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Do not shrug your shoulders and accept the normalization of untruths.

Putting aside our relentless self-interest because the moral imperative is crystal clear.

A Senator Walker would be an insult to the state and the nation.

Whoever he was, that guy was nuts.

“Jesus paying for the sins of everyone is an insult to those who paid for their own sins.”

A last alliance of elves and men. also pet photos.

Sitting here in limbo waiting for the dice to roll

I know this must be bad for Joe Biden, I just don’t know how.

Nancy smash is sick of your bullshit.

Everybody saw this coming.

Let’s not be the monsters we hate.

Insiders who complain to politico: please report to the white house office of shut the fuck up.

Second rate reporter says what?

If you’re pissed about Biden’s speech, he was talking about you.

Let me eat cake. The rest of you could stand to lose some weight, frankly.

Republicans are radicals, not conservatives.

The GOP couldn’t organize an orgy in a whorehouse with a fist full of 50s.

Being the leader of the world means to be the leader of peace.

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Thanks to your bullshit, we are now under siege.

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Proof that we need a blogger ethics panel.

… pundit janitors mopping up after the GOP

Wow, I can’t imagine what it was like to comment in morse code.

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HLN anchor Yasmin Vossoughian brought a “Snowden supporter” on her show to discuss whether or not Twitter should ban Edward Snowden, who recently started tweeting. The supporter, Jon Hendren (Twitter handle: @fart) says Edward shouldn’t be cast out just because he was created by Vincent Price on a mountain and has scissors instead of hands:

I love how the host just goes on about Snowden after Hendren’s comments about Scissorhands sculpting shrubbery and poking holes in waterbeds. Either she doesn’t hear a thing he says or just doesn’t know how to respond except by continuing to read the script. Well done, Mr. Hendren.

Open thread!

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  4. 4.

    srv

    The Very Serious People and their liberal enablers are just not to be taken seriously anymore.

    Hendren sets the bar. Liberals, cucks, dividers will join the ash heap of irrelevancy in the new order.

  6. 6.

    Baud

    Edward shouldn’t be cast out just because he was created by Vincent Price on a mountain and has scissors instead of hands:

    I disagree.

  7. 7.

    Germy Shoemangler

    http://www.chaunceydevega.com/2015/08/beyond-cuckservative-right-wings-racial.html

    Sexual fantasies wherein white men are cuckolded by black men — with their stereotypically large penises (called “BBC” for “big black cocks” in the parlance of porn) and ravenous at the thought of white female flesh — are then consistent with a centuries-old white male preoccupation, one that borders in fact on obsession, with the supposed threat of Black male virility. We see in the fascination with cuckolding the most feverish anxieties about the disappearance of white male hegemony.

    (Paradoxically, this genre also positively reaffirms white supremacy; in the interracial “BBC” scenario,the white racial frame’s assumption that white women are desired above all other women is made explicit.)
    So it is clear why the genre is popular: The combination of fetish and racial entitlement are, for a certain segment of white American men, an almost alchemical admixture.

  8. 8.

    TaMara (BHF)

    Here is something to chew on. The prosecutor in the Aurora Theater Shooting trial, who rejected a guilty plea with life in prison, no chance of parole to pursue a death penalty case, even though some of the families did not want this and then lost the death penalty phase, has decided NOT to run for office.

    Because it was clear this was the only reason he put our state through this horrible, gut-wrenching trial. Not to mention the money it cost the city of Aurora – which could have been put to use in, oh, I don’t know, mental health care for victims, first responders and people suffering from mental illness.

    Hopefully there ends all future political aspirations for this creep.

  14. 14.

    lamh36

    Quick comment, need a few good links or two for my sis about Syria Russians airstrikes and US. Need a good layman’s article to combat the CNN type crap news. I’ll check back after I get home.

  16. 16.

    D58826

    Ovewr on Huffington :

    Dozens of Secret Service personnel inappropriately accessed private information on a member of Congress who was conducting oversight of the agency, in a pattern the Department of Homeland Security’s watchdog called “deeply disturbing.”
    The DHS Inspector General on Wednesday released the results of an investigation into who leaked information about how Rep. Jason Chaffetz (R-Utah), who conducts oversight of the Secret Service, had been rejected for a position in the agency years ago.

