Former Breitbart Spox: Meetings With Stephen Bannon Sounded Like White Supremacists Talking

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The former spokesman for Breitbart “News,” Kurt Bardella, is speaking out about the ugly ideology of Donald Trump’s new campaign chief, Stephen Bannon: Former Breitbart Staffer to Powerhouse Politics: Bannon Ran Meetings That Sounded Like White Supremacists Talking.

“If anyone sat there and listened to that call, you’d think that you were attending a white supremacist rally,” said Bardella, citing what he called Bannon’s “nationalism and hatred for immigrants, people coming into this country to try to get a better life for themselves.”

“This is someone who has a very low moral compass,” he said of Bannon, “and the idea that this is the type of person that Donald Trump, as the Republican nominee, as president, would have closest to him is very disturbing.”

Bardella joined this week’s episode of “Powerhouse Politics” podcast with ABC News Chief White House Correspondent Jonathan Karl and ABC News Deputy Political Director Shushannah Walshe to discuss the recent shakeup in the Trump campaign.

“I think it’s incredibly concerning and dangerous actually to have someone have this kind of influence with the person who is running for president of the United States, who would be a top adviser if he were to win the election,” he cautioned.

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319 comments
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freetoken  Aug 18, 2016 • 8:44:09pm
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goddamnedfrank  Aug 18, 2016 • 8:47:07pm
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Charles Johnson  Aug 18, 2016 • 8:49:52pm
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Anymouse  Aug 18, 2016 • 8:50:10pm

re: #2 goddamnedfrank

Well, there goes “more civilised” for Mr. Trump - lasted about half a day.

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Patricia Kayden  Aug 18, 2016 • 8:51:27pm

re: #2 goddamnedfrank

More of that magical minority outreach, I see.

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goddamnedfrank  Aug 18, 2016 • 8:54:07pm
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Lidane  Aug 18, 2016 • 8:55:01pm

Reminder: the Nixon administration sued Trump because he openly denied housing to black tenants.

Breitbart and the rest of the alt-reich losers are his people.

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Jenner7  Aug 18, 2016 • 8:55:52pm
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goddamnedfrank  Aug 18, 2016 • 8:59:06pm

re: #7 Lidane

Reminder: The Nixon administration sued Trump because he openly denied housing to black tenants.

Breitbart and the rest of the alt-reich losers are his people.

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Varek Raith  Aug 18, 2016 • 9:00:52pm

Good morning.

Batman: Return of the Caped Crusaders - Trailer

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De Kolta Chair  Aug 18, 2016 • 9:03:59pm

The Mussolini Reading The Newspaper Sketch, ladies and gentlemen.

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BeachDem  Aug 18, 2016 • 9:04:26pm

re: #2 goddamnedfrank

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That braintrust Giorno is also the one who said a rally is worth 40,000 door knocks. Obviously understandable that she’s one if Trump’s chief players in FL.

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teleskiguy  Aug 18, 2016 • 9:08:19pm

re: #2 goddamnedfrank

GET ME AWAY FROM THIS BLACK!
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Kragar  Aug 18, 2016 • 9:10:32pm

Case in point:

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Charles Johnson  Aug 18, 2016 • 9:13:15pm
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klys (maker of Silmarils)  Aug 18, 2016 • 9:14:23pm

re: #7 Lidane

Reminder: the Nixon administration sued Trump because he openly denied housing to black tenants.

Breitbart and the rest of the alt-reich losers are his people.

Nah, Donald’s just saying these things for the base. There’s no reason to get outraged, he doesn’t actually mean any of what he’s saying.

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teleskiguy  Aug 18, 2016 • 9:15:16pm

re: #15 Charles Johnson

Hey, he can hook up with his buddy weev! A match made in wingnut hell.

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De Kolta Chair  Aug 18, 2016 • 9:18:42pm

re: #14 Kragar

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Because nothing says Democrats hate black people more than a Republican posting a meme about black people hunting down white people. /

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teleskiguy  Aug 18, 2016 • 9:19:08pm

re: #13 teleskiguy

I’m not one for body language analysis. Still, look at The Donald’s™ body language. His face says it all. He’s clearly very uncomfortable.

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BeachDem  Aug 18, 2016 • 9:20:32pm

And speaking of lying assholes, Hunter certainly has Jan Brewer pegged:
Turning the name “Hillary Clinton” into “lying killer” isn’t a stumble of the tongue, it is your tongue leaping out of your mouth, falling down a flight of stairs and being impaled on the upturned stem of a broken wine glass dropped by your live-in cousin during one of his infamous two-in-the-morning basement benders.

dailykos.com

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William Lewis  Aug 18, 2016 • 9:32:06pm

Oh joy, a Trump ad showing him smirking with his hand on his heart. American Pride my ass.

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Charles Johnson  Aug 18, 2016 • 9:33:44pm

Trump fans are such lovely people.

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Varek Raith  Aug 18, 2016 • 9:36:15pm

re: #22 Charles Johnson

Trump fans are such lovely people.

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/Scathing.

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Kragar  Aug 18, 2016 • 9:41:44pm
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goddamnedfrank  Aug 18, 2016 • 9:44:04pm
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The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge  Aug 18, 2016 • 9:48:11pm

re: #25 goddamnedfrank

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He seems to think reviving that gesture won’t just remind people that he’s running the most racist campaign since George Wallace’s in 1968.
9:43 PM - 18 Aug 2016

I actually think the Trumpkins’ attitude is much worse. Wallace wanted black people to “know their place”. Today’s right-wingers don’t want them to have a place.

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Joe Bacon  Aug 18, 2016 • 9:51:35pm

re: #25 goddamnedfrank

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I just saw the California sample ballot that has Trump as both the Republican and American Independent Presidential Candidate. More proof that the ideology of George Wallace has taken over the GOP!

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Joe Bacon  Aug 18, 2016 • 9:52:19pm

re: #26 The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge

I actually think the Trumpkins’ attitude is much worse. Wallace wanted black people to “know their place”. Today’s right-wingers don’t want them to have a place.

Trump is George Wallace on Steroids!

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The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge  Aug 18, 2016 • 9:59:23pm

re: #28 Joe Bacon

Trump is George Wallace on Steroids diet pills!

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klys (maker of Silmarils)  Aug 18, 2016 • 10:00:41pm

Hi late night Lizards.

All 3-4 of us.

Did you get taps out of your head, Anymouse?

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De Kolta Chair  Aug 18, 2016 • 10:01:45pm

Sweet dreams lizards

Don’t bogart this gif, my friends

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Anymouse  Aug 18, 2016 • 10:10:00pm

re: #30 klys (maker of Silmarils)

Hi late night Lizards.

All 3-4 of us.

Did you get taps out of your head, Anymouse?

For the moment. My wife is working with her computer at the moment.

Another day, another group of conservatives bravely standing up against their server in a restaurant by withholding a tip. This time it was because they (wrongly) assumed the “brown lady is an illegal immigrant,” and they only tip citizens.
wonkette.com

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Jayleia  Aug 18, 2016 • 10:17:47pm
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Dr Lizardo  Aug 18, 2016 • 10:22:57pm

re: #33 Jayleia

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Where the hell is the Floorshitter getting the money to go galavanting around the world?

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teleskiguy  Aug 18, 2016 • 10:28:01pm

re: #34 Dr Lizardo

Where the hell is the Floorshitter getting the money to go galavanting around the world?

From all his and Pax Dixinson’s rubes over at wesearchr dot com.

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MsJ  Aug 18, 2016 • 10:31:11pm

What kind of tax fraud would be in Hungary?

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The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge  Aug 18, 2016 • 10:32:43pm

re: #36 MsJ

What kind of tax fraud would be in Hungary?

George Soros?

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KingKenrod  Aug 18, 2016 • 10:34:13pm

So is Chuck planning to meet with Eastern European hackers? Or wants people to think he is? Chuck has shown himself to be very easily manipulated, maybe he’s going to mule something back.

My guess is he plans to drop some kind of October surprise turd.

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MsJ  Aug 18, 2016 • 10:35:15pm

re: #37 The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge

George Soros?

He lives in the UK and New York. But good guess.

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Nyet  Aug 18, 2016 • 10:35:23pm

re: #8 Jenner7

All of them, Katie.

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Anymouse  Aug 18, 2016 • 10:35:30pm

re: #38 KingKenrod

So is Chuck planning to meet with Eastern European hackers? Or wants people to think he is? Chuck has shown himself to be very easily manipulated, maybe he’s going to mule something back.

My guess is he plans to drop some kind of October surprise turd.

Probably only a surprise to him though. I doubt he could find his own butt with a reach-around.

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teleskiguy  Aug 18, 2016 • 10:35:36pm

re: #38 KingKenrod

This is my best guess: He wants his picture taken with weev. To solidify his status as “shitlord.”

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MsJ  Aug 18, 2016 • 10:36:36pm

re: #38 KingKenrod

So is Chuck planning to meet with Eastern European hackers? Or wants people to think he is? Chuck has shown himself to be very easily manipulated, maybe he’s going to mule something back.

My guess is he plans to drop some kind of October surprise turd.

Like his piss party thing? Chuck preaches to the choir. Normal people wouldn’t give him a second thought.

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Nyet  Aug 18, 2016 • 10:37:21pm

Bardella tells the truth. Problem is, for a long time he was a part of that white supremacist mob. Now he’s shocked, shocked, he tells ya.

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The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge  Aug 18, 2016 • 10:37:42pm

re: #39 MsJ

He lives in the UK and New York. But good guess.

It was the only Hungarian name I could think of that the wingnuts hate—except maybe Pataki for being a RINO….

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teleskiguy  Aug 18, 2016 • 10:37:44pm

Hai UpChuck, you vile cretin!

(UpChuck reads this board, you better believe it!)

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Jayleia  Aug 18, 2016 • 10:38:39pm

re: #39 MsJ

Soros does, but Floorshitter can go to Hungary, see the sights on someone else’s dime, come back with a laughably faked document that his marks will take as gospel, and still claim it as business expenses.

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Kragar  Aug 18, 2016 • 10:40:44pm
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teleskiguy  Aug 18, 2016 • 10:41:51pm
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Dave In Austin  Aug 18, 2016 • 10:44:33pm
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Targetpractice  Aug 18, 2016 • 10:46:59pm

re: #49 teleskiguy

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MsJ  Aug 18, 2016 • 10:47:15pm

re: #47 Jayleia

Soros does, but Floorshitter can go to Hungary, see the sights on someone else’s dime, come back with a laughably faked document that his marks will take as gospel, and still claim it as business expenses.

That was pretty much what I was thinking.

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teleskiguy  Aug 18, 2016 • 10:47:48pm

re: #50 Dave In Austin

That guy is a brave Twitter warrior!

B.S. in Political Science, cum laude, UNA and former Infantry warrior; here to posit my thoughts. My only allegiance is to the Constitution.

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MsJ  Aug 18, 2016 • 10:48:09pm

re: #49 teleskiguy

The hands are too big. 😜

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Anymouse  Aug 18, 2016 • 10:48:37pm

Huffington Post has an update on the stiffed tip incident in Harrisonburg, VA:

huffingtonpost.com;

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teleskiguy  Aug 18, 2016 • 10:51:36pm

re: #51 Targetpractice

Jason Lee had a great line in the film “Vanilla Sky” that I’ll always remember.

“Without the bitter, the sweet ain’t as sweet.”

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klys (maker of Silmarils)  Aug 18, 2016 • 10:58:55pm

I won’t lie, I’m not a big fan of the Trump statues.

It’s complex and I can see why people are laughing and why people feel like he deserves it. At the same time, it’s body shaming and that’s really not cool.

