm

re: #1 Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus

The flashing lights are part of MEDUSA, an lure meant to imitate jellys in the deep, in order to attract predators.

The giant squid figured out pretty quickly that it was not edible.

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gocart mozart  Jun 21, 2019 • 9:22:36pm
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sagehen  Jun 21, 2019 • 9:37:54pm

So apparently James Clyburn and John Lewis have Biden’s back.

“We met with George Wallace, we met with Strom Thurmond, we met with people who arrested us and hit us over the head with nightsticks. Because when your constituents need you to get something done, you meet with and work with whoever you have to meet with and work with to get it done.”

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MsJ  Jun 21, 2019 • 9:38:01pm
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Joe Bacon 🌹  Jun 21, 2019 • 9:39:47pm

re: #3 gocart mozart

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So when is Little Mikey going to go on Tucker Carlson’s White Trash Power Hour and whine about how Biden smacked him down?

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goddamnedfrank  Jun 21, 2019 • 9:58:49pm
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Hecuba's daughter  Jun 21, 2019 • 10:01:53pm

re: #7 goddamnedfrank

Trump shitting all over the Pentagon top brass that presented him with strike packages, impugning their professionalism by lying about not being proactively briefed on the casualty estimates will absolutely erode morale. He’s already done this to the FBI & intel community.

Do you actually think he paid attention to those figures or recalled anything told in the briefing? Someone on TV must have directed him to follow up with this question.

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goddamnedfrank  Jun 21, 2019 • 10:17:10pm

re: #8 Hecuba’s daughter

Do you actually think he paid attention to those figures or recalled anything told in the briefing? Someone on TV must have directed him to follow up with this question.

Nah, he just got cold feet and needed someone else to blame. He never gave a shit about any casualties, but someone probably did convince him that it would quickly spin out of control and that he wouldn’t be able to blame Democrats for that.

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A hollow voice says, Inpeach...  Jun 21, 2019 • 10:27:30pm

re: #7 goddamnedfrank

Trump shitting all over the Pentagon top brass that presented him with strike packages, impugning their professionalism by lying about not being proactively briefed on the casualty estimates will absolutely erode morale. He’s already done this to the FBI & intel community.

Hard to believe that he could lower anyone’s morale at this point. I mean, consider the source of the “criticism.”

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Dave In Austin  Jun 21, 2019 • 10:43:03pm

Old Town Road + Pony Mashup | Lil Nas X | Ginuwine | Pomplamoose

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Dr Lizardo  Jun 21, 2019 • 10:49:40pm

re: #9 goddamnedfrank

Nah, he just got cold feet and needed someone else to blame. He never gave a shit about any casualties, but someone probably did convince him that it would quickly spin out of control and that he wouldn’t be able to blame Democrats for that.

Personally, I wouldn’t be at all surprised if that “someone” turned out to be Vladimir Putin. Putin is foul, but he’s certainly no fool, and he would easily comprehend the possible international and domestic consequences of an unprovoked attack on Iran.

And let’s remember, Trump listens to Putin - he wouldn’t just dismiss out of hand any advice Putin might have.

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Shiplord Kirel, Friend of Moose and Squirrel  Jun 21, 2019 • 11:10:17pm

Horrible

Seven motorcyclists are dead after colliding with a pickup truck in New Hampshire

Seven motorcyclists were killed and three others injured when they collided with a pickup truck going the opposite direction in New Hampshire, police said.
Authorities received a call around 6:30 p.m. Friday about a motor vehicle crash on Route 2 in Randolph, New Hampshire State Police Capt. Chris Vetter said.

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plansbandc  Jun 21, 2019 • 11:46:09pm

This thread is perfection.

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goddamnedfrank  Jun 21, 2019 • 11:55:11pm

re: #15 plansbandc

This thread is perfection.

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This one is pretty good too even though the video is borderline nightmare fuel.

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Anymouse 🌹  Jun 21, 2019 • 11:58:43pm

LOL (1:36 video)

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Anymouse 🌹  Jun 22, 2019 • 12:05:55am

Debunked: The Absurd Story about Smartphones Causing Kids to Sprout Horns (goes to Ars Technica, which pulls apart the cherry-picked survey by two chiropractors, one of which has a vested interest in selling support equipment - the story was breathlessly reported by the Washington Post without checking it out first)

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dog philosopher ஐஒஔ௸  Jun 22, 2019 • 12:11:21am

Trump: I don’t want to go to war with Iran

i have to laugh when i think of all those trump supporters who desperately want to bomb the shit out of iran having to pretend they agree with trump now

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Anymouse 🌹  Jun 22, 2019 • 12:20:56am

re: #19 dog philosopher ஐஒஔ௸

Trump: I don’t want to go to war with Iran

i have to laugh when i think of all those trump supporters who desperately want to bomb the shit out of iran having to pretend they agree with trump now

I am saddened by how deluded they are that they have to hold such cognitive dissonance and say “that’s the guy I support.”

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  Jun 22, 2019 • 12:49:14am

re: #20 Anymouse 🌹

I am saddened by how deluded they are that they have to hold such cognitive dissonance and say “that’s the guy I support.”

where there is no cognition, there can be no dissonance…it is all stimulus/reaction

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Dr Lizardo  Jun 22, 2019 • 12:51:39am

Meanwhile, in Oregon:

Right-wing militia groups across the Pacific Northwest are mobilizing to prevent Oregon state police from arresting Republican state senators who went into hiding on Thursday in order to prevent climate change legislation from passing.

All 11 of Oregon’s Republican state senators are currently on the lam, with some leaving for Idaho in an effort to deny the Democrat-controlled state senate a quorum to pass a cap-and-trade bill. In response, Oregon Governor Kate Brown (D), citing a provision in the state constitution that allows the state to “compel” absent lawmakers to attend legislative sessions, dispatched state troopers to bring them back.

thedailybeast.com

Maybe it’s time to call up the Oregon National Guard; unfortunately, the DOJ can not be relied upon. This is moving into outright domestic terrorism - and it needs to be suppressed, nipped in the bud.

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  Jun 22, 2019 • 1:01:51am

re: #22 Dr Lizardo

Meanwhile, in Oregon:

thedailybeast.com

Maybe it’s time to call up the Oregon National Guard; unfortunately, the DOJ can not be relied upon. This is moving into outright domestic terrorism - and it needs to be suppressed, nipped in the bud.

I see this as an ominous foreshadowing of what is going to happen if the GOP loses big in 2020…

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Dr Lizardo  Jun 22, 2019 • 1:04:08am

re: #23 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))

I agree; wingnuts don’t take kindly to losing. They’ll whip themselves in an apocalyptic frenzy and we’ll probably start seeing sporadic acts of domestic terrorism all over the country.

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  Jun 22, 2019 • 1:06:44am

re: #24 Dr Lizardo

I agree; wingnuts don’t take kindly to losing. They’ll whip themselves in an apocalyptic frenzy and we’ll probably start seeing sporadic acts of domestic terrorism all over the country.

It will start with claims of fraud and cheating that go unchallenged in the MSM. And then they will need to find a few martyrs to the cause, easy enough.

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Dr Lizardo  Jun 22, 2019 • 1:09:34am

re: #25 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))

It will start with claims of fraud and cheating that go unchallenged in the MSM. And then they will need to find a few martyrs to the cause, easy enough.

Yep; I have little doubt that if the GOP gets wiped out - at the national level - the chorus of “WE WUZ ROBBED!!” will begin in less than 24 hours. And if/when the MSM fails to challenge that assertion, under the wings of the Magic Balance Fairy, then shit has the potential to go downhill at lightning speed.

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  Jun 22, 2019 • 1:12:30am

re: #26 Dr Lizardo

Yep; I have little doubt that if the GOP gets wiped out - at the national level - the chorus of “WE WUZ ROBBED!!” will begin in less than 24 hours. And if/when the MSM fails to challenge that assertion, under the wings of the Magic Balance Fairy, then shit has the potential to go downhill at lightning speed.

Downhill in the sense of parts of America looking like Somalia with militiamen out in their SUV’s brandishing their weapons.

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Dave In Austin  Jun 22, 2019 • 1:14:49am
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Amory Blaine  Jun 22, 2019 • 1:15:30am
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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  Jun 22, 2019 • 1:18:25am

re: #29 Amory Blaine

A perfect insight into the reactionary mind.

Only socialists build elevators that are too hard for American conservatives to operate!

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Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus  Jun 22, 2019 • 1:22:27am

Violin babe Esther Abrami decided to video herself practicing at home and decided to share it with us. That for practicing at home she made herself up, and put on a fancy dress that … highlights her femininity… is just happenstance I suppose:

Watch Me Practice - Schindler’s List

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Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus  Jun 22, 2019 • 1:25:00am

She did post this wonderful piece a few days ago:

Bach - Sarabande in D minor

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Dave In Austin  Jun 22, 2019 • 2:19:56am
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Sufficient unto the day...  Jun 22, 2019 • 2:54:53am

re: #33 Dave In Austin

Some highlights of that thread…

Berniebrobyl. THAT is a keeper.

