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1
i(m)p(each)sos  Dec 25, 2020 • 8:16:55pm

Thanks for all the food pics and nice thoughts today… an LGF holiday is a treat indeed. Imagine what it will be like in 2021 when we have a sane president!

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BeachDem  Dec 25, 2020 • 8:17:37pm

KC Jones died today, the second of the Celtics’ 60s dream team in the past 6 weeks (Tommy Heinsohn died November 9.) Those Celts were a big part of my growing up years—Sam Jones lived in my hometown and my sister’s then in-laws were really close with KC’s family.

Another coda to the 2020 sucks annals.

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Colère Tueur de Lapin  Dec 25, 2020 • 8:19:36pm

re: #1 i(m)p(each)sos

Thanks for all the food pics and nice thoughts today… an LGF holiday is a treat indeed. Imagine what it will be like in 2021 when we have a sane president!

I read that two times as ‘the same president’ — yikes, I’m in a serious food coma right now.

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i(m)p(each)sos  Dec 25, 2020 • 8:24:25pm

re: #3 Colère Tueur de Lapin

I read that two times as ‘the same president’ — yikes, I’m in a serious food coma right now.

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!

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plansbandc  Dec 25, 2020 • 8:33:45pm

re: #2 BeachDem

Celts were awesome when I was a kid. Was a fan for sure. Sad to see those greats go.

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Teukka  Dec 25, 2020 • 8:46:00pm

Say what you will about Charles Dickens, but this is thoughtworthy…

They were a boy and girl. Yellow, meagre, ragged, scowling, wolfish; but prostrate, too, in their humility. Where graceful youth should have filled their features out, and touched them with its freshest tints, a stale and shrivelled hand, like that of age, had pinched, and twisted them, and pulled them into shreds. Where angels might have sat enthroned, devils lurked, and glared out menacing. No change, no degradation, no perversion of humanity, in any grade, through all the mysteries of wonderful creation, has monsters half so horrible and dread.
Scrooge started back, appalled. Having them shown to him in this way, he tried to say they were fine children, but the words choked themselves, rather than be parties to a lie of such enormous magnitude.
“Spirit! are they yours?” Scrooge could say no more.
“They are Man’s,” said the Spirit, looking down upon them. “And they cling to me, appealing from their fathers. This boy is Ignorance. This girl is Want. Beware them both, and all of their degree, but most of all beware this boy, for on his brow I see that written which is Doom, unless the writing be erased. Deny it!” cried the Spirit, stretching out its hand towards the city. “Slander those who tell it ye! Admit it for your factious purposes, and make it worse! And bide the end!”
— Charles Dickens, “A Christmas Carol”, 1843.

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A hollow voice says,1st round on points. Onward!  Dec 25, 2020 • 9:02:38pm

re: #6 Teukka

Say what you will about Charles Dickens, but this is thoughtworthy…

I always found that passage shudderific.

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Teukka  Dec 25, 2020 • 9:04:04pm

re: #7 A hollow voice says,1st round on points. Onward!

I always found that passage shudderific.

Almost 180 years on, and many have still not gotten the message watch out for that boy and that girl…

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Belafon  Dec 25, 2020 • 9:11:12pm

re: #8 Teukka

Almost 180 years on, and many have still not gotten the message watch out for that boy and that girl…

Too many people need to be visited by the ghost of Christmas future.

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JC1  Dec 25, 2020 • 9:11:28pm

I found Wonder Woman 1984 to be completely underwhelming. The plot seemed right out of an episode of Super Friends. Had higher expectations since I quite enjoyed the first one.

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retired cynic  Dec 25, 2020 • 9:11:56pm

re: #9 Belafon

Too many of those would call it fake news, and would not believe it.

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Dread Pirate Ron  Dec 25, 2020 • 9:11:57pm

There are not many military aircraft flying tonight, or they aren’t squawking.

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Dr Lizardo  Dec 25, 2020 • 9:16:35pm

re: #10 JC1

I found Wonder Woman 1984 to be completely underwhelming. The plot seemed right out of an episode of Super Friends. Had higher expectations since I quite enjoyed the first one.

Yeah, I found WW84 underwhelming as well. Could’ve used another screenplay draft or a bit more polishing before it went into production. Best part of the film was the end - there’s a great mid-credits scene that made me smile and I thought it was a nice touch. But yeah, overall it was somewhat lackluster but not the actors fault; Chris Pine and Gal Gadot have great chemistry together.

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Teukka  Dec 25, 2020 • 9:25:04pm

re: #9 Belafon

Too many people need to be visited by the ghost of Christmas future.

re: #11 retired cynic

Too many of those would call it fake news, and would not believe it.

Yeah, we’d see it when #Fake2ndChristmasSpirit begins trending…

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🌹UOJB!  Dec 25, 2020 • 9:32:06pm

If Dickens were alive today he would slice Trump to pieces!

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Belafon  Dec 25, 2020 • 9:38:30pm

re: #15 🌹UOJB!

If Dickens were alive today he would slice Trump to pieces!

Think of what he’d do to British leadership.

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Teukka  Dec 25, 2020 • 9:40:11pm

re: #16 Belafon

Think of what he’d do to British leadership.

“Mr Dickens, I did not know you did splatter horror!”, or some such.

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Rightwingconspirator  Dec 25, 2020 • 9:59:52pm

Portrait of The House Queen

Been a while since I posted this cat here. Christmas prortrait

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Colère Tueur de Lapin  Dec 25, 2020 • 10:02:49pm

re: #8 Teukka

Almost 180 years on, and many have still not gotten the message watch out for that boy and that girl…

Yet, the WSJ tries to say that the metaphor of Scrouge is what brought on the improvement of Victorian era, rather than industrialization and such; the editorial worships money as a power rather than and tool of barter and not recognizing that Scrouge himself is evil.
In Defense of Scrooge, Whose Thrift Blessed the World

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NO SMOCKING GUN!  Dec 25, 2020 • 10:05:59pm

re: #10 JC1

I found Wonder Woman 1984 to be completely underwhelming. The plot seemed right out of an episode of Super Friends. Had higher expectations since I quite enjoyed the first one.

Agree. Also watched Soul tonight. Yet another excellent Pixar movie. Why can’t more movies be written this well?

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Belafon  Dec 25, 2020 • 10:06:06pm
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Dr Lizardo  Dec 25, 2020 • 10:32:31pm

re: #20 NO SMOCKING GUN!

Agree. Also watched Soul tonight. Yet another excellent Pixar movie. Why can’t more movies be written this well?

Soul was outstanding and the soundtrack by Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross and Jon Batiste is (IMHO) a shoe-in for an Oscar nomination.

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Belafon  Dec 25, 2020 • 10:34:21pm

re: #22 Dr Lizardo

Soul was outstanding and the soundtrack by Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross and Jon Batiste is (IMHO) a shoe-in for an Oscar nomination.

I agree with the reviews that essentially say that Soul is an adult movie. The overall themes were way more mature than the other Pixar movies.

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Dr Lizardo  Dec 25, 2020 • 10:37:45pm

re: #23 Belafon

I agree with the reviews that essentially say that Soul is an adult movie. The overall themes were way more mature than the other Pixar movies.

I agree. Soul deals with some pretty existential ideas, which would go way over the head of a child. Hell, maybe even some adults, LOL.

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Belafon  Dec 25, 2020 • 10:44:02pm

Earlier today, the Great Wolf Lodge in Grapevine went on lockdown because someone was going around making threats:

wfaa.com

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Anymouse 🌹🏡😷  Dec 25, 2020 • 11:24:13pm

hi

Thank you Mr. Johnson for providing a sane place for discussion, fine examples of music, and some sanity when you live in Conservatopia.

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Jack Burton  Dec 25, 2020 • 11:29:30pm

re: #21 Belafon

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Look like someone running “Christmas 2077” on an early revision of a last generation console.

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Shiplord Kirel: Fan of USPS, Goodyear, and Oreo  Dec 25, 2020 • 11:33:47pm

Belated Christmas critters. If you don’t have any woodchucks, these guy are happy to fill in:

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Anymouse 🌹🏡😷  Dec 25, 2020 • 11:39:11pm
Get ready for a storm that could be a doozy.

Next week, likely starting Tuesday, a storm is expected to bring rain, ice and/or significant snow to the central U.S. Flooding rains are even possible.

The type of precipitation for any given locale, from all rain to all snow or something in between, will depend on temperature. Omaha and Lincoln are near the rain/snow line, according to AccuWeather, The World-Herald’s weather consultant, so the type of precipitation in those cities is especially uncertain. To the north, heavy snow is likely, and to the south, rain.

One thing that’s certain: The storm will be carrying a lot of moisture.

“All eyes are on this system,” said Becky Kern, a meteorologist at the National Weather Service. “It’s going to have a big impact for the region midweek. The main story for anyone who has travel plans is to really keep an eye on this.”

The storm is likely to stretch from northern Texas to the Great Lakes, she said.

Another major storm is on the way to Nebraska; travel could be difficult next week (Omaha World-Herald)

Fortunately, we’re stocked up on food for quite a while now (although I ran out of ramen noodles).

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Anymouse 🌹🏡😷  Dec 25, 2020 • 11:48:12pm

South Dakota’s genocide continues.

South Dakota reported 41 deaths Thursday to reach a total of 1,430 during the pandemic. There have been 484 deaths in December.

Thursday’s report hit Black hills counties hard. Pennington County reported three deaths, Meade County reported two and Butte, Fall River, Lawrence, and Oglala-Lakota counties each reported one death.

