A Los Lobos Tiny Desk Christmas Concert [VIDEO]

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Watch Los Lobos play a special holiday Tiny Desk Concert.

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Dec. 18, 2019 | Felix Contreras — When Los Lobos gathered behind the Tiny Desk, it felt like they were cramped in the back room of a family Christmas party. “The only thing missing today are the tamales!,” I told my office mates while introducing the band, a reference to a Mexican-American Christmas meal staple. The vibe in the room was definitely familia, with the presence of many long-time fans as well as folks who came for the holiday cheer, Lobos style.

The band called up tunes from the Latin Holiday song book, straight from their recently released, first-ever Christmas album, Llegó Navidad, a bilingual collection of songs from across Latin America and the U.S.

They kicked it off with an obscure novelty hit that was once popular in Latino households in the southwest, “¿Dónde Está Santa Claus?.” It was originally a lushly orchestrated affair that is now a “lowrider oldie.”

The new album’s title cut, “Llegó Navidad,” is actually a classic from the Fania Records catalog originally performed by the Puerto Rican composer and singer Ismael Rivera. Los Lobos retains its pan Latin callout to holiday celebrations across Latin America, set to a slow burning montuno groove.

The band adds a David Hidalgo and Louie Perez original to the Latin holiday songbook with “Christmas and You,” a plaintive ballad about desperate loss that we would easily call a carte vena (vein cutter). The great Mexican essayist Alma Guillermoprieto once wrote that it’s not a real Mexican party “until someone cries” and this song does the trick.

The party ends by sending everyone home, dancing with “It’s Christmas Time In Texas,” a song by the great Tex- Mex troubadour, Freddy Fender. It’s a Los Lobos scorcher, complete with accordion and good times that would get even abuelita dancing.

SET LIST
“¿Dónde Está Santa Claus?”
“Llegó Navidad”
“Christmas and You”
“It’s Christmas Time in Texas”

MUSICIANS
David Hidalgo: guitar, vocals; Louie Perez: percussion, jarana, vocals; Cesar Rosas: guitar, vocals; Conrad Lozano: bass, vocals; Steve Berlin: baritone sax, keyboards; Enrique “Bugs” Gonzalez: drums, vocals; Marcos Reyes: percussion

CREDITS
Producers: Felix Contreras, Kara Frame, Maia Stern; Creative Director: Bob Boilen; Audio engineers: Josh Rogosin, Patrick Boyd; Associate Producer: Bobby Carter; Videographers: Morgan Noelle Smith, Maia Stern, Kara Frame, Jack Corbett; Editor: Morgan Noelle Smith; Executive producer: Lauren Onkey; VP, programming: Anya Grundmann; Photo: Catie Dull/NPR

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Targetpractice Dec 23, 2019 • 10:41:04am

Patricia Kayden Dec 23, 2019 • 10:41:07am

America wants a trial with witnesses and the GOP knows it.

The idea some had that Pelosi waiting for a real negotiation between Democrats and Republicans on trial rules would be a bad idea has turned out to be wrong.

It’s now time for McConnell to come to the negotiating table.

— Seth Abramson (@SethAbramson) December 23, 2019

Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light)) Dec 23, 2019 • 10:44:37am

This seems to be Nancy’s Kaspersky move: if Trump brings no witnesses, we all know he is hiding something, if he does bring witnesses, it will be endless contradictions and perjury city.

Joe Bacon 🌹 Dec 23, 2019 • 10:44:40am

re: #2 Patricia Kayden

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I do not expect McConnell to come to the table and I fully expect him to suspend the rules in the Senate to dismiss the case. Roberts will only sit in the chair for the roll call and when all Republicans vote to dismiss the charges he walks out a happy man.

Charles Johnson Dec 23, 2019 • 10:45:49am

Giuliani arguing that he is “more of a Jew” than a literal Holocaust survivor is the logical conclusion of Trumpist Jews’ argument that liberal and left wing Jews (the majority of American Jews!) are not really Jewish. https://t.co/1X4OUrWT9C pic.twitter.com/thyIyXlF0H

— Adam Serwer🍝 (@AdamSerwer) December 23, 2019

Wow. They really just don’t care any more about revealing how incredibly ugly and hateful they are, do they? https://t.co/9Fj6pxMDON

— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) December 23, 2019

Joe Bacon 🌹 Dec 23, 2019 • 10:47:50am

re: #5 Charles Johnson

SCREWDY GIULIANI YOU ARE BEYOND CONTEMPT!

He must be disbarred!

Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light)) Dec 23, 2019 • 10:48:50am

re: #6 Joe Bacon 🌹

SCREWDY GIULIANI YOU ARE BEYOND CONTEMPT!

He must be disbarred!

he is playing to a target audience for whom Soros = Antichrist

Targetpractice Dec 23, 2019 • 10:49:41am

re: #5 Charles Johnson

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The simple reality is that, in the eyes of evangelicals, you can never be religious and liberal. It’s not simply a matter of differing opinions, they literally cannot accept the idea that a person can have religious values and liberal values simultaneously. And it’s not an à la carte situation, you have to believe the most whacked out and deeply conservative version of their religion’s beliefs…or you’re really a heathen who’s gonna burn for eternity.

Joe Bacon 🌹 Dec 23, 2019 • 10:51:45am

re: #8 Targetpractice

The simple reality is that, in the eyes of evangelicals, you can never be religious and liberal. It’s not simply a matter of differing opinions, they literally cannot accept the idea that a person can have religious values and liberal values simultaneously. And it’s not an à la carte situation, you have to believe the most whacked out and deeply conservative version of their religion’s beliefs…or you’re really a heathen who’s gonna burn for eternity.

It’s not just evangelicals. Lots of mainline Xtians, Catholics, Mormons and sadly a chunk of every other religious group as well…

Teddy's Person Dec 23, 2019 • 10:53:47am

re: #5 Charles Johnson

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Donnie and Rudy are in a race to see who reaches a full-blown cognitive meltdown first.

Jay C Dec 23, 2019 • 10:57:21am

re: #10 Teddy’s Person

Donnie and Rudy are in a race to see who reaches a full-blown cognitive meltdown first.

I think they’ve both finished the race - in a tie.
Unfortunately, the public and the media are still looking back down the track…

Dangerman (misuser of the sarc tag) Dec 23, 2019 • 10:57:29am

re: #8 Targetpractice

The simple reality is that, in the eyes of evangelicals, you can never be religious and liberal. It’s not simply a matter of differing opinions, they literally cannot accept the idea that a person can have religious values and liberal values simultaneously. And it’s not an à la carte situation, you have to believe the most whacked out and deeply conservative version of their religion’s beliefs…or you’re really a heathen who’s gonna burn for eternity.

The reverse seems to be true re trump
If you’re “conservative” then by definition you must be religious

Dangerman (misuser of the sarc tag) Dec 23, 2019 • 10:58:38am

Just got a nat geo 2020 calendar
These a picture of an ocelot kitten…an ocelittle

Dangerman (misuser of the sarc tag) Dec 23, 2019 • 11:02:33am

A Palm Beach County trailer park could be the site of a future Donald J. Trump presidential library. That’s the vision of James Arena, a real estate broker and resident of Briny Breezes, the 43-acre coastal town just south of Boynton Beach that’s made up entirely of a mobile home park

I know the place

Sounds to me like the residents arent being booted
They’re trying to finagle a huge payday by selling out

Backwoods_Sleuth Dec 23, 2019 • 11:03:50am

Underscoring this point, House lawyers say if McGahn’s testimony yields more evidence of obstruction it could lead to “new articles of impeachment.” pic.twitter.com/DXiEl0KXwL

— Kyle Cheney (@kyledcheney) December 23, 2019

lawhawk Dec 23, 2019 • 11:04:34am

Congrats to everyone who has hired Giuliani as a cyber security expert https://t.co/9RDzWDflAr pic.twitter.com/j55oepGGZ8

— Don Moynihan (@donmoyn) December 23, 2019

This is as bonkers as you’d expect. https://t.co/5f4dfCqnP4

— Brian Klaas (@brianklaas) December 23, 2019

I’ve been doing this for 50 years; I know how not to commit crimes.

