The Bob Cesca Podcast: The Human Academy

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Today’s program from our podcasting affiliate, The Bob Cesca Show, powered by Floyd Oliver Attorney at Law:

The Human Academy — NSFW! Our first show of 2020; Jody Hamilton and TRex David Ferguson are here; The first deceptively edited video of the year has arrived; War criminal Eddie Gallagher launches his own ‘lifestyle brand’; Australia, the climate crisis and reader apathy; Unredacted emails show Trump ordered hold on Ukraine aid; Justice Department’s suspicious redactions; Trump and fighting impeachment in court; Julian Castro is out; Joe Biden and the Republicans; Corey Lewandowski not running for Senate; Bob’s brush with a Trump-Russia celeb; Melania’s New Year’s Resolution; With music by Cookie and Stop Calling Me Frank and more!

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208 comments

makeitstop Jan 2, 2020 • 5:05:13pm

Call your lawyer, Lumpy. No, not the one who’s in prison.

In interview with FBI, Paul Manafort said he used Fox News host Sean Hannity as a “back channel” to President Trump in the period between the FBI raid of his apartment and his indictment months later, in October 2017. Details from newly released FBI documents.

— Shimon Prokupecz (@ShimonPro) January 3, 2020

FFL (GOP Delenda Est) Jan 2, 2020 • 5:06:39pm

I am currently reading Yergen’s _The Prize_* and the sections on Iran give some indications that it was a messed up territory and had some serious cultural and societal issues even before the British and then the Americans got involved in the area attempting to exploit the oil resources there.

* - I am taking bits of Yergen’s text with rather large grains of salt. His data and details on the oil industry is probably well researched and (I hope) fairly accurate. When he goes over into other areas affected by the main scope of the book I think he is trying to sum up or summarize things and oversimplifies them. Some of the text regarding military events and causes is essentially wrong the way he states it.

jaunte Jan 2, 2020 • 5:10:22pm

Reassuring to know that whatever happened in Baghdad tonight was the result of a sound policy process led by sober, thoughtful people

— Gregg Carlstrom (@glcarlstrom) January 3, 2020

makeitstop Jan 2, 2020 • 5:17:55pm

re: #3 jaunte

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#BREAKING
US drone strikes have killed Qasem Soleimani, IRGC Major General and Quds Force commander, and Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis, PMU leader and Kata’ib Hezbollah commander, at Baghdad Airport tonight. A major blow to the regime in Tehran! pic.twitter.com/bIDKreqdna

— WorldOnAlert (@worldonalert) January 3, 2020

I’m thinking all hell is about to break loose.

retired cynic Jan 2, 2020 • 5:20:01pm

re: #4 makeitstop

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I’m thinking all hell is about to break loose.

I am so afraid you are right. I thought, when Bolton quit/was fired, that the forces pushing for war with Iran were damped down. Now?

CarolJ Jan 2, 2020 • 5:22:10pm

Riden with Biden. I think that some candidates who aren’t going to win are trying to sabotage him.

These past three weeks in general I have found this blog soothing compared to Twitter. Bring back the blogs. Less hectic and aggravating. And lets face it, some things can’t be explained in a short tweet. Blogs can also foster deeper conversation, longer conversation and more informed conversation.

makeitstop Jan 2, 2020 • 5:22:12pm

If the US is behind this attack on Shia military leaders at Baghdad airport, it will be a major escalation that could start a regional war. Very reckless and scary https://t.co/LhVpQsQiMt https://t.co/6zK3ve2z0O

— Rania Khalek (@RaniaKhalek) January 3, 2020

jaunte Jan 2, 2020 • 5:29:54pm

Correct https://t.co/hvh2Zsj1LW

— Power is bad (@ZackKopplin) January 3, 2020

Joe Bacon 🌹 Jan 2, 2020 • 5:40:30pm

re: #8 jaunte

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If that had occurred you know THE DICK would have forced Dumbya to retaliate!

Cheechako Jan 2, 2020 • 5:41:43pm

I saw the movie “Wag The Dogs” sometime ago. Current distraction for trump?
Trying to use the military to save his hide? I think so.

Joe Bacon 🌹 Jan 2, 2020 • 5:41:52pm

Just a reminder of what Shithead tweeted in the past…

jaunte Jan 2, 2020 • 5:43:06pm

Military action novelists busy changing out “crazy Ivan” to “crazy Donnie.”

Teukka Jan 2, 2020 • 5:46:46pm

re: #12 jaunte

Military action novelists busy changing out “crazy Ivan” to “crazy Donnie.”

‘cept Donnie wouldn’t have the brains to do a crazy Ivan maneuver proper…

Joe Bacon 🌹 Jan 2, 2020 • 5:47:21pm

I remember how Tom Clancy endlessly trashed Obama as a weak leader and he demanded war with Iran.

Makes me feel real glad that evil fart is taking a permanent dirt nap!

William Lewis Jan 2, 2020 • 5:48:42pm

re: #12 jaunte

Military action novelists busy changing out “crazy Ivan” to “crazy Donnie.”

Nah, Stupid Donnie perhaps. You just have to know what the worst course of action in a given circumstance is to know what Stupid Donnie will do.

jaunte Jan 2, 2020 • 5:49:41pm

We’ll have to see more on the decision-making. But I think we need to recognize that we’re now likely in that situation where an unstable/impulsive and embattled President throws the dice/has a tantrum that there’s no going back from.

— Josh Marshall (@joshtpm) January 3, 2020

Crazy Stillson.

Joe Bacon 🌹 Jan 2, 2020 • 5:52:20pm

re: #16 jaunte

This was the equivalent of the assassination of Archduke Ferdinand or the Bombing of Pearl Harbor.

A major escalation with unknowable consequences.

— On The Case Man (@OnTheCaseMan) January 3, 2020

b.d. (Lock Him Up!) Jan 2, 2020 • 5:53:10pm

Wonder if I have time to fill up my gas tank before the price goes up a buck a gallon?

Dangerman (misuser of the sarc tag) Jan 2, 2020 • 5:55:21pm

there is now a picture of the stove in it’s final resting place in The Sears Stove Saga ——————————>>>>>>

Teukka Jan 2, 2020 • 5:56:03pm

re: #18 b.d. (Lock Him Up!)

Wonder if I have time to fill up my gas tank before the price goes up a buck a gallon?

I would invest in a diesel, it can run on other things than gas, other things which are not that hard to manufacture locally…

FFL (GOP Delenda Est) Jan 2, 2020 • 5:56:56pm

re: #10 Cheechako

I saw the movie “Wag The Dogs” sometime ago. Current distraction for trump?
Trying to use the military to save his hide? I think so.

I don’t think Trump himself could think this out to do. Perhaps an underling trying to do it to eventually curry favor - but that smacks of an independence that they appear not to have. So I think this is events starting to spin out of control.

stpaulbear Jan 2, 2020 • 5:59:49pm

I wonder if Trump is going to be looking for a coalition to help support this blunder. Everyone is going to tell him to fuck off you fucking fucker.

Shiplord Kirel, Friend of Moose and Squirrel Jan 2, 2020 • 6:01:31pm

re: #4 makeitstop

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#BREAKINGUS drone strikes have killed Qasem Soleimani, IRGC Major General and Quds Force commander, and Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis, PMU leader and Kata’ib Hezbollah commander, at Baghdad Airport tonight. A major blow to the regime in Tehran! pic.twitter.com/bIDKreqdna

— WorldOnAlert (@worldonalert) January 3, 2020

thinking all hell is about to break loose.

