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• Mud, Please pin this link. InvestiGator 6/5/2017 - 10:36 p.m.
• New Lounge Rules....thanks for your input: Mudlizard 11/14/2016 - 11:43 a.m.

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So I just finished binge watching Fargo season 3, Better Call Saul season 3 & Last Kingdom season 1 iPhoneHobbes 6/27/2017 - 11:09 p.m.
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Generational divide separates evangelicals on gay marriage. Jethro 6/27/2017 - 9:38 p.m.
• Do you buy your cornflakes pre-pissed or did you do the honors * 10EC 6/27/2017 - 10:07 p.m.
• I literally LOL!! My wife had to know what was so funny. Never heard that one before. * Inspector Vol 6/27/2017 - 10:13 p.m.
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Trump has made 669 false and misleading claims in 151 days. . . . Top Cat 6/27/2017 - 9:25 p.m.
• And significantly reduced his lifetime average! * Jethro 6/27/2017 - 9:33 p.m.
• But he did not have sex with that woman, Miss Lewinsky... InvestiGator 6/27/2017 - 9:28 p.m.
• The normalization of Trump continues. * Jean Voljean 6/27/2017 - 10:35 p.m.
• He's made those lies look insignificant through volume IMO * Mudlizard 6/27/2017 - 9:55 p.m.
• I still have my insurance. I hate it that you don't. Can you get it thru Actors Guild? :) * Jethro 6/27/2017 - 9:35 p.m.
• I still have the same insurance and doctor I did before. I didn't realize Bill was still POTUS. * Beachmaster 6/27/2017 - 9:47 p.m.
• In three years under ObamaCare, my wife has had three different carriers. * Flea 6/27/2017 - 10:21 p.m.
• I thought you had Government benefits. Am I Wrong? * DurangoGator 6/27/2017 - 10:06 p.m.
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Vote on GOP health care bill postponed! Jethro 6/27/2017 - 8:41 p.m.
• Twice in the same day.... OMG... * 10EC 6/27/2017 - 8:59 p.m.
• It must have been posted by someone I'm blocking cuz I still don't see it. * Jethro 6/27/2017 - 9:30 p.m.
• "McConell has to delay BCRAP vote" :-) * Native 6/27/2017 - 9:42 p.m.
• I had your back... * 10EC 6/27/2017 - 10:01 p.m.
• Oh yeah I see it now doh! * Jethro 6/27/2017 - 10:01 p.m.
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Without an Agenda, Liberals are left with only Trump Derangement Syndrome ... GatorAllan 6/27/2017 - 8:37 p.m.
• Trump has Trump Derangement Syndrome ...we just point it out * Mudlizard 6/27/2017 - 9:56 p.m.
• Talk about derivative, he took a story about Obama and conservatives and switched the names. Jethro 6/27/2017 - 8:43 p.m.
• When you have a coherent argument on the issues let me know. * DurangoGator 6/27/2017 - 8:57 p.m.
• Look up the meaning of the word derivative. * Jethro 6/27/2017 - 9:31 p.m.
• Lame ad hominem is all they got. * Beachmaster 6/27/2017 - 9:37 p.m.
• I was an actuary so there is only one meaning. * DurangoGator 6/27/2017 - 9:36 p.m.
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One societal sickness that we still can't eradicate: Political lies (tax lies for the gullible) .... GatorAllan 6/27/2017 - 8:24 p.m.
• I'd put his brains against yours any day of the week. * Top Cat 6/27/2017 - 9:27 p.m.
• Perceptive argument. InvestiGator 6/27/2017 - 9:44 p.m.
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Project Veritas exposes CNN further: CNN Producer Says Russia Narrative "Mostly bll#badword#" ... GatorAllan 6/27/2017 - 5:40 p.m.
• LMAO. Confirmed liar O'Keefe's latest fabricated BS. His usual heavily edited, deliberately mislead Beachmaster 6/27/2017 - 6:17 p.m.
• Which is why three employees from CNN were fired for making stuff up * DurangoGator 6/27/2017 - 6:24 p.m.
• Did you get the part about the 3 being fired? * Jean Voljean 6/27/2017 - 6:50 p.m.
• And good for CNN. However, both situations expose their bias * DurangoGator 6/27/2017 - 6:53 p.m.
• No, a biased network would have promoted them, see Hannity and Faux News * Dawgspeare 6/27/2017 - 7:12 p.m.
• And if Conservative Americans give one tiny damn about integrity, why is Trump still in office? * Jean Voljean 6/27/2017 - 6:53 p.m.
• RE: And if Conservative Americans give one tiny damn about integrity, why is Trump still in office? Mississippi Vol 6/27/2017 - 7:00 p.m.
• Point being, they were fired yet Trump still has his job. CNN showed that it cares about integrity. Jean Voljean 6/27/2017 - 7:07 p.m.
• If he gets re-elected then you might have a point. Until then he can't be fired by voters. * Inspector Vol 6/27/2017 - 8:34 p.m.
• What does that even mean? What the next step here? He was elected so either DurangoGator 6/27/2017 - 6:55 p.m.
• Forget the "still in office" part. How can anyone who ignores his repeated blatant lies Mudlizard 6/27/2017 - 7:10 p.m.
• Mud, Have I ever ignored his ignorance or lies? I haven't. I have criticized him DurangoGator 6/27/2017 - 7:35 p.m.
• No, you're right. You're pretty objective.. * Mudlizard 6/27/2017 - 7:55 p.m.
• Y'all keep forgetting there is only maybe 2 or 3 solid trump supporters on here. The rest just Inspector Vol 6/27/2017 - 8:41 p.m.
• Here's what doesn't make sense to me: Mudlizard 6/27/2017 - 10:24 p.m.
• Why? Isn't there enough? How many times does it have to said? I know you realize there is very very Inspector Vol 6/27/2017 - 10:38 p.m.
• I have posted over a dozen times here it was a forced choice to me. InvestiGator 6/27/2017 - 9:17 p.m.
• You seem to be on board with Trump though. Mudlizard 6/27/2017 - 9:58 p.m.
• Because my rationale has been confirmed. * InvestiGator 6/27/2017 - 10:08 p.m.
• Meaning what? You've grown to like him more? * Mudlizard 6/27/2017 - 10:14 p.m.
• Seems easy enough to understand, if you want to. * Inspector Vol 6/27/2017 - 10:17 p.m.
• Trying, that's why I asked. * Mudlizard 6/27/2017 - 10:25 p.m.
• Its in the post. * Inspector Vol 6/27/2017 - 10:31 p.m.
• Where does it say he started liking Trump Mudlizard 6/27/2017 - 10:36 p.m.
• Your smart. You understand just as much as you want to. * Inspector Vol 6/27/2017 - 10:39 p.m.
• I'm honestly not smart enough to understand how someone who didn't care for him Mudlizard 6/27/2017 - 10:43 p.m.
• Sheesh, Mud. There were two choices. InvestiGator 6/27/2017 - 10:49 p.m.
• I understand why you voted for him. It's the last sentence that gets me. * Mudlizard 6/27/2017 - 10:51 p.m.
• If Conservative Americans actually thought lying was a bad thing, then Trump has done more than Jean Voljean 6/27/2017 - 7:02 p.m.
• I'm conservative and believe lying is a bad thing. Trump is terrible. Please give DurangoGator 6/27/2017 - 7:31 p.m.
• A. If Trump loses the 35% who he bragged would support him even if he shot someone Jean Voljean 6/27/2017 - 10:26 p.m.
• It's just a tantrum. * Inspector Vol 6/27/2017 - 8:37 p.m.
• Gonna be a 4 year tantrum. * UFNY 6/27/2017 - 10:08 p.m.
• Without CNN being sued and ordered to pay damages. Unlike O'keefe. * Beachmaster 6/27/2017 - 6:52 p.m.
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Did the FBI retaliate against Michael Flynn by launching Russia probe? Inspector Vol 6/27/2017 - 4:00 p.m.
• I already posted my opinions of McCabe here. His conflicts damaged the FBI. InvestiGator 6/27/2017 - 7:12 p.m.
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McConnell has to delay BCRAP vote Native 6/27/2017 - 2:22 p.m.
• Rand Paul think it'll get done in the next 3 weeks and be on the President desk by August 1st * GatorAllan 6/27/2017 - 5:15 p.m.
• He needs time to make threats and twist arms. * Lava Lizard 6/27/2017 - 2:51 p.m.
• And slip in some juicy bribes. * Beachmaster 6/27/2017 - 7:43 p.m.
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Is "Circa" a fake news site? * Inspector Vol 6/27/2017 - 2:12 p.m.
• It's reliable, neither conservative nor liberal. * Lava Lizard 6/27/2017 - 2:54 p.m.
• No idea. I've only read one story from them and it seemed legit. But I don't know their history. * yt 6/27/2017 - 2:13 p.m.
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I just sent in a request for a white house tour for an upcoming trip to DC Mudlizard 6/27/2017 - 2:03 p.m.
• RE: I just sent in a request for a white house tour for an upcoming trip to DC Wize Guy 6/27/2017 - 7:38 p.m.
• Yep. There are far better online videos. * Beachmaster 6/27/2017 - 9:39 p.m.
• I can put in a good word for you....you know, tell 'em who you are and how far left you lean. * humpgator 6/27/2017 - 4:28 p.m.
• Not necessary. I'll be wearing my pink wig and carrying my Resist sign. * Mudlizard 6/27/2017 - 6:20 p.m.
• And one of them Vergina hats * DurangoGator 6/27/2017 - 9:28 p.m.
• If they check your browser history, you are toast * Dawgzilla 6/27/2017 - 2:53 p.m.
• RE: I just sent in a request for a white house tour for an upcoming trip to DC slide 6/27/2017 - 2:08 p.m.
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Trump likes to bash Obama. Obama is being presidential by not engaging Trump.. . . Top Cat 6/27/2017 - 1:58 p.m.
• That's why they call him no drama Obama. * Lava Lizard 6/27/2017 - 2:56 p.m.
• Joe Scarborough says he is Obama-wan Kenobi.... Dawgzilla 6/27/2017 - 3:08 p.m.
• Presidential my ass....Obama is SKEERED of the Trumpster! ;-) * VOLMAN 6/27/2017 - 2:51 p.m.
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Shocking . . . minimum wage laws in Seattle kilt low wage workers . . . Wayne 6/27/2017 - 9:59 a.m.
• WaPo op-ed on what's wrong with the UW study Native 6/27/2017 - 7:20 p.m.
• One of the reasons we need to move to a guaranteed minimum income approach. * Jean Voljean 6/27/2017 - 7:09 p.m.
• With a national health insurance plan. * Beachmaster 6/27/2017 - 7:45 p.m.
• Predicted...ignorance is bliss..they'll just accelerate the demise of entry level jobs. * LAGator 6/27/2017 - 5:24 p.m.
• Well, to be fair, your connception of economic law holds Jethro 6/27/2017 - 4:12 p.m.
• "to be fair"? No. If you were "fair" . . . Wayne 6/27/2017 - 4:26 p.m.
• Yes if I was fair, I'd have an encyclopedic recollection of every post you've ever made. Jethro 6/27/2017 - 7:03 p.m.
• Reminds me of Shaggy...... Inspector Vol 6/27/2017 - 9:07 p.m.
• Berekely.... nuff said... * 10EC 6/27/2017 - 4:21 p.m.
• Good. 3rdWardGator 6/27/2017 - 2:56 p.m.
• Yes, and no. While all reported jobs will be above minimum wage, it doesn't follow that all Mississippi Vol 6/27/2017 - 6:18 p.m.
• Or people will cook at home... * 10EC 6/27/2017 - 3:16 p.m.
• Sure. lol. 3rdWardGator 6/27/2017 - 3:44 p.m.
• Then why not $50 / hr? Get it up to where people can afford their own healthcare. Wayne 6/27/2017 - 2:59 p.m.
• Oh boy, the slippery slope... 3rdWardGator 6/27/2017 - 3:06 p.m.
• I chose a number that would probe whether you think there is any limit to your reasoning. Wayne 6/27/2017 - 3:08 p.m.
• Weird, a study released last week said it hasn't cut jobs Native 6/27/2017 - 2:11 p.m.
• A couple of things . . . Wayne 6/27/2017 - 2:23 p.m.
• Almost as predictable as the laws of gravity. * MichiGator 6/27/2017 - 11:12 a.m.
• Like the laws of physics, you cannot change the laws of economics. UFNY 6/27/2017 - 10:43 a.m.
• Oh...there will always be a negative economic impact 3rdWardGator 6/27/2017 - 3:01 p.m.
• This, as far as it goes, is correct. We agree here. * MichiGator 6/27/2017 - 3:57 p.m.
• I agree with all of that, but I don't see raising the minimum to be harmless. * UFNY 6/27/2017 - 3:29 p.m.
• It's not harmless... 3rdWardGator 6/27/2017 - 3:45 p.m.
• "Necessary" depends on your strategy. UFNY 6/27/2017 - 3:52 p.m.
• LOL! * Lava Lizard 6/27/2017 - 11:35 a.m.
• Well that was substantive. * UFNY 6/27/2017 - 11:58 a.m.
• It's just that economics isn't a science, and there's no laws of economics. * Lava Lizard 6/27/2017 - 2:20 p.m.
• You couldn't post that in the first response (LOL)? * Wayne 6/27/2017 - 3:12 p.m.
• I think we're supposed to be glad and keep walking when that happens. * UFNY 6/27/2017 - 3:30 p.m.
• Correct. * Beachmaster 6/27/2017 - 2:31 p.m.
• Yeah we're gonna disagree on both of those, even at a semantic level. * UFNY 6/27/2017 - 2:28 p.m.
• I have no problem with you disagreeing with me but you'd still be wrong. * Lava Lizard 6/27/2017 - 2:30 p.m.
• I eagerly await your rationale.... UFNY 6/27/2017 - 2:34 p.m.
• In science a hypothesis can be tested through experimentation, and those results... Lava Lizard 6/27/2017 - 2:48 p.m.
