Circular Firing Squad: GOP the Day After Nikki Haley Attacks Trump

Set hair on fire. Run in circles. Scream. Repeat. Coherent planning? Not so much.
Khal Wimpo (free internal organs upon request!)
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While I was overjoyed to see Obama talk to America like we were actual thinking, feeling adults capable of perceiving and recognizing reality (as opposed to screaming, threatening, mocking, spewing hate - this is known as foreshadowing, BTW) …

… the really compelling thing that happened last night was the GOP response by Nikki Haley. She actually said something the GOP did was less-than-perfect and holy. That the party was appealing to the worst in people, and needed to cut it out. That “some people” were bringing out ugliness and making it seem like a winning strategy.

Lots of mouth. Small brain-case. What is this atavistic species?

Basically, she was the mouthpiece for the Establishment’s attempt to kill the Trump cancer before it metastasizes further. There appears to have been a recognition that the Trump phenomenon is serious and is not going away on its own; that the GOP is going to need to rouse itself from its continuous loop of “Fox and Friends” re-runs and fondling of Reagan paraphernalia, and actually come up with Something New.

The reaction? Mixed. Over at Red State, there’s a post entitled “I will phone bank for Hillary if Trump is nominated.” tl;dr version is that the author has a Seekrit Plan that if there is to be an apocalyptic reckoning, let the Democrats take the blame.

in a situation where two devils are my only option, where I’m certain the outcome of 4 years will be bad for the country, where I’m positive the party responsible for nominating them will be held accountable and suffer the wrath of voters for years to come… I choose to let the other party take the hit.

I will not participate in destroying my own party’s brand by helping to elect a dangerous and untrustworthy person to office and declaring him a representative of my ideological beliefs.

The commenters are basically all over the map, either rending their clothes and wondering when a savior will appear to save them from Trumpenstein, or shitting all over the other commenters because they don’t support a real He-Man like Trump who will exterminate the brown people ‘cause reasons.

Meanwhile, over at Ace of Spade, the reaction is shorter - Annoying, and Predictable: Establishment Puts Nikki Haley Up to Attack Trump Rather Than Obama. tl;dr is basically “Look what you made us do! We only love Trump because you’re not paying enough attention to meeeeeeeEEEE!”

If you delve into the comments, you will see it all summed up in: “The GOPe? Fuck ‘em.” along with “Trump is the president in waiting. the sooner everyone adjusts to that the better it will be, for them.” Along with a lot of racist, misogynistic masturbation about how they’re going to “Take Over!!1!eleventy” when Trump wins and then cleanse the country… (i.e. “Hey Hiawatha, maybe point your arrows toward the Democrats once in a while. Wait, is Haley a casino Indian or a Slurpee Indian?”

And, just in case you really want to wallow in the fetid stench of RWNJs having a full-on hategasm, over at Breitbart, there’s “Republican Party Uses State of the Union Response to Attrack Donald Trump.”

Yep. Fully in the tank for The Donald. At least as long as he keeps slipping checks to them.

tl;dr version: “Don’t tell us not to scream and hate! Don’t lecture us on being destructive, right when we’re really getting warmed up in alienating everyone who isn’t a 83-year-old Imperial Grand Wizard!”

Viz: “…consistent with GOP leadership’s longstanding practice of demeaning its own voter base.”

From the comments:

“They asked Donald what he thought of that..CLASSIC Trump answer…Donald said she is verrry weak on illegals and that with all the money SHE has begged him for during her campaigns she should think twice before speaking out.

Then they asked Trump if he agreed that Haley was a “rising star in the GOP and a great VP pick”..Trump said since HE is the one leading in every poll so if she was hoping for a VP spot she was NOT off to a good start! LOL. Trump then said whoever he chooses for VP would be very strong on illegals just like him..and Haley isn’t. Nobody trumps TRUMP…woohoo. TRUMP/USA!!”

“Cuckservatives have proven ineffectual. We need hard Nationalists who put Americans and America first using conservative values without the globalism.”

“William F. Buckley was one of these people. He was a Closet Marxist-Trotskyite (Neocon) just like his good friend Irving Kristol. The persona of Buckley as Constitutional Conservative was a carefully crafted deception.”

“It’s simple. The GOPe thinks Trump will get rolled by Hillary, so they’re trying to distance themselves from him by pretending they’re the adults in the room and that Trump is a child. But what they’re doing is distancing themselves from the GOP base. They need to wake up. Bush isn’t going to get the nomination.”

“They did give up on that, the other Bush is now their new great brown skinned hope. You do know that Marco Rubio is really a bastard Bush, right? Story I heard Mamma Rubio was once a young maid at a Bush compound and one of them knocked her up.”

“Nikki Merkel Haley. And we see what the new Rapuegees in Germany do.”

“Buck mcdonald LiberatedCit • 9 hours ago
Isn’t Haley the history fighting and destroying fool ?
Stands for nothing
Just a place setting
Or place holder

Get out bitch”

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171 comments
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Khal Wimpo (coatless in Vermont)  Jan 13, 2016 • 11:10:04am

Apologies for not putting the Breitbart comments behind a “Click to Reveal” button. They really are all the worst parts of an adolescent man-child’s brain, put on public display. Still, they are a growing force to be reckoned with in the GOP, and I think that it’s starting to sink in to the GOPe that they are not going to get these rabid dogs back on the leash anytime soon.

Oh, and: thanks for the Twitter promotion, Charles.

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nines09  Jan 13, 2016 • 11:18:38am

The GOP has become just what the GOP was pandering to. And to top it off, an “outsider” slips in and drives off with the pretty hate machine they spent so much time and money on. What’s the matter boys? Did your “Cowboy” show up in a business suit this time? Drive off with the ride? Out bad mouth you? The Cargo Cult is having a hard time of it. So many mouths to feed with no plans outside of “It’s all their fault.” I hope King Pimp fractures the GOP into the thousands of pieces it deserves. Maybe then they could get back to governing and serving this nation.

