An Epic SOME MORE NEWS Rant: “The Freakin’ Post Office!”

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219 comments
1
Belafon  Aug 30, 2020 • 8:39:18pm

Bringing this over:

Toonami did a BLM commercial. It’s good, even if you don’t necessarily know the images:

Toonami - Black Lives Matter Speech (HD 1080p)

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I Would Prefer Not To  Aug 30, 2020 • 8:39:28pm

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teleskiguy  Aug 30, 2020 • 8:47:13pm

Hey, a byline! And the headline is better.

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BigPapa  Aug 30, 2020 • 8:48:10pm

I was going to post a vid from PJ Harvey who’s ‘my Willie Nelson.’ They loved him and my kiddo years had him burned in.

But I changed my mind and need some Massive Attack:

Massive Attack - Girl I Love You (Live - Fuji Rock 2010)

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Sherlock Hound  Aug 30, 2020 • 8:55:04pm

From downstairs:
re: #312 Patricia Kayden

Biden isn’t President. He has condemned the violence. Trump is president and has refused to condemn rightwing violence. These are his riots.

The press won’t care. They have an incentive to ignore history, to promote “the view from nowhere”. If you’re a nihilistic news director and propagandist, you’ll say that “Biden should have managed the riots better!” They outright say it. They don’t notice reality outside their own office—they make their own reality, like a past president.

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teleskiguy  Aug 30, 2020 • 8:57:52pm
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BigPapa  Aug 30, 2020 • 9:05:37pm

This killed me. There’s naughty words you aren’t expecting but it’s amazing.

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Dread Pirate Ron  Aug 30, 2020 • 9:12:38pm
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teleskiguy  Aug 30, 2020 • 9:16:51pm

re: #8 Dread Pirate Ron

If that were a bear doing that in Colorado it would be tracked down and destroyed.

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BigPapa  Aug 30, 2020 • 9:20:07pm

re: #6 teleskiguy

Such an evil man utterly loathsome man. Anybody who votes for him still is a supporter of the most rancid of racism.

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EPR-radar  Aug 30, 2020 • 9:31:07pm

re: #10 BigPapa

Such an evil man utterly loathsome man. Anybody who votes for him still is a supporter of the most rancid of racism.

Yeah, Trump’s loathsome pied piper act is giving all the racist deplorable pieces of shit in the country a license to act on their worst impulses.

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🌹UOJB!  Aug 30, 2020 • 9:32:21pm

Trump is deliberately going to Kenosha and Portland to incite more violence. He wants a race war with lots of blood on the streets.

I really fear this next week because people are going to be going for their guns and the Republicans are going to get shocked to find out that Democrats have a lot of guns…

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Barefoot Grin  Aug 30, 2020 • 9:33:20pm

I think it was 3 or 4 months ago when I could no longer access twitter embeds easily in Safari. I would click on things lizards would post, but it took forever for them to load. But if I c/p it to firefox it loads immediately. I should switch my LGF sign-in to firefox, but I can’t remember my password. I used to love how easy it was to see the tweets folks were posting.

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Barefoot Grin  Aug 30, 2020 • 10:07:29pm

Ok, so did everyone ditch me and go to an alternative LGF?

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BigPapa  Aug 30, 2020 • 10:11:32pm

re: #14 Barefoot Grin

Here. A painting lesson. I want it on my desk by tomorrow lunch.

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Dread Pirate Ron  Aug 30, 2020 • 10:12:11pm
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Belafon  Aug 30, 2020 • 10:16:24pm
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b_sharp  Aug 30, 2020 • 10:19:49pm

Trying to restart the thread.

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SteelPH  Aug 30, 2020 • 10:20:50pm

re: #18 b_sharp

Trying to restart the thread.

Gonna need a stronger defibrillator.

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BigPapa  Aug 30, 2020 • 10:22:49pm

Unplug it, wait 10 seconds, pour some bourbon, flip the pork shoulder, put on season 3 of Ozark, give sritches to pupper.

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BigPapa  Aug 30, 2020 • 10:23:03pm

Oh, and then plug this thread back in again.

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🌹UOJB!  Aug 30, 2020 • 10:25:19pm

re: #17 Belafon

I bet that Rudy will be the first one to get Covid from last week’s KKKlanbake.

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Hecuba's daughter  Aug 30, 2020 • 10:27:06pm

So last evening, overnight regular Anymouse said that his Internet was having problems — and he hasn’t yet returned. Hope that he can get it repaired soon.

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Hecuba's daughter  Aug 30, 2020 • 10:27:45pm

re: #22 🌹UOJB!

I bet that Rudy will be the first one to get Covid from last week’s KKKlanbake.

My money is on Wilbur Ross.

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teleskiguy  Aug 30, 2020 • 10:29:35pm
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LeftyRambles2413 (HappyWarrior)  Aug 30, 2020 • 10:31:03pm

re: #25 teleskiguy

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Hell of a way to remember Cain. I swear so much of the country is completely batshit at this point.

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teleskiguy  Aug 30, 2020 • 10:52:57pm
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unproven innocence  Aug 30, 2020 • 11:03:14pm

re: #13 Barefoot Grin

I think it was 3 or 4 months ago when I could no longer access twitter embeds easily in Safari. I would click on things lizards would post, but it took forever for them to load. But if I c/p it to firefox it loads immediately. I should switch my LGF sign-in to firefox, but I can’t remember my password. I used to love how easy it was to see the tweets folks were posting.

I’m guessing the part I’ve italicized is referring to the Master Password for Firefox’s passwords storage/management feature, which remains unavailable/inaccessible without that Master Password (Primary Password, in newspeak). If you don’t mind losing whatever other info is stored there, there is a way to “nuke it” and start over. See here:
Reset your Primary Password if you’ve forgotten it
This basically discards ALL the info protected by that old “master password” (Primary Password), but lets you start over, including the option of choosing a new one.

Another workaround may be to install a recent version of Firefox as a PortableApp, which would work quite independently of your current Firefox, but you’d have all the usual setup/configuration to go thru with the portable version.

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Hecuba's daughter  Aug 30, 2020 • 11:03:16pm

re: #26 LeftyRambles2413 (HappyWarrior)

Hell of a way to remember Cain. I swear so much of the country is completely batshit at this point.

The fact that over 40% of the voting public overlooks Trump’s responsibility for 180,000+ American deaths is especially troubling. At least part of that attitude by the public is due to the media’s failure to pin these deaths on his negligence and lack of interest; and that is the fault of the MSM as much as Faux news.

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BigPapa  Aug 30, 2020 • 11:04:11pm

Tossed a 30 yr bud for a FB meme about Kamala being a Ho. FU, GTFO.

Men, do better.

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thecommodore  Aug 30, 2020 • 11:11:01pm

In which patriotic Trump supporters in Studio City allow the American flag to drag on the ground.

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thecommodore  Aug 30, 2020 • 11:21:53pm

Supporting a domestic terrorist.

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Dread Pirate Ron  Aug 30, 2020 • 11:43:49pm

deleted by me

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DodgerFan1988  Aug 31, 2020 • 12:30:30am

Right Wing scum exploiting another tragedy to blame Black Lives Matter.

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Jack Burton  Aug 31, 2020 • 12:39:10am

re: #25 teleskiguy

Al Qaren and Covidiots are taking that article to mean that the other factors killed the people and not COVID so actual COVID deaths are around 10000, and they are fucking howling to the moon about it right now. (As if all of a sudden 170 thousand extra people just happened to drop dead of obesity, high blood pressure, asthma, etc. and the COVID thing was just a coincidence.)

I’ve seen that article posted by idiots, RWNJs, Karens, Russian Bots, etc. *literally* thousands of times in the past two days with almost a verbatim cut-and-paste blurb with it.

Not once have I seen anyone in the media point out this is basically a botnet of weaponized disinformation.

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  Aug 31, 2020 • 1:57:54am

re: #35 Jack Burton

Not once have I seen anyone in the media point out this is basically a botnet of weaponized disinformation.

