Seth Meyers: GOP Reels as Scandal-Ridden MAGA Candidates Like Walker and Oz Implode

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Seth takes a closer look at the GOP rallying behind several pro-Trump Senate candidates whose campaigns have been engulfed in scandal as Trump himself continues to face more legal scrutiny over the stolen classified documents he stashed away at Mar-a-Lago.

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Captain Ron  Oct 6, 2022 • 6:50:46pm
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Captain Ron  Oct 6, 2022 • 6:53:05pm

She-Hulk meets Daredevil.

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wrenchwench  Oct 6, 2022 • 7:08:11pm

I stopped by work to get my schedule. Today’s freebie was a bag of a dozen chocolate chip cookies that were baked a little too long. I’m into cookie diversity, I grabbed ‘em. I also bought a new battery for the scale. Not a good combo. Maybe I should wait a few weeks before I install it.

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Patricia Kayden  Oct 6, 2022 • 7:12:46pm
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Patricia Kayden  Oct 6, 2022 • 7:19:30pm

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TarHellion  Oct 6, 2022 • 7:23:07pm

Glad to be watching Sandman and not a 6-6 NFL game

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GlutenFreeJesus  Oct 6, 2022 • 7:26:32pm

re: #5 Patricia Kayden

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GlutenFreeJesus  Oct 6, 2022 • 7:27:11pm

re: #4 Patricia Kayden

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Mike Lamb  Oct 6, 2022 • 7:28:03pm

re: #4 Patricia Kayden

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And are busy trying to reverse debt relief and want to make sure prescription drug prices remain high.

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FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀 No Capt'n 😷 Trips  Oct 6, 2022 • 7:29:01pm

re: #6 TarHellion

Glad to be watching Sandman and not a 6-6 NFL game

These Russel Wilson and Matt Ryan guys don’t seem ready for prime time (no pun intended)
Maybe with time they’ll develop into mediocre NFL QBs

/s/

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Dangerman  Oct 6, 2022 • 7:33:35pm
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Dangerman  Oct 6, 2022 • 7:36:02pm

Rando 1

The entire case just highlights the inequity of “justice” if the target is a politician and/or considered high status because of connections or role.

Does anyone really believe that if the person being investigated was named John Smith he would still be walking the street if he had taken classified information from a government building, and may still have some of the stuff hidden after dicking around the Department of Justice for a year on returning the material?

Hell fucking no. The FBI would be flipping every residence and every possible hiding place looking for the stuff, and they would have put the person in cuffs when they executed the search warrant, and there would be no question about an indictment.

But here we are having to play this fucking game about doing a complete and proper investigation that dots all the i’s and crosses t’s, that no ordinary non-connected, non-political person would ever get the deference of, with pundits and legal experts so concerned about the political taint of an indictment. I mean come the fuck on.

Rando 2

Everyone, and I do mean EVERYONE, from Daniel Hale to Reality Winner, didn’t get to have the government ask nicely for a year or more before a search. And even the “search” were pretty different, in that, EVERYONE ELSE BUT DRUMPF would be subjugated to an actual FBI raid.

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Hecuba's daughter  Oct 6, 2022 • 7:36:16pm

re: #8 GlutenFreeJesus

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wrenchwench  Oct 6, 2022 • 7:37:57pm

The Top 10 Comment with the 17 updings advanced to one with 18 updings. It was one I had not yet dinged up, so I did, and it got replaced when I refreshed the category, by a different comment with 18 updings. I gave it a 19th, and it’s still there, post-refresh, with 19 positive dings..

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EPR-radar  Oct 6, 2022 • 7:43:23pm

From downstairs:

re: #92 Cheechako

You only have one shot to get the King…you better not miss.

The counterpoint to this is that a sufficiently delayed shot at the King is a miss.

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FFL (GOP Delenda Est)  Oct 6, 2022 • 7:49:47pm

re: #15 EPR-radar

From downstairs:

The counterpoint to this is that a sufficient delayed shot at the King is a miss.

Or that if you never take the shot you have zero chance of a hit.

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darthstar  Oct 6, 2022 • 7:54:07pm

re: #15 EPR-radar

From downstairs:

The counterpoint to this is that a sufficiently delayed shot at the King is a miss.

I saw that story earlier and shot off a quick reply:

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ckkatz  Oct 6, 2022 • 7:55:09pm
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ckkatz  Oct 6, 2022 • 7:56:21pm
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darthstar  Oct 6, 2022 • 7:57:01pm
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TedStriker  Oct 6, 2022 • 7:57:03pm

re: #16 FFL (GOP Delenda Est)

Or that if you never take the shot you have zero chance of a hit.

I believe the Yogi-ism is something like, “you miss all the shots you never take”.

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darthstar  Oct 6, 2022 • 7:57:18pm

re: #18 ckkatz

All on the same lawn?

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ckkatz  Oct 6, 2022 • 7:58:38pm

re: #22 darthstar

All on the same lawn?

That’s a definite maybe!

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ckkatz  Oct 6, 2022 • 8:00:15pm

Fish stories and whale tales:

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FFL (GOP Delenda Est)  Oct 6, 2022 • 8:03:25pm

re: #24 ckkatz

Fish stories and whale tales:

I wonder if part of that is the reduction in the whale populations due to hunting?

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ckkatz  Oct 6, 2022 • 8:04:10pm
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GlutenFreeJesus  Oct 6, 2022 • 8:04:18pm

re: #13 Hecuba’s daughter

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Captain Ron  Oct 6, 2022 • 8:05:36pm

I think there is a new bass player somewhere about a block away. He starts up ba-ba-bum, ba-ba-bum for about 30 seconds then it stops for a random amount of time then starts up again. ‘He’ can’t quite make the transition and then starts over from the beginning.

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ipsos  Oct 6, 2022 • 8:21:59pm

I don’t usually post a lot of personal stuff here, but:

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jeffreyw  Oct 6, 2022 • 8:27:27pm

re: #29 ipsos

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Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus  Oct 6, 2022 • 8:28:02pm

re: #26 ckkatz

Global competition is real. It’s always been real.

It’s not much on the top of the American political discussion board, but that is because Americans think they are immune to such competition.

But we’re not.

That is why we have inflation (this time external factors are much more important than some past bouts of inflation) so severe the past two years or so.

In my gloom about our future doom, I imagine a much more dramatic American response to the realities that we want to consume everything but the real world will not allow unlimited desires to be fulfilled.

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darthstar  Oct 6, 2022 • 8:31:05pm
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Hecuba's daughter  Oct 6, 2022 • 8:35:12pm

re: #29 ipsos

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darthstar  Oct 6, 2022 • 8:36:47pm

re: #29 ipsos

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retired cynic  Oct 6, 2022 • 8:39:58pm

re: #29 ipsos

I don’t usually post a lot of personal stuff here, but:

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Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus  Oct 6, 2022 • 8:43:54pm

New from Postmodern Jukebox - dancer Jabu Graybeal having a lot of fun with the gang:

Youtube Video


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Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus  Oct 6, 2022 • 8:44:48pm

re: #36 Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus

I kept wondering why they had a woman in the corner on the phone all the time….

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ckkatz  Oct 6, 2022 • 8:45:57pm

re: #29 ipsos

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FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀 No Capt'n 😷 Trips  Oct 6, 2022 • 8:51:28pm
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Targetpractice  Oct 6, 2022 • 8:53:09pm

re: #39 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀 No Capt’n 😷 Trips

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Yes, I’m sure this will be every bit as devastating as all the events of Sept 24th were.

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ckkatz  Oct 6, 2022 • 8:53:21pm

re: #37 Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus

I kept wondering why they had a woman in the corner on the phone all the time….

To hide the saxophonist?

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EPR-radar  Oct 6, 2022 • 8:55:00pm

re: #39 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀 No Capt’n 😷 Trips

Words cannot express how utterly unconcerned I am about this supposed issue with the covid vaccines.

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Shiplord Kirel: Fan of Big Bird, Bert, and Ernie  Oct 6, 2022 • 8:55:31pm
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Sherlock Hound  Oct 6, 2022 • 8:56:33pm

re: #29 ipsos

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Sherlock Hound  Oct 6, 2022 • 8:59:42pm

re: #40 Targetpractice

Yes, I’m sure this will be every bit as devastating as all the events of Sept 24th were.

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“It’s been two-and-a-half-fucking years! Five shots! When is it happen—-“
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“But. Seriously?”

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FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀 No Capt'n 😷 Trips  Oct 6, 2022 • 9:01:10pm
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darthstar  Oct 6, 2022 • 9:08:03pm
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wrenchwench  Oct 6, 2022 • 9:10:45pm
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wrenchwench  Oct 6, 2022 • 9:13:27pm

re: #29 ipsos

I don’t usually post a lot of personal stuff here, but:

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sagehen  Oct 6, 2022 • 9:14:28pm

re: #27 GlutenFreeJesus

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darthstar  Oct 6, 2022 • 9:14:51pm

Looking forward to those assholes from the Oath Keepers trying to use this as their defense…See! It was the proud bois the whole time! We were just being patriotic.

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Anymouse 🌹🏡😷  Oct 6, 2022 • 9:15:16pm

hi.

Just checking in before bed.

We are in Strathroy, Ontario tonight (a few miles from the border with Michigan). We were unable to meet up with our friends in London today due to scheduling.

We attempted to find a hotel room in London, but every hotel is full. “Hockey tournament, sorry.” Ontario did not inform me there was a hockey tournament going on in London: I will have to file a grievance with the provincial complaint department.

It looks like what we’re going to do is visit my cousin in Michigan, then turn north and go home via the Trans-Canada Highway. My cousin tells me the tree colour in Michigan is magnificent right now.

That, and the route via Saskatchewan is much more interesting than Interstate 80 all the way to Nebraska.

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Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus  Oct 6, 2022 • 9:15:46pm

re: #48 wrenchwench

That’s not a tiny cow. It just looks small because it is sitting on top of what remains of a giant redwood after the tree had been topped and the lower limbs stripped.

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Anymouse 🌹🏡😷  Oct 6, 2022 • 9:16:26pm

re: #29 ipsos

[[[ipsos]]]

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Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus  Oct 6, 2022 • 9:17:16pm

re: #47 darthstar

The worry is the other race. I’m now doubt that Abrams will win, giving Mitch a 51-49 majority in the Senate.

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Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus  Oct 6, 2022 • 9:19:37pm

re: #52 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷

Note to self when traveling up north: always assume there is a hockey tournament going on somewhere in Canada.

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Targetpractice  Oct 6, 2022 • 9:19:45pm

“Sources say the DOJ has enough to criminally charge Hunter Biden!”

Yeah, sure. Meanwhile, I remember when “sources” said the FBI had 150+ agents working on the Buttery Males investigation and that they were all pressuring Comey to announce criminal charges under threat of mass resignations.

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The Pie Overlord!  Oct 6, 2022 • 9:20:23pm

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darthstar  Oct 6, 2022 • 9:21:03pm
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JC1  Oct 6, 2022 • 9:23:51pm

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darthstar  Oct 6, 2022 • 9:23:52pm

re: #55 Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus

The worry is the other race. I’m now doubt that Abrams will win, giving Mitch a 51-49 majority in the Senate.

Abrams is running for Governor. Warnock wins, it’s a hold. If Fetterman wins, it’s +1. If Ryan and Fetterman win, it’s +2. Then we need Kelly to hold and whoever the fuck is in Nevada to hold.