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Amory Blaine  Jun 22, 2019 • 3:20:11am

Holy fuck, I mined about 150 bux worth of bitcoins when the market was crazy and now finally after all this time it is back to what it was when I mined it. It dropped below 40 bux long ago and I thought I was going to flush it down the toilet. Should I spend it now or ride it into the ground?

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Shiplord Kirel, Friend of Moose and Squirrel  Jun 22, 2019 • 3:23:31am

Essex council proposes £25.92 ‘lifting charge’ to help elderly up when they fall

local council has defended plans to charge pensioners £26 to help them to their feet if they’ve had a fall at home.

Tendring District Council, in Clacton-on-Sea in Essex, has come under fire after proposing a £25.92 additional annual charge to around 2,500 Essex residents who use its Careline service. The “lifting service” will mean Careline staff go to the home of the elderly person with a touch of a special alarm button.
Michael Le Cornu, chairman of the Tendring Pensioners’ Action group told the Mirror it meant people would in effect be “penalised for falling”.

Don’t let Trump hear about this. He’ll privatize the service, then they’ll charge $500 and throw you in a cage if you don’t pay.

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Sufficient unto the day...  Jun 22, 2019 • 3:24:07am

re: #35 Amory Blaine

When your choices are “sell now” or “ride it into the ground” the proper answer is always SELL IT NOW YOU GOOBER!

///

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  Jun 22, 2019 • 3:24:45am

re: #36 Shiplord Kirel, Friend of Moose and Squirrel

Essex council proposes £25.92 ‘lifting charge’ to help elderly up when they fall

local council has defended plans to charge pensioners £26 to help them to their feet if they’ve had a fall at home.

“I’ve fallen and and I can’t afford to get up!”

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Dr Lizardo  Jun 22, 2019 • 3:34:04am

Foo Fighters dropped a new video - it’s got a sort of Mystery Men vibe to it.

Foo Fighters - Arlandria

Enjoy.

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Dr Lizardo  Jun 22, 2019 • 3:37:34am

Looking at Foo Fighters YouTube page, wow…..they released four other new music videos in the last four hours or so.

Foo Fighters - A Matter Of Time

Foo Fighters - I Should Have Known

Foo Fighters - Bridge Burning

Foo Fighters - The One

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MsJ  Jun 22, 2019 • 3:40:03am

re: #15 plansbandc

This thread is perfection.

[Embedded content]

Including almost every single reply.

You’re like… Is this real? And sure as shit, sometime posts a video of… Well, go read it. All of it. To the bottom of the page.

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Anymouse 🌹  Jun 22, 2019 • 3:42:35am

Superior Court Judge Barbara Bellis was contacted Friday by the state police who received information from the FBI that an individual had made threats against the judge on the InfoWars website, according to a notice filed by the judge.

greenwichtime.com (Greenwich, Conn.Time)

Lockem’ up.

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MsJ  Jun 22, 2019 • 3:53:29am

re: #29 Amory Blaine

Luntz now says he was joking.

I hate these people. He’s up there on my “if a giant boulder fell on them, I’d be like…meh” list.

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Sufficient unto the day...  Jun 22, 2019 • 4:05:55am

re: #43 MsJ

Luntz now says he was joking.

I hate these people. He’s up there on my “if a giant boulder fell on them, I’d be like…meh” list.

BTW when I said I work in an American store and one of our restrooms had been out for a month…I wasn’t joking.

Can we get some European socialism if it would make the toilet flush?

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Shiplord Kirel, Friend of Moose and Squirrel  Jun 22, 2019 • 4:07:21am

re: #15 plansbandc

This thread is perfection.

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An extortionist lizard? Sounds like a reptile dysfunction.

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MsJ  Jun 22, 2019 • 4:16:52am
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MsJ  Jun 22, 2019 • 4:17:26am

re: #45 Shiplord Kirel, Friend of Moose and Squirrel

An extortionist lizard? Sounds like a reptile dysfunction.

SMACK

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  Jun 22, 2019 • 4:20:59am

re: #43 MsJ

Luntz now says he was joking.

I hate these people. He’s up there on my “if a giant boulder fell on them, I’d be like…meh” list.

Because he was called out for his own stupidity?

Yes, that is their retreat, they were just joking or it was just satire, some of my best friends are socialists, really…

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Shiplord Kirel, Friend of Moose and Squirrel  Jun 22, 2019 • 4:38:59am
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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  Jun 22, 2019 • 4:41:24am

She comes from the Slo part of Slovenia…

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makeitstop  Jun 22, 2019 • 5:04:24am

re: #39 Dr Lizardo

Foo Fighters dropped a new video - it’s got a sort of Mystery Men vibe to it.

[Embedded content]

Video

Enjoy.

A new video for an 8 year old song? Kinda weird, but they’re the Foos, so I guess they can do whatever they want.

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jeffreyw  Jun 22, 2019 • 5:40:20am

YouTube

Good morning!

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DangerMan  Jun 22, 2019 • 5:44:14am

re: #18 Anymouse 🌹

Debunked: The Absurd Story about Smartphones Causing Kids to Sprout Horns (goes to Ars Technica, which pulls apart the cherry-picked survey by two chiropractors, one of which has a vested interest in selling support equipment - the story was breathlessly reported by the Washington Post without checking it out first)

It was ripe for not being real

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MsJ  Jun 22, 2019 • 5:45:48am

This fucking guy.

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Dr Lizardo  Jun 22, 2019 • 5:51:57am

re: #51 makeitstop

A new video for an 8 year old song? Kinda weird, but they’re the Foos, so I guess they can do whatever they want.

Heh, maybe Dave Grohl misplaced an external hard drive with some old videos on it, and he just now found it.

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DangerMan  Jun 22, 2019 • 5:53:37am

re: #48 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))

Because he was called out for his own stupidity?

Yes, that is their retreat, they were just joking or it was just satire, some of my best friends are socialists, really…

Well trump said to Iran yesterday “just kidding”

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BlueSpotinAL  Jun 22, 2019 • 6:08:00am

re: #4 sagehen

So apparently James Clyburn and John Lewis have Biden’s back.

“We met with George Wallace, we met with Strom Thurmond, we met with people who arrested us and hit us over the head with nightsticks. Because when your constituents need you to get something done, you meet with and work with whoever you have to meet with and work with to get it done.”

Biden will still be working with racist conservatives in Congress.

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Belafon  Jun 22, 2019 • 6:08:25am

re: #28 Dave In Austin

If Trump runs in 2028 then so can Obama.

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Belafon  Jun 22, 2019 • 6:11:40am

re: #36 Shiplord Kirel, Friend of Moose and Squirrel

Essex council proposes £25.92 ‘lifting charge’ to help elderly up when they fall

local council has defended plans to charge pensioners £26 to help them to their feet if they’ve had a fall at home.

Don’t let Trump hear about this. He’ll privatize the service, then they’ll charge $500 and throw you in a cage if you don’t pay.

We call that Life Alert.

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Belafon  Jun 22, 2019 • 6:16:26am

re: #4 sagehen

So apparently James Clyburn and John Lewis have Biden’s back.

“We met with George Wallace, we met with Strom Thurmond, we met with people who arrested us and hit us over the head with nightsticks. Because when your constituents need you to get something done, you meet with and work with whoever you have to meet with and work with to get it done.”

And I can understand that, but it’s not exactly the same. There’s no working with McConnell, there’s only working around him. Someone needs to ask Biden about that.

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MsJ  Jun 22, 2019 • 6:18:22am

re: #58 Belafon

If Trump runs in 2028 then so can Obama.

In 2028, trump would be running from a prison cell, a nursing home or a casket.

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Belafon  Jun 22, 2019 • 6:26:42am
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Joe Bacon 🌹  Jun 22, 2019 • 6:37:13am

re: #54 MsJ

This fucking guy.

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Belafon  Jun 22, 2019 • 6:40:35am

I will believe in a god if this happens.

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Decatur Deb  Jun 22, 2019 • 6:40:36am

re: #14 Shiplord Kirel, Friend of Moose and Squirrel

Horrible

Seven motorcyclists are dead after colliding with a pickup truck in New Hampshire

PSA: If you come upon a downed biker, do not start pulling helmets off heads. Try to establish an airway, but leave the helmet to first responders who have the tools to cut it off, avoiding spinal column disconnects. (Every crash is unique, but this is the decision-making baseline.)

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i(m)p(each)sos  Jun 22, 2019 • 6:41:04am

re: #62 Belafon

I’m still not a Gillibrand fan (and I say that as a constituent), but the concept of whiskey as “comfort food” is something I can get behind 110%.

