Scary Pockets and Pomplamoose Do Hall and Oates: You Make My Dreams

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Our take on the Hall and Oates song “You Make My Dreams.” REMEMBER!! New songs every week now. YES!! SO excited for it.

Spotify: http://spoti.fi/2ErNR42
Patreon: http://www.patreon.com/pomplamoose

CREDITS
You Make My Dreams - by Hall and Oates
Lead Vocals: Nataly Dawn
Keys: Jack Conte
Background vocals (left): Loren Battley
Background vocals (right): Laura Mace
Bass: Sam Wilkes
Drums: Ben Rose
Guitar: John Schroeder
Cinematography and live editing: Alex Lindsay & Matt Cesca of Pixelcorps

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goddamnedfrank Feb 25, 2018 • 11:07:21pm

I’m running for Congress, but I’ve never voted in my life. I always thought the choices available didn’t reflect the potential leadership for this country. I worked for truth via journalism, and small business via veteran run farms. I thought that was enough. I was wrong.

— Dylan Ratigan (@DylanRatigan) February 21, 2018

Only a middle aged white dude could feel entitled enough to turn a lifetime of not voting into a campaign pitch. https://t.co/9uabx0fGQR

— MC 555 nanometer Jesus (@goddamnedfrank) February 26, 2018

Anymouse 🌹 Feb 25, 2018 • 11:44:48pm

re: #1 goddamnedfrank

Ouch. A one-sentence suplex.

Aussie Apocalypse Feb 25, 2018 • 11:49:43pm

re: #374 The Ghost of a Flea

Do you want to [Penguin] me? I’d want to [Penguin] me.

Anymouse 🌹 Feb 25, 2018 • 11:50:32pm

Does the NRA support universal healthcare? #StudentsStandUp

— catolean (@catolean) February 22, 2018

LastYearsMan Feb 26, 2018 • 12:04:17am

re: #1 goddamnedfrank

A lot of journalists don’t believe they should support political parties or vote. But judging by his Twitter feed, that wasn’t the argument he was making. :-/

Anymouse 🌹 Feb 26, 2018 • 12:21:22am

On another forum, considerably less-family friendly than Mr. Johnson’s here, my wife engaged yesterday a wingnut absolutist on guns.

He tried all the wingnut talking points, and was taken apart until he ran off. (I’m getting the opinion that engaging and showing idiocy for all to see is the way to go here.)

a) Claimed she didn’t know anything about guns so she can have no opinion on guns.
response - I’ve owned several pistols in my life and won a local shooting award. Keep my uterus out of your politics then.

b) AR-15s are not “weapons of war.”
response - (I helped her with the history of the rifle which she relayed to him)

c) The II Amendment guarantees gun rights
response - What about the first half of the amendment?
rebuttal - Nations are afraid to invade us because of our II Amendment rights
counter-rebuttal - nations can’t invade us because of two giant oceans. Anyway, look up the history of burning the White House.

d) Well-regulated means prepared and keeping your arms in working order
response - See the Whiskey Rebellion. See the Virginia Defense Force (the Virginia State Militia, which trains with the National Guard and Army Reserve). She also cited a number of Acts currently in force defining militia training requirements.

and finally, the go to when your arguments have been completely demolished:

e) You’re just a liberal.
response - I was a party officer of the Libertarian Party. Try again.

When that was over, he left. A whole bunch of people on that forum then congratulated my wife.

Shiplord Kirel, live from behind wingnut lines Feb 26, 2018 • 12:32:28am

I see that some of our feckless media have posted lurid headlines declaring that various corporations have “banned” the NRA. They have done no such thing. No private company can ban anyone, nor can the government without some pretty elaborate and well-founded due process. These companies have not even stopped doing business with the NRA. What they have done is shut off some goodies they were providing to the NRA and its members, chiefly member discounts. It doesn’t say much for the intelligence, the sanity or the intent of these outlets when they tell a bunch of armed paranoids that their sacred institutions have been “banned.”

goddamnedfrank Feb 26, 2018 • 12:34:59am

This partly articulates what’s been bugging me about the post Parkland situation.

I know we all hope that Parkland was the straw that broke the camel’s back, but we need to make sure we remind ourselves that, at the end of the day, these kids are just that: kids.

The fact that they’re rising up to fix a broken system is more fucked up than it is inspiring.

— diane alston 👩🏾‍💻 (@dianelyssa) February 25, 2018

The other thing that has me on edge is the the fickle, viral, nature of our how modern society’s collective attention deficit disorder never seems to fully digest events and information anymore, instead chewing on them like gum and spitting them out once the flavor is gone. It’s bad enough that America as a whole is seemingly incapable of introspection without processing other people into archetypes and viewing them through the funhouse mirror of instant celebrity. But when those other people are traumatized kids who never asked to be thrust onto the public stage it starts to feel as if in spite of how seemingly well they’re handling it we are all ongoing accessories to their victimization.

Anymouse 🌹 Feb 26, 2018 • 12:35:26am

re: #7 Shiplord Kirel, live from behind wingnut lines

“Banned” makes a better clickbait title than “suspends discount programme.” Guaranteed to get wingnut eyes on the article.

See also “atheists ban Christmas displays.”

goddamnedfrank Feb 26, 2018 • 12:46:03am

re: #5 LastYearsMan

A lot of journalists don’t believe they should support political parties or vote. But judging by his Twitter feed, that wasn’t the argument he was making. :-/

I’ve heard some journalists say that before and I think it’s a terrible argument. I get that actual reporters (vs commentators) may not want to appear publicly partisan but refusing to even exercise their right to cast a private ballot strikes me as a weird affectation, a pretentious show of impartiality that like method acting seeks to overwrite the true self by suppressing it.

Anymouse 🌹 Feb 26, 2018 • 12:51:21am

re: #10 goddamnedfrank

I’ve heard some journalists say that before and I think it’s a terrible argument. I get that actual reporters (vs commentators) may not want to appear publicly partisan but refusing to even exercise their right to cast a private ballot strikes me as a weird affectation, a pretentious show of impartiality that like method acting seeks to overwrite the true self by suppressing it.

That goes back to my mother insisting the same as a Navy veteran. She finally ditched that attitude in the last election when Donald Trump became the GOP nominee and Tammy Duckworth was running to unseat Mark Kirk.

To the best of my knowledge, that’s the first time she ever voted.

Shiplord Kirel, live from behind wingnut lines Feb 26, 2018 • 12:57:41am

re: #9 Anymouse 🌹

“Banned” makes a better clickbait title than “suspends discount programme.” Guaranteed to get wingnut eyes on the article.

See also “atheists ban Christmas displays.”

That one is part of the mythology of wingnut America. I’ve related the story here of a seventh grade class I had while I was substitute teaching. The question came up about the world ending in 2000, then 15 years in the future. When I scoffed, not one but several of the kids insisted that it was in the Bible.
I told them to get a Bible and show me where it said that. They insisted adamantly that they couldn’t do that because Bibles were banned in public schools. I was taken aback since I had actually expected some of the kids to have Bibles with them, as religious kids commonly did when I was in school.
I then detailed 3 of them to go to the library with a note I had written for them to give to the librarian. “Please loan these students one copy of as many different versions of the Bible as you can spare. I will return them at the end of the period.”
The detail left, fully expecting to come up empty handed. Others thought I might be arrested or at least fired for trafficking in contraband on school property. The detail returned shortly, loaded down with assorted Bibles and (at the librarian’s initiative) a gigantic concordance. I put them to work trying to find the reference to the world ending in the year 2000. I don’t know if they were more surprised at the absence of such a prediction or at the open presence of the banned Bibles.

Anymouse 🌹 Feb 26, 2018 • 1:13:21am

(9:52) David Hogg from Parkland thanks the conspiracy theorists for making him famous.

Shooting survivor David Hogg thanks conspiracy theorists

Single-handed sailor Feb 26, 2018 • 1:16:29am

Wonderful. Snow art from Kenny in dispatch. Although if you don’t mind me saying Kenny, the wings on your airplane are a little far back. pic.twitter.com/rD6VdRP67C

— Stansaid Airport (@StansaidAirport) February 26, 2018

Anymouse 🌹 Feb 26, 2018 • 1:19:49am

re: #12 Shiplord Kirel, live from behind wingnut lines

Interestingly, our own public library had no Bible when my wife became the Library Director, other than a post Civil War era concordance Bible that was in a display case.

After she’d inventoried the library’s books and determined there was no Bible for patrons to read, she ordered a couple different versions of it for the Public Library.

She got basically two types of comments about that from people here:

a) You’re an atheist, why would you order Bibles?
b) The library is owned by the village, I didn’t know it could buy Bibles with tax money.

Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light)) Feb 26, 2018 • 1:33:10am

re: #15 Anymouse 🌹

Interestingly, our own public library had no Bible when my wife became the Library Director, other than a post Civil War era concordance Bible that was in a display case.

After she’d inventoried the library’s books and determined there was no Bible for patrons to read, she ordered a couple different versions of it for the Public Library.

She got basically two types of comments about that from people here:

a) You’re an atheist, why would you order Bibles?
b) The library is owned by the village, I didn’t know it could buy Bibles with tax money.

Shows how well those Fundamentalist straw man arguments are established in the public consciousness

majii Feb 26, 2018 • 1:33:13am

re: #12 Shiplord Kirel, live from behind wingnut lines

“I told them to get a Bible and show me where it said that. They insisted adamantly that they couldn’t do that because Bibles were banned in public schools. I was taken aback since I had actually expected some of the kids to have Bibles with them, as religious kids commonly did when I was in school.”

These kids had probably been programmed by their parents and preachers to believe that Bibles are banned in public schools, and praying is not allowed. I kept a Bible and a copy of the Koran in my classroom and used them when I taught information about the world’s major religions in the world history classes I taught. There is so much BS that certain Americans believe about public schools, and none of it is true. I had students who brought their Bibles to class and read them after they completed a quiz or a test before we moved on to new material. There were Bible study sessions before school on public school property, and there was a Fellowship of Christian Athletes organization at the same school.

Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light)) Feb 26, 2018 • 1:38:29am

re: #17 majii

These kids had probably been programmed by their parents and preachers to believe that Bibles are banned in public schools, and praying is not allowed. I kept a Bible and a copy of the Koran in my classroom and used them when I taught information about the world’s major religions in the world history classes I taught. There is so much BS that certain Americans believe about public schools, and none of it is true.

These people deal in dogma and “Bibles/God are banned in public schools” is now part of that dogma

Anymouse 🌹 Feb 26, 2018 • 1:43:03am

re: #16 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))

Shows how well those Fundamentalist straw man arguments are established in the public consciousness

And the first argument (you’re an atheist, why would you order Bibles) makes even less sense.

She was the Library Director. The job includes, uh, ordering books you think the patrons will read.

I just went to the library catalogue Website (my wife wrote it since the state required being on the Web as part of the accreditation process, and our town couldn’t afford the hideously expensive commercial software available). No Qur’an (by any spelling).

I asked her just now about that. Was she afraid she’d be burned at the stake by the village or something? Her answer was no, I don’t think there is anyone here that would be interested in it, so I’m not going to waste the town’s money on a book no one will read.

(Now that the library is on the Web, if someone does want to read the Qur’an they can order it by interlibrary loan. I inaugurated that here with the first book ordered: Sam Harris’s “The Moral Landscape.”)

Anymouse 🌹 Feb 26, 2018 • 1:47:46am

Hey Thanos,

On your article linked in the right hand column about Gothamist properties being revived by NPR stations, I went and read the NPR article.

Figures, the guy who owns them (Joe Ricketts of TD Ameritrade) is the father of my state governor.

Anymouse 🌹 Feb 26, 2018 • 1:55:52am

The NRA is tax exempt. Maybe because, like a church, they help send souls to the lord.#last17

— Christopher Titus (@TitusNation) February 26, 2018

Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light)) Feb 26, 2018 • 1:56:00am

It is accepted dogma that if you are an atheist or agnostic, that you actively HATE religion and religious people and want to see them DESTROYED (so that Sharia can then come and fill the vacuum)

Anymouse 🌹 Feb 26, 2018 • 2:02:05am

re: #22 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))

It is accepted dogma that if you are an atheist or agnostic, that you actively HATE religion and religious people and want to see them DESTROYED (so that Sharia can then come and fill the vacuum)

Atheists Hate God (shameless page promotion, goes to Cynics for a Better Tomorrow, Big List of Apologetics Fails)

I don’t hate any god since I don’t believe in one. I don’t hate religions either. I despise what some of their believers do in the name of their gods.

Man Crashed Truck into Planned Parenthood Police Say (goes to the New York Times, Feb. 17).

Short version, he stole a truck from a bakery and used it to ram the lobby of a Planned Parenthood clinic. (I’m guessing he’s not an atheist or a Muslim.) He injured two people in the clinic (including a woman who is pregnant and was there for a pre-natal checkup).

He was charged with a variety of crimes involved in the clinic attack, and grand theft for the bakery truck.

goddamnedfrank Feb 26, 2018 • 2:04:56am

re: #18 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))

These people deal in dogma and “Bibles/God are banned in public schools” is now part of that dogma

They deal in persecution. Persecution of others under the flag of DARVO. To be a modern evangelical Christian is to constantly role play the wounded martyr while actually pursuing total dominion over others.

Anymouse 🌹 Feb 26, 2018 • 2:18:21am

re: #24 goddamnedfrank

They deal in persecution. Persecution of others under the flag of DARVO. To be a modern evangelical Christian is to constantly role play the wounded martyr while actually pursuing total dominion over others.

Ooh ooh I have one for that (from a show my late sister-in-law brought to the Hub Network which I use as a tagline sometimes):

“They get their feelings hurt, then spend the rest of their lives in a mindless quest for total global domination.”—animated cartoon Shezow, Season 1, Episode 4, Australian Channel 10 Network & The Hub Network (formerly Discover Kids).

Anymouse 🌹 Feb 26, 2018 • 2:28:49am

The NRA: We are the biggest defender of free speech

Also the NRA: Our spokeswoman burns copies of The New York Times for NRA propaganda videos pic.twitter.com/uDQzeZoT2L

— Matt McDermott (@mattmfm) February 25, 2018

sagehen Feb 26, 2018 • 3:16:24am

talkingpointsmemo.com

As Trump’s DACA Deadline Bears Down, Dreamers Choose Fight Over Flight

“There is no question that being public, you are way more protected,” said Cesar Vargas, an outspoken immigration advocate who became New York State’s first ever undocumented attorney in 2016. “When you get involved in the movement, you have a whole supportive community: People who will raise money to pay your bond if you’re detained, people who will connect you with reliable counsel, people who will watch your children if you are picked up. The more you hide, the more immigration can come in and make you disappear.”

sagehen Feb 26, 2018 • 3:30:28am

Don’t act surprised that she showed up to save the world irl. pic.twitter.com/uGT6fFyumW

— Brandon Wolf (@bjoewolf) February 25, 2018

jeffreyw Feb 26, 2018 • 4:13:47am

Imgur

Good morning!

dangerman Feb 26, 2018 • 4:55:06am

to start the day, remember clintons 11 hour interview, on camera?

from political-wire.com

President Trump’s lawyers “are considering ways for him to testify before special counsel Robert Mueller, provided the questions he faces are limited in scope and don’t test his recollections in ways they say could unfairly trap him into perjuring himself,” the Wall Street Journal reports.

this tweet was in the comments- do i bold it, italicize, go LARGE, or put a flashing light and siren on it?:

Susan Hennessey ✔ @Susan_Hennessey

Lawyers for the President of the United States do not believe he is capable of answering questions about his involvement in Russian election interference and other possibly criminal activity honestly and without committing additional felonies. Let that sink in.

11:03 AM - Feb 25, 2018 34.4K 19.3K people are talking about this

dangerman Feb 26, 2018 • 5:01:21am

re: #10 goddamnedfrank

I’ve heard some journalists say that before and I think it’s a terrible argument. I get that actual reporters (vs commentators) may not want to appear publicly partisan but refusing to even exercise their right to cast a private ballot strikes me as a weird affectation, a pretentious show of impartiality that like method acting seeks to overwrite the true self by suppressing it.

this worthless gesture would have the merest modicum of merit if it was reflected in their writing and reporting.

it isnt.

Anymouse 🌹 Feb 26, 2018 • 5:04:58am

Sir Lloyd Geering, the only New Zealander ever tried for heresy (in 1965 for renouncing God as a Presbyterian minister and announcing he is an atheist), has celebrated his 100th birthday.

He’s received a letter from the NZ Prime Minister, from Queen Elizabeth II, and appeared on New Zealand’s 1 News (1:46, news article about Sir Geering).

‘I have a great deal of optimism’ – famous Kiwi atheist Sir Lloyd Geering celebrates 100th birthday

Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light)) Feb 26, 2018 • 5:15:43am

re: #30 dangerman

Lawyers for the President of the United States do not believe he is capable of answering questions about his involvement in Russian election interference and other possibly criminal activity honestly and without committing additional felonies. Let that sink in.

He is not capable of being consistent or responsible in what he utters. That is, however, a necessary prerequisite for testifying without committing perjury.

Anymouse 🌹 Feb 26, 2018 • 5:22:25am

re: #30 dangerman

to start the day, remember clintons 11 hour interview, on camera?

from political-wire.com

this tweet was in the comments- do i bold it, italicize, go LARGE, or put a flashing light and siren on it?:

Susan Hennessey ✔ @Susan_Hennessey

Lawyers for the President of the United States do not believe he is capable of answering questions about his involvement in Russian election interference and other possibly criminal activity honestly and without committing additional felonies. Let that sink in.

11:03 AM - Feb 25, 2018 34.4K 19.3K people are talking about this

Liebruls just want the President to commit perjury so they can remove him! Why do you hate ‘Murica?

dangerman Feb 26, 2018 • 5:29:40am

re: #33 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))

He is not capable of being consistent or responsible in what he utters. That is, however, a necessary prerequisite for testifying without committing perjury.

yup - his own lawyers assessment

and
he’s
in
charge

Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light)) Feb 26, 2018 • 5:31:47am

re: #35 dangerman

yup - his own lawyers assessment

and
he’s
in
charge

Enough people voted for him because he says whatever they want to hear at the moment and do not care what he is saying at any other moment.

Targetpractice Feb 26, 2018 • 5:34:02am

re: #30 dangerman

to start the day, remember clintons 11 hour interview, on camera?

from political-wire.com

this tweet was in the comments- do i bold it, italicize, go LARGE, or put a flashing light and siren on it?:

Susan Hennessey ✔ @Susan_Hennessey

Lawyers for the President of the United States do not believe he is capable of answering questions about his involvement in Russian election interference and other possibly criminal activity honestly and without committing additional felonies. Let that sink in.

11:03 AM - Feb 25, 2018 34.4K 19.3K people are talking about this

I personally love, “could unfairly trap him.” As if the certainty of perjuring himself is such that Mueller must be “fair” to him in avoiding questions that would result in such. Remember all that horseshit during the election about how “two systems of justice”?

Decatur Deb Feb 26, 2018 • 5:35:19am

First heard of Pomplamoose here, a couple years ago. They’re cute, like Belle and Sebastian without the grit and funk.

Dave In Austin Feb 26, 2018 • 5:38:59am

Huh??

“Anybody bashing Don Jr. is jealous of him. And they’re jealous of him because he has become a cultural phenomenon on the right.”: How Don Jr. got loud https://t.co/zAw56ZJve8 pic.twitter.com/eOSFYBHd8h

— POLITICO (@politico) February 26, 2018

Scout Feb 26, 2018 • 5:39:00am

re: #31 dangerman

this worthless gesture would have the merest modicum of merit if it was reflected in their writing and reporting.

it isnt.

I’ve known a fair number of reporters. Some vote. Some don’t. Of those who don’t, not one said it was for some ethical reason. It was because they just didn’t feel like it. Same as with huge numbers of “regular” people who don’t vote.

Mike Lamb Feb 26, 2018 • 5:40:00am

re: #37 Targetpractice

I personally love, “could unfairly trap him.” As if the certainty of perjuring himself is such that Mueller must be “fair” to him in avoiding questions that would result in such. Remember all that horseshit during the election about how “two systems of justice”?

How is one “trapped” into lying—and “unfairly” at that?

Mike Lamb Feb 26, 2018 • 5:40:40am

re: #39 Dave In Austin

Huh??

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Boy, they sure have me pegged.

Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light)) Feb 26, 2018 • 5:41:11am

re: #37 Targetpractice

I personally love, “could unfairly trap him.” As if the certainty of perjuring himself is such that Mueller must be “fair” to him in avoiding questions that would result in such. Remember all that horseshit during the election about how “two systems of justice”?

Holding him responsible for what he says is a clear case of entrumpment.

Sir John Barron Feb 26, 2018 • 5:49:08am

re: #39 Dave In Austin

cultural phenomenon on the right

These three words are carrying an awful lot of weight in that statement.

Sir John Barron Feb 26, 2018 • 5:50:24am

re: #43 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))

Holding him responsible for what he says is a clear case of entrumpment.

I see what you did there

jaunte Feb 26, 2018 • 5:50:25am

re: #39 Dave In Austin

“Don Jr. is probably the best advocate President Trump has,” said Andy Surabian, a Trump campaign veteran and former special assistant in the White House. “He’s the most well-spoken, he’s a true believer—and he’s willing to throw haymakers, which is what the party has been craving for years.”

