Tigran Hamasyan: “The Dream Voyager”

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This song is dedicated to my father who has an ability to see places in his dreams where he has never been before. Every once in a while, he visits these places following the memory of the details of his dreams.

Music written and produced by Tigran Hamasyan

Collages by Nanuka Tchitchoua
website: nanuka.com
Animation by T. Wade Ivy
website: kineopti.com

Tigran Hamasyan - piano, synthesisers, voice and drum programming
Evan Marien - electric bass
Arthur Hnatek - drums

New Album : “The Call Within” - available : smarturl.it

All songs are recorded at UCLA recording studio
Engineered by S. Husky Huskolds,
Assistant Engineer Jorge Velasco

Mixed by Pete Min at Lucy’s meet market, Los Angeles

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250 comments
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b_sharp  Aug 28, 2020 • 10:32:15pm

Wake me up when this shit show is over.

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Targetpractice  Aug 28, 2020 • 10:36:08pm

re: #1 b_sharp

Wake me up when this shit show is over.

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Anymouse 🌹🏡😷  Aug 28, 2020 • 10:39:08pm

I guess I’m first.

ʎʇɹɐԀ uɐɔᴉlqndǝɹ ǝloɥʍ ǝɥʇ ǝnbnℲ

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Anymouse 🌹🏡😷  Aug 28, 2020 • 10:48:49pm

Omaha World-Herald letters column:

Extremists in Congress want to make a mass mailing of election ballots. Such an absurd idea can never result in an honest election. It shows the necessity of voter ID. Let’s hope the good members of Congress stop this mass mailing of ballots and pass legislation requiring voter ID before this November election.

Ed Johnson, Bellevue

omaha.com

Apparently Mr. Johnson thinks Nebraska ends west of Lincoln, since the rural areas of this state have been all vote-by-mail for many years.

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Targetpractice  Aug 28, 2020 • 10:53:57pm

re: #4 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷

Omaha World-Herald letters column:

omaha.com

Apparently Mr. Johnson thinks Nebraska ends west of Lincoln, since the rural areas of this state have been all vote-by-mail for many years.

Nothing about this election has these fuckers scared more than the possibility that people will vote. I saw a summation of the past two weeks that was perfect: The theme of the DNC was imploring people to vote, while the RNC’s theme was that an election is unnecessary and actually hazardous to the nation if it goes forward.

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Dr Lizardo  Aug 28, 2020 • 10:59:35pm

re: #5 Targetpractice

Nothing about this election has these fuckers scared more than the possibility that people will vote. I saw a summation of the past two weeks that was perfect: The theme of the DNC was imploring people to vote, while the RNC’s theme was that an election is unnecessary and actually hazardous to the nation if it goes forward.

Not to mention the GOP’s worst nightmare (because it’s happened to them before) - that they get blown out of power and end up spending a generation in the political wilderness.

Also wanted to comment that it was a sad and shocking surprise to wake up here in Europe and read that Chadwick Boseman had passed away at 43; that’s far too young. He nonetheless left behind an impressive cinematic legacy that will be remembered.

RIP.

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Anymouse 🌹🏡😷  Aug 28, 2020 • 11:00:40pm

Hmm. I suspect we will see a lot more military activity around here in the next couple years.

Missile Replacement: It’s A Go (Western Nebraska Observer, Kimball)

The Air Force announced that F.E. Warren AFB, Wyo., will begin military construction in 2023 to replace the 50-year-old Minuteman III ICBMs in Colorado, Nebraska and Wyoming.

The second installation will be in Malmstrom AFB, Mont., followed by Minot AFB, N.D., in 2026 and 2029, respectively.

Congress has already appropriated $90 billion for the replacement of the old missiles and the installation of the new missiles at the three missile bases.

According to the release, “Using infrastructure at current locations allows both the Minuteman III and GBSD (Ground Based Strategic Deterrent) weapons systems to continue meeting all nuclear surety and safety standards throughout their operational lives, particularly during the transition period.”

(more)

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Anymouse 🌹🏡😷  Aug 28, 2020 • 11:06:50pm

hwp-viz.gsd.esrl.noaa.gov

California and Colorado wildfire smoke continues to train across the country as far as central New York.

(Click near-surface smoke for the overlay.)

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Sherlock Hound  Aug 28, 2020 • 11:06:52pm

re: #7 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷

Hmm. I suspect we will see a lot more military activity around here in the next couple years.

Missile Replacement: It’s A Go (Western Nebraska Observer, Kimball)

(more)

“Whoa, new fireworks!”
“Hey, are they gonna light off the old ones?!”
/////

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Anymouse 🌹🏡😷  Aug 28, 2020 • 11:08:33pm

re: #9 Sherlock Hound

“Whoa, new fireworks!”
“Hey, are they gonna light off the old ones?!”
/////

I need to run out for popcorn.

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FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀 No Capt'n😷Trips  Aug 28, 2020 • 11:31:56pm

Aug. 29 Live Broadcast: Delta IV Heavy NROL-44

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Anymouse 🌹🏡😷  Aug 28, 2020 • 11:43:23pm

He’s still getting dragged over this overt lie.

🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

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Targetpractice  Aug 28, 2020 • 11:55:23pm

re: #12 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷

He’s still getting dragged over this overt lie.

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The man so badly wants to scream about how it’s a crime for dirty, grubby peasants to protest against their “betters.”

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Anymouse 🌹🏡😷  Aug 28, 2020 • 11:55:55pm

LOL, from the blog Breaking Burgh (western Penna. satirical blog)

Doctors Say Rand Paul In Stable Condition After Being Yelled At Quite Loudly

Medical staff treating Kentucky Senator Rand Paul for his close brush with death last night as he left President Trump’s acceptance address on the White House South Lawn today spoke to the extent of his injuries but were pleased to reveal he is now in stable condition.

“Senator Paul was exposed to severe opinions and experienced multiple lacerations of his smug frame of reference, but we expect him to pull through and get back to being the same old Rand Paul we’ve always known in no time.”

Paul himself recounted his narrow escape on Fox News, albeit with some understandable errors of memory given the horrible ordeal he had been through that almost rendered him unable to appear on a major cable news program early the next morning. But, terrible as Paul’s condition was when they got to him, his medical team said it could have been even worse.

(more)

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Targetpractice  Aug 29, 2020 • 12:03:26am

One really gets the impression that, while the Trump family is definitely scared shitless of what awaits them when they can’t hide out in the Oval Office any longer, there are a number of Repubs who worry about what awaits them if they lose Congress. That about the only thing that has kept many of them from facing very real consequences for their actions is the paralysis imposed by Mitch over the last 18+ months.

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FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀 No Capt'n😷Trips  Aug 29, 2020 • 12:04:11am

re: #11 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀 No Capt’n😷Trips

new T-0 time 07:28:00 Zulu
3:28 AM EDT

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Targetpractice  Aug 29, 2020 • 12:04:54am

re: #16 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀 No Capt’n😷Trips

new T-0 time 07:28:00 Zulu
3:28 AM EDT

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Let’s light this candle!

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Dave In Austin  Aug 29, 2020 • 12:21:15am
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FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀 No Capt'n😷Trips  Aug 29, 2020 • 12:22:21am

Jeez..
Got the Tour de France starting in like four hours too.

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FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀 No Capt'n😷Trips  Aug 29, 2020 • 12:25:05am

T-Minus 4:00 and the clock has resumed

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FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀 No Capt'n😷Trips  Aug 29, 2020 • 12:26:34am

T-Minus 2:00 and counting

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FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀 No Capt'n😷Trips  Aug 29, 2020 • 12:28:04am

T-Minus 30 seconds
go for launch

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FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀 No Capt'n😷Trips  Aug 29, 2020 • 12:28:30am

That’s a lot of fire

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FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀 No Capt'n😷Trips  Aug 29, 2020 • 12:28:50am

FAILED LAUNCH

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FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀 No Capt'n😷Trips  Aug 29, 2020 • 12:29:26am

engines extinguished
rocket on the pad

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Targetpractice  Aug 29, 2020 • 12:31:06am

re: #18 Dave In Austin

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FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀 No Capt'n😷Trips  Aug 29, 2020 • 12:31:50am
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Decatur Deb  Aug 29, 2020 • 12:33:20am

re: #16 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀 No Capt’n😷Trips

new T-0 time 07:28:00 Zulu
3:28 AM EDT
Anomaly Chief Dave McFarland has briefed mission managers following completion of thermal analysis. That work determined conditions inside the #DeltaIVHeavy rocket’s interstage are acceptable to proceed to launch today. Live coverage: bit.ly

“Anomaly Chief” sounds like interesting work. Sort of like “Grief Distributor”.

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Dr Lizardo  Aug 29, 2020 • 12:35:14am

re: #27 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀 No Capt’n😷Trips

That footage looks like they were probably seconds away from a disaster. Yeesh.

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FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀 No Capt'n😷Trips  Aug 29, 2020 • 12:36:01am

Clock reset to T-Minus 4 minutes
But, that bird ain’t flying nowhere for a while.
Going to be a pain to completely safe the vehicle, and detank all the fuel before they even think of looking at the engines

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FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀 No Capt'n😷Trips  Aug 29, 2020 • 12:37:54am

OK, nap time before the Tour starts…
well, before I get up, walk the dogs, and the tour starts

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Decatur Deb  Aug 29, 2020 • 12:57:22am

Obvious fumblefinger on Dirt Dart’s last post.

