Stunning: Luca Stricagnoli Plays Mozart on Guitar (Turkish March)

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I recently re-watched the move “Amadeus” and got reminded what a genius W.A. Mozart was. When I think of all the wonderful music he composed and how much he did in his short life, I feel so much admiration and respect towards him. I don´t normally play pieces belonging to the classical music world but I felt inspired and so I decided to try and arrange his Tukish March (Rondo Alla Turca) using the technique of double tapping, but on an acoustic guitar. I hope you enjoy it…there will be more. Thanks for following me.

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203 comments
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PhillyPretzel  Jul 26, 2020 • 10:06:40am

kcuf pmurt

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Charles Johnson  Jul 26, 2020 • 10:08:12am

My left hand is exhausted just from watching this.

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BigPapa  Jul 26, 2020 • 10:12:19am

re: #2 Charles Johnson

My left hand is exhausted just from watching this.

I was just thinking he’s an amazing artist. And he could kill you with one finger.

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Dr Lizardo  Jul 26, 2020 • 10:13:49am

re: #2 Charles Johnson

My left hand is exhausted just from watching this.

For me, my right hand. Even though I’m right-handed, I play leftie guitar because of a badly broken ring finger on my left hand.

I learned to play that piece by Mozart on piano, and it’s challenging but rewarding once you get it down.

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Dr Lizardo  Jul 26, 2020 • 10:16:07am

BTW here it is on electric guitar as a metal arrangement.

Listening to that, yeah, Mozart was the metal madlad of his day.

Mozart - Rondo Alla Turca Meets Metal (Piano Sonata No. 11 in A major, Mvt. III)

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Charles Johnson  Jul 26, 2020 • 10:23:42am
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FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀 No Capt'n😷Trips  Jul 26, 2020 • 10:24:17am
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Rightwingconspirator  Jul 26, 2020 • 10:28:51am

re: #6 Charles Johnson

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Whoa now that’s beautiful and had as HELL to do.

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Decatur Deb  Jul 26, 2020 • 10:30:15am

re: #5 Dr Lizardo

BTW here it is on electric guitar as a metal arrangement.

Listening to that, yeah, Mozart was the metal madlad of his day.

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And cool jazz:

Youtube Video

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plansbandc  Jul 26, 2020 • 10:30:51am

re: #2 Charles Johnson

Oh dear.

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danarchy  Jul 26, 2020 • 10:32:03am

re: #5 Dr Lizardo

BTW here it is on electric guitar as a metal arrangement.

Listening to that, yeah, Mozart was the metal madlad of his day.

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Video

A lot of classical stuff translates really well to metal. Flight of the bumblebee and in the hall of the mountain king come to mind.

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Dr Lizardo  Jul 26, 2020 • 10:35:18am

re: #11 danarchy

A lot of classical stuff translates really well to metal. Flight of the bumblebee and in the hall of the mountain king come to mind.

Definitely. I had a piano teacher when I was in my teens (he’s long since passed away, but he was the Dean of Music at Mt. Hood Community College) and he made note of that as well. Also, he got me into jazz piano.

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makeitstop  Jul 26, 2020 • 10:37:36am

re: #2 Charles Johnson

My left hand is exhausted just from watching this.

That’s insane. He must have super human strength in his fingers or a guitar with the easiest action ever. Or some combination of both. I’d love to try one of his guitars just to see what he’s working with.

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BigPapa  Jul 26, 2020 • 10:38:21am

Classical -> Metal? Randy Rhoads had something to say about that.

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goddamnedfrank  Jul 26, 2020 • 10:38:42am
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The Pie Overlord!  Jul 26, 2020 • 10:42:38am
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Belafon  Jul 26, 2020 • 10:43:47am

Seen at my Kroger:

A more refined wine
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A Mom Anon  Jul 26, 2020 • 10:47:24am

re: #17 Belafon

I saw that yesterday at our Kroger and laughed out loud. Love it. Also, that Kroger is a lot prettier than the ones near me. Must be fairly new.

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Jay C  Jul 26, 2020 • 10:53:02am

re: #13 makeitstop

That’s insane. He must have super human strength in his fingers or a guitar with the easiest action ever. Or some combination of both. I’d love to try one of his guitars just to see what he’s working with.

I’ll freely admit to not knowing enough about guitar to know whether I should be impressed, very impressed, or completely blown away by Luca’s fingerwork here: but to me, the most awesome thing was that he played the whole complex piece using just about nine inches of the neck - if that much. Am I right in thinking that (to say the least) is pretty difficult to pull off correctly?

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A Mom Anon  Jul 26, 2020 • 10:54:12am

re: #16 The Pie Overlord!

There was one of these floating disease vectors at Lake Lanier , near Gainesville GA, awhile back, in May I think. There was supposed to be another one this weekend or last. Not sure if it happened or not. They were claiming that 1000 boats showed up in a line 7 miles long. It is GA, and I’m sure there were dumb asses from neighboring states too.

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Charles Johnson  Jul 26, 2020 • 10:56:57am
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makeitstop  Jul 26, 2020 • 10:57:51am

re: #19 Jay C

I’ll freely admit to not knowing enough about guitar to know whether I should be impressed, very impressed, or completely blown away by Luca’s fingerwork here: but to me, the most awesome thing was that he played the whole complex piece using just about nine inches of the neck - if that much. Am I right in thinking that (to say the least) is pretty difficult to pull off correctly?

He definitely optimized the location of the neck. The Mozart piece is pretty centrally limited in terms of range - there aren’t many places where it jumps an octave or anything.

I’m just blown away by the attention to detail. Those little upward trills he does are pretty easy to do on a piano, but they’re nowhere near as easy as he makes them look on guitar.

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PhillyPretzel  Jul 26, 2020 • 10:58:52am

Yesterday I had my appointment with Apple on Walnut Street. I was told that the replacement parts were in different stores and that it would take a week to get them to the Walnut Street store then I could leave the cell phone there and they would fix it. I decided to get a new cell phone because it would be less of a problem for me. So now I have the iPhone SE (2020 version). So far almost everything on my old iPhone 8 matches the new phone. One thing that I am enjoying is that downloads are much faster.

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Shiplord Kirel, Friend of Moose and Squirrel  Jul 26, 2020 • 10:59:00am

Today, a few miles from my home. The rioters are a local branch of the “Sons of Confederate Veterans”
Violent Racists Swarm Protest in Weatherford (Graphic)

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Dr Lizardo  Jul 26, 2020 • 10:59:28am

re: #19 Jay C

I’ll freely admit to not knowing enough about guitar to know whether I should be impressed, very impressed, or completely blown away by Luca’s fingerwork here: but to me, the most awesome thing was that he played the whole complex piece using just about nine inches of the neck - if that much. Am I right in thinking that (to say the least) is pretty difficult to pull off correctly?

I’d say it’s very difficult. Hell, it’s difficult on piano. Here’s an example, and this is pretty similar to how I used to play it.

Mozart - Turkish March by LANG LANG

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plansbandc  Jul 26, 2020 • 10:59:58am

As an old, I’ve been trying to cure myself of the double space after periods. Leaves more characters for twitter, and doesn’t brand me as an old. Of course my opinions and general “Get off my lawn” attitude does that anyway. Alas.

