Sunday Jam: Bill Laurance, “Money in the Desert”

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Here’s another excellent unclassifiable piece by Snarky Puppy keyboardist Bill Laurance, from his solo album Flint. It’s like a soundtrack for a great movie nobody’s ever made.

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From the DVD “Flint” released May 6, 2014 on GroundUP Music

Written by Bill Laurance
Produced and arranged by Michael League & Bill Laurance

ALBUM PERSONNEL
Bill Laurance - acoustic piano, Fender Rhodes, vocoder, keyboards, shaker, congas, ride cymbal, propane tank, hand claps
Michael League - electric bass, double bass, Moog bass, 12-string acoustic guitar, electric guitar, hand claps
Robert “Sput” Searight - drum set, timpani, marching snare & bass drums, shekere, cowbells, vibraslap, woodblocks, shaker, hand claps
Maria Im - violin
Zach Brock - violin (solos)
Curtis Stewart - violin
Henry Flory - violin
Lev Zhurbin - viola
Eylem Basaldi - viola
Maria Jeffers - cello
J.Y. Lee - cello
Mike “Maz” Maher - trumpet & flugelhorn
Matt McLaughlin - French horn
Chris Bullock - tenor saxophone, clarinet, bass clarinet, & flute
Brian Donohoe - alto saxophone, clarinet, bass clarinet, & flute
Scott Flynn - trombone
Magda Giannikou - propane tank, glockenspiel, & xylophone
Emilia Canas Mendes & Andy LaViolette - hand claps

Engineered by Rudyard Lee Cullers at the Carriage House in Stamford, CT.
Mixed by Nic Hard at Limebeat Studios in New York, NY.
Mastered by Scott Hull at Masterdisk NYC in New York, NY.
Filmed by Andy LaViolette

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149 comments
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goddamnedfrank  Apr 10, 2016 • 1:45:56pm
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goddamnedfrank  Apr 10, 2016 • 2:01:12pm
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worldknot  Apr 10, 2016 • 2:11:06pm

Pet peeve: I wish people would stop saying Clinton is ahead by 2.4 or however many million votes. The “popular vote” is not a real thing when you have a mix of primaries and caucuses, some open and some closed, and some of which don’t report raw votes at all. Adding up the numbers is comparing apples and oranges. The closest thing we have to a fair measure of popular support is pledged delegates. That’s how we know Clinton is ahead and Sanders is behind.

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Charles Johnson  Apr 10, 2016 • 2:19:47pm

Yeesh. The Rage Furby has basically turned his crappy blog into an all-out white supremacist site now. From his latest incoherent rant:

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goddamnedfrank  Apr 10, 2016 • 2:23:14pm

re: #3 worldknot

Pet peeve: I wish people would stop saying Clinton is ahead by 2.4 or however many million votes. The “popular vote” is not a real thing when you have a mix of primaries and caucuses, some open and some closed, and some of which don’t report raw votes at all. The closest thing we have to a fair measure of popular support is pledged delegates. That’s how we know Clinton is ahead and Sanders is behind.

I tend to agree but the thing is popular vote determines the sense of mandate in the general election so I can see why it matters to a degree in the primaries too. My opinion is that State parties that run caucuses instead of primaries are disenfranchising their own members / citizens in order to play games during the convention, and if they want to compete nationally on an equal footing the power is in their hands to do so. Dismissing the popular vote only encourages this antiquated and inherently undemocratic practice.

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Patricia Kayden  Apr 10, 2016 • 2:30:36pm

re: #4 Charles Johnson

Yeesh. The Rage Furby has basically turned his crappy blog into an all-out white supremacist site now. From his latest incoherent rant:

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Because non-White people have contributed nothing to add to the betterment of this world, right Furby? And often while having to fight against White Supremacists just like you.

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worldknot  Apr 10, 2016 • 2:32:37pm

re: #5 goddamnedfrank

I tend to agree but the thing is popular vote determines the sense of mandate in the general election so I can see why it matters to a degree in the primaries too. My opinion is that State parties that run caucuses instead of primaries are disenfranchising their own members / citizens in order to play games during the convention, and if they want to compete nationally on an equal footing the power is in their hands to do so. Dismissing the popular vote only encourages this antiquated and inherently undemocratic practice.

Yeah, I’m all for killing off the caucus. As for primaries, I’m not sure if it’s better to keep them open or closed, but they should all be one or the other.

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TedStriker  Apr 10, 2016 • 2:35:23pm

re: #4 Charles Johnson

Yeesh. The Rage Furby has basically turned his crappy blog into an all-out white supremacist site now. From his latest incoherent rant:

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Well, it’s not like he had that much lower to stoop…

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dog philosopher ஐஒஔ௸  Apr 10, 2016 • 2:35:43pm

re: #4 Charles Johnson

Yeesh. The Rage Furby has basically turned his crappy blog into an all-out white supremacist site now. From his latest incoherent rant:

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perhaps he could study a little more history and give the muslims and chinese credit for the scientific advances and transmission of culture they were responsible for during the millenium when europe was in the dumps

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goddamnedfrank  Apr 10, 2016 • 2:37:21pm

re: #7 worldknot

Yeah, I’m all for killing off the caucus. As for primaries, I’m not sure if it’s better to keep them open or closed, but they should all be one or the other.

I’m in favor of closed primaries. There are no barriers to declaring oneself a Democrat and we should be encouraging people to make that leap. I don’t think open primaries produce the level of introductory “buy in” to the Party that they’re intended to.