• So are we merely arguing the definition of "law" or the extistence of economic predictability? * UFNY 6/27/2017 - 2:50 p.m.
• Be glad and keep walking. ;-) * Mudlizard 6/27/2017 - 2:04 p.m.
• Who can live on $15/hour? They should bump it up to $20 * GatorAllan 6/27/2017 - 10:15 a.m.
• If everyone would stop buying WalMart chit and everything from China, it would make a difference aubie in bham 6/27/2017 - 10:06 a.m.
• Speaking of Wal-Mart, article in the Sunday paper here is Arky about Wal-Mart closing a store k42 6/27/2017 - 3:57 p.m.
• But if not for the Wal-Marks, where would all the bammers get their tshirts and herbicide? * WAR DAMN EAGLE 6/27/2017 - 12:27 p.m.
• And get pictures of their MNC trophy with cutout munchkin. * Wayne 6/27/2017 - 12:28 p.m.
• Ok . . . I agree with you (and spear it appears) but add another level . . . Wayne 6/27/2017 - 11:47 a.m.
• I will not disagree with you on that. Now, the question is, who gets the benefit of the worker's aubie in bham 6/27/2017 - 11:58 a.m.
• I'm of a differing opinion . . . Wayne 6/27/2017 - 12:12 p.m.
• China - we began to teach them how to fish * dudehead 6/27/2017 - 12:31 p.m.
• Federal reserve? * Inspector Vol 6/27/2017 - 12:30 p.m.
• Final link to gold broken . . . Wayne 6/27/2017 - 12:35 p.m.
• who benefits? k42 6/27/2017 - 3:47 p.m.
• Well we did fine on the gold standard for a long time without Wayne 6/27/2017 - 4:04 p.m.
• Did not mean to insult, I agree that the fed helped worsen income inequality Kerwin on iPad 6/27/2017 - 7:11 p.m.
• RE: If everyone would stop buying WalMart chit and everything from China, it would make a difference Hobbes 6/27/2017 - 11:27 a.m.
• I hate to do it.... WAR DAMN EAGLE 6/27/2017 - 12:26 p.m.
• Symptom of wage stagnation - as salaries buy less everything has to get progressively cheaper * Dawgspeare 6/27/2017 - 11:18 a.m.
• no question about it. * aubie in bham 6/27/2017 - 11:39 a.m.
• yeah maybe those on minimum wage can't shop there? I'm not and kinda like them for some stuff * peabody hall 6/27/2017 - 10:47 a.m.
• if politicians would stop taking money under the table for their votes water lizard 6/27/2017 - 10:16 a.m.
• sad for you to believe they are on the take... of course a few are and of course peabody hall 6/27/2017 - 10:52 a.m.
• Basically, Americans are voting against their best interests with the $$$'s. * aubie in bham 6/27/2017 - 11:11 a.m.
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Keep hearing/reading that ACA will die on its own if left alone.. slide 6/27/2017 - 7:46 a.m.
• Unfortunately republicans haven't left it alone, and will continue to sabotage it. * Lava Lizard 6/27/2017 - 9:49 a.m.
• LOL * water lizard 6/27/2017 - 10:21 a.m.
• Educate yourself. Lava Lizard 6/27/2017 - 10:35 a.m.
• That basically says the GOP is "ruining" the ACA by not giving Big Insurance a blank check chemosabe 6/27/2017 - 10:43 a.m.
• ACA, like many laws, had far reaching unintended consequences. Take unlimited lifetime DurangoGator 6/27/2017 - 6:13 p.m.
• So you admit Repubs are intentionally sabotaging the ACA. * Lava Lizard 6/27/2017 - 10:46 a.m.
• Not at all. You are admitting that the ACA is not sustainable chemosabe 6/27/2017 - 10:57 a.m.
• I'm admitting the GOP is sabotaging it. * Lava Lizard 6/27/2017 - 11:33 a.m.
• Not bailing it out is not the same as sabotaging it. * BurrGator 6/27/2017 - 11:34 a.m.
• Yep. By that definition, there's a lot of DC-based stuff that should be sabotaged. * UFNY 6/27/2017 - 1:48 p.m.
• Listen all y'all it's a sabotage.. * slide 6/27/2017 - 2:30 p.m.
• Well done. * Inspector Vol 6/27/2017 - 4:55 p.m.
• If the ACA is simply the means to making individual insurance affordable... Dawgspeare 6/27/2017 - 11:07 a.m.
• The ACA does not address any of the issues in healthcare chemosabe 6/27/2017 - 11:23 a.m.
• Nope - it wasn intended to dramatically reduce the number of uninsured Americans Dawgspeare 6/27/2017 - 11:45 a.m.
• Having insurance that is bad (Medicaid) or too expensive to use (exchange) is not better chemosabe 6/27/2017 - 1:17 p.m.
• So your argument is that the poor and disabled are better off without Medicaid? * Dawgspeare 6/27/2017 - 2:03 p.m.
• In many cases they are, at least adults chemosabe 6/27/2017 - 3:14 p.m.
• Jonathan Gruber - co-author of the study said this Dawgspeare 6/27/2017 - 3:44 p.m.
• So,even the far left TPM admits the Oregon study shows a statistically signifcnt result that there chemosabe 6/27/2017 - 7:08 p.m.
• No, they go to the end point that the expansion eliminated catastrophic health care expenses * Dawgspeare 6/27/2017 - 7:18 p.m.
• This is a good place to question two very left-leaning sources, TMP and Gruber. * UFNY 6/27/2017 - 4:24 p.m.
• Co-author of the study is probably a relevant source to quote about the study * Dawgspeare 6/27/2017 - 4:41 p.m.
• Yet, as you know, the issue is rarely so simple. The concept of providing affordable insurance is MichiGator 6/27/2017 - 11:23 a.m.
• Even people who could afford insurance were Dawgspeare 6/27/2017 - 11:49 a.m.
• The premium hikes may have flattened under the ACA for many, yet the truth is that premiums MichiGator 6/27/2017 - 12:11 p.m.
• The premium hikes only "flatten" if you look at increases as percentages of last years premium chemosabe 6/27/2017 - 1:15 p.m.
• Everyone I know on Obamacare has had massive premium hikes but still not going to the doctor ... GatorAllan 6/27/2017 - 1:02 p.m.
• Anecdotal evidence is pretty useless Dawgspeare 6/27/2017 - 2:00 p.m.
• Or it's the result of the consolidation of insurance providers since the 1960s * Dawgspeare 6/27/2017 - 12:51 p.m.
• And that gets back to my other point: the Democrats are not willing to do what needs to be done to chemosabe 6/27/2017 - 11:31 a.m.
• You're still ignoring the root problem - what makes healthcare so much more expensive here Dawgspeare 6/27/2017 - 12:14 p.m.
• That is easy, but you won't like the answer chemosabe 6/27/2017 - 1:11 p.m.
• All this talk of rationing yet OECD citizens are enthusiastic about their healthcare systems * Dawgspeare 6/27/2017 - 1:57 p.m.
• Dead men tell no tales * chemosabe 6/27/2017 - 3:09 p.m.
• No, but if they're waiting for care they scream their heads off * Dawgspeare 6/27/2017 - 3:24 p.m.
• And if they have any money at all they come to the US chemosabe 6/27/2017 - 7:12 p.m.
• Headline if the ACA is left alone and it fails..........."The Republican ACA Plan Has Failed!" * Inspector Vol 6/27/2017 - 9:34 a.m.
• hey look! Your prediction has already come true! * chemosabe 6/27/2017 - 9:53 a.m.
• It is dependent on insurance corporations getting open ended subsidies chemosabe 6/27/2017 - 8:59 a.m.
• Would like to see catastrophic ins return and keep the no refusal for pre-existing conditions * slide 6/27/2017 - 11:24 a.m.
• Great summary - I'm skeptical that a consolidated bill will be passed in Senate and House ... GatorAllan 6/27/2017 - 9:56 a.m.
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Seattle gets a painful lesson in the inevitable outcome of lib economics.. slide 6/27/2017 - 7:35 a.m.
• LOL! I wouldn't call a university study a painful lesson, but I will say... Lava Lizard 6/27/2017 - 9:47 a.m.
• When offset by pronounced growth in jobs well above minimum the "job-killing" narrative falls apart Dawgspeare 6/27/2017 - 10:03 a.m.
• All that study showed was that larger companies could attract the higher skilled workers ... Lava Lizard 6/27/2017 - 10:28 a.m.
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My favority thing on the internet today - Grover Norquist uses story about his daughter's $35 guitar Native 6/26/2017 - 10:00 p.m.
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Woman names son "Vagina" "Take that gender norms!" Hobbes 6/26/2017 - 9:57 p.m.
• I had lunch at a restaurant called "Vergina" in Naples this weekend. I go there whenever I can. * Mudlizard 6/27/2017 - 7:44 a.m.
• I figured you would eat at the Y. * Hobbes 6/27/2017 - 11:24 a.m.
• Must. Restrain. Comment. :) * GatorJamie 6/27/2017 - 1:20 p.m.
• HEY-O!!.....*on temp license from Bri * slide 6/27/2017 - 7:47 a.m.
• He joins his sister Penisia * UFNY 6/27/2017 - 5:39 a.m.
• Knew a girl named Vajinna Samuelson in jr high..no lie * slide 6/26/2017 - 10:26 p.m.
• Some people have no business being parents * Native 6/26/2017 - 10:01 p.m.
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3 CNN staffers resign re: Trump-Russia fake news retraction.. slide 6/26/2017 - 7:54 p.m.
• Breitbart was one of the first to break that story... yt 6/27/2017 - 12:58 p.m.
• More CNN stuff. Video of supposed CNN producer. Inspector Vol 6/27/2017 - 9:50 a.m.
• Any somewhat educated viewer should have stopped trusting TV news a long time ago. Flea 6/27/2017 - 10:00 a.m.
• Foreign news agencies are a bit better, in my experience... yt 6/27/2017 - 12:53 p.m.
• Of course we (should) know whatever we watch has a perspective slant to it Mudlizard 6/27/2017 - 10:03 a.m.
• I agree, but in this case, CNN helped reinforce Trump's "fake news" label. Flea 6/27/2017 - 10:10 a.m.
• Agreed. Hopefully this is a wake-up call for them and others. * Mudlizard 6/27/2017 - 10:12 a.m.
• Don't hold ur breath...journos come straight out of J school w/ activist intentions now slide 6/27/2017 - 11:32 a.m.
• We have certainly learned not to trust Project Veritas * Mudlizard 6/27/2017 - 9:56 a.m.
• Nice to see accountability. * Mudlizard 6/27/2017 - 9:19 a.m.
• Exactly, no media outlet gets it right 100%, but it's important to set the record straight * Native 6/27/2017 - 2:13 p.m.
• Reminds me of that discussion we had the other day about the media making sure Flea 6/27/2017 - 9:02 a.m.
• Given this video, I don't think they care. BurrGator 6/27/2017 - 9:41 a.m.
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Asylum seekers in Canada who fled Trump now trapped in legal limbo .... GatorAllan 6/26/2017 - 5:39 p.m.
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With CBO set to tell Mitch his plan will cost around 20 million more Americans their health ins Native 6/26/2017 - 1:28 p.m.
• 15 million of those are people who will choose not to take the coverage per the CBO DurangoGator 6/26/2017 - 7:02 p.m.
• CBO says 22 million uninsured mostly being red state republicans. * Lava Lizard 6/26/2017 - 6:15 p.m.
• Trump, GOP, and Fox News will blame Dems and O 3rdWardGator 6/26/2017 - 6:38 p.m.
• Blame whoever u want just incinerate that ACA atrocity w/ a flamethrower.. * slide 6/26/2017 - 7:33 p.m.
• Because thats what leaders do, blame other people for their #badword# ups." Art Of The Deal." * Lava Lizard 6/26/2017 - 6:56 p.m.
• 23 million by 2028, mostly from cuts to Medicaid. Another cut little feature (not a bug) Native 6/26/2017 - 4:39 p.m.
• Considering CBO's track record, why should their estimates be met with anything other than Mississippi Vol 6/26/2017 - 6:19 p.m.
• Actually their Ocare estimates were more or less on the money * Native 6/26/2017 - 8:21 p.m.
• the promise was 'better, cheaper, more people covered, 100 days" * BBG 6/26/2017 - 5:25 p.m.
• So you're suggesting it's the same as the ACA enacted law? * Mississippi Vol 6/26/2017 - 6:14 p.m.
• I'm suggesting Trump lied. * BBG 6/26/2017 - 6:17 p.m.
• As did Obama and the whole of the Democrat Party. * Mississippi Vol 6/26/2017 - 6:21 p.m.
• ahh, so tit for tat? * BBG 6/26/2017 - 6:21 p.m.
• You chose the tune, I'm simply signing along. If you want to discuss specific aspects of the legis- Mississippi Vol 6/26/2017 - 7:17 p.m.
• Does it accomplish what Trump promised it would? * Mudlizard 6/27/2017 - 8:14 a.m.
• Heading on the road, so no hurry, but specifics, please, and I will respond. * Mississippi Vol 6/27/2017 - 8:17 a.m.
• See BBG's post above...(better, cheaper, etc) * Mudlizard 6/27/2017 - 8:28 a.m.
• Hadn't given it a lot of thought, but yes, I do think President Trump has kept his campaign promise Mississippi Vol 6/27/2017 - 5:30 p.m.
• RE: Hadn't given it a lot of thought, but yes, I do think President Trump has kept his campaign prom Mudlizard 6/27/2017 - 6:24 p.m.
• I disagree with your characterization and statement that nothing has happened. The Mississippi Vol 6/27/2017 - 6:53 p.m.
• RE: I disagree with your characterization and statement that nothing has happened. The Mudlizard 6/27/2017 - 7:08 p.m.
• Obama was the sitting President when he made demonstrably false promises about the ACA. * InvestiGator 6/27/2017 - 7:23 p.m.