Bonus points if we can unseat Rubio and/or Johnson.

Also, the House is a fuckin’ crap shoot. If the GOP is +1, it’s going to be a shit show.

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BeachDem  Oct 6, 2022 • 9:24:07pm

re: #55 Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus

The worry is the other race. I’m now doubt that Abrams will win, giving Mitch a 51-49 majority in the Senate.

That would be quite a trick, since she’s running for governor.

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Hecuba's daughter  Oct 6, 2022 • 9:31:02pm

re: #57 Targetpractice

“Sources say the DOJ has enough to criminally charge Hunter Biden!”

Yeah, sure. Meanwhile, I remember when “sources” said the FBI had 150+ agents working on the Buttery Males investigation and that they were all pressuring Comey to announce criminal charges under threat of mass resignations.

He obviously was under pressure to make the announcements he did make — ones that he should never have revealed to the public. The NY office of the FBI was known as Trumpland, and they were very unhappy that Comey didn’t prosecute, although he totally tanked her Presidential prospects.

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Hecuba's daughter  Oct 6, 2022 • 9:31:48pm

re: #60 JC1

5/6. This one will give folks trouble.

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BigPapa  Oct 6, 2022 • 9:41:27pm
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wrenchwench  Oct 6, 2022 • 9:44:36pm

re: #64 Hecuba’s daughter

That’s what Grunthos said earlier in the day.

So, should I stay up 2 and a half hours, and do it before I go to sleep, or do it when I get up before I go to work, or when I get home in about 17 hours? Would it make a difference? Why am I asking you?

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ckkatz  Oct 6, 2022 • 9:47:48pm

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sagehen  Oct 6, 2022 • 9:47:57pm

re: #63 Hecuba’s daughter

He obviously was under pressure to make the announcements he did make — ones that he should never have revealed to the public. The NY office of the FBI was known as Trumpland, and they were very unhappy that Comey didn’t prosecute, although he totally tanked her Presidential prospects.

Yeah, well… Merrick Garland is also under a fuckload of pressure, but he doesn’t cave to it.

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Hecuba's daughter  Oct 6, 2022 • 9:52:50pm

re: #66 wrenchwench

So, should I stay up 2 and a half hours, and do it before I go to sleep, or do it when I get up before I go to work, or when I get home in about 17 hours? Would it make a difference? Why am I asking you?

I don’t know…. it’s not available yet and I am going to wait till the morning… it’s midnight in 8 minutes and I’m heading to bed!

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mmmirele  Oct 6, 2022 • 9:57:08pm

My cat is weird. OK so all cats are weird. All through September she would sleep next to the front door. However, with the start of this month, she has moved to my bedroom. She started out four feet to the left of my desk chair and over the week has slowly edged closer and closer.

This evening, she got within six inches of the desk chair, which is too close and I nearly stepped on her. She has since moved out to two feet.

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wrenchwench  Oct 6, 2022 • 9:57:28pm
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ckkatz  Oct 6, 2022 • 9:59:11pm
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wrenchwench  Oct 6, 2022 • 9:59:41pm

re: #71 wrenchwench

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wrenchwench  Oct 6, 2022 • 10:01:18pm

re: #72 ckkatz

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Adak?

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Targetpractice  Oct 6, 2022 • 10:02:46pm

re: #5 Patricia Kayden

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Captain Ron  Oct 6, 2022 • 10:06:40pm

re: #74 wrenchwench

Little Diomede or St Lawrence Island?

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Captain Ron  Oct 6, 2022 • 10:07:54pm

Oh, or Attu.

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FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀 No Capt'n 😷 Trips  Oct 6, 2022 • 10:11:13pm

re: #77 Captain Ron

Oh, or Attu.

St. Lawrence Island

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A hollow voice says: Abort SCOTUS  Oct 6, 2022 • 10:12:21pm

re: #29 ipsos

I don’t usually post a lot of personal stuff here, but:

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Captain Ron  Oct 6, 2022 • 10:13:56pm

re: #78 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀 No Capt’n 😷 Trips

This late in the season it’s pretty icy up that far, walkable in winter.

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wrenchwench  Oct 6, 2022 • 10:16:09pm

Mr. w was on Adak for a year, back when it had a Navy base.

I used to go for bike rides with a guy who convinced me to open my own bike shop. He was the president of a local bank, so he was a big help.

He was in the Navy also, also on Adak, the same year. They did not recall seeing each other.

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retired cynic  Oct 6, 2022 • 10:18:43pm

re: #81 wrenchwench

That’s quite the coinkeydink.

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Captain Ron  Oct 6, 2022 • 10:21:24pm

re: #81 wrenchwench

I had a friend who was a Coastie on Adak. He had stories about the bears.

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wrenchwench  Oct 6, 2022 • 10:22:30pm

re: #82 retired cynic

That’s quite the coinkeydink.

It keeps happening.

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Teukka  Oct 6, 2022 • 10:24:13pm

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Captain Ron  Oct 6, 2022 • 10:25:31pm
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wrenchwench  Oct 6, 2022 • 10:26:58pm

re: #83 Captain Ron

I had a friend who was a Coastie on Adak. He had stories about the bears.

IIRC, when there was a bear sighting near the station, everybody had to stay inside until it went farther away. That where most people wanted to stay most of the time anyway.

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Egregious Philbin  Oct 6, 2022 • 10:34:12pm

re: #87 wrenchwench

When I worked for the airlines, we always had plenty of free passes that were raffled off from Reeve Aleutian Air along with passes to places people wanted to go, like…everywhere else on the planet. I almost used one to go to Adak, just to fly on their Lockheed L-188C Electra, just to say I flew it…

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wrenchwench  Oct 6, 2022 • 10:37:12pm

re: #88 Egregious Philbin

When I worked for the airlines, we always had plenty of free passes that were raffled off from Reeve Aleutian Air along with passes to places people wanted to go, like…everywhere else on the planet. I almost used one to go to Adak, just to fly on their Lockheed L-188C Electra, just to say I flew it…

Mr. w never flew when I knew him. He said he used up all his chances in the Navy.

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ckkatz  Oct 6, 2022 • 10:37:24pm

re: #86 Captain Ron

The assumption is that Kanye is mad at Kusher and Kushner’s brother because they are funding Kanye’s ex’s clothing line. Oh the drama of it all.

Kanye West Is Now Taking Shots at the Kushner Brothers

Iconic rapper Ye, born Kanye West, is apparently not too pleased that Jared Kushner’s brother’s venture capital firm has invested in ex-wife Kim Kardashian’s clothing line Skims. “FUCK JOSH KUSHNER,” West posted. “WHAT IF I HAD 10% OF KARLIE KLOSS UNDERWEAR LINE WITHOUT YOU KNOWING. AND YOU ONLY HAD 5%,” the rapper wrote. As for his one-time friend Jared, West claimed the former Donald Trump adviser hindered his father-in-law’s presidential administration. “JARED [KUSHNER] WAS HOLDING TRUMP BACK,” he declared in all capital letters, while noting: “IVANKA IS FIRE.” A Jared Kushner spokesperson didn’t return The Daily Beast’s request for comment and West couldn’t be reached.

thedailybeast.com

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ckkatz  Oct 6, 2022 • 10:40:22pm

Russians flee by boat to Alaska after Putin’s military mobilization

Two Russian nationals fleeing President Vladimir Putin’s call-up of military reservists landed by boat on a remote Alaskan island in the Bering Sea and are seeking asylum in the United States, the state’s two senators and U.S. government officials said Thursday.

*snip*

The two appeared this week at a beach near Gambell, a tiny community on the northwest tip of St. Lawrence Island about 40 miles from mainland Russia, where they reported having fled “to avoid compulsory military service,” a spokesperson for Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) told the Associated Press.
*snip*

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BeachDem  Oct 6, 2022 • 10:41:25pm

re: #90 ckkatz

The assumption is that Kanye is mad at Kusher and Kushner’s brother because they are funding Kanye’s ex’s clothing line. Oh the drama of it all.

Kanye West Is Now Taking Shots at the Kushner Brothers

thedailybeast.com

I think I might be more sick of Kanye than I am of the Kardashians. And that’s saying something because I am really sick of the Kardashians.

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Romantic Heretic  Oct 6, 2022 • 10:42:33pm

re: #29 ipsos

I don’t usually post a lot of personal stuff here, but:

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Belafon  Oct 6, 2022 • 10:46:11pm

re: #39 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀 No Capt’n 😷 Trips

I am saving that one so I can make fun of them on the 11th.

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ckkatz  Oct 6, 2022 • 10:46:23pm
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Captain Ron  Oct 6, 2022 • 10:56:32pm
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Belafon  Oct 6, 2022 • 11:09:10pm

re: #26 ckkatz

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Belafon  Oct 6, 2022 • 11:12:18pm
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Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus  Oct 6, 2022 • 11:13:43pm

Rings of Power episode 7: I liked it, but I expect those who already hate RoP to continue doing so:

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Captain Ron  Oct 6, 2022 • 11:19:44pm
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Targetpractice  Oct 6, 2022 • 11:21:02pm

re: #98 Belafon

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In a world where the SCOTUS far-right majority had chosen to hold off on publicly bludgeoning Roe to death with a blunt axe until at least 2023, the Dems are currently debating not whether they can hold onto Congress, but just how horrendous the bloodbath is gonna be on Election Night.

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Blind Frog Belly White  Oct 6, 2022 • 11:28:33pm

re: #65 BigPapa

I know SOMEdoggy who likes his cruciferous veggies.

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CleverToad  Oct 6, 2022 • 11:29:14pm

re: #29 ipsos

I don’t usually post a lot of personal stuff here, but:

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Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus  Oct 6, 2022 • 11:44:32pm

Here’s the thing with modern TV and cinema: the pop media are always infatuated with the blockbusters and for the past 20 years so many cinema blockbusters have been super-hero movies, or all actions movies.

How many Fast and Furious have there been?

And how is Sharknado now a “franchise”?

When the clamoring voices cry out that they want “something to happen” in RoP they want what those above genres or franchises offer.

Rings of Power is clearly not an MCU-type of show. It’s about character development and what happens when people with what appear to be good intentions have bad things happen to them, or perhaps even cause the bad things to happen.

In some ways RoP reminds me of the film essay. For example, Welles’ movie F for Fake tells a story but nothing really “happens” in the movie, and I love it.

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CleverToad  Oct 6, 2022 • 11:46:14pm

re: #102 Blind Frog Belly White

I know SOMEdoggy who likes his cruciferous veggies.

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waves hi

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Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus  Oct 6, 2022 • 11:47:44pm

Almost a Donner-party type of story, but on a deserted island:

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Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus  Oct 6, 2022 • 11:49:35pm

re: #106 Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus

” Within a few weeks, [the merchant who assumed leadership] began ordering his henchmen to kill those who were sick or dying, ostensibly to reduce the number of mouths that had to be fed. Soon they expanded their warrant to eliminate anyone who challenged their authority. During a month of terror, they bludgeoned or slit the throats of carpenters, craftsmen, rival sailors, and women who were too old or infirm to interest them sexually. They forced others onto boats and set them adrift or threw them into the sea to drown. They clubbed to death the wife of the ship’s preacher and seven of their eight children, leaving their oldest daughter to serve as a concubine to one of the killers.”

