Florida GOP Chairman: Clinton Will ‘Go Down Like Monica Lewinsky’

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Here’s a perfect example of the right wing caveman mentality Donald Trump is ruthlessly exploiting, as a highly placed Florida Republican says when Hillary Clinton debates Trump, “she’s going to go down like Monica Lewinsky.”

Hurr durr. Good one, Bob.

Bob Sutton, chairman of the Broward County GOP Executive Committee, suggested Clinton would be easy to debate in the general election.

“I think when Donald Trump debates Hillary Clinton she’s going to go down like Monica Lewinsky,” Sutton told the Post.

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239 comments
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HappyWarrior  Apr 28, 2016 • 6:07:48pm

Remember when they were rebranding and trying not to be sexist dicks. Oh that was a good one. An even better joke than the aristocrats.

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Testy Toad T  Apr 28, 2016 • 6:10:58pm

Remember when the GOP was the party that had insanely fabulous message control and marched in lockstep to warp media coverage in order to make them look way more moderate than their crazy policy positions?

Me neither, but I swear that was a thing in my adult lifetime.

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teleskiguy  Apr 28, 2016 • 6:11:01pm

We’re only at the foothills of Misogyny Mountain.

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HappyWarrior  Apr 28, 2016 • 6:11:55pm

re: #3 teleskiguy

We’re only at the foothills of Misogyny Mountain.

Yep.

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Franklin  Apr 28, 2016 • 6:12:01pm

Florida GOP Chairman
Florida Chairman
Florida man

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Pawn of the Oppressor  Apr 28, 2016 • 6:12:33pm

re: #3 teleskiguy

We’re only at the foothills of Misogyny Mountain.

This election is going to be spectacular.

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Barefoot Grin  Apr 28, 2016 • 6:14:34pm

ML is just trying to live her life now, and then this fuck….

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The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge  Apr 28, 2016 • 6:17:46pm

re: #6 Pawn of the Oppressor

This election is going to be spectacular.

Racism is a strategy—a reprehensible one, but often effective—insult a small minority in hopes of gratifying enough of the white voters to win. Alienating 51% of the population just seems mathematically stupid. But that’s just me.

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Eric The Fruit Bat  Apr 28, 2016 • 6:17:50pm

I had this a day ahead of ya….

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MsJ  Apr 28, 2016 • 6:18:46pm

re: #1 HappyWarrior

Remember when they were rebranding and trying not to be sexist dicks. Oh that was a good one. An even better joke than the aristocrats.

And like The Aristocrats, it’s the same bad joke over and over and over again.

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fern01  Apr 28, 2016 • 6:22:48pm

The only think the GOP wants to talk about and legislate on are sex issues related to women. There seems to be nothing else in their lives. Sad miserable people who get their joy from hurting other people.

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HappyWarrior  Apr 28, 2016 • 6:23:38pm

re: #11 fern01

The only think the GOP wants to talk about and legislate on are sex issues related to women. There seems to be nothing else in their lives. Sad miserable people who get their joy from hurting other people.

Miserable, miserable people.

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FormerDirtDart  Apr 28, 2016 • 6:26:03pm
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Stanley Sea  Apr 28, 2016 • 6:27:38pm

re: #13 FormerDirtDart

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Yep.

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FormerDirtDart  Apr 28, 2016 • 6:32:01pm

re: #14 Stanley Sea

Yep.

Now, to be fair, there is other stuff going on with “Bong” Tunsil.
Just yesterday his stepfather filed a lawsuit against him, for attacking him & defaming his character…

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majii  Apr 28, 2016 • 6:32:43pm

re: #11 fern01

I think when you don’t want to actually have to use your political position for the benefit of the majority of the citizens, you have to manufacture “crises,” and this is what the GOP/TP has done/is doing. Their real agenda is to further enrich the already wealthy, and of course, they won’t touch any legislation having to do with reducing income inequality, so they harp on social issues. They’ve pretty much lost the SSM argument due to the Obergefell decision, and now it’s on to attacking Planned Parenthood and women’s access to healthcare services along with trying to “protect” the right of Christians to discriminate against anyone they don’t like/approve of. We have all of these major issues that need to be addressed at the national level—income inequality, education, transportation, national security, etc., but they choose things they can waste time and tax money pursuing, things that I think most of us don’t see as problems.

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Charles Johnson  Apr 28, 2016 • 6:32:49pm
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Stanley Sea  Apr 28, 2016 • 6:33:08pm

re: #15 FormerDirtDart

Now, to be fair, there is other stuff going on with “Bong” Tunsil.
Just yesterday his stepfather filed a lawsuit against him, for attacking him & defaming his character…

That’s who probably posted the vid.

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Reality Based Steve  Apr 28, 2016 • 6:33:08pm

re: #11 fern01

The only think the GOP wants to talk about and legislate on are sex issues related to women. There seems to be nothing else in their lives. Sad miserable people who get their joy from hurting other people.

You are incorrect. They also want to talk about and legislate on sex issues related to people of the same sex. :)

RBS

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HappyWarrior  Apr 28, 2016 • 6:34:07pm

re: #17 Charles Johnson

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Not to mention Trump is an even bigger warmongrel than Clinton is. Really Susan can fuck off. Thanks for showing your true colors.

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scottslemmons  Apr 28, 2016 • 6:34:34pm

A GLIMPSE INTO THE FUTURE: THE FIRST DEBATE:

Trump: “I’m so classy, we’ll have the classiest wall, my fingers are huge, Chiiiiina!”

Clinton: (raises an eyebrow)

Trump: (loses it, screams, uproots podium, hoots in terror)

Clinton: (smirks)

Trump: (loses it even harder, soils self, attacks nearby iguanas, gibbers, proclaims self to be Jesus)

Clinton: (sneezes delicately)

Trump: (spontaneously sprouts elk antlers, vomits thousands of shrieking mini-Trumps)

Reince Priebus: “Truly, Trump is our Final Lord.”

Media: “Looked pretty close, but I never trusted those iguanas. Clinton’s sneeze was in no way presidential. Do the Democrats have an Elk Antler deficit?”

Wingnuts: (start wearing Trump wigs and penciling tiny mustaches on selves)

Everyone else: “Fuck it, I’ll vote for Hillary.”

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The French Rat  Apr 28, 2016 • 6:36:03pm

The tragic thing is, people are loving it.

Makes you think, doesn’t it?

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Barefoot Grin  Apr 28, 2016 • 6:36:21pm

re: #17 Charles Johnson

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The ability to hold two separate thoughts in your head….

Sheesh.

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b.d.  Apr 28, 2016 • 6:36:48pm

re: #17 Charles Johnson

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Testy Toad T  Apr 28, 2016 • 6:37:25pm

re: #22 The French Rat

The tragic thing is, people are loving it.

Makes you think, doesn’t it?

Not really. We’ve known the Magic 27% is a few avocados short of a guac recipe for many, many years. We’ve just never seen a national GOP candidate dumb enough to directly and explicitly pander to their whackdoodle moron beliefs.

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HappyWarrior  Apr 28, 2016 • 6:38:11pm

re: #24 b.d.

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Shades of her fellow hypocrite Michael Moore who said Bill Clinton waged the dog with Kosovo and went on to endorse the US commander in that war who had a non-existent Democratic record simply because he wanted the Democrats to look tough on terror but then bitches when the Democrats actually use force.

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b.d.  Apr 28, 2016 • 6:38:19pm

re: #18 Stanley Sea

That’s who probably posted the vid.

Don’t you want the person you are suing to have a lot of money?

//

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teleskiguy  Apr 28, 2016 • 6:39:56pm

re: #22 The French Rat

Hi hatchling! Did you bring snacks?

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Eric The Fruit Bat  Apr 28, 2016 • 6:42:27pm

re: #22 The French Rat

Welcome hatching.

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HappyWarrior  Apr 28, 2016 • 6:42:40pm

Edwards was a much bigger hawk on Iraq than Clinton was. He may have genuinely had a change of heart but for Sarandon to have backed him in the past and to slam Clinton is hypocrisy. And Clinton’s senate record is much more liberal than Edwards was.