• Reduces deficit, hopefully lowers premium and deductibles, everyone allowed to purchase * GatorAllan 6/26/2017 - 6:12 p.m.
• I sympathize with their plight. I really do. I don't have any confidence in any of our politicians Inspector Vol 6/26/2017 - 4:03 p.m.
• We have made so much progress. We tried the GOP way and it didn't work and this would only Native 6/26/2017 - 5:17 p.m.
• And if that woman's baby didn't make the rationing cut then what? It will happen you know. * Inspector Vol 6/26/2017 - 6:05 p.m.
• What rationing cut? * Native 6/26/2017 - 9:02 p.m.
• The ones that will come with single payor. Math wins in the end. * Inspector Vol 6/26/2017 - 11:10 p.m.
• Sure it will, it just won't be discussed. * Mississippi Vol 6/26/2017 - 6:11 p.m.
• Obamacare wasn't designed to work; It was designed to fail and Shrillary moves it to Single Payer * GatorAllan 6/26/2017 - 5:44 p.m.
• Maybe she did a better job than the last one from that site. * Inspector Vol 6/26/2017 - 3:46 p.m.
• Meaning, people can "choose" whether or not to buy something - GASP!!! What a concept! * GatorAllan 6/26/2017 - 3:24 p.m.
• IKR? Unthinkable in the present lib-fixated nanny state.. * slide 6/27/2017 - 7:38 a.m.
• sure, if there was something worth buying. There wasn't and there isn't. * BBG 6/26/2017 - 3:35 p.m.
• Your choice to buy nothing, and then pay doctors/hospitals directly - prolly save money * GatorAllan 6/26/2017 - 3:47 p.m.
• Riiight. Good luck in 2018 after taking away health insurace so the rich get a tax cut * Native 6/26/2017 - 3:54 p.m.
• Again - No one is taking away health insurance - I repeat - No one is taking away health insurance * GatorAllan 6/26/2017 - 6:29 p.m.
• yeah, that's a great plan for people * BBG 6/26/2017 - 3:52 p.m.
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Supremes side with church in Missouri case wrt govt. funding for secular programs. MichiGator 6/26/2017 - 11:30 a.m.
• good call... i cheer for the Churches as indeed imho the peabody hall 6/26/2017 - 3:36 p.m.
• Have no problem protecting the Church from the state. * Inspector Vol 6/26/2017 - 3:44 p.m.
• Churches probably shouldn't be tax exempt then. You know, to preserve their independence. * Jethro 6/26/2017 - 3:57 p.m.
• Is the foundation of one's independence the condition of being taxed? Novel interpretation. * Mississippi Vol 6/26/2017 - 5:10 p.m.
• If it will help keep the govt out of it, I am all for it. Lets make all non-profits pay too. * Inspector Vol 6/26/2017 - 4:49 p.m.
• Yeah, they need to walk their talk and quit trying to have it both ways * Native 6/26/2017 - 3:59 p.m.
• Write this down.... I agree with you. * 10EC 6/26/2017 - 4:02 p.m.
• I understand they'll be taking up the case of Christian baker v. gay customer. Will be interesting. * Flea 6/26/2017 - 11:40 a.m.
• What if it were a ghey baker not wanting to bake a cake for a PCA or Southern Baptist wedding? * iPhoneHobbes 6/26/2017 - 8:53 p.m.
• RE: What if it were a ghey baker not wanting to bake a cake for a PCA or Southern Baptist wedding? Flea 6/27/2017 - 9:50 a.m.
• I think the key phrase in the issue is "create expression." memphisdawg 6/26/2017 - 5:00 p.m.
• Can I make a Bama baker bake me a cake that says "Nick Saban eats worms"? * iPhoneHobbes 6/26/2017 - 8:36 p.m.
• RE: I think the key phrase in the issue is "create expression." aubie in bham 6/26/2017 - 5:21 p.m.
• RE: I think the key phrase in the issue is "create expression." iPhoneHobbes 6/26/2017 - 8:51 p.m.
• Very interesting, thanks. * Inspector Vol 6/26/2017 - 5:14 p.m.
• That may be a slippery slope for them to travel. Lava Lizard 6/26/2017 - 1:52 p.m.
• aside from the gay issue I wondern if the court may just say peabody hall 6/26/2017 - 3:45 p.m.
• I'll take their customer they rejected and have $500 to $1000 more. I don't care who it's for. * Lava Lizard 6/26/2017 - 5:53 p.m.
• Wish the court would line up and slap the piss out of both sides and tell them to get over it. * Inspector Vol 6/26/2017 - 2:59 p.m.
• Agree. And, imo, unlike the 2 decisions/rulings issued today, I don't have a feeling how it may go. * MichiGator 6/26/2017 - 11:48 a.m.
• Same here. I think both arguments have merit. * Flea 6/26/2017 - 12:06 p.m.
• I can't understand why the baker should be forced to VOLMAN 6/26/2017 - 3:20 p.m.
• Dawgzilla (I think it was Dawgzilla) solved this one a while ago... yt 6/26/2017 - 4:10 p.m.
• It definitely wasn't me, because I have no opinion on the cake covfefe... Dawgzilla 6/27/2017 - 2:51 p.m.
• Dawgzilla may have posited something similar, but I also made the argument for the memphisdawg 6/26/2017 - 5:04 p.m.
• All you Dawgs look the same * iPhoneHobbes 6/26/2017 - 8:33 p.m.
• no they don't aubie in bham 6/27/2017 - 11:11 a.m.
• I was gonna say, that's WAY too Libertarian for Zilla. * UFNY 6/26/2017 - 6:16 p.m.
• It was you. Not Dawgzilla. All you dawgs look alike. You all make cogent arguments, too, apparently * yt 6/26/2017 - 5:37 p.m.
• You support their constitutional right to refuse service to blacks too right? * Jethro 6/26/2017 - 3:55 p.m.
• I'm pretty sure discrimination based upon race has been addressed. * VOLMAN 6/27/2017 - 8:40 a.m.
• I have wondered about this... 10EC 6/26/2017 - 4:05 p.m.
• Maybe they could just tell them they don't have the groom-groom cake topper Jethro 6/26/2017 - 4:09 p.m.
• Here's one for gun nuts (can also include tats, helmets and logos) Jethro 6/26/2017 - 4:11 p.m.
• I have to wonder if a man with a Spiderman uni under his tux is truly ready to get married. Jethro 6/26/2017 - 4:13 p.m.
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SC0TUS unanimously stays lower appeals court rulings against Trump travel ban, in great measure, MichiGator 6/26/2017 - 11:10 a.m.
• Essentially they kicked the can down the road saying the administration... Lava Lizard 6/26/2017 - 11:36 a.m.
• In one view, yes. However, this effectively tells the US Appeals Courts they overreached when MichiGator 6/26/2017 - 11:39 a.m.
• If they stayed the entire thing I would agree but to me they just took out the offensive parts. Lava Lizard 6/26/2017 - 1:43 p.m.
• They'll have no way of knowing since they don't, and never have, asked about one's religion * slide 6/26/2017 - 2:12 p.m.
• That's not the point, Trump called it a Muslim ban. * Lava Lizard 6/26/2017 - 2:25 p.m.
• You're calling it a Muslim ban....EO and SCOTUS says 'travel ban' slide 6/26/2017 - 3:05 p.m.
• TRUMP called it a Muslim ban, and that shows the court his intent. * Lava Lizard 6/26/2017 - 5:55 p.m.
• I'd like to watch the when the lawyer tells SCOTUS "you see, Trump hates non-white men, therefore... GatorAllan 6/26/2017 - 12:13 p.m.
• Come Fall Trump will likely have one or perhaps two more conservatives on the court...kiss it humpgator 6/26/2017 - 11:31 a.m.
• Admin Deleted GatorAllan 6/26/2017 - 12:15 p.m.
• And the onus is now on the Trump administration to do what it originally stated was its goal MichiGator 6/26/2017 - 11:22 a.m.
• If the law, the President and historical precedent can't control foreign travel, what does? * GatorAllan 6/26/2017 - 11:18 a.m.
• Admin Deleted 3rdWardGator 6/26/2017 - 2:08 p.m.
• Political ideologies that stand to gain from borderless chaos? * slide 6/26/2017 - 11:42 a.m.
• You can't forbid foreign travel based on religion. Ores Pee Pee called it a Muslim ban. * Lava Lizard 6/26/2017 - 11:38 a.m.
• Which was later "clarified". Ergo, the ban is now legal with the exceptions noted. and that MichiGator 6/26/2017 - 11:45 a.m.
• And I don't see that as a problem, however Trump called it a Muslim ban but... Lava Lizard 6/26/2017 - 1:23 p.m.
• I don't see the problem, given that the "ban" is temporary and applies to origin & all religions. MichiGator 6/26/2017 - 3:19 p.m.
• I see it that way as well. * Lava Lizard 6/26/2017 - 5:56 p.m.
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So, Pride is now politicized by fringe activists aubie in bham 6/26/2017 - 10:59 a.m.
• Imagine my experience as a law student new to SF... GatorJamie 6/27/2017 - 3:31 p.m.
• you left out the most important activity to get back to aubie in bham 6/27/2017 - 11:09 p.m.
• " Imagine my experience as a law student new to SF" Talk about burying the lede: iPhoneHobbes 6/27/2017 - 10:46 p.m.
• Jewish pride flags banned at Dyke March in Little Village GatorAllan 6/26/2017 - 11:13 a.m.
• SJW's are killing the message. Just like the over-reaching "T" have caused such aubie in bham 6/26/2017 - 11:27 a.m.
• RE: SJW's are killing the message. Just like the over-reaching "T" have caused such MichiGator 6/26/2017 - 11:34 a.m.
• No one is allowed to have pride or have a good time if there is even ONE WRONG THING going on. UFNY 6/26/2017 - 11:08 a.m.
• There's that hyperbole you hate so much * Mudlizard 6/26/2017 - 2:23 p.m.
• Not in this case. You haven't been around the protests here. * UFNY 6/26/2017 - 2:30 p.m.
• Should I check to see when hyperbole is appropriate or not? * Mudlizard 6/27/2017 - 7:49 a.m.
• If you're going to keep calling it out like that, yes. * UFNY 6/27/2017 - 8:10 a.m.
• I'm offended by your post and you must be put to death * GatorAllan 6/26/2017 - 11:19 a.m.
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shale revolution...$185 bil in petrochemical investments Boggy Creek Gator 6/26/2017 - 10:42 a.m.
• fracking rocks! * peabody hall 6/26/2017 - 3:52 p.m.
• More importantly: where do we invest on this bandwagon? :-D * GatorAllan 6/26/2017 - 11:01 a.m.
• XOP ETF is a good place to start. An SPDR with oil and gas development companies * DurangoGator 6/26/2017 - 1:07 p.m.
• Thanks for the heads-up * GatorAllan 6/26/2017 - 5:46 p.m.
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Democrats 3 big political lies about health care... GatorAllan 6/26/2017 - 9:38 a.m.
• The biggest lie is in your post: none of their plans take health care away from a single American * Jethro 6/26/2017 - 10:58 a.m.
• I swear this place is Oppositeland Native 6/26/2017 - 5:31 p.m.
• You left out the biggest lie. Lava Lizard 6/26/2017 - 10:12 a.m.
• You're correct that it wasn't a bill written by Democrats .... it was written by MichiGator 6/26/2017 - 10:38 a.m.
• Of course that's just the right wing talking points, not reality. * Lava Lizard 6/26/2017 - 11:24 a.m.
• That is complete reality chemosabe 6/26/2017 - 11:32 a.m.
• You're not being honest if you think republican disapproval of the ACA was anything other than... Lava Lizard 6/26/2017 - 1:35 p.m.
• I am no fan of the Senate or House replacement plans chemosabe 6/26/2017 - 11:13 p.m.
• Now you are arguing a different point. Writing and approval are two different things. * Inspector Vol 6/26/2017 - 2:14 p.m.
• Unfortunately it seems that the large majority of people are intent on blaming. BurrGator 6/26/2017 - 10:32 a.m.
• That is a 100% correct answer IMHO. * Inspector Vol 6/26/2017 - 10:47 a.m.
• wow.. * water lizard 6/26/2017 - 10:25 a.m.
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Norm Ornstein on the Kabuki Theatre of the AHCA Native 6/26/2017 - 8:39 a.m.
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Conservative Evan Sigfried: BCRA does not help Americans or health care system Native 6/26/2017 - 8:21 a.m.
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AP on how partisan gerrymandering has benefited the GOP Native 6/26/2017 - 8:11 a.m.
• Hmmm ... and just how did Republicans gain sufficient majorities to gerrymander in the first place? MichiGator 6/26/2017 - 10:44 a.m.
• RE: Hmmm ... and just how did Republicans gain sufficient majorities to gerrymander in the first pl Wize Guy 6/26/2017 - 12:19 p.m.
• The Atlantic on how hard and intensely MD Democrats gerrymandered to hold power. UFNY 6/26/2017 - 8:15 a.m.
• They couldn't have done too bad a job if the GOP still has a higher ratio of seats to voters * Dawgspeare 6/26/2017 - 2:44 p.m.
• I know right, the article spells it out. If the Ds ever have a bad idea, the GOP is sure to Native 6/26/2017 - 2:46 p.m.
• Oh...absolutely 3rdWardGator 6/26/2017 - 2:10 p.m.
• Deer lowered, Ds are trying to fix it in many states including WI and NC Native 6/26/2017 - 2:45 p.m.
• I know that...and support them in doing so 3rdWardGator 6/26/2017 - 3:24 p.m.
• Who is trying to fix it now and who is doubling down? Native 6/26/2017 - 4:15 p.m.
• One state vs. the entire country is not exactly equal, but how about he fix it once and for all? * Native 6/26/2017 - 8:21 a.m.
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NYT: Trump, Nixon and how a presidency ends Native 6/26/2017 - 7:42 a.m.
