The Bob Cesca Podcast: Diphthong

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Today’s program from our podcasting affiliate, The Bob Cesca Show:

Diphthong — NSFW; Happy Halloween; Buzz Burbank from Buzz Burbank News and Comment is here; Trump threatens to repeal the 14th Amendment with an executive order; The Supreme Court will never allow it; White House won’t rule out suspending habeas corpus and the Posse Comitatus Act; Trump legitimized the bigotry of the radical right; Sarah Sanders lied about the results of the 2016 election; Axios and its Trump interview tactics; Jacob Wohl spreads ridiculous conspiracy about Robert Mueller; No podcast on Election Day; Special Bob Cesca Show Roundtable scheduled for Nov 7; and so much more.

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462 comments
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bd(soros funded)  Oct 30, 2018 • 5:53:57pm

OK, you are given a choice between having Jacob Wohl or Jim Hoft as a cell mate?

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stpaulbear  Oct 30, 2018 • 5:55:16pm

re: #1 b.d.(soros funded)

OK, you are given a choice between having Jacob Wohl or Jim Hoft as a cell mate?

In prison, Hoft might have the sense to know when to shut up.

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whitebeach  Oct 30, 2018 • 5:55:43pm

re: #1 b.d.(soros funded)

OK, you are given a choice between having Jacob Wohl or Jim Hoft as a cell mate?

Is the death penalty still on the table?

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Dave In Austin  Oct 30, 2018 • 5:55:48pm
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Dr. Matt  Oct 30, 2018 • 5:56:31pm

re: #1 b.d.(soros funded)

OK, you are given a choice between having Jacob Wohl or Jim Hoft as a cell mate?

I’d choose my bed sheet around my neck.

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bd(soros funded)  Oct 30, 2018 • 5:56:59pm

re: #3 whitebeach

Is the death penalty still on the table?

I’d have to do something to get thrown in to solitary.

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Skip Intro  Oct 30, 2018 • 5:58:13pm

re: #1 b.d.(soros funded)

Hoft wouldn’t spend all his time trying to get you to invest in a bogus hedge fund.

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Targetpractice  Oct 30, 2018 • 5:59:50pm

re: #1 b.d.(soros funded)

OK, you are given a choice between having Jacob Wohl or Jim Hoft as a cell mate?

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Archangelus  Oct 30, 2018 • 6:01:56pm
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Dr. Matt  Oct 30, 2018 • 6:02:43pm

I’m listening to the Jacob Wohl podcast. He said getting retweeted by Donnie is a “sense of accomplishment”. FFS

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Archangelus  Oct 30, 2018 • 6:05:52pm

re: #1 b.d.(soros funded)

OK, you are given a choice between having Jacob Wohl or Jim Hoft as a cell mate?

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Dr. Matt  Oct 30, 2018 • 6:08:00pm

This thread is awesome. Jacob makes Donnie look like a Rhodes Scholar.

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bd(soros funded)  Oct 30, 2018 • 6:08:10pm

re: #11 Archangelus

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lol, i would have to choose Wohl because I think that the general population would get rid of him quickest and I’d have the cell to myself

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MsJ  Oct 30, 2018 • 6:09:06pm

re: #13 b.d.(soros funded)

lol, i would have to choose Wohl because I think that the general population would get rid of him quickest and I’d have the cell to myself

Forward thinking. 🤣

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lawhawk  Oct 30, 2018 • 6:09:12pm

re: #1 b.d.(soros funded)

OK, you are given a choice between having Jacob Wohl or Jim Hoft as a cell mate?

I’d never end up in prison. Those two dumbasses are a whole lot closer to that becoming reality.

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BigPapa  Oct 30, 2018 • 6:11:20pm

The world’s going to shit but damn if it isn’t entertaining as all hell.

Hey, anybody talk to Squi or Tobin lately?

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PhillyPretzel  Oct 30, 2018 • 6:11:51pm

One of my neighbors who was very sick died a couple of months ago. I found out about this today as I was headed for work. This was the neighbor that I substituted for at the primary election. It seems that I am now the defacto Minority Inspector. I am not sure what will happen after the election; my ward leader might want me to remain as a committee-person who fills in for a Minority Inspector.

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Stanley Sea  Oct 30, 2018 • 6:12:01pm

re: #12 Dr. Matt

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ObserverArt  Oct 30, 2018 • 6:12:01pm

re: #13 b.d.(soros funded)

lol, i would have to choose Wohl because I think that the general population would get rid of him quickest and I’d have the cell to myself

For a day or two, until they bring your new cellmate and you find out it is Dim Jim Hoft.

Now tatted up as a member in standing with Aryan Brotherhood.

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Quoth the raven, Covfefe.  Oct 30, 2018 • 6:12:12pm

re: #15 lawhawk

I’d never end up in prison. Those two dumbasses are a whole lot closer to that becoming reality.

Or, the alternative: If Trumpian reality goes to its logical extreme, we’ll all end up in prison, but those two dumbasses would be pardoned.

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lawhawk  Oct 30, 2018 • 6:13:10pm

re: #16 BigPapa

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nines09  Oct 30, 2018 • 6:13:20pm

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Dr. Matt  Oct 30, 2018 • 6:14:48pm

re: #18 Stanley Sea

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BigPapa  Oct 30, 2018 • 6:15:50pm

re: #21 lawhawk

Seriously, this is the most fun I’ve had in… a few weeks of horrid news. The thought of Wohl the Lesser being under legal jeopardy with the comical fuckwittery has had me giggling all day.

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MsJ  Oct 30, 2018 • 6:17:34pm
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Skip Intro  Oct 30, 2018 • 6:18:06pm

re: #4 Dave In Austin

Never given, not never gave you meth addled trumpsucker.

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lawhawk  Oct 30, 2018 • 6:18:08pm

re: #23 Dr. Matt

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bd(soros funded)  Oct 30, 2018 • 6:19:10pm

There ya go, double down little hero!

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Archangelus  Oct 30, 2018 • 6:19:44pm

Reading through this whole Wohl/SMOTI affair be like..

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Dr. Matt  Oct 30, 2018 • 6:20:07pm
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FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀  Oct 30, 2018 • 6:21:59pm
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piratedan  Oct 30, 2018 • 6:22:42pm

are the legal deities kind enough to let us see both Wohl and Hoft (and Wohl’s Dad) all go to prison for interfering with a federal investigation?

If only it could be true…..

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Dr. Matt  Oct 30, 2018 • 6:23:31pm

If you stiched together the lobotomized sections of grey matter from Rage Furby and SMOTI, Jacob would be the result.

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Archangelus  Oct 30, 2018 • 6:25:04pm

Jeebus, what a day - I didn’t even know about the second and third…

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Charles Johnson  Oct 30, 2018 • 6:25:16pm
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lawhawk  Oct 30, 2018 • 6:25:41pm

re: #33 Dr. Matt

If you stiched together the lobotomized sections of grey matter from Rage Furby and SMOTI, Jacob would be the result.

They were smart enough to think that their supporters would buy this claptrap unconditionally. Enough of them have…

The reality is that their supporters are dumber than these two.

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bd(soros funded)  Oct 30, 2018 • 6:26:09pm

re: #34 Archangelus

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Oh, I hadn’t heard about Milo. The poor dear.

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MsJ  Oct 30, 2018 • 6:26:24pm
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Ace-o-aces  Oct 30, 2018 • 6:26:38pm

So, we’ve been so wound up in this Jacob Wohl nonsense, it seems a lot of you have missed the news that Kanye West is officially off the Trump Train.

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Dr. Matt  Oct 30, 2018 • 6:28:08pm

“Fat, drunk, and stupid is no way to go through life, son.”

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Archangelus  Oct 30, 2018 • 6:28:47pm
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lawhawk  Oct 30, 2018 • 6:29:14pm

re: #39 Ace-o-aces

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Quoth the raven, Covfefe.  Oct 30, 2018 • 6:31:52pm

re: #41 Archangelus

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Sheogorath was my favorite Daedric prince. The expansion to Oblivion where you got to play through his storyline was hilarious and epic. Also, he seems like exactly the kind of guy who would be behind the current Republican bad crazy. There’s literally no logical explanation for any of this shit.

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BigPapa  Oct 30, 2018 • 6:33:22pm

This is the sinister Kobayashi Kavanaugh

Well played Soros and Hillary, well played.

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MsJ  Oct 30, 2018 • 6:33:32pm
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Quoth the raven, Covfefe.  Oct 30, 2018 • 6:34:09pm

re: #45 MsJ

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That might not play into their favor as much as they might like.

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HappyWarrior  Oct 30, 2018 • 6:34:14pm

re: #40 Dr. Matt

“Fat, drunk, and stupid is no way to go through life, son.”

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That delusional fool actually thinks he can be President.

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ObserverArt  Oct 30, 2018 • 6:34:57pm

re: #36 lawhawk

They were smart enough to think that their supporters would buy this claptrap unconditionally. Enough of them have…

The reality is that their supporters are dumber than these two.

I think they have overplayed their parts and now are to the point where too many people know them and their games.

People that are not their supporters may be finally getting sick of all the bullshit and I think even some that followed them will be ignoring them as they don’t want to be associated with the idiocy.

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Targetpractice  Oct 30, 2018 • 6:36:24pm

re: #28 b.d.(soros funded)

There ya go, double down little hero!

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So Jake’s hope is people will be dumb enough to ignore the whole Surefire business and assume the MSM is deliberately working to discredit him personally.

Jake, honey, you’re not that big a deal.

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Skip Intro  Oct 30, 2018 • 6:36:35pm

re: #40 Dr. Matt

I assume that’s the closest distance you can get to him before the stench makes you gag.

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BigPapa  Oct 30, 2018 • 6:36:46pm

Rob Reiner’s dad is giving us a firm talking to:

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ObserverArt  Oct 30, 2018 • 6:37:24pm

re: #39 Ace-o-aces

So, we’ve been so wound up in this Jacob Wohl nonsense, it seems a lot of you have missed the news that Kanye West is officially off the Trump Train.

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There were tweets from him posted earlier where he said he was used, etc.

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Skip Intro  Oct 30, 2018 • 6:37:47pm

re: #41 Archangelus

There just has to be two Bill Mitchells using one account.

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HappyWarrior  Oct 30, 2018 • 6:39:18pm

re: #51 BigPapa

Rob Reiner’s dad is giving us a firm talking to:

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I hope he lives to 2020. He’s a treasure. Him and Mel both.

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HappyWarrior  Oct 30, 2018 • 6:40:17pm

re: #52 ObserverArt

There were tweets from him posted earlier where he said he was used, etc.

I wonder though what made him finally realize it though. I think it was obvious from the beginning he was being used.

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MsJ  Oct 30, 2018 • 6:41:23pm

re: #55 HappyWarrior

I wonder though what made him finally realize it though. I think it was obvious from the beginning he was being used.

The people who buy his records told him to get fucked. $$$$$ rules.

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Targetpractice  Oct 30, 2018 • 6:41:35pm

So just to recap, today has seen:

- Jake Wohl and Dim Jim caught trying to manufacture a scandal against Mueller that is now being referred to the FBI
- Kanye suddenly having an attack of sanity and breaking ties with Donny
- Poor Lil Milo having his public appearance canned
- FedEx deciding the NRA’s money is no good anymore
- Donny getting so badly snubbed in Pittsburgh that he’s not even boasting about it

I need a smoke.

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MsJ  Oct 30, 2018 • 6:43:55pm
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HappyWarrior  Oct 30, 2018 • 6:44:10pm

re: #56 MsJ

The people who buy his records told him to get fucked. $$$$$ rules.

Yeah that sounds right to me. It probably took some time to register.

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HappyWarrior  Oct 30, 2018 • 6:44:48pm

re: #58 MsJ

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Trump either doesn’t know or care.

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BigPapa  Oct 30, 2018 • 6:45:11pm

I have a client where Dad is like the old boss in this famous movie scene:

Why Am I Mr. Pink? - Reservoir Dogs (8/12) Movie CLIP (1992) HD

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Patricia Kayden  Oct 30, 2018 • 6:46:29pm

re: #34 Archangelus

Milo’s speaking engagement has been postponed. Hopefully, indefinitely.

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Joe Bacon 🌹  Oct 30, 2018 • 6:46:53pm

re: #15 lawhawk

I’d never end up in prison. Those two dumbasses are a whole lot closer to that becoming reality.

Dear Flying Spaghetti Monster, PLEASE let me get on this case jury!

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ObserverArt  Oct 30, 2018 • 6:46:59pm

Jacob Wohl mess has made the Rachel Maddow show.

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bd(soros funded)  Oct 30, 2018 • 6:47:52pm

lmao,i hadn’t seen this part

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Patricia Kayden  Oct 30, 2018 • 6:47:58pm

re: #58 MsJ

Horrific. A slow motion tragedy happening right under our noses. Seems like another Darfur.

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GlutenFreeJesus  Oct 30, 2018 • 6:48:10pm

Charles, my nomination for your next musical thread:

Lateralus - (Tool Cover) ft. Samuel Hope and Suphala

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ObserverArt  Oct 30, 2018 • 6:49:09pm

re: #64 ObserverArt

Jacob Wohl mess has made the Rachel Maddow show.

…and Gateway Pundit is being tied to Jacob. Hahahaha. And Ben Collins , a media guy for NBC is painting them as complete clowns.

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Patricia Kayden  Oct 30, 2018 • 6:50:53pm

re: #38 MsJ

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Yes!!! I so want her to beat his cheating butt!!

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GlutenFreeJesus  Oct 30, 2018 • 6:51:01pm

re: #39 Ace-o-aces

Did Kanye just #walkaway ? lmao

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Charles Johnson  Oct 30, 2018 • 6:52:43pm
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BigPapa  Oct 30, 2018 • 6:55:08pm

re: #67 GlutenFreeJesus

Fook yeah Tool! Great song, great cover. They killed it.

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freetoken  Oct 30, 2018 • 6:55:57pm

re: #71 Charles Johnson

Comcast/NBCU has paid Trump millions of dollars over the years. There is no reason to believe that Comcast/NBCU has any reason to back off of their relationship with Trump. Even when he was talking about running, there were discussions about him continuing his program on NBC.

Just because MSNBC has shows like Maddow does not mean the corporation is invested in the doing the right thing. To them, shows like Maddow are just ways to sell advertising to particular demographics.

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MsJ  Oct 30, 2018 • 6:56:41pm

Fuck. This thread is depressing.

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BigPapa  Oct 30, 2018 • 6:56:42pm

Et tu, NBC?

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HappyWarrior  Oct 30, 2018 • 6:57:42pm

re: #71 Charles Johnson

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Yeah 120 years of precedent and the 14th amendment mean nothing. Sigh.

