buzzsawmonkey 9/21/2020 4:04:31 AM

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Pack the Supreme Court
---apologies to "Pack Up Your Sorrows"

No use ramblin' on the cable networks
About the messes we've made
Too hard scrabblin', they can see we're babblin'
Folks see through the facade

But if somehow we could pack the Supreme Court
So it ruled leftwardly
We would choose them, you could not refuse them
We'd have hegemony

No use letting the people vote in person
To make their preferences known
Since we're failin', make 'em vote by mail-in
We'd have them by the throat

And if somehow we could pack the Supreme Court
So it ruled leftwardly
We would choose them, you could not refuse them
We'd have hegemony

No use tryin' to impose Green New Deals
Against the citizens' vote
Abrogate the Constitution, that's the solution 
Nobody cares what they wrote

But if somehow we could pack the Supreme Court
So it ruled leftwardly
We would choose them, you could not refuse them
We'd have hegemony

buzzsawmonkey 9/21/2020 6:44:40 AM

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lucius septimius 9/21/2020 6:47:43 AM

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Reply to buzzsawmonkey in 2:

RBG's granddaughter recorded her dying words, pleading with Drumpfhitler not to replace her but wait until after the election.  And she also said that a fortune in gold doubloons was buried behind the barn, along with the photographs that proved there was a second shooter in Dallas in 1963.

Syrah 9/21/2020 7:38:53 AM

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Syrah 9/21/2020 7:44:07 AM

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Occasional Reader 9/21/2020 7:47:39 AM

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JCM 9/21/2020 8:23:13 AM

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DOJ identifies NYC, other cities as jurisdictions permitting 'anarchy, violence and destruction'

The Department of Justice (DOJ) on Monday identified New York City, Portland and Seattle as "local governments that are permitting anarchy, violence, and destruction in American cities," a move that comes as the federal government continues to take a tough stance against localized rioting in some areas of the country.

Occasional Reader 9/21/2020 9:35:06 AM

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Reply to JCM in 7:

How dare they point out the blatantly obvious truth!

Occasional Reader 9/21/2020 9:57:55 AM

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In #6 Occasional Reader said: Howdy. I am off in a little while to submit my paperwork to get my DC concealed carry permit. Wish me luck, please. One never knows what sort of Kafkaesque roadblocks might lie in wait for me.

Well, so far, so good. This part of the process was less painful than I anticipated. But now I have to wait “up to 90 days“ to actually get my CCW permit in the mail. Ummm can I slip someone an envelope full of cash to expedite that?!

JCM 9/21/2020 10:04:27 AM

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So Joe won't release his SCOTUS list before the election.....

That'll give Trump more ammo...

Occasional Reader 9/21/2020 10:31:07 AM

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In #10 JCM said: That'll give Trump more ammo...

OMG VIOLENT GUN RHETORIC!!!!

crosshairs on voodoo maps!

JCM 9/21/2020 10:40:55 AM

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Reply to Occasional Reader in 11:

Oh, stop going off half-cocked!

JCM 9/21/2020 11:12:38 AM

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Boeing nears decision on closing down 787 Dreamliner assembly in Everett

CHICAGO - The Boeing Co. is nearing a decision on whether to move all 787 Dreamliner production to South Carolina, according to aviation experts and a new media report.

The Reuters news service reported Monday that Boeing is "all but certain" to close down the 787 assembly line in Everett and consolidate production of the jetliner in Charleston, S.C.

midwestgak 9/21/2020 11:29:12 AM

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In #9 Occasional Reader said: But now I have to wait “up to 90 days“ to actually get my CCW permit in the mail.

You'll need some luck with THAT part of the process.  The US Postal Service will have all those additional millions of mail-in votes to deal with, just sayin'.

JCM 9/21/2020 1:24:46 PM

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Ya' read the headline and it's crafted to make you think the pro-police crowd was throwing things.

Woman injured by flying beer can at pro-police rally in Bremerton

However in the story....

BREMERTON, Wash. - A pro-police rally in Bremerton was disrupted when occupants in a passing car yelled "F--- the police!" and hurled a full can of beer at rally participants, striking a woman in the face.

Occasional Reader 9/21/2020 1:48:33 PM

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Reply to midwestgak in 14:

Don’t I know it. I wish there were an option for them to just call me or email me and I would pop downtown to pick the thing up. But no such luck.

Occasional Reader 9/21/2020 1:49:20 PM

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Reply to JCM in 15:

I seem to recall there were several examples of similar shenanigans pulled by the press regarding tea party rallies.

Occasional Reader 9/21/2020 3:09:09 PM

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lucius septimius 9/21/2020 3:14:11 PM

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Reply to Occasional Reader in 18:

Sounds like the finale of Oedipus Tex (at 26:00)

Occasional Reader 9/21/2020 3:37:33 PM

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Reply to lucius septimius in 19:

Wow!  It does, indeed.  Good musical memory, there.  I saw Oedipus Tex performed in 1990, at Carnegie Hall (I think); but I never would have remembered that link.  

lucius septimius 9/21/2020 3:48:33 PM

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In #20 Occasional Reader said: Good musical memory, there.

Years of conservatory training.