The Many Fabrications of CNN's 2014 Journalist of the Year

Now that Der Spiegel's fabulist has admitted to 14 fabrications among the 70 articles he wrote (though, as in the case of Steven Glass, that number may rise with further evidence), people -- though not the mainstream media (except for Der Spiegel itself) --are beginning to point out his specific fabrications.

John Sexton documents some of those.

One story Relotius wrote last year was about a small town in Minnesota called Fergus Falls. If you're guessing that this was a Gorillas In the Mist style feature designed to make middle-America look bad, you are exactly correct. Michele Anderson, who lives in Fergus Falls, remembers meeting Relotius last February when he came to live in the area for three weeks to supposedly get a clear view of small-town America...

Sexton then quotes a woman who in this town who immediately smelled a German Rat, and who compiled a list of huge fabrications from just this single article at Medium.

Sexton has quotes from that, or you can read the original.

This is the most amusing one Sexton quotes. Not the most important, but the most amusing -- because... it can so obviously be checked and disproven, but no one bothered doing so, and this fabulist knew damn well his editors wouldn't bother checking the "facts" that confirmed their worldview.

Note that he wrote his article in 2017.

There is also a cinema outside of town, where fast food stores are lit up. In this cinema, a flat, rectangular building, there are two films on a Friday evening. The one, "La La Land", running in empty rows, is a musical, a romance about artists in Los Angeles. The other, "American Sniper", a war film by Clint Eastwood, is sold out. The film is actually already two years old, almost 40 million Americans have seen it, but it still runs in Fergus Falls."
This anecdote that supported Relotius' exaggerated story of an immigrant-fearing, gun obsessed small town one was the easiest to fact check and yet the strangest, most random lie for him to craft. American Sniper definitely has not played in Fergus Falls since its first and only run in 2015. To be sure, we even reached out to Isaac Wunderlich, the manager of Westridge Theatre.

Sexton adds:

And sure enough, they reproduce a message from the theater manager who says American Sniper hasn’t played there since Feb. 2015, two years before Relotius visited. The films that were actually showing at the time he visited were: Lego Batman, Fifty Shades Darker, La La Land, Split, Dog's Purpose, Hidden Figures, and Rings. But those films wouldn’t serve to paint Americans as a bunch of culturally insulated gun nuts.
I can only imagine what he invented for his piece on Colin Kaepernick.

Question: Will CNN be withdrawing its award to Relotius as 2014's Journalist of the Year or will it permit it to stand, as the Pulitzer Committee and the New York Times as well did with paid Soviet fabricator Walter Duranty?

Maybe some of our cucks who are furiously leaking to CNN can ask them, given that they have them on speed-dial and all. Maybe they can do some actual reportage.

Or nah.

Posted by: Ace of Spades at 06:40 PM

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Posted by: Chi-Town Jerry at December 20, 2018 05:23 PM (so+oy)

2 Uno!

Posted by: Downcast at December 20, 2018 05:23 PM (PfsUK)

3 Now to warn the others and read the content!

Posted by: Chi-Town Jerry at December 20, 2018 05:24 PM (so+oy)

4 Uno!
Posted by: Downcast

Ha!

Posted by: Chi-Town Jerry at December 20, 2018 05:24 PM (so+oy)

5 Is it too early for an OT - Mattis to retire in February

Posted by: TheQuietMan at December 20, 2018 05:25 PM (OLCnA)

6 Your headline for this is beautiful, Ace.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at December 20, 2018 05:25 PM (I2dne)

7 "They lie. They lie and we have to be generous with those who lie. I hate them. I hate them so."

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at December 20, 2018 05:25 PM (bcbK8)

8 The are all POS liars at CNN...

Posted by: Zero... at December 20, 2018 05:25 PM (yhf6w)

9 Is it too early for an OT - Mattis to retire in February
Posted by: TheQuietMan at December 20, 2018 05:25 PM (OLCnA)

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Polls indicate some are tired of OT in singe digits!

Posted by: Undocumented at December 20, 2018 05:26 PM (iQKgg)

10 As I said yesterday.. the easiest lie is to those who want to believe the lie.

There is no such thing as journalism any more.. much less journalistic integrity.

It's all about hits.. how many hits can you get? That's all that counts!

Posted by: Chi-Town Jerry at December 20, 2018 05:26 PM (so+oy)

11 Reporters lying? ALERT THE MEDIA!

Oh. Wait.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at December 20, 2018 05:26 PM (Mouru)

12 American Sniper has more laughs than Lego Batman

Posted by: wooga at December 20, 2018 05:27 PM (pvYBp)

13 "maybe some of our cucks who are furiously leaking to CNN "

I read that as 'cucks who are furiously anal leakage to CNN'

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at December 20, 2018 05:27 PM (bcbK8)

14 what in the actual fuck does any of this have to do with shelves? cornfused, i am.

Posted by: chavez the hugo at December 20, 2018 05:28 PM (KP5rU)

15 12 American Sniper has more laughs than Lego Batman
Posted by: wooga at December 20, 2018 05:27 PM (pvYBp)

Better hero and villains too

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at December 20, 2018 05:28 PM (bcbK8)

16
90% of the male audience who have viewed 'American Sniper' have been accused of domestic violence yet still walk the streets in your small suburban town.

Journalist of the Year

Posted by: Newest Nic at December 20, 2018 05:28 PM (jYje5)

17
Fergus Falls' denizens should have taken that kraut rat bastard out on a midwinter snipe hunt.

"Oh, they're at their tastiest in February, especially those 20 or more miles from town!"

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at December 20, 2018 05:28 PM (pNxlR)

18 We didn't get in every airport lounge in America because we're idiots, you know!

Posted by: This Is CNN at December 20, 2018 05:28 PM (Mouru)

19 I have a higher IQ then CNN...

Posted by: Zero... at December 20, 2018 05:29 PM (yhf6w)

20 A buddy of mine knew Mattis when they were both young and single, and Mattis was a horndog looking to get some. That is one incongruent picture.

Posted by: pep at December 20, 2018 05:29 PM (T6t7i)

21 21 A buddy of mine knew Mattis when they were both young and single, and Mattis was a horndog looking to get some. That is one incongruent picture.
Posted by: pep at December 20, 2018 05:29 PM (T6t7i)

Everybody's young until the sap dries up.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at December 20, 2018 05:29 PM (bcbK8)

22 I can only imagine what he invented for his piece on Colin Kaepernick.

______

"He survived a lynching on the 50-yard line by white male fans at halftime of a football game on live TV."

Posted by: ShainS -- #WokeStasi Dragnet Survivor at December 20, 2018 05:30 PM (m1/ym)

23 I thought Mattis wouldn't be too happy with the Syria pull out... pity

Posted by: It's me donna at December 20, 2018 05:30 PM (O2RFr)

24 Everybody's young until the sap dries up.

I dunno. Seems like a lot of the younguns have no sap to dry.