The deaths included 24 men and 17 women. One person in their 20s died, according to Thursday’s report, the fourth person in their 20s to die from COVID-19 during the pandemic. One person in their 40s, three in their 50s, three in their 60s, nine in their 70s and 22 over 80 were also included in Thursday’s report.

State reports 41 new COVID deaths, including nine in Black Hills (Rapid City Journal)

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Anymouse 🌹🏡😷  Dec 26, 2020 • 12:08:27am

Cue wingnut outrage.

Endangered ferrets get experimental COVID-19 [sic: Vaccine] in Colorado (Scottsbluff, Nebr. Star-Herald)

In late summer, as researchers accelerated the first clinical trials of COVID-19 vaccines for humans, a group of scientists in Colorado worked to inoculate a far more fragile species.

About 120 black-footed ferrets, among the most endangered mammals in North America, were injected with an experimental COVID vaccine aimed at protecting the small, weasel-like creatures rescued from the brink of extinction four decades ago.

The effort came months before U.S. Department of Agriculture officials began accepting applications from veterinary drugmakers for a commercial vaccine for minks, a close cousin of the ferrets. Farmed minks, raised for their valuable fur, have died by the tens of thousands in the U.S. and been culled by the millions in Europe after catching the COVID virus from infected humans.

Vaccinating such vulnerable species against the disease is important not only for the animals’ sake, experts say, but potentially for the protection of people. Some of the most pernicious human diseases have originated in animals, including the new coronavirus, which is believed to have spread from bats to an intermediary species before jumping to humans and sparking the pandemic.

(more)

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Dread Pirate Ron  Dec 26, 2020 • 12:19:00am
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Dread Pirate Ron  Dec 26, 2020 • 12:46:37am
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Anymouse 🌹🏡😷  Dec 26, 2020 • 1:09:15am
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Anymouse 🌹🏡😷  Dec 26, 2020 • 1:16:34am

Plenty of crazy out there.

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Anymouse 🌹🏡😷  Dec 26, 2020 • 1:21:09am

AT&T has posted an official statement regarding yesterday’s bombing in Nashville.

Nashville Recovery Efforts (Goes to AT&T’s corporate Website)

We’re putting the full-force of our disaster recovery efforts into responding to this morning’s explosion in Nashville, including bringing in regional resources and our National Disaster Recovery teams.

Power is essential to restoring wireless and wireline communications and we are working with law enforcement to get access to our equipment and make needed repairs. Given the damage to our facility it will take time to restore service. We have already rerouted significant traffic from this facility and are bringing in other equipment, including numerous portable cell sites to the area.

There are serious logistical challenges to working in a disaster area and we will make measurable progress in the hours and days ahead. We’re grateful for the work of law enforcement as they investigate this event while enabling us to restore service for our customers.

We’ll continue to provide updates here as our recovery progresses.

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Anymouse 🌹🏡😷  Dec 26, 2020 • 1:22:40am
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Dread Pirate Ron  Dec 26, 2020 • 1:42:50am
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Anymouse 🌹🏡😷  Dec 26, 2020 • 1:43:49am
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Dread Pirate Ron  Dec 26, 2020 • 2:00:36am

No one cares.

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Anymouse 🌹🏡😷  Dec 26, 2020 • 2:00:56am

Wingnut detected. Twitterati should activate shields.

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Yeah Sure WhatEVs  Dec 26, 2020 • 2:13:00am

re: #10 JC1

re: #13 Dr Lizardo

How is Chris Pine in this movie? I thought he went boom.

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Dangerman  Dec 26, 2020 • 2:27:45am

re: #6 Teukka

Say what you will about Charles Dickens, but this is thoughtworthy…

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my favorite author

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Dr Lizardo  Dec 26, 2020 • 2:27:53am

re: #42 Yeah Sure WhatEVs

How is Chris Pine in this movie? I thought he went boom.

Plot device, simply put. I can sort of understand it; there’s really great chemistry between him and Gadot and it shines through. Pedro Pascal was good as was Kristen Wiig - in my opinion, the screenplay needed a little more tightening up, but it’s good if you’re in the mood for one of those weekday discount-price matinee experiences.

Soul, on the other hand, is probably one of the best movies of 2020 and a fantastic addition to Pixar’s lineup of great films. I’d give WW84 a 6/10 and Soul a 9.5/10

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Dangerman  Dec 26, 2020 • 2:35:06am

its 5:30 here in sofla and the temps feel like 42

Im off for a 20 mile run
I am not happy, though I have enough clothes to be toasty

at least yesterday’s 25+ mph winds died down

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Anymouse 🌹🏡😷  Dec 26, 2020 • 2:40:53am

WJXT-TV Jacksonville, Fla.

Florida man holding trash can for friend finds dead body

SARASOTA, Fla. - A Florida man who had been storing a trash can for a friend for more than two months, found a badly decomposing body inside when he opened it, authorities said.

Manatee County Sheriff’s Office said the unidentified man had been holding the 55-gallon container for a friend who promised to retrieve it later. But that person never returned and after about two months, the man smelled a foul odor and opened the container. Inside were human remains that had been wrapped up.

The Herald-Tribune reported Tuesday that the sheriff’s office is investigating the identify of the remains and how they died. An autopsy is scheduled for Wednesday.

(more)

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Nyet  Dec 26, 2020 • 3:05:10am

Florida man has matching friends.

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Anymouse 🌹🏡😷  Dec 26, 2020 • 3:06:07am

Deutche Welle, 28:26. Cash or Card? Will Covid-19 Kill Cash?

Pros and cons of the elimination of currency.

One con here: With the continued credit card experiment to charge both merchants and users, almost every business has eliminated credit card payments. About the only place you can use them is (some) gas stations.

Cash or card – will COVID-19 kill cash? | DW Documentary

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Decatur Deb  Dec 26, 2020 • 3:07:13am

re: #47 Nyet

Florida man has matching friends.

“A good friend will help you move…”

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Nyet  Dec 26, 2020 • 3:13:14am
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Anymouse 🌹🏡😷  Dec 26, 2020 • 3:13:43am

re: #50 Nyet

“Democrats in disarray.”

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Dr Lizardo  Dec 26, 2020 • 3:16:21am

re: #50 Nyet

re: #51 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷

JFC this is some twisted ARG for these people. I can’t help but wonder what color the sky is over there?

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Nyet  Dec 26, 2020 • 3:17:02am

re: #52 Dr Lizardo

JFC this is some twisted ARG for these people. I can’t help but wonder what color the sky is over there?

Color out of space.

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Nyet  Dec 26, 2020 • 3:18:23am
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Anymouse 🌹🏡😷  Dec 26, 2020 • 3:24:19am

re: #54 Nyet

Remember, the Villagers in the Beltway media insist that Democrats have to reach across the aisle to compromise with crazy people rather than shun them.

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Nyet  Dec 26, 2020 • 3:31:14am

re: #55 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷

Remember, the Villagers in the Beltway media insist that Democrats have to reach across the aisle to compromise with crazy people rather than shun them.

You mean Biden.

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Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus  Dec 26, 2020 • 3:31:53am

re: #38 Dread Pirate Ron

How can a head of state not even blame China during these times? How can said head of state be able to speak in sentences more than four words long?

I smell Dominion at work here!

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  Dec 26, 2020 • 3:40:23am

re: #48 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷

Deutche Welle, 28:26. Cash or Card? Will Covid-19 Kill Cash?

Pros and cons of the elimination of currency.

One con here: With the continued credit card experiment to charge both merchants and users, almost every business has eliminated credit card payments. About the only place you can use them is (some) gas stations.

[Embedded content]

Germans love cash money and unlike other places like Scandinavia, which have gone almost entirely cashless, The Germans do not like the thought of people being able to track your every transaction.

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Anymouse 🌹🏡😷  Dec 26, 2020 • 3:44:56am

re: #56 Nyet

You mean Biden.

Joe Biden as the incoming president needs to extend a choice to the Republicans on trying to work together. While it doesn’t seem likely they will, he is offering them an exit ramp from their destructive ways.

He is not an idiot though, he was in office when Mitch McConnell was obstructing everything Barack Obama tried to do.

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Nyet  Dec 26, 2020 • 3:46:10am

re: #59 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷

Good luck extending the hand to Lin Wood tho.

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Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus  Dec 26, 2020 • 3:46:11am

.

Nothing Says Christmas Like Rover Dangerfield

..

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  Dec 26, 2020 • 3:46:58am

re: #59 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷

Joe Biden as the incoming president needs to extend a choice to the Republicans on trying to work together. While it doesn’t seem likely they will, he is offering them an exit ramp from their destructive ways.

He is not an idiot though, he was in office when Mitch McConnell was obstructing everything Barack Obama tried to do.

He needs to make the gesture because regardless, they will whine that he is not being cooperative enough. And anything short of bending over backward and letting them walk all over him will be considered “uncooperative”.

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William Lewis  Dec 26, 2020 • 3:48:36am

re: #58 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))

Germans love cash money and unlike other places like Scandinavia, which have gone almost entirely cashless, The Germans do not like the thought of people being able to track your every transaction.

Has nothing to do with the story but the thought of Germany and Cash makes me remember sitting in a phone booth in 1983 in Illesheim, Germany with a huge pile of 5 Mark coins (roughly $1 each at that time) to make a phone call to my family stateside :D

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  Dec 26, 2020 • 3:56:08am

re: #63 William Lewis

Has nothing to do with the story but the thought of Germany and Cash makes me remember sitting in a phone booth in 1983 in Illesheim, Germany with a huge pile of 5 Mark coins (roughly $1 each at that time) to make a phone call to my family stateside :D

Germans have no problem with 50 or 100-euro notes. Americans rarely use anything larger than a $20.