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David Frum: What happens when a Presidency loses its legitimacy? Native 6/25/2017 - 10:47 p.m.
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Bruce Bartlett: Trump is what happens when a party abandons ideas Native 6/25/2017 - 10:17 p.m.
• RE: Bruce Bartlett: Trump is what happens when a party abandons ideas iPhoneHobbes 6/26/2017 - 12:01 a.m.
• Sounds like butt-hurt from neocons to me . . . Wayne 6/26/2017 - 7:02 a.m.
• I didn't take that away from it at all. Hobbes 6/26/2017 - 12:11 p.m.
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Politico: Pompeo has his own desk in the Oval Office because he has to spend so much time Native 6/25/2017 - 9:21 p.m.
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The left want a "revolution" slide 6/25/2017 - 7:18 p.m.
• I don't want a revolution. I just want Americans to stop pretending. Mudlizard 6/26/2017 - 8:26 a.m.
• RE: I don't want a revolution. I just want Americans to stop pretending. Hobbes 6/26/2017 - 12:14 p.m.
• In a big way the country already did unite around the acknowledgement that we screwed up.. slide 6/26/2017 - 12:09 p.m.
• And failure by both parities to do ANYTHING productive toward actually resolving the myriad of VOLMAN 6/26/2017 - 12:29 p.m.
• that is a very accurate post water lizard 6/26/2017 - 10:14 a.m.
• RE: that is a very accurate post Mudlizard 6/26/2017 - 11:17 a.m.
• there is no use to discuss it.... * water lizard 6/26/2017 - 11:35 a.m.
• I'm capable of discussing most topics respectfully and calmly in any setting Mudlizard 6/26/2017 - 2:31 p.m.
• I believe and respect every word you said.... water lizard 6/26/2017 - 4:18 p.m.
• RE: I believe and respect every word you said.... UFNY 6/26/2017 - 4:47 p.m.
• Because it's why we post on message boards! * Mudlizard 6/26/2017 - 4:27 p.m.
• In the meantime, we can't say we're not entertained... yt 6/26/2017 - 10:13 a.m.
• I was thinking something more like this... Dawgzilla 6/26/2017 - 10:59 a.m.
• While you probably could get the body politic to unite Mississippi Vol 6/26/2017 - 9:44 a.m.
• "Stop rationalizing party before country.." slide 6/26/2017 - 8:44 a.m.
• You and I will never see anywhere close to eye to eye Mudlizard 6/26/2017 - 9:00 a.m.
• that's correct...and I agree...neither side will ever see the differences * water lizard 6/26/2017 - 10:15 a.m.
• Of course not slide 6/26/2017 - 9:30 a.m.
• Our civil discourse fell apart even more under Obama. * Inspector Vol 6/26/2017 - 9:46 a.m.
• Yes we noticed that about you guys. Good you're aware! ;) * Mudlizard 6/26/2017 - 2:32 p.m.
• It was a hanging curve. I'll credit you with a double. * Inspector Vol 6/26/2017 - 3:02 p.m.
• I'm guessing the vast majority of world leaders don't share your view of Obama vs. Trump * Mudlizard 6/26/2017 - 9:39 a.m.
• Of course the world leaders applaud a weaker and subservient America..yay Obama! slide 6/26/2017 - 10:05 a.m.
• I was referring to our allies (who now openly mock our president). * Mudlizard 6/26/2017 - 2:33 p.m.
• We didn't... :( * 10EC 6/26/2017 - 10:13 a.m.
• You were no longer a rival by then. * InvestiGator 6/26/2017 - 10:39 a.m.
• Arrow/heart.... death * 10EC 6/26/2017 - 11:04 a.m.
• Perhaps the marriage could be saved with a little more federalism and a lot less nationalism. * Mississippi Vol 6/26/2017 - 9:18 a.m.
• You're addressing the symptom, not the cause. UFNY 6/26/2017 - 8:42 a.m.
• I agree with that, but it's probably unrealistic to expect it. Mudlizard 6/26/2017 - 8:56 a.m.
• If you don't set a goal, you never reach it. UFNY 6/26/2017 - 9:03 a.m.
• Reagan was one of the most charismatic people to run for that office * Mudlizard 6/26/2017 - 9:37 a.m.
• His charisma came from a clear message and belief. UFNY 6/26/2017 - 9:42 a.m.
• His charisma came from his background as a movie actor. * Mudlizard 6/26/2017 - 2:34 p.m.
• No doubt that mattered, but..... UFNY 6/26/2017 - 2:50 p.m.
• I think Trump completely disproves what you said Mudlizard 6/26/2017 - 3:40 p.m.
• And like you and WL, we fundamentally disagree. UFNY 6/26/2017 - 3:49 p.m.
• You don't think a large % of his supporters Mudlizard 6/26/2017 - 3:57 p.m.
• Not a significant number, no. Certainly not enough to get him elected. * UFNY 6/26/2017 - 4:28 p.m.
• Seemed significant if you ever heard the chanting/read the signs during one of his campaign rallies * Mudlizard 6/27/2017 - 7:52 a.m.
• By that measure, BLM is the largest influencer of black politics. * UFNY 6/27/2017 - 8:12 a.m.
• Nice try, but it would take an election featuring a BLM leader winning for you to make that point. * Mudlizard 6/27/2017 - 8:29 a.m.
• Disagree. UFNY 6/27/2017 - 8:40 a.m.
• So what scientific sample was this Mudlizard 6/27/2017 - 8:56 a.m.
• When did we switch to "scientific sample"? UFNY 6/27/2017 - 9:08 a.m.
• OK, lol. We are going around in circles. Mudlizard 6/27/2017 - 9:18 a.m.
• True..and that trend is troubling * slide 6/26/2017 - 9:30 a.m.
• It seems that is 100% their goal. * Inspector Vol 6/26/2017 - 9:27 a.m.
• I agree minus the best party win. Should be best person. * Inspector Vol 6/26/2017 - 8:39 a.m.
• Freudian * 10EC 6/26/2017 - 8:48 a.m.
• Obviously. * Inspector Vol 6/26/2017 - 9:25 a.m.
• I agree. 10EC 6/26/2017 - 8:35 a.m.
• This isn't sport - football, 4 man beach volleyball atlzamgator 6/25/2017 - 9:19 p.m.
• Ahh don't sell the youth down the lib river so quickly.. slide 6/26/2017 - 8:40 a.m.
• Interesting who starred this, considering the content. Good post, tho. * UFNY 6/26/2017 - 7:56 a.m.
• Interesting that you don't see the irony of following that post with yours * Dawgspeare 6/26/2017 - 8:34 a.m.
• I will give you credit, your P-A insult game is strong! * Native 6/26/2017 - 8:08 a.m.
• Only someone looking for an insult in that post would find one. Kudos. * UFNY 6/26/2017 - 8:13 a.m.
• You are the one that posted "considering the people who starred it", thanks for making it personal * Native 6/26/2017 - 8:22 a.m.
• You are all older folks, no? * 10EC 6/26/2017 - 8:33 a.m.
• One might wonder, haha. * Flea 6/26/2017 - 9:12 a.m.
• I didn't post what you quoted, you read it that way. Look again. UFNY 6/26/2017 - 8:32 a.m.
• OK, my fault for using quotes but you did say considering who starred it, so my point remains * Native 6/26/2017 - 8:40 a.m.
• no, he said, "interesting who starred this", not considering who starred it * water lizard 6/26/2017 - 10:44 a.m.
• As does mine. * UFNY 6/26/2017 - 8:41 a.m.
• Meh.... we have already seen you guys don't vote... * 10EC 6/25/2017 - 9:38 p.m.
• And Repubs did. Mudlizard 6/26/2017 - 8:29 a.m.
• I meant "young" America * 10EC 6/26/2017 - 8:39 a.m.
• Is that you Bowie? * Inspector Vol 6/26/2017 - 10:32 a.m.
• Tell that to some GOP legislators at baseball practice. They might disagree. * Lava Lizard 6/25/2017 - 8:26 p.m.
• RE: Tell that to some GOP legislators at baseball practice. They might disagree. slide 6/26/2017 - 8:52 a.m.
• I agree, but let's not pretend people on the left are incapable of 2nd amendment solutions. * Lava Lizard 6/26/2017 - 9:15 a.m.
• :rolleyes: * Mudlizard 6/25/2017 - 7:39 p.m.
• Yep... he forgot that one... :) * 10EC 6/25/2017 - 7:41 p.m.
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Chemosabe: iPhoneHobbes 6/25/2017 - 6:47 p.m.
• Yeah, I have heard it all chemosabe 6/25/2017 - 7:39 p.m.
• 2 laws in biology . . I knew they doubted evolution Wayne 6/25/2017 - 10:03 p.m.
• One would think anyway. * Lava Lizard 6/26/2017 - 9:16 a.m.
• I have FB friends who are convinced hemp oil will cure cancer, and say they'd use that treatment. Lava Lizard 6/25/2017 - 9:11 p.m.
• I don't know anyone that claims it cures cancer, but it can relieve the nausea of chemo and Native 6/26/2017 - 2:48 p.m.
• I don't think hemp oil helps with nausea, but marijuana does. * BurrGator 6/26/2017 - 3:57 p.m.
• That is correct, my point is don't let some foolishness over claims to cure cancer prevent other Native 6/26/2017 - 4:18 p.m.
• I have a good friend like that. Young guy, great Gator. BurrGator 6/26/2017 - 10:38 a.m.
• Many of my patients are using CBD oil chemosabe 6/26/2017 - 11:24 a.m.
• I agree with all of that. * BurrGator 6/26/2017 - 12:17 p.m.
• He and his girlfriend just announced they are starting a colon cleanse tomorrow iPhoneHobbes 6/25/2017 - 8:43 p.m.
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Tweets from POTUS's latest appointee to Dept. of Energy Hobbes 6/25/2017 - 4:03 p.m.
• What an #badword# atlzamgator 6/25/2017 - 5:38 p.m.
• Yes, not even qualified for an entry level position. * Beachmaster 6/25/2017 - 6:02 p.m.
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12th anniversary of Kelo: Grape Job SCOTUS! Hobbes 6/25/2017 - 3:46 p.m.
• You know my feelings on this - absolutely THE worst SC decision in my lifetime, maybe a century. * MichiGator 6/25/2017 - 7:10 p.m.
• "Three generations of idiots" + "shouting fire in crowded theatre" + iPhoneHobbes 6/25/2017 - 7:39 p.m.
• Just because the City of New London made a poor decision, that does not mean SCOTUS was wrong. * Dawgzilla 6/25/2017 - 6:36 p.m.
• Reject the tyranny of "or" * iPhoneHobbes 6/25/2017 - 6:41 p.m.
• I'm not using "or" Dawgzilla 6/25/2017 - 7:52 p.m.
• I am proponent of Scalia's rubber stamp that says iPhoneHobbes 6/26/2017 - 12:05 a.m.
• Right up there with Dred Scott, Citizens United, Bush v. Gore, as the worst decisions ever. * Beachmaster 6/25/2017 - 4:16 p.m.
• She should have picked a better color. * Jean Voljean 6/25/2017 - 4:08 p.m.
• RE: She should have picked a better color. Hobbes 6/25/2017 - 4:32 p.m.
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The question that Richard Spencer needs to answer: Hobbes 6/25/2017 - 3:42 p.m.
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Illinois government quickly approaching junk bond status... GatorAllan 6/25/2017 - 1:03 p.m.
• It's going to be a disaster. * chigatorbri 6/25/2017 - 6:03 p.m.
• Oh no! If they get any worse they'll be Kansas. You linked Hot Air? Seriously? That's sad man. * Lava Lizard 6/25/2017 - 1:44 p.m.
• RE: Oh no! If they get any worse they'll be Kansas. You linked Hot Air? Seriously? That's sad man. MichiGator 6/25/2017 - 7:16 p.m.
• Speaking of which ......... MichiGator 6/25/2017 - 7:19 p.m.
• Oh no! If they get any worse they'll be Kansas. Really? When they get worse than these guys: iPhoneHobbes 6/25/2017 - 6:41 p.m.
• OK and LA say hold my beer. * Beachmaster 6/25/2017 - 2:48 p.m.
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Getting Pelosi ready for the pasture.. slide 6/25/2017 - 12:23 p.m.
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D's now wanna stop talking about Rooskies slide 6/25/2017 - 12:02 p.m.
• The article was quite clear on the reasons and yours wasn't mentioned anywhere in it. * Lava Lizard 6/25/2017 - 1:20 p.m.
• But, but... there were 3 whole D Representatives named ! Obviously, this means every D agrees ! * Beachmaster 6/25/2017 - 2:51 p.m.
• A Boomarang Rang Rang Rang - it's gonna bite them in the butt for years * GatorAllan 6/25/2017 - 1:00 p.m.
• That's an interesting line of thought. Lava Lizard 6/25/2017 - 1:27 p.m.
• From the article : "Ryan is among the small group". And, the very few who are making the call say i Beachmaster 6/25/2017 - 12:11 p.m.
• Maybe.. slide 6/25/2017 - 12:19 p.m.
• Yes, let's just ignore the evidence. Brilliant ! The desperation of the lemmings is Beachmaster 6/25/2017 - 5:54 p.m.
• Evidence? * slide 6/25/2017 - 7:16 p.m.
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Russiagate may be a scam? Inspector Vol 6/25/2017 - 10:07 a.m.
• Look for the Libs to stop asking for a probe :-( Meanwhile, who killed Seth Rich? * GatorAllan 6/25/2017 - 12:56 p.m.
• Let's not forget about the alien spacecraft the government is hiding from us too.. Jeez! * Lava Lizard 6/25/2017 - 1:35 p.m.
• Shhh ! They might find out about the secret tunnels under Walmarts. * Beachmaster 6/25/2017 - 2:45 p.m.
• Completely orchestrated and pointless distraction * slide 6/25/2017 - 12:48 p.m.
• If it's a scam, why is Trump blaming Obama for it now? Oopsie! * Native 6/25/2017 - 10:13 a.m.