I’m not going to tell other people they shouldn’t laugh, but I wish other folks would do me (and other people like me) the courtesy of not shoving our faces in it. (And that includes the people who put the statues out in public in the first place, so this shouldn’t be read as directed at Lizards here.)

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Nyet  Aug 18, 2016 • 11:04:58pm

re: #57 klys (maker of Silmarils)

That plus ancestry-shaming.

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klys (maker of Silmarils)  Aug 18, 2016 • 11:07:35pm

re: #58 Nyet

That plus ancestry-shaming.

I’ll admit I’ve really tried not to look that closely at it. I’m doing my best to scroll by whenever it pops up somewhere (here, Twitter, whatever).

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The Ghost of a Flea  Aug 18, 2016 • 11:09:17pm

re: #57 klys (maker of Silmarils)

I won’t lie, I’m not a big fan of the Trump statues.

It’s complex and I can see why people are laughing and why people feel like he deserves it. At the same time, it’s body shaming and that’s really not cool.

I’m not going to tell other people they shouldn’t laugh, but I wish other folks would do me (and other people like me) the courtesy of not shoving our faces in it. (And that includes the people who put the statues out in public in the first place, so this shouldn’t be read as directed at Lizards here.)

It’s briefly funny, but ultimately involves a grandiose missing of the point. Trump could be Eugen Sandow and he’d still be disgusting.

Cheap shots are something we need less of, because cheap shots are precisely what get people like Trump public validity.

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klys (maker of Silmarils)  Aug 18, 2016 • 11:09:47pm

re: #58 Nyet

Also, since you’re here, you’ll appreciate this.

Fun fact: today was my due date, also my parents’ anniversary. I said fuck that, I want my own day, and showed up two weeks early.

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majii  Aug 18, 2016 • 11:10:48pm

re: #55 Anymouse

The female customer is now saying that she didn’t write the note on the receipt, but I know she knows who did. I think at this point, she just wants to save face.

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teleskiguy  Aug 18, 2016 • 11:11:38pm

re: #57 klys (maker of Silmarils)

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Nyet  Aug 18, 2016 • 11:13:03pm

re: #61 klys (maker of Silmarils)

How long does it take from start to finish?

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The Ghost of a Flea  Aug 18, 2016 • 11:13:58pm

The penis lodged in Trump’s amygdala is what should be laughing at.

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klys (maker of Silmarils)  Aug 18, 2016 • 11:17:05pm

re: #63 teleskiguy

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Anymouse  Aug 18, 2016 • 11:18:41pm

re: #61 klys (maker of Silmarils)

Also, since you’re here, you’ll appreciate this.

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Fun fact: today was my due date, also my parents’ anniversary. I said fuck that, I want my own day, and showed up two weeks early.

My wife has taken up a form of knitting that uses her arms as knitting needles.

She is currently making a bedspread for our bed using wool yarn. She has about five pounds of yarn in it already; by the time it is finished I suspect it will be heavy enough to crush me. (::

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klys (maker of Silmarils)  Aug 18, 2016 • 11:19:55pm

re: #64 Nyet

How long does it take from start to finish?

I started this one in …March? Depending on how much I work on it… I’m roughly a third finished, minus the white and the beads. (Order goes all other colors -> white -> beads -> backstitching, of which there is minimal.) Probably another 6 months at least. It’s been hit or miss lately how much I want to work on it. The silks have made it complicated (they’re overdyed and I’m OCD enough to want to match the colors up so you can’t tell where I changed thread). There’s a few spots where I will have to drop back down but I want to finish the border with the silks before I go do the leaves down at the bottom with it because of that reason.

I am probably overthinking this but it is the sort of hobby that lends itself to that very easily.

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CuriousLurker  Aug 18, 2016 • 11:22:42pm

Just dropping this off on my way to bed because, like the bird landing on Bernie’s lectern… IT’S A SIGN!!11!

The comments are… special. ಠ_ಠ

G’nite, lizards.

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klys (maker of Silmarils)  Aug 18, 2016 • 11:23:10pm

re: #69 CuriousLurker

Even you can’t make me read the comments, CL.

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Anymouse  Aug 18, 2016 • 11:23:52pm

Andy Borowitz weighing in:

Trump Bolsters Foreign Policy Team by Adding Carson and Palin

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Anymouse  Aug 18, 2016 • 11:28:49pm

The Breitbart Alt-Right Just Took Over the GOP (goes to the Washington Post, written by Ben Shapiro, the guy who helped them do it)

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Nyet  Aug 18, 2016 • 11:29:25pm

re: #71 Anymouse

Carson to be an ambassador to Ubekibekibekistanstan.

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Nyet  Aug 18, 2016 • 11:30:12pm

OK, I’m off to the archive.

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teleskiguy  Aug 18, 2016 • 11:30:39pm

re: #66 klys (maker of Silmarils)

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goddamnedfrank  Aug 18, 2016 • 11:32:27pm
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klys (maker of Silmarils)  Aug 18, 2016 • 11:36:26pm

re: #75 teleskiguy

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teleskiguy  Aug 18, 2016 • 11:38:39pm

C’mon darthstar, you know you’re lovin’ this!

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Anymouse  Aug 18, 2016 • 11:39:58pm

Allegation Paul Manafort organised protestors to throw rocks at US troops.

rawstory.com

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CuriousLurker  Aug 18, 2016 • 11:42:49pm

re: #69 CuriousLurker

The guy actually followed me and RT my quoted RT mocking him. #Blocked. They don’t have a clue. Yeah, okay, I’m really leaving this time.

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teleskiguy  Aug 19, 2016 • 12:11:16am

Something for this full moon night. Thanks to Dave In Austin for turning me on to this.

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jonhendry  Aug 19, 2016 • 12:14:05am

re: #33 Jayleia

Someone should warn Hungary to put down tarps.

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goddamnedfrank  Aug 19, 2016 • 12:16:06am
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jonhendry  Aug 19, 2016 • 12:16:18am

re: #79 Anymouse

Allegation Paul Manafort organised protestors to throw rocks at US troops.

rawstory.com

One of Franklin Foer’s stories about Manafort mentioned that Manafort’s candidate’s rhetoric against NATO was stirring up crowds. It said the US ambassador (or whatever diplomat) called Manafort in and asked him to get the candidate to tone it down, for the safety of the troops, and Manafort refused.

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jonhendry  Aug 19, 2016 • 12:18:18am

re: #83 goddamnedfrank

On the one hand, I agree that the safety of reporters is important.

On the other hand, imagine what Trump’s campaign rhetoric would be like if he knew he was only being covered by the friendliest media outlets, who could be depended on to conceal anything really really bad.

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jonhendry  Aug 19, 2016 • 12:21:23am

re: #57 klys (maker of Silmarils)

I won’t lie, I’m not a big fan of the Trump statues.

It’s complex and I can see why people are laughing and why people feel like he deserves it. At the same time, it’s body shaming and that’s really not cool.

It seems to me a literal depiction of Trump wearing the Emperor’s New Clothes.

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Anymouse  Aug 19, 2016 • 12:23:21am

re: #85 jonhendry

On the one hand, I agree that the safety of reporters is important.

On the other hand, imagine what Trump’s campaign rhetoric would be like if he knew he was only being covered by the friendliest media outlets, who could be depended on to conceal anything really really bad.

Ultimately, reporters choose to cover Mr. Trump’s campaign, in the same way reporters choose to cover war zones or riots.

(Speaking of war zones, NPR sends its reporters to the same sort of training used for war zone coverage before sending them to Trump rallies).

My wife and I have held long arguments over whether covering Mr. Trump and his supporters is a good thing or not. (I think so, she thinks not. She believes that this is only leading to the breakdown of society, I am of the opinion it helps identify the people that mainstream conservatives, liberals, and libertarians should marginalise; we cannot ostracise them if they are not out in the open.

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Anymouse  Aug 19, 2016 • 12:24:48am

Comment on Wonkette about Hillary Clinton campaigning in Wyoming and Idaho:

Her campaign should start a rumor that she is putting Alberta into play just to see if he’s gullible enough to plan a last minute rally in Calgary.
Read more at wonkette.com

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goddamnedfrank  Aug 19, 2016 • 12:28:44am

re: #85 jonhendry

On the one hand, I agree that the safety of reporters is important.

On the other hand, imagine what Trump’s campaign rhetoric would be like if he knew he was only being covered by the friendliest media outlets, who could be depended on to conceal anything really really bad.

It could still be recorded by static feed, but it shouldn’t be broadcast live, it shouldn’t be rewarded the way that is currently happening. There’s no need to expose reporters to that level of abject abuse.

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Anymouse  Aug 19, 2016 • 12:30:31am

On Charles C. Johnson going to Hungary, is that to meet with folk from its racist and fascist party (Jobbik), that became the third largest party recently? I get the impression he is a fellow traveller in the alt-right “movement” (think toilets). (He certainly couldn’t be a thinker in that movement; even for a hateful group like the alt-right, a certain amount of intelligence is required to come up with a philosophy. I really don’t see Charles C. Johnson as a mental giant that would qualify for Mensa membership.)

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freetoken  Aug 19, 2016 • 12:52:34am

Tito Puente - Five Beat Mambo

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goddamnedfrank  Aug 19, 2016 • 1:06:50am

re: #87 Anymouse

Ultimately, reporters choose to cover Mr. Trump’s campaign, in the same way reporters choose to cover war zones or riots.

(Speaking of war zones, NPR sends its reporters to the same sort of training used for war zone coverage before sending them to Trump rallies).

My wife and I have held long arguments over whether covering Mr. Trump and his supporters is a good thing or not. (I think so, she thinks not. She believes that this is only leading to the breakdown of society, I am of the opinion it helps identify the people that mainstream conservatives, liberals, and libertarians should marginalise; we cannot ostracise them if they are not out in the open.

It’s different from going to a war zone in several aspects. When going to a war zone the danger is explicit and upfront, there’s danger pay involved and the reporters who go don’t expect to become part of the story, they don’t expect to be made combatants. Sure, it happens, they are sometimes targeted and killed, but there’s supposed to be a difference between domestic politics and actual warfare. This is like going to cover a dog show, having it turn into an illegal dog fight and then finding out the show organizer has decided that you’re now one of the dogs. And while the reporters who continue to cover Trump should know what they’re in for now that doesn’t make it right, there are still external career pressures being put on them that may be affecting their judgement.

The people who sign the reporters’ checks, who send them into this shit need to be the adults here, who step in and say the potential cost has now far exceeded whatever story value might have once existed. The fact that Trump is explicitly targeting the press corps shouldn’t just be a warning sign, it should serve as the trigger mechanism that causes press & media managers to reassess their role and what exactly it is that they’re rewarding. There’s a fundamental difference between covering something newsworthy and feeding your people into the grasp of an ever more unstable monster who is overtly threatening their health and safety.

As far as identifying those we need to marginalize we don’t need the press at his rallies to do that, and that really shouldn’t be their job. I mean, I guess you can shoehorn that into the rubric of informing the public but there are other means to accomplish this without deploying reporters as bait for violent assault.

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Jebediah, RBG  Aug 19, 2016 • 1:11:01am

re: #92 goddamnedfrank

This is like going to cover a dog show, having it turn into an illegal dog fight and then finding out the show organizer has decided that you’re now one of the dogs.

Nicely done, this.

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Anymouse  Aug 19, 2016 • 1:14:20am

re: #92 goddamnedfrank

I think at this point, anyone covering Mr. Trump should be aware of how the press is treated and should expect they are, if not in danger, held in contempt.

The press built this guy’s campaign, they can hardly claim to “not know” the dangers of covering it. Katy Tur, who has been covering it since the beginning, ought to be receiving combat pay from NBC. She has been there before the campaign went into explicit fascism; even so, she knows what she is covering.