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plansbandc  Oct 30, 2018 • 6:59:42pm
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Patricia Kayden  Oct 30, 2018 • 7:01:31pm
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The Vicious Babushka  Oct 30, 2018 • 7:02:52pm

New account on Twitter:

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HappyWarrior  Oct 30, 2018 • 7:03:12pm

re: #78 Patricia Kayden

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I totally expect her stalker Trump Jr to say or like a nasty tweet about this.

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HappyWarrior  Oct 30, 2018 • 7:03:54pm

re: #79 The Vicious Babushka

New account on Twitter:

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Haha

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Charles Johnson  Oct 30, 2018 • 7:05:02pm
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Archangelus  Oct 30, 2018 • 7:06:10pm

For those who might be interested, state-wide elections were held today in Israel; Not the general elections for prime minister and the parliament (that mess is up next year, one way or another) but just the country’s equivalent of municipal/governorship elections.
As of this time, there have been two notable developments.
The first and most juicy is that in a surprise twist, the prominent candidate for mayor of Jerusalem, Ze’ev Elkin - a current government minister and personal favorite of PM Netanyahu who also had the support of other senior officials (including the outgoing mayor), lost in one hell of an upset.
A second round of elections will be held in two weeks between the two who got the most votes; Elkin came in fourth with just 19%.
The second development and notable takeaway was the very nature of this year’s elections. Today marked the first time that a municipal election was held as a shabbaton , a nation-wide day off. It was done primarily as a test to see if it would improve the voting turnout. Well, in the hours following the polls closing, statistics showed that the voting percentage was higher by 15-20% (!) than the previous municipal elections five years ago. So the answer is a definitive yes.
This is something I’ve always thought would be a good idea to implement in the US as well to boost voter turnout. While they have a different political system here, the results reinforce that notion considerably nonetheless.

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ObserverArt  Oct 30, 2018 • 7:06:20pm

re: #73 freetoken

Comcast/NBCU has paid Trump millions of dollars over the years. There is no reason to believe that Comcast/NBCU has any reason to back off of their relationship with Trump. Even when he was talking about running, there were discussions about him continuing his program on NBC.

Just because MSNBC has shows like Maddow does not mean the corporation is invested in the doing the right thing. To them, shows like Maddow are just ways to sell advertising to particular demographics.

It is part of their “all sides” coverage to make them feel they also are fair and balanced. I think they want to make that money on both sides rather than like Fox being all-in conservative. So, they give some time to everyone and try to straddle the money making line and call it all part of the news.

Some of the programs are good, others not. A few are still the most liberal TV you can find on big media.

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HappyWarrior  Oct 30, 2018 • 7:06:49pm

re: #82 Charles Johnson

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I guess getting a real job was too hard.

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The Vicious Babushka  Oct 30, 2018 • 7:07:32pm

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freetoken  Oct 30, 2018 • 7:08:27pm

re: #84 ObserverArt

Fox runs shows like The Simpsons that have long made fun of the religious right/hate right.

To these corporations, all that is important is eyes on product, because that is what they sell to their real customers, the advertising agencies.

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Quoth the raven, Covfefe.  Oct 30, 2018 • 7:09:38pm

re: #82 Charles Johnson

OhChristItsThisAssholeAgain.jpg

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Ace-o-aces  Oct 30, 2018 • 7:13:33pm
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Archangelus  Oct 30, 2018 • 7:14:41pm
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MsJ  Oct 30, 2018 • 7:16:56pm
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Archangelus  Oct 30, 2018 • 7:17:36pm

re: #82 Charles Johnson

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ObserverArt  Oct 30, 2018 • 7:18:57pm

re: #87 freetoken

Fox runs shows like The Simpsons that have long made fun of the religious right/hate right.

To these corporations, all that is important is eyes on product, because that is what they sell to their real customers, the advertising agencies.

I was comparing just the news networks.

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plansbandc  Oct 30, 2018 • 7:21:11pm

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MsJ  Oct 30, 2018 • 7:23:16pm
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Quoth the raven, Covfefe.  Oct 30, 2018 • 7:26:45pm

re: #94 plansbandc

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WANT

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Archangelus  Oct 30, 2018 • 7:27:06pm

Fine by me!

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Quoth the raven, Covfefe.  Oct 30, 2018 • 7:27:55pm

re: #92 Archangelus

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Aaand there it is. Saved to image library for future use.

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MsJ  Oct 30, 2018 • 7:30:25pm

Brutal.

I love it. Trump has tatas. 😁😂🤣😭

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Archangelus  Oct 30, 2018 • 7:36:01pm
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makeitstop  Oct 30, 2018 • 7:50:32pm
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The Vicious Babushka  Oct 30, 2018 • 7:52:11pm
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Quoth the raven, Covfefe.  Oct 30, 2018 • 7:52:17pm

re: #100 Archangelus

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“Technically, Lincoln was a Republican.”
“Technically, so was Julius Caesar, so your argument is invalid.”

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FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀  Oct 30, 2018 • 7:53:54pm

re: #97 Archangelus

Fine by me!

Ivana Trump wasn’t a US citizen until 1988. She gave birth to Don Jr in 1977, Ivanka in 1981, and Eric in 1984.

Let’s cancel their birthright citizenship first.

Ummm…
Donald is/was a citizen, so they’re citizens

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Scottish Dragon  Oct 30, 2018 • 7:55:07pm

re: #99 MsJ

Brutal.

I love it. Trump has tatas. 😁😂🤣😭

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His work really reminds me of R Crumb.

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BlueSpotinAL  Oct 30, 2018 • 7:55:16pm

re: #57 Targetpractice

So just to recap, today has seen:

- Jake Wohl and Dim Jim caught trying to manufacture a scandal against Mueller that is now being referred to the FBI
- Kanye suddenly having an attack of sanity and breaking ties with Donny
- Poor Lil Milo having his public appearance canned
- FedEx deciding the NRA’s money is no good anymore
- Donny getting so badly snubbed in Pittsburgh that he’s not even boasting about it

I need a smoke.

Add Purina and Land O’ Lakes no longer supporting the KKKorn Nazi, Steve King (IA-R).
bloomberg.com

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stpaulbear  Oct 30, 2018 • 7:57:10pm

The comments are pretty funny.

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The Vicious Babushka  Oct 30, 2018 • 7:57:11pm

The fake rabbi wasn’t even a real fake rabbi

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calochortus  Oct 30, 2018 • 7:59:02pm

re: #108 The Vicious Babushka

The fake rabbi wasn’t even a real fake rabbi

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Why am I not surprised?

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stpaulbear  Oct 30, 2018 • 8:00:34pm

re: #108 The Vicious Babushka

The fake rabbi wasn’t even a real fake rabbi

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But he was absolutely perfect for Pence.

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Cheechako  Oct 30, 2018 • 8:01:57pm

OT - It’s check-in time.

So far the snowbird migration has been going very well. No problems passing through Canada even though I was packing a hunting rifle. The rifle was a 1946 Savage Model 99 in .300 Savage caliper that I bought in 1964. I was bringing it south to pass on to my son. Had the paper work filled out, paid the $25(CA) fee, and was sent on down the road. The U.S. Border Patrol did want to see the Canadian paperwork so the rifle is now in the U.S.system.

My wife had her cataract surgery and it was a big success. We were going to wait until February for her second eye but, being so successful on the first eye, she’s having the other eye done in mid November.

That means we’ll be hanging around Southern Oregon for the next 3 weeks. Right now we’re camping in an OR State Park just outside Brookings, OR. Really nice CG and I can see the ocean right out my window.

Did get our absentee ballots in the mail. Don Young has to go!! Did you hear where he nearly crushed his challenger’s hand giving her a “manly” handshake after their debate?

Since we’re just hanging about I’ll try to check in more often.

Chee

Looks like there’s some new lizards on board. If so, welcome everyone.

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goddamnedfrank  Oct 30, 2018 • 8:03:07pm

Wait, so the fake rabbi was a double fake rabbi?

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makeitstop  Oct 30, 2018 • 8:05:06pm
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Archangelus  Oct 30, 2018 • 8:05:15pm

re: #108 The Vicious Babushka

The fake rabbi wasn’t even a real fake rabbi

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I’m sure the Israeli Chief Rabbinate, which has a not-so-good opinion on non-Ultra-Orthodox rabbis as it is, will absolutely LOVE this….

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goddamnedfrank  Oct 30, 2018 • 8:07:30pm
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jaunte  Oct 30, 2018 • 8:21:06pm
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Skip Intro  Oct 30, 2018 • 8:24:51pm

re: #108 The Vicious Babushka

The fake rabbi wasn’t even a real fake rabbi

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The Trump regime in one picture.

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jaunte  Oct 30, 2018 • 8:27:19pm
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TedStriker  Oct 30, 2018 • 8:32:32pm

re: #34 Archangelus

Jeebus, what a day - I didn’t even know about the second and third…

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Whitey Bulger got whacked in prison today, too:

Within hours of his arrival at a federal prison in West Virginia, gangster James “Whitey” Bulger was beaten to death by inmates Tuesday in an attack that marks the final, brutal chapter in the life of one of Boston’s most notorious villains.

Two inmates were under investigation in the attack, including Fotios “Freddy” Geas, 51, a West Springfield Mafia hit man serving a life sentence for the 2003 slaying of the leader of the Genovese crime family in Springfield, according to several people briefed on the attack. The men were captured on video surveillance entering Bulger’s cell around 6 a.m., according to one of the people.

It was about two hours later that Bulger was found beaten, with his eyes nearly gouged out, the people said.

bostonglobe.com

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MsJ  Oct 30, 2018 • 8:37:20pm

re: #119 TedStriker

Whitey Bulger got whacked in prison today, too:

bostonglobe.com

Why do I not feel even remotely sorry for him?

I’m like ¯\_(ツ)_/¯. Turnabout is fair play or something.

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Jay C  Oct 30, 2018 • 8:40:06pm

re: #112 goddamnedfrank

Wait, so the fake rabbi was a double fake rabbi?

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Invited to the rally, apparently, by a local (Jewish) GOP congressional candidate (what a surprise!), who - at least by the time NBC got around to asking her - seemed to forget all about “Rabbi” Jacobs (even more of a surprise! !!///).
Oy.

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teleskiguy  Oct 30, 2018 • 8:41:39pm

re: #119 TedStriker

There was most likely a very lucrative contract out on his life. Someone fulfilled that contract, had to have been well over a hundred large, maybe a thousand large.

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MsJ  Oct 30, 2018 • 8:42:55pm
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TedStriker  Oct 30, 2018 • 8:45:53pm

re: #120 MsJ

Why do I not feel even remotely sorry for him?

I’m like ¯\_(ツ)_/¯. Turnabout is fair play or something.

Bulger was a violent sonofabitch and deserved what he got, delayed as it was

Geas whacking Bulger just made him a fucking rock star in the eyes of his betters in the Mafia; he already has a life sentence, so it’s not going to matter much there, but there’s a lot of wiseguys in and out of stir that are going to treat him like a king.

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stpaulbear  Oct 30, 2018 • 8:45:57pm

re: #118 jaunte

Wonkette writes about that too (a bit less reverently).

Mike Pence’s Fake Rabbi Walks Into A Bar, Says Jews Are Going To Hell

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MsJ  Oct 30, 2018 • 8:47:05pm

Wow. Said out loud.

He added that the visit was an effort by the president to “go through the motions of being a consoler-in- chief” because empathy is not a natural emotion for Trump.

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MsJ  Oct 30, 2018 • 8:49:46pm

Merkel is stepping down.

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stpaulbear  Oct 30, 2018 • 8:51:40pm

re: #126 MsJ

Wow. Said out loud.

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I hope he’s screamed at Ivanka and Jared about it. They all deserve to feel miserable.

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MsJ  Oct 30, 2018 • 8:52:54pm

re: #127 MsJ

Merkel is stepping down.

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Bullshit article and not a damn thing to do with the turd in the White House. I was mearly staring she’s on her way out.

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MsJ  Oct 30, 2018 • 9:00:43pm
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Anymouse 🌹  Oct 30, 2018 • 9:03:25pm

How Republicans Deflect Blame after a Tragedy (comedy, 7:19)

How Republicans Deflect Blame After a Tragedy - The Jim Jefferies Show

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teleskiguy  Oct 30, 2018 • 9:05:07pm

Colorado’s current voter returns:

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teleskiguy  Oct 30, 2018 • 9:07:39pm

re: #132 teleskiguy

Got a text from my mother today, it read:

Dropped off my ballot today. I’m a registered Republican (I know, I need to change that) and I voted straight Democrat. I’ve never done that before. :)

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Quoth the raven, Covfefe.  Oct 30, 2018 • 9:08:22pm

re: #133 teleskiguy

Got a text from my mother today, it read:

Hope she double-checked her ballot, after the reports from Texas that voting straight-ticket Democrat would result in a vote for Ted Cruz.

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fern01  Oct 30, 2018 • 9:08:32pm

re: #108 The Vicious Babushka

The fake rabbi wasn’t even a real fake rabbi

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That Pence is 100% spot on with his research. It is hard to find a functioning brain when looking at the current US government

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retired cynic  Oct 30, 2018 • 9:08:36pm

re: #133 teleskiguy

Got a text from my mother today, it read:

One more!

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MsJ  Oct 30, 2018 • 9:08:41pm

re: #132 teleskiguy

Colorado’s current voter returns:

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So we’re looking at registered voters… And trying to estimate how many switched sides?

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teleskiguy  Oct 30, 2018 • 9:09:51pm

re: #134 Quoth the raven, Covfefe.

Hope she double-checked her ballot, after the reports from Texas that voting straight-ticket Democrat would result in a vote for Ted Cruz.

We use paper ballots in Colorado, they mail them to us three weeks before Election Day. If you want you can go into the County Building and use an electronic voting machine. I did that in 2012, and it spits out a paper receipt of how you voted.

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teleskiguy  Oct 30, 2018 • 9:10:35pm

re: #137 MsJ

So we’re looking at registered voters… And trying to estimate how many switched sides?

Yes, those numbers reflect the party affiliation of registered voters.

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Anymouse 🌹  Oct 30, 2018 • 9:10:56pm

re: #132 teleskiguy

Colorado’s current voter returns:

You get kewl graphics on voting returns. I get text E-mails. An artificial line drawn in the High Plains separates me from you, and that line represents decades of difference in technology. (And we can still smell your weed when the wind is from the south.)

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teleskiguy  Oct 30, 2018 • 9:12:16pm

Seriously, Colorado’s elections are pretty fucking deluxe. It’s very easy to vote. And all results are 100% accountable and certified genuine.