Maybe it can get her EVs in Kentucky and Tennessee…

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sagehen  Jun 22, 2019 • 6:43:28am

re: #65 Decatur Deb

PSA: If you come upon a downed biker, do not start pulling helmets off heads. Try to establish an airway, but leave the helmet to first responders who have the tools to cut it off, avoiding spinal column disconnects. (Every crash is unique, but this is the decision-making baseline.)

First Aid ABCDE:

Airway
Breathing
Circulation
Disability
Exposure

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Belafon  Jun 22, 2019 • 6:44:45am

re: #65 Decatur Deb

PSA: If you come upon a downed biker, do not start pulling helmets off heads. Try to establish an airway, but leave the helmet to first responders who have the tools to cut it off, avoiding spinal column disconnects. (Every crash is unique, but this is the decision-making baseline.)

I will have to remember to bring this up at my next CERT meeting.

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Decatur Deb  Jun 22, 2019 • 6:49:58am

re: #35 Amory Blaine

Holy fuck, I mined about 150 bux worth of bitcoins when the market was crazy and now finally after all this time it is back to what it was when I mined it. It dropped below 40 bux long ago and I thought I was going to flush it down the toilet. Should I spend it now or ride it into the ground?

Good time to swap it for Dale Earnhardt Commemorative dinnerware.

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Decatur Deb  Jun 22, 2019 • 6:52:08am

re: #68 Belafon

I will have to remember to bring this up at my next CERT meeting.

The Army MC safety program issues a retroeflective sticker. I have one just above the strap fastener on my full-face.

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Quoth the raven, Covfefe.  Jun 22, 2019 • 6:57:15am

Morning Lizardim.

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A Cranky One  Jun 22, 2019 • 6:59:04am

re: #71 Quoth the raven, Covfefe.

Morning Lizardim.

Did you bring us hard boiled eggs? Peeled, of course.

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Quoth the raven, Covfefe.  Jun 22, 2019 • 7:00:37am

re: #72 A Cranky One

Did you bring us hard boiled eggs? Peeled, of course.

I’m afraid I did not. However, I am more than happy to scramble up some eggs with cheese.

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A Cranky One  Jun 22, 2019 • 7:01:51am

re: #73 Quoth the raven, Covfefe.

I’m afraid I did not. However, I am more than happy to scramble up some eggs with cheese.

But lizards want peeled hard boiled eggs. Now I’ll have to come and scratch on your windows.

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Quoth the raven, Covfefe.  Jun 22, 2019 • 7:04:43am

re: #74 A Cranky One

But lizards want peeled hard boiled eggs. Now I’ll have to come and scratch on your windows.

Just be careful. We have a cat, and she likes to hunt.

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PhillyPretzel  Jun 22, 2019 • 7:06:43am

Hmm. A choice between hard boiled eggs or scrambled eggs. Scrambled would make a nice change.

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MsJ  Jun 22, 2019 • 7:16:34am

re: #65 Decatur Deb

PSA: If you come upon a downed biker, do not start pulling helmets off heads. Try to establish an airway, but leave the helmet to first responders who have the tools to cut it off, avoiding spinal column disconnects. (Every crash is unique, but this is the decision-making baseline.)

I always thought your not supposed to move them for ANY reason (any accident victim). Only if absolutely necessary is there’s a fire possibility.

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MsJ  Jun 22, 2019 • 7:17:51am

re: #76 PhillyPretzel

Hmm. A choice between hard boiled eggs or scrambled eggs. Scrambled would make a nice change.

Well yeah… But you’re not a monitor lizard.

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MsJ  Jun 22, 2019 • 7:27:06am
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Decatur Deb  Jun 22, 2019 • 7:29:08am

re: #77 MsJ

I always thought your not supposed to move them for ANY reason (any accident victim). Only if absolutely necessary is there’s a fire possibility.

That’s the rule, but needless neck injuries are an identifiable problem.

(Bike gas tanks are not very good at retaining their contents, so that’s one possible reason for carefully moving.)

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PhillyPretzel  Jun 22, 2019 • 7:29:37am

re: #79 MsJ

Bunny? That is a hare.

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A Cranky One  Jun 22, 2019 • 7:32:58am

re: #74 A Cranky One

But lizards want peeled hard boiled eggs. Now I’ll have to come and scratch on your windows.

Just a little context for my comment:

Humorous thread.

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MsJ  Jun 22, 2019 • 7:36:01am

re: #82 A Cranky One

Just a little context for my comment:

[Embedded content]

Humorous thread.

Be sure to read all the responses too.

That entire thread and the responses are great.

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Belafon  Jun 22, 2019 • 7:40:11am

re: #82 A Cranky One

Just a little context for my comment:

Humorous thread.

So, maybe little green footballs are dyed green hard boiled eggs.

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Hecuba's daughter  Jun 22, 2019 • 7:41:24am

re: #66 i(m)p(each)sos

I’m still not a Gillibrand fan (and I say that as a constituent), but the concept of whiskey as “comfort food” is something I can get behind 110%.

Maybe it can get her EVs in Kentucky and Tennessee…

I’m not a Gillibrand fan but yesterday morning while driving to an appointment, I caught part of an MSNBC (? maybe) interview, and she was very impressive with her command of facts and presentation. Definitely would not be the worst person to get the D nomination.

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MsJ  Jun 22, 2019 • 7:45:40am

re: #85 Hecuba’s daughter

I’m not a Gillibrand fan but yesterday morning while driving to an appointment, I caught part of an MSNBC (? maybe) interview, and she was very impressive with her command of facts and presentation. Definitely would not be the worst person to get the D nomination.

A dead fish would be better than this trump thing.

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Jay C  Jun 22, 2019 • 7:45:50am

re: #61 MsJ

In 2028, trump would be running from a prison cell, a nursing home or a casket.

And, disgracefully, would probably still garner >40% of the vote….

Though “Trump 2024” might not be that much of a total fantasy (nightmare scenario, though, certainly). While the provisions of the 22nd Amendment are pretty clear:

No person shall be elected to the office of the President more than twice, and no person who has held the office of President, or acted as President, for more than two years of a term to which some other person was elected President shall be elected to the office of the President more than once.

it makes no mention of a specific consecutive-term requirement, i.e. the “Grover Cleveland” scenario is still a Constitutional possibility. Though - disgustingly - the incumbent POTUS is the only one covered in that circumstance….

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Decatur Deb  Jun 22, 2019 • 7:47:34am

re: #87 Jay C

And, disgracefully, would probably still garner >40% of the vote….

Though “Trump 2024” might not be that much of a total fantasy (nightmare scenario, though: yes) - while the provisions of the 22nd Amendment are pretty clear:

it makes no mention of a specific consecutive-term requirement, i.e. the “Grover Cleveland” scenario is still a Constitutional possibility. Though - disgustingly - the incumbent POTUS is the only one covered in that circumstance….

Jimmy Carter is on line 2, and he’s in a bad mood.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Jun 22, 2019 • 7:51:24am
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jaunte  Jun 22, 2019 • 7:52:24am

re: #62 Belafon

Williamson: “I have no comfort food”

Way to connect with voters, also-ran!

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Jun 22, 2019 • 7:52:44am
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Jay C  Jun 22, 2019 • 7:52:47am

re: #88 Decatur Deb

Jimmy Carter is on line 2, and he’s in a bad mood.

Ooops: my bad.
I’ll have to make my apologies to the Carter campaign.

Which would raise another question: if the President turns 100 while in office, does he send a congratulatory telegram email to himself?

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Decatur Deb  Jun 22, 2019 • 7:56:56am

re: #92 Jay C

Ooops: my bad.
I’ll have to make my apologies to the Carter campaign.

Which would raise another question: if the President turns 100 while in office, does he send a congratulatory telegram email to himself?

I would as soon vote for him as many of the Most Mentioned. It’s an old straight white guy thing.

CARTER/WARREN 2020

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wrenchwench  Jun 22, 2019 • 8:00:16am

re: #92 Jay C

Ooops: my bad.
I’ll have to make my apologies to the Carter campaign.

Which would raise another question: if the President turns 100 while in office, does he send a congratulatory telegram email tweet to himself?

That for you.

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Dr Lizardo  Jun 22, 2019 • 8:00:56am

re: #89 Backwoods_Sleuth

That’s not a dogwhistle. That’s a goddamn foghorn.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Jun 22, 2019 • 8:02:22am
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Hecuba's daughter  Jun 22, 2019 • 8:04:32am

re: #89 Backwoods_Sleuth

Bob Cesca
✔
@bobcesca_go
And your solution is to antagonize these new residents? Smart.

…

Texas is working overtime to ensure that these Hispanic residents will never be able to vote even if they are citizens. That’s the Texas way. If the Hispanic citizens actually voted, Beto would have been Senator. But voting disenfranchisement and suppression of non-whites is the Texas way — and the GOP way nationwide.

