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  1. 1.

    Emma

    All I can say is, if the Orange Dough Boy had more self-control, this administration would be really dangerous.

  2. 2.

    The Very Reverend Crimson Fire of Compassion

    Okay, I’m not too proud to admit that I kind of needed the reminder.

  4. 4.

    sukabi

    Rooting for post-it notes and p0rn queens…

    Seems like Drumpf isn’t quite making America great.

  5. 5.

    Elizabelle

    I don’t like the Hoarse Whisperer daring Trump to act even more recklessly. I think the HW can put a sock in it.

  7. 7.

    Achrachno

    I continue to be concerned that he’ll lash out at Iran, N Korea or somewhere as the walls close in around him. He’s increasingly surrounded by a team of belligerent idiots who might egg him on in that. We may end up missing Tillerson, for example.

  8. 8.

    ? ?? Goku (aka Amerikan Baka) ? ?

    Well, Trump didn’t have access to nuclear weapons or was in command of hundreds of thousands of troops that cheer whenever he says horrific shit back then. I’m still worried that the power will go to his head and he’ll do something we’ll all regret.

  9. 9.

    feebog

    I think the difference is that in the past, Trumpov was a fairly minor real estate developer in New York with a reputation of running off at the mouth. Now he is in a position to do real damage to this country and even to the world. But in the final analysis he is a coward, always has been. My fear is that he is becoming increasingly unhinged and will almost surely trigger a constitutional crisis. What will the American public do in that case? And what will the Republican Party do in that case?

  11. 11.

    RSA

    “The McCabe Memos are the new Pentagon Papers.”

    The Pentagon Papers didn’t become the Pentagon Papers until they were published, right? Here’s hoping.

  12. 12.

    AnneWith

    I like to follow the Balloon Juice howling jackals on Twitter whenever possible. If you’re on Twitter & want to, please post your Twitter handle. I’m @indigoace

  13. 13.

    Ruckus

    @sukabi:
    The only way drumpf makes anything great, and even then only by comparison, is by leaving the room, the building…..
    Everything is better when you can’t see him, hear him, or have anything to do with him. A stroke would be the best accomplishment of his life. Hell that would make the entire world better.

  14. 14.

    mad citizen

    @feebog: Good points about Trumpov’s past, but the flipside, as we’re seeing, is that as President everything he does is in blinding light–even more so because of his narcissism and incessent need to tweet and be the center of our world. And of course the other part of the flipside is all of us, and all of the opposition, and any resonable or patriotic Republicans who choose to put country above party. We’ll see. Meanwhile, the common nightmare we’re all in continues…

  15. 15.

    The Very Reverend Crimson Fire of Compassion

    @zhena gogolia: I know. But in these moments in which it becomes so painfully clear that the Republic is in grave peril, hope is more than an indulgence.

  16. 16.

    ?BillinGlendaleCA

    All his life, Trump has tried to threaten or overpower opponents.

    When that doesn’t work, he tries to slander them.

    When that doesn’t work, he’s largely out of bullets. he declares bankruptcy.

  19. 19.

    mad citizen

    I saw a story on mental illness this morning (CBS Sunday Morning), Glenn Close and the online community for the issue, and I was thinking, what is the “American community”? Is it Facebook?

    Anyway, later today I got to this thought: Democrats should start inserting “America” and “American rule of law” and “American values” every time they talk. Take back the word. When asked, make it plain that they are the party of our nation. The other party, and certainly their leader, are not. Just a thought for a Sunday night.

  21. 21.

    Mnemosyne

    Small but amusing: I picked out new glasses this weekend, including a special pair that will be computer/reading glasses. I was trying to find a photo of the frames online to show a friend and it turns out that it’s called “Bookcase.” That’s a seriously appropriate pick right there. ?

    I ended up asking for computer/reading only progressives because only my reading prescription has been changing, not my distance vision, and I already miss plenty of steps wearing my normal glasses. I don’t need any help from progressives.

  24. 24.

    Doug G

    @AnneWith: Since I know you’re all dying to know what I find Tweet-worthy, I am @douglas_gardner – follow me, and I’ll follow you back! (OK, really, I will just follow you, and you can ignore me; that’s the safe play :)

  25. 25.