Posted by: pep at December 20, 2018 05:30 PM (T6t7i)

25 "He survived a lynching on the 50-yard line by white male fans at halftime of a football game on live TV."

Posted by: ShainS

You forgot the KKK riding into the Superdome and lighting crosses at the 50 yard line.

Posted by: pep at December 20, 2018 05:31 PM (T6t7i)

26 25
Everybody's young until the sap dries up.

I dunno. Seems like a lot of the younguns have no sap to dry.

Posted by: pep

TBC, I was exceptionally bad at the dating game. But the desire was there.

Posted by: pep at December 20, 2018 05:32 PM (T6t7i)

27 Lego Batman, Fifty Shades Darker, La La Land, Split, Dog's Purpose, Hidden Figures, and Rings.

Something wrong with those people.

Posted by: Skandia Recluse at December 20, 2018 05:33 PM (kJWoP)

28 Damn, is everyone stuck in traffic?

Posted by: pep at December 20, 2018 05:33 PM (T6t7i)

29 First!

Posted by: pep at December 20, 2018 05:33 PM (T6t7i)

30 I remember reading that original debunking of the MN article but not all the details.

But this leads me to wonder -- What exactly does an editor do? Any cursory fact checking? Any insistence on second sources? Or are they just spell checkers?

* I wonder if Ben Domenech will weigh in on this story*

Posted by: GnuBreed at December 20, 2018 05:33 PM (Z4rgH)

31 If only Ursus, Director of Weather and Banana Programming for the Gorilla Channel, were here, we'd be safe!

Posted by: andycanuck at December 20, 2018 05:33 PM (Evws/)

32 Dunno. They know, but it's commute time EST and maybe work wrap up in the midwest...

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at December 20, 2018 05:34 PM (bcbK8)

33 Maybe some of our cucks who are furiously leaking to CNN can ask them, given that they have them on speed-dial and all. Maybe they can do some actual reportage.

Or nah.

Argr males don't do stuff like that. There's a lot they WILL do for CNN, but not reportage.

Posted by: Eeyore, fomerly George LeS at December 20, 2018 05:35 PM (VaN/j)

34 my email traffic is way down. people are bailing and taking a 5 day weekend.

Posted by: x at December 20, 2018 05:36 PM (nFwvY)

35 I guess Relotius either knew better than to include the lyrics from Jack and Diane in his fab story, or he's never heard the song.

Posted by: Count de Monet at December 20, 2018 05:36 PM (QLvwG)

36 14 Corker once said that only three people are separating US from "chaos": Tillerson, Kelly and Mattis. Gone, going, going.

Posted by: Lamp of Love

He should talk, from the sidelines like he is about to be. And fuck that Iran deal cocksucker to boot.

Posted by: GnuBreed at December 20, 2018 05:36 PM (Z4rgH)

37 GnuBreed I believe the purpose of the editor is to make sure the article is slanted towards what the paper has decided the narrative is. Based on the spelling errors that made it past the spellcheck I doubt they are looking for spelling and grammar errors.

Posted by: Deathknyte at December 20, 2018 05:36 PM (3DfJD)

38
The Krauts want to believe it's all true, so why fact check.

Posted by: 13times at December 20, 2018 05:37 PM (K3B2k)

39 Lie well and live.

Posted by: Quintus Relotius at December 20, 2018 05:37 PM (aKsyK)

40 Relotius? Who?

Posted by: dantesed at December 20, 2018 05:37 PM (88xKn)

41 Fact:American Sniper and Rambo II runon a continuous loop in American midwest homes
Relotius

Posted by: steevy at December 20, 2018 05:38 PM (BXMxN)

42 30 First!
Posted by: pep at December 20, 2018 05:33 PM (T6t7i)

That means your comment is trans-first.

Posted by: Eeyore, fomerly George LeS at December 20, 2018 05:38 PM (VaN/j)

43 What in the actual F is the fascination with Legos BTW?

I will never understand that.

And fuck CNN and Der Speigel. To be on topic.

Posted by: eleven at December 20, 2018 05:38 PM (NLLmE)

44 Well, it's that time of year . . .?

18 Most Mortifying Media Moments of 2018...

https://bit.ly/2T3tFs5

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Tyrannosaur Wrangler at December 20, 2018 05:38 PM (+y/Ru)

45 Also Merry Christmas Morans.

And fuck Der CNN!

Posted by: eleven at December 20, 2018 05:39 PM (NLLmE)

46

Question: Will CNN be withdrawing its award to Relotius as 2014's
Journalist of the Year or will it permit it to stand, as the Pulitzer
Committee and the New York Times as well did with paid Soviet fabricator
Walter Duranty?

CNN is not interested in the slightest in being accurate or truthful. Not only will they permit the award to stand, they'll prolly give him another award just to rub our noses in it some more.
I really wish that PDT would pull their WH press credentials. He has more than enough reasons to do so, this debacle is just the most recent one. And he could justify it very easily to the country: "In light of this, how is anyone able to trust what they say? American need truthful information if they are to govern their own country, and CNN has continued to prove they're not up to the job."

Posted by: BackwardsBoy at December 20, 2018 05:39 PM (HaL55)

47 Is American Sniper still sold out this weekend?

Anyone got a spare ticket?

Posted by: Fergus Falls guy who just heard the news at December 20, 2018 05:39 PM (UsCnO)

48 Border wall GoFundMe at $7.7 million.

Probably one of the best political statements that could ever be made.

Posted by: Bitter Clinger at December 20, 2018 05:39 PM (Q8BEu)

49
The renowned scholarly institution UrbanDictionary ...

stackexchange.com

Posted by: Skandia Recluse at December 20, 2018 05:39 PM (kJWoP)

50 I get the All American Sniper All the Time Channel.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Tyrannosaur Wrangler at December 20, 2018 05:39 PM (+y/Ru)

51 Mattis is retiring

Per DJT tweet.

Posted by: Defenestratus at December 20, 2018 05:39 PM (kI/3T)

52 Der Spiegel was stabbed in the back!

(That story worked the first time, after all.)

Posted by: Eeyore, fomerly George LeS at December 20, 2018 05:39 PM (VaN/j)

53 Who said "Congress is America's only native criminal class"?

Posted by: torabora at December 20, 2018 05:40 PM (Y274z)

54 Relutious Glass. It's made of climbing fail.

Posted by: eleven at December 20, 2018 05:40 PM (NLLmE)

55 Look how easy it was, and how he knew how to win an award. Bravo! they pat themselves on the back in their fairy tale land.