Sucks to be them, but a hit in the streets of a foreign capital, without regard for local authorities and in apparent retaliation for the embassy riot? This is pure gangsterism.

teleskiguy Jan 2, 2020 • 6:01:36pm

#NowPlaying Mark Knopfler > Wag The Dog, Music From The Motion Picture Soundtrack > We’re Going To War https://t.co/3GzhaQGKKG

— Charlie Vogel, aka His Teleness the Charlie Lama (@teleskiguy) April 17, 2017

jaunte Jan 2, 2020 • 6:01:43pm

I’m sure the home of The Old Man of the Mountain won’t know how to respond to an assassination.

Dread Pirate Jan 2, 2020 • 6:03:44pm

In light of evidence about OMB cover-up for Trump withholding Ukraine aid, my message to ⁦@SenateGOP⁩: “This is all going to come out eventually, and anyone who isn’t asking to see the evidence now is part of the cover-up.” ⁦@JRubinBlogger⁩ https://t.co/rhhsO7OSCV

— Mimi Rocah (@Mimirocah1) January 3, 2020

The Pie Overlord! Jan 2, 2020 • 6:04:18pm

Not the “Eugenics Bedbug” Bret Stephens, just a random nazi on Twitter pretending to be Bret Stephens, presented for you to block & report:

I’m going to choose my words carefully here…

The anti-amSemitic attacks against the Hasidic Jews in New York are abominable and should end.

However… The growth of said community does concern me to a degree, as it’s a highly reactionary an ultra-conservative community.

— Bret Stephens, New WSJ Columnist (@CascadianSolo) January 2, 2020

stpaulbear Jan 2, 2020 • 6:06:05pm

I think I’d avoid being within a couple blocks of any building with Trump’s name on it for a while.

danarchy Jan 2, 2020 • 6:06:20pm

re: #25 jaunte

I’m sure the home of The Old Man of the Mountain won’t know how to respond to an assassination.

What does New Hampshire have to do with any of this?

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makeitstop Jan 2, 2020 • 6:08:16pm

re: #28 stpaulbear

I think I’d avoid being within a couple blocks of any building with Trump’s name on it for a while.

Word.

jaunte Jan 2, 2020 • 6:08:34pm

Iran has a well-developed cyber-warfare unit due to years of tussling with Israel and the USA.

The USA’s cyber-defense for many key areas of infrastructure is lacking.

And we just assassinated the second most powerful person in the Iranian government.

— Pé Resists (@4everNeverTrump) January 3, 2020

DodgerFan1988 Jan 2, 2020 • 6:10:22pm

re: #10 Cheechako

I saw the movie “Wag The Dogs” sometime ago. Current distraction for trump?
Trying to use the military to save his hide? I think so.

The airstrike that killed Iran’s General Soleimani at the Baghdad Airport is a BIG deal.

Retaliation is certain.
American lives are at risk.

And the guy who bragged about being against the Iraq War is wagging the dog to dodge his own non-stop scandals.https://t.co/GdZuDuN3Qi

— BrooklynDad_Defiant! (@mmpadellan) January 3, 2020

Gotta make Trump look like a war hero.

Dave In Austin Jan 2, 2020 • 6:10:54pm

Franklin Graham is smiling this evening.

retired cynic Jan 2, 2020 • 6:11:06pm

re: #31 jaunte

I think the more immediate danger is to any American in Iraq. … I can’t think of a profane phrase that is strong enough to express myself! How on earth anyone could be so stupid!

Joe Bacon 🌹 Jan 2, 2020 • 6:11:53pm

re: #34 retired cynic

I think the more immediate danger is to any American in Iraq. … I can’t think of a profane phrase that is strong enough to express myself! How on earth anyone could be so stupid!

Ask the Christian Pulpit Pimps pushing Trump to start Armageddon!

jaunte Jan 2, 2020 • 6:12:23pm

re: #34 retired cynic

NO CONSEQUENCE MANAGEMENT SKILLS: AmEmbassy Baghdad is a fishbowl & no amount of reenforcments can prevent the Hashd laying seige &/or taking that facility. If we are lucky the Iraqi parliament will quickly just kick all US forces out of Iraq within the week. #RocketAttacksFirst

— Malcolm Nance (@MalcolmNance) January 3, 2020

The Pie Overlord! Jan 2, 2020 • 6:13:18pm

Here is the “rehabilitated” Eddie Gallagher

Good Ol’ Shoe - Working [from Wag the Dog]

b.d. (Lock Him Up!) Jan 2, 2020 • 6:13:34pm

Soleimani was an enemy of the United States. That’s not a question.

The question is this - as reports suggest, did America just assassinate, without any congressional authorization, the second most powerful person in Iran, knowingly setting off a potential massive regional war?

— Chris Murphy (@ChrisMurphyCT) January 3, 2020

William Lewis Jan 2, 2020 • 6:13:38pm

re: #21 FFL (GOP Delenda Est)

I don’t think Trump himself could think this out to do. Perhaps an underling trying to do it to eventually curry favor - but that smacks of an independence that they appear not to have. So I think this is events starting to spin out of control.

Maybe a Saudi group trying to force the US into a war against the Shia heathens?

makeitstop Jan 2, 2020 • 6:15:00pm

We just killed the second-most powerful person in the Iranian government with no warning, nothing to Congress? This is crazy.

— Charles P. Pierce (@CharlesPPierce) January 3, 2020

FFL (GOP Delenda Est) Jan 2, 2020 • 6:15:37pm

re: #26 Dread Pirate

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Ah, Susan “I’m concerned until it’s time to vote in lockstep with the party” Collins.

I do seriously hope the Maine voters toss her out in November.

Charles Johnson Jan 2, 2020 • 6:18:15pm

It’s bad. And very stupid. https://t.co/3vA2asqkg5

— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) January 3, 2020

Dread Pirate Jan 2, 2020 • 6:18:22pm

I assume we are sending this human unscented moisturizer back to Iraq to handle everything pic.twitter.com/xZvixcIsLe

— Decoherence (@DecoherenceWave) January 3, 2020

retired cynic Jan 2, 2020 • 6:18:42pm

re: #36 jaunte

We would be lucky!

Quoth the raven, Covfefe. Jan 2, 2020 • 6:18:58pm

re: #40 makeitstop

Wait, what the ACTUAL FUCK?!

Jebediah, RBG Jan 2, 2020 • 6:19:52pm

re: #34 retired cynic

I think the more immediate danger is to any American in Iraq. … I can’t think of a profane phrase that is strong enough to express myself! How on earth anyone could be so stupid!

Trmp and this administration are recklessly evil. Fucking bruised-ego-tantrum assasination? The trmp enablers and normalizers, both in the GOP and the media, have just gotten their hands a lot bloodier.

DodgerFan1988 Jan 2, 2020 • 6:20:49pm

re: #40 makeitstop

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I worked the Iran account for years at the NSC under two Presidents. I’m honestly terrified right now that we don’t have a functioning national security process to evaluate options and prepare for contingencies. God help us.