Ummmm…. that’s not a good defense. And the NYS bar would like a few words.

Eclectic Cyborg Dec 23, 2019 • 11:07:50am

Following up on the tail end of the last thread, I’m confident Matrix 4 and John Wick 4 will NOT be opening on the same day.

There’s no way the studios would deliberately split an audience like that as it hurts both movies. Better to open them two weeks to a month apart to maximize revenue from each.

That said, seeing both on the same opening day would be a hell of a lot of fun.

I Would Prefer Not To Dec 23, 2019 • 11:08:41am

re: #4 Joe Bacon 🌹

I do not expect McConnell to come to the table and I fully expect him to suspend the rules in the Senate to dismiss the case. Roberts will only sit in the chair for the roll call and when all Republicans vote to dismiss the charges he walks out a happy man.

I really don’t think so. Roberts wants to look legit. The above scenario does not accomplish this. They need a trial and once you start a trial it’s like opening a can of worms. The senate my vote to acquit, but more info is going to come out and most of it makes trump look bad.

Joe Bacon 🌹 Dec 23, 2019 • 11:12:57am

re: #18 I Would Prefer Not To

I really don’t think so. Roberts wants to look legit. The above scenario does not accomplish this. They need a trial and once you start a trial it’s like opening a can of worms. The senate my vote to acquit, but more info is going to come out and most of it makes trump look bad.

Wish that was true but Roberts is a hack.

Yeah Sure WhatEVs Dec 23, 2019 • 11:16:29am

re: #17 Eclectic Cyborg

Following up on the tail end of the last thread, I’m confident Matrix 4 and John Wick 4 will NOT be opening on the same day.

There’s no way the studios would deliberately split an audience like that as it hurts both movies. Better to open them two weeks to a month apart to maximize revenue from each.

That said, seeing both on the same opening day would be a hell of a lot of fun.

Agreed. But…ah…I cannot wait for both!

Hecuba's daughter Dec 23, 2019 • 11:17:00am

re: #19 Joe Bacon 🌹

Wish that was true but Roberts is a hack.

He may be a hack but he also has a desire to look respectable — otherwise he would have voted with the Scalia 4 to ban the ACA. He is concerned about how history will judge him and though he has voted for abominations (e.g. Citizens United, undermining the VRA), I think this may be a bridge too far for him.

Dangerman (misuser of the sarc tag) Dec 23, 2019 • 11:17:05am

re: #4 Joe Bacon 🌹

I do not expect McConnell to come to the table and I fully expect him to suspend the rules in the Senate to dismiss the case. Roberts will only sit in the chair for the roll call and when all Republicans vote to dismiss the charges he walks out a happy man.

They will not be able to defend an obviously sham trial.
Yes they will try. And likely get pilloried.
If he did nothing wrong then why not defend himself (this is not that the defence doesn’t have to prove innocence. its the president. Of the u.s. refusing to prove what he is comfortable saying out loud every single day)

They need at least the appearance of legitimacy before they acquit

I Would Prefer Not To Dec 23, 2019 • 11:17:08am

re: #19 Joe Bacon 🌹

Wish that was true but Roberts is a hack.

He is a hack. But he doesn’t want to look like a hack. He will have to go through the motions of a trial that he can’t control 100%. Anything can happen in a trial.
Most of it bad for trump. Also, if Roberts or trump look like they are going a cover-up it will backfire.

Dread Pirate Dec 23, 2019 • 11:21:23am

Pelosi didn’t oversee a trial. The trial hasn’t happened yet. That bit happens in the Senate. Maybe have someone read the Constitution aloud to you? https://t.co/SE2URS7eit

— Brian Klaas (@brianklaas) December 23, 2019

makeitstop Dec 23, 2019 • 11:23:52am

Go, Joe.

Donald Trump should release his taxes or shut up about corruption. pic.twitter.com/5G8VwWsyx0

— Joe Biden (@JoeBiden) December 23, 2019

Charles Johnson Dec 23, 2019 • 11:24:11am

When Trump first started squatting in the White House, he actually had some reputable lawyers working for him. One by one they all bailed out when they realized what was going on. Now the only lawyers who’ll work for him are like Giuliani - as demented as he is.

— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) December 23, 2019

Eclectic Cyborg Dec 23, 2019 • 11:24:33am

re: #24 Dread Pirate

Trump would need a picture book to understand the Constitution. And even then he probably wouldn’t fucking get it.

Charles Johnson Dec 23, 2019 • 11:27:56am

It’s kind of amazing that even now, as he stands impeached, Trump still hasn’t bothered to educate himself in the slightest about how any of this works.

He believes his con artist skills will get him over. They always have before. https://t.co/TSIKVRw9Dq

— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) December 23, 2019

Eclectic Cyborg Dec 23, 2019 • 11:29:55am

Just want to say I was confident from Day 1 that Trump would get his ass Impeached.

Dread Pirate Dec 23, 2019 • 11:30:00am

Firtash’s motives are obvious: to escape U.S. prosecution and take revenge on Biden. Like several of Giuliani’s sources, Firtash also has an interest in reversing Ukraine’s turn toward the West and restoring the pro-Russian regime under which he profited. https://t.co/SLIv31v8De

— Julia Davis (@JuliaDavisNews) December 23, 2019

2) Russia is behind these and other efforts to squeeze and hold it hostage, then to destroy it (and Ukraine) by building Nord Stream 2 and Turk Stream line to control gas to Europe.These are weapons in Putin’s war to regain Russia’s hegemony throughout Eastern Central Europe. pic.twitter.com/PQg66hbBBx

— Laurie Pettine (@LauriePettine) December 23, 2019

Backwoods_Sleuth Dec 23, 2019 • 11:31:03am

Extraordinary scene from Beirut #Lebanon tonight: Protest square has turned into one big Christmas dinner.

Video of people gathered in the open downtown around a 🎄 tree that bears the flag and word “Revolution”: pic.twitter.com/75iIeE8Py3

— Joyce Karam (@Joyce_Karam) December 23, 2019

Joe Bacon 🌹 Dec 23, 2019 • 11:31:28am

re: #27 Eclectic Cyborg

Trump would need a picture book to understand the Constitution. And even then he probably wouldn’t fucking get it.

If they made Trump a Goofus and Gallant picture book about the Constitution he’d use Goofus as a role model!

Jay C Dec 23, 2019 • 11:33:44am

re: #27 Eclectic Cyborg

Trump would need a picture book to understand the Constitution. And even then he probably wouldn’t fucking get it.

Maybe a slight Photoshop of one of those old-time history paintings showing the formal signing of the Constitution in 1787.

Y’know: all the Founding Fathers in their perukes and knee-breeches: turning to extend their middle fingers, with the caption “Fuck you, Donald!” …

The Pie Overlord! Dec 23, 2019 • 11:35:56am

CL’ed downstairs.

Powdered sugar & chocolate dipped doughnuts #Hanukkah #HappyHanukkah @KosherSoul @kingarthurflour pic.twitter.com/agBPLAlLCf

— Hanukkah Doughnuts Overlord (@Pie_Overlord) December 23, 2019

Joe Bacon 🌹 Dec 23, 2019 • 11:35:57am

Just the thought of Teddy Roosevelt up in heaven saying “if I could only get my hands on that son of a…”

Eclectic Cyborg Dec 23, 2019 • 11:38:26am

re: #34 The Pie Overlord!