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Anymouse 🌹  Oct 30, 2018 • 9:12:53pm

re: #138 teleskiguy

We use paper ballots in Colorado, they mail them to us three weeks before Election Day. If you want you can go into the County Building and use an electronic voting machine. I did that in 2012, and it spits out a paper receipt of how you voted.

We get a call from the county clerk if something is wrong. (Last election, my wife failed to sign the envelope. The clerk called us for her to come in and verify that was actually her ballot, which she did.)

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Belafon  Oct 30, 2018 • 9:16:53pm

re: #132 teleskiguy

Curious how that compares to 2014.

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Kragar  Oct 30, 2018 • 9:20:24pm
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teleskiguy  Oct 30, 2018 • 9:21:27pm

re: #143 Belafon

I’m seeing a 69.3% turnout rate that year. A handful of counties had over 80% turnout, mostly in the eastern plains. My county was 66.6% that year.

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BeachDem  Oct 30, 2018 • 9:25:38pm

re: #48 ObserverArt

I think they have overplayed their parts and now are to the point where too many people know them and their games.

People that are not their supporters may be finally getting sick of all the bullshit and I think even some that followed them will be ignoring them as they don’t want to be associated with the idiocy.

And how you tried to make it work
Did you really think it could
How you tried to make it last
Did you really think it would
Like a guest who stayed too long
Now it’s finally time to leave
Yes, it’s finally time to leave
Take it calmly and serene
It’s the famous final scene

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MsJ  Oct 30, 2018 • 9:30:05pm

Epic.

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wheat-dogg  Oct 30, 2018 • 9:39:22pm

re: #108 The Vicious Babushka

Why? He wasn’t fake-Jewish enough? Ate bacon on shabbas?

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MsJ  Oct 30, 2018 • 9:41:58pm
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MsJ  Oct 30, 2018 • 9:48:01pm

LOL

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teleskiguy  Oct 30, 2018 • 9:48:12pm

Oof!

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Anymouse 🌹  Oct 30, 2018 • 9:52:51pm

The New York Times has a ten-question quiz:

Are You a Democratic Socialist?

Obviously there is more to that then ten questions can possibly cover. That said, of their ten questions, I scored “yes” to ten. (How do I manage to get elected to office in Conservatopia? It’s not like I hide here what I think about my positions on politics and economics.)

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Single-handed sailor  Oct 30, 2018 • 9:56:53pm
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Anymouse 🌹  Oct 30, 2018 • 10:01:22pm

Florida Man, Hallowe’en edition:

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can't think of a decent username  Oct 30, 2018 • 10:10:41pm

Out in my neck of the woods, it is now Halloween, the best day of the year.

Please enjoy this wonderful animation of my favorite Ray Bradbury story.

“Ray Bradbury’s The Homecoming” -Ben Wickey 2016 CalArts Film

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whitebeach  Oct 30, 2018 • 10:12:44pm

re: #108 The Vicious Babushka

The fake rabbi wasn’t even a real fake rabbi

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I’ve told this before, but now seems a good time to repeat it.

I’m not Jewish, but the wonderful woman I lived with for sixteen years in NYC was. For a while it seemed that we were beset by people who called themselves Jews for Jesus. They were really Baptists, but fuck them anyway. One Friday night my companion and I were walking along, I think, 8th St. near 6th Ave when we we accosted by one of these people. He had some sort of hick accent (I say this as a Louisiana boy) and eventually I challenged him about his authenticity as a Jew. He went into a whole routine about how he was truly Jewish but believed that Jesus was the Messiah. At a certain point my girlfriend had enough and damn near snarled at him, “If you’re such a frumeh yid, why aren’t you in shul?” (remember, Friday night). It was like checkmate, tool.

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Anymouse 🌹  Oct 30, 2018 • 10:16:31pm

re: #149 MsJ

forum.rpg.net

RPG Net has a new rule: Do not post in support of Donald Trump or his administration.

They called it support of a hate group. Dayum.

The following policy announcement is the result of over a year of serious debate by the moderation team. The decision is as close to unanimous as we ever get. It will not be the subject of further debate. We have fully considered the downsides and ultimately decided we have to stay true to our values. We will not pretend that evil isn’t evil, or that it becomes a legitimate difference of political opinion if you put a suit and tie on it.

We are banning support of Donald Trump or his administration on the RPGnet forums. This is because his public comments, policies, and the makeup of his administration are so wholly incompatible with our values that formal political neutrality is not tenable. We can be welcoming to (for example) persons of every ethnicity who want to talk about games, or we can allow support for open white supremacy. Not both. Below will be an outline of the policy and a very incomplete set of citations.

We have a community here that we’ve built carefully over time, and support for elected hate groups aren’t welcome here. We can’t save the world, but we can protect and care for the small patch that is this board.

(more details on the rules, plus comment thread)

That’s how you do it Twitter.

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Anymouse 🌹  Oct 30, 2018 • 10:20:41pm
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wheat-dogg  Oct 30, 2018 • 10:42:02pm

Shakespeare could have done a play about this one.

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Kragar  Oct 30, 2018 • 10:42:06pm
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wheat-dogg  Oct 30, 2018 • 10:43:16pm

re: #160 Kragar

If he’s going for the tough guy look, it ain’t working.

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austin_blue  Oct 30, 2018 • 10:51:09pm

re: #160 Kragar

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The guy’s got an exceedingly strange lack of folds in his ears. Possibly not human.

Let’s go with that. Alien Lizard person, responsible for ChemTrails, and barking mad assaults on Mueller.

Yeah, that’s the ticket.

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whitebeach  Oct 30, 2018 • 10:52:34pm

re: #161 wheat-dogg

If he’s going for the tough guy look, it ain’t working.

He’s one of those dudes you’d love to meet in a dark alley.

Sorry, all. Once in a while I get a call from my less saintly youth.

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austin_blue  Oct 30, 2018 • 10:53:13pm

re: #161 wheat-dogg

If he’s going for the tough guy look, it ain’t working.

re: #161 wheat-dogg

If he’s going for the tough guy look, it ain’t working.

Yeah, the name on his jumpsuit just says “Bitch”.

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wheat-dogg  Oct 30, 2018 • 11:01:49pm

re: #163 whitebeach

He’s one of those dudes you’d love to meet in a dark alley.

Sorry, all. Once in a while I get a call from my less saintly youth.

Jacob is one of those guys who thinks he’s all that and more, but in fact falls way short of the mark. He’s probably the apple of his parents’ eyes, but to the outside world, he’s just a shlub. His high school time must have been way fun for him.

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Dr Lizardo  Oct 30, 2018 • 11:07:45pm

re: #122 teleskiguy

There was most likely a very lucrative contract out on his life. Someone fulfilled that contract, had to have been well over a hundred large, maybe a thousand large.

I’d imagine a six-figure sum, to say the least.

Someone out there just cashed in Whitey’s chips.

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BeachDem  Oct 30, 2018 • 11:08:37pm

re: #160 Kragar

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From that thread—heh

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Single-handed sailor  Oct 30, 2018 • 11:12:33pm
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Dr Lizardo  Oct 30, 2018 • 11:13:04pm

re: #132 teleskiguy

I’m very interested to see which way those 231,675 unaffiliated votes break. It’s almost neck-and-neck between the GOP and the Democrats; those independent votes are gonna make the difference.

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goddamnedfrank  Oct 30, 2018 • 11:31:01pm

Dead

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Single-handed sailor  Oct 30, 2018 • 11:32:22pm
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goddamnedfrank  Oct 30, 2018 • 11:35:18pm

LOLOLOLOL!!!!

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goddamnedfrank  Oct 30, 2018 • 11:44:42pm
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Dr Lizardo  Oct 30, 2018 • 11:47:43pm

You know, I’d imagine that Jake Wohl probably ain’t sleeping so good tonight, and that’s a good thing.

Imagine the sheer level of stupidity involved in believing you can falsely accuse the man who currently wields the largest arsenal of legal, prosecutorial and investigative resources on the planet.

This is akin to thinking that you can walk onto an Air Force base armed with nothing more than a salami and a kangaroo plushie and believing you’re going to successfully steal a W87 nuclear warhead by hiding it under your baseball cap.

He’s in deep shit and if he has even the tiniest scintilla of common sense, he should be very worried about the FBI knocking on his door in the not-too-distant future.

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piratedan  Oct 30, 2018 • 11:52:39pm

re: #174 Dr Lizardo

I hope he gets to live the next 10-15 years as a cautionary tale and example to all of these RW grifters… with any luck…. in Leavenworth.

he’ll bring down his dad and SMOTI with him, who knows who else was “working” with him on this? It will be a joy to uncover I’m sure….

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Single-handed sailor  Oct 31, 2018 • 12:01:03am
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Odie Hugh Manatee  Oct 31, 2018 • 12:10:15am

Hoo boy did I have fun today! My Trumphumping neighbor stopped by our place because we are having a very large diseased tree removed from behind our house and he wanted to see what was going on. After talking ‘tree’ for a bit the conversation dropped for a few as we stood there watching the guy feeding the chipper. After a few I decided that since he wasn’t leaving my property then it was time to talk turkey. I won’t go in to too much as a lot was talked about over some 20 minutes, but here are a few highlights from memory:

Nationalist - He stated that he, like the Orange Asshole in the White House, is a nationalist. I looked at him, did a Spock eyebrow-lift and asked “White nationalist?”, to which he responded “NO! I’m against globalists and I love my country! I’m a nationalist, not a white nationalist!”. I told the poor guy that not only can you not separate the white from nationalist, but that globalist is code for ‘wealthy Jews taking over the world!!!’. He denied that globalist was code for anything and that to him it means a person who wants the world to do better at the expense of the good ol’ US of A. I told him that he can define it mean whatever he wants but that isn’t going to change the fact that it’s a anti-Semitic slur. He then tried to get me to say that I was a nationalist;

Him: Do you want to see your country do better than other countries?
Me: Yes, of course.
Him: Then what do you call that?
Me: I’m pro America.
Him: No, give me a one word description for it!
Me: There isn’t one word encapsulates how I feel about my country, I’m pro America and that’s it.
Him (shaking his head and laughing): No, there’s a word for it and it’s nationalist!
Me (looking at him deadpan, first point at myself and then him): The word “nationalist” means something completely different to people like me than it does to you. It has a history that can not be denied and even the asshole in the White House acknowledged that history immediately before calling himself a nationalist. He knows exactly what he is saying and it’s not a dog whistle, it’s an air raid siren.

He started walking off at that point so I walked along with him (still on our property) and told him that if he wants to call himself a nationalist he needs to know that people like myself are going to assume that he’s a white nationalist and that he better be ready to explain every single time that he’s not one of “those” kind of nationalists. I also added “Good luck with that.”…lol

We also talked about the shooting and after going over the killers stated reasons for attacking the synagogue, I told him that IMO Trump, Fox News and the Republican party have the victims blood on their hands for having created and fed the environment where this guy (and the bomber) felt the need to step up and do something about the ‘horrible things!’ that they are being told that those in power were powerless to stop. I was surprised when he did not react strongly to this, his only excuse was “there are crazy people everywhere”. I told him “That’s no excuse at all when Trump and the Republicans were the ones whipping up the crazy. You can’t keep going around saying this kind of bullshit and then play stupid when someone decides to act on it.”

There was much more that we talked about (wages, rich/businesses getting away without paying taxes, and more, all properly countered with facts) and I even told him to look up nationalism, globalism and since he was at that moment doing it, whataboutism. He asked about the last one and I told him it’s akin to this:

/me as a kid

Mom: Did you do this stupid thing?
Me, knowing a lie will get me in more trouble): Yes.
Mom: Bend over, time for a spanking.
Me: That’s not fair, my older brother did it first!

I told him that at this point in politics, my Mom walks away unable to do anything because I neutralized her with my brilliant argument defending my actions. Then I looked at my neighbor, smiled and said “Actually, no. My Mom, like most people, can walk and chew bubblegum at the same time. The end result would be that both my brother and I got our asses beat.”

I told him that one party using the alleged actions of another to excuse their own actions is saying that two wrongs make a right. I then told him to look up the history of whataboutism and how it has been historically used in propaganda. He seemed interested so I will ask him some time in the future if he actually ever looked it up. ;) One thing I was really glad to say to him was that I hoped that the Republicans get their asses handed to them next month because they need to be stopped. He chuckled, seemingly confident that it will not be happening.

I hope he is proven wrong next Tuesday.

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teleskiguy  Oct 31, 2018 • 12:22:08am

re: #174 Dr Lizardo

This is akin to thinking that you can walk onto an Air Force base armed with nothing more than a salami and a kangaroo plushie and believing you’re going to successfully steal a W87 nuclear warhead by hiding it under your baseball cap.

This is good writing, and deserves to be repeated.

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William Lewis  Oct 31, 2018 • 12:48:15am

re: #178 teleskiguy

Hey, did you see the open letter from. Ms Vonn announcing her retirement? I thought of you when I saw it.

si.com

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DodgerFan1988  Oct 31, 2018 • 12:55:01am
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teleskiguy  Oct 31, 2018 • 12:56:55am

re: #179 William Lewis

I knew about her rather sudden retirement announcement, but I had not read her column in Sports Illustrated until now. Thanks for sharing!

I think she should go Tommy Moe’s and Daron Rahlves’ and Jonny Moseley’s route, ski deep powder on huge mountains for fun.

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Odie Hugh Manatee  Oct 31, 2018 • 1:06:36am

re: #111 Cheechako

Welcome to our neck of the woods! Are you are staying at Harris Beach or down at a spot at the harbor? We live at the south end of Brookings, a few blocks from the library (which is near Dairy Queen at the south end of town). You picked a good time to swing through here as the weather is still mild so enjoy your stay!

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teleskiguy  Oct 31, 2018 • 1:11:33am

re: #181 teleskiguy

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ericblair  Oct 31, 2018 • 1:54:38am

re: #177 Odie Hugh Manatee

Me: There isn’t one word encapsulates how I feel about my country, I’m pro America and that’s it.

You can use the word patriot. Orwell wrote a fairly detailed essay on nationalism versus patriotism (“Notes on Nationalism”):

“By ‘patriotism’ I mean devotion to a particular place and a particular way of life, which one believes to be the best in the world but has no wish to force on other people. Patriotism is of its nature defensive, both militarily and culturally. Nationalism, on the other hand, is inseparable from the desire for power. The abiding purpose of every nationalist is to secure more power and more prestige, not for himself but for the nation or other unit in which he has chosen to sink his own individuality.”

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The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge  Oct 31, 2018 • 1:56:27am
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The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge  Oct 31, 2018 • 2:01:33am

re: #185 The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge

Aaaaand: I’m not the first to notice—he’s wearing Nikes!

