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  1. They gonna be at a "significant" fornication advantage too if he goes with those tech specs.
  2. From where, the church across the street? They've been exiled from the building AFAIK.
  3. aka 'trope.' although not a fan of horror, it's loaded with them.
  4. Someone with degrees from Princeton and Harvard, who lives in a tony enclave with what I suspect to be a very finely designed residence could not be bothered to use a Pantone color matching chart? How performative.
  5. Remember when someone else (ahem) was in office and he said this on Fox and Friends? That was from 2009 (thank you Wayback Machine) and he apologized then, too.
  6. He (the vp) is an interesting dude for sure. Interesting is doing a lot of heavy lifting for me here. Your quote, "the demand that the libs and minorities they shit on like them," reminds me of this talk that Ed Norton's character had with Renner's in the Bourne Legacy but in a convoluted rationalized way: "We are the sin eaters. It means that we take the moral excrement we find in this equation and we bury it down deep inside of us, so that the rest of our case can stay pure. That is the job. We are morally indefensible, and absolutely necessary." That to me is why stoking the fear of the history of rebellion by the oppressed in our past is so successful, ergo: I am the victim here. Look at all that I have put up with from you people and yet you don't like me?
  7. Clipped for space. An additional comment from that sm account is that the SK media outlet that published that op-ed on the detention/deportations is left leaning but left leaning in that they support the current US admin. She continued the thread with additional news accts of South Koreans chanting 'we are Charlie' etc. As for the article itself, which was translated from Hangul if I had to guess (not a languages expert), the phrase "far rights may have secretly rejoiced," --seemed to me that there was nothing secret about it. Groups are pretty open with the hate these days and appear by all accounts rather proud of it....unless it serves the purpose to play the victim, in which case the hood becomes replaced with a halo.
  8. If it's scraping data from RW op eds then it would be the same five buzzwords. Kind of like what DOGE was doing for federal grant funding denials. Even the dimmest bulb grows tired of person, woman, man, camera, tv.
  9. Yeah, it's currently: "The benefits of Capitalism". I'm counting this as a lateral. Middle school (at least upper ms) is not too young to read The Grapes of Wrath (although I remember some of my friend's parents not being cool with some of the passages--specifically the Rosasharn scene IYKYK) and that novel is such a nice display of capitalism in all its glory...my family used to joke that my great-grandparents were too poor to leave for California but it wasn't really a joke. They damn near starved to death. I didn't know when I read it (actually as a frosh in hs not middle school) about Steinbeck and the controversy with Sanora Babb's Whose Names Are Unknown. I wish educators were given the freedom within a broad curricula to educate and excite students about the highs and lows of humanity in our country. Their lives and imaginations would be so much richer for it.
  10. Was Mr. Kirk a member of her church? If so, then a congregation's sympathy and concern for their brethren would be completely appropriate. Otherwise, it is not for a priest to bring the world and its events into the church but to bring the spiritual and the Word of God to those seated before him (or her depending upon the religion and church). Just my opinion though.
  11. Huh, that's some math there. But factual? Really now. Worldwide, it's estimated at around 60 million deaths (2024) overall of any cause (rounding down by around 2 million just to be generous) and the US alone was around 3 million. So given what we know about viewers of this network, 300 million deaths seems about right. It's kinda like the logic that some shoppers use when they see something on sale that they don't really need but it's on sale and that resonates with *checks notes* viewers who think they've got a bargain for what they paid. What's a few innocent lives brutally cut short when we saved 300 million? I am getting too cynical I think.
  12. Nice the way the curriculum mentions the perils of communism and avoids mention of the perils of Jim Crow.
  13. If Senator Cruz is so civic minded, he could be picking up litter. It has a much bigger impact and is sorely needed.
  14. That ^^^ earlier post looks like a gasoline can. This is ours: It pleases me when I fill the mower with gas. The plastic ones were lighter, but I sacrificed the weight for ease of use. I am not a coordinated nor particularly strong female but I can leverage my assets to make it work.
  15. I realize I've been hit or miss on the boards this summer due to other things, but good to see you posting!
  16. Time for those libtard soy boys to step up and start consuming. Wait, wat?
  17. Money, it's a gas Grab that cash with both hands and make a stash A new car, caviar, four-star daydream Think I'll buy me a football team Money, well, get back I'm aright Jack, keep your hands off my stack Money, it's a hit Don't give me that do goody-good bullshit Taylor Swift, FWIW, tried to engage young people somewhat. It resonated with young voters but per her fan demographic, they were mostly female so the divide continues.
  18. I would lobby for a subgenre of Westerns and would nominate Shane (1953) starring Alan Ladd in the Lone *Anti-Hero category with Unforgiven (1992) as a modern contender in that subgenre as well. It's a tricky category within Westerns as there have been quite a few solo lead movies in Westerns both before and after the George Steven's directed the highly nominated film that debuted in the 50's but I think it is well known enough among cinephiles to hold the lead in that category. *I went with anti-hero as I am rather fond of morally gray characters. This wasn't the Lone Ranger.
  19. Yeah, I was thinking what in the name of Bob Marley is that dumbo failson talking about?
  20. I like actor Jesse Eisenberg but as to the man he portrayed in The Social Network, not so much. Great movie even if Fincher took some liberties with events and (somewhat) wrote the lead as a sympathetic dorky character with zero people skills.
  21. What in his life would lead him (personally) to believe otherwise? But, the issue cited above does trend towards the health for scam monetization vs health for the common good of the citizenry. It is a crossroads of believers in prayer/God's will and those that don't quite trust the Lord will come through for them so copper!crystals!catpee!testicletan! while the rest of us folks sitting on the porch...
  22. Frankly I'm struggling a little with this. (I did not read the article-paywall) It's happened (leopards) and yes--both sides--and it's been discussed regarding one's speech not being free from consequences. The troubling aspect that I am seeing is what I believe to be the misuse of governmental power to punish those who are not actually employed by the government. A private employer within reason is allowed to hire and fire employees as is the government, but (and please educate me if I'm mistaken) and the government has policy that dictates the do's and don'ts for its employees as well and some legal justification for 'interfering' with private concerns that cross over into the relationship between public and private (say embezzling PPP loans etc). But I was witnessing government leadership essentially citing opinions by citizens as terrorism, yes? And opinions that were directed toward another private citizen, who is no longer among the living. That the deceased was either liked or disliked by many is perhaps irrelevant to the government excepting cases of interference (meaning actual threats, harassment, etc). So the consequences for one's crass tweet(s) I can somewhat square with how things have been; but the idea that groups are sending 'lists' of other citizens' media to the government (and other than Miller's statement on Fox, I admittedly don't know how true or not that is) to be tattled ratted out reported on and then harrassed is hmmm, something our country needs to square up and say, nope, not happening here. Because to do so weakens the argument that our country is not under threat from actually an authoritarian regime. Events are moving so quickly, it's hard to get a handle on things, but I do know one thing; if the current leader were to pass due to health, the surveillance state, its protocol, and what happens afterward will likely have been greatly shaped by this event. I don't know if I'm making sense here. It's all so sad all around. What are we doing to each other and why why we do we behave so stupidly to each other?
  23. We buy used cars which we drive until the cost to repair ratio isn't worth it so have done this with our cars for years, except it's in the garage. I like it because other than the ac condensation that drips down, it's a way to spot a potential problem in between regular maintenance before it gets bad.
  24. I was coming here to post that clip and the talking potato taking such a view when anyone not pea-brained can see the various nuances to the subject is just jaw-dropping. CEO Lachlan Murdoch is further to the right than his father and it shows.
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