• Yep, Flynn's documented contacts, documented payments, Manafort's documented lobbying contracts-all Beachmaster 6/25/2017 - 10:30 a.m.
• Because he only lacks credibility until it supports your viewpoint, I'd guess. * UFNY 6/25/2017 - 10:27 a.m.
• LOL, yeah, that's it * Native 6/25/2017 - 10:46 a.m.
• I wonder if these guys actually believe what they write, or if they've been hitting the bottle early * Lava Lizard 6/25/2017 - 1:43 p.m.
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Trump to call for US energy dominance... Boggy Creek Gator 6/25/2017 - 9:53 a.m.
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Trump on Twitter this morning accusing Hillary of colluding with Dems to beat Bernie Native 6/25/2017 - 9:08 a.m.
• Obviously one of his early morning poop tweets. Someone should tell him the election is over.. * Lava Lizard 6/25/2017 - 2:08 p.m.
• Faithfully adhering to the Putin plan of sowing doubt about the legitimacy of our electoral process * Beachmaster 6/25/2017 - 9:32 a.m.
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WaPo Applebaum on why Mattis in charge is not necessariiy a good thing Native 6/25/2017 - 9:00 a.m.
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WaPo: Trump is a gold mine for foreign spies Native 6/25/2017 - 12:46 a.m.
• Jeff Bezos a gold mine of constant anti Trump propaganda. * humpgator 6/25/2017 - 7:30 a.m.
• It's a clearly labeled opinion piece by a former CIA analyst, not a Bezos employee. * Beachmaster 6/25/2017 - 8:43 a.m.
• Guarantee I could find a former CIA analyst who would claim his tweets confused our enemies... humpgator 6/25/2017 - 10:22 a.m.
• Well sure, but it wouldn't be supported by the evidence, inlcuding 17 foreign intel agencies Native 6/25/2017 - 10:45 a.m.
• Evidence only matters when it supports his viewpoint. * Beachmaster 6/25/2017 - 11:26 a.m.
• And from someone with the bona fides to explain this stuff to laypeople Native 6/25/2017 - 9:02 a.m.
• Exactly. All it contains is a description of methods of analysis and how info gleaned from such Beachmaster 6/25/2017 - 9:07 a.m.
• Cult 45 * Native 6/25/2017 - 9:09 a.m.
• It's not propaganda when it's true, so sad Trump makes his supporters Native 6/25/2017 - 8:37 a.m.
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Evolution, GOP style Native 6/24/2017 - 10:27 p.m.
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Exposing the pain inside- Kurdish designers show their line LeisureG8R 6/24/2017 - 3:28 p.m.
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High school summer reading list Hobbes 6/24/2017 - 9:21 a.m.
• Superfreakonomics is good, especially about the part where she's a very freaky girl * Kerwin on iPad 6/24/2017 - 9:33 p.m.
• Rick James was a behavioral economist before behavioral economics was cool. * Jean Voljean 6/24/2017 - 11:24 p.m.
• Street Survivors is a concept album about the flat tax * Kerwin on iPad 6/25/2017 - 12:10 a.m.
• Hell is For Children is a song about Paul Ryan's wealthcare bill. * Beachmaster 6/25/2017 - 9:09 a.m.
• Shot down in Flames is hills failed election bid. * Inspector Vol 6/25/2017 - 9:23 a.m.
• And everything Trump is doing leaves her...Vindicated * Native 6/25/2017 - 10:44 a.m.
• We'll, only to people with a measurable IQ. * Lava Lizard 6/25/2017 - 5:15 p.m.
• Good one. Ironic, but good. * Inspector Vol 6/26/2017 - 9:29 a.m.
• Only to her supporters. * Inspector Vol 6/25/2017 - 1:18 p.m.
• When Milton Friedman asked how he came up with his groundbreaking macroeconomic theory, Jean Voljean 6/25/2017 - 9:02 a.m.
• Cocaine is a hell of a drug. * Beachmaster 6/25/2017 - 9:33 a.m.
• So a student must read 1 book by a conservative/libertarian => fascism (hehehe) * GatorAllan 6/24/2017 - 5:01 p.m.
• I'm not sure if reading is the correct term for consuming a Michael Savage or Ann Coulter book. Jean Voljean 6/24/2017 - 8:38 p.m.
• I can think of a class where Savage or Coulter could be on the curriculum iPhoneHobbes 6/24/2017 - 11:55 p.m.
• Or a class on deviant psychology, with additional readings to include Jean Voljean 6/25/2017 - 10:31 a.m.
• Spot on. * chigatorbri 6/25/2017 - 12:19 a.m.
• Moore, maybe but this place still doesn't get DK Native 6/25/2017 - 8:56 a.m.
• They may not be coloring books, but I would bet money they involve pop up pictures. * Lava Lizard 6/24/2017 - 10:50 p.m.
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Police officer shot in North St. Louis Hobbes 6/24/2017 - 9:09 a.m.
• I have been in that situation. InvestiGator 6/24/2017 - 3:08 p.m.
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Trump is so eager to slam Obama..... GatorDJ 6/24/2017 - 9:04 a.m.
• Trump's artful use of CAPS is inspiring,but should use emoticons for the completely illiterate. * SpacinGator 6/24/2017 - 11:07 a.m.
• CNN retracts story about Trump's involvement with Russia..... humpgator 6/24/2017 - 10:56 a.m.
• The story was about one of Trump's ASSOCIATES' potential involvement with Russia..... GatorDJ 6/24/2017 - 11:15 a.m.
• Scaramouch Scaramouch can you do the Fandango? * Jethro 6/24/2017 - 11:08 p.m.
• A withdrawn story? How crazy would it be if we just kept referring to it as fact? Dawgspeare 6/24/2017 - 11:04 a.m.
• RE: Trump is so eager to slam Obama..... iPhoneHobbes 6/24/2017 - 10:42 a.m.
• This kind of ties into that in a way..... GatorDJ 6/24/2017 - 10:57 a.m.
• Of an old man who proudly says he's never read a book, I find the above tragically believable * Dawgspeare 6/24/2017 - 10:51 a.m.
• RE: Trump is so eager to slam Obama..... Wize Guy 6/24/2017 - 10:15 a.m.
• Not to mention that he actually called on the Russians to hack Hillary's e-mails..... GatorDJ 6/24/2017 - 11:07 a.m.
• Maybe Trump just heard of this new stuff when we did? * Rum Runnin Reptile 6/24/2017 - 10:11 a.m.
• He started getting classified info in August, if he didn't hear about it that's because he isn't Native 6/24/2017 - 3:07 p.m.
• The chances of that are approximately the same as Senator John Blutarsky's GPA at Faber..... GatorDJ 6/24/2017 - 10:50 a.m.
• Also, the only fake news I've heard lately is Trump claiming to have tapes * Native 6/24/2017 - 9:36 a.m.
• The contortions some put themselves through to rationalize supporting Putin's puppet is astounding. * Beachmaster 6/24/2017 - 10:24 a.m.
• He's Nixon minus skill and intellectual depth Dawgspeare 6/24/2017 - 10:49 a.m.
• Nixon tried to do what he thought would help people-Drumpf cares only about enriching himself. * Beachmaster 6/24/2017 - 2:38 p.m.
• What? You don't proof read your own posts? :) * Rum Runnin Reptile 6/24/2017 - 10:09 a.m.
• And Trump on the healthcare bill..... GatorDJ 6/24/2017 - 9:08 a.m.
• He promised nobody loses coverage, no change to Medicaid, cheaper premiums. All were lies. * Beachmaster 6/24/2017 - 10:26 a.m.
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Some good news in a world full of bad..... GatorDJ 6/24/2017 - 8:47 a.m.
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Coulter vs. Hannity... who ya got? iPhoneHobbes 6/24/2017 - 8:23 a.m.
• Coulter 3rdWardGator 6/24/2017 - 8:57 a.m.
• RE: Coulter Hobbes 6/24/2017 - 9:04 a.m.
• No use for either. * Inspector Vol 6/24/2017 - 8:37 a.m.
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Mike Phillips was on Lawrence O'Donnell tonight w/ sub Ari Melber Native 6/23/2017 - 11:37 p.m.
• Here's the full 15 minute segment, worth watching the entire thing Native 6/23/2017 - 11:49 p.m.
• Mike was featured on the Showtime series This American Life a few years ago, this is a remarkable Native 6/23/2017 - 11:39 p.m.
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CNN brings courtroom sketch artist to WH press briefing Native 6/23/2017 - 10:01 p.m.
• The reality is many on the right would be in complete meltdown mode right now..... GatorDJ 6/23/2017 - 10:06 p.m.
• Did you see Trey Gowdy sez no more House Oversight Committee investigations? * Native 6/23/2017 - 10:13 p.m.
• In all seriousness 3rdWardGator 6/23/2017 - 11:50 p.m.
• Article..... GatorDJ 6/23/2017 - 10:19 p.m.
• I think the Senate is more important as well, but what if Trump fires Mueller? He sure seemed Native 6/23/2017 - 10:22 p.m.
• If Trump fires Mueller, we have a full blown constitutional crisis on our hands..... GatorDJ 6/23/2017 - 10:25 p.m.
• An insanely stupid thing to do. Which is why he just might do it. Lemmings will support it. * Beachmaster 6/24/2017 - 1:04 a.m.
• Also, that Fox News interview stunt this morning was pure propaganda and Trump still managed to Native 6/23/2017 - 10:14 p.m.
• Since when has fox been anything but propaganda ? Answer : never. * Beachmaster 6/24/2017 - 12:20 a.m.
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Mississippi may be dead last in education but they're #1 in diabetes cases and bigotry. Lava Lizard 6/23/2017 - 4:46 p.m.
• Lawmakers in Missouri want to allow women to be banned from working if they take birth control Native 6/23/2017 - 8:43 p.m.
• This is sharia law, which reactionaries love to freak out about. Unless Rs do it. Then, it's great. * Beachmaster 6/24/2017 - 12:22 a.m.
• You might want to read the link provided below. * Inspector Vol 6/24/2017 - 6:53 p.m.
• Contains nothing specific regarding the proposed changes to employee disclosure policies, none Beachmaster 6/24/2017 - 8:58 p.m.
• It's all we have. There is no link to different language yet. You got one? * Inspector Vol 6/24/2017 - 9:06 p.m.
• Then there is no basis to make unsupportable claims that the Newsweek article "lied". I never made Beachmaster 6/24/2017 - 9:32 p.m.
• Well I'm the only one who posted a link to the bill. If you have proof there is something different Inspector Vol 6/24/2017 - 9:48 p.m.
• Your link was not to the bill, and you still haven't met your burden of proof for calling the Beachmaster 6/24/2017 - 10:25 p.m.
• Ok I looked again. Last update was June 20. Your not reading it * Inspector Vol 6/24/2017 - 10:30 p.m.
• Wrong again. I read the link to the online publication called rewire. It is a news and commentary Beachmaster 6/24/2017 - 10:43 p.m.
• My bad. There is a link to the bill there though. * Inspector Vol 6/24/2017 - 10:49 p.m.
• The June 14 version. * Beachmaster 6/24/2017 - 11:09 p.m.
• LOL!!! * Inspector Vol 6/24/2017 - 11:34 p.m.
• Indeed. Not the most current version. * Beachmaster 6/24/2017 - 11:42 p.m.
• Give us a link for the latest edition please. * Inspector Vol 6/25/2017 - 7:40 a.m.
• RE: Give us a link for the latest edition please. InvestiGator 6/25/2017 - 1:55 p.m.
• Thanks. * Inspector Vol 6/26/2017 - 9:22 a.m.
• yep, and not a hint of the BS that Native claims, the website must have been hacked by Putin * FLVOL 6/26/2017 - 5:02 a.m.
• Nothing even similar to the claim stated in the OP's article. It was FAKE NEWS. * Inspector Vol 6/26/2017 - 9:24 a.m.
• You made the claim, you provide the link. * Beachmaster 6/25/2017 - 8:56 a.m.
• There is no way to have a decent convo with you. You won't even try. * Inspector Vol 6/25/2017 - 9:22 a.m.
• LOL !! * Beachmaster 6/25/2017 - 9:46 a.m.
• Bad news. No mention of anything anti-women or instructions on killing. Just talked about Inspector Vol 6/25/2017 - 1:16 p.m.
• On my way to Church to learn more sharia law. Update later today. * Inspector Vol 6/25/2017 - 9:57 a.m.
• What is it then, if not the bill? * Inspector Vol 6/24/2017 - 10:27 p.m.
• and since it appears to complete BS, which reactionaries love to spread, unless D's do it..... * FLVOL 6/24/2017 - 4:01 p.m.
• No different than Karen Handel telling a lesbian that she couldn't be an adopted mother because Native 6/24/2017 - 12:59 a.m.
• Sharia law by any other name is still sharia law. * Beachmaster 6/24/2017 - 1:05 a.m.
• I just read it. They lied to you. It doesn't say that, unless I badly misread it. * Inspector Vol 6/23/2017 - 9:05 p.m.
• Here's the relevant text of the article..... GatorDJ 6/23/2017 - 9:14 p.m.
• Read the bill not the article. * Inspector Vol 6/23/2017 - 9:21 p.m.
• I can't find the updated version online. GatorDJ 6/23/2017 - 9:28 p.m.
• BTW, Feministing Blog is written by Jessica Valenti, who is an experienced writer on reproductive Native 6/23/2017 - 9:55 p.m.
• Here is the link to what I found. Maybe not updated idk but seems to have some similar language Inspector Vol 6/23/2017 - 9:43 p.m.
• Per the article, the House supposedly passed additional language..... GatorDJ 6/23/2017 - 9:50 p.m.
• I didn't miss anything at that link though did I? * Inspector Vol 6/23/2017 - 10:00 p.m.
• Nope, not that I saw. * GatorDJ 6/23/2017 - 10:03 p.m.