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Decatur Deb  Jul 26, 2020 • 11:00:03am

re: #21 Charles Johnson

This being Twitter, some folks even got mad at me for tweeting this.

Space between electronic characters? Did you point out that they are arguing about literally, LITERALLY, nothing?

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PhillyPretzel  Jul 26, 2020 • 11:00:46am

re: #25 Dr Lizardo

I keep getting the message that the video is not available.

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Dr Lizardo  Jul 26, 2020 • 11:03:19am

re: #28 PhillyPretzel

I keep getting the message that the video is not available.

Click through were it says to - it’s been disabled on sites other than YouTube apparently.

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Charles Johnson  Jul 26, 2020 • 11:03:20am
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plansbandc  Jul 26, 2020 • 11:08:47am

Had the local news on this morning and they were interviewing the owner of a popular restaurant here.

Can have sit down customers, but only outside and at 50% capacity. Anyway, he was encouraging people to eat and not camp because they need the table turnover to make it work.

Masks are required.

He said he lost some long time customers because they refused to wear masks because they ” Don’t believe in Covid”.

It boggles the mind.

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Jay C  Jul 26, 2020 • 11:10:09am

re: #28 PhillyPretzel

I keep getting the message that the video is not available.

I got a link to YouTube, which popped up and played OK in a new tab.

And since we seem to have an Amateur Music Critics thread going, I will proffer the opinion that I really liked Luca Stricagnoli’s version a lot better. I know Mozart’s “Turkish March” should have a fairly lively tempo, but Lang Lang played it like he would get fined for running too long (which made the piece sound, IMO, like the soundtrack off a silent-movie car chase or something). IS there a “standard” tempo for this song, or is it up to the performer?

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wrenchwench  Jul 26, 2020 • 11:12:15am

re: #27 Decatur Deb

Space between electronic characters? Did you point out that they are arguing about literally, LITERALLY, nothing?

Lack of the presence of something is no guarantee of the presence of nothing.

There’s information in there. And a surprising amount of attitude..

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Dr Lizardo  Jul 26, 2020 • 11:12:52am

re: #32 Jay C

I got a link to YouTube, which popped up and played OK in a new tab.

And since we seem to have an Amateur Music Critics thread going, I will proffer the opinion that I really liked Luca Stricagnoli’s version a lot better. I know Mozart’s “Turkish March” should have a fairly lively tempo, but Lang Lang played it like he would get fined for running too long (which made the piece sound, IMO, like the soundtrack off a silent-movie car chase or something). IS there a “standard” tempo for this song, or is it up to the performer?

Yeah, he did play it fast - I usually played it slower, much like the guitar cover in my #5. Of course, it can - and sometimes does - vary according to the performer. But generally, it’s a fairly brisk piece.

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Charles Johnson  Jul 26, 2020 • 11:12:54am
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PhillyPretzel  Jul 26, 2020 • 11:13:07am

re: #32 Jay C

Every piece of music has a standard time in which the piece is played. I was looking for it to be played by Victor Borge or Vladimir Horowitz.

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Decatur Deb  Jul 26, 2020 • 11:14:21am

re: #33 wrenchwench

Lack of the presence of something is no guarantee of the presence of nothing.

There’s information in there. And a surprising amount of attitude..

Whiteout Privilege.

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PhillyPretzel  Jul 26, 2020 • 11:16:03am

re: #36 PhillyPretzel

Found Horowitz:

Vladimir Horowitz plays Mozart’s Rondo Alla Turka(Turkish March) Sonata No.11 in A Major, K.331

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Alephnaught  Jul 26, 2020 • 11:17:10am

re: #11 danarchy

A lot of classical stuff translates really well to metal. Flight of the bumblebee and in the hall of the mountain king come to mind.

That reminds me. A whole load of UK beat boom groups in the 1960s would do a cover version of Greig’s “In the Hall of the Mountain King” from his Peer Gynt suite. Pretty much every big name UK band of that time attempted it in their live act, even if they didn’t release it on record. Here’s The Who’s take:

The Who play Hall of the Mountain King from Peer Gynt

Even as late as 1973, ELO ended their album On the Third Day with their take on this piece. (Which also begins with a quotation from “Morning” from the same Peer Gynt suite.)

ELO - In The Hall of The Mountain King (Vinyl Recorded)

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Shiplord Kirel, Friend of Moose and Squirrel  Jul 26, 2020 • 11:17:46am

If there were really any violent thugs around, it would be child’s play for them to knock this micro-endowed doofus down and steal his rifle. It would bring a handsome price on the “no paper” market.

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Belafon  Jul 26, 2020 • 11:18:08am
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A Mom Anon  Jul 26, 2020 • 11:18:58am

re: #31 plansbandc

What’s going to end up happening is a vaccine may not cause herd immunity because these same fools are also anti vax or will be by the time a vaccine becomes widely available. The anti vaxxers and anti mask people tend to travel in overlapping circles, so I can see that happening. “I don’t believe in a disease” has to be one of the more idiotic things I have ever heard of. It’s on par with “I don’t believe in birds being able to fly”, or “I don’t believe in electricity”.

I make sure, that anyplace I go (which these days is limited to either Kroger or taking Cleo to the vet) to thank the people working there. I’ve even let the management know that I appreciate all these workers trying to work and do their best in less than optimal circumstances.

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Belafon  Jul 26, 2020 • 11:20:17am

re: #18 A Mom Anon

I saw that yesterday at our Kroger and laughed out loud. Love it. Also, that Kroger is a lot prettier than the ones near me. Must be fairly new.

That part is newer than the rest. They are part of a shopping center, but expanded by buying some of the adjacent spaces.

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🌹UOJB!  Jul 26, 2020 • 11:21:52am

re: #7 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀 No Capt’n😷Trips

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Walmart banned those Nazi mask wearers.

newsweek.com

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Decatur Deb  Jul 26, 2020 • 11:23:43am

Off to prep another Sunday League of Women voters zoom session. Today a nice lady from Tennessee is going to teach us how she uses QR codes to register voters through their socially distant car windows.

I hope this is not going to involve mimes.

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plansbandc  Jul 26, 2020 • 11:27:58am

re: #42 A Mom Anon

I always ask how the Walgreens ladies are doing and thank them. They’re good folks. That’s pretty much the main place I go other than walking the dog twice a day. We’ve had the mask mandate (even while exercising) for awhile now, and almost no one is following it in the parks.

I went into the liquor store yesterday, and the stupid clerk wasn’t wearing a mask. Afraid that place is off my list now. SMDH

And I agree, not believing in a disease is appallingly stupid. And not wearing a mask because FREEDuMS blows my damn mind. Selfish spoiled assholes.

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Eclectic Cyborg  Jul 26, 2020 • 11:29:02am

re: #45 Decatur Deb

Off to prep another Sunday League of Women voters zoom session. Today a nice lady from Tennessee is going to teach us how she uses QR codes to register voters through their socially distant car windows.

I hope this is not going to involve mimes.

I agree with you. A mime is a terrible thing to waste.

