Trump Says He Fired John Bolton, Bolton Says He Resigned. Let’s Get Ready to Rumble.

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In the ongoing clusterfuck that is the Trump administration, warmonger’s warmonger John Bolton is the next one to run for the door marked “EXIT.” And of course, something is fishy about Trump’s announcement.

Trump tweeted around noon: “I informed John Bolton last night that his services are no longer needed at the White House. I disagreed strongly with many of his suggestions, as did others in the Administration, and therefore … I asked John for his resignation, which was given to me this morning. I thank John very much for his service. I will be naming a new National Security Advisor next week.”

But just an hour before the announcement, the White House announced that Bolton would be appearing at a 1:30 p.m. news conference alongside Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin. It seems unlikely Bolton would agree to show up after effectively being fired. If Bolton was on his way out as of Monday night, why did the White House press office not seem to know about it at 11 a.m. Tuesday?

Adding to the subplot is Bolton’s comments. His tweets Monday night and Tuesday didn’t indicate anything had changed, and shortly after Trump’s tweets, he chimed in by saying, “I offered to resign last night and President Trump said, ‘Let’s talk about it tomorrow.’ ”

This has been today’s episode of “Trump Lies About Everything.”

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Eclectic Cyborg  Sep 10, 2019 • 11:20:45am

CL’d, carrying over from last thread:

Want to hear something that will freak you the fuck out? I can all but guarantee you that Trump has considered making Sean Hannity his next NSA.

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  Sep 10, 2019 • 11:22:37am

He could just move the entire Fox Team into the WH at this point, and bring back Sarah H while he’s at it…

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The Pie Overlord!  Sep 10, 2019 • 11:23:35am

Who will be the new NSA? Ivanka.

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lizardofid  Sep 10, 2019 • 11:26:23am

re: #2 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))

He could just move the entire Fox Team into the WH at this point, and bring back Sarah H while he’s at it…

Just when I thought I was out, they pull me back in! - Godfather Part 3

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Eclectic Cyborg  Sep 10, 2019 • 11:26:27am

re: #3 The Pie Overlord!

Who will be the new NSA? Ivanka.

I’d say it’s even money between her and Jared.

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Targetpractice  Sep 10, 2019 • 11:29:46am

Speaking of Javanka, I’m waiting for the inevitable “insider scoop” from Maggie where she says that Ivanka and/or Jared was the one who convinced Donny to boot out the “warmonger” over the whole Taliban debacle. The implied meaning will be that Bolton’s disagreement with the meeting was the “real” reason for it’s collapse, and not because the whole thing was a rushed mess that would have been as “successful” as the Singapore “Summit.”

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lawhawk  Sep 10, 2019 • 11:30:00am

This is going to go as predictably as everything else Trumpworld does.

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Ming5000  Sep 10, 2019 • 11:30:29am

It just kills me that the GOP is destroying the USA day by day. The Bolton firing means the whole NSA staff will be further roiled while and after a new NSA is selected, who is sure to be WORSE THAN BOLTON…. Aargh….

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danarchy  Sep 10, 2019 • 11:32:56am

re: #5 Eclectic Cyborg

I’d say it’s even money between her and Jared.

Apparently reports are Brian Hook is the frontrunner for the spot.

en.wikipedia.org

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lawhawk  Sep 10, 2019 • 11:34:12am
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b.d.  Sep 10, 2019 • 11:37:50am

re: #10 lawhawk

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Geee, thanks for telling us that NOW Maggie…

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Charles Johnson  Sep 10, 2019 • 11:38:09am
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Targetpractice  Sep 10, 2019 • 11:38:47am

re: #10 lawhawk

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Yeah, it’s looking more and more like the usual story: Guy gets hired to great acclaim by Trump, proceeds to get beaten down as his every idea is trashed in favor of Donny’s brain droppings, and then he’s kicked out the front door the moment Donny needs a scapegoat for his latest fuckup.

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Anymouse 🌹🎃  Sep 10, 2019 • 11:38:59am

re: #11 b.d.

Geee, thanks for telling us that NOW Maggie…

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  Sep 10, 2019 • 11:39:12am

re: #11 b.d.

Geee, thanks for telling us that NOW Maggie…

that was just the sort of thing that they died NOT want leaking, it was a dead giveaway

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gocart mozart  Sep 10, 2019 • 11:39:19am
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The Pie Overlord!  Sep 10, 2019 • 11:39:20am

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Belafon  Sep 10, 2019 • 11:41:32am

Hillary wouldn’t have hired Bolton.

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Belafon  Sep 10, 2019 • 11:42:35am

re: #16 gocart mozart

As if they merged into a single entity. That’s a really bad Steven Universe fusion going on there.

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Targetpractice  Sep 10, 2019 • 11:43:01am

re: #14 Anymouse 🌹🎃

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Of course, the flip side of this is that Maggie got a scoop days ago and sat on it like a good lap dog, and is only now reporting such because she’s been given the go-ahead in the hopes it’ll smear Bolton.

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lizardofid  Sep 10, 2019 • 11:44:30am

re: #12 Charles Johnson

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The search continues for that perfect blend of bat-shit crazy and subservience.

There’s only so many Mike Pompeos out there!

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GlutenFreeJesus  Sep 10, 2019 • 11:48:26am

re: #3 The Pie Overlord!

Who will be the new NSA? Ivanka.

Stephen Miller.

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NO SMOCKING GUN!  Sep 10, 2019 • 11:50:42am

Even Rasmussen has Trump’s disapproval rating at 53% as he sinks to his lowest approval ratings in months. projects.fivethirtyeight.com

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NO SMOCKING GUN!  Sep 10, 2019 • 11:52:32am

re: #8 Ming5000

It just kills me that the GOP is destroying the USA day by day. The Bolton firing means the whole NSA staff will be further roiled while and after a new NSA is selected, who is sure to be WORSE THAN BOLTON…. Aargh….

Bolton is so bad the next one might be better by accident. Or not.

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  Sep 10, 2019 • 11:55:18am

re: #24 NO SMOCKING GUN!

Bolton is so bad the next one might be better by accident. Or not.

In Trumpland, you can only get worse.

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Eclectic Cyborg  Sep 10, 2019 • 11:57:48am

4 National Security Advisors…in about two and a half years.

Only Murphy Browns secretaries and guys named Scaramucci have shorter lifespans than that.

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NO SMOCKING GUN!  Sep 10, 2019 • 11:58:04am

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

In Trumpland, you can only get worse.

No decent person wants his reputation sullied by joining this shitshow.

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Anymouse 🌹🎃  Sep 10, 2019 • 11:58:09am
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b.d.  Sep 10, 2019 • 11:58:46am

re: #3 The Pie Overlord!

Who will be the new NSA? Ivanka.

I hear Ollie North is looking for a job….

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  Sep 10, 2019 • 11:59:00am

re: #28 Anymouse 🌹🎃

don’t forget Kid Rock

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  Sep 10, 2019 • 11:59:14am

Or Scott Baio

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Florida Panhandler  Sep 10, 2019 • 12:00:28pm

Now that Bolton is finally realizing that he is just the latest in a long line of right wing marks Trump has personally fleeced and embarrassed I wonder if he is ready to launch his own public media onslaught against his former master. Probably not.

Bolton after all is still just basically another military-service-free chickenhawk ready to send other people and their kids to fight his little wars and grievances.

But one would think that there is just one tiny shred of human dignity stirring inside that cold dead husk that looks back at him in the mirror ready to fight an actual fight. After all, his own tough guy persona is on the line… the only thing that matters to the hard right wackos that are his colleagues and fellow travelers in evil.

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retired cynic  Sep 10, 2019 • 12:06:24pm

re: #32 Florida Panhandler

But one would think that there is just one tiny shred of human dignity stirring inside that cold dead husk that looks back at him in the mirror

Nah…

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NO SMOCKING GUN!  Sep 10, 2019 • 12:11:32pm

Really, who could follow up Bolton other than another lord of evil such as Vader, Voldemort or Cuthulu himself?

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plansbandc  Sep 10, 2019 • 12:13:13pm

re: #18 Belafon

Just what I was thinking. In what world would Hillary or any Dem hire Bolton?

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Anymouse 🌹🎃  Sep 10, 2019 • 12:14:43pm

Lauren Ell (President of the Republican Atheists) will be hosting a livestream on YouTube on Friday, Sept. 13 at 7PM Eastern.

I don’t get the Republican Atheists any more than I do the Log Cabin Republicans. After 2012, the GOP removed religious freedom as a position they support in their party platform.

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Hecuba's daughter  Sep 10, 2019 • 12:15:35pm

re: #32 Florida Panhandler

Now that Bolton is finally realizing that he is just the latest in a long line of right wing marks Trump has personally fleeced and embarrassed I wonder if he is ready to launch his own public media onslaught against his former master. Probably not.

Bolton after all is still just basically another military-service-free chickenhawk ready to send other people and their kids to fight his little wars and grievances.

But one would think that there is just one tiny shred of human dignity stirring inside that cold dead husk that looks back at him in the mirror ready to fight an actual fight. After all, his own tough guy persona is on the line… the only thing that matters to the hard right wackos that are his colleagues and fellow travelers in evil.

Not human dignity but I bet Bolton is appalled at Trump’s damage to American power world-wide and his subservience to Putin. Bolton is evil, but an evil that supports American dominance and he may be afraid that Trump is single-handedly undermining our nation in a way from which there is no recovery.

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plansbandc  Sep 10, 2019 • 12:15:39pm

re: #36 Anymouse 🌹🎃

They’re all part of the Chickens for Nuggets group.

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The Ghost of a Flea  Sep 10, 2019 • 12:16:33pm

Next guy will be just as down for shooting randos with drones and keeping the civilian casualty counts classified, but differ on the vital issue of differing to the needs of autocrats.

And will probably also look like a Dick Tracy villain.

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syphonblue  Sep 10, 2019 • 12:16:51pm

re: #35 plansbandc

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NO SMOCKING GUN!  Sep 10, 2019 • 12:16:59pm

re: #37 Hecuba’s daughter

Not human dignity but I bet Bolton is appalled at Trump’s damage to American power world-wide and his subservience to Putin. Bolton is evil, but an evil that supports American dominance and he may be afraid that Trump is single-handedly undermining our nation in a way from which there is no recovery.

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Shropshire Slasher  Sep 10, 2019 • 12:17:17pm

re: #1 Eclectic Cyborg

Hannity wouldn’t accept the cut in pay.

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teleskiguy  Sep 10, 2019 • 12:17:53pm
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The Ghost of a Flea  Sep 10, 2019 • 12:18:02pm

re: #42 Shropshire Slasher

Hannity wouldn’t accept the cut in pay.

Hannity wouldn’t accept a job where he had actual responsibility.

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teleskiguy  Sep 10, 2019 • 12:18:42pm
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b.d.  Sep 10, 2019 • 12:19:40pm

re: #34 NO SMOCKING GUN!

Realky, who could follow up Bolton other than another lord of evil such as Vader, Voldemort or Cuthulu himself?

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Hecuba's daughter  Sep 10, 2019 • 12:20:50pm

re: #34 NO SMOCKING GUN!

Realky, who could follow up Bolton other than another lord of evil such as Vader, Voldemort or Cuthulu himself?

No lord of evil (especially not Cthulhu) would demean himself to work for a bully whose
goal in life is to earn the Nobel Peace Prize and that is Trump’s goal only because Obama — undeservedly — was awarded one. If Obama had not received it, Trump would not have cared.

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  Sep 10, 2019 • 12:21:09pm

re: #46 b.d.

Can’t make this stuff up… As his frustration with Bolton mounted, Trump has been speaking on the phone to H.R. McMcaster, who he ousted to make way for Bolton. Trump even told McMcaster that he misses him,

My ex dumped me for a Scottish guitarist who dumped her and then she went on Tinder…but I would have her back in a second…

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DangerMan  Sep 10, 2019 • 12:21:59pm

re: #17 The Pie Overlord!

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The Ghost of a Flea  Sep 10, 2019 • 12:22:18pm

Suffice to say, this was pretty much the Scylla and Charybdis meetup of stupidity.

