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#2102 Oct 20 2015 at 8:51 AM Rating: Excellent
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In actual news, the Confederate flag is back, this time in a county in Tennessee. While not interesting on the surface, it turns out that according to several Tennesee historians that are totally on the evil liberal payroll say that the county in question was actually Pro-Union during the Civil War so the whole "because heritage!" line doesn't particularly resonate. Also in a great show of groups eating themselves, the Westboro Church is protesting against Kim Davis over her being a hypocrite and an adulterer, basically calling her a false prophet.


Much of East Tennessee was pro-Union, but there was hardly a complete consensus either way. Not a lot of cotton country in East Tennessee, and it was a bit more industrial than the rest of the state.

I had a feeling I knew what WBC was picketing Davis about as soon as I heard they were. There is a certain snake eating its own tail ethos there, but she IS a three-time divorcee with kids born out of any of those wedlocks. Of course that was before she became a "Christian"; she was only a Baptist before.
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#2103 Oct 20 2015 at 8:58 AM Rating: Excellent
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Man, Poldaran really has it in for the UN Smiley: laugh
They put Saudi Arabia in charge of Human Rights.

Well, not quite.
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#2104 Oct 20 2015 at 9:25 AM Rating: Good
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Jophiel wrote:
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Man, Poldaran really has it in for the UN Smiley: laugh
They put Saudi Arabia in charge of Human Rights.

Well, not quite.
Okay, so that's not as bad as I'd understood it. I still have other beef with them. But that was my big one.
#2105 Oct 20 2015 at 10:29 AM Rating: Good
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There is a certain snake eating its own tail ethos there,
I think that's when the fun really starts.

Anyway, the county in question whose name I can't remember voted 20-1 against putting the flag up, so I imagine there is going to be some gnashing of teeth about how they've failed the people and how their nonexistent heritage matters and they're not enough/too much and should be fired in favor of new people and blah blah blah.
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#2106 Oct 20 2015 at 11:04 AM Rating: Excellent
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There is a certain snake eating its own tail ethos there,
I think that's when the fun really starts.

Anyway, the county in question whose name I can't remember voted 20-1 against putting the flag up, so I imagine there is going to be some gnashing of teeth about how they've failed the people and how their nonexistent heritage matters and they're not enough/too much and should be fired in favor of new people and blah blah blah.


Greene County, looks like. Fun fact: when Tennessee voted to secede, Greene County actually held a referendum on staying with the Union in defiance of the state's decision, as did several others. So, not only were they not enthusiastic about the Confederacy, there was actually a lot of animosity toward the idea.

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#2107 Oct 20 2015 at 12:23 PM Rating: Good
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So, not only were they not enthusiastic about the Confederacy, there was actually a lot of animosity toward the idea.
That cranks up the hilarity another notch or two. Smiley: laugh
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#2108 Oct 21 2015 at 3:21 AM Rating: Decent
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Another red blooded American exercised his 2nd Amendment right to murder preschoolers yesterday.

http://www.usnews.com/news/us/articles/2015/10/21/police-child-dies-in-road-rage-attack-on-new-mexico-freeway

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ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — Police are asking for the public's help as authorities try to identify and find an assailant who shot and killed a 4-year-old girl on an Albuquerque freeway.

The shooting about an hour before the start of evening rush hour on Tuesday was the result of what Police Chief Gorden Eden described as an unexplainable crime brought on by road rage.

Interstate 40, the highway where the shooting happened, would have been heavy with traffic at the time the shooter opened fire, he said.

"We have absolutely no suspect information at this time," he said. "We need the community's help. You had to have seen something. Please call us."

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"The cars were both moving westbound when one car pulled up against the other and started firing," said police spokesman Officer Simon Drobik.



Something similar happened to my family once. Instead of shooting us, the giant white pickup running about 70mph on the highway pulled beside us and attempted to run us off the road with my infant son and tween stepdaughter on board. Presumably it was the Obama 2012 bumper sticker my wife had put on our car that set him off.


Edited, Oct 21st 2015 9:22am by Kuwoobie
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#2109 Oct 21 2015 at 4:03 AM Rating: Good
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Oh, I'm sure the shooter was just "standing his ground".

Edited, Oct 21st 2015 4:04am by Bijou
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And...that's what's wrong with your country. Everything is about getting a political jab in on the other side.
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#2111 Oct 21 2015 at 5:48 AM Rating: Good
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"Other side"? I'm in the middle.

When the left does something rock-#$%^ing stupid I'll jab them as well. Not my fault the bread-and-circus BS comes so often from the right.
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#2112 Oct 21 2015 at 7:13 AM Rating: Good
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The solution is clearly to allow four year olds to purchase and carry firearms.
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And...that's what's wrong with your country. Everything is about getting a political jab in on the other side.

Well, when you have 80-90% of the country in favor of federal background checks for all gun purchases but it's blocked by politicians bought by the NRA and voted in (via primary) by the more strident ends of the party, you sort of lose faith in anything better coming along. I guess political jabs are easier than dwelling on the murder of a 4 year old girl and knowing that her life was just another chit in the Second Amendment Freedoms pile.
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#2114 Oct 21 2015 at 8:14 AM Rating: Good
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Jophiel wrote:
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And...that's what's wrong with your country. Everything is about getting a political jab in on the other side.

