Todd Rundgren Speaks Out on Fox News, With the Execrable Jesse Watters Being a Smug Jerk as Usual

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Here’s Todd Rundgren on Fox News — I know, right? — facing off with the truly smug and execrable Jesse Watters about his statement that Trump fans might not want to go to his concerts. Watters is a real creep here, and even tries to say Trump’s Birther conspiracy theories were just “having a little fun at President Obama’s expense.”

Of course he talks all over Todd and then cuts him off in mid-sentence, because this is Fox News.

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mmmirele  May 28, 2017 • 8:20:16pm

Here’s Todd Rundgren’s commencement speech at Berklee earlier this month. It’s worth a listen.

Todd Rundgren - Berklee Commencement Address 2017

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Mike Lamb  May 28, 2017 • 8:20:48pm

What’s this Awan brothers claptrap?

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jaunte  May 28, 2017 • 8:22:39pm

The Watters (and Fox) “we’re the victims” formula is not sustainable while Trump is president.

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teleskiguy  May 28, 2017 • 8:23:06pm

I don’t know if I want to watch this.

However, I can listen to this.

Medley: I’m So Proud/Ooh Baby Baby/La la Means I Love You/Cool Jerk

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Kragar  May 28, 2017 • 8:24:41pm

So for the last 2 days, my youngest has been asking me about women’s clothing, showing me different outfits and asking my opinions about them, because her graduation is coming up

What she just now told me was that I was apparently picking the outfits her friends would be wearing. Somehow, teenage girls decided I was the go to source for fashion advice.

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teleskiguy  May 28, 2017 • 8:26:08pm

re: #5 Kragar

You sound like a seriously fun dad. Seriously.

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Jay C  May 28, 2017 • 8:29:10pm

re: #2 Mike Lamb

What’s this Awan brothers claptrap?

When I Googled them, I got a bunch of links to various RW sites which, frankly, I didn’t dare click on (for my computer’s security and my intelligence’s sake): I gather they are supposed to be three brothers who are supposedly the “real” DNC hackers - Imran, Jamal and Abid Awan: obviously not Russian (surprise!).

Sounds like hideously desperate RWNJ CT BS: so I’m sure we’ll see it on Fox in a day or so…

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Anymouse  May 28, 2017 • 8:30:13pm

re: #2 Mike Lamb

What’s this Awan brothers claptrap?

From the end of the last thread:

re: #420 Anymouse

Spreading across right wing fever swamps in the last couple days, places like Instapundit and Free Republic.

Claims White House IT staffers was banned but are working for the Democratic party and Nancy Pelosi, Barack Obama, and Debbie Wasserman-Schultz are involved somehow.

www (dot) freerepublic (dot) com/focus/f-chat/3556044/posts

It’s the latest outrage over nothing to divert attention from Trump.

Obama!!! Pelosi!!! Clinton!!! Khan!!!!!!!

re: #424 Anymouse

Specifically, the Congressional Brain Trust Louie Gohmert (Tex-1) allegedly exposed this twelve year conspiracy:

(from the Free Republic post)

Published on May 27, 2017 Finally, a representative stands up to the Awan Brothers (March 10, 2017) who, with the help of Hillary Clinton, Barak Obama and Debbie Wasserman Shultz, among others, have been able to hack, eavesdrop, coerce and infiltrate the US government unimpeded for 12 years…and get paid millions to do it.

PLEASE SHARE THIS VIDEO on your social media networks and shut down this nefarious plan to destroy America from the inside.

Might not be true though, it’s not on Drudge Report /s

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jaunte  May 28, 2017 • 8:31:45pm
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Mike Lamb  May 28, 2017 • 8:32:54pm

re: #8 Anymouse

Ya…still don’t get it.

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wheat-dogg  May 28, 2017 • 8:34:49pm

Ten-year-old Pennsylvania girl runs her own news outlet, and apparently has more journalistic drive than 90% of the adults working in the business. Plus, she writes children’s books.

blog.malala.org

I wonder how she’d interview Trump.

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Anymouse  May 28, 2017 • 8:36:31pm

re: #10 Mike Lamb

Ya…still don’t get it.

Neither do I other than the usual Pavlovian bells for wingnuts: Pelosi, Clinton, Obama.

And Louie Gohmert riding to the rescue.

re: #9 jaunte

The only searches I can come up with that have that flashing light thing is Channel 7 in Miami. The presenter on Twitter incorrectly attributed it to FOX News - it appears it came from forexlive.

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jaunte  May 28, 2017 • 8:37:11pm

re: #12 Anymouse

Ah, ok, probably a fake.

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teleskiguy  May 28, 2017 • 8:39:06pm

OK, just watched Todd Rundgren talk to this smug fuck.

No wonder Fox News is circling the drain in re: ratings. This programming really sucks.

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Anymouse  May 28, 2017 • 8:42:04pm

Well, it’s expanding across the Derp-o-Sphere: SMOTI has picked up the red light phenomenon at the White House, as well as some site I never heard of called targetliberty (dot) com, and FOX 35 from Orlando:

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Charles Johnson  May 28, 2017 • 8:46:50pm
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mmmirele  May 28, 2017 • 8:48:32pm

I suspect the flashing lights are a fire alarm sensor test.

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Anymouse  May 28, 2017 • 8:50:10pm

re: #16 Charles Johnson

The FOX 35 Orlando video shot with a fish-eye lens on my comment #15 seems to be a bit more revealing - it does appear as though It’s coming from inside the house!

That said, it still doesn’t look like it means much. Maybe his hair dryer is shorting out. Some weird Satanic ritual to finish what he started in Saudi Arabia. Room converted to drum-and-bass dance floor with only red lights. /s

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jaunte  May 28, 2017 • 8:50:16pm

Just a burglar alarm malfunction.

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Anymouse  May 28, 2017 • 8:52:27pm

Okay, I’m going in. I’ve never tried this “spy” button that Mr. Johnson provides here because “afraid to break my computer” - let’s see what it does… .

GAAAA! Opens another Tab (not the soda).

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Belafon  May 28, 2017 • 8:52:39pm

re: #18 Anymouse

The FOX 35 Orlando video shot with a fish-eye lens on my comment #15 seems to be a bit more revealing - it does appear as though It’s coming from inside the house!

That said, it still doesn’t look like it means much. Maybe his hair dryer is shorting out. Some weird Satanic ritual to finish what he started in Saudi Arabia. Room converted to drum-and-bass dance floor with only red lights. /s

Lucifer’s appeared to tell Trump to stop making him look like a good guy.

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Ubiq  May 28, 2017 • 8:54:00pm
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Anymouse  May 28, 2017 • 8:54:13pm

Hey this “spy” mode is pretty kewl. I don’t have to keep clicking on the “new comments” button to see new comments.

It’s amazing what you can do with technology these days. I might even have to get a touch-tone telephone next.

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Anymouse  May 28, 2017 • 8:55:44pm
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ipsos  May 28, 2017 • 8:56:37pm

By way of orientation… from left to right, the 2nd floor windows in the WH on the south side are the president’s sitting room and bedroom, Yellow Oval (living room, behind the Truman balcony), Lincoln Bedroom and sitting room. Looked like the lights were coming from the Lincoln.

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teleskiguy  May 28, 2017 • 8:56:37pm

re: #20 Anymouse

There’s two spys. If you clicked on the “Spy” button right above the comment field, you’re spying on the comment thread you’re in, basically the comments are displayed in real time.

The other spy is the Master Spy, accessible when you click your avatar in the upper right hand corner. That shows you *everything* that happens across all pages and articles, including all comments, comment ratings, page and article submissions, in real time.

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Anymouse  May 28, 2017 • 8:58:04pm

re: #26 teleskiguy

There’s two spys. If you clicked on the “Spy” button right above the comment field, you’re spying on the comment thread you’re in, basically the comments are displayed in real time.

The other spy is the Master Spy, accessible when you click your avatar in the upper right hand corner. That shows you *everything* that happens, including all comments, comment ratings, page and article submissions, in real time.

That might be too much overload at one time for me. I better take this slowly, or I might suffer a brain burnout.

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teleskiguy  May 28, 2017 • 8:59:23pm

The regular Spy mode (the magnifying glass at the bottom of the page or the “Spy” button above the comment field) is the way to go if you’re surfing the LGF comments on a mobile device. Trust me on this!

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Anymouse  May 28, 2017 • 9:01:16pm

re: #28 teleskiguy

The regular Spy mode (the magnifying glass at the bottom of the page or the spy button above the comment field) is the way to go if you’re surfing the LGF comments on a mobile device. Trust me on this!

Well, I’m on a mobile device insofar as my computer is a laptop. Seeing everything in real time on all comment threads with updates and such I would probably get lost, crosspost to the wrong thread, wind up with my comment on my wife’s FetLife account, who knows.

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retired cynic  May 28, 2017 • 9:03:00pm

re: #29 Anymouse

I hear that. I tried Master Spy when I first joined here, and got so hopelessly lost that I haven’t clicked on it again. Settling for learning new software that I have to know, and saving exploring to a later date, with more brain function. Should that ever happen.

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Anymouse  May 28, 2017 • 9:04:20pm

re: #30 retired cynic

I hear that. I tried Master Spy when I first joined here, and got so hopelessly lost that I haven’t clicked on it again. Settling for learning new software that I have to know, and saving exploring to a later date, with more brain function. Should that ever happen.

I wonder if I can find more brain function in that bottle of rum in the liquor cabinet? /s

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teleskiguy  May 28, 2017 • 9:04:48pm

re: #29 Anymouse

Master Spy is daunting, especially when threads get huge in little time. wrenchwench seem to like it.

And yeah, I’m talking about phones and tablets in re: Spy Mode (highly recommended!). I don’t necessarily consider laptops mobile, but I know what you mean. You can sit out on your porch with a computer in your lap, not plugged into anything. In that sense, yes, the darn thing is mobile.

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retired cynic  May 28, 2017 • 9:04:59pm

re: #31 Anymouse

I wonder if I can find more brain function in that bottle of rum in the liquor cabinet? /s

Odd that you said that. I’m one finger down in my glass of rum as we write.

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Shiplord Kirel  May 28, 2017 • 9:06:04pm

Sheesh! Weird lights? White House techno-spies? Wingnuttia is in full meltdown.

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Eclectic Cyborg  May 28, 2017 • 9:06:36pm

re: #32 teleskiguy

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teleskiguy  May 28, 2017 • 9:07:22pm

re: #34 Shiplord Kirel

Sheesh! Weird lights? White House techno-spies? Wingnuttia is in full meltdown.

Forrest Gump watergate scandal

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teleskiguy  May 28, 2017 • 9:08:46pm

re: #35 Eclectic Cyborg

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teleskiguy  May 28, 2017 • 9:10:52pm

Love me some old old Mad Magazine.

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Anymouse  May 28, 2017 • 9:13:43pm

I am going to duck out for now. I have an article I need to finish writing for a journal I have a column in … I’ll catch y’all later.

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teleskiguy  May 28, 2017 • 9:14:51pm

re: #35 Eclectic Cyborg

The artist behind Spy v. Spy, Antonio Prohías, has a rather uplifting life story.

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A hollow voice says, Covfefe.  May 28, 2017 • 9:26:33pm

So, I’m back from my Alaska cruise. Still beautiful… To prove once and for all that global warming is a hoax, they’re now talking about starting the tourist season in April — these days, ships don’t start sailing north until May.

I remember that there was some discussion on various topics that I couldn’t join in on (extremely limited bandwidth…), but there was some talk about the antifas. Mother Jones had a recent article about another group of them that might interest you — they are a lot more complicated than I had realized. (I still want the Berkeley model and the alt-right to eat each other, though.)

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JordanRules  May 28, 2017 • 9:34:24pm

Twitter drama tonight! I usually love his tweets and takes. He has amazing stories and access, but a real blind spot when it comes to the NYT. He couldn’t keep it in check tonight. He’s been kinda pissy for a couple weeks, but this is just stupid.

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teleskiguy  May 28, 2017 • 9:36:02pm
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BeachDem  May 28, 2017 • 9:37:46pm

Mr. Trump, I can state unequivocally, will be the healthiest individual elected to the presidency

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Eclectic Cyborg  May 28, 2017 • 9:37:48pm

re: #40 teleskiguy

The artist behind Spy v. Spy, Antonio Prohías, has a rather uplifting life story.

