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  • Whew!

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    jon-nycJ

    I have sympathy for that view since the effective R never really got below 1.

    But in most of the country we’re clearly in the second wave of reacting to it.

    But really I don’t know how useful it is to fight over who gets to define ‘wave’.

  • Puzzle time

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    HoraceH

    This strikes me as one of those problems that's answerable with a little elbow grease. Is it interesting to get into for some reason?

  • It's Monday! What's for dinner?

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    MikM

    Fried is not the same thing as unhealthy. It all depends how you fry it.

  • The Last Alaskans

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  • Charlie Daniels, RIP

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    LuFins DadL

    No. No. No. No. Just no. Not Charlie.

  • Meanwhile, down on the farm....

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    HoraceH

    You mean by rejecting my notion of a president's power over the economy? Or do you mean something else that you've imagined?

  • Playstations are made by robots..

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    AxtremusA

    @Horace said in Playstations are made by robots..:

    ... I suppose we can tax the goods the robots make.

    See Andrew Yang.

  • Tom Cruise: "I'm in!"

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    L

    Love it. That was brilliant.

    A marketing bonanza, pivot off the election cycle.

    Remember these entertainers are losing a lot of money with sheltering in place. They need to keep their names out there so the public will spend where they can for them.

  • Loving McEnany

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    LarryL

    If it weren't for leftwing nutjobs like you running these cities into the ground there wouldn't be a need for sending in the feds in the first place.

  • Interesting chart on cost of internet data

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    jon-nycJ

    You're used to 'free' wifi in airports.

    Lots of metros just have free wifi with no password. Plus people live mostly by routines so even if you do sign up you just need to do it once.

    I get free ATT wifi in Starbucks all over. I suppose I had to sign up many years ago.

    I haven't been to Seoul since before the smartphone revolution but I'll bet its pretty seamless.

  • March 23, 1775

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    LarryL

    We didn't ask you crackers to come here to start with.....

  • Florida Man...I mean amoeba

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    bachophileB

    Case reports on this every year. Caused by Naegleria fowleri, it goes up the nose, passes through the cribriform plate at the base of the skull which separates the nasal passage from the brain right above. Pretty awful way to get ill

    Entameoba histolytica causes just dysentery. A lot less fatal although it can cause a liver abscess by invading through the colon directly into the liver. (which is called colloquially an anchovy paste abscess because of its consistency) seen a few of those.

  • The Gong

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    Doctor PhibesD

    As far as they're applied now, I think the CMOH and Knighthood are different in nature. He doesn't mention the Victoria Cross, which is awarded for valour to military personnel, (or George Cross, the civilian equivalent), which I would have said is a closer equivalent to the MOH.

  • It's In The Can

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  • Come tango with me - I know a good piano player

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    RainmanR

    @Horace said in Come tango with me - I know a good piano player:

    Yes, I like bite sized morsels of detailed expertise.

    You have no idea. . .

  • Just wow

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    MikM

    @Axtremus said in Just wow:

    Beethoven composed arguably better music after he's gone deaf.
    Stephen Hawking published arguably better papers after he's lost the ability to write.

    Isn’t it grand how some people Overcome their challenges.

  • For some reason, I thought of Copper....

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    JollyJ

    Good question. And since it's hay, it's organic, baby!

  • A previous cultural revolution

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    RainmanR

    @Klaus said in A previous cultural revolution:

    Daniel Hannan has been one of my favorite European politicians in the last decade! He made me, at least in part, a proponent of what he calls "localism". Do you generally follow him or was it just this tweet that raised your attention?

    I agree, Hannan is someone to listen to. Not only was he very smart when an MEP, but he has also given lectures on American history in the U.S., well worth listening to. It's always sobering when a Brit knows more about Jefferson than most Americans!

  • No representation

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    LuFins DadL

    @bachophile said in No representation:

    Did u know that the District of Columbia is a member of the unrpresented nations and peoples organization?

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unrepresented_Nations_and_Peoples_Organization?wprov=sfsi1

    And they get more practical representation than any city in the world.

  • Who Tweets? Who use the Twitter app? Who read tweets as SMS?

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    MikM

    Nope. I l just read ones that are linked.