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Rats leaving the sinking ship (of state)?Hardly. They are devouring it, leaving and coming back with friends, having parties, planning litters, and eating some more, savoring it, comparing it to other notable meals they have enjoyed, apparently happy as canned clams.

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Would you believe that some people don't recognize this as a joke? I blame the pathological state of the noosphere for that- the fact that no one knows my joke is a joke, that is-- and I agree with that because holding myself responsible would be--- unspeakably grandiose. Blaming myself when it is the fault of the universe! Would I ever live it down?{All done! Hope it was worth it. If not, blame the universe, not me}

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I apologised, sort of, for my unfunny joke. This is the part where you say, "Everyone's nerves are a bit frayed," as one, especially Canadians, does, "We'll just hev t' poot oop w'it," whether you mean it or not.{More below}

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Mr. Regan! In a rather jocular mood I have left for you a meta-joke or meta-meta. even if that is meaningless to you, keep in mind it may be meaningless to me as well. But it comes apart like a Yugo and then snaps shut like a moose trap. Would you indulge me?Where, you may ask. I reply, "Why, in the place where first were writ the very words "Up here in Canuckistan...." 2 days ago, as of right now, in the original article and not this fatuous facsimile. Where I replied, and began to construct my electronic IED.

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It didn't get reported very much. I only found out about it from the rise of media critic bloggers after the fact.

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Can I not reply to myself? I think i got blocked from reolying to myself. Is there some recourse to wonkette authorities? Can I not explain myself, to someone? Have I not been a well-behaved, or at least grudgingly tolerated, participant for many months? I have asked myself why have I become so tedious lately. I have thought- in the moment- that I have been mistreated, wondering only later, 'Could it be me?' I have even lashed out (only verbally) to my nears and dears even when they are near-------my neighbor/ chaperone/advisor says avoid phrases like near and dear because it appears to irritate----whoever, she doesn't kno who they are and the sad thing is I don't either. Could it be me? who causes my own misery? Who else. The screen seems to have gotten brighter. could it mean that someone is listening. She says don't say anything that could be construed as a joke. She says erasure is not a good Idea, recorders you know.Should I just be myself, that hasn't worked out so well for me lately. Not a joke. If it was a joke would I be being this honest? Bad thing for a suspected liar to say. Maybe I will say what I want to say the way I want to say it. I need to take a medication and wait maybe ten minutes for the affect. All this can be documented, if that makes a difference, hospotal records, medications (that list goes on) Not supposed to mention. 8 min silence? Back longer than 8 min. Had a dispute. Not supposed to mention something, not supposed th mention that I mentioned, and if I do God forbid that I mention that I mentioned that i you get the drift. Think I just lost my lawyer/neighbor except that she'll still be my neighbor (means well, but what does that mean)?Because I got just one line of defense and I feel I got no choice but to use it. A minute please, to settle my nervesI'm old, 71, not so old you might say, I reply, I took really terrible care of my self. Your fault, you may say, and I will not disagree. Cluster headaches, COPD, far too many exacerbations this year or more accurately, winter. Six, I think, as opposed to my usual one. Five hospitalizations, rehab, then Hospice. All documentable. I've got piles of paper on my computer table is OT (as it is abbreviated on this website) Medications? seems like twenty or so. Excluding multivites, lite salt, herbal laxatives, etc. But of the others some are psychotropic like zoloft lorazepam resting just a moment a little worked up O2 I hd forgot to use it trazodone haloperidol prochlorperazine (suppositories (yik)), liquid morphine no plans to use- why so much? Hospice.All comes down to Hospice. I am at home rather than in the actual facility, but still I'm on their 3-month life expectancy list (actually a month into that) but the nurses say they would'nt be surprised If I beat that (sounds like something they say to be nice, and it soes seem like theyre reading from the same script. Wait symbicort, spiriva ,albuterol, that's got to be most of them. The zoloft I did quit, about ten days ago, unsupervised of course, that's me, and I spent a few uncomfortable days and then seemed all right and now I would assume my mania is caused by something else. I will definitely fess up to Nurse Susan monday that I quit.As I said, all docufiable. What else? People are telling me that if I die (IF) they will be devastated, and I don't like it that me dying will be somebody else's Grand Opera, me (dead) just a prop. Promising me they will be there to the very last moment? I think death is like a bodily function, private moment, I dont like people staring at me while I'm on the toilet. Besides, dying is likely to be interesting, and is almost certainly the last interesting thing that will ever happen to me, and I don't wish to be distracted. I'm feeling a bit manic. Maybe I'll take another trazodone and go to sleep. Will this message to self remain undisturbed or disappear before my very eyes? Because I doubt that any apologies to the aggrieved parties would be acknowledged but I would like to make a general apology to all wonkette or all wonkdom or I'm really trying not to be cute with words. The last thing I wand is to further offend the aggrieved parties, one in particular. Not trying to be cute with "aggrieved parties," just as neutral and inoffensive as possible. The pain of having delivered such an insult will stay with me the restof----my life, pretty paltry for a dying man to say that. I start saying I'm sorry, I'll probably never quit. Making all the 'sorries' worth less than nothing.

