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S'latch  Dec 23, 2017 • 1:50:39pm

We’re quite awful.

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Interesting Times  Dec 23, 2017 • 1:54:45pm

I’m certainly afraid of these Americans since they have all the power and none of the brains or hearts to use it well:

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makeitstop  Dec 23, 2017 • 1:55:15pm

Took me a minute to realize that was Earl Slick playing that Dan Armstrong. Excellent band.

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stpaulbear  Dec 23, 2017 • 1:55:38pm

re: #1 S’latch

Most of us are OK, but even the OK ones can be scary. We’re just weird.

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plansbandc  Dec 23, 2017 • 1:57:20pm

Great song, Bowie looked amazing in the vid, tight band. Just sucks he’s gone.

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Eventual Carrion  Dec 23, 2017 • 1:57:33pm

Trent grew up just down the road from my hometown. I didn’t know him or anything. He is a few years younger than me and I really didn’t spend any time in Mercer except for courthouse stuff since it’s the county seat. But dad still has a Reznor heater in his pole barn.

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Eventual Carrion  Dec 23, 2017 • 2:00:37pm

re: #4 stpaulbear

Most of us are OK, but even the OK ones can be scary. We’re just weird.

I resemble that remark!

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wrenchwench  Dec 23, 2017 • 2:02:11pm

re: #6 Eventual Carrion

Trent grew up just down the road from my hometown. I didn’t know him or anything. He is a few years younger than me and I really didn’t spend any time in Mercer except for courthouse stuff since it’s the county seat. But dad still has a Reznor heater in his pole barn.

I have a Reznor heater in my bike shop! Small world.

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makeitstop  Dec 23, 2017 • 2:03:27pm

re: #6 Eventual Carrion

But dad still has a Reznor heater in his pole barn.

Is that his family?

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Barefoot Grin  Dec 23, 2017 • 2:06:32pm

re: #3 makeitstop

Took me a minute to realize that was Earl Slick playing that Dan Armstrong. Excellent band.

That rocked. Do you know who the other guitar player is?

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Eventual Carrion  Dec 23, 2017 • 2:06:40pm

re: #9 makeitstop

Is that his family?

Was. I think his granddad owned it, but I think the family sold it quite a long time ago. Just kept the equipment trade name on it.

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teleskiguy  Dec 23, 2017 • 2:08:35pm

We’re struggling with snowfall here in the Colorado Rockies. Meanwhile, just south of Teton National Park…

Instagram

Was a lot of this today at @jacksonhole and more on the way for Christmas! #jhdreaming #alwaysgo #wyoming @icelantic_skis @spyderactive @bolle_eyewear @boldpoles @swanygloves

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wrenchwench  Dec 23, 2017 • 2:10:33pm

re: #11 Eventual Carrion

Was. I think his granddad owned it, but I think the family sold it quite a long time ago. Just kept the equipment trade name on it.

My heater sounds good. (Sounds like things are warming up!)

Loud, though.

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electrotek  Dec 23, 2017 • 2:13:22pm

Speaking of NIN, I saw them in Houston last weekend and the downpour during Trent’s set made it even more magical before the set was ultimately cut short by 20 minutes due to the rain

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makeitstop  Dec 23, 2017 • 2:13:29pm

re: #10 Barefoot Grin

That rocked. Do you know who the other guitar player is?

I believe that’s an Irish player named Gerry Leonard.

Another member who wasn’t too visible in that video but whose playing I recognized straight off - pianist Mike Garson. He’s the guy who played that wiggy solo in ‘Aladdin Sane’

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Blind Frog Belly White  Dec 23, 2017 • 2:13:59pm

Tried and failed to find a coat for Rango at “Togs for Dogs”. Greyhounds ain’t built like other dogs. Because he was SUCH a good boy, I took him for a walk in a park near us.

He inspected this Coyote Brush minutely with his nose. I suspect it’s a popular bulletin board….

Like Twitter, but for dogs…..

Rango contemplates the path ahead…

The Toyon berries are all bright red, in time for Christmas.

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makeitstop  Dec 23, 2017 • 2:14:47pm

re: #13 wrenchwench

My heater sounds good. (Sounds like things are warming up!)

Loud, though.

If you ever saw NIN live, you’d conclude that it runs in the family. :)

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bratwurst  Dec 23, 2017 • 2:15:01pm
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Eventual Carrion  Dec 23, 2017 • 2:16:32pm

re: #13 wrenchwench

My heater sounds good. (Sounds like things are warming up!)

Loud, though.

Dads doesn’t run much. He has it set for like 48F on thermostat. Just enough so the water pipes don’t freeze when it gets real cold. And my BIL insulated the barn pretty well when he constructed it.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Dec 23, 2017 • 2:17:17pm
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teleskiguy  Dec 23, 2017 • 2:18:07pm

Lookin’ good on the Continental Divide.

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ObserverArt  Dec 23, 2017 • 2:20:38pm

re: #16 makeitstop

I believe that’s an Irish player named Gerry Leonard.

Another member who wasn’t too visible in that video but whose playing I recognized straight off - pianist Mike Garson. He’s the guy who played that wiggy solo in ‘Aladdin Sane’

Damn fine solo, that.

And I will always remember seeing Earl Slick Band. One mean and tough sounding rock band they were.

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makeitstop  Dec 23, 2017 • 2:25:32pm

re: #23 ObserverArt

Damn fine solo, that.

And I will always remember seeing Earl Slick Band. One mean and tough sounding rock band they were.

There’s a reason that Bowie kept going back to Slick. The guy was dependable as all hell.

He talks about working for DB in this interview. He’s one of those players who not only didn’t mind being a sideman, he embraced it.