/

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🌹UOJB!  Jul 26, 2020 • 11:29:34am

Just like clockwork, Rafael Cruz makes an asshole of himself again…

‘Good luck eating out’: Ted Cruz faces backlash after suggesting restaurant servers are grifters

“I’ve spoken to small business owners all over the state of Texas who are trying to reopen,” the senator said, “and they are calling their waiters and waitresses, they are calling their bus boys and they won’t come back.”

Sure you did you fucking lying TexAssHole!

Cruz added: “And of course they won’t come back because the federal government is paying them in some instances twice as much money to stay home.”

Meanwhile this third rate asskisser won’t lift a finger to help unemployed people get their benefits restored while he continues to get his salary and lots of bribes from the Koch Brothers.

Nice to see him getting roasted on Twitter!

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PhillyPretzel  Jul 26, 2020 • 11:30:57am

re: #46 plansbandc

Upstream I mentioned that I was at an Apple store yesterday. When I made my appointment I was told to wear a mask and gloves. When I got there and after I checked in I saw I was the only customer wearing gloves.

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Eclectic Cyborg  Jul 26, 2020 • 11:33:15am

re: #48 🌹UOJB!

Very telling that Conservatives see this as a problem of “we’re paying them too much to stay home” as opposed to “We’re not paying them ENOUGH to work”.

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danarchy  Jul 26, 2020 • 11:34:22am

re: #46 plansbandc

I always ask how the Walgreens ladies are doing and thank them. They’re good folks. That’s pretty much the main place I go other than walking the dog twice a day. We’ve had the mask mandate (even while exercising) for awhile now, and almost no one is following it in the parks.

I went into the liquor store yesterday, and the stupid clerk wasn’t wearing a mask. Afraid that place is off my list now. SMDH

And I agree, not believing in a disease is appallingly stupid. And not wearing a mask because FREEDuMS blows my damn mind. Selfish spoiled assholes.

I am all about the mask wearing, but outdoors in a park? Not sure about your state, but most outdoor mandates specify if it is not possible to socially distance. Maybe your park is a lot more crowded than the ones I go to, but I can generally take my dog for a walk and never come within 30 feet of another human being.

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Eclectic Cyborg  Jul 26, 2020 • 11:34:42am

re: #49 PhillyPretzel

Upstream I mentioned that I was at an Apple store yesterday. When I made my appointment I was told to wear a mask and gloves. When I got there and after I checked in I saw I was the only customer wearing gloves.

At Wal-Mart the other day (which is requiring masks now), I saw a dude walk in, take off his mask while he shopped and then put it back
on just before he got to the checkouts.

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plansbandc  Jul 26, 2020 • 11:37:42am

re: #49 PhillyPretzel

I wear gloves when pumping gas, but generally not in Walgreens. They have a gallon of hand sanitizer at all the registers.

If I went inside the grocery store for a big buy, or went to Costco, I would definitely wear gloves.

As of right now we get grocery store curbside pick up. I’m still not comfortable spending any significant amount of time in a grocery store, (or inside any place but our home) because basically no one social distances. The masking is pretty good, but customers and workers are woefully bad about staying 6 feet away.

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plansbandc  Jul 26, 2020 • 11:38:22am

re: #51 danarchy

It’s required. And I socially distance, but no one else does. I agree that it doesn’t really make sense to require it outdoors, but that’s the way it goes.

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PhillyPretzel  Jul 26, 2020 • 11:39:31am

re: #52 Eclectic Cyborg

I have seen that in my local Acme. When I see this I quickly find out how, for the lack of another word, dumb most people are. Of course they are the ones looking at me as if I am the “dumb” one.

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goddamnedfrank  Jul 26, 2020 • 11:39:43am

Forreal there’s an alternate timeline where she stopped ALL this shit

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danarchy  Jul 26, 2020 • 11:41:16am

re: #54 plansbandc

It’s required. And I socially distance, but no one else does.

Which state?

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wrenchwench  Jul 26, 2020 • 11:41:47am

I have seen hand sanitizer used with gloves on. That’s asking a lot out of a pair of gloves. It’s time for a new pair, with hand sanitizer between pairs, if washing and drying is not possible.

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A Mom Anon  Jul 26, 2020 • 11:43:39am

re: #51 danarchy

I live near a couple of parks, one a city owned and one an NPS property. They are always so busy there often are no parking places. The NPS one has a main parking lot and two overflow lots and there are still never any parking places. I took Cleo there a few weeks back, before it got hotter than Satan’s asscrack here, and no one was even bothering with social distancing. A couple of people had their dogs running off leash too. I turned around and went home. This park is ALWAYS crowded, even during the week, pre COVID, but it’s way worse now. I wouldn’t go there without a mask, the city owned park is much smaller and the same thing is happening there. It’s probably safer to just go for a walk around the neighborhood. I live around a lot of assholes.

BUT! yesterday when I was leaving Kroger, a can of soup fell out of the cart and began rolling into the parking lot. I went to get it and a very nice gentleman said”Wait! Ma’am, let me get that for you,”and he had to go out of his way to do it. So, sometimes kindness rears its head. He even put his mask back on to put the can back into my cart.

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A Three Hour Tour  Jul 26, 2020 • 11:43:45am

re: #57 danarchy

Which state?

New Mexico.

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plansbandc  Jul 26, 2020 • 11:44:19am

re: #57 danarchy

New Mexico.

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Dr Lizardo  Jul 26, 2020 • 11:46:03am

Time to call it a day. Have a good one, Lizards and stay healthy.

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Teddy's Person  Jul 26, 2020 • 11:47:16am

Republicans in disarray! Jared won’t let the RNC give money to House races. WaPo

Senior House Republicans are pleading with the deep-pocketed Republican National Committee and the Trump campaign to provide financial help as Democrats vastly outraise the GOP, but top campaign officials are so far declining to commit.

House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) has been prodding the RNC to write a check to the National Republican Congressional Committee — a request he has made multiple times. McCarthy specifically has asked Jared Kushner, President Trump’s son-in-law and senior adviser, to make a financial commitment to the House GOP, according to several officials familiar with the discussions, who spoke on the condition of anonymity to freely describe private conversations.

But Kushner, who oversees such decisions and has a greater say than RNC Chairwoman Ronna McDaniel, has refused thus far, the officials say. While the Trump campaign and the RNC have brought in record amounts of money, some Trump officials see donating to the House as a wasteful investment as the GOP’s chances of reclaiming the majority sharply deteriorate. …

Thoughts and prayers, man. Thoughts and prayers.

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A Three Hour Tour  Jul 26, 2020 • 11:53:19am

With the exception of two trips to the dentist in July, I haven’t left my property or ventured outside my car in months, not even to walk along the irrigation ditch, so I missed registering the expansion of the mask order to encompass outdoor exercise a couple of weeks back.

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Teddy's Person  Jul 26, 2020 • 11:53:19am

👏👏👏👏

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makeitstop  Jul 26, 2020 • 11:57:52am

re: #39 Alephnaught

That reminds me. A whole load of UK beat boom groups in the 1960s would do a cover version of Greig’s “In the Hall of the Mountain King” from his Peer Gynt suite. Pretty much every big name UK band of that time attempted it in their live act, even if they didn’t release it on record. Here’s The Who’s take:

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This one came along a bit later, but how about Dave Edmunds doing ‘Sabre Dance?’

dave edmunds sabre dance

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goddamnedfrank  Jul 26, 2020 • 12:00:27pm
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A Mom Anon  Jul 26, 2020 • 12:02:00pm

re: #65 Teddy’s Person

God the comments on that Tweet. Kill them! Blast them with water cannons! Charge them with insurrection! Doxx the protesters! Gah.

