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Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light)  Dec 16, 2015 • 2:33:12pm

Get your motor running…

Baltimore judge declares mistrial in Freddie Gray case

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Jenner7  Dec 16, 2015 • 2:44:47pm
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Backwoods_Sleuth  Dec 16, 2015 • 2:47:50pm

re: #2 Jenner7

Baltimore Sun reporter after the mistrial was declared:

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Dec 16, 2015 • 2:48:51pm
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Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light)  Dec 16, 2015 • 2:50:08pm

re: #3 Backwoods_Sleuth

Looks like they read ‘em the Riot Act…and disturbance of the peace has to be dealt with using force or god knows what sort of disorder could result, right?

/

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Dec 16, 2015 • 2:56:09pm

LAS VEGAS, NV — Speaking to the Republican Women’s Club in a mall on the glitzy Las Vegas Strip, retired neurosurgeon and presidential hopeful Dr. Ben Carson repeated a debunked theory that Muslim immigrants have taken control of neighborhoods in major European cities, and warned a similar pattern could arise in the U.S.

“Everyone is welcome in America if they’re willing to assimilate, but we don’t want the kind of situation that has occurred in Great Britain where you have 85 sharia courts and no-go areas and things like that,” Carson told the room of mainly older Republican women. “That doesn’t make sense for the United States of America, which is the great melting pot.”

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blueraven  Dec 16, 2015 • 3:00:41pm

re: #6 Backwoods_Sleuth

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Yeah, cuz that’s all they got! Lies and fear mongering.

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Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light)  Dec 16, 2015 • 3:01:47pm

re: #6 Backwoods_Sleuth

Everyone is welcome in America if they’re willing to assimilate, but we don’t want the kind of situation that has occurred in Great Britain where you have 85 sharia courts

That’s a guaranteed rabble-rouser. It evokes images of public beheadings, stoning adulteresses and forced Muslim prayer.

What it means is that there are civil courts where Muslims can voluntarily seek a decision on family or business matters which are nonetheless still subject to civil jurisdiction.

I must admit that I still have some issues with it, especially as involves Muslim women being socially pressured to accept a marriage or family settlement from a Sharia judge, but it is not the major bugaboo that people make it out to be.

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dog philosopher ஐஒஔ௸  Dec 16, 2015 • 3:04:57pm

Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker (R) quietly signed two pieces of legislation Wednesday that dramatically alter the election and campaign finance landscape in the state.

The first new law dismantles the nonpartisan Government Accountability Board — an independent elections and ethics panel — which has been held up as a national model because it’s run by six former judges rather than partisan political appointees.

In its place will be two different commissions overseeing ethics and elections, ran mostly by partisan appointees put in place by the governor and legislative leaders.

The second law relaxes campaign finance rules, doubling the limit for individual contributions, eliminating the requirement that donors must identify their employer and allowing corporate donations to political parties and legislative campaign committees.

Walker held no public ceremony for these dramatic changes, signing the bills in a private event [guilty conscience!]. The Associated Press noted that news of the signings came from a tweet from the author of the GAB legislation. Walker’s office later put out statements confirming what he had done.

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TedStriker  Dec 16, 2015 • 3:10:19pm

re: #9 dog philosopher ஐஒஔ௸

Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker (R) quietly signed two pieces of legislation Wednesday that dramatically alter the election and campaign finance landscape in the state.

The first new law dismantles the nonpartisan Government Accountability Board — an independent elections and ethics panel — which has been held up as a national model because it’s run by six former judges rather than partisan political appointees.

In its place will be two different commissions overseeing ethics and elections, ran mostly by partisan appointees put in place by the governor and legislative leaders.

The second law relaxes campaign finance rules, doubling the limit for individual contributions, eliminating the requirement that donors must identify their employer and allowing corporate donations to political parties and legislative campaign committees.

Walker held no public ceremony for these dramatic changes, signing the bills in a private event [guilty conscience!]. The Associated Press noted that news of the signings came from a tweet from the author of the GAB legislation. Walker’s office later put out statements confirming what he had done.

Payback for John Doe, no doubt.

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FormerDirtDart  Dec 16, 2015 • 3:13:56pm

Look who is back in the news…not surprised at all
Affluenza boy has apparently disappeared and not been in contact with his probation officer (violation of probation)…mommy seems to have fallen off the map.