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John Hughes  Aug 29, 2020 • 1:21:31am

re: #12 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷

It’s not just his lying exaggeration of what happened — it’s his crazed insistence that the “mob” were obviously paid to “attack” him and should be interrogated to find out who paid them (presumably he thinks it was Soros). Full on conspiracy nut.

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Dave In Austin  Aug 29, 2020 • 1:27:40am

Grrrrrrr!!
amazon.com

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Decatur Deb  Aug 29, 2020 • 1:27:59am

re: #33 John Hughes

It’s not just his lying exaggeration of what happened — it’s his crazed insistence that the “mob” were obviously paid to “attack” him and should be interrogated to find out who paid them (presumably he thinks it was Soros). Full on conspiracy nut.

Yet the avatar of the majority of active KY voters…

We will be a very long time getting unfucked, and might not enjoy the process.

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Decatur Deb  Aug 29, 2020 • 1:30:52am

It’s 0330 Local, thus cool enough to clean and redd-up the garage. ‘Later.

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ckkatz  Aug 29, 2020 • 1:41:43am

re: #36 Decatur Deb

It’s 0330 Local, thus cool enough to clean and redd-up the garage. ‘Later.

Upding for the Yinzer usage!

In other news, looks like Laura is starting to cross over the Appalachians and into southwestern Virginia. Fortunately most of of it is supposed to pass south of the DC region.

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Anymouse 🌹🏡😷  Aug 29, 2020 • 1:42:56am

I’m going to log out. My Internet service has been intermittent for three days, blinking in and out over a few seconds. It’s been out for a couple hours now. I called in a complaint to CenturyLink and they will send someone out in the morning if they can find us.

I’ll retire to watch Dark Shadows. Catch y’all later.

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Dread Pirate Ron  Aug 29, 2020 • 2:20:58am

Dammit, missed again.

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dangerman  Aug 29, 2020 • 2:38:53am

just like with the naturalization ceremony on Tuesday.
they had to lie because no one would do it voluntarily if they knew

Lynne Patton, a Trump-appointed federal housing official, tricked four public housing residents into appearing in a video that was used for the Republican convention, the New York Times reports.

“Three of the four tenants in the public housing video were interviewed on Friday by The New York Times. All three said they opposed President Trump and were misled about the purpose of the video

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dangerman  Aug 29, 2020 • 2:58:48am
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dangerman  Aug 29, 2020 • 2:59:31am
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dangerman  Aug 29, 2020 • 3:01:45am
After the hurricane, Trump demonstrated ignorance about Puerto Rico’s status in the United States multiple times: Was it a territory? Were Puerto Ricans Americans? It seemed basically like his first time learning about Puerto Rico,” Taylor recalled. “It was a joke in the administration that he doesn’t understand it’s a U.S. territory, or even what it means to be a U.S. territory. It baffled us. It was one of those things that would have been amusing, if it weren’t also so terrifying.”

daily beast

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Dr Lizardo  Aug 29, 2020 • 3:12:26am

re: #41 dangerman

High voter turnout is the GOP’s worst nightmare. Imagine if we ever got to something like ~80% turnout in every election year, even mid-term elections.

The Republicans would be left as little more than a permanent opposition party - and possibly without a large enough congressional delegation to do anything but howl in front of the cameras. Imagine the GOP’s current situation in the California legislature, but on a national level.

That’s precisely what Trump, McConnell, Graham, etc. are all terrified of. That’s what keeps them up sweating at night.

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Decatur Deb  Aug 29, 2020 • 3:24:08am

Very, very timely article from the pop-science column of Scientific American:

The Dark Core of Personality What’s your dark core score?
getpocket.com

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Dread Pirate Ron  Aug 29, 2020 • 3:52:57am

re: #45 Decatur Deb

Very, very timely article from the pop-science column of Scientific American:

The Dark Core of Personality What’s your dark core score?
getpocket.com

1.8

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Decatur Deb  Aug 29, 2020 • 3:54:41am

re: #46 Dread Pirate Ron

1.8

Love it when they talk science.

However, if you are in extremely strong agreement on many of these items, there’s a high likelihood that you would indeed score high on the D-factor (ie, you’re a humongous asshole, objectively measured):

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Dread Pirate Ron  Aug 29, 2020 • 4:11:57am
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Decatur Deb  Aug 29, 2020 • 4:23:47am

re: #46 Dread Pirate Ron

1.8

Also 1.8, though I arrived at it through different dark-characteristic scores than my self-image. (I took the full test, with the reaction drill.)

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b_sharp  Aug 29, 2020 • 4:30:30am

re: #46 Dread Pirate Ron

1.8

1.63

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Targetpractice  Aug 29, 2020 • 4:47:40am

re: #45 Decatur Deb

Very, very timely article from the pop-science column of Scientific American:

The Dark Core of Personality What’s your dark core score?
getpocket.com

2.1

Apparently my darkest traits are Machiavellianism and Moral Disengagement.

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Decatur Deb  Aug 29, 2020 • 4:49:34am

re: #51 Targetpractice

2.1

Apparently my darkest traits are Machiavellianism and Moral Disengagement.

My Machiavellianism score was much too low. I made a freaking point of visiting Machiavelli’s tomb in Santa Croce. That should be worth something.

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Yeah Sure WhatEVs  Aug 29, 2020 • 5:10:10am

re: #44 Dr Lizardo

High voter turnout is the GOP’s worst nightmare. Imagine if we ever got to something like ~80% turnout in every election year, even mid-term elections.

The Republicans would be left as little more than a permanent opposition party - and possibly without a large enough congressional delegation to do anything but howl in front of the cameras. Imagine the GOP’s current situation in the California legislature, but on a national level.

That’s precisely what Trump, McConnell, Graham, etc. are all terrified of. That’s what keeps them up sweating at night.

Yes please.

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Yeah Sure WhatEVs  Aug 29, 2020 • 5:10:58am

This is from a few floors down.

re: #110 Targetpractice

The only thing that made today more of a hot mess in WI was Rittenhouse getting another 30 days to walk free because he hasn’t found a lawyer yet. There are a lot of brothers sitting in jail cells right dealing with public defenders, but the white kid who’s facing two murder charges is at home because his mom is waiting on the wingnut welfare to roll in so she can hire a lawyer.

WHAT? He got bail?

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Shropshire Slasher  Aug 29, 2020 • 5:11:50am

re: #45 Decatur Deb

Thank you for posting that, I do love tests.

1.94 took all 64? questions.
I’m greedy, but I think some of my answers are influenced knowing I have an addictive personality.
There should have been a question of whether or not United States should be listed first on the country of origin, because I was annoyed I had to scroll down.

If I took that test at 20 years old I definitely would have scored higher.

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Targetpractice  Aug 29, 2020 • 5:13:18am

re: #54 Yeah Sure WhatEVs

This is from a few floors down.

WHAT? He got bail?

Hasn’t even being arraigned. Judge postponed it by 30 days while he gets a lawyer.

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FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀 No Capt'n😷Trips  Aug 29, 2020 • 5:21:47am

And, they’re racing

#TDF2020

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Yeah Sure WhatEVs  Aug 29, 2020 • 5:33:50am

re: #56 Targetpractice

Hasn’t even being arraigned. Judge postponed it by 30 days while he gets a lawyer.

And he’s at home? Are you fucking kidding me? That cannot be real.

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Michele: Out of the closet, Into the fire  Aug 29, 2020 • 5:34:33am

re: #1 b_sharp

Wake me up when this shit show is over.

You can go to sleep after you cast your vote. Not a minute sooner.

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Michele: Out of the closet, Into the fire  Aug 29, 2020 • 5:35:28am

re: #2 Targetpractice

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AFTER the elction.

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Targetpractice  Aug 29, 2020 • 5:36:58am

re: #58 Yeah Sure WhatEVs

And he’s at home? Are you fucking kidding me? That cannot be real.

Apparently he’s in the custody of his home county police awaiting extradition back to WI.

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FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀 No Capt'n😷Trips  Aug 29, 2020 • 5:37:21am

Kickin’ it old school

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jeffreyw  Aug 29, 2020 • 5:41:00am

Good morning!

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Sufficient unto the day...  Aug 29, 2020 • 5:42:09am

re: #45 Decatur Deb

I scored 1.94…from the way the characteristics line up, I appear to be a sadistic, slightly manipulative asshole that’s very concerned about the people around me.

So, I guess it says I’m an OK person…unless you’re an asshole, in which case…

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Dr Lizardo  Aug 29, 2020 • 5:42:31am

re: #62 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀 No Capt’n😷Trips

Old school is right - if I’m not mistaken, that flag in the first image is the flag of Oswald Mosley’s British Union of Fascists.

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FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀 No Capt'n😷Trips  Aug 29, 2020 • 5:48:38am

re: #65 Dr Lizardo

Old school is right - if I’m not mistaken, that flag in the first image is the flag of Oswald Mosley’s British Union of Fascists.

Yeah, apparently the New British Union has revived it

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LeftyRambles2413 (HappyWarrior)  Aug 29, 2020 • 5:48:46am

re: #65 Dr Lizardo

Old school is right - if I’m not mistaken, that flag in the first image is the flag of Oswald Mosley’s British Union of Fascists.

It is. Greater Glory Goods British Union of Fascists (B.U.F.) 3x5’ Flag, 100% polyester - Oswald Mosley, Fascist Flash & Circle Lightning Bolt Political Movement amazon.com apparently you can get a BUF flag from Amazon too.

