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6-15-25, 4:52pm

bae replied to a thread Government Coup in Simple Public Policy

I was there, Gandalf. I was there 3000 years ago when we met for dim sum in San Francisco to talk about what to do about the Steve Jackson Games...

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6-15-25, 2:59pm

bae replied to a thread Government Coup in Simple Public Policy

Here's a good resource for that: https://www.eff.org/issues/border-searches

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6-14-25, 11:48pm

bae replied to a thread Government Coup in Simple Public Policy

Well, it’s such a small community that we try not to let political differences divide us too much, as we all have to work together to make it...

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6-14-25, 11:26pm

bae replied to a thread Government Coup in Simple Public Policy

There were lots of American flags at my village's event, large and small, new and old. Some small number flown upside down. The format was "open...

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6-14-25, 11:19pm

bae replied to a thread Government Coup in Simple Public Policy

The coolest flag I saw today was flown by a friend of mine who moved here from the Florida Keys about 40 years ago.

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6-14-25, 11:15pm

bae replied to a thread Government Coup in Simple Public Policy

Great turnout on Orcas Island today on our Village Green. I counted ~400 people, which is 7.3% of our year-round population. Lots of good music, good...

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6-14-25, 3:02pm

bae replied to a thread Government Coup in Simple Public Policy

My Dad attended the “No Kings” protest this morning in Ellsworth Maine, and reported an attendance of 600+ people. In a town of about 8000. My...

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6-13-25, 9:33pm

bae replied to a thread Iran on the Ropes in Simple Public Policy

I was in high school during the Iranian Revolution of 1978/79. We had two sisters attending my small boarding school, from Iran, daughters of a...

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6-12-25, 7:18pm

bae replied to a thread Government Coup in Simple Public Policy

I grew up in the disputed border regions in Ohio, so we called it "soda pop".

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6-12-25, 7:08pm

bae replied to a thread Stories you tell yourself about your pets in Family Matters & Relationships

Basil here was 60 pounds. Blake was 80 pounds. Here they are with my daughter, who they taught to walk. She'd crawl across the floor and grab...

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6-12-25, 1:19am

bae replied to a thread Stories you tell yourself about your pets in Family Matters & Relationships

I wrote this up about my dear buddy Elvis the other day: --------- When Elvis dies—and I know that day is coming, though I’d give anything to...

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6-12-25, 12:35am

bae replied to a thread Bragging on my kid's frugality in Frugality, Products & Purchases

To be fair, she pretty much resurrected the meat-goat business in the County when she was ~14, and spent a lot of time convincing locavore high-end...

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6-11-25, 11:52pm

bae started a thread Bragging on my kid's frugality in Frugality, Products & Purchases

My daughter accepted a permanent position as a professor last week, at St. Andrews in Scotland. She's been living in the UK since 2018, off...

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6-9-25, 8:46pm

bae replied to a thread The Return of Greta Thunberg in Simple Public Policy

We all know that there are 55 "hostages" still held in Gaza by Hamas, right? Abducted 20 months ago.

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6-9-25, 8:08pm

bae replied to a thread Government Coup in Simple Public Policy

My ear picks up differences between Colorado, Utah, Idaho, New Mexico accents. Subtle ones.

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6-9-25, 5:24pm

bae replied to a thread Government Coup in Simple Public Policy

My daughter specializes in language. Just a few years ago, my uncle came by here to visit for a few weeks. He arrived speaking a sorta-Midland...

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6-9-25, 5:17pm

bae replied to a thread The Return of Greta Thunberg in Simple Public Policy

Useful idiots.

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5-24-25, 7:42pm

bae replied to a thread Ridiculous in decision about sofa in TV room in Housing

I’m currently hung up on the logistics of getting the old sofa out, and the new sofa in, which will require cutting down a few trees and rebuilding a...

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5-24-25, 7:41pm

bae replied to a thread Government Coup in Simple Public Policy

I suspect the problem is that when there are only a handful of positions in your specialty that are available each generation, you have to weigh...

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5-24-25, 12:31pm

bae replied to a thread Government Coup in Simple Public Policy

My daughter has been applying for tenure-track positions at universities around the world, as her research fellowship at Cambridge runs out in a year...

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5-21-25, 12:48am

bae replied to a thread Hello from western Washington state in WELCOME TO OUR SIMPLE LIVES

Welcome! I'm in the northwestern-most part of WA state!

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5-20-25, 10:53pm

bae replied to a thread parent's estate in Personal Finance

You have my extreme sympathy. A few years ago I had to do this for my MIL and FIL, and it was a horrorshow.

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5-20-25, 1:14am

bae replied to a thread Ridiculous in decision about sofa in TV room in Housing

The maybe-reasonable supplier I have looked at (Rising Tide, https://therisingtide.com/collections/master-chesterfield-collection-sofas-headboards )...

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5-19-25, 9:41pm

bae replied to a thread Ridiculous in decision about sofa in TV room in Housing

I’ve been dithering over something MCM or a huge stately Chesterfield for my TV room for about 2 years now. I feel your pain.

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