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As much fun as it is to make fun of Spicer and Kellyanne Conway, the media is so focused on calling them and Trump out for lying about something so petty and stupid as the size of the inauguration crowd, that they aren't adequately discussing Trump's ongoing financial conflicts of interest, pushing ...

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I'm helping the third grader with a Black History month project. She has to write (fill out) a 6 page biography of 20s blues singer Bessie Smith. The project requires she draw a picture of the subject for all six pages. There are not that many pictures available of this particular early 20th centur...

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Pulisic signs new contract to stay at Dortmund through 2020. This pleases me, because I really, really, really didn't want to see him in Liverpool red. Agreed. Plus I always fear a young American moving to a huge club, (or make a huge jump in leagues). Seen that backfire miserably too many times. H...

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Trump probably isn't even anti-abortion. He's anti-abortion enough to win the support of Republican voters. I absolutely guarantee that he's paid for a few abortions in his time. And prior to Roe v. Wade, threw a bunch of women down the stairs, or paid someone to punch them in the stomach. (because...

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When you go to a Tibet protest all the signs say FREE TIBET, TIBETANS against CHINA. There are no "FEMINISTS FOR TIBET" signs there. Stay on topic leave your other agendas for those protests. This leads me to think that you're not really clear on what was being protested on Saturday. That...

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When you go to a Tibet protest all the signs say FREE TIBET, TIBETANS against CHINA. There are no "FEMINISTS FOR TIBET" signs there. Stay on topic leave your other agendas for those protests. This leads me to think that you're not really clear on what was being protested on Saturday. Righ...

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Actually, this chart wasn't needed back then. Everyone accepted the fact. I'm late to the party, but I wanted to agree with the Moderator tone. Insults do nothing but entrench opposing beliefs and kind of makes the point against Liberals. While I think a lot of the anger and hate thrown at Obama wa...

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Last night my son saw my screen as I was reading an article about ethics violations filed against Trump. He said he was afraid Pence would be worse than Trump, because Pence wants to kill gay people. Man, did I think that was going to be a long, complicated conversation. I knew he had a grasp of wha...

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I saw a video yesterday, and can't find it now. It was a series of clips of Kellyanne Conway, before she worked for Trump, demanding to see his taxes, calling him out for his immature outbursts, scamming people out of millions with his fake university. Found them. Amazing. https://mediamatters.org/...

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I saw a video yesterday, and can't find it now. It was a series of clips of Kellyanne Conway, before she worked for Trump, demanding to see his taxes, calling him out for his immature outbursts, scamming people out of millions with his fake university.

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bfj wrote:
But the rest of the Arab world could give a fuck about Palestinians.

Is that a Sunni/Shia thing?

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Nice, bfj. As long as we're bragging about our offspring, I'll note that I'm constantly amazed at my daughter. She was quietly tapping on here laptop for a long time one night over the holiday break. I asked her if she was chatting with friends. She said no, but since she had some free time, she de...

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Wait ... what? Kids film "shows" for their friends to watch? Something like that. This friend started off with recording while playing games with his cousin. Recording the iPad screen, that is, and narrating the game action. Not sure where it has gone from there. It's a private channel, s...

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He is teeing up a war with China. Calling Taiwan and sabre-rattling about the man-made islands in the Pacific. Throw in the tough talk on trade. Kind of being redundant to what I posted earlier, but this is also one of the main reasons why he is lining up with Putin and Russia. It's an extremely da...

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So Trump is going to build up the Military (bigly!), but doesn't want to play "World's Policeman"? Why the fuck do we need to build up the military then? For his Triumph of The Will style parades? Because he needs to swing his giant military dick around, like Hitler, Mussolini, Stalin, th...

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Al Qaeda attacked us, with The Taliban's support, so we attacked back. Are you saying the Taliban had some involvement in the 9/11 attacks? I've never heard that claimed before. The Taliban controlled the Afghan government, and they provided safe haven for Al Qaeda. Maybe we're splitting hairs here...

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The Keepin' It 1600 guys from The Ringer started a new media company called Crooked Media and have a new podcast called Pod Save America . The 5th podcast in on their new platform and Barack Obama is their guest. It's a cute walk down memory lane, but eh. It's on the eve of the inauguration, so it'...

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rass wrote:pad Thai

Give this man a gold star

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I thought the right wanted to support Israel at every turn? Israel, yes. American Jews, not so much. American Christian supremacists generally back Israel because it has a super right-wing government and is viewed as superior to Palestinian Muslims. On the flip side, hard core Zionists have given T...

