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Ukrainian balls - RL - 5/8/2022 5:59:23 PM
- https://twitter.com/itsborys/status/1523664324950036480?s=21&t=qvY-dUSgSN8K5984PEeBJQ - Pebble - 5/10/2022 9:19:29 AM

Fledging police state in the making? - Pebble - 5/10/2022 6:31:44 AM

Russian ambassador seeing red... - RL - 5/9/2022 8:34:22 PM
- Not the appropriate place - Pebble - 5/9/2022 9:24:20 PM
  - I figure the appropriate place is wherever they dare to show their face. - RL - 5/9/2022 11:07:16 PM
    - The Soviet Union helped Hitler carve up Poland.. - ER - 5/9/2022 11:12:00 PM
      - Katyn - podrock - 5/9/2022 11:22:23 PM
  - Yeah, He should not have gone there. - podrock - 5/9/2022 10:19:17 PM
    - That too - Pebble - 5/9/2022 10:35:51 PM

Formula one race in Miami. - ER - 5/8/2022 10:07:38 PM
- For a real thrill watch MotoGP motorcycle races. - RobVG - 5/9/2022 8:43:30 PM
- It was a great race in parts - Pebble - 5/8/2022 11:13:57 PM

Reverse Barbarossa - ER - 5/7/2022 1:46:29 PM
- I fear the sunk cost fallacy option. - podrock - 5/7/2022 8:14:36 PM

Wealth disparity and the housing shortage. - RobVG - 5/6/2022 7:02:14 PM
- Housing prices have not gone up. - ER - 5/6/2022 9:06:31 PM
  - Housing prices have outpaced inflation for a while now... - RL - 5/7/2022 3:09:26 PM
- I just saw this …. - Pebble - 5/6/2022 7:45:56 PM
  - image - podrock - 5/6/2022 7:57:08 PM
    - Its refreshing to know - ER - 5/7/2022 3:10:45 PM
- What would a typical three bedroom family home cost in the US/Canada ? - Pebble - 5/6/2022 7:22:45 PM
  - I bought my house in Florida 20 ywars ago for - ER - 5/7/2022 3:12:13 PM
    - 25 years, 512% rise. - podrock - 5/7/2022 4:33:40 PM
  - My house sold for $525,000 three years ago. - RobVG - 5/6/2022 7:36:31 PM
  - In the Vancouver BC area, almost all 3 bedroom homes are over $1,000,000. Even if they’re a tear down. - RobVG - 5/6/2022 7:33:24 PM
  - Re: What would a typical three bedroom family home cost in the US/Canada ? - RL - 5/6/2022 7:29:07 PM
    - In Auckland and Wellington it’d be about $1.5 million for a first time buyer home - Pebble - 5/6/2022 7:43:09 PM
      - :[ - RobVG - 5/6/2022 9:18:51 PM
      - Worth it if my dog gets to play with Wallaby in the back yard.... - RL - 5/6/2022 8:16:02 PM
        
        US dollars - Pebble - 5/6/2022 9:29:37 PM
        
        I could only do it if it were Rubles - RL - 5/6/2022 9:45:59 PM
        
        Which is a shame, since your post on rocket lab got me musing... - RL - 5/7/2022 2:48:02 PM

Perfect storm: India wheat crop reduced by high temperatures - RL - 5/7/2022 3:11:37 PM
- Synergy - ER - 5/7/2022 3:33:44 PM
  - Enjoy the Fall - RL - 5/7/2022 4:05:09 PM

Madison Cawthorn- family values conservative christian- in women's lingerie... you are welcome! - RL - 4/23/2022 1:39:52 AM
- From a newspaper in his district: - podrock - 5/6/2022 10:55:48 PM
  - It seems like being severely twisted and damaged is a pre-requisite for power in the GOP - RL - 5/6/2022 11:17:43 PM
- Poor Madison... - RL - 5/5/2022 11:31:24 AM
  - They will eat their own - podrock - 5/5/2022 5:47:06 PM
    - Trailer trash - ER - 5/6/2022 12:31:09 AM
- He should wear that while he punches a tree. - podrock - 4/23/2022 3:29:09 AM
- Pass the brain bleach - Pebble - 4/23/2022 2:09:01 AM

Admiral Makarov hit by Neptune Missile - ER - 5/6/2022 4:40:30 PM
- What's a frigate, anyway? - ER - 5/6/2022 7:40:28 PM