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A hollow voice says: Abort SCOTUS  Oct 7, 2022 • 12:04:15am

re: #102 Blind Frog Belly White

I know SOMEdoggy who likes his cruciferous veggies.

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Captain Ron  Oct 7, 2022 • 12:58:46am

I harvested my one cannabis plant. It”s cherry cheesecake… it smells cheesy.

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Nyet  Oct 7, 2022 • 1:17:00am

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Nyet  Oct 7, 2022 • 1:42:21am

re: #32 darthstar

Some context is missing — before the Russian soldier asks to be killed, the Ukrainian one says that he will cut off his leg, which probably causes the request in the first place.

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Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus  Oct 7, 2022 • 2:01:37am

Make that Hammond groove:

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Targetpractice  Oct 7, 2022 • 2:22:26am

The winners weren’t even on NYT’s list of potential winners:

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Nyet  Oct 7, 2022 • 2:27:08am

Memorial has gotten the Nobel peace prize! Perfect.

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Nyet  Oct 7, 2022 • 2:35:34am

re: #114 Nyet

Memorial has gotten the Nobel peace prize! Perfect.

And I already see whining because Memorial is a Russian org, despite the fact that the aim of the society has been exposing Soviet/Russian totalitarianism and war crimes for decades. The whiners are very welcome to go and have sex with themselves.

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Dr Lizardo  Oct 7, 2022 • 2:44:56am

re: #115 Nyet

And I already see whining because Memorial is a Russian org, despite the fact that the aim of the society has been exposing Soviet/Russian totalitarianism and war crimes for decades. The whiners are very welcome to go and have sex with themselves.

Memorial has a very good track record (much, I’m sure, to the discomfort of the Russian government, to be sure) and their Noble Prize is deserved.

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Nyet  Oct 7, 2022 • 2:48:20am

re: #116 Dr Lizardo

I think half of the society is currently in Poland lol

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steve_davis  Oct 7, 2022 • 2:54:07am

re: #70 mmmirele

My cat is weird. OK so all cats are weird. All through September she would sleep next to the front door. However, with the start of this month, she has moved to my bedroom. She started out four feet to the left of my desk chair and over the week has slowly edged closer and closer.

This evening, she got within six inches of the desk chair, which is too close and I nearly stepped on her. She has since moved out to two feet.

Mine has done the same thing. Front door through September, and now snoring in a corner of the bedroom behind some coats and boxes.

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Dopamine Fish  Oct 7, 2022 • 3:08:07am

re: #116 Dr Lizardo

Memorial has a very good track record (much, I’m sure, to the discomfort of the Russian government, to be sure) and their Noble Prize is deserved.

It is for this reason that we have discouraged the demonization of “all Russians”, because it’s not like they have much of a choice in the matter. What are they going to do, vote against Putin and then find themselves “accidentally” falling out a window or down the stairs?

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Dopamine Fish  Oct 7, 2022 • 3:13:52am

Wow. That was a WORD.

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Alephnaught  Oct 7, 2022 • 3:14:18am
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Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus  Oct 7, 2022 • 3:20:42am

Follow up to the previous Milt Bruckner video, here he is at his grooviest:

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No Malarkey!  Oct 7, 2022 • 3:50:08am

re: #29 ipsos

I don’t usually post a lot of personal stuff here, but:

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No Malarkey!  Oct 7, 2022 • 4:02:38am

re: #55 Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus

The worry is the other race. I’m now doubt that Abrams will win, giving Mitch a 51-49 majority in the Senate.

Abrams is running for Governor, not the Senate. There is only one senate race in Georgia this year.

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No Malarkey!  Oct 7, 2022 • 4:04:50am

re: #61 darthstar

Abrams is running for Governor. Warnock wins, it’s a hold. If Fetterman wins, it’s +1. If Ryan and Fetterman win, it’s +2. Then we need Kelly to hold and whoever the fuck is in Nevada to hold.

Bonus points if we can unseat Rubio and/or Johnson.

Also, the House is a fuckin’ crap shoot. If the GOP is +1, it’s going to be a shit show.

The Democrats also have potential Senate pickups in Wisconsin and NC, both close races.

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No Malarkey!  Oct 7, 2022 • 4:11:54am

re: #92 BeachDem

I think I might be more sick of Kanye than I am of the Kardashians. And that’s saying something because I am really sick of the Kardashians.

My daughter has told me they her and her friends in her dorm watch the Kardashians. I have never watched a single full episode, ever.

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TarHellion  Oct 7, 2022 • 4:13:19am

Completely pulled the birbie out of my backside. Just one of those “screw it, let’s see what happens” guesses. Beautiful day on tap and hoping to be cleared to hit some golf balls after my Noon PT session. My alma mater - Lenoir-Rhyne University - is ranked 14th in Division II football and takes on surprising Limestone on Saturday for first place in the South Atlantic Conference. Make it a super Friday and weekend Lizard folk!

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Dopamine Fish  Oct 7, 2022 • 4:14:56am

re: #126 No Malarkey!

My daughter has told me they her and her friends in her dorm watch the Kardashians. I have never watched a single full episode, ever.

There are only a few pieces of popular culture in which I can say I’m proud of my ignorance. The Kardashians, Kanye or whatever the fuck he’s calling himself now, and that whole big ball of LA drama is one of them.

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FFL (GOP Delenda Est)  Oct 7, 2022 • 4:23:35am

re: #118 steve_davis

Mine has done the same thing. Front door through September, and now snoring in a corner of the bedroom behind some coats and boxes.

I’ve been tracking Floof Cat’s preferred late morning nap area and it has been shifting as the weather cools from summer to autumn. And she also has shifted to sleeping on the bed at night* as compared to a nearby chair.

* - Butts must be warmed against the staff while they try to sleep.

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Shropshire Slasher  Oct 7, 2022 • 4:34:13am

The winds of war.

President Joe Biden said on Thursday evening that Vladimir Putin was not joking about using nuclear weapons in Ukraine - and said the risk of of Armageddon is the highest it has been since the Cuban missile crisis.

dailymail.co.uk

Only a handful of people know the exact location where President Vladimir Putin is celebrating his 70th birthday in St. Petersburg on Friday, but critics say he spends more and more of his time isolated deep inside nuclear bunkers.

news.yahoo.com

The US government has purchased a significant supply of radiation-injury drugs as the Russian president threatened the use of nuclear weapons.

msn.com

Although we have always purchased anti-rad meds.

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A Mom Anon  Oct 7, 2022 • 4:37:17am

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Thanos  Oct 7, 2022 • 4:45:39am

re: #3 wrenchwench

I stopped by work to get my schedule. Today’s freebie was a bag of a dozen chocolate chip cookies that were baked a little too long. I’m into cookie diversity, I grabbed ‘em. I also bought a new battery for the scale. Not a good combo. Maybe I should wait a few weeks before I install it.

I think you wait until the New Year, we are in that October - January spiral when nobody loses weight.

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Dopamine Fish  Oct 7, 2022 • 4:45:56am

One problem with this demand: The good Rev. Sen. Warnock is too clean. There’s nothing there for them to cover that would generate any interest. Walker is getting all this free press because it’s scandalous. We’re in the P.T. Barnum phase of the GOP - “I don’t care what you say about me, just spell my name right!”

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Teukka  Oct 7, 2022 • 4:59:54am
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Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus  Oct 7, 2022 • 5:08:02am

re: #124 No Malarkey!

Abrams is running for Governor, not the Senate. There is only one senate race in Georgia this year.

Thanks.

That special election for the Senator from GA messed up my mind, thinking this was the time for two Senate races but that was in 2020.

Certainly Warnock will win.

The US Senate will probably remain in deadlock.

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Teukka  Oct 7, 2022 • 5:09:20am
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Ming5000  Oct 7, 2022 • 5:13:36am

Almost as good as a taco truck on every corner:

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Barefoot Grin  Oct 7, 2022 • 5:19:05am

re: #134 Teukka

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I love the little “heh heh” at the end.

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Florida Panhandler  Oct 7, 2022 • 5:19:44am

re: #20 darthstar

Let us be thankful a massive, nay, ultra-massive Socialist effort is now underway to once again make life livable in storm-prone areas in Florida. Scenes from the media yesterday show the full force of Socialist entities are arriving and working in the region.

Without this massive Socialist effort of bridges, roads, cleanup, helicopter rescues, Fire and Police assistance, Military assets, Federal and State Government programs and agencies a lot of people who otherwise want Democrats dead would not be able to exist where they are. And after all this they will continue to vote Republican despite the GOP platform of No Government help at all except to help the wealthy …because Republican Jesus and White.

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Dopamine Fish  Oct 7, 2022 • 5:25:00am

re: #137 Ming5000

Almost as good as a taco truck on every corner:

Where did the “porn” bit come in? Oh, right, they think that gay/trans rights and wanting to simply exist is “sexuality” and “pornography”. Sigh. Fucking prudes. They need to go get lost in an orgy for a day and figure some stuff out.

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Eclectic Cyborg  Oct 7, 2022 • 5:28:38am

re: #140 Dopamine Fish

Where did the “porn” bit come in? Oh, right, they think that gay/trans rights and wanting to simply exist is “sexuality” and “pornography”. Sigh. Fucking prudes. They need to go get lost in an orgy for a day and figure some stuff out.

It’s just one of their evergreen culture war touchpoints.

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Dopamine Fish  Oct 7, 2022 • 5:31:28am

re: #141 Eclectic Cyborg

It’s just one of their evergreen culture war touchpoints.

They need to get a new playbook. Porn for kids is bad, porn for adults is good, parents should be having these conversations with their kids, nobody should be telling parents what their kids can and can’t read. Are we done here?

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jeffreyw  Oct 7, 2022 • 5:35:02am

Sheet Pan Pizza

Good morning!

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Hecuba's daughter  Oct 7, 2022 • 5:35:34am

re: #69 Hecuba’s daughter

I don’t know…. it’s not available yet and I am going to wait till the morning… it’s midnight in 8 minutes and I’m heading to bed!

Like JC1, did it in 5.

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Dopamine Fish  Oct 7, 2022 • 5:35:39am

re: #143 jeffreyw

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Good morning!

Hey, I recognize that.

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Eclectic Cyborg  Oct 7, 2022 • 5:36:27am

Well, I hoping for better…

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Hecuba's daughter  Oct 7, 2022 • 5:39:46am

re: #125 No Malarkey!

The Democrats also have potential Senate pickups in Wisconsin and NC, both close races.

Wisconsin is highly unlikely; too many will never vote for a black candidate.

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Eclectic Cyborg  Oct 7, 2022 • 5:40:59am

re: #147 Hecuba’s daughter

Wisconsin is highly unlikely; too many will never vote for a black candidate.

If Georgia can elect a black senator, why not Wisconsin?

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Dr. Matt  Oct 7, 2022 • 5:41:26am

re: #137 Ming5000

Almost as good as a taco truck on every corner:

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Pot, porn, and abortion. Looks like Dems are locking up the 18-35 vote.

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Hecuba's daughter  Oct 7, 2022 • 5:46:37am

re: #136 Teukka

Trump and his spawn have repeatedly expressed pro-Putin sentiments. Am always surprised that our brother has consistently adhered to his pro-Ukrainian position and pretends that Trump is not really pro-Russia in this conflict. Reminds of the characters in Westworld who would say “This doesn’t look like anything to me”. His mind cannot accept this discrepancy and so he pretends it doesn’t exist.

