Frederick Douglass: American Badass

200 years ago today one of the greatest Americans of all time was born....maybe. Frederick Douglass was born a slave in Talbot County Md., sometime during the first half of February. Records were spotty back then, doubly so for slaves. Regardless, he chose February 14th to be the date he celebrated his birth, far be it from me to contradict such a remarkable man. Born a slave, he fled north to gain his freedom on September 3, 1838 and became a tireless advocate for abolition. When asked about how he felt on that date, he later said:

I have often been asked, how I felt when first I found myself on free soil. And my readers may share the same curiosity. There is scarcely anything in my experience about which I could not give a more satisfactory answer. A new world had opened upon me. If life is more than breath, and the 'quick round of blood,' I lived more in one day than in a year of my slave life. It was a time of joyous excitement which words can but tamely describe. In a letter written to a friend soon after reaching New York, I said: 'I felt as one might feel upon escape from a den of hungry lions.' Anguish and grief, like darkness and rain, may be depicted; but gladness and joy, like the rainbow, defy the skill of pen or pencil.

He settled with his wife in New Beford, Massachusetts, and for the next half century was an American Colossus, demanding nothing less than that this nation be worthy of the ideals expressed in it's founding documents. He died of a massive heart attack on February 20, 1895, leaving behind a legacy of, quite literally, truth, justice and the American way.

He's not in vogue much these days, not only was he (horrors!) a black Republican, but the values of equality that he preached so eloquently don't play so well in an era of identity politics. For example:

Where justice is denied, where poverty is enforced, where ignorance prevails, and where any one class is made to feel that society is an organized conspiracy to oppress, rob and degrade them, neither persons nor property will be safe.

Not exactly a quote that plays well down at the little red schoolhouse. In any event, it is appropriate that today, his adopted birthday, we should all take a moment to remember one of the true giants of American history, and to be grateful for everything he did to shape this nation into a shining city on the hill.

Posted by: WeirdDave at 08:45 PM

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1
Well stated, WD!

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at February 14, 2018 08:42 PM (pNxlR)

2 Frederick Douglass was the epitomy of a self made man, rising from /actual slavery/ into the ranks of elite orators. I don't even like to think about what his views of the U.S. would be today... probably profane and angry.

Posted by: Toastrider at February 14, 2018 08:42 PM (49/Y7)

3 thank you WeirdDave.

this post is an antidote to the MLK worship I find in mainstream Republican circles. Douglass was a real Republican, interested in all Americans together.

Posted by: boulder terlit hobo at February 14, 2018 08:43 PM (6FqZa)

4 Thanks Dave!

Posted by: Scottst at February 14, 2018 08:43 PM (mDrEG)

5 Thanks for this post WD. Very good remember such a good leader. Far cry from race baiters and self anngrandizers like Jackson and Sharpton.

Posted by: Farmer at February 14, 2018 08:45 PM (yJ1e6)

6 Where justice is denied...

Hmm. Wonder what country he refers to?

Posted by: San Franpsycho at February 14, 2018 08:45 PM (EZebt)

7 IIRC he became a good friend of Lincoln's, visited him at the WH. What Dems were friends to Frederick Douglass?

Posted by: Farmer at February 14, 2018 08:46 PM (yJ1e6)

8 Excellent post !

Read all of his books, quite the man, we could use more like him today.

Posted by: russian-bot_rat_eez, gaslighting you 24/365 at February 14, 2018 08:47 PM (H0hPC)

9
This is the cat with the Don King hair, yes?

Posted by: Soothsayer -- Fake Commenter at February 14, 2018 08:48 PM (grMf8)

10 Excellent quote.

Posted by: professor disarray, gumdrop gorilla channel at February 14, 2018 08:48 PM (ubFZv)

11 Good post, WeirdDave!

Posted by: rickl at February 14, 2018 08:48 PM (sdi6R)

12 Man, that's some sharp writing.

Posted by: Hands at February 14, 2018 08:49 PM (EzdLW)

13 Finding more and more reasons to celebrate Feb 14th.

Posted by: professor disarray, gumdrop gorilla channel at February 14, 2018 08:49 PM (ubFZv)

14 9
This is the cat with the Don King hair, yes?
Posted by: Soothsayer -- Fake Commenter at February 14, 2018 08:48 PM (grMf

Don't you mean Don King had Frederick Douglass hair?

Posted by: rickl at February 14, 2018 08:49 PM (sdi6R)

15 Dilly, Dilly!

Posted by: Abraham Lincoln's Brewer at February 14, 2018 08:49 PM (heRsk)

16 I taught _My Life as a Slave_ in a World Lit class once. It was the only time all semester where the class was really engaged. The class was probably sixty percent black; there were some pretty good discussions. I will never forget the young woman who said, "I don't hate white people. My grandfather is white. That would be hating myself." This was some years back, hope she hasn't been persuaded to change her mind.

Posted by: Miss Sippi at February 14, 2018 08:51 PM (MSzII)

17 " What Dems were friends to Frederick Douglass?
Posted by: Farmer"

Easy answer ? None.
It's instructive to read what D politicians said about him in those times.
The D party has maintained a uniform stance of genuine racism and anti-Americanism for way over 150 years now, well before commies got into the mix.

Posted by: russian-bot_rat_eez, gaslighting you 24/365 at February 14, 2018 08:53 PM (H0hPC)

18 I will never forget the young woman who said, "I don't hate white people. My grandfather is white. That would be hating myself." This was some years back, hope she hasn't been persuaded to change her mind.

Posted by: Miss Sippi at February 14, 2018 08:51 PM (MSzII)

Barry O: That's crazy talk. Doesn't she know about typical white people?

Posted by: TheQuietMan at February 14, 2018 08:53 PM (SiINZ)

19 So Douglass enjoyed being on "free soil".

Wonder what he would think about the country today?

Posted by: Bill Clinton at February 14, 2018 08:53 PM (UsCnO)

20 Anyone banned yet?

Posted by: MJ at February 14, 2018 08:54 PM (bvW/W)

21 "I don't hate white people. My grandfather is white. That would be hating myself."
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Sister, we need to talk.

Posted by: Rachel Dolezol at February 14, 2018 08:55 PM (c/EDo)

22 Is anyone else taken aback how calm all these kids are that are being interviewed, the last couple on tucker show... it's weird, sad...There is no emotion.

Posted by: spypeach at February 14, 2018 08:55 PM (myc22)

23 "Where justice is denied, where poverty is enforced, where ignorance
prevails, and where any one class is made to feel that society is an
organized conspiracy to oppress, rob and degrade them, neither persons
nor property will be safe."

Said no Democrat in the last 25 years.

Posted by: LeftCoast Dawg at February 14, 2018 08:55 PM (UsCnO)

24 Give me one battalion of men such as Douglass and I'll take over the world!

Posted by: Zettai Roshia-no Botto at February 14, 2018 08:56 PM (e9G8E)

25 spypeach.. I would imagine most are still in shock. It hasn't really hit them yet.

