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Occasional Reader
1/3/2020 5:07:25 AM
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Rest in tiny, smoking pieces, Qasem Soleimani.
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Occasional Reader
1/3/2020 5:12:16 AM
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And now, the NPR thumbsucking...
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doppelganglander
1/3/2020 5:13:03 AM
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Reply to Occasional Reader in 1: There's nothing like smoking a couple of terrorists to bring out the anti-American appeasers. You would think Ben Rhodes, Samantha Power, and the rest of them would lay low for a while instead of reminding us how they sent $1.7 billion to Iran.
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doppelganglander
1/3/2020 5:40:15 AM
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Reply to Occasional Reader in 4: First they complain the president does nothing, then they're upset when he does something.
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buzzsawmonkey
1/3/2020 6:00:25 AM
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In #6 doppelganglander said: First they complain the president does nothing, then they're upset when he does something.
"You know what Canino will do when he comes back, don't you? He'll knock my teeth out and then kick me in the stomach for mumbling." <i>---Philip Marlowe in "The Big Sleep"</i>
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vxbush
1/3/2020 6:15:10 AM
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In #1 Occasional Reader said: Rest in tiny, smoking pieces, Qasem Soleimani. Ah, another one bites the dust and is turned into dust. May his followers learn and turn away from his path. Morning, campers. Pretty much felt crappy all during holidays, so I hunkered down and try to take care of me. Might have turned a corner; we'll see in the next week. In the meantime, I avoided a lot of news, and that was a good thing.
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vxbush
1/3/2020 6:17:14 AM
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In #5 Occasional Reader said: https://mobile.twitter.com/jeepsuzih2/status/1212958508443983872 Oh, ouch. Truth in such a small image.
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buzzsawmonkey
1/3/2020 7:06:52 AM
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The Left is complaining that Trump shouted "Firefight!" in a crowded theatre of war.
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buzzsawmonkey
1/3/2020 7:23:52 AM
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Reply to Occasional Reader in 10: I'm sure this will be spun by the PJM troll squad as proving that Trump is doing the bidding of Netanyahu.
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lucius septimius
1/3/2020 7:31:48 AM
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OMG world war III just started, right? I mean totes without Congressional approval Drumpf invasioned Iraq or Iran or Poland or one of those places filled with peaceful austere religious scholars!!! Literally shaking right now!!!!!
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lucius septimius
1/3/2020 7:43:47 AM
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Reply to buzzsawmonkey in 14: All God's children got guns!
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buzzsawmonkey
1/3/2020 7:44:48 AM
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In #15 lucius septimius said: All God's children got guns!
That's my favorite part of the number.
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doppelganglander
1/3/2020 7:46:20 AM
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Reply to lucius septimius in 13: Excuse me, that should be "most revered military leader."
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Occasional Reader
1/3/2020 7:46:34 AM
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In #12 buzzsawmonkey said: I'm sure this will be spun by the PJM troll squad as proving that Trump is doing the bidding of Netanyahu.
I've already seen that insinuation by at least one Insty poster. (Fortunately, he's very much outnumbered.)
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Occasional Reader
1/3/2020 7:47:20 AM
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In #17 doppelganglander said: Excuse me, that should be "most revered military leader."
Yep, I was just about to make that correction. WaPo, I believe it was, n'est-ce pas?
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doppelganglander
1/3/2020 7:47:51 AM
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Reply to buzzsawmonkey in 14: My favorite Marx Brothers movie.
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buzzsawmonkey
1/3/2020 7:48:56 AM
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In #20 doppelganglander said: My favorite Marx Brothers movie.
I remember watching the mirror scene some years ago, and practically suffocating with laughter. And no, I wasn't "on" anything.
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doppelganglander
1/3/2020 7:52:18 AM
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Reply to doppelganglander in 22: And I've noticed there are nearly as many ways to spell Qassim Soleimani as there are to spell Moammar Qadafi.
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lucius septimius
1/3/2020 7:55:32 AM
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Reply to doppelganglander in 23: I think the correct spelling is "splat."
