Comments by "mpetersen6" (@mpetersen6) on "The Podcast of the Lotus Eaters" channel.

  1. Cis is thrown around like an insult
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  2.  @theguybehindyou4762  Oh, I think that lesson has been well, and truely learned by a lot of people.
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  3. Do you mean the Caliph of Canterbury
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  4. My first wife was diagnosed with terminal cancer. After receiving radiation treatment for multiple brain lesions she suffered either a massive stroke or aneurism. In accordance with her previously stated wishes I refused to put her on life support. She had been put on O2 in the ambulance. She passed that night. It was hard to do but I had to honor her wishes. In my opinion she actually was lucky in that she did not linger in pain for months. Plus our children did not have to see it. In this case I feel for the family but at some point you have to let go. This young boy had zero. Absolutely zero chance of recovery. His continuing to be kept on life support by the parents wishes is in my opinion selfish. That bed in the ICU unit could well have been desperately needed by someone else who would have a very high chance of recovery. I think his parents should have been counseled early on that it was in the boys best interests to simply let him go peacefully.
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  5. In th US there's an expression. Turkeys voting for Thanksgiving.
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  6. And super glueing themselves to art. Unwittingly supporting the chemical industry.
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  7. What are the odds that the author of this idea has no children of their own.
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  8.  @johnkelly1083  You beat me to it. Both by skill sets and inclination.
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  9. Gold plated shite is still shite.
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  10.  @ALovelyBunchOfDragonballz  The reason no one is pushing nuclear. Five words Chernobyl, Fukushima and Three Mile Island. Every single one of those were 1st generation designs. The current 3rd and 4th generation designs are far safer in terms of their design. But that does not matter one bit to the anti nuclear activists.
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  11. ​ @Treblaine  Their ideal position on Net Zero is none of those awful people.
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  12. It has not been about pride for a long time. It's about power.
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  13. Filmed with the help of the Red Army which supplied all the extras.
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  14. Seattle, hold my coffee
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  15. And how many Europeans have a dim view of us Yanks.
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  16. At one point they were also exchanging weapons. The slave trade actually helped kick off a certain amount of tribal warfare.
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  17. To be fair it's not everybody involved. But there are more than enough though. Exhibitionism no matter who it is not publicly acceptable. As to the as Hooters analogy that gets brought up. Been to the beach lately.
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  18. Well, they've heard on CNN and MSNBC for years. And straight out of the mouths of people like Rev Al. Of course they believe it.
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  19. And being smart enough to only two basic reactor designs.
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  20. @No one! Political appointees working their way up through the organization. Follow the money sort of 1) Who appointed them 2) Who has backed them and seen to their promotions 3) What political parties or groups do they belong to. 4) Where were they educated and in what field.
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  21. All it takes is one 7nfortunate incident they can capitalize on.
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  22. Well, that won't work out well for a certain demographic.
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  23. Yes there literally are people who should prefer to see people starve rather than have to bend on one of their principles. The field of GMOs and Golden Rice in particular are a prime example.
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  24. And not all men are interested in the glamorous types. Hence the attraction to the girl next door. Plus the eternal question. Ginger, or Mary Ann?
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  25.  @jimbothegymbro7086  Or each other. Just wait until there is a push to make cannabilusm accepted.
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  26.  @domdubz7037  No, not everyone. But the majority did. Again and again. If there is an urban area circling the drain in the US odds are it is run by the Democrats and has been for decades.
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  27. I miss the days of Friday night fish fry with fresh caught Lake Perch
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  28. Unplanned ground plane interface.
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  29.  @Roonasaur  We just need to understand that the people on both sides of the exchange were not saints.
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  30. If you want to get up early get a dog. More reliable than an alarm clock
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  31. Requiring certification is racist. Why? Because reasons.
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  32. One of the Central American heads of state (El Salvador or Costa Rica iirc) has gome on record as one major cause of the immigration we are seeing is a direct result of policies in those countries that discourage economic development. IMO part of this is a result of foreign companies having excessive influence and control in those countries. But if a nation has a history of nationalizing foreign owned companies attracting foreign investment becomes problamatical.
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  33. The liberal urbanites have long hated the rural communities. For a time they transferred their hatred to the suburbs. Personally I think they suffer from agoraphobia. Myself Iive in a city of about 100k. Lots of parks. Plenty of green. Actually if I were standing looking out of a window in one of the taller buildings in the city in the summer it looks like a forest with church spires sticking up. I'm maybe five minutes from the countryside. A small home by US standards with room for gardens. There is no freaking way I would give this up for living in a brick or concrete box in the sky. If you like living there that's perfectly fine.
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  34. And thus we have the incels
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  35. Its not mis pronouncing. Its correcting the pronounciation.
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  36. Bingo. The Bahamas or the Caymans
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  37.  @jhoughjr1  Friday night salmon patties. 😋
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  38.  @JacksonNomad  Good thing you didn't use a word that starts with 'r' or Jess Phillips would be wanting a word with you.
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  39. In my mind its always Macaron
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  40. @morriganmhor5078  What about Sheik of Canterbury
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  41. Yet they most likely support unlimited migration.