— Kelly Magsamen (@kellymagsamen) January 3, 2020

The chaos is the point.

jaunte Jan 2, 2020 • 6:22:09pm

According to Sean Hannity’s sources, President Trump ordered the strike on General Soleimani pic.twitter.com/9gXjNKKjqp

— Acyn Torabi (@Acyn) January 3, 2020

Jebediah, RBG Jan 2, 2020 • 6:22:47pm

re: #41 FFL (GOP Delenda Est)

Ah, Susan “I’m concerned until it’s time to vote in lockstep with the party” Collins

At least she can always be depended on to avoid doing the right thing.

retired cynic Jan 2, 2020 • 6:23:06pm

re: #48 jaunte

Holy Shit. Wag the Dog is nothing to it….

PhillyPretzel Jan 2, 2020 • 6:23:22pm

re: #48 jaunte

I will wait for something a bit more reliable than Mr Hannity.

jaunte Jan 2, 2020 • 6:23:30pm

WARNING: THIS INCIDENT CAN MAKE EVERY AMERICAN SERVICEMAN AND DIPLOMAT IN NON-KURDISH IRAQ MARKED FOR DEATH. No amount of renforcements will help this situation if it spirals out of control. Iran will start issuing weapons & IEDs. It’s Najaf 2004 all over again.

— Malcolm Nance (@MalcolmNance) January 3, 2020

Or, if you’re Sean Hannity, REMF, “a HUGE intelligence and military victory.”

jaunte Jan 2, 2020 • 6:25:55pm

Waiting for the blowhard to tell us all what a success he is.

teleskiguy Jan 2, 2020 • 6:27:04pm

Sounds like this was thoroughly thought through by the very stable genius occupying the White House. https://t.co/OBimlpE4lL

— Charlie Vogel, aka His Teleness the Charlie Lama (@teleskiguy) January 3, 2020

makeitstop Jan 2, 2020 • 6:27:13pm

Is this the guy I think it is?

I was already against Trump’s re-election but if we go to war with Iran I’ll personally campaign against him and actively support his opponent. Biden, whoever. Rubicon crossed

— Michael Tracey (@mtracey) January 3, 2020

jaunte Jan 2, 2020 • 6:27:24pm

As someone who spent about three years of my life in that country - d9ing everything from patrolling streets to going to meetings with Iraqi PM - I’d press pause on celebrating this as an unambiguously good thing in context.

— Scott Radcliffe (@Scott_Radcliffe) January 3, 2020

teleskiguy Jan 2, 2020 • 6:29:09pm

Trump believes all presidents use war to get re-elected and to distract from scandals, so he thinks it’s his turn. He thinks this is normal.

— Bob Cesca (@bobcesca_go) January 3, 2020

theres an impeached president sitting in the situation room authorizing international assassinations without congressional approval

— Open Mike Eagle (@Mike_Eagle) January 3, 2020

DodgerFan1988 Jan 2, 2020 • 6:33:30pm

That Trump would start a war or major escalation to change the subject from his pending removal from office is one of the *most* predictable things we should have expected.

Now watch his Republican enablers slither around to explain it and back him

— Amy Siskind 🏳️‍🌈 (@Amy_Siskind) January 3, 2020

Some men just want to watch the world burn.

The Pie Overlord! Jan 2, 2020 • 6:35:34pm

WHAT THE FUCK IS WRONG WITH THIS FUCKING ASSHOLE

pic.twitter.com/VXeKiVzpTf

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) January 3, 2020

Hecuba's daughter Jan 2, 2020 • 6:35:43pm

re: #48 jaunte

Acyn Torabi
@Acyn
According to Sean Hannity’s sources, President Trump ordered the strike on General Soleimani

I’m really confused about the origin of this strike. Trump actually heard of Soleimani? Was he mentioned on Faux News and did Fox and Friends advise this attack? Or was this something that Pompeo heard from his “friend” Bolton and thought it would be a good idea? If Bolton were still in the WH, this action would have not surprised me at all. But without him, who would be urging Trump to order this strike?

teleskiguy Jan 2, 2020 • 6:35:51pm

While Fuckface Von Clownstick wags the dog, Rubio tosses the salad.

The defensive actions the U.S. has taken against #Iran & its proxies are consistent with clear warnings they have received

They chose to ignore these warnings because they believed @POTUS was constrained from acting by our domestic political divisions

They badly miscalculated

— Marco Rubio (@marcorubio) January 3, 2020

You don’t have to support @potus withdrawing from the #IranDeal or his “maximum pressure” campaign to support the proposition that planning,conducting,directing or funding attacks aimed at killing Americans merits a swift & decisive response.

— Marco Rubio (@marcorubio) January 3, 2020

jaunte Jan 2, 2020 • 6:36:43pm

re: #60 Hecuba’s daughter

He probably asked “his generals” who the top bad guys were.

jaunte Jan 2, 2020 • 6:37:56pm

Just to recap for everyone: Iran is a country of 60 million, more than double the size of Iraq, w a sophisticated military. More importantly, has two key geopolitical allies that won’t like like this: Russia and China. The fact that Trump’s a pansy for Putin complicates things. https://t.co/bvelXN9Mie

— Rachel “The Doc” Bitecofer 📈🔭 (@RachelBitecofer) January 3, 2020

The Pie Overlord! Jan 2, 2020 • 6:38:19pm

rhymes w/ “Greenwald”

— Eric Boehlert (@EricBoehlert) January 3, 2020

Anymouse 🌹🎃 Jan 2, 2020 • 6:39:37pm

Hi.

teleskiguy Jan 2, 2020 • 6:40:04pm

Think about this. Trump may have started down the road to war with Iran and he did it not just without warning but without John Bolton in the White House or in his ear. Kinda puts all those ridiculous ‘Trump is a dove deep down but tricked by neocons’ DC hot takes in perspective.

— Mehdi Hasan (@mehdirhasan) January 3, 2020

FFL (GOP Delenda Est) Jan 2, 2020 • 6:40:52pm

Didn’t Russia, China, and Iran just sign some sort of military agreement as well?

A hollow voice says, Guilty, guilty, guilty! Jan 2, 2020 • 6:42:40pm

re: #65 Anymouse 🌹🎃

Hi.

Wish I were.

teleskiguy Jan 2, 2020 • 6:43:17pm

Trump’s war strategy. pic.twitter.com/eDO5Fp93Om

— Bob Cesca (@bobcesca_go) January 3, 2020

Charles Johnson Jan 2, 2020 • 6:43:37pm

Lots of antisemitic trolls on the internet tonight, folks. Has to be an organized effort.

— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) January 3, 2020

Charles Johnson Jan 2, 2020 • 6:43:45pm

Pure distilled jingoism. No frills, no added ingredients. https://t.co/uDgyEFcONS

— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) January 3, 2020

jaunte Jan 2, 2020 • 6:44:34pm

jaunte Jan 2, 2020 • 6:46:18pm

But @EricTrump knew… pic.twitter.com/k8GJ7dJLun

— DeeBeeDubYa (@DarrenWark) January 3, 2020

Shiplord Kirel, Friend of Moose and Squirrel Jan 2, 2020 • 6:47:24pm

The Iraqis are not going to sit idly by while rival gangs of barely-welcome foreigners shoot it out in the streets of Baghdad. I would look for a break in relations, followed by a hurried expulsion, with Russians moving into the vacated space.

retired cynic Jan 2, 2020 • 6:47:49pm

re: #73 jaunte

SH*T!

teleskiguy Jan 2, 2020 • 6:48:02pm

https://t.co/bYjea0hoIR pic.twitter.com/AqGFMB9pCp

— Parker Molloy (@ParkerMolloy) January 3, 2020

Quoth the raven, Covfefe. Jan 2, 2020 • 6:49:32pm

I am definitely not drunk enough for this shit.

jaunte Jan 2, 2020 • 6:49:58pm

re: #75 retired cynic

I would bet the word was out at the Mar-a-Lago New Year’s party, too.

