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    HEADLINES: 2026

    - dag nabbit - CORRECTION: No. These politicians and political operatives are NOT political conservatives. They're radical extremists. Please do not reward these poseurs by granting them their false claim. There are multiple reasons to not disparage conservatism. Your own personal integrity not...
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    Below The Fold ...

    Gen Z turns on classic snacks, forcing major grocery shake-up: 'They don't trust them' About 35% of parents buying snacks for Gen Alpha kids say they prioritize natural ingredients By Deirdre Bardolf Fox News / Published May 4, 2026 8:00am EDT America's snack habits are...
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    HEADLINES: 2026

    Barney Frank [D-ret] Dying progressive icon urges party to shelve culture wars and focus on economics
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    Just a little humor

    The 2026 Kentucky Derby was won by a woman. Didn't they used to let horses run that race?
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    Just a little humor

    My wife and I laugh about how competitive we are, but I laugh more.
  6. sear

    What to call this thread?

    True, but substantially immaterial. The sensible counterpoint being obfuscated here: there are perverts that would wish to infiltrate public toilet facilities not for the intended purpose of attending to routine bodily functions, but instead for lascivious unethical purpose. Even if some...
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    Quotable Quotes

    Do you suppose Republican presidential candidates choose undesirable presidential candidates as VP running-mates to discourage assassination attempts?
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    Just a little humor

    Q: What do you call a pigeon that can’t find its way home? A: A pigeon.
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    Just a little humor

    Q: What do you call a magician without his magic? A: Ian.
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    Below The Fold ...

    Mother charged with involuntary manslaughter over teen son's alleged e-motorcycle crash By Meredith Deliso May 1, 2026, 7:46 PM Mother charged after teen son allegedly hits veteran, 81, while riding e-motorcycle A mother has been arrested and charged with child...
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    adage, chestnut, cliché, old wives' tale, proverb, trope, truism: concise insight? or hackneyed vestige?

    We earn it, they spend it. What could possibly go wrong ?! "Our Constitution is in actual operation; everything appears to promise that it will last; but in this world nothing is certain but death and taxes." Benjamin Franklin
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    Quotable Quotes

    "The Holocaust was an obscene period in our nation's history... this century's history.... We all lived in this century. I didn't live in this century." -- Dan Quayle, then Indiana senator and Republican vice-presidential candidate during a news conference in which he was asked his opinion of...
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    Below The Fold ...

    ... back in the good ol' days, when we were a nation of immigrants ... xe·no·pho·bi·a (zē′nə-fōbēə, zĕn′ə-) n. Fear of, hatred of, mistrust of, or contempt for that which is foreign, especially strangers or people from different countries or cultures. Usage Note: Xenophobia has long had two...
  14. sear

    partisan clatter

    "exoneree" is my source of confusion here t #3. Exonerate means to free from blame. They blame him for winning the election? Decisively?! Anyway, the report indicates to me the candidate won the election with broad popular support, but for partisan reasons the opposing political party...
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    What to call this thread?

    You don't have to be a rocket plumber to figure it out. It means the residents have infinity-sized blathers. The sciencey name for "gender neutral" is epicene. So when a epicene person like fiction author I.P. Freely shows up they'll have a choice. It only took me 3 hours to figure that out...
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    HEADLINES: 2026

    "The COVID vaccine I would very safely estimate would be seen as one of the greatest scientific achievements of humanity ever." ... "The estimates are from the Kaiser Family Foundation that between July of '21 and April of '22 when vaccines were available and free to everybody 234,000 Americans...
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    The U.S. Federal $Debt $Limit - Doesn't Work. Soooo, What Next ?

    ‘Cut up the credit cards:’ Congress is getting brutal about ‘embarrassing’ $31 trillion national debt Eleanor Pringle / Updated Fri, May 1, 2026 at 5:48 AM GMT-5 The value of debt held by the public has officially surpassed the size of the U.S. economy, and members of Congress are increasingly...
  18. sear

    HEADLINES: 2026

    "In matters of style, swim with the current; in matters of principle,stand like a rock." Thomas Jefferson I imagine you're aware your tenacious contradiction of mainstream immunology not only contradicts the scientists, but also the science. Nope, not sure why, BUT !! Is there a distinction...
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    What to call this thread?

    This is argument by anecdote. - fine - The counter-argument could also be made by anecdote. Shall we address this controversy by concluding full spectrum, it should be addressed on individual basis? There's $big $problems with that approach. BUT if we want to $save big on measuring wee-wees...
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