• The fact that it was even discussed is just crazy. Why are they wasting time on this stuff? * Native 6/23/2017 - 9:42 p.m.
• The fact that it was even discussed is just crazy. Why are YOU wasting time on this stuff? * FLVOL 6/23/2017 - 11:13 p.m.
• Does anyone here want to defend this policy? * Native 6/23/2017 - 9:19 p.m.
• Okie says hold my beer. * Beachmaster 6/23/2017 - 5:59 p.m.
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Bernie Sanders' Wife Gets A Lawyer for 2016 FBI investigation GatorAllan 6/23/2017 - 4:26 p.m.
• You won't see me defend her, this is the kind of stuff I'm talking about when I say that Bernie Native 6/23/2017 - 5:56 p.m.
• RE: Bernie Sanders' Wife Gets A Lawyer for 2016 FBI investigation Booty Faulked 6/23/2017 - 4:51 p.m.
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IRGC:our main goal is global Islamic rule Boggy Creek Gator 6/23/2017 - 1:53 p.m.
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New NBC/WSJ poll: voters believe Comey over Trump by 2:1 margin * Native 6/23/2017 - 1:03 p.m.
• 7 Percent of Adults Think Chocolate Milk Comes From Brown Cows * GatorAllan 6/23/2017 - 3:42 p.m.
• 48% aren't sure just exactly where chocolate milk comes from, but Illya says it doesn't matter Hobbes 6/24/2017 - 12:33 p.m.
• 35% of registered voters thought Trump could lead this country. * Mudlizard 6/23/2017 - 4:58 p.m.
• 65% thought he would lose * FLVOL 6/23/2017 - 6:30 p.m.
• And should have voted. * Mudlizard 6/23/2017 - 7:02 p.m.
• I blame secret Facebook groups that spread the word Hillary had it in the bag... * 10EC 6/23/2017 - 7:27 p.m.
• LOL! * Inspector Vol 6/23/2017 - 8:30 p.m.
• touche * FLVOL 6/23/2017 - 7:12 p.m.
• Nah. They were just sick of the ones that had been up until this point. * UFNY 6/23/2017 - 5:55 p.m.
• You're giving yourself up * Mudlizard 6/23/2017 - 7:01 p.m.
• I don't know what that means. * UFNY 6/23/2017 - 8:28 p.m.
• Comey is a tool, but I don't know that his dishonesty has been demonstrated... Dawgspeare 6/23/2017 - 1:29 p.m.
• Judging the relative honesty between those 2 is akin to judging a "tallest midget" contest. * MichiGator 6/23/2017 - 1:22 p.m.
• That so many people could actually say something this absurd shows why cynicism is killing America. Jean Voljean 6/23/2017 - 4:13 p.m.
• [eye twitching involuntarily] POTUS doesn't lie: iPhoneHobbes 6/23/2017 - 11:22 p.m.
• people that don't look at politicians without a healthy dose of cynicism is what's killing America * FLVOL 6/23/2017 - 6:48 p.m.
• I look at statements by Comey which are either contradictory or false. I see what can reasonably MichiGator 6/23/2017 - 4:45 p.m.
• My take.... GatorDJ 6/23/2017 - 5:52 p.m.
• My take on Comey. And it includes the Greek word, hamaratia. Jean Voljean 6/23/2017 - 9:26 p.m.
• RE: My take on Comey. And it includes the Greek word, hamaratia. iPhoneHobbes 6/23/2017 - 11:32 p.m.
• Your second paragraph..... GatorDJ 6/23/2017 - 9:32 p.m.
• I could write a longer book. Jean Voljean 6/23/2017 - 9:40 p.m.
• So this is a book measuring board now? * Inspector Vol 6/24/2017 - 11:08 a.m.
• DJ's book was written with tiny hands. * Jean Voljean 6/24/2017 - 1:25 p.m.
• How's the air up there? * 10EC 6/23/2017 - 4:20 p.m.
• There is an absence of Trump voters up here, so the air smells fine. Thank you for asking. ;-) * Jean Voljean 6/23/2017 - 9:28 p.m.
• I regret that I have only one star to give this poast. * Beachmaster 6/24/2017 - 12:27 a.m.
• Obviously its pretty thin. * Inspector Vol 6/23/2017 - 4:24 p.m.
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Mississippi still burning (as are a lot of other places) . . . Wayne 6/23/2017 - 12:41 p.m.
• Awfulness like this is one of many reasons why the ACLU has an important role in protecting..... GatorDJ 6/23/2017 - 5:57 p.m.
• They do. I just wish they weren't so selective in which freedoms they choose to protect. * Flea 6/26/2017 - 9:27 a.m.
• I read this and I think " what would I do if it was me" 10EC 6/23/2017 - 4:30 p.m.
• Infuriating and disheartening. I want to believe we have removed Flea 6/23/2017 - 4:06 p.m.
• If true as stated they all need to be fired and prosecuted. Just clean house in the whole dept. * Inspector Vol 6/23/2017 - 1:41 p.m.
• What's your Over/Under on how many people lose their jobs over this? * Jethro 6/23/2017 - 1:59 p.m.
• This is way past jobs. Folks need to go to jail over this. * yt 6/23/2017 - 4:08 p.m.
• Oh, I totally agree. I just don't see it happening. * Jethro 6/24/2017 - 10:41 a.m.
• No clue. What should happen usually never does though. * Inspector Vol 6/23/2017 - 2:44 p.m.
• My Over/Under is 1 and I'm taking the Under. * Jethro 6/23/2017 - 2:48 p.m.
• DISGUSTING * aubie in bham 6/23/2017 - 12:54 p.m.
• REPREHENSIBLE ..... I recognize that Madison County is the "well-to-do" suburb of Jackson and MichiGator 6/23/2017 - 1:28 p.m.
• What is amazing is that any of those officers are still alive. When ther is no rule of law 10EC 6/23/2017 - 12:57 p.m.
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SCOTUS says unanimously that citizenship can't be stripped for lying Wayne 6/23/2017 - 12:15 p.m.
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30 GOP Congressmen Have Been Attacked or Threatened Since May ... GatorAllan 6/23/2017 - 11:18 a.m.
• Snowflakes melting under pressure. * Booty Faulked 6/23/2017 - 1:41 p.m.
• Attacks and threats are now "snowflake"? * UFNY 6/23/2017 - 2:02 p.m.
• Nope, those members of Congress are. Booty Faulked 6/23/2017 - 2:29 p.m.
• All that does is make them both wrong. Sad that we're in "2 wrongs make a right" mode now. * UFNY 6/23/2017 - 3:01 p.m.
• Who is "them?" Booty Faulked 6/23/2017 - 4:36 p.m.
• I don't think your first sentence is accurate. * UFNY 6/23/2017 - 5:23 p.m.
• I suppose "someone with sense," is relative. * Booty Faulked 6/23/2017 - 8:01 p.m.
• Is it getting crowded now in Moral Relativity World? * Jethro 6/23/2017 - 3:13 p.m.
• I wouldn't know I've never been there * UFNY 6/23/2017 - 4:31 p.m.
• B.S. * Lava Lizard 6/23/2017 - 12:31 p.m.
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Brooks: "let's not get carried away Whitewater had more substance than Russian-collusion scandal" Hobbes 6/23/2017 - 9:26 a.m.
• Both points seem correct to me .... 1. There was more to Whitewater than Russian collusion, MichiGator 6/23/2017 - 10:57 a.m.
• Why I disagree with all of you on this... 3rdWardGator 6/23/2017 - 12:41 p.m.
• Well he meant for the Rooskies to take him seriously not literally or vice versa or something iPhoneHobbes 6/23/2017 - 11:27 p.m.
• Today's WaPo..... GatorDJ 6/23/2017 - 11:12 a.m.
• Now on MSNBC w/ WaPo Adam Entous: US Intel intercepted Putin's hacking instructions * Native 6/23/2017 - 11:19 a.m.
• Brooks is wrong about being no substance, the evidence grows every day Native 6/23/2017 - 10:17 a.m.
• point me to this evidence * FLVOL 6/23/2017 - 11:47 a.m.
• Only those who wear Trump-hater glasses can see this mystical "evidence". ;-) * VOLMAN 6/23/2017 - 12:03 p.m.
• it's beginning to appear that Trump had no influence on the election, yet Obama knew of the FLVOL 6/23/2017 - 12:27 p.m.
• It is becoming increasingly clear that the 0bama administration did know a lot wrt the Russian MichiGator 6/23/2017 - 1:06 p.m.
• Because of the pending election he handed the ball to the GOP who promptly said "What ball?" * Dawgspeare 6/24/2017 - 10:29 a.m.
• Wait a minute, the President asked the GOP for a bipartisan response and they refused Native 6/24/2017 - 10:08 a.m.
• There'd have been 20 "Wag the dog!" posts on here persistently through the election * Dawgspeare 6/24/2017 - 10:53 a.m.
• review the timeline one more time and the little tidbits about how the CIA marked it FLVOL 6/24/2017 - 3:08 p.m.
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China launches 119 drone swarm...record number Boggy Creek Gator 6/23/2017 - 9:22 a.m.
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I support the approach to Medicaid: Mississippi Vol 6/23/2017 - 9:14 a.m.
• Interesting that you say it gets the states involved economically.... yt 6/23/2017 - 10:36 a.m.
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Healthcare update..... GatorDJ 6/23/2017 - 8:46 a.m.
• Who gets hurt and who gets helped by the bill..... GatorDJ 6/23/2017 - 10:06 a.m.
• Can kicking is not unique to the pubs or this Congress. * Wayne 6/23/2017 - 9:19 a.m.
• I didn't say it was.... GatorDJ 6/23/2017 - 9:36 a.m.
• Nobody is interested in fixing the system . . . because of what MV said . ... Wayne 6/23/2017 - 9:53 a.m.
• The people clammoring for this type of healthcare will be the ones hollering the loudest Inspector Vol 6/23/2017 - 10:23 a.m.
• Some of the people that are going to be hurt the most by the current Republican bill..... GatorDJ 6/23/2017 - 11:14 a.m.
• My post applies to the ACA too. * Inspector Vol 6/23/2017 - 11:47 a.m.
• they've been voting against their best interests for eons...this is nothing new. * aubie in bham 6/23/2017 - 11:16 a.m.
• Again, I can't plug the Daily 202 enough..... GatorDJ 6/23/2017 - 8:55 a.m.
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Pizzagate idiot gets four-year prison term Native 6/22/2017 - 11:14 p.m.
• Curious as to why the entity that published and spread this lie is not in prison? * studegator 6/23/2017 - 6:01 a.m.
• It was a post on the derpnet until Alex Jones added it to his screaming points * Dawgspeare 6/23/2017 - 7:57 a.m.
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My man Seth Moulton (D-MA) knows what's up. UFNY 6/22/2017 - 9:02 p.m.
• Not gonna happen. He's a noob with little support compared to her. * Beachmaster 6/22/2017 - 9:35 p.m.
• She has a lot of support, is actually a very peabody hall 6/22/2017 - 10:30 p.m.
• RE: She has a lot of support, is actually a very Booty Faulked 6/23/2017 - 12:17 a.m.
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I admire great insight, especially when it's expressed this well. Mudlizard 6/22/2017 - 8:44 p.m.
• RE: I admire great insight, especially when it's expressed this well. peabody hall 6/22/2017 - 10:21 p.m.
• Written by Michael Gerson, GWB's chief speechwriter for 5 years or so. * GatorDJ 6/22/2017 - 10:37 p.m.
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Will THIS travesty be a tipping point for some Trump supporters?..... GatorDJ 6/22/2017 - 5:11 p.m.
• If eating steaks well done with catsup didn't do it...... * iPhoneHobbes 6/23/2017 - 11:30 p.m.
• RE: Will THIS travesty be a tipping point for some Trump supporters?..... Top Cat 6/22/2017 - 8:38 p.m.
• Don't think so DJ.....of all the outrageous things he has said and peabody hall 6/22/2017 - 7:47 p.m.
• I was (mostly) kidding. Not totally though. :) * GatorDJ 6/22/2017 - 7:49 p.m.
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Interesting read on what McConnell's strategy might be..... GatorDJ 6/22/2017 - 4:19 p.m.
• I still think the Senate has seen info we haven't, and they know Drumpf and his henchmen Beachmaster 6/22/2017 - 5:48 p.m.
• There are not enough Republican votes in the Senate to pass it much less Democrats chemosabe 6/22/2017 - 4:52 p.m.
• They have had years to work on a new plan. worthless.... * 10EC 6/22/2017 - 4:58 p.m.
• Their problem is the ACA is the plan they'd have come up with... Dawgspeare 6/23/2017 - 8:22 a.m.
• You really believe the ACA is 100% GOP? * 10EC 6/23/2017 - 8:36 a.m.
• As he stated, the bones of it were from Romneycare and the Heritage Foudation outline. Jethro 6/23/2017 - 2:45 p.m.
• What you said but be prepared for the Native 6/23/2017 - 3:26 p.m.
• One can gage a law's popularity by the degree of eagarness to credit the other party. ;^) * Mississippi Vol 6/23/2017 - 9:22 a.m.
• Exactly. * Inspector Vol 6/23/2017 - 11:48 a.m.
• Not at all - it was written by a bipartisan (and balanced lib/mod/cons) group of Senators Dawgspeare 6/23/2017 - 8:50 a.m.
• They never had a plan, and still don't. * Beachmaster 6/22/2017 - 6:55 p.m.
• The american people want the impossible . . . free healthcare (to them) Wayne 6/22/2017 - 5:06 p.m.
• No, they want afforable health care * Dawgspeare 6/23/2017 - 8:24 a.m.
• That's the same thing . . . Wayne 6/23/2017 - 9:23 a.m.
• If the true cost of healthcare is unaffordable to so many Americans what does that tell you? * Dawgspeare 6/23/2017 - 9:24 a.m.
• that the market isn't set by the consumer spending. If consumers purchased directly, you would see aubie in bham 6/23/2017 - 11:03 a.m.