    Major Major Major Major

    Open thread?

    Filled in the last detail on the plot at the end of my novel today. So it’ll just be ten more days or so until I have the beta draft ready. Yay! Then I finished Witcher 3… onto the DLC!

  28. 28.

    Omnes Omnibus

    I think I may have a Netflix problem. I joined about two weeks ago and have watched both seasons of The Crown, all four seasons of Peaky Fucking Blinders, The first season of the The Medicis, and some episodes of Fawlty Towers. I am now starting the The Fall.

  29. 29.

    NotMax

    FYI.

    U.S. President Donald Trump will unveil a plan Monday to combat the opioid addiction crisis that includes seeking the death penalty for drug dealers and urging Congress to toughen sentencing laws for drug traffickers, White House officials say.
    [snip]
    “The Department of Justice will seek the death penalty against drug traffickers when it’s appropriate under current law,” said Andrew Bremberg, director of Trump’s Domestic Policy Council, in the briefing detailing the plan.

    The White House did not offer any specific examples of when it would be appropriate to seek the death penalty for drug dealers and referred further questions to the Justice Department. Source

  31. 31.

    MisterForkbeard

    @Major Major Major Major: Do Hearts of Stone and then Blood and Wine. They’re both fantastic, but HoS is a self contained questline, and BaW is a sendoff to the entire game.

    HoS is surprisingly amazing, as you get further into it. Some great emotional heft to the story as you get to know the characters involved,.

  32. 32.

    Redshift

    @mad citizen:

    Anyway, later today I got to this thought: Democrats should start inserting “America” and “American rule of law” and “American values” every time they talk. Take back the word.

    Interesting idea. I like it. Since we have limited ability to influence what elected officials do, it also seems like it would be a good thing to do ourselves on social media. Maybe it’ll catch on.

  35. 35.

    Patricia Kayden

    @Elizabelle: I read it more as the HW simply stating facts: Trump is a bully but without any bite. Mueller is not going to be bullied by the likes of Trump. HW’s tweets are encouraging.

  42. 42.

    RedDirtGirl

    I’m new to twitter and already something odd has happened. I haven’t posted much, and have retweeted a bit. I have been blocked by Ragnarok Lobster, and can’t imagine why. I guess there is no way to find out why, right? Maybe I’m not cut out for this forum…

  44. 44.

    SFAW

    I think it would be good humor if, in response to each of Lying Littledick’s “Fake News” (etc.) twits, there were a “designated Yarrow” who replied “Tick tock, motherfucker.”

    And as far as Tweeter handles: I’ve never seen this commenter’s nym/nom before. But, hell, she seems nice, so I think I’ll also post my SSN and bank account numbers, also my mother’s maiden name.

  45. 45.

    MisterForkbeard

    @NotMax: Please tell me that’s a joke.”We’re going to kill drug dealers except we haven’t determined when… and we aren’t going to do any treatment of current addicts.”

  50. 50.

    Gin & Tonic

    Open thread? Here’s something completely incredible. Guy welds a 0.009″ wire to the threads of a #6 screw. He’s also apparently welded wire onto the edge of a razor blade. As he puts it “you just have to be really steady.” No shit.

  52. 52.

    Mnemosyne

    @SiubhanDuinne:

    I got the tortoiseshell. If they’d had the purple, I might have gotten those since I am the Violet Lady (long story, I wear purple a lot), but the tortie ones have a cute splash of lavender on the corner.

  55. 55.

    RedDirtGirl

    @Omnes Omnibus: I avoided Netflix for years. I liked my local video store. One week after I signed up for Netflix, the store closed. Coincidence? I don’t think so!

  57. 57.

    Gin & Tonic

    @NotMax:

    seeking the death penalty for drug dealers

    Meaning the CEO of Purdue Pharma, or less-successful drug dealers?

  58. 58.

    NotMax

    @Omnes Omnibus

    Welcome to the Fave New World.

    (As you’re involved with the legal profession, give the Aussie series Rake a try. Think that all four seasons are still available.)

  61. 61.

    Ken

    @MisterForkbeard, @Gin & Tonic: After the pharmacies and physicians get the drugs into the community, often the illegal use is some family member taking pills from Grandma’s medicine cabinet. Is the grandmother the dealer who gets shot?