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Worst Chinese clickbait ever?

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sancarlos wrote:
Shirley wrote: Al Qaeda attacked us, with The Taliban's support, so we attacked back.
Are you saying the Taliban had some involvement in the 9/11 attacks? I've never heard that claimed before.

The Taliban controlled the Afghan government, and they provided safe haven for Al Qaeda.

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This ad played while I waited to watch a video. It says a lot when I ignore the skip ad button, and watch the whole ad.

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Jerloma wrote:
They definitively prove evolution is fake
They should probably submit that for peer review. A lot of biologists might be interested in such a discovery.

They did. Ken Hamm and Pat Robertson agreed.

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If -- and it's a dream -- Trump can actually down-size American military commitments overseas, this might stick for a long time. Time enough for a future government that is genuinely progressive -- another dream -- to utilize the savings to do good things in this country. Trump is constantly talkin...

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the most terrifying thing about DeVos was that she prepared for the craziness/conflict of interest questions while disregarding any basic familiarity with what the fuck the US Dept of Education actually does I am feeling more and more strongly about education recently, even though I have no kids (a...

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Might the Republican establishment get tired of Trump's antics and look for an opportunity to impeach him and make Pence the president? I know we've discussed this issue hereabouts in the past, but it surprised me to see it stated aloud by a somewhat prominent Republican. Northwestern University La...

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Not sure where to put this one. Tucker Carlson attempts to interview some chucklehead with a website claiming to pay people to protest Trump's inauguration. Apparently the guy got coverage from several sources, but Tucker is too smart!

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It would be nice if others paid their fair share, and I also don't want the U.S. to have to be the world's policeman. But, those are certainly not acceptable justifications to abandon NATO. Yeah, totally agree. Let's stop nation building, which inevitably leads to creating, training, arming and fun...

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bfj wrote:
Sabo wrote:
bfj wrote:I've found my spirit animal
Are reptiles kosher?
No. Amphibians aren't kosher either.

Huh, I didn't know that. More likely I learned that and forgot it. Frog legs and alligator poppers, two more reasons I am unclean.

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As currently constituted, Trump says, NATO is ill-suited to combating international terrorism, which is for him the world’s “single biggest threat”. He especially objects to the US footing so much of the bill, saying that other allies should “pay up or get out”, and refuses to see the US as the “wo...

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Reports that Diego Costa signed a deal with a team in China. Chinese teams have been throwing huge money at superstars. It'll be interesting to see if anyone else follows.

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I liked Monica bu Phoebe is hotter than I remember. But maybe it's because I got older and they stayed the same age? Phoebe's the girl I would've dated or would've been in my group of friends back in college, or hell, have in my life to this day. Rachel? No. Too self-involved. Monica? Maybe in the ...

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In case you missed it, Mr. D, Nugget Nectar is supposed to hit the shelves in Jersey this week. And Bolero Snort dropped 3 new beers this week. I picked up a can of each; a Winter Warmer, Rotatabull #6 (with Azacca, Mandarina and Bavaria hops), and a single hop (Mosaic) IPA with oats and lactose. Th...

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mister d wrote:Solid.

But they are owned by AB-InBev!?!?!

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The Bruce cover band has pulled out. This is now a sub-wedding affair. Things I just learned: they were never playing the main DC party, just a nonpartisan Jersey-centric party that they were booked for 4 years ago. Well that is much less funny, but balances out with seeing their keyboard player lo...

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The FISA court approves 98% of requests and hasn't turned them down for the last 2 years. [/url] I went off on several tirades in my early Swamp years about the FISA warrants. Bush made a huge deal about needing the PATRIOT Act to spy on potential terrorists. I should read the article, but to get a...

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So when I was younger, I don't think I thought Monica was hot but Monica was pretty hot. Legit 1a if not 1. What's up with that? Early Monica or late Monica? I always thought Monica had a beautiful face, but was just too skinny. Jennifer Aniston wearing the little black skirt while working at the c...

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Horrifying. The world is getting crueller every day. Did no one call law enforcement in her town? Digital aged Kitty Genovese. So fucked up. I feel sick just reading this post, no way can I read deeper into this. My initial reaction was to bail after reading Bapo's original post, but I need to be a...

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degen - You need to make a distinction between the news shows that air during the bulk of the day and the shows that are more clearly commentary that run in the evenings. I had CNN on all day during the summer and fall. If you are trying to tell me they were singing the praises of Hillary and Obama...

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