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dangerman  Aug 29, 2020 • 5:54:04am

re: #45 Decatur Deb

Very, very timely article from the pop-science column of Scientific American:

The Dark Core of Personality What’s your dark core score?
getpocket.com

#4 I know that I am special because everyone keeps telling me so.

do moms count?

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Quoth the raven, Covfefe.  Aug 29, 2020 • 6:13:30am

Morning Lizardim from the beautiful and temperate wild north country. We have had some pretty heavy thunderstorm activity recently, but that has all passed and taken the oppressive late summer heat with it. I got out early this morning and put down weed and feed in the yard and sprayed the edges of my sidewalk and driveway with Roundup. I’m terrible at maintaining my lawn and landscape, but I’m trying to do better. How go things among the lizardfolk on this gorgeous summer Saturday?

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Aug 29, 2020 • 6:14:28am
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A Cranky One  Aug 29, 2020 • 6:14:32am

A cousin recently sent the results of his genealogy research to family members.

It seems that on my dad’s side, our ancestors were primarily from the Dick family.

So I’m apparently descended from a long line of Dicks. That may explain a few things…

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Michele: Out of the closet, Into the fire  Aug 29, 2020 • 6:14:46am

re: #45 Decatur Deb

Very, very timely article from the pop-science column of Scientific American:

The Dark Core of Personality What’s your dark core score?
getpocket.com

Score: 2.23
Rank: 41%

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Quoth the raven, Covfefe.  Aug 29, 2020 • 6:14:58am

re: #71 A Cranky One

A cousin recently sent the results of his genealogy research to family members.

It seems that on my dad’s side, our ancestors were primarily from the Dick family.

So I’m apparently descended from a long line of Dicks. That may explain a few things…

Username checks out.

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LeftyRambles2413 (HappyWarrior)  Aug 29, 2020 • 6:16:03am

re: #71 A Cranky One

A cousin recently sent the results of his genealogy research to family members.

It seems that on my dad’s side, our ancestors were primarily from the Dick family.

So I’m apparently descended from a long line of Dicks. That may explain a few things…

Well if it makes you feel better, Cousin Andy was adopted.

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dangerman  Aug 29, 2020 • 6:16:49am
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PhillyPretzel  Aug 29, 2020 • 6:17:29am

re: #70 Backwoods_Sleuth

Very Dissatisfied.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Aug 29, 2020 • 6:17:59am
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Targetpractice  Aug 29, 2020 • 6:18:13am

re: #70 Backwoods_Sleuth

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As a privileged white man, I demand to speak to 2020’s manager!

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Aug 29, 2020 • 6:19:35am
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Targetpractice  Aug 29, 2020 • 6:21:22am

re: #79 Backwoods_Sleuth

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And I’m sure the media wanking off about how “nobody outside the Beltway cares” widened that grin.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Aug 29, 2020 • 6:23:07am
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dangerman  Aug 29, 2020 • 6:24:01am

re: #80 Targetpractice

And I’m sure the media wanking off about how “nobody outside the Beltway cares” widened that grin.

You know he asked “what’s a beltway?”….

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Quoth the raven, Covfefe.  Aug 29, 2020 • 6:25:43am

re: #72 Michele: Out of the closet, Into the fire

Score: 2.23
Rank: 41%

Score: 2.06
Rank: 35%

I guess I’m just a goody two-shoes.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Aug 29, 2020 • 6:25:47am
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Yeah Sure WhatEVs  Aug 29, 2020 • 6:25:59am

re: #45 Decatur Deb

Very, very timely article from the pop-science column of Scientific American:

The Dark Core of Personality What’s your dark core score?
getpocket.com

2.04

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Belafon  Aug 29, 2020 • 6:26:29am

re: #72 Michele: Out of the closet, Into the fire

Score: 2.23
Rank: 41%

1.69

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PhillyPretzel  Aug 29, 2020 • 6:28:31am

re: #84 Backwoods_Sleuth

Thank you Joe and Kamala.

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LeftyRambles2413 (HappyWarrior)  Aug 29, 2020 • 6:32:44am

re: #84 Backwoods_Sleuth

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Leadership. That’s what we’ve needed. Instead we have a man who in the past 24 hours has rambled about how people want his daughter to be POTUS and about convention ratings.

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A Cranky One  Aug 29, 2020 • 6:32:59am

re: #82 dangerman

You know he asked “what’s a beltway?”….

About 4 ounces.

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Quoth the raven, Covfefe.  Aug 29, 2020 • 6:33:27am

re: #89 A Cranky One

About 4 ounces.

*WHACK!*

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Quoth the raven, Covfefe.  Aug 29, 2020 • 6:34:10am

re: #88 LeftyRambles2413 (HappyWarrior)

Leadership. That’s what we’ve needed. Instead we have a man who in the past 24 hours has rambled about how people want his daughter to be POTUS and about convention ratings.

And let’s not even talk about that disaster of a campaign event he threw in NH.

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dangerman  Aug 29, 2020 • 6:34:26am

re: #81 Backwoods_Sleuth

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Aside from the threat he didn’t even say anything coherent.
I didn’t hear any actual thoughts

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dangerman  Aug 29, 2020 • 6:35:27am

re: #89 A Cranky One

About 4 ounces.

Finally someone picked it up….

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A Cranky One  Aug 29, 2020 • 6:36:22am

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LeftyRambles2413 (HappyWarrior)  Aug 29, 2020 • 6:37:45am

re: #91 Quoth the raven, Covfefe.

And let’s not even talk about that disaster of a campaign event he threw in NH.

He has no concept of leadership.

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Quoth the raven, Covfefe.  Aug 29, 2020 • 6:38:14am

re: #95 LeftyRambles2413 (HappyWarrior)

He has no concept of leadership.

No, but he knows he’s the best at it. He’s the best at everything, you know, no one better. The best people.

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PhillyPretzel  Aug 29, 2020 • 6:39:03am

re: #96 Quoth the raven, Covfefe.

The best that the swamp has to offer.

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LeftyRambles2413 (HappyWarrior)  Aug 29, 2020 • 6:44:12am

re: #97 PhillyPretzel

The best that the swamp has to offer.

I was telling my Dad about Barr’s role in cleaning up the aftermath of Iran Contra. Trump has brought back old swamp monsters like Barr but also created new ones like Miller.

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PhillyPretzel  Aug 29, 2020 • 6:45:33am

re: #98 LeftyRambles2413 (HappyWarrior)

Stephen Miller? I thought it was Jeff Sessions who brought him into DT’s orbit.

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dangerman  Aug 29, 2020 • 6:46:20am

re: #45 Decatur Deb

Very, very timely article from the pop-science column of Scientific American:

The Dark Core of Personality What’s your dark core score?
getpocket.com

i took the 35 questions
1.34 / 2%

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LeftyRambles2413 (HappyWarrior)  Aug 29, 2020 • 6:50:12am

re: #99 PhillyPretzel

Stephen Miller? I thought it was Jeff Sessions who brought him into DT’s orbit.

It is but Trump brought him into the executive branch.

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PhillyPretzel  Aug 29, 2020 • 6:52:30am

re: #101 LeftyRambles2413 (HappyWarrior)

Yes. One must also remember that Bannon, Miller and Sessions were the ones who first orchestrated this idea (brain fart) of DT running for POTUS.

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LeftyRambles2413 (HappyWarrior)  Aug 29, 2020 • 6:55:47am

re: #102 PhillyPretzel

Yes. One must also remember that Bannon, Miller and Sessions were the ones who first orchestrated this idea (brain fart) of DT running for POTUS.

Not sure who all first pushed him to run but I guarantee they’ve been indicted or convicted or will be at some point.

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PhillyPretzel  Aug 29, 2020 • 6:57:26am

re: #103 LeftyRambles2413 (HappyWarrior)

I certainly hope so. Someone has to pay the price for this debacle.

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LeftyRambles2413 (HappyWarrior)  Aug 29, 2020 • 6:58:03am

re: #104 PhillyPretzel

I certainly hope so. Someone has to pay the price for this debacle.

It’s been insane.

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dangerman  Aug 29, 2020 • 6:58:13am

re: #69 Quoth the raven, Covfefe.

Morning Lizardim from the beautiful and temperate wild north country. We have had some pretty heavy thunderstorm activity recently, but that has all passed and taken the oppressive late summer heat with it. I got out early this morning and put down weed and feed in the yard and sprayed the edges of my sidewalk and driveway with Roundup. I’m terrible at maintaining my lawn and landscape, but I’m trying to do better. How go things among the lizardfolk on this gorgeous summer Saturday?

today is day 140 in my streak of consecutive running days
185 out of the last 189
196 out of the last 212
all of this is from when i began my recovery in late january

last tuesday i hit 90 minutes for the first time
today i did it it again, and also logged my longest run so far 9.57 miles

today is another milestone of sorts
i hit 50 miles over the last 7 days

after the usual mowing and other regular saturday morning nonsense, we’re gonna install the new solar controller and battery today

2020 is being a mixed bag for me
juxtaposed to the obvious political shit show is a pretty satisfying running recovery and some great pond progress

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Michele: Out of the closet, Into the fire  Aug 29, 2020 • 7:03:30am

re: #83 Quoth the raven, Covfefe.

re: #86 Belafon

Guess I am headed for the dark side then.

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sagehen  Aug 29, 2020 • 7:04:46am

re: #103 LeftyRambles2413 (HappyWarrior)

Not sure who all first pushed him to run but I guarantee they’ve been indicted or convicted or will be at some point.

It was Roger Stone.

So… yes.