This comes after video popped up of affluenza boy boozing it up at a party (violation of probation)

Hopefully they scoop douche-boy up, and he gets to serve the remainder of his ten-year probation behind bars. Where he should have gone after killing those four people

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Brother Holy Cruise Missile of Mild Acceptance  Dec 16, 2015 • 3:15:13pm

and in today’s edition of Fuck Texas

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Targetpractice  Dec 16, 2015 • 3:15:43pm

re: #10 TedStriker

Payback for John Doe, no doubt.

That’s what I was just thinking. It was the GAB whose recommendation kicked off John Doe. Scotty’s just making sure they can’t do that to him ever again, with the help of his buddies in the legislature, any of whom might one day have their eyes set on the governor’s mansion.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Dec 16, 2015 • 3:16:59pm
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klys (maker of Silmarils)  Dec 16, 2015 • 3:17:09pm

re: #13 Targetpractice

That’s what I was just thinking. It was the GAB whose recommendation kicked off John Doe. Scotty’s just making sure they can’t do that to him ever again, with the help of his buddies in the legislature, any of whom might one day have their eyes set on the governor’s mansion.

I look forward to the justification of why this is good politics.

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blueraven  Dec 16, 2015 • 3:18:31pm

Fox News is spinning Fed Rate hike as a really bad thing, after years of bashing Fed for keeping it at zero.

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Targetpractice  Dec 16, 2015 • 3:19:00pm

re: #15 klys (maker of Silmarils)

I look forward to the justification of why this is good politics.

“Blah blah John Doe was wrong blah blah it was all unconstitutional blah blah prevents Democrats from launching another partisan investigation blah.”

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Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light)  Dec 16, 2015 • 3:23:20pm

re: #14 Backwoods_Sleuth

Nobel laureate Malala Yousafzai slams Trump’s ideology as “full of hatred”

Best to keep dangerous Muslims like that out of the country.

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Blind Frog Belly White  Dec 16, 2015 • 3:24:52pm

re: #14 Backwoods_Sleuth

[Embedded content]

WHAT WOULD SHE KNOW ABOUT ISLAM?!?

Alternatively,

TAQQIIIYAAAA!!!

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EPR-radar  Dec 16, 2015 • 3:25:37pm

re: #15 klys (maker of Silmarils)

I look forward to the justification of why this is good politics.

It’s good politics because it helps Team (R) and hurts Team (D).

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wrenchwench  Dec 16, 2015 • 3:26:18pm
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Blind Frog Belly White  Dec 16, 2015 • 3:27:49pm

re: #16 blueraven

Fox News is spinning Fed Rate hike as a really bad thing, after years of bashing Fed for keeping it at zero.

My surprise, etc.

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Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light)  Dec 16, 2015 • 3:30:25pm

re: #16 blueraven

Fox News is spinning Fed Rate hike as a really bad thing, after years of bashing Fed for keeping it at zero.

Because its readers do not really know or care about the Fed or interest rates but they know when something is Obama’s fault…

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EPR-radar  Dec 16, 2015 • 3:30:59pm

re: #15 klys (maker of Silmarils)

I look forward to the justification of why this is good politics.

The answer is right there in the cited article:

Common Cause Wisconsin, a group that focuses on campaign finance and election reform, said the two laws “were designed for one purpose only: to consolidate and maintain one party political control of Wisconsin as we head into a critical Presidential election year.”

“This will be remembered as one of the saddest and darkest chapters, at the end of one of the most horrendous legislative floor periods, in our state’s 167-year history — when honest, accountable and transparent state government was systematically dismantled in favor of hyper-partisan political advantage, retroactive decriminalization, and revenge,” the group said in a statement.

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KGxvi  Dec 16, 2015 • 3:32:25pm

re: #8 Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light)

I must admit that I still have some issues with it, especially as involves Muslim women being socially pressured to accept a marriage or family settlement from a Sharia judge, but it is not the major bugaboo that people make it out to be.

I’m not a fan when it comes to family law issues, with one exception: if there is a pre-nup with a choice of law provision. Even then, I’m not wild about them. But US law allows contracting parties to impose choice of law and choice of venue provisions within negotiated contracts. Usually that means the contract is governed by California or New York law, or whatever, and must be heard in a court of competent jurisdiction in designated places. But it can be used for sharia or halakhah or Roman Catholic canon law (though I suspect the whole “no divorce” thing would not fly).

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Dec 16, 2015 • 3:33:23pm

re: #16 blueraven

Fox News is spinning Fed Rate hike as a really bad thing, after years of bashing Fed for keeping it at zero.