Edit: for that matter, every reporter that goes into a war zone knows he or she is in mortal danger. Any reporter going into a Trump rally should by now know the same.

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  Aug 19, 2016 • 1:36:26am

re: #94 Anymouse

Edit: for that matter, every reporter that goes into a war zone knows he or she is in mortal danger. Any reporter going into a Trump rally should by now know the same.

They were fawning cowards during the primaries, they saw it as the price of access.

But now the press is starting to turn on him, as they have seen that no amount of belly-crawling will please Him.

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goddamnedfrank  Aug 19, 2016 • 1:44:52am

So the question becomes how the hell does Trump expect to shore up white men while making inroads with women and minorities?

The answer is he doesn’t. If his support with white men is starting to show cracks while he’s down by 8 points nationally, polling 0 percent with blacks in many cases and with less than a hundred days left, he’s just fucked. That’s why you’re seeing this ugly turn to Team Breitbart to run his campaign, he thinks they can help him but the only thing they’re interested in is building a nationalist movement that survives his loss and is able to fight with establishment Republicans over whatever remains of the GOP’s rotting corpse.

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freetoken  Aug 19, 2016 • 1:44:59am

re: #95 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))

But now the press is starting to turn on him, as they have seen that no amount of belly-crawling will please Him.

… who will not be named.

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  Aug 19, 2016 • 1:47:07am

re: #97 freetoken

… who will not be named.

Caps there not a typo. He need not be named. He is The True One

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freetoken  Aug 19, 2016 • 1:55:11am

Facebook Post

Manchanda Karan Trump or Clinton? Everyone in the entire world want to know who will become the next President for the USA. I as an astrologer thought to analyse their horoscope and found Trump will win and will become the next President for the USA.
Like * Reply * 573 * 14 hrs

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freetoken  Aug 19, 2016 • 1:57:10am

Welp… it seems three of my Facebook Friends also “like” the Drumpfskind official page.

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  Aug 19, 2016 • 2:03:33am

re: #100 freetoken

Welp… it seems three of my Facebook Friends also “like” the Drumpfskind official page.

maybe they like it for all the wrong reasons

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Timothy Watson  Aug 19, 2016 • 2:06:07am

re: #101 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))

maybe they like it for all the wrong reasons

Yeah, the name of a friend that shows up for me when I go there is expressly anti-Trump despite being a conservative Republican.

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Anymouse  Aug 19, 2016 • 2:15:58am

re: #100 freetoken

Welp… it seems three of my Facebook Friends also “like” the Drumpfskind official page.

Are you going to ask them if that was an accident, or are they really fascists?

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Anymouse  Aug 19, 2016 • 2:17:57am

The Southern Poverty Law Center notes that the press is tightly focused on Mr. Trump’s campaign (specifically his conspiracy theories and racist support).

They note that his is not the only campaign shot through with racism and conspiracy theory: They have a list of candidates for lesser office who are also running on similar themes.

splcenter.org

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goddamnedfrank  Aug 19, 2016 • 2:34:26am

These fucking guys.

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Timothy Watson  Aug 19, 2016 • 2:42:46am

Just watched one of the McLaughlin Group SNL parodies for the first time and I almost had coffee coming out of my nose.

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Anymouse  Aug 19, 2016 • 2:45:35am
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Ming5000  Aug 19, 2016 • 2:46:28am

LOL. Politico announces that THIS is the Trump pivot.
Another reason I rarely click on Politico. (Started with Mark Allen revelations)

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Dave In Austin  Aug 19, 2016 • 3:22:55am
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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  Aug 19, 2016 • 3:37:22am

re: #109 Dave In Austin

Alt Right Breitbart Editor Milo Yiannopoulos Takes $100,000 for Charity, Gives $0 http://

Why is this news? The RW is all about suckering idiots for “righteous” causes and pocketing the “operating costs”.

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  Aug 19, 2016 • 3:42:33am

re: #107 Anymouse

“For now, the campaign’s polling showed, too many voters described him in two words: ‘unqualified’ and ‘racist’”

Yunno, the “racist” part is still too subjective and to loaded a term. It just leads to an endless circular discussion pulling out all sorts of irrelevant and subjective definitions of the term “racism”.

But “unqualified” is entirely objective, neutral and applicable. Again folks: THIS MAN HAS NO LEGISLATIVE OR ADMINISTRATIVE RECORD TO REFER TO!!!!!

As for his business record, just list all his failed ventures:

Steaks
Mortgage
Gloves
Vodka
Taj Mahal
Casinos
Magazine
University
New Media
etc.

I see no point in letting the discussion go down the rathole of racism, just stick to the neutral and objective facts.

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Anymouse  Aug 19, 2016 • 3:45:26am

re: #110 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))

Why is this news? The RW is all about suckering idiots for “righteous” causes and pocketing the “operating costs”.

Grifting seems to be a feature of conservatism, not a bug.

Speculative thoughts have been floated that Mr. Trump is trying to establish a “Trump TV” organisation (particularly since Mr. Trump expressed interest in such an idea some time ago). Considering he has taken on both Roger Ailes and Steve Bannon for his campaign organisation, it looks like he is setting up his post-election organisation.

Like Sarah TV of Sarah Palin, it looks more like a grifting operation than a real media venture (plus I imagine Mr. Ailes is under a non-compete agreement with Rupert Murdoch).

For most of my fifty+ years, conservative ventures have seemed to me to be different variants on “how to grift from suckers.”

re: #111 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))

As for racism, I think it is entirely fair to bring it in (with the other things you noted). Tie George Wallace around Mr. Trump’s neck. There is no need to sugar coat his racism; if you would rather not use that term I am fine with “fascism.”

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  Aug 19, 2016 • 3:47:20am

re: #112 Anymouse

For most of my fifty+ years, conservative ventures have seemed to me to be different variants on “how to grift from suckers.”

They do pay attention to their religious leaders, but for all the wrong reasons.

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Anymouse  Aug 19, 2016 • 3:52:52am

re: #113 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))

They do pay attention to their religious leaders, but for all the wrong reasons.

What does God need with paper money?

I have been in contact for the last couple days via E-mail with the woman who does the YouTube series “The Bible and other Fairy Tales.”

She asked for suggestions from her viewers on future subjects; I suggested religion in politics in the USA (she lives in Australia).

She was fascinated by that idea, and asked me for some more information (have you suffered in your political position as an atheist, are there others in your state who are out and in politics, can you give me a bit of history, &c.)

I filled her in on state senator Ernie Chambers’s lawsuit against God and a few other choice nuggets, such as an interview I did on the “Ask an Atheist” show in Tacoma, Washington, and “Have Your Say” on the BBC. She E-mailed me tonight that she will be working up a post to YouTube on the subject.

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VegasGolfer  Aug 19, 2016 • 3:57:59am

re: #111 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))

Yunno, the “racist” part is still too subjective and to loaded a term. It just leads to an endless circular discussion pulling out all sorts of irrelevant and subjective definitions of the term “racism”.

But “unqualified” is entirely objective, neutral and applicable. Again folks: THIS MAN HAS NO LEGISLATIVE OR ADMINISTRATIVE RECORD TO REFER TO!!!!!

As for his business record, just list all his failed ventures:

Steaks
Mortgage
Gloves
Vodka
Taj Mahal
Casinos
Magazine
University
New Media
etc.

I see no point in letting the discussion go down the rathole of racism, just stick to the neutral and objective facts.

In trumps case it is absolutely relevant. I’m reading “Trumped! by John R. O’Donnell.
here’s an excerpt of the donald talking about a black employee.

“I couldn’t believe I was hearing this. But Donald went on, “Besides that, I’ve got to tell you something else. I think that the guy is lazy. And it’s probably not his fault because laziness is a trait in blacks. It really is, I believe that. It’s not anything they can control…. Don’t you agree?” He looked me square in the eye and waited for my reply. “Donald, you really shouldn’t say things like that to me or anybody else,” I said. “That is not the kind of image you want to project. We shouldn’t even be having this conversation, even if it’s the way you feel.” “Yeah, you’re right,” he said. “If anybody ever heard me say that … holy shit … I’d be in a lot of trouble. But I have to tell you, that’s the way I feel.” “Well, I have to tell you, I don’t agree with you. We’ve got people at the Plaza doing good jobs, we’ve got people doing jobs that are not so good. It’s got nothing to do with the color of anybody’s skin.”

trump is absolutely racist with those kinds of views towards minorities.

Credit: O’Donnell, John R.; Rutherford, James (2016-03-23). Trumped!: The Inside Story of the Real Donald Trump—His Cunning Rise and Spectacular Fall (Kindle Locations 1859-1866). Crossroad Press. Kindle Edition.

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Shiplord Kirel  Aug 19, 2016 • 4:02:27am

Hillary and Donald go into a bakery, while on the campaign trail. As soon as they enter the bakery, Donald steals three pastries and puts them in his pocket. He whispers to Hillary, “See how clever I am?” The owner didn’t see anything and I don’t even need to lie.” Then he says “I will definitely win the election.”

Then Hillary says to Donald, “That’s the typical dishonesty you have displayed throughout your entire life, theft, trickery and deceit. I am going to show you an honest way to get the same result.”

Hillary goes to the owner of the bakery and says, “Give me a pastry and I will show you a magic trick.” Intrigued, the owner accepts and gives her a pastry. Hillary swallows it and asks for another one. The owner gives her another one. Then Hillary asks for a third pastry and eats that, too. The owner is starting to wonder where the magic trick is and asks, “What did you do with the pastries?” Hillary replies, “Look in Donald’s pocket.”

(I’m only too proud to admit that I stole this from some Republicans, and did a little editing. What the hell? They normally admire that kind of behavior.)

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A Mom Anon  Aug 19, 2016 • 4:07:02am

re: #106 Timothy Watson

WRONG!!!!! ……I had to. ;)

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Anymouse  Aug 19, 2016 • 4:08:09am

nbcnews.com

Quoting the article above, where another conservative official thinks the Bible trumps secular law:

A Wyoming judge urged the state’s Supreme Court Wednesday to let her remain on the bench despite her publicly stated refusal to perform same-sex marriage ceremonies, citing religious objections.

The state’s judicial ethics commission recommended that Ruth Neely be relieved of her position as a magistrate in the small northwestern Wyoming town of Pinedale, after she told the local newspaper that she would “not be able to do” marriage ceremonies for gay couples.

“When law and religion conflict, choices have to be made,” she told the Pinedale Roundup.

In a letter to the state’s judicial ethics advisory committee, she wrote, “Homosexuality is a named sin in the Bible, as are drunkenness, thievery, lying, and the like. I can no more officiate at a same-sex wedding than I can buy beer for the alcoholic.”

Pesky Constitution, how does it work? Oh yes, Christian Sharia does not trump secular law of the nation. If you are acting as a government official, you uphold the Constitution you swore to defend.

I affirmed I would uphold the Constitution, both as an enlisted Navy seaman, and as a city council member. I do not understand why so many religious conservative politicians and judges seem to think the Bible trumps the Constitution in application of secular law. (But somehow, Muslims are the real threat to constitutional democratic institutions.)

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Ace-o-aces  Aug 19, 2016 • 4:08:29am

re: #109 Dave In Austin

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Decatur Deb  Aug 19, 2016 • 4:14:59am

re: #116 Shiplord Kirel

Hillary and Donald go into a bakery, while on the campaign trail. As soon as they enter the bakery, Donald steals three pastries and puts them in his pocket. He whispers to Hillary, “See how clever I am?” The owner didn’t see anything and I don’t even need to lie.” Then he says “I will definitely win the election.”

Then Hillary says to Donald, “That’s the typical dishonesty you have displayed throughout your entire life, theft, trickery and deceit. I am going to show you an honest way to get the same result.”

