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Syrian Democratic Forces launch new anti-ISIS operation in eastern Raqqa
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-Lurid Crime Tales-
Look Who Funds The Group Behind The Call To Arms At Milo’s Berkeley Event
[DAILYCALLER] The left-wing group that helped organize the violent shut down of the Milo Yiannopoulos event at the University of Caliphornia, an impregnable bastion of the Democratic Party,, Berkeley on Wednesday is backed by a progressive charity
I don't think that word means what the writer thinks it means...
that is in turn funded by George Soros, the city of Tucson, a major labor union and several large companies.

The Alliance for Global Justice, based in Tucson, is listed as an organizer and fiscal sponsor for Refuse Fascism, a communist group that encouraged left-wingers to shut down the Yiannopoulos event.

The call to arms succeeded. Yiannopoulos’ talk was cancelled after demonstrators lit fires, vandalized businesses, and assaulted Donald Trump
...New York real estate developer, described by Dems as illiterate, racist, misogynistic, and what ever other unpleasant descriptions they can think of, elected by the rest of us as 45th President of the United States...
and Yiannopoulos supporters.

Refuse Fascism, which includes Princeton professor Cornel West as one of its founding "initiators," defended the response, issuing a statement on its website that called the shut down "righteous."
How about the arson and looting?
Posted by: Fred || 02/05/2017 00:00 || Comments || Link || [4 views] Top|| File under:

#1  Prosecute them. Charge Soros personally once someone is significantly injured (because you know that's coming).
Posted by: Crusader || 02/05/2017 0:21 Comments || Top||

#2  They may have prevented him from speaking.

But at that point he didn't need to. They provided plenty of proof of just who the thugs, nazis, and fascist really are.
Posted by: CrazyFool || 02/05/2017 1:32 Comments || Top||

#3  The Alliance for Social Justice, is a hard-left Marxist operation founded by Ramsey Clark. Its office in South Tucson is home to a half-dozen like-minded operations, all of which support illegal immigration. Where it gets its money to operate is still open to question.
Posted by: Crater Bluetooth1127 || 02/05/2017 7:35 Comments || Top||

#4  Good job, liberals. #1 book on Amazon

your salty tears are delicious
Posted by: Frank G || 02/05/2017 7:53 Comments || Top||

#5  Breitbart predicted all of this would happen and are predicting much worse to happen. It is a socialist revolution. Breitbart is acting as a speed bump and are courageous people. Along with Veritus Project.

These people are not shooting off their mouths about the threat we face. They are out their exposing the threat.
Posted by: Nero White 3083 || 02/05/2017 13:24 Comments || Top||

#6  Crater Bluetooth,

I give you three guesses and the hint is spelled S-O-R-O-S.
Posted by: Sock Puppet of Doom || 02/05/2017 13:49 Comments || Top||


Chase Iron Eyes nabbed for inciting riot
[YAHOO] An American Indian activist enjugged
Don't shoot, coppers! I'm comin' out!
along with 73 other Dakota Access oil pipeline opponents for allegedly trespassing on private land is now accused of inciting a riot.

Chase Iron Eyes
No relation to Iron Eyes Cody...
could face up to five years in prison if convicted on the felony charge. He also faces a misdemeanor count of criminal trespass.

Iron Eyes and the others were arrested Wednesday after setting up teepees on land that authorities say is owned by the pipeline developer. Protesters say they were peacefully assembling on land they believe rightfully belongs to American Indians.
That's a pretty thin excuse even for a bunch of prog-tards...
Iron Eyes issued a recorded statement from jail late Thursday. He doesn't dispute his involvement but says he wasn't the leader of the effort and had no authority to stop it.
Ahah. The "wudn't me" defense, also known as "yez got nuttin' on me, coppers! Nuttin'!"
Posted by: Fred || 02/05/2017 00:00 || Comments || Link || [2 views] Top|| File under:

#1  Anybody got a reliable number for how much tonnage of iron indigenous Americans produced on their own? Just askin...
Posted by: M. Murcek || 02/05/2017 8:29 Comments || Top||

#2  Copper Eyes or Obsidian Orbs, Flint Fingers...
Posted by: Shipman || 02/05/2017 9:17 Comments || Top||


'We need to start killing people. We need to start killing the White House': Preschool teacher is caught on camera
[Daily Mail, Where America Gets Its News] An activist associated with the Black Lives Matter movement took to the megaphone to spew obscenities and voice her support for killing people.