  70. 70.

    MisterForkbeard

    @Major Major Major Major: No kidding. That would have crushed me. I got the “best” ending, and I love that getting better endings involves treating Ciri as an adult. Good lessons for lots of bros that played the game.

    The important question: Triss, Yennefer, both or neither? ;)

  73. 73.

    MisterForkbeard

    @Ken: Trump will get back to you on that. Key question: Is she white, or otherwise a Trump voter?

  76. 76.

    Sab

    @raven: Last Tango in Halifax is fun. Last Tango in Paris was an actual rape on camera that destroyed the 20 year old actress.

  82. 82.

    AnneWith

    @RedDirtGirl:
    That may be my fault: I got blocked by him last year because I replied to one of his tweets with a whole slew of replies, & I guess he thought I was spamming him. Maybe he blocks followers of people he’s blocked?

    Sorry. :(

    ETA: or as Another Scott said above, you don’t have enough followers, which would also make me feel better because I don’t want it to be my fault.

  84. 84.

    Walker

    @Major Major Major Major:

    My wife is Polish. I got lots of interesting commentary while I was playing the game. She absolutely loved Hearts of Stone. After the Bloody Baron, it is the most Polish plotline of the game. It is a retelling of Twardowski with elements of Wesele.

    Blood and Wine is a solid, but a little more generic.

  85. 85.

    mai naem mobile

    I don’t know if he can do it but i would like to see McCabe sue Orange Monster Fartman for defamation and take him for several million – like whatever he’s grifted off the government. Same goes for Comey, Yates and whoever else he fucked. Asshole.

  88. 88.

    NotMax

    For the “I’m shocked, shocked” folder.

    National Geographic magazine editors wanted to take a close look at the publication’s coverage of race over its 130-year history. Once they did, they discovered that their coverage of race relations was stereotypical and poor.

    National Geographic’s most recent issue includes a letter from Editor in Chief Susan Goldberg that discloses the results of a study conducted by a University of Virginia history professor who examined the magazine’s history of race coverage.

    The professor, John Edwin Mason, found that the magazine “all but ignored people of color who lived in the United States, rarely acknowledging them beyond laborers or domestic works [sic].”
    [snip]
    Each issue of National Geographic this year will be part of a series on racial, ethnic and religious groups and will include coverage of Latinos, Asian Americans, Muslims and Native Americans. Source

  90. 90.

    SFAW

    @Omnes Omnibus:

    WHAT PART OF I THINK I HAVE A PROBLEM DID YOU NOT UNDERSTAND!!!!!!!111!!!!!ELEVEN1!!!!

    Sorry, what? Let me turn up my hearing aid, so I can read you better.

  92. 92.

    MisterForkbeard

    @Major Major Major Major: Agreed. It was Ciri taking responsibility and doing the most good she could do, even if she might have preferred becoming a witches.

    Too bad about the “both” romance. Some of the best scenes in the game are related to your romance, and I’m not ashamed to say that Triss Is Best Girl. Especially since there’s some (very minor) effects of your romance in Blood and Wine.

  95. 95.

    MisterForkbeard

    @Walker: Bloody Baron was fantastic. A really good “shades of gray” fantasy story.

    Similar to but much harder hitting than the previous games’ use of demihumans as both terrorists AND freedom fighters. You can justify either side. The baron is the same sort of thing, and you can see the same dynamic in Hearts of Stone as well. They’re both just… sad.

  96. 96.

    Walker

    @MisterForkbeard:

    The Triss/Yennifer fight is really game vs book. In the game, Yennifer comes off as the petty one while Triss appears to be more mature. In the books it is the exact opposite.

  99. 99.

    NotMax

    @Ken

    Currently scheduled to air on the 25th. Still time to gather ingredients to mix up a Dark ‘n. Stormy.

    2 ounces dark rum
    4 ounces ginger beer

    Mix ingredients together in an old-fashioned glass and serve over ice.

  100. 100.

    feathers

    @RedDirtGirl: There are blocking lists that people share. So if someone else who uses the shared block list blocked you, now everyone on the list does.