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buzzsawmonkey
1/3/2020 8:01:55 AM
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Shouldn't everyone who hates Trump be celebrating the fact that Soleimani died as a jihadi, so he's guaranteed his heavenly virgin ration?
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Occasional Reader
1/3/2020 8:09:17 AM
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In #22 doppelganglander said: That's right. Much to their surprise, they're getting a lot of blowback about it.
He had a fairly natty beard. That's about the only positive thing I can say about Soleimani.
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doppelganglander
1/3/2020 8:24:38 AM
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Reply to lucius septimius in 24: Indeed. My favorite image so far is the comparison showing him wearing that distinctive ring when he was alive and the same ring on his severed hand. Of course I can't find it now, but several people had it on Twitter last night.
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Occasional Reader
1/3/2020 8:35:31 AM
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In #27 doppelganglander said: the comparison showing him wearing that distinctive ring when he was alive and the same ring on his severed hand. Hmm, I missed that (and perhaps it's just as well). So perhaps we should nickname that particular drone "Andúril"?
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lucius septimius
1/3/2020 8:37:16 AM
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Reply to Occasional Reader in 28: Well since the drone is currently in a bunch of pieces, it would be Narsil.
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doppelganglander
1/3/2020 8:45:58 AM
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In #28 Occasional Reader said: Hmm, I missed that (and perhaps it's just as well). I didn't notice the hand was severed - I only found that out reading an article. Maybe the image I saw was cropped. It wasn't gory.
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buzzsawmonkey
1/3/2020 8:46:32 AM
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In #29 lucius septimius said: Well since the drone is currently in a bunch of pieces, it would be Narsil.
Ask your Elvish healer if Narsil is right for you...
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Occasional Reader
1/3/2020 8:47:18 AM
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In #29 lucius septimius said: Well since the drone is currently in a bunch of pieces, Huh?
"it would be Narsil."
But, yes, metaphor-correction noted... I'm clearly not enough of a Tolkien geek.
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doppelganglander
1/3/2020 8:47:42 AM
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Reply to Occasional Reader in 28: Reply to lucius septimius in 29: Today is Tolkein's birthday. He's looking good for 128.
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Occasional Reader
1/3/2020 8:48:46 AM
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In #32 Occasional Reader said: I'm clearly not enough of a Tolkien geek. And related to that; it's never been clear to me what, exactly, the One Ring of Power could do. (Aside from make the wearer invisible... but not to Sauron, or the Nazgul.)
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JCM
1/3/2020 8:51:40 AM
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Escalation....
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Iran planning and executing attacks is not an escalation. Our response is a DANGEROUS ESCALATION *breathlessly intoned* by our panties in wad media.
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lucius septimius
1/3/2020 8:51:56 AM
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Reply to doppelganglander in 33: 
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Occasional Reader
1/3/2020 8:54:44 AM
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In #33 doppelganglander said: Today is Tolkein's birthday. I'm just tolkien' about J.R.R.! (Then we can dig it)
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Occasional Reader
1/3/2020 8:55:58 AM
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In #35 JCM said: Iran planning and executing attacks is not an escalation.
They're gentle giants, who are turning their lives around.
/oh, wait, wrong excuse/context...
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doppelganglander
1/3/2020 9:03:47 AM
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Reply to lucius septimius in 36:
According to the Tolkein Society website, it is traditional to raise a glass at 9 pm local time and simply toast "The Professor!" I'll probably be raising a glass around that time, so why not?
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buzzsawmonkey
1/3/2020 9:20:57 AM
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On the first day of Tolkein my true love gave to me
The One Ring that rules all it can see.
On the second day of Tolkein my true love gave to me
Two towers warring
And the One Ring that rules all it can see.
On the third day of Tolkein my true love gave to me
Three trolls in forests
Two towers warring
And the One Ring that rules all it can see.
On the fourth day of Tolkein my true love gave to me
Four traveling ponies
Three trolls in forests
Two towers warring
And the One Ring that rules all it can see.
On the fifth day of Tolkein my true love gave to me
Five Elvish swords!
Four traveling ponies
Three trolls in forests
Two towers warring
And the One Ring that rules all it can see.
On the sixth day of Tolkein my true love gave to me
Six Ents a-grunting
Five Elvish swords!
