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Burning it Down
Author: Raine    Date: 01/12/2017 14:02:32

We all saw it yesterday; we saw the shitshow that is our future. Make no mistake, this is all happening. I was going to write about it all, but what is there to say? We are being gaslighted on a daily basis. This is a slow moving disaster happening in real time. Shit is on fire, there is no denying it.

Heard of a van that is loaded with weapons,
Packed up and ready to go
Heard of some grave sites, out by the highway,
A place where nobody knows

The sound of gunfire, off in the distance,
I'm getting used to it now
Lived in a brownstone, lived in a ghetto,
I've lived all over this town

This ain't no party, this ain't no disco,
This ain't no fooling around
No time for dancing, or lovey dovey,
I ain't got time for that now

Transmit the message, to the receiver,
Hope for an answer some day
I got three passports, a couple of visas,
You don't even know my real name

High on a hillside, the trucks are loading,
Everything's ready to roll
I sleep in the daytime, I work in the nighttime,
I might not ever get home

This ain't no party, this ain't no disco,
This ain't no fooling around
This ain't no Mudd Club, or C. B. G. B.,
I ain't got time for that now

Heard about Houston? Heard about Detroit?
Heard about Pittsburgh, P. A.?
You oughta know not to stand by the window
Somebody see you up there

I got some groceries, some peanut butter,
To last a couple of days
But I ain't got no speakers, ain't got no headphones,
Ain't got no records to play

Why stay in college? Why go to night school?
Gonna be different this time
Can't write a letter, can't send no postcard,
I ain't got time for that now

Trouble in transit, got through the roadblock,
We blended in with the crowd
We got computers, we're tapping phone lines,
I know that that ain't allowed

We dress like students, we dress like housewives,
Or in a suit and a tie
I changed my hairstyle, so many times now,
I don't know what I look like!

You make me shiver, I feel so tender,
We make a pretty good team
Don't get exhausted, I'll do some driving,
You ought to get you some sleep

Burned all my notebooks, what good are notebooks?
They won't help me survive
My chest is aching, burns like a furnace,
The burning keeps me alive




Now, I was going to write you a scathng blog, but the writers formerly knowm as gawker wrote it . Read it all, trust me.






here is the paper to get it done:


and

Raine
 

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Comment by wickedpam on 01/12/2017 14:11:17
Morning



Comment by Raine on 01/12/2017 14:15:06
I am pissed this morning.

Hello friends!

Comment by wickedpam on 01/12/2017 14:19:11
Quote by Raine:
I am pissed this morning.

Hello friends!



Same, and I feel completely powerless on top of it all. I think he's going to get everything think he wants cause the Repubs are in lock step and we still in fighting and more moving forward. I love that our party values so many ideas and opinions but good freaking God can we not get our shit together when it matters.

Comment by Scoopster on 01/12/2017 14:46:51
Mornin' all..

Comment by Raine on 01/12/2017 14:48:32
Comment by Scoopster on 01/12/2017 14:51:28

He's used the self-sacrifice angle before, when he decided to run into Putin's arms instead of face up to the crimes he committed and the lives he put in danger. I'm not falling for it.

Comment by wickedpam on 01/12/2017 14:51:52
Comment by Raine on 01/12/2017 15:00:43
Quote by Scoopster:

He's used the self-sacrifice angle before, when he decided to run into Putin's arms instead of face up to the crimes he committed and the lives he put in danger. I'm not falling for it.



Comment by livingonli on 01/12/2017 15:13:01
Good morning. Going into the city for orientation with the outplacement agency today. Hopefully, I can orient myself to getting up early again.

Comment by Raine on 01/12/2017 15:19:50
Quote by livingonli:
Good morning. Going into the city for orientation with the outplacement agency today. Hopefully, I can orient myself to getting up early again.

That's great, Liv!

Comment by wickedpam on 01/12/2017 15:31:42
Quote by Raine:
Quote by livingonli:
Good morning. Going into the city for orientation with the outplacement agency today. Hopefully, I can orient myself to getting up early again.

That's great, Liv!


Woot! You can Do It!

Comment by BobR on 01/12/2017 15:45:28
Quote by wickedpam:
Quote by Raine:
Quote by livingonli:
Good morning. Going into the city for orientation with the outplacement agency today. Hopefully, I can orient myself to getting up early again.

That's great, Liv!


Woot! You can Do It!



Comment by BobR on 01/12/2017 15:46:38
Quote by livingonli:
Good morning. Going into the city for orientation with the outplacement agency today. Hopefully, I can orient myself to getting up early again.

