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WTF: CNN breaking news. (Original Post) sheshe2 Sep 2020 OP
Interesting as they didn't have a problem with Phoenix61 Sep 2020 #1
He Needs To Do a Caputo, Ma'am The Magistrate Sep 2020 #2
Another Caputo going kaput. sheshe2 Sep 2020 #5
I thought you always ended with Sir Sewa Sep 2020 #7
The "Ma'am" is directed at sheshe, since it is a response to her comment/thread happybird Sep 2020 #9
Was this directed to you Sewa Sep 2020 #24
happybird was exactly right. sheshe2 Sep 2020 #38
Hey! sheshe2 Sep 2020 #36
I get in the mix. Hope ya don't mind! I got sung this song because... sprinkleeninow Sep 2020 #39
Blue. sheshe2 Sep 2020 #43
Democratic Blue. 😍 sprinkleeninow Sep 2020 #47
That's the ticket! sheshe2 Sep 2020 #56
Really? nt flying rabbit Sep 2020 #12
For them it's... Lock him up. Sep 2020 #8
To coin a phrase. dchill Sep 2020 #19
Insofar as Low Barr has telegraphed his admiration for a Unitary Executive for many decades, Sir... Hekate Sep 2020 #27
BatShit Crazed Loons say the craziest things! NoMoreRepugs Sep 2020 #3
And whose presidency is this occurring under, again? Blue Owl Sep 2020 #4
He's free to get Coronavirus anytime. C_U_L8R Sep 2020 #6
Okay just NO shenmue Sep 2020 #10
Insanity is an uncontrolled condition. BARR is a *CRIMINAL* (his conscious acts). UTUSN Sep 2020 #11
+10000 triron Sep 2020 #55
Herd Stupidity is what Barr and Trump need. nt BootinUp Sep 2020 #13
And his audience was enthusiastically applauding that statement.. zorbasd Sep 2020 #14
I read somewhere littlemissmartypants Sep 2020 #15
We need a 5150 in Washington, DC, toot sweet! Cracklin Charlie Sep 2020 #16
That's right. . . pat_k Sep 2020 #17
We need to shut him down. sheshe2 Sep 2020 #18
I'm terrified. . . pat_k Sep 2020 #42
I know. sheshe2 Sep 2020 #45
Biggest threat (aside from suppressing/voter role purging/disqualifying legitimate votes) is this: pat_k Sep 2020 #51
Isn't the greatest intrusion underwear? Renew Deal Sep 2020 #20
Did anybody else hear that gurgling noise?? lastlib Sep 2020 #21
It's not like confinement in periods of wnylib Sep 2020 #22
The history, thanks. People are so ignorant & selfish now. appalachiablue Sep 2020 #25
that fake orange turd suppository doesn't have a say about the health of our citizens yaesu Sep 2020 #23
Okay. sheshe2 Sep 2020 #30
Boy they're just trying to alienate people aren't they? nolabear Sep 2020 #26
The newest revelation as well. sheshe2 Sep 2020 #31
I know. We haven't gotten one bit better. nolabear Sep 2020 #33
No. sheshe2 Sep 2020 #34
No one speaknow Sep 2020 #28
This is Barr being Trump's campaign straight man...setting him up. LudwigPastorius Sep 2020 #29
he is actively campaining for Trump Skittles Sep 2020 #32
The AG of the US is his personal lawyer. sheshe2 Sep 2020 #35
This also happened 100 years ago when we were trying to fight a deadly virus. Initech Sep 2020 #37
I think they're all having psychotic breakdowns peggysue2 Sep 2020 #40
They are intent on breaking the china and stealing the silver before they leave. Midnight Writer Sep 2020 #41
They will do more than that. sheshe2 Sep 2020 #44
Masks are a question of responsibility not a question of freedom mjvpi Sep 2020 #46
I wear one out of respect for my sister or brother in humanity. sprinkleeninow Sep 2020 #50
He is crazy of course and a fascist Meowmee Sep 2020 #48
He's gone Caputo on Us Roy Rolling Sep 2020 #49
THAT is a terrific meme! "Going Caputo"! calimary Sep 2020 #52
Next Nutjob Roy Rolling Sep 2020 #54
now ask yourself, what response would such an intrusion justify? 0rganism Sep 2020 #53

Sewa

(1,255 posts)
7. I thought you always ended with Sir
Wed Sep 16, 2020, 11:23 PM
Sep 2020

This is the second time I’ve seen you use Ma’am when Barr is involved.

sheshe2

(83,751 posts)
38. happybird was exactly right.
Thu Sep 17, 2020, 01:11 AM
Sep 2020

The Magistrate responds to each poster as Ma'am or Sir depending on whom they are talking to. I am a woman so he called me Ma'am.

