Sunday Oddity: Punch Brothers, “Sleek White Baby”

Have I got something swell
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Chris Thile and Punch Brothers continue to experiment with… unusual forms of music.

Punch Brothers perform “Sleek White Baby” from their upcoming EP, The Wireless, due out November 20 on Nonesuch Records. Pre-order now at http://PunchBrothers.com

Music by Punch Brothers, words by Gabriel Kahane

Lyrics:
Do you ever feel alone, old pal?
Are you ragged, running low on morale
Have I got something grand
That I’ve planned for you!

Baby, do you burn for glowing power after dark
In the shadow of some hour you’ll feel the spark
Have I got something swell
That I’ll tell to you…

You’re not alone…

For so many years, man has suffered the plague of isolation. Isolation from his fellow man, fellow woman, unable to connect, unable to reach out and touch someone, to be tethered, to be one with the world.

But now, man and woman can be attuned to every arcane detail, every dog’s bark, every boy’s bat, every girl’s tiara, with a new invention, a staggering development in technology.

Sleek white baby
Keep it by your bedside, maybe
And then
How all of your friends
All of our friends
Are here now
Such cheer, now.

Nine out of ten businessmen agree, the sleek white baby should be your constant companion, whether you’re dining, traveling, moping, convalescing, or eating a sandwich. Don’t be the one left out.

If you fail to buy our prized new machine (why would you do that?)
You will find yourself stung by the sting (it’s painful, really it is)
of gloom and misery, pal, you will die alone (that doesn’t sound pleasant, does it?)
Alone, alone, alone, alone - oooh…

Oooooh oooh…

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289 comments
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b_sharp  Nov 1, 2015 • 11:05:21am

Come for the politics, stay for the music.

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Feline Fearless Leader  Nov 1, 2015 • 11:08:16am

I went to a political debate and a concert broke out!

O_o

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The Vicious Babushka  Nov 1, 2015 • 11:26:01am
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Charles Johnson  Nov 1, 2015 • 11:29:42am

re: #3 Dr. Matt

I was ready to believe this because it’s typical GOP-speak, but Raw Story has a bad habit of twisting what people say. So I went and looked at the actual CNN video… and that’s not really what Boehner said at all.

Speaker John Boehner on State of the Union: Full Interview

You can tell from the way he’s talking about it he isn’t seriously claiming “God told him” Ryan should be Speaker of the House, and he never says anything about a “divine plan.” He pretty much admits using “Catholic guilt” in a cynical manipulative way to get Ryan to agree.

This is one reason I’m not crazy about Raw Story. These people are bad enough without distorting what they say to make them look worse.

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Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light)  Nov 1, 2015 • 11:36:12am

re: #5 Charles Johnson

I was ready to believe this because it’s typical GOP-speak, but Raw Story has a bad habit of twisting what people say. So I went and looked at the actual CNN video… and that’s not really what Boehner said at all.

You can tell from the way he’s talking about it he isn’t seriously claiming “God told him” Ryan should be Speaker of the House, and he never says anything about a “divine plan.” He pretty much admits using “Catholic guilt” in a cynical manipulative way to get Ryan to agree.

This is one reason I’m not crazy about Raw Story. These people are bad enough without distorting what they say to make them look worse.

Yeah, makes it sound like cynical liberal journalists have it out for the GOP

As if they needed help shooting themselves in the foot.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Nov 1, 2015 • 11:37:52am
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danarchy  Nov 1, 2015 • 11:39:05am

re: #5 Charles Johnson

This is one reason I’m not crazy about Raw Story. These people are bad enough without distorting what they say to make them look worse.

This isn’t just a Raw story thing, any time I see a headline that has quotes around 2 or 3 words and then something really inflamatory in the rest of the headline, I know it is pretty much BS. I don’t even bother clicking on the stories any more.

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Stanley Sea Toujours  Nov 1, 2015 • 11:43:20am

re: #7 Backwoods_Sleuth

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He goes after Story Corps? Who the hell hates that? Oh a shithead.

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Nyet  Nov 1, 2015 • 11:48:27am

re: #4 The Vicious Babushka

Frankly, I thought he was already dead…

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b_sharp  Nov 1, 2015 • 11:50:54am

re: #7 Backwoods_Sleuth

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Self proclaimed human rights leader without any information about that on the web.

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Dark_Falcon  Nov 1, 2015 • 11:52:14am

re: #5 Charles Johnson

I was ready to believe this because it’s typical GOP-speak, but Raw Story has a bad habit of twisting what people say. So I went and looked at the actual CNN video… and that’s not really what Boehner said at all.

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You can tell from the way he’s talking about it he isn’t seriously claiming “God told him” Ryan should be Speaker of the House, and he never says anything about a “divine plan.” He pretty much admits using “Catholic guilt” in a cynical manipulative way to get Ryan to agree.

This is one reason I’m not crazy about Raw Story. These people are bad enough without distorting what they say to make them look worse.

Your integrity is all too rare, Charles, and it is a great thing to see in action paired with your gift for research.

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dholmes32  Nov 1, 2015 • 11:52:46am

re: #4 The Vicious Babushka

Well, not sorry to see him go. I still remember January 1, 1996, when a Canadian friend of mine and I (and I lived in Utah at the time) argued with a friend from Virginia over Internet Relay Chat about his love for Willis Carto. The entire day. Hours and hours. This guy probably still loves Willis Carto. I haven’t checked his FB to see if he’s in mourning. I don’t think I want to know.

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stpaulbear  Nov 1, 2015 • 11:54:17am

re: #11 b_sharp

Self proclaimed human rights leader without any information about that on the web.

White Christian men ar human too!

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wrenchwench  Nov 1, 2015 • 11:54:26am

More furniture standing!

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De Kolta Chair  Nov 1, 2015 • 12:08:02pm

Jeez, England, get over it already

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Mattand  Nov 1, 2015 • 12:09:26pm

re: #5 Charles Johnson

I was ready to believe this because it’s typical GOP-speak, but Raw Story has a bad habit of twisting what people say. So I went and looked at the actual CNN video… and that’s not really what Boehner said at all.

[Embedded content]

You can tell from the way he’s talking about it he isn’t seriously claiming “God told him” Ryan should be Speaker of the House, and he never says anything about a “divine plan.” He pretty much admits using “Catholic guilt” in a cynical manipulative way to get Ryan to agree.

This is one reason I’m not crazy about Raw Story. These people are bad enough without distorting what they say to make them look worse.

Thank you. This is one of two reasons I stopped reading Raw Story. The other was the readership is lousy with conspiracy theorists, especially truthers. Some of the contributors are a little squirelly as well. One post was a glowing review of some syndicated CT shitfest that Jesse Ventura was hosting.

I wish I had bookmarked the article, but I caught Addicting Info pulling this horseshit as well.

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De Kolta Chair  Nov 1, 2015 • 12:12:24pm

And now his swatch has ended?

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Nov 1, 2015 • 12:25:22pm
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De Kolta Chair  Nov 1, 2015 • 12:29:16pm

LMFAO!

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CuriousLurker  Nov 1, 2015 • 12:37:22pm

Okay, let’s call this Documentary Sunday. I recommend that you watch or d/l them now as they could disappear at any minute.

The Ascent of Woman (BBC), all four episodes (Civilisation, Separation, Power, Revolution):

The Ascent of Woman 1 Civilisation BBC Documentary 2015

Girls Can Code (BBC), two episodes (I don’t know if more are forthcoming):

Girls Can Code Episode 1 BBC Documentary 2015

Girls Can Code Episode 2 BBC Documentary 2015

Enemy of Enemies: The Rise of ISIL (Al Jazeera), two parts:

Featured Documentary - Enemy of Enemies: The Rise of ISIL (Part 1)

Featured Documentary - Enemy of Enemies: The Rise of ISIL (Part 2)

Not a documentary, but a very interesting project. Sad that it’s necessary. The Million Image Database Project: BBC News World 2015-09-28
The Million Image Database Project: BBC News World, Friday 28th September

More on the main reasons behind the destruction (namely iconoclasm & cash flow, not religion):

Alexy Karenowska on BBC south Today

The project’s website:
Million Image Database — The Institute for Digital Archaeology

That should provide something for just about everyone. If I find anything else that looks good, I’ll let you know.

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De Kolta Chair  Nov 1, 2015 • 12:37:46pm
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Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light)  Nov 1, 2015 • 12:40:15pm

re: #16 De Kolta Chair

Jeez, England, get over it already

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I love old historical maps like that

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A Mom Anon  Nov 1, 2015 • 12:42:07pm

re: #21 CuriousLurker

I recall seeing something in my newsfeed a couple of days ago about the assberets that run Hobby Lobby being investigated for spending an obscene amount of money on stolen artifacts from the middle east. Which means, in all likelihood they’re giving money to ISIL/ISIS or other terrorists so they can stock a “Christian” museum with stolen, most likely priceless things that don’t belong to them. Bastards.

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The Vicious Babushka  Nov 1, 2015 • 12:46:08pm

re: #24 A Mom Anon

I recall seeing something in my newsfeed a couple of days ago about the assberets that run Hobby Lobby being investigated for spending an obscene amount of money on stolen artifacts from the middle east. Which means, in all likelihood they’re giving money to ISIL/ISIS or other terrorists so they can stock a “Christian” museum with stolen, most likely priceless things that don’t belong to them. Bastards.

I seriously doubt these artifacts are authentic, so the money is going to the forgery industry which is much more widespread the trade in genuine antiquities.

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CuriousLurker  Nov 1, 2015 • 12:48:14pm

re: #24 A Mom Anon

I recall seeing something in my newsfeed a couple of days ago about the assberets that run Hobby Lobby being investigated for spending an obscene amount of money on stolen artifacts from the middle east. Which means, in all likelihood they’re giving money to ISIL/ISIS or other terrorists so they can stock a “Christian” museum with stolen, most likely priceless things that don’t belong to them. Bastards.

Assberets indeed. IMO, anyone caught buying Middle Eastern artifacts from war-torn areas needs to be prosecuted for providing material support for terrorism. That’s not hyperbole, I’m dead serious.

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A Mom Anon  Nov 1, 2015 • 12:52:37pm

re: #25 The Vicious Babushka

From what I read they weren’t clear, but there is an investigation into the fact that they were buying something they had to have presumed was real. I kind of hope they got ripped off, but either way it speaks to what kind of people they truly are. Beyond their meddling in politics and paying their workers shit wages with shitty benefits.