At 1:50 in the video, shot on January 29 during an anti-Trump protest in Seattle's Westlake Park, the unidentified woman wearing a jacket with Black Lives Matter written on the back rants:

'And we need to start killing people. First off, we need to start killing the White House', says the woman, who claims she's a preschool teacher.

'The White House must die. The White House, your f***ing White House, your f***ing presidents, they must go! F*** the White House'.

As she said that, another protester in the crowd can be heard shouting, 'Burn it!'

She also rails against capitalism and calls for 'white people' to give 'black and indigenous people' their money and possessions.

She expresses her contempt for 'white people': 'Give your f***ing money, your f***ing house, your f***ing property, we need it f***ing all.

'F*** white supremacy, f*** the US empire, Kill the white house, f*** the white house, f*** your imperialist ass lives. That sh** gotta go'.

Among the more than four minute racial tirade, she shouts: 'Teach your kids to throw that f***ing cop car in the garbage'.
Posted by: Fred || 02/05/2017 00:00 || Comments || Link || [3 views] Top|| File under:

#1  Why hasn't this *bitch* lost her job yet?
Posted by: Crusader || 02/05/2017 0:18 Comments || Top||

#2  Why hasn't this *bitch* lost her job yet?

Its Seattle. nuff said.
Posted by: CrazyFool || 02/05/2017 1:15 Comments || Top||

#3  If somebody, anybody, requested a hearing, they'd have to go thru the motions.
Posted by: Crusader || 02/05/2017 1:32 Comments || Top||

#4  We need to kill the Fascist, islamist, misnogist, homophobic, xenophobic NEA.

The NEA is the most evil platform in America.

The very fact that Obama could EVER get elected is a failure of the Educational System backed by the democrat fascist marxist whores who do not teach Civics and History in order to maintain a populace of ...

Stupid, meandering, rent seeking, disgruntled little brats.
When the democrat party resembles a 5th grader, and the 5th grader resembles the democrat party, they win.


Go fuck yourselves teacher unions. We are on to you. You SUCK.

I want the Children released from your grasp of fuckhole.

And I will call every teachers union member a fuckhole and when they protest, I will ask them to define it.

Fuckhole.
Posted by: newc || 02/05/2017 4:11 Comments || Top||

#5  Newc,
You are entitled to your opinon and while Iagree 100% with you about the NEA, your one size fits all about the members needs dialed back. My daughter and son in law are oth teachers and yes they have to be members as a condition of employment, but they only pay the member dues, none towards the various PAC activities. they both have actions in their files for going against the dogma provided for the students' indoctrination.
might tone down your rant a notch, thanks.
Posted by: USN, Ret. || 02/05/2017 10:38 Comments || Top||

#6  The NEA and the teacher's union have accomplished one thing I never thought possible, turned my NYU educated oldest daughter away from the left. As a second career she recently became a Houston ISD middle school teacher. The male teacher in the adjoining classroom turns off the lights and along with his students plays on their phones all day. He even allows the students to order pizza, delivered to the classroom. When she complained, the principal shrugged her shoulders and said "It's the union."
Posted by: brujotejano || 02/05/2017 10:41 Comments || Top||

#7  He even allows the students to order pizza, delivered to the classroom

"I've been thinking about this, Mr. Hand. If I'm here and you're here, doesn't that make it our time? Certainly, there's nothing wrong with a little feast on our time."
Posted by: Frank G || 02/05/2017 11:18 Comments || Top||

#8  I know a lot of teachers. They are teachers, not political activists. Could be their motivations for becoming teachers are shallow and ignorant such as wanting to have the summer vacation and, mostly, not knowing what else to do. Let's just say they are not going to become engineers. I can tell you the majority of rank and file teachers are 100% clueless about politics. Sad but true, they haven't the foggiest freaking idea what all their CTA and NEA are doing. Maybe that's not much of an excuse but, really, they just wanna teach.
Posted by: Abu Uluque || 02/05/2017 11:31 Comments || Top||

#9  Second that. My sister retired not being particularly fond of the union, but hating the administrators. She did love the kids.
Posted by: Bobby || 02/05/2017 11:43 Comments || Top||

#10  In some states teachers are forced, by the state, to join the NEA, or its local affiliate, in order to be allowed to exercise their profession.

Having said that, an awful lot of teachers are very left. Just look at that professor at that NYU riot the other day.
Posted by: CrazyFool || 02/05/2017 12:18 Comments || Top||

#11  If real change is to come, we will have to accept that there will be collateral damage to the "good ones".