Posted by: Jewells45 at February 14, 2018 08:56 PM (dUJdY)

26 I don't even know how to respond, or even who to send this information to anymore. Used to be there was a link on how to send an article,or whatever to ace But, no longer. Anyway, just got through having a "conversation" with this supposed Republican, from TEXAS!!! Who is running for Congress! And he is AGAINST PDT, and pretty much every thing every conservative or Republican SHOULD stand for! How do I copy this page and send it to y'all?

Posted by: chefwes at February 14, 2018 08:56 PM (5j5sl)

27 spypeach.. I would imagine most are still in shock. It hasn't really hit them yet.
Posted by: Jewells45 at February 14, 2018 08:56 PM (dUJdY)

I thought that at first, but then, it seemed like something else. I've seen shock, this was different.

Posted by: spypeach at February 14, 2018 08:57 PM (myc22)

28 Is anyone else taken aback how calm all these kids are that are being interviewed, the last couple on tucker show... it's weird, sad...There is no emotion.
Posted by: spypeach
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Yeah, I've noticed. It's as if popular culture has inured them to violence.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at February 14, 2018 08:57 PM (ZpfqO)

29 Mike Hammer.. you make a good point as well.

Posted by: Jewells45 at February 14, 2018 08:59 PM (dUJdY)

30 I thought that at first, but then, it seemed like something else. I've seen shock, this was different.
Posted by: spypeach
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Same here, and I have noticed it emerging over the last 20-30 years.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at February 14, 2018 08:59 PM (ZpfqO)

31 >>Yeah, I've noticed. It's as if popular culture has inured them to violence.

Yep.

Posted by: JackStraw at February 14, 2018 08:59 PM (/tuJf)

32 I believe that Frederick Douglass would much approve of this new movie, Batman Ninja:

https://tinyurl.com/Batman-Ninja-HAI

Yes. Yes, he would.

Because Badass.

Posted by: Sharkman at February 14, 2018 08:59 PM (BfOXk)

33 btw it is a "Facebook" conversation, How do I save it and
link it?

Posted by: chefwes at February 14, 2018 08:59 PM (5j5sl)

34 26 which one is this?

Posted by: Richard McEnroe at February 14, 2018 09:00 PM (mEjqT)

35 Content of Character ?

DOA at the DNC.

Posted by: jsg at February 14, 2018 09:01 PM (/FL4O)

36 Finding more and more reasons to celebrate Feb 14th.
Posted by: professor disarray, gumdrop gorilla channel at February 14, 2018

I got a great card from the wifey w/ a $50 gift card to Kohls...

HONEY I love everything about you.
Well ecept for the things I've already pointed out to YOU that drive me nuts. Happy Valentines Day.

This is after 36 yrs of marriage.

Posted by: Farmer at February 14, 2018 09:01 PM (yJ1e6)

37 Sister, we need to talk.
Posted by: Rachel Dolezol
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Update: Rachel Dolezal has changed her name to Nkechi Amare Diallo.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at February 14, 2018 09:01 PM (cp1if)

38 "..............demanding nothing less than that this nation be worthy of the ideals expressed in it's founding documents."

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Is that really too much to ask?

Posted by: Javems at February 14, 2018 09:02 PM (pkU+3)

39 #34 His name is Sam Temple

Posted by: chefwes at February 14, 2018 09:02 PM (5j5sl)

40 Yeah, I've noticed. It's as if popular culture has inured them to violence.

Yep.

Everything is a video game.

Posted by: dartist at February 14, 2018 09:03 PM (nisXv)

41 g'early evenin', 'rons

Posted by: AltonJackson at February 14, 2018 09:03 PM (KCxzN)

42 Ace's email is on the front page. Way down at the bottom of the sidebar

Posted by: Weirddave at February 14, 2018 09:04 PM (Nyyc4)

43 39. That's not how that meme goes.

Posted by: Your Decidedly Devious Uncle Palpatine, 501st Kremlin Jewbot Gvardii at February 14, 2018 09:04 PM (fA1SL)

44

They probably picked interviewees who were coherent. I'm sure there are some there who are not. That school has 4000 students!

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at February 14, 2018 09:04 PM (IqV8l)

45 Twelve of the victims are still in the school. I can't imagine.

Posted by: Jewells45 at February 14, 2018 09:06 PM (dUJdY)

46 Is anyone else taken aback how calm all these kids are that are being interviewed, the last couple on tucker show... it's weird, sad...There is no emotion.
Posted by: spypeach
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Yeah, I've noticed. It's as if popular culture has inured them to violence.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at February 14, 2018 08:57

We noticed to. It's like a social media phenom, they love being the center of attention at any cost. Sad.

Posted by: Farmer at February 14, 2018 09:06 PM (yJ1e6)

47 btw it is a "Facebook" conversation, How do I save it and
link it?

Posted by: chefwes at February 14, 2018 08:59 PM (5j5sl)

In a Windows system, pressing "Alt" plus "PrntScrn" will write a copy of the displayed page, as a bitmap, to Notepad. You can then open it from there in the image editor of your choice. The process is called a "screencap".

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at February 14, 2018 09:06 PM (Dbv1R)

48 Update: Rachel Dolezal has changed her name to Nkechi Amare Diallo.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at February 14, 2018 09:01 PM (cp1if)

She's now pretending to be Italian?

Posted by: TheQuietMan at February 14, 2018 09:06 PM (SiINZ)

49 Is anyone else taken aback how calm all these kids are that are being interviewed, the last couple on tucker show... it's weird, sad...There is no emotion.
Posted by: spypeach
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I noticed that. Shock, and detatchment. Apparently, nothing is real, unless filtered through cellphones. All mentioned texting and calling friends and parents. None claimed to have kept eyes and ears open, and none recounted minute by minute first hand experiences. Odd.

Posted by: Pogomip at February 14, 2018 09:07 PM (swH0u)

50 Update: Rachel Dolezal has changed her name to Nkechi Amare Diallo.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at February 14, 2018 09:01 PM (cp1if)

Diallo "N" for nutbar.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at February 14, 2018 09:07 PM (Dbv1R)

51 They probably picked interviewees who were coherent. I'm sure there are some there who are not. That school has 4000 students!
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at February 14, 2018 09:04 PM (IqV8l)

That's probably true, but the one's they interviewed, especially the last girl, full make up, off the shoulder shirt, she interrupted the interview because she was getting so many notifications. Also, both girls were being interviewed in what looked like their bedrooms. It was weird, I'm surprised Tucker did the interviews.

Posted by: spypeach at February 14, 2018 09:07 PM (myc22)

52 I taught _My Life as a Slave_ in a World Lit class once.
Posted by: Miss Sippi
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Having checked her Wiki entry, I'm pleased to report that a new book is available from ~~Dolezal~~ Diallo, her memoir In Full Color where she defends her claims and compares her own experiences to slavery.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at February 14, 2018 09:07 PM (Zdm89)

53
Update: Rachel Dolezal has changed her name to Nkechi Amare Diallo.

She's now pretending to be Italian?

