Trump Spokesperson Katrina Pierson: “Maybe I’ll Wear a Fetus Next Time”

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Reacting to criticism of the bullet necklace she wore on CNN yesterday, Donald Trump’s official national spokesloon Katrina Pierson said the necklace was made of “real ammo:”

Then she tweeted the following gross statement:

Of course, you realize this is what passes for “humor” among the wingnut crowd. But these people are so deranged I wouldn’t be the least bit surprised to see her actually follow through and do it.

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197 comments
1
unproven innocence  Dec 30, 2015 • 2:14:43pm

She didn’t say human fetus, did she?

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Brian J.  Dec 30, 2015 • 2:15:42pm

re: #1 unproven innocence

She didn’t say human fetus, did she?

As opposed to the chicken fetus residue she usually wears on her face… that is, egg.

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gocart mozart  Dec 30, 2015 • 2:18:29pm

Apparently ‘fetus necklace” is an actual thing.
flickr.com

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freetoken  Dec 30, 2015 • 2:19:59pm

In case anyone missed it, Trump spoke in SC today:

Donald Trump Hilton Head South Carolina Rally Full Speech - (12-30-2015)

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freetoken  Dec 30, 2015 • 2:22:51pm

“You can’t let people tell lies” - Yup, he really said that.

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nines09  Dec 30, 2015 • 2:23:18pm

Katrina Pierson, National Spokesperson, Trump Cancer.

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unproven innocence  Dec 30, 2015 • 2:23:31pm

re: #4 freetoken

In case anyone missed it, Trump spoke in SC today:

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Over an hour; decided to miss it.

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jaunte  Dec 30, 2015 • 2:24:10pm

“The Texas politics wonk-o-sphere has been abuzz with leaked oppo-research concerning state representative and noted “former fetus” Jonathan Stickland, R-Bedford.”
texasobserver.org

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Bubblehead II  Dec 30, 2015 • 2:25:00pm

re: #2 Brian J.

As opposed to the chicken fetus residue she usually wears on her face… that is, egg.

Actually what you are alluding to is called a balut. :-)

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Nyet  Dec 30, 2015 • 2:25:28pm

OK, so I’m in Berlin right now and it’s fucking cold (more because of the wind than temperature). Hopefully there won’t be anything, ahem, unusual at the Brandenburger Tor party tomorrow.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Dec 30, 2015 • 2:26:28pm
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Backwoods_Sleuth  Dec 30, 2015 • 2:27:55pm

re: #4 freetoken

In case anyone missed it, Trump spoke in SC today:

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My favorite part was the hairspray bit.

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ausador  Dec 30, 2015 • 2:29:01pm

Flight attendants must be at least 5’ 6” unless they are exceptionally pretty in which case 5’ 5” is acceptable…

Imagine the uproar here if airlines had 1000 highschool girls parade around in bikinis to compete for a position.

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KGxvi  Dec 30, 2015 • 2:32:44pm

re: #13 ausador

Imagine the uproar here if airlines had 1000 highschool girls parade around in bikinis to compete for a position.

While they didn’t have swimsuit competitions, from what I gather, pre-unionization, there were all sorts of appearance based requirements for flight attendants.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Dec 30, 2015 • 2:35:20pm

oh dear…

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ausador  Dec 30, 2015 • 2:38:41pm

re: #12 Backwoods_Sleuth

My favorite part was the hairspray bit.

You mean this part? Hilarious…

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Nyet  Dec 30, 2015 • 2:39:52pm

So, NSA suddenly bad now?

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freetoken  Dec 30, 2015 • 2:41:02pm

re: #16 ausador

From MacArthur to aerosol cans - Trump is going through the entire file of far-right grievances.

Certainly this is well calculated.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Dec 30, 2015 • 2:42:30pm

re: #16 ausador

You mean this part? Hilarious…

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The rest of it was about his airtight/sealed beautiful apartment so none of that hairspray was getting outside to hurt the ozone.

My immediate thought was “well, it certainly would explain your brain damage.”

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unproven innocence  Dec 30, 2015 • 2:44:30pm

re: #18 freetoken

From MacArthur to aerosol cans - Trump is going through the entire file of far-right grievances.

Certainly this is well calculated.

It’s a long list —includes naybobs of negativism, and pussilanimous pussyfooters.

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Nyet  Dec 30, 2015 • 2:45:32pm

So it’s not the corrupt congressmen and orgs that need to be prosecuted, but rather people who caught them. Funny how that works.

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ausador  Dec 30, 2015 • 2:46:30pm

Vote Trump 2016 to bring back the ozone hole!

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Timothy Watson  Dec 30, 2015 • 2:46:52pm

re: #16 ausador

You mean this part? Hilarious…

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Alpha male needs hairspray?

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gocart mozart  Dec 30, 2015 • 2:47:56pm

re: #17 Nyet

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wrenchwench  Dec 30, 2015 • 2:48:17pm

re: #20 unproven innocence

It’s a long list —includes naybobs of negativism, and pussilanimous pussyfooters.

Nattering naybobs of negativism! Although I’m not sure there is another kind, now that I think about it.

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Targetpractice  Dec 30, 2015 • 2:49:03pm

re: #21 Nyet

So it’s not the corrupt congressmen and orgs that need to be prosecuted, but rather people who caught them. Funny how that works.

“Israel was caught spying on us and relaying information to Congress to derail Iran deal.”
“HOW DARE THEY SPY ON CONGRESS?!”
“Who, Israel?”
“NO, THE NSA! NO DOUBT OBAMA ORDERED THE NSA TO SPY ON CONGRESS!!!”

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dog philosopher ஐஒஔ௸  Dec 30, 2015 • 2:49:24pm

re: #11 Backwoods_Sleuth

If Donald Trump is the result of the Republican “autopsy” of 2012, they should ask for their money back

they decided to wear the malignancy they found around their neck

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Bubblehead II  Dec 30, 2015 • 2:51:34pm

re: #21 Nyet

So it’s not the corrupt congressmen and orgs that need to be prosecuted, but rather people who caught them. Funny how that works.

I shamelessly stole that and tweeted it for you.

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Bubblehead II  Dec 30, 2015 • 2:52:58pm

re: #24 gocart mozart

Just followed you over on Twitter.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Dec 30, 2015 • 2:56:04pm

this is just pathetic:

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Charles Johnson  Dec 30, 2015 • 2:56:21pm
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Nyet  Dec 30, 2015 • 2:57:44pm

re: #30 Backwoods_Sleuth

You’ve already had one cowboy President. How did that work out?

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Nyet  Dec 30, 2015 • 2:59:29pm

Knowing Trump, he might have meant John Wayne Gacy tho. /

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freetoken  Dec 30, 2015 • 2:59:39pm

Listening to Trump talk about The Great Wall of China…

My head is spinning.

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unproven innocence  Dec 30, 2015 • 3:01:08pm

re: #32 Nyet

You’ve already had one cowboy President. How did that work out?