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LeftyRambles2413 (HappyWarrior)  Aug 29, 2020 • 7:10:53am

re: #108 sagehen

It was Roger Stone.

So… yes.

Yeah I thought it was him or Manafort.

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Quoth the raven, Covfefe.  Aug 29, 2020 • 7:11:54am

re: #106 dangerman

That’s good to hear. I definitely agree - while I’ve had some really bad shit going on this year, my depression has been somewhat better managed and I’ve made some great strides professionally.

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LeftyRambles2413 (HappyWarrior)  Aug 29, 2020 • 7:13:34am

re: #110 Quoth the raven, Covfefe.

That’s good to hear. I definitely agree - while I’ve had some really bad shit going on this year, my depression has been somewhat better managed and I’ve made some great strides professionally.

I’ve lost weight. Feel like I’ve strengthened a lot of friendships too.

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Shiplord Kirel: Fan of USPS, Goodyear, and Oreo  Aug 29, 2020 • 7:14:17am

This is the sleaze who supplied the ineligible shooter with the rifle he used in the massacre.

Law firm readies lawsuit against Lubbock man for deadly mass shooting in Odessa

A law firm on Thursday said family members of two mass shooting victims will file a lawsuit against a Lubbock man. The lawsuit is expected Friday in Ector County.

The Sloan law firm claimed in a written statement that Marcus Braziel of Lubbock sold a firearm negligently to Seth Ator who was identified by officials as the shooter on August 31, 2019 in Odessa. Seven people died (not including Ator) and many others were wounded.

Police shot and killed Ator outside a theater in Odessa.

“According to the suit and media reports, Ator obtained his weapon illegally from Marcus Anthony Braziel, a Lubbock gun dealer who is one of the defendants,” a law firm press release said.

“Braziel’s home was raided after the shooting and more than two dozen guns were seized by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives,” the press release also said. “Braziel is the subject of an ongoing criminal investigation by the Northern District of the U.S. Attorney’s office.”

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Quoth the raven, Covfefe.  Aug 29, 2020 • 7:16:03am

re: #111 LeftyRambles2413 (HappyWarrior)

I’ve lost weight. Feel like I’ve strengthened a lot of friendships too.

I’m up a few pounds, but not drastically so. Part of it is I haven’t been mowing the yard every week - every 3 weeks, at best. And the back yard not at all for pretty much the whole summer.

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A Cranky One  Aug 29, 2020 • 7:17:29am

Very sad hearing about Chadwick Boseman.

Here is is video (HT Balloon Juice) of him and Jimmy Fallon, may bring a smile.

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FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀 No Capt'n😷Trips  Aug 29, 2020 • 7:21:46am

re: #112 Shiplord Kirel: Fan of USPS, Goodyear, and Oreo

This is the sleaze who supplied the ineligible shooter with the rifle he used in the massacre.

Law firm readies lawsuit against Lubbock man for deadly mass shooting in Odessa

Ahh.. that’s the spree where the shooter after shooting a state trooper during a traffic stop went on to kill a postal worker and stole the truck

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Hecuba's daughter  Aug 29, 2020 • 7:23:39am

re: #33 John Hughes

It’s not just his lying exaggeration of what happened — it’s his crazed insistence that the “mob” were obviously paid to “attack” him and should be interrogated to find out who paid them (presumably he thinks it was Soros). Full on conspiracy nut.

No - no - no. He’s not a conspiracy nut; he’s a liar and probably a traitor. In March 2017, McCain charged that Rand was working for Putin and there is nothing in his votes or behavior since to suggest otherwise.

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Shiplord Kirel: Fan of USPS, Goodyear, and Oreo  Aug 29, 2020 • 7:28:29am

re: #115 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀 No Capt’n😷Trips

Ahh.. that’s the spree where the shooter after shooting a state trooper during a traffic stop went on to kill a postal worker and stole the truck

This is the moment when state troopers and local police caught up with him in the stolen postal truck:

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Belafon  Aug 29, 2020 • 7:29:29am
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Barefoot Grin  Aug 29, 2020 • 7:30:18am

re: #117 Shiplord Kirel: Fan of USPS, Goodyear, and Oreo

This is the moment when state troopers caught up with him in the stolen postal truck:

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There have been so many that I honestly had completely forgotten about Odessa—didn’t ring a bell until I saw the photo you posted.

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TarHellion  Aug 29, 2020 • 7:34:14am

re: #100 dangerman

1.89 - 24%

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plansbandc  Aug 29, 2020 • 7:34:48am

re: #72 Michele: Out of the closet, Into the fire

41% also. 2.17

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BigPapa  Aug 29, 2020 • 7:35:05am

re: #114 A Cranky One

OMG that’s good stuff. The last one who really got me was MCA, Boseman hurts.

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plansbandc  Aug 29, 2020 • 7:37:38am

re: #107 Michele: Out of the closet, Into the fire

You and I are the evil ones here. :D

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Hecuba's daughter  Aug 29, 2020 • 7:39:14am

re: #46 Dread Pirate Ron

1.8

1.56 for me. And the middle test.

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FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀 No Capt'n😷Trips  Aug 29, 2020 • 7:40:02am

re: #112 Shiplord Kirel: Fan of USPS, Goodyear, and Oreo

This is the sleaze who supplied the ineligible shooter with the rifle he used in the massacre.

Law firm readies lawsuit against Lubbock man for deadly mass shooting in Odessa

Hmmm.. they’re also suing Anderson Manufacturing in Kentucky. They make/sell AR-15 parts and rifles

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Shiplord Kirel: Fan of USPS, Goodyear, and Oreo  Aug 29, 2020 • 7:40:55am

This is the Apocalypse for many racist goobers conservative Lubbockites.

Red Raider football players ask fans for respect as they join protestMembers of the Texas Tech Red Raider football team have announced some players are choosing not to play in order to join other sports teams around the country refusing to play as a protest against police brutality.

Red Raider Defensive Back Cameron Watts posted a copy of a release to his social media on Thursday, saying: “Rather than pretend these problems don’t exist and maintain a practice schedule that does not take into consideration the mental health issues derived from seeing our fellow citizens beaten and murdered in the streets on a daily basis, we will instead use this time to discuss these issues amongst ourselves and decide how best to move forward in a manner that will allow us to effectuate change here in Lubbock as well as the cities we call home.”

The statement does not detail how many members of the team will be taking part in this protest, but the statement was posted on the social media pages of several players.

In the statement, players say they know a portion of Red Raider fans will not understand or support their decision, but they ask the public to respect their right to peacefully protest.

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Eventual Carrion  Aug 29, 2020 • 7:41:10am

Amazon should be delivering my white flag tomorrow. Someone down the road from me put up another confederate battle flag this week (along with the 2 other people up the road that fly one). So I am going to hang the white flag below my American flag out front. When asked why the white flag I will tell them since it seems “in” to fly confederate flags, I wanted to get into swing of it too. I just prefer the last confederate flag.

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Shiplord Kirel: Fan of USPS, Goodyear, and Oreo  Aug 29, 2020 • 7:43:50am

re: #126 Shiplord Kirel: Fan of USPS, Goodyear, and Oreo

This is the Apocalypse for many racist goobers conservative Lubbockites.

Head coach Matt Wells is supporting the action:

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Yeah Sure WhatEVs  Aug 29, 2020 • 7:47:40am

re: #100 dangerman

i took the 35 questions
1.34 / 2%

I did the full boat, 70 questions. I wonder if that matters to the final score.

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Michele: Out of the closet, Into the fire  Aug 29, 2020 • 7:48:07am

re: #123 plansbandc

You and I are the evil ones here. :D

Shopping for my dark side light saber as we speak. Leaning toward purple.

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Rightwingconspirator  Aug 29, 2020 • 7:48:43am

re: #129 Yeah Sure WhatEVs

I did the full boat, 70 questions. I wonder if that matters to the final score.

I did too, but not the reaction test.
1.4

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Kilroy was here  Aug 29, 2020 • 7:50:33am

I wonder if larger universities could use their sports facilities as polling stations?
I mean much of it could be done indoors while maintaining social distancing.

I know why some people wouldn’t want that but they aren’t generally in charge of the schools.

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plansbandc  Aug 29, 2020 • 7:53:16am

re: #129 Yeah Sure WhatEVs

I did the 35 questions.

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Decatur Deb  Aug 29, 2020 • 7:55:14am

re: #133 plansbandc

I did the 35 questions.

There’s only one score I want to see, and he’s not likely to take it. Maybe if it was in twitter format…?

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Michele: Out of the closet, Into the fire  Aug 29, 2020 • 7:55:30am

re: #133 plansbandc

I did the 35 questions.

Same.

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mmmirele  Aug 29, 2020 • 7:56:04am

I did the 35 question test.

1.43

Some of the statements on the test horrified me. Then I was even more horrified, knowing there are people who agree with them. Yikes.

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A hollow Gandalfian voice says, VOTE, you fools!  Aug 29, 2020 • 7:58:21am

re: #63 jeffreyw

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Good morning!

Western good morning!

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Kamrade Teddy's Person  Aug 29, 2020 • 7:59:16am

re: #45 Decatur Deb

Very, very timely article from the pop-science column of Scientific American:

The Dark Core of Personality What’s your dark core score?
getpocket.com

1.34

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Kamrade Teddy's Person  Aug 29, 2020 • 8:00:23am

re: #49 Decatur Deb

Also 1.8, though I arrived at it through different dark-characteristic scores than my self-image. (I took the full test, with the reaction drill.)

I did too and found the reaction drill kind of fun.