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Citizen K  Dec 23, 2017 • 2:27:27pm

I want to note that the video for the NiN remix of the song is one hell of a trip on its own:

Im Afraid Of Americans David Bowie Music Video HD 1080p(Best Quality)

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Varek Raith  Dec 23, 2017 • 2:28:37pm

re: #1 S’latch

We’re quite awful.

NO U.

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Barefoot Grin  Dec 23, 2017 • 2:29:58pm

re: #16 makeitstop

I believe that’s an Irish player named Gerry Leonard.

Another member who wasn’t too visible in that video but whose playing I recognized straight off - pianist Mike Garson. He’s the guy who played that wiggy solo in ‘Aladdin Sane’

Super tight. How great it would be to be in the audience.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Dec 23, 2017 • 2:30:28pm
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HappyWarrior  Dec 23, 2017 • 2:34:45pm

re: #21 Backwoods_Sleuth

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Yeah it’s so shocking that McAuliffe would have supported McCabe’s wife, a political candidate in his state.//

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HappyWarrior  Dec 23, 2017 • 2:36:05pm

re: #28 Backwoods_Sleuth

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He’s a loser as are the people who enable him.

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Cheechako  Dec 23, 2017 • 2:38:35pm

How long does it take for the “Investigation” to discredit the FBI and Mueller by the Republicans on the House Intelligence Committee to turn into Obstruction of Justice?

I have no doubt the Republicans are stupid enough to do this.

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Joe Bacon 🌹  Dec 23, 2017 • 2:39:20pm

re: #31 Cheechako

How long does it take for the “Investigation” to discredit the FBI and Mueller by the Republicans on the House Intelligence Committee to turn into Obstruction of Justice?

Answer—five seconds…

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PhillyPretzel  Dec 23, 2017 • 2:40:16pm

re: #31 Cheechako

re: #32 Joe Bacon 🌹

Please read this: littlegreenfootballs.com

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Dec 23, 2017 • 2:41:44pm
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Joe Bacon 🌹  Dec 23, 2017 • 2:42:50pm

re: #33 PhillyPretzel

Please read this: littlegreenfootballs.com

That won’t stop the Radical Republicans from trying to destroy the FBI and indicting Hillary putting her on a show trial that Stalin would envy. The Radical Republicans are all in on overthrowing the Constitution.

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Hecuba's daughter  Dec 23, 2017 • 2:42:59pm

re: #30 HappyWarrior

He’s a loser as are the people who enable him.

He’s not the loser. So far he is laughing at us all the way to the bank. Unless Mueller is able to complete his job and the GOP does the right thing, the losers will be everyone in this country who is not an oligarch and/or Putin puppet.

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PhillyPretzel  Dec 23, 2017 • 2:44:00pm

re: #35 Joe Bacon 🌹

I know. :(

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HappyWarrior  Dec 23, 2017 • 2:44:56pm

re: #36 Hecuba’s daughter

He’s not the loser. So far he is laughing at us all the way to the bank. Unless Mueller is able to complete his job and the GOP does the right thing, the losers will be everyone in this country who is not an oligarch and/or Putin puppet.

True true.

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A hollow voice says, Covfefe.  Dec 23, 2017 • 2:50:31pm

re: #35 Joe Bacon 🌹

You do know that Members of Congress can’t indict people?

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makeitstop  Dec 23, 2017 • 2:51:29pm

re: #31 Cheechako

How long does it take for the “Investigation” to discredit the FBI and Mueller by the Republicans on the House Intelligence Committee to turn into Obstruction of Justice?

I have no doubt the Republicans are stupid enough to do this.

It may have already. It just depends upon what Mueller knows about some of these guys who are trying to tear the FBI down.

It’s possible that he’s already got a lot of them nailed.

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Varek Raith  Dec 23, 2017 • 2:51:54pm

re: #34 Backwoods_Sleuth

What did Joan Walsh say?

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teleskiguy  Dec 23, 2017 • 2:57:42pm

re: #41 Varek Raith

AFAIK it’s not what she said, but the fact that they prioritized paying Hugh Hewitt, Joan was too expensive, or some such shit.

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Varek Raith  Dec 23, 2017 • 2:58:46pm

re: #42 teleskiguy

AFAIK it’s not what she said, but the fact that they prioritized paying Hugh Hewitt, Joan was too expensive, or some such shit.

Ah.

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DodgerFan1988  Dec 23, 2017 • 3:00:16pm

Conservative response:
“Who cares! F*ck political correctness, Trump speaks the truth!”

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gocart mozart  Dec 23, 2017 • 3:01:21pm
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Varek Raith  Dec 23, 2017 • 3:01:29pm

re: #44 DodgerFan1988

What. The. Fucking. Fuck.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Dec 23, 2017 • 3:01:31pm

re: #41 Varek Raith

What did Joan Walsh say?

no idea except she wasn’t “nice” to Ivanka.

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HappyWarrior  Dec 23, 2017 • 3:01:43pm

re: #44 DodgerFan1988

Conservative response:
“Who cares! F*ck political correctness, Trump speaks the truth!”

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He’s such a bigoted piece of shit.

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teleskiguy  Dec 23, 2017 • 3:01:46pm

He must’ve gotten his weenie wet for the first time in a long time. Mar-a-lago is still a place he can get far enough away from Secret Service to bring in a mistress.

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HappyWarrior  Dec 23, 2017 • 3:02:20pm

re: #47 Backwoods_Sleuth

no idea except she wasn’t “nice” to Ivanka.

Probably dared to question the Princess’s qualifications.

