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25 minutes ago, BigBenBamboozle said:

Yes, the Plum Island bio lab is def a “conspiracy theory”.

So....Lyme disease is a military engineered bio-weapon?

Or did you quote the wrong post?

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I’m not sure he gets confirmed. They can only lose 3 Rs assuming that all of the D senators vote no.

He’s a pro-choice legacy Democrat. I’m most likely going to be disappointed when the 20 R Senators who know RFK has no business in this role flip coins to see who gets to cast the 3 no votes allowing the couch fucker to break the tie.

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On 1/29/2025 at 8:50 AM, Brandywine said:

Stuff I heard during the election

"I'm voting for Trump because he's funny!" 21 year old on TV, voting for President the first time.

"The American people or voting for Trump because they want a leader." Long time conservative friend of mine. 

"I'm voting for Trump because he said he's eliminating taxes on Social Security. I know I said he shouldn't run again after Jan. 6, but what's our choice?" Another long time friend of mine. 

"I vote for one issue - abortion." Another long-time conservative friend

"I can't vote for her because I don't want to listen to that voice and laugh for 4 years." 

Think how easily that could have been overcome by just the right messaging from Dems about actual policies. It's not the electorate that's the problem; it's the Dem's messaging.

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9 minutes ago, hornmpa96 said:

I’m not sure he gets confirmed. They can only lose 3 Rs assuming that all of the D senators vote no.

He’s a pro-choice legacy Democrat. I’m most likely going to be disappointed when the 20 R Senators who know RFK has no business in this role flip coins to see who gets to cast the 3 no votes allowing the couch fucker to break the tie.

I’ll save you any suspense, he’s in. He appeared on stage with trump down the stretch multiple times. Hegseth was a nobody without any clout and they rolled over for him. 

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29 minutes ago, bluto said:

I’ll save you any suspense, he’s in. He appeared on stage with trump down the stretch multiple times. Hegseth was a nobody without any clout and they rolled over for him. 

This right here.  And it's going to go that way down the line.  Gabbard may be the only one it doesn't, but I'm doubtful even then.

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1 hour ago, hornmpa96 said:

I’m not sure he gets confirmed. They can only lose 3 Rs assuming that all of the D senators vote no.

He’s a pro-choice legacy Democrat. I’m most likely going to be disappointed when the 20 R Senators who know RFK has no business in this role flip coins to see who gets to cast the 3 no votes allowing the couch fucker to break the tie.

The first two typical no's are women. Collins and Murkowski. I think falling back on figuring out chronic illness and kids gets him through. They won't vote no. There's a sizable female contingent that vocally wants this guy in there.

It sucks that the health of our country has become so shitty that a guy like this is seen as a viable alternative to try anything to change course.

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2 hours ago, raw dog said:

It sucks that the health of our country has become so shitty that a guy like this is seen as a viable alternative to try anything to change course.

He's not. At least by any serious person. He's been picked because he kissed the ring and is anti-Vax, which became a pillar of the GOP platform in 2020. Nothing more, nothing less.

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4 hours ago, RomaVicta said:

Think how easily that could have been overcome by just the right messaging from Dems about actual policies. It's not the electorate that's the problem; it's the Dem's messaging.

False dilemma

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25 minutes ago, Sawbonz said:

False dilemma

There was a hill fort in the wilderness. There a man stood ready to die defending it. Twas misty and hard to tell, but is that man RomaVicta or Sawbonz? Twas long ago.

Look on my Works, ye Mighty, and despair!

Nothing beside remains. 

 

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RFK Jr looks like Buffalo Bill from Silence of the Lambs if he targeted octogenarians from Florida to make his skin suit out of.

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25 minutes ago, RomaVicta said:

There was a hill fort in the wilderness. There a man stood ready to die defending it. Twas misty and hard to tell, but is that man RomaVicta or Sawbonz? Twas long ago.

Look on my Works, ye Mighty, and despair!

Nothing beside remains. 