I was just reading up on him actually. Very cool.

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retired cynic  May 28, 2017 • 9:38:22pm

re: #43 teleskiguy

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What I want to know is, how do they keep that glass so clean?! A clean window around here is fouled within 15 minutes!

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JordanRules  May 28, 2017 • 9:42:15pm
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teleskiguy  May 28, 2017 • 9:42:16pm

re: #44 BeachDem

Damn. The pictures of him in the blue tie really show his portly figure.

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retired cynic  May 28, 2017 • 9:44:40pm

re: #47 JordanRules

Gee, I think not.

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freetoken  May 28, 2017 • 9:44:40pm

America, 2017, your old-man-yelling-at-clouds variation of the day:

Six Day Creation - Not Framework Hypoyhesis !!!

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freetoken  May 28, 2017 • 9:45:16pm

“Hypoyhesis” - I tried to pronounce, but couldn’t. Even if I were Greek I probably couldn’t pronounce it.

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Dave In Austin  May 28, 2017 • 9:45:29pm
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Dr Lizardo  May 28, 2017 • 9:45:49pm

re: #48 teleskiguy

Damn. The pictures of him in the blue tie really show his portly figure.

Also the way he’s sitting with his arms crossed like that frames his protruding gut. That could be why he always sits on the edge of a chair, leaning forward. It disguises it to an extent.

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JordanRules  May 28, 2017 • 9:47:26pm

re: #53 Dr Lizardo

Yup, but he was super tired and out of his league. Couldn’t even pull off his usual con posture.

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teleskiguy  May 28, 2017 • 9:47:28pm

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goddamnedfrank  May 28, 2017 • 9:48:27pm

re: #47 JordanRules

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A hollow voice says, Covfefe.  May 28, 2017 • 9:50:16pm

Amazon has sent me, “based on my browsing history,” the following recommendations:

Agri-Fab 85-Pound Push Broadcast Spreader 45-0388: “85 lbs. capacity provides 14,000 sq. ft. Poly hopper & spreader plate are rust proof. 8’ to 10’ spread width. coverage.” (no clue what that is)

Fi-Shock EAC10A-FS Super 525 Energizer, 10-Acre: “This charger can be used for electric fence containment of pigs, cattle, horses, deer, cows, sheep and goats.” (very useful in my urban environment)

Gardman R351 Gothic Arch, Black, 4’ 7” Wide x 8’ 5” High: “This extra-tall arch provides an attractive 8’6” archway for climbing plants.” (will it fit in a window planter?)

Ehome Blossom Flower Solar String Light, 23ft 50 LED Waterproof…: “Creative Designed Solar Light This beautiful flexible solar cherry blossom string lights shaped like peach flower.” (Why would ANYONE want these? And they look hideous.)

That is all.

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A hollow voice says, Covfefe.  May 28, 2017 • 9:51:19pm

re: #47 JordanRules

Haven’t we had enough of people with NO POLITICAL EXPERIENCE in high office? It’s been a very long four months, after all.

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BeachDem  May 28, 2017 • 9:51:20pm

re: #48 teleskiguy

Damn. The pictures of him in the blue tie really show his portly figure.

Almost looks like he’s wearing “sansabelt” pants so his gut can hang over them.

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Joe Bacon  May 28, 2017 • 10:00:59pm

re: #9 jaunte

GET OUT!!!!

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Joe Bacon  May 28, 2017 • 10:08:22pm

re: #15 Anymouse

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JordanRules  May 28, 2017 • 10:12:50pm
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freetoken  May 28, 2017 • 10:31:08pm

re: #62 JordanRules

And it’s nothing the Orange Monster can easily exploit for his own gain, so don’t expect much from Trump about this.

In fact, did he even make a notable contribution to the Memorial Day events?

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freetoken  May 28, 2017 • 10:34:42pm

The lecture for the night is about… Egyptians:

Anxieties about Race in Egyptology and Egyptomania, 1890–1960

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goddamnedfrank  May 28, 2017 • 10:36:38pm
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JordanRules  May 28, 2017 • 10:36:52pm

re: #63 freetoken

I believe he’s speaking somewhere tomorrow. And I expect it to suck and be about him rather than our veterans.

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The Major  May 28, 2017 • 10:58:10pm

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The Major  May 28, 2017 • 11:05:53pm

re: #55 teleskiguy

Rocky Mountain National Park, 2014
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Shiplord Kirel  May 28, 2017 • 11:10:19pm

What a smarmy little pissant this Watters punk is. Is anyone in America actually stupid enough to be impressed by a grown man acting like an exceptionally ill-mannered 8th grader? The answer, I’m afraid, is “yes.” There is nothing too stupid, juvenile, or obnoxious for the faux news audience.

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sagehen  May 28, 2017 • 11:10:45pm

Austin City Limits tonight is Iggy Pop.

Sounds great. No objection on that count. But… people that age, with that physique, should keep their shirts on.

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teleskiguy  May 28, 2017 • 11:12:10pm
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Grunthos the Flatulent  May 28, 2017 • 11:41:12pm

re: #28 teleskiguy

The regular Spy mode (the magnifying glass at the bottom of the page or the “Spy” button above the comment field) is the way to go if you’re surfing the LGF comments on a mobile device. Trust me on this!

Seconded. Especially if your plan has limited data and you’re not using an ad blocker.

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Anymouse  May 28, 2017 • 11:55:26pm

I’m back. I submitted my latest Rural Intelligent Life column on the history of sickles and scythes. (Farmers still use them here even in the XXI Century - as do I for mowing my lawn)

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Kragar  May 29, 2017 • 12:09:13am

“Hey Matt? Matt? Matt? Matt? Matty Matt Matt? (BOOM! HEADSHOT!) SUCK MY BALLS MATT!”

- My 13 year old daughter playing PVP games online with voice chat

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teleskiguy  May 29, 2017 • 12:15:49am
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Anymouse  May 29, 2017 • 12:23:09am

re: #74 Kragar

“Hey Matt? Matt? Matt? Matt? Matty Matt Matt? (BOOM! HEADSHOT!) SUCK MY BALLS MATT!”

- My 13 year old daughter playing PVP games online with voice chat

Wow. Your daughter is hardcore.

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Anymouse  May 29, 2017 • 12:28:26am

LOL, comment over at Wonkette on their article “Kushner’s Real Estate Woes Have Nothing to Do with His Russian Meetings! Nothing at All!”

Jared Kushner is NOT on a quest to find the world’s best blini recipe

What is your name?
Jared Kushner.
What is your quest?
To find the world’s best blini recipe.
What is the windspeed velocity of a Congressional subpoena to have you speak about your ties to the Russian mob, the Jersey mob, and the Trump mob?
I DON’T KNOW!
*WHHOOOOOOOOOSHHHHHH!*

Read more at wonkette.com

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Kragar  May 29, 2017 • 12:40:58am

re: #76 Anymouse

Wow. Your daughter is hardcore.

The other day, she and I were at the mall.

“You want to get some McDonalds?”
“Hell no. McDonalds is for Trumpers and White People.”
“… You realize we’re white, right?”
“I’m only half white, but I’m willing to cut you some slack.”

I have no idea where she gets it from.

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Anymouse  May 29, 2017 • 12:44:08am

re: #79 Kragar

The other day, she and I were at the mall.

“You want to get some McDonalds?”
“Hell no. McDonalds is for Trumpers and White People.”
“… You realize we’re white, right?”
“I’m only half white, but I’m willing to cut you some slack.”

I have no idea where she gets it from.

Maybe she’d like to live here. We have a lot of white people, but no McDonalds or any other fast food restaurant.

Here you have to get your food the old fashioned way: Cut down deer in the field with a sickle before they escape.

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Anymouse  May 29, 2017 • 12:48:05am

From the science satire site Science Post:

Outbreak of Dunning-Kruger Disease Spreads to All Fifty States

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freetoken  May 29, 2017 • 12:50:42am

Interviewing Jackson in that broadcast is Studs Terkel, well known radio-man.

Late in life, Terkels wrote this editorial about increased surveillance post 9/11:

The Wiretap This Time

To which some self-proclaimed Maoists apparently too exception:

Real Marxists look out for the interests of the proletariat. If there is no proletariat to rally, we do not lie to ourselves or keep watering down our stance in order to appease a majority. We can accept being in a minority and work with the cards History has dealt us.

Lots of stuff online about Terkel… but I think the most important are the interviews he left as a legacy, such as that Jackson recording.

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Kragar  May 29, 2017 • 12:57:39am
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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  May 29, 2017 • 12:58:21am

re: #75 teleskiguy

his Political Theorist Predicted the Rise of Trumpism. His Name Was Hunter S. Thompson.

Trump figured out that these people vote, and do so in regions where their votes are weighted disproportionately. He appealed to them while letting the liberal enclaves either stay home or vote in counter-protest.

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Targetpractice  May 29, 2017 • 1:10:31am

re: #83 Kragar

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Wikileaks may once have been created with that goal in mind, but it’s now simply another mouthpiece for Putin’s regime. No telling what Julian’s 30 pieces of silver were, or if Vlad had to actually pay that much to make Assange his bitch.

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  May 29, 2017 • 1:21:36am

re: #86 Targetpractice

Wikileaks may once have been created with that goal in mind, but it’s now simply another mouthpiece for Putin’s regime. No telling what Julian’s 30 pieces of silver were, or if Vlad had to actually pay that much to make Assange his bitch.

The sign of a successful autocrat is his ability to cynically exploit other people’s idealism by appealing to their vanity and sense of self-importance.

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Anymouse  May 29, 2017 • 1:46:38am

re: #85 Kragar

Conservative preachers like Daubenmire have been preaching violence all my life. The problem is they now have leaders in government who agree with them. They’re also the first people who would say that every Muslim on the planet is responsible for the actions of a criminal in their midst, but no number of Christian criminals committing similar acts will ever be called out.

Daubenmire is the sort of preacher who would likely think it’s an act of war for a Muslim to kill a Christian, but an act of grace if it’s the other way round. The sort of person who complains about the treatment of women in Saudi Arabia whilst giving zero shits about women here.

I’m guessing that a Christian like President Carter or President Obama would be way down on Daubenmire’s list of what a good Christian leader should look like.

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  May 29, 2017 • 1:50:24am

re: #88 Anymouse

Conservative preachers like Daubenmire have been preaching violence all my life. The problem is they now have leaders in government who agree with them.

They are a major reason that our Founding Fathers had the Divine foresight to separate church and state. And we see that the more we erode that separation, the less safe and stable our government and society become.

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wheat-dogg  May 29, 2017 • 2:06:51am

Who’s the loquat grower here? I just got some today from a local grower.

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Dave In Austin  May 29, 2017 • 2:09:04am

re: #90 wheat-dogg

Who’s the loquat grower here? I just got some today from a local grower.

I have a tree in the yard that produces.

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wheat-dogg  May 29, 2017 • 2:12:13am

re: #91 Dave In Austin

I have a tree in the yard that produces.

Nice. They just came in season here.

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Anymouse  May 29, 2017 • 2:37:40am

Holy crap, I’m reading through the article’s comments on “Dunning-Kruger Disease” expanding to all fifty states in that science satire Website. They got a real live one there in the comments, possibly worse than I’ve ever seen in the trolls at Wonkette or The Hill.

thesciencepost.com

If you have time, you ought to go through it to see what a fine example of “crank magnetism” looks like.

The usual derp about “vaccines and autism” mixed with a healthy dose of libertarianism, “Big Pharma.” outright lying about events that happened in the past (the 2004 worldwide recall of flu vaccines, the Holocaust, &c), claiming credentials (physician, chiropractor) the person was exposed not to have, claims that smallpox is on the rise (it was long ago wiped out), and more, all from the same commentator.

I have never seen so much derp concentrated in one person’s comments. Some of the other commentators called out the person as a Poe, but if they’re a Poe they’re a damn good one, because they can’t shake him.

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  May 29, 2017 • 2:42:27am

re: #95 Anymouse

The usual derp about “vaccines and autism” mixed with a healthy dose of libertarianism, “Big Pharma.”

This is what happens when anti-big pharma, anti-western medicine moonbats find common cause with anti-science, anti-big government wingnuts.

A lethal concentration of stoopid.

