Actually they came up with some bs about tribal tradition for male children or some such blather, hinging it on a one-time misstatement by the grandmother confused at what was being asked by some interviewer.

Never mind they have no flight record evidence, no actual corroboration by anyone, anywhere.

What I would love to see is someone type out the frail narrative that exists by dint of their rejection of evidence. It would probably be a hilarious read.

orly?

here's how that would play out. Obama could hold up an actual long-form birth certificate. He could put up pics on a website. He's shoot video of him going to request it, going back to pick it up and film the document right there with tons of close-ups.

The birthers would say:

cover-up. forgery. this should look like so-and-so, it doesn't so document is bogus.

Obama could have a credited inspector of national reputation with him to examine the document on the spot. If the inspector Oked it, the birthers would say he was in on the conspiracy. Or corrupt. Or incompetent. Or all three.

There's no 'if only Obama would' condition. There's no true goalpost. It's a mirage in the desert of their arguments.

Nothing that doesn't end with Obama discredited will be accepted as the truth.

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politifact performed an abbreviated version of this very process. They went to Hawaii and got the BC and took photos to show the creases, to show the unaltered print, to show the filing number.

result? Birthers say the poeple at politifact are Obama 'cultists' and wholesale dismiss their photos as staged and part of the cover-up.

lol no, my use of the moniker predates that character by many years

hey, missed the letter window for the prev. strip.

My interpretation was that it was a slam on how youth-obsessed hollywood culture is.

kate hudson a cougar? She's 30!

james caan, an incredible actor, is older so he might as well be dead. But he isn't so he's a ghost. But he's not a ghost either, he's still alive.

and the high school musical kid represents that obsession.

I think Ruben likes the randomness of the ghost character so much we'll see it a lot in the near future.

It's like their new playbook is the script from Bulworth

Sounds like we have here an American citizen who had direct knowledge of a conspiracy to take over the Us government and who did nothing to stop it.

No call to the CIA?

Not even when he got elected to the Senate?

Or when he spoke at the DNC?

Sounds like traitor behavior. Might be rendition time.

Yeah Kaufman, keep picking against the fins. We LOVE that.

sincerely,

Phin Nation

The campaign has issued a damage-control response that they will be donating the clothes to charity after the campaign.

Why not put them on eBay like that plane?

Down's Syndrome is very different from Autism.

As a parent of an autistic child, I was dismayed at the conflation. I think any parent of a special needs child will be equally displeased.

Not to count senate votes before they're elected but even if we get to a 60 member majority, the problem becomes the blue dog democrats who must answer to their conservative constituencies.

There won't be a sweeping liberal agenda, please don't set yourselves up for a disappointment.

That being said, I'd rather have that challenge than a recalcitrant GOP minority with the ability to filibuster any progressive legislation.

Hi DS, congrats on your stunning comics lore knowledge.

If only your sci-fi cliche knowledge ran as deep. Brains in jars have been around for a very long time. So that's the first problem with your accusation.

The second problem is that a glance at the relevant Dr. Fun strips reveals that the cliche is being used in entirely different ways to touch on unrelated themes.

Ripoff? no. Better? Apples meet oranges.

I wholeheartedly agree Thomas. This couldn't be timed worse. Clearly designed to cash in at the climax of the election cycle, consequences be damned.

right ... because cultures shouldn't mix, right? Which is why you have a non-english screen name are typing in English on an english-language site.

But I'm sure you're wearing historically and culturally clothing for your ethnic background, right? Eating historically and ethnically accurate food, too?

The only boundaries of culture exist inside small minds.

First, kudos on this article. It's well written and informative and I appreciate that Salon is making an effort to provide diverse topics to the readership.

Second, I just watched all of the videos of these youth and the talent, athleticism, imagination and coordination of these routines were jaw-dropping. I can't even fathom the amount of work, number of injuries and hours of sacrifice associated with doing something just sheerly for the love. That's a type satisfaction and freedom most of us never know.

Although I would hate to see this performance art become staid and routine is there any interest from an organization such as X-Games into competitive breakdancing?

It isn't.

This as bad as the screeds by women that clung to Hillary's campaign as some sort of vindication of their own personal experience.

A kindred spirit? You don't know Michelle from a can of paint, no matter what broad points of similarity you believe you may share based on what you've digested through her profiles and interviews and public speeches.

It's the height of arrogance to assume your views are hers and implicitly assign her a white house agenda to speak on race. But even if you were correct, it's politically tone-deaf and reckless to start beating that drum now.