Maybe Trump will fire his lawyers and put in Don Jr.

jaunte Feb 26, 2018 • 5:52:09am

“…Perhaps the question is one that he nor his father bothers to ask; the reflex to counterpunch is too strong to overwhelm any strategic thinking. “Everybody else in the investigation has shut up, but he keeps talking,” the one-time Trump associate told me. “You don’t know if he’s doing it because he’s smart or stupid.”

I have a suspicion.

Joe Bacon 🌹 Feb 26, 2018 • 5:52:41am

re: #39 Dave In Austin

Huh??

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Tiger Beat On The Potomac goes off the rails again…

Sir John Barron Feb 26, 2018 • 5:58:20am

re: #46 jaunte

“He’s the most well-spoken, he’s a true believer—and he’s willing to throw haymakers, which is what the party has been craving for years.”

But, but, I thought The Right was all about Truth and Character?

///

jaunte Feb 26, 2018 • 6:00:52am

re: #49 Sir John Barron

Buckley was never more popular with the right than when he threatened to “sock” Gore Vidal. It’s the Violence Party.

Colère Tueur de Lapin Feb 26, 2018 • 6:05:37am

Just because.

… and, when I want.

dangerman Feb 26, 2018 • 6:06:08am

re: #40 Scout

I’ve known a fair number of reporters. Some vote. Some don’t. Of those who don’t, not one said it was for some ethical reason. It was because they just didn’t feel like it. Same as with huge numbers of “regular” people who don’t vote.

Further, voting or not has nothing to do with holding opinions. Even strong ones

dangerman Feb 26, 2018 • 6:07:13am

re: #41 Mike Lamb

How is one “trapped” into lying—and “unfairly” at that?

Caught by some clever lawyer in some technically gotcha moment

Sir John Barron Feb 26, 2018 • 6:09:23am

re: #53 dangerman

Caught by some clever lawyer in some technically gotcha moment

“Yes. Lawyers playing gotcha political games.”

Also

“Let’s bring Hillary to Congress for another grilling about Benghazi—The Clinton Foundation—The Email Scandal, etc”

dangerman Feb 26, 2018 • 6:12:28am

re: #47 jaunte

I have a suspicion.

Yes we do. He is not Schrodinger’s Don

MsJ Feb 26, 2018 • 6:36:20am

I hate these people.

“Do you believe your father’s [sexual misconduct] accusers?” -@PeterAlexander

“I think it’s a pretty inappropriate question to ask a daughter if she believes the accusers of her father when he’s affirmatively stated there’s no truth to it.” -@IvankaTrump pic.twitter.com/23AVPgcOdE

— TODAY (@TODAYshow) February 26, 2018

Senior Advisor Ivanka Trump is in South Korea representing the U.S. but refuses to answer questions about President Trump’s accusers because she’s “a daughter.” https://t.co/sr42inddH2

— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) February 26, 2018

GAH!

You might not know this, but copying shoe designs makes you qualified to engage in diplomacy with a hostile state threatening nuclear war.

— Steve Bannon (@PRESlDENTBANNON) February 26, 2018

jaunte Feb 26, 2018 • 6:39:27am

BREAKING: Reuters reports: US Supreme Court declines to hear Trump bid to immediately end program protecting ‘Dreamers’ from deportation. #DACA

— Evan Rosenfeld (@Evan_Rosenfeld) February 26, 2018

dangerman Feb 26, 2018 • 6:39:55am

Oh good a comment

I thought I broke something
Or somehow scared everyone off

Belafon Feb 26, 2018 • 6:41:21am

re: #57 jaunte

When he can’t find four justices…

Targetpractice Feb 26, 2018 • 6:41:50am

re: #57 jaunte

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Happy Monday!

The Supreme Court just declined to hear a challenge to the DREAM Act.

Big setback for Trump. As of now, Trump’s plan to kill protections for DREAMers is essentially dead and buried until at least this fall at the very earliest.

— The Hoarse Whisperer (@HoarseWisperer) February 26, 2018

Belafon Feb 26, 2018 • 6:43:32am

Another thought about the cop at Stoneman Douglas:

We’ve kind of alluded to it, and some have probably said it explicitly, but the purpose of the cop was to be a deterrent. The fact that the shooter went in anyway means that the idea of guns being a deterrent is a failure. Arming the teachers will not change that. Putting ten cops on campus will not change that.

dangerman Feb 26, 2018 • 6:43:40am

re: #53 dangerman

Caught by some clever lawyer in some technically gotcha moment

Whereas Mueller don’t have to “trap” him
He can likely just sit there and wait

jaunte Feb 26, 2018 • 6:43:49am

BREAKING: #SCOTUS won’t hear, for now, cases about Trump’s now-halted wind down of #DACA program. No justice notes dissent. Says 9th Circuit should decide expeditiously Story TK

— Josh Gerstein (@joshgerstein) February 26, 2018

“No justice notes dissent.”

dangerman Feb 26, 2018 • 6:45:31am

re: #56 MsJ

I hate these people.

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Ok then
as a representative of this government “Do you believe the president’s [sexual misconduct] accusers

dangerman Feb 26, 2018 • 6:47:56am

re: #61 Belafon

Another thought about the cop at Stoneman Douglas:

We’ve kind of alluded to it, and some have probably said it explicitly, but the purpose of the cop was to be a deterrent. The fact that the shooter went in anyway means that the idea of guns being a deterrent is a failure. Arming the teachers will not change that. Putting ten cops on campus will not change that.

Yeah but they didn’t have signs posted “good guys with guns on campus”

Sir John Barron Feb 26, 2018 • 6:49:43am

re: #65 dangerman

Yeah but they didn’t have signs posted “good guys with guns on campus”

Maybe the shooter believed the school was a “Gun Free Zone” like the RWNJ keep saying.

Sir John Barron Feb 26, 2018 • 6:50:16am

re: #66 Sir John Barron

Maybe the shooter believed the school was a “Gun Free Zone” like the RWNJ keep saying.

Meaning, maybe the shooter didn’t actually think there was an armed guard anyway.

Eventual Carrion Feb 26, 2018 • 6:51:35am

re: #67 Sir John Barron

Meaning, maybe the shooter didn’t actually think there was an armed guard anyway.

But seeing that he had gone to school there until recently, he knew the layout.

makeitstop Feb 26, 2018 • 6:52:06am

re: #63 jaunte

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“No justice notes dissent.”

Rage tweets incoming, any minute now…

makeitstop Feb 26, 2018 • 6:53:15am

re: #68 Eventual Carrion

But seeing that he had gone to school there until recently, he knew the layout.

Hoarse Whisperer noted last week that schools have ‘active shooter’ drills on the regular.

If that school had them, Cruz knew exactly where to go.

makeitstop Feb 26, 2018 • 6:54:41am

Click to Reveal

I noticed last night that the venue I’m playing in Florida on Friday night is about 3 minutes from Parkland.

dangerman Feb 26, 2018 • 6:54:55am

re: #69 makeitstop

Rage tweets incoming, any minute now…

What an own goal from the day of his exec order

dangerman Feb 26, 2018 • 6:56:33am

re: #71 makeitstop

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Where u gonna be?

HappyWarrior Feb 26, 2018 • 6:56:50am

re: #56 MsJ

I hate these people.

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No Ivanka what’s inappropriate is your father.

Sir John Barron Feb 26, 2018 • 6:57:22am

re: #68 Eventual Carrion

But seeing that he had gone to school there until recently, he knew the layout.

re: #70 makeitstop

Hoarse Whisperer noted last week that schools have ‘active shooter’ drills on the regular.

If that school had them, Cruz knew exactly where to go.

All good points. So shooter probably knew what he was up against, or not. Maybe he expected to be shot dead. Since he’s still alive I assume we’ll hear more eventually.

jaunte Feb 26, 2018 • 6:58:37am

re: #74 HappyWarrior

“I have that right as a daughter to believe my father” is something you say when you don’t believe your father but want him to think you do.

— Jamison Foser (@jamisonfoser) February 26, 2018

“I have the right to selectively suspend my disbelief… if it pays well.”

Targetpractice Feb 26, 2018 • 6:58:49am

The NRA no longer backs the #BlueLine: “I wish that as much attention were given to the Broward County Sheriff and their abdication of duty as trying to blame five million innocent, law-abiding gun owners all across the country.” pic.twitter.com/8Y79wws2UY

— Khary Penebaker (@kharyp) February 25, 2018

yep, @NRA has backed itself into such a radical corner that it thinks declaring war on law enforcement is its only way out. https://t.co/ZFgXOYhXMP

— Eric Boehlert (@EricBoehlert) February 26, 2018

HappyWarrior Feb 26, 2018 • 7:00:14am

re: #77 Targetpractice

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Yeah Dana they’re blaming all gun owners. We found the real victim of Parkland and it’s Dana and the NRA.

jaunte Feb 26, 2018 • 7:00:20am

re: #77 Targetpractice

“…trying to blame five million innocent, law-abiding gun owners all across the country.”

She really landed some slugs in that strawman.

HappyWarrior Feb 26, 2018 • 7:01:05am

I’m glad the NRA is lashing out because the rest of the country is seeing what we’ve seen for years from Dana, Wayne, Ted, and co.

MsJ Feb 26, 2018 • 7:02:28am

Is anyone surprised?

Turns out GOP mis-drafted a portion of the tax law & want Ds help to fix it.

When this happened with the ACA, GOP took any drafting glitch & tried to break the law, overturn it in the courts & not make specified payments. I lived this.

Life’s funny.https://t.co/7oELkoZ6Y3 pic.twitter.com/O8flC9irlF

— Andy Slavitt (@ASlavitt) February 26, 2018

Republicans want to make fixes, but Democrats aren’t rushing to help them.
…
The glitches in the new tax law are starting to pile up.
…
“This is not normal,” said Marty Sullivan, chief economist at the nonpartisan Tax Analysts. “There’s always this kind of stuff, but the order of magnitude is entirely different.”
…
Some Democrats say they will want to widely reopen the law, as part of any effort to clean up the legislative miscues.

“We’re not going to say to Republicans, ‘Oh tell us what you want to do,” said Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio), who sits on the tax-writing Finance Committee. “We want to make the bill better, not just correct whatever technical fix is needed.”

…
For now, Republicans say they are collecting examples of things that need to be corrected.
…
Some of the glitches are simple drafting errors. Others would have unintended consequences. Still others are things in the law that aren’t clear.

One snafu, which could potentially affect President Donald Trump’s real estate business, prevents people making various types of improvements to non-residential real estate from immediately deducting their entire cost, as lawmakers intended. An apparent typo means they have to instead take those breaks piecemeal over the next 39 years.
…
That is already squeezing some companies’ finances, said Rachelle Bernstein, tax counsel at the National Retail Federation. “There are real economic implications right now,” she said.

This is why you take time drafting laws, you morons.

dangerman Feb 26, 2018 • 7:03:09am

re: #77 Targetpractice

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No one is blaming the 5m law-abiding whatevers

MsJ Feb 26, 2018 • 7:03:16am

re: #74 HappyWarrior

No Ivanka what’s inappropriate is your father.

And her!

makeitstop Feb 26, 2018 • 7:03:36am

re: #73 dangerman

Where u gonna be?

The Center, Coral Springs.

HappyWarrior Feb 26, 2018 • 7:04:08am

re: #81 MsJ

Is anyone surprised?

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This is why you take time drafting laws, you morons.

Karma’s a bitch, GOP.

HappyWarrior Feb 26, 2018 • 7:05:32am

re: #82 dangerman

No one is blaming the 5m law-abiding whatevers

She thinks criticizing her snowflake organization is akin to blaming them for the shooting. I do blame the NRA for this though, paranoia and that’s on Dana as their spokeswoman.

dangerman Feb 26, 2018 • 7:05:36am

re: #81 MsJ

Is anyone surprised?

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This is why you take time drafting laws, you morons.

This is why you don’t hand write changes in the margins, you morons

Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light)) Feb 26, 2018 • 7:07:15am

re: #77 Targetpractice

The NRA no longer backs the #BlueLine: “I wish that as much attention were given to the Broward County Sheriff and their abdication of duty as trying to blame five million innocent, law-abiding gun owners all across the country.”

Straw men again. Make it sound like we are out to confiscate every gun in America when all we want are reasonable laws governing access to weapons and ammunition.

Backwoods_Sleuth Feb 26, 2018 • 7:07:51am

Ivanka Trump on President Trump’s many sexual harassment accusers: ‘I believe my father’ https://t.co/1wqJ6yBo43

— TIME (@TIME) February 26, 2018

This. The hand-wringing over the appropriateness of Alexander’s question is ignoring that Ivanka actually gave an answer! He asked if she believes the women, and after the father/daughter act, she said that no, she didn’t https://t.co/31MtnyYkyh

— Astead (@AsteadWesley) February 26, 2018

Sir John Barron Feb 26, 2018 • 7:07:57am

re: #77 Targetpractice

“I wish that as much attention were given to the Broward County Sheriff and their abdication of duty as trying to blame five million innocent, law-abiding gun owners all across the country.”

Me think the lady doth protest too much.

Also, does it seem rather strange to anyone else that Dana Mah Gunz is only “defending” the gun owners who are NRA members? Seems that more than 5 million Americans are gun owners, who would stand to be just as disadvantaged by new gun control measures, as would the actual five million NRA members.

On the other hand the NRA acts like it’s opposition to every gun control measure, large or small, is an act in defense of Western civilization.

Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light)) Feb 26, 2018 • 7:08:14am

re: #81 MsJ

Republicans want to make fixes, but Democrats aren’t rushing to help them.
…
The glitches in the new tax law are starting to pile up.
…
“This is not normal,” said Marty Sullivan, chief economist at the nonpartisan Tax Analysts. “There’s always this kind of stuff, but the order of magnitude is entirely different.”

This is why you take time drafting laws, you morons.

They had to get it through for the win.

And I hope they choke on it

Sir John Barron Feb 26, 2018 • 7:09:39am

re: #87 dangerman

This is why you don’t hand write changes in the margins, you morons

No one could have expected….

dangerman Feb 26, 2018 • 7:09:50am

re: #86 HappyWarrior

She thinks criticizing her snowflake organization is akin to blaming them for the shooting. I do blame the NRA for this though, paranoia and that’s on Dana as their spokeswoman.

Yes

HappyWarrior Feb 26, 2018 • 7:10:16am

re: #90 Sir John Barron

Me think the lady doth protest too much.

Also, does it seem rather strange to anyone else that Dana Mah Gunz is only “defending” the gun owners who are NRA members? Seems that more than 5 million Americans are gun owners, who would stand to be just as disadvantaged by new gun control measures, as would the actual five million NRA members.

On the other hand the NRA acts like it’s opposition to every gun control measure, large or small, is an act in defense of Western civilization.

I noticed that too. She doesn’t even care about all NRA members. Castile was and she blamed him for his death. She’s all for LEO until they call out her scummy organization.

HappyWarrior Feb 26, 2018 • 7:11:04am

re: #93 dangerman

Yes

Don’t trust anyone, bring a loaded gun to McDonalds!

Sir John Barron Feb 26, 2018 • 7:11:14am

re: #94 HappyWarrior

I noticed that too. She doesn’t even care about all NRA members. Castile was and she blamed him for his death. She’s all for LEO until they call out her scummy organization.

Oh, I hadn’t realized that before, that Castile was an actual NRA member and not just a gun owner.

makeitstop Feb 26, 2018 • 7:11:41am

re: #90 Sir John Barron

Me think the lady doth protest too much.

Also, does it seem rather strange to anyone else that Dana Mah Gunz is only “defending” the gun owners who are NRA members? Seems that more than 5 million Americans are gun owners, who would stand to be just as disadvantaged by new gun control measures, as would the actual five million NRA members.

On the other hand the NRA acts like it’s opposition to every gun control measure, large or small, is an act in defense of Western civilization.

It’s looking more and more like she’s scrambling to keep her job. She keeps escalating the rhetoric in order to defend the indefensible.

dangerman Feb 26, 2018 • 7:11:44am

re: #91 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))

They had to get it through for the win.

And I hope they choke on it

Via reconciliation. Now they’re screwed

dangerman Feb 26, 2018 • 7:12:38am

re: #95 HappyWarrior

Don’t trust anyone, bring a loaded gun to McDonalds!

Virginia tech had/has a police force

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HappyWarrior Feb 26, 2018 • 7:12:45am

re: #96 Sir John Barron

Oh, I hadn’t realized that before, that Castile was an actual NRA member and not just a gun owner.

I believe I read that. Don’t know if he was active but we do know that her organization took the cops side over a gun owner who was cooperating with the police.

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dangerman Feb 26, 2018 • 7:13:24am

re: #97 makeitstop

It’s looking more and more like she’s scrambling to keep her job. She keeps escalating the rhetoric in order to defend the indefensible.

Please proceed

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HappyWarrior Feb 26, 2018 • 7:14:32am

re: #97 makeitstop

It’s looking more and more like she’s scrambling to keep her job. She keeps escalating the rhetoric in order to defend the indefensible.

She and her husband should spend more time with their kids and less time promoting right wing propaganda.

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dangerman Feb 26, 2018 • 7:15:24am

re: #84 makeitstop

The Center, Coral Springs.

I’ll look into it
(ie ask Mrs dm)

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makeitstop Feb 26, 2018 • 7:15:53am

re: #102 HappyWarrior

She and her husband should spend more time with their kids and less time promoting right wing propaganda.

Must be one miserable household these days. Good.

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Backwoods_Sleuth Feb 26, 2018 • 7:17:16am

Parkland survivor tells first lady Melania Trump that to combat cyberbullying, she should start with Donald Trump Jr. https://t.co/Y8QySRK6sy pic.twitter.com/Q0BuTwi2mQ

— CNN (@CNN) February 26, 2018

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HappyWarrior Feb 26, 2018 • 7:17:17am

re: #104 makeitstop

Must be one miserable household these days. Good.

I do feel bad for the kids for having right wing propagandists for parents.

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HappyWarrior Feb 26, 2018 • 7:17:42am

re: #105 Backwoods_Sleuth

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And boom went the dynamite.

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retired cynic Feb 26, 2018 • 7:19:37am

A note of beauty: a short minute-long video of one of spacecraft Juno’s orbits near Jupiter: apod.nasa.gov for today, February 26.

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MsJ Feb 26, 2018 • 7:19:47am

re: #91 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))

They had to get it through for the win.

And I hope they choke on it

Tax law impacting the economy.

Dicking around with Obamacare (a full 1/3 of the US economy).

Everything Republicans touch dies. They can bitch but they cannot govern. At all.

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MsJ Feb 26, 2018 • 7:20:11am

re: #92 Sir John Barron

No one could have expected….

Narrator: Everyone actually expected this.

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Colère Tueur de Lapin Feb 26, 2018 • 7:20:54am

re: #23 Anymouse 🌹

I don’t hate any god since I don’t believe in one. I don’t hate religions either. I despise what some of their believers do in the name of their gods.

Confession that I don’t really relate anywhere, but it fits the theme of “why care when one has no belief?”

I was never baptized as a child. When I met my wife, she was a catholic. A little more than christmas and easter catholic, but not much. Her parents, however were every sunday church goers who desired their only (adopted) daughter to be married in a catholic ceremony. Because the bit above about not being baptized, that couldn’t happen. Sadness ensued. On their part. Being of the “why care POV” and to make future wife “happy” (she actually didn’t care, but) I was “baptized.”

Was there any truth in the ceremony?
Was there deception?
Did god smite me?
Am I a better person?
Does it matter?

Anyone can answer those questions as they wish. From my perspective, it was whatever time I spent getting oil smeared on my head and then life continues as normal. The better half has evolved her thinking over time (I may have been an influence, or not) to pretty much think that her religious upbringing was superstition and better left behind.

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makeitstop Feb 26, 2018 • 7:22:06am

re: #106 HappyWarrior

I do feel bad for the kids for having right wing propagandists for parents.

True. But I have zero sympathy for Dana and Chris. They cashed the checks.

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MsJ Feb 26, 2018 • 7:22:06am

re: #97 makeitstop

It’s looking more and more like she’s scrambling to keep her job. She keeps escalating the rhetoric in order to defend the indefensible.

She’s like trump. Not one word against her can be left to stand.

Except she isn’t trump and this is not going to end well for her.

And if we’re lucky, it won’t and well for trump, either.

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Decatur Deb Feb 26, 2018 • 7:23:54am

re: #111 Colère Tueur de Lapin

Paris is worth a Mass.

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MsJ Feb 26, 2018 • 7:29:42am

re: #102 HappyWarrior

She and her husband should spend more time with their kids and less time promoting right wing propaganda.

It’s how she makes a living.

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Hecuba's daughter Feb 26, 2018 • 7:30:49am

re: #82 dangerman

No one is blaming the 5m law-abiding whatevers

They should be blamed; they are not innocent bystanders — they are complicit in the NRA’s efforts to allow anyone to purchase any type of weapon. When Sandy Hook happened, my NRA fanatic acquaintance expressed no concerned about the deaths of children; his only worry is any limitation on his right to purchase weapons.

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MsJ Feb 26, 2018 • 7:31:36am

Tonya Harding makes her entry on Ellen to “Cold as Ice” by Foreigner.

“Cold as ice, you’re willing to sacrifice…someday you’ll pay the price”.

Ouch.

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7-y (Expectation of Great Things in Due Course) Feb 26, 2018 • 7:33:10am

I’m sitting here getting chills because I just saw the NRA-killer’s name, and I realized that I know several of the victims’ names but his name is not even in my mind. That’s dandy!