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Charles Johnson  Jan 13, 2016 • 2:54:50pm

Great post - promoted. SF author William Gibson retweeted my link to it - that’s why it now has more 500 hits from Twitter.

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Billy Batts  Jan 13, 2016 • 3:06:52pm

Pages like this one are one of the many reasons I come to LGF. Great job.

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451_Montag  Jan 13, 2016 • 3:07:24pm

Been thinking of this

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Jan 13, 2016 • 3:08:00pm

Meanwhile in Oklahoma:

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freetoken  Jan 13, 2016 • 3:08:38pm

Speaking of continuous loops of Fox:

With Roger Ailes Absent, Fox News Is Drifting — There Isn’t Even a ‘Trump Strategy’

For the past two decades, Rupert Murdoch allowed Fox News chief Roger Ailes to occupy one of the most unique — and powerful — perches in American politics and media: running a right-wing political operation under the guise of a 24-hour news network. As long as the profits rolled in, Murdoch virtually never meddled in Ailes’s world — even when his own family protested. “He lets me run it, he doesn’t bother me much,” Ailes boasted of Murdoch as recently as April 2015. But that laissez-faire era seems to be over.

According to four high-placed Fox sources, Murdoch is upping his presence at Fox while Ailes has become less visible to anchors and producers, signaling a shift that marks a new chapter in the network’s history. […]

Murdoch has so far been a quiet observer, but his presence at the table is striking to Fox executives. Some interpret it as a sign that the 84-year-old, newly engaged Australian mogul is preparing for a future when the 75-year-old Ailes is no longer in the picture. It’s one of the most significant decisions Wall Street will be watching: Fox is valued at north of $15 billion and generates as much as 30 percent of Murdoch’s profits. […]

The succession question seems to be taking on new urgency after three sources say Ailes threatened to quit this summer when Murdoch elevated his sons, Lachlan and James, to take over the media empire. After their promotions were announced, Ailes put out his own statement on Fox Business that declared he would continue reporting directly to Rupert. Eventually, an uneasy accord was reached: Rupert gave Ailes a new contract, but Fox issued a follow-up press release clarifying that Ailes would report to Lachlan and James. […]

Meanwhile, Fox hosts and producers tell me Ailes has been a somewhat diminished force at the network. In 2014, he took an extended leave of absence after a health scare. He still has trouble walking and rarely ventures out of his executive suite. […]

Now more than ever Fox needs a firm hand on the wheel. In many ways, the channel faces the same rebellion from the grassroots that’s cleaving the GOP. “I can tell you, my base is fed up with Fox,” conservative commentator Michelle Malkin told me. Malkin, who quit Fox as a contributor, actually goes after Murdoch for supporting immigration reform in her new book Sold Out (she calls him a “treacherous bedfellow”).

[…]

Hate has been very profitable for Murdoch.

But the true believers are discovering, in their slow way, that Murdoch really only cares about money.

Ailes sounds like he is starting the end-of-life spiral (using a walker, becoming mentally detached.) No wonder the older but still more capable Murdoch is hands-on at Fox now.

The hate-right crowd, like Malkin, have no where else to go for the amount of coverage they get, but I bet they will become even more disenchanted with Fox. Ailes’ replacement will have to report to one of Murdoch’s sons and that means less ideology and more advertising revenues.

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Testy Toad T  Jan 13, 2016 • 3:11:07pm

The Trump cyst isn’t going to boil over, I don’t think, but neither is it going to burn out. The die may simply be cast at this point. There are those Republican voters who are willing to look around and actually see what the world is, at least a little bit, and those who want to Make Whatever Great Again, regardless of its current level of greatness. We’ll find out which side is bigger over the coming months.

The GOP might be stuck dealing with the people who have checked out of reason and fact-based worldviews until they simply die out.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Jan 13, 2016 • 3:11:30pm
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Billy Batts  Jan 13, 2016 • 3:12:48pm

re: #7 freetoken

When the wingnuts think Fox is becoming liberal, America wins.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Jan 13, 2016 • 3:14:28pm
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teleskiguy  Jan 13, 2016 • 3:14:30pm
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freetoken  Jan 13, 2016 • 3:18:41pm

re: #8 Testy Toad T

Speaking of those checking out:

Atheist’s invocation cut off when she reminds Tenn. city council they shouldn’t invoke God at meetings

Also:

Rationalists representative tells Council it shouldn’t invoke deities at meetings

On Monday, Oak Ridge Mayor Warren Gooch cut off Ledendecker’s invocation after more than two minutes in order to begin the Pledge of Allegiance, and Baughn re-entered the room. The mayor said he doesn’t know who will give the invocation until the agenda is released, and he was cordial, courteous, and respectful to Ledendecker.

America is losing its God.

Very slowly, compared to how quickly Europe went post-Christian, but it is happening.

And this is causing lots of angst.

And that is why we saw the women in the many-colored robe at last night’s SOTU.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Jan 13, 2016 • 3:19:58pm
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Decatur Deb  Jan 13, 2016 • 3:24:22pm

re: #14 Backwoods_Sleuth

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There is a price to pay in irritation, but it seems the Lonely Boys seige is thinning the herd a bit.

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b.d.  Jan 13, 2016 • 3:24:47pm

re: #7 freetoken

I hate Ailes with the energy of a thousand suns and hate what he has done to this country but the sob is/was really smart and he accomplished, beyond anyone’s wildest dreams, what he set out to do.

Seeing the beginning of the end is a wonderful and hopeful sight

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Barefoot Grin  Jan 13, 2016 • 3:27:04pm

The paranoid style of the batshit crazy belt and suspender crew.

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ObserverArt  Jan 13, 2016 • 3:28:29pm

Reading some of the info in this thread makes me smile!

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Jan 13, 2016 • 3:29:41pm
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Kilroy01  Jan 13, 2016 • 3:31:49pm

re: #19 Backwoods_Sleuth

Now where is the fun in that?