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Hecuba's daughter  Oct 7, 2022 • 5:52:09am

re: #148 Eclectic Cyborg

If Georgia can elect a black senator, why not Wisconsin?

Trump isn’t out there actively discouraging people voting because it’s all rigged. Also, Georgia population is 33% black, Wisconsin less than 7%.

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Eclectic Cyborg  Oct 7, 2022 • 5:54:26am

re: #151 Hecuba’s daughter

Trump isn’t out there actively discouraging people voting because it’s all rigged. Also, Georgia population is 33% black, Wisconsin less than 7%.

Oh wow. For some reason, I was thinking WI had a larger black population.

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No Malarkey!  Oct 7, 2022 • 5:55:22am

re: #135 Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus

Thanks.

That special election for the Senator from GA messed up my mind, thinking this was the time for two Senate races but that was in 2020.

Certainly Warnock will win.

The US Senate will probably remain in deadlock.

I am hopeful there will be a surge in unlikely young voters in response to Dobbs, student debt cancellation and marijuana law reform that the polls aren’t picking up that could increase the Democratic Senate majority and preserve the House majority. Fingers crossed, some good shit could get done next year in Congress if that happens.

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Dopamine Fish  Oct 7, 2022 • 5:55:49am

I’m casting my ballot today, and in the process of trying to research some of the local candidates (because I plan on voting informed… why wouldn’t I?), I discover that my town’s former mayor, now located elsewhere, is all aboard the Mike Lindell “Dominion voting machines are all hacked” gravy train. Sigh. I knew he was dangerously close to the crazy, but now I have confirmation that he’s fucking nuts.

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No Malarkey!  Oct 7, 2022 • 5:57:19am

In the good news is bad news category, the futures market dropped sharply in response to the jobs report showing higher job gains and lower unemployment than expected, increasing the likelihood of further Fed tightening.

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GlutenFreeJesus  Oct 7, 2022 • 6:04:49am

re: #136 Teukka

“Hey Vlad. Elon here. Did you see how mean that ambassador was to me? Say. Would you like access to Starlink instead?”

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lawhawk  Oct 7, 2022 • 6:11:59am

re: #51 darthstar

Looking forward to those assholes from the Oath Keepers trying to use this as their defense…See! It was the proud bois the whole time! We were just being patriotic.

After all the caterwauling about how DOJ overcharged, we’ve now seen a bunch of plea deals to seditious conspiracy from Oath Keepers and Proud Boys - 3 in all.

Turns out, DOJ was probably undercharging on seditious conspiracy as to others involved in 1/6, and should have expanded scope to include members of Congress and Trumpworld figures, including and especially Meadows, Stone, and more.

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Dopamine Fish  Oct 7, 2022 • 6:13:17am

re: #154 Dopamine Fish

OW. And then I got a paper cut on my tongue licking the bloody envelope. Who knew voting was painful?

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Hecuba's daughter  Oct 7, 2022 • 6:14:17am

re: #155 No Malarkey!

In the good news is bad news category, the futures market dropped sharply in response to the jobs report showing higher job gains and lower unemployment than expected, increasing the likelihood of further Fed tightening.

Another example of how the financial markets and financial experts are hostile to working people; they are designed to exalt capitalism and the wealthiest at the expense of everyone/everything else.

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William Lewis  Oct 7, 2022 • 6:23:16am

re: #151 Hecuba’s daughter

Trump isn’t out there actively discouraging people voting because it’s all rigged. Also, Georgia population is 33% black, Wisconsin less than 7%.

I’m honestly surprised it’s as close as it is.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Oct 7, 2022 • 6:25:33am

GOP never disappoints

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No Malarkey!  Oct 7, 2022 • 6:26:45am

re: #161 Backwoods_Sleuth

GOP never disappoints

If the GOP didn’t lie, they’d have nothing to campaign on.

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Dopamine Fish  Oct 7, 2022 • 6:29:02am

re: #154 Dopamine Fish

I’m casting my ballot today, and in the process of trying to research some of the local candidates (because I plan on voting informed… why wouldn’t I?), I discover that my town’s former mayor, now located elsewhere, is all aboard the Mike Lindell “Dominion voting machines are all hacked” gravy train. Sigh. I knew he was dangerously close to the crazy, but now I have confirmation that he’s fucking nuts.

I mentioned this to Mrs. Fish, as well as the fact that this man was a former tech director at my church. She quipped, “There’s probably a bunch of those still at the church.” I replied in the affirmative, because I know for a fact there are quite a few. And people wonder why I’m not really wanting to be in that church anymore.

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Belafon  Oct 7, 2022 • 6:36:00am
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Dangerman  Oct 7, 2022 • 6:39:16am

You must read the greatest amicus brief in supreme court history

It’s quick, sharp, and absolutely brilliant.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Oct 7, 2022 • 6:52:39am

re: #102 Blind Frog Belly White

I know SOMEdoggy who likes his cruciferous veggies.

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RANGO!!!

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lawhawk  Oct 7, 2022 • 6:53:32am
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Eclectic Cyborg  Oct 7, 2022 • 6:56:30am

re: #167 lawhawk

Republicans will not stop until they turn our entire country into Texas.

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Dopamine Fish  Oct 7, 2022 • 6:57:04am

re: #168 Eclectic Cyborg

Republicans will not stop until they turn our entire country into Texas.

Meanwhile, Democrats want to turn our entire country into California. Given the choice between the two, I know which one I’d pick.

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jeffreyw  Oct 7, 2022 • 7:04:32am

re: #145 Dopamine Fish

Hey, I recognize that.

All well rounded LGFers read my Twitter feed!
///

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Michele: Out of the closet, Into the fire  Oct 7, 2022 • 7:09:25am

Morning Lizards. Idaho GQP saying the quite part out loud and at the top of their lungs.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Oct 7, 2022 • 7:21:09am
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Colère Tueur de Lapin  Oct 7, 2022 • 7:21:39am

re: #137 Ming5000

Failing to see any problems with those prerequisites.

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The Pie Overlord!  Oct 7, 2022 • 7:24:06am

re: #172 Backwoods_Sleuth

Marijuana is a gateway drug to cheetos.

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Dopamine Fish  Oct 7, 2022 • 7:24:25am

re: #174 The Pie Overlord!

Marijuana is a gateway drug to cheetos.

And Taco Bell.

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lawhawk  Oct 7, 2022 • 7:26:18am

re: #174 The Pie Overlord!

And taco trucks on every corner.

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Michele: Out of the closet, Into the fire  Oct 7, 2022 • 7:26:52am

re: #175 Dopamine Fish

And Taco Bell.

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Belafon  Oct 7, 2022 • 7:26:55am

re: #137 Ming5000

Almost as good as a taco truck on every corner:

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Having talked to a conservative at work, let me tell you what they mean by porn: My daughter will have to become a prostitute. No matter that a world that restricts women’s freedoms leads more women into having to use physical assets to make money.

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wrenchwench  Oct 7, 2022 • 7:27:01am

re: #144 Hecuba’s daughter

Like JC1, did it in 5.

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Likewise.

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Crush White Nationalism  Oct 7, 2022 • 7:29:00am

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  Oct 7, 2022 • 7:29:35am

re: #99 Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus

Rings of Power episode 7: I liked it, but I expect those who already hate RoP to continue doing so:

The story line is finally starting to get my attention but I still cannot relate to any of the characters

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Dave In Austin  Oct 7, 2022 • 7:32:08am

re: #29 ipsos

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Jay C  Oct 7, 2022 • 7:33:57am

re: #29 ipsos

So sorry. Condolences.

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The Pie Overlord!  Oct 7, 2022 • 7:34:38am

Meh.

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The Squire of Logos  Oct 7, 2022 • 7:36:38am

re: #29 ipsos

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Eclectic Cyborg  Oct 7, 2022 • 7:36:42am

re: #29 ipsos

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  Oct 7, 2022 • 7:37:00am

re: #172 Backwoods_Sleuth

Yes, marijuana can be a “gateway drug” in the sense that it puts you in contact with people who are trying to offer you even more addictive, expensive and hence more profitable drugs.

Decriminalizing and licensing sales will do a lot to put an end to that. Nobody is going to risk losing their pot license over trying to push hard drugs on the side.

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A hollow voice says: Abort SCOTUS  Oct 7, 2022 • 7:37:47am

re: #143 jeffreyw

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Good morning!

Western good morning!

Happy together
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lawhawk  Oct 7, 2022 • 7:38:07am

re: #29 ipsos

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Dr. Matt  Oct 7, 2022 • 7:40:11am

re: #174 The Pie Overlord!

Marijuana is a gateway drug to cheetos.

re: #175 Dopamine Fish

And Taco Bell.

And blissful sleep!

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Dopamine Fish  Oct 7, 2022 • 7:44:19am

re: #177 Michele: Out of the closet, Into the fire

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Does that mean I can have yours, then?

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Dave In Austin  Oct 7, 2022 • 7:45:00am

It’s the wind….. And Jesus

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ipsos  Oct 7, 2022 • 7:47:34am

re: #190 Dr. Matt

And blissful sleep!

It didn’t hurt any last night…

And Dad helped me with Wordle today, too…

(DO NOT CLICK UNLESS YOU’VE ALREADY DONE IT TODAY BECAUSE THERE’S A SPOILER AND YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED!)

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Oct 7, 2022 • 7:51:42am
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Michele: Out of the closet, Into the fire  Oct 7, 2022 • 7:54:11am

re: #191 Dopamine Fish

Does that mean I can have yours, then?

Sure. I make a better taco dinner anyway. :-)

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Dopamine Fish  Oct 7, 2022 • 7:54:57am

re: #195 Michele: Out of the closet, Into the fire

Sure. I make a better taco dinner anyway. :-)

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Better? Yes. Better at 2 AM and when stoned? Also yes. Easier to access at 2 AM and when stoned? Probably not.

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Michele: Out of the closet, Into the fire  Oct 7, 2022 • 7:58:58am

re: #196 Dopamine Fish

Better? Yes. Better at 2 AM and when stoned? Also yes. Easier to access at 2 AM and when stoned? Probably not.

If I’m awake and stoned at 2:00 AM, there’s a serious problem.

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Dopamine Fish  Oct 7, 2022 • 8:00:02am

re: #197 Michele: Out of the closet, Into the fire

If I’m awake and stoned at 2:00 AM, there’s a serious problem.

Personally speaking, if cannabis is fully legalized in Minnesota and I were to start using it, I’d use it as a sleep aid.

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Jay C  Oct 7, 2022 • 8:01:22am

Woot! Luck today.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Oct 7, 2022 • 8:01:46am
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Backwoods_Sleuth  Oct 7, 2022 • 8:03:01am

thoughts for 2 am when you’re stoned and there are no tacos:

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Dopamine Fish  Oct 7, 2022 • 8:04:36am

re: #200 Backwoods_Sleuth

Donald Trump, Jr.: Making the world a weirder place, one line of cocaine at a time.

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Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus  Oct 7, 2022 • 8:04:42am

What’s that old phrase…. red in tooth and claw:

Youtube Video


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Michele: Out of the closet, Into the fire  Oct 7, 2022 • 8:05:24am

re: #198 Dopamine Fish

Personally speaking, if cannabis is fully legalized in Minnesota and I were to start using it, I’d use it as a sleep aid.

