Looks like she wasn’t young enough for Epstein, by a decade.
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Looks like she wasn’t young enough for Epstein, by a decade.
Or maybe he was trying to escape an angry pimp.
my county, just go online and make the request as a registered voter and the ballot gets sent out.
My county registrar is pretty straight laced, he has no history of shenanigans and he has actively supported mailin ballots for people who can’t make it in to vote, for whatever reason. Republicans did make a requirement that a person has to request a mailin ballot, but that is a simple process in
We have mail-in voting in Florida and republicans here are showing no desire to get rid of it (it benefits lots of their voters). What people who send in mail-in ballots need to do is be sure to follow instructions, all of them. In Florida, I can see that my ballot has been counted.
So nothing in a functioning society is free, but at the same time sellers should not gouge out buyer’s eyeballs either. Sellers should shoot to make a fair profit, and deliver a product or service that meets the buyers needs.
customer, a product that meets all the customer’s needs for the product. In capitalism someone is going to make a profit, for example, deliver power free to a store or shop owner, that person sells a product or service for a profit. Even in pure socialism, the elite get the benefits of the system.
A person or company doesn’t have to go as far a not making a profit to do important things for society. There is a concept that is called “fair profit”, in that space a seller sell something based upon their inputs with a fair profit margin added on. They deliver an inexpensive product to the
There were companies that sold composed leaves, but they required local pickup, not an option for a person who lives in Florida and was looking for northern fallen leaves.
Sell whatever weight of packed ground leaves that you can get into the bag. Burlap bags are really sustainable and pretty inexpensive. Paper bags are cheaper but not as sustainable.
You should set up a mail order business for ground up leaves. I am serious. Because Florida has such quirky leaf-fall, I looked at buying leaves from northern climates, nothing. Pack ground up leaves into a 50 Lb bag and sell them online as soil amendment. Of course the leaves won’t weigh 50 Lbs
Vote politicians out of office that don’t hold insurance companies accountable or who take bribes. Democracy isn’t something that you can sit on your ass or vote stupidly and have work. It doesn’t seem that you understand that reality. Politicians want to stay elected, make them work for voters.
Your citizens need to vote out republicans in the legislature. Republicans have parity or a soft majority in the legislature, so even if the Democratic Governor would allow the shots, the legislature can block that decision. Focus on defeating suburban republicans and medium sized city repubs.
Since Massachusetts 100% license health insurance companies to operate within the state, pull the licenses of those that don’t pay for the shots, and suggest that citizens cancel plans with them and go with companies that pay for shots. Totally legitimate actions, everyone has a choice to make.
States should start withholding federal tax revenues. Maybe they can’t get away with it, but should at least try it and throw the matter into Court. That would choke off funds to red states, and prosperous blue states can help support less prosperous blue states to catch up.
Only states can license health insurance companies that operate within their borders. If a company refuses to pay for shots, pull their license asap, and let their subscribers know about better plans - totally legitimate and it is how we need to start fighting.
States license health insurance companies to operate within their borders. They can pull the license of any health insurance company that refuses to pay for shots for a plan subscriber who choses to get vaccinated for Covid.
Typically “anti” people want to force everyone else to make the choices that they do. It is not about freedom of choice. I really don’t care if someone refuses vaccines, I just don’t them making it impossible or difficult for me to get vaccinated.
And jail pharmacy and health insurance executives who don’t comply with the state order.
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You need to pull your head out of your ass fast. Universal healthcare in Europe and Canada is DOCUMENTED to be producing better health outcomes than seen for the USA at a fraction of the cost of USA medicine. You have been listening to loud idiots like Nigel Farage.
The problem is that as soon as a Democratic candidate gains a little bit of traction, “expert?” consultants latch on to them and those candidates stop talking face to face with voters and start relying on shit “focus group research” that the consultants push at them. Keep talking directly to voters
Unfortunately a lot of working class people have been convinced (by lies) that the things that you mentioned are “socialism”, and vote against those changes and their own best interests.
requires planning on the timing.
