The Bob Cesca Podcast: Dopes on the Water

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Today’s program from our podcasting affiliate, The Bob Cesca Show:

Dopes On The Water — [Explicit Language] The sound of the ill-fated Trump boat parade in Texas; Huge guest announcement for next week; It doesn’t look like The Atlantic story is hurting Trump’s polling; Jennifer Griffin’s report for Fox News Channel; Steve Mnuchin verified it, too; Trump denied a vaccine October Surprise right after promising an October Surprise vaccine; Vaccine hesitancy; No one wants it; Buzz in defense of the press; Bob’s anger over the Friday Trump Show; Buzz Burbank from Buzz Burbank News and Comment is here; With music by Rocky Mountain Mike and Selekt Few; and more!

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Quoth the raven, Covfefe.  Sep 8, 2020 • 3:02:46pm

There are dopes IN the water, too. SWIM SWIM HUNGRY…

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makeitstop  Sep 8, 2020 • 3:06:00pm

This is why rushing a vaccine is a monumentally stupid idea.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Sep 8, 2020 • 3:06:43pm
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teleskiguy  Sep 8, 2020 • 3:08:15pm
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Backwoods_Sleuth  Sep 8, 2020 • 3:08:19pm
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FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀 No Capt'n😷Trips  Sep 8, 2020 • 3:12:50pm
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William Lewis  Sep 8, 2020 • 3:12:52pm

mmm slightly over cooked frozen pizza and a canteen cup of cheap box red wine. Gonna be one of those nights…

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Yeah Sure WhatEVs  Sep 8, 2020 • 3:14:03pm

re: #4 teleskiguy

Man. I am so very sorry for your loss. So very sorry. 💔

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Shiplord Kirel: Fan of USPS, Goodyear, and Oreo  Sep 8, 2020 • 3:15:14pm

re: #3 Backwoods_Sleuth

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Gee, he says that like it’s a bad thing.

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Quoth the raven, Covfefe.  Sep 8, 2020 • 3:16:41pm

re: #7 William Lewis

mmm slightly over cooked frozen pizza and a canteen cup of cheap box red wine. Gonna be one of those nights…

Yeeeep, my family visited this weekend and it was predictably miserable. The lowlights:

* My dad telling me he had to keep the car locked because he had his pistol in it;
* My dad and my father-in-law trash-talking Dr. Fauci (I had to physically leave the room before I ordered them to leave the premises at that);
* My dad complaining about Governor Holcomb of Indiana, intimating that he was coerced by a conspiracy of Democratic governors to alter his reopening plans rather than it being due to his not being a complete fucking dumb shit.

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Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus  Sep 8, 2020 • 3:18:10pm

re: #10 Quoth the raven, Covfefe.

It can be a difficult thing, confronting parents. But perhaps you going hard ass on them is exactly what is needed?

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Charles Johnson  Sep 8, 2020 • 3:18:19pm
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calochortus  Sep 8, 2020 • 3:19:00pm

re: #9 Shiplord Kirel: Fan of USPS, Goodyear, and Oreo

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Gee, he says that like it’s a bad thing.

I take it I’m supposed to care whether people with more melanin move into my community? Yawn.

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Shiplord Kirel: Fan of USPS, Goodyear, and Oreo  Sep 8, 2020 • 3:19:17pm

*snort*


Get long range surveillance shots of goober militia, their meetups, faces, gear, license plates etc.
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Quoth the raven, Covfefe.  Sep 8, 2020 • 3:19:22pm

re: #11 Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus

It can be a difficult thing, confronting parents. But perhaps you going hard ass on them is exactly what is needed?

I should, but I can’t. We did do that once and it seemed to work, but I’m just not willing to deal with the confrontation (Mrs. Fish took care of it last time).

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Sep 8, 2020 • 3:21:13pm
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A Cranky One  Sep 8, 2020 • 3:21:44pm

re: #4 teleskiguy

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So sorry to hear of your loss. I’m sure you did the right thing under the circumstances, difficult as it was. Go with love, furry family member. And teleskiguy, know your lizard family understands your pain. Thinking of you.

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calochortus  Sep 8, 2020 • 3:21:57pm

re: #14 Shiplord Kirel: Fan of USPS, Goodyear, and Oreo

*snort*

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Get long range surveillance shots of goober militia, their meetups, faces, gear, license plates etc.

Well, my son-in-law uses that sort of gear and more to photograph birds. He’s pretty good at it too.

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Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus  Sep 8, 2020 • 3:22:50pm

Satellite image of US shows that smoke from fires along the west coast blowing around, first the low level winds moving smoke to the west, and then high level winds blowing the smoke south. There are some clouds formed from the smoke too, and additional low level clouds (like around the Klamaths) that can confuse one with smoke, but the image is dramatic. Note also the long-running fire in southern Washington. The past few days have see a couple of large fires in northern Washington too, though today are not producing much smoke:

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Note also the strong low pressure center now in Utah. This is going to give us gusty winds here in California the next few days, which will be dangerous.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Sep 8, 2020 • 3:24:31pm
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FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀 No Capt'n😷Trips  Sep 8, 2020 • 3:24:32pm
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Hecuba's daughter  Sep 8, 2020 • 3:24:38pm

re: #4 teleskiguy

So sorry for your loss. They are beloved members of our family.

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William Lewis  Sep 8, 2020 • 3:25:58pm

re: #4 teleskiguy

{{{{teleskiguy}}}}

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makeitstop  Sep 8, 2020 • 3:26:46pm
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Backwoods_Sleuth  Sep 8, 2020 • 3:26:48pm
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William Lewis  Sep 8, 2020 • 3:28:30pm

re: #25 Backwoods_Sleuth

You know, that shows a dedication to his purpose (grifting) that could almost be admirable if he’d only shown it towards something good.

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Jay C  Sep 8, 2020 • 3:28:42pm

re: #4 teleskiguy

So sorry, man.
Condolences for your loss.

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The Pie Overlord!  Sep 8, 2020 • 3:29:49pm

Trumporrhoid botswarms are tagging this video “offensive”

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Belafon  Sep 8, 2020 • 3:29:55pm

re: #25 Backwoods_Sleuth

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I’m gonna have to agree with people in the replies and request a non-TMZ source.

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Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus  Sep 8, 2020 • 3:30:38pm

re: #21 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀 No Capt’n😷Trips

The fires in Oregon have not gotten as much national attention as those here in California, but they are just as bad.

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Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus  Sep 8, 2020 • 3:32:17pm

re: #28 The Pie Overlord!

While that may be an effective campaign video, it is also not speaking the truth.

The truth is, Trump is indeed like many of his supporters: racists, bigots, and ignorant.

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Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus  Sep 8, 2020 • 3:33:21pm

I’m not going to excuse Trumpers for their moral and intellectual failures.

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makeitstop  Sep 8, 2020 • 3:34:12pm

LOL

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retired cynic  Sep 8, 2020 • 3:37:47pm

re: #8 Yeah Sure WhatEVs

Man. I am so very sorry for your loss. So very sorry. 💔

Me, too, ‘guy. They give so much in their short lives.

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ckkatz  Sep 8, 2020 • 3:38:21pm

re: #21 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀 No Capt’n😷Trips

That’s just east of Salem Oregon, along the I-5 corridor betwixt Portland and Eugene

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Sep 8, 2020 • 3:38:36pm
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Backwoods_Sleuth  Sep 8, 2020 • 3:40:06pm
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FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀 No Capt'n😷Trips  Sep 8, 2020 • 3:41:35pm
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Backwoods_Sleuth  Sep 8, 2020 • 3:43:51pm
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Backwoods_Sleuth  Sep 8, 2020 • 3:45:30pm

good fucking grief

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dangerman  Sep 8, 2020 • 3:46:35pm

re: #7 William Lewis

mmm slightly over cooked frozen pizza and a canteen cup of cheap box red wine. Gonna be one of those nights…

that metallic wine taste makes it

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gocart mozart  Sep 8, 2020 • 3:46:51pm

Patricia Arquette liked my tweet

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Dave In Austin  Sep 8, 2020 • 3:47:36pm

I live right over the hill in that picture of Lake Travis. That’s a Faux Lighthouse in the distance…. Why would someone build a fake lighthouse on a hill overlooking a lake?
Texas, that’s why.

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Belafon  Sep 8, 2020 • 3:48:58pm

re: #43 Dave In Austin

I live right over the hill in that picture of Lake Travis. That’s a Faux Lighthouse in the distance…. Why would someone build a fake lighthouse on a hill overlooking a lake?
Texas, that’s why.

We have one in Rockwall, at the pier on Lake Ray Hubbard. It’s there for prom and wedding photos.