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451_Montag  May 29, 2017 • 2:42:44am

Has anyone tried to decide the flashing red light yet? Could it be the White House gaining sentience and using Morse code?

“Forget me, save yourselves, save America”

Bit like the signal in Alien.

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teleskiguy  May 29, 2017 • 2:43:34am

re: #97 451_Montag

Bit like the signal in Alien.

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wheat-dogg  May 29, 2017 • 2:46:03am

re: #97 451_Montag

Has anyone tried to decide the flashing red light yet? Could it be the White House gaining sentience and using Morse code?

“Forget me, save yourselves, save America”

Bit like the signal in Alien.

It’s the White House HAL 9000.

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  May 29, 2017 • 2:48:44am

re: #99 wheat-dogg

It’s the White House HAL 9000.

It was installed by Obama as the HALal 9000

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Anymouse  May 29, 2017 • 2:50:19am

re: #96 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))

This is what happens when anti-big pharma, anti-western medicine moonbats find common cause with anti-science, anti-big government wingnuts.

A lethal concentration of stoopid.

And when Andrew Wakefield was struck off the UK’s medical register and accused of fraud (for setting up the whole thing with a law firm to sue pharmaceutical companies over MMR vaccines), he high-tailed it to Texas, where he practices today.

Texas, being the anti-regulation paradise it is, was just the place for Wakefield.

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wheat-dogg  May 29, 2017 • 2:52:11am

re: #100 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))

It was installed by Obama as the HALal 9000

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  May 29, 2017 • 3:02:58am

re: #101 Anymouse

And when Andrew Wakefield was struck off the UK’s medical register and accused of fraud (for setting up the whole thing with a law firm to sue pharmaceutical companies over MMR vaccines), he high-tailed it to Texas, where he practices today.

Texas, being the anti-regulation paradise it is, was just the place for Wakefield.

in only partially related news, my girlfriend’s cousin, a pain management doctor in Texas, just bought himself a cozy new 16,000- sq.ft. home.

This is why we cannot have the government meddling with health care in this country! As soon as AHCA passes, he can move out of that overcrowded hovel into something more fitting to his stature in the medical community with 20K or more…

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Anymouse  May 29, 2017 • 3:06:02am

Anti-vaxxers really get my goat: They are why I came down with a second case of the mumps in 2012 (I had mumps when I was a child, and mumps as an adult is much more dangerous - turns out mumps is one of those diseases that in a certain number of people the disease or vaccine does not confer lifelong immunity - dipshit parents almost killed me with their kid Christmas carolling at my house.)

Anti-vaccine dipshittery didn’t start with Wakefield though. There is a political cartoon:

victoriancontexts.pbworks.com

that speaks of the anti-vaccine movement against smallpox vaccines after they were out for one hundred years, and under government regulation for fifty. The cartoon alludes to the correlation is not causation fallacy, by arguing it was a child’s baptism that caused a child to die, not a vaccine.

Another appeared in the USA in 1940 decrying smallpox vaccines:

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Another shows Edward Jenner administering cowpox vaccine and cows sprouting from various places in frightened women:

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In the Virginia Gazette, September 8, 1768 edition, the newspaper speaks of a riot in Norfolk over inoculating against smallpox (at that time the vaccine was not yet available), speaking of a sinister doctor setting up house in Norfolk to carry on secret inoculations that endangered the city and province. The article (an interesting read) acknowledges the dangers of smallpox but paints inoculations as far worse. (To be clear, inoculation is more dangerous than vaccination, but inoculation is also a successful method, albeit with a chance of actually sparking the disease).

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Dave In Austin  May 29, 2017 • 3:07:25am
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Anymouse  May 29, 2017 • 3:10:47am

Today’s guinea pig in remembrance of Curious Lurker:

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Colère Tueur de Lapin  May 29, 2017 • 3:26:28am

re: #5 Kragar

Somehow, teenage girls decided I was the go to source for fashion advice.

Look at your awesome Warhammer 40k figure paintings. I’d go to you for fashion advice, too. If I were a girl. Planning my next campaign. Against orcs.

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freetoken  May 29, 2017 • 4:01:15am

re: #107 Colère Tueur de Lapin

They might end up looking like this?

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freetoken  May 29, 2017 • 4:02:12am

Nothing quite like fleur de lis pasties.

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ozharas  May 29, 2017 • 4:14:33am

John McCain is currently in Australia, and gave an interview to our ABC - Putin a bigger threat than ISIS, re Kushner - “This is becoming more and more bizarre, in fact you can’t make it up”, etc, etc.

abc.net.au

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  May 29, 2017 • 4:23:06am

re: #110 ozharas

John McCain is currently in Australia, and gave an interview to our ABC - Putin a bigger threat than ISIS, re Kushner - “This is becoming more and more bizarre, in fact you can’t make it up”, etc, etc.

abc.net.au

I somehow expect he is biding his time, waiting for for his chance to get payback against that pompous draft-dodger who impugned his service record (the only thing about McCain I still admire).

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Colère Tueur de Lapin  May 29, 2017 • 4:24:51am

re: #34 Shiplord Kirel

Sheesh! Weird lights? White House techno-spies? Wingnuttia is in full meltdown.

First thing that popped into my mind was someone had to open the AED case ‘cause 45*’s heart finally hit the wall. Opening the AED case sets off an alarm; well, in most places it does.

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Joe Bacon  May 29, 2017 • 4:49:15am

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Somebody remind that asshole that we’ve had enough of those violent KKKristians!

F Violent KKKristians!
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freetoken  May 29, 2017 • 4:52:20am

The new Star Trek series will have plenty of women characters… but they will not be in soft focus:

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Joe Bacon  May 29, 2017 • 4:59:07am

Somebody let Baby Tweetler out of his playpen!

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Joe Bacon  May 29, 2017 • 5:02:09am

Asshole Larry KKKlayman loses another anti-Clinton lawsuit.

“The Court finds that Secretary Clinton was acting in the scope of her employment when she transmitted the emails that are alleged to give rise to her liability,” Jackson wrote in her 29-page opinion. “The untimely death of plaintiffs’ sons is tragic, and the Court does not mean to minimize the unspeakable loss that plaintiffs have suffered in any way. But when one applies the appropriate legal standards, it is clear that plaintiffs have not alleged sufficient facts to rebut the presumption that Secretary Clinton was acting in her official capacity when she used her private email server.”

politico.com

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steve_davis  May 29, 2017 • 5:04:50am

re: #11 wheat-dogg

Ten-year-old Pennsylvania girl runs her own news outlet, and apparently has more journalistic drive than 90% of the adults working in the business. Plus, she writes children’s books.

blog.malala.org

I wonder how she’d interview Trump.

hey, i almost had dinner in selinsgrove once. we were heading up to the lime hill enclave and stopped at some dutch-oven eatery. my parents took one look at the menu prices and we were out of there!

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Pawn of the Oppressor  May 29, 2017 • 5:10:17am

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Reflex response to this guy: Go fuck yourself, you psychopath.

“Whos ass would Jesus kick?” I don’t know, Imam Dave Jackbooty, but I’m sure you’re about to tell us…

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lawhawk  May 29, 2017 • 5:18:19am

Greets and saluts from the Resistance in the soggy and damp NYC metro area.

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It’s an interesting take, and assumes that Trump lies as strategy. I would suggest that Trump lies because he’s pathological. He simply does it because he can, and no one has ever told him otherwise. He lies and his base has completely bought into his baffling bullshit.

It’s why Trump supporters think that his massive tax cut plan for the rich will somehow confer health insurance (hint: it does the opposite, by de-funding health coverage for 23 million people to pay for those tax cuts). The CBO/JCT state as much, and Trump calls it a lie. Objective facts and analysis don’t matter to Trump, nor does heroism and sacrifices made in furtherance of the American ideal.

Today marks Memorial Day, when we honor all those who have made the supreme sacrifice. Trump will lay a wreath at Arlington, where he’ll make a combination of words that will make absolutely no sense to him since he doesn’t understand the first thing about duty, honor, obligation, sacrifice, and word as bond.

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  May 29, 2017 • 5:21:01am

re: #119 lawhawk

It’s an interesting take, and assumes that Trump lies as strategy. I would suggest that Trump lies because he’s pathological. He simply does it because he can, and no one has ever told him otherwise. He lies and his base has completely bought into his baffling bullshit.

He is also amazingly immune to the consequences of his lying, and that magic media pixie dust is rubbing off on the rest of the GOP, which means they will not move to oust him unless he does something really damaging.

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steve_davis  May 29, 2017 • 5:25:52am

re: #97 451_Montag

Has anyone tried to decide the flashing red light yet? Could it be the White House gaining sentience and using Morse code?

“Forget me, save yourselves, save America”

Bit like the signal in Alien.

routine fire or security drill, I’d venture.

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lawhawk  May 29, 2017 • 5:26:05am

re: #120 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))

Indeed. He’s admitted to being a sex predator, and his addled supporters think that this is grand. It lets them relive the bad old days when angry whites could get away with murder (literally) when the right sort were being killed. White power/privilege intersecting with grievance politics that whites are no longer treated as superior to other groups in the country.

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lawhawk  May 29, 2017 • 5:27:01am

The WH red flashing light?

That’s Trump’s career dissipation light. It’s gone into overdrive.

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  May 29, 2017 • 5:31:02am

re: #122 lawhawk

Indeed. He’s admitted to being a sex predator, and his addled supporters think that this is grand. It lets them relive the bad old days when angry whites could get away with murder (literally) when the right sort were being killed. White power/privilege intersecting with grievance politics that whites are no longer treated as superior to other groups in the country.

And he appeals to those who want a strong figure who will come in, kick ass and create jobs.

By closing our borders and taxing imports.

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lawhawk  May 29, 2017 • 5:33:57am

re: #124 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))

Oh, and you can’t forget chasing foreign auto companies out of the country, because Germany or something.

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  May 29, 2017 • 5:39:35am

One of the traditional jobs of a politician was to guarantee well-paid jobs with benefits for people with minimal education and training.

That is what mining and manufacturing were all about.

People are still gullible and conditioned enough to think that those kinds of jobs can still be brought back.

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jeffreyw  May 29, 2017 • 5:42:49am

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Good morning!

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wheat-dogg  May 29, 2017 • 7:05:18am

From my cuz

Instagram

Haha. h/t: @tracyk527

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PhillyPretzel  May 29, 2017 • 7:07:16am

re: #128 wheat-dogg

Pope Francis is number one in my book for what he did to the uncouth one.

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A hollow voice says, Covfefe.  May 29, 2017 • 7:12:39am

re: #127 jeffreyw

Kittens: the aftermath?

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darthstar  May 29, 2017 • 7:18:24am
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Aucun pays pour les vieux ennemis  May 29, 2017 • 7:20:34am

re: #131 darthstar

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  May 29, 2017 • 7:28:01am

re: #131 darthstar

I suggest that we add more dollars to Healthcare and make it the best anywhere. ObamaCare is dead - the Republicans will do much better!

“Add more dollars to health care”?

What does this mean? Especially coming from a man whose idea of “value” and “class” is based entirely on how much you have to pay for it…

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jeffreyw  May 29, 2017 • 7:39:58am

re: #130 Puss Power

Kittens: the aftermath?

Kitteh belly tacos. Yum!

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Amory Blaine  May 29, 2017 • 7:40:52am

Add more dollars is GOP speak for cutting more taxes for the rich and taking more health dollars in the form of copays and other fees.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  May 29, 2017 • 7:45:11am
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Amory Blaine  May 29, 2017 • 7:46:02am

Is VB here? I wonder how she’s doing with the roof problem.

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Big Beautiful Door  May 29, 2017 • 7:47:48am

re: #131 darthstar

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Trump tweeting from an alternative universe.

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The Vicious Babushka  May 29, 2017 • 7:51:10am

re: #137 Amory Blaine

Is VB here? I wonder how she’s doing with the roof problem.

Yeah I’m here.

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darthstar  May 29, 2017 • 7:51:56am

re: #133 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))

“Add more dollars to health care”?

What does this mean? Especially coming from a man whose idea of “value” and “class” is based entirely on how much you have to pay for it…

It means he doesn’t know what he’s fucking talking about. He likes to say Obamacare is dead and then claims to support most of what it does…usually in the same breath. I don’t believe he’s even laid eyes on the budget. Just the top number, if anything. (Big…huge.) and I don’t believe he has any interest in knowing the details.

