Sunday Night Jam: Shlomo and the Vocal Orchestra Perform Massive Attack’s “Teardrop”

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Shlomo and the Vocal Orchestra perform Massive Attack’s ‘Teardrop’ for Mahogany at Wilderness Festival.

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371 comments
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teleskiguy  Aug 30, 2015 • 9:43:12pm

Just thought I’d pass this along. Don’t want our allotted data we get from one of these multinational corporations getting sucked up for no reason.

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Chan Kobun  Aug 30, 2015 • 10:11:18pm

re: #1 teleskiguy

Makes me glad I use TweetDeck.

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teleskiguy  Aug 30, 2015 • 10:17:36pm

re: #2 Chan Kobun

I use TweetDeck to make collections of tweets and to see accounts that have blocked me, and that’s it. So I use it rarely. I tried to use it as my Twitter a while back, and it was just too much, too fast. The Twitter web client and mobile clients work just fine for me, there’s still a modicum of “at my own pace.”

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Kragar  Aug 30, 2015 • 10:21:23pm

First round of paint thinning, good to go. Got the bulk of the old junk off, scrubbed and rinsed off. Got them soaking again for the deep stuff I’ll need the xacto and needle to break free.

Nice thing about acrylic paints is you can just use Simple Green to strip the paint. Especially handy when dealing with plastic pieces.

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Higgs Boson's Mate  Aug 30, 2015 • 10:28:10pm

re: #4 Kragar

These are the bits that you picked up at the swap meet the other day, yes?

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freetoken  Aug 30, 2015 • 10:30:53pm

Thoughts on FTWD after two episodes:

Click to Reveal

What a collection of unlikeable characters.

Unlikeable but smart - that works in stories. Likeable but stupid - that works too. But unlikeable and stupid is just a bad combination of traits for a set of lead characters.

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teleskiguy  Aug 30, 2015 • 10:40:36pm

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Kragar  Aug 30, 2015 • 10:41:09pm

re: #5 Higgs Boson’s Mate

These are the bits that you picked up at the swap meet the other day, yes?

Yup, getting ready to put together a Techmarine on a bike, plus I got enough parts for a new squad of Grey Hunters.

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Charles Johnson  Aug 30, 2015 • 11:06:49pm

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Eclectic Cyborg  Aug 30, 2015 • 11:14:57pm

re: #6 freetoken

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teleskiguy  Aug 30, 2015 • 11:19:18pm

Shit that makes you go huh.

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Teukka  Aug 30, 2015 • 11:23:40pm

re: #11 teleskiguy

Shit that makes you go huh.

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Remember that globBULL warming is a liBULLar conspiracy to stifle the freedom of the markets and impose Frankfurt School Cultural Marxism on the people. It’s just a hoax!.

Meanwhile in reality, I go “FUCK! FUCK! FUCK!” Not good. Not good at all. I would suspect bad climate news before this year is out.

*smh*

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teleskiguy  Aug 30, 2015 • 11:43:28pm

This calls for

Kyuss - Whitewater

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Kragar  Aug 30, 2015 • 11:51:08pm

re: #6 freetoken

My kids and I agree that so far, the only likable character is Tobias.

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teleskiguy  Aug 31, 2015 • 12:00:37am

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freetoken  Aug 31, 2015 • 12:02:45am

re: #10 Eclectic Cyborg

Click to Reveal

Yup. A rather heavy handed exploitation of contemporary American events.

The whole riot scene struck me as trying too hard to tie into today’s issues.

As for stupid characters: Especially the lit teacher dad - he’s just written to be too unable to say anything, and his dialogue parts are pretty lame.

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freetoken  Aug 31, 2015 • 12:03:55am

re: #14 Kragar

That’s the kid with the, um, knife issues, yes? I’m kind of wondering if he’s being set up to take a fall, or if he turns out to be the hero.

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teleskiguy  Aug 31, 2015 • 12:03:57am

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freetoken  Aug 31, 2015 • 12:10:53am
Click to Reveal

Looking at the cast of characters:

imdb.com

It would appear as if the story line is going to expand to a bigger set of leads, with the characters introduced tonight appearing in more episodes.

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KiTA  Aug 31, 2015 • 12:17:26am

The final Discworld novel comes out in 23 hours.

I actually haven’t read the Tiffany Aching branch of Discworld. My favorite is probably the City Watch branch, but Moist’s and Granny’s are amazing too.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Aug 31, 2015 • 2:38:13am

re: #11 teleskiguy

Shit that makes you go huh.

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Kind of figured that was going to happen yesterday afternoon when the pressure dropped below 1000 and the windspeed kicked up to 60 mph.

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Ace-o-aces  Aug 31, 2015 • 2:40:23am

Well, I’m sure Republicans in Alaska’s congressional delegation will try to stop Obama from…What’s that? They’re all for the name change too? So why exactly is this a problem again?

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Nyet  Aug 31, 2015 • 2:41:37am

Sarah is in a bind on this one.

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Ace-o-aces  Aug 31, 2015 • 2:53:32am

Well, what do you expect from a typical Obama loving, liberal Democr…..Oh, he’s a Republican? I’m beginning to think Twitchy is trying to create a scandal out of nothing.

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Ace-o-aces  Aug 31, 2015 • 2:58:27am

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Nyet  Aug 31, 2015 • 3:01:53am

Wow, that shithead is completely bonkers. Good thing she has a snowball’s chance in hell.

Jill Stein: We should encourage Ukraine to be neutral—we helped foment a coup against a democratically-elected government, [resulting in a government] where ultra-nationalists and ex-Nazis came to power. Imagine the inverse: if Russia did that in Canada—installed a government hostile to us—we saw something like that in Cuban Missile Crisis—that would not be acceptable to us. So let’s not be single-issue—instead of fomenting a hostile Ukraine we should be leading the way in establishing a neutral Ukraine that would allow Russia to not feel under attack. We’ve made great strides—Putin is not a hero—but as Noam Chomsky points out, the Doomsday clock has moved closer to midnight than it has been since 1983. The hostile faceoff with Russia causes that and is entirely misplaced—led by war hawks in Obama administration—especially [Assistant Secretary of State for European Affairs] Victoria Nuland, who cheered on an overthrow in Ukraine.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Aug 31, 2015 • 3:03:24am

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Mentis Fugit  Aug 31, 2015 • 3:03:30am

re: #20 KiTA

Well the Tiffancy Aching series are technically a young adult stream, but that really only means the lead is juvenile. Stylistically there’s little difference; he didn’t “write down” to any significant extent.

I saw it on the shelves at Paper Plus in Porirua earlier today (UTC+12 if that’s relephant) which means my sister has probably just about finished reading it by now. She got to do a mainstream press interview with PTerry a few years back, which I think she counts as a career highlight.

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Nyet  Aug 31, 2015 • 3:03:49am

Interesting that this moonbat sees Ukraine as a means to an end rather than as a sovereign state with its own aspirations.

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Nyet  Aug 31, 2015 • 3:04:41am

Yes, people overthrew a corrupt, lawless, murderous “government”. Outrageous!

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Nyet  Aug 31, 2015 • 3:24:23am

Precious fluids.

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Nyet  Aug 31, 2015 • 3:27:57am

Oh, that settles it then.

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Nyet  Aug 31, 2015 • 3:34:04am

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Dave In Austin  Aug 31, 2015 • 3:44:10am

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Nyet  Aug 31, 2015 • 4:01:16am
“There have been dramatic reforms in Russia that are not being recognized by my colleagues,” he said. “The churches are full. There are opposition papers being distributed on every newsstand in Russia. You’ve got people demonstrating in the parks. You’ve got a much different Russia than it was under Communism, but you’ve got a lot of people who still can’t get over that Communism has fallen.”

That’s what it’s about for Dana.

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Nyet  Aug 31, 2015 • 4:03:14am

As long as the churches are full, fascism is fine.

Conservatives used to love Franco.

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Timothy Watson  Aug 31, 2015 • 4:28:46am

There’s an episode of The West Wing where a Congressman wants the White House’s support to get rid of the penny due to it being wasteful to mint in exchange for him supporting the White House on some other legislation.

The Congressman’s aid meets with Sam Seaborn and while Sam is telling Toby about the meeting he mentions he thinks the aid just wants a reason why they can’t support the proposal:

TOBY: Yeah, but I mean it anyway. What can I do for you today? How can I help you out?

SAM: You can give me a reason why the White House can’t support the elimination of the penny.

TOBY: This is the Legal Tender… Huckleberry Bill?

SAM: Modernization Bill, yeah.

TOBY: We can’t support it ‘cause it’ll never get to the floor.

SAM: Why not?

TOBY: Where’s the Speaker of the House from?

SAM: He’s from Illinois, which, by the way, is the only state where you can put pennies in a toll machine. Why is that, do you suppose?

TOBY: It’s because…

SAM: It’s ‘cause Lincoln’s from Illinois! And… so is the Speaker.

TOBY: Yes.

SAM: Well, that’s a good reason. Well, it’s a dumb reason, but it’s good enough, right?

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The Vicious Babushka  Aug 31, 2015 • 4:35:43am

STUPIDEST MEME OF THE DAY==>
I know it’s early & there will be MOAR STUPIDS.
These people have no fucking idea how TEH WELFARES WORK

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The Vicious Babushka  Aug 31, 2015 • 4:40:52am

I just read over that whole meme. There is SO MUCH STUPIDS & they don’t know how math works.

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Nyet  Aug 31, 2015 • 4:41:22am

re: #38 The Vicious Babushka

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The Vicious Babushka  Aug 31, 2015 • 4:45:32am

re: #40 Nyet

Image: 3el4GEBM.png

Well, that accounts for the SS disability for “being crazy” and living in his mom’s basement. But not the imaginary girlfriend & all her imaginary WELFARE MONEYS

Also too: Pell Grants have to be used for college tuition & related expenses (textbooks, lab fees, etc.). You can’t collect a Pell Grant AND “free college tuition”

Of course this whole exercise in wingnut math begs the question of how the guy, living in his mom’s basement, “buys a house”

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The Vicious Babushka  Aug 31, 2015 • 4:52:17am

Debunked at Snopes

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Nyet  Aug 31, 2015 • 4:55:30am

re: #42 The Vicious Babushka

We should have a cat meme for DEBUNKED.

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Timothy Watson  Aug 31, 2015 • 4:57:20am

re: #38 The Vicious Babushka

STUPIDEST MEME OF THE DAY==>
I know it’s early & there will be MOAR STUPIDS.
These people have no fucking idea how TEH WELFARES WORK

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The person also doesn’t know anything about the tax code. There are objective tests for the claiming of dependents. A head of household gets better (lower) tax rates and a larger deduction, no credit, but that would only matter if the person actually has some taxable income. You also have to have earned income to qualify for the earned income tax credit (EITC).

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Timothy Watson  Aug 31, 2015 • 5:04:24am

re: #41 The Vicious Babushka

Well, that accounts for the SS disability for “being crazy” and living in his mom’s basement. But not the imaginary girlfriend & all her imaginary WELFARE MONEYS

Also too: Pell Grants have to be used for college tuition & related expenses (textbooks, lab fees, etc.). You can’t collect a Pell Grant AND “free college tuition”

Of course this whole exercise in wingnut math begs the question of how the guy, living in his mom’s basement, “buys a house”

For each award year, the maximum Pell Grant is only $5,775.

And I guess that this idiot has no idea how much tuition actually costs, right? Commuting to VCU full-time is over $12,000 a year for me.

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I Stand With Planned Parenthood  Aug 31, 2015 • 5:07:24am

Amazon Echo

Anyone have an experience with this?

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Timothy Watson  Aug 31, 2015 • 5:07:42am

re: #38 The Vicious Babushka

STUPIDEST MEME OF THE DAY==>
I know it’s early & there will be MOAR STUPIDS.
These people have no fucking idea how TEH WELFARES WORK

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There’s also no “free Obamacare”, even if you qualify for subsidies, you’re still going to pay some for a plan. In this scenario, she wouldn’t qualify for subsidies because her income is too low (nonexistent), but would probably qualify for Medicaid and the kids would qualify for SCHIP.

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I Stand With Planned Parenthood  Aug 31, 2015 • 5:14:05am

have I mentioned how much I hate mornings?

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A Mom Anon  Aug 31, 2015 • 5:28:53am

re: #38 The Vicious Babushka

So people must be lining up outside this dude’s house to purchase massive amounts of Super Deluxe Weapons Grade Stupid DERP…..There’s a lot to unpack there. Yipes. Obamacare isn’t free for starters. What single mom gets a free college education? If that was the case, wouldn’t it stand to reason (yeah, I know, just play along with me…) that there wouldn’t be so many single moms living below poverty? Not to mention the ones who did go to school and have huge student loan debts. Gah. That’s all I have the strength for this morning.