    The Congresscritter is outraged at this improper conduct and breach of his privacy.

    Several things come to mind and in no particular order of importance:
    1. nice to see him hoist on his own petard
    2, the secret service people responsible should be fired. The conduct is inexcusable even if the ‘victim’ is a GOOPER.
    3. Where is his outrage at the doctored Planned Parenthood tapes or the lies about Sherley Sherrod.
    4. Like the rest of the GOOPERS he has no problem leaking derogatory information about Hillary Clinton
    5, and like the rest of the GOOPPERS he has no problem with warrentless wiretaps and the NSA sweeping up everyone else s phone messages.

    So while what the secret service did is wrong I’am willing to listen to the smallest possible violins about his plight.

  17. 17.

    Germy Shoemangler

    TV’s on in the background here. CBS News is doing a story about “the men who operate the fan boats”

  18. 18.

    sharl

    From a Daily Beast interview with the guy (who is very well known in Weird Twitter world):

    “I have absolutely no idea how they picked me or why,” Hendren told The Daily Beast. “I just got an email last night asking me to Skype into HLN and I agreed to it immediately.”
    …

    “They never told me what the format would be and never prepped me with the questions beforehand, I just knew I wanted to talk about a much-maligned hero,” he said.

    He still hasn’t watched his quick hit, but Hendren’s appearance has since gone viral. And why not? Nothing really highlights how inane the news has become like someone actively trying to fuck up an entire TV show only to have his point proven by talking points hamfistedly steamrolling over his responses…

  19. 19.

    Pogonip

    I am sorry but no one would explain why they would not treat a car for fleas. Company Policy was the only explanation I could get. However, one place was willing to tell me what to do. In case it ever happens to you, here’s what to do: vacuum car thoroughly. This moves the fleas to come out and see what’s to eat, and thus puts them at ground zero. Using a powder containing an adulticide and an Insect Growth Regulator, dust under the mats and down in the seat crevices. Wear mask, gloves, and long sleeves. Then spray the seats, under seats, and upholstery with either Ultracide or Precor. Close the car up and let it sit for a couple of hours to a couple of days, the longer the better. Air overnight. Vacuum daily with the big old high-suction hose at the car wash. You may get a few odd hatchlings after a week or so depending on how many eggs were in the car. If so, spray again, close up, air.

    Pyrethins can make dogs or cats, I forget which, sick, so check with your vet on how soon you can put the pet back in the car. Pyrethins are safe for people once they’ve dried and of course IGRs affect no one but bugs.

    As long as I’m stuffing powder down the seats I’m going to add a little borax. I got conflicting opinions on whether it works on fleas but it certainly can’t hurt.

    Fleas delenda est!

  20. 20.

    Germy Shoemangler

    @sharl: Somehow this reminds me of the person who planted a fake “health news” item; I think it was something like eating chocolate helping people to lose weight. He showed how easy it is to climb into the Information Machine and create bullshit.

    The scissorhands joke was funny, but more often than not it’s an undercover RW think-tank rep spreading disinformation.

  21. 21.

    Felanius Kootea

    Hendren (@fart) is one of the pranksters that got Pitbull to visit a Walmart in Kodiak, Alaska by getting thousands to up-vote that location as their “favorite local Walmart.” This HLN prank is amazing because she doesn’t even react.

  22. 22.

    srv

    @lamh36: I am troubled by your lack of embracing the propaganda so assiduously prepared for you.

    http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/russia/11900853/Putin-request-for-use-of-Russian-troops-in-Syria-approved-live.html

    http://thesaker.is/finally-some-clarity-about-the-russian-plans-about-syria/

    And don’t come back telling us Jaish al-Fatah are the bad jihadis… There’s good jihadis and there’s bad jihadis. Shades of gray in jihadiland. Don’t be all emo and go Hodor on us.

  23. 23.