Edited to add a link….npr.org

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Feline Fearless Leader  Nov 1, 2015 • 12:54:32pm

Giants-Saints game is draining points out of the other football games.

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Decatur Deb  Nov 1, 2015 • 12:54:56pm

re: #24 A Mom Anon

I recall seeing something in my newsfeed a couple of days ago about the assberets that run Hobby Lobby being investigated for spending an obscene amount of money on stolen artifacts from the middle east. Which means, in all likelihood they’re giving money to ISIL/ISIS or other terrorists so they can stock a “Christian” museum with stolen, most likely priceless things that don’t belong to them. Bastards.

The concern is real enough, but this particular case has been going on from a time before ISIS controlled any significant territory, several years IIRC.

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CuriousLurker  Nov 1, 2015 • 12:55:52pm

On the lighter side:

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Blind Frog Belly White  Nov 1, 2015 • 1:09:23pm

re: #20 De Kolta Chair

Yeah, that’ll work. First, you have to not think of them as ‘the place where Those People live’. Second, you have to accept that city living is a much more communal thing than most rural living, and far more infrastructure-intensive. Third, you have to not think of them as crime-ridden pestholes full of welfare queens and homeless moochers.

Basically, you have to not hate cities and city-dwellers. The Base won’t allow that.

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CuriousLurker  Nov 1, 2015 • 1:12:21pm

Hmm… Viewing this thread: 47 registered users (within the last 30 minutes), but hardly anyone is commenting. Must be exhausted by all the bad crazy.

I’m outta here for now, but I’ll leave you with this new mutant giant spider dog video:

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klys (maker of Silmarils)  Nov 1, 2015 • 1:13:30pm

re: #32 CuriousLurker

It is a slow Sunday.

And I’m pounding slowly at the keyboard to try and get the first 1000 words out of the way for NaNo.

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CuriousLurker  Nov 1, 2015 • 1:16:46pm

re: #33 klys (maker of Silmarils)

It is a slow Sunday.

And I’m pounding slowly at the keyboard to try and get the first 1000 words out of the way for NaNo.

Good luck!

I’m gonna go make a fresh cup of coffee, order my groceries online, then try a technique I saw for making collage papers out of tissue paper, acrylic medium, and acrylic paint. Also need to practice some more with the Gelli plates.

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Feline Fearless Leader  Nov 1, 2015 • 1:18:07pm

I’m scanning slides and watching the Steelers lose.

How about some not-so-little ponies?

1987 trip by my parents to Colorado. Which included dropping in to visit my sister and her horses. I don’t recognize the pasture location but it should have been somewhere near Steamboat Springs.

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retired cynic  Nov 1, 2015 • 1:20:04pm

re: #35 Feline Fearless Leader

I have a friend with horses at Steamboat Springs now, and that looks the same as photos of her pastures.

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De Kolta Chair  Nov 1, 2015 • 1:21:23pm
Kaamran Hafeez
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Feline Fearless Leader  Nov 1, 2015 • 1:31:27pm

re: #36 retired cynic

I have a friend with horses at Steamboat Springs now, and that looks the same as photos of her pastures.

They bought some land out in Craig a few years later. That’s the pasture space I am more familiar with and where all my photos of their Clydesdales were taken.

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Nyet  Nov 1, 2015 • 1:32:15pm

re: #32 CuriousLurker

V funny and v fucked up. They shouldn’t have done it ;)

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Decatur Deb  Nov 1, 2015 • 1:37:54pm

re: #32 CuriousLurker

Hmm… Viewing this thread: 47 registered users (within the last 30 minutes), but hardly anyone is commenting. Must be exhausted by all the bad crazy.

I’m outta here for now, but I’ll leave you with this new mutant giant spider dog video:

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Sugar coma.

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b_sharp  Nov 1, 2015 • 1:38:03pm

re: #33 klys (maker of Silmarils)

It is a slow Sunday.

And I’m pounding slowly at the keyboard to try and get the first 1000 words out of the way for NaNo.

WTH is NaNo?

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klys (maker of Silmarils)  Nov 1, 2015 • 1:38:58pm

re: #41 b_sharp

WTH is NaNo?

National Novel Writing Month, where the goal is to turn off your inner editor and write 50,000 words during the month of November. Along with a whole bunch of other crazy folks.

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b_sharp  Nov 1, 2015 • 1:39:11pm

re: #35 Feline Fearless Leader

I’m scanning slides and watching the Steelers lose.

How about some not-so-little ponies?

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1987 trip by my parents to Colorado. Which included dropping in to visit my sister and her horses. I don’t recognize the pasture location but it should have been somewhere near Steamboat Springs.

Belgian or Percheron?

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b_sharp  Nov 1, 2015 • 1:39:59pm

re: #42 klys (maker of Silmarils)

National Novel Writing Month, where the goal is to turn off your inner editor and write 50,000 words during the month of November. Along with a whole bunch of other crazy folks.

Can there be repeats in those 50,000 words?

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Decatur Deb  Nov 1, 2015 • 1:40:59pm

re: #44 b_sharp

Can there be repeats in those 50,000 words?

It’s OK to pluralize.

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Nyet  Nov 1, 2015 • 1:41:03pm

re: #44 b_sharp

Can there be repeats in those 50,000 words?

No. Neither can letters repeat.

You’re welcome to use this dictionary tho.

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b_sharp  Nov 1, 2015 • 1:45:24pm

re: #46 Nyet

No. Neither can letters repeat.

You’re welcome to use this dictionary tho.

Thank you for the help. I shall start immediately.

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Nyet  Nov 1, 2015 • 1:51:29pm
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wrenchwench  Nov 1, 2015 • 1:51:44pm

[…]

After about 150 days of suffering and hundreds of dollars spent on “consultations” and natural remedies, her children get better. Heather describes the period as a “living hell,” affecting her relationship with her husband and questioning “everything I knew about natural health,” which is not much, apparently.

Sadly, she tells the story like she has triumphed. She says, “We did it.” without needing medical care. Referring to herself, she writes

It has been my biggest challenge to date as a mother. This mother conquered.

And for what reason, one may ask, was it necessary to not seek medical treatment and to allow pertussis to run its course, wrecking havoc all over these childrens’ lives? Heather has an answer.

My children developed REAL and TRUE immunity from being exposed to this bacteria and fighting it off naturally.

Obviously, Heather does not understand that immunity acquired through a vaccine is both real and true immunity. And, it is much, much safer than the illness her children contracted.

[…]

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Nyet  Nov 1, 2015 • 1:53:54pm

re: #49 wrenchwench

She’s unfit to be a mother. Consequences would follow in a slightly better world.

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wrenchwench  Nov 1, 2015 • 1:54:06pm

re: #48 Nyet

[ Police don’t do this.]

Police kill adults, not embryos. (When they do kill.)

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retired cynic  Nov 1, 2015 • 1:56:03pm

re: #43 b_sharp

Belgian or Percheron?

Clydesdale.

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Feline Fearless Leader  Nov 1, 2015 • 1:59:25pm

re: #42 klys (maker of Silmarils)

National Novel Writing Month, where the goal is to turn off your inner editor and write 50,000 words during the month of November. Along with a whole bunch of other crazy folks.

Was “Toodle-o-doo Caribou: A Tale of the Frozen North” ever completed?

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b_sharp  Nov 1, 2015 • 2:00:00pm

re: #52 retired cynic

Clydesdale.

The dark brown looks like a Belgian, & the smaller looks like a Percheron youngster. Clydes have a range of colours.

Besides, it’s been years (43) since I had anything to do with draft horses.

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retired cynic  Nov 1, 2015 • 2:02:44pm

re: #54 b_sharp

Well, she said they were Clydes, a couple of posts later. <grin>

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wrenchwench  Nov 1, 2015 • 2:03:10pm

re: #54 b_sharp

The dark brown looks like a Belgian, & the smaller looks like a Percheron youngster. Clydes have a range of colours.

Besides, it’s been years (43) since I had anything to do with draft horses.

I had that wrong in my head. I thought all Percherons were gold with flaxen mane and tail, but that’s most Belgian draft horses. Clydesdales all look like the ones on the Budweiser wagon (bay with white socks).

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Nyet  Nov 1, 2015 • 2:03:49pm

re: #49 wrenchwench

Child abuse.

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Nyet  Nov 1, 2015 • 2:05:26pm

Naturopathetic or naturopathological?

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Kafitrar  Nov 1, 2015 • 2:05:33pm

re: #49 wrenchwench

All those “alternative medicine” idiots are dangerous. Britt Hermes is a former naturopath, so she knows that world well.

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Feline Fearless Leader  Nov 1, 2015 • 2:05:42pm

re: #54 b_sharp

The dark brown looks like a Belgian, & the smaller looks like a Percheron youngster. Clydes have a range of colours.

Besides, it’s been years (43) since I had anything to do with draft horses.

My developed way of telling them apart was that the Clydesdales are “leggy” compared to the others - since they’re dray horses and not used for plowing work. And I generally try to differentiate between the Belgians and Perchons by color.

I think all the foals look sort of similar for these breeds. The Clydesdales don’t get taller until they get a little older. I have a picture or two of two Clydesdales that are brothers when they were 1- and 2-year-olds and then a few years later when the 1-year-old was then the bigger horse. They were a well-matched team and I think they were sold as a pair of trained geldings.

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retired cynic  Nov 1, 2015 • 2:06:03pm

re: #56 wrenchwench

Percherons are generally grey, with an occasional black. Clydes are pretty big, but Shires are bigger and hairier. I’ve observed most from a distance, including two Clyde stallions having a major battle in the Illinois State Fairgrounds show ring. In the lineup, a handler wasn’t paying attention, and it deteriorated rapidly. I decided then that they were too big for me!

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wrenchwench  Nov 1, 2015 • 2:08:52pm

re: #61 retired cynic

Percherons are generally grey, with an occasional black. Clydes are pretty big, but Shires are bigger and hairier. I’ve observed most from a distance, including two Clyde stallions having a major battle in the Illinois State Fairgrounds show ring. In the lineup, a handler wasn’t paying attention, and it deteriorated rapidly. I decided then that they were too big for me!

‘From a distance’ sounds like the right way! My dad worked on a farm in Wisconsin in the summers, and said he rode the draft horses occasionally.