CL’ed downstairs.

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Backwoods_Sleuth Dec 23, 2019 • 11:42:25am

So I looked this up and he’s not wrong. Windmills kill between 200k-500k birds every year. But about 10-20x that number are killed by flying into glass high-rises. So it turns out that @realDonaldTrump is responsible for far more bird deaths than clean energy-producing windmills. pic.twitter.com/a7zRYCyJNL

— Barry Schapiro, MD, FAAOS (@bschapiroMD) December 23, 2019

The Pie Overlord! Dec 23, 2019 • 11:47:48am

Now that I made all these doughnuts I don’t know what to do with them. Who lives near Detroit?

Alephnaught Dec 23, 2019 • 11:48:14am

Yay! Los Lobos! Not heard them for ages. They were a new wave band, and then unexpectedly hit the UK no. 1 spot in 1987 with their cover of Ritchie Valens’ “La Bamba” from the film of the same name, starring Lou Diamond Phillips as Valens.

So, in a similar musical mode, I’ve been tweeting about a similarly 80s musical happening…

I remember the original chiptune on the Commodore 64 and Atari ST games! Loads of great tunes by the likes of Rob Hubbard and Martin Walker, and many others. Here’s Rob Hubbard’s main theme for “Commando”, and it’s an absolute banger: https://t.co/daHSWBd9WU

— Michael James (@alephnaught) December 23, 2019

Backwoods_Sleuth Dec 23, 2019 • 11:48:55am

It’s like it was built in a lab to be the archetypal Daily Beast story

— Andrew Feinberg (@AndrewFeinberg) December 23, 2019

lawhawk Dec 23, 2019 • 11:49:25am

re: #37 Backwoods_Sleuth

Trump’s big beef about wind turbines is that he would see them at his golf resort in Scotland and potentially elsewhere.

That’s it.

This is the same addled know nothing who had no problem improperly cutting down a forest to expand his golf business in Virginia to then claim that a battle that didn’t happen actually occurred on his resort. He’s the same asshat whose kids go around the world killing endangered species.

Charles Johnson Dec 23, 2019 • 11:49:42am

And now, the worst possible way to frame this insanity. https://t.co/eYay69njxM

— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) December 23, 2019

Backwoods_Sleuth Dec 23, 2019 • 11:51:47am

re: #42 Charles Johnson

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Trump: @thehill: What Trump got right and wrong about fakes news… https://t.co/mhB8wcfem7

— Stonekettle (@Stonekettle) December 23, 2019

Backwoods_Sleuth Dec 23, 2019 • 11:54:28am

Banjos begin to play.

https://t.co/cZv4MTg972

— Stonekettle (@Stonekettle) December 23, 2019

Charles Johnson Dec 23, 2019 • 11:55:26am

Trump personally stepped in to cut health funding for Puerto Rico in new spending deal, report says https://t.co/vgsa5vlmq3

— Brooke Binkowski (@brooklynmarie) December 23, 2019

I Would Prefer Not To Dec 23, 2019 • 11:58:31am

My BDay gift to you.

Backwoods_Sleuth Dec 23, 2019 • 11:59:52am

From this @NYMag article: https://t.co/wjg23XlEpi

— Kevin M. Kruse (@KevinMKruse) December 23, 2019

I’m fighting the urge to screencap the entirety of @Olivianuzzi’s article, so just read the whole thing yourself.

— Kevin M. Kruse (@KevinMKruse) December 23, 2019

peguyjaures Dec 23, 2019 • 12:03:16pm

re: #16 lawhawk

Reading the NYMag article, I realized that I have been in the same room as Rudy last week (well, together with 2000 others), as he mentions the same representation of “Tosca” at the Vienna opera I went too… Mind you, I would probably not have crossed his path, as I was up on the top balcony with a 3 euro “Stehplatz” (standing ticket), but still this feels a bit strange… :D

Joe Bacon 🌹 Dec 23, 2019 • 12:05:02pm

re: #38 The Pie Overlord!

Now that I made all these doughnuts I don’t know what to do with them. Who lives near Detroit?

Hey why not contract with Goldbely?

Backwoods_Sleuth Dec 23, 2019 • 12:05:03pm

Rudy Giuliani talks about the federal prosecutors investigating him, calling them ‘assholes,’ ‘idiots,’ and ‘silly New York liberals.’ https://t.co/EJhfKjrb9h pic.twitter.com/vmtCZAxDSg

— southpaw (@nycsouthpaw) December 23, 2019

makeitstop Dec 23, 2019 • 12:06:53pm

re: #47 Backwoods_Sleuth

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I just read that. Rudy has lost his mind.

Joe Bacon 🌹 Dec 23, 2019 • 12:08:58pm

re: #44 Backwoods_Sleuth

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It would be fitting if 100 ducks shit on him!

Eclectic Cyborg Dec 23, 2019 • 12:09:15pm

re: #45 Charles Johnson

Fucking asshole.

Cheechako Dec 23, 2019 • 12:09:35pm

re: #51 makeitstop

I just read that. Rudy has lost his mind.

Did he have one to loose?

calochortus Dec 23, 2019 • 12:11:34pm

re: #51 makeitstop

I just read that. Rudy has lost his mind.

Or he’s working on a defense…

Teddy's Person Dec 23, 2019 • 12:11:37pm

More from the Rudy Colludy interview with NY Mag

I asked him how he ever trusted Lev Parnas and Igor Fruman, two Russian associates with a business called Fraud Guarantee who were arrested by the FBI in October. “They look like Miami people. I know a lot of Miami people that look like that that are perfectly legitimate and act like them,” Giuliani said. “Neither one of them have ever been convicted of a crime. Neither one. And generally that’s my cutoff point, because if you do it based on allegations and claims and — you’re not gonna work with anybody,” he said, laughing. “Particularly in business.”

Shorter Rudy: You’re not too shady to deal with unless you’re in jail.

The instincts and habits of old white men continue to destroy the world. (Remember W looking into Putin’s soul.)

Backwoods_Sleuth Dec 23, 2019 • 12:12:55pm

What complete and utter bullshit. Jared Kushner and Trump have helped MbS whitewash the brutal murder of Jamal Khashoggi and his role in it. This “verdict” is part of it. https://t.co/GCz50rP1PE

— Tommy Vietor (@TVietor08) December 23, 2019

Joe Bacon 🌹 Dec 23, 2019 • 12:13:41pm

re: #47 Backwoods_Sleuth

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I sure am glad they didn’t mention Rudy’s red white and blue thong…

Dread Pirate Dec 23, 2019 • 12:14:08pm

Pence must testify, too. pic.twitter.com/pbdslizEJp

— Impeachments* Are FOREVER (@OK_Dumbass) December 22, 2019

A Mom Anon Dec 23, 2019 • 12:26:32pm

re: #38 The Pie Overlord!

Well damn it. This is another reason for me to leave Georgia and never look back. Sigh. Yummy 😋

calochortus Dec 23, 2019 • 12:35:12pm

I’m about to start on a more-elaborate-than-usual Buche de Noel. I’ve never made this one before, so there are many opportunities to screw it up, not the least of which is that it has to be gluten free. Fortunately, it’s supposed to chill for a day in the fridge before serving, so if it’s an utter disaster, I have time for a simpler one before dinner tomorrow evening. Also, family and close friends, so everyone will be very forgiving and all but that utter disaster will be serve-able.
Wish me luck, I’m going in!

FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀 Dec 23, 2019 • 12:39:22pm

Right out of the open credits from ‘Northern Exposure’

— 𝘞𝘉 𝘠𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘨 🍕🐀 (@FormerDirtDart) December 23, 2019

DodgerFan1988 Dec 23, 2019 • 12:47:49pm

No President EVER adopted a position that you only govern the part of the country that voted for you. That alone is laden with implications of narcissism and malignancy. He cannot presently expand his base. If turnout is high, his path to victory is narrow. He knows he must cheat

— Duty To Warn 🔉 (@duty2warn) December 23, 2019

KGxvi Dec 23, 2019 • 12:50:55pm

re: #8 Targetpractice

The simple reality is that, in the eyes of evangelicals, you can never be religious and liberal. It’s not simply a matter of differing opinions, they literally cannot accept the idea that a person can have religious values and liberal values simultaneously. And it’s not an à la carte situation, you have to believe the most whacked out and deeply conservative version of their religion’s beliefs…or you’re really a heathen who’s gonna burn for eternity.

Fundamentalism is the true scourge of our time. We probably shouldn’t be surprised by the reactionary response to the advancements of the early 21st century, but here we are… fighting a rearguard action against those who would love nothing more than to throw the world into a new dark age - before turning their war to those fundamentalists who disagree with their own warped view.

Dread Pirate Dec 23, 2019 • 12:52:40pm

When prosecutors file an indictment, they’re not conceding that the investigation has ended (and sometimes issue superseding indictments).

Yet DOJ argues in this brief that the House’s impeachment vote effectively ends any separate impeachment probe. https://t.co/Nb8joBAn20

— Kyle Cheney (@kyledcheney) December 23, 2019

KGxvi Dec 23, 2019 • 12:55:31pm

re: #23 I Would Prefer Not To

He is a hack. But he doesn’t want to look like a hack. He will have to go through the motions of a trial that he can’t control 100%. Anything can happen in a trial.
Most of it bad for trump. Also, if Roberts or trump look like they are going a cover-up it will backfire.

Here’s a fun scenario… Roberts does some chicanery in the Senate trial that eventually shows he covered up some bad evidence against Trump. He gets impeached by a Democratically controlled House, the Senate now must consider his role in the trial, or he does what many judges do when impeached: he resigns (maybe he figures there are enough Republicans in the Senate to save him, but his place in history is now shit). If that’s in 2021, hopefully it means that a Democratic president gets to appoint his replacement.

lawhawk Dec 23, 2019 • 12:58:27pm

Once seen, this can’t be unseen:

Credit: @nbcsnl pic.twitter.com/pmlEacfVw4

— lawhawk (@lawhawk) December 23, 2019

BeachDem Dec 23, 2019 • 1:00:36pm

re: #56 Teddy’s Person

More from the Rudy Colludy interview with NY Mag

Shorter Rudy: You’re not too shady to deal with unless you’re in jail.

The instincts and habits of old white men continue to destroy the world. (Remember W looking into Putin’s soul.)

And then there’s Bernie Kerik…

Teddy's Person Dec 23, 2019 • 1:02:11pm

re: #68 BeachDem

And then there’s Bernie Kerik…

What’s he up to these days? Probably the center of some third-tier Trump scandal.

Dangerman (misuser of the sarc tag) Dec 23, 2019 • 1:05:02pm

re: #63 DodgerFan1988

the reason why no prior president has is that it violates the oath of office

hence it is abuse of power

No President EVER adopted a position that you only govern the part of the country that voted for you. That alone is laden with implications of narcissism and malignancy. He cannot presently expand his base. If turnout is high, his path to victory is narrow. He knows he must cheat

— Duty To Warn 🔉 (@duty2warn) December 23, 2019

Jay C Dec 23, 2019 • 1:08:32pm

re: #65 Dread Pirate

Replying to @kyledcheney
IT’S NOT CLEAR why DOJ keeps suggesting the House is precluded from seeking additional articles of impeachment just because it already voted out two.

This is the Trump?Barr DoJ: they don’t have to be “clear” - they don’t HAVE to explain anything. As long as it makes a good sound-bite for the Orange Anus and his cult, it just has be put out there.

BeachDem Dec 23, 2019 • 1:09:24pm

re: #69 Teddy’s Person

What’s he up to these days? Probably the center of some third-tier Trump scandal.

Apparently he’s now a novelist—Kerik’s novel The Grave Above the Grave was published by Humanix Books in September 2018—and still running his mouth on various prestigious locales like Newsmax and Fox.

He is one creepy dude, so it figured that he and Rudy would be buds.

Dangerman (misuser of the sarc tag) Dec 23, 2019 • 1:13:49pm

re: #65 Dread Pirate

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the house was moving forward because of the clear and present danger.
and the total stonewalling indicating they weren’t going to get much else.

now in less than a week after the vote, all this new info has come out.

literally befor the house has a chance to breathe and appoint managers.

so forget the posturing arguments for the delay

Trump barr, Rudy and the foia are making the case that the house better slow down.

I wonder if Nancy had this all planned. self impeachment indeed

Dread Pirate Dec 23, 2019 • 1:14:14pm

Hey Senator! How many judges did you vote to confirm that were rated “unqualified”? https://t.co/01RBNKGreN

— Soledad O’Brien (@soledadobrien) December 22, 2019

KGxvi Dec 23, 2019 • 1:16:53pm

re: #65 Dread Pirate

They’re trying to substitute a political calculation for a legal one. They think that because politically the thinking goes you only get one bite at the ~~apple~~peach, that legally the House doesn’t get to do more. Which is, constitutionally speaking, utter and complete bullshit. There’s nothing to stop the House from sending articles of impeachment to the Senate in waves - other than politics. But if the House Judiciary committee decided that they wanted to mark up articles for say, nepotism or graft/corruption or obstruction of justice based on the Mueller report or whatever other articles they saw fit, they could absolutely do that.

Dangerman (misuser of the sarc tag) Dec 23, 2019 • 1:16:55pm

lawhawk Dec 23, 2019 • 1:18:21pm

re: #75 KGxvi

They’re trying to substitute a political calculation for a legal one. They think that because politically the thinking goes you only get one bite at the ~~apple~~peach, that legally the House doesn’t get to do more. Which is, constitutionally speaking, utter and complete bullshit. There’s nothing to stop the House from sending articles of impeachment to the Senate in waves - other than politics. But if the House Judiciary committee decided that they wanted to mark up articles for say, nepotism or graft/corruption or obstruction of justice based on the Mueller report or whatever other articles they saw fit, they could absolutely do that.

The fact that we are even discussing sending additional articles of impeachment is telling - this admin is so corrupt and criminal that we continue to find additional criminal conduct (and will find additional criminal conduct) for years to come.

Dangerman (misuser of the sarc tag) Dec 23, 2019 • 1:20:24pm

re: #77 lawhawk

The fact that we are even discussing sending additional articles of impeachment is telling - this admin is so corrupt and criminal that we continue to find additional criminal conduct (and will find additional criminal conduct) for years to come.

to be fair we always knew it

preparing just two focused articles was politically calculated..whether they intended to stop there or it was in fact a first salvo

austin_blue Dec 23, 2019 • 1:32:05pm

re: #77 lawhawk

The fact that we are even discussing sending additional articles of impeachment is telling - this admin is so corrupt and criminal that we continue to find additional criminal conduct (and will find additional criminal conduct) for years to come.

Charles M. Blow made this point a couple of months ago in the NYT.

The HoR is within its mandate to impeach early, and often.

Blind Frog Belly White Dec 23, 2019 • 1:32:13pm

re: #34 The Pie Overlord!