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I Stand With Planned Parenthood  Aug 31, 2015 • 5:29:53am

re: #38 The Vicious Babushka

STUPIDEST MEME OF THE DAY==>
I know it’s early & there will be MOAR STUPIDS.
These people have no fucking idea how TEH WELFARES WORK

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How many times has this been repurposed?

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I Stand With Planned Parenthood  Aug 31, 2015 • 5:33:17am

Remember this from 2013?

nasdaq.com

The edited budget allots $50 rather than $0 to heating, but curiously enough, the Spanish-language sample only allots $30 to heating. Payments for groceries, gas, clothing, and possible childcare expenses are also not accounted for.

With a $20 cap for health insurance, an implied reality that a McDonald’s employee should be working two jobs to get by, and a downright insulting informational video reminder that by not buying a $1 snack every day for 365 days, savings amount to $365, the jokes almost write themselves.

McDonald’s Sample Budget Sheet Is Laughable, but Its Implications Are Not

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The Vicious Babushka  Aug 31, 2015 • 5:34:25am

re: #50 I Stand With Planned Parenthood

How many times has this been repurposed?

Here’s another, also bogus==>

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Joe Bacon  Aug 31, 2015 • 5:34:43am

re: #38 The Vicious Babushka

STUPIDEST MEME OF THE DAY==>
I know it’s early & there will be MOAR STUPIDS.
These people have no fucking idea how TEH WELFARES WORK

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What really frustrates me is that my right wing nephew sends this to me. And he has two disabled sons on SSI.

I have family members who have no health insurance and they refuse to purchase it on the exchanges. Why? because they hate the “N” word in the White House and they will never participate in what they refer to as “N-Word” care.

BTW—they keep telling me that Jesus is going to rapture them up to heaven in a couple weeks. I remind them that they’ve been telling me that since the late 70s…

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BishopX  Aug 31, 2015 • 5:37:03am

re: #53 Joe Bacon

People have strange ways of dealing with feelings of guilt and helplessness. Hate is a popular choice.

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Nyet  Aug 31, 2015 • 5:37:07am

A personal story of a woman whose whole family were Birchers (the father was a high-ranking one for decades).

claireconner.com

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Joe Bacon  Aug 31, 2015 • 5:38:00am

re: #51 I Stand With Planned Parenthood

Remember this from 2013?

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McDonald’s Sample Budget Sheet Is Laughable, but Its Implications Are Not

Yes, I remember that worksheet. And how does my brainwashed family respond?

“If you have faith the size of a mustard seed, you can move mountains. People just have to pray more and tithe to their church and Jesus will bless them with riches…”

I truly detest ¢hur¢he$!

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Nyet  Aug 31, 2015 • 5:39:04am

Quote:

One day, after my father was gone, I talked to my mother about her beliefs. “What happens to the poor, the elderly, the unemployed, the disabled if the Birch society achieves success?”
“It doesn’t matter, not at all,” she told me. “It’s all about the Constitution.”
“The Constitution doesn’t feed a hungry child or help an unemployed man,” I argued.
“That’s not my concern,” she said.
She wagged her finger at me that day. “Our day will come,” she said. “All you socialist-liberals will fail and we’ll be ready.”
In the 2010 elections when very, very right-wing GOPers took over the Congress, I remembered my mother’s prediction. And I realized she was right.

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The Vicious Babushka  Aug 31, 2015 • 5:41:33am

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Nyet  Aug 31, 2015 • 5:43:21am

re: #58 The Vicious Babushka

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The Vicious Babushka  Aug 31, 2015 • 5:43:54am

re: #56 Joe Bacon

Yes, I remember that worksheet. And how does my brainwashed family respond?

“If you have faith the size of a mustard seed, you can move mountains. People just have to pray more and tithe to their church and Jesus will bless them with riches…”

I truly detest ¢hur¢he$!

LAMEST SUPER HERO EVER.
“Jesus Kid” jumps out of upstairs window and counts on Jesus to catch him so he doesn’t splat on the sidewalk.

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Joe Bacon  Aug 31, 2015 • 5:44:00am

re: #57 Nyet

Sending a hug because that’s the same BS I hear from my family. Up to 1980 all of my family were hard core Democrats. Then one by one the Religious Right got them and turned them into hard core Republicans. By 1984, all of them were Reaganites. The most pathetic case was my aunt who set up a prayer altar at her house with Reagan’s picture on it. She would pray to Reagan because the pulpit pimps running Trinity Broadcasting said he was God’s man.

I’m not kidding. She actually prays to Reagan for deliverance from these evil Democrats!

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Nyet  Aug 31, 2015 • 5:46:15am

re: #61 Joe Bacon

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I Stand With Planned Parenthood  Aug 31, 2015 • 5:47:33am

re: #56 Joe Bacon

Yes, I remember that worksheet. And how does my brainwashed family respond?

“If you have faith the size of a mustard seed, you can move mountains. People just have to pray more and tithe to their church and Jesus will bless them with riches…”

I truly detest ¢hur¢he$!

YEAH, me too for the most part. I’m tired of people handing over their free will —actually they pay big bucks to do so.

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Nyet  Aug 31, 2015 • 5:47:46am

re: #60 The Vicious Babushka

And given that he was a Northern Conservative Baptist (Great Lakes Region Council of 1879), and not a Northern Conservative Baptist (Great Lakes Region Council of 1912), he will burn in hell for eternity, the heretic.

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Nyet  Aug 31, 2015 • 5:55:07am

I’m putting this in the spoiler tag because it may spoil your day if you read it. A comment from one of GZ’s fans. Think twice before clicking.

Click to Reveal

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wheat-dogghazi-mailgate  Aug 31, 2015 • 5:56:38am

re: #61 Joe Bacon

Sending a hug because that’s the same BS I hear from my family. Up to 1980 all of my family were hard core Democrats. Then one by one the Religious Right got them and turned them into hard core Republicans. By 1984, all of them were Reaganites. The most pathetic case was my aunt who set up a prayer altar at her house with Reagan’s picture on it. She would pray to Reagan because the pulpit pimps running Trinity Broadcasting said he was God’s man.

I’m not kidding. She actually prays to Reagan for deliverance from these evil Democrats!

Did you tell her Chinese families usually have a large picture of Mao on the wall, above a table with candles, joss sticks and such? Buddha or Guanyin are usually in a separate and smaller area.

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The Vicious Babushka  Aug 31, 2015 • 5:59:13am

BEN IS DERPING BRIGHT & EARLY==>

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I Stand With Planned Parenthood  Aug 31, 2015 • 6:01:52am

Lilly Tomlin!!!

GRANDMA Movie Trailer (Comedy - 2015)

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I Stand With Planned Parenthood  Aug 31, 2015 • 6:03:59am

re: #67 The Vicious Babushka

BEN IS DERPING BRIGHT & EARLY==>

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Nyet  Aug 31, 2015 • 6:04:50am

re: #69 I Stand With Planned Parenthood

A Not Impressed puppy?

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Fourth Football of the Apocalypse  Aug 31, 2015 • 6:05:14am

re: #67 The Vicious Babushka

Perhaps we should just be grateful Obama didn’t decide to rename Mt. McKinley Mt. Trayvon.
— Ben Shapiro

Insightful policy analysis.

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I Stand With Planned Parenthood  Aug 31, 2015 • 6:06:01am

WORTH CLICKING just to watch the baby walking in the ad.

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Timothy Watson  Aug 31, 2015 • 6:06:34am

re: #71 Fourth Football of the Apocalypse

Insightful policy analysis.

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Actually what you imagined from a graduate of UCLA and Harvard Law School.

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Nyet  Aug 31, 2015 • 6:07:07am

re: #72 I Stand With Planned Parenthood

I only see a photo of some Grandma.

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The Vicious Babushka  Aug 31, 2015 • 6:08:34am

re: #68 I Stand With Planned Parenthood

Lilly Tomlin!!!

[Embedded content]

Video

So “Hip Granny” movies are a thing now? There was already Susan Sarandon as the hip, crazy Granny in “Tammy”

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lawhawk  Aug 31, 2015 • 6:08:51am

Greets and saluts from the NYC metro area. Was away for most of the weekend, so I come back to a tweetstorm regarding renaming Mt. McKinley as Denali.

Really? This is what the right wing is left with? They’re upset that President Obama is renaming a mountain that has historically been called Denali, Denali? The National Park Service unit is already called Denali National Park. This harmonizes the names, and I see nothing wrong with it.

Do these people not recall that Boulder Dam (which is actually located in Black Canyon) was first named Boulder Dam, then Hoover Dam, then Boulder Dam, and then finally renamed by an act of Congress during Truman’s term as Hoover Dam? Or that there’s a history of renaming landmarks, buildings, structures, and even mountains? This is restoring a name that belonged to the point for a long time.

It’s hardly the first NPS site to have a name controversy either. Devil’s Tower is another site whose name has long been criticized by Native Americans, who’d want to see the name changed - to Bear Lodge.

According to the National Park Service Native Americans originally called the tower “Bear Lodge” which was mistakenly translated to “Bad Gods” then later called “Devils Tower,” and some Native Americans find the name very offensive.

Ogden Driskill’s family settled as ranchers in the Devils Tower area over 130 years ago, he now owns ten thousand acres surrounding the park, his family even has a private cemetery next to the tower.

Driskill who is against the name change says no matter what happens, someone is going to be upset.

“Like a lot of politically correct things, feelings get hurt either way. We’ve all got better things to do with our time than fight with Native Americans over terminology that is offensive or not. There’s 21 tribes here and you’ve got to keep in mind that each tribe conquered another tribe and moved them out.” Driskill continued, “So who does hold the naming rights to Devils Tower, should it be the last conqueror or the first that was there?”

Changing the name of Denali is the least that can be done to correct historical wrongs.

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The Vicious Babushka  Aug 31, 2015 • 6:09:10am

They should do a “Hip Granny” movie about my mom. Srsly, she kicks ass.

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I Stand With Planned Parenthood  Aug 31, 2015 • 6:10:03am
Universities greet female students with pamphlets titled “How to avoid sexually assault” and give ZERO words of warning to male students. Male student warnings should read “Sexual assaulting a student will result in your immediate transfer from our campus to state prison where your bunk mate will be the Toss Salad Man who will give you a real understanding of rape you can’t seem to grasp…asshole.”

—from my fb

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I Stand With Planned Parenthood  Aug 31, 2015 • 6:11:28am

re: #74 Nyet

I only see a photo of some Grandma.

maybe refresh?

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Nyet  Aug 31, 2015 • 6:11:42am

re: #78 I Stand With Planned Parenthood

Prison rape jokes are not cool, sorry.

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I Stand With Planned Parenthood  Aug 31, 2015 • 6:12:30am

re: #80 Nyet

Prison rape jokes are not cool, sorry.

it’s not a joke

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I Stand With Planned Parenthood  Aug 31, 2015 • 6:13:15am
Different studies have found that between one-fourth to two-thirds of rapists have committed multiple sexual assaults. Only about 1 percent of murderers are considered serial killers.

Read more at littlegreenfootballs.com

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Nyet  Aug 31, 2015 • 6:13:23am

re: #81 I Stand With Planned Parenthood

it’s not a joke

Yes, it’s a very poor taste prison rape joke: “where your bunk mate will be the Toss Salad Man who will give you a real understanding of rape you can’t seem to grasp”.

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The Vicious Babushka  Aug 31, 2015 • 6:15:14am

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Fourth Football of the Apocalypse  Aug 31, 2015 • 6:16:08am

From downstairs:

Speaking to Chuck Todd on Meet the Press today, Scott Walker sought to trump Donald Trump by suggesting we also need to build a wall on the border with Canada.

“That is a legitimate issue for us to look at,” said the governor of Wisconsin.

Well, that escalated quickly.

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Nyet  Aug 31, 2015 • 6:16:25am

hurr hurr hurr you gonna be raped in prison hurr hurr hurr

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wheat-dogghazi-mailgate  Aug 31, 2015 • 6:20:06am

re: #76 lawhawk

They could rename it to “Close Encounters Tower” and offend almost everyone.

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The Vicious Babushka  Aug 31, 2015 • 6:21:19am

re: #87 wheat-dogghazi-mailgate

They could rename it to “Close Encounters Tower” and offend almost everyone.

“Mashed Potatoes Tower”

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I Stand With Planned Parenthood  Aug 31, 2015 • 6:21:38am

The ‘Star Wars’ Facebook page just replied obviously and correctly to a sexist comment.

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I Stand With Planned Parenthood  Aug 31, 2015 • 6:21:52am

re: #86 Nyet

hurr hurr hurr you gonna be raped in prison hurr hurr hurr

I sense anger, frustration and outrage, not humor.

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Great White Snark  Aug 31, 2015 • 6:22:04am

re: #43 Nyet

We should have a cat meme for DEBUNKED.

Just wait some idiot is going to say Obama named the mountain after the GMC SUV Denali.

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Dr. Matt  Aug 31, 2015 • 6:22:35am

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Nyet  Aug 31, 2015 • 6:23:19am

re: #90 I Stand With Planned Parenthood

I sense anger, frustration and outrage, not humor.