You may have miscounted. Check your twenty, if you have one, that is.

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SteveMcGaziBolaGate RN  Dec 30, 2015 • 3:02:37pm

re: #17 Nyet

“Investigated and prosecuted”. Love when they do that. Shouldn’t he be able to say what crime they should be prosecuted for? Heck, if it was so outrageously illegal, he should be able to tell us what crime was committed.

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dog philosopher ஐஒஔ௸  Dec 30, 2015 • 3:02:41pm

re: #30 Backwoods_Sleuth

Our country could use a John Wayne right now.

a backstabbing snitch?

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Charles Johnson  Dec 30, 2015 • 3:04:43pm

re: #30 Backwoods_Sleuth

this is just pathetic:

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Not surprising that Trump thinks John Wayne is a role model. In 1971 Wayne gave an interview to Playboy, was asked about the civil rights movement, and said this:

I believe in white supremacy until blacks are educated to a point of responsibility. I don’t believe in giving authority and positions of leadership and judgment to irresponsible people…. The academic community has developed certain tests that determine whether the blacks are sufficiently equipped scholastically…. I don’t feel guilty about the fact that five or ten generations ago these people were slaves. Now I’m not condoning slavery. It’s just a fact of life, like the kid who gets infantile paralysis and can’t play football like the rest of us.

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SteveMcGaziBolaGate RN  Dec 30, 2015 • 3:05:09pm

re: #30 Backwoods_Sleuth

What’s wrong with Tom Cruise? Oh, not Christian.

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SteveMcGaziBolaGate RN  Dec 30, 2015 • 3:06:18pm

re: #38 Charles Johnson

Wow.

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ObserverArt  Dec 30, 2015 • 3:06:34pm

re: #17 Nyet

So, NSA suddenly bad now?

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I bet the Bush administration never spied on Israel.

*cough*

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ObserverArt  Dec 30, 2015 • 3:07:46pm

re: #18 freetoken

From MacArthur to aerosol cans - Trump is going through the entire file of far-right grievances.

Certainly this is well calculated.

Like Kraft Macaroni and Cheese.

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Nyet  Dec 30, 2015 • 3:08:31pm

I see Eastwood praised Trump and Carson.

It’s like the man has multiple personality disorder. The man who shot Million Dollar Baby can’t be such a fucking Neanderthal.

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KingKenrod  Dec 30, 2015 • 3:09:00pm

I wonder if the GOP is going to push this NSA thing - so far only the nutjobs (Rand and Carson) have complained, others in leadership have not said much beyond “we’ll look at this”. The base will love the idea of the GOP conspiring with Israel to sabotage US foreign policy, but everyone else and the law will disagree.

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Targetpractice  Dec 30, 2015 • 3:09:52pm

re: #30 Backwoods_Sleuth

this is just pathetic:

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It doesn’t surprise me that The Donald is playing to the rubes by playing up support from the daughter of a man who made a career out of playing roles he himself shirked. Wouldn’t be surprised if they really believe he was a war hero, rather than a draft dodger.

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ObserverArt  Dec 30, 2015 • 3:09:57pm

re: #30 Backwoods_Sleuth

this is just pathetic:

Donald J. Trump ✔ @realDonaldTrump

A lovely letter from the daughter of the late great John Wayne. Our country could use a John Wayne right now.

Facebook Post
…

4:57 PM - 30 Dec 2015
794 794 Retweets 2,054 2,054 likes

I wonder where he is going to get one.

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SteveMcGaziBolaGate RN  Dec 30, 2015 • 3:10:43pm

I think the GOP will somehow try to make the NSA narrative into some kind of “Obama’s personal vendetta” kind of thing, then they’ll portray themselves as the saviors of the NSA.

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Targetpractice  Dec 30, 2015 • 3:11:32pm

re: #45 Targetpractice

It doesn’t surprise me that The Donald is playing to the rubes by playing up support from the daughter of a man who made a career out of playing roles he himself shirked. Wouldn’t be surprised if they really believe he was a war hero, rather than a draft dodger.

Just as soon as they can find an anti-Obama angle, they’ll push it hard. There’s no doubt hope that further “investigation” will turn up some link between the NSA investigation and the White House they can spin as the administration actively working to undermine opposition to the deal.

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KingKenrod  Dec 30, 2015 • 3:11:36pm

I thought Paramount was cool with the fan-funded Trek project Return to Axanar, but it looks like they are going to try to shut it down:

hollywoodreporter.com

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dog philosopher ஐஒஔ௸  Dec 30, 2015 • 3:11:46pm

looking on the bright side, only one person can win the republican nomination, so at some point the choice will have to be made between trump, cruz, and, possibly, some blander flavor of lying moron

around the end of february and the beginning of march is when i expect the circular firing squad to be at its most suicidal

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Joe Bacon  Dec 30, 2015 • 3:12:23pm

re: #15 Backwoods_Sleuth

oh dear…

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Isn’t he cute with his beards? 😉

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Targetpractice  Dec 30, 2015 • 3:12:38pm

re: #48 SteveMcGaziBolaGate RN

I think the GOP will somehow try to make the NSA narrative into some kind of “Obama’s personal vendetta” kind of thing, then they’ll portray themselves as the saviors of the NSA.

Yeah, I don’t think we should be overly surprised if we hear one day the GOP insisting that the NSA was operating at the orders of the White House, “Just like Nixon/Clinton and the IRS!!!”

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Dec 30, 2015 • 3:13:05pm

re: #52 Joe Bacon

Isn’t he cute with his beards? 😉

There is something seriously weird about that one on the right…

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freetoken  Dec 30, 2015 • 3:13:27pm

re: #43 Nyet

I see Eastwood praised Trump and Carson.

It’s like the man has a multiple personality disorder. The man who shot Million Dollar Baby can’t be such a fucking Neanderthal.

I know I’m playing at the edges of being an agist, but as people get older there can be, even if not functional dementia, quite a bit of conflicting ideas that are somehow not recognized as such.

I’ve brought up before the problem of “going emeritus”.

In Eastwood’s case I really do believe he’s thinking he’s making some sort of statement. Sure, he makes not only Million Dollar Baby but also Letters From Iwo Jima.

Yet Eastwood then goes and makes these silly endorsements or statements.

Perhaps it’s all performance art to him?

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Nyet  Dec 30, 2015 • 3:15:32pm

re: #55 freetoken

The best I can say is “out of touch”. But the person of his sensibility cannot not understand whom he is endorsing.

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ausador  Dec 30, 2015 • 3:16:43pm

Family values means using your position to get your drug dealing ex-con brother-in-law a Florida real estate license.

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ObserverArt  Dec 30, 2015 • 3:18:20pm

re: #38 Charles Johnson

Not surprising that Trump thinks John Wayne is a role model. In 1971 Wayne gave an interview to Playboy, was asked about the civil rights movement, and said this:

Yeah. I’ve read that quote before somewhere.

All one has to do is look at some of his roles, especially during the Vietnam war era to know his politics and thinking.

