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7 hours ago, Matuka said:

Buy a Stihl, thank me later.

This. It's light enough that either one of us can use it but has been very durable for us.

Going back to Bannon. Wonder if he will be able to back his bond. He has until the 3rd of September (1.75 million in cash or real estate).

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https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2020/08/errol-morris-steve-bannon-favorite-movies/615787/

Now that Bannon has been indicted for fraud, it might be worthwhile to provide a short history of his get-rich-quick schemes. They run the whole gamut of entrepreneurial sleaze. Go to where the money is and siphon it off: the biosphere, a self-contained ecosystem supported by oil-rich Texans; cryptocurrencies, a form of digital gold-mining without the Klondike; fantastical multiplayer digital games; Breitbart and right-wing punditry; and ultimately, politics. Here, Bannon hit pay dirt. Donald Trump as the ultimate carny-barker hustler, a feckless television star with a talent for relentless self-promotion. Bannon helped him construct the pretense of being the vanguard of a populist revolution. But what kind of populism could this be?  

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I had just about finished American Dharma. We were recording some additional dialogue. Correcting some mispronunciations. Bannon was in the studio relaxing over a book on the Great Wall of China. I thought to myself, Gee, he must really like walls. So, I said, “You know, it worked. It really worked.” Bannon has a limited sense of humor in general and no sense of humor about himself. He said, “What do you mean?” I said, “No Mexicans in China.” He looked at me with contempt.

 

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That was a good read, thanks for providing the link. The last line was killer:

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On set, the wardrobe, makeup, and hair stylists had their own theories. Like on why Bannon always wore several layers of collared shirts. I asked the wardrobe person, “Why the three shirts?” She said, “To hide the tail.”

 

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On 8/20/2020 at 9:28 PM, Al Bundy's Napoleon Hand said:

Love how after he dramatic effects "yes you heard that right" he doesn't reiterate "Mr. America First arrested on the yacht of a Chinese billionaire" but tries to jack up some outrage with "ARRESTED BY TAXPAYER PAID EMPLOYEES! What is this country coming to?!!!!"

Who the fuck does he think arrests and/or murders people anyway?  

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18 hours ago, longhornmatt said:

One thing that strikes me in that Bannon article is how he names his favorite movie scene ...

I love it when Congressmen reference Mr. Smith Goes to Washington.  So....you're an unqualified stooge who was installed by the political machine to rubber stamp corrupt legislation?  Sounds about right.

(Yes, Smith does redeem himself, and America, by the end.) 

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Privately built border wall will fail, engineering report says

 

The report, set to be filed in federal court this week, confirms reporting from ProPublica and The Texas Tribune that found portions of the wall were in danger of overturning if not fixed due to extensive erosion just months after it was built.

 

https://www.texastribune.org/2020/09/02/texas-private-border-wall-study/amp/?__twitter_impression=true

 

Company president Tommy Fisher, a frequent guest on Fox News, had called the Rio Grande fence the “Lamborghini” of border walls and bragged that his company’s methods could help Trump reach his Election Day goal of about 500 new miles of barriers along the southern border.

Instead, one engineer who reviewed the two reports on behalf of ProPublica and The Texas Tribune likened Fisher’s fence to a used Toyota Yaris.

“It seems like they are cutting corners everywhere,” said Alex Mayer, a professor of civil engineering at the University of Texas at El Paso. “It’s not a Lamborghini, it’s a $500 used car.”

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2 hours ago, jimmyjazz said:

Gas only or are the battery models good too?

#bannon

I can’t give you an opinion on the battery models, although I’m suspicious of them.  Looks like the lowest ratings for the trimmers are for the cheaper battery models.  One you start getting up in price, you might as well buy a gas trimmer.
I have the FS 70 R, it’s the cheapest “professional” model.  I’ve had it for at least 3 years, fires up like a champ each and every time. If you buy a six pack of their oil (six years worth) they will double the warranty.   I always change the gasoline mix in the gallon gas can in the Spring.  A fresh batch of fuel mix yearly will keep the engine clean and water free.