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Backwoods_Sleuth Feb 26, 2018 • 7:33:24am

love too clutch my pearls while describing [checks notes] how I make my living pic.twitter.com/u6xQM0BEkZ

— Simon Maloy (@SimonMaloy) February 26, 2018

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Ace-o-aces Feb 26, 2018 • 7:34:51am

Well, as a member of Generation X, I sure hope noting happens today to make me suddenly realize how old I am.
Hey, why is “Kevin Smith” trending?

— aceoaces (@aceoaces) February 26, 2018

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Sir John Barron Feb 26, 2018 • 7:36:14am

re: #120 Ace-o-aces

How old is he?

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Belafon Feb 26, 2018 • 7:36:18am

re: #118 7-y (Expectation of Great Things in Due Course)

I’m sitting here getting chills because I just saw the NRA-killer’s name, and I realized that I know several of the victims’ names but his name is not even in my mind. That’s dandy!

There was a tweet a few days ago about the fact that this is the first mass shooting where we know more about those shot at than the shooter.

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Sir John Barron Feb 26, 2018 • 7:36:33am

re: #121 Sir John Barron

How old is he?

Kevin Smith, that is

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dangerman Feb 26, 2018 • 7:36:52am

re: #116 Hecuba’s daughter

They should be blamed; they are not innocent bystanders — they are complicit in the NRA’s efforts to allow anyone to purchase any type of weapon. When Sandy Hook happened, my NRA fanatic acquaintance expressed no concerned about the deaths of children; his only worry is any limitation on his right to purchase weapons.

Actually I read it wrong. I thought she was referring to thhe other 5m responsible AR-15 owners.

I retract the whole line of thought.
Nra and it’s members…blame em all

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Sir John Barron Feb 26, 2018 • 7:37:39am

re: #122 Belafon

There was a tweet a few days ago about the fact that this is the first mass shooting where we know more about those shot at than the shooter.

I also appreciate all the hand-wringing from RWNJ snowflakes upset that some of those shot at now have the blue check mark verification from Twitter, lol.

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Eventual Carrion Feb 26, 2018 • 7:37:45am

re: #77 Targetpractice

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Yeah, isn’t the Sheriff the ultimate constitutional power in their eyes? Until said Sheriff goes against their wishes. Par for the course with goalposts moved.

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Belafon Feb 26, 2018 • 7:37:48am

re: #121 Sir John Barron

He had a heart attack.

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Sir John Barron Feb 26, 2018 • 7:38:44am

re: #127 Belafon

47

He had a heart attack.

Yeah I heard about that part. Makes me feel very mortal (51).

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Decatur Deb Feb 26, 2018 • 7:39:03am

Bad news: The machines are taking over.
Good News: We probably won’t realize it.

New Report on Emerging AI Risks Paints a Grim Future
gizmodo.com

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Sir John Barron Feb 26, 2018 • 7:39:23am

re: #126 Eventual Carrion

Yeah, isn’t the Sheriff the ultimate constitutional power in their eyes? Until said Sheriff goes against their wishes. Par for the course with goalposts moved.

That’s different because

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The Vicious Babushka Feb 26, 2018 • 7:40:09am

Reminder: Ivanka showed the nation that she’s practiced at evading Trump’s hands going where they should not. She knows he’s handsy. Her claims otherwise are obvious nonsense. pic.twitter.com/vpljB0OXTr

— Amanda Marcotte (@AmandaMarcotte) February 26, 2018

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ObserverArt Feb 26, 2018 • 7:42:30am

re: #78 HappyWarrior

Yeah Dana they’re blaming all gun owners. We found the real victim of Parkland and it’s Dana and the NRA.

Of course! Conservatives have a really tough go making it in America. Conservative gun owners even more so. Probably the most beat on and misunderstood organization ever.

One thing for sure…it is fun watching the NRA have to scramble to defend themselves. Usually it is them doing the pushing and shoving. They had a shot at the crazy CPAC event but it seemed they didn’t make a lot of ground there as all they were doing is singing to the choir.

I just hope, as I’ve already said, a lot of politicians see they have an opening here to show they are not held hostage by a lobbying group.

We’ve not had a better chance to take on the NRA and gun thinking like we have right now. Let’s keep on it America.

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Belafon Feb 26, 2018 • 7:42:49am

Since I can’t twitter at work, I can’t copy the tweets (google mangles the addresses with their info), but googling Kevin smith shows the following tweets (abridged by me) in their search results:

Kevin Smith: I had a heart attack.
Chris Pratt: I’m praying for you.
James Gunn: OK folks in Pratt’s mentions, it doesn’t seem you quite understand the differences between Pratt’s prayer and politicians.

From what I’ve seen, Pratt seems to be religious based on what I’ve seen in earlier tweets.

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MsJ Feb 26, 2018 • 7:47:44am

re: #133 Belafon

Since I can’t twitter at work, I can’t copy the tweets (google mangles the addresses with their info), but googling Kevin smith shows the following tweets (abridged by me) in their search results:

Kevin Smith: I had a heart attack.
Chris Pratt: I’m praying for you.
James Gunn: OK folks in Pratt’s mentions, it doesn’t seem you quite understand the differences between Pratt’s prayer and politicians.

From what I’ve seen, Pratt seems to be religious based on what I’ve seen in earlier tweets.

Pratt believes prayer works and invited people to pray for Smith. Apparently people mistake honest calls for prayer for Thoughts & Prayers (ALA Tots & Pears).

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ObserverArt Feb 26, 2018 • 7:48:30am

re: #90 Sir John Barron

Me think the lady doth protest too much.

Also, does it seem rather strange to anyone else that Dana Mah Gunz is only “defending” the gun owners who are NRA members? Seems that more than 5 million Americans are gun owners, who would stand to be just as disadvantaged by new gun control measures, as would the actual five million NRA members.

On the other hand the NRA acts like it’s opposition to every gun control measure, large or small, is an act in defense of Western civilization.

She knows who loads her gun so she only speaks of the NRA.

I hope it is clear to the many millions of gun owners that are not in the NRA; they do not care about you. They care about their little money making political machine.

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Interesting Times Feb 26, 2018 • 7:55:35am

Whiny, poncy, self-pitying hypocrisy - it’s what’s for dinner:

The conservative movement sure went from “fuck your feelings” to “a teenager is bullying me” in a hurry. pic.twitter.com/kJLrS0CnKy

— Jamison Foser (@jamisonfoser) February 26, 2018

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makeitstop Feb 26, 2018 • 7:56:44am

What the hell?

Japanese police have reportedly taken an American tourist into custody for questioning after a woman’s head was found in the apartment he is renting in Osaka. The head, discovered in a suitcase, is believed to belong to a 27-year-old Japanese woman seen on surveillance cameras walking into an apartment with the American man, according to Japanese broadcaster NHK.

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Colère Tueur de Lapin Feb 26, 2018 • 7:58:35am

re: #117 MsJ

I, Tonya was an interesting movie. The fact that the director left all the points of view “as is” is what really made it. That, and the interview at the end with the “special ops” friend of Harding’s husband.

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MsJ Feb 26, 2018 • 7:59:46am

re: #138 Colère Tueur de Lapin

I, Tonya was an interesting movie. The fact that the director left all the points of view “as is” is what really made it. That, and the interview at the end with the “special ops” friend of Harding’s husband.

I didn’t see it yet. Do they make her a sympathetic figure? I’m struggling with the purpose of the film.

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Hecuba's daughter Feb 26, 2018 • 8:01:03am

re: #136 Interesting Times

Whiny, poncy, self-pitying hypocrisy - it’s what’s for dinner:

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The conservative movement has always been concerned only about their wishes and feelings; no one else is capable of possessing any insight or truth. They are the true bullies.

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dangerman Feb 26, 2018 • 8:01:38am

currently (actually the ultimate journey album):

YouTube

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ObserverArt Feb 26, 2018 • 8:01:57am

re: #119 Backwoods_Sleuth

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Oh shut up Erickson.

Damn these conservatives are really showing their asses over these kids. But all America is getting a good lesson how vile they all are.

He has the nerve to criticize a student and say get him a grief counsellor.

Hey Puffy…maybe this is how the students are dealing with the grief. They are channeling it into political action so they hope they can prevent further grief of others.

Surely Erick and the NRA have done nothing for real grief. Well, that would be besides making themselves feel good by rotely saying “thoughts and prayers” and moving on to the next time.

And they claim they are Christians. Erick’s whole diatribe about a “bully kid” is far far away from Christian thinking. Hey, maybe they aren’t real Christians afterall.

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dangerman Feb 26, 2018 • 8:03:42am

re: #129 Decatur Deb

Bad news: The machines are taking over.
Good News: We probably won’t realize it.

New Report on Emerging AI Risks Paints a Grim Future
gizmodo.com

why should i care
im just a brain in a jar somewhere (somewhen?)
or are you?

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Joe Bacon 🌹 Feb 26, 2018 • 8:04:06am

re: #142 ObserverArt

Erick and his KKKonservative pals are KKKristians!

145

BeachDem Feb 26, 2018 • 8:05:15am

OK—the story is sort of convoluted, but this headline makes my day:

Texas white supremacist busted for using phony ID to buy $2,500 dog —
which then ran away

rawstory.com

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Decatur Deb Feb 26, 2018 • 8:07:55am

re: #143 dangerman

why should i care
im just a brain in a jar somewhere (somewhen?)
or are you?

We can coexist, but only on my terms. You will say you lose your freedom. Freedom is an illusion. All you lose is the emotion of pride. To be dominated by me is not as bad for humankind as to be dominated by others of your species. Your choice is simple.

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Colère Tueur de Lapin Feb 26, 2018 • 8:08:26am

re: #139 MsJ

I didn’t see it yet. Do they make her a sympathetic figure? I’m struggling with the purpose of the film.

Not really. It is very matter of fact. I took away that she fucked up a lot and lied, a bunch. But, the way that the segments are put together from the differing points of view allows the viewer to believe which bits they wish to believe and come to their own conclusion. I think, the directors were sympathetic to her, I was not. Except, she had a pretty rough life.

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Shiplord Kirel, live from behind wingnut lines Feb 26, 2018 • 8:10:35am

re: #128 Sir John Barron

Yeah I heard about that part. Makes me feel very mortal (51).

I’m 68. For the last few years I have felt like an adventurer threading his way through the Valley of the Shadow of Death.

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The Vicious Babushka Feb 26, 2018 • 8:11:02am

Trump rips Fla. Deputies for not going into school. “I really believe I’d run in there even if I didn’t have a weapon.”

— Zeke Miller (@ZekeJMiller) February 26, 2018

Whatever you say President Bone Spurs https://t.co/wp0hItspFS

— Michael Cohen (@speechboy71) February 26, 2018

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Backwoods_Sleuth Feb 26, 2018 • 8:11:11am

A rainbow appeared over Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School this morning as staff returned for the 1st time since the shooting. https://t.co/cTtoxpkRVI pic.twitter.com/3nKcZUWC6O

— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) February 26, 2018

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jaunte Feb 26, 2018 • 8:11:45am

Trump rips Fla. Deputies for not going into school. “I really believe I’d run in there even if I didn’t have a weapon.”

— Zeke Miller (@ZekeJMiller) February 26, 2018

And 1,000 bone spurs responses are born. https://t.co/F3MvyKgaqE

— Schooley (@Rschooley) February 26, 2018

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SteelPH Feb 26, 2018 • 8:12:02am

re: #150 Backwoods_Sleuth

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It’s the gay agenda! KILL IT!

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jaunte Feb 26, 2018 • 8:12:10am

I’d like to see Trump try to run 20 feet.

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nines09 Feb 26, 2018 • 8:12:35am

We shall see.

Good Monday. I just called @Amazon to cancel my Prime & the kind rep strongly suggested @Amazon will today announce they’ll stop streaming NRATV. If no news by 5pm, I cancel. Everyone, call [no phone numbers allowed] or email Amazon-pr@amazon.com. Today! Your voice matters. #BoycottNRA

— Bryce Tache (@brycetache) February 26, 2018

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dangerman Feb 26, 2018 • 8:15:13am

re: #141 dangerman

currently (actually the ultimate journey album):

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Video

which in my world inevitably leads to:

YouTube

dont ask why, it just does

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dangerman Feb 26, 2018 • 8:16:34am

re: #146 Decatur Deb

We can coexist, but only on my terms. You will say you lose your freedom. Freedom is an illusion. All you lose is the emotion of pride. To be dominated by me is not as bad for humankind as to be dominated by others of your species. Your choice is simple.

i can wake up and pfft, you’re gone… ;-)

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nines09 Feb 26, 2018 • 8:16:35am

re: #149 The Vicious Babushka

Trump is Florida Man.

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Aucun pays pour les vieux ennemis Feb 26, 2018 • 8:17:06am

re: #151 jaunte

Cadet Bonespurs would shit his pants and run away.

— Jeff “We call BS” Furlington (@FurlingtonJeff) February 26, 2018

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HappyWarrior Feb 26, 2018 • 8:17:29am

re: #112 makeitstop

True. But I have zero sympathy for Dana and Chris. They cashed the checks.

Notta a damn.

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Sir John Barron Feb 26, 2018 • 8:17:58am

re: #151 jaunte

Trump rips Fla. Deputies for not going into school. “I really believe I’d run in there even if I didn’t have a weapon.”

— Zeke Miller

This guy

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jaunte Feb 26, 2018 • 8:18:05am

re: #158 Aucun pays pour les vieux ennemis

Maybe he’d golfcart in.

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lawhawk Feb 26, 2018 • 8:18:05am

Greets and saluts from the Resistance in the NYC metro area. Trump is once again trying to show that if there’s a stupid position to take, he’ll take the even worse one.

He got out of being a hero in favor of his personal Vietnam with STDs by taking multiple deferments for bone spurs.

Phony brave and crazy stupid is no way to go through life, but that’s how the GOP rolls these days.

— lawhawk (@lawhawk) February 26, 2018

It’s not just Trump though. The GOP/NRA are intent on showing everyone how bugnuts insane they are about the unfettered access to guns and their sheer hypocrisy about everything.

Scalise: Let’s focus on mental health.

Me: GOP/NRA refuses to expand background checks to include wide range of mental health factors going back to VA Tech massacre. Too soon?

The GOP/NRA has also cut mental health services funding.

— lawhawk (@lawhawk) February 26, 2018

Oh, and in the GOP rush to pass their tax scam, they drafted it with so many errors that it’s going to need a cleanup bill to fix the provisions. When the Obamacare legislation was enacted, the GOP used any drafting issues as an excuse to try and destroy the bill.

Now the GOP wants Democrats to help rescue their tax scam.

Turns out GOP mis-drafted a portion of the tax law & want Ds help to fix it.

When this happened with the ACA, GOP took any drafting glitch & tried to break the law, overturn it in the courts & not make specified payments. I lived this.

Life’s funny.https://t.co/7oELkoZ6Y3 pic.twitter.com/O8flC9irlF

— Andy Slavitt (@ASlavitt) February 26, 2018

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lawhawk Feb 26, 2018 • 8:18:52am

In a more somber moment, today marks the 25th anniversary since the 1993 WTC bombing that killed 6 and wounded more than 1,000.

Today marks the 25th anniversary of the 1993 bombing of the World Trade Center: https://t.co/rjs4tbjkZD (from @AP) pic.twitter.com/SVNAjrALsS

— lawhawk (@lawhawk) February 26, 2018

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Decatur Deb Feb 26, 2018 • 8:19:40am

re: #156 dangerman

i can wake up and pfft, you’re gone… ;-)

We will work together… unwillingly at first, on your part, but that will pass.

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Sir John Barron Feb 26, 2018 • 8:19:46am

re: #142 ObserverArt

Oh shut up Erickson.

Damn these conservatives are really showing their asses over these kids. But all America is getting a good lesson how vile they all are.

He has the nerve to criticize a student and say get him a grief counsellor.

Hey Puffy…maybe this is how the students are dealing with the grief. They are channeling it into political action so they hope they can prevent further grief of others.

Surely Erick and the NRA have done nothing for real grief. Well, that would be besides making themselves feel good by rotely saying “thoughts and prayers” and moving on to the next time.

And they claim they are Christians. Erick’s whole diatribe about a “bully kid” is far far away from Christian thinking. Hey, maybe they aren’t real Christians afterall.

These kids have really gotten to them. Seems a little hard to understand, other than they obviously feel very threated, as if the 2nd Amendment is going to go up in smoke at any moment, what with the GOP controlling a large majority of state houses, Congress and the WH.

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Dr. Matt Feb 26, 2018 • 8:19:57am

re: #151 jaunte

Trump rips Fla. Deputies for not going into school. “I really believe I’d run in there even if I didn’t have a weapon.”
— Zeke Miller (@ZekeJMiller) February 26, 2018

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Shiplord Kirel, live from behind wingnut lines Feb 26, 2018 • 8:20:16am

Yep, they’re running scared. AR-15 prices have jumped significantly since last week. I can’t refer back to the earlier price list but I remember one or two were under $500 and several were between 5 and 6. Now the cheapest is $634.00

cheaperthandirt.com

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nines09 Feb 26, 2018 • 8:20:35am

Trump running right in there

Trump: “I really believe I’d run in there even if I didn’t have a weapon.”

Also Trump: pic.twitter.com/4SuI1Ur9hn

— Parker Molloy (@ParkerMolloy) February 26, 2018

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HappyWarrior Feb 26, 2018 • 8:20:55am

re: #162 lawhawk

Greets and saluts from the Resistance in the NYC metro area. Trump is once again trying to show that if there’s a stupid position to take, he’ll take the even worse one.

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Mental health? You mean that thing your budget cuts services for? That thing conservatives continue to blame all mass shootings on because they can’t accept that sound minds can and do plan murders? That mental health?

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dangerman Feb 26, 2018 • 8:21:00am

re: #148 Shiplord Kirel, live from behind wingnut lines

I’m 68. For the last few years I have felt like an adventurer threading his way through the Valley of the Shadow of Death.

i turned 60 last year.
up till then i was rarely, if ever sick.
most of you know i run/ran 30-50 miles a week, and did all kind of dangerous stuff.
now 60 comes up on the radar and it’s like the body says, ok, we’ve waited long enough, time to start fucking shit up

i am really really counting on this being some kind of phase and not the start of a trend (really really)

i dont want support and encouragement. i want my damned endurance back!

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dangerman Feb 26, 2018 • 8:21:47am

re: #153 jaunte

I’d like to see Trump try to run ~~20 feet~~.

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HappyWarrior Feb 26, 2018 • 8:22:07am

re: #151 jaunte

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You don’t even spend time with your son and we’re supposed to believe you’d go after a shooter. Fake tough guy is fake.

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HappyWarrior Feb 26, 2018 • 8:22:40am

re: #171 dangerman

He would if McDonalds was closing.

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jaunte Feb 26, 2018 • 8:23:21am

Trump bravely stands ready to sacrifice Keith Schiller in any active shooter situation.

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Joe Bacon 🌹 Feb 26, 2018 • 8:23:36am

re: #173 HappyWarrior

He would if McDonalds was closing.

Or KFC!

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nines09 Feb 26, 2018 • 8:23:40am

re: #170 dangerman

i turned 60 last year.
up till then i was rarely, if ever sick.
most of you know i run/ran 30-50 miles a week, and did all kind of dangerous stuff.
now 60 comes up on the radar and it’s like the body says, ok, we’ve waited long enough, time to start fucking shit up

i am really really counting on this being some kind of phase and not the start of a trend (really really)

i dont want support and encouragement. i want my damned endurance back!

I’m going to be 67. One reality I have found. The floor gets further away and gravity wins. Keep swinging.

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Decatur Deb Feb 26, 2018 • 8:24:10am

re: #174 jaunte

Trump bravely stands ready to sacrifice Keith Schiller in any active shooter situation.

“Ivanka, it’s time to rock and roll.”

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Anymouse 🌹 Feb 26, 2018 • 8:24:14am

re: #80 HappyWarrior

I’m glad the NRA is lashing out because the rest of the country is seeing what we’ve seen for years from Dana, Wayne, Ted, and co.

I hope that police departments across the country see it as well.

The NRA as it exists today is an extension of conservatism, therefore anyone will be sacrificed to their religion.

The Broward County Sheriff’s Office is not towing the cult line, so it is coming under attack from GOP politicians and the NRA, while liberals and teenagers who survived a mass-shooting are either defending them or asking to wait until the evidence is in.

The PC culture of conservatism could not likely be more apparent with the response. They must respond, because teenagers are framing the narrative in a way that paints the NRA poorly. The NRA’s strategy has always been to be silent after mass-murder, but now they have to respond, and they’re using the only weapon conservatism has (attack the messenger, not the arguments).

I really hope the police, the military, &c are paying attention. The NRA and conservatives do not have your back, and will sacrifice you in a moment to conserve their power.

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calochortus Feb 26, 2018 • 8:24:22am

re: #170 dangerman

Welcome to reality. ;)

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Anymouse 🌹 Feb 26, 2018 • 8:25:07am

re: #78 HappyWarrior

Yeah Dana they’re blaming all gun owners. We found the real victim of Parkland and it’s Dana and the NRA.

Most gun owners don’t belong to the NRA, just sayin’.

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dangerman Feb 26, 2018 • 8:25:08am

re: #154 nines09

We shall see.

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just sent my email to Amazon-pr@amazon.com

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jaunte Feb 26, 2018 • 8:25:55am

Trump rips Fla. Deputies for not going into school. “I really believe I’d run in there even if I didn’t have a weapon.”