• Too much government involvement distorting the supply demand equation, such that price becomes Mississippi Vol 6/23/2017 - 9:28 a.m.
• How does the government force the cost up? * Dawgspeare 6/23/2017 - 9:30 a.m.
• It controls supply, adds regulatory costs to the process and creates laws which provide benefits to Mississippi Vol 6/23/2017 - 9:43 a.m.
• Unregulated healthcare providers - they have a long and inglorious history * Dawgspeare 6/23/2017 - 9:44 a.m.
• Such as? * UFNY 6/23/2017 - 10:58 a.m.
• Here's an interesting entry from the era of unregulated dermatology Dawgspeare 6/23/2017 - 11:08 a.m.
• That's a healthcare provider? * UFNY 6/23/2017 - 11:17 a.m.
• Purveyor of "medicine" yes * Dawgspeare 6/23/2017 - 11:18 a.m.
• That's a product, not a "healthcare provider". * UFNY 6/23/2017 - 11:39 a.m.
• Just an entry in the healthcare marketplace for consumers to choose from * Dawgspeare 6/23/2017 - 11:40 a.m.
• It is completely different from "healthcare providers" "long and inglorious history". I await those. * UFNY 6/23/2017 - 11:45 a.m.
• Google "Quackery" * Dawgspeare 6/23/2017 - 12:05 p.m.
• You're the one that said "unregulated healthcare providers". UFNY 6/23/2017 - 12:27 p.m.
• I'm not sure what narrow definition of healthcare provider you are referring to... Dawgspeare 6/23/2017 - 12:40 p.m.
• Hospitals, doctors. All of which are, in fact, regulated. And have been for a long time. * UFNY 6/23/2017 - 12:56 p.m.
• I think you just made my original point... thanks, mate :) * Dawgspeare 6/23/2017 - 1:09 p.m.
• Your point would be better served with evidence within the last 100 years. * UFNY 6/23/2017 - 1:11 p.m.
• Why? Maybe your responses needed to go to the deregulationists in this thread * Dawgspeare 6/23/2017 - 1:13 p.m.
• Because health care is much different now..... UFNY 6/23/2017 - 1:27 p.m.
• Unless we've evolved past the potential for crooks and those they prey on... Dawgspeare 6/23/2017 - 2:13 p.m.
• That's a very Democratic way of seeing things. * UFNY 6/23/2017 - 2:29 p.m.
• And that's a very Republican way of disregarding reality - we are both so perceptive * Dawgspeare 6/23/2017 - 4:13 p.m.
• Curing STDs with mercury salve. I just happen to hear that one on a Lewis and Clark 10EC 6/23/2017 - 11:53 a.m.
• one thing is forcing too much paperwork on docs in name of "Quality" * 10EC 6/23/2017 - 9:40 a.m.
• Well I didn't quote any numbers but . . . Wayne 6/23/2017 - 9:25 a.m.
• What do you imagine has closed the market forces out of the system? * Dawgspeare 6/23/2017 - 9:27 a.m.
• Stupid laws . . . Wayne 6/23/2017 - 9:32 a.m.
• The companies take the tax deduction because the companies are paying the premiums * aubie in bham 6/23/2017 - 11:05 a.m.
• Part of the premiums yes . . . but it still distorts the delivery of healthcare. * Wayne 6/23/2017 - 11:05 a.m.
• you know I agree entirely with you on that. How much yelling and screaming would there be aubie in bham 6/23/2017 - 11:12 a.m.
• Yes, hiding price is what we do . . . this is a form of hiding price. * Wayne 6/23/2017 - 11:13 a.m.
• This I agree with. But again, that genie isn't going back in to the bottle easily..... GatorDJ 6/23/2017 - 11:27 a.m.
• The cost is usually disclosed in box 12 of Form W-2 under code DD. I think it is required . * Beachmaster 6/23/2017 - 1:06 p.m.
• Yeah, thanks. I'm not sure the number really registers with taxpayers though. * GatorDJ 6/23/2017 - 6:00 p.m.
• I can assure you it doesn't. Most use paid preparers. I preach the virtues of Free File and VITA Beachmaster 6/23/2017 - 6:35 p.m.
• BCBS send it out for folks who have less than 50 employees. * aubie in bham 6/23/2017 - 1:46 p.m.
• Yes. This reporting on Forms W2 is required by the ACA. Probably easier for ins co. to do it on all * Beachmaster 6/23/2017 - 2:24 p.m.
• But economy of scale is what drove the growth of the group markets to begin with * Dawgspeare 6/23/2017 - 11:10 a.m.
• But, in Alabama, we can't get fellow subcontractors to form a "group" so we can be self aubie in bham 6/23/2017 - 11:13 a.m.
• One of those tweaks to current law that the GOP has decided not to look into * Dawgspeare 6/23/2017 - 11:16 a.m.
• No. What drove this is government wage controls . . . Wayne 6/23/2017 - 11:11 a.m.
• The HMOs of the 1960s bear no resemblance to the conglomerates of today... Dawgspeare 6/23/2017 - 9:43 a.m.
• I agree with that as I disagree with why . . . Wayne 6/23/2017 - 9:46 a.m.
• The problem is most of us are unqualified to determine which tests/procedures we truly need Dawgspeare 6/23/2017 - 10:20 a.m.
• I disagree with that assessment . . . Wayne 6/23/2017 - 10:59 a.m.
• Apples to Cardiologists * Dawgspeare 6/23/2017 - 11:09 a.m.
• Not really . . . the bulk of medicine that is causing the problems is of this type. Wayne 6/23/2017 - 11:18 a.m.
• In healthcare information asymetry would always favor the seller over the consumer * Dawgspeare 6/23/2017 - 11:42 a.m.
• I agree with all of that.... GatorDJ 6/23/2017 - 9:41 a.m.
• By that you mean force them to buy a product . . . Wayne 6/23/2017 - 9:48 a.m.
• We can argue this one until the cows come home..... GatorDJ 6/23/2017 - 9:55 a.m.
• I've argued your points in this . . . no need to plow the same ground. I dissent. I will continue * Wayne 6/23/2017 - 11:00 a.m.
• I'll find some other points..... GatorDJ 6/23/2017 - 11:09 a.m.
• The only mechanism to make anything affordable is open markets. * UFNY 6/23/2017 - 9:03 a.m.
• well, that's not true. Booty Faulked 6/23/2017 - 12:10 a.m.
• in 2015 the president promised universal, government supplied, healthcare Booty Faulked 6/23/2017 - 12:14 a.m.
• Or at least what the Congressman, & Senators get. * atlgator85 6/22/2017 - 6:55 p.m.
• RE: The american people want the impossible . . . free healthcare (to them) Top Cat 6/22/2017 - 5:23 p.m.
• You can't tell me that you couldn't put a bi-partisan team of maybe 10EC 6/22/2017 - 5:20 p.m.
• So how do you solve for scarcity? * Mississippi Vol 6/22/2017 - 6:04 p.m.
• Make the University of Phoenix solely a medical school * aubie in bham 6/22/2017 - 11:40 p.m.
• See 10EC, now that's thinking outside the box. 8^) (ignoring that student loan debt issue for now) * Mississippi Vol 6/23/2017 - 9:07 a.m.
• I didn't add myself to that group.... I hire people smarter than me..... * 10EC 6/22/2017 - 6:22 p.m.
• I hire people smarter than me..... * As if you have any other choice. Hobbes 6/23/2017 - 9:29 a.m.
• I waited a day for that. Slowest pitch in history... :) * 10EC 6/23/2017 - 9:41 a.m.
• And if those individuals say scarcity leads to rationing, either via price or Mississippi Vol 6/22/2017 - 7:06 p.m.
• The purge? Why don't you go ahead and make your point? * 10EC 6/22/2017 - 8:58 p.m.
• RE: The purge? Why don't you go ahead and make your point? Mississippi Vol 6/22/2017 - 10:06 p.m.
• We have the collective cultural conscience of Gordon Gekko. Just look at the nominees and dudehead 6/22/2017 - 5:29 p.m.
• Simpson-Bowles did some great work..... GatorDJ 6/22/2017 - 5:27 p.m.
• I still think it has to be a bipartisan solution..... GatorDJ 6/22/2017 - 4:58 p.m.
• There can be no bipartisan solution as long as the ACA exists chemosabe 6/22/2017 - 5:02 p.m.
• Trump could have been amazing (I'm serious)..... GatorDJ 6/22/2017 - 5:26 p.m.
• Agree with all. * Beachmaster 6/22/2017 - 5:50 p.m.
• Statement from John Kasich.... GatorDJ 6/22/2017 - 4:26 p.m.
• Did you see this? CEO sweetener in Senate bill allows insurance companies to deduct executive pay Native 6/22/2017 - 6:08 p.m.
• Yeah, insurance co.'s had nothing to do with it, nothing at all. Move along, nothing to see here. * Beachmaster 6/22/2017 - 6:11 p.m.
• He was my choice. * 10EC 6/22/2017 - 4:36 p.m.
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Road rage..... GatorDJ 6/22/2017 - 4:15 p.m.
• Before I comment I would need to know whether the biker or the iPhoneHobbes 6/23/2017 - 8:45 a.m.
• On first glance it seems the sedan driver foolishly veered toward the bike Flea 6/22/2017 - 4:29 p.m.
• Counterpoints.... GatorDJ 6/22/2017 - 4:34 p.m.
• RE: Counterpoints.... Flea 6/22/2017 - 4:42 p.m.
• There is no passing lane in that HOV * aubie in bham 6/22/2017 - 11:43 p.m.
• You need to spend some time driving around Memphis... * Mississippi Vol 6/23/2017 - 9:16 a.m.
• Now I've got Mott The Hoople in my head. Cool song though. * GatorDJ 6/23/2017 - 9:43 a.m.
• Agree. Jean Voljean 6/22/2017 - 8:48 p.m.
• RE: Counterpoints.... GatorDJ 6/22/2017 - 4:47 p.m.
• RE: Counterpoints.... Flea 6/22/2017 - 4:55 p.m.
• $1 says it was videod b/c the driver saw something happening between the two earlier. * 10EC 6/22/2017 - 5:04 p.m.
• Agreed. * Flea 6/22/2017 - 5:22 p.m.
• Might well be. Camera appears to be handheld, not dash-mounted..... GatorDJ 6/22/2017 - 5:18 p.m.
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Random thought about strategy for the 2018 midterms..... GatorDJ 6/22/2017 - 3:44 p.m.
• I am no fan of Pelosi at all, then again, I was a straight ticket GOPer until Trump. * Top Cat 6/22/2017 - 9:57 p.m.
• I agree.. 3rdWardGator 6/22/2017 - 4:56 p.m.
• That strategy would win chemosabe 6/22/2017 - 5:10 p.m.
• Again, I agree... 3rdWardGator 6/22/2017 - 5:20 p.m.
• Many a candidate has run as an "independent voice"' only to be co-opted by the party structure once Mississippi Vol 6/22/2017 - 3:56 p.m.
• #everyteapartycandidateever * 3rdWardGator 6/22/2017 - 4:57 p.m.
• I'm not a fan of that idea, she has been demonized beyond reason (hmmm....sensing a pattern here) Native 6/22/2017 - 3:55 p.m.
• You'll definitely go down swinging. * UFNY 6/22/2017 - 5:46 p.m.
• She needs to be shoved to the side and forgotten 3rdWardGator 6/22/2017 - 4:58 p.m.
• I'll just drop this right here Native 6/22/2017 - 5:40 p.m.
• Why would shoving her aside necessarily alienate females? Flea 6/22/2017 - 4:01 p.m.
• Sadly, I think it would produce the opposite affect 3rdWardGator 6/22/2017 - 5:04 p.m.
• Stockholm syndrome ? * Beachmaster 6/22/2017 - 6:47 p.m.
• Because they are tried of seeing women in positions of power Native 6/22/2017 - 4:21 p.m.
• you hurt your cause more than you ever will realize. Some people just aren't aubie in bham 6/22/2017 - 11:47 p.m.
• I wish that were true....for all (or most) rather than only some 3rdWardGator 6/22/2017 - 5:04 p.m.
• We are working our asses off recruiting women candidates and many are stepping forward Native 6/22/2017 - 5:28 p.m.
• Bottom line - is Pelosi helping or hurting the Dems' chances in '18? Gender is not a factor Flea 6/22/2017 - 4:34 p.m.
• Sometimes a coaching change is needed 3rdWardGator 6/22/2017 - 5:08 p.m.
• 6 years ago * aubie in bham 6/22/2017 - 11:54 p.m.
• It's difficult to know either way, but I suspect it's just noise. When will Ryan and McConnell be Native 6/22/2017 - 4:36 p.m.
• Yesterday * DurangoGator 6/22/2017 - 9:11 p.m.
• Word. * 3rdWardGator 6/23/2017 - 12:44 p.m.
• I hope the Rs stick with Ryan as long as possible. A more inept, incompetent Speaker can't be found * Beachmaster 6/22/2017 - 5:57 p.m.
• When they lose the Majority. Which they inevitably will. As for noise..... GatorDJ 6/22/2017 - 4:43 p.m.
• Did you watch Nicole Wallace a few minutes ago...O'Malley's former campaign manager Native 6/22/2017 - 4:54 p.m.
• I didn't watch, but there is truth to that point. However..... GatorDJ 6/22/2017 - 5:00 p.m.
• The only way a change can happen that wouldn't do a ton of damage is if she steps aside..... GatorDJ 6/22/2017 - 3:59 p.m.
• You never know unless you try. He's off to a go start and I like the message * Native 6/22/2017 - 4:22 p.m.
• They'd be better off getting rid of her now. * Flea 6/22/2017 - 3:53 p.m.
• Counterpoint - gives the R's time to find a new villain, but she is a particularly effective one.... GatorDJ 6/22/2017 - 3:56 p.m.
• Voters in her district love her. She easily cruises to victory, and hate radio, the noise machine, Beachmaster 6/22/2017 - 6:53 p.m.