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jaunte  Sep 8, 2020 • 3:49:35pm
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sagehen  Sep 8, 2020 • 3:52:49pm

re: #13 calochortus

I take it I’m supposed to care whether people with more melanin move into my community? Yawn.

If they’re the kind of family that plays loud music… it’s probably better than the loud music the meth-heads down the block are playing.

Also, the black family barbecue probably smells better than whatever Karen’s husband is grilling.

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Romantic Heretic  Sep 8, 2020 • 3:53:02pm

re: #9 Shiplord Kirel: Fan of USPS, Goodyear, and Oreo

I was just watching an epic takedown of suburbia yesterday.

Why We Won’t Raise Our Kids in Suburbia (and moved to the Netherlands instead)

Why We Won’t Raise Our Kids in Suburbia (and moved to the Netherlands instead)

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FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀 No Capt'n😷Trips  Sep 8, 2020 • 3:53:18pm
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Mike Lamb  Sep 8, 2020 • 3:54:55pm

re: #16 Backwoods_Sleuth

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I have a German Short Haired Pointer. She’s now about 10 years old. Super athletic, but would plow through anything and everything, and has the scars to show it. That little hiccup wouldn’t have slowed my GSP down for a second. I remember one time I took her running through the woods. Everything seemed fine, until we got home and she started licking her front leg. I check her over only to find a quarter sized gash in her in her front leg down to the bone. She never limped, yelped, or otherwise notified me of an issue. I still can’t imagine how hard she must have hit something with her leg to cause that.

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KGxvi  Sep 8, 2020 • 3:56:37pm

re: #9 Shiplord Kirel: Fan of USPS, Goodyear, and Oreo

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Gee, he says that like it’s a bad thing.

Trump is still operating off of what the “urban” and “suburban” populations looked like some time around 1972. He has no idea how diverse either of those things are today. Nor does he have any idea how much the lines have blurred outside of NYC (where the whole island thing makes it easier to differentiate).

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FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀 No Capt'n😷Trips  Sep 8, 2020 • 3:57:06pm
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dangerman  Sep 8, 2020 • 3:58:15pm

re: #13 calochortus

I take it I’m supposed to care whether people with more melanin move into my community? Yawn.

i hope this doesnt sound too weird…anyone who can afford to live where i live obviously belongs there

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Eclectic Cyborg  Sep 8, 2020 • 3:58:54pm

re: #51 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀 No Capt’n😷Trips

“I’m sorry to tell you that your loser son died yesterday, but have you seen your 401K lately? Tremendous growth. Everything is going up. MAGA!”

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Sep 8, 2020 • 4:00:03pm

re: #46 sagehen

If they’re the kind of family that plays loud music… it’s probably better than the loud music the meth-heads down the block are playing.

Also, the black family barbecue probably smells better than whatever Karen’s husband is grilling.

Karen’s husband is burning stuff

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KGxvi  Sep 8, 2020 • 4:00:41pm

re: #51 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀 No Capt’n😷Trips

The difference between Trump and every major party nominee in the last 100 years or so is that Trump is truly shameless. Everyone else who got close to that office was not only capable of shame but had a sense of patriotism. Trump is shameless and has no loyalty beyond his bank account.

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gocart mozart  Sep 8, 2020 • 4:00:43pm
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dangerman  Sep 8, 2020 • 4:02:11pm

re: #51 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀 No Capt’n😷Trips

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still not denying that he also did in fact say all that vile and nasty stuff about the military

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Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus  Sep 8, 2020 • 4:02:59pm

re: #51 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀 No Capt’n😷Trips

It’s because Trump is a candidate that finally speaks and intends to do what the hateful right (religious or not) wants: racism, bigotry, and fantasy genocide.

That’s why the “base” hated the likes of Romney, who was very polished and proper on the outside. He did not resonate with the inner essence of the “base”, which frankly is as ugly as any throw-back group in history.

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gocart mozart  Sep 8, 2020 • 4:04:45pm
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Eclectic Cyborg  Sep 8, 2020 • 4:06:19pm

re: #59 gocart mozart

For when you need that extra firm grip…

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Romantic Heretic  Sep 8, 2020 • 4:06:50pm

In regards to the failed Trump Regatta I’ve been referring to it as ‘The Battle of Dumbkirk.”

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Yeah Sure WhatEVs  Sep 8, 2020 • 4:09:08pm

re: #60 Eclectic Cyborg

For when you need that extra firm grip…

Dildo cozies. They’re all the rage!

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A Three Hour Tour  Sep 8, 2020 • 4:09:33pm

re: #61 Romantic Heretic

In regards to the failed Trump Regatta I’ve bee referring to it as ‘The Battle of Dumbkirk.”

The Sinking of the Klannish Armada.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Sep 8, 2020 • 4:10:54pm

re: #49 Mike Lamb

I have a German Short Haired Pointer. She’s now about 10 years old. Super athletic, but would plow through anything and everything, and has the scars to show it. That little hiccup wouldn’t have slowed my GSP down for a second. I remember one time I took her running through the woods. Everything seemed fine, until we got home and she started licking her front leg. I check her over only to find a quarter sized gash in her in her front leg down to the bone. She never limped, yelped, or otherwise notified me of an issue. I still can’t imagine how hard she must have hit something with her leg to cause that.

Glory, our goofy American-English coonhound, is the same way.
Even after she had her front leg amputated (after someone shot her), she never gave up(and was still jumping the four-foot high fence).
She’s going on 12-13 years old now (we’re not sure, but the vet figured she was maybe 2 years old when she showed up in January 2010). Had emergency surgery last Christmas for a bleeding tumor on her spleen (turned out to be two tumors) and her running the woods days are over, but that nose isn’t missing a scent when she’s lounging on the porch. She reaching the end, but says it’s still not time to go meet up with her best bud Daisy, the Jack Russell Terror, who went to the Rainbow Bridge first day of spring last year.

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Kilroy was here  Sep 8, 2020 • 4:11:57pm

Susan Collins isn’t that concerned..

VoteVets Maine Ad - Marty

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jaunte  Sep 8, 2020 • 4:12:46pm
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The Pie Overlord!  Sep 8, 2020 • 4:13:01pm
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jaunte  Sep 8, 2020 • 4:15:33pm
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Belafon  Sep 8, 2020 • 4:17:27pm

re: #67 The Pie Overlord!

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The judge ought to declare that they cannot represent the president in a civil matter.

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dangerman  Sep 8, 2020 • 4:18:53pm

re: #42 gocart mozart

Patricia Arquette liked my tweet

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this, about that

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KGxvi  Sep 8, 2020 • 4:21:49pm

re: #69 Belafon

The judge ought to declare that they cannot represent the president in a civil matter.

This is, in general, not a very smart strategy for Team Trump (unless they think they’re going to lose in November and are just trying to run out the clock). Feels like the sort of thing that can hurt the presidency a la Jones v Clinton back in the day.

The only other alternative is that he thinks going this way means the settlement funds will be paid out of the US Treasury…

oh, wait… there’s his angle.

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dangerman  Sep 8, 2020 • 4:24:15pm

re: #67 The Pie Overlord!

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No way was he acting on behalf of the ‘office of the president of the united states’ when he denied an assault that he as private-citizen was accused of from years earlier.

his statement was not made within the “course and scope” of his employment as President even if it was made from the podium with the seal on it.

because not everything a federal employee does is within the course and scope of his/her federal employment.

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dangerman  Sep 8, 2020 • 4:24:56pm

re: #71 KGxvi

This is, in general, not a very smart strategy for Team Trump (unless they think they’re going to lose in November and are just trying to run out the clock). Feels like the sort of thing that can hurt the presidency a la Jones v Clinton back in the day.

The only other alternative is that he thinks going this way means the settlement funds will be paid out of the US Treasury…

oh, wait… there’s his angle.

delay delay delay is all it is

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Amory Blaine  Sep 8, 2020 • 4:28:11pm

re: #59 gocart mozart

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Patricia Kayden  Sep 8, 2020 • 4:29:37pm

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gocart mozart  Sep 8, 2020 • 4:32:13pm
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mmmirele  Sep 8, 2020 • 4:34:14pm

Jerry Falwell Jr. apparently cannot keep his mouth shut.

Reuters article in question:

After this story was published, Jerry Falwell spoke by phone with Reuters. He said that “someone stole some pictures I took of my wife in the back yard. Topless. Big deal. OK?” But he said his endorsement of Trump had nothing to do with Cohen’s role in suppressing the racy photographs.

“It was no quid pro quo,” Falwell said. “There was no me supporting Trump because of whatever Michael was doing.”

Falwell said he endorsed Trump, at Cohen’s behest, because Falwell “believed that a businessman needed to run this country.”