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Anymouse  Apr 28, 2016 • 6:44:11pm

My neighbor stopped me the other day, lamenting “what’s gone wrong with my Republican Party?”

He told me the story of why he joined the GOP after he returned from the Vietnam War. He says now the two leading candidates (Trump and Cruz) are unworthy of the office of president.

He is disillusioned by the whole election process. He pointed out to me that he long taught his grandchildren the importance of voting as a civic duty, but he was thinking now of telling them not to bother with it. He said he “wanted to send the GOP a message.”

I pointed out that voting is a civic duty, and that if he could not bring himself to mail in his ballot for Hillary Clinton or Bernie Sanders (that would be a message), then he could always leave that line on his ballot blank and vote for other candidates and referenda.

(Yes, I was encouraging a Republican to vote, but I am a village trustee - city counclimember - and I don’t think it is helpful to discourage people in my overwhelmingly GOP town to not vote, particularly since they voted for me as a Democrat.)

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Barefoot Grin  Apr 28, 2016 • 6:44:28pm

I know this has been addressed already, but

talkingpointsmemo.com

Bobby Knight on Trump’s likelihood to use nuclear weapons makes us think: did he begin his slide with the chair, the punch on a Puerto Rican police officer, throttling Neil Reid, or doing a Lewandowski on a freshman at IU for calling him “Bobby” or “Knight” (I can’t remember the details)?

heraldtimesonline.com

Nope. Looks like genuine assholes can also be winning coaches.

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The French Rat  Apr 28, 2016 • 6:46:12pm

re: #29 Eric The Fruit Bat

Pleasure to meet you.

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Swift2991  Apr 28, 2016 • 6:46:24pm

Guess who endorsed Hillary the other day? Monica Lewinsky. Yup. Not going to be on Hillary’s list of sponsors, but it is important to realize. Hillary didn’t harm her at all, in comparison to the spies, the tattlers, the vast right-wing conspiracy, etc.

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dog philosopher ஐஒஔ௸  Apr 28, 2016 • 6:46:55pm

20 20 20 20 hours to go

i wanna be pythonic

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FormerDirtDart  Apr 28, 2016 • 6:47:07pm

Miami Dolphins select “Bong” Tunsil…
Nothing matters except what happens on the field…Nothing

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HappyWarrior  Apr 28, 2016 • 6:47:51pm

re: #34 Swift2991

Guess who endorsed Hillary the other day? Monica Lewinsky. Yup. Not going to be on Hillary’s list of sponsors, but it is important to realize. Hillary didn’t harm her at all, in comparison to the spies, the tattlers, the vast right-wing conspiracy, etc.

Wonder what Rosario Dawson has to say to that. I’m sure Monica bears Hillary no ill will at all. I don’t know why she would anyhow.

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teleskiguy  Apr 28, 2016 • 6:48:03pm

re: #36 FormerDirtDart

*COUGH cough COUGH cough COUGH*
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EPR-radar  Apr 28, 2016 • 6:48:20pm

re: #31 Anymouse

A Republican who views both Trump and Cruz as being unacceptable is clearly responsive to reason, and may even stop being a Republican at some point.

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Reality Based Steve  Apr 28, 2016 • 6:48:37pm

re: #22 The French Rat

The tragic thing is, people are loving it.

Makes you think, doesn’t it?

This is a thinking group, welcome aboard. Now the most important question we have for you, we need you to complete this sentence…

You NEVER put _______________ and ____________________ on a Pizza.

That’s it.

RBS

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Eric The Fruit Bat  Apr 28, 2016 • 6:48:48pm

re: #32 Barefoot Grin

Don’t forget Knight’s ‘rape’ quote interview.

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dog philosopher ஐஒஔ௸  Apr 28, 2016 • 6:50:09pm

re: #31 Anymouse

My neighbor stopped me the other day, lamenting “what’s gone wrong with my Republican Party?”

He told me the story of why he joined the GOP after he returned from the Vietnam War. He says now the two leading candidates (Trump and Cruz) are unworthy of the office of president.

He is disillusioned by the whole election process. He pointed out to me that he long taught his grandchildren the importance of voting as a civic duty, but he was thinking now of telling them not to bother with it. He said he “wanted to send the GOP a message.”

I pointed out that voting is a civic duty, and that if he could not bring himself to mail in his ballot for Hillary Clinton or Bernie Sanders (that would be a message), then he could always leave that line on his ballot blank and vote for other candidates and referenda.

(Yes, I was encouraging a Republican to vote, but I am a village trustee - city counclimember - and I don’t think it is helpful to discourage people in my overwhelmingly GOP town to not vote, particularly since they voted for me as a Democrat.)

dear disillusioned republican voters,

i tried to tell you that they were lying to you 35 years ago, but you told me to get fucked

glad you finally woke up,

- worthless longhaired hippy

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Anymouse  Apr 28, 2016 • 6:50:39pm

re: #39 EPR-radar

He used to serve on the village board, and supported my run for it when a member died in office, and my reëlection.

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Barefoot Grin  Apr 28, 2016 • 6:50:58pm

re: #41 Eric The Fruit Bat

Don’t forget Knight’s ‘rape’ quote interview.

Funny you should say that. I was just about to edit.

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teleskiguy  Apr 28, 2016 • 6:51:45pm

re: #40 Reality Based Steve

Hey thefrenchrat, it’s pineapple and ham.

*ducks flying tomatoes and chairs*

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Stanley Sea  Apr 28, 2016 • 6:52:40pm

re: #36 FormerDirtDart

Miami Dolphins select “Bong” Tunsil…
Nothing matters except what happens on the field…Nothing

I just cannot put smoking pot on the same level.

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stpaulbear  Apr 28, 2016 • 6:53:11pm

re: #40 Reality Based Steve

This is a thinking group, welcome aboard. Now the most important question we have for you, we need you to complete this sentence…

You NEVER put _______________ and ____________________ on a Pizza.

That’s it.

RBS

My favorite local pizza place has been offering a reuben pizza lately (it’s not on the menu but there’s a sign on the door). I’ve got some coupons for the place and I’m thinking of trying it. You only live once…

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HappyWarrior  Apr 28, 2016 • 6:54:27pm

re: #47 stpaulbear

My favorite local pizza place has been offering a reuben pizza lately (it’s not on the menu but there’s a sign on the door). I’ve got some coupons for the place and I’m thinking of trying it. You only live once…

Heh why not. I remember having an Irish burrito once. Corned beef, cheese, and potatoes in a tortilla.

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FormerDirtDart  Apr 28, 2016 • 6:54:46pm

And, with the 15th pick, the Cleveland Browns select Johnny Manziel, QB, Texas A&M

Wait, what???

//

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HappyWarrior  Apr 28, 2016 • 6:55:26pm

re: #49 FormerDirtDart

And, with the 15th pick, the Cleveland Browns select Johnny Manziel, QB, Texas A&M

Wait, what???

//

Jim Brown, retired, and still better than Trent Richardson.

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Anymouse  Apr 28, 2016 • 6:56:52pm

re: #39 EPR-radar

A Republican who views both Trump and Cruz as being unacceptable is clearly responsive to reason, and may even stop being a Republican at some point.

At the beginning of the primary cycle, he was a supporter of Mr. Trump. As Mr. Trump has become more and more unhinged, he became unable to support him any longer (he never considered Senator Cruz).

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Stanley Sea  Apr 28, 2016 • 6:57:25pm

re: #49 FormerDirtDart

And, with the 15th pick, the Cleveland Browns select Johnny Manziel, QB, Texas A&M

Wait, what???

//

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Barefoot Grin  Apr 28, 2016 • 6:57:49pm

re: #48 HappyWarrior

Heh why not. I remember having an Irish burrito once. Corned beef, cheese, and potatoes in a tortilla.

Oh, I’ll bet that would be really good…after some Bushmill.

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Reality Based Steve  Apr 28, 2016 • 6:58:51pm

re: #49 FormerDirtDart

And, with the 15th pick, the Cleveland Browns select Johnny Manziel, QB, Texas A&M

Wait, what???

//

Because they don’t have enough problems just being the Browns.