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Testy Toad T  Jan 13, 2016 • 3:32:08pm

re: #19 Backwoods_Sleuth

But does it blend?

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EPR-radar  Jan 13, 2016 • 3:32:09pm

re: #16 b.d.

I hate Ailes with the energy of a thousand suns and hate what he has done to this country but the sob is/was really smart and he accomplished, beyond anyone’s wildest dreams, what he set out to do.

Seeing the beginning of the end is a wonderful and hopeful sight

I’m vindictive enough that I’d like Ailes’ evil empire to fall apart while he is still capable of appreciating its end.

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Decatur Deb  Jan 13, 2016 • 3:34:39pm

Hitting on Memeorandum:

Rancher: ‘I didn’t know anything’ about Bundy entering property, destroying fence

oregonlive.com

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b.d.  Jan 13, 2016 • 3:35:33pm

re: #22 EPR-radar

I’m vindictive enough that I’d like Ailes’ evil empire to fall apart while he is still capable of appreciating its end.

That would be nice, him having to report to the boss’s kids must kill him.

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lawhawk  Jan 13, 2016 • 3:35:39pm

re: #23 Decatur Deb

Hitting on Memeorandum:

Rancher: ‘I didn’t know anything’ about Bundy entering property, destroying fence

oregonlive.com

Plausible deniability considering the federal crimes involved in said destruction of federal property?

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nines09  Jan 13, 2016 • 3:36:25pm

re: #23 Decatur Deb

Hitting on Memeorandum:

Rancher: ‘I didn’t know anything’ about Bundy entering property, destroying fence

oregonlive.com

If they don’t respect public property, why would they respect private property?

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Decatur Deb  Jan 13, 2016 • 3:36:56pm

re: #25 lawhawk

Plausible deniability considering the federal crimes involved in said destruction of federal property?

He’s fixed the fence, so he’s probably just pissed off at being dragged into nutcase BS.

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lawhawk  Jan 13, 2016 • 3:40:41pm
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Backwoods_Sleuth  Jan 13, 2016 • 3:43:11pm

trust me, worth clicking the link to read the transcript of what went down.

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Stanley Sea Toujours  Jan 13, 2016 • 3:44:01pm

re: #29 Backwoods_Sleuth

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trust me, worth clicking the link to read the transcript of what went down.

Yep. He’s a horrible man.

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Smith25's Liberal Thighs  Jan 13, 2016 • 3:47:47pm

So I bought a Powerball ticket today…

For some reason I feel kinda icky…

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teleskiguy  Jan 13, 2016 • 3:48:12pm
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PhillyPretzel  Jan 13, 2016 • 3:48:20pm

re: #19 Backwoods_Sleuth

Great. This is really terrific news.

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Billy Batts  Jan 13, 2016 • 3:48:35pm

re: #29 Backwoods_Sleuth

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trust me, worth clicking the link to read the transcript of what went down.

Ol’ Huck would steal the quarters off a dead man’s eyes.

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WhatEVs  Jan 13, 2016 • 3:49:16pm

re: #1 Khal Wimpo (coatless in Vermont)

Awesome job!

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nines09  Jan 13, 2016 • 3:49:25pm

re: #29 Backwoods_Sleuth

Salt of the earth. Anyone who can equate an ill woman with a burnt down house is neither a Christian nor a man. He is a piece of trash.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Jan 13, 2016 • 3:50:13pm
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Joe Bacon  Jan 13, 2016 • 3:50:41pm

Ah, look what the New York Times just exposed about L’il Rafael Cruz—and it ain’t his DS2909!

nytimes.com

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Barefoot Grin  Jan 13, 2016 • 3:51:02pm

I bought a ticket out of a machine and fucking thing gave me a loser. No way these numbers win.

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451_Montag  Jan 13, 2016 • 3:51:33pm

re: #37 Backwoods_Sleuth

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Yeah… The real Camberwell Carrot

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Barefoot Grin  Jan 13, 2016 • 3:51:40pm

re: #37 Backwoods_Sleuth

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Damnit, I was sure that was headed to the Bundy gang.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Jan 13, 2016 • 3:52:32pm

re: #41 Barefoot Grin

Damnit, I was sure that was headed to the Bundy gang.

For them, it would have been disguised as a giant orange dildo.

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nines09  Jan 13, 2016 • 3:53:16pm

re: #37 Backwoods_Sleuth

“Once again, drug smuggling organizations have demonstrated their creativity in attempting to smuggle large quantities of narcotics across the U.S./Mexico border,” said Port Director Efrain Solis Jr., of the Hidalgo/Pharr/Anzalduas Port of Entry.
Narcotics……No. It was grass, dipstick, which should be legal and the money would be out of the hands of the narcos.

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Barefoot Grin  Jan 13, 2016 • 3:53:23pm

re: #42 Backwoods_Sleuth

For them, it would have been disguised as a giant orange dildo.

At first I thought: unique curvature, that’s some dildo!

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Lidane  Jan 13, 2016 • 3:53:57pm

Ready! Fire! Aim!

I read that headline out loud in the office and all my Republican co-workers rolled their eyes and went with some variation of telling Rush to STFU.

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b.d.  Jan 13, 2016 • 3:53:58pm

re: #29 Backwoods_Sleuth

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trust me, worth clicking the link to read the transcript of what went down.

So now Huck says you can’t judge anyone unless you know them personally?

He’s going to be awfully quiet for the time being.

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Joe Bacon  Jan 13, 2016 • 3:54:52pm

re: #37 Backwoods_Sleuth

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Ahhhhhh…What’s Up, Doc????????

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Testy Toad T  Jan 13, 2016 • 3:55:12pm

re: #38 Joe Bacon

Ah, look what the New York Times just exposed about L’il Rafael Cruz—and it ain’t his DS2909!

nytimes.com

The long knives won’t stop until Cruz disappears. The man has a staggering number of enemies.

