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  • Meanwhile, at the zoo.

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    KlausK

    A good washing machine can easily cost a grand. It's maybe not the best thing to steal on a "$ per pound of weight" basis, but it is a reasonably high value item.

  • Finley’s Identity

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    F

    😁
    You guys.....

  • We've Reached 'Russian Novel' Levels of Concern

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    RainmanR

    Yes, excellent. I hope Ax reads it.

    A few quotes to pique interest:

    "They cannot escape because they do not know they are prisoners." "This was what I found most jarring, the cognitive dissonance, the inability to surrender an ideological commitment in the face of overwhelming evidence of that commitment’s illogic—including one’s own misery." "That doubt, that suspicion that we may be wrong—about something we believe, about those with whom we disagree—is the only thing that can save us."

    The article is well worth reading, especially if you have some little background in Russian literature of the period. As with his students, it was an undergrad course a long time ago for me.

  • "DEBATE NIGHT 2020!" — A Bad Lip Reading

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    jon-nycJ

    Alternate title “shallow fakes”.

    It was funny but he still hasn’t beaten what he did in the 2012 GOP primary. That was hilarious. Maybe just because it was all new then.

  • Look at this.

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    Aqua LetiferA

    @Mik said in Look at this.:

    Is it anti-Semitism or anti-Israel?

    A good article on it that was shared here awhile back:
    https://www.tabletmag.com/sections/news/articles/stop-being-shocked

  • How Mozart Became a Bad Composer

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    George KG

    His performance of K.333 was stupid fast.

  • "Superspreader"

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    George KG

    @Axtremus said in "Superspreader":

    @George-K said in "Superspreader":

    After the self-righteousness about mask-wearing I see, how can anyone take these clowns seriously?

    Do you know when that video was recorded? It could well predate the COVID-19 outbreak.

    See TG's comments above, and my response.

  • New World Record for Initial Public Offering

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    CopperC

    The world runs on oil and will for at least several decades.

    I understand Greta doesn't like this.

    But even she knows that renewables still only supply a few percentage points - and almost none at night.

    A miracle could happen at any moment.
    But until it does hold on to your oil.

  • Hell no!

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    Doctor PhibesD

    What is it they say about bringing clown shoes to a gunfight?

  • Ok, you old guys. Confession time.

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    L

    @Doctor-Phibes said in Ok, you old guys. Confession time.:

    Thank God for punk rock.

    Punk rock makes more sense now as a reaction to all the big hair and excesses everywhere.

    Your comment is dead on.

  • White House compares COVID-19 to the Flu again

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    Doctor PhibesD

    @Copper said in White House compares COVID-19 to the Flu again:

    @nobodyssock said in White House compares COVID-19 to the Flu again:

    The stupidest thing said this week.

    It's only Tuesday. You've still got plenty of time.

  • 100% injury rate

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    @Mik said in 100% injury rate:

    Yeah, I don't think that is even in question. You simply have to look at the nature of the game. Even if it's not football, in every professional sport you are pushing your body to its physical limits. You are going to get hurt.

    Very true.

    Life is a contact sport. Every interaction has a risk of physical or emotional injury, which has individual perception of how bad it is as variable.

    Covid is causing a ton of injury well beyond the infection itself, how is that injury measured?

    So what lens do we want to evaluate the “injury rate”?

  • Mitch talks about ACB's nomination and precedent

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    LarryL

    Now we sell trinkets to Yankees. One they seem to like is a little wooden jack ass that you fill with toothpicks. When you push down on its head the tail raises and a toothpick shoots out its sss....

  • Banned

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    Doctor PhibesD

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  • Got an hour?

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  • Did Collins change her vote?

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    L

    I’ve seen two websites with two different answers. You would think the Senate website would be the correct one.

    Mystery!

  • Biden made it out of the basement today.

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    LarryL

    I wonder if Biden will whine like a baby and blame everyone else for the next four years over his losing the election like Hilary has done...

    Oh wait... Biden will be a carrot before 4 years us up...

  • The Coming Revolution

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    taiwan_girlT

    @Larry said in The Coming Revolution:

    I can see why you would think that, but the man is correct.

    What is your definition of "revolution" and in what form will it occur in the US?

  • Here's what I don't get...

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    Doctor PhibesD

    @Jolly said in Here's what I don't get...:

    Or they're too smart to pay for a train load of pork we don't need.

    You lost me at "they're too smart"

  • Another Trump Advisor Resigned

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    LarryL

    Keep draining the swamp!!

    MAGA