So when he tweets that he wants to put more dollars into health care, it means nothing. The GOP won’t support it. It’s a throw away tweet.

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  May 29, 2017 • 7:53:13am

re: #140 darthstar

So when he tweets that he wants to put more dollars into health care, it means nothing. The GOP won’t support it. It’s a throw away tweet.

All his Tweets are throwaways - or subject to revision as soon as the next Tweet comes out…

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Backwoods_Sleuth  May 29, 2017 • 7:54:59am
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stpaulbear  May 29, 2017 • 7:55:01am

re: #136 Backwoods_Sleuth

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Ummm, he doesn’t bother to mention just what they are serving. He doesn’t say ‘their country’. He wants to think they serve him.

Also: F’ing autoplay Arby’s ad is dragging me back up to the top every 30 seconds.

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Dr Lizardo  May 29, 2017 • 7:56:10am

re: #126 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))

One of the traditional jobs of a politician was to guarantee well-paid jobs with benefits for people with minimal education and training.

That is what mining and manufacturing were all about.

People are still gullible and conditioned enough to think that those kinds of jobs can still be brought back.

Combine that with the fact that a lot of pols quite bluntly lack the courage to say those jobs are gone and they’re never coming back.

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I cannot.  May 29, 2017 • 7:56:39am
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Amory Blaine  May 29, 2017 • 7:57:08am

re: #139 The Vicious Babushka

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Barefoot Grin  May 29, 2017 • 7:57:26am

re: #140 darthstar

It means he doesn’t know what he’s fucking talking about. He likes to say Obamacare is dead and then claims to support most of what it does…usually in the same breath. I don’t believe he’s even laid eyes on the budget. Just the top number, if anything. (Big…huge.) and I don’t believe he has any interest in knowing the details.

So when he tweets that he wants to put more dollars into health care, it means nothing. The GOP won’t support it. It’s a throw away tweet.

Soon he’s going to roll out the “Glitz” health policy and the “Flash” policy, which is just below Glitz.

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FormerDirtDart  May 29, 2017 • 7:57:41am
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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  May 29, 2017 • 7:59:56am

re: #144 Dr Lizardo

Combine that with the fact that a lot of pols quite bluntly lack the courage to say those jobs are gone and they’re never coming back.

Hillary did and look what happened to her in the blue-collar regions.

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Stanley Sea  May 29, 2017 • 8:00:59am

From Ms. Antoinette:

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Good morning!

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Dr Lizardo  May 29, 2017 • 8:02:39am

re: #149 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))

Hillary did and look what happened to her in the blue-collar regions.

Yep. The sad truth is going out there and saying, straight-up, no chaser, “Hey folks; those jobs are gone and they’re gone forever and if you want a good-paying job, you’re going to need to go back to school and get a sheepskin” is essentially political suicide.

A whole lotta voters out there simply don’t want to hear it.

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jaunte  May 29, 2017 • 8:02:49am

re: #148 FormerDirtDart

Now the Russian-backed parts of the command structure need to be cleared out.

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Lupin  May 29, 2017 • 8:04:48am

This is very important:

Wapo

Back from G7, Angela Merkel says that, thanks to Trump, Europe can no longer rely on the US.

Merkel never ever makes rash public statements; she’s uber-cautious. For her to say this, one wonders what Trump did or said last week.

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PhillyPretzel  May 29, 2017 • 8:05:36am

re: #128 wheat-dogg

Just looked that video up on snopes. It is false. :(

snopes.com

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wheat-dogg  May 29, 2017 • 8:06:23am

re: #154 PhillyPretzel

Just looked that video up on snopes. It is false. :(

snopes.com

Of course. I never said it was real.

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  May 29, 2017 • 8:07:01am

re: #151 Dr Lizardo

Yep. The sad truth is going out there and saying, straight-up, no chaser, “Hey folks; those jobs are gone and they’re gone forever and if you want a good-paying job, you’re going to need to go back to school and get a sheepskin” is essentially political suicide.

A whole lotta voters out there simply don’t want to hear it.

I used to be proud of our capitalistic system because it allowed unhealthy, uncompetitive companies to go under and be replaced by ones that were more efficient.

Then they made a hero out of Lee Iacocca for bailing out Chrysler motors with government loan guarantees.

Would’ve been cheaper to use that government money to retrain all those workers, but there was no political will on either side of the aisle to do so.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  May 29, 2017 • 8:08:41am

M 6.6 earthquake - 26km NW of Kasiguncu, Indonesia

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caseyjr  May 29, 2017 • 8:09:34am

re: #156 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))

I used to be proud of our capitalistic system because it allowed unhealthy, uncompetitive companies to go under and be replaced by ones that were more efficient.

Then they made a hero out of Lee Iacocca for bailing out Chrysler motors with government loan guarantees.

Would’ve been cheaper to use that government money to retrain all those workers, but there was no political will on either side of the aisle to do so.

But then we wouldn’t have Dodge Ram pickups with Cummins powerplants for “rolling coal” would we?

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Quoth the raven, Covfefe.  May 29, 2017 • 8:09:49am

Morning Lizardim.

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Dr Lizardo  May 29, 2017 • 8:11:40am

re: #153 Lupin

This is very important:

Wapo

Back from G7, Angela Merkel says that, thanks to Trump, Europe can no longer rely on the US.

Merkel never ever makes rash public statements; she’s uber-cautious. For her to say this, one wonders what Trump did or said last week.

Yeah, I was reading similar observations elsewhere on the web, mostly from Germans who said the same thing. They were wondering what must’ve gone down for Merkel to speak so bluntly (well, bluntly for her).

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darthstar  May 29, 2017 • 8:12:01am

re: #142 Backwoods_Sleuth

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Timothy Watson  May 29, 2017 • 8:14:09am

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Aucun pays pour les vieux ennemis  May 29, 2017 • 8:14:25am

Other than a couple of complete idiots, even the Farkers have figured out that Trump is full of shit.
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Dr Lizardo  May 29, 2017 • 8:15:30am

re: #162 Backwoods_Sleuth

Better late than never, but he should’ve done it sooner. 10 to 1 Ivanka or Priebus got on his ass about it.

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darthstar  May 29, 2017 • 8:15:33am
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Unshaken Defiance  May 29, 2017 • 8:15:44am

re: #160 Dr Lizardo

Yeah, I was reading similar observations elsewhere on the web, mostly from Germans who said the same thing. They were wondering what must’ve gone down for Merkel to speak so bluntly (well, bluntly for her).

I don’t think it was about the summit per se. Enough time has passed for intel/personality/political professional assessments about Trump to get to world leaders. The summit was the obvious place to let this understanding into public light.

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Stanley Sea  May 29, 2017 • 8:16:17am

re: #160 Dr Lizardo

Yeah, I was reading similar observations elsewhere on the web, mostly from Germans who said the same thing. They were wondering what must’ve gone down for Merkel to speak so bluntly (well, bluntly for her).

Something did

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Quoth the raven, Covfefe.  May 29, 2017 • 8:16:20am

re: #166 darthstar

What is this, the world turn’d upside down?

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jaunte  May 29, 2017 • 8:16:58am

re: #166 darthstar

Corporate chiefs don’t like Trump’s chaos.

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HappyWarrior  May 29, 2017 • 8:17:33am

re: #168 Stanley Sea

Something did

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Dr Lizardo  May 29, 2017 • 8:17:50am

re: #164 Aucun pays pour les vieux ennemis

Other than a couple of complete idiots, even the Farkers have figured out that Trump is full of shit.
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This one made me LOL.

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Jay C  May 29, 2017 • 8:19:28am

re: #156 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))

I used to be proud of our capitalistic system because it allowed unhealthy, uncompetitive companies to go under and be replaced by ones that were more efficient.

Then they made a hero out of Lee Iacocca for bailing out Chrysler motors with government loan guarantees.

Would’ve been cheaper to use that government money to retrain all those workers, but there was no political will on either side of the aisle to do so.

Chrysler has been a problem company both before and after Lee Iacocca’s days: it’s the American industrial equivalent of the old Ottoman Empire: a disparate collection of entities roughly held together by a semi-functional central management: and kept from disintegration only by the competing interests of its rivals: the fact that its disappearance is perceived as marginally worse than its continuance.
(Oh, and Chrysler has been dependent on defense spending since forever: another reason for the government to keep it in business).

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darthstar  May 29, 2017 • 8:20:35am

re: #169 thedopefishlives

What is this, the world turn’d upside down?

Great…you just planted another Hamilton ear-worm in my head.

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Unshaken Defiance  May 29, 2017 • 8:21:32am

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Interesting Times  May 29, 2017 • 8:21:35am

re: #172 Dr Lizardo

This one made me LOL.

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jaunte  May 29, 2017 • 8:23:51am

At the Texas Capitol:

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Dr Lizardo  May 29, 2017 • 8:25:23am

re: #167 Unshaken Defiance

re: #168 Stanley Sea

That’s bad. This morning, I stopped by a cafe here in Ostrava between classes….beautiful weather today so I sat outside. I overheard the businessmen at the table next to me talking about Trump and what Merkel said as well. Let’s just say it was nothing good - the jist of it was that the US, at least under Trump, is no longer a reliable ally; they agreed with Chancellor Merkel’s assessment that it’s time for Europe to take its destiny into its own hands and that means deeper EU integration. That turned their conversation to how to sell that position to the generally Euroskeptic Czech populous, but then I had to skedaddle.

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Dr Lizardo  May 29, 2017 • 8:25:56am

re: #176 Interesting Times

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Stanley Sea  May 29, 2017 • 8:29:17am

caveat - I don’t know anything about this guy - Merkel’s opponent.

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Timothy Watson  May 29, 2017 • 8:30:30am

re: #179 Dr Lizardo

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It’s from “Scandinavia and the World”, a webcomic that loves making fun of Americans. Here’s a recent one mocking American mass incarceration (and Trump):
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Unshaken Defiance  May 29, 2017 • 8:31:41am

DAPL has been out of the news since the rather humiliating loss by protesters and indigenous people. But ran across this report that was a reminder of how serious it is to protest. All that military com intercept technology, high res cameras, face recognition used by FBI and Homeland as they see fit.

Most of this happened under Obama. I shudder to think how the agencies are reacting to those who are making a prominent stand against Trump. Paged this morning.

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Lupin  May 29, 2017 • 8:31:46am

re: #167 Unshaken Defiance

I don’t think it was about the summit per se. Enough time has passed for intel/personality/political professional assessments about Trump to get to world leaders. The summit was the obvious place to let this understanding into public light.

I don’t think the two are mutually exclusive. Reading a report or watching the news is one thing, meeting Caligula in the flesh is another. Merkel had met him before, but not Macron & others. And there was the golf cart incident.

No, I believe the NATO + G7 summits were instrumental in crossing a Rubicon of some kind among EU leaders.

Trump has destroyed an edifice carefully built over 60 years. The world will likely never be the same.

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Dr Lizardo  May 29, 2017 • 8:32:17am

re: #181 Timothy Watson

It’s from “Scandinavia and the World”, a webcomic that loves making fun of Americans. Here’s a recent one mocking American mass incarceration (and Trump):
satwcomic.com

LOLOL

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Unshaken Defiance  May 29, 2017 • 8:32:27am

re: #183 Lupin

Well said.

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Amory Blaine  May 29, 2017 • 8:33:25am

Melania Trump Shows Star Power

TAORMINA, Sicily — It’s hard to imagine President Trump ever introducing himself to a roomful of reporters as “the man who accompanied Melania Trump to Rome.”

But Mr. Trump could have borrowed John F. Kennedy’s memorable line after he and the first lady visited the Vatican last week. Kennedy said it during a trip to Paris in June 1961 when his wife, Jacqueline Kennedy, so dazzled the French that the president suggested, half in jest, that he was little more than a plus-one. “And I have enjoyed it,” he added.

Mr. Trump is not one for false modesty — nor, on his just-completed, nine-day foreign trip, was he one for news conferences. But like Kennedy in Paris, he did seem thoroughly upstaged when he introduced his wife to Pope Francis after an audience in the Apostolic Palace. The pope looked dour and pinched standing next to the president. Yet when Mrs. Trump shook his hand, a black mantilla draped over her hair, his face crinkled into a smile.