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  42. Sorry for your culture shock
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  43. I have to admit there were days when I was still working that I didn't have to open my tool box all day. I worked maintenance in a large metal stamping facility. The only reason this happened was because nothing was broke down. The next day you likely payed for it as you were neck deep in it.
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  44. That's Pro-regressive Politics.
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  45. And imagine their shock when Pride Month is canceled.
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  46. Let's see. If we print more money, it will be worth less. Great it costs less to print more money. Now I know why Elon wants to go to Mars.
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  47. If you are a "normie" and complain to the police about bring offended don't hold your breath waiting for them to show up.
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  48. And thank the South American Andean natives via the Spanish for those chips. That's all the Spanish Armada was doing don't you know. Trying to import the first loads of spuds.
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  49. I hope you noticed the "solidarity tax" mentioned in the Guardian article.
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  50. Another thing that destroyed the Me Too movement was the Jacob Blake case. The sexual assault charges against him at the time. Which is why the police were there in the first place to execute an arrest warrant. Were swept under the rug and ignored by the media.
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  51. Feed a man and you feed him today. Teach him to grow his own food or catch his own fish you feed him forever. That said not everybody has the will to feed himself.
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  52. Offer them a laxative. They'll move themselves
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  53. Eventually when the power goes out, there is no pressure in the mains and sewage backs up maybe those in office will get the message.
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  54. "I'm a social scientist" The late Jerry Pournelle. Masters in Psychology and PhD in Political Science called the social sciences Rubber Science. In that there is no hard truths.
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  55. ​ @chemistryofquestionablequa6252  First before putting out the fire they must do the following 1) An environmental impact statement about the potential pollution that putting out the fire will cause. Starting with actually starting the engine on the fire truck. 2) DEI statements concerning the make-up of the fire department crews. Along with their participation in all training and seminars. 3) Organizing protests at the manufacturers of the fire fighting equipment to make sure it was not built by racist white men. 4) And finally negotiating with the Pro Fire Allies to ensure that in putting out the fire its feelings will not be hurt At the end of it all the matter of the fire is declared resolved and site of the fire is turned over to the Department of Vacant Lots.
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  56.  @jefffinkbonner9551  🎶Jaques the frog came to town, riding on a pony!
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  57. California, especially Southern California is heavily dependent on water being piped in from long distances. Plus storing water from the winter rains in reservoirs. They should have been building more. At the same time their are environmental activists that seek to have reservoirs and their dams removed.
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  58.  @kyoai  It is easier to do nothing and blame somebody else. The heavy flooding in southern Pakistan is taking place on a flood plain. Let that sink in. It's a flood plain. This is what happens when you build a society with a large population on a flood plain. Floods will happen. If there is any spot on that flood plain that has built up glood deposits and is not underwater from this flood you know there have been worse floods in the past.
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  59. Including Anita
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  60. The problem is they confuse respect with common courtesy. Or they treat common courtesy as an insult.
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  61.  @reactivearmour5126  I have no problem with people calling Kipling a racist or an apologist for Empire. Kipling was a man of his time. What I do have a problem with is when people attempt to judge people from the past by the standards of today.
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  62. As to the WEF. I want to know just who the f#@& elected them
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  63. Here in the US we have businesses that "sell" rent to own furniture. About the time its paid for it is for sure junk because it is so cheaply built.
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  64. What about the Basque? Granted there j.g as probably been a lot of admixture from other groups. Anatolian farmers, Germanic tribes etc. Personally I don't buy the ancient total population replacement idea. The Old European Hunter Gatherers probably were never really that numerous. Instead of being wiped out by the incoming Anatolian farmers or pastoral steppe Indo Europeans they were likely just absorbed. Just as in Britian the various migrations were more absorbed into the genetic population group even if those Celts, Angles, Saxons or Jutes did impose their language and culture on the natives thru intermarriage etc.
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  65. ​ @Lonovavir  I thought it was hours or minutes. Of course they showed their true opinion concerning firearms
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  66.  @markvogel5872  Do you really think the politicians give a rats ass about the "average" person. At most they may care about their pet segment of the population. Usually that means about enough if their district, state or what ever region they "represent" is.
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  67.  @hazelisaacs2201  Theres an old joke in the US about Texan who meets two woman in a bar. It ends get us three lesbians a drink.
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  68. I don't blame the migrants. If I was in their situation I'd likely do the same. I blame career politicians.
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  69. If your prof was using proto pulp fiction (1) then feminist theory is bullshit 1) H Rider Haggard just may be the prototypical writer of pulp fiction.
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  70. They were warned off for encroaching on the territory of Nigerean princes.
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  71. Probably because it might limit their fun. Sodomy bans really never prevented the practice. The issue I had in the early 80s when AIDs exploded was shutting down gay sex clubs to slow or possibly stop the spread was attacked as it infringed on "choice". Well, l have a right to not be exposed to a deadly disease due to someone's selfish choices.
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  72. I remember Greta screaming about "you stole my childhood". The only people who stole her childhood was her nutjob parents. Someday Greta will be a lonely and embittered old woman.