You know what, I won’t debate the obvious, just point out that posts such as these contribute to the rape culture (i.e. “there is some rape that is acceptable”).

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MomSense  Aug 31, 2015 • 6:24:43am

re: #55 Nyet

Bircherism is now mainstream Republican ideology. When you try and talk with them about how we would handle basic things like FDA meat inspection, etc. they stumble all over the place. It would be laughable if they weren’t able to do so much damage.

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Fourth Football of the Apocalypse  Aug 31, 2015 • 6:27:51am

re: #92 Dr. Matt

ALL MOUNTAINS MATTERS!!!!!

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Dr Lizardo  Aug 31, 2015 • 6:28:30am

re: #94 MomSense

Bircherism is now mainstream Republican ideology. When you try and talk with them about how we would handle basic things like FDA meat inspection, etc. they stumble all over the place. It would be laughable if they weren’t able to do so much damage.

Definitely. The Birchers have taken over the GOP.

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I Stand With Planned Parenthood  Aug 31, 2015 • 6:33:18am
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Dr Lizardo  Aug 31, 2015 • 6:33:24am

re: #97 Nyet

She’s an imbecile. She thinks she’s funny.

She’s just annoying.

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Dr. Matt  Aug 31, 2015 • 6:34:11am

re: #95 Fourth Football of the Apocalypse

ALL MOUNTAINS MATTERS!!!!!

:)

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Nyet  Aug 31, 2015 • 6:35:11am

re: #99 Dr Lizardo

I understand it’s not even an act, but it looks like it.

The Real Victoria Jackson

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Dr Lizardo  Aug 31, 2015 • 6:37:53am

re: #100 Dr. Matt

JE SUIS MOUNT McKINLEY!!

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Dr. Matt  Aug 31, 2015 • 6:38:44am

Click, but beware. It’s hard to believe these “people” don’t need help remembering to breathe.

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Timothy Watson  Aug 31, 2015 • 6:41:48am

re: #89 I Stand With Planned Parenthood

The ‘Star Wars’ Facebook page just replied obviously and correctly to a sexist comment.

Nice to see there won’t be a new entry on TVTropes under ChainmailBikini/BreastPlate.

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Nyet  Aug 31, 2015 • 6:43:41am

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Nyet  Aug 31, 2015 • 6:44:53am

I suppose he wanted to see some Dalek bumps on that armor. Sorry, wrong series.

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The Vicious Babushka  Aug 31, 2015 • 6:45:26am

re: #103 Dr. Matt

Click, but beware. It’s hard to believe these “people” don’t need help remembering to breathe.

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“This landmark is a testament to his countless years of service to our country.”

McKinley was POTUS for 6 months, that is countable.

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Fourth Football of the Apocalypse  Aug 31, 2015 • 6:46:24am

re: #103 Dr. Matt

Click, but beware. It’s hard to believe these “people” don’t need help remembering to breathe.

I was worried there’d be a shortage of derp today. Apparently my fears were unfounded.

//

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Aug 31, 2015 • 6:46:36am

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Fourth Football of the Apocalypse  Aug 31, 2015 • 6:47:19am

re: #107 The Vicious Babushka

McKinley was POTUS for 6 months, that is countable.

Well, one full term plus six months or so.

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lawhawk  Aug 31, 2015 • 6:48:46am

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The Vicious Babushka  Aug 31, 2015 • 6:49:20am

re: #110 Fourth Football of the Apocalypse

Well, one full term plus six months or so.

Still not “countless”

Even if you claim he “served gubmit” from the very day he was born, that’s only 58 countable years.

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Nyet  Aug 31, 2015 • 6:50:25am

Reminds me.

I am no man!

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Aug 31, 2015 • 6:50:54am

re: #111 lawhawk

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I was seeing a lot of tweets (some with photos) about that earlier this morning.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Aug 31, 2015 • 6:52:31am

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Bird in the Paw  Aug 31, 2015 • 6:53:40am

re: #94 MomSense

Bircherism is now mainstream Republican ideology. When you try and talk with them about how we would handle basic things like FDA meat inspection, etc. they stumble all over the place. It would be laughable if they weren’t able to do so much damage.

Minor quibble that does not detract from your point, FDA has no jurisdiction over meat, that is USDA’s purview. But. They have an answer to this question. The ubiquitous “the free-market preserves all and is better than the goobernmint” argument. Never mind the fact that outside of UL and a few other nominal inspection systems voluntarily set up by the market that do work, there is no way that the market can deal with the forces that need to exist with enforcing wrongdoing.

UL and those other organizations are safety standards that have no force of law. Economic fraud; is the lb of butter really a lb>? And if not, how does the magical hand of the market actually enforce the weight disparity? Does that olive oil actually contain 100% fruit oil and not 90% corn oil/10% fruit? Etc.

When you get into the realm of food safety, the problem is magnified by many many orders of magnitude. Localizing source of food borne illness outbreak requires the resources of a national organization that has access to records of sourcing, production and sales. This in nothing that can be done from a profit based organization without increasing the cost of food significantly. If you don’t want food safety as part of your daily life (like not really having to think about it) fine, but I really do, I know the extent to which food producers will short-shrift safety over profit when there are no repercussion.

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lawhawk  Aug 31, 2015 • 6:55:25am

re: #114 Backwoods_Sleuth

Click to Reveal

Things are downright dangerous there right now. There’s reports of dozens of casualties outside the Parliament building.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Aug 31, 2015 • 6:56:59am

re: #117 lawhawk

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I Stand With Planned Parenthood  Aug 31, 2015 • 6:57:13am

re: #116 Bird in the Paw

Minor quibble that does not detract from your point, FDA has no jurisdiction over meat, that is USDA’s purview. But. They have an answer to this question. The ubiquitous “the free-market preserves all and is better than the goobernmint” argument. Never mind the fact that outside of UL and a few other nominal inspection systems voluntarily set up by the market that do work, there is no way that the market can deal with the forces that need to exist with enforcing wrongdoing.

UL and those other organizations are safety standards that have no force of law. Economic fraud; is the lb of butter really a lb>? And if not, how does the magical hand of the market actually enforce the weight disparity? Does that olive oil actually contain 100% fruit oil and not 90% corn oil/10% fruit? Etc.

When you get into the realm of food safety, the problem is magnified by many many orders of magnitude. Localizing source of food borne illness outbreak requires the resources of a national organization that has access to records of sourcing, production and sales. This in nothing that can be done from a profit based organization without increasing the cost of food significantly. If you don’t want food safety as part of your daily life (like not really having to think about it) fine, but I really do, I know the extent to which food producers will short-shrift safety over profit when there are no repercussion.

I really like the standardization of roadways/signage. So, far East is East and North is North —I like that too.

I’m tired of the State’s Rights advocates. When given a chance any one with power will try to make things “just right” for them. This has always involved ignoring anyone that disagrees with them. When it comes to civil rights —it doesn’t fly with me.

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I Stand With Planned Parenthood  Aug 31, 2015 • 6:58:31am

teehee

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Nyet  Aug 31, 2015 • 6:58:42am

re: #117 lawhawk

“Svoboda” folks started this, they’re basically neo-fascists. (And yes, the fact that Svoboda was a part of Maidan will be played over and over in the pro-Putin media, where false equivalence will be drawn.)

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I Stand With Planned Parenthood  Aug 31, 2015 • 6:59:28am

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I Stand With Planned Parenthood  Aug 31, 2015 • 7:00:36am

PRESIDENT OBAMA RAISES PAY FOR OUR SOLDIERS, REPUBLICANS SUPPORT OUR TROOPS BY STAYING QUIET

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Targetpractice  Aug 31, 2015 • 7:02:11am

Rep: “HE DOESN’T CARE ABOUT THE TROOPS!!!”

Pres: *quietly raises military pay*

Rep: *crickets*

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Fourth Football of the Apocalypse  Aug 31, 2015 • 7:02:21am

re: #112 The Vicious Babushka

Still not “countless”

Even if you claim he “served gubmit” from the very day he was born, that’s only 58 countable years.

He served America more than this Denali person!!!!11

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MomSense  Aug 31, 2015 • 7:02:42am

re: #116 Bird in the Paw

You are correct—it’s the USDA. I should probably have more than a sip of coffee before I comment!

The problem with the Bircher mindset is that it takes for granted the functions of government from which we all benefit every day. I like knowing that the water that comes out of my tap is tested. Do they really want to live in a world where food and water safety is not part of their daily life? I certainly don’t and I can’t imagine they have really considered what their ideology would be like in practice.

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Nyet  Aug 31, 2015 • 7:02:53am

Radicals have remained radicals. The current people in power in Ukraine are mostly relatively moderate politicians (with a few exceptions), contrary to what the moonbats like Jill Stein and wingnuts like Dana Rohrabacher claim.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Aug 31, 2015 • 7:03:51am

Pete Sessions…

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Dark_Falcon  Aug 31, 2015 • 7:08:29am

re: #123 I Stand With Planned Parenthood

PRESIDENT OBAMA RAISES PAY FOR OUR SOLDIERS, REPUBLICANS SUPPORT OUR TROOPS BY STAYING QUIET

How exactly is it constitutional for the president to raise federal employee pay without the consent on Congress?

Answer: I’m pretty sure it isn’t and Congress should limit that increase to Defense, Justice, and the actual Law enforcement parts of Homeland Security. Pay elsewhere should remain frozen, both to keep spending down and to reduce the Federal workforce by inducing its members to quit.

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Nyet  Aug 31, 2015 • 7:09:08am

A 14 y.o. cat took part in opening a new wing of the Novosibirsk State U:

meduza.io

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I Stand With Planned Parenthood  Aug 31, 2015 • 7:09:35am
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Dark_Falcon  Aug 31, 2015 • 7:10:49am

re: #127 Nyet

Radicals have remained radicals. The current people in power in Ukraine are mostly relatively moderate politicians (with a few exceptions), contrary to what the moonbats like Jill Stein and wingnuts like Dana Rohrabacher claim.

When grenades get thrown, lines get blurred, and those in power tend to see enemies where there aren’t any.

Of course, the grenade attack could be a false flag attack by Russian Intell. as well.

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Targetpractice  Aug 31, 2015 • 7:11:11am

re: #129 Dark_Falcon

How exactly is it constitutional for the president to raise federal employee pay without the consent on Congress?

Answer: I’m pretty sure it isn’t and Congress should limit that increase to Defense, Justice, and the actual Law enforcement parts of Homeland Security. Pay elsewhere should remain frozen, both to keep spending down and to reduce the Federal workforce by inducing its members to quit.

Because adding more people to the unemployment line really helps the economy, right?

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Nyet  Aug 31, 2015 • 7:12:12am

re: #132 Dark_Falcon

When grenades get thrown, lines get blurred, and those in power tend to see enemies where there aren’t any.

Of course, the grenade attack could be a false flag attack by Russian Intell. as well.

Theoretically, but Occam’s razor and all that. Svoboda is an anti-liberal, antisemitic party. They’re capable of this.

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I Stand With Planned Parenthood  Aug 31, 2015 • 7:12:22am
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Dark_Falcon  Aug 31, 2015 • 7:12:45am

re: #134 Nyet

Theoretically, but Occam’s razor and all that. Svoboda is an anti-liberal, antisemitic party. They’re capable of this.

Agreed.

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I Stand With Planned Parenthood  Aug 31, 2015 • 7:12:58am

re: #130 Nyet

A 14 y.o. cat took part in opening a new wing of the Novosibirsk State U:

meduza.io

I want a kitty :(

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Dark_Falcon  Aug 31, 2015 • 7:14:18am

re: #133 Targetpractice

Because adding more people to the unemployment line really helps the economy, right?

Keeping government spending tamped down helps keep taxes low, which enables economic growth better than most government programs.

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The Vicious Babushka  Aug 31, 2015 • 7:14:23am

re: #133 Targetpractice

Because adding more people to the unemployment line really helps the economy, right?

HURR HURR GET A JERB U LAZY WORTHLESS MOOCHER!!!1!!!!

HAHAHA ROBOT TUK UR JERB U LAZY WORTHLESS MOOCHER!!!1!!!!

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I Stand With Planned Parenthood  Aug 31, 2015 • 7:14:27am

re: #129 Dark_Falcon

How exactly is it constitutional for the president to raise federal employee pay without the consent on Congress?

Answer: I’m pretty sure it isn’t and Congress should limit that increase to Defense, Justice, and the actual Law enforcement parts of Homeland Security. Pay elsewhere should remain frozen, both to keep spending down and to reduce the Federal workforce by inducing its members to quit.

was the Louisianna Purchase Constitutional?

I’m really tired of the “Constitutional Argument”. It is getting to be like Godwin.

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I Stand With Planned Parenthood  Aug 31, 2015 • 7:14:45am

re: #138 Dark_Falcon

Keeping government spending tamped down helps keep taxes low, which enables economic growth better than most government programs.