Wait, Hanukkah Donuts are a thing? Why was I not told about this? I’ll celebrate almost anything, if there are donuts! Even staff meetings!

lawhawk Dec 23, 2019 • 1:33:25pm

re: #80 Blind Frog Belly White

Wait, Hanukkah Donuts are a thing? Why was I not told about this? I’ll celebrate almost anything, if there are donuts! Even staff meetings!

Sufganiyot. Typically jelly filled donuts. They’re a thing, along with latkes.

Blind Frog Belly White Dec 23, 2019 • 1:35:07pm

re: #81 lawhawk

Sufganiyot. Typically jelly filled donuts. They’re a thing, along with latkes.

My sister married a Jewish guy, and even converted to Judaism, AND SHE NEVER TOLD ME THERE WERE DONUTS!!!!

Dangerman (misuser of the sarc tag) Dec 23, 2019 • 1:39:24pm

re: #79 austin_blue

Charles M. Blow made this point a couple of months ago in the NYT.

The HoR is within its mandate to impeach early, and often.

he can brag he’s been impeached more than any other president

another first!

NO SMOCKING GUN! Dec 23, 2019 • 1:40:59pm

I spent the afternoon with Rudy Giuliani. https://t.co/VVBRC6MyOG

— Olivia Nuzzi (@Olivianuzzi) December 23, 2019

Must read interview with crazy old man.

Dangerman (misuser of the sarc tag) Dec 23, 2019 • 1:47:55pm

re: #84 NO SMOCKING GUN!

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Must read interview with crazy old man.

she needs to be disinfected after that encounter

KGxvi Dec 23, 2019 • 1:49:58pm

re: #83 Dangerman (misuser of the sarc tag)

he can brag he’s been impeached more than any other president

another first!

Interestingly, only one person in an impeachment trial faced more than 2 articles of impeachment… In 2009 Judge Samuel Kent was impeached on charges of sexual assault, obstructing and impeding an official proceeding, and making false and misleading statements. He resigned a week after his Senate trial started.

Also, Supreme Court Justice William O. Douglass was the subject of two impeachment investigations, first in 1953 then again in 1970. Neither made it past the judiciary committee.

austin_blue Dec 23, 2019 • 1:51:08pm

re: #85 Dangerman (misuser of the sarc tag)

she needs to be disinfected after that encounter

Or deloused…

Barefoot Grin Dec 23, 2019 • 1:55:59pm

re: #84 NO SMOCKING GUN!

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Must read interview with crazy old man.

I hereby pledge all of my sorosbucks towards the production of a hallmark Christmas spectacular featuring this story, and dancing. pic.twitter.com/Z64POkfCgK

— ᑕᕼᑌᑎK (@chunkled) December 23, 2019

Backwoods_Sleuth Dec 23, 2019 • 1:59:13pm

I thought it was brilliant, “bad” language and all

— justa farmer (@justafarmer4) December 23, 2019

^^what Sheri says^^

I also quite enjoyed the pissing on the graves scenes

KGxvi Dec 23, 2019 • 2:01:37pm

re: #89 Backwoods_Sleuth

There’s only been 47,000 versions of this story made for the screen, both big and small, the idea that people are freaking out over it is…

peculiar.

Or is this just another front in the war on christmas?

Backwoods_Sleuth Dec 23, 2019 • 2:02:54pm

from yesterday

These beautifully carved stone slabs support a 17-tonne stone slab acting as the roof of the tomb. At the time of its construction, c. 3500 B.C., the island was still connected with the mainland, and is today only accessible by boat. https://t.co/w7sp4bclyg

— Ticia Verveer (@ticiaverveer) December 22, 2019

Backwoods_Sleuth Dec 23, 2019 • 2:03:30pm

re: #90 KGxvi

There’s only been 47,000 versions of this story made for the screen, both big and small, the idea that people are freaking out over it is…

peculiar.

Or is this just another front in the war on christmas?

some people just like to complain

The Pie Overlord! Dec 23, 2019 • 2:06:37pm

re: #81 lawhawk

Sufganiyot. Typically jelly filled donuts. They’re a thing, along with latkes.

No. You don’t eat sufganiyot WITH latkes.

I Would Prefer Not To Dec 23, 2019 • 2:07:22pm

Off to see star wars with my kids. Live long and prosper.

The Pie Overlord! Dec 23, 2019 • 2:08:39pm

re: #94 I Would Prefer Not To

Off to see star wars with my kids. Live long and prosper.

Live long and prosper is from Star Trek.

Patricia Kayden Dec 23, 2019 • 2:11:04pm

re: #11 Jay C

I think they’ve both finished the race - in a tie.
Unfortunately, the public and the media are still looking back down the track…

Truth! They’re both out of their minds. Nothing about their behavior is normal.

Eclectic Cyborg Dec 23, 2019 • 2:15:29pm

re: #95 The Pie Overlord!

Live long and prosper is from Star Trek.

I think that was a deliberate joke.

William Lewis Dec 23, 2019 • 2:16:48pm

re: #94 I Would Prefer Not To

Off to see star wars with my kids. Live long and prosper.

Make it so, Harry.

The Pie Overlord! Dec 23, 2019 • 2:16:58pm

#Hanukkah 2nd Light #HappyHanukkah #hanukkah2019 #resist pic.twitter.com/QKAnEtpjXz

— Hanukkah Doughnuts Overlord (@Pie_Overlord) December 23, 2019

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Backwoods_Sleuth Dec 23, 2019 • 2:19:05pm

There is no reason for Pelosi to turn over the articles of impeachment until we can ensure a fair trial. This joker Lindsey Graham is continuing to publicly state there will not be. Fine. Hold until Senate Republicans uphold their oath…Feb, March, April, however long it takes! https://t.co/FGsMKOV7Ne

— Amy Siskind 🏳️‍🌈 (@Amy_Siskind) December 23, 2019

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Backwoods_Sleuth Dec 23, 2019 • 2:23:48pm

Jerry Jones, mostly https://t.co/1OsM9z0oIr

— Keith Olbermann (@KeithOlbermann) December 23, 2019

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Teddy's Person Dec 23, 2019 • 2:27:24pm

re: #100 Backwoods_Sleuth

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I continue to find it remarkable that the need to publicly feed Trump’s ego makes it impossible for Mitch and Lindsay to quietly usurp the Constitution. I just wish the survival of our democracy wasn’t so dependent on their hubris.

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Backwoods_Sleuth Dec 23, 2019 • 2:27:37pm

*THUD*

Horrific. @NYPDnews officer Michael Reynolds went to Nashville, got drunk and broke into the home next to his AirBnB. Threatened mom and her kids, calling them “f*cking n***ers. All caught on audio. @errollouis

Received two weeks jail time and probation.pic.twitter.com/XKhwU9gTHJ

— Mark Elliott (@markmobility) December 23, 2019

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Backwoods_Sleuth Dec 23, 2019 • 2:30:55pm

A Sydney resident came home to find a massive huntsman spider being dragged away by a spider wasp—and snapped this terrifying picture of the incident. https://t.co/NxcgV3DSqM pic.twitter.com/gGv4FWy9nP

— ABC News (@ABC) December 23, 2019

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makeitstop Dec 23, 2019 • 2:35:34pm

re: #104 Backwoods_Sleuth

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Straight up nightmare fuel, right there.

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A hollow voice says, Impeachmoot now! Dec 23, 2019 • 2:37:12pm

re: #104 Backwoods_Sleuth

Whose side are we on?

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Barefoot Grin Dec 23, 2019 • 2:38:09pm

There are two homes that fit this description on my 10-minute drive to work. I’ve seen a couple more in the countryside on the way to my kid’s school. They’re literally flying Trump 2020 flags. One of them put the flagpole up just last year while his home could use a few repairs and a new coat of paint.

The number of decrepit homes and failing businesses with “Trump 2020” flags flying is quite telling.