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On 8/22/2020 at 8:23 AM, Bama Llama said:

1. Mowing is a rite of passage and a zen art.  Made my bones pushing a reel mower with my seven-year old chest because my arms weren't string enough and grass to thick.

2. Don't ever ever ever EVER use a riding mower with a little kid in your lap.  You know why.  Little Johnny delights in riding in Gramps' lap on the mower.  Gramps even lets him "drive" from time to time.  One Saturday morning Gramps is mowing the back yard, heading away from the house.  Little Johnny sees Gramps, comes down the back steps, runs after Gramps, calling for him to stop so Johhny can ride. Gramps can't hear over the engine noise.  The new mown grass is slippery with dew, the big yard slopes away from the back porch.  Johnny is running too fast.  He is only five years old and doesn't know Gramps can't hear him and won't stop.  When Johnny reaches the mower and tries to stop running, he slips down and slides under the mower.  The side guard on the mower is not low enough to prevent what happens next, serious but not fatal physical mutilation.

True stuff and tragic.  He survived, but many surgeries lay ahead, a guardianship/conservatorship controversy, a protected person trial at 19, a few happy months now and then, and death at 27 from a drug overdose.

THE ARISTOCRATS!

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7 hours ago, StassneyHorn said:

Privately built border wall will fail, engineering report says

 

The report, set to be filed in federal court this week, confirms reporting from ProPublica and The Texas Tribune that found portions of the wall were in danger of overturning if not fixed due to extensive erosion just months after it was built.

 

https://www.texastribune.org/2020/09/02/texas-private-border-wall-study/amp/?__twitter_impression=true

 

Company president Tommy Fisher, a frequent guest on Fox News, had called the Rio Grande fence the “Lamborghini” of border walls and bragged that his company’s methods could help Trump reach his Election Day goal of about 500 new miles of barriers along the southern border.

Instead, one engineer who reviewed the two reports on behalf of ProPublica and The Texas Tribune likened Fisher’s fence to a used Toyota Yaris.

“It seems like they are cutting corners everywhere,” said Alex Mayer, a professor of civil engineering at the University of Texas at El Paso. “It’s not a Lamborghini, it’s a $500 used car.”

Why would they insult the Yaris that way? 

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There's not much to hear in a criminal case between indictment and trial.  I imagine that it's particularly slow given Covid.

Most of the Mueller cases were different in that a plea was already in the works when the indictment (or other charging doc) was filed.  Often they were filed simultaneously.  So the only thing left basically was sentencing a couple months out.  Gave a false impression of swiftness.

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(CNN Business)Twitter permanently suspended an account belonging to former White House chief strategist Steve Bannon after he suggested Thursday morning that Dr. Anthony Fauci and FBI Director Christopher Wray should be beheaded. His comments were made in a video posted to his Facebook, YouTube, and Twitter accounts. 

Bannon falsely claimed President Trump had won reelection, despite several key states still being too close to call, and said that he should fire both Fauci and Wray.
He then said he would go further: "I'd put the heads on pikes. Right. I'd put them at the two corners of the White House as a warning to federal bureaucrats. You either get with the program or you are gone."
The comments came during a livestream of Bannon's "War Room: Pandemic" online show. 
 
 
 
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The video was live on Bannon's Facebook page for about 10 hours Thursday and had been viewed almost 200,000 times before Facebook removed it, citing its violence and incitement policies. CNN has reached out to Bannon for comment
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17 minutes ago, Neonmoon said:

That's a shame/gif

 

The tweet/podcast and attorney withdrawal seem unrelated.

Notable that his current counsel is Quinn Emmanuel, who are most likely billing by the hour at probably $1k-plus per hour.  Like a lot of other of these defendants, they're finding that they need a flat-fee criminal specialist and not biglaw.

tl:dr Bannon is stiffing his lawyers

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Bannon got the post riot pardon January 19th, but this article (a long but decent read) is enraging and illuminating with some additional info of which I was unaware. It starts slow with Bannon info that's been out for awhile, but also goes to the planning stages.

 

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