Well, when you have 80-90% of the country in favor of federal background checks for all gun purchases but it's blocked by politicians bought by the NRA and voted in (via primary) by the more strident ends of the party, you sort of lose faith in anything better coming along. I guess political jabs are easier than dwelling on the murder of a 4 year old girl and knowing that her life was just another chit in the Second Amendment Freedoms pile.
If it helps, it's Albuquerque. So she was probably a meth dealer.
#2115 Oct 21 2015 at 8:33 AM Rating: Excellent
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Uglysasquatch wrote:
And...that's what's wrong with your country. Everything is about getting a political jab in on the other side.



Couldn't agree more. We are busily cutting off our collective nose to spite our collective face. And the weird thing is, American politicians used to be geniuses at compromise.
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#2116 Oct 21 2015 at 8:34 AM Rating: Good
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Hey, stuff happens.

On side note, it's October 21, 2015 and the Cubs are (almost) in the Playoffs and Biff Tannen is running for President.
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#2117 Oct 21 2015 at 8:35 AM Rating: Good
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Hey, stuff happens.

On side note, it's October 21, 2015 and the Cubs are (almost) in the Playoffs and Biff Tannen is running for President.

And as of tomorrow, every part of Back to the Future will officially be set in the past.
#2118 Oct 21 2015 at 9:05 AM Rating: Good
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Later tonight my Mets are going to knock the Cubs out of the playoffs, so it'll also be officially historically inaccurate. Smiley: thumbsup
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#2120 Oct 21 2015 at 5:43 PM Rating: Decent
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Another red blooded American exercised his 2nd Amendment right to murder preschoolers yesterday.

http://www.usnews.com/news/us/articles/2015/10/21/police-child-dies-in-road-rage-attack-on-new-mexico-freeway

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ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — Police are asking for the public's help as authorities try to identify and find an assailant who shot and killed a 4-year-old girl on an Albuquerque freeway.

The shooting about an hour before the start of evening rush hour on Tuesday was the result of what Police Chief Gorden Eden described as an unexplainable crime brought on by road rage.

Interstate 40, the highway where the shooting happened, would have been heavy with traffic at the time the shooter opened fire, he said.

"We have absolutely no suspect information at this time," he said. "We need the community's help. You had to have seen something. Please call us."

...

"The cars were both moving westbound when one car pulled up against the other and started firing," said police spokesman Officer Simon Drobik.



Something similar happened to my family once. Instead of shooting us, the giant white pickup running about 70mph on the highway pulled beside us and attempted to run us off the road with my infant son and tween stepdaughter on board. Presumably it was the Obama 2012 bumper sticker my wife had put on our car that set him off.

Another NYPD officer was killed, so the obvious response is "more guns for everybody". When I suggested gun control I was advised to commit suicide. I'm just gonna sit this out.
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#2121 Oct 21 2015 at 6:11 PM Rating: Good
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Another NYPD officer was killed, so the obvious response is "more guns for everybody". When I suggested gun control I was advised to commit suicide. I'm just gonna sit this out.


Well, if you just shot everyone who was against gun control, we wouldn't have this problem. Aren't you ashamed for not taking a more active role in the course of our country?
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Another NYPD officer was killed, so the obvious response is "more guns for everybody". When I suggested gun control I was advised to commit suicide. I'm just gonna sit this out.


I read this and think of Ugly's comment regarding political jabs at either side. The real problem is there shouldn't be two sides-- not like this. The "side" we are jabbing at here are people who's thoughts have become completely warped. The "sides" are not liberal and conservative anymore. There is "sane" and "mindless animal." How extreme does this "side" need to become before it's no longer just me being cynical?
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#2123 Oct 21 2015 at 9:10 PM Rating: Decent
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Ahh, we can now take the shine off of Hillary. CIA director happens to use his aol account for business purposes.

I am not sure whether it is depressing or funny.
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#2124 Oct 21 2015 at 11:19 PM Rating: Good
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Someone in my family today posted this article from 1991 about the killing of my oldest brother.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/local/1991/06/25/va-slaying-suspect-said-he-went-to-party-to-beat-up-someone-officer-testifies/f228eb79-162f-456a-8f0d-ed9738e23941/

I never knew any of the details about what happened until now. It's strange because I read articles like these every day, now seeing one about someone who was close to me. Seeing both his, and my father's name in the article is pretty jarring.
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#2125 Oct 22 2015 at 7:13 AM Rating: Excellent
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If it makes you feel better, I have the worst hangover headache, I lost my voice, and I was at McFaddens so I may have had my soul taken by a tv camera.
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I am not sure whether it is depressing or funny.
Someone had to admit they use AOL, so funny.
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#2126 Oct 22 2015 at 4:55 PM Rating: Good
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In "snake eats own tail" news, the term "politically correct" is no longer politically correct.

Where will the euphemism treadmill take us next?

Edited, Oct 22nd 2015 5:55pm by Demea
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