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Morning head smack. - podrock - 12/23/2021 2:56:51 PM
- It really makes you want to slit their throats with Occam's razor... - RL - 12/23/2021 3:08:46 PM
  - It'd probably raise the average IQ. - Kirikiri - 12/23/2021 4:51:26 PM

Joe Manchin really makes me want to believe there is a hell... - RL - 12/20/2021 3:14:21 AM

The 1/6 coup PowerPoint, all 36 pages - podrock - 12/15/2021 2:24:57 AM
- M.S. TREASON - RL - 12/15/2021 3:57:05 PM
  - Love it - Sui - 12/16/2021 10:54:28 AM
  - LOL - podrock - 12/15/2021 5:52:44 PM
- One think they left out... - ER - 12/15/2021 5:29:43 AM
  - Crafting a con - podrock - 12/16/2021 7:58:44 PM

And here we go again... - RL - 11/26/2021 2:31:09 PM
- Restrictions again - Sui - 11/30/2021 12:08:08 AM
- Fishing with dynamite. - ER - 11/26/2021 3:16:45 PM

Guilty verdict in GA - ER - 11/25/2021 1:10:09 AM

What they really, really want... - ER - 11/22/2021 7:39:08 PM
- What you say may be true about the GOP elites and the corporate class - RL - 11/24/2021 5:08:13 AM

So its now legal to travel to protests to murder protesters of color... - RL - 11/19/2021 10:21:15 PM
- White face,, brown shirt, yellow belly, black heart. - ER - 11/20/2021 5:24:44 AM
- And now? Monetize him and the story. - podrock - 11/20/2021 4:22:39 AM
- Lincoln's speech to the Young Men's Lyceum of Springfield, Illinois January 27, 1838 - podrock - 11/19/2021 11:37:50 PM
  - .Chaos tourist - ER - 11/20/2021 5:08:22 PM

“I’m not into golden showers,” - RL - 10/16/2021 7:02:15 AM
- Everything else in the dossier she believed? - podrock - 10/16/2021 2:06:17 PM

I think I'm done with watching Football. - podrock - 10/10/2021 4:50:07 AM
- Try the Canadian football league. - RobVG - 10/11/2021 8:12:33 PM
- Vast Wastelands - ER - 10/10/2021 4:02:06 PM
- I have had similar thoughts - Pebble - 10/10/2021 3:49:55 PM
  - Just like a drug dealer, - podrock - 10/10/2021 6:07:22 PM

Empathy, science and natural disasters - Pebble - 10/9/2021 3:31:08 AM
- A proposal - podrock - 10/9/2021 4:38:38 PM
- And compassion. - RobVG - 10/9/2021 4:26:48 AM
  - That's horrible, Rob - podrock - 10/9/2021 1:09:58 PM
- An interesting discussion - podrock - 10/9/2021 3:40:37 AM
  - Re: An interesting discussion - Pebble - 10/9/2021 3:58:09 AM
    - Can I ask what is the context of this observation? - RL - 10/10/2021 11:32:01 PM
      - Yes - podrock - 10/10/2021 11:51:40 PM
        
        Hard to imagine that would be an attractant for the insane - RL - 10/11/2021 12:24:33 AM
        
        Pebble and others run a pretty tight ship. - podrock - 10/11/2021 12:47:59 AM
    - You and the other mods - podrock - 10/9/2021 1:06:09 PM
      - Thank you - Pebble - 10/9/2021 2:38:32 PM
        
        Capacity - Pebble - 10/9/2021 6:02:40 PM
        
        the numbness of numbers - podrock - 10/9/2021 6:22:07 PM
        
        9/11 - Pebble - 10/9/2021 11:48:38 PM

Insanity naturally escalates - RL - 10/8/2021 12:18:30 AM

Maybe we got out of Afghanistan just in time... - ER - 10/6/2021 2:48:33 AM
- Now hear this... - ER - 10/7/2021 8:29:39 PM

21 million Americans support violent overthrow of our democracy... - RL - 9/25/2021 2:51:48 AM
- Hollywoodites . . . - DanS - 9/29/2021 6:26:41 PM
- We had a black president elected...twice. - ER - 9/25/2021 5:38:59 PM

Vigilante ratfink border policy - ER - 9/21/2021 1:29:30 PM
- Brilliant suggestion, just one tweak... - RL - 9/21/2021 2:01:55 PM
  - Of course we all know it will never happen... - RL - 9/22/2021 3:19:32 PM

The East is Red - ER - 9/16/2021 1:46:42 AM
- It gets better... - ER - 9/16/2021 7:50:15 PM
  - The reports of missile silos being built are concerning. - podrock - 9/17/2021 12:13:11 AM
    - I don't find that particularly concerning. - ER - 9/17/2021 1:46:02 AM
      - The images I've seen - podrock - 9/17/2021 9:52:02 PM
        
        When it comes to nuclear strategy, logic sometimes goes out the window. - ER - 9/18/2021 2:00:45 AM
        