The Pie Overlord! Jan 2, 2020 • 6:50:12pm

re: #70 Charles Johnson

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Can you tell me which hashtags they’re posting to? My block finger is itchy.

fern01 Jan 2, 2020 • 6:51:22pm

re: #26 Dread Pirate

Sen Collins is no longer concerned. She knows she is going to lose in 2020 so no reason to carry on with the b.s. of being a moderate.

makeitstop Jan 2, 2020 • 6:51:33pm

The Pentagon confirms it killed Soleimani.

— Spencer Ackerman (@attackerman) January 3, 2020

I wouldn’t be surprised if we woke up to really bad news in the morning.

Quoth the raven, Covfefe. Jan 2, 2020 • 6:53:08pm

re: #81 makeitstop

I wouldn’t be surprised if we woke up to really bad news in the morning.

The United States has effectively just declared war on Iran. Congratulations, Donald J. Trump - you got your war and have completely fucked over our foreign policy for an entire generation. Thanks, Boomer.

teleskiguy Jan 2, 2020 • 6:54:11pm

#BREAKING Oil prices soar more than 4% after Iranian commander killed pic.twitter.com/JB3023VP48

— AFP news agency (@AFP) January 3, 2020

jaunte Jan 2, 2020 • 6:55:29pm

Trump campaign aide. They’re a bunch of idiots.

Alexa, play “Another One Bites the Dust”

THIS is what strong foreign policy looks like 💪🏼🇺🇸

Thank you @realDonaldTrump for showing what leadership looks like!#MakeAmericaStrongAgain https://t.co/rNnK3IeHYQ

— Abigail Marone (Text TRUMP to 88022) (@abigailmarone) January 3, 2020

Joe Bacon 🌹 Jan 2, 2020 • 6:57:16pm

I need a laugh!

WC Fields vs. Phil Silvers…

A W. C. Fields Rarity

Anymouse 🌹🎃 Jan 2, 2020 • 6:57:40pm

re: #68 A hollow voice says, Guilty, guilty, guilty!

Wish I were.

Geez, my wife and I go to the Museum of Science and Industry, then to The Red Apple Polish restaurant, just get back, and you guys let Trump try to start a war without our permission.

Do we have to stay here and tell y’all what to do? /s

Jay C Jan 2, 2020 • 6:57:51pm

re: #74 Shiplord Kirel, Friend of Moose and Squirrel

The Iraqis are not going to sit idly by while rival gangs of barely-welcome foreigners shoot it out in the streets of Baghdad. I would look for a break in relations, followed by a hurried expulsion, with Russians moving into the vacated space.

This sounds (distressingly) probable. AFAIK, the Iranians have been making nice with the Russians of late: mainly over carving up Syria into non-threatening bits: I wonder if this wasn’t in anticipation of something just like your scenario: with Russia and China lurking in the background, only too happy to see US influence diminished in yet another Mideast region.

jaunte Jan 2, 2020 • 6:58:19pm

Good Question: Why is killing Solimani bad? I cheer his death but now imagine the hundreds of rockets about to hit our forces/Embassy all over Iraq killing US soldiers. It’s all about the Shia Iraqi militiamen who now see us an enemy that needs to be punished & removed from Iraq https://t.co/9EjdhJpZOV

— Malcolm Nance (@MalcolmNance) January 3, 2020

Dread Pirate Jan 2, 2020 • 6:58:28pm

#BREAKING: Full statement by US DoD.

Says Soleimani was developing plans to attack US diplomats and service members in Iraq and throughout the region pic.twitter.com/7oN2fex9tB

— ELINT News (@ELINTNews) January 3, 2020

Michele: Out of the closet, Into the fire Jan 2, 2020 • 6:58:46pm

Night Lizards. See you when I see you.
As always, may the Deity of your choice smile down upon you and yours.

Ace Rothstein Jan 2, 2020 • 6:59:51pm

re: #89 Dread Pirate

Bullshit.

jaunte Jan 2, 2020 • 7:00:18pm

This will make Putin’s Petroleum Products more valuable.

bratwurst Jan 2, 2020 • 7:00:18pm

I think it is entirely possible that Ari Fleischer is, not for the first time, talking out his ass.

— Clay C. (@ClayC1969) January 3, 2020

Quoth the raven, Covfefe. Jan 2, 2020 • 7:00:43pm

re: #91 Ace Rothstein

Bullshit.

Even if it is true, is that an internationally recognized rationale for assassinating him at a fucking international airport?

DodgerFan1988 Jan 2, 2020 • 7:01:57pm

Archduke Ferdinand was just assasinated.

This is not going to end well. #WWIII

— Thom Hartmann (@Thom_Hartmann) January 3, 2020

Anymouse 🌹🎃 Jan 2, 2020 • 7:03:56pm

re: #89 Dread Pirate

Why don’t I believe that for a microsecond? Iran’s government isn’t particularly friendly, but they’re not stupid.

Moreover, if they wanted to do that, they wouldn’t have to wait for us to kill one of their top people first.

Iraq is the sort of place where roving militias are beholden to individual politicians or foreign actors (the sort of place we would be if we didn’t have at least minimal gun control laws).

Shiplord Kirel, Friend of Moose and Squirrel Jan 2, 2020 • 7:06:25pm

From the Book of Lists:

Back in the 1920s, a German newspaper held a contest for the most sensational newspaper headline possible. Most of the entries dealt with things like Martians arriving or Jesus Christ coming back. The winner, though, was “ARCH-DUKE FRANZ FERDINAND ALIVE! WORLD WAR FOUGHT BY MISTAKE!”

Trump’s knavish actions often remind me of this story, though I am not sure why.

Anymouse 🌹🎃 Jan 2, 2020 • 7:07:01pm

Off-topic from the hounds of war being let slip.

Last night mulling the verbal beatdown my sister gave me, my wife was looking across the Intertubz early this morning and came across a blog of people who tell their stories of their recently deceased family members, and how their sisters turned into authoritarian nightmares running roughshod over the whole family in the aftermath.

Lots of coarse language is used.

Rightwingconspirator Jan 2, 2020 • 7:07:05pm

This assassination provides a distraction from impeachment and Bibi’s request for blanket immunity from prosecution at the same time. And seems designed to push Iran over the edge

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garzooma Jan 2, 2020 • 7:07:12pm

re: #89 Dread Pirate

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Says Soleimani was developing plans to attack US diplomats and service members in Iraq and throughout the region

Now he believes US Intelligence.

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jaunte Jan 2, 2020 • 7:08:16pm

re: #100 garzooma

Retconning the American public.

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Rightwingconspirator Jan 2, 2020 • 7:10:14pm

Here we go. You can see where the news hit the market.

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PhillyPretzel Jan 2, 2020 • 7:11:18pm

re: #102 Rightwingconspirator

We are in for a bumpy ride.