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  73. I'm in the US and I understand the difference. I even understand the difference between Britian the island, Britian the nation state aka the UK.
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  74. Shhhhhhhhhhh, you're not allowed to talk about that,
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  75. Oh gravity's a fact. I'm not sure we quite know how it works but if one of these fools stepped off of a roof they'd see its effects.
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  76.  @dianalord5825  And beyond making the founders rich have accomplished what?
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  77.  @jandavidson7093  It is from once you start paying the Dane how do you get rid of him. In modern terms once you pay protection money your stuck
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  78. I wasn't.
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  79. Maybe she longs for the days when the Fatherland controlled the Ukrain
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  80. ​​ @possumfriend2335  Also one of the Three Strikes law sponsors. Plus Delaware was a slave state.
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  81. They will enjoy winter.
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  82. Ideological agendas in films go back a long way. Birth of a Nation anyone. Dreadful message. Genius film making though. Another one is Triumph of the Will. In recent times I think the desire to one up the last ideological film goes to back All the Presidents Men.
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  83.  @73elephants  Just like they went after the Boy Scouts.
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  84. Robert, unless she was hot CV count it as a win.
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  85.  @thelopper43  Well, in defense of a business an old saying I'm fond of comes into play. "Its a business, not a charity." That does not mean that any business has an obligation to be petty or cruel.
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  86. Can you expect any less when leftists and formerly colonized nations might have an axe to grind.
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  87.  @scottcantdance804  Generally the people immigrating to the US (legal or not) are doing so not for freebies but to better their lives. In their place I probably would too. And way is it that unemployment amongst illegals is so low compared to other groups. But what are the reasons they do so. Often it is because of the failure of their own governments to work for a prosperous and fair society that benefits their country as a whole rather than the clique that happens to be in power at the time. I'll blame the US for some of Latin Americas problem. But blaming the US for all of them is an excuse. The biggest single problem in Latin America I would blame the US for is drugs and the cartels they spawn. It's not the US governments policy but the American publics demand for the drugs that fuel the violence in these countries. Every single time someone is killed in the US or other countries in the Americas over the drug trade. Those people in the US (and to some extent Europe) that are purchasing and using these drugs are complicit in that murder.
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  88. Conjoined peoples find this offensive.
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  89. Even in 2007 SF was turning into a dumpster fire. Everything was run down.
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  90. IMO the DAs office in Manhattan began working on a case on January 20th, 2017. I have never been a fan of Trump as an individual. This goes back to the 80s. I find him to be a crass loud mouth. Ut l will give him credit for understanding tyhat the job of the President is to act in the interests of the United States.
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  91. Who is more valuable to a functioning society? A plumber? Or an "influencer"?
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  92. Mel Brooks should have set the film High Anxiety in the UK.
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  93. Steak Schwaub?
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  94. Pretty soon they will start claiming the group X isn't indigenous to the planet. And people will take it seriously.
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  95. Well, being in a country where you don't have to worry about suicide bombers. I guess that makes a difference.
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  96. Don't they usually see themselves sitting at the top.
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  97. Mama Mia, Soylenta Green 🤮
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  98. Why is it that politicians never look at the examples from the past. Weimar Germany, Zim"Bob's"way and others. How long before the $1,000 bill is back in circulation. Much less the 10k
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  99. No. Let them have all the water they want. In fact make sure they drink a lot of water. "I need to use the WC." Let's see just how they solved that little problem
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  100. San Crapcisco Like the song says, "l left my poop in a San Crapcisco".
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  101. No, in their houses. All of them.
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  102. You have no right to not be offended.
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  103.  @baigandinel7956  2 + 2 = a lot. Problem solved 👍
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  104. An English literature course should be restricted to strictly English literature. Advanced courses could be Classic English Literature, Empire English Literature and Modern English Literature. If you want to have a diverse poetry course just call it World Poetry. I hated poetry in school although I did write some decent stuff.
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  105. In the not to distant future will the UKs national anthem have to be circus music played on a calliope.
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  106. There must be two songs constantly running through her head. The Monty Python Spam song. Only the words are "me, me, me, me,....." and I Feel Pretty from West Side Story. Only the words are. "I'm so special, l'm so special" "So special in every way" "I'm so special every day!"
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  107. That's usually the case isn't it.
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  108. Only if you are Scotsman 😁
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  109. Now do one that uses the Hammer and Sickle. It would be accurate.
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  110. Instead of the tea it should have been the customs inspectors.
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  111. I agree with Jordan Peterson's take on the patriarchy. The majority of men are victims of it also.
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  112. ​ @blondequijote  I don't think any sane person likes paying taxes. But I think sane rational people also realize that taxes are needed for a functioning society. The problem is the "money junkies" in Washington or London or Aukland (?) Or Canberra or any other place where you have national, state or provincial legislatures can always justify in their minds a tax increase. As to sin taxes if all monies raised from said sin taxes went to combating social or public health issues caused by those "vices" it would be one thing. But alas such sin taxes just go into the general fund.