She cries when she sees litter on the side of the road.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at February 14, 2018 09:08 PM (IqV8l)

54 Amare Diallo.

I'll just refer to her as armadillo.

Posted by: Jewells45 at February 14, 2018 09:08 PM (dUJdY)

55 Diallo "N" for nutbar.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon
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Oppression! Literally the same as slavery!

Posted by: Nkechi Amare Diallo at February 14, 2018 09:09 PM (Zdm89)

56 I bet I picked more cotton than jesse jaxxon, ale sharpston, orprey winford, malcomtent ex, etc, combined. Sound disrespectful? good, I meant it to be. I don't think those people ever did anything worthy of respect. Frederick Douglass, George Washington Carver, Thomas Sowell? another story entirely.

Posted by: Eromero at February 14, 2018 09:09 PM (zLDYs)

57 One of my sister's ex co-workers has two kids in that school. When my sister called her she had just found out both were ok, but she was still hysterical.

One of the kids was hiding behind desks as the shooter knocked out the window and shot into the classroom. He nonetheless started filming with his camera. I don't think I would stayed that cool.

Posted by: girldog at February 14, 2018 09:10 PM (g5YYQ)

58 It occurs to me that if slavery were still a thing in the US today, then there'd be some real doozies of talk show episodes.

"Today on Ellen, what happens when an escaped slave meets his former master for the first time in five years? Stay tuned and find out!"

Posted by: junior at February 14, 2018 09:10 PM (zH1ci)

59 She cries when she sees litter on the side of the road.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr.
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ISWYDT, white man.

Posted by: Iron Eyes Codi at February 14, 2018 09:11 PM (Zdm89)

60 Uncle Tom !

Posted by: Shaun King at February 14, 2018 09:11 PM (j75V/)

61 40
Yeah, I've noticed. It's as if popular culture has inured them to violence."

I am taking a generous view. I don't think they are inured to the fact they were in grave danger, could have been killed and some of their classmates were killed. I don't think it's real to them - YET. It will hit them in the days and weeks to come and years to come. My cousin was in a terrible car crash that totaled her car and yet she walked away without a scratch. She was very detached about it until it suddenly hit her a few days later than she had come very close to dying. Then she started sobbing and couldn't stop.

Posted by: Donna&&&&&&V sez spring training is almost here!!! at February 14, 2018 09:12 PM (P8951)

62 I got a great card from the wifey w/ a $50 gift card to Kohls...

HONEY I love everything about you.
Well ecept for the things I've already pointed out to YOU that drive me nuts. Happy Valentines Day.

This is after 36 yrs of marriage.
Posted by: Farmer

Farmer, get in the car, drive to Kohls, and spend that $50 on HER! Now!!! Haven't you learned anything in 36 years?!

Posted by: Pogomip at February 14, 2018 09:13 PM (swH0u)

63 Amare Diallo.
I'll just refer to her as armadillo.
Posted by: Jewells45 at February 14, 2018 09:08

WFT is this about? Why does she think we should care about her?

On the ignore pile for me. Pathetic attention whores suck.

Posted by: Farmer at February 14, 2018 09:13 PM (yJ1e6)

64 Farmer, get in the car, drive to Kohls, and spend that $50 on HER! Now!!! Haven't you learned anything in 36 years?!
Posted by: Pogomip at February 14, 2018 09:13 PM (swH0u)

If he did that he'd get in more trouble. You're supposed to wait for matching Kohl's cash, and a sale.

Posted by: buzzion at February 14, 2018 09:14 PM (lKs2v)

65 Farmer, get in the car, drive to Kohls, and spend that $50 on HER! Now!!! Haven't you learned anything in 36 years?!
Posted by: Pogomip
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Hold it, that's my story line.

Posted by: O. Henry at February 14, 2018 09:14 PM (FJXGr)

66
You all probably heard this already but the Boston Police Department had to offiicially apologize for offending Bblack people during their history month.

Why?

Because the BPD decided to honor beloved former Boston Celtics coach Red Auerbach. Why?

Because Red Auerbach helped to de-segregate the pro basketball league in the 50's by hiring black players, and was the first team to have an all-black starting 5 line up.

But since Red Auerbach was white, (and perhaps Jewish), this created much fake outrage for the fake celebrators of fake black history month.

Posted by: Soothsayer -- Fake Commenter at February 14, 2018 09:15 PM (grMf8)

67 Uncle Tom !
Posted by: Shaun King at February 14, 2018 09:11 PM (j75V/)

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Talcum X chimes in, he of the Stolen Pallor!

Posted by: Calm Mentor at February 14, 2018 09:15 PM (8kLL1)

68 "Today on Ellen, what happens when an escaped slave meets his former
master for the first time in five years? Stay tuned and find out!"

Frederick Douglass more or less reconciled with his former owner when the later was on his deathbed. Among other things he was a Christian, and believed in forgiveness.

Posted by: Weirddave at February 14, 2018 09:15 PM (Nyyc4)

69 Donna.. that's what I keep thinking. It really hasn't hit them yet.

Posted by: Jewells45 at February 14, 2018 09:15 PM (dUJdY)

70 you know, would make more sense if steak and blowjob day was before valentines.

Posted by: --- .-. /-. --- - at February 14, 2018 09:15 PM (MTjB1)

71 Farmer, get in the car, drive to Kohls, and spend that $50 on HER! Now!!! Haven't you learned anything in 36 years?!
Posted by: Pogomip at February 14, 2018 09:13 PM (swH0u)

You know I just figured out what I've been doing wrong all these years.

Posted by: jsg at February 14, 2018 09:16 PM (j75V/)

72

Boston Police Department made the grave racial mistake of thinking black history month was about, you know, black history, not necessarily just "honoring" black people of yore.

Posted by: Soothsayer -- Fake Commenter at February 14, 2018 09:16 PM (grMf8)

73 Begin PSA

Do not go on twitter

End PSA

Posted by: Duke Lowell at February 14, 2018 09:16 PM (gC2IV)

74 Farmer, get in the car, drive to Kohls, and spend that $50 on HER! Now!!! Haven't you learned anything in 36 years?!
Posted by: Pogomip at February

get in the car, drive to the red light district and get something you can use with the 50 dollars.

Posted by: --- .-. /-. --- - at February 14, 2018 09:17 PM (MTjB1)

75 you know, would make more sense if steak and blowjob day was before valentines.
Posted by: --- .-. /-. ---
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I'd settle for Mow the Lawn day.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at February 14, 2018 09:17 PM (FJXGr)

76 Farmer, get in the car, drive to Kohls, and spend that $50 on HER! Now!!! Haven't you learned anything in 36 years?!
Posted by:

Run, don't walk.

Posted by: Hawkpilot at February 14, 2018 09:17 PM (fqHZs)

77 He's nothing but an Uncle Tom sellout!

Posted by: Shaun King at February 14, 2018 09:17 PM (NWiLs)

78 Test

Posted by: Hcrepfrus at February 14, 2018 09:18 PM (rHGeg)

79 I'd settle for Mow the Lawn day.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at February

you mean literally or figuratively?