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FFL (GOP Delenda Est)  Aug 29, 2020 • 8:01:01am

re: #132 Kilroy was here

I wonder if larger universities could use their sports facilities as polling stations?
I mean much of it could be done indoors while maintaining social distancing.

I know why some people wouldn’t want that but they aren’t generally in charge of the schools.

Haven’t a number of GOP-controlled states been reducing polling stations at or near universities already as a voter suppression measure?

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BigPapa  Aug 29, 2020 • 8:02:19am

1.46. I probably would have scored worse if I took it after the reaction test because THAT TEST PISSED ME OFF.

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Decatur Deb  Aug 29, 2020 • 8:03:09am

re: #139 Kamrade Teddy’s Person

I did too and found the reaction drill kind of fun.

Couple of times a year I have to take a PITA visual field test that’s a bit like that. It makes sure you’re not losing peripheral vision to glaucoma. I keep telling the doc it’s a psych test, not vision.

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Decatur Deb  Aug 29, 2020 • 8:07:36am

I’m going to assume that 1.8 is the optimal score, and that everyone higher or lower is somehow deficient.

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Belafon  Aug 29, 2020 • 8:08:29am

re: #140 FFL (GOP Delenda Est)

Haven’t a number of GOP-controlled states been reducing polling stations at or near universities already as a voter suppression measure?

Texas

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Belafon  Aug 29, 2020 • 8:09:09am

re: #143 Decatur Deb

I’m going to assume that 1.8 is the optimal score, and that everyone higher or lower is somehow deficient.

which means your score should automatically be bumped up to 2.

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Decatur Deb  Aug 29, 2020 • 8:09:55am

re: #144 Belafon

Texas

Wisconsin tried to make out-of-state students ineligible when Doofus Scott Walker was governor.

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plansbandc  Aug 29, 2020 • 8:12:58am
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makeitstop  Aug 29, 2020 • 8:15:50am

So Trump nearly falls on his skull walking up 4 stairs in New Hampshire last night and it barely gets a mention anywhere?

When Hillary stumbled a little in NYC it was at the top of the news for days.

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calochortus  Aug 29, 2020 • 8:20:10am

re: #148 makeitstop

So Trump nearly falls on his skull walking up 4 stairs in New Hampshire last night and it barely gets a mention anywhere?

When Hillary stumbled a little in NYC it was at the top of the news for days.

That might have been a lame attempt at humor. He didn’t actually look off balance.

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Rightwingconspirator  Aug 29, 2020 • 8:23:34am

This is going to sound like a dumb question. oh well. Are there any swing voters in the Presidential election? I’d say too few to pursue. Am I crazy?

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Hecuba's daughter  Aug 29, 2020 • 8:25:29am

re: #148 makeitstop

So Trump nearly falls on his skull walking up 4 stairs in New Hampshire last night and it barely gets a mention anywhere?

When Hillary stumbled a little in NYC it was at the top of the news for days.

Accidental missteps can plague anyone. The problem isn’t that there was no coverage of Trump’s stumble — the problem was the 2016 RW promoting Hillary’s stumble as proof of her unfitness for office, while the MSM reported on this just because the RW media made such an issue out of it.

I’m old enough to recall SNL Chevy Chase incessantly mocking Ford, who was fit and athletic, for a similar stumble. That portrayal helped to solidify the image of Ford as incompetent, when it was mockery far from reality. What doomed Ford was his fatal answer in a debate — but SNL certain harmed him and made him more susceptible to defeat well before then.

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William Lewis  Aug 29, 2020 • 8:27:23am

Hrm. 2.4 on the test. Did the long form and the reactions. Especially high on Machiavellian attitudes which I can see.

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PhillyPretzel  Aug 29, 2020 • 8:27:38am

re: #150 Rightwingconspirator

No you are not crazy. Joe’s people are trying to appeal to the broadest audience and that for them includes swing voters. Since I am a Republican and I will be voting for Joe in November that makes me a “swing” voter. Joe’s people will be trying to get me to come over to their side of the aisle. In my case however it does not matter I am voting for Joe no matter what.

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Eclectic Cyborg  Aug 29, 2020 • 8:28:02am
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Hecuba's daughter  Aug 29, 2020 • 8:29:32am

re: #150 Rightwingconspirator

This is going to sound like a dumb question. oh well. Are there any swing voters in the Presidential election? I’d say too few to pursue. Am I crazy?

The suburban women who voted blue in 2018 must still be wooed, and they may be those who might be persuaded to vote Trump because of the violence attending many of the protests. Getting out our base and making sure they can vote is critical, but we need to keep these women too.

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PhillyPretzel  Aug 29, 2020 • 8:30:14am

re: #155 Hecuba’s daughter

Yes. That is exactly what needs to be done.

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LeftyRambles2413 (HappyWarrior)  Aug 29, 2020 • 8:30:29am

re: #154 Eclectic Cyborg

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Democrat cities. That right there is the difference between us and them. These are all American cities.

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jaunte  Aug 29, 2020 • 8:31:51am

re: #154 Eclectic Cyborg

Candidate Defensively.

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Rightwingconspirator  Aug 29, 2020 • 8:32:27am

re: #153 PhillyPretzel

That’s right. Could be I should have used the word “undecided”. I think Joe is after those that are inclined to stay home and not vote. The “threw up their hands in disgust” crowd.

It’s just hard to imagine changing a Trump voters’ mind because any and all influence pales in the face of Trump’s actual actions, let alone all the words, angry tweets, and demeaning/demanding rants.

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Shiplord Kirel: Fan of USPS, Goodyear, and Oreo  Aug 29, 2020 • 8:32:58am

re: #126 Shiplord Kirel: Fan of USPS, Goodyear, and Oreo

This is the Apocalypse for many racist goobers conservative Lubbockites.

Red Raider football players ask fans for respect as they join protest

Aaarrghhh, I’m having trouble posting links lately.

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jaunte  Aug 29, 2020 • 8:38:02am
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LeftyRambles2413 (HappyWarrior)  Aug 29, 2020 • 8:41:03am

re: #161 jaunte

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Well I’m sure we’ll see him at CPAC next year complaining about how “cancel culture” went after him for this being called out.

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Targetpractice  Aug 29, 2020 • 8:43:31am

re: #161 jaunte

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Yeah, don’t read the comments, folks. It’s like Shawshank, only there’s a lot more shit and no fuckin’ redemption for any of those asshats.

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Shiplord Kirel: Fan of USPS, Goodyear, and Oreo  Aug 29, 2020 • 8:44:42am

re: #159 Rightwingconspirator

That’s right. Could be I should have used the word “undecided”. I think Joe is after those that are inclined to stay home and not vote. The “threw up their hands in disgust” crowd.

It’s just hard to imagine changing a Trump voters’ mind because any and all influence pales in the face of Trump’s actual actions, let alone all the words, angry tweets, and demeaning/demanding rants.

I think that’s exactly right. There is a very large body of generally conservative people who would otherwise vote Republican but who are disgusted with Trump. At the same time, they retain enough residual indoctrination to be wary of Biden and Harris. This seems to be the crowd Joe is aiming for.

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Barefoot Grin  Aug 29, 2020 • 8:50:37am

re: #148 makeitstop

So Trump nearly falls on his skull walking up 4 stairs in New Hampshire last night and it barely gets a mention anywhere?

When Hillary stumbled a little in NYC it was at the top of the news for days.

He fucked up his opening line so that it was some garbled thing about “ass” and the crowd still went crazy.

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Decatur Deb  Aug 29, 2020 • 8:51:04am

re: #161 jaunte

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My representative-to-be. The good news is that AL has been so dumb about the census that our district is tagged as likely to go away.

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Eclectic Cyborg  Aug 29, 2020 • 8:52:34am

re: #164 Shiplord Kirel: Fan of USPS, Goodyear, and Oreo

I think that’s exactly right. There is a very large body of generally conservative people who would otherwise vote Republican but who are disgusted with Trump. At the same time, they retain enough residual indoctrination to be wary of Biden and Harris.

I know a few folks who identify as conservative who plan to vote 3rd party for this reason. I’ve tried to talk them out of it to no avail.

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Rightwingconspirator  Aug 29, 2020 • 8:53:20am

re: #155 Hecuba’s daughter

The suburban women who voted blue in 2018 must still be wooed, and they may be those who might be persuaded to vote Trump because of the violence attending many of the protests. Getting out our base and making sure they can vote is critical, but we need to keep these women too.

Agreed.

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Yeah Sure WhatEVs  Aug 29, 2020 • 9:05:57am

re: #143 Decatur Deb

I’m going to assume that 1.8 is the optimal score, and that everyone higher or lower is somehow deficient.

Keep telling yourself that. 😉

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Barefoot Grin  Aug 29, 2020 • 9:07:47am

re: #169 Yeah Sure WhatEVs

Keep telling yourself that. 😉

If that is the end he seeks, then whatever means are necessary….

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Yeah Sure WhatEVs  Aug 29, 2020 • 9:09:30am

re: #167 Eclectic Cyborg

I know a few folks who identify as conservative who plan to vote 3rd party for this reason. I’ve tried to talk them out of it to no avail.

If they’re conservative and the choice is trump or 3rd party, I’m 3rd party all the way.

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GlutenFreeJesus  Aug 29, 2020 • 9:10:26am

Here’s Kyle beating up a girl. He comes in later in the video in the red/white/blue shorts.