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ericblair  Dec 26, 2020 • 4:05:43am

re: #64 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))

Germans have no problem with 50 or 100-euro notes. Americans rarely use anything larger than a $20.

There was also the 500 Euro note, of course, made because of pressure from the Germans (from what I understand). They discontinued these a few years ago because of the obvious money laundering problems, where you could fit a million Euros in a small bag.

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Nyet  Dec 26, 2020 • 4:11:41am
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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  Dec 26, 2020 • 4:20:37am

re: #65 ericblair

There was also the 500 Euro note, of course, made because of pressure from the Germans (from what I understand). They discontinued these a few years ago because of the obvious money laundering problems, where you could fit a million Euros in a small bag.

Yes, they are still “legal tender” but only banks will take them.

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  Dec 26, 2020 • 4:21:11am

re: #66 Nyet

?!? serious or piss-take (impossible to tell these days)

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Nyet  Dec 26, 2020 • 4:22:03am

re: #68 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))

?!? serious or piss-take (impossible to tell these days)

Written by an “inventor of Email”. What do you think?

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William Lewis  Dec 26, 2020 • 4:31:39am

re: #69 Nyet

Written by an “inventor of Email”. What do you think?

I think that his answer to the question “Drunk or stupid?” is “Drunk AND stupid”.

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Anymouse 🌹🏡😷  Dec 26, 2020 • 4:33:24am

re: #64 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))

Germans have no problem with 50 or 100-euro notes. Americans rarely use anything larger than a $20.

That depends on what part of the country you’re in. I can’t speak for all areas but $50 and $100 notes are common in circulation here.

$100 notes aren’t given as change of course, since they are the largest note, but withdrawing cash in a sufficient amount the bank will give you $100 notes.

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Anymouse 🌹🏡😷  Dec 26, 2020 • 4:34:42am
The Brevard County Commissioners in Florida have adopted a new invocation policy that appears to be inclusive of non-Christian groups, but it may have to be tested to see if it actually works. What’s amazing is that they’re even bothering with this considering how many problems their previous invocation policy gave them. They could’ve gotten rid of the archaic practice. Instead, they’re attempting to inject religion into politics again and hoping it won’t blow up in their faces this time around.

Their previous attempt cost them nearly half a million dollars in penalties.

You can read all the details right here, but the story goes like this: The County previous limited invocations to “faith-based” groups only. The only time members of the Central Florida Freethought Community could speak was during the “Public Comments” portion of the evening. It had a very “separate-but-equal” vibe to it.

A coalition of lawyers representing church/state separation groups then sued the County on behalf of local atheists, and they won. The County appealed, and they lost yet again. Earlier this year, they were sent a bill for $490,000 (covered by the County’s insurance provider).

They could just drop the practice. It’s been three years since they’ve had any invocations and the sky has not fallen.

But last week, County Commissioner Curt Smith, the same fool who helped create this mess several years ago, said he wanted to bring them back.

(more)

FL County That Blocked Atheists from Giving Invocations Adopts Revised Policy (The Friendly Atheist)

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Dec 26, 2020 • 4:37:53am

re: #69 Nyet

Written by an “inventor of Email”. What do you think?

wow:

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William Lewis  Dec 26, 2020 • 4:39:18am

re: #71 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷

That depends on what part of the country you’re in. I can’t speak for all areas but $50 and $100 notes are common in circulation here.

$100 notes aren’t given as change of course, since they are the largest note, but withdrawing cash in a sufficient amount the bank will give you $100 notes.

Up here they’ll ask you what you prefer. It depends on how many bills I have to pay out of a given withdrawal but taking 50’s or 100’s is not that uncommon.

I’d just rather see a new lightweight 1, 5 & 10 coins replacing the bills of those denominations as that would be more cost effective. Make them out of Kevlar as that would be a great symbolism for the US ;)

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Jack Burton  Dec 26, 2020 • 4:49:25am

re: #68 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))

?!? serious or piss-take (impossible to tell these days)

First paragraph from wikipedia:

“V. A. Shiva Ayyadurai (born Vellayappa Ayyadurai Shiva,[2] December 2, 1963)[3] is an Indian-American scientist, engineer, politician, entrepreneur, and promoter of conspiracy theories and unfounded medical claims. He is notable for his widely disputed claim to be the “inventor of email”,[4] based on the electronic mail software called “EMAIL” he wrote as a New Jersey high school student in the late 1970s.[5][6] Initial reports that repeated Ayyadurai’s assertion—from organizations such as The Washington Post and the Smithsonian Institution—were followed by public retractions.[5][7] These corrections were triggered by objections from historians and ARPANET pioneers who pointed out that email was already actively used in the early 1970s.”

He also ran for Senate in MA a couple of times. Got like 33% of the vote in the Republican Primary and has been screaming up a storm about the elections being rigged… because of course he is.

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ericblair  Dec 26, 2020 • 4:49:42am

re: #74 William Lewis

Up here they’ll ask you what you prefer. It depends on how many bills I have to pay out of a given withdrawal but taking 50’s or 100’s is not that uncommon.

I’d just rather see a new lightweight 1, 5 & 10 coins replacing the bills of those denominations as that would be more cost effective. Make them out of Kevlar as that would be a great symbolism for the US ;)

Get a big stack of $2 bills, start waving them at cashiers, and see how long it takes for one of them to call the cops on you.

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Jack Burton  Dec 26, 2020 • 4:51:52am

re: #73 Backwoods_Sleuth

The election he’s complaining about here is the primary, not the general… so the.. Republicans… Stole the primary election from him? And he wants the general election decertified?

Drugs are bad mmmkay.

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Anymouse 🌹🏡😷  Dec 26, 2020 • 4:55:06am

re: #73 Backwoods_Sleuth

“Weighted race computer algorithms.” That algorithm being the computer counted every vote cast, and you lost, asshat.

Ed Markey (D) 2,357,809
Kevin O’Connor (R) 1,177,765
Shiva Ayyadurai (R) (Write-in) 21,134

Surely it was a computer algorithm that caused you to take less than 0.5% of the vote. 4,500,000+ votes for Markey and O’Conner were somehow inserted and no one noticed.

Again I asked, why do people like this get to attend prestigious universities such as MIT and I was denied due to lack of money?

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Anymouse 🌹🏡😷  Dec 26, 2020 • 4:58:00am

re: #76 ericblair

Get a big stack of $2 bills, start waving them at cashiers, and see how long it takes for one of them to call the cops on you.

I always get a bunch of $2 bills when I go to the bank. I usually have about $40 worth.

When I leave a tip for someone, I always include a $2. (I also sometimes annoy merchants with them.)

The only time I was ever questioned was in a restaurant in Massachusetts; they called the cops on me. That delayed my wife and I from leaving, but the police explained to whoever the manager was “yes, $2 are a real thing.”

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Jack Burton  Dec 26, 2020 • 4:59:51am

re: #75 Jack Burton

Also Email was invented in 1965 at MIT. In 1971 the user@server format was invented in the version of email used by ARPANET for TCP/IP systems by Roy Tomilnson.

Neither of these were patented because.. ARPANET.

So the only thing this clown invented is being a Patent Troll.

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Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus  Dec 26, 2020 • 5:08:17am

re: #80 Jack Burton

I had an ARPANET address long ago.

But it was by then becoming archaic as the regular UNIX mail programs were in use and the young internet had replaced the older system.

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Nyet  Dec 26, 2020 • 5:10:05am

Enjoy this skewering of “Dr.” Shiva.

Do these scatter plots reveal fraudulent vote-switching in Michigan?

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Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus  Dec 26, 2020 • 5:17:10am

.

Christmas Comes But Once a Year (1936)

..

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Jack Burton  Dec 26, 2020 • 5:20:24am

re: #82 Nyet

It’s implied from this video, that this Shiva idiot is one of those asshats who apparently weaponizes the DMCA to shut down criticism.

He’s checking off all the “Complete piece of shit” check boxes for me so far.

All that’s left is insulting homeless disable vets and big game hunting in Africa.

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Nyet  Dec 26, 2020 • 5:21:57am

re: #84 Jack Burton

It’s implied from this video, that this Shiva idiot is one of those asshats who apparently weaponizes the DMCA to shut down criticism.

He’s checking off all the “Complete piece of shit” check boxes for me so far.

All that’s left is insulting homeless disable vets and big game hunting in Africa.

He’s also one of the nutty Kraken “experts”.

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Nojay UK  Dec 26, 2020 • 5:22:22am

re: #79 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷

Back in the year 2000 the Japanese Government issued a limited number of 2000-yen notes — their usual currency issues are 1000, 5000 and 10,000 yen notes. They were legal tender and I saw more than one in circulation as late as 2007 when I first visited Japan. I don’t know if any are left now, other than in the hands of collectors.

Everything including the 10,000 yen notes are in common usage in Japan — About 18 months ago I paid 480 yen for entry to the Edo Museum in Ryogoku, Tokyo with a 10,000 yen note (worth about 100 bucks) and got 9,520 yen in change without a murmur.

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Anymouse 🌹🏡😷  Dec 26, 2020 • 5:33:06am

re: #82 Nyet

Enjoy this skewering of “Dr.” Shiva.

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Video

That was a good explanation of what Dr. Shiva appears to have done with his data. (Kent County, Michigan—where one of my cousins lives who disowned me, a not-related bit of information.)