Fawning normalization and parallels to Kennedy. I thoroughly regret the hard copy subscription I bought my wife last year. Never again, the paper is garbage. I like Krugman but that’s about it and he could write for just about anybody.

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Dr Lizardo  May 29, 2017 • 8:35:18am

re: #180 Stanley Sea

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WOW! That’s stunning……for Schulz to say that, and with genuine anger over the way Chancellor Merkel (and by extension, as he said, the German nation) was treated by Trump is astounding to hear. Yeesh……..Trump must’ve fucked up bigly.

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Interesting Times  May 29, 2017 • 8:35:39am

re: #186 Amory Blaine

Melania Trump Shows Star Power

Fawning normalization and parallels to Kennedy. I thoroughly regret the hard copy subscription I bought my wife last year. Never again, the paper is garbage. I like Krugman but that’s about it and he could write for just about anybody.

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Stanley Sea  May 29, 2017 • 8:35:47am

He has no idea this is a solemn time.

gag

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FormerDirtDart  May 29, 2017 • 8:38:52am

re: #177 jaunte

Somewhat related:
Context - Lt Gov. Dan Patrick has been threatening to call a special session, which he doesn’t appear to have legal authority to do, because the Texas “Bathroom Bill” recently passed by the legislature isn’t vile enough for his liking.

Of course, this statement could be related to something completely different, since the Texas government is is a complete and utter fiasco..

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Aucun pays pour les vieux ennemis  May 29, 2017 • 8:39:08am

re: #189 Stanley Sea

He has no idea this is a solemn time.

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  May 29, 2017 • 8:39:56am

re: #160 Dr Lizardo

Yeah, I was reading similar observations elsewhere on the web, mostly from Germans who said the same thing. They were wondering what must’ve gone down for Merkel to speak so bluntly (well, bluntly for her).

Europeans can afford to speak directly, they do not have a fawning press or a an entire faction of people ready to rationalize and relativize anything Trump says or does

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darthstar  May 29, 2017 • 8:40:17am

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Lupin  May 29, 2017 • 8:40:20am

re: #186 Amory Blaine

Melania Trump Shows Star Power

Fawning normalization and parallels to Kennedy. I thoroughly regret the hard copy subscription I bought my wife last year. Never again, the paper is garbage. I like Krugman but that’s about it and he could write for just about anybody.

Who doesn’t love a Croatian hostage? :-)

My take on the Melania media coverage here (in France) is, they’re actually making fun of the fat doofus.

In the Vatican photos she looks like a character from A FISTFUL OF DOLLARS. IMHO.

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covfefe  May 29, 2017 • 8:40:33am

re: #189 Stanley Sea

What a fucking dick.

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gocart mozart  May 29, 2017 • 8:40:44am
“Tin Foil Hat”
(feat. Donald Fagen)

He’s coming down the escalator
With a girl from east of here
He wants to make the country greater
We’ve got nothing left to fear

Because the man in the tin foil hat
Is sitting on the throne tonight
It kinda feels like coup de tat
But it’s gonna be great, tremendous, amazing and all that

‘Cause the man in the tin foil hat
Is tweeting like a teenage girl
He puts the Pluto in plutocrat
It’s gonna be a yuge yuge yuge new world

He hasn’t got the time for losers
Unless they do as he commands
He’s writing checks to his accusers
With those tiny little hands

Because the man in the tin foil hat
Is sitting on the throne tonight
It kinda feels like coup de tat
But it’s gonna be a yuge yuge yuge new world

‘Cause the man in the tin foil hat
Is gonna drain the swamp tonight
And fill it with up with alternative facts
It’s gonna be great, tremendous, amazing and all that

‘Cause the man in the tin foil hat
Is tweeting like a teenage girl
He puts the Pluto in plutocrat
It’s gonna be a yuge yuge yuge new world

Because the man in the tin foil hat
Is sitting on the throne tonight
It kinda feels like coup de tat
It’s gonna be great, tremendous, amazing and all that

Todd Rundgren/Donald Fagen: Tin Foil Hat

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darthstar  May 29, 2017 • 8:42:20am

re: #189 Stanley Sea

He has no idea this is a solemn time.

gag

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Lupin  May 29, 2017 • 8:44:08am

re: #187 Dr Lizardo

WOW! That’s stunning……for Schulz to say that, and with genuine anger over the way Chancellor Merkel (and by extension, as he said, the German nation) was treated by Trump is astounding to hear. Yeesh……..Trump must’ve fucked up bigly.

Calling Germany “evil” didn’t help.

Then the moron blamed the translators. “Yes in American English, ‘evil’ is a cream-filled delicatessen, yah, that’s the ticket.”

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wheat-dogg  May 29, 2017 • 8:47:05am

re: #184 Dr Lizardo

LOLOL

From the same webcomic, an entry in the continuing pineapple pizza debate.

satwcomic.com

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Birth Control Works  May 29, 2017 • 8:48:07am

This makes me sick in the stomach:
DHS Public Database Includes Personal Information of Abuse Victims

Shameless Pages Post

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darthstar  May 29, 2017 • 8:49:45am
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darthstar  May 29, 2017 • 8:50:45am

I’m not always that magnanimous, so I do hope Jake appreciates it.

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Teukka  May 29, 2017 • 8:51:42am

re: #200 wheat-dogg

From the same webcomic, an entry in the continuing pineapple pizza debate.

satwcomic.com

And on the local delicacies (open in new window or tab, becaue it’s big): Image: nordics_like_fish_by_humon.jpg

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Birth Control Works  May 29, 2017 • 8:56:35am

20% off site-wide at Redbubble today

You came, you saw, you get 20% off. Use HERES20

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Birth Control Works  May 29, 2017 • 8:57:18am

re: #205 darthstar

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pas de chat!

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Skip Intro  May 29, 2017 • 8:59:02am

re: #165 Dr Lizardo

Better late than never, but he should’ve done it sooner. 10 to 1 Ivanka or Priebus got on his ass about it.

Priebus, maybe. Ivanka couldn’t care less.

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darthstar  May 29, 2017 • 9:01:02am

So that golf cart incident at the G7 wasn’t like some Bataan death march - it was 700 yards they walked. 700 yards.

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darthstar  May 29, 2017 • 9:02:07am

Okay…beach time for Banjo….then off to the city to have lunch with friends. Enjoy your day, everyone.

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(Bert the Turtle)  May 29, 2017 • 9:02:53am

re: #208 Skip Intro

That had to be staff. There wasn’t enough ‘me’ in that tweet to be Two Scoops himself.

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Jay C  May 29, 2017 • 9:03:11am

re: #199 Lupin

Calling Germany “evil” didn’t help.

Then the moron blamed the translators. “Yes in American English, ‘evil’ is a cream-filled delicatessen, yah, that’s the ticket.”

The German word I saw used in some German-media reports about Trump’s remarks was “böse”: a word which, as Google Translate points out, can be used for a remarkable number of English terms: every one of them negative.
No, I don’t think this is a problem in translation….

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caseyjr  May 29, 2017 • 9:03:34am

re: #209 darthstar

So that golf cart incident at the G7 wasn’t like some Bataan death march - it was 700 yards they walked. 700 yards.

He’s carrying between 75 and 100 lbs of excess stamina.

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Dr Lizardo  May 29, 2017 • 9:03:45am

This is a photo of Chancellor Merkel’s office. Nice. Very uncluttered…….I like that.

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Amory Blaine  May 29, 2017 • 9:04:10am

Tiger Woods Arrested For DUI

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Stanley Sea  May 29, 2017 • 9:04:22am

re: #214 Dr Lizardo

This is a photo of Chancellor Merkel’s office. Nice. Very uncluttered…….I like that.

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Birth Control Works  May 29, 2017 • 9:04:49am
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jaunte  May 29, 2017 • 9:05:40am
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FormerDirtDart  May 29, 2017 • 9:05:50am

re: #189 Stanley Sea

He has no idea this is a solemn time.

gag

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You know, I was all ready to comment how I didn’t see anything really wrong with the President singing along with the SSB….

Then I watched the clip…
WTF?

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Frenchy  May 29, 2017 • 9:07:32am

re: #180 Stanley Sea

Sadly I cannot imagine an American politician forcefully coming to the defense of a political rival like that, in any circumstance. I’m just recalling how the R’s cackled with glee at every perceived slight to Obama abroad over his 8 years.

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Dr Lizardo  May 29, 2017 • 9:07:56am

re: #216 Stanley Sea

Who is the painting of?

I don’t know, TBH.

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danarchy  May 29, 2017 • 9:08:17am

re: #214 Dr Lizardo

This is a photo of Chancellor Merkel’s office. Nice. Very uncluttered…….I like that.

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She having dance parties in the other half of that office or something?

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jaunte  May 29, 2017 • 9:09:04am

re: #216 Stanley Sea

Who is the painting of?

Konrad Adenauer:
web.grinnell.edu

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A hollow voice says, Covfefe.  May 29, 2017 • 9:09:34am

re: #196 gocart mozart

“coup d’état”

/pedant

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Dr Lizardo  May 29, 2017 • 9:09:48am

re: #220 Frenchy

Sadly I cannot imagine an American politician forcefully coming to the defense of a political rival like that, in any circumstance. I’m just recalling how the R’s cackled with glee at every perceived slight to Obama abroad over his 8 years.

That’s what I found so stunning about it. It was a forceful defense of a political rival, indeed, someone he’s actively campaigning to replace.

That’s what I expect from a candidate for high office. Country before party or ideology.

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Stanley Sea  May 29, 2017 • 9:09:58am

re: #221 Dr Lizardo

I don’t know, TBH.

I just googled:

It’s a portrait of Konrad Adenauer, the first postwar Chancellor of Germany, painted by Oskar Kokoschka. The painting appears on this page about The Impact of the Cold War on German Politics.

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Dr Lizardo  May 29, 2017 • 9:10:01am

re: #223 jaunte

Konrad Adenauer:
web.grinnell.edu

Thanks.

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  May 29, 2017 • 9:10:08am

re: #220 Frenchy

Sadly I cannot imagine an American politician forcefully coming to the defense of a political rival like that, in any circumstance. I’m just recalling how the R’s cackled with glee at every perceived slight to Obama abroad over his 8 years.

I also think it was his way of saying that he would be even tougher than Angela in a similar situation.

He is a well-liked guy but not likely to beat Angela as his Socialist party has been on the wane for some years now.

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HappyWarrior  May 29, 2017 • 9:10:55am

Trying to claim the birthers were just a joke is som e serous revisionist shit but then again Jesse learned a lot from O’Reilly about how to be a fuckwit.

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Pawn of the Oppressor  May 29, 2017 • 9:10:57am

re: #212 Jay C

The German word I saw used in some German-media reports about Trump’s remarks was “böse”: a word which, as Google Translate points out, can be used for a remarkable number of English terms: every one of them negative.
No, I don’t think this is a problem in translation….

My mother used to throw Bösewicht at me when I misbehaved as a child (or rather, when she thought I was misbehaving… My mother isn’t a good rational standard for parenting). There is nothing wishy-washy about that root word, and I was shocked to see it in the press.

I don’t know what exactly Clod Emperor Dump did to Merkel & co., but the repercussions are out in the open and it must have been ugly.

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Stanley Sea  May 29, 2017 • 9:12:17am

re: #230 Pawn of the Oppressor

Clod Emperor Dump

bravo

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  May 29, 2017 • 9:12:51am

re: #230 Pawn of the Oppressor

My mother used to throw Bösewicht at me when I misbehaved as a child (or rather, when she thought I was misbehaving… My mother isn’t a good rational standard for parenting). There is nothing wishy-washy about that root word, and I was shocked to see it in the press.

I don’t know what exactly Clod Emperor Dump did to Merkel & co., but the repercussions are out in the open and it must have been ugly.

The softest version of it is upset or angry (at someone)…

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wheat-dogg  May 29, 2017 • 9:12:53am

re: #230 Pawn of the Oppressor

My mother used to throw Bösewicht at me when I misbehaved as a child (or rather, when she thought I was misbehaving… My mother isn’t a good rational standard for parenting). There is nothing wishy-washy about that root word, and I was shocked to see it in the press.

I don’t know what exactly Clod Emperor Dump did to Merkel & co., but the repercussions are out in the open and it must have been ugly.

Maybe he tried handing out invoices for American protection of NATO allies again.