UK elections today - Pebble - 5/5/2022 10:11:08 AM
- Lack of interest ? - Pebble - 5/5/2022 7:04:25 PM
  - Is Boris at risk? - podrock - 5/5/2022 7:55:01 PM
    - Not looking good for the Tories - Pebble - 5/6/2022 4:17:51 AM
    - It depends on the results - Pebble - 5/5/2022 8:16:52 PM
      - I would LOVE to see Boris bagged... - RL - 5/5/2022 9:19:19 PM
        
        So far… - Pebble - 5/6/2022 1:36:34 AM
        
        Is it enough to oust Boris? - RL - 5/6/2022 1:46:52 AM
        
        Tories who have lost their seats are publicly blaming Boris - Pebble - 5/6/2022 4:40:10 PM
        
        image: - podrock - 5/6/2022 6:14:27 PM
        
        Too soon to say - Pebble - 5/6/2022 1:48:17 AM

Generals, specifically - RL - 5/5/2022 9:59:46 PM
- I am in the camp that thinks - podrock - 5/5/2022 11:24:00 PM
  - Then you won't like this report... - RL - 5/6/2022 3:10:59 PM
  - Huff go it from NYT - ER - 5/6/2022 12:27:48 AM
    - The Gray Lady - podrock - 5/6/2022 1:20:23 AM

A candidate telling his daughters to 'enjoy' rape still gets most of the republican vote - RL - 5/5/2022 12:56:38 AM
- Sorry Podrock - Pebble - 5/5/2022 9:58:10 AM
  - You are forgiven. - podrock - 5/5/2022 5:58:13 PM
  - I am not sure that there is any obscenity too strong as a response to that - RL - 5/5/2022 5:42:09 PM
    - I questioned their parents marital status - Pebble - 5/5/2022 7:02:24 PM
- I share your anger. But let's please tone down the subject line profanity. - podrock - 5/5/2022 2:36:18 AM
  - Sorry Podrock. Too close to,hi - Pebble - 5/5/2022 2:55:52 AM

Deaths due to cold in Texas - Pebble - 5/5/2022 10:01:07 AM

One giant step back - RL - 5/3/2022 1:10:47 AM
- I just hope... - RL - 5/4/2022 1:09:26 AM
- It shows one thing for sure... - ER - 5/3/2022 3:55:19 PM
  - Next up? - podrock - 5/3/2022 5:43:57 PM
    - I've always felt that the conservative fear of sex... - ER - 5/3/2022 10:44:09 PM
      - Time to re-read Lysistrata. - podrock - 5/4/2022 4:05:50 PM
      - Incels are part of it, to be sure. - podrock - 5/3/2022 11:11:45 PM
        
        What would be the motive? - RL - 5/4/2022 1:10:56 AM
        
        To be part of the action. - podrock - 5/4/2022 1:59:47 AM
        
        That’s one sick person - Pebble - 5/4/2022 2:14:04 AM
- https://twitter.com/cami_mondeaux/status/1521296227291312133?s=21&t=AW47Xe5p7abibYDKnWfraw - Pebble - 5/3/2022 2:52:58 AM
  - Hmmm. - podrock - 5/3/2022 4:41:18 AM
- The leak is the thing. - podrock - 5/3/2022 1:34:44 AM
  - ARE there penalties for this sort of leak - RL - 5/3/2022 1:58:26 AM
    - They're testing the waters,,, - ER - 5/3/2022 3:09:25 AM
      - Perhaps - podrock - 5/3/2022 4:51:09 AM
    - Depends - podrock - 5/3/2022 2:14:14 AM

THIS is the world Trump voters fantasize about living in... - RL - 5/4/2022 3:04:08 AM
- What makes me sick - podrock - 5/4/2022 3:40:39 AM
  - They have a long history - Pebble - 5/4/2022 10:47:37 AM

They can go on a bus all day - Pebble - 5/3/2022 11:04:34 AM
- Is there a bus we could put him on... - RL - 5/4/2022 1:14:33 AM
- What a jerk. - podrock - 5/3/2022 2:57:39 PM
  - That’s a fair point. - Pebble - 5/3/2022 6:41:42 PM
    - And that's a fair point as well. - podrock - 5/3/2022 7:42:05 PM
      - There are no winners - Pebble - 5/3/2022 7:58:25 PM

