2016 Postmortem

LanternWaste

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36. Funny in many threads how we fixate and whine on the odd, the benign and the small

Thu Dec 15, 2016, 11:57 AM

Dec 2016

Funny in many threads how we fixate like third-graders and whine about the odd, the benign and the small rather than discuss the relevant, the critical and the premise. Undisciplined minds are easily distracted. Unfortunately, there's no way to alert on mazy minds either...

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McMillen:"I know for a fact" that GOP knew about RUSSIAN ELECTION MEDDLING [View all] LaydeeBug Dec 2016 OP

I don't disagree with the article drm604 Dec 2016 #1

it's a reference to the same posters lambasting me (and others) for speaking TRUTH LaydeeBug Dec 2016 #2

Confused Freeman0311 Dec 2016 #24

Welcome to DU. nt LaydeeBug Dec 2016 #25

What does R S T L N E mean? madaboutharry Dec 2016 #3

see post #2. nt LaydeeBug Dec 2016 #7

that post doesn't appear to "spell" it out for me. tomp Dec 2016 #9

LOL. I am sorry you don't 'get' the reference LaydeeBug Dec 2016 #15

That is some seriously cryptic shit ya got going there. nt Lucky Luciano Dec 2016 #16

Explain the damn thing and don't be coy. Help your fellow DU members. Bernardo de La Paz Dec 2016 #17

I wasn't being coy. I *did* explain it LaydeeBug Dec 2016 #21

So, what do the letters mean and what relevance do they have? Bernardo de La Paz Dec 2016 #33

She's just using it as a euphemism for people who keep saying the same thing. LisaM Dec 2016 #54

Thanks LisaM. Bernardo de La Paz Dec 2016 #56

I've never watched game shows. cwydro Dec 2016 #62

What's with the secrecy? Just tell us what the letters stand for, for God's sake. brush Dec 2016 #18

LOL, I was going to ask the same thing ToxMarz Dec 2016 #8

Trump campaign worked with Russia Johnny2X2X Dec 2016 #4

D. Trump asked the Russia to Hack HRC's computers / McConnell was told too. Botany Dec 2016 #10

This. nt LaydeeBug Dec 2016 #35

+ 1 red dog 1 Dec 2016 #50

This right here. nt LaydeeBug Dec 2016 #52

So is the administration afraid of the Russians or what? triron Dec 2016 #53

He gets away with EVERYTHING! red dog 1 Dec 2016 #61

If this is true..... LisaM Dec 2016 #55

"If this is true.."?? red dog 1 Dec 2016 #57

Oh, I think it's true. LisaM Dec 2016 #58

Thanks for clearing that up red dog 1 Dec 2016 #60

And why, exactly, was McMullin quiet until now?????????? Vinca Dec 2016 #5

I heard an interview with him-- a very reasonable old-fashioned conservative Fast Walker 52 Dec 2016 #6

I agree with you nt LaydeeBug Dec 2016 #13

Conservatives are reasonable now? SpicyBoi Dec 2016 #20

he's one of the few Fast Walker 52 Dec 2016 #29

Isn't he a former intelligence officer? triron Dec 2016 #41

yep-- they described him as a former "CIA operative" Fast Walker 52 Dec 2016 #42

This is a complete repeat of Iraq Cosmocat Dec 2016 #11

It was an attack by Russia. fleabiscuit Dec 2016 #12

Thank you for this. nt LaydeeBug Dec 2016 #14

Do you know what "R S T L N E" since no one else seems willing to share that info for some reason? brush Dec 2016 #19

Shhhhhh! It's Illuminati code for spirit cooking, while eating pizza in DC. Snarkoleptic Dec 2016 #27

It is *exactly* this. nt LaydeeBug Dec 2016 #28

They are all about winning. They aren't about leading. duffyduff Dec 2016 #22

Please stop with these acronyms. duffyduff Dec 2016 #23

Frikken Republicans and their Evil Empire Overlords... Achilleaze Dec 2016 #26

If the OP refuses melman Dec 2016 #30

There is, however, this novel thing called READ THE THREAD and see posts #2, 21, and 27 LaydeeBug Dec 2016 #31

Right melman Dec 2016 #32

You're welcome. LaydeeBug Dec 2016 #34

Funny in many threads how we fixate and whine on the odd, the benign and the small LanternWaste Dec 2016 #36

Good point melman Dec 2016 #37

And another thing melman Dec 2016 #38

Umm...the response to the OP is a bit at odds with your assessment here. LaydeeBug Dec 2016 #49

yes. this. nt LaydeeBug Dec 2016 #40

This attack will have real casualties. fleabiscuit Dec 2016 #39

Harry Reid went so far triron Dec 2016 #43

We dare call it treason, because it fucking well *is*. nt LaydeeBug Dec 2016 #44

Knr triron Dec 2016 #45

So the Russians took down DU? Yurovsky Dec 2016 #46

knr triron Dec 2016 #47

definitely. nt TheFrenchRazor Dec 2016 #48

McMillen is right! red dog 1 Dec 2016 #51

It's unfortunate the rest of the GOP doesn't have McMillen's integrity BainsBane Dec 2016 #59