Dirty Projectors Go to Brazil (Sort Of): "Holy Mackerel"

Dirty Projectors Go to Brazil (Sort Of): “Holy Mackerel”

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Well, it isn’t really bossa nova, but it’s a close facsimile. And it’s weird, so that’s why I like it.

Dirty Projectors - Holy Mackerel (Official Music Video)
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PhillyPretzel Aug 30, 2020 • 11:02:44am

FT and GOTV

retired cynic Aug 30, 2020 • 11:07:14am

The five dumbest Republican arguments for Trump, Jennifer Rubin, WaPo

Trump celebrates violence, encourages police misconduct, honors Whites indicted for brandishing guns at marchers and tear-gassed peaceful protesters in Lafayette Square. Senior adviser Kellyanne Conway let on that the administration believes that the more violence happens in the streets, the better chance Trump has of being reelected.

Charles Johnson Aug 30, 2020 • 11:08:16am

The Republican Party is now the Trump Party, and here’s a perfect example: congressman Steve Scalise posting a video that adds words to Ady Barkan’s statement he NEVER FUCKING SAID. Unbelievably disgusting even for these debased people. https://t.co/oPe1j5pYnW

— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) August 30, 2020

Patricia Kayden Aug 30, 2020 • 11:12:13am

Meanwhile the GOP platform is literally “WE LOVE OUR DEAR LEADER”

— John Legend (@johnlegend) August 30, 2020

Quoth the raven, Covfefe. Aug 30, 2020 • 11:18:16am

Alright, it is finally time. Hamilton time.

FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀 No Capt'n😷Trips Aug 30, 2020 • 11:20:06am

Around one 1/5 of the student population of AL-A-BAMA and 1/10 the COVID cases.
Yet, they’re smart enough to close down for two weeks

SUNY Oneonta closes a week into classes after over 100 positive for COVID-19 https://t.co/pKjBwPY6us pic.twitter.com/fvC6bx1DVv

— New York Post (@nypost) August 30, 2020

BigPapa Aug 30, 2020 • 11:21:00am

Besides hammering on Q being the neo-Protocols and all that stuff, the imagery of Emmanuel Goldstein from 1984 is too strong an allegory to ignore. I’m going to start looking at the rotation.

retired cynic Aug 30, 2020 • 11:23:02am

Racism denied Auburn’s first Black student a master’s degree. Then, at 86, he returned. by DeNeen L Brown, WaPo. This is a WONDERFUL and disgustingly familiar story.

LeftyRambles2413 (HappyWarrior) Aug 30, 2020 • 11:23:46am

re: #4 Patricia Kayden

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Biden actually has a detailed platform. I’m sick of the lie he’s merely running as not being Trump. That’s horseshit.

Quoth the raven, Covfefe. Aug 30, 2020 • 11:28:15am

re: #9 LeftyRambles2413 (HappyWarrior)

Biden actually has a detailed platform. I’m sick of the lie he’s merely running as not being Trump. That’s horseshit.

We keep saying that’s all the reason we need to vote for him. That doesn’t mean it’s the only reason we’re voting for him.

PhillyPretzel Aug 30, 2020 • 11:28:35am

OT I just finished looking at the rules of ACT 77. The voter can mail the ballot into your local voting commissioners or take the ballot and turn it in by yourself. One does not have to rely upon the USPS. These are the rules for Pennsylvania if you live in another state check out those rules.

Quoth the raven, Covfefe. Aug 30, 2020 • 11:30:23am

re: #11 PhillyPretzel

It depends on how close to the election our ballots come. My plan is to literally fill them out same day and get them in the mailbox next day. If that’s in mid-September or early October, that’ll be fine. Otherwise, I’ll drop them in.

jaunte Aug 30, 2020 • 11:33:17am

Spoke with an undecided voter. She told me she was considering Biden but is now leaning towards Trump. Her top issues are ending Obamagate & making American great again.

She’s also concerned that, if Biden wins, she won’t be able to attend as many Trump rallies. #journalism

— Ian Millhiser (@imillhiser) August 30, 2020

jaunte Aug 30, 2020 • 11:34:54am

Maybe we can lure die hard Trumpers to Idaho with a permanent, isolated rally.

Quoth the raven, Covfefe. Aug 30, 2020 • 11:35:45am

re: #13 jaunte

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You had me going in the first half, not gonna lie.

Eclectic Cyborg Aug 30, 2020 • 11:36:29am

Theory: If Trump wins the election, the USPS sorting machines will quickly be returned (just in time for Christmas mind you) and Trump will then take credit for “fixing” the Post Office.

FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀 No Capt'n😷Trips Aug 30, 2020 • 11:36:30am

Is that supposed to be Neil deGrasse Tyson with Stephen Hawking?

— 𝙒𝘽 𝙔𝙤𝙪𝙣𝙜 🍕🐀😷 (@FormerDirtDart) August 30, 2020

Belafon Aug 30, 2020 • 11:36:44am

re: #13 jaunte

She’s only undecided about whether to vote for Trump or to really vote for Trump.

— Blue in Red Texas (@RockwallBlue) August 30, 2020

FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀 No Capt'n😷Trips Aug 30, 2020 • 11:39:25am

Pete Carroll for the win.

“White people need to be coached up.”

His balls are showing…#BlackLivesMatter pic.twitter.com/Tki9fMe5YY

— Rex Chapman🏇🏼 (@RexChapman) August 30, 2020

ericblair Aug 30, 2020 • 11:40:32am

re: #12 Quoth the raven, Covfefe.

It depends on how close to the election our ballots come. My plan is to literally fill them out same day and get them in the mailbox next day. If that’s in mid-September or early October, that’ll be fine. Otherwise, I’ll drop them in.

Every Democrat I know of is now completely paranoid about voting: I’m overseas, and will be mailing my ballot back the first damn day I can, and others are going to do the same or make sure they know where the dropoffs are. Meanwhile, the goopers say they aren’t going to vote by mail because Dear Leader said it was bad somehow, which is going to cost the GOP a non-trivial number of missed votes. Even the ones who are going to mail them in have been reassured that there’s no problem with the mail, no siree, it’s all in your mind, so might as well just mail it at the last minute like usual.

No wonder the local Republican minions are freaking out.

Charles Johnson Aug 30, 2020 • 11:44:41am

Unfortunately, Democrats always play along with this bad faith game by jumping out and “denouncing violence” right on cue, thereby reinforcing the impression that they’re somehow responsible for it — and they almost never point out the deception.

— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) August 30, 2020

Backwoods_Sleuth Aug 30, 2020 • 11:46:32am

Please listen up to @DocRivers explain the pain and anguish far too many Black family feel. https://t.co/NDMjDToHWN

— Valerie Jarrett (@ValerieJarrett) August 30, 2020

FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀 No Capt'n😷Trips Aug 30, 2020 • 11:46:34am

Looks like someone is finally ramping up testing

India reports world’s largest single-day jump in coronavirus cases with over 78,000 https://t.co/GBXkzJE0IY pic.twitter.com/rjbdIoS2Eu

— The Hill (@thehill) August 30, 2020

Decatur Deb Aug 30, 2020 • 11:48:30am

re: #1 PhillyPretzel

FT and GOTV

But you repeat yourself…

wrenchwench Aug 30, 2020 • 11:50:32am

re: #24 Decatur Deb

But you repeat yourself…

Run up the score.

Backwoods_Sleuth Aug 30, 2020 • 11:51:49am

The mainstream media has been completely worked by Republicans.

Chuck Todd is using the language of white supremacists: That the racist gunman who killed two protesters in Wisconsin “took matters into his own hands.”

The media is unwilling to describe what is plainly happening. pic.twitter.com/4PUgFHiD4w

— Matt Negrin, HOST OF HARDBALL AT 7PM ON MSNBC (@MattNegrin) August 30, 2020

I Would Prefer Not To Aug 30, 2020 • 11:52:13am

Trudeau nails it

doonesbury

BigPapa Aug 30, 2020 • 11:53:54am

Person with Gun: walks around with gun in charged political environment oozing with threatened violence
Person yells GUN: dies
Person with Gun: ”I heard a bunch of people yell GUN and feared for my safety. Self defense.’

— Hopeful Antifa Prospect (@kronocide1) August 30, 2020

Backwoods_Sleuth Aug 30, 2020 • 11:53:57am

A @mattzap classic that I think takes on new dimensions in light of @nytmike’s report today: McCabe and Rosenstein had this dust up with Mueller present in which they each accuse the other of having too many conflicts of interest and needing to resign. https://t.co/IRz0Ar7hbD

— southpaw (@nycsouthpaw) August 30, 2020

Decatur Deb Aug 30, 2020 • 11:54:20am

re: #6 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀 No Capt’n😷Trips

Around one 1/5 of the student population of AL-A-BAMA and 1/10 the COVID cases.
Yet, they’re smart enough to close down for two weeks

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They don’t make 80 zillion dollars a year from football. We’ll soon be #1 in new cases per capita.

Backwoods_Sleuth Aug 30, 2020 • 11:56:46am

Republicans spend their entire convention trying to turn the race into a choice between Trump and Biden with some carefully scripted testimonials, speeches, and relatively disciplined messaging.

Trump, 72 hours later: https://t.co/UXqdT7kxF8

— Jon Favreau (@jonfavs) August 30, 2020

Patricia Kayden Aug 30, 2020 • 11:57:09am

re: #13 jaunte

I’m sorry. She wasn’t an undecided voter. Why is Ian pushing this b.s.?

Backwoods_Sleuth Aug 30, 2020 • 11:57:30am

Here’s a US Senator Ron Johnson suggesting “citizen soldiers” are part of the plan to stop the violence in Portland and Kenosha.

Yeah… that’s gonna work out well. #TrumpsAmerica #BidenHarris2020 https://t.co/7pU92tyVlu

— Ed Greenberger (@EdGreenberger) August 30, 2020

Quoth the raven, Covfefe. Aug 30, 2020 • 11:57:32am

re: #32 Patricia Kayden

I’m sorry. She wasn’t an undecided voter. Why is Ian pushing this b.s.?

I assumed that was the joke.

FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀 No Capt'n😷Trips Aug 30, 2020 • 11:58:20am

re: #32 Patricia Kayden

I’m sorry. She wasn’t an undecided voter. Why is Ian pushing this b.s.?

(sigh)

It’s called sarcasm

I Would Prefer Not To Aug 30, 2020 • 11:58:57am

OK. Going to turn it off to write some material. latter

Decatur Deb Aug 30, 2020 • 11:59:20am

‘Bama averages 134 Million per year. The top 25 academic amateur football programs bring in 1.5 Billion.

forbes.com

Belafon Aug 30, 2020 • 12:00:08pm

re: #35 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀 No Capt’n😷Trips

(sigh)

It’s called sarcasm

I don’t care how good you are, sarcasm voice doesn’t translate to text very well.

wrenchwench Aug 30, 2020 • 12:00:18pm

re: #33 Backwoods_Sleuth

[Here’s a US Senator Ron Johnson suggesting “citizen soldiers” are part of the plan to stop the violence in Portland and Kenosha….]

The recent one in Kenosha wasn’t old enough for the draft. ‘Citizen Eagle Scout Extremists’.

Hecuba's daughter Aug 30, 2020 • 12:01:18pm

re: #34 Quoth the raven, Covfefe.

I assumed that was the joke.

re: #32 Patricia Kayden

I’m sorry. She wasn’t an undecided voter. Why is Ian pushing this b.s.?

Yep — It was a joke mocking the media. The only few people who may be undecided now are those who see the violence in the streets and are persuadable that somehow it’s the Democrat’s fault — even though it’s happening on Trump’s watch.

Decatur Deb Aug 30, 2020 • 12:01:50pm

re: #39 wrenchwench

The recent one in Kenosha wasn’t old enough for the draft. ‘Citizen Eagle Scout Extremists’.

The sickest part of the joke is that many of our real soldiers are not citizens, and the GOP is determined to keep them from becoming citizens.

Belafon Aug 30, 2020 • 12:01:58pm

HA:

oglaf.com

FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀 No Capt'n😷Trips Aug 30, 2020 • 12:02:40pm

re: #38 Belafon

I don’t care how good you are, sarcasm voice doesn’t translate to text very well.

The #journalism hashtag was the tell

Backwoods_Sleuth Aug 30, 2020 • 12:02:56pm

re: #39 wrenchwench

The recent one in Kenosha wasn’t old enough for the draft. ‘Citizen Eagle Scout Extremists’.

“citizen soldiers” sound soooo much better than vigilantes…

Patricia Kayden Aug 30, 2020 • 12:02:57pm

re: #38 Belafon

Yeah, I didn’t get the joke but 🤷🏽‍♀️. I guess I don’t know who Ian is so I thought it was yet another “let’s talk to more Trump supporters” article.

Dave In Austin Aug 30, 2020 • 12:05:42pm

Say Cheese

#FireChuckTodd pic.twitter.com/6igNL90y91

— Paulette Feeney (@PauletteParis1) August 30, 2020

Decatur Deb Aug 30, 2020 • 12:05:57pm

re: #44 Backwoods_Sleuth

“citizen soldiers” sound soooo much better than vigilantes…

Trump-humpers are to citizen soldiers what James O’Keeffe is to citizen journalists.