Posted by: artisanal 'ette at December 20, 2018 05:40 PM (OKeCc)

56 55 Mark Twain

Posted by: steevy at December 20, 2018 05:40 PM (BXMxN)

57 The renowned scholarly institution UrbanDictionary ...

stackexchange.com

Posted by: Skandia Recluse at December 20, 2018 05:39 PM (kJWoP)

Boobpedia.com

Posted by: Count de Monet at December 20, 2018 05:40 PM (QLvwG)

58 Mattis: Trump deserves a Secretary whose views are more aligned with his (Trump's) views.

Posted by: TheQuietMan at December 20, 2018 05:40 PM (OLCnA)

59 You have to hand it to short people sometimes ...

Because they can't reach it.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at December 20, 2018 05:40 PM (ctuyM)

60 Waco, TX has The Red Dawn Channel. It's all Sawyze and C Thomas Howell except when they run Ancient Alien reruns.

Posted by: x at December 20, 2018 05:41 PM (nFwvY)

61 I guess Mattis was mad that his Pentagon Buddies would lose their Gravy Train contracts in Afghanistan. Probably wanted us to stay another 18 years

Posted by: Jonah at December 20, 2018 05:41 PM (HrSJb)

62 #58 And he was a ...journalist?

Posted by: torabora at December 20, 2018 05:41 PM (Y274z)

63 Der Spiegel catalog was always mentioned on the game shows.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at December 20, 2018 05:41 PM (aKsyK)

64 Because they can't reach it.
Posted by: Duncanthrax at December 20, 2018 05:40 PM (ctuyM)

Why I oughtta....

Posted by: eleven at December 20, 2018 05:41 PM (NLLmE)

65 Traffic? Yeah. I've lived in Dallas, Houston, DC, and Chicago among other places. The commute between Murfreesboro and Nashville is the worst. Add in a little rain and all of middle Tennessee shuts down. God help you when it snows.

Posted by: Duke Lowell at December 20, 2018 05:42 PM (gC2IV)

66 62. No David Koresh?

Posted by: Jonah at December 20, 2018 05:42 PM (HrSJb)

67 Bring the Troops home Mr. President. Korea also

Posted by: Jonah at December 20, 2018 05:42 PM (HrSJb)

68 Honestly, I think Trump is starting to get wary of his "advisors". Given some of the "advice" he seems to have been given, I can't blame him.

Posted by: Brother Cavil at December 20, 2018 05:42 PM (AM1GF)

69 Understand that he wrote what his publishers wanted to see.

It appears that his goal was to get more assignments where he could live for weeks on an expense account, traveling, getting drunk, and sleeping with locals. So he wrote the kind of article that the editors wanted.

So sure, he was bad, but I am sure he could have worked a little harder and found a town or situation where the stereotypes were true. It is not hard to find the extremes and make them seem typical to the uninformed.

He got caught for lying, but the editors are also to blame for this. They are biased and this is just evidence of their bias. They will continue with that, happily reporting how honest they are, and how they purged the guy at the first sign of bias or deceit.

This needs to be seen as further proof that the whole industry is rotten.

Posted by: Gentlemen, This is democracy manifest at December 20, 2018 05:43 PM (LWu6U)

70 Not the most important, but the most amusing -- because... it can so obviously be checked and disproven, but no one bothered doing so, and this fabulist knew damn well his editors wouldn't bother checking the "facts" that confirmed their worldview.

Not so. The story, as originally submitted, said the sold out movie was "Birth of a Nation", and they questioned that. They were right on top of it.

Posted by: Eeyore, fomerly George LeS at December 20, 2018 05:43 PM (VaN/j)

71 In this week's episodes, the part of Walter Duranty will be played by Rachel Maddow's batteries.

Posted by: LeftCoast Dawg at December 20, 2018 05:43 PM (UsCnO)

72 CNN does nothing wrong. Ever.

I only hope they know the breadth and depth of my everlasting love for CNN.

I am always the first to point out my bottomless piety, but even I have to admit - G-d himself has nothing on CNN.

Posted by: E. Erickson at December 20, 2018 05:43 PM (AzW6q)

73 Layers upon layers of not really fact checking.

Posted by: eleven at December 20, 2018 05:44 PM (NLLmE)

74 Mattis hasn't exactly set the DOD on fire, has he?

He's fine. It's all fine. Whatever.

*Wanking motion*

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at December 20, 2018 05:44 PM (bcbK8)

75 68 62. No David Koresh?
Posted by: Jonah

no Vernon Howell. just C Thomas.

Posted by: x at December 20, 2018 05:44 PM (nFwvY)

76 Deep State and the Pentagon love War.

Posted by: Jonah at December 20, 2018 05:44 PM (HrSJb)

77 Since this post is about fabrications from CNN I'll report this from the EMT.

It's not just Christmas time, it's also near the end of the year so we get all of those 'most' items for the year. Here we have the 18 most huge lies and distortions advanced by the MFM in 2018.

https://tinyurl.com/yak2vtu7

Posted by: Vic at December 20, 2018 05:45 PM (mpXpK)

78 Posted by: Deathknyte at December 20, 2018 05:36 PM (3DfJD)

You may have the answer. It's pretty clear they definitely aren't there to force grammatical or factual accuracy. I'm constantly amazed at just how badly written modern articles are. It's almost as if English isn't the first language of the majority of journalists in *US* publications lately.

Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at December 20, 2018 05:45 PM (uquGJ)

79 Living up to the fake news name.

Posted by: Skip at December 20, 2018 05:45 PM (/rm4P)

80 Honestly, I think Trump is starting to get wary of his "advisors". Given some of the "advice" he seems to have been given, I can't blame him.

-
To get along, go along.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Tyrannosaur Wrangler at December 20, 2018 05:45 PM (+y/Ru)

81 60 Mattis: Trump deserves a Secretary whose views are more aligned with his (Trump's) views.

Posted by: TheQuietMan at December 20, 2018 05:40 PM (OLCnA)

To be honest, while Mattis is eminently quotable, he still was a Dem at heart. He as much as said so the other day.

We have lots of generals.

Posted by: GnuBreed at December 20, 2018 05:45 PM (Z4rgH)

82 2014 is so 2014.

Posted by: eleven at December 20, 2018 05:45 PM (NLLmE)

83 Mattis served with Honor. Time for new blood

Posted by: Jonah at December 20, 2018 05:45 PM (HrSJb)

84 65
Der Spiegel catalog was always mentioned on the game shows.

Chicago, 60609!