It's a bitter thing to contemplate, but this is no longer just about disagreements, it's about survival.
Posted by: charger || 02/05/2017 12:43 Comments || Top||

#12  Newc,

I agree with you. There is no reason good enoug to join a union. There are options. If you are part of a corrupt organization you have CHOSEN to be a part of a corrupt organization.
Posted by: Nero White 3083 || 02/05/2017 13:35 Comments || Top||

#13  That's what I mean, Nero.
It all ends up being child abuse at the end.
Posted by: newc || 02/05/2017 14:57 Comments || Top||

#14  Now newc, this is not fair - I've been a school teacher for the last two months
Posted by: g(r)omgoru || 02/05/2017 15:24 Comments || Top||

#15  Still have your old gig? Kinda a conflict in interest. :)
Posted by: Shipman || 02/05/2017 17:32 Comments || Top||


BuzzFeed sued over its publication of uncorroborated Trump dossier
[MCCLATCHYDC] A Russian-tied tech firm named in a controversial dossier containing uncorroborated allegations about President Donald Trump
...New York real estate developer, described by Dems as illiterate, racist, misogynistic, and what ever other unpleasant descriptions they can think of, elected by the rest of us as 45th President of the United States...
and the hacking of Democratic National Committee email accounts announced late Friday that it has filed defamation suits against the online news site BuzzFeed, its editor in chief and a former British intelligence agent.

The lawsuits were brought by XBT Holdings, a Cyprus-based company owned by Russian tech magnate Aleksej Gubarev. Lawyers for his firm filed complaints Friday in London against the former spy and his company, and against BuzzFeed and its editor in chief, Ben Smith, in Broward County Circuit Court in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, where XBT’s subsidiary Webzilla is headquartered.

"The dossier included libelous, unverified and untrue allegations regarding XBT, Webzilla and Gubarev. The lawsuits seek yet undetermined compensation for the damages suffered by XBT, Webzilla and Gubarev as the result of the publication of the dossier," a statement said.
Posted by: Fred || 02/05/2017 00:00 || Comments || Link || [3 views] Top|| File under:


-Short Attention Span Theater-
Carr: New crop of books nobody wants
[BOSTONHERALD] Try to restrain your excitement -- Hillary Clinton
... former first lady, former secretary of state, former presidential candidate, sometimes described by her supporters as the smartest woman in the world, usually described by the rest of us as a crook...
, John F. I was in Vietnam, you know Kerry
Former Senator-for-Life from Massachussetts, self-defined war hero, speaker of French, owner of a lucky hat, conqueror of Cambodia, unsuccessful presidential candidate, and utterly failed Secretary of State...
and John Kasich
...political has-been current Republican governor of Ohio...
are all writing books.

Think how many trees are going to die for ... what? And then there’s the carbon footprint. All those trucks taking all those thousands of books to warehouses and stores, then picking them up after they don’t sell and taking them to some place to be pulped -- at which point maybe they can at least be recycled into something more useful, like toilet paper.

Let’s start with Kerry’s proposed book. It’s going to be his "first memoir," which you could take as a threat -- there may be a sequel! Sadly, as someone pointed out yesterday, Kerry’s obvious title is already taken -- "American Gigolo."

You’ll be surprised to learn that he plans to mention his service in Vietnam, not to mention a "deep behind-the-scenes" take on his years as secretary of state.

Finally, we will learn the answer to that question we’ve been pondering all these years. Does Syrian dictator Bashir al-Assad prefer red or white wine with dinner?

A few suggested chapters: "Windsurfing for Dummies," and "Me and My Pink Girly Bike."

Self-help books have always done very well. Kerry should think along the lines of "You Too Can Marry an Heiress -- or Two!" Or he could offer more prosaic tips -- "You Can Fight City Hall -- How I Got that Pesky Fire Plug Moved."

Then there’s Gov. John Kasich. His long-unawaited book is coming out in April. Another obvious title: "Son of a Mailman." But no, his tome is going to be called "Two Paths."

An Ohio newspaper claimed that this weighty opus enables the bust-out 2016 candidate to "leave his options open for a possible 2020 bid for president."

They’re kidding, right? As the late Mumbles Menino used to say, hope burns eternal. But seriously ...