Backwoods_Sleuth Aug 30, 2020 • 12:06:00pm

Trump liked a tweet describing Kyle Rittenhouse, a supporter of his who is charged with murdering two protesters in Kenosha, as “a good example of why I decided to vote for Trump” pic.twitter.com/aqIACrwIb8

— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) August 30, 2020

Backwoods_Sleuth Aug 30, 2020 • 12:06:36pm

I’m starting to think state-sponsored kidnappings aren’t too popular. https://t.co/C8nVdFY7ew

— Brian Tyler Cohen (@briantylercohen) August 30, 2020

PhillyPretzel Aug 30, 2020 • 12:07:38pm

re: #46 Dave In Austin

It looks more like a post-it note than cheese.

jaunte Aug 30, 2020 • 12:09:56pm

re: #29 Backwoods_Sleuth

Amazing to recall that at one time insufficiently strict adherence to the Hatch Act was the Trump team’s (and Rosenstein’s) battle cry against McCabe. pic.twitter.com/JOVhjHDMlm

— southpaw (@nycsouthpaw) August 30, 2020

Backwoods_Sleuth Aug 30, 2020 • 12:10:07pm

Full video on my IG (2m56s):https://t.co/tZYznXIH9L pic.twitter.com/tBlYrPLPbi

— Fifty Shades of Whey (@davenewworld_2) August 30, 2020

Backwoods_Sleuth Aug 30, 2020 • 12:14:07pm

“Took matters into his own hands” is an interesting euphemism for murder. https://t.co/1Kq0MJvG61

— Matt Rogers 🗳 (@Politidope) August 30, 2020

A Three Hour Tour Aug 30, 2020 • 12:18:22pm

re: #44 Backwoods_Sleuth

“citizen soldiers” sound soooo much better than vigilantes…

Or “right wing terrorist death squads.”

sagehen Aug 30, 2020 • 12:19:29pm

re: #39 wrenchwench

The recent one in Kenosha wasn’t old enough for the draft. ‘Citizen Eagle Scout Extremists’.

Let’s just call him Rolf.

EPR-radar Aug 30, 2020 • 12:22:38pm

re: #54 A Three Hour Tour

Or “right wing terrorist death squads.”

US Republicans are showing the world that a Nazi-style SA can be implemented via stochastic terrorism.

Benefits for the GOP donors include no payroll expenses and no need for a night of the long knives when the party thugs become too embarrassing.

Michele: Out of the closet, Into the fire Aug 30, 2020 • 12:25:54pm

re: #14 jaunte

Maybe we can lure die hard Trumpers to Idaho with a permanent, isolated rally.

NO! Not only NO! But FUCK NO! We have enough of our own home grown assholes. We don’t need to import anymore.

DodgerFan1988 Aug 30, 2020 • 12:30:03pm

My friends in the FBI tell me Antifa appears to be a right wing fantasy. There has not been one single arrest in two years by anyone identifying with an organization called Antifa. It might’ve been a fringe group that existed once upon a time. But there’s no evidence of it now. https://t.co/Qxsm4YVWGZ

— Stevie Van Zandt (@StevieVanZandt) August 30, 2020

wrenchwench Aug 30, 2020 • 12:31:09pm

re: #57 Michele: Out of the closet, Into the fire

NO! Not only NO! But FUCK NO! We have enough of our own home grown assholes. We don’t need to import anymore.

{Idaho}

🌹UOJB! Aug 30, 2020 • 12:31:49pm

pic.twitter.com/HYleFHDDYr

— Shira39503 (@shira39503) August 30, 2020

Quoth the raven, Covfefe. Aug 30, 2020 • 12:32:37pm

re: #58 DodgerFan1988

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From the “no shit, Sherlock” department, but it needs to be said for people who aren’t paying attention.

thecommodore Aug 30, 2020 • 12:35:51pm

So Trump and his merry band of dolts seem to think he’s winning.

FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀 No Capt'n😷Trips Aug 30, 2020 • 12:40:02pm

Big—>

AZ added 1+ million new voters
(11,000 Dem edge)

FL added 2.4 million new voters
(59,000 Dem edge)

NC added 1.3 million new voters
(56,000+ Dem edge)

PA added 922,000 new voters
(132,000 Dem edge)

“In state after state, the story is the same”https://t.co/ZGK6TL8ksK

— BRANDON ⚖️ (@bjrich_) August 30, 2020

A Mom Anon Aug 30, 2020 • 12:40:59pm

For you metal heads out there, the hubby and I are hooked on a you tube channel called Two Minutes til Late Night. It’s covers of metal and rock songs by other metal artists. Including several women shredding the fuck out of their guitars. Just thought I’d share.

Also too our water main is fixed! And it only cost the money for parts. Our friend wouldn’t take money from us for anything. Once in awhile things don’t totally suck.

PhillyPretzel Aug 30, 2020 • 12:42:12pm

re: #63 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀 No Capt’n😷Trips

I like that PA number. :)

Blind Frog Belly White Aug 30, 2020 • 12:43:12pm

Greetings from smokey San Mateo! How y’all lizards doing?

I had to hide out this whole week from the RNC, because it was causing too much emotion - a toxic maelstrom of anxiety, anger, frustration, rage, fear, etc. I could barely stand to see it filtered through ‘Reasonable People Twitter’.

Apart from that, I’ve been trying to find times of clear air to ride or even walk the dog. Earlier, I took a quick look at purpleair.com, and it looked pretty safe to take Rango for a walk (See the ‘76’ right under “San Mateo”? that’s about where we are)

So, Rango and I headed out. I let him decide where we were going. Took us about 45 minutes there and back. I thought it might be getting smokier while we were walking. Sure enough…

In just one hour, we’d gone from “okay for all but a few” to “not really okay for much of anyone, really”.

And now, OF COURSE, it’s clearing up.

FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀 No Capt'n😷Trips Aug 30, 2020 • 12:44:11pm

re: #65 PhillyPretzel

I like that PA number. :)

“… In addition, about 197,000 registered unaffiliated, that is without a political party. …”

dharmamark Aug 30, 2020 • 12:45:32pm

re: #64 A Mom Anon

I’ve watched many of their videos - quality stuff. Lots of fun.

jaunte Aug 30, 2020 • 12:47:25pm

re: #57 Michele: Out of the closet, Into the fire

Oklahoma panhandle?

A Mom Anon Aug 30, 2020 • 12:47:47pm

re: #68 dharmamark

I’m loving it. It’s funny as hell too.

teleskiguy Aug 30, 2020 • 12:48:19pm

re: #69 jaunte

Moon prison.

wrenchwench Aug 30, 2020 • 12:51:29pm

re: #71 teleskiguy

Moon prison.

We only have one moon. I already think we should get that flag offa there.

Blind Frog Belly White Aug 30, 2020 • 12:54:13pm

re: #72 wrenchwench

We only have one moon. I already think we should get that flag offa there.

Let’s go ahead and buy Greenland and put them there.

Blind Frog Belly White Aug 30, 2020 • 12:54:59pm

Or Southern Florida and then saw it off a la Bugs Bunny.

stpaulbear Aug 30, 2020 • 12:55:10pm

re: #67 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀 No Capt’n😷Trips

That is an amazing one-take shot of that altercation. They managed to be where all the action is but it’s smooth enough to not be disorienting. They stayed just far enough back to be able to glide through the encounter without getting pushed around, but they’re on it.

🌹UOJB! Aug 30, 2020 • 12:55:49pm

re: #14 jaunte

Maybe we can lure die hard Trumpers to Idaho with a permanent, isolated rally.

Reopen and refurbish Alcatraz, round them all up, lock ‘em up and throw away the keys.

🌹UOJB! Aug 30, 2020 • 12:57:16pm

re: #71 teleskiguy

Moon prison.

Tempting.

Put them all on the moon and load it up with every piece of nuclear waste and let them play a real life Space: 1999 as the moon is blown out of orbit.

Ace-o-aces Aug 30, 2020 • 12:58:01pm

I’m glad the President is pointing out his response to the pandemic that he just claimed was a hoax earlier this morning.

— Ace-o-aces (@aceoaces) August 30, 2020

I Would Prefer Not To Aug 30, 2020 • 12:58:51pm

re: #77 🌹UOJB!

Tempting.

Put them all on the moon and load it up with every piece of nuclear waste and let them play a real life Space: 1999 as the moon is blown out of orbit.

That would fuck up surfing dude.

jaunte Aug 30, 2020 • 1:00:54pm

Maybe sea-steading a la Waterworld would work.

Shropshire Slasher Aug 30, 2020 • 1:01:11pm

re: #64 A Mom Anon

For you metal heads out there, the hubby and I are hooked on a you tube channel called Two Minutes til Late Night. It’s covers of metal and rock songs by other metal artists. Including several women shredding the fuck out of their guitars. Just thought I’d share.

Also too our water main is fixed! And it only cost the money for parts. Our friend wouldn’t take money from us for anything. Once in awhile things don’t totally suck.

Glad to hear about your water main. Home repairs can be a real stresser.

Blind Frog Belly White Aug 30, 2020 • 1:01:26pm

re: #77 🌹UOJB!

Tempting.

Put them all on the moon and load it up with every piece of nuclear waste and let them play a real life Space: 1999 as the moon is blown out of orbit.

And yet for some reason the sun still seems to be shining on it just the same.

FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀 No Capt'n😷Trips Aug 30, 2020 • 1:01:33pm

“Christians Against Dinosaurs” wants to remove statue.https://t.co/6Mo89blqeS pic.twitter.com/dTrrHRaxzo

— pourmecoffee (@pourmecoffee) August 30, 2020

Eric The Fruit Bat Aug 30, 2020 • 1:06:14pm

re: #78 Ace-o-aces

I don’t…..think so - you made things bad enough on farmers with your ill-advised tariffs against China which caused tons of bankruptcies, and now you expect your slack-jawed microcephalic mouth breathers to believe this - which, BTW, would only last 3 days? https://t.co/qskAhKydd8 pic.twitter.com/edH0dPpSyv

— Eric The Fruit Bat (@ericfruitbat) August 30, 2020

jaunte Aug 30, 2020 • 1:11:21pm

re: #83 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀 No Capt’n😷Trips

Ark Encounter has dinosaurs, too.
al.com

Michele: Out of the closet, Into the fire Aug 30, 2020 • 1:13:33pm

re: #69 jaunte

Oklahoma panhandle?

Marianas trench. They’re bottom dwelling scum so they should feel right at home.

Michele: Out of the closet, Into the fire Aug 30, 2020 • 1:16:33pm

re: #77 🌹UOJB!

Tempting.

Put them all on the moon and load it up with every piece of nuclear waste and let them play a real life Space: 1999 as the moon is blown out of orbit.

Or they in turn lob rocks at us.

Belafon Aug 30, 2020 • 1:17:36pm

re: #78 Ace-o-aces

For some reason, I remember there being arguments that doing that thing couldn’t happen.

Eric The Fruit Bat Aug 30, 2020 • 1:18:22pm

re: #77 🌹UOJB!

Put them all on the moon and load it up with every piece of nuclear waste and let them play a real life Space: 1999 as the moon is blown out of orbit.

I’d rather strap them at the bottom of the launch pads at the Kennedy Space Center when a Falcon Heavy takes off - of course prior to that, they would be injected with Midazolam and Pancuronium bromide.

Ace-o-aces Aug 30, 2020 • 1:23:52pm

This is the “me reaping, me sowing” tweet in its purest form pic.twitter.com/wJxQNlVwRK

— Arthur Ursine (@misterdickard1) August 30, 2020

nines09 Aug 30, 2020 • 1:31:13pm

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Belafon Aug 30, 2020 • 1:36:00pm

re: #90 Ace-o-aces

I still haven’t heard of anything definitive on how the person was killed, but im getting a “How dare Antifa defend themselves?” vibe.

Patricia Kayden Aug 30, 2020 • 1:41:13pm

Dave In Austin Aug 30, 2020 • 1:42:32pm

The Q Klux Klan https://t.co/BaM44Ru6lg

— Parker Molloy (@ParkerMolloy) August 30, 2020

A Three Hour Tour Aug 30, 2020 • 1:43:53pm

re: #87 Michele: Out of the closet, Into the fire

Or they in turn lob rocks at us.

The Moon is a Harsh Mistress.

Belafon Aug 30, 2020 • 1:49:41pm

re: #95 A Three Hour Tour

The Moon is a Harsh Mistress.

Or Hardwired.

Blind Frog Belly White Aug 30, 2020 • 1:49:54pm

re: #95 A Three Hour Tour

The Moon is a Harsh Mistress.

I wonder who was the first writer to hit on the idea? Was it Heinlein or did someone else think of it first.

It’s actually a really good reason not to piss off people who live outside Earth’s gravity well, which does make me wonder whether the writers who expect Belters and others would really be that poorly treated - Earth would have to spend hugely to lift enough weapons to attack them, but they just have to push big rocks in the right direction.

b_sharp Aug 30, 2020 • 1:56:26pm

re: #97 Blind Frog Belly White

People have been thinking about it from the moment they realized how much damage a meteorite can make.