END TEH FED!!11!!

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Kid A  Dec 16, 2015 • 3:33:48pm

Per the post downstairs, I’d like to announce that I am a proud member of the godless left.

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FormerDirtDart  Dec 16, 2015 • 3:34:05pm

Keane, now a FOX News contributor, came forward to say that Fiorina got the facts wrong surrounding his retirement.

“No, I have never spoken to the president,” Keane said on FOX News. “That’s not accurate, and I never served this administration. I served the previous administration.”

When asked Wednesday if she misspoke, Fiorina dug in on the accuracy of her statement.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Dec 16, 2015 • 3:34:57pm

re: #28 FormerDirtDart

Carly has video and file foto!!!

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Kid A  Dec 16, 2015 • 3:35:57pm

re: #28 FormerDirtDart

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Blind Frog Belly White  Dec 16, 2015 • 3:36:36pm

re: #27 Kid A

Per the post downstairs, I’d like to announce that I am a proud member of the godless left.

I’m wondering where this leaves all the members of my family*, who are certainly Leftist - more so than I, generally - but definitely NOT Godless.

*Family Of Origin. Mrs. FBW and all the little FBWs are as godless as I am.

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Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light)  Dec 16, 2015 • 3:36:55pm

re: #30 Kid A

Fiorina says she didn’t misspeak in saying that Gen. Keane (who retired before Obama) had to retire early for disagreeing with Obama

Then it is obvious that Keane mis-retired!

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Dec 16, 2015 • 3:38:36pm
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ObserverArt  Dec 16, 2015 • 3:38:42pm

Okay, I’ve been threatening to put up some of the music on the CD my buddies and I put together over the last couple years. We are a group of friends that have been in bands together since the late 70s, off and on. In the early 90s one of the guys purchased an Otari 1/2” 8-Track recorder and we made a cassette under the name The Glee Club. That didn’t last long though as one of the guys quit and everyone was deep into families and jobs.

But we never stopped jamming and writing and recording. In 2006 we put together a CD under the name The Band That Never Was. It was decent, but we were still learning to record and mix and produce a finished project. I am eventually going to put up some of the better songs on Soundcloud from that project as I think the performances and the writing were pretty good but the final recording wasn’t all that good.

Keep in mind this has all been a Friday night get together to party and have fun, sort of a guys night out from families and jobs. The two married dudes wives were glad to get them out of the house!

Since 2010, we started this current project, but one of the guys retired from playing and that caused another to give up. Getting old sucks. We gave up on the name The Band That Never Was and worked over last winter to polish off some of the recordings and get them digitized and finish up this CD project.

I know we have a lot of cat and other pet lovers, so please let me tell you about the name of our studio. When I bought this 100 year old house that stood open to people ripping off some of the fixtures and other stuff (it was a rough neighborhood) many years ago, I wanted to put a small studio in the basement. In the one main room we play in there was the dried and fuzzy remains of a cat that had gotten into the house and died in the corner of the room. Thus the name of the studio became Dead Cat Studio. Since we do not consider ourselves great musicians and singers, just guys having fun, I always said we had that “dead cat sound.” Rrawrrrr!

So I finally got a little logo designed for the Studio and set up some files at Soundcloud. We decided to call it Dead Cat Studio as a project name more than a band name. I want to share a tune or so, but keep in mind this is a home recording by a bunch of music hacks. If you find it offensive, I’ll not subject the lizards to too much. If you like them (in context) I’ll share some more. So, let me know what you think. I’m a little shy to do this…but here goes.

The first one is a little countryish. It’s called my situation. Yours truly on drums and backing vocals. One Friend on lead vocals and lead guitar, another on guitar number two and another on bass and backing vocals. The CD is named “…but not the least.” Hit the big red arrow top left to play.

Video

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Targetpractice  Dec 16, 2015 • 3:40:28pm

re: #33 Backwoods_Sleuth

[Embedded content]

Meanwhile, Havana Ted’s standing next to The Donald, talking about carpet bombing terrorists until the sand glows. Funny how Bill’O missed that…

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Blind Frog Belly White  Dec 16, 2015 • 3:41:44pm

re: #23 Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light)

Because its readers do not really know or care about the Fed or interest rates but they know when something is Obama’s fault…

Scenario 1: “A” does not happen.
OBAMA ISN’T LETTING/MAKING ‘A’ HAPPEN BECAUSE HE’S A GAY KENYAN MUSLIM SOCIALIST!!!