Posted by: zombie Jay Stewart at December 20, 2018 05:46 PM (UsCnO)

85 Just asking questions eh bananna shits?

Posted by: steevy at December 20, 2018 05:46 PM (BXMxN)

86 We get it. A Poster loves the taste of Mattis man meat.

Let's move on.
You know.
Like the org.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at December 20, 2018 05:46 PM (bcbK8)

87 83. Good One, Eyeore

Posted by: Jonah at December 20, 2018 05:46 PM (HrSJb)

88 Fact:American Sniper and Rambo II runon a continuous loop in American midwest homes
Relotius
Posted by: steevy

OCD Pet peeve:
Rambo: First Blood Part 2 should have been
"Second Blood"

Posted by: Downcast at December 20, 2018 05:46 PM (PfsUK)

89
In fairness he was being honest in his description of the movie theater.

Posted by: Flawless Male Logic at December 20, 2018 05:46 PM (TAmPV)

90

I always suspected Mattis was a fraud.

Posted by: Sooth-o-matic at December 20, 2018 05:47 PM (5M5cz)

91 About the earlier article: 52% is just too damn thin.

Yeah, that's a majority. It's a thin majority that doesn't like being told what you have to say to be acceptable.

Posted by: Axeman at December 20, 2018 05:47 PM (vDqXW)

92 Ryan Gallagher @rj_gallagher
US charges Chinese nationals over global hacking campaign linked to Communist Party regime -- infiltrated computers in at least 12 countries & stole info from 45 US tech companies & govt agencies:

Posted by: Max BOOThole at December 20, 2018 05:47 PM (BqBId)

93 Trump is laying the chips on the Table. Telling the Deep State I am the POTUS, and I want the Wall.

Troops in Korea will be next

Posted by: Jonah at December 20, 2018 05:47 PM (HrSJb)

94 I learned the truth at seventeen
The media's a lie machine

Posted by: Janice Ian at December 20, 2018 05:48 PM (+y/Ru)

95 I know this is about fabricating stories but just watch or read a story about something you have some basic understanding or knowledge of, "journalists" usually don't even come close to accurately reporting it. That's how most "journalists" report on everything.,

Posted by: lowandslow at December 20, 2018 05:48 PM (4thlk)

96 Field Marshal Barron Trump.

It Is Time.

Posted by: Zod at December 20, 2018 05:48 PM (hgpSN)

97 92 I believe in the book Colonel Trautman kills Rambo so there really should not be a second one(Rambo also kills lots of cops and National Guard)

Posted by: steevy at December 20, 2018 05:48 PM (BXMxN)

98 94

I always suspected Mattis was a fraud.
Posted by: Sooth-o-matic at December 20, 2018 05:47 PM (5M5cz)

Over-hyped maybe. He did fine. Not a failure, not a paragon of virtue.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at December 20, 2018 05:48 PM (bcbK8)

99 The whole "Mick Mulvaney is going to be filling every administration job" thing is one of Allahpundit's weird hobbyhorses. One of those things where he thinks he's being funny, and it's really lame instead.

Wonder if this guy is AP? He was running that same dumb line here the other day, with a different nic.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at December 20, 2018 05:48 PM (AzW6q)

100 Going to be fun watching Trumpanzees try to drive the bus over Mattis.
Posted by: Lamp of Love at December 20, 2018 05:47 PM (XuxSw)
+++++++++++
I suspect you might not get what you're after.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at December 20, 2018 05:48 PM (I2dne)

101 To be honest, while Mattis is eminently quotable, he still was a Dem at heart. He as much as said so the other day.

We have lots of generals.

Posted by: GnuBreed at December 20, 2018 05:45 PM (Z4rgH)
The Dem Mattis thinks he is, simply doesn't exist any more.

Like a Scoop Jackson Democrat. Joe Lieberman was the last, closest thing.

Posted by: LeftCoast Dawg at December 20, 2018 05:48 PM (UsCnO)

102 Fact:American Sniper and Rambo II runon a continuous loop in American midwest homes
Relotius
Posted by: steevy

No Red Dawn?

... just as I thought, commie.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at December 20, 2018 05:48 PM (ZejZP)

103

Relotius? Who?

In Greek office mythology, Relotius is the god of staplers. An undergod of Cubicles (pronounced "cube-e-klees," the god of paperwork) he is in charge until Cubicles gets back from vacation on Mount Minolta.

Posted by: BackwardsBoy at December 20, 2018 05:48 PM (HaL55)

104 Fergus Falls' denizens should have taken that kraut rat bastard out on a midwinter snipe hunt.

Can anyone explain to me how "snipe hunt" came to be the outdoorsy version of sending someone into an auto parts store for "blinker fluid"?

Snipes exist. They're common all over North America.

The whole thing would make more sense if the animal you're "hunting" didn't exist. Why don't we take clueless city folk on Jackalope hunts?

Posted by: bonhomme at December 20, 2018 05:48 PM (9qZ3S)

105 Hey, anybody seen my socks?

Posted by: The truth. Still putting on my boots. at December 20, 2018 05:48 PM (LWu6U)

106 86 2014 is so 2014.
Posted by: eleven at December 20, 2018 05:45 PM (NLLmE)

It seems like the Norman Rockwell era compared to the hellstorms of shitholes and shitshows we face in 2018 and beyond.

Posted by: literally serious at December 20, 2018 05:49 PM (jLChk)

107 >>98 Going to be fun watching Trumpanzees try to drive the bus over Mattis.
Posted by: Lamp of Love at December 20, 2018 05:47 PM (XuxSw)

This is your glass of goat milk. You will enjoy it. Now.

Posted by: Zod at December 20, 2018 05:49 PM (hgpSN)

108 OCD Pet peeve:
Rambo: First Blood Part 2 should have been
"Second Blood"
Posted by: Downcast at December 20, 2018 05:46 PM (PfsUK)

From the trailers, Creed II should be Rocky IV Part II.

The sequels have sequels!

Posted by: Vanya at December 20, 2018 05:49 PM (66pHB)

109 Donald J. Trump @realDonaldTrump
30m
General Jim Mattis will be retiring, with distinction, at the end of February, after having served my Administration as Secretary of Defense for the past two years. During Jim's tenure, tremendous progress has been made, especially with respect to the purchase of new fighting. equipment. General Mattis was a great help to me in getting allies and other countries to pay their share of military obligations. A new Secretary of Defense will be named shortly. I greatly thank Jim for his service!

Posted by: Max BOOThole at December 20, 2018 05:49 PM (BqBId)

110 We have lots of generals.
Posted by: GnuBreed at December 20, 2018 05:45 PM (Z4rgH)

----------

You know who else had lots of Generals?

Und Veldmaarshalls!

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at December 20, 2018 05:49 PM (4LPEG)

111 here is the willowed link to experts from Mercury Marine on the myths people spew on ethanol, blaming it for all their engine problems. Its ability to absorb moisture is a bonus, not a detriment. Because it will pass a little water on through, instead of gas without ethanol, which leaves the water to accumulate in the tank.