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Belafon  Jun 22, 2019 • 8:05:32am

re: #89 Backwoods_Sleuth

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wrenchwench  Jun 22, 2019 • 8:07:12am

re: #96 Backwoods_Sleuth

[Shedding season…]

I bathed both my kitties last week. They’re so soft, nicely scented (baby shampoo). Only one scratch, hardly any blood. (I’ve had all my shots. Time to re-up theirs.)

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Teukka  Jun 22, 2019 • 8:09:38am

re: #99 wrenchwench

I bathed both my kitties last week. They’re so soft, nicely scented (baby shampoo). Only one scratch, hardly any blood. (I’ve had all my shots. Time to re-up theirs.)

Why am I reminded of the instruction on how to give a cat a pill?

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Hecuba's daughter  Jun 22, 2019 • 8:10:27am

re: #90 jaunte

Williamson: “I have no comfort food”

Way to connect with voters, also-ran!

I was so displeased that Williamson made the cut for the first debate while Bullock and Moulton didn’t. But at least Bullock will be in the second round — really like him and hope he runs for Senate.

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jaunte  Jun 22, 2019 • 8:11:05am
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Citizen K  Jun 22, 2019 • 8:13:46am

re: #97 Hecuba’s daughter

Texas is working overtime to ensure that these Hispanic residents will never be able to vote even if they are citizens. That’s the Texas way. If the Hispanic citizens actually voted, Beto would have been Senator. But voting disenfranchisement and suppression of non-whites is the Texas way — and the GOP way nationwide.

Not even hiding it anymore. They see brown people as inherently illegitimate and not deserving of being treated as humans, much less Americans.

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wrenchwench  Jun 22, 2019 • 8:16:35am

re: #100 Teukka

Why am I reminded of the instruction on how to give a cat a pill?

Fortunately, I’ve never needed to try that. These are the healthiest 12 yr. old cats I’ve ever met. One of them had ringworm when I got them (brothers) from the shelter, so I treated both of them with weekly baths (and an ointment on the affected gato), and I’ve just continued with the baths with decreasing frequency. We’re down to 3 a year.

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Skip Intro  Jun 22, 2019 • 8:31:21am

Can anyone help out and point me in the right direction to find what setting I need to change in Firefox to see tweets again?

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wrenchwench  Jun 22, 2019 • 8:34:58am

re: #103 Citizen K

Not even hiding it anymore. They see brown people as inherently illegitimate and not deserving of being treated as humans, much less Americans.

Given that they can’t stop the demographics (they’re coming from inside!) and they can’t re-hide very well (still trying), the future registered voters will change some things (for the better, IMHO.) It will accelerate. Trump is the reactionary speed bump.

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Skip Intro  Jun 22, 2019 • 8:39:19am

So yesterday in sleepy Santa Maria CA just down the road from me, four people were killed, two golfers by a guy who shot them after going back to his dwelling get his gun after an arguement, then two more after the shooter set his trailer on fire and killed himself and someone else in the structure. Firefighters were unable to quickly put out the fire because his stockpile of ammo started going off because of the fire. I don’t know for sure, but I suspect the killer had a MAGA hat and was a Fox “News” fan.

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wrenchwench  Jun 22, 2019 • 8:40:52am

re: #105 Skip Intro

Can anyone help out and point me in the right direction to find what setting I need to change in Firefox to see tweets again?

I can try.

Under options/preferences in the left column, go to Privacy & Security, scroll down to Permissions, and make lgf an Exception in the popup window category.

Good luck.

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William Lewis  Jun 22, 2019 • 8:41:04am

Damn I hate dealing with FedEx. Just use the US Mail people…

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PhillyPretzel  Jun 22, 2019 • 8:43:09am

I just posted on the Ring system. Those (*&^%$ Jehovah’s Witnesses are in the neighborhood. :(

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Belafon  Jun 22, 2019 • 8:43:38am

re: #109 William Lewis

Damn I hate dealing with FedEx. Just use the US Mail people…

There are a couple of places that send via DHL. Ugh.

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Quoth the raven, Covfefe.  Jun 22, 2019 • 8:44:05am

re: #110 PhillyPretzel

I just posted on the Ring system. Those (*&^%$ Jehovah’s Witnesses are in the neighborhood. :(

I should do that. Out of all the smart home technology, that one seems like the most useful.

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Belafon  Jun 22, 2019 • 8:44:25am

re: #110 PhillyPretzel

I just posted on the Ring system. Those (*&^%$ Jehovah’s Witnesses are in the neighborhood. :(

The next time they show up, talk through your Ring: “This is God, Ken.”

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Teukka  Jun 22, 2019 • 8:44:31am

Did this one get posted?

Marianne Williamson: Yes, Trump’s ICE Raids Are Exactly Like Nazi Germany

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PhillyPretzel  Jun 22, 2019 • 8:45:14am

re: #113 Belafon

I will try to remember that.

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stpaulbear  Jun 22, 2019 • 8:49:52am

Bernie supporters at Jim Clyburn’s fish fry:

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Hecuba's daughter  Jun 22, 2019 • 8:54:17am

re: #114 Teukka

Did this one get posted?

[Embedded content]

Video

Think I am moving Williamson above Tulsi and Bernie in my list of Democratic preferences.

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Skip Intro  Jun 22, 2019 • 8:55:31am

Williamson was/is an anti-vaxxer.

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Decatur Deb  Jun 22, 2019 • 8:55:57am

re: #116 stpaulbear

Bernie supporters at Jim Clyburn’s fish fry:

[Embedded content]

Very upbeat thread and comments, there.

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MsJ  Jun 22, 2019 • 8:56:07am

re: #116 stpaulbear

Bernie supporters at Jim Clyburn’s fish fry:

[Embedded content]

So typically BernieBro.

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Hecuba's daughter  Jun 22, 2019 • 8:56:08am

re: #118 Skip Intro

Williamson was/is an anti-vaxxer.

Moving her down again!

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mmmirele  Jun 22, 2019 • 9:06:51am

DOJ attorney Sarah Fabian is trending on Twitter this morning. She’s the woman who argued earlier this week that providing soap, toothbrushes, toothpaste and blankets wasn’t part of “safe and sanitary.”

(Video cued up to the point where Fabian is arguing with Judge Berzon. The judge sitting on the left is Wallace Tashima, who was interned at a camp here in Arizona as a child, so he KNOWS.)

17-56297 Jenny Flores v. William Barr

There are some people arguing that she’s just doing her job, but no. While yes, every client should have representation, some arguments should be beyond the pale. Like this one. Especially in a situation where it looks like our government is violating the Geneva Conventions and the human rights of these children. What you’re supposed to do in a situation like this is tell your bosses, no, you can’t make that argument, and then quit. But Sarah Fabian sold her soul already—she’s the same woman who couldn’t work on a critical immigration case one weekend last year because she had to dogsit.

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Hecuba's daughter  Jun 22, 2019 • 9:07:02am

re: #118 Skip Intro

Williamson was/is an anti-vaxxer.

Sounds like she backpedaled on her original statement…. Her current position seems to be that she’s skeptical about Big Pharm — but believes in vaccines for childhood diseases

So she’s already reacting like a traditional politician!

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stpaulbear  Jun 22, 2019 • 9:07:22am

re: #119 Decatur Deb

Very upbeat thread and comments, there.

Yes. It sounds like it was a really fun event.

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wrenchwench  Jun 22, 2019 • 9:12:22am

re: #122 mmmirele

… in a situation where it looks like our government is violating the Geneva Conventions and the human rights of these children….

What court has jurisdiction? Who can bring charges? Is it something Trump already pulled us out of?

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Teukka  Jun 22, 2019 • 9:16:42am

re: #125 wrenchwench

What court has jurisdiction? Who can bring charges? Is it something Trump already pulled us out of?

For Crimes against Humanity, War Crimes and Genocide, you have Universal Jurisdiction as well as the ICC having jurisdiction. And I doubt that the US pulling out of the Hague and Geneva conventions or the CPPCG would’ve passed the presstitutes by…

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Belafon  Jun 22, 2019 • 9:16:47am

re: #125 wrenchwench

What court has jurisdiction? Who can bring charges? Is it something Trump already pulled us out of?

Since it’s law (we ratified the treaty), it’s like any other law in our country.

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Hecuba's daughter  Jun 22, 2019 • 9:20:54am

re: #127 Belafon

Since it’s law (we ratified the treaty), it’s like any other law in our country.

Do you really think that “L’état, c’est moi” Trump cares about treaties or laws? They are all suggestions to him — to be ignored at his whim.

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Quoth the raven, Covfefe.  Jun 22, 2019 • 9:23:04am

re: #128 Hecuba’s daughter

Do you really think that “L’état, c’est moi” Trump cares about treaties or laws? They are all suggestions to him — to be ignored at his whim.

“They’re more of what we’d call ‘guidelines’.”