I’m guessing either Dr. Shiva simply made an error (the slope of his correlation) or he deliberately misrepresented the data (as wingnuts wouldn’t likely check because he’s both a conservative and a non-doctor of medicine who has delivered babies).

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Jay C  Dec 26, 2020 • 5:44:18am

re: #60 Nyet

Good luck extending the hand to Lin Wood tho.

I think unless your hand is holding a straitjacket, you’re wasting your time.

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Barefoot Grin  Dec 26, 2020 • 5:46:33am

re: #86 Nojay UK

Back in the year 2000 the Japanese Government issued a limited number of 2000-yen notes — their usual currency issues are 1000, 5000 and 10,000 yen notes. They were legal tender and I saw more than one in circulation as late as 2007 when I first visited Japan. I don’t know if any are left now, other than in the hands of collectors.

Everything including the 10,000 yen notes are in common usage in Japan — About 18 months ago I paid 480 yen for entry to the Edo Museum in Ryogoku, Tokyo with a 10,000 yen note (worth about 100 bucks) and got 9,520 yen in change without a murmur.

Even with payment options like the suica card, it’s still an amazingly cash-based society. Makes those international ATMs in 7-11 and Family Mart essential and convenient.

Great museum, btw.

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Axolotl  Dec 26, 2020 • 5:49:16am

re: #36 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷

AT&T has posted an official statement regarding yesterday’s bombing in Nashville.

Nashville Recovery Efforts (Goes to AT&T’s corporate Website)

Guys and Gals,

I know we are not supposed to be freaking each other out so I apologize if I am doing so.

This is the way my mind works and it has served me well in the past.

It seems at least possible to me that someone is testing how long it would take to restore service in a situation like this Nashville incident.

Then imagine for me what would happen if cell phones and other services were offline for a period of time.

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steve_davis  Dec 26, 2020 • 5:52:53am

re: #2 BeachDem

KC Jones died today, the second of the Celtics’ 60s dream team in the past 6 weeks (Tommy Heinsohn died November 9.) Those Celts were a big part of my growing up years—Sam Jones lived in my hometown and my sister’s then in-laws were really close with KC’s family.

Another coda to the 2020 sucks annals.

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my brother remembers listening to celtics games back in the havlicek days while we lived in roslindale. some of that stuff really does just kind of stick with you. i never even really cared that much for baseball growing up, but I can remember listening on the radio to the occasional
Big Red Machine games, because back in the early/mid 70’s, AM just opened wide in the evenings and st. louis came in loud and clear in south carolina (pretty sure there was no national network for teams back in those days. you typically got what was in your region).

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steve_davis  Dec 26, 2020 • 5:54:50am

re: #10 JC1

I found Wonder Woman 1984 to be completely underwhelming. The plot seemed right out of an episode of Super Friends. Had higher expectations since I quite enjoyed the first one.

same here. it felt like they decided it was set in the 80’s, so they were going to use the kind of cheap assed production values and story lines that the superman movies used.

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Colère Tueur de Lapin  Dec 26, 2020 • 5:56:24am

re: #80 Jack Burton

Also Email was invented in 1965 at MIT. In 1971 the user@server format was invented in the version of email used by ARPANET for TCP/IP systems by Roy Tomilnson.

Neither of these were patented because.. ARPANET.

So the only thing this clown invented is being a Patent Troll.

I went to his site The Inventor of EMail (TM) I would say patent to is a perfect descriptor. He acknowledges ARPANET, but goes on to his filling with the USPTO, etc. that are all basic retcon in g of history. His claim is that he invented the inbox, outbox, cc:, bcc:, etc. paradigm/functionality (50k lines of code he wrote, some deposited at the USPTO) that are all part of a modern email system back in 1978…

I only skimmed it, maybe there is real proof in there, but I doubt it. It’s classic patent trolling.

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Anymouse 🌹🏡😷  Dec 26, 2020 • 5:56:27am
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steve_davis  Dec 26, 2020 • 6:04:39am

re: #65 ericblair

There was also the 500 Euro note, of course, made because of pressure from the Germans (from what I understand). They discontinued these a few years ago because of the obvious money laundering problems, where you could fit a million Euros in a small bag.

There’s a very cool second or third season of Mission Impossible where there is some gambling going on and folks are dropping thousand dollar bills into the pile. Interestingly, they actually looked real, rather than like the standard monopoly money that they typically used in those scenes. Turns out that they didn’t discontinue the 1000 dollar bill until 1969. Man, I would love for those to come back in fashion! I know it would certainly make the drug trade easier.

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Barefoot Grin  Dec 26, 2020 • 6:11:09am

I had to see why “Adam Schiff” is trending. Looks like the Q-tips think he was arrested at LAX as first evidence that argle bargle is coming true, but it also somehow explains the bombing in Nashville and hold on to your seats because [insert long list of Democrats] are all going to be arrested next just as Q foretold.

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Dizzy  Dec 26, 2020 • 6:14:30am

Love this for a Boxing Day morning:

YouTube

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Colère Tueur de Lapin  Dec 26, 2020 • 6:17:07am

re: #82 Nyet

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Decatur Deb  Dec 26, 2020 • 6:18:15am

re: #97 Dizzy

Love this for a Boxing Day morning:

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Video

Boxing Day is old school. I think it’s called RTFM Day now.

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Nyet  Dec 26, 2020 • 6:21:01am

re: #96 Barefoot Grin

I had to see why “Adam Schiff” is trending. Looks like the Q-tips think he was arrested at LAX as first evidence that argle bargle is coming true, but it also somehow explains the bombing in Nashville and hold on to your seats because [insert long list of Democrats] are all going to be arrested next just as Q foretold.

That’s a boomer thing. They found random sites with alleged arrest records, didn’t get that names appearing at those sites are just generic lists of all people as clickbait, it’s not a guarantee the entries actually contain any arrest records.

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Dizzy  Dec 26, 2020 • 6:21:22am

re: #99 Decatur Deb

Boxing Day is old school. I think it’s called RTFM Day now.

I just happen to be ‘old school’ :)

(I’m also Canadian where the term is still widely used, and we don’t need no stinkin’ manuals).

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  Dec 26, 2020 • 6:22:04am

re: #94 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷

People who have survived a coronavirus infection say the experience made them take the pandemic more seriously, according to an Axios/Ipsos survey— the first to focus exclusively on people who have contracted the virus.

Whereas those who did not survive no longer take the pandemic seriously…

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  Dec 26, 2020 • 6:24:15am

re: #97 Dizzy

Love this for a Boxing Day morning:

Germans do Second Christmas, although they don’t have a separate name for it. But around here, they continue on the 27th with Bündelchestag, which was traditionally the going-away party for the hired staff who were leaving at the end of their year’s contract.

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Anymouse 🌹🏡😷  Dec 26, 2020 • 6:35:14am

re: #101 Dizzy

I just happen to be ‘old school’ :)

(I’m also Canadian where the term is still widely used, and we don’t need no stinkin’ manuals).

We use Boxing Day here in the Nebraska Panhandle (but not the rest of the state).

It comes from the early days of the Homestead Act, when an Army captain retired with his Canadian-born wife to the area north of Mitchell.

She was lonely for celebrations of Boxing Day, so she decided to start doing them in her home. They turned out to be quite popular in the area, and the tradition has stuck here.

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Targetpractice  Dec 26, 2020 • 6:35:25am

re: #54 Nyet

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Then the day of the run-offs, all the MAGAts stay home but the “algorithm” doesn’t lead to negative turnouts or other anomalies, at which point…they scream that Dominion changed the programming and the fact that they lost is only further proof of “fraud.”

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Dizzy  Dec 26, 2020 • 6:38:30am

re: #104 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷

We use Boxing Day here in the Nebraska Panhandle (but not the rest of the state).

It comes from the early days of the Homestead Act, when an Army captain retired with his Canadian-born wife to the area north of Mitchell.

She was lonely for celebrations of Boxing Day, so she decided to start doing them in her home. They turned out to be quite popular in the area, and the tradition has stuck here.

That’s a great story, thanks for that. Welcome to the Commonwealth :)

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Anymouse 🌹🏡😷  Dec 26, 2020 • 6:38:35am

People still give money in the plate to churches, because they only have a few bad apples (like the cops).

Nuns in German children’s home rented boys to abusers (The Times of London)

Nuns running a children’s home in Germany prostituted boys in their care to priests, local politicians and businessmen in the 1960s and 1970s, according to a victim who has won a court fight for compensation.

The Darmstadt Social Welfare Court awarded damages to the man, now 63, after hearing accounts of brutal rapes he suffered while at the home in the southwestern city of Speyer. The court said that he had endured almost “constant abuse”.

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Colère Tueur de Lapin  Dec 26, 2020 • 6:41:49am

re: #105 Targetpractice

Then the day of the run-offs, all the MAGAts stay home but the “algorithm” doesn’t lead to negative turnouts or other anomalies, at which point…they scream that Dominion changed the programming and the fact that they lost is only further proof of “fraud.”

Conspiracy theory cannot fail, it can only be failed. Wait, what?

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jeffreyw  Dec 26, 2020 • 6:46:48am

Good morning!

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Targetpractice  Dec 26, 2020 • 6:52:04am

re: #108 Colère Tueur de Lapin

Conspiracy theory cannot fail, it can only be failed. Wait, what?

Sane person sees theory fails to fit facts and concludes the theory must be in error.

Conspiracy theory sees the same and concludes that the failure is only further proof of the conspiracy.