Toward the end of the call, Becki Falwell, who has not commented on the Cohen book or the photographs, could be heard urging her husband to cut short the conversation with Reuters. “Hang up the goddamn phone,” she told her husband. “Hang up the phone, Jerry!”

reuters.com

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A Three Hour Tour  Sep 8, 2020 • 4:37:18pm

re: #77 mmmirele

Jerry Falwell Jr. apparently cannot keep his mouth shut.

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Reuters article in question:

reuters.com

Oooh, such a good Baptist, Becki, takin’ the Lord’s name in vain like that. When my momma was a kid, the good Christians would sprinkle her tongue with cayenne pepper for that.

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The Pie Overlord!  Sep 8, 2020 • 4:38:09pm

PROJECTIN’ LIKE AN IMAX (you know this already)

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Yeah Sure WhatEVs  Sep 8, 2020 • 4:41:52pm
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jaunte  Sep 8, 2020 • 4:42:41pm
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Shiplord Kirel: Fan of USPS, Goodyear, and Oreo  Sep 8, 2020 • 4:43:27pm

re: #47 Romantic Heretic

I was just watching an epic takedown of suburbia yesterday.

Why We Won’t Raise Our Kids in Suburbia (and moved to the Netherlands instead)

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Video

Re: “Eyes on the street” effect. When I worked for an armored car company in the 70s, people were amazed that we would deliver millions of dollars to rural banks by simply parking in front and carrying the loot in through the front door. They thought there had to be a secret concealed door with a super-secret codeword and special knock, etc. I explained that rural banks were usually on the town square, and there were a lot of people around during business hours. One of them might be a robber but they couldn’t all be robbers. Being rural Texas, a good percentage of the non-robbers were probably armed as well. It was a powerful deterrent and the industry’s collective experience bore this out. Even Bonnie and Clyde never hit an armored car, at least not a bank transport one.
We could do essentially the same thing at big downtown urban banks, though not usually from the street since they had driveways specifically for deliveries (still very public though). Even in those days, though, we wouldn’t try this at suburban banks. They had, if not a secret door, at least a locked one in back of the building, and their guard had to come out and stand watch before we unloaded. It wasn’t that suburbanites were more likely to rob banks, it was that there was probably no one around but us and the potential robbers.

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LeftyRambles2413 (HappyWarrior)  Sep 8, 2020 • 4:44:21pm

re: #80 Yeah Sure WhatEVs

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Ted Cruz lost his shit over that lol.

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Yeah Sure WhatEVs  Sep 8, 2020 • 4:45:01pm

re: #77 mmmirele

Jerry Falwell Jr. apparently cannot keep his mouth shut.

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Reuters article in question:

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Watch Michael Cohen release the photos you know he has.

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The Pie Overlord!  Sep 8, 2020 • 4:45:26pm
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gocart mozart  Sep 8, 2020 • 4:45:40pm

Fellow Liz Montgomery fan

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Yeah Sure WhatEVs  Sep 8, 2020 • 4:46:35pm

re: #83 LeftyRambles2413 (HappyWarrior)

Ted Cruz lost his shit over that lol.

Delicious!

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Targetpractice  Sep 8, 2020 • 4:47:55pm

re: #81 jaunte

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8 years of constant “outrage” over Bill Clinton’s alleged sexual crimes says anyone who tries to normalize this shit needs a hard slap upside the head.

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b_sharp  Sep 8, 2020 • 4:52:00pm

re: #4 teleskiguy

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I’m so sorry for the pain you must feel.

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The Pie Overlord!  Sep 8, 2020 • 4:54:15pm
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gocart mozart  Sep 8, 2020 • 4:54:43pm
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LeftyRambles2413 (HappyWarrior)  Sep 8, 2020 • 4:55:03pm

Who among us didn’t violate interstate gun laws at 17 and kill two people in cold blood.

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LeftyRambles2413 (HappyWarrior)  Sep 8, 2020 • 4:56:21pm

re: #90 The Pie Overlord!

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My intelligence always feels insulted listening to him.

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Targetpractice  Sep 8, 2020 • 4:57:29pm

re: #92 LeftyRambles2413 (HappyWarrior)

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Who among us didn’t illegally violate gun laws at 17 and kill two people in cold blood.

Yeah, I did pretty well to keep my murderous impulses under control as a teen. The fact that I didn’t have a “friend” willing to arm me with an assault rifle probably helped.

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calochortus  Sep 8, 2020 • 4:57:38pm

re: #52 dangerman

i hope this doesnt sound too weird…anyone who can afford to live where i live obviously belongs there

Not weird. Same is true of my neighborhood. I actually wish it weren’t quite so upscale, when I was growing up here, there were a lot of teachers and whatnot in the neighborhood. They really can’t afford it anymore unless they have a spouse with a better paying job.

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Sherlock Hound  Sep 8, 2020 • 5:00:17pm

re: #86 gocart mozart

“Helllloooo Bewitched NURSE!”

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Amory Blaine  Sep 8, 2020 • 5:02:54pm

The suggested content for my U- Tube account has become infected with oddball right wing content the last 2 days. For months all I’ve watched are music videos, DIY stuff, other benign shit. Anyone else experience this?

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sagehen  Sep 8, 2020 • 5:04:53pm

re: #76 gocart mozart

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Dr. Pepper - “Be a Pepper” with David Naughton (Commercial, 1978)

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Amory Blaine  Sep 8, 2020 • 5:06:59pm

re: #86 gocart mozart

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gocart mozart  Sep 8, 2020 • 5:07:41pm
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Targetpractice  Sep 8, 2020 • 5:08:54pm

re: #91 gocart mozart

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That’s all this really is, another delaying tactic with an eye towards getting past the election. Though one shouldn’t discount that it also means the Trump Org stops bleeding money on lawyers for his defense. Expect the next step to be a mountain of new filings, scheduling of arguments, and a myriad of other efforts to use the system to drag this out until at least January.

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gocart mozart  Sep 8, 2020 • 5:09:19pm

re: #96 Sherlock Hound

I Googled “sexy Elizabeth Montgomery”. I don’t know where that’s from.

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The Pie Overlord!  Sep 8, 2020 • 5:10:16pm

re: #86 gocart mozart

THE MAN FROM UNCLE Season One Long Opening

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PhillyPretzel  Sep 8, 2020 • 5:11:35pm

Charles I am still seeing ads.

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makeitstop  Sep 8, 2020 • 5:16:58pm
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Targetpractice  Sep 8, 2020 • 5:17:12pm

Suggestion to the Biden campaign: Make a statement that his future AG’s first job next year will be dropping Trump as a “client,” followed by sending the Trump Org a bill for providing his “defense.”

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LeftyRambles2413 (HappyWarrior)  Sep 8, 2020 • 5:19:09pm

re: #106 Targetpractice

Suggestion to the Biden campaign: Make a statement that his future AG’s first job next year will be dropping Trump as a “client,” followed by sending the Trump Org a bill for providing his “defense.”

Sounds good. Definitely make it a point to talk about how Barr politicized DOJ to be Trump’s personal legal protection.

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William Lewis  Sep 8, 2020 • 5:19:50pm

re: #86 gocart mozart

Fellow Liz Montgomery fan

That is hella nice. Makes me remember my favorite star moment….

(honorable mention:

)
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Backwoods_Sleuth  Sep 8, 2020 • 5:20:18pm

re: #104 PhillyPretzel

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PhillyPretzel  Sep 8, 2020 • 5:23:02pm

re: #109 Backwoods_Sleuth

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EPR-radar  Sep 8, 2020 • 5:25:04pm

re: #76 gocart mozart

Movie, not TV, and ‘in my youth’ is a stretch, but Brad Pitt in Thelma and Louise.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Sep 8, 2020 • 5:28:10pm
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William Lewis  Sep 8, 2020 • 5:31:12pm

re: #111 EPR-radar

Movie, not TV, and ‘in my youth’ is a stretch, but Brad Pitt in Thelma and Louise.

In my youth? Oh, so easy.

Molly Ringwald. Still think she’s one of the most beautiful TV stars (Archie’s Mom.)

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Targetpractice  Sep 8, 2020 • 5:32:51pm

re: #112 Backwoods_Sleuth

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Trump admin: “The pandemic is over! The virus is defeated! We can go back to normal!”

Also Trump admin: “THE VACCINE IS ONLY WEEKS AWAY! THE END IS NEAR! PREPARE TO CELEBRATE MY MAGNIFICENCE!”

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b_sharp  Sep 8, 2020 • 5:35:53pm

Barbara Eden

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piratedan  Sep 8, 2020 • 5:36:14pm

re: #108 William Lewis

while the medium (TV) graced us with an endless stream of attractive females, I’m going to against type and admit that I actually had a thing for Patti Deutsch from Match Game, maybe its just a proclivity to like smart, witty redheads too… they stated that they were going shallow… so there’s some surface skimming for you :-)

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A Cranky One  Sep 8, 2020 • 5:37:17pm

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Belafon  Sep 8, 2020 • 5:40:01pm

re: #115 b_sharp

Her, Linda Carter, and, in the category of someone close to my age when I was a kid, Nancy McKeon.