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goddamnedfrank  Oct 31, 2018 • 2:07:25am

‘re: #177 Odie Hugh Manatee

The “one word description” that would have probably best served you in this argument is “Patriot.” Followed by an explanation that the conceptual difference between American “patriotism” and “nationalism” is identical to that between “a philosophy that elevates the ideals underpinning the American Constitution” and the absolutist, simple-minded phrase “my country right or wrong.”

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teleskiguy  Oct 31, 2018 • 2:15:44am

Russian national who snapped? Just asking questions.

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freetoken  Oct 31, 2018 • 2:18:29am

Many words in English are quite overloaded in meanings.

To me, I find the very question of “Do you want to see your country do better than other countries?” to be troubling.

At its heart, such a question is about the type of survivalism that has been so well portrayed in all the reality-TV competitions of the past couple of decades.

This gets to why Trumpers love Trump so much: because Trump on his TV show played the ruthless judge to determine who would do better than the other contestants.

The idea that one has to do better than another means that if the other does better then you are worse off.

This is the essence of the zero-sum mindset the infects the nationalists.

I’ve lived outside the US, I’ve traveled to a few different countries beyond that. There’s not a place I’ve been that I don’t want the people there to “do better” than they already are.

While in the big scheme of the planet we are all caught in the great throws of entropy and eventually we’re all going to pass away and everything we’ve made will turn to dust (though the bits and bobs we’ve left on the Moon and sent into deep space will probably last billions of years), for now, in the lifetimes of those who not only are alive now but in the near future, we all benefit from all of humanity doing “better”.

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Odie Hugh Manatee  Oct 31, 2018 • 2:29:35am

re: #184 ericblair

re: #187 goddamnedfrank

It really never occurred to me to use that word as I never have thought of myself as a patriot, just an American who loves his country.

re: #189 freetoken

That question bothered me too and the answer I gave him was cut short to keep it simple for the simpleton. A more complete answer would be of course I want our country to do better than others but that’s because too many others are horrible places to live (political, governmental, environmental, etc). As bad as it is in those places, there are other nations who in many ways are doing better than we are and there’s no excuse for it.

Ideally, I would want all nations to do better but that answer would have (further) short-circuited his brain, which would have lead to him call me a globalist. Then I would have had to point out to him that I’m not Jewish and it would never end… :)

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William Lewis  Oct 31, 2018 • 2:38:05am

re: #184 ericblair

You can use the word patriot. Orwell wrote a fairly detailed essay on nationalism versus patriotism (“Notes on Nationalism”):

“By ‘patriotism’ I mean devotion to a particular place and a particular way of life, which one believes to be the best in the world but has no wish to force on other people. Patriotism is of its nature defensive, both militarily and culturally. Nationalism, on the other hand, is inseparable from the desire for power. The abiding purpose of every nationalist is to secure more power and more prestige, not for himself but for the nation or other unit in which he has chosen to sink his own individuality.”

While that’s an excellent essay, I have two competing ideas of the word Patriot:

“To be a radical is, in the best and only decent sense of the word, a patriot.” Mike Harrington

“Patriotism is the last refuge of a scoundrel.” Samuel Johnson

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teleskiguy  Oct 31, 2018 • 2:56:11am

re: #188 teleskiguy

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Odie Hugh Manatee  Oct 31, 2018 • 2:56:21am

One more thing I mentioned to my Trumphumping neighbor was that the MAGA crap pisses me off. I knew this would make him happy and sure enough he smiled and asked me why. I quickly wiped that smile off of his face and it was one of the things that we talked about that he had no rebuttal for.

I told him that the Make America Great Again slogan is bullshit because our country has never stopped being great and it’s bullshit that any American who loves their country would even say something like that. Ever since WWII we have been THE country that much of the world has admired, THE economic powerhouse, THE military powerhouse… you name it, we have dominated it. Not only that, but we have spread that greatness in many ways in assisting other nations and their citizens. Then here comes this orange asshole and his party telling us that we’re not great any more and that only they can make us great again. MAGA is a bullshit slogan because to embrace it you have to believe that America isn’t the greatest nation in the world, which is a lie.

Seeing the smile disappear from his face was a true pleasure and the fact that he had no comeback to it just shows that MAGA really is bullshit.

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fern01  Oct 31, 2018 • 2:59:05am

re: #190 Odie Hugh Manatee

It never has to be a win/lose situation - the only one that trump wants. Any decent management training talks about win/win - and the same happens with countries. If one does better - they can pull others up with them. The US doesn’t have to be better than everyone else - it simply has to be a fine place to live for everyone, not for just a few wealthy whites.

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wheat-dogg  Oct 31, 2018 • 2:59:57am

re: #193 Odie Hugh Manatee

One more thing I mentioned to my Trumphumping neighbor was that the MAGA crap pisses me off. I knew this would make him happy and sure enough he smiled and asked me why. I quickly wiped that smile off of his face and it was one of the things that we talked about that he had no rebuttal for.

I told him that the Make America Great Again slogan is bullshit because our country has never stopped being great and it’s bullshit that any American who loves their country would even say something like that. Ever since WWII we have been THE country that much of the world has admired, THE economic powerhouse, THE military powerhouse… you name it, we have dominated it. Not only that, but we have spread that greatness in many ways in assisting other nations and their citizens. Then here comes this orange asshole and his party telling us that we’re not great any more and that only they can make us great again. MAGA is a bullshit slogan because to embrace it you have to believe that America isn’t the greatest nation in the world, which is a lie.

Seeing the smile disappear from his face was a true pleasure and the fact that he had no comeback to it just shows that MAGA really is bullshit.

I regret that I can only offer one upding for this post.

Also, Trump stole the slogan from the Reagan campaign, so it’s not even original bad but plagiarized bad, like most of Trump’s college essays probably.

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wheat-dogg  Oct 31, 2018 • 3:05:12am

ICYMI, Jacob A(ss)Wohl tried to pitch his cockamamie story to one of the country’s sharpest journalists.

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Odie Hugh Manatee  Oct 31, 2018 • 3:07:12am

re: #194 fern01

Bingo. That’s exactly what I’m going to my neighbor about regarding trade the next time I get to talk to him. Taking the Trumpian view that trade must be a win/lose proposition for us and another nation, who would want to trade with us?

One other thing I may have to hit him with next time is that if he is going to run with Trump and declare himself a nationalist, I am wondering how he will differentiate his nationalism from that of, lets say, black nationalists?

I’ll have to remember that one. :)

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Single-handed sailor  Oct 31, 2018 • 3:07:57am

Booga booga, be afraid.

DEA of St. Louis warns of drug-laced Halloween treats

The Drug Enforcement Administration of St. Louis sent a warning to local law enforcement and first responders Tuesday cautioning the dangers of drug-laced treats this Halloween.

The DEA St. Louis Division has not identified a specific threat, but warns that the Midwest has seen a rise in the commercial production and illegal distribution on various types of drug-laced candies.

Last Halloween, the DEA discovered marijuana-laced candies sold in packages designed to look like traditional candies; including Munchy Way, 3 Rastateers, Twixed, Keef Kat and Rasta Reese’s.

Right, somebody is going to hand out $25 cannabis candy bars for Halloween. Only the DEA would think anybody would believe that.

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wheat-dogg  Oct 31, 2018 • 3:11:15am

re: #198 Single-handed sailor

Booga booga, be afraid.

Right, somebody is going to hand out $25 cannabis candy bars for Halloween. Only the DEA would think anybody would believe that.

DAD: “Honey, the kids are awfully quiet tonight. They must be exhausted from trick-or-treating.”

MOM (munching on a candy bar): “No, dear, they got some really good shit tonight!”

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The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge  Oct 31, 2018 • 3:30:38am

re: #199 wheat-dogg

DAD: “Honey, the kids are awfully quiet tonight. They must be exhausted from trick-or-treating.”

MOM (munching on a candy bar): “No, dear, they got some really good shit tonight!”

That ’70s Show - The Parents Eat ‘Special’ Brownies

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wheat-dogg  Oct 31, 2018 • 4:21:24am

I think the marijuana-laced candies killed the thread.

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  Oct 31, 2018 • 4:22:56am

re: #201 wheat-dogg

I think the marijuana-laced candies killed the thread.

We are holding up the other side of the world here, I in Europe, you in Asia, most of America is asleep, except for those who are up rage-tweeting.

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Michele: Out of the closet and into the fire  Oct 31, 2018 • 4:26:55am

re: #202 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))

We are holding up the other side of the world here, I in Europe, you in Asia, most of America is asleep, except for those who are up rage-tweeting.

Nah. Some of us yanks are awake. Getting laundry done before other daytime projects need to be started.

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Dr Lizardo  Oct 31, 2018 • 4:28:09am

re: #202 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))

We are holding up the other side of the world here, I in Europe, you in Asia, most of America is asleep, except for those who are up rage-tweeting.

Exactly; it’s early afternoon here in Central Europe, evening in Asia. Most of the US isn’t up yet.

Oh, and Happy Halloween to Lizards around the world!

For your Halloween viewing pleasure, The Abominable Dr. Phibes. Watch it before it’s gone!

The Abominable Dr. Phibes 1971 - Comedy / Horror Movies

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  Oct 31, 2018 • 4:37:16am

re: #204 Dr Lizardo

Exactly; it’s early afternoon here in Central Europe, evening in Asia. Most of the US isn’t up yet.

Oh, and Happy Halloween to Lizards around the world!

For your Halloween viewing pleasure, The Abominable Dr. Phibes. Watch it before it’s gone!

Sending out Good Phibrations!

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Dr Lizardo  Oct 31, 2018 • 4:39:51am

re: #205 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))

Sending out Good Phibrations!

LOL

Dr. Phibes is a classic - one of all-time favorites with Vincent Price.

There’s been talk over the years of doing a remake, but I really can’t see who they could cast in the titular role that could pull it off so well.

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bd(soros funded)  Oct 31, 2018 • 4:40:14am
(CNN)A hole was gouged in the deck of Russia’s only aircraft carrier, the Admiral Kuznetsov, Tuesday when a crane fell on it while the vessel was undergoing repairs in the northern city of Murmansk, according to Russian state media.

The accident took place after a power supply disruption caused the pumps on the floating dry dock, which was holding the aircraft carrier, to break down, causing the structure to sink.
The dock, known as PD-50, is one of the world’s largest floating dry docks and the biggest in Russia, measuring 330 meters long (1,082 feet) and weighing more than 80,000 tons.
Following the disruption, PD-50 quickly became submerged, causing two cranes to fall onto the deck of the Russian vessel, leaving a hole measuring four meters by five meters (13 feet by 16.4 feet), state media Sputnik said.

Looks like today is getting off to a pretty good start too.
cnn.com

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  Oct 31, 2018 • 4:40:48am

re: #206 Dr Lizardo

LOL

Dr. Phibes is a classic - one of all-time favorites with Vincent Price.

There’s been talk over the years of doing a remake, but I really can’t see who they could cast in the titular role that could pull it off so well.

I also loved him in The Pit and the Pendulum

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wheat-dogg  Oct 31, 2018 • 4:48:32am

re: #206 Dr Lizardo

LOL

Dr. Phibes is a classic - one of all-time favorites with Vincent Price.

There’s been talk over the years of doing a remake, but I really can’t see who they could cast in the titular role that could pull it off so well.

My students here had never seen Michael Jackson’s Thriller video, so naturally I had to show it today of all days.

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Barefoot Grin  Oct 31, 2018 • 4:51:27am

re: #209 wheat-dogg

My students here had never seen Michael Jackson’s Thriller video, so naturally I had to show it today of all days.

Makes me think of Lexington, KY and the massive “Thriller” fest they have each year (or used to, not sure now).

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Oct 31, 2018 • 4:55:13am

FYI, according to my notifications overnight, Sergey’s imposter on twitter followed me, so I blocked the nazi. Apparently the imposter is going through Sergey’s followers list.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Oct 31, 2018 • 5:00:00am

Patti may have lost her primary but she’s still fighting

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Oct 31, 2018 • 5:04:09am
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jeffreyw  Oct 31, 2018 • 5:19:22am

Imgur


Good morning!

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Oct 31, 2018 • 5:20:48am
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Big Beautiful Door  Oct 31, 2018 • 5:35:37am

Woke up this morning and heard that Congressional GOP leadership is finally ending support for Steve King (R-Third Reich).

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wheat-dogg  Oct 31, 2018 • 5:36:47am

Alyssa Milano can visit me anytime!

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fern01  Oct 31, 2018 • 5:44:36am

re: #216 Big Beautiful Door

Am I the only person who gets incensed by the term “illegal aliens”. Trying to make immigrants into non-persons is one of Steve King’s continual actions - but it probably infuriates me more than any other RW discussion point.

He is also ranting about being 18pts ahead. I’m happy if his supporters believe that.

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Big Beautiful Door  Oct 31, 2018 • 5:49:20am

re: #218 fern01

Am I the only person who gets incensed by the term “illegal aliens”. Trying to make immigrants into non-persons is one of Steve King’s continual actions - but it probably infuriates me more than any other RW discussion point.

He is also ranting about being 18pts ahead. I’m happy if his supporters believe that.

Most recent poll has him up only one, and his opponent has raised a lot of money. If he can be knocked off, Iowa is likely to send all Democrats to the House next year.

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Scottish Dragon  Oct 31, 2018 • 5:52:46am

re: #1 b.d.(soros funded)

OK, you are given a choice between having Jacob Wohl or Jim Hoft as a cell mate?

Jacob Wohl. He is so annoying that somebody will shank him and I would have the cell to myself.

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A Mom Anon  Oct 31, 2018 • 5:53:01am

In line to vote and it’s busy but not crazy. Lots of seniors, but this is a senior center attached to a county park. Looks like a 30 to 40 minute wait. The crowd is quiet and mostly friendly.

This is your roving reporter , reporting from the field. Now back to your regularly scheduled programming….

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HappyWarrior  Oct 31, 2018 • 6:01:12am

Took em long enough with King but if he wins, all will be forgiven and the Prodigal Nazi will go home.

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Unshaken Defiance  Oct 31, 2018 • 6:03:08am

Happy Halloween everyone!

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Dave In Austin  Oct 31, 2018 • 6:07:10am
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HappyWarrior  Oct 31, 2018 • 6:08:52am

re: #224 Dave In Austin

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Now that’s eerie. Because that is Trump although I know the OSS is talking about Hitler.

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lawhawk  Oct 31, 2018 • 6:09:11am

Greets and saluts from the NYC metro area.

Day 2 of the Wohlapalloza continues… and this is the view from the Wohl home:

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  Oct 31, 2018 • 6:09:53am

Kids and I are invited to a Hallowe’en party. One advantage of life in this part of Germany is that November 1st is a holiday, so we can party until we are purple and sleep in tomorrow.