Posted by: --- .-. /-. --- - at February 14, 2018 09:18 PM (MTjB1)

Posted by: Hawkpilot at February 14, 2018 09:18 PM (fqHZs)

81 It's really amazing, the eloquence and erudition of the 19th & even up to mid-20th century.
And largely self-taught.

Posted by: Your Decidedly Devious Uncle Palpatine, 501st Kremlin Jewbot Gvardii at February 14, 2018 09:18 PM (fA1SL)

82 Begin PSA

End PSA
Posted by: Duke Lowell
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Hey, dammit. Let a guy know before you do that.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at February 14, 2018 09:19 PM (5OO3x)

83 you mean literally or figuratively?
Posted by: --- .-. /-. ---
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This pre-ONT. Literally.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at February 14, 2018 09:20 PM (Zdm89)

84 I don't think we want to go where snitching on each other to the feds is encouraged. They need to harden schools off to keep these assholes out.

Posted by: dartist at February 14, 2018 09:20 PM (nisXv)

85 Very nice post, Mr. Dave.
I confess to being ignorant of the man.
I should read more history.
Thanks for the tip.

Posted by: Skandia Recluse at February 14, 2018 09:20 PM (ECDXs)

86 >>>Not exactly a quote that plays well down at the little red schoolhouse.

heh

Posted by: davidt at February 14, 2018 09:20 PM (djCea)

87 oh oh oh. Look at this shit I found on Twitter -

twitter.com/notwokieleaks/status/963621909731725312

(wokieleaks is NOT responsible for the shit content to which he linked.)

From Eric Posner at Politico, 'What If You Could Get Your Own Immigrant?'. This is a recommendation where Americans 'sponsor' prospective immigrants by putting them to work at sub-minimum-wage.

Posted by: boulder terlit hobo at February 14, 2018 09:20 PM (6FqZa)

88 my favorite discussion on slavery and the underground railroad was provide by cheryl tunt on the role of her great grandfather.

Posted by: --- .-. /-. --- - at February 14, 2018 09:20 PM (MTjB1)

89
Hey, dammit. Let a guy know before you do that.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at February 14, 2018 09:19 PM (5OO3x)

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It was the hands on your shoulders, wasn't it?

Posted by: Duke Lowell at February 14, 2018 09:20 PM (gC2IV)

90 Farmer, get in the car, drive to Kohls, and spend that $50 on HER! Now!!! Haven't you learned anything in 36 years?!
Posted by: Pogomip at February 14, 2018 09:13 PM (swH0u)
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If he did that he'd get in more trouble. You're supposed to wait for matching Kohl's cash, and a sale.
Posted by: buzzion
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Nah, he's safe. Guys aren't supposed to know that. Its what makes us so lovable.

Posted by: Pogomip at February 14, 2018 09:21 PM (9kTfU)

91 I don't think we want to go where snitching on each other to the feds is encouraged. They need to harden schools off to keep these assholes out.
Posted by: dartist
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Like each of this cases, the red light on the dash had been flashing for some while.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at February 14, 2018 09:22 PM (Zdm89)

92 Farmer, get in the car, drive to Kohls, and spend that $50 on HER! Now!!! Haven't you learned anything in 36 years?!
Posted by: Pogomip at February 14, 2018 09:13 PM (swH0u)

Bzzzzt. El wrongo. Her doing guilt-free shopping for herself is an integral and critical part of the gift.

Posted by: Insomniac at February 14, 2018 09:22 PM (NWiLs)

93 Thank you Dave for such an uplifting post.
Too much sadness today.
It is great to be reminded of the good in people.
Happy Valentines All.

Posted by: Just wondering at February 14, 2018 09:22 PM (WBYpW)

94 Put Dolezal on the nickel.

Posted by: ro-man at February 14, 2018 09:22 PM (RuIsu)

95 So, will they bulldoze the school building?

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at February 14, 2018 09:22 PM (Zdm89)

96 28 Is anyone else taken aback how calm all these kids are that are being interviewed, the last couple on tucker show... it's weird, sad...There is no emotion.
Posted by: spypeach
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Yeah, I've noticed. It's as if popular culture has inured them to violence.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at February 14, 2018 08:57 PM (ZpfqO)

On the positive side, maybe they're less likely to be stampeded into support for more gun control laws.

Posted by: rickl at February 14, 2018 09:22 PM (sdi6R)

97 Well, I am going to lie down for a while. I got some Mucinex, and I have to give it a chance to work. Might pop back for the ONT, or might sleep through it. Either way, it's all good.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at February 14, 2018 09:23 PM (Dbv1R)

98
Mucinex is for problems with pooping, yes?

Posted by: Soothsayer -- Fake Commenter at February 14, 2018 09:23 PM (grMf8)

99 Bzzzzt. El wrongo. Her doing guilt-free shopping for herself is an integral and critical part of the gift.
Posted by: Insomniac
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Moreover, it would be using her $50 to buy her a 'gift'.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at February 14, 2018 09:24 PM (Zdm89)

100 One passage from Frederick Douglas I remember well --- but alas, not well enough to say what work it is from, though I think it's his letters ---is where he talks about how the American heritage is HIS heritage.
The Founders belong to him as much as anyone, likewise with all of Western civilization. He talks about being blessed to have inherited the language of Shakespeare as his own.

He fully understood the difference between race and culture, that's for sure.

Posted by: Margarita DeVille at February 14, 2018 09:24 PM (0jtPF)

101
Might poop back for the ONT, or might sleep through it

okay

Posted by: Soothsayer -- Fake Commenter at February 14, 2018 09:24 PM (grMf8)

102 Mucinex is for problems with pooping, yes?
Posted by: Soothsayer
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Only if you cough it up.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at February 14, 2018 09:24 PM (Zdm89)

103
What's the stuff for constipation, then?

Posted by: Soothsayer -- Fake Commenter at February 14, 2018 09:25 PM (grMf8)

104 Mucinex is for problems with pooping, yes?

Posted by: Soothsayer -- Fake Commenter at February 14, 2018 09:23 PM (grMf

That's Mucilage. Easy mistake to make, though. Mucinex is to clear up chest congestion.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at February 14, 2018 09:25 PM (Dbv1R)

105 Posted by: Soothsayer -- Fake Commenter at February 14, 2018 09:23 PM (grMf

LMAO!!

Posted by: Jewells45 at February 14, 2018 09:25 PM (dUJdY)

106

Metamucil!

Posted by: Soothsayer -- Fake Commenter at February 14, 2018 09:26 PM (grMf8)

107 Put retired military and retired cops in the schools, armed. Deputize as necessary.

Posted by: Hawkpilot at February 14, 2018 09:26 PM (fqHZs)

108 Farmer, get in the car, drive to Kohls, and spend that $50 on HER! Now!!! Haven't you learned anything in 36 years?!
Posted by: Pogomip at February 14, 2018 09:13

I read this to her, she said no, she got it for me when I buy cheap work clothes.