RBS

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HappyWarrior  Apr 28, 2016 • 6:58:55pm

re: #53 Barefoot Grin

Oh, I’ll bet that would be really good…after some Bushmill.

Yeah too bad I was only 20 when I had it. Should have asked one of the older college students I was with to buy me a beer.

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Eric The Fruit Bat  Apr 28, 2016 • 6:59:17pm

re: #49 FormerDirtDart

We could go back two decades when the Lions had Rodney Peete and Andre Ware…

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Barefoot Grin  Apr 28, 2016 • 7:00:12pm

re: #52 Stanley Sea

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He’ll be ok. He’s a Beleiber.

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gocart mozart  Apr 28, 2016 • 7:00:39pm

re: #17 Charles Johnson

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Anymouse  Apr 28, 2016 • 7:01:53pm

My purely anecdotal evidence (based on observing others):

The fellow I mentioned above, who is disillusioned with the current GOP.
My wife, who started as a Republican (before we met), and voted for Reagan (while I voted for Carter) in her first election, became a Libertarian (a campaign finance manager for a Colorado candidate) and is now a Democrat. She says both the Libertarians and Republicans left her.
My mother (a Navy vet from the Vietnam era), who never participated in elections before (she really takes separation of the military and civilian government seriously) who recently registered as a Democrat to vote for Senator Sanders in the Illinois Primary and for Tammy Duckworth in the General Election against Senator Mark Kirk.
My cousin (who started as a Trump supporter in Michigan) who has now decided to sit out the election.

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HappyWarrior  Apr 28, 2016 • 7:02:11pm

re: #58 gocart mozart

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The guy has fucking talked about nuking people and deliberately targeting civilians for fuck sake. I mean this isn’t Ron Paul for fuck sake.

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gocart mozart  Apr 28, 2016 • 7:02:57pm
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gocart mozart  Apr 28, 2016 • 7:03:35pm
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gocart mozart  Apr 28, 2016 • 7:05:17pm
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teleskiguy  Apr 28, 2016 • 7:05:46pm

re: #59 Anymouse

Just wondering. Have the cops at your twenty just been inundated with marijuana pot drugs from Colorado? The Supreme Court just threw out Nebraska’s and Oklahoma’s lawsuit against Colorado for our fully legal ganja. Or has the pizza joints around town seen an uptick in business? *snark*

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gocart mozart  Apr 28, 2016 • 7:07:11pm
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Anymouse  Apr 28, 2016 • 7:08:34pm

re: #64 teleskiguy

Just wondering. Have the cops at your twenty just been inundated with marijuana pot drugs from Colorado? The Supreme Court just threw out Nebraska’s and Oklahoma’s lawsuit against Colorado for our fully legal ganja. Or has the pizza joints around town seen an uptick in business? *snark*

Our county has one sheriff, one deputy, and one car.

Our sheriff is not particularly concerned with Colorado’s weed law.

On a side note, when I first moved here and was having my car inspected to get Nebraska plates, he looked at my long hair and said “I’m going to keep my eye on you.” Now every time we meet he says the same thing (in jest).

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HappyWarrior  Apr 28, 2016 • 7:08:46pm

re: #65 gocart mozart

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He’s right. Boehner should likened Cruz to that turd that takes forever to come out when you’re constipated.

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Barefoot Grin  Apr 28, 2016 • 7:10:07pm

re: #65 gocart mozart

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Yes, because Lee and Cruz are all about party unity and loyalty. Wait. FFS, am I having a sympathy moment for John Boehner? I have to shower and go to bed now.

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HappyWarrior  Apr 28, 2016 • 7:11:03pm

re: #68 Barefoot Grin

Yes, because Lee and Cruz are all about party unity and loyalty. Wait. FFS, am I having a sympathy moment for John Boehner? I have to shower and go to bed now.

I do have some sympathy for Boehner since I don’t think he’s necessarily a bad guy. Part of a terrible party for sure but not an abject asshole like Lee and Cruz are.

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Eric The Fruit Bat  Apr 28, 2016 • 7:12:01pm

re: #60 HappyWarrior

Understand the the US is the only nation the world to have ever used nuclear weapons in anger - which explains why many in the right are so blase in dropping reference to its use as if its nothing to get upset about.

Then ABC broadcasted The Day After and the BBC drama Threads was released. It turned the whole idea of using nukes on its head.

But just in case some yahoo thinks it’s a good idea….

The Day After (1983) - Classic Movie Channel

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teleskiguy  Apr 28, 2016 • 7:12:43pm

The #umphreys are playing at First Avenue in Minneapolis tonight. They opened tonight’s show with this:

Umphreaks are going to get a nice helping of Prince the next three nights.

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Anymouse  Apr 28, 2016 • 7:14:05pm

re: #69 HappyWarrior

I have sympathy for Mr. Boehner only in the thankless job he had of herding GOP “I’m more conservative than thou” cats in the House.

John Boehner did (in his way) respect the institution of the House of Representatives, and a bunch of teabagging know-nothings came in and trashed any semblance of decorum and decency.

I suspect he is thoroughly enjoying his decision to bail before the end of his term.

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Eric The Fruit Bat  Apr 28, 2016 • 7:14:33pm

re: #65 gocart mozart

…snerk…

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Reality Based Steve  Apr 28, 2016 • 7:14:54pm

I’m outta here early tonight gang. I woke up about 3AM this morning and simply could not get back to sleep again. Hopefully I’ll sleep through tonight, I have no idea why I woke up, not worried about anything, nothing going on that has me stressed. Just one of those things.

Be good and don’t double dip your chip.

RBS

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FormerDirtDart  Apr 28, 2016 • 7:15:22pm
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Anymouse  Apr 28, 2016 • 7:15:35pm

re: #74 Reality Based Steve

Kool-Aid and 151 rum helps me… .

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The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge  Apr 28, 2016 • 7:15:36pm

re: #70 Eric The Fruit Bat

Understand the the US is the only nation the world to have ever used nuclear weapons in anger - which explains why many in the right are so blase in dropping reference to its use as if its nothing to get upset about.

Then ABC broadcasted The Day After and the BBC drama Threads was released. It turned the whole idea of using nukes on its head.

But just in case some yahoo thinks it’s a good idea….

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I remember after watching that at the time, everybody I knew said it was pretty half-hearted: “It’ll be much worse than that!”

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HappyWarrior  Apr 28, 2016 • 7:15:38pm

re: #72 Anymouse

I have sympathy for Mr. Boehner only in the thankless job he had of herding GOP “I’m more conservative than thou” cats in the House.

John Boehner did (in his way) respect the institution of the House of Representatives, and a bunch of teabagging know-nothings came in and trashed any semblance of decorum and decency.

I suspect he is thoroughly enjoying his decision to bail before the end of his term.

I do wish him well in retirement and I love like hell he’s telling off Cruz while other parts of the party are trying to push him as a “sane” alternative to Trump when Johnny B knows the true colors of this asshole. I have more respect for Boehner than I do his replacement Ryan and definitely Cantor.

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Anymouse  Apr 28, 2016 • 7:18:23pm

re: #78 HappyWarrior

And Eric Cantor was primaried from the right for not being conservative enough.

I really think a lot of conservative politicians have become unmoored from reality.

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HappyWarrior  Apr 28, 2016 • 7:19:07pm

re: #79 Anymouse

And Eric Cantor was primaried from the right for not being conservative enough.

I really think a lot of conservative politicians have become unmoored from reality.

Yep.

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The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge  Apr 28, 2016 • 7:19:47pm

re: #78 HappyWarrior

I do wish him well in retirement and I love like hell he’s telling off Cruz while other parts of the party are trying to push him as a “sane” alternative to Trump when Johnny B knows the true colors of this asshole. I have more respect for Boehner than I do his replacement Ryan and definitely Cantor.

Didn’t Boehner say he was going to vote for Trump? Probably just because they’re the same race (orange). Identity politics rears its ugly head!

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HappyWarrior  Apr 28, 2016 • 7:20:56pm

re: #81 The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge

Didn’t Boehner say he was going to vote for Trump? Probably just because they’re the same race (orange). Identity politics rears its ugly head!