Using social media feeds as a source of news is just asking to be misinformed…

Until we educate people on the difference between a reliable news source and an “Internet Presence”, these people will continue to run roughshod over the public discourse.

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Dave In Austin  Aug 31, 2020 • 2:26:56am

“LoveCraft Country”.

I think this will go over well with this crowd

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Sherlock Hound  Aug 31, 2020 • 2:58:55am

re: #34 DodgerFan1988

Most officers don’t get a gold casket. I often make bitter, sarcastic comments about cops and veterans “dying for our sins!” but Bernie Kerik has outdone me!

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dangerman  Aug 31, 2020 • 3:01:36am
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dangerman  Aug 31, 2020 • 3:07:04am

re: #35 Jack Burton

Al Qaren and Covidiots are taking that article to mean that the other factors killed the people and not COVID so actual COVID deaths are around 10000, and they are fucking howling to the moon about it right now. (As if all of a sudden 170 thousand extra people just happened to drop dead of obesity, high blood pressure, asthma, etc. and the COVID thing was just a coincidence.)

I’ve seen that article posted by idiots, RWNJs, Karens, Russian Bots, etc. *literally* thousands of times in the past two days with almost a verbatim cut-and-paste blurb with it.

Not once have I seen anyone in the media point out this is basically a botnet of weaponized disinformation.

this thinking shows a stunning ignorance of science statistics medicine and math.

the population at large is dying from covid. the population at large has these other conditions. these other conditions do contribute to susceptibility and morbidity.

oh and 10k is still fucking appalling all on its own

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  Aug 31, 2020 • 3:07:27am

latest RW talking point is that Biden’s “support of leftist violence” is costing him in the polls across the nation.

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FFL (GOP Delenda Est)  Aug 31, 2020 • 3:31:44am

re: #40 dangerman

this thinking shows a stunning ignorance of science statistics medicine and math.

the population at large is dying from covid. the population at large has these other conditions. these other conditions do contribute to susceptibility and morbidity.

oh and 10k is still fucking appalling all on its own

They’re not interested in thinking. They are interested in grasping any method of bending facts and statistics to deny that COVID is really messing with the country and that the GOP and Trump are very very responsible for this mess. (And that thinking would also imply that the GOP does not have their interests in mind and therefore the GOP should not be voted for as well. But that also leads to Biden and Communism!)
//// (the last sentence at least)

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  Aug 31, 2020 • 3:34:42am

re: #42 FFL (GOP Delenda Est)

cantankerousness and contrarianism is a big part of their thinking, and it is directed at anything they consider “liberal”.

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John Hughes  Aug 31, 2020 • 4:05:10am

re: #16 Dread Pirate Ron

Moscow Times:

Russia says more than 20 countries have requested over 1 billion doses of its Sputnik V coronavirus candidate vaccine.

Kind of surprised the US isn’t on the list.

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Patricia Kayden  Aug 31, 2020 • 4:07:55am

re: #5 Sherlock Hound

But that’s where we come in with pushing back against the media narrative on Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, etc. We can’t allow a repeat of 2016.

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Shiplord Kirel: Fan of USPS, Goodyear, and Oreo  Aug 31, 2020 • 4:12:47am

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  Aug 31, 2020 • 4:15:38am

re: #46 Shiplord Kirel: Fan of USPS, Goodyear, and Oreo

I learned to wait at least an hour or even 90 minutes before hitting my first dose of morning joe, then it really works.

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Patricia Kayden  Aug 31, 2020 • 4:20:39am
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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  Aug 31, 2020 • 4:23:52am

BLM = Antifa = Biden = Anarchy and the End of White Suburban America

Defund the Police = Bands of armed Mau-Mau rape gangs invading our Neighborhoods

Trump & Pence = Safety and Security

Those are the Higher Truths - facts are irrelevant as long as they support this message

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Patricia Kayden  Aug 31, 2020 • 4:24:49am
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Shropshire Slasher  Aug 31, 2020 • 4:26:30am

re: #8 Dread Pirate Ron

“Tag you’re it!!!”

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Aug 31, 2020 • 4:41:39am
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Backwoods_Sleuth  Aug 31, 2020 • 4:47:23am

pouring down rain here in TheBackwoods.

also, come to find out that some summer squash we planted is actually butternut squash. WIN!

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  Aug 31, 2020 • 5:09:30am

I had a trip to Dunkirk and Bruges yesterday, was raining like mad when I hit Brussels, saw a car spun out across two lanes of the rind highway with the motor ripped out lying some ten feet away in the other lane.

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steve_davis  Aug 31, 2020 • 5:19:27am

re: #8 Dread Pirate Ron

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hey dummy, the bear you’re filming can run roughly 40 miles an hour if it decides you are now a threat. maybe stop filming and bug out.

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dangerman  Aug 31, 2020 • 5:42:01am

heart shaped waffles for breakfast

love is grand

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A Cranky One  Aug 31, 2020 • 5:52:32am

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jeffreyw  Aug 31, 2020 • 5:53:09am

Good morning!

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A Cranky One  Aug 31, 2020 • 6:14:05am

I’m bored. When will the lizards start posting to keep me amused? I want to speak to the manager!

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FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀 No Capt'n😷Trips  Aug 31, 2020 • 6:17:42am
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Ming5000  Aug 31, 2020 • 6:17:56am

re: #59 A Cranky One

I agree!

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  Aug 31, 2020 • 6:19:39am

re: #60 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀 No Capt’n😷Trips

BREAKING: Temple University announces all in-person classes are suspended as active COVID-19 cases surpass 100…. that’s out of 5,000 tests issued.

Translation: Somebody rich/important got infected.

They should have never been on campus, period.

I am assuming that they had little in the way of effective measures in place…

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dangerman  Aug 31, 2020 • 6:30:46am

re: #60 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀 No Capt’n😷Trips

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every school/school system that’s doing in- person is running the same experiment. they’re all doing the same test and expecting different results from everybody else

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Decatur Deb  Aug 31, 2020 • 6:31:55am

re: #62 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))

I am assuming that they had little in the way of effective measures in place…

It looks like 1.5 to 2 percent is the number that keeps coming up when they do tests of asymptomatics. Would expect it to vary pretty widely by geography, travel modes, etc. The disgrace is that we are 7 months into this and don’t have any numbers we can trust. That’s beginning to look like it’s not an accident.

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FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀 No Capt'n😷Trips  Aug 31, 2020 • 6:32:22am

re: #62 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))

I am assuming that they had little in the way of effective measures in place…

Well, there’s at least a good chance they had better measures in place than Alabama. Which has roughly 75% of the student population than Temple. But, has ten times as many Covid cases
Alabama is still having in-person classes

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FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀 No Capt'n😷Trips  Aug 31, 2020 • 6:33:43am
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Decatur Deb  Aug 31, 2020 • 6:34:13am

re: #65 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀 No Capt’n😷Trips

Well, there’s at least a good chance they had better measures in place than Alabama. Which has roughly 75% of the student population than Temple. But, has ten times as many Covid cases
Alabama is still having in-person classes

Tuscaloosa more and bigger bars. They closed them for two weeks, which is running out.

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LeftyRambles2413 (HappyWarrior)  Aug 31, 2020 • 6:34:42am

I have a feeling that even if we elect Joe, it’s gonna be a tough winter.

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  Aug 31, 2020 • 6:35:19am

re: #63 dangerman

every school/school system that’s doing in- person is running the same experiment. they’re all doing the same test and expecting different results from everybody else

If we had started in April with planning a return to school with expanded facilities, reduced class size, additional teaching/cleaning staff, then it might have been possible, but that would have cost money and, with the whole point being to save the economy at all costs, we all know what a burden things like public health, safety and education are on the bottom line…

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Belafon  Aug 31, 2020 • 6:35:35am

re: #62 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))

I am assuming that they had little in the way of effective measures in place…

They had fairly comprehensive testing, which is more than a lot of schools.

I also hate to bash schools considering what ICE keeps trying to pull with international students.