Hope you get a job soon. Imagine all the extra cash you'll have in the bank! Don't be afraid of relocating, if it comes to that. Time for a new chapter in your life.

Comment by wickedpam on 01/12/2017 15:50:29
Quote by BobR:
Quote by livingonli:
Good morning. Going into the city for orientation with the outplacement agency today. Hopefully, I can orient myself to getting up early again.

Hope you get a job soon. Imagine all the extra cash you'll have in the bank! Don't be afraid of relocating, if it comes to that. Time for a new chapter in your life.



Yes! What Bob said!

Comment by Mondobubba on 01/12/2017 16:01:07
:sigh: Good morning.


Side note, I am friends with Chris Fratz's brother, Rod. Super nice guy.

Comment by Raine on 01/12/2017 16:02:56
Quote by Mondobubba:
:sigh: Good morning.


Side note, I am friends with Chris Fratz's brother, Rod. Super nice guy.

That's cool!

Comment by Raine on 01/12/2017 16:07:18
PRIMAL SCREAM!


Comment by Raine on 01/12/2017 16:14:15
Comment by wickedpam on 01/12/2017 16:15:26
Comment by Raine on 01/12/2017 16:28:58



Comment by Mondobubba on 01/12/2017 16:39:09
I had a moment a little bit ago. I dislodged a bit of bitterness about Cheetolini that I hadn't thought about until just then. The man is an affront to every single Ameican who served in the 2nd World War. The US entered that war after a right-wing totalitarian nation attacked us.We went to war to defeat everything that that tiny handed human turd admire. Fuck him and his fucking lackeys. Fuck the wilfully ignorant red state bubble dweller fuckers who think he's the best thing ever.

Comment by Raine on 01/12/2017 16:42:03
Quote by Mondobubba:
I had a moment a little bit ago. I dislodged a bit of bitterness about Cheetolini that I hadn't thought about until just then. The man is an affront to every single Ameican who served in the 2nd World War. The US entered that war after a right-wing totalitarian nation attacked us.We went to war to defeat everything that that tiny handed human turd admire. Fuck him and his fucking lackeys. Fuck the wilfully ignorant red state bubble dweller fuckers who think he's the best thing ever.

Amen, Sir!

Amen.

Comment by Raine on 01/12/2017 16:42:41
So, Trump is taking credit for the Amazon jobs now too.

I wonder what Bezos has to say about that.

Comment by Mondobubba on 01/12/2017 16:52:38
Comment by Will in Chicago on 01/12/2017 16:53:44
Quote by Raine:
So, Trump is taking credit for the Amazon jobs now too.

I wonder what Bezos has to say about that.



Hopefully, Bezos will correct the record and let him have it.

I fear where we are heading and I am afraid that we will see a great deal of strife in our nation. Trump has some supporters who have no qualms about being violent against those who oppose him.

Comment by Will in Chicago on 01/12/2017 16:55:25
Quote by Mondobubba:
https://twitter.com/ssrdougagain/status/819587797216542721



Mondo, the link did not work and the page is listed as not existing.

In some good news, my interview on Tuesday went well and I had a busy day working yesterday. I am glad to be home as we have been hit with freezing rain today.

Comment by Mondobubba on 01/12/2017 16:59:26
Quote by Raine:
Quote by Mondobubba:
I had a moment a little bit ago. I dislodged a bit of bitterness about Cheetolini that I hadn't thought about until just then. The man is an affront to every single Ameican who served in the 2nd World War. The US entered that war after a right-wing totalitarian nation attacked us.We went to war to defeat everything that that tiny handed human turd admire. Fuck him and his fucking lackeys. Fuck the wilfully ignorant red state bubble dweller fuckers who think he's the best thing ever.

Amen, Sir!

Amen.



Fuck my best friend's Trump-humping mom.

Comment by Scoopster on 01/12/2017 17:00:09
Quote by Will in Chicago:
Quote by Mondobubba:
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Mondo, the link did not work and the page is listed as not existing.

In some good news, my interview on Tuesday went well and I had a busy day working yesterday. I am glad to be home as we have been hit with freezing rain today.

It's set up using image tags - no wonder I can't copy the text itself.

Comment by Raine on 01/12/2017 17:03:21

I an't see it, I thought I was following you, so I sent a request..



Comment by Raine on 01/12/2017 17:04:22
Comment by Raine on 01/12/2017 17:05:11
Danke Mondo!