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thedopefishlives  Dec 26, 2020 • 7:00:02am

Morning Lizardim. What fresh hell awaits?

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Yeah Sure WhatEVs  Dec 26, 2020 • 7:05:10am

re: #46 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷

WJXT-TV Jacksonville, Fla.

Florida man holding trash can for friend finds dead body

(more)

We both have so many questions. And I mean a whole bunch off questions.

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thedopefishlives  Dec 26, 2020 • 7:08:54am

re: #112 Yeah Sure WhatEVs

We both have so many questions. And I mean a whole bunch off questions.

It’s Florida Man. Don’t question it, just shake your head.

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Dr. Teddy's Person  Dec 26, 2020 • 7:12:30am

re: #112 Yeah Sure WhatEVs

We both have so many questions. And I mean a whole bunch off questions.

My first question is why would you “hold” a trash can for a friend? What possible reason could a friend give that would make you go okay that makes sense?

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Alephnaught  Dec 26, 2020 • 7:15:41am

re: #69 Nyet

Written by an “inventor of Email”. What do you think?

According to Wikipedia, here is his contribution to email

August 30 [1982] - EMAIL, an application developed at the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, under Leslie P. Michelson, for an HP1000 minicomputer, would have its Copyright registered in the US, by a high school intern engaged on the project, Shiva Ayyadurai.

July 5 [2010] - Shiva Ayyadurai registers the domain inventorofemail.com, to assert his claim of being the inventor of email, not just a co-author of a specific electronic messaging implementation.

So, he worked on a project that just happened to be called EMAIL, with others, more than ten years after Roy Tomlinson sent the first actual email, then tried to make money off that by claiming to have invented some that had already been invented..
More here. And yes, he does seem to be a bit of a conspiracy theorist.

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thedopefishlives  Dec 26, 2020 • 7:18:30am

re: #115 Alephnaught

According to Wikipedia, here is his contribution to email

So, he worked on a project that just happened to be called EMAIL, with others, more than ten years after Roy Tomlinson sent the first actual email, then tried to make money off that by claiming to have invented some that had already been invented..
More here. And yes, he does seem to be a bit of a conspiracy theorist.

“A bit”? As far as I can tell, he’s a full-on nutter.

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HypnoToad  Dec 26, 2020 • 7:21:15am

One would get the impression that advertising and business isn’t doing so well when you see the same TV ad repeated three times consecutively during a single commercial break on a major network. Been happening noticeably more often lately.

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mmmirele  Dec 26, 2020 • 7:26:27am

Oh, y’all aren’t even going to believe this, but yeah, it’s Scientology, so it’s very likely they are this nuts.

Basically, people around the country have noticed that Scientology orgs (their shops/churches/businesses) have been boarding up their windows over the last few weeks. You know, this would make sense if this was September, it was Clearwater, and a late season hurricane was bearing down on Tampa/St. Pete. But no, it’s late December, and we’re talking about orgs all across the country, from San Francisco to New York, which are boarding up their windows. Now some people thought it was because Scientology’s running out of money, or because COVID has affected Scientology in a peculiar way, but Scientology is used to throwing money down ratholes for huge buildings that stand empty.

Tony Ortega, America’s one reporter on the Scientology beat has been getting tips from people about boarded up orgs and this is what he learned from one of his informants who talked to a Scientology staffer in San Diego at a boarded up org:

Me: Excuse me, but can you tell me why this is boarded up?

Woman: It’s because of the protests.

I looked puzzled, and said, “Protests?” so she explained further.

Woman: It’s because of the election. People are upset about it, like the Black Lives Matter protests.

She continued to walk to her car. I was so surprised by her answer I couldn’t think of a follow-up question or ask who she was.

tonyortega.org

So there you have it. The loony space alien cult thinks there will be Inauguration Day riots. *rolls eyes*

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Anymouse 🌹🏡😷  Dec 26, 2020 • 7:31:32am

Once again for the Christians in the back, you’re not being persecuted.

Another reminder why I won’t give a dime to Hobby Lobby.

Museum of the Bible considers suing D.C. mayor over virus shutdown, citing religious freedom claims (Washington Post)

Can’t grift money spread the Gospel if you can’t show off your stolen artifacts you purchased from a terrorist organisation.

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Yeah Sure WhatEVs  Dec 26, 2020 • 7:33:30am

re: #87 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷

That was a good explanation of what Dr. Shiva appears to have done with his data. (Kent County, Michigan—where one of my cousins lives who disowned me, a not-related bit of information.)

I’m guessing either Dr. Shiva simply made an error (the slope of his correlation) or he deliberately misrepresented the data (as wingnuts wouldn’t likely check because he’s both a conservative and a non-doctor of medicine who has delivered babies).

He accidentally used Kent County, England in his calculations. Oops. 😳😂

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FFL (GOP Delenda Est)  Dec 26, 2020 • 7:36:24am

re: #94 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷

For some people.

The person in NC who I have mentioned previously for their initial resistance to mask wearing, ranting about “tyranny” regarding lockdowns and mask mandates, and travel outside of NC to dodge lockdowns. Plus posting photos of get togethers and meetings at restaurants where no one is wearing masks.

He got tested for antibodies and turned out positive. Implied that he’d actually caught a minor Covid-19 case back in February (had 6-days of flu like symptoms but negative on flu, plus the other related Covid-19 symptoms.)

So potential ignorance, or perhaps figuring he can continue risky behavior since he is unlikely to catch it again. (No comment on his end whether or not he might have spread the virus to others back then.)

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Dr. Teddy's Person  Dec 26, 2020 • 7:38:28am

re: #118 mmmirele

I’m surprised that Trump and David Miscavige aren’t BFFs. They are two peas in a pod when it comes to bullying and grifting.

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FFL (GOP Delenda Est)  Dec 26, 2020 • 7:38:35am

re: #95 steve_davis

There’s a very cool second or third season of Mission Impossible where there is some gambling going on and folks are dropping thousand dollar bills into the pile. Interestingly, they actually looked real, rather than like the standard monopoly money that they typically used in those scenes. Turns out that they didn’t discontinue the 1000 dollar bill until 1969. Man, I would love for those to come back in fashion! I know it would certainly make the drug trade easier.

Heh. An ATM gave me some $50 early in the year. Those are hard to spend with the ways I usually use cash since a lot of shops around here will not take anything larger than a $20. (They have signs indicating they do not take $50 or $100 bills.) I eventually was able to find places that would take them and had sufficient change.

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Jay C  Dec 26, 2020 • 7:40:48am

re: #119 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷

Once again for the Christians in the back, you’re not being persecuted.

Another reminder why I won’t give a dime to Hobby Lobby.

Museum of the Bible considers suing D.C. mayor over virus shutdown, citing religious freedom claims (Washington Post)

Can’t grift money spread the Gospel if you can’t show off your stolen artifacts you purchased from a terrorist organisation.

Unlike some of the “religious freedom” suits, it doesn’t sound to me like the MotB actually has much of a case: despite the nature of their exhibits, they are still a *museum*, and it doesn’t matter if it’s a Museum of Art, the Museum of the Bible, or the Museum of Motorcycle Parts, one would think general restrictions on openings of public institutions like that would apply in any case.

Besides, the MotB’s collection of stolen artifacts and forged papyri will still be there when museums reopen, eventually - still in place, and still no more legal (or authentic) than before….

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Dr. Teddy's Person  Dec 26, 2020 • 7:41:10am

Working tirelessly for the American People.

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Decatur Deb  Dec 26, 2020 • 7:41:17am

Forwarded by Daughter1:

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thedopefishlives  Dec 26, 2020 • 7:42:32am

re: #125 Dr. Teddy’s Person

Working tirelessly for the American People.

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From the comfort of his Florida luxury resort where he can go out on the golf course and avoid hearing people say things that challenge his fragile ego.

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Yeah Sure WhatEVs  Dec 26, 2020 • 7:42:57am

re: #101 Dizzy

I just happen to be ‘old school’ :)

(I’m also Canadian where the term is still widely used, and we don’t need no stinkin’ manuals).

Boxing Day has morphed into Boxing Week. Oh, the commercials. Sadly, few things are open to buy or return anything since my province at least had shut down again.

I’ll bet the big box grocery stores that sell goods (Walmart, Loblaws, Real Canadian Superstore, etc.) are doing well. Why go to Best Buy when you can get a TV or phone while you get a loaf of bread, precooked meal, and mouthwash?

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FFL (GOP Delenda Est)  Dec 26, 2020 • 7:44:16am

re: #125 Dr. Teddy’s Person

You’ll know he’s had a bad round of golf when he tweets rants aimed at Spaulding, Dunlop, and Titleist.

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thedopefishlives  Dec 26, 2020 • 7:44:58am

re: #129 FFL (GOP Delenda Est)

You’ll know he’s had a bad round of golf when he tweets rants aimed at Spaulding, Dunlop, and Titleist.

He doesn’t have bad rounds of golf. Sometimes he just has to take more mulligans or use the foot wedge more often than others.

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Dr. Teddy's Person  Dec 26, 2020 • 7:45:16am

re: #129 FFL (GOP Delenda Est)

You’ll know he’s had a bad round of golf when he tweets rants aimed at Spaulding, Dunlop, and Titleist.

At the same time, he’ll sing the praises of some guy named Mulligan.

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Yeah Sure WhatEVs  Dec 26, 2020 • 7:47:05am

re: #114 Dr. Teddy’s Person

My first question is why would you “hold” a trash can for a friend? What possible reason could a friend give that would make you go okay that makes sense?