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Eric The Fruit Bat  Dec 30, 2015 • 3:20:00pm

Aaaaand right on cue….

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SteveMcGaziBolaGate RN  Dec 30, 2015 • 3:21:48pm

re: #55 freetoken

It is so hard to reconcile the two sides of Clint Eastwood. I think of the movie Gran Torino, in which his character (Walt Kowalski) is beset on all fronts by “alien” influences, from the idealistic young priest to the Hmong family next door and the gangs, even his doctor retired and was replaced by a young oriental woman. Walt grimaces and gripes, but seems to accept the new reality. It’s a good movie if you haven’t seen it.
So how could the same man then believe in the decline of America?

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Targetpractice  Dec 30, 2015 • 3:23:09pm

re: #57 ausador

Family values means using your position to get your drug dealing ex-con brother-in-law a Florida real estate license.

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“Marco has recommended scores of Floridians for various professional positions and after Orlando paid his debt to society, Marco was happy to recommend him as well. He believed Orlando should be judged on his own merits and felt it would be highly inappropriate, and could be perceived as exerting undue pressure, if his letter stated that Orlando was a relative.”

I might buy the “judged on his own merits” argument if Rubio had sent letters of recommendation for others as well. But when this is the only letter you send, and the guy happens to be your BIL, then it’s pretty obvious his “merits” are not the reason for the letter.

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Nyet  Dec 30, 2015 • 3:24:26pm

re: #60 SteveMcGaziBolaGate RN

He basically shits on his own legacy.

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wrenchwench  Dec 30, 2015 • 3:25:22pm

re: #62 Nyet

He basically shits on his own legacy.

And thinks it looks good.

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Nyet  Dec 30, 2015 • 3:26:23pm

re: #63 wrenchwench

He should stick to conversations with furniture.

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Nyet  Dec 30, 2015 • 3:27:19pm

Old Man Yells at Chair. News at 11.

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BeachDem  Dec 30, 2015 • 3:31:48pm

re: #46 ObserverArt

I wonder where he is going to get one.

What exactly is this “tireless work” that Trump is doing for our country?

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Amory Blaine  Dec 30, 2015 • 3:32:32pm

“You’ll have to pry the VO5 from my cold dead hand” ~ Biff Trump

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SteveMcGaziBolaGate RN  Dec 30, 2015 • 3:32:50pm

Something just reminded me of a surprising conversation I overheard. I guy I know from Jersey was at my daughter’s birthday party about 5 years ago. One of the other mothers heard he was from Jersey and said Oh, you must love your governor! I couldn’t believe the reply: That fat f%@#$n’ POS slob…and he went on for about a full minute. The mother was aghast. This guy was disgusted about cuts in education funding and the bullying, even though he sends his kids (not the governor’s) to a private school and you would have thought he had no dog in that fight.

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ausador  Dec 30, 2015 • 3:33:27pm

That bullet necklace is all starting to make sense now. Next it’ll be camo face paint and an M16A4…

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Dec 30, 2015 • 3:34:26pm
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freetoken  Dec 30, 2015 • 3:35:00pm

“Redeploy” - our love of militarism even in language:

Jeb Bush’s Campaign Redeploys Staff Members, Aiming at Early States

Yet another shake-up to Jeb Bush’s already beleaguered campaign Wednesday underscored the challenges Mr. Bush faces to revive his presidential bid just a month before the first votes are cast.

The campaign announced Wednesday afternoon that it was pulling $3 million in television airtime it had reserved in Iowa and New Hampshire, which hold the first contests in early February. And in a conference call, Danny Diaz, Mr. Bush’s campaign manager, said that about 60 members of its staff, largely from the campaign’s Miami headquarters, would be re-deployed to help with persuasion and get-out-the-vote efforts in the early nominating states.

[…]

Uh… redeploy from warm, subtropical Miami to snow-socked and frozen Iowa and New Hampshire. Sure.

Maybe they mean SC and NV. SC isn’t so far I guess they could move 60 people up there. But SC is the one state in which Trump will likely make his biggest splash.

Maybe the 60 will head to the Bush compound in Kennebunkport? Forward deployed on the NH front?

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SteveMcGaziBolaGate RN  Dec 30, 2015 • 3:35:24pm

re: #70 Backwoods_Sleuth

There they go again, sending the riff-raff.

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freetoken  Dec 30, 2015 • 3:36:03pm

re: #69 ausador

Yup. In that SC speech Trump once again reiterated that Bush and Clinton were his “enemies”. This is contra of course to what Bob Dole tried to do.

But Dole is loser, Trump is a winner, so there’s that.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Dec 30, 2015 • 3:36:41pm
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Blind Frog Belly White  Dec 30, 2015 • 3:40:01pm

re: #38 Charles Johnson

Not surprising that Trump thinks John Wayne is a role model. In 1971 Wayne gave an interview to Playboy, was asked about the civil rights movement, and said this:

Whoa. Did not know about that. That’s not even easily excusable based on the era, i.e. the sentiment was rather extreme even in 1971.

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Targetpractice  Dec 30, 2015 • 3:40:02pm

re: #70 Backwoods_Sleuth

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Seems money can’t buy everything.

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freetoken  Dec 30, 2015 • 3:40:16pm

Wrote earlier of Newton, Iowa… guess who was there today?

PNAC’s boy wonder:

Marco Rubio Endorses Idea for Constitutional Amendment to Set Congressional Term Limits

Senator Marco Rubio of Florida, who is seeking to gain ground in Republican states dominated by conservatives, this week endorsed the idea of amending the Constitution to set term limits in Congress and the Supreme Court.

Mr. Rubio had said in the past that he was open to such an undertaking. But over the last two days in Iowa, where he is behind in the polls, Mr. Rubio has made a call for a Constitutional Convention, which would circumvent the very body he serves, the center of his campaign events, earning applause every time.

[…]

This sounds awfully wingnutty, and desperate. Can Rubio be desperate at this point?

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Targetpractice  Dec 30, 2015 • 3:42:09pm

re: #77 freetoken

Wrote earlier of Newton, Iowa… guess who was there today?

PNAC’s boy wonder:

Marco Rubio Endorses Idea for Constitutional Amendment to Set Congressional Term Limits

This sounds awfully wingnutty, and desperate. Can Rubio be desperate at this point?

It might mean more if he hadn’t declared weeks ago that he’s tired of his job as US Senator and is not seeking reelection.

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freetoken  Dec 30, 2015 • 3:44:17pm

So, this isn’t getting much coverage:

Guinea declared free of Ebola, step to end spread of disease

Good thing we stopped all those medical personnel from entering the US, no? … um … Er…

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freetoken  Dec 30, 2015 • 3:45:32pm

re: #78 Targetpractice

Cruz is sucking up all the Je$u$ voters, Trump all the white-supremacists. Leaves only a small crowd for Rubio.