Scenario 2: “A” does happen.
OBAMA LET/MADE ‘A’ HAPPEN BECAUSE HE’S A GAY KENYAN MUSLIM SOCIALIST!!!

Scenarios 1 and 2 can run sequentially, in either order.

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Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light)  Dec 16, 2015 • 3:42:01pm

re: #33 Backwoods_Sleuth

oreillyfactor says Trump’s only talking bout killing innocent families of terrorists 2 win votes. What monsters would this win votes from?

there seems to be a sick logic to pundits and supporters that Trump is not going to win, but they want to make a point that they would vote for him if he could, mostly just to piss people off and to show their incoherent rage.

at least that was what gave him his momentum, but now he is showing no signs of going away any time soon.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Dec 16, 2015 • 3:42:10pm

re: #35 Targetpractice

Meanwhile, Havana Ted’s standing next to The Donald, talking about carpet bombing terrorists until the sand glows. Funny how Bill’O missed that…

And Ben Carson on the other side saying he doesn’t have a problem with killing thousands of children, if that’s what it takes…

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FormerDirtDart  Dec 16, 2015 • 3:42:30pm

I won, my daddy told me

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The Vicious Babushka  Dec 16, 2015 • 3:43:02pm

Here is the entire Twitter battle between Patton Oswalt and Baby Ben Snidely Whiplash of the Corn

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TedStriker  Dec 16, 2015 • 3:51:22pm

re: #15 klys (maker of Silmarils)

I look forward to the justification of why this is good politics.

You know Dark is going to give it the ol’ college try.

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The Vicious Babushka  Dec 16, 2015 • 3:51:23pm

LOLWUT

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dholmes32  Dec 16, 2015 • 3:52:10pm

re: #42 The Vicious Babushka

LOLWUT

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Good. He deserves it.

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Kid A  Dec 16, 2015 • 3:54:54pm

It said “cock,” lol.

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wrenchwench  Dec 16, 2015 • 3:57:31pm

Can he be President of North America?

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TedStriker  Dec 16, 2015 • 3:57:39pm

re: #28 FormerDirtDart

Keane, now a FOX News contributor, came forward to say that Fiorina got the facts wrong surrounding his retirement.

“No, I have never spoken to the president,” Keane said on FOX News. “That’s not accurate, and I never served this administration. I served the previous administration.”

Probably not for very long…

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Decatur Deb  Dec 16, 2015 • 3:59:26pm

re: #14 Backwoods_Sleuth

Nobel laureate Malala Yousafzai slams Trump’s ideology as “full of hatred”

She’s a kid. What could she know about hatred?

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Dec 16, 2015 • 4:00:13pm

re: #44 Kid A

I read the supposed email.
It was beyond ridiculous.

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blueraven  Dec 16, 2015 • 4:02:52pm
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blueraven  Dec 16, 2015 • 4:04:17pm
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Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light)  Dec 16, 2015 • 4:06:16pm

re: #48 Backwoods_Sleuth

I read the supposed email.
It was beyond ridiculous.

Seems that somebody was very, very unsure of themselves at the LAUSD or terribly shaken up by recent events…

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KGxvi  Dec 16, 2015 • 4:06:35pm

re: #49 blueraven

good gawd damn… remember when they were bitching about Obama spiking the football? Trump is basically spiking the football after every single play - first and ten, two yard run off left tackle, Trump spikes football; second and eight, six yard pass over the middle, Trump spikes the football; third and two, five yard pass for first down, Trump spikes the football and dances with mascot.

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Tigger2  Dec 16, 2015 • 4:07:12pm

re: #50 blueraven

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Wingnuts heads all across the Country.

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Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light)  Dec 16, 2015 • 4:07:28pm

re: #52 KGxvi

good gawd damn… remember when they were bitching about Obama spiking the football? Trump is basically spiking the football after every single play - first and ten, two yard run off left tackle, Trump spikes football; second and eight, six yard pass over the middle, Trump spikes the football; third and two, five yard pass for first down, Trump spikes the football and dances with mascot.

He is spiking the ball at every turn because he knows he is never going to get across the 50-yard line.

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KGxvi  Dec 16, 2015 • 4:10:36pm

re: #54 Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light)

It’s like the old Miami Hurricanes, but with less rhythm, less style, and fewer actual victories. And somehow, also more obnoxious.

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dharmamark  Dec 16, 2015 • 4:11:01pm

re: #27 Kid A

Per the post downstairs, I’d like to announce that I am a proud member of the godless left.