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piratedan  Jul 26, 2020 • 12:02:18pm

re: #66 makeitstop

he also does a pretty awesome rendition of Farandole… and I think his Love Sculpture days were 68’ thru 70’ so pretty much in that timeframe you cited.

for a guy who adores Chuck Berry and American R&B he was no slouch with an axe…

Farandole (Arlesienne Suite No 2, Movement 4) (1999 Remaster)

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makeitstop  Jul 26, 2020 • 12:04:52pm

re: #69 piratedan

he also does a pretty awesome rendition of Farandole…

for a guy who adores Chuck Berry and American R&B he was no slouch with an axe…

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I was lucky enough to see Rockpile, not once but twice. Once at the old Ritz in NYC, and once at Belmont Park on LI, on a bill with Blondie. Such a great band.

At the Belmont show, we spent the afternoon in the clubhouse betting on the ponies while Nick Lowe hit on my then-girlfriend. Good times…

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Mattand  Jul 26, 2020 • 12:07:14pm

re: #49 PhillyPretzel

Upstream I mentioned that I was at an Apple store yesterday. When I made my appointment I was told to wear a mask and gloves. When I got there and after I checked in I saw I was the only customer wearing gloves.

I think the gloves thing is because they’re trying to cut down on the employees having to wipe stuff down every eight seconds.

That said, I think that’s both a little nuts, and utterly in Apple’s wheelhouse to dump a problem on their customers when they should be dealing with it. I’m also surprised to hear this, because I listen to a Mac-centric podcast every week and this hasn’t come up at all.

I guess you’re talking about the Walnut St. store? I’m half tempted to Tweet one of the hosts of the aforementioned podcast and see if this is a corporate thing, or just the Philly store.

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Mattand  Jul 26, 2020 • 12:09:53pm

re: #63 Teddy’s Person

Republicans in disarray! Jared won’t let the RNC give money to House races. WaPo

Thoughts and prayers, man. Thoughts and prayers.

LOL, the deep pockets in the Trump campaign are for one person, and one person only, and he ain’t known for his willingness to help others in need.

I’m trying not to get happy, but OMG, I really hope these are signs that both Trump and the GOP are going to get crushed in November.

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PhillyPretzel  Jul 26, 2020 • 12:10:13pm

re: #71 Mattand

When I made my appointment over the phone that is what I was told to do. I repeated it because I thought it was unusual.

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danarchy  Jul 26, 2020 • 12:10:18pm

re: #71 Mattand

I think the gloves thing is because they’re trying to cut down on the employees having to wipe stuff down every eight seconds.

That said, I think that’s both a little nuts, and utterly in Apple’s wheelhouse to dump a problem on their customers when they should be dealing with it. I’m also surprised to hear this, because I listen to a Mac-centric podcast every week and this hasn’t come up at all.

I guess you’re talking about the Walnut St. store? I’m half tempted to Tweet one of the hosts of the aforementioned podcast and see if this is a corporate thing, or just the Philly store.

Here is the problem with gloves, unless you watch a customer put on a new pair when they walk into the store, how do you know what they have been touching with those gloves? How does this mitigate what they have to wipe down?

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piratedan  Jul 26, 2020 • 12:10:44pm

re: #70 makeitstop

I only got to see them once, at the old DC Capitol Center when they opened for Elvis Costello (jaysus what a show). Have always been a fan of Edmunds and Lowe and the collaboration they put together for the Rockpile albums (even though they were mostly made under one of the leads or the other due to the record company constraints), still hard to find two better pieces of listening vinyl than Edmunds’ Repeat When Necessary and Lowe’s Labour of Lust. Then again, I am fully cognizant of all internet traditions and understand that what I like is not what everyone else might like :-)

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makeitstop  Jul 26, 2020 • 12:16:02pm

re: #75 piratedan

I only got to see them once, at the old DC Capitol Center when they opened for Elvis Costello (jaysus what a show). Have always been a fan of Edmunds and Lowe and the collaboration they put together for the Rockpile albums (even though they were mostly made under one of the leads or the other due to the record company constraints), still hard to find two better pieces of listening vinyl than Edmunds’ Repeat When Necessary and Lowe’s Labour of Lust. Then again, I am fully cognizant of all internet traditions and understand that what I like is not what everyone else might like :-)

Love those albums. I’d include the one official Rockpile album, Seconds of Pleasure. Plenty of good stuff on that record, too.

The Ritz show I saw was Rockpile, with the Blasters opening. I thought the floor below the balcony was gonna cave in.

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SerialUpDinger  Jul 26, 2020 • 12:16:22pm

Out for a walk before the temperatures go up. Lovely dragonfly was waiting for me to come by.

Dragonfly on Chaparral Honeysuckle
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jaunte  Jul 26, 2020 • 12:17:01pm
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stpaulbear  Jul 26, 2020 • 12:18:25pm

re: #31 plansbandc

He said he lost some long time customers because they refused to wear masks because they ” Don’t believe in Covid”.

Now he knows which long time customers wouldn’t do even the easiest thing to help his business survive during the pandemic. I hope he treats them accordingly when they try to be his best buddies again if this ever ends.

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Deep State SuperElite Satinist  Jul 26, 2020 • 12:18:38pm

re: #48 🌹UOJB!

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Mattand  Jul 26, 2020 • 12:19:45pm

re: #73 PhillyPretzel

When I made my appointment over the phone that is what I was told to do. I repeated it because I thought it was unusual.

I just tweeted the podcast in question. It is very odd, for the reasons Danarchy posted.

It’s their business, but it seems like the whole glove use idea dropped by the wayside pretty quickly.

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Mattand  Jul 26, 2020 • 12:20:48pm

re: #76 makeitstop

Love those albums. I’d include the one official Rockpile album, Seconds of Pleasure. Plenty of good stuff on that record, too.

The Ritz show I saw was Rockpile, with the Blasters opening. I thought the floor below the balcony was gonna cave in.

I just learned to play Girls Talk, including the solo.

You can build the statue over there when you get a second.

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Teddy's Person  Jul 26, 2020 • 12:22:48pm

re: #72 Mattand

LOL, the deep pockets in the Trump campaign are for one person, and one person only, and he ain’t known for his willingness to help others in need.

I’m trying not to get happy, but OMG, I really hope these are signs that both Trump and the GOP are going to get crushed in November.

The orbit of grifters around Trump probably see the writing on the wall (i.e., Trump’s reelection chances are on a downward trajectory) and want to make sure they hoover up all the campaign money themselves.

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Belafon  Jul 26, 2020 • 12:23:20pm

re: #78 jaunte

Why can’t we arrest Trump for 140k dead?

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makeitstop  Jul 26, 2020 • 12:23:22pm

re: #82 Mattand

I just learned to play Girls Talk, including the solo.

You can build the statue over there when you get a second.

That was a great take on that song. Then I heard Costello’s version when Get Happy (IIRC) came out, and fell in love with that version, too.