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b_sharp  Nov 1, 2015 • 2:09:28pm

re: #56 wrenchwench

I had that wrong in my head. I thought all Percherons were gold with flaxen mane and tail, but that’s most Belgian draft horses. Clydesdales all look like the ones on the Budweiser wagon (bay with white socks).

My memory had it wrong. Percherons are the ones who vary in colour, and clydes are darker than belgians.

Like I said, it’s been a very long time.

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Decatur Deb  Nov 1, 2015 • 2:09:34pm

The Budweiser Clydesdales visited our town a year ago, including a 1 hr. “delivery” stop at our favorite bar. We got to watch them from within a few feet. (Not all the handlers were for the horses.)

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Feline Fearless Leader  Nov 1, 2015 • 2:11:12pm

re: #62 wrenchwench

‘From a distance’ sounds like the right way! My dad worked on a farm in Wisconsin in the summers, and said he rode the draft horses occasionally.

Is this far enough? ;)

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b_sharp  Nov 1, 2015 • 2:12:46pm

re: #62 wrenchwench

‘From a distance’ sounds like the right way! My dad worked on a farm in Wisconsin in the summers, and said he rode the draft horses occasionally.

I’ve ridden a couple of Percherons without saddles, but when I was much younger.

I usually did better without a saddle than with one. I tended to bounce a lot when riding a horse (but not Percheron) with a saddle.

Edit: Add - I am not a good rider, much too tense.

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wrenchwench  Nov 1, 2015 • 2:12:51pm

re: #65 Feline Fearless Leader

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Is this far enough? ;)

No! Those heads are deadly when they swing around randomly. Those look pretty calm at the moment….

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Feline Fearless Leader  Nov 1, 2015 • 2:13:46pm

re: #65 Feline Fearless Leader

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Is this far enough? ;)

My brother-in-law’s advice for going into the pastures and that they’d be curious and come up to you. And that the younger ones might be a little clumsy and you should be careful that they don’t step on you. As they got older and trained to harness they were pretty easy to handle. I got drafted to horse hold a few times.

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Jenner7  Nov 1, 2015 • 2:14:40pm

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wrenchwench  Nov 1, 2015 • 2:15:13pm

re: #66 b_sharp

I’ve ridden a couple of Percherons without saddles, but when I was much younger.

I usually did better without a saddle than with one. I tended to bounce a lot when riding a horse (but not Percheron) with a saddle.

I bounced around a lot with or without a saddle. Those big horses can be mighty comfy without a saddle, if your legs are flexible.

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Feline Fearless Leader  Nov 1, 2015 • 2:15:18pm

re: #67 wrenchwench

No! Those heads are deadly when they swing around randomly. Those look pretty calm at the moment….

You did need to keep an eye on them. And it also varied from horse to horse. The one stallion he had for a while was a complete jerk and would nip/bite if you weren’t paying attention.

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b_sharp  Nov 1, 2015 • 2:17:26pm

re: #70 wrenchwench

I bounced around a lot with or without a saddle. Those big horses can be mighty comfy without a saddle, if your legs are flexible.

When my mother moved her kennel from the city to an acreage decided to buy some horses and my sister grew up to be an extremely good rider. My 2 younger brothers did as well, but not up to my sis’s level.

Me, on the other hand…

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wrenchwench  Nov 1, 2015 • 2:17:27pm

re: #71 Feline Fearless Leader

You did need to keep an eye on them. And it also varied from horse to horse. The one stallion he had for a while was a complete jerk and would nip/bite if you weren’t paying attention.

Stallions are the least predictable.

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Khal Wimpo  Nov 1, 2015 • 2:19:23pm

re: #52 retired cynic

Clydesdale.

About the only horse that I think I could ride - I get on a regular-sized horse, and they get pissed. Clydesdales? Well, I figure that if they can pull a beer wagon, they can handle an NFL defensive-end size human like me without all that much effort.

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Charles Johnson  Nov 1, 2015 • 2:19:48pm

Woot! Just solved another long-running problem with the LGF Pages posting window — if you tried to select a large amount of text, you’d get a “URI Too Long” error message. This is because there’s a rather small limit on the amount of characters a URL can contain. And now that the underlying HTML code is also included, it’s pretty easy to run into the limit.

So now the bookmarklet uses some arcane trickery to POST the selected text to the Pages window, using an HTML form instead of encoding it in a URL. There’s still a limit but it’s so large no one will ever run into it now.

Still testing, but I’ll be making the new version of the LGF Pages bookmarklet available soon.

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Decatur Deb  Nov 1, 2015 • 2:20:37pm

re: #75 Charles Johnson

Woot! Just solved another long-running problem with the LGF Pages posting window — if you tried to select a large amount of text, you’d get a “URI Too Long” error message. This is because there’s a rather small limit on the amount of characters a URL can contain.

So now the bookmarklet uses some arcane trickery to POST the selected text to the Pages window, using an HTML form instead of encoding it in a URL. There’s still a limit but it’s so large no one will ever run into it now.

Still testing, but I’ll be making the new version of the LGF Pages bookmarklet available soon.

Do you get double time on Sundays?

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Feline Fearless Leader  Nov 1, 2015 • 2:21:54pm

“Paint Your Wagon” starting on Encore Westerns if you folks want to watch Clint Eastwood sing in a western musical.

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b_sharp  Nov 1, 2015 • 2:23:03pm

re: #76 Decatur Deb

Do you get double time on Sundays?

No, everything just takes twice as long.

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Stanley Sea Toujours  Nov 1, 2015 • 2:25:39pm

re: #69 Jenner7

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:( Strength to ya.

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Mattand  Nov 1, 2015 • 2:26:17pm

re: #77 Feline Fearless Leader

“Paint Your Wagon” starting on TCM if you folks want to watch Clint Eastwood sing in a western musical.

His stirring performance of “Ballad for an Empty Stool” always brings a tear to the eye.

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Feline Fearless Leader  Nov 1, 2015 • 2:27:23pm

re: #80 Mattand

His stirring performance of “Ballad for an Empty Stool” always brings a tear to the eye.

Correction - It’s Encore Westerns and not TCM.

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Timothy Watson  Nov 1, 2015 • 2:31:09pm

This daylight-savings change is totally screwing my internal clock up.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Nov 1, 2015 • 2:31:12pm

I need to record two hours of Season 2 premiere of The Librarians for MrBWS, which means I can’t watch/record episode 4 of The Walking Dead until it repeats after Talking Dead.

If anyone does spoilers tonight, I shall have to bite you…

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Decatur Deb  Nov 1, 2015 • 2:32:26pm

re: #82 Timothy Watson

This daylight-savings change is totally screwing my internal clock up.

Half the clocks in the house are correct.

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thedopefishlives  Nov 1, 2015 • 2:33:58pm

Afternoon Lizardim from the cool, cloudy wild north country. I logged some more flight time this afternoon; this is a shot from my backyard, basically the view from my back porch.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Nov 1, 2015 • 2:34:24pm

re: #82 Timothy Watson

This daylight-savings change is totally screwing my internal clock up.

I’m a farmer and it doesn’t bother me in the least because we farmers NEVER relied on stupid clocks, no matter how much the DST apologists want to blame us for it.

Our livestock have an internal clock that trumps any arbitrary man-made time constraint.

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klys (maker of Silmarils)  Nov 1, 2015 • 2:35:07pm

re: #86 Backwoods_Sleuth

I’m a farmer and it doesn’t bother me in the least because we farmers NEVER relied on stupid clocks, no matter how much the DST apologists want to blame us for it.

Our livestock have an internal clock that trumps any arbitrary man-made time constraint.

The time is whatever time my cell phone says it is. >.>

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Decatur Deb  Nov 1, 2015 • 2:37:09pm

re: #87 klys (maker of Silmarils)

The time is whatever time my cell phone says it is. >.>

Wife is on the road. She had to pick up a cell tower, tether her ipad to the phone, and go online to learn how to set her car clock.

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klys (maker of Silmarils)  Nov 1, 2015 • 2:38:01pm

re: #88 Decatur Deb

Wife is on the road. She had to pick up a cell tower, tether her ipad to the phone, and go online to learn how to set her car clock.

My car clock spends half the year an hour off.

I just can’t be bothered.

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Decatur Deb  Nov 1, 2015 • 2:39:25pm

re: #89 klys (maker of Silmarils)

My car clock spends half the year an hour off.

I just can’t be bothered.

She is deeply afraid of letting her car-geist be confused.

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Nyet  Nov 1, 2015 • 2:39:37pm

re: #86 Backwoods_Sleuth

I’m a farmer and it doesn’t bother me in the least because we farmers NEVER relied on stupid clocks, no matter how much the DST apologists want to blame us for it.

Our livestock have an internal clock that trumps any arbitrary man-made time constraint.

Ur livestock are terrierists?!?

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wrenchwench  Nov 1, 2015 • 2:40:55pm

[…]

An El Paso family, the McIntyres, is accused of failing to teach its nine hone-schooled children anything because they were “waiting to be raptured.”

But the family says its children were educated and has accused the local school district of being anti-Christian.

An appeals court already ruled against them, saying no family has won a case claiming an absolute right to home school.

By some estimates, Texas leads the nation in home-schooled students.

Tweet should ask whether Home-School Kids Have To Learn Something, article should say ‘home schooled’, not ‘its nine hone-schooled children’.

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thedopefishlives  Nov 1, 2015 • 2:41:01pm

re: #89 klys (maker of Silmarils)

My car clock spends half the year an hour off.

I just can’t be bothered.

I couldn’t drive in a car where the clock is off. My internal computer just can’t handle the external reference clock being out of sync.

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klys (maker of Silmarils)  Nov 1, 2015 • 2:41:46pm

re: #93 thedopefishlives

I couldn’t drive in a car where the clock is off. My internal computer just can’t handle the external reference clock being out of sync.

It helps that the clock is barely readable.

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The Vicious Babushka  Nov 1, 2015 • 2:42:36pm

re: #89 klys (maker of Silmarils)

My car clock spends half the year an hour off.

I just can’t be bothered.

All I had to do was touch the time on the SYNC console and the clock app came right on!

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klys (maker of Silmarils)  Nov 1, 2015 • 2:43:16pm

re: #95 The Vicious Babushka

All I had to do was touch the time on the SYNC console and the clock app came right on!

Hahahahahahaha, oh man.

I’m just grateful I have power locks.

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wrenchwench  Nov 1, 2015 • 2:43:48pm

re: #91 Nyet

Ur livestock are terrierists?!?