• It's SF. The mistake is extrapolating that to the rest of the US. * UFNY 6/22/2017 - 7:39 p.m.
• RE: Voters in her district love her. She easily cruises to victory, and hate radio, the noise machi GatorDJ 6/22/2017 - 7:12 p.m.
• The DNC would fund that?? Are you saying run as Blue Dogs? * 10EC 6/22/2017 - 3:51 p.m.
• That'$ the $alient que$tion..... GatorDJ 6/22/2017 - 3:54 p.m.
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Trump's presidency has shown us the following. aubie in bham 6/22/2017 - 3:24 p.m.
• So long as Caesar has the mob, he is immune. That is the real lesson. Jean Voljean 6/22/2017 - 3:52 p.m.
• Not that I disagree with your assessment . . . but I wonder . . . Wayne 6/22/2017 - 4:45 p.m.
• Because most elections, even at the Senate level, are over after the primaries. Jean Voljean 6/22/2017 - 8:36 p.m.
• Yes. * Inspector Vol 6/22/2017 - 5:26 p.m.
• of which, I was not one.... * aubie in bham 6/22/2017 - 4:33 p.m.
• RE: Trump's presidency has shown us the following. GatorDJ 6/22/2017 - 3:29 p.m.
• RE: Trump's presidency has shown us the following. aubie in bham 6/22/2017 - 3:30 p.m.
• RE: Trump's presidency has shown us the following. GatorDJ 6/22/2017 - 3:33 p.m.
• Basic lesson in Organizational Behavior: Jean Voljean 6/22/2017 - 4:00 p.m.
• You are correct. The concept of concerted action is laughable to those of us with experience on Beachmaster 6/22/2017 - 3:36 p.m.
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Time: Russian hacking altered election rolls Native 6/22/2017 - 3:13 p.m.
• see my post above * aubie in bham 6/22/2017 - 3:24 p.m.
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Mitch McConnell owns this...blood on the floor as the disabled are being removed Native 6/22/2017 - 2:55 p.m.
• Disgusting and inexcusable. * Beachmaster 6/22/2017 - 3:37 p.m.
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The Klondike kickback in the new Senate GOPdon'tcare health plan Native 6/22/2017 - 2:27 p.m.
• Murkowski has already shown she can be bought by crap like that. * Beachmaster 6/22/2017 - 3:39 p.m.
• Per the WaPo, four Senators are already opposed..... GatorDJ 6/22/2017 - 2:48 p.m.
• Side note on the health care vote..... GatorDJ 6/22/2017 - 3:19 p.m.
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Coincidence that Trump finally comments on his BS about the tapes Mudlizard 6/22/2017 - 2:22 p.m.
• I believe this week was the deadline for the House request of tapes from WH. * Top Cat 6/22/2017 - 2:24 p.m.
• Yes, tomorrow. * Beachmaster 6/22/2017 - 9:33 p.m.
• Further evidence his tweet about it was lawyer-generated. * Flea 6/22/2017 - 2:42 p.m.
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No video nor live audio of White House briefings. * Top Cat 6/22/2017 - 1:27 p.m.
• This is not normal. This would never be tolerated under D administrations * Native 6/22/2017 - 2:14 p.m.
• It shouldn't be tolerated now. Ridiculous. * Flea 6/22/2017 - 2:30 p.m.
• agree. * aubie in bham 6/22/2017 - 3:10 p.m.
• I agree, but they seem to be getting away with re-writing the rules * Native 6/22/2017 - 2:49 p.m.
• Well, the media should do something about it, then. Flea 6/22/2017 - 2:54 p.m.
• FTR, I agree, they should refuse to attend briefings unless they are televised and all-inclusive Native 6/22/2017 - 2:57 p.m.
• They absolutely have the power, unless the "corporate bosses" refuse to exercise it. Flea 6/22/2017 - 3:01 p.m.
• That would play right into Trump's narrative that the MSM is Fake News and treats him unfairly..... GatorDJ 6/22/2017 - 3:07 p.m.
• I'd add a fourth 4) Harder to keep count of all the lies without video * Beachmaster 6/22/2017 - 3:18 p.m.
• You mean like this? And credit to Mika, she occasionally gets something right (usually when Joe is Native 6/22/2017 - 3:45 p.m.
• Really? Trump bears no responsibility for his administration's treatment of reporters? * Native 6/22/2017 - 3:07 p.m.
• That's not what I was saying.His treatment of the press has been horrible. Flea 6/22/2017 - 3:18 p.m.
• And when they fight back, they damn sure better have the facts irrefutable and hit him hard aubie in bham 6/22/2017 - 3:22 p.m.
• If only. * Inspector Vol 6/22/2017 - 4:45 p.m.
• Yep! * Flea 6/22/2017 - 3:22 p.m.
• Agree. They ended up allowing audio only for some reason, but still. * Mudlizard 6/22/2017 - 2:19 p.m.
• Huckabee- "I'll get back to you" . . . Translation. . ."Go away." * Top Cat 6/22/2017 - 2:25 p.m.
• They better hope I don't have any tapes of it. * Mudlizard 6/22/2017 - 1:47 p.m.
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Trump admits he talks out of his butt and Mudlizard 6/22/2017 - 1:04 p.m.
• Trump admits he talks out of his butt : Not fake news: we have photographic proof (NSFW) (edited) Hobbes 6/22/2017 - 2:17 p.m.
• Bluff called * Native 6/22/2017 - 1:35 p.m.
• Is this the first time he "kinda" admitted he made a mistake? I can think of no other. * 10EC 6/22/2017 - 1:36 p.m.
• I see it as he kinda tried to weasel his way around his initial blustery tweet Mudlizard 6/22/2017 - 1:41 p.m.
• Read this, Trump aides respond to his tweets Native 6/22/2017 - 4:58 p.m.
• yed * 10EC 6/22/2017 - 2:04 p.m.
• Entire tweet- Top Cat 6/22/2017 - 1:14 p.m.
• I suspect his lawyer wrote that for him. * Flea 6/22/2017 - 2:32 p.m.
• Good suspicion. Verrry carefully and worded in a way that remains somewhat open to interpretation... GatorDJ 6/22/2017 - 2:41 p.m.
• GOP leadership is trying to walk the fine line between supporting their party's elected president Flea 6/22/2017 - 2:46 p.m.
• They're scared of him, and frankly I have no idea why..... GatorDJ 6/22/2017 - 2:53 p.m.
• Good points. * Flea 6/22/2017 - 2:57 p.m.
• And of course it took him, what, 5 weeks to share this info... * Mudlizard 6/22/2017 - 1:36 p.m.
• RE: Trump admits he talks out of his butt and Jethro 6/22/2017 - 1:14 p.m.
• LOL... nice * 10EC 6/22/2017 - 1:08 p.m.
• We need impeachment proceedings... I still have June 30 in the pool. * 10EC 6/22/2017 - 1:14 p.m.
• the sky is blue * aubie in bham 6/22/2017 - 1:08 p.m.
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June 22,1941...Operation Barbarossa,Hitler's invasion of USSR,which,along with... Boggy Creek Gator 6/22/2017 - 12:29 p.m.
• RE: June 22,1944--Operation Bagaration began, less than 11 months later Hitler was dead Hobbes 6/22/2017 - 2:12 p.m.
• keeping with the analogy..Leipzig(1813),Scipio's counter-offensive in Spain and Africa Boggy Creek Gator 6/22/2017 - 3:48 p.m.
• And Russia saved the West from the Nazis. * yt 6/22/2017 - 1:14 p.m.
• At a HUGE cost of lives * 10EC 6/22/2017 - 1:17 p.m.
• JFK once said their sacrifice was the equivalent of the US losing everything west of Chicago. * yt 6/22/2017 - 1:20 p.m.
• U.S. around 400K.... USSR around 25 Million. Military and civilian * 10EC 6/22/2017 - 1:22 p.m.
• the effects are still being felt with their population drop * aubie in bham 6/22/2017 - 1:54 p.m.
• Ever watch the movie Defiance? Good one. * Inspector Vol 6/22/2017 - 5:44 p.m.
• Hitler probably should have listened to his generals, but was all... Dawgspeare 6/22/2017 - 12:39 p.m.
• We're going to beat the Russians and it's going to be yuge! * Jethro 6/22/2017 - 1:01 p.m.
• I'll have a plan on my desk within 30 days. "Make Germany great again" - an actual Nazi slogan * Beachmaster 6/22/2017 - 1:55 p.m.
• RE: June 22,1941...Operation Barbarossa,Hitler's invasion of USSR,which,along with... Dawgzilla 6/22/2017 - 12:32 p.m.
• Roger Vadim was invading her around the time of that "movie" Boggy Creek Gator 6/22/2017 - 3:24 p.m.
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got this predictive thing figured out yet? peabody hall 6/22/2017 - 11:47 a.m.
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Philando Castille: This tweet storm by Julian Sanchez sums up my thinking Hobbes 6/22/2017 - 11:21 a.m.
• these cases always come back to the same thing water lizard 6/22/2017 - 11:40 a.m.
• Always? "Can I see your license please?" . . . "Get out of the car" . . . Wayne 6/22/2017 - 12:02 p.m.
• Yes, your argument is "because the cop can kill you without any reprecussions . . . Wayne 6/22/2017 - 11:59 a.m.
• it is very simple and it has happened to me water lizard 6/22/2017 - 12:04 p.m.
• The advice you give is good advice. Do exactly what the cop says and you won't get hurt Hobbes 6/22/2017 - 12:13 p.m.
• The cop did not point his gun at Philando and ask for some action . . . Wayne 6/22/2017 - 12:06 p.m.
• was he asked to do something before that? water lizard 6/22/2017 - 12:36 p.m.
• He was asked for his registration and driver's license . . . those usually require "digging around" Wayne 6/22/2017 - 12:43 p.m.
• I was advised to present my carry permit with the license. * Beachmaster 6/22/2017 - 1:19 p.m.
• I thought that guys tweet stream was very peabody hall 6/22/2017 - 11:53 a.m.
• "and don't scare the cop"???? 3rdWardGator 6/22/2017 - 1:26 p.m.
• "and don't scare the cop"???? Wayne 6/22/2017 - 2:04 p.m.
• "You know how you yell at Zeke when he barks a lot? How about if you were cutting a bagel in half & Hobbes 6/22/2017 - 2:48 p.m.
• What could Philando done to avoid getting shot? Hobbes 6/22/2017 - 12:15 p.m.
• Am am NOT defending the shooting at all but Mudlizard 6/22/2017 - 1:28 p.m.
• Why is there always an attempt to map out how the innocent civilian could have behaved . . . Wayne 6/22/2017 - 2:25 p.m.
• That cop should be hung by one testicle IMO Mudlizard 6/22/2017 - 2:30 p.m.
• Ideally he should not have been pulled over. Hobbes 6/22/2017 - 1:38 p.m.
• Ideally we would be able to beamed from point A to point B. * Mudlizard 6/22/2017 - 1:42 p.m.
• Ideally all of you people would start agreeing with me and we could shut this place down. (j/k) Hobbes 6/22/2017 - 2:27 p.m.
• I can think of worse ideas. * Mudlizard 6/22/2017 - 2:30 p.m.
• I concur. * Hobbes 6/22/2017 - 2:50 p.m.
• put his hands up or behind his head and do exactly what he was asked to do * water lizard 6/22/2017 - 12:37 p.m.
• You are making Sanchez' points for him--the civilian is being held to a higher standard than Hobbes 6/22/2017 - 1:42 p.m.
• He was being asked to provide documentation . . . hard to do with hands up or behind head. * Wayne 6/22/2017 - 12:44 p.m.
• Yep, if he doesn't comply he's resisting... * 3rdWardGator 6/22/2017 - 1:27 p.m.
• RE: Yep, if he doesn't comply he's resisting... Hobbes 6/22/2017 - 2:06 p.m.
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One other quick observation about GA#6 (BBG may agree) - most of the citizens aren't from Atlanta... GatorAllan 6/22/2017 - 11:14 a.m.
• the old saying...no one in Atlanta is from Atlanta * water lizard 6/22/2017 - 11:18 a.m.
• But you have to fly through Atlanta to get to heaven ;-D * GatorAllan 6/22/2017 - 11:20 a.m.
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Duplicity of lying to government or from government Wayne 6/22/2017 - 10:45 a.m.
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So maybe a black man can get Justice: Thomas points the way? Wayne 6/22/2017 - 10:36 a.m.
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so i try to read all kinds of propaganda from both sides peabody hall 6/22/2017 - 10:27 a.m.
• Nothing funnier then Rachel Maddow looking stupid * DurangoGator 6/22/2017 - 9:19 p.m.
• Just another illustration of the type of stupid that is killing this country. * Inspector Vol 6/22/2017 - 10:45 a.m.
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So Trump is saying that it is his idea to put solar panels on his wall? . . . Top Cat 6/22/2017 - 10:26 a.m.
• solar application in remote places make sense sometimes but peabody hall 6/22/2017 - 10:35 a.m.
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The fact that a 30 year-old nobody with no experience took a well-known lifetime R to the wire. . . Top Cat 6/22/2017 - 10:20 a.m.
• I think he campaigned for her remotely early, but you'd never know he was President by her ads Dawgspeare 6/22/2017 - 10:57 a.m.
• He did some robocalls near the end. She didn't completely ignore him but she didn't hug him either * Native 6/22/2017 - 11:19 a.m.
• congrats to the libs...well fault race. * water lizard 6/22/2017 - 10:27 a.m.
• Kiffwin * 10EC 6/22/2017 - 12:12 p.m.
• the ad firms, political consultants, mail firms, printers, fundraisers,and tv stations are peabody hall 6/22/2017 - 10:38 a.m.
• not QUITE sure that is a sincere congrats, but the DNC will put you down as a supporter. * Top Cat 6/22/2017 - 10:30 a.m.
• :-) * water lizard 6/22/2017 - 10:32 a.m.