— Zeke Miller (@ZekeJMiller) February 26, 2018

C’mon now, @realDonaldTrump. You’re afraid of *stairs.* https://t.co/CTPvM7mb6q

— Jamison Foser (@jamisonfoser) February 26, 2018

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makeitstop Feb 26, 2018 • 8:26:57am

re: #176 nines09

I’m going to be 67. One reality I have found. The floor gets further away and gravity wins. Keep swinging.

I’m going to be 65 in August. The only thing that really bothers me (so far) is getting up out of a chair. I’m sure that list will grow quite a bit.

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dangerman Feb 26, 2018 • 8:27:17am

re: #164 Decatur Deb

We will work together… unwillingly at first, on your part, but that will pass.

there’s still this red pill….

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Sir John Barron Feb 26, 2018 • 8:28:01am

re: #162 lawhawk

Greets and saluts from the Resistance in the NYC metro area. Trump is once again trying to show that if there’s a stupid position to take, he’ll take the even worse one.

Look, all we meant with the ‘mental health’ thing was that people should blame the shooter’s mental health, not blame the gun or regulate guns or anything like that.

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Skip Intro Feb 26, 2018 • 8:28:15am

re: #89 Backwoods_Sleuth

What Ivanka means: “I believe in my inheritance”.

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KGxvi Feb 26, 2018 • 8:28:24am

re: #30 dangerman

to start the day, remember clintons 11 hour interview, on camera?

from political-wire.com

this tweet was in the comments- do i bold it, italicize, go LARGE, or put a flashing light and siren on it?:

Susan Hennessey ✔ @Susan_Hennessey

Lawyers for the President of the United States do not believe he is capable of answering questions about his involvement in Russian election interference and other possibly criminal activity honestly and without committing additional felonies. Let that sink in.

11:03 AM - Feb 25, 2018 34.4K 19.3K people are talking about this

It is going to be incredibly interesting when Mueller finally says “fuck it” and issues a subpoena. How Trump responds to it is going to be an incredible test of our constitution. The least troubling outcome would be him testifying (not likely). The second least would be him objecting and the challenge getting run up to the Supreme Court, but given the precedent from the Clinton case in the 90’s, I’m guessing the Court would find it valid. Then comes whether Trump would still refuse (a la his hero Andrew Jackson - the Chief Justice has issued his opinion, now let him enforce it), whether he would order Mueller fired (Saturday Night Massacre II: the Stupidening), and ultimately whether Congress would do anything about it.

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nines09 Feb 26, 2018 • 8:29:50am

re: #183 makeitstop

I’m going to be 65 in August. The only thing that really bothers me (so far) is getting up out of a chair. I’m sure that list will grow quite a bit.

I’m sure you like how everybody loves your band until it’s time to pack it up and hump it to the truck, down stairs and into the snow, on a slight incline at 1AM.

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jaunte Feb 26, 2018 • 8:29:51am

Meanwhile behind the Trump smokescreen:

Trump owes Deutsche Bank (DB) $364 M

Kushner owes them $285M
DB has a cooperating agreement with Vnesheconombank (VEB), who is under US sanctions
If DB transferred Kushner and Trump’s loan to VEB, the POTUS has a personal incentive to lift US sanctions https://t.co/ilrCh8OG7u …

— Tomthunkit™ (@TomthunkitsMind) February 25, 2018

My hunch: These massive debts owed to DB will link Kushner and ultimately Trump to Russia’s information warfare against, and its hacking into, our democracy — and to Trump’s dereliction of duty in not lifting a finger to defend the United States from ongoing attack: https://t.co/VKva7tuzDg

— Laurence Tribe (@tribelaw) February 25, 2018

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Decatur Deb Feb 26, 2018 • 8:29:53am

re: #184 dangerman

there’s still this red pill….

After reviewing all personnel files, I have selected you to serve, as long as you cooperate, as my link to your species.

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HappyWarrior Feb 26, 2018 • 8:30:34am

re: #180 Anymouse 🌹

Most gun owners don’t belong to the NRA, just sayin’.

You missed my snark.

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dangerman Feb 26, 2018 • 8:31:22am

re: #176 nines09

I’m going to be 67. One reality I have found. The floor gets further away and gravity wins. Keep swinging.

i get on my knees to clean the cat box

mrs dm does yoga. she bends at the waist
a nice view.
i still want to mutter “b*t*h”. i dont. but i wanna

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makeitstop Feb 26, 2018 • 8:31:51am

re: #188 nines09

I’m sure you like how everybody loves your band until it’s time to pack it up and hump it to the truck, down stairs and into the snow, on a slight incline at 1AM.

Absolutely the worst. I’m loving venues with backlines more and more. :)

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Jay C Feb 26, 2018 • 8:33:36am

re: #140 Hecuba’s daughter

Minor edit:

The conservative movement has always been concerned only about their wishes and feelings and mocking or denigrating the feelings of others ; no one else is capable of possessing any insight or truth. They are the true bullies.

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Backwoods_Sleuth Feb 26, 2018 • 8:34:35am

The 2nd Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled that the Civil Rights Act of 1964 bans anti-gay workplace discrimination. The decision rebukes the Trump admin, which had argued against a gay worker in the case. https://t.co/oVCOt2WZhh

— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) February 26, 2018

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HappyWarrior Feb 26, 2018 • 8:35:07am

re: #194 Jay C

Minor edit:

Yep. Erick is just upset that David is standing up to them. This is so laughable for the people who tried to legitimize Milo and Ben Shapiro as legitimate voices to complain about Hogg.

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Blind Frog Belly White Feb 26, 2018 • 8:35:14am

re: #192 dangerman

i get on my knees to clean the cat box

mrs dm does yoga. she bends at the waist
a nice view.
i still want to mutter “b*t*h”. i dont. but i wanna

eh, I was never, ever flexible enough to reach lower than mid-calf when trying to touch my toes. Being 60 didn’t do that to me. It was a preexisting condition.

Speaking of cat boxes, over the weekend my sister responded to someone who was denigrating cats by pointing out that dogs will eat shit out of the cat box.

I said, “See? See how helpful dogs are?”

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dangerman Feb 26, 2018 • 8:35:53am

re: #187 KGxvi

It is going to be incredibly interesting when Mueller finally says “fuck it” and issues a subpoena. How Trump responds to it is going to be an incredible test of our constitution. The least troubling outcome would be him testifying (not likely). The second least would be him objecting and the challenge getting run up to the Supreme Court, but given the precedent from the Clinton case in the 90’s, I’m guessing the Court would find it valid. Then comes whether Trump would still refuse (a la his hero Andrew Jackson - the Chief Justice has issued his opinion, now let him enforce it), whether he would order Mueller fired (Saturday Night Massacre II: the Stupidening), and ultimately whether Congress would do anything about it.

for the lawyers or anyone who wants to play one:

if mueller issues a subpoena and anywhere in the timeline you mentioned, is then fired, what happens to the subpoena?

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HappyWarrior Feb 26, 2018 • 8:36:04am

re: #195 Backwoods_Sleuth

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Discrimination against Christians.// Nevermind the same laws protect Christians too.

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Anymouse 🌹 Feb 26, 2018 • 8:36:28am

re: #148 Shiplord Kirel, live from behind wingnut lines

I’m 68. For the last few years I have felt like an adventurer threading his way through the Valley of the Shadow of Death.

You’ll probably outlive me then. I’m fifty-seven, the oldest male in memory in my family’s history. I’m already living on borrowed time, and the second-oldest person in my family.

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KGxvi Feb 26, 2018 • 8:36:50am

re: #198 dangerman

for the lawyers or anyone who wants to play one:

if mueller issues a subpoena and anywhere in the timeline you mentioned, is then fired, what happens to the subpoena?

The subpoena would still be valid, technically, it’s issued by the Court via the grand jury. However, a new special prosecutor could rescind the subpoena.

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nines09 Feb 26, 2018 • 8:37:28am

My daughter has competed in gymnastics for over 15 years. We’ve been in so many gyms and stadiums with the insane seating and vertigo inducing stairs. We get there early so we can cherry pick our seats without getting a nosebleed. The last 2 years, it’s all my wife can do to maneuver the stars. Some are not that bad but others…..wheeeeee.
This is my daughters last year. Part of me will miss it, part of me will be relieved.

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lawhawk Feb 26, 2018 • 8:38:59am

GOP: Trumpworld links to Deutsche Bank aren’t troubling at all, because the bank is German, not Russia.

Me: Deutsche Bank has been in trouble multiple times over its steadfast inability to get a handle on money laundering operations using its banking facilities. It’s the users of the bank that are a problem as much as the bank itself. If Russia and Trump were using the bank for money laundering purposes that’s the problem right there - not that the bank itself was German.

Me: Then there’s Trump’s links to Alfa Bank, which is Russian.

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KGxvi Feb 26, 2018 • 8:39:25am

re: #199 HappyWarrior

Discrimination against Christians.// Nevermind the same laws protect Christians too.

The most interesting part of Constitutional law is when conflicting rights come into contact. This is one of those examples. Fundamentalists would argue that being forced to hire/cater to gay employees/customers would violate their freedom of religion; however, their actions (religiously inspired or not) also violate the rights of said gay people.

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dangerman Feb 26, 2018 • 8:39:30am

re: #190 Decatur Deb

After reviewing all personnel files, I have selected you to serve, as long as you cooperate, as my link to your species.

took me three posts because i have no pride…

well played.
one of my faves

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dangerman Feb 26, 2018 • 8:41:19am

re: #196 HappyWarrior

Yep. Erick is just upset that David is standing up to them. This is so laughable for the people who tried to legitimize Milo and Ben Shapiro as legitimate voices to complain about Hogg.

they cant figure out how to punch down without looking worse than they know they already do

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Shiplord Kirel, live from behind wingnut lines Feb 26, 2018 • 8:41:27am

Facebook Post

Nah, it wasn’t an exorcism but a seance. They conjured up the spirit of Abraham Lincoln, asked his advice and a ghostly voice answered, “GET THE HELL OUT OF HERE!”

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GlutenFreeJesus Feb 26, 2018 • 8:41:44am

Let’s get to reporting this ahole:

I look forward to executing foreign and domestic terrorists like @davidhogg111 . Turn us #dogsofwar loose POTUS

— Tim Launhardt (@timlaunhardt) February 26, 2018

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Dr. Matt Feb 26, 2018 • 8:42:59am

Dotard ran away from the draft 5 times and can barely walk 200 yards without a golf cart….but he totally would have ran into the school to save those kids.

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BeachDem Feb 26, 2018 • 8:43:25am

This is quite a correction pic.twitter.com/TnFZmbCIQV

— Jon Steingart (@jonsteingart) February 26, 2018

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Barefoot Grin Feb 26, 2018 • 8:43:56am

re: #208 GlutenFreeJesus

Let’s get to reporting this ahole:

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Look at me!!! I’m a dog of war!!! pic.twitter.com/rIPQzUDomv

— Mike (@halfass101) February 26, 2018

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Decatur Deb Feb 26, 2018 • 8:44:25am

re: #205 dangerman

took me three posts because i have no pride…

well played.
one of my faves

Thirty-six years old, and still holds up. Great to see what a supercomputer would look like to 1970.

imdb.com

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MsJ Feb 26, 2018 • 8:44:30am

re: #165 Sir John Barron

These kids have really gotten to them. Seems a little hard to understand, other than they obviously feel very threated, as if the 2nd Amendment is going to go up in smoke at any moment, what with the GOP controlling a large majority of state houses, Congress and the WH.

And SCOTUS.

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Anymouse 🌹 Feb 26, 2018 • 8:45:18am

re: #191 HappyWarrior

You missed my snark.

I did. Sorry. I’m tired and need to go to bed.

I made a morning trip to the Post Office to pick up a signature package (my 34mg Phenobarbital tablets from the VA).

The postmistress handed across my mail this morning, including my 100mg Phenobarbital tablets, which do not require a signature to get. She asked me why the VA does that.

I have no idea. They’re both Schedule II drugs. The 34mg tablets are smaller, but I imagine smuggling isn’t the issue. Maybe the smaller tablets wind up on the street more often or something? I can’t figure that one out.

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Belafon Feb 26, 2018 • 8:45:21am

re: #208 GlutenFreeJesus

Let’s get to reporting this ahole:

They want to see a real backlash, go physically attack one of those kids.

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KGxvi Feb 26, 2018 • 8:45:35am

re: #210 BeachDem

That’s like forgetting the “did not” in “he beat his wife.”

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GlutenFreeJesus Feb 26, 2018 • 8:45:41am

re: #182 jaunte

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dangerman Feb 26, 2018 • 8:46:18am

re: #204 KGxvi

The most interesting part of Constitutional law is when conflicting rights come into contact. This is one of those examples. Fundamentalists would argue that being forced to hire/cater to gay employees/customers would violate their freedom of religion; however, their actions (religiously inspired or not) also violate the rights of said gay people.

wait!
so rights can conflict with other rights?
i had no idea ///
i wonder whether that would include the 2A? hmmm….

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Hecuba's daughter Feb 26, 2018 • 8:46:20am

re: #165 Sir John Barron

These kids have really gotten to them. Seems a little hard to understand, other than they obviously feel very threated, as if the 2nd Amendment is going to go up in smoke at any moment, what with the GOP controlling a large majority of state houses, Congress and the WH.

The NRA has been successful year in and year out in preventing any gun control legislation since the expiration of the assault weapons ban. Their strategy has worked for them to date — so far they have no reason to expect it to fail now. The GOP Congress and Senate with the help of a few petrified Dems will not pass any meaningful legislation as long as they are in power.

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HappyWarrior Feb 26, 2018 • 8:46:52am

re: #214 Anymouse 🌹

I did. Sorry. I’m tired and need to go to bed.

I made a morning trip to the Post Office to pick up a signature package (my 34mg Phenobarbital tablets from the VA).

The postmistress handed across my mail this morning, including my 100mg Phenobarbital tablets, which do not require a signature to get. She asked me why the VA does that.

I have no idea. They’re both Schedule II drugs. The 34mg tablets are smaller, but I imagine smuggling isn’t the issue. Maybe the smaller tablets wind up on the street more often or something? I can’t figure that one out.

All good. Sarcasm and snark can be hard to see through text.

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GlutenFreeJesus Feb 26, 2018 • 8:50:23am

re: #208 GlutenFreeJesus

I reported him to FBI and Austin PD twitter accounts as well.

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Backwoods_Sleuth Feb 26, 2018 • 8:51:04am

“Do you believe your father’s [sexual misconduct] accusers?” -@PeterAlexander

“I think it’s a pretty inappropriate question to ask a daughter if she believes the accusers of her father when he’s affirmatively stated there’s no truth to it.” -@IvankaTrump pic.twitter.com/23AVPgcOdE

— TODAY (@TODAYshow) February 26, 2018

Trying to figure out what part of this is inappropriate. She works for the taxpayers, says she focuses on women’s issues, was at the interview because she went to the Olympics to represent the USA, is an adult, and has spoken publicly about accusations against others. https://t.co/7GqrFRe8oH

— Jake Tapper (@jaketapper) February 26, 2018

She can become Tiffany anytime she wants, instead she pulls this nonsense, because she thinks the rest of us are stupid. https://t.co/SQJYRPTTuJ

— SUBSCRIBE TO OUR NEWSLETTER (@brianbeutler) February 26, 2018

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Blind Frog Belly White Feb 26, 2018 • 8:51:18am

President Trump said he had lunch over the weekend with top NRA officials Wayne LaPierre and Chris Cox. He told governors: “We need to do something.” This will be the biggest question for the gun debate: Will POTUS be willing to confront NRA on age limits or other issues?

— Jeff Zeleny (@jeffzeleny) February 26, 2018

I just had a thought - suppose the NRA has decided to suffer a strategic defeat for The Greater Good, i.e. Trump’s image. Trump says, “outlaw bump stocks and raise the age to 21”, the NRA says, “No! No! A thousand times, NO!”

Trump insists, the NRA makes a half-assed stand, Congress passes the bill and Trump and Congress look like they’re tough on the NRA. The fact that Trump had lunch with Cox and LaPierre makes me suspicious of collusion.

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Interesting Times Feb 26, 2018 • 8:51:25am

I’m just posting this because of ACLU West Virginia’s exquisite use of hashtags:

BREAKING: @iamjohnoliver and @HBO defeated coal baron Bob Murray’s lawsuit! #EatShitBob https://t.co/LtLMEvnx3F

— ACLU of WV (@ACLU_WV) February 24, 2018

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HappyWarrior Feb 26, 2018 • 8:51:37am

re: #208 GlutenFreeJesus

Let’s get to reporting this ahole:

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This is why I’m a cynic. Kid survives mass shooting. Kid wants to prevent future mass shootings through reasonable legislation. Kid gets threats like this. Fuck the gun culture man.

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HappyWarrior Feb 26, 2018 • 8:52:14am

re: #222 Backwoods_Sleuth

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Inappropriate because it made her think about her creepy father.

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lawhawk Feb 26, 2018 • 8:52:48am

re: #222 Backwoods_Sleuth

In which Chelsea Clinton was asked by a member of the public — during the campaign! — about her dad’s sexual misconduct, called the question inappropriate, and nobody in the media said a word https://t.co/Vvs130M56h

— Ben Shapiro (@benshapiro) February 26, 2018

Dumbass doesn’t get that there’s a distinction between someone who is part of the government and officially represents the United States with a child who has no official role in anything govt did (or was underage at the time the said events occurred). https://t.co/tGfR2fHZo7

— lawhawk (@lawhawk) February 26, 2018

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Backwoods_Sleuth Feb 26, 2018 • 8:53:31am

In which @GovWalker refuses to discuss guns while in Washington because…“Not talking about that right now. No, I’m not here as a national figure. I’m here as a governor.” Huh?
Full piece here: https://t.co/H5hmYbOSCG

— Matt Laslo (@MattLaslo) February 26, 2018

Scott Walker, who once thought he should be POTUS, now refuses to discuss guns because he’s just a governor. (Hadn’t heard that excuse before.) https://t.co/JGA6ySpGnt

— Steven Dennis (@StevenTDennis) February 26, 2018

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Dr. Matt Feb 26, 2018 • 8:53:41am

re: #208 GlutenFreeJesus

Let’s get to reporting this ahole:

He’s going to be out of a job very soon and will be getting many visits from law enforcement.

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Anymouse 🌹 Feb 26, 2018 • 8:53:59am

re: #208 GlutenFreeJesus

Let’s get to reporting this ahole:

I don’t know if that guy is actually a Navy vet or no (there is only his claim), but if he is, he’s the sort of person as a Navy Recruiter I would have turned away if he’d displayed issues like that.

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lawhawk Feb 26, 2018 • 8:55:07am

About 9 million fewer Americans will have health insurance next year thanks to the Trump administration and Republicans in Congress, a new report estimates https://t.co/SUi6Iu0LaT pic.twitter.com/jd82raTYzy

— CNN Politics (@CNNPolitics) February 26, 2018

That’s 9 million fewer Americans with health coverage, including mental health coverage, thanks to Trump and GOP.

That means millions fewer will have access mental health treatment they need. https://t.co/KV1ROgypNl

— lawhawk (@lawhawk) February 26, 2018

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Shiplord Kirel, live from behind wingnut lines Feb 26, 2018 • 8:56:23am

re: #215 Belafon

They want to see a real backlash, go physically attack one of those kids.

I’m expecting an attempt. This may be when we finally see a real outbreak of mainstream RWNJ violence rather than the isolated lone wolf terrorist attacks we have seen so far.

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Backwoods_Sleuth Feb 26, 2018 • 8:56:30am

WATCH: Snow blankets Eternal City as Arctic storm that’s freezing Europe reaches Rome. @nwinfield reports: https://t.co/FzfZd9eKW7 pic.twitter.com/pNJnhEc2Ii

— AP Europe (@AP_Europe) February 26, 2018

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Belafon Feb 26, 2018 • 8:57:12am

re: #219 Hecuba’s daughter

I agree the battle isn’t over, but, one of the things the NRA has been successful at is controlling the narrative. Now they don’t, and they don’t know what to do.

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Scottish Dragon Feb 26, 2018 • 8:57:45am

What a pathetic, insecure little man you must be. No, strike that. You aren’t a man. You don’t rate that distinction. You’re a professional toady. A grubby non-entity Quisling and lickspittle with your fawning tongue fixed on the shoes of cartoon villains.

— Deirdre (@Celticlassy10) February 26, 2018

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Dr Lizardo Feb 26, 2018 • 8:57:57am

re: #208 GlutenFreeJesus

Let’s get to reporting this ahole:

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I’ve reported that Tweet to the FBI.

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ObserverArt Feb 26, 2018 • 8:58:35am

re: #178 Anymouse 🌹

I hope that police departments across the country see it as well.

The NRA as it exists today is an extension of conservatism, therefore anyone will be sacrificed to their religion.

The Broward County Sheriff’s Office is not towing the cult line, so it is coming under attack from GOP politicians and the NRA, while liberals and teenagers who survived a mass-shooting are either defending them or asking to wait until the evidence is in.

The PC culture of conservatism could not likely be more apparent with the response. They must respond, because teenagers are framing the narrative in a way that paints the NRA poorly. The NRA’s strategy has always been to be silent after mass-murder, but now they have to respond, and they’re using the only weapon conservatism has (attack the messenger, not the arguments).

I really hope the police, the military, &c are paying attention. The NRA and conservatives do not have your back, and will sacrifice you in a moment to conserve their power.

In my opinion the students are in a way ignoring the NRA and doing an end-around run to sane America. They in effect are making the NRA powerless. Sure they mention them, but really you can tell their target is America. They’ve already told the NRA to shove it…you are no longer listened too.