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Quoth the raven, Covfefe. Jan 2, 2020 • 7:11:58pm

re: #103 PhillyPretzel

We are in for a bumpy ride.

“Hey Sanka, you dead, mon?”
“No, mon.”
“You can pee now.”
“Too late.”

105

Ace Rothstein Jan 2, 2020 • 7:12:35pm

Now that a war with Iran is imminent, I’ll look forward to all the CEO’s that have reaped hundreds of billions from the tax cuts to volunteer their kids to fight.

106

Anymouse 🌹🎃 Jan 2, 2020 • 7:12:41pm

re: #94 Quoth the raven, Covfefe.

Even if it is true, is that an internationally recognized rationale for assassinating him at a fucking international airport?

The rationale was: We know he’s there, let’s get him.

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Teukka Jan 2, 2020 • 7:13:02pm

#WWIII #Iran https://t.co/kbSSfdHyC1

— 🐄 Teo 🐄 (@Teukka72) January 3, 2020

108

jaunte Jan 2, 2020 • 7:13:20pm

Well, Trump pretty much just made the argument for Iran to justify its nuclear weapons program. God, we are dumb.

— The Rude Pundit (@rudepundit) January 3, 2020

International Stable Genius.

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Quoth the raven, Covfefe. Jan 2, 2020 • 7:13:58pm

re: #106 Anymouse 🌹🎃

The rationale was: We know he’s there, let’s get him.

And apparently, fuck the consequences.

110

Joe Bacon 🌹 Jan 2, 2020 • 7:14:48pm

Booby Nincompoopo wanted this and it’s going to turn around and bite him in the ass.

111

Teukka Jan 2, 2020 • 7:15:00pm

When you just chilling then #WWIII starts trending pic.twitter.com/AWuX0LyouS

— a̷n̷d̷y̷_i̷s̷_e̷d̷g̷y̷ (@weirdo_andy) January 3, 2020

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Dangerman (misuser of the sarc tag) Jan 2, 2020 • 7:15:06pm

re: #53 jaunte

Waiting for the blowhard to tell us all what a success he is.

he’s still impeached.
can’t wash that shit off

113

sagehen Jan 2, 2020 • 7:15:14pm

re: #60 Hecuba’s daughter

I’m really confused about the origin of this strike. Trump actually heard of Soleimani? Was he mentioned on Faux News and did Fox and Friends advise this attack? Or was this something that Pompeo heard from his “friend” Bolton and thought it would be a good idea? If Bolton were still in the WH, this action would have not surprised me at all. But without him, who would be urging Trump to order this strike?

Or maybe we bombed a convoy without actually knowing who was in it. Surprise!!

114

FFL (GOP Delenda Est) Jan 2, 2020 • 7:16:57pm

re: #98 Anymouse 🌹🎃

Off-topic from the hounds of war being let slip.

Last night mulling the verbal beatdown my sister gave me, my wife was looking across the Intertubz early this morning and came across a blog of people who tell their stories of their recently deceased family members, and how their sisters turned into authoritarian nightmares running roughshod over the whole family in the aftermath.

Lots of coarse language is used.

My sister did that right after my father died. My guess is that it’s one variety of a coping mechanism. She left my mother alone and took it out on me since I’d just arrived at the same time my brother had had to leave.

115

PhillyPretzel Jan 2, 2020 • 7:18:33pm

re: #98 Anymouse 🌹🎃

re: #114 FFL (GOP Delenda Est)

My kid sister has been doing that to me for years.

116

b.d. (Lock Him Up!) Jan 2, 2020 • 7:18:49pm

G’night Lizards, see y’all tomorrow if we still have the internet.

117

Anymouse 🌹🎃 Jan 2, 2020 • 7:19:12pm

re: #102 Rightwingconspirator

Here we go. You can see where the news hit the market.

Pulled up my Kitco application for Windows to look at gold and silver.

My safe deposit box just got a metric fuquetonne more valuable.

118

Anymouse 🌹🎃 Jan 2, 2020 • 7:20:27pm

re: #105 Ace Rothstein

Now that a war with Iran is imminent, I’ll look forward to all the CEO’s that have reaped hundreds of billions from the tax cuts to volunteer their kids to fight.

LOL

119

teleskiguy Jan 2, 2020 • 7:20:48pm

Fuckface Von Clownstick is in Palm Beach. He was goaded into this quagmire by his golf buddies. We live in the stupidest of times.

120

The Pie Overlord! Jan 2, 2020 • 7:21:09pm

16. The Iranian government has confirmed the death of Qasem Soleimani in Iraq.

Now that it’s confirmed, allow me to say in plain English…this is a holy shit moment.

Again not just for US-Iran relations, not just in the Middle East, but a holy shit global event

— Yashar Ali 🐘 (@yashar) January 3, 2020

121

bratwurst Jan 2, 2020 • 7:22:13pm

Trump’s blurry flag tweet is basically the same as when people used to link Lee Greenwood on LGF up until 2010 or so.

122

Quoth the raven, Covfefe. Jan 2, 2020 • 7:22:23pm

re: #119 teleskiguy

Fuckface Von Clownstick is in Palm Beach. He was goaded into this quagmire by his golf buddies. We live in the stupidest of times.

I’m wondering who was in command when this shit went down. Trump is on the golf course (or staying in his hotel), so… who was actually paying attention when the strike took place? That thought is a little sobering.

123

Quoth the raven, Covfefe. Jan 2, 2020 • 7:22:47pm

re: #121 bratwurst

Trump’s blurry flag tweet is basically the same as when people used to link Lee Greenwood on LGF up until 2010 or so.

Go piss up a rope. ////

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The Pie Overlord! Jan 2, 2020 • 7:23:36pm

re: #122 Quoth the raven, Covfefe.

I’m wondering who was in command when this shit went down. Trump is on the golf course (or staying in his hotel), so… who was actually paying attention when the strike took place? That thought is a little sobering.

The drone controllers in Montana or wherever their kill rooms are hidden.

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Anymouse 🌹🎃 Jan 2, 2020 • 7:24:37pm

re: #114 FFL (GOP Delenda Est)

My sister did that right after my father died. My guess is that it’s one variety of a coping mechanism. She left my mother alone and took it out on me since I’d just arrived at the same time my brother had had to leave.

She was doing everything from telling my wife what and how she had to eat (out of an alleged concern for our restaurant budget, and she didn’t really need to watch her diabetic diet) to what I was allowed to talk to my wife about in my sister’s presence.

When we blew out of my mother’s house, I called my mother and told her we did not feel welcome there, with my sister yelling I was a liar in the background.

126

goddamnedfrank Jan 2, 2020 • 7:24:44pm

Pouring one out for the champion of the eyebrow game pic.twitter.com/AlUpjlx5dw

— Jason McGlothlen (@goddamnedfrank) January 3, 2020

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Dread Pirate Jan 2, 2020 • 7:26:03pm

“We will take vigorous revenge on America,” vows #Iran politician and #IRGC major general. https://t.co/yXAnnPTkTo

— Steve Herman (@W7VOA) January 3, 2020

Shouldn’t Trump be in the situation room?

— Scott Stedman (@ScottMStedman) January 3, 2020

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teleskiguy Jan 2, 2020 • 7:26:16pm

Fuck it, let’s eat some acid.