Trump, the whirlpool that drowns knowledge and consistency; Bolton’s seven heads each wanting to declare war on another country.

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  Sep 10, 2019 • 12:22:46pm

re: #49 DangerMan

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Charles Johnson  Sep 10, 2019 • 12:23:03pm

re: #39 The Ghost of a Flea

Next guy will be just as down for shooting randos with drones and keeping the civilian casualty counts classified, but differ on the vital issue of differing to the needs of autocrats.

And will probably also look like a Dick Tracy villain.

PRUNEFACE FOR NSA!

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Eclectic Cyborg  Sep 10, 2019 • 12:23:03pm

re: #44 The Ghost of a Flea

Hannity wouldn’t accept a job where he had actual responsibility.

Oh, absolutely not. But that won’t stop Trump from offering it to him.

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Barefoot Grin  Sep 10, 2019 • 12:26:48pm

One thing’s for sure (unfortunately): we haven’t seen the last of Bolton. These guys are always elbowing for a place in the war room.

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NO SMOCKING GUN!  Sep 10, 2019 • 12:27:07pm
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The Ghost of a Flea  Sep 10, 2019 • 12:28:52pm

re: #52 Charles Johnson

I thought he already had an appointment.

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Mescalero09  Sep 10, 2019 • 12:32:12pm

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KGxvi  Sep 10, 2019 • 12:32:12pm

re: #37 Hecuba’s daughter

Not human dignity but I bet Bolton is appalled at Trump’s damage to American power world-wide and his subservience to Putin. Bolton is evil, but an evil that supports American dominance and he may be afraid that Trump is single-handedly undermining our nation in a way from which there is no recovery.

I was wondering last night if Congress might call the former spy/asset that was in Russia to testify regarding Trump possibly being compromised. The utter shit show that would be, if he has evidence and testimony to present would be the greatest test of our system of government since the Civil War. But if we are ever to get back to where we were, we might need it.

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Anymouse 🌹🎃  Sep 10, 2019 • 12:33:28pm

re: #58 KGxvi

I was wondering last night if Congress might call the former spy/asset that was in Russia to testify regarding Trump possibly being compromised. The utter shit show that would be, if he has evidence and testimony to present would be the greatest test of our system of government since the Civil War. But if we are ever to get back to where we were, we might need it.

I imagine if they do call him, a lot of what he could testify to would be classified (hence no televised hearing).

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KGxvi  Sep 10, 2019 • 12:34:33pm

re: #54 Barefoot Grin

One thing’s for sure (unfortunately): we haven’t seen the last of Bolton. These guys are always elbowing for a place in the war room.

I doubt we will see Bolton in a Republican Administration again. He was already fairly toxic during his tenure in the GW Bush Admin. I could see him trying to run for the House in a very red district on an America Fuck Yeah platform.

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NO SMOCKING GUN!  Sep 10, 2019 • 12:34:33pm
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retired cynic  Sep 10, 2019 • 12:36:07pm

re: #60 KGxvi

I doubt we will see Bolton in a Republican Administration again. He was already fairly toxic during his tenure in the GW Bush Admin. I could see him trying to run for the House in a very red district on an America Fuck Yeah platform.

More likely, IMO, is that he goes back on the conservo-fake-news circuit during the next
Democratic administration, second guessing everything they do.

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gocart mozart  Sep 10, 2019 • 12:38:22pm
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KGxvi  Sep 10, 2019 • 12:38:43pm

re: #59 Anymouse 🌹🎃

I imagine if they do call him, a lot of what he could testify to would be classified (hence no televised hearing).

True, but if Trump is compromised, it needs to be made public.

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retired cynic  Sep 10, 2019 • 12:39:53pm

re: #64 KGxvi

True, but if Trump is compromised, it needs to be made public.

That might require subpoenas and legal coercion.

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  Sep 10, 2019 • 12:41:49pm

re: #57 Mescalero09

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who’s grabbing?

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teleskiguy  Sep 10, 2019 • 12:44:18pm

I’ve been on a freaking block party like I haven’t seen in a while. Because of this here tweet.

Sure enough, the flying monkey army came. They’re still coming.

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NO SMOCKING GUN!  Sep 10, 2019 • 12:45:17pm
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Mescalero09  Sep 10, 2019 • 12:46:47pm

re: #66 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))

who’s grabbing?

Parlance. Verstehe?

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gocart mozart  Sep 10, 2019 • 12:50:11pm
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NO SMOCKING GUN!  Sep 10, 2019 • 12:59:54pm
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FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀  Sep 10, 2019 • 1:00:30pm
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Anymouse 🌹🎃  Sep 10, 2019 • 1:04:29pm

Trump getting weird again (thread)

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Charles Johnson  Sep 10, 2019 • 1:05:49pm
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DangerMan  Sep 10, 2019 • 1:06:52pm

re: #72 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀

Rep. Kevin McCarthy: “The President’s resorts are hotels that he owns, that people are traveling. It’s just like any other hotel… I don’t know that that’s different than anything else. Is it different than if I go and stay or eat at a Marriott here or eat at the Trump?”

yes kevin, it’s different.

here’s help, because youre either deliberately disingenuous or dense:
does staying or eating at a marriott put any money in a trump’s pocket?

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EPR-radar  Sep 10, 2019 • 1:08:00pm

re: #36 Anymouse 🌹🎃

Lauren Ell (President of the Republican Atheists) will be hosting a livestream on YouTube on Friday, Sept. 13 at 7PM Eastern.

I don’t get the Republican Atheists any more than I do the Log Cabin Republicans. After 2012, the GOP removed religious freedom as a position they support in their party platform.

All the Republican Quisling groups buy into Tax Cuts Uber Alles.

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BigPapa  Sep 10, 2019 • 1:10:22pm

On National Security Advisor bingo I got 100 rubles on Sheriff Ruckus.

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Mescalero09  Sep 10, 2019 • 1:12:36pm

Omar And The Howlers.
Few years back.

Monkey Land

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Sep 10, 2019 • 1:13:03pm
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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  Sep 10, 2019 • 1:13:07pm

re: #75 DangerMan

Rep. Kevin McCarthy: “The President’s resorts are hotels that he owns, that people are traveling. It’s just like any other hotel… I don’t know that that’s different than anything else. Is it different than if I go and stay or eat at a Marriott here or eat at the Trump?”

They are more expensive and farther away than other accommodation that can be used for government or military purposes

Some soldiers complained that the rates exceeded their per diems, so that Trump was literally sucking money out of servicemen’s pockets.

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DangerMan  Sep 10, 2019 • 1:15:40pm

re: #80 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))

They are more expensive and farther away than other government accommodation

Some soldiers complained that the rates exceeded their per diems, so that Trump was literally sucking money out of servicemen’s pockets.

also true

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Charles Johnson  Sep 10, 2019 • 1:16:01pm
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Eclectic Cyborg  Sep 10, 2019 • 1:17:44pm

re: #82 Charles Johnson

I really wouldn’t put it past him to start bombing Iran around say, October 19th, 2020.

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Belafon  Sep 10, 2019 • 1:17:54pm

re: #82 Charles Johnson

The road to hell is paved with personal agendas.

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Belafon  Sep 10, 2019 • 1:18:19pm

re: #83 Eclectic Cyborg

I really wouldn’t put it past him to start bombing Iran around say, October 19th, 2020.

It’ll be on the day of the first presidential debate.

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BigPapa  Sep 10, 2019 • 1:22:22pm

re: #82 Charles Johnson

Yup. I think President Cartman is focused on making deals and is scared of war. But the biggest worry is he’ll not do anything about threats then when backed into a corner will say ‘Oh fuck it’ and act rash. In some ways, just as bad as a warmonger.

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  Sep 10, 2019 • 1:23:17pm

re: #83 Eclectic Cyborg

I really wouldn’t put it past him to start bombing Iran around say, October 19th, 2020.

That is probably what the argument was over: when to start the war rather than where

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Anymouse 🌹🎃  Sep 10, 2019 • 1:23:51pm

RT has been attacking John Bolton for the past few days. I wonder if that played into Trump’s decision to tweet-fire him?

I see a lot of commentary from conservatives confused about liberals who are unhappy about Bolton’s firing. They seem to be genuine conservative voters and not trolls.

They don’t seem to get that liberals can despise Mr. Bolton for what he’s done and still despise Mr. Trump for the way he treated both Bolton and the office of president.

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  Sep 10, 2019 • 1:24:02pm

re: #86 BigPapa

Yup. I think President Cartman is focused on making deals and is scared of war. But the biggest worry is he’ll not do anything about threats then when backed into a corner will say ‘Oh fuck it’ and act rash. In some ways, just as bad as a warmonger.

that is one of the executive cards he has up his voluminous sleeves that he can pull out most any time he feels is in his interest

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DangerMan  Sep 10, 2019 • 1:26:33pm

re: #82 Charles Johnson

This is the bottom line - it doesn’t mean Trump is a war-ending pacifist. It means he knows he needs some kind of big achievement to get re-elected a nobel prize. There’s no policy goal apart from that.

i’m gonna modify this a tad

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FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀  Sep 10, 2019 • 1:27:31pm
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Backwoods_Sleuth  Sep 10, 2019 • 1:27:42pm

re: #89 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))

that is one of the executive cards he has up his voluminous sleeves pants that he can pull out of his ass most any time he feels is in his interest

FTFY

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teleskiguy  Sep 10, 2019 • 1:28:00pm
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Anymouse 🌹🎃  Sep 10, 2019 • 1:31:19pm

I don’t see it. He talks about whoever replaces John Bolton would cause a split in different wings of the GOP’s foreign policy politicians.

Conservatism is a religion. No matter who Trump picks, the GOP will fall behind that pick and justify it, because their prelate told them to. We saw it with throwing Ukraine under the bus in the GOP platform during the convention. Every person Trump has picked has had a full house of GOP politicians supporting that person. They were all behind Bolton. They were all behind HR McMaster before him. Why would they suddenly be different now?

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FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀  Sep 10, 2019 • 1:31:31pm
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lawhawk  Sep 10, 2019 • 1:31:32pm

re: #88 Anymouse 🌹🎃

RT has been attacking John Bolton for the past few days. I wonder if that played into Trump’s decision to tweet-fire him?

I see a lot of commentary from conservatives confused about liberals who are unhappy about Bolton’s firing. They seem to be genuine conservative voters and not trolls.

They don’t seem to get that liberals can despise Mr. Bolton for what he’s done and still despise Mr. Trump for the way he treated both Bolton and the office of president.

Trump is awful. He’s got awful judgment and no character. Zero understanding and no competencies.
Bolton is awful. He’s got awful judgment and poor character. He has some knowledge.

Firing a guy who is somewhat knowledgeable to fill with yet another yes-man makes everything worse.

Firing Bolton to keep Bolton from first resigning because you need to make a point that you’re the boss again shows Trump is a fragile snowflake who needs to show primacy when the reality is he is flailing about.

Nothing Trump does here will keep the nation safe. Trump doesn’t put American national security first. His profits and self-enrichment and self-aggrandizement are his motivations, when racism and misogyny aren’t pushing him to impose racist/misogynistic policies.

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The Ghost of a Flea  Sep 10, 2019 • 1:31:57pm

re: #82 Charles Johnson

People need to quit it with the idea that Trump is anti-war.

What’s he done with drone strikes alone should demonstrate he’s apathetic to casualties and perfectly fine with interfering in regional conflicts.

If he’s deal-making with US opponents, it’s not from a place of conscience…more likely from a personal hang-up on the idea that he’s uniquely good at forming beneficial personal relationships, plus fear of having to take responsibility for an actual engagement.

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teleskiguy  Sep 10, 2019 • 1:34:41pm
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lawhawk  Sep 10, 2019 • 1:35:15pm

re: #97 The Ghost of a Flea

Just this past week, he claimed he’s killed thousands of Taliban.
He dropped a MOAB on Taliban to claim that he’s doing more and killing more Taliban than predecessors.

What is lacking is any progress on any front. He just ended talks, and the quagmire continues with no easy exits.

