Saturday Jazz: The Funky Knuckles, “Arise”

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Another fantastic band that’s a semi-spinoff from Snarky Puppy, the Funky Knuckles remind me of a 21st century Brecker Brothers with the Snarky musical ethos and excellent musicianship.

This Funky Knuckles song “Arise” from their latest record “New Birth”.

Grab “New Birth” on iTunes: http://smarturl.it/FunkyNew_iTu

Scoop up a physical copy: http://bit.ly/29mmsC7

Wes Stephenson - bass
Cedric Moore - composer/drums
Caleb Sean McCampbell - keyboards
Frank Moka - percussion
Phill Aelony - guitar
Ben Bohorquez - saxophone
Evan Weiss - trumpet

This movie was made possible because of the hard work all of these people put in. Thank you!!

Andy LaViolette - director of photography
Ben Bohorquez - director/editor
Andrew Conway - camera operator
Julie Garcia - camera operator
Jason Hess - camera operator
Andy LaViolette - camera operator
Chad Windham - camera operator
Tye Robinson - audio engineer
John “Bear” Arispe - mixing engineer
Recorded at January Sound Studio on July 7th, 2016.

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Timothy Watson  Jan 14, 2017 • 12:52:46pm

Reposted from downstairs:

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prairiefire  Jan 14, 2017 • 12:58:00pm

The ice storm around here was a big nothing burger, thank goodness.

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Eclectic Cyborg  Jan 14, 2017 • 12:59:58pm

re: #1 Timothy Watson

Wow.

I don’t think Trump knows what he is messing with here. John Lewis is NOT someone you want to mess with and is about the last fucking person anyone should accuse of being “no action”.

Donald Trump plus Twitter may equal the end of America.

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Joe Bacon  Jan 14, 2017 • 1:02:19pm

re: #3 Eclectic Cyborg

Wow.

I don’t think Trump knows what he is messing with here. John Lewis is NOT someone you want to mess with and is about the last fucking person anyone should accuse of being “no action”.

Donald Trump plus Twitter may equal the end of America.

Gaming out what will happen when Trump gives his State of the Union address and John Lewis stands up and turns his back on Trump…as Democrats walk out of the speech one at a time…

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allegro  Jan 14, 2017 • 1:02:23pm

re: #3 Eclectic Cyborg

Wow.

I don’t think Trump knows what he is messing with here. John Lewis is NOT someone you want to mess with and is about the last fucking person anyone should accuse of being “no action”.

To which I want to respond with a quote from a great man:

“Please proceed…”

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Belafon  Jan 14, 2017 • 1:10:43pm

re: #3 Eclectic Cyborg

Wow.

I don’t think Trump knows what he is messing with here. John Lewis is NOT someone you want to mess with and is about the last fucking person anyone should accuse of being “no action”.

Donald Trump plus Twitter may equal the end of America.

What we’ve got here in America right now is a foe that has been organizing for decades, a large chunk of the population that doesn’t think a lot of what happens in DC affects them, and a huge number of us on the right side of things that are going to get organized pretty quickly. Are we going to suffer casualties? Yes. But we’re going to come out of it because while Trump is the logical outcome of Republican choices, the outcome of their choices shows everything they stand for to be morally bankrupt. And, unlike the early 1900s, there are more of us to stand up for everyone.

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Resistance Is Not Futile  Jan 14, 2017 • 1:38:17pm

re: #1 Timothy Watson

Can’t. Already own them. Great stuff.

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JasonA  Jan 14, 2017 • 1:38:37pm

If John Lewis isn’t a man of action then none of us are.

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petesh  Jan 14, 2017 • 1:41:32pm

Also, even though Lewis is not caucasian, his district is affluent and well-educated. I wonder why Trump thought it was an urban hellhole? (No, I don’t.)

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JasonA  Jan 14, 2017 • 1:42:28pm

re: #9 petesh

Also, even though Lewis is not caucasian, his district is affluent and well-educated. I wonder why Trump thought it was an urban hellhole? (No, I don’t.)

It’s a head-scratcher…

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I Would Prefer Not To  Jan 14, 2017 • 1:42:38pm

re: #3 Eclectic Cyborg

Wow.

I don’t think Trump knows what he is messing with here. John Lewis is NOT someone you want to mess with and is about the last fucking person anyone should accuse of being “no action”.

Donald Trump plus Twitter may equal the end of America.<The Planet Earth/blockquote>

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I Would Prefer Not To  Jan 14, 2017 • 1:52:11pm

Only the good die young.

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thedopefishlives  Jan 14, 2017 • 1:52:46pm

re: #12 I Would Prefer Not To

Only the good die young.

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I beg to differ. They all seem to be suffering from a highly contagious condition known as “terminal stupidity”.

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Charles Johnson  Jan 14, 2017 • 1:53:16pm
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Dr Lizardo  Jan 14, 2017 • 1:55:54pm

re: #13 thedopefishlives

I beg to differ. They all seem to be suffering from a highly contagious condition known as “terminal stupidity”.

I like to refer to it as Rectal-Cranial Inversion Syndrome.

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thedopefishlives  Jan 14, 2017 • 1:56:12pm

re: #15 Dr Lizardo

I like to refer to it as Rectal-Cranial Inversion Syndrome.

I like that.

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Timothy Watson  Jan 14, 2017 • 1:57:34pm

re: #14 Charles Johnson

Fulton County chairman invites Donald Trump to disparaged Atlanta area

Has anyone checked to see if Trump might have held a campaign event in Lewis’s district?

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Charles Johnson  Jan 14, 2017 • 1:57:55pm
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JasonA  Jan 14, 2017 • 1:58:16pm
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Charles Johnson  Jan 14, 2017 • 2:02:44pm
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The Ghost of Senator Incitatus  Jan 14, 2017 • 2:02:55pm

re: #18 Charles Johnson

His current remarks are continuous with his on-the-trail claims that basically every AA part of the country was a violent, collapsing inner city.

It’s because his audience isn’t the person he addressed—be that all “the blacks” or just John Lewis—it’s his merry band of condescending twats who desperately need to believe that it’s true, because they’re driven by schadenfreude.

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KGxvi  Jan 14, 2017 • 2:03:50pm

re: #19 JasonA

Holy shit… Trump’s tweets as read by the Joker are a whole new level

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JasonA  Jan 14, 2017 • 2:10:03pm

re: #22 KGxvi

Holy shit… Trump’s tweets as read by the Joker are a whole new level

That it works so well it’s kind of terrifying.

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Resistance Is Not Futile  Jan 14, 2017 • 2:10:30pm

re: #21 The Ghost of Senator Incitatus

His current remarks are continuous with his on-the-trail claims that basically every AA part of the country was a violent, collapsing inner city.

It’s because his audience isn’t the person he addressed—be that all “the blacks” or just John Lewis—it’s his merry band of condescending twats who desperately need to believe that it’s true, because they’re driven by schadenfreude envy and are unmanned by any “inferior” who does better than they can.

My take, anyway.

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Charles Johnson  Jan 14, 2017 • 2:13:56pm
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Charles Johnson  Jan 14, 2017 • 2:14:52pm

Iframe

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wrenchwench  Jan 14, 2017 • 2:14:54pm

re: #24 Resistance Is Not Futile

My take, anyway.

Not smart enough nor self-aware enough to be envious. They think they are unrecognizedly superior.

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KingKenrod  Jan 14, 2017 • 2:15:53pm

Guys like Kurt Eichenwald, who was literally given a seizure that could have killed him (by an anti-semitic twitter user), are far more likely to wind up “accidentally” dead than the entitled crybabies at WikiLeaks. This is all about creating the appearance that they are under assault.

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Timothy Watson  Jan 14, 2017 • 2:16:11pm

re: #26 Charles Johnson

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Charles Johnson  Jan 14, 2017 • 2:18:30pm
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scottslemmons  Jan 14, 2017 • 2:19:46pm

re: #29 Timothy Watson

It’s bad when doing the tweets in the voice of the Joker makes it less scary.