Basically a person has to grind up the leaves, pile the grinds and allow them to compose until the late Summer to work them into the soil. We have a very long growing season, heat loving pants during the Summer and cool weather loving plants during the Fall and Winter. So working leaves into soil
Yes, I have found chipped wood to be great. That is easy to find due to lots of limb fall in Florida. I am new to using ground up leaves, my region of the country has flaky leaf-fall, leaves don’t fall here until almost Spring - making planning essential for anyone planning to use them in soil.
from the explosion of a mega sized star that could fuse to phosphorus and atomic numbers beyond phosphorus, but was unstable due to it’s massive size and explode to form a supernova.
Phosphorus is finite in our entire solar system. The Sun is not a big enough star to fuse up to an element of the atomic number of phosphorus. The phosphorus in our solar system is from the origin of our solar system. The phosphorus got into the highly compressed cloud of hydrogen and particles,
There is a sustainability movement that promotes secondary use of finite materials that we have no choice but to use, like Rock Phosphate. Some plant material end up rich in phosphate, the secondary use people compost that plant material to make fertilizer and avoid using rock phosphate.
Look at his posture. Hunched back, his head drooping. None of that says “vibrant person”.
We would have been up shit creek in 2020 if not for his stellar resistance to bullshit and his unwavering faith in the abilities and dedication of the scientists that worked in his section of the NIH.
Pretty good. Sort of like historic watching video of a young Bob Dylan.
Dr. Bliss probing Garfield’s body without sterilized fingers caused massive amounts of inflammation within Garfield’s body. The inflammation led to Bliss doing the enemas. Bliss also missed the entry point of the bullet into Garfield’s back. BTW, Garfield survived the Civil War, was a U officer.
Does he realize that a few well placed explosive charges would send the world economy into a big crisis that will make his tariff idiocy look like child’s play?
At least he doesn’t intend to attack Canada, I think.
Congress is alive, it is just doing a hibernating technique called having its head up its ass.
I agree. There is a vast difference between the thugs running Venezuela and the people leading the Viet Cong. I don’t expect the thugs to stick around for a fight. Will likely be more like Haiti, a thug was told that US paratroopers were on the way, and he caught the first flight out of Haiti.
They will tell him once his latest hangover clears up.
No. On any day, we likely have several submarines in the Caribbean and South Atlantic. Just showing a sub graphic in water is not telling where a sub is located at. For all the Rep knows, five USA subs could be cruising the sea off Venezuelan coast at this very minute.
We had Presidential elections during the Civil War, WWI, WWII, the Korean War and the Vietnam War. We have a long history of having Presidential elections when the country was at war.
Just take a look at the guy. He has more of a chance at leaving office in a casket this term than he has of never leaving office.
We have subs all over the world. At any given time, we could have several in the Caribbean and South Atlantic. The waters are massive in size, the Rep IS NOT giving away submarine positions, it is doubtful that he would even have access to that info, only the Group of Four in Congress do.
A handful of other rich people have been doing good things, where helping people instead of profit was the main goal. It is good the see Micheal Jordan take such a step. People should not have to make a choice between eating properly and seeing a Doctor.
😂👏👏. He can’t avoid the truth coming out.
And maybe put out a second container that has water that the deer can drink from. They get thirsty too.
You were wise to have stayed far away from them. They can be really nasty.
If you tried composing like I pointed out, then you are already ahead of the game, just research what you want to do and then set up your own custom compost.
I forgot that you need to add water to the ingredients, enough water to cover all ingredients by a couple inches. If you don’t want it to stink, add some peppermint leaves or a stick of cinnamon to the mix, the peppermint or cinnamon keeps the stink down.
You can use an old jar that has a lid to compose it. Mix the ingredients, lightly apply the cap but don’t tighten. Store in a shed or in a garage corner. You can chop up fallen leaves into your clay soil, they will rot and loosen the soil so that your zinnias can grow out more root mass.
Try a small amount of banana peel powder composed with fresh grass clippings (still green) and a pinch of Brewer’s yeast. After a month of composting (or better over the winter), use a tablespoon diluted with the same amount of water and pour around your plant, away from the stem but on the roots.
