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So stupid it hurts... - RL - 6/25/2016 2:51:29 PM
- Not as stupid as you might think. - ER - 6/25/2016 3:59:10 PM
  - Oh, I know that they know AGW is a reality.... - RL - 6/25/2016 7:13:23 PM

So... THIS happened, apparently... - RL - 6/25/2016 2:44:04 AM
- He just sounds like a typical businessman to me. - ER - 6/25/2016 3:10:55 AM
  - Of course, commerce is a social activity, not a private one.. - ER - 6/25/2016 12:45:44 PM

How about them Otters, eh? - ER - 6/23/2016 3:31:22 AM
- That's cold, ER - mcfly - 6/23/2016 10:44:41 PM
  - Nice piece of flying, that. - ER - 6/24/2016 2:11:34 AM

The stakes keep getting higher - RL - 6/19/2016 11:05:59 PM
- This almost feels like a political stunt - BuckGalaxy - 6/20/2016 7:08:25 PM
  - It may have been... - RL - 6/21/2016 9:45:26 PM
- ...And higher... - RL - 6/20/2016 2:06:52 AM

Lewandowski thought he was going to be the new Martin Bormann - mcfly - 6/20/2016 3:50:17 PM
- No problem, boot-lickers Christie and Carson will fill in nicely for him. - ER - 6/20/2016 6:00:41 PM
- He captured the Republican party with a complete loser. - bowser - 6/20/2016 5:46:49 PM

terrorpause - noun: - ER - 6/12/2016 4:32:30 PM
- Trump should get a noose around his neck, and - - - - bowser - 6/14/2016 7:23:56 AM
  - Talk of gun control occurred at the same time. - RobVG - 6/19/2016 7:32:55 PM
- Registered Democrat - FrankC - 6/12/2016 11:12:11 PM
  - I don't see why Conservatives would object. - ER - 6/13/2016 4:10:18 AM
    - Trump was on Fox and Friends this morning - RL - 6/13/2016 11:36:44 AM
      - The good news is... - ER - 6/13/2016 12:51:43 PM
        
        Oh well, Fox is back to normal... - RL - 6/13/2016 5:26:48 PM
        
        All considerations of logic and veracity aside... - ER - 6/13/2016 8:12:26 PM
        
        Trump suggests Obama is in cahoots with ISIS... - RL - 6/13/2016 9:07:33 PM
        
        He's spinning this every way he can, - ER - 6/13/2016 9:21:35 PM
  - By the way... - RL - 6/13/2016 1:00:45 AM
    - Never mind, he is white, so it doesn't matter to you... - RL - 6/13/2016 2:51:49 AM
  - Oh wow... - RL - 6/12/2016 11:19:12 PM
    - and all Muslims are Democrats - FrankC - 6/12/2016 11:26:26 PM
      - Except when they aren't... - RL - 6/12/2016 11:59:38 PM
- I only woke up a couple hours ago... - RL - 6/12/2016 5:55:31 PM
  - The usual characters - RL - 6/12/2016 6:30:30 PM

Obama's poll numbers just keep going up - BuckGalaxy - 6/16/2016 11:39:11 PM
- It's the GOP's worst nightmare. - ER - 6/17/2016 4:13:15 AM
  - No matter who wins, Obama is going to look good in the rear view mirror - BuckGalaxy - 6/17/2016 4:56:25 AM
    - "The Democrat Reagan." I love it. - ER - 6/17/2016 5:35:34 AM
- When you see the best the GOP has to offer... - RL - 6/17/2016 12:00:27 AM

RADICAL ISLAM AND DONALD TRUMP - BuckGalaxy - 6/15/2016 6:24:10 PM
- I concur. Good post. - ER - 6/15/2016 8:06:29 PM
  - Ditto...and... - mcfly - 6/16/2016 3:01:52 AM
    - We could award them a yearly Salman Rushdie Prize. - ER - 6/16/2016 4:38:21 AM
      - I dunno...there's just something fishy about that guy - mcfly - 6/16/2016 10:31:38 AM
        
        Yeah, and he's always in a hurry. - ER - 6/16/2016 1:38:26 PM

Ken Burns' 2016 Stanford commencement speech - RL - 6/13/2016 1:30:25 AM
- There's nothing finer than an historian in full gallop - mcfly - 6/14/2016 4:50:35 PM

David Petraeus, Mark Kelly launch gun control group - mcfly - 6/13/2016 12:09:54 AM
- I'm All IN. - ER - 6/13/2016 12:59:13 AM

The incredible crushing despair of the white working class. - ER - 6/7/2016 11:32:13 PM
- I'll be quite pleased to be gone by then - mcfly - 6/9/2016 12:06:17 AM
  - Y'know, that's not as easy as it should be for some of us (me). - bowser - 6/10/2016 4:06:11 AM
    - I know what you mean. - ER - 6/11/2016 12:02:38 AM
      - My mother has said that if she dies with Trump in office... - RL - 6/11/2016 5:21:02 PM
        
        If Trump dies in office, - ER - 6/11/2016 6:30:50 PM
      - Preciselly! - bowser - 6/11/2016 12:43:39 AM
  - As Bernie points out. - bowser - 6/9/2016 10:23:56 PM

A Navy SEAL student who died two weeks ago was the fifth trainee in four months --- - bowser - 6/10/2016 2:49:31 AM