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dog philosopher ஐஒஔ௸  Apr 10, 2016 • 2:44:45pm

primaries and caucuses

the system that prevailed from the 1830s to the 1960s whereby the candidate was chosen by the convention, and primaries, even if they took place which was not usually, were not binding, was originally considered much more democratic than the system before the 1830s where the party’s candidates were chosen by groups in congress

the idea that the candidates should be chosen by popular vote of the general electorate is a recent innovation. keep in mind that the parties are private entities not accounted for in the constitution, and they can therefore conduct their processes as they see fit

as a matter of fact post the trump debacle they may well decide that we had too much democracy this year

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Eric The Fruit Bat  Apr 10, 2016 • 2:45:20pm

re: #4 Charles Johnson

Now it’s only a matter of time before he gets his swastika tattoo - and now with this post we can now officially state that he backs/supports white supremecist ideas, if not an outright white supremecist, on top of being a misogynistic, dishonest, stalking neckbeard, slack-jawed, microcephalic mouth breathing Internet troll who can’t get a story right to save his hiney, and keeps getting kicked off of social networks who now has to resort to YouTube to spread his malicious incoherent babbling.

All of the above attributes can be sumed up simply: he’s the asshole of assholes.

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Eric The Fruit Bat  Apr 10, 2016 • 2:55:54pm

re: #9 dog philosopher ஐஒஔ௸

No fucking shit. The Rage Furby is such a douchecanoe it’s amazeballs. Don’t forget to include Japan as well.

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The Vicious Babushka  Apr 10, 2016 • 3:11:55pm

Bernie & his fans are butthurt, but it’s nothing compared to THIS YOOGE BUTTHURT==>

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gocart mozart  Apr 10, 2016 • 3:16:05pm

Quote of the day.

“In 10 months, I will no longer be president of the United States. But in 10 months, I will - contrary to Mr. Trump’s opinion - still be a citizen of the United States.”
- Barack Obama

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wrenchwench  Apr 10, 2016 • 3:24:23pm

A beauuuuutiful spider, hidden because some people still won’t like it. She’s big & hairy.

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plansbandc  Apr 10, 2016 • 3:27:37pm

re: #16 wrenchwench

Cool!

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Reality Based Steve  Apr 10, 2016 • 3:30:06pm

re: #14 The Vicious Babushka

Bernie & his fans are butthurt, but it’s nothing compared to THIS YOOGE BUTTHURT==>

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He’s already saying that 1237 is just a number, that it doesn’t really mean anything. Yea…. see how that works in Cleveland.

Now that he has Manafort working as his delegate wrangler, it’s going to get (even more) interesting.

RBS

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goddamnedfrank  Apr 10, 2016 • 3:30:34pm
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TedStriker  Apr 10, 2016 • 3:31:03pm

re: #15 gocart mozart

Quote of the day.

“In 10 months, I will no longer be president of the United States. But in 10 months, I will - contrary to Mr. Trump’s opinion - still be a citizen of the United States.”
- Barack Obama

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gocart mozart  Apr 10, 2016 • 3:31:43pm
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wrenchwench  Apr 10, 2016 • 3:34:55pm

re: #19 goddamnedfrank

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Skip Intro  Apr 10, 2016 • 3:37:04pm

re: #4 Charles Johnson

Yeesh. The Rage Furby has basically turned his crappy blog into an all-out white supremacist site now. From his latest incoherent rant:

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I keep trying to think of one thing Rage has done to include himself in the wonderfulness of whiteness.

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CuriousLurker  Apr 10, 2016 • 3:40:08pm

re: #4 Charles Johnson

Yeesh. The Rage Furby has basically turned his crappy blog into an all-out white supremacist site now. From his latest incoherent rant:

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I really don’t get the whole “white pride” thing, in the sense of white supremacy (not in the sense of being proud of the accomplishments of one’s ethnic group). I mean no one CHOOSES to be born into a certain race—it’s purely an accident of birth, so it’s not as if you did something especially astute (or as if people of other races consciously made bad choices). You didn’t shop around for host parents using some sort of pre-existence, disembodied intellect and then decide, “Oh yeah, these descendants of white Europeans seem superior, so I’ll implant myself one of them and come into existence as a white man (or woman).”

Additionally, you don’t get points for belonging to some wonderfully productive civilization with an impressive history when you’re not doing anything to contribute to its continuing evolution in a positive way that adds to the betterment of all mankind. Being an arrogant, hateful, opportunistic leech who’s constantly shit-stirring through innuendo, negative framing and appealing to people’s bigotry is NOT in that category.

Intellectually dishonest, amoral attention whores are a dime a dozen. Grow up and do something useful with your life instead of trying to drag others down to your level.

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Skip Intro  Apr 10, 2016 • 3:40:56pm

re: #24 CuriousLurker

You said it much better than I did.

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CuriousLurker  Apr 10, 2016 • 3:42:08pm

re: #25 Skip Intro

Heh, yeah, looks like we were thinking the same thing.

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dog philosopher ஐஒஔ௸  Apr 10, 2016 • 3:44:21pm

Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump has derided The Boston Globe as “stupid” and “worthless” in response to a satirical front page printed by the newspaper Sunday that lampoons a potential Trump presidency.

‘can’t take a joke’ is no way to run for president

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Feline Fearless Leader  Apr 10, 2016 • 3:48:13pm

re: #27 dog philosopher ஐஒஔ௸

Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump has derided The Boston Globe as “stupid” and “worthless” in response to a satirical front page printed by the newspaper Sunday that lampoons a potential Trump presidency.