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Decatur Deb  Aug 31, 2020 • 6:36:00am

re: #66 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀 No Capt’n😷Trips

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Expect even better if they include their working military wives.

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  Aug 31, 2020 • 6:36:25am

re: #68 LeftyRambles2413 (HappyWarrior)

I have a feeling that even if we elect Joe, it’s gonna be a tough winter.

Because Trump is going to wash his little hands and walk away, making sure that Biden inherits the biggest disaster this country has seen in decades

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Belafon  Aug 31, 2020 • 6:37:40am

The Trump family’s argument after Labor Day will be about how many people Biden is putting in danger:

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Belafon  Aug 31, 2020 • 6:39:16am

re: #66 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀 No Capt’n😷Trips

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Assuming that the poll was scientific, I think Democrats do the country a disservice by not joining the military or the police in larger numbers.

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Belafon  Aug 31, 2020 • 6:39:55am

re: #68 LeftyRambles2413 (HappyWarrior)

I have a feeling that even if we elect Joe, it’s gonna be a tough winter.

Especially since he doesn’t take over until a month into it.

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LeftyRambles2413 (HappyWarrior)  Aug 31, 2020 • 6:40:05am

re: #72 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))

Because Trump is going to wash his little hands and walk away, making sure that Biden inherits the biggest disaster this country has seen in decades

It’s not even just that. The virus too.

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LeftyRambles2413 (HappyWarrior)  Aug 31, 2020 • 6:40:19am

re: #75 Belafon

Especially since he doesn’t take over until a month into it.

Yep.

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  Aug 31, 2020 • 6:41:46am

re: #76 LeftyRambles2413 (HappyWarrior)

It’s not even just that. The virus too.

also in terms of Covid relief, he will see himself abandoned and just leave us to die…

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Belafon  Aug 31, 2020 • 6:43:25am
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Decatur Deb  Aug 31, 2020 • 6:44:29am

re: #76 LeftyRambles2413 (HappyWarrior)

It’s not even just that. The virus too.

And the irrationally exuberant markets, and the unemployment, and the suddenly-important debt, and the likely GOP blocking force in the Senate, and the hundreds of RWNJ judges that have been confirmed, and the shattered leadership at the heads of federal agencies, and….

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LeftyRambles2413 (HappyWarrior)  Aug 31, 2020 • 6:46:51am

re: #80 Decatur Deb

And the irrationally exuberant markets, and the unemployment, and the suddenly-important debt, and the likely GOP blocking force in the Senate, and the hundreds of RWNJ judges that have been confirmed, and the shattered leadership at the heads of federal agencies, and….

Goes without saying.

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  Aug 31, 2020 • 6:48:07am

The markets are a planned fall, once the artificial stimulus wears off, they will either require another mega-infusion or they will completely collapse, for which Biden will be blamed…

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  Aug 31, 2020 • 6:48:56am

re: #79 Belafon

Trump laments that “politically correct” police officers feel like they can’t rough up protesters

really, they make shooting someone in the back seven times seem like a bad thing

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Decatur Deb  Aug 31, 2020 • 6:51:43am

re: #82 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))

The markets are a planned fall, once the artificial stimulus wears off, they will either require another mega-infusion or they will completely collapse, for which Biden will be blamed…

The Fed has declined its role in controlling inflation. The next dump of cash will not be painless.

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Belafon  Aug 31, 2020 • 6:51:50am

I dont know if any of you read David Anderson’s stuff about health care over at Balloon Juice, but his 9 year old niece has cancer and her family has a gofundme to raise money to pay for an apartment near the hospital. balloon-juice.com

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  Aug 31, 2020 • 6:54:44am

re: #84 Decatur Deb

The Fed has declined its role in controlling inflation. The next dump of cash will not be painless.

it would involve zero or negative interest rates, yes…

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Belafon  Aug 31, 2020 • 6:56:02am

We missed this story last week:

m.dailykos.com

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Decatur Deb  Aug 31, 2020 • 6:57:41am

re: #82 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))

The markets are a planned fall, once the artificial stimulus wears off, they will either require another mega-infusion or they will completely collapse, for which Biden will be blamed…

Better start managing expectations for the 2022 and 2024 elections. Biden and most of us will not live to see anything like a return to a healthy America. If Trump stays in we’ll see the end of the American experiment.

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  Aug 31, 2020 • 6:58:32am

re: #88 Decatur Deb

Better start managing expectations for the 2022 and 2024 elections. Biden and most of us will not see anything like a return to a healthy America. If Trump stays in we’ll see the end of the American experiment.

I realize that there will no healing the damage that Trump will do if he is returned to office.

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dangerman  Aug 31, 2020 • 7:10:37am

re: #25 teleskiguy

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Maybe he’s not as horribly dead as so many others who got it are

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Decatur Deb  Aug 31, 2020 • 7:11:37am

re: #90 dangerman

Maybe he’s not as horribly dead as so many others who got it are

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From all reports, he’s dead all the way.

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FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀 No Capt'n😷Trips  Aug 31, 2020 • 7:12:11am
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dangerman  Aug 31, 2020 • 7:12:53am

re: #41 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))

latest RW talking point is that Biden’s “support of leftist violence” is costing him in the polls across the nation.

Except he doesn’t and it’s not. Otherwise spot on

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  Aug 31, 2020 • 7:14:45am

re: #91 Decatur Deb

From all reports, he’s dead all the way.

Like Francesco Franco dead?

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  Aug 31, 2020 • 7:15:55am

re: #93 dangerman

Except he doesn’t and it’s not. Otherwise spot on

It was being spread on FB by an old gay Republican college buddy of mine (he was neither when we hung out) who had also insisted that Maxine Waters’ “Push back!” statement was inciting violence against conservatives.

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Decatur Deb  Aug 31, 2020 • 7:16:04am

re: #94 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))

Like Francesco Franco dead?

Like Away-team Redshirt dead.

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The Pie Overlord!  Aug 31, 2020 • 7:17:01am

UUCCCCCHHH

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Belafon  Aug 31, 2020 • 7:17:24am

According to this, the Portland shooter was a 48 year old veteran who has been attending BLM marches for a while. He’s also like some of my relatives, in that he will put down the address of a relative to avoid being called by debtors. oregonlive.com

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LeftyRambles2413 (HappyWarrior)  Aug 31, 2020 • 7:20:09am

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

It was being spread on FB by an old gay Republican college buddy of mine (he was neither when we hung out) who had also insisted that Maxine Waters’ “Push back!” statement was inciting violence against conservatives.

Yeah and I could say people are saying that Trump is creating a golden age of American democracy. Doesn’t make it true.

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  Aug 31, 2020 • 7:20:10am

re: #98 Belafon

According to this, the Portland shooter was a 48 year old veteran who has been attending BLM marches for a while. He’s also like some of my relatives, in that he will put down the address of a relative to avoid being called by debtors. oregonlive.com

I smell me some burning Reichstag here…time to crack down on the looming threat of left-wing BLM/Antifa violence…

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nines09  Aug 31, 2020 • 7:20:44am

Oldie but goodie. Might not be safe around people who think curse words are worse than kids in cages.

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Belafon  Aug 31, 2020 • 7:20:48am

re: #92 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀 No Capt’n😷Trips

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I see a lot of misogyny in those charts.

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  Aug 31, 2020 • 7:21:28am

re: #99 LeftyRambles2413 (HappyWarrior)

Yeah and I could say people are saying that Trump is creating a golden age of American democracy. Doesn’t make it true.

This guy is a cantankerous old conservative crank who loves spreading easily-refuted GOP talking points in an loud and aggressive manner because that seems to make them sound more authentic…

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LeftyRambles2413 (HappyWarrior)  Aug 31, 2020 • 7:22:15am

re: #103 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))

This guy is a cantankerous old conservative crank who loves spreading easily-refuted GOP talking points in an loud and aggressive manner because that seems to make them sound more authentic…

That, that’s my point.

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LeftyRambles2413 (HappyWarrior)  Aug 31, 2020 • 7:23:21am

re: #102 Belafon

I see a lot of misogyny in those charts.

