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9-5-24, 10:33pm

Alan replied to a thread Let the debate begin? in Simple Public Policy

Oh yes, I've always been and will always be a republicationator. I'm unapologetic about my desire for smaller government and greater personal liberty...

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9-5-24, 11:49am

Alan replied to a thread Swing State Purgatory in Simple Public Policy

Cornell West says the Harris campaign tried to bribe him to drop his campaign by offering a cushy job and payment of his campaign debts. It seems to...

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9-5-24, 9:07am

Alan replied to a thread Let the debate begin? in Simple Public Policy

I don't know about IL but I never got the memo instructing Democrats to refer to all perceived opponents as 'weird'. I have noticed that virtually...

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9-4-24, 11:09pm

Alan replied to a thread Let the debate begin? in Simple Public Policy

Yes, the Quiet Skies Program which is a suspected terrorist watchlist. She and her family have been subjected to enhanced searches and surveillance...

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9-4-24, 10:19pm

Alan replied to a thread Let the debate begin? in Simple Public Policy

Oh, you must have thrown me off by mentioning McCain's son. What's weird about Tulsi Gabbard? And what do you think about her being placed on...

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9-4-24, 9:41pm

Alan replied to a thread Let the debate begin? in Simple Public Policy

Originally Posted by frugal-one Saw today that John McCain’s son is going to vote for Harris. The republican party is no longer getting his vote. ...

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9-4-24, 8:53pm

Alan replied to a thread Let the debate begin? in Simple Public Policy

LOL, it's a little more complicated than that. Philosophically, I've never believed he is a Republican but rather a disillusioned old style Democrat...

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9-4-24, 8:16pm

Alan replied to a thread Reagan in Reviews

I was just thinking about Deadwood the other day, wondering if it were streaming somewhere. I loved that series, compelling characters, good story...

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9-4-24, 4:18pm

Alan replied to a thread Let the debate begin? in Simple Public Policy

I don't think he's ever been a Republican. CNN says he had been a registered Independent for years until recently changing his voter registration to...

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9-1-24, 4:42pm

Alan replied to a thread Graveside Thumbs up? in Simple Public Policy

Not being a TikTokker I haven't seen the video you mention nor have I noticed a link to it in any of the dozens of articles I've read about the...

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9-1-24, 12:01pm

Alan replied to a thread Graveside Thumbs up? in Simple Public Policy

Here's a screen grab from a 2020 Biden campaign commercial of Biden and crew at Arlington. Politifact (full video at link for anyone interested) says...

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8-29-24, 12:24pm

Alan replied to a thread get new computers or ??? in Frugality, Products & Purchases

Yes. The reason Windows won't update many older computers is because they keep upping the hardware requirements which means lots of older computers...

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8-28-24, 5:53pm

Alan replied to a thread get new computers or ??? in Frugality, Products & Purchases

Back when we were a Windows based family I played with many Linux variants and you're right, Ubuntu is a very good OS, but for anyone interested in...

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8-27-24, 5:34pm

Alan replied to a thread Let the debate begin? in Simple Public Policy

Just an update on debate strategy. Since my last post on the subject Trump went through a period of suggesting he didn't want to be held to the same...

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8-25-24, 10:25am

Alan replied to a thread old music in Consumerism & The Media

Yep! Elmendorf AFB hosted an auto hobby shop on base where service members and their dependents could reserve a service bay and check out whatever...

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8-23-24, 8:16am

Alan replied to a thread old music in Consumerism & The Media

A Datsun.

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8-21-24, 1:26pm

Alan replied to a thread Come to Chicago in Simple Public Policy

Maybe substitute Milli Vanilli?

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8-21-24, 1:04pm

Alan replied to a thread Come to Chicago in Simple Public Policy

A brilliant comparison, and accurate to boot!

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8-21-24, 12:50pm

Alan replied to a thread old music in Consumerism & The Media

I replaced the clutch in my future wife's car in that very same garage a few years later. Small world huh?

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8-19-24, 10:45pm

Alan replied to a thread Come to Chicago in Simple Public Policy

I've never read the Fox News comments section, but from your description it sort of sounds like the 'Why Not To Vote Republican' thread here which...

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8-19-24, 7:58pm

Alan replied to a thread Possibly giving up driving, Neuropathy in Health & Health Care

Fixed it for ya.

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8-19-24, 3:10pm

Alan replied to a thread Blow that dough! in Dailies and Challenges

When I retired 6 years ago, I did so because I thought a couple of things pointed to it being the right time. I was old enough and had worked long...

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8-10-24, 10:02pm

Alan replied to a thread Another Way To Be Dumb....(rant) in Consumerism & The Media

I believe the Nazi's did take it and store it in a salt mine in Austria along with countless other stolen artifacts which were then recovered after...

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8-10-24, 8:04pm

Alan replied to a thread Another Way To Be Dumb....(rant) in Consumerism & The Media

Good tip! And if you enjoy the Louvre take a short trip across the Seine and visit the Musee d'Orsay for a little more contemporary (mid 1800's to...

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8-10-24, 9:40am

Alan replied to a thread Let the debate begin? in Simple Public Policy

I think she did a pretty good job of cleaning up the mess she previously made when she suggested on air that Vance shouldn't be repeating others...

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8-10-24, 9:24am

Alan replied to a thread Let the debate begin? in Simple Public Policy

Military members don't take stolen valor lightly, if Walz hadn't repeatedly implied he had carried weapons of war in war zones the story of his...

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8-9-24, 6:02pm

Alan replied to a thread Let the debate begin? in Simple Public Policy

I wholeheartedly agree with her.

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8-9-24, 2:48pm

Alan replied to a thread Let the debate begin? in Simple Public Policy

I think that was a small group of senior NCO's who served with Walz who made that accusation. It was then repeated by many news organizations,...

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8-8-24, 10:20pm

Alan replied to a thread Let the debate begin? in Simple Public Policy

Nope, regardless of how you always group us all together according to your own bias, we are not a stereotype. Plus, I've not heard of anyone...

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8-8-24, 9:24pm

Alan replied to a thread Let the debate begin? in Simple Public Policy

Well, in that case I carried weapons of war while defending bases in Indiana and Alaska during the Vietnam era. Does that make me a combat vet?...

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8-8-24, 9:17pm

Alan replied to a thread Let the debate begin? in Simple Public Policy

Biden received 5 deferments due to asthma. Does he still have asthma? Trump also received 5 deferments, 4 for college and one for bad feet. I...

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8-8-24, 9:05pm

Alan replied to a thread Let the debate begin? in Simple Public Policy

It looks like I was wrong! I just read that Trump today agreed to the ABC debate on Sep 10th as well as two others, one on Fox and one on NBC. Harris...

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8-8-24, 4:17pm

Alan replied to a thread Let the debate begin? in Simple Public Policy

That wasn't it at all. He's getting a lot of justifiable grief for 'stolen valor', wherein he is on record on numerous occasions talking about...

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8-8-24, 1:13pm

Alan replied to a thread Another Way To Be Dumb....(rant) in Consumerism & The Media

You should visit yourself there PacMan, there's a lot of history under those streets. We've visited Mona and her contemporaries 3 different times,...

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8-8-24, 12:41pm

Alan replied to a thread Let the debate begin? in Simple Public Policy

I think Harris could stop that sort of thing if she would speak to reporters without a script in hand. I don't think she's done that yet and it...

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