He’s not a savior, guys. He’s not going to move you into a mansion or give you a load of cash. You don’t mean shit to him.

— Lauren. (@laurenh8tsyou) December 23, 2019

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Blind Frog Belly White Dec 23, 2019 • 2:39:36pm

re: #94 I Would Prefer Not To

Off to see star wars with my kids. Live long and prosper.

I see what you did there.

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Blind Frog Belly White Dec 23, 2019 • 2:43:12pm

re: #104 Backwoods_Sleuth

That really needs something to give it scale.

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Dangerman (misuser of the sarc tag) Dec 23, 2019 • 2:43:55pm

re: #109 Blind Frog Belly White

That really needs something to give it scale.

nope
don’t care
don’t wanna know
nope nope nope

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gocart mozart Dec 23, 2019 • 2:44:35pm

Ruminating over which of three dozen comics to re-up for this: https://t.co/0M9VlaRxZv

— Eli Valley (@elivalley) December 23, 2019

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Blind Frog Belly White Dec 23, 2019 • 2:45:32pm

re: #106 A hollow voice says, Impeachmoot now!

Whose side are we on?

“They are one of the largest parasitoid wasps, using their sting to paralyze their prey before dragging it to a brood nest as living food; a single egg is laid on the prey, hatching to a larva which eats the still-living prey.”

I feel bad for the spider, but the wasp is a Mom, just trying to feed her baby a still-living, but paralyzed enormous fucking spider.

Hard to say.

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Barefoot Grin Dec 23, 2019 • 2:49:59pm

re: #112 Blind Frog Belly White

“They are one of the largest parasitoid wasps, using their sting to paralyze their prey before dragging it to a brood nest as living food; a single egg is laid on the prey, hatching to a larva which eats the still-living prey.”

I feel bad for the spider, but the wasp is a Mom, just trying to feed her baby a still-living, but paralyzed enormous fucking spider.

Hard to say.

That’s how I felt about the Alien in Alien.

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Decatur Deb Dec 23, 2019 • 2:50:38pm

re: #112 Blind Frog Belly White

“They are one of the largest parasitoid wasps, using their sting to paralyze their prey before dragging it to a brood nest as living food; a single egg is laid on the prey, hatching to a larva which eats the still-living prey.”

I feel bad for the spider, but the wasp is a Mom, just trying to feed her baby a still-living, but paralyzed enormous fucking spider.

Hard to say.

The US has an equivalent in the SW deserts—the Tarantula Hawk. It was featured in one of the “real-life” Disney films in the ’50s.

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HypnoToad Dec 23, 2019 • 2:51:05pm

I believe this type of parasite was one of the inspirations for Alien!

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Barefoot Grin Dec 23, 2019 • 2:52:39pm

Don Jr? https://t.co/RX5NfkQqR8

— ᎠᏌNᎬᎷYᎢᎻᎪNᏩ™️ (@Kris_Sacrebleu) December 23, 2019

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A Cranky One Dec 23, 2019 • 2:52:50pm

re: #110 Dangerman (misuser of the sarc tag)

nope
don’t care
don’t wanna know

That’s not scary. This is scary:

#MerryImpeachmas #HappyImpeachmas

It may seem like it but I am really not determined to make some of you vomit! 🤪🤪🤪😅🤣🤣😅#bottomsup 🥃 🍷 pic.twitter.com/KwMYYoITef

— Skar (AlphaSkar) 🕶🧗🏻‍♂️ 🇨🇦 🇫🇷🇺🇸 (@AlphaSkar) December 22, 2019

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Backwoods_Sleuth Dec 23, 2019 • 2:54:27pm

Why is this so hard to understand? If a feline can see the bottom of their food bowl, we know starvation is imminent…#MondayMood pic.twitter.com/OIt2OUodU7

— “Mad Cat” Cattis (@GeneralCattis) December 23, 2019

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Blind Frog Belly White Dec 23, 2019 • 3:00:04pm

Jesus H. Tapdancing Christ! No wonder he and Trump get along. They’re both babbling lunatics!

“While attempting to argue that, despite what has been written, ‘I have no business interests in Ukraine,’ he told me about his business interests in Ukraine. ‘I’ve done two business deals in Ukraine. I’ve sought four or five others.’ “ https://t.co/dPPorKuLGl

— John Harwood (@JohnJHarwood) December 23, 2019

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Blind Frog Belly White Dec 23, 2019 • 3:01:21pm

re: #114 Decatur Deb

The US has an equivalent in the SW deserts—the Tarantula Hawk. It was featured in one of the “real-life” Disney films in the ’50s.

Supposedly THE most painful insect sting in the world. Like a flying Gom Jabbar.

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Backwoods_Sleuth Dec 23, 2019 • 3:05:23pm

re: #104 Backwoods_Sleuth

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I resisted making the obligatory “kill it with fire joke” because of the tragic fires happening in Oz right now.

And because of this:

Thankful for people saving our bigger fauna from fires but really grieving all the less recognisable, less visible and less catch-able #wildoz that are being lost, the flora and other non-animal life and the loss of habitat for those that are saved to return to. #bushfires https://t.co/YU11OV55fu

— Catherine Cavallo 🌏 (@CavalloDelMare) December 23, 2019

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Blind Frog Belly White Dec 23, 2019 • 3:06:32pm

re: #119 Blind Frog Belly White

Jesus H. Tapdancing Christ! No wonder he and Trump get along. They’re both babbling lunatics!

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Coda:

I just got off the phone with Rudy Giuliani, who decided to call me to yell at me after he read “five paragraphs” of my story. He told me, “it’s useless to talk to you. You’re a lost cause.” He then talked to me for another six minutes and said he’d go read the rest of the story. https://t.co/Kbyh5HFuaJ

— Olivia Nuzzi (@Olivianuzzi) December 23, 2019

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Teukka Dec 23, 2019 • 3:08:12pm

So, it’s past midnight here and Christmas eve… Music for the season :)

Frankie Goes To Hollywood - The Power Of Love

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Jay C Dec 23, 2019 • 3:10:57pm

re: #120 Blind Frog Belly White

Supposedly THE most painful insect sting in the world. Like a flying Gom Jabbar.

Or the second-worst: the South American Bullet Ant (so-named because its sting is said to rival being shot for painfulness) is close runner-up.

Though nightmarish, that photo of the wasp and spider seems just normal for the run of life-forms in Australia : If it’s likely to be oversized, over-ugly, and/or highly venomous (or all three), it’s probably from Down Under.

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light)) Dec 23, 2019 • 3:15:02pm

re: #40 Backwoods_Sleuth

It’s like it was ~~built~~ cooked up in a meth lab to be the archetypal Daily Beast story

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SerialUpDinger Dec 23, 2019 • 3:24:42pm

re: #120 Blind Frog Belly White

Tarantula Hawk - dining on Milkweed

Here is one that I saw and thought looked “scary - alien like”. Click on the image to see lots of scary detail!

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Blind Frog Belly White Dec 23, 2019 • 3:27:54pm

re: #126 SerialUpDinger

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Here is one that I saw and thought looked “scary - alien like”.

I love the idea that there’s a wasp that big, and I also love the idea that it doesn’t live near me.

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SerialUpDinger Dec 23, 2019 • 3:31:39pm

re: #127 Blind Frog Belly White

I was shocked the first time i saw one swoop down and flip a tarantula over, sting it and drag it off to a HORRIBLE DEATH as a host for the tarantula hawk egg. Living in a zombie state until the larvae is ready to leave the nest.

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KGxvi Dec 23, 2019 • 3:31:54pm

re: #104 Backwoods_Sleuth

So are we sure that Australia burning isn’t actually a good thing?