I got her some Clinique overpriced face stuff she likes, and as a bonus got another stash of expensive crap free. She likes it and she is still beautiful at 61. Plus an Amazon gift card for her books.

We are good, well most days, after 40 yrs together.

Posted by: Farmer at February 14, 2018 09:26 PM (yJ1e6)

109

Teh "muce" part must be significant there.

Posted by: Soothsayer -- Fake Commenter at February 14, 2018 09:27 PM (grMf8)

110 81 It's really amazing, the eloquence and erudition of the 19th & even up to mid-20th century.
And largely self-taught.
Posted by: Your Decidedly Devious Uncle Palpatine, 501st Kremlin Jewbot Gvardii at February 14, 2018 09:18 PM (fA1SL)

It seems as though people were far more literate then. For example, I recall some of the letters home I've seen from grunts on the battlefield in that era, with not much in the way of formal education, are far more well-written than anything your current typical college graduate could produce.

Posted by: Insomniac at February 14, 2018 09:27 PM (NWiLs)

111 He is still to this day the Boswell of the autobiography - I don't think a finer one has been written since.

Posted by: broseidon, semi-official komodo dragon shifter at February 14, 2018 09:27 PM (uuwor)

112 What's the stuff for constipation, then?
Posted by: Soothsayer
---------

Bran muffins & coffee.

Or, Miralax?

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at February 14, 2018 09:27 PM (FJXGr)

113 Teh "muce" part must be significant there.

Posted by: Soothsayer -- Fake Commenter at February 14, 2018 09:27 PM (grMf

It's all very meta.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at February 14, 2018 09:28 PM (Dbv1R)

114 81 It's really amazing, the eloquence and erudition of the 19th & even up to mid-20th century.
And largely self-taught.
Posted by: Your Decidedly Devious Uncle Palpatine, 501st Kremlin Jewbot Gvardii at February 14, 2018 09:18 PM (fA1SL)

It seems as though people were far more literate then. For example, I recall some of the letters home I've seen from grunts on the battlefield in that era, with not much in the way of formal education, are far more well-written than anything your current typical college graduate could produce.
Posted by: Insomniac at February

well, you only have a window into a tiny portion of the overall population's thoughts and writing. now every idiot with a phone and a twitter account, or access to this place, gets to weigh in on what is going down.

Posted by: --- .-. /-. --- - at February 14, 2018 09:28 PM (MTjB1)

115 Testing

Posted by: CaliGirl at February 14, 2018 09:28 PM (Ri/rl)

116 107 Put retired military and retired cops in the schools, armed. Deputize as necessary.
Posted by: Hawkpilot at February 14, 2018 09:26 PM (fqHZs)

Let school employees get some training and carry permits. Teachers, the principal's secretary, coaches, the janitor. Don't publicize who is carrying.

Posted by: rickl at February 14, 2018 09:28 PM (sdi6R)

117 112 What's the stuff for constipation, then?
Posted by: Soothsayer
---------

Bran muffins & coffee.

Or, Miralax?
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at February 14, 2018 09:27 PM (FJXGr)

Shop vac.

Posted by: Insomniac at February 14, 2018 09:28 PM (NWiLs)

118 Oh God Sooth..

Posted by: Jewells45 at February 14, 2018 09:28 PM (dUJdY)

119 What's the stuff for constipation, then?
Posted by: Soothsayer

vaseline + digits.

Posted by: --- .-. /-. --- - at February 14, 2018 09:29 PM (MTjB1)

120 What's the stuff for constipation, then?
Posted by: Soothsayer

wd40

Posted by: --- .-. /-. --- - at February 14, 2018 09:29 PM (MTjB1)

121 Douglas also a booster and recruiter for the 54th Mass Infantry, to which his 3 sons enlisted.

Posted by: BluesFish at February 14, 2018 09:29 PM (3g9Il)

122 "It's really amazing, the eloquence and erudition of the 19th even up to mid-20th century.
And largely self-taught.
Posted by: Your Decidedly Devious Uncle Palpatine, 501st Kremlin Jewbot Gvardii at February 14, 2018 09:18 PM (fA1SL) "

The spread of knowledge is a good thing - the spread of literacy, likewise, a good thing. But we've certainly lost something. In the 19th century, the average man wasn't necessarily educated. But the average educated man was far sharper, far more knowledgeable, and far more skilled with the language than your average educated man in the 21st century.

That is to say, they all talked like fags - but it was a beautiful faggotry.

Posted by: broseidon, semi-official komodo dragon shifter at February 14, 2018 09:29 PM (uuwor)

123 107
Put retired military and retired cops in the schools, armed. Deputize as necessary.

All good as I see it and they would have a positive influence on kids. Maybe they would help the schools graduate less assholes as well.

Posted by: dartist at February 14, 2018 09:30 PM (nisXv)

124 I always felt if you're determined to put a minority on any of our money it should be Douglas, there's no close 2nd.

Posted by: Dr Spank at February 14, 2018 09:30 PM (nKbPK)

125 Posted by: boulder terlit hobo at February 14, 2018 09:20 PM (6FqZa)

Eric Posner must ride the short bus. He has been stupid enough to hint at how the purpose of amnesty and it's supporters is to bring in cheap labor and reliable votes with concern for neither Americans nor Illegal Aliens.

Posted by: Hcrepfrus at February 14, 2018 09:30 PM (rHGeg)

126 We are good, well most days, after 40 yrs together.
Posted by: Farmer
---
Good to hear. Remember, as a Man, whatever you do is Wrong, unless She says so.

Posted by: Pogomip at February 14, 2018 09:30 PM (37mUf)

127 vaseline + digits.

Posted by: --- .-. /-. --- - at February 14, 2018 09:29 PM (MTjB1)

Did you hear about the constipated mathematician? He worked it out with a pencil.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at February 14, 2018 09:30 PM (Dbv1R)

128 I think that blob of mucus that's in the Mucinex ads is kinda cute.
Ugly cute, but ....cute.

Don't judge me.

Posted by: Margarita DeVille at February 14, 2018 09:30 PM (0jtPF)

129 That's Mucilage. Easy mistake to make, though. Mucinex is to clear up chest congestion.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at February 14, 2018 09:25 PM (Dbv1R)

No, that was the TV show with Mike Connors

Posted by: TheQuietMan at February 14, 2018 09:30 PM (SiINZ)

130 Shop vac.
Posted by: Insomniac
-------------

Has to be a wet/dry.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at February 14, 2018 09:30 PM (w1zJX)

131 112. Castor oil. Accept no substitutes

Posted by: Your Decidedly Devious Uncle Palpatine, 501st Kremlin Jewbot Gvardii at February 14, 2018 09:31 PM (fA1SL)

132 fwiw, shakespeare would like this place but never admit as much.

you would be able to identify his posts since they would all be in iambic pantameter.

should time travel ever become possible you would know shakespeare travelled forward in time and commented here or that someone took the aoshq archive back in time and let shakespeare insert comments into the record.