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Patricia Kayden  Dec 30, 2015 • 3:46:11pm

re: #38 Charles Johnson

Not surprising that Trump thinks John Wayne is a role model. In 1971 Wayne gave an interview to Playboy, was asked about the civil rights movement, and said this:

Thank you for that. I’ve heard for years that John Wayne was racist (remember the line from Public Enemy’s “Fight the Power”?). Now I finally have proof of his racism. Good to know since I’ve never liked him and refuse to watch any of his movies.

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Mattand  Dec 30, 2015 • 3:47:50pm

re: #77 freetoken

Wrote earlier of Newton, Iowa… guess who was there today?

PNAC’s boy wonder:

Marco Rubio Endorses Idea for Constitutional Amendment to Set Congressional Term Limits

This sounds awfully wingnutty, and desperate. Can Rubio be desperate at this point?

Let’s add SCOTUS justices to the list, since the subject was brought up.

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Targetpractice  Dec 30, 2015 • 3:49:22pm

re: #80 freetoken

Cruz is sucking up all the Je$u$ voters, Trump all the white-supremacists. Leaves only a small crowd for Rubio.

Right now, the biggest group of supporters for Rubio seem to be those “serious” conservatives who need to feel that there’s still a “serious” candidate in the race.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Dec 30, 2015 • 3:50:05pm
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Patricia Kayden  Dec 30, 2015 • 3:50:10pm

re: #69 ausador

That bullet necklace is all starting to make sense now. Next it’ll be camo face paint and an M16A4…

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Trump is right. This is a war. Our side needs to recognize this and go out and vote in droves next November. Otherwise we’ll have a fascist like Trump as our next Commander in Chief running around destroying the world.

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freetoken  Dec 30, 2015 • 3:51:03pm

re: #82 Mattand

Let’s add SCOTUS justices to the list, since the subject was brought up.

In the article the writer mentions that.

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Mattand  Dec 30, 2015 • 3:51:32pm

re: #68 SteveMcGaziBolaGate RN

Something just reminded me of a surprising conversation I overheard. I guy I know from Jersey was at my daughter’s birthday party about 5 years ago. One of the other mothers heard he was from Jersey and said Oh, you must love your governor! I couldn’t believe the reply: That fat f%@#$n’ POS slob…and he went on for about a full minute. The mother was aghast. This guy was disgusted about cuts in education funding and the bullying, even though he sends his kids (not the governor’s) to a private school and you would have thought he had no dog in that fight.

I’ve mentioned this before, but I’ve actually had the exact opposite conversation: a teacher up the street from me loves Christie, despite the fact the governor actively demonizes his entire profession*. Like a cow trying to get more people to eat at Outback.

*Not that anyone here would do it, but the whole “I hate teachers’ unions, not teachers” mantra is utter fucking bullshit. Most people hear that crap out of Christie’s mouth and go “Those goddamn teachers make too much money.”

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Dec 30, 2015 • 3:52:57pm

re: #84 Backwoods_Sleuth

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freetoken  Dec 30, 2015 • 3:53:52pm

re: #83 Targetpractice

Right now, the biggest group of supporters for Rubio seem to be those “serious” conservatives who need to feel that there’s still a “serious” candidate in the race.

Rubio is the boy wonder, not Bush, not Christie.

He’s really behind in the popularity polls though.

And Bush’s small platoon pales in size to Cruz’s army:

Thousands Of Ted Cruz Supporters Play A Game That Might Win Iowa

On a recent balmy December evening, the political allure of Ted Cruz was on full display in a nearly deserted Des Moines parking lot. There were more than a couple of Texas license plates parked in front of vaguely Eastern Bloc apartments, a sign that what had been announced by the campaign in early December had come to pass: Cruz’s team had rented out the space to house 500 out-of-state volunteers. Each had signed up online to spend the weeks leading up to the caucus walking Des Moines’s blocks, chipper mercenaries in the hotly contested Battle of Iowa. The Cruz campaign had been lauded for its online connectivity and barnstorming ground game, and here it was in action

[…]

Cruz is really shooting for Iowa. Not much left for Rubio.

And now Trump is threatening to open the coffers. He can probably rent every van in the state for a day and drive all his supporters to their local caucus.

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Mattand  Dec 30, 2015 • 3:54:10pm

re: #85 Patricia Kayden

Trump is right. This is a war. Our side needs to recognize this and go out and vote in droves next November. Otherwise we’ll have a fascist like Trump as our next Commander in Chief running around destroying the world.

Yup. America is quite capable of electing an utter piece of shit like Trump as their leader.

It depresses me to no end that I have to share the country with people who look at this guy and think he should be President. That comment above about Reince Preibus asking for his GOP autopsy money back is right on the mark.

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Kid A  Dec 30, 2015 • 3:54:13pm

re: #3 gocart mozart

Apparently ‘fetus necklace” is an actual thing.
flickr.com

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Kid A  Dec 30, 2015 • 3:55:01pm

re: #88 Backwoods_Sleuth

Hooters. Quite possibly the most worthless restaurant in ‘Murica.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Dec 30, 2015 • 3:57:55pm

SB 35 does two things. First, it would prohibit schools from ever allowing transgender students from using restrooms that match their gender identity. Students would only be identified by the sex assigned to them at birth as determined by their anatomy and chromosomes, and that sex would determine which facility they can and cannot use.

This would force schools to violate Title IX and discriminate against transgender students. The Department of Education has repeatedly found that schools can not refuse access to transgender students on the basis of their gender identity.

Then, the bill mandates that any transgender person who uses a public sex-specific restroom, locker room, or shower room that matches their gender identity has committed a “single sex public facility trespass,” which it deems a Class A misdemeanor. A Class A misdemeanor is the highest non-felony charge in Indiana, punishable by up to one year in jail and a fine of up to $5,000 dollars.

The misdemeanor charge would not apply to a student at a school, a person under the age of 18, or the usage of any private residence facility.

snip

Tomes insists his legislation doesn’t target transgender people.

O_o

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The Vicious Babushka  Dec 30, 2015 • 3:58:06pm

re: #30 Backwoods_Sleuth

this is just pathetic:

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ausador  Dec 30, 2015 • 4:03:54pm

So the UK won’t ban Trump yet but they didn’t have anything nice to say about him either. Expect him to call England “losers” at his next rally…

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The alpuzzzzz from Wisconsin  Dec 30, 2015 • 4:08:11pm

re: #94 The Vicious Babushka

Yeah, NSFW and pretty much classless, but a clip from one of my favorite movies Repo Man. Apologies if it offends.

the Truth about JOHN WAYNE from REPO MAN 1984 w Tracy Walter, Emilio Esteves n Harry Dean Stanton

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freetoken  Dec 30, 2015 • 4:08:17pm

Reading the whole article over at 538 is kind of numbing in one way. The writer wants to sound all formal and everything… with numbers of workers and days in state for each candidate.

Is it really that complicated?