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Barefoot Grin Dec 23, 2019 • 3:33:01pm

re: #127 Blind Frog Belly White

I love the idea that there’s a wasp that big, and I also love the idea that it doesn’t live near me.

I’m wondering about the trade-offs of living where from spring through fall I may find a couple of ticks on my dog (and sometimes on me) just walking here on the side of the road (where she sticks her head into bushes) and knowing the high incidence rate of Lyme disease and other tick-transmitted illnesses.

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FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀 Dec 23, 2019 • 3:49:29pm

Do it coward https://t.co/VvU185SZCk

— Shafik Mandhai (@ShafikFM) December 23, 2019

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Eclectic Cyborg Dec 23, 2019 • 3:50:32pm

re: #131 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀

The whole universe hates Donald Trump now.

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Barefoot Grin Dec 23, 2019 • 3:51:16pm

pic.twitter.com/NjcIq2oKde

— Watch People Die Inside (@theydeadinside) December 23, 2019

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Blind Frog Belly White Dec 23, 2019 • 3:52:36pm

Speaking of battles between horrible things, where you don’t know who to root for, if anyone, AJ Delgado is seeking funds for her legal fight with Jason Miller.

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Eclectic Cyborg Dec 23, 2019 • 3:57:08pm

re: #134 Blind Frog Belly White

Speaking of battles between horrible things, where you don’t know who to root for, if anyone, AJ Delgado is seeking funds for her legal fight with Jason Miller.

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jaunte Dec 23, 2019 • 4:00:48pm

re: #104 Backwoods_Sleuth

Alien vs. Predator: Whoever Wins, We Lose.

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jaunte Dec 23, 2019 • 4:02:15pm

re: #109 Blind Frog Belly White

That really needs something to give it scale.

I think the door is the thing.

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Anymouse 🌹🎃 Dec 23, 2019 • 4:06:44pm

My mother called about an hour ago.

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Sherlock Hound Dec 23, 2019 • 4:08:13pm

re: #138 Anymouse 🌹🎃

YiVN9m8OWdx7bHEHFq+rEw==

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Backwoods_Sleuth Dec 23, 2019 • 4:08:26pm

re: #122 Blind Frog Belly White

Coda:

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Coda Coda:

I just got off the phone with Giuliani, who called again. He claims he’s now read the story and thought it was unfair, and that he fell into the wall because he has a bad knee. He said he shouldn’t talk to me and that he’s going to the opera tonight. “Merry Christmas,” he said. https://t.co/nLC7LVFCxA

— Olivia Nuzzi (@Olivianuzzi) December 23, 2019

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Blind Frog Belly White Dec 23, 2019 • 4:10:36pm

re: #140 Backwoods_Sleuth

Let’s be honest - that crazy old bastard would think the story was unfair if it were nothing but a transcript!

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Joe Bacon 🌹 Dec 23, 2019 • 4:12:50pm

re: #138 Anymouse 🌹🎃

I4HLJlrrVxzedymFbCB3XxgWRDg0WyBTryNsYvjzHcdIQt8R4TfNJixZhKH+E/mi

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Dread Pirate Dec 23, 2019 • 4:14:04pm

Per doc we obtained, the Trump administration also criticized a proposal that would help Kurds who worked with US troops in Syria get Special Immigrant Visas (the program that brings Afghan and Iraqi interpreters to the US)https://t.co/GZqwq8Rom2

— Betsy Woodruff Swan (@woodruffbets) December 23, 2019

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Joe Bacon 🌹 Dec 23, 2019 • 4:16:12pm

re: #140 Backwoods_Sleuth

Coda Coda:

[Embedded content]

Fly Rudy Fly
Fly Rudy Fly
Fly Rudy Fly
Zip it to the sky…

— The 3-D Zanti Regent (@josephebacon) December 24, 2019

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retired cynic Dec 23, 2019 • 4:16:28pm

re: #143 Dread Pirate

B*ST*RD

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Anymouse 🌹🎃 Dec 23, 2019 • 4:19:07pm

re: #139 Sherlock Hound

re: #142 Joe Bacon 🌹

Thank you.

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Renaissance_Man Dec 23, 2019 • 4:22:54pm

re: #138 Anymouse 🌹🎃

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Joe Bacon 🌹 Dec 23, 2019 • 4:25:57pm

re: #146 Anymouse 🌹🎃

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The Pie Overlord! Dec 23, 2019 • 4:28:07pm

re: #128 SerialUpDinger

I was shocked the first time i saw one swoop down and flip a tarantula over, sting it and drag it off to a HORRIBLE DEATH as a host for the tarantula hawk egg. Living in a zombie state until the larvae is ready to leave the nest.

James Rollins’s novel The Demon Crown is about a colony of wasps so large they make human beings the incubators for their larvae. “Nice” bedtime reading.

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GlutenFreeJesus Dec 23, 2019 • 4:30:04pm

Damn nature. You scary.

Spider Wasp pulling huge Huntsman spider up vertical 3m wall.

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plansbandc Dec 23, 2019 • 4:31:22pm

re: #138 Anymouse 🌹🎃

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Jay C Dec 23, 2019 • 4:34:31pm

re: #138 Anymouse 🌹🎃

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Anymouse 🌹🎃 Dec 23, 2019 • 4:42:05pm

re: #152 Jay C

re: #151 plansbandc

Thank you.

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retired cynic Dec 23, 2019 • 4:44:58pm

re: #153 Anymouse 🌹🎃

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Patricia Kayden Dec 23, 2019 • 4:49:15pm

Nothing in the Constitution prevents this https://t.co/KkNoYf0W4j

— Joyce Alene (@JoyceWhiteVance) December 23, 2019

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jaunte Dec 23, 2019 • 4:51:34pm

Kleptocracy. What rhe Framers warned against. https://t.co/GsAMapdjyW

— Norman Ornstein (@NormOrnstein) December 24, 2019

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jaunte Dec 23, 2019 • 4:56:40pm

Saatchi Art wishes you and your family eight days of laughter and love as you celebrate Hanukkah this season.

[“Hanuka Prayer” by Victor Molev] pic.twitter.com/3dLCGA0LoN

— Saatchi Art (@SaatchiArt) December 24, 2019

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A Mom Anon Dec 23, 2019 • 4:57:31pm

re: #153 Anymouse 🌹🎃

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Joe Bacon 🌹 Dec 23, 2019 • 5:03:44pm

re: #158 A Mom Anon

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dog philosopher ஐஒஔ௸ Dec 23, 2019 • 5:04:37pm

trump is really a put-on, played by sascha baron cohen, to trick people into revealing their ignorance and bigotry, just like in borat

the real trump died in prison years ago

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Anymouse 🌹🎃 Dec 23, 2019 • 5:06:36pm

re: #158 A Mom Anon

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FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀 Dec 23, 2019 • 5:15:57pm

Autocorrect just changed Jesus Christ to Jesus Heist and now, if you’ll excuse me, I have to go off to write the biggest movie of 2021.

— Chris Hewitt (@ChrisHewitt) December 22, 2019

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Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus Dec 23, 2019 • 5:23:25pm

re: #153 Anymouse 🌹🎃

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Anymouse 🌹🎃 Dec 23, 2019 • 5:25:01pm

re: #163 Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus

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Backwoods_Sleuth Dec 23, 2019 • 5:25:06pm

1970 piece “Margueritte” by jazz/world music fusion group Oregon. Written by the late Colin Walcott. From their debut LP Our First Record. https://t.co/A43htLzOMA

— Sean Walters (@sean_write) December 24, 2019

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FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀 Dec 23, 2019 • 5:25:40pm

Video shows tiger charging at boy visiting zoo https://t.co/vVYaxgjPyZ pic.twitter.com/ouD22wqczw

— New York Post (@nypost) December 24, 2019

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FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀 Dec 23, 2019 • 5:28:06pm

Ron Howard Narrator voice over:

He committed several crimes

— 𝘞𝘉 𝘠𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘨 🍕🐀 (@FormerDirtDart) December 24, 2019

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A Mom Anon Dec 23, 2019 • 5:31:33pm

re: #161 Anymouse 🌹🎃

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Ace Rothstein Dec 23, 2019 • 5:33:11pm

re: #167 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀

There is no fucking way that story isn’t a parody.

