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Post by LFC on Apr 19, 2021 18:31:30 GMT
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Post by LFC on May 4, 2021 16:10:17 GMT
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Post by goldenvalley on May 4, 2021 17:14:09 GMT
Everyone thinks they are fine drivers, capable of multi-tasking. I can't speak for anyone else but I have definitive evidence that it is not true of me. Four years ago I caused a car accident while on a hands free phone call, just a casual call, I blew a red light totaling my car and another one. Fortunately air bags and seat belts work well and no one was seriously injured. So Mr. GOP Senator, you got busted and you're lucky that it came about without hurting anyone.
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Post by LFC on May 4, 2021 20:01:05 GMT
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Post by goldenvalley on May 4, 2021 22:04:38 GMT
Maybe it's just me, but doesn't it seem that registering and voting in a dead person's name (who had been dead for a couple of years) is far more fraudulent than voting in your own name on a mistaken assumption that you were allowed to?
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Post by jackd on May 4, 2021 22:06:11 GMT
Yes.
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Post by Deleted on May 5, 2021 12:31:38 GMT
Maybe it's just me, but doesn't it seem that registering and voting in a dead person's name (who had been dead for a couple of years) is far more fraudulent than voting in your own name on a mistaken assumption that you were allowed to? It's never fraudulent to vote Republican. It's always suspicious if the voter is a blaaah person.
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Post by andydp on May 9, 2021 13:05:27 GMT
With all the commotion about Liz Cheney and other GOP who are actually speaking the truth, I came to the conclusion the GOP is about to get it with both barrels. With "nothing to lose" the mavericks will keep attacking and (hopefully) not be mincing words.
An example from Lyndon Johnson is in order:
As President, Johnson was approached by some party leaders about the comments being made by another prominent member. Pres Johnson responded:
"Let us reason together. I'd rather have him in the tent pissing out that outside pissing in."
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Post by LFC on May 11, 2021 15:16:52 GMT
The Vatican just pulled the leash on its right-wing Bishops who want to publicly try to shame and punish Biden for not being anti-abortion. Their selective outrage and overstepping their own authority isn't appreciated.
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Post by andydp on May 11, 2021 17:10:25 GMT
The Vatican just pulled the leash on its right-wing Bishops who want to publicly try to shame and punish Biden for not being anti-abortion. Their selective outrage and overstepping their own authority isn't appreciated.
It was so much easier when the Pope sounded like Newt Gingrich....
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Post by LFC on May 18, 2021 13:56:45 GMT
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Post by Deleted on May 18, 2021 14:54:38 GMT
Which is a more effective governor of human behavior: (1) checks and balances OR (2) not stopping people from enjoying the outcomes of their own folly?
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Post by LFC on Jun 3, 2021 20:14:39 GMT
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Post by goldenvalley on Jun 3, 2021 20:27:53 GMT
I'm guessing they didn't send the contributions via USPS.
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Post by andydp on Jun 3, 2021 20:39:13 GMT
I'm guessing they didn't send the contributions via USPS.Actually if the use the USPS for something fraudulent they can be charged. That's why most scammers want you to use FedEx or UPS.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 3, 2021 22:30:13 GMT
I'm guessing they didn't send the contributions via USPS.Actually if the use the USPS for something fraudulent they can be charged. That's why most scammers want you to use FedEx or UPS. Also, they don't lose your packages. (Lately, both FedEx and UPS have let the quality of their service slip considerably.)
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Post by Deleted on Jun 7, 2021 13:57:18 GMT
Instead of two Florida men, I much rather it be Don and Mike. The most winningest ticket possible. Truest representation of the country in 2024.
If you're thinking of Don Jr. and Mike Lindell you would be right.
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Post by pnwguy on Jun 8, 2021 17:58:28 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Jun 9, 2021 20:23:45 GMT
Apparently, preventing polarization between two halves of the nation is the responsibility of only one half of the population. It's flawed in principle. Polarization would only stop if both halves suffer net pain from it. So it's time to inflict pain on the other half.
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Post by LFC on Jun 9, 2021 20:53:12 GMT
Biden is trying to complete the closure of Gitmo, an absolute stain of immorality on the soul of our nation.
Obama did a lot but Trump, being Trump, dug in his heels.
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Post by pnwguy on Jun 10, 2021 12:37:38 GMT
...an absolute stain of immorality on the soul of our nation. That describes Dumpster even more than it describes Gitmo. If only we could send the first to the second.
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Post by goldenvalley on Jun 10, 2021 13:28:28 GMT
I just finished reading this. It gives an interesting framework that helps to explain what we are experiencing now. It puts labels on things that we are sensing about politics and the civic body of today, like why do people vote against their own interests? The answer is that what Smart Americans think are Real Americans' interests really aren't the interests the Real Americans care about right now. That was a light bulb moment for me. Reading about "Just America" gives me perspective on the Woke thread here. Does this framework account for everything? Probably not. Nothing ever does.
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Post by pnwguy on Jun 10, 2021 13:35:01 GMT
I just finished reading this. It gives an interesting framework that helps to explain what we are experiencing now. It puts labels on things that we are sensing about politics and the civic body of today, like why do people vote against their own interests? The answer is that what Smart Americans think are Real Americans' interests really aren't the interests the Real Americans care about right now. That was a light bulb moment for me. Reading about "Just America" gives me perspective on the Woke thread here. Does this framework account for everything? Probably not. Nothing ever does. Yes, like any prism to view humanity, it is imperfect. But it does make a lot of sense of the US political fractionation we see, that I don't think most journalists quite get. I recommend the piece to everyone here. We might create a separate post thread to discuss it.
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Post by goldenvalley on Jun 10, 2021 13:35:49 GMT
I just finished reading this. It gives an interesting framework that helps to explain what we are experiencing now. It puts labels on things that we are sensing about politics and the civic body of today, like why do people vote against their own interests? The answer is that what Smart Americans think are Real Americans' interests really aren't the interests the Real Americans care about right now. That was a light bulb moment for me. Reading about "Just America" gives me some perspective on the Woke thread here, though I suspect that the description of Just America is an exaggeration (as are all the others). I doubt that most people coming out of elite or just regular universities is steeped in this as is suggested. The "social justice" types take up the literary and air space because they are committed to their ideas while most people coming out of college just want jobs. So does this framework account for everything? Probably not. Nothing ever does.
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Post by indy on Jun 10, 2021 14:35:59 GMT
I can't recommend George Packer highly enough. I've been reading everything he has written since he started at the New Yorker back in the early 2000s. In my opinion, probably the best writer of the last two decades, at least stylistically.
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