Me too! \m/

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Charles Johnson  Dec 16, 2015 • 4:12:54pm
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Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light)  Dec 16, 2015 • 4:14:14pm

re: #57 Charles Johnson

The GOP candidates tried to say the LA school closing was “keeping us safe.” Actually it was an example of dumb overreacting out of fear.

Like busting a young Muslim kid for a clock?

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Charles Johnson  Dec 16, 2015 • 4:14:18pm
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Backwoods_Sleuth  Dec 16, 2015 • 4:15:13pm
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EPR-radar  Dec 16, 2015 • 4:15:45pm

re: #28 FormerDirtDart

Carly Fiorina has decided to try to win the GOP nomination by telling lies that are outrageously false, beyond the capacity of even a GOP spin-meister to defend.

Not a bad strategy, actually. The only problem here is that she’s wasting her GOP super-lying powers on pointless trivia about Generals.

If she were serious about the nomination, it would have been non-stop ‘Planned parenthood is selling the baby parts for the big bucks’ all last night.

Nobody that mattered would have cared that this would have been totally off-topic for a foreign policy debate.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Dec 16, 2015 • 4:16:56pm

re: #59 Charles Johnson

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Decatur Deb  Dec 16, 2015 • 4:18:26pm

Been travelling for a while, so I don’t know if anyone has posted this, a metal cover of The Sound of Silence. The kids have pushed it to me, trying to recruit a superannuated metalhead.

Disturbed - The Sound Of Silence [Official Music Video]

They sell it as a solid answer to the Rising Shit.

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makeitstop  Dec 16, 2015 • 4:19:49pm

re: #34 ObserverArt

Good stuff, dude! Your vocalist almost sounds like Lou Reed at times. Or Stan Ridgeway.

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CleverToad  Dec 16, 2015 • 4:22:19pm

re: #34 ObserverArt

One vote for ‘keep posting ‘em’
Have to keep the studio name — it has tradition behind it! And a cute logo.

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Romantic Heretic  Dec 16, 2015 • 4:22:31pm

re: #6 Backwoods_Sleuth

Hey, Carson knows that the people he’s talking to couldn’t even find Europe on a map, never mind know if ‘no go zones’ is bullshit.

Because, let’s face it, Carson can’t and doesn’t either.

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Jenner7  Dec 16, 2015 • 4:22:52pm

re: #60 Backwoods_Sleuth

One of the comments:

I am emailing you to inform you of the happenings on Tuesday, 12/15/15. Something big is going down. Something very big. It will make national headlines. Perhaps, even international ones.
…Donald?

lol

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Tigger2  Dec 16, 2015 • 4:23:26pm

re: #62 Backwoods_Sleuth

[Embedded content]

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klys (maker of Silmarils)  Dec 16, 2015 • 4:24:21pm

The weather, having a great time messing with your head. (No, Seattle hasn’t been bombed.)

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Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light)  Dec 16, 2015 • 4:25:32pm

re: #57 Charles Johnson

The GOP candidates tried to say the LA school closing was “keeping us safe.” Actually it was an example of dumb overreacting out of fear.

There is a sick logic behind it…like The Boy Who Cried Wolf, except that the boy really wants the wolf to come.

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makeitstop  Dec 16, 2015 • 4:26:55pm

re: #63 Decatur Deb

Been travelling for a while, so I don’t know if anyone has posted this, a metal cover of The Sound of Silence. The kids have pushed it to me, trying to recruit a superannuated metalhead.

[Embedded content]

They sell it as a solid answer to the Rising Shit.

That kid Aaron is good. I met him at the ‘Phoenix Rising’ benefit for the Station Fire survivors in Rhode Island, where he did a short acoustic set of all classic rock.

He knows his rock history. Nice guy, too.

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EPR-radar  Dec 16, 2015 • 4:28:03pm

re: #70 Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light)

There is a sick logic behind it…like The Boy Who Cried Wolf, except that the boy really wants the wolf to come.

That disgusting kind of thinking was all over the PNAC manifesto from the 1990s, and the Bushies followed that exact script after 9/11.

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Pawn of the Oppressor  Dec 16, 2015 • 4:29:06pm

re: #49 blueraven

[Embedded content]

Trump needs to run for President of Russia. “Strength, power, and stamina”… Jesus Christ.