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Decatur Deb  Jun 22, 2019 • 9:23:39am

re: #122 mmmirele

DOJ attorney Sarah Fabian is trending on Twitter this morning. She’s the woman who argued earlier this week that providing soap, toothbrushes, toothpaste and blankets wasn’t part of “safe and sanitary.”

(Video cued up to the point where Fabian is arguing with Judge Berzon. The judge sitting on the left is Wallace Tashima, who was interned at a camp here in Arizona as a child, so he KNOWS.)

[Embedded content]

There are some people arguing that she’s just doing her job, but no. While yes, every client should have representation, some arguments should be beyond the pale. Like this one. Especially in a situation where it looks like our government is violating the Geneva Conventions and the human rights of these children. What you’re supposed to do in a situation like this is tell your bosses, no, you can’t make that argument, and then quit. But Sarah Fabian sold her soul already—she’s the same woman who couldn’t work on a critical immigration case one weekend last year because she had to dogsit.

Is there any precedent for a bunch of judges climbing down from the bench and curb-stomping a lawyer?

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Joe Bacon 🌹  Jun 22, 2019 • 9:23:48am

re: #110 PhillyPretzel

I just posted on the Ring system. Those (*&^%$ Jehovah’s Witnesses are in the neighborhood. :(

I have a sticker on my door that says “Dracula Is A Jehovah’s Witness” and that effectively deters them from knocking!

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i(m)p(each)sos  Jun 22, 2019 • 9:24:41am

re: #93 Decatur Deb

I would as soon vote for him as many of the Most Mentioned. It’s an old straight white guy thing.

CARTER/WARREN 2020

Go all the way. Mondale’s still alive too, isn’t he?

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Decatur Deb  Jun 22, 2019 • 9:25:59am

re: #132 i(m)p(each)sos

Go all the way. Mondale’s still alive too, isn’t he?

Naw. It’s important to bring the younger generation along.

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Decatur Deb  Jun 22, 2019 • 9:33:05am

re: #131 Joe Bacon 🌹

I have a sticker on my door that says “Dracula Is A Jehovah’s Witness” and that effectively deters them from knocking!

We usually invite them in, give them a drink, and let them use the bathroom. Humans are interesting, especially the passionate ones.

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Eric The Fruit Bat  Jun 22, 2019 • 9:34:11am

Since the downstairs thread talked about the new anti-shingles vaccine I did a check on my employer-sponsored health care pharmacy beneit.

Yay me - Shingrix is covered with a zero-dollar cost.

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Sufficient unto the day...  Jun 22, 2019 • 9:34:46am

re: #130 Decatur Deb

There’s a first time for everything.

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Quoth the raven, Covfefe.  Jun 22, 2019 • 9:41:40am

re: #134 Decatur Deb

We usually invite them in, give them a drink, and let them use the bathroom. Humans are interesting, especially the passionate ones.

The Jehovah’s Witnesses in our neighborhood are two little old ladies who go to the gas station at the bottom of the hill for coffee and donuts with their escort after they’ve made their rounds around the neighborhood. They aren’t allowed to talk to me, but when Mrs. Fish is home, she’ll talk pleasantly with them.

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dog philosopher ஐஒஔ௸  Jun 22, 2019 • 9:42:20am

why every democratic officeholder is not screaming bloody murder about these detention center crimes is beyond me

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mmmirele  Jun 22, 2019 • 9:42:35am

re: #125 wrenchwench

What court has jurisdiction? Who can bring charges? Is it something Trump already pulled us out of?

Oh, courts can be set up, even if we’ve pulled out of the current regime. Also, keep in mind that travel to other countries could be dicey for a lot of people if charges of crimes against humanity come down. States of the EU would feel compelled to arrest vacationing accused persons and render them to The Hague.

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Quoth the raven, Covfefe.  Jun 22, 2019 • 9:43:43am

re: #138 dog philosopher ஐஒஔ௸

why every democratic officeholder is not screaming bloody murder about these detention center crimes is beyond me

I think they’re afraid of the whole “concentration camp” portrayal… but honestly, they shouldn’t be. That’s exactly what they are. Call a spade a spade - grow some balls - don’t let these people get away with this shit.

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mmmirele  Jun 22, 2019 • 9:43:46am

re: #130 Decatur Deb

Is there any precedent for a bunch of judges climbing down from the bench and curb-stomping a lawyer?

No. But I would bet money that 85 YO Wallace Tashima would have loved to have done it. I’m sure he was just burning inside, remembering his childhood.

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Decatur Deb  Jun 22, 2019 • 9:45:55am

re: #137 Quoth the raven, Covfefe.

The Jehovah’s Witnesses in our neighborhood are two little old ladies who go to the gas station at the bottom of the hill for coffee and donuts with their escort after they’ve made their rounds around the neighborhood. They aren’t allowed to talk to me, but when Mrs. Fish is home, she’ll talk pleasantly with them.

We had a British couple who were trying to missionize our village in Italy. They frequently dropped by to use the loo and speak English. The spookiest was a visit in Kentucky—an old lady and a young trainee. She was a cell-for-cell clone of my first love, but dressed funny. When we tell any of them that Wife is a Catholic, they pretty much back off.

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Eric The Fruit Bat  Jun 22, 2019 • 9:48:41am

re: #131 Joe Bacon 🌹

I have a sticker on my door that says “Dracula Is A Jehovah’s Witness” and that effectively deters them from knocking!

When I used to live in the Dopefish’s state they were doing their usual canvassing.
I told them that I didn’t believe in their theology and they went off in their merry way.

What I should have done is taped the following to my door:

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Decatur Deb  Jun 22, 2019 • 9:56:30am

re: #140 Quoth the raven, Covfefe.

I think they’re afraid of the whole “concentration camp” portrayal… but honestly, they shouldn’t be. That’s exactly what they are. Call a spade a spade - grow some balls - don’t let these people get away with this shit.

Wife got this by email this morning—don’t know how effective the lighting would be around here. The neighbors would just think we’re chasing a ‘possum.

“Help organize your community to participate in the “Lights for Liberty” event, on July 12. On that day, people will gather in five main locations, and at thousands of sister sites around the country. In preparation, we will learn from the impacted communities and talk to our friends and family about what is happening. You can learn more and sign up”

lightsforliberty.org

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KGxvi  Jun 22, 2019 • 9:56:42am

re: #130 Decatur Deb

Is there any precedent for a bunch of judges climbing down from the bench and curb-stomping a lawyer?

traditionally, a judge usually just has to say something like “are you sure about that, counsel?” or “you may want to reconsider that point.” I argued a case before the Ninth Circuit about 10 years ago now, and Kozinski* was leading the panel… the issue was what constituted delivery of disclosure documents under the Truth in Lending Act. Opposing counsel (for the bank) tried to argue that giving the borrower a copy of the disclosure to sign, and then taking it back for the file constituted delivery of the disclosures. Kozinski called him on that bullshit pretty quickly.

*Yes, he ended up being a fucking creep, and that was probably the reason he was never elevated to the Supreme Court, but he was a very good legal mind.

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Hecuba's daughter  Jun 22, 2019 • 10:00:00am

re: #130 Decatur Deb

Is there any precedent for a bunch of judges climbing down from the bench and curb-stomping a lawyer?

Any possibility that she is deliberately trying to lose the case by presenting absolutely appalling arguments in support of the policy?

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Decatur Deb  Jun 22, 2019 • 10:02:01am

re: #146 Hecuba’s daughter

Any possibility that she is deliberately trying to lose the case by presenting absolutely appalling arguments in support of the policy?

Would explain it, but others said she has a history.

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jaunte  Jun 22, 2019 • 10:03:43am
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I Would Prefer Not To  Jun 22, 2019 • 10:03:49am

re: #147 Decatur Deb

Would explain it, but others said she has a history.

If you wanted to lose the case she would resign in the middle of court. She is a coward, “just following orders.”

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Belafon  Jun 22, 2019 • 10:10:41am

re: #138 dog philosopher ஐஒஔ௸

why every democratic officeholder is not screaming bloody murder about these detention center crimes is beyond me

If a Democrat screams in the forest, and Trump almost bombs Iran…

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Quoth the raven, Covfefe.  Jun 22, 2019 • 10:18:21am

re: #150 Belafon

If a Democrat screams in the forest, and Trump almost bombs Iran…

I was already having a bad night on Thursday. When I got up on Friday and saw that Trump nearly ended the world… yeah, that made my morning that much worse.

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Belafon  Jun 22, 2019 • 10:21:05am

re: #151 Quoth the raven, Covfefe.

I was already having a bad night on Thursday. When I got up on Friday and saw that Trump nearly ended the world… yeah, that made my morning that much worse.

Whenever we turn Trump off, there will be so many things that have been screaming for attention for so long that its just going to be one large all of sound.

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Eric The Fruit Bat  Jun 22, 2019 • 10:21:32am

re: #139 mmmirele

States of the EU would feel compelled to arrest vacationing accused persons and render them to The Hague.