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Joe Bacon  Jan 13, 2016 • 3:56:35pm

re: #46 b.d.

So now Huck says you can’t judge anyone unless you know them personally?

He’s going to be awfully quiet for the time being.

Huck’s idea of knowing someone personally—a couple gets down in a Chick-Fil-A restroom…

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Billy Batts  Jan 13, 2016 • 3:56:42pm
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nines09  Jan 13, 2016 • 3:58:00pm

re: #38 Joe Bacon

Ah, look what the New York Times just exposed about L’il Rafael Cruz—and it ain’t his DS2909!

nytimes.com

So the GOP is faced with either driving the Clown Car into a bridge abutment (Cruz), OR….entirely off the cliff in flames with Trump…….Delicious.

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Shimshon  Jan 13, 2016 • 3:58:34pm

At what point does sane America rise up and put these crazy man children into mental hospitals?

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Joe Bacon  Jan 13, 2016 • 3:59:44pm

re: #51 nines09

So the GOP is faced with either driving the Clown Car into a bridge abutment (Cruz), OR….entirely off the cliff in flames with Trump…….Delicious.

It’s time to buy Popcorn in the Futures market. We’re going to cry all the way to the bank when the GOP implodes!

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Billy Batts  Jan 13, 2016 • 4:01:06pm

There’s not enough wine on this planet to get me through November 7th.

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nines09  Jan 13, 2016 • 4:01:31pm

re: #53 Joe Bacon

At this rate there will be 100 GOP affiliates going by many names. Make the San Andreas fault look like a pavement crack.

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makeitstop  Jan 13, 2016 • 4:02:22pm

re: #38 Joe Bacon

Ah, look what the New York Times just exposed about L’il Rafael Cruz—and it ain’t his DS2909!

nytimes.com

The lying liar got his start on a lie. I know my shocked face is around here somewhere.

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Big Beautiful Door  Jan 13, 2016 • 4:03:48pm

re: #55 nines09

At this rate there will be 100 GOP affiliates going by many names. Make the San Andreas fault look like a pavement crack.

What we have to keep in mind that as much as we are enjoying watching Trump drive the GOP crazy, the GOP still controls Congress, a lot of statehouses and Governor’s Mansions, and lots of other local offices. Its a long, long way from being dead as long as Democrats don’t vote in off-year elections.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Jan 13, 2016 • 4:05:39pm

jeebus

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Shimshon  Jan 13, 2016 • 4:07:33pm

re: #16 b.d.

I hate Ailes with the energy of a thousand suns and hate what he has done to this country but the sob is/was really smart and he accomplished, beyond anyone’s wildest dreams, what he set out to do.

Seeing the beginning of the end is a wonderful and hopeful sight

It doesn’t take a brain surgeon to use populist and racist propaganda to stir up support for your nationalist party as the Fox network has done. They then had a built-in audience of the military once Bush took office and every base broadcast their propaganda network.

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nines09  Jan 13, 2016 • 4:08:06pm

re: #57 Big Beautiful Door

There is no quick and easy. And Democrats are sometimes their own worst enemy. This did not happen overnight, and it will not turn around overnight. But, IMHO, there is some change in the wind. Slow. Steady. Like the massive ship this nation is it will be a slow turn.

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Timothy Watson  Jan 13, 2016 • 4:09:14pm

re: #58 Backwoods_Sleuth

jeebus

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That reminds me, I was going to buy a copy of Sinclair Lewis’s “It Can’t Happen Here”.

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teleskiguy  Jan 13, 2016 • 4:09:22pm

I caught the last part of Rush Limbfuck’s show today. A lady called in to plug her book and asked Rush ‘Why, whatever shall be done to save our country?’ Rush answered, and I quote, “Destroy liberalism.”

I’ve heard liberals say they want to destroy conservatism too. But not on a platform like Limbfuck.

And therein lies a problem. What does “destroy” mean in Limbfuck’s context? What does “destroy” mean to a yahoo white guy who owns several AR-15s, shotguns and pistols, and has tens of thousands of rounds of ammunition stockpiled?

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WhatEVs  Jan 13, 2016 • 4:10:02pm

re: #57 Big Beautiful Door

What we have to keep in mind that as much as we are enjoying watching Trump drive the GOP crazy, the GOP still controls Congress, a lot of statehouses and Governor’s Mansions, and lots of other local offices. Its a long, long way from being dead as long as Democrats don’t vote in off-year elections.

The good news is that TWO dems won state victories…in Oklahoma…in the last month.

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SteveMcGaziBolaGate RN  Jan 13, 2016 • 4:10:04pm

People on Hardball trying to figure out “New York Values”. If you’re west of the Mississippi, you say New York values. If you’re east of the Missisip, you say San Francisco values.

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Billy Batts  Jan 13, 2016 • 4:11:20pm

re: #62 teleskiguy

The Founders would have a problem with destroying liberalism considering they were all liberals.

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teleskiguy  Jan 13, 2016 • 4:11:30pm

re: #62 teleskiguy

Just to add context, I’m assuming said “yahoo white guy” has been on a steady diet of Fox News and right wing talk radio.

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Kragar  Jan 13, 2016 • 4:12:09pm
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Backwoods_Sleuth  Jan 13, 2016 • 4:12:45pm

re: #61 Timothy Watson

That reminds me, I was going to buy a copy of Sinclair Lewis’s “It Can’t Happen Here”.

Free ebook download here in epub, kindle or PDF format.

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Billy Batts  Jan 13, 2016 • 4:13:41pm
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Kragar  Jan 13, 2016 • 4:15:11pm

re: #69 Kid A

See 67

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nines09  Jan 13, 2016 • 4:15:26pm

re: #61 Timothy Watson

That reminds me, I was going to buy a copy of Sinclair Lewis’s “It Can’t Happen Here”.

Buy The Book, Sing The Song

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teleskiguy  Jan 13, 2016 • 4:15:30pm

re: #69 Kid A

Cruz needs to go get his fuckin’ shine box!