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Decatur Deb  Nov 1, 2015 • 2:45:00pm

re: #96 klys (maker of Silmarils)

Hahahahahahaha, oh man.

I’m just grateful I have power locks.

My truck has power nothings, in fact it does not even have roll-up windows. It does have a hand-crank starter, which is ultimately more useful.

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BeachDem  Nov 1, 2015 • 2:45:19pm

re: #96 klys (maker of Silmarils)

Hahahahahahaha, oh man.

I’m just grateful I have power locks.

My car has an analog clock, so I just have to hold in the little button and watch the hands go round till they say the right time. Goin’ old school, baby!

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Blind Frog Belly White  Nov 1, 2015 • 2:45:30pm

re: #68 Feline Fearless Leader

My brother-in-law’s advice for going into the pastures and that they’d be curious and come up to you. And that the younger ones might be a little clumsy and you should be careful that they don’t step on you. As they got older and trained to harness they were pretty easy to handle. I got drafted to horse hold a few times.

So you were a whoreholder at Madame Orse’s,er, I mean a horseholder at Madame Orr’s house?
////

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The Vicious Babushka  Nov 1, 2015 • 2:48:39pm

And here is your White Privilege of the Day==>

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Nyet  Nov 1, 2015 • 2:50:57pm

re: #101 The Vicious Babushka

Quite a lot of idiots in responses, too.

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Blind Frog Belly White  Nov 1, 2015 • 2:51:58pm

Back when I used to keep a dozen American Railroad Pocket Watches running all the time, the switch between Standard and Daylight Saving Times was quite a chore, especially since Railroad watches are lever set, meaning you don’t pull up on the crown to put it in setting mode, but rather unscrew the bezel (holds the crystal) and pulling up on a lever. Then screwing the bezel back on, making sure not to cross-thread it.

Nowadays, I only keep 4 watches running constantly, so it’s a lot faster!

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Blind Frog Belly White  Nov 1, 2015 • 2:56:43pm

re: #102 Nyet

Quite a lot of idiots in responses, too.

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Well, that IS a well-established definition of racism, that it requires being on the upside of a power differential. You may disagree with its use, but it’s not really wrong.

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Decatur Deb  Nov 1, 2015 • 2:58:07pm

re: #103 Blind Frog Belly White

Back when I used to keep a dozen American Railroad Pocket Watches running all the time, the switch between Standard and Daylight Saving Times was quite a chore, especially since Railroad watches are lever set, meaning you don’t pull up on the crown to put it in setting mode, but rather unscrew the bezel (holds the crystal) and pulling up on a lever. Then screwing the bezel back on, making sure not to cross-thread it.

Nowadays, I only keep 4 watches running constantly, so it’s a lot faster!

Why not keep 2 watches in each protocol?

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Nyet  Nov 1, 2015 • 3:00:37pm

re: #104 Blind Frog Belly White

Well, that IS a well-established definition of racism, that it requires being on the upside of a power differential. You may disagree with its use, but it’s not really wrong.

It’s not well-established enough to be in most dictionaries, but that’s not even the point: according to the original and mainstream definition of racism anyone with racial prejudice is a racist. So saying that you can’t be a racist towards whites is wrong. You can at most say “but by my special re-definition you can’t be a racist towards whites”, no more than that.

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Decatur Deb  Nov 1, 2015 • 3:03:06pm

re: #106 Nyet

It’s not well-established enough to be in most dictionaries, but that’s not even the point: according to the original and mainstream definition of racism anyone with racial prejudice is a racist. So saying that you can’t be a racist towards whites is wrong. You can at most say “but by my special re-definition you can’t be a racist towards whites”, no more than that.

“You may call it nonsense if you like,” she said, “but I’ve heard nonsense, compared with which that would be as sensible as a dictionary!”

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b_sharp  Nov 1, 2015 • 3:03:19pm

re: #104 Blind Frog Belly White

Well, that IS a well-established definition of racism, that it requires being on the upside of a power differential. You may disagree with its use, but it’s not really wrong.

I tend to believe racism can be split into 2 or 3 types, systemic, cultural and personal, with systemic & cultural the iffy area. Personal racism can be experienced by anyone from anyone. Cultural/systemic are where power differential comes into play.

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Blind Frog Belly White  Nov 1, 2015 • 3:05:32pm

re: #106 Nyet

It’s not well-established enough to be in most dictionaries, but that’s not even the point: according to the original and mainstream definition of racism anyone with racial prejudice is a racist. So saying that you can’t be a racist towards whites is wrong. You can at most say “but by my special re-definition you can’t be a racist towards whites”, no more than that.

Nonsense. It’s not like the whole thing is brand new, or there are only one or two people using it. Prevalence in use brings its own validity. You might not like it, but it’s not really “my special re-definition”.

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Decatur Deb  Nov 1, 2015 • 3:06:29pm

re: #109 Blind Frog Belly White

Nonsense. It’s not like the whole thing is brand new, or there are only one or two people using. Prevalence in use brings its own validity. You might not like it, but it’s not really “my special re-definition”.

“When I use a word,’ Humpty Dumpty said in rather a scornful tone, ‘it means just what I choose it to mean — neither more nor less.”

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Stanley Sea Toujours  Nov 1, 2015 • 3:06:55pm

re: #85 thedopefishlives

LOVE IT

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Nyet  Nov 1, 2015 • 3:07:01pm

re: #108 b_sharp

Personal racism can be experienced by anyone from anyone. Cultural/systemic are where power differential comes into play.

Exactly.

It doesn’t even make sense to call any single person “racist” according to this new re-definition. Because it’s not the persons, but the systems that are racist. Saying that a person is “racist” on this definition is pretty much meaningless.

So when someone is talking about the ability of non-white people to be personally racist, it’s the original definition that is used, and it makes no sense whatsoever to spout the “prejudice+power” meme as if it had any relevance to the discussion.

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Mattand  Nov 1, 2015 • 3:07:29pm

re: #96 klys (maker of Silmarils)

Hahahahahahaha, oh man.

I’m just grateful I have power locks.

I drive a ‘99 Honda. No power locks. Roll down windows.

If I ever get a new car, I’ll feel like I’m in a spaceship.

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klys (maker of Silmarils)  Nov 1, 2015 • 3:08:26pm

re: #113 Mattand

I drive a ‘99 Honda. No power locks. Roll down windows.

If I ever get a new car, I’ll feel like I’m in a spaceship.

I have a ‘97 Toyota, but it had at least a few bells and whistles.

Teeny engine though. Pulling into the HOV lanes during rush hour is the most terrifying thing imaginable.

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Nyet  Nov 1, 2015 • 3:08:39pm

re: #109 Blind Frog Belly White

Nonsense. It’s not like the whole thing is brand new, or there are only one or two people using it. Prevalence in use brings its own validity. You might not like it, but it’s not really “my special re-definition”.

People regurgitating a meme they read somewhere on tumblr doesn’t bring any validity to the use.

Moreover, you’re missing the point. These people may have their own special re-definition that they hold true, but they can’t tell someone who is using the original definition that they’re wrong.

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The Vicious Babushka  Nov 1, 2015 • 3:09:04pm
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b_sharp  Nov 1, 2015 • 3:09:12pm

re: #114 klys (maker of Silmarils)

I have a ‘97 Toyota, but it had at least a few bells and whistles.

Teeny engine though. Pulling into the HOV lanes during rush hour is the most terrifying thing imaginable.

Peddle harder.

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PhillyPretzel  Nov 1, 2015 • 3:09:36pm

re: #85 thedopefishlives

That was neat and very noisy. Very nice view.

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Targetpractice  Nov 1, 2015 • 3:10:30pm

re: #116 The Vicious Babushka

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In the name of decency, I won’t make the joke that immediately came to mind and instead offer condolences to the family.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Nov 1, 2015 • 3:10:32pm

re: #91 Nyet

Ur livestock are terrierists?!?

my livestock only cares that the feed bins and water buckets are filled on time.

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klys (maker of Silmarils)  Nov 1, 2015 • 3:11:01pm

re: #120 Backwoods_Sleuth

my livestock only cares that the feed bins and water buckets are filled on time.

Heaven help humanity if they’re not, however…

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PhillyPretzel  Nov 1, 2015 • 3:11:02pm

re: #116 The Vicious Babushka

RIP Senator. He had a very nice voice.

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b_sharp  Nov 1, 2015 • 3:12:33pm

re: #112 Nyet

Exactly.

It doesn’t even make sense to call any single person “racist” according to this new re-definition. Because it’s not the persons, but the systems that are racist. Saying that a person is “racist” on this definition is pretty much meaningless.

So when someone is talking about the ability of non-white people to be personally racist, it’s the original definition that is used, and it makes no sense whatsoever to spout the “prejudice+power” meme as if it had any relevance to the discussion.

There is a discussion going on with philosophers & ethicists about how to accurately define racism. Both are valid definitions, as long as the context is very clear which meaning is intended.

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thedopefishlives  Nov 1, 2015 • 3:12:44pm

re: #114 klys (maker of Silmarils)

I have a ‘97 Toyota, but it had at least a few bells and whistles.

Teeny engine though. Pulling into the HOV lanes during rush hour is the most terrifying thing imaginable.

I had a 1984 VW Rabbit Diesel for a daily driver a few years ago. 0-60 time in that thing was approximately 60 seconds. I once had a guy blow my doors off by going straight through a left-turn lane because he was so frustrated with my inability to accelerate.

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Stanley Sea Toujours  Nov 1, 2015 • 3:13:15pm

re: #103 Blind Frog Belly White

Back when I used to keep a dozen American Railroad Pocket Watches running all the time, the switch between Standard and Daylight Saving Times was quite a chore, especially since Railroad watches are lever set, meaning you don’t pull up on the crown to put it in setting mode, but rather unscrew the bezel (holds the crystal) and pulling up on a lever. Then screwing the bezel back on, making sure not to cross-thread it.

Nowadays, I only keep 4 watches running constantly, so it’s a lot faster!

Parody account, but I love it.

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PhillyPretzel  Nov 1, 2015 • 3:14:02pm

re: #124 thedopefishlives

With your land yacht you can race right by him without a second thought. :)

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klys (maker of Silmarils)  Nov 1, 2015 • 3:14:17pm

re: #123 b_sharp

There is a discussion going on with philosophers & ethicists about how to accurately define racism. Both are valid definitions, as long as the context is very clear which meaning is intended.