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HappyWarrior  Dec 23, 2017 • 3:03:33pm

re: #49 teleskiguy

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He must’ve gotten his weenie wet for the first time in a long time. Mar-a-lago is still a place he can get far enough away from Secret Service to bring in a mistress.

He’s going to go nuts in November.

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teleskiguy  Dec 23, 2017 • 3:03:46pm
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Hecuba's daughter  Dec 23, 2017 • 3:04:36pm

From:
nytlive.nytimes.com

A lot of people weren’t happy when President Donald Trump had his daughter Ivanka sit in for him during a G20 Summit meeting, but MSNBC contributor Joan Walsh went a little further than in her criticism, faulting the first daughter, who’s also a special adviser to the president, for wearing a “girly” dress while doing so. “I don’t mean to sound sexist — it can be dangerous to comment on what women wear — but the fact that she sat in for her father in a dress that was so incredibly ornamental was such a contradiction in terms,” Walsh said. “And I think that what we see is that in patriarchal, authoritarian societies, daughters have great value — they are property. And the message that she is sending about her own value, about her place in the White House, and about the place of women in this administration, I think, are really frightening.”

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gocart mozart  Dec 23, 2017 • 3:04:41pm
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makeitstop  Dec 23, 2017 • 3:04:49pm

re: #49 teleskiguy

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He must’ve gotten his weenie wet for the first time in a long time.

C’mon, dude. I was planning on having dinner a little later.

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HappyWarrior  Dec 23, 2017 • 3:06:13pm

re: #45 gocart mozart

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I doubt Trump knew what E Pluribus Enum meant.

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Thanos  Dec 23, 2017 • 3:07:07pm

I never fear Americans until Americans grow afraid.

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Varek Raith  Dec 23, 2017 • 3:07:08pm

re: #56 HappyWarrior

I doubt Trump knew what E Pluribus Enum meant.

COMMIE ATHEIST MUSLIM HERETIC!

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Dec 23, 2017 • 3:10:16pm
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Varek Raith  Dec 23, 2017 • 3:11:22pm

re: #59 Backwoods_Sleuth

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He wants to be knighted for screwing over his country?
/Whoooooeeeee.

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allegro  Dec 23, 2017 • 3:11:30pm

re: #53 Hecuba’s daughter

From:
nytlive.nytimes.com

A lot of people weren’t happy when President Donald Trump had his daughter Ivanka sit in for him during a G20 Summit meeting, but MSNBC contributor Joan Walsh went a little further than in her criticism, faulting the first daughter, who’s also a special adviser to the president, for wearing a “girly” dress while doing so. “I don’t mean to sound sexist — it can be dangerous to comment on what women wear — but the fact that she sat in for her father in a dress that was so incredibly ornamental was such a contradiction in terms,” Walsh said. “And I think that what we see is that in patriarchal, authoritarian societies, daughters have great value — they are property. And the message that she is sending about her own value, about her place in the White House, and about the place of women in this administration, I think, are really frightening.”

That isn’t sexist. It’s a commentary on professionalism. Dress is a part of that, especially for women. We don’t have the accepted uniform of suit and tie so it’s even more essential that choices be well selected for the occasion.

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teleskiguy  Dec 23, 2017 • 3:12:03pm

The Price is Right Losing Horn - Gaming Sound Effect (HD)

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teleskiguy  Dec 23, 2017 • 3:14:09pm

David Shuster blocked me on Twitter last summer.

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gocart mozart  Dec 23, 2017 • 3:16:06pm

Highly recommended podcast

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mmmirele  Dec 23, 2017 • 3:16:30pm

re: #53 Hecuba’s daughter

From:
nytlive.nytimes.com

A lot of people weren’t happy when President Donald Trump had his daughter Ivanka sit in for him during a G20 Summit meeting, but MSNBC contributor Joan Walsh went a little further than in her criticism, faulting the first daughter, who’s also a special adviser to the president, for wearing a “girly” dress while doing so. “I don’t mean to sound sexist — it can be dangerous to comment on what women wear — but the fact that she sat in for her father in a dress that was so incredibly ornamental was such a contradiction in terms,” Walsh said. “And I think that what we see is that in patriarchal, authoritarian societies, daughters have great value — they are property. And the message that she is sending about her own value, about her place in the White House, and about the place of women in this administration, I think, are really frightening.”

And what’s so wrong with pointing this out? *puzzled*

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Dec 23, 2017 • 3:17:43pm
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PhillyPretzel  Dec 23, 2017 • 3:19:21pm

re: #65 mmmirele

We are supposed to pretend she is a role model and not chattel.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Dec 23, 2017 • 3:20:15pm
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gocart mozart  Dec 23, 2017 • 3:20:25pm
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Varek Raith  Dec 23, 2017 • 3:21:43pm

Dinner time!
See you all later.

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Stanley Sea  Dec 23, 2017 • 3:22:08pm

re: #65 mmmirele

And what’s so wrong with pointing this out? *puzzled*

Do not criticize the princess.

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teleskiguy  Dec 23, 2017 • 3:23:34pm

Bill Kristol is freaking me out.

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ObserverArt  Dec 23, 2017 • 3:23:57pm

re: #61 allegro

That isn’t sexist. It’s a commentary on professionalism. Dress is a part of that, especially for women. We don’t have the accepted uniform of suit and tie so it’s even more essential that choices be well selected for the occasion.

re: #65 mmmirele

And what’s so wrong with pointing this out? *puzzled*

Great example of the times.

We all just have to be pissed off about something all the time.

So, when the real stuff isn’t enough to be pissed off about, or you want to ignore it by calling it fake, you go about searching for new fuel for your fires.

