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February 27, 2016
connect the dots.....
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February 27, 2016
Stole it from here:
https://www.balloon-juice.com/2016/02/27/rnc-wonders-is-it-over-once-the-fat-man-sings/#comment-5684607
Dr. Frankenstein turned & ran. He’d go to the House. There, at least, he’d be safe doing nothing.
Dr. Frankenstien frantically nailed the planks into place, trying to seal his laboratory off from the rest of the world.
What would happen if the Monster got out? What if people realized he had created it?
The pounding from the inside increased in intensity. The Monster roared. It sounded like Yuge!
Dr. Frankenstein wondered what that might mean, then resumed hammering on the nails.
But the door gave way and the boards he was trying to nail in place began to bend under the Monsters fists.
Rage. That is all the doctor saw in the contorted, strangely orange face of his creation.
Yuge!
Splinters began flying from the boards.
Dr. Frankenstein turned his back and ran. Hed go to the House. There, at least, hed be safe doing nothing.
When the questions came, the doctor would deny everything. Hed blame his neighbor, Mr. Obama.
Yes, that would work. That would deflect attention away from his own nefarious activities, spread over the preceding decades, that had led to this catastrophe.
It was now up to others to deal with his Creation.
He wished them luck.
What would happen if the Monster got out? What if people realized he had created it?
The pounding from the inside increased in intensity. The Monster roared. It sounded like Yuge!
Dr. Frankenstein wondered what that might mean, then resumed hammering on the nails.
But the door gave way and the boards he was trying to nail in place began to bend under the Monsters fists.
Rage. That is all the doctor saw in the contorted, strangely orange face of his creation.
Yuge!
Splinters began flying from the boards.
Dr. Frankenstein turned his back and ran. Hed go to the House. There, at least, hed be safe doing nothing.
When the questions came, the doctor would deny everything. Hed blame his neighbor, Mr. Obama.
Yes, that would work. That would deflect attention away from his own nefarious activities, spread over the preceding decades, that had led to this catastrophe.
It was now up to others to deal with his Creation.
He wished them luck.
Stole it from here:
https://www.balloon-juice.com/2016/02/27/rnc-wonders-is-it-over-once-the-fat-man-sings/#comment-5684607
February 27, 2016
Edmund Lee, a third-grader at a charter school in south St. Louis, cant attend the school next year because his family moved to the suburbs, from which, an archaic law states, black students cant attend city schools.
BY: STEPHEN A. CROCKETT JR.
Posted: Feb. 26 2016 7:36 AM
Nine-year-old Edmund Lee is a great student. Hes a third-grader at Gateway Science Academy, a charter school in south St. Louis. Hes been a student there since kindergarten, and he wants to stay there, but an archaic law on the citys books wont allow him to attend the school anymore because hes black.
Everything was fine as long as Edmund and his family lived in the city of St. Louis. But their recent move to the suburbs means that Edmund cant attend his old school. Because of the way that St. Louis laws are written, suburban kids cannot attend city schools if they are black.
When I read the guidelines, I was in shock, Edmunds mother, LaShieka White, told Fox 2 Now. I was crying.
The law was passed decades ago and was meant to address school segregation.
http://www.theroot.com/articles/news/2016/02/st_louis_student_9_can_t_attend_school_because_he_s_black.html?wpisrc=newsletter_jcr:content%26
St. Louis Student, 9, Can’t Attend School Because He’s Black
St. Louis Student, 9, Cant Attend School Because Hes BlackEdmund Lee, a third-grader at a charter school in south St. Louis, cant attend the school next year because his family moved to the suburbs, from which, an archaic law states, black students cant attend city schools.
BY: STEPHEN A. CROCKETT JR.
Posted: Feb. 26 2016 7:36 AM
Nine-year-old Edmund Lee is a great student. Hes a third-grader at Gateway Science Academy, a charter school in south St. Louis. Hes been a student there since kindergarten, and he wants to stay there, but an archaic law on the citys books wont allow him to attend the school anymore because hes black.
Everything was fine as long as Edmund and his family lived in the city of St. Louis. But their recent move to the suburbs means that Edmund cant attend his old school. Because of the way that St. Louis laws are written, suburban kids cannot attend city schools if they are black.
When I read the guidelines, I was in shock, Edmunds mother, LaShieka White, told Fox 2 Now. I was crying.
The law was passed decades ago and was meant to address school segregation.
http://www.theroot.com/articles/news/2016/02/st_louis_student_9_can_t_attend_school_because_he_s_black.html?wpisrc=newsletter_jcr:content%26
February 27, 2016
Two Words That Explain the Republican Debate (and the Campaign, as a Whole)
You already know what they are.
BY CHARLES P. PIERCE
FEB 26, 2016
Last night's Republican brawl at recess was best summed up by some anonymous soul working at the closed-captioning desk at CNN who clearly was completely fed up with the idiotic proceedings on stage and decided to let the hearing-impaired citizens of the United States of America know that he was. (In fact, I hope that the hearing-impaired citizens of the United States of America know how lucky they were last night.) This wasn't a political debate. This was a pissing contest among men who are worried about the size of their dicks.
(Unintelligible yelling)
Would you have trusted any of these clowns with the nuclear codes? (Maybe John Kasich, but only if there were absolutely no other option, Curly Howard being dead and all.) I wouldn't trust any of them to park my car.
(Unintelligible yelling)
What was your favorite moment? Was it Dr. Ben Carson's contention that the "fruit salad of their lives" are dangling precipitously on "the abyss of destruction? What did he mean? Who knows? The mind of Dr. Ben Carson is not the mind of an ordinary man. The mind of Dr. Ben Carson is on loan from a curiosity shoppe somewhere on the moons of Saturn.
http://www.esquire.com/news-politics/politics/news/a42481/unintelligible-yelling/
2 words: "Unintelligible yelling"
Two Words That Explain the Republican Debate (and the Campaign, as a Whole)
You already know what they are.
BY CHARLES P. PIERCE
FEB 26, 2016
Last night's Republican brawl at recess was best summed up by some anonymous soul working at the closed-captioning desk at CNN who clearly was completely fed up with the idiotic proceedings on stage and decided to let the hearing-impaired citizens of the United States of America know that he was. (In fact, I hope that the hearing-impaired citizens of the United States of America know how lucky they were last night.) This wasn't a political debate. This was a pissing contest among men who are worried about the size of their dicks.
(Unintelligible yelling)
Would you have trusted any of these clowns with the nuclear codes? (Maybe John Kasich, but only if there were absolutely no other option, Curly Howard being dead and all.) I wouldn't trust any of them to park my car.
(Unintelligible yelling)
What was your favorite moment? Was it Dr. Ben Carson's contention that the "fruit salad of their lives" are dangling precipitously on "the abyss of destruction? What did he mean? Who knows? The mind of Dr. Ben Carson is not the mind of an ordinary man. The mind of Dr. Ben Carson is on loan from a curiosity shoppe somewhere on the moons of Saturn.
http://www.esquire.com/news-politics/politics/news/a42481/unintelligible-yelling/
February 27, 2016
Current state of GOP
:large
February 27, 2016
https://twitter.com/missneakysqurl/status/703411890354049024
Look how he got nearly 200 likes! -totally worth it?
https://twitter.com/missneakysqurl/status/703411890354049024
February 27, 2016
Pandora's iPhone
February 27, 2016
I'm sorry Dave.....
February 27, 2016
GOP Bridge to Future
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