Really! I first want to know how the request was phrased. Who holds a 55 gallon drum for a friend and how do you make that request?

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Colère Tueur de Lapin  Dec 26, 2020 • 7:48:46am

re: #115 Alephnaught

He has a copyright, not a patent. Why did the USPTO approve the copyright of “email”? There should have been enough prior art of there to refuse. Or does prior art not disallow copyright in the same way it would a patent?

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Colère Tueur de Lapin  Dec 26, 2020 • 7:49:35am

re: #116 thedopefishlives

“A bit”? As far as I can tell, he’s a full-on nutter.

He’s in it for the lawsuits and the conspiracy, it seems.

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Egregious Philbin  Dec 26, 2020 • 7:50:04am

re: #118 mmmirele

The Phoenix “Ideal Org” is boarded up. I frequently ride my bike past the former home of L Ron in Phoenix, which is a museum now. Just yesterday I yelled something nice to the culties over the fence as I rode by…

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lawhawk  Dec 26, 2020 • 8:00:26am

re: #10 JC1

I found Wonder Woman 1984 to be completely underwhelming. The plot seemed right out of an episode of Super Friends. Had higher expectations since I quite enjoyed the first one.

I saw both WW84 and Soul yesterday.

I’m not going to give any spoilers out for either.

WW84 would have benefited from at least 15 minutes of cutting runtime and tighter editing/reworking of dialog. They seemed to miss the entire bit about it being set in 1984, and the lack of music to convey that was an issue for me. The trailers were the best part of the movie.

Soul was a visually stunning masterpiece of Pixar entertainment. The music is awesome and it has an interesting story line.

Spoilers below:

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Colère Tueur de Lapin  Dec 26, 2020 • 8:00:45am

re: #132 Yeah Sure WhatEVs

Really! I first want to know how the request was phrased. Who holds a 55 gallon drum for a friend and how do you make that request?

One that weighs one dead body worth of mass… And how did it take two months for him to notice the stench of dead body wafting out?

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Yeah Sure WhatEVs  Dec 26, 2020 • 8:02:30am

Something to look forward to? 😳

But it’s easy to imagine that before we all know it, we’ll be witnessing one final burst of presidential rage-tweets and then he’ll be gone. That will be that. And then it will be on to all manner of other horrors.

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lawhawk  Dec 26, 2020 • 8:03:25am

re: #125 Dr. Teddy’s Person

And he’s busy bitching about the election and making up nonsensical stories too.

There’s no soldier who told Trump this. Not a one. Why? Because soldiers have precisely zero to do with the administration of elections in the US. And someone who’s a grunt in Afghanistan wouldn’t have access to Trump to regale him with this story. It’s another piece of Trump fan-fic.

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Yeah Sure WhatEVs  Dec 26, 2020 • 8:03:48am

re: #137 Colère Tueur de Lapin

One that weighs one dead body worth of mass… And how did it take two months for him to notice the stench of dead body wafting out?

As someone said in the comments… That’s what Gators are for.

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mmmirele  Dec 26, 2020 • 8:04:01am

A street food stand, complete with paintings, has been uncovered in Pompeii. Great pictures with the article. The paintings look like they were painted recently, not over 1900 years ago.

reuters.com

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🌹UOJB!  Dec 26, 2020 • 8:04:46am

re: #139 lawhawk

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Dr. Teddy's Person  Dec 26, 2020 • 8:05:58am

re: #139 lawhawk

And he’s busy bitching about the election and making up nonsensical stories too.

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There’s no soldier who told Trump this. Not a one. Why? Because soldiers have precisely zero to do with the administration of elections in the US. And someone who’s a grunt in Afghanistan wouldn’t have access to Trump to regale him with this story. It’s another piece of Trump fan-fic.

If a grunt did talk to Trump, I hope their question would be “where’s my paycheck, sir?”

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Dr. Teddy's Person  Dec 26, 2020 • 8:07:46am

re: #141 mmmirele

A street food stand, complete with paintings, has been uncovered in Pompeii. Great pictures with the article. The paintings look like they were painted recently, not over 1900 years ago.

reuters.com

WOW, that’s so cool.

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Yeah Sure WhatEVs  Dec 26, 2020 • 8:08:26am
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Nyet  Dec 26, 2020 • 8:13:33am
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A hollow voice says,1st round on points. Onward!  Dec 26, 2020 • 8:14:13am

re: #109 jeffreyw

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Good morning!

Western good morning!

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Yeah Sure WhatEVs  Dec 26, 2020 • 8:14:16am

re: #141 mmmirele

A street food stand, complete with paintings, has been uncovered in Pompeii. Great pictures with the article. The paintings look like they were painted recently, not over 1900 years ago.

reuters.com

That was awesome. Those pictures. Wow!

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Yeah Sure WhatEVs  Dec 26, 2020 • 8:15:45am

re: #146 Nyet

I’m a democrat and I approve this message.

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Yeah Sure WhatEVs  Dec 26, 2020 • 8:18:37am

How true.

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Nyet  Dec 26, 2020 • 8:20:01am

I see a report at DailyBeast from 22 Dec that it was Trump personally who refused to appoint her; grain of salt etc.

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Decatur Deb  Dec 26, 2020 • 8:20:27am

re: #141 mmmirele

A street food stand, complete with paintings, has been uncovered in Pompeii. Great pictures with the article. The paintings look like they were painted recently, not over 1900 years ago.

reuters.com

They were promised one on every street corner. Praetorians gotta have their chick filet.

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Nyet  Dec 26, 2020 • 8:20:32am

re: #150 Yeah Sure WhatEVs

They deserve each other.

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Belafon  Dec 26, 2020 • 8:21:18am
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Eric The Fruit Bat  Dec 26, 2020 • 8:21:20am

re: #90 Axolotl

Then imagine for me what would happen if cell phones and other services were offline for a period of time.

If you were on T-Mobile, you don’t need to imagine what could happen as it DID happen.
Thankfully, there apparently there was no physical damage to any of their core facilities.

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Nyet  Dec 26, 2020 • 8:22:56am

Just a bit of random, unrelated math porn.

700 years of secrets of the Sum of Sums (paradoxical harmonic series)

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Nyet  Dec 26, 2020 • 8:27:36am

They certainly should start a 3rd party. Eternal Democrat rule ensues. /

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Yeah Sure WhatEVs  Dec 26, 2020 • 8:27:51am

Again…I have questions.

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Nyet  Dec 26, 2020 • 8:32:55am

The desperation in this thread is palpable. thedonald.win

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FFL (GOP Delenda Est)  Dec 26, 2020 • 8:33:06am

re: #152 Decatur Deb

They were promised one on every street corner. Praetorians gotta have their chick filet.

Not sure what was in the sausage, but the garum is pretty good.

(Wonder what the Pompeii equivalent of Cut-my-own-throat Dibbler was selling during the eruption. Pumice-based souvenirs and little toy volcanoes? “My brother got caught in a pyroclastic flow and I only got this lousy tunic” tunics?)

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Eventual Carrion  Dec 26, 2020 • 8:39:01am

re: #141 mmmirele

A street food stand, complete with paintings, has been uncovered in Pompeii. Great pictures with the article. The paintings look like they were painted recently, not over 1900 years ago.

reuters.com

“The front of the counter was decorated with brightly coloured frescoes, some depicting animals that were part of the ingredients in the food sold, such as a chicken and two ducks hanging upside down.”

This part was fine. Except the last image beside the chicken and ducks on the fresco looks suspiciously like a dog.

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Decatur Deb  Dec 26, 2020 • 8:39:03am

re: #160 FFL (GOP Delenda Est)

Not sure what was in the sausage, but the garum is pretty good.

(Wonder what the Pompeii equivalent of Cut-my-own-throat Dibbler was selling during the eruption. Pumice-based souvenirs and little toy volcanoes? “My brother got caught in a pyroclastic flow and I only got this lousy tunic” tunics?)

“See Neapolis and die.”

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thedopefishlives  Dec 26, 2020 • 8:39:53am

re: #161 Eventual Carrion

“The front of the counter was decorated with brightly coloured frescoes, some depicting animals that were part of the ingredients in the food sold, such as a chicken and two ducks hanging upside down.”

This part was fine. Except the last image beside the chicken and ducks on the fresco looks suspiciously like a dog.

I wasn’t sure if it was a dog or a horse. Either way, no thanks.

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FFL (GOP Delenda Est)  Dec 26, 2020 • 8:40:53am

re: #162 Decatur Deb

“See Neapoli and die.”

Now that is a somewhat subtle reference.

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Yeah Sure WhatEVs  Dec 26, 2020 • 8:43:50am
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FFL (GOP Delenda Est)  Dec 26, 2020 • 8:45:00am

re: #161 Eventual Carrion

“The front of the counter was decorated with brightly coloured frescoes, some depicting animals that were part of the ingredients in the food sold, such as a chicken and two ducks hanging upside down.”

This part was fine. Except the last image beside the chicken and ducks on the fresco looks suspiciously like a dog.

Wolf nibble chips.

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Yeah Sure WhatEVs  Dec 26, 2020 • 8:45:49am
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mmmirele  Dec 26, 2020 • 8:47:03am

re: #161 Eventual Carrion

“The front of the counter was decorated with brightly coloured frescoes, some depicting animals that were part of the ingredients in the food sold, such as a chicken and two ducks hanging upside down.”

This part was fine. Except the last image beside the chicken and ducks on the fresco looks suspiciously like a dog.