Comment by Scoopster on 01/12/2017 17:06:29
Comment by Mondobubba on 01/12/2017 17:08:26
Quote by Raine:

I an't see it, I thought I was following you, so I sent a request..



I thought you were too.

Comment by wickedpam on 01/12/2017 17:09:21
Quote by Raine:

I an't see it, I thought I was following you, so I sent a request..




HEY! I thought I was following you too! Also sent a request but you can mute me when I go all fangirl

Comment by Mondobubba on 01/12/2017 17:10:47
Comment by Mondobubba on 01/12/2017 17:12:51



This made me regain my hope for humanity.

Comment by Raine on 01/12/2017 17:13:15

omg! this is horrible.

Comment by Scoopster on 01/12/2017 17:13:41
It wouldn't be Ben if he didn't say something totally stupid during his confirmation




Comment by Mondobubba on 01/12/2017 17:15:44
I just called Marco Rubio's office. I had to thank him for grilling Rex Tillerson yesterday and to vote against his confirmation.

Comment by Raine on 01/12/2017 17:15:46
Quote by Scoopster:
It wouldn't be Ben if he didn't say something totally stupid during his confirmation





Comment by Scoopster on 01/12/2017 17:19:24
One more from Ben.. this one not as funny.




Comment by Will in Chicago on 01/12/2017 17:19:50
Quote by Mondobubba:
Quote by Raine:

I an't see it, I thought I was following you, so I sent a request..



I thought you were too.



I also sent a request. I have not done much with Twitter.


Comment by Raine on 01/12/2017 17:19:59
Quote by Mondobubba:
I just called Marco Rubio's office. I had to thank him for grilling Rex Tillerson yesterday and to vote against his confirmation.

he deserves kudos, Big time.


Comment by wickedpam on 01/12/2017 17:20:49
Quote by Raine:
Quote by Scoopster:
It wouldn't be Ben if he didn't say something totally stupid during his confirmation






Read that to mom, she said "..he's the surgeon? He needs to operate on his brain..."

Comment by Raine on 01/12/2017 17:42:19
Quote by Raine:





Comment by Mondobubba on 01/12/2017 18:01:19
Quote by Raine:
Quote by Mondobubba:
I just called Marco Rubio's office. I had to thank him for grilling Rex Tillerson yesterday and to vote against his confirmation.

he deserves kudos, Big time.



Yeah, he does.

Comment by Raine on 01/12/2017 18:06:50
Comment by Raine on 01/12/2017 18:28:25
Comment by Will in Chicago on 01/12/2017 18:30:56



I hope that someone takes an interest in acquiring the business and running it to the standards that you have come to know and love.

Comment by Scoopster on 01/12/2017 18:42:00
Quote by Raine:
BIG Breaking News.

I just wonder how much they can get done in the next 8 days, and what kind of follow-up will happen beyond that if any.

Comment by trojanrabbit on 01/12/2017 18:43:13
Quote by Scoopster:
Quote by Raine:
BIG Breaking News.

I just wonder how much they can get done in the next 8 days, and what kind of follow-up will happen beyond that if any.

Yup. How long does the IG's job last? Why didn't they start on this earlier?
Why is Comey still consuming O2?

Comment by wickedpam on 01/12/2017 18:55:38



NNNNNNNNNNNNOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!

Comment by Raine on 01/12/2017 19:01:58
Gonna do a personal storify from the twitter:

I've been an intelligence practitioner for 20 years. What we're seeing is the *process* of intel in public. It's without precedent.

Here are a few principles that guide intelligence, something most know nothing about.

First, you start with ignorance and work from there.

You have some assumptions about the world, but you know to mistrust them, seek to challenge them.

Now you need sources and analysis.

Sources: All sources suck in some manner, all are wrong in some measure.

Humans are biased, computers malfunction, sensors misfire.

In the intelligence game, all of your sources suck, but you still need to come up with a picture. You collect even more sources that suck.

This isn't to say the source is lying, or the computer is wrong - but you assume that no source is complete, worthy of full confidence.

This is why governments (and businesses) use multiple sources and methods, play them off against each other. This diversifies your picture.

In the US, our intelligence is comprised of a number of agencies, each with their own missions. NGA collects imagery. CIA does human intel.

DIA counts up miltary materiel, NSA collects signals (of all sorts, as you've heard.) INR does intel from State Department's POV.

After 9/11, we decided that they need to talk more, so now we have the Office of the Director of National Intelligence to coordinate.