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  113.  @darksu6947  No, they did the hand wave
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  114. Every time someone mentions 1984 consider the irony of the line. "Some pigs are more equal than others."
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  115. ​ @Aireck174  "You vill eat ze bugs" Klaus Schmidt, 2021
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  116. Once their favorite group of voters no longer needs them they'll be shoved out of the way.
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  117. Hunger Games was a bad novel. Not a blueprint for society
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  118. The brown on the intersectional flag stands for the Hershey Highway
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  119. Until arguments break out over fouls etc.
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  120. Anyone seen... Hey, I live there. As bad as things were for those few days the damage from arson and looting was no where near as bad as say Minneapolis. Bad enough though.
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  121. If the WWF is truely concerned about over fishing why don't they single out the Chinese. Oh, OK move along nothing to see here.
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  122. Japan does face a major demographic problem of an aging population without enough young people entering the workforce. There are only two ways out of that problem. Increased automation. Or immigration of outsiders. If they are going to allow immigrants they would be better off allowing workers from SE Asian countries such as Vietnam, the Phillipines and not from South Asian countries such as Pakistan, Bangladesh or Afghanistan.
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  123. @l u l u We are all gradiants of the same color
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  124. There will never a shortage of politicians in the US (or voters for that matter) yhat believe it is perfectly reasonable to bypass the US Constitution for what ever cause they advocate.
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  125. Just who the hell have the Irish oppressed in the last 1000 years?
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  126. Locally we have a trucking company that got its start hauling garbage. Named Zizzo's
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  127. The wack jobs will eat their heroes
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  128. I remember reading some stuff about Robert Anson Heinlein. Raised in Kansas City, Missouri. Graduated from Annapolis. Medically retired from the US Navy due to respiratory problems (TB). The HS he graduated from required three languages including Greek and Latin iirc.
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  129. I'm not sure there is enough digital storage out there for that.
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  130.  @mattmcdonald7112  The US (and Canada) use 240V on the residential supply. Stepped down to 120V at the home (it's a legacy thing)*. Also at 60Hz. But the 240V is still available for electric hot water, heat and appliances. Most industrial facilities use 480V *Even the screw in base on light bulbs is a legacy thing. Going back to Edison.
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  131. Its Labor. I'm surprised they haven't adopted Palastinian Arabic.
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  132. Just be glad the trial wasn't in Weyawega, Waushabawan or Oconomowac. Can you imagine just how they'd butcher those.
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  133. One would think in the entertainment world the word would be out. Avoid her like the plague.
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  134. Oh, you have a way to remove him. Not the best name selection when you think about it.
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  135. Sugar beets would probably be a lot easier if they will grow there. Greatly reduced labour needed.
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  136. I'm absolutely sure they have no idea what they are talking about. They make it up as they go. This ensures that no one can argue with them. As ho one can ever predict just WTF they will say.
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  137. Gen X'ers, Millenials, Zoomers all like to blame everything on the Boomers. Well in this case you can blame it on some of us. The subset of the Boomers that decided to go into politics.
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  138. Who besides Soy Boys and feminists cares about what the Guardian says.
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  139. I hate to tell them but Mel Gibson isn't going to come rescue them. 🙄
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  140. Two Englishmen go see Napoleon. Think it sucks. Well, that is utterly perdictable. Although they probably enjoyed the part about Waterloo 😉
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  141. Trans rights. The same rights as everybody else. Equal justice before the law. Equal opportunity to stand on your own two feet.
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  142. Justin mod 0.0
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  143. Gravity always wins
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  144. Well that's one way to say she's full if ..it.
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  145. "she's dressed normally". As long as there are three acres of fabric available.
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  146. Well, there is no shortage of lampposts
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  147. When was the last Labour was on the side of the working class
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  148. If Rwanda has a booming economy why would tgeir be refugees fleeing yhe country.
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  149. Starmer vowed to protect Muslim communities because he knows they are the reason Labour "won".
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  150. She has nothing to be ashamed of looks wise. She is still very attractive to older gentleman. And if she desires to play cougar I don't think that would be too much of an issue.
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  151. I think a person can be or meet a certain definition of being valid. If a person is fully qualified in their profession or trade then they be considered a valid, heart surgeon, or plumber. And that's as far as I'm willing to go.
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  152.  @orenmontgomery8250  That's another way of expressing it.
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  153. At first I thought this was about the water in Jackson Mississippi. Where they have passed the buck on their water utility being upgraded for decades. Tun by the Democrats of course.
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  154. ​ @jrgen7261  I agree with banning smoking in public places. Restaurants, pubs etc. Banning the practice is something else.
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  155. The Left do not give a rats backside for the working stiff. The Left sees the need for immigration because they can justify it by saying we need the immigrants to do the jobs that Britians, or Americans, or Australians, or Canadians won't do. When what they are really saying is they would never do those jobs and they know no one in their Upper Middle Class Uni educated bubble who would do those jobs.
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  156. The border between Hatia and the Dominican Republic is on of the very few easily seen ftom orbit.