Yeah, but it was on a leash and I suspect it was along the lines of CAVE CANEM, also found in Pompeii in tiles and means “beware of the dog.” ETA the frescoes also had a woman on a horse and I doubt they were selling human meat.

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Dr. Teddy's Person  Dec 26, 2020 • 8:48:35am

re: #168 mmmirele

Yeah, but it was on a leash and I suspect it was along the lines of CAVE CANEM, also found in Pompeii in tiles and means “beware of the dog.”

So. Guardian of the food truck. Not on the menu.

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Barefoot Grin  Dec 26, 2020 • 8:55:40am

re: #139 lawhawk

And he’s busy bitching about the election and making up nonsensical stories too.

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There’s no soldier who told Trump this. Not a one. Why? Because soldiers have precisely zero to do with the administration of elections in the US. And someone who’s a grunt in Afghanistan wouldn’t have access to Trump to regale him with this story. It’s another piece of Trump fan-fic.

The soldier’s name was Lei Feng. They found his diary on every page of which he declares his wish to give his life for the Great Helmethairman.

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Dave In Austin  Dec 26, 2020 • 9:06:32am

re: #158 Yeah Sure WhatEVs

Again…I have questions.

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The thread is priceless…..

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Jay C  Dec 26, 2020 • 9:07:17am

re: #168 mmmirele

ETA the frescoes also had a woman on a horse and I doubt they were selling human meat.

Not that they were likely to advertise, anyway….

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jeffreyw  Dec 26, 2020 • 9:11:53am

re: #168 mmmirele

Yeah, but it was on a leash and I suspect it was along the lines of CAVE CANEM, also found in Pompeii in tiles and means “beware of the dog.” ETA the frescoes also had a woman on a horse and I doubt they were selling human meat.

They were advertising their drive up accommodations.

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Belafon  Dec 26, 2020 • 9:19:31am

I’m actually surprised at this:

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JC1  Dec 26, 2020 • 9:23:36am

re: #65 ericblair

There was also the 500 Euro note, of course, made because of pressure from the Germans (from what I understand). They discontinued these a few years ago because of the obvious money laundering problems, where you could fit a million Euros in a small bag.

At least the Swiss still have their 1k franc bill.
I miss the 500 Euro bills.

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Dr. Teddy's Person  Dec 26, 2020 • 9:23:39am
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thedopefishlives  Dec 26, 2020 • 9:24:33am

re: #176 Dr. Teddy’s Person

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That’s actually a bit faster than I was expecting. I figured we’d be getting this headline tomorrow or early Monday.

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JC1  Dec 26, 2020 • 9:24:37am

re: #67 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))

Yes, they are still “legal tender” but only banks will take them.

Casinos will as well.

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stpaulbear  Dec 26, 2020 • 9:27:38am

re: #123 FFL (GOP Delenda Est)

Heh. An ATM gave me some $50 early in the year. Those are hard to spend with the ways I usually use cash since a lot of shops around here will not take anything larger than a $20. (They have signs indicating they do not take $50 or $100 bills.) I eventually was able to find places that would take them and had sufficient change.

My credit union’s ATM defaults to spitting out $50’s if you ask for $100. There’s an option on the ATM to customize the bill mix so I have to take the extra steps to make sure that I get five $20s instead. That said, I’ve had the same amount of cash in my wallet for almost two months now. I always used to use cash at the grocery store, but now I use my debit card there because I don’t want to handle the money I get back in change, and the clerk doesn’t have to handle the card.

My neighborhood Chinese restaurant gets mad if you try to use a card for anything under $20, but they had (hope they still have) a system where they wouldn’t mix incoming money with the change money. They’d always have a stash that they said was sterilized, and use that for change.

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FFL (GOP Delenda Est)  Dec 26, 2020 • 9:28:46am

re: #172 Jay C

Not that they were likely to advertise, anyway….

That meant they did orders “to go”, or had delivery.
//

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Eventual Carrion  Dec 26, 2020 • 9:30:32am

I just saw a gaggle of geese flying south when I was on the back porch having a smoke and looking at the snow. Made me think of this joke.

This little bird decided to stay behind for a while longer after the rest of the flock started moving south. Figured he could snap up all the leftover food still there and catch up later. Eventually it started getting pretty cold ad the bird decided he better start south. He was flying along and as night started setting in his wings started to freeze up. Eventually he had to set down in a pasture. It was just getting colder and his wings were not going to thaw out there.

Along down the pasture comes this cow. It walks right over the bird and drops a patti right on the bird. The bird is thinking, “What else can happen to me now?”. But the poo is warm and soon the bird feels his wings thawing. He now has hope.

As he was warming up. He was so happy he started to sing. A nearby cat heard this singing and came to investigate. The cat grabs the bird out of the cow patti and eats him.

Morals of the story:
Everyone who shits on you is not necessarily your enemy.
Everyone who gets you out of shit is not necessarily your friend.
And if you are warm and happy in a pile of shit, keep your mouth shut.

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Jay C  Dec 26, 2020 • 9:31:59am

re: #180 FFL (GOP Delenda Est)

That meant they did orders “to go”, or had delivery.
//

So one wonders if the slaves they sent out “on delivery” ever caught on why they weren’t actually carrying anything…? 😉

re: #176 Dr. Teddy’s Person

Yeah, that does seem quick work. Hopefully not just a “usual suspects” thing…

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Yeah Sure WhatEVs  Dec 26, 2020 • 9:36:15am
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Eclectic Cyborg  Dec 26, 2020 • 9:38:43am

So I’ve been thinking about that Florida Man thing.

I’m guessing the dudes friend just said: “Hey can I store some stuff in your garage/shed for a little while? It won’t take up much room and I’ll come back and get it in like a month”
Dude said: “sure no problem”. Friend came by while dude wasn’t home and dropped the stuff off. Dude didn’t pay it much attention until the friend never came back for it and started to wonder what was up.

I say this because if I saw a friend of mine storing an enormous trash can in my garage I would have questions. And unless I got good answers I would tell the friend to keep the can out of my garage/shed.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Dec 26, 2020 • 9:43:07am

moron

and he retweeted this crap:

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thedopefishlives  Dec 26, 2020 • 9:45:48am

Ron DeathSantis chooses the best people.

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plansbandc  Dec 26, 2020 • 9:46:18am

re: #109 jeffreyw

What type of bird is that?

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PhillyPretzel  Dec 26, 2020 • 9:46:44am

re: #186 thedopefishlives

Just like DT does.

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PhillyPretzel  Dec 26, 2020 • 9:48:01am

re: #187 plansbandc

It is a buck bird. (and if you believe that I have a bridge I want to sell you)

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Eclectic Cyborg  Dec 26, 2020 • 9:48:14am

re: #186 thedopefishlives

Ron DeathSantis chooses the best people.

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But does this spokesman still have his job?

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plansbandc  Dec 26, 2020 • 9:48:48am

re: #125 Dr. Teddy’s Person

Other than white supremacists and dictators, has he ever really had a nice word for anyone but himself?

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Michele: Out of the closet, Into the fire  Dec 26, 2020 • 9:51:33am

re: #187 plansbandc

What type of bird is that?

Why it’s a Killdeer of course.

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plansbandc  Dec 26, 2020 • 9:51:49am

re: #141 mmmirele

So cool!

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Dec 26, 2020 • 9:55:37am
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Backwoods_Sleuth  Dec 26, 2020 • 9:58:10am
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PhillyPretzel  Dec 26, 2020 • 9:58:27am

re: #194 Backwoods_Sleuth

DT is doing everything to destroy the US because we did not re-elect him. Talk about retribution from a bully.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Dec 26, 2020 • 9:59:09am
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FFL (GOP Delenda Est)  Dec 26, 2020 • 10:00:06am

re: #195 Backwoods_Sleuth

They had to do something with all the leftover napalm from the Vietnam War. Add apples and sugar, place inside pastry (bomb)shell and sell at a fast food restaurant. GENIUS!
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Backwoods_Sleuth  Dec 26, 2020 • 10:03:27am
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Michele: Out of the closet, Into the fire  Dec 26, 2020 • 10:03:45am

re: #195 Backwoods_Sleuth

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And they were great with soft serve vanilla ice cream.

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Anymouse 🌹🏡😷  Dec 26, 2020 • 10:04:38am

re: #183 Yeah Sure WhatEVs

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Anymouse 🌹🏡😷  Dec 26, 2020 • 10:07:25am

re: #186 thedopefishlives

Ron DeathSantis chooses the best people.

And when they read the names at the 9/11 Memorial, they don’t read all the names of the people in New York who weren’t killed.

Bobby Jindal told them to stop being the stupid party. They ditched Bobby Jindal.

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thedopefishlives  Dec 26, 2020 • 10:07:35am

re: #201 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷

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Really, what being in a “bubble” produces is an extremely localized outbreak. If one person in that bubble gets exposed, everyone in the bubble is likewise exposed.

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Hecuba's daughter  Dec 26, 2020 • 10:13:14am

re: #78 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷

….

Again I asked, why do people like this get to attend prestigious universities such as MIT and I was denied due to lack of money?

Prestigious universities look at scores on tests and grades in classes and admission essays, as well as financial resources and family ties to the university; they don’t care about ethics, morals, or temperament.

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Anymouse 🌹🏡😷  Dec 26, 2020 • 10:14:40am

re: #203 thedopefishlives

Really, what being in a “bubble” produces is an extremely localized outbreak. If one person in that bubble gets exposed, everyone in the bubble is likewise exposed.