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Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus  Sep 8, 2020 • 5:40:32pm

re: #116 piratedan

More against type:

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CleverToad  Sep 8, 2020 • 5:40:48pm

re: #162 teleskiguy

{{{so much sympathy, on a very hard day}}}
this year isn’t letting up
treasure the love and the good memories

he’s a beautiful boy

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piratedan  Sep 8, 2020 • 5:42:02pm

re: #119 Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus

fiesty!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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gocart mozart  Sep 8, 2020 • 5:42:20pm
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Shiplord Kirel: Fan of USPS, Goodyear, and Oreo  Sep 8, 2020 • 5:42:31pm

Trumpence is peddling glasses now.

With or without sacred Cheeto piss.

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William Lewis  Sep 8, 2020 • 5:43:33pm

re: #119 Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus

More against type:

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oh, yes. Good choice!

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Sep 8, 2020 • 5:44:33pm

re: #117 A Cranky One

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every morning around 5 am…

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teleskiguy  Sep 8, 2020 • 5:44:35pm
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The Pie Overlord!  Sep 8, 2020 • 5:45:03pm

re: #119 Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus

More against type:

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She was hot too.

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Targetpractice  Sep 8, 2020 • 5:46:52pm

re: #123 Shiplord Kirel: Fan of USPS, Goodyear, and Oreo

Trumpence is peddling glasses now.

[Embedded content]

With or without sacred Cheeto piss.

Zod willing, they’ll be using those on Election Night to drown their sorrows.

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b.d. (Competence 2020!)  Sep 8, 2020 • 5:48:30pm

re: #126 teleskiguy

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Sorry TSG

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PhillyPretzel  Sep 8, 2020 • 5:49:04pm

re: #128 Targetpractice

I found some nicer ones.
amazon.com

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teleskiguy  Sep 8, 2020 • 5:49:59pm
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calochortus  Sep 8, 2020 • 5:50:08pm

re: #130 PhillyPretzel

I found some nicer ones.
amazon.com

Of course they’re nicer. They don’t say “Trump” on them.

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Rightwingconspirator  Sep 8, 2020 • 5:50:26pm

re: #4 teleskiguy

Oh man, the loss that pains us so deeply.

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Kilroy was here  Sep 8, 2020 • 5:51:10pm

re: #123 Shiplord Kirel: Fan of USPS, Goodyear, and Oreo

Trumpence is peddling glasses now.

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THAT’S NOT BEER!!!

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William Lewis  Sep 8, 2020 • 5:51:23pm

On the other side of the fence, this is one of the hottest dudes I’ve ever seen.

(from Enter the Dragon)

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SerialUpDinger  Sep 8, 2020 • 5:54:21pm

Peony Seed Pods - Still Life


With so much craziness in the world and the clever responses from our gifted lizards available from this site I make it thru the day looking for a return to normal. Plant photography is my sanctuary from the news.
for a higher resolution image click the flickr link below.
flic.kr

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Charles Johnson  Sep 8, 2020 • 5:55:04pm
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Kilroy was here  Sep 8, 2020 • 5:55:51pm
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William Lewis  Sep 8, 2020 • 5:56:45pm

re: #136 SerialUpDinger

[Embedded content]

With so much craziness in the world and the clever responses from our gifted lizards available from this site I make it thru the day looking for a return to normal. Plant photography is my sanctuary from the news.
for a higher resolution image click the flickr link below.
flic.kr

Beautiful work. Thank you for sharing it with us.

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b.d. (Competence 2020!)  Sep 8, 2020 • 5:58:16pm

re: #123 Shiplord Kirel: Fan of USPS, Goodyear, and Oreo

Trumpence is peddling glasses now.

[Embedded content]

With or without sacred Cheeto piss.

I did order 2 of these over the weekend

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Barefoot Grin  Sep 8, 2020 • 5:59:21pm

re: #123 Shiplord Kirel: Fan of USPS, Goodyear, and Oreo

Trumpence is peddling glasses now.

[Embedded content]

With or without sacred Cheeto piss.

That’s Natty Light, dude. Partay!!!!

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Decatur Deb  Sep 8, 2020 • 5:59:28pm

Didn’t see much TV until the late 60’s. Diana Rigg stood out.

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Shiplord Kirel: Fan of USPS, Goodyear, and Oreo  Sep 8, 2020 • 6:00:08pm

re: #76 gocart mozart

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I was head over heals for Barbara Rush, who was best known for movies, but did quite a lot of TV work too, some of it pretty recent.

This is my favorite scene of her then-24-year-old self as Joyce Hendron in When Worlds Collide (1951). She is about to tell leading man Richard Derr “Oh, I don’t know,” in response to his question about whether she and her doctor boyfriend really intend to get married. This sets up the inevitable romantic triangle subplot that most of these movies seem to have. Her look, pitch, and tone were perfect for setting a young boy’s heart aflutter.

I was a bit amused, and annoyed, to see that one of the google searches for her is “Barbara Rush funeral.” In fact she is still with us at 93 and apparently quite active.

On the negative side, she is the mother of Fox News reader Claudia Cowan.

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EPR-radar  Sep 8, 2020 • 6:02:19pm

re: #137 Charles Johnson

I think of it like this. Catch 22 was damn funny, but it couldn’t have been published during WWII.

Similarly, Trump world will become much more amusing (although still evil as hell) if the larger story ends up being a story of the decline and fall of the GOP, including Trump.

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William Lewis  Sep 8, 2020 • 6:05:57pm

re: #144 EPR-radar

I think of it like this. Catch 22 was damn funny, but it couldn’t have been published during WWII.

Similarly, Trump world will become much more amusing (although still evil as hell) if the larger story ends up being a story of the decline and fall of the GOP, including Trump.

More like Slaughterhouse-Five knowing that Vonnegut survived the firestorm in Dresden.

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SerialUpDinger  Sep 8, 2020 • 6:07:38pm

re: #139 William Lewis

thank you! I enjoy all the creative content from this group of malcontents!

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🌹UOJB!  Sep 8, 2020 • 6:07:40pm

re: #81 jaunte

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There is NOTHING that will sway my relatives away from Trump.

They’re already saying she is a liar.

Just waiting for them to tie Soros to E. Jean Carroll…

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Hecuba's daughter  Sep 8, 2020 • 6:08:38pm

re: #112 Backwoods_Sleuth

Chris Murphy
@ChrisMurphyCT
This is bananas.

The world is on the verge of 900,000 COVID deaths and the Trump administration is shutting down the USAID coronavirus task force.

This pandemic is not over, no matter how much Trump wants to pretend it is.

Based on figures in worldometer, the number of cases and deaths in the United States seem to be declining. Assuming this isn’t an artifact of under reporting by red states, it is possible that the pandemic is gradually losing its potency here. Certainly we’ve gained more skill and knowledge in treating patients, which may account for the decrease in mortality.

It is still a disgrace to close down the task force. The sole purpose of this action must be to conceal any damage this disease continues to inflict on our nation. Trump wants to focus on civil unrest and nothing else that happens under his watch.

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Decatur Deb  Sep 8, 2020 • 6:10:07pm

AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine study put on hold due to suspected adverse reaction in participant in the U.K.
ttps://statnews.com

“Abundance of caution”

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Targetpractice  Sep 8, 2020 • 6:12:00pm

So, how long before MAGAts begin accusing AstraZeneca of sabotaging their own vaccine trials to hurt Trump’s reelection bid?

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PhillyPretzel  Sep 8, 2020 • 6:12:40pm

re: #149 Decatur Deb

re: #150 Targetpractice

I give it less than 1 hour.

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Dread Pirate Ron  Sep 8, 2020 • 6:14:59pm

The smoke over the bay area is so thick I can’t see the sun at all.

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Kilroy was here  Sep 8, 2020 • 6:15:47pm

More dog whistle

I’d have to surgically add space to hate this guy any more than I do.

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Quoth the raven, Covfefe.  Sep 8, 2020 • 6:17:00pm

re: #153 Kilroy was here

More dog whistle

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I’d have to surgically add space to hate this guy any more than I do.

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PhillyPretzel  Sep 8, 2020 • 6:17:12pm

re: #153 Kilroy was here

And that remark is coming from someone who makes Archie Bunker look like a flaming liberal.

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Shiplord Kirel: Fan of USPS, Goodyear, and Oreo  Sep 8, 2020 • 6:21:00pm

Of course they are, but I’m surprised they admit it.