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  157. ​Let me guess. Alabama, Arkansas, Louisiana and Utah
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  158. Being part Irish I want cash from King Chuck and the Danes. Oh wait, half Danish. Never mind.
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  159. Why indeed. The British government and elites may have committed sins in the past but that does not mean that Brits today should pay the price.
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  160.  @FablesTold  Every elected federal official takes an oath the defend and protect the Constitution. And they all subvert it.
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  161. Or a Jahovah's Witness.
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  162. The Queen has decided to live just long enough that Charles precedes her in death.
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  163. These companies are probably swimming in so much cash the accountants are telling them. You better hire a bunch of drones otherwise Uncle Sugar gonna screw us on taxes. These are the people who should have their "jobs" outsourced to freaking India.
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  164. They won't starve. Their moment of choice will come about t ng e time they need to use the WC.
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  165. For an analysis of Superman's* sexuality find a copy of Man of Steel, Women of Kleenex by Larry Niven *Today's Woke Culture sees him as Simperman
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  166. ​The MSM say they hate censorship. Yet they do it 24/7/365.
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  167. PETA = People Eating Tasty Animals.
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  168. Organized through social media of course.
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  169. NPR was founded with the intent of being non biased. They have already violated their charter
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  170. Tax policy is how you reward your friends and punish your enemies. And those 87k new IRS employees are the enforcement agents. And 5 bucks says they will all be diversity hires.
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  171. Im beginning to wonder if large or even significant numbers of government, police and other ofhicials have secretly to converted to Islam. If theyhave, wt leastbe open about it.
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  172. I personally would not care if a person of African, Asian, Austronesisn or any other ethnicity plays a character in a play by Shakespeare, a Broadway musical*, a film adaptation of a work of fiction etc that one would originally perceive the character as European. As long as nobody intentionally thrusts any political message into the production. And no one else should complain when a person of non Asian descent plays a role in a story taking place in an Asian setting. It's the story that matters. Except for one provisio. And that is when the production is attempting to be an accurate historical representation of actual events. *The Japanese language version of Les Miserables comes to mind.
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  173.  @travtotheworld  There is that. The single biggest problem in the world today is population growth in all the wrong places. Regions that are facing poor economic prospects, water shortages, unstable or autocratic regimes and other problems. The only real thing that seems to slow or stop population growth beyond major wars, plagues or famines is wealth. Wealth can lead to lower birth rates. But once birth rates fall beyond a certain point combined with rising life expectancy demographic problems raise their ugly head in terms of aging populations.
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  174. Treated on both ends. Maybe 25 years ago there was an experimental program in the US that used a very strong UV light source to break down chemicals in the water. But then that takes power.
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  175. If it's such a great thing why don't they have it done to themselves
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  176. The new government mandate is "thou shalt not have fun". Unless of course it is government mandated fun.
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  177. Well, even as an American I just know Kipling and Tennyson are out as far as the UK goes.
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  178. Unelected, nonaccountable officials.
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  179. Just plain old nucs. Not thermonucs.
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  180. How do I justify eating meat? My metabolism is built for it.
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  181. Not being familiar with who Captain Tom was I googled his memorial. The first three pages were related to this crappy incident. Nothing about him. While thats sad. What's even sadder is that this will be the high point of this young women's life. If she tries to do this again pour the contents on her.
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  182. Justin Trudeau 0.0
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  183. Like in the old Ten Years After song. Tax the rich feed the poor. There are no rich no more. The problem is the definition of rich will be changed until everyone is poor.
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  184. The US is not a democracy. And it never has as been. It's a representative republic. Once you get over a certain size population a full on democracy simply does not work. Sometimes in the interests of the nation a member of Congress or a sitting president has to do things that are opposite of what they expouse. A full on democracy by and large is going to focus on the immediate issue right now and never consider the future IMO.
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  185. The Democrats want potential voters. The Republicans (handsome Dems) want cheap labor. And people expect a solution.
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  186. For all the people considering themselves "Pansexual" (1). Do they consider themselves pitchers or catchers. 1) The whole concept just has me thinking of a Zamphir CD playing in the backround
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  187. The same people that will support the Islamic states fail to understand is they are part of the reason these same states hate the West. (Yoda voice) Weak is the logic with these ones
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  188. As some of my ancestors immigrated into Eastern Britain and went on to become the Anglo Saxons l encourage you to tell these pompous "intellecuals" to get stuffed.
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  189. Having lost a wife to lung cancer l hate cigarettes with a passion. But l also refuse to preach to people to quit smoking. That is one practice that never seems to work.
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  190.  @RextheRebel  That worked so well with Prohibition didn't it.
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  191. They just wanted the graph of electricity prices to match the climate change graph
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  192. Leftists have to weaponize everything. Because the struggle is eternal
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  193. Is this all about the "adults" and not the kids? Damn straight it is. Ten years ago this would have been child abuse. What's next? Public acceptance of pedophilia? And I use the term adults with a certain irony here.
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  194. I wonder if the "people of African Descent" includes non Bantu peoples from Africa. The pronouns bullshit. He, him, her, they, etc are THIRD PERSON PRONOUNS. Used when talking or writing about someone. If speaking in the first person it either their or name. Or a first person pronoun such as you or yours.