I am ashamed that I underestimated misogyny’s role in the election cycle last time. I knew it was there but it’s more obvious than ever.

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dangerman  Aug 31, 2020 • 7:27:45am

re: #105 LeftyRambles2413 (HappyWarrior)

I am ashamed that I underestimated misogyny’s role in the election cycle last time. I knew it was there but it’s more obvious than ever.

That plus this from electoral-vote.com re the third party vote

… most of the “I’m not voting for the lesser of two evils” voters, who voted for Jill Stein or Gary Johnson to send Clinton a message, have decided they would prefer the lesser of two evils to the greater of two evils. They are going for Biden this time. They have apparently learned their lesson the hard way. ..

Another way of looking at these data is that Trump hasn’t lost any voters… . The flip side of this is that he hasn’t gained any voters, either. He has the same base as last time but Biden has all the Clinton voters and also the third-party voters. Clinton’s margin in the popular vote was 2.1%. If we add in the 6% third-party vote, Biden gets to 8%, which is pretty much what the national polls are showing now

.

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JC1  Aug 31, 2020 • 7:28:38am

re: #35 Jack Burton

Al Qaren and Covidiots are taking that article to mean that the other factors killed the people and not COVID so actual COVID deaths are around 10000, and they are fucking howling to the moon about it right now. (As if all of a sudden 170 thousand extra people just happened to drop dead of obesity, high blood pressure, asthma, etc. and the COVID thing was just a coincidence.)

I’ve seen that article posted by idiots, RWNJs, Karens, Russian Bots, etc. *literally* thousands of times in the past two days with almost a verbatim cut-and-paste blurb with it.

Not once have I seen anyone in the media point out this is basically a botnet of weaponized disinformation.

It’s worse than that… If you look at the actual CDC data, by far the largest comorbidities were pneumonia, respiratory failure, etc. Things clearly related to a covid19 infection. Just because additional things were listed on the death certificate doesn’t mean that covid19 wasn’t the primary cause.

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🌹UOJB!  Aug 31, 2020 • 7:28:44am

re: #98 Belafon

According to this, the Portland shooter was a 48 year old veteran who has been attending BLM marches for a while. He’s also like some of my relatives, in that he will put down the address of a relative to avoid being called by debtors. oregonlive.com

Wow just like several of my deadbeat relatives!!!!!

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  Aug 31, 2020 • 7:30:18am

re: #105 LeftyRambles2413 (HappyWarrior)

I am ashamed that I underestimated misogyny’s role in the election cycle last time. I knew it was there but it’s more obvious than ever.

I did not like Hillary, but that was not a matter of misogyny. I still voted for her because I still found her the better of the candidates offered, but Trump got enough people to act otherwise.

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LeftyRambles2413 (HappyWarrior)  Aug 31, 2020 • 7:30:22am

re: #106 dangerman

That plus this from electoral-vote.com re the third party vote

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8% sounds doable to me. I’d like it higher but it would be a big win.

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🌹UOJB!  Aug 31, 2020 • 7:32:21am

re: #106 dangerman

That plus this from electoral-vote.com re the third party vote

.

4 years ago at this time when I did a long walk in the Hancock Park neighborhood I saw a scattering of lawn signs for Jill Stein or Gary Johnson.

Most of those same homes now have Biden signs. No signs for Libertarian Jorgensen or Green Howie Hawkins

But I did see one sign for Kanye West…and…Caitlyn Jenner…

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FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀 No Capt'n😷Trips  Aug 31, 2020 • 7:32:35am
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🌹UOJB!  Aug 31, 2020 • 7:34:05am

re: #112 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀 No Capt’n😷Trips

It’s time to ban challenge coins…

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  Aug 31, 2020 • 7:36:28am

Look, the choice is clear: either we allow police to act like racist dicks with no serious sense of responsibility for their actions, or we turn our neighborhoods over to armed gangs of young colored men out for rape and revenge.

America: the choice is yours in 2020!

/

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dangerman  Aug 31, 2020 • 7:36:54am

re: #107 JC1

It’s worse than that… If you look at the actual CDC data, by far the largest comorbidities were pneumonia, respiratory failure, etc. Things clearly related to a covid19 infection. Just because additional things were listed on the death certificate doesn’t mean that covid19 wasn’t the primary cause.

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🌹UOJB!  Aug 31, 2020 • 7:40:02am

re: #115 dangerman

Republicans have made it clear. They want to cull the herd and if millions of people die as the result from Covid that’s absolutely acceptable to them.

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lizardofid  Aug 31, 2020 • 7:40:08am

Morning!

Palo Duro Canyon Saturday morning (from my oldest).

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Mattand  Aug 31, 2020 • 7:40:35am

re: #79 Belafon

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I know I’ve asked this before, but is this the same KT who used to post here for years before rage quit over people not slavishly defending the Anthony half of Opie and Anthony?

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dangerman  Aug 31, 2020 • 7:42:15am

re: #35 Jack Burton

Al Qaren and Covidiots are taking that article to mean that the other factors killed the people and not COVID so actual COVID deaths are around 10000, and they are fucking howling to the moon about it right now. (As if all of a sudden 170 thousand extra people just happened to drop dead of obesity, high blood pressure, asthma, etc. and the COVID thing was just a coincidence.)

I’ve seen that article posted by idiots, RWNJs, Karens, Russian Bots, etc. *literally* thousands of times in the past two days with almost a verbatim cut-and-paste blurb with it.

Not once have I seen anyone in the media point out this is basically a botnet of weaponized disinformation.

this is the point in a nutshell:

would they all have died at the exact time that they did purely of their obesity, hypertension, asthma, pneumonia etc if they didnt get the covid?

the answer is absolutely not and we all know it.
so do they as they make this ridiculous argument

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Belafon  Aug 31, 2020 • 7:43:27am

re: #118 Mattand

I know I’ve asked this before, but is the same KT who used to post here for years before rage quit over people not slavishly defending the Anthony half of Opie and Anthony?

I believe a lot of people here have said that is not the same person. KT is kind of a common alias given it’s source.

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FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀 No Capt'n😷Trips  Aug 31, 2020 • 7:43:48am
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sagehen  Aug 31, 2020 • 7:45:40am

re: #92 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀 No Capt’n😷Trips

This comparison in military voters between 2016 and 2020 is stark.

This time, the military would prefer @JoeBiden as their commander in chief.

The Trump numbers are pretty similar.

The big difference is the massive shift from 3rd-party to Biden.

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  Aug 31, 2020 • 7:46:10am

re: #121 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀 No Capt’n😷Trips

Heart-stopping video shows 3-year-old girl getting swept into the air during a kite flying festival in Taiwan. She was swept into the air where she was whipped around in strong winds for 30 seconds before returning to the ground. She was not seriously injured.

“I think I go out and Taiwan on!”

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FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀 No Capt'n😷Trips  Aug 31, 2020 • 7:46:14am
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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  Aug 31, 2020 • 7:47:21am

re: #92 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀 No Capt’n😷Trips

This comparison in military voters between 2016 and 2020 is stark.

This time, the military would prefer Joe Biden as their commander in chief.

Again, the main thing is to make sure their votes are counted tallied and translate into electoral votes…

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Dr Lizardo  Aug 31, 2020 • 7:47:53am

Sanity break. And some points to ponder….I love this theory, it’s right up there with “Darth Jar-Jar”.

Why SNOWPIERCER is a sequel to WILLY WONKA AND THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY:

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Belafon  Aug 31, 2020 • 7:48:47am

re: #124 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀 No Capt’n😷Trips

They wanted agressive Joe Biden. What Trump failed to realize is that Joe, a white man, doesn’t need someone to be his anger translator.

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LeftyRambles2413 (HappyWarrior)  Aug 31, 2020 • 7:50:00am

re: #127 Belafon

They wanted agressive Joe Biden. What Trump failed to realize is that Joe, a white man, doesn’t need someone to be his anger translator.

And Joe and Kamala have more credibility than Trump ever will to talk about law and order.

