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TV’s Frink said:

Sometimes you have to ruffle some feathers to make an effective protest.

I see what you did there.

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It’s hard to feel like Trump is the worst human on Earth when there is so much competition these days. Enter Rep. Paul Gosar of Arizona, who recently floated the idea that the modern neo-Nazi movement in the US is being funded and coordinated by a liberal Holocaust survivor. After being roundly criticized by everyone with a sense of shame, including all seven of his siblings, CNN decided to give him a chance to pretend his first remark on the matter was just a big misunderstanding. Given this chance, Rep. Gosar decided to make it clear he’s exactly as full of anti-Semitic conspiracy theories as he seems.

Please tell me Arizona voters are surprised they’re represented by an anti-Semitic conspiracy theorist and will kick this asshole to the curb at the next possible opportunity. Or will he get primaried for not presenting the Charlottesville Nazis in a positive enough light?

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^ You didn’t tell us what party he is from. There is no way I could know from your post.

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Fake News, the age old cry of those being called out on their bullsh*t.

Where were you in '77?

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It’s unfortunate that that term has been ruined since there is a ton of fake news out there.

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TV’s Frink said:

If Warbler would kindly agree to stop sighing at every single post he doesn’t like, I’ll kindly agree to withdraw the sighing bunny.

Sorry, but you know the “*sigh*” is my thing.

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TV’s Frink said:

Sometimes you have to ruffle some feathers to make an effective protest. Maybe you kneel during the National Anthem, maybe you post a sighscraper*.

*Wish I had thought of that first.

If only oojason hadn’t said this:

oojason said:

Knock it off please, lads.

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oojason said:

Knock it off please, lads.

We were only having a little fun(at least I was).

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yhwx said:

Not sure why we have to focus on H.W. now.

Apparently this started once he got to be 90 years old and wheelchair bound. At least he and his people offered an apology.

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Warbler said:

TV’s Frink said:

Sometimes you have to ruffle some feathers to make an effective protest. Maybe you kneel during the National Anthem, maybe you post a sighscraper*.

*Wish I had thought of that first.

My thing

oojason said:

Knock it off please, lads.

Yeah and the heights it’s being taken lately are really annoying too, especially since I’m pretty sure oojason said to cut back on that.

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He meant that for one thread, the Star Trek thread.

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Yeah well it’s getting annoying. Didn’t use to think so but you’re really overdoing it lately. At the very least one per post should be plenty, if not one per page.

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Warbler said:

oojason said:

Knock it off please, lads.

We were only having a little fun(at least I was).

I know lads - though I don’t (and am pretty sure the other mods don’t) really want to awaken and see page upon page of sighs and bunny tower pics when we wake up tomorrow. Thanks 😃

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I’m not joking. The constant sighs in every single post are really annoying, and seeing twelve of them in the same damn post pushed me over the edge.

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yhwx said:

Not sure why we have to focus on H.W. now.

Apparently this started once he got to be 90 years old and wheelchair bound. At least he and his people offered an apology.

You’re kidding, right?

“President Bush would never — under any circumstance — intentionally cause anyone distress, and he most sincerely apologizes if his attempt at humor offended Ms. Lind,” the statement said.

McGrath issued a second statement later Wednesday to provide context.

“At age 93, President Bush has been confined to a wheelchair for roughly five years, so his arm falls on the lower waist of people with whom he takes pictures,” McGrath said. “To try to put people at ease, the president routinely tells the same joke — and on occasion, he has patted women’s rears in what he intended to be a good-natured manner. Some have seen it as innocent; others clearly view it as inappropriate. To anyone he has offended, President Bush apologizes most sincerely.”

This is one of the worst excuses I’ve heard for sexual harassment/assault, and that’s leaving out the non-apology of “to anyone I offended” which is a way of saying "I did nothing wrong and sorry you’re so sensitive.

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Warbler said:

TV’s Frink said:

Sometimes you have to ruffle some feathers to make an effective protest. Maybe you kneel during the National Anthem, maybe you post a sighscraper*.

*Wish I had thought of that first.

If only oojason hadn’t said this:

oojason said:

Knock it off please, lads.

Okay? I’m not sure what your point is.

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CatBus said:

It’s hard to feel like Trump is the worst human on Earth when there is so much competition these days.

Here’s more!

http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2017/10/26/560149316/10-year-old-girl-is-detained-by-ice-officers-after-emergency-surgery

Rosa Maria Hernandez was brought to the United States illegally from Mexico in 2007 when she was 3 months old, according to her mother, Felipa de la Cruz, to get access to better medical care. The family lives in Laredo, Texas, and all are undocumented.

The girl was traveling in an ambulance — accompanied by her cousin — to Driscoll Children’s Hospital in Corpus Christi on Tuesday when federal immigration officers stopped the vehicle at a checkpoint.

The Border Patrol agents followed the ambulance to the hospital. According to the family’s lawyer, Leticia Gonzalez, the agents insisted the door to her hospital room be left open at all times to keep an eye on her.