'Look at my African-American over here' - RL - 6/3/2016 11:08:06 PM
- What he's really saying, if you read between the lines, - ER - 6/4/2016 4:11:02 AM
  - No need to read between the lines... - RL - 6/5/2016 7:36:25 PM
- Trump's about a half-step away from using the word "boy" - mcfly - 6/4/2016 2:37:49 AM
- More on the judge... - RL - 6/4/2016 12:46:54 AM
  - The obvious corollary... - ER - 6/7/2016 2:35:33 PM
    - Don't be silly.... - RL - 6/7/2016 10:55:25 PM

The Donald Trump of the Philippines - RL - 6/5/2016 3:17:38 PM
- Times are crazy, people feel weak, they feel threatened. - ER - 6/5/2016 4:31:37 PM

"It's hard to be humble when you're as great as I am." - bowser - 6/5/2016 12:45:23 PM
- "Float like a butterfly, sting like a bee. - ER - 6/5/2016 1:38:58 PM

Not even president, but already damaging our foreign relations... - RL - 6/3/2016 1:37:06 AM
- Trump was nominated fair and square. - ER - 6/3/2016 1:39:05 PM
  - The problem with America is... - mcfly - 6/3/2016 7:51:11 PM
    - Listen for the dog whistles...the code words... - ER - 6/3/2016 10:24:56 PM

The NRA is pure evil... - RL - 6/2/2016 5:52:26 PM
- You have to keep in mind that the NRA is NOT what it declares itself: - ER - 6/2/2016 6:36:08 PM

ISIS' PR man - RL - 5/30/2016 4:37:09 PM
- “I have my views on that,” - ER - 5/30/2016 8:37:30 PM

Carpet Droning - ER - 5/22/2016 3:58:25 PM
- There is no credible information available. - bowser - 5/23/2016 7:47:40 AM
  - I'm sorry Bowser. - ER - 5/23/2016 1:07:53 PM
    - We're better than most - BuckGalaxy - 5/26/2016 10:14:27 PM
      - And you know that how? - bowser - 5/27/2016 1:39:03 AM
    - Even though all the evidence is on my side, - bowser - 5/24/2016 8:00:37 AM

Warren blasts Trump for the immature racist anti-American piece of crap that he is - mcfly - 5/25/2016 7:08:15 PM
- If you have to explain a joke, there is no joke. - ER - 5/25/2016 9:00:36 PM

Donald Trump Has Another White Power-Loving Delegate - RL - 5/20/2016 10:02:07 PM

Could a Sanders 3rd party effort lead to a Trump victory? - bowser - 5/19/2016 6:20:48 PM
- Yes, I expect it could - mcfly - 5/20/2016 7:55:52 PM
- The Republicans have already solved that problem. - ER - 5/19/2016 6:42:30 PM

I got your violence right here... - RobVG - 5/17/2016 3:48:54 AM
- Bernie's Brownshirts - mcfly - 5/18/2016 2:43:16 AM
  - Its too late now. - ER - 5/18/2016 1:28:08 PM
    - Good call, though that means I got it wrong - mcfly - 5/18/2016 5:24:54 PM
      - Those who will be considered a liability to their former followers... - ER - 5/18/2016 9:09:00 PM
- Try again... - mcfly - 5/17/2016 4:24:59 AM
  - My apologies, Rob - mcfly - 5/17/2016 5:00:11 PM
    - Thank you - RobVG - 5/17/2016 10:11:10 PM
- Getting a little desperate there, aren't you? - RL - 5/17/2016 4:00:35 AM
  - Desperate? no. In stitches, yes n/t - RobVG - 5/17/2016 4:06:31 AM

A third-party candidate we can all get behind... - RL - 5/12/2016 12:30:19 PM
- Kea's Campaign Posters - RL - 5/16/2016 10:48:05 PM
- Fetching victory from the jaws of defeat! - mcfly - 5/12/2016 8:41:52 PM
- Not a PAWn of the special interests... - RL - 5/12/2016 5:12:26 PM
  - Re: Not a PAWn of the special interests... - podrock - 5/12/2016 5:40:43 PM
    - Indeed... - RL - 5/12/2016 6:30:41 PM
- Announcement of the formation of Kea's Super-Pack... - RL - 5/12/2016 2:54:50 PM
- Count me in! - bowser - 5/12/2016 1:44:50 PM
  - I am disappointed with you, bowser... - RL - 5/12/2016 2:48:50 PM
    - Like that isn't Joe Biden! - bowser - 5/13/2016 7:53:03 AM

This level of insecurity is terrifying in a potential president... - RL - 5/13/2016 9:33:46 PM
- Now the Trump camp is saying his previous personal behavior isn't important - mcfly - 5/15/2016 4:07:18 PM
  - I assume you and the others are at least honorary members of moveon.org. - RobVG - 5/16/2016 12:15:53 AM
    - So... - mcfly - 5/16/2016 3:38:29 AM
      - Well... - RobVG - 5/16/2016 2:58:55 PM
        
        You missed my point - mcfly - 5/16/2016 9:54:33 PM
        
        So is your argument that Trump ISN'T a misogynist? - RL - 5/16/2016 9:33:11 PM
- It supports Jon Stewart's assertion - mcfly - 5/14/2016 12:48:14 AM
- There is no longer any doubt that Trump is an ignoramus, a bully, a boor, a lout and a villain. - ER - 5/14/2016 12:46:49 AM
  - Quite right - mcfly - 5/14/2016 2:55:28 AM
- Shameless self- promotion.That never gets anyone anywhere. n/t - RobVG - 5/13/2016 10:34:01 PM
  - "Watch him disassemble" ;) - RobVG - 5/13/2016 10:48:11 PM
  - Doesn't it bother you... what it says about the man and his pathology? - RL - 5/13/2016 10:47:40 PM

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