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FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀 No Capt'n😷Trips  Aug 31, 2020 • 7:53:18am
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LeftyRambles2413 (HappyWarrior)  Aug 31, 2020 • 8:02:14am

Trump repeatedly complains about judges and juries he thinks are “unfair” and “nasty” to him. Biden meanwhile was chairman of the Judiciary committee for years. The voter knows which one has credibility on the law and which one is a loudmouth asshole.

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A hollow Gandalfian voice says, VOTE, you fools!  Aug 31, 2020 • 8:02:35am

re: #58 jeffreyw

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Good morning!

Western good morning!

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Florida Panhandler  Aug 31, 2020 • 8:03:03am

re: #127 Belafon

They wanted agressive Joe Biden. What Trump failed to realize is that Joe, a white man, doesn’t need someone to be his anger translator.

Trump is helpless against another white man of similar physical stature.

There is no automatic “other” for simpleton Trump followers to hate. There is no obvious physical intimidation to display to Trump’s cretin mob that he is the “alpha male” like what he did in his vulgar display against Hillary Clinton. All Biden has to do is ramp up the physical pressure against a con man who is totally reliant on mind-numbing bloviating and chest thumping.

It’s a shame that it has to come to this, but here we are in America in 2020. It will take a white male to beat Trump …or a non-running B. Obama. If Obama were running I predict a 20 point blowout with minority voters turning out in droves. With Biden, it will likely be 5-8% victory.

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Shiplord Kirel: Fan of USPS, Goodyear, and Oreo  Aug 31, 2020 • 8:04:26am

re: #112 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀 No Capt’n😷Trips

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NYC’s Most Sued Cops Who Are Still On The Job, According To New Public Database

Note that most of these clowns are narcotics detectives. The current champ is detective Abdiel Anderson, who has been named in 40 suits entailing over $1.2 million in payouts.

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  Aug 31, 2020 • 8:11:30am

re: #132 Florida Panhandler

It’s a shame that it has to come to this, but here we are in America in 2020. It will take a white male to beat Trump …or a non-running B. Obama. If Obama were running I predict a 20 point blowout with minority voters turning out in droves. With Biden, it will likely be 5-8% victory.

As long as it gets Biden the EC votes needed, Trump can whine all he wants about voter fraud.

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  Aug 31, 2020 • 8:12:56am

re: #133 Shiplord Kirel: Fan of USPS, Goodyear, and Oreo

NYC’s Most Sued Cops Who Are Still On The Job, According To New Public Database

Note that most of these clowns are narcotics detectives. The current champ is detective Abdiel Anderson, who has been named in 40 suits entailing over $1.2 million in payouts.

Like Arizona’s Sheriff Joe Arpaio, who cost Maricopa County over $140 million in lawsuits.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Aug 31, 2020 • 8:13:03am
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Backwoods_Sleuth  Aug 31, 2020 • 8:15:19am

fucking moron

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Aug 31, 2020 • 8:16:04am
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Backwoods_Sleuth  Aug 31, 2020 • 8:19:49am
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Backwoods_Sleuth  Aug 31, 2020 • 8:22:27am

re: #138 Backwoods_Sleuth

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LeftyRambles2413 (HappyWarrior)  Aug 31, 2020 • 8:24:07am

re: #139 Backwoods_Sleuth

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Billy Connolly approved I see haha. Seriously though, a lot going on in Britain reminds me of here.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Aug 31, 2020 • 8:24:32am
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LeftyRambles2413 (HappyWarrior)  Aug 31, 2020 • 8:27:28am

re: #142 Backwoods_Sleuth

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I swear I’m gonna be dealing with these Q morons into old age.

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John Hughes  Aug 31, 2020 • 8:27:42am

re: #66 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀 No Capt’n😷Trips

41% of Active Duty Military members say they will vote for @JoeBiden

59% of Active Duty Military members are in denial, lying or delusional. This is not good.

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stpaulbear  Aug 31, 2020 • 8:29:28am
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Shiplord Kirel: Fan of USPS, Goodyear, and Oreo  Aug 31, 2020 • 8:30:42am

re: #140 Backwoods_Sleuth

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McNinny: “Efforting outreach” WTF kind of 80’s corporate dimbulb jargon is that? Where did this person study English? Trump U? Liberty?

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stpaulbear  Aug 31, 2020 • 8:30:51am

re: #142 Backwoods_Sleuth

Twitter tells me that tweet is unavailable.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Aug 31, 2020 • 8:32:56am

re: #147 stpaulbear

Twitter tells me that tweet is unavailable.

must have been deleted

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jaunte  Aug 31, 2020 • 8:34:05am
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LeftyRambles2413 (HappyWarrior)  Aug 31, 2020 • 8:34:52am

re: #146 Shiplord Kirel: Fan of USPS, Goodyear, and Oreo

McNinny: “Efforting outreach” WTF kind of 80’s corporate dimbulb jargon is that? Where did this person study English? Trump U? Liberty?

Up there with alternative facts.

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LeftyRambles2413 (HappyWarrior)  Aug 31, 2020 • 8:36:13am

re: #148 Backwoods_Sleuth

must have been deleted

Maybe a fake photo? We gotta be on the eye for em too. Trump Sr supporting a vocal QAnon booster for Congress is bad enough as is.

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jaunte  Aug 31, 2020 • 8:38:23am

Tasking equivocation.

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John Hughes  Aug 31, 2020 • 8:39:05am

re: #74 Belafon

Assuming that the poll was scientific, I think Democrats do the country a disservice by not joining the military or the police in larger numbers.

Why do you say that. If you saw a poll that at disproportionate number of baristas were going to vote Democratic would you blame Republican voters for not taking those jobs?

Are you implying that Republican members of the armed forces are potentially disloyal?

(I assume that police, in general, but especially in the US are RWA thugs. It doesn’t matter who joins the police — they will always be the wrong people — what matters is who, and how firmly, controls the police).

(True story: My uncle, who was admittedly wet, joined the police because he wanted to serve the community, but never got beyond being a cadet because he said he didn’t like arresting people. Then he went to work as an orderly in an insane asylum, met his future wife and they lived happily ever after).

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John Hughes  Aug 31, 2020 • 8:39:59am

re: #78 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))

also in terms of Covid relief, he will see himself abandoned and just leave us to die…

Uh, he did that months ago.

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Belafon  Aug 31, 2020 • 8:40:51am

re: #144 John Hughes

59% of Active Duty Military members are in denial, lying or delusional. This is not good.

People in the military get meals, housing, and health care. By definition they’re conservative. They’re a bunch of hypocrits.

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Belafon  Aug 31, 2020 • 8:45:51am

re: #153 John Hughes

Why do you say that. If you saw a poll that at disproportionate number of baristas were going to vote Democratic would you blame Republican voters for not taking those jobs?

Are you implying that Republican members of the armed forces are potentially disloyal?

(I assume that police, in general, but especially in the US are RWA thugs. It doesn’t matter who joins the police — they will always be the wrong people — what matters is who, and how firmly, controls the police).

(True story: My uncle, who was admittedly wet, joined the police because he wanted to serve the community, but never got beyond being a cadet because he said he didn’t like arresting people. Then he went to work as an orderly in an insane asylum, met his future wife and they lived happily ever after).

Baristas aren’t jobs that have an impact on how the country is run.

Let me start with the disclamer “Not all Democrats” because a number of us here served in the military, including me.

Democrats right now tend to have an aversion to serving in the military and the police, because of the nature of the two. But the only good way to influence what happens in them is to serve and move up the ranks into leadership positions. Otherwise you end up with the police forces we have now.

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Yeah Sure WhatEVs  Aug 31, 2020 • 8:46:08am

re: #145 stpaulbear

Thanks for posting that. I’m going to attend.

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  Aug 31, 2020 • 8:49:38am

re: #156 Belafon

Democrats right now tend to have an aversion to serving in the military and the police, because of the nature of the two. But the only good way to influence what happens in them is to serve and move up the ranks into leadership positions. Otherwise you end up with the police forces we have now.