    Pogonip

    P. S. I suspect the reason they won’t treat cars is for fear of liability if someone fails to follow instructions, gets back in too soon, and gets sick or their pet dies.

  25. 25.

    WaterGirl

    @Pogonip: I have an allergy to pyrethins, which we only discovered after I got pneumonia the third time. In my twenties!

    I suspect that no one will treat your car for fleas because it’s an enclosed space and it’s unhealthy to be in an enclosed space for a long, long time after being treated for fleas. (using chemicals)

    Have you looked into anything like diatomaceous earth? That’s good for squash beetles and many more pests and it is very safe. I have no idea if it works on fleas, but it might be worth looking into.

  26. 26.

    trollhattan

    @lamh36:
    I found this helpful. Doubt there will be much in the way of concise info, especially in the near term. Syria is not a place where reporting can be done at the moment, and pressers are just so many talking points.

  27. 27.

    trollhattan

    @Pogonip:
    Too bad it’s fall. A July day at local park-and-ride here would do the trick. Alternatively, a trip to Duluth in a couple months….

  28. 28.

    Pogonip

    @WaterGirl: Tried it. The fleas liked it. I have no trouble with pyrethins myself but I don’t have to drive much anyway and can leave the windows open.

  29. 29.

    sharl

    @lamh36: If I see anything that might be of use for you, I’ll post it…but I gotta tell you, on military, national security, and foreign intelligence matters, I usually work hard to ignore first reports (e.g., “breaking news”), because most folks with a big microphone are so desperate for ratings that they’ll have on “analysts” who will want to be paid whether they know anything or not (they usually don’t), so will go with a combination of dramatic and politically acceptable conventional wisdom, while keeping things sufficiently vague that they cannot be pinned down later for what they said.

    Of the few who might know something and make themselves available to the media, there’s a good chance you’re gonna get a lot of spin.

    I usually wait two or more weeks, at which point the truth starts to dribble out. At that point you need to actually seek out the story, because the public and its media have long moved on.

    Having seen what Putin is capable of, I can entirely believe that he is specifically limiting his attacks to more Western-friendly Assad foes – the few that are left – since that would both help Assad and be a giant Fuck You! to the U.S. But that would also be desirable spin on the part of the U.S. Administration. As much as I like our current President, I’ll never trust him or anyone else in that office where early reports on something like this are concerned; it’s more the nature of that Office than who occupies it.

  30. 30.

    DTTM

    Snowden was somewhat right, and also very, very wrong. He knew stuff but the consequences of what he knew which the Chinese and Putin surely know by now are far worse than the good he did letting us know that–no surprise!–governments are able to spy on all telecommunications.

    What else could we expect? 99% of Americans are using their tech shit to blab about nothing dire. For me, this issue is not consequential.

    Yet………..

    If I were the spouse of a CIA person offed in some moldy Moscow train station because of something Snowden revealed, then the abstract would become real……..coldly and brutally.

  32. 32.

    Pogonip

    @trollhattan: Well, the directions are detailed and also found a pro’s video saying the exact same thing. The main thing is to let the dust settle and the spray dry before anyone gets back in.

    The video was a Florida exterminator. It seems fleas are quite a problem in Florida. I would have thought parking a Florida vehicle in the sun for a couple of days would kill anything.

  34. 34.

    Cervantes

    @lamh36:

    Quick comment, need a few good links or two for my sis about Syria Russians airstrikes and US. Need a good layman’s article to combat the CNN type crap news. I’ll check back after I get home.

    What exactly are you trying to, er, combat?

  35. 35.

    JPL

    @Pogonip: You could try seven also. I know the formula has changed but it seems like one approach that might kill the fleas.. But do rent a heavy duty carpet cleaner, if you don’t own one and clean up any residue.

    Many years ago.. we had a flea infestation while living in TX.
    What ever you choose.. Make sure you vacuum up the residue and then carpet clean it. Unfortunately, you might have to repeat in three weeks.

  36. 36.

    chopper

    I love how he waited so long to bring it on. Now that’s trolling. That’s fuck-the-skull-of-Jesus level trolling.