And although Hallowe’en is mostly an artificial holiday here introduced by the US soldiers and Irish Pubs, there are a few isolated regions like the Hunsrück, which were not coincidentally areas inhabited by the ancient Celts, where it never died out and survived as Klumpennacht, where the kids dress up, carve turnip lanterns and go trick-or-treating.

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Sir John Barron  Oct 31, 2018 • 6:12:35am

re: #222 HappyWarrior

Took em long enough with King but if he wins, all will be forgiven and the Prodigal Nazi will go home.

Right because whatabout….

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Dr Lizardo  Oct 31, 2018 • 6:13:26am

re: #227 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))

Kids and I are invited to a Hallowe’en party. One advantage of life in this part of Germany is that November 1st is a holiday, so we can party until we are purple and sleep in tomorrow.

And although Hallowe’en is mostly an artificial holiday here introduced by the US soldiers and Irish Pubs, there are a few isolated regions like the Hunsrück, which were not coincidentally areas inhabited by the ancient Celts, where it never died out and survived as Klumpennacht, where the kids dress up, carve turnip lanterns and go trick-or-treating.

Halloween is something new here in Czech Republic…..it’s been slowly creeping in over the last 17 years that I’ve been here. When I first arrived, you could only find Halloween-related merchandise at Tesco (UK-based supermarket). Now, its pretty much everywhere.

One major difference is that I have yet to see any kids doing the whole trick-or-treating thing; for the most part, Halloween here is a holiday for adults, an excuse to cosplay and get drunk at Halloween parties.

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wheat-dogg  Oct 31, 2018 • 6:17:21am

Now he’s just making crazy shit up about the caravan.

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lawhawk  Oct 31, 2018 • 6:17:40am

So, what’s Mueller been up to lately?

Politico thinks they’ve got the goods - he’s been planning to subpoena Trump, and there’s been an ongoing legal battle in the DC federal courts.

As to why Trump’s legal team has gone dark in recent weeks could be that even they know how seriously the courts take matters where the sides are required to be silent as the case is sealed.

Trip up and spill any details about a case that is sealed, and you can find yourself hauled before the court and harshly sanctioned. Even Rudy knows that.

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MsJ  Oct 31, 2018 • 6:18:04am

re: #224 Dave In Austin

Scarborough blocked me long ago.

That he tweets this shit - after practically blowing trump on his morning show for months during the election - infuriates me to a level I cannot even put into words.

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Sir John Barron  Oct 31, 2018 • 6:20:17am

re: #230 wheat-dogg

The Caravans are made up of some very tough fighters and people. Fought back hard and viciously against Mexico at Northern Border before breaking through. Mexican soldiers hurt, were unable, or unwilling to stop Caravan. Should stop them before they reach our Border, but won’t!

— Donald J. Trump

Citation please

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Belafon  Oct 31, 2018 • 6:20:30am

had to make a thousand foot walk from my car to the office and the rain kept getting worse. I am soaked from the waist down.

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Belafon  Oct 31, 2018 • 6:20:34am
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Sir John Barron  Oct 31, 2018 • 6:21:27am

re: #230 wheat-dogg

The Caravans are made up of some very tough fighters and people. Fought back hard and viciously against Mexico at Northern Border before breaking through. Mexican soldiers hurt, were unable, or unwilling to stop Caravan. Should stop them before they reach our Border, but won’t!

— Donald J. Trump

“Donald, this is a poorly researched piece. You’ve been told over and over again to include verifiable references in your homework.”

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Kilroy was here  Oct 31, 2018 • 6:22:22am

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Dr Lizardo  Oct 31, 2018 • 6:22:35am

re: #235 Belafon

Don’t jinx it.

But yeah, I agree that he’s raging so hard because he suspects he’s about to receive a huge - and very public - slap in the face.

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Sir John Barron  Oct 31, 2018 • 6:23:31am

re: #176 Single-handed sailor

DJT’s been running for re-election for a year at least.

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Sir John Barron  Oct 31, 2018 • 6:24:52am

re: #230 wheat-dogg

The Caravans are made up of some very tough fighters and people. Fought back hard and viciously against Mexico at Northern Border before breaking through. Mexican soldiers hurt, were unable, or unwilling to stop Caravan. Should stop them before they reach our Border, but won’t!

— Donald J. Trump

So, you kind of admire these caravan folks, huh? You told us that you like this kind of stuff, things you aren’t, like ‘tough’.

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Sir John Barron  Oct 31, 2018 • 6:26:02am

re: #238 Dr Lizardo

Don’t jinx it.

But yeah, I agree that he’s raging so hard because he suspects he’s about to receive a huge - and very public - slap in the face.

If the GOP holds the House by a mere one vote, DJT will spend the next two years talking about his yuuuuuuuge win in the House and how he saved the House for the GOP, how great his majorities are, etc.

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dangerman  Oct 31, 2018 • 6:26:03am

re: #222 HappyWarrior

Took em long enough with King but if he wins, all will be forgiven and the Prodigal Nazi will go home.

Possibly not

Pressure building to expel Steve King from Congress

Link

And no not likely but still more than zero. They’re talking about it

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HappyWarrior  Oct 31, 2018 • 6:26:06am

re: #228 Sir John Barron

Right because whatabout….

Alexandria Cortez-Oscenio because being a Dem socialist is the same as being a racist.

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wheat-dogg  Oct 31, 2018 • 6:26:14am

Jacob is going to DC for a press conference?

Will the Feds be there waiting for him?

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Big Beautiful Door  Oct 31, 2018 • 6:27:49am

re: #230 wheat-dogg

Now he’s just making crazy shit up about the caravan.

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See post #224; never let the public cool off, and keep repeating the lie so people will believe it!

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wheat-dogg  Oct 31, 2018 • 6:30:02am

re: #245 Big Beautiful Door

See post #224; never let the public cool off, and keep repeating the lie so people will believe it!

Next he’ll be raving about the zombie hordes.

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HappyWarrior  Oct 31, 2018 • 6:35:21am

re: #242 dangerman

Possibly not

Pressure building to expel Steve King from Congress

Link

And no not likely but still more than zero. They’re talking about it

Hope so but I have my doubts.

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Big Beautiful Door  Oct 31, 2018 • 6:35:31am

re: #246 wheat-dogg

Next he’ll be raving about the zombie hordes.

The Administration has already claimed they are Middle Eastern terrorists because they are not from Mexico, which apparently is the only country in the world which isn’t Middle Eastern.

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makeitstop  Oct 31, 2018 • 6:35:37am

re: #244 wheat-dogg

Jacob is going to DC for a press conference?

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Will the Feds be there waiting for him?

I’m finding it hard to believe that they’re actually going to go through with this.

Unless…yesterday’s buffoonery was a giant head fake and they actually found a woman who would go through the charade that Mueller attacked her in some way.

[thinks about it for a minute…]

Nah. They’re too damn stupid to be that clever.

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HappyWarrior  Oct 31, 2018 • 6:35:52am

re: #244 wheat-dogg

Jacob is going to DC for a press conference?

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Will the Feds be there waiting for him?

Will his Mom be there?

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Sir John Barron  Oct 31, 2018 • 6:35:52am

re: #243 HappyWarrior

Alexandria Cortez-Oscenio because being a Dem socialist is the same as being a racist.

Made the mistake of going on Twitters on Monday to find the usual suspects whatabouting the Pittsburgh shooter’s link to, and application of the Donald’s rhetoric, complaining about anti-Semitism on the Left and Dems embrace of Farakhan and Linda Sourcer (sp), the British Labour leader, etc.

Granted, the Left has its own pockets of anti-Semitism, but the Pittsburgh shooter was not apparently influenced by any of them.

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dangerman  Oct 31, 2018 • 6:36:16am

re: #235 Belafon

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Take solace in the fact that Trump’s desperation is a result of knowing what’s coming on Tuesday.

He knows he is seven days from the worst public shaming of his lifetime.

Narcissists rage when drowning.

Watch with detachment and it becomes downright zen. He knows he’s losing

And he knows there’s mostly nothing he can do about it

And we know he will deflect ,assign blame and basically say none if it is because of him or his policies or behavior

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Shiplord Kirel, Friend of Moose and Squirrel  Oct 31, 2018 • 6:37:49am

re: #230 wheat-dogg

Now he’s just making crazy shit up about the caravan.

Is this a joke? Something like Reagan’s “the bombing starts in 5 minutes?” He’s insane either way.

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HappyWarrior  Oct 31, 2018 • 6:37:54am

re: #251 Sir John Barron

Made the mistake of going on Twitters on Monday to find the usual suspects whatabouting the Pittsburgh shooter’s link to, and application of the Donald’s rhetoric, complaining about anti-Semitism on the Left and Dems embrace of Farakhan and Linda Sourcer (sp), the British Labour leader, etc.

Granted, the Left has its own pockets of anti-Semitism, but the Pittsburgh shooter was not apparently influenced by any of them.

Correct sigh.

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makeitstop  Oct 31, 2018 • 6:37:55am

re: #250 HappyWarrior

Will his Mom be there?

His mom will be calling in, portraying the ‘victim.’

(There’s precedent for this - when that Burker dude had his big reveal of the DEA agents who actually killed Seth Rich, his ‘witness’ called in to the presser, out of concern for his own ‘safety.’)

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Big Beautiful Door  Oct 31, 2018 • 6:38:02am

re: #247 HappyWarrior

Hope so but I have my doubts.

It will take more than one GOP Congressman scared for his job just before the mid-terms after the massacre in his home state to expel King. If King is re-elected, I predict all such talk on the GOP side of the aisle will end. Then Speaker Pelosi will have to decide if she wants to expel King on a strictly partisan vote.

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MsJ  Oct 31, 2018 • 6:38:22am

re: #246 wheat-dogg

Next he’ll be raving about the zombie hordes.

And his lunatic followers will lap it up without the spoon.

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MsJ  Oct 31, 2018 • 6:40:58am
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garzooma  Oct 31, 2018 • 6:41:00am

re: #230 wheat-dogg

Now he’s just making crazy shit up about the caravan.

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He’s going to get more people killed.

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Belafon  Oct 31, 2018 • 6:41:05am

re: #230 wheat-dogg

Now he’s just making crazy shit up about the caravan.

“The horde is unstoppable. We might have to drop a bomb!”

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The Vicious Babushka  Oct 31, 2018 • 6:41:41am

re: #230 wheat-dogg

Now he’s just making crazy shit up about the caravan.

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He hasn’t Tweeted about his “welcome” in Pittsburgh, so there’s that.

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dangerman  Oct 31, 2018 • 6:42:12am

re: #251 Sir John Barron

Made the mistake of going on Twitters on Monday to find the usual suspects whatabouting the Pittsburgh shooter’s link to, and application of the Donald’s rhetoric, complaining about anti-Semitism on the Left and Dems embrace of Farakhan and Linda Sourcer (sp), the British Labour leader, etc.

Granted, the Left has its own pockets of anti-Semitism, but the Pittsburgh shooter was not apparently influenced by any of them.

Pockets are not the same as widespread national party policy as led by the president…..

I believe it was the Israeli ambassador to the us who said some bonehead thing yesterday about it coming from the left

Apparently they don’t get that their left is not our left (and no joke intended)

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MsJ  Oct 31, 2018 • 6:42:20am

re: #259 garzooma

He’s going to get more people killed.

That’s the goal.

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Unshaken Defiance  Oct 31, 2018 • 6:42:21am

A little bit of beauty in the morning…

Paphiopedlum spicerianum as grown under lights
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Shiplord Kirel, Friend of Moose and Squirrel  Oct 31, 2018 • 6:43:07am

re: #246 wheat-dogg

Next he’ll be raving about the zombie hordes.

A zombie horde is more likely than a caravan of 5000 unarmed, desperate people being able to invade Mexico and shove the local army aside. This is Cloud Cuckoo Land.

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Ace-o-aces  Oct 31, 2018 • 6:43:17am
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lawhawk  Oct 31, 2018 • 6:44:11am

re: #261 The Vicious Babushka

Or that Pence brought out a Christian rabbi whose statements were bigoted and idiotic, and entirely in keeping with the entirety of Trumpworld: a flaming cesspool within a swamp filled with bigots and racists.

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HappyWarrior  Oct 31, 2018 • 6:44:35am

re: #262 dangerman

Pockets are not the same as widespread national party policy as led by the president…..

I believe it was the Israeli ambassador to the us who said some bonehead thing yesterday about it coming from the left

Apparently they don’t get that their left is not our left (and no joke intended)

Indeed. And frankly the Israeli government under Bibi has ignored right wing Anti-Semitism as long as they talk nicely about Israel.

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Kilroy was here  Oct 31, 2018 • 6:44:57am
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MsJ  Oct 31, 2018 • 6:47:13am

re: #267 lawhawk

Or that Pence brought out a Christian rabbi whose statements were bigoted and idiotic, and entirely in keeping with the entirety of Trumpworld: a flaming cesspool within a swamp filled with bigots and racists.

A defrocked Christian nobody. It really is quite stunning.

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dangerman  Oct 31, 2018 • 6:47:33am

re: #267 lawhawk

Or that Pence brought out a Christian rabbi whose statements were bigoted and idiotic, and entirely in keeping with the entirety of Trumpworld: a flaming cesspool within a swamp filled with bigots and racists.

For which he was rightly pilloried by Jews from both parties as offensive and insensitive. Link

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MsJ  Oct 31, 2018 • 6:47:36am

re: #269 Kilroy was here

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Belafon  Oct 31, 2018 • 6:47:48am

re: #253 Shiplord Kirel, Friend of Moose and Squirrel

As someone described over at Daily Kos, he’s trying anything to get his base out to overturn the highly likely House flip.

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dangerman  Oct 31, 2018 • 6:49:03am

re: #269 Kilroy was here

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Small protest was not seen by you?

Is that why I read your motorcade had to turn around when it ran directly into the protest?

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HappyWarrior  Oct 31, 2018 • 6:50:02am

re: #274 dangerman

Small protest was not seen by you?

Is that why I read your motorcade had to turn around when it ran directly into the protest?

Or that the rabbi who survived didn’t want to meet him. He made it clear how he felt when he blamed the synagogue.

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dangerman  Oct 31, 2018 • 6:50:16am

re: #272 MsJ

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The president: I went to the site of a mass murder and everyone was very nice to me

To be fair he didn’t know how he was gonna be received

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plansbandc  Oct 31, 2018 • 6:51:41am

re: #140 Anymouse 🌹

How does anyone do this? So fucking callous.

