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Black fatigue reaches the Supreme Court.

@Renauda said: @taiwan_girl To me, this is a situation that the writers of the US constitution could never ever ever imagined. So for those who say that the constitution needs to be interpreted as the writers wanted makes no sense.. Good point and there are many, I’m sure who feel the same about 2nd Amendment “the right to bear arms shall not be infringed”. There is no way that the framers could have envisioned readily available breechloading firearms with semi-automatic and automatic actions firing centre fire smokeless powder rounds at high velocities. I agree 100%. I (and I believe you) have made that argument before. Lets get us on the US Supreme Court.

@Doctor-Phibes said: When I saw that on FB I'd genuinely assumed it wasn't a real tweet. Same. I can only shake my head.

@kluurs that is awesome!!!

This is rather mild by recent standards.

Infinite 3D expanding Space Dark matter Wife Rain formation My turbulance is usually due to stout and cider

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Follow your passion.

Belated Happy Birthday 89th - Glad you had a fun day with the kiddos!!

https://macleans.ca/politics/i-dont-recognize-alberta-anymore/ Since the day I was born, 46 years ago at the Foothills Hospital in Calgary, Alberta has shaped who I am. I can sing the words to “Four Strong Winds,” our unofficial provincial anthem. I’ve visited more rodeos than I can count. My first vehicle was an old pickup, and I taught myself to parallel park using two round hay bales. I’ve spent Saturdays on my family’s acreage, cleaning horse manure out of our barn and helping neighbours with their cattle. I know the beauty of a prairie sunset, and I’ve watched the sun rise in Alberta’s Rockies. Despite my love for the Wild Rose Province, I’m Canadian first, Albertan second. The flag that hangs in my office is the Maple Leaf. When people abroad ask where I’m from, I don’t miss a beat in saying I’m Canadian. This national identity has taught me about the power of multiculturalism, the beauty of bilingualism and the idea that peacekeeping—and a willingness to understand one another—can move the world in a better direction. Alberta is imprinted on my heart, but Canada is part of my soul.

@Tom-K LOL.

In Alpha sometimes we like to say “it’s not rare so much as rarely diagnosed’. Maybe these are the ‘rarely found earths’. Though of the long list of them I’m sure some are actually pretty rare.

@Axtremus Oh, there were lots of nazi's who weren't german. Just look at the number of european volunteers in the Waffen SS.

Ha! Not only did I find the PMs but I also figured out how to use it and all that only took me three days. So fie on you all!

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A book I mentioned in the book thread is called "Station Eleven" about a pandemic that kills not all, but most people. Goes through some of the same decay that you guys talk about. (interesting, but the book was written just a year or so before COVID).

The dinosaurs went anti-vaxx?

I was sailing towards graduation from high school without a lot of cares in the world. I remember it, but didn’t pay too much attention. It was only 7 years after 3 Mile Island. A have an unusual memory regarding the latter. In 1994 I flew into Harrisburg PA for the first time. We flew over TMI and I saw two cooling towers with steam coming out and two that were just dead, corresponding to the reactor that went critical. Next morning I’m listening to NPR in my hotel and there’s a story about TMI. It was the 15th anniversary of the melt down.

Yeah but at least with real estate there’s a sense that the value will climb over time for most people. Or so cars and phones. I’ve heard people with not a lot of means talking about when they ‘get to’ upgrade their phone. They’ve just banked the idea that they’ll constantly have a phone payment but at least they ‘get to upgrade’ every two or three years like it’s some benefit of their plan and not an independent financial decision. I’m sure the same thought process goes into perpetual lease payers. I was once car shopping and overheard a salesman ask another guy what he could afford. He gave an answer in terms of a monthly payment! You just know he walked out of there with a nicer car than he needed and a 7 year loan or some shit.

There are both Respirologists and Pulmonologists who work at the Cancer Hospital where my spouse works. She's not certain as to how the two professions differ as she has little to do with them on her case load which is almost exclusively head and neck cancer patients.