We sure have a lot of petty BS to get all out of shape over. And we do. It’s nuts.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Dec 23, 2017 • 3:23:59pm
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makeitstop  Dec 23, 2017 • 3:24:20pm

This sucks.

Bass player Scott Sorry, who plays with a band called The Wildhearts, has been diagnosed with a cystic brain tumor. A family friend has set up a GoFundMe page to help him deal with what are going to be astronomical medical bills.

Sorry is a wonderful person and a great player. If anyone can throw a little money, it can only help.

This is his band.

The Wildhearts - The Revolution Will Be Televised

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HappyWarrior  Dec 23, 2017 • 3:26:44pm

I think it’s a valid criticism of Ivanka too and I know that Joan would make the same comment about a First Son doing the same.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Dec 23, 2017 • 3:26:56pm
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PhillyPretzel  Dec 23, 2017 • 3:27:11pm

OT on the lighter side I have a neighbor who is barbecuing in the rain. Someone must really love his/her barbecue.

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HappyWarrior  Dec 23, 2017 • 3:27:56pm

re: #72 teleskiguy

Bill Kristol is freaking me out.

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I think with Kristol is he’s very worried as we all are about what Trump’s doing to the country. Kristol may be an ass and is very wrong on a great many issues but I don’t doubt that he wants the best for our country. I do with Trump.

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sagehen  Dec 23, 2017 • 3:32:54pm

re: #17 Blind Frog Belly White

Tried and failed to find a coat for Rango at “Togs for Dogs”. Greyhounds ain’t built like other dogs. Because he was SUCH a good boy, I took him for a walk in a park near us.

He inspected this Coyote Brush minutely with his nose. I suspect it’s a popular bulletin board….

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Rule of thumb: anything that grows naturally with that bright of a color, is probably poisonous.

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Hecuba's daughter  Dec 23, 2017 • 3:33:41pm

re: #80 HappyWarrior

I think with Kristol is he’s very worried as we all are about what Trump’s doing to the country. Kristol may be an ass and is very wrong on a great many issues but I don’t doubt that he wants the best for our country. I do with Trump.

Kristol is a neocon to his core; part of that is detesting anyone who might damage the US role in the world. It is not just Trump’s treason that he detests, it’s the fact that Trump is ceding world power to a two-bit dictator whose only claim to power is possession of a lot of nuclear weapons. Kristol is also not a white supremacist.

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HappyWarrior  Dec 23, 2017 • 3:36:00pm

re: #82 Hecuba’s daughter

Kristol is a neocon to his core; part of that is detesting anyone who might damage the US role in the world. It is not just Trump’s treason that he detests, it’s the fact that Trump is ceding world power to a two-bit dictator whose only claim to power is possession of a lot of nuclear weapons. Kristol is also not a white supremacist.

Certainly.

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FormerDirtDart  Dec 23, 2017 • 3:37:30pm
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Backwoods_Sleuth  Dec 23, 2017 • 3:40:46pm
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Hecuba's daughter  Dec 23, 2017 • 3:42:25pm

re: #65 mmmirele

And what’s so wrong with pointing this out? *puzzled*

It was the right that launched a full assault on Joan for her criticism of Ivanka’s attire. Of course, in a real sense, her dress was irrelevant; it was the fact that she had no training, background, knowledge, or experience that justified her attending the conference. This is what 3rd world dictators do: place unqualified offspring in key roles.

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The Major  Dec 23, 2017 • 3:51:46pm

re: #59 Backwoods_Sleuth

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FormerDirtDart  Dec 23, 2017 • 3:55:04pm
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retired cynic  Dec 23, 2017 • 3:56:04pm

re: #85 Backwoods_Sleuth

I still object to the 1986 law!

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teleskiguy  Dec 23, 2017 • 3:58:00pm

Relive the emergent idiocracy.

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Ace Rothstein  Dec 23, 2017 • 4:00:34pm

re: #15 electrotek

Where in H-town did they play?

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FormerDirtDart  Dec 23, 2017 • 4:00:41pm

OK, tell me this isn’t a hairless cat that got bitten/clawed by a Werewolf

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FormerDirtDart  Dec 23, 2017 • 4:03:56pm

re: #92 FormerDirtDart

OK, tell me this isn’t a hairless cat that got bitten/clawed by a Werewolf

LOL
OK
Lykoi:

The Lykoi, also called the Werewolf cat, is a natural mutation from a domestic short-haired cat that has the appearance of a classic Hollywood werewolf, hence its name. The mutation has occurred in domestic cats over the last 20 years. Genetic testing done at UC Davis confirm that the cats do not carry the Sphynx/Devon gene.[1] The Lykoi breed was developed in Vonore, Tennessee. The word lykoi means “wolves” in Greek.[2] - Wikipedia

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Targetpractice  Dec 23, 2017 • 4:07:17pm

re: #85 Backwoods_Sleuth

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Another day, another “You people are morons for not worshippping at the altar of Trump!” article from The Gray Lady. A newspaper that seems to have sold it soul in the name of “access.”

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allegro  Dec 23, 2017 • 4:09:14pm

re: #77 HappyWarrior

I think it’s a valid criticism of Ivanka too and I know that Joan would make the same comment about a First Son doing the same.

Indeed. If Donny Jr showed up at such a meeting in shorts and wife-beater there would plenty of commentary. Rightfully so. They are our representatives. They need to show respect for us and those they meet with.

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DodgerFan1988  Dec 23, 2017 • 4:09:18pm

re: #82 Hecuba’s daughter

Kristol is a neocon to his core; part of that is detesting anyone who might damage the US role in the world. It is not just Trump’s treason that he detests, it’s the fact that Trump is ceding world power to a two-bit dictator whose only claim to power is possession of a lot of nuclear weapons. Kristol is also not a white supremacist.