The blockbuster new book, though, is by Hillary Clinton. It’s being published in September by Simon & Schuster, which is owned by CBS, or should I say, "See BS." No word on what her advance was, but last September, even the worshipful New York Times
...which still proudly displays Walter Duranty's Pulitzer prize...
couldn’t help noticing the downward trajectory of her first-week sales.

Her first book, in 2003, sold about 500,000 copies in its first week. Her 2014 "memoir" could only manage 85,000.

And then there was that final campaign book last fall, "Stronger Together." It sold a whopping 2,912 copies.

In retrospect, those numbers should have been an early warning to the Democrats that perhaps the election wasn’t going to be the slam dunk they thought it would be.

But now See BS is going to give Hillary yet another huge advance they have absolutely no chance of ever recovering. According to a blurb, Hillary will use "some of her favorite quotes to ’tell stories from her life.’"

Does she mean quotes from other people, like, "I did not have sex with that Ms. Lewinsky."

Or, "You better put some ice on that."
Posted by: Fred || 02/05/2017 00:00 || Comments || Link || [5 views] Top|| File under:

#1  It's got nothing to do with the sales. It has everything to do with the not-insignificant amount of money advanced to the authors.
Posted by: Pappy || 02/05/2017 9:00 Comments || Top||

#2  One of the older money-laundering schemes.

That and Cattle Futures.
Posted by: Mullah Richard || 02/05/2017 13:57 Comments || Top||

#3  "I did not have sex with that Ms. Lewinsky."

Suppose there is a chapter named "I too had sex with Monica Lewinsky"?
Posted by: g(r)omgoru || 02/05/2017 14:18 Comments || Top||

#4  After Bill Clinton left office he wrote a book and my mother-in-law bought it for me as a birthday present or some such nonsense. I told her not to but she did it anyway. I think she thought it was funny but it wasn't. It was a waste of her money because the book went straight into the trash without ever being read. Oh well, it was her money and she could spend it any way she pleased.
Posted by: Abu Uluque || 02/05/2017 15:05 Comments || Top||


Home Front: Politix
Schumer warns Trump's attack on judge could impact Supreme Court confirmation
[POLITICO] Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer
Senator-for-life from New York, renowned for his love of standing in front of cameras. Schumer has been a professional politician since 1975, when disco was in flower. Senate minority leader as of 2017.
on Saturday warned that President Donald Trump
...New York real estate developer, described by Dems as illiterate, racist, misogynistic, and what ever other unpleasant descriptions they can think of, elected by the rest of us as 45th President of the United States...
’s attack on a federal judge who issued a broad block on his travel ban would firm Democratic resistance to his nomination of Neil Gorsuch to the Supreme Court.

"The President's attack on Judge James Robart, a Bush appointee who passed with 99 votes, shows a disdain for an independent judiciary that doesn't always bend to his wishes and a continued lack of respect for the Constitution, making it more important that the Supreme Court serve as an independent check on the administration," Schumer said in a statement.

He added, "With each action testing the Constitution, and each personal attack on a judge, President Trump raises the bar even higher for Judge Gorsuch's nomination to serve on the Supreme Court. His ability to be an independent check will be front and center throughout the confirmation process."

Trump on Saturday morning lashed out against U.S. District Court Judge James Robart, who delivered a severe legal blow to Trump’s executive order limiting travel to the U.S. by citizens of seven Moslem-majority countries.

"The opinion of this so-called judge, which essentially takes law-enforcement away from our country, is ridiculous and will be overturned!" Trump tweeted.

Posted by: Fred || 02/05/2017 00:00 || Comments || Link || [3 views] Top|| File under:

#1  Making nice to Chuckles and appeasing him will not make one bit of difference in the Supreme Court nominee process. He is a second rate Grimea Wormtongue.
Posted by: Alaska Paul || 02/05/2017 0:40 Comments || Top||

#2  Odd.... he didn't seem too upset when Obama ignored court orders. And Obama ignored plenty of them.
Posted by: CrazyFool || 02/05/2017 1:34 Comments || Top||

#3  Fuck him.

Why do we keep electing shitwads that don't believe in our country?
Posted by: Crusader || 02/05/2017 1:36 Comments || Top||

#4  For some of these "lawmaking" turds, the time is now to retire.
Setting an example for the other dinosaurs, and do it quickly before the LORD decides to retire you.