Elmo tabs pic.twitter.com/nnBuYbAwF4

— medoc (@livemedoc) January 2, 2020

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Sherlock Hound Jan 2, 2020 • 7:26:21pm

re: #105 Ace Rothstein

Now that a war with Iran is imminent, I’ll look forward to all the CEO’s that have reaped hundreds of billions from the tax cuts to volunteer their kids to fight.

I volunteer the 102nd Chairborne Brigade, known as the Fighting Keyboarders in their distinct red caps with that patriotic slogan on them. I propose to put them on planes and deploy them.

Without parachutes.

Over Tehran, or preferably, Methuen, Mass.

They will sacrifice nobly.

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Anymouse 🌹🎃 Jan 2, 2020 • 7:26:32pm

re: #115 PhillyPretzel

My kid sister has been doing that to me for years.

My sister has been doing it all my life. I really thought this was over when we started conversing again a year or so ago.

In funny news though, somehow we got entangled with a Mennonite tour group at the museum. They treated us a lot more nicely.

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Quoth the raven, Covfefe. Jan 2, 2020 • 7:27:29pm

re: #124 The Pie Overlord!

The drone controllers in Montana or wherever their kill rooms are hidden.

Not too far from me… which gives me concern, considering that I live in the shadow of Minot AFB, just a couple of hundred miles away. I wonder if I should drag some missiles back out to the repurposed anti-aircraft missile base north of town, which I recently toured.

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jaunte Jan 2, 2020 • 7:28:42pm

Suleimani is gone, but his organization is still in place. Exciting times in the restaurant business.

“…Suleimani has orchestrated attacks in places as far flung as Thailand, New Delhi, Lagos, and Nairobi—at least thirty attempts in the past two years alone. The most notorious was a scheme, in 2011, to hire a Mexican drug cartel to blow up the Saudi Ambassador to the United States as he sat down to eat at a restaurant a few miles from the White House. The cartel member approached by Suleimani’s agent turned out to be an informant for the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration.”
newyorker.com

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PhillyPretzel Jan 2, 2020 • 7:29:47pm

re: #130 Anymouse 🌹🎃

I bought a new solar battery and I was going to post a picture of it and then this situation pops up.

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jaunte Jan 2, 2020 • 7:30:44pm

Tonight, you will see spineless cowards who never served a goddamn day in uniform wave a flag and cheer on the possibility of sending young people to die in a war against Iran that they would never serve in, started by another coward who watched others sent to die in his place.

— Charlotte Clymer🏳️‍🌈 (@cmclymer) January 3, 2020

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teleskiguy Jan 2, 2020 • 7:31:02pm

The country that produced most of the 9/11 hijackers, helped fund ISIS and recently carved up a Washington Post columnist is going to love this.

— LOLGOP (@LOLGOP) January 3, 2020

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jaunte Jan 2, 2020 • 7:31:42pm

Stunning how the discussion of the Soleimani assassination falls into the same mendacious patterns as the Iraq war

The question is NOT whether Soleimani was a good person. Of course he wasn’t

The issue is the actual impact of the assassination on America and the world

— Judd Legum (@JuddLegum) January 3, 2020

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jaunte Jan 2, 2020 • 7:32:17pm

Pay close attention to the first six words.

Pentagon making clear this was Trump’s doing. https://t.co/f08UuwVKBO

— The Hoarse Whisperer (@HoarseWisperer) January 3, 2020

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makeitstop Jan 2, 2020 • 7:32:39pm

re: #120 The Pie Overlord!

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That entire thread is terrifying.

1. There are unconfirmed reports that Qasem Soleimani commander of Qods Force (Iran’s external security agency) has been killed in drone strikes. If true, this will be a major moment in US-Iran relations & Supreme Leader will undoubtedly see this as a major provocation/act of war pic.twitter.com/nLZNbvalsT

— Yashar Ali 🐘 (@yashar) January 3, 2020

We’re in deep shit, and we won’t be able to bomb our way out of it. This is not going to stay in Iraq.

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Patricia Kayden Jan 2, 2020 • 7:32:47pm

re: #57 teleskiguy

Welcome to the Apprentice season 17.

— Rolando Mota (@Bad_Hombre420) January 3, 2020

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Dangerman (misuser of the sarc tag) Jan 2, 2020 • 7:33:17pm

re: #122 Quoth the raven, Covfefe.

I’m wondering who was in command when this shit went down. Trump is on the golf course (or staying in his hotel), so… who was actually paying attention when the strike took place? That thought is a little ~~sobering~~.

terrifying works for me

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Anymouse 🌹🎃 Jan 2, 2020 • 7:33:32pm

re: #122 Quoth the raven, Covfefe.

I’m wondering who was in command when this shit went down. Trump is on the golf course (or staying in his hotel), so… who was actually paying attention when the strike took place? That thought is a little sobering.

Peter (I don’t wash my hands) Hegseth of FOX News?

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teleskiguy Jan 2, 2020 • 7:34:22pm

“killed in a missile strike” with no mention of the point of origin of said missile strike is the same as “officer involved shooting” - you immediately know who’s at fault https://t.co/HrgVZDcNGS

— лиля (@lo_lifer) January 3, 2020

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Quoth the raven, Covfefe. Jan 2, 2020 • 7:35:00pm

re: #140 Dangerman (misuser of the sarc tag)

terrifying works for me

Sober me will agree with this sentiment in the morning. I think I might finally be drunk enough for this shit. Good night, gentle lizardfolk… I hope we’re all here to talk about it in the morning.

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Dangerman (misuser of the sarc tag) Jan 2, 2020 • 7:35:25pm

re: #133 PhillyPretzel

I bought a new solar battery and I was going to post a picture of it and then this situation pops up.

yeah they’re stomping all over my stove story //

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Dangerman (misuser of the sarc tag) Jan 2, 2020 • 7:36:44pm

re: #136 jaunte

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another important issue is was this done constitutionally

Stunning how the discussion of the Soleimani assassination falls into the same mendacious patterns as the Iraq war

The question is NOT whether Soleimani was a good person. Of course he wasn’t

The issue is the actual impact of the assassination on America and the world

— Judd Legum (@JuddLegum) January 3, 2020

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teleskiguy Jan 2, 2020 • 7:36:50pm

Fuckface Von Clownstick on President Fuckface Von Clownstick.

“Our president will start a war with Iran because he has absolutely no ability to negotiate. He’s weak and he’s ineffective. So the only way he figures that he’s going to get reelected and is sure as you’re sitting there is to start a war with Iran.” pic.twitter.com/Ad6IPLhOWg

— Angelo Carusone (@GoAngelo) January 3, 2020

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Anymouse 🌹🎃 Jan 2, 2020 • 7:37:09pm

re: #131 Quoth the raven, Covfefe.

Not too far from me… which gives me concern, considering that I live in the shadow of Minot AFB, just a couple of hundred miles away. I wonder if I should drag some missiles back out to the repurposed anti-aircraft missile base north of town, which I recently toured.

This is not fair. We could be at home watching all the Roman candle Minuteman III missiles going up all around our house; instead we’re in Skokie.

148

Joe Bacon 🌹 Jan 2, 2020 • 7:39:58pm

Now I fear where Iran will strike back…and if they ambush Jared and Ivanka at Davros I truly fear…

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William Lewis Jan 2, 2020 • 7:40:17pm

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William Lewis Jan 2, 2020 • 7:41:01pm

re: #147 Anymouse 🌹🎃

This is not fair. We could be at home watching all the Roman candle Minuteman III missiles going up all around our house; instead we’re in Skokie.

