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    News Related To The Ukraine / Russian War

    ‘Voters get to choose — just not the result’: Russia’s parliamentary election reaches occupied Ukraine
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    What to call this thread?

    In some cases parental love is unconditional. Beyond ones own bloodline "love" can be based on common interests, physical appearance, etc. Is it a surprise that if such former common interests diverge, so may the emotional bonds that attended those interests? The defect in meme #2,013 is the...
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    Quotable Quotes

    In U.S. English there's an aphorism: "There's no such thing as a free lunch." There's a similar expression in Russian: "The only free cheese is in a mouse trap." Donald Trump Jr.’s Post-Wedding Weekend Was ‘Secretly Bankrolled’ by Russian Boxing Promoter and Businessman with Ties to Putin
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    ... topic drift overflow ...

    Advocacy can clarify, or obfuscate. Advocating against prejudice might seem intrinsically positive. In this case potentially not. Clarification: these categories may indicate an ideological commitment. But these categorizations may be applied as an ethnicity rather than an ideology. And in law...
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    Photos, vids, etc ....

    The %$#@ing poem: "First they came for the communists, and I did not speak out - because I was not a communist. Then they came for the Jews, and I did not speak out- because I was not a Jew. Then they came for the trade unionists,and I did not speak out - because I was not a trade...
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    Quotable Quotes

    Maria, Trump has made explicitly clear, put his name back on the Kennedy Center, or Trump will demolish the building. Seems implausible? Have you forgotten what he's already done to the Lincoln memorial reflecting pool? The white house East wing?
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    Just a little humor

    In his opening monologue Thursday night ABC-TV Kimmel reported Trump's staff has been trying and failing to persuade Trump A.I. is the peril the experts have asserted it is. Trump has dismissed these warnings as a hoax. Kimmel suggests:
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    Just a little humor

    In a Gunsmoke episode instead of Marshall Dillon whining about the coffee prepared by his sidekick Chester, Dillon said: If you make it any stronger I'll have to deputize it. I call Gunsmoke a comedy western. One character suggested: can't we just sit down, have some coffee, and talk this...
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    Anthropogenic Global Warming ... how hot is it ?

    Thank you R5. I deduce from this you're still on the power grid, so during a total solar eclipse (& on a real dark night) your meter runs frontwards. I live on a ridge, and think a wind turbine might make sense. Whiners complain about the noise. Count me a skeptic.
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    Just a little humor

    Weak coffee ?! - d'oh ! -
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    What to call this thread?

    Mental illness is a scientific fact. Are we to believe these two are mutually exclusive?
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    Artificial Intelligence: Incremental Progress for Laymen, But Experts Sound the Alarm

    Not quite sure what to make of it: FOX runs a series of satirical cartoons: https://www.foxnews.com/politics/politics-cartoons-slideshow#bfb173bc-3d30-5f0d-8db4-804698ded0da Please note, three cartoons in a row on the topic of A.I.
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    For my Canadian friends

    Thumb up for E.U. ! & Canada ! (y) And thank you S2 for posting #646. Voters of the U.S., take heed. For those not $paying attention: Single digit international trade adjustments over a period of years may help stabilize the global economy. Trump's belligerent antagonism against Canada...
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    The Limitations of Government in a "democracy"? Prohibit guns? Drugs?

    [The State of] Washington’s new gun permit system moves ahead as one sheriff calls law ‘insane’ Austin Reed / Updated Wed, September 16, 2026 at 3:00 PM GMT-5 (The Center Square) - Washington's new permit-to-purchase requirement for firearms is moving from the statehouse to implementation...
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    Below The Fold ...

    Wife allegedly left ailing husband on toilet for 19 hours, causing his death :oops:
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    Just a little humor

    Kimmel nicknames Trump Vladimir Gluten, Benito Gasolini. Why not the slouchback of bloatradame? ps sears, #1,608, you have submerged victorious. Take a bow.
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    Obituary: ... there they go !

    Peter Max (born Peter Max Finkelstein; October 19, 1937 – September 14, 2026) was a German-American artist known for using bright colors in his work. Works by Max are associated with the visual arts and culture of the 1960s, particularly psychedelic art and pop art.
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