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BeachDem  Dec 23, 2017 • 4:10:10pm

re: #80 HappyWarrior

I think with Kristol is he’s very worried as we all are about what Trump’s doing to the country. Kristol may be an ass and is very wrong on a great many issues but I don’t doubt that he wants the best for our country. I do with Trump.

re: #82 Hecuba’s daughter

Kristol is a neocon to his core; part of that is detesting anyone who might damage the US role in the world. It is not just Trump’s treason that he detests, it’s the fact that Trump is ceding world power to a two-bit dictator whose only claim to power is possession of a lot of nuclear weapons. Kristol is also not a white supremacist.

And yet he was all in on Sarah Palin. Go figure.

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allegro  Dec 23, 2017 • 4:11:44pm

re: #86 Hecuba’s daughter

It was the right that launched a full assault on Joan for her criticism of Ivanka’s attire. Of course, in a real sense, her dress was irrelevant; it was the fact that she had no training, background, knowledge, or experience that justified her attending the conference. This is what 3rd world dictators do: place unqualified offspring in key roles.

That, too.

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allegro  Dec 23, 2017 • 4:13:46pm

re: #97 BeachDem

And yet he was all in on Sarah Palin. Go figure.

Maybe he was seeing stars too.

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teleskiguy  Dec 23, 2017 • 4:15:29pm

re: #99 allegro

Maybe he was seeing stars too.

Nah. T&A.

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allegro  Dec 23, 2017 • 4:17:11pm

re: #100 teleskiguy

Nah. T&A.

That’s what seeing stars, like was it Rich Lowery? means.

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allegro  Dec 23, 2017 • 4:18:45pm

I’m between episodes of binging The Magicians on Netflix. Loving this series. So much fun.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Dec 23, 2017 • 4:18:57pm

re: #99 allegro

Maybe he was seeing stars too.

he was

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teleskiguy  Dec 23, 2017 • 4:21:15pm

I keep a healthy skepticism of these NeverTrump conservatives because they were horrible shitgibbons before Fuckface Von Clownstick came along. Bill Kristol, David Frum, Rick Wilson, Jennifer Rubin, Evan McMullin, Max Boot, all fucking war mongering women-bashing fuckheads. I seriously doubt their regressive ways of thinking will go away when FVC goes away.

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The Major  Dec 23, 2017 • 4:21:26pm

re: #89 retired cynic

I still object to the 1986 law!

One of the big items that got yanked away from people in the middle class was elimination of interest deductions on ALL DEBT - including credit card debt, auto finance, etc. etc, leaving only mortgage interest as the last interest you could deduct.

Fuck you very much, St. Ronnie….

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Hecuba's daughter  Dec 23, 2017 • 4:21:50pm

re: #97 BeachDem

And yet he was all in on Sarah Palin. Go figure.

Sarah may have been an incompetent lying grifter but she was not a traitor. And her son actually served in the military. She did not express admiration for Putin. I’m sure she would have been W. light as President but she would not be selling out this country.

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FormerDirtDart  Dec 23, 2017 • 4:23:35pm

Here, I’m going to ruin everyone’s holiday weekend

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allegro  Dec 23, 2017 • 4:23:42pm

re: #106 Hecuba’s daughter

Sarah may have been an incompetent lying grifter but she was not a traitor. And her son actually served in the military. She did not express admiration for Putin. I’m sure she would have been W. light as President but she would not be selling out this country.

I think she would sell out the country in a red-hot minute if it meant more $ and attention for her. She’s Trump in a skirt.

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teleskiguy  Dec 23, 2017 • 4:25:09pm

re: #106 Hecuba’s daughter

Sarah may have been an incompetent lying grifter but she was not a traitor. And her son actually served in the military. She did not express admiration for Putin. I’m sure she would have been W. light as President but she would not be selling out this country.

Nope. Caribou Barbie is all in with the Fuckface Von Clownstick “movement.” Give her power, she’d abuse it thoroughly. Just look at her record as governor of Alaska, she’s as corrupt as they come. She doesn’t care about country, she only cares about herself. And her son… well, speaking ill of veterans is taboo so I won’t go there.

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allegro  Dec 23, 2017 • 4:25:59pm

re: #109 teleskiguy

Nope. Caribou Barbie is all in with the Fuckface Von Clownstick “movement.” Give her power, she’d abuse it thoroughly. Just look at her record as governor of Alaska, she’s as corrupt as they come. She doesn’t care about country, she only cares about herself. And her son… well, speaking ill of veterans is taboo so I won’t go there.

Didn’t Track enlist to stay out of jail?

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sagehen  Dec 23, 2017 • 4:30:42pm

re: #102 allegro

I’m between episodes of binging The Magicians on Netflix. Loving this series. So much fun.

Have you read the books? If not… does that make it tougher to follow the series?

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teleskiguy  Dec 23, 2017 • 4:31:13pm

I work with a gal who grew up in Anchorage. She told me that Wasilla is a fucking shithole with too many churches and too much meth. Sarah Palin’s hometown.

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allegro  Dec 23, 2017 • 4:32:03pm

re: #111 sagehen

Have you read the books? If not… does that make it tougher to follow the series?

I have not. Can’t say about tougher or easier but I’m not having following issues thus far. Completely enjoying it.

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Dave In Austin  Dec 23, 2017 • 4:38:52pm
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teleskiguy  Dec 23, 2017 • 4:40:58pm

He was phenomenal in Breaking Bad. But it looks like celebrity has gotten to his head. What a stupid name for a human.