Probably the main reason I tend to use bigotry to describe personal racism when dealing with people online these days.

Or would if I had a mind to get involved in any of those discussions outside of here, which I typically don’t.

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thedopefishlives  Nov 1, 2015 • 3:14:42pm

re: #126 PhillyPretzel

With your land yacht you can race right by him without a second thought. :)

Hahaha, the land yacht’s performance isn’t any better. Much bigger engine, but over twice the weight. ;)

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thedopefishlives  Nov 1, 2015 • 3:15:05pm

re: #128 thedopefishlives

However, it’d take him 5 minutes to get past me because the thing is so freakin’ long.

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Stanley Sea Toujours  Nov 1, 2015 • 3:16:26pm
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Decatur Deb  Nov 1, 2015 • 3:17:13pm

re: #130 Stanley Sea Toujours

Freakn’ cool attitude.

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Nyet  Nov 1, 2015 • 3:19:15pm

re: #123 b_sharp

If the re-definition is valid, it’s in very specific contexts dealing with whole systems, certainly not in context of personal racism.

Not that it’s very useful, since it’s covered by systemic/institutional racism in the first place.

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Blind Frog Belly White  Nov 1, 2015 • 3:19:19pm

re: #114 klys (maker of Silmarils)

I have a ‘97 Toyota, but it had at least a few bells and whistles.

Teeny engine though. Pulling into the HOV lanes during rush hour is the most terrifying thing imaginable.

When you buy a new car every 11 or so years, you tend to make leaps in technology.

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Stanley Sea Toujours  Nov 1, 2015 • 3:20:04pm

Klys, I have a pork tenderloin in the pressure cooker right now.

Got it on sale, it’s 3 lbs! I’m supplying my upstairs neighb with dinner tonight.

One of the best things about the pressure cooker is the SMELL of the food cooking. Drool.

Buy it, report back.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Nov 1, 2015 • 3:20:25pm

re: #121 klys (maker of Silmarils)

Heaven help humanity if they’re not, however…

at least we don’t have to worry about milking the goats twice a day anymore.

I set the nanny goats free to just be happy goats years ago.

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Blind Frog Belly White  Nov 1, 2015 • 3:21:39pm

re: #132 Nyet

If the re-definition is valid, it’s in very specific contexts dealing with whole systems, certainly not in context of personal racism.

Not that it’s very useful, since it’s covered by systemic/institutional racism in the first place.

Hey Sergey! Didn’t we have this same discussion last month? It feels familiar.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Nov 1, 2015 • 3:21:53pm

re: #133 Blind Frog Belly White

When you buy a new car every 11 or so years, you tend to make leaps in technology.

dammit.
I haven’t bought a new vehicle since 1973…

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klys (maker of Silmarils)  Nov 1, 2015 • 3:21:59pm

re: #134 Stanley Sea Toujours

Klys, I have a pork tenderloin in the pressure cooker right now.

Got it on sale, it’s 3 lbs! I’m supplying my upstairs neighb with dinner tonight.

One of the best things about the pressure cooker is the SMELL of the food cooking. Drool.

Buy it, report back.

I am tempted! I think I am going to wait a bit because we’re still doing the meal plan thing for a while, so I am not cooking much right now at all - but as there is hopefully progress on that front and I start cooking more again, it is high on the list.

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klys (maker of Silmarils)  Nov 1, 2015 • 3:22:17pm

re: #136 Blind Frog Belly White

Hey Sergey! Didn’t we have this same discussion last month? It feels familiar.

Yes, pretty sure you guys did.

Pretty sure nobody convinced anybody else.

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Nyet  Nov 1, 2015 • 3:23:44pm

re: #136 Blind Frog Belly White

Hey Sergey! Didn’t we have this same discussion last month? It feels familiar.

Sure.

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Decatur Deb  Nov 1, 2015 • 3:23:47pm

re: #137 Backwoods_Sleuth

dammit.
I haven’t bought a new vehicle since 1973…

My runner is a ‘73. If I can keep it running it will be my hearse.

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Blind Frog Belly White  Nov 1, 2015 • 3:25:59pm

re: #137 Backwoods_Sleuth

dammit.
I haven’t bought a new vehicle since 1973…

There’s even a big difference in technology between the 2014 Challenger I have, and the 2015s whose introduction made mine cheap enough to afford. Indeed, the new ones have so much technology that they’re hackable and someone could turn your car off on the Freeway.

Fortunately, the guys who discovered this told FCA about it FIRST, before revealing it, so FCA made the patch available to everyone who needed it.

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Blind Frog Belly White  Nov 1, 2015 • 3:26:26pm

re: #139 klys (maker of Silmarils)

Yes, pretty sure you guys did.

Pretty sure nobody convinced anybody else.

But I was so eloquent!
///

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Nyet  Nov 1, 2015 • 3:26:46pm

re: #139 klys (maker of Silmarils)

Pretty sure nobody convinced anybody else.

Which is sort of a bummer. Because both times I hear that both defs are equally correct as a defense of the claims that the old definition is not correct.

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klys (maker of Silmarils)  Nov 1, 2015 • 3:28:00pm

Nope. I refuse to get sucked into pedantic definition waving.

It’s like dick-waving, and about as effective.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Nov 1, 2015 • 3:28:25pm

re: #145 klys (maker of Silmarils)

:D

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Nyet  Nov 1, 2015 • 3:29:06pm

re: #145 klys (maker of Silmarils)

Nope. I refuse to get sucked into pedantic definition waving.

It’s like dick-waving, and about as effective.

Apparently all the folks in those twitter responses disagree…

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Blind Frog Belly White  Nov 1, 2015 • 3:29:24pm

re: #145 klys (maker of Silmarils)

Nope. I refuse to get sucked into pedantic definition waving.

It’s like dick-waving, and about as effective.

But my definition’s bigger!

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klys (maker of Silmarils)  Nov 1, 2015 • 3:29:24pm

re: #147 Nyet

Apparently all the folks in those twitter responses disagree…

I think they’re all being assholes too.

Happy?

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thedopefishlives  Nov 1, 2015 • 3:29:27pm

re: #145 klys (maker of Silmarils)

Nope. I refuse to get sucked into pedantic definition waving.

It’s like dick-waving, and about as effective.

Whaddya mean, not effective? Isn’t that why dick pics are so popular?

///

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Decatur Deb  Nov 1, 2015 • 3:30:11pm

re: #150 thedopefishlives

Whaddya mean, not effective? Isn’t that why dick pics are so popular?

///

That’s the long and the short of it.

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Nyet  Nov 1, 2015 • 3:30:11pm

re: #149 klys (maker of Silmarils)

You’re surrounded by Assholes./

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b_sharp  Nov 1, 2015 • 3:30:51pm

re: #127 klys (maker of Silmarils)

Probably the main reason I tend to use bigotry to describe personal racism when dealing with people online these days.

Or would if I had a mind to get involved in any of those discussions outside of here, which I typically don’t.

Racism affects my family, so I do tend to get involved in discussions on occasion.

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thedopefishlives  Nov 1, 2015 • 3:31:22pm

re: #152 Nyet

You’re surrounded by Assholes./

The corporate ladder is similar to a tree full of monkeys. The monkeys at the top look down and see nothing but a bunch of smiling, happy faces. The monkeys at the bottom look up and see nothing but a bunch of assholes.

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Jenner7  Nov 1, 2015 • 3:32:20pm

Is that Clint really singing???

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klys (maker of Silmarils)  Nov 1, 2015 • 3:32:27pm

re: #153 b_sharp

Racism affects my family, so I do tend to get involved in discussions on occasion.

I don’t judge folks for doing so, I just find that Twitter is not an effective medium for it for me personally.

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Blind Frog Belly White  Nov 1, 2015 • 3:33:35pm

re: #156 klys (maker of Silmarils)

I don’t judge folks for doing so, I just find that Twitter is not an effective medium for it for me personally.

I’m not sure what Twitter is an effective medium for.

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klys (maker of Silmarils)  Nov 1, 2015 • 3:33:47pm

re: #157 Blind Frog Belly White

I’m not sure what Twitter is an effective medium for.

Cat pictures.

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thedopefishlives  Nov 1, 2015 • 3:33:54pm

re: #158 klys (maker of Silmarils)

Cat pictures.

This.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Nov 1, 2015 • 3:34:02pm

Found this photo today.
It’s MrBWS’s ‘55 HD Panhead in the backyard.
The stunning part of the photo, to me, is all the open space 20 years ago that has now been taken over by Mother Nature.
That clear hill in the back? It is now a dense stand of fairly mature poplar trees.
The orchard in front is now a tangle of wild wisteria and huge feral fruit trees.

I am feeling soooo old….

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Nyet  Nov 1, 2015 • 3:34:29pm

OK then, emergency kittens.
Video

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Blind Frog Belly White  Nov 1, 2015 • 3:34:32pm

re: #158 klys (maker of Silmarils)

Cat pictures.

So, nonverbal communication?

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Nov 1, 2015 • 3:35:00pm

re: #158 klys (maker of Silmarils)

Cat pictures.

and food porn

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Decatur Deb  Nov 1, 2015 • 3:35:03pm

re: #157 Blind Frog Belly White

I’m not sure what Twitter is an effective medium for.

You can reveal an astounding amount of ignorance in 140 characters.

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Nyet  Nov 1, 2015 • 3:35:46pm

CAT pictures?

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klys (maker of Silmarils)  Nov 1, 2015 • 3:36:03pm

re: #162 Blind Frog Belly White

So, nonverbal communication?

That’s what I use it for.

Oh, and hockey.

I watch a lot of people try to use it for other things, and I think that it rarely works out well for anyone.

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thedopefishlives  Nov 1, 2015 • 3:36:32pm

re: #165 Nyet

CAT pictures?

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*groan*

*WHACK!*

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VegasGolfer  Nov 1, 2015 • 3:37:44pm

re: #116 The Vicious Babushka

Don’t know about the man, I’m sure he was a decent man. Liked his movies, disagreed with his politics. I’m sure if a dem with his same credentials had died, cons would be rejoicing (like when Carter announced he had cancer). thats the difference between the people in this country.

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Blind Frog Belly White  Nov 1, 2015 • 3:39:12pm

The original ‘Terminator’ is on the TV, and it is really amazing how far special effects have come. Every time they use an animatronic head instead of the actual Arnold, it’s obvious. Not even in the same league as the current level of integration of CGI animation with live action!

