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| Biography: | I'm 5'2 and 300lbs of sexytime |
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| Occupation: | Being THAT guy... |
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| Registered on: | 10/25/2008 |
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quote:quote:He has to now.
On his way out? And does this become a new normal?
This really is the answer. Biden's precedent in raiding MaL and his pre-emptive pardon for Fauci when there wasn't even an investigation has opened the door for blanket pardons to prevent even thinking about investigating legitimate crimes as well as preventing partisan witch hunts (see: Muh Russian Collusion).
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the Fauci testimony
Lemme sum that up for you...
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Looks like someone trying to create a "no-go" zone, at least for dogs and dog owners.
re: KY Gov Demands Turtle Speak
Posted by Bard on 7/29/26 at 8:03 am to Swamp Angel
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Y'know, this wouldn't be a problem if senators were still appointed by the state legislatures like originally intended in our constitution.
Just sayin'...
I agree with the sentiment, but facts don't support it. The main reason it changed was because so many legislatures dragged their feet in electing Senators (due to deadlock) that there were many instances of when states did not have full representation in the Senate and even one period where a state (Delaware, from 1901-1903) had no Senators.
Along with that were charges of bribery (with at least two Senators being expelled over it) wherein legislators were being bribed to elect a specific person.
All that said, I think technology has brought about a greater real-time awareness and ability to voice concerns (read: create pressure) by the majority of the citizenry that at least the foot-dragging by legislatures would be tamped down. I would support a repeal of the 17th Amendment.
re: Amazing the difference an attic vent makes...
Posted by Bard on 7/28/26 at 7:21 pm to Hangover Haven
We have a ridge vent, but I think we need a couple more sofit vents (or I may need to check the current ones to see if there is any blockage).
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They are all hell holes.
That's because they run under tribal sovereignty with the tribal government usually running business licenses, courts, housing and some aspects of land. For that last point, most reservation lands are held in a federal land grant and that means individuals cannot easily own or borrow against it. This makes it nearly impossible to get mortgages, start businesses, or use land as collateral.
Now compound that with the fact that on many reservations, the same small group of tribal leaders control politics, courts, police, and economic decisions. The more power you concentrate into fewer hands, the more you risk corruption and nepotism (which is indeed common).
There are a few who have succeeded at making something of their lands (the Mashantucket Pequot or Shakopee Mdewakanton, for example) but it takes good governance and decent locations.
re: Cotton picking robot with 108 arms
Posted by Bard on 7/28/26 at 5:20 pm to LegendInMyMind
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What the hell is it picking? There isn't an open boll to be seen and nothing has been defoliated. I call bullshite.
It's a topping machine, not a cotton-picker. In China, they "top" the plants (removing apical bud off each and plant) to force them to grow more outward than upward. This gives the plants more yields, but it's very labor intensive.
Here in the US, we do it with chemicals.
Overall, it seems to be marginally better for the threads to do it by hand, but it's so incredibly labor intensive that it makes no sense for large farms.
re: More of the same... EBR Schools Super Under Investigation
Posted by Bard on 7/28/26 at 3:15 pm to Deadmanshand
Is he being "witch hunt" and facing "acquisitions after acquisitions"?
re: The BOASBERG Act introduced; stops 'rogue' judges from handpicking Trump cases
Posted by Bard on 7/28/26 at 2:39 pm to Major Dutch Schaefer
There needs to be a verification method and a steep penalty for being found in violation. Without some accountability enforcement, there's no impetus for actual change.
Election fraud doesn't happen unless Trump wins!
-The Left
-The Left
re: Ted Lasso Season 4 Official Trailer
Posted by Bard on 7/28/26 at 12:24 pm to Byron Bojangles III
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They increased the episode quantity and had to fill it with stuff about Keeley and it just wasn't as tight as the other seasons.
Good actress, but far from the bombshell the show tried to portray her as (to the point where everyone falling all over her is distracting). Expanding her story pulled the show's focus away from Ted to the point where it hurt the final season because her story became somewhat directionless.
For example, they built she and Roy getting together for the first two seasons, then completely shite on it to start off the 3rd and swapped him out for a carpet-munching relationship that no one cared for.
I have a feeling this new version will be something along the lines of girl power (with healthy doses of women fighting stereotypes/patriarchy/misogyny/etc, - but never treating men poorly nor being misandrist) and how Ted becomes better by getting in touch with his feminine side and bringing the other guys along with him.
re: Brittney Temple, daughter in law of Collis, has ethics charges brought against her.
Posted by Bard on 7/28/26 at 11:55 am to louisianamotocross
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Brittney is supermodel level attractive
re: OpenAI CEO Sam Altman says that AI singularity has arrived
Posted by Bard on 7/28/26 at 11:48 am to CollegeFBRules
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Will be the end of any kind of social interaction on the internet for people with the slightest intelligence.