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Stanley Sea  May 29, 2017 • 9:13:03am
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Dr Lizardo  May 29, 2017 • 9:14:18am

re: #234 Stanley Sea

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Amory Blaine  May 29, 2017 • 9:15:32am

re: #218 jaunte

Teleprompters!!!

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Pawn of the Oppressor  May 29, 2017 • 9:15:37am

re: #214 Dr Lizardo

This is a photo of Chancellor Merkel’s office. Nice. Very uncluttered…….I like that.

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It could use a dash of color or another painting, or something funny on her desk. But, overall, very neat.

That photo needs Godzilla outside, or maybe Trump smushed against the window, licking the glass like the cretinous boob he is.

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sagehen  May 29, 2017 • 9:16:01am

re: #200 wheat-dogg

From the same webcomic, an entry in the continuing pineapple pizza debate.

satwcomic.com

In the comment thread for that comic:

I ordered “American Pizza” in Iceland one time and it turns out America = ground beef and green peppers.

I was a little confused, but they could have handed me a pizza with ketchup and a gun on it and didn’t, so.

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  May 29, 2017 • 9:16:31am

re: #235 Dr Lizardo

Beautiful. And good on Macron…..apparently, he’s not one to take any shit.

That is turning out to be a good sign: leaders who are willing to stand up to Putin, Trump, Erdogan and all the other autocrats out there

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FormerDirtDart  May 29, 2017 • 9:16:51am

On Bogoslof Island in the Aleutian’s. Will likely cause havoc with transpacific flights

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Dr Lizardo  May 29, 2017 • 9:18:18am

re: #241 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))

That is turning out to be a good sign: leaders who are willing to stand up to Putin, Trump, Erdogan and all the other autocrats out there

I couldn’t agree more.

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HappyWarrior  May 29, 2017 • 9:18:26am

Marcon actually stands up to Putin. Trump kisses Putin’s ass.

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sagehen  May 29, 2017 • 9:19:31am

re: #209 darthstar

So that golf cart incident at the G7 wasn’t like some Bataan death march - it was 700 yards they walked. 700 yards.

i.e., less than 1/2 a mile.

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Birth Control Works  May 29, 2017 • 9:19:39am
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stpaulbear  May 29, 2017 • 9:19:51am

re: #244 HappyWarrior

Marcon actually stands up to Putin. Trump kisses Putin’s ass.

Marcon doesn’t owe Putin hundreds of millions of dollars.

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  May 29, 2017 • 9:21:49am

re: #246 Birth Control Works

If You Still Support Trump, I Instantly Know 7 Things About You -

There are other categories/characteristics of DT supporters, such as

those who just fucking hate Hillary and do not care as long as it is not her

or

those who are convinced that our entire political/financial system is about to collapse and DT will just bring on the inevitable that much more quickly

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Timothy Watson  May 29, 2017 • 9:22:57am

re: #205 darthstar

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Onoes, the cats have mastered la parkour.

Assassin’s Kittens Unity

(Assassin’s Creed references on successive days, I really need a life.)

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Dr Lizardo  May 29, 2017 • 9:23:48am

Here’s the Czech President’s office:

The guy smoking a ciggie is Czech President Miloš Zeman.

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Teukka  May 29, 2017 • 9:23:52am

re: #248 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))

There are other categories/characteristics of DT supporters, such as

those who just fucking hate Hillary and do not care as long as it is not her

or

those who are convinced that our entire political/financial system is about to collapse and DT will just bring on the inevitable that much more quickly

Reminds me of the signs at a High Voltage lab I know of:
“Danger. Do not touch. These things will kill you, and it will take longer and be more painful than you expected.”

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sagehen  May 29, 2017 • 9:26:26am

re: #222 danarchy

She having dance parties in the other half of that office or something?

Sprockets Dance

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nines09  May 29, 2017 • 9:26:44am

re: #219 FormerDirtDart

You know, I was all ready to comment how I didn’t see anything really wrong with the President singing along with the SSB….

Then I watched the clip…
WTF?

PLAY BALL! What a dick. A total useless dick. Stroke the fuck out.

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Birth Control Works  May 29, 2017 • 9:28:35am
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Quoth the raven, Covfefe.  May 29, 2017 • 9:29:26am

re: #258 Birth Control Works

She needs to go. One of my teacher friends is calling her “the worst thing to happen to American Education, ever.” He’s not wrong.

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HappyWarrior  May 29, 2017 • 9:31:13am

re: #259 thedopefishlives

She needs to go. One of my teacher friends is calling her “the worst thing to happen to American Education, ever.” He’s not wrong.

Same, all my teacher friends cannot stand her.

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Timothy Watson  May 29, 2017 • 9:31:52am

re: #219 FormerDirtDart

You know, I was all ready to comment how I didn’t see anything really wrong with the President singing along with the SSB….

Then I watched the clip…
WTF?

Mattis was about to smack him I think. And the Marine general was giving him side-eye at the end.

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stpaulbear  May 29, 2017 • 9:32:16am

re: #258 Birth Control Works

The only thing noteworthy about that is that she finally admitted to having that opinion. We already knew that’s what she believed. Bring on the ACLU.

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Birth Control Works  May 29, 2017 • 9:32:41am

re: #1 mmmirele

Here’s Todd Rundgren’s commencement speech at Berklee earlier this month. It’s worth a listen.

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EXCELLENT and shared

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ObserverArt  May 29, 2017 • 9:35:08am

re: #180 Stanley Sea

caveat - I don’t know anything about this guy - Merkel’s opponent.

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Yeesh. I never thought I’d see the day European leaders would have to call out our own President for being a complete ass to them.

Come on Republicans…this is getting critical. You have the power and ability to put a stop to Trump. The time for party politics is over. It is time to defend this country, your sworn duty, from the enemy within.

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JordanRules  May 29, 2017 • 9:35:38am

re: #260 Backwoods_Sleuth

Europe is not fucking around and I love it!
Sad that our regime is on the wrong side. Especially sober to consider that
change today .

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Barefoot Grin  May 29, 2017 • 9:36:56am

Can we at least set aside our partisan bickering long enough to remember the sacrifices Donald J. Trump made at the Battle of Studio 54?

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Dr Lizardo  May 29, 2017 • 9:37:55am

re: #267 Barefoot Grin

Can we at least set aside our partisan bickering long enough to remember the sacrifices Donald J. Trump made at the Battle of Studio 54?

LOLOL

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HappyWarrior  May 29, 2017 • 9:39:03am

re: #267 Barefoot Grin

Can we at least set aside our partisan bickering long enough to remember the sacrifices Donald J. Trump made at the Battle of Studio 54?

We lost a lot of good men at Cocaine Hill.

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Skip Intro  May 29, 2017 • 9:39:58am

re: #260 Backwoods_Sleuth

Looks like trump’s first war will be against France. The wingers will LOVE it.

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Birth Control Works  May 29, 2017 • 9:40:38am

What is the Daily Caller?

fake or not

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jaunte  May 29, 2017 • 9:41:07am

re: #272 Birth Control Works

Real smarmy.

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HappyWarrior  May 29, 2017 • 9:41:28am

re: #272 Birth Control Works

What is the Daily Caller?

fake or not

I believe Carlson is involved with it.

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Timothy Watson  May 29, 2017 • 9:41:44am

re: #272 Birth Control Works

What is the Daily Caller?

fake or not

Founded by Tucker Carlson.

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meteor  May 29, 2017 • 9:42:06am

Just wanted to let everyone know how I’m doing after surgery. The suture site still hurts, but I’m getting a lot of rest. Relaxing with baseball on teevee helps. Thanks. :)

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Birth Control Works  May 29, 2017 • 9:43:43am

re: #274 jaunte

Real smarmy.

yeah, I thought so. They are running a story that the ACLU is opposed to the criminalization of FGM. And no one else is.

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caseyjr  May 29, 2017 • 9:44:10am

re: #267 Barefoot Grin

In the Battle of Poon-tang, Studio 54 was only a skirmish.

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Birth Control Works  May 29, 2017 • 9:44:13am

re: #277 meteor

Just wanted to let everyone know how I’m doing after surgery. The suture site still hurts, but I’m getting a lot of rest. Relaxing with baseball on teevee helps. Thanks. :)

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William Lewis  May 29, 2017 • 9:44:24am

re: #271 Skip Intro

Looks like trump’s first war will be against France. The wingers will LOVE it.

Funny thing will be when the French, who are not pushovers, win because Trump can’t lead the way out of a wet paper bag.

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HappyWarrior  May 29, 2017 • 9:45:01am

re: #279 JordanRules

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Dave In Austin  May 29, 2017 • 9:45:38am

Morning all. My weekend begins!

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Aucun pays pour les vieux ennemis  May 29, 2017 • 9:46:43am

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caseyjr  May 29, 2017 • 9:48:22am

re: #288 jaunte

America is so lucky to have a leader like President Macron. Wait, what?

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JordanRules  May 29, 2017 • 9:48:33am

re: #287 Aucun pays pour les vieux ennemis

OG troll

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Birth Control Works  May 29, 2017 • 9:49:03am

Baby Otters!!!

kits?

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Birth Control Works  May 29, 2017 • 9:49:54am

Fox et al seem to go out of there way to find the bad in people.

Isn’t there a saying about that?

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  May 29, 2017 • 9:50:46am

re: #292 Birth Control Works

Fox et al seem to go out of there way to find the bad in people.

Isn’t there a saying about that?

only the people they dislike, they see only the good in Trump

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Barefoot Grin  May 29, 2017 • 9:51:47am

Never mind. Fucked it up again.

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HappyWarrior  May 29, 2017 • 9:54:58am

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caseyjr  May 29, 2017 • 9:55:07am

Who do we have here:

1. Every kind of depravity, conscious as well as unconscious;

2. The feeling of self-satisfaction from leading others astray;

3. The irresistible urge to destroy the existence of other breathing creatures;

4. The inclination to free oneself from the necessity of making the being-efforts required by Nature;

5. The tendency to make use of every kind of artifice to conceal from others what they consider as their physical defects;

6. The serene enjoyment in the use of what is not personally deserved;

7. The striving not to be what one is.

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Dr Lizardo  May 29, 2017 • 9:55:15am

re: #295 Backwoods_Sleuth

UK: Brexit
America: Hold my beer.
Germany: I drink your beer.

Germany: I drink it ALLLL up!

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jaunte  May 29, 2017 • 9:55:26am

re: #295 Backwoods_Sleuth

I think that beer is more weight than Trump can lift.

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sagehen  May 29, 2017 • 9:55:38am

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Birth Control Works  May 29, 2017 • 9:56:20am

Fox News Exposed By Former Contributor As A Scripted And Rigged Scam

The Fox News opinion panel scam works like this. More often than not, in my panel segments I was the protagonist or “designated hit man” aka the one called on by the host (as instructed by the producers in my ear or the ear of the host) to “kill ‘em.” You’d know I was the designated hit man when the panel show hosts tossed the final death blow 15-20 seconds to me when they say “Toby you have the final word.”

But before I delivered the final rhetorical death blow …the producer of the segment had given me my script 24 hours BEFORE the show started. I knew 24-48 hours in ADVANCE of how the designated liberal was going to argue his/her point…and more important how I was going to win.

For decades there have been concerns that Fox News was nothing more than a scam to manipulate elderly conservatives, so it isn’t shocking that after the death of Roger Ailes, we are beginning to hear the truth come out.

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Barefoot Grin  May 29, 2017 • 9:57:03am

re: #300 jaunte

I think that beer is more weight than Trump can lift.

And the handle too big.

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HappyWarrior  May 29, 2017 • 9:57:48am

re: #302 Birth Control Works

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I can totally see that.

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Amory Blaine  May 29, 2017 • 9:58:27am

MMM. Spaten.

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Birth Control Works  May 29, 2017 • 9:58:38am

re: #304 HappyWarrior

I can totally see that.

Kimberly’s (or whichever female) legs are always in front of the camera. She sits on the far side of the table so viewers can get an unobstructed view.

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Birth Control Works  May 29, 2017 • 9:59:52am

Saw the new alien movie yesterday. Nearly fell asleep 3 times during.

I thought it was lame.

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Amory Blaine  May 29, 2017 • 10:00:32am

Only one reason for those lucite tables. And it isn’t to witness the thrill up Chris Matthews leg.