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Belafon  Sep 8, 2020 • 6:23:04pm

re: #148 Hecuba’s daughter

Based on figures in worldometer, the number of cases and deaths in the United States seem to be declining. Assuming this isn’t an artifact of under reporting by red states, it is possible that the pandemic is gradually losing its potency here. Certainly we’ve gained more skill and knowledge in treating patients, which may account for the decrease in mortality.

It is still a disgrace to close down the task force. The sole purpose of this action must be to conceal any damage this disease continues to inflict on our nation. Trump wants to focus on civil unrest and nothing else that happens under his watch.

The decline can be attributed to people wearing masks in response to the most recent flair up. We’re still way above where we need to be.

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William Lewis  Sep 8, 2020 • 6:24:23pm

re: #156 Shiplord Kirel: Fan of USPS, Goodyear, and Oreo

Of course they are, but I’m surprised they admit it.

Even Freud would facepalm that one.

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Belafon  Sep 8, 2020 • 6:24:39pm

re: #153 Kilroy was here

More dog whistle

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I’d have to surgically add space to hate this guy any more than I do.

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Ferdinand  Sep 8, 2020 • 6:25:05pm

re: #157 Belafon

The decline can be attributed to people wearing masks in response to the most recent flair up. We’re still way above where we need to be.

And we’ve yet to see the increase in deaths yet from the start of schools within the past couple of weeks.

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thecommodore  Sep 8, 2020 • 6:26:33pm

re: #152 Dread Pirate Ron

The smoke over the bay area is so thick I can’t see the sun at all.

Sunset Blvd yesterday.

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garzooma  Sep 8, 2020 • 6:26:51pm

re: #148 Hecuba’s daughter

Based on figures in worldometer, the number of cases and deaths in the United States seem to be declining. Assuming this isn’t an artifact of under reporting by red states, it is possible that the pandemic is gradually losing its potency here. Certainly we’ve gained more skill and knowledge in treating patients, which may account for the decrease in mortality.

[…]

I’ve been following the IHME projections out of the University of Washington. They’re not perfect (predicting the future is hard). But I’m satisfied that they’re more likely to be correct than me, or anyone I know. They’re projecting that the number of cases and deaths will be ramping up gradually for now, then more quickly thru October to the end of the year. They’re projecting that the number of deaths will more than double to over 400K by then.

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Jebediah, RBG  Sep 8, 2020 • 6:28:15pm

re: #126 teleskiguy

It’s such a hard, hard thing to go through. Yer in my thoughts.

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EPR-radar  Sep 8, 2020 • 6:28:52pm

re: #152 Dread Pirate Ron

The smoke over the bay area is so thick I can’t see the sun at all.

I’ve either adapted to be able to breath toxic fumes as if it was clean air, or I’m getting seriously spared in the microclimate lottery with respect to wildfire smoke.

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The Pie Overlord!  Sep 8, 2020 • 6:29:36pm
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Jebediah, RBG  Sep 8, 2020 • 6:30:05pm

re: #135 William Lewis

On the other side of the fence, this is one of the hottest dudes I’ve ever seen.

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(from Enter the Dragon)

Lee Van Cleef.

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Jebediah, RBG  Sep 8, 2020 • 6:30:48pm

re: #136 SerialUpDinger

That’s beautiful.

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Renaissance_Man  Sep 8, 2020 • 6:30:57pm

re: #148 Hecuba’s daughter

Based on figures in worldometer, the number of cases and deaths in the United States seem to be declining. Assuming this isn’t an artifact of under reporting by red states, it is possible that the pandemic is gradually losing its potency here. Certainly we’ve gained more skill and knowledge in treating patients, which may account for the decrease in mortality.

The decrease in mortality is in part due to improved treatment, but also due to better testing regimes in some areas that find more asymptomatic cases. This is why the death rate per case in places like New York are so much higher than other places - cases spread and spread until there was a sudden critical mass that resulted in a large death wave, and many asymptomatic or mild cases went undetected and untested.

Cases aren’t declining, though. Not meaningfully. The rate of exponential increase has dropped, but even with poor Labour Day weekend reporting, the US still added 30k cases today, which represents uncontrolled spread. Why the rate of increase is slowing may be for various reasons - underreporting, undertesting, but also simply better practices, masking, and the natural course of a pandemic.

It’s also the natural course of a pandemic, however, to have another wave, or two. I expect there will be a fall and winter wave, as there usually is in diseases like this. The ‘summer wave’ in the US was just spread to new hotspots in Florida, California and Texas.

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Jebediah, RBG  Sep 8, 2020 • 6:31:45pm

re: #137 Charles Johnson

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Yes.

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Targetpractice  Sep 8, 2020 • 6:34:38pm

re: #165 The Pie Overlord!

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What a twist!

/

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William Lewis  Sep 8, 2020 • 6:35:08pm

re: #166 Jebediah, RBG

Lee Van Cleef.

Oh, in For A Few Dollars More at the end? Oh, yes.

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Jebediah, RBG  Sep 8, 2020 • 6:35:10pm

re: #149 Decatur Deb

AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine study put on hold due to suspected adverse reaction in participant in the U.K.
ttps://statnews.com

“Abundance of caution”

If you are making something to inject in me, you damn well better be operating with an abundance of caution.

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gocart mozart  Sep 8, 2020 • 6:38:20pm

Thread

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William Lewis  Sep 8, 2020 • 6:38:40pm

re: #165 The Pie Overlord!

I have sometimes wondered if Earth is either Purgatory or Hell. Perhaps both…

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Jebediah, RBG  Sep 8, 2020 • 6:39:29pm

re: #171 William Lewis

Oh, in For A Few Dollars More at the end? Oh, yes.

Some TV appearances, too. And don’t forget the Primus video he was in!

Primus - Lee Van Cleef (Official Music Video)

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Jebediah, RBG  Sep 8, 2020 • 6:42:30pm

re: #174 William Lewis

I have sometimes wondered if Earth is either Purgatory or Hell. Perhaps both…

Would neatly explain why some people’s lives are pretty easy, relatively, while for some, life here can be pretty, well, heckish at least.

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gocart mozart  Sep 8, 2020 • 6:43:46pm
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Decatur Deb  Sep 8, 2020 • 6:44:32pm

re: #164 EPR-radar

I’ve either adapted to be able to breath toxic fumes as if it was clean air, or I’m getting seriously spared in the microclimate lottery with respect to wildfire smoke.

1940s Pittsburgh rule: “if you can chew it, you can breathe it.”

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I Would Prefer Not To  Sep 8, 2020 • 6:45:08pm

re: #61 Romantic Heretic

In regards to the failed Trump Regatta I’ve been referring to it as ‘The Battle of Dumbkirk.”

I’m sending yachts and prayers.

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William Lewis  Sep 8, 2020 • 6:45:17pm

re: #176 Jebediah, RBG

Yep. Not exactly theology, but this song always came close.

Concrete Blonde - Joey

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Patricia Kayden  Sep 8, 2020 • 6:45:24pm

re: #131 teleskiguy

He is so beautiful!! So sorry for your loss.

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gocart mozart  Sep 8, 2020 • 6:46:49pm

Is this the same video/song? (Not in the technical copyright sense)

Tom Waits - “I Don’t Wanna Grow Up”

twenty one pilots: Stressed Out [OFFICIAL VIDEO]

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Jebediah, RBG  Sep 8, 2020 • 6:47:31pm

re: #180 William Lewis

And it’s a dang good song, too.

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William Lewis  Sep 8, 2020 • 6:50:12pm

re: #183 Jebediah, RBG

And it’s a dang good song, too.

Had the pleasure of going to a show by them in Madison. Small place, really cozy, long after they were “big” and it remains on my short list of best shows evah. Really the only ones better were X, John Mellencamp and maybe Bowie. Certainly better than Hole or even Garbage.

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Decatur Deb  Sep 8, 2020 • 6:53:09pm

And I don’t know a soul who’s not been battered
I don’t have a friend who feels at ease
I don’t know a dream that’s not been shattered
or driven to its knees
But it’s all right, it’s all right
We’ve lived so well so long
Still, when I think of the road
we’re traveling on
I wonder what went wrong
I can’t help it, I wonder what went wrong

Simon & Garfunkel - American Tune

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Dread Pirate Ron  Sep 8, 2020 • 6:55:12pm
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gocart mozart  Sep 8, 2020 • 6:55:53pm

Tom Waits - Way Down in the Hole

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Yeah Sure WhatEVs  Sep 8, 2020 • 6:56:27pm

re: #180 William Lewis

Yep. Not exactly theology, but this song always came close.

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I love that song.