Hillary goes to the owner of the bakery and says, “Give me a pastry and I will show you a magic trick.” Intrigued, the owner accepts and gives her a pastry. Hillary swallows it and asks for another one. The owner gives her another one. Then Hillary asks for a third pastry and eats that, too. The owner is starting to wonder where the magic trick is and asks, “What did you do with the pastries?” Hillary replies, “Look in Donald’s pocket.”

(I’m only too proud to admit that I stole this from some Republicans, and did a little editing. What the hell? They normally admire that kind of behavior.)

Joke will be weaponized in two hours. I’m meeting with two ancient Trumpisti to convince them to vote—for Gary Johnson.

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freetoken  Aug 19, 2016 • 4:18:08am

re: #103 Anymouse

Are you going to ask them if that was an accident, or are they really fascists?

Mostly, they are just the collapsed-worldview types.

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Anymouse  Aug 19, 2016 • 4:28:24am

Second murder in my county this year.

In an unusual step, the Morrill County Sherrif’s Office obtained a warrant to hold a witness from Greeley, Colo. to a murder in Bridgeport (pop. 1,100).

She is being held to ensure she shows up at court for her testimony.

We have a veritable murder crime spree in this county of 3,000 people; earlier in the year, a man from Colorado was arrested in Wyoming and extradited to our county for a murder in Angora (population 1).

starherald.com

I interviewed the county prosecutor a few months ago about the Angora murder for an article I wrote for a private organisation to which I belong for its journal; he noted the last murder in the county was in the Thirties.

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Decatur Deb  Aug 19, 2016 • 4:34:22am

BeenHere—-

Thanks for the Hotwalker audio yesterday. I didn’t know of Little Jack Horton, but that was some spectacular barfly oral history.

(We had hotwalkers in Lexington when I went to school there. It was a job much sought by the horseworld UK girls at Keeneland and the farms.)

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A Mom Anon  Aug 19, 2016 • 4:35:01am

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Decatur Deb  Aug 19, 2016 • 4:37:05am

re: #124 A Mom Anon

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Good luck to you all. If you have a local Habitat for Humanity, they have trucks and will haul generously to get stuff for their ‘Re-Store’.

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A Mom Anon  Aug 19, 2016 • 4:37:59am

re: #125 Decatur Deb

Oh that’s perfect. I will go look for that right now. Thanks!

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Emptor scriptor Remorse  Aug 19, 2016 • 4:53:33am

I see that the greatest show on Earth, the Trump Circus, is continually touring and honing its message to the great unwarshed masses. Typically campaigns don’t start until after Labor Day, when everyone is back from their vacations or back into school. Damn this is going to be a long fall.

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Decatur Deb  Aug 19, 2016 • 5:21:19am

re: #127 Emptor scriptor Remorse

I see that the greatest show on Earth, the Trump Circus, is continually touring and honing its message to the great unwarshed masses. Typically campaigns don’t start until after Labor Day, when everyone is back from their vacations or back into school. Damn this is going to be a long fall.

Yes, but changes to the election process have shortened the timeline. Some valid votes will be cast in less than 40 days.

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Decatur Deb  Aug 19, 2016 • 5:24:48am

Joshua Monroe: The Man Who Makes Nude Trump Statues

thedailybeast.com

Talented horror artist. Wants to do HRC, but the shock value will be dissipated.

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Decatur Deb  Aug 19, 2016 • 5:25:42am

And I’m off to spread doubt and confusion.

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The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge  Aug 19, 2016 • 5:28:56am

Any lighter-than-air buffs in the house?

Hybrid air vehicles - Airlander maiden flight from Cardington, Bedfordshire

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  Aug 19, 2016 • 5:32:02am

re: #115 VegasGolfer

In trumps case it is absolutely relevant. I’m reading “Trumped! by John R. O’Donnell.
here’s an excerpt of the donald talking about a black employee.

I agree with your assertions. I am talking about campaign strategy and talking points.

Any discussion on racism is going to quickly spin down a rhetorical rat hole and a discussion of PC and “who is the real racist here?”. It turns out to be a waste of time and distracts the discussion from more vital things.

There is, however, no arguing with his lack of qualification or experience in governing, especially as he is running for the office of Chief executive.

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lawhawk  Aug 19, 2016 • 5:35:43am

Greets and saluts from the NYC metro area. Woke up this morning to news that there was a very serious bus crash in Newark between 2 NJ Transit buses. One driver dead, 19 injured, and the area is closed off to traffic - pretty much turning all of downtown Newark into gridlock since the accident occurred at one of the busiest intersections in the city and near the Newark Penn Station transit hub.

And there’s witnesses claiming one of the buses ran a red light, but with all the video cameras in the area, that’ll be checked to see if it’s accurate.

Definitely not the news you want to wake up to.

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The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge  Aug 19, 2016 • 5:38:32am

Speaking of racism—prepare for incoming butthurt:

Spider-Man’s love interest Mary Jane gets a makeover

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lawhawk  Aug 19, 2016 • 5:43:28am

Spotted this in Midtown last night, and couldn’t help but take a photo:

Consider all the ways that News Corp shreds the news. Lies. Obfuscation. Smears.

And that’s just Roger Ailes fending off sexual harassment suits.

The outfit all too often indulges conspiracy theories, fact-free diatribes without confronting the person with the facts (though to be fair, it’s just as often that the Fox News talking heads are spreading the lies/smears as the guests). This is a “news” outlet that is doing the nation a grave injustice with its nonstop right wing talking points that are unsupported by reality.

It’s into this environment that Trump has taken over the GOP. And witness his first ad, which claims that we aren’t safe, that we’re being overrun with illegal aliens, and that Democrats have rigged the system.

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The Vicious Babushka  Aug 19, 2016 • 5:46:05am

The “pivot” proceeds nicely

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lawhawk  Aug 19, 2016 • 5:47:04am

Woo… Metallica’s new album will finally drop in November, and they’ve released the first single off the album.

Shades of Kill ‘em All and And Justice for All:

Metallica: Hardwired (Official Music Video)

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Timothy Watson  Aug 19, 2016 • 5:49:26am

re: #134 The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge

Speaking of racism—prepare for incoming butthurt:

Spider-Man’s love interest Mary Jane gets a makeover

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Discriminating against gingers!

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The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge  Aug 19, 2016 • 5:51:25am

H/t to PZ:

One of the biggest crime waves in America isn’t what you think it is

In dollar terms, what group of Americans steals the most from their fellow citizens each year?


The answer might surprise you: It’s employers, many of whom are committing what’s known as wage theft. It’s not just about underpaying workers. They’re not paying workers what they’re legally owed for the labor they put in.


It takes different forms: not paying workers the federal, state, or local minimum wage; not paying them overtime; or just monkeying around with job titles to avoid regulations.


No one knows exactly how big a problem wage theft is, but in 2012 federal and state agencies recovered $933 million for victims of wage theft. By comparison, all the property taken in all the robberies of all types in 2012, solved or unsolved, amounted to a little under $341 million.

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  Aug 19, 2016 • 5:55:47am

re: #139 The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge

H/t to PZ:

One of the biggest crime waves in America isn’t what you think it is

End wage slavery!

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Timothy Watson  Aug 19, 2016 • 5:58:11am

re: #139 The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge

H/t to PZ:

One of the biggest crime waves in America isn’t what you think it is

One thing that also pisses me off, in addition to that, is white-collar embezzlers who steal hundreds of thousands of dollars and end up getting house arrest while someone who steals $5 by shoplifting in a convenience store might end up dying in jail

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Romantic Heretic  Aug 19, 2016 • 6:01:06am

re: #88 Anymouse

Much of Alberta would vote for Trump if they could. It’s Canada’s Texas.

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The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge  Aug 19, 2016 • 6:02:57am

re: #141 Timothy Watson

One thing that also pisses me off, in addition to that, is white-collar embezzlers who steal hundreds of thousands of dollars and end up getting house arrest while someone who steals $5 by shoplifting in a convenience store might end up dying in jail

This guy’s still alive, I assume, but I mean really…

‘Stale’ Doughnut Lands Guy in Jail

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Romantic Heretic  Aug 19, 2016 • 6:04:39am

re: #92 goddamnedfrank

All true, but the people who sign the reporters checks come in their pants at the thought of one of their reporters being murdered at a Trump rally. The eyeballs and clicks such an event would draw would solidify the editor’s reputation in the business forever.

Or so they think. Proles are expendable anyway.

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The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge  Aug 19, 2016 • 6:05:37am

re: #138 Timothy Watson

Discriminating against gingers!

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Well, I do love my redheads, but she’s really cute. Trying to think who she reminds me of…Hedy Burress with an upper lip, maybe?

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Timothy Watson  Aug 19, 2016 • 6:06:52am

re: #143 The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge

This guy’s still alive, I assume, but I mean really…

‘Stale’ Doughnut Lands Guy in Jail

Wouldn’t “criminal possession of stolen property” be a lesser included charge of petit larceny?

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Sir John Barron  Aug 19, 2016 • 6:07:39am

re: #136 The Vicious Babushka

The “pivot” proceeds nicely

Trump “regrets” some things he says that might hurt people in the “heat of the campaign”.

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lawhawk  Aug 19, 2016 • 6:07:56am

Heh… (and yes, this was posted by darth and a couple others, but still chuckle-worthy):

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Sir John Barron  Aug 19, 2016 • 6:08:39am

re: #134 The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge

Speaking of racism—prepare for incoming butthurt:

Spider-Man’s love interest Mary Jane gets a makeover

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Good grief will the Political Correctness never end?!?!?!?

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Sir John Barron  Aug 19, 2016 • 6:10:51am

re: #106 Timothy Watson

Just watched one of the McLaughlin Group SNL parodies for the first time and I almost had coffee coming out of my nose.

WRONG!!!!

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The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge  Aug 19, 2016 • 6:16:24am

re: #146 Timothy Watson

Wouldn’t “criminal possession of stolen property” be a lesser included charge of petit larceny?

Gotta make everything sound like the crime of the century—especially petty chickenshit crap like this.

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  Aug 19, 2016 • 6:19:10am

re: #151 The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge

Gotta make everything sound like the crime of the century—especially petty chickenshit crap like this.

It was the whole notion of using humans as living examples to scare off others…three-strike and minimum-sentencing laws.

The human cost is considered negligible when it comes to protecting property.

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FormerDirtDart  Aug 19, 2016 • 6:19:18am
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lawhawk  Aug 19, 2016 • 6:21:32am

GOP bitching that Obama isn’t visiting Louisiana because of the worst flooding in the US since Sandy.

Of course, Gov. BelEdwards basically said - don’t come because so few roads are open that it would hamper the emergency response. President needs roads for his motorcade, and if you’ve got to close those roads for the motorcade, it means that vital aid can’t get where it’s needed.

Mind you, the GOP controlled Congress is still in recess and isn’t acting on the Zika crisis, which may torpedo the Florida tourism industry, isn’t dealing with a Louisiana flood recovery package, and is busy using the time to run for reelection. So, if you want to direct your ire at government, direct it at the GOP.

They’re the ones who haven’t done anything.

The President issued the disaster declarations on August 14 to get the ball rolling on assisting Louisiana.

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Timothy Watson  Aug 19, 2016 • 6:22:40am

re: #151 The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge

Gotta make everything sound like the crime of the century—especially petty chickenshit crap like this.

My Spidey sense tells me the cop decided to throw as many charges as possible for contempt of cop probably.