 

I take your point. Not worth arguing the whys; we ended up here regardless 

 

I do prefer Wordsworth to Shelley though. Something to calm your soul 

 

I wandered lonely as a cloud

That floats on high o'er vales and hills,

When all at once I saw a crowd,

A host, of golden daffodils;

Beside the lake, beneath the trees,

Fluttering and dancing in the breeze.

 

Continuous as the stars that shine

And twinkle on the milky way,

They stretched in never-ending line

Along the margin of a bay:

Ten thousand saw I at a glance,

Tossing their heads in sprightly dance.

 

The waves beside them danced; but they

Out-did the sparkling waves in glee:

A poet could not but be gay,

In such a jocund company:

I gazed—and gazed—but little thought

What wealth the show to me had brought:

 

For oft, when on my couch I lie

In vacant or in pensive mood,

They flash upon that inward eye

Which is the bliss of solitude;

And then my heart with pleasure fills,

And dances with the daffodils.

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16 minutes ago, High Plains Drifter said:

 

Heard on NPR this morning that a county in far west texas has 8 (IIRC) cases of measles. All kids, none vaccinated. Measles vax is 97% effective at keeping you from getting the disease if exposed. 

More are expected. 

You're not supposed to hear about such things, and that's why:

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President Trump's new head of the Federal Communications Commission has ordered an investigation of NPR and PBS, with an eye toward unraveling federal funding for all public broadcasting.

https://www.npr.org/2025/01/30/nx-s1-5281162/fcc-npr-pbs-investigation

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19 minutes ago, High Plains Drifter said:

 

Heard on NPR this morning that a county in far west texas has 8 (IIRC) cases of measles. All kids, none vaccinated. Measles vax is 97% effective at keeping you from getting the disease if exposed. 

More are expected. 

That's how evolution works.

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1 hour ago, High Plains Drifter said:

 

Heard on NPR this morning that a county in far west texas has 8 (IIRC) cases of measles. All kids, none vaccinated. Measles vax is 97% effective at keeping you from getting the disease if exposed. 

More are expected. 

This administration is dedicated to reducing the number of measles cases to zero!

by making measles testing illegal

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You weren't paying attention if you thought anybody was not getting confirmed after Hegseth made it through

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7 hours ago, High Plains Drifter said:

 

Heard on NPR this morning that a county in far west texas has 8 (IIRC) cases of measles. All kids, none vaccinated. Measles vax is 97% effective at keeping you from getting the disease if exposed. 

More are expected. 

Now 15 cases, its in Gaines County.  One of the lowest vaxxed counties in the state.  
 

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/rcna191580

No words for the contempt I have for the adults who fall for this bullshit. 

 

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They received many warnings.

But it is hard not to also hold the people in power in the media and the government who advanced this propaganda knowing damn well it would kill lots of people. Their lust for power comes before everything.

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42 minutes ago, 956 Worldwide said:

Now 15 cases, its in Gaines County.  One of the lowest vaxxed counties in the state.  
 

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/rcna191580

No words for the contempt I have for the adults who fall for this bullshit. 

 

Not sure if you follow the covid/plague/black death/what-have-you thread in DT, but we talked about that county some a couple of days ago.

Gaines County isn't your typical, super-duper Christian conservative West Texas wackos county. About half the population are German Mennonites who migrated to the county from their colony in Chihuahua, Mex., in the 90s and early aughts. And "half" might be an estimate that's slightly on the low end.

It's the damnedest thing. About 20 years ago, my boss at the time and I went out to Seminole (county seat) for a project. We'd just heard about the Mennonites from our client before the first trip (we were going to have to do a lot of public engagement), who told us they were kind of a quirky group of folks. But, since it was the first trip, we were kind of intrigued, thinking they'd be like the Amish. Not only that, we saw that there was a Mennonite cafe which we decided to hit on our way into town from the Midland airport.

But, uhhhh, no, it wasn't some cutesy shop with great coffee and awesome homemade pastries. It ended up being some hole-in-the-wall kind of place full of men, only men, filling up every seat in the place chatting with each other. As soon as we walked in, everyone went silent and watched us go up to the counter: no muffins, no breakfast tacos (burritos...they do burritos in West Texas), and no breakfast options at all as far as I can remember.