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gocart mozart  Dec 30, 2015 • 4:10:37pm

re: #94 The Vicious Babushka

John Wayne Walk

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BeachDem  Dec 30, 2015 • 4:14:12pm

re: #89 freetoken

Rubio is the boy wonder, not Bush, not Christie.

He’s really behind in the popularity polls though.

And Bush’s small platoon pales in size to Cruz’s army:

Thousands Of Ted Cruz Supporters Play A Game That Might Win Iowa

Cruz is really shooting for Iowa. Not much left for Rubio.

And now Trump is threatening to open the coffers. He can probably rent every van in the state for a day and drive all his supporters to their local caucus.

And this is the weak sauce ad Marco’s running, in South Carolina anyway.

Marco Rubio TV Ad: About | Marco Rubio For President

Doesn’t really say anything at all—Marco approves the message, because, like most everything else he yaps about, it doesn’t have one.

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freetoken  Dec 30, 2015 • 4:16:45pm

The very intelligent people over at 538 sit around talking to themselves about the elephant in the elephant room:

The Meaning Of Donald Trump

They pull out videos of Wallace and Buchanan, the ideological forebearers of Trump. Quite appropriate.

Yet the 538 gang are left wanting for a conclusion of whether Trump is a viable candidate.

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freetoken  Dec 30, 2015 • 4:17:17pm

re: #99 BeachDem

The 538 gang jump on that video from Rubio, and the “essence” claim.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Dec 30, 2015 • 4:18:55pm

re: #100 freetoken

The very intelligent people over at 538 sit around talking to themselves about the elephant in the elephant room:

The Meaning Of Donald Trump

They pull out videos of Wallace and Buchanan, the ideological forebearers of Trump. Quite appropriate.

Yet the 538 gang are left wanting for a conclusion of whether Trump is a viable candidate.

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ausador  Dec 30, 2015 • 4:20:15pm

Oh geez…

Why isn’t he still in Libya? If he wants to fight ISIS there are plenty of them there.

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ObserverArt  Dec 30, 2015 • 4:23:45pm

re: #99 BeachDem

And this is the weak sauce ad Marco’s running, in South Carolina anyway.

[Embedded content]

Video

Doesn’t really say anything at all—Marco approves the message, because, like most everything else he yaps about, it doesn’t have one.

I like how right off as he talks he is shaking his head ‘no’ and talking about the importance of this election. It does not work…at all. You’d think someone would have edited that out and then reshoot the opening. In my opinion anyway.

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freetoken  Dec 30, 2015 • 4:27:49pm

As long as I can keep fluorides out of my bodily essences, I think I can make it.

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freetoken  Dec 30, 2015 • 4:30:21pm
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freetoken  Dec 30, 2015 • 4:32:30pm
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Nyet  Dec 30, 2015 • 4:34:14pm

The world is a safer place when the US President is not a Republican.

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No Country For Old Haters  Dec 30, 2015 • 4:34:50pm

re: #107 freetoken

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freetoken  Dec 30, 2015 • 4:35:27pm

re: #105 ObserverArt

I like how right off as he talks he is shaking his head ‘no’ and talking about the importance of this election. It does not work…at all. You’d think someone would have edited that out and reshoot the opening. In my opinion anyway.

The more I watch that, the more noticeable it seems. You’re right - it really isn’t what he should have done.

You’d think with all his deep-pocket daddies-warbucks backing him they could hire a director and acting coach for each shoot?

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b.d.  Dec 30, 2015 • 4:37:20pm

re: #107 freetoken

[Embedded content]

Is Marco trying to insinuate that America isn’t the strongest country on earth right now? Who would be the strongest now Rubio?

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BeachDem  Dec 30, 2015 • 4:38:57pm

re: #101 freetoken

The 538 gang jump on that video from Rubio, and the “essence” claim.

They seem to have seen a deeper thought in the Rubio ad than I did (thanks for pointing it out.) To me, it was just some argle bargle nonsense with no particular point.

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BeachDem  Dec 30, 2015 • 4:41:16pm

re: #105 ObserverArt

I like how right off as he talks he is shaking his head ‘no’ and talking about the importance of this election. It does not work…at all. You’d think someone would have edited that out and then reshoot the opening. In my opinion anyway.

Somebody off-camera probably offered him a bottle of water and Marco shook his head, “No, I’m pretty well hydrated, thanks.”
//

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No Country For Old Haters  Dec 30, 2015 • 4:43:46pm

re: #103 ausador

Oh geez…

[Embedded content]

Why isn’t he still in Libya? If he wants to fight ISIS there are plenty of them there.

It’s good to see that most of the responses are making fun of him. No good person wants a holy war.

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Camacho DeezNuts 2016  Dec 30, 2015 • 4:47:43pm

The world is a safer place when Amer- MA! THE MEATLOAF!

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Dec 30, 2015 • 4:49:04pm
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BeachDem  Dec 30, 2015 • 4:49:50pm

re: #115 No Country For Old Haters

It’s good to see that most of the responses are making fun of him. No good person wants a holy war.

Things must not be going well with raising that Christian army—that tweet is from February.

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No Country For Old Haters  Dec 30, 2015 • 4:51:30pm

re: #118 BeachDem

Things must not be going well with raising that Christian army—that tweet is from February.

Now I feel silly for forwarding it to the State Department.

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The Vicious Babushka  Dec 30, 2015 • 4:53:12pm

re: #89 freetoken

Rubio is the boy wonder, not Bush, not Christie.

He’s really behind in the popularity polls though.

And Bush’s small platoon pales in size to Cruz’s army:

Thousands Of Ted Cruz Supporters Play A Game That Might Win Iowa

Cruz is really shooting for Iowa. Not much left for Rubio.

And now Trump is threatening to open the coffers. He can probably rent every van in the state for a day and drive all his supporters to their local caucus.

Cruz and Rubio are the same age, but Cruz seems like he’s 10 years older.

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BeachDem  Dec 30, 2015 • 4:59:36pm

re: #120 The Vicious Babushka

Cruz and Rubio are the same age, but Cruz seems like he’s 10 years older.

Charlie Pierce:
Young Marco has gone full neocon. I’d call him callow, if that wasn’t allowing him too much dignity.

esquire.com

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dog philosopher ஐஒஔ௸  Dec 30, 2015 • 5:03:05pm

Trump Extrapolation (Extreme Case)

trump’s landslide election sets off not only ecstatic celebrations but also a rash of beatings and lynchings. spanish speakers, “muslim looking” people, homosexuals, “liberals”, maybe even black people. trump makes a speech deploring this behavior and demands that it stop. only just a hint of wink wink nod nod

trump takes office with a gop congress cowed by his populist power and ready to do his bidding. trump demands funds for the wall, promises to get mexico to make it up later, and tariffs of 35% on imported goods coming from any factory off shored after the bill passes. threatens tariffs on goods from any country that defies his will. ramps up deportations of south of the border illegal aliens, with the promise that he will expedite the process of getting them back in legally

prices of foodstuffs go up. prices of imported goods go up. industrial workers laid off as expected savings through off shoring by multinationals put off until they can get the tariff pressure off their backs. companies fight pressure to raise wages. beatings and lynchings begin to start up again here and there

trump promises gigantic increase in deficit foreseen for years 2016/17 will only be temporary. “reasons” to blame it on obama. begins to talk about how to make obamacare better, and save social security and medicare. beatings and lynchings, talk about “set us free from [bad names for people you don’t like here], and grumbling about trump being soft and a secret liberal

work on wall begins, soaking up labor and raising pressure on wages. “TrumpFlation” biggest topic of 2017. many bankruptcies, food and service sectors in chaos. retaliatory tariffs by other countries panic american corporations, which begin to liquidate american operations…

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No Country For Old Haters  Dec 30, 2015 • 5:13:47pm

re: #122 dog philosopher ஐஒஔ௸

trump’s landslide election

That’s where you lost me. I can’t suspend my disbelief of something that unlikely.