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TedStriker  Jan 13, 2016 • 4:15:34pm

re: #67 Kragar

RUH ROH

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Billy Batts  Jan 13, 2016 • 4:17:09pm

re: #72 teleskiguy

Cruz needs to go get his fuckin’ shine box!

No more shines, Billy.

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teleskiguy  Jan 13, 2016 • 4:18:30pm

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Billy Batts  Jan 13, 2016 • 4:20:52pm

re: #72 teleskiguy

Cruz needs to go get his fuckin’ shine box!

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teleskiguy  Jan 13, 2016 • 4:21:32pm

re: #76 Kid A

BRILLIANT!

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Kragar  Jan 13, 2016 • 4:23:18pm

re: #58 Backwoods_Sleuth

jeebus

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Jan 13, 2016 • 4:28:53pm
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Alephnaught  Jan 13, 2016 • 4:29:20pm

My latest photos:

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teleskiguy  Jan 13, 2016 • 4:30:55pm

Of course this aired on CNfuckinN.

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Billy Batts  Jan 13, 2016 • 4:31:49pm

Some yokel spotted in Montgomery, TX. His bumper sticker reads: GUN CONTROL LAWS CAUSE MASS MURDER

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Blind Frog Belly White  Jan 13, 2016 • 4:33:27pm

re: #82 Billy Batts

Some yokel spotted in Montgomery, TX. His bumper sticker reads: GUN CONTROL LAWS CAUSE MASS MURDER

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Presumably in the way that Feminism causes misogyny.

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makeitstop  Jan 13, 2016 • 4:36:02pm

re: #83 Blind Frog Belly White

Presumably in the way that Feminism causes misogyny.

Diets cause obesity! This would be fun if it weren’t completely moronic.

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goddamnedfrank  Jan 13, 2016 • 4:36:16pm
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Joe Bacon  Jan 13, 2016 • 4:36:19pm

re: #81 teleskiguy

Of course this aired on CNfuckinN.

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It’s World Class PRESSTITUTION®!

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teleskiguy  Jan 13, 2016 • 4:37:42pm

I think Obama is going to reveal a lot more of a ‘no more fucks to give’ attitude than any of us can imagine from now until he leaves office. The last part of his final SOTU, you could hear it in his voice. He’s eager to use the bully pulpit, he wants to get shit done before he leaves office.

I’m still hoping for an October surprise where Obama signs an executive order legalizing cannabis nationwide. Hey, I can dream, can’t I?

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Kragar  Jan 13, 2016 • 4:41:28pm

re: #87 teleskiguy

I think Obama is going to reveal a lot more of a ‘no more fucks to give’ attitude than any of us can imagine from now until he leaves office. The last part of his final SOTU, you could hear it in his voice. He’s eager to use the bully pulpit, he wants to get shit done before he leaves office.

I’m still hoping for an October surprise where Obama signs an executive order legalizing cannabis nationwide. Hey, I can dream, can’t I?

Obama to call a special session to address Congress on his last day in office

Half Baked: Scarface quits his job

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The Vicious Babushka  Jan 13, 2016 • 4:41:34pm

re: #82 Billy Batts

Some yokel spotted in Montgomery, TX. His bumper sticker reads: GUN CONTROL LAWS CAUSE MASS MURDER

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He probably buys into that GUN CONTROL CAUSED TEH HOLOCAUST!!!11!!!! bullshit meme.

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FormerDirtDart  Jan 13, 2016 • 4:42:25pm
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GlutenFreeJesus  Jan 13, 2016 • 4:45:03pm

And the Japanese internment during WWII.

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The Vicious Babushka  Jan 13, 2016 • 4:45:43pm

THIS DOUCHEWEASEL==>

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The Vicious Babushka  Jan 13, 2016 • 4:46:45pm

Gosh Ben what did you expect, the Iranians to give them chocolates and valentines for entering their territorial waters? And what do you think the Coast Guard would do in the same situation?

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teleskiguy  Jan 13, 2016 • 4:48:40pm

re: #92 The Vicious Babushka

I imagine the same picture except it’s mass arrests at a Black Lives Matter protest. Benny Boy would be applauding that scenario.

By the way, Ben, the sailors are no longer being held by the Iranians.

Holy mother of fuck these people are stupid.

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No Country For Old Haters  Jan 13, 2016 • 4:48:58pm

re: #92 The Vicious Babushka

THIS DOUCHEWEASEL==>

[Embedded content]

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Charles Johnson  Jan 13, 2016 • 4:50:45pm

re: #92 The Vicious Babushka

THIS DOUCHEWEASEL==>


Who ever said Iran was our “ally?”

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teleskiguy  Jan 13, 2016 • 4:53:06pm

re: #96 Charles Johnson

Who ever said Iran was our “ally?”

Good fucking point, bossman.

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Charles Johnson  Jan 13, 2016 • 4:54:30pm
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Tigger2  Jan 13, 2016 • 4:55:16pm
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freetoken  Jan 13, 2016 • 4:55:49pm

re: #90 FormerDirtDart

History is fluid.

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ObserverArt  Jan 13, 2016 • 4:56:48pm

re: #100 freetoken

History is fluid.

Especially when its cooked up.

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No Country For Old Haters  Jan 13, 2016 • 4:57:09pm

re: #58 Backwoods_Sleuth

jeebus

[Embedded content]

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CuriousLurker  Jan 13, 2016 • 4:58:04pm

Testing small text…

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teleskiguy  Jan 13, 2016 • 4:59:29pm

re: #100 freetoken

History is fluid.

This quote has stuck with me, gosh darnit!

History is the polemics of the victor.

-William F. Buckley Jr.

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teleskiguy  Jan 13, 2016 • 5:00:35pm

re: #103 CuriousLurker

Testing small text…

Repeat test of small text feature…

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CuriousLurker  Jan 13, 2016 • 5:00:38pm

re: #103 CuriousLurker

Testing small text…

Woohoo, it works now!
Had to log out, clear my cache, restart Firefox, then log back in.