‘can’t take a joke’ is no way to run for president

I’m sure Trump will immediately issue an EO establishing a severe punishment for lese majesty once he is sworn in.

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Charles Johnson  Apr 10, 2016 • 3:48:26pm

You can now just paste the embed code for a Flickr image directly into the comment posting area, instead of having to use the “Embedded Content” button. Like so:

Flickr

Notice that if you hover the mouse over the image, you can step through more photos by that person, or make the image slideshow fill the screen.

The embed code is located under a Flickr image - click the arrow to get this popup box:

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CuriousLurker  Apr 10, 2016 • 3:51:00pm

re: #24 CuriousLurker

Heh, I was just thinking if Ginger Snapped is supposed to be the impressive end product of thousands of years of white European history & culture, they desperately need a new poster boy. Seriously.

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ObserverArt  Apr 10, 2016 • 3:54:42pm

re: #30 CuriousLurker

Heh, I was just thinking if Ginger Snapped et al. are supposed to be the impressive end product of thousands of years of white European history & culture, they desperately need a new poster boy. Seriously.

I feel that way about a lot of White people that talk about White supremacy.

The bigger the mouth the larger the waste behind it. Chucky C Johnson is just another fine example.

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Charles Johnson  Apr 10, 2016 • 3:56:28pm

Flickr

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Skip Intro  Apr 10, 2016 • 3:58:13pm

So, how about a list of the great white supremacists who have “brought many great blessings on the world”, as Rage puts it?

You go first.

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The Ghost of a Flea  Apr 10, 2016 • 3:58:36pm

re: #24 CuriousLurker

I would add that the racial construct “white” has always been arbitrary, even by the already arbitrary standards inherent to the construct “race.”

Historically, the people winning in terms of cultural hegemony, exercise of violence, and money were the most “white” and got to delineate who else was “white” on a for-services-rendered basis. So lots of people now deemed “white” used to be non-white, and lots of “white” folks get kicked out of “whiteness” when they’re too poor or vote for the wrong demagogue. And there’s all that fun class-based winnowing with stuff like “white trash.”

So white supremacy is pretty much the sharpshooter fallacy plus the No True Scotsman fallacy.

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goddamnedfrank  Apr 10, 2016 • 4:00:09pm
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Charles Johnson  Apr 10, 2016 • 4:00:48pm

Flickr

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Sophist, Premature Anti-Trumpist  Apr 10, 2016 • 4:02:33pm

re: #16 wrenchwench

A beauuuuutiful spider, hidden because some people still won’t like it. She’s big & hairy.

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I am both fascinated and creeped out by spiders. It’s like rollercoasters, the tingle of fear adds rather than detracts from the experience, as long as they’re not crawling all over me.

Except for jumping spiders. Those are just adorable.

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Belafon  Apr 10, 2016 • 4:03:48pm

re: #30 CuriousLurker

Heh, I was just thinking if Ginger Snapped is supposed to be the impressive end product of thousands of years of white European history & culture, they desperately need a new poster boy. Seriously.

How about these people:

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goddamnedfrank  Apr 10, 2016 • 4:05:29pm
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Sophist, Premature Anti-Trumpist  Apr 10, 2016 • 4:06:22pm

re: #23 Skip Intro

I keep trying to think of one thing Rage has done to include himself in the wonderfulness of whiteness.

That’s the beauty of white supremicism. You don’t actually have to do anything, just by being white you get to share credit for every good thing (and only the good things) every white person has ever done.

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Stanley Sea  Apr 10, 2016 • 4:07:03pm

Sooooo. Someone posted a link a few days ago - an essay of someone who left scientology. I cannot even remember who the apostate was.

But it has led me down the rabbit hole. I’ve been reading The Underground Bunker - tonyortega.org and clicking every link & reading on.

I just watched Going Clear.

Obviously a cult, a verrrry rich cult. Breaking up the family is as crucial as getting the money.

A couple who were disconnected from their two adult children recently raised money & paid for a billboard by Dodger Stadium:

laist.com

Other thoughts: I’m amazed that the IRS in the 80’s backed down & let them be a church. I mean they really backed down.

I’m one who never really read much about it, so these last few days have really been an eye opener.

Carry on.

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jaunte  Apr 10, 2016 • 4:07:44pm

re: #34 The Ghost of the Spaghetti Weevil

So lots of people now deemed “white” used to be non-white

Albert Einstein, for one.

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Sophist, Premature Anti-Trumpist  Apr 10, 2016 • 4:08:28pm

re: #27 dog philosopher ஐஒஔ௸

Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump has derided The Boston Globe as “stupid” and “worthless” in response to a satirical front page printed by the newspaper Sunday that lampoons a potential Trump presidency.

‘can’t take a joke’ is no way to run for president

Orange, humorless and ignorant is no way to go through life, Don.

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Sophist, Premature Anti-Trumpist  Apr 10, 2016 • 4:11:45pm

re: #39 goddamnedfrank

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Apparently asking him basic questions and then printing the entire transcript of his answers constitutes a “hatchet job” now.

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goddamnedfrank  Apr 10, 2016 • 4:12:56pm

re: #41 Stanley Sea

Sooooo. Someone posted a link a few days ago - an essay of someone who left scientology. I cannot even remember who the apostate was.

But it has led me down the rabbit hole. I’ve been reading The Underground Bunker - tonyortega.org and clicking every link & reading on.

I just watched Going Clear.

Obviously a cult, a verrrry rich cult. Breaking up the family is as crucial as getting the money.

A couple who were disconnected from their two adult children recently raised money & paid for a billboard by Dodger Stadium:

laist.com

Other thoughts: I’m amazed that the IRS in the 80’s backed down & let them be a church. I mean they really backed down.