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makeitstop  Aug 19, 2016 • 6:27:06am

re: #133 lawhawk

Greets and saluts from the NYC metro area. Woke up this morning to news that there was a very serious bus crash in Newark between 2 NJ Transit buses. One driver dead, 19 injured, and the area is closed off to traffic - pretty much turning all of downtown Newark into gridlock since the accident occurred at one of the busiest intersections in the city and near the Newark Penn Station transit hub.

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And there’s witnesses claiming one of the buses ran a red light, but with all the video cameras in the area, that’ll be checked to see if it’s accurate.

Definitely not the news you want to wake up to.

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The Vicious Babushka  Aug 19, 2016 • 6:27:08am

*grrr* Just blocked another Bernutbutthurt JillShill. They are even stupider than Trumporrhoids.

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FormerDirtDart  Aug 19, 2016 • 6:27:43am

re: #154 lawhawk

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Belafon  Aug 19, 2016 • 6:28:36am

re: #96 goddamnedfrank

So the question becomes how the hell does Trump expect to shore up white men while making inroads with women and minorities?

The answer is he doesn’t. If his support with white men is starting to show cracks while he’s down by 8 points nationally, polling 0 percent with blacks in many cases and with less than a hundred days left, he’s just fucked. That’s why you’re seeing this ugly turn to Team Breitbart to run his campaign, he thinks they can help him but the only thing they’re interested in is building a nationalist movement that survives his loss and is able to fight with establishment Republicans over whatever remains of the GOP’s rotting corpse.

More specifically, I think they’re hoping to do what the Tea Party has done: Even a loss forces the Republicans to go further right. That does mean that the white supremacists will have to show up in 2018 to vote in large enough numbers to be meaningful, so we’ll have to see.

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The Vicious Babushka  Aug 19, 2016 • 6:29:02am
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makeitstop  Aug 19, 2016 • 6:33:23am

re: #137 lawhawk

Woo… Metallica’s new album will finally drop in November, and they’ve released the first single off the album.

Shades of Kill ‘em All and And Justice for All:

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Video

Good tune. They sound young again.

Also, happy to hear that Kirk forgot to bring his wah-wah to the studio. :)

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Timothy Watson  Aug 19, 2016 • 6:39:10am

re: #160 The Vicious Babushka

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AOL had the best security! The best!

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The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge  Aug 19, 2016 • 6:41:03am

re: #162 Timothy Watson

AOL had the best security! The best!

If they were still sending out all those coasters CD-ROMs, they’d probably have all of Powell’s emails on them….

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lawhawk  Aug 19, 2016 • 6:44:48am

re: #156 makeitstop

There’s some witnesses claiming that one of the buses ran the light and was going at a high rate of speed. Who knows.

There are cameras on board and a black box, which might shed light on what happened.

We’ll see what the investigation reveals.

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FormerDirtDart  Aug 19, 2016 • 6:45:05am

re: #163 The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge

If they were still sending out all those coasters CD-ROMs, they’d probably have all of Powell’s emails on them….

OK, when I moved in April I probably dug up around a dozen AOL CDs as I cleared out boxes of old mail I was finally getting around to shredding.

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Belafon  Aug 19, 2016 • 6:47:31am

re: #160 The Vicious Babushka

Is the statement in the picture, because the article basically says that Powell doesn’t remember telling Clinton to use a personal email account, but he touted it’s benefits more than once?

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Skip Intro  Aug 19, 2016 • 6:50:42am

re: #147 Sir John Barron

Trump “regrets” some things he says that might hurt people in the “heat of the campaign”.

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I wonder how much it cost the GOP to make Trump say that? It’s as though they made an ad buy with their own candidate.

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The Vicious Babushka  Aug 19, 2016 • 6:51:18am

re: #166 Belafon

Is the statement in the picture, because the article basically says that Powell doesn’t remember telling Clinton to use a personal email account, but he touted it’s benefits more than once.

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Joe Bacon  Aug 19, 2016 • 6:51:26am

re: #124 A Mom Anon

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jeffreyw  Aug 19, 2016 • 6:52:06am

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Good morning!

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Ziggy_TARDIS  Aug 19, 2016 • 6:54:09am

Sounds like Clara is not complete gone yet.

Also, Capaldi confirmed he will stay for Series 11. He will be the longest lasting Doctor since Tom Baker, and will equal Pertwee in number of seasons.

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  Aug 19, 2016 • 6:55:12am

re: #158 FormerDirtDart

LA gov office on Donald Trump visit: don’t come for photo op; volunteer or donate instead.]

That is what helped sink the campaign of German candidate for Prime Minister Edmund Stoiber in 2001: he showed up for a photo op on the banks of the flooded River Elbe and was told by the rescue workers to get the f*ck out of the way, there is a famous film clip of a truck driving by and swerving just to splash mud all over him to show that he was unwelcome.

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Joe Bacon  Aug 19, 2016 • 6:55:55am

re: #142 Romantic Heretic

Much of Alberta would vote for Trump if they could. It’s Canada’s Texas.

I was hoping that Ms. Notley and the NDP could stem that tide…

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Jenner7  Aug 19, 2016 • 6:56:07am

His first general election ad. And it’s horrible.

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  Aug 19, 2016 • 6:56:48am

re: #159 Belafon

More specifically, I think they’re hoping to do what the Tea Party has done: Even a loss forces the Republicans to go further right. That does mean that the white supremacists will have to show up in 2018 to vote in large enough numbers to be meaningful, so we’ll have to see.

This is the tidal force of US politics: the RWNJs will be out in droves for the mid-terms, the moderate and left voters will stay home and the GOP will recoup some seats and offer it is proof that the party has to be MOAR CONSERVERTIVE

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lawhawk  Aug 19, 2016 • 6:58:26am

re: #174 Jenner7

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His first general election ad. And it’s horrible.

And dog whistles to the white supremacists and haters perfectly.

This isn’t about expanding his appeal. It’s about reaching for the core.

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lawhawk  Aug 19, 2016 • 6:59:40am

Let’s make this a thing. / Sarcasm. Not sarcasm.

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Skip Intro  Aug 19, 2016 • 6:59:44am

re: #176 lawhawk

And dog whistles to the white supremacists and haters perfectly.

This isn’t about expanding his appeal. It’s about reaching for the core.

He’s counting on the “liberal media” to do that for him, and they won’t disappoint.

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Belafon  Aug 19, 2016 • 7:00:24am

re: #176 lawhawk

And dog whistles to the white supremacists and haters perfectly.

This isn’t about expanding his appeal. It’s about reaching for the core.

They’re hoping to hit the white demographic that is going “You know, they Democrats have done a good job of improving the economy, but I just can’t let those blacks get ahead.”

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Joe Bacon  Aug 19, 2016 • 7:00:39am

re: #174 Jenner7

I want Trump to go down as the worst beaten candidate for the Presidency ever. I want Hillary to have a 50 state sweep on this ass—a sweep so big it flushes the GOP out of both houses of Congress!

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Belafon  Aug 19, 2016 • 7:02:53am

re: #178 Skip Intro

He’s counting on the “liberal media” to do that for him, and they won’t disappoint.

It does seem that at least the pundits aren’t buying it (Daily Kos APR).

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The Vicious Babushka  Aug 19, 2016 • 7:02:54am
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The Vicious Babushka  Aug 19, 2016 • 7:03:35am
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Skip Intro  Aug 19, 2016 • 7:04:11am

re: #181 Belafon

It does seem that at least the pundits aren’t buying it (Daily Kos APR).

Morning Joke is all giddy about Trump again and is back on board the Trump Train.

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lawhawk  Aug 19, 2016 • 7:04:44am

Paul Manafort, we hardly knew ye (and where all the money was coming from overseas). You couldn’t even do a proper Friday night news dump announcing your resignation.

Guess the shitshow at Trump HQ was so bad you didn’t want to be a part of it.

The question becomes which network goes and picks him up as a correspondent/analyst for the campaign, and secondarily, whether Manafort becomes the focus of criminal investigation into his lobbying finances.

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  Aug 19, 2016 • 7:05:01am

re: #180 Joe Bacon

I want Trump to go down as the worst beaten candidate for the Presidency ever. I want Hillary to have a 50 state sweep on this ass—a sweep so big it flushes the GOP out of both houses of Congress!

That won’t happen in all 50 states, but it I would like to see it be so embarrassingly large that they cannot make any viable claims of manipulation or fraud having influenced the outcome.

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Skip Intro  Aug 19, 2016 • 7:05:20am

re: #185 lawhawk

It has to be CNN.

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Sir John Barron  Aug 19, 2016 • 7:06:21am

re: #185 lawhawk

Paul Manafort, we hardly knew ye (and where all the money was coming from overseas). You couldn’t even do a proper Friday night news dump announcing your resignation.

Guess the shitshow at Trump HQ was so bad you didn’t want to be a part of it.

The question becomes which network goes and picks him up as a correspondent/analyst for the campaign, and secondarily, whether Manafort becomes the focus of criminal investigation into his lobbying finances.

Everything is fine….

Now CNN can have 2 former Trump campaign managers on staff.

/

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lawhawk  Aug 19, 2016 • 7:06:33am

re: #187 Skip Intro

CNN going to do a right wing Crossfire between Manafort and Lewandowski?

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Skip Intro  Aug 19, 2016 • 7:06:51am

re: #186 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))

In the GOP crazy land, the bigger the loss the bigger the fraud.

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makeitstop  Aug 19, 2016 • 7:07:31am

re: #174 Jenner7

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His first general election ad. And it’s horrible.

30 seconds of pharmaceutical-grade booga-booga.

No wonder they’re only doing limited buys.

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Sir John Barron  Aug 19, 2016 • 7:08:07am

re: #185 lawhawk

Paul Manafort, we hardly knew ye (and where all the money was coming from overseas). You couldn’t even do a proper Friday night news dump announcing your resignation.

Guess the shitshow at Trump HQ was so bad you didn’t want to be a part of it.

The question becomes which network goes and picks him up as a correspondent/analyst for the campaign, and secondarily, whether Manafort becomes the focus of criminal investigation into his lobbying finances.

I’ll hire the best people. The best. Believe me.

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  Aug 19, 2016 • 7:08:21am

re: #190 Skip Intro

In the GOP crazy land, the bigger the loss the bigger the fraud.

That is why I said “viable”…referring to Life Outside the Bubble.

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Skip Intro  Aug 19, 2016 • 7:08:43am

re: #189 lawhawk

CNN going to do a right wing Crossfire between Manafort and Lewandowski?

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“I loved Donald more”.

“No, I did.”

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Sir John Barron  Aug 19, 2016 • 7:09:26am

re: #194 Skip Intro

“I loved Donald more”.

“No, I did.”

“Let’s sink Steve Bannon and Kelly whatshername, now.”

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The Vicious Babushka  Aug 19, 2016 • 7:11:09am

STAGING A PHOTO OP

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The Vicious Babushka  Aug 19, 2016 • 7:12:11am

I wonder if he will hoist a case of water bottles and canned beans, like Romney did after Sandy.

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lawhawk  Aug 19, 2016 • 7:13:09am

If your boss continually adds layers of hires over you to do your job, why would you stay. That’s part of the reason Lewandowski left; Manafort was hired. Now, Manafort is getting out because Trump picked up two idiots to “supervise” Manafort’s efforts.

For someone with great business sense, this is the worst thing to do. Adding bureaucracy and adding layers of top management doesn’t improve anything. It just muddles the lines of authority and creates chaos.

Oh wait, Trump doesn’t have great business sense. He lucked into being born with a silver spoon and inherited his business fortune, which he’s basically passing on to his kids.

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BigPapa  Aug 19, 2016 • 7:14:06am

re: #185 lawhawk

Trump campaign rips a big stinky Manafart.