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Kragar  Jan 13, 2016 • 5:01:28pm
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freetoken  Jan 13, 2016 • 5:01:28pm

re: #106 CuriousLurker

I think the small text is smaller than the minimum size I have set for my Chrome, as the tags don’t seem to do anything in my Chrome tab for lgf.

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freetoken  Jan 13, 2016 • 5:02:06pm

Well, we all have our Powerball tickets now, don’t we?

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Tigger2  Jan 13, 2016 • 5:03:27pm

If Hillary get’s the nomination I hope that this is her VP pick.

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teleskiguy  Jan 13, 2016 • 5:04:23pm

re: #109 freetoken

Well, we all have our Powerball tickets now, don’t we?

I got five quick picks! Cost me $10!

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Jan 13, 2016 • 5:04:38pm

re: #110 Tigger2

If Hillary get’s the nomination I hope that this is her VP pick.

[Embedded content]

No doubt in my mind at all.

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Brian J.  Jan 13, 2016 • 5:04:54pm

re: #111 teleskiguy

I got five quick picks! Cost me $10!

Our office pooled funds for 45 tickets.

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Barefoot Grin  Jan 13, 2016 • 5:05:46pm

re: #103 CuriousLurker

Testing small text…

low talker alert!

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worldknot  Jan 13, 2016 • 5:05:58pm

re: #112 Backwoods_Sleuth

No doubt in my mind at all.

Hussein. Castro.

In your face.

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teleskiguy  Jan 13, 2016 • 5:06:08pm
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Tigger2  Jan 13, 2016 • 5:06:53pm

re: #116 teleskiguy

[Embedded content]

Damn, why didn’t I think of that.

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lawhawk  Jan 13, 2016 • 5:07:25pm

re: #93 The Vicious Babushka

Best allies?

You mean like friendly fire incidents during the Gulf War? Or World War II? Or Vietnam? Or during the Iraq War or Afghan conflict?

Or maybe even the Israeli action against the USS Liberty? And those all involved actual allies.

Iran? Nominally non-belligerent is one way to consider it (considering that Iran doesn’t want a straight up war with the US knowing that the IRGC would be decimated and with it its regional reach or ability to stop Saudi Arabia).

Ben’s grasp of reality is a bit thin.

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Kragar  Jan 13, 2016 • 5:08:57pm

re: #111 teleskiguy

I got five quick picks! Cost me $10!

I bought 1 ticket.

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Charles Johnson  Jan 13, 2016 • 5:11:16pm

re: #106 CuriousLurker

Woohoo, it works now!
Had to log out, clear my cache, restart Firefox, then log back in.

Yes, and it has a corresponding line height. Suitable for footnotes!

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No Country For Old Haters  Jan 13, 2016 • 5:16:49pm

re: #107 Kragar

I hope someone is keeping an eye on this deranged wingnut.
There are too many like him on the streets.

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ObserverArt  Jan 13, 2016 • 5:16:56pm

re: #120 Charles Johnson

Yes, and it has a corresponding line height. Suitable for footnotes!

Perfect for when you have little to say…

(Like right now)

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lawhawk  Jan 13, 2016 • 5:17:10pm

Haley’s statement was awful, and now people are trying to rehabilitate it because it refers to immigration? Sorry, it’s still wrong.

The very first immigration act? Dating to 1790. Refers to free white persons.

It’s all downhill from there.

Then there are the Chinese Exclusion Acts and related Acts.

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CuriousLurker  Jan 13, 2016 • 5:17:49pm

re: #120 Charles Johnson

Yes, and it has a corresponding line height. Suitable for footnotes!

Yes, thank you! I like to use footnotes and it drove me nuts that the subscript & superscript picked used the paragraph line height. I considered asking you to create an alternative, but didn’t want to bug you. So, YAY!!

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Jan 13, 2016 • 5:19:12pm

re: #123 lawhawk

[Embedded content]

The very first immigration act? Dating to 1790. Refers to free white persons.

It’s all downhill from there.

Then there are the Chinese Exclusion Acts and related Acts.

Sure took the apologists long enough to come up with an excuse.

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lawhawk  Jan 13, 2016 • 5:25:24pm

re: #125 Backwoods_Sleuth

And it’s not even a good excuse.

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Charles Johnson  Jan 13, 2016 • 5:25:26pm

And BOOM! The eternal “sarcasm” excuse again!

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A Cranky One  Jan 13, 2016 • 5:25:45pm

re: #124 CuriousLurker

Yes, thank you! I like to use footnotes and it drove me nuts that the subscript & superscript picked used the paragraph line height. I considered asking you to create an alternative, but didn’t want to bug you. So, YAY!!

I need a nice glass of H[small]2[/small]O.

Cool. Thanks Charles.

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SteveMcGaziBolaGate RN  Jan 13, 2016 • 5:25:59pm

You can make the print really small by putting sub thingies in sequence:
small
smaller
even smaller

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Stanley Sea Toujours  Jan 13, 2016 • 5:26:02pm

The SOTU last night was just so much good.

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teleskiguy  Jan 13, 2016 • 5:27:23pm

re: #127 Charles Johnson

And BOOM! The eternal “sarcasm” excuse again!

[Embedded content]

IT’S SATIRE YOU DUMB LIBERAL BOZO!

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SteveMcGaziBolaGate RN  Jan 13, 2016 • 5:27:26pm

I want to thank everybody who bought Powerball tickets and increasing the size of my winnings. Don’t stop, there is still time.

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No Country For Old Haters  Jan 13, 2016 • 5:28:04pm

re: #127 Charles Johnson

And BOOM! The eternal “sarcasm” excuse again!

[Embedded content]

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Charles Johnson  Jan 13, 2016 • 5:31:25pm

Current mood.