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  195. Went to see Where the Crawdads Sing last Friday. Critics on Rotten Tomatoes. 34%👍Audience. 98.5% 👍 The audience was right.
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  196. First do no harm
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  197. Seeing as he was an evil SOB. That would fit the wonk narative
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  198. Follow the money. Who benefited. For the most part Western steel plants cannot compete against foreign producers in the low end sheet steel or structural steel markets. On the alloy or tool steel ends of things the economics do get a little bit better. And in the alloy and tool steel business quality really counts. I know that steel plants in the US producing steel from raw materials are still able to operate (1). I'm not sure that they are US owned anymore though. The former US Steel (?) operation in Gary, Indiana is now owned by Mittal. 1) One sure way to tell is the ore boats are still carrying Taconite ore from Northern Minnesota on the Great Lakes.
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  199.  @stevovimy  I don't care if they're shaken. Just as long as they don't get to stir the pot.
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  200. Look on the bright side. At least the Aztecs aren't a thing anymore.
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  201. Remember, zer vill be anger. Fuck Claus Schwabe
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  202. Never bring a knife to a machete fight.
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  203. Peer cities? My God, just how many other Portlands are out there. P J Watson was right. Portland is a shithole.
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  204.  @harbl99  Or libraries
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  205. Cornholio!
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  206. No more Paddingtons. Darkest Peru is suffering a shortage And if the Left doesn't like being censored. Well, what goes around comes around
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  207.  @smithcas86  There's such a thing as high quality tea? Amazing, you here something new everyday. Now coffee. That's a different subject altogether. And no I don't mean Starbucks
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  208. Yah, right.
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  209. ​ @jandavidson7093  How do you get rid of the Dane
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  210. There is one aspect of nuclear that does raise concern. The weapons side. But as North Korea, Pakiland and soon Iran prove. If you want them nobody is going to stop you. With the possible exception of Israel. The list of nations that have started and stopped developing nuclear weapons is a long one. It is suspected that if push came to shove the country that could have nukes the fastest is ironically Japan.
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  211. The only things missing are the showers and the ovens
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  212. The thumbnail reminds me of the movie Dogma.
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  213. I for one never understood yow the Woke ever thought this would work.
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  214. In the Midwest is just a hose. The tap on the house is a sill cock. And where I live a drinking fountain is called a bubbler. My first wife and I had friends in San Diego. In the early 80s they had a campaign. "If its yellow its mellow. If its brown it's down."
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  215. How to avoid the problem of filters on Instagram etc. Do not use Instagram, Twitter, TicTok etc.
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  216. If the critics love it. I generally find I hate it. If the critics hate it. I enjoy it.
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  217. And from those pockets of leftism in all states. Primarily communities with state run colleges and universities.
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  218. Hennipin County is in Minnesota. The county seat is Minneapolis.
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  219. Notice they are not going to countries that are dominated by a certain religion.
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  220. I've been to a number of Brazilian style steak houses. Generally they aren't cheap. Drinks are pricey. But if you go away hungry it's your own damn fault. Last one I was at was in downtown Charleston SC. Can't remember the name but it was glorious. Excellent salad bar for some starters. Various cuts of beef, pork, chicken and sausages. Along with seafood. The baked pineapple is great.
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  221. Well, at least in a monarchy there is the chance that the future monarch can be properly trained for the job. Rather than the immoral incompetent political whores we are getting now.
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  222. Diversity is your strength. 😱
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  223. To be honest it sometimes felt as though she was determined to outlive her son. As I am as American it is not my place to comment one way or the other on the institution. But I do think that one thing the United States screwed up on is the concept of honors for service to the nation. As long as the honors were not hereditary.
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  224. Maybe the Bee does surveys to find out what crazy ideas they're saying now.
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  225. The slippery slope has gone over the edge into free fall. Without a parachute. Now we have a push beginning to convert pedophiles into MAPs. Minor Attracted Persons. Maybe all those allegations on Quorn were true. I'm really thinking Epstien did not commit suicide. He simply knew too much.
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  226.  @hikelfin  Any evidence for this nonsense ideology? 20 genders? 50 genders? Or is it just 3 this week. If an Adult Human Male (aka a MAN) decides to have multiple surgeries, takes hormone regimens and dress and act like a woman (aka as an adult female human). He can do all of this but he still can not be a woman. The same applies to a woman going the other way.
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  227. To be honest no elected representative can do what they "promise". Not all by themselves. Far too many people simply get their ballot and either check for a full slate or just check off for the party they favor. I swear in some solid districts or states Hitler could be on the ballot and win as long as he was running in the solid parties slate. I refuse to vote the way I did when I was younger. I much prefer to vote for the better candidate no matter what party they belong to. I also prefer to have decided government. If one party holds say the White House and the House I really want the Senate held by the other party. This helps keep the extreme fringe under control. Also I think in the US we need a new major political party. One that can draw from the moderate portions of both parties. Let the nutjobs in both the Democrat and the Republican parties stew in their own juices.