Backwoods_Sleuth Aug 30, 2020 • 1:57:33pm

“LAW & ORDER!!!” said the president from his golf cart. pic.twitter.com/5iCRl46flV

— The Lincoln Project (@ProjectLincoln) August 30, 2020

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A Cranky One Aug 30, 2020 • 1:58:32pm

Filming bats upside down looks like a goth nightclub 😂 pic.twitter.com/JSj7kc9RK9

— Animals Being Jerks (@MeanAnimals) August 25, 2020

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Backwoods_Sleuth Aug 30, 2020 • 1:59:05pm

This is what #BlackLivesMatter is up against. https://t.co/kBMk5tpIfs

— Johnathan S. Perkins 😷 (@JohnathanPerk) August 30, 2020

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lizardofid Aug 30, 2020 • 2:01:00pm

I’m not sure if it has been mentioned, but to recognize the passing of Chadwick Boseman, ABC will be broadcasting Black Panther tonight, sans commercial breaks. There will be a story on him after, if you’re setting a timer. 8 Eastern, 7 Central.

Link to WFAA Dallas
Link

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dangerman Aug 30, 2020 • 2:03:48pm

re: #13 jaunte

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Can’t attend a trump rally is not remotely undecided

Spoke with an undecided voter. She told me she was considering Biden but is now leaning towards Trump. Her top issues are ending Obamagate & making American great again.

She’s also concerned that, if Biden wins, she won’t be able to attend as many Trump rallies. #journalism

— Ian Millhiser (@imillhiser) August 30, 2020

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dangerman Aug 30, 2020 • 2:04:49pm

re: #13 jaunte

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Oh…

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EPR-radar Aug 30, 2020 • 2:07:39pm

re: #104 dangerman

Sarcasm in text is damn hard to spot.

Especially these days, where A Modest Proposal could get into the GOP platform (if they still had one) for real.

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Backwoods_Sleuth Aug 30, 2020 • 2:09:19pm

JFC

Ted Wheeler, the wacky Radical Left Do Nothing Democrat Mayor of Portland, who has watched great death and destruction of his City during his tenure, thinks this lawless situation should go on forever. Wrong! Portland will never recover with a fool for a Mayor….

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) August 30, 2020

..The people of Portland, like all other cities & parts of our great Country, want Law & Order. The Radical Left Democrat Mayors, like the dummy running Portland, or the guy right now in his basement unwilling to lead or even speak out against crime, will never be able to do it!

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) August 30, 2020

The only way you will stop the violence in the high crime Democrat run cities is through strength!

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) August 30, 2020

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Interesting Times Aug 30, 2020 • 2:09:46pm

Even if you don’t fully agree, it’s still good advice:

Everyone’s losing their minds with this WhY WoN’t BiDeN CoNdEmN ThE LoOTeRs! / Is ThE RaCe TiGhTeNinG?!?! news cycle. Go take the rest of the weekend off. Or take 2 weeks off and come back after Labor Day, which is about when we should get a better read on things.

— Nate Silver (@NateSilver538) August 30, 2020

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A Three Hour Tour Aug 30, 2020 • 2:11:19pm

re: #99 Backwoods_Sleuth

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Every time Trump tweets or shouts “LAW & ORDER!!!!!!111eleventy111!!!,” imagine 500 Major Hochstetters shrieking “I AM ZE GESTAPO!!!” in your face simultaneously .

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Backwoods_Sleuth Aug 30, 2020 • 2:14:24pm

re: #62 thecommodore

So Trump and his merry band of dolts seem to think he’s winning.

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Democracy Institute is not real>>Director, Patrick Basham, is an adjunct scholar with the Cato Institute(Koch Brothers) Basham formerly worked for the tobacco industry skewing polls to make it seem as if Americans didn’t want tobacco warning labels. pic.twitter.com/lc8Xl88z9B

— Stay home! (@kschase13) August 30, 2020

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A Cranky One Aug 30, 2020 • 2:15:08pm

re: #106 Backwoods_Sleuth

What the buck?

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Blind Frog Belly White Aug 30, 2020 • 2:16:14pm

re: #103 dangerman

Can’t attend a trump rally is not remotely undecided

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I’m thinking he was being facetious.

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Interesting Times Aug 30, 2020 • 2:16:30pm

re: #107 Interesting Times

This. And don’t bother @ing w every poll ebb and flow. If the fundamentals of the race change I’ll let you know. Listen to actual experts on polls (me, Natalie, and Elliott should be able to cover all your needs). https://t.co/qu1vhRkUee

— Rachel “The Doc” Bitecofer 📈🔭🍌 (@RachelBitecofer) August 30, 2020

_{If you don’t recognize her name, Rachel Bitecofer is the data analyst who had the most accurate prediction of the 2018 midterm results.}

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PhillyPretzel Aug 30, 2020 • 2:18:45pm

re: #108 A Three Hour Tour

When I hear DT say “Law and Order” I think of the theme to the original series.

Law & Order Full Theme (High Quality)

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Backwoods_Sleuth Aug 30, 2020 • 2:19:12pm

re: #109 Backwoods_Sleuth

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Ah, yes, Democracy Institute. LOL. pic.twitter.com/1SczixjXyx

— *you’re (@RKJ65) August 30, 2020

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dangerman Aug 30, 2020 • 2:19:44pm

re: #83 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀 No Capt’n😷Trips

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They going after Paul Bunyan next?

“Christians Against Dinosaurs” wants to remove statue.https://t.co/6Mo89blqeS pic.twitter.com/dTrrHRaxzo

— pourmecoffee (@pourmecoffee) August 30, 2020

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Belafon Aug 30, 2020 • 2:21:06pm

re: #106 Backwoods_Sleuth

Do you know one way he coukd have preserved law and order? If he had arrested everyone flying a Trump flag entering Portland.

— Blue in Red Texas (@RockwallBlue) August 30, 2020

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dangerman Aug 30, 2020 • 2:21:10pm

re: #93 Patricia Kayden

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Backwoods_Sleuth Aug 30, 2020 • 2:21:37pm

BIDEN says in a new statement: “Shooting in the streets of a great American city is unacceptable. I condemn this violence unequivocally. I condemn violence of every kind by anyone, whether on the left or the right. And I challenge Donald Trump to do the same.” pic.twitter.com/eLqBNZm5wD

— Sahil Kapur (@sahilkapur) August 30, 2020

Adviser to the Senate GOP campaign arm responds to Biden’s latest 👇 https://t.co/b0JtqkuFSA

— Sahil Kapur (@sahilkapur) August 30, 2020

Kamala Harris responds as well https://t.co/cw63RNe37P

— Sahil Kapur (@sahilkapur) August 30, 2020

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Belafon Aug 30, 2020 • 2:24:30pm

re: #118 Backwoods_Sleuth

“But you’re not SEEING them.”

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dangerman Aug 30, 2020 • 2:24:31pm

re: #113 PhillyPretzel

When I hear DT say “Law and Order” I think of the theme to the original series.

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I hear Spiro Agnew
And how successful he was

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Blind Frog Belly White Aug 30, 2020 • 2:27:28pm

re: #119 Belafon

“But you’re not SEEING them.”

But we are seeing Trump heaving his fat ass in and out of his golf cart.

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goddamnedfrank Aug 30, 2020 • 2:36:43pm

Trump is trying to send in the Basij.

— Jason McGlothlen (@goddamnedfrank) August 30, 2020

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EPR-radar Aug 30, 2020 • 2:36:57pm

re: #118 Backwoods_Sleuth

Did this Matt Whitlock get called out for being a lying Republican piece of shit?

It’s good to bring the facts when debunking GOP lies, but there really needs to be a consistent practice of branding Republican liars as the liars they inevitably are.

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Backwoods_Sleuth Aug 30, 2020 • 2:37:13pm

re: #121 Blind Frog Belly White

But we are seeing Trump heaving his fat ass in and out of his golf cart.

he doesn’t like to talk about his ass…he said so in New Hampshire the other day.

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Backwoods_Sleuth Aug 30, 2020 • 2:38:18pm

re: #123 EPR-radar

Did this Matt Whitlock get called out for being a lying Republican piece of shit?

It’s good to bring the facts when debunking GOP lies, but there really needs to be a consistent practice of branding Republican liars as the liars they inevitably are.

I’ve never seen Matt outside of his basement, so I see no reason to listen to him…

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Blind Frog Belly White Aug 30, 2020 • 2:39:16pm

re: #124 Backwoods_Sleuth

he doesn’t like to talk about his ass…he said so in New Hampshire the other day.

But there’s so much to talk about!

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dangerman Aug 30, 2020 • 2:43:56pm

re: #122 goddamnedfrank

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with their competence they’ll end up sending in a pack of Basenjis

Trump is trying to send in the Basij.

— Jason McGlothlen (@goddamnedfrank) August 30, 2020

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A Three Hour Tour Aug 30, 2020 • 2:45:35pm

re: #126 Blind Frog Belly White

But there’s so much to talk about!

And so much of his ass is visible atop his shoulders.

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Eclectic Cyborg Aug 30, 2020 • 2:45:51pm

“Our God is all powerful yet also apparently not powerful enough to create dinosaurs” is a heck of a position to take.

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A Cranky One Aug 30, 2020 • 2:47:22pm

re: #129 Eclectic Cyborg

Time for this again.

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Backwoods_Sleuth Aug 30, 2020 • 2:49:03pm

fucking liar

Sen. Ron Johnson: “Russia’s trying to destabilize the election systems of countries around the world… they were aided and abetted by people like Adam Schiff, Democrats, and the mainstream media.” pic.twitter.com/E6O2E7sDEq

— The Hill (@thehill) August 30, 2020

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EPR-radar Aug 30, 2020 • 2:50:34pm

re: #131 Backwoods_Sleuth

Republicans are such fucking liars. Were he real, Satan himself, the Father of Lies, would be impressed with their devotion to his ways.

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PhillyPretzel Aug 30, 2020 • 2:51:32pm

re: #131 Backwoods_Sleuth

Put a cork in it Johnson. We are sick and tired of hearing this bs.

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Backwoods_Sleuth Aug 30, 2020 • 2:51:32pm

coming up in a few minutes

Sale this afternoon

Red Gum Executive model. Sapele artist sketch pencil. Tiger striped double seam rippers. Purpleheart letter openers. Claro walnut bottle opener keychains. https://t.co/AAbkTa1dwE

Sale goes live at 5PM CENTRAL TIME. PEN LISTINGS WILL APPEAR THEN. pic.twitter.com/CSzmGMVM2F

— Stonekettle (@Stonekettle) August 30, 2020

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Patricia Kayden Aug 30, 2020 • 2:53:00pm

Nina Turner compared voting for Joe Biden to a bowl of shit. I think he’s quite okay not turning to her or any of rest of you dead end Sandernistas in this moment. Kick rocks. https://t.co/kmpGjXj2YZ

— Wakandan Brand Ambassador (@Kennymack1971) August 30, 2020

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Backwoods_Sleuth Aug 30, 2020 • 2:55:27pm

How are they “Biden’s riots” when your fascist dad is the “president”? https://t.co/DAoQ5agWW3

— Kimberley Johnson (@AuthorKimberley) August 30, 2020

Yes, I am blocking anyone who comments on my posts that they won’t for Biden. Why? Because it’s my page, my feed, and my prerogative. I really don’t give a shit if it offends those I’ve blocked. 😘

— Kimberley Johnson (@AuthorKimberley) August 30, 2020

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A Three Hour Tour Aug 30, 2020 • 2:56:21pm

re: #131 Backwoods_Sleuth

fucking liar

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To my knowledge, Adam Schiff has never spent a Fourth of July holiday in Putin’s Russia, unlike Ron Johnson.

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A Cranky One Aug 30, 2020 • 2:56:46pm

re: #136 Backwoods_Sleuth

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Patricia Kayden Aug 30, 2020 • 2:56:58pm

Yessssss

Portland mayor drags the FUCK outta Donald Trump pic.twitter.com/DtmUE9RARL

— chris evans (@notcapnamerica) August 30, 2020

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Backwoods_Sleuth Aug 30, 2020 • 2:57:04pm

This is insane. The president is threatening to invade a city with federal forces, against the wishes of local officials. https://t.co/Tf6Wy7yW69

— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) August 30, 2020

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Belafon Aug 30, 2020 • 2:57:07pm

The amount of old white men we’ve sold these Biden-Harris signs to today. I’m feeling hopeful. pic.twitter.com/0eFUTUsTHM

— Ray (@SRS1428) August 29, 2020

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gwangung Aug 30, 2020 • 2:59:24pm

Ryan Coogler speaks on the passing of Chadwick Boseman.

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Jebediah, RBG Aug 30, 2020 • 2:59:53pm

re: #64 A Mom Anon

So, so glad you got an unsucky moment!

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PhillyPretzel Aug 30, 2020 • 3:00:49pm

re: #139 Patricia Kayden

Well said.

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Targetpractice Aug 30, 2020 • 3:01:12pm

re: #118 Backwoods_Sleuth

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“BIDEN WON’T CONDEMN THE VIOLENCE BECAUSE DEMS NEED IT TO WIN!!!”

“I condemn this violence in the strongest terms! Trump has promoted the hatred we see now!”