Like Private Prisons?

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Aug 31, 2015 • 7:15:57am

re: #129 Dark_Falcon

How exactly is it constitutional for the president to raise federal employee pay without the consent on Congress?

Answer: I’m pretty sure it isn’t and Congress should limit that increase to Defense, Justice, and the actual Law enforcement parts of Homeland Security. Pay elsewhere should remain frozen, both to keep spending down and to reduce the Federal workforce by inducing its members to quit.

Who told you that the president did this without the consent of Congress?
He doesn’t need consent of Congress.

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The Vicious Babushka  Aug 31, 2015 • 7:16:33am

re: #138 Dark_Falcon

Keeping government spending tamped down helps keep taxes low, which enables economic growth better than most government programs.

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Dark_Falcon  Aug 31, 2015 • 7:17:04am

re: #130 Nyet

A 14 y.o. cat took part in opening a new wing of the Novosibirsk State U:

meduza.io

It doesn’t look too happy, but few cats do when people crowd around.

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Dark_Falcon  Aug 31, 2015 • 7:17:49am

re: #142 Backwoods_Sleuth

Who told you that the president did this without the consent of Congress?
He doesn’t need consent of Congress.

To increase federal spending? He sure as Hell does!

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Nyet  Aug 31, 2015 • 7:17:53am

There is the fact that some neo-fascists and more specifically neo-Nazis did progress towards the power after Maidan, on the wave of nationalism that “lifted all boats”. Yarosh, Biletsky, the lot of them. Incl. because the more moderate politicians were willing to ally with the radicals. I wrote about that regularly here, at LGF, decrying this fact.

Now the moderates are being bitten by the scorpion, because such is its nature. Fortunately, the poison seems to be weak.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Aug 31, 2015 • 7:18:33am

re: #145 Dark_Falcon

To increase federal spending? He sure as Hell does!

He does not need Congressional approval for pay raises that are ALREADY IN THE BUDGET.

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Nyet  Aug 31, 2015 • 7:18:51am

re: #144 Dark_Falcon

Acc. to the article, he had to be bribed with food and catnip.

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danarchy  Aug 31, 2015 • 7:20:13am

re: #46 I Stand With Planned Parenthood

Amazon Echo

Anyone have an experience with this?

I’ve had one for a little while now. It has it’s uses, it has some limitations too. I live alone and the voice recognition is fantastic. My friend has one too, but also has 3 kids and the house is always pretty loud and half the time the voice recognition fails if the background noise level is too high.

It makes a fantastic kitchen timer, and it is cool for playing music and podcasts, getting a quick weather update or game score works well.

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I Stand With Planned Parenthood  Aug 31, 2015 • 7:20:33am

RAISE HELL —Life and Times of Molly Ivins

“Things could always be worse, you could live in Texas”

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Dark_Falcon  Aug 31, 2015 • 7:21:35am

re: #148 Nyet

Acc. to the article, he had to be bribed with food and catnip.

Then he’s an honest cat by rules of The Chicago Way: He stayed bought. I’ve know cats that were given similar bribes, accepted them, and then went in on the guests with claws and sharp teeth.

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Belafon  Aug 31, 2015 • 7:21:54am

re: #129 Dark_Falcon

According to a comment in the post, it’s the standard COLA.

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Targetpractice  Aug 31, 2015 • 7:21:55am

re: #138 Dark_Falcon

Keeping government spending tamped down helps keep taxes low, which enables economic growth better than most government programs.

Ridiculous. The greatest periods of American growth happened when the federal income taxes was north of 70%. And before you cite Reagan, the man oversaw the tripling of the national deficit, as well as one of the largest expansions of the federal workforce. He also signed 11 separate tax increases, almost all of them falling exclusively upon the poor and middle classes.

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The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge  Aug 31, 2015 • 7:22:07am

re: #130 Nyet

A 14 y.o. cat took part in opening a new wing of the Novosibirsk State U:

meduza.io

He (she?) looks good—one of our cats will be 14 the end of September and he’s really showing his age. :-(

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Belafon  Aug 31, 2015 • 7:26:59am

re: #138 Dark_Falcon

Keeping government spending tamped down helps keep taxes low, which enables economic growth better than most government programs.

Please explain the great expansions of the 50s and 60s. Not only did we have a large upper income tax (90% in the 50s, 70% in the 60s) which fed money back into the economy, we saw development of the internet and the space program among others, and I dare you to find a program started by a company since that has had as much influence as those two.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Aug 31, 2015 • 7:31:52am

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I Stand With Planned Parenthood  Aug 31, 2015 • 7:33:28am
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The Vicious Babushka  Aug 31, 2015 • 7:35:27am

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I Stand With Planned Parenthood  Aug 31, 2015 • 7:36:26am
WE ARE NOT GOING BACK
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Ace-o-aces  Aug 31, 2015 • 7:36:50am

re: #31 Nyet

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I Stand With Planned Parenthood  Aug 31, 2015 • 7:37:36am

bbl

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The Vicious Babushka  Aug 31, 2015 • 7:38:27am

re: #159 I Stand With Planned Parenthood

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lawhawk  Aug 31, 2015 • 7:39:43am

re: #160 Ace-o-aces

Because no mention of fluoride can be done without a Strangelove reference.

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Dark_Falcon  Aug 31, 2015 • 7:41:11am

re: #155 Belafon

Please explain the great expansions of the 50s and 60s. Not only did we have a large upper income tax (90% in the 50s, 70% in the 60s) which fed money back into the economy, we saw development of the internet and the space program among others, and I dare you to find a program started by a company since that has had as much influence as those two.

That was when we had little overseas competition, as industries such as car manufacture in Continental Europe had been disrupted by the damage suffered from WWII and after they’d recovered were tied to domestic markets for a time.

BBT

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Dr Lizardo  Aug 31, 2015 • 7:41:48am

re: #163 lawhawk

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Because no mention of fluoride can be done without a Strangelove reference.

I couldn’t agree more.

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Higgs Boson's Mate  Aug 31, 2015 • 7:42:16am

re: #138 Dark_Falcon

Keeping government spending tamped down helps keep taxes low, which enables economic growth better than most government programs.

Keeping government spending tamped down is certainly a laudable goal - as long as you’re talking about keeping all government spending tamped down. The party that most vocally advocates for spending cuts only wants to cut spending on the social safety net. It wants to increase defense spending and it’s happy with petroleum and Ag subsidies. It is penny wise and pound foolish. It doesn’t actually want to cut spending, it wants to ensure that all that lovely money goes to line the already well-lined pockets of special interests.

I welcome a clear-eyed discussion of spending cuts as long as all spending is on the table. Anything else is a smash and grab.

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Nyet  Aug 31, 2015 • 7:43:28am

re: #158 The Vicious Babushka

Butt bomb.

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Bird in the Paw  Aug 31, 2015 • 7:44:04am

re: #129 Dark_Falcon

Answer: I’m pretty sure it isn’t and Congress should limit that increase to Defense, Justice, and the actual Law enforcement parts of Homeland Security. Pay elsewhere should remain frozen, both to keep spending down and to reduce the Federal workforce by inducing its members to quit.

Spoken like a true fiscal conservative who knows nothing about how the government works. FU DF. You have no idea what the hell you are speaking of. The actual pay that Feds get is a nominal aspect of the total cost of Feds budget. Fixed costs such as infrastructure, perquisites, etc. far outweigh the salaries.

You are basically saying (ignorantly) “balance the budget on the backs of 2.5 million citizens (who spent 5 years getting ZERO pay increases) because it makes you feel like is ‘saves’ money.” Well, all that money that is (not really) being saved is not being put back into the economy of MD, DC and VA (where a majority of Feds live and work)

So, thank you for being a selfish ass and saying Feds don’t deserve to recompensed for their job no matter what level of excellence that they achieve while supporting your lazy non-servicing ass. FU again for good measure.

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GlutenFreeJesus  Aug 31, 2015 • 7:45:22am

re: #129 Dark_Falcon

Please. Go away.

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Joe Bacon  Aug 31, 2015 • 7:47:42am

re: #129 Dark_Falcon

How exactly is it constitutional for the president to raise federal employee pay without the consent on Congress?

Answer: I’m pretty sure it isn’t and Congress should limit that increase to Defense, Justice, and the actual Law enforcement parts of Homeland Security. Pay elsewhere should remain frozen, both to keep spending down and to reduce the Federal workforce by inducing its members to quit.</blockquote

I’m sure our soldiers love to hear that you want them to quit…

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Bird in the Paw  Aug 31, 2015 • 7:53:21am

Oh, he gave an out for that. Though I am pretty sure that was pulled out of his ass, too.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Aug 31, 2015 • 7:56:29am

re: #171 Bird in the Paw

Oh, he gave an out for that. Though I am pretty sure that was pulled out of his ass, too.

He read nothing beyond the headline.
Saw “Obama raises pay” and automatically translated that to “unconstitutional over spending”.

sigh

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Higgs Boson's Mate  Aug 31, 2015 • 7:57:17am

re: #169 GlutenFreeJesus

I disagree. DF is the only remaining voice here from the right. If he was the only remaining Death Valley Pupfish people would be posting pictures of him saying cute things. You want he should just disappear to Red State or someplace? At least he’s listening and responding politely. That’s a hell of a lot more than you get from the rest of the right.

Disagree with him? I do, often. Ostracize him? Not on your life.

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makeitstop  Aug 31, 2015 • 8:03:16am

re: #129 Dark_Falcon

Pay elsewhere should remain frozen, both to keep spending down and to reduce the Federal workforce by inducing its members to quit.

At which point, governmental services fail to perform adequately, leading to more wingnut complaints that ‘government is the problem!,’ followed by demands for more cuts. Seen this movie already, sorry.

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Dave In Austin  Aug 31, 2015 • 8:04:54am

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Nyet  Aug 31, 2015 • 8:05:36am

Besides, most of the “wingnut” things DF says are so naive they’re funny rather than enraging ;)

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The Vicious Babushka  Aug 31, 2015 • 8:06:18am

DERP OF THE DAY==>

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It's on his hat!  Aug 31, 2015 • 8:06:39am

re: #175 Dave In Austin

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“Naming it after a GMC truck”

This is so transparently idiotic, but I’m still not shocked that wingnuts have begun repeating it.

Naming things, how does it work?!

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The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge  Aug 31, 2015 • 8:07:18am

You gotta read this one—seriously:

Florida dentist accused of unnecessarily pulling kids’ teeth in scam: ‘Medicaid paid him per tooth’

The lawsuits and investigations were launched after Brandi Motley posted a photo of her 6-year-old daughter on Facebook in May accusing the dentist of pulling seven teeth from the girl’s mouth after ordering her from the examination room.

“The nurse suggested that it’s best, that kids act better when parents aren’t in the room, so they said, ‘We don’t like parents back here for the procedures,” Motley said.

Motley said she waited three hours before a nurse warned her daughter had been involved in an “incident” — and she found the girl hyperventilating and covered in blood.

“She takes her gauze out and I notice that all of her teeth were gone,” Motley said.

The girl said Schneider hit and choked her before pulling her teeth, and Motley called police twice — but the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office said no report was filed in the case.

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makeitstop  Aug 31, 2015 • 8:09:11am

re: #177 The Vicious Babushka

For those that don’t think a wall (fence) works, why don’t they suggest taking down the fence around the White House? Foolish people!

I guess we’re supposed to forget about that fence having been climbed over a few times in the past few years, so Trump can have a shiny new derpy talking point.

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The Vicious Babushka  Aug 31, 2015 • 8:09:50am

re: #180 makeitstop

I guess we’re supposed to forget about that fence having been climbed over a few times in the past few years, so Trump can have a shiny new derpy talking point.

The White House fence is CLASSY but it’s not YOOGE.

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Bird in the Paw  Aug 31, 2015 • 8:10:58am

#176 Nyet

Besides, most of the “wingnut” things DF says are so naive they’re funny rather than enraging ;)

This is true, but the pay thing gets me kinda riled up, if you didn’t notice :-

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Ace-o-aces  Aug 31, 2015 • 8:11:17am

re: #177 The Vicious Babushka

‘Cause that’s gonna cost.

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lawhawk  Aug 31, 2015 • 8:11:42am

re: #177 The Vicious Babushka

How many fence jumpers have there been at the WH in past couple of years? Including the one who managed to break into the WH before being stopped? Or the one who shot into the WH?

Fences by themselves don’t prevent illegal entry. Gated communities have breakins. Fences don’t stop robberies by themselves.

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Timothy Watson  Aug 31, 2015 • 8:11:50am

re: #175 Dave In Austin

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Nice to see “Investor’s Business Daily” hasn’t gotten any smarter.

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Bird in the Paw  Aug 31, 2015 • 8:12:00am

re: #177 The Vicious Babushka

DERP OF THE DAY==>

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Wuh?