I’m one who never really read much about it, so these last few days have really been an eye opener.

Carry on.

The DOJ should have torn apart the entire org with a RICO prosecution for Operations Snow White and Freakout.

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sagehen  Apr 10, 2016 • 4:17:05pm

re: #18 Reality Based Steve

He’s already saying that 1237 is just a number, that it doesn’t really mean anything. Yea…. see how that works in Cleveland.

Now that he has Manafort working as his delegate wrangler, it’s going to get (even more) interesting.

RBS

Manafort last did this job for Gerald Ford, the last of the liberal/moderate Rockefeller Republicans. His job was to bad-mouth Reagan. Any party apparatchiks who knew him then… feel no loyalty to him now. The entire party will hate him by the time Cleveland ends.

Good thing he’s old enough this is his last job; I hope Trump is paying him enough to fully fund his grandchildren’s college accounts.

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goddamnedfrank  Apr 10, 2016 • 4:18:16pm

I love it when long time followers act like they’ve suddenly discovered you again for the first time.

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sagehen  Apr 10, 2016 • 4:21:16pm

re: #40 Sophist, Premature Anti-Trumpist

That’s the beauty of white supremicism. You don’t actually have to do anything, just by being white you get to share credit for every good thing (and only the good things) every white person has ever done.

Do the Germans and Belgians agree on which parts of their history were “good”? How about the English and Irish? Or Spanish and French?

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stpaulbear  Apr 10, 2016 • 4:24:27pm

re: #48 sagehen

Do the Germans and Belgians agree on which things were “good”? How about the English and Irish? Or Spanish and French?

Or MN and WI?

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Charles Johnson  Apr 10, 2016 • 4:29:25pm

Instagram

‘Grave Crisis’ 2016—-Had the chance to see this Joachim Patinir painting ‘Charon Crossing The Styx’ in person at the Prado yesterday…and the main figure is a real old painting hanging in the place we are staying. Madrid’s no joke when it comes to art and architecture. Pretty cool.

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goddamnedfrank  Apr 10, 2016 • 4:32:07pm

Bernie Bros are the best.

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No Country For Old Haters  Apr 10, 2016 • 4:35:23pm

re: #4 Charles Johnson

Yeesh. The Rage Furby has basically turned his crappy blog into an all-out white supremacist site now. From his latest incoherent rant:

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Chuck really, really wants to be smart. He can’t be smart compared to mainstream people, or even be smart for a Conservative, but he just might be able to pull off being smart for a white supremacist. If that fails, he can try to be smart for a homeless guy or a mental patient.

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Timothy Watson  Apr 10, 2016 • 4:36:46pm

re: #51 goddamnedfrank

Bernie Bros are the best.

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So Clinton runs the NY Daily News now?

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jaunte  Apr 10, 2016 • 4:37:21pm

re: #51 goddamnedfrank

Dolts! Played!

I’m not sure how the NYDN got Bernie to be so vague about his plans, but obviously it’s some kind of conspiracy.

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Skip Intro  Apr 10, 2016 • 4:38:18pm

re: #46 sagehen

Speaking of Manafort, here’s one of the things he said on MTP today:

Donald Trump’s new convention manager accused Sen. Ted Cruz’s campaign of using “Gestapo tactics” after the senator’s organization swept Colorado’s delegates on Saturday, shutting out the real estate mogul and further increasing the chances of a contested nominating convention in Cleveland.

“Well, he’s threatening, you go to these county conventions, and you see the tactics, Gestapo tactics, the scorched-earth tactics,” Paul Manafort said of Cruz in a Sunday interview on NBC’s “Meet the Press.”

huffingtonpost.com

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wheat-dogghazi-mailgate  Apr 10, 2016 • 4:38:20pm

re: #23 Skip Intro

I keep trying to think of one thing Rage has done to include himself in the wonderfulness of whiteness.

Not only that, he’s invited himself to the alt-right club — who are barely willing to tolerate him. He married an Asian woman, and when and if they have kids, the alt-rights would say that kid is no longer “pure”. Even his so-called buddy weev says as much.

Same with Milo Y. He’s associated himself with the alt-right bunch, but they never invited him in.

Still, I find it vaguely amusing that Rage Furby is going after the National Review for not being white enough, or conservative enough. I guess he wants a high-brow version of Stormfront, so he can feel intellectual and bigoted all at the same time.

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scottslemmons  Apr 10, 2016 • 4:39:49pm

re: #53 Timothy Watson

CLINTON RUNS EVERYTHING! SHE IS AT THE VERY CENTER OF THE BAVARIAN ILLUMINATI!

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Timothy Watson  Apr 10, 2016 • 4:40:13pm

re: #55 Skip Intro

Speaking of Manafort, here’s one of the things he said on MTP today:

huffingtonpost.com

Man, take about the projection. It was just last week that one of Trump’s guys was promising to give out the delegates’ room number so Trump’s supporters could harass them.

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ObserverArt  Apr 10, 2016 • 4:40:46pm

re: #43 Sophist, Premature Anti-Trumpist

Orange, humorless and ignorant is no way to go through life, Don.

The self-titled greatest business man ever. That same greatest man to read around and manipulate a contract. And he and his handlers were too stupid to read all the rules to the convention.

Maybe it is true he was never serious.

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SoundGuy 2016  Apr 10, 2016 • 4:40:52pm

All your Clinton Machines are belong to us.