        Excellent analysis. - podrock - 9/18/2021 2:44:03 AM
        
        I read Kahn in college, when I had some education . - ER - 9/18/2021 3:08:07 AM

Deriving, Evaluating and Solving the Flake Equation... - ER - 9/15/2021 8:38:22 PM
- We can speculate as to motives, and our speculations may be accurate- but we should never lose sight of the fact that- at the root of it all- is... - RL - 9/16/2021 12:29:44 AM
  - You forgot to mention climate change. - ER - 9/16/2021 1:52:58 AM
    - No... - RL - 9/16/2021 1:59:11 AM

This is where the conservative movement was then... - ER - 9/13/2021 7:16:26 PM

This is where the conservative movement is now... - RL - 9/12/2021 11:15:56 PM
- Is it surprising... - ER - 9/13/2021 3:54:14 PM

A victory for fascists anywhere is a victory for fascists everywhere.... - RL - 9/12/2021 10:29:24 PM

The new normal - RL - 9/6/2021 4:25:16 PM
- The GOP cannot afford to let the Dems take credit for dealing successfully with Covid. - ER - 9/7/2021 4:15:26 PM
  - They are sacrificing a few pawns in order to checkmate democracy. - RL - 9/8/2021 12:18:26 AM
  - Yes. It's a tactic - podrock - 9/7/2021 6:48:58 PM
    - You're right. - ER - 9/8/2021 12:38:05 AM
      - I force myself to listen to propaganda - RL - 9/9/2021 12:33:29 AM
        
        I have no way of knowing if Right wing radio is coordinating their messaging with Radio Sputnik - RL - 9/9/2021 1:30:05 AM
        
        A study - podrock - 9/9/2021 5:54:39 PM
        
        Russia has been strongly feeding the anti-vax movement here in the US - RL - 9/9/2021 6:39:07 PM
        
        and young influencers being paid - podrock - 9/10/2021 12:06:29 AM
        
        And Ron Johnson (Kremlin's congressman)... - RL - 9/10/2021 12:24:45 AM
        
        We should be looking at who exactly is backing these people... - RL - 9/10/2021 12:27:45 AM
        
        A Twitter thread: - podrock - 9/10/2021 1:21:18 AM
        
        I would love to see who is funding that - RL - 9/12/2021 2:58:12 AM
        
        Sheesh... - RL - 9/10/2021 1:48:14 AM
        
        Yeah, I saw that- its called 'astroturfing' - RL - 9/10/2021 12:10:48 AM
        
        China as well - podrock - 9/9/2021 8:34:10 PM
        
        yes, yes it has - podrock - 9/9/2021 7:55:15 PM
        
        "The last capitalist will hang from a rope sold in his own store." --Karl Marx - ER - 9/10/2021 12:21:35 AM
        
        But he will at least make a killing on the mark-up... - RL - 9/12/2021 2:56:34 AM
        
        They have a similar message, but for different reasons. - ER - 9/9/2021 4:11:49 AM
      - Dems seem incapable... - podrock - 9/8/2021 5:40:32 AM
        
        However, - podrock - 9/8/2021 5:46:17 AM

So... I have been busy... - RL - 8/28/2021 2:44:11 AM
- I just can't reason with these people... - RL - 8/29/2021 12:20:55 AM
  - If you truly want to reason with them, you might want to take a different tact than you do here. n/t - RobVG - 8/29/2021 6:00:09 PM
    - I am not trying to convince the vocal anti-vaxxers - RL - 8/31/2021 1:33:55 AM
      - Moderating Notice. - podrock - 9/4/2021 6:07:38 AM
        
        Thanks, and sorry for my part in it. n/t - RobVG - 9/4/2021 9:46:25 PM
- Trumpies on Horse de-wormer - RL - 8/28/2021 2:50:06 AM
  - Screw it, give them all the Ivermectin they want - RL - 8/28/2021 8:15:37 AM

Well played, democrats WELL PLAYED! - RL - 9/2/2021 12:45:45 AM

What it will be like after they take over. - ER - 8/8/2021 1:12:40 AM
- Florida today - RL - 8/28/2021 12:58:54 AM
- ‘We know who you are’: Hundreds of anti-maskers threaten health care workers during protest over school mask policy - RL - 8/12/2021 12:51:26 AM
  - The blockhead chain - ER - 8/12/2021 12:02:40 PM
- Anti-maskers hurl threats at sane people - RL - 8/12/2021 12:48:55 AM
- Oklahoma made school mask mandates illegal... - RL - 8/8/2021 4:47:34 AM
  - Oklahoma is next to Texas. - ER - 8/8/2021 12:42:30 PM

Medication effectively treating parasites - RL - 8/21/2021 10:38:05 PM

"Let's get those palefaces out of there." - ER - 8/14/2021 3:54:11 AM
- See the Washington Post article on this fiasco. - podrock - 8/15/2021 5:22:59 PM
- Second...and third, thoughts - ER - 8/15/2021 5:05:25 PM

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