I remember being scared shitless as a kid by the Harryhausen-animated skeleton warriors in ‘Jason And The Argonauts’, now they look jerky and fake.

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Stanley Sea Toujours  Nov 1, 2015 • 3:39:22pm

Breaking news
Petty the Beach Cat (#dunegoon) I met his owner when he live tweeted hurricane Sandy.
Sports
Spouting off
Learning new shit that’s happening.
Occasional porn that flies by. I don’t mind that, I call it the ‘spice’

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Shiplord Kirel  Nov 1, 2015 • 3:40:22pm

RIP, Fred Thompson

Fred Thompson, a former U.S. senator for Tennessee, GOP presidential candidate, Watergate attorney and longtime “Law and Order” star, died on Sunday. He was 73.

Mr. Thompson died after a recurrence of lymphoma, according to a statement issued by the Thompson family.

“It is with a heavy heart and a deep sense of grief that we share the passing of our brother, husband, father, and grandfather who died peacefully in Nashville surrounded by his family,” the statement reads.

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Mattand  Nov 1, 2015 • 3:40:35pm

re: #133 Blind Frog Belly White

When you buy a new car every 11 or so years, you tend to make leaps in technology.

I’ve driven 3 cars since 1984: a ‘78 Chevy Chevette; an ‘86 Honda Civic hatchback; and the aforementioned ‘99 Honda Civic sedan.

If I keep going at my current rate, the next car I get will not only be self-driving, it’ll have anti-grav capability.

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Decatur Deb  Nov 1, 2015 • 3:40:47pm

re: #170 Stanley Sea Toujours

Breaking news
Petty the Beach Cat (#dunegoon) I met his owner when he live tweeted hurricane Sandy.
Sports
Spouting off
Learning new shit that’s happening.
Occasional porn that flies by. I don’t mind that, I call it the ‘spice’

What kind of porn can you get in 140 characters? 1 Shade of Grey?

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Blind Frog Belly White  Nov 1, 2015 • 3:41:30pm

re: #168 VegasGolfer

Don’t know about the man, I’m sure he was a decent man. Liked his movies, disagreed with his politics. I’m sure if a dem with his same credentials had died, cons would be rejoicing (like when Carter announced he had cancer). thats the difference between the people in this country.

I didn’t realize that Fred Thompson was the Republican Counsel on the Watergate Committee! Sure, he was partisan, but he did that job professionally. It’s what we’re missing in today’s witchhunts.

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Nyet  Nov 1, 2015 • 3:42:02pm

re: #169 Blind Frog Belly White

I used to think Troll 2 was a real horror movie.

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Stanley Sea Toujours  Nov 1, 2015 • 3:42:06pm

re: #173 Decatur Deb

What kind of porn can you get in 140 characters? 1 Shade of Grey?

Nekkid photos. Up close sometimes.

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Not a Sparkly Vampire  Nov 1, 2015 • 3:43:09pm

re: #173 Decatur Deb

What kind of porn can you get in 140 characters? 1 Shade of Grey?

Hot letter on letter action!

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Decatur Deb  Nov 1, 2015 • 3:44:02pm

re: #177 Not a Sparkly Vampire

Hot letter on letter action!

Poorly-endowed ascii art.

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Mattand  Nov 1, 2015 • 3:44:06pm

re: #177 Not a Sparkly Vampire

Hot letter on letter action!

Gives new meaning to the word ‘interrobang’.

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Charles Johnson  Nov 1, 2015 • 3:44:11pm

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Blind Frog Belly White  Nov 1, 2015 • 3:44:20pm

re: #176 Stanley Sea Toujours

Nekkid photos. Up close sometimes.

“Those are balls. Up close, they always look like landscape.”

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William Lewis  Nov 1, 2015 • 3:44:55pm

re: #171 Shiplord Kirel

Rest gently in the light, Senator.

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Blind Frog Belly White  Nov 1, 2015 • 3:46:03pm

re: #180 Charles Johnson

When you go against them, they not only throw you out of the party, they rewrite history to exclude you.

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Mattand  Nov 1, 2015 • 3:46:36pm

re: #180 Charles Johnson

Seems like a simple Google search would be easy enough for the stalkers to see their mistake.

Yes, I do live in a fantasy world. Why do you ask?

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thedopefishlives  Nov 1, 2015 • 3:46:44pm

re: #180 Charles Johnson

FDMml/Gdv9be3PojS/Vn1vTLUutjPd4V4BSOPIP5/8Env3bvBtXybEqlgSRJLwfuEnmVlfFsUCOM7pr5ZP9MgW6qRca4Giq1nd+jewBLE5Qi1vnipKu8iNr5QWiI2yOP2SXceZtk5KVMoVY//tOFw66n6mQtlJ/jluQb04K420mlq3lQOE3RFP+eJ7FNBKpOHxU3TeIG7uIJymQlDj20WG+g+luSKVCMKdKLohdKvBM4X/WovkXmdQiJfyWj0m5kVVBHdN0T9tlq0/H8rX1/DchnB3jdpNA0cb3YTonMm42H4K26AXDOF6kms7G9CRLyzsERYvro9Y1bcCs/SRGAKsJvvba7TmsUCONTkF1/boZvSHs6BcEycrQcvw/20nVd

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wrenchwench  Nov 1, 2015 • 3:46:51pm

re: #180 Charles Johnson

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Still, after all these years.
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VegasGolfer  Nov 1, 2015 • 3:47:08pm

re: #174 Blind Frog Belly Whitethats when congress hired qualified people to interview witnesses, not ignorant congressmen who want to make speeches instead of asking real questions.

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Not a Sparkly Vampire  Nov 1, 2015 • 3:47:28pm

re: #186 wrenchwench

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We really are.
I haz sad.
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Nyet  Nov 1, 2015 • 3:47:39pm

re: #180 Charles Johnson

You should really write that long post.

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Feline Fearless Leader  Nov 1, 2015 • 3:48:30pm

re: #155 Jenner7

Is that Clint really singing???

Yes. Lee Marvin as well.

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Mattand  Nov 1, 2015 • 3:50:10pm

re: #190 Feline Fearless Leader

Yes. Lee Marvin as well.

I always thought that Simpsons gag was a put-on. I remember watching it when it first premiered and thinking “Ha! Lee Marving and Clint Eastwood singing? Good one!”

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Nyet  Nov 1, 2015 • 3:51:19pm

From what I can tell, “Buckhead” (Harry W. MacDougald) first asked some questions about the documents, specifically about the fonts. That’s not the same as proving the case.

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William Lewis  Nov 1, 2015 • 3:51:47pm

re: #183 Blind Frog Belly White

When you go against them, they not only throw you out of the party, they rewrite history to exclude you.

I’m reminded of the people that would disappear from photos of Stalin as they fell out of favor.

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Blind Frog Belly White  Nov 1, 2015 • 3:52:03pm

re: #190 Feline Fearless Leader

Yes. Lee Marvin as well.

Clint’s singing was good, if you’re talking High School Drama Club. Lee Marvin’s doesn’t even approach that level of listenable.

Apart from that, it’s a really enjoyable flick!

“He’s going to play Chamber Music on them French Horns!”

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Charles Johnson  Nov 1, 2015 • 3:52:26pm

re: #192 Nyet

From what I can tell, “Buckhead” (Harry W. MacDougald) first asked some questions about the documents, specifically about the fonts. That’s not the same as proving the case.

And I credited him for asking that question in my very first post about it.

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Jenner7  Nov 1, 2015 • 3:52:29pm

Welcome to No Name City. Population: Drunk

Haha.

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Nyet  Nov 1, 2015 • 3:52:29pm

Here is the post they’re referring to:

freerepublic.com

Howlin, every single one of these memos to file is in a proportionally spaced font, probably Palatino or Times New Roman.

In 1972 people used typewriters for this sort of thing, and typewriters used monospaced fonts.

The use of proportionally spaced fonts did not come into common use for office memos until the introduction of laser printers, word processing software, and personal computers. They were not widespread until the mid to late 90’s. Before then, you needed typesetting equipment, and that wasn’t used for personal memos to file. Even the Wang systems that were dominant in the mid 80’s used monospaced fonts.

I am saying these documents are forgeries, run through a copier for 15 generations to make them look old.

This should be pursued aggressively.

47 posted on 9/9/2004, 5:59:43 AM by Buckhead

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Belafon  Nov 1, 2015 • 3:52:31pm

re: #104 Blind Frog Belly White

Well, that IS a well-established definition of racism, that it requires being on the upside of a power differential. You may disagree with its use, but it’s not really wrong.

I would say you can be racist toward white people. For example, rednecks or hillbillies. This thing about those is those are mainly used by whites against others.

If a black paramedic showed up and refused to treat a person because he’s white, that would be racism.

The power component comes in because whites can make it their racism towards blacks cost more, and whites can make any racism BY blacks costly as well.

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Not a Sparkly Vampire  Nov 1, 2015 • 3:53:22pm

So how goes things?

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thedopefishlives  Nov 1, 2015 • 3:53:30pm

re: #192 Nyet

From what I can tell, “Buckhead” (Harry W. MacDougald) first asked some questions about the documents, specifically about the fonts. That’s not the same as proving the case.

As far as I remember, Charles did the analysis with the Word document and the original “throbbing memo” once the questions started to get raised.

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Nyet  Nov 1, 2015 • 3:53:49pm

re: #197 Nyet

His argument was technically wrong, too, even if he looked in the right direction.

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wrenchwench  Nov 1, 2015 • 3:54:42pm

re: #199 Not a Sparkly Vampire

So how goes things?

I’m making a 10 year old bike go like new. Bit by bit.

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Charles Johnson  Nov 1, 2015 • 3:56:23pm

re: #197 Nyet

Here’s my first post, clearly crediting Buckhead for asking that question.

littlegreenfootballs.com

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Charles Johnson  Nov 1, 2015 • 3:57:26pm

And later that same morning, here’s my first post superimposing the CBS document and my Microsoft Word document.

littlegreenfootballs.com

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Charles Johnson  Nov 1, 2015 • 3:58:40pm

The first post with the animated GIF was published the next day.

littlegreenfootballs.com

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The Vicious Babushka  Nov 1, 2015 • 4:00:01pm

re: #154 thedopefishlives

The corporate ladder is similar to a tree full of monkeys. The monkeys at the top look down and see nothing but a bunch of smiling, happy faces. The monkeys at the bottom look up and see nothing but a bunch of assholes.