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Charles Johnson  Sep 10, 2019 • 1:37:06pm

re: #94 Anymouse 🌹🎃

Well, yeah, the rest of that thread is pretty shaky. He starts from a good point then veers off into more fantasizing about “reasonable conservatives.”

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Anymouse 🌹🎃  Sep 10, 2019 • 1:37:19pm

Rebecca Shoenkopf’s hub is pissed today:

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DangerMan  Sep 10, 2019 • 1:39:45pm

‘internal polling looks great. the best ever”
he didnt say for whom

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HappyWarrior  Sep 10, 2019 • 1:40:33pm

re: #97 The Ghost of a Flea

People need to quit it with the idea that Trump is anti-war.

What’s he done with drone strikes alone should demonstrate he’s apathetic to casualties and perfectly fine with interfering in regional conflicts.

If he’s deal-making with US opponents, it’s not from a place of conscience…more likely from a personal hang-up on the idea that he’s uniquely good at forming beneficial personal relationships, plus fear of having to take responsibility for an actual engagement.

Exactly. And I’ll put it this way. A dove would have never had Bolton on his team in the first place. He’s not a neocon but that doesn’t mean he doesn’t like military might.

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HappyWarrior  Sep 10, 2019 • 1:40:44pm

re: #102 DangerMan

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‘internal polling looks great. the best ever”
he didnt say for whom

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He’s scared.

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Anymouse 🌹🎃  Sep 10, 2019 • 1:43:18pm

re: #104 HappyWarrior

He’s scared.

Internal polling is great, the best ever.

That explains why so many GOP politicians are headed for the exits.

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HappyWarrior  Sep 10, 2019 • 1:43:52pm

re: #105 Anymouse 🌹🎃

Internal polling is great, the best ever.

That explains why so many GOP politicians are headed for the exits.

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Yeah exactly

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Belafon  Sep 10, 2019 • 1:44:16pm

re: #102 DangerMan

‘internal polling looks great. the best ever”
he didnt say for whom

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Now Rasmussen is on his bad side.

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Anymouse 🌹🎃  Sep 10, 2019 • 1:44:24pm
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gocart mozart  Sep 10, 2019 • 1:45:22pm
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Skip Intro  Sep 10, 2019 • 1:45:26pm

re: #94 Anymouse 🌹🎃

Look, the only thing that matters to Trump is that the new NSA looks like he came from Central Casting and the he really likes Trump. There are no other requirements. Bolton failed right away because of his mustache. Trump won’t make that mistake again.

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Belafon  Sep 10, 2019 • 1:46:12pm

re: #109 gocart mozart

Devin Nunes doesn’t count.

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HappyWarrior  Sep 10, 2019 • 1:46:25pm

It’s not merely his ideology. It’s Trump himself that unqualified for the Presidency and he shows it daily.

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DangerMan  Sep 10, 2019 • 1:47:22pm

if it’s real….

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HappyWarrior  Sep 10, 2019 • 1:47:55pm

re: #109 gocart mozart

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I was thinking Gaetz.

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Eclectic Cyborg  Sep 10, 2019 • 1:48:43pm

Shifting gears for a minute, I am curious about something: If Warren is in the same age range as Trump and Bernie, why is she more qualified to be President than they are on the basis of age alone? Wouldn’t she be prone to the same age related gaffes? (see also: Joe Biden)

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Skip Intro  Sep 10, 2019 • 1:48:45pm

re: #109 gocart mozart

Now Gorka looks exactly what Central Casting would chose if you wanted a treasonous Russian operative as NSA.

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teleskiguy  Sep 10, 2019 • 1:50:21pm

Hey, that’s a creepy coincidence.

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HappyWarrior  Sep 10, 2019 • 1:50:30pm

re: #115 Eclectic Cyborg

Shifting gears for a minute, I am curious about something: If Warren is in the same age range as Trump and Bernie, why is she more qualified to be President than they are on the basis of age alone? Wouldn’t she be prone to the same age related gaffes? (see also: Joe Biden)

She’s younger than all 3. I’m more partial to Harris of the big four.

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The Ghost of a Flea  Sep 10, 2019 • 1:52:19pm

re: #99 lawhawk

Just this past week, he claimed he’s killed thousands of Taliban.
He dropped a MOAB on Taliban to claim that he’s doing more and killing more Taliban than predecessors.

What is lacking is any progress on any front. He just ended talks, and the quagmire continues with no easy exits.

The MOAB is why I think that Trump is the perfect crystal example of an individual who cannot differentiate aesthetics from reality. He’s literally always in reality TV mode, doing things strictly for optics.

Like the landing strip bombing in Syria, the story of “I bombed harder” seemed to be more important than any objective. I strongly suspect that botched SEAL raid had a similar assessment behind it: good presidential television, not sound strategy.

But the other half of this is the malice of what he’s able to get away with if it’s completely invisible—because we have a picture now of Trump, Mattis, and the Pentagon where “lethality” is an end unto itself is being elevated—which is why I keep bringing up drones. The shitheads, Trump foremost, have embraced the idea of just continuously firing shots at crowds, because it hovers below the line of bad optics but also gives the semblance of meaningful activity in the conflict.

It’s a different technology, but it’s all sounding a like Vietnam…we’re killing all these guys, that’s a win even thought there’s no other metrics.

And I hate to put it this way, but, I think what we’re watching is the military-industrial complex’s latest adaption, post-Vietnam, to keep conflict going. With Gulf War One we say turning war into a pageant work, but then it failed with Gulf War Two. Now they’ve moved on to experimenting with warfare that’s completely hidden from the nation conducting it, always at a subcritical level of attention.

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sagehen  Sep 10, 2019 • 1:52:22pm

re: #79 Backwoods_Sleuth

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Somebody needs to draw Trump, Putin, Kim and MBS as teenage-girl besties at a slumber party. Braiding each other’s hair, giving each other pedicures…

(the final panel of the strip, of course, Trump is in his sleeping bag and the rest of them are putting his hand in a bucket of water…)

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Decatur Deb  Sep 10, 2019 • 1:59:24pm

re: #115 Eclectic Cyborg

Shifting gears for a minute, I am curious about something: If Warren is in the same age range as Trump and Bernie, why is she more qualified to be President than they are on the basis of age alone? Wouldn’t she be prone to the same age related gaffes? (see also: Joe Biden)

Perhaps all 70yr-olds don’t think and act alike.

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Blind Frog Belly White  Sep 10, 2019 • 2:01:15pm

re: #115 Eclectic Cyborg

Shifting gears for a minute, I am curious about something: If Warren is in the same age range as Trump and Bernie, why is she more qualified to be President than they are on the basis of age alone? Wouldn’t she be prone to the same age related gaffes? (see also: Joe Biden)

Well, Trump’s 3 years older than Warren, and Sanders is 8 years older, so I’m not sure I’d say they’re in the same age range, exactly.

But, yeah, honestly - when Reagan was reelected at the age of 74, there was a LOT of talk about how old he was, especially after he gave a real “doddering old fart’performance at the first debate with Mondale. And now people want Sanders, who if elected would take office already older than Reagan was when he LEFT.

Something weird has happened to our views on age and the Presidency. Shit, when LBJ stepped down, he was younger than I am now!

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Belafon  Sep 10, 2019 • 2:01:18pm

re: #115 Eclectic Cyborg

Shifting gears for a minute, I am curious about something: If Warren is in the same age range as Trump and Bernie, why is she more qualified to be President than they are on the basis of age alone? Wouldn’t she be prone to the same age related gaffes? (see also: Joe Biden)

Betty White is way more qualified to be presiden than Trump.

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Eclectic Cyborg  Sep 10, 2019 • 2:02:22pm

re: #123 Belafon

Betty White 2020
Make America Kick Ass Again

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Decatur Deb  Sep 10, 2019 • 2:02:24pm

re: #123 Belafon

Betty White is way more qualified to be presiden than Trump.

So is my Pyr, and he’s 77 in dog years.

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The Pie Overlord!  Sep 10, 2019 • 2:03:52pm

re: #91 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀

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Isn’t “Podshare” the high tech equivalent of an old fashioned boarding house?

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Anymouse 🌹🎃  Sep 10, 2019 • 2:05:40pm

Dina Titus (D-NV1)

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HappyWarrior  Sep 10, 2019 • 2:06:12pm

re: #124 Eclectic Cyborg

Betty White 2020
Make America Kick Ass Again

Make Mel Brooks or Carl Reiner her VP.

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Anymouse 🌹🎃  Sep 10, 2019 • 2:06:41pm

re: #114 HappyWarrior

I was thinking Gaetz.

Tom Cotton or Gym Jordan.

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HappyWarrior  Sep 10, 2019 • 2:07:42pm

re: #129 Anymouse 🌹🎃

Tom Cotton or Gym Jordan.

If it was Cotton, I think Gorka would have said Senator. But Jordan is a good suspect too.

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sagehen  Sep 10, 2019 • 2:07:51pm

re: #122 Blind Frog Belly White

Something weird has happened to our views on age and the Presidency. Shit, when LBJ stepped down, he was younger than I am now!

Barack and Michelle Obama won’t be eligible for Social Security for another decade.

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Anymouse 🌹🎃  Sep 10, 2019 • 2:08:18pm

re: #126 The Pie Overlord!

Isn’t “Podshare” the high tech equivalent of an old fashioned boarding house?

No.

By calling it a name with a fancy marketing logo like “Podshare” you can charge a lot more than a boarding house can.

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HappyWarrior  Sep 10, 2019 • 2:10:48pm

re: #131 sagehen

Barack and Michelle Obama won’t be eligible for Social Security for another decade.

Bernie is older than Obama’s mother would be if she were still with us. He’s also older than Clinton and Bush II. I just don’t get it. Yeah age shouldn’t disqualify someone but we can’t ignore it either as both Reagan and Trump have showed us.

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Blind Frog Belly White  Sep 10, 2019 • 2:11:17pm

re: #126 The Pie Overlord!

Isn’t “Podshare” the high tech equivalent of an old fashioned boarding house?

Pretty sure that in an old fashioned boarding house, you got your own room, not just a bunk.

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lizardofid  Sep 10, 2019 • 2:11:25pm

re: #109 gocart mozart

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“I’m in charge here!” Alexander Haig Sebastian Gorka

Possible dated reference. ; )

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Anymouse 🌹🎃  Sep 10, 2019 • 2:11:32pm

re: #131 sagehen

Barack and Michelle Obama won’t be eligible for Social Security for another decade.

Barack Obama was born in 1961. At age 62 he is eligible, so 2023 (five years).

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Decatur Deb  Sep 10, 2019 • 2:13:52pm

re: #134 Blind Frog Belly White

Pretty sure that in an old fashioned boarding house, you got your own room, not just a bunk.

Lived in that sort of housing for 12 years—5 reform school. 5 monastery school, 2 C Co Special Troops, Ft. Knox. Didn’t pay 1200/month for any of them.

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Blind Frog Belly White  Sep 10, 2019 • 2:14:08pm

re: #133 HappyWarrior

Bernie is older than Obama’s mother would be if she were still with us. He’s also older than Clinton and Bush II. I just don’t get it. Yeah age shouldn’t disqualify someone but we can’t ignore it either as both Reagan and Trump have showed us.

Why not?

I mean, seriously, this is a tough job - if you actually do it, and don’t just watch TV, tweet, and fuck off to the golf course every couple days. People in this job age noticeably. And electing people who are already a decade beyond ‘retirement age’ strikes me as a problem.

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Blind Frog Belly White  Sep 10, 2019 • 2:14:42pm

Apparently, he’s crashed through the 40% floor.

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Blind Frog Belly White  Sep 10, 2019 • 2:16:01pm

re: #137 Decatur Deb

Lived in that sort of housing for 12 years—5 reform school. 5 monastery school, 2 C Co Special Troops, Ft. Knox. Didn’t pay 1200/month for any of them.

Hey, you can probably get by on $1000/month, if you’re willing to hot bunk.

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HappyWarrior  Sep 10, 2019 • 2:16:05pm

re: #138 Blind Frog Belly White

Why not?

I mean, seriously, this is a tough job - if you actually do it, and don’t just watch TV, tweet, and fuck off to the golf course every couple days. People in this job age noticeably. And electing people who are already a decade beyond ‘retirement age’ strikes me as a problem.