On Wednesday, the hospital discharged Rosa Maria. The lawyer, reading the discharge papers on a conference call with reporters, said doctors recommended the child be released to “a family member who is familiar with her medical and psychological needs.”

But officers decided to transport the girl to a government-contracted juvenile shelter in San Antonio, 150 miles from Laredo, and put her into deportation proceedings.

Here’s the dangerous criminal that our country is now protected from.

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TV’s Frink said:

moviefreakedmind said:

yhwx said:

Not sure why we have to focus on H.W. now.

Apparently this started once he got to be 90 years old and wheelchair bound. At least he and his people offered an apology.

You’re kidding, right?

“President Bush would never — under any circumstance — intentionally cause anyone distress, and he most sincerely apologizes if his attempt at humor offended Ms. Lind,” the statement said.

McGrath issued a second statement later Wednesday to provide context.

“At age 93, President Bush has been confined to a wheelchair for roughly five years, so his arm falls on the lower waist of people with whom he takes pictures,” McGrath said. “To try to put people at ease, the president routinely tells the same joke — and on occasion, he has patted women’s rears in what he intended to be a good-natured manner. Some have seen it as innocent; others clearly view it as inappropriate. To anyone he has offended, President Bush apologizes most sincerely.”

This is one of the worst excuses I’ve heard for sexual harassment/assault, and that’s leaving out the non-apology of “to anyone I offended” which is a way of saying "I did nothing wrong and sorry you’re so sensitive.

Idk. Fuck everyone involved. I hate everyone including all of them.

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TV’s Frink said:

I’m not joking. The constant sighs in every single post are really annoying, and seeing twelve of them in the same damn post pushed me over the edge.

I’m sick and goddamned tired of it too.

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moviefreakedmind said:

TV’s Frink said:

moviefreakedmind said:

yhwx said:

Not sure why we have to focus on H.W. now.

Apparently this started once he got to be 90 years old and wheelchair bound. At least he and his people offered an apology.

You’re kidding, right?

“President Bush would never — under any circumstance — intentionally cause anyone distress, and he most sincerely apologizes if his attempt at humor offended Ms. Lind,” the statement said.

McGrath issued a second statement later Wednesday to provide context.

“At age 93, President Bush has been confined to a wheelchair for roughly five years, so his arm falls on the lower waist of people with whom he takes pictures,” McGrath said. “To try to put people at ease, the president routinely tells the same joke — and on occasion, he has patted women’s rears in what he intended to be a good-natured manner. Some have seen it as innocent; others clearly view it as inappropriate. To anyone he has offended, President Bush apologizes most sincerely.”

This is one of the worst excuses I’ve heard for sexual harassment/assault, and that’s leaving out the non-apology of “to anyone I offended” which is a way of saying "I did nothing wrong and sorry you’re so sensitive.

Idk. Fuck everyone involved. I hate everyone including all of them.

That’s a bit of a cop-out.

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My comment on the *sigh*ing situation remains the same as on October 23:

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Warb, you don’t have to stop with the *sigh*s. Just don’t overuse them.

I also don’t get why people got worked up over this statement, as I essentially said the same thing dahmage said in the next post in that thread.

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TV’s Frink said:

CatBus said:

It’s hard to feel like Trump is the worst human on Earth when there is so much competition these days.

Here’s more!

http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2017/10/26/560149316/10-year-old-girl-is-detained-by-ice-officers-after-emergency-surgery

Rosa Maria Hernandez was brought to the United States illegally from Mexico in 2007 when she was 3 months old, according to her mother, Felipa de la Cruz, to get access to better medical care. The family lives in Laredo, Texas, and all are undocumented.

The girl was traveling in an ambulance — accompanied by her cousin — to Driscoll Children’s Hospital in Corpus Christi on Tuesday when federal immigration officers stopped the vehicle at a checkpoint.

The Border Patrol agents followed the ambulance to the hospital. According to the family’s lawyer, Leticia Gonzalez, the agents insisted the door to her hospital room be left open at all times to keep an eye on her.

On Wednesday, the hospital discharged Rosa Maria. The lawyer, reading the discharge papers on a conference call with reporters, said doctors recommended the child be released to “a family member who is familiar with her medical and psychological needs.”

But officers decided to transport the girl to a government-contracted juvenile shelter in San Antonio, 150 miles from Laredo, and put her into deportation proceedings.

Here’s the dangerous criminal that our country is now protected from.

Guys, armadillos crossing the border is a serious problem.

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TV’s Frink said:

Warbler said:

TV’s Frink said:

Sometimes you have to ruffle some feathers to make an effective protest. Maybe you kneel during the National Anthem, maybe you post a sighscraper*.

*Wish I had thought of that first.

If only oojason hadn’t said this:

oojason said:

Knock it off please, lads.

Okay? I’m not sure what your point is.

You continued to knock it on (?) after jason told you to knock it off, I assume. (?)

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TV’s Frink said:

I’m not joking. The constant sighs in every single post are really annoying, and seeing twelve of them in the same damn post pushed me over the edge.

Is the sighscraper really any better though?