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allegro  Dec 23, 2017 • 4:41:15pm

re: #114 Dave In Austin

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Being Austrian, I can be pretty well sure Arnie wouldn’t have sold out to Nazis.

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TedStriker  Dec 23, 2017 • 4:44:19pm

re: #116 allegro

Being Austrian, I can be pretty well sure Arnie wouldn’t have sold out to Nazis.

He did a video right after Charlottesville IIRC in which he pretty much said, “fuck Nazis!”

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PhillyPretzel  Dec 23, 2017 • 4:44:38pm

re: #116 allegro

I agree. But there is one problem Arnold could not run because he was not born here.

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Belafon  Dec 23, 2017 • 4:46:05pm

re: #118 PhillyPretzel

I agree. But there is one problem Arnold could not run because he was not born here.

That’s why Gus excluded that in his poll.

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allegro  Dec 23, 2017 • 4:46:27pm

re: #118 PhillyPretzel

I agree. But there is one problem Arnold could not run because he was not born here.

Thus the question “…had it not been for the natural born citizen requirement”

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sagehen  Dec 23, 2017 • 4:47:49pm

re: #116 allegro

Being Austrian, I can be pretty well sure Arnie wouldn’t have sold out to Nazis.

He in fact had some words on the topic:

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PhillyPretzel  Dec 23, 2017 • 4:48:31pm

re: #119 Belafon

re: #120 allegro

It has been a long day for me. I did not get much sleep last night and some things are not registering as they should.

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BeachDem  Dec 23, 2017 • 4:51:51pm

re: #106 Hecuba’s daughter

Sarah may have been an incompetent lying grifter but she was not a traitor. And her son actually served in the military. She did not express admiration for Putin. I’m sure she would have been W. light as President but she would not be selling out this country.

Her husband was an AIP member; she stirred up serious racism during the 2008 campaign; and her “warrior vet” son is a wife-beating, father-beating doper whose problems she blamed on Obama. Obama even said, “I see a straight line from the announcement of Sarah Palin as the vice presidential nominee to what we see today in Donald Trump.”

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PhillyPretzel  Dec 23, 2017 • 4:52:57pm

re: #121 sagehen

Excellent video.

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allegro  Dec 23, 2017 • 4:56:50pm

I admit lacking objectivity for Arnie. I’ve had affection for him since his body-building days and admire his spirit he has shown since those days through his movie career, his political career, and that video rocks. He has flaws fer sher. He’s seems the kind of guy I would argue with over drinks for hours and know we’d still end up friends.

Okay so I can see stars sometimes too.

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meteor  Dec 23, 2017 • 5:17:24pm

Went to see “Ferdinand” tonight. It was pretty good.

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Decatur Deb  Dec 23, 2017 • 5:18:30pm

re: #110 allegro

Didn’t Track enlist to stay out of jail?

Noble tradition.

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Dave In Austin  Dec 23, 2017 • 5:18:55pm

re: #117 TedStriker

He did a video right after Charlottesville IIRC in which he pretty much said, “fuck Nazis!”

You can at least take Arnie out in public and he won’t eat the menu and pee all over himself…… Or start a nuclear confrontation on Twitter.

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PhillyPretzel  Dec 23, 2017 • 5:22:11pm

re: #128 Dave In Austin

Arnie was Governor of California. That alone says he has way more experience than Trump when it comes to running a governmental institution.

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Eventual Carrion  Dec 23, 2017 • 5:22:39pm

re: #126 meteor

Went to see “Ferdinand” tonight. It was pretty good.

I have a friend, actually family by marriages, named Ferdinand. We call him Ferd for short.

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Dave In Austin  Dec 23, 2017 • 5:23:06pm

Ken Burn’s “Baseball” is on the MLB Channel. The early days were fascinating. Great stories.

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Dave In Austin  Dec 23, 2017 • 5:33:15pm
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Ace Rothstein  Dec 23, 2017 • 5:40:54pm

re: #131 Dave In Austin

Ken Burn’s “Baseball” is on the MLB Channel. The early days were fascinating. Great stories.

Fantastic documentary. The segment on the Negro Leagues is top notch.

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Charles Johnson  Dec 23, 2017 • 5:42:57pm
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Charles Johnson  Dec 23, 2017 • 5:45:02pm
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Belafon  Dec 23, 2017 • 5:51:03pm

re: #135 Charles Johnson

Hopefully, soon we’ll fix the most powerful ones, the presidency and Congress.

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The Major  Dec 23, 2017 • 5:54:32pm
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Decatur Deb  Dec 23, 2017 • 6:01:07pm

re: #134 Charles Johnson

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How closely is that Vice linked to Vice News on HBO? They’re doing a lot of good long-form journalism, notably with young female reporters. Their interviewer Elle Reeve, who dove into a van full of Nazis at Charlottesville, blew me away.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Dec 23, 2017 • 6:01:12pm
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De Kolta Chair  Dec 23, 2017 • 6:03:43pm

Gotta spare moment for The Monks?

Monks Beat Club 1966

The Monks, referred to by the name monks on record sleeves, were an American garage rock band formed in Gelnhausen, Germany in 1964. Assembled by five American G.I.s stationed in the country, the group grew tired of the traditional format of rock, which motivated them to forge a highly experimental style… (source: Wikipedia)

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Dec 23, 2017 • 6:07:07pm
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Charles Johnson  Dec 23, 2017 • 6:08:06pm
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Barefoot Grin  Dec 23, 2017 • 6:08:15pm

re: #140 De Kolta Chair

Gotta spare moment for The Monks?

[Embedded content]

Video

And I thought Devo were great. This is like the peace that passes understanding.