Posted by: --- .-. /-. --- - at February 14, 2018 09:31 PM (MTjB1)

133 What's the stuff for constipation, then?
------
-POOPinex

Posted by: DeploraBOT at February 14, 2018 09:32 PM (y3aQB)

134 >>>What's the stuff for constipation, then?

Cheese.

Posted by: davidt at February 14, 2018 09:32 PM (djCea)

135 That is to say, they all talked like fags - but it was a beautiful faggotry.
Posted by: broseidon, semi-official komodo dragon shifter at February 14, 2018 09:29 PM (uuwor)

But their shit was most definitely not retarded, contra the modern age.

Posted by: Insomniac at February 14, 2018 09:32 PM (NWiLs)

136 On this day 11 years ago, I took the oath and became a naturalized US citizen.

Quite a day.

Posted by: EC at February 14, 2018 09:32 PM (cdr7G)

137 What's the stuff for constipation, then?
Posted by: Soothsayer

power washer

Posted by: --- .-. /-. --- - at February 14, 2018 09:32 PM (MTjB1)

138 I think that blob of mucus that's in the Mucinex ads is kinda cute.
Ugly cute, but ....cute.
---------------

S'ok. I feel the same way about diarrhea girl.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at February 14, 2018 09:32 PM (w1zJX)

139 What's the stuff for constipation, then?
Posted by: Soothsayer

handful of ghb and cab fare to folsom street.

Posted by: --- .-. /-. --- - at February 14, 2018 09:33 PM (MTjB1)

140 103
What's the stuff for constipation, then?
Posted by: Soothsayer -- Fake Commenter at February 14, 2018 09:25 PM (grMf

PRUNES

Posted by: Surfperch, not putting in any effort at February 14, 2018 09:33 PM (rHGeg)

141 Another try for the photo of the shooter and his commie tee shirt.

http://bit.ly/2HhJtT5

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Broke, Woke, Toke, Joke at February 14, 2018 09:33 PM (+y/Ru)

142 128 I think that blob of mucus that's in the Mucinex ads is kinda cute.
Ugly cute, but ....cute.

Don't judge me.
Posted by: Margarita DeVille at February 14, 2018 09:30 PM (0jtPF)

You're weird.

Posted by: Insomniac at February 14, 2018 09:33 PM (NWiLs)

143 The shit you learn on this blog....

Posted by: Jewells45 at February 14, 2018 09:33 PM (dUJdY)

144 think that blob of mucus that's in the Mucinex ads is kinda cute.
Ugly cute, but ....cute.
---------------

like hillary and web hubbell had a kid.

Posted by: --- .-. /-. --- - at February 14, 2018 09:33 PM (MTjB1)

145 124 I always felt if you're determined to put a minority on any of our money it should be Douglas, there's no close 2nd.
Posted by: Dr Spank at February 14, 2018 09:30 PM (nKbPK)

Well, Harriet Tubman was a gun-totin' Republican. But she was kind of ugly.

Posted by: rickl at February 14, 2018 09:34 PM (sdi6R)

146 One of the rote and disgusting spectacles after each these tragedies is the parade of officials engaging in self-congratulation. Their "pressers" in praise of "First Responders" as a way making it all about government functionaries is beyond despicable.

Posted by: CM9000 at February 14, 2018 09:34 PM (FMPgd)

147 136 On this day 11 years ago, I took the oath and became a naturalized US citizen.

Quite a day.
Posted by: EC at February 14, 2018 09:32 PM (cdr7G)

Happy Citizenship Anniversary! How have you been these days?

Posted by: Insomniac at February 14, 2018 09:34 PM (NWiLs)

148 Another try for the photo of the shooter and his commie tee shirt.

http://bit.ly/2HhJtT5

Nope. Content cant be found.

At least by me.

Posted by: Exile at February 14, 2018 09:34 PM (Fikbq)

149 Well, Harriet Tubman was a gun-totin' Republican. But she was kind of ugly.
Posted by: rickl at February

she is already on a uhaul.

Posted by: --- .-. /-. --- - at February 14, 2018 09:35 PM (MTjB1)

150 136 On this day 11 years ago, I took the oath and became a naturalized US citizen.

Quite a day

Woo Hoo!

Posted by: Hawkpilot at February 14, 2018 09:35 PM (fqHZs)

151
On this day 11 years ago, I took the oath and became a naturalized US citizen.

Well done!

And it's nice not to be Unnatural.

Posted by: Soothsayer -- Fake Commenter at February 14, 2018 09:35 PM (grMf8)

152 Sojourner Truth and Harriet Tubman were also incredibly badass.

Posted by: redbanzai the Southerner at February 14, 2018 09:35 PM (FTXAT)

153 143 The shit you learn on this blog....
Posted by: Jewells45 at February 14, 2018 09:33 PM (dUJdY)

ISWYDT

Posted by: Insomniac at February 14, 2018 09:35 PM (NWiLs)

154 Happy Citizenship Anniversary! How have you been these days?

Posted by: Insomniac at February 14, 2018 09:34 PM (NWiLs)
Thanks bud! Busy as hell with work. I was just in Orlando earlier this week too.

Posted by: EC at February 14, 2018 09:35 PM (cdr7G)

155 Put Dolezal on the nickel.

-
The wooden nickel.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Broke, Woke, Toke, Joke at February 14, 2018 09:36 PM (+y/Ru)

156 Posted by: rickl

Douglas looks like he belongs on a $100 bill.

Posted by: Dr Spank at February 14, 2018 09:36 PM (nKbPK)

157 On this day 11 years ago, I took the oath and became a naturalized US citizen.

Quite a day.
Posted by: EC
-------

I sincerely hope you still feel good about it. The natives are starting to feel self-doubt.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at February 14, 2018 09:36 PM (cp1if)

158 On this day 11 years ago, I took the oath and became a naturalized US citizen.

Quite a day.
Posted by: EC at February

weren't you the guy with the wife pics?

Posted by: --- .-. /-. --- - at February 14, 2018 09:36 PM (MTjB1)

159 Congrats, EC. happy to hear it

Posted by: booknlass at February 14, 2018 09:36 PM (bjSMX)

160 Thanks bud! Busy as hell with work. I was just in Orlando earlier this week too.
Posted by: EC at February 14, 2018 09:35 PM (cdr7G)

Dammit, ya should've given me a holler. You have my email?

Posted by: Insomniac at February 14, 2018 09:36 PM (NWiLs)

161
124 I always felt if you're determined to put a minority on any of our money it should be Douglas, there's no close 2nd.

Posted by: Dr Spank at February 14, 2018 09:30 PM (nKbPK)

Well, Harriet Tubman was a gun-totin' Republican. But she was kind of ugly.

Posted by: rickl at February 14, 2018 09:34 PM (sdi6R)

Our money is fine the way it is. Create some new denominations if you want new people of money.