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lawhawk  Aug 19, 2016 • 7:14:11am

re: #197 The Vicious Babushka

I wonder if he will hoist a case of water bottles and canned beans, like Romney did after Sandy.

That’s what the unpaid interns are for.

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makeitstop  Aug 19, 2016 • 7:18:00am

re: #185 lawhawk

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Paul Manafort, we hardly knew ye (and where all the money was coming from overseas). You couldn’t even do a proper Friday night news dump announcing your resignation.

Guess the shitshow at Trump HQ was so bad you didn’t want to be a part of it.

The question becomes which network goes and picks him up as a correspondent/analyst for the campaign, and secondarily, whether Manafort becomes the focus of criminal investigation into his lobbying finances.

Alternate theory (which is mine, and which belongs to me…)

The Russian influence story line is about to be confirmed by someone, and the campaign gave him the options of ‘jump or be pushed.’

And as we’ve seen in other situations like this one (Lewandowski), Manafort will still be working for Trump while the campaign will be on the record saying that he isn’t.

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Timothy Watson  Aug 19, 2016 • 7:21:39am

re: #197 The Vicious Babushka

I wonder if he will hoist a case of water bottles and canned beans, like Romney did after Sandy.

Paid for with campaign contributions no doubt.

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BigPapa  Aug 19, 2016 • 7:25:04am

I’ve been working on my Spanish:

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Stanley Sea  Aug 19, 2016 • 7:25:38am

re: #185 lawhawk

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Paul Manafort, we hardly knew ye (and where all the money was coming from overseas). You couldn’t even do a proper Friday night news dump announcing your resignation.

Guess the shitshow at Trump HQ was so bad you didn’t want to be a part of it.

The question becomes which network goes and picks him up as a correspondent/analyst for the campaign, and secondarily, whether Manafort becomes the focus of criminal investigation into his lobbying finances.

They are going to tie Yanikovich $$ to NYC real estate real soon.

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The Vicious Babushka  Aug 19, 2016 • 7:25:54am
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lawhawk  Aug 19, 2016 • 7:26:03am

re: #203 BigPapa

Big pivoting the pivot away from the pivot to the new pivot, with a side order of underling pivot.

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Jenner7  Aug 19, 2016 • 7:28:05am
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makeitstop  Aug 19, 2016 • 7:29:30am

Oh, that Kellyanne, wadda kidder…

Campaign Manager Says Trump’s Comment On Regret Was His Idea

“He was talking about anyone who feels offended by anything he said, and that’s all him. He took extra time yesterday going over that speech with a pen. So that was a decision he made, those were his words,” Conway told ABC’s David Muir. “And I hope everybody who has criticized him at some point, David, for being insensitive or for mocking someone, at least show some recognition and some forgiveness.”

Conway will apparently heading up Trump Entertainment’sTM new comedy division.

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BigPapa  Aug 19, 2016 • 7:29:55am

re: #206 lawhawk

Big pivoting the pivot away from the pivot to the new pivot, with a side order of underling pivot.

I”m going to blend a new wine called Pivotage. Start with pinot. Then pi-yes. Then more pinot. Then more pi-yes.

Then lots of french oak. Then change it to american oak.

Then I’ll pop open a bottle of chardonnay.

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lawhawk  Aug 19, 2016 • 7:32:44am

re: #209 BigPapa

Primary grape isn’t pinot noir, but Rkatsiteli.

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Sir John Barron  Aug 19, 2016 • 7:33:25am

re: #208 makeitstop

Oh, that Kellyanne, wadda kidder…

Campaign Manager Says Trump’s Comment On Regret Was His Idea

Conway will apparently heading up Trump Entertainment’sTM new comedy division.

“If I offended anyone, like any of you looosers and politically correct people, which I’m not and which is killing our country…”

/

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Sir John Barron  Aug 19, 2016 • 7:34:45am

re: #205 The Vicious Babushka

I honestly wouldn’t be surprised to learn that Donald has already replaced Melania with a younger model from another country and just hasn’t bothered to say anything about it yet.

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plansbandc  Aug 19, 2016 • 7:35:23am

My friend just called the fascist bag of shit “Orange Foolius”. Ya’ll can quit trying now, the internet has been won.

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Sir John Barron  Aug 19, 2016 • 7:36:03am

re: #208 makeitstop

Oh, that Kellyanne, wadda kidder…

Campaign Manager Says Trump’s Comment On Regret Was His Idea

Conway will apparently heading up Trump Entertainment’sTM new comedy division.

I have the best apologies and regrets. The best. Everyone loves them. Believe me.

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Sir John Barron  Aug 19, 2016 • 7:37:00am

re: #208 makeitstop

Oh, that Kellyanne, wadda kidder…

Campaign Manager Says Trump’s Comment On Regret Was His Idea

Conway will apparently heading up Trump Entertainment’sTM new comedy division.

“I have the best ideas. The best. And they’re all mine. They’re the biggest and the best.”

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The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge  Aug 19, 2016 • 7:37:37am
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BigPapa  Aug 19, 2016 • 7:37:43am

re: #210 lawhawk

Primary grape isn’t pinot noir, but Rkatsiteli.

I don’t know that grape but I’m sure it tastes like overpriced crappy beet infused vodka.

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BigPapa  Aug 19, 2016 • 7:38:17am
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The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge  Aug 19, 2016 • 7:38:38am
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lawhawk  Aug 19, 2016 • 7:40:24am

re: #217 BigPapa

Actually, it’s an amazing grape that is from the Republic of Georgia originally. Dr. Franks in the Finger Lakes is only US winery producing wine with that grape (unblended).

A couple other wineries in the Finger Lakes might be doing some blends with it.

Has a similar taste to pinot noir but with some zinfandel and cab jamminess.

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Jenner7  Aug 19, 2016 • 7:42:19am

White supremacist stabs interracial couple after seeing them kiss at bar, police say

Rowe, 32, walked up to the couple and, without warning, yelled a racial slur and lunged with his knife, police say. The blade grazed the woman and went into the man’s hip, according to a news release from Olympia police.

“The suspect is unknown to the victims and the attack appears to have been unprovoked,” police said in the statement.

“He tells them, ‘Yeah, I stabbed them. I’m a white supremacist,’” Lower said. “He begins talking about Donald Trump rallies and attacking people at the Black Lives Matter protest.”

washingtonpost.com

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The Vicious Babushka  Aug 19, 2016 • 7:44:34am
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Stanley Sea  Aug 19, 2016 • 7:44:53am

re: #216 The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge

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My Mom & Step Dad know the neighbor who was stabbed trying to help. My Mom worked for his father for 15 years.

He’s going to be OK.

Wild shit.

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Belafon  Aug 19, 2016 • 7:45:07am

re: #221 Jenner7

White supremacist stabs interracial couple after seeing them kiss at bar, police say

washingtonpost.com

There was a time when this wouldn’t have gotten a headline. We’re not going to completely get rid of people like the attacker, but we need to make sure it is always a national story when they do something like this.

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William Lewis  Aug 19, 2016 • 7:45:28am

re: #171 Ziggy_TARDIS

Sounds like Clara is not complete gone yet.

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Also, Capaldi confirmed he will stay for Series 11. He will be the longest lasting Doctor since Tom Baker, and will equal Pertwee in number of seasons.

Good to hear he’ll be back. #3 on my doctor list after #4 & #9 so… :)

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The Vicious Babushka  Aug 19, 2016 • 7:46:41am

LOLWUT DARVO ON STEROIDS

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Belafon  Aug 19, 2016 • 7:48:36am

re: #225 William Lewis

Good to hear he’ll be back. #3 on my doctor list after #4 & #9 so… :)

After the first season of Capaldi as the Doctor, I was in a Jack in the Box in Rockwall, wearing a Doctor Who shirt. I was waiting for my order, and the guy next to me, about 20 years older (so, in his 60s), asks in what I think was a Scottish accent “What do you think of the new Doctor?” I told him I liked Capaldi, and he said that this one was a lot closer to the Doctors he knew when he was younger.

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wheat-dogghazi-mailgate  Aug 19, 2016 • 7:54:15am

The plot thickens:

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Jenner7  Aug 19, 2016 • 7:54:48am

Do you regret this, now that Manafort resigned?

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sagehen  Aug 19, 2016 • 7:55:24am

re: #185 lawhawk

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Paul Manafort, we hardly knew ye (and where all the money was coming from overseas). You couldn’t even do a proper Friday night news dump announcing your resignation.

Guess the shitshow at Trump HQ was so bad you didn’t want to be a part of it.

The question becomes which network goes and picks him up as a correspondent/analyst for the campaign, and secondarily, whether Manafort becomes the focus of criminal investigation into his lobbying finances.

A theory:

Trump took Donald with him to the briefing yesterday, the CIA guy had some pointed comments for him, told Donald that he’s limited in how much info he’ll share with a Russian agent. Paul quits.

Another theory:

Counter-espionage agents followed Manafort after the briefing, or tapped his phone, and within 6 hours of the briefing caught him passing info. The FBI threatened to arrest Donald if he didn’t fire the asshole.

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The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge  Aug 19, 2016 • 8:05:08am

re: #223 Stanley Sea

My Mom & Step Dad know the neighbor who was stabbed trying to help. My Mom worked for his father for 15 years.

He’s going to be OK.

Wild shit.

“Peak Florida Man” was a lie.

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lawhawk  Aug 19, 2016 • 8:15:06am
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KGxvi  Aug 19, 2016 • 8:16:04am

Watching the bronze medal match of the women’s water polo tournament (Hungary vs Russia), and just saw both teams do something I don’t think I’ve ever seen before. While defending the 6-on-5 (power play), they dropped two field players into the goal along side the goalie.

Also, there’s a bit of history in water polo between Hungary and Russia (ok, technically the USSR), look up the Blood in the Water game in the ‘56 games

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Sir John Barron  Aug 19, 2016 • 8:16:46am

re: #230 sagehen

Trump took [Manafort] with him to the briefing yesterday, the CIA guy had some pointed comments for him, told Donald that he’s limited in how much info he’ll share with a Russian agent. Paul quits.

Sounds reasonable.

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plansbandc  Aug 19, 2016 • 8:17:12am

re: #227 Belafon

I love Capaldi. Actually have big love for all the reboot Doctors, but Tom Baker is my first and true Doctor. I do cheat and call 10 my Doctor also. :D

Tom Baker’s appearance in “Day of the Doctor” makes me cry every time. I ugly cried the first time I saw it.

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  Aug 19, 2016 • 8:19:52am

re: #235 plansbandc

I love Capaldi. Actually have big love for all the reboot Doctors, but Tom Baker is my first and true Doctor. I do cheat and call 10 my Doctor also. :D

Tom Baker’s appearance in “Day of the Doctor” makes me cry every time. I ugly cried the first time I saw it.

I agree. Actually, I have not followed the Good Doctor since I was a teenager in the 70’s (it used to air on PBS in America, and we were big fans of anything British back then).

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The Vicious Babushka  Aug 19, 2016 • 8:20:50am

I replied to a RedSteeze Tweet and now my timeline is full of raging infected Trumporrhoids insisting that Trump “cares” more about LA floods by coming for a photo-op than POTUS.

Even worse, Tweetdeck is being flaky and I am still seeing these fuckbags even after they are muted and blocked.

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Jenner7  Aug 19, 2016 • 8:31:06am

doh!

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The Vicious Babushka  Aug 19, 2016 • 8:32:09am

Idiot wingnuts Trumpsplaining that his photo-op visit to the flooded areas will “bring attention to the plight that MSM is not showing”

I just can’t even.

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makeitstop  Aug 19, 2016 • 8:32:52am

Josh Marshall writes an informative setup for a devastating Politico article about Manafort’s Ukraine/Russia ties.