That’s very true. I’m honestly frustrated that three of the four top Dem candidates are over 70.

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DangerMan  Sep 10, 2019 • 2:16:56pm

re: #135 lizardofid

“I’m in charge here!” Alexander Haig Sebastian Gorka

Possible dated reference. ; )

just to pick a nit:

haig - “As of now, I am in control here, in the White House”

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KGxvi  Sep 10, 2019 • 2:17:21pm

re: #115 Eclectic Cyborg

Shifting gears for a minute, I am curious about something: If Warren is in the same age range as Trump and Bernie, why is she more qualified to be President than they are on the basis of age alone? Wouldn’t she be prone to the same age related gaffes? (see also: Joe Biden)

Of those 4, she is the youngest. Sanders is 78, Biden is 76, and Trump is 73. Warren is 70, she will be six months shy of her 72nd birthday if she takes the oath of office. That is, in my opinion, probably a bit too old to be taking the job. Warren would be the oldest person to assume the office (Trump was 70 when he took the oath of office and Reagan was a few weeks away from his 70th birthday).

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DangerMan  Sep 10, 2019 • 2:20:26pm

re: #141 HappyWarrior

That’s very true. I’m honestly frustrated that three of the four top Dem candidates are over 70.

it is true that three of the top dems are over 70

the important thing to focus on is why are they leading?

its not because of age
and it’s not because anything’s ‘rigged’

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Sep 10, 2019 • 2:20:50pm

re: #133 HappyWarrior

Bernie is older than Obama’s mother would be if she were still with us. He’s also older than Clinton and Bush II. I just don’t get it. Yeah age shouldn’t disqualify someone but we can’t ignore it either as both Reagan and Trump have showed us.

Notorious RBG, for starters.

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Belafon  Sep 10, 2019 • 2:21:08pm

re: #141 HappyWarrior

That’s very true. I’m honestly frustrated that three of the four top Dem candidates are over 70.

Us Gen-Xers were lucky to get one president.

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Belafon  Sep 10, 2019 • 2:21:40pm

re: #144 DangerMan

it is true that three of the top dems are over 70

the important thing to focus on is why are they leading?

its not because of age
and it’s not because anything’s ‘rigged’

People know their names.

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HappyWarrior  Sep 10, 2019 • 2:22:10pm

re: #144 DangerMan

it is true that three of the top dems are over 70

the important thing to focus on is why are they leading?

its not because of age
and it’s not because anything’s ‘rigged’

Oh certainly it’s legit but I’m more partial to younger candidates.

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gocart mozart  Sep 10, 2019 • 2:22:24pm
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KGxvi  Sep 10, 2019 • 2:22:30pm

re: #146 Belafon

Us Gen-Xers were lucky to get one president.

Will be lucky… Obama was technically a young boomer, since most consider GenX to start at 1965.

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Decatur Deb  Sep 10, 2019 • 2:22:41pm

re: #147 Belafon

People know their names.

Perhaps because they’ve done something.

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Blind Frog Belly White  Sep 10, 2019 • 2:23:25pm

re: #146 Belafon

Us Gen-Xers were lucky to get one president.

And yet some consider Obama to be a late Boomer, rather than Gen-X.

Yeah, yeah, I know - we Boomers took everything good from you Gen-Xers. Boo-hoo.
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plansbandc  Sep 10, 2019 • 2:23:52pm

re: #88 Anymouse 🌹🎃

Too much nuance. Goes right over their heads.

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HappyWarrior  Sep 10, 2019 • 2:24:06pm

re: #150 KGxvi

Will be lucky… Obama was technically a young boomer, since most consider GenX to start at 1965.

Yeah Obama is a late boomer. Funny. We’ve never had a President born in the 50’s or 30’s. I’m trying to think of other decades where a President wasn’t born.

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KGxvi  Sep 10, 2019 • 2:25:32pm

re: #154 HappyWarrior

Yeah Obama is a late boomer. Funny. We’ve never had a President born in the 50’s or 30’s. I’m trying to think of other decades where a President wasn’t born.

1810’s

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sagehen  Sep 10, 2019 • 2:26:05pm

re: #139 Blind Frog Belly White

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Apparently, he’s crashed through the 40% floor.

What are the odds he ever reaches Dubya levels? (23% by the time he left office)
Or howzabout Cheney (11%)

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HappyWarrior  Sep 10, 2019 • 2:26:54pm

re: #155 KGxvi

1810’s

That’s right.

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Decatur Deb  Sep 10, 2019 • 2:27:22pm

re: #156 sagehen

What are the odds he ever reaches Dubya levels? (23% by the time he left office)
Or howzabout Cheney (11%)

Would take a Bush Dow-Jones and Bush unemployment.

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FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀  Sep 10, 2019 • 2:27:22pm

re: #139 Blind Frog Belly White

Apparently, he’s crashed through the 40% floor.

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Blind Frog Belly White  Sep 10, 2019 • 2:27:35pm

re: #155 KGxvi

1810’s

For fucks’s sake, 3 of the last 4 Presidents were all born within 3 months in 1946!

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KGxvi  Sep 10, 2019 • 2:27:43pm

re: #156 sagehen

What are the odds he ever reaches Dubya levels? (23% by the time he left office)
Or howzabout Cheney (11%)

Barring a full blown recession (not out of the realm of possibilities), I’d say Trump getting below 25% is probably 12:1 odds. With a recession? Probably around -300.

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HappyWarrior  Sep 10, 2019 • 2:28:06pm

re: #156 sagehen

What are the odds he ever reaches Dubya levels? (23% by the time he left office)
Or howzabout Cheney (11%)

The economy will tell but I think unlikely. Trump as I’ve argued has a lower floor than most politicians but a higher ceiling

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FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀  Sep 10, 2019 • 2:28:39pm
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KGxvi  Sep 10, 2019 • 2:28:45pm

re: #160 Blind Frog Belly White

For fucks’s sake, 3 of the last 4 Presidents were all born within 3 months in 1946!

That’s something that Buttigieg has remarked on quite a bit.

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HappyWarrior  Sep 10, 2019 • 2:29:20pm

re: #160 Blind Frog Belly White

For fucks’s sake, 3 of the last 4 Presidents were all born within 3 months in 1946!

So you’re saying my Dad’s brother needs to run.//

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Belafon  Sep 10, 2019 • 2:29:31pm

re: #151 Decatur Deb

Perhaps because they’ve done something.

Biden is the frontrunner because he’s a familiar name associated with our last president. The polls among Democrats state this, especially among African Americans.

Sanders ran in the last campaign.

Warren is the one doing the best at making a name for herself, and she started out in third place, behind those that had more name recognition. And don’t forget how much Trump has helped put her name in the spotlight.

Then we can talk about the idea that a women won’t win the election that some people have.

And as much as I don’t mind Biden, he hasn’t run nearly the campaign Harris, Beto, or Pete have, and yet he’s still comfortably ahead of them.

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DangerMan  Sep 10, 2019 • 2:30:13pm

remember impeachment? we used to talk about it

Yes, Democrats Should Impeach Trump—and Make Mitch McConnell Defend His Acquittal

“Stain and Blame”—stain Trump by impeaching him, and blame McConnell when he is acquitted in the Senate.
——
People can’t remember what happened two weeks ago, much less 10 months ago.

With one exception: The impeachment of the President. The memories of that are long. Despite his acquittal, impeachment—a convenient shorthand for all of his despicable qualities—would hang around Donald Trump’s neck all the way to Election Day. And he would be stained forever in history, his just deserts.

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The Pie Overlord!  Sep 10, 2019 • 2:30:24pm

re: #120 sagehen

Somebody needs to draw Trump, Putin, Kim and MBS as teenage-girl besties at a slumber party. Braiding each other’s hair, giving each other pedicures…

(the final panel of the strip, of course, Trump is in his sleeping bag and the rest of them are putting his hand in a bucket of water…)

How about this?

Donald Trump, Mike Pence And Vladimir Putin As The Golden Girls Is Brilliant.

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HappyWarrior  Sep 10, 2019 • 2:30:37pm

re: #164 KGxvi

That’s something that Buttigieg has remarked on quite a bit.

Buttigeg imo has the opposite problem. He needs more experience but I can hardly blame him after we elected our first President with no elected experience since Ike and no experience with any government.

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plansbandc  Sep 10, 2019 • 2:30:50pm

re: #134 Blind Frog Belly White

More like a dorm or sorority house.

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jaunte  Sep 10, 2019 • 2:31:07pm
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Belafon  Sep 10, 2019 • 2:31:38pm

re: #167 DangerMan

remember impeachment? we used to talk about it

Yes, Democrats Should Impeach Trump—and Make Mitch McConnell Defend His Acquittal

I know we talked about it on Sunday.

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DangerMan  Sep 10, 2019 • 2:32:49pm

re: #167 DangerMan

remember impeachment? we used to talk about it

Yes, Democrats Should Impeach Trump—and Make Mitch McConnell Defend His Acquittal

when i posted this i did not see re: #149 gocart mozart

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HappyWarrior  Sep 10, 2019 • 2:32:57pm

re: #171 jaunte

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Talk to the guy who gave you your current jo, Neil or otherwise stfu. And I’m not just talking about Trump.

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Blind Frog Belly White  Sep 10, 2019 • 2:32:58pm

re: #162 HappyWarrior

The economy will tell but I think unlikely. Trump as I’ve argued has a lower floor than most politicians but a higher floor.

I think you mean lower ceiling, but yeah. Support for him has almost nothing to do with his performance. The Bushes had high highs and low lows because not that many people actually liked them. They did a pretty good job at a crucial time and so were very popular, but then when things went south they didn’t really have much to fall back on. GWB was more personally popular than his old man, but still.

Trump, OTOH, has failed to deliver on anything he promised, apart from treating nonwhites like shit. But then, that’s what they worship him for.

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The Pie Overlord!  Sep 10, 2019 • 2:33:33pm

re: #138 Blind Frog Belly White

Why not?

I mean, seriously, this is a tough job - if you actually do it, and don’t just watch TV, tweet, and fuck off to the golf course every couple days. People in this job age noticeably. And electing people who are already a decade beyond ‘retirement age’ strikes me as a problem.

Presidents at the beginning & end of their terms

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HappyWarrior  Sep 10, 2019 • 2:33:41pm

re: #175 Blind Frog Belly White

I think you mean lower ceiling, but yeah. Support for him has almost nothing to do with his performance. The Bushes had high highs and low lows because not that many people actually liked them. They did a pretty good job at a crucial time and so were very popular, but then when things went south they didn’t really have much to fall back on. GWB was more personally popular than his old man, but still.

Trump, OTOH, has failed to deliver on anything he promised, apart from treating nonwhites like shit. But then, that’s what they worship him for.

Yes sorry I did mean ceiling.

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jaunte  Sep 10, 2019 • 2:33:45pm

re: #174 HappyWarrior

He’s experiencing a subservience crisis.

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DangerMan  Sep 10, 2019 • 2:34:07pm

re: #172 Belafon

I know we talked about it on Sunday.

i was hauling sandbags….. ;-)

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Blind Frog Belly White  Sep 10, 2019 • 2:34:53pm

re: #176 The Pie Overlord!

Presidents at the beginning & end of their terms

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“Do not, my friends, allow yourselves to become addicted to water!”

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jaunte  Sep 10, 2019 • 2:34:53pm

Prison time sounds about right.

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sagehen  Sep 10, 2019 • 2:35:02pm

re: #142 DangerMan

just to pick a nit:

haig - “As of now, I am in control here, in the White House”

That event was featured during a Season 1 episode of The Americans

Phillip & Elizabeth’s boss believed this was the opening move in Haig’s military coup, and they ordered Phillip to kill George Schultz. (Phillip disobeyed orders; he thought he and Elizabeth understood better than the Center did).

Also Nina’s first big plot point; she went to a bar where congressional aides and young WH staffers hung out so she could listen to them argue, and was able to report back to her boss that no, it was just clumsy media management, no coup, and the VP was on his way back to town and had everybody’s full support.

