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Shiftless2 said:
"Oh, you're in a red state? Your bio says Texas" HTA #280
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a) ha !
b) Fine. BUT !
c) Texas remains red until blue is sworn in next year.

Macho Texas men?
There's more to being a man than wearing high-heeled boots.
How can you pretend to superior machismo when your State's panhandle is bigger than West Virginia? Panhandle !
Texas' claim to fame? We're better than Oklahoma ?
Texas: when you're as good as Delaware, let us know. 😉
 
Shiftless2 said:
"Trumps crypto coin now worth 1.17 from $75 meaning if you had $10,00.00 dollars worth now worth $157. 00" S2 #283
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They $lost. I get that. $BUT !

Is it any more complicated than a zero-sum game?
Some reports indicate Trump made $millions this way.
Does that mean the $money Trump made is the money the other investors lost?

The American story is one of innovation. From the railroads that linked sea to shining sea, to the internet that connected the entire world, American entrepreneurs have led the buildout of next generation technologies in every generation since our founding. Crypto should be no different.
www.whitehouse.gov

Strengthening American Leadership in Digital Financial Technology

The American story is one of innovation. From the railroads that linked sea to shining sea, to the internet that connected the entire world, American
www.whitehouse.gov www.whitehouse.gov

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Shiftless2 said:
"I'm sure it's AI but ..." S2 #286
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In decades past photographic modification / falsification was also possible, but the tools to do so were more rudimentary,
and therefore the telltale signs more obvious.

However illusory, the U.S. has had First Amendment Constitutional protections including freedom of the press for centuries.

The potentially alarming change A.I. introduces is, the distinction between satire and reality has been severely diminished if not demolished.

Shiftless2 said:
" it makes a point " S2 #286
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More than one.
And what some may consider / perceive as a secondary point may ultimately be the more consequential.

President Trump's second term demonstrates a charlatan can simply lie his way into the most powerful office in the solar system
twice.

We can't explain that away by declaring: Bruce is a dumbo, they shouldn't let him vote.
Bruce didn't put Trump in the white house without help. Lots & lots of help.

This dismally guileless electorate demonstrates how vulnerable we are to distraction, to fraud, to deception.
#283 may be harmless enough. The next one may not be.
“Toto, I have a feeling we’re not in Kansas anymore.” Dorothy
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Shiftless2 said:
"Caren Doll" #289
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Thank you S2.
The Wizard of Oz is a standout in modern movie making.
It did not win best picture that year, an honor that instead went to Gone With The Wind.

I encountered a plot summary which initially struck me as sneaky, deceptive.
I've had a few years to adapt to it, doesn't seem quite as bad as it did at first:
A Kansas school girl is transported to a surreal landscape where she kills the first person she meets,
and then teams up with strangers to kill again.
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- gosh -
Perhaps they should mention, it's a musical too !

"There never will be talking pictures." D.W. Griffith

Of all the arts, the cinema is the most important. Vladimir Ilich "Nikolai" Lenin 1870-1924



Dorothy
Your Majesty, If you were King, you wouldn't be afraid of anything?
Lion
Not nobody, not nohow!
Tin Man
Not even a rhinoceros?
Lion
Imposserous!
Dorothy
How about a hippopotamus?
Lion
Why, I'd trash him from top to bottomamus!
Dorothy
Supposin' you met an elephant?
Lion
I'd wrap him up in cellophant!
Scarecrow
What if it were a brontosaurus?
Lion
I'd show him who was King of the Forest!
All Four
How?
Lion
How?
Courage! What makes a King out of a slave?
Courage! What makes the flag on the mast to wave?
Courage! What makes the elephant charge his tusk, in the misty mist or the dusky dusk?
What makes the muskrat guard his musk?
Courage! What makes the sphinx the seventh wonder?
Courage! What makes the dawn come up like thunder?
Courage! What makes the Hottentot so hot? What puts the "ape" in apricot?
What have they got that I ain't got?
All Four [Dorothy, scarecrow, tin man, and cowardly lion]
Courage!
Lion
Then you can say that again!
 
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