    The only time I every got blocked was with an old handle. I mixed up two politicians. Don’t remember who, but it was a Cory Booker/Cory Gardner kind of situation. If I’m skimming twitter, I can go all -why the fuck would he do something that asstastic?!?- and then realize it is Cory Gardner.

  101. 101.

    raven

    @Omnes Omnibus: I’m sorta running out of gas on it. Sneaky Pete too. No one has seconded Happy Valley but it is really good. James Norton, the Vicar in Grantchester plays a great psycho and Sarah Lancashire is stunning as the police officer.

  102. 102.

    Walker

    @MisterForkbeard:

    When the game came out, there were lots of articles in Polish press about how the Baron plotline was really a study of a common type of Polish family dynamics.

  105. 105.

    AnneWith

    @Mike J:

    Cool!

    SFAW: Yeah, I mostly lurk here. I’ve been reading Balloon Juice since September 2008, and I remember the laughing helicopters & John nearly killing himself while mopping naked.

    Don’t really want your mother’s maiden name or any SSN, though.

  110. 110.

    NotMax

    @raven

    Here’s a second for Happy Valley.

    Although one can entirely forget that it is physically possible for people to smile if viewing episodes back-to-back.

  111. 111.

    Barbara

    @Ken: In all seriousness, sometimes grandma is actually selling the pills to make her SS go a little further.

  112. 112.

    Omnes Omnibus

    @raven: I watched 2-3 episodes a night. Had to limit it to that so I could get some sleep and go to work in the mornings. A friend gave me a list of things I should watch. Happy Valley and most of what people here are recommending are on it.

  116. 116.

    MisterForkbeard

    @Walker: I haven’t read the last one, but it’s clear in at least some of the books that Yennefer just treats Triss like shit.But the books ARE totally clear that Triss was a side thing while Yennefer and Gerald were on a break.

    In game, I just loved Triss’ character, especially when it was clear that she felt like she’d taken advantage of Geralt and thought she didn’t deserve him. But Yen is still the default romance, so achieving that romance with Triss really felt like you’d earned it. And even she couldn’t really believe hwlow it turned out.

  120. 120.

    sacrablue

    @raven: I loved Happy Valley, but had to “rewind” it multiple times in order to understand what they were saying. I lived in England for five years but for some reason all of the actors seemed to mumble their lines. Apparently, Tracy Ullman did a skit on the same theme.

  123. 123.

    Omnes Omnibus

    @raven: One must be patriotic.

    ETA: I also paid attention to the D-III tourney when my alma mater made it to the final four. Not bad for a school of 1500.

  128. 128.

    Mary G

    Just finished reading Olivia Nuzzi’s long read about Hope Hicks in NY Mag. Good gossip. In the category of duh!, John Kelly is a major misogynist:

    But just as Kelly didn’t understand Jared and Ivanka, he also didn’t understand Hicks, and he sometimes blamed her for habits Trump had been forming for 71 years. “He was extraordinarily dismissive of her. He would refer to her as ‘the high-schooler,’ he would joke about how she was inexperienced, she was in over her head, she was immature,” a former senior White House official told me. “He doesn’t like a woman that potentially has some position of power over him. He thinks women should be subservient to him. If you look at his relationship with Ivanka or Hope — women who aren’t subservient to him — he has problems with those people.”

    The White House is a snake pit. Also duh, but it fazes me how open they are about it.

  129. 129.

    AnneWith

    @raven:
    Yes. I only care when Arkansas or Illinois is in it, so I don’t really miss those posts. (I also hate Kentucky because sometime last century the Kentucky fans were horrible at an Arkansas-Kansas game & apparently I still hold a grudge.)

    The front-pager I miss the most is Dengre. I follow him on Twitter, but it’s not the same–he wrote such good, detailed posts.

  130. 130.

    Mr Stagger Lee

    @Omnes Omnibus: Watch Stranger Things, both seasons, if you are not creeped out on Kevin Spacey, first two seasons of House of Cards are good, I liked El Chapo myself.

  131. 131.

    Omnes Omnibus

    @raven: I am that way about the Six Nations Rugby Tournament. I root for France, but I don’t care all that deeply. I just like the opportunity to see good rugby.

  132. 132.