That probably explains why many in Shrub’s administration don’t dare leave the US to Europe.

If I was Kristin Nieljsen I wouldn’t dare travel to a country that is a signatory of the International Court of Justice.

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A hollow voice says, Inpeach...  Jun 22, 2019 • 10:24:50am

re: #138 dog philosopher ஐஒஔ௸

why every democratic officeholder is not screaming bloody murder about these detention center crimes is beyond me

There’s so much to scream about (emoluments, Mueller Report, obstruction of justice, Iran…) that they probably have to apportion these things out.

(By the way, I’ve now heard back from my Senator, Kamala Harris. She thinks the Mueller Report is a road match to impeachment. Of course as a Senator, she can’t do much more than call for it at this time.)

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Skip Intro  Jun 22, 2019 • 10:25:46am

re: #123 Hecuba’s daughter

Sounds like she backpedaled on her original statement…. Her current position seems to be that she’s skeptical about Big Pharm — but believes in vaccines for childhood diseases

So she’s already reacting like a traditional politician!

Given the stakes in 2020 ,it’s time for the peanut gallery to get off the stage so the few people who have a real chance don’t have to waste their time fighting with them.

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wrenchwench  Jun 22, 2019 • 10:29:09am

re: #155 Skip Intro

Given the stakes in 2020 ,it’s time for the peanut gallery to get off the stage so the few people who have a real chance don’t have to waste their time fighting with them.

Do we get to vote on who is in the peanut gallery?

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Dave In Austin  Jun 22, 2019 • 10:30:49am
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jaunte  Jun 22, 2019 • 10:33:35am
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wrenchwench  Jun 22, 2019 • 10:37:50am
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DangerMan  Jun 22, 2019 • 10:39:13am

re: #86 MsJ

A dead fish would be better than this trump thing.

As long as it was a democrat

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Quoth the raven, Covfefe.  Jun 22, 2019 • 10:39:33am

re: #160 DangerMan

As long as it was a democrat

[Cough.]

I’m not dead yet.

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DangerMan  Jun 22, 2019 • 10:44:15am

re: #99 wrenchwench

I bathed both my kitties last week. They’re so soft, nicely scented (baby shampoo). Only one scratch, hardly any blood. (I’ve had all my shots. Time to re-up theirs.)

How do you get all that fur off your tongue?

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I Would Prefer Not To  Jun 22, 2019 • 10:45:19am

re: #161 Quoth the raven, Covfefe.

[Cough.]

I’m not dead yet.

He said dead, not dope.

That’s it for now. I’m taking a much needed break from politics. I’m losing my cool (as has been noted). Fuck trump and all his supporters.

today I’m going to
Write
Promote my novel (bit.ly)
Walk on Beach
Store
Bake an apple pie (first attempt, may post pic.)
Make dinner for friends.
drink too much wine

One Love

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Dread Pirate  Jun 22, 2019 • 10:45:37am
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wrenchwench  Jun 22, 2019 • 10:48:34am

re: #162 DangerMan

How do you get all that fur off your tongue?

Did you thay thomething? There themes to be thomething in my earth.

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Skip Intro  Jun 22, 2019 • 10:50:09am

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Skip Intro  Jun 22, 2019 • 10:51:51am

re: #108 wrenchwench

Thanks, but it didn’t work. I don’t understand why it only happens on one computer. My laptop has exactly the same version and Firefox settings and tweets appear fine on it.

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Belafon  Jun 22, 2019 • 10:52:11am

re: #166 Skip Intro

You mean except for those bills that have been submitted that would provide resources to help fight interference that Mitch McConnell blocked, Jake?

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A hollow voice says, Inpeach...  Jun 22, 2019 • 10:55:41am

re: #167 Skip Intro

Thanks, but it didn’t work. I don’t understand why it only happens on one computer. My laptop has exactly the same version and Firefox settings and tweets appear fine on it.

I had a problem like that a while back, but didn’t find a solution — after a while, and a few restarts, it went away. In the meantime, reloading individual comments also loaded the tweets.

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Quoth the raven, Covfefe.  Jun 22, 2019 • 10:57:02am

re: #163 I Would Prefer Not To

Self-care is important in these trying times. Come back refreshed.

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DangerMan  Jun 22, 2019 • 10:58:32am

re: #140 Quoth the raven, Covfefe.

I think they’re afraid of the whole “concentration camp” portrayal… but honestly, they shouldn’t be. That’s exactly what they are. ***Call a spade a spade*** - grow some balls - don’t let these people get away with this shit.

***16+ credible accusations of sexual assault

Not 1. Not 3. Sixteen+

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wrenchwench  Jun 22, 2019 • 11:03:11am

I think it was a sheep. The interior is now the exterior, yet hidden.

Click to Reveal
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Belafon  Jun 22, 2019 • 11:04:16am

From balloon-juice.com

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Dread Pirate  Jun 22, 2019 • 11:04:40am

re: #167 Skip Intro

Thanks, but it didn’t work. I don’t understand why it only happens on one computer. My laptop has exactly the same version and Firefox settings and tweets appear fine on it.

Make sure your content blocking isn’t set to strict. Strict will block the images in tweets. Adblock has social media blocking. If it’s running then check that too.

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Belafon  Jun 22, 2019 • 11:07:43am

re: #172 wrenchwench

I think it was a sheep. The interior is now the exterior, yet hidden.

[Embedded content]

She’s what Sarah Palin thinks she is.

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Skip Intro  Jun 22, 2019 • 11:08:46am

re: #169 A hollow voice says, Inpeach…

What’s also odd is that on this computer alone I cannot access Huffington Post. Except sometimes. No big loss there, but it doesn’t make any sense to me.

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Old Liberal  Jun 22, 2019 • 11:08:54am

re: #27 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))

Downhill in the sense of parts of America looking like Somalia with militiamen out in their SUV’s brandishing their weapons.

As I’m sure someone pointed out, Democratic State Senators in Wisconsin did this to try to prevent Snotty Walker from destroying unions in 2011. BUT, and its a big BUT, they simply went to Illinois and got a hotel room. No threats, no militia shit. I personally have no problem with the republican assholes (but I’m redundant) doing this if it is how the system works, but they should all go to jail for threatening violence. And their militia supporters. I thought threatening violence was a crime? Unlike asking for asylum.

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DangerMan  Jun 22, 2019 • 11:10:06am

I learned today that Alexa can sing happy birthday

Today is Mrs dm’s
Alexa sang to her.
Brilliant and creepy

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wrenchwench  Jun 22, 2019 • 11:13:05am

re: #178 DangerMan

I learned today that Alexa can sing happy birthday

Today is Mrs dm’s
Alexa sang to her.
Brilliant and creepy

And why is a fart

lowbrow
funny
not-creepy?

?

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Decatur Deb  Jun 22, 2019 • 11:13:09am

re: #172 wrenchwench

I think it was a sheep. The interior is now the exterior, yet hidden.

Zen Navajo?

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Decatur Deb  Jun 22, 2019 • 11:15:34am

9 Killed In Skydiving Plane Crash In Hawaii
npr.org

Bad weekend for adrenaline sports.

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Quoth the raven, Covfefe.  Jun 22, 2019 • 11:16:16am

re: #181 Decatur Deb

9 Killed In Skydiving Plane Crash In Hawaii
npr.org

Bad weekend for adrenaline sports.

Fuck. That sucks.

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Old Liberal  Jun 22, 2019 • 11:16:40am

re: #63 Joe Bacon 🌹

[Embedded content]

Dinesh’ take is just like the idiot from Kentucky who questioned Kerry’s Bachelor of Political Science not being a science degree. They know its a shit argument, but they think it is funny and clever. Reducto ad absurdem. But then reactionaries have humor disability.

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DangerMan  Jun 22, 2019 • 11:17:14am

re: #179 wrenchwench

And why is a fart…

?

how about this:

I learned today that Alexa can fart

Today Mrs dm has gas
Alexa farted at her.
Brilliant and creepy

185
Jay C  Jun 22, 2019 • 11:17:15am

re: #138 dog philosopher ஐஒஔ௸

why every democratic officeholder is not screaming bloody murder about these detention center crimes is beyond me

To me the answer is (disgustingly, disgracefully and disturbingly) quite simple:

Not.
Enough.
People.
Care.

As long as the victims of these brutalities aren’t real “citizens”, and can be blanket-categorized as “illegal aliens”, there is an unfortunately large bloc of the citizenry who are either going to applaud the brutality/ill-treatment, or, at best, shrug. And so far, not enough of a bloc of people offended by it to make a political difference.

And yes, one can argue (correctly, but irrelevantly) that asylum-seekers aren’t “illegals” per se, and it’s not going to make one bit of difference. To the Administration (and the bigots who support them) such distinctions are meaningless. All they see are hordes of impoverished brown foreigners trying to get into “our” country, for nefarious reasons. Dissuading them by tossing them into concentration camps is just fine - and just more reason to applaud Trump and his gang for actually “doing something about them illegals”….

