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10-3-24, 9:27am
It's getting a lot more media attention now. The demands the dockworkers are striking for seem extremely generous to say the least. I don't know...
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10-3-24, 12:42am
I thought so, too. 60 minutes had a feature on the Fentanyl crisis a couple of weeks ago. The border authorities they interviewed said that 90...
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10-2-24, 1:22pm
I see Trump has pulled out of an interview with 60 minutes and has turned down another debate. It might be best for him to keep a low profile.
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10-2-24, 8:10am
I managed to watch the whole thing. Vance is a slick talker and probably made a good impression based on that. I think his sort of friendly...
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10-1-24, 8:05pm
I took a box of big books to the local recycling center today. They actually send books to a brick and mortar non-profit used book store that sorts...
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10-1-24, 9:32am
Obama sure looks like he has aged, but it's also been a few years under the bridge. Even Trump's hair seems to have shifted from orange to white.
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9-30-24, 8:35pm
I had my annual physical recently and mostly out of curiosity asked a few questions about GLI-1. His story was that the popular injections cost...
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9-30-24, 7:44pm
Chuck Grassley, the Senator from Iowa is an amazing 91, not to mention the ages of Warren and Bernie. I think some of those life time politicians...
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9-30-24, 2:48pm
It looks like CBS will be offering some sort of real time fact checking for the VP debate. The story I got is that during the debate they will...
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9-30-24, 9:26am
I don't have many associates in their eighties, but many 70 somethings. I'd be confident in saying most of them have some various degrees of memory...
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9-30-24, 7:50am
I'd call the chants to "hang Mike Pence" a little more than just another violent tantrum. I don't know that the protesters actually had in mind...
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9-29-24, 3:56pm
I'm not seeing evidence of a mental decline after reading both the NY Post article and the PolitiFact. The Post article is not clearly written by my...
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9-28-24, 9:13pm
I'm not sure if I understand this. Is it getting at that Jill is running the ship, or at least having a heavy hand in doing so, because of Joe's...
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9-28-24, 3:45pm
A recent Forbes article claimed the bookmakers taking bets are going 51.8% Harris and 47.4% Trump.
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9-26-24, 12:42pm
There was no apparent permanent damage, but Bobby has it right, there was a clean up at the expense of the tax payer and whatever disruptions they...
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9-25-24, 9:18pm
My common sense tends to think there would be the opposite of the intended outcome if the idea is represented by dummies defacing a world heritage...
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9-25-24, 8:23am
I'm not sure how far I'd go with Ted's blame game and his politization of things, but the rest of it was actually very good. It doesn't change my...
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9-23-24, 1:31pm
I saw an interview with Fetterman where he was asked about the exploding pagers. He said, "If anything I love it". As long as Hezbollah continues...
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9-23-24, 1:19pm
I think there is a growing trend for both men and women to remain single and/or childless. At least I've seen articles in the NYT as such. I can...
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9-23-24, 8:07am
That's what I use when I've used up all my plastic containers. I rinse and reuse mine, but if they are especially greasy or oily they are a nuisance...
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9-22-24, 11:15am
It sometimes seems like a catch 22. The smaller the family size, the more spendable incomes people have to consume. Between AI and immigration I...
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9-21-24, 8:57pm
For what it might be worth. From the Harvard Business Review.
Lessons from the Bud Light Boycott, One Year Later
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9-21-24, 6:58pm
Without looking it up, I seem to recall that Bud Light never recovered from the Dylan Mulvaney controversy and boycott. There were probably other...
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9-21-24, 3:55pm
It’s sort of hard to think that Modelo Especial made by a company out of Mexico knocked Bud Light, the all American beer, out of first place for the...
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9-20-24, 1:12pm
Maybe they should be banned in Florida, then. They are saying the reason they weighed in on the 2020 election was due to Trump's rejection of...
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9-19-24, 3:09pm
Rumor is that he is coming to Aurora Colorado, too. Aurora is routinely in the news for gun violence. It is a less expensive and newer place to...
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9-19-24, 12:52pm
I hope the book patrol in Florida doesn't get a line on the Scientific American article.