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Decatur Deb  Dec 23, 2017 • 6:10:23pm

re: #140 De Kolta Chair

Gotta spare moment for The Monks?

[Embedded content]

Video

Won a Grammy for Best Tonsure that year.

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The Vicious Babushka  Dec 23, 2017 • 6:11:55pm

re: #142 Charles Johnson

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Barefoot Grin  Dec 23, 2017 • 6:13:48pm

re: #144 Decatur Deb

Won a Grammy for Best Tonsure that year.

Stone’s ripped off their live album: “Get Yer Tonsures Out!!”

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lawhawk  Dec 23, 2017 • 6:18:11pm

re: #85 Backwoods_Sleuth

This wasn’t real reform. Not by a long shot. Not by any shot.

This wasn’t simplification. It’s far more complex than what preceded it.

This was an all out assault on the tax code to skew it to add preferences for millionaires.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Dec 23, 2017 • 6:19:33pm
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The Major  Dec 23, 2017 • 6:19:54pm

This one’s for our very own Vicious Babushka…

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De Kolta Chair  Dec 23, 2017 • 6:22:32pm

FYI

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Decatur Deb  Dec 23, 2017 • 6:23:01pm

re: #147 lawhawk

This wasn’t real reform. Not by a long shot. Not by any shot.

This wasn’t simplification. It’s far more complex than what preceded it.

This was an all out assault on the tax code to skew it to add preferences for millionaires.

And prepare the fiscal argument for the coming incineration of the safety net.

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De Kolta Chair  Dec 23, 2017 • 6:25:14pm

Who knew Tom Servo was so dark, I mean besides Crow T Robot, Gypsy, Cambot, Joel, and Mike? Oh, and the Mads. Besides all those folks and everyone who’s ever watched MST3K, who knew? Anywho, show the tweet, Frank.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Dec 23, 2017 • 6:25:49pm
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Ace Rothstein  Dec 23, 2017 • 6:26:39pm

re: #151 Decatur Deb

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Decatur Deb  Dec 23, 2017 • 6:30:34pm

re: #154 Ace Rothstein

Don’t know how they’re making tax-related cuts already, but they’re eager.

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Charles Johnson  Dec 23, 2017 • 6:31:08pm
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De Kolta Chair  Dec 23, 2017 • 6:31:39pm

re: #115 teleskiguy

He was phenomenal in Breaking Bad. But it looks like celebrity has gotten to his head. What a stupid name for a human.

In their defense, “Tracie” was already taken.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Dec 23, 2017 • 6:31:46pm
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Eventual Carrion  Dec 23, 2017 • 6:34:02pm

re: #155 Decatur Deb

Don’t know how they’re making tax-related cuts already, but they’re eager.

That’s what I was thinking. Gov agencies don’t work that fast most times. The ink and slime is hardly dried on the bill from when tRumpery handled it.

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De Kolta Chair  Dec 23, 2017 • 6:34:41pm

re: #143 Barefoot Grin

And I thought Devo were great. This is like the peace that passes understanding.

Devo were great. They just stood on the shoulders of giants.

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teleskiguy  Dec 23, 2017 • 6:36:12pm
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Decatur Deb  Dec 23, 2017 • 6:36:53pm

re: #159 Eventual Carrion

That’s what I was thinking. Gov agencies don’t work that fast most times. The ink and slime is hardly dried on the bill from when tRumpery handled it.

Might be confusion with the CHIP screwup. Many states started mailing notices of impending freezes and cuts. That goes around again in March.

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FormerDirtDart  Dec 23, 2017 • 6:39:53pm

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Dec 23, 2017 • 6:43:42pm

re: #162 Decatur Deb

Might be confusion with the CHIP screwup. Many states started mailing notices of impending freezes and cuts. That goes around again in March.

and several states have already announced that CHIP will end in January.

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FormerDirtDart  Dec 23, 2017 • 6:45:24pm
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De Kolta Chair  Dec 23, 2017 • 6:46:30pm

Here’s a great Brazilian singer-songwriter I was turned on to by a stranger (a stranger no more, I should add) last week and who’s music I’ve been avidly downloading and enjoying since. Apreciar!

Erasmo Carlos - Mane Joao

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Decatur Deb  Dec 23, 2017 • 6:47:25pm

re: #164 Backwoods_Sleuth

and several states have already announced that CHIP will end in January.

Ours planned to stop 1 Feb, but I expect they will ride it into March or beyond, now. It’s likely to get further funding (election year) if the poobahs can get their shit together.

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FormerDirtDart  Dec 23, 2017 • 6:53:22pm
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Decatur Deb  Dec 23, 2017 • 6:54:50pm

After checking, see that AL has announced hold on freeze/cuts. For now.

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Charles Johnson  Dec 23, 2017 • 6:56:23pm
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De Kolta Chair  Dec 23, 2017 • 6:57:24pm

re: #168 FormerDirtDart

“Whoa, tone it down a smidgen, Josh Ritter.” — Jonathan Swift

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Dave In Austin  Dec 23, 2017 • 6:59:58pm
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teleskiguy  Dec 23, 2017 • 7:01:54pm
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William Lewis  Dec 23, 2017 • 7:03:49pm

So, home early from work - seriously dead in town tonight. Ever heard the cliche about rolling up the sidewalks? Yeah, that kind of night.

Got home, had a bit of supper & started surfing Youtube and ran across a nice retelling of one of the strangest incidents of WWII - The defense of Castle Itter by the US Army & The Wehrmacht against the Waffen-SS…

The US Army & German Wehrmacht VS Waffen SS - Battle for Castle Itter 1945

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allegro  Dec 23, 2017 • 7:04:33pm

re: #168 FormerDirtDart

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That’s… profound.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Dec 23, 2017 • 7:05:24pm
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De Kolta Chair  Dec 23, 2017 • 7:08:02pm

re: #173 teleskiguy

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It also doesn’t hurt to have a level-headed, loving, and generous brother who is a well-off art dealer.]

