jp1
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Indeed. The most recent statistic I read on this is that roughly 7% of Americans are CURRENTLY suffering long covid. I personally have a good...

Our HOA doesn't pay for any of the utilities for individual units. The major HOA expenses are insurance, gardeners, pool costs, and recycled water...

We don't use a ton of canned goods. And since they keep for a looooooong time we tend to buy them in bulk every once in a blue moon. We were...

I suspect there's an army of K street lobbyists who would say "hold my chardonnay, watch this" if they heard this statement.

Perhaps I should introduce you to the guy on Facebook that tried to explain to me that if California built too many reservoirs the Pacific Ocean...

Taint of their democratic ancestors? WTF does that even mean? Next you'll be telling me that the dixiecrats didn't switch parties en masse back in...

How about teaching about the history of racism? Or the history of black people in America? Also not for our students? That seems to be the mindset...

How does one decide where the line is for whether the fallout is worth it? Republicans have made it quite clear that they aren't going to stop with...

Since you’re so certain of this I’m sure you have a link handy.

You tell me oh great conspiracist. I'd be happy to look at whatever sources you care to share that confirm your bias.

Probably not. Like Reagan prior to his unfortunate election to the presidency, he's only a governor. He's probably never seen a confidential...

Someone I know who has worked for multiple defense contractors and had various levels of security clearance for much of their pre-retirement life...

He didn’t say that apparently, but still pretty darn funny… ...

I know right? He just hated our country and didn't think the government could do anything right instead of actively trying to overthrow it like the...

Last night was a slow roasted chicken. Ginormous 6 lb bird. 290 degrees for just over 3 hours. Turned out so moist and juicy. Lots of leftovers. ...

Given that he had probably never seen a classified document before his role as the doddering president that he eventually became it probably wasn't...

The 7 day average of covid deaths in the US is 569. That's over 207,000 per year if that keeps up. It's kind of sad that that isn't making a sound,...

So you don't want congress to figure out how the government should spend money. Or pass legislation to prevent the government from defaulting on its...

True. Although that is counteracted by the fact that republicans have so normalized lying, as Kevin McCarthy admitted last week, that they no longer...

You think they are actually going to try to get any legislating done? Bless your heart.

Went back to one of my favorite trails today. Hadn't been there since before the rain started 6 weeks ago or so. It was fun since I ran into the...

It might be fun to have a whole thread dedicated to "where were you when" computers did this that or the other thing. It seems crazy to think back...

Your post reminds me of something one of my favorite authors in the world, Armistead Maupin, once wrote: “Sooner or later, though, no matter where...

Exactly. Just like everything the republicans are going to be doing in the House of Representatives for the next two years.

Future proposals may well be less audacious but they will still have the exact same odds of actually happening as this program's. Zero.

Is it possible to sabotage something that had approximately a snowball's chance in hell of ever happening?

I think we actually agree then. The government should trust the person receiving the benefits is a capable enough adult to make the best, or at...

If that was actually the goal then a better option would be to require recipients to attend a few classes on basic nutrition and food budget...

If we can’t trust women with control of their bodies so why should we trust them with control of what they put in them? To paraphrase Dr Oz ‘a...

By 1983 my interaction with computers was a high school computer class where we learned to program Apple II+ computers using basic. The machines...

Since I'm home alone tonight was pasta with leftover tomato soup as sauce, made more exciting with a few grilled veggies.

How exactly do you think this thread has gone stale? I realize that even most rational republicans probably don't want to talk about dead puppies...

Dang. Every day this "Santos" guy is proven to be a better and better fit for the modern republican party. The most recent scam of raising funds...

Did I miss the point where she changed her pronouns to he/him? Otherwise she’s not like to be a mean guy like the dicks you love.

I'm not surprised. You seem to have a thing for mean guys.

Maybe we should start calling America (north, south, the United States of. All of it) whatever folks called it before it got named after some rando...

I’m fascinated at the idea of pants without pockets. For me the whole point of pants IS the pockets. As unfashionable as they are I wear cargo shorts...

I’m 55 and have never owned an iron. Throw the damn thing away and focus on things that actually matter. All it does is waste time and energy.

I get so aggravated when the people on househunters are all "this kitchen is a total gut job" when in fact it's a perfectly functional kitchen that...

We've been having a bit of rain for the last month or so. Perhaps even a bit more than a bit of rain. Ok, we've had almost 27 inches of rain in the...

That's certainly a decent price for living in Orange County. But I'm leery of the coop ownership structure. I don't know about in California but in...

Tonight SO is making a pasta/spicy chicken sausage thing with zucchini that he's made a few times before. It's way more exciting than just pasta...

Yes. Yes, they do think that is why they were voted in to office.

We’re all aware of the timeline. Comparing what trump did to what biden did is like comparing someone who had a car accident and then left the scene...

Lol. Trump ‘seemed’ uncooperative? That’s the most generous reading of the trump stolen document story I think I’ve ever read. He most absolutely...

And since we've drifted from my original definition of "new" lets talk about the Avett Brothers. OMG. They are amazing. The official version of...

That yeah yeah yeahs' video was great! I had not seen that before and definitely like it. Thanks for sharing.

Ok, going back in the rap world this certainly isn't new but it's definitely unforgettable. Blondie was definitely one of my big favorites during my...

If trump had given the docs back instead of making all the clown car arguments he made then it might have not been such a big deal involving the fbi...

In our county library system it's in the adult section filed under "special photography" within the dewey decimal system. In the san francisco...

Again with the moldy oldies.

Tonight SO is making homemade spicy eggrolls and i’m making hot and sour soup.

Well, I guess we'll get to see this fall if the US Government defaulting on it's debt sets off a nuclear bomb in the global economy. Kevin gave away...

I don’t want covid to be special. But I can look at the ****ing numbers. It IS special. At least compared to flu. By all means keep channeling...

Not sure what any of this has to do with people being decent human beings and staying home if they have covid so that they don’t infect, and...

Actually another 678 bit the dust in the US yesterday. But by all means carry on with your pathetic ‘muh freedumb’ campaign.

What can I say. I live in the land of realized idealism. Because of prop 13 government funding here largely happens by voter initiatives. Last...