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Charles Johnson  Apr 10, 2016 • 4:41:10pm

re: #56 wheat-dogghazi-mailgate

Not only that, he’s invited himself to the alt-right club — who are barely willing to tolerate him. He married an Asian woman, and when and if they have kids, the alt-rights would say that kid is no longer “pure”. Even his so-called buddy weev says as much.

Same with Milo Y. He’s associated himself with the alt-right bunch, but they never invited him in.

Still, I find it vaguely amusing that Rage Furby is going after the National Review for not being white enough, or conservative enough. I guess he wants a high-brow version of Stormfront, so he can feel intellectual and bigoted all at the same time.

He seems to think he’s going to convince “alpha male” (I laugh every time I see him use that idiotic phrase) investors to give money to the white supremacist movement. It’s so amazingly delusional I can hardly believe he’s serious. But I think he is.

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Skip Intro  Apr 10, 2016 • 4:41:35pm

I hope Manafort and the rest of the tRump team aren’t expecting to get paid if tRump loses. If they are it just shows they know nothing about how the man operates.

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goddamnedfrank  Apr 10, 2016 • 4:43:10pm

This is my primary objection, I don’t mind Bernie’s idealism, I very much mind that he’s running on all these farfetched promises while also making none of the basic efforts necessary to make those promises deliverable.

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Charles Johnson  Apr 10, 2016 • 4:46:56pm

Notice that Chuck has just completely stopped promoting the dumb wesearchr site. There’s no link to it on his blog, and the @wesearchr Twitter account hasn’t been updated in a long time. Can you say, “Total failure?”

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gwangung  Apr 10, 2016 • 4:48:34pm

re: #63 goddamnedfrank

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This is my primary objection, I don’t mind Bernie’s idealism, I very much mind that he’s running on all these farfetched promises while also making none of the basic efforts necessary to make those promises deliverable.

That’s what sold me on Obama….his policy statements and his campaign competence sold me that he could win.

Sanders, I’m afraid, is the opposite..

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b_sharp  Apr 10, 2016 • 4:50:31pm

re: #64 Charles Johnson

Notice that Chuck has just completely stopped promoting the dumb wesearchr site. There’s no link to it on his blog, and the @wesearchr Twitter account hasn’t been updated in a long time. Can you say, “Total failure?”

Sure I can say it.
Watch:

Chuckie C Johnson

There, I said it.

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goddamnedfrank  Apr 10, 2016 • 4:51:10pm
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Testy Toad T  Apr 10, 2016 • 4:52:07pm

I hate this sort of broad-brush HURR DURR COMMANDER IN CHIEF crap, but if you can’t stand up to a second-rate tabloid, how are you going to stand up to Putin?

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Belafon  Apr 10, 2016 • 4:55:34pm

re: #51 goddamnedfrank

Bernie Bros are the best.

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I Would Prefer Not To  Apr 10, 2016 • 4:55:54pm

re: #64 Charles Johnson

Notice that Chuck has just completely stopped promoting the dumb wesearchr site. There’s no link to it on his blog, and the @wesearchr Twitter account hasn’t been updated in a long time. Can you say, “Total failure?”

Perhaps he is smart enough to want to stay out of jail. Extortion is still against the law. The revenge porn guy got something like 18 years.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Apr 10, 2016 • 5:01:16pm
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GlutenFreeJesus  Apr 10, 2016 • 5:06:19pm

re: #64 Charles Johnson

I’m seeing a post from April 3.

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Sophist, Premature Anti-Trumpist  Apr 10, 2016 • 5:15:08pm

re: #48 sagehen

Do the Germans and Belgians agree on which parts of their history were “good”? How about the English and Irish? Or Spanish and French?

S’all negotiable. The key point is that whatever they are, they’re all good.

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Charles Johnson  Apr 10, 2016 • 5:20:03pm
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Charles Johnson  Apr 10, 2016 • 5:21:34pm
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Sophist, Premature Anti-Trumpist  Apr 10, 2016 • 5:23:11pm

re: #75 Charles Johnson

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Hey, you gotta write what you know.

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The Vicious Babushka  Apr 10, 2016 • 5:26:28pm

Does anyone remember Sarah Silverman? That now middle-aged comedian who, in 2008, made a video making fun of Olds in Florida, calling them “racist” and whatnot and urged all her young, hipster friends to “Shlep” down to Florida to convince their Nana & Pop Pop (who are going to die soon!) to vote for Obama!

Then in 2012 she made (ugh) a video offering to perform some sex act on Sheldon Adelson (shudders)

And now here she is with a lame, stupid, boring video, which I did not even watch the whole thing because tl (too lame) where she tells everyone to Vote For Bernie. I don’t know why, because He Will Die Soon? as She Does Not Like The Olds, They Will Die Soon.

BERNIE SANDERS IS THE ONE FOR ME: Sarah Silverman Explains

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Ubiq  Apr 10, 2016 • 5:29:49pm

Today, my Facebook feed is full of people linking to a DailyKos article that points out that Clinton BOUGHT THE SUPERDELEGATES!

And if you read the article, you find out that what they mean is that she is one of the most active and dilligent fundraisers the Democratic Party has, and has helped dozens of candidates get elected.

This is what looks like corruption to the Sanders kids.

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The Vicious Babushka  Apr 10, 2016 • 5:31:00pm

YOOGE BUTTHURT, MUCH YOOGER & MOAR TERRIFIC THAN BERNIE BRO BUTTHURT==>

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BeachDem  Apr 10, 2016 • 5:31:10pm
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jaunte  Apr 10, 2016 • 5:33:53pm

re: #80 BeachDem

Seems a little desperate.

