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  • Joe Rogan - again

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    JollyJ

    You know, Biden did not survive in Washington as long as he did, and reach the heights that he did, without political chops. I'm starting to believe more and more that he knew Kamala-lama-ding-dong was a ticking time bomb and unable to wage a successful national campaign.

    By naming her so soon after the coup, ol' Fuck-up Joe gave Obama and his faction a royal screwing without benefit of lube. Obama never got a chance to shoehorn his preferred candidate into the nomination.

    And then, just to ladle a little icing on the cake, Biden made a few decent gaffes or just weird statements, guaranteed to tie her to him. Not saying all the goofs were planned, probably just a couple.

    Maybe Biden and Dr. Jill get a chuckle or too, as they walk out of the Whitehouse door for the last time.

  • Wear your masks!

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    George KG

  • What will Biden say tomorrow?

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    Aqua LetiferA

    @LuFins-Dad said in What will Biden say tomorrow?:

    No attempts at unifying or healing the divide.

    Well, yeah. Of course not. That's a big part of why they lost.

    Not that the Orange Man will deliver that. But you can't keep going around demonizing the unwashed, then cry about losing an election because the unwashed didn't vote for your side.

  • What are you watching now?

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    George KG

    Sandbaggers is very good. Its depiction of spy stuff is very John LeCarre-like. No glamor, just quiet work, budgetary and personal problems.

    Episodes are available on YouTube. Check it out. Once you get past the late 1970s vibe, it's fun.

    Link to video

  • Reddit Upvotes

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    George KG

    @LuFins-Dad said in Reddit Upvotes:

    They were also trying to manipulate community notes on Twitter.

    Yep. I remember that.

    Ain't irony ironical?

  • Peaceful transfer of power

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    LuFins DadL

    Looking forward to Maher tomorrow.

  • Harvard classes canceled today.

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    CopperC

    @Jolly said in Harvard classes canceled today.:

    I'd start looking at Notre Dame, Vanderbilt, Texas A&M, Ohio State Community College, etc ...

    Or even better, find Marines receiving an honorable discharge.

  • Changes? Maybe, maybe not...

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    LuFins DadL

    Being a lame duck might actually be a strength for Donald. He doesn’t have to be worried about reelection. Plus the unusually broad coalition gives him a mandate to make broad and sweeping changes. He can likely push through some of the reforms that everyone can ultimately see needs to be made.

  • Monkeys!

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    jon-nycJ

    I wonder if they’re still marketable? They could have picked up pathogens in the ‘wild’ that would confound any testing they’re used for.

  • The Iranians

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  • The Happiest People In The Country

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    HoraceH

    I remember some irony. One of the professors over there, during the first TDS pandemic of 2016 to 2020, was on record that if he worked with anybody who supported Trump, he would quietly attempt to professionally marginalize them as much as possible. This raised no eyebrows, as it is a known thing that people with his mind virus would do. The Trump retribution against wrong-thinkers, on the other hand, is paranoia about extremely fanciful scenarios. This is the difference between the children and the adults in the room. Knowledge and acceptance of actual reality, vs paranoia about fanciful scenarios that would, even in the worst case, merely match what the other side has always lived with.

  • California Wildfires. Some more.

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  • Meanwhile, in NYC...

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    JollyJ

    I think there are several big city mayors that might not find some new immigration rules refreshing.

  • China Post Pandemic Economy - Not Good

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    JollyJ

    Ok, who has the upper hand in trade negotiations, America or China?

  • 312

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    JollyJ

    @jon-nyc said in 312:

    @Jolly said in 312:

    @Axtremus said in 312:

    So ... any report on voter fraud or irregularities this time? Has the public's trust in the voting systems been restored? Nobody complains about vote-by-mail and early voting anymore, right?

    Several factors...

    Yeah, there were still some hijinks, but nothing like 2020. I think that's because: Trump won.

    Had the result gone the other way you’d be screaming fraud as loud as 2020.

    I'm still screaming fraud. How much fraud are you comfortable with?

  • Harris

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    George KG

    A Jan 6 lawyer says,

    I’ve been told for three years in DC courtrooms that using the word “fight” in political commentary is a call for revolution and incitement of violence.

    VP’s don’t have immunity.

    Someone might need to investigate the VP’s concession speech.

    Harris used the word at least a dozen times.

    Lock her up.

  • Doing the Dirty Work For Cheap

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    HoraceH

    I was hoping this would be a story about the economic effects of deporting a bunch of low paid illegal workers.

  • AOC speaks

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    George KG

    Questions for her, in her terror.

    Will you shave your head as other brave women have done in protest? Will you participate in Project Lysistrata 4B?
  • A New Beast?

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    George KG

    @Axtremus said in A New Beast?:

    An electrical vehicle may be 20% to 30% heavier

    Considering the beast weighs 20,000 lb that's a lot of extra weight. However, considering it's flown on a C-17 Globemaster, it's probably within spec even at the higher weight. C-17 is rated at about 170,000 lb.

    the matter of charging infrastructure

    Something tells me that the USAF and SS could come up with a way of charging the beast while it's on the airplane.

  • Can he do it?

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