Facebook Video

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Belafon  Aug 29, 2020 • 9:10:49am

One more Boseman tweet:

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A Three Hour Tour  Aug 29, 2020 • 9:13:15am

re: #45 Decatur Deb

Very, very timely article from the pop-science column of Scientific American:

The Dark Core of Personality What’s your dark core score?
getpocket.com

1.4, 4%

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A Mom Anon  Aug 29, 2020 • 9:13:19am

re: #168 Rightwingconspirator

I’m a suburban housewife (ack) who has never voted Republican. There’s probably more of us out there than either party realizes. Dems would be smart to focus on public schools( not everyone in suburbia wants or can afford private schools), health care/insurance, and the future of jobs/employment/careers. Student debt is a part of it too. Those are the big thing most moms are immediately concerned with.

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A hollow Gandalfian voice says, VOTE, you fools!  Aug 29, 2020 • 9:13:21am

re: #151 Hecuba’s daughter

Accidental missteps can plague anyone. The problem isn’t that there was no coverage of Trump’s stumble — the problem was the 2016 RW promoting Hillary’s stumble as proof of her unfitness for office, while the MSM reported on this just because the RW media made such an issue out of it.

I’m old enough to recall SNL Chevy Chase incessantly mocking Ford, who was fit and athletic, for a similar stumble. That portrayal helped to solidify the image of Ford as incompetent, when it was mockery far from reality. What doomed Ford was his fatal answer in a debate — but SNL certain harmed him and made him more susceptible to defeat well before then.

What doomed Ford was a certain pardon he issued.

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Belafon  Aug 29, 2020 • 9:13:23am

And one I didn’t see last night:

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Targetpractice  Aug 29, 2020 • 9:18:25am

re: #172 GlutenFreeJesus

Here’s Kyle beating up a girl. He comes in later in the video in the red/white/blue shorts.

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So he’s a typical wingnut “alpha male,” unafraid to beat up on those he considers weaker than himself. No imagine him with a badge and qualified immunity.

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Dr Lizardo  Aug 29, 2020 • 9:18:29am

Another passing of note: former Portland Trailblazer Cliff Robinson has died at the age of 53.

Clifford Robinson, a former NBA All-Star and the 1993 Sixth Man of the Year, has died at the age of 53, the UConn Huskies confirmed Saturday on Twitter.

Robinson, known for his trademark headband, spent 18 seasons in the NBA with the Portland Trail Blazers, Phoenix Suns, Detroit Pistons, Golden State Warriors and New Jersey Nets. He made the 1994 NBA All-Star Game and was named to two NBA All-Defensive second teams while averaging 14.6 points and 4.6 rebounds in 1,380 career games — the 13th-most in NBA history.

Robinson also won an NIT title at UConn, which retired his No. 00 in 2007.

espn.com

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Eventual Carrion  Aug 29, 2020 • 9:21:54am

re: #178 Targetpractice

So he’s a typical wingnut “alpha male,” unafraid to beat up on those he considers weaker than himself. No imagine him with a badge and qualified immunity.

I could def see the little shit doing that. Is this for sure him in the video?

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Dr Lizardo  Aug 29, 2020 • 9:24:09am
Over the weekend, a rumor started to make the rounds on Twitter and among QAnon watchers, which seemed to blow a lid on a long-simmering mystery.

It said that the mysterious poster who makes the Q drops, the cryptic messages posted on message board 8kun that give the movement its direction, had been unmasked and revealed to all. And the poster was none other than 8kun’s owner, Jim Watkins. Previously the owner of 8kun forerunner 8chan, Watkins had already given congressional testimony wearing a QAnon pin and started a political SuperPAC devoted to boosting QAnon-friendly candidates.

There was already speculation that Q and Watkins were linked, as when 8chan went down in August 2019, the Q poster didn’t make their drops somewhere else, instead waiting around for months while 8chan found a new service provider and rebranded as 8kun.

It’s been suspected for awhile now that Watkins and his adult son are running QAnon out of the Philippines, which is were they currently reside.

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Barefoot Grin  Aug 29, 2020 • 9:27:24am

I would also keep my eye on tiny Transylvania University College Republicans in Lexington, KY. Sandman is an entering freshman and is already their director of communications. I’m sure it’s a pleasant bunch of folks.

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jaunte  Aug 29, 2020 • 9:30:21am

re: #182 Barefoot Grin

The group told an @azcentral reporter “they do not speak to journalists with pronouns on their Twitter page”

They don’t?

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jaunte  Aug 29, 2020 • 9:33:26am

I me mine party rejects pronouns.

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A Three Hour Tour  Aug 29, 2020 • 9:34:40am

re: #183 jaunte

The group told an @azcentral reporter “they do not speak to journalists with pronouns on their Twitter page”

They don’t?

They mean they don’t talk to people who post their preferred personal pronouns in reference to gender identity as part of their Twitter bio.

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LeftyRambles2413 (HappyWarrior)  Aug 29, 2020 • 9:34:55am

Pronouns, progressives. Nice try Alinsky but we got you!

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LeftyRambles2413 (HappyWarrior)  Aug 29, 2020 • 9:35:51am

re: #185 A Three Hour Tour

They mean they don’t talk to people who post their preferred personal pronouns in reference to gender identity as part of their Twitter bio.

Oh, you’re no fun. I knew that’s what they meant. Stupid. I guess it’s a 21st century affirmative action bake sale.

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Decatur Deb  Aug 29, 2020 • 9:36:47am

re: #184 jaunte

I me mine party rejects pronouns.

DESE DEM DOSE by the Dorsey Brothers 1935

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A Three Hour Tour  Aug 29, 2020 • 9:37:24am

re: #187 LeftyRambles2413 (HappyWarrior)

Oh, you’re no fun. I knew that’s what they meant. Stupid. I guess it’s a 21st century affirmative action bake sale.

Gotta trigger the libs somehow.

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Eventual Carrion  Aug 29, 2020 • 9:38:22am

re: #182 Barefoot Grin

I would also keep my eye on tiny Transylvania University College Republicans in Lexington, KY. Sandman is an entering freshman and is already their director of communications. I’m sure it’s a pleasant bunch of folks.

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pronouns on their Twitter page

?

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Shiplord Kirel: Fan of USPS, Goodyear, and Oreo  Aug 29, 2020 • 9:39:18am

re: #172 GlutenFreeJesus

Here’s Kyle beating up a girl. He comes in later in the video in the red/white/blue shorts.

[Embedded content]

Kyle is the pussy Trump has grabbed the GOP by.

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Decatur Deb  Aug 29, 2020 • 9:39:21am

re: #190 Eventual Carrion

?

Expressing gender id preference in their profile.

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Eventual Carrion  Aug 29, 2020 • 9:40:19am

re: #192 Decatur Deb

Expressing gender id preference in their profile.

Once I read down I saw that. But when I first read it I was like WTF is that.

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LeftyRambles2413 (HappyWarrior)  Aug 29, 2020 • 9:40:36am

re: #189 A Three Hour Tour

Gotta trigger the libs somehow.

Yeah.

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Shiplord Kirel: Fan of USPS, Goodyear, and Oreo  Aug 29, 2020 • 9:40:53am
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Jay C  Aug 29, 2020 • 9:41:35am

re: #164 Shiplord Kirel: Fan of USPS, Goodyear, and Oreo

I think that’s exactly right. There is a very large body of generally conservative people who would otherwise vote Republican but who are disgusted with Trump. At the same time, they retain enough residual indoctrination to be wary of Biden and Harris. This seems to be the crowd Joe is aiming for.

Good. It would be only karmic retribution if Trump were to lose this election the same way he won the last one: i.e. by a sliver of voters in key states turning away and giving the EVs to his opponent, Though It’s more likely - one hopes - that the difference (in a few key states) won’t be between a win and a loss, but a “blue” win and a “blue wave” blowout: leaving the results utterly beyond a doubt.

At the same time, they retain enough residual indoctrination to be wary of Biden and Harris

This, I think, might be the key to generating that “Blue Tsunami” The hardcore Trump base is hopeless, but (at least IMferventO) there is a swing vote “out there” that will be susceptible to the campaign theme that the (D) party and platform are not “radical leftist”, but completely within the mainstream of American politics - and that it is the extremism (howevermuch wrapped in the flag) of Trump and the Republicans - especially in the Senate - that have blocked and stymied the popular legislation the Democratic House has enacted in the 116th Congress. And stress the “popular”.

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makeitstop  Aug 29, 2020 • 9:43:59am

Seen on Facebook…

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jaunte  Aug 29, 2020 • 9:44:57am

First they came for the pronouns.

Trump’s Anti-Trans Policy Efforts Aren’t New—and Their History Is Horrifying
“…the Nazis revised already-extant laws —such as the ban on gay male sex—to target trans people, and created new policies that led to the incarceration, castration, and eventual extermination of trans people.”
bitchmedia.org

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BigPapa  Aug 29, 2020 • 9:45:29am

Since we’re discussing swing voters, relevant:

Swinging Voters
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Renaissance_Man  Aug 29, 2020 • 9:45:49am

re: #196 Jay C

This, I think, might be the key to generating that “Blue Tsunami” The hardcore Trump base is hopeless, but (at least IMferventO) there is a swing vote “out there” that will be susceptible to the campaign theme that the (D) party and platform are not “radical leftist”, but completely within the mainstream of American politics - and that it is the extremism (howevermuch wrapped in the flag) of Trump and the Republicans - especially in the Senate - that have blocked and stymied the popular legislation the Democratic House has enacted in the 116th Congress. And stress the “popular”.