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jaunte  Apr 10, 2016 • 5:34:42pm

You’re running for president of all the states, Bernie.

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mmmirele  Apr 10, 2016 • 5:38:51pm

re: #79 The Vicious Babushka

YOOGE BUTTHURT, MUCH YOOGER & MOAR TERRIFIC THAN BERNIE BRO BUTTHURT==>

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Anything that gives Donald Trump a serious case of butthurt warms the cockles of my cold, cold heart.

As for BernieBros, I am about ready to drop off Facebook for a few months because it’s driving me bonkers.

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Charles Johnson  Apr 10, 2016 • 5:41:10pm
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Mattand  Apr 10, 2016 • 5:43:35pm

re: #77 The Vicious Babushka

LOL, you really hate this woman.

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PhillyPretzel  Apr 10, 2016 • 5:57:39pm

re: #79 The Vicious Babushka

This remark is for that Trump person. Life is unfair; get over it.

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Charles Johnson  Apr 10, 2016 • 5:58:03pm

Flickr

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Belafon  Apr 10, 2016 • 6:07:17pm

April 19th needs to hurry up.

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The Vicious Babushka  Apr 10, 2016 • 6:11:22pm

re: #85 Mattand

LOL, you really hate this woman.

I have never said that she will die soon.

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Charles Johnson  Apr 10, 2016 • 6:16:44pm

If this embedded Flickr image is tiny, reload the page and all will be fixed.

Flickr

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Charles Johnson  Apr 10, 2016 • 6:22:48pm

Flickr

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goddamnedfrank  Apr 10, 2016 • 6:26:45pm

Bernie or Bust!

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Mattand  Apr 10, 2016 • 6:27:35pm

re: #89 The Vicious Babushka

I have never said that she will die soon.

Ummm, okay.

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Charles Johnson  Apr 10, 2016 • 6:34:39pm

Flickr

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GlutenFreeJesus  Apr 10, 2016 • 6:40:46pm
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Backwoods_Sleuth  Apr 10, 2016 • 7:00:33pm
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Backwoods_Sleuth  Apr 10, 2016 • 7:02:49pm
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Bubblehead II  Apr 10, 2016 • 7:08:32pm

re: #95 GlutenFreeJesus

I get the joke, I just don’t find it funny. Racial/mental illness jokes don’t cut it with me.

Nuff said.

Edit
And the fact that anybody updinged this is in it self a disgrace.

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Belafon  Apr 10, 2016 • 7:09:25pm

re: #92 goddamnedfrank

Bernie or Bust!

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I’d been chewing on this for a bit:

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Charles Johnson  Apr 10, 2016 • 7:10:24pm
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William Lewis  Apr 10, 2016 • 7:14:08pm

re: #99 Belafon

I’d been chewing on this for a bit:

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I told one the other day “Ralph Nader thanks you for your support.”

Left him rather huffy once he got it.

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Stanley Sea  Apr 10, 2016 • 7:14:39pm

re: #96 Backwoods_Sleuth

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Has anyone tracked the money he promised to the vets?

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Dark_Falcon  Apr 10, 2016 • 7:17:04pm

re: #1 goddamnedfrank

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Like the great majority of campaign managers, Tad Devine doesn’t care about consistency, honesty, or the truth.

Which is to say, in the language of Sen. Sanders’ supporters, Mr. Devine is not part of the solution, he is part of the problem.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Apr 10, 2016 • 7:18:15pm

re: #102 Stanley Sea

Has anyone tracked the money he promised to the vets?

People are still asking about that.

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Dark_Falcon  Apr 10, 2016 • 7:19:29pm

re: #102 Stanley Sea

Has anyone tracked the money he promised to the vets?

A lot of it was misappropriated, but that was due to the dishonesty of the executives of the Wounded Warrior Project. Donald Trump hasn’t actually done as much for veterans as he thought he did, but to be fair he was in fact lied to about where his donations went.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Apr 10, 2016 • 7:20:03pm
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Stanley Sea  Apr 10, 2016 • 7:26:03pm

re: #105 Dark_Falcon

A lot of it was misappropriated, but that was due to the dishonesty of the executives of the Wounded Warrior Project. Donald Trump hasn’t actually done as much for veterans as he thought he did, but to be fair he was in fact lied to about where his donations went.

Nah, not Wounded Warriors: Article dated 3/3

washingtonpost.com

More than a month later, about half of the money, roughly $3 million, has been donated to veterans’ charities, according to a summary released Thursday by the Trump campaign in response to inquiries from The Washington Post.

In recent days, after the campaign initially did not provide details of where the money had gone, The Post had undertaken its own accounting. After contacting each of the 24 charities that Trump had previously listed as his beneficiaries, The Post had accounted for less than half of the $6 million.

Hope Hicks, a spokeswoman for Trump’s campaign, said Trump still intended to give the rest of the money away to veterans groups. She also criticized the news media for repeated inquiries into what became of the funds.

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Charles Johnson  Apr 10, 2016 • 7:26:55pm

Flickr

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Stanley Sea  Apr 10, 2016 • 7:31:39pm
The foundation’s second-biggest donation described on the campaign’s list went to the charity of a man who had settled a lawsuit with one of Trump’s golf courses after being denied a hole-in-one prize.

Read more here: tri-cityherald.com

Dude

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Stanley Sea  Apr 10, 2016 • 7:33:18pm

“We want to keep them quiet,” said Weisselberg, who is also treasurer of the Trump Foundation. “He doesn’t want other charities to see it. Then it becomes like a feeding frenzy.”