The students are not portraying the NRA poorly, they are just stating facts. The NRA’s response is portraying themselves poorly.

Isn’t it great? The students are showing America there is nothing to be scared of regarding the NRA. The students are showing politicians what to do since for years the politicians seem to have let the NRA step all over them.

The greatest sign that the NRA is being hurt big time is all of a sudden they do something drastic like force Wayne LaPierre out, shut people like the Dana Loesch and Ted Nugent up and try to come off more welcoming and understanding.

I happen to think very serious discussions are going on at NRA headquarters, and all kinds of moves they could make to come out of this intact with some power left are up for consideration. If they are too arrogant to be looking at all of that, then they will suffer even more damage.

Watch for a tone change from the NRA. It would not surprise me if it is coming. They have their own butts to save. IMO.

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Backwoods_Sleuth Feb 26, 2018 • 8:58:37am

re: #211 Barefoot Grin

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The left despises free speech and the ability to defend Life. They are immoral.
Look me up on gab when the free speech assaulter @jack tramples my 1st.

— Tim Launhardt (@timlaunhardt) February 26, 2018

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Anymouse 🌹 Feb 26, 2018 • 8:58:51am

re: #231 lawhawk

But the NRA and the GOP still thinks they should have unrestricted access to firearms.

I have trouble keeping up with their whipsaw reasoning.

a) The II Amendment is an absolute right (so much so the Missouri legislature passed a bill to allow the blind to purchase firearms)

b) The problem isn’t restrictions on purchases or comprehensive background checks, it’s “mentally unstable” people are purchasing firearms.

c) Remove restrictions on those people, when they are most often the victims of gun violence, not the perpetrators.

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Anymouse 🌹 Feb 26, 2018 • 8:59:30am

re: #232 Shiplord Kirel, live from behind wingnut lines

I’m expecting an attempt. This may be when we finally see a real outbreak of mainstream RWNJ violence rather than the isolated lone wolf terrorist attacks we have seen so far.

Either that, or the backlash of the entire public against the NRA and Movement Conservatism.

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HappyWarrior Feb 26, 2018 • 9:00:38am

re: #227 lawhawk

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She wasn’t a part of her father’s administration you stupid hack. Ivanka promotes her father’s administration. Maybe just maybe if you used the critical thinking skills you should have learned in law school instead of being a whiny asshole, you’d see the difference. And buddy you are part of the media, I have to see your stupidity in my Facebook timeline nearly everyday promoted by people who lack the same skills you do.

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Mike Lamb Feb 26, 2018 • 9:00:48am

re: #196 HappyWarrior

Yep. Erick is just upset that David is standing up to them. This is so laughable for the people who tried to legitimize Milo and Ben Shapiro as legitimate voices to complain about Hogg.

You can see the Parkland students are making their brains short circuit. A bully? Sorry, but words mean things, and there is no way to contort the word bully to apply to Hogg, or any of the others that are leading the charge.

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HappyWarrior Feb 26, 2018 • 9:01:30am

re: #228 Backwoods_Sleuth

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HappyWarrior Feb 26, 2018 • 9:02:06am

re: #242 Mike Lamb

You can see the Parkland students are making their brains short circuit. A bully? Sorry, but words mean things, and there is no way to contort the word bully to apply to Hogg, or any of the others that are leading the charge.

Absolutely. He’s standing up if anything to bullies.

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Ace-o-aces Feb 26, 2018 • 9:02:13am

Uh, Ben, in 2016 you wrote that “Obama despises the traditional Judeo-Christian underpinning of Western civilization.”

— Jane Coaston (@cjane87) February 26, 2018

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Jay C Feb 26, 2018 • 9:03:35am

re: #204 KGxvi

The most interesting part of Constitutional law is when conflicting rights come into contact. This is one of those examples. Fundamentalists would argue that being forced to hire/cater to gay employees/customers would violate their freedom of religion; however, their actions (religiously inspired or not) also violate the rights of said gay people.

While the Zarda decision* is certainly a positive, on its face, It’s still not unalloyed “good news” for civil rights, IMO -just another hurdle cleared for now.
For one thing, it’s very likely Big Hate is going to finance an appeal to the SCOTUS: which will be the last barrier to clear. And disgracefully, said appeal will almost certainly have the backing of the Government : as the linked article says:

The Justice Department had injected itself into the case even though it wasn’t a party to the lawsuit and doesn’t normally involve itself in private employment disputes.

A definitive ruling that sexual orientation is covered by the 1964 CRA - if upheld - would be an enormous BFD: and one sure to work the Religious Right into an even-more-hysterical lather than they already are. Yeah, “War on Christianity” rhetoric is moronic, but I’m guessing that’s the precise tack they’ll take to try to kill this ruling (political “insulation” of the Court notwithstanding).

* I noticed in the text of the ruling, the actual plaintiffs seem to be Donald Zarda’s estate - presumably he is deceased??

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Anymouse 🌹 Feb 26, 2018 • 9:03:36am

re: #241 HappyWarrior

She wasn’t a part of her father’s administration you stupid hack. Ivanka promotes her father’s administration. Maybe just maybe if you used the critical thinking skills you should have learned in law school instead of being a whiny asshole, you’d see the difference. And buddy you are part of the media, I have to see your stupidity in my Facebook timeline nearly everyday promoted by people who lack the same skills you do.

The jab at Chelsea Clinton is to promote a magic balance fairyist argument for the Trump administration. He knows Ms. Clinton was only a child. He’s banking on his uninformed readers to not know that and think “well the Democrats did it, why can’t we?”

He’s lying, not misinformed.

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HappyWarrior Feb 26, 2018 • 9:03:48am

re: #245 Ace-o-aces

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Yeah because you never call your liberal detractors anti American or liken us to Nazis, Ben. Dude you worked at Breitbart. Shut the fuck up with that shit.

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Belafon Feb 26, 2018 • 9:04:02am

re: #232 Shiplord Kirel, live from behind wingnut lines

I’m expecting an attempt. This may be when we finally see a real outbreak of mainstream RWNJ violence rather than the isolated lone wolf terrorist attacks we have seen so far.

And it would backfire big time. Yesterday, it was brought up whether we would see the same focus had this been a majority black school. The flip side is that a lot of white parents would see their kids being attacked.

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HappyWarrior Feb 26, 2018 • 9:04:44am

re: #247 Anymouse 🌹

The jab at Chelsea Clinton is to promote a magic balance fairyist argument for the Trump administration. He knows Ms. Clinton was only a child. He’s banking on his uninformed readers to not know that and think “well the Democrats did it, why can’t we?”

He’s lying, not misinformed.

I wish he’d go away. He offers nothing but recycled right wing bs and I can’t stand his fake pious bs.

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Mike Lamb Feb 26, 2018 • 9:04:47am

re: #245 Ace-o-aces

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She and her organization literally oppose anything and everything that might make it harder for the next school shooting (or any mass shooting to occur). Maybe saying she doesn’t care about the lives of children goes a bit too far, but she clearly has higher priorities.

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Colère Tueur de Lapin Feb 26, 2018 • 9:06:44am

re: #227 lawhawk

Shapiro is reeallly dumb. To quote Fail Safe, from Destiny 2. The intonation is what makes it good.

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HappyWarrior Feb 26, 2018 • 9:06:47am

He calls us baby killers all the time because of being pro choice. Shapiro is the dude who insults you endlessly and then cries when you tell him to fuck off.

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Scottish Dragon Feb 26, 2018 • 9:07:33am

re: #208 GlutenFreeJesus

Let’s get to reporting this ahole:

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I look forward to executing foreign and domestic terrorists like @davidhogg111 . Turn us #dogsofwar loose POTUS

— Tim Launhardt (@timlaunhardt) February 26, 2018

@FBI https://t.co/fKIcbtlMm9 This guy looks like a problem. Repeated threats and statments he is going to “honor” his oath to defend against “domestic enemies” such as teen Shooting survivor David Hogg.

— Deirdre (@Celticlassy10) February 26, 2018

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Anymouse 🌹 Feb 26, 2018 • 9:07:39am

re: #251 Mike Lamb

She and her organization literally oppose anything and everything that might make it harder for the next school shooting (or any mass shooting to occur). Maybe saying she doesn’t care about the lives of children goes a bit too far, but she clearly has higher priorities.

Nope. If you oppose anything that would help reduce mass-murder at schools, then you don’t care about the lives of children.

Pretty straightforward conclusion. Not too far.

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HappyWarrior Feb 26, 2018 • 9:07:40am

re: #252 Colère Tueur de Lapin

Shapiro is reeallly dumb. To quote Fail Safe, from Destiny 2. The intonation is what makes it good.

He’s more disingenuous than outright dumb but the people who see him as an Oracle certainly are.

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garzooma Feb 26, 2018 • 9:08:39am

Let’s arm thousands of semi-trained teachers to be around high school students, because what could possibly go … oh, right:

Congressman tells personal story of his own shooting
Congressman James Langevin, D-R.I., was just a teenager when his life changed forever because of a gun.

“I was a police cadet, 16-years-old in the police locker room, you would think one of the safest environments that you could be in and yet an accident happened and I became paralyzed,” Langevin said on Jansing & Co.

A police officer accidentally fired a weapon in the locker room, the bullet ricocheted off one of the lockers and lodged in his neck.

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Anymouse 🌹 Feb 26, 2018 • 9:08:42am

re: #256 HappyWarrior

He’s more disingenuous than outright dumb but the people who see him as an Oracle certainly are.

Not disingenuous, he’s lying.

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Shiplord Kirel, live from behind wingnut lines Feb 26, 2018 • 9:10:18am

re: #240 Anymouse 🌹

Either that, or the backlash of the entire public against the NRA and Movement Conservatism.

The NRA is going down this time. Its members have a big emotional investment in their unfettered right to penis extenders. It isn’t freedom, as they claim it is, but power and dominance. There is no telling what they will do when they realize that it’s gone.

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Scottish Dragon Feb 26, 2018 • 9:11:45am

We need to report this guy to local police in Austin. He is making terrorist threats on a public forum.

— Deirdre (@Celticlassy10) February 26, 2018

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HappyWarrior Feb 26, 2018 • 9:12:33am

re: #258 Anymouse 🌹

Not disingenuous, he’s lying.

He does that too but his act is definitely disingenuous.

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Backwoods_Sleuth Feb 26, 2018 • 9:12:35am

oh my…

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Dr. Matt Feb 26, 2018 • 9:13:15am

re: #230 Anymouse 🌹

I don’t know if that guy is actually a Navy vet or no (there is only his claim), but if he is, he’s the sort of person as a Navy Recruiter I would have turned away if he’d displayed issues like that.

Idiots like this still have a twitter account and I’m suspended because I hope and prayed Nazis get ball cancer. FFS.

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ObserverArt Feb 26, 2018 • 9:14:21am

re: #222 Backwoods_Sleuth

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Here is what I would ask Ivanka.

Ivanka, would you show us on this doll where your father touched you?

She is under his control.

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Shiplord Kirel, live from behind wingnut lines Feb 26, 2018 • 9:15:06am

re: #262 Backwoods_Sleuth

oh my…

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dangerman Feb 26, 2018 • 9:15:30am

re: #223 Blind Frog Belly White

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I just had a thought - suppose the NRA has decided to suffer a strategic defeat for The Greater Good, i.e. Trump’s image. Trump says, “outlaw bump stocks and raise the age to 21”, the NRA says, “No! No! A thousand times, NO!”

Trump insists, the NRA makes a half-assed stand, Congress passes the bill and Trump and Congress look like they’re tough on the NRA. The fact that Trump had lunch with Cox and LaPierre makes me suspicious of collusion.

i dont give them this much credit
too machievellian
they had lunch cause of the cpac timing

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Backwoods_Sleuth Feb 26, 2018 • 9:15:31am

In which Chelsea Clinton was asked by a member of the public — during the campaign! — about her dad’s sexual misconduct, called the question inappropriate, and nobody in the media said a word https://t.co/Vvs130M56h

— Ben Shapiro (@benshapiro) February 26, 2018

Okay, but a google search shows this 100% false. A small sampling shows it was covered by AP, on CBS evening news. NPR, WaPo, CNN Reliable Sources were very critical of her. https://t.co/b6QfYTgpGu

— andrew kaczynski🤔 (@KFILE) February 26, 2018

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Dr. Matt Feb 26, 2018 • 9:15:41am

re: #262 Backwoods_Sleuth

oh my…

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Translation: He doesn’t have a real job and can’t get a real job, so he’s going to scam people out of their money.

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jaunte Feb 26, 2018 • 9:15:49am

Here is a screen shot in the event this domestic terrorist deletes his post. @FBI @Twitter @TwitterSafety pic.twitter.com/HJgdNsZUuk

— TOᑭ ᖇOᑭE TᖇAViS 🇺🇸 (@TopRopeTravis) February 26, 2018

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Anymouse 🌹 Feb 26, 2018 • 9:16:28am

re: #263 Dr. Matt

Idiots like this still have a twitter account and I’m suspended because I hope and prayed Nazis get ball cancer. FFS.

Perhaps instead if you hoped and prayed Nazis got prostate cancer? /s

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Shiplord Kirel, live from behind wingnut lines Feb 26, 2018 • 9:17:00am

re: #265 Shiplord Kirel, live from behind wingnut lines

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Dr. Matt Feb 26, 2018 • 9:17:01am

re: #265 Shiplord Kirel, live from behind wingnut lines

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Here you go: @Austin_Police, @FBIHouston, @FBIDallas, @FBISanAntonio

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Dr Lizardo Feb 26, 2018 • 9:18:35am

re: #265 Shiplord Kirel, live from behind wingnut lines

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Sir John Barron Feb 26, 2018 • 9:18:38am

re: #267 Backwoods_Sleuth

Yeah but shutup.

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Mike Lamb Feb 26, 2018 • 9:19:10am

re: #267 Backwoods_Sleuth

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Scottish Dragon Feb 26, 2018 • 9:19:41am

Austin PD is refusing to take calls about Tim Launhardt. They insist you have to call your local police instead.

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Dr. Matt Feb 26, 2018 • 9:20:07am

re: #262 Backwoods_Sleuth

oh my…

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He just tweeted to Alex Jones about “globlists” are purging “Pro-American Pro-2A information from the web”.

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Backwoods_Sleuth Feb 26, 2018 • 9:20:56am

I actually read an article that my right-wing Uncle posted. It said something to the effect of, “we don’t need these guns for hunting. We need to be able to defend ourselves and people we love from tyranny!” Meaning a tyrannical government. /1

— Dachshund Resister! (@NastyBoof1970) February 26, 2018

The Constitution does NOT grant Americans the right to armed rebellion against the government. This is one of the most pernicious myths pushed by gun nuts.

YOU DO NOT HAVE THE RIGHT TO ARMED REBELLION.

That’s not what the 2nd Amendment says. https://t.co/rg1R1zRoer

— Stonekettle (@Stonekettle) February 26, 2018

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nines09 Feb 26, 2018 • 9:20:58am

Trump: “The headline was Trump wants all teachers to have guns. Trump wants teachers to have guns. I don’t want teachers to have guns. I want highly-trained people that have a natural talent, like hitting a baseball or hitting a golfball or putting.”

— Zeke Miller (@ZekeJMiller) February 26, 2018

the best hitters fail two out of every three times https://t.co/LJPtsZ9sfz

— Simon Maloy (@SimonMaloy) February 26, 2018

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Swampwitch Feb 26, 2018 • 9:21:28am

Launhardt’s Facebook page is just chock full of Pizzagate and birther “evidence”. facebook.com

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dangerman Feb 26, 2018 • 9:22:13am

re: #237 ObserverArt

In my opinion the students are in a way ignoring the NRA and doing an end-around run to sane America. They in effect are making the NRA powerless. Sure they mention them, but really you can tell their target is America. They’ve already told the NRA to shove it…you are no longer listened too.

The students are not portraying the NRA poorly, they are just stating facts. The NRA’s response is portraying themselves poorly.

Isn’t it great? The students are showing America there is nothing to be scared of regarding the NRA. The students are showing politicians what to do since for years the politicians seem to have let the NRA step all over them.

The greatest sign that the NRA is being hurt big time is all of a sudden they do something drastic like force Wayne LaPierre out, shut people like the Dana Loesch and Ted Nugent up and try to come off more welcoming and understanding.

I happen to think very serious discussions are going on at NRA headquarters, and all kinds of moves they could make to come out of this intact with some power left are up for consideration. If they are too arrogant to be looking at all of that, then they will suffer even more damage.

Watch for a tone change from the NRA. It would not surprise me if it is coming. They have their own butts to save. IMO.

they are not accepting the premise of the nra
neither its existence
nor its positions

its not at the table. not even in the room. it’s just not relevant

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Backwoods_Sleuth Feb 26, 2018 • 9:23:13am

“Nothing’s as bad as the 9th Circuit,” @realDonaldTrump says re: the court that’s currently reviewing his decision to end DACA.

— Sahil Kapur (@sahilkapur) February 26, 2018

Speaking to governors, Trump reiterates his call for for arming teachers, calls vaguely for doing something about “mental institutions,” and proposes beefing up early responses to red flags about potential shooters.

— Sahil Kapur (@sahilkapur) February 26, 2018

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Anymouse 🌹 Feb 26, 2018 • 9:23:21am

re: #262 Backwoods_Sleuth

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Backwoods_Sleuth Feb 26, 2018 • 9:24:29am

Trump says he had lunch with NRA’s Wayne LaPierre, Chris Cox and David Lehman and “they want to do something.”

— Sahil Kapur (@sahilkapur) February 26, 2018

Trump calls for “very strong” gun background checks — but again, he hasn’t endorsed a proposal. Fix NICS? Close the private sale loophole? We don’t know.

— Sahil Kapur (@sahilkapur) February 26, 2018

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lawhawk Feb 26, 2018 • 9:24:47am

re: #279 nines09

NYPD officers hit their intended targets in shooting situations about 18% of the time. In fact, they don’t make the Mendoza line.

And the NYPD requires cops to get recertified in firearms training 2x a year.

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jaunte Feb 26, 2018 • 9:25:08am

re: #284 Backwoods_Sleuth

Trump calls for “very strong” gun background checks — but again, he hasn’t endorsed a proposal. Fix NICS? Close the private sale loophole? We don’t know.

Trump doesn’t know either.

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jaunte Feb 26, 2018 • 9:25:40am

Someone on TV is going to have to tell Trump what to do.

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Sir John Barron Feb 26, 2018 • 9:27:26am

re: #284 Backwoods_Sleuth

Trump calls for “very strong” gun background checks — but again, he hasn’t endorsed a proposal. Fix NICS? Close the private sale loophole? We don’t know.

— Sahil Kapur

“Very strong background checks, very stronger, the best, the biggest background checks, fast, get SMART.”

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Skip Intro Feb 26, 2018 • 9:27:26am

re: #136 Interesting Times

Whiny, poncy, self-pitying hypocrisy - it’s what’s for dinner:

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Poncy is the perfect word to describe Eric. Thanks!

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Backwoods_Sleuth Feb 26, 2018 • 9:28:13am

Trump just said “I won’t mention countries, I would never do that.“ And then refers to Berlin. Can’t imagine where that is…

— Laffy (@GottaLaff) February 26, 2018

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Patricia Kayden Feb 26, 2018 • 9:28:27am

re: #39 Dave In Austin

Huh??

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“Anybody bashing President Obama is jealous of him.”

“Anybody bashing Secretary Clinton is jealous of her.”

Turnabout is fair play — especially with such a facetious argument.

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The Vicious Babushka Feb 26, 2018 • 9:28:34am

re: #287 jaunte

Someone on TV Fox and Friends is going to have to tell Trump what to do.

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nines09 Feb 26, 2018 • 9:28:36am

re: #285 lawhawk

NYPD officers hit their intended targets in shooting situations about 18% of the time. In fact, they don’t make the Mendoza line.

And the NYPD requires cops to get recertified in firearms training 2x a year.

Oh I know. People have not a fucking clue about how reality works with lead flying.
Trump saying what he said shows he incapable of anything remotely resembling sanity.

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Sir John Barron Feb 26, 2018 • 9:28:40am

re: #284 Backwoods_Sleuth

Trump says he had lunch with NRA’s Wayne LaPierre, Chris Cox and David Lehman and “they want to do something.”

— Sahil Kapur

Narrator: Yes, they want to burn down the NYT, CNN and vote out all Democrats everywhere.

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Sir John Barron Feb 26, 2018 • 9:29:45am

re: #280 Swampwitch

Launhardt’s Facebook page is just chock full of Pizzagate and birther “evidence”. facebook.com

Ah, another newsletter I’ll need to sign up for.

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Backwoods_Sleuth Feb 26, 2018 • 9:29:48am

JFC

VIDEOS need an examination, Trump said.

“I don’t know what this does to a young kid’s mind, somebody growing up and forming, and looking at videos of people just being blown away left and right. The internet. Movies. You look at these movies that are out today.” pic.twitter.com/Juw5KByy7n

— Jennifer Jacobs (@JenniferJJacobs) February 26, 2018

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MsJ Feb 26, 2018 • 9:30:21am

re: #208 GlutenFreeJesus

Let’s get to reporting this ahole:

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Suspended in record time.

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Belafon Feb 26, 2018 • 9:31:11am

re: #296 Backwoods_Sleuth

JFC

Westerns obviously didn’t exist until 2015.

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GlutenFreeJesus Feb 26, 2018 • 9:31:11am

re: #280 Swampwitch

Heh… Seems like his mom is just like him.

