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When you write the history of the once great nation-republic of the United States of America for the period from the end of the Obama presidency to the start of the administration of the next Democratic president, you will find single word ...
by llywrch
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on Fri Dec 29, 2017 at 08:30 PM PST
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It appears that the government of the DPRK is so confused about Donald Trump’s behavior, (welcome to the club) that they are reaching out to well-connected Republican consultants and lobbyists get help understanding him:
“Their number-one concern...
by LunkHead
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on Fri Sep 29, 2017 at 10:03 AM PDT
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20 minutes into the premier, and it’s not funny.
Simply calling Alex Jones type conspiracy theorist types morons is simply not funny.
Things like having a “correspondent” come in from her living room is just lame.
Bring back Larry Wilmore.
by LunkHead
11 comments
on Mon Sep 25, 2017 at 08:53 PM PDT
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Not literally, she needs to embrace their cause though.
Over at talking points memo, Cameron Joseph writes about how the protests in St. Louis have put Claire McCaskill in a bind.
She has been rather quiet about the verdict and the protests,...
by LunkHead
13 comments
on Tue Sep 19, 2017 at 09:15 AM PDT
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So, we have a diary complaining about complaints about “Identity Politics”.
First, I want to state that this dispute is really a proxy, between those who were, and those who weren’t, deeply invested in Hillary Clinton’s campaign for president. (I’m...
by LunkHead
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on Mon Sep 18, 2017 at 01:00 PM PDT
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OK, I know that in the case New York Times Co. v. Sullivan, the Supreme Court ruled that for public officials, in order to prove a libel case, you must prove malice or a reckless disregard for the truth.
However, this DOES NOT apply to private...
by LunkHead
26 comments
on Wed Sep 13, 2017 at 07:28 AM PDT
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We all know what the real enemy of Ted Cruz and the Texas Republicans, it’s good government executing good policies well.
Additionally, we know that Cruz, and Cornyn, and 20 some odd members of the Texas Congressional delegation voted against Sandy...
by LunkHead
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on Thu Aug 31, 2017 at 08:38 PM PDT
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OK, I really don’t approve of criticizing ANY politician on their fashion sense, but it is refreshing to see a MALE politician criticized for their lack of fashion sense, specifically the charmingly unfashionable Jeremy Corbyn, in a sort of, “Turnabout...
by LunkHead
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on Tue Sep 12, 2017 at 07:29 AM PDT
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You may have heard about a weird story where a bunch of IT consultants working for Democratic members of congress have been accused of equipment data theft:
Imran Awan, a House staffer at the center of a criminal investigation potentially...
by LunkHead
182 comments
on Sat Jul 29, 2017 at 08:09 PM PDT
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The Sun has released the blockbuster pictures that show that Jodie Whittaker, the next Doctor, as in Doctor Who, got naked in the film Venus, “In which she starred alongside the likes of Peter O’Toole, Leslie Phillips and Vanessa Redgrave.”
The...
by LunkHead
25 comments
on Tue Jul 18, 2017 at 10:30 PM PDT
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Not only is he mobbed up, but he structured his business to facilitate money laundering, and dealt extensively with the Russian mob.
Why was the MSM not covering this in October instead of obsessing over his latest tweet?
Over at TNR, they...
by LunkHead
167 comments
on Fri Jul 14, 2017 at 07:16 PM PDT
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I know that there are a bunch of people out there who are trying to claim a moral victory because Jon Ossoff only lost by about 5% in the special election, after burning through something around $25 million (€22.4 million, £19.5 million, or $Zimbabwe...
by LunkHead
15 comments
on Thu Jun 22, 2017 at 07:59 PM PDT
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It now looks like the Tories will be in some sort of “kinda-sorta” coalition, and given that they refuse to deal with the Scottish National Party (SNP), and the Liberal Dems (LDP, or slightly silly party in Monty Python speak) is refusing a coalition...
by LunkHead
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on Fri Jun 09, 2017 at 01:36 PM PDT
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This story is from 2008, and it seems to me that the issue is not whether or not Trump and his minions were compromised by Putin, but whether the whole damn Republican Party is.
Seriously this ain’t new information, there has been reporting about...
by LunkHead
19 comments
on Thu Mar 23, 2017 at 09:23 AM PDT
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I am not being sarcastic here.
As Edward Snowden observes, this is evidence that the CIA knew of bugs, concealed them to the detriment of the rest of us, and paid for the creation of insecurities in programs:
The US intelligence agencies are...
by LunkHead
36 comments
on Wed Mar 08, 2017 at 08:51 AM PST
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I understand the temptation to diagnose Donald Trump as having some sort of serious psychological condition under the DSM.
This is wrong:
Diagnosing mental illness requires more than watching someone on TV or reading their tweets.
It...
by LunkHead
15 comments
on Thu Feb 16, 2017 at 03:31 PM PST
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Someone should tell Donald Trump this:
President Trump is capable of many a miracle. On Wednesday, after just 12 days on the job, he raised the dead.
Addressing a small group of African American aides and supporters to kick off Black History...
by LunkHead
6 comments
on Thu Feb 02, 2017 at 11:11 AM PST
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This ain’t much of a diary, but whoever did this protest sign is a fucking genius. 76 comments
on Tue Jan 31, 2017 at 01:44 PM PST
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As you may have heard, after 3 seasons, the only Oscar winning actor to play the doctor, Peter Capaldi, is leaving the show.
I think that his replacement should be British Comic Alexei Sayle for the following reasons:
We need another Doctor...
by LunkHead
25 comments
on Tue Jan 31, 2017 at 08:36 AM PST
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OK, I admit that this is a bit tinfoil hat, but I think that there are elements in the Republican establishment who are currently working a scenario along these lines.
Get Trump to destroy Medicare, Medicaid, and Social Security, largely by...
by LunkHead
22 comments
on Thu Jan 26, 2017 at 11:27 AM PST
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