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  228. Yup, the same country that police brag about backing inclusivity and tolerance but in the next sentence actively say they will aggressively pursue 'hate crimes'. I am so glad I do not live in the UK. But if the idiots in the US have their way we'll get it too.
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  229. At the same time the media is screaming about this "security breach" they would be falling all over themselves if an "unnamed source" if handed any of these documents over to the press.
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  230. I think one reason the abuse problem in the church as far as the US broke the way it did was because the RCC in the US was pervieved to gave deep pockets. As an aside at one time the RCC was the largest charitable organization on Earth
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  231. Of course you have noticed that Far Right always gets combined with terms that include X phobic, racist, fascist etc.
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  232. On the verge of being the Second Coming of Christ, Buddha and Father Christmas all in one.
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  233. Follow the money Who was the architect Who specified the building materials Who approved the plans Who was the contractor Who inspected the construction If there problems reported by residents who was responsible for investigating them.
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  234. The question used to be "Is Paris Burning". Now the statement is "Paris is Burning".
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  235. Words and controlling their use and more importantly their meaning has long been part of the Leftist playbook
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  236.  @michaelsorensen7567  I really think one reason the "Woke" generation or the "Woke" segment of society is so pro immigration is that they plan on never having s family and figure they are going to need somebody to take care of them. Oh, and they also need somebody to serve them their lattes.
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  237. Lies from the left Only men can be sexist Only white folks can be racist. It's all the fault of Europe/white people/the US. Take your pick.
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  238. ​ @chrisbammer4946  People Eating Tasty Animals
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  239. I'm going to recommend their co-religionists in places like Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Indonesia and Malaysia step up to the plate. But I imagine that there are radicals looking at this as a recruiting opportunity.
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  240. As an american l have to ask. Is the UK award for copper of the year called the Max Sennet Award.
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  241.  @jamesthompson7694  Look up a piece by Larty Niven about why Lois Lane can not become pregnant with Supermans child. https://en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Ma... Man of Steel, Woman of Kleenex - Wikipedia
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  242. I can just see number 4 happening.
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  243. Some areas never left the Dark Ages. Much less the Middle Ages.
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  244. Maybe they should check their privilege
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  245. A climate crisis confrence in a country that depends on its oil production. Brilliant.
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  246. Drag is the gender equivilant of Black Face
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  247. Once again the Law of Unintended Consequences rises up to bite somebody on the ass. If Roe v Wade was based in a supposed right to privacy why then do corporate get the right to sell your private information?
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  248.  @terencebernard2337  I know perfectly well how to pronounce it. Battery Acid.
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  249.  @quinnroberts3158  How do you think I feel living in K-town
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  250. Most counties will not remain poor forever. There are exceptions. Haiti comes to mind.
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  251. Or Trudeau bring a wanker he could do what wankers do.
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  252. Its is far easier to do something that restricts the average citizen than actually do something useful. It is easier to tear down than to build.
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  253.  @rey_nemaattori  Chavez got rid of everyone who knew what they were doing. And appointed people for political loyalty.
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  254. How long before Witch Doctoring is included in the syllabus of your best medical schools. All in the name of diversity and inclusion
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  255. The "rent" is more likely pay us or will break your face
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  256. I must live in a cave. Because I for one had never heard of her* at all until this crap hit the feed in YouTube. But then the only time I ever paid attention tion to comic book movies is when my kids wanted to see one or later if my grandson did. She's an actress. Just like all actresses and actors her job is basically pretending to be someone else. And a fictional someone else at that. In ancient Rome actors and actresses were considered in par in society with prostitutes. Maybe they were right. I personally despise the cult of personality that surrounds celebrities. Be they actors, athletes or simply famous for being famous. And I feel sorry for the people who hang on every word that comes out of their vapid mouths. I remember an interview with Harrison Ford. He was asked something about some hot button issue of the day. His response was basically what makes his opinion worth more than anybody else's. After all I'm just an actor. * I suspect her preferred pronouns are me, me, I and ME!
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  257. Just increase immigration. That will solve your water problems.
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  258. I have a solution. A Louisville Slugger.
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  259. We used to use very reliable voting machines. Strictly mechanical. No soft wear issues period. But we had to get rid of them because "no one made parts for them anymore". Instead we get optical scanners whose software can be hacked into.
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  260. Muslim football hooligans?
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  261. Shoal needs to start with an A
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  262.  @mikecampos1193  Whole Foods? You mean Whole Paycheck don't you?
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  263. We hear the "all cultures are of equal value". Bullshit. If your culture practices human sacrifice. If your culture advocates slavery. If your culture places no value on the individual. If your culture engages in the mutilation of women. If your culture engages in honor killings. Sorry, but your culture is clearly not if equal value. And l am not saying the Western CV culture is superior to all others. Western culture has its faults as it currently stands.
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  264. And if anyone raised objections about possible problems. The standard reply is "oh that will never happen". Like rapes in women's bathrooms. Or in women's prisons.
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  265. Too bad the piss couldn't be poured all over the upper class twits super blueing themselves to paintings.