Many other interesting points ... but yes, cars deal with ethanol just fine, but it will result in 3% lower mileage (some claim more loss for their vehicle, it might depend on the compression of the engine) Ethanol can help fix some problems, like that knocking/pinging thing ...

https://tinyurl.com/ycnzbnbv

Posted by: illiniwek at December 20, 2018 05:50 PM (Cus5s)

112 Note also that the people who exposed his lies in Minnesota are good liberals, and waited for more than a year to write about his fabrications, presumably because he slandered Trump and that was all right as far as they were concerned.
Perhaps this experience will lead them to reconsider other lies told against Trump, and that maybe he's not the evilly evil evil with a side order of evil that he's being portrayed in the media.

Posted by: Uma Thurmond's Feet at December 20, 2018 05:50 PM (pPq+3)

113 Posted by: Lamp of Love at December 20, 2018 05:47 PM (XuxSw)

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Oh look, a new troll to swat around.

Posted by: Calm Mentor at December 20, 2018 05:50 PM (ffYR/)

114 Who is trying to drive a bus over Mattis?

So, the guy doesn't agree with his boss, and bowed out gracefully. Fine. Better than undermining him like Tillerson the snake did.

Mattis seems like a good enough guy, but if he's not down to do what the boss wants, it's best for everyone if he goes.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at December 20, 2018 05:50 PM (AzW6q)

115 In Greek office mythology, Relotius is the god of staplers. An undergod of Cubicles (pronounced "cube-e-klees," the god of paperwork) he is in charge until Cubicles gets back from vacation on Mount Minolta.

For your first assignment, Relotius, I need you to set up Kubernetes in our CI/CD environment.

Posted by: bonhomme at December 20, 2018 05:50 PM (9qZ3S)

116 George Conway is a cunt,like you.

Posted by: steevy at December 20, 2018 05:50 PM (BXMxN)

117 105 Going to be fun watching Trumpanzees try to drive the bus over Mattis.
Posted by: Lamp of Love at December 20, 2018 05:47 PM (XuxSw)
+++++++++++
I suspect you might not get what you're after.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at December 20, 2018 05:48 PM (I2dne)

Oh he will. There's bars and nightclubs all over the country that cater to his taste. He'll be the one with the red hankie in his back pocket

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at December 20, 2018 05:50 PM (bcbK8)

118 Oops. I broke the blog.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at December 20, 2018 05:51 PM (4LPEG)

119 Wait, what?

Posted by: Skip at December 20, 2018 05:51 PM (/rm4P)

120 Yoinks!

Posted by: Darth Randall at December 20, 2018 05:51 PM (p0nVR)

121 Yoinks

Posted by: Darth Randall at December 20, 2018 05:52 PM (p0nVR)

122 He was just turning his life around!

Posted by: CNN at December 20, 2018 05:52 PM (Ydn2k)

123 A post just went poofter.

Posted by: t-bird at December 20, 2018 05:52 PM (Ydn2k)

124 50 Border wall GoFundMe at $7.7 million.

Probably one of the best political statements that could ever be made.

______

That's awesome. We need a conservative multi-billionaire to step up and say he'll make a matching donation when it hits a certain threshold like $100 million.

Posted by: ShainS -- #WokeStasi Dragnet Survivor at December 20, 2018 05:53 PM (m1/ym)

125 wtf?

where is everybody?

Posted by: Gentlemen, This is democracy manifest at December 20, 2018 05:53 PM (LWu6U)

126 I'm constantly amazed at just how badly written modern articles are. It's almost as if English isn't the first language of the majority of journalists in *US* publications lately.

-
My thoughties this is inconstitutional press criticals.

Posted by: Janice Ian at December 20, 2018 05:53 PM (+y/Ru)

127
Oh no.

It's as though millions of Pixy's hamsters cried out and were suddenly silenced. I fear something terrible has happened.

Posted by: BackwardsBoy at December 20, 2018 05:53 PM (HaL55)

128 Frist?

Posted by: Kingsnake at December 20, 2018 05:54 PM (3JbJY)

129 Testing

Posted by: chique d'afrique at December 20, 2018 05:54 PM (4/u5U)

130 63 I guess Mattis was mad that his Pentagon Buddies would lose their Gravy Train contracts in Afghanistan. Probably wanted us to stay another 18 years
Posted by: Jonah at December 20, 2018 05:41 PM (HrSJb)

------------

There has always been a debate about Mattis. Everyone knows the good parts, but when Bill Kristol is a big supporter of Mattis you have to do a double take.

Example - I remember a interview where Mattis said he thought we needed more leaders like Tony Blair in the world. You know it is stuff like that causes you to pause and wonder how invested is Mattis in being a citizen of the United States vs. being a Citizen of the World.

The reality is Syria is not a strategically important part of the world for the United States, no matter what people say, neither is Central Asia. The risks of long term involvement outweigh the benefits of the same. So it better be a real critical life and death situation for the United States that would force us to remove the Syrian government and keep a significant military force there. I just don't see that at this time, Russia or no Russia.

The South China Sea is because that is a dispute over the meaning of international waters where a lot of our ships pass - private and military, and so is the potential threat from China itself. Yet the same people who go wild about massive interventions into places like Syria go wild against anyone who even suggests a trade war with China, much less any other kind of real war with China over potential Chinese aggression.

So you can see why I am more than a little suspicious of Neo-Cons and military officers who go on about being good global citizens.

Posted by: William Eaton at December 20, 2018 06:01 PM (MuTTO)

131 Oh!

Posted by: pep at December 20, 2018 06:20 PM (T6t7i)

132 Had anyone mentioned the Wire storyline with the POS reporter making stuff since he was such a loser he couldn't interview worth a crap? The sad part, the editor who called him out on it got demoted and the pos reporter got a pulitzer.

Posted by: auscolpyr at December 20, 2018 06:40 PM (oFsfu)

133 Mongo just pawn in game of life...

Posted by: eleven at December 20, 2018 06:45 PM (NLLmE)

134 At least the 18th and 19th Century, British elites would send there own sons off to the Household Cavalry or the Scots Guards where they served in places like Afghanistan and South Africa. I don't imagine that the survival rate for subalterns and other lower ranking officers was all that high. Our elites have not done the same since World War II.

Posted by: Skookumchuk at December 20, 2018 06:46 PM (CeJUf)

135 *runs back and forth through threads, slamming doors Scoobie-Doo style*

Posted by: Pug Mahon at December 20, 2018 06:46 PM (xPJvm)

136 I was reading ... I can't remember who but he wrote about how CNN's ads are all targeting the very wealthy: spas, resorts, high ticket items for sale. Then the news and commentary is designed to soothe rich leftist consciences by giving them virtue signalling ammunition. Its not even attempting to be a news channel any longer. Its just a place for the elite and wealthy left to tune in to reinforce their presuppositions and get ads for things to spend on.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at December 20, 2018 06:47 PM (39g3+)

137 It's like a nood feedback loop.

Posted by: Moron Robbie - Thoughts and prayers for RBG 🐘 at December 20, 2018 06:48 PM (0NAbP)

138 It's like a nood feedback loop.
Posted by: Moron Robbie -
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Ace crossed the streams.