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austin_blue  May 29, 2017 • 10:02:30am

re: #216 Stanley Sea

Who is the painting of?

Probably Willy Brandt.

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JordanRules  May 29, 2017 • 10:03:00am

re: #309 Interesting Times

I really enjoy his tweets.

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Stanley Sea  May 29, 2017 • 10:03:21am

re: #267 Barefoot Grin

Can we at least set aside our partisan bickering long enough to remember the sacrifices Donald J. Trump made at the Battle of Studio 54?

Thanks Mr. Grin - I just tweeted that. Perfection.

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Birth Control Works  May 29, 2017 • 10:03:29am

Gym Bros More Likely to be Right-Wing Assholes, Science Confirms

Price’s findings? That rich muscle dudes are the worst! Under those rock-hard abs lie the rock-hard souls of men who doesn’t believe in spreading their riches around. “It’s basically your tolerance to the idea that wealth shouldn’t be redistributed,” Dr. Price explains. “Some people thought it was horrible; some people thought it was fine.”

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HappyWarrior  May 29, 2017 • 10:04:15am

re: #309 Interesting Times

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  May 29, 2017 • 10:12:49am

re: #301 sagehen

She does *not* drink our beer.

No self-respecting German would ever ever ever drink American beer. I believe they use it as a cleaning solvent.

There was a big blowup during the Soccer World Cup, held in Germany in 2006, when Anheuser-Busch won the beer concession for the stadiums

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ObserverArt  May 29, 2017 • 10:13:53am

re: #271 Skip Intro

Looks like trump’s first war will be against France. The wingers will LOVE it.

It will be interesting to see if at the least Trump criticizes France’s Macron for his comments. That would be another indication as to how deep in Trump’s head Putin resides. On the flip of that, will Putin call on Trump to say something in his defense.

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“Fairness Restoration Act.”
Orwell would be proud.

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HappyWarrior  May 29, 2017 • 10:19:19am

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“Fairness Restoration Act.”
Orwell would be proud.

My grandfather was a NLRB lifer. HE’d be disgusted to see what these guys are doing.

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HappyWarrior  May 29, 2017 • 10:19:39am

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HappyWarrior  May 29, 2017 • 10:20:13am

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ObserverArt  May 29, 2017 • 10:20:49am

re: #293 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))

only the people they dislike, they see only the good in Trump

So, they are completely blind then.

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HappyWarrior  May 29, 2017 • 10:20:56am

I don’t ever want to ehar the French are “sisses” from Trump fan boys. Marcon stands up to Putin’s face. Trump praises cowardly assholes like Putin, Duerete, and Erodgan.

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Dr Lizardo  May 29, 2017 • 10:22:24am

re: #325 HappyWarrior

I don’t ever want to ehar the French are “sisses” from Trump fan boys. Marcon stands up to Putin’s face. Trump praises cowardly assholes like Putin, Duerete, and Erodgan.

And of that lot, I’d say Duterte may well be the worst. He’s a psychotic, self-admitted murderer.

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HappyWarrior  May 29, 2017 • 10:23:52am

re: #326 Dr Lizardo

And of that lot, I’d say Duterte may well be the worst. He’s a psychotic, self-admitted murderer.

Yeah he’s scary bad.

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wrenchwench  May 29, 2017 • 10:24:01am

re: #326 Dr Lizardo

And of that lot, I’d say Duterte may well be the worst. He’s a psychotic, self-admitted murderer.

It’s like New Mexico pride: We’re Second Worst! We Could Be Worse!

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Patricia Kayden  May 29, 2017 • 10:26:19am

re: #279 JordanRules

And Sailer is a straight up racist.

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Patricia Kayden  May 29, 2017 • 10:27:43am

re: #320 jaunte

And the White Middle Class keeps voting for them.

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Barefoot Grin  May 29, 2017 • 10:28:08am

re: #327 Aucun pays pour les vieux ennemis

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Dr Lizardo  May 29, 2017 • 10:32:44am

re: #328 HappyWarrior

Yeah he’s scary bad.

I was talking about him with one of my students and she couldn’t believe it. I used the Internet to show her some links and she was utterly shocked - she couldn’t imagine that someone like Duterte would even be allowed to run for office.

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covfefe  May 29, 2017 • 10:33:31am

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HappyWarrior  May 29, 2017 • 10:33:58am

re: #334 Dr Lizardo

I was talking about him with one of my students and she couldn’t believe it. I used the Internet to show her some links and she was utterly shocked - she couldn’t imagine that someone like Duterte would even be allowed to run for office.

I know. The guy is unhinged af.

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mmmirele  May 29, 2017 • 10:36:50am

Not a fan of RawStory, but apparently representative Matt Rinaldi called Immigration and Customs Enforcement on the protesters at the Texas state capitol in Austin.

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HappyWarrior  May 29, 2017 • 10:40:48am

re: #337 mmmirele

Not a fan of RawStory, but apparently representative Matt Rinaldi called Immigration and Customs Enforcement on the protesters at the Texas state capitol in Austin.

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Ace Rothstein  May 29, 2017 • 10:41:26am

re: #319 ObserverArt

It’s not a coincidence that Macron did that. It’s designed to get a flood of tweets from Trump. Macron knows what’s up over here.

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Romantic Heretic  May 29, 2017 • 10:44:21am

re: #252 jaunte

No way! Those cheese eating surrender moneys are all cowards. Fake News!!!!!

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Eclectic Cyborg  May 29, 2017 • 10:47:48am

re: #337 mmmirele

Not a fan of RawStory, but apparently representative Matt Rinaldi called Immigration and Customs Enforcement on the protesters at the Texas state capitol in Austin.

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Birth Control Works  May 29, 2017 • 10:49:04am

bbl
enjoy the day all!

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Romantic Heretic  May 29, 2017 • 10:49:09am

re: #283 William Lewis

When the public starts screeching because a lot of young people will be coming home in body bags Trump will cave.

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Romantic Heretic  May 29, 2017 • 10:53:33am

re: #301 sagehen

As Monty Python put it, “Drinking American beer is like making love in a canoe. It’s fucking close to water.”

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Stanley Sea  May 29, 2017 • 10:54:27am

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Ming5000  May 29, 2017 • 10:54:33am

re: #277 meteor

Do you smell burnt toast? And, don’t pick at it.

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wrenchwench  May 29, 2017 • 10:56:27am

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Romantic Heretic  May 29, 2017 • 10:56:51am

re: #320 jaunte

There goes the right to assemble freely.

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covfefe  May 29, 2017 • 10:57:45am

re: #344 Romantic Heretic

I think you give him too much credit.

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Ming5000  May 29, 2017 • 10:58:28am

re: #288 jaunte

“organs of influence, not organs of media” Could he please include Fox News?

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jaunte  May 29, 2017 • 10:59:06am

re: #353 Ming5000

I don’t think he’s gotten into “useful idiots” yet.

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Interesting Times  May 29, 2017 • 10:59:53am

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  May 29, 2017 • 11:05:00am

re: #355 Interesting Times

I guess his response to Greg Gianforte’s status as the most thuggish and emotionally unstable elected official was, “challenge accepted.”

that is just some of DT’s immunity from his own actions rubbing off on his party

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HappyWarrior  May 29, 2017 • 11:07:34am

re: #356 jaunte

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  May 29, 2017 • 11:12:36am

re: #360 goddamnedfrank

Three days late, a sentence structure that isn’t just stream of consciousness & ball sweat, there’s no fucking way Trump wrote

four and even five-syllable words? No way that came from the tiny Presidential fingers

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austin_blue  May 29, 2017 • 11:21:35am

re: #358 HappyWarrior

IS that why Rinaldi’s constituents love the CSA flag? Meanwhile most American Hispanics have known are truly grateful to be Americans and living in this country.

I had a classmate in pilot training named Andres Noe Cuellar (Andy). His family was from Laredo, and had been since 1770.

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Dr Lizardo  May 29, 2017 • 11:21:59am

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Dr Lizardo  May 29, 2017 • 11:26:16am

Well, goodnight Lizards.

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BigPapa  May 29, 2017 • 11:28:06am

Just watched another doc on Enron. Coming on the heels of docs on the financial meltdown. There’s a reason fuckers want deregulation. It’s not to make a better life for everyone else.

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BeachDem  May 29, 2017 • 11:31:22am

re: #194 Lupin

Who doesn’t love a Croatian hostage? :-)

My take on the Melania media coverage here (in France) is, they’re actually making fun of the fat doofus.

In the Vatican photos she looks like a character from A FISTFUL OF DOLLARS. IMHO.

Heh—exactly what I thought.

littlegreenfootballs.com

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wrenchwench  May 29, 2017 • 11:33:13am

I just took in a repair from one of those nice Wisconsin young men. He’s out here working for the forest service for the summer. I said, ‘I heard they have 7 people to fix the trails in 3 million acres.’ He said, ‘Well, my unit has 4 people for 1.5 million acres, so that sounds about right.’ I said, ‘well, you have allll summer…’ He laughed and started talking about graduate school.

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meteor  May 29, 2017 • 11:36:18am

re: #347 Ming5000

No smell, thanks. :)

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wrenchwench  May 29, 2017 • 11:37:19am

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WTF.

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Sionainn, the Nasty Devilbitch  May 29, 2017 • 11:37:23am

re: #5 Kragar

So for the last 2 days, my youngest has been asking me about women’s clothing, showing me different outfits and asking my opinions about them, because her graduation is coming up

What she just now told me was that I was apparently picking the outfits her friends would be wearing. Somehow, teenage girls decided I was the go to source for fashion advice.

That’s so funny! My husband is a high school teacher and the senior class advisor. He had so many girls showing him pictures of them in various prom dresses and asking him to choose which looked best. Just the thought of him making those kinds of decisions cracks me up.

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Ming5000  May 29, 2017 • 11:38:28am

re: #314 HappyWarrior

Awesome information. It is amazing how basic humanity is alien to many now. Thank you for sharing on this Memorial Day

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Sionainn, the Nasty Devilbitch  May 29, 2017 • 11:42:35am

re: #314 HappyWarrior

Many of you guys know that I’m a relation of Michael Strank of the Iwo Jima flagraising fame, in 1948 when Truman ran for re-election, he stopped by the Stranks house and even though they did not speak the best English, he was very considerate to them. Everything that made Truman a great president- leadership, humility, selfleness are qualities that Trump will never have.

I didn’t know that! Very cool!

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ObserverArt  May 29, 2017 • 11:43:09am

I think somone mentioned this Denver Post sportswriter’s tweet yesterday regarding Takuma Sato winning the Indy 500 yesterday.

Today he is no longer employed.

People are gonna learn sooner or later that blatant bigotry put out on social media can be dangerous to your career.

Denver Post fires sportswriter Terry Frei after racially insensitive tweet about Indy 500 winner

DENVER - The Denver Post announced Monday it had fired its sportswriter, Terry Frei, a day after he made a racially-insensitive remark about Japanese driver Takuma Sato winning the Indianapolis 500 Sunday.

His tweet immediately set off a storm online, leading to Frei quickly deleting the tweet and sending out another message: “I apologize.”

About three hours later, Frei sent out a lengthier explanation for the original tweet, saying he had been visiting his father’s grave site at the Fort Logan National Cemetery. Frei said his father spent four years flying reconnaissance missions over Japan.

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“I am sorry, I made a mistake, and I understand 72 years have passed since the end of World War II and I do regret people with whom I probably am very closely aligned with politically and philosophically have been so offended. To those people, I apologize,” he wrote.

But the damage had apparently been done, as The Post’s publisher, Mac Tully, and editor, Lee Ann Colacioppo, announced Monday that Frei was no longer employed by the Post.

“We apologize for the disrespectful and unacceptable tweet that was sent by one of our reporters. Terry Frei is no longer an employee of The Denver Post. It’s our policy not to comment further on personnel issues,” they wrote in a statement posted to the Post’s website. “The tweet doesn’t represent what we believe nor what we stand for. We hope you will accept our profound apologies.”

Frei is also an author. He wrote a book about the 1942 Wisconsin Badgers football team, many of whom went on to fight for the U.S. in World War II.

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wrenchwench  May 29, 2017 • 11:46:22am

re: #377 ObserverArt

People are gonna learn sooner or later that blatant bigotry put out on social media can be dangerous to your career.

Still. Even in the Trump Era. Good to know.