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A Mom Anon  Jul 26, 2020 • 12:23:29pm

re: #80 Deep State SuperElite Satinist

I have a feeling that the Tedster has probably had his food spit in already. If he has this much contempt for the workers in the restaurants he frequents, I doubt one bit he manages to hide it. I will never understand fucking with the people who serve you your food or cook it for you. Or care for your home, kids, car, etc. It’s just the height of arrogance to think they revere you soooo much they would never do anything about your shitiness.

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Teddy's Person  Jul 26, 2020 • 12:24:06pm

re: #77 SerialUpDinger

Out for a walk before the temperatures go up. Lovely dragonfly was waiting for me to come by.

That picture would make an awesome jigsaw puzzle.

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jaunte  Jul 26, 2020 • 12:26:32pm
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Mattand  Jul 26, 2020 • 12:27:16pm

re: #86 A Mom Anon

I have a feeling that the Tedster has probably had his food spit in already. If he has this much contempt for the workers in the restaurants he frequents, I doubt one bit he manages to hide it. I will never understand fucking with the people who serve you your food or cook it for you. Or care for your home, kids, car, etc. It’s just the height of arrogance to think they revere you soooo much they would never do anything about your shitiness.

Speaking of food spitting: apparently up in North Jersey, a kid at Starbucks got fired for spitting in some cops’ coffee. It appears to have actually happened, as it’s appearing on reputable news sites as well as shit holes like the Blaze.

I’m resisting the urge to make comments on FB pages along the lines of “Wow, that”s just as bad as a bunch of Minneapolis cops strangling a guy to death on camera”, but my resolve is weakening. Problem is trying to get the point across that I don’t condone what the kid did vs cops do worse shit every day. Not sure I can pull that off right now.

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Teddy's Person  Jul 26, 2020 • 12:28:44pm

re: #86 A Mom Anon

I have a feeling that the Tedster has probably had his food spit in already. If he has this much contempt for the workers in the restaurants he frequents, I doubt one bit he manages to hide it. I will never understand fucking with the people who serve you your food or cook it for you. Or care for your home, kids, car, etc. It’s just the height of arrogance to think they revere you soooo much they would never do anything about your shitiness.

When I worked in an office environment, I never understood my coworkers who would treat our administrative assistant at best condescendingly, at worse like shit. I sucked up and sucked up hard. Meanwhile, my travel expense requests always got processed first.

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Rightwingconspirator  Jul 26, 2020 • 12:28:53pm

re: #58 wrenchwench

I have seen hand sanitizer used with gloves on. That’s asking a lot out of a pair of gloves. It’s time for a new pair, with hand sanitizer between pairs, if washing and drying is not possible.

Guilty!
Wearing gloves from the customer counter accepting incoming waxes to cast and then going back in the shop for setup calls for a quick disinfecting in between. IF, and it’s bigger if than months ago, the person to surface to person contagion is a big thing or a little thing. I usually spray 90% alcohol rather than a gel.

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BeachDem  Jul 26, 2020 • 12:29:40pm

re: #68 A Mom Anon

God the comments on that Tweet. Kill them! Blast them with water cannons! Charge them with insurrection! Doxx the protesters! Gah.

And I’ll bet that group of morons were all just fine when armed assholes were at Amy Acton’s house in Ohio—with threatening and antisemitic signs, back when she was still Ohio health director, before the harassment was just too much to deal with.

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Yeah Sure WhatEVs  Jul 26, 2020 • 12:34:47pm

Two days in a row I get a text from the trump campaign. Different numbers. Grrrrrr.

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dangerman  Jul 26, 2020 • 12:36:12pm

re: #83 Teddy’s Person

The orbit of grifters around Trump probably see the writing on the wall (i.e., Trump’s reelection chances are on a downward trajectory) and want to make sure they hoover up all the campaign money themselves.

Spot on

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PhillyPretzel  Jul 26, 2020 • 12:36:48pm

re: #93 Yeah Sure WhatEVs

Block them when they come in.

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SerialUpDinger  Jul 26, 2020 • 12:37:57pm

re: #87 Teddy’s Person

If you are interested I would be happy to provide a high res jpeg to create the puzzle with. Looking at the sky part of a 500 piece puzzle - brings back good memories of rainy days.

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wrenchwench  Jul 26, 2020 • 12:38:10pm

re: #91 Rightwingconspirator

Guilty!
Wearing gloves from the customer counter accepting incoming waxes to cast and then going back in the shop for setup calls for a quick disinfecting in between. IF, and it’s bigger if than months ago, the person to surface to person contagion is a big thing or a little thing. I usually spray 90% alcohol rather than a gel.

I hate to call it a fudge factor, but there always is one. We use the cheapest gloves ever made [that hold together when installed, usually] at the deli, and I could change them more often.

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Teddy's Person  Jul 26, 2020 • 12:43:34pm

re: #96 SerialUpDinger

If you are interested I would be happy to provide a high res jpeg to create the puzzle with. Looking at the sky part of a 500 piece puzzle - brings back good memories of rainy days.

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retired cynic  Jul 26, 2020 • 12:44:41pm

re: #96 SerialUpDinger

If you are interested I would be happy to provide a high res jpeg to create the puzzle with. Looking at the sky part of a 500 piece puzzle - brings back good memories of rainy days.

I have become addicted to online jigsaw puzzles these days. Not sure if they are helping keep me sane, or driving me around the bend!

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plansbandc  Jul 26, 2020 • 12:47:38pm

Trump’s campaign tweets are so odd. They seem almost sinister with the use of “Friend”.

Hi friend. Where’s our money?

Hi friend, why didn’t you take us up on our offer?

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FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀 No Capt'n😷Trips  Jul 26, 2020 • 12:49:01pm
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Teddy's Person  Jul 26, 2020 • 12:49:51pm

re: #100 plansbandc

Trump’s campaign tweets are so odd. They seem almost sinister with the use of “Friend”.

Hi friend. Where’s our money?

Hi friend, why didn’t you take us up on our offer?

They range from passive aggressive to scolding your for not bending the knee to outright threatening.

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plansbandc  Jul 26, 2020 • 12:50:49pm

re: #102 Teddy’s Person

Creepy AF.

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BeachDem  Jul 26, 2020 • 12:53:05pm

re: #103 plansbandc

Creepy AF.

Especially when they come from Jr. and Eric. Ewwwwwww.

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Teddy's Person  Jul 26, 2020 • 12:57:01pm

re: #103 plansbandc

re: #104 BeachDem

Love us NOW!

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🌹UOJB!  Jul 26, 2020 • 1:01:28pm

re: #102 Teddy’s Person

They range from passive aggressive to scolding your for not bending the knee to outright threatening.

They sound just like the crap that TV preachers do to fleece the flock!

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The Pie Overlord!  Jul 26, 2020 • 1:03:45pm

re: #39 Alephnaught

That reminds me. A whole load of UK beat boom groups in the 1960s would do a cover version of Greig’s “In the Hall of the Mountain King” from his Peer Gynt suite. Pretty much every big name UK band of that time attempted it in their live act, even if they didn’t release it on record. Here’s The Who’s take:

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This is my favorite:

Line Rider - Mountain King

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Jay C  Jul 26, 2020 • 1:04:19pm

re: #102 Teddy’s Person

They range from passive aggressive to scolding your for not bending the knee to outright threatening.