True that. I just like that he’s not going along with the charade that Cruz is acceptable. Trust me I have no love for Boehner but I love how open he is that he despises Cruz.

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Anymouse  Apr 28, 2016 • 7:25:02pm

Now you’ve done it, LGF.

My wife wants to watch The Day After. She loves “destroy all life as we know it” films. She also runs a Website that has absurd ways to destroy the world.

Taking my 151 Kool-Aid across the room to watch a move.

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calochortus  Apr 28, 2016 • 7:25:17pm

re: #60 HappyWarrior

The guy has fucking talked about nuking people and deliberately targeting civilians for fuck sake. I mean this isn’t Ron Paul for fuck sake.

I was listening to The Takeaway on PBS radio today. The first segment dealt with what the military would think of a President Trump. Assuming he has been truthful in his statements of what he would do, the guest (CEO of the Truman National Security Project and former military) of the felt it might trigger our greatest civil military crisis since the Civil War. Since the military takes an oath to support the Constitution, they are bound to be subject to civilian leadership, but if the President ordered them to do something against international law (and stupid) the high level officers would need to decide whether to resign, or what.

Needless to say, this guy didn’t think much of Trump’s thoughts on national security.

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HappyWarrior  Apr 28, 2016 • 7:26:20pm

re: #84 calochortus

I was listening to The Takeaway on PBS radio today. The first segment dealt with what the military would think of a President Trump. Assuming he has been truthful in his statements of what he would do, the guest (CEO of the Truman National Security Project and former military) of the felt it might trigger our greatest civil military crisis since the Civil War. Since the military takes an oath to support the Constitution, they are bound to be subject to civilian leadership, but if the President ordered them to do something against international law (and stupid) the high level officers would need to decide whether to resign, or what.

Needless to say, this guy didn’t think much of Trump’s thoughts on national security.

I think I’ve heard of the Truman Project before. Not surprised that he doesn’t think much of Trump.

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bratwurst  Apr 28, 2016 • 7:26:34pm

This is one of the craziest things I have read in a while!

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calochortus  Apr 28, 2016 • 7:28:26pm

re: #85 HappyWarrior

I think I’ve heard of the Truman Project before. Not surprised that he doesn’t think much of Trump.

No one with two brain cell to rub together thinks much of Trump.

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Belafon  Apr 28, 2016 • 7:29:27pm

re: #83 Anymouse

Now you’ve done it, LGF.

My wife wants to watch The Day After. She loves “destroy all life as we know it” films. She also runs a Website that has absurd ways to destroy the world.

Taking my 151 Kool-Aid across the room to watch a move.

Which website? My son would love it.

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HappyWarrior  Apr 28, 2016 • 7:31:43pm

re: #87 calochortus

No one with two brain cell to rub together thinks much of Trump.

Yeah but there’s a lot of people without two brain cells two rub together.

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bratwurst  Apr 28, 2016 • 7:31:46pm

Rinsed Pubis is on a roll!

If your mother is an environmentalist, that makes her an ECO-MOMMY.

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FormerDirtDart  Apr 28, 2016 • 7:32:37pm

The police and FBI found what appeared to be several pipe bombs in the apartment when they took John Martin Roos, 61, into custody

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ipsos  Apr 28, 2016 • 7:33:26pm

re: #84 calochortus

I was listening to The Takeaway on PBS radio today.

PBS is TV, and TV only.

There are several program providers for public radio. The Takeaway, if memory serves, is distributed by PRI. Which is different from NPR.

/pedantic mode off

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HappyWarrior  Apr 28, 2016 • 7:33:33pm

re: #90 bratwurst

Rinsed Pubis is on a roll!

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If your mother is an environmentalist, that makes her an ECO-MOMMY.

Reince really should look at how the economic growth was under the last Republican president.

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Belafon  Apr 28, 2016 • 7:34:27pm

re: #90 bratwurst

Rinsed Pubis is on a roll!

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If your mother is an environmentalist, that makes her an ECO-MOMMY.

I see he’s using the same method Republicans use to deny global warming.

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Teukka  Apr 28, 2016 • 7:34:28pm

re: #93 HappyWarrior

Reince really should look at how the economic growth was under the last Republican president.

Didn’t E-cone-onomy basically run into a brick wall during the last one?

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gocart mozart  Apr 28, 2016 • 7:35:12pm
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teleskiguy  Apr 28, 2016 • 7:38:56pm

Facebook Post

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Testy Toad T  Apr 28, 2016 • 7:40:04pm

re: #97 teleskiguy

The term “lol” is overused on the internet.

However: actual lol.

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Belafon  Apr 28, 2016 • 7:40:47pm

re: #96 gocart mozart

I don’t think she’s going to have any problem handling Trumps comments.

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Testy Toad T  Apr 28, 2016 • 7:42:14pm

re: #96 gocart mozart

You got me, Mrs. Secretary. That’s funny enough I’ll make my first donation of the cycle.

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Lidane  Apr 28, 2016 • 7:43:38pm

re: #21 scottslemmons

“Fuck it, I’ll vote for Hillary.”

One more reason for sane people to say exactly that:

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calochortus  Apr 28, 2016 • 7:44:24pm

re: #92 ipsos

PBS is TV, and TV only.

There are several program providers for public radio. The Takeaway, if memory serves, is distributed by PRI. Which is different from NPR.

/pedantic mode off

Well, you’ll notice I was at least smart enough not to conflate NPR with PRI…

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Der Flohgeisteffekt  Apr 28, 2016 • 7:45:17pm

re: #22 The French Rat

The tragic thing is, people are loving it.

Makes you think, doesn’t it?

Typically I give the hatchlings a bit of charivari in the form of ridiculous demands and silly declarations, but you have up a page where you’re reading Vox Day…and there’s no dungeon-crawl-esque nonsense that can compare to the nose-hair bleaching horror that is his prose and “thinking.”

So…just be sure to use a quality phylactery to bind your soul to this plane of existence. This is not the time to go cheap with a jam jar and some duct tape.

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teleskiguy  Apr 28, 2016 • 7:49:38pm

Friggin people, man.

I post this to Twitter.

And this dude who follows me chimes in:

I took the lawhawk route. Whenever dumbassery rears its ugly head, block early and block often.

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HappyWarrior  Apr 28, 2016 • 7:52:21pm

re: #104 teleskiguy

Friggin people, man.

I post this to Twitter.

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I took the lawhawk route. Whenever dumbassery rears its ugly head, block early and block often.

Old men? Like former Republican speaker Dennis Hastert?

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teleskiguy  Apr 28, 2016 • 7:52:58pm

re: #105 HappyWarrior

Old men? Like former Republican speaker Dennis Hastert?

See? You need a Twitter account. That’s something I should have said!

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Charles Johnson  Apr 28, 2016 • 7:53:10pm
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HappyWarrior  Apr 28, 2016 • 7:53:36pm

re: #106 teleskiguy

See? You need a Twitter account. That’s something I should have said!

I hate Twitter dude.

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ObserverArt  Apr 28, 2016 • 7:53:48pm

Did someone ask Johnny Boehner to apologize?

Hahahahahaaaa…right.

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HappyWarrior  Apr 28, 2016 • 7:54:36pm

re: #109 ObserverArt

Did someone ask Johnny Boehner to apologize?

Hahahahahaaaa…right.

Mike Lee, yes heh.

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Stanley Sea  Apr 28, 2016 • 7:55:15pm

RWC - Trump is in Costa Mesa right now.

I’m kind of glad we missed it. I lost the urge to pollute my brain in real time.

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teleskiguy  Apr 28, 2016 • 7:56:37pm

re: #108 HappyWarrior

I hate Twitter dude.

I hate Texas. Didn’t stop me from visiting for three days recently.

/

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jaunte  Apr 28, 2016 • 7:57:23pm

This is an exceptionally weird political season.

“Do you think it is a good idea to threaten the congressman by saying you were going to cut his tongue out?” the officer asked.