At the same time, even considering how good Hamill is at voice work, this is the scariest Joker has been in ages.

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JasonA  Jan 14, 2017 • 2:21:02pm

re: #31 scottslemmons

At the same time, even considering how good Hamill is at voice work, this is the scariest Joker has been in ages.

I can hear the age in his voice and it only makes it more effective.

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Shiplord Kirel  Jan 14, 2017 • 2:21:18pm

The other day, Jayleia asked if there is a non-crazy prepper website out there.

I don’t know of a whole site, but the Liberal Gun Club has a very active and useful Emergency Management discussion board on its forum. Lots of good, rational info and discussion, without an RWNJ in sight.

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JasonA  Jan 14, 2017 • 2:29:32pm
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Cheechako  Jan 14, 2017 • 2:36:02pm

re: #12 I Would Prefer Not To

Only the good die young.

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JasonA  Jan 14, 2017 • 2:37:01pm
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Blind Frog Belly White  Jan 14, 2017 • 2:39:26pm

re: #36 JasonA

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GlutenFreeJesus  Jan 14, 2017 • 2:39:43pm

re: #1 Timothy Watson

Reposted from downstairs:

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Ordered (out of stock now but I don’t care) and remembered to use the LGF affiliate link, finally!

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Stanley Sea  Jan 14, 2017 • 2:43:18pm

re: #36 JasonA

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JFC

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ObserverArt  Jan 14, 2017 • 2:43:32pm

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Evan McMurry ✔ @evanmcmurry
NEW: Donald Trump expected to visit National African American Museum in observance of Martin Luther King Day, transition sources tell @ABC.
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Showtime!

Probably put together by Kellyanne Conway. She’ll also write a fluffy speech The Don can read from a teleprompter…badly.

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boredtechindenver  Jan 14, 2017 • 2:45:31pm

re: #40 ObserverArt

Showtime!

Probably put together by Kellyanne Conway. She’ll also write a fluffy speech The Don can read from a teleprompter…badly.

Can they quickly put together the “Fred Trump, Discriminatory Slumlord” exhibit by the time he visits?

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Barefoot Grin  Jan 14, 2017 • 2:48:24pm

re: #40 ObserverArt

Showtime!

Probably put together by Kellyanne Conway. She’ll also write a fluffy speech The Don can read from a teleprompter…badly.

Going off script: “…and this really is a beautiful museum for the blacks, though I could have done it better….”

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scottslemmons  Jan 14, 2017 • 2:49:16pm

re: #41 boredtechindenver

Can they quickly put together the “Fred Trump, Discriminatory Slumlord” exhibit by the time he visits?

Hell, hope they can show him some exhibits on “Why the Klan and Nazis were bad, and why you should never ally yourself with them.”

He probably just plans to piss on everything anyway.

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ObserverArt  Jan 14, 2017 • 2:50:14pm

re: #41 boredtechindenver

Can they quickly put together the “Fred Trump, Discriminatory Slumlord” exhibit by the time he visits?

Representative Steve King of Iowa has a model of a Fred Trump slum apartment that will be part of the display.

He had prepared it to show to Ben Carson.

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Don't Blame Me, I Voted for Kodos  Jan 14, 2017 • 2:50:48pm

re: #36 JasonA

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The Madness of King Orange (aka Sophist)  Jan 14, 2017 • 2:51:17pm

So, I just noticed @FrankConniff liked one of my tweets. Is this something I can put on my resume, or should I just casually mention it during the interview?

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HappyWarrior  Jan 14, 2017 • 2:52:57pm

re: #45 Don’t Blame Me, I Voted for Kodos

John Lewis is considered the ‘godfather’ of that museum, and it took him more than 15 years to get it built - primarily due to the bill he introduced being blocked each and every time:

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Jesse Helms. If there was a Republican more bigoted than Trump, there he was.

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allegro  Jan 14, 2017 • 2:53:30pm

re: #42 Barefoot Grin

Going off script: “…and this really is a beautiful museum for the blacks, though I could have done it better….”

That piss-faced wanker, I swear. I’m thinking of the probably thousands of people who have plans to visit the museum on MLK day, excited about it, saving up for the trip with their kids for a day of promise and inspiration. Instead…

Anything that fucker comes near turns to shit.

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HappyWarrior  Jan 14, 2017 • 2:56:37pm

re: #48 allegro

That piss-faced wanker, I swear. I’m thinking of the probably thousands of people who have plans to visit the museum on MLK day, excited about it, saving up for the trip with their kids for a day of promise and inspiration. Instead…

Anything that fucker comes near turns to shit.

I bet he will compare what he “deals” with from the media to MLK.

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scottslemmons  Jan 14, 2017 • 2:57:01pm

re: #47 HappyWarrior

Jesse Helms. If there was a Republican more bigoted than Trump, there he was.

Helms was probably the most gleeful racist in Congress, though Steve King and Jefferson Beauregard Sessions probably come pretty close.

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HappyWarrior  Jan 14, 2017 • 2:58:56pm

re: #50 scottslemmons

Helms was probably the most gleeful racist in Congress, though Steve King and Jefferson Beauregard Sessions probably come pretty close.

Yeah they’re up there too.

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goddamnedfrank  Jan 14, 2017 • 3:02:12pm

Got sick of the poor games offerings for the Mac, so I bought a Playstation 4 Pro, a 55” 4K curved Samsung TV at Costco, along with Overwatch: Origins Edition and Skyrim: Special Edition. Setting it all up now.

You may never see me again.

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Eclectic Cyborg  Jan 14, 2017 • 3:06:38pm

If there’s a little John Lewis in all of us, we can make America better.

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Don't Blame Me, I Voted for Kodos  Jan 14, 2017 • 3:07:01pm

re: #48 allegro

That piss-faced wanker, I swear. I’m thinking of the probably thousands of people who have plans to visit the museum on MLK day, excited about it, saving up for the trip with their kids for a day of promise and inspiration. Instead…

Anything that fucker comes near turns to shit.

I fully expect Donald Trump to refer to the holiday as either Southern Heritage Day or Robert E Lee Day - both of which are still on the books in several southern states.

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William Lewis  Jan 14, 2017 • 3:09:12pm

re: #52 goddamnedfrank

Got sick of the poor games offerings for the Mac, so I bought a Playstation 4 Pro, a 55” 4K curved Samsung TV at Costco, along with Overwatch: Origins Edition and Skyrim: Special Edition. Setting it all up now.

You may never see me again.

I’m saving my money for a Nintendo Switch when it comes out in March. The new Zelda and the Dragon Quest games will keep me occupied, plus whatever is available on Virtual Console.

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Charles Johnson  Jan 14, 2017 • 3:21:39pm

Jesus Christ!

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HappyWarrior  Jan 14, 2017 • 3:23:02pm

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Jesus Christ!

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He really is going to damage a lot of our relationships with his Putin love.

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Whack-A-Mole  Jan 14, 2017 • 3:29:16pm

re: #56 Charles Johnson

Right in the middle of the firestorm about his ties to Russia, he announces this? He really just doesn’t even care about appearances any more, does he?

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HappyWarrior  Jan 14, 2017 • 3:30:59pm

re: #58 Whack-A-Mole

Right in the middle of the firestorm about his ties to Russia, he announces this? He really just doesn’t even care about appearances any more, does he?

He really isn’t that smart politically. I’m hoping that perhaps it could be turned into a 1994/2010 like election in 2018. But the electorate has to cooperate. If they truly do disaprove of him and his party, they need to be out there in force to vote against them.

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Eclectic Cyborg  Jan 14, 2017 • 3:31:26pm

re: #56 Charles Johnson

Well I hate say I told you so but I knew that fucker was going to do this.

Unreal. Now any country that deals with United States risking having intel leaked to Moscow.

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thedopefishlives  Jan 14, 2017 • 3:36:30pm

re: #60 Eclectic Cyborg

Well I hate say I told you so but I knew that fucker was going to do this.

