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That was awesome.

I am sure that the counterpoints will predictably be that early in his career his lyrical content was incredibly pro gun and pro violence. So he is a hypocrite. Ignore the message by discounting the messenger. But ignore the message at ALL COSTS.

10 Examples of Dysfunction in Healthcare

Cody’s Showdygieg:

Klepper Asks Trump Supporters: Who Won the Impeachment Fight? | The Daily Show
*making Iowan's appear dumb as though the caucus didn't already do that.

Midnight In Washington - Impeachment Zero Hour

farley3k wrote:

Klepper Asks Trump Supporters: Who Won the Impeachment Fight? | The Daily Show
*making Iowan's appear dumb as though the caucus didn't already do that.

This video was hysterical...and frightening at the same time

Wow. He looks like he has multiple mental issues. I am glad to know that he can be made uncomfortable. I hope prison is a non stop source of triggers for each of his insecurities.

The video doesn't provide much detail on Klayman (the lawyer questioning Stone), but it's worth noting that Klayman is equally sleazy, going after the Clintons' on spurious charges. Which makes watching them go at it all the more entertaining, and sad.

Something is missing in this story, but I can't quite place my finger on it...

How we got here:

That video is brilliant. I have always loved Robert Reich. He knows the economy inside and out because he's been intimately involved in both crafting and criticizing national economic policy since I was in high school in the 1970's.

He has always struck me as a straightforward, honest speaker, no matter how uncomfortable the truth.

MJ Hegar's back:

The point made early on that sticks with me is that the NRA thrives when it has a clear "enemy" to fight against. It's decline during Trump's presidency seems to support that.

The best thing the NRA could wish for is a Democratic president.

Quintin_Stone wrote:

The best thing the NRA could wish for is a Democratic president.

True, but they aren't going to get nearly the traction with this old punchy white guy that they got with the last one.

edit: eh, maybe a little *too* trigger-y. Maybe a discussion for less crazy times than these.

A Boog handed a manifesto to one of the indie journalists covering the protests last night and ran off. It’s pretty great.

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Sarah Cooper is, as the kids are wont to say, “fire.”

The lipstick. The lipstick.

Ah, now it's all clear.

So why did the boat sink? It went down incredibly fast... did they hit something and tear the hull?

Malor wrote:

So why did the boat sink? It went down incredibly fast... did they hit something and tear the hull?

The talk on Portland Reddit and Twitter is that there were too many people in the boat and the wake of the Trump armada swamped their boat. So partly operator error and partly that floatilla of morons.

Talking about Portland, does anyone have info about the assault on a driver a few days ago?

First, I’m getting conflicting reports that he tried to run over protesters vs just getting in a verbal argument. Also, I’ve heard that he’s died but can’t find anything on that so it wouldn’t surprise me if that’s the conservative Facebook rumor mill. Would love to know more from Portland folks on the ground.

Other reports around social media claim that the victim in this case is not recovering or has succumbed to the injuries. These reports are false. The victim has been released from the hospital and is recovering.

https://www.portlandoregon.gov/polic...

Trophy Husband wrote:
Other reports around social media claim that the victim in this case is not recovering or has succumbed to the injuries. These reports are false. The victim has been released from the hospital and is recovering.

https://www.portlandoregon.gov/polic...

Thanks Trophy Husband. Glad to know the victim is recovering and they at least have identified the suspect. I didn’t want to jump to conclusions cause of the number of alt right whack jobs who’ve tried to run through crowds. But in this case sounds like the driver was the hero and the protester who was completely OOC.

jdzappa wrote:

But in this case sounds like the driver was the hero and the protester who was completely OOC.

Or the driver had been drinking for hours--at a nearby bar and in his parked truck--had picked fights with people earlier in the evening, hurled racial slurs, and threatened people with a hatchet before getting beat down.

Considering the OregonLive article quotes The Daily Caller as well as a guy who runs a YouTube "news" channel called "Lives Matter" (as in All Lives Matter), who knows what really happened. I just know I'm not going to 100% trust the "Lives Matter" guy--the source of the video--because he clearly has an agenda to paint BLM--who he repeatedly refers on social media as "twisted," "militants," "racists," "thugs," and worse--in the most negative light.