Posted by: Uriah the Hittite at December 20, 2018 06:48 PM (AzW6q)

139 Figured there had to be a nood

Posted by: Skip at December 20, 2018 06:49 PM (/rm4P)

140 So are we saving enough re:Syria to pay for the wall?

Posted by: Moron Robbie - Thoughts and prayers for RBG 🐘 at December 20, 2018 06:50 PM (0NAbP)

141 Off, dead cuck sock.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at December 20, 2018 06:51 PM (AzW6q)

142 LOLOLOLO Gleen Grenwald linked on Drudge about media "suckers". What, it's just been less than a week since the last time Sock Boy published an article full of lies (about Israel in this case).

Posted by: boulder terlit hobo at December 20, 2018 06:51 PM (ykYG2)

143 So you can see why I am more than a little suspicious of Neo-Cons and military officers who go on about being good global citizens.

Yeah I'm fine with a strong military. I'm fine with fighting them where they are so we don't have to at home. But I'm not fine with troops in half the countries of the world "training" and "advising" at the cost of American blood and American treasury.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at December 20, 2018 06:51 PM (39g3+)

144 CNN will probably now give the guy The Walter Duranty Award, which they will invent knowing exactly what it means, amd throw a huge celebration for the giy where Fusion GPS Jake Tapper amd crowd will laud the guy's work.

Posted by: Sharkman at December 20, 2018 06:52 PM (BfOXk)

145

How much does that asshole make for lying? I'm sure it's a helluva lot more than I did when I was trying to make an honest living in manufacturing until BJ Cliton destroyed my livelihood and my life by signing NAFTA. Fuck, I'm tired of everything being backwards all the time. When will evil finally stop winning all the goddamned time?

Posted by: BackwardsBoy at December 20, 2018 06:52 PM (HaL55)

146 Special counsel Mueller is nearing the end of his years long investigation and is expected to submit a confidential report to the AG in mid-February 2019.

Posted by: Max BOOThole at December 20, 2018 06:52 PM (BqBId)

147 I knew my comment on the blank thread would appear somewhere, 119

Posted by: Skip at December 20, 2018 06:53 PM (/rm4P)

148 Hey, could we join OPEC now? what are the rules.

Posted by: Gentlemen, This is democracy manifest at December 20, 2018 06:53 PM (LWu6U)

149 Cr*ap like this is why mainstream media is loosing authority.
https://chicagoboyz.net/archives/58640.html
They post fantasies, readers who have special knowledge debunk them ...
And then everyone wonders why viewership of major media is in the can, and print media is going broke.

Posted by: Sgt. Mom at December 20, 2018 06:54 PM (xnmPy)

150 Note also that the people who exposed his lies in Minnesota are good liberals, and waited for more than a year to write about his fabrications, presumably because he slandered Trump and that was all right as far as they were concerned.
Perhaps this experience will lead them to reconsider other lies told against Trump, and that maybe he's not the evilly evil evil with a side order of evil that he's being portrayed in the media.

Posted by: Uma Thurmond's Feet at December 20, 2018 05:50 PM

To be fair, I am not sure how much exposure or how much of an audience some German mag would have gotten. And that area of MN is pretty red. Most of outstate MN is in fact.

Posted by: Minnfidel at December 20, 2018 06:54 PM (nAeGR)

151 Hey, could we join OPEC now? what are the rules.
Posted by: Gentlemen, This is democracy manifest at December 20, 2018 06:53 PM (LWu6U)

Heh. The rules could be anything we want them to be since we're #1.

Posted by: DR.WTF at December 20, 2018 06:55 PM (T71PA)

152 >> BJ Cliton destroyed my livelihood and my life by signing NAFTA.

Not just Nafta, but giving China MFN and WTO membership. All the hurt from China goes back to when his little graft factory was was just getting started.

Posted by: Gentlemen, This is democracy manifest at December 20, 2018 06:55 PM (LWu6U)

153 OT: suck on deez chocolate salty balls
rantz.me/?p=7080

Posted by: boulder terlit hobo at December 20, 2018 06:56 PM (ykYG2)

154 14 of 70.

1 in 5.

Same chance of a co-ed being raped on campus.

It's a thing.

Posted by: golfman at December 20, 2018 06:57 PM (GL/05)

155 legalinsurrection.com report government giving nation of islam money-to teach prisoners
https://tinyurl.com/y7zla7q8

No wonder prisons are filled with converted Muslims

Posted by: Skip at December 20, 2018 06:58 PM (/rm4P)

156 A willowed comment from the last thread, and actually quite germane to the current topic:

409
Knowing a bit of ground truth on the Syrian situation I can say:

a) Humint is now established;
b) The 2000 troops are mostly intel weenies (luv ya guys!) or FID/COIN trainers who universally detest the only slightly less scummy scum bags on 'our side' and would gladly see the whole place scoured to bedrock; and
c) No overt troops on the ground leaves various assets and allies waaay freer to expose said bedrock.

Also,

FUCK THE MEDIA AND EVERY FUCKING DEAD CHILD RAPING DRUGGED OUT CRIMINAL 99%ER 'JOURNALIST'
Posted by: In Vino Veritits at December 20, 2018 06:45 PM (m0f2+)

Posted by: rickl at December 20, 2018 06:58 PM (sdi6R)

157 Don't turn around. Der Kommissar's in town.

Posted by: That irredeemable guy who always sings... at December 20, 2018 06:58 PM (Tyii7)

158 RERUN ME BOYS!

Posted by: The Dad in Red Dawn at December 20, 2018 06:59 PM (t2P6q)

159 Crap. Windows want's to do another dreaded "update".

What will suck now?

Posted by: eleven at December 20, 2018 07:00 PM (NLLmE)

160 Don't turn around. Der Kommissar's in town.

Posted by: That irredeemable guy who always sings... at December 20, 2018 06:58 PM

Uh oh...

Posted by: Minnfidel at December 20, 2018 07:00 PM (nAeGR)

161 14 of 70.

1 in 5.

25 or 6 to 4

Posted by: That irredeemable guy who always sings... at December 20, 2018 07:01 PM (Tyii7)

162 This reminds me of the tale of The Phantom of the Cuck Opera.

Posted by: Fritz at December 20, 2018 07:01 PM (Z9C5C)

163 Thread seems kinda slow so I would like to go back to the dossier thing.

Nuland was in direct contact with, Halper. Mifsud and Steele.

The dossier might have been given to her but she made the whole thing possible.