“It was appropriate because my voice was being silenced,” Bell replied, according to the officer’s account.
seattlepi.com

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teleskiguy  Apr 28, 2016 • 7:58:46pm

It’s funny, really. lawhawk just ends dumb Twitter exchanges with “blocked for dumbasserry.” Charles just tells them to go fuck themselves. It’s funny, really.

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HappyWarrior  Apr 28, 2016 • 7:59:22pm

re: #112 teleskiguy

I hate Texas. Didn’t stop me from visiting for three days recently.

/

Haha true.

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dog philosopher ஐஒஔ௸  Apr 28, 2016 • 7:59:26pm

re: #90 bratwurst

Rinsed Pubis is on a roll!

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If your mother is an environmentalist, that makes her an ECO-MOMMY.

history started on 20 jan 2009

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Jenner7  Apr 28, 2016 • 7:59:31pm

Trump told the fake Pershing story again.

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Eric The Fruit Bat  Apr 28, 2016 • 7:59:44pm

re: #83 Anymouse

Ya got the link. I’ll take the heat for that.

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Charles Johnson  Apr 28, 2016 • 7:59:46pm

re: #104 teleskiguy

Block early and block often are my keywords.

Oh, and sometimes throw in a sarcastic insult before you do, just to wind them up.

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HappyWarrior  Apr 28, 2016 • 7:59:58pm

re: #117 Jenner7

Trump told the fake Pershing story again.

I wish Pershing would rise from his grave to call him a fucking liar.

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Jenner7  Apr 28, 2016 • 8:00:21pm

My daughter was listening to this story and I told her it’s not true and she said, “are you kidding me?”

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dog philosopher ஐஒஔ௸  Apr 28, 2016 • 8:01:01pm

re: #107 Charles Johnson

9m
santino ‎@guidomotors
@Green_Footballs @anylaurie16 @AaronBlake white privilege is such a BULL SHIT term !!!!!!

perhaps you could tell me some disparaging racist White People jokes

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jaunte  Apr 28, 2016 • 8:01:43pm

re: #121 Jenner7

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Jenner7  Apr 28, 2016 • 8:03:46pm

re: #123 jaunte

He said at the end, “And for 42 years, there wasn’t a problem.” When he first told this story, he said 25 years.

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Charles Johnson  Apr 28, 2016 • 8:05:35pm
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jaunte  Apr 28, 2016 • 8:06:41pm

re: #124 Jenner7

For the people that like him, facts and accuracy don’t matter; they have a “sense” that what he’s saying has a “rightness” to it.

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Charles Johnson  Apr 28, 2016 • 8:07:19pm
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jaunte  Apr 28, 2016 • 8:07:51pm
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jaunte  Apr 28, 2016 • 8:09:35pm

This is the foreign policy leadership Bob Corker finds “very interesting.”

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teleskiguy  Apr 28, 2016 • 8:09:53pm

These fucking “bathroom bills” are something else. We’re talking about public restrooms, where 99.8% of people just go in, evacuate their bowels, wash their hands and go out. That’s it. And suddenly it’s a huge fucking problem with “trannys” becoming rabid sexual predators in public restrooms. There’s some deep-seated latent fear of different people among these fucks passing this ludicrous “bathroom” legislation. I mean, this shit really grinds my gears. I can’t wrap my head around the thought process. These people are just fucked in the head.

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MsJ  Apr 28, 2016 • 8:10:36pm

re: #68 Barefoot Grin

Yes, because Lee and Cruz are all about party unity and loyalty. Wait. FFS, am I having a sympathy moment for John Boehner? I have to shower and go to bed now.

There’s been a lot of that lately. Lindsay was making sense.

It’s scary.

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jaunte  Apr 28, 2016 • 8:11:07pm
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jaunte  Apr 28, 2016 • 8:11:44pm

On Wednesday, Corker praised the billionaire businessman’s speech, describing it as “very thoughtful.”

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teleskiguy  Apr 28, 2016 • 8:12:51pm

re: #132 jaunte

I got a bunch of downdings the last time I said this, but I’ll say it again. Dark_Falcon will vote for Donald J. Trump for President come November, guaranteed. He’s a company man through and through.

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ObserverArt  Apr 28, 2016 • 8:13:39pm

re: #125 Charles Johnson

Charles Johnson ‎@Green_Footballs

Remember when Donald Trump was going to be “more presidential?”

He’s ranting and screaming like a little Hitler right now.

11:05 PM - 28 Apr 2016

I did not know he was yapping, so I went to MSNBC to check it out. One minute of seeing him blowing smoke up his own ass was more than enough. Channel changed.

He talks about himself in great amounts. More greater than any asshole I have ever heard. This I can tell you. No really. He talks about himself so much. Much greater talk about himself than ever. Much great talk. Really.

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jaunte  Apr 28, 2016 • 8:14:11pm

re: #134 teleskiguy

As long as people like Corker give cover, all Republicans will follow along.

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HappyWarrior  Apr 28, 2016 • 8:14:26pm

re: #134 teleskiguy

I got a bunch of downdings the last time I said this, but I’ll say it again. Dark_Falcon will vote for Donald J. Trump for President come November, guaranteed. He’s a company man through and through.

He will, I am certain of that.

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ObserverArt  Apr 28, 2016 • 8:16:33pm

re: #129 jaunte

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This is the foreign policy leadership Bob Corker finds “very interesting.”

Well, it is interesting…in a very peculiar way, that someone can be this unhinged and is actually on his way to being a candidate for president.

He is the single worse message this country can send to the world. Hell, I’m scared he has gotten this far.

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teleskiguy  Apr 28, 2016 • 8:17:42pm

re: #103 The Ghost of a Flea

Vox Day? That definitely puts this hatchling on my radar. Anybody who posts Vox Day’s bullshit here is not welcome.

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MsJ  Apr 28, 2016 • 8:18:25pm

re: #90 bratwurst

Rinsed Pubis is on a roll!

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If your mother is an environmentalist, that makes her an ECO-MOMMY.

Yes, let’s talk about job growth.

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ObserverArt  Apr 28, 2016 • 8:18:26pm

re: #130 teleskiguy

These fucking “bathroom bills” are something else. We’re talking about public restrooms, where 99.8% of people just go in, evacuate their bowels, wash their hands and go out. That’s it. And suddenly it’s a huge fucking problem with “trannys” becoming rabid sexual predators in public restrooms. There’s some deep-seated latent fear of different people among these fucks passing this ludicrous “bathroom” legislation. I mean, this shit really grinds my gears. I can’t wrap my head around the thought process. These people are just fucked in the head.

Have you noticed that most of the complaints are coming from old southern white men?

I think there is a message there.

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goddamnedfrank  Apr 28, 2016 • 8:19:17pm
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retired cynic  Apr 28, 2016 • 8:20:44pm

OT: The cat chow on the porch scores the possum, who has grown up to be not so cute!

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stpaulbear  Apr 28, 2016 • 8:21:09pm

re: #130 teleskiguy

These fucking “bathroom bills” are something else. We’re talking about public restrooms, where 99.8% of people just go in, evacuate their bowels, wash their hands and go out. That’s it. And suddenly it’s a huge fucking problem with “trannys” becoming rabid sexual predators in public restrooms. There’s some deep-seated latent fear of different people among these fucks passing this ludicrous “bathroom” legislation. I mean, this shit really grinds my gears. I can’t wrap my head around the thought process. These people are just fucked in the head.

My 60 year old wingnut sister is picking this hill to die on. I actually unfriended her (I couldn’t stand seeing the crap she was sharing), but my little sister texted me yesterday to say OMG! about the ‘punnish the trannys!!’ stuff she’s still posting. She also thinks that yoga is heathen. She’s a lost cause.

I emailed her today to let her know that a new Sandy Denny CD is coming out tomorrow. It may be the only thing I can talk to her about now.

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Stanley Sea  Apr 28, 2016 • 8:21:46pm
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Eric The Fruit Bat  Apr 28, 2016 • 8:22:20pm

Little Scamp Causes Full Minute of Dead Air on NPR on Take Your Child to Work Day

Devoted NPR listeners on the West Coast may have noticed a sudden minute-long drop-off of audio during this morning’s broadcast of Morning Edition. The reason: Today is Take Your Daughters and Sons to Work Day, and some rascal was messing around with the control board.