SRSLY: I’ve seen/heard/read a lot of campaign-solicitation literature in my time, but I have to say Trump 2020 has to one one of the very few I’ve found apparently going for “vaguely threatening” (towards their presumed donor base) as a fundraising tactic….

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FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀 No Capt'n😷Trips  Jul 26, 2020 • 1:08:27pm
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BeachDem  Jul 26, 2020 • 1:09:30pm

re: #108 Jay C

SRSLY: I’ve seen/heard/read a lot of campaign-solicitation literature in my time, but I have to say Trump 2020 has to one one of the very few I’ve found apparently going for “vaguely threatening” (towards their presumed donor base) as a fundraising tactic….

And standing out in sharp contrast, the Dem ones often feature sweet requests from the likes of Carole King and James Taylor.

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wrenchwench  Jul 26, 2020 • 1:12:36pm

re: #109 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀 No Capt’n😷Trips

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Tom Cotton is an unnecessary evil.

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plansbandc  Jul 26, 2020 • 1:13:38pm

How many more walls do you think the weak orange garbage pile will demand they build around the White House.

What a lovely message to send to the world.

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Shiplord Kirel, Friend of Moose and Squirrel  Jul 26, 2020 • 1:14:27pm

re: #101 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀 No Capt’n😷Trips

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Firebase Bonespur

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SerialUpDinger  Jul 26, 2020 • 1:14:49pm

re: #98 Teddy’s Person

re: #98 Teddy’s Person

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Teddy's Person  Jul 26, 2020 • 1:20:00pm

re: #109 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀 No Capt’n😷Trips

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You know who else thought slavery was a necessary evil? Slave owners. That’s how a lot of them felt after the Revolution. In response to the rise of the radical abolitionist movement in the late 1820s, they pivoted to making the argument that they were benevolent masters and slaves were better off than industrial workers in the north. Kind masters, happy slaves.

I look forward to Tom’s journey through slavery apologist rationales. //

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FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀 No Capt'n😷Trips  Jul 26, 2020 • 1:21:13pm
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Ace Rothstein  Jul 26, 2020 • 1:22:06pm

re: #48 🌹UOJB!

If $600 a week is twice what they normally make, what that does say about us as a country where $300 a week is considered acceptable?

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Teddy's Person  Jul 26, 2020 • 1:22:32pm

re: #116 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀 No Capt’n😷Trips

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He’s afraid they’ll pipe in the soundtrack from his last attempt to throw out the first pitch.

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Teddy's Person  Jul 26, 2020 • 1:23:34pm

re: #114 SerialUpDinger

The powers that be are saying the comment is not addressed to me.

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Jebediah, RBG  Jul 26, 2020 • 1:23:35pm

re: #5 Dr Lizardo

I love that the dude’s got happy face the whole time. I extra love the bits here and there where it goes from happy to delighted. (I know that if I could play that I would be god damb giddy!)

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plansbandc  Jul 26, 2020 • 1:24:13pm

re: #118 Teddy’s Person

Yep. And his ass is chapped over the kneeling.

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FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀 No Capt'n😷Trips  Jul 26, 2020 • 1:24:50pm

re: #118 Teddy’s Person

He’s afraid they’ll pipe in the soundtrack from his last attempt to throw out the first pitch.

I think this may have a lot to do with it

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makeitstop  Jul 26, 2020 • 1:26:39pm

re: #100 plansbandc

Trump’s campaign tweets are so odd. They seem almost sinister with the use of “Friend”.

Hi friend. Where’s our money?

Hi friend, why didn’t you take us up on our offer?

There’s a woman on TikTok who goes by the name of ‘Fishie’ who reads the campaign tweets in a voice of abject horror, because she thinks they sound vaguely threatening. Pretty funny.

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plansbandc  Jul 26, 2020 • 1:28:02pm

HAHHAHA!!!

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PhillyPretzel  Jul 26, 2020 • 1:29:00pm

re: #124 plansbandc

Way to go Hanna. Now destroy some more of it.

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Teddy's Person  Jul 26, 2020 • 1:29:08pm

re: #114 SerialUpDinger

I got it, thanks so much. You’re very kind.

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Jay C  Jul 26, 2020 • 1:36:33pm

re: #124 plansbandc

HAHHAHA!!!

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Ha indeed.

Do we know if this is a section of Trump’s “official” border wall, or the self-financed “Private-enterprise” grift-project wall? (The one one that was projected to collapse in the first bad storm: though said storm wasn’t expected to manifest itself in just 2-3 weeks)

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makeitstop  Jul 26, 2020 • 1:38:38pm

Those dudes are funny. And some of the people in the HB are nuts.

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Shiplord Kirel, Friend of Moose and Squirrel  Jul 26, 2020 • 1:41:59pm
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Shiplord Kirel, Friend of Moose and Squirrel  Jul 26, 2020 • 1:44:00pm

re: #128 makeitstop

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Those dudes are funny. And some of the people in the HB are nuts.

Huntington Beach was one of the first places to be attacked by the invading Martians in the 1953 George Pal version of War of the Worlds.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Jul 26, 2020 • 1:44:07pm

re: #116 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀 No Capt’n😷Trips

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Jul 26, 2020 • 1:45:54pm

moron sounds worried and clueless

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Ace Rothstein  Jul 26, 2020 • 1:47:07pm

re: #131 Backwoods_Sleuth

The season is over six weeks after that.

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Eclectic Cyborg  Jul 26, 2020 • 1:47:39pm

He just keeps throwing gasoline on the fire. Apparently moms, dads and vets are “Anarchists” now.

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Jay C  Jul 26, 2020 • 1:49:31pm

re: #131 Backwoods_Sleuth

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JFC!; three weeks ahead, he’s so “busy” that he can’t show up to throw out a ceremonial “first pitch” in A FUCKING EMPTY STADIUM??

Donald Trump: the only President afraid of being booed in an empty venue….

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A Mom Anon  Jul 26, 2020 • 1:50:46pm

re: #128 makeitstop

Droppin’ Dong, LOL, I about fell out of my chair.

But what a bunch of smug arrogant assholes. The lady who knows where she’s going when she dies….It would take all my inner strength not to slap her.

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jaunte  Jul 26, 2020 • 1:51:08pm

Someone must know the “eyeball on forearm” guy.

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unproven innocence  Jul 26, 2020 • 1:52:28pm

re: #124 plansbandc

HAHHAHA!!!

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Counting down the hours until Trump blames Mexicans for this, something like “they huffed and they puffed…” …or maybe “Butterfly Effect”.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Jul 26, 2020 • 1:56:08pm
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jaunte  Jul 26, 2020 • 1:56:53pm
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Eclectic Cyborg  Jul 26, 2020 • 2:00:16pm

White people really need to shut the fuck up about slavery.

Full disclosure: I’m white.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Jul 26, 2020 • 2:01:08pm
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jaunte  Jul 26, 2020 • 2:01:48pm

I knew they shouldn’t have put a sail on top of the thing.

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lawhawk  Jul 26, 2020 • 2:04:26pm

Unfu…

Nope. totally fucking believable.

Now tropical storm Hanna sweeps into Texas and Trump’s vaunted wall collapses in the wind.