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lawhawk  Aug 31, 2015 • 8:13:55am

Because no amount of right wing derp is sufficient. With Trump pulling all the stops, someone has to try and out derp Trump.

Walker is only the latest to push this crap.

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Ace-o-aces  Aug 31, 2015 • 8:14:13am

I mean, these people would be idiots even if the sign was actually in Arabic, but this….

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The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge  Aug 31, 2015 • 8:18:56am

re: #188 Ace-o-aces

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I mean, these people would be idiots even if the sign was actually in Arabic, but this….

They’d better not come here—there’s about 10 blocks of Aurora Ave. N in Shoreline where all the signs are in Korean. Kim Jong Un’s coming to getcha! Booga-booga! Prolly brought his nukes, too!

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It's on his hat!  Aug 31, 2015 • 8:18:58am

re: #187 lawhawk

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Because no amount of right wing derp is sufficient. With Trump pulling all the stops, someone has to try and out derp Trump.

Walker is only the latest to push this crap.

So. Fucking. Stupid.

Walls and fences can’t do much by themselves; they need to be patrolled.

Who’s going to pay for the patrols?

Who’s going to pay for rescuing the patrols when they get stuck in far-north North Dakota in a blizzard in -40 degree weather?

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Timothy Watson  Aug 31, 2015 • 8:20:16am

re: #190 It’s on his hat!

So. Fucking. Stupid.

Walls and fences can’t do much by themselves; they need to be patrolled.

Who’s going to pay for the patrols?

Who’s going to pay for rescuing the patrols when they get stuck in far-north North Dakota in a blizzard in -40 degree weather?

How the hell do they plan on building in that weather?

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b.d.  Aug 31, 2015 • 8:20:58am

re: #190 It’s on his hat!

So. Fucking. Stupid.

Walls and fences can’t do much by themselves; they need to be patrolled.

Who’s going to pay for the patrols?

Who’s going to pay for rescuing the patrols when they get stuck in far-north North Dakota in a blizzard in -40 degree weather?

WE’LL MAKE CANADA PAY FOR IT ALL

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Nyet  Aug 31, 2015 • 8:21:35am

re: #188 Ace-o-aces

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I mean, these people would be idiots even if the sign was actually in Arabic, but this….

- It’s the Mozleeemz! They’re gonna overtake this country, establish sharia courts and force everyone to eat halal food and pay the halal tax!

- The sign is in Hebrew, moron.

- Oh… Um… I’ll get back to you in 5 min.

[30 min. pass]

- It’s the Joooz! They’re gonna overtake this country, establish halakhah courts and force everyone to eat kosher food and pay the kosher tax!

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Ace-o-aces  Aug 31, 2015 • 8:21:38am

re: #189 The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge

They’d better not come here—there’s about 10 blocks of Aurora Ave. N in Shoreline where all the signs are in Korean. Kim Jong Un’s coming to getcha! Booga-booga! Prolly brought his nukes, too!

How did they manage to dial their phones with all ‘dem Arabic numerals?

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It's on his hat!  Aug 31, 2015 • 8:27:04am

re: #191 Timothy Watson

How the hell do they plan on building in that weather?

Just like the rest of the Great White North, you have to do all your building during Construction Season, aka Summer.

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Fourth Football of the Apocalypse  Aug 31, 2015 • 8:35:26am

re: #177 The Vicious Babushka

For those that don’t think a wall (fence) works, why don’t they suggest taking down the fence around the White House? Foolish people!
— Donald J. Trump

Oh, great, now the Donald is equivocating about the wall/fence. RINO.
/

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Belafon  Aug 31, 2015 • 8:35:30am

re: #188 Ace-o-aces

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I mean, these people would be idiots even if the sign was actually in Arabic, but this….

We should all start writing signs in shorthand.

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Nyet  Aug 31, 2015 • 8:36:07am

Уга-буга!

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Belafon  Aug 31, 2015 • 8:36:42am

re: #177 The Vicious Babushka

It’s kept everyone out of the White House.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Aug 31, 2015 • 8:37:45am

heh

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It's on his hat!  Aug 31, 2015 • 8:41:18am

I should probably get the kids to Canada so they can see it for themselves before it becomes North Mexico in the eyes of the government.

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Blind Frog Belly White  Aug 31, 2015 • 8:41:36am

re: #193 Nyet

-
- It’s the Joooz! They’re gonna overtake this country, establish halakhah courts and force everyone to eat kosher food and pay the kosher tax!

Back when my Dad was running the QC lab at the Apple Sauce Factory*, he received a letter from some gomer who wanted a discount, because he wasn’t Jewish so he didn’t want to pay for his apple sauce to be Kosher.

Dad, being Dad, took the miniscule cost and amortized it over the total production, and offered to send the guy a check for some tiny fraction of a cent.

*Ever seen the episode of ‘Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood’ where a guy in a bow tie shows Fred how apple sauce is made? That’s my Dad.

Yeah, Fred, that’s an apple.

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The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge  Aug 31, 2015 • 8:45:02am

re: #202 Blind Frog Belly White

Back when my Dad was running the QC lab at the Apple Sauce Factory*, he received a letter from some gomer who wanted a discount, because he wasn’t Jewish so he didn’t want to pay for his apple sauce to be Kosher.

Dad, being Dad, took the miniscule cost and amortized it over the total production, and offered to send the guy a check for some tiny fraction of a cent.

*Ever seen the episode of ‘Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood’ where a guy in a bow tie shows Fred how apple sauce is made? That’s my Dad. Yeah, Fred, that’s an apple.

You’d think leaving out the clam nectar and the bacon grease would save money….

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Aug 31, 2015 • 8:45:59am

If, as is expected, her lawyers make the same arguments to the Justices that they have made in lower courts, Davis will be claiming that her First Amendment rights to exercise her religion protect her from having to issue marriage licenses that, to her, foster a violation of her faith. She is claiming protection not only under the First Amendment religious freedom clause, but also under a Kentucky law that seeks to protect the exercise of religious freedom.

Part of her arguments in lower courts have cited the comments that Justice Anthony M. Kennedy made in the majority opinion in Obergefell, indicating that the decision did not bar those who oppose same-sex marriage for religious reasons from continuing to express their faith principles in reaction to the decision.

She also has contended that the governor’s order to issue licenses to same-sex marriage interferes with her right of free speech under the First Amendment.

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Reality Based Steve  Aug 31, 2015 • 8:47:06am

re: #200 Backwoods_Sleuth

heh

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Oh, and as Columbo would have said. “Oh, just one more little thing…”

Rowan County Kentucky Clerk Kim Davis claims that her office will not issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples because doing so offends her religious convictions. Now you can add hypocrisy to the imbecility of this woman, this civil servant, whose real objective is to demonstrate her disapproval of gay people by refusing service. There had been unconfirmed suggestions of Davis’ marital history but now the AP reports:

Davis testified that the Bible teaches that marriage is between one man and one woman and that sex outside of marriage is a sin. Court records indicate Davis herself married when she was 18 in 1984, filed for divorce 10 years later, and then filed for divorce again, from another husband, in 2006.

Many Christians believe divorce also is a sin, and an attorney for the same-sex couples repeatedly questioned her about this in court. Asked if she would religiously object to issuing a marriage license to someone who has been divorced, she said “That’s between them and God.”

From: slowlyboiledfrog.com

So I guess that divorced couples are ok to get married by her book. (Book of Kim, 3-45: Gays are icky but Divorces, meh, whatever.)

RBS

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Aug 31, 2015 • 8:48:19am

re: #205 Reality Based Steve

Oh, and as Columbo would have said. “Oh, just one more little thing…”

From: slowlyboiledfrog.com

So I guess that divorced couples are ok to get married by her book. (Book of Kim, 3-45: Gays are icky but Divorces, meh, whatever.)

RBS

She’s been married FOUR times.

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Reality Based Steve  Aug 31, 2015 • 8:48:33am

re: #201 It’s on his hat!

I should probably get the kids to Canada so they can see it for themselves before it becomes North Mexico in the eyes of the government.

Poutine…. it’s Canadian for Nachos.

RBS

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Belafon  Aug 31, 2015 • 8:48:48am

re: #204 Backwoods_Sleuth

Part of her arguments in lower courts have cited the comments that Justice Anthony M. Kennedy made in the majority opinion in Obergefell, indicating that the decision did not bar those who oppose same-sex marriage for religious reasons from continuing to express their faith principles in reaction to the decision.

I would have to see what Kennedy is saying, but I’m pretty sure he was talking about what we have been, which is that you can say all the Christian you want about the ruling, but you still have to follow the law.

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Eventual Carrion  Aug 31, 2015 • 8:49:10am

re: #177 The Vicious Babushka

DERP OF THE DAY==>

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Like people have a problem getting over that one.

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lawhawk  Aug 31, 2015 • 8:52:07am

Record numbers of Asians crossing into US illegally from Canada.

Really. How many are illegally getting into Canada in order to get into the US?

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Eclectic Cyborg  Aug 31, 2015 • 8:54:23am

re: #206 Backwoods_Sleuth

She’s been married FOUR times.

Either something is wrong with her or she’s got terrible choice in husbands.

Honestly, the “divorce is a sin” thing is slowly fading away in the modern church. I’d say at least 50 percent of married people at my Church are on marriage number 2. Heck, several years ago, our Church governors REMOVED the “must never have had a divorce” requirement for those who want to go into Leadership because they had been turning down so many people because of it and there were staffing issues that needed to be addressed.

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Eclectic Cyborg  Aug 31, 2015 • 8:55:09am

Heh. Yeah, whoever says: “Hey, let’s go to America so we can pay MORE for health care!”

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It's on his hat!  Aug 31, 2015 • 8:55:20am

re: #210 lawhawk

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Record numbers of Asians crossing into US illegally from Canada.

Really. How many are illegally getting into Canada in order to get into the US?

What the hell is she talking about, anyway? Where are these Asians ending up? Where are they from? How are they getting into Canada in the first place?

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Bird in the Paw  Aug 31, 2015 • 8:56:21am

re: #209 Eventual Carrion

Like people have a problem getting over that one.

I’ve always considered the WH fence as more of a symbolic separation. And when you jump it, you’re fair game for whatever the SS (not really liking this abbreviation) or the dogs or the snipers throw at you. Though all of those dangers seem to be non-existent, too.

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Eclectic Cyborg  Aug 31, 2015 • 8:56:43am

re: #213 It’s on his hat!

What the hell is she talking about, anyway? Where are these Asians ending up? Where are they from? How are they getting into Canada in the first place?

Vancouver is a large hub for Asian immigrants (due to obvious geographical reasons). I believe, along with San Franciso, it has one of the largest Asian populations in North America.

But I don’t think many of those asians are clamoring to illegally enter the U.S.

I love how they are trying to find some new scapegoat to justify this stupid Canadian border wall. Mexicans won’t work so they start grasping at straws.

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Belafon  Aug 31, 2015 • 8:57:31am

re: #210 lawhawk

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Record numbers of Asians crossing into US illegally from Canada.

Really. How many are illegally getting into Canada in order to get into the US?

Not that it will matter to them, but:

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The Vicious Babushka  Aug 31, 2015 • 8:58:02am

re: #210 lawhawk

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Record numbers of Asians crossing into US illegally from Canada.

Really. How many are illegally getting into Canada in order to get into the US?

You would think putting the international border in Detroit would be a deterrent in and of itself.

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lawhawk  Aug 31, 2015 • 8:59:00am

re: #217 The Vicious Babushka

You would think putting the international border in Detroit would be a deterrent in and of itself.

Take Him To Detroit

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The Vicious Babushka  Aug 31, 2015 • 9:01:11am

re: #218 lawhawk

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I’ve seen that clip, but is there a follow-up where they drop him off below 8 Mile and he jumps up like Br’er Rabbit, saying DETROIT IS WHERE I WAS BORN & RAISED!

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Amory Blaine  Aug 31, 2015 • 9:03:00am

re: #46 I Stand With Planned Parenthood

Amazon Echo

Anyone have an experience with this?

I have this. Its fun. Paranoidiacs that come over have a conniption but IDGAF. I have it paired with a wemo switch and it will turn the lamp on when you ask. Any questions?

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Lidane  Aug 31, 2015 • 9:03:08am

Going back to the Denali / Mt. McKinley herpty derp:

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The Vicious Babushka  Aug 31, 2015 • 9:05:17am

DA FUQ IS THIS SHIT==>

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Teukka  Aug 31, 2015 • 9:05:38am

re: #188 Ace-o-aces

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I mean, these people would be idiots even if the sign was actually in Arabic, but this….

<tinfoil>What if we are misunderstanding this as plain vanilla wingnut derp, and it really is an anti-semitic undertow in Wingnuttia?</tinfoil>

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It's on his hat!  Aug 31, 2015 • 9:09:19am

re: #222 The Vicious Babushka

DA FUQ IS THIS SHIT==>

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Basically anyone with a pulse can write for Forbes nowadays.