This afternoon, Gawker was forwarded an email that had been sent from an NPR engineer to a listserv of fellow employees, describing a son or daughter who managed an impressive act of sabotage during a studio tour this morning.

“One of our junior journalists was some how able to press the exact sequence, and perfectly timed live insert panel to insert studio 42 into the stream 1. I kid you not” the email read. “Feel free to giggle at will.”

Too bad they couldn’t have pulled that sabotage at Gawker proper….

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Charles Johnson  Apr 28, 2016 • 8:26:00pm

re: #139 teleskiguy

Vox Day? That definitely puts this hatchling on my radar. Anybody who posts Vox Day’s bullshit here is not welcome.

It’s definitely not pro-Vox Day, though.

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teleskiguy  Apr 28, 2016 • 8:28:43pm

re: #144 stpaulbear

My 60 year old wingnut sister is picking this hill to die on. I actually unfriended her (I couldn’t stand seeing the crap she was sharing), but my little sister texted me yesterday to say OMG! about the ‘punnish the trannys!!’ stuff she’s still posting. She also thinks that yoga is heathen. She’s a lost cause.

I emailed her today to let her know that a new Sandy Denny CD is coming out tomorrow. It may be the only thing I can talk to her about now.

My aunt and my mom have not talked to each other outside family funerals. My aunt is a devout Catholic. My mom, eh, not so much. I see both of their posts on Facebook, and it’s sad but understandable why these sisters want nothing to do with each other.

Families are fucking weird, man.

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jaunte  Apr 28, 2016 • 8:29:11pm

Clay Shirky has some sobering thoughts on the insider/outsider dynamic in the upcoming general election:

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jaunte  Apr 28, 2016 • 8:30:10pm
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HappyWarrior  Apr 28, 2016 • 8:30:12pm

re: #149 jaunte

Clay Shirky has some sobering thoughts on the insider/outsider dynamic in the upcoming general election:

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I’d rather have an insider that is sane than an outsider that talks about nuking people with no understanding of what nuclear warfare does.

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jaunte  Apr 28, 2016 • 8:31:01pm

re: #151 HappyWarrior

Me too, but we’re actually thinking about what he says.

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HappyWarrior  Apr 28, 2016 • 8:31:19pm

re: #152 jaunte

Me too, but we’re actually thinking about what he says.

True. Sigh. Voters can be such idiots.

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Eric The Fruit Bat  Apr 28, 2016 • 8:31:43pm

re: #151 HappyWarrior

The real question becomes who does both sides pick as their VP?

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teleskiguy  Apr 28, 2016 • 8:33:08pm

re: #154 Eric The Fruit Bat

The real question becomes who does both sides pick as their VP?

Clinton - Elizabeth Warren

Trump - Hulk Hogan

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De Kolta Chair  Apr 28, 2016 • 8:33:30pm

Is there any law saying Clinton and Trump can’t debate until they’re officially nominees? Cuz I for one can’t wait.

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HappyWarrior  Apr 28, 2016 • 8:33:32pm

re: #154 Eric The Fruit Bat

The real question becomes who does both sides pick as their VP?

I’m on record as really liking Julian Castro for Clinton.

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Jenner7  Apr 28, 2016 • 8:33:58pm

I hope Clinton picks Castro.

Trump? He’d pick himself to run with if he could.

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Jenner7  Apr 28, 2016 • 8:35:54pm

Reading crime rates and chants of “build that wall” as if that’s the reason there is crime.

This guy is a sicko fascist.

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Jay C  Apr 28, 2016 • 8:36:27pm

re: #158 Jenner7

I hope Clinton picks Castro.

Trump? He’d pick himself to run with if he could.

Or Ivanka.

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Shimshon  Apr 28, 2016 • 8:37:06pm

re: #24 b.d.

Susan sounds like she’s drunk. I hope she is not just on the bottle and irrationally saying nonsense for attention to stay relevant.

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Eric The Fruit Bat  Apr 28, 2016 • 8:38:15pm

re: #155 teleskiguy

Actually for Trump, I’d think He’d pick Jesse Ventura-there’s history there. Plus it helps that Jesse has actual military and government background. However, Jesse’s truther downsides would be rather insurmountable.

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De Kolta Chair  Apr 28, 2016 • 8:38:32pm

re: #160 Jay C

Or Ivanka.

She will cloth the poor, in style!

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Der Flohgeisteffekt  Apr 28, 2016 • 8:39:32pm

re: #139 teleskiguy

Vox Day? That definitely puts this hatchling on my radar. Anybody who posts Vox Day’s bullshit here is not welcome.

He’s criticizing the dude.

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stpaulbear  Apr 28, 2016 • 8:39:42pm

re: #148 teleskiguy

We’ve kind of had to walk on eggshells around her for years, but this is her first year with Facebook (she didn’t start until she retired). There will either be a blow-up or else glacial chill at the next sibling get together.

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teleskiguy  Apr 28, 2016 • 8:40:30pm

re: #147 Charles Johnson

It’s definitely not pro-Vox Day, though.

I understand that. I think that if you’re posting stuff by these reprehensible bastards it should be newsworthy. I see from thefrenchrat a refutation of Vox Day’s thinking - and that’s good - that is frankly unnecessary in these parts of the Internet, this oasis. We’re known for UpChuck and keeping tabs on him, I get that. But we’re not known for keeping tabs on the likes of Vox Day, Mike Cernovich, weev, Ricky_Vaughn99, or any of that shit. We’re smart enough to look past those creepy fucks.

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Testy Toad T  Apr 28, 2016 • 8:41:34pm

re: #149 jaunte

Clay Shirky has some sobering thoughts on the insider/outsider dynamic in the upcoming general election:

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Donald Trump may literally be the most unpopular and unpalatable figure in the history of the Republic. That doesn’t mean you shouldn’t vote, but for god’s sake I am starting to get annoyed by portents of doom from disaffected liberals.

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Stanley Sea  Apr 28, 2016 • 8:41:49pm

re: #165 stpaulbear

We’ve kind of had to walk on eggshells around her for years, but this is her first year with Facebook (she didn’t start until she retired). There will either be a blow-up or else glacial chill at the next sibling get together.

My step-aunt who’s friend request I ignored till it stopped (sure that pissed her off good) posts Dinesh D’Souza. !!! I only have 4 friends & barely check in, so nah.

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teleskiguy  Apr 28, 2016 • 8:42:05pm

Should ‘internet’ be capitalized?

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Shimshon  Apr 28, 2016 • 8:42:38pm

re: #31 Anymouse

My neighbor stopped me the other day, lamenting “what’s gone wrong with my Republican Party?”

He told me the story of why he joined the GOP after he returned from the Vietnam War. He says now the two leading candidates (Trump and Cruz) are unworthy of the office of president.

He is disillusioned by the whole election process. He pointed out to me that he long taught his grandchildren the importance of voting as a civic duty, but he was thinking now of telling them not to bother with it. He said he “wanted to send the GOP a message.”

I pointed out that voting is a civic duty, and that if he could not bring himself to mail in his ballot for Hillary Clinton or Bernie Sanders (that would be a message), then he could always leave that line on his ballot blank and vote for other candidates and referenda.

(Yes, I was encouraging a Republican to vote, but I am a village trustee - city counclimember - and I don’t think it is helpful to discourage people in my overwhelmingly GOP town to not vote, particularly since they voted for me as a Democrat.)

I don’t get old people that are just Republicans or nothing. They learned somewhere that you have to be a Republican no matter what. Did they learn it in the military? The Cold War? I do not understand. Starting with Nixon, then Reagan, Bush, and the clown cars each primary season, how can you still be a Republican after all these years? And the ones who come to their senses only just stop voting completely, rather than learn to support Democrats. Were they taught from an early age that God votes Republican and you must be one your entire life? Please someone help me understand.

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Shimshon  Apr 28, 2016 • 8:43:30pm

re: #168 Stanley Sea

My step-aunt who’s friend request I ignored till it stopped (sure that pissed her off good) posts Dinesh D’Souza. !!! I only have 4 friends & barely check in, so nah.