It’s no wonder that Manafort ‘resigned.’ The shit is about to hit the fan. And I’m wondering if cutting Manafort loose (declarations of ‘resignation’ to the contrary) is going to be enough to keep Cheeto Jesus from getting splashed.

If some journalist is able to definitively tie this to Trump’s real estate financing, game over.

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Jenner7  Aug 19, 2016 • 8:33:29am
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HappyWarrior  Aug 19, 2016 • 8:34:51am

re: #241 Jenner7

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Bannon will probably tell him to up the ante.

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KingKenrod  Aug 19, 2016 • 8:35:04am

re: #240 makeitstop

Josh Marshall writes an informative setup for a devastating Politico article about Manafort’s Ukraine/Russia ties.

It’s no wonder that Manafort ‘resigned.’ The shit is about to hit the fan. And I’m wondering if cutting Manafort loose (declarations of ‘resignation’ to the contrary) is going to be enough to keep Cheeto Jesus from getting splashed.

If some journalist is able to definitively tie this to Trump’s real estate financing, game over.

Great line from the article:

All of which is to say that what Manafort was doing is far from unprecedented, just a bit dirtier than most, not toeing some ethical line but slapping it around, having some goons rough it up and then leaving it in a ditch somewhere to die.

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Lancelot Link  Aug 19, 2016 • 8:35:50am

re: #235 plansbandc

Yes, that really is a letter from 6-year-old Peter Capaldi.

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Blind Frog Belly White  Aug 19, 2016 • 8:37:34am

re: #239 The Vicious Babushka

Idiot wingnuts Trumpsplaining that his photo-op visit to the flooded areas will “bring attention to the plight that MSM is not showing”

I just can’t even.

The current wingnut Received Wisdom on Louisiana is that The Media would be covering it like Katrina if Bush were still President. The fact that over 1200 people died, versus 12 or so now - that’s irrelevant, apparently.

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HappyWarrior  Aug 19, 2016 • 8:38:44am

re: #245 Blind Frog Belly White

The current wingnut Received Wisdom on Louisiana is that The Media would be covering it like Katrina if Bush were still President. The fact that over 1200 people died, versus 12 or so now - that’s irrelevant, apparently.

kind of like Benghazi vs 9/11 eh?

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Blind Frog Belly White  Aug 19, 2016 • 8:41:06am

re: #246 HappyWarrior

kind of like Benghazi vs 9/11 eh?

Pretty much exactly.

ETA:

Wingnut: “This will be Obama’s Katrina!”

Rational Person: “Except without 1200 dead people floating in the waters.”

Wingnut: “Shut up, Libtard!”

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lawhawk  Aug 19, 2016 • 8:41:55am

re: #246 HappyWarrior

GOP outrage over Obama.

This is the same Louisiana GOP that thinks Obama was as responsible or more responsible for the Katrina government response than President Bush (who was actually president at time Katrina occurred).

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HappyWarrior  Aug 19, 2016 • 8:42:23am

re: #247 Blind Frog Belly White

Pretty much exactly.

It’s just pathetic. I haven’t read much about what’s happened in LA but Katrina was an unique cluster fuck. Typical rw bullshit.

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Belafon  Aug 19, 2016 • 8:42:54am

re: #244 Lancelot Link

Do you have a link?

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HappyWarrior  Aug 19, 2016 • 8:43:05am

re: #248 lawhawk

GOP outrage over Obama.

This is the same Louisiana GOP that thinks Obama was as responsible or more responsible for the Katrina government response than President Bush (who was actually president at time Katrina occurred).

Yep tells you all you need to know about David Duke’s party.

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KingKenrod  Aug 19, 2016 • 8:44:06am
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HappyWarrior  Aug 19, 2016 • 8:45:33am

And remember all the Congressional Republicans who opposed federal disaster relief when Sandy hit too.

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plansbandc  Aug 19, 2016 • 8:47:16am

Now I’m going to have to watch SO MUCH Doctor Who. Like even more than what’s “normal” for me. :D

Just hating life that we have to wait until 2017 for new Who.

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makeitstop  Aug 19, 2016 • 8:49:53am

Heads up Austin Lizards - guess who’s coming to visit?

Donald Trump is holding a rally Tuesday in Austin, his first public event in Texas as the Republican presidential nominee.

Trump was already scheduled to visit Texas on Tuesday for private fundraisers in Fort Worth and Austin. His campaign announced Friday he will also attend the rally, which is scheduled for 7:30 p.m. at Luedecke Arena.

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Skip Intro  Aug 19, 2016 • 8:49:54am

re: #197 The Vicious Babushka

I wonder if he will hoist a case of water bottles and canned beans, like Romney did after Sandy.

He’ll be selling cases of Trump Ice at unbelievable prices, believe me!

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Blind Frog Belly White  Aug 19, 2016 • 8:50:22am

re: #252 KingKenrod

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Derek: “He died— He choked on— The ac— The official explanation was, he choked on vomit. He past away.”
Nigel: “It was actually someone else’s vomit.”
David: “It was ugly.”
Nigel: “You know, there’s no real…”
Derek: “Well, they can’t prove whose vomit it was. They never— They don’t have facilities in Scotland Yard to…”
Nigel: “You can’t really dust for vomit.”

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Blind Frog Belly White  Aug 19, 2016 • 8:52:25am

re: #256 Skip Intro

He’ll be selling cases of Trump Ice at unbelievable prices, believe me!

“It’s hot here in Louisiana, and there’s lots of water. Only one thing missing….ICE!!! That’s right, Ice. Trump Ice. It’s the coldest ice, believe me!”

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lawhawk  Aug 19, 2016 • 8:52:47am

re: #253 HappyWarrior

And remember all the Congressional Republicans who opposed federal disaster relief when Sandy hit too.

GOP delayed assistance for more than 6 months before acting. Longer than any prior natural disaster, and they demanded offsets for aid - so that if $10 billion were to go for disaster relief, the Democrats and Administration would have to find $10 billion to cut elsewhere.

These fiscal illiterates ignore the need to spend into natural disasters and economic recoveries, not cutting through austerity (which is why parts of Europe are struggling in part).

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Jenner7  Aug 19, 2016 • 8:55:34am

Fucking asshole.

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lawhawk  Aug 19, 2016 • 8:56:17am
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Lidane  Aug 19, 2016 • 8:57:56am

re: #255 makeitstop

Heads up Austin Lizards - guess who’s coming to visit?

Luedecke Arena only holds 6500 people. Sad!

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makeitstop  Aug 19, 2016 • 8:58:44am

re: #262 Lidane

Luedecke Arena only holds 6500 people. Sad!

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I’m expecting the protests to be epic, though!

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Nyet  Aug 19, 2016 • 9:01:04am

Just finished Summer of Night. Not as good as It but good nevertheless, recommended for those who love “straight” horror.

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The Vicious Babushka  Aug 19, 2016 • 9:02:07am

Let me think, could it be because Trump insults people for their looks but Hillary never does?

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Jenner7  Aug 19, 2016 • 9:02:25am

Oh my gawd, please get a picture of them shaking hands.

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A Cranky One  Aug 19, 2016 • 9:03:57am

re: #265 The Vicious Babushka

Let me think, could it be because Trump insults people for their looks but Hillary never does?

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Not to mention that you never hear Hillary saying things like this:

“Do I look like a president? How handsome am I, right? How handsome?” Trump asked a crowd here on Monday.

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dog philosopher ஐஒஔ௸  Aug 19, 2016 • 9:04:15am

Coca-Cola Announces New ‘Humble Trump’

manufacturer hopes adding suger to bitter concoction will attract millenials and women

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A Cranky One  Aug 19, 2016 • 9:05:54am

re: #268 dog philosopher ஐஒஔ௸

Coca-Cola Announces New ‘Humble Trump’

manufacturer hopes adding suger to bitter concoction will attract millenials and women

“Humble Trump” will work out like New Coke.

The base will demand “Classic Trump”.

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Lidane  Aug 19, 2016 • 9:06:04am

The RWNJ outrage over POTUS not visiting Louisiana is both predictable and stupid. WTF would Obama touring the damage accomplish except diverting state and local law enforcement away from helping with disaster recovery to protect him?

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HappyWarrior  Aug 19, 2016 • 9:09:17am

re: #265 The Vicious Babushka

Let me think, could it be because Trump insults people for their looks but Hillary never does?

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Exactly. I’m seeing this “point” made. Trump repeatedly mocks people especially women for their looks. That’s why the statue is getting laughs.

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Kryptik: Just Done With It.  Aug 19, 2016 • 9:09:28am

re: #270 Lidane

The RWNJ outrage over POTUS not visiting Louisiana is both predictable and stupid. WTF would Obama touring the damage accomplish except diverting state and local law enforcement away from helping with disaster recovery to protect him?

But it’ll LOOK like he’s doing something, and looking like he’s doing something is just as good, or even better, than actually doing something, don’t you know.

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HappyWarrior  Aug 19, 2016 • 9:09:53am

re: #270 Lidane

The RWNJ outrage over POTUS not visiting Louisiana is both predictable and stupid. WTF would Obama touring the damage accomplish except diverting state and local law enforcement away from helping with disaster recovery to protect him?

If he did go, they’d accuse him of politicizing.

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Nyet  Aug 19, 2016 • 9:12:28am

re: #271 HappyWarrior

Plz see #57.

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Skip Intro  Aug 19, 2016 • 9:12:44am

Surprise, surprise.

Trump’s new director of white supremacist outreach doesn’t like to pay his taxes.

huffingtonpost.com;

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William Lewis  Aug 19, 2016 • 9:19:59am

Anyone who likes really intelligently written country-pop with really witty and biting lyrics, Lydia Loveless’ fourth album is out today. From the all-music review,

If any artist can get away with calling an album Real, it’s Lydia Loveless — from her earliest work, her songs have always been smart but utterly fearless in their honesty about what’s happening in her head, heart, and soul. 2016’s Real is Loveless’ fourth album, and it’s her most mature and polished bit of studio craft to date. While most of Loveless’ music has walked a line between honky tonk country and raucous rock & roll, Real finds taking a few steps back from her twangy roots and embracing a more pop-oriented sound that still puts the emphasis on guitars but boasts a cool sheen that’s decidedly different than her sound on Boy Crazy or Somewhere Else. Without sounding like she’s compromised herself in the least, Real offers us a Lydia Loveless who could possibly get on the radio with numbers like “Heaven” and “Same to You,” songs that could likely connect with fans of Taylor Swift (the former) or Kelly Clarkson (the latter) if they ever heard them. Real is a less raucous and more measured album from Loveless, but a quick scan of the lyrics reveals she’s no less bold and passionate than she’s ever been, especially as she discusses the clueless creepiness of Midwestern guys, the sometimes untrustworthy call of her own heart, the struggle to find a lover who honestly understands her, and the trickier matter of understanding herself and the world in which she lives. (And old fans shouldn’t fret, tracks like “European” and the title cut are still steeped in country influences.) Loveless is a master lyricist, articulate and expressive without seeming forced or hitting a false note, and her vocals on Real are superb, less the work of a belter but still as passionate and eloquent as you could hope for. Anyone who wasn’t convinced that Lydia Loveless is a major artist by Somewhere Else should make a point of giving Real a listen — at her best, she’s quite simply as good and as brave a singer and songwriter as anyone working today, and Real finds her at the top of her game.

They give her four of five, I’d go an extra 1/2 star myself. Gotta find the money for that show next month…

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Eventual Carrion  Aug 19, 2016 • 9:22:24am

re: #183 The Vicious Babushka

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But we will still need to invest in infrastructure to build more bridges to “house” these people under.