The guy did, however, pour us some horribly weak, hot dark water out of a thermos into the same styrofoam cups everyone else had. And while he was busy doing so, chatter around the cafe started up again, and I can tell you it was really bizarre hearing a bunch of crusty white guys (and they were all white) speaking a weird mix of German and Spanish.

Later on, we were told emphatically that our Amish-like expectation was pretty far off and that these guys were largely dirt farmers and carpenters who did a good bit of drug smuggling on the side, running back and forth between Gaines County and Chihuahua. They just also happen to not believe in a lot of modern American culture, but they were okay with adopting a lot of modern technology.

The women are kept home with the young kids and the school-aged ones don't really participate in any public schooling beyond 8th grade. I'm sure they mostly rely on their own religious country schools by now, regardless of age, since they've been embedded there for at least a good couple of decades. Of course, they're all likely unvaccinated to boot.  

 

Edit: Oh, Brisket gave us a glowing recommendation on this stuff, though, which is nice.

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well i guess those crusty weirdos will fafo like the rest of us lol

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ETA im actually kind of fascinated by some of the lesser known subcultures in this country that we don't normally hear/learn about...indigenous Alaskans, Amish, fundy Mormons, gypsies, so on. one of the reasons i dig movies like Winter's Bone, Wind River, Mud, Traveller, etc., is getting a view into those subcultures. i mean... this country is incredibly diverse in more ways than one. 

fat lot of good it's doing us now lol 

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3 hours ago, mchookem said:

well i guess those crusty weirdos will fafo like the rest of us lol

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ETA im actually kind of fascinated by some of the lesser known subcultures in this country that we don't normally hear/learn about...indigenous Alaskans, Amish, fundy Mormons, gypsies, so on. one of the reasons i dig movies like Winter's Bone, Wind River, Mud, Traveller, etc., is getting a view into those subcultures. i mean... this country is incredibly diverse in more ways than one. 

fat lot of good it's doing us now lol 

not supposed to say Gypsy. It's Roma. Not to be confused with Gypsy Rose.

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3 hours ago, mchookem said:

well i guess those crusty weirdos will fafo like the rest of us lol

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ETA im actually kind of fascinated by some of the lesser known subcultures in this country that we don't normally hear/learn about...indigenous Alaskans, Amish, fundy Mormons, gypsies, so on. one of the reasons i dig movies like Winter's Bone, Wind River, Mud, Traveller, etc., is getting a view into those subcultures. i mean... this country is incredibly diverse in more ways than one. 

fat lot of good it's doing us now lol 

You really need to subscribe to this dudes channel. I have been watching his videos for several years. There are some insane videos that will help you understand why this country is so diverse and also some pure, holy shit, these people exist moments.

https://youtube.com/@petersantenello?si=94S2em6ln9mPIa5w

 

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8 minutes ago, Vegas64 said:

not supposed to say Gypsy. It's Roma. Not to be confused with Gypsy Rose.

i thought Roma was more like...Romanians, or central Europeans? or maybe that's Romani 🤔 anyways, i was referring more to America's version, which i think might be more Irish heritage. maybe they prefer the term 'travellers'.

6 minutes ago, HOOKEM4 said:

You really need to subscribe to this dudes channel. I have been watching his videos for several years. There are some insane videos that will help you understand why this country is so diverse and also some pure, holy shit, these people exist moments.

https://youtube.com/@petersantenello?si=94S2em6ln9mPIa5w

 

also, very cool, thanks!

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2 minutes ago, mchookem said:

i thought Roma was more like...Romanians, or central Europeans? or maybe that's Romani 🤔 anyways, i was referring more to America's version, which i think might be more Irish heritage. maybe they prefer the term 'travellers'.

The Roma people are the correct term for the group, and "Gypsy" is a derogatory term that should be avoided. The word "Roma" is the ethnonym used by the Roma people to describe themselves. "Gypsy" is an exonym that is considered insulting and offensive by many Roma. 