Unreal. Now any country that deals with United States risking having intel leaked to Moscow.

I think it’s safe for anyone who has dealings with Drumpf to assume that what he knows, Moscow knows. And that will result in some very bad things in the U.S. as everyone scrambles to hide as much as possible from his wandering gaze.

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Belafon  Jan 14, 2017 • 3:36:47pm
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CuriousLurker  Jan 14, 2017 • 3:39:09pm

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allegro  Jan 14, 2017 • 3:39:51pm

re: #61 thedopefishlives

I think it’s safe for anyone who has dealings with Drumpf to assume that what he knows, Moscow knows. And that will result in some very bad things in the U.S. as everyone scrambles to hide as much as possible from his wandering gaze.

I can hear the international intelligence channels that have been so nurtured and protected over the decades suddenly turning to static.

We are so fucked.

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Maddies Mom  Jan 14, 2017 • 3:42:23pm

Hey!!!! I’m not a ‘little green football’ anymore!!!! This is my beautiful girl that passed away last year.

My Maddie
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wrenchwench  Jan 14, 2017 • 3:46:03pm

re: #65 Maddies Mom

Hey!!!! I’m not a ‘little green football’ anymore!!!! This is my beautiful girl that passed away last year.

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Nice avatar. Good looking dog! Was she a certain breed, or mixed?

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JasonA  Jan 14, 2017 • 3:53:33pm

Convicted felon says what now?

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thedopefishlives  Jan 14, 2017 • 3:54:05pm

re: #67 JasonA

*blank stare*

What the fuck is wrong with that man.

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Maddies Mom  Jan 14, 2017 • 3:54:07pm

re: #66 wrenchwench

Nice avatar. Good looking dog! Was she a certain breed, or mixed?

As near as I could tell, border collie mix, but maybe some Burnese Mountain dog? Very smart, very funny, very sweet, and very very missed. :(

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Decatur Deb  Jan 14, 2017 • 3:56:04pm

re: #68 thedopefishlives

*blank stare*

What the fuck is wrong with that man.

It’s a tremendous downer when your ethnic stereotype is to be very bright, and you can’t begin to live up to it.

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wrenchwench  Jan 14, 2017 • 3:57:09pm
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Let America be America again.
Let it be the dream it used to be.
Let it be the pioneer on the plain
Seeking a home where he himself is free.

(America never was America to me.)

Let America be the dream the dreamers dreamed—
Let it be that great strong land of love
Where never kings connive nor tyrants scheme
That any man be crushed by one above.

(It never was America to me.)

O, let my land be a land where Liberty
Is crowned with no false patriotic wreath,
But opportunity is real, and life is free,
Equality is in the air we breathe.

(There’s never been equality for me,
Nor freedom in this “homeland of the free.”)

Say, who are you that mumbles in the dark?
And who are you that draws your veil across the stars?

I am the poor white, fooled and pushed apart,
I am the Negro bearing slavery’s scars.
I am the red man driven from the land,
I am the immigrant clutching the hope I seek—
And finding only the same old stupid plan
Of dog eat dog, of mighty crush the weak.

I am the young man, full of strength and hope,
Tangled in that ancient endless chain
Of profit, power, gain, of grab the land!
Of grab the gold! Of grab the ways of satisfying need!
Of work the men! Of take the pay!
Of owning everything for one’s own greed!

I am the farmer, bondsman to the soil.
I am the worker sold to the machine.
I am the Negro, servant to you all.
I am the people, humble, hungry, mean—
Hungry yet today despite the dream.
Beaten yet today—O, Pioneers!
I am the man who never got ahead,
The poorest worker bartered through the years.

Yet I’m the one who dreamt our basic dream
In the Old World while still a serf of kings,
Who dreamt a dream so strong, so brave, so true,
That even yet its mighty daring sings
In every brick and stone, in every furrow turned
That’s made America the land it has become.
O, I’m the man who sailed those early seas
In search of what I meant to be my home—
For I’m the one who left dark Ireland’s shore,
And Poland’s plain, and England’s grassy lea,
And torn from Black Africa’s strand I came
To build a “homeland of the free.”

The free?

Who said the free? Not me?
Surely not me? The millions on relief today?
The millions shot down when we strike?
The millions who have nothing for our pay?
For all the dreams we’ve dreamed
And all the songs we’ve sung
And all the hopes we’ve held
And all the flags we’ve hung,
The millions who have nothing for our pay—
Except the dream that’s almost dead today.

O, let America be America again—
The land that never has been yet—
And yet must be—the land where every man is free.
The land that’s mine—the poor man’s, Indian’s, Negro’s, ME—
Who made America,
Whose sweat and blood, whose faith and pain,
Whose hand at the foundry, whose plow in the rain,
Must bring back our mighty dream again.

Sure, call me any ugly name you choose—
The steel of freedom does not stain.
From those who live like leeches on the people’s lives,
We must take back our land again,
America!

O, yes,
I say it plain,
America never was America to me,
And yet I swear this oath—
America will be!

Out of the rack and ruin of our gangster death,
The rape and rot of graft, and stealth, and lies,
We, the people, must redeem
The land, the mines, the plants, the rivers.
The mountains and the endless plain—
All, all the stretch of these great green states—
And make America again!

Langston Hughes

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thedopefishlives  Jan 14, 2017 • 3:59:22pm

re: #70 Decatur Deb

It’s a tremendous downer when your ethnic stereotype is to be very bright, and you can’t begin to live up to it.

Dumbass Dinesh may wind up finding out firsthand what it’s like to live under repression. He may yet live to wish for a Rosa Parks to help restore civil rights.

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jeffreyw  Jan 14, 2017 • 4:01:19pm

re: #65 Maddies Mom

Hey!!!! I’m not a ‘little green football’ anymore!!!! This is my beautiful girl that passed away last year.

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plansbandc  Jan 14, 2017 • 4:01:19pm

re: #48 allegro

He’ll probably attempt a terrifying photo op with some unfortunate family.

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Decatur Deb  Jan 14, 2017 • 4:01:33pm

re: #72 thedopefishlives

Dumbass Dinesh may wind up finding out firsthand what it’s like to live under repression. He may yet live to wish for a Rosa Parks to help restore civil rights.

Perhaps he can learn shared struggle for dignity. Or perhaps he should go sit in front of a bus.

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plansbandc  Jan 14, 2017 • 4:03:05pm

re: #67 JasonA

Christ, what an asshole.

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thedopefishlives  Jan 14, 2017 • 4:03:39pm

re: #75 Decatur Deb

Perhaps he can learn shared struggle for dignity. Or perhaps he should go sit in front of a bus.

Or he’ll wind up being thrown under one.

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petesh  Jan 14, 2017 • 4:04:22pm

re: #76 plansbandc

Christ, what an asshole.

Yup, he’s a-trolling …

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allegro  Jan 14, 2017 • 4:05:48pm

re: #78 petesh

Yup, he’s a-trolling …

He sucks at that too.

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wrenchwench  Jan 14, 2017 • 4:07:38pm
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Cheechako  Jan 14, 2017 • 4:08:13pm

re: #67 JasonA

Convicted felon says what now?

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Bubblehead II  Jan 14, 2017 • 4:11:05pm

No motive given (yet), but I wouldn’t be surprised to find out he is a tRump supporter.

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Maddies Mom  Jan 14, 2017 • 4:11:35pm

re: #73 jeffreyw

A beautiful girl! You were so lucky to have had each other.

Don’t I know it.

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b.d.  Jan 14, 2017 • 4:13:53pm
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Charles Johnson  Jan 14, 2017 • 4:14:52pm
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JasonA  Jan 14, 2017 • 4:16:49pm

I’m pretty sure he does, though.

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Joe Bacon  Jan 14, 2017 • 4:21:25pm
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JasonA  Jan 14, 2017 • 4:21:41pm

Double or nothing!