    Amir Khalid

    Casting about for another song to learn after BTR. Looking hard at Fucking Up. As a newbie guitarist, I find Neil Young’s rock guitar style with Crazy Horse very accessible.

  133. 133.

    coin operated

    @NotMax: Goslings rum and ginger beer. Anything else is a cheap imitation.

    Oh, and it’s the best damn hangover cure on the planet. Or so I’ve been told…

  135. 135.

    NotMax

    @Omnes Omnibus

    While it may not be everyone’s cuppa whatever, a shout-out for the French series The Returned. Not much into binge watching but that was an exception.

    On the somewhat lighter side, Mexican series Club de Cuervos. Standard disclaimer on that though is to not presume the early scenes in the first episode reflect what the series will be or look like.

  137. 137.

    Ruckus

    @Gin & Tonic:
    Once upon a time I could weld thin wall titanium tubing respectably but a wire on the threads of a screw? Why in the hell would anyone want to do that?

  144. 144.

    patrick ii

    I enjoyed “Shetland” on netflix. It’s a police detective show set on the shetland islands nw of scotland.

  145. 145.

    SFAW

    @Omnes Omnibus:

    I won’t watch House of Cards because I doubt it can match the original.

    Ian was pretty good in that. Kind of made your skin crawl. (Which is interesting for a non-horror thing.)

  146. 146.

    Mr Stagger Lee

    @Omnes Omnibus: You’re right about HoC, I liked Spacey but the British version was far superior. If you don’t mind foreign language shows, Fauda(Israel) Mossad 101(Israel) Marginal(Argentina) Gammorah(Italy) on my recommend list. Watching Altered Carbon for now, a bit strange but I like it.

  147. 147.

    Ruckus

    @sukabi:
    I’ve posted here before that I don’t have a sense of smell. Apparently that has affected my ability to sense sarcasm or to make it clear that I was adding to your comment because I was and am pretty sure how you feel about his non majesty, the prince of shit, the king of assholes…….

  148. 148.

    Steve in the ATL

    @Sab:

    I like Omnes

    You forgot the sarcasm tag

    @Omnes Omnibus:

    I think I may have a Netflix problem

    Do you have amazon prime as well? This could get ugly.

    @raven:

    Fuck it, go Retrievers!

    Hell yes! You’d think the posters here would be pro-dogs of any kind.

  151. 151.

    NotMax

    @Omnes Omnibus

    As a respite from grim and gritty (and for bone dry Brit-type humor), another Aussie series, Dreamland. Not to be confused with the movie of the same name which is also on Netflix.

  170. 170.

    AnneWith

    @Washburn:

    This tweet has also been circulating:

    Please help circulate: while it is a kind gesture, there is no “gofundme” or other crowdfunding account for Andrew McCabe. Because of the outpouring of support, we are exploring potential options for a legal defense fund. More to come.

    Tweet from Melissa Schwartz

  172. 172.

    Steeplejack

    Oof. Bad programming. Caribbean Life on HGTV is running an episode on Puerto Rico. “Yes, gringos from Fort Myers, please come buy an expensive place down here and join us in the hellscape that will follow the hurricane next summer.”

  175. 175.

    Gin & Tonic

    @Sab: “Marlon said to me: ‘Maria, don’t worry, it’s just a movie,’ but during the scene, even though what Marlon was doing wasn’t real, I was crying real tears.”

    From a 2007 interview.

  181. 181.

    patrick ii

    @Omnes Omnibus:

    Her creation, Perez, is a Fair Isle man whose unlikely surname speaks of the ancestry she conjured for him. More than 100 ships have been wrecked off this tiny island, including, in 1588, a remnant of the storm-scattered Spanish Armada, El Gran Grifón (the wreck was discovered in 1970). Some survivors are said to have spent many weeks on the island: is it so unlikely that one or two stayed, perhaps falling for a local girl? Cleeves thought not.

  182. 182.

    George

    @mad citizen: I agree. We need to own the words “America” and “American values” again. The more we paint ourselves as the true Americans–and I believe we are–and the more we paint the rightwing/GOP as the unAmerican or anti-American others, the better off we will be. We should not cede our national identity to the GOP.

  186. 186.