Google told me this:

In America, "Travellers" are generally considered to refer to "Irish Travellers," and based on available estimates, there are significantly fewer Irish Travellers than "Gypsies" (Romani people) in the United States, meaning there are more "Gypsies" than "Travellers" in America. 

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I am originally from SE Texas and my grandfathers both maternal and paternal said gypsies were always dealt with by the rifle. If you spotted gypsies you started shooting otherwise they would steal your livestock.

I'm not sure how accurate that was but they really didn't like gypsies.

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I am originally from SE Texas and my grandfathers both maternal and paternal said gypsies were always dealt with by the rifle. If you spotted gypsies you started shooting otherwise they would steal your livestock.
I'm not sure how accurate that was but they really didn't like gypsies.

Cruising in the Stutz Bearcat

Those were different times
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15 hours ago, 956 Worldwide said:

No words for the contempt I have for the adults who fall for this bullshit. 

It was God's will. There was no other option.

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15 hours ago, 956 Worldwide said:

Now 15 cases, its in Gaines County.  One of the lowest vaxxed counties in the state.  
 

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/rcna191580

No words for the contempt I have for the adults who fall for this bullshit. 

 

 

My wife is handling the appeal of a woman who was convicted of neglect of her infant (she got 10 years). The kid was under or malnourished, and prosecution claims she did nothing to help her kid (ignored doctors orders/advice, etc). 

Anybody think these assholes are going to get 10 years?

 

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On 2/11/2025 at 9:55 AM, Willfully Horn said:

The politicization of medical care, with politicians silencing medical experts, marches forward. Ana approves.

 

Ha. This is the part where a poster here will equate childhood vaccination with giving puberty blockers and exogenous endocrine hormones to mentally unwell children and wonder why they have staked out not only a medically losing positions, but a politically losing one as well. Good work willfully. You are a real galaxy brain.   

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On 2/10/2025 at 4:59 PM, bolverk said:

Not sure if you follow the covid/plague/black death/what-have-you thread in DT, but we talked about that county some a couple of days ago.

Gaines County isn't your typical, super-duper Christian conservative West Texas wackos county. About half the population are German Mennonites who migrated to the county from their colony in Chihuahua, Mex., in the 90s and early aughts. And "half" might be an estimate that's slightly on the low end.

It's the damnedest thing. About 20 years ago, my boss at the time and I went out to Seminole (county seat) for a project. We'd just heard about the Mennonites from our client before the first trip (we were going to have to do a lot of public engagement), who told us they were kind of a quirky group of folks. But, since it was the first trip, we were kind of intrigued, thinking they'd be like the Amish. Not only that, we saw that there was a Mennonite cafe which we decided to hit on our way into town from the Midland airport.

But, uhhhh, no, it wasn't some cutesy shop with great coffee and awesome homemade pastries. It ended up being some hole-in-the-wall kind of place full of men, only men, filling up every seat in the place chatting with each other. As soon as we walked in, everyone went silent and watched us go up to the counter: no muffins, no breakfast tacos (burritos...they do burritos in West Texas), and no breakfast options at all as far as I can remember.

The guy did, however, pour us some horribly weak, hot dark water out of a thermos into the same styrofoam cups everyone else had. And while he was busy doing so, chatter around the cafe started up again, and I can tell you it was really bizarre hearing a bunch of crusty white guys (and they were all white) speaking a weird mix of German and Spanish.

Later on, we were told emphatically that our Amish-like expectation was pretty far off and that these guys were largely dirt farmers and carpenters who did a good bit of drug smuggling on the side, running back and forth between Gaines County and Chihuahua. They just also happen to not believe in a lot of modern American culture, but they were okay with adopting a lot of modern technology.

The women are kept home with the young kids and the school-aged ones don't really participate in any public schooling beyond 8th grade. I'm sure they mostly rely on their own religious country schools by now, regardless of age, since they've been embedded there for at least a good couple of decades. Of course, they're all likely unvaccinated to boot.  

 

Edit: Oh, Brisket gave us a glowing recommendation on this stuff, though, which is nice.

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Mennonites pretty much control the ag industry in Belize. 



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