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Charles Johnson  Nov 1, 2015 • 4:00:30pm
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De Kolta Chair  Nov 1, 2015 • 4:01:06pm

Shade!

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Nyet  Nov 1, 2015 • 4:01:17pm

re: #205 Charles Johnson

Throbbing!

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FormerDirtDart  Nov 1, 2015 • 4:01:52pm

OT but wanted to share

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thedopefishlives  Nov 1, 2015 • 4:01:58pm

re: #207 Charles Johnson

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Decatur Deb  Nov 1, 2015 • 4:02:03pm

re: #198 Belafon

I would say you can be racist toward white people. For example, rednecks or hillbillies. This thing about those is those are mainly used by whites against others.

If a black paramedic showed up and refused to treat a person because he’s white, that would be racism.

The power component comes in because whites can make it their racism towards blacks cost more, and whites can make any racism BY blacks costly as well.

You can make up a new word, or reassign an old word, to cover the ideology of the NOI and the Yahwist separatists. In the meanwhile, “racist” pretty well covers it.

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Nyet  Nov 1, 2015 • 4:05:18pm

re: #207 Charles Johnson

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Charles Johnson  Nov 1, 2015 • 4:05:23pm

re: #211 thedopefishlives

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Nyet  Nov 1, 2015 • 4:08:04pm

re: #214 Charles Johnson

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thedopefishlives  Nov 1, 2015 • 4:08:40pm

re: #214 Charles Johnson

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You dastardly thief, you. Giving credit to your victims.

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The Vicious Babushka  Nov 1, 2015 • 4:09:38pm

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Nyet  Nov 1, 2015 • 4:10:43pm

re: #217 The Vicious Babushka

#213

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The Vicious Babushka  Nov 1, 2015 • 4:13:54pm

re: #218 Nyet

#213

All I get is “This Domain is for Sale” at GoDaddy.

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Nyet  Nov 1, 2015 • 4:14:37pm

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Nyet  Nov 1, 2015 • 4:15:46pm

re: #219 The Vicious Babushka

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Nyet  Nov 1, 2015 • 4:16:30pm

re: #221 Nyet

OK, that URL is also not gonna work, you have to delete the trash at the end of the link. I don’t know where it comes from.

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Nyet  Nov 1, 2015 • 4:17:09pm

re: #222 Nyet

Those Unicode chars appear only after I post the URL here.

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Nyet  Nov 1, 2015 • 4:18:10pm

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thedopefishlives  Nov 1, 2015 • 4:18:50pm

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Nyet  Nov 1, 2015 • 4:19:02pm

re: #224 Nyet

Should work now, but when I hover over the bitly URL I still see some Unicode crap at the end of the URL.

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thedopefishlives  Nov 1, 2015 • 4:22:06pm

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Charles Johnson  Nov 1, 2015 • 4:23:13pm

re: #226 Nyet

Hmm, that’s odd. Something’s up with the decryption code.

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Nyet  Nov 1, 2015 • 4:23:44pm

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Nyet  Nov 1, 2015 • 4:26:56pm

re: #229 Nyet

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thedopefishlives  Nov 1, 2015 • 4:28:05pm

re: #230 Nyet

Revisionist history can suck it. This is how real research is done.

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Charles Johnson  Nov 1, 2015 • 4:30:17pm

re: #230 Nyet

There you go! Thanks, that completely settles it.

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CleverToad  Nov 1, 2015 • 4:30:22pm

re: #194 Blind Frog Belly White

Clint’s singing was good, if you’re talking High School Drama Club. Lee Marvin’s doesn’t even approach that level of listenable.

Apart from that, it’s a really enjoyable flick!

“He’s going to play Chamber Music on them French Horns!”

Love this movie. Even with the singing — it’s in character for the character. Can you imagine if they’d dubbed it and a lovely tenor is supposedly coming out of Lee Marvin’s throat?

Sneaking in a few minutes to catch up, then have to go back to writing during two hours of the Broncos game. (895 words so far today, 770+ to go.) Trying not to get hooked but you guys are talking about NaNoWriMo, Paint Your Wagon and food. Again. This place is addictive…

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gocart mozart  Nov 1, 2015 • 4:30:45pm

Heh

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Charles Johnson  Nov 1, 2015 • 4:31:06pm

I notice that those garbage Unicode characters only appear if the link is the last thing in the private comment. If anything else follows it, it’s fine.

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danarchy  Nov 1, 2015 • 4:33:06pm

re: #168 VegasGolfer

Don’t know about the man, I’m sure he was a decent man. Liked his movies, disagreed with his politics. I’m sure if a dem with his same credentials had died, cons would be rejoicing (like when Carter announced he had cancer). thats the difference between the people in this country.

Unfortunately this is the FIRST comment on the CBS story I just read on it:

H0TFNDGB33TDWN 20 minutes ago
Reverse mortgages are a parasitic business and Fred was another old fart Republican. Too bad we still have the reverse mortgage problem.

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Nyet  Nov 1, 2015 • 4:34:07pm

re: #232 Charles Johnson

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Nyet  Nov 1, 2015 • 4:38:49pm

re: #227 thedopefishlives

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Joe Bacon  Nov 1, 2015 • 4:39:24pm

re: #82 Timothy Watson

This daylight-savings change is totally screwing my internal clock up.

It disturbs me too because I have to take my diabetes pills at the exact time every day. If I shift away for even a half hour, I get disoriented!

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thedopefishlives  Nov 1, 2015 • 4:40:59pm

Dammit. There’s a major geomagnetic storm on the way, but it has to be cloudy here. I was hoping to score a look at the aurora.

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lawhawk  Nov 1, 2015 • 4:41:07pm

It’s amazing that after all this time, there’s still revisionist BS surrounding the Rathergate docs, who did what, and Charles’ role. Thing is that it’s all quite well documented (for those willing to put the time/effort in).

Crazy that they’re still trying to revise the history - and the same folks who were busy cheering you for coming up with the throbbing memo, are now claiming you had nothing to do with any of it, or that you were simply on the periphery.

One thing that makes it more difficult for them to write you out is the fact that your involvement in Rathergate helped spur the creation of PJ Media as well, which Charles participated in for several years.

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Feline Fearless Leader  Nov 1, 2015 • 4:41:55pm

re: #233 CleverToad

Love this movie. Even with the singing — it’s in character for the character. Can you imagine if they’d dubbed it and a lovely tenor is supposedly coming out of Lee Marvin’s throat?

Sneaking in a few minutes to catch up, then have to go back to writing during two hours of the Broncos game. (895 words so far today, 770+ to go.) Trying not to get hooked but you guys are talking about NaNoWriMo, Paint Your Wagon and food. Again. This place is addictive…

“Hello Parson. Welcome to Hell!”

:) Love that line and situation.

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thedopefishlives  Nov 1, 2015 • 4:42:58pm

re: #240 thedopefishlives

Then I realize that it’s supposed to be at its maximum _tomorrow_ night, and not _tonight_, and I feel a little better. Come on, weather, clear up.

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lawhawk  Nov 1, 2015 • 4:44:57pm

So, new Speaker. Same old GOP:

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Charles Johnson  Nov 1, 2015 • 4:45:27pm

OK, fixed that weird Unicode problem.

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Charles Johnson  Nov 1, 2015 • 4:49:06pm

re: #241 lawhawk

These people are literally trying to erase everything I’ve ever done. It’s a bizarre and sick obsession with them.

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Stanley Sea Toujours  Nov 1, 2015 • 4:55:23pm

re: #236 danarchy

Unfortunately this is the FIRST comment on the CBS story I just read on it:

H0TFNDGB33TDWN 20 minutes ago
Reverse mortgages are a parasitic business and Fred was another old fart Republican. Too bad we still have the reverse mortgage problem.

Unfortunately his reverse mortgage work out-shined his public service. And Law & Order.

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Targetpractice  Nov 1, 2015 • 4:58:47pm

re: #244 lawhawk

So, new Speaker. Same old GOP:

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They want to make it expire in 5 years and cut benefits 60%. Because, as we all know, the medical issues of the people they once used as reelection campaign props will magically disappear by the time the 20th anniversary of 9/11 rolls around.

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Nyet  Nov 1, 2015 • 4:59:11pm

So I’m going through various ancient annals and find Allahpundit shitting on Politkovskaya in 2004:

Misfortune continues to befall journalists sent to cover the massacre in Beslan. Allah told you on Monday about two Russian reporters who never made it to Ossetia, one because he was detained for “hooliganism” and the other because she came down with a mysterious case of food poisoning on the flight out.
[…]
So: Putin bad, reporters good, right? Not so fast. Anna Politkovskaya, the reporter who was allegedly poisoned on her way to Beslan, has a piece in tomorrow’s Guardian that contains an interesting bit of information.
[…]
She wasn’t going there to “cover” the event. She was going to there to negotiate with the Chechens. Reporters without Borders admits as much in an article posted on Monday:[…]
Suddenly it’s not hard to see why Putin might not want people like her running around during a hostage standoff. That Politkovskaya apparently felt unbound by her journalistic duty not to interfere in the story is defensible in light of the extreme circumstances. But to do so in a manner that would undercut her own government’s authority in plain view of the enemy is inexcusable, in my opinion. It’s not a whole lot different from private Israeli citizens negotiating the Geneva Accord or John Kerry having finger sandwiches with the Vietcong in Paris. We’ve even got a statute on the subject. None of which, of course, is to say that Politkovskaya deserved to be poisoned for her actions, but it does go to show that in Russia, as so often seems to be the case, it’s less a matter of good guys and bad guys than bad guys and really bad guys.

Fuuuuck dat guy.

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Stanley Sea Toujours  Nov 1, 2015 • 5:03:11pm
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Jenner7  Nov 1, 2015 • 5:05:44pm

re: #251 Stanley Sea Toujours

All the while screaming about the “liberal media”….

Amazing.

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Targetpractice  Nov 1, 2015 • 5:08:02pm

re: #252 Jenner7

All the while screaming about the “liberal media”….

Amazing.

Except Fox. They’ve decided Fox is cool…

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Charles Johnson  Nov 1, 2015 • 5:08:27pm

This little power play the GOP is trying to run on the debates is really going to hurt them, PR-wise. There’s no way they can possibly come out of this without looking like weak, crying babies.