Sewa

24. Was this directed to you


I think you owe happybird an apology. This is a message board and all of us are free to respond to any and every poster. You may not have directed your comment to happybird of myself for that matter, yet both of us politely responded to your question to clear up any questions you might have .

Nite.

sprinkleeninow

(20,245 posts)
39. I get in the mix. Hope ya don't mind! I got sung this song because...
Thu Sep 17, 2020, 01:21 AM
Sep 2020
And I offer it to you whatever colour... 😘 🌹

Van Morrison~'Brown Eyed Girl'

Lock him up.

(6,928 posts)
8. For them it's...
Wed Sep 16, 2020, 11:26 PM
Sep 2020
OK

Hannibal tRump can literally murder over 2.5 million of us and it's all okie-dookie for them, and that includes barR.

Hekate

(90,673 posts)
27. Insofar as Low Barr has telegraphed his admiration for a Unitary Executive for many decades, Sir...
Thu Sep 17, 2020, 12:22 AM
Sep 2020

...and now apparently sees the golden ring within his grasp, it appears to be a very specialized sort of insanity shared by others in high places, if insanity it be.

Trump is a murderer by proxy. Barr now openly takes his place in that circle.

I have had a very hard time coming to terms with the reality that an entire political party in this country has no use for either a republic or a democracy.

pat_k

(9,313 posts)
17. That's right. . .
Wed Sep 16, 2020, 11:47 PM
Sep 2020

Wouldn't anyone rather be a slave for life than have to temporarily shut down their business or shelter in place to prevent mass deaths?

pat_k

(9,313 posts)
42. I'm terrified. . .
Thu Sep 17, 2020, 01:30 AM
Sep 2020

. . . they will manage to prevent enough votes from being cast, and disqualify enough legitimate votes, to steal yet another election.

If we can overcome the election fraud (not voter fraud) we know we are up against and pull off a Biden victory, I'll revel in the "shut down" of Trump."

He'll undoubtedly continue to believe himself to be the center of the universe, worthy of same endless coverage he gets now. I relish the notion of witnessing his cries of "Me! Me! Me!" fall on deaf ears as the nation moves to put this nightmare behind us.

pat_k

(9,313 posts)
51. Biggest threat (aside from suppressing/voter role purging/disqualifying legitimate votes) is this:
Thu Sep 17, 2020, 02:09 AM
Sep 2020

Democratic overconfidence.

The polls DO NOT account for the votes that are GUARANTEED to be lost to effective voter suppression tactics, voter role purges, and unlawful disqualification of legitimate votes.
Tragically, things are bad.

Everything is unprecedented. Examine history is of limited use, Think Biden's lead in a state must be more than 8 8 points for Biden to have a shot at overcoming fraudulent practices. (i.e., that which would be measured in a free and fair election) advantage needed is more than 8%.

Renew Deal

(81,856 posts)
20. Isn't the greatest intrusion underwear?
Thu Sep 17, 2020, 12:02 AM
Sep 2020

You can avoid lockdowns, but you can't run around naked in most places.

lastlib

(23,224 posts)
21. Did anybody else hear that gurgling noise??
Thu Sep 17, 2020, 12:09 AM
Sep 2020

Fat, drugged and stupid is no way to go through life, Mr. Barr.

wnylib

(21,446 posts)
22. It's not like confinement in periods of
Thu Sep 17, 2020, 12:14 AM
Sep 2020

Last edited Thu Sep 17, 2020, 01:05 AM - Edit history (1)

infection is anything new to humanity.

In England, they closed the theaters during bouts of Plague. They shut down public operations during a still unnamed epidemic in Britain and on the continent called "the sweat."

When I was a child, my sister had scarlet fever. Our doctor reported it to public health and we were all quarantined for 2 weeks.

During outbreaks of smallpox in colonial times and into early American history, whole towns closed themselves off from outsiders.

Usually those people had sense (and fear) enough to take measures not to infect others or get infected.

During the 1918 flu pandemic, people wore masks and avoided public gatherings. Cities that didn't follow those precautions had huge numbers of infections and deaths compared to ones that followed safe protocols.