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  Oct 31, 2018 • 6:51:57am

re: #269 Kilroy was here

Melania and I were treated very nicely yesterday in Pittsburgh. The Office of the President was shown great respect on a very sad & solemn day. We were treated so warmly. Small protest was not seen by us, staged far away. The Fake News stories were just the opposite-Disgraceful!

The office, not the person, despite its current occupant.

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Sir John Barron  Oct 31, 2018 • 6:52:25am

re: #269 Kilroy was here

It’s all about him, even the mass murders.

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Kilroy was here  Oct 31, 2018 • 6:54:21am

re: #279 Sir John Barron

It’s all about him, even the mass murders.

Well he did Build This..

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Jay C  Oct 31, 2018 • 6:56:00am

re: #265 Shiplord Kirel, Friend of Moose and Squirrel

A zombie horde is more likely than a caravan of 5000 unarmed, desperate people being able to invade Mexico and shove the local army aside. This is Cloud Cuckoo Land.

I wonder if any Mexican soldiers who were actually there when the “caravan” arrived have read this mierda?

And after they were through laughing their asses off, showed it to their officers, wondering if they were going to get recommendations for medals for their “tough fight”??

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Michele: Out of the closet and into the fire  Oct 31, 2018 • 6:59:00am

re: #261 The Vicious Babushka

He hasn’t Tweeted about his “welcome” in Pittsburgh, so there’s that.

Yes he has.

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Belafon  Oct 31, 2018 • 6:59:34am

re: #281 Jay C

I wish to thank you and whoever else it was that taught me a new Spanish word. It’s a bit like cussing in Chinese in Firefly.

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The Vicious Babushka  Oct 31, 2018 • 7:01:04am

re: #282 Michele: Out of the closet and into the fire

Yes he has.

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I didn’t see that. So he is making it all about himself, as usual. No mention of the victims.

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ObserverArt  Oct 31, 2018 • 7:07:25am

re: #189 freetoken

Many words in English are quite overloaded in meanings.

To me, I find the very question of “Do you want to see your country do better than other countries?” to be troubling.

…

Morning.

I cringed when I saw that question too. Sure I like to see the good ol’ USA strong, but also as a leader for the entire world. I want to see the entire world do better because of our example…not by our military power and force.

The whole world humming along doing well should always be the goal. It helps everyone, prevents wars, helps the planet, helps trade and travel, etc.

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makeitstop  Oct 31, 2018 • 7:07:51am
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Scottish Dragon  Oct 31, 2018 • 7:09:50am

re: #231 lawhawk

So, what’s Mueller been up to lately?

Politico thinks they’ve got the goods - he’s been planning to subpoena Trump, and there’s been an ongoing legal battle in the DC federal courts.

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As to why Trump’s legal team has gone dark in recent weeks could be that even they know how seriously the courts take matters where the sides are required to be silent as the case is sealed.

Trip up and spill any details about a case that is sealed, and you can find yourself hauled before the court and harshly sanctioned. Even Rudy knows that.

People who know law stuff seem to think it might be legit.

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plansbandc  Oct 31, 2018 • 7:11:01am

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Michele: Out of the closet and into the fire  Oct 31, 2018 • 7:11:12am

re: #284 The Vicious Babushka

I didn’t see that. So he is making it all about himself, as usual. No mention of the victims.

Of course. Mentioning them would detract from his awesome personality.

////

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Belafon  Oct 31, 2018 • 7:11:32am

re: #285 ObserverArt

As a software engineer, I have never believed in being the only one that knows something. In fact, my motto is that I want everyone to know what I know so I can go learn something new. I want every country to be as good as the US at its best, so the US can get better.

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Scottish Dragon  Oct 31, 2018 • 7:12:16am

re: #230 wheat-dogg

Now he’s just making crazy shit up about the caravan.

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Always a feature with fascism. The enemy is scary and overpowering but also simultaneously weak and pathetic. Looks like he is trying to justify an eventual use of force order to the military.

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MsJ  Oct 31, 2018 • 7:12:17am

re: #276 dangerman

To be fair he didn’t know how he was gonna be received

Only because he is a fucking moron with absolutely no moral compass.

Other than that, yeah.

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makeitstop  Oct 31, 2018 • 7:12:59am

Ugly/scary church thread. The captions are a hoot.

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Scottish Dragon  Oct 31, 2018 • 7:13:29am

OMG this thread is the best thing I have seen in weeks

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Scottish Dragon  Oct 31, 2018 • 7:14:13am
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Scottish Dragon  Oct 31, 2018 • 7:14:47am
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Scottish Dragon  Oct 31, 2018 • 7:15:08am

re: #293 makeitstop

Ugly/scary church thread. The captions are a hoot.

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We both found that at the same time LMAO

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makeitstop  Oct 31, 2018 • 7:16:16am

re: #294 Scottish Dragon

OMG this thread is the best thing I have seen in weeks

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We must be reading the same Twitter TLs. My post is literally right above yours.

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makeitstop  Oct 31, 2018 • 7:16:58am

re: #297 Scottish Dragon

We both found that at the same time LMAO

Great minds, etc. :)

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ObserverArt  Oct 31, 2018 • 7:17:03am

re: #208 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))

I also loved him in The Pit and the Pendulum

A classic!

For some reason we used to get to go to the school auditorium and watch movies at Halloween back in grade school (Catholic school too). Vincent Price/Roger Corman Poe remakes were always popular. We saw The Raven also.

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Sir John Barron  Oct 31, 2018 • 7:18:23am

re: #284 The Vicious Babushka

I didn’t see that. So he is making it all about himself, as usual. No mention of the victims.

Victims? The way the fake news press treats ME is worse than anybody gets treated.

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makeitstop  Oct 31, 2018 • 7:18:38am

He deleted the tweet about how nicely he was treated. The paranoia took over.

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makeitstop  Oct 31, 2018 • 7:19:32am

re: #302 makeitstop

He deleted the tweet about how nicely he was treated. The paranoia took over.

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On second thought, he probably just corrected the ‘treaty’ typo.

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lawhawk  Oct 31, 2018 • 7:19:48am

re: #302 makeitstop

And once again, he was tweeting his whereabouts from an iphone.

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Jay C  Oct 31, 2018 • 7:20:39am

re: #283 Belafon

I wish to thank you and whoever else it was that taught me a new Spanish word. It’s a bit like cussing in Chinese in Firefly.

De nada
I’m flattered by the comparison.

re: #293 makeitstop

Ugly/scary church thread. The captions are a hoot.

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The pics are something else, too. Who was the architect of that last church? Sauron?

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makeitstop  Oct 31, 2018 • 7:20:41am
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Kilroy was here  Oct 31, 2018 • 7:25:09am

The Caravan: A Donald J. Trump Film

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makeitstop  Oct 31, 2018 • 7:25:20am

Judd Legum just keeps digging. He’s found a leadership PAC funneling money to Steve King, and he’s got the contributors. Thread.

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ObserverArt  Oct 31, 2018 • 7:27:07am

re: #221 A Mom Anon

In line to vote and it’s busy but not crazy. Lots of seniors, but this is a senior center attached to a county park. Looks like a 30 to 40 minute wait. The crowd is quiet and mostly friendly.

This is your roving reporter , reporting from the field. Now back to your regularly scheduled programming….

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Archangelus  Oct 31, 2018 • 7:27:38am
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Alephnaught  Oct 31, 2018 • 7:27:55am

re: #293 makeitstop

Ugly/scary church thread. The captions are a hoot.

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Wait till that person discovers the work of Gillespie, Kidd and Coia…

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makeitstop  Oct 31, 2018 • 7:30:41am

re: #311 Alephnaught

Wait till that person discovers the work of Gillespie, Kidd and Coia…

If I used Twitter, I’d send it to him.

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Scottish Dragon  Oct 31, 2018 • 7:32:45am

re: #311 Alephnaught

Wait till that person discovers the work of Gillespie, Kidd and Coia…

I’m one of those rare people who actually like some elements of brutalism in civic and academic buildings. Brutalism does not work in churches.

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Kilroy was here  Oct 31, 2018 • 7:33:38am

I’m sure Trump will be thrilled that this is the top story at the Washington Post right now.
washingtonpost.com
BREAKING: Turkish prosecutor says journalist Jamal Khashoggi was strangled soon after he entered the Saudi Consulate in Istanbul. The Istanbul prosecutor’s office also confirmed reports that Khashoggi was dismembered and that his body parts were “disposed of,” according to Turkey’s state-run news agency.

Will be Trump and Melanie be flying to Istanbul to show sympathy with the embassy?

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MsJ  Oct 31, 2018 • 7:33:54am

re: #308 makeitstop

Judd Legum just keeps digging. He’s found a leadership PAC funneling money to Steve King, and he’s got the contributors. Thread.

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makeitstop  Oct 31, 2018 • 7:39:49am

Josh Marshall’s got the rundown on the fake fake rabbi and the candidate who apparently arranged for him to appear at the rally - Lena Epstein. Wacky story.

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ipsos  Oct 31, 2018 • 7:43:20am

re: #313 Scottish Dragon

I’m one of those rare people who actually like some elements of brutalism in civic and academic buildings. Brutalism does not work in churches.

Generally, no.

When done really, really well, yes. We’re lucky enough to have one of Louis Kahn’s masterpieces here in town. It’s a beautiful space that still works exceptionally well in its sixth decade.

en.wikipedia.org

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makeitstop  Oct 31, 2018 • 7:45:46am

Does anybody know when this Jack Burker press conference is supposed to happen, and if there’s a live stream? I’m in the mood for some comedy.

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lawhawk  Oct 31, 2018 • 7:46:47am
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Alephnaught  Oct 31, 2018 • 7:48:10am

re: #313 Scottish Dragon

I’m one of those rare people who actually like some elements of brutalism in civic and academic buildings. Brutalism does not work in churches.

There’s a lot GKC designed churches (Which were actually usually designed by Isi Metzstein and Andy MacMillan) in central Scotland, particularly around Glasgow and the new towns. The interesting thing about them is that although they look brutalist on the outside, the insides are nearly always gorgeous, with great use of light and space.

So you end up with something like St Bride’s in East Kilbride, which looks like a power station from the outside, but inside looks like this.

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Scottish Dragon  Oct 31, 2018 • 7:52:29am

re: #320 Alephnaught

There’s a lot GKC designed churches (Which were actually usually designed by Isi Metzstein and Andy MacMillan) in central Scotland, particularly around Glasgow and the new towns. The interesting thing about them is that although they look brutalist on the outside, the insides are nearly always gorgeous, with great use of light and space.

So you end up with something like St Bride’s in East Kilbride, which looks like a power station from the outside, but inside looks like this.

The interior shot is great.

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plansbandc  Oct 31, 2018 • 7:52:53am
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lawhawk  Oct 31, 2018 • 7:54:00am

re: #320 Alephnaught

There’s an indescribable number of awful looking churches, especially from the exteriors.

There’s brutalist designs, and then there’s the ones that look like someone repurposed a shopping mall or a parking structure or a garage. I think some of those are worse than the brutalist designs.

Some of these were incredibly expensive to build, so it’s not that money was an issue in getting to a good design. It’s that someone thought that these would inspire people in some fashion.

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Joe Bacon 🌹  Oct 31, 2018 • 7:57:11am

Words matter, President KKKraKKKer JerKKK!

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Scottish Dragon  Oct 31, 2018 • 8:00:55am

Crafton Hills College is my favorite examples of Brutalism done right. So much of that style looks ugly or imposing, but Crafton never seemed that way to me.

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Big Beautiful Door  Oct 31, 2018 • 8:03:10am

re: #316 makeitstop

Josh Marshall’s got the rundown on the fake fake rabbi and the candidate who apparently arranged for him to appear at the rally - Lena Epstein. Wacky story.

According to 538, Epstein is the underdog in her congressional race. I can’t imagine this helped.

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Big Beautiful Door  Oct 31, 2018 • 8:06:32am

The DOW has hit 25k today! #MAGA!

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makeitstop  Oct 31, 2018 • 8:08:19am

Bing’s home page is pretty cool today.

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MsJ  Oct 31, 2018 • 8:09:15am

They don’t even try to hide it any longer. It’s just right in your face.

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The Vicious Babushka  Oct 31, 2018 • 8:13:29am

THEIR IS MOAR DUMBASSERY

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Belafon  Oct 31, 2018 • 8:15:45am

re: #329 MsJ

They don’t even try to hide it any longer. It’s just right in your face.

The only link: “If we didn’t have people like Lee, we souldn’t have needed people like MLK.”

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lawhawk  Oct 31, 2018 • 8:16:18am

re: #330 The Vicious Babushka

It’s as though he doesn’t realize there’s this thing called whois and reverse lookups.

Dumbass.

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Scottish Dragon  Oct 31, 2018 • 8:22:38am
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makeitstop  Oct 31, 2018 • 8:23:55am

Pretty good piece from Politico on how the alt-right has scattered - Trump’s Culture Warriors Go Home

The constant infighting has worn thin on many in this loose-knit network, some of whom would not discuss their gripes on the record. Cernovich has no such qualms. “I just found myself around people who half of them I just really don’t like at all,” he says. “You’re working with people who are really just bad people, man. They’re gossipmongers.”

Even the Trumpists’ publicity stunts are starting to fizzle, as the enthusiasm of their followers wanes and the shock value fades with repetition. The Unite the Right 2 rally, held in Washington in August as a sequel to Charlottesville, was a shadow of the previous summer’s fiasco. Fewer than 40 demonstrators showed up, and they were shouted down by thousands of anti-racist counterdemonstrators.

In September, the right-wing activist Laura Loomer interrupted a House Energy and Commerce Committee hearing at which Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey was testifying to protest the platform’s decision to suspend the accounts of various Trump supporters. A year earlier, when she and fellow pro-Trump provocateur Jack Posobiec had interrupted a Central Park staging of Shakespeare’s “Julius Caesar” in which Caesar was modeled on Trump, the public disruption had made national news. This time, coverage of the Capitol Hill stunt focused more on the deadpan response from Missouri Republican Rep. Billy Long, who drowned out Loomer’s screams with a stream of auctioneer babble.

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Sir John Barron  Oct 31, 2018 • 8:28:52am

re: #325 Scottish Dragon

Crafton Hills College is my favorite examples of Brutalism done right. So much of that style looks ugly or imposing, but Crafton never seemed that way to me.

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Hah! I went there! For a semester or two. I lived in Calimesa at the time. It was really neat campus.

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HappyWarrior  Oct 31, 2018 • 8:30:46am

re: #329 MsJ

They don’t even try to hide it any longer. It’s just right in your face.

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You’re from fucking Montana and a representative of the government Lee took up arms against.