Not sure if campaign ad or commercial for boner pills

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Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light)  Dec 16, 2015 • 4:30:25pm

re: #73 Pawn of the Oppressor

Trump needs to run for President of Russia. “Strength, power, and stamina”… Jesus Christ.

Not sure if campaign ad or commercial for boner pills

It is the same appeal: a weak government but a strong leader. One who comes in, kicks ass, and sets things straight.

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Decatur Deb  Dec 16, 2015 • 4:31:11pm

re: #71 makeitstop

That kid Aaron is good. I met him at the ‘Phoenix Rising’ benefit for the Station Fire survivors in Rhode Island, where he did a short acoustic set of all classic rock.

He knows his rock history. Nice guy, too.

Don’t know the group, but the dude can actually sing—passes the “hair standing” test.

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blueraven  Dec 16, 2015 • 4:34:41pm

re: #63 Decatur Deb

Been travelling for a while, so I don’t know if anyone has posted this, a metal cover of The Sound of Silence. The kids have pushed it to me, trying to recruit a superannuated metalhead.

[Embedded content]

Video

They sell it as a solid answer to the Rising Shit.

That is pretty badass.

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Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light)  Dec 16, 2015 • 4:36:13pm

re: #76 blueraven

That is pretty badass.

Yeah, sent it to my 13-year-old daughter. Funny, as I remember being totally transfixed as a kid by my big sister playing the original S&G version

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makeitstop  Dec 16, 2015 • 4:43:13pm

re: #75 Decatur Deb

Don’t know the group, but the dude can actually sing—passes the “hair standing” test.

Oops, I had the names messed up - Aaron’s the kid from Staind. David Draiman, Disturbed’s front man, is also really good.

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blueraven  Dec 16, 2015 • 4:45:28pm

re: #77 Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light)

Yeah, sent it to my 13-year-old daughter. Funny, as I remember being really transfixed as a kid by my big sister playing the original S&G version

The lyrics are amazing.

And the sign said The words of the Prophets are written on the subway walls…and Tenement Halls

Hard to cover it in the S&G style because it is just about perfect, but this cover has an edge and that man has a helluva good voice.

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makeitstop  Dec 16, 2015 • 4:48:10pm

re: #79 blueraven

The lyrics are amazing.

And the sign said The words of the Prophets are written on the subway walls…and Tenement Halls

Hard to cover it in the S&G style because it is just about perfect, but this cover has an edge and that man has a helluva good voice.

Here’s an interesting story about Draiman - Yeshiva Destruction - Disturbed’s Unlikeliest Fans

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ObserverArt  Dec 16, 2015 • 4:48:43pm

re: #64 makeitstop

Good stuff, dude! Your vocalist almost sounds like Lou Reed at times. Or Stan Ridgeway.

re: #65 CleverToad

One vote for ‘keep posting ‘em’
Have to keep the studio name — it has tradition behind it! And a cute logo.

Thanks!

I was a bit hesitant to put it up as I suffer from that Germanic issue of wanting perfection. But, then I also have to keep in perspective we don’t have but a couple thousand in recording equipment and we worked once a week on Friday, sometimes an extra evening or weekend afternoon.

makeitstop, I know you are a serious musician right? So, any positives from you makes me happy.

Here is another with me on main vocal. Backups by the lead and bass players. I wrote this one based on an idea from the bass player that always cringed when his father in law visited. The father in law’s nickname…”Big.” I’m not a great singer, but I enjoy trying!

“That man’s in town”

Video

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Decatur Deb  Dec 16, 2015 • 4:52:33pm

re: #80 makeitstop

Here’s an interesting story about Draiman - Yeshiva Destruction - Disturbed’s Unlikeliest Fans

Heh.
“Sometimes it’s frustrating. You just want to blast ‘Stupify’ down the hallways once in a while.”

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makeitstop  Dec 16, 2015 • 4:59:23pm

re: #82 Decatur Deb

Heh.
“Sometimes it’s frustrating. You just want to blast ‘Stupify’ down the hallways once in a while.”

Here’s how they made their bones…

Disturbed Prayer

He’s got such a good voice. For all its edge, his pitch is so true, and his vibrato is about perfect.

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ObserverArt  Dec 16, 2015 • 5:01:15pm

Did PolitiFact fact check any of Carly’s BS last night? They have one job. They should have a metric ton of BS to sort through.

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Big Beautiful Door  Dec 16, 2015 • 5:01:21pm

re: #29 Backwoods_Sleuth

Carly has video and file foto!!!