I heard an interview of a woman whose parents were both Holocaust survivors. She said that people were sensible and strong enough to stay confined in safe hiding places that were sometimes only one room for a dozen people, for 2 or 3 years until the war ended. By comparison, she said, people who can't tolerate a few weeks or months of limited mobility while they can still walk around and communicate with others are wimps.

yaesu

(8,020 posts)
23. that fake orange turd suppository doesn't have a say about the health of our citizens
Thu Sep 17, 2020, 12:15 AM
Sep 2020

its a fraud, it should be ignored, cnn should know better, reason I don't watch them.

sheshe2

(83,751 posts)
30. Okay.
Thu Sep 17, 2020, 12:30 AM
Sep 2020

You play the good with the bad. Would you prefer it all covered up?

I like the anchors on CNN especially Brianna Keilar who has been nailing all their asses to the wall. I also depend on Dr Sanjay Gupta for the truth on COVID.

CNN, on the weekends does a segment with Sesame Street characters. Kids get to ask The Muppets questions that concern them about staying at home, masks and the virus. It helps children cope in a time that scares and confuses them. Hell it scares and confuses me as well.

nolabear

(41,960 posts)
26. Boy they're just trying to alienate people aren't they?
Thu Sep 17, 2020, 12:22 AM
Sep 2020

Lessee...Japanese internment, stealing NA children and putting them in indoctrination schools, segregation itself, those damned cages on the border, and even saying a damn word about slavery itself???

speaknow

(321 posts)
28. No one
Thu Sep 17, 2020, 12:24 AM
Sep 2020

asked him for his opinon, he should shut his
trap and do his job. When its over his going
to run like hell.

LudwigPastorius

(9,139 posts)
29. This is Barr being Trump's campaign straight man...setting him up.
Thu Sep 17, 2020, 12:30 AM
Sep 2020

Tomorrow, or soon, we'll see Trump say something like, "Vote for Biden and he'll enslave you, not permitting you to leave your home and earn a living. All under the guise of protecting you from the CHIEEY-NA virus".

Watch and see.

sheshe2

(83,751 posts)
35. The AG of the US is his personal lawyer.
Thu Sep 17, 2020, 12:57 AM
Sep 2020

Screw the rest of us. His loyalty is for one man and one man only.

Let me repeat, he is THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF THE UNITED STATES!

Initech

(100,068 posts)
37. This also happened 100 years ago when we were trying to fight a deadly virus.
Thu Sep 17, 2020, 01:07 AM
Sep 2020

1918 also had its' fair share of anti-mask idiots too.

peggysue2

(10,828 posts)
40. I think they're all having psychotic breakdowns
Thu Sep 17, 2020, 01:21 AM
Sep 2020

How they can turn a deadly virus into a political weapon is beyond bizarre. Barr also wants those he determines as 'violent protestors' prosecuted for sedition. Caputo called out the CDC for resistance to Our Great Leader's craziness. Roger Stone is advocating armed rebellion and suggesting Federal Marshalls seize November 3rd's ballots. Kushner is claiming peace in the Middle East reminding everyone that his dear father-in-law has been nominated for two Nobel peace prizes. There's also a rumor that Kushner is editing internal polls before Trump sees them. Keep the crazy guy happy!

And Trump. He has walked so far down the Cuckoo path there's no turning back.

It's been a week of sheer madness and--though it's hard to imagine--I'm guessing it's going to get worse.

Barr is corrupt and compromised basically bowing down to Crazypants while shredding his oath to the rule of law.

The whole kit and kabootle belong in prison!

mjvpi

(1,388 posts)
46. Masks are a question of responsibility not a question of freedom
Thu Sep 17, 2020, 01:46 AM
Sep 2020

And apparently we are so damned free We cannot do anything important as a country anymore.

sprinkleeninow

(20,245 posts)
50. I wear one out of respect for my sister or brother in humanity.
Thu Sep 17, 2020, 01:55 AM
Sep 2020

And my freedom is still quite intact.

Those insolent ones just want to bust liberals' chops any way, shape or form. Brainless.

Meowmee

(5,164 posts)
48. He is crazy of course and a fascist
Thu Sep 17, 2020, 01:49 AM
Sep 2020

His whole family is.. my father met his brother years ago who said that adultery was worse than... murder....

Roy Rolling

(6,915 posts)
54. Next Nutjob
Thu Sep 17, 2020, 05:01 PM
Sep 2020

The next GOP nutjob that goes off the rails will be a good opportunity to make it work. Or maybe just Trump going full Caputo on us. 😅

0rganism

(23,944 posts)
53. now ask yourself, what response would such an intrusion justify?
Thu Sep 17, 2020, 01:07 PM
Sep 2020

between Barr and Caputo statements, along with Trump's various well-publicized bullshit, the framework for a coup complete with violent reprisals is taking shape.

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