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This is just so rich. The UK's multi-ethnic/racial society is the result of it invading half the known world, where it was generally unwelcome. Do they also call for all the descendants of European colonizers to remigrate to their respective home countries? We should start with the Dutch Afrikaners.
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Have you met Palm Springs? Lucy would like to know.
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Does this put an end to hop-scotch?
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Never was there a more pathetic fuck. But, he is our pathetic fuck, and thus we must own him, and explain him to the rest of the world. How do we do that?
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my dog has a mind of her own. what am i to do?
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I found two wallets in the span of a week in West Hollywood a few years back. Was able to track down both owners. One was foreign, so that proved a little trickier, but was able to find him with the help of social media.
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K. D. Lang - one of the best concerts I ever went to, not this one but in LA.
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it's 3:45 AM here, so yes, it is nighttime, and my dog says I should return to bed, so I must go
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goodnight www.youtube.com/watch?v=zOZM...
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Mark, I have Medicare, including Part D, and Kaiser Senior Advantage through my retirement as a teacher in LA for 30+ years. It's really not that hard. I pay a pittance for my healthcare and medications, and I'm a 71 y/o. Where there's a will, there's a way.
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I'm a pit bull, no topic is ever wrapped up. It goes on and on and on. www.youtube.com/watch?v=PyxB...
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This asshole needs to be euthanized and his organs donated to more deserving humans.
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And, BTW, I often, but not always, get all the way down.
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I come for the comments. It's the comments that make it worthwhile. I am intrigued by what everyone has to say. Let's have at it.
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I concur.
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There will come a day when we will tear down those statues and banners. It always comes to pass.
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Well then, CA could certainly use you, just saying. We are big into agriculture.
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Do you not realize that many welcome his war on sanity? His war on America, Americans and democracy itself? This country has lost it's fucking mind, because of transgenders.
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And so it goes. Stupid is as stupid does. America is a stupid country. We should come to terms with that. @chrislhayes.bsky.social is starting to get the reality of this. You can't fix stupid.
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I'd hate to be him at the pearly gates. Jim, you've got a lot of splain'n to do.
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So, we're just one step away from having slaves that we can harvest organs from for our convenience. Unused kidneys just walking around. The absurdity and cruelty is just mind boggling. Yet, here we are, actually listening to this insanity.
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if these things were preventable, we would prevent them, but we don't, and that's on us, and the assholes that govern us, and the assholes like Hannity
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kind of a crappy gift if you have to create an account to receive it
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Can't they afford these? Makes the work less backbreaking.
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charlie is a cracker
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Dumb as it is, MAGA will tout it as another of Dear Leader's great ideas. Him being the genius that they think he is.
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I see what you mean. I note that much of the border tends NW to SE, so many sections would get morning and afternoon sun. Morning would be the best time to climb. But still, the painted side is where they would slide/repel down, not climb. So, you are right, is is futile, just performative.
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why don't they have those little poles with grabbers to pick stuff up?
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Yes, this is why I specified north facing surfaces. I'm sure some are angled to face easterly or westerly and would thus get some direct sunlight in the mornings and afternoons, but most of the wall surely faces north and none faces south.
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Let's not forget Ernst Röhm and 'The Night of the Long Knives'. There have always been misogynistic, racist, and fascistic gays. West Hollywood's Boystown in the 80's was palpably all of these things. Very white and very preppy. They had very creative ways of excluding women, blacks and asians.
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As the wall is north of the Tropic of Cancer, its north facing surfaces will never receive direct sunlight. They will always be in the shade, all year and all day, every day.
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We're painting only our side, which faces north. North facing walls in the northern hemisphere don't receive direct sunlight, even in Summer. As it will always be in the shade, it will not absorb any heat from direct sunlight. This is just another stupid MAGA idea that's poorly thought out.
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I think the more salient question is, "Do we want to win elections?".
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monsoon
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when one looks at life, well, there you have it
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just fuck it all
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yes, it does, because it is
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Social Psychosis is spot on. I've felt that way about Germany in the 1930's/40's for a long time. Societies can, and have, experienced psychotic breaks from reality. I think Jim Crow is best understood from the perspective of Social Psychosis. Basically, Germany and The South went insane, now R's.
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choosing to be a scumbag liar seems foolish to me, even if it nets you power and wealth decency and dignity are not small prices to pay
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you have to wonder if he hears himself and believes himself, or is he just stupid
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Actually, many, if not most, major conflicts in human history have ended with the total obliteration and/or submission of one side. Ask the Trojans, Persians, Carthaginians, Athenians, and any number of Mesopotamian empires, as well as all those who suffered Mongol conquest. Vance is a fool.
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Both Germany and Japan surrendered unconditionally. They were both bludgeoned into submission. The only negotiations were between the Allies as to how things would be managed after they surrendered. Vance is a cretin.
All Folks Had To Do Was Vote For The Super Qualified Black Lady… With A Degree In Economics
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but the battle we're in is a battle against ignorance, and as history has shown, time and time again, that's a hard battle to win, and Rogan is, above all else, an ignorant ass, or, even worse, a malignant ass fuck him, the horse he rode in on, and his 20M followers
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I disagree, nobody thinks they're funny, not even them, they're absurd, and they know it, and there's nothing funny about that.
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Can we make this go viral. www.youtube.com/watch?v=VwcK...
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www.youtube.com/watch?v=VwcK...
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One could tone it down a bit and just say this is the right thing to do, given the other side are assholes. Wouldn't that suffice?