    NotMax

    @BillinGlendaleCA

    Occurred to me me you might appreciate WW1’s Frontline Cameraman, a documentary on the first war cinematographer, Geoffrey Malins, during the war years. He filmed footage in the trenches and also on the battlefield of the Somme (that footage shown in theaters while the war was ongoing). Available on Amazon Prime. As a documentary, just so-so, however there is a goodly amount of his actual film work included.

  189. 189.

    VOR

    @Steve in the ATL: Second for Comrade Detective, just the right level of subversion. I recommend the Wallander series with Kenneth Branaugh. Also Bosch on Amazon, about to come out with a new season in April, IIRC.

  190. 190.

    Amir Khalid

    @Steve in the ATL:
    Really? I’ve had a look at the Official Video, Neil’s Rock Hall induction show, and a few other live performances on YouTube. He doesn’t use a capo on that song. I’ll try it without first and see, ob es geht oder nicht.

  191. 191.

    BruceFromOhio

    He’s a coward. Remember that.

    Fat lot of good that does when this ‘coward’ and the criminally corrupt Congress enabling his rampant idiocy are vertically fornicating my country on a daily basis. I don’t give a rats’ fucking ass what he is, or what he fucking says, it’s what he does that boils my blood as it freezes my soul.

  192. 192.

    Sab

    @Sab: I loved that movie, but
    when I discovered what they did to the actress I was appalled.I could never watch it again. Gag!

  194. 194.

    NotMax

    @VOR

    Original Swedish Wallander series far superior, IMHO.

    Don’t believe the first season is available on Netflix in the U.S. anymore. Who knows, though, maybe it will return later.

  195. 195.

    jonas

    People keep forgetting: Trump’s tweets aren’t meant to sway or intimidate Mueller, the FBI, the DOJ, or Stormy, or anyone except the dead-eyed Fox viewers in their MAGA hats and government-funded Hoverrounds. If he can keep them in line, their outraged phone calls and faxes keep legislators in line and then when Mueller eventually lowers the boom (or Trump tries to fire him), the entire GOP can just call it Fake News and declare that it’s time to move on.

  197. 197.

    Omnes Omnibus

    @BruceFromOhio: Okay. That’s all a given. Until November and/or Muellermas, not much can happen except to organize for November. And reminding people of the fact that Trump is a coward may be what someone here needs to stay motivated. But I get all your feels.

  198. 198.

    Steeplejack

    @Omnes Omnibus:

    Jimmy Perez on Shetland: I vaguely remember a throwaway line in the first series about a Spaniard in the works somewhere in the family tree—shipwrecked sailor or something like that.

  202. 202.

    Steve in the ATL

    @Sab: I’m actually a lot of fun IRL and my comment to you about Omnes was clearly in jest, as Omnes is one of my B-J buddies. Hell, he may even be a real person!

  203. 203.

    Omnes Omnibus

    @debbie: Yeah, the whole approach was weird. McCabe would distribute the money to deserving charities? It screamed bullshit to me.

  209. 209.

    GregB

    Has anyone seen the reports the the wife of top Trump aide Dan Scavino has filed for divorce? Seems like a trend here.

  214. 214.

    Washburn

    @Omnes Omnibus:

    Not my decision to make.

    Anyway – McCabe’s team announced that they are going to do a legal defense fund – so donations can go there.

    Let’s make McCabe rich!

  215. 215.

    Washburn

    @Omnes Omnibus:

    Yeah, it is just so difficult in this day and age to be a suspicious little prick about everything.

    Good to see that you really put in the effort.

  217. 217.

    Omnes Omnibus

    @Washburn: It really required little effort. I am sentient. As are most commenters here*

    *I can’t speak for Steve in the ATL.

  218. 218.

    feathers

    @Omnes Omnibus: Watched the first season and it was fun, but it didn’t have the depth of the original. Realized what was wrong when I read a review that pointed out that the original novel was written about the Tories at the height of Margaret Thatcher’s power, about the power struggle after Thatcher’s resignation. How close was it to current events? Thatcher resigned while the show was on the air. Therefore, to match the BBC’s daring, Netflix would have needed to portray a thinly disguise Ted Cruz or equivalent. Or maybe a Mitch McConnell, campaigning in the name of the base, and screwing them over on Capitol Hill. Obama would have to be an offscreen character, shown through news footage. Spacey as a fantasy Southern Democrat doesn’t cut it. Not tied closely enough to the actual compromises and betrayals involved in Republican DoNothing Politics. That would have been something.