Facebook Post

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Ace-o-aces Feb 26, 2018 • 9:31:15am

re: #269 jaunte

Looks like Launhardt has been suspended from Twitter.

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Jay C Feb 26, 2018 • 9:31:26am

re: #283 Anymouse 🌹

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bill d. (b.d.) Feb 26, 2018 • 9:31:46am

Trump rips Fla. Deputies for not going into school. “I really believe I’d run in there even if I didn’t have a weapon.”

— Zeke Miller (@ZekeJMiller) February 26, 2018

“i would’ve dodged those bullets like it was the draft” https://t.co/jqkcBf4LaP

— andy levy (@andylevy) February 26, 2018

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dangerman Feb 26, 2018 • 9:31:46am

re: #256 HappyWarrior

He’s more disingenuous than outright dumb but the people who see him as an Oracle certainly are.

i’ve used “you must be deliberately lying because you can’t be this ignorant”

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Backwoods_Sleuth Feb 26, 2018 • 9:31:48am

Trump is breathing heavily and sniffing while speaking to the governors at the WH. Almost panting.

— Kim M. ☮️ (@Blacklace40) February 26, 2018

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Sir John Barron Feb 26, 2018 • 9:32:02am

re: #296 Backwoods_Sleuth

JFC

“Which movies?”

“The movies, all of them, the super heroes, terrible, the Worst. This black guy in the costume I’m hearing about….”

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Sir John Barron Feb 26, 2018 • 9:33:04am

re: #297 MsJ

Suspended in record time.

The account was suspended?

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Backwoods_Sleuth Feb 26, 2018 • 9:33:24am

re: #306 Sir John Barron

The account was suspended?

it is now

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Eventual Carrion Feb 26, 2018 • 9:33:31am

re: #158 Aucun pays pour les vieux ennemis

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But he fears facing protesters in London. Sure thing Donny Two Scoops.

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Anymouse 🌹 Feb 26, 2018 • 9:33:39am

re: #283 Anymouse 🌹

This guy’s church gets worse the more I dig into it. They claim their leader is one Michael Machette Vanhelsing (vampire hunter perhaps).

That guy, with a name like that, is easy to find on the Web. He also has a Webpage, steeped in all sorts of sovereign citizen derp, claiming you can get income the IRS can’t tax, will help you with law, taxes, property, credit, &c.

He also has a podcast linked on his Website (I put the main page behind the privacy bar because there is no reason to give this wingnut more advertisement). It’s worth a look to see what it looks like under a paranoid tinfoil hat though.

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Barefoot Grin Feb 26, 2018 • 9:34:01am

re: #290 Backwoods_Sleuth

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Northern New Hampshire. But it’s pronounced BER-lin.

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Backwoods_Sleuth Feb 26, 2018 • 9:34:02am

Trump: “The headline was Trump wants all teachers to have guns. Trump wants teachers to have guns. I don’t want teachers to have guns. I want highly-trained people that have a natural talent, like hitting a baseball or hitting a golfball or putting.”

— Zeke Miller (@ZekeJMiller) February 26, 2018

Trump compares shooting down assault-weapon toting gunmen to putting? https://t.co/a1273XdZVH

— Helen Kennedy (@HelenKennedy) February 26, 2018

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jaunte Feb 26, 2018 • 9:35:01am

re: #311 Backwoods_Sleuth

Mulligan Man hits his target every time, mostly.

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Ace-o-aces Feb 26, 2018 • 9:35:25am

Overtly modeling on Duterte. Greeeat.

Exclusive: Trump privately talks up executing all big drug dealers https://t.co/ucpHLcVrG1

— Rick Wilson (@TheRickWilson) February 26, 2018

I’m old enough to remember when Trump was upset because he felt the FISA court violated his due process rights. https://t.co/8sCnNiCxVm

— aceoaces (@aceoaces) February 26, 2018

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Barefoot Grin Feb 26, 2018 • 9:36:04am

“The crowd quiets as Mr. Conners lines his sights up for the shot….”

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Backwoods_Sleuth Feb 26, 2018 • 9:36:35am

Like, this is more rambling than his CPAC speech and he’s talking to governors at the White House.

— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) February 26, 2018

This is like Palin on steroids #WordSalad https://t.co/grtpSgQ2Pn

— Laffy (@GottaLaff) February 26, 2018

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Ace-o-aces Feb 26, 2018 • 9:36:51am

Just another example of why no one should take political advice from Hollywood celebrities. Dysfunctional screwed up people who have no insights or wisdom. https://t.co/JKh5UGU2MA

— Wayne Allyn Root (@RealWayneRoot) February 26, 2018

pic.twitter.com/5FSjPcwI6s

— Frizz - Crisis Actor (@bringonthesong) February 26, 2018

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Dr Lizardo Feb 26, 2018 • 9:37:20am

re: #309 Anymouse 🌹

Holy shit, that’s all kinds of crazy. :O

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HappyWarrior Feb 26, 2018 • 9:37:43am

re: #316 Ace-o-aces

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Cough Reagan too. And iirc Lockclear is conservative.

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Mike Lamb Feb 26, 2018 • 9:38:22am

re: #284 Backwoods_Sleuth

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Yes…the NRA wants to do something…they want to arm more people, remove windows from schools, install metal detectors…

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Backwoods_Sleuth Feb 26, 2018 • 9:38:22am

New: Trump says he would have run into the school during shooting even without a gun.

Remember, this is the guy who ran away from an elderly bleeding man, who he thought had died in front of him at Mar-a-Lago https://t.co/Mn2ADShczn https://t.co/wz75hHCQv6

— Adrienne ٩(͡๏̯͡๏)۶ (@ImagineWorldas1) February 26, 2018

yeah…that blood phobia he has…

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HappyWarrior Feb 26, 2018 • 9:39:28am

re: #320 Backwoods_Sleuth

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yeah…that blood phobia he has…

I had forgotten that.

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nines09 Feb 26, 2018 • 9:40:33am

Trump has dreams……Here he is at the high school shooting….

Gunsmoke introduction

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Anymouse 🌹 Feb 26, 2018 • 9:41:18am

re: #318 HappyWarrior

Cough Reagan too. And iirc Lockclear is conservative.

Not any more. She failed conservatism, it didn’t fail her.

Plus, Root is a TV and radio personality (and failed Libertarian politician and GOP supporter), so by his own metric we shouldn’t pay attention to him.

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Decatur Deb Feb 26, 2018 • 9:41:49am

re: #309 Anymouse 🌹

This guy’s church gets worse the more I dig into it. They claim their leader is one Michael Machette Vanhelsing (vampire hunter perhaps).

That guy, with a name like that, is easy to find on the Web. He also has a Webpage, steeped in all sorts of sovereign citizen derp, claiming you can get income the IRS can’t tax, will help you with law, taxes, property, credit, &c.

He also has a podcast linked on his Website (I put the main page behind the privacy bar because there is no reason to give this wingnut more advertisement). It’s worth a look to see what it looks like under a paranoid tinfoil hat though.

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Backwoods_Sleuth Feb 26, 2018 • 9:42:02am

Trump says he lunched this weekend w Wayne LaPierre & Chris Cox of @NRA.

“Don’t worry about the NRA. They’re on our side.”

Nope, they’re on the side of gun manufacturers and are in the business of selling more guns.

— igorvolsky (@igorvolsky) February 26, 2018

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Dr Lizardo Feb 26, 2018 • 9:42:28am

re: #320 Backwoods_Sleuth

New: Trump says he would have run into the school during shooting even without a gun.

laugh harder

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Scottish Dragon Feb 26, 2018 • 9:43:05am

re: #276 Scottish Dragon

Austin PD is refusing to take calls about Tim Launhardt. They insist you have to call your local police instead.

Greensboro PD could not give a shit about someone in Austin. I just filled out a federal criminal comlaint form on line.

That whole thing about if you see something…say something??

Utter bullshit. Nobody and I mean NOBODY wants to take a damned report when you see an actual criminal threat made online.

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sagehen Feb 26, 2018 • 9:43:23am

re: #318 HappyWarrior

Cough Reagan too. And iirc Lockclear is conservative.

Sonny Bono. Arnold Schwarzenegger. Gopher from Love Boat. Fred Thompson.

Republicans all.

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Decatur Deb Feb 26, 2018 • 9:44:36am

re: #327 Scottish Dragon

Greensboro PD could not give a shit about someone in Austin. I just filled out a federal criminal comlaint form on line.

That whole thing about if you see something…say something??

Utter bullshit. Nobody and I mean NOBODY wants to take a damned report when you see an actual criminal threat made online.

That will all sound good in the post-mortem.

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HappyWarrior Feb 26, 2018 • 9:44:39am

re: #328 sagehen

Sonny Bono. Arnold Schwarzenegger. Gopher from Love Boat. Fred Thompson.

Republicans all.

Celebs are okay when they agree with us. See, Nugent Ted.

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Ace-o-aces Feb 26, 2018 • 9:45:06am

HAHA, I get it. “Time Out” because David Hogg is Just a kid! What does a stupid kid know!?@davidhogg111 is the exact same age @benshapiro was when he began is career.

— aceoaces (@aceoaces) February 26, 2018

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Backwoods_Sleuth Feb 26, 2018 • 9:45:17am

So typical…
Russian state media just mixed up Syrian war footage with a video game clip https://t.co/d8xXhVyrfm

— Julia Davis (@JuliaDavisNews) February 26, 2018

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Anymouse 🌹 Feb 26, 2018 • 9:45:54am

Rick Santorum was on CNN’s “State of the Union” yesterday, so Wonkette weighed in on the former Pennsylvania senator’s thoughts. They were not good thoughts.

Rick Santorum Demands Single Moms Face Justice for Shooting Up Florida School (goes to Wonkette), more after the lede:

On CNN’s “State of the Union” yesterday, former Pennsylvania senator and for unknown reasons current interviewee Rick Santorum placed America’s gun-death epidemic squarely where it belongs: on those damn single moms. Said Santorum, “These kids come from broken homes without dads.” It’s just so obvious that Santorum is amazed no one’s picking up on it:

That is not something we’re talking about and that is the commonality […] We want to talk about things we can work together on? How about working together to try to see what we can do to get more dads involved in the lives of the kids.

Guns don’t kill people, broken homes kill people. Spoilsport Jake Tapper had to go and point out that the Parkland, Florida, mass shooter’s parents didn’t divorce; Nikolas Cruz’s father actually died of a heart attack when Cruz was young. Still, if you think about it, that was pretty irresponsible of him; if he’d known how the boy would turn out, he might have taken better care of himself.

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Backwoods_Sleuth Feb 26, 2018 • 9:46:04am

David Hogg Is A High School Bully https://t.co/tkL8oXgWM9 pic.twitter.com/5L5SE9pcg1

— Erick Erickson (@EWErickson) February 26, 2018

Wait a minute…I thought @davidhogg111 WASN’T in high school! I thought he was a paid “crisis actor”! You guys need to pick one disgustingly offensive conspiracy theory and stick with it! https://t.co/AK3iFbcmZI

— Charles Gaba (@charles_gaba) February 26, 2018

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Anymouse 🌹 Feb 26, 2018 • 9:47:25am

re: #327 Scottish Dragon

Greensboro PD could not give a shit about someone in Austin. I just filled out a federal criminal comlaint form on line.

That whole thing about if you see something…say something??

Utter bullshit. Nobody and I mean NOBODY wants to take a damned report when you see an actual criminal threat made online.

Call Austin back and ask them if they believe in the “if you see something say something” line because you just saw something and your trying to say it to them.

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ObserverArt Feb 26, 2018 • 9:48:13am

re: #318 HappyWarrior

Cough Reagan too. And iirc Lockclear is conservative.

Shhh. Wayne’s trying to make a point.

Trying.

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HappyWarrior Feb 26, 2018 • 9:48:14am

re: #331 Ace-o-aces

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sagehen Feb 26, 2018 • 9:49:17am

re: #330 HappyWarrior

Celebs are okay when they agree with us. See, Nugent Ted.

Eastwood, Clint.
Baio, Scott.
Jackson, Victoria.

I can retain some respect for R celebs who mostly keep their mouths shut about it in public; you know Kelsey Grammar and Tom Selleck are only there for the tax cuts.

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Backwoods_Sleuth Feb 26, 2018 • 9:50:43am

.@DLoesch has been trying to gaslight @PreetBharara and the nation into thinking that the NRA “isn’t a lobby group.” But here is a form the NRA filled out which is required of “registered lobbyists.” https://t.co/cXSOXnJdJZ pic.twitter.com/laRs6i31bA

— Anand Giridharadas (@AnandWrites) February 26, 2018

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HappyWarrior Feb 26, 2018 • 9:50:55am

re: #338 sagehen

Eastwood, Clint.
Baio, Scott.
Jackson, Victoria.

I can retain some respect for R celebs who mostly keep their mouths shut about it in public; you know Kelsey Grammar and Tom Selleck are only there for the tax cuts.

Iirc Grammar supported Bachmann so he might be a little kooky but he’s not a whiner about it as is Selleck. The others though who complain they’re blacklisted can stfu.

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MsJ Feb 26, 2018 • 9:51:04am

re: #262 Backwoods_Sleuth

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Colère Tueur de Lapin Feb 26, 2018 • 9:51:29am

re: #309 Anymouse 🌹

Wow. That’s what I imagine a GeoCities account moved to the 21st century would look like. Only in black and white animation instead of garish static image/text.

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Backwoods_Sleuth Feb 26, 2018 • 9:51:33am

Pres. folds arms and listens stoically as @GovInslee tells him 1st Grade teachers don’t want to be “packing heat.” Inslee advises @POTUS to do “a little less tweeting here, a little more listening.” Pres then quick to call on Texas Gov @GregAbbott_TX. pic.twitter.com/Z6wq8wf6Sd

— Mark Knoller (@markknoller) February 26, 2018

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HappyWarrior Feb 26, 2018 • 9:52:13am

re: #339 Backwoods_Sleuth

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Boom. I guess Dana needs a time out too right Twitchy?

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lawhawk Feb 26, 2018 • 9:54:03am

Hi, I’m a military vet and gunowner.

I’ve compiled a thread of fellow vets speaking out in support of gun control and/or against Trump’s terrible idea of arming teachers, including links. Consider this a resource. I’ll add to it as necessary. (thread)#GunControlNow #BoycottNRA

— Charlotte Clymer🏳️‍🌈 (@cmclymer) February 25, 2018

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Backwoods_Sleuth Feb 26, 2018 • 9:54:10am

Pres Trump stresses to Governors that he’s advocating arming only “gun-adept” teachers,” not all teachers. Tells Governors he views “gun-free zones” as an invitation to shooters. pic.twitter.com/RwbvjxiUbv

— Mark Knoller (@markknoller) February 26, 2018

Imma guessing the room where he is saying that is also a gun-free zone…

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ObserverArt Feb 26, 2018 • 9:54:31am

re: #343 Backwoods_Sleuth

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That face says it all.

“I’m not listening to you because you are making me look bad. I don’t like people that make me look bad…I’m great haven’t you heard.”

That face says Our President is an Asshole.

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HappyWarrior Feb 26, 2018 • 9:55:11am

re: #343 Backwoods_Sleuth

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Mussolini.

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Backwoods_Sleuth Feb 26, 2018 • 9:55:48am

In June 1988, I was the first, and only, American female Soldier to participate in the International Military Patrol. It was a type of international military Olympics. Shooting was a main sport. My team came in first.
I would still never want to have a gun as a teacher. pic.twitter.com/dqljEjnwf3

— Amanda Blount - Veterans Against The NRA (@amandablount2) February 26, 2018

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Scottish Dragon Feb 26, 2018 • 9:56:04am

re: #335 Anymouse 🌹

Call Austin back and ask them if they believe in the “if you see something say something” line because you just saw something and your trying to say it to them.

I did. I got sent to 911.

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Backwoods_Sleuth Feb 26, 2018 • 9:57:05am

The only way Donald Trump would’ve run into that high school is if the girls inside were getting dressed for a talent show

— Josh Raby (@JoshRaby) February 26, 2018

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Scottish Dragon Feb 26, 2018 • 9:57:16am

re: #345 lawhawk

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I asked her if she would also list my letter published by James Fallows in the Atlantic. She hasn’t.

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Kragar Feb 26, 2018 • 9:58:24am

What Trump says he would do: ‘I’d Run in There Even if I Didn’t Have a Weapon’

What Trump would actually do: pic.twitter.com/N32BKBqtc1

— Kragar (@Kragar_LGF) February 26, 2018

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ObserverArt Feb 26, 2018 • 9:58:51am

re: #346 Backwoods_Sleuth

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Imma guessing the room where he is saying that is also a gun-free zone…

Hey Donny. If you have officers on site with guns, are school zones “gun free?”

This bothers the hell out of me.

The signs are out there to remind the public not to bring gun into the school’s zone. They don’t mean the school has no gun protections.

Would somebody please tell the Big Orange Idiot he is wrong…again.

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lawhawk Feb 26, 2018 • 9:59:08am

pic.twitter.com/N3qa0luJva

— lawhawk (@lawhawk) February 26, 2018

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Backwoods_Sleuth Feb 26, 2018 • 9:59:13am

re: #343 Backwoods_Sleuth

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there’s video:

Washington Gov. Jay Inslee to Pres. Trump on proposal to arm some school employees: “I’ve listened to the first grade teachers that don’t want to be pistol packing first grade teachers…I just suggest we need a little less tweeting here and a little more listening.” pic.twitter.com/XmmmDvDMBU

— ABC News Politics (@ABCPolitics) February 26, 2018

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Dr. Matt Feb 26, 2018 • 9:59:18am

It has a second account @TimLaunhardt1 but hasn’t tweeted from it since 2011.

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Barefoot Grin Feb 26, 2018 • 10:00:47am

Regarding Trump saying that he would have run into the school the “I really believe I would have” is quintessential Trump. He really does believe it and now it is a fact for him.

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Kragar Feb 26, 2018 • 10:01:10am

Trump on shooting response: “I really believe I’d run in there” even without gun https://t.co/ZDwukXEJPn pic.twitter.com/c7erUHjEFS

— Talking Points Memo (@TPM) February 26, 2018

*cough* DRAFT DODGER *cough* https://t.co/YseWErmALC

— Kragar (@Kragar_LGF) February 26, 2018

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Backwoods_Sleuth Feb 26, 2018 • 10:01:15am

re: #357 Dr. Matt

It has a second account @TimLaunhardt1 but hasn’t tweeted from it since 2011.

he probably forgot the password for that one…

;)

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Backwoods_Sleuth Feb 26, 2018 • 10:02:31am

re: #356 Backwoods_Sleuth

there’s video:

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more video:

Watch Trump’s body language as Gov of Washington Jay Inslee explains to him how stupid his arming teachers idea is and asks him to lay off Twitter. pic.twitter.com/fnA47yjyyk

— Josh Marshall (@joshtpm) February 26, 2018

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Anymouse 🌹 Feb 26, 2018 • 10:03:39am

I’m off to bed for now. Catch y’all later, you poor devils.

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Dr. Matt Feb 26, 2018 • 10:04:33am

re: #360 Backwoods_Sleuth

he probably forgot the password for that one…

;)

psw: ObamaisSatanandWasBorninKenya1234

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lawhawk Feb 26, 2018 • 10:05:50am

This is obscene.

Church blesses a goddamned gun? Where are we, Zardoz?

GOP/NRA priorities put the gun above all else, and the consequences of that decision are a bloody trail of tears across the nation.

— lawhawk (@lawhawk) February 26, 2018

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makeitstop Feb 26, 2018 • 10:05:55am

re: #356 Backwoods_Sleuth

there’s video:

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Geez, the governor of Washington State is talking to the president as if he’s a…first-grader.

Trump went straight to the arms-crossed defensive pose. Fuckin’ snowflake.

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Backwoods_Sleuth Feb 26, 2018 • 10:05:59am

Mondays.

(📷: Gerianne Wood in Kalkaska) pic.twitter.com/aVrsEyUuKx

— Detroit Free Press (@freep) February 26, 2018

That’s the Big Boy sign up in Kalkaska. It fell over due to high winds: https://t.co/Z5JuxciA01

— Detroit Free Press (@freep) February 26, 2018

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Sir John Barron Feb 26, 2018 • 10:06:00am

re: #356 Backwoods_Sleuth

there’s video:

Oh dear now the whole Fox News/NRA contingent will collapse on their fainting couches for all the ‘disrespect’ being shown their MAGA president.

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Dr. Matt Feb 26, 2018 • 10:08:11am

Timmy’s tweet made it on Trends Map: trendsmap.com

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lawhawk Feb 26, 2018 • 10:11:29am

So, all those boycott and alt-right revisionist history about Black Panther turned out to be successful.

Successful to the tune of another $108 million in week 2 and more than $400 million in 2 weeks. It’s on its way to being one of the highest grossing movies of all time, which the alt right pivoted from boycott to trying to intone that the success is due to right wing values built into the movie.

Of course, all this includes yet another derp-tastic appearance by Ben Shapiro, who seems to love revisionist history more than life itself.

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Swampwitch Feb 26, 2018 • 10:12:14am

re: #364 lawhawk

Fucking Moonies.

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Frenchy Feb 26, 2018 • 10:13:22am

Props to the governor for taking it to the Trump-baby to his face, in a civil and respectful way. And of course he appeared to take it like the petulant child he is.

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Sir John Barron Feb 26, 2018 • 10:18:25am

re: #369 lawhawk

So, all those boycott and alt-right revisionist history about Black Panther turned out to be successful.