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stpaulbear  Jun 22, 2019 • 11:18:18am

re: #177 Old Liberal

As I’m sure someone pointed out, Democratic State Senators in Wisconsin did this to try to prevent Snotty Walker from destroying unions in 2011. BUT, and its a big BUT, they simply went to Illinois and got a hotel room. No threats, no militia shit. I personally have no problem with the republican assholes (but I’m redundant) doing this if it is how the system works, but they should all go to jail for threatening violence. And their militia supporters. I thought threatening violence was a crime? Unlike asking for asylum.

I’m most curious to see what the republican legislators do if the militia starts shooting at people. Will they call an end to it or are they willing to watch it descend into anarchy and civil war?

187
wrenchwench  Jun 22, 2019 • 11:18:32am
188
Belafon  Jun 22, 2019 • 11:18:39am

re: #178 DangerMan

I learned today that Alexa can sing happy birthday

Today is Mrs dm’s
Alexa sang to her.
Brilliant and creepy

We sing along with Google because it sounds better and can keep a tempo.

189
Charles Johnson  Jun 22, 2019 • 11:21:12am

I just asked Siri to fart for me and she said, “No comment.”

190
Dave In Austin  Jun 22, 2019 • 11:22:51am

re: #189 Charles Johnson

I just asked Siri to fart for me and she said, “No comment.”

“Siri, PLAY farting sounds.” Try that

191
Dave In Austin  Jun 22, 2019 • 11:23:26am

Together……. We can make this work!

192
Charles Johnson  Jun 22, 2019 • 11:24:52am

re: #190 Dave In Austin

“Siri, PLAY farting sounds.” Try that

Yeah, that brings up an audio player with “Fart Sounds.”

But I wanted to hear Siri fart.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Jun 22, 2019 • 11:25:03am
194
Old Liberal  Jun 22, 2019 • 11:25:04am

re: #107 Skip Intro

So yesterday in sleepy Santa Maria CA just down the road from me, four people were killed, two golfers by a guy who shot them after going back to his dwelling get his gun after an arguement, then two more after the shooter set his trailer on fire and killed himself and someone else in the structure. Firefighters were unable to quickly put out the fire because his stockpile of ammo started going off because of the fire. I don’t know for sure, but I suspect the killer had a MAGA hat and was a Fox “News” fan.

I hear all four are much more polite today. ///////// I only the other golfers had pulled out their shootin’ iron.

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Dave In Austin  Jun 22, 2019 • 11:25:46am

re: #192 Charles Johnson

Yeah, that brings up an audio player with “Fart Sounds.”

But I wanted to hear Siri fart.

Maybe is you ask in a British accent………

//

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wrenchwench  Jun 22, 2019 • 11:26:08am

re: #191 Dave In Austin

Together……. We can make this work!

I have a t-shirt from the Chainbreakers Union: ‘United, We Divide’.

197
Old Liberal  Jun 22, 2019 • 11:27:10am

re: #122 mmmirele

DOJ attorney Sarah Fabian is trending on Twitter this morning. She’s the woman who argued earlier this week that providing soap, toothbrushes, toothpaste and blankets wasn’t part of “safe and sanitary.”

(Video cued up to the point where Fabian is arguing with Judge Berzon. The judge sitting on the left is Wallace Tashima, who was interned at a camp here in Arizona as a child, so he KNOWS.)

[Embedded content]

There are some people arguing that she’s just doing her job, but no. While yes, every client should have representation, some arguments should be beyond the pale. Like this one. Especially in a situation where it looks like our government is violating the Geneva Conventions and the human rights of these children. What you’re supposed to do in a situation like this is tell your bosses, no, you can’t make that argument, and then quit. But Sarah Fabian sold her soul already—she’s the same woman who couldn’t work on a critical immigration case one weekend last year because she had to dogsit.

I hope she gets so famous that she’s reduced to eating frozen Swanson dinners at home.

198
Backwoods_Sleuth  Jun 22, 2019 • 11:28:34am

moron is such a jerk

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MsJ  Jun 22, 2019 • 11:30:39am

re: #131 Joe Bacon 🌹

I have a sticker on my door that says “Dracula Is A Jehovah’s Witness” and that effectively deters them from knocking!

I used to have one that said “Bible thumpers beware. Sacrifices begin at midnight.”

My next door neighbor girls were JH (mom was, dad was unbelievably opposed-don’t ask me how they made that work) and I took the sign down when they started doing their door bell thing. Nice kids but I’d grind my teeth trying to be nice to them. I hate religious people trying to convert me.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Jun 22, 2019 • 11:30:52am
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DangerMan  Jun 22, 2019 • 11:31:39am

re: #185 Jay C

To me the answer is (disgustingly, disgracefully and disturbingly) quite simple:

Not.
Enough.
People.
Care.

As long as the victims of these brutalities aren’t real “citizens”, and can be blanket-categorized as “illegal aliens”, there is an unfortunately large bloc of the citizenry who are either going to applaud the brutality/ill-treatment, or, at best, shrug. And so far, not enough of a bloc of people offended by it to make a political difference.

And yes, one can argue (correctly, but irrelevantly) that asylum-seekers aren’t “illegals” per se, and it’s not going to make one bit of difference. To the Administration (and the bigots who support them) such distinctions are meaningless. All they see are hordes of impoverished brown foreigners trying to get into “our” country, for nefarious reasons. Dissuading them by tossing them into concentration camps is just fine - and just more reason to applaud Trump and his gang for actually “doing something about them illegals”….

202
jaunte  Jun 22, 2019 • 11:31:44am

re: #198 Backwoods_Sleuth

That tongue between the lips thing he does is another one of his “I’m about to lie” tells.

But then again so is every other facial expression he has.

203
DangerMan  Jun 22, 2019 • 11:33:37am

re: #189 Charles Johnson

I just asked Siri to fart for me and she said, “No comment.”

i just asked mrs dm to fart at alexa

looks like i’ll be sleeping on the couch tonight

204
Backwoods_Sleuth  Jun 22, 2019 • 11:33:40am

what a load of shit

205
Backwoods_Sleuth  Jun 22, 2019 • 11:34:47am
206
William Lewis  Jun 22, 2019 • 11:35:23am

re: #186 stpaulbear

I’m most curious to see what the republican legislators do if the militia starts shooting at people. Will they call an end to it or are they willing to watch it descend into anarchy and civil war?

Depends on if they feel threatened or not. The SovCit freaks would be just as happy killing Republicans or Democrats.

207
DangerMan  Jun 22, 2019 • 11:36:44am

re: #198 Backwoods_Sleuth

moron is such a jerk

Trump bizarrely commends Iran for not shooting down plane w/38 people on it, as though it’s a major concession: “There was a plane with 38 people yesterday, did you see that?… they had it in their sights and they didn’t shoot it down..

how could we possibly know this?

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wrenchwench  Jun 22, 2019 • 11:37:28am

re: #204 Backwoods_Sleuth

what a load of shit

[Embedded content]

I believe this part;

I am at Camp David

for no good reason.

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Dr Lizardo  Jun 22, 2019 • 11:37:40am

re: #207 DangerMan

how could we possibly know this?

He doesn’t. He’s just talking out of his ass, as usual.

210
Skip Intro  Jun 22, 2019 • 11:39:33am

re: #204 Backwoods_Sleuth

Are the greens at his golf course being sanded this weekend?

211
Old Liberal  Jun 22, 2019 • 11:39:38am

re: #201 DangerMan

I think a problem that people have is they don’t know what they CAN do. To be honest, why call Rep Dipshit Sean Duffy Trumpfluffer from WI? His fucking WIFE is Mexican heritage and he doesn’t give a shit. Ron Johnson, idiot-WI? I called those fuckers til I was hoarse and they don’t care. Hence, I live in South America now.

We need someone smarter than me to come up with a way to unite all the people who do care that doesn’t require flying to Washington DC. People need a handle to grab.

212
wrenchwench  Jun 22, 2019 • 11:41:01am

re: #208 wrenchwench

I believe this part;

for no good reason.

Oh, yeah. They had to get him out of town. All towns. Didn’t Watergate involve much presidential time at Camp David?

213
William Lewis  Jun 22, 2019 • 11:41:29am

re: #199 MsJ

I used to have one that said “Bible thumpers beware. Sacrifices begin at midnight.”

My next door neighbor girls were JH (mom was, dad was unbelievably opposed-don’t ask me how they made that work) and I took the sign down when they started doing their door bell thing. Nice kids but I’d grind my teeth trying to be nice to them. I hate religious people trying to convert me.

Last time I had such a door knocker, it was a couple of earnest young mormons boys. I invited them in to say the Matins Office with me. They demurred and I haven’t seen them since.

