doppelganglander 12/23/2019 6:27:40 AM

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buzzsawmonkey 12/23/2019 7:40:20 AM

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NPR this morning had a long item on the sad, sorry condition of the Wives of ISIS, stuck in some benighted camps in Syria.  These are women from the West---England, Australia, maybe South Africa, and possibly the US (though they soft-pedaled those) as well as other countries---who'd followed their men (or, in some cases, come on their own) to participate in the glorious caliphate.

Somehow, I was able to contain my sympathy.

Syrah 12/23/2019 7:45:24 AM

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Just a reminder for anyone that is confused by this, Adam Schiff is a Democrat, not a Republican. 

Just sayin. 

Syrah 12/23/2019 7:47:28 AM

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Reply to buzzsawmonkey in 2:

i am ok with never letting them back in the US. 

There should be consequences for being that stupid. 

doppelganglander 12/23/2019 7:53:39 AM

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Reply to Syrah in 4: 

One girl has already been denied entry to the US. She was born here, but her father was a diplomat, so she does not have birthright citizenship. 

Syrah 12/23/2019 7:55:07 AM

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I am sure that Mitch has Lawyers all over this impeachment thing. 

I am in agreement with Prof. Turley’s argument that no formal “delivery” of the impeachment document is required for the Senate to act.

I wonder how the calculations are going on this thing. Are Mitch and company all laughing in their sleeves at this, opting to pretend for a while that Nancy can hold this thing up? Does it help the Republicans to drag this thing out? Or is Mitch just using this time to line up the votes and process to get this thing over quick at a time of his choosing? Or all of the above?

Syrah 12/23/2019 7:57:05 AM

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Reply to doppelganglander in 5:

i remember seeing something about that a short while back. 

I feel for the child. That is a rough place to be. The mother needs to never be allowed in the US. 

Occasional Reader 12/23/2019 9:04:33 AM

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Reply to buzzsawmonkey in 2:

Perhaps this calls for a reprise of my Gilbert and Sullivan take from a couple years back on a story about three British Muslim school girls who headed out to Syria in pursuit of jihad glory with their Isis “husbands”:

Three little maids from school are we

Headed to the Levant to be jihadis

We are filled to the brim with Salafist screeds

Three little maids from school

Waging holy war will be so much fun

Whether servicing our fighter, or his gun

When he’s rendered a dronesplat, we’ll be bummed

Three little maids are foolss

buzzsawmonkey 12/23/2019 9:14:33 AM

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Reply to Occasional Reader in 8:

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Excellent.  I don't remember that one; glad you re-posted it.

buzzsawmonkey 12/23/2019 9:15:53 AM

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JCM 12/23/2019 9:17:46 AM

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Reply to Syrah in 6:

Pelosi is trying to dictate terms of the Senate Trial to the Senate.

What I would do as Majority Leader is respond by dictating to The House what is require to be in the Articles of Impeachment.

That game could be played for a very long time.

Kosh's Shadow 12/23/2019 9:21:32 AM

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Reply to Occasional Reader in 8:

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Now, ISIS does also have a Lord High Executioner...

And he has a little list of infidels that will very much be missed

lucius septimius 12/23/2019 9:26:25 AM

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Reply to buzzsawmonkey in 10: 

That is so cool!

lucius septimius 12/23/2019 9:28:47 AM

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Reply to lucius septimius in 13: 

The head of the Spertus Institute is actually a friend of mine.

buzzsawmonkey 12/23/2019 9:31:27 AM

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In #14 lucius septimius said: The head of the Spertus Institute is actually a friend of mine.

That's pretty cool, too.  

My art/portfolio/calligraphy mentor in college used to do book design work for their catalogs.  When a new job came in, he'd say, "I got the Heebie-Jeebies again!"

buzzsawmonkey 12/23/2019 9:33:54 AM

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buzzsawmonkey 12/23/2019 9:35:34 AM

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buzzsawmonkey 12/23/2019 12:45:32 PM

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lucius septimius 12/23/2019 1:53:03 PM

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Reply to buzzsawmonkey in 18:

Murderer!

PaladinPhil 12/23/2019 2:54:30 PM

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One more shift to complete, then it's Christmas break for me. Hate the night shifts with a passion. Only managed about 6 hours sleep today total. Even took some pills to help me sleep. Just eight more hours to go...

buzzsawmonkey 12/23/2019 3:13:34 PM

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In #20 PaladinPhil said: One more shift to complete, then it's Christmas break for me.

Once again: Twelve Days to Christmas

doppelganglander 12/23/2019 3:23:10 PM

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Reply to buzzsawmonkey in 10:

I'm delighted to get a chance to see it. It's obviously in excellent hands.

buzzsawmonkey 12/23/2019 4:08:49 PM

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Reply to doppelganglander in 22:

There's a bittersweet element for me in the black and white picture; it was taken just before Chanukah in 1954, and my older brother---the guy in the engineer overalls, on the right---died on the second night of Chanukah that year.