GO FUCK OFF, please.
Posted by: newc || 02/05/2017 3:39 Comments || Top||

#5  All the while the left attacks the judge recently nominate for the Supreme Court.
Posted by: Airandee || 02/05/2017 7:04 Comments || Top||

#6  Democrats world of Dementia. The impotence of incompetence.
Posted by: Dale || 02/05/2017 7:59 Comments || Top||

#7  "What do you mean when you say we squandered a supermajority bribing a bunch of insurance companies that know they will still be around long after we are gone?!?!?!?!"
Posted by: M. Murcek || 02/05/2017 8:17 Comments || Top||

#8  Why do we keep electing shitwads that don't believe in our country?

We? Who is we? His constituents are just like him! You should be asking why his shitwad constituents keep electing him
Posted by: Grarong Spawn of the Heathen Rus2966 || 02/05/2017 10:14 Comments || Top||

#9  100% back-fill. Decide on a course of action first. Come up with justifications after the fact. Slimy.
Posted by: Iblis || 02/05/2017 14:16 Comments || Top||

#10  Schumer has already pledged to resist and delay as much as possible so what difference does this latest threat make?
Posted by: Abu Uluque || 02/05/2017 15:13 Comments || Top||


The Trump opposition: Hell hath no fury like Democrats' scorn
[THEHILL] If the B.O. regime has proved anything, it was that if you repeat lies loud enough and long enough, sooner or later the people will believe them.

Enter Rep. John Lewis, he of the impeccable civil rights pedigree, who told Chuck Todd on Meet the Press: "I don’t see the president-elect as a legitimate president. I think the Russians participated in helping this man get elected."

It was a flat-out "conspiracy." And as such, he would not be attending the inauguration--"It will be the first one that I miss since I’ve been in Congress."

Not quite. Apparently he forgot that he also boycotted George Bush’s 2001 swearing-in--denying the legitimacy of that election as well.

But truth be told, there have always been cracks in Lewis’ righteousness. His default position has always been to paint his political rivals as unworthy and racist -- particularly likening them to George Wallace, the segregationist governor of Alabama during the 1960s and ’70s.

In 2008, Lewis attacked John Maverick McCain
... the Senator-for-Life from Arizona, former presidential candidate and even more former foot soldier in the Reagan Revolution. As an ordinary citizen he greased the infamous hookers peeing on the Obamabed in Moscow dossier in an attempt to smear President Trump...
(and Sarah Mama Grizzly Palin
... the babe libs love to hate ...
) for "sowing the seeds of hatred and division" and suggested that McCain was reminiscent of Wallace--a charge for which McCain has never forgiven Lewis.

During last year’s primaries, the Wallace comparisons were raised: "I’ve been around a while and Trump reminds me so much of a lot of things that George Wallace said and did."

And most recently, at the confirmation hearings of Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-AL), Lewis invoked Wallace yet again, saying "calls for law and order will mean today what it meant in Alabama when I was coming up back then."

The list goes back almost 40 years.

As the charge of Trump’s illegitimacy roils on, it will warm Lewis’ heart that plans are afoot for to impeach President Trump. (Lewis called for the impeachment of President George W. Bush.) Two civil rights groups, Free Speech for People and RootsAction have launched a new website, and have called on supporters to join a petition demanding Congress determine whether there is enough evidence--on the grounds of conflicts of interest--to warrant Trump’s impeachment. Picking up the baton, the American Civil Liberties Union is in the process of obtaining government documents to see if these claims can be substantiated.

In the end, like Iran’s stance towards Israel, to Democrats--the destruction of President Donald J. Trump is non-negotiable.

Posted by: Fred || 02/05/2017 00:00 || Comments || Link || [2 views] Top|| File under:

#1 
Posted by: Blossom Unains5562 || 02/05/2017 17:35 Comments || Top||


Home Front: Culture Wars
I am a deplorable, and I'm happy I voted for Trump
[Chicago Tribune] ... I voted for Trump because he was the alternative to letting a collection of free spenders, organizers, race-baiters, intellectuals, tree huggers and professional value arbitrators continue to spend our grandchildren's money.

This country and this generation of voters must pay our bills and not sit around having dorm-room debates on philosophy and injustice. I voted for Trump because we can't afford another president we simply like; we need one now who does something.

So, go ahead -- rage, riot, demonstrate, burn, dress up, march, protest, pout, sing, make speeches, resist, vandalize and denounce me as much as you want. I am deplorable, and I am happier with my vote every day.
Posted by: Fred || 02/05/2017 00:00 || Comments || Link || [2 views] Top|| File under:

#1  LOL DEPLORABLE, that will get old quickly
Posted by: Vinegar Dribble7916 || 02/05/2017 10:33 Comments || Top||

#2  Actually, I prefer to think of myself as irredeemable.
Posted by: Cesare || 02/05/2017 10:52 Comments || Top||


U.S. Army Corps Gives Eviction Notice to Dakota Access Protest Camp
[NBCNEWS] The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has given a evacuation order to those protesting at the Dakota Access Pipeline camp in Cannon Ball, North Dakota.