Although Epsom salts can be produced chemically, it requires mining of a magnesium oxide rock and reacting that with sulfuric acid and then purifying. Most Epsom salts are mined from ancient deposits, or produced by evaporating magnesium sulfate rich water to separate the salts from the water.
They call weed a gateway drug. As long as that is out there, weed won’t be made legal in some states. Medical weed has gained a foothold, even in the South.
If that man was not from a rich, prominent family, he would have been found dead in a ditch years ago. He likely got sent to serial, expensive rehabs. That an idiot like him is not dictating the nations medical health is distressing.
We have several other commonly used finite resources, Epsom Salts, and mined Rock Phosphate are two common examples.
I used to use peat to amend soil in my garden, until I read more deeply about how it forms and how irreplaceable it is to the ecosystems that it develops in. I have been using ground leaves and tree limb fall since to amend my garden soil.
The vampire was likely in a bed all day, having his sycophants inject pure virgin blood and a newborn’s stem cells into his veins.
Looks like a slab of ribs.
Even when Trump is finally gone, he has activated so many younger, evil people that we will be dealing with his poison for the rest of our lives and for the people that have kids, for the rest of their kids lives. The man has brought out a level of corrosiveness rarely seen in our nation’s history.
Your Cubs seemed locked in to a playoff slot with 25 games remaining. If they hold steady for another week and a half, you can order your playoff tickets, if you don’t have them already.
Pete Hegseth pull-ups.
Bye Bye Walgreens. The PE people are going to load it up with debt, strip out any valuable parts and then let Walgreen stumble into bankruptcy. PE people are in it for themselves and their investors, they really don’t give a shit about anything else.
The choice for President in the USA is a binary choice, like the thread poster pointed out. You vote for who will move us ahead and not set us back. When will that reality sink into your head?
I don’t talk to them in person anymore. I don’t want to get arrested for punching someone in the face.
They have been pissing in the cornflakes since Gore. Obama was such a political force that he basically rolled over them. The nation was so terrified the Biden won in 2020, and briefly saved the country from disaster.
I am getting an unsettling feeling that Senator Sanders is going to run in the Dem primary again and create a shit muddle. The last thing that we need again is an 80ish person running for President, never again.
The unicorn President that shoots rainbows out of their ass and solves climate change issues, income inequality, food insecurity issues, and gets universal healthcare within a year of being in office, even with republicans holding Congress, they just bow to the superior ideas of the unicorn Pres.
BINGO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I do a quick boil on the veggies (except for the pickles) to insure that they are safe to eat cold after cooling them.
I make up a batch of chicken or tuna salad for when I need a sustaining, quick meal. My salads have heated/cooled celery, heated/cooled chopped onions, chopped sweet pickles, chopped boiled egg, mayo, mustard, onion powder, a little garlic powder.
There is a USA company that makes N95 masks here in the USA. One of their versions already is sold out, so apparently some people are getting a jump on stocking up. I used their masks during the worst of Covid, they were the rubberband over the head type, now they have earloop types. DemeTech.us
Bingo. The Bush II and Obama administrations had us to the point that a vaccine was simply a plug and play situation. As soon as the genome of the virus was mapped and distributed worldwide, two vaccine candidates were in trial within a couple of weeks.
Our problem is lack of moderation when eating. I love ice cream, sweet cookies, pie, cake. But I will have one or the other maybe once every couple months. Sausage gravy over buttered biscuits is wonderful food, just not several times per week.
Most of my family and business interests are here. When you deal with them face to face, most people here are not bad. Many just vote stupid. We are beginning to attract youngish people who served in the Military to the Democratic Party. The military connection goes a long way in Florida.
It won’t deny access. It is just making it harder to get for some classes of people and Health insurance won’t pay for it. RFK Jr is having his moment currently, but his house will come crashing down once there is a severe health emergency. Trump will pin the shortfall 100% on RFK Jr’s ass.
Statistics are irrelevant when one group lies instinctively. It is likely that 0% of trans women go into women restrooms to check out women, but that doesn’t stop republicans from making up all types of lies about trans women.
Trump doesn’t care because he believes that no one is going to confront him and point out how big a lie his claim is.