214
danarchy  Jun 22, 2019 • 11:41:52am

re: #207 DangerMan

how could we possibly know this?

Because Iran said so, and they can obviously be trusted. Except when it is part of a prearranged agreement with a robust verification process…

215
plansbandc  Jun 22, 2019 • 11:46:54am
216
Dread Pirate  Jun 22, 2019 • 11:50:23am
217
Skip Intro  Jun 22, 2019 • 11:51:26am

Lotsa luck there, Rick.

Rick Santorum Launches Bitcoin For Catholics

218
plansbandc  Jun 22, 2019 • 11:53:04am
219
sagehen  Jun 22, 2019 • 11:56:53am

Even if the parents were all breaking the law (assumes facts not in evidence, but even if they were…) DOES. THAT. MAKE. IT. OKAY. TO. TORTURE. THEIR. CHILDREN.?

The overcrowded facilities, with inadequate food, sanitation, and furniture, is also against the law. If you really care about rule of law. And the per-day per-migrant price we’re paying these for-profit facilities to abuse these children? Is about 3x what it would cost to put them all up at the Holiday Inn.

220
steve_davis  Jun 22, 2019 • 11:57:05am

re: #29 Amory Blaine

[Embedded content]

I was at a hotel several years ago and couldn’t get the key card to open my door to save my life (it was actually my first experience with key cards). A middle-aged black gentleman was also in the process of getting into his room with his young son. “Do you have any idea how these things work?” I asked him, rhetorically, considering that he obviously knew how they worked based on his open door. He came over and showed me a couple times (one of those time release things where you can’t get the door open until the card exits the reader). Then he handed me the card back and said, “Now you try it.” I knew that I’d stumbled across a high-school teacher at that moment.

221
Backwoods_Sleuth  Jun 22, 2019 • 11:57:12am

LOL

222
Eventual Carrion  Jun 22, 2019 • 11:58:18am

re: #217 Skip Intro

Lotsa luck there, Rick.

Rick Santorum Launches Bitcoin For Catholics

Can you buy indulgences with them?

Guido Sarducci

223
Belafon  Jun 22, 2019 • 12:01:13pm

re: #221 Backwoods_Sleuth

I suspect there will be a timer involved with that quit.

224
Joe Bacon 🌹  Jun 22, 2019 • 12:07:14pm

Went to sleep last night after a low blood sugar attack and what did I dream of all night????

Skyline Chili Spaghetti with that shredded cheese on top!
225
dog philosopher ஐஒஔ௸  Jun 22, 2019 • 12:07:44pm

fabulous kushner mideast peace plan unveiled: we promise to try to convince rich arab states to give the palestinians $50 bil - and all they have to do in return is to agree to remain stateless non citizens with no rights

news.google.com

226
Joe Bacon 🌹  Jun 22, 2019 • 12:14:49pm

re: #221 Backwoods_Sleuth

LOL

[Embedded content]

Just a reminder of what a good Xtian Jason is…

227
Backwoods_Sleuth  Jun 22, 2019 • 12:16:09pm

JFC

228
Rightwingconspirator  Jun 22, 2019 • 12:16:28pm

Is it illegal to threaten law officers with violence or not? (I’m probably late to this topic…)

Republican Sen. Brian Boquist implied that police officers who pursued them should be ready to die. “Send bachelors and come heavily armed,” Boquist warned police in a televised interview shortly before his walkout. “I’m not going to be a political prisoner in the state of Oregon. It’s just that simple.”

State police said they were aware of Boquist’s remarks, but were not commenting on them. Boquist and his colleagues are supported by several right-wing militias that made more explicit threats.

After Oregon Gov. Kate Brown called on state troopers to return the lawmakers to the capital, the paramilitary group the Oath Keepers suggested violence against her.

“Gov. Brown, you want a civil war, because this is how you get a civil war,” the Oath Keepers wrote on their public Facebook page. Beneath the post, Oath Keeper fans suggesting hanging, arresting, or taking up arms against Brown.

thedailybeast.com

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Quoth the raven, Covfefe.  Jun 22, 2019 • 12:16:56pm

re: #227 Backwoods_Sleuth

JFC

So you’re holding these people hostage in order to force negotiations. I got news for you, you tangerine wankmaggot: WE DON’T NEGOTIATE WITH TERRORISTS.

230
Belafon  Jun 22, 2019 • 12:18:53pm

re: #227 Backwoods_Sleuth

JFC

I agree with Donald that the immigration removal process is illegal.

231
wrenchwench  Jun 22, 2019 • 12:22:50pm

re: #227 Backwoods_Sleuth

JFC

[Embedded content]

Instead of ‘run it up the flagpole…’ as a test, it will be/is ‘send up a drone, see if anybody shoots it down…’

232
Backwoods_Sleuth  Jun 22, 2019 • 12:26:14pm
233
Belafon  Jun 22, 2019 • 12:28:54pm

re: #232 Backwoods_Sleuth

Are we doing tit-for-tat holocaust survivors, because I’ve seen a number that say they are concentration camps?

234
sagehen  Jun 22, 2019 • 12:37:43pm

They’re purposely trying to evoke confusion between the 1941-44 death camps, and the 1935-1940 not-death concentration camps.

235
Eclectic Cyborg  Jun 22, 2019 • 12:40:42pm

re: #233 Belafon

Are we doing tit-for-tat holocaust survivors, because I’ve seen a number that say they are concentration camps?

I wouldn’t trust anything from TPUSA.

236
stpaulbear  Jun 22, 2019 • 12:41:31pm

re: #234 sagehen

They’re purposely trying to evoke confusion between the 1941-44 death camps, and the 1935-1940 not-death concentration camps.

Don Jr. isn’t doing it purposely. He doesn’t know. He doesn’t know anything.

237
MsJ  Jun 22, 2019 • 12:42:12pm

re: #221 Backwoods_Sleuth

LOL

[Embedded content]

That fucker can dish out but can’t take it.

😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

What an asshole.

238
Belafon  Jun 22, 2019 • 12:44:24pm

re: #226 Joe Bacon 🌹

Just a reminder of what a good Xtian Jason is…

[Embedded content]

So, when are the wingers going to deal with his killing an unborn child?

239
Backwoods_Sleuth  Jun 22, 2019 • 12:45:16pm
240
Eclectic Cyborg  Jun 22, 2019 • 12:46:58pm

re: #239 Backwoods_Sleuth

He’s never going to learn to shut the fuck up, is he?

241
Belafon  Jun 22, 2019 • 12:46:59pm

re: #239 Backwoods_Sleuth

“We’re going to keep applying sanctions until they provoke us into attacking them.”

242
jaunte  Jun 22, 2019 • 12:50:53pm

re: #239 Backwoods_Sleuth

The slowly rapid sanctions are more effective than the rapidly slow sanctions, unless it’s the other way around.

243
Dread Pirate  Jun 22, 2019 • 12:51:12pm
244
Dread Pirate  Jun 22, 2019 • 1:00:05pm
245
Belafon  Jun 22, 2019 • 1:04:13pm

re: #227 Backwoods_Sleuth

JFC

Note the game he’s also trying to play. If a Democrat comes out and says there’s no such deal, Trump will declare it to be the Democrats fault that negotiations stalled. He’s trying to figure out how to get around the concentration camp headlines.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Jun 22, 2019 • 1:05:12pm

oh boy

Kessler Topaz Meltzer & Check, LLP has filed a class action lawsuit against Ford Motor Company (“Ford”) over reports of faulty water pumps causing engine failure. The complaint alleges that, beginning in 2007 and continuing through the present, Ford has equipped millions of vehicles sold under the Ford, Lincoln and Mercury brand names with the Ford Cyclone Engine, also known as the Duratec engine. Unbeknownst to purchasers and lessees of these vehicles, the Ford Cyclone Engine contains a defect in design, manufacturing, materials and/or workmanship that causes the water pump to suddenly and prematurely fail—before the end of the useful life of the engine—and can lead to catastrophic engine failure.

Problem is that the water pumps are INSIDE the engine…
list of affected vehicles at:
ktmc.com

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Quoth the raven, Covfefe.  Jun 22, 2019 • 1:07:10pm

re: #246 Backwoods_Sleuth

oh boy

Problem is that the water pumps are INSIDE the engine…
list of affected vehicles at:
ktmc.com

An internal water pump was what killed my sister’s Dodge Intrepid. Pump let go, pieces got into the oil passageways, it caught fire.

248
Deep State SuperElite Satinist  Jun 22, 2019 • 1:21:26pm

re: #244 Dread Pirate

A “solution”, eh? I wonder whether a temporary solution would be okay, or if they’re holding out for something more “final”.

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Eric The Fruit Bat  Jun 22, 2019 • 3:21:52pm

re: #189 Charles Johnson

I just asked Siri to fart for me and she said, “No comment.”

I asked Cortana via the Alexa bridge to fart-Cortana said “Another Time.”


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