Wrongthink. Don't worry, AOC will fix this so it doesn't happen again.

The precedent is as terrible as the situation.

@jolly wow. That sounds tempting!

@lufins-dad said in What the hell were they thinking?: I'm also willing to bet that the guys that walked off with this stuff weren't running around wearing flag paraphernalia and Don't Tread on Me shirts, but were probably in suit and tie or uniform and looked like they belonged there and would not have been stopped... Maybe like Tommy Lee Jones and Will Smith, or Dan Ackroyd and John Belushi or, if in uniform, Bill Murray, Dan Aykroyd, and Harold Ramis?

The new House on Unamerican Activities Commitee. Maybe they will use McCarthy’s playbook.

@loki said in Helter Skelter!: Unfortunately based on January 6 it will be used as evidence for a long time. What’s the time frame? Can we sound the all clear horn in 6 months if it doesn’t materialize? Seriously, most people I know aren't giving 1/6 much thought at all.

It is impossible for Mr. Biden to take any risk, he is covered for at least a couple years. But in 2 years or so, the "we want Kamala" movement will get louder. Time for Joe to move over.

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@xenon said in Ban Twitter from Apple, Google, Amazon?: @george-k said in Ban Twitter from Apple, Google, Amazon?: The FBI warned law enforcement agencies prior to the assault on the U.S. Capitol last week that there would be potential violence, reports the Associated Press If true, why would political leaders - chiefly Trump - pour gasoline on the fire? Because it was a cunning stunt?

I'm a "Notes" user as well, but I saw a promo for Evernote, and I thought I'd ask around to see if it's worth it. Is there a good place to read up on some of the "power user" features of the Notes app?

@mik said in Pence and Trump Finally Speak: @doctor-phibes said in Pence and Trump Finally Speak: @mik said in Pence and Trump Finally Speak: What does that have to do with anything? You don't get to call people who do not support your perception of the President as being deranged, and then, when you support a position with no apparent basis in fact, say "my perception is just as valid as everybody else's". When did I say I thought everyone who does not share my same perception was deranged? There are people whose pathological hatred of the man is pretty far out there and TDS is a real thing, but I have never said YOU were deranged. Well, not in that particular way, anyway. When I said 'you' I didn't mean you as an individual, but the people in general who say that those of us who can't abide the guy are deranged.

Sasse?

@lufins-dad said in 25% For: You know, we should probably separate into a bunch of smaller individual and sovereign states, but still be united by a governing body for purposes of trade and defense. We should also have some basic principles set as common law between these separate but equal states and assure some simple but basic rights and that's it. I wonder why nobody has ever thought to do so before?

Yep Trump should not have gone so hard on the stolen election theme. And we should have had some basic reasonable protection of the Capitol. The fact that we didn't certainly has played into the hands of "Trumpism" haters. All we had to do was reinforce the cockpit doors.

@loki said in One-Shot Vaccine from J & J: @lufins-dad said in One-Shot Vaccine from J & J: The bigger news about this vaccine is that it’s a more traditional vaccine and is not mRNA based. That should help with those that are scared about the Pfizer vaccine: If you are 75 should you be worried about RNA issues? Also, If the average age of death is 80 it seems like the pros and cons are a no brainer. I'm seeing a lot of people (and yes, a lot of them are over 75) reluctant to get the vaccine because of the mRNA base of the vaccine.

@jon-nyc said in Snowbirds: @jolly Because he followed the administration's recommendation. FL, TX, OH and other have not. Each governor gets to decide what is best for his state. Cuomo screwed the pooch on this one.

@89th said in Trump’s new video on Twitter (Jan.13, 2021): This video reminds me of this type of high school scenario: Bully (lying) to his friends, “hey guys, those two nerds in the corner called you ugly!” Bully (lying) repeats this daily over two months Bully (lying) on the last day, “you gotta fight like hell if you don’t want those nerds to keep doing that” The bully’s friends to over and beat up the nerds 7 days later as the cops look for the Bully, he goes out and says “hey, I think what they did was wrong, I never told them to do anything, they are not my friends” I hope you all realize that none of this happened. I understand the rule that if you say something about Mr. Trump, it is accepted as truth. But I know, you know in your hearts that this didn't happen.