You clearly don’t understand how the USA political system works. With republicans holding both the House and Senate, they 100% set the agenda. Democrats can hold up bills and put holds on Trump political appointees, but with them being in the minority, that is all that they can do.
Unless Democrats take the Senate and House, not much. Even then, Trump can veto anything that he does not like and Democrats won’t be able to override his veto.
Bingo!
There won’t be an investigation unless Democrats at least take the House in November of 2026. And they have to take it by a big margin to prevent republican obstruction. Democrats having the majority means there are going to be a lot of bluedog Democrats, so Democrats can’t just flatten repubs.
Your last point is one that high paid Democratic consultants repeatedly fail to grasp. Point out to people in easy to understand terms that if Trump’s claims are true, the grocery, clothing, pharmacy stores would be giving you products free and paying you even more money to walk away with them.
Talk to the everyday people who leaving the grocery or clothing store. Ask them are they paying less for groceries and goods than they were paying at the start of 2025.
If he is lying, taking for granted that no one in the media will call out the absurdity of his lie. Democrats are failing to explain in ways that everyday people can understand, the craziness of Trump’s claims. Instead they hire “focus group” consultants who go out and find partisans.
For example, take his claim of reducing prices by 1000%. When talking to a person, point out to them that claim would mean that the grocery store would give them that $2.50 can of soup and $22.50 to put in their pocket - that, in terms that people can relate to, shows how big Trump’s lies are.
Most of the people who vote for him don’t bother with them math. Others understand that the math is crazy, but they gain something from him being in office. But Democrats often use big words or just fail to give an example that shows Trump’s lying.
Yes, you are right. But old people are less likely to think about far into the future, some do but most don’t. One of the most heart warming things that I have read here on Bluesky was an 84 year old talking about how he had just planted fruit trees. How many people see the greatness of that?
Any movie where there is a getting justice theme, or a creating hope theme, that is well made movie, is more likely to be pertinent in time. Pulp Fiction stuck me as a movie that was about people killing other people because they could do it.
The sandwich tosser may have been laid off during the DOGE nonsense. So his patience for bullshit was likely limited.
The arrested woman was simply videotaping an arrest of a man who had been doing nothing wrong. When agents came to stop her from videotaping, the FBI agent scraped her hand on the wall, so the video woman got arrested for assaulting the FBI agent. Trump’s USA.
A grand jury refused to indict him. He is free. Judges there are criticizing the Justice Department lawyers fro pressing to try people who were arrested for non-violent, trivial actions. One woman was arrested for assaulting a police officer because an FBI agent scraped her hand on a wall.
They typify USA and European business executives, very risk adverse, lack the vision to see the potential in innovation or in new ideas.
Now those executives are going to be rushing to put out animated movies, without first understanding what made the movie successful. Also, they would rather put out 10 sequel movies than take a chance on one original story movie that is adapted from a well thought out and written book.
and the rigid structure inside companies have caused young people to choose to remain childless. South Korea has largely the same problem.
Japan is a rapidly aging nation. So most of its voters are likely old people that have a distorted view of immigrants. The country has had a low birth rate for a long time, like 2 decades plus. The expense of the hyper-competitive education system (parents have to hire private tutors for kids),
Japan is facing massive demographic and economic growth problems now, exactly because of its immigration policies. There is such a thing as intelligently evaluating immigrants for entry into a country, without regard to their ethnicity. Focus on bringing in solid, law abiding people.
I only watched his films recently, but I like Kill Bill 1&2, and Django Unchained. I don’t care for Pulp Fiction.
Democrats must govern based upon the needs of everyday people and become better at communicating to everyday people how policies improve their lives, instead of allowing republicans to lie about those policies and gain advantage from the lies.
One mistake that past Democrats have made was to run on populist themes and then get captured by the Suits crowd once it was obvious that they likely would win. And then the largely governed for the Suits. Everyday people don’t have lobbyists in DC and state capitols.
I agree.
A chicken fried steak, Mac&Cheese, or Sausage Gravy based meal every once in a while is soul comforting. I don’t eat lots of sweet cookies, but every so often my body literally cries out for them, and I am more whole after eating some.