Well with Pres. Biden’s latest move, that may become a reality sooner than later. The bible thumpers here in Idaho will no longer have the “It’s against Federal law” excuse anymore and the bean counters will (I hope) finally prevail in legalizing it here in Idaho.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Oct 7, 2022 • 8:06:15am

After the machine was installed, it was empty merely 36 hours later, according to several local reports.

Literally at noon [Thursday] we came and did a ribbon-cutting,” Vine Grove Mayor Pam Ogden told WAVE News. “We didn’t post it on the city page until 6 p.m. that night. And by 6 p.m. Friday night, [the vending machine] was empty.”

And according to Chief Mattingly, who installed a camera to keep watch on the vending machine, it was not a case of one person taking all the Narcan or anything like that.

Instead, Mayor Ogden claims Chief Mattingly told her it was a “steady stream” of citizens walking up, grabbing one or two doses of Narcan, reading the literature accompanying it and walking away.

I would go outside when someone would pull up and watch them, and they’d take one and sit there and read the literature, so I think it’s doing some good,” Chief Mattingly told WKU Public Radio.

Chief Mattingly told WLKY News that his department has already ordered more doses of Narcan, and the vending machine will be restocked. The police chief also reportedly said that the initial response to the vending machine shows that the community shows a need for the lifesaving medication.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Oct 7, 2022 • 8:09:08am
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Belafon  Oct 7, 2022 • 8:10:10am

re: #205 Backwoods_Sleuth

But, according to the wingnut doctor in my CERT group, it’s the liberal coastal states that are abusing drugs.

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Dopamine Fish  Oct 7, 2022 • 8:10:21am

re: #204 Michele: Out of the closet, Into the fire

Well with Pres. Biden’s latest move, that may become a reality sooner than later. The bible thumpers here in Idaho will no longer have the “It’s against Federal law” excuse anymore and the bean counters will (I hope) finally prevail in legalizing it here in Idaho.

MN accidentally opened up to THC derivatives this year, in a famous episode in which Republican lawmakers included it in a bill, which passed quite handily, and then when they realized what they voted for, demanded an immediate recall on the bill. It was quite humorous to watch. Needless to say, the recall effort failed miserably, and THC products are fully legal in consumer quantities in Minnesota now.

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Eventual Carrion  Oct 7, 2022 • 8:11:22am

re: #60 JC1

5/6. This one will give folks trouble.

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A Cranky One  Oct 7, 2022 • 8:11:51am

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Oct 7, 2022 • 8:14:25am
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Blind Frog Belly White  Oct 7, 2022 • 8:15:10am

re: #108 A hollow voice says: Abort SCOTUS

Good to see you, also the pooch! I hope you’ll stay a while.

Oh, I suppose I could hang out a while. Nice to see so many familiar nics!

Speaking of Rango, he just turned 13! He’s a little more grizzled than he was, and down to 5 teeth (The Younger Boy calls him our Staple Remover), but still playful, still loves his walkies, still steals chewies from Dory.

Meanwhile, Mrs. Frog Belly White and I are trying to figure out where to retire, since neither of The Boys has turned out to be the next Bill Gates, and almost anywhere in the world is cheaper than here. We’re inclined to move to the Mid Atlantic states, but everywhere outside of the cities is Alabama. Currently I’m suggesting Pittsburgh, while Mrs. FBW keeps pushing Buffalo, despite the 7 DAMN FEET of snow every year.

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Blind Frog Belly White  Oct 7, 2022 • 8:16:29am

re: #211 Backwoods_Sleuth

”...waived the flag of surrender…”?

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William Lewis  Oct 7, 2022 • 8:16:58am

re: #212 Blind Frog Belly White

Oh, I suppose I could hang out a while. Nice to see so many familiar nics!

Speaking of Rango, he just turned 13! He’s a little more grizzled than he was, and down to 5 teeth (The Younger Boy calls him our Staple Remover), but still playful, still loves his walkies, still steals chewies from Dory.

Meanwhile, Mrs. Frog Belly White are trying to figure out where to retire, since neither of The Boys has turned out to be the next Bill Gates, and almost anywhere in the world is cheaper than here. We’re inclined to move to the Mid Atlantic states, but everywhere outside of the cities is Alabama. Currently I’m suggesting Pittsburgh, while Mrs. FBW keeps pushing Buffalo, despite the 7 DAMN FEET of snow every year.

Look into Madison, WI. Great place to live

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Crush White Nationalism  Oct 7, 2022 • 8:17:58am

re: #211 Backwoods_Sleuth

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Asa posted his bullshit at 4:20.

420 (cannabis culture) (Wikipedia)

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Dopamine Fish  Oct 7, 2022 • 8:18:23am

re: #212 Blind Frog Belly White

Snow removal isn’t too bad with a modest investment. As suggested above, one of the Lake Superior states could be a good option, if you’re not opposed to cold. I’d argue you should be on this side of the river to avoid the crazies in the government over thataway, but there are good and bad places to live in both states.

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Nyet  Oct 7, 2022 • 8:19:14am

re: #210 A Cranky One

Roger Waters sucks.

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ipsos  Oct 7, 2022 • 8:20:29am

re: #212 Blind Frog Belly White

The thing about Buffalo is that they’re more efficient at getting those seven feet out of the way quickly than most cities are with just a few inches. Same way over here in Rochester. Plus, the other 9 months of the year are delightful. No hurricanes, no tornadoes, no big natural disasters, infinite fresh water supply.

And we need more WNY Lizards!

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ckkatz  Oct 7, 2022 • 8:20:56am

re: #172 Backwoods_Sleuth

Agreed with Rupar.

Her mindset seems to be that everything is done only to get elected and not that there are policy choices that should be made on whether it benefits the country and the residents. Which implies that the actual policies and how they affect the citizens of this country are irrelevant as far as she is concerned.

That likely accurately reflects her mindset as both a Republican and a campaign professional. That citizens are only here to be manipulated so that her candidate can seize power.

But I do not think that it adequately informs the CNN listeners on the policies and how they can evaluate them in respect to their own lives.

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The Squire of Logos  Oct 7, 2022 • 8:22:49am

re: #195 Michele: Out of the closet, Into the fire

Sure. I make a better taco dinner anyway. :-)

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It’s almost lunchtime and you’re killing me with that food pron! Damn that looks good.

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lawhawk  Oct 7, 2022 • 8:23:07am

re: #215 Crush White Nationalism

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Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus  Oct 7, 2022 • 8:24:16am

re: #219 ckkatz

But I do not think that it adequately informs the CNN listeners on the policies and how they can evaluate them in respect to their own lives.

It’s generous of you to think that WBD cares about informing the masses. Long gone is any belief, in these very large corporations, of the idea of the local journalist being the informer for their community.

It was CNN, after all, that gave PaleoPat a national platform way back in the early days of cable.

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No Malarkey!  Oct 7, 2022 • 8:28:13am

re: #180 Crush White Nationalism

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Almost nobody is getting the bivalent booster, and less than half of Americans plan to. Meanwhile, GOP politicians are pushing to end mandatory schoolchild vaccinations, so we can look forward to severe outbreaks of diseases we conquered decades ago, including polio.

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Michele: Out of the closet, Into the fire  Oct 7, 2022 • 8:28:19am

re: #220 The Squire of Logos

It’s almost lunchtime and you’re killing me with that food pron! Damn that looks good.

It was I use Abodada pork in both my tacos and Huevos Rancheros. Homemade refried black beans and Spanish rice as well.

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A Cranky One  Oct 7, 2022 • 8:28:48am

re: #217 Nyet

Roger Waters sucks.

Yes, he does.

My brother the artist explained that you have to separate the artist from the art. He noted that he knows a lot of artists who are wonderful people but terrible artists. And vice versa.

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Hecuba's daughter  Oct 7, 2022 • 8:29:34am

re: #160 William Lewis

I’m honestly surprised it’s as close as it is.

Illinois has no problems voting for African-Americans for statewide office. Jesse White could have remained Secretary of State here forever but apparently he decided to retire this year at the young age of 88. If Carol Moseley Braun hadn’t been so incompetent in office, she would still be there. But neighboring states can and do have radically different populations and cultures.

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ckkatz  Oct 7, 2022 • 8:30:03am

This is going to mess up a lot of bulk shipments in the center of the US:

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Eclectic Cyborg  Oct 7, 2022 • 8:35:04am

re: #201 Backwoods_Sleuth

thoughts for 2 am when you’re stoned and there are no tacos:

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NOCTILUCENT is my new band name.

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ckkatz  Oct 7, 2022 • 8:36:22am

re: #222 Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus

It’s generous of you to think that WBD cares about informing the masses. Long gone is any belief, in these very large corporations, of the idea of the local journalist being the informer for their community.

It was CNN, after all, that gave PaleoPat a national platform way back in the early days of cable.

CNN certainly has its failings. Particularly with respect to the new management and the direction its taking the corporation.

I have on occasion watched CNN shows where this lady has been on. In general I have found her observations useful when they are within her area of expertise, how GOP campaigns are run.

From the Rupar tweet, it appears that deep policy analysis is not among her areas of expertise.

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Blind Frog Belly White  Oct 7, 2022 • 8:36:36am

re: #218 ipsos

The thing about Buffalo is that they’re more efficient at getting those seven feet out of the way quickly than most cities are with just a few inches. Same way over here in Rochester. Plus, the other 9 months of the year are delightful. No hurricanes, no tornadoes, no big natural disasters, infinite fresh water supply.

And we need more WNY Lizards!

The thing is, we’ve lived here 40 years, and are completely spoiled! We’ll have to reacquaint ourselves with heat and humidity; cold, snow, and ice; and the probability of rain any day of the year.

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Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus  Oct 7, 2022 • 8:37:38am

Cryptic RoP spoiler:

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  Oct 7, 2022 • 8:38:21am

re: #201 Backwoods_Sleuth

To be NOCTIVAGANT is to wander at night.
To be NOCTILUCENT is to shine at night.
To be NOCTIFLOROUS is to flower at night.
To be NOCTUOLENT is to smell more strongly at night.
To be NOCTIPOTENT is to become powerful at night.

To be NOCTICOPULATE is to be someone who should not be fucked with at night

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Teukka  Oct 7, 2022 • 8:38:42am

So… I’m having my bathroom renovated. But due to some miscommunication on part of the people doing it, it isn’t just a couple of hours I’ll be without water, but until Monday noon… Thankfully I have a 10 liter (just north of 2 gallons) container for water I bought for prepping purposes, so I don’t need to run down to the laundry room that often.

P.S.: Charles, I’m having difficulties to get the private comment function working…

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Nyet  Oct 7, 2022 • 8:40:37am

re: #225 A Cranky One

Yes, he does.

My brother the artist explained that you have to separate the artist from the art. He noted that he knows a lot of artists who are wonderful people but terrible artists. And vice versa.

Certainly, I do it to. Right now listening to Yegor Letov despite his history.

Егор Летов - Мёртвые

СимфоОборона - Мертвые

Though sometimes the figure of an artist becomes just too overwhelming to separate it from their art… (Not saying this is the case with Waters)

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  Oct 7, 2022 • 8:41:00am

re: #217 Nyet

Roger Waters sucks.