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Skip Intro  Jan 14, 2017 • 4:22:54pm

re: #86 JasonA

He does own the Trump Organization though.

Let’s see.

Donald Trump, CEO.
Donald Trump Jr, EVP
Eric Trump, EVP
Ivanka Trump, EVP

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FormerDirtDart  Jan 14, 2017 • 4:24:44pm
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JasonA  Jan 14, 2017 • 4:27:24pm

He’s black, so of course he should…

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Fucking racist af

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Pawn of the Oppressor  Jan 14, 2017 • 4:28:05pm

re: #88 JasonA

Double or nothing!

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Dear Dinesh,

She sat on a bus where she wasn’t supposed to… Which is a small thing… And she was arrested. For doing a small thing. THAT’S THE POINT.

Jeezus chicken-fried Crepes with jam, why does anybody have to explain this to you, please get help,

- Non-stupid people.

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Pawn of the Oppressor  Jan 14, 2017 • 4:29:57pm

re: #91 JasonA

He’s black, so of course he should…

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Fucking racist af

Do we know this is DT, or does he have somebody on staff who specializes in racist fucknauttery? His tweets sometimes read like he’s got “subject matter experts” writing his shit for him. The Racist guy, the pro-Russian guy, etc.

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b.d.  Jan 14, 2017 • 4:30:40pm

Alex Jones is saying that us leftists are planning a coup.

Cool.

I guess the coup instructions are included with the Soros check, I haven’t been to the mailbox in a while?

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b.d.  Jan 14, 2017 • 4:32:31pm

re: #92 Pawn of the Oppressor

Dear Dinesh,

She sat on a bus where she wasn’t supposed to… Which is a small thing… And she was arrested. For doing a small thing. THAT’S THE POINT.

Jeezus chicken-fried Crepes with jam, why does anybody have to explain this to you, please get help,

- Non-stupid people.

Yep, what Dinesh got arrest for was far worse….

//

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Skip Intro  Jan 14, 2017 • 4:32:47pm

re: #90 FormerDirtDart

The museum has to come to him at Trump Castle.

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JasonA  Jan 14, 2017 • 4:32:50pm

re: #94 b.d.

Alex Jones is saying that us leftists are planning a coup.

Cool.

I guess the coup instructions are included with the Soros check, I haven’t been to the mailbox in a while?

Refreshing change to see Alex sticking up for the government. It’s a brand new day!

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Skip Intro  Jan 14, 2017 • 4:34:01pm

re: #95 b.d.

I know what he was arrested for, but what is he famous for?

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b.d.  Jan 14, 2017 • 4:35:18pm

re: #98 Skip Intro

I know what he was arrested for, but what is he famous for?

Being a non-white wingnut? They give them an automatic stage.

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JasonA  Jan 14, 2017 • 4:35:48pm

I want to lol but I just can’t.

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JasonA  Jan 14, 2017 • 4:36:16pm

re: #100 JasonA

(and yes I know it isn’t real)

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Skip Intro  Jan 14, 2017 • 4:38:16pm

re: #101 JasonA

(and yes I know it isn’t real)

Not having NOT FAIR! is the giveaway.

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b.d.  Jan 14, 2017 • 4:39:30pm
Protesters Shut Down UC-Davis Event Featuring Milo Yiannopoulos, ‘Pharma Bro’

Good

huffingtonpost.com

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Skip Intro  Jan 14, 2017 • 4:40:39pm

Protesters Shut Down UC-Davis Event Featuring Milo Yiannopoulos, ‘Pharma Bro’

Republicans thought having these two assholes on stage together was a good idea.

huffingtonpost.com

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scottslemmons  Jan 14, 2017 • 4:43:44pm

re: #105 Skip Intro

Protesters Shut Down UC-Davis Event Featuring Milo Yiannopoulos, ‘Pharma Bro’

Republicans thought having these two assholes on stage together was a good idea.

huffingtonpost.com

Why are they so keen on snuggling up to Shkreli anyway? There’s not a warm-blooded human alive who likes that guy.

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Skip Intro  Jan 14, 2017 • 4:45:12pm

re: #106 scottslemmons

The young GOPers really gravitate towards total assholes, being total assholes themselves.

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Joe Bacon  Jan 14, 2017 • 4:48:54pm

re: #105 Skip Intro

Protesters Shut Down UC-Davis Event Featuring Milo Yiannopoulos, ‘Pharma Bro’

Republicans thought having these two assholes on stage together was a good idea.

huffingtonpost.com

Brings back memories of when Pam Geller was in Los Angeles trying to spread her hate and I was with several Muslim friends in a mass protest of her visit and we succeeded in shutting her down. She could whine to the ACLU all she wanted to but we will not let her release her poison in Los Angeles!

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Stanley Sea  Jan 14, 2017 • 4:50:12pm
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heh

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JasonA  Jan 14, 2017 • 4:50:24pm

re: #108 Charles Johnson

Has anyone asked him why he isn’t calling on white Congressman for help?

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b.d.  Jan 14, 2017 • 4:50:59pm

re: #108 Charles Johnson

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Getting Trump impeached by the Pence fundies is our only shot.

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Skip Intro  Jan 14, 2017 • 4:51:27pm

re: #108 Charles Johnson

Why doesn’t Trump just turn it over to this guy?

Donald Trump says a ‘top police officer’ in Chicago said he could stop surging violence in a week

How about it, Mr. Top Police Officer guy? Do you have a name?

washingtonpost.com

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b.d.  Jan 14, 2017 • 4:53:02pm

re: #106 scottslemmons

Why are they so keen on snuggling up to Shkreli anyway? There’s not a warm-blooded human alive who likes that guy.

He’s Mr. Free Enterprise! We could all be like him if there were no handcuffing government regulations!

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Skip Intro  Jan 14, 2017 • 4:53:55pm

re: #113 JasonA

Has anyone asked him why he isn’t calling on white Congressman for help?

They’re far to busy working to strip the voting rights from “the wrong people” to worry about that.

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Joe Bacon  Jan 14, 2017 • 4:54:46pm

re: #106 scottslemmons

Why are they so keen on snuggling up to Shkreli anyway? There’s not a warm-blooded human alive who likes that guy.

Well, there are a lot of COLD-blooded people who worship Ayn AS IN MINE Rand the same way Shkreli does!

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Skip Intro  Jan 14, 2017 • 4:55:21pm

re: #116 b.d.

He’s Mr. Free Enterprise! We could all be like him if there were no handcuffing government regulations!

I think UCD should charge all Republicans 5000% more than everyone else because they like it so much.

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TedStriker  Jan 14, 2017 • 4:57:40pm

re: #106 scottslemmons

Why are they so keen on snuggling up to Shkreli anyway? There’s not a warm-blooded human alive who likes that guy.

Except the Republicans, because he represents everything they like about “successful businessmen”…just like their President-elect.

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Skip Intro  Jan 14, 2017 • 5:05:03pm

Here’s an idiot commenting on Milo on Huffpo:

“Vladimir Darke
We are talking about the pacific northwest, where they live in their own special little bubble and preach tolerance ……unless you disagree with their views.”

First, UCD is not in the Pacific Northwest, but I’m guessing he got that from a Fox News graphic.

Second, UCD is in Blood Red Central California, which is a bubble, but not the kind he’s talking about.

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Unshaken Defiance  Jan 14, 2017 • 5:07:09pm

Just when you might lose faith in people… Took a stroll up to my local store, happened to see a lady give a new blanket, two bottles of water and a candy bar to a homeless man. The two could not have been more different. Lifestyle, race, gender. She gets it. Made me smile to see the whole thing.

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Jebediah, RBG  Jan 14, 2017 • 5:07:44pm

re: #65 Maddies Mom

That’s a lot of cute!