Posted by: Ben Had at December 20, 2018 07:02 PM (cTHyD)

164 Crap. Windows want's to do another dreaded "update".

What will suck now?

Posted by: eleven at December 20, 2018 07:00 PM

Just wait, the helpful people from "Microsoft" will be calling! I got one of those a few weeks back at my office. Decided to have a little fun with Guptar. Strung the dumbs son of a bitch along for a solid 10 minutes until he realized I was messing with him. He ended the call by saying go eff your mother. LOL.

Posted by: Minnfidel at December 20, 2018 07:03 PM (nAeGR)

165 The majority of people who call themselves, "journalists" are frauds. They are really political activists.

For instance, has anyone noticed the disappearance of the demand for 'compromise!' once the left became the minority in Congress? It was like the song of the locusts early back in the day.

Posted by: OldDominionMom at December 20, 2018 07:03 PM (t0Z53)

166 143 Yeah I'm fine with a strong military. I'm fine with fighting them where they are so we don't have to at home. But I'm not fine with troops in half the countries of the world "training" and "advising" at the cost of American blood and American treasury.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at December 20, 2018 06:51 PM (39g3+)

Well a lotta these deployments are trip wires. Like the 25k troops in South Korea, or our presence in Japan. Surprisingly, I cannot find any troop presence in Taiwan. But we sell them many high tech arms.

I have no objection to our withdrawal from Syria, or for that matter Afshitistan. Threaten to bounce their rubble from the air.

And, somehow protect the Kurds. Mainly via credible threats. Much like Taiwan.

Posted by: GnuBreed at December 20, 2018 07:05 PM (Z4rgH)

167 BTW. I didn't realize the Fergus Falls MN story link was Hawt Err. (Glances at Ace!) Since I got bamboozled into going there I looked around. Place is dead. Wow. Online version of the Weakly Standud.

Posted by: Minnfidel at December 20, 2018 07:05 PM (nAeGR)

168 Hey, could we join OPEC now? what are the rules.

Parking lot, glass...some assembly required.

Posted by: That irredeemable guy who always sings... at December 20, 2018 07:05 PM (Tyii7)

169 Don't turn around. Der Kommissar's in town.
Posted by: That irredeemable guy who always sings... at December 20, 2018 06:58 PM (Tyii7)

SiriusXM has been playing Falco's original version of that song for a while now, in the original German.

Posted by: qdpsteve at December 20, 2018 07:06 PM (miE9U)

170 NYT, home of Jayson Blair:

twitter.com/razibkhan/status/1075901606057598976
After German Journalism Scandal, Critics Are 'Popping the Corks'
Spiegelgame comes at a moment when public trust in journalism is already low, and far-right politicians have seized on the case

DRINK!

Posted by: boulder terlit hobo at December 20, 2018 07:06 PM (ykYG2)

171 That German reporter has the looks of a classic Eurodouche, arrogant without a single quality to be smug about.

I've lived in small towns or cities all my life. This supercilious urban liberal attitude toward small towns is idiotic.
I've seen more of the world than the vast majority of urban liberal douchebags.

The MSM can't immolate themselves quickly enough.

I know I've driven through Fergus Falls. I may have spent a night there.

Posted by: Northernlurker being f'n insufferable at December 20, 2018 07:06 PM (aCNZ6)

172 >>Thread seems kinda slow so I would like to go back to the dossier thing.

>>Nuland was in direct contact with, Halper. Mifsud and Steele.

>>The dossier might have been given to her but she made the whole thing possible

I think the whole thing is an intel washing exercise. The various people who are given the dossier were just playing their part to help take in information and make it look more authentic by passing it through various institutions like State, the Senate, the CIA, the FBI, etc.

The same information coming from multiple sources, well it must be true! And all of them knew it was fake from day 1.

Posted by: JackStraw at December 20, 2018 07:06 PM (/tuJf)

173 and is expected to submit a confidential report to the AG in mid-February 2019.

"CONFIDENTIAL. LEAK ONLY TO THE FOLLOWING ORGANIZATIONS:..."

Posted by: t-bird at December 20, 2018 07:08 PM (QrTqV)

174 134 At least the 18th and 19th Century, British elites would send there own sons off to the Household Cavalry or the Scots Guards where they served in places like Afghanistan and South Africa. I don't imagine that the survival rate for subalterns and other lower ranking officers was all that high. Our elites have not done the same since World War II.
Posted by: Skookumchuk at December 20, 2018 06:46 PM (CeJUf)

Yes, and their casualty rates were usually higher than the rank and file's. (True in the navy, too.)

Of course, remember that through all Europe, the aristocracy had its origin in a knightly class, and that ethic didn't die out until post WWII. (Japan was the same, and whatever one can say about them, they weren't pussies in WWII. China was different.)

Posted by: Eeyore, fomerly George LeS at December 20, 2018 07:09 PM (VaN/j)

175

Goddammit, how did this squid get up my ass AGAIN!?!

I'm trying to do gritty investigative journalism, real expose stuff on the sordid underbelly of politics, the backdoor dealings in DC, and some BASTARD is sneaking in here and sticking SQUIDS UP MY ASS!

Posted by: No Longer Cock Curious But Fully Knowledgeable Cuck Cruise Captain Crystol at December 20, 2018 07:09 PM (m0f2+)

176 One more thought about the Eurodouche reporter. Why doesn't every. Single. Member of the media have to apologize for him every single day?

Posted by: Northernlurker being f'n insufferable at December 20, 2018 07:09 PM (aCNZ6)

177 170 NYT, home of Jayson Blair:

twitter.com/razibkhan/status/1075901606057598976
After German Journalism Scandal, Critics Are 'Popping the Corks'
Spiegelgame comes at a moment when public trust in journalism is already low, and far-right politicians have seized on the case

DRINK!
Posted by: boulder terlit hobo at December 20, 2018 07:06 PM (ykYG2)

Can we start pouncing?

Posted by: Eeyore, fomerly George LeS at December 20, 2018 07:10 PM (VaN/j)

178 The majority of people who call themselves, "journalists" are frauds.

You ever notice that nobody cares that there's a rapist and a drunkard on the Supreme Court anymore? They sure got over that quickly.

Posted by: t-bird at December 20, 2018 07:10 PM (98WNR)

179 175

Goddammit, how did this squid get up my ass AGAIN!?!

I'm trying to do gritty investigative journalism, real expose stuff on the sordid underbelly of politics, the backdoor dealings in DC, and some BASTARD is sneaking in here and sticking SQUIDS UP MY ASS!
Posted by: No Longer Cock Curious But Fully Knowledgeable Cuck Cruise Captain Crystol at December 20, 2018 07:09 PM (m0f2+)

That's what happens when you play with Kurt Eichenwald, Billy boy.