“SO WHAT IF HE CONDEMNED IT IN WRITING, HE WON’T DO IT IN PERSON…IN PORTLAND…WHILE JUGGLING CHAINSAWS…ATOP A UNICYCLE!!!”

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Belafon Aug 30, 2020 • 3:04:31pm

Folks, if David Sirota can pivot to the general, so can you. pic.twitter.com/QaCt0LcSSy

— staying home stan account (@Convolutedname) August 30, 2020

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sagehen Aug 30, 2020 • 3:08:51pm

re: #116 Belafon

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If they want to enforce EVERY law… riding in the back of a pickup is definitely a violation of the seatbelt laws.

Pretty sure shooting paintballs and pepper spray at pedestrians is a whole other set of laws.

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Eclectic Cyborg Aug 30, 2020 • 3:11:02pm

re: #140 Backwoods_Sleuth

“This is insane” could at this point simply be the default disclaimer for anything Trump says or does.

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PhillyPretzel Aug 30, 2020 • 3:16:17pm

Temple University has suspended in-person classes.
whyy.org

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Targetpractice Aug 30, 2020 • 3:18:14pm

re: #146 Belafon

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I’ve seen several Berners opine on Twitter in recent days that Trump winning would be better for them because…they think it would mean the “corporate” Dems would finally be run out of the party in favor of “progressive” ones.

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Eclectic Cyborg Aug 30, 2020 • 3:19:32pm

Oof.

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BeachDem Aug 30, 2020 • 3:19:36pm

re: #135 Patricia Kayden

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That is, one contested race. Nina Turner won other races when she was the only candidate on the ballot.

— Amy Fried (@ASFried) August 30, 2020

If I or anyone I know ever need help losing Ohio by 25 points she’ll be my first call, scout’s honor.

— Pop Culture Portmanteau (@RalfThePowerful) August 30, 2020

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Belafon Aug 30, 2020 • 3:21:30pm

re: #149 PhillyPretzel

Temple University has suspended in-person classes.
whyy.org

I had to go look up where Temple is, and I’m guessing, based on the notable alumni, that Hall and Oats met there.

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Backwoods_Sleuth Aug 30, 2020 • 3:21:33pm

These are Trump supporters doing this. You helped him get elected in 2016. With all due respect, go fuck yourself with a cactus. https://t.co/c5MXYrqdUM

— Tony Posnanski (@tonyposnanski) August 30, 2020

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Targetpractice Aug 30, 2020 • 3:23:31pm

re: #154 Backwoods_Sleuth

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I’ve noticed that the voices screeching loudest for the protests in Portland to be put down with force are rather white.

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Patricia Kayden Aug 30, 2020 • 3:23:36pm

re: #142 gwangung

Beautiful.

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Jebediah, RBG Aug 30, 2020 • 3:23:41pm

re: #91 nines09

9sSrcgGeCaxjOrNlfgqUeuHG4yvi7RPG6tERHE97/gcKfrFfWtCPyMpSWaMcZiFGQgTx+VIuH9NGBZe2DS/+Jw==

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Backwoods_Sleuth Aug 30, 2020 • 3:24:48pm

Via IG:bouboudesign 🌎❤️💔

— Rex Chapman🏇🏼 (@RexChapman) August 30, 2020

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Backwoods_Sleuth Aug 30, 2020 • 3:25:16pm

re: #155 Targetpractice

I’ve noticed that the voices screeching loudest for the protests in Portland to be put down with force are rather white.

and they don’t live in Portland

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stpaulbear Aug 30, 2020 • 3:25:28pm

re: #153 Belafon

I had to go look up where Temple is, and I’m guessing, based on the notable alumni, that Hall and Oats met there.

I believe I’ve heard that Hall and Oates met in a freight elevator as they were fleeing a battle of the bands contest that turned into a riot. I’ll go look for backup…

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PhillyPretzel Aug 30, 2020 • 3:25:36pm

re: #153 Belafon

That is possible. I do not keep track of Temple U. I went to LaSalle University.

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Patricia Kayden Aug 30, 2020 • 3:25:39pm

re: #2 retired cynic

The five dumbest Republican arguments for Trump, Jennifer Rubin, WaPo

So while Trump is the dang President, he thinks that the more violence the better his re-election chances go up? He’s responsible as the President for the violence so no.

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BeachDem Aug 30, 2020 • 3:26:21pm

re: #148 Eclectic Cyborg

“This is insane” could at this point simply be the default disclaimer for anything Trump says or does.

It was Charles P. Pierce’s pinned tweet for a very long time.

This is, of course, insane

— Charles P. Pierce (@CharlesPPierce) November 16, 2016

This is, of course, insane.

— Charles P. Pierce (@CharlesPPierce) April 25, 2020

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Shiplord Kirel: Fan of USPS, Goodyear, and Oreo Aug 30, 2020 • 3:26:28pm

Just a meerkat sitting on a wart hog. (Thought you might need a break)

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nines09 Aug 30, 2020 • 3:26:43pm

Nothing more to say.

Rage against the machine - Killing in the name Lyrics

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Quoth the raven, Covfefe. Aug 30, 2020 • 3:26:57pm

re: #164 Shiplord Kirel: Fan of USPS, Goodyear, and Oreo

Just a meerkat sitting on a wart hog. (Thought you might need a break)

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Timon and Pumbaa! Our saviors have arrived!

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Belafon Aug 30, 2020 • 3:27:12pm

re: #160 stpaulbear

I believe I’ve heard that Hall and Oates met in a freight elevator as they were fleeing a battle of the bands contest that turned into a riot. I’ll go look for backup…

Yours could be true. I just saw them both listed as alumni, and it made me think that’s how they met.

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Sherlock Hound Aug 30, 2020 • 3:28:50pm

re: #146 Belafon

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Russia Today isn’t giving him a job.

One guy with a Bob Dobbs avi upthread is pissed because “the Democrats don’t want his vote”. No. It’s that Democrats won’t fellate him in a slimy back alley for his extremely conditional approval. Which he will withdraw when his masters in Moscow say so.

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Eric The Fruit Bat Aug 30, 2020 • 3:29:04pm

Now that Steve Scalise has posted a Tweet with doctored media (which Twitter duly noted), he should consider himself very lucky that he lived to be able to tweet that lie.

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stpaulbear Aug 30, 2020 • 3:31:19pm

re: #167 Belafon

Yours could be true. I just saw them both listed as alumni, and it made me think that’s how they met.

Well here’s a bio with that story, but who knows how much of it might be legend created by the band. I have heard it many times though. Quite possible they knew each other from school too, but that’s not an exciting story.

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Backwoods_Sleuth Aug 30, 2020 • 3:32:02pm

How did @SenCoryGardner spend the weekend? At a packed, maskless gun range with QAnon supporter Lauren Boebert & Congressman Ken Buck, who wore his “Kill em all” shirt for the occasion

This is Cory Gardner’s GOP #cosen #copolitics pic.twitter.com/eLJ9dFdgY6

— Alyssa Roberts (@alyssaaroberts) August 30, 2020

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jaunte Aug 30, 2020 • 3:33:55pm

A thread:

I was up late last night strategizing and came up with a new approach.

It is complex and it will take some coordination but here is
4-part plan for how local law enforcement agencies can stop these so “riots” before they even start:

— michaelharriot (@michaelharriot) August 30, 2020

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A hollow Gandalfian voice says, VOTE, you fools! Aug 30, 2020 • 3:33:59pm

re: #76 🌹UOJB!

Reopen and refurbish Alcatraz, round them all up, lock ‘em up and throw away the keys.

Sorry, Alcatraz is in use as a plant and bird sanctuary, also a historical sight. You can’t have it.

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Backwoods_Sleuth Aug 30, 2020 • 3:34:37pm

Ventura Blvd?

If you want to impress me, go try that shit in Compton.#MAGACowards https://t.co/Q2O9IsFobO

— TheNewDeal (@TheNewDeal) August 30, 2020

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Charles Johnson Aug 30, 2020 • 3:34:59pm

So I guess PollWatch2020 is this election’s “Unskewed Polls?” (Flashback to 2012…)

(By which I mean hilariously, obviously fraudulent…)

— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) August 30, 2020

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Patricia Kayden Aug 30, 2020 • 3:35:07pm

re: #171 Backwoods_Sleuth

So when are Trump and Pence asked to condemn this pro-violence stance? Outrageous.

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Quoth the raven, Covfefe. Aug 30, 2020 • 3:35:13pm

re: #174 Backwoods_Sleuth

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Ugh. It seriously depresses me that they are so emboldened that they can just drive into a city and stir shit up.

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jaunte Aug 30, 2020 • 3:35:19pm

The violence has made one thing absolutely clear: Trump supporters never cared about jobs or the swamp or America. They insist on only one thing: their need to stay openly and viciously racist. They’re single issue voters, and that’s all Trump is selling

— Paul Rudnick (@PaulRudnickNY) August 30, 2020

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ckkatz Aug 30, 2020 • 3:35:34pm

re: #42 Belafon

Many years ago in college a group of us interested in Dungeons and Dragons and minatures set up a club for such gaming. One of the ads we placed in the college newspaper announcing the club meetings went like this:

“Wanted men, elves, dwarves for long adventure…”

We stopped placing that ad when we started getting a few very ‘lost’ folks. One of whom we often saw later wandering the Student Union wearing a tricornered hat and ankle breeches.

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Quoth the raven, Covfefe. Aug 30, 2020 • 3:37:10pm

re: #175 Charles Johnson

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It’s all about the horse race with these people. FiveThirtyEight currently says that Biden is “slightly favored” to win the election. What does “slightly favored” mean? In numerical simulations, Biden wins 69% of the time. I don’t know about you, but that sounds like a pretty solid lead to me.

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A hollow Gandalfian voice says, VOTE, you fools! Aug 30, 2020 • 3:41:28pm

re: #105 EPR-radar

Sarcasm in text is damn hard to spot.

Especially these days, where A Modest Proposal could get into the GOP platform (if they still had one) for real.

I was unsure whether that was real, although I didn’t think so (moar trump rallies is a giveaway). So I WENT TO THE TWITTER ACCOUNT AND CHECKED.

As always, when I see something I’m not sure of. I recommend it — works like a charm.

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Rightwingconspirator Aug 30, 2020 • 3:41:29pm

Oh shit

https://t.co/8LMqi0iAep

— Anoncat Ⓐ☂️🏴 ➐ (@anoncatanoncat) August 30, 2020

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jaunte Aug 30, 2020 • 3:41:44pm

Thread from a Portland local:

Portland is about to be national news again because a man was killed here last night.

This means that the entire Republican apparatus is going to activate and opine about what happened and what should be done in a city they’ve never visited.

So here is one local’s perspective.

— The British History Podcast (@BritishPodcast) August 30, 2020

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A hollow Gandalfian voice says, VOTE, you fools! Aug 30, 2020 • 3:43:03pm

re: #62 thecommodore

So Trump and his merry band of dolts seem to think he’s winning.

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Shh! Don’t tell them!

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Eclectic Cyborg Aug 30, 2020 • 3:43:25pm

I’m so sick of this fucking basement bullshit.

Rushing him out of basement after seeing some very disturbing numbers. Don’t worry, he’ll go back to basement soon! https://t.co/CEMq5xowQt

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) August 30, 2020

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Quoth the raven, Covfefe. Aug 30, 2020 • 3:44:08pm

re: #185 Eclectic Cyborg

I’m so sick of this fucking basement bullshit.

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This from the guy who hid in a literal bunker during the George Floyd unrest? Fuck off, Donnie, you’re out of your element.

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Eclectic Cyborg Aug 30, 2020 • 3:44:23pm

re: #182 Rightwingconspirator

Oh shit

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These people do everything they can to rile others up then cry “victim!” whenever shit actually gets real.

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Targetpractice Aug 30, 2020 • 3:45:53pm

re: #186 Quoth the raven, Covfefe.

This from the guy who hid in a literal bunker during the George Floyd unrest? Fuck off, Donnie, you’re out of your element.

That’s what it really is, Donny repeating this “basement” BS because it bruised his ego that he bolted for the bunker.

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Rightwingconspirator Aug 30, 2020 • 3:46:07pm

Gotta ask… is it Umbrella Man again?

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ckkatz Aug 30, 2020 • 3:48:02pm

re: #182 Rightwingconspirator

For some reason Northfield Minnesota comes to mind right now…

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Sherlock Hound Aug 30, 2020 • 3:48:16pm

re: #150 Targetpractice

I’ve seen several Berners opine on Twitter in recent days that Trump winning would be better for them because…they think it would mean the “corporate” Dems would finally be run out of the party in favor of “progressive” ones.

That’s Michael Moore thinking:

Michael Moore’s entire business model is built upon Republicans winning and capitalizing on liberal despair and fear. https://t.co/Kg1FsERD1r

— Susan J. Demas 🏔 (@sjdemas) August 30, 2020

BTW, this has never happened. The Democrats would try to go center-right to “meet” the Trump polity, those poor, disadvantaged, silent majorities.