  39. 39.

    Corner Stone

    @DTTM:

    He knew stuff but the consequences of what he knew which the Chinese and Putin surely know by now are far worse

    This has been debunked over and over and over.

    If I were the spouse of a CIA person offed in some moldy Moscow train station because of something Snowden revealed, then the abstract would become real

    The DCI has said this hasn’t happened…anywhere in the world. Do you have info to the contrary or is your “If” doing all the work for you?

  41. 41.

    Gin & Tonic

    @lamh36: Unfortunately most of the interesting reporting I’m seeing is in Russian. I’m guessing that won’t help you much.

  43. 43.

    JPL

    @Pogonip: Is there anyway you can take out your seats? Then you work on the problem separately.
    You can’t use a flea bomb because that could hurt your electrical system.

  46. 46.

    kc

    Diahann Carroll is guest programmer on TCM tonight; they’re leading off with “Claudine” (starting now)

  48. 48.

    Germy Shoemangler

    Images of broken light which
    dance before me like a million eyes
    That call me on and on across the universe
    Thoughts meander like a
    restless wind inside a letter box
    they tumble blindly as
    they make their way across the universe.
    — John Lennon

  49. 49.

    JPL

    @raven: When we used flea bombs in the house.. It was one of the warnings.
    I assume that in a small area such as a car, that it could get in the vents.
    Even though you have to repeat, I would think a bomb is the best way to go, but I’d be a tad concerned about the vents..

    I’m no a mechanic.. or an electrical engineer…

  50. 50.

    ThresherK

    @Baud:

    @Pogonip:

    Hey, my fat fingers are capable of blortzing up any touchscreen keyboard.

    It’s an LG tablet that’s big enough for my big fingers almost all the time. I use that signature to warn people that there will be many more typing errors, hardly any italics and bolding and links, and much less cut’n’paste of block text, than when I’m at a laptop or desktop.

    ETA: @NotMax: That’s a private matter between my wife and her ladybits doctor.

  52. 52.

    NotMax

    @JPL, et al.

    Gonna be moderately interesting to see what kind of ads will be generated by repeated use in the thread of a certain four-letter word beginning and ending with a “b.”

    :)

  53. 53.

    Pogonip

    @JPL: Yes, the manufacturer said do NOT set off bug foggers in a car. Spray should be confined to the upholstery.

    I’m not too impressed with the concept of bug foggers anyway. You can’t control where it goes and you have to swab poison off every exposed surface when you go back in. Going around swatting every ant, roach, or silverfish individually would be less work and more fun.

  55. 55.

    JPL

    @Pogonip: Whatever you decide to try, you have to wait a few weeks and repeat.
    It might be easier to drive to Alaska, and leave the windows down a few hours.

  56. 56.

    Pogonip

    I also found out that cars infested with roaches are a common problem. Yet another argument against fast food.

  58. 58.

    Pogonip

    @JPL: Right. Although we’ll be having a hard freeze in a few weeks, so that’ll take care of any stragglers. I was mainly worried about making myself unpopular with the carpool! But everybody’s been very nice and nobody but me (!) got bit anyway.

  61. 61.

    Applejinx

    I just donated yet again to Bernie, ‘cos he was emailing about how he was close to getting a million individual contributions. Then he emailed again saying he GOT the million contributions, and ‘let’s see how much more we can get!’ essentially. And the credit card was just sitting there… and the deadline is midnight.

    Still gotta get off my butt and go volunteer for him, but I feel good about this. I don’t care how many politicians, trolls, advocates and forum posters throw up flak and argue about how Bernie can’t possibly be President. I haven’t been trolling back very much at all, I’ve been pretty chill and let a lot of stuff pass, but every time I see the ‘so much for Bernie’ spin, I am like a big NOPE NOPE NOPE…

    If anybody else wants to do likewise before the FEC deadline tonight, you know what to do :)

  64. 64.

    WaterGirl

    @Baud: @efgoldman: As they used to say about the lottery in Illinois:

    You can’t win if you don’t play.

