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  • Hay Aqua!

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    MikM
    Love it.
  • Sam Altman: "You never asked me back then."

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    MikM
    The thrashing of a dying, discredited ideology.
  • Senator Ramaswamy?

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    MikM
    Who ya gonna call?
  • The current State of NY

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    MikM
    FFS
  • Some people may need killin…

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    89th8
    Guess I'll stop opening this thread. Ugh. Reminds me of a friend of my wife who visited a few months ago and kept opening her phone to be like "Oh man, this angers me, did you see the story about this child who was killed (or other dark news stories)" and I straight up told her, just stop reading the news that has no impact on your life!!!!!!!
  • Go magat, go broke - Rudy Giuliani edition

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    Doctor PhibesD
    ...won't get fooled again!
  • Tough questions for Doug Burgum

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    George KG
    https://x.com/ByronYork/status/1797207470902854114
  • Adult Milestones

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    George KG
    Lived on my own - 22. Married - 24 (and 27) Child - 32 Home - 30
  • Hay, 89th! You like soundtracks!

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    89th8
    Ah yes very cool! Get ready to spend an hour on something as this reminds me of two videos worth watching. The first analyzes John Williams' score for the Olympics (and how it was inspired/stolen from previous "Charge" battle and bugle calls. Link to video The 2nd and 3rd is back to First Man and how the docking scene "waltz" was inspired by 2001 Space Odyssey / Blue Danube. It's the only track in the First Man soundtrack that deviates from the theme to provide a completely separate sound during the movie, very effectively too as it starts around the 1:20 mark to provide relief "space dancing" right after a tense and bumpy launch sequence and search for the Agena to dock. Also fun fact, in the control room is Neil Armstrong's actual son playing one of the NASA engineers. Link to video Link to video
  • More Pardons Coming

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    CopperC
    Who is paying for all these pardons? The president wouldn't be giving them away. Of course we pay for them eventually.
  • OK, who's the best so far?

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  • Making Designs in Rice Fields

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    89th8
    This is going to confuse the shit out of the aliens.
  • Are You Smarter Than a Cabinet Nominee? Round 1

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    LuFins DadL
    @jon-nyc said in Are You Smarter Than a Cabinet Nominee? Round 1: I’d tell the truth. ‘Of course not. and don’t even bother asking any other nominees. If we were such people we wouldn’t be here because he’s selecting for fealty, not strength or independence’. Snort…
  • The Difference Between Campaigning and Governing

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    jon-nycJ
    @George-K said in The Difference Between Campaigning and Governing: Now USA has to insert the age of the President-elect...because TDS. Well it’s also pretty historic. He will be the oldest person ever to be sworn in to the office. By a number of months. lol
  • SCOTUS: Thompson v. United States

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    jon-nycJ
    I haven’t either but when AO discussed the case they mentioned who he was.
  • As Expected

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    MikM
    Maybe someone more focused on the mission than the politics is what the doctor ordered.
  • The X Factor

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    MikM
    I'm all for it, but the devil, as usual, is in the details. Will it be an effective bill, or will it just put a veneer over the issue.
  • It didn't work

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    JollyJ
    @jon-nyc said in It didn't work: In my case it wasn’t a big deal but if I lived there I’d definitely make a habit out of getting it delivered from Amazon rather than go through that every time I need a toiletry or OTC med. especially since AMZN is cheaper. Actually, I did have a couple of conversations with pharmacists about this. Both noted all the footage devoted to cosmetics, food, toys, etc., is killing them. Both mentioned online shopping trends as being the reason. A note about drugs...One of the pharms I talked with is a local guy that graduated high school with my son. He runs a very busy independent pharmacy (400 scrips/day) and is making a decent living. His business approach? Just enough OTC stuff for some people's conveniance...We're talking fifteen total feet of single-sided counter. He will somewhat discourage his customers from the latest and greatest high-dollar meds...Walmart or Walgreens can get that for you faster or cheaper. He deals mostly in generics or older drugs still under patent (his profit margin is higher. For some of the new stuff like Mounjaro, he can actually lose money on a scrip). The guy works very hard to ensure his customers get the lowest price on their scrips, sometimes advising them to use a card like GoodRx rather than their insurance. He's very good on service issues andtalking with providors.
  • $165,000,000

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  • The Speaker’s Race

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    jon-nycJ
    Gotta purge the Reaganites. The funny thing is he tells Turner there’s too many headwinds from mar a lago then smiles to the camera and says ‘it’s a House decision’ and went on about what a great job Turner did. I don’t know about you guys, but I don’t remember firing anyone who was doing a great job.