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Patricia Kayden Aug 30, 2020 • 3:48:36pm

re: #146 Belafon

I think about this a lot. pic.twitter.com/EoKWjAOITq

— Niko (@JustWantToGrill) August 30, 2020

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ckkatz Aug 30, 2020 • 3:48:57pm

re: #186 Quoth the raven, Covfefe.

Standard Trump ‘rubber-glue’ tweet.

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Eclectic Cyborg Aug 30, 2020 • 3:50:52pm

The idea that Democrats need to move further right to win the election is, to use a technical term, dumb as shit.

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Jebediah, RBG Aug 30, 2020 • 3:51:06pm

re: #174 Backwoods_Sleuth

There are times when what you really, really need is a Supersoaker and a barrel of horse piss.

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🌹UOJB! Aug 30, 2020 • 3:51:58pm

re: #154 Backwoods_Sleuth

No matter how hard you try we remember how you endlessly kissed Trump’s ass in 2016. You gave him endless free time while you slammed Hillary.

The Portland Mayor is right—These riots have been caused by one asshole—Donald Trump. He is the one agitating his thugs!

— The 3-D Zanti Regent (@josephebacon) August 30, 2020

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piratedan Aug 30, 2020 • 3:52:40pm

re: #192 Patricia Kayden

hope that he was wearing protection while fucking that rat…… wouldn’t want the rat to catch anything.

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ckkatz Aug 30, 2020 • 3:52:47pm

re: #4 Patricia Kayden

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I think that it was David Frum who pointed out that just because the Republicans aren’t publishing their platform, doesn’t mean that they do not have one.

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Sherlock Hound Aug 30, 2020 • 3:53:55pm

re: #194 Eclectic Cyborg

I want to agree. But I was around for Bill Clinton and he defniitely governed from the center-right. His welfare platform was totally Republican. And the Democrats practically internalized Cato Institute propaganda about “free markets”. There is a lot of libertarianism implied in our politics, due to thirty years of appeasing Republicans.

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sagehen Aug 30, 2020 • 3:56:47pm

re: #150 Targetpractice

I’ve seen several Berners opine on Twitter in recent days that Trump winning would be better for them because…they think it would mean the “corporate” Dems would finally be run out of the party in favor of “progressive” ones.

Which won’t matter much, when the Democratic Party is outlawed and the only elections we ever see again are Republican primaries.

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PhillyPretzel Aug 30, 2020 • 3:58:16pm

ahh. Riverdance 25th anniversary.

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stpaulbear Aug 30, 2020 • 3:59:19pm

re: #196 🌹UOJB!

You can see on MorningJoe that he’s just itching to go back to being a Dem-bashing conservative again. I’ve mostly stopped watching because he’s gotten SO nostalgic for the days of balanced budgets and Ronald Reagan (who racked up a huge deficit). He also can’t stand Kamala.

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A hollow Gandalfian voice says, VOTE, you fools! Aug 30, 2020 • 4:00:02pm

re: #131 Backwoods_Sleuth

fucking liar

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“You should continue to let us see the reports, then, to keep us on guard against this.”

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🌹UOJB! Aug 30, 2020 • 4:00:32pm

re: #202 stpaulbear

You can see on MorningJoe that he’s just itching to go back to being a Dem-bashing conservative again. I’ve mostly stopped watching because he’s gotten SO nostalgic for the days of balanced budgets and Ronald Reagan (who racked up a huge deficit). He also can’t stand Kamala.

I have NEVER wasted a second watching Morning Ho.

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ckkatz Aug 30, 2020 • 4:02:22pm

re: #26 Backwoods_Sleuth

Wow! Wasn’t Todd the NBC News Political Director? Which makes him Negrin’s supervisor? At least theoretically…

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Targetpractice Aug 30, 2020 • 4:03:41pm

re: #202 stpaulbear

You can see on MorningJoe that he’s just itching to go back to being a Dem-bashing conservative again. I’ve mostly stopped watching because he’s gotten SO nostalgic for the days of balanced budgets and Ronald Reagan (who racked up a huge deficit). He also can’t stand Kamala.

Like a lot of the “NeverTrump” assholes, he supported Trump as a means to attaining power, and is now angry with Trump because he is threatening the party’s hold on that power. Such “true conservatives” saw Trump much like the aristocrats saw Hitler: An easily-led fool who could be put in a ceremonial position while they ran the country in his stead.

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stpaulbear Aug 30, 2020 • 4:04:25pm

re: #204 🌹UOJB!

I have NEVER wasted a second watching Morning Ho.

I never did until the lockdown started in March. It’s a mix. Some good regulars and guests. At least the MSNBC news shows don’t devolve into screaming matches. They give each other their time to speak.

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Patricia Kayden Aug 30, 2020 • 4:12:32pm

re: #207 stpaulbear

Yeah, the guests make the show mostly watchable although I’ve had to limit my viewings. Joe is very smug.

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stpaulbear Aug 30, 2020 • 4:14:15pm

re: #208 Patricia Kayden

Yeah, the guests make the show mostly watchable although I’ve had to limit my viewings. Joe is very smug.

YES!!

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Shiplord Kirel: Fan of USPS, Goodyear, and Oreo Aug 30, 2020 • 4:14:41pm

Standoff Underway at Woodland Hills Apartment Complex After Reported Shooting Near Pro-Trump Rally

A standoff was underway at a Woodland Hills apartment complex following a reported shooting near a pro-Trump rally Sunday, according to police.

Officers were investigating a shots fired call that came in around 11:30 a.m. in the 20600 block of Ventura Boulevard, according to the Los Angeles Police Department.

A large caravan of cars in a pro-Trump rally was lined up on Ventura Boulevard when a woman who was not participating in the rally, driving past the rally, heard what sounded like gunshots and immediately noticed her tire was flat, the LAPD said.

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stpaulbear Aug 30, 2020 • 4:16:29pm

re: #210 Shiplord Kirel: Fan of USPS, Goodyear, and Oreo

Gawd I wouldn’t want to live in that building right now.

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🌹UOJB! Aug 30, 2020 • 4:18:37pm

Just got some sad news. My buddy Ric Drasin just passed away.

If you don’t know who Ric was he was one of the original members of Gold’s Gym and he designed the Muscle Joe logo.

May you have peace crossing the rainbow bridge, Ric.

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Patricia Kayden Aug 30, 2020 • 4:20:47pm

Trumpism is not getting enough likes on your bad tweets and then immediately concluding it’s the result of an illuminati-style conspiracy against you https://t.co/MpzyxV5w6r

— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) August 30, 2020

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PhillyPretzel Aug 30, 2020 • 4:20:56pm

re: #212 🌹UOJB!

I am sorry to hear of your loss.

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Backwoods_Sleuth Aug 30, 2020 • 4:23:46pm

re: #182 Rightwingconspirator

Oh shit

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guessing they’ve found out that they don’t have all the guns after all

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Quoth the raven, Covfefe. Aug 30, 2020 • 4:25:31pm

re: #215 Backwoods_Sleuth

guessing they’ve found out that they don’ have all the guns after all

Turns out, if you poke the bear enough times, the bear eventually pokes back. Sharply. And painfully.

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Patricia Kayden Aug 30, 2020 • 4:27:00pm

re: #212 🌹UOJB!

May he R.I.P.

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Patricia Kayden Aug 30, 2020 • 4:27:19pm

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Backwoods_Sleuth Aug 30, 2020 • 4:30:39pm

Portland Mayor Ted Wheeler, at news conference just now: “Do you seriously wonder, Mr. President, why this is the first time in decades that America has seen this level of violence? It’s you who have created the hate and division.”

— Peter Nicholas (@PeterAtlantic) August 30, 2020

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William Lewis Aug 30, 2020 • 4:31:15pm

re: #215 Backwoods_Sleuth

guessing they’ve found out that they don’ have all the guns after all

Heh. I keep thinking I should redo my avatar with a red socialist rose crossed with pistol, sword and rifle … 😈

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Backwoods_Sleuth Aug 30, 2020 • 4:31:24pm

Large and loud crowd now closing in on City Park. A parade of cars is following the marchers honking horns and carrying signs #9News pic.twitter.com/EPk9llMl0R

— Alli Levine (@AlliLevineNews) August 30, 2020

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b_sharp Aug 30, 2020 • 4:31:31pm

re: #186 Quoth the raven, Covfefe.

This from the guy who hid in a literal bunker during the George Floyd unrest? Fuck off, Donnie, you’re out of your element.

Didn’t Donnie add a solid barrier to the White House grounds?

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stpaulbear Aug 30, 2020 • 4:32:30pm

I’ve got the Duluth Harbor live video on again tonight. Three of the moderators are on the chat right now and having a fight about someone’s comments being deleted. Weird.

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Backwoods_Sleuth Aug 30, 2020 • 4:34:47pm

stunning—but this is state of America today when the President of the United States poses a danger to communities https://t.co/qSa3CSPllj

— Eric Boehlert (@EricBoehlert) August 30, 2020

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sagehen Aug 30, 2020 • 4:36:12pm

re: #164 Shiplord Kirel: Fan of USPS, Goodyear, and Oreo

Just a meerkat sitting on a wart hog. (Thought you might need a break)

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Lion King outtake?

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Backwoods_Sleuth Aug 30, 2020 • 4:37:15pm

Yell at cops, throw shit around in the store, storm city halls, nothing happens. Hell even if they catch you in a mass shooting they cater your food.

— Oliver Willis (@owillis) August 30, 2020

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Backwoods_Sleuth Aug 30, 2020 • 4:38:06pm

re: #226 Backwoods_Sleuth

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(Hmm. Doesn’t look like anybody shot him 7 times in the back.) https://t.co/aWuqrnG3Rm

— Soledad O’Brien (@soledadobrien) August 30, 2020

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Backwoods_Sleuth Aug 30, 2020 • 4:46:25pm

re: #227 Backwoods_Sleuth

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“I’ll fucking kill you…”

doesn’t even merit a taser…

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Backwoods_Sleuth Aug 30, 2020 • 4:48:28pm

When you head to a restaurant, grocery or retail store, please share as many kind words as you can with the workers. We guarantee most workers have experienced an assault like this and your kindness is the only counter balance to this anger. https://t.co/8WDRG2sGXt

— Ohio AFL-CIO (@ohioaflcio) August 30, 2020

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plansbandc Aug 30, 2020 • 4:49:26pm

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Quoth the raven, Covfefe. Aug 30, 2020 • 4:49:57pm

re: #229 Backwoods_Sleuth

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Oh, I do. I am getting to the point where, even if I am having a miserable day, even if the worker completely muffs my order or takes forever to scan my groceries, I smile and give them a, “Have a nice day!” I can’t even imagine what they went through; my only experience in retail was incredibly mild compared to the stories I hear about online.

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Backwoods_Sleuth Aug 30, 2020 • 4:49:58pm

pic.twitter.com/cIuNWhqe0S

— Melissa Stone (@onlytruthhere) August 30, 2020

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Backwoods_Sleuth Aug 30, 2020 • 4:53:08pm

re: #231 Quoth the raven, Covfefe.

Oh, I do. I am getting to the point where, even if I am having a miserable day, even if the worker completely muffs my order or takes forever to scan my groceries, I smile and give them a, “Have a nice day!” I can’t even imagine what they went through; my only experience in retail was incredibly mild compared to the stories I hear about online.

we do it always. We know all the workers at Kroger, Dollar General, local IGA, etc. And we’ve known them for a long time (some for decades and we know their families).

Anyone pull that shit if MrBWS is a witness, it’ll be game-fucking-on.

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Backwoods_Sleuth Aug 30, 2020 • 4:54:43pm

Donald Trump is taking a page out Charles Manson’s playbook. Start a race war, then convince the public you alone can end it. He’s a lying racist piece of garbage.

— Rob Reiner (@robreiner) August 30, 2020

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Backwoods_Sleuth Aug 30, 2020 • 4:56:17pm

I ate half a pint of ice cream because I was too lazy to get up and put it back in the freezer 😂

— Imani Gandy ☄️🌏🔥 (@AngryBlackLady) August 30, 2020

I’ve been known to do the same…

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Quoth the raven, Covfefe. Aug 30, 2020 • 4:56:26pm

re: #233 Backwoods_Sleuth

we do it always. We know all the workers at Kroger, Dollar General, local IGA, etc. And we’ve known them for a longtime (some for decades and we know their families).

Anyone pull that shit if MrBWS is a witness, it’ll be game-fucking-on.

Yeah, I’m that way with the workers at my local gas stations. And I always tip well for similar reasons; that and because being known as a good tipper makes it easier to get good service. I’m a rich white male asshole, so I can do things like that.

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Backwoods_Sleuth Aug 30, 2020 • 4:57:08pm

The really gross thing about this whole thing is that disabled people who cannot speak with their voices are often accused of being manipulated or having someone else think for them. This is the equivalent of ripping out someone’s vocal cords and using someone’s voice as your own https://t.co/HN7E5uhGwT

— Eric Michael Garcia (@EricMGarcia) August 30, 2020

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plansbandc Aug 30, 2020 • 4:58:57pm

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sagehen Aug 30, 2020 • 4:59:07pm

re: #204 🌹UOJB!

I have NEVER wasted a second watching Morning Ho.

They book a lot of great guests; you don’t have to like Joe and/or Mika to enjoy the show.