    If I had listened to all the naysayers about Barack Obama in 2007, I never would have worked my butt off for him. If you believe in someone, you have to give it your best shot.

    Baud! 2016!

  66. 66.

    Omnes Omnibus

    New poll out in Wisconsin. Lots of interesting stuff. For example, both Clinton and Sanders are currently beating the top three GOPers by rather similar margins. And Feingold is in a similar place vis a vis Johnson. Source.

  67. 67.

    raven

    The Tappet Brothers!

    My Mechanic Has Fleas!

    Help! My mechanic has fleas! My mechanic has a “garage dog,” who is very old and droopy. I think he has fleas, because after I got my car back, I’m getting bitten in my car! Now I need to get my air conditioner fixed, but I’m afraid to take it in, because I fear the fleas will get worse if I go back. Help!

  70. 70.

    WaterGirl

    @efgoldman: I’m not giving to anyone at this point. I am not excited about anyone. I don’t like Clinton at all, but whoever wins will get my vote. I am hoping that Biden gets in, but he would need to do it before the debate in 2 weeks, so I think we’ll know soon.

    Barack Obama is a pretty hard act to follow.

  71. 71.

    Gin & Tonic

    @raven: That’s frankly not one of their best, but I sure as hell miss those guys. I remember driving somewhere once, I had them on, and they were engaged in a lengthy discussion with some young lady who, I think, wanted to cover her car in sequins. I had to pull over because I was laughing so hard.

  72. 72.

    Alex

    Today’s best example of how terrible the media is with Hillary’s emails?

    AP headline: “Russia-linked hackers tried to access Clinton server”

    Article: We found some spam emails in the latest email dump.

  74. 74.

    WaterGirl

    lamh, I have been checking for the final entries on your TV thing. Did you give up after you got to Thursday? At least I still get to see Idris :-) and I’m jazzed for you that you lost 20 pounds.

  75. 75.

    WaterGirl

    @efgoldman: As soon as I get my fundraising email from Baud, I will contribute.

    Of course, since I’m going to be his special advisor, perhaps I should be talking to Baud about getting that going.

  76. 76.

    Schlemazel

    @efgoldman:
    That seems a bit harsh to me. I think the primary is a great time to express the direction the party should take. If you can convince enough people it’s the right one you win. If you don’t at least in the Dem process you get a proportional voice. In time that could move the gawddamm overton window. If you don’t win you want to make sure you haven’t said or done something you can’t take back, swallow your misgivings and do what you can to defeat the gooper forces of evil. I see no reason for name-calling and vitriol inside, save it for the real enemies of America.

  79. 79.

    Jim, Foolish Literalist

    @WaterGirl: I’ve given to Tammy Duckworth, and I think I’ll give to the Ohio Senate candidate (is it going to be Strickland, or is there a primary?), and I might “adopt” one more Senate candidate. Not like I’m a Koch brother, but I like to feel like I’ve done something. I’d been thinking I wouldn’t give HRC anything but my vote, but as this thing grinds on, I’ll probably contribute, but I doubt I’ll max out like I did with Obama.

  82. 82.

    Jim, Foolish Literalist

    @efgoldman: I liked their Christmas Carol spoof, even if it was a fundraiser. What disease did Tiny Ira suffer from? Terminal earnestness?

    ETA Watching The Rachel Maddow Hour: Is Kevin McCarthy too old to be the secret love child of Sarah Palin and Dan Quayle? Hang on to your wigs and keys, folks, it’s going to be a bumpy term

  84. 84.

    Schlemazel

    If I give baud the max $2700 do I get 2700 voices in a baud administration? If I bundle 100 others do I get 270000 voices? The check is waiting for your answer.

  85. 85.

    MazeDancer

    @Pogonip:

    Alas, fleas don’t freeze so easily. It takes many weeks under 37 degrees for fleas to be affected. Inside a car, that doesn’t happen often.

    Vacuum often. Stick the nozzle down the seats. Then throw away the vacuum bag inside a plastic bag.

    Borax or boric acid shoved down the seats does help. But vacuuming through two would-be life cycles of flea birth helps more.