And then they’ll carry it to people outside their bubble (stores, churches, &c)

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Hecuba's daughter  Dec 26, 2020 • 10:15:35am

re: #94 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷

…People who have survived a coronavirus infection say the experience made them take the pandemic more seriously, according to an Axios/Ipsos survey— the first to focus exclusively on people who have contracted the virus….

Like Trump, Rand Paul, Giuliani? Chris Christie was the rare person in the Trump orbit who was changed by the experience.

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thedopefishlives  Dec 26, 2020 • 10:15:55am

re: #205 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷

And then they’ll carry it to people outside their bubble (stores, churches, &c)

Yep. So the net effect is that the disease spreads in local clusters; each cluster infects itself, then one or more people cross-spread it to one or more other clusters. And so it continues.

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A Mom Anon  Dec 26, 2020 • 10:19:24am

re: #207 thedopefishlives

You also have to assume that people in your bubble are being honest about what they do and who they come into contact with. That’s not always the case, and all it takes really is one moment of carelessness and your bubble pops.

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thedopefishlives  Dec 26, 2020 • 10:20:23am

re: #208 A Mom Anon

You also have to assume that people in your bubble are being honest about what they do and who they come into contact with. That’s not always the case, and all it takes really is one moment of carelessness and your bubble pops.

Case in point: My family.

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Hecuba's daughter  Dec 26, 2020 • 10:22:03am

re: #118 mmmirele

…

Basically, people around the country have noticed that Scientology orgs (their shops/churches/businesses) have been boarding up their windows over the last few weeks. ..

tonyortega.org

So there you have it. The loony space alien cult thinks there will be Inauguration Day riots. *rolls eyes*

We don’t know know what the militias or the Proud Boys or the 3%ers or other white supremacists have planned for Inauguration day when Trump is not the one to take the oath of office. There may indeed be serious riots led by seditious criminals such as Mike Flynn or Lin Wood.

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Charles Johnson  Dec 26, 2020 • 10:32:00am

We have yet another ad-free one year subscription to give away, thanks to another Secret Santa, and this one goes to… [ reaching into bin ] …

nines09

Please enjoy!

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Anymouse 🌹🏡😷  Dec 26, 2020 • 10:34:11am

re: #208 A Mom Anon

You also have to assume that people in your bubble are being honest about what they do and who they come into contact with. That’s not always the case, and all it takes really is one moment of carelessness and your bubble pops.

That was the argument I made before Thanksgiving here. Several people hammered me on that, claiming no one in their bubbles would be dishonest with them.

It doesn’t even take dishonesty. All it takes is someone coming in contact with a person who has not become ill yet but can spread the virus, such as a store clerk.

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Anymouse 🌹🏡😷  Dec 26, 2020 • 10:35:57am

I’m going to head off to bed. It’s going on noon; I’m way past my bedtime.

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nines09  Dec 26, 2020 • 10:37:50am

re: #211 Charles Johnson

We have yet another ad-free one year subscription to give away, thanks to another Secret Santa, and this one goes to… [ reaching into bin ] …

nines09

Please enjoy!

Just sat down and read this!
Thank you and thank you!
and thank you all.
It’s a nice thing you all do and I do appreciate it.
I’m humbled.

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Dr. Teddy's Person  Dec 26, 2020 • 10:39:16am

re: #214 nines09

Just sat down and read this!
Thank you and thank you!
and thank you all.
It’s a nice thing you all do and I do appreciate it.
I’m humbled.

I know one way to show your appreciation. Cooper Pics!!!!!

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A Mom Anon  Dec 26, 2020 • 10:41:20am

re: #212 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷

True. I just found out last night that one of my hubby’s cousins, who is married to a nurse, has covid, her nurse hubby brought it home even though they have been careful. He strips down after work in the garage (where the washer and dryer are), showers before interacting with anyone and has pretty much followed all the rules. They both have mild cases as of now and their kids, ages almost 1 and 7 are fine so far. They did the best they could and even made their bubble smaller and still got sick.

Of course there are people who look at that and say “See, it doesn’t matter what you do so I might as well have fun.” Which is why we find ourselves here in this mess nearly a year after the first case was made public.

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FFL (GOP Delenda Est)  Dec 26, 2020 • 10:41:20am

Floof Cat is doing the frentic behavior and racing all over the house. Apparently when the curtain is not in the way she likes racing in and out of the bathroom and jumping into the tub.

(Goes to get some pictures - which I expect will cause the behavior pattern to immediately end. Cat quantum physics?)

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nines09  Dec 26, 2020 • 10:45:38am

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Dr. Teddy's Person  Dec 26, 2020 • 10:47:28am

re: #218 nines09

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Michele: Out of the closet, Into the fire  Dec 26, 2020 • 10:50:28am

So my Partner gave me a $100.00 gift card to PetCo to get me a animal companion* to keep me company while I am at the apartment down south. Since either a cat or dog is a non-starter I am considering either a pygmy bunny or Guinea pig. Any advice Lizards?

* The $100.00 is for the companion and some of what it/she/he will require. Guess who gets to pick up the tab for everything else? LoL :-)

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jeffreyw  Dec 26, 2020 • 10:54:00am

re: #189 PhillyPretzel

It is a buck bird. (and if you believe that I have a bridge I want to sell you)

doe bird
I have seen a deer fly.

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🌹UOJB!  Dec 26, 2020 • 10:55:59am

re: #195 Backwoods_Sleuth

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A Mom Anon  Dec 26, 2020 • 10:56:32am

Since there are a lot of doggo moms and dads here, I have a question.

Cleo has developed really dry,flaky skin, to the point that clumps of hair are coming out with big skin flakes attached along with serious dandruff. She’s on a food for sensitive skin and tummies and we’ve had her on apoquel for the itching but is causes awful diarrhea, so we switched to Benadryl for now. Do any of you have experience with adding something like salmon oil or other supplements to help with this? She’s shedding ridiculous amounts, but she’s a GSD and that’s expected. I’ve ordered some probiotics for her sensitive tummy, but need something that would help her skin too. Thoughts? Suggestions?

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LadyBehir  Dec 26, 2020 • 10:57:17am

re: #220 Michele: Out of the closet, Into the fire

If you get a Guinea Pig, get 2. They are very very social animals and do not thrive solo.
Rabbits can live 10 years. My son’s did. RIP, Mr Peebles - best rabbit ever. But they chew everything! Can be litter trained.

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Dangerman  Dec 26, 2020 • 11:03:27am

re: #216 A Mom Anon

True. I just found out last night that one of my hubby’s cousins, who is married to a nurse, has covid, her nurse hubby brought it home even though they have been careful. He strips down after work in the garage (where the washer and dryer are), showers before interacting with anyone and has pretty much followed all the rules. They both have mild cases as of now and their kids, ages almost 1 and 7 are fine so far. They did the best they could and even made their bubble smaller and still got sick.

Of course there are people who look at that and say “See, it doesn’t matter what you do so I might as well have fun.” Which is why we find ourselves here in this mess nearly a year after the first case was made public.

The flip is if you “do everything right” you might get a milder viral load

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FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀 No Capt'n😷Trips  Dec 26, 2020 • 11:03:40am

Apparently linked to the RV.
Seems likely that sharing the image of the RV has paid off, or it was the VIN

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Dangerman  Dec 26, 2020 • 11:07:34am

re: #220 Michele: Out of the closet, Into the fire

So my Partner gave me a $100.00 gift card to PetCo to get me a animal companion* to keep me company while I am at the apartment down south. Since either a cat or dog is a non-starter I am considering either a pygmy bunny or Guinea pig. Any advice Lizards?

* The $100.00 is for the companion and some of what it/she/he will require. Guess who gets to pick up the tab for everything else? LoL :-)

Lizards definitely lizards.
You left out the semicolon right?

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nines09  Dec 26, 2020 • 11:07:57am

re: #223 A Mom Anon

Cookie, who we lost in April, developed a skin condition and was given apoquel.
We personally think that drug was a part of the reason he got so ill and eventually had to be let go.
I would not give that to any dog I have from here on out. But you stopped. Good.
Good luck, talk to about 10 Vets. You’ll find one with decent ideas.

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stpaulbear  Dec 26, 2020 • 11:10:24am

re: #226 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀 No Capt’n😷Trips

Apparently linked to the RV.
Seems likely that sharing the image of the RV has paid off, or it was the VIN

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He even has Q in his name!

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Dr. Teddy's Person  Dec 26, 2020 • 11:12:45am

re: #229 stpaulbear

He even has Q in his name!

Those human remains are JFK Jr. 😵

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Michele: Out of the closet, Into the fire  Dec 26, 2020 • 11:25:12am

re: #224 LadyBehir

If you get a Guinea Pig, get 2. They are very very social animals and do not thrive solo.
Rabbits can live 10 years. My son’s did. RIP, Mr Peebles - best rabbit ever. But they chew everything! Can be litter trained.

Thanks for the info.

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Michele: Out of the closet, Into the fire  Dec 26, 2020 • 11:27:23am

re: #227 Dangerman; Not a Dr. & don’t play one on TV

Lizards definitely lizards.
You left out the semicolon right?

Damn grammar nazis. :-) Lizards are a no go as well.

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So Cal Greek Hippie  Dec 26, 2020 • 11:53:31am

re: #223 A Mom Anon

My dogs are allergic to things that fly
And grain
And cross contamination with the cat
Many dog foods labeled something like “wild venison blend” use chicken ingredients
Wife feeds small teaspoon of pumpkin and one of salmon with Costco salmon kibble to good effect

October 2020: at Ventura Beach

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