His retirement was retroactive to before Obama became President; that’s how mad Obama was at him!

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dog philosopher ஐஒஔ௸  Dec 16, 2015 • 5:02:11pm

re: #79 blueraven

The words of the Prophets are written on the subway walls

we used to sing this song a lot back in nyc in the 60s when i was in high school and i went looking for the words of the prophets on the subway walls but all they said was TAKI 183

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ObserverArt  Dec 16, 2015 • 5:02:12pm

re: #85 Big Beautiful Door

His retirement was retroactive to before Obama became President; that’s how mad Obama was at him!

Well, Obama was president when 9/11 happened. Right?

/

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Decatur Deb  Dec 16, 2015 • 5:04:58pm

re: #86 dog philosopher ஐஒஔ௸

we used to sing this song a lot back in nyc in the 60s when i was in high school and i went looking for the words of the prophets on the subway walls but all they said was TAKI 183

And stencils of “Who is John Galt?”

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Dec 16, 2015 • 5:09:24pm
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makeitstop  Dec 16, 2015 • 5:10:48pm

re: #81 ObserverArt

makeitstop, I know you are a serious musician right? So, any positives from you makes me happy.

Dunno how serious I am, but I do play as much as I can. :)

The Tele tone on the solo is right there. Is that through your Vox?

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Charles Johnson  Dec 16, 2015 • 5:12:13pm

re: #81 ObserverArt

Pretty nice stuff! Sounds like you had fun making it.

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dog philosopher ஐஒஔ௸  Dec 16, 2015 • 5:12:35pm

Former Vice President Dick Cheney (R) on Monday denounced real estate mogul Donald Trump’s plan to restrict all Muslims from immigrating to the U.S., pointing out that the U.S. has always welcomed people of all religions.

“I think this whole notion that somehow we can just say no more Muslims, just ban a whole religion, goes against everything we stand for and believe in,” he told conservative radio host Hugh Hewitt. “I mean, religious freedom has been a very important part of our history and where we came from. A lot of people, my ancestors got here, because they were Puritans.”

i just wanted to re post that because 1) wingnuts will never hear it, and 2) let’s all remember it when dick cheney publicly kisses trump’s ass at the republican convention next fall

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Big Beautiful Door  Dec 16, 2015 • 5:12:45pm

re: #61 EPR-radar

Carly Fiorina has decided to try to win the GOP nomination by telling lies that are outrageously false, beyond the capacity of even a GOP spin-meister to defend.

Not a bad strategy, actually. The only problem here is that she’s wasting her GOP super-lying powers on pointless trivia about Generals.

If she were serious about the nomination, it would have been non-stop ‘Planned parenthood is selling the baby parts for the big bucks’ all last night.

Nobody that mattered would have cared that this would have been totally off-topic for a foreign policy debate.

I saw a video in which a woman was forcibly impregnated, held in a PP dungeon for 8 months, then her octuplets were forcibly removed and carved up alive so that eight sets of baby parts could be sold to pay for the directors new Lamborghini!

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Charles Johnson  Dec 16, 2015 • 5:14:46pm

Meanwhile - Chucky the Mad Johnson is still missing in action. His pal David Daleiden has a court hearing this Friday.

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ObserverArt  Dec 16, 2015 • 5:15:07pm

re: #89 Backwoods_Sleuth

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Chicken hawks all. You’d think they’d be a little sheepish speaking like great tough warriors, but not this group.

That’s one thing I like about Obama. He always seems to consider any military action thoroughly and is aware of his own background. He never gloats and always gives the military the credit they deserve like he did when they took out Bin Laden.

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Charles Johnson  Dec 16, 2015 • 5:16:53pm
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ObserverArt  Dec 16, 2015 • 5:17:10pm

re: #91 Charles Johnson

Pretty nice stuff! Sounds like you had fun making it.

Charles, coming from you I can’t fully express how good that makes me feel. I have all the respect in the world for your musical talents and tastes.

Thank you very much. And thank you for the venue to share it.

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Big Beautiful Door  Dec 16, 2015 • 5:18:15pm

re: #63 Decatur Deb

Been travelling for a while, so I don’t know if anyone has posted this, a metal cover of The Sound of Silence. The kids have pushed it to me, trying to recruit a superannuated metalhead.

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Video

They sell it as a solid answer to the Rising Shit.

Wow that’s good.