Every time someone mentions him always inject “that’s CONVICTED FELON Dinesh D’Souza”

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jaunte  Apr 28, 2016 • 8:44:01pm

re: #167 Testy Toad T

Yeah, I’m not sure he really is fully taking into account the hole Trump is in with women and the Hispanic community, but best not to get comfortable yet.

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Stanley Sea  Apr 28, 2016 • 8:44:47pm
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HappyWarrior  Apr 28, 2016 • 8:44:47pm

re: #172 jaunte

Yeah, I’m not sure he really is fully taking into account the hole Trump is in with women and the Hispanic community, but best not to get comfortable yet.

It’s early but those are pretty big holes he’s dug himself in.

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HappyWarrior  Apr 28, 2016 • 8:45:13pm

re: #173 Stanley Sea

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If that’s true, I can’t even express how furious I am with Bernie’s team.

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teleskiguy  Apr 28, 2016 • 8:45:25pm

re: #168 Stanley Sea

My step-aunt who’s friend request I ignored till it stopped (sure that pissed her off good) posts Dinesh D’Souza. !!! I only have 4 friends & barely check in, so nah.

Lucky you. I have just over 500. Only three of them I’ve never met in person (including a Lizard I shall not name).

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Jenner7  Apr 28, 2016 • 8:45:36pm

re: #173 Stanley Sea

I heard this, but he kind of stopped short, so I thought it was typical lying Trump.

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stpaulbear  Apr 28, 2016 • 8:46:16pm

re: #168 Stanley Sea

My step-aunt who’s friend request I ignored till it stopped (sure that pissed her off good) posts Dinesh D’Souza. !!! I only have 4 friends & barely check in, so nah.

One of the last posts I saw from my sister was a Dinesh D’Souza post too. I think that in the world of wingnut Facebook, everybody eventually posts all the same shit.

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HappyWarrior  Apr 28, 2016 • 8:46:23pm

re: #177 Jenner7

I heard this, but he kind of stopped short, so I thought it was typical lying Trump.

I hope so, I really hope so.

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Jenner7  Apr 28, 2016 • 8:46:29pm

So, Trump says if he’s President and if he gets off Air Force One and no one greets him, he’s outta there.

My god. This guy.

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Stanley Sea  Apr 28, 2016 • 8:46:35pm

re: #175 HappyWarrior

If that’s true, I can’t even express how furious I am with Bernie’s team.

He’s playing us.

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De Kolta Chair  Apr 28, 2016 • 8:47:13pm

re: #13 FormerDirtDart

[nfl player hits a woman]
NFL: oh golly gee, boys will be boys

“Time to start and heavily promote another in-name-only feel good panel that will appear to address that issue and yet exist only in press releases. Fellas, this is just too easy.”
— Roger Goodell, et al.

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Charles Johnson  Apr 28, 2016 • 8:47:19pm
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Stanley Sea  Apr 28, 2016 • 8:47:30pm

re: #176 teleskiguy

Lucky you. I have just over 500. Only three of them I’ve never met in person (including a Lizard I shall not name).

I joined recently to keep up with my sister in law & brother. Nothing else.

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wheat-dogghazi-mailgate  Apr 28, 2016 • 8:48:35pm

re: #169 teleskiguy

Should ‘internet’ be capitalized?

It has been, but the AP Stylebook (IIRC) now recommends it be lowercase. It’s not a trademark, like Kleenex, so the recommendation makes sense. We don’t capitalize telephone or television, after all.

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Jenner7  Apr 28, 2016 • 8:48:39pm

This right wing newsfeed I’m watching is saying the protests outside are turning violent.

? Any reports on twitter?

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Charles Johnson  Apr 28, 2016 • 8:48:57pm
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HappyWarrior  Apr 28, 2016 • 8:49:34pm

re: #181 Stanley Sea

He’s playing us.

Probably.

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teleskiguy  Apr 28, 2016 • 8:49:50pm

re: #164 The Ghost of a Flea

You said it better than me in your #103. I had to look around and see.

Man, The Ghost of a Flea, you’re something else. I rather enjoy your commentary here. Your verbiage makes me feel dumb.

:)

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Stanley Sea  Apr 28, 2016 • 8:51:07pm

re: #186 Jenner7

This right wing newsfeed I’m watching is saying the protests outside are turning violent.

? Any reports on twitter?

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De Kolta Chair  Apr 28, 2016 • 8:51:20pm

re: #183 Charles Johnson

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stpaulbear  Apr 28, 2016 • 8:52:39pm

re: #191 De Kolta Chair

Shoes for the dead!

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Decatur Deb  Apr 28, 2016 • 8:52:49pm

re: #169 teleskiguy

Should ‘internet’ be capitalized?

Doesn’t matter, but it’s spelled ‘Intertubes’.

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Eric The Fruit Bat  Apr 28, 2016 • 8:53:09pm

re: #168 Stanley Sea

I went back and scanned an old newsgroup that I used to participate in that was a refuge from an old CompuServe forum. Only two or three people post on any schedule, mostly old bitter Trump supporters. Now it’s just a husk waiting to die. I walked away from it several years ago (as did many others)-if it wasn’t for the fact that the server is still up it would have died of neglect on its own-which it probably should have for its own sake as there is very little value being generated there outside of bitter wingnut tears being shared between three people.

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Shimshon  Apr 28, 2016 • 8:55:02pm

re: #101 Lidane

One more reason for sane people to say exactly that:

Lots of Republicans still want to turn the Middle East into that “glass parking lot” they first demanded after 7/11

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MsJ  Apr 28, 2016 • 8:55:57pm

re: #167 Testy Toad T

Donald Trump may literally be the most unpopular and unpalatable figure in the history of the Republic. That doesn’t mean you shouldn’t vote, but for god’s sake I am starting to get annoyed by portents of doom from disaffected liberals.

If it gets more dems to the polls, so much the better. Thinking its a runaway will keep people home because voting is too much to ask.

Of course, voter ID, 5 hour lines, purged voters also have to be considered.

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jaunte  Apr 28, 2016 • 8:56:03pm

re: #195 Shimshon

I stopped and quickly went in and out of what you did there.

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Charles Johnson  Apr 28, 2016 • 8:56:20pm
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De Kolta Chair  Apr 28, 2016 • 8:58:25pm

re: #192 stpaulbear

Shoes for the dead!

Ah, Clem.

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Charles Johnson  Apr 28, 2016 • 8:58:42pm
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Stanley Sea  Apr 28, 2016 • 8:59:12pm
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HappyWarrior  Apr 28, 2016 • 8:59:44pm

I honestly don’t care how many people he got at his dog and pony show. The man is a fascist fuckwad. The people falling for his bullshit are dumbasses.

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De Kolta Chair  Apr 28, 2016 • 9:00:13pm

That reminds me, fvck Margaret Thatcher.

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HappyWarrior  Apr 28, 2016 • 9:00:45pm

re: #203 De Kolta Chair

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That reminds me, fvck Margaret Thatcher.

I didn’t like the white washing of her legacy when she died. She was awful.

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Eric The Fruit Bat  Apr 28, 2016 • 9:01:05pm

re: #202 HappyWarrior

Realtime drone footage or it didn’t happen, dammit!

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Shimshon  Apr 28, 2016 • 9:01:18pm

re: #141 ObserverArt

Have you noticed that most of the complaints are coming from old southern white men?

I think there is a message there.

I’m reading a book about Robert Kennedy. I was amazed how word for word the same excuses about segregation are being used today to justify restricting rights of LGBT. “freedoms” “states rights” “Constitution”

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Charles Johnson  Apr 28, 2016 • 9:01:38pm
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Stanley Sea  Apr 28, 2016 • 9:02:52pm
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De Kolta Chair  Apr 28, 2016 • 9:03:01pm

re: #192 stpaulbear

Shoes for the dead!

Just remembered these immortal lines:

“The pyramid is opening!”
“Which one?”
“The one with the ever-widening hole in it!”

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stpaulbear  Apr 28, 2016 • 9:04:14pm

re: #200 Charles Johnson

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The other 9,999 who couldn’t get in were protesters.