And Phillip’s first big intel score from his friendship with Stan — being able to report that it was some homegrown crazy, nothing political, many hours before that was officially released to the media. Being able to assure the home office that the US gov’t wasn’t going to pin this on the USSR.

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jaunte  Sep 10, 2019 • 2:35:32pm
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Belafon  Sep 10, 2019 • 2:35:38pm

re: #176 The Pie Overlord!

Presidents at the beginning & end of their terms

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I think the last two pictures are reversed.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Sep 10, 2019 • 2:36:41pm

re: #170 plansbandc

More like a dorm or sorority house.

summer camp

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KGxvi  Sep 10, 2019 • 2:36:41pm

re: #176 The Pie Overlord!

Presidents at the beginning & end of their terms

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In fairness, if you compare pictures of most people with an 8 year gap, especially in their 50/60/70s and see a big change.

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FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀  Sep 10, 2019 • 2:37:01pm
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lawhawk  Sep 10, 2019 • 2:37:50pm
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HappyWarrior  Sep 10, 2019 • 2:38:13pm

re: #186 KGxvi

In fairness, if you compare pictures of most people with an 8 year gap, especially in their 50/60/70s and see a big change.

Maybe we should look at Senators. Like how does Rubio look now versus nine years ago?

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HappyWarrior  Sep 10, 2019 • 2:38:43pm

re: #187 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀

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He needs to go to jail a long time.

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DangerMan  Sep 10, 2019 • 2:39:17pm

re: #185 Backwoods_Sleuth

summer camp

creepy summer camp

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Blind Frog Belly White  Sep 10, 2019 • 2:39:18pm
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Blind Frog Belly White  Sep 10, 2019 • 2:40:20pm

re: #191 DangerMan

creepy summer camp

More “Friday the 13th” than “American Pie”?

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Blind Frog Belly White  Sep 10, 2019 • 2:42:54pm

re: #193 Blind Frog Belly White

More “Friday the 13th” than “American Pie”?

Kamp Krusty.

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DangerMan  Sep 10, 2019 • 2:43:22pm

re: #193 Blind Frog Belly White

More “Friday the 13th” than “American Pie”?

certainly not ‘meatballs’

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KGxvi  Sep 10, 2019 • 2:43:54pm

re: #189 HappyWarrior

Maybe we should look at Senators. Like how does Rubio look now versus nine years ago?

Rubio’s still in his 40s, so the changes might not be as noticeable. But here he is in 2013 doing the state of the union response:

and here he is from a recent photo:

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mmmirele  Sep 10, 2019 • 2:44:21pm

re: #126 The Pie Overlord!

Isn’t “Podshare” the high tech equivalent of an old fashioned boarding house?

Yeah. When I was in college I lived in a co-op. It was cheap, we had to do 4 hours of work a week (mine was breakfast prep, other people cooked, cleaned and we had a person in charge of our beer machine and another in charge of Friday bar). I enjoyed it but it wasn’t for everyone.

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HappyWarrior  Sep 10, 2019 • 2:45:16pm

re: #196 KGxvi

Rubio’s still in his 40s, so the changes might not be as noticeable. But here he is in 2013 doing the state of the union response:

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Gotcha.

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Belafon  Sep 10, 2019 • 2:46:03pm

re: #194 Blind Frog Belly White

Kamp Krusty.

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I’m thinking more “Cabin in the Woods.”

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The Pie Overlord!  Sep 10, 2019 • 2:46:07pm

OK!

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KGxvi  Sep 10, 2019 • 2:47:04pm

re: #198 HappyWarrior

Rand Paul is pretty good example. He’s 56, and he looks like he’s aged quite a bit since 2012.

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Patricia Kayden  Sep 10, 2019 • 2:48:14pm

re: #1 Eclectic Cyborg

CL’d, carrying over from last thread:

Want to hear something that will freak you the fuck out? I can all but guarantee you that Trump has considered making Sean Hannity his next NSA.

How would we know that’s a bad thing given how crazy this administration has operated? It would be par for the course.

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Shiplord Kirel, Friend of Moose and Squirrel  Sep 10, 2019 • 2:48:54pm

re: #77 BigPapa

On National Security Advisor bingo I got 100 rubles on Sheriff Ruckus.

I’m putting 50 Riyals on Ivanka.

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Blind Frog Belly White  Sep 10, 2019 • 2:49:06pm

re: #199 Belafon

I’m thinking more “Cabin in the Woods.”

My favorite bit in that was when some-Hemsworth-or-other says, “Whatever we do, we can’t split up, or he’ll pick us off one by one!”

And the guys in the Control Booth say, “Uh-oh.” and press a button.

Some mist sprays in whichever-Hemsworth’s face and he says, “Wait. No, let’s split up. We’ll cover more ground that way!”

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Blind Frog Belly White  Sep 10, 2019 • 2:50:17pm

re: #201 KGxvi

Rand Paul is pretty good example. He’s 56, and he looks like he’s aged quite a bit since 2012.

I feel like I’VE aged a whole damn decade since November 2016.

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Belafon  Sep 10, 2019 • 2:50:54pm

re: #204 Blind Frog Belly White

My favorite bit in that was when some-Hemsworth-or-other says, “Whatever we do, we can’t split up, or he’ll pick us off one by one!”

And the guys in the Control Booth say, “Uh-oh.” and press a button.

Some mist sprays in whichever-Hemsworth’s face and he says, “Wait. No, let’s split up. We’ll cover more ground that way!”

“We work with what we have.”

I love that it failed because the people running it got their tropes wrong.

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HappyWarrior  Sep 10, 2019 • 2:52:46pm

re: #201 KGxvi

Rand Paul is pretty good example. He’s 56, and he looks like he’s aged quite a bit since 2012.

Yeah that’s a better one.

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The Pie Overlord!  Sep 10, 2019 • 2:52:47pm
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Decatur Deb  Sep 10, 2019 • 2:53:28pm

re: #200 The Pie Overlord!

OK!
The safety of our customers and team members is our top priority, so we respectfully request that our customers do not open carry firearms at Meijer. We’ve made this decision because open carry can create an environment that makes our customers and team members feel unsafe

Too polite.

How about:
“Listen up. This isn’t the Serengeti. This isn’t The Alamo. This isn’t fucking Dien Bien Phu. Leave your fucking piece at home !!! Asshole !!!”

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lizardofid  Sep 10, 2019 • 2:54:28pm

re: #208 The Pie Overlord!

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After all, it was just locker room banter.

not.

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Quoth the raven, Covfefe.  Sep 10, 2019 • 2:56:22pm

Evening Lizardim.

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Shropshire Slasher  Sep 10, 2019 • 3:00:51pm

Did Bolton’s mustache get fired too?

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KGxvi  Sep 10, 2019 • 3:01:13pm

re: #205 Blind Frog Belly White

I feel like I’VE aged a whole damn decade since November 2016.

As someone said somewhere on the internets… the Trump presidency has aged in dog years. Year one was like 15 years, year two was like 9, and year three is 5 years.

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Anymouse 🌹🎃  Sep 10, 2019 • 3:03:09pm

re: #169 HappyWarrior

Buttigeg imo has the opposite problem. He needs more experience but I can hardly blame him after we elected our first President with no elected experience since Ike and no experience with any government.

And there’s the problem about bringing age into a discussion of who should be President.

You have to be at least thirty-five.

In the near future, assuming Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez continues to be a good representative (or becomes a senator), running at age thirty-five she’ll have over a decade of experience in governance.

Most people who run for Congress don’t start out as young as she did. They kind of take the path I did (sans running for Congress)—starting in a local office, building up to a state office, then Congress. That takes decades.

Someone on the young end is very likely to have little or no government experience, and we can see how that works out with Trump.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Sep 10, 2019 • 3:04:30pm

re: #191 DangerMan

creepy summer camp

Camp Granada

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KGxvi  Sep 10, 2019 • 3:05:41pm

Meanwhile, in Iran:

An Iranian woman detained for dressing as a man to sneak into a stadium to watch a football match has died after setting herself on fire upon learning she could spend six months in prison, semi-official news outlets reported Tuesday.

The self-immolation death of a 29-year-old known as Sahar Khodayari has become a hashtag trend across social media in the Islamic Republic.

It also comes as FIFA is working with Iranian authorities to overcome a ban on women entering stadiums for men’s games, a ban in place since the country’s 1979 Islamic Revolution. FIFA wants the issue resolved before Oct. 10, when Iran — the top-ranked team in Asia — hosts its first home World Cup qualifier against Cambodia.

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jaunte  Sep 10, 2019 • 3:07:45pm

More sociopaths for the sociopath administration.

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HappyWarrior  Sep 10, 2019 • 3:08:22pm

re: #217 jaunte

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More sociopaths for the sociopath administration.

JFC sigh.

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Blind Frog Belly White  Sep 10, 2019 • 3:08:25pm

Okay, I started out being all in for Kamala Harris, but she’s failed to impress me so far. Elizabeth Warren, however, continues to impress.

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HappyWarrior  Sep 10, 2019 • 3:09:39pm

Couch should be disbarred not promoted after crap.

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KGxvi  Sep 10, 2019 • 3:09:48pm

re: #214 Anymouse 🌹🎃

And there’s the problem about bringing age into a discussion of who should be President.

You have to be at least thirty-five.

In the near future, assuming Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez continues to be a good representative (or becomes a senator), running at age thirty-five she’ll have over a decade of experience in governance.

Most people who run for Congress don’t start out as young as she did. They kind of take the path I did (sans running for Congress)—starting in a local office, building up to a state office, then Congress. That takes decades.

Someone on the young end is very likely to have little or no government experience, and we can see how that works out with Trump.

Most presidents (and even presidential nominees) don’t often have local experience. Obama served in the Illinois legislature before the Senate, GWB, Clinton, Reagan, and Carter were all governors with no other elected offices. GHWB was all over federal government positions. Nixon and Kennedy started off in Congress together.

I think you have to go back to LBJ, who served on a local school board to find a president who previous held a local office.

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jaunte  Sep 10, 2019 • 3:10:33pm

re: #218 HappyWarrior

Threatening two year olds with being bitten by a big scary dog always calms them down.
Fucking violent moron.

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jaunte  Sep 10, 2019 • 3:11:15pm
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HappyWarrior  Sep 10, 2019 • 3:11:56pm

re: #221 KGxvi

Most presidents (and even presidential nominees) don’t often have local experience. Obama served in the Illinois legislature before the Senate, GWB, Clinton, Reagan, and Carter were all governors with no other elected offices. GHWB was all over federal government positions. Nixon and Kennedy started off in Congress together.

I think you have to go back to LBJ, who served on a local school board to find a president who previous held a local office.

Clinton was Arkansas’ AG I believe.

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HappyWarrior  Sep 10, 2019 • 3:13:43pm

re: #222 jaunte

Threatening two year olds with being bitten by a big scary dog always calms them down.
Fucking violent moron.

I mean it’s already bad enough they’re making these toddlers represent themselves. This is just sickening.

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teleskiguy  Sep 10, 2019 • 3:18:06pm
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KGxvi  Sep 10, 2019 • 3:19:08pm

re: #224 HappyWarrior

Clinton was Arkansas’ AG I believe.

Yeah, you’re right. He had a two year term as Arkansas AG. And Carter served in the State Senate in Georgia for 4 years.

In the modern era, presidents usually have fairly short political careers, relatively speaking. Which probably has to do with term limits in executive offices. For comparison’s sake, Pelosi has been in Congress since 1987.

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Anymouse 🌹🎃  Sep 10, 2019 • 3:20:46pm

re: #217 jaunte

More sociopaths for the sociopath administration.

en.wikipedia.org (this guy)

He’s another conservative piece of work. He was called to testify in the House in 2008 about his role in Guantanamo as a military prosecutor; the Bush Administration blew off Jerry Nadler and ordered Couch to not testify in the House.

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ckkatz  Sep 10, 2019 • 3:21:44pm

re: #160 Blind Frog Belly White

For fucks’s sake, 3 of the last 4 Presidents were all born within 3 months in 1946!

Malcolm Gladwell in ‘Outliers’ talked about the external factors associated with ‘self-made’ success. These include things like when and where you were born. Not all factors guarantee it, but many can work to exclude raw talent.