In a statement Friday evening, the Corps said it would close the Oceti Sakowin Camp, which sits on approximately 50 acres of Corps land, on Feb. 22 due to the "high potential for flooding" in the low-lying area.

The land sits at the confluence of the Missouri and Cannonball Rivers, which the Corps says puts it at particular risk of flooding after a winter of record snowfall in the region.

The Corps said oil erosion and pollution -- which it attributed to the "unauthorized placement of structures, vehicles, personal property, and fires" on the land over the course of more than six months -- could result in contaminated runoff into both rivers.

"As stewards of the public lands and natural resources, we have a responsibility to the public to prevent injuries and loss of life," said U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Omaha District Commander, Col. John Henderson. "We must also ensure our precious water resources are free from pollution due to human activities and respect for all who rely on this water for their livelihoods."

A senior U.S. Defense official confirmed to NBC News that members of Congress were notified today of the decision.

The decision could be the final, decisive blow for a protest movement that began at the camp in early August with just a few dozen protesters -- who call themselves water protectors -- from the Standing Rock Sioux tribe and blossomed into a movement captivated the nation with thousands of Native Americans and environmental activists flocking to the remote North Dakota plains to stop the $3.7 billion pipeline.
Posted by: Fred || 02/05/2017 00:00 || Comments || Link || [2 views] Top|| File under:

#1  Stand back, there are Working Men here.
Posted by: newc || 02/05/2017 4:27 Comments || Top||

#2  The Corps said oil erosion and pollution -- which it attributed to the "unauthorized placement of structures, vehicles, personal property, and fires" on the land over the course of more than six months -- could result in contaminated runoff into both rivers.

I was hoping they'd go ahead and let the protesters contaminate the rivers but no such luck.
Posted by: Abu Uluque || 02/05/2017 15:09 Comments || Top||

#3  The area might get flooded you say? Where would the protesters go? Swept downriver, I hope.

Floods at this time of year, especially in North Dakota, tend to be VERY cold.
Posted by: Rambler in Virginia || 02/05/2017 19:07 Comments || Top||


Watch: 84 Lumber Released Portion of ‘Controversial' Super Bowl Ad Depicting Immigration, Border Wall
84 Lumber has already released some of its ad that had to be changed before airing in the Super Bowl after it was deemed by Fox to be "too controversial."

In the portion of the ad released Thursday, titled "The Journey Begins," a Mexican mother and daughter embark on a journey by foot, truck and train. At the end of the 90-second ad, 84 Lumber directs viewers to see the conclusion of the journey that has "content deemed too controversial for TV" to be available halftime of Sunday’s game.

The conclusion of the ad reportedly features a wall blocking people looking for work in the United States.

The spot approved by Fox to air in the game is supposed to air just before halftime.
Thinking maybe they should change their name to "86 Lumber?"
Posted by: Blossom Unains5562 || 02/05/2017 00:00 || Comments || Link || [5 views] Top|| File under:

#1  maybe they should change their name to "86 Lumber

Well, it's shorter and snappier than "Sneak Into The Country Illegally Lumber".
Posted by: SteveS || 02/05/2017 0:17 Comments || Top||

#2  Why would the shareholders believe its a good idea to piss off half of their potential clients?

Fuck them.
Posted by: Crusader || 02/05/2017 0:18 Comments || Top||

#3  Smart people: invest in concrete.

Posted by: Herb McCoy7309 || 02/05/2017 5:09 Comments || Top||

#4  According to one of Trump's golfing buddies, the wall will look something like this:

Posted by: Herb McCoy7309 || 02/05/2017 5:48 Comments || Top||

#5  So.
The reason to watch the SB, is for the commercials.

The commercials are being released before the SB.

Why watch the SB? The Halftime Show? Why, when one gets a more genuine effort from Lyp Sync Battles?
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#6  Watch: 84 Lumber Released Portion of ‘Controversial' Super Bowl Ad Depicting Immigration, Border Wall

Watch? No thanks.
Posted by: Abu Uluque || 02/05/2017 15:11 Comments || Top||



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