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Oh. That's an issue of bi-partisan agreement? Ok, then. So why do people keep saying that protesting police brutality during the anthem is political and divisive? -k

After reflecting on this, I now realize that this poor man probably just felt isolated and alienated from Alberta's cowboy culture. During his incarceration I think he should be fed delicious Alberta bacon and made to watch Brokeback Mountain over and over, so that he will learn to feel more at home. -k

Which political side supports police brutality? -k

If this is the best the Islamic State can come up with, I don't know why anybody is scared of them. Some sad loser who decided he would go on a terrorist spree because he couldn't do anything else right, and he couldn't even do this right either. He couldn't even kill pedestrians with a truck. What a failure. ISIS are a bunch of losers. -k

Does that include the big military ceremonies the armed forces paid the NFL to host? -k

Yes. When Tim Thomas refused the White House invitation in 2011, many conservatives applauded him for taking a stand for his personal beliefs. And many liberals were miffed that he was disrespecting the President or creating disunity or whatever. Here in 2017, liberals are applauding people like Steph Curry for declining the White House invitation, and conservatives are miffed at people like him for disrespecting the President or creating disunity or whatever. Same old, same old. When the our side does it, it's courageous and great! When the other side does it, it's offensive and terrible. In regard to Sidney Crosby, I share the view expressed by William Shatner and echoed recently by PK Subban regarding the anthem controversy. The Shat's view is: "I'm a guest in this country." Subban said basically the same. Sidney Crosby knows this as well. -k

It looks like Viserion leveled up... So Jaime is heading North with no army and no Cersei, to keep a promise? Maybe he's finally done with Cersei. You know those cartoons of a guy with a little angel on one shoulder and a little devil on the other shoulder, both trying to influence him? For Jaime, Brienne and Cersei are the little angel and devil on his shoulders. Ever since they first met, Brienne has helped him rediscover his conscience and put him in touch with the man he could have been instead of the man he turned out to be. Littlefinger made Sansa into sort of a protege... like Roose Bolton, he got ended by his own creation. From the things Sansa said during the "trial", it seems evident that Bran has been sharing some of his knowledge with his sisters. Perhaps he is the one who sorted out the rift between Sansa and Arya. Littlefinger should have hightailed it out of Winterfell right after Bran said "chaos is a ladder" during their little chat. And Samwell and Bran put together the pieces of Jon's past. Auntie Danaerys. You've fallen in love with your auntie, Jon. When Jaime reaches Winterfell, he and Jon can commiserate. -k

They made it seem like Dany and the dragons got from Dragonstone to Eastwatch in about 5 minutes. I assume these ravens also travel at supersonic speeds. They seem to be faster than FedEx and more reliable than Verizon. I can't tell which dragon is which, aside from Drogon is the one Dany rides. I assume the one that went down was Visarion, because Visarys was a loser. Yeah, Arya's being dumb. "Alright, House Stark is back in charge, the North is reunited, and I'mma screw everything up by sowing discord among the Northern lords." This feels fairly slap-dash... something they just put together to create some tension for characters who aren't involved in the major storylines at this point. -k

The Jefferson Davis plaque on Hudson's Bay building in Montreal was removed by decision of The Bay, not by vandals. It wasn't a great historical piece, it was donated by the United Daughters of the Confederacy in the 1950s. There wasn't really a good reason for a Canadian department store to display a plaque honoring a Confederate leader, especially a plaque donated by a shady group. -k

But it was sure satisfying seeing the little puke turn purple and choked to death, wasn't it? Fun times! -k

I wasn't endorsed by Nazis. I wasn't asked whether I accept their endorsement. If you ask me my opinion about Nazis 50 times over the next few days, I promise I can give you a clear and direct answer each and every time. -k

Again: why did he give all those ambivalent responses? "I don't know anything about David Duke," etc? If he had been clear in the first case, he wouldn't have been asked the question so many times afterward. You make it sound like this was a media plot to get him to trip him up, but again: it's not a difficult question to answer. It's an incredibly simple question to answer. Trump himself gave a very clear answer to that question in 2000. If he'd been that direct in the past election, the issue would have gone away. He chose to give those ambiguous answers, for reasons that are obvious to everyone, including yourself. And that's why the media kept hounding him on the subject. When Trump kept shrugging off those questions, what he was really saying is "I don't want to be associated with white nationalists, but I won't reject that endorsement because I still want white nationalists to vote for me." -k

Maybe the reason nobody thought his answer was good enough is that his answer wasn't good enough? How freaking hard is it to say "I reject David Duke"? He said it clearly in 2000... why couldn't he say it clearly in 2016? Why go through the pathetic sham of "I don't know anything about David Duke" when he certainly did know enough about David Duke to reject him? We both know the answer to the question. We both know that the reason Trump wouldn't say "I reject David Duke" when asked about it over and over again was not because he didn't know anything about David Duke. We both know that the reason Trump wouldn't say "I reject David Duke" is that Trump still wanted the knuckle-draggers to vote for him. No. If you kill somebody during an argument, that's a moment of rage or a crime of passion. If you leave the scene, go get a weapon, and return and kill somebody, you're not "in the moment" anymore. You've had time to get "out of the moment", cool off, think better of your decision, etc etc. He could have decided "I'm going to drive back home", but instead he decided "I'm going to drive back there and kill those guys", and that's why there's an argument to be made for premeditation. It doesn't matter much-- as you say, he's in a heap of trouble either way-- but Argus was presenting this idea "maybe he'd been beat up earlier"-- as if it were a mitigating factor, and it really isn't. If you get beat up, that's very unfortunate... but if you get beat up and you return to the scene of the altercation with a weapon and kill somebody, you're ruined. -k