You’ll be just like me, dying in the fallout from the missiles hitting the empty silos.

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Joe Bacon 🌹 Jan 2, 2020 • 7:41:03pm

By the way, Has Susan Sarandon chimed in about Donald The Dove?

How about Maureen Dowd?

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teleskiguy Jan 2, 2020 • 7:41:14pm

Chicken Hawks gotta chicken hawk.

Rep. @LanceGooden was 18 years-old on 9/11. He graduated college in 2003, two months after the Invasion of Iraq.

He never served a single day in uniform despite being a healthy, able-bodied young man.

But this coward would send your children to die in a war against Iran. https://t.co/J0n6WKcjh7

— Charlotte Clymer🏳️‍🌈 (@cmclymer) January 3, 2020

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Rightwingconspirator Jan 2, 2020 • 7:42:12pm

re: #149 William Lewis

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The Pie Overlord! Jan 2, 2020 • 7:42:17pm

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makeitstop Jan 2, 2020 • 7:42:40pm

re: #148 Joe Bacon 🌹

Now I fear where Iran will strike back…and if they ambush Jared and Ivanka at Davros I truly fear…

I wouldn’t be the least bit surprised if the retribution gets as close to Trump personally as they can manage. His properties, certainly.

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FFL (GOP Delenda Est) Jan 2, 2020 • 7:43:14pm

re: #139 Patricia Kayden

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Except that he wasn’t even probably in the situation room. Just being a mob boss and ordering an underling to take care of having soldiers rub someone out while he went and golfed with the cronies.

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Anymouse 🌹🎃 Jan 2, 2020 • 7:43:43pm

re: #151 Joe Bacon 🌹

By the way, Has Susan Sarandon chimed in about Donald The Dove?

How about Maureen Dowd?

I hope Susan Sarandon is getting dragged on Twitter. Dammit Janet.

158

PhillyPretzel Jan 2, 2020 • 7:44:35pm

Dang. There is someone shooting off some fireworks in my neighborhood.

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jaunte Jan 2, 2020 • 7:44:36pm

This is an important time for media literacy.

There is an entire industry of people who have been agitating for escalation with Iran and have been waiting for this moment.

You’ll see them all over cable and in the newspapers in the coming days.

Be skeptical.

— Judd Legum (@JuddLegum) January 3, 2020

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FFL (GOP Delenda Est) Jan 2, 2020 • 7:44:58pm

re: #155 makeitstop

I wouldn’t be the least bit surprised if the retribution gets as close to Trump personally as they can manage. His properties, certainly.

What if they get Franklin Graham?
//

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Rightwingconspirator Jan 2, 2020 • 7:47:15pm

2020 is sure off to a rough start… just the headlines. pic.twitter.com/moGXDtER8C

— Manksy (@TheManksy) January 3, 2020

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makeitstop Jan 2, 2020 • 7:48:06pm

Just got off the phone with Sen. Graham: “We need to get ready for a major pushback. Our people in Iraq and the Middle East are going to be targeted. We need to be ready to defend our people in the Middle East. I think we need to be ready for a big counterpunch.”

— Erin Banco (@ErinBanco) January 3, 2020

Oh, boy.

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Anymouse 🌹🎃 Jan 2, 2020 • 7:48:33pm

re: #160 FFL (GOP Delenda Est)

What if they get Franklin Graham?
//

But do they want Franklin Graham? /s

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Anymouse 🌹🎃 Jan 2, 2020 • 7:49:13pm

Need a smoke break.

Try not to let Trump start another war while we’re outside the hotel, okay?

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FFL (GOP Delenda Est) Jan 2, 2020 • 7:49:26pm

re: #162 makeitstop

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Oh, boy.

Gee Lindsey, maybe someone should have thought that through beforehand.

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jaunte Jan 2, 2020 • 7:51:16pm

re: #164 Anymouse 🌹🎃

He’ll distract from Iran by going after Venezuela.

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Teukka Jan 2, 2020 • 7:52:41pm

This apparently got posted before the Phalanx CIWS footbullet of the executive of the US… Let’s talk about over there….

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The Pie Overlord! Jan 2, 2020 • 7:53:15pm

re: #166 jaunte

He’ll distract from Iran by going after Venezuela.

Then he’ll invade Canada.

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Joe Bacon 🌹 Jan 2, 2020 • 7:54:59pm

Candace Owens makes an asshole of herself again!

Candace Owens tries to hijack a conversation about anti-semitism to promote herself and gets called out pic.twitter.com/CqQ65CQj28

— Acyn Torabi (@Acyn) January 3, 2020

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jaunte Jan 2, 2020 • 7:55:19pm

FICTION: Strike on Soleimani is the reason Iran will not unleash attacks on Americans

FACT: Iran has been attacking Americans for years & was planning more attacks in the near term via various proxies. Because they believe our threats of retaliation was idle talk

— Marco Rubio (@marcorubio) January 3, 2020

We’ve been struggling with asymmetric warfare since Vietnam and idiots like this one still don’t understand our “retaliation” doesn’t have predictable results.

171

Dangerman (misuser of the sarc tag) Jan 2, 2020 • 7:56:34pm

re: #158 PhillyPretzel

Dang. There is someone shooting off some fireworks in my neighborhood.

we hope theyre fireworks//

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retired cynic Jan 2, 2020 • 7:56:41pm

re: #170 jaunte

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We’ve been struggling with asymmetric warfare since Vietnam and idiots like this one still don’t understand our “retaliation” doesn’t have predictable results.

What a fool he is, if he things he knows what is going to happen!

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Ace Rothstein Jan 2, 2020 • 7:57:19pm

re: #169 Joe Bacon 🌹

THE LEFT’S ANTI-SEMITISM PROBLEM.

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Dread Pirate Jan 2, 2020 • 7:57:47pm

“The Trump administration has built up the biggest backlog of unfunded toxic Superfund cleanup projects in at least 15 years, nearly triple the number that were stalled for lack of money in the Obama era” via @knickmeyerellen https://t.co/FvynKDH7R9

— Michael Tackett (@tackettdc) January 3, 2020

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PhillyPretzel Jan 2, 2020 • 7:58:03pm

re: #171 Dangerman (misuser of the sarc tag)

True. It could be something else. :(

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Joe Bacon 🌹 Jan 2, 2020 • 7:58:36pm

re: #173 Ace Rothstein

THE LEFT’S ANTI-SEMITISM PROBLEM.

Coming from the same Candace Owens who said she saw nothing wrong with what Hitler did as long as he only did it in Germany.

CENSORED that Anti-Semitic CENSORED!

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Dangerman (misuser of the sarc tag) Jan 2, 2020 • 8:01:33pm

still impeached and the drip.drip.drip of cover up keeps dripping

“Unredacted emails show Pentagon officials descending into a panic about President Trump’s decision to withhold military aid to Ukraine and the potential legal consequences of the move, according to Just Security.”