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teleskiguy  Jan 13, 2016 • 5:33:28pm

re: #134 Charles Johnson

You consistently have the weirdest most bizarre current moods.

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FormerDirtDart  Jan 13, 2016 • 5:34:30pm
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No Country For Old Haters  Jan 13, 2016 • 5:34:37pm

So this is what a wingnut “human-rights lawyer” looks like.

twitter.com

She seems to be narrowly focused on hating the people wingnuts hate, rather than supporting the rights that our wingnuts want to deprive us of.

It’s weird to see someone call themselves a human-rights lawyer, then “brag” about being seen on a list of right-wing to far-right rags and blogs.

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A Cranky One  Jan 13, 2016 • 5:34:38pm

re: #130 Stanley Sea Toujours

Saw Santana in concert this summer. Between songs, he made a few comments about Trump. Best I recall, “I’m one of the people Donald Trump wants to kick out” was one. He’s been vocal about the issue, which I respect.

Not to mention we had great seats, the sound was very well done and Carlos and the band rocked the place. ;)

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CuriousLurker  Jan 13, 2016 • 5:34:41pm

re: #122 ObserverArt

Perfect for when you have little to say…

(Like right now)

I’m a control freak when it comes to HTML. I even created my own horizontal rules to use in regular comments where we can’t add styles (like borders, padding, etc.) Actually, I created four of them—two the width of blockquoted paragraph text (556 px) and two the width of regular paragraph text (620 px).

I made them that size so there won’t be a wrapping issue like when you float a smaller image left or right. Then, just for good measure I created two versions of each size—one with the horizontal rule in the center, and another with it on the left.1 If Charles changes the width of anything again I’m gonna be giving him the stink-eye.

1. See how pretty it looks? I even considered making versions in different colors, but I came to my senses before I did. Trying to make this wrap around to the next line… hmm, still a bit too much leading for my tastes, but I can live with it.

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No Country For Old Haters  Jan 13, 2016 • 5:36:03pm

re: #136 FormerDirtDart

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Jan 13, 2016 • 5:37:49pm

re: #126 lawhawk

And it’s not even a good excuse.

They are really not good at that, are they?

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SteveMcGaziBolaGate RN  Jan 13, 2016 • 5:38:30pm

re: #137 No Country For Old Haters

philly.com has an opinion writer who’s supposed to be an immigration lawyer, but from the stuff she writes I don’t think I’d ever want her on my side.

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lawhawk  Jan 13, 2016 • 5:39:09pm

re: #140 No Country For Old Haters

Oral diarrhea.

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PhillyPretzel  Jan 13, 2016 • 5:39:25pm

re: #142 SteveMcGaziBolaGate RN

Hopefully we will never need her.

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Barefoot Grin  Jan 13, 2016 • 5:40:59pm

re: #130 Stanley Sea Toujours

The SOTU last night was just so much good.

[Embedded content]

Comments—not so good. “I love your music, but….”

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A Cranky One  Jan 13, 2016 • 5:41:05pm

re: #135 teleskiguy

You consistently have the weirdest most bizarre current moods.

Makes me feel very boring. My current and normal mood: cranky.

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lawhawk  Jan 13, 2016 • 5:42:45pm

Kragar, looks like someone took you up on your suggestion:

If that’s legit, it’d be epic.

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Kragar  Jan 13, 2016 • 5:43:18pm
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Kragar  Jan 13, 2016 • 5:43:34pm

re: #147 lawhawk

Kragar, looks like someone took you up on your suggestion:

[Embedded content]

If that’s legit, it’d be epic.

My work is complete

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Stanley Sea Toujours  Jan 13, 2016 • 5:48:07pm

re: #145 Barefoot Grin

Comments—not so good. “I love your music, but….”

Nevah read them. Too damn depressing.

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Charles Johnson  Jan 13, 2016 • 5:48:24pm

re: #139 CuriousLurker

I’m a control freak when it comes to HTML. I even created my own horizontal rules to use in regular comments where we can’t add styles (like borders, padding, etc.) Actually, I created four of them—two the width of blockquoted paragraph text (556 px) and two the width of regular paragraph text (620 px).

I made them that size so there won’t be a wrapping issue like when you float a smaller image left or right. Then, just for good measure of them I created two versions of each size—one with the horizontal rule in the center, and another with it on the left.1 If Charles changes the width of anything again I’m gonna be giving him the stink-eye.

Embedded Image

1. See how pretty it looks? I even considered making versions in different colors, but I came to my senses before I did. Trying to make this wrap around to the next line… hmm, still a bit too much leading for my tastes, but I can live with it.

If you reload the page, the leading is now adjusted better.

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CuriousLurker  Jan 13, 2016 • 5:50:14pm

re: #151 Charles Johnson

Thanks! It’s perfect now. ;-)

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PhillyPretzel  Jan 13, 2016 • 5:51:53pm

re: #151 Charles Johnson

re: #152 CuriousLurker

This is cool.

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Barefoot Grin  Jan 13, 2016 • 5:52:53pm

re: #150 Stanley Sea Toujours

Nevah read them. Too damn depressing.

I really am flummoxed. Are there this many benighted people? Are they more vocal? Or are there five guys who just post obsessively at mediate, the hill, politico, Facebook political posts, etc.? Oh, and at the local media pages…..

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CuriousLurker  Jan 13, 2016 • 5:54:03pm

re: #153 PhillyPretzel

This is cool.

Seriously. I mean what other blog or forum do you know of that’ll fix things for you just like that? I don’t know of any except LGF.

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CuriousLurker  Jan 13, 2016 • 5:55:13pm

My (distant) cousin in Alaska called earlier this evening. Hadn’t talked to him in several months. He said the country’s gotten out of control and he hopes Trump can do something about it. I just… Dude… *SIGH*

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Yail Bloor  Jan 13, 2016 • 5:55:17pm

re: #96 Charles Johnson

That’s why it’s a monumental fail as sarcasm. Since no one is saying Iran is an ally (or that we’re even remotely friendly with Iran), then the statement “Best.Allies.Ever” is just dumb. I sometimes wonder if the conservative brain can grasp sarcasm. It’s like Commander Data trying to grasp the concept of humor.