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Patricia Kayden  Oct 31, 2018 • 8:30:54am

re: #293 makeitstop

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Big Beautiful Door  Oct 31, 2018 • 8:33:16am

The thing just tweeted another desperate lie that no-one except bots are buying.

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ObserverArt  Oct 31, 2018 • 8:33:19am

re: #284 The Vicious Babushka

I didn’t see that. So he is making it all about himself, as usual. No mention of the victims.

Victims?

Donald J. Trump is the victim.

If these murders didn’t happen he’d be free to fly all over and hold more campaign rallies in support of threatened GOP candidates that turn out to be all about him.

And it is so difficult for him to have to fake sorrow and care. It makes him uncomfortable to have to even think of it when he’d be much happier being in a rage against Democrats.

Yeah, these murders bummed him out.

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HappyWarrior  Oct 31, 2018 • 8:33:51am

re: #338 Big Beautiful Door

The thing just tweeted another desperate lie that no-one except bots are buying.

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Right.

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Eventual Carrion  Oct 31, 2018 • 8:33:55am

re: #250 HappyWarrior

Will his Mom be there?

She has to be home to answer the phone

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Belafon  Oct 31, 2018 • 8:34:30am

re: #338 Big Beautiful Door

He’s trying to get the votes of those that require a walking incubator.

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Patricia Kayden  Oct 31, 2018 • 8:35:02am

re: #327 Big Beautiful Door

The DOW has hit 25k today! #MAGA!

Thanks Obama!!

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Scottish Dragon  Oct 31, 2018 • 8:37:47am

re: #335 Sir John Barron

Hah! I went there! For a semester or two. I lived in Calimesa at the time. It was really neat campus.

I grew up in Yucaipa!

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The Vicious Babushka  Oct 31, 2018 • 8:38:41am
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Citizen K  Oct 31, 2018 • 8:39:14am
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Dr. Matt  Oct 31, 2018 • 8:39:20am

Has Donnie picked up on Jacob’s bullshit story yet?

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Patricia Kayden  Oct 31, 2018 • 8:39:26am

re: #302 makeitstop

He deleted the tweet about how nicely he was treated. The paranoia took over.

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So what’s important on a day when families and loved ones are burying their dead is how he and his wife are treated? Alrighty then.

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lawhawk  Oct 31, 2018 • 8:40:15am

re: #325 Scottish Dragon

SUNY Albany is a brutalist design from Edward Durell Stone that has some charms; when the light is just right, you can get some really beautiful color on the concrete, which can make the endless ribbon of concrete look like a church nave.

But when the campus is under snow and overcast skies, it’s just dank.

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Michele: Out of the closet and into the fire  Oct 31, 2018 • 8:40:44am

re: #338 Big Beautiful Door

The thing just tweeted another desperate lie that no-one except bots are buying.

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Sir John Barron  Oct 31, 2018 • 8:40:52am

re: #345 The Vicious Babushka

Republicans will protect people with pre-existing conditions far better than the Dems!

— Donald J. Trump

“Sure, we’ve bragged about the dozens of Obamacare repeal votes we’ve held for the past eight years, which would have ended the pre-existing condition protection Ocare provided, but sure, trust us, we’re better at this than the people who created and voted for Ocare.”

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HappyWarrior  Oct 31, 2018 • 8:41:13am

re: #346 Citizen K

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What exactly have Jared and Ivanka done? I’m sorry but there’s nothing about his response to this shooting that suggests it was “serious.” The whole “They should have had armed guards” was stupid and tone deaf. Jared and Ivanka are useless.

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Patricia Kayden  Oct 31, 2018 • 8:41:25am

re: #345 The Vicious Babushka

Republicans are literally suing to get rid of protections for pre-existing conditions. As in right now. Such liars.

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Sir John Barron  Oct 31, 2018 • 8:42:27am

re: #338 Big Beautiful Door

Republicans will protect people with pre-existing conditions far better than the Dems!

— Donald J. Trump

You and your party have been trying to kill that protection for eight years. Your party in Congress has passed legislation multiple times to do just that.

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Sir John Barron  Oct 31, 2018 • 8:43:25am

re: #353 Patricia Kayden

Republicans are literally suing to get rid of protections for pre-existing conditions. As in right now. Such liars.

Must destroy the pre-existing conditions protections to save them.

/

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Patricia Kayden  Oct 31, 2018 • 8:44:05am

re: #346 Citizen K

Well, to be fair, the article’s focus is on Trump’s supporters who will give him the benefit of doubt no matter what he does.

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Big Beautiful Door  Oct 31, 2018 • 8:44:08am

re: #354 Sir John Barron

You and your party have been trying to kill that protection for eight years. Your party in Congress has passed legislation multiple times to do just that.

Trump knows that. The Brazenness of his lies is just stunning.

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Belafon  Oct 31, 2018 • 8:45:39am

“We tried to protect your pre-existing conditions but the courts said we had to stop.”

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ObserverArt  Oct 31, 2018 • 8:45:53am

re: #334 makeitstop

Pretty good piece from Politico on how the alt-right has scattered - Trump’s Culture Warriors Go Home

Imagine that. Assholes find out it is tough to get along with other assholes because everyone is an asshole and they all do asshole things to each other.

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Scottish Dragon  Oct 31, 2018 • 8:48:16am

re: #349 lawhawk

SUNY Albany is a brutalist design from Edward Durell Stone that has some charms; when the light is just right, you can get some really beautiful color on the concrete, which can make the endless ribbon of concrete look like a church nave.

But when the campus is under snow and overcast skies, it’s just dank.

Interesting. The description says it is post modernist…lots of curving columns and arches.

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HappyWarrior  Oct 31, 2018 • 8:49:40am

re: #359 ObserverArt

Imagine that. Assholes find out it is tough to get along with other assholes because everyone is an asshole and they all do asshole things to each other.

My favorite was when the alt-right women were shocked to find out about the sexism in their ranks. Meanwhile, Louie is still shocked that there is gambling at this casino.

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ObserverArt  Oct 31, 2018 • 8:52:29am

re: #346 Citizen K

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I was just sooooooo surprised to see that piece was co-written by The Mags of Haberman.

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HappyWarrior  Oct 31, 2018 • 8:53:00am

I mean I’m not condoning the sexism or saying these women deserved it but what did you seriously expect from this movement!

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makeitstop  Oct 31, 2018 • 8:53:06am
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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  Oct 31, 2018 • 8:54:46am

re: #364 makeitstop

We reviewed more than 4000 of bombing suspect Cesar Sayok’s tweets. We found more than 240 threats at 50 different people, news organizations, reporters, and celebrities.

Those threats need to be weighed against the backdrop of Trump’s rhetoric…

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HappyWarrior  Oct 31, 2018 • 8:55:23am

re: #364 makeitstop

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I’m not surprised at all. It’s very fortunate that no one was hurt and he was captured quickly.

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FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀  Oct 31, 2018 • 9:01:22am
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Citizen K  Oct 31, 2018 • 9:01:41am
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Shiplord Kirel, Friend of Moose and Squirrel  Oct 31, 2018 • 9:01:42am

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goddamnedfrank  Oct 31, 2018 • 9:01:54am

LOL, Jacob really tried it.

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Sir John Barron  Oct 31, 2018 • 9:03:41am

re: #364 makeitstop

“Obviously not DJT’s fault but the fault of the fake news media for not loving everything MAGA.”

/

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FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀  Oct 31, 2018 • 9:04:23am

There is no GLOBAL WARMING you dirty lying LIBTARDS ! ! !

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Big Beautiful Door  Oct 31, 2018 • 9:06:01am

re: #366 HappyWarrior

I’m not surprised at all. It’s very fortunate that no one was hurt and he was captured quickly.

Unlike the 13 who died in racist terror attacks last week.

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HappyWarrior  Oct 31, 2018 • 9:08:17am

re: #373 Big Beautiful Door

Unlike the 13 who died in racist terror attacks last week.

Yeah. Gah.

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HappyWarrior  Oct 31, 2018 • 9:09:00am

re: #367 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀

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Trump and his allies incited this guy.

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makeitstop  Oct 31, 2018 • 9:09:50am

Candace Owens, caught in a lie. What a surprise.

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FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀  Oct 31, 2018 • 9:10:41am

Anyone know folks in NC?

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Big Beautiful Door  Oct 31, 2018 • 9:12:26am

re: #376 HappyWarrior

Trump and his allies incited this guy.

And the other two guys as well.

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plansbandc  Oct 31, 2018 • 9:14:34am

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Big Beautiful Door  Oct 31, 2018 • 9:15:36am

re: #377 makeitstop

Candace Owens, caught in a lie. What a surprise.

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They have learned from the Trump thing that they can lie without consequence.

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HappyWarrior  Oct 31, 2018 • 9:19:31am

re: #379 Big Beautiful Door

And the other two guys as well.

For sure

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HappyWarrior  Oct 31, 2018 • 9:20:38am

re: #377 makeitstop

Candace Owens, caught in a lie. What a surprise.

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She’s a bigger jackass than Kanye is. At least Kanye has some introspective ability.

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makeitstop  Oct 31, 2018 • 9:21:37am

Happy Halloween!

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HappyWarrior  Oct 31, 2018 • 9:25:41am

re: #384 makeitstop

Happy Halloween!

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They found out where the tooth fairy lives.

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plansbandc  Oct 31, 2018 • 9:27:16am
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Scottish Dragon  Oct 31, 2018 • 9:27:34am

re: #384 makeitstop

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Shiplord Kirel, Friend of Moose and Squirrel  Oct 31, 2018 • 9:30:20am

The Ammoland website article that I mentioned yesterday is probably worse than I described it to be. It includes this assertion in its conspiracist history of the M-16 rifle:
“When you take into account the probability that Israel murdered JFK…..” The whole article’s case against the M-16 is that it was a Jewish conspiracy.
These Nazi fucks are a MAJOR online retailer of guns and ammunition.

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Kilroy was here  Oct 31, 2018 • 9:33:28am

re: #384 makeitstop

Well the wall obviously needed braces…
or
It was they were filling the cavity

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FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀  Oct 31, 2018 • 9:34:01am

Didn’t Bill O’Reilly use to have a guy that would stalk and harass people?

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Colère Tueur de Lapin  Oct 31, 2018 • 9:36:52am

re: #389 Kilroy was here

**Smack**

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FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀  Oct 31, 2018 • 9:38:53am
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Dr. Matt  Oct 31, 2018 • 9:39:40am

re: #364 makeitstop

We reviewed more than 4000 of bombing suspect Cesar Sayok’s tweets. We found more than 240 threats at 50 different people, news organizations, reporters, and celebrities.

We found a mind corrupted by right wing conspiracy theories of every sort.cnn.com

— 💀andrew👻kaczynski🎃 (@KFILE) October 31, 2018

Great job, @jack

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Big Beautiful Door  Oct 31, 2018 • 9:40:07am

re: #388 Shiplord Kirel, Friend of Moose and Squirrel

The Ammoland website article that I mentioned yesterday is probably worse than I described it to be. It includes this assertion in its conspiracist history of the M-16 rifle:
“When you take into account the probability that Israel murdered JFK…..” The whole article’s case against the M-16 is that it was a Jewish conspiracy.
These Nazi fucks are a MAJOR online retailer of guns and ammunition.

The gun rights movement is almost entirely about preparing for the race war they are planning. That’s why a gun show in Lousiville (where two African-Americans were murdered by a racist last week) is selling Nazi, KKK and Confederate memorabilia.

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makeitstop  Oct 31, 2018 • 9:44:31am

El-Oh-El!

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Skip Intro  Oct 31, 2018 • 9:44:51am

re: #352 HappyWarrior

What exactly have Jared and Ivanka done? I’m sorry but there’s nothing about his response to this shooting that suggests it was “serious.” The whole “They should have had armed guards” was stupid and tone deaf. Jared and Ivanka are useless.

They take time out of their busy schedule of collecting bribes and selling influence to attend a photo op from time to time.

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lawhawk  Oct 31, 2018 • 9:45:51am

re: #377 makeitstop

There’s video of her saying Kanye was involved in creating the logo too… pwned.

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HappyWarrior  Oct 31, 2018 • 9:46:01am

re: #396 Skip Intro

They take time out of their busy schedule of collecting bribes and selling influence to attend a photo op from time to time.

Well played

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HappyWarrior  Oct 31, 2018 • 9:47:09am

re: #394 Big Beautiful Door

The gun rights movement is almost entirely about preparing for the race war they are planning. That’s why a gun show in Lousiville (where two African-Americans were murdered by a racist last week) is selling Nazi, KKK and Confederate memorabilia.

The NRA loves to incite racial fears too.

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lawhawk  Oct 31, 2018 • 9:47:26am

re: #392 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀

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Shiplord Kirel, Friend of Moose and Squirrel  Oct 31, 2018 • 9:49:16am

re: #394 Big Beautiful Door

The gun rights movement is almost entirely about preparing for the race war they are planning. That’s why a gun show in Lousiville (where two African-Americans were murdered by a racist last week) is selling Nazi, KKK and Confederate memorabilia.

True. It’s no accident that the radicalization of the NRA coincided with the Civil Rights movement. The process wasn’t complete until the “coup of 1977” but the struggle between the nuts and the old guard had been going tooth and nail for 15 years before that. Younger people would not believe what the NRA was like before the 60s.

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FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀  Oct 31, 2018 • 9:50:20am
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FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀  Oct 31, 2018 • 9:53:25am
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lawhawk  Oct 31, 2018 • 9:53:35am
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HappyWarrior  Oct 31, 2018 • 9:54:33am

re: #404 lawhawk

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Someone saw Zootopia.

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HappyWarrior  Oct 31, 2018 • 9:55:21am

re: #402 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀

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No, it’s not.

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HappyWarrior  Oct 31, 2018 • 9:56:00am

re: #403 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀

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Loyalty as always a two way street with this child.

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The Vicious Babushka  Oct 31, 2018 • 9:56:31am

RECIPE FAIL

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Skip Intro  Oct 31, 2018 • 9:57:52am

re: #390 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀

Didn’t Bill O’Reilly use to have a guy that would stalk and harass people?

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Yeah, his name was Jesse Watters, I think. Has his own show on TrumpTv now.

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Shiplord Kirel, Friend of Moose and Squirrel  Oct 31, 2018 • 9:57:52am

The NRA’s evaluation of the first commercial AR-15s, in about 1962, was quite negative. They thought it was gimmicky, absurdly over-priced ($279), and of little use to civilians.

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dangerman  Oct 31, 2018 • 10:04:01am

good morning one and all

it feels like nothing ‘significant’ happened in like the last 12 hours.

i’m taking an easy breath before the next onslaught

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makeitstop  Oct 31, 2018 • 10:04:46am

Man, besides being nice to Nazis and crazy-ass Red Hats, Twitter can’t do anything right.