Damn, wish I had a brother I could guilt out over that.

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FormerDirtDart  Dec 23, 2017 • 7:09:30pm

¯\_(ツ)_/¯
I guess some people just don’t have a lick of humor left in their souls

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teleskiguy  Dec 23, 2017 • 7:12:41pm

re: #172 Dave In Austin

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Dec 23, 2017 • 7:15:31pm
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William Lewis  Dec 23, 2017 • 7:15:32pm

re: #178 FormerDirtDart

¯\_(ツ)_/¯
I guess some people just don’t have a lick of humor left in their souls

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Hah! I should have given wine with that label to his day treatment therapists ;)

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sagehen  Dec 23, 2017 • 7:18:15pm

Interesting thing I didn’t realize until just today… Mueller was the prosecutor who convicted John Gotti.

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BigPapa  Dec 23, 2017 • 7:20:04pm
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Ace Rothstein  Dec 23, 2017 • 7:20:20pm

re: #163 FormerDirtDart

Now I have a machine gun. Ho, ho, ho.

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Belafon  Dec 23, 2017 • 7:20:34pm

re: #171 De Kolta Chair

“Whoa, tone it down a smidgen, Josh Ritter.” — Jonathan Swift

Make sure you are reading it in the right (adult) voice.

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De Kolta Chair  Dec 23, 2017 • 7:20:47pm

Think about it, won’t you?

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Belafon  Dec 23, 2017 • 7:23:42pm

re: #178 FormerDirtDart

¯\_(ツ)_/¯
I guess some people just don’t have a lick of humor left in their souls

[Embedded content]

As a parent of good kids I find that hilarious.

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Dave In Austin  Dec 23, 2017 • 7:25:31pm
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fern01  Dec 23, 2017 • 7:26:08pm

re: #21 Backwoods_Sleuth

My brain will never comprehend that the President of the United States is a lying pathetic bully. People have been banned from twitter for so much less than this excuse for a person publishes every single day.

Everyone living in the US & many living outside the US are paying financially and emotionally because people thought this horror should be POTUS. Talk about decline and fall - the pure hatred surrounding this psychopath is beyond redemption.

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De Kolta Chair  Dec 23, 2017 • 7:27:05pm

The greatest photograph ever taken?

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Charles Johnson  Dec 23, 2017 • 7:27:31pm
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Backwoods_Sleuth  Dec 23, 2017 • 7:28:26pm
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freetoken  Dec 23, 2017 • 7:29:07pm

Spending a lot of time on some data analysis, and am struck about how cumbersome software can be.

Over the (many) years many tools have been made to help with data analysis. But a common problem that seems to emerge is an overabundance of options paired with overly-sparse documentation of such capabilities.

Thus on sites like stackflow there are a gazillion questions about how to do this or that with a software package. If the documentation wasn’t so spartan and at times downright opaque perhaps people would learn more quickly.

And, frankly, the more ways there are to solve a problem the harder it is to keep one’s work nice and tidy. Using this or that routine from a jumble of packages and sooner or later one gets lost in making sure one can understand what one has done when, at a later time, one tries to recreate previous work.

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FormerDirtDart  Dec 23, 2017 • 7:29:13pm
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FormerDirtDart  Dec 23, 2017 • 7:32:16pm

re: #184 Ace Rothstein

Now I have a machine gun. Ho, ho, ho.

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The Major  Dec 23, 2017 • 7:33:19pm

re: #180 Backwoods_Sleuth

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fern01  Dec 23, 2017 • 7:36:16pm

re: #61 allegro

That isn’t sexist. It’s a commentary on professionalism. Dress is a part of that, especially for women. We don’t have the accepted uniform of suit and tie so it’s even more essential that choices be well selected for the occasion.

No-one in that family has any sort of style or knowledge as to how to dress appropriately. Ivanka always seems to be wearing cheap china imports from the dime store. For someone with the supposed wealth of the family her clothes are always inappropriate and cheap.

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De Kolta Chair  Dec 23, 2017 • 7:37:43pm

re: #185 Belafon

Make sure you are reading it in the right (adult) voice.

Read it? I’m gonna intone it!

;-)>

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teleskiguy  Dec 23, 2017 • 7:37:53pm

re: #188 Dave In Austin

I saw the #umphreys play Soul Food I at the Babcock Theater in Billings, MT years ago. They teased I Can’t Go For That (No Can Do) and Wanna Be Startin’ Somethin’. One of the coolest sleeper shows I’ve ever been to.

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teleskiguy  Dec 23, 2017 • 7:43:01pm

I’m sharing this, I blame Dave In Austin.

Ali Baba’s Tahini September 30, 2017 Lenny

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De Kolta Chair  Dec 23, 2017 • 7:44:26pm

re: #195 FormerDirtDart

Nostrovia! Hic!
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De Kolta Chair  Dec 23, 2017 • 7:48:26pm

re: #185 Belafon

Make sure you are reading it in the right (adult) voice.

I’ll try, but my adult voice sounds like a mezzo-soprano huffing helium.

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austin_blue  Dec 23, 2017 • 8:24:17pm

re: #94 Targetpractice

Another day, another “You people are morons for not worshippping at the altar of Trump!” article from The Gray Lady. A newspaper that seems to have sold it soul in the name of “access.”

It’s not an article. It’s an OpEd.


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