Although the police and the military are institutions within a democratic society, they are much more authoritarian in structure and are governed from the top down. Which should mean that responsibility for actions, policies and decisions should also flow to the top.

Which in a practical sense means that they have a lot of incentive to cover things up and bury problems to avoid making those upper decision-making echelons look bad.

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Shiplord Kirel: Fan of USPS, Goodyear, and Oreo  Aug 31, 2020 • 8:50:49am

re: #150 LeftyRambles2413 (HappyWarrior)

Up there with alternative facts.

….and people wonder why editors drink so much.

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Eventual Carrion  Aug 31, 2020 • 8:51:26am

re: #94 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))

Like Francesco Franco dead?

Still

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ericblair  Aug 31, 2020 • 8:52:33am

re: #156 Belafon

Democrats right now tend to have an aversion to serving in the military and the police, because of the nature of the two. But the only good way to influence what happens in them is to serve and move up the ranks into leadership positions. Otherwise you end up with the police forces we have now.

I don’t think this is right regarding the military: it’s much more about whether you’re in a military family or not. This has its own set of problems, of course. I think cops have a similar family thing, but the po-po is far more accessible to rightwing losers who just want to bust heads.

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The Pie Overlord!  Aug 31, 2020 • 8:53:12am

That chicken is back! It came right up on the back deck this time. My son chased it back through the hole in the fence.

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Hecuba's daughter  Aug 31, 2020 • 8:56:21am

re: #116 🌹UOJB!

Republicans have made it clear. They want to cull the herd and if millions of people die as the result from Covid that’s absolutely acceptable to them.

And that’s only because the victims are disproportionately people of color. The white politicians who have been diagnosed with the disease have all recovered. The only prominent Republican who died was Cain. And Republicans are all ok with that.

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Belafon  Aug 31, 2020 • 8:56:31am

re: #161 ericblair

I don’t think this is right regarding the military: it’s much more about whether you’re in a military family or not. This has its own set of problems, of course. I think cops have a similar family thing, but the po-po is far more accessible to rightwing losers who just want to bust heads.

What is a military family, though, but parents who encourge their kids to join, or don’t see joining as an issue? That’s not really much different than any group deciding that being part of something is good or bad to be in the group.

To put it more bluntly, I think the Democratic party and progressives should do more to encourage people to join the military or the police. They are both necessary to a functioning society, and they both need to have competent peole in them.

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Hecuba's daughter  Aug 31, 2020 • 8:59:43am

re: #122 sagehen

The Trump numbers are pretty similar.

The big difference is the massive shift from 3rd-party to Biden.

Yes — but that is absolutely appalling. It was one thing to support Trump in 2016, when courtesy of the MSM failures, most Americans were unaware of Trump’s true nature. But now, with 180,000+ dead, the fact that almost all his supporters are sticking with him is a terrible commentary on our nation.

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Yeah Sure WhatEVs  Aug 31, 2020 • 9:01:27am

re: #162 The Pie Overlord!

That chicken is back! It came right up on the back deck this time. My son chased it back through the hole in the fence.

I can’t tell you how much I love this! 💕 💗

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LeftyRambles2413 (HappyWarrior)  Aug 31, 2020 • 9:02:01am

re: #164 Belafon

What is a military family, though, but parents who encourge their kids to join, or don’t see joining as an issue? That’s not really much different than any group deciding that being part of something is good or bad to be in the group.

To put it more bluntly, I think the Democratic party and progressives should do more to encourage people to join the military or the police. They are both necessary to a functioning society, and they both need to have competent peole in them.

I think it’s more or less people whose family members have served extensive time in the military. My cousin’s son who just joined could be said to be from a military family given his dad, uncles on both sides, & grandfathers were in. Others like another cousin’s son don’t have that pedigree. I agree fully btw. I’ve never liked the attachment of military service being exclusive against the values of liberalism. I’m in fact quite proud of my aforementioned cousins and my other family members who have served.

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BeachDem  Aug 31, 2020 • 9:02:11am

re: #149 jaunte

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Does “efforting” occur before or after “architecting” one might ask.

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Shiplord Kirel: Fan of USPS, Goodyear, and Oreo  Aug 31, 2020 • 9:05:47am
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ckkatz  Aug 31, 2020 • 9:06:15am

re: #162 The Pie Overlord!

That chicken is back! It came right up on the back deck this time. My son chased it back through the hole in the fence.

One of my neighbors who has chickens decided to move his coop to a different spot in his yard last week. He works in landscaping and brought in a bobcat (very small front loader) from work. He used the shovel to pick up the coop. It immediately fell off with a loud crash. [Coop de Grace?] While I though it was destroyed, apparently he was able to move it, set it back up and put the chickens back in it. [It was flocked up again]

He also tore up part of his lawn with the bobcat tracks. I guess that he had a good time. I certainly was entertained. While politely trying to pretend that I saw nothing… Nothing!

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Belafon  Aug 31, 2020 • 9:06:44am

re: #167 LeftyRambles2413 (HappyWarrior)

What would you categorize my family as? My brother, sister, and I each served one enlistment. My dad was in Vietnam for one time, and his brothers served but didn’t go. His dad and brothers served in WW2. My Brother-in-law is the only one who has reenlisted, though I’m pretty sure his and my sister’s son will reenlist.

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LeftyRambles2413 (HappyWarrior)  Aug 31, 2020 • 9:09:59am

re: #171 Belafon

What would you categorize my family as? My brother, sister, and I each served one enlistment. My dad was in Vietnam for one time, and his brothers served but didn’t go. His dad and brothers served in WW2. My Brother-in-law is the only one who has served more than one time, though I’m pretty sure his and my sister’s son will reenlist..

I’d say you’re a military family.

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Eventual Carrion  Aug 31, 2020 • 9:14:25am

re: #119 dangerman

this is the point in a nutshell:

would they all have died at the exact time that they did purely of their obesity, hypertension, asthma, pneumonia etc if they didnt get the covid?

the answer is absolutely not and we all know it.
so do they as they make this ridiculous argument

Phil has heart problems. Phil has an artificial heart valve. Phil has been very sick the last few years. Phil walks to keep his strength up. Phil is hit by a bus while crossing a road. What killed Phil?

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🌹UOJB!  Aug 31, 2020 • 9:14:49am

Maryland official fired for social media posts defending teen accused in Kenosha killings

baltimoresun.com

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  Aug 31, 2020 • 9:15:15am

My dad was 4F, rolled steel and had kids already in WW2, but two uncles served. Two brothers-in-law served during Vietnam but never in Vietnam, two brothers had college/marriage deferments.

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Interesting Times  Aug 31, 2020 • 9:15:22am

re: #165 Hecuba’s daughter

Yes — but that is absolutely appalling. It was one thing to support Trump in 2016, when courtesy of the MSM failures, most Americans were unaware of Trump’s true nature. But now, with 180,000+ dead, the fact that almost all his supporters are sticking with him is a terrible commentary on our nation.

On the other hand, it is “comforting” in the sense that, if trumpenGOPers proudly flaunt their support (as opposed to hiding it out of shame), we aren’t looking at some sort of reverse-Bradley effect in the polls - the support they’re capturing is what actually exists.

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  Aug 31, 2020 • 9:16:00am

re: #174 🌹UOJB!

Maryland official fired for social media posts defending teen accused in Kenosha killings

baltimoresun.com

not available in Europe, please cut and paste relevant paragraphs

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jeffreyw  Aug 31, 2020 • 9:16:49am

re: #131 A hollow Gandalfian voice says, VOTE, you fools!

Western good morning!

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YouTube

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GlutenFreeJesus  Aug 31, 2020 • 9:16:59am

Ya know. This November wouldn’t be the right time, as Biden needs to win both the EC and popular vote significantly. But wouldn’t it be a trip to see Trump’s reaction should he receive more popular votes, but lose the EC.

Btw, spotted this in my neighborhood while walking the pup. The last few weeks they’ve been replacing sidewalk.

