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I hear you.

In a way, it is a macho patriotic anthem. People who served in-country in VN (and no doubt in the more recent wars too) have a slightly more nuanced definition of patriotic, is all.

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Mesmerized as I am by the puppy video, I have to point out that at the end he/she has got one paw over the edge of the bowl, which means that in the subsequent part we don't get to see, he/she will be out of the bowl and peeing in your napkin.

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On the one hand, Louie Gohmert. On the other hand, even Senators don't make anywhere near the money Beck collects from his minions.

So, no.

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The obvious, of course, being that it's pretty fucking absurd to say that no American could possibly bomb random people at a sporting event <em>when one pled guilty less than ten years ago for doing exactly that</em>. Because he hated "socialism" and 'bortion.

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I've been feeling guilty since it happened for hoping it's a right-wing nutjob. Now David Sirota's said that out loud at <a href="http:\/\/www.salon.com\/2013\/04\/16\/lets_hope_the_boston_marathon_bomber_is_a_white_american\/" target="_blank">Salon</a>, and created a shitstorm on the right. (Too many articles to link.)

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Speaking of a media moment, the world's richest sports bookie was arrested. He lived one floor below Donald Trump in one of his buildings: <a href="http://www.foxnews.com/us/2..." target="_blank">" rel="nofollow noopener" title="http://www.foxnews.com/us/2013/04/17/russian-mob-...">http://www.foxnews.com/us/2...

Sorry to change to subject but Donnie Trump is fucktard with his on-going birf certificate hunt while our POTUS commits resources to domestic terrorists.

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This is a tricky matter. One thing to bear in mind is that there is a good chance that many of them are not, in fact, inhuman, selfish, creepy assholes. Many are just invoking protective coloration.

I'm 65. I've known a lot of gun owners over the years. (For that matter, I have a couple of guns). A substantial majority of them were either hunters -- who, in the main, don't use AR-15s -- or folks who, for some reason, had acquired the notion that they needed firearms to protect themselves against hypothetical criminals. A fairly small minority were people who probably did need to be packing, because of the lives they lived. But they very rarely talked about guns.

In my experience, gun-fondling discussions at work tended to be led -- or provoked -- by a small core of <strike>jackasses</strike>enthusiasts. Sometimes this would entrain the less-<strike>jackassy</strike> enthusiastic gun-owners to compare dicks. You don't want to be talking sense to them at that point, but you might want to notice who might be suitable for a private discussion at some future time. A lot of gun-owners are surprisingly rational if you get them away from other gun-owners.

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Wow. Wonkette never fails to educate. I had never heard of this. Also, I am 6'1", and was 6'1" when I was 12, which makes me wonder. Although I've never tried to kill anyone, and had sort of the opposite of learning disability.

But still, 1/1000? That's a hell of a random mutation.

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Mm, I remember Indira, but somehow missed the black widow part. Spare a clue?

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So, are you actually in Blighty these seconds? (Oxford Street ref in some previous post)

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We need confirmation from Bill Kristol to be absolutely sure.

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Actually, their Nazis were pretty good. Our industrial infrastructure was better, because it hadn't been destroyed.

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Goldschlager is fucking awful. Also, every color of Charteuse. Gah.

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Oh, fuck.

Okay, Wonkobiologists, how hard is it to come by ricin?

EDIT: "obtain" ricin? Keep yer shirts on.

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Nagasaki libel. (Much more random).

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No, he's a fucking entrepreneur.

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