@jolly

https://nodebb.the-new-coffee-room.club/topic/12133/katie-censors-ginsburg?_=1634512619061

BTW, how you know that line in Forrest Gump is bushwa...No Southerner says "peas and carrots", because when we think of peas, we think of field peas. The green peas are pretty much always referred to as English peas, green peas or sugar peas.

We do eat English peas and carrots or green peas and carrots, but not field peas and carrots.

@george-k said in Bill Clinton Hospitalized:

Discharged:

Former President Bill Clinton was released Sunday from the Southern California hospital where he had been admitted days earlier for an infection.

Clinton, 75, was released around 8 a.m. from the University of California Irvine Medical Center after he was admitted Tuesday with an infection unrelated to COVID-19, officials said.

An aide to the former president told the AP that Clinton had a urological infection that spread to his bloodstream, and that he was in an intensive care section of the hospital but wasn’t receiving ICU care.

I still want to know what caused the urosepsis...

Unprotected anal sex with Hillary?

This looks like great fun! Thanks for the heads up.

Wonder how many flew in on private jets?

The coal companies are experiencing a shortage of miners. They are actually paying bonuses to work in the mines. For some jobs, they're even paying relocation expenses.

That’s a big one! And it seems to mimic more than just a snake’s head. Together with the pattern on the lower wings, it looks like a complete snake. Nature is indeed amazing.

Not gerrymandered enough!

Illinois Democrats unveiled a draft congressional map Friday that would bury the GOP: The proposed lines could give them control of 14 of the state’s 17 House seats.

But privately, some national Democrats felt even that didn't go far enough. So late Friday night, they floated an alternative map that was even more aggressive — one that could leave Republicans with just two seats.

The dueling maps provided rare insight into the partisan considerations and infighting that mark Illinois’ effort to redraw its congressional districts, as national Democrats try desperately to cling to their five-seat majority by pressing their advantage in one of the few places where the party has total control over redistricting.

The official proposal Friday from Springfield Democrats — which splits Chicagoland into a 10-slice pizza and creates one district that looks like a serpent slithering from Missouri to Indiana and another that swerves from downstate Illinois up to the Wisconsin border — complicates the reelections of GOP Reps. Adam Kinzinger and Rodney Davis. But it doesn't doom either congressman entirely. And while the plan somewhat shores up Democratic Rep. Lauren Underwood and the seat vacated by retiring Democratic Rep. Cheri Bustos, neither district would be insulated if the party faces strong headwinds in the next election.

Democratic Rep. Marie Newman, on the other hand, finds herself in a potentially competitive seat — and she was quick to express her displeasure.

"It is abundantly apparent that what has currently been proposed for Illinois' 3rd Congressional District is not only retrogressive but substantially diminishes the diverse and progressive voices of Chicago's Southwest Side and suburbs," Newman said in a statement...

"The map that was released is a massive missed opportunity that will have repercussions for control of the House," said one Democratic strategist involved in Illinois politics. "And I can’t imagine that Democrats in Illinois, who have a reputation for being incredibly well-organized, disciplined and ruthless, would allow this to happen."

@lufins-dad said in "I don't have the C4, I thought *you* had the C4":

That was in 2016.

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We are living through the history of how cultures view royalty. Awe becomes respect becomes curiosity becomes complete joke.

@jolly said in It's good to know the ortho doc:

Who uses hard casts nowadays?

As recently as 5 years ago, a lot of people I worked with used hard casts. However, plaster was rare - usually fiberglass.

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-58943184

The 25-year-old is being held under the Terrorism Act and officers have until Friday to question him.
The BBC understands Mr Ali was referred to the counter-terrorist Prevent scheme some years ago, but was never a formal subject of interest to MI5.
Whitehall officials told the BBC that the man being held was Ali Harbi Ali, a British man of Somali heritage.
Police said a man, who was held on suspicion of the MP's murder in Essex on Friday, was now being held at London police station after being rearrested under the Terrorism Act.

We may never know the motive...

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Painting the entire state of Texas with the same brush because one nutjob made a stupid suggestion is silly. Especially when the nutjob is just expressing the same leftwing thinking process that you defend.

@george-k said in Lung delivery:

I'm not sure, other than proof of concept, they were trying to show, especially in a city like Toronto. I doubt they would trust a drone to fly a precious commodity like that cross-country.

Exactly. They saved one minute. And risked losing an incredibly precious and scarce asset.

I thought the Livia character did quite well, as did Junior. Silvio was a bit cartoonish, buy the original character was a bit that way anyway.

In any event, they did not seem to know what story the wanted to tell and ended up telling none. Cash cow.

@lufins-dad said in A letter to Biden re oil and gas production:

Congressmen should not be signing their letters with their party affiliation and committee positions.

I don't have a problem with committee positions, but I think you're right about party affiliation.

Simply "Sam Graves, House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure" sends the right message, but doesn't look partisan. It also gives some weight to the letter, indicating it's not a bunch of random congress critters who are pissed.