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lawhawk  Oct 31, 2018 • 10:04:59am

re: #411 dangerman

Trump’s left to taking potshots at Speaker Ryan for Ryan stating an indisputable fact that birthright citizenship is in the Constitution (14th Amendment) and that Trump can’t end it via EO.

Update:

And Jacob Wohl is still touting that bad things are heading for Mueller.

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Scottish Dragon  Oct 31, 2018 • 10:06:15am

What. The. Hell.

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Scottish Dragon  Oct 31, 2018 • 10:06:52am

re: #408 The Vicious Babushka

RECIPE FAIL

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It’s the fake pork made from bean protein ;)

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Skip Intro  Oct 31, 2018 • 10:07:58am

re: #392 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀

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Hecuba's daughter  Oct 31, 2018 • 10:08:36am

re: #108 The Vicious Babushka

The fake rabbi wasn’t even a real fake rabbi

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Do you know who actually invited the fake rabbi? An article claimed that Pence denied involvement and that it was the Jewish Republican candidate who asked Loren Jacobs. This seems strange since I thought Lena Epstein belongs to a standard Reform synagogue.

—edited to correct misspelling

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Citizen K  Oct 31, 2018 • 10:08:41am

re: #410 Shiplord Kirel, Friend of Moose and Squirrel

The NRA’s evaluation of the first commercial AR-15s, in about 1962, was quite negative. They thought it was gimmicky, absurdly over-priced ($279), and of little use to civilians.

That was before the revolt that put right-wing gun lobbyists and Birchers in charge of the organization though, so clearly that evaluation is commie bullshit. ///

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makeitstop  Oct 31, 2018 • 10:12:30am
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Dr. Matt  Oct 31, 2018 • 10:14:21am

re: #410 Shiplord Kirel, Friend of Moose and Squirrel

The NRA’s evaluation of the first commercial AR-15s, in about 1962, was quite negative. They thought it was gimmicky, absurdly over-priced ($279), and of little use to civilians.

$279 in 1962 is over $2,000 in today’s money. White trash rednecks couldn’t afford and embrace the AR back then as they can today. Now that that ARs are readily accessible to their white trash base, the NRA loves the rifle.

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Archangelus  Oct 31, 2018 • 10:16:56am

Seriously, screw that jackass.

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The Vicious Babushka  Oct 31, 2018 • 10:19:35am

re: #415 Scottish Dragon

It’s the fake pork made from bean protein ;)

I think Yummly’s search algorithm collected every recipe that lists “kosher salt” as an ingredient.

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Sir John Barron  Oct 31, 2018 • 10:24:01am

re: #403 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀

Paul Ryan should be focusing on holding the Majority rather than giving his opinions on Birthright Citizenship, something he knows nothing about! Our new Republican Majority will work on this, Closing the Immigration Loopholes and Securing our Border!

— Donald J. Trump

A very important tweet. Glad he took time out from his day to post this.

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Skip Intro  Oct 31, 2018 • 10:26:46am

re: #419 makeitstop

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Skip Intro  Oct 31, 2018 • 10:29:36am
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Shiplord Kirel, Friend of Moose and Squirrel  Oct 31, 2018 • 10:30:13am

re: #420 Dr. Matt

$279 in 1962 is over $2,000 in today’s money. White trash rednecks couldn’t afford and embrace the AR back then as they can today. Now that that ARs are readily accessible to their white trash base, the NRA loves the rifle.

It was a lot of money then but the main difference is that mowing down the zombie-like hordes who invade suburbia “when the welfare checks stop” just wasn’t a consideration for NRA evaluators in those days. It is now and they are more open about it every day.

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Scottish Dragon  Oct 31, 2018 • 10:30:58am

re: #425 Skip Intro

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I almost spewed coke on the computer….

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Charles Johnson  Oct 31, 2018 • 10:31:30am
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HappyWarrior  Oct 31, 2018 • 10:32:54am

re: #426 Shiplord Kirel, Friend of Moose and Squirrel

It was a lot of money then but the main difference is that mowing down the zombie-like hordes who invade suburbia “when the welfare checks stop” just wasn’t a consideration for NRA evaluators in those days. It is now and they are more open about it every day.

I forget SK but I think you were the one who mentioned that the NRA’s turn to what they are now was in the late 70’s when they were headed or had a spokesman who was a former DEA agent who had gotten away with killing a Mexican or Mexican-American at the border. Frankly, yeah this is the problem. The NRA that my grandfather belonged to was a reasonable organization. The NRA of today blames mass shooting victims for not being armed and spreads lies and fear about their ideological and racial opponents. I’ve never been a big gun guy but the NRA of my grandfather and grand uncles isn’t the same as it is now.

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Citizen K  Oct 31, 2018 • 10:35:43am

Goddammit, Papa Joe.

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HappyWarrior  Oct 31, 2018 • 10:35:44am

re: #428 Charles Johnson

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Yeah the amendment itself is quite specific. This is such crap.

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HappyWarrior  Oct 31, 2018 • 10:36:54am

re: #430 Citizen K

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Goddammit, Papa Joe.

I like Joe but uh no Joe. Nothing bright about David Brooks and his bizarre takes on liberals and delis.

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The Vicious Babushka  Oct 31, 2018 • 10:37:18am

Today is the 100th anniversary of the death of my grandpa, who died at age 29 during the Spanish Flu epidemic of 1918. I visited his gravesite 2 weeks ago but today is that actual centennial of his passing.

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Sir John Barron  Oct 31, 2018 • 10:40:50am

re: #428 Charles Johnson

Remember when the RWNJ accused President Obama of ripping up the Constitution with his EO’s?

Good times.

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Shiplord Kirel, Friend of Moose and Squirrel  Oct 31, 2018 • 10:41:28am

re: #429 HappyWarrior

I forget SK but I think you were the one who mentioned that the NRA’s turn to what they are now was in the late 70’s when they were headed or had a spokesman who was a former DEA agent who had gotten away with killing a Mexican or Mexican-American at the border. Frankly, yeah this is the problem. The NRA that my grandfather belonged to was a reasonable organization. The NRA of today blames mass shooting victims for not being armed and spreads lies and fear about their ideological and racial opponents. I’ve never been a big gun guy but the NRA of my grandfather and grand uncles isn’t the same

Harlon Carter. His accession to the NRA presidency in 1977 put the whackos fully in charge.

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makeitstop  Oct 31, 2018 • 10:41:46am

The Intercept has re-published the Chuck Colson memo produced by the Nixon White House (and annotated by Roger Ailes) that foreshadowed the creation of Fox News.

It’s kind of quaint (typewritten, with none of the snazz that we’re used to in modern documents), but it’s a pretty interesting look at both how we got here and how long conservatives have been working on it.

(Link goes directly to the memo, for folks like me who are Intercept-averse due to Greenwald.)

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HappyWarrior  Oct 31, 2018 • 10:42:07am

re: #433 The Vicious Babushka

Today is the 100th anniversary of the death of my grandpa, who died at age 29 during the Spanish Flu epidemic of 1918. I visited his gravesite 2 weeks ago but today is that actual centennial of his passing.

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Too young VB. I’m sorry that you never got to know him. My Nana’s mother died before my Dad, aunts, and uncles were born and when she was young. The deceased live on through those of us who knew them and then we pass on our memories.

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The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge  Oct 31, 2018 • 10:42:52am

re: #427 Scottish Dragon

I almost spewed coke on the computer….

Of course I’m in hopes that they become unnecessary, but if and when they do, I’ll really miss the DPRK News Service.

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Skip Intro  Oct 31, 2018 • 10:46:05am

re: #427 Scottish Dragon

I almost spewed coke on the computer….

Sorry about that, but now I can go get my root canal having accomplished something today.

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The Vicious Babushka  Oct 31, 2018 • 10:46:13am

It appears that Lena Epstein (the Republican lady who invited the fake fake rabbi to the Pence rally) is not too bright.

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wrenchwench  Oct 31, 2018 • 10:46:47am

re: #436 makeitstop

The Intercept has re-published the Chuck Colson memo produced by the Nixon White House (and annotated by Roger Ailes) that foreshadowed the creation of Fox News.

It’s kind of quaint (typewritten, with none of the snazz that we’re used to in modern documents), but it’s a pretty interesting look at both how we got here and how long conservatives have been working on it.

(Link goes directly to the memo, for folks like me who are Intercept-averse due to Greenwald.)

Oh, good. We’re still around. I’m so averse, I unfollow people for linking to it.

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jaunte  Oct 31, 2018 • 10:50:28am
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jaunte  Oct 31, 2018 • 10:52:01am
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MsJ  Oct 31, 2018 • 10:53:35am

re: #334 makeitstop

Pretty good piece from Politico on how the alt-right has scattered - Trump’s Culture Warriors Go Home

This time, coverage of the Capitol Hill stunt focused more on the deadpan response from Missouri Republican Rep. Billy Long, who drowned out Loomer’s screams with a stream of auctioneer babble.

This is a video I want to see on repeat. HAHAHAHA.

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makeitstop  Oct 31, 2018 • 10:55:23am

Another fantastic thread by David Niewert, this time explaining Eliminationism. I think he’s still adding to it.

(WARNING: Disturbing/violent imagery involved.)

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CarolJ  Oct 31, 2018 • 10:55:36am

Are they really preparing for war in Mexico, Central America, or even Venezuela? A group of hungry women and children who won’t even get here until Christmas needs water, food and a place to sleep, not soldiers with guns. So who are the guns really for?

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jaunte  Oct 31, 2018 • 10:58:11am

re: #447 CarolJ

They’re for Trump to huff and puff and claim to have eliminated the “threat.”
Which Fox News and Republican pols will dutifully repeat in the face of all evidence that no such thing happened.

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Hecuba's daughter  Oct 31, 2018 • 10:58:25am

re: #440 The Vicious Babushka

It appears that Lena Epstein (the Republican lady who invited the fake fake rabbi to the Pence rally) is not too bright.

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Her idiocy is beyond comprehension. Her selection of the fake fake rabbi shows a level of ignorance that surpasses Torrid Liar. How did she get the GOP nomination?

Oh wait, I live in a state that 30+ years ago actually nominated Larouchie candidates for Democratic slots, when voters opposed to the establishment candidates thought that nominees they didn’t know couldn’t be worse than the ones they did.

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makeitstop  Oct 31, 2018 • 11:02:07am

re: #449 Hecuba’s daughter

Her idiocy is beyond comprehension. Her selection of the fake fake rabbi shows a level of ignorance that surpasses Torrid Liar. How did she get the GOP nomination?

Oh wait, I live in a state that 30+ years ago actually nominated Larouchie candidates for Democratic slots, when voters opposed to the establishment candidates thought that nominees they didn’t know couldn’t be worse than the ones they did.

Josh Marshall has a pretty good recap - Never Go Full Trump: The Lena Epstein Story

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dangerman  Oct 31, 2018 • 11:02:35am

re: #428 Charles Johnson

Trump cannot void a constitutional amendment with an executive order. That’s not how the constitution works. This is just another part of his never-ending con game.

and further

signing the e/o anyway
so it gets contested
goes to court
works it way (or leapfrogs) to the supreme court
in the hope they take it up and vote in his favor

is not going to happen

likely as most people see, this will fade in a week or a few
which doesnt mean the fringe that have been pushing this nonsense for years wont keep at it

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Citizen K  Oct 31, 2018 • 11:03:12am

re: #446 makeitstop

The former is something that’s been a thing since at least the ‘04 Election. It’s my go-to thing to point out how bullshit the tone policing is, every time someone decides to dredge up the ol’ civility dodge.

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dangerman  Oct 31, 2018 • 11:04:50am

re: #439 Skip Intro

Sorry about that, but now I can go get my root canal having accomplished something today.

for your amusement:

YouTube

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MsJ  Oct 31, 2018 • 11:07:16am
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MsJ  Oct 31, 2018 • 11:09:14am

re: #390 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀

Didn’t Bill O’Reilly use to have a guy that would stalk and harass people?

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Yeah and he now has his own show on Fox.

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Jay C  Oct 31, 2018 • 11:11:58am

re: #447 CarolJ

So who are the guns really for?

For Donald Trump, of course: probably so he can strut around in a “war zone” surrounded by uniforms and scary-looking military machinery and posture and bluster about what a swell job he’s doing to “protect” the country. And probably how Democrats are going to “dishonor the troops” by firing them all and replacing them with the refugees in return for their votes….

Wonder if he will go up on the “front line” and pose in a helmet (gold, of course, with a big purple “T” on the front)??

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Sir John Barron  Oct 31, 2018 • 11:13:05am

re: #444 jaunte

#BREAKING Up to 14,000 troops will be ready to deploy to the southern border. Troops will be armed with lethal ammunition. There’s an additional 7,000 troops on 24-hour stand-by per Pentagon documents obtained by @Newsweek #Caravan #military
— James LaPorta

Armed troops firing lethally on unarmed refugees will be a really good look. Sure.

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Belafon  Oct 31, 2018 • 11:14:31am

re: #457 Sir John Barron

Armed troops firing lethally on unarmed refugees will be a really good look. Sure.

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We have to make sure there are cameras around.

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Kilroy was here  Oct 31, 2018 • 11:22:23am

Related to this stupid troop deployment..

Army misses 2018 recruiting goal
For the first time since 2005, the U.S. Army missed its recruiting goal this year, falling short by about 6,500 soldiers, despite pouring an extra $200 million into bonuses and approving some additional waivers for bad conduct or health issues.

Who would want to join an Army with this mission? Seriously.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Oct 31, 2018 • 11:23:03am
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ObserverArt  Oct 31, 2018 • 11:48:55am

re: #456 Jay C

For Donald Trump, of course: probably so he can strut around in a “war zone” surrounded by uniforms and scary-looking military machinery and posture and bluster about what a swell job he’s doing to “protect” the country. And probably how Democrats are going to “dishonor the troops” by firing them all and replacing them with the refugees in return for their votes….

Wonder if he will go up on the “front line” and pose in a helmet (gold, of course, with a big purple “T” on the front)??

An old Photoshop from the days when Trump was threatening the GOP about whether he would support others if he loses the nomination.

General Trump seen ordering his foot soldiers to order the G.O.P. National Headquarters to change the rules of war or he will blow the whole thing to smithereens.
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Big Beautiful Door  Oct 31, 2018 • 12:59:51pm

re: #447 CarolJ

Are they really preparing for war in Mexico, Central America, or even Venezuela? A group of hungry women and children who won’t even get here until Christmas needs water, food and a place to sleep, not soldiers with guns. So who are the guns really for?

Trump is wagging the dog for the midterms.


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