I lost track of Pink Floyd after Animals

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  Oct 7, 2022 • 8:42:23am

re: #227 ckkatz

This is going to mess up a lot of bulk shipments in the center of the US:

We had that on the Rhine in August. Levels are back to normal now.

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Dopamine Fish  Oct 7, 2022 • 8:43:27am

re: #236 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))

We had that on the Rhine in August. Levels are back to normal now.

We’re getting a little bit of rain here at the top of the Mississippi River basin, but not nearly enough. We just had the driest September on record here in the wild north country, so I’m not terribly surprised that this is an issue.

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Eclectic Cyborg  Oct 7, 2022 • 8:45:41am

re: #237 Dopamine Fish

Yep. There’s a La Nina messing things up apparently.

I live in a rural area and lit up a burn pile in my yard the other day not thinking about the dry conditions (yeah, yeah, my bad). Anyway, as soon as the fire got going, I googled it and there are no burn bans for my county right now, nor did the fire cause any issues.

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jaunte  Oct 7, 2022 • 8:50:07am

re: #232 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))

NOCTIFAFO

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Teukka  Oct 7, 2022 • 8:50:18am

File under “coincidences”:

Also, the head of RT asked Elon to remove access to starlink for the Ukrainians yesterday saying it would help peace…

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A Cranky One  Oct 7, 2022 • 8:50:30am

This is … cringeworthy.

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ckkatz  Oct 7, 2022 • 8:51:24am

re: #236 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))

We had that on the Rhine in August. Levels are back to normal now.

Yes, I remember that the hunger stones were reappearing in Central European rivers for the first time in many years. Good to hear that the water levels have recovered.

Any idea how agriculture is going there?

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  Oct 7, 2022 • 8:52:57am

re: #242 ckkatz

Yes, I remember that the hunger stones were reappearing in Central European rivers for the first time in many years. Good to hear that the water levels have recovered.

Any idea how agriculture is going there?

The hunger stones was a big thing that got plastered everywhere, they were exposed in 2018 as well with little or no fanfare.

Italy was worst hit, big shortages of risotto rice and olives, France’s mustard crop has been reduced by more than half.

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Teukka  Oct 7, 2022 • 8:54:39am

re: #240 Teukka

File under “coincidences”:

Also, the head of RT asked Elon to remove access to starlink for the Ukrainians yesterday saying it would help peace…

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ckkatz  Oct 7, 2022 • 8:55:16am

re: #240 Teukka

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  Oct 7, 2022 • 8:57:39am

Fusk Muck!!!

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Blind Frog Belly White  Oct 7, 2022 • 8:57:51am

15 years ago, over on the Bowsite, where I used to argue with conservatives, I said the big problem with climate change wasn’t that everything would be the same, but warmer. It was that for the entirety of human civilization - say, 10,000 years - climate has been pretty predictable, so you knew where you could build a city, or plant crops, and have it work out. Climate change threatens that predictability.

Of course they made fun of me. I’ve never wanted to be right about anything LESS than I want to be right about this.

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Crush White Nationalism  Oct 7, 2022 • 8:58:54am

re: #247 Blind Frog Belly White

15 years ago, over on the Bowsite, where I used to argue with conservatives, I said the big problem with climate change wasn’t that everything would be the same, but warmer. It was that for the entirety of human civilization - say, 10,000 years - climate has been pretty predictable, so you knew where you could build a city, or plant crops, and have it work out. Climate change threatens that predictability.

Of course they made fun of me. I’ve never wanted to be right about anything LESS than I want to be right about this.

Conservative adults are like grade-school kids. They’ll make fun of you for being smarter than they are.

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Eclectic Cyborg  Oct 7, 2022 • 9:01:48am

Didn’t the U.S. government pay Musk a shit ton of money to GET the Starlink access for Ukraine?

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Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus  Oct 7, 2022 • 9:02:39am

ENSO forecast showing the current weak La Nina fading and El Nino starting next year:

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Dave In Austin  Oct 7, 2022 • 9:07:59am

re: #250 Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus

ENSO forecast showing the current weak La Nina fading and El Nino starting next year:

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Good!

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Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus  Oct 7, 2022 • 9:10:03am

re: #251 Dave In Austin

Good!

Assuming El Nino will emerge in 2023, the question is how significant it will be. If the tropical Pacific surface temps peak like they have several times in the past (since measurements were taken), global temps could be quite high.

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  Oct 7, 2022 • 9:11:02am

re: #248 Crush White Nationalism

Conservative adults are like grade-school kids. They’ll make fun of you for being smarter than they are.

they will beat you up for making them feel stupid

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ckkatz  Oct 7, 2022 • 9:11:08am

re: #212 Blind Frog Belly White

I grew up in Pittsburgh back in the 1960’s and 1970’s.

It had a lot of positives.

Its geographic location means that it is a combination of both East Coast and Midwest cultures.

It is a regional center. So it had a lot of hospitals and medical support. It had a lot of Universities and museums. It had a lot of shopping that more rural areas relied upon.

The city infrastructure, particularly the physical infrastructure, like roads and housing, was often older, much of it dating back to the 1930s to 1960s. (My parent’s house was built in 1912.) This was both good and bad. Neighborhoods were designed to be walking friendly rather car friendly. The houses were built of in an older heavier fashion, such as plaster and lathe rather than plasterboard. But the infrastructure age meant that much upkeep had been deferred and often things were much more worn out.

The climate was the biggest negative. Many overcast days. Very humid. The Ohio River Valley is apparently notorious for sinus infections. And the wetness combined with the freeze-thaw cycle caused lots of potholes in the roads.

I was part of the great outflow in the 1970s and 1980s as local industry dried up. That made the area one of the most geriatric in the country. I do not know how that is these days.

I suspect that Rochester, Syracuse, and Cleveland share many of these same attributes.

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Hecuba's daughter  Oct 7, 2022 • 9:11:44am

re: #245 ckkatz

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GlutenFreeJesus  Oct 7, 2022 • 9:15:24am

re: #240 Teukka

Post 156. Called it.

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  Oct 7, 2022 • 9:20:22am

I am enjoying Star Wars Andor bcause it is filmed up in the Cairngorms National Park up in the Central Highlands and at Cruachan Dam in the Western Highlands, all places we spent a lot of time hiking & camping.

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Belafon  Oct 7, 2022 • 9:21:23am

re: #257 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))

I am enjoying Star Wars Andor bcause it is filmed up in the Cairngorms National Park up in the Central Highlands and at Cruachan Dam in the Western Highlands, all places we spent a lot of time hiking & camping.

“I used to hike, a long time ago, in a galaxy far far away.”

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Teukka  Oct 7, 2022 • 9:23:35am

re: #249 Eclectic Cyborg

Didn’t the U.S. government pay Musk a shit ton of money to GET the Starlink access for Ukraine?

ISTR they did…

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A hollow voice says: Abort SCOTUS  Oct 7, 2022 • 9:23:36am

re: #223 No Malarkey!

Almost nobody is getting the bivalent booster, and less than half of Americans plan to. Meanwhile, GOP politicians are pushing to end mandatory schoolchild vaccinations, so we can look forward to severe outbreaks of diseases we conquered decades ago, including polio.

Nobody? In my neck of the woods, vaccine appointments are booked solid for at least the next month.

Also, the law that children can’t attend schools unless they’re vaccinated isn’t going anywhere.

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Dangerman  Oct 7, 2022 • 9:23:39am

re: #188 A hollow voice says: Abort SCOTUS

Western good morning!

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Perseverance

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Eclectic Cyborg  Oct 7, 2022 • 9:24:17am

re: #257 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))

I am enjoying Star Wars Andor bcause it is filmed up in the Cairngorms National Park up in the Central Highlands and at Cruachan Dam in the Western Highlands, all places we spent a lot of time hiking & camping.

A lot of people are complaining about it because it doesn’t have as many iconic characters and BOOM BOOM shooty stuff like the other Disney SW shows.

I’ve been enjoying it.

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Teukka  Oct 7, 2022 • 9:24:53am

re: #256 GlutenFreeJesus

Post 156. Called it.

Yep.

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  Oct 7, 2022 • 9:25:58am

re: #258 Belafon

“I used to hike, a long time ago, in a galaxy far far away.”

It does feel that way…hiking the West Highland Way or camping along the Cluny Waters, listening to the cry of the curlew up on yon hills…

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No Malarkey!  Oct 7, 2022 • 9:26:54am

re: #260 A hollow voice says: Abort SCOTUS

Nobody? In my neck of the woods, vaccine appointments are booked solid for at least the next month.

Also, the law that children can’t attend schools unless they’re vaccinated isn’t going anywhere.

From the article:

just 4 percent of Americans say they have gotten the updated bivalent booster shot targeted to the omicron variant of Covid-19. Combined with those who say they will “probably” get another booster dose (44 percent), less than half of Americans are expecting to stay current with their Covid vaccinations, despite the urging of public health officials.

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Crush White Nationalism  Oct 7, 2022 • 9:29:07am

re: #265 No Malarkey!

From the article:

Natural selection applies to people again and our dummies haven’t figured that out.

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ckkatz  Oct 7, 2022 • 9:30:04am

I think that this is an important point:

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Dopamine Fish  Oct 7, 2022 • 9:30:14am

re: #262 Eclectic Cyborg

A lot of people are complaining about it because doesn’t have as many iconic characters and BOOM BOOM shooty stuff like the other Disney SW shows.

At some point, the franchise has to branch out. There are only so many stories you can make about the Skywalker clan and Obi-Wan Kenobi. I, for one, appreciate the variety; I like the character of Cassian Andor, and have liked him since Rogue One. A quiet space melodrama is a refreshing change of pace for the Star Wars brand.

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Dangerman  Oct 7, 2022 • 9:31:46am

re: #244 Teukka

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Nyet  Oct 7, 2022 • 9:33:36am

re: #256 GlutenFreeJesus

Post 156. Called it.

So you’re saying that a chat with Putin in 2021 so influenced Musk that although he began supporting the Ukrainians with Starlink long after this chat, its effect comes to fruition now? A delayed Jedi mindtrick? /

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dat_said  Oct 7, 2022 • 9:33:39am

re: #255 Hecuba’s daughter

In the 1930’s, there were Americans of renown who allied themselves with Hitler — Henry Ford, Charles Lindbergh, and Laura Ingalls (a famous pilot then, who became a paid Nazi agent). There appear to be too many Americans today of a similar bent. From before his election in 2016, Trump has shown his admiration for Putin, and his most devoted supporters share that view solely because it’s what their Messiah believes.

They’re the new “and for what” crowd:

Youtube Video

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  Oct 7, 2022 • 9:34:14am

re: #262 Eclectic Cyborg

A lot of people are complaining about it because doesn’t have as many iconic characters and BOOM BOOM shooty stuff like the other Disney SW shows.

I’ve been enjoying it.

This is more of a gangster movie: Star Noirs, the big event coming up is a payroll heist.

Just like The Mandalorian was a sci-fi Western

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ckkatz  Oct 7, 2022 • 9:34:48am
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lawhawk  Oct 7, 2022 • 9:35:51am

re: #268 Dopamine Fish

At some point, the franchise has to branch out. There are only so many stories you can make about the Skywalker clan and Obi-Wan Kenobi. I, for one, appreciate the variety; I like the character of Cassian Andor, and have liked him since Rogue One. A quiet space melodrama is a refreshing change of pace for the Star Wars brand.