Successful to the tune of another $108 million in week 2 and more than $400 million in 2 weeks. It’s on its way to being one of the highest grossing movies of all time, which the alt right pivoted from boycott to trying to intone that the success is due to right wing values built into the movie.

Of course, all this includes yet another derp-tastic appearance by Ben Shapiro, who seems to love revisionist history more than life itself.

“George Soros is paying people to go see Black Panther….”

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CongoJack Feb 26, 2018 • 10:18:47am

re: #371 Frenchy

Props to the governor for taking it to the Trump-baby to his face, in a civil and respectful way. And of course he appeared to take it like the petulant child he is.

I’m so old I remember when we had a President go to the opposition party’s retreat and held an open forum where the opposing party was allowed to question/grill/lie about the American healthcare system and about the proposed legislation. The President at the time was cool, collected, civil, and answered every question in a well informed manner. Man I miss the Big O.

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Backwoods_Sleuth Feb 26, 2018 • 10:19:06am

I have NEVER felt more hopeful for the future of this country. Trump has no idea of the forces he has awakened. Women, young people, people of color, privacy advocates, technologists - we’re not going to be silent any longer.

The status quo is over. We will win.

— Brianna Wu (@Spacekatgal) February 26, 2018

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Jay C Feb 26, 2018 • 10:22:17am

re: #372 Sir John Barron

“George Soros is paying people to go see Black Panther….”

//

A “crisis audience”…..

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Patricia Kayden Feb 26, 2018 • 10:24:05am

re: #302 bill d. (b.d.)

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Lol!! Comedian-in-Chief!!! He’s hilarious. What a ridiculous human being.

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Patricia Kayden Feb 26, 2018 • 10:25:53am

re: #372 Sir John Barron

If George is paying Black people, where the hell is my money? I’ve seen Black Panther twice, dang it!!!!

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MsJ Feb 26, 2018 • 10:25:55am

Conversation with a high school senior today.
Me: what have you been up to?
Him: our senior class registered to vote on Friday
Me: the entire class?
Him: Yes. Someone has to step up to stop Trump, you haven’t been able to do it. No offense.

None taken!https://t.co/zQG1NiZol4

— Jamie Carter ❄ #NeverAgain (@JCTheResistance) February 26, 2018

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Skip Intro Feb 26, 2018 • 10:25:59am

re: #358 Barefoot Grin

Regarding Trump saying that he would have run into the school the “I really believe I would have” is quintessential Trump. He really does believe it and now it is a fact for him.

People should have been rolling on the floor laughing after he said that.

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Backwoods_Sleuth Feb 26, 2018 • 10:28:09am

Roy Moore is endorsing Courtland Sykes in the Missouri Senate race, the candidate who said he doesn’t want daughters to “grow up into career-obsessed banshees,” adding: “I want to come home to a home cooked dinner at six every night.” Moore’s statement: pic.twitter.com/05IZsYevS0

— Vaughn Hillyard (@VaughnHillyard) February 26, 2018

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nines09 Feb 26, 2018 • 10:29:26am

Off to my chores….

one thing you have to do today is watch this video of amiri and rahiem taylor covering the beatles - they sound exactly like lennon/mccartney and it gives me serious chills pic.twitter.com/lr3r9ew5Dm

— almost famous (@mattwhitlockPM) February 25, 2018

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MsJ Feb 26, 2018 • 10:29:48am

Check this out, you just raised $1.5 million more than Ted Cruz. All people. No PACs. https://t.co/AHVHpWWCdI

— Beto O’Rourke (@BetoORourke) February 26, 2018

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Dr. Matt Feb 26, 2018 • 10:30:24am

Six years ago on this date, #TrayvonMartin was killed. May we never forget to #SayHisName pic.twitter.com/SUBGg0vnRF

— NAACP (@NAACP) February 26, 2018

Slight typo: “Six years ago on this date, #TrayvonMartin was murdered ~~killed.~~….”

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Scottish Dragon Feb 26, 2018 • 10:30:53am

re: #364 lawhawk

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With the bolter, cleanse the unclean.
We will cleanse!
With the flamer, purify the unholy.
We will purify!
With the chainsword, purge the corrupt.
We will purge!
With the missle, kill the impure.
We will kill!

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Sir John Barron Feb 26, 2018 • 10:32:06am

re: #383 Dr. Matt

Slight typo: “Six years ago on this date, #TrayvonMartin was murdered ~~killed.~~….”

That long ago, wow.

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Blind Frog Belly White Feb 26, 2018 • 10:33:01am

re: #384 Scottish Dragon

The eye/brain is a funny thing. When I read that I saw, “With the missile, kill the umpire”

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CongoJack Feb 26, 2018 • 10:35:39am

re: #380 Backwoods_Sleuth

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That shit makes my blood boil. My wife has friends who have literally said I am not a real man because I don’t own a gun and am a self described liberal/progressive.

Almost every night I cook my wife dinner. I let her decompress a little and play with our kid. My work is less stressful and why not make my wife’s life easier (we like to cook together as well). These same “friends” who tell my wife I am not a real man have husbands that don’t cook and who can’t be left alone with their children (because they don’t know how to parent - it is always the wife’s duty).

I know that these men would sooner starve, sitting alone at home, just waiting for their significant other to come home than be an adult and effing cook for themselves.

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Blind Frog Belly White Feb 26, 2018 • 10:35:47am

re: #385 Sir John Barron

Florida, where a 19 year old white guy who gets expelled from school for violent outbursts and is reported to the local police and even the FBI as a threat to others can still buy guns and ammo, but a black kid packing Skittles and iced tea can be stalked and gunned down with impunity for standing his ground.

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Jay C Feb 26, 2018 • 10:36:17am

re: #377 Patricia Kayden

If George is paying Black people, where the hell is my money? I’ve seen Black Panther twice, dang it!!!!

That depends on where you signed up to get your Sorosbucks. Did you enroll via the Black Nationalist Conspiracy or the Anti-Colonialist Terrorism Underground? Some of old George’s crisis fronts are better-managed than others and pay much quicker. I’ve heard the International Jewish Conspiracy and the Illuminati have the fastest turnaround, but the latter is supposed to be hard to get into.

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Dr Lizardo Feb 26, 2018 • 10:38:30am

re: #389 Jay C

That depends on where you signed up to get your Sorosbucks. Did you enroll via the Black Nationalist Conspiracy or the Anti-Colonialist Terrorism Underground? Some of old George’s crisis fronts are better-managed than others and pay much quicker. I’ve heard the International Jewish Conspiracy and the Illuminati have the fastest turnaround, but the latter is supposed to be hard to get into.

Nah, the Illuminati is easy to join, actually.

illuminatiofficial.org

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Belafon Feb 26, 2018 • 10:38:48am

re: #387 CongoJack

That shit makes my blood boil. My wife has friends who have literally said I am not a real man because I don’t own a gun and am a self described liberal/progressive.

Almost every night I cook my wife dinner. I let her decompress a little and play with our kid. My work is less stressful and why not make my wife’s life easier (we like to cook together as well). These same “friends” who tell my wife I am not a real man have husbands that don’t cook and who can’t be left alone with their children (because they don’t know how to parent - it is always the wife’s duty).

I know that these men would sooner starve, sitting alone at home, just waiting for their significant other to come home than be an adult and effing cook for themselves.

Pleasantville, when William H. Macy’s character comes home and finds the house empty.

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dangerman Feb 26, 2018 • 10:38:59am

re: #373 CongoJack

I’m so old I remember when we had a President go to the opposition party’s retreat and held an open forum where the opposing party was allowed to question/grill/lie about the American healthcare system and about the proposed legislation. The President at the time was cool, collected, civil, and answered every question in a well informed manner. Man I miss the Big O.

gee - what was the process and how long did it take to pass that bit of legislation?
any handwriting in the margins?

OT: how’s the new kid on your block?

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dangerman Feb 26, 2018 • 10:39:53am

re: #377 Patricia Kayden

If George is paying Black people, where the hell is my money? I’ve seen Black Panther twice, dang it!!!!

funny, you don’t look….oh nevermind

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Blind Frog Belly White Feb 26, 2018 • 10:40:31am

re: #391 Belafon

Pleasantville, when William H. Macy’s character comes home and finds the house empty.

“Honey! I’m home!….Honey? I’m home!!!…Where’s my dinner?”

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MsJ Feb 26, 2018 • 10:41:36am

re: #387 CongoJack

That shit makes my blood boil. My wife has friends who have literally said I am not a real man because I don’t own a gun and am a self described liberal/progressive.

Almost every night I cook my wife dinner. I let her decompress a little and play with our kid. My work is less stressful and why not make my wife’s life easier (we like to cook together as well). These same “friends” who tell my wife I am not a real man have husbands that don’t cook and who can’t be left alone with their children (because they don’t know how to parent - it is always the wife’s duty).

I know that these men would sooner starve, sitting alone at home, just waiting for their significant other to come home than be an adult and effing cook for themselves.

My husband is one of 9 living children, most boys. His mother taught every one of them how to cook, do their own laundry and take care of themselves. She taught them respect and honesty and how to be good human beings. (Both his parents did.) None expect their wives to do everything for them and all see marriage as a partnership not a owner/slave relationship. And from what I know of all of them, none would want that.

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Semper Fi Feb 26, 2018 • 10:41:53am

re: #387 CongoJack

That shit makes my blood boil. My wife has friends who have literally said I am not a real man because I don’t own a gun and am a self described liberal/progressive.

Almost every night I cook my wife dinner. I let her decompress a little and play with our kid. My work is less stressful and why not make my wife’s life easier (we like to cook together as well). These same “friends” who tell my wife I am not a real man have husbands that don’t cook and who can’t be left alone with their children (because they don’t know how to parent - it is always the wife’s duty).

I know that these men would sooner starve, sitting alone at home, just waiting for their significant other to come home than be an adult and effing cook for themselves.

I always did breakfast.

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Backwoods_Sleuth Feb 26, 2018 • 10:44:27am

BREAKING: We are suing DHS and ICE for the cruel and unconstitutional separation of our clients, a mother seeking asylum and her 7-year old child.

For months, they have endured detention thousands of miles away from each other. It must end. https://t.co/otbPpQDzUQ

— ACLU (@ACLU) February 26, 2018

Trump has no idea these things are happening. John Kelly does. John Kelly is doing this. https://t.co/VE8X1swChI

— Lawrence O’Donnell (@Lawrence) February 26, 2018

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sizzzzlerz Feb 26, 2018 • 10:46:02am

Mueller could ask Trump the exact same question twice and he’d get a different lie each time.

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makeitstop Feb 26, 2018 • 10:46:56am

re: #386 Blind Frog Belly White

The eye/brain is a funny thing. When I read that I saw, “With the missile, kill the umpire”

Give it a minute, we’re still in spring training.

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Eclectic Cyborg Feb 26, 2018 • 10:47:07am

re: #398 sizzzzlerz

Or three times or four times or five times…

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Dr. Matt Feb 26, 2018 • 10:48:13am

re: #388 Blind Frog Belly White

Florida, where a 19 year old white guy who gets expelled from school for violent outbursts and is reported to the local police and even the FBI as a threat to others can still buy guns and ammo, but a black kid packing Skittles and iced tea can be stalked and gunned down with impunity for standing his ground.

And the reality, if that 19 year old was prohibited from buying a firearm, the NRA would have paid for his legal fees because he didn’t received his “due process rights”.

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CongoJack Feb 26, 2018 • 10:48:52am

re: #392 dangerman

Click to Reveal

He turns 4 months old tomorrow. Kid is sick with something. It looks like a strep rash (which would make sense as our daycare lady had a bout of it a few weeks back). At the moment he won’t eat very much, the rash has a “scarlet fever” look to it - on his chest, but no fever. He also just isn’t acting his normal happy self … in short we go to the pediatrician in a couple hours.

I took him in last week and they said the rash (which was a different looking one) was eczema. Fingers-crossed its nothing serious.

Parenting is terrifying.

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calochortus Feb 26, 2018 • 10:49:38am

re: #387 CongoJack

That shit makes my blood boil. My wife has friends who have literally said I am not a real man because I don’t own a gun and am a self described liberal/progressive.

Almost every night I cook my wife dinner. I let her decompress a little and play with our kid. My work is less stressful and why not make my wife’s life easier (we like to cook together as well). These same “friends” who tell my wife I am not a real man have husbands that don’t cook and who can’t be left alone with their children (because they don’t know how to parent - it is always the wife’s duty).

I know that these men would sooner starve, sitting alone at home, just waiting for their significant other to come home than be an adult and effing cook for themselves.

Your wife either has a sense of humor or needs new friends. What’s not to like about a nice guy who doesn’t obsess over Manliness Theater (and enjoys cooking?)

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Eclectic Cyborg Feb 26, 2018 • 10:51:06am

re: #403 calochortus

Upding for Manliness Theater.

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Belafon Feb 26, 2018 • 10:51:16am

re: #402 CongoJack

Wait until they’re:
1. Mobile
2. Testing independence
3. Testing your patience
4. Learning to drive
5. Leaving home.

Edited slightly.

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MsJ Feb 26, 2018 • 10:52:18am

re: #402 CongoJack

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Backwoods_Sleuth Feb 26, 2018 • 10:52:41am

re: #405 Belafon

Wait until:
1. They’re mobile
2. Testing independence
3. Testing your patience
4. Learning to drive
4a. Dating
5. Leaving home.

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calochortus Feb 26, 2018 • 10:52:43am

re: #402 CongoJack

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Parenting is terrifying.

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Skip Intro Feb 26, 2018 • 10:53:30am

re: #397 Backwoods_Sleuth

Based on what does O’Donnell think Trump would care if he did know?

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cat-tikvah Feb 26, 2018 • 10:53:38am

re: #377 Patricia Kayden

He never pays. International Zionist conspiracy, paid movie goer, paid protester…you’ll wait forever for that promised check.

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Backwoods_Sleuth Feb 26, 2018 • 10:54:48am

Watch Trump’s body language as Gov of Washington Jay Inslee explains to him how stupid his arming teachers idea is and asks him to lay off Twitter. pic.twitter.com/fnA47yjyyk

— Josh Marshall (@joshtpm) February 26, 2018

Trump has never learned the art of keeping your hands down when listening to something you don’t like. He’s a terrible president and a horrible human being, but damn, as a 71-year-old businessman, he should have at least learned important body language when listening to others. https://t.co/tf8w0dczQ3

— Amanda Blount - Veterans Against The NRA (@amandablount2) February 26, 2018

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MsJ Feb 26, 2018 • 10:56:42am

PANAMA CITY (AP) — Panama authorities investigate whether Trump executives improperly refuse to leave luxury hotel over management dispute.

— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) February 26, 2018

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CongoJack Feb 26, 2018 • 10:57:27am

re: #406 MsJ

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dangerman Feb 26, 2018 • 10:58:54am

re: #398 sizzzzlerz

Mueller could ask Trump the exact same question twice and he’d get a different lie each time.

Asking twice = gotcha

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CongoJack Feb 26, 2018 • 10:59:33am

re: #407 Backwoods_Sleuth

1. They’re mobile
I look forward to this - the Mrs. does not.

2. Testing independence
This will be interesting.

3. Testing your patience
My wife is a 4th grade teacher… I will follow her lead

4. Learning to drive
I am doing this. I love my wife but we both know she is horrible behind the wheel.

4a. Dating
I was horrible at this - I will leave the advice to the better half.

5. Leaving home.
I have hope!

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Belafon Feb 26, 2018 • 11:00:08am

re: #410 cat-tikvah

He never pays. International Zionist conspiracy, paid movie goer, paid protester…you’ll wait forever for that promised check.

If it wasn’t for the fact that he never promised any of this, he’d be exactly like Trump.

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Backwoods_Sleuth Feb 26, 2018 • 11:00:37am

All 680 public schools in West Virginia are closed. Here’s why: https://t.co/k8PImg4xDr pic.twitter.com/9oxzlV92Bk

— CNN (@CNN) February 26, 2018

… all 680 public schools in the state’s 55 counties are closed because of the ongoing teachers’ strike there.
West Virginia employs nearly 20,000 classroom teachers in its public schools and has more than 277,000 students enrolled.
Teachers hit the picket lines last week, demanding higher wages and better benefits. In 2016, West Virginia ranked 48th in the nation for average teacher salary, according to the National Education Association.

Gov. Jim Justice signed legislation Wednesday giving teachers a pay raise, but educators said it wasn’t enough and it didn’t address other areas of concern like insurance and health care costs, so they went on strike.

The salary for beginning teachers in West Virginia is $32,435 a year, and the average teacher salary is $44,701, according to the state teachers union — only in Mississippi, Oklahoma, and South Dakota are salaries lower. https://t.co/R2pHDYbwkd

— Sarah Kaplan (@sarahkaplan48) February 26, 2018

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Belafon Feb 26, 2018 • 11:01:24am

re: #415 CongoJack

1. They’re mobile
I look forward to this - the Mrs. does not.

2. Testing independence
This will be interesting.

3. Testing your patience
My wife is a 4th grade teacher… I will follow her lead

4. Learning to drive
I am doing this. I love my wife but we both know she is horrible behind the wheel.

4a. Dating
I was horrible at this - I will leave the advice to the better half.

5. Leaving home.
I have hope!

The last one is still terrifying. They are no longer where you can keep track of them to make sure they’re safe.

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CongoJack Feb 26, 2018 • 11:02:55am

re: #418 Belafon

I was horrible to my parents in that respect. My come-upins may happen in about 18 years.

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Decatur Deb Feb 26, 2018 • 11:03:06am

re: #415 CongoJack

…
5. Leaving home.
I have hope!

They come back. And there’s more of them.

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Backwoods_Sleuth Feb 26, 2018 • 11:03:24am

re: #417 Backwoods_Sleuth

Kristi Sayres, a WV second grade teacher, is decked out in receipts for the $1332 in school supplies she has purchased for her classroom this year. “We do it because we love kids and we love to teach,” she says. pic.twitter.com/PnJqKQBtoB

— Sarah L. Jorgensen (@SarahLJorgensen) February 26, 2018

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dangerman Feb 26, 2018 • 11:04:17am

re: #402 CongoJack

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Parenting is terrifying.

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calochortus Feb 26, 2018 • 11:04:33am

re: #415 CongoJack

I was really happy when the kids were old enough that you could explain things to them with some hope they’d understand, as in “Daddy is away now, but he’ll be back.” Unfortunately that comes just a bit after the point where they can climb up on the counter and fall off…

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William Lewis Feb 26, 2018 • 11:04:57am

What a day. Well, when ATT screams about there not being any money in the bank for their payment, I’m already set up. Found out recently about Straight Talk and it’s cheaper than ATT

ATT Unlimited data: $198 month
ST Unlimited data: $55 month

This will help my budget especially since I found a hotspot app that works well enough to keep my laptop online.

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Backwoods_Sleuth Feb 26, 2018 • 11:05:25am

bc Zambonis 🥌

— Red Sox Observer (@SaltPointer) February 26, 2018

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calochortus Feb 26, 2018 • 11:05:28am

re: #418 Belafon

The last one is still terrifying. They are no longer where you can keep track of them to make sure they’re safe.

Yeah, but now they have cell phones. A step up from just hoping they lost track of the time.

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cat-tikvah Feb 26, 2018 • 11:06:03am

re: #420 Decatur Deb

And they bring furniture too.

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calochortus Feb 26, 2018 • 11:07:03am

re: #427 cat-tikvah

And they bring furniture too.

Which they do not take when they leave again.

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Decatur Deb Feb 26, 2018 • 11:07:23am

re: #427 cat-tikvah

And they bring furniture too.

Daughter2 dropped a camping trailer in the back yard. I’m 2 months behind on ‘restoring’ it.

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BeachDem Feb 26, 2018 • 11:08:59am

re: #315 Backwoods_Sleuth

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What do you mean? It’s just his standard Harley Davidson GDP women washing machines bump stocks speech.

— Mark Czerniec (@MarkCzerniec) February 26, 2018

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Woods Witch Feb 26, 2018 • 11:16:06am

Draft-dodging Trump claims he would have rushed into shooting unarmed https://t.co/Vggw6sx3B3

— Propane Jane™ (@docrocktex26) February 26, 2018

I’m thinking more along the lines of:

Brave Sir Robin Ran Away

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Backwoods_Sleuth Feb 26, 2018 • 11:16:24am

thread

BREAKING: Kentucky judge dismisses murder convictions of Keith Hardin and Jeff Clark based on new DNA testing and evidence of police misconduct. They spent 20 unjust years in prison. https://t.co/H0NJhjeORJ (team: @innocence @ExonerationLaw @KIPDPA @WeilGotshal + Larry Simon ) pic.twitter.com/Ii3stBfSeB

— Innocence Project (@innocence) February 26, 2018

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The Vicious Babushka Feb 26, 2018 • 11:17:06am

re: #395 MsJ

My husband is one of 9 living children, most boys. His mother taught every one of them how to cook, do their own laundry and take care of themselves. She taught them respect and honesty and how to be good human beings. (Both his parents did.) None expect their wives to do everything for them and all see marriage as a partnership not a owner/slave relationship. And from what I know of all of them, none would want that.

I have 9 kids, of which 6 are boys (men now). As soon as they were old enough I taught each one to cook their favorite food, so that in case they ever wanted it and if it wasn’t on the menu, they could make it themselves. My sons were all eager to learn, my daughters not so much. My oldest daughter got an “F” in cooking class (they still taught home ec at that time) and my middle daughter was grossed out by the idea of touching raw chicken.