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JasonA  Jan 14, 2017 • 5:12:04pm
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Backwoods_Sleuth  Jan 14, 2017 • 5:22:03pm

another asshole, but we already know that:

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ObserverArt  Jan 14, 2017 • 5:23:27pm

re: #127 Backwoods_Sleuth

another asshole, but we already know that:

Piers Morgan ✔ @piersmorgan
John Lewis trashes Trump as illegitimate president, so Trump has a pop back… but only Trump is the villain?
Am I missing something?
12:06 PM - 14 Jan 2017
1,020 1,020 Retweets 2,276 2,276 likes

A brain. You are missing a brain.

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Viscous Obama  Jan 14, 2017 • 5:28:25pm

You guys should check out this amazing summary that someone posted over at the gaming forum NeoGAF — perhaps the most concrete and best corroboration of anything in the dossier I’ve seen yet:

Ex Mi-6 agent Chris Steele’s 35 page long opposition research dossier on Trump is dated October 18th and has this bombshell in it:

Russian State Oil Company CEO Sechin (who is part of Putin’s inner circle) offered Trump/Page associates 19% stake in Rosneft if personal and state sanctions were lifted.

SOURCE: Image: XXKR2iM.jpg

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On November 7th, Russia signed the deal to sell 19.5% of its stake in Rosneft - which amounts to $11 billion - to Glencore Plc and Qatar sovereign wealth fund.

Commodity trader Glencore Plc and Qatar’s sovereign wealth fund agreed to buy a 10.2-billion euro ($11 billion) stake in Russia’s largest oil producer from the state in a triumph for President Vladimir Putin over sanctions imposed by the West.

SOURCE: bloomberg.com

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What a coincidence, on December 26th: A top executive of Rosneft Oleg Erovinkin, also a former FSB agent, was found dead, with no official cause of death.

SOURCE: dailysabah.com

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Starting in September, it was reported that Carter Page would be ‘advising Trump on energy policy and Russia’, and has been probed by the US regarding ties to Russian leaders. Page also has ties with executives at Gazprom through his assistance in advising ‘some of its biggest deals in the past decade’. Gazprom is the investment bank that funded the 19.5% purchase of the Rosneft stake by Glencore.

SOURCE: uk.finance.yahoo.com

“Trump’s mystery man in Moscow”
politico.com

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And then we have this:
The head of Qatar’s sovereign wealth fund said it would invest $10 billion in unspecified infrastructure projects inside the United States in response to Donald Trump. Qatar was part of the sale of the 19.5% of Rosneft.

SOURCE: reuters.com

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Bonus round:

Rudy Guiliani’s law firm also has Rosneft as a client.

SOURCE: bloomberg.com

They also advise Qatar’s state run oil company:

SOURCE: politico.com

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Carter Page, who has worked for several years in Moscow for Merrill Lynch is tied to that Glencore fund.

SOURCE: interpretermag.com
also Page seeing opportuniities in Russia:

SOURCE: reuters.com

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And in an interview from January 14th with the WSJ, Trump still going on about lifting sanctions as soon as Russia is nice and helps with the fight against terrorists.

SOURCE: wsj.com

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DoublePlusGood bonus round:

Trump’s SOS pick Rex Tillerson has excellent ties to Sechin/Rosneft

SOURCES: washingtonpost.com
theguardian.com
vox.com

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The Vicious Babushka  Jan 14, 2017 • 5:28:42pm
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FormerDirtDart  Jan 14, 2017 • 5:35:08pm

OK, we have definitely identified a need for extreme vetting of a certain category of people…

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Belafon  Jan 14, 2017 • 5:41:42pm

re: #130 Backwoods_Sleuth

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Watch Democrats get organized. Focused anger is a good start. Appealing to people’s anger to get them to donate and participate is the way to do it.

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The Ghost of Senator Incitatus  Jan 14, 2017 • 5:41:43pm

re: #135 FormerDirtDart

Straight up—what this is, is Dinesh trying to re-engage his audience have moved on to harder forms of derp.

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FormerDirtDart  Jan 14, 2017 • 5:43:52pm

JFC…I’m pretty sure an autistic cocker spaniel could predict that the DOW will break 20,000 any day now, and every MF’er on Wall Street would agree…

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Belafon  Jan 14, 2017 • 5:44:22pm

re: #135 FormerDirtDart

I had replied earlier:

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Belafon  Jan 14, 2017 • 5:45:49pm

re: #139 FormerDirtDart

JFC…I’m pretty sure an autistic cocker spaniel could predict that to DOW will break 20,000 any day now, and every MF’er on Wall Street would agree…

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Belafon  Jan 14, 2017 • 5:55:42pm
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Edit: Hope y’all can tell how little love I’m feeling for Christians that voted for Trump, McConnell, and Ryan.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Jan 14, 2017 • 6:00:26pm

fucking clueless

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Stanley Sea  Jan 14, 2017 • 6:01:19pm
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Hmmm, I’ll take a guess.

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Belafon  Jan 14, 2017 • 6:01:35pm

re: #148 Backwoods_Sleuth

fucking clueless

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Stanley Sea  Jan 14, 2017 • 6:01:44pm

re: #148 Backwoods_Sleuth

fucking clueless

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Flim Flam Man

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teleskiguy  Jan 14, 2017 • 6:03:45pm
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teleskiguy  Jan 14, 2017 • 6:05:08pm

Yeah, no big deal. Move along. Nothing to see here.

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CuriousLurker  Jan 14, 2017 • 6:06:04pm

re: #146 Backwoods_Sleuth

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Added to my block list:

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ObserverArt  Jan 14, 2017 • 6:06:54pm

re: #151 Stanley Sea

Flim Flam Man

Seventy-six trombones led the big parade!

(A classic con…)

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b.d.  Jan 14, 2017 • 6:07:49pm

re: #154 teleskiguy

Yeah, no big deal. Move along. Nothing to see here.

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Literally flying over our greatest allies to grovel at Putin’s feet.

Impeach.

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FormerDirtDart  Jan 14, 2017 • 6:07:58pm
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“…”I did not consent to these proceedings,” Threats said.

Nonetheless, the case concluded.…”

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retired cynic  Jan 14, 2017 • 6:09:35pm

re: #104 JasonA

Here’s another take that made sense to me:

washingtonmonthly.com

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Skip Intro  Jan 14, 2017 • 6:11:38pm

re: #158 b.d.

Literally flying over our greatest allies to grovel at Putin’s feet.

Impeach.

Time to start paying Putin back for making him president. Trump will personally deliver more secret stuff than Putin’s goons could have collected in a year.

Hey, it’s not treason when the president does it, right?

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b.d.  Jan 14, 2017 • 6:13:51pm

re: #161 Skip Intro

Time to start paying Putin back for making him president. Trump will personally deliver more secret stuff than Putin’s goons could have collected in a year.

Hey, it’s not treason when the president does it, right?

I wonder if he’ll bring Snowden back home with him?

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Skip Intro  Jan 14, 2017 • 6:15:34pm

re: #163 b.d.

I wonder if he’ll bring Snowden back home with him?

Trump will bring his blind trust along with him to make sure he gets Putin’s next order right.

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b.d.  Jan 14, 2017 • 6:18:45pm

re: #164 Skip Intro

Trump will bring his blind trust along with him to make sure he gets Putin’s next order right.

The new Trump hotel in Moscow will have a backwards R on the sign so no one will be any wiser.

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retired cynic  Jan 14, 2017 • 6:23:59pm

This link, about the ramifications of ACA repeal, really was written well, IMO. I try to avoid political stuff on my Facebook account, but I stuck this one out there:

mtcowgirl.com

Here’s the Deal
by John Sheehy

So what I want is ten thousand names.

Let me explain. I have this niece. I won’t name her here because she may not want to have her name bandied about on [social media]. But I love my niece. She’s great. She’s got a great sense of humor, which is to say that I think she thinks I’m funny, and I think she’s funny too. There’s not a day goes by I’m not glad she’s alive.

And she is alive because of the Affordable Care Act. Period. That’s a fact.