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9-19-24, 12:47pm
Boy, Green Stamps jogs a few cob webs loose in the old memory bank. We had a Green Stamps store down the block where you could trade in the...
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9-19-24, 7:23am
https://link.motherjones.com/public/35215969
"If you’re not familiar with term “stochastic terrorism,” now is a good time to bone up, for the...
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9-19-24, 7:17am
I have a small collection purchased from a friend a few decades ago. I have to say that it's lasted. Then again, I guess that's what plastics do. ...
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9-17-24, 9:33pm
I guess we all have to find our way. I have a favorite or two that probably differs from any media trust you might have, but I do like...
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9-17-24, 6:54pm
Fake news must be rampant.
how’s it go, Red is grey, yellow-white, but we decide which is right…and which is an illusion.
I interpreted Alan's...
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9-17-24, 6:02pm
One could begin to think that there is not any real news in the absolute sense, but only what demographics and profit centers deem is in their best...
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9-17-24, 12:28pm
I imagine the corollary is that important national and world events make the news. In the case of Trump, he is a candidate that could be the next...
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9-17-24, 7:29am
So now it's the media's fault? Trump is know for spewing vitriol and demonizing a number of groups. The media just reports the news and Trump seems...
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9-16-24, 9:21pm
I've been working the way through the "Dark Winds" series on Netflix. They are loosely after the Tony Hilleman mystery novels on the Navajo Nation...
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9-16-24, 8:54pm
It's been good to use the kitchen more with the cooler evenings. Baked cod, rice, and slaw followed by fairly local watermelon. I remember a time...
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9-16-24, 4:05pm
I can imagine telling children that not only is it ok to lie in order to get your way, but it may get you to be Vice President or even President some...
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9-16-24, 3:06pm
I suppose technically there may be nothing illegal about hiding in the bushes with an AK-47? I'm sort of wondering how that will turn out.
One...
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9-16-24, 9:59am
An interesting article for those so inclined.
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/09/16/opinion/inflammation-theory-of-disease.html
"It’s easy to...
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9-16-24, 9:53am
I'm not especially seeing outright violent civil unrest, but am guessing the election will be so close that there will be demands for recounts,...
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9-14-24, 7:35am
I just hang up, but have stumbled across utubers who can keep them on the line for hours and even have ways to hack into the scammer's computers,...
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9-12-24, 8:37pm
It looks like Don has declined a third debate on the basis that two successful debates should be enough. The poll of the day shows Harris got a...
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9-12-24, 2:48pm
"Civil War". The country is in chaos. A small band of photojournalists (lead by Kirstan Dunst) follow rebels to the White House to deal with a...
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9-11-24, 3:49pm
And maybe it will be a scientific breakthrough to figure out how you can have an abortion after birth. Or the new Haitian best seller, "How to Wok...
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9-11-24, 3:24pm
I imagine Hannity has a different take than NPR. I suspect we have troops in many countries around the world. I suppose the "needs context" term...
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9-11-24, 2:32pm
The NYT in their list of fact checks says it "needs context". It is a bit misleading, but hardly stands up to Don's multiple bizarre fabrications. ...
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9-11-24, 2:16pm
That's a nice note! I have a small collection of special thank you's that I have as keep sakes. They mean something when they are so personal and...
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9-11-24, 8:23am
All of the reports I'm seeing say that Harris had a much better debate performance and Trump espoused his usual numerous falsehoods and was mostly on...
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9-7-24, 12:25pm
A favorite of mine from Brazil '66, Brazil '77 and into the 2000's with various groups. He was 83 and family lists the cause of death as long covid.
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9-6-24, 10:27pm
Trump is in his own party of old people with mental problems, but in some ways he does represent the traditional GOP, which is basically lower taxes...
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9-5-24, 4:07pm
I think they're all weird, GOP and dems alike to different degrees. But Trump is looney toons and JD is downright creepy.
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9-4-24, 6:33pm
It looks as though Harris has relented to have the microphones muted, which has been a sticking point. Why she wanted them to be unmuted for the...
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