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The Vicious Babushka  Aug 19, 2016 • 9:22:55am

I just went in to the break room where the Fox News channel is on. They had on Mike Huckabee claiming that Hillary Clinton is taking all the donations to the Clinton Foundation and keeping it for herself. He says the proof can be found in the 33,000 deleted emails.

I am not making this up.

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Belafon  Aug 19, 2016 • 9:23:17am

I don’t really care for the statue of Trump but, short of turning Trump into a woman, it’s the closest he’ll ever come to him being declared not fit to be president for his looks. Trump pretty much said that Clinton and Fiorina weren’t fit to be president for their looks; the statue mocks that, not his candidacy.

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Belafon  Aug 19, 2016 • 9:24:10am

re: #278 The Vicious Babushka

I just went in to the break room where the Fox News channel is on. They had on Mike Huckabee claiming that Hillary Clinton is taking all the donations to the Clinton Foundation and keeping it for herself. He says the proof can be found in the 33,000 deleted emails.

I am not making this up.

It’s all over Monica’s blue dress. LOOK AT THE EVIDENCE, SHEEPLE!

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The Vicious Babushka  Aug 19, 2016 • 9:25:22am
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ObserverArt  Aug 19, 2016 • 9:29:07am

So…I have natural gas again!

I told that gas crew they were up for some fun with my house’s foundation. They ended up keeping the meter indoors and using the existing pipe (cut off and used as a guide for the new plastic line and what they call an indoor kit to connect new plastic to inner black steel pipe.

Sure, those big guys had to get down under my back porch to do some digging, but that beats going through 18 to 20” of limestone twice to do what they thought they could do.

But how cool are those Vermeer hole boring machines!

And speaking of gas…I see Trump is back at the stupid tweets and now Manafort has checked out.

Great example of how Trump operates.

He wants all yes men/women on his staff. Sure he’ll listen to them suggest anything. All they need to do is say “Yes Mr. Trump” when he tells them why he isn’t going to do anything they suggest.

I hope Americans that would vote for the Orange Clod realize he isn’t going to pay attention to the Military, Congress, the Supreme Court, Other World Leaders, Scientists, Educators, Lobbyists…so surly he isn’t going to concern himself with anything you care about.

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Eventual Carrion  Aug 19, 2016 • 9:30:22am

re: #210 lawhawk

Primary grape isn’t pinot noir, but Rkatsiteli.

I think I caught a Pokemon named that

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jaunte  Aug 19, 2016 • 9:31:19am

re: #239 The Vicious Babushka

Idiot wingnuts Trumpsplaining that his photo-op visit to the flooded areas will “bring attention to the plight that MSM is not showing”

I just can’t even.

“Show”-based politics.

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The Vicious Babushka  Aug 19, 2016 • 9:33:36am

BULLSHIT

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makeitstop  Aug 19, 2016 • 9:34:16am

re: #282 ObserverArt

So…I have natural gas again!

I told that gas crew they were up for some fun with my house’s foundation. They ended up keeping the meter indoors and using the existing pipe (cut off and used as a guide for the new plastic line and what they call an indoor kit to connect new plastic to inner black steel pipe.

Sure, those big guys had to get down under my back porch to do some digging, but that beats going through 18 to 20” of limestone twice to do what they thought they could do.

But how cool are those Vermeer hole boring machines!

And speaking of gas…I see Trump is back at the stupid tweets and now Manafort has checked out.

Great example of how Trump operates.

He wants all yes men/women on his staff. Sure he’ll listen to them suggest anything. All they need to do is say “Yes Mr. Trump” when he tells them why he isn’t going to do anything they suggest.

I hope Americans that would vote for the Orange Clod realize he isn’t going to pay attention to the Military, Congress, the Supreme Court, Other World Leaders, Scientists, Educators, Lobbyists…so surly he isn’t going to concern himself with anything you care about.

Congratulations on your gas! Umm… that doesn’t sound quite right.

Anyway, Happy Birthday! Take a hot shower! :)

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The Vicious Babushka  Aug 19, 2016 • 9:34:23am
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jaunte  Aug 19, 2016 • 9:36:24am
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Backwoods_Sleuth  Aug 19, 2016 • 9:36:41am

LOLOLOLOL Sarah has an opinion…

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William Lewis  Aug 19, 2016 • 9:36:42am

re: #283 Eventual Carrion

I think I caught a Pokemon named that

That’s actually really funny but I do think I’d like to try a bit of white wine made from it.

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makeitstop  Aug 19, 2016 • 9:36:44am

re: #287 The Vicious Babushka

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What. The. Actual. Fuck.

The debut appearance of the Trump Brownshirts, folks.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Aug 19, 2016 • 9:39:00am
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HappyWarrior  Aug 19, 2016 • 9:39:20am

re: #274 Nyet

Plz see #57.

That’s a reasonable opinion. Understand her pov.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Aug 19, 2016 • 9:39:39am

re: #287 The Vicious Babushka

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HappyWarrior  Aug 19, 2016 • 9:40:37am

re: #289 Backwoods_Sleuth

LOLOLOLOL Sarah has an opinion…

[Embedded content]

Governor Half Term say what.

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ObserverArt  Aug 19, 2016 • 9:44:14am

re: #279 Belafon

I don’t really care for the statue of Trump but, short of turning Trump into a woman, it’s the closest he’ll ever come to him being declared not fit to be president for his looks. Trump pretty much said that Clinton and Fiorina weren’t fit to be president for their looks; the statue mocks that, not his candidacy.

Seems that Trump statue was not very popular with some around here.

But it is a free world and there is context. It does go to what the artist group wanted: the story of the Emperors New Clothes.

There is no better way to do it than to do it. It’s a big world and for all those that don’t like it, there will be equal amounts that do.

And I saw VB mention what happens if someone does a Hillary in that same way. You have to add in his typical take on women that debate or question him. He can’t take strong women so he puts them down.

So any artist(s) that would try making a nude Hillary statue would be seen as just doing it in response and it would get panned as an unoriginal attempt to get back.

It would be a hack and make people sympathetic to Hillary. The Trump statue probably has no one feeling sorry for Trump.

The way the art group did it was perfect. They did it by surprise and got the jump on everyone with a strong profound political statement.

Hillary doesn’t operate or speak like “Trust Me, I Can Do It All Alone.” Only Trump.

And Hillary doesn’t put down people for their gender, looks, race, skin color, personal actions, voice, handicaps or losing son in a war. Trump does.

Trump earned that statue.

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The Vicious Babushka  Aug 19, 2016 • 9:44:29am

I thought I blocked this asshole but Tweetdeck is being flaky.

Please report to Twitter:

Click to Reveal
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A Mom Anon  Aug 19, 2016 • 9:44:46am

re: #169 Joe Bacon

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Aug 19, 2016 • 9:46:15am

“distractions…”

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Sir John Barron  Aug 19, 2016 • 9:51:47am

re: #281 The Vicious Babushka

Time for another Black-people-shouldn’t-riot speech in front of a bunch of white people.

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wrenchwench  Aug 19, 2016 • 9:53:39am

re: #299 Backwoods_Sleuth

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“distractions…”

Speakinawhich, have you ever run the ‘top 10 comments’ column? You had 5 of the 10 yesterday….

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Aug 19, 2016 • 9:54:14am
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Backwoods_Sleuth  Aug 19, 2016 • 9:54:39am

re: #301 wrenchwench

Speakinawhich, have you ever run the ‘top 10 comments’ column? You had 5 of the 10 yesterday….

heh.

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The Vicious Babushka  Aug 19, 2016 • 9:57:27am

WHAT’S NOT TO LIKE?

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William Lewis  Aug 19, 2016 • 9:57:40am

re: #301 wrenchwench

Speakinawhich, have you ever run the ‘top 10 comments’ column? You had 5 of the 10 yesterday….

Wow! Has anyone done that?

I know I get ecstatic when I manage to even crack the top ten…

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ObserverArt  Aug 19, 2016 • 9:57:45am

re: #286 makeitstop

Congratulations on your gas! Umm… that doesn’t sound quite right.

Anyway, Happy Birthday! Take a hot shower! :)

Thanks…and I did!

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Aug 19, 2016 • 9:58:52am

Check out Graham’s bus in the background.

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A Mom Anon  Aug 19, 2016 • 9:59:02am

re: #260 Jenner7

And the reason for the Gov asking the President not to come most likely has to do with the amount of security and the number of people required to travel with him to go anywhere. Not really practical in a place where water is still rising in some areas. People are having enough issues getting around from place to place, having the the President there would hinder rescue and evacuation routes. This is not hard to figure out. Unless you’re an asshole.

People are so fucking stupid. They act like the President has a 9-5 office job with no contact with the outside world and there’s no such thing as the internet and other forms of communication. He’ll go to Louisiana when it’s safe to do that. I don’t recall President Bush in a fucking canoe making his way through the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, do you?

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Romantic Heretic  Aug 19, 2016 • 9:59:05am

re: #259 lawhawk

Austerity is the economic equivalent of bleeding in medicine.

“If we can just make the patient suffer enough God will heal them, or take them in. Either works for us because we’re not missing any meals.”

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wrenchwench  Aug 19, 2016 • 9:59:53am

re: #305 William Lewis

Wow! Has anyone done that?

Not that I’ve seen.

I know I get ecstatic when I manage to even crack the top ten…

Yeah, me too. Bottom rung is acceptable!

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Eclectic Cyborg  Aug 19, 2016 • 10:00:26am

re: #304 The Vicious Babushka

Because a candidate that refers to themselves in the 3rd person will totally appeal to blacks.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Aug 19, 2016 • 10:01:24am

re: #308 A Mom Anon

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dangerman  Aug 19, 2016 • 10:03:01am

re: #304 The Vicious Babushka

WHAT’S NOT TO LIKE?

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‘What do you have to lose by trying something new?

in listening to your stuff for a year, i have a list.

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dangerman  Aug 19, 2016 • 10:06:02am

re: #308 A Mom Anon

And the reason for the Gov asking the President not to come most likely has to do with the amount of security and the number of people required to travel with him to go anywhere. Not really practical in a place where water is still rising in some areas. People are having enough issues getting around from place to place, having the the President there would hinder rescue and evacuation routes. This is not hard to figure out. Unless you’re an asshole.

People are so fucking stupid. They act like the President has a 9-5 office job with no contact with the outside world and there’s no such thing as the internet and other forms of communication. He’ll go to Louisiana when it’s safe to do that. I don’t recall President Bush in a fucking canoe making his way through the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, do you?

and that the president can do anything by his (her!) presence or wave of hand

(except this president because he’s so incompetent) /s

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makeitstop  Aug 19, 2016 • 10:07:25am

re: #301 wrenchwench

Speakinawhich, have you ever run the ‘top 10 comments’ column? You had 5 of the 10 yesterday….

She’s the Beatles of comments! :)

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Lancelot Link  Aug 19, 2016 • 10:08:03am

re: #250 Belafon

Do you have a link?

No, I don’t even remember where that clipping is from.

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Blind Frog Belly White  Aug 19, 2016 • 10:11:29am

re: #304 The Vicious Babushka

WHAT’S NOT TO LIKE?

Donald Trump appeals to black voters: ‘What do you have to lose by trying something new?’

How about “all the gains they’ve made to this point”, since the GOP and Trump favor things like Voter ID, harsher policing, etc.?

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Decatur Deb  Aug 19, 2016 • 10:13:37am

re: #312 Backwoods_Sleuth

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I was part of the DoD Joint Task Force response to Hurricane Andrew. In one day we had photo ops with GWB and Bill Clinton. Their movements totally screwed up the air traffic control plan that we were coordinating out of the abandoned Eastern Airlines Terminal.

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Jebediah, RBG  Aug 19, 2016 • 1:34:22pm

re: #290 William Lewis

Pokemerlot?


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