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Quoth the raven, Covfefe. Aug 30, 2020 • 4:59:22pm

re: #238 plansbandc

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Infinite doggo!

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Targetpractice Aug 30, 2020 • 5:00:36pm

re: #238 plansbandc

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MY MIND!!

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Ace-o-aces Aug 30, 2020 • 5:01:57pm

Who looks strong here? pic.twitter.com/uGpyUj61Kc

— Ace-o-aces (@aceoaces) August 30, 2020

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Backwoods_Sleuth Aug 30, 2020 • 5:02:40pm

re: #240 Quoth the raven, Covfefe.

Infinite doggo!

M C Escher’s doggo

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Backwoods_Sleuth Aug 30, 2020 • 5:05:02pm

re: #237 Backwoods_Sleuth

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My friend @AdyBarkan lost his voice to ALS.

But not his courage and conviction to speak louder than ever.

Ady doesn’t need you to put fake words in his mouth for a political smear, @SteveScalise.

You owe him an apology. https://t.co/18A8xNjjCI

— Adam Schiff (@AdamSchiff) August 30, 2020

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wrenchwench Aug 30, 2020 • 5:06:12pm

re: #243 Backwoods_Sleuth

M C Escher’s doggo

DEeschund.

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Backwoods_Sleuth Aug 30, 2020 • 5:06:45pm

re: #245 wrenchwench

DEeschund.

need mohr updings!

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jaunte Aug 30, 2020 • 5:07:07pm

This video is doctored — and a flagrant attempt to spread misinformation at the expense of a man who uses assistive technology.

It should be removed. Now. https://t.co/Bnv5H2NhZT

— Joe Biden (@JoeBiden) August 30, 2020

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Quoth the raven, Covfefe. Aug 30, 2020 • 5:08:20pm

re: #246 Backwoods_Sleuth

need mohr updings!

Done.

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plansbandc Aug 30, 2020 • 5:09:33pm

re: #245 wrenchwench

Look at you winning the internets.

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Backwoods_Sleuth Aug 30, 2020 • 5:09:48pm

re: #248 Quoth the raven, Covfefe.

Done.

it was h*cking brilliant

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Backwoods_Sleuth Aug 30, 2020 • 5:09:56pm

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH https://t.co/WOhwM9kZYy

— Stonekettle (@Stonekettle) August 30, 2020

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Quoth the raven, Covfefe. Aug 30, 2020 • 5:10:26pm

re: #251 Backwoods_Sleuth

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Oh God, the stupid is winning! It broke Stonekettle!

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Eclectic Cyborg Aug 30, 2020 • 5:12:21pm

re: #247 jaunte

Steve Scalise is enjoying this…and Twitter ain’t
gonna do shit.

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jaunte Aug 30, 2020 • 5:17:23pm

Trump’s campaign has just been a series of attempts to run against people who are not Biden. First, it was Bernie and the Squad. Now it’s the mayors of Seattle and Portland. This strategy has just one minor flaw: none of these people are on the presidential ballot in November.

— (((Yair Rosenberg))) (@Yair_Rosenberg) August 31, 2020

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Targetpractice Aug 30, 2020 • 5:23:37pm

re: #254 jaunte

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If there is a strategy here, it’s to present Trump as the “lesser of two evils,” to tell people that as bad as he may be, the alternative is far worse. The biggest problem with that strategy? He’s the asshole in charge.

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Quoth the raven, Covfefe. Aug 30, 2020 • 5:26:23pm

re: #255 Targetpractice

If there is a strategy here, it’s to present Trump as the “lesser of two evils,” to tell people that as bad as he may be, the alternative is far worse. The biggest problem with that strategy? He’s the asshole in charge.

Now that the violent offenders are openly flying the Trump campaign flag, it’s going to be a hell of a lot harder for him to deny and deflect to the Democrats. He has to own these motherfuckers because they’re bearing his standard. Obviously, we know that their response will center on the reactions to these assholes invading our cities.

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Targetpractice Aug 30, 2020 • 5:27:59pm

re: #256 Quoth the raven, Covfefe.

Now that the violent offenders are openly flying the Trump campaign flag, it’s going to be a hell of a lot harder for him to deny and deflect to the Democrats. He has to own these motherfuckers because they’re bearing his standard. Obviously, we know that their response will center on the reactions to these assholes invading our cities.

Their response is pretty clear, at least in the short term: Avoid directly addressing the violence and instead refer to it simply as a “tragedy,” while continuing to refer to every protest as a “riot” and insist that such are being supported by Dems alone.

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Eclectic Cyborg Aug 30, 2020 • 5:31:54pm

Twice in one interview Biden says “yes” & “yes absolutely” to questions about “redirecting” police funding.

Dems & their partners in the media want to blame “editing” to pretend this isn’t exactly what he believes.

Here’s the full clip. See for yourself. https://t.co/SgsQ7y0qmP pic.twitter.com/hdEiPhmrSC

— Steve Scalise (@SteveScalise) August 30, 2020

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A Three Hour Tour Aug 30, 2020 • 5:33:00pm

re: #246 Backwoods_Sleuth

need mohr updings!

*Dan Bidondi voice*

“MORE DINGS!”

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Patricia Kayden Aug 30, 2020 • 5:39:23pm

re: #258 Eclectic Cyborg

Looks like he’s being dragged in the comment. Hope so.

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Backwoods_Sleuth Aug 30, 2020 • 5:39:29pm

re: #258 Eclectic Cyborg

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that ratio.

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Backwoods_Sleuth Aug 30, 2020 • 5:42:54pm

NEW: Rittenhouse’s militia contingent in Kenosha included a man named Ryan Balch.

Balch shared Nazi, white nationalist, boogaloo and Pro-Trump propaganda online: https://t.co/aV5tPOPlZl

— Michael Edison Hayden (@MichaelEHayden) August 30, 2020

Republicans and FOX News have circled the wagons to justify and normalize Rittenhouse’s crew.

As my pseudonymous friend notes, some of these guys are immersed in Hitlerism. Years of a negligent GOP and social media exploitation have brought us the summer of 2020: https://t.co/H5Ys7AwsS6

— Michael Edison Hayden (@MichaelEHayden) August 30, 2020

Incidentally, Trump, guided by his extremist adviser Stephen Miller, is going to Kenosha on Tuesday.

What a grotesque spectacle that’s shaping up to be: https://t.co/H3VQ5rRzxE

— Michael Edison Hayden (@MichaelEHayden) August 31, 2020

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Backwoods_Sleuth Aug 30, 2020 • 5:45:22pm

Hey @SteveScalise—who is your ethics lawyer? 👀 pic.twitter.com/H6smicnOPv

— Marc E. Elias (@marceelias) August 30, 2020

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Backwoods_Sleuth Aug 30, 2020 • 5:50:06pm

JUST IN: Wisconsin Governor Evers sends letter asking POTUS to reconsider trip to Kenosha — “I am concerned your presence will only hinder our healing. I am concerned your presence will only delay our work to overcome division and move forward together,” Evers writes.

— Ana Cabrera (@AnaCabrera) August 30, 2020

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Quoth the raven, Covfefe. Aug 30, 2020 • 5:51:01pm

re: #264 Backwoods_Sleuth

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My teacher friend in Wisconsin, a liberal among conservatives, has had nothing but good things to say about Governor Evers. I’m starting to understand why.

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Targetpractice Aug 30, 2020 • 5:52:22pm

re: #264 Backwoods_Sleuth

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This is a no-win scenario: Stay silent and Trump accuses the governor of not caring, respond positively and it gets turned into a question about why he’s not calling up the NG to put down the protests, and responding negatively will only embolden Trump.

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Backwoods_Sleuth Aug 30, 2020 • 5:53:00pm

Thousands sign petition to replace Confederate statue with Chadwick Boseman memorial in his hometown https://t.co/nhVBZUafBD pic.twitter.com/qm2sBTbCqM

— The Hill (@thehill) August 31, 2020

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Backwoods_Sleuth Aug 30, 2020 • 5:54:07pm

Steve Scalise is altering videos and telling us we won’t be safe under Biden. Who was President when he was at the baseball game in 2017?

— Hoodlum 🇺🇸 (@NotHoodlum) August 30, 2020

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LadyBehir Aug 30, 2020 • 6:03:29pm

re: #235 Backwoods_Sleuth

That’s not lazy. That’s efficient.

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EPR-radar Aug 30, 2020 • 6:05:07pm

re: #257 Targetpractice

Their response is pretty clear, at least in the short term: Avoid directly addressing the violence and instead refer to it simply as a “tragedy,” while continuing to refer to every protest as a “riot” and insist that such are being supported by Dems alone.

Meanwhile, Trump and his cronies are doing what they can to stoke race riots in the US, in the belief (hopefully mistaken) that this will help with Trump’s reelection campaign.

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steve_davis Aug 30, 2020 • 6:06:35pm

re: #38 Belafon

I don’t care how good you are, sarcasm voice doesn’t translate to text very well.

Oh good grief. 99.9% of people understood that was a joke based on broiling sarcasm.

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Cheechako Aug 30, 2020 • 6:13:16pm

Break for a fantastic photo:

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retired cynic Aug 30, 2020 • 6:14:54pm

re: #272 Cheechako

Wow! Did you take that???

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Belafon Aug 30, 2020 • 6:16:10pm

re: #271 steve_davis

Oh good grief. 99.9% of people understood that was a joke based on broiling sarcasm.

And .1% didn’t, including people here. There’s a reason I use either // or /sarc. I’m not sure why it’s such a fucking big deal to suggest that it might be helpful to mark statements as sarcastic.

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Decatur Deb Aug 30, 2020 • 6:17:18pm

re: #271 steve_davis

Oh good grief. 99.9% of people understood that was a joke based on broiling sarcasm.

It’s 2020. Sarcasm and Irony made a suicide pact and jumped from the New River Bridge.

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Patricia Kayden Aug 30, 2020 • 6:17:52pm

re: #267 Backwoods_Sleuth

Now that’s a great idea even if it goes nowhere.

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Targetpractice Aug 30, 2020 • 6:20:12pm

re: #270 EPR-radar

Meanwhile, Trump and his cronies are doing what they can to stoke race riots in the US, in the belief (hopefully mistaken) that this will help with Trump’s reelection campaign.

There seems to be a belief in the White House that they can make these protests work for them if they can just convince people that any violence is the fault of Dem-aligned groups. It seems that they’ve ditched the Reagan-era playbook and dug up the Nixon-era book. “Racial strife! That’s the ticket!”

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retired cynic Aug 30, 2020 • 6:22:39pm

re: #277 Targetpractice

Roger Stone.

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Cheechako Aug 30, 2020 • 6:23:40pm

re: #273 retired cynic

Wow! Did you take that???

No…stolen from the Book of Faces.

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The Pie Overlord! Aug 30, 2020 • 6:24:35pm

Hey Junior, you’ve been telling us that Joe has dementia and doesn’t even know where he is most of the time, but now you’re saying that he’s a supervillain coordinating all these protests out of his basement??? Make up your freakin mind!

Amazing that after 90 days of silence (and not one mention at the DNC) on the looting and rioting in the #BidenRiots, Biden finally says something after CNN says it’s hurting him in the polls. Weak!

These kind of pathetic actions are why he is the Loch Ness monster of the swamp!

— Donald Trump Jr. (@DonaldJTrumpJr) August 31, 2020

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retired cynic Aug 30, 2020 • 6:24:39pm

re: #279 Cheechako

Well, it’s glorious.

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retired cynic Aug 30, 2020 • 6:29:22pm

Thanks to all who cheered me yesterday when I had to go to ER. The cellulitis is unpleasant, but responding to antibiotics, and I hope soon it will release my brain so I can think again.

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steve_davis Aug 30, 2020 • 6:30:50pm

re: #105 EPR-radar

Sarcasm in text is damn hard to spot.

Especially these days, where A Modest Proposal could get into the GOP platform (if they still had one) for real.

sarcasm in text is not remotely difficult to spot. stop excusing the tiny portion of the populace that can’t recognize sarcasm in text. it’s their own damned fault. probably not enough vitamins as children.

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🌹UOJB! Aug 30, 2020 • 6:31:08pm

Watch Don Jr. get epically fact-checked

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Decatur Deb Aug 30, 2020 • 6:32:04pm

re: #282 retired cynic

Thanks to all who cheered me yesterday when I had to go to ER. The cellulitis is unpleasant, but responding to antibiotics, and I hope soon it will release my brain so I can think again.

Thinking is over-rated. I’m planning to stick to stupid and futile gestures until November.

Get well, anyway.

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retired cynic Aug 30, 2020 • 6:32:13pm

re: #283 steve_davis

I don’t think I’m stupid, and I _thought_ he was being sarcastic, but someone who misses it shouldn’t have rocks thrown at them, especially here on the best blog in the world.

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Quoth the raven, Covfefe. Aug 30, 2020 • 6:33:15pm

re: #286 retired cynic

I don’t think I’m stupid, and I _thought_ he was being sarcastic, but someone who misses it shouldn’t have rocks thrown at them, especially here on the best blog in the world.

So much this. Tone really is difficult to discern via text communication, and if the joke is in any way subtle or nuanced, it can be missed. How many flamewars have we started here over this exact issue?