WW3 - Pebble - 4/30/2022 9:43:18 PM
- Actually, New Zealand is about the best place on earth to weather it. - ER - 5/1/2022 4:46:38 AM
  - Re: Actually, New Zealand is about the best place on earth to weather it. - Pebble - 5/1/2022 5:05:56 PM
    - I have distant relatives (not by blood) that moved there... - RL - 5/1/2022 6:00:25 PM
      - Gloriavale - Pebble - 5/1/2022 8:31:45 PM
        
        I wonder if its the same group... - RL - 5/1/2022 10:10:04 PM
        
        Me neither - Pebble - 5/2/2022 3:46:07 AM
    - You are just badmouthing it because you don't want us Yanks moving there and screwing it up - RL - 5/1/2022 5:49:41 PM
      - They are if…. - Pebble - 5/1/2022 8:33:26 PM
    - Anti-advertising? - podrock - 5/1/2022 5:39:22 PM
      - The issues I mentioned are very real. - Pebble - 5/1/2022 8:28:01 PM
        
        Oh, I know. - podrock - 5/1/2022 10:28:26 PM
        
        We are a friendly bunch on the whole - Pebble - 5/2/2022 3:49:57 AM
      - lol we both had the same thought - RL - 5/1/2022 5:50:14 PM
        
        Haha :-) - Pebble - 5/1/2022 8:28:17 PM

Pregnancy From Rape Is 'An Opportunity' For Women - RL - 4/28/2022 7:10:53 PM
- The physician performing the abortion also has to do so “in the manner that provides the best opportunity for the unborn child to survive,” according to the language of the bill. - RL - 4/29/2022 12:57:04 PM
  - Their terminology is wrong - Pebble - 4/29/2022 8:34:22 PM
    - It is ALL wrong - RL - 4/29/2022 9:17:14 PM
    - It's a states' thing. - podrock - 4/29/2022 8:51:06 PM
      - Not for long - RL - 4/29/2022 10:24:07 PM
- My chosen reply would get moderated and rightly so. - Pebble - 4/28/2022 7:30:01 PM
  - Mine too. - podrock - 4/29/2022 8:20:52 PM

“It’s very dangerous stuff. You can get killed with those things,” he said of tomatoes. - RL - 4/28/2022 4:19:54 AM
- Tomatoes are dangerous, I’m allergic to them <laughs> - Pebble - 4/28/2022 11:40:27 AM
  - I am allergic to tomato plants, but not the fruit... - RL - 4/28/2022 4:06:23 PM
    - You should try growing stinging nettles! - podrock - 4/28/2022 5:09:34 PM
      - We do, for the butterflies - Pebble - 4/28/2022 5:29:36 PM
        
        Mrs P cooks with it or puts it in tea. - podrock - 4/28/2022 7:22:53 PM
        
        It isn't irritating? - RL - 4/28/2022 7:42:14 PM
        
        Not if you cook it. - podrock - 4/28/2022 9:29:17 PM

It's official, ignorance is a defining part of Republican identity - RL - 4/28/2022 4:38:39 AM
- I didn’t know that….. ;-) - Pebble - 4/28/2022 11:37:35 AM
  - Yeah, it wasn't a well kept secret.... - RL - 4/28/2022 11:42:31 AM

Russian Ragnarok Rationalization - RL - 4/28/2022 3:56:45 AM
- A tip of the hat to Alex Tolley - ER - 4/28/2022 4:09:31 AM
  - Larry Niven - Pebble - 4/28/2022 11:39:16 AM

These bastards knew from the start the evil they had in their midst - RL - 4/27/2022 1:22:57 AM
- We've seen this movie before. - ER - 4/27/2022 2:55:01 AM
  - We have, and I hate the reboot. - podrock - 4/27/2022 4:12:56 PM
    - The culture-wide acceleration towards abject stupidity is really getting to me, to be honest... - RL - 4/28/2022 12:57:43 AM
      - Its not stupidity. - ER - 4/28/2022 3:58:49 AM

Russian FSB engaging in 'Malicious Compliance' - RL - 4/26/2022 11:44:55 PM
- Or they are stupid? - podrock - 4/27/2022 1:29:15 AM

Next time you hear someone claiming the left is 'pro-groomer' - RL - 4/26/2022 2:18:35 AM

You really have to hand it to Elon Musk. - ER - 4/25/2022 10:38:26 PM
- The world dodged a bullet in the French elections, but caught one from Musk... - RL - 4/26/2022 1:53:59 AM

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