Posted by: Eeyore, fomerly George LeS at December 20, 2018 07:11 PM (VaN/j)

180
Just wait, the helpful people from "Microsoft" will be calling!
Posted by: Minnfidel

Did he actually use the word "Microsoft?"
Every one of those calls I get say they are calling
from "Windows."

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at December 20, 2018 07:11 PM (aKsyK)

181 JackStraw, Nuland is running something called the Center for Strategic New Alliances.

Nuland had to get out of Dodge after the Benghazi fiasco so Killary sends her to the one place that is collecting Russian info.

Posted by: Ben Had at December 20, 2018 07:13 PM (cTHyD)

182 Goddammit, how did this squid get up my ass AGAIN!?!

He likes you.

Posted by: Shemp! at December 20, 2018 07:13 PM (Tyii7)

183 Did he actually use the word "Microsoft?"
Every one of those calls I get say they are calling
from "Windows."

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at December 20, 2018 07:11 PM

I think he actually said Microsoft, I could tell it was a scam call in about 1.3 seconds. But I think he said MS. I love messing with them sometimes.

Posted by: Minnfidel at December 20, 2018 07:13 PM (nAeGR)

184 in the original German.

In this case, I'd allow the use of "Austrian", because I needed it translated into German for me.

Posted by: t-bird at December 20, 2018 07:14 PM (NAs56)

185 167 BTW. I didn't realize the Fergus Falls MN story link was Hawt Err. (Glances at Ace!) Since I got bamboozled into going there I looked around. Place is dead. Wow. Online version of the Weakly Standud.
Posted by: Minnfidel at December 20, 2018 07:05 PM (nAeGR)

Sexton is fairly sound. He's the opposite end of the spectrum from Allahputain.

Posted by: Eeyore, fomerly George LeS at December 20, 2018 07:14 PM (VaN/j)

186 Why doesn't every. Single. Member of the media have to apologize for him every single day?

Because they also want to get awards. They just haven't fabricated the right story yet.

Posted by: t-bird at December 20, 2018 07:16 PM (Y9zp1)

187 Killary was going for a twofer. She thought she was smart enough to get Trump and Putin at the same time. More the fool she was.

Posted by: Ben Had at December 20, 2018 07:17 PM (cTHyD)

188 146 Special counsel Mueller is nearing the end of his years long investigation and is expected to submit a confidential report to the AG in mid-February 2019.
Posted by: Max BOOThole at December 20, 2018 06:52 PM (BqBId)

We all know exactly what it'll say.

Orange Man Bad.

I could have saved the country millions, had they put me in charge.

Posted by: Eeyore, fomerly George LeS at December 20, 2018 07:19 PM (VaN/j)

189 >>Nuland had to get out of Dodge after the Benghazi fiasco so Killary sends her to the one place that is collecting Russian info.

But we are told daily the walls are closing in on Trump.

Ok then.

Posted by: JackStraw at December 20, 2018 07:19 PM (/tuJf)

190 *boof*

Posted by: Ready For Hillary!!11!! at December 20, 2018 07:19 PM (Tyii7)

191 is expected to submit a confidential report to the AG in mid-February 2019.

He did his job.

Posted by: The Incoming Democrat House at December 20, 2018 07:20 PM (Y9zp1)

192 187 Killary was going for a twofer. She thought she was smart enough to get Trump and Putin at the same time. More the fool she was.
Posted by: Ben Had at December 20, 2018 07:17 PM (cTHyD)

I hadn't thought of that before. If true, she's really stupid. Putin is way better at arkanciding his opponents, or whatever they call it over there.

Posted by: rickl at December 20, 2018 07:21 PM (sdi6R)

193 I grew up in, graduated hs, and attended college in Fergus Fall, MN. I still have family there go back to visit. It is overwhelmingly leftist.

Posted by: 8ball at December 20, 2018 07:26 PM (ep9//)

194 Why do we keep calling these people "fabulists"? They are liars and con men.

Posted by: Rick C at December 20, 2018 07:28 PM (Iwkd4)

195 Is Fergus Fall far from Frostbite Falls?

Posted by: Eeyore, fomerly George LeS at December 20, 2018 07:28 PM (VaN/j)

196 Brian Kolfage who started the GoFundMe Wall page is on Ingrahm's show tonight

He's good at sending emails to you if you contribute. the first update told us that GoFundMe tried to make it hard for people to find the page, but for some reason they put it back on the trending list.

Maybe when it hit half a million. . . .

Posted by: booknlass at December 20, 2018 07:29 PM (xIKXj)

197 194 Why do we keep calling these people "fabulists"? They are liars and con men.
Posted by: Rick C at December 20, 2018 07:28 PM (Iwkd4)

Because if there are ladies present, you don't want to say "journalist."

Posted by: Eeyore, fomerly George LeS at December 20, 2018 07:29 PM (VaN/j)

198 Is Fergus Fall far from Frostbite Falls?

Posted by: Eeyore, fomerly George LeS at December 20, 2018 07:28 PM

Hey, Rocky....Wanna see me pull a rabbit outta my hat? Tune in next week!

Posted by: Rocky And Bullwinkle at December 20, 2018 07:34 PM (nAeGR)

199 Ace? Do you know the album Future Games by Fleetwood Mac?

I think you'd like it

Posted by: booknlass at December 20, 2018 07:36 PM (xIKXj)

200 The bigotry against small towns is amazing.

I grew up in a small town, population about 200 where Fergus Falls would have been the nearby city. Close to the same size as Escanaba. I never did understand the idea that we were hicks. Yes, we did not have some of the stuff available in big cities, but we still had books, TV, radio, telephone, traveled the USA, and internet when it became available. How many of the big city kids learned to harvest trees, help bale hay, play in the gravel pits, run snowmobiles and ATVs, harvest deer, fish the local streams, and have a great high school shop class.

I'm a physicist working on semi-conductor processing and my best friend from high school designed the water treatment recycling on the International Space Station. I think it's the big city kids who had limited opportunities.

Posted by: hick or is tha "hic" at December 20, 2018 07:36 PM (xpKpV)

201 200 The bigotry against small towns is amazing.

Posted by: hick or is tha "hic" at December 20, 2018 07:36 PM (xpKpV)

It's not so bad as the bigoted and hateful argr-phobia we see displayed at this deplorable site.

Posted by: Eeyore, fomerly George LeS at December 20, 2018 07:40 PM (VaN/j)

202 200
I'm a physicist working on semi-conductor processing and my best friend from high school designed the water treatment recycling on the International Space Station. I think it's the big city kids who had limited opportunities.

Posted by: hick or is tha "hic" at December 20, 2018 07:36 PM (xpKpV)

In the pre-industrial world, rural people were uneducated and backwards compared to urban people, but that's not the case today with modern communications and transportation.

Posted by: rickl at December 20, 2018 07:57 PM (sdi6R)

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