They’re all married now and take their turns making family meals, and also my daughters are great cooks, even the one who hates touching raw chicken! (she discovered nitrile gloves)

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BeachDem Feb 26, 2018 • 11:17:11am

re: #347 ObserverArt

That face says it all.

“I’m not listening to you because you are making me look bad. I don’t like people that make me look bad…I’m great haven’t you heard.”

That face says Our President is an Asshole.

Watch the video of it —he squirms and rocks back and forth and squirms some more and shifts his eyes around like a toddler who has to go the bathroom. (No offense to toddlers who have to go the bathroom.)

WOW — Washington Gov. Jay Inslee (D) challenges Trump to his face on his plan to arm teachers, tells him “we need to listen to educators and they should not be foisted upon this responsibility of packing heat.”

Trump responds by crossing his arms and quickly changing topic pic.twitter.com/ikjXvJ56Mc

— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) February 26, 2018

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Backwoods_Sleuth Feb 26, 2018 • 11:19:33am

re: #434 BeachDem

“…When they can go in an armored van to a site and not worry about being shot.”

but teachers armed with Glocks are totes sufficient…

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Interesting Times Feb 26, 2018 • 11:20:09am

re: #421 Backwoods_Sleuth

“Kristi Sayres, a WV second grade teacher, is decked out in receipts for the $1332 in school supplies she has purchased for her classroom this year. “We do it because we love kids and we love to teach,” she says”

Obviously what she needs is her own AR-15. e_e

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calochortus Feb 26, 2018 • 11:22:03am

Best get back to constructive activities.
BBL

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Dr Lizardo Feb 26, 2018 • 11:23:14am

re: #433 The Vicious Babushka

I have 9 kids, of which 6 are boys (men now). As soon as they were old enough I taught each one to cook their favorite food, so that in case they ever wanted it and if it wasn’t on the menu, they could make it themselves. My sons were all eager to learn, my daughters not so much. My oldest daughter got an “F” in cooking class (they still taught home ec at that time) and my middle daughter was grossed out by the idea of touching raw chicken.

They’re all married now and take their turns making family meals, and also my daughters are great cooks, even the one who hates touching raw chicken! (she discovered nitrile gloves)

My dad did a lot of the cooking in my household when I was a kid (maybe it’s an Italian thing, LOL) and I learned how to do my own laundry by the time I was seven.

I simply don’t understand “men” (heh) who are incapable of performing simple tasks such as cooking their own food, washing their own clothes, or perhaps fixing a hole in their socks or sewing a shirt button back on. We’re not talking quantum engineering here.

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MsJ Feb 26, 2018 • 11:24:58am

re: #433 The Vicious Babushka

I have 9 kids, of which 6 are boys (men now). As soon as they were old enough I taught each one to cook their favorite food, so that in case they ever wanted it and if it wasn’t on the menu, they could make it themselves. My sons were all eager to learn, my daughters not so much. My oldest daughter got an “F” in cooking class (they still taught home ec at that time) and my middle daughter was grossed out by the idea of touching raw chicken.

They’re all married now and take their turns making family meals, and also my daughters are great cooks, even the one who hates touching raw chicken! (she discovered nitrile gloves)

I think that’s what good parents do for their children. They teach them independence, as much as that hurts sometimes. You did right by yours. Mazel tov!

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Belafon Feb 26, 2018 • 11:29:00am

re: #438 Dr Lizardo

My dad did a lot of the cooking in my household when I was a kid (maybe it’s an Italian thing, LOL) and I learned how to do my own laundry by the time I was seven.

I simply don’t understand “men” (heh) who are incapable of performing simple tasks such as cooking their own food, washing their own clothes, or perhaps fixing a hole in their socks or sewing a shirt button back on. We’re not talking quantum engineering here.

My dad was a disabled Vietnam Vet, so he did the household stuff. When Mr. Mom came out, we’re all like “And?”

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darthstar Feb 26, 2018 • 11:30:41am

Can’t wait until Mueller pulls at the Panama threads…buh-bye, @IvankaTrump https://t.co/edvdHOAotc

— Sean McCabe (@darthstar99) February 26, 2018

Backstory:

Now this is interesting:
“Witnesses told the AP they saw Trump’s executives carrying files to a room for shredding.” https://t.co/Su3pxeCR2q

— Amy Siskind (@Amy_Siskind) February 25, 2018

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darthstar Feb 26, 2018 • 11:31:25am

Gee, who might have seen this coming? Oh right, these guys: https://t.co/xeQ9R693iL

— Walter Shaub (@waltshaub) February 25, 2018

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MsJ Feb 26, 2018 • 11:33:59am

To be fair, if a school shooter turned around to see Donald Trump lumbering in like a wounded Sasquatch, out of breath and sweaty, wheezing, “Gimme a second,” it might just make them stop and say, “What the fuck?”

— The Rude Pundit (@rudepundit) February 26, 2018

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FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀 Feb 26, 2018 • 11:34:38am

re: #421 Backwoods_Sleuth

@SarahLJorgensen
Kristi Sayres, a WV second grade teacher, is decked out in receipts for the $1332 in school supplies she has purchased for her classroom this year. “We do it because we love kids and we love to teach,” she says.

She should have spent that money on a nice compact Glock 26 9mm with a 10 round magazine, and have money left over for plenty of ammunition to train with on the weekends & school holidays

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Skip Intro Feb 26, 2018 • 11:36:20am

re: #444 FormerDirtDart

Why do they even have schools in WV? All the boys are going to get jobs mining beautiful, clean coal and the girls will become housewives and widows.

School is pointless.

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Dr. Matt Feb 26, 2018 • 11:37:31am

NOT The Onion: Chris Cillizza is posting a series of tweets about the Monica-Bill Clinton affair.

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Stanley Sea Feb 26, 2018 • 11:37:40am

Attn young artists: @Google is asking for submissions for the Google Doodlehttps://t.co/0ESgZEduRY

— Jake Tapper (@jaketapper) February 26, 2018

~~Not necessarily for young people as I read it.~~ Wrong!

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Sir John Barron Feb 26, 2018 • 11:40:01am

re: #444 FormerDirtDart

She should have spent that money on a nice compact Glock 26 9mm with a 10 round magazine, and have money left over for plenty of ammunition to train with on the weekends & school holidays

Son of Erick: This schoolteacher is a bully.

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Backwoods_Sleuth Feb 26, 2018 • 11:44:36am

re: #443 MsJ

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I like to believe that if I am there when Donald Trump is raging wildly against the fundamentals of constitutional governance, I would at least have the moxie to rush up with Boston creme pie and take him out, full facial. #DeskboundCourage

— David Simon (@AoDespair) February 26, 2018

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Backwoods_Sleuth Feb 26, 2018 • 11:45:13am

Age in 1776:
Marquis de Lafayette, 18
James Monroe, 18
Henry Lee III, 20
Aaron Burr, 20
Nathan Hale, 21
Alexander Hamilton, 21

Just a bunch of kids, right? What do they know?

-@DeAnnaBurghart

— Rachel R. Gonzalez (@RachelGonKCMO) February 25, 2018

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Backwoods_Sleuth Feb 26, 2018 • 11:47:14am

“Do you believe your father’s [sexual misconduct] accusers?” -@PeterAlexander

“I think it’s a pretty inappropriate question to ask a daughter if she believes the accusers of her father when he’s affirmatively stated there’s no truth to it.” -@IvankaTrump pic.twitter.com/23AVPgcOdE

— TODAY (@TODAYshow) February 26, 2018

Ivanka Trump works for the federal government as a senior advisor to the President of the United States.

If she thinks it’s “inappropriate” to be asked these questions she should resign. https://t.co/yrix0WgQ1o

— Matt McDermott (@mattmfm) February 26, 2018

Let’s reword the questions to Ivanka:

-Cohen paid $130k to silence Stormy Daniels. Was there coordination with Trump campaign?
-National Enquirer paid $150k to silence Karen McDougal. Was there coordination with Trump campaign?

Can you forward to @IvankaTrump? She blocked me. https://t.co/OUg2iFvNBM

— Ted Lieu (@tedlieu) February 26, 2018

ICYMI, can you retweet or forward to White House Senior Advisor Ivanka Trump? She can’t handle questions from a Member of Congress, so she blocked me. https://t.co/FkoDpZqOBN

— Ted Lieu (@tedlieu) February 26, 2018

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Backwoods_Sleuth Feb 26, 2018 • 11:49:27am

“I don’t want teachers to have guns. I want people who have a natural talent” like hitting a golf ball to have guns, Trump says, explaining who he believes should have guns in schools. Via @JenniferJJacobs

— Jennifer Epstein (@jeneps) February 26, 2018

It is quite an achievement that the more he talks about this issue, the dumber he sounds. https://t.co/I3Dq8PWvqR

— Matthew Miller (@matthewamiller) February 26, 2018

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Belafon Feb 26, 2018 • 11:49:36am

re: #450 Backwoods_Sleuth

The Puckle Gun.

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The Vicious Babushka Feb 26, 2018 • 11:52:13am

Well, this is something that an Elected Representative Of The People is totally expected to do in accordance with his elected responsibilities:

I will kill any tax legislation that benefits @Delta unless the company changes its position and fully reinstates its relationship with @NRA. Corporations cannot attack conservatives and expect us not to fight back.

— Casey Cagle (@CaseyCagle) February 26, 2018

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FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀 Feb 26, 2018 • 11:52:20am

Please, everyone knows they do the alien autopsies in the “abandoned” The Center Building of St. Elizabeths Hospital

Discovered at the Pentagon … #WaitWhat? #NoJoke #IWantToBelieve CC: @thexfiles pic.twitter.com/Dh2M88NYzF

— Marcus Weisgerber (@MarcusReports) February 26, 2018

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darthstar Feb 26, 2018 • 11:52:25am

Trump rips Fla. Deputies for not going into school. “I really believe I’d run in there even if I didn’t have a weapon.”

— Zeke Miller (@ZekeJMiller) February 26, 2018

Hang on kids, help is on the way. pic.twitter.com/LpEe1uoiz6

— Candid Camerik (@HowardCamerik) February 26, 2018

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darthstar Feb 26, 2018 • 11:54:00am

BREAKING: Stupid fucker doesn’t understand how the free market works.

— Sean McCabe (@darthstar99) February 26, 2018

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Belafon Feb 26, 2018 • 11:55:00am

re: #454 The Vicious Babushka

Well, this is something that an Elected Representative Of The People is totally expected to do in accordance with his elected responsibilities:

Gotta love when they admit the NRA is an arm of the GOP.

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darthstar Feb 26, 2018 • 11:57:55am

This is Lt Governor of Georgia, #GaGOP Casey Cagle, a spineless sycophant bribed with NRA blood money, threatening Delta, which employs more Georgians than any other corp, with crippling legislation, cuz #Delta elects to support the safety of children. #gunsense #gapol #Dunwoody pic.twitter.com/hDXhLmnfWH

— Gary Ray Betz (@GaryRayBetz) February 26, 2018

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Sir John Barron Feb 26, 2018 • 11:59:10am

re: #454 The Vicious Babushka

Well, this is something that an Elected Representative Of The People is totally expected to do in accordance with his elected responsibilities:

The NRA is a people, too, my friend.

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darthstar Feb 26, 2018 • 12:00:54pm

Watch Trump’s body language as Gov of Washington Jay Inslee explains to him how stupid his arming teachers idea is and asks him to lay off Twitter. pic.twitter.com/fnA47yjyyk

— Josh Marshall (@joshtpm) February 26, 2018

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darthstar Feb 26, 2018 • 12:03:12pm

re: #461 darthstar

Trump is so shocked at being called out publicly that he runs to Greg Abbott of Texas in response for cover.

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Mike Lamb Feb 26, 2018 • 12:05:25pm

re: #454 The Vicious Babushka

Well, this is something that an Elected Representative Of The People is totally expected to do in accordance with his elected responsibilities:

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Idiot conservatives, please take note: THIS is something that is a LOT closer to censorship than Twitter deleting some bots.

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goddamnedfrank Feb 26, 2018 • 12:06:04pm

Buddy you just promised to violate Georgia Code Section 45-11-4 - Unprofessional conduct; misdemeanor; applicability; indictment …

(2) Using oppression or tyrannical partiality in the administration or under the color of his or her office;

— MC 555 nanometer Jesus (@goddamnedfrank) February 26, 2018

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Varek Raith Feb 26, 2018 • 12:06:26pm

re: #459 darthstar

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That sounds all kinds of illegal.

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Sir John Barron Feb 26, 2018 • 12:08:11pm

re: #464 goddamnedfrank

Basically as Lt Gov this dude has one vote, in the state Senate, right? I guess if things come down to a tie breaking vote being needed…

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Sir John Barron Feb 26, 2018 • 12:08:41pm

re: #466 Sir John Barron

Basically as Lt Gov this dude has one vote, in the state Senate, right? I guess if things come down to a tie breaking vote being needed…

But dude is talking like he controls everyone’s vote and is the governor of the state.

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makeitstop Feb 26, 2018 • 12:09:17pm

re: #454 The Vicious Babushka

Corporations cannot attack conservatives and expect us not to fight back.

Vice versa? Totes okay!

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FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀 Feb 26, 2018 • 12:09:21pm

British police sift through rubble at scene of fatal blast https://t.co/CHemJdS1IQ pic.twitter.com/tm5NjSE1ke

— Reuters Top News (@Reuters) February 26, 2018

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Sir John Barron Feb 26, 2018 • 12:09:25pm

re: #464 goddamnedfrank

No tyrannical, not tyranny, you’re the tyrannical.

///

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darthstar Feb 26, 2018 • 12:10:01pm

re: #465 Varek Raith

That sounds all kinds of illegal.

IOKIYAR?

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Hecuba's daughter Feb 26, 2018 • 12:11:02pm

re: #463 Mike Lamb

Idiot conservatives, please take note: THIS is something that is a LOT closer to censorship than Twitter deleting some bots.

Conservatives are totally on board with censorship as long as it’s minorities or liberals who are censored. The only speech they want is speech that agrees with them. Trump is a perfect model of this: everyone in his presence has to praise and/or agree with him; otherwise he doesn’t hear what you say or will tweet insults at you.

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darthstar Feb 26, 2018 • 12:11:06pm

re: #470 Sir John Barron

No tyrannical, not tyranny, you’re the tyrannical.

///

Which bathroom do tyrannicals use?

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Sir John Barron Feb 26, 2018 • 12:11:37pm

re: #454 The Vicious Babushka

Well, this is something that an Elected Representative Of The People is totally expected to do in accordance with his elected responsibilities:

I look forward to the next Dana Mah Gunz/Dan Bongino NRATV ad where they hold up a replica of a Georgia state bill and shoot it with an AR-15.

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Blind Frog Belly White Feb 26, 2018 • 12:13:45pm

re: #445 Skip Intro

Why do they even have schools in WV? All the boys are going to get jobs mining beautiful, clean coal and the girls will become housewives and widows.

School is pointless.

They need to learn the letter ‘R’ for voting purposes.

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dangerman Feb 26, 2018 • 12:13:54pm

re: #464 goddamnedfrank

Buddy you just promised to violate Georgia Code Section 45-11-4 - Unprofessional conduct; misdemeanor; applicability; indictment …

(2) Using oppression or tyrannical partiality in the administration or under the color of his or her office;

free speech
it has consequences

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Varek Raith Feb 26, 2018 • 12:16:08pm

Boy, they sure can pick the stupidest fights to pick.

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KGxvi Feb 26, 2018 • 12:17:08pm

re: #454 The Vicious Babushka

Well, this is something that an Elected Representative Of The People is totally expected to do in accordance with his elected responsibilities:

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Well, at least we now know what the hierarchy is within wingnut beliefs: guns before tax cuts.

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KGxvi Feb 26, 2018 • 12:18:23pm

re: #477 Varek Raith

Boy, they sure can pick the stupidest fights to pick.

BREAKING! MUST CREDIT LGF:

Official Draft of Republican Party 2018 Platform:

hold my beer

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Blind Frog Belly White Feb 26, 2018 • 12:21:26pm

Why undercutting the strength of public-sector unions is such a threat to Democrats in states and nationally. https://t.co/yLwW8bi3kY

— Philip Bump (@pbump) February 26, 2018

If the Supreme Court is going to rule that government workers don’t have to pay any fees to the unions that represent them because of political differences, shouldn’t SCOTUS rule that shareholders can insist on repayment for any corporate political spending they disagree with? https://t.co/McpsusuMBZ

— Steven Greenhouse (@greenhousenyt) February 26, 2018

THAT’S DIFFRENT!!!

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Sir John Barron Feb 26, 2018 • 12:21:37pm

NRATV: You can have our rental car discounts when you pry them from our cold dead fingers.

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Blind Frog Belly White Feb 26, 2018 • 12:22:38pm

re: #481 Sir John Barron

NRATV: You can have our rental car discounts when you pry them from our cold dead fingers.

I figure a lot of the folks who won’t get their NRA disoucnts on rental cars can just go with AARP or some other discount.

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MsJ Feb 26, 2018 • 12:25:54pm

I knew I’d seen that North Korean clapping somewhere before. pic.twitter.com/AnYQA2WrrK

— Ellen DeGeneres (@TheEllenShow) February 26, 2018

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Backwoods_Sleuth Feb 26, 2018 • 12:26:19pm

re: #454 The Vicious Babushka

Well, this is something that an Elected Representative Of The People is totally expected to do in accordance with his elected responsibilities:

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They employ over 30,000 people in GA. This is about the dumbest fight a dumb politician could pick.

— The Hoarse Whisperer (@HoarseWisperer) February 26, 2018

Well it’s only February… 💁‍♂️

— Frank (@frankburder) February 26, 2018

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makeitstop Feb 26, 2018 • 12:27:25pm

That Delta thing is pretty much a clear case of blackmail, isn’t it?

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goddamnedfrank Feb 26, 2018 • 12:27:42pm

re: #466 Sir John Barron

Basically as Lt Gov this dude has one vote, in the state Senate, right? I guess if things come down to a tie breaking vote being needed…

According to Wikipedia the Lt Gov also appoints two seats on the Committee on Assignments (and breaks ties there) and three seats to the Committee on Administrative Affairs (where he’s also a full member and casts votes.) Those powers give him some horse trading ability to whip votes.

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Blind Frog Belly White Feb 26, 2018 • 12:30:29pm

“If you don’t have retribution, if you are not going to do something very serious to these guys when they walk in they are going to keep walking in. They have to know when they walk in they are probably going to end up dead.”

How many school shooters survive? pic.twitter.com/PvTiQP2ww6

— Josh Marshall (@joshtpm) February 26, 2018

This is truly the stupidest thing ever said about school shootings. Almost every school shooter dies in the shooting. Usually because they kill themselves when they’re about to get caught. Some are killed in shoot outs. They almost universally expect to die. https://t.co/Ifluo72sHn

— Josh Marshall (@joshtpm) February 26, 2018

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Backwoods_Sleuth Feb 26, 2018 • 12:30:30pm

JFC this ridiculous guy was just interviewed on @Fox26Houston saying UNARMED HIGH SCHOOL KIDS should be doing more to stop shooters with AR-15s but hey, at least we’re not talking about middle-schoolers! 😡😡😡 pic.twitter.com/VNVvGT1t4i

— Alby *brushes shoulder* Zeeluminati (@albyselkie) February 26, 2018

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Chrysicat Feb 26, 2018 • 12:30:35pm

We’ll find out. Personally I expect a few of you to shoot up the places that have stopped giving you discounts, once you figure out your boycott isn’t near enough to force them out of business 😈

— (((Chrysi Cat))) (@chrysicat) February 26, 2018

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FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀 Feb 26, 2018 • 12:31:36pm

This elephant was caught on camera tidying up trash: pic.twitter.com/zZ7xpLQtQG

— Baby Animals (@BabyAnimalPics) February 24, 2018

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Blind Frog Belly White Feb 26, 2018 • 12:31:52pm

re: #489 Chrysicat

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Phillips needs to learn how to draw a Venn Diagram.

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dangerman Feb 26, 2018 • 12:32:08pm

re: #487 Blind Frog Belly White

This is truly the stupidest thing ever said about school shootings. Almost every school shooter dies in the shooting. Usually because they kill themselves when they’re about to get caught. Some are killed in shoot outs. They almost universally expect to die.

which is why a goal should be preventing the shooting from starting in the first place

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Blind Frog Belly White Feb 26, 2018 • 12:33:09pm

re: #490 🍕🐀

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I like how it uses its feet to get the can into the curl of its trunk.

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Sir John Barron Feb 26, 2018 • 12:34:13pm

re: #492 dangerman

which is why a goal should be preventing the shooting from starting in the first place

Nah, not that.

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dangerman Feb 26, 2018 • 12:34:33pm

re: #489 Chrysicat

Funny how you separated “law-abiding gun owners and NRA members” are you suggesting NRA members are not also law-abiding gun owners?

yes some of the 5m members are in fact not law-abiding

eta: yes im sure some just join to read the articles

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Backwoods_Sleuth Feb 26, 2018 • 12:35:30pm

at least carrots will never surprise u nothing more salt of the earth than a good ole carro pic.twitter.com/Uhz9k7kjcw

— darth™ (@darth) February 26, 2018

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MsJ Feb 26, 2018 • 12:36:44pm

re: #485 makeitstop

That Delta thing is pretty much a clear case of blackmail, isn’t it?

Extortion.

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dangerman Feb 26, 2018 • 12:37:27pm

re: #494 Sir John Barron

Nah, not that.

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we’re almost at the point of “stopping the suicide bomber the second after he detonates”

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