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🌹UOJB!  Aug 31, 2020 • 9:19:12am

re: #177 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))

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Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan’s administration on Saturday fired an employee for “divisive images and statements” made on social media, including posts that sympathized with the teenager charged with shooting demonstrators in Wisconsin.

Arthur “Mac” Love IV had been deputy director of the Governor’s Office of Community Initiatives, which oversees the state’s ethnic and cultural commissions, community service programs and religious outreach. He’s been with the office since 2015, according to his online resume.

Love did not respond to requests for comment sent via Facebook on Saturday.

Love has posted memes showing support for Kyle Rittenhouse, a 17-year-old from Illinois who is charged with fatally shooting Anthony M. Huber and Joseph Rosenbaum during demonstrations in Kenosha. People had gathered in Kenosha to protest the police shooting of Jacob Blake.

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LeftyRambles2413 (HappyWarrior)  Aug 31, 2020 • 9:20:14am

re: #176 Interesting Times

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On the other hand, it is “comforting” in the sense that, if trumpenGOPers proudly flaunt their support (as opposed to hiding it out of shame), we aren’t looking at some sort of reverse-Bradley effect in the polls - the support they’re capturing is what actually exists.

The quiet Trump supporter thing is funny because they’re also claiming that Trump has the enthusiasm gap. Biden’s got an actual silent majority. My Dad was talking about giving Joe a 100 bucks and called Trump a fascist. You won’t see Biden merc on his vehicle and his demographic is one of Trump’s strongest.

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  Aug 31, 2020 • 9:20:15am

re: #179 GlutenFreeJesus

Ya know. This November wouldn’t be the right time, as Biden needs to win both the EC and popular vote significantly. But wouldn’t it be a trip to see Trump’s reaction should he receive more popular votes, but lose the EC.

Trump is highly unlikely to receive a majority or even a plurality of the popular vote, his chances of re-election rest entirely on gaming the system to his advantage, and I expect he is going to pull some serious shock-and-awe moves out of his voluminous sleeves.

I expect he will seek to use the powers of the Executive to pull of something so outrageous and unprecedented that we simply do not know how to react until it is too late and the damage is done. A lot of it will be timing, as long as it gets him back into office, he will not have to face any serious consequences from it unless the GOP totally loses the Senate.

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wrenchwench  Aug 31, 2020 • 9:21:29am

Be careful out there.

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Mike Lamb  Aug 31, 2020 • 9:22:34am

re: #175 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))

My dad was 4F, rolled steel and had kids already in WW2, but two uncles served. Two brothers-in-law served during Vietnam but never in Vietnam, two brothers had college/marriage deferments.

Although I am but 44, my dad served in the Navy in the Pacific Theater during WW2 (fudged his age a bit to get in). Two half brothers served in Vietnam. A brother in law was also in Vietnam. I wouldn’t consider mine to be a “military family”.

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Dr Lizardo  Aug 31, 2020 • 9:24:32am

re: #183 wrenchwench

Be careful out there.

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It has begun.

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FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀 No Capt'n😷Trips  Aug 31, 2020 • 9:24:35am
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Hecuba's daughter  Aug 31, 2020 • 9:25:14am

re: #179 GlutenFreeJesus

Ya know. This November wouldn’t be the right time, as Biden needs to win both the EC and popular vote significantly. But wouldn’t it be a trip to see Trump’s reaction should he receive more popular votes, but lose the EC.

Btw, spotted this in my neighborhood while walking the pup. The last few weeks they’ve been replacing sidewalk.

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Wait! Are we in the same neighborhood? I took the same picture and sent it to a friend. Looks like they are going to replace the pavement since it’s marked with a red x.

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LeftyRambles2413 (HappyWarrior)  Aug 31, 2020 • 9:26:05am

Lre: #186 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀 No Capt’n😷Trips

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Not gonna end well for Flynn. Yes Trump could pardon him but I’m sure there are other charges he could meet.

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Belafon  Aug 31, 2020 • 9:27:50am

re: #183 wrenchwench

Be careful out there.

[Embedded content]

That’s why elk shouldn’t have guns.

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  Aug 31, 2020 • 9:28:50am

re: #189 Belafon

That’s why elk shouldn’t have guns.

only cows

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wrenchwench  Aug 31, 2020 • 9:30:16am

re: #189 Belafon

That’s why elk shouldn’t have guns.

I’ve always thought an archery hunt was a little more fair…. ‘Fair’ has nothing to do with it. Survival is very basic.

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Hecuba's daughter  Aug 31, 2020 • 9:30:38am

re: #190 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))

only cows

Were you the one who first posted the Cows with Guns video?

Cows With Guns - The Original Animation

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  Aug 31, 2020 • 9:35:38am

re: #192 Hecuba’s daughter

Were you the one who first posted the Cows with Guns video?

no, but I have certainly reposted it more than once

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The Pie Overlord!  Aug 31, 2020 • 9:37:04am

Twitter is overwhelmed by bots, trolls & Trumporrhoids blaming the shootings entirely on Biden (even though he is a private citizen) & totally not on Trump (even though he is POTUS)

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  Aug 31, 2020 • 9:39:25am

re: #194 The Pie Overlord!

Twitter is overwhelmed by bots, trolls & Trumporrhoids blaming the shootings entirely on Biden (even though he is a private citizen) & totally not on Trump (even though he is POTUS)

the narrative is that only Trump can save us from BLM/Antifa anarchy and the Decline of the White American Suburb (and its property values)

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Kilroy was here  Aug 31, 2020 • 9:41:11am

militarytimes.com
Trump’s popularity slips in latest Military Times poll — and more troops say they’ll vote for Biden

In the latest results — based on 1,018 active-duty troops surveyed in late July and early August — nearly half of respondents (49.9 percent) had an unfavorable view of the president, compared to about 38 percent who had a favorable view. Questions in the poll had a margin of error of up to 2 percent.

Among all survey participants, 42 percent said they “strongly” disapprove of Trump’s time in office.

More reasons for Trump to want the USPS to slow down.

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Yeah Sure WhatEVs  Aug 31, 2020 • 9:44:31am

re: #188 LeftyRambles2413 (HappyWarrior)

L

Not gonna end well for Flynn. Yes Trump could pardon him but I’m sure there are other charges he could meet.

Can you pardon preemptively, like “all current and future misdeeds”?

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The Pie Overlord!  Aug 31, 2020 • 9:45:58am

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NO SMOCKING GUN!  Aug 31, 2020 • 9:47:39am

re: #197 Yeah Sure WhatEVs

Can you pardon preemptively, like “all current and future misdeeds”?

Not future; nobody gets a license to crime.

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Eclectic Cyborg  Aug 31, 2020 • 9:48:11am

re: #196 Kilroy was here

I wonder why the Officers are the ones pissed off with Trump the most? Russian Bounty scandal?

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🌹UOJB!  Aug 31, 2020 • 9:49:17am

re: #196 Kilroy was here

No way in hell 12.8 of the military polled will vote for Jorgensen, Hawkins or especially Kanye West!

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  Aug 31, 2020 • 9:49:26am

re: #200 Eclectic Cyborg

I wonder why the Officers are the ones pissed off with Trump the most? Russian Bounty scandal?

They are the ones with a career that goes beyond their enlistment period and are seeing the long-term damage Trump is doing to their armed forces.

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Yeah Sure WhatEVs  Aug 31, 2020 • 9:50:26am

re: #177 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))

Click to Reveal

Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan’s administration on Saturday fired an employee for “divisive images and statements” made on social media, including posts that sympathized with the teenager charged with shooting demonstrators in Wisconsin.
Arthur “Mac” Love IV had been deputy director of the Governor’s Office of Community Initiatives, which oversees the state’s ethnic and cultural commissions, community service programs and religious outreach. He’s been with the office since 2015, according to his online resume.

Love did not respond to requests for comment sent via Facebook on Saturday.
Love has posted memes showing support for Kyle Rittenhouse, a 17-year-old from Illinois who is charged with fatally shooting Anthony M. Huber and Joseph Rosenbaum during demonstrations in Kenosha. People had gathered in Kenosha to protest the police shooting of Jacob Blake.