  88. 88.

    SiubhanDuinne

    @Baud:

    G is nowhere near I.

    Shouldn’t that be “G is nowhere near me“?

    And anyhow, isn’t that Mnemosyne’s line?

  93. 93.

    a hip hop artist from Idaho (fka Bella Q)

    Has this story been linked yet? I’ve been offline for the day. Asshole Tulsa sheriff indicted and resigns.

    The grand jury, according to a court filing, found that Glanz had violated policy by allowing his friend Bates to volunteer and serve as a reserve deputy and carry weapons even though he had not been adequately trained.

    Bates was also allowed to carry weapons not authorized by the department, including the .38-caliber revolver with which he killed Harris.

  94. 94.

    Keith G

    @DTTM:
    Sometimes life sucks, whether you are a spook playing cloak and dagger or a kid at a wedding party mistaken for an extremist encampment.

    @raven: I ‘bombed’ an old car of mine many years back. Set it off at bedtime. Before breakfast, I rolled down the windows and let the morning breeze to it’s thing. A bit later, I was off to work – after wiping the surfaces.

    It worked and I was not flambeed.

  95. 95.

    Pogonip

    Have any of you computer mavens read Future Crimes by Marc Goodman? I’m only 29% through and already horrified.

  97. 97.

    WaterGirl

    @Jim, Foolish Literalist: I’m with you, I maxed out for Obama, too, but I had to sell some of my possessions to do it. I still miss my beautiful silk rug, but it was worth it!

    I’m just not feeling it this time, so someone else is gonna have to step up instead of me. I would be very excited about Sherrod Brown, but that’s never gonna happen. I really dislike Clinton, so I’m trying not to read stuff about her or participate in Clinton threads because I just get frustrated.

    I’m also trying not to pay too much attention to the GOP clown show, lest I throw myself into a panic at the possibility of any of those creatures actually making it to the general election.

    P.S. You’re not the Jim who used to be on the Obama blog, who lost a friend on Sept 11?

  103. 103.

    Baud

    @WaterGirl:

    I’m also trying not to pay too much attention to the GOP clown show, lest I throw myself into a panic at the possibility of any of those creatures actually making it to the general election.

    One of them will, you know.

  106. 106.

    WaterGirl

    @Baud: You are a very bad man for pointing that out. But I console myself with the thought that the panic will be focused on just one crazy, awful sociopath rather than 10.

  107. 107.

    khead

    Can I just say – is this shit for real? I mean, really. I trudge through the Internets and FB on a daily basis.

    Just to see this shit? I even LIKE this shit, but I am still left to wonder….

  110. 110.

    gelfling545

    @Pogonip: You might want to try this first. I just remembered it. Dissolve some grated Fels Naptha soap in rubbing alcohol, then spay all the nooks & crannies of the car. Vacuum thoroughly. Fels Naptha soap is that bar of brown soap in a red & white wrapper. Every household used to have it for washing everything from the clothes to the children but now most people have never heard of it. The super markets still carry it, though.

  114. 114.

    raven

    Crap, rain in the forecast and we have to leave for the damn airport at 5am! And I’m being banished to the couch so the Bohdi can be happy and sleep in my spot!!

  117. 117.

    raven

    @JPL: Thanks, it looks like rain for the game too so I guess getting 4 bills for my tix will take a little of the sting out. I’m, getting Facebook Invites from the Orange County Bulldog Club to watch the game.

  118. 118.

    WaterGirl

    @Baud: That is my hope, too. And bless you (not literally) for putting a hopeful spin on that. I hereby rescind my “very bad man” label. I’m sure I just misspoke or was inelegant in my phrasing. :-)

  120. 120.

    NotMax

    Stumped; perhaps someone can explain it.

    Saw this bumper sticker the other day:

              I ♥ White Shrimp

  122. 122.

    ThresherK

    US Open Cup (footie) has gone to PKs after being level at 1 each, through 120 minutes.

    At 119 minutes, Philadelphia substituted in their “PK-saving specialist” goalie. I didn’t know this was a thing!