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Quoth the raven, Covfefe.  May 29, 2017 • 11:46:23am

re: #377 ObserverArt

The online world is not a bubble. I’d like to think that I haven’t really said much of anything here that would give my employer cause to fire me (if they knew), but it doesn’t matter - one should always conduct oneself online as if all of their friends, family, and co-workers were watching. Because they are, sometimes.

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BigPapa  May 29, 2017 • 11:46:56am

When I was a young dumbass I thought less regulation was great because government. Pretty consistently the Less Regulators also believed in Darwin (in business, not evolution), the Law of the Jungle, eat or be eaten, kill or be killed.

100% of the time. Now I know why.

Because less rules make it easier to get ahead, to game the system. To get rich or end up being poor. The core beliefs don’t reconcile in any other way: regulation hinders advancement over others.

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Ming5000  May 29, 2017 • 11:48:18am

re: #331 Patricia Kayden

Many of those who now accept the mantle of “Middle Class” have never sacrificed or come close to honoring their prior generations, maybe as recently as their grandparents or great grandparents, who gave blood and sweat to win better labor agreements.
I say grandparents on purpose. Ask the the women of those times how much they had to do to make it all work.

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ObserverArt  May 29, 2017 • 11:50:27am

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Stanley Sea  May 29, 2017 • 11:56:08am

re: #383 ObserverArt

Deford was a good sports writer for sure. RIP Frank.

I listened to him probably 35 of those 37 years on NPR.

He was great.

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wrenchwench  May 29, 2017 • 12:01:32pm

re: #384 goddamnedfrank

[Just to let you know, we would rather lose every primary before supporting corporate sell-out democracts like you cowards. ]

Russian doubt-caster.

Joined July 2014

Seems early, but maybe not.

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Timothy Watson  May 29, 2017 • 12:08:28pm

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Ming5000  May 29, 2017 • 12:10:04pm

re: #366 BigPapa

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451_Montag  May 29, 2017 • 12:16:29pm

re: #389 Ming5000

Re: Geert Wilder
In a battle of cranium volume, I acquiesce.

10 pounds of shit in a 5 pound head

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Ming5000  May 29, 2017 • 12:17:06pm

re: #390 Backwoods_Sleuth

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peguyjaures  May 29, 2017 • 12:19:08pm

re: #390 Backwoods_Sleuth

I guess Trump’s plans for golfing resorts in Cuba didn’t go through… So, retaliation time…

(I think I remember having read something during the campaign about Trump companies testing the water in Cuba when the sanctions were still in full force - illegally, then. Maybe I’m wrong. There’s so much bad stuff to take in, daily…)

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Ming5000  May 29, 2017 • 12:24:46pm

I am still referring back to an article posted above.
If You Still Support Trump, I Instantly Know 7 Things About You
1. YOU WANT TO BE RULED, NOT GOVERNED:
The single trait that predicts the Trump supporter isn’t related to race, income, or education. A University of Massachusetts researches found that the top predictor of whether a voter supports Trump is a tendency to lean toward authoritarianism

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mmmirele  May 29, 2017 • 12:31:11pm

re: #398 scottslemmons

Back in the day, Ben Sargent, former cartoonist at the Austin American-Statesman, used to draw the legislature as a clown car when the session would start.

Now I’m thinking that maybe the GOP in the Texas legislature should be drawn as Kluxers.

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Until proven otherwise by a reliable source, everything Rinaldi says after “I called ICE” is an absolute lie. Is there audio/video of the incident? And do these so-called witnesses exist anywhere other than his imagination?

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William Lewis  May 29, 2017 • 12:32:14pm

re: #400 mmmirele

Back in the day, Ben Sargent, former cartoonist at the Austin American-Statesman, used to draw the legislature as a clown car when the session would start.

Now I’m thinking that maybe the GOP in the Texas legislature should be drawn as Kluxers.

Klanners falling out of a Klown Kar?

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Barefoot Grin  May 29, 2017 • 12:33:11pm

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Abby?

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jaunte  May 29, 2017 • 12:33:52pm

“I was pushed, jostled and someone threatened to kill me,” Rinaldi said. “It was basically just bullying.”

Hispanic Democratic lawmakers involved in the altercation said it wasn’t physical but indicated that Rinaldi got into people’s faces and cursed repeatedly. Video shot from the House floor shows both Republicans and Democrats pushing each other.

“He came up to us and said, ‘I’m glad I just called ICE to have all these people deported,’” said state Rep. César Blanco, D-El Paso, whose account was echoed by state Reps. Armando Walle, D-Houston, and Ramon Romero, D-Fort Worth.

“He said, ‘I called ICE — fuck them,’” Romero added. Rinaldi also turned to the Democratic lawmakers and yelled, “Fuck you,” to the “point where spit was hitting” their faces, Romero said.
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scottslemmons  May 29, 2017 • 12:37:03pm

re: #400 mmmirele

Back in the day, Ben Sargent, former cartoonist at the Austin American-Statesman, used to draw the legislature as a clown car when the session would start.

Now I’m thinking that maybe the GOP in the Texas legislature should be drawn as Kluxers.

Ben Sargent is the greatest.

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Pawn of the Oppressor  May 29, 2017 • 12:41:06pm
Representative Matt Rinaldi, R-Irving,

Ah, Irving… Don’t ever change.

This guy represents the last ten white people in Irving, who are holed up in a bunker covered in Trump signs, praying for the apocalypse to take the brownies away.

Reset the ol’ Texas National Embarrassment Counter to Zero. One o’ them opened their mouths in public again…

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Amory Blaine  May 29, 2017 • 12:41:54pm

I’m seeing claims the signs said we are not illegals.

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Quoth the raven, Covfefe.  May 29, 2017 • 12:42:29pm

re: #408 Amory Blaine

I’m seeing claims the signs said we are not illegals.

The signs had the word “illegal” on them and they were brown. That’s obviously enough evidence to convict.

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(Bert the Turtle)  May 29, 2017 • 12:43:22pm

re: #408 Amory Blaine

I’m seeing claims the signs said we are not illegals.

Yeah, but I’m willing to bet that’s just a minor technicality.

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Charles Johnson  May 29, 2017 • 12:43:30pm
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Aucun pays pour les vieux ennemis  May 29, 2017 • 12:43:44pm

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Pawn of the Oppressor  May 29, 2017 • 12:45:28pm

re: #390 Backwoods_Sleuth

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Erasing the Black Man from History, Entry #578,697,328.

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Charles Johnson  May 29, 2017 • 12:46:19pm
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Kragar  May 29, 2017 • 12:47:34pm
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Kragar  May 29, 2017 • 12:49:04pm

re: #384 goddamnedfrank

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Blind Frog Belly White  May 29, 2017 • 12:50:24pm

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I’d have thought Trump would love him some Raul Castro, what with him being a dictator and all.

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wrenchwench  May 29, 2017 • 12:52:22pm
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My newest followee.

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Quoth the raven, Covfefe.  May 29, 2017 • 12:53:27pm

re: #419 jaunte

I didn’t used to like Olbermann - called him the Olberdouche - but he’s been growing on me recently. Or is it the other way around?

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Ming5000  May 29, 2017 • 12:54:25pm

re: #420 wrenchwench

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My newest followee.

I have discovered that decaf coffee is not soooooo bad

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Blind Frog Belly White  May 29, 2017 • 12:55:26pm

re: #422 Ming5000

I have discovered that decaf coffee is not soooooo bad

Compared to what? Stirring hot water with a brown crayon?

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wrenchwench  May 29, 2017 • 12:57:12pm

re: #422 Ming5000

I have discovered that decaf coffee is not soooooo bad

I am decaf-dependent after my noon cutoff. I feel so fortunate to not be told I must quit completely. I could not comply. But I am sleeping better since the noon cutoff was implemented.

BRB, time to fetch the decaf.

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The Vicious Babushka  May 29, 2017 • 12:57:34pm

re: #416 Kragar

I am sure that Trumporrhoids are spamming this right now like HURR HURR LOOK AT WHAT A GREAT PATRIOT ARE PRESNIT IS!!!!!!! compared to the time they spammed a meme of Obama not saluting while “Hail to the Chief” was playing like HURR HURR OBUMMER HATES AMRICKA!!!111!!!

Does Trump salute himself by “Hail to the Chief” IIRC Reagan did.

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wrenchwench  May 29, 2017 • 12:58:08pm

re: #423 Blind Frog Belly White

Compared to what? Stirring hot water with a brown crayon?

STFU.

/It hasn’t affected my mood, no. Why do you ask?

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Aucun pays pour les vieux ennemis  May 29, 2017 • 12:58:39pm

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Pawn of the Oppressor  May 29, 2017 • 1:00:43pm

I LIKE TRUMP. HE DERPS WHAT I FEEL.

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  May 29, 2017 • 1:02:29pm

re: #428 Pawn of the Oppressor

I LIKE TRUMP. HE DERPS WHAT I FEEL.

But don’t take him literally, listen to his heart!

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b.d.  May 29, 2017 • 1:07:45pm

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Shutting off the Cuba market isn’t going to make some of his friends very happy.

BUT at least we found a dictator that Trump doesn’t like.

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Kragar  May 29, 2017 • 1:08:05pm
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Ming5000  May 29, 2017 • 1:08:47pm

re: #428 Pawn of the Oppressor

Have conversations with the other half, ” Wouldn’t it be nice if we could just take the red pill and believe all this shit?” The Trumpers (and ultra religionists) can bath in their fantasy world. It is more difficult in ours.

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Ming5000  May 29, 2017 • 1:10:36pm

re: #431 Kragar

Wow, ‘96? Good for you. Okinawa is tough terrain. I was there in, I think, ‘83.
oo rah

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Kragar  May 29, 2017 • 1:12:26pm

re: #433 Ming5000

Wow, ‘96? Good for you. Okinawa is tough terrain. I was there in, I think, ‘83.
oo rah

We had just run the cross country obstacle course they had up there when we had that picture taken.

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Quoth the raven, Covfefe.  May 29, 2017 • 1:12:36pm

re: #434 Backwoods_Sleuth

“We’ll start the war from right here.” One of my favorite WWII quotes ever.

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Patricia Kayden  May 29, 2017 • 1:12:55pm

re: #377 ObserverArt

Interesting that he’s so upset about a Japanese driver winning allegedly because the U.S. was at war with Japan during WWII. Yet, his surname suggests he has German ancestry. He must have forgotten that the U.S. was also at war with Nazi Germany during WWII. How convenient, huh?

houseofnames.com

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Ming5000  May 29, 2017 • 1:14:59pm

re: #435 Kragar

We had just run the cross country obstacle course they had up there when we had that picture taken.

I am sure the picture does not convey the grittiness of the experience. And, this was ‘just” training.

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Patricia Kayden  May 29, 2017 • 1:18:07pm

re: #410 Amory Blaine

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Let’s see if there are any negative repercussions from Rinaldi’s racist and threatening behavior towards his fellow Democratic Legislators. Or will Republicans simply ignore another incident of their politicians behaving badly. They have really embraced Trump’s thuggery.

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Kragar  May 29, 2017 • 1:18:33pm

re: #438 Ming5000

I am sure the picture does not convey the grittiness of the experience. And, this was ‘just” training.

I remember we hasty rappelled down a cliff, crossed a rope bridge, climbed more hills than I can count, jumped many a wall, crossed a water obstacle (where the squad dumbass lost a SAW barrel and we all went swimming for about 20 minutes looking for it) and did a “carry the wounded man” run thru about a mile of swamp, all in about 3 hours

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Ming5000  May 29, 2017 • 1:19:52pm

re: #440 Kragar

I remember we hasty rappelled down a cliff, crossed a rope bridge, climbed more hills than I can count, jumped many a wall, crossed a water obstacle (where the squad dumbass lost a SAW barrel and we all went swimming for about 20 minutes looking for it) and did a “carry the wounded man” run thru about a mile of swamp, all in about 3 hours

I was an amtracker. So… need a lift?

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Aucun pays pour les vieux ennemis  May 29, 2017 • 1:20:48pm

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danarchy  May 29, 2017 • 3:37:57pm

re: #421 thedopefishlives

I didn’t used to like Olbermann - called him the Olberdouche - but he’s been growing on me recently. Or is it the other way around?

He is still a douche, he is just attacking a bigger douche so he seems less douchy(douchie?) in comparison.


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