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b.d.  Jan 14, 2017 • 6:27:39pm

Trump did a fantastic job of squashing all of that Russian blackmail/puppet stuff, didn’t he?

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Jan 14, 2017 • 6:32:24pm
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Stanley Sea  Jan 14, 2017 • 6:33:42pm

Yas.

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teleskiguy  Jan 14, 2017 • 6:33:49pm
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FormerDirtDart  Jan 14, 2017 • 6:36:16pm

re: #173 teleskiguy

FAKE NEWS
FAKE NEWS
FAKE NEWS

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stpaulbear  Jan 14, 2017 • 6:36:52pm

Just went over to the WaPo website and here’s one of the top headlines:

Trump-Lewis feud could be harbinger of new round of hyper-partisanship

BOTH SIDES DO IT!

John Lewis standing up for civil rights is JUST LIKE Trump spewing insults. Christ.

I just subscribed to the WaPo last month because I thought they were going to fight the good fight. They’re still miles ahead of the NYT but that’s not saying anything.

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Belafon  Jan 14, 2017 • 6:37:19pm

re: #168 Stanley Sea

And that third one is going to involve a lot of minorities.

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The Vicious Babushka  Jan 14, 2017 • 6:40:15pm

re: #177 Backwoods_Sleuth

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Jeanine Ducklips wants to be on the SCOTUS.

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Moebym  Jan 14, 2017 • 6:40:35pm

re: #139 FormerDirtDart

JFC…I’m pretty sure an autistic cocker spaniel could predict that the DOW will break 20,000 any day now, and every MF’er on Wall Street would agree…

Good thing happens while Trump is PEEOTUS or pResident = it’s because of Trump! Bad thing happens while Trump is PEEOTUS or pResident = It’s Obama/Hillary/Pelosi/Schumer/Democrats/blacks/Hispanics/Muslims/anyone who isn’t Trump’s fault.

re: #175 stpaulbear
This is why we can’t have nice things!

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petesh  Jan 14, 2017 • 6:40:43pm

Something around here is sloooooowing my ability to scroll dramatically. If I leave the site and come back, it’s OK for a bit and then slooooooows again. I’m a patient person, but … any ideas?

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Barefoot Grin  Jan 14, 2017 • 6:41:02pm

re: #177 Backwoods_Sleuth

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Belafon  Jan 14, 2017 • 6:41:35pm

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Moebym  Jan 14, 2017 • 6:43:10pm

re: #177 Backwoods_Sleuth

Republican president? “Get in line!” Democratic president? “Impeach! Investigate! Illegitimate!”

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ObserverArt  Jan 14, 2017 • 6:45:09pm

re: #175 stpaulbear

Just went over to the WaPo website and here’s one of the top headlines:

Trump-Lewis feud could be harbinger of new round of hyper-partisanship

BOTH SIDES DO IT!

John Lewis standing up for civil rights is JUST LIKE Trump spewing insults. Christ.

I just subscribed to the WaPo last month because I thought they were going to fight the good fight. They’re still miles ahead of the NYT but that’s not saying anything.

David Axelrod is getting to be a pain in the Democratic Party!

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Stanley Sea  Jan 14, 2017 • 6:45:59pm

re: #176 Belafon

And that third one is going to involve a lot of minorities.

I’m kinda concerned about the war with China.

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Charles Johnson  Jan 14, 2017 • 6:46:24pm
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b.d.  Jan 14, 2017 • 6:48:18pm

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b.d.  Jan 14, 2017 • 6:48:44pm

re: #187 b.d.

This will be the 1st inaugural address that will have booing

with breaks for “Lock Her Up!” chants

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Stanley Sea  Jan 14, 2017 • 6:50:53pm

I bought these gorgeous fingerling potatoes, but damn if they are not going bad faster than I can eat.

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The Vicious Babushka  Jan 14, 2017 • 6:50:58pm

re: #188 b.d.

with breaks for “Lock Her Up!” chants

And a dramatic reading of “The Snake”

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Odie Hugh Manatee  Jan 14, 2017 • 6:53:58pm

re: #12 I Would Prefer Not To

Only the good die young.

When I saw that my first thought was “That’s too bad.”

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b.d.  Jan 14, 2017 • 6:55:05pm

re: #190 The Vicious Babushka

And a dramatic reading of “The Snake”

then some Rosie jokes.

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stpaulbear  Jan 14, 2017 • 6:56:56pm

re: #177 Backwoods_Sleuth

“My message actually America’s message, is the same .You lost.We won.Swallow your pride.Get in line”

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CuriousLurker  Jan 14, 2017 • 7:00:50pm

re: #175 stpaulbear

Just went over to the WaPo website and here’s one of the top headlines:

Trump-Lewis feud could be harbinger of new round of hyper-partisanship

BOTH SIDES DO IT!

John Lewis standing up for civil rights is JUST LIKE Trump spewing insults. Christ.

I just subscribed to the WaPo last month because I thought they were going to fight the good fight. They’re still miles ahead of the NYT but that’s not saying anything.

I was considering doing so. I think I’ll wait until a few months after the inauguration to see how the various news outlets report on things. If the American media can’t stop the stupid groveling & MBF crap, then I’m not averse to buying a subscription to a Canadian or European paper.

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retired cynic  Jan 14, 2017 • 7:01:15pm

Actually, I think DT will make an effort to read his script. But either the crowd will start chanting, or the huge spectacle will be too distracting, and he will either have to stop, or will run well off script.

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Hecuba's daughter  Jan 14, 2017 • 7:01:30pm

re: #135 FormerDirtDart

In the 1990’s, my late husband and I attended an evening lecture by Dinesh at Northwestern University. It was astounding how little he knew about the African-American experience in America. Or maybe he knew and didn’t care. He was a racist back then and clearly has never changed. On the other hand, Bill Kristol (hate to say this) has certainly proved to be a devoted never-Trumper and may actually have acquired a conscience over the past few years.

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CuriousLurker  Jan 14, 2017 • 7:01:49pm

re: #189 Stanley Sea

I bought these gorgeous fingerling potatoes, but damn if they are not going bad faster than I can eat.

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Huh, I’d never heard of them. Had to look them up.

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TedStriker  Jan 14, 2017 • 7:02:24pm

re: #131 Viscous Obama

You guys should check out this amazing summary that someone posted over at the gaming forum NeoGAF — perhaps the most concrete and best corroboration of anything in the dossier I’ve seen yet:

Incestuous bunch of crooked gits, ain’t it?

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Charles Johnson  Jan 14, 2017 • 7:02:29pm
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teleskiguy  Jan 14, 2017 • 7:06:40pm

re: #197 Hecuba’s daughter

On the other hand, Bill Kristol (hate to say this) has certainly proved to be a devoted never-Trumper and may actually have acquired a conscience over the past few years.

Fuck Bill Kristol.

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stpaulbear  Jan 14, 2017 • 7:07:36pm

re: #188 b.d.

with breaks for “Lock Her Up!” chants

I’m fantasizing that Roberts will go “Look…just…sorry but I can’t do this.” No way in a million years it would happen, but it’s the last chance before it actually does happen.

My mind tells me that this just should not happen.

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William Lewis  Jan 14, 2017 • 7:08:15pm

re: #195 CuriousLurker

I was considering doing so. I think I’ll wait until a few months after the inauguration to see how the various news outlets report on things. If the American media can’t stop the stupid groveling & MBF crap, then I’m not averse to buying a subscription to a Canadian or European paper.

If I had the money, I’d get The Economist again. I make do with the BBC instead.

There is no fully trustworthy mainstream media in America except, so far, Teen Vogue. So what money I do have has been going to sane religious voices - Sojourners, Tikkun, and the like.

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Stanley Sea  Jan 14, 2017 • 7:08:38pm

re: #202 teleskiguy

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William Lewis  Jan 14, 2017 • 7:10:17pm

re: #202 teleskiguy

Fuck Bill Kristol.