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Pawn of the Oppressor  Apr 28, 2016 • 9:04:57pm

re: #145 Stanley Sea

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They keep cheating us on the sheep, wood, and brick, too. Shifty Chinee… >>

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HappyWarrior  Apr 28, 2016 • 9:05:04pm

re: #206 Shimshon

I’m reading a book about Robert Kennedy. I was amazed how word for word the same excuses about segregation are being used today to justify restricting rights of LGBT. “freedoms” “states rights” “Constitution”

The more things change the more they stay the same. But yes you’re right religion was used to justify and rationalize segregation as well.

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Jenner7  Apr 28, 2016 • 9:09:16pm

Rowdy, but not violent….sez guy in copter of protesters.

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teleskiguy  Apr 28, 2016 • 9:10:16pm

re: #176 teleskiguy

I’m friends with the guitarist for Brantley Gilbert. I took him skiing in Steamboat and Telluride in the mid-aughts.

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calochortus  Apr 28, 2016 • 9:12:22pm

Just got through making motel reservations for our June trip. I’m not sure the glass of wine I was drinking helped, but I did double check everything to make sure I was reserving the correct nights. So, Winnemucca, NV, Burns, OR, Walla Walla, WA, Moses Lake, WA. Not quite sure what route we’ll take back home, but we have a lot of flexibility there. For whatever reason, Walla Walla was starting to fill up, as was Burns (presumably because there aren’t a lot of places to stay,) but wildflowers and Channeled Scablands here we come.

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wheat-dogghazi-mailgate  Apr 28, 2016 • 9:12:36pm

re: #212 HappyWarrior

The more things change the more they stay the same. But yes you’re right religion was used to justify and rationalize segregation as well.

“It is known.” — Dothraki answer for everything

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Stanley Sea  Apr 28, 2016 • 9:13:04pm

Yeah, the protesters look young.

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Jenner7  Apr 28, 2016 • 9:15:13pm
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teleskiguy  Apr 28, 2016 • 9:15:29pm

Fight The Power

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wheat-dogghazi-mailgate  Apr 28, 2016 • 9:17:03pm

Does anyone here use iTunes on Windows? I heard and obeyed a missive that Quicktime is a security hazard and uninstalled it. But iTunes needs QT to operate, so I am in a quandary. I have an iTunes account that I use occasionally. What to do?

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Big Beautiful Door  Apr 28, 2016 • 9:19:25pm

re: #129 jaunte

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This is the foreign policy leadership Bob Corker finds “very interesting.”

Horrifying could be described that way, yes.

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Charles Johnson  Apr 28, 2016 • 9:21:29pm
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Charles Johnson  Apr 28, 2016 • 9:21:58pm
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retired cynic  Apr 28, 2016 • 9:22:13pm

re: #222 Charles Johnson

Oh, great.

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Charles Johnson  Apr 28, 2016 • 9:23:15pm
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klys (maker of Silmarils)  Apr 28, 2016 • 9:29:46pm

re: #215 calochortus

Just got through making motel reservations for our June trip. I’m not sure the glass of wine I was drinking helped, but I did double check everything to make sure I was reserving the correct nights. So, Winnemucca, NV, Burns, OR, Walla Walla, WA, Moses Lake, WA. Not quite sure what route we’ll take back home, but we have a lot of flexibility there. For whatever reason, Walla Walla was starting to fill up, as was Burns (presumably because there aren’t a lot of places to stay,) but wildflowers and Channeled Scablands here we come.

I’m jealous!

I walked downtown tonight for a margarita (these things totally cancel each other out right? Fitbit says it was over a mile, but it’s a strong margarita) and get to drive to the mountains tomorrow.

Google thinks I should leave by 8:40 to be there in time, so 8:20 it is. The real question is do I decide to be an idiot a good exercise-committed person and get up to do my 5 mile walk before then.

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klys (maker of Silmarils)  Apr 28, 2016 • 9:31:18pm

re: #226 klys (maker of Silmarils)

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klys (maker of Silmarils)  Apr 28, 2016 • 9:31:32pm

re: #227 klys (maker of Silmarils)

I GOT CL’ED!

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wheat-dogghazi-mailgate  Apr 28, 2016 • 9:32:48pm

re: #220 wheat-dogghazi-mailgate

Does anyone here use iTunes on Windows? I heard and obeyed a missive that Quicktime is a security hazard and uninstalled it. But iTunes needs QT to operate, so I am in a quandary. I have an iTunes account that I use occasionally. What to do?

Maybe I found the answer. The vulnerability probably is with the browser plugin, and not with the components iTunes says it needs. So I’m re-installing QT. Cheaper than buying an Apple appliance.

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KingKenrod  Apr 28, 2016 • 9:34:29pm

re: #220 wheat-dogghazi-mailgate

Does anyone here use iTunes on Windows? I heard and obeyed a missive that Quicktime is a security hazard and uninstalled it. But iTunes needs QT to operate, so I am in a quandary. I have an iTunes account that I use occasionally. What to do?

Are you sure you need it at all? I use iTunes and don’t have QT installed.

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klys (maker of Silmarils)  Apr 28, 2016 • 9:35:14pm

re: #230 KingKenrod

Are you sure you need it at all? I use iTunes and don’t have QT installed.

Seconded. Which version of iTunes are you running?

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KingKenrod  Apr 28, 2016 • 9:37:41pm

re: #231 klys (maker of Silmarils)

Seconded. Which version of iTunes are you running?

12.3.3.17 64 bit. It’s the latest.

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calochortus  Apr 28, 2016 • 9:39:07pm

re: #226 klys (maker of Silmarils)

I’m jealous!

I walked downtown tonight for a margarita (these things totally cancel each other out right? Fitbit says it was over a mile, but it’s a strong margarita) and get to drive to the mountains tomorrow.

Google thinks I should leave by 8:40 to be there in time, so 8:20 it is. The real question is do I decide to be an idiot a good exercise-committed person and get up to do my 5 mile walk before then.

Maybe you could walk when you’re up there? Or split the distance between the 2 locations. Somehow, a 5 mile walk and then a long-ish drive doesn’t sound all that appealing.

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klys (maker of Silmarils)  Apr 28, 2016 • 9:39:17pm

re: #232 KingKenrod

Sorry, I realize my reply wasn’t clear. I meant the question for wheat.

I did a clean install of Windows not too far back and my recent installation of iTunes didn’t even bother to include Quicktime.

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klys (maker of Silmarils)  Apr 28, 2016 • 9:40:40pm

re: #233 calochortus

Maybe you could walk when you’re up there? Or split the distance between the 2 locations. Somehow, a 5 mile walk and then a long-ish drive doesn’t sound all that appealing.

There will be some time to kill while she’s in surgery, and I intend to get out for a walk on Saturday as well, as there’s some nature trails on the property up where she is. I intend to avoid breaking my hand.

Just trying to balance being a nurse with getting in my step count minimum.

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calochortus  Apr 28, 2016 • 9:41:47pm

re: #227 klys (maker of Silmarils)

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And good thoughts for your sister.

I’m out for the night.
Hasta mañana, Lizards

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calochortus  Apr 28, 2016 • 9:42:23pm

re: #235 klys (maker of Silmarils)

There will be some time to kill while she’s in surgery, and I intend to get out for a walk on Saturday as well, as there’s some nature trails on the property up where she is. I intend to avoid breaking my hand.

Just trying to balance being a nurse with getting in my step count minimum.

Good choice.

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klys (maker of Silmarils)  Apr 28, 2016 • 9:46:43pm

re: #237 calochortus

Good choice.

Yeah, worker’s comp wouldn’t cover me. ;)

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Ubiq  Apr 28, 2016 • 10:54:42pm

re: #69 HappyWarrior

I do have some sympathy for Boehner since I don’t think he’s necessarily a bad guy. Part of a terrible party for sure but not an abject asshole like Lee and Cruz are.

While I didn’t agree with his politics, I always saw Boehner as an honorable man who wanted to play ball but was forever hamstrung by the wingnuts in his party. I’m willing to bet there wasn’t a happier man in the universe the day he handed that gavel to Paul Ryan.


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