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Sherlock Hound Aug 30, 2020 • 6:42:38pm

Rocket Lab is just over 1hr away from #Electron’s Return To Flight mission. What’s launching and how was @RocketLab able to return to flight so quickly? Ian Atkinson (@IanPineapple) has the details for you.

ARTICLE: https://t.co/VKLtSC2snf

— Chris G - NSF (@ChrisG_NSF) August 31, 2020

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So Cal Greek Hippie Aug 30, 2020 • 6:43:10pm

2017: San Antonio, TX

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steve_davis Aug 30, 2020 • 6:44:22pm

re: #164 Shiplord Kirel: Fan of USPS, Goodyear, and Oreo

Just a meerkat sitting on a wart hog. (Thought you might need a break)

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something tells me the meerkat talks like eddie murphy and the warthog like danny devito.

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Hecuba's daughter Aug 30, 2020 • 6:45:50pm

re: #271 steve_davis

Oh good grief. 99.9% of people understood that was a joke based on broiling sarcasm.

Given the nonsense that even supposedly respectable journalists publish today, it can be easy to be taken in. Years ago (over 20 years ago), a Chicago Tribune write produced an article that he was sure everyone would understand was satire — and he was still flooded with comments that showed many took it seriously.

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Shiplord Kirel: Fan of USPS, Goodyear, and Oreo Aug 30, 2020 • 6:49:12pm

Favorite Dos Equis commercial. Jonathan Goldsmith rocks as the Most Interesting Man in the World. Much earlier in his career, he was one of the very few Star Trek redshirts to survive an entire episode.

Dos Equis Bromance commercial

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Quoth the raven, Covfefe. Aug 30, 2020 • 6:50:15pm

re: #292 Shiplord Kirel: Fan of USPS, Goodyear, and Oreo

Well, if that doesn’t make him the Most Interesting Man in the World on its own, what else could?

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Dr Lizardo Aug 30, 2020 • 6:53:57pm

re: #109 Backwoods_Sleuth

I actually looked them up myself, because I’d never heard of them. They’re basically just a libertarian think-tank/tobacco industry lobbying group.

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Blind Frog Belly White Aug 30, 2020 • 7:01:13pm

re: #292 Shiplord Kirel: Fan of USPS, Goodyear, and Oreo

Favorite Dos Equis commercial. Jonathan Goldsmith rocks as the Most Interesting Man in the World. Much earlier in his career, he was one of the very few Star Trek redshirts to survive an entire episode.

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James Doohan was a Red Shirt for 3 seasons and survived. Not surprising after surviving 6 bullets in Normandy.

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Quoth the raven, Covfefe. Aug 30, 2020 • 7:01:55pm

re: #295 Blind Frog Belly White

James Doohan was a Red Shirt for 3 seasons and survived. Not surprising after surviving 6 bullets in Normandy.

Not gonna lie, I knew the first part, but the second part really threw me. Holy shit.

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Quoth the raven, Covfefe. Aug 30, 2020 • 7:03:38pm

re: #296 Quoth the raven, Covfefe.

I should sorta clarify. I knew that James “Scotty” Doohan was at Normandy. I did *NOT* know that he was shot 6 times.

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Sherlock Hound Aug 30, 2020 • 7:04:00pm

#BidenRiots has been trending off and on since the wee hours this morning (August 30th, 2020). How’d that come about?

cc: @ZellaQuixote pic.twitter.com/p4wtrvU2sc

— Conspirador Norteño (@conspirator0) August 31, 2020

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Blind Frog Belly White Aug 30, 2020 • 7:04:35pm

re: #297 Quoth the raven, Covfefe.

I should sorta clarify. I knew that James “Scotty” Doohan was at Normandy. I did *NOT* know that he was shot 6 times.

And it was friendly fire, too, apparently.

Though it probably felt pretty damned unfriendly at the time.

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Targetpractice Aug 30, 2020 • 7:05:38pm

re: #295 Blind Frog Belly White

James Doohan was a Red Shirt for 3 seasons and survived. Not surprising after surviving 6 bullets in Normandy.

Did up losing a finger in the process.

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Quoth the raven, Covfefe. Aug 30, 2020 • 7:06:02pm

re: #299 Blind Frog Belly White

And it was friendly fire, too, apparently.

Though it probably felt pretty damned unfriendly at the time.

Oh, so in other words, Scotty would be one of my teammates in a first-person shooter game.

/not

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I Would Prefer Not To Aug 30, 2020 • 7:07:04pm

re: #297 Quoth the raven, Covfefe.

I should sorta clarify. I knew that James “Scotty” Doohan was at Normandy. I did *NOT* know that he was shot 6 times.

He even thanked Spielberg for making saving private ryan so realistic.

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TedStriker Aug 30, 2020 • 7:08:22pm

re: #295 Blind Frog Belly White

James Doohan was a Red Shirt for 3 seasons and survived. Not surprising after surviving 6 bullets in Normandy.

re: #296 Quoth the raven, Covfefe.

Not gonna lie, I knew the first part, but the second part really threw me. Holy shit.

re: #297 Quoth the raven, Covfefe.

I should sorta clarify. I knew that James “Scotty” Doohan was at Normandy. I did *NOT* know that he was shot 6 times.

re: #300 Targetpractice

Did up losing a finger in the process.

Yup, that’s the reason you almost never saw close shots of his right hand in Trek episodes and movies…his right middle finger had to be amputated because of that friendly fire incident at Normandy.

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Targetpractice Aug 30, 2020 • 7:08:31pm

re: #301 Quoth the raven, Covfefe.

Oh, so in other words, Scotty would be one of my teammates in a first-person shooter game.

/not

That’s where I got my SN from: Back when I first got into the FPS scene, I was so damned hopeless on multiplayer servers that I dubbed myself “Targetpractice” as I decided my only real use was giving the opposing team a live target to practice their aim.

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teleskiguy Aug 30, 2020 • 7:09:03pm

#NowPlaying The Exploited > Beat the Bastards > Beat the Bastards https://t.co/iXH3HHJFQc

— Charlie Vogel, aka His Teleness the Charlie Lama (@teleskiguy) August 31, 2020

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Quoth the raven, Covfefe. Aug 30, 2020 • 7:09:45pm

re: #304 Targetpractice

That’s where I got my SN from: Back when I first got into the FPS scene, I was so damned hopeless on multiplayer servers that I dubbed myself “Targetpractice” as I decided my only real use was giving the opposing team a live target to practice their aim.

I went by the name “Pidgey” on our Counter-Strike servers on campus because I was such easy prey for my counterparts in the rival residence hall, it was like catching a Pidgey in Pokemon. (Really easy, in case the implication wasn’t clear.)

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A hollow Gandalfian voice says, VOTE, you fools! Aug 30, 2020 • 7:11:15pm

re: #295 Blind Frog Belly White

James Doohan was a Red Shirt for 3 seasons and survived. Not surprising after surviving 6 bullets in Normandy.

But he has said he never appeared on Star Trek. (He auditioned for the Bailey role in The Corbomite Maneuver.)

(Replying to the wrong post, I meant Jonathan Goldsmith.)

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LeftyRambles2413 (HappyWarrior) Aug 30, 2020 • 7:14:08pm

re: #306 Quoth the raven, Covfefe.

I went by the name “Pidgey” on our Counter-Strike servers on campus because I was such easy prey for my counterparts in the rival residence hall, it was like catching a Pidgey in Pokemon. (Really easy, in case the implication wasn’t clear.)

I never played Counterstrike. My FPS was Medal of Honor: Allied Assault. I was obsessed with WWII at the time. I was terrible at multiplayer FPS’s. To this day, it’s why I never really got into the Call of Duty series since so much of that experience is online based.

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Quoth the raven, Covfefe. Aug 30, 2020 • 7:16:06pm

re: #308 LeftyRambles2413 (HappyWarrior)

I never played Counterstrike. My FPS was Medal of Honor: Allied Assault. I was obsessed with WWII at the time. I was terrible at multiplayer FPS’s. To this day, it’s why I never really got into the Call of Duty series since so much of that experience is online based.

I was originally a RTS player - Command & Conquer, to be specific. I didn’t play online at all. I played Counter-Strike strictly intra-mural with my college buddies. Then we played Warcraft 3, Age of Mythology (both RTS’s), then the Xboxes arrived and I found my scene - Halo. I was a passable shot in the original Halo by the time I graduated.

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Targetpractice Aug 30, 2020 • 7:16:47pm

re: #308 LeftyRambles2413 (HappyWarrior)

I never played Counterstrike. My FPS was Medal of Honor: Allied Assault. I was obsessed with WWII at the time. I was terrible at multiplayer FPS’s. To this day, it’s why I never really got into the Call of Duty series since so much of that experience is online based.

Allied Assault was my second WWII game, the first (indirectly) was Return to Castle Wolfenstein. Ah, memories…

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TedStriker Aug 30, 2020 • 7:17:35pm

re: #303 TedStriker

Yup, that’s the reason you almost never saw close shots of his right hand in Trek episodes and movies…his right middle finger had to be amputated because of that friendly fire incident at Normandy.

And after D-Day:

Doohan graduated from Air Observation Pilot Course 40 with eleven other Canadian artillery officers[13] and flew Taylorcraft Auster Mark V aircraft for 666 (AOP) Squadron, RCAF as a Royal Canadian Artillery officer in support of 1st Army Group Royal Artillery. All three Canadian (AOP) RCAF squadrons were manned by artillery officer-pilots and accompanied by non-commissioned RCA and RCAF personnel serving as observers.[14][15]

Although he was never actually a member of the Royal Canadian Air Force, Doohan was once labelled the “craziest pilot in the Canadian Air Force”. In the late spring of 1945, on Salisbury Plain north of RAF Andover, he slalomed a plane between telegraph poles “to prove it could be done”—earning himself a serious reprimand. (Various accounts cite the plane as a Hurricane or a jet trainer; however, it was a Mark IV Auster.)[16][17]

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Patricia Kayden Aug 30, 2020 • 7:19:08pm

re: #298 Sherlock Hound

Biden isn’t President. He has condemned the violence. Trump is president and has refused to condemn rightwing violence. These are his riots.

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Targetpractice Aug 30, 2020 • 7:21:34pm

re: #312 Patricia Kayden

Biden isn’t President. He has condemned the violence. Trump is president and has refused to condemn rightwing violence. These are his riots.

According to the WH (as espoused by Meadows today on Press the Meat), Trump bears absolutely no responsibility for any violence in “Democrat-led cities.” That it’s the fault of the leaders of those cities and their state governors (if Dems) for not begging for him to send in the NG to “restore order.” And that Dems are at fault for not condemning the actions of BLM/Antifa.

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EPR-radar Aug 30, 2020 • 7:22:35pm

re: #283 steve_davis

sarcasm in text is not remotely difficult to spot. stop excusing the tiny portion of the populace that can’t recognize sarcasm in text. it’s their own damned fault. probably not enough vitamins as children.

That one was real tough, precisely because many real-world journalists have been precisely that stupid with their both-siderism.

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jaunte Aug 30, 2020 • 7:22:40pm

UPDATEhttps://t.co/rR1NhOjlFC https://t.co/eTutpVZPfx

— Andrew Feinberg (@AndrewFeinberg) August 31, 2020

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jaunte Aug 30, 2020 • 7:23:11pm

Not an apology.

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retired cynic Aug 30, 2020 • 7:23:28pm

re: #315 jaunte

Jerk.

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Quoth the raven, Covfefe. Aug 30, 2020 • 7:24:02pm

The first online PvP game that I played that I actually engaged with, and was any good at, is Overwatch. Before I met up with my current gamer group, I stayed away from PvP games because I had a limited taste in my World of Warcraft career and it made me not want to ever play against actual people ever.

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LeftyRambles2413 (HappyWarrior) Aug 30, 2020 • 7:24:10pm

re: #310 Targetpractice

Allied Assault was my second WWII game, the first (indirectly) was Return to Castle Wolfenstein. Ah, memories…

I had played the series on PlayStation. I still remember getting the game and the winter missions really standing out because it was Winter at the time and the Band of Brothers episode about Bastogne really stood out to me as I had two grand uncles at the Bulge. Plus it was revolutionary. The bodies didn’t immediately disappear.

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jaunte Aug 30, 2020 • 7:24:26pm

“Sure we forged a sound clip, but we were right.”

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LeftyRambles2413 (HappyWarrior) Aug 30, 2020 • 7:25:40pm

re: #315 jaunte

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Once a David Duke wannabe, always one. And this guy could be McCarthy’s replacement in the House.

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LeftyRambles2413 (HappyWarrior) Aug 30, 2020 • 7:26:09pm

re: #320 jaunte

“Sure we forged a sound clip, but we were right.”

It’s like nothing is real anymore.

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Targetpractice Aug 30, 2020 • 7:26:59pm

re: #315 jaunte

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It’s not even a non-apology apology.

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Targetpractice Aug 30, 2020 • 7:28:53pm

re: #309 Quoth the raven, Covfefe.