One example he gives is that most professional hockey players from Canada have birthdays in January, February or March.

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Anymouse 🌹🎃  Sep 10, 2019 • 3:22:04pm

re: #225 HappyWarrior

I mean it’s already bad enough they’re making these toddlers represent themselves. This is just sickening.

The dog threat was during the Obama Administration (2016).

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teleskiguy  Sep 10, 2019 • 3:23:41pm

These Twitchy fuckers are relentless. Fuckin’ fuck.

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HappyWarrior  Sep 10, 2019 • 3:24:38pm

re: #230 Anymouse 🌹🎃

The dog threat was during the Obama Administration (2016).

Gotcha. Infuriating all the same.

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Anymouse 🌹🎃  Sep 10, 2019 • 3:28:27pm

re: #221 KGxvi

Most presidents (and even presidential nominees) don’t often have local experience. Obama served in the Illinois legislature before the Senate, GWB, Clinton, Reagan, and Carter were all governors with no other elected offices. GHWB was all over federal government positions. Nixon and Kennedy started off in Congress together.

I think you have to go back to LBJ, who served on a local school board to find a president who previous held a local office.

Jimmy Carter was a Georgia state senator before he became Georgia governor and in the US Navy before that.

Bill Clinton was Attorney General of Arkansas before becoming governor.
George W Bush ran for the US House in 1978 (and lost), then helped run his father’s campaign and worked as an advisor.

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Dread Pirate  Sep 10, 2019 • 3:30:47pm

Interesting statistic.

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Charles Johnson  Sep 10, 2019 • 3:33:20pm
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Charles Johnson  Sep 10, 2019 • 3:33:36pm
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HappyWarrior  Sep 10, 2019 • 3:33:39pm

re: #234 Dread Pirate

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Interesting statistic.

He misses Clinton so much.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Sep 10, 2019 • 3:39:07pm

Snowflake, Kentucky edition:

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Sep 10, 2019 • 3:40:11pm

re: #238 Backwoods_Sleuth

Snowflake, Kentucky edition:

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Anymouse 🌹🎃  Sep 10, 2019 • 3:41:07pm

re: #238 Backwoods_Sleuth

Snowflake, Kentucky edition:

Politicising the courts, state GOP edition.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Sep 10, 2019 • 3:41:27pm

fascinating that one has to be a Bevin supporter or else one is biased…

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FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀  Sep 10, 2019 • 3:43:17pm
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Anymouse 🌹🎃  Sep 10, 2019 • 3:44:42pm

re: #241 Backwoods_Sleuth

fascinating that one has to be a Bevin supporter or else one is biased…

Not much different than Trump going after Judge Curiel for his Mexican heritage.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Sep 10, 2019 • 3:46:27pm

One of the very few benefits I have as a registered republican in Kentucky is that I get to vote against Bevin and McConnell twice each: in the primary and in the general.

The major benefit is that I can vote against the libertarian carpetbaggers pretending to be republicans when they run for local office in the primary (the primary being THE election that counts for local offices because the general is always a mere formality).

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teleskiguy  Sep 10, 2019 • 3:47:19pm

I’ve blocked probably 50 Twitter accounts this afternoon. Whacking mosquitos in a swamp.

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Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus  Sep 10, 2019 • 3:49:05pm

re: #226 teleskiguy

Trump picks on California because 1) we hate him and he knows it, and 2) his supporters tend to show a great deal of resentment towards California that comes out as as California-hating statements/memes (they show up on my Facebook feed.)

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teleskiguy  Sep 10, 2019 • 3:49:09pm
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Anymouse 🌹🎃  Sep 10, 2019 • 3:50:41pm

re: #244 Backwoods_Sleuth

One of the very few benefits I have as a registered republican in Kentucky is that I get to vote against Bevin and McConnell twice each: in the primary and in the general.

The major benefit is that I can vote against the libertarian carpetbaggers pretending to be republicans when they run for local office in the primary (the primary being THE election that counts for local offices because the general is always a mere formality).

That can work both ways (Republicans registering as Democrats).

I stick to being a Democrat here; I want to be able to select the person I think would be best for a particular position.

We don’t have to worry about Libertarian carpetbaggers here, since the Libertarians run people for office including all state offices. (Last election I voted for the Libertarian candidate for state auditor, as no Democrat ran for the office.)

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sagehen  Sep 10, 2019 • 3:52:28pm

re: #229 ckkatz

Malcolm Gladwell in ‘Outliers’ talked about the external factors associated with ‘self-made’ success. These include things like when and where you were born. Not all factors guarantee it, but many can work to exclude raw talent.

One example he gives is that most professional hockey players from Canada have birthdays in January, February or March.

It’s about the cut-off date for joining the PeeWee Leagues. By the time they’re 7 or 8, kids born at the “right” time of year have a year more experience than kids born at the “wrong” time of year, they’re more grown and more capable and get more starting time. The follow-on effects of that experience just increase as they work their way through the kids’ games until it comes time to try out for school teams.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Sep 10, 2019 • 3:54:29pm

re: #248 Anymouse 🌹🎃

That can work both ways (Republicans registering as Democrats).

I stick to being a Democrat here; I want to be able to select the person I think would be best for a particular position.

We don’t have to worry about Libertarian carpetbaggers here, since the Libertarians run people for office including all state offices. (Last election I voted for the Libertarian candidate for state auditor, as no Democrat ran for the office.)

Democrats are vastly outnumbered in my area (like 100-1), and most of them are elderly, and overall, they generally do not vote and when they do, they are likely to vote for republicans because they are Blue Dogs.

Since we have closed primaries, I would be throwing away the opportunity to vote in any primary should I change parties.

I will not give up my vote.

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gocart mozart  Sep 10, 2019 • 3:56:45pm

re: #214 Anymouse 🌹🎃

In the near future, assuming Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez continues to be a good representative (or becomes a senator), running at age thirty-five she’ll have over a decade of experience in governance.

Most people who run for Congress don’t start out as young as she did. They kind of take the path I did (sans running for Congress)—starting in a local office, building up to a state office, then Congress. That takes decades.

Someone on the young end is very likely to have little or no government experience, and we can see how that works out with Trump.

Chris Murphy is 46 but he already has 21 years of legislative experience, having been elected to the State house at age 25.
en.wikipedia.org

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sagehen  Sep 10, 2019 • 3:56:50pm

re: #243 Anymouse 🌹🎃

Not much different than Trump going after Judge Curiel for his Mexican heritage.

Or Republicans claiming that a gay judge couldn’t be objective about Perry v Schwarzenegger.

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Anymouse 🌹🎃  Sep 10, 2019 • 3:59:34pm

Tornado Warning for Goshen County, Wyo. and Sioux County, Nebr.

We are now under a tornado watch.

Second Tornado Warning just now issued as I type for SW Goshen County, confirmed by county emergency management as on the ground and causing destruction.

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The Pie Overlord!  Sep 10, 2019 • 4:01:07pm

This made me throw up in my mouth.

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Anymouse 🌹🎃  Sep 10, 2019 • 4:02:32pm

Third tornado warning issued just now in Sioux County, a tornado on the ground causing destruction.

You know, I’m so over this endless spring weather.

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Anymouse 🌹🎃  Sep 10, 2019 • 4:04:33pm
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Anymouse 🌹🎃  Sep 10, 2019 • 4:05:18pm

A tornado is on the ground north of Torrington, Wyo.

This looks like it’s going to be an interesting night here, sigh.

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goddamnedfrank  Sep 10, 2019 • 4:06:03pm

re: #254 The Pie Overlord!

This made me throw up in my mouth.

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As I noted yesterday, that tweet is worded very specifically:

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Eclectic Cyborg  Sep 10, 2019 • 4:07:23pm

re: #256 Anymouse 🌹🎃

“Or Trump is sock puppeting on Pences account.”

Nailed it.

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DodgerFan1988  Sep 10, 2019 • 4:08:51pm

Trump copying Zimbabwean dictator Robert Mugabe with his own version of Operation Murambatsvina (Take Out the Trash).

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MsJ  Sep 10, 2019 • 4:11:59pm

re: #254 The Pie Overlord!

This made me throw up in my mouth.

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Anymouse 🌹🎃  Sep 10, 2019 • 4:12:32pm

Warrick township official asks on Facebook if person with Middle Eastern name can be trusted (Evansville, Ind. Courier-Journal, more at the link)

The entire GOP seems to want to run on an explicitly racist platform:

NEWBURGH, Ind. — A local elected official recently posted on Facebook about the Middle Eastern name of an airline mechanic accused of sabotaging a flight, asking why anyone would “dare trust” a person with such a name.

Debbie Reid is a member of the Ohio Township Advisory Board in Warrick County. She has been on the board five years.

The post on her personal Facebook page was about Abdul-Majeed Marouf Ahmed Alani, who worked for American Airlines in Miami and was arrested in July. He was accused of tampering with an aircraft amid a labor dispute.

Reid posted a Fox News report about Alani’s case and asked: “DO WE DARE TRUST ANYONE WITH A NAME LIKE THIS ANYMORE???”

The Facebook post isn’t publicly visible on Reid’s page, but the Courier & Press was shown a screenshot of it, as well as some other posts she recently has made.

Reid hung up when the Courier & Press called to ask her about the Facebook post. She did not answer subsequent calls.

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NO SMOCKING GUN!  Sep 10, 2019 • 4:12:57pm

re: #260 DodgerFan1988

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Trump copying Zimbabwean dictator Robert Mugabe with his own version of Operation Murambatsvina (Take Out the Trash).

On what basis is Trump planning something like this; seems like its a local matter.

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MsJ  Sep 10, 2019 • 4:19:13pm
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teleskiguy  Sep 10, 2019 • 4:19:22pm
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Anymouse 🌹🎃  Sep 10, 2019 • 4:20:39pm

re: #263 NO SMOCKING GUN!

On what basis is Trump planning something like this; seems like its a local matter.

He has no authority in this area, though that would certainly please Stephen Miller and every other poor-hating conservative.

It’s a distraction from his Dumpster fires this week.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Sep 10, 2019 • 4:23:27pm

re: #263 NO SMOCKING GUN!

On what basis is Trump planning something like this; seems like its a local matter.

top sekrit national security, no doubt

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Anymouse 🌹🎃  Sep 10, 2019 • 4:29:24pm

re: #264 MsJ

LOL who says men can’t do cheerleading? /s

The tornado in Goshen County is moving toward La Grange, Wyo. (La Grange is about seventy miles from here to our west).

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teleskiguy  Sep 10, 2019 • 4:32:47pm

This one made me laugh.

I’m definitely not crashing in my avatar. The powder was, well, deep af.

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EPR-radar  Sep 10, 2019 • 4:43:03pm

re: #250 Backwoods_Sleuth

Democrats are vastly outnumbered in my area (like 100-1), and most of them are elderly, and overall, they generally do not vote and when they do, they are likely to vote for republicans because they are Blue Dogs.

Since we have closed primaries, I would be throwing away the opportunity to vote in any primary should I change parties.

I will not give up my vote.

This is why in my frequent rants about motherfucking Republicans, I often put in the explicit definition of ‘motherfucking Republican’ as anyone who votes R in contested general elections. I could not possibly care less about party registration.

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Anymouse 🌹🎃  Sep 10, 2019 • 4:43:08pm
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retired cynic  Sep 10, 2019 • 4:44:37pm

re: #271 Anymouse 🌹🎃

Someone with the flu should be paid to cough on her.

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EPR-radar  Sep 10, 2019 • 4:47:08pm

re: #271 Anymouse 🌹🎃

Fucking antivaxers. CA just passed a law clamping down on doctors taking bribes to provide ‘medical exemptions’ and these turds were rioting at/near the state legislature.

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teleskiguy  Sep 10, 2019 • 4:47:28pm

The State of Texas killed somebody today.

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Barefoot Grin  Sep 10, 2019 • 4:49:16pm

I understand the “he’s a hero” posts, but leave driving on the greens to Trump:

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Shiplord Kirel, Friend of Moose and Squirrel  Sep 10, 2019 • 4:53:00pm

re: #264 MsJ

We need to see a lot more of this kind of daring, innovative, improvised solution-finding.