Posted by: redbanzai the Southerner at February 14, 2018 09:36 PM (FTXAT)

162 I sincerely hope you still feel good about it. The natives are starting to feel self-doubt.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at February 14, 2018 09:36 PM (cp1if)
One of the best days of my life, next to getting married and seeing my son being born.

Posted by: EC at February 14, 2018 09:36 PM (cdr7G)

163 Posted by: Surfperch, not putting in any effort at February 14, 2018 09:33 PM (rHGeg)

Of course I may be a tad biased considering the large Prune Orchards with a few minutes drive of me.

Posted by: Surfperch, in prune country at February 14, 2018 09:37 PM (rHGeg)

164 I would point out that Douglass was a fervent supporter of Willian Lloyd Garrison and his view that the Constitution was a criminal and evil document that supported the vile institution of slavery, in that it "embraced evil that good should come of it", until he read Lysander Spooner's work, The Unconstitutionality of Slavery, which analyzes the original language of the document itself, and he points out that when taken literally, the Constitution not only does not support slavery, and that its language must be tortured to draw that conclusion.

Posted by: Kindltot at February 14, 2018 09:37 PM (2K6fY)

165 weren't you the guy with the wife pics?

Posted by: --- .-. /-. --- - at February 14, 2018 09:36 PM (MTjB1)
Heheheheh....I'm still famous after all these years! LOL!

Posted by: EC at February 14, 2018 09:37 PM (cdr7G)

166
weren't you the guy with the wife pics?

Heheh.

I guess that will never be forgotten.

Who were the pinchfaces who gave you crap for it? I think they're all gone, now.

Posted by: Soothsayer -- Fake Commenter at February 14, 2018 09:37 PM (grMf8)

167 Dammit, ya should've given me a holler. You have my email?

Posted by: Insomniac at February 14, 2018 09:36 PM (NWiLs)
I'm sorry, one of these days.

Posted by: EC at February 14, 2018 09:38 PM (cdr7G)

168 165 weren't you the guy with the wife pics?

Posted by: --- .-. /-. --- - at February 14, 2018 09:36 PM (MTjB1)
Heheheheh....I'm still famous after all these years! LOL!
Posted by: EC at February 14, 2018 09:37 PM (cdr7G)

They're Al Pacino approved.

Posted by: Insomniac at February 14, 2018 09:38 PM (NWiLs)

169 One of the rote and disgusting spectacles after each these tragedies is the parade of officials engaging in self-congratulation. Their "pressers" in praise of "First Responders" as a way making it all about government functionaries is beyond despicable.
Posted by: CM9000
-------------

It's going to go on for at least several days, perhaps a week.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at February 14, 2018 09:38 PM (cp1if)

170 Who were the pinchfaces who gave you crap for it? I think they're all gone, now.

Posted by: Soothsayer -- Fake Commenter at February 14, 2018 09:37 PM (grMf
Don't know, don't care. I got to share some beauty.

Posted by: EC at February 14, 2018 09:38 PM (cdr7G)

171 167 Dammit, ya should've given me a holler. You have my email?

Posted by: Insomniac at February 14, 2018 09:36 PM (NWiLs)
I'm sorry, one of these days.
Posted by: EC at February 14, 2018 09:38 PM (cdr7G)

It's all good. I understand how those business trips go.

Posted by: Insomniac at February 14, 2018 09:38 PM (NWiLs)

172 lol Insomniac.. I wasn't even thinking that.

Posted by: Jewells45 at February 14, 2018 09:39 PM (dUJdY)

173 On this day 11 years ago, I took the oath and became a naturalized US citizen.

Quite a day.
Posted by: EC

Congratulations. Did the past 11 years make any sense?

Posted by: Pogomip at February 14, 2018 09:39 PM (37mUf)

174 Oh yes!!! Let's have a TSA system in place for the schools. That should go well. *rolls eyes*

Posted by: Jewells45 at February 14, 2018 09:39 PM (dUJdY)

175 172 lol Insomniac.. I wasn't even thinking that.
Posted by: Jewells45 at February 14, 2018 09:39 PM (dUJdY)

But you are now!

Posted by: Insomniac at February 14, 2018 09:40 PM (NWiLs)

176 Congratulations. Did the past 11 years make any sense?

Hard to say, but things are looking better now.

Posted by: EC at February 14, 2018 09:40 PM (cdr7G)

177 weren't you the guy with the wife pics?

Those were nice. Happy anniversary!

Posted by: dartist at February 14, 2018 09:40 PM (nisXv)

178 redbanzai @ 161--create new denominations of currencey?
Absolutely! I nominate the 3 dollar bill feature a picture of infamous kenyo-indonesian mz. broc ubama, and only allowed to be legal tender in SanFran and such.

Posted by: Eromero at February 14, 2018 09:40 PM (zLDYs)

179 Posted by: Margarita DeVille at February 14, 2018 09:30 PM (0jtPF)

He's designed to be obnoxious enough to make viewers hate mucus with a passion and buy Mucinex�

Posted by: Surfperch, in prune country at February 14, 2018 09:41 PM (rHGeg)

180 136 On this day 11 years ago, I took the oath and became a naturalized US citizen.

Quite a day.
Posted by: EC at February 14, 2018 09:32 PM (cdr7G)

Happy Anniversary!

Where did you come from, if you don't mind me asking?

Posted by: rickl at February 14, 2018 09:41 PM (sdi6R)

181 Where did you come from, if you don't mind me asking?

Posted by: rickl at February 14, 2018 09:41 PM (sdi6R)
I'm from Canada, eh!

Posted by: EC at February 14, 2018 09:41 PM (cdr7G)

182 I believe Gingy is a Canuck too.

Posted by: EC at February 14, 2018 09:42 PM (cdr7G)

183 181. Ahh! A reformed Leaf! You can serve as scoutnand interpreter when the Day of the Rake comes.

Posted by: Your Decidedly Devious Uncle Palpatine, 501st Kremlin Jewbot Gvardii at February 14, 2018 09:43 PM (fA1SL)

184 Yep Insomniac.. I will heading to bed with thoughts of the Mucinex phlegm guy and diarrhea. Great.

Posted by: Jewells45 at February 14, 2018 09:43 PM (dUJdY)

185 182 I believe Gingy is a Canuck too.
Posted by: EC at February 14, 2018 09:42 PM (cdr7G)

Aw geez. There goes the neighborhood.

Posted by: rickl at February 14, 2018 09:44 PM (sdi6R)

186 Frederick Douglass said that slavery had made his master as much a victim as he was. To borrow from Hannity--He was a great American.

Posted by: jazzuscounty at February 14, 2018 09:44 PM (YmoUb)

187 158 On this day 11 years ago, I took the oath and became a naturalized US citizen.