Liked The Last Jedi and attempt to move away from Skywalker-centric approach, but the toxic fanboys pushed back hard and Rise of Skywalker was the result.

I’d prefer telling new stories outside of the core trilogy characters and their respective families. Rey, Finn, and Poe could have been a clean break with fresh new stories, but instead they fixed Rey back to Palpatine and the Skywalker families.

It’s like telling history of a galaxy by looking at just one family.

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Crush White Nationalism  Oct 7, 2022 • 9:36:25am

re: #273 ckkatz

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lawhawk  Oct 7, 2022 • 9:37:03am

re: #272 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))

Like Andor, but the problem with all the shows that fill in a timeline is that we know where and how this ends. The stakes can’t ever get high enough because we know he gets out of every sticky wicket until he dies on Scarif.

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Eclectic Cyborg  Oct 7, 2022 • 9:38:02am

re: #274 lawhawk

I had mixed thoughts about The Last Jedi at first, but I’ve come to enjoy it more each time I watch it.

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Mike Lamb  Oct 7, 2022 • 9:38:15am

re: #177 Michele: Out of the closet, Into the fire

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I will not allow Taco Bell to be besmirched. Numerous were the the times that Taco Bell saved me from a hangover in college.

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Eclectic Cyborg  Oct 7, 2022 • 9:39:43am

re: #278 Mike Lamb

I will not allow Taco Bell to be besmirched. Numerous were the the times that Taco Bell saved me from a hangover in college.

It’s due to become the only remaining restaurant in America in the next 10 years.

Enjoy-joy your burritos.

/

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Nyet  Oct 7, 2022 • 9:41:33am

Let’s see if the official explanation will be along these lines.

interestingengineering.com

“SpaceX’s Starlink service is getting grindingly slow for some users.

The Starlink internet service was heralded for its lightning-fast speeds when it first launched as a beta in 2020. According to the internet speed testing site Ookla, however, the more people use it, the slower it gets.”

arstechnica.com

“Median latency also got a little worse for Starlink’s US customers, rising from 43 ms to 48 ms. The latest numbers are in Ooka’s Q2 2022 report on Starlink speeds around the world, released Tuesday. “Starlink speeds decreased in every country we surveyed over the past year as more users sign up for service,” this week’s report said. The Q1 report is available here.”

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Captain Ron  Oct 7, 2022 • 9:42:40am
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lawhawk  Oct 7, 2022 • 9:43:42am
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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  Oct 7, 2022 • 9:44:10am

re: #278 Mike Lamb

I will not allow Taco Bell to be besmirched. Numerous were the the times that Taco Bell saved me from a hangover in college.

We used to play at a dive Country bar in Flagstaff right next to the Taco Bell.

There were a pair of prostitutes who worked the place, you could see them leave the place several times a night with a different fellow only to come back later and find a new mark.

Business must’ve been a slow one evening, one of them sidled up to me at the end of the night while I was waiting at the bar to get paid and asked if I wanted to drive her to the Taco Bell.

From then on, those ladies were known to the band as the “Taco Belles”

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prairiefire  Oct 7, 2022 • 9:48:51am

Hello, lizards, Happy Friday.

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Belafon  Oct 7, 2022 • 9:52:22am

re: #284 prairiefire

Hello, lizards, Happy Friday.

Today is my rest (at work) day. Yesterday, the football team played in Tyler, TX, roughly 2 hours away, and I help with band props and moving percussion equipment. Got in at midnight. Tomorrow is a band competition. Practice for it starts at 7:45 am, and returning to the school and unloading after the competition will be sometime near midnight.

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Dopamine Fish  Oct 7, 2022 • 9:54:00am

God, Twitter is such a garbage app. All of a sudden, with zero warning, these “Trending” tweets started popping up in my home feed. Difficulty: ALL OF THEM are sportsball-related… And I have NO sportsball-related activity ANYWHERE that would indicate to Twitter that I should be seeing these. Make it go away.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Oct 7, 2022 • 9:54:28am
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Shiplord Kirel: Fan of Big Bird, Bert, and Ernie  Oct 7, 2022 • 9:57:35am

“Jerkule Poirot” is a keeper.

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Crush White Nationalism  Oct 7, 2022 • 9:57:38am

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Dangerman  Oct 7, 2022 • 9:57:38am

re: #282 lawhawk

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These guys get so many chances and extensions and courtesies and deference

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Eclectic Cyborg  Oct 7, 2022 • 9:57:45am
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Dangerman  Oct 7, 2022 • 9:59:13am

re: #287 Backwoods_Sleuth

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Who gaf what you happen to think?

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Nyet  Oct 7, 2022 • 9:59:42am

Has Musk fulfilled Melnyk’s wish now? ///

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Dangerman  Oct 7, 2022 • 10:01:15am

re: #291 Eclectic Cyborg

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He just fired his political director

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  Oct 7, 2022 • 10:01:29am

I have to admit with begrudgingly teeth that Russia does have a certain valid claim to Crimea, but the manner in which Putin asserted his claim is unacceptable.

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Belafon  Oct 7, 2022 • 10:02:33am

re: #295 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))

I have to admit with gnashed teeth that Russia does have a valid claim to Crimea, but the manner in which Putin asserted his claim is unacceptable.

In the same way that Hungary has a claim to Austria.

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Nyet  Oct 7, 2022 • 10:03:11am

re: #295 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))

I have to admit with gnashed teeth that Russia does have a valid claim to Crimea, but the manner in which Putin asserted his claim is unacceptable.

Russia has no valid claim to Crimea.

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Dangerman  Oct 7, 2022 • 10:04:11am

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lawhawk  Oct 7, 2022 • 10:05:06am

Disbanding and reforming police department is the bare minimum given what we’ve learned since that school massacre. We need to hold everyone accountable for the nonstop lies and misinformation that the local and state officials spewed - covering up incompetence and malfeasance by everyone involved.

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Dangerman  Oct 7, 2022 • 10:05:49am
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Eventual Carrion  Oct 7, 2022 • 10:09:50am

re: #278 Mike Lamb

I will not allow Taco Bell to be besmirched. Numerous were the the times that Taco Bell saved me from a hangover in college.

My go to in Houston was Jack-in-the-Box Super Taco. Greasy as hell but perfect at 2 am.

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ckkatz  Oct 7, 2022 • 10:10:26am

re: #275 Crush White Nationalism

re: #280 Nyet

Valid points.

Clearly there is concern that Ukraine’s offensive is being crippled by problems with StarLink.

Usually offensives continue until some limitation or combination of limitations are reached and cause it to stop. Usually it is lack of supplies, exhaustion, or growing disorganization of the offensive forces. In this case there is concern that access to StarLink might be the issue.

With expected poor fall and winter weather, as well as more Russian mobilizees coming. The goal is to make as much headway as possible.

And, obviously there is a lot of concern that Musk might be attempting to unilaterally determine National Policy for the United States, NATO and Ukraine.

We rabble do not yet have enough information to determine with certainty which of the possibilities is most likely.

However, we can certainly note that we will be “highly displeased” if it is a case of Musk unilaterally overriding our National Security concerns.

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jaunte  Oct 7, 2022 • 10:10:42am

Republicans jumping onto the “socialist wish list”:

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  Oct 7, 2022 • 10:10:54am

re: #301 Eventual Carrion

My go to in Houston was Jack-in-the-Box Super Taco. Greasy as hell but perfect at 2 am.

And there was a Taco Bell at the Gorky Park Metro station in Moscow in the early 90’s, that used to be my big Friday afternoon treat.

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danarchy  Oct 7, 2022 • 10:11:25am

re: #297 Nyet

Russia has no valid claim to Crimea.

Of course they have a claim to it, the only one that matters. They have it, have for almost a decade and will keep it unless someone takes it away.

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  Oct 7, 2022 • 10:11:55am

re: #303 jaunte

Republicans jumping onto the “socialist wish list”:

They had to vote against to maintain their GOP creds it but even back then they had no intention of letting all that money go to waste…

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lawhawk  Oct 7, 2022 • 10:12:05am

Guess who Ukraine’s biggest arms backer is these days.

It’s not the US.
It’s not Germany.
It’s not Poland or any other EU country.

It’s Russia. Russia keeps surrendering weapons as it flees in the face of oncoming Ukrainian efforts to take back Ukrainian territory from Russian invaders that Ukraine now has a surplus of weapons as compared to earlier in the conflict.

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lawhawk  Oct 7, 2022 • 10:13:10am

re: #303 jaunte

Every last one of these GOPers should be exposed to their constituents as craven liars who voted against the very aid that they’re now trying to get for their residents thanks to Democrats having the votes to make it happen.

Democrats need to run ads hard against every last one of these MFing GOPers.

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Nyet  Oct 7, 2022 • 10:13:39am

re: #305 danarchy

Of course they have a claim to it, the only one that matters. They have it, have for almost a decade and will keep it unless someone takes it away.

Not a valid one though.

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ckkatz  Oct 7, 2022 • 10:16:17am
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The GOP is a racist terrorist organization  Oct 7, 2022 • 10:18:19am

If you’re a baseball fan, then you know that the MLB playoffs began today, with the first game on the post-season docket being the Cleveland Guardians (née Indians) hosting the Tampa Bay Rays.

Racist Clevelanders have been apoplectic about the name change, accusing CEO Paul Dolan of caving to the woke mob, and they have vowed to boycott the team. Welp, attendance this season was up over last year (when Cleveland finished a mediocre 80-82), but it is still lower than previous seasons when they have made postseason runs.

I can’t think of a better example of cutting off your nose to spite your face. The first part of the name - Cleveland - didn’t change. If you’re a Clevelander (I grew up there), the Guardians still represent you. Furthermore, if you know anything about how they were named the Indians in the first place, then you know that it’s pretty shameful. So to me, they did the right thing.

It was long overdue, as a matter of fact.

I get that many Native Americans don’t mind teams having native names, but no matter how you try to spin this, naming a sports team after a group of people who were the victims of an attempted genocide is ludicrous, and any attempts to mitigate that uncomfortable fact - ie “Native tribes committed genocide against other tribes before the white man came” - is just pathetic.

Furthermore, the Guardians are a great young team this year (the youngest of all the playoff teams, as a matter of fact). They got hot at the right time, and even though on paper Houston and the Yankees are better, a lot can happen in a short series, and I wouldn’t be surprised if they make a deep postseason run. If they continue winning (especially if they bring home the first World Series championship since 1948), only the most die hard racists will continue boycotting the team.

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  Oct 7, 2022 • 10:18:31am

re: #297 Nyet

Russia has no valid claim to Crimea.

I amended my post to say a “certain” valid claim, but if they are going to insist on asserting that, then their claim to Kaliningrad is entirely spurious.

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Hecuba's daughter  Oct 7, 2022 • 10:18:52am

re: #277 Eclectic Cyborg

I had mixed thoughts about The Last Jedi at first, but I’ve come to enjoy it more each time I watch it.

My confession: I’m a Trekkie and while enjoying a few of the SW franchise, I’m not a real fan. Saw the original movies when they first came out, enjoyed them, but am not invested in the series or any follow-up programs.