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retired cynic  Jan 14, 2017 • 7:11:40pm

re: #206 William Lewis

The enemy of my enemy is my enemy’s enemy. No more. No less.

Never think anyone is on your side just because you both dislike someone.

Right. You just agree with them when you can, but never turn your back.

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retired cynic  Jan 14, 2017 • 7:13:40pm

re: #208 Backwoods_Sleuth

Oh, he’s good! Snork!

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Jan 14, 2017 • 7:16:53pm
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can’t compete with the incoming Administration…

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retired cynic  Jan 14, 2017 • 7:17:46pm

re: #210 Backwoods_Sleuth

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can’t compete with the incoming Administration…

There goes a part of my childhood. But you should tweet that! You’re good, too!

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Charles Johnson  Jan 14, 2017 • 7:21:51pm

The “Email an Article” feature is so much better now. Click the envelope icon at the bottom of any post to use it. The HTML email now displays beautifully on any device - it automatically resizes to fit whatever screen it’s displayed on. And it has links to let the email recipient share posts to Twitter or Facebook.

This is a part of the site that’s gone without an upgrade in too long - but this is a big upgrade.

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retired cynic  Jan 14, 2017 • 7:24:47pm

re: #212 Charles Johnson

Tried it; worked perfectly! Thank you!

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baileylamb  Jan 14, 2017 • 7:29:46pm

re: #43 scottslemmons

re: #43 scottslemmons

Hell, hope they can show him some exhibits on “Why the Klan and Nazis were bad, and why you should never ally yourself with them.”

He probably just plans to piss on everything anyway.

Uhm isn’t Putin the one who needs to see that exhibit?

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retired cynic  Jan 14, 2017 • 7:31:52pm

re: #214 baileylamb

Uhm isn’t Putin the one who needs to see that exhibit?

I think we all should have a review!

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Myron Falwell  Jan 14, 2017 • 7:36:51pm

re: #210 Backwoods_Sleuth

can’t compete with the incoming Administration…

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Charles Johnson  Jan 14, 2017 • 7:37:17pm
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teleskiguy  Jan 14, 2017 • 7:38:46pm

MOOSE

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TedStriker  Jan 14, 2017 • 7:40:17pm

re: #218 teleskiguy

MOOSE

It’s those long legs…

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Patricia Kayden  Jan 14, 2017 • 7:41:17pm

re: #9 petesh

Also, even though Lewis is not caucasian, his district is affluent and well-educated. I wonder why Trump thought it was an urban hellhole? (No, I don’t.)

Have you already forgotten when Trump claimed that Blacks all live in ghettoes and had nothing to lose if he was elected because our lives are hellish anyways?

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retired cynic  Jan 14, 2017 • 7:41:21pm

re: #219 TedStriker

It’s those long legs…

and muscles! That powerful, low rear gives it a lot forward drive! Zowee!

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Myron Falwell  Jan 14, 2017 • 7:41:22pm
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Feline Fearless Leader  Jan 14, 2017 • 7:41:25pm

A couple of bird pictures from a walk along the Delaware River today. 8 mile loop starting and ending in Lambertville, NJ.

Mallard Duck
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker

Can also advocate for a small French cafe across the river in New Hope, PA. Nice coffee and great pastries. Had a very nice pear tart for a snack.

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CuriousLurker  Jan 14, 2017 • 7:42:07pm

re: #204 William Lewis

If I had the money, I’d get The Economist again. I make do with the BBC instead.

There is no fully trustworthy mainstream media in America except, so far, Teen Vogue. So what money I do have has been going to sane religious voices - Sojourners, Tikkun, and the like.

Yeah, so far my extra $$ has been going to SPLC, Americans United, PP, LGF, and a couple of bucks a month to Wonkette because some days they’re the only ones who can make me smile.

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Stanley Sea  Jan 14, 2017 • 7:42:13pm
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CuriousLurker  Jan 14, 2017 • 7:44:11pm

re: #218 teleskiguy

MOOSE

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Damn! I had no idea they could move that fast. 😳

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Stanley Sea  Jan 14, 2017 • 7:44:50pm
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Trump has ZERO redeeming qualities.

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retired cynic  Jan 14, 2017 • 7:45:59pm

re: #227 Stanley Sea

He already had the entitled smirk down pat.

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b.d.  Jan 14, 2017 • 7:46:45pm

re: #218 teleskiguy

MOOSE

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I wanna see what was chasing that moose!!

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retired cynic  Jan 14, 2017 • 7:47:12pm

re: #227 Stanley Sea

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Trump has ZERO redeeming qualities.

And you can see his hair was leaving him behind already! (And BAD! for mentioning something he can’t help. BAD!)

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Myron Falwell  Jan 14, 2017 • 7:47:42pm
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Barefoot Grin  Jan 14, 2017 • 7:48:45pm

Can’t find it now, but there was a news clip last year of a young moose running down a street in a nearby city. Only when it quite easily jumped over a parked car could the viewer get a sense of how big even a “baby” could be.

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Myron Falwell  Jan 14, 2017 • 7:49:32pm
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Charles Johnson  Jan 14, 2017 • 7:49:40pm

re: #218 teleskiguy

That is a FUCKING FAST MOOSE.

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prairiefire  Jan 14, 2017 • 7:55:35pm

re: #227 Stanley Sea

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Trump has ZERO redeeming qualities.

How can you play squash with a heel spur?

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retired cynic  Jan 14, 2017 • 7:56:08pm

re: #235 prairiefire

How can you play squash with a heel spur?

Something must have turned him orange.

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retired cynic  Jan 14, 2017 • 8:01:16pm

re: #236 retired cynic

You know. That made more sense when I wrote it. o_O

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Anymouse  Jan 14, 2017 • 8:01:44pm

HOLY CRAP this is fifty shades of creepy.
washingtonpost.com

This talks about a Website called FamilyTreeNow (dot) com, which bills itself as a genealogy research Website.

Anyone can look at it with no sign ups and no fees whatsoever. The Washington Post article tells about the site and how to opt-out.

I looked up my name - holy crap, they have every address I lived at for the last twenty years or so, every person in my family associated with me, friends, roommates, you name it.

The opt-out procedure is a bit convoluted; the instructions are given at the link in the Washington Post article.

I would strongly recommend if you value privacy (especially if you have haters, wingnuts, ex-boyfriend/girlfriend/crazy ex-hub or wife, &c) to get your name out of there. The site says it takes a couple days to process the information when you request opt-out. (Note they didn’t ask if anyone wanted to opt-in.)

You might also limit your search to just your name (in case there is wrong data in their database).

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stpaulbear  Jan 14, 2017 • 8:03:33pm

re: #238 Anymouse

Does it show criminal record?

Asking for a friend…

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Anymouse  Jan 14, 2017 • 8:04:46pm

re: #239 stpaulbear

Does it show criminal record?

Asking for a friend…

It links to sites that will let you buy those records.

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Anymouse  Jan 14, 2017 • 8:06:03pm

They had a second record for me going back to the place I lived in Virginia Beach when Evangelicals were picketing my house - that’s about thirty years ago.

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retired cynic  Jan 14, 2017 • 8:06:52pm

re: #238 Anymouse

Huh. I’m not in there correctly. My husband is in under my name. !!

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Anymouse  Jan 14, 2017 • 8:07:47pm

re: #242 retired cynic

Huh. I’m not in there correctly. My husband is in under my name. !!

It also has radio buttons to share the record on Facebook.

My wife is looking at hers now. Ye gods.

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retired cynic  Jan 14, 2017 • 8:08:47pm

re: #243 Anymouse

I’m not in there under my married or maiden names, but as I said, my husband is, under mine, with his birthdate. I think they have some glitches!

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Anymouse  Jan 14, 2017 • 8:09:40pm

re: #244 retired cynic

I’m not in there under my married or maiden names, but as I said, my husband is, under mine, with his birthdate. I think they have some glitches!

The Post notes that not all the information is necessarily correct. That said, it was all correct for me, and for my wife, even showing a vacant lot she owns in Colorado with no water rights.