From Republicans.

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Anymouse 🌹🎃  Sep 10, 2019 • 4:55:05pm

Expect this, which started in the fever-swamps of Christian YouTube conservatives a couple weeks ago, to make it to FOX News Channel soon.

https://saraacarter.com/leprosy-could-be-the-next-public-health-crisis-to-hit-los-angeles/ (Goes to Sara A. Carter’s blog. Ms. Carter is a FOX News contributor). This is another case study in how the propaganda farm of right-wing fear works.

The claim is that “liberal California” is failing to contain an ancient disease.

The report she cites is from Medscape (linked in her blog post and conveniently cherrypicked) which says there were 187 cases of leprosy in the entire United States since 1973. It notes that people from Mexico are more likely to be diagnosed with the disease, thus adding to conservative racism in addition to fear-mongering.

Leprosy has never been eliminated, and is treatable with simple antibiotics if caught early.

Pointing to foreigners as “diseased” is one tool of the fascist.

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EPR-radar  Sep 10, 2019 • 4:59:00pm

re: #276 Shiplord Kirel, Friend of Moose and Squirrel

We need to see a lot more of this kind of daring, innovative, improvised solution-finding.

From Republicans.

Very true. If I were younger, sleazier and more energetic, I’d seriously consider pulling a long con on the deplorables. Make a living by telling them the lies they want to hear for 20 or so years, and gradually work the fairy tales over to the conclusion that sexual prowess in middle aged conservative man can best be demonstrated by fucking a running wood chipper into submission.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Sep 10, 2019 • 5:00:46pm

re: #272 retired cynic

Someone with the flu should be paid to cough on her.

I’d do it for free, but I get the flu shot every year…

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NO SMOCKING GUN!  Sep 10, 2019 • 5:01:03pm

Watching Cabaret on Netflix because because it seems so relevant again for some reason.

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EPR-radar  Sep 10, 2019 • 5:02:25pm

re: #277 Anymouse 🌹🎃

Earlier rounds of this right wing shit tried to make something out of plague infections in LA homeless people. Of course, per capita plague incidence in the US is highest in the rural mountain west because that’s where plague is endemic in local rodents.

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MsJ  Sep 10, 2019 • 5:05:32pm

Any word on the NC special election?

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Decatur Deb  Sep 10, 2019 • 5:11:14pm

re: #282 MsJ

Any word on the NC special election?

nbcnews.com

Polls are closed. Running results above.

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i(m)p(each)sos  Sep 10, 2019 • 5:11:30pm

re: #282 MsJ

Any word on the NC special election?

Very little in yet… the results all say less than 1%, but also showing 50,000 total votes, which actually should be something like 25% of the vote total when it’s all counted. McCready (D) ahead by just a hair, but this is all early voting, I think, and the edge of Mecklenburg County (Charlotte) that’s in NC-9 hasn’t reported yet.

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The Pie Overlord!  Sep 10, 2019 • 5:12:43pm

re: #282 MsJ

Any word on the NC special election?

nytimes.com

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mmmirele  Sep 10, 2019 • 5:14:59pm

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MsJ  Sep 10, 2019 • 5:15:49pm

re: #283 Decatur Deb

re: #284 i(m)p(each)sos

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Sep 10, 2019 • 5:16:46pm
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Quoth the raven, Covfefe.  Sep 10, 2019 • 5:17:42pm

re: #286 mmmirele

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i(m)p(each)sos  Sep 10, 2019 • 5:17:54pm

re: #287 MsJ

Kornacki on MSNBC is saying the early voting #s for McCready are ahead of what he did in 2018, meaning Bishop would need huge day-of voter turnout to win this.

:) :) :) :)

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goddamnedfrank  Sep 10, 2019 • 5:18:55pm
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MsJ  Sep 10, 2019 • 5:19:14pm

Ugh.

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HappyWarrior  Sep 10, 2019 • 5:20:17pm

re: #292 MsJ

Ugh.

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Psst that was last November. This is the only NC election today.

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MsJ  Sep 10, 2019 • 5:21:05pm

re: #293 HappyWarrior

Psst that was last November. This is the only NC election today.

Oh! The dates show 2019. WTF?

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HappyWarrior  Sep 10, 2019 • 5:21:05pm

Looking good for McCreedy.

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HappyWarrior  Sep 10, 2019 • 5:21:20pm

re: #294 MsJ

Oh! The dates show 2019. WTF?

No idea.

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Semper Fi  Sep 10, 2019 • 5:23:13pm

re: #102 DangerMan

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‘internal polling looks great. the best ever”
he didnt say for whom

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If the figure on the Approval Rating chart would have included a long red tie, I think I would have lost it for the day. ha, ha

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Shiplord Kirel, Friend of Moose and Squirrel  Sep 10, 2019 • 5:23:34pm

re: #288 Backwoods_Sleuth

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Charles Johnson  Sep 10, 2019 • 5:25:58pm

Man, Steve Kornacki wears me out. Dude knows how to yammer excitedly at high speed. Slow down, Steve. Pace yourself.

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The Pie Overlord!  Sep 10, 2019 • 5:27:30pm

It’s a nail biter.

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Blind Frog Belly White  Sep 10, 2019 • 5:28:40pm
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Anymouse 🌹🎃  Sep 10, 2019 • 5:30:13pm

re: #281 EPR-radar

Earlier rounds of this right wing shit tried to make something out of plague infections in LA homeless people. Of course, per capita plague incidence in the US is highest in the rural mountain west because that’s where plague is endemic in local rodents.

Yup. Every couple years we get the screeching “Black Death Outbreak in California” headlines in the regional newspaper, while regular plague outbreaks here, in Colorado, and in Wyoming, which are in the newspaper’s circulation area, are buried somewhere on page C-16.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Sep 10, 2019 • 5:30:41pm
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William Lewis  Sep 10, 2019 • 5:30:54pm

re: #294 MsJ

Oh! The dates show 2019. WTF?

Date the report was run. Intended to be propaganda for today I am sure.

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i(m)p(each)sos  Sep 10, 2019 • 5:31:08pm

re: #293 HappyWarrior

Psst that was last November. This is the only NC election today.

NC-3 has a special, too, replacing Walter Jones (R). The R already won that one, which is no big surprise.

BUT… I’m pretty sure NC gets un-gerrymandered next year, right? Or are these already the un-gerrymandered district lines?

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Sep 10, 2019 • 5:31:39pm
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Anymouse 🌹🎃  Sep 10, 2019 • 5:32:04pm

re: #283 Decatur Deb

nbcnews.com

Polls are closed. Running results above.

So far too close to call:

D Dan McCready 52.9% 50,248
R Dan Bishop 46.5% 44,188
L Jeff Scott 0.3% 321
G Allen Smith 0.2% 184

House 3 Projected winner

Sep 10 2019 08:30:46 PM ET

38.9% precincts reported
R Greg Murphy 59% 40,260
D Allen Thomas 40.2% 27,440
L Tim Harris 0.4% 260
C Greg Holt 0.4% 276

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HappyWarrior  Sep 10, 2019 • 5:32:14pm

re: #306 i(m)p(each)sos

NC-3 has a special, too, replacing Walter Jones (R). The R already won that one, which is no big surprise.

BUT… I’m pretty sure NC gets un-gerrymandered next year, right? Or are these already the un-gerrymandered district lines?

I dunno. Forgot about NC-3 tho.

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teleskiguy  Sep 10, 2019 • 5:32:19pm
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Blind Frog Belly White  Sep 10, 2019 • 5:32:34pm

re: #303 Anymouse 🌹🎃

Yup. Every couple years we get the screeching “Black Death Outbreak in California” headlines in the regional newspaper, while regular plague outbreaks here, in Colorado, and in Wyoming, which are in the newspaper’s circulation area, are buried somewhere on page C-16.

I’m glad I live in ACTUAL California, and not the dystopian nightmare wingnuts think it is. The weather is nice, the scenery is fucking gorgeous, the food is fantastic, and the people are a nice, diverse mix.

And everything’s expensive as hell. So, there’s that.

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HappyWarrior  Sep 10, 2019 • 5:33:15pm

re: #307 Backwoods_Sleuth

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Dough face Roberts’ worst legacy along with Citizens United.

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teleskiguy  Sep 10, 2019 • 5:34:53pm

re: #303 Anymouse 🌹🎃

Yup. Every couple years we get the screeching “Black Death Outbreak in California” headlines in the regional newspaper, while regular plague outbreaks here, in Colorado, and in Wyoming, which are in the newspaper’s circulation area, are buried somewhere on page C-16.

Just last month. Prairie Dogs With Plague Force Camping Ban at Phish Concert | Time Magazine

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Ace Rothstein  Sep 10, 2019 • 5:35:49pm

Looks like McCready is outperforming his 2018 numbers in many counties.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Sep 10, 2019 • 5:36:26pm

re: #308 Anymouse 🌹🎃

if the numbers for McCready and Bishop were reversed…it would already be called for Bishop and it would a fucking landside.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Sep 10, 2019 • 5:37:36pm
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Anymouse 🌹🎃  Sep 10, 2019 • 5:39:00pm

Area tornado warnings have been dropped.

Scott’s Bluff and Banner Counties now have the storms moving in from Wyoming. A tornadic thunderstorm is between Ft. Collins and Sterling, Colo. moving toward Sidney, Nebr.

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HappyWarrior  Sep 10, 2019 • 5:40:55pm

Tightening some.

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Belafon  Sep 10, 2019 • 5:41:27pm

re: #260 DodgerFan1988

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Trump copying Zimbabwean dictator Robert Mugabe with his own version of Operation Murambatsvina (Take Out the Trash).

It’s been an attempt to show that California is a hellhole as compared to say Alabama where people live around open sewage.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Sep 10, 2019 • 5:42:38pm

re: #320 Belafon

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It’s been an attempt to show that California is a hellhole as compared to say Alabama where people live around open sewage.

and on top of that, those poor folks in Alabama having to deal with the devastating hurricane, too…

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Blind Frog Belly White  Sep 10, 2019 • 5:44:33pm

re: #320 Belafon

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It’s been an attempt to show that California is a hellhole as compared to say Alabama where people live around open sewage.

Why is homelessness in CA rising? Simple math:

Rate of population increase > rate of housing stock increase.

That is, people keep moving here. Wingnuts would have you believe that people are fleeing California because it’s so awful here, and so homelessness is rising. What’s wrong with that picture?

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teleskiguy  Sep 10, 2019 • 5:44:54pm

re: #321 Backwoods_Sleuth

and on top of that, those poor folks in Alabama having to deal with the devastating hurricane, too…

I wonder how Ivanka’s visit to the flattened towns in Baldwin County went.

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Blind Frog Belly White  Sep 10, 2019 • 5:45:51pm

re: #321 Backwoods_Sleuth

and on top of that, those poor folks in Alabama having to deal with the devastating hurricane, too…

And live in fear of The Coming Of The Giant Sharpie.

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HappyWarrior  Sep 10, 2019 • 5:46:37pm

re: #322 Blind Frog Belly White

Why is homelessness in CA rising? Simple math:

Rate of population increase > rate of housing stock increase.

That is, people keep moving here. Wingnuts would have you believe that people are fleeing California because it’s so awful here, and so homelessness is rising. What’s wrong with that picture?

People certainly aren’t rushing to go to the bright red strongholds.

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Ace Rothstein  Sep 10, 2019 • 5:47:10pm

re: #324 Blind Frog Belly White

Gross.

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Anymouse 🌹🎃  Sep 10, 2019 • 5:47:12pm

re: #313 teleskiguy

Just last month. Prairie Dogs With Plague Force Camping Ban at Phish Concert | Time Magazine

A search of my local paper with the term “plague” (so it shows up in any article) has an article on a GOP attack ad on Andy Beshear in Kentucky for supporting the ACA (calling the ACA a plague in the article), Venezuela happy over the removal of John Bolton (calling socialism a plague), a trial about to start of a Chicago man who shot a nine year-old (calling Chicago shootings a plague), an op-ed by the publisher about 9/11 calling social media a plague for accelerating “uncivil” attacks in politics, &c.