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dog philosopher ஐஒஔ௸  Dec 30, 2015 • 5:14:09pm

re: #123 No Country For Old Haters

That’s where you lost me. I can’t suspend my disbelief of something that unlikely.

i wish i shared your optimism

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Whack-A-Mole  Dec 30, 2015 • 5:14:28pm

re: #50 KingKenrod

I thought Paramount was cool with the fan-funded Trek project Return to Axanar, but it looks like they are going to try to shut it down:

hollywoodreporter.com

Wow, that sucks. From what I’ve seen of the project, it was looking really good. Strange for CBS/Paramount to get riled up about the project all of a sudden since it’s been in the works for quite a long time now. I wonder if maybe that’s the time period they’re looking at for a new series and they don’t want Axanar muddying the waters…

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No Country For Old Haters  Dec 30, 2015 • 5:15:37pm

re: #124 dog philosopher ஐஒஔ௸

i wish i shared your optimism

Trump has a devoted right-wing following, but most people hate him.

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Teukka  Dec 30, 2015 • 5:17:05pm

re: #123 No Country For Old Haters

That’s where you lost me. I can’t suspend my disbelief of something that unlikely.

Neither could people back in ‘33.

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ausador  Dec 30, 2015 • 5:18:35pm

re: #112 b.d.

Is Marco trying to insinuate that America isn’t the strongest country on earth right now? Who would be the strongest now Rubio?

Agrabah!
/

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Teukka  Dec 30, 2015 • 5:19:06pm

re: #122 dog philosopher ஐஒஔ௸

Trump Extrapolation (Extreme Case)

<tinfoil>
Are we assuming Trump wins it fair & square, or do we assume shenanigans, e.g. coup d’etat or election fraud?
</tinfoil>

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dog philosopher ஐஒஔ௸  Dec 30, 2015 • 5:19:22pm

re: #126 No Country For Old Haters

Trump has a devoted right-wing following, but most people hate him.

“Every place I go, and everything I hear, there is a growing, growing sentiment that Gov, Reagan cannot win the election,” Ford said. “It would be an impossible situation,” Ford said of a Reagan nomination. He said… “A most conservative Republican can’t win in a national election.” As for himself, Ford said he might be better suited - “stoutly conservative” fiscally, “moderate” on social issues and “internationalist” in foreign affairs.

news.google.com

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No Country For Old Haters  Dec 30, 2015 • 5:19:37pm

re: #125 Whack-A-Mole

Wow, that sucks. From what I’ve seen of the project, it was looking really good. Strange for CBS/Paramount to get riled up about the project all of a sudden since it’s been in the works for quite a long time now. I wonder if maybe that’s the time period they’re looking at for a new series and they don’t want Axanar muddying the waters…

I think it’s probably a combination of the new series, and the fan videos getting too professional and high-budget. It got into a grey area between fan video and making actual episodes. If you push copyright boundaries, you’ll eventually hit a wall. I hope it doesn’t mean that all Trek fan episodes are no longer allowed.

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Charles Johnson  Dec 30, 2015 • 5:19:41pm
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dog philosopher ஐஒஔ௸  Dec 30, 2015 • 5:20:39pm

re: #129 Teukka

<tinfoil>
Are we assuming Trump wins it fair & square, or do we assume shenanigans, e.g. coup d’etat or election fraud?
</tinfoil>

im assuming a fair election - where hysterical trump devotees overwhelm the 55% - 60% of the electorate that actually gets out and votes

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Dec 30, 2015 • 5:26:03pm
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The Vicious Babushka  Dec 30, 2015 • 5:26:59pm
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No Country For Old Haters  Dec 30, 2015 • 5:27:29pm

re: #134 Backwoods_Sleuth

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William Lewis  Dec 30, 2015 • 5:29:24pm

re: #127 Teukka

Neither could people back in ‘33.

Except - the NSDAP never won an election and in the last election prior to Hitler being named chancellor, they lost seats. But the Industrial & Aristocratic Right Wing thought they could keep him under their thumb. We know now how well _that_ worked.

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PhillyPretzel  Dec 30, 2015 • 5:30:50pm

re: #134 Backwoods_Sleuth

It shows how gullible most people are. All I have to say is if the dog is injured I hope he gets well soon. If it is ham on the dog’s face someone quick grab some bread and make a sandwich.

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freetoken  Dec 30, 2015 • 5:31:04pm

re: #134 Backwoods_Sleuth

Those things come around so much in my timeline… it’s hard to accept that there are so many gullible people on this planet.

Then there’s Trump, so that proves it I guess.

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Charles Johnson  Dec 30, 2015 • 5:32:20pm
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Backwoods_Sleuth  Dec 30, 2015 • 5:32:54pm

re: #139 freetoken

Those things come around so much in my timeline… it’s hard to accept that there are so many gullible people on this planet.

Then there’s Trump, so that proves it I guess.

I don’t even know if it’s real, but I see the same sort of thing all the time, too.

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ausador  Dec 30, 2015 • 5:33:51pm

re: #138 PhillyPretzel

It shows how gullible most people are. All I have to say is if the dog is injured I hope he gets well soon. If it is ham on the dog’s face some quick grab some bread and make a sandwich.

It is definitely ham, just embiggened the picture to get a clear look.

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freetoken  Dec 30, 2015 • 5:35:40pm

re: #142 ausador

There’s no end of these click-n-pray things running around Facebook.

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PhillyPretzel  Dec 30, 2015 • 5:36:34pm

re: #142 ausador

You looked carefully and examined the picture before saying anything. Some folks do not think and just respond. pity.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Dec 30, 2015 • 5:38:09pm

OK, I found his facebook page.
The dog and ham thing is real.

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makeitstop  Dec 30, 2015 • 5:39:22pm

Greetz from the City of Brotherly Love!

We got in at about 3 this afternoon, went out for a walkabout, visited an Irish pub (called the ‘Irish Pub’) for a quick drink, then continued walking. I took my camera and snapped the area immediately in and around City Hall. Here’s one…

In one of the corridors leading to City Hall’s court yard
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PhillyPretzel  Dec 30, 2015 • 5:41:12pm

re: #146 makeitstop

You should see some of the court rooms. Very well decorated. Sometimes a bit too much.