I shit you not.

He made so much out of rebuilding 90+ miles of wall - and 3 miles of new wall where no border structure actually existed, that it turns out that it didn’t even last first contact with severe weather.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Jul 26, 2020 • 2:04:27pm

so full of shit

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lawhawk  Jul 26, 2020 • 2:05:14pm

re: #143 jaunte

Trump’s entire admin in a 30 second clip. Claim great success and the first gust of wind it blows over and collapsed.

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jaunte  Jul 26, 2020 • 2:05:14pm

re: #144 lawhawk

Everything he does is designed to divert money into his own pocket.

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Dread Pirate Ron  Jul 26, 2020 • 2:08:25pm
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Backwoods_Sleuth  Jul 26, 2020 • 2:09:07pm
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Teddy's Person  Jul 26, 2020 • 2:09:17pm

I’ve been looking at some of the images from John Lewis’ final crossing of the Edmund Pettus bridge. This one spoke to me.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Jul 26, 2020 • 2:10:26pm

re: #150 Teddy’s Person

I’ve been looking at some of the images from John Lewis’ final crossing of the Edmund Pettus bridge. This one spoke to me.

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the rose petals represented the blood that was spilled on the bridge

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Jul 26, 2020 • 2:12:51pm

re: #150 Teddy’s Person

the entire procession across the bridge took more than half an hour and was one of the most moving things I’ve ever witnessed.

The Alabama State Police saluting the coffin…

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sagehen  Jul 26, 2020 • 2:14:23pm

re: #135 Jay C

JFC!; three weeks ahead, he’s so “busy” that he can’t show up to throw out a ceremonial “first pitch” in A FUCKING EMPTY STADIUM??

Donald Trump: the only President afraid of being booed in an empty venue….

we’ve seen photos of him practicing; he wouldn’t be able to throw a good pitch. (although apparently he played on his high school team)

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FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀 No Capt'n😷Trips  Jul 26, 2020 • 2:15:14pm
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Teddy's Person  Jul 26, 2020 • 2:17:20pm

re: #152 Backwoods_Sleuth

the entire procession across the bridge took more than half an hour and was one of the most moving things I’ve ever witnessed.

The Alabama State Police saluting the coffin…

It really was beautiful.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Jul 26, 2020 • 2:17:31pm
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Teddy's Person  Jul 26, 2020 • 2:18:49pm

re: #153 sagehen

we’ve seen photos of him practicing; he wouldn’t be able to throw a good pitch. (although apparently he played on his high school team)

IIRC, He bragged that he was good enough to “go pro” which prompted a coach or two to publicly say, “yeah, no.”

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Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus  Jul 26, 2020 • 2:19:13pm

A few years back we made a list of the Hollywood golden era stars that were still alive. Olivia was at the top of the list (with her sister). Sad:

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Jul 26, 2020 • 2:20:39pm

re: #153 sagehen

we’ve seen photos of him practicing; he wouldn’t be able to throw a good pitch. (although apparently he played on his high school team)

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A Mom Anon  Jul 26, 2020 • 2:22:37pm

re: #159 Backwoods_Sleuth

Did he ever really even play baseball? Or was that just more bullshit and part of him buying his way into college with Daddy’s help? Like Lori Laughlin’s kid being on the rowing team.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Jul 26, 2020 • 2:23:20pm
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garzooma  Jul 26, 2020 • 2:24:24pm

re: #144 lawhawk

Unfu…

Nope. totally fucking believable.

Now tropical storm Hanna sweeps into Texas and Trump’s vaunted wall collapses in the wind.

I shit you not.

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He made so much out of rebuilding 90+ miles of wall - and 3 miles of new wall where no border structure actually existed, that it turns out that it didn’t even last first contact with severe weather.

Not even that severe, judging by the bystanders.

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Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus  Jul 26, 2020 • 2:27:06pm

re: #162 garzooma

Well, that section may not have been finished in its construction. Looking at the people standing around in vests, it seems they knew they had to be there. These kind of fences need bracing, and perhaps they just hadn’t been installed.

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Teddy's Person  Jul 26, 2020 • 2:27:34pm

re: #160 A Mom Anon

Did he ever really even play baseball? Or was that just more bullshit and part of him buying his way into college with Daddy’s help? Like Lori Laughlin’s kid being on the rowing team.

Here’s an article from May 2020.

Was Donald Trump Good at Baseball? (goes to Slate)

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danarchy  Jul 26, 2020 • 2:30:46pm

re: #124 plansbandc

HAHHAHA!!!

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Wondering if that is actual border wall or that privately funded wall that they have been saying is on the verge of collapse for weeks now.

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Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus  Jul 26, 2020 • 2:31:40pm

I agree with Tom:

The hardest of hardcore Trumpers on my Facebook timeline appear to be immune to changing their minds.

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A Mom Anon  Jul 26, 2020 • 2:32:38pm

re: #164 Teddy’s Person

So he played, but not well. Such a surprise. And then bragged about how great he was, sounds ever so familiar.

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A Three Hour Tour  Jul 26, 2020 • 2:36:13pm

re: #166 Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus

I agree with Tom:

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The hardest of hardcore Trumpers on my Facebook timeline appear to be immune to changing their minds.

Nichols’ statement sounds like me on Iraq in 2004 and McCain/Palin in 2008. It took Obama’s huge victory and about 4 months of complete online political detoxification to break the fever and return me to my pre-9/11 self.

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retired cynic  Jul 26, 2020 • 2:40:48pm

Y’all, It’s Missouri, Where Dirty Minds Abound, by Juanita Jean Herownself

HAHAHAHAHA!

I think it is stretching a point to say there is a Mind involved!

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Barefoot Grin  Jul 26, 2020 • 2:45:31pm

re: #153 sagehen

we’ve seen photos of him practicing; he wouldn’t be able to throw a good pitch. (although apparently he played on his high school team)

There’s never been a better player on his high school team before or since and he totally could have gone pro.

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A Three Hour Tour  Jul 26, 2020 • 2:46:07pm

re: #134 Eclectic Cyborg

He just keeps throwing gasoline on the fire. Apparently moms, dads and vets are “Anarchists” now.

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Very few anarchists choose to enlist in our all-volunteer military and very few middle-aged moms and dads truly subscribe to anarchism as a political philosophy.

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Belafon  Jul 26, 2020 • 2:46:41pm

re: #166 Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus

I agree with Tom:

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The hardest of hardcore Trumpers on my Facebook timeline appear to be immune to changing their minds.

Someone my wife knows knows someone who contracted the virus, but that person thinks that the disease will suddenly disappear in November.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Jul 26, 2020 • 2:50:25pm
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BeachDem  Jul 26, 2020 • 2:50:53pm

re: #157 Teddy’s Person

IIRC, He bragged that he was good enough to “go pro” which prompted a coach or two to publicly say, “yeah, no.”

And then there’s this little ditty:

Trump, who played first base, wrote that “being a pro was in the equation” until he attended a tryout with “another young kid named Willie McCovey…”

As for Willie McCovey, he was eight years older than Trump. When Trump was a senior in high school, McCovey was in his fifth year in the major leagues and already an All-Star.