Or put everyone on far better behavior when online.
re: OpenAI CEO Sam Altman says that AI singularity has arrived
Posted by Bard on 7/28/26 at 11:35 am to Ponchy Tiger
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where money won't even matter by 2036
No way, impossible, will never happen
Agreed. Money is simply a storage for value, it's nothing more than a way to make transactions easier. If we don't have cash, we'll be using seashells or hair or land or whatever because trading things we have for things we want is basic to human nature.
re: CNN News Night with Abby Phillip
Posted by Bard on 7/28/26 at 11:19 am to deathvalleytiger10
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Are they panicked or are they trying to keep their true feelings under the radar?
I think it varies from person to person. There are some who absolutely believe it but also realize it's still political cyanide at this point. There are others who are on the Left side of the aisle and each day they are encountering more and more things like this from their party and pulling a Mugatu:
That latter group making waves is what keeps the former group from advertising their support as loudly.
Meanwhile, the quiet support of the former and the doing-nothing-but-bemoaning of the latter opens the path for DSA types wider and wider (because the party isn't slapping them down). What's happened in California is coming to hard blue states where progressives have gained a stronghold like Washington, Oregon, Virginia and New York.
Minnesota may have a revolt due to the uncovered fraud, but without expelling the Learing Center crowd that revolt will be incredibly short-lived.
Maine is on deck, we'll see what the mid-terms brings for them. If Collins gets defeated by Troy Jackson after he was forced down Democrat throats by the party (in the wake of Platner's leaving the race), they might as well get ready for hard times as Collins is arguably the most left-leaning Republican in the Senate.
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Johnson is supposed to steer the ship. He acts like a 1st class passenger instead.
44 upvotes at this point, not a single downvote.
I thought we were supposed to be blindly biased? :lol:
re: American Niceness Matrix
Posted by Bard on 7/28/26 at 8:14 am to theballguy
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I've been seeing a lot of lefties post this on FB, Reddit, etc.
That's because they are simpletons, making a simplistic map based on their political biases and randomly labelling it as "nice". That it looks like a child did it in crayon underscores that for me.
re: Here is the future of the Democrat party
Posted by Bard on 7/28/26 at 8:04 am to Major Dutch Schaefer
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The American people are waking up.
They aren't. The American people (specifically those on the Left side of the aisle) have been so accommodating that not only do these loons feel emboldened enough to state their self-destructive desires outright but that they actually have been given a seat at the table (via the Democratic party).
While some have been banging the warning drums for a while, MANY Americans want to avoid even the conversation because they don't like politics. They want things to just happen so they can focus on living their lives.
The problem is that they can ignore politics but the effects of politics will not ignore them. They won't realize that until it's far too late (see also: debt and deficit). The more the warning drums are beaten, the more these masses of the citizenry get irked at the drummers instead of heading the warning.
And that plays directly into the hands of the socialists.
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block roads
If they are purposely putting themselves in your path, it should be legal to run them over as they are knowingly and purposely walking out into the roadway in order to impede traffic. This endangers not just them, but the driver and their passengers as well. Also, we've seen people torn from vehicles during these exchanges so there's no reason to believe any such encounter won't escalate to such a level. In other words, running them over in such a context should be considered self-defense.
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superglue themselves
Leave them there, form a perimeter around them to keep others from giving them assistance. Let them have to piss and shite themselves until they beg to be released from their own mistake.
re: What should happen to protesters that block roads and superglue themselves?
Posted by Bard on 7/28/26 at 7:51 am to CoonassatTEXAS
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so you would knowingly run over someone who is in your way? stationary people are not that large. it would be easy to navigate around them.
The protests we're talking about are purposely out to block traffic. If their numbers aren't great enough to fully block all the lanes, they will purposely move to be in your way.
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The common theme is personal responsibility vs no personal responsibility.
I see it a little differently. It looks to me like the core theme is the level of acceptance. I see it as "I hope we can get along" versus "I demand you approve of me!"
What I mean by that is that for the conservative, something is usually just a part of who they are: sexual proclivities, diet, movie genre, whatever.
For the liberal, especially the deeper you get into progressivism, they consider that thing to be an intrinsic part of their core identity. They brandish that part of their core as a challenge: "you must accept me or else" (the "or else" is that they'll throw a loud, confrontational, and sometimes violent fit in an attempt to bully you into acceptance... there is an irony there).
But it's not just "acceptance" (which they desperately want), but the level of acceptance they want is adoration and they want it to be based on that part of core identity they are brandishing.
So they can't just be vegan, it has to be a lifestyle.
You can't just acknowledge their vegan-ism, you must accept it.
You can't just accept it, you must approve of it.
You can't just approve of it, you must prove it by making vegan food specifically for them.
You can't just prove it by making vegan food specifically for them, you must also insist it's not a bother (contrary to any sane view).
You can't just insist it's not a bother, you have to agree that it's a sensible choice (at least for them to make).
And that's just for something simple like veganism.
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