Four traveling ponies
Three trolls in forests
Two towers warring
And the One Ring that rules all it can see.
On the seventh day of Tolkein my true love gave to me
Seven stalwart comrades
Six Ents a-grunting
Five Elvish swords!
Four traveling ponies
Three trolls in forests
Two towers warring
And the One Ring that rules all it can see.
On the eighth day of Tolkein my true love gave to me
Eight orcs to evade
Seven stalwart comrades
Six Ents a-grunting
Five Elvish swords!
Four traveling ponies
Three trolls in forests
Two towers warring
And the One Ring that rules all it can see.
On the ninth day of Tolkein my true love gave to me
Nine Nazgul riding
Eight orcs to evade
Seven stalwart comrades
Six Ents a-grunting
Five Elvish swords!
Four traveling ponies
Three trolls in forests
Two towers warring
And the One Ring that rules all it can see.
On the tenth day of Tolkein my true love gave to me
Ten mithril mailsuits
Nine Nazgul riding
Eight orcs to evade
Seven stalwart comrades
Six Ents a-grunting
Five Elvish swords!
Four traveling ponies
Three trolls in forests
Two towers warring
And the One Ring that rules all it can see.
On the eleventh day of Tolkein my true love gave to me
Eleven leagues of travel
Ten mithril mailsuits
Nine Nazgul riding
Eight orcs to evade
Seven stalwart comrades
Six Ents a-grunting
Five Elvish swords!
Four traveling ponies
Three trolls in forests
Two towers warring
And the One Ring that rules all it can see.
On the twelfth day of Tolkein my true love gave to me
Twelve dwarves a-delving
Eleven leagues of travel
Ten mithril mailsuits
Nine Nazgul riding
Eight orcs to evade
Seven stalwart comrades
Six Ents a-grunting
Five Elvish swords!
Four traveling ponies
Three trolls in forests
Two towers warring
And the One Ring that rules all it can see.
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Syrah
1/3/2020 9:30:05 AM
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Why was that monster in Iraq, days after a failed attempt to overrun an American Embassy, orchestrated by Iran?
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Syrah
1/3/2020 9:33:04 AM
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It is Friday. I suppose we should expect some kind of reaction after the Friday services in the areas of the world that had received funding assistance from Obama’s pallets of cash for Iranian moderates funding program.
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buzzsawmonkey
1/3/2020 9:37:05 AM
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In #41 Syrah said: Why was that monster in Iraq, days after a failed attempt to overrun an American Embassy, orchestrated by Iran? Well, see, there's this restaurant in Baghdad where they really have good za'atar bread...
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Syrah
1/3/2020 9:37:07 AM
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With the riots that have been taking place in Iran for the last year, can Iran afford to divide its forces and send troops into Iraq? ...where they would get promptly slaughtered...
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Syrah
1/3/2020 9:39:43 AM
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Reply to buzzsawmonkey in 43: The restaurant bill seems to have come due
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buzzsawmonkey
1/3/2020 9:42:01 AM
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Reply to Syrah in 44: I find myself wondering what would happen were we to actually topple the mullahs, and the Iranians rebuilt themselves as a more-or-less Westernized nation. Would they become an ally? Would that mean we turned our backs on the Saudis, whom we've been backing against Iran, if the Iranians went more modern/secular than they? Would Iran be attacked by the regional jihadis, and would we then end up becoming their ally? It could get really weird.
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doppelganglander
1/3/2020 9:43:21 AM
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Reply to buzzsawmonkey in 40: Bravo!
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Syrah
1/3/2020 9:51:12 AM
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Reply to buzzsawmonkey in 46:
We live in interesting times.
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Syrah
1/3/2020 9:58:11 AM
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Funny how easy it was for Trump to get Democrats to defend Iran.
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buzzsawmonkey
1/3/2020 10:13:39 AM
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In #48 Syrah said: We live in interesting times.
I've thought for some while that "The Interesting Times" would be a good name for a newspaper.
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Syrah
1/3/2020 4:43:47 PM
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More Iranian terrorist are being reduced to their component parts in Iraq. 2 more convoys of bad guy cars have been hit.
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