    And this goalie is wearing #55, which I’ve never seen on a footballer, let alone a goalie.

  123. 123.

    a hip hop artist from Idaho (fka Bella Q)

    @WaterGirl:

    The former reserve deputy involved in the shooting, Robert Bates, was charged with second-degree manslaughter.

    Harris was killed when he fled after allegedly trying to sell a gun illegally to an undercover officer. Bates tried to help officers subdue Harris.

    Same link. I can’t recall where the sheriff’s buddy/big department donor’s case is in the legal process, but he was indicted.

  127. 127.

    ThresherK

    And Sporting KC win 7-6 on penalties, in 8 frames. Lots of good kicks taken, surprisingly also after the mandatory first five.

  132. 132.

    Bitter Scribe

    @sharl: Seriously? They just chose a guy at random to comment on Snowden? Their producers apparently aren’t any smarter than their anchors.

  134. 134.

    JPL

    @Bitter Scribe: I’d prefer to give her a benefit of a doubt. She is young and the Edward Scissorhands comments were over her head. Rather than ask, she just ignored the comments.

  138. 138.

    Zippity

    @Iowa Old Lady: I found evidence of mice in my trunk this spring. Caught one in a live trap, but then it kept getting sprung without anything in it. I thought that one must have gotten in when I forgot to shut the trunk one night, and had babies. Was going to break down and buy a real trap, when the clerk at the hardware store suggested a plastic flat trap. It worked great, and I kept catching one at a time, for about 6 nights in a row. Finally decided it might be the same mouse, and put it in a cage that I had-to test out my theory. Never caught another one.

  139. 139.

    Lavocat

    EPIC FAIL! This is why I never watch so-called “news” on ANY TV channel.

    These bobbleheads just talk past one another and ignore what is not in the script.

    And John Hendren just proved this in marvelous fashion.

  142. 142.

    Applejinx

    @efgoldman: Nobody on the Bernie side is going to stay home or run as third party. Leave that to Trump. Bernie originally got into the thing solely to move the Overton Window and sway Hillary.

    I will never give Hillary or the Democrats a dime at this point. We’re going for broke and we’re not done and Bernie will be perfectly fine as a President. But in the event that wall street money and establishment politics still controls our world, Right to Rise is also correct, and we end up seeing Clinton Vs Bush, I’ll throw up in my mouth a little and then go do my duty.

    Is it so hard to believe that we need a hell of a lot better than that? But WE are not psycho teabagger purity trolls.

    Me saying I won’t give Clinton a dime is not being a purity troll, either. She is proud of all the banker money she’s taking and is the mirror image of RtR, with that ‘it’s all about the Benjamins!’ argument. If that’s true we’re fucked, but we’re fucked-er with that AND Republicans fresh from driving Boehner out.

    I don’t think it’s a good time for well-trodden establishment Village answers, but there’s a system and Bernie’s got over a million donors already BECAUSE we’re working within that system, not blowing it up. Again, let the teabaggers blow up their system. If we do get Bush vs Clinton, Hillary will wipe out Jeb, and then we will immediately have to deal with another Republican Lite in the Oval Office. That’s all we freakin’ need o_O

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    sharl

    Just to wrap up (maybe?) how @fart ended up on TV. From New York Magazine:

    On Wednesday afternoon, HLN anchor Yasmin Vossoughian wanted to provide some in-depth analysis of Snowden’s recent decision to create a Twitter account. Earlier in the day, former New York governor and nominal GOP presidential candidate George Pataki tweeted:

    @Twitter is a great American company that should not give a platform to terrorists or traitors – @Jack shutdown @Snowden today.
    — George E. Pataki (@GovernorPataki) September 29, 2015

    To test the governor’s argument, Vossoughian decided to run it by prominent Twitter user John Hendren. Unfortunately, her staff did not book John Hendren (@johnhendren), the Al Jazeera journalist, but rather Jon Hendren (@fart), comedian and troll.

    That actually sounds plausible – one missed letter in a name can certainly screw things up in this modern digital age.

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