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bratwurst  Dec 30, 2015 • 5:42:04pm

PLEASE tell me this is not for real…PLEASE:

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makeitstop  Dec 30, 2015 • 5:43:12pm

re: #147 PhillyPretzel

You should see some of the court rooms. Very well decorated. Sometimes a bit too much.

I walked through there quite a bit (I grew up in Philly, moved to NYC in ‘77), but believe it or not I’ve never been inside the building.

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Teukka  Dec 30, 2015 • 5:43:54pm

re: #137 William Lewis

Except - the NSDAP never won an election and in the last election prior to Hitler being named chancellor, they lost seats. But the Industrial & Aristocratic Right Wing thought they could keep him under their thumb. We know now how well _that_ worked.

Also, look at the NSDAP behaved in the Reichstag until they were awarded the admin.
Should ring a big bell.

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PhillyPretzel  Dec 30, 2015 • 5:44:00pm

re: #149 makeitstop

Where are you staying?

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ausador  Dec 30, 2015 • 5:44:01pm

If you follow Conrad here is another chart/stat guy you might like…

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makeitstop  Dec 30, 2015 • 5:45:57pm

re: #151 PhillyPretzel

Where are you staying?

The Bellvue - or ‘Hyatt at The Bellvue,’ as they call it now. Right on the parade route! :)

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stpaulbear  Dec 30, 2015 • 5:46:48pm

re: #148 bratwurst

PLEASE tell me this is not for real…PLEASE:

[Embedded content]

It was affluenza that made him say that.

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gocart mozart  Dec 30, 2015 • 5:47:23pm

re: #148 bratwurst

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Targetpractice  Dec 30, 2015 • 5:47:51pm

re: #131 No Country For Old Haters

I think it’s probably a combination of the new series, and the fan videos getting too professional and high-budget. It got into a grey area between fan video and making actual episodes. If you push copyright boundaries, you’ll eventually hit a wall. I hope it doesn’t mean that all Trek fan episodes are no longer allowed.

I think it depends on how the case shakes out, because if CBS/Paramount prevails here, they may see that as precedent to go after other fan videos. Trek fans are sort of used to the studios being anal-retentive when it comes to their copyrights, like how Viacom (after buying the TV franchise) went nuts during the late-90s with C&Ds to any website that had a single item they considered an “infringement.” Then there was the lead-up to TNG, when Paramount suddenly decided that fan-produced books were no longer canon and started going after “unauthorized” books.

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Charles Johnson  Dec 30, 2015 • 5:50:38pm

Shaun King is really starting to lose me with comments like this.

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ausador  Dec 30, 2015 • 5:51:00pm

Don’t mess with mama’s kittens…

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Charles Johnson  Dec 30, 2015 • 5:51:24pm

I’ve been trying to stay out of the Shaun King whirlpool of weirdness. But that’s just a really stupid tweet.

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PhillyPretzel  Dec 30, 2015 • 5:51:56pm

re: #153 makeitstop

I assume you have a good view for the Mummers. When I was younger I would watch the whole parade (10-12 hours). Now I just completely ignore it.

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freetoken  Dec 30, 2015 • 5:54:17pm

re: #155 gocart mozart

This “convention” thing is coming back in style in the wingnut fashion corridors.

Really kind of stupid, on their part. Any rewriting of the Constitution will not end up with anything like their fantasies.

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makeitstop  Dec 30, 2015 • 5:57:26pm

re: #160 PhillyPretzel

I assume you have a good view for the Mummers. When I was younger I would watch the whole parade (10-12 hours). Now I just completely ignore it.

We’re on the 17th floor, and we can’t see Broad Street in front of the hotel - we can see 4 blocks to the south, at which point the parade is kinda gone by. No matter, we’ll be out in the street for most of the day.

And the parade is, you guessed it, another thing I’ve never seen in person. I always watched it on TV when I lived here.

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Targetpractice  Dec 30, 2015 • 5:57:37pm

re: #161 freetoken

This “convention” thing is coming back in style in the wingnut fashion corridors.

Really kind of stupid, on their part. Any rewriting of the Constitution will not end up with anything like their fantasies.

They live in this fantasy world where a new Constitutional convention being held would mean that they have a majority of the support in the nation for their crazed ideas. But the reality is that a convention would probably bite them in the ass, quickly and quite viciously. First example: Curbing the second amendment by making it clear that it applies to the military/LEO and not to any goober with fantasies about making himself king of his own little fiefdom.

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No Country For Old Haters  Dec 30, 2015 • 5:58:14pm

re: #157 Charles Johnson

Shaun King is really starting to lose me with comments like this.

[Embedded content]

People are not responding well to his tweet.

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Feline Fearless Leader  Dec 30, 2015 • 5:58:19pm

re: #160 PhillyPretzel

I assume you have a good view for the Mummers. When I was younger I would watch the whole parade (10-12 hours). Now I just completely ignore it.

I wandered into the tail end of the parade the first year I lived in Philly while trying to get across Broad and down towards Front St. running errands. Since then I have generally ignored it, though I can hear it from the apartment. But then parades clogging up the City Hall side of the Ben Franklin is a fairly common event on weekends.

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PhillyPretzel  Dec 30, 2015 • 6:00:02pm

re: #162 makeitstop

Here is a link to the Mummers Museum. mummersmuseum.com

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b.d.  Dec 30, 2015 • 6:01:09pm

re: #157 Charles Johnson

Shaun King is really starting to lose me with comments like this.

[Embedded content]

King must have taken how to piss off your base classes from Glenn Greenwald.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Dec 30, 2015 • 6:04:04pm

re: #164 No Country For Old Haters

People are not responding well to his tweet.

[Embedded content]

Guessing Shaun got tired of Goldie Taylor ignoring him.

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makeitstop  Dec 30, 2015 • 6:04:26pm

re: #166 PhillyPretzel

Here is a link to the Mummers Museum. mummersmuseum.com

That’s on the list. My wife came up with all kinds of touristy tourist things to do. :)

She found an entry on Atlas Obscura about Camac Street - a street that was paved with blocks of wood. We went to find it, and now it’s paved with asphalt. My wife haz a sad now.

Me? I want to hit the guitar shops. :)

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Eric The Fruit Bat  Dec 30, 2015 • 6:04:44pm

Looks like Erick son of Erick is spinning up a new vanity website:

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The Vicious Babushka  Dec 30, 2015 • 6:05:28pm

Zedushka is from Philly.

He said that the only event drunker than the Mummers Parade is the Running of the Bulls in Pamplona, Spain.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Dec 30, 2015 • 6:06:13pm
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Feline Fearless Leader  Dec 30, 2015 • 6:07:13pm

re: #171 The Vicious Babushka

Zedushka is from Philly.

