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**Dr. Strangelove** · February 1, 2019, 10:58 AM

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**crashcourse** · February 1, 2019, 11:03 AM

never get tired of that pic

in other news an IG report came out with relaitively little fanfare yesterday. looks like horowitz is connecting the dots rather well. podcast of the report and her conclusion very interesting

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**Dr. Strangelove** · February 1, 2019, 11:04 AM

Five Saudi students in Oregon, all facing criminal charges, have simply vanished from the country. It's believed the Saudi government helped them all escape prosecution and get back home.

The Oregonian's coverage of Saudi students fleeing U.S. justice draws national media attention; read the stories

https://www.oregonlive.com/expo/news/g66l-2019/01/d73efd44ce8523/saudis-suspected-of-illegally-helping-students-facing-prosecution-in-us-read-the-oregonians-coverage-here.html

The Oregonian/OregonLive has uncovered cases of college students from Saudi Arabia disappearing before trial in the U.S.

**AlabamAlum** · February 1, 2019, 11:20 AM

Well before the dust-up with Preston Brooks and Charles Sumner, we had the Griswold-Lyon affair. Tobacco juice was spat, then a hickory cane was swung, and coal tongs were used. In fact, we just celebrated its 221st anniversary:

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Representative Roger Griswold of Connecticut Attacked Matthew Lyon of Vermont on the House Floor | US House of Representatives: History, Art & Archives

https://history.house.gov/Historical-Highlights/1700s/Representative-Roger-Griswold-of-Connecticut-attacked-Matthew-Lyon-of-Vermont-on-the-House-Floor/

On this date, Representative Roger Griswold of Connecticut attacked Representative Matthew Lyon of Vermont on the House Floor (then located in Philadelphia’s Congress Hall). Incensed that the House failed to expel Lyon for spitting tobacco juice at him on January 30, 1798, Griswold sought justice against the “gross indecency” by caning Lyon on the House Floor. Lyon defended himself with a pair of fire tongs. Both Members were separated, and a resolution to expel them was defeated handily, 73 to 21. One contemporary cartoon depicted both Members jousting with cane and tongs in what the cartoonist described as “royal sport.” The episode revealed emergent political factionalism in the House at a time when formal parties had yet to fully form. Underlying the Lyon-Griswold incident was Griswold’s support for the John Adams administration’s hard-line diplomacy toward France and military preparations in the event of hostilities. Lyon believed that preparations for war would eventually precipitate war.

**Dr. Strangelove** · February 1, 2019, 11:20 AM

Originally posted by crashcourse View Post

never get tired of that pic

in other news an IG report came out with relaitively little fanfare yesterday. looks like horowitz is connecting the dots rather well. podcast of the report and her conclusion very interesting

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LJbp...ature=youtu.be

Yeah so Tracy Beanz is a Q aka Qanon follower. So that really lends a TON of support to considering her credible.

So you believe millions of illegals are voting, Hillary had Seth Rich killed, and you float around in Qanon circles. CONNECT THE DOTS! CONNECT THE DOTS!

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**Jeff Buchanan** · February 1, 2019, 11:40 AM

Originally posted by iam416 View Post

I think it definitely has to be viewed in the context of China and Russia. I don't know enough about it to have an absolute opinion on it, but as visceral matter, if Russia isn't abiding it and China isn't even obligated to limit intermediate-range deployment, I'm not sure why the US should be.

Correct ..... and I do know something about this. Never mind my knowledge base is about 25+ years old.

**hack** · February 1, 2019, 11:49 AM

Nodding at Stuart McLean. Froot Loops is proof of the benefits of exposure to other cultures. Froot, please get yourself into the basketball thread and share thoughts on Langford.

I like Lake Wobegone. He nails it in lots of ways. One needs to be patient to let those stories unfold. He did a wonderful monologue for PHC at the Ryman Theatre in Nashville some years back which was the most polite F-U to the south I've ever heard. Art.

In other news, speaking of politics, I may soon announce my candidacy for the Baltimore school board. Single-issue campaign: snow days only when there's actual fucking snow. They've just destroyed me this week. Tuesday I did take pictures of the kids sitting on a sled on a hill of wet grass, and doing "rain angels". Wish I'd been doing it since we moved to DC. I'd have quite the photo essay of No-Snow Snow Days. The mid-atlantic is just no place to be self-employed when your wife has the excuse of being an hour away by commuter train.

**Kapture1** · February 1, 2019, 12:23 PM

God help those kids

**Kapture1** · February 1, 2019, 01:28 PM

Ouch

**froot loops** · February 1, 2019, 01:31 PM

After I mentioned Stuart McLean I ventured down a rabbit hole. I was gutted when I heard he died. Two essays on the man the Christmas after he passed from his long suffering story editor Meg Masters and his producer Jess Milton.

I don't have much of an opinion on the Langford injury. It sucks, maybe they find a way but even with him I saw maybe a Final Four team at best. The most optimistic take is that Izzo can't tinker too much with fewer pieces, but that was probably a better theory last year with JJJ and Bridges on the team.

A Christmas without Stuart McLean

https://www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/a-christmas-without-stuart-mclean/article37417466/

Remembering one of Canada’s consummate storytellers, whose narrative skill went far beyond evoking laughter

**AlabamAlum** · February 1, 2019, 01:39 PM

I really thought the Griswold-Lyon reference would get more play.

:::Leaving disappointed::::

**WingsFan** · February 1, 2019, 01:58 PM

How about the cunt turn herself in for identifying as a false person to manipulate the system for free college and other perks for being Native American?

**Kapture1** · February 1, 2019, 02:00 PM

Just feels like Cory Booker's campaign is dead on arrival

**WingsFan** · February 1, 2019, 02:03 PM

Still up lololol

**Da Geezer** · February 1, 2019, 02:13 PM

Originally posted by hack View Post

Nodding at Stuart McLean. Froot Loops is proof of the benefits of exposure to other cultures. Froot, please get yourself into the basketball thread and share thoughts on Langford.

I like Lake Wobegone. He nails it in lots of ways. One needs to be patient to let those stories unfold. He did a wonderful monologue for PHC at the Ryman Theatre in Nashville some years back which was the most polite F-U to the south I've ever heard. Art.

In other news, speaking of politics, I may soon announce my candidacy for the Baltimore school board. Single-issue campaign: snow days only when there's actual fucking snow. They've just destroyed me this week. Tuesday I did take pictures of the kids sitting on a sled on a hill of wet grass, and doing "rain angels". Wish I'd been doing it since we moved to DC. I'd have quite the photo essay of No-Snow Snow Days. The mid-atlantic is just no place to be self-employed when your wife has the excuse of being an hour away by commuter train.

So... you are taking school photos for a living now? Is Baltimore as bad as Detroit?

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