The Phish concert was not reported.

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Belafon  Sep 10, 2019 • 5:49:04pm

re: #325 HappyWarrior

People certainly aren’t rushing to go to the bright red strongholds.

They are coming to Texas, to DFW, Houston, San Antonio, and Austin. There are some moving from CA because it’s too liberal for them, but a lot of them are just moving because of the jobs, the cheaper cost, and probably the space (though a lot of them are moving into apartments).

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HappyWarrior  Sep 10, 2019 • 5:49:51pm

re: #328 Belafon

They are coming to Texas, to DFW, Houston, San Antonio, and Austin. There are some moving from CA because it’s too liberal for them, but a lot of them are just moving because of the jobs, the cheaper cost, and probably the space (though a lot of them are moving into apartments).

Yeah but those areas are more purple than bright red.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Sep 10, 2019 • 5:50:24pm
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goddamnedfrank  Sep 10, 2019 • 5:51:26pm

re: #310 teleskiguy

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This was going to be the year I finally dumped the flip phone and iPod combo and got an iPhone and an Apple Watch, but I’m underwhelmed by today’s offerings. Will wait another year for 5G.

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Belafon  Sep 10, 2019 • 5:51:35pm

re: #330 Backwoods_Sleuth

Unemployment for blacks was pretty low in the 1850s as well.

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HappyWarrior  Sep 10, 2019 • 5:52:32pm

re: #330 Backwoods_Sleuth

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Ivanka please stfu.

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Belafon  Sep 10, 2019 • 5:52:33pm

re: #331 goddamnedfrank

This was going to be the year I finally dumped the flip phone and iPod combo and got an iPhone and an Apple Watch, but I’m underwhelmed by today’s offerings. Will wait another year for 5G.

They’ve already started working on 6G.

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Blind Frog Belly White  Sep 10, 2019 • 5:53:13pm

re: #330 Backwoods_Sleuth

Also, the chart she posted makes clear who the trend started under. It’s not like black unemployment was flat or rising before 2017.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Sep 10, 2019 • 5:54:03pm

grasping at straws, he is…

Bolton replacement!!

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garzooma  Sep 10, 2019 • 5:54:21pm

re: #322 Blind Frog Belly White

Why is homelessness in CA rising? Simple math:

Rate of population increase > rate of housing stock increase.

That is, people keep moving here. Wingnuts would have you believe that people are fleeing California because it’s so awful here, and so homelessness is rising. What’s wrong with that picture?

Nobody lives there anymore — it’s too crowded.

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HappyWarrior  Sep 10, 2019 • 5:55:02pm

re: #335 Blind Frog Belly White

Also, the chart she posted makes clear who the trend started under. It’s not like black unemployment was flat or rising before 2017.

Exactly

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Anymouse 🌹🎃  Sep 10, 2019 • 5:55:31pm

re: #330 Backwoods_Sleuth

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HappyWarrior  Sep 10, 2019 • 5:55:56pm

re: #336 Backwoods_Sleuth

grasping at straws, he is…

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I don’t think Condi is dumb enough to want to work for Trump.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Sep 10, 2019 • 5:56:35pm

re: #340 HappyWarrior

I don’t think Condi is dumb enough to want to work for Trump.

she worked for dubya…

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HappyWarrior  Sep 10, 2019 • 5:56:38pm

re: #339 Anymouse 🌹🎃

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I actually didn’t. That’s a good point. It’s all a goddamn game to them.

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Anymouse 🌹🎃  Sep 10, 2019 • 5:56:46pm

re: #333 HappyWarrior

Ivanka please stfu.

#unwantedivanka

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HappyWarrior  Sep 10, 2019 • 5:56:54pm

re: #341 Backwoods_Sleuth

she worked for dubya…

True.

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stpaulbear  Sep 10, 2019 • 5:57:23pm

re: #143 KGxvi

Of those 4, she is the youngest. Sanders is 78, Biden is 76, and Trump is 73. Warren is 70, she will be six months shy of her 72nd birthday if she takes the oath of office. That is, in my opinion, probably a bit too old to be taking the job. Warren would be the oldest person to assume the office (Trump was 70 when he took the oath of office and Reagan was a few weeks away from his 70th birthday).

I’m 65 right now and I hope I’m as young as Warren when I reach her age.

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HappyWarrior  Sep 10, 2019 • 5:57:26pm

re: #343 Anymouse 🌹🎃

#unwantedivanka

She’s the worst Trump after her dad.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Sep 10, 2019 • 5:59:48pm
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Anymouse 🌹🎃  Sep 10, 2019 • 6:00:22pm
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Backwoods_Sleuth  Sep 10, 2019 • 6:00:28pm

re: #345 stpaulbear

I’m 65 right now and I hope I’m as young as Warren when I reach her age.

I’m 67 and have already conceded the race to her

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Sep 10, 2019 • 6:01:49pm
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The Pie Overlord!  Sep 10, 2019 • 6:02:38pm

WTFITS

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William Lewis  Sep 10, 2019 • 6:03:38pm

God damn, I hate 3rd party booking companies- hotels.com and booking.com can bite my fat white ass. They make my life miserable as a hotel clerk.

Nuff said.

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Belafon  Sep 10, 2019 • 6:04:23pm

re: #348 Anymouse 🌹🎃

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“My name is Bond, James Bond.”

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The Pie Overlord!  Sep 10, 2019 • 6:04:43pm

re: #352 William Lewis

God damn, I hate 3rd party booking companies- hotels.com and booking.com can bite my fat white ass. They make my life miserable as a hotel clerk.

Nuff said.

What’s your opinion of ihg.com?

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goddamnedfrank  Sep 10, 2019 • 6:06:46pm

re: #300 Charles Johnson

Man, Steve Kornacki wears me out. Dude knows how to yammer excitedly at high speed. Slow down, Steve. Pace yourself.

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William Lewis  Sep 10, 2019 • 6:09:36pm

re: #354 The Pie Overlord!

What’s your opinion of ihg.com?

They’re fine but we ARE IHG :)

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Barefoot Grin  Sep 10, 2019 • 6:15:25pm

re: #348 Anymouse 🌹🎃

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I hope he doesn’t kill himself to death.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Sep 10, 2019 • 6:17:23pm
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Backwoods_Sleuth  Sep 10, 2019 • 6:18:34pm
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Backwoods_Sleuth  Sep 10, 2019 • 6:20:05pm
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Backwoods_Sleuth  Sep 10, 2019 • 6:21:14pm
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Anymouse 🌹🎃  Sep 10, 2019 • 6:21:33pm

NBC has called the NC House district three race for Republican Greg Murphy.

US House district NC-9 is still too-close-to-call (why is that when the GOP blatantly tried to steal an election), with 50.5% of precincts reporting.

D Dan McCready 50.4% 69,150
R Dan Bishop 49% 67,165
L Jeff Scott 0.4% 502
G Allen Smith 0.2% 261

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Anymouse 🌹🎃  Sep 10, 2019 • 6:22:49pm

re: #357 Barefoot Grin

I hope he doesn’t kill himself to death.

Polonium, followed by defenestration with a bathtub?

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Sep 10, 2019 • 6:23:22pm
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GlutenFreeJesus  Sep 10, 2019 • 6:24:04pm

God dammit please have McCready win.

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Blind Frog Belly White  Sep 10, 2019 • 6:24:16pm

re: #362 Anymouse 🌹🎃

NBC and NYT have different numbers. NYT has Bishop ahead with nearly the same number, but McReady with 3000 fewer votes.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Sep 10, 2019 • 6:25:16pm

meanwhile in Canada:

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MsJ  Sep 10, 2019 • 6:26:03pm

Damn.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Sep 10, 2019 • 6:26:24pm

re: #366 Blind Frog Belly White

NBC and NYT have different numbers. NYT has Bishop ahead with nearly the same number, but McReady with 3000 fewer votes.

well, these days I take anything NYT reports with a HUGE grain of salt

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goddamnedfrank  Sep 10, 2019 • 6:26:57pm
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Backwoods_Sleuth  Sep 10, 2019 • 6:28:17pm
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GlutenFreeJesus  Sep 10, 2019 • 6:29:17pm

Weren’t both NC districts (R) anyway? Trying to find a silver lining here.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Sep 10, 2019 • 6:29:46pm
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retired cynic  Sep 10, 2019 • 6:30:10pm

re: #368 MsJ

Damn.

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Mecklenburg County is behind on reporting, and it is supposed to lean Democratic.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Sep 10, 2019 • 6:31:09pm
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Patricia Kayden  Sep 10, 2019 • 6:32:12pm

re: #358 Backwoods_Sleuth

Lol. Candice Owens and Diamond And Silk. That is about it.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Sep 10, 2019 • 6:32:41pm
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Patricia Kayden  Sep 10, 2019 • 6:33:42pm

re: #370 goddamnedfrank

Sean Hannity!!

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Sep 10, 2019 • 6:34:10pm
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retired cynic  Sep 10, 2019 • 6:35:20pm

Bishop is now ahead. 65% reporting.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Sep 10, 2019 • 6:35:27pm
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Belafon  Sep 10, 2019 • 6:36:12pm

re: #379 Backwoods_Sleuth

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Having to fight for what was once a 10 point guarantee.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Sep 10, 2019 • 6:36:40pm
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Belafon  Sep 10, 2019 • 6:38:31pm

I’m curious when North Carolina’s redistricting will occur and what those maps will look like.

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goddamnedfrank  Sep 10, 2019 • 6:39:05pm

re: #376 Patricia Kayden

Lol. Candice Owens and Diamond And Silk. That is about it.

Also, Lynne Patton, and Omarosa until she wasn’t.

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retired cynic  Sep 10, 2019 • 6:42:18pm

moan

Bishop is pulling away

Mecklenburg is still only 54% reporting.

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teleskiguy  Sep 10, 2019 • 6:44:13pm

Fuckface Von Clownstick won NC-09 by 16 points. The fact that this runoff election is so goddamn close should make one hopeful.

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Anymouse 🌹🎃  Sep 10, 2019 • 6:46:52pm

The NYT tracker breaks down the counties in NC-9 by county and how they are leaning right now (Charlotte is gerrymandered in such a way only part of the city is in the district).

nytimes.com

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Anymouse 🌹🎃  Sep 10, 2019 • 6:50:40pm

re: #385 Belafon

I’m curious when North Carolina’s redistricting will occur and what those maps will look like.

They are required to have the redistricting complete by September 18.

The NC House and Senate have started on the project.

North Carolina legislators who are redrawing dozens of General Assembly districts that judges deemed illegal partisan gerrymanders turned Monday to considering district lines generated by a key expert for those who successfully sued over the maps.

The House and Senate redistricting committees met to figure how they would enact new boundaries for the 2020 election by a court-mandated Sept. 18 deadline. Last week, a three-judge panel declared Republican mapmakers violated the state constitution by manipulating districts created in 2017 to help elect a maximum number of GOP candidates and make it nearly impossible for Democrats to win majorities.

Read more here: newsobserver.com

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BlueSpotinAL  Sep 10, 2019 • 6:53:48pm

re: #336 Backwoods_Sleuth

grasping at straws, he is…

[Embedded content]

Condi Rice is not stupid enough to work for Trump, dream on idiot!

[I see Happy Warrior beat me to the punch]

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plansbandc  Sep 10, 2019 • 7:59:49pm

re: #373 Backwoods_Sleuth

I may collapse from the cuteness.

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plansbandc  Sep 10, 2019 • 8:01:56pm

Watching “Frontline” about Flint. Going to be brutal.

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Eventual Carrion  Sep 10, 2019 • 10:36:11pm

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

My ex dumped me for a Scottish guitarist who dumped her and then she went on Tinder…but I would have her back in a second…

That’s a blue grass song if I ever heard an outline for one.

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Eventual Carrion  Sep 11, 2019 • 9:20:07am

re: #262 Anymouse 🌹🎃

Warrick township official asks on Facebook if person with Middle Eastern name can be trusted (Evansville, Ind. Courier-Journal, more at the link)

The entire GOP seems to want to run on an explicitly racist platform:

With a name like Reid, maybe we should be watching you.


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