Quite a day.
Posted by: EC at February

weren't you the guy with the HOT wife pics?
Posted by: --- .-. /-. --- - at February 14, 2018 09:36 PM (MTjB1)

FTFT

Fixed That For Truth

Posted by: buzzion at February 14, 2018 09:44 PM (lKs2v)

188 What's the stuff for constipation, then?

Gin & tonic, but go easy...

Posted by: Hillary! at February 14, 2018 09:44 PM (RwYr/)

189 184. Don't let them distract you from sewer-clowns and those face-sized spiders that walk upside on your ceilings when you sleep.

Posted by: Your Decidedly Devious Uncle Palpatine, 501st Kremlin Jewbot Gvardii at February 14, 2018 09:45 PM (fA1SL)

190 184 Yep Insomniac.. I will heading to bed with thoughts of the Mucinex phlegm guy and diarrhea. Great.
Posted by: Jewells45 at February 14, 2018 09:43 PM (dUJdY)

Soothing!

Posted by: Insomniac at February 14, 2018 09:45 PM (NWiLs)

191 174 Oh yes!!! Let's have a TSA system in place for the schools. That should go well. *rolls eyes*

Not sure if you are addressing my proposal to put retired cops and military, as volunteers, in the schools. I'm not suggesting that they should interact with the kids at all, necessarily. Just that they BE there, with a concealed gun. Specifically in the event of armed violence. Nothing else.

Posted by: Hawkpilot at February 14, 2018 09:45 PM (fqHZs)

192 Geraldo should stick to what he knows, like abusing women and nekkid selfies.

Posted by: Holier than Thou Asshole Bot at February 14, 2018 09:46 PM (SkuXa)

193 Goodnight all. Gotta put my foot up for awhile. Stay safe.

Posted by: Jewells45 at February 14, 2018 09:46 PM (dUJdY)

194 Hello

Posted by: Surfperch, in prune country at February 14, 2018 09:46 PM (rHGeg)

195 Hawkpilot I was responding to the guy on Hannity.

Now, I really am off to bed.

Posted by: Jewells45 at February 14, 2018 09:47 PM (dUJdY)

196 194 Hello
Posted by: Surfperch, in prune country at February 14, 2018 09:46 PM (rHGeg)

Goodbye

Posted by: Paul McCartney at February 14, 2018 09:47 PM (NWiLs)

197 Posted by: Jewells45 at February 14, 2018 09:46 PM (dUJdY)

Goodnight.

Posted by: Surfperch, in prune country at February 14, 2018 09:48 PM (rHGeg)

198 189 184. Don't let them distract you from sewer-clowns and those face-sized spiders that walk upside on your ceilings when you sleep.
Posted by: Your Decidedly Devious Uncle Palpatine, 501st Kremlin Jewbot Gvardii at February 14, 2018 09:45 PM (fA1SL)

Funny thing I saw:

God Creating Spiders:
"Make it have 8 legs"
Seens excessive but ok.
"And 8 eyes"
You need to calm down a li-
"Give it a butt rope."

Posted by: buzzion at February 14, 2018 09:49 PM (lKs2v)

199 Testing again

Posted by: CaliGirl at February 14, 2018 09:50 PM (Orj1M)

200 191
174 Oh yes!!! Let's have a TSA system in place for the schools. That should go well. *rolls eyes*

Rent-a-cops would be a bad idea. Retired, professional soldiers and LEO would be nothing but good for kids, imho.

Posted by: dartist at February 14, 2018 09:50 PM (nisXv)

201 198. Ha! Seems about right. Wonder what the talk was on the Day of the Platypus.

Posted by: Your Decidedly Devious Uncle Palpatine, 501st Kremlin Jewbot Gvardii at February 14, 2018 09:51 PM (fA1SL)

202 OK, last try. Same photo but lesser resolution.

http://bit.ly/2Gf7Lvo

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Broke, Woke, Toke, Joke at February 14, 2018 09:52 PM (+y/Ru)

203 On this day 11 years ago, I took the oath and became a naturalized US citizen.
Quite a day.
Posted by: EC at February 14, 2018 09:32

Congrats. Good for you. If it's not to intrusive, what country did you come from and why?

Posted by: Farmer at February 14, 2018 09:53 PM (yJ1e6)

204 201 198. Ha! Seems about right. Wonder what the talk was on the Day of the Platypus.
Posted by: Your Decidedly Devious Uncle Palpatine, 501st Kremlin Jewbot Gvardii at February 14, 2018 09:51 PM (fA1SL)

"Hold my beer and watch this!"
Or, alternatively,
"Fuck that Darwin guy in particular."

Posted by: Insomniac at February 14, 2018 09:53 PM (NWiLs)

205 195 Hawkpilot I was responding to the guy on Hannity.

Now, I really am off to bed.

Ahh. A great evening to you.

Posted by: Hawkpilot at February 14, 2018 09:54 PM (fqHZs)

206 Congrats. Good for you. If it's not to intrusive, what country did you come from and why?

Posted by: Farmer at February 14, 2018 09:53 PM (yJ1e6)
Canada. Like all others before, to pursue happiness and prosperity.

Posted by: EC at February 14, 2018 09:54 PM (cdr7G)

207 ONT - PRON

Posted by: Your Decidedly Devious Uncle Palpatine, 501st Kremlin Jewbot Gvardii at February 14, 2018 09:54 PM (fA1SL)

208 OK, last try. Same photo but lesser resolution.

http://bit.ly/2Gf7Lvo

That one worked.

Posted by: Exile at February 14, 2018 09:55 PM (Fikbq)

209 https://twitter.com/Nick_Falco/status/963852937310060544
-----
JackStraw if you are still around !

Posted by: DeploraBOT at February 14, 2018 09:57 PM (y3aQB)

210 Our country would be unrecognizable without the ideas of men like Fredrick Douglass. The scale of their influence and vitality to Modern American Society is enormous (and just as problematic for the left's victim culture). A great deal of today's societal problems can be traced back to a lack of the ideals which Douglass shaped (and was shaped by).

Posted by: Surfperch at February 14, 2018 09:58 PM (rHGeg)

211 Bzzzzt. El wrongo. Her doing guilt-free shopping for herself is an integral and critical part of the gift.
Posted by: Insomniac at February 14, 2018 09:22

And Insomniac gets it right!

Be well, give me a holler sometime.

Posted by: Farmer at February 14, 2018 09:59 PM (yJ1e6)

212 with thoughts of the Mucinex phlegm guy and diarrhea. Great.
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Don't the Herd of Scrubbing Bubbles clean you out?

Posted by: Pogomip at February 14, 2018 09:59 PM (37mUf)

213 You missed a critical fact.

Frederick Douglass was a REPUBLICAN from Maryland.

He was not a Democrat.

Posted by: MachiasPrivateer at February 15, 2018 06:40 AM (EMi53)

214 I missed a critical fact that I stated in the penultimate paragraph?

Posted by: Weirddave at February 15, 2018 10:02 AM (Nyyc4)

215 Anybody else reading that in the voice of Morgan Freeman?

Posted by: Sam In Va at February 15, 2018 08:21 PM (Nqq7o)

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