    However, I might watch the upcoming Robin Wright season.

  232. 232.

    Gin & Tonic

    @Sab: You said she *was* raped. She says she wasn’t. Words actually have meaning. She was treated poorly during the filming, but she was not raped.

  237. 237.

    BruceFromOhio

    @Omnes Omnibus: Thanks, and thankfully FYWP ate my acid-laden response. I have to remember to be friendly to friendly folk, and save my piss & vinegar for the opposition. Deep breath, neck rolls, calm thoughts of blue skies and Democratic majorities.

  238. 238.

    Sab

    @Sab: Plus he is completely and utterly on the wrong side of the an historian a historian divide , which is important for the future of the English language.

  240. 240.

    SgrAstar

    @Omnes Omnibus: Perez is a descendant of shipwrecked sailors from the fabled Spanish Armada, or so the books say. I’m still trying to figure out how boats from the Armada ended up on Lewis, though. :)

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    MomSense

    I was walking along a path next to a wetland/stormwater management lake and saw a bunch of alligator warming signs. When I went around the bend some people were pointing at a 12 foot long alligator. He was very low in the water and looked a bit like a log until you looked closely. I had already walked past him and didn’t see him. I was definitely on full alert walking back.

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    Steve in the ATL

    @Sab: I may be and represent management, but I am a yellow dog democrat!

    @Sab: I often say “agree to disagree” but that is a bridge too far! Do you live in an house? Of course not. Reflect on that for an hour and get back to me. Wait a minute…

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    (((CassandraLeo)))

    @Gin & Tonic: Was Steubenville not a rape because a penis wasn’t actually involved in the penetration? GFY. Bertolucci himself admitted Schneider never consented to it. If you’re going to be this legalistic about the definition of “rape”, you should be aware that it isn’t even a fucking legal term, but the Last Tango in Paris scene fits the legal definition of a sexual assault to a tee. Bertolucci’s intention by his own admission was to humiliate her so that she wouldn’t actually be “acting” her response to the sexual assault – in other words, for her to feel as if she had been sexually assaulted. You’re defending the indefensible.

  254. 254.

    (((CassandraLeo)))

    @Gin & Tonic: Was Steubenville not a rape because a pen!$ wasn’t actually involved in the penetration? GFY. Bertolucci himself admitted Schneider never consented to it. If you’re going to be this legalistic about the definition of “rape”, you should be aware that it isn’t even a fucking legal term, but the Last Tango in Paris scene fits the legal definition of a sexual assault to a tee. Bertolucci’s intention by his own admission was to humiliate her so that she wouldn’t actually be “acting” her response to the sexual assault – in other words, for her to feel as if she had been sexually assaulted. You’re defending the indefensible.

    And for the record, here’s Wikipedia’s definition of rape (emphasis added):

    Rape is a type of sexual assault usually involving sexual intercourse or other forms of sexual penetration carried out against a person without that person’s consent. The act may be carried out by physical force, coercion, abuse of authority, or against a person who is incapable of giving valid consent, such as one who is unconscious, incapacitated, has an intellectual disability or is below the legal age of consent.[1][2][3]

    You’re wrong, and you’re an asshole. Congratulations.

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    grandpa john

    @mad citizen:

    and any resonable or patriotic Republicans who choose to put country above party.

    I’m afraid you are looking for an extinct species

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    Steve in the ATL

    @Mnemosyne:

    @Omnes Omnibus:

    I don’t like it when trolls who got run off come back under a new name to continue trolling. YMMV.

    Shots fired—suck on that, Omnes fka Bob in Portland/Trentrunner/shomi!

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    NotMax

    @MomSense

    a bunch of alligator warming signs

    That there’s some serious wildlife comfort indulgence. Were they solar powered?

    :)

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    polyorchnid octopunch

    @Amir Khalid: If you like that kind of thing, check out Like A Hurricane, Down by the River, Tonight’s the Night, and Cortez the Killer. All great examples of profundity in simplicity.

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