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Joe Bacon  Jan 14, 2017 • 8:11:03pm

Wow, so now Toby Keith says he’s going to perform at Trump’s inauguration. Another addition to the snoozefest….

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Stanley Sea  Jan 14, 2017 • 8:11:16pm

re: #235 prairiefire

How can you play squash with a heel spur?

As always, rich father.

CCR - Fortunate Son music video

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retired cynic  Jan 14, 2017 • 8:11:23pm

re: #245 Anymouse

The Post notes that not all the information is necessarily correct. That said, it was all correct for me, and for my wife, even showing a vacant lot she owns in Colorado with no water rights.

I found me. I’m under his name, with my middle initial.

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teleskiguy  Jan 14, 2017 • 8:12:07pm

re: #238 Anymouse

They’ve got my birthday, an old P.O. box from Steamboat Springs, and an incorrect street address. Also my siblings and their husbands are listed. O_o

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Anymouse  Jan 14, 2017 • 8:12:54pm

re: #248 retired cynic

I found me. I’m under his name, with my middle initial.

I punched in just my first and last name (no birth date). Fortunately I have a very uncommon name, so I was able to quickly pick out the two collections of records they have on me.

The less information you put in the search, the more records you get.

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teleskiguy  Jan 14, 2017 • 8:13:38pm
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His grave:

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Anymouse  Jan 14, 2017 • 8:16:32pm

Well, if you wanted to dox someone (or the wrong someone), that site is a gold mine.

Find the person’s name, click the Facebook share button, and viola. The entire record is posted to Facebook.

Hat tip to Wonkette’s non-comment section that sent me to the Washington Post article.

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Bubblehead II  Jan 14, 2017 • 8:21:09pm

re: #238 Anymouse

Nothing there on me that you couldn’t find on one of the public records pay sites (yep, I’ve done a search). They do have my current address wrong as well as the Mates middle initial. Other than that, there really isn’t anything there that I am concerned about.

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Bubblehead II  Jan 14, 2017 • 8:21:26pm

re: #239 stpaulbear

Does it show criminal record?

Asking for a friend…

No.

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freetoken  Jan 14, 2017 • 8:21:31pm

re: #238 Anymouse

That website is getting a lot of attention, but there are many online databases that will have a lot of information about you.

That one is particularly bad as it is pretending to be a genealogy site. So not only is it harvesting information for probably nefarious uses, but it is poisoning the well in regards to legitimate genealogy websites where people want to share information.

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Stanley Sea  Jan 14, 2017 • 8:26:36pm
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So incompetent. We are beyond fucked.

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Myron Falwell  Jan 14, 2017 • 8:27:03pm

re: #246 Joe Bacon

Wow, so now Toby Keith says he’s going to perform at Trump’s inauguration. Another addition to the snoozefest….

Shocked, etc.

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Joe Bacon  Jan 14, 2017 • 8:27:04pm

re: #238 Anymouse

HOLY CRAP this is fifty shades of creepy.
washingtonpost.com

This talks about a Website called FamilyTreeNow (dot) com, which bills itself as a genealogy research Website.

Anyone can look at it with no sign ups and no fees whatsoever. The Washington Post article tells about the site and how to opt-out.

I looked up my name - holy crap, they have every address I lived at for the last twenty years or so, every person in my family associated with me, friends, roommates, you name it.

The opt-out procedure is a bit convoluted; the instructions are given at the link in the Washington Post article.

I would strongly recommend if you value privacy (especially if you have haters, wingnuts, ex-boyfriend/girlfriend/crazy ex-hub or wife, &c) to get your name out of there. The site says it takes a couple days to process the information when you request opt-out. (Note they didn’t ask if anyone wanted to opt-in.)

You might also limit your search to just your name (in case there is wrong data in their database).

THANK YOU FOR POSTING THIS!

Damn, I ran it and got shocked with what it had on me. Yes, I did do the opt-out procedure!

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teleskiguy  Jan 14, 2017 • 8:27:11pm

Drip…drip…drip…

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Anymouse  Jan 14, 2017 • 8:27:23pm

re: #255 freetoken

That website is getting a lot of attention, but there are many online databases that will have a lot of information about you.

That one is particularly bad as it is pretending to be a genealogy site. So not only is it harvesting information for probably nefarious uses, but it is poisoning the well in regards to legitimate genealogy websites where people want to share information.

I’m not terribly interested in the “legitimate” Ancestry (dot) com either, so their Mormon buddies can give me an after-death baptism or such.

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Anymouse  Jan 14, 2017 • 8:28:19pm

re: #258 Joe Bacon

THANK YOU FOR POSTING THIS!

Damn, I ran it and got shocked with what it had on me. Yes, I did do the opt-out procedure!

I live to serve. (:: I have to give credit to Wonkette, where I first found it:

wonkette.com

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teleskiguy  Jan 14, 2017 • 8:31:31pm

Coming up next on the series finale of The United States!

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“They are the opposition party,” a senior official says. “I want ‘em out of the building. We are taking back the press room.”

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William Lewis  Jan 14, 2017 • 8:34:45pm

Not in that database. I’ll have to be content with being in multiple Government ones..

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Myron Falwell  Jan 14, 2017 • 8:39:11pm

re: #262 teleskiguy

Coming up next on the series finale of The United States!

Remember how “Dallas” and “Dynasty” had season finale cliffhangers that progressively got more and more over the top and ridiculous? Yeah.

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Patricia Kayden  Jan 14, 2017 • 8:40:44pm

re: #105 Skip Intro

Protesters Shut Down UC-Davis Event Featuring Milo Yiannopoulos, ‘Pharma Bro’

Republicans thought having these two assholes on stage together was a good idea.

huffingtonpost.com

What happens when Rightwingers shut down a campus event featuring unpopular speech of Liberal guests? Not sure if this is a good idea. Can’t stand either of them, but shutting them down invites retaliation, imho.

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Jebediah, RBG  Jan 14, 2017 • 9:03:11pm
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Jebediah, RBG  Jan 14, 2017 • 9:10:53pm

re: #218 teleskiguy

wow!

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Odie Hugh Manatee  Jan 14, 2017 • 9:53:09pm

re: #147 Belafon

Edit: Hope y’all can tell how little love I’m feeling for Christians that voted for Trump, McConnell, and Ryan.

The ‘best’ part about forcing people into an HSA instead of good insurance is all of the money that will be pulled out of the economy, leading to less spending, less consumption and less economic activity. Oh, and less of an ability to cover themselves in the event of multiple medical crises.

I guess less is the new more.

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CuriousLurker  Jan 14, 2017 • 10:16:47pm

re: #265 Patricia Kayden

What happens when Rightwingers shut down a campus event featuring unpopular speech of Liberal guests? Not sure if this is a good idea. Can’t stand either of them, but shutting them down invites retaliation, imho.

You do realize that (despite the headline that follows) the decision to shut down the event was actually made by the sponsors (a Republican students’ club) not the university, right? From the Sacramento Bee:

Protest shuts down event at UC Davis iwth Yiannopoulos, Shkreli

“It was the decision of the Davis College Republicans,” not the university, Andrew Mendoza, a first-year student and executive director of the club, said in a phone interview.

Mendoza said club members and police officers were worried about the potential for people to get hurt, including the possibility that demonstrators might use heavy objects to break the glass leading into the lecture hall. […]

Despite his claim about concerns over violence:

Earlier reports of violence were unfounded, the university said.

“Despite some reports, there were no broken windows or other property damage during the protest,” the statement said. “Earlier in the evening, one person was arrested inside the venue. No further arrests were made.” […]

If you read the full article I linked to, you’ll see that the chancellor issued a statement defending the right of those with unpopular views to be heard.

This is why, if at all possible, I never judge a story based on just a single reporter’s account of what happened. FWIW, the author of the HuffPo piece, Andy Campbell, worked for the NY Daily News before moving there.


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