The witch also told Cersei that she'd have three children. If the witch is right, that would tell us that either Cersei isn't actually pregnant, or that she isn't going to live long enough to have her 4th child. -k

Ok, you found Trump denouncing David Duke as a racist and bigot in 2000. And yet, when asked about David Duke's endorsement during this election, many times in 2015 and 2016, Trump said he couldn't comment on that because he didn't know who David Duke is. He knew him well enough to comment in 2000, but 15 years later he doesn't know the guy, can't comment on it. Look at all the ducking and dodging of that question he did in a series of interviews on the subject: https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/fact-checker/wp/2016/03/01/donald-trump-and-david-duke-for-the-record/?utm_term=.84e8a2a40d2b Can't comment, don't know the guy, can't disavow the KKK because there are so many groups and I don't know all of them, I have to do research on the groups, don't know David Duke, don't need his endorsement, don't know anything about David Duke, I don't have anything to say about that... finally after 3 days of this, gets asked point blank to renounce the support of all white supremacists, he says: “Of course, I am. I mean, there’s nobody that’s done so much for equality as I have. You take a look at Palm Beach, Florida, I built the Mar-a-Lago Club, totally open to everybody; a club that frankly set a new standard in clubs and a new standard in Palm Beach and I’ve gotten great credit for it. That is totally open to everybody. So, of course, I am.” What a guy! He turns his renouncement of white supremacists into an ad for his golf club! Look how he tried to squirm out of responding to the David Duke question over and over again without denouncing Duke or white supremacist groups. Finally, grudgingly, he gives in. Much like the way he handled the "birther" conspiracy. He hustled those dumb saps for 6 years, and finally when he realizes he can't duck the question anymore, gives the bare minimum response to make the question go away. If you're in an altercation, leave, return with a weapon, and kill somebody, there's a strong argument to be made for premeditation. -k

I think the Koch brothers are actually a pretty good comparison... they were the go-to right-wing billionaire boogeymen for a long time. Except that most of the stuff that the Koch brothers were accused of doing, they were actually doing. There was a factual basis behind it. Unlike the current Soros obsession from the Alex Jones types who think Soros is responsible for everything from funding violent protests to creating more-potent marijuana. -k

It sounds like you're actually arguing that this was premeditated. If he got beat up, went back to get his car, and ran over a bunch of people to get "revenge", he should definitely be charged with 1st degree murder, not 2nd. Here's a picture of James Field (center), the driver of the car that struck the crowd, taken earlier that day. As you can see, he and his friends had riot shields decorated with white power symbols, some of them have ballistic eyewear and helmets, and metal flag-poles... you can't tell me these people weren't ready for a fight. -k

Alex Jones has claimed that George Soros is behind the anti-racist protests. So mostly just a lot of mentally impaired people are going to be saying Soros is behind it. -k

Certainly. I think this is much like the Obama "birther" conspiracy theory... he pandered to the true-believers for 6 years, and only disavowed a personal belief in it when it became a political inconvenience to him. This is the same. I don't think he's actually a white supremacist or a birther, I just think he likes having the votes of people who think he is. Look at all the pressure it took for him to grudgingly throw those people under the bus. Even Jeff Sessions, who was once deemed too racist to appoint to be a federal judge, had no hesitation in denouncing the white supremacist groups and saying that yes, the justice department was investigating every possible legal avenue including terrorism. I think that it annoyed Trump that he was forced to sell out bigots that voted for him today, because he needs their vote next time too. -k

I think there's a limit to peaceful coexistence. I don't think I could peacefully coexist with a Wahabbi Islamist who thought people like me should be put to death, for example. I don't think I can blame people for not wanting to coexist with people who march around advocating that blacks belong in cotton-fields or Jews belong in gas-chambers. -k

People like Richard Spencer and David Duke have been calling Trump a friend and ally since long before he was elected, and today is the first time he's actually disavowed them. -k

We need to find out how he became radicalized. Why didn't James Fields' family and his pastor alert authorities that he'd become radicalized? -k

Oh, speaking of that. She now says she has a bun in the oven. Does she? Or is this just a ploy to retain Jaime's loyalty? -k

My impression of how that negotiation would go: Cersei: "Your grace. I wish to discuss a proposal. An alliance of sorts." Night King: " ." Cersei: "A man of few words. I respect that. You are King of the lands beyond the wall. I am the Queen of the lands south of the wall. By combining our --- errrr, what are you doing?" Night King: " ." Cersei: "Well. As I say. If we combine our forces, we could crush our enemies, as--- excuse me! What are you doing? Unhand me, sir." Night King: " ." Cersei: "... braiiiinzzzzzz" Ser Gregor: "... braiinnnnzzzzz" -k