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PhillyPretzel  Jan 13, 2016 • 5:56:20pm

re: #155 CuriousLurker

Same here. That is one of many reasons why I like to come here.

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A Cranky One  Jan 13, 2016 • 6:00:37pm

re: #128 A Cranky One

I need a nice glass of H[small]2[/small]O.

Cool. Thanks Charles.

Charles, when I posted this it previewed fine and looked okay after posting. But when I refreshed the page it appears as above.

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Yail Bloor  Jan 13, 2016 • 6:01:55pm

re: #68 Backwoods_Sleuth

FYI, that book is in the public domain in “Life+50 copyright” countries. If you live in one of those countries, it’s fine to download the free copy from Feedbooks. If you live in the U.S. it’s actually not legal to download it. It’s still under copyright with Signet. Again, just FYI.

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No Country For Old Haters  Jan 13, 2016 • 6:03:12pm

re: #154 Barefoot Grin

I really am flummoxed. Are there this many benighted people? Are they more vocal? Or are there five guys who just post obsessively at mediate, the hill, politico, Facebook political posts, etc.?

There are a lot of Americans who have no hope to live anywhere nearly as well as their parents did, because the work they qualify for was automated, or shifted to low-paying overseas jobs, and that creates a lot of frustration. Add all the insane right-wing propaganda that too many disaffected Americans marinate in, and acting out in comments sections is the least we can expect.

Ironically, these are the people who would benefit the most from shifting to a socialist system and a guaranteed basic income, but they’ve been brainwashed into hating their best hope.

We wouldn’t be up to our asses in wingnuts if they were able to live prosperous lives like many of their parents did. When people are afraid they often turn to hate.

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Jay C  Jan 13, 2016 • 6:05:45pm

re: #31 Smith25’s Liberal Thighs

So I bought a Powerball ticket today…

For some reason I feel kinda icky…

That’s OK, man, the smoke from burning money is said to have marvelous cleansing capabilities….

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Renaissance_Man  Jan 13, 2016 • 6:10:04pm

re: #154 Barefoot Grin

I really am flummoxed. Are there this many benighted people? Are they more vocal? Or are there five guys who just post obsessively at mediate, the hill, politico, Facebook political posts, etc.? Oh, and at the local media pages…..

There are that many. There are far more than you think.

But the real thing is that there are that many, because they are us. They’re our friends, relatives, neighbours, and ourselves. I think we forget this sometimes - they are humans just like us. It is part of the human condition to react and speak without thinking, to be vulnerable to fear and anger and hate and to respond emotively rather than reasonably.

This is why FOX is so successful. Susceptibility to cults and brainwashing is part of the human condition, and this exists to some degree in all of us. Similarly, thinking of those we don’t see and don’t agree with as something other than human is also something that comes all too easily to us as humans. It’s what the far right relies on, but it’s nothing new throughout history. We are humans, and this means we can think and say the most ridiculous, hateful, and benighted things while still being good to our families, reliable at our jobs, and integrating with society most of the time. People who are hateful and stupid all the time are rare, just as rare as those who are benevolent and wise all the time.

FOX and the far right media excel at bringing out the hateful and stupid in people. I try to recognise that it is a part of everyone, myself included, and that humans can be better than that if their better natures are encouraged, rather than their venal ones.

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Belafon  Jan 13, 2016 • 6:17:40pm

re: #129 SteveMcGaziBolaGate RN

You can make the print really small by putting sub thingies in sequence:
small
smaller
even smaller

Is there a limit to how far?

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Shimshon  Jan 13, 2016 • 6:17:54pm

I’m reading a book on Nelson Mandela, and this passage about his early years as a lawyer in South Africa reminds me of the treatment Obama has received from the opposition:

“…Magistrates and prosecutors had a tendency to see Mandela as ‘uppity.’ His customary self-confidence and commanding presence rubbed up against the white folks’ idea of how a black man should behave.”

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Belafon  Jan 13, 2016 • 6:18:29pm

re: #165 Shimshon

Copy that to the next thread.

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No Country For Old Haters  Jan 13, 2016 • 6:19:00pm

re: #147 lawhawk

Kragar, looks like someone took you up on your suggestion:

[Embedded content]

If that’s legit, it’d be epic.

I think it’s legit. Max is successful and well off, and can spare $1,200 to mess with idiots.

From his website:

I design and consult for clients like Barack Obama, Jonathan Coulton, Common Cause, and the Electronic Frontier Foundation. I am a major benefactor of the Sunlight Foundation, the Wikimedia Foundation, the Electronic Frontier Foundation, the Chicago Design Museum, and the House Theater. I’m on the National Advisory Committee of donorschoose.org.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Jan 13, 2016 • 6:22:54pm

re: #160 Yail Bloor

FYI, that book is in the public domain in “Life+50 copyright” countries. If you live in one of those countries, it’s fine to download the free copy from Feedbooks. If you live in the U.S. it’s actually not legal to download it. It’s still under copyright with Signet. Again, just FYI.

Yes, I know. It says that right there at the Feedbooks page.
We here at LGF live in many parts of the world and we know how to read fine print.

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Romantic Heretic  Jan 13, 2016 • 6:33:46pm

re: #26 nines09

Wingnut definition of property.

Public: Ours

Private: Not ours, yet.

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Yail Bloor  Jan 13, 2016 • 6:34:16pm

re: #168 Backwoods_Sleuth

I meant no offense. Not everyone is aware that copyright ownership and duration is such a patchwork worldwide. Just thought I’d mention it.

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Eric The Fruit Bat  Jan 13, 2016 • 6:40:20pm

re: #116 teleskiguy
Typical Fox News Advice from their experts…..
Monty Python - How To Do It


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