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The Vicious Babushka  Nov 1, 2015 • 5:09:03pm

re: #254 Charles Johnson

This little power play the GOP is trying to run on the debates is really going to hurt them, PR-wise. There’s no way they can possibly come out of this without looking like weak, crying babies.

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Patricia Kayden  Nov 1, 2015 • 5:09:26pm

re: #101 The Vicious Babushka

And here is your White Privilege of the Day==>

Was that meant to be ironic? That is the only way it makes sense. How about not enslaving people in the first place?

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Charles Johnson  Nov 1, 2015 • 5:12:04pm
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thedopefishlives  Nov 1, 2015 • 5:12:46pm

re: #254 Charles Johnson

This little power play the GOP is trying to run on the debates is really going to hurt them, PR-wise. There’s no way they can possibly come out of this without looking like weak, crying babies.

My response to them would be along the lines of: Look, we are only carrying your farcical attempts at “debate” for the entertainment factor and for those Americans who are into playing hazardous drinking games. As far as we’re concerned, we don’t care what you do. The door is that way, don’t let it hit your collective ass on the way out, and have fun storming the castle.

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Targetpractice  Nov 1, 2015 • 5:13:06pm

The networks need to say that they’ve already made arrangements with the RNC and will not renegotiate with the individual campaigns. If they don’t want to do that, then they’re free to skip the debates.

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Nyet  Nov 1, 2015 • 5:13:28pm

From a once important rw blog:

wizbangblog.com

Charles Johnson’s graphic was what convinced most people that the document was indeed a forgery. It has been mentioned in multiple national media outlets including (from memory) TIME Magazine, USA Today, CNN and FOX News. This graphic is historically important because thousands, if not millions of people reproduced it in their own homes and offices.

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Skip Intro  Nov 1, 2015 • 5:14:38pm

re: #253 Targetpractice

Except Fox. They’ve decided Fox is cool…

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Wouldn’t want to do that.

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thedopefishlives  Nov 1, 2015 • 5:15:36pm

re: #261 Skip Intro

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Wouldn’t want to do that.

Well, how much of their money comes from Roger’s pockets? Fox owns the GOP. There’s a reason they’re perfectly OK with this.

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Timothy Watson  Nov 1, 2015 • 5:15:59pm

WTF? Someone gave that nutjob Sharyl Attkisson some syndicated news program?

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The Vicious Babushka  Nov 1, 2015 • 5:16:19pm

Is it OK or not OK to mention Fred Thompson’s disastrous “reverse mortgage” scam?

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Great White Snark  Nov 1, 2015 • 5:16:46pm

re: #254 Charles Johnson

This little power play the GOP is trying to run on the debates is really going to hurt them, PR-wise. There’s no way they can possibly come out of this without looking like weak, crying babies.

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Charles Johnson  Nov 1, 2015 • 5:18:00pm
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Skip Intro  Nov 1, 2015 • 5:19:39pm

Trump’s still pissed off at the Messicans.

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Nyet  Nov 1, 2015 • 5:20:07pm

re: #264 The Vicious Babushka

If you’re certain it’s true… then I’d be OK with it. Others’ MMV.

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KGxvi  Nov 1, 2015 • 5:20:15pm

re: #259 Targetpractice

If I were running a news division, that’s what I would do. I’d also make sure that there were empty podiums for whoever didn’t show up. And have the moderators say “at this time, I would have a question for (missing candidate) but since he’s not here, we will go to (appearing candidate”

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Barefoot Grin  Nov 1, 2015 • 5:22:07pm

re: #113 Mattand

I drive a ‘99 Honda. No power locks. Roll down windows.

If I ever get a new car, I’ll feel like I’m in a spaceship.

We bought a new Civic in 2013. Before that all my cars had cassette players. Actually, the car I drive (‘92 Volvo) still has a cassette player.

When you get a new car, it will feel like a spaceship. With monthly payments.

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gocart mozart  Nov 1, 2015 • 5:22:33pm

Didn’t Jonah Goldberg say that leftist were fascists?

I’m curious about the anti-fascist commie chick who is front and center.
Google (Wiki) tells me: “Women played a large role. After the war, about 35,000 Italian women were recognised as female partigiane combattente (partisan combatants) and 20,000 as patriote (patriots); they broke into these groups based on their activities. The majority were between 20 and 29. They were generally kept separate from male partisans. Few were attached to brigades and were even rarer in mountain brigades. Female countryside volunteers were generally rejected. Women still served in large numbers and had significant influence.” en.wikipedia.org…

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Skip Intro  Nov 1, 2015 • 5:23:06pm

re: #262 thedopefishlives

Well, how much of their money comes from Roger’s pockets? Fox owns the GOP. There’s a reason they’re perfectly OK with this.

Roger controls every single thing that comes out of the mouth of every single Fox “personality”. Piss off Roger and he’ll turn his zoo of jackals on you.

That’s the deal the GOP got when it made Fox their official network.

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danarchy  Nov 1, 2015 • 5:23:14pm

re: #258 thedopefishlives

My response to them would be along the lines of: Look, we are only carrying your farcical attempts at “debate” for the entertainment factor and for those Americans who are into playing hazardous drinking games. As far as we’re concerned, we don’t care what you do. The door is that way, don’t let it hit your collective ass on the way out, and have fun storming the castle.

Nice thought, but these debates have gotten these channels higher ratings than they have had in years, maybe ever. CNBC had 14 million viewers, more than the world series game on opposite it.

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The Vicious Babushka  Nov 1, 2015 • 5:23:27pm

re: #268 Nyet

If you’re certain it’s true… then I’d be OK with it. Others’ MMV.

Fred Thompson American Advisors Group (AAG) Commercial for Reverse Mortgage

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Ace-o-aces  Nov 1, 2015 • 5:23:59pm

re: #247 Charles Johnson

Former U.S. Sen. Fred Thompson Dies at 73

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Skip Intro  Nov 1, 2015 • 5:25:00pm

re: #269 KGxvi

If I were running a news division, that’s what I would do. I’d also make sure that there were empty podiums for whoever didn’t show up. And have the moderators say “at this time, I would have a question for (missing candidate) but since he’s not here, we will go to (appearing candidate”

The problem with that is there are no news divisions any more. Everything is entertainment and has to get ratings.

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Barefoot Grin  Nov 1, 2015 • 5:25:58pm

re: #165 Nyet

CAT pictures?

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Pay no attention to the man behind the curtain.

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KGxvi  Nov 1, 2015 • 5:28:04pm

re: #273 danarchy

What are the ratings this year compared to years past? I’m honestly curious, because I wonder how much is unique to this year and how much is just the nature of presidential debates.

Secondly, there is some really short sighted actions by the candidates here. Debates are free media. People tune out commercials (or skip them with the help of dvrs). You can’t skip a free media event that people are actually going to see, that’s campaign suicide. The professionals in the campaigns (assuming there are any left in the GOP world) have to be going crazy over this

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The Vicious Babushka  Nov 1, 2015 • 5:28:09pm

GAH

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Skip Intro  Nov 1, 2015 • 5:29:06pm

So when are we going to see the pics of CCJ and his hero George Zimmerman? Surely CCJ must have posted them by now.

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danarchy  Nov 1, 2015 • 5:31:57pm

re: #278 KGxvi

What are the ratings this year compared to years past? I’m honestly curious, because I wonder how much is unique to this year and how much is just the nature of presidential debates.

Secondly, there is some really short sighted actions by the candidates here. Debates are free media. People tune out commercials (or skip them with the help of dvrs). You can’t skip a free media event that people are actually going to see, that’s campaign suicide. The professionals in the campaigns (assuming there are any left in the GOP world) have to be going crazy over this

In 2011 the top rated debates were pulling ~7 million viewers. The first fox debate this year had over 20 million.

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Skip Intro  Nov 1, 2015 • 5:32:22pm

re: #274 The Vicious Babushka

That’s the way I’ll always remember Fred. Super sincere standing in front of the flag, scamming old people out of their money.

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Eventual Carrion  Nov 1, 2015 • 5:39:37pm

re: #281 danarchy

In 2011 the top rated debates were pulling ~7 million viewers. The first fox debate this year had over 20 million.

The first Dem one had 15.3 million estimated.

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TedStriker  Nov 1, 2015 • 5:41:49pm

re: #171 Shiplord Kirel

RIP, Fred Thompson

Damn, I didn’t know he’d been sick…fucking cancer.

I may not have cared for some of his politics (or his reverse mortgage gig), but I respected much of his high-profile work as a lawyer, as minority counsel for the Watergate investigation (the “what did President Nixon know and when did he know it?” line that Sen. Howard Baker asked supposedly came from Thompson) and for taking on and winning the suit for Marie Ragghianti’s wrongful termination from the TN parole board that exposed Gov. Ray Blanton’s “clemency for cash” corruption and led to Blanton’s resignation (the movie Marie was made about her and was also Thompson’s first acting gig, playing himself). I also liked him many of his acting roles, in Die Hard 2, in The Hunt for Red October, as Roseanne’s (last) boss at the plastic factory in Roseanne (he played that one like a real SOB), and in Law & Order.

To use a cliche, Fred had gravitas…RIP.

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TedStriker  Nov 1, 2015 • 5:46:49pm

re: #282 Skip Intro

That’s the way I’ll always remember Fred. Super sincere standing in front of the flag, scamming old people out of their money.

I’d rather remember him from Marie (playing himself as her lawyer) or The Hunt for Red October (as admiral of the USS Enterprise battle group).

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TedStriker  Nov 1, 2015 • 5:47:32pm

re: #279 The Vicious Babushka

GAH

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Damnit, Deray.

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makeitstop  Nov 1, 2015 • 6:28:43pm

re: #281 danarchy

In 2011 the top rated debates were pulling ~7 million viewers. The first fox debate this year had over 20 million.

But the sad fact is that a presidential debate should in no way be connected to rating, ever. This is likely the worst way that Trump has distorted the process.

How in the world would any sane person equate the ability to draw TV ratings with ability to run a goddamned country?

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John Vreeland  Nov 1, 2015 • 8:10:52pm

It was Chris Thile who convinced me to really stick with the mandolin. I’m well into upper intermediate territory now, and have been playing in public for a while. I really envy the guys with long fingers, though.

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John Vreeland  Nov 2, 2015 • 7:37:40pm

re: #16 De Kolta Chair

Hell. That map identifies the location of my family’s original holdings in what later became the Bronx. I’ve never seen it indicated on a map before, and no one remembered where it was.


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