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If you graduate from the electoral college, you are assured admission into Trump University.

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I guess you (Canadians in general, not just you in particular) use your power only for good, because you've never invaded Wisconsin. But I think it would be only for good if you mounted an incursion into Wisconsin and took Paul Ryan with you, as you would be hailed as heroes by all the right people, by which I mean all leftists.

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Your cogent analysis ignores the fact that VLAD HAS THE KOMPROMAT ON ALL THESE FUCKERS, KATIE

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I intend to get back to my self excoriation soon. Almost said self exfoliation, rather aptly, because I feel like I'm peeling my own skin off, as though for inspection, without any idea whether it's an acceptable offering or not. Just joking.

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Yes indeed, Schumer is on to something. He thinks the Repugs are using Trump as a distraction, the zanier his stunts the better, the whole wacky crew, madcap even, the more attention he gets the better, an embarassment whom they are only too happy to endure--because they are stage right, selling the USA to Russia, in plain sight, unnoticed.

Stop paying attention to Trump, he says. No way in hell, we say, we might miss something appalling!

This is so important that I may repeat this on a more frequented page, if that is permissible, because, as I said, this is important.

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Exceptionally small is (4/50)x (4/200),very roughly, is four states (of fifty) times the number of precincts needed to flip the votes to gain a Trump win and the Russians were in the system but the Republicans won't say where because it's just no big thing. A prank, basically, and all the fine young people involved are being let off with warnings instead of small fines.

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Now you can't tell me that we in the USA don't pay our Russian guest workers enough for the wonderful job they are doing! They love it so much here that we literally can't get rid of them!If you persons of the Canadian persuasion were as hospitable to foreigners as we are here in the USA, you could have 'better outcomes' with your elections too!

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Someone working for the DHS named Jeanette Manfra says that some goofball named " Jeanette Manfra said something no one should take seriously on NBC.

http://thehill.com/policy/c...

The Department of Homeland Security on Monday pushed back against a recent NBC News report claiming that Russian hackers “successfully penetrated” U.S. voter roles before the 2016 elections, calling it misleading.

“Recent NBC reporting has misrepresented facts and confused the public with regard to Department of Homeland Security and state and local government efforts to combat election hacking,” Jeanette Manfra, the department’s chief cybersecurity official, said in a statement.

The article published by NBC last week drew on an exclusive interview with Manfra, during which she told the publication that U.S. officials observed “a targeting of 21 states and an exceptionally small number of them were actually successfully penetrated.”

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Replying to myself, as you will notice. But I must run an errand. Truly. Some of what I typed was bullshit, some actual lies, even vicious ones, but the last thing I said is God's own truth.Enjoyed talking I mean typing with you, Hope to do so again.

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Doesn't the guy get points for being honest, or sorta honest in a stupidly- involuntary- even- kinda- amusing- when- you- get- right- down- to- it sort of a way, about his treason? Must we judge every betrayer harshly? Hasn't everybody betrayed his nation, even just a little bit?

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