The problem is that even that swing vote only trusts FOX News. And so they will always believe what they’re told to believe. Right wing media has destroyed this country, and if left unchecked, will be the end of freedom everywhere. It must be destroyed and the earth salted.

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Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus  Aug 29, 2020 • 9:46:01am

I guess I’m slightly less of median in darkness:

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Shiplord Kirel: Fan of USPS, Goodyear, and Oreo  Aug 29, 2020 • 9:46:52am

For Dune fans out there:

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Barefoot Grin  Aug 29, 2020 • 9:49:03am

re: #183 jaunte

The group told an @azcentral reporter “they do not speak to journalists with pronouns on their Twitter page”

They don’t?

About half of the comments are “based.” I’m guessing it’s members of ASU Republicans and their “friends.”

ETA: I don’t speak “pepe” so I’m not sure what it even means.

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Michele: Out of the closet, Into the fire  Aug 29, 2020 • 9:52:45am

re: #185 A Three Hour Tour

They mean they don’t talk to people who post their preferred personal pronouns in reference to gender identity as part of their Twitter bio.

Well dontcha know posting your preferred pronouns is actually an obnoxious passive/aggressive gesture? Oh! and it also shows that you’re insecure about your gender identity.

Yeah, I have heard that as well as other things.

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jaunte  Aug 29, 2020 • 9:53:59am

re: #203 Barefoot Grin

Freely and independently following exactly what their friends think.

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Decatur Deb  Aug 29, 2020 • 9:55:03am

re: #204 Michele: Out of the closet, Into the fire

Well dontcha know posting your preferred pronouns is actually an obnoxious passive/aggressive gesture? Oh! and it also shows that you’re insecure about your gender identity.

Yeah, I have heard that as well as other things.

I don’t mess with pronouns, but I did like being called “efendi”. I’d put that in my profile, if I had a profile.

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jaunte  Aug 29, 2020 • 9:55:45am
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A hollow Gandalfian voice says, VOTE, you fools!  Aug 29, 2020 • 10:02:13am

re: #187 LeftyRambles2413 (HappyWarrior)

Oh, you’re no fun. I knew that’s what they meant. Stupid. I guess it’s a 21st century affirmative action bake sale.

I’m promoting the backwards question mark: ⸮ for rhetorical questions.

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Dave In Austin  Aug 29, 2020 • 10:02:22am

Tackle Boxes are the go to for the stashless.

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BigPapa  Aug 29, 2020 • 10:05:14am

re: #209 Dave In Austin

Sardines in olive oil are a favorite munchie food.

Not in water you damn heathens.

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Eventual Carrion  Aug 29, 2020 • 10:07:00am

re: #209 Dave In Austin

Tackle Boxes are the go to for the stashless.

[Embedded content]

Back in high school that is where my buddy had his stash. His dad wasn’t a fisherman so he just kept his stuff in his tackle box in the garage without worrying that his parents might look in there. It was just his fishing stuff :-)

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Michele: Out of the closet, Into the fire  Aug 29, 2020 • 10:10:23am

re: #206 Decatur Deb

I don’t mess with pronouns, but I did like being called “efendi”. I’d put that in my profile, if I had a profile.

Snicker.

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Charles Johnson  Aug 29, 2020 • 10:11:01am
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retired cynic  Aug 29, 2020 • 10:13:48am

“Melanie did.not.care”: In a blistering new book by Stephanie Winston Wolkoff, Melania Trump sounds a lot like her husband, by Emily Jane Fox, Vanity Fair.

Wow. I might read this one.

The era of Donald Trump has been bad for everyone and everything, mostly, apart from the superrich and their tax bills, the real estate developers and their tax breaks, and the white supremacists, who seem to have been granted permission from the top to say the quiet part out loud. And apart from the cottage industry of Trump-themed books—all the fire and fury that’s been fit to print, dominate cable-news coverage, and hover on bestsellers lists. The successful books of this genre have often followed a form: Reporters teasing the juiciest, scariest, most revealing accounts from people who know Trump or worked with him or served under him, the “adults in the room” who whispered anonymously about the horrible things they witnessed, but who did nothing about them beyond said whispering. I say this with both affection for and intimate knowledge of the genre because I myself contributed to it.

Three variations on the form are hitting the market this summer: books from Mary Trump, the president’s niece; Michael Cohen, his longtime fixer; and now Stephanie Winston Wolkoff, a former close friend and adviser of first lady Melania Trump—three accounts from the most inside insiders of Trumpworld. What has struck me most about these books is not what salacious stories they have to share, though the stories are delicious and damning as advertised. It’s that some of the people closest to the Trumps have felt so jilted by them, so burned, so wrung out, that they’re willing to spill their guts about their own family or closest friends. The only reason these books exist is because the Trumps created a climate of backbiting and mistrust that subsumed everyone around them—a climate in which things like recording run-of-the-mill conversations to cover their hides or protect themselves from criminal investigations became the norm. For three different sets of reasons, Mary Trump, Cohen, and Wolkoff had the same knee-jerk response. They felt like it was the only way. And an even wilder notion: they were right.

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retired cynic  Aug 29, 2020 • 10:30:09am

‘After Truth’ documentary assesses the costs of disinformation in America, Molly McKew.

After Truth: Disinformation and the Cost of Fake News airs on CNN at 10 pm ET on Saturday, August 28, or is available on-demand via HBO/HBO apps and subscriptions

This is a long blog post. It asserts that Jade Helm was Russia’s first attempt at wholesale disinformation to a US population, and it was so successful, they tackled the 2016 election.

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Belafon  Aug 29, 2020 • 10:30:55am

re: #213 Charles Johnson

They’re tired of being asked questions.

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retired cynic  Aug 29, 2020 • 10:32:05am

I seem to have killed and buried the thread, so will keep piling on. [Ah, Belafon still lives!]

Fact-checking Trump’s lies is essential. It’s also increasingly fruitless. Margaret Sullivan, bless her heart, WaPo

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retired cynic  Aug 29, 2020 • 10:37:35am

Trump’s convention was repulsive and dishonest. I fear it was also effective. Ruth Marcus, WaPo. Marcus is pretty middle-of-the-road, and it was so bad (of course!) that she can barely find the words to frame her disgust.

I had been prepared to grant convention planners some pandemic leeway. Silly me. To see the supporters packed onto the South Lawn, unmasked cheek by undistanced jowl, for the president’s acceptance speech Thursday night was to underscore that the night was about deploying the venue in the service of reelection. President Trump was triumphant about it: “The fact is, we are here and they are not.”
The gross misuse of public resources — more than that, of public symbols and presidential authority — was beyond imagining. Trump turned core executive powers into made-for-television, partisan spectacles.
…
Will this work? Even in normal times, even with normal levels of viewership, conventions themselves have limited impact. But the convention message offers an unsettling glimpse of the ugly weeks to come — and a challenge to Biden and Democrats to craft an effective response.

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retired cynic  Aug 29, 2020 • 10:38:10am

OK, that was it. Now I have to head to the ER because cellulitis has flared up again. grrrrrr

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Quoth the raven, Covfefe.  Aug 29, 2020 • 10:38:29am

re: #219 retired cynic

OK, that was it. Now I have to head to the ER because cellulitis has flared up again. grrrrrr

Be well and stay safe.

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A Cranky One  Aug 29, 2020 • 10:38:44am

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Amory Blaine  Aug 29, 2020 • 10:39:42am

This is a very interesting read. (The thesis is downloadable on the page). I would love if Sergey was around to critique.

The Foundations of Aleksandr Dugin’s Geopolitics: Montage Fascism and Eurasianism as Blowback

This thesis is an examination of Aleksandr Dugin’s The Foundations of Geopolitics, of which I have translated important sections into English and these are included as an appendix. Despite the importance of Foundations of Geopolitics to Russian strategic thought there has not been a translated edition published in English. This work was published in 1997 and has been quite influential for Russian political and military leadership. I strive to provide context for the setting in which Foundations of Geopolitics was created through an analysis of the social and political conditions that existed in Russia while the text was being written, as well as how and why it came to achieve such influence. This is followed by an analysis of the text itself. Finally, I examine the ways in which the strategic precepts offered by Dugin in Foundations of Geopolitics have been adopted and employed by the Kremlin in foreign and domestic policy. Additionally, I reveal the direct and indirect links connecting Dugin and his fascist Neo-Eurasianist ideology to the leaders and ideologues of fascist, far-right, xenophobic, and often racist movements. This has created a network of like-minded movements advocating for the reclamation of a traditional identity domestically, but looking to Moscow for international leadership and guidance in foreign policy. The origins of these developments can be traced back to Dugin’s Foundations of Geopolitics.

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PhillyPretzel  Aug 29, 2020 • 10:39:49am

re: #219 retired cynic

Get well soon.

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Jebediah, RBG  Aug 29, 2020 • 10:48:36am

re: #136 mmmirele

I did the 35 question test.

1.43

Some of the statements on the test horrified me. Then I was even more horrified, knowing there are people who agree with them. Yikes.

FWIW, yours is the reaction that has me curious enough to maybe do this test thing.
I am a little worried, though, that I will find out I am a shitty person. Oh well - it is 2020 after all, what’s one more existential slap to the soul?

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makeitstop  Aug 29, 2020 • 10:48:58am

Looks like the only convention bump Trump got went up Junior’s nose…

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BigPapa  Aug 29, 2020 • 10:55:34am

re: #225 makeitstop

You know what that means? A new Cillizza ‘Dems in Disarray’ piece is about to drop.