I was originally a RTS player - Command & Conquer, to be specific. I didn’t play online at all. I played Counter-Strike strictly intra-mural with my college buddies. Then we played Warcraft 3, Age of Mythology (both RTS’s), then the Xboxes arrived and I found my scene - Halo. I was a passable shot in the original Halo by the time I graduated.

Oh Zod, don’t get me started about C&C. A pox on EA’s house!

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EPR-radar Aug 30, 2020 • 7:30:43pm

re: #323 Targetpractice

It’s not even a non-apology apology.

It’s the “Fuck you, we’re the bad guys” taunt of a comic book villain.

Back in the W Bush years, I used to complain about the mask of civility that Republicans used to disguise their villainy. I foolishly thought that their popularity would go down if the mask came off.

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Quoth the raven, Covfefe. Aug 30, 2020 • 7:31:28pm

re: #324 Targetpractice

Oh Zod, don’t get me started about C&C. A pox on EA’s house!

I did play some competitive Starcraft 2. My favorite match was with a World of Warcraft partner - we were paladins together - and I played Protoss and he, Terran. We decided to play a double cheese strat and I’m not gonna lie, it failed miserably. But I managed to stabilize the line long enough that he could expand, salvage a few upgrades, and then he covered for me while I transitioned into a mid-game strategy. The other team eventually quit in disgust when it became evident that we had overcome our initial failure and positioned ourselves for a late-game push that was gonna hit hard.

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GlutenFreeJesus Aug 30, 2020 • 7:37:27pm

So he wants to form a union to defend himself from capitalists. He’s sooooo close.

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William Lewis Aug 30, 2020 • 7:38:45pm

re: #318 Quoth the raven, Covfefe.

The first online PvP game that I played that I actually engaged with, and was any good at, is Overwatch. Before I met up with my current gamer group, I stayed away from PvP games because I had a limited taste in my World of Warcraft career and it made me not want to ever play against actual people ever.

Yep. I prefer PvE and my favourite is Warframe. Glorious free to play game and they just dropped a major update last Tuesday giving a third large open sandbox to play in. Great fun and all the players are on the good guys side 😊

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jaunte Aug 30, 2020 • 7:39:47pm

re: #327 GlutenFreeJesus

I think I smell a modest proposal.

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Quoth the raven, Covfefe. Aug 30, 2020 • 7:41:06pm

re: #328 William Lewis

Yep. I prefer OnE and my favourite is Warframe. Glorious free to play game and they just dropped a major update last Tuesday giving a third large open sandbox to play in. Great fun and all the players are on the good guys side 😊

I’m a damn good tank, if there’s a way I can take a bullet for a teammate, I can fulfill that role. The only difficulty I have in gaming is in the pure mechanical-skill games like CoD, where it’s literally about how good you can aim. On the PC, I can be competitive (with practice), but on a console, where my friends have abundant practice and I don’t? Sorry, bois, I’m out.

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calochortus Aug 30, 2020 • 7:42:36pm

re: #327 GlutenFreeJesus

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So he wants to form a union to defend himself from capitalists. He’s sooooo close.

I hope this is satire.

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LeftyRambles2413 (HappyWarrior) Aug 30, 2020 • 7:43:26pm

re: #327 GlutenFreeJesus

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So he wants to form a union to defend himself from capitalists. He’s sooooo close.

Kind of like how man those multicultural liberal Dems sure are the ideological heirs of the NSDAP and KKK because people like would make a biracial daughter of Jamaican and Indian immigrants our VP. I mean I liked it better when they just attacked us for wanting a more inclusive America like they did when they actually championed the Klan openly instead of playing no you’re actually the racists because of party politics in 1865.

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🌹UOJB! Aug 30, 2020 • 7:44:29pm

re: #307 A hollow Gandalfian voice says, VOTE, you fools!

But he has said he never appeared on Star Trek. (He auditioned for the Bailey role in The Corbomite Maneuver.)

Interesting factoid—Irwin Allen offered James Doohan the Chief Sharkey role on Voyage To The Bottom Of The Sea but he turned it down because he didn’t want to wear a diving suit.

Now just imagine if Terry Becker had been cast as Scotty…

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Jack Burton Aug 30, 2020 • 7:44:51pm

re: #327 GlutenFreeJesus

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So he wants to form a union to defend himself from capitalists. He’s sooooo close.

I wouldn’t be surprised if that’s a joke, a troll, or something like that.

This is even dumber than the libertarian tech bros who basically reinvented taxes.

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Dr Lizardo Aug 30, 2020 • 7:48:38pm

re: #327 GlutenFreeJesus

That actually looks to me like the writer of that post is trolling the conservative subreddit.

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Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus Aug 30, 2020 • 7:49:39pm

The corpse flower is really moving now:

2020 Corpse Flower at U.S. Botanic Garden Aug 28-

Three days ago it the top of the flower was at the third marker from the top, of the pole to the right. Now it’s above the last one.

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Dave In Austin Aug 30, 2020 • 7:49:44pm

Hanging bats filmed upside-down look like a Goth nightclub

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danarchy Aug 30, 2020 • 7:51:46pm

re: #327 GlutenFreeJesus

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So he wants to form a union to defend himself from capitalists. He’s sooooo close.

That guy has his tongue very firmly in his cheek. Does anyone read that and think it is serious? I know Poe’s law and all but this isn’t even close.

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Patricia Kayden Aug 30, 2020 • 7:54:41pm

re: #313 Targetpractice

And our side needs to push back hard on that ridiculous argument and stop ceding the ground to dangerous foolishness. Trump’s White Supremacist gangs are killing people and he needs to be called out for encouraging violence.

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Dave In Austin Aug 30, 2020 • 7:57:00pm

Goes well with Queef Asserole

— Honey the Swamp Monster, Seiyu Connoisseur (@RobyEdmo) August 31, 2020

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Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus Aug 30, 2020 • 8:03:29pm

Space suit helmets for giant astronauts:

JAM-PACKED 2 DAY GRAB BAG FROM VIRTUAL RAILFAN! August 29 & 30, 2020

(starts at 29:47).

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cat-tikvah Aug 30, 2020 • 8:06:55pm

re: #76 🌹UOJB!

Great minds..I had the same thought earlier today.
I mean, really, is Bill Barr or Trump going to swim through 50 degree water to get to shore, and actually succeed?

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Hecuba's daughter Aug 30, 2020 • 8:09:01pm

re: #339 Patricia Kayden

And our side needs to push back hard on that ridiculous argument and stop ceding the ground to dangerous foolishness. Trump’s White Supremacist gangs are killing people and he needs to be called out for encouraging violence.

You are so right. The rioting does not help our side at all — and as mentioned here, I’ve participated in FB discussions with those who think that somehow they are serving their cause by looting. Protesters are very frustrated that police continue to commit crimes against people of color with impunity and nothing seems to change. But at this juncture, violence serves only to help Trump and the GOP — and they are doing everything in their power to promote further unrest.

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jaunte Aug 30, 2020 • 8:13:17pm

A good point that seems to occur to almost no mainstream media reporters. https://t.co/LSZ8blJnqW

— Josh Marshall (@joshtpm) August 31, 2020

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Interesting Times Aug 30, 2020 • 8:14:53pm

re: #344 jaunte

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LoOk hOw EnTHUSiasTiC tRumP suPpOrteRs aRe!!!1!!

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Eclectic Cyborg Aug 30, 2020 • 8:20:54pm

Scalise left that video up unaltered for over 12 hours and then didn’t even apologize when he finally decided to update it.

Zero points awarded.

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Barefoot Grin Aug 30, 2020 • 8:23:21pm

re: #337 Dave In Austin

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A pod of Peter Murphy clones.

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Eclectic Cyborg Aug 30, 2020 • 8:23:42pm

When is Slow Joe Biden going to criticize the Anarchists, Thugs & Agitators in ANTIFA? When is he going to suggest bringing up the National Guard in BADLY RUN & Crime Infested Democrat Cities & States? Remember, he can’t lose the Crazy Bernie Super Liberal vote!

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) August 31, 2020

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mmmirele Aug 30, 2020 • 8:23:50pm

re: #102 lizardofid

I’m not sure if it has been mentioned, but to recognize the passing of Chadwick Boseman, ABC will be broadcasting Black Panther tonight, sans commercial breaks. There will be a story on him after, if you’re setting a timer. 8 Eastern, 7 Central.

Link to WFAA Dallas
Link

I left my brother (yes, dude with the recently acquired Trump-Pence bumper sticker) watching Black Panther. He’d also put it on record to watch again. (He’d invited me over to dinner.) I can’t help but hope something gets through to him.

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Dave In Austin Aug 30, 2020 • 8:25:04pm

Behold! 2020’s greatest atrocity pic.twitter.com/7rQzj5puP9

— Tom LoBianco (@tomlobianco) August 30, 2020

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LeftyRambles2413 (HappyWarrior) Aug 30, 2020 • 8:26:34pm

re: #350 Dave In Austin

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So pumpkin spice season is upon us. There’s one pumpkin that needs to be thrown out in November.

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jamesfirecat Aug 30, 2020 • 8:27:49pm

re: #349 mmmirele

I left my brother (yes, dude with the recently acquired Trump-Pence bumper sticker) watching Black Panther. He’d also put it on record to watch again. (He’d invited me over to dinner.) I can’t help but hope something gets through to him.

///Important topics of conversation to watch out for…

1: No you’re not supposed to feel sympathy for the guy with an artificial hand…

2: No the film is not anti-US because the villain was trained by US special forces.

3: No the villain did have a point that Wakanada was doing something wrong by simply sitting on all of its power rather than risking taking any actions that might help other people who are suffering.

4: Yes, “But in times of crisis the wise build bridges, while the foolish build barriers” was aimed at exactly who you think it was.

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Belafon Aug 30, 2020 • 8:29:06pm

Toonami did a BLM commercial. It’s good, even if you don’t necessarily know the images:

Toonami - Black Lives Matter Speech (HD 1080p)

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BigPapa Aug 30, 2020 • 8:29:34pm

Interested in any NW Lizard’s take on this thread:

Portland is about to be national news again because a man was killed here last night.

This means that the entire Republican apparatus is going to activate and opine about what happened and what should be done in a city they’ve never visited.

So here is one local’s perspective.

— The British History Podcast (@BritishPodcast) August 30, 2020

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KingKenrod Aug 30, 2020 • 8:30:54pm

The only pumpkin I need is a couple of slices of pumpkin pie around Thanksgiving. That’ll last me a year.

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teleskiguy Aug 30, 2020 • 8:32:14pm

Last Week Tonight - And Now This: Yes, It’s Still August, But Guess Who’s Back?

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Interesting Times Aug 30, 2020 • 8:32:18pm

re: #354 BigPapa

Interested in any NW Lizard’s take on this thread:

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That reminds me of WindUpBird. Wish he’d come back, because his perspective on all the fuckery afoot would be something to behold.

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cat-tikvah Aug 30, 2020 • 8:52:05pm

re: #149 PhillyPretzel

Well that was fast. My niece just started her first year there.

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sagehen Aug 30, 2020 • 9:32:38pm

re: #352 jamesfirecat

///Important topics of conversation to watch out for…

1: No you’re not supposed to feel sympathy for the guy with an artificial hand…

2: No the film is not anti-US because the villain was trained by US special forces.

3: No the villain did have a point that Wakanada was doing something wrong by simply sitting on all of its power rather than risking taking any actions that might help other people who are suffering.

4: Yes, “But in times of crisis the wise build bridges, while the foolish build barriers” was aimed at exactly who you think it was.

If he’s never heard it before, tell him

Martin Freeman and Andy Sirkis being the only caucasians in the entire cast… makes them the Tolkein White Guys.

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John Hughes Aug 31, 2020 • 3:32:32am

re: #220 William Lewis

Heh. I keep thinking I should redo my avatar with a red socialist rose crossed with pistol, sword and rifle … 😈

Flag of Mozambique.

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(Needs a bigger font size).

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John Hughes Aug 31, 2020 • 3:55:46am

re: #327 GlutenFreeJesus

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So he wants to form a union to defend himself from capitalists. He’s sooooo close.

Uh, you might need to clean your satire detectors.

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b_sharp Aug 31, 2020 • 6:37:54am

re: #287 Quoth the raven, Covfefe.

So much this. Tone really is difficult to discern via text communication, and if the joke is in any way subtle or nuanced, it can be missed. How many flamewars have we started here over this exact issue?

All of them.

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b_sharp Aug 31, 2020 • 6:41:05am

re: #295 Blind Frog Belly White

James Doohan was a Red Shirt for 3 seasons and survived. Not surprising after surviving 6 bullets in Normandy.

Tough Canadian.

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b_sharp Aug 31, 2020 • 6:47:08am

re: #331 calochortus

I hope this is satire.

It is.

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b_sharp Aug 31, 2020 • 6:49:27am

re: #343 Hecuba’s daughter

You are so right. The rioting does not help our side at all — and as mentioned here, I’ve participated in FB discussions with those who think that somehow they are serving their cause by looting. Protesters are very frustrated that police continue to commit crimes against people of color with impunity and nothing seems to change. But at this juncture, violence serves only to help Trump and the GOP — and they are doing everything in their power to promote further unrest.

The violence is being initiated by anarchists, right-wing groups and police.

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