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Bubblehead II  Apr 10, 2016 • 7:33:32pm

Night Lizards. I came, I saw, and I was disappointed. A racist/mental health joke post being updinged? Smfh. CL, I thought better of you.

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retired cynic  Apr 10, 2016 • 7:34:04pm

re: #110 Stanley Sea

I am so disgusted!

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gwangung  Apr 10, 2016 • 7:35:37pm

re: #110 Stanley Sea

Maybe on planet Trump.

On planet earth, not so much. Personal foundations handle it.

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GlutenFreeJesus  Apr 10, 2016 • 7:40:29pm

re: #111 Bubblehead II

Sorry you’re offended. My Mexican friend sent it to me and we both thought it was funny.

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SteveMcGaziBolaGate RN  Apr 10, 2016 • 7:46:24pm

It is funny. Just because it has the word hispanic in it doesn’t mean it’s racist. Where is the slur, the insult, to all Mexicans? Just because people take Xanax doesn’t mean they’re mentally ill. I have a mental illness. I laugh at it/myself all the time.

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CuriousLurker  Apr 10, 2016 • 7:46:56pm

re: #98 Bubblehead II

I get the joke, I just don’t find it funny. Racial/mental illness jokes don’t cut it with me.

Nuff said.

Edit
And the fact that anybody updinged this is in it self a disgrace.

I updinged it and I’m half hispanic. I didn’t see anything malicious in it, just a play on words. A disgrace? *shrugs* As a Muslim I run into stuff day in & day out that I find far more offensive—stuff that’s clearly intended to be malicious—but whatever, to each his own. I’ll try not to lose too much sleep over your disapproval. //

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Belafon  Apr 10, 2016 • 7:47:19pm

re: #111 Bubblehead II

Night Lizards. I came, I saw, and I was disappointed. A racist/mental health joke post being updinged? Smfh. CL, I thought better of you.

It as funny as snickering at Uranus.

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SteveMcGaziBolaGate RN  Apr 10, 2016 • 7:48:41pm

re: #117 Belafon

It as funny as snickering at Uranus.

Well that IS funny.

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Stephen T.  Apr 10, 2016 • 7:49:47pm

re: #118 SteveMcGaziBolaGate RN

Well that IS funny.

Not if you pronounce it the way the ancient Greeks might have: oo-RAN-us.

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Great White Snark  Apr 10, 2016 • 7:49:49pm

re: #108 Charles Johnson

Well that raises the bar for photos a bit. Great work in there.

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Great White Snark  Apr 10, 2016 • 7:51:46pm

re: #111 Bubblehead II

Night Lizards. I came, I saw, and I was disappointed. A racist/mental health joke post being updinged? Smfh. CL, I thought better of you.

FWIW I took it as a silly word play pun, and nothing more. Sorry to have added to your discomfort with the post.

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SteveMcGaziBolaGate RN  Apr 10, 2016 • 7:51:51pm

re: #119 Stephen T.

Then it’s a good thing we pronounce it any damn way we want.

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Sherlock Hound  Apr 10, 2016 • 7:52:06pm

re: #117 Belafon

I’m not normally a fan of Geraldo Rivera, but he once wrote an op-Ed with a great title, about the GOP’s fear of brown people.

The article’s title: His-PANIC.

The body was well-written, too!

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CuriousLurker  Apr 10, 2016 • 7:54:19pm

re: #111 Bubblehead II

Night Lizards. I came, I saw, and I was disappointed. A racist/mental health joke post being updinged? Smfh. CL, I thought better of you.

Well, I guess you shouldn’t have. If you’re waiting for my chagrin or an apology, it’s not going to be forthcoming. Like I said, compared to the malicious crap I hear/read about Muslims several times a day, every day, this was nothing.

You’ll get over it. Or not. Your choice.

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e e smith  Apr 10, 2016 • 7:54:57pm

re: #117 Belafon

I don’t get why people need to say something isn’t funny when the question is whether or not it’s offensive. Could be both, could be neither. Very subjective either way. (I take meds for anxiety and didn’t even consider being offended.)

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Belafon  Apr 10, 2016 • 7:55:18pm

re: #123 Sherlock Hound

I’m not normally a fan of Geraldo Rivera, but he once wrote an op-Ed with a great title, about the GOP’s fear of brown people.

The article’s title: His-PANIC.

The body was well-written, too!

Considering we use Hispanic incorrectly, it might make more sense to pronounce it his-panic.

Edit: And when you ask someone “are you his-panic?” make sure you point at some white guy.

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GlutenFreeJesus  Apr 10, 2016 • 7:57:15pm

More chins than a Chinese phonebook cracks me up. And I’m half Chinese. If you please. :)))

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Great White Snark  Apr 10, 2016 • 8:01:58pm

re: #124 CuriousLurker

See now that’s why we can’t have Speedy Gonzalez here in the US. The mouse that always outruns or outsmarts the big American cat.

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CuriousLurker  Apr 10, 2016 • 8:03:51pm

re: #127 GlutenFreeJesus

More chins than a Chinese phonebook cracks me up. And I’m half Chinese. If you please. :)))

LOL, okay I’d never heard that one before and it took me a while to get it.

Alright, enough of this already. Monday will be here far too soon.

Later, lizards.

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TedStriker  Apr 10, 2016 • 8:06:10pm

re: #111 Bubblehead II

Night Lizards. I came, I saw, and I was disappointed. A racist/mental health joke post being updinged? Smfh. CL, I thought better of you.