Yeah, he played baseball, but most of his “fame” was made up by either him or a coach who was his buddy, Dobias, who was never the varsity baseball coach during Trump’s time at the academy.

slate.com

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Jul 26, 2020 • 2:51:02pm
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PhillyPretzel  Jul 26, 2020 • 2:56:41pm

re: #175 Backwoods_Sleuth

Lady-like but knows how to do it when needed.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Jul 26, 2020 • 2:58:11pm
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Backwoods_Sleuth  Jul 26, 2020 • 2:58:56pm
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Barefoot Grin  Jul 26, 2020 • 3:03:17pm
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Greup  Jul 26, 2020 • 3:07:14pm

re: #144 lawhawk

Somebody should edit in some horns to make it a copy of te Battle of Jericho… :)

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Teddy's Person  Jul 26, 2020 • 3:08:12pm

re: #177 Backwoods_Sleuth

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If anyone deserves the moniker “sleepy,” it’s DeSantis. Every time I see him, he looks like he just got up from a nap or really needs to take one.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Jul 26, 2020 • 3:11:27pm
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Teddy's Person  Jul 26, 2020 • 3:15:21pm

People, bruh.

A mountain rescue team has said its members “didn’t need to think twice” when they were called to help a 121lb (55kg) St Bernard dog that had collapsed while descending England’s highest peak.

Sixteen volunteers from Wasdale mountain rescue team spent nearly five hours rescuing Daisy from Scafell Pike after receiving a call from Cumbria police.

The team said the dog was displaying signs of pain in her rear legs and was refusing to move as she came down from the summit of the mountain with her owners on Friday evening.
…
St Bernard dogs were originally bred to help with rescues in the Alps in Italy and Switzerland. The spokesman said: “She apparently feels a bit guilty and slightly embarrassed about letting down the image of her cousins bouncing across the Alpine snows with barrels of brandy around their necks.” Source: The Guardian

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BeachDem  Jul 26, 2020 • 3:16:55pm

re: #176 PhillyPretzel

Lady-like but knows how to do it when needed.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Jul 26, 2020 • 3:17:06pm
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Teddy's Person  Jul 26, 2020 • 3:17:40pm

A couple of days old, but it feeds the soul (sound on).

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The Pie Overlord!  Jul 26, 2020 • 3:20:04pm
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Backwoods_Sleuth  Jul 26, 2020 • 3:20:46pm
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Barefoot Grin  Jul 26, 2020 • 3:21:34pm

I love how it doesn’t phase the workers, but finally a hardhat gets blown off as the mighty wall comes tumbling down….

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The Pie Overlord!  Jul 26, 2020 • 3:23:00pm

Lazy bums who don’t want to get COVID-19 and DIE FOR TEH ECONOMY!!!

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dangerman  Jul 26, 2020 • 3:24:19pm

re: #131 Backwoods_Sleuth

[Embedded content]

from when fauci threw the first pitch for the nationals:

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Barefoot Grin  Jul 26, 2020 • 3:25:48pm

“We’re gonna rebuild that section of the wall and Mexico is going to pay for it!!!!”

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dangerman  Jul 26, 2020 • 3:26:03pm

re: #140 jaunte

[Embedded content]

for WHO???????????????

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BlueSpotinAL  Jul 26, 2020 • 3:28:05pm

Newest anti Doug Jones ad is so lame. Basically Doug Jones has campaign contributions from Hollywood! Jimmy Kimmel, [can’t remember] and Alyssa Milano. Oh noes! Alyssa even cried when Doug Jones won. (as if the lame brained target audience could not remember that Roy Moore was running, and it was an off year election because Jefferson Beauregard Secessions III resigned to become Attorney General). Oh the primary ads here, Sessions was kissing Trump’s ass all the way, even though Trump endorsed his opponent because of pettiness.

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dangerman  Jul 26, 2020 • 3:30:24pm

re: #144 lawhawk

Unfu…

Nope. totally fucking believable.

Now tropical storm Hanna sweeps into Texas and Trump’s vaunted wall collapses in the wind.

I shit you not.

[Embedded content]

He made so much out of rebuilding 90+ miles of wall - and 3 miles of new wall where no border structure actually existed, that it turns out that it didn’t even last first contact with severe weather.

severe for sure and im not minimizing the human effect
but as hurricanes go, not so much

2017 harvey hit as a cat 4

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dangerman  Jul 26, 2020 • 3:31:11pm

re: #147 jaunte

Everything he does is designed to divert money into his own pocket.

and that’s why jared doesnt want rnc money to go to downticket races

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Jul 26, 2020 • 3:32:20pm
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BeachDem  Jul 26, 2020 • 3:41:55pm

re: #194 BlueSpotinAL

Newest anti Doug Jones ad is so lame. Basically Doug Jones has campaign contributions from Hollywood! Jimmy Kimmel, [can’t remember] and Alyssa Milano. Oh noes! Alyssa even cried when Doug Jones won. (as if the lame brained target audience could not remember that Roy Moore was running, and it was an off year election because Jefferson Beauregard Secessions III resigned to become Attorney General). Oh the primary ads here, Sessions was kissing Trump’s ass all the way, even though Trump endorsed his opponent because of pettiness.

Graham’s spewing the same crap about Jaime Harrison’s fundraising.

Graham’s communications director T.W. Arrighi told Newsweek in a statement that Harrison “is being rewarded by Hollywood celebrities and Democratic party bosses for his support of late-term abortion, the Green New Deal, free health care for illegals, and more.

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CBGB  Jul 26, 2020 • 3:48:22pm

re: #193 Welcome to The Imbleachment (dangerman)

“Oh you liberals will distort anything to call it racist.”

“But you…you, you just SAID it, right THERE!”

“Oh you liberals will distort anything to call it racist.”

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lawhawk  Jul 26, 2020 • 4:31:30pm

re: #170 Barefoot Grin

There’s never been a better player on his high school team before or since and he totally could have gone pro.

The one guy who claimed that he was being scouted is now dead. Everyone else doesn’t recall whether anyone ever scouted Trump. The known box scores from those games shows that he never even crossed the Mendoza line against sub-par competition. There’s no way anyone would scout a dumbass like that.

Why?

Because they’re not going to waste their time scouting someone who can’t hit in a region that isn’t known for baseball talent. We also know that there’s no way anyone was scouting Trump because local news from that era wasn’t highlighting his games or making it known that he was a phenom. He wasn’t.

He was a dumbass bulkshitter then. He still is today.

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Yeah Sure WhatEVs  Jul 26, 2020 • 4:40:47pm

re: #177 Backwoods_Sleuth

“Paid for by DeSantis for COVID.”

Ouch. Those are well done.

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sagehen  Jul 26, 2020 • 5:00:06pm

re: #200 lawhawk

Because they’re not going to waste their time scouting someone who can’t hit in a region that isn’t known for baseball talent. We also know that there’s no way anyone was scouting Trump because local news from that era wasn’t highlighting his games or making it known that he was a phenom. He wasn’t.

If a scout was hoping to jump to the top of the waiting list for a 3-bedroom with balcony in one of dad’s buildings, he might very well pretend to be considering the kid.

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Jebediah, RBG  Jul 27, 2020 • 10:45:18am

re: #104 BeachDem

Especially when they come from Jr. and Eric. Ewwwwwww.

Daddy’s little bagmen.


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