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Post by jdredd on Nov 28, 2018 12:10:56 GMT -5
Checked out the headlines in this morning's paper (the NYT of course. What other paper is there?). It's all Manafort, Manafort, Manafort. In other words, nothing happened overnight.
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Post by jdredd on Dec 3, 2018 1:18:59 GMT -5
So Bush 41 went to his "reward". How will he be judged by history? He made the fateful decision to intervene in Kuwait, starting American adventurism in Iraq that has been going on for 28 years now. Also, he helped his hapless son become Prez and who is responsible for starting the War in Afghanistan that is in it's 17th year with no end in sight. Thanks, Georges. But hey, it's all money in the bank for the usual suspects.
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Post by jdredd on Dec 10, 2018 2:16:03 GMT -5
Coming out of my 24-hour news blackout this evening, I got on the NYT to see what might have happened. About the only interesting thing was "Aquaman" being a hit in China.
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Post by Turk on Jan 2, 2019 11:00:18 GMT -5
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Post by jdredd on Jan 3, 2019 2:21:26 GMT -5
We don't need no education!!!
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Post by jdredd on Jan 12, 2019 4:13:47 GMT -5
www.nytimes.com/2019/01/10/science/radio-bursts-universe-astronomy.html?action=click&module=Discovery&pgtype=Homepage"Something is happening out there, and astronomers sure wish they knew what it was. For the last several years, they have been teased and baffled by mysterious bursts of radio waves from the distant universe: pops of low-frequency radiation, emitting more energy than the sun does in a day, that occur randomly and disappear immediately. Nobody knows when these “fast radio bursts,” or F.R.B.s, will occur, or where exactly in the cosmos they are occurring. More than 60 of these surprise broadcasts have been recorded so far. About the only thing astronomers agree on is that these signals probably are not extraterrestrials saying hello." Here is more real news.
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Post by jdredd on Feb 5, 2019 2:55:51 GMT -5
Do we have a State of the Union thread? If so, why? They are always just a lot of hot air, forgotten by the next day.
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Post by Turk on Feb 6, 2019 21:09:27 GMT -5
Do we have a State of the Union thread? If so, why? They are always just a lot of hot air, forgotten by the next day. No, I 'll never forget the BS libs sucked up for 8 years when Obammy stud in front of the cameras spouting off stupidity. But you might be right, we'll forget about the SOTU, but it is going to take a long time to forget the 400 pounds of loser lard response. The women's credit score is 410, my dog (I declared him illegal for free food, phones and beer) has a higher score.
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Post by Turk on Feb 6, 2019 21:26:50 GMT -5
I now dislike Maroon 5. Adam has become a female idol looking like a MS 13 gang member. The California (founding home of MS 13) stick was a dead give away. But who cares the NFL is the new pro wrestling.
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Post by Turk on Mar 2, 2019 13:45:14 GMT -5
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Post by Turk on Mar 18, 2019 14:27:39 GMT -5
If I'm not mistaken Beto if elected would be the first president with a mug shot
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Post by jdredd on May 2, 2019 12:48:30 GMT -5
William Barr who? (gives a crap?) Another tempest in the Washington teapartypot. Meanwhile, important s%%t happened over the weekend: Both the Night King and Thanos met their demise.
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Post by jdredd on May 9, 2019 13:58:33 GMT -5
I have to admit there are some almost interesting things going on right now, such as watching Trump's crude attempts to overthrow the Maduro regime. And his bluster against Iran and Korea. Also being amused at the increasing decadence of the Republican Party, and watching the holier-than-thou Evangelicals embrace it anyway. As for the Democrats, there is a good chance Old Man Joe will be their nominee in 2020 (or as I think of him, Hillary with a c%ck). And of course Brexit is a source of great amusement. Hey, you gotta get your fun where you can!
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Post by jdredd on May 18, 2019 2:13:44 GMT -5
Here are the eight states that have fallen to religious fanaticism on abortion (so far): Utah, Ohio, Missouri, Kentucky, Arkansas, Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia. The usual suspects. Gosh, this will help depolarize America, won't it?
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Post by jdredd on May 30, 2019 9:56:26 GMT -5
www.nytimes.com/2019/05/30/opinion/joe-biden-crime-bill.html"Side effects? There have been a few. There may be a case that long prison terms cripple the lives and prospects of offenders, with disproportionate consequences for racial minorities. But locking up violent offenders (whose victims are also, disproportionately, racial minorities) creates a far greater margin of safety for those who don’t disobey the law. There are also plenty of stories of aggressive, abusive and sometimes trigger-happy policing. But there’s also mounting evidence that under-policing hits minority communities much harder than over-policing. Just look at Baltimore, city of discouraged cops, terrified residents — and a record-high homicide rate." Maybe it was Biden's crime bill that worked, maybe it was something else. I don't know. I believe in more cops. But I do think the whining, unprofessional cops of Baltimore are not helping anyone. Do your job.
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