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jaunte Jan 2, 2020 • 8:02:04pm

Spare a thought for the people of Iraq and Iran who have been protesting authoritarianism, corruption and sectarianism for months, against all odds, with hundreds killed by the authorities. As usual, their well-being will be on nobody’s agenda. 😢

— zeynep tufekci (@zeynep) January 3, 2020

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Dangerman (misuser of the sarc tag) Jan 2, 2020 • 8:08:16pm

The common sense question every American must consider for themselves: Why would an innocent man bar witnesses who could exonerate him? #Duh https://t.co/RK1PljUmud

— Mark Hamill (@HamillHimself) January 1, 2020

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jaunte Jan 2, 2020 • 8:09:44pm

Might be worth remembering this Q&A w/ Pompeo in March 2019 - would Trump be the “Queen Esther” to save “the Jewish people from the Iranian menace?” Pompeo: “that’s possible.”

There’s always some evangelical apocalyptic/rapture thing in the background. https://t.co/Q41omoijEe pic.twitter.com/MDdu15HmuM

— Diana Butler Bass (@dianabutlerbass) January 3, 2020

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Dangerman (misuser of the sarc tag) Jan 2, 2020 • 8:10:18pm

meanwhile:

Sen. Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) will try to dismiss the articles of impeachment against President Trump that House Democrats have delayed sending to the Senate.

I don’t think it works that way

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jaunte Jan 2, 2020 • 8:10:19pm

Since August, prophetic-types have been ramping up talk of an Iran War. This is from Charisma, a magazine in the Trump-evangelical orbit: https://t.co/35rhK0kQMU pic.twitter.com/eAquuTvXFZ

— Diana Butler Bass (@dianabutlerbass) January 3, 2020

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BigPapa Jan 2, 2020 • 8:11:43pm

re: #181 Dangerman (misuser of the sarc tag)

Josh HeeHawley can sit down and STFU

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Joe Bacon 🌹 Jan 2, 2020 • 8:14:59pm

Just a reminder…

John Hagee has repeatedly preached that all but 144,000 male Jewish virgins will be executed at Armageddon. And those 144,000 will convert to Christianity

In other words that anti-Semite wants to finish what Hitler started.

185

William Lewis Jan 2, 2020 • 8:16:08pm

re: #153 Rightwingconspirator

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Joe Bacon 🌹 Jan 2, 2020 • 8:16:20pm

I truly dread tomorrow’s Trump Pulpit Pimp-0-Rama rally.

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Teukka Jan 2, 2020 • 8:18:08pm

re: #180 jaunte

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Speaking from a theological perspective, how is trying to force God’s hand going to end?

— 🐄 Teo 🐄 (@Teukka72) January 3, 2020

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jaunte Jan 2, 2020 • 8:19:01pm

Joe Biden releases a statement: pic.twitter.com/napFzZYNY8

— Olivia Nuzzi (@Olivianuzzi) January 3, 2020

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jaunte Jan 2, 2020 • 8:19:28pm

re: #187 Teukka

I don’t think they’re careful readers.

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Joe Bacon 🌹 Jan 2, 2020 • 8:24:48pm

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jaunte Jan 2, 2020 • 8:25:07pm

Here’s the sort of false dichotomy BS we should all be prepared for in the next few days. “The only options were to spark a regional war or let ourselves be invaded. THERE WERE NO OTHER OPTIONS.” https://t.co/GrP7pHymaN

— skullsinthestars (@drskyskull) January 3, 2020

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Joe Bacon 🌹 Jan 2, 2020 • 8:25:47pm

re: #187 Teukka

Speaking from a theological perspective, how is trying to force God’s hand going to end?

These Christians are going to get a rude awakening when JC and his Sonshine Band pull a no-show.

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Teukka Jan 2, 2020 • 8:25:47pm

re: #189 jaunte

I don’t think they’re careful readers.

Neither do I. This has “THIS. WILL. NOT. END. WELL.” written all over it…

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jaunte Jan 2, 2020 • 8:26:19pm

“Should we allow the Communists to sweep down through Indochina and out into the Philippines and even Indonesia?”

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jaunte Jan 2, 2020 • 8:27:14pm

Playing all the hits from 1962.

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Teukka Jan 2, 2020 • 8:27:14pm

re: #192 Joe Bacon 🌹

These Christians are going to get a rude awakening when JC and his Sonshine Band pull a no-show.

Or the even ruder toss outta their comfy beds when JC and the Sonshine band pulls a show, only they are on the opposing team in a fight everyone knows how it will end…

197

Joe Bacon 🌹 Jan 2, 2020 • 8:30:38pm

Meanwhile Putin and his pals crack open another case of Cristal celebrating the completion of their next step in dismantling the United States…

198

BigPapa Jan 2, 2020 • 8:30:42pm

Get ready for Why Do You Hate America Again.

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William Lewis Jan 2, 2020 • 8:31:18pm

re: #167 Teukka

I wasn’t aware of this gentleman. Thank you for linking him. As the father of a minority son out here in rural America his piece on why minorites distrust LEA is gold. The use of ATF &/or BLM as a way to explain the idea of unaccountable cops is a perfect way to show those who might reflexively fall for the Blue Lives Matter racism just where the truth really is.

Let’s talk about 3 letters that can make rural whites understand the fear minorities have of cops.

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BeachDem Jan 2, 2020 • 8:33:51pm

re: #129 Sherlock Hound

I volunteer the 102nd Chairborne Brigade, known as the Fighting Keyboarders in their distinct red caps with that patriotic slogan on them. I propose to put them on planes and deploy them.

Without parachutes.

Over Tehran, or preferably, Methuen, Mass.

They will sacrifice nobly.

Please, not Methuen, my favorite nephew lives there!

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Belafon Jan 2, 2020 • 8:35:27pm

re: #199 William Lewis

I haven’t watched a lot of his stuff, but his take on the reaction to a black Ariel is definitely worth the watch.

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William Lewis Jan 2, 2020 • 8:35:55pm

re: #187 Teukka

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Theologically? Forcing it ends badly. See why Moses ended dying on the wrong side of the Jordan. Now, arguing with God, even telling him he’s full of it and needs to change his mind? Well, see Abraham and the bit before He went off on Sodom. Just bear in mind the real reason that Sodom paid such a price - Ezekiel 16:49.

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Teukka Jan 2, 2020 • 8:36:44pm

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— 🐄 Teo 🐄 (@Teukka72) January 3, 2020

re: #202 William Lewis

Theologically? Forcing it ends badly. See why Moses ended dying on the wrong side of the Jordan. Now, arguing with God, even telling him he’s full of it and needs to change his mind? Well, see Abraham and the bit before He went off on Sodom. Just bear in mind the real reason that Sodom paid such a price - Ezekiel 16:49.

My point exactly.

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jaunte Jan 2, 2020 • 8:42:02pm

At least we still have the Kurds as our alli……oh fuck.

— Ragnarok Lobster (@eclecticbrotha) January 3, 2020

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William Lewis Jan 2, 2020 • 8:42:06pm

re: #201 Belafon

I haven’t watched a lot of his stuff, but his take on the reaction to a black Ariel is definitely worth the watch.

Oh wow. Thank you for pointing that one out to me.

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William Lewis Jan 2, 2020 • 8:42:38pm

re: #203 Teukka

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My point exactly.

The same prayer; two different traditions.

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Teukka Jan 2, 2020 • 8:44:24pm

re: #206 William Lewis

The same prayer; two different traditions.

One real, one fictional, both ring true.

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goddamnedfrank Jan 2, 2020 • 8:47:37pm

Oh man I hope martyrdom isn’t like some huge fuckin’ deal in Iran or anything

— Jason McGlothlen (@goddamnedfrank) January 3, 2020

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