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Decatur Deb  Dec 16, 2015 • 5:18:22pm

re: #92 dog philosopher ஐஒஔ௸

Former Vice President Dick Cheney (R) on Monday denounced real estate mogul Donald Trump’s plan to restrict all Muslims from immigrating to the U.S., pointing out that the U.S. has always welcomed people of all religions.

“I think this whole notion that somehow we can just say no more Muslims, just ban a whole religion, goes against everything we stand for and believe in,” he told conservative radio host Hugh Hewitt. “I mean, religious freedom has been a very important part of our history and where we came from. A lot of people, my ancestors got here, because they were Puritans.”

i just wanted to re post that because 1) wingnuts will never hear it, and 2) let’s all remember it when dick cheney publicly kisses trump’s ass at the republican convention next fall

When Dick Cheney tells you you’re being a dipshit, you’re getting expert opinion.

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ObserverArt  Dec 16, 2015 • 5:21:59pm

re: #90 makeitstop

Dunno how serious I am, but I do play as much as I can. :)

The Tele tone on the solo is right there. Is that through your Vox?

No, that was done after we put the analog tape into our digitizer and the lead player did that through a Line 6 Pod directly into the computer.

I don’t do any guitar on these songs. I’m just drums and vocals. The next project, if we ever get it finished, will be more me on guitar too. Since it will be down to just two of us, we are going to go for a more stripped down rootsy sound. I want way more singular isolation of the sounds. Plus, I am going to try to do the mixes. The lead player on this project did the mixing.

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b.d.  Dec 16, 2015 • 5:22:21pm

re: #96 Charles Johnson

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I heard that Chuck stole O’Keefe’s Osama costume and snuck across the US/Mexico border headed south.

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b.d.  Dec 16, 2015 • 5:24:17pm

Another source told me that Chuck is headed to New York to interview for this job:

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EPR-radar  Dec 16, 2015 • 5:29:00pm

re: #89 Backwoods_Sleuth

The GOP primary has made clear the need for adding a new word to the language.

Like we have a gaggle of geese and a pride of lions, we need a proper collective term for multiple chicken hawks in one place (like at the GOP debate).

One possibility, to hopefully get the ball rolling:

A defecation of chicken hawks.

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The Vicious Babushka  Dec 16, 2015 • 5:29:54pm

The best laid schemes of mice and men gang aft aglee

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dog philosopher ஐஒஔ௸  Dec 16, 2015 • 5:31:35pm

re: #103 EPR-radar

The GOP primary has made clear the need for adding a new word to the language.

Like we have a gaggle of geese and a pride of lions, we need a proper collective term for multiple chicken hawks in one place (like at the GOP debate).

One possibility, to hopefully get the ball rolling:

A defecation of chicken hawks.

they are certainly guilty of defalcation of knowledge

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makeitstop  Dec 16, 2015 • 5:48:20pm

re: #100 ObserverArt

No, that was done after we put the analog tape into our digitizer and the lead player did that through a Line 6 Pod directly into the computer.

Sounds good. Was that one of the red ones? I still do all of my recording through mine, the first version. I’ve fallen out of love with the Line 6 stuff, but those old Pods still sound good.

I don’t do any guitar on these songs. I’m just drums and vocals. The next project, if we ever get it finished, will be more me on guitar too. Since it will be down to just two of us, we are going to go for a more stripped down rootsy sound. I want way more singular isolation of the sounds. Plus, I am going to try to do the mixes. The lead player on this project did the mixing.

The mix on the first one sounds good. Now that it’s halftime at the Knicks game, I’ll go check the other one. :)

Speaking of Knicks - Porzingas has got 6 block in the half. He’s keeping Towns pretty quiet tonight. They’re billing it as the battle of potential Rookies of the Year, but KP’s got the edge tonight.

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A Cranky One  Dec 16, 2015 • 5:51:04pm

re: #100 ObserverArt

As Charles noted, sounds like you had fun. That’s one reason I got my kids involved with band, choir, etc. as soon as possible. Making music is such a different experience than just listening. I’ve learned a number of different instruments over the years, allowing me to participate in performing everything from classical to rock. There’s an impact to live performances that recordings just can’t provide, especially for musicians. And helping to make that noise, IMHO, is an exhilarating experience.

Personally I enjoy folks posting about and sharing their hobbies and interests. With the current state of politics, a little art and culture is a needed brain cleanse.

So thanks for posting those. And while I understand the perfectionist tendencies that might make you reluctant, overall I think the lizards are gentle folk. Besides, we all can’t be perfect like Trump.


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