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🌹UOJB!  Aug 29, 2020 • 11:15:03am

re: #226 BigPapa

You know what that means? A new Cillizza ‘Dems in Disarray’ piece is about to drop.

Add in another set of attacks on Hunter Biden which will get on the front page of the Screw York Times.

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Shiplord Kirel: Fan of USPS, Goodyear, and Oreo  Aug 29, 2020 • 11:15:15am

I keep recycling one of my favorite jokes because RWNJs keep looking and acting like they’ve been dead a week.

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Jebediah, RBG  Aug 29, 2020 • 11:15:17am

re: #148 makeitstop

So Trump nearly falls on his skull walking up 4 stairs in New Hampshire last night and it barely gets a mention anywhere?

When Hillary stumbled a little in NYC it was at the top of the news for days.

Sometimes when I am talking politics the other person complains that the Democrats are terrible and horrible because of something they didn’t do or say, so I mention the constraints they face because the media landscape is so different for each party. * Too many times, the response is either “Well then, they should figure out how to deal with that!” or to say my claim is bullshit.
It’s always a conversation ender now. “OK, you and I are not going to talk politics anymore.” I have also stopped caring if that offends or pisses them off. The stakes have been too high for that kind of bullshit since well before trmp.
Your example is such a perfect illustration that I felt my blood pressure go up a little…
I really, really hope the electoral apocalypse the GOP is facing wakes up the media a little. That is officially my hopeless dream for August 29, 2020.

*One example - “why didn’t dumb Hillary explain all of her great policy ideas? How stupid of her!”
“She did. The media covered trmp’s empty podium instead.”
“Harrumph harrumph werble berble”
Another favorite - “Then why don’t the D’s go on the talk shows to get their message out?”
“Even NPR books Republicans 2 to 1 over Democrats; the TV talk shows are worse.”
“Well then why the hell don’t they get on more of the shows? Obviously the shows aren’t going to refuse prominent politicians.”
“They do try. Constantly. The shows won’t book them. How the fuck do they get on the shows if they won’t book them?”
“Harrumph harrumph harrumph stupid Democratic party”

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Florida Panhandler  Aug 29, 2020 • 11:17:09am

re: #215 retired cynic

Jade Helm was an interesting special op- it proved to the instigators that the right wing in America, despite their own propaganda and military fetish, can be swayed to turn against our own military when it is led by a Black President.

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🌹UOJB!  Aug 29, 2020 • 11:20:04am

re: #229 Jebediah, RBG

This is why the FCC needs to reinstate the Fairness Doctrine, Equal Time Provision and reinstate ownership limits to break up the 5 corporations that are the essential media components of the Republican 24/7 Bullshit Machine.

And then it’s time to kick churches off the Tax-exempt Gravy Train. Pulpit Pimps want to play the politics game? TAX THE FUCKING CHURCHES!

It’s also time for libel law reform. Pass British-style libel laws that make it clear about the first amendment NOT giving people the freedom to lie with impunity.

AND last—a national SLAPP law that stops corporations from muzzling people.

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Quoth the raven, Covfefe.  Aug 29, 2020 • 11:25:46am

re: #228 Shiplord Kirel: Fan of USPS, Goodyear, and Oreo

I keep recycling one of my favorite jokes because RWNJs keep looking and acting like they’ve been dead a week.

[Embedded content]

Weekend at Bernie’s.

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Jebediah, RBG  Aug 29, 2020 • 11:31:08am

re: #197 makeitstop

Seen on Facebook…

[Embedded content]

Oh fuck… now every time I play that chord, I’m gonna think of that murderous psycho. And I like that Cadd9 - it sounds nice…

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Sherlock Hound  Aug 29, 2020 • 11:37:19am

re: #229 Jebediah, RBG

I wonder what Oliver Willis will do if Biden wins. Probably just say “ThE DeMoCrAtS aRe InEfFiCiEnt!”

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Decatur Deb  Aug 29, 2020 • 11:39:09am

re: #212 Michele: Out of the closet, Into the fire

Snicker.

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Heh. I put that up quickly on my first day, when Hoosier Hoops (PBUH) made a gallant pass at what he guessed was a new South’rn Girl.

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Quoth the raven, Covfefe.  Aug 29, 2020 • 11:42:01am

My son and I built some Hexbug VEX Robotics weapons - a propeller launcher and a Gatling dart gun. The propeller launcher is pretty cool on its own, but the Gatling gun… it’s terrifying. Its rate of fire is ridiculously high, and the soft-rubber-tipped projectiles have a surprising amount of velocity and stability in the air. I gave it to my daughter, the junior fishspawn, and after the initial surprise, she cackled as she fired it into our glass back door.

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nines09  Aug 29, 2020 • 11:48:31am

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CleverToad  Aug 29, 2020 • 11:50:47am

re: #236 Quoth the raven, Covfefe.

My son and I built some Hexbug VEX Robotics weapons - a propeller launcher and a Gatling dart gun. The propeller launcher is pretty cool on its own, but the Gatling gun… it’s terrifying. Its rate of fire is ridiculously high, and the soft-rubber-tipped projectiles have a surprising amount of velocity and stability in the air. I gave it to my daughter, the junior fishspawn, and after the initial surprise, she cackled as she fired it into our glass back door.

That was your second mistake, Dad…
(Now we need a pic of the dart-dappled door)

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b_sharp  Aug 29, 2020 • 11:51:29am

re: #212 Michele: Out of the closet, Into the fire

Snicker.

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When Deb first joined we all addressed him as ‘Miss’.

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BigPapa  Aug 29, 2020 • 11:51:40am

Danny Carey is one of muh fav drummers. Makes it look easy.

Danny Carey | “Pneuma” by Tool (LIVE IN CONCERT)

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makeitstop  Aug 29, 2020 • 11:54:38am

re: #231 🌹UOJB!

This is why the FCC needs to reinstate the Fairness Doctrine, Equal Time Provision and reinstate ownership limits to break up the 5 corporations that are the essential media components of the Republican 24/7 Bullshit Machine.

And then it’s time to kick churches off the Tax-exempt Gravy Train. Pulpit Pimps want to play the politics game? TAX THE FUCKING CHURCHES!

It’s also time for libel law reform. Pass British-style libel laws that make it clear about the first amendment NOT giving people the freedom to lie with impunity.

AND last—a national SLAPP law that stops corporations from muzzling people.

Put real teeth into the Hatch Act. Real consequences, zero tolerance.

Actually use Inherent Contempt if necessary. Build a few shiny new cells in each branch of Congress. Again, zero tolerance. Ignore a subpoena? 10 days in slam effective right now.

Impose heavy fines on media outlets that knowingly disseminate bad information. Heavy fines for both the media outlet and the on-air ‘talent’ shoveling bullshit. Make it hurt. Loss of broadcast license for repeated violations.

Time to draw bright red lines, with fricken lasers to chop off extremities if they’re crossed.

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Michele: Out of the closet, Into the fire  Aug 29, 2020 • 11:54:56am

re: #235 Decatur Deb

Heh. I put that up quickly on my first day, when Hoosier Hoops (PBUH) made a gallant pass at what he guessed was a new South’rn Girl.

Well you can now update your profile to include Effendi.

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Quoth the raven, Covfefe.  Aug 29, 2020 • 11:55:25am

re: #238 CleverToad

That was your second mistake, Dad…
(Now we need a pic of the dart-dappled door)

Say hello to my little friend
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Michele: Out of the closet, Into the fire  Aug 29, 2020 • 11:57:05am

re: #239 b_sharp

When Deb first joined we all addressed him as ‘Miss’.

I know.

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Amory Blaine  Aug 29, 2020 • 11:59:04am

re: #45 Decatur Deb

Very, very timely article from the pop-science column of Scientific American:

The Dark Core of Personality What’s your dark core score?
getpocket.com

Your Score: 2.38

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stpaulbear  Aug 29, 2020 • 12:01:04pm

re: #79 Backwoods_Sleuth

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jaunte  Aug 29, 2020 • 12:05:21pm
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Romantic Heretic  Aug 29, 2020 • 12:17:58pm

re: #234 Sherlock Hound

I wonder what Oliver Willis will do if Biden wins. Probably just say “ThE DeMoCrAtS aRe InEfFiCiEnt!”

Ar which point we should remind him that The Holocaust, while utterly evil, was very efficient.

Efficient is not the same thing as effective or good.

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stpaulbear  Aug 29, 2020 • 1:16:52pm

re: #224 Jebediah, RBG

FWIW, yours is the reaction that has me curious enough to maybe do this test thing.
I am a little worried, though, that I will find out I am a shitty person. Oh well - it is 2020 after all, what’s one more existential slap to the soul?

I decided to take it and some of the questions really do make you decide if you’re a shitty person. I found myself questioning what I think versus how I act - what would I really do, and I answered with how I’ve acted in the past. It was a good exercise because of that. My score 1.94 / 24%. My three worst ‘D’s were greedy, spiteful and self-centered.

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Jebediah, RBG  Aug 29, 2020 • 1:17:01pm

re: #231 🌹UOJB!

Apparently we have the same wish lists!
Fairness Doctrine really is a big one. We really need that back.
In my utopian daydreaming, I imagine a world where ONLY individuals may contribute to campaigns - no bullshit “corps are people” or dark money. Even better would be public financing only. Might not ever happen, though, because it would effectively sever a lot of the influence money currently has on politicians, and of course the ones with all the money are not going to let that happen if they can help it.


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