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William Lewis  Apr 10, 2016 • 8:07:12pm

I’m not interested in arguing the racial aspect of the joke, but my problem with it is it’s existence points out the reality that mental health issues are not taken seriously in America. Would you be expected to laugh about your hypertension? Or a stroke?

I think of my son, a neighbor in my trailer park involuntarily committed last week, and the others I’ve known and well, sorry. I just can’t laugh at it when the moments of good news are so goddamned few and far between.

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Charles Johnson  Apr 10, 2016 • 8:08:13pm
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electrotek  Apr 10, 2016 • 8:08:35pm

Is there anything that can be done to tackle idiots like this guy with regards to the law?

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Sherlock Hound  Apr 10, 2016 • 8:13:21pm

re: #128 Great White Snark

See now that’s why we can’t have Speedy Gonzalez here in the US. The mouse that always outruns or outsmarts the big American cat.

The Mexicans LOVE Speedy. Really and truly!

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Great White Snark  Apr 10, 2016 • 8:14:13pm

re: #132 Charles Johnson

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stpaulbear  Apr 10, 2016 • 8:15:18pm

re: #125 e e smith

I don’t get why people need to say something isn’t funny when the question is whether or not it’s offensive. Could be both, could be neither. Very subjective either way. (I take meds for anxiety and didn’t even consider being offended.)

I thought the joke was funny just for the dogs face in the final panel. He’s looking pleased and excited that he managed to get off a good (to him, maybe not to anyone else) joke, and it’s made him very happy. The joke almost had to be dumb in order to make the dogs happiness even more funny. I guess I’m not seeing the dog a racist.

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Sherlock Hound  Apr 10, 2016 • 8:15:22pm

re: #133 electrotek

And if they weren’t Muslim, who cares, they were probably the enemy anyway. Right?

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Belafon  Apr 10, 2016 • 8:15:43pm

re: #133 electrotek

Is there anything that can be done to tackle idiots like this guy with regards to the law?

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So, by his logic, Dylan Roof gives blacks the authority to kill all whites?

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CuriousLurker  Apr 10, 2016 • 8:16:07pm

re: #131 William Lewis

I’ve (recently) heard people hear use the term “stroke out” and he/she/they are going to “have an aneurysm”. As someone who lost a beloved grandfather to multiple strokes, and as someone survived a ruptured brain aneurysm three years ago this month, I don’t find either one of those phrases funny, but neither do I feel the need to berate people who use or upding them. I can find plenty of stuff to be offended over based on events that have happened in my life, but I’d rather not. It takes too much of an emotional toll. YMMV.

Now I’m done discussing this and am out of here for real this time.

Laters.

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Ziggy_TARDIS  Apr 10, 2016 • 8:17:16pm

re: #137 Sherlock Hound

I don’t think he would like me asking about the mob or the Anarchist wave of Terror from 1880 to 1930.

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jaunte  Apr 10, 2016 • 8:18:39pm
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Dark_Falcon  Apr 10, 2016 • 8:40:26pm

re: #133 electrotek

Not really. Just block and report.

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geosherman  Apr 10, 2016 • 8:43:57pm

California Coreopsis

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Charles Johnson  Apr 10, 2016 • 9:10:51pm

re: #143 geosherman

It looks like your flickr images’ copyrights are set to “All Rights Reserved” - that prevents embedding.

If you don’t see this option when you click the arrow icon, you can’t embed the image.

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geosherman  Apr 10, 2016 • 9:45:54pm

re: #144 Charles Johnson

looks like there are two share dialog boxes. For my photos, no matter what settings I used I got the dialog box that did not have the iframe code. Sharing a photo from someone I follow showed the dialog box you referenced. I will have to fool around and figure out how to find that dialog box. Looks like another great feature!

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Sophist, Premature Anti-Trumpist  Apr 10, 2016 • 9:51:16pm

re: #98 Bubblehead II

I get the joke, I just don’t find it funny. Racial/mental illness jokes don’t cut it with me.

Nuff said.

Edit
And the fact that anybody updinged this is in it self a disgrace.

It’s a pun based words that have to do with race and mental issues. It does not attack or dehumanize any person based on race or mental issues.

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Sophist, Premature Anti-Trumpist  Apr 10, 2016 • 9:57:15pm

re: #132 Charles Johnson

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Sweet, sweet vindication.

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Sophist, Premature Anti-Trumpist  Apr 10, 2016 • 10:03:16pm

re: #139 CuriousLurker

I’ve (recently) heard people hear use the term “stroke out” and he/she/they are going to “have an aneurysm”. As someone who lost a beloved grandfather to multiple strokes, and as someone survived a ruptured brain aneurysm three years ago this month, I don’t find either one of those phrases funny, but neither do I feel the need to berate people who use or upding them. I can find plenty of stuff to be offended over based on events that have happened in my life, but I’d rather not. It takes too much of an emotional toll. YMMV.

Now I’m done discussing this and am out of here for real this time.

Laters.

People use heart attacks in metaphors for shock or overreaction all the time, despite the fact that heart disease kills a shit ton of people.

Death and the way our bodies betray us is a central aspect of human life, and therefore of human culture. Deal.

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BeenHereAwhile  Apr 10, 2016 • 10:10:33pm

re: #148 Sophist, Premature Anti-Trumpist

People use heart attacks in metaphors for shock or overreaction all the time, despite the fact that heart disease kills a shit ton of people.

Death and the way our bodies betray us is a central aspect of human life, and therefore of human culture. Deal.

“Elizabeth, this is the big one.”

(Redd Fox dialog while clutching his heart was a running gag in Sanford & Son)


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