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Belafon  Aug 31, 2015 • 9:09:32am

re: #223 Teukka

<tinfoil>What if we are misunderstanding this as plain vanilla wingnut derp, and it really is an anti-semitic undertow in Wingnuttia?</tinfoil>

Considering the ISIS dildo flag at the gay pride parade fiasco, this really is just “round shapes with accents must be Arabic.”

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Aug 31, 2015 • 9:10:03am

re: #208 Belafon

I would have to see what Kennedy is saying, but I’m pretty sure he was talking about what we have been, which is that you can say all the Christian you want about the ruling, but you still have to follow the law.

Quickly skimming through Kennedy’s opinion in Obergefel, I found that he wrote this:

Finally, it must be emphasized that religions, and those who adhere to religious doctrines, may continue to advocate with utmost, sincere conviction that, by divine precepts, same-sex marriage should not be condoned. The First Amendment ensures that religious organizations and persons are given proper protection as they seek to teach the principles that are so fulfilling and so central to theirlives and faiths, and to their own deep aspirations to continue the family structure they have long revered. The same is true of those who oppose same-sex marriage for other reasons. In turn, those who believe allowing same-sex marriage is proper or indeed essential, whether as a matter of religious conviction or secular belief, may engage those who disagree with their view in an open and searching debate. The Constitution, however, does not permit the State to bar same-sex couples from marriage on the same terms as accorded to couples of the opposite sex.

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It's on his hat!  Aug 31, 2015 • 9:11:08am

re: #220 Amory Blaine

I have this. Its fun. Paranoidiacs that come over have a conniption but IDGAF. I have it paired with a wemo switch and it will turn the lamp on when you ask. Any questions?

Can I customize it to respond in Majel Barrett’s voice?

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Brother Holy Cruise Missile of Mild Acceptance  Aug 31, 2015 • 9:11:22am

Good morning Lizards. Still recovering from last night’s dinner:

Lemon, Garlic and Herb marinated Leg of lamb grilled/smoked over mesquite charcoal with Tabouleh and Rice Pilaf:

Image: 11951955_10153060373991560_4653906611727759150_n.jpg

Image: 11903921_10153060374016560_4874803947396201743_n.jpg

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Lidane  Aug 31, 2015 • 9:12:12am

*facepalm*

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Belafon  Aug 31, 2015 • 9:13:02am

re: #226 Backwoods_Sleuth

Thanks:

The Constitution, however, does not permit the State to bar same-sex couples from marriage on the same terms as accorded to couples of the opposite sex.

And that’s where she’s failing: She doesn’t get that she’s part of the State as an elected official.

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Eclectic Cyborg  Aug 31, 2015 • 9:14:03am

re: #220 Amory Blaine

I have this. Its fun. Paranoidiacs that come over have a conniption but IDGAF. I have it paired with a wemo switch and it will turn the lamp on when you ask. Any questions?

The Big Bang Theory - 01x09 - Turn on a lamp through the internet (Sub ITA)

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Aug 31, 2015 • 9:14:51am

re: #230 Belafon

Thanks:

And that’s where she’s failing: She doesn’t get that she’s part of the State as an elected official.

Exactly.
And she thinks she is skirting the problem by refusing to issue ANY marriage licenses.
Unfortunately for her, issuing marriages licenses is part of her job description (a job that, BTW, pays her $80,000/year).

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Charles Johnson  Aug 31, 2015 • 9:15:55am

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Fourth Football of the Apocalypse  Aug 31, 2015 • 9:20:17am

re: #204 Backwoods_Sleuth

She also has contended that the governor’s order to issue licenses to same-sex marriage interferes with her right of free speech under the First Amendment.

Oh, OK. Sorry. We’ll just forget the whole thing then.

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Lidane  Aug 31, 2015 • 9:20:18am

re: #230 Belafon

And that’s where she’s failing: She doesn’t get that she’s part of the State as an elected official.

I keep having to explain that point to the chuckleheads who defend her.

She ran in a public election for a public office that issues marriage licenses. It’s her job. She can’t suddenly claim a religious exemption for the job she ran for.

The Sixth got it right. She’s free to practice her faith privately. No one is stopping her or interfering with her private religious views. She just can’t force those religious views on her office or on the rest of the county like she’s been doing. She cannot impose her religious views on everyone else in her role as county clerk, which is what she’s doing.

I think my favorites are the trolls who herp derp with the WHY DON’T TEH GHEY JUST DRIVE TO TEH NEXT COUNTY fail. Right. Because they’d be singing the same tune if this clerk was refusing to issue gun licenses on religious grounds. Pffft.

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Fourth Football of the Apocalypse  Aug 31, 2015 • 9:21:15am

So did I hear correctly that there was a Tea Party All Lives Matter something this weekend?

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Belafon  Aug 31, 2015 • 9:23:09am

Total off-topic geek thing:

Over the weekend I was explaining scientific notation to my ten year old. Showed him a few numbers, and the conversion. So he decides to write one down:

5.7215*10^i

Ye’s, he is fully aware of what i means as I like for my kids to get exposed to some things early and often.

In case you were wondering, which I’m sure so many of you were, 10^i is approximately -.6682+.74398i. You can use Python to compute this for you.

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The Vicious Babushka  Aug 31, 2015 • 9:26:20am

STUPIDEST MEME OF THE DAY==>
Ever noticed that all the white people who get all insulted about being called “racist” in fact actually are racist?

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Eventual Carrion  Aug 31, 2015 • 9:30:09am

re: #230 Belafon

Thanks:

And that’s where she’s failing: She doesn’t get that she’s part of the State as an elected official.

Yep, while she is on duty she is a representative of the state not her church. If she wants to represent her church and its teachings she should work for her church.

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Amory Blaine  Aug 31, 2015 • 9:30:30am

re: #227 It’s on his hat!

Can I customize it to respond in Majel Barrett’s voice?

Not yet. :) I always wanted a GPS unit that would hurl insults in the voice of Ray Liotta

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Dr Lizardo  Aug 31, 2015 • 9:31:27am

re: #240 Amory Blaine

Not yet. :) I always wanted a GPS unit that would hurl insults in the voice of Ray Liotta

Or Joe Pesci.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Aug 31, 2015 • 9:31:57am

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BlueSpotinAL  Aug 31, 2015 • 9:33:03am

re: #138 Dark_Falcon

Keeping government spending tamped down helps keep taxes low, which enables economic growth better than most government programs.

Dude,
That never works. The job creators are customers, which are people with paying jobs.
Compare what the International Monetary Fund said would happen in Greece if they cut spending compared to what did happen: krugman.blogs.nytimes.com

The IMF eventually admitted their mistake. “Sorry, Greece, our bad! By the way, we still aren’t going to help.”

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Lidane  Aug 31, 2015 • 9:33:25am

What the actual fuck:

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Higgs Boson's Mate  Aug 31, 2015 • 9:33:48am

re: #216 Belafon

Not that it will matter to them, but:

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People who make statements like “… lots of wilderness between border crossing points,” in order to justify a wall on the Canadian border couldn’t make a quarter of a mile through much of it.

Next thing you know, one the GOP stragglers is going to propose that, as long as we built two huge walls we must finish the job and put on a roof - just to be sure that we’re really, really safe from the hordes insinuating themselves into our pristine country. The GOP has so slipped the bonds of reality that it can’t go back now without losing its entire perception of the world.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Aug 31, 2015 • 9:36:28am

In Texas:

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Belafon  Aug 31, 2015 • 9:36:58am

re: #245 Higgs Boson’s Mate

As an American, I think the rest of the world should offer to pay for a wall around the US, on the condition that it goes all the way around. Then they can either fill it with water, or, more realistically, finally ignore us.

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Amory Blaine  Aug 31, 2015 • 9:37:54am

re: #222 The Vicious Babushka

Steve Forbes. Another trust fund baby that needs to be taxed more.

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Higgs Boson's Mate  Aug 31, 2015 • 9:37:57am

re: #225 Belafon

Considering the ISIS dildo flag at the gay pride parade fiasco, this really is just “round shapes with accents must be Arabic.”

Diacritical marks are the Devil’s socket set.

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Dr. Matt  Aug 31, 2015 • 9:39:11am

re: #138 Dark_Falcon

Keeping government spending tamped down helps keep taxes low, which enables economic growth better than most government programs.

Since when does low taxes enable economic growth?

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Aug 31, 2015 • 9:40:53am

lol!

The Monmouth University survey of 405 Iowa Republicans was conducted between Aug. 27 and Aug. 30 and has a 4.9 percentage point margin of error.

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Lidane  Aug 31, 2015 • 9:41:50am

re: #251 Backwoods_Sleuth

That sound you hear is Reince and the rest of the RNC reaching for the whiskey and Tums for lunch.

Wow.

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freetoken  Aug 31, 2015 • 9:42:59am

I’m getting the distinct impression that the GOP base is a bit unstable.

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Charles Johnson  Aug 31, 2015 • 9:43:37am

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Fourth Football of the Apocalypse  Aug 31, 2015 • 9:44:41am

re: #251 Backwoods_Sleuth

lol!

Can somebody check the popcorn supplies, please?

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Aug 31, 2015 • 9:46:19am

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Lidane  Aug 31, 2015 • 9:46:32am

Y’all, if you haven’t seen the Trump attack ad on Instagram that I linked above, you should. Trump’s gone full Willie Horton on Jeb! and it’s ugly.

It’s only going to go downhill from here.

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Lidane  Aug 31, 2015 • 9:48:38am

Between this and Denali getting its name back, this is the most attention William McKinley’s gotten since he died:

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Fourth Football of the Apocalypse  Aug 31, 2015 • 9:49:26am

re: #257 Lidane

Y’all, if you haven’t seen the Trump attack ad on Instagram that I linked above, you should. Trump’s gone full Willie Horton on Jeb! and it’s ugly.

It’s only going to go downhill from here.

Can the gist of it be summarized?

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Timothy Watson  Aug 31, 2015 • 9:49:40am

re: #258 Lidane

Between this and Denali getting its name back, this is the most attention William McKinley’s gotten since he died:

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OBAMA RENAMED THE MOUNTAIN JUST TO INSULT ROVE!!1!

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Higgs Boson's Mate  Aug 31, 2015 • 9:49:55am

re: #254 Charles Johnson

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It’s a fine time for GOP necropundits all right. Me? I’m waiting for the recrudescence of one particular ex-House Majority Leader. Today’s dick army needs Dick Armey.

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The Vicious Babushka  Aug 31, 2015 • 9:49:57am

re: #251 Backwoods_Sleuth

lol!

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Here’s a Blast-O from the Past-O
Guess who won 2012 Iowa Caucus?

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Timothy Watson  Aug 31, 2015 • 9:50:21am

re: #259 Fourth Football of the Apocalypse

Can the gist of it be summarized?

I watched three seconds, seems to be ALL THE ILLEAGLES ARE THE CRIMINALS!1!!

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freetoken  Aug 31, 2015 • 9:50:23am

We call this Willie-Horton-Karma.

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Dr. Matt  Aug 31, 2015 • 9:51:05am

Just a Reminder from August 30 - Sep 5, 2007:
Rudy Giuliani 24%, Fred Thompson 22%, Mitt Romney 14%, John McCain 14%, Mike Huckabee 4%

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Higgs Boson's Mate  Aug 31, 2015 • 9:51:21am

re: #258 Lidane

Karl Rove wants everyone to know he has a book about McKinley in the works…

Bang!
Unh!

The End

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Fourth Football of the Apocalypse  Aug 31, 2015 • 9:52:00am

re: #265 Dr. Matt

Just a Reminder from August 30 - Sep 5, 2007:
Rudy Giuliani 24%, Fred Thompson 22%, Mitt Romney 14%, John McCain 14%, Mike Huckabee 4%

This poll is good news for John McCain

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Aug 31, 2015 • 9:52:10am

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iossarian  Aug 31, 2015 • 9:52:56am

Anything that gives Ohio Republicans a headache is a bona fide double play in my book.

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freetoken  Aug 31, 2015 • 9:55:40am

Mt. McKinley or Bust

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Fourth Football of the Apocalypse  Aug 31, 2015 • 9:57:10am

re: #251 Backwoods_Sleuth

Carson surges to tie Trump for lead in new Iowa poll: t.co pic.twitter.com
— The Hill

I actually think Carson might be the craziest of the bunch.

I wonder when his religion will get some scrutiny.

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ObserverArt  Aug 31, 2015 • 9:58:04am

re: #269 iossarian

Anything that gives Ohio Republicans a headache is a bona fide double play in my book.

You got that right!

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freetoken  Aug 31, 2015 • 9:58:28am

re: #271 Fourth Football of the Apocalypse

I actually think Carson might be the craziest of the bunch.

I wonder when his religion will get some scrutiny.

In the same country that has a Duggar problem but nary a politician and many establishment media deny?

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Higgs Boson's Mate  Aug 31, 2015 • 9:58:31am

Critical Forks In US History, No. 19 of a Series
August, 2015
Obama renames mountain: Republicans outraged.