He said that the only event drunker than the Mummers Parade is the Running of the Bulls in Pamplona, Spain.

St. Patrick’s Day gets pretty drunk in these parts too.

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b.d.  Dec 30, 2015 • 6:07:48pm

re: #170 Eric The Fruit Bat

Looks like Erick son of Erick is spinning up a new vanity website:

[Embedded content]

there surgent?
theres urgent?

//

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makeitstop  Dec 30, 2015 • 6:08:24pm

re: #171 The Vicious Babushka

Zedushka is from Philly.

He said that the only event drunker than the Mummers Parade is the Running of the Bulls in Pamplona, Spain.

I had three uncles in string bands, and a high school friend is currently captain of a brigade. I’ve heard stories…

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No Country For Old Haters  Dec 30, 2015 • 6:08:36pm

re: #156 Targetpractice

I think it depends on how the case shakes out, because if CBS/Paramount prevails here, they may see that as precedent to go after other fan videos. Trek fans are sort of used to the studios being anal-retentive when it comes to their copyrights, like how Viacom (after buying the TV franchise) went nuts during the late-90s with C&Ds to any website that had a single item they considered an “infringement.” Then there was the lead-up to TNG, when Paramount suddenly decided that fan-produced books were no longer canon and started going after “unauthorized” books.

I was surprised that ProAm productions have been allowed to go as far as they have.
I wish creation of episodes could be driven by love of the show, but we live in a capitalist country, Star Trek does not belong to the fans, and the IP owner was bound to assert themselves eventually.

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PhillyPretzel  Dec 30, 2015 • 6:09:05pm

re: #169 makeitstop

I am not a big fan of guitar but if you do not mind driving to Nazareth PA, CF Martin is having tours of their factory. martinguitar.com

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freetoken  Dec 30, 2015 • 6:09:10pm
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stpaulbear  Dec 30, 2015 • 6:09:50pm

re: #170 Eric The Fruit Bat

Looks like Erick son of Erick is spinning up a new vanity website:

[Embedded content]

The Regurgent.

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bratwurst  Dec 30, 2015 • 6:10:05pm

re: #170 Eric The Fruit Bat

Looks like Erick son of Erick is spinning up a new vanity website:

[Embedded content]

Caught a few minutes of him filling in for Rush today. He was mostly on about comparing Ted Cruz to Ronald Reagan. And his strong moral stand against Donald Trump seams to have…um…weakened a bit.

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PhillyPretzel  Dec 30, 2015 • 6:11:25pm

re: #171 The Vicious Babushka

True. That is why I would watch the Mummers on TV. It is safer.

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makeitstop  Dec 30, 2015 • 6:12:43pm

re: #177 PhillyPretzel

I am not a big fan of guitar but if you do not mind driving to Nazareth PA, CF Martin is having tours of their factory. martinguitar.com

That tour has been on my list for a while. I’m thinking more along the lines of vintage electrics. More my speed.

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Belafon  Dec 30, 2015 • 6:13:14pm

re: #127 Teukka

Neither could people back in ‘33.

Hitler didn’t win any election that got him into the office. He was appointed by people who thought they could control him.

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PhillyPretzel  Dec 30, 2015 • 6:15:42pm

re: #182 makeitstop

Okay. Also keep in mind Longwood Gardens. longwoodgardens.org
The page has music.

Also try the Morris Arboretum. I think the website is morrisaboretum.org

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Targetpractice  Dec 30, 2015 • 6:17:39pm

re: #176 No Country For Old Haters

I was surprised that ProAm productions have been allowed to go as far as they have.
I wish creation of episodes could be driven by love of the show, but we live in a capitalist country, Star Trek does not belong to the fans, and the IP owner was bound to assert themselves eventually.

Yeah, I haven’t been following Axanar too much beyond the odd press release, but I can see in this filing CBS/Paramount sort of trying to close the barn door long after the horse escaped, won the Kentucky Derby, and sired a whole herd of offspring. They’re really going to be pressed to explain just why, after decades of fan videos to be made, that this one is suddenly worth taking to court.

Of course, it could just as well be that CBS/Paramount figures that the Abrams films are such cash cows that anything that might be seen as competitive must be smashed flat before others get any ideas.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Dec 30, 2015 • 6:22:14pm
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dog philosopher ஐஒஔ௸  Dec 30, 2015 • 6:23:41pm

re: #161 freetoken

This “convention” thing is coming back in style in the wingnut fashion corridors.

Really kind of stupid, on their part. Any rewriting of the Constitution will not end up with anything like their fantasies.

if they really understood american history, they would be for repealing the current constitution and going back to one that matches their desires much more closely - the articles of confederation

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Dec 30, 2015 • 6:24:11pm
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PhillyPretzel  Dec 30, 2015 • 6:28:28pm

re: #182 makeitstop

Philadelphia Museum of Art is open on New Years Day but it may be better to go to the Museum on Sunday. Here is the link and look under visiting. :)

philamuseum.org

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Blind Frog Belly White  Dec 30, 2015 • 6:37:22pm

re: #170 Eric The Fruit Bat

Looks like Erick son of Erick is spinning up a new vanity website:

[Embedded content]

There’s Urgent?

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Blind Frog Belly White  Dec 30, 2015 • 6:38:01pm

Wasting my wit on a dead thread, AGAIN! Son of a bitch!

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Feline Fearless Leader  Dec 30, 2015 • 6:44:07pm

re: #189 PhillyPretzel

Philadelphia Museum of Art is open on New Years Day but it may be better to go to the Museum on Sunday. Here is the link and look under visiting. :)

philamuseum.org

And that’s a multi-day ediface. Especially since the ticket is good for two other buildings in addition to the main multi-wing building at the top of the famous stairs.

I hope you got out and got a nice dinner before it got icky outside.

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451_Montag  Dec 30, 2015 • 6:49:17pm

Long time lurker, testing first post.

Hi…..

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Dec 30, 2015 • 6:50:31pm

re: #193 451_Montag

Long time lurker, testing first post.

Hi…..

Hi and welcome.
Most everyone is in the next thread…come on over.

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ausador  Dec 30, 2015 • 7:17:35pm

re: #193 451_Montag

Long time lurker, testing first post.

Hi…..

Welcome hatchling, join us upstairs. :)

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The Sheriff's A Ni-  Dec 30, 2015 • 8:10:02pm

re: #127 Teukka

Neither could people back in ‘33.

a.) We do not have the Weimar constitution.
b.) We haven’t even seen how Trump will respond once Cruz whomps him in Iowa and the establishment starts bludgeoning him as ‘unelectable.’

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Shimshon  Dec 31, 2015 • 10:11:24am

No one gets it. Republicans know they cannot win the Presidency. They have no policies that work any more. if they let a Democrat win the Presidency then they can keep obstructing and using rhetoric to whip up anger and win more state elections. If they had all the power like they did for 6 of the 8 Bush years, the country would revolt more against Republicans. So to keep their brand they want to only control part of government to obstruct.


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