But the separation of these agencies is very important. They look at the world through different lenses, which means a different picture.

The job of the DNI is to take all of these blurry pictures, see the commonalities, and inform policy makers on what really matters most.

When looking at intel in advance of a huge decision, you want high levels of confidence, meaning, Dude, The Picture Is Getting Less Fuzzy.

To say the picture is getting clearer while maintaining the necessary skepticism, you ask for more sources. More corroboration.

That doesn't mean that you mistrust the first five sources. But if something is a Big Freaking Deal, you say, "OK. What else you got?"

If it's a company, you're maybe talking about a billion-dollar acquisition. In military, it's about security, war. You need high confidence.

You get that confidence from seeing a bunch of pictures get less blurry from a wide variety of sources and methods saying the same thing.

So let's get something clear: When the DNI comes out and says "We have high confidence in this Russian operation," that's tectonic.

These agencies would neither brief the president nor inform the public in strong language were it not for overwhelming data and analysis.

That goes for the Russian interference in the election, and it goes for the kompromat on the PEOTUS. Many sources. Checked and rechecked.

And for what's next? We'll need check and recheck from the intelligence our allies.

"Have we got this right? What are we missing?"

This is actually what I love about this work. You aggressively attack your own intellectual weakness. Assume it's wrong. Because it matters.

So when you see individual sources pop up, assume that they suck! Look for bias! Attack! And keep your head up for what's next.

And as you do so, look for the pattern forming. The blurriness that starts to clarify. The doubts assuaged by overwhelming information.

We're seeing intelligence analysis in real-time on the world stage. Hope you learn more about how this works. It's fascinating, and matters.



This guy is worth following on Twitter.



Comment by Raine on 01/12/2017 19:03:01
Quote by wickedpam:



NNNNNNNNNNNNOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!


I am shocked myself. You know she's our friend and we knew nothing!


Comment by trojanrabbit on 01/12/2017 19:54:09
clintster is probably aware of this as well, but here's proof that Google's AdSense is far too big for its breeches. I've been a constant viewer of this site since at least 2001.

So I'm no longer using Google.....if I can help it I'll use *GASP* Bing instead.

Fuck Google.

Comment by Will in Chicago on 01/12/2017 20:57:22



Trump may find his inauguration to be a disappointment. I hope that it is such a huge disappointment that he has a huge meltdown.

Comment by Scoopster on 01/12/2017 21:07:00
Trump is now tweeting support for LL Bean

Now, I wasn't gonna say anything about this. I've very rarely bought stuff from them 'cuz they tend to be pricey. IMO the thing with Linda volunteering & donating (illegal amounts I might add) was one person - not necessarily the family, not necessarily the company's other executives.

But he just couldn't keep his damn mouth shut. Now the company is in a position to profit from being "politically tied" to Trump, and that can't stand. The company needs to distance themselves from his blessings publicly to retain its integrity.

Comment by wickedpam on 01/12/2017 21:14:07
Quote by Scoopster:
Trump is now tweeting support for LL Bean

Now, I wasn't gonna say anything about this. I've very rarely bought stuff from them 'cuz they tend to be pricey. IMO the thing with Linda volunteering & donating (illegal amounts I might add) was one person - not necessarily the family, not necessarily the company's other executives.

But he just couldn't keep his damn mouth shut. Now the company is in a position to profit from being "politically tied" to Trump, and that can't stand. The company needs to distance themselves from his blessings publicly to retain its integrity.



Check out this thread -




The Andy Richter on I mean.

Comment by wickedpam on 01/12/2017 21:16:54
Dammit - crying now - Obama award Biden Medal of Freedom with Distinction

Comment by Raine on 01/12/2017 22:08:06
Quote by wickedpam:
Dammit - crying now - Obama award Biden Medal of Freedom with Distinction
.


Comment by Raine on 01/12/2017 22:08:53
Quote by wickedpam:
Quote by Scoopster:
Trump is now tweeting support for LL Bean

Now, I wasn't gonna say anything about this. I've very rarely bought stuff from them 'cuz they tend to be pricey. IMO the thing with Linda volunteering & donating (illegal amounts I might add) was one person - not necessarily the family, not necessarily the company's other executives.

But he just couldn't keep his damn mouth shut. Now the company is in a position to profit from being "politically tied" to Trump, and that can't stand. The company needs to distance themselves from his blessings publicly to retain its integrity.



Check out this thread -




The Andy Richter on I mean.
The LL bean family is denouncing her.


Comment by Raine on 01/12/2017 22:13:44



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