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  266. The lyrics.? My country tis of thee Sweet land of liberty Damn strong version
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  267. What is Blackness? If you have you, ask you don't know. See how that works.
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  268. There may well come as time when an individual will be able to truely switch genders to the point of full functionality. I do not expect this to be in the next ten years. Or even 50 really. It would require the complete rebuilding of the body. I'm not advocating this. I'm only saying it is hard to judge just where medical advances will go. Another option may well be being able to "download" the individuals personality to a surrogate body (biological or mechanical) to allow the individual to experience various sensations or engage in high risk activities. Remember any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable with magic.
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  269.  @clarehidalgo  Think of the device you posted your reply on. Now think of what someone 200 years ago would make of it.
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  270. Vhat vas it Klauz zead. Zer vill be pain.
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  271. But their hearts were in the right place. Helps to know where to aim.
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  272. Is it possible to be BIPOC if you identify as non binary. Inquiring minds want to know. And it must be really tough if you are bipolar.
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  273. Some folks just don't get it. Yet at the same time they will proclaim all cultures have equal value. Yah, right.
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  274. But its low calorie word salad
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  275.  @incurableromantic4006  Leaflets. Gotta gave leaflets
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  276. We do not have a shortage of energy or potential solutions. We have a shortage of will and courage. And do not ask me for solutions. The response will be long. Very long.
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  277. Maybe if you become so broke that public subsidies stop all of you recently immigrated doctors and engineers will go somewhere else.
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  278. I live in Kenosha and this is the first I've heard of this. And I can imagine just where the venue would be.
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  279. 1984 wasn't a warning. It was a prediction.
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  280. And when this fails to accomplish anything there will be a whole new cry for more reparations
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  281. There are things the US did wrong with nuclear power and things the French did right. The US did not really use standardized designs (1). The French did. As I understand it they have a Generation 1 design and a Generation 2 design. If you have an issue design wise you know what to look for in other facilities. This also lowers costs. Also l wonder if the individual regions, departments or whatever the French call them along with municipalities have as much legal power to throw up roadblocks to construction. One reason that nuclear plants in the US cost as much as they do is every Tom, Dick and Harry can file legal challenges, endlessly it seems. Delaying construction and causing increased costs due interest on the loans. Nuclear produces cheap reliable power as far as the operating side goes. It's the long lead time that builds the costs. Another thing that increases costs is the incredible amount of paper work involved in everything. Simply replacing one screw and nut on pipe fitting requires multiple forms (2). There is also the waste side of things. Most nuclear waste is low level stuff such as personal protective gear. The actual waste from the fuel in the US would fit into an Olympic sized swimming pool. We used to reprocess waste. Carter stopped that by Executive Order. EOs can be reversed by EOs. The spent fuel rods out of a nuclear facility actually contain very high levels of usable fuel that can be recovered. In the 1990s the US DOE actually ran a small test reactor to look into using the high level waste to produce power and consume that waste by converting it into lower level waste. The Vlinton Administration killed that. 1) The Soviets. I'm not sure they did anything right with nuclear plants 2) I worked with several people (plant maintenance) and knew others that worked at a Commonwealth Edison plant in Illinois. Even the plant security department had forms up the ying yang
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  282. I really think they want most of us to die
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  283. Or if the federal government had carved out a state in the south for freed slaves. But that would have caused other problems. The main reason that the 3/5ths clause was in the Constitution was South Carolina being dicks.
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  284. The title being Naked and Dead? Let's see. Products with absolutely no oil or hydrocarbon products involved. 1) Sharpy things. No mass produced knives, axes, scissors, needles. 2) No commercial pots or pans 3) No commercially made clothing as oil products were certainly involved in production or transport. Even if the cloth is 100% cotton, hemp, linen or wool. Sounds like they are back to knapping stone tools?
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  285. ​ @TheStarcleaver  No. Breathing included.
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  286. There is a very good reason that the Romans considered actors on par or below prostitutes in social standing.
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  287. Well obviously every notable man of the 18th Century was of the rainbow community. 1) Wigs? Check 2) Knee hose? Check. 3) Lace and frills? Check. Let's not mention the Middle Ages Next they'll be saying that George Washington was gay because he and Martha didn't have any children.
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  288. Well, he's got three hots and a cot now. Living the dream.
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  289. Now that the Queen has passed I'm assuming that Charles will step aside for some random Nigerian. After all they're all Princes or used to be kings.
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  290. I'll bet Jesse Jackson and the Rainbow Coalition aren't happy either.
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  291. There is a term for these panels. Circle Jerks. But them what would you expect from wankers.
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  292. One definition of insanity.
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  293. How long before they start trying to sell or give nuclear subs to "friendly" countries.
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  294.  @MrKago1  The first four letters of Twitter says it all
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  295. If this organization is collecting any donations. Follow the money. Me thinks that 23 year old might be making some bank on this.
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  296. With the Democrats they have developed a severe case of not having enough balls to tell the screaming children in the room to shut the hell up and sit down. And just wait. The next month well have to be proud about is Pedophilia Month.
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