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Charles Johnson Dec 23, 2019 • 5:33:42pm

Trump gets impeached and the stock market rises, and he thinks it’s a good sign for him, because of course he does. https://t.co/hWcaSmqqhP

— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) December 24, 2019

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Backwoods_Sleuth Dec 23, 2019 • 5:34:20pm

re: #169 Ace Rothstein

There is no fucking way that story isn’t a parody.

Olivia doesn’t do parody

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calochortus Dec 23, 2019 • 5:34:59pm

re: #164 Anymouse 🌹🎃

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Mattand Dec 23, 2019 • 5:39:53pm

re: #138 Anymouse 🌹🎃

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b.d. (Lock Him Up!) Dec 23, 2019 • 5:40:15pm

re: #170 Charles Johnson

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I’m old enough to remember Trump saying that his impeachment would tank the stock market, followed by him claiming that he doesn’t follow the stock market.

fyi, that means I’m older than 2 months old.

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b.d. (Lock Him Up!) Dec 23, 2019 • 5:41:36pm

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Anymouse 🌹🎃 Dec 23, 2019 • 5:41:41pm

re: #173 Mattand

Thank you.

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Charles Johnson Dec 23, 2019 • 5:42:57pm

I don’t think evangelicals who support Trump understand how damaging this will be in the long run for their movement. Your children are watching, and they see your hypocrisy.

— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) December 24, 2019

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Anymouse 🌹🎃 Dec 23, 2019 • 5:43:08pm

re: #180 b.d. (Lock Him Up!)

Thanks.

My wife decided to have some rye and hit the rack early.

I’m still waiting for return calls from either my mother or my sister.

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The Pie Overlord! Dec 23, 2019 • 5:44:03pm

Santa’s gonna shit in this motherfucker’s stocking. https://t.co/McITHmKJuq

— The Rude Pundit (@rudepundit) December 24, 2019

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b.d. (Lock Him Up!) Dec 23, 2019 • 5:44:37pm

re: #138 Anymouse 🌹🎃

My mother called about an hour ago.

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PhillyPretzel Dec 23, 2019 • 5:45:13pm

re: #138 Anymouse 🌹🎃

I am sorry to hear of this news. You and your family are in my prayers.

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teleskiguy Dec 23, 2019 • 5:47:01pm

Now I understand everything…. pic.twitter.com/Z87gC008EC

— Harry Shearer (@theharryshearer) December 24, 2019

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Dread Pirate Dec 23, 2019 • 5:47:06pm

🚗Traveling for the holidays? Check out our neighbors on social media for forecast updates for your travels!@NWSBayArea @NWSReno @NWSEureka @NWSHanford @NWSMedford @NWSLosAngeles @NWSSanDiego @NWSVegas @NWSPhoenix @NWSElko pic.twitter.com/HdQ9poVwVj

— NWS Sacramento (@NWSSacramento) December 19, 2019

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b.d. (Lock Him Up!) Dec 23, 2019 • 5:47:08pm

re: #177 Charles Johnson

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I am not seeing the evangelical long game in all of this at all?

They are going all in on this guy? Where is their future?

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Backwoods_Sleuth Dec 23, 2019 • 5:47:51pm

re: #184 b.d. (Lock Him Up!)

I am not seeing the evangelical long game in all of this at all?

They are going all in on this guy? Where is their future?

RAPTURE

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Anymouse 🌹🎃 Dec 23, 2019 • 5:48:32pm

re: #181 PhillyPretzel

I am sorry to hear of this news. You and your family are in my prayers.

Thank you.

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Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus Dec 23, 2019 • 5:52:36pm

re: #184 b.d. (Lock Him Up!)

I am not seeing the evangelical long game in all of this at all?

They are going all in on this guy? Where is their future?

They ain’t got one.

Which they’ve known all the time… which is why they are acting out.

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i(m)p(each)sos Dec 23, 2019 • 5:53:19pm

re: #164 Anymouse 🌹🎃

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jaunte Dec 23, 2019 • 5:53:27pm

I don’t think Jesus’ intent was to actually endorse and promote Caesarism. https://t.co/DnIf2tJEuJ

— Patrick Chovanec (@prchovanec) December 24, 2019

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The Pie Overlord! Dec 23, 2019 • 5:55:31pm

OK I made latkes and now the house smells of latkes. How do I get rid of the smell of latkes?

Oh I know. Bake bread.

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teleskiguy Dec 23, 2019 • 5:56:06pm

re: #184 b.d. (Lock Him Up!)

I am not seeing the evangelical long game in all of this at all?

They are going all in on this guy? Where is their future?

They envision of future of outlawed abortion.

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The Pie Overlord! Dec 23, 2019 • 5:57:39pm

re: #191 teleskiguy

They envision of future of outlawed abortion.

Gotta be more to it than that. I dunno, maybe expulsions and genocide of minorities.

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b.d. (Lock Him Up!) Dec 23, 2019 • 5:58:15pm

re: #185 Backwoods_Sleuth

RAPTURE

So they are basically the same guys who are waiting on the meteor?

I have no doubt that they will explain away their support for Trump but it’s gonna be a hell of a reach.

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Backwoods_Sleuth Dec 23, 2019 • 5:59:42pm

Everyone serving time in prison knows they can be charged with more crimes discovered while they’re in prison. https://t.co/c4W9ac8jop

— Lawrence O’Donnell (@Lawrence) December 23, 2019

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Anymouse 🌹🎃 Dec 23, 2019 • 6:00:12pm

An interesting vignette about my step-father. He was inducted into the Renaissance Festival Hall-of-Fame in 2011 for his contributions to the King Richard’s Faire.

(My mother and step-father first met at the Texas Renaissance Faire when they both performed there.)

renaissancefestivalmusic.com

The groups listed in his bio were founded by him and my mother. They released several long-playing, short-selling albums (that is a family tradition, though I beat them to it by several years).

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goddamnedfrank Dec 23, 2019 • 6:00:44pm

re: #184 b.d. (Lock Him Up!)

I am not seeing the evangelical long game in all of this at all?

They are going all in on this guy? Where is their future?

They’re addicted to power and are on a bender. They aren’t thinking about anything other than winning and imposing their religious dominion over society entirely. It’s not just about trying to just secure the gains they’ve made, they want nothing less than eradication of all secular government, modern reproductive freedom and civil rights laws.

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b.d. (Lock Him Up!) Dec 23, 2019 • 6:06:51pm

re: #196 goddamnedfrank

They’re addicted to power and are on a bender. They aren’t thinking about anything other than winning and imposing their religious dominion over society entirely. It’s not just about trying to just secure the gains they’ve made, they want nothing less than eradication of all secular government, modern reproductive freedom and civil rights laws.

Gonna be a hell of a withdrawl. It’s hard to imagine the hate engine getting completely refueled in their tanks with the candidates we have but they’ll try.

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Anymouse 🌹🎃 Dec 23, 2019 • 6:14:29pm

re: #188 i(m)p(each)sos

Thank you.

Thanks also for having us out for dinner when we were returning from Massachusetts to Nebraska. It was a pleasure meeting you.

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gocart mozart Dec 23, 2019 • 6:15:03pm