August 2015
Obama doesn’t rename mountain: Republicans outraged.

See the difference?

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The Vicious Babushka  Aug 31, 2015 • 9:59:01am

Dana clinging to her guns & religion & bogus videos==>

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Amory Blaine  Aug 31, 2015 • 9:59:10am

I’m sure McKinley was a fine man, but its not like his face is carved into the mountain.

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Dr. Matt  Aug 31, 2015 • 9:59:32am
Obama’s move to strip the mountain of its name honoring former President William McKinley drew loud condemnations from Ohio lawmakers, including Republican Rep. Bob Gibbs, who said he planned to work with his colleagues to see what they could do to stop it.

“This political stunt is insulting to all Ohioans, and I will be working with the House Committee on Natural Resources to determine what can be done to prevent this action,” Gibbs said.

These are the same “people” who are ALWAYS bitching about “Political Correctness”….yet this is “insulting”. Amusing.

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Amory Blaine  Aug 31, 2015 • 10:00:28am

re: #277 Dr. Matt

Frivolous ass clowns.

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Higgs Boson's Mate  Aug 31, 2015 • 10:02:13am

re: #271 Fourth Football of the Apocalypse

I actually think Carson might be the craziest of the bunch.

I wonder when his religion will get some scrutiny.

Carson’s religion will be scrutinized by Trump’s followers. Bush will state that he completely upholds freedom of religion except when he doesn’t and icky foreign religions need not apply.

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Fourth Football of the Apocalypse  Aug 31, 2015 • 10:02:47am

re: #275 The Vicious Babushka

Dana clinging to her guns & religion & bogus videos==>

felonious actions!!! PROOFED!!!!11 Watch all 18 video hours!!!

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Dr. Matt  Aug 31, 2015 • 10:03:44am

re: #278 Amory Blaine

Frivolous ass clowns.

Moreover, how exactly is this a “political stunt”? Talk about faux outrage….

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goddamnedfrank  Aug 31, 2015 • 10:05:10am

re: #129 Dark_Falcon

How exactly is it constitutional for the president to raise federal employee pay without the consent on Congress?

Answer: I’m pretty sure it isn’t and Congress should limit that increase to Defense, Justice, and the actual Law enforcement parts of Homeland Security. Pay elsewhere should remain frozen, both to keep spending down and to reduce the Federal workforce by inducing its members to quit.

Remember when you had no idea about how tax brackets worked, didn’t understand the difference between nominal and effective rate? This is kind of like that but with a routine, already budgeted cost of living adjustment entire within the Executive branch’s discretionary authority.

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The Vicious Babushka  Aug 31, 2015 • 10:05:18am

re: #280 Fourth Football of the Apocalypse

felonious actions!!! PROOFED!!!!11 Watch all 18 video hours!!!

The eleventy-14-bazillion-hour videos were bogus too.

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ChuckJager95  Aug 31, 2015 • 10:05:44am

re: #275 The Vicious Babushka

Dana clinging to her guns & religion & bogus videos==>

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@DLoesch @PPact Your gun, A sack of embryos, and an immigrant are in a house fire. You can only save one. Gun or embryos?

— Charles Kent (@ChuckJager95) August 31, 2015
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Fourth Football of the Apocalypse  Aug 31, 2015 • 10:06:14am

re: #281 Dr. Matt

Moreover, how exactly is this a “political stunt”? Talk about faux outrage….

It’s how Obama plans to stay on for a third term.

/

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BlueSpotinAL  Aug 31, 2015 • 10:07:07am

re: #236 Fourth Football of the Apocalypse

So did I hear correctly that there was a Tea Party All Lives Matter something this weekend?

http://www.al.com/living/index.ssf/2015/08/all_lives_matter_march_draws_m.html

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Lidane  Aug 31, 2015 • 10:08:21am

re: #259 Fourth Football of the Apocalypse

Can the gist of it be summarized?

Jeb’s “act of love” quote + mugshots of illegal immigrant murderers = PROFIT!

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Higgs Boson's Mate  Aug 31, 2015 • 10:09:38am

re: #275 The Vicious Babushka

Loesch’s willingness to cause the death from curable disease of numbers of women just to maintain the authority of the bullshit mills that enable her grift is inhuman.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Aug 31, 2015 • 10:09:45am

I was curious how things are going for the Jade Helm insurgent/patriots…

on the flip side:

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Dr. Matt  Aug 31, 2015 • 10:09:55am

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Fourth Football of the Apocalypse  Aug 31, 2015 • 10:11:21am

re: #289 Backwoods_Sleuth

DON’T YOU SEE THAT THE WALL IS A PLOT TO TRAP US IN DURING JADE HELM 16: AMERICAN WEDDING? #INFOWARS
— LOLGOP

OK, gotta chuckle out of that.

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Targetpractice  Aug 31, 2015 • 10:12:59am

Why does it not surprise me that the people who screech the loudest about how the federal government should let states govern themselves and do what is best for their people…are outraged that the President has gone over the heads of Congress (read: the Ohio delegation) to grant Alaska’s requests to name its own damned mountain.

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Lidane  Aug 31, 2015 • 10:13:00am

re: #269 iossarian

Anything that gives Ohio Republicans a headache is a bona fide double play in my book.

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danarchy  Aug 31, 2015 • 10:13:14am

re: #243 BlueSpotinAL

Dude,
That never works. The job creators are customers, which are people with paying jobs.
Compare what the International Monetary Fund said would happen in Greece if they cut spending compared to what did happen: krugman.blogs.nytimes.com

The IMF eventually admitted their mistake. “Sorry, Greece, our bad! By the way, we still aren’t going to help.”

One of the problems with the criticism of austerity measures is that they are rarely implemented before a nation is already in the shitter. Let’s face it, Greece was a mess and short of flat out debt forgiveness nothing much was going to make it smooth sailing. In the UK they implemented some modest austerity measures a few years back that they got a lot of crap for and now are one of the healthier economies around. As in all things scale and timing matter.

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Eventual Carrion  Aug 31, 2015 • 10:13:35am

re: #277 Dr. Matt

These are the same “people” who are ALWAYS bitching about “Political Correctness”….yet this is “insulting”. Amusing.

I live 30 miles from Niles, Ohio has other things to worry about than the mountain name. Like the state of their roads.

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Higgs Boson's Mate  Aug 31, 2015 • 10:13:41am

re: #289 Backwoods_Sleuth

I was curious how things are going for the Jade Helm insurgent/patriots…

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Those damned heathen Chinese have found a way to make their tanks cast no shadows! We’re doooooooooooooomed!

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The Vicious Babushka  Aug 31, 2015 • 10:14:11am

LOLWHUT==>

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jaunte  Aug 31, 2015 • 10:14:15am

re: #293 Lidane

As POTUS once again oversteps his bounds, Ohio knows every carnation is a monument to our own William McKinley. -John

Genuine Ohio gibberish.

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Teukka  Aug 31, 2015 • 10:15:10am

re: #296 Higgs Boson’s Mate

Those damned heathen Chinese have found a way to make their tanks cast no shadows! We’re doooooooooooooomed!

That obvious shops… Who the fuck do they think they are trying to fool?

*smh*

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Dr. Matt  Aug 31, 2015 • 10:15:17am

re: #293 Lidane

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Reality Based Steve  Aug 31, 2015 • 10:15:39am

re: #289 Backwoods_Sleuth

I was curious how things are going for the Jade Helm insurgent/patriots…

[Embedded content]

How convenient that the Wal*mart in OK must have been in a very secluded area, far from people and with no major roads running directly by it. Otherwise they would have been discovered long ago. (and just how did the tanks and rocket get TO walmart in the first place).

Anybody (and there will be some who do) who reposts that deserves to have all sharp objects taken away, placed in a room with gently rounded corners and fed a diet of oatmeal and butterscotch pudding. They are just too stupid to be allowed out in the real world.

Almost gotta suspect a Poe.

RBS

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iossarian  Aug 31, 2015 • 10:16:22am

re: #292 Targetpractice

Why does it not surprise me that the people who screech the loudest about how the federal government should let states govern themselves and do what is best for their people…are outraged that the President has gone over the heads of Congress (read: the Ohio delegation) to grant Alaska’s requests to name its own damned mountain.

Of course. The right level of government for making any particular decision is: “whichever one makes the decision that shits on minorities and hands the most public money to rich people”.

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jaunte  Aug 31, 2015 • 10:16:27am

McKinley, the William Henry Harrison of Ohio.

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jaunte  Aug 31, 2015 • 10:17:41am

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Higgs Boson's Mate  Aug 31, 2015 • 10:18:41am

re: #302 iossarian

The right level of government for making any particular decision is: “whichever one makes the decision that shits on minorities and hands the most public money to rich people”

Every one of those fuckers should have that tattooed on their foreheads in block letters.

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Belafon  Aug 31, 2015 • 10:19:05am

re: #257 Lidane

Y’all, if you haven’t seen the Trump attack ad on Instagram that I linked above, you should. Trump’s gone full Willie Horton on Jeb! and it’s ugly.

It’s only going to go downhill from here.

Is it irony if a tactic is turned on your children?

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Fourth Football of the Apocalypse  Aug 31, 2015 • 10:21:22am

re: #293 Lidane

As POTUS once again oversteps his bounds, Ohio knows every carnation is a monument to our own William McKinley. -John

“But elect me president so I can make decisions and stuff.”

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Aug 31, 2015 • 10:22:02am

re: #303 jaunte

McKinley, the William Henry Harrison of Ohio.

Harrison’s tomb is in North Bend, Ohio, where his farm was located.

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sizzzzlerz  Aug 31, 2015 • 10:22:34am

re: #210 lawhawk

Record numbers of Asians crossing into US illegally from Canada.

Really. How many are illegally getting into Canada in order to get into the US?

And how many go back at the end of the day after a shopping binge at Costco?

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Fourth Football of the Apocalypse  Aug 31, 2015 • 10:22:47am

re: #297 The Vicious Babushka

If Obama can rename a mountain for a cosmetic appeal, perhaps he can tell his BLM to stop trying to break the Ruby Valley Treaty?
— Dana Loesch

Dana Guns, totally not racist. //

I mean, why bring BLM into this?

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Aug 31, 2015 • 10:23:58am

re: #310 Fourth Football of the Apocalypse

Dana Guns, totally not racist. //

I mean, why bring BLM into this?

Dana is talking about the other BLM.

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danarchy  Aug 31, 2015 • 10:24:20am

re: #310 Fourth Football of the Apocalypse

Dana Guns, totally not racist. //

I mean, why bring BLM into this?

I think in this case BLM stands for the Bureau of Land Management

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Fourth Football of the Apocalypse  Aug 31, 2015 • 10:25:59am

re: #312 danarchy

I think in this case BLM stands for the Bureau of Land Management

Ah, OK, my bad. Thanks

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The Vicious Babushka  Aug 31, 2015 • 10:26:15am

re: #309 sizzzzlerz

And how many go back at the end of the day after a shopping binge at Costco?

The Meijer store where I shop every week always has a bunch of cars with Canadian license plates in the parking lot, probably because it’s the closest shopping mall to the Troll Bridge.

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No Country For Old Haters  Aug 31, 2015 • 10:26:38am

re: #46 I Stand With Planned Parenthood

Amazon Echo

Anyone have an experience with this?

Sure. I got one when they were only available to Prime members. It’s a pretty good bathroom music player, since you can tell it what to play while in the shower, and being able to tell it to turn my Hue lights on and off is nice.

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Fourth Football of the Apocalypse  Aug 31, 2015 • 10:26:51am

re: #312 danarchy

I think in this case BLM stands for the Bureau of Land Management

Should have wondered why she would have thought Black Lives Matter was breaking some treaty.

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Higgs Boson's Mate  Aug 31, 2015 • 10:27:56am

re: #309 sizzzzlerz

And how many go back at the end of the day after a shopping binge at Costco?

People were bitching about Canadians coming down to shop when my family lived in Washington back in the Fifties. What really irked some folks was the way local merchants would slip them Canadian coins in their change. Those coins wouldn’t work in most vending machines, then ubiquitous.

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No Country For Old Haters  Aug 31, 2015 • 10:28:15am

re: #304 jaunte

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Belafon  Aug 31, 2015 • 10:29:36am

re: #318 No Country For Old Haters

They’re still anchored to 1859.

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retired cynic  Aug 31, 2015 • 10:31:24am

re: #237 Belafon

Total off-topic geek thing:

Over the weekend I was explaining scientific notation to my ten year old. Showed him a few numbers, and the conversion. So he decides to write one down:

5.7215*10^i

Ye’s, he is fully aware of what i means as I like for my kids to get exposed to some things early and often.

In case you were wondering, which I’m sure so many of you were, 10^i is approximately -.6682+.74398i. You can use Python to compute this for you.

No.

