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atomheartbevo

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  1. On the other hand, he also knows his troops couldn't handle a stand-up fight with the Polish. And this is absolutely mocking Trump and making Trump look weak, which Trump despises.
  2. When you've reached our age, generally you've encountered people who have fucked around and found out, whether it be skipping the shingles vaccine or whatever. And assuming you are 40s/50s, you may have even known people who were affected by polio (generally an old relative or friend's parents/aunt/uncle/etc.). So we tend to listen to the experts, because we have built up a healthy first-hand knowledge of shit going sideways for people.
  3. Finally got around to this. Terry Pratchett and Stephen Baxter collaborate on a science fiction series. Easy read, plays to the strengths of both authors - what if there were multiple parallel earths and you could easily move between them. Was originally going to be Pratchett’s first series, but this little Discworld thing took off. If you liked Kim Stanley Robinson’s Mars series, it’s got that flavor of world building and society building, but an easier read. onto the second book, excited for the others based on the titles
  4. Ironically, Bill Burr’s wife worked on the Chappelle Show during its first season (but he wasn’t on there until a year later when she had moved on) Her dad worked at the Apollo and that’s how he knew Burr (she met him through her dad or something along those lines). She was working on Colin Quinn’s show on Comedy Central when he guest-started on it as well and they started dating or something - he’s talked about it a lot And pretty sure she’d beat his ass if he crossed any lines.
  5. It’s amazing how many relatives and acquaintances I have that would have definitely been Tories.
  6. So Israel tried to kill them while they were meeting about Trump's proposal. Pretty fucking bold, unless they knew Trump would not stand up to them and complain about it.
  7. Bet he's not even 5 1/2 inches.
  8. They are trying to thread the needle on not rehashing too much of TOS as well as bridging this crew to TOS. I expect the episodes leaning up to “Pike ending up crippled” will be fucking amazing. All the pieces are there.
  9. I’m not fully caught up, but Uhura and Chapel?
  10. It’s unfortunate that this will get Chicago bombed, but the story ain’t going to get buried otherwise.
  11. We can blame our parents, but I can point to the fact that the fringe political movements in America (on both sides) over the last 50 years have always drawn heavily from the college crowd. Because they don’t know any better, and they read a little Ayn Rand or whoever, and whatever is read on the left, and think that they are enlightened and that is their world view. But there are also sheltered people (probably some overlap and college freaks them out) who maintain dumb beliefs that were passed down to them. I’ve had somebody I went to high school with claims there were no gay or lesbian students when we were there. Me pointing out several people in the LBGTQ crowd in our class, and that I went to two same-sex marriages of classmates of ours doesn’t change their thinking - because “they weren’t gay back then”.
  12. So apparently RFK Jr. is blaming autism on Tylenol, and that "report" will be out later this month.
  13. There are groups actively lobbying the Texas legislature and Abbott to drop vaccine requirements for kids as speak. And yes, we are this fucking dumb. Remember, Abbott has to outdo DeSantis/Florida.
  14. I didn’t peg you as somebody named “Counsel Refrig”. Interesting.
  15. Let’s call it what it really is - a good old fashioned distraction for the American yokels.
  16. That’s a “war” that’s been waged since the 70s. Sounds like we aren’t fighting a war, but instead feeding a military-industrial complex and a law enforcement and prison industry.
  17. Holy shit, Gun Jesus has a scuba channel https://www.youtube.com/@DeepDiveWithIan
  18. but still...
  19. Or wait until say November or December when temps are a wee bit cool and just take out large parts of the Russian power grid. No way they have the air defenses to protect their grid around Moscow and St. Petersburg.
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