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gocart mozart  Oct 7, 2022 • 10:20:25am
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A Cranky One  Oct 7, 2022 • 10:24:29am

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Belafon  Oct 7, 2022 • 10:25:00am

re: #307 lawhawk

You don’t know how a military will act until they are on the battlefield. So you never underestimate them.

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Belafon  Oct 7, 2022 • 10:26:10am

re: #303 jaunte

Republicans jumping onto the “socialist wish list”:

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This goes back to my observation that Republicans continually rely on Democrats to do the right thing. I wish there was a way to make Republican voters see this without hurting the Democratic voters in their areas.

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GlutenFreeJesus  Oct 7, 2022 • 10:27:16am

re: #260 A hollow voice says: Abort SCOTUS

Same here.

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Nyet  Oct 7, 2022 • 10:28:04am

re: #312 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))

I amended my post to say a “certain” valid claim, but if they are going to insist on asserting that, then their claim to Kaliningrad is entirely spurious.

Their claim is no more valid than their claim on Finland or Poland would be.

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Blind Frog Belly White  Oct 7, 2022 • 10:28:21am

re: #317 Belafon

This goes back to my observation that Republicans continually rely on Democrats to do the right thing. I wish there was a way to make Republican voters see this without hurting the Democratic voters in their areas.

They’re too busy imagining that we’re trying to control and/or kill them.

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prairiefire  Oct 7, 2022 • 10:33:49am

Joe right now is doing what is known as “campaigning” and “rallying the base.” He’s more of a street fighter which is what we need right now.

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No Malarkey!  Oct 7, 2022 • 10:34:33am

How the Supreme Court corrupted American politics with dark money, in a Tweet. The circuit judge being targeted is in my home county.

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lawhawk  Oct 7, 2022 • 10:36:28am

re: #316 Belafon

You don’t know how a military will act until they are on the battlefield. So you never underestimate them.

We’ve seen their military in action in the past, and it’s been a mixed bag - Afghanistan. Chechnya. Ukraine (Crimea). They have some effective units, but larger scale conflicts increasingly rely on conscripts and low pay and low morale contributes to failures.

But Ukraine also exposed serious issues with logistics, equipment deficiencies, comms issues, and strategic/tactical doctrines. A lot of it stems from fact that no one in chain of command closest to Putin said this was a real bad idea and here’s why. They just said they’d do it, and threw personnel at the problem with disastrous effect.

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The GOP is a racist terrorist organization  Oct 7, 2022 • 10:36:55am
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No Malarkey!  Oct 7, 2022 • 10:37:18am

A hopeful scenario for the end of the war in Ukraine. Once the major players in Russia understand the war is lost, they will want their troops closer to home to protect their political positions.

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Belafon  Oct 7, 2022 • 10:39:17am

re: #324 The GOP is a racist terrorist organization

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When immigrants come to this country and they ask for asylum, we are supposed to take them in and treat them kindly and with respect. That is our freakin’ law.

As for the way we treat the military, it’s people like you, Masters, that keep us from fixing that as well.

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No Malarkey!  Oct 7, 2022 • 10:39:57am

re: #323 lawhawk

We’ve seen their military in action in the past, and it’s been a mixed bag - Afghanistan. Chechnya. Ukraine (Crimea). They have some effective units, but larger scale conflicts increasingly rely on conscripts and low pay and low morale contributes to failures.

But Ukraine also exposed serious issues with logistics, equipment deficiencies, comms issues, and strategic/tactical doctrines. A lot of it stems from fact that no one in chain of command closest to Putin said this was a real bad idea and here’s why. They just said they’d do it, and threw personnel at the problem with disastrous effect.

When the reason why is “We’ve been stealing all the money for defense to pay for our superyachts, condos and mistresses in the West”, its not really something they can say out loud to Putin.

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Belafon  Oct 7, 2022 • 10:40:35am

re: #325 No Malarkey!

A hopeful scenario for the end of the war in Ukraine. Once the major players in Russia understand the war is lost, they will want their troops closer to home to protect their political positions.

Not going to click on the link at work, but this war doesn’t end until all of the Ukrainians kidnapped by Russia are returned home.

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jaunte  Oct 7, 2022 • 10:42:41am

Texas Governor Greg Abbott Used Covid Aid to Pay for a Border Wall.

Greg Abbott Used Federal Tax Revenues To Kill People So He Could Look Tough On Immigration
Texas steered $1 billion in federal pandemic dollars to Operation Lone Star, which was used to hire thousands of guards, expand the wall, and bus migrants out of state.
thenation.com

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retired cynic  Oct 7, 2022 • 10:44:57am
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John Hughes  Oct 7, 2022 • 10:46:11am

re: #243 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))

France’s mustard crop has been reduced by more than half.

Which coming in top of the recent disastrous cross in Canada means that we are suffering an almost total Dijon mustard shortage.

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Blind Frog Belly White  Oct 7, 2022 • 10:46:33am

re: #330 retired cynic

Well, Election Day is the 8th of November, so, really, October IS longer!

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No Malarkey!  Oct 7, 2022 • 10:47:02am

re: #328 Belafon

Not going to click on the link at work, but this war doesn’t end until all of the Ukrainians kidnapped by Russia are returned home.

Technically true. The Korean War never ended, we are just in the midst of a 69 year long and counting truce. Once the Russians are out of Ukraine, the fighting will, for the most part, end, though a lot of things have to happen before there is actual peace.

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retired cynic  Oct 7, 2022 • 10:49:53am

re: #332 Blind Frog Belly White

Well, Election Day is the 8th of November, so, really, October IS longer!

Except they all go by faster these days! Lovely to see you here!

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No Malarkey!  Oct 7, 2022 • 10:51:11am
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Eclectic Cyborg  Oct 7, 2022 • 10:53:55am

re: #324 The GOP is a racist terrorist organization

“…deported back to their home country or back to some other country that wants them.”

No, that’s not how this works.

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lawhawk  Oct 7, 2022 • 10:56:59am

re: #327 No Malarkey!

At start of war, everyone was expecting to see Armata tanks and latest aircraft getting air superiority in driving back Ukrainian positions.

Turns out both were in exceptionally short supply. Russia wasn’t risking watching the Armatas get turned into roasting ovens. Within weeks, even the T-72 and T-80s were being turned into turret tossers and Russia was trying to get older T-64s on the front because they were losing so many tanks to antitank weapons.

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Nyet  Oct 7, 2022 • 10:57:21am

Re: the thesis Snyder is arguing against: the cliche that nukes can somehow end this war is prima facie absurd. What would they achieve? Okay, killing soldiers and civilians. And then what? The ZSU would still be there, angrier than ever, whereas Russia would be fully isolated. There’s not the slightest analogy with Japan, their defeat happened under extremely different circumstances and nukes were only one of the factors.

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Blind Frog Belly White  Oct 7, 2022 • 10:57:31am

re: #336 Eclectic Cyborg

“…deported back to their home country or back to some other country that wants them.”

No, that’s not how this works.

The other thing is they conflate “illegal immigrants” with asylum seekers who BY LAW are allowed to stay here until their asylum hearings, including, as I understand it, working. It’s all Swarthy Foreigners to them.

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Blind Frog Belly White  Oct 7, 2022 • 11:13:17am

re: #338 Nyet

Re: the thesis Snyder is arguing against: the cliche that nukes can somehow end this war is prima facie absurd. What would they achieve? Okay, killing soldiers and civilians. And then what? The ZSU would still be there, angrier than ever, whereas Russia would be fully isolated. There’s not the slightest analogy with Japan, their defeat happened under extremely different circumstances and nukes were only one of the factors.

This seems to me to be kind of an “Underpants Gnomes” situation:

1. Drop Nukes
2. ?
3. Victory!

And nobody knows what 2. entails.

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John Hughes  Oct 7, 2022 • 11:23:02am

re: #279 Eclectic Cyborg

It’s due to become the only remaining restaurant in America in the next 10 years.

Enjoy-joy your burritos.

/

Meanwhile we in Europe get doomed to pizza hut for the rest of time.

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John Hughes  Oct 7, 2022 • 11:26:29am

re: #280 Nyet

. According to the internet speed testing site Ookla, however, the more people use it, the slower it gets.”

well, duh.

That’s how shared medium (coax, wifi, GSM/3G/4G/5G, satellite) works.

Wireless is shit. Necessary shit sometimes, but still shit.

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John Hughes  Oct 7, 2022 • 11:29:13am

re: #287 Backwoods_Sleuth

Sugar is a gateway drug in the same sense that fentanyl is a gateway drug. There is no harder drug to get hooked on.

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sagehen  Oct 7, 2022 • 11:30:05am

re: #313 Hecuba’s daughter

My confession: I’m a Trekkie and while enjoying a few of the SW franchise, I’m not a real fan. Saw the original movies when they first came out, enjoyed them, but am not invested in the series or any follow-up programs.

I miss Stargate so much. I loved gate exponentially more than trek or wars. I would have been, would still be, all-in on more of that.

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John Hughes  Oct 7, 2022 • 11:35:46am

re: #295 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))

I have to admit with begrudgingly teeth that Russia does have a certain valid claim to Crimea, but the manner in which Putin asserted his claim is unacceptable.

nobody has the right to annex the territory of another country.

If there were a Crimean demand for unification with Russia then the Crimeans could negotiate that with the ukranian state.

But nobody has the right to impose that on Ukraine.

Russia has no “claim”.

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Crush White Nationalism  Oct 7, 2022 • 11:38:07am

re: #344 sagehen

I miss Stargate so much. I loved gate exponentially more than trek or wars. I would have been, would still be, all-in on more of that.

Same, but the series went downhill from SG:1.
Atlantis was not as good as SG:1, and Universe was terrible.

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sagehen  Oct 7, 2022 • 11:39:47am

re: #346 Crush White Nationalism

Same, but the series went downhill from SG:1.
Atlantis was not as good as SG:1, and Universe was terrible.

Atlantis was awesome. I was, and remain, a John/Rodney shipper.

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John Hughes  Oct 7, 2022 • 11:39:49am

re: #299 lawhawk

Disbanding and reforming police department is the bare minimum

why does a school authority need a police department?

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Oct 7, 2022 • 11:42:24am

re: #340 Blind Frog Belly White

This seems to me to be kind of an “Underpants Gnomes” situation:

1. Drop Nukes
2. ?
3. Victory!

And nobody knows what 2. entails.

Certainly not profit…

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Crush White Nationalism  Oct 7, 2022 • 11:44:48am

re: #347 sagehen

Atlantis was awesome. I was, and remain, a John/Rodney shipper.

I enjoyed Atlantis, but wouldn’t call it “awesome.”

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Dave In Austin  Oct 7, 2022 • 11:46:16am

re: #301 Eventual Carrion

My go to in Houston was Jack-in-the-Box Super Taco. Greasy as hell but perfect at 2 am.

But a Breakfast Jack would synergize said hangover.

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John Hughes  Oct 7, 2022 • 12:30:14pm

re: #313 Hecuba’s daughter

My confession: I’m a Trekkie and while enjoying a few of the SW franchise, I’m not a real fan. Saw the original movies when they first came out, enjoyed them, but am not invested in the series or any follow-up programs.

Think of poor people like me that like science fiction and so regard SW and ST with near equal disdain.

Ok, the first star wars film was great mindless tosh, but that was the high point.


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