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I think we've got this George. You can relax.
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but this isn't a classic cult, and they won't break, it's a suicide cult, and we are all fucked, and we will all be forced to drink the kool-aide, unless, of course, we simply refuse. A horse is a horse, of course of course. www.google.com/search?q=a+h...
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stupidity begets stupidity, you can't beat stupidity, wake the fuck up
🇺🇸 National Guard soldier speaks out: “I swore an oath to defend our constitution… seeking refuge is not an act of violence. Locking people up for it is.”
This guy for the win 🏆👇 youtube.com/shorts/odmYw...
this is so wonderfully weird, give her all the golds 🥇
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I voted for California's Independent Redistricting Commission, feeling it was the right thing to do. But, if the other side is going to cheat to win, doing nothing in response is just stupid and political suicide. Two can play this game. Let's play!
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I've been ashamed of America pretty much since Vietnam, or since reading 'Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee'.
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www.youtube.com/watch?v=I8P8...
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Several countries use universal mail-in voting. And many allow absentee voting. So, as usual, his fact are just wrong.
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why is he negotiating for another sovereign nation, rather than mediating between the two of them? he wants that peach prize so badly, SAD
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gorgeous
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it only women were so sick and tired of women losing rights and losing respect. but, the stepford wives, they are among us
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Lucy says she is so fucking over this shit
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we are being ruled by despicably ugly humans
Ok this is my laugh for the night.
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imagine this, we're being ruled by these fucks, and many Americans are happy about this, could we be more screwed
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just fucking ick
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and laughable it is
"One of the main threats to American national security isn’t a foreign actor, a new technology, or a global trend." We regret to inform you the threat is us.
Between a "No Other Land" crew mate filming himself being killed by a settler, to a journalist being killed by airstrikes he was covering minutes earlier, I'm not sure how much more televised Israel's genocide can be
Every school kid in America now knows the word “pedophile” because of our President.
davidgierlach Fr David Gierlach. I’m an Episcopal priest in the diocese of Hawai’i and part of the diocesan Social Justice Task Force
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why bother, when we all already know what happened?
We just walked into an animal shelter because we drove by and saw they were having an adoption drive. Then the volunteers there told us that this sweetheart has been in the shelter for over a year. But they’re waiving the adoption fee for folks who come in to adopt Radar or another cat today.
Last week I got to go backstage at the Outlaw Country Festival to talk with Willie Nelson, pre-show, on his tour bus. He is 92 and he absolutely killed it later that night. Tonight, we present the tour bus interview on @SiriusXM #127.
I made a hat for anyone who believes in defending democracy — because MAGA has their hat, and we deserve one that reflects our values too.
This labor shortage is getting serious. They’re down to 1 boob……
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so much for 'freedom of the press' another pillar of democracy bite the dust
If you live in/represent a Blue State, want to gerrymander the FUCK out of your state, support and are willing to fight for a national anti-gerrymandering law you are principled, consistent and doing exactly the right thing.
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bend over and kiss your ass goodbye
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it's not whether he's deluded, which he clearly is, it's about whether or not we are, which clearly many of us are, and there's the rub
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time for California to step up. it's personal.
Just introduced our older child to the South Park movie (obviously because of the latest Trump episode), and I have to say, when Trey and Matt are punching up, they’re unbeatable. They have a lot to answer for regarding the past nine or so years punching down, but hopefully they’re figuring it out?
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bleak, agreed, terribly bleak
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It is so easy to teach a dog to never tether you, but you must tether them, mercilessly, and never let them forget it, they won't.
This particular panel from Calvin and Hobbes has never felt more relevant to me than now.
When you strip away humanity
Germany gave people €1,200/month no strings attached. They kept working, slept better, switched to better jobs, and even gave more to others. Turns out, when people aren’t drowning, they swim further. #UBI doesn’t kill ambition, it frees it.
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the couch was clearly toast already, so she's just speeding things along
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Good for you. I never remember what I tripped over or how. It's just the damage evident the next morning that tells me something bad happened. It's usually the ribs that hurt, along with bruising, but there are facial contusions now and again. If I'm still alive, all's good.
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It was disturbing
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Recently upgraded to iPhone 16, have since received emails from supposed scammer domain (insideapple.apple.com), see pic and google link. How is this possible unless Apple or carrier Spectrum, are not involved? How can anyone connect my new iPhone to my email address? www.google.com/search?q=ins...
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And if we don't take the reigns of power, then we have no-one to blame but ourselves. Be bold. Fuck these assholes. We can do this.
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Well, Mussolini miscalculated in Abyssinia, North Africa, the Balkans, Greece, and the Soviet Union, not realizing that Italians didn't really want to conquer anybody. They just wanted to enjoy their pasta and sex. He was a fucking megalomaniac. Italians weren't really into that shit.
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took like 30 minutes, even the transfer of the e-sim was fucking easy, and for the most part I just sat back and let the Internet do its thing. easy-peasy hours in the store? are you fucking kidding me?
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Perhaps he didn't go so far because he remembers the fate of Mussolini, Italians are unforgiving when they've been fucked. Mussolini fucked them, and then let Hitler fuck them even harder. Shot the fucker and hung him up by his heels. Italians have proven stupid multiple times, but also unforgiving.
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OK, but I'm not going to cancel Paramount unless they cancel The Daily Show. That would be a bridge too far. I can live without Colbert, although I adore him, but not without John Stewart.