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Jebediah, RBG  Sep 8, 2020 • 6:57:02pm

re: #182 gocart mozart

Is this the same video/song? (Not in the technical copyright sense)

[Embedded content]

Video

Naw. Tom Waits is resisting the growing up; them whippersnappers are complaining about having grown up.
Although the POV of each is very similar, and you could probably argue me into conceding they have the same protagonist, speaking at different times.
OK I changed my mind.

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sagehen  Sep 8, 2020 • 7:01:33pm

re: #161 thecommodore

Sunset Blvd yesterday.

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That looks like the Hotel California album cover…

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Jebediah, RBG  Sep 8, 2020 • 7:01:41pm

re: #184 William Lewis

Nice!
Oooooh, X! I have read Exene and John’s harmonizing described as “fractured,” and maybe that’s true, but it still can give me goosebumps sometimes. I saw them at the Music Machine, on Pico, before it became an electrical wholesaler or something. Red Hot Chili Peppers were the official headliner, but I was way more excited about seeing X. Sadly, post-Zoom.

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So Cal Greek Hippie  Sep 8, 2020 • 7:01:54pm

re: #131 teleskiguy

Condolences on the loss of your
family member. He looks like he had a life well lived. And that is the greatest gift of all, imo

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Patricia Kayden  Sep 8, 2020 • 7:02:50pm

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Dave In Austin  Sep 8, 2020 • 7:03:11pm

I believe Michael Cohen……

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thecommodore  Sep 8, 2020 • 7:03:48pm

Rachel’s interview with Michael Cohen was unbelievable!

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thecommodore  Sep 8, 2020 • 7:05:26pm

re: #194 Dave In Austin

I believe Michael Cohen……

I do too.

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Yeah Sure WhatEVs  Sep 8, 2020 • 7:06:18pm
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William Lewis  Sep 8, 2020 • 7:06:30pm

re: #191 Jebediah, RBG

Nice!
Oooooh, X! I have read Exene and John’s harmonizing described as “fractured,” and maybe that’s true, but it still can give me goosebumps sometimes. I saw them at the Music Machine, on Pico, before it became an electrical wholesaler or something. Red Hot Chili Peppers were the official headliner, but I was way more excited about seeing X. Sadly, post-Zoom.

I’ve had the pleasure both with and without. As long as John and Exene are there, it’s X to me. Fractured? No, easily the most amazing combination I’ve ever heard. No, it’s not typical but they just _work_ together.

Of course the biggest irony as a big fan is my fav album of theirs is their least liked - “Ain’t Love Grand?”

Did you get a chance to hear their new album this year?

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So Cal Greek Hippie  Sep 8, 2020 • 7:08:04pm

November 2017: Near Camarillo, CA

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bratwurst  Sep 8, 2020 • 7:08:42pm

For whatever it’s worth, Trump has lost old heavy metal guys.

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LeftyRambles2413 (HappyWarrior)  Sep 8, 2020 • 7:09:14pm

re: #197 Yeah Sure WhatEVs

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I do hope there are charges waiting in New York State though obviously the more serious ones are federal.

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I Would Prefer Not To  Sep 8, 2020 • 7:09:54pm

re: #197 Yeah Sure WhatEVs

[Embedded content]

This is me theory. Pence will pardon trump or at least try. Pence will not look good doing this, but who knows if he cares. His career is over either way.

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Yeah Sure WhatEVs  Sep 8, 2020 • 7:10:04pm

It’s all about the greenbacks.

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teleskiguy  Sep 8, 2020 • 7:10:18pm

re: #200 bratwurst

And the guitarist for Blondie.

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retired cynic  Sep 8, 2020 • 7:10:34pm

re: #200 bratwurst

Kerri Walsh Jennings

To think I used to love to watch her play. What an idiot.

edited to correct the spelling of her name

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makeitstop  Sep 8, 2020 • 7:13:43pm

re: #180 William Lewis

Yep. Not exactly theology, but this song always came close.

[Embedded content]

Fun fact: James Mankey, the guitarist for Concrete Blonde, was also the original lead guitarist in Sparks.

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retired cynic  Sep 8, 2020 • 7:14:20pm

They Hit Bottom And Kept Digging, Juanita Jean Herownself

There was a Trump Parade in New Braunfels, Texas. I spent many happy days of my childhood in New Braunfels tubing the Comal River and taking my own children back to build memories of their own.

New Braunfels has officially become the nastiest place in Texas.

They had a Trump parade that they call The Trump Train. That’s a thing in Texas, these parades. But this one was way beyond simply a thing.

The lead truck in the parade pulled a Black Lives Matter flag off the back bumper through town.

Reminding folks of what happened to James Byrd nearby. She said people lined the road and cheered. They must be rooted out, period.

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Charles Johnson  Sep 8, 2020 • 7:14:29pm
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FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀 No Capt'n😷Trips  Sep 8, 2020 • 7:15:33pm
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teleskiguy  Sep 8, 2020 • 7:16:09pm

Thank you all for the well wishes. Leo’s health declined precipitously over the last few weeks. He stopped eating a few days ago and today he couldn’t move, we had to wrap him in a blanket and carry him to the car. I was able to give him a proper goodbye and he gave me one last dog kiss. He’s not suffering anymore, he lived a damn good life.

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A hollow Gandalfian voice says, VOTE, you fools!  Sep 8, 2020 • 7:17:37pm

re: #148 Hecuba’s daughter

Based on figures in worldometer, the number of cases and deaths in the United States seem to be declining. Assuming this isn’t an artifact of under reporting by red states, it is possible that the pandemic is gradually losing its potency here. Certainly we’ve gained more skill and knowledge in treating patients, which may account for the decrease in mortality.

It is still a disgrace to close down the task force. The sole purpose of this action must be to conceal any damage this disease continues to inflict on our nation. Trump wants to focus on civil unrest and nothing else that happens under his watch.

California is a big state, and our numbers are dropping by a lot (finally! and let’s hope the Labor Day holiday doesn’t set us back too much) — last week we were around/over 5,000 new cases per day, yesterday about 3,000, today 2,600. Northeastern states are following mask protocols, and even some of the southern states have had their noses rubbed in reality and are enforcing mask wearing. The places where the epidemic is raging unchecked are comparatively sparsely populated.

But yes, it’s not time to shut down the task force. The epidemic hasn’t lost its potency, the word on the best current way we now have to combat it has passed, in spite of our malevolent moron leaders.
.

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Yeah Sure WhatEVs  Sep 8, 2020 • 7:18:11pm

re: #200 bratwurst

This is the actual headline: Olympian Kerri Walsh Jennings apologizes for Instagram post saying she bravely went shopping with no mask

She is apologizing because she got called out. Full stop.

Jennings faced quick backlash, with one user responding to her post: “I’m a nurse and all healthcare workers are reusing PPE and we don’t have routine access to testing. We put ourselves at risk daily to care for patients the least that everyone else can do is social distance and wear a mask in public.”

Another user wrote, “This is incredibly selfish and ignorant.”

“To those I’ve upset so deeply, I am sorry,” Jennings wrote in a follow up post.

“To those who are open to hearing where I am coming from, I appreciate your openness and civility. To those in agreement, I appreciate you expressing your views. To those calling me dumb, selfish, privileged, bigoted, and racist and telling me that ‘you are better than this,’ I fully acknowledge that addressing such an emotional, layered, nuanced and polarizing topic on social media was not the smartest thing.”

Asshole. And a complete disappointment.

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A hollow Gandalfian voice says, VOTE, you fools!  Sep 8, 2020 • 7:20:31pm

re: #152 Dread Pirate Ron

The smoke over the bay area is so thick I can’t see the sun at all.

I don’t believe that was all smoke — there was that chill in the air that says “fog.” Also the weather report said it was “cloudy.”

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I Would Prefer Not To  Sep 8, 2020 • 7:20:58pm

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NetworkKed  Sep 8, 2020 • 7:21:15pm

re: #211 A hollow Gandalfian voice says, VOTE, you fools!

California is a big state, and our numbers are dropping by a lot (finally! and let’s hope the Labor Day holiday doesn’t set us back too much) — last week we were around/over 5,000 new cases per day, yesterday about 3,000, today 2,600.

That’s not dropping, that’s the holiday weekend eating testing and reporting. Everyone is at lows right now, it’ll bounce back.

I’d agree that numbers have spent a few weeks coming down off July peaks. The question is what happens with school reopenings - we’re at the point where I’d expect that to kick in though it would be in stages as first the kids spread it and then the families get it…

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Patricia Kayden  Sep 8, 2020 • 7:22:14pm

re: #200 bratwurst

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Belafon  Sep 8, 2020 • 7:26:07pm

re: #197 Yeah Sure WhatEVs

Even if everything goes his way, he still can’t get away from state charges.

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FFL (GOP Delenda Est)  Sep 8, 2020 • 7:27:23pm

re: #217 Belafon

Even if everything goes his way, he still can’t get away from state charges.