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Dr. Matt  Aug 31, 2015 • 10:31:48am

Father jailed after accidentally shooting 2-year-old daughter in Ocean View

I think we need to stop using the word “accident” in situations like this.

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Amory Blaine  Aug 31, 2015 • 10:33:51am

re: #321 Dr. Matt

Careless or negligent is more accurate.

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wheat-dogghazi-mailgate  Aug 31, 2015 • 10:34:06am

Obama will appear on an episode of Running Wild with Bear Grylls. They’ll be in Alaska, and Obama will learn survival techniques like Grylls’ other guests.

The shoot will take place on Tuesday on Exit Glacier in Alaska’s Kenai Mountains, according to the White House.

nyti.ms

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jaunte  Aug 31, 2015 • 10:35:21am

re: #318 No Country For Old Haters

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Aug 31, 2015 • 10:35:47am

do not read the responses to his tweet

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Dr. Matt  Aug 31, 2015 • 10:36:24am

Even Drudge is getting in on the faux outrage over Denali.

Even Drudge is getting in on the faux outrage over Denali. #derp
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It's on his hat!  Aug 31, 2015 • 10:36:49am

re: #321 Dr. Matt

Father jailed after accidentally shooting 2-year-old daughter in Ocean View

I think we need to stop using the word “accident” in situations like this.

I usually refer to them as “car crashes” and not “accidents,” because it’s usually faulty judgment or action that is the root cause.

The same verbiage should be used for “accidental” gun discharges.

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Targetpractice  Aug 31, 2015 • 10:38:07am

And now I’m waiting for the “serious” pundits to declare that the President was “wrong” for getting involved in the matter, that Congress should have been allowed to continue this little feud between the Ohio and Alaska delegations until doomsday, and that it’s just another sign of the man’s “imperial” presidency.

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Timothy Watson  Aug 31, 2015 • 10:39:18am

re: #321 Dr. Matt

Father jailed after accidentally shooting 2-year-old daughter in Ocean View

I think we need to stop using the word “accident” in situations like this.

“Father jailed after criminally negligently shooting 2-year-old” doesn’t roll off the tongue unfortunately. Suggestions?

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allegro  Aug 31, 2015 • 10:40:26am

re: #323 wheat-dogghazi-mailgate

Obama will appear on an episode of Running Wild with Bear Grylls. They’ll be in Alaska, and Obama will learn survival techniques like Grylls’ other guests.

nyti.ms

I’ve climbed that glacier. Quite an exercise. I did it the last time with a video camera upon which can be heard a number of breathless expletives about not being a fucking mountain goat.

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Higgs Boson's Mate  Aug 31, 2015 • 10:41:01am

re: #327 It’s on his hat!

I usually refer to them as “car crashes” and not “accidents,” because it’s usually faulty judgment or action that is the root cause.

The same verbiage should be used for “accidental” gun discharges.

Describing such shootings as “accidental” immediately removes both personal responsibility and the entire chain of poor practices and stupidity that lead up to them.

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Lidane  Aug 31, 2015 • 10:41:09am

re: #328 Targetpractice

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Fourth Football of the Apocalypse  Aug 31, 2015 • 10:42:00am

re: #325 Backwoods_Sleuth

do not read the responses to his tweet

I’m sure they’re kind and gentle, representing the finest in exceptional American Christian tweeting.

/

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Belafon  Aug 31, 2015 • 10:42:42am

re: #329 Timothy Watson

Father jailed after carelessly shooting 2-year-old

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Kragar  Aug 31, 2015 • 10:43:48am

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Higgs Boson's Mate  Aug 31, 2015 • 10:44:24am

re: #334 Belafon

“Father shoots child. Will be released and keep guns.”

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Timothy Watson  Aug 31, 2015 • 10:44:35am

re: #334 Belafon

That works, I was trying to emphasize the fact that they should start charging parents when a kid gets shot.

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Eventual Carrion  Aug 31, 2015 • 10:47:07am

re: #335 Kragar

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Person has a weird view of “investigative journalism”. So a “journalist” can just come into my house, go through my stuff to try and find something incriminating/interesting to write about? Don’t think so, there are laws against that. Just as there are laws about recording someone without their consent.

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Belafon  Aug 31, 2015 • 10:47:25am

re: #337 Timothy Watson

That works, I was trying to emphasize the fact that they should start charging parents when a kid gets shot.

Agree. But like you were pointing out, sometimes the phrase has to stick in people’s heads. The version you wrote didn’t very well. Using carelessly in the sentence will make people uncomfortable.

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Skip Intro  Aug 31, 2015 • 10:48:45am

We don’t need no stinkin’ expensive fences. Just post a 10ftx10ft of these every hundred yards.

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No Country For Old Haters  Aug 31, 2015 • 10:48:45am

re: #67 The Vicious Babushka

BEN IS DERPING BRIGHT & EARLY==>

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Lidane  Aug 31, 2015 • 10:48:53am

Awesome:

Translation:

#TheyWontShutUsUp , either in Mexico or the United States. We’re not sitting down, we’re not leaving, we won’t shut up.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Aug 31, 2015 • 10:49:21am

re: #340 Skip Intro

We don’t need no stinkin’ expensive fences. Just post a 10ftx10ft of these every hundred yards.

[Embedded content]

Or billboards showing the cost of American healthcare.

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Dr. Matt  Aug 31, 2015 • 10:49:54am

re: #329 Timothy Watson

“Father exercising his second amendment in daughter’s leg.”

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No Country For Old Haters  Aug 31, 2015 • 10:50:13am

re: #335 Kragar

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allegro  Aug 31, 2015 • 10:50:21am

re: #339 Belafon

Agree. But like you were pointing out, sometimes the phrase has to stick in people’s heads. The version you wrote didn’t very well. Using carelessly in the sentence will make people uncomfortable.

Probably less uncomfortable with that than “asshole has loaded guns in his house and blows his kid away while fucking with them.”

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Aug 31, 2015 • 10:51:03am

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Skip Intro  Aug 31, 2015 • 10:52:06am

re: #210 lawhawk

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Record numbers of Asians crossing into US illegally from Canada.

Really. How many are illegally getting into Canada in order to get into the US?

Cricket leagues are taking hold all over northern California, wiping out baseball as a popular sport. Damn Asians!

I expect that the Savage Weiner will be all over this treachery.

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Belafon  Aug 31, 2015 • 10:54:56am

re: #342 Lidane

Awesome:

[Embedded content]

Translation:

#TheyWontShutUsUp , either in Mexico, or the United States. We’re not sitting down, we’re not leaving, we won’t shut up.

My mom was doing the whole “he was rude to Trump” thing until I showed her that not only had Trump been avoiding Ramos, but Trump published Ramos’s phone number.

My mom, the only thing keeping her from being a Republican is Ronald Reagan.

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Nyet  Aug 31, 2015 • 10:55:11am

re: #233 Charles Johnson

I’m not seeing where they are praising him. In fact, I get quite the contrary feeling - Geraghty (who is critical of Trump) tries to tie him to another radioactive figure.

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Skip Intro  Aug 31, 2015 • 10:55:40am

re: #251 Backwoods_Sleuth

lol!

[Embedded content]

Unfucking believable. Was it proposing using drones to attack the southern border that did it?

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Nyet  Aug 31, 2015 • 10:57:02am

You don’t praise someone in a neo-conservative publication by noting:

Buchanan became politically radioactive in some circles in the 1990s, largely because of the perceived anti-Semitism of his occasional qualified praise for Hitler, his flirtations with Holocaust denial, and his ceaseless criticism of Israel and its supporters.

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blueraven  Aug 31, 2015 • 10:57:13am

re: #294 danarchy

One of the problems with the criticism of austerity measures is that they are rarely implemented before a nation is already in the shitter. Let’s face it, Greece was a mess and short of flat out debt forgiveness nothing much was going to make it smooth sailing. In the UK they implemented some modest austerity measures a few years back that they got a lot of crap for and now are one of the healthier economies around. As in all things scale and timing matter.

Well…yes to a certain extent. But austerity is always the answer in conservative politics. No matter what the current economic situation really requires.

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No Country For Old Haters  Aug 31, 2015 • 10:58:32am

re: #352 Nyet

You don’t praise someone in a neo-conservative publication by noting:

Because his praise for Hitler was only occasional and qualified?

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Nyet  Aug 31, 2015 • 10:59:13am

re: #354 No Country For Old Haters

Because his praise for Hitler was only occasional and qualified?

?

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Nyet  Aug 31, 2015 • 10:59:36am

Rubin, who is strongly anti-Trump, understands that it’s a condemnation, not praise:

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Higgs Boson's Mate  Aug 31, 2015 • 11:00:39am

re: #353 blueraven

Well…yes to a certain extent. But austerity is always the answer in conservative politics. No matter what the current economic situation really requires.

If austerity, in conservative hands, didn’t translate to “fuck the poor and the middle class,” they might still have something. But, noooooo!

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No Country For Old Haters  Aug 31, 2015 • 11:01:36am

re: #355 Nyet

?

I know the RWNJs like to pretend that Hitler was progressive, but the wingnut movement is in reality a fascist movement.

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No Country For Old Haters  Aug 31, 2015 • 11:02:54am

re: #357 Higgs Boson’s Mate

If austerity, in conservative hands, didn’t translate to “fuck the poor and the middle class,” they might still have something. But, noooooo!

You can’t ever let conservatives have power outside their dangerous subculture. If they’re in a position to harm the powerless, they’ll do it just about every time.

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Lidane  Aug 31, 2015 • 11:04:31am

ZOMG TYRANT!

McKinley never even set foot in Alaska. WTF.

Simple solution: Find a mountain in Ohio. Name it after McKinley. Problem solved.

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jaunte  Aug 31, 2015 • 11:06:04am

re: #360 Lidane

Comical and bizarre.

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Belafon  Aug 31, 2015 • 11:06:21am

re: #360 Lidane

Since Obama is a dictator, he should just rename something in Ohio.

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b_sharp  Aug 31, 2015 • 11:08:52am

I’ve said it before, but I’ll rub it in a little more - life would be so boring without the circus called American politics.

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Nyet  Aug 31, 2015 • 11:09:46am

re: #363 b_sharp

I’ve said it before, but I’ll rub it in a little more - life would be so boring without the circus called American politics.

And safer.

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Lidane  Aug 31, 2015 • 11:14:34am

re: #362 Belafon

Since Obama is a dictator, he should just rename something in Ohio.

Fuck it. Just rename the state of Ohio and call it Obama. It already starts with an O.

/////////////////////////////////////////

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Higgs Boson's Mate  Aug 31, 2015 • 11:17:50am

re: #359 No Country For Old Haters

You can’t ever let conservatives have power outside their dangerous subculture. If they’re in a position to harm the powerless, they’ll do it just about every time.

These days, the phrase, “Kiss up, kick down,” summarizes them neatly for me.

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The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge  Aug 31, 2015 • 11:24:03am

re: #365 Lidane

Fuck it. Just rename the state of Ohio and call it Obama. It already starts with an O.

/////////////////////////////////////////

Surely you remember when he was giving a speech in Ohio with the Ohio flag in the frame and the wingnuts were all verklempt because he’d invented an “Obama flag” for himself?

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Aug 31, 2015 • 11:26:51am

re: #367 The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge

Surely you remember when he was giving a speech in Ohio with the Ohio flag in the frame and the wingnuts were all verklempt because he’d invented an “Obama flag” for himself?

good times!

Radio host Bob Grant asserted that Obama created an ” ‘O’ flag,” but apparent flag in question was Ohio’s

On the October 15 broadcast of his nationally syndicated radio show, Bob Grant said: “[W]hat is that flag that Obama’s been standing in front of that looks like an American flag, but instead of having the field of 50 stars representing the 50 states, there’s a circle?” He then said: “Is the circle the ‘O’ for Obama? Is that what it is?” Grant later said: “[D]id you notice Obama is not content with just having several American flags, plain old American flags with the 50 states represented by 50 stars? He has the ‘O’ flag. And that’s what that ‘O’ is. That’s what that ‘O’ is. Just like he did with the plane he was using. He had the flag painted over, and the ‘O’ for Obama. Now, these are symptom — these things are symptomatic of a person who would like to be a potentate — a dictator.” ‘

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Eventual Carrion  Aug 31, 2015 • 11:35:25am

re: #362 Belafon

Since Obama is a dictator, he should just rename something in Ohio.

Rename Cleveland “Mistake by the Lake”.

// I kid, I kid. Go Steelers! :-)

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Blind Frog Belly White  Aug 31, 2015 • 11:39:27am

re: #369 Eventual Carrion

Rename Cleveland “Mistake by the Lake”.

// I kid, I kid. Go Steelers! :-)

The Mistake By The Lake is Dreary Erie. Ohio can’t have it, it belongs to Pennsylvania!!

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Feline Fearless Leader  Aug 31, 2015 • 3:25:25pm

re: #156 Backwoods_Sleuth

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The road wanted a comb over since it was a big Trump fan.


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