Rittenhouse’s attorney has argued that his client acted in self-defense. Some of Love’s posts amplify that argument.
[Most read] Final Ravens 53-man roster projection: 2019 draft pick gets cut, undrafted rookie streak continues »
In one post, Love reposted pictures that appear to show Rittenhouse cleaning graffiti. The original poster wrote: “I’m grateful that conservatives are rallying behind this kid. He genuinely seems like a good person.” It goes on to denigrate the two men Rittenhouse is charged with killing.

Another meme shows a photo of people marching with the words, “Defund the police! We can police our own communities.” The next photo shows Rittenhouse carrying his gun with the words “policed his community.” A third photo shows a distressed person yelling.

Earlier this week, Love reposted a meme that mocks “liberals” for calling Rittenhouse a white supremacist.

Steve McAdams, executive director of the Governor’s Office on Community Initiatives, said in a statement Saturday afternoon: “These divisive images and statements are inconsistent with the mission and core values of the Office of Community Initiatives. Earlier today, I relieved this employee of his duties. Kevin Craft, administrative director of the Governor’s Commission on African Affairs, will assume these duties effective immediately.”
Shareese Churchill, a spokeswoman for the governor, said Saturday: “These posts are obviously totally inappropriate. We fully support the immediate actions taken by Director McAdams to address this matter.”

Love’s salary last year was $77,000, according to a state employee salary database obtained by The Baltimore Sun.
Love also posted several memes in a Facebook group called Inside Maryland Politics, where a thread on the Kenosha shootings drew dozens of comments.

One meme calls one of the Kenosha shooting victims a “deceased terrorist.”
“His pronouns are was/were,” it reads.

On Saturday morning, as Love’s posts circulated on social media, he posted a series of pictures of vandalized buildings in Raleigh, North Carolina, after protests there.

“More peaceful protesting from the liberal-left in America,” he wrote. “Wake Up.”

He continued: “people on the left try to get you fired from your job for speaking truth. it’s better to be fired for being honest than the LIE.”

The posts drew attention from state lawmakers, who began calling Hogan to dismiss Love.
Del. Eric Luedtke, a Montgomery County Democrat who is the House of Delegates majority leader, posted a screenshot of Love sharing a picture of a police officer smiling and flashing two thumbs up, with the caption: “Dont Be A Thug If You Cant Take A Slug!”

Luedtke wrote on Twitter: “This is one of the FB posts by Governor Hogan’s Deputy Director of Community Initiatives. Who oversees — I’m not kidding — the Commission on African American History and Culture. Fire him, @GovLarryHogan, and issue the Exec Order on use of force you should’ve issued months ago.”
Del. Jheanelle Wilkins, another Montgomery County Democrat, wrote on Twitter that Hogan should “immediately terminate this employee.”

“This guy’s office oversees the Commission on African-American History and Culture. It goes without saying he is not fit to be a public servant in any capacity,” Del. Vaughn Stewart, another Montgomery Democrat, wrote on Twitter.

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b.d. (Competence 2020!)  Aug 31, 2020 • 9:52:08am

Hi Lizards:

Seems the Dems are taking back the microphone:

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Kilroy was here  Aug 31, 2020 • 9:52:09am

re: #200 Eclectic Cyborg

I wonder why the Officers are the ones pissed off with Trump the most? Russian Bounty scandal?

They have to be educated..

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sagehen  Aug 31, 2020 • 9:52:31am

re: #200 Eclectic Cyborg

I wonder why the Officers are the ones pissed off with Trump the most? Russian Bounty scandal?

The Kurds.

Trump turned these officers into liars, killed people they’d worked closely with for years and gave personal guarantees to, and made it so nobody will ally with us in the future.

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  Aug 31, 2020 • 9:54:11am

re: #206 sagehen

The Kurds.

Trump turned these officers into liars, killed people they’d worked closely with for years and gave personal guarantees to, and made it so nobody will ally with us in the future.

again, ruining their careers and personal reputations

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wrenchwench  Aug 31, 2020 • 9:54:50am

re: #204 b.d. (Boring Competence 2020!)

Hi Lizards:

Seems the Dems are taking back the microphone:

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The dramatic step towards mental health we need now!

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KGxvi  Aug 31, 2020 • 9:56:25am

re: #201 🌹UOJB!

No way in hell 12.8 of the military polled will vote for Jorgensen, Hawkins or especially Kanye West!

12% is probably about right for those in the military that would say “I can’t stand Trump, but I can’t bring myself to vote for a Democrat.”

That 34% going third party in 2016 is really interesting. I suspect most of that went to Johnson as the Libertarian nominee, maybe a few to McMullin as well. Makes me wonder what 2016 would have looked like if the Libertarians hadn’t run, arguably, the most credible nominee they ever have.

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wrenchwench  Aug 31, 2020 • 9:57:20am

re: #207 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))

again, ruining their careers and personal reputations

And the country’s rep. One’s personal rep. can get pretty wrapped up in the country one serves.

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  Aug 31, 2020 • 9:57:48am

re: #210 wrenchwench

And the country’s rep. One’s personal rep. can get pretty wrapped up in the country one serves.

does that make them Deep State?

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dangerman  Aug 31, 2020 • 9:59:15am

re: #173 Eventual Carrion

Phil has heart problems. Phil has an artificial heart valve. Phil has been very sick the last few years. Phil walks to keep his strength up. Phil is hit by a bus while crossing a road. What killed Phil?

the aroma from the donut shop that compelled him to cross the street

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Eclectic Cyborg  Aug 31, 2020 • 9:59:40am

re: #206 sagehen

The Kurds.

Trump turned these officers into liars, killed people they’d worked closely with for years and gave personal guarantees to, and made it so nobody will ally with us in the future.

Oh shit, you’re right. I forgot about that. Trump has fucked up so much stuff it’s hard to keep track of it all.

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wrenchwench  Aug 31, 2020 • 10:00:34am

re: #211 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))

does that make them Deep State?

I was thinking Americans.

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LeftyRambles2413 (HappyWarrior)  Aug 31, 2020 • 10:03:41am

re: #209 KGxvi

12% is probably about right for those in the military that would say “I can’t stand Trump, but I can’t bring myself to vote for a Democrat.”

That 34% going third party in 2016 is really interesting. I suspect most of that went to Johnson as the Libertarian nominee, maybe a few to McMullin as well. Makes me wonder what 2016 would have looked like if the Libertarians hadn’t run, arguably, the most credible nominee they ever have.

I could never vote Libertarian but Johnson has actual credibility that Trump will never have.

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A hollow Gandalfian voice says, VOTE, you fools!  Aug 31, 2020 • 10:17:17am

re: #209 KGxvi

12% is probably about right for those in the military that would say “I can’t stand Trump, but I can’t bring myself to vote for a Democrat.”

That 34% going third party in 2016 is really interesting. I suspect most of that went to Johnson as the Libertarian nominee, maybe a few to McMullin as well. Makes me wonder what 2016 would have looked like if the Libertarians hadn’t run, arguably, the most credible nominee they ever have.

Another interesting note about the poll: it combines repugs and libertarians. I wonder how many would be left if they separated out the libertarians.

Also the bar graph lengths don’t always match the percentages given. Isn’t it curious that they almost always make it look like DT has more supporters than he in fact has ⸮

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Eventual Carrion  Aug 31, 2020 • 10:53:12am

re: #185 Dr Lizardo

It has begun.

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John Hughes  Aug 31, 2020 • 11:07:16am

re: #183 wrenchwench

Be careful out there.

Well done that Elk. Carry on. (Sadly, I doubt it will be able to).

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FFL (GOP Delenda Est)  Aug 31, 2020 • 8:47:05pm

re: #166 Yeah Sure WhatEVs

I can’t tell you how much I love this! 💕 💗

Might need to check whether the neighbor is building a chicken pot pie machine.


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