And nothing like getting a pardon (which is pretty much admitting guilt) when there have been no federal charges officially aimed at him yet. True profile in cowardice.

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EPR-radar  Sep 8, 2020 • 7:28:15pm

re: #212 Yeah Sure WhatEVs

The problem with this: “To those calling me dumb, selfish, privileged, bigoted, and racist and telling me that ‘you are better than this,’ I fully acknowledge that addressing such an emotional, layered, nuanced and polarizing topic on social media was not the smartest thing.”

is that the issue of masking in public is not emotional, it is not layered, it is not nuanced, and it damn well shouldn’t be polarizing.

Masking in public during covid19 is entry-level civilization 101 (just like voting straight ticket D in every general election). Those who refuse to do so are barbarians.

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A hollow Gandalfian voice says, VOTE, you fools!  Sep 8, 2020 • 7:28:43pm

re: #197 Yeah Sure WhatEVs

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But in that case, who’s going to pardon Pence? Is he willing to take that risk?

(Actually I don’t see DT voluntarily giving up power while his term isn’t over.)

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bratwurst  Sep 8, 2020 • 7:29:26pm

re: #216 Patricia Kayden

Damn, much respect to Paul. As Gene was a known Trumpist at one time (much to the chagrin of his own family) I guess I just assumed Paul had shit for brains as well.

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The Pie Overlord!  Sep 8, 2020 • 7:30:21pm

This is the stupidest hot take you will see all day:

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Jay C  Sep 8, 2020 • 7:30:52pm

re: #216 Patricia Kayden

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Quite right on - except that Trump rarely *implies* that “citizens who don’t share [his] views are the enemy” - he usually flatly states it out loud.

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Kilroy was here  Sep 8, 2020 • 7:31:45pm

Pence could promise to pardon Trump and after Trump resigns Pence has a revelation from God. “God says No Donald”
That alone would save Pence from a dark place in history.

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Belafon  Sep 8, 2020 • 7:31:59pm

re: #218 FFL (GOP Delenda Est)

And nothing like getting a pardon (which is pretty much admitting guilt) when there have been no federal charges officially aimed at him yet. True profile in cowardice.

I would love for someone to find a way to say that the DOJ doctrine is not law, and that you have to be found guilty to be pardoned. I suspect the challenge for that will take years and we’d better have replaced Thomas by then or the conservatives will declare it established law.

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EPR-radar  Sep 8, 2020 • 7:32:02pm

re: #202 I Would Prefer Not To

This is me theory. Pence will pardon trump or at least try. Pence will not look good doing this, but who knows if he cares. His career is over either way.

If Trump loses in November, the logical thing for him to do is take the federal crimes off the table with a plenary pardon from Pence.

However, this would require the most malignant narcissist of all time to admit defeat. IMO Trump would rather see the world burn than admit defeat on this scale. Trump’s term in office during the lame duck period is likely to be dominated by the necessity to keep the nuclear launch codes out of his tiny hands.

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Belafon  Sep 8, 2020 • 7:32:39pm

re: #224 Kilroy was here

Pence could promise to pardon Trump and after Trump resigns Pence has a revelation from God. “God says No Donald”
That alone would save Pence from a dark place in history.

I doubt Pence cares about his place in history. He doesn’t even strike me as a George Wallace type.

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A hollow Gandalfian voice says, VOTE, you fools!  Sep 8, 2020 • 7:34:52pm

re: #212 Yeah Sure WhatEVs

This is the actual headline: Olympian Kerri Walsh Jennings apologizes for Instagram post saying she bravely went shopping with no mask

She is apologizing because she got called out. Full stop.

Asshole. And a complete disappointment.

“Emotional, layered, nuanced and polarizing topic?” Bullshit, it’s a way to avoid spreading disease, known (kinda) since the Black Death in 1348. If not earlier.

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LeftyRambles2413 (HappyWarrior)  Sep 8, 2020 • 7:37:03pm

re: #222 The Pie Overlord!

This is the stupidest hot take you will see all day:

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I’m so sick of hearing about the poor Trump supporters. They’re not victims. They chose to elect an unqualified con man President. I’ll be glad to see some people who voted for Trump now vote for Biden but they’re not victims.

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jaunte  Sep 8, 2020 • 7:38:05pm
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Yeah Sure WhatEVs  Sep 8, 2020 • 7:39:20pm

re: #220 A hollow Gandalfian voice says, VOTE, you fools!

But in that case, who’s going to pardon Pence? Is he willing to take that risk?

(Actually I don’t see DT voluntarily giving up power while his term isn’t over.)

I’d prefer to see the whole lot of them in prison. Every last fucking one of them.

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LeftyRambles2413 (HappyWarrior)  Sep 8, 2020 • 7:40:23pm

re: #230 jaunte

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Jesus.

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calochortus  Sep 8, 2020 • 7:40:26pm

re: #228 A hollow Gandalfian voice says, VOTE, you fools!

“Emotional, layered, nuanced and polarizing topic?” Bullshit, it’s a way to avoid spreading disease, known (kinda) since the Black Death in 1348. If not earlier.

Yup. And that’s not an apology either.

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A hollow Gandalfian voice says, VOTE, you fools!  Sep 8, 2020 • 7:41:48pm

re: #215 NetworkKed

That’s not dropping, that’s the holiday weekend eating testing and reporting. Everyone is at lows right now, it’ll bounce back.

I’d agree that numbers have spent a few weeks coming down off July peaks. The question is what happens with school reopenings - we’re at the point where I’d expect that to kick in though it would be in stages as first the kids spread it and then the families get it…

This drop isn’t a sudden thing, our numbers have been declining steadily since July. (Schools are not reopening in CA.) There’s a steeper dip in late July, followed by a hump, explained by a problem with reporting (lower numbers at first, made up by adding back the underreported later), but if you take the hump numbers and plug them into the dip, you get a nice, smooth and steady decline.

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Yeah Sure WhatEVs  Sep 8, 2020 • 7:42:00pm

re: #224 Kilroy was here

Pence could promise to pardon Trump and after Trump resigns Pence has a revelation from God. “God says No Donald”
That alone would save Pence from a dark place in history.

I don’t think pence gives a single fuck about history, his own reputation or anything. Pence is textbook lapdog.

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A hollow Gandalfian voice says, VOTE, you fools!  Sep 8, 2020 • 7:42:32pm

re: #217 Belafon

Even if everything goes his way, he still can’t get away from state charges.

And he only has one lifetime to spend in prison.

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calochortus  Sep 8, 2020 • 7:42:47pm

OT, but after the last couple days of repeated power outages, I’m kind of done with all that. Do any Lizards have experience with a battery/solar backup like a Yeti that is big enough to power a refrigerator? We could get a generator, but they’re noisy and require maintenance and having fuel around and it seems like a hassle.

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Anymouse 🌹🏡😷  Sep 8, 2020 • 7:43:48pm

re: #210 teleskiguy

Thank you all for the well wishes. Leo’s health declined precipitously over the last few weeks. He stopped eating a few days ago and today he couldn’t move, we had to wrap him in a blanket and carry him to the car. I was able to give him a proper goodbye and he gave me one last dog kiss. He’s not suffering anymore, he lived a damn good life.

I am terribly sorry for the loss of your family member.

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jaunte  Sep 8, 2020 • 7:44:20pm
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NetworkKed  Sep 8, 2020 • 7:44:45pm

Honestly I don’t think Trump has much chance of getting indicted (in US courts) for anything he did as Prez.

All those state charges floating around for old behavior, well, that’s another matter. And if he’s thinking straight, he’d better not plan on hanging around in Europe or a lot of the world because there’s a good case to be made for child kidnapping and genocide by his administration.

…now, the rest of the administration, that’s much more open-ended.

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Yeah Sure WhatEVs  Sep 8, 2020 • 7:44:53pm

re: #236 A hollow Gandalfian voice says, VOTE, you fools!

And he only has one lifetime to spend in prison.

Damn shame that.

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teleskiguy  Sep 8, 2020 • 7:45:14pm
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Yeah Sure WhatEVs  Sep 8, 2020 • 7:46:48pm

re: #240 NetworkKed

Honestly I don’t think Trump has much chance of getting indicted (in US courts) for anything he did as Prez.

All those state charges floating around for old behavior, well, that’s another matter. And if he’s thinking straight, he’d better not plan on hanging around in Europe or a lot of the world because there’s a good case to be made for child kidnapping and genocide by his administration.

…now, the rest of the administration, that’s much more open-ended.

Honestly, I’m ok with whatever puts him in prison until he’s dies.

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EPR-radar  Sep 8, 2020 • 7:47:17pm

re: #229 LeftyRambles2413 (HappyWarrior)

I’m so sick of hearing about the poor Trump supporters. They’re not victims. They chose to elect an unqualified con man President. I’ll be glad to see some people who voted for Trump now vote for Biden but they’re not victims.

What needs to happen to Trump supporters is being exiled from civilization until they get a fucking clue. It’s a damn shame there’s no way to implement that.

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I Would Prefer Not To  Sep 8, 2020 • 7:47:43pm

re: #210 teleskiguy

Thank you all for the well wishes. Leo’s health declined precipitously over the last few weeks. He stopped eating a few days ago and today he couldn’t move, we had to wrap him in a blanket and carry him to the car. I was able to give him a proper goodbye and he gave me one last dog kiss. He’s not suffering anymore, he lived a damn good life.

you have had a rough year. Hoping that the coming months bring you some peace and great skiing.

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Amory Blaine  Sep 8, 2020 • 7:49:00pm

re: #237 calochortus

Maybe try a dual fuel generator that runs on propane too. Much less messy and it burns cleaner, less gunking up of the carb, etc than gasoline. Propane doesn’t go bad either.

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Belafon  Sep 8, 2020 • 7:49:01pm
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William Lewis  Sep 8, 2020 • 7:49:05pm

re: #222 The Pie Overlord!

This is the stupidest hot take you will see all day:

We have a local asshole with a drinking problem (when I worked at the Kwik Trip across the street from his shop, I’d sell him a six pack at LEAST once a day.) who recently posted a sign saying that if we called him racist for supporting trump then we were pedos for supporting Biden. I considered a number of responses and finally decided on the “ignore the scumbag” as those who know him know what he is.

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Jack Burton  Sep 8, 2020 • 7:49:36pm

re: #244 EPR-radar

What needs to happen to Trump supporters is being exiled from civilization until they get a fucking clue. It’s a damn shame there’s no way to implement that.

Put a fence around Montana, Idaho, Wyoming, and the Dakotas. Tell them there’s no taxes and abortion is illegal in there. Lock the gates when they are all in.

Problem solved. Except I don’t want to piss off the Plains Native Americans anymore. So they would have to be OK with it first.

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teleskiguy  Sep 8, 2020 • 7:51:01pm

re: #249 Jack Burton

Put a fence around Montana, Idaho, Wyoming, and the Dakotas. Tell them there’s no taxes and abortion is illegal in there. Lock the gates when they are all in.

Just the plains part of those states, the good people get to keep the mountains.

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Belafon  Sep 8, 2020 • 7:51:43pm

re: #249 Jack Burton

Put a fence around Montana, Idaho, Wyoming, and the Dakotas. Tell them there’s no taxes and abortion is illegal in there. Lock the gates when they are all in.

Problem solved. Except I don’t want to piss off the Plains Native Americans anymore. So they would have to be OK with it first.

As much as I wouldn’t want them this close to me, Put a fence around Oklahoma and Kansas for the white people, and trade the Native Americans there Montana, the Dakotas, and Wyoming.

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A hollow Gandalfian voice says, VOTE, you fools!  Sep 8, 2020 • 7:53:35pm

re: #237 calochortus

OT, but after the last couple days of repeated power outages, I’m kind of done with all that. Do any Lizards have experience with a battery/solar backup like a Yeti that is big enough to power a refrigerator? We could get a generator, but they’re noisy and require maintenance and having fuel around and it seems like a hassle.

Very not my area, but they make generators that are allegedly no noisier than a refrigerator. They’re expensive….

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FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀 No Capt'n😷Trips  Sep 8, 2020 • 7:53:37pm
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I Would Prefer Not To  Sep 8, 2020 • 7:54:05pm

Tickets here

I’ll be doing another set. New material.

Tomorrow night. Wed. 7PM ET (did I get this right, I’m still confused about daylight saving time).

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Sherlock Hound  Sep 8, 2020 • 7:54:25pm

re: #134 Kilroy was here

THAT’S NOT BEER!!!

“It’s American for pee.”

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LeftyRambles2413 (HappyWarrior)  Sep 8, 2020 • 7:55:11pm

re: #244 EPR-radar

What needs to happen to Trump supporters is being exiled from civilization until they get a fucking clue. It’s a damn shame there’s no way to implement that.

Yeah I don’t know of any realistic situations. I’m just sick of the lies about them being victims who had no choice but to embrace Trump. It’s bullshit.

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Belafon  Sep 8, 2020 • 7:56:01pm

re: #256 LeftyRambles2413 (HappyWarrior)

Yeah I don’t know of any realistic situations. I’m just sick of the lies about them being victims who had no choice but to embrace Trump. It’s bullshit.

We keep Republicans from regaining power until they decide to shun these people.

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EPR-radar  Sep 8, 2020 • 7:56:43pm

re: #248 William Lewis

We have a local asshole with a drinking problem (when I worked at the Kwik Trip across the street from his shop, I’d sell him a six pack at LEAST once a day.) who recently posted a sign saying that if we called him racist for supporting trump then we were pedos for supporting Biden. I considered a number of responses and finally decided on the “ignore the scumbag” as those who know him know what he is.

This is the problem with dealing with people that invent their own facts.

In reality Trump is racist and Biden is not a pedophile, which makes this clown’s argument dead on arrival.

In this clown’s fantasyland, Biden is a pedophile, so everything makes sense.

As always “Those who can make you believe absurdities can make you commit atrocities.” The GOP runs with this as one of its main operating principles.

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Jebediah, RBG  Sep 8, 2020 • 7:56:46pm

re: #198 William Lewis

Yeah - it just works!
Haven’t heard new album. Should probably fix that.

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PhillyPretzel  Sep 8, 2020 • 7:56:58pm

Thank you Charles I am ad free for another year. :)

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calochortus  Sep 8, 2020 • 7:58:18pm

re: #246 Amory Blaine

Maybe try a dual fuel generator that runs on propane too. Much less messy and it burns cleaner, less gunking up of the carb, etc than gasoline. Propane doesn’t go bad either.

Yeah, my son-in-law has a very nice dual fuel, which I have used, but I really would prefer not to have to hook it up every so often to run whether I need it or not, and anything stored outdoors is subject to critters chomping on the gas hose. How do I know this? Because that is precisely what happened to theirs the time I went over to baby-sit the generator because they were going to be away for the weekend. It’s a possibility if we have to, but I’d rather not.

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calochortus  Sep 8, 2020 • 8:00:01pm

re: #252 A hollow Gandalfian voice says, VOTE, you fools!

Very not my area, but they make generators that are allegedly no noisier than a refrigerator. They’re expensive….

Everything is expensive. In this case, I might be prepared to throw money at the problem.

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LeftyRambles2413 (HappyWarrior)  Sep 8, 2020 • 8:04:24pm

re: #257 Belafon

We keep Republicans from regaining power until they decide to shun these people.

Right but there are gonna be inevitable Republican years.

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CarolJ  Sep 8, 2020 • 8:28:01pm

re: #202 I Would Prefer Not To

Good point. He was on the verge of losing the Governorship in Indiana in an election year, the Equivalent of Cuomo losing an election in a Presidential year in blue NY. There seems to be no groundswell for a 2024 bid. So Pence would have little to lose by granting Trump a pardon. He would be a President, if only for a short while, enough for the history books, I guess and whatever benefits the lecture circuit would bring for an ex-President like himself.

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danarchy  Sep 8, 2020 • 8:31:33pm

re: #237 calochortus

OT, but after the last couple days of repeated power outages, I’m kind of done with all that. Do any Lizards have experience with a battery/solar backup like a Yeti that is big enough to power a refrigerator? We could get a generator, but they’re noisy and require maintenance and having fuel around and it seems like a hassle.

Don’t worry about it, if you buy a generator Murphy’s law says you’ll never need it again. I bought a generator 9 years ago when an ice storm knocked out my power for over a weak, and haven’t needed it since. I fire it up every now and then just to make sure it still runs.

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dharmamark  Sep 9, 2020 • 3:24:35am

re: #126 teleskiguy

sorry for your loss man. sucks.

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FFL (GOP Delenda Est)  Sep 9, 2020 • 3:31:59am

re: #220 A hollow Gandalfian voice says, VOTE, you fools!

But in that case, who’s going to pardon Pence? Is he willing to take that risk?

(Actually I don’t see DT voluntarily giving up power while his term isn’t over.)

And the family won’t support him doing that since Pence will throw them to the wolves in the first five minutes of being in office.

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Jebediah, RBG  Sep 9, 2020 • 11:29:35am

re: #47 Romantic Heretic

I was just watching an epic takedown of suburbia yesterday.

Why We Won’t Raise Our